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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-21
SNAKES EGGS HATcHING.
Tip on the Young Reptiles sneut With
Which Il Breaks lts Way Out.

Because of the popular aversion to
the serpent family there is a surpris-
ing amount Of ignorance about even
the simplest Of snake habits. 1t Is
doubtful II many correct answers
could be given to the question wheth-
er snakes lay eggs or bear their young
alive. AS a matter Of fact, some spe-
cies are viviparous and others owl
parous. Most of the poisonous snakes,
as we'll as many Of our harmless va
rieties, belong to the former class.
The European ring snake is close
ly allied to our common water snake
all other member: Of the genius Trop-
idonotus are viviparous, and this
species alone lays eggs. Furthermore,
according to Gadow's "Amplubia
and Reptiles" the new laid eggs usu-
ally show not the slightest visible sign
of an embryo, unless oviposition is
delayed, when the embryos are more
or less developed.
The eggs are laid in July or August
in a soft bed Of loan or decaying veg
citation, or in a heap Of manure. The
older snakes sometimes lay as many
as a dozen eggs or more and they
usually stick together so that the en-
tire cluster can be picked up at once.
Sometimes, however, If the process
of laying is slow, they will be separ-
ated. The eggs are about an inch
long and of a whitish yellow color.
The shell is thin and flexible like
parchment.
The young hatch in late summer
or autumn. Before Matching they de-
velop a sharp calcareous growth on
the tip of the snout known as the egg
tooth, with which the shell is slit
open. Unlike Matching chicks, which
are suddenly dispossessed by the
breaking Of their brittle shells, the
young snakes may make many incl
sions in the parchment envelopes and
take many peeps at the outside world
before venturing forth into the new
environment. Shortly after Matching
the egg tooth is lost.
At first the young live on insects
and worms, but within a few weeks
they are strong enough to attack and
devour young frogs. Strangely
enough, although the adults are strong
swimmers, and spend much time In
ponds and streams hunting the fish
and frogs on which they subsist, the
young are unable to swim, and they
will soon drown If they fall into the
water. The European ring snake, as
we'll as the American water snake,
makes an excellent pet; 1t is perfect
ly harmless, becomes very tame ana
learns to know the difference between
friends and strangers. Gadow tells OF
a pet ring snake that would eat from
his hand, crawl up his coat sleeve and
coil itself contentedly on his arm
Scientific American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-21
GREAT IS QUlNINE.
Ono of tho Most Valued Drugs Known
to Medicine,

Speaking Of quinine as the chief
among all drugs, DR.. Singub H. Ger
ZACH. of Bombay, India, said to a
Washington Post reporter that quiz
nine is one Of the most valuable Of all
drugs known to medical science.
mo one would venture to travel In
India without It," said Doctor Ger
ZACH. Before its discovery 100000
people died annually in India Of ma
larial fever. The mortality from this
cause Is now less than half that num-
Der. The poor people-so poor that
they looked upon the fever as their
fate, and expected no relief-are saw
ed by the agency Of quinine. Eng
land could not keep her European
soldiers in India without 1t.
Livingstone and other travellers
in Central Africa could never have
made their discoveries without its
aid. 1t is said Of the great German
explorer, Schweinfurth, that when he
lost his entire property by fire, valu-
able scientific instruments among the
rest, he felt the loss of his quinine to
be the greatest Of all, and often
thought with fear Of the journey that
lay before him, which, however, he
persevered in.
1.-The whole world Is indebted to the
cinchona tree, from which quinine Is
made. Who could have foretold that
this tree, a native Of the mountainous
forest Of South America, would be of
such Importance in the advance OF
civilizat tion and Christianity?
lone of the strange things about
quinine Is that it Is not used as a med
icine in the practice Of the native
physicians Of Peru, Ecuador or CO.
lombia. The native Indians did not
even know of it's curative powers un-
til enlightened by the Spaniards about
$50 years ago.
"As a means Of guarding the sys-
tenn from intermittent fever the Eng
lish naval regulations require that
every man should take a portion OF
the drug when the ship Is within
certain distance Of the east or west
coast of Africa and that it should be
regularly taken by those engaged in
boat cruising along the coasts or on
the rivers or creeks"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-21
To be Continued.
A GHOST STORY.
The Spectral .Horseman That Visits
WycoIIar Hall.

The Spectral 'HorSeman mat NlsIts
WycoIIar Hall.
This ghost story is contributed by a
correspondent of an English magazine:
"Wycollar Hall. near Colne, was long
the seat of the Cunliffes Of Ellington.
They were noted persons in their time,
but evil days came, and their ances-
trail estates passed out Of their hands.
In the days Of the commonwealth
their loyalty cost them dear, and ulti-
mately they retired to Wycollar with
remnant only Of their once extensive
property. About 1919 the last of the
family passed away, and the hall is
now a mass Of ruins. Little but the
antique fireplace remains entire. and
even the room alluded to in the fol-
lowing legend cannot now be identl-
fed. Tradition says that once every
year a specter horseman visits Wycol-
lar Hall He is attired in the costume
of the early Stuart period, and the
trappings Of his horse are of a most
uncouth description.
'On the evening VI Ills NlSlt lllS
weather is always wild and tempes-
tuous. There is no moon to light the
lonely roads, and the residents Of the
district do not venture out of their
cottages. When the wind howls loud
est the horseman can be heard dashing
up the road at full speed, and. after
crossing the narrow bridge, he sud-
denly stops at the door Of the hall.
The rider then dismounts and makes
his way up the broad oaken stairs in
to one of the rooms of the house.
Dreadful screams, as from a woman,
are then heard, which soon subsde
into groans. The horseman then
makes his appearance at the door, at
once mounts his steed and gallops off.
His body can be seen through by
those who may chance to be present;
his horse appears to be wild with
rage. and its nOStrilS stream with fire.
| The tradition is that one Of the Cum
liffes murdered his wife in that room
and that the specter horseman is the
ghost Of the murderer, who Is doomed
to pay an annual visit to the home OF
his victim. She is said to have pre-
dicted the extinction of the family,
which, according to the story, has been
! literally fulfilled"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-21
GAME SLAUGHTER IN FAR NORTH
Much of II For the Mere Love of Kill
ino-Menace to the Caribou.

In all the thousands Of miles from
Vancouver to the North Sea and from
Edmonton to Dawson the country Is
dotted with hunters at intervals OF
from twenty to 100 miles apart. From
this it will be seen that the game has
no way Of escaping, as there Is no
stretch of more than a hundred miles
where the crack Of the gun Is not
heard. With nearly every one 1t Is
case Of doing his level best to Kill all
he possibly can, even though SO per
cent goes to waste and rots on the
ground. The Indians are the only
men who regard the protection of
game as a necessity.
I have been in the northwest Tor
eleven years and travelled from east
to west and from north to south and
have seen slaughters Of large game on
several occasions that would make
Buffalo Bills buffalo killing, which Is
famous the world over, look like
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-21

child's play. The first Of these kill
ings I witnessed toward the head OF
the Klondike river in the winter OF
1898, when a herd Of caribou came
upon a hunters camp and he killed
the herd to the last one. 1t number
ed over three hundred. I must say
to that mans credit that he let moth
ing go to waste, as he was within
reach of Dawson and disposed Of 1t
all.
The only thing to be condemned
was the killing Of the females. Three
years later I was up in the same vi
cinity and found a hunter and his
partner camped toward the head OF a
gulch with very steep slopes and
thousands of feet high. These gulches
are used in winter by the travelling
caribou when they descend to the
lower lands in search for feed. 1t hap
pened one day that large herd came
down this gulch and the hunter saw
them as they descended from the high
barren hills. Once down in the gulch
there was no retreat, as the snow was
too deep and the slopes too steep to
climb. He had them corralled, ad-
vanced within shooting range, and
killed the entire bunch just for the
sport Of seeing them fall. He had no
means of getting them out Of there,
and practically the whole herd rotted
on the ground.
On his way to Dawson he killed a
moose weighing nearly a ton. BY this
time the hunting season was closed
and he dared not bring the moose in,
and the animal lay and rotted. A year
ago last winter was up the White
river. The upper half Is on the Amer
lean side, and I met hunter who had
just returned from killing a whole
herd Of caribou. How many hundred
there were in the herd no one knows,
not even the slayer, as he never went
near many of them. His aim was to
see how many he could kill, and the
consequence was that he did not get a
piece Of meat which was fit to eat.
He followed the herd on snowshoes
for three days. shooting all the time
until the last one was dead; then only
was his bloodthirsty appetite satisfied.
When he returned the fourth day the
first ones who were nearest his cabin
had already begun to taint. Had he
killed for only one day he would have
had enough for himself.-Dawson
correspondence Toronto Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-21
CHAPTER XVI.
The Interview.

Neither time nor changed conditions
could disguise her for an instant.
Rose Gaff!" he exclaimed, in pro-
found astonishment
Deny him to his face? Something
about the man convinced her that such
a course would be useless.
She determined to throw herself up
on his mercy.
"Oh, hush! hush" she implored, her
face as white as her Worth gown; you
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-21
CANNED THUNDER.
Dynamite In the Making, as Seen at
Great Plant.


= a Great Plant.
So thoroughly deceptive is dyna-
mite in the making that you are apt
to be disappointed on viewing the
surface Of things. You could more
, readily fancy thunderbolts leaping
and crashing from tender blue skies
than that the most fearful forces in
creation are hidden under such a
peaceful exterior. Nitroglycerine, a
cupful Of which would distribute you
over square miles Of landscape, is dill
igently mixing around you in hun
dreds and thousands Of gallons. 1t is
making itself in big iron retorts. es-
caping down leaden cutters and mer-
rily tumbling in minute Niagaras in
to immense vats, where the delique-
scent yellow peril pursues its journey
powderward. Out Of one receptacle
1t fares furiously through special
lead coils, driven only by cooling
blasts of air, and is drawn off like
draught ale and piped onto the next
pSrfecting stage. Gaze with the nj
troglycerine expert into one of those
big caldrons. The interior is bright
ly illuminated by electricity the only
Illuminating agency permitted In or
about the danger houses
sAt the bottom Is a molten, sullen
fluid. Glancing cautiously at the
thermometer, the guide tells you that
the writhing mass is nitroglycerine.
It is being fused with nitric and sui
phuric acids, and you are casually in
formed, as the expert sends cooling
stream through the pipes, that it is
very necessary to keep the tempera-
ture below eighty degrees. Once
above the eighty-degree dead line, so
to say, the treAcherous liquid might
instantly voice itself in such a deaf
ening explosion as those in close prox-
unity may never hear but once. Let
the composition be quiescent for but
few seconds, and its stiffness sud-
denly becomes that of death, in conse-
quence Of which extreme vigilance is
practised in keeping it constantly agi-
tated as we'll as properly tempera-
tured.
Around you are other houses, at
uniform distances apart, and connect
cd by a series Of narrow-gauge tracks,
wherein workmen are railroading nj
troglycerine from here and pulp cot
ton from there, to be compounded in
to dynamite and blasting gelatine.
Greatest care Is taken in rolling the
product from house to house. AS soon
as, a. loaded cart Is ready to pass out
Of sthe nitroglycerine house, for in
stance, a semaphore signals from an
adjoining station, to which the con-
signment is carefully hurried. Around
you are long store-houses packed
with pulp in tons of innocent white.
ness.
Presently this pulp will assume a
tan color under the nitrating process,
and then, suddenly becoming carbon
ite, red cross, hercules, judson, and
giant powder, forcite, or what you
order, it develops the quasi virtues of
dynamite-dynamite or blasting gel
atine in which more natural forces are
condensed to the cubic inch than exist
anywhere else in creation. Death,
curbed and sleeping, encircles you In
gallons and tons. Annihilation threat
ems at every turn, in the form OF po-
tential pulverizing forces. But the man
and the mercury are there also, alert,
responsive, reliable.-Leslie's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-21

Tennis would be degraded to a form
Of outdoor ping-pong. From these
considerations 1t is plain that gravi-
tation on the sun would tend to pre-
vent the formation Of any lambent
streamers and pull down to its surface
masses of any size.-Harper's Maya
zine.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02

Journal Miner for high class job work.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
PRAISE
 COPPER CREEK DISTRICT
(From Thursdays Dally)

George C. Meese, general manager of the Rosalie Copper company, re turned here last night from his com pany's camp, in the Copper Creek district, twenty-five miles east of Mayer. He is accompanied by l.. F.. Moses and w. c. Bryant, Kansas City and Joplin, Mo. capitalists and Rolla k. Young, supervising accountant of the Lanyon Zine company of Joplin.
 To n Journal. Miner representative they admitted that they were well pleased with the showing in the Ro salie group and admitted that arrange. mcnts will be made to push develop. ment on a larger scale than ever as n result of their visit of inspection.
 cone of the series of veins has been tapped by the tunnel which is now in 750 feet" General Manager Meese said. "Thc ore is better than expect. cd, average samples giving returns of IT per cent in copper. Small streaks sample as high as B per cent in copper.
 Arrangements will be made at once 10 push the tunnel ahead an ad. ditional 1000 feet to tap other veins. The largest outcrop is on the apex of the mountain. The tunnel will tap tnis vein, according to measurements, at n distance of l,750 feet from its mouth"
 Stockholder Young said that he was surprised at the wonderful mineral showings seen in the Copper Creek district. "This is my first visit to Yavapai county, he said. "I have seen much of southern Arizona and am free to admit that l believe the Copper Creek district will astonish the country with it's mineral output when it's immense veins are opened. The only drawback to it's development is its isolation but railroad facilities are only question of proving it's mineral resources.
 The party will leave today for their homes in Missouri.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02

one never knows. I thought MT, Brown was such charming woman when we first moved in. We were So friendly. never thought anything of borrowing a pound of butter or a loaf of bread. m that way, you knov So impulsive when I take a fancy ,o people-oh, did you pay the fare; I was just going to, thank you-whst was l saying Mrs. Brownf Oh, yes We just got along beautifully until last month when l gave that little luncheon, you remember. Perfectly dear, wasn't its Oh, you weren't therei Well, everyone said it was You know how it is when you give luncheons. You don't always have all the different silver forks and spoons necessary. Mrs. Brown offer cd to lend me her salad forks and bul lion spoons when I told her I was oo ing to entertain. Offered them, mind you. All I said about it was tha, mine had been stolen and didn' see how could entertain without them caterers silver is so common.
 "well, she sent them over three days before the mncneon. I hadn't invited her. Do you really think it looked quecri She really would have made too many and besides, will, Mn. Brown Is sweet woman, but not jus, exactly the sort, you know. She didn't seem a bit offended at not hay. ing received an invitation and offered 10 help me. of course, that was only to find out what l was going to have to eat.
 "My guests. came, we were seated at the table, and everything was hap. pcning dcliciously when the maid came in and whispered loud enough for the people in the next flat to hear that "Mrs. Brown wanted them silver spoons and forks right away"
 "Imagine, my dear, my predica. ment. What did l dol What could I dof l didn't have her old forks or spoons. Yes, know l borrowed them but, you see, l had my own silver all the time and I had pawned Mrs Browns things to pay for some things ! had at the luncheon. She raised perfectly dreadful scene about 1t, too. One never knows what sort of people As l said. I am too Bohemian in ny nature. Oh, you get of hercf God by. dearie; come and see me-
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
LOST IN BLENDING STORM,
 HUNTER ALMOST DIES
(From Fridays Daily.)

Fattgucd from tramping aimlessly twelve hours through the mcsas and foothills of the Williamson valley cosntry and almost fanished from ex- posture to the bitter snow and slect storms, q lost hunter. wao refused to give his name or was SO bewildered that hc had forgotten it, arrived at the Clark ranch near simmons Tues day evening at sundown. He was alb. solutely unable to give any reliable account of his wanderings and an. swcrcd questions incoherently until he rested. after enjoying hearty supper. The man was stranger in the valley and unkown to anyone there. He is believed to he bartend. CT in one of the Montczuma street resorts. but inquiry in these places yesterday failed to reveal the absence of any of the attaenes.
 When questioned concerning his Waudcrings he was unable to give any tangible account of where he was camPed the night before or how hc had reached the place. He did not even remember taking a drink of wa ter during the day, crossing William. son valley or seeing anyone.
 The mystery was partially solved later in the night when man em ploycd at the old Cambridge ranch. owned by Oscar Cornell, arrived at the Clark place. He remembered see. ing the man passing through the ranch early the morning before and of see ing him take drink of water at the windmill tank. He also remembered seeing a hunters camp several miles north of the ranch, the day before.
 The lost hunter, dreaming of his wanderings Tuesday night, started for the camp north of the Cambridge ranch yesterday morning, accompanied by guide. His identity is still m. known.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02

,rrii'c Ju-'ir,s are past sixty years of age. Mir Justice Harlan being 1j, Mr. Justice Brewer ,l, Mr. Justice Holmes G1 Mr Justice Mckcuna Gj. and Mr. Ju+t,cc White G3
 lt |. admitted j., friends of Attor. ncv G..cn' BouarI'c .nat hc would like pacc ou the Iprcmc bench, fol- lowing r tbe footsteps of his prcdc ccssor. William IT, Moody. but it |, not known what views are entertain. cd by Mr. Taft on this subject. As Mr. Taft was formerly a United state circuit judge and has n wide ac-
 waiuiaucc among members of the federal circuit bench, it would only be natural to expect that under his ad there would be promo iion from the circuit to the supreme court, but if his intentions along this line have been made known to anyone the confidence has not been betrayed to your correspondent.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
or BI METAL MILL
 WILL SOON BE DROPPING


 KINGMNN, Nov. 2j.-Thc Arizona Gold Mines company is rushing work on it. mill on the Bi Metal mines, four miles south of Kingman lt i, cN pcctcd that the mill will be dropping its stamps within the next thirty days. Ore from the mines give good results in the horn spoon and while no dependence will be placed on plate amalgamation the greater part of the values can be extracted in That way. The mill will he supplied with every device known for the saving of the mineral contents of the ore. The gen tlcmcn in charge of the property have thorough knowledge of the various methods of saving precious values and intend to test out the best of the various processes.
 S. C. Bragg is operating his cyanide plant at the Cyclonic mine, in Gold Basin district, and is said to bc get ting out considerable auro.cyanides, which are shipped to the smclters in the raw state. Soon as matters affect ing title to the property are arranged he will start work upon a larger scale. The mines are said to be among the most promising of the Gold Basin min. ing properties.
 T. !. Grant, who has charge of the work of the Warner. Stewart company as Music Mountain, was in Kingman early this week. He reports the com. pany getting down to work on the mines and that two carloads of ma chinery and lumber are being hauled out from Blackberry. A holster is be ing put on the mines and the work of sinking n deep shaft will soon be un. der way.
 Dr. l.. D. Godshall, accompanied by C. J. Lcntry, of Kansas City, and John Malang. of Joplin. went out to Stock. ton Hill last Wednesday to make an examination of the Banner group of mines. They returned to Kugman the same day and the two latter gen. tlemcn departed to their homes on the night train. lt is understood that they will return about the first of De. ccmber and that work on tne mines will be started up some time there. after.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
THANKSGIVING.

Oh the vanished long ago, ere those locked bleached white as snow By the Spoiler mad been robbed of their glory, Then the world looked golden light, with youth's brilliant hope be- light, Life was all sweet and wondrous story. But the prayerful chimes draw near, for Thanksgiving is here; How they fall like solemn note of warning! And anon they chant and praise, for the plentitude of days And the bounties of this Thanksgiv.
 ing morning. They will come from far away, to
 make glad our homes today, Many prayers will rise on high for
 peace and plenty. sec them round the hearth, those
 thankful ones of earth, Gray heads and youths of happy
 one and twenty. The All-Good hath blessed the land,
 from the hills to wave.washed
 strand,
 With life's choicest gifts has He
 crowned us. There is only room for joy, unmixed
 with grief's alloy, When Heavens kind mercies so sur
 round as. Twas this very time of year, that
 wed my sweetheart dear; We have roughed it many . year
 together. Sometimes the way was clear, and
 again clouds would appear, But we toiled along through rough
 and pleasant weather. So the years have flown apace, steal
 ing youth and every grace, Yet little time waste we in useless
 grieving. with our rosy girl and boys, and
 thousand homely joys, Heart and soul can we raise in glad
 Thanksgiving.
 Mrs. Mary E. Smith, Kirkland.