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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01
Ancient Enuineerinq.

We may come down to the compar-
atively recent times of the biblical an
nalst and feel that we know one Of
the great canal builders and irriga-
ton engineers who came after Joseph
and who may have drawn wisdom
from what he had seen Of the Nile
works, says a writer in Scribner's. He
is a commanding personality in the
ancient world, this Nebuchadnezzar
II, who in the judgment of modern
investigators built the Kerez Sandih
canal, 400 miles long; constructed a
reservoir 140 miles round, and 14O
feet deep; dug channels connecting
the Euphrates and the Tigris, and eX-
tended the use Of irrigation along the
southwestern or Arabian frontier. Be-
fore him Sennacherib, the shipbuild-
er, who brought the ships in pieces by
caravan across from Tyre, had confin-
ed the Tigris to its banks by building
an embankment of bricks, and had
constructed canals or aqueducts to
bring good water to the Assyrian cap
ital. But the military exploits Of Sem
nacherib and NebuchadnezZar live
after them because theirs was an age
Of the human race when deeds of
destruction by arms were accounted
of greater consequence than works OF
sustenance, such as irrigation.
The Euphrates and the Tigris re-
gion in the Goth century awaits the
modern prototype of Nebuchadnez-
zar, the digger of bitches. He will be
from the west, but he will not come
until the railway brings him, for ir-
rigation and railway construction are
both essential to the development of
this region. NebuchadneZZar'S Goth
century successor will have to study
the story which the ruins of the an
cient irrigation work may tell, be-
cause he will need to draw lessons
from them. OF course, he will have
his own theory of how Chaldea's ia
tai day came, how the TigriS deserted
it's ancient and respectable bed and in
changing it's course cut new cham
mel, gnawed away the feeder canal
and then ate away the main Nahraw-
an itself, devouring the protective
works and the attempted repairs fast
er than they could be completed; so
that one day a moving mountain of
water was roaring across the plain,
crushing and engulfing all before it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01
PIXIES TRIP TO TEXAS.
Long Lost Document Of Historical
Value Comes to Light.

Value Comes to Light.
No event in recent years, says an
Austin, Texas, letter, has aroused
more widespread interest in histori-
cal research circles Of this country
than the discovery Of the missing
Pike papers, as they are called. These
ancient documents, which were ta-
ken from Gen. u. NJ. Pike at Santa
Fe, y. NJ, in 1907, by the commander
Of the Mexican troops, who were his
captors, were found a short time ago
in the government archives in the
city of Mexico by DR.. Herbert E. Boil
ton. a member Of the faculty Of the
university of Texas. DR.. Bolton is
conducting an exhaustive research
into the ancient archives in the CAPT.
tai of Mexico, under the auspices OF
the Carnegie institute. He has
brought to light many other interest
ing documents besides the Pike pa
pers all Of which have a bearing on
the early history Of Texas and the
great southwest.
The contents Of these papers, which
belonged to Gen. Pike, have been
copied by DR.. Bolton and their pub
licity soon will be made. The docu-
ments are in a good state Of preser-
walton, Notwithstanding the fact that
they laid in the archives of the state
of Chihuahua for twenty years and
at the city Of Mexico for the last
eighty-one years.
Gen. Pike was the first explorer
and writer who gave the world a cor
rect idea of the interior of Texas,
which was at the time Of his visit a
part of Mexico. AS an officer of the
United States army he was sent on
daring explorations into the west and
southwest. He discovered the peak
in the Rocky mountains, in Colorado,
which now bears his name, while on
this explorating expedition, in 1906
OF. He was born at Lamberton, y.
j., January 5, 1919, and was killed by
an explosion while making an attack
upon the British forces, at York, now
Toronto, Canada, on April p, 1913.
His life was short, but eventful.
The expedition of Gen. Pike was an
epoch-making event of the most ro-
mantle period of Texas history. One
Of it's objects was to determine; by
the use of the necessary instruments,
the exact boundary line between the
southwestern portion of the Louisiana
territory and the Spanish possessions.
The expedition, acting under orders
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01

THE UNCUANGEABLE COURT.-Speak-
ing of the perversity of coun-
try "squires," State Senator John s.
Fisher, chairman of the Pennsylvania
capitol investigation commission, told
this story recently:
I'VE have one old codger out in In
diana county who fears neither law
yer nor court. Not long ago Dick
Wilson had a case before the squire,
and, knowing his man, he went to the
office fortified with a dozen or more
supreme court decisions.
Wilson argued his case, cited sew
eral opinions and finally remarked
Squire, 1 have here some decisions by
the supreme court of Pennsylvania
which / shall read
Wilson finished one decision when
the Justice interrupted, saying:
"'Mr. Wilson, 1 reckon you've reao
enough. Those supreme court decl-
sions are all right so far as they go
but if the supreme court has not al
ready reversed itself 1 have no doub'
that it will do so in the near future
Judgment is, therefore, given against
YOUR client "-Philadelphia Ledger
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01

from Gen. James Wilkinson, United
States army, issued from his head
quarters at st. Louis, Mo-, in June,
1906, left Belle FOuntaine on July Is
of that year. News of the departure
of the expedition was Immediately
sent out in exaggerated form by
Spanish residents Of st. Louis to the
commandant at NocOgdaches, Tex,
and by the latter to Gov. Antonio
Cordero at San Antonio. Tex. This
expedition was looked upon by the
Spanish authorities as an invasion Of
excitement at the border posts. Gov.
COrdero at once notified the military
authorities Of the state Of Coahuila,
and troops We're dispatched to inter-
cept Gen. Pike. This Spanish army
marched 5000 miles to the Red river
and up that stream some distance,
establishing friendly relations with
the Indians as they moved along.
They found no trace Of the Pike in
vaders, and in October, 1906, return
ed to their station in the interior.
Gen. Pike while this military man
euvering was going on with the view
making his way westward with his
little force of men. They mistook
their bearings and went north of the
course which they had intended.
They penetrated into an uneXDlored
and unknown region
In February, 1907, Gen Pike ar
rived on the upper course Of The Rio
Grande at a point near Santa Pc, y.
NJ, with twenty-three of his m, n,
having become separated from the
remainder. He thought he was On
the upper Red river and in the con-
fines Of the United States. Under this
impression, he hoisted the United
States flag 1t was his intention to
descend Red river to Natchltoches.
This little force of explorers had been
in camp on the Rio Grande but few
days when q force of 100 Spanish
soldiers, commanded by Capt. Ig-
nacio Saltelo. suddenly put in an ap-
pearance and took them all prisoners.
Pike explained that he had made d
mistake. He was taken to Santa Fe,
where he was we'll received and kind
| ly treated by the local authorities, in
cluding Gov. Allencaster. His expla-
nation was satisfactory, but he was
deprived of his papers. These are the
very papers which DR.. Bolton recent
| ly found in the city Of Mexico.
The papers of Gen. Pike may
throw new light upon that part of
the remarkable exploring expedition
| from the time it left Belle Fountaine
until the little party was taken cap
tive near Santa Fe. They were seven
months reaching the upper Rio
Grande, their journey extending into
what is now Colorado, where the dis
covery Of the peak which now bears
the explorers name was made. Gen.
Pike kept a voluminous diary of his
journey, and the papers which DR..
| Bolton has brought to light may con-
tain interesting incidents Of the jour-
ney up to the time the Rio Grande
was reached.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01

Two GREEKS.-A Scotsman arrived
at Euston Station one day by noon
train and gravely asked a cabby if he
could drive him to catch train at
Waterloo station at o'clock. Cabby
after much cogitation, thought he
could do it in the time. The traveller
got inside and for three hours and
fifty minutes that cabman drove the
man from the north by devious ways
across London. When he was SET
down at Waterloo the Scotsman
sought a policeman.
Whats the fare from Euston?" he
asked.
"One-and-six," was the response.
Here" said the canny one, will
YOU kindly settle with the cabman
while | get my ticket?"-Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01
WIZARDS IN FIGURES.
Some Wonderful Feats of Boys Who
Became Famous.

When scarcely three years old
Gauss, according to an anecdOte told
by himself, followed mentally CAL
culation of his fathers relative in re-
gard to the wages of some workmen
who were to be paid for overtime in
proportion to their regular wages,
and, detecting a mistake in the ac-
count, he called out Father, the
reckoning is wrong; it makes so
much" naming the exact amount.
The calculations were repeated, and
it turned out that the child was cor
rect, while all who witnessed the per-
formance were greatly surprised. He
retained an extraordinary ability for
mental calculations throughout life
and remembered the first few deci-
mails of the logarithms of all num-
bers, so that he was able to use the
data of a logarithmetic table in his
mental calculations, and hence he
possessed a mental slide rule-a uni
que possession.
greatest mental calculators on rec
ord, but he eXcelled equally in all
branches of pure and applied mathe-
MATES. At the age of twenty he dis
covered the first rigorous proof of the
fundamental theOrem of algebra,
which affirmS that every algebraic
equation has as many roots as its de-
gree, and at the age of twenty-four
he published his great work on the
theory of numbers under the title
"DisQuisitiones Arithmeticae." Later
in life he turned his attention prin-
cipally to applied mathematics, espec-
tally to astronomy and geodesy, and
he is generally regarded as the last
of the great mathematicians who were
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01

INSURANCE SwINDLER CAPTURED
William j. Mills, who five years ago
represented the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company of New York in Char
lotte. is ur der arrest in Philadelphia
on a charge of defrauding Mrs. Hat
tie w. Bryant of Laurinburg, and the
insurance company. Mills collected
from Mrs. Bryant 1920 for life in
Surance. delivering to her policies for
$4,000, for $4,000 and $4,000 all
paid up with receipts attached. Last
fall. when five year policy fell due,
Mrs. Bryant wrote to the company,
only to learn that both had been de-
frauded. Mills also secured $1.4OO
from the woman to put in a Charlotte
bank. but skipped with it. Insurance
Commissioner Young compelled the
company to make good all the money
secured from Mrs. Bryant. Mills was
being pursued by officers, but another
company for whom he was working
gave him the tip. He was captured
in Philadelphia and a telegram just
received says he is i'm Jail awaiting
identification. Mrs. Mclaughlin, for
merly. Mrs. Bryant. is on her way to
Philadelphia TO identify the man.
who will be brought to OnSlOw county
for trial.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01

FAITH AND WoRKS.-The author OF
Seventy Years Young" Mrs. Emily
2. Bishop declares that it is as easy to
do as to wish to do, and quotes this
incident in illustration:
A little girls brother set a trap to
catch birds. She knew it was wrong,
cruel, against the laws Of kindness. al
together inexcusable from her point
of view.
She wept at first; then little later
her mother noticed that she had be-
come cheerful once more, and inquired
as to the cause.
What did you do?" asked the moth
er.
Il prayed for my brother to be made
q better boy
What else?"
Il prayed that the traps would not
catch any little birds"
What else?"
Then l went out and kicked the old
trap all to pieces"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01

COCAINE-One Of the most revolving
murders committed in this state fol
some time was that for which two
Young negroes were condemned to be
hung i'm Lexington county the first oi
this month. They confessed to killing
an old and defenseless white woman
with an axe so that they might rot
her house unmOlested. The state
published their photographs, ano
they do not appear to be vicious. II
did not seem from the evidence tha'
their record would lead one to sus-
pect them capable of such deed. II
would be hard TO account for theil
cruelty except through the fact thai
they used cocaine. SO dangerous
does this drug often make those who
become addicted to its use that the
legislature has forbidden its sale eX'
cept under restrictions that. if en-
forced. will generally keep it out OF
the hands of it's victims. But this
law is not strictly enforced, and re-
ports of the crimes resulting from 1t:
violation keep coming in:-Beaufor
Gazette.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01

4 GENTLE HINT-Senator Fulton
at his annual Oregon salmon dinner
in Washington. told tipping story.
I'm Astoria" he said. there used
70 be an old fisherman who brought
me the first of every month a present
of a splendid salmon from his master.
| always gave the old fisherman tip
But one morning | WAS very busy
and when the old man brought the
fish | thanked him hurriedly, and for
getting his tip bent over my desk
again. He hesitated moment, then
cleared his throat and said:
Senator, would we be so kind as
10 nut it i'm writin' that ye didn't give
me no tip this time. or my WifeII
think I've went and Spent il ON rum.
Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01

IAN Authority" DEFINED.-Durlng
the early days of Big Tim SulliVans 5
ser,.ice in the house of representa-
tives there occurred a discussion be-
tween him and Representative Alex
ander of Buffalo. touching the right
of third representative to pose as an
o,tboritv on finance. sullivan insist
cd that the member in question had
every right to speak like an oracle
what is your definition of an au-
tboritv9" suddenly asked Alexander.
MY notion of an authority in
stantiy retorted Big Tim. lis man
Who bluffs beyond my limit. -Phila-
delDhia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01
A BOOK
WORTH A
DOLLAR

Southern Gardeners Practical Manual
by Newman.
IT HERE are lots Of people who know
l. something about gardening, but
those who have not made a lifelong,
scientific study of the subject are con-
stantly running upon problems that
they know nothing about. Newman's
Southern Gardeners Practical Manual
is a book of ready reference that gives
accurate and comprehensive informa-
ton practically about almost everything
relating to gardening. People who have
bought this work and used it find that
it has paid for itself many times over.
It Is to be had at THE ENQUIRER
OFFICE at $1.00 per copy or by mail,
post paid for $1.10.
IN. CRISIS SONS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01

r.: Of 4O3 accidents last year on the
Washington traction lines, 217 were the
result of getting off moving cars back
ward and 2l6 Of the people thus in
iured were women.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01
WHEN IN THE
MARKET

For Buggy or Surrey and not too
BUSY to save money on these, call
and allow us to show you our line. For
a limited time, in order to help build
up this branch Of our business, we are
dividing our legitimate profit with the
purchaser
We consider our customers our best
advertisement, but they are too busy
and have something else to do besides
this, so we take this additional means
of reaching the buyer.
Have bought largely in anticipation
of a good years business, and If prices
and terms are any inducement, we are
going to move them.
If you will allow US to show you our
line and name prices and terms and
you wisely conclude you can get better
inducements, we will guarantee you a
bargain. We sell nothing but what
has the guarantee Of the makers as
well as our own.
Agents for the Keystone Riding Gull
tivator. If you want the best see the
Keystone.
As usual we are offering Planters,
Distributors and other Farm 1mple-
ments very cheap.
w. !. WITHERsPooN co.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01
Aliseellaneuus Readin9.
WITH NEIGHBoRINe EXCHANGES.
News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER

Lantern, April 2S: Mr.. and Mrs.
Alva Guy and baby Of LOwryville, left
Saturday for Columbia to visit Mrs.
Guys mother, Mrs. LOttie Aldrich, af-
ter a few days visit with Mr.. l. Med.
Hoods family. Mr.. Guy returned yes
terday morning. -. Miss Sarah Quin-
ton, aged 63 years, died Saturday,
April 25, from the effects of grip. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. d. NJ. Mcleod at the home, near
the SeaboGrd crossing, Sabbath after
noon and the burial was in Evergreen
cemetery. She is survived by one
brother and one sister, Mr.. T. j. and
Miss Elizabeth QuintOn. ... Yesterday
Mr.. ]. ]. Hardin brought to this Of
flee a specimen of cockle-bur that
seems to be rushing the season. The
plant is about six inches high above
ground and has on it about dozen
burs, two or three of them apparently
full grown. 1t is said the cOckle- bur
never comes up in time to be caught
by a late spring frost but always in
time to mature its seeds before the
autumn frost. The weatherwise will
have to tell us what this caper means.
.. John Mcdowell. who was serv-
in a sixty days sentence on the chain
gang. was instantly killed yesterday
afternoon by accident. The steel roll
er, weighing several tons, was in mo-
ton and loose bolt was rolling around
inside of it, Mcdowell, thinking to
save the bolt from being lost. reached
in to get it out. but his shoulder was
caught and his head was drawn down
and the top Of his skull crushed like a
gourd. He would not have been per-
mitted tn expose himself to the dan
ger had he not done so before he was
seen or could be stopped. He was a
trusty and a good hand. He was sent
to the gang for some offense commit
ted at Great Falls, where he was
working His home was in Columbia
whittier his remains will be taken by
his wife this evening
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01
GOOD NEWS
Many YorkvIIe Readers Have Heard
II and Profited Thereby.

It and Profited Thereby.
Good news travels fast" and the
thousands Of bad back sufferers ir
Yorkville are glad to learn that promp'
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more thanks to Doans Kidney Pills
Our citizens are telling the good news
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reading.
Mrs. E. A. Hardin living at l5S 4
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some time | suffered from a weakness
of my kidneys, and although L was
never severely troubled with pain II
nv back, the kidney Secretions caused
me a great deal Of annoyance. Al
times there seemed to be cong stlor
of the kidneys, and an almost complete
retention would take place with the
action of the SecretiOns. l also fel
nervous and was in misery most OF
the time. l finally decided to try
Doan's Kidney Pills, and produced
them. | am glad | did so as the re-
suits that followed their use have beer
so satisfactory that it will only be
short time before / am well again.
have no hesitancy whatever in giving
this remedy my endorsement
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For sale by all dealers. Price 30
cents. Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
SOUTH ORANGE PUPILS
PRAY FOR SICK SEXTON.
Martin Mal1er Very Ill-Inter-
esting Notes of the
Village.

Pupils of st. Mary's Parochial School,
South Orange, offered prayers in a body
yesterday for the cover of Martin
Maher, sexton of the school, who is
seriously i'll at his home in Academy
street, that village. with pneumonia.
The Railroaders' Association will
nominate three men to run for village
trustees of South Orange at a meeting
tomorrow afternoon.
Patrick ]. Smith, of Ralston avenue,
South Orange, who has been ill with
pneumonia, is now able to be out doors.
The Rev. Archdeacon Lewis Cameron,
rector of the Church of the Holy COM
munion, South Orange, has appointed
Mrs. Charles Jewell. of Hillside place,
that village, as chairman of a commit
tee to solicit and receive articles for q
sale to be held soon after Easter for
the purpose of reducing the floating in
debtedness of st. Barnabas's Hospital.
DR.. and Mrs. T. O'Connor Sloane, of
So Montrose avenue, South Orange, will
spend the next two weeks. at Atlantic
City.
Mrs. Samuel Campbell, of Ridgewood
road, South Orange, is visiting at Mt.
Clemens, Mich. During her absence her
daughter, Mrs. Singleton Van Setback,
is occupying the house.
Seton Hall College baseball players
got out in uniform for the first real
practise this afternoon. The South Or
ange college will be represented with
the strongest nine in it's history this
season.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
OWN LIFE
AS DRESS BURNS
BY QUICK ACTION
Mrs. William H. POucher, of
East Orange, Keeps Her Head
in Moment of Peril.

After narrowly escaping being burned
to death last evening, Mrs. William H.
Poucher, wife of the East Orange As
SCISSOR. is resting fairly well today at
her home, 13S William street, East
Orange. The family is an old and
well-known one there, and many
friends today called to learn Mrs.
Poucher's condition. She will recover
Shortly before 6 o'clock last night
Mrs. Poucher was in her room waiting
for her husband to return to dinner.
AS she was bending over to make a
memorandum in a book, the back of
her gown caught fire from a gas
heater. The woman acted quickly.
Tearing the portieres from her room,
she did her best to smother the flames
and then ran downstairs, crying for
aid. She snatched her husbands over
coat from the hall rack and wound 1t
about herself.
Her cries brought her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. George Poucher, and a maid,
both of whom aided the elder woman
In her moment of need. She was burned
on the back and arms, but she kept
the flames away from her face.
The young Mrs. Poucher put but the
fire in the room. caused by the falling
pieces of burning material, before the
flremen, who had peer summoned, ar
rived. 81