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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-27
SAVAGES ARE LEARNING.
Rubber Traders on the Amazon Can No
Longer Make Slick Bargains.

A letter from Iquitos, at the head
Of navigation on the Amazon, says
that the rubber traders have over
done the business of bartering the
flimsiest kind of gewgaws for good
hard rubber collected by the Indians.
Fortunes have been made In the bus
mess, but the natives have cut their
eye teeth. They have found at last
that many Of the trade goods they
accepted are almost valueless and
that the commodity they exchanged
nations.
An amusing illustration of the will
ingness of rubber buyers to impose
upon the ignorance or superstition of
native collectors is told by members
Of the i'll fated expedition to the Anna
zon to build the railroad around the
Madeira Falls.
Years ago a young fellow from In
diana, known to newspaper readers
as "the boy naturalist OF the Anna
zon," earned a good living by wander
ing over parts of the Amazon basin
and collecting orchids for the conser-
vatories of wealthy men. He was later
employed by the Madeira River Rail-
road company on account of his IA
milarity with the Indian languages.
When the enterprise failed he said
he would go further up the river to
trade for rubber, and the company
told him to take whatever he pleased
from it's stock of gimcracks to assist
him in his commercial project. To
everybody's surprise ne added to his
pedler's pack all the playing cards
with which the party expected to XIII
time on their way home. When asked
how he intended to use them he re-
piled:
"Why, 1 expect to make money out
will think the face cards represent
saints and will swap no end Of rub
ber for them"
Many a tusk of ivory was cheer
fully handed over to the white men
by the Congo natives twenty years
ago for a poor jack-knife or few
yards of cotton cloth. Some OF the
traders defended themselves on the
ground that a jackknife was worth
more to the natives than score OF
ivory tusks.
Today the Congo natives are IA
miliar with the white mans cutlery
and it is not easy to fool them as to
the value of ivory. So the palmiest
days of that trade are at an end.
1t is the old story. The poor Indians
Of this country were swindled right
and left when Europe first began to
buy their furs and skins. 1t was a poor
trading company that could not make
100 per cent on its capital by single
voyage.
Missionary reports were filled with
stories of the cheap and worthless
things. the spoiled food and poisonous
brandy which the traders gave in ex-
change for good beaver and mink
skins.
"They are killing the Indians we
are trying to save" wrote one despair
ing missionary. 1T seems as though
we can accomplish nothing and might
as we'll abandon our missions to the
white thieves and brandy traders"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-27
SHARKS OF MAGDALENA BAY.
Naval Officers Interrupted Bath
Steam Whistle Tackle.

Havana is wont to boast proudly
that her Nez de Tiburones-the big
pool in the rocks under Morro Castle
where they used to drop the bodies of
the executed prisoners out through a
chute-iS the sharkieSt spot in the
world, and there are numerous other
points in the tropics which lay claim
to the same distinction; but Magda-
lena bay is the only true and original
fount Of sharkdom.
l heard an old tar on one Of the ar
mored cruisers says a correspondent
of the Los Angeles Times, telling
some visitors that the man eaters
were so thick around the bow Of his
ship when she steamed into the bay
that they couldn't heave the lead
through them to take sOundings. And
another chimed in to say that Magda-
lena bay was as good as a dry dock
because the dorsals of the sharks
scraped all the barnacles off the bot
toms of the vessels. Allowing some
thing for "leeway" on these stories,
the fact still remains that sharks are
remarkably numerous there.
The morning plunge oversize regu-
larly enjoyed by the officers and men
in many of the tropical ports is quite
out of the question in the bay. There
is, to be sure, no record of any one in
the navy having been attacked by a
shark in these waters a fact not SO
remarkable when it is also learned
that there is no record of any one
having exposed himself. The closest
call perhaps was that of a well
known lieutenant-command who
took a dive into the bathing pen at
the same time that this small enclo-
sure was occupied by a fourteen foot
man eater.
The bathing pen is thirty by thirty
rallied in space on the shore Of the bay
that was built with the ostensible pur-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-27
To be Continued.
LEES PHENOMENAL AUDAClTY.
Would Take More Desperate Chances
Than Any Other General.

Would Take More Desperate Chances
Than Any Other General.
When Lee had been in command
about two weeks I had a long ride
with Ives about our lines one after
noon. during which he referred to the
newspaper attacks and asked II
thought they in any way impaired the
confidence of the army in Lee, writes
e. P. Alexander in military Memoirs
of a Confederate" l had seen no such
effect and told him so, and then went
on to say: ives, tell me this. We are
here fortifying our lines, but appar-
emily leaving the enemy all the ume
he needs to accumulate his superior
forces, and then to move on us In the
way he thinks best. Has General Lee
the audacity that is going to be re-
uuired of our inferior force to meet
the enemys superior force-to take
the aggressive. and to run risks ana
stand chances?"
Ives reply was so impressive, both
in manner and matter. that 1t has al
ways been remembered as vividly as
if today. He reined up his horse, stop
ped in the road, and, turning to me-
said: alexander if there is one man
in either army, Confederate or FEEDER
al. head and shoulders above every
other in audacity, it is General Lee
His name might be Audacity. He Will
take more desperate chances, and take
them quicker, than any other general
in this country, north or south ana
YOU will live to see it, too
1t is needless to say that l dld i've
to see it many times over. But 1t
seems. even yet mystery how, at that
time. Ives or President Davis. or any
other living man, had OWNED it. NO
one could meet Lee and fail to be i'm
pressed with his dignity of character
his intellectual power and his calm
self reliance; but all those qualities
might be recognized without deducting
from them, also, the existence of such
phenomenal audacity. except by an
inspiration of genius.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-27
THE RECORD GORILLA.
An Ape That Measured Over Eight
Feet From Finger to Finger.

Feet From Finger to Finger.
1t was Mr.. Paschen who killed the
record gorilla whose stuffed skin is
now to be seen in the Hon. Walter
Rothschild's museum at Tring, Hert-
fordshire, England. 1t is without
question the finest mounted specimen
OF the big ape in the world. 1t was
killed by Mr.. Paschen during a hunt
ing trip in the Cameroons. He was
strolling one afternoon alone a little
way from his camp when a band OF
natives suddenly confronted him. They
told him that a big monkey" had
made it's appearance in their neighbor-
hood Of which they were afraid. Mr.
Paschen subsequently set out to find
"the monkey" accompanied by some
eighty natives. After about fifteen
minutes walk they came to dense
and swampy thicket where the natives
Said the beast was hidden. At last the
animal was discovered hiding in a tree,
so situated that no one could get at It,
The daring hunter at once took out
his bush knife and after considerable
trouble managed to cut a path to the
foot of the tree. It's curiosity aroused,
the gorilla looked down through the
leaves. but at that moment the hun
ter's gun was heard, and the huge
beast received an ugly wound in the
Jaw. 1t fell head first out of its perch
and caught hold Of the branches be-
fore it reached the bottom. But sec
ond shot, we'll directed, brought the
monster to the ground at the very feet
but a magnificent specimen Of its class.
The skin was beautiful, and the teeth
were perfect. Twelve men carried 1t
back to the village-no easy task, as
the monster turned the scale at 500
pounds. The animal was then skin
ned This and the beasts bones were
embalmed and sent to Europe. An ac-
count of the method pursued in the
mounting of the gorilla will give an
idea of the general system followed at
this interesting establishment.
On the receipt Of the skin and bones
numerous measurements were taken.
Then a clay model was made to guide
the taxidermist in his task. The skin
was then cleaned and tanned. a process
which occupied several weeks The
real labor in connection with the
mounting was that involved in build
ing a suitable framework, or mani
kim" to receive the skin. To accom-
plish this a wooden skeleton was made
and firmly bolted to a stout platform
This was padded with excelsior, on top
of which was laid a thick layer Of mod
cling clay. This latter was a close
copy Of the real animal on a slightly
smaller scale. to insure a perfect fit Of
the skin. When the skin was stretched
and stitched on the clay model the task
was by no means finished. Here and
there little bald places had to be COW
cred with artificial hair. A few parts
of the body required a little coloring
to render the whole harmonious, while
the ears and great open mouth de-
manded considerable manipulation to
give the animal a lifelike appearance.
| This huge beast, it may be stated,
stands five feet five inches high and
measures over eight feet from iinger
| To finger.-Scientific American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-27

pose, not of keeping sharks in, but of
keeping them out An unusually
high spring tide, however, flooded the
top rail to a depth of a couple Of feet
or more and during the period of
submergence the big shark in some
manner nosed his way in and was left
captive when the water subsided.
The commander in question sprang
from the rocks and disappeared un-
der the cool water in a long, deep,
comfortable looking dive. An instant
later the pen was a vortex of white
foam, in the midst of which whirled
the white shoulders Of the command
err and through which cut with light
ming slashes the black dorsal and tail
fins of the big shark. The frightened
swimmer reached the outer palings
at the end of half dozen desperate
overland strokes, clambered over the
barrier, tumbled into the water be-
yond, and wide eyed with terror start
ed lunging right off toward the open
sea.
When he was finally recalled to the
bank it was to declare that the pen
was literally alive with sharks, and
not even after the ubiquitous man
eater, riddled with bullets from the
revolvers Of the officers, harpooned
by some fishermen and lassoed by
some cowboys, was hauled out on the
ha hn n
that the score or more Of Its fellows
among which he imagined he had
plunged had not escaped. Inasmuch
as frightened shark has never been
known to touch so much as piece Of
raw beef, the impetuous commander
was never in real danger of anything
but heart failure and a slap from the
monsters tail.
The sharks of the bay take almost
any kind Of bait, and 1t Is rarely that
warship Is at anchor without from
one to half a dozen lines dangling
over it's stern. Watching a shark line
Is a tedious business but it is strictly
necessary in order for the fisherman
to know when the monster Is hooked,
as his frantic rushes IL allowed to go
unchecked are pretty sure to cause
some part Of the line leader or even
some of his own anatomy. to give
way and result in his escape.
To this end the officers and sailors
have hit on an ingenious plan. In
stead of taking in their lines when
the dinner gong sounds or when for
any other reason they are on duty
elsewhere they run a stout piece OF
marlin twine from the shark line up
to the steam whistle, leaving 1t for
the man eater himself to announce
the event Of his being hooked by
sounding a toot.
1t is regrettable to state that the in
ventor Of this clever expedient, sur
geon on a torpedo boat, came near to
losing his position as result OF his
first experimental trial Of this time
saving contrivance. This came about
as a result of his lack of judgment in
running the main line, instead Of the
comparatively light twine now en-
ployed for that connection, up to the
whistle. The latter gave forth
brave toot in response to the jerk Of
the husky man eater at the other end
of the line, but the blast was in the
nature of a swan song. An instant
later, with a parting shrek Of agony,
the whole Of the whistle mechanism
was wrenched from the after funnel,
and, carrying string Of hammocks
and the pinnacle stand along with 1t,
vanished overheard, spinning like
taffrail log in the wake Of the flying
shark.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-27

a. Among the Dyaks of Borneo a
youth may not marry till he can show
the skull of an enemy slain in battle.
AZ There are no paupers in the Gold
Coast Colony, and there is neither
lunatic asylum. reformatory nor poor
house.
The evening world., 1908-03-26
GROWING STRONGER

"In 1896, at the age Of so years. l
collapsed from excessive coffee drink
Ing" writes man in Mo. For four
years | shambled about with the aid
of crutches or cane. most Of the time
unable to dress myself without help.
MY feet were greatly swollen, my
right arm was shrunken and twisted
inward. the fingers of my right hand
were clenched and could not be ex-
tended except with great effort and
pain. Nothing seemed to give me
more than temporary relief.
Nov. during all this time and for
about 30 years previously, l drank
daily an average OF cups Of strong
coffee-rarely MISSING a meal.
my wife at last took my case into
her own hands and bought some
Postum. She made 1t according to
directions. and I liked It fully as
we'll as the best high-grade coffee.
Improvement set In at once. In
about months l began to work
little, and in less than a year l was
very much better, improving rapidly
from day to day. l am now in far
better health than most men Of my
years and apparently growing strong
er with advancing age.
~ am busy every day at some kind
OF work and am able to keep up
with the procession without a cane.
The arm and hand that were once
almost useless now keep far ahead
In rapidity of movement and beauty
of penmanship."
There's a Reason" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich
Read "The Road to Wellville." In
pkRk
The evening world., 1908-03-26
"GRAFTERS" ROB CHICAGO.
City Cheated Out of 100000 by
Use of "Fixed" Motors.

CHICAGO. March ga ring Of graft
era" in tho employ of the city Water
Department has been uncovered which.
evidence 30 far indicates. has cost the
city $4,000 d. 8. Harrington. foreman
OF tho meter mechanical division. has
been removed. John Lambkn. chief
clerk. disappeared two weeks ago. 1t IL
not known whero he IL. He was re-
moved Thirty employees were dropped
bill for S2S 900 for water was sent to
the Chicago Railways COMPANY for
water alleged to have been obtained
through fixed" meters
Other fixed meters bring the city
loss up to tho first-named amount. "As
to Harrington" said Assistant Commits
sioner Riedske. II do not mean to say
that he had suilty knowledge OF the
fixing of meters or the other scandals
that existed In the bureau, hut do be-
lieve that he was entirely too easy with
tnEt<inn~
The evening world., 1908-03-26
STARVING MAN
TELLS POLICE He
IS A MURDERER
Conscience, He Says, Gave
Him No Rest Till He
Confessed.

Starvation and . conscience that
would not lot him sleep drove & man
who said his name was william Sae!ng-
ster to confess murder. He Is q pr!s-
oner at Police Headquarters. and .
telegram In expected to-day from Mon
treal verifying his remarkable story.
Ragged ernaciated and hollow eyed.
ne staggered into Headquarters last
night scarcely able 10 speak. and would
have fallen . a detective hadn't caught
him. When he recovered he said:
Gentlemen. my name is William
Sae,n8ster. / caIne in here to give
myself up In the early part OF No
vember I shot and killed and then
robbed Pierre De Lorne on the Sewer
road. three miles from Montreal l am
sick and starving and have not had
meal in n week. There was no rest for
my conscience. and i want to have the
whole thing over with"
Saeingster is a Scotchman. thirty 1--WE
years old and unmarried. According to
his story he has been a farm hand in
different parts of Canada for the last
few years. In telling OF the murder OF
De Lorne. who. ne says. was a wealthy
farmer. saeingster duplicates Peter Up
son and Joseph Lamercke. He says
both these men were with him and re-
ceived an equal share of the $50 which
was taken from the dead mans pock-
cts. He says Upson and Lamercke
are now under arrest In Montreal for
another crime.
After We divided the money we went
different directions" said Saeingster
IT wandered from place TO place and
finally landed In Boston. No matter
where ! went l couldn't sleep and when
l reached this city about three weeks
ago j was a nervous wreck. I've been
wandering around the docks during the
daytime and trying to rest in the parks
at night. But It wasn't no use and
decided to give myself up
The evening world., 1908-03-26
JUDGE HASCALL,
CITY COURT, I'LL
TEN DAYS, DIES
He Had Gone to Little Falls
Suffering from Heart
Trouble.

Justice Theodore 3. Hascall. of the
CITY Court, died last night at Little
Falls. N. J.. whore he had gone about
ten days ago. suffering from heart
trouble.
Justice Hascall was born sixty-two
years ago in Leroy. n. Y. whore his
ather. A. p. Hascall. had been a judge
and Congressman. Justice Hascalls
widow. who II Ill. and his daughter.
are in Paris.
Justice Hascall WAS member of the
Democratic Club Of this city Before
his election to the City Court bench. In
1900. ne practised law in this CITY.
Adrian c. Joline, one OF the receivers
for the New York City Railway Com
pany was formerly his law partner.
Justice Hascall's term in, the CITY
Court would have expired Dec. 81. 1910
The evening world., 1908-03-26
JAP BARON DEAD.

TOXIC. March 2s.-Baron Yanosuke
Iwasaki died yesterday at tho age OF
fifty-seven. He was a widely known
merchant and banker. being Governor
OF the Bank of Japan in 1898. In 1902 he
made tour OF the world remaining in
New York two days
The evening world., 1908-03-26

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The evening world., 1908-03-26

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The evening world., 1908-03-26

March q. 1ors-REIIIIY. DENNIS E..
patrolman, Mulberry street station; res-
cued at great personal risk. four per-
sons IN a ire at No. lbs Bowery.
SMITH, FRANCIS F.. pstrolnan.
Eldridge street station: rescued at
great personal risk, four persons In
fire at No. la Bowsry.
The evening world., 1908-03-26

policeman
publish
Bocery tEe early Wednesday the
fcemn The Worlds
0alpn1
credit
the q
THE EVENING WORLDS HONOR ROLL
The evening world., 1908-03-26

CONE. JOHN E. bicycle patrolma n.
Fifth avenue station. Brooklyn: at great
personal peril stopped runaway horse
Ealloping down upon children in front OF
public school At Fourth avenue and
Fourteenth street: dragged two blocks
and bruised.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-18
Contest Notice,

Department Of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Clayton, n. M. March 5,
1908.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Frank Rothrock, con-
testant, against Homestead Entry No.
IIII3, made Sept. IS, 1906. Tor ne4 Sec.
IA, twp. 6 n. range 80 c, by Herbert Viii
hauer. contestee. in which 1t is alleged.
under date OF Ian. 7, 1908, that the said
Herbert Vilhauer has wholly abandoned
said entry that he has changed his resi-
dence therefrom for more than six months
since making said entry. and next prior TO
the date hereof that said tract is not set
tied upon and cultivated by said party as
required by law, and that the said alleged
absence from the said land was not due to
his employment IN the Army, Navy or Ma
rine Corps of the United States as a pri-
vate soldier. officer, seaman or marine.
during the war with Spain. or during any
other war in which the United States may
be engaged.
Said parties are hereby notified to ap-
pear, respond. and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m on April
20, 1908, before T. Il. S. DENLY, u. S.
court commissioner, at his office in Melrose,
n. M. and that final hearing will be held
al 10 o'clock a. m. on April 27, 1905, before
the register and receiver at the United
States Land Office in Clayton. N. M.
The said contestant having. in a proper
affidavit, filed March S, I9os, set forth
facts which show that after due diligence
personal service of this notice cannot be
made, ii is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due and prop
er publication. EDWARD w. Fox,
3-2I Register.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-18
CONTEST NOTICE

Department of the Interior, United states
Land Office. Clayton, New Mexico
March 2, 1908.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by John w. Roten-
berry. contestant, against homestead en-
try No. 1901, made October 80, 1900,
for sea sec 20, twp 7 n, range 50 e. py
Willis V. Senter, contestee, in which 1t is
alleged under date of January IS 1908,
that the said Willis v. Senter has wholly
failed TO a any time establish hist actual
bona tide residence upon said tract, that
said tract has been wholly abandoned for
a period OF more than six mouths next
prior to the initiation OF this contest, that
said tract is not settled upon and culti-
waited as required by law, that said de-
fects have not been cured and that said
alleged absence from the said land was
not due to his employment in the army,
navy or marine corps OF thr United States
as a private soldier, officer, seaman or
marine during the war with SPAN or dur
ing any other war in which the United
| States may be engaged; said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond and
offer evidence touching said allegation al
10 o'clock a. m. on April IS, 1908, before
II. X. Putnam, u. 5. Court Commissioner
at his office in Texico, n. M, land tha'
final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock a
m. on April %. 1905 before. the Register
and Receiver at the United States Lane
Office in Clayton, y. Nj.
The said contestant, having in a propeI
affidavit. filed March =, 1908, set fortl
factr which show that after due diligence
personal service of this notice can not b.
made, it is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due ant
proper publication. t Edward w. Fox,
3-zI-S Register.