davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
A FRIGHTFUL CONFLICT.
Battle With a Maniac on Chimney
$50 Feet High.

Battle WIKI manidC OF SHihiiSy
$50 Feet High.
Every time I see a tall chimney
said an Englishman, Il am reminded
of a thrilling affair that happened
when l was lad in Bradford, Eng
land, my birthplace. A $50 foot
chimney had just been completed,
and two brickmasons only were left
on the top to put the finishing touches
on it. Both Of them were big men.
One of them, fellow of gigantic
strength, went suddenly insane just
as the last bit of work was done on
the chimney, and his companion
looked on with horror while the ma
MAC deliberately cut away the rope
ladder leading from the top Of the
chimney to the ground.
1.-The maniac no sooner did this
than he turned to his companion and
calmly announced that he was going
to throw him over the side Of the
chimney to the ground. They closed,
and a terrific, protracted struggle en-
sued. The workmen down below had
seen the rope ladder when 1t struck
the ground, and they knew at once
that something was wrong with the
two men at the top.
They got away from the chimney
at a sufficient distance to see what
was going on up at the top, and they
witnessed the frightful encounter be-
tween the two men. The maniac fire.
quently by pure strength got his COM
panion over to the very edge Of the
chimney. Every time he did this the
sane man would muster up all of his
force and push the madman back.
The hand to hand battle went on for
hours, while a company of firemen
down below were endeavoring to shoot
a line over the chimney by means of
a rocket cannon. Finally the sane
man got certain hold on the mad
man and broke the latter's arm. Then
the maniac lay quiet.
AFTER hours Of aiming the firemen
managed to get line over the CHM
ney, which the exhausted brickmason
almost all out from his terrible
struggle with the insane man grab
bed. Then he drew up the rope lad
der fastened it and came down to the
ground, sinking into a semicomatose
condition from which he did not
emerge for days.
1.-TWO firemen volunteered to go
UP the rope ladder after the maniac.
They had nearly reached the top of
the chimney when the insane man
walked over to the edge, looked
around quietly for a minute or so,
paying no attention to the cries of
his rescuers, and then dived head
foremost to the ground. He was
probably dead before he struck the
earth, and he was picked up shape
less mass"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
THE BANANA TREE.
Each Piece of Fruit Represents a Sim
ole EIower.

Each Piece of Fruit Represents Sim
gle FInwer.
Tropical trees and plants. with
their luxurious growth and brilliant
flowers, are very interesting. In Ha-
wall there is not the boarding or mig
gardliness Of slow growth. Nature
does everything with lavish hand
Small ANIMALS in colder climes do
not seem remarkable when they have
their full growth but to perfect their
flower and seed, but in the larger
growth Of the tropics this does seem
a remarkable feature.
During my stay on the windward
side of the island Of Oahu / have
been studying the banana tree. In
growth and habit it is exceedingly
interesting. Very truly does 1t live
but to produce it's fruit. for, though
stem attains a height of from
twelve to eighteen feet, as soon as
one bunch of bananas ripens 1t Is
pau" in Hawaiian parlance, finish
ed" in English. It is cut down and
another tiny shoot starts from the
ground to pursue the same course.
Each banana represents a single
flower. and we eat the fleshy seed,
pod or ovary, something as In the
apple, only that the seeds have no
covering, as in that fruit. The large
cluster of flowers is inclosed in leaf
like coverings, which roll back and
fall off, one by one, as a hand of the
flowers is ready to open. BY hand
one means two rows Of flowers going
half around the stem. I have often
wondered what was meant in the orr
entail stores by hand" Of bananas.
Now I understand by looking at the
empty stem from which we have just
finished eating the delicious fruit. AS
soon as the fruit first begins to turn
the stem is cut and hung up to ripen.
Bananas hanging in the porch to be
used at will are a very good substi-
tute for the apple Of colder climes.
But to return to the flowers. The
first hand of flowers turns very soon
into tiny green bananas, and then
the next leaflike bract rolls back and
falls off. and hand of flowers comes
to light, till, one after another, these
hands have made a large bunch of
bananas In those that l have exam
ined the last flowers have not come
to perfection, and there Is often seen
hanging a folded bunch at the ex-
treme end Of the covering.-Living
Church.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
DMITRI, THE WATER CARRIER.
A True Story Of Russian Victim of
the Whims of Fortune.

1t was at the czars coronation in
Moscow, says a st. Petersburg letter,
that Dmitri, the water carrier, encoun-
tered the drama Of his life. The story
has not been published, for in Russia
it is not permitted to name living royal
personages in such circumstances.
Moreover Dmitri's madness from the
sudden possession Of riches would not
be very surprising thing to his coun-
trymen, accustomed to the mind of the
peasant moujik.
Moscow Is a city Of palaces, but most
Of them are too wanting in modern
comfort to be used as lodgings by dis
tinguished guests. Some hundred for
eign royalties were in the old capital
together by the czar's invitation to see
him crowned. Most had to be boarded
out among the families Of officers Of
the Russian court.
Among these were the sister Of the
czars bride and her husband. Prince
Henry Of Prussia, who stayed in the
residence, near the little Moscow riv-
er, Of a colonel in the czars suite. From
his window Prince Henry became in
terested in the regular early morning
proceedings Of Dmitri. the water car
rier
The business seemed quaint to west
ern eyes, but nature has given Moscow
very small supply of running water
and engineering had then done nothing
to increase it. Vodovos, or water con-
tractors, furnished each house with its
daily rations, after the manner Of milk
men.
Twenty-year old tow-headed Dmitri
placidly filled his barrels and fixed
them in a row between the long shafts
Of his cart. Then he went his rounds
all unknowing that he was ministering
to the wants Of the czar's brother-in-
law
When the feastings were over and
the guests preparing to depart Prince
Henry bethought himself of distribut-
ing tips. The princes host delicately
suggested that the staff of attendants
would appreciate their gifts doubly If
they came from the princes own hand.
Moreover that would defeat the pur-
pose of the Russian official major
domo attached to Prince Henry's suite,
who proposed to relieve him Of the
trouble Of distribution by drawing on
him for q lump sum. keeping three
quarters Of it and dividing the re-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
A FLOWER AND A WISH.
The Romantic Marriage of De Lesseps
of Suez Canal Fame.

VI SucZ Sdndl dHlcs
Sir Henry Brackenbury tells in
Blackwood's Magazine the story of
the romantic marriage Of M. de Les
seps. A Frenchman living in Reunion
was compelled by the illness Of his
wife to take her to France. He sailed
with his wife and two young daugh-
ters, but the wife died on the voyage.
Some time afterward the FrenchmaIl
called on NJ. de Lesseps, told him OF
his misfortunes and Of his sufferings
on the long sea voyage and expressed
the wish to dedicate the remainder of
his life to the furtherance Of the con-
struction of the Suez canal. De Les
seps gave him an appointment at Is
MALTA, and employment was found in
one Of the workshops there for his
daughters.
One day De Lesseps' attention was
attracted by these two girls, with
whom he entered into conversation.
He came again next day and gave to
each of them a flower, saying that
they should frame a wish the last
thing at night and that If in the morn
ing they found that the flowers had
opened, the wish would be granted.
On the following morning he went to
their house and found one of the girls
smiling, the other in tears. He asked
the cause Of the latters sadness.
"My flower has not opened" she re-
piled.
Tell me your wish, so that if pos
sible it may be granted" responded NJ
de Lesseps.
"Ah, to you least of all men 1 can
tell it," was her answer. The great
engineer married her.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
GOVERNMENT FORESTRY.
Had Its Origin In the Desire to Con.
servo ShipbuiIdins Timber.

serve Shipbuilding Timber.
When did the United States begin
the practice Of forestry? Few persons
can answer this question correctly.
Most people are of the opinion that
the beginning Of forestry in this coun-
try was of very recent origin, and that
the first step in that direction was
taken among the mountains Of the
far west Neither fact is correct.
While Washington was serving his
first term as president Of the United
! States, a recommendation came to him
that the government ought to buy live
oak islands on the coast Of Georgia to
make sure Of a supply Of ship timber
for war vessels. The idea appears to
have originated with Joshua Hum
phreys, whose official title was Con
structor of the United States Navy"
listing was made up Of six ships on
paper, and not one stick of timber to
build them had yet been cut. The
vessels were designed to fight the north
African pirates.
Five years after the recommendation
was made congress appropriated mon
ey to buy live oak land. Grover and
Blackboard islands on the coast Of
Georgia were bought for $22,5O0. They
contained 1850 acres.
Louisiana was bought soon after,
and in 1917. the Six Islands, Of $4,000
acres, and containing $1,000 live oak
trees, were withdrawn from sale, and
set apart as a reserve. In 1925, con-
gress appropriated $4,000 to buy ad-
ditional live oak land on Santa Rosa
Sound, western Florida, and subse-
quently other Florida timberlands. ag-
gregating 20S,224 acres, were reserved
UP to that time nothing more had
been done than to buy or reserve land
for the timber growing naturally upon
it; but the work was to be carried fur
ther upon the Santa Rosa purchase
The plan included planting, protecting.
cultivating, and cutting live oak for the
navy. That timber was then consider
ed Indispensable in building war YES
sells. Much had been said and written
Of the danger Of exhaustion Of supply
Settlers destroyed the timber to clear
land, and European nations were buy
ing large quantities for their navies
In response to repeated warnings the
government finally took steps to grow
timber for its own use.
Young oaks We're planted on the
Santa Rosa lands. Difficulty was ex-
perienced in inducing young trees to
grow. The successful transplantins of
the oak is not easy, unless done at
the proper time and in the right way.
The plantations at Santa Rosa were
generally unsuccessful; but large
quantities Of acorns were planted, and
a fair proportion of them grew. But
the chief efforts were directed to prun-
ing, training, and caring for the wild
trees. Thickets about them were cut
away to let in air and light.
What the ultimate success of the
forestry work would have been can
not be told. The civil war brought
complete change in war vessels by
substituting i,oa for wood. Forestr:'
work stopped. The timber reserves
were neglected. Squatters occupied
the land. After a number of yeas all
the reserves, except some Of the Flor
ida land, were opened to settlement.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27


A More Practical Way.-It was a
dreamy hour when the Christmas
dinner, having been eaten was doing
it's best to digest itself and the girls
were talking in the hushed tones ap-
propriate to the occasion.
I've just heard Of new charm to
tell whether anyone loves you, and If
so, who it is" whispered Elsie.
What is it?" queried Sophie, alb
sently lingering her new diamond ring.
We'll, you take four or five chest
nuts, name them each after some man
you know, and then put them on the
stove, and the first one that pops is
the man that loves you."
Him." said Sophie. II know a better
way than that"
DO you?"
Yes, indeed. By my plan you take
one particular man, place him on the
sofa in the parlor. sit close to him
with the light little low, and Look in
to his eyes. And then, If he doesn't
pop, you'll know it's time to change
the man on the sofa."-Woman's
Home Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27

11r Convicts in French Guiana seem
to be in luck. They are reported to
be working gold mine on their own
account. Their warders have appar-
emily so far failed to discover where
they have successfully pegged their
claim. The convicts in turn escape
from the settlement by twos and threes
and remain hidden for a day or two.
They then return with their pockets
full Of nuggets and have great time.
Others get away in their turn but come
back eventually, also with gold. The
mine is thus kept regularly working
by shifts Of convicts. The latter, when
they return to the settlement, are reg
ularly sentenced to a few days Of i'm
prisonment for absence without leave,
but this Is a low price to pay for a
share in gold mine. Where the latter
is the authorities have never yet been
able to discover-London Telegraph.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
IVORY FROM SIBERIA.
Found Buried In Mud Of Rivers and In
Great Northern Swamps.

Discussing the production Of ivory,
Vladimir Fedoreff Of st. Petersburg,
Russia, said Siberia furnishes a large
quantity Of ivory to the markets of the
world but that the production OF 1t be-
longs to another age and to a species
Of animal that does not now exist.
The ivory is cut from the tusks OF
mastodons whose skeletons are found
frozen in masses Of Ice or buried In the
mud Of Siberian rivers and swamps.
The northern portion Of the country
abounds in extensive bogs which are
called urmans. In these are found the
tusks Of the mastodon, from which 1t
Is inferred these animals lost their lives
venturing upon surface that would
not bear their weight.
Even to wild animals these urmans
are forbidden ground. The nimble
stepping, broad hoofed reindeer can
sometimes cross them safely in the
summer time, but most other larger
animals attempting to do 80 would
quickly be engulfed, and this may be
a partial explanation Of the remains OF
the mammoth and the rhinoceros which
are so abundant and so widely diffused
through these northern marsh lands Of
Siberia
In the museum at Tobolsk are nu-
merous specimens of mammoth and
throughout that region they are by no
means rare When an ice pack breaks
down river bank or floods tear up a
frozen marsh or the summer thaw PEN
etrates a little more deeply than usual
into the ground some Of these ante
diluvian monsters are likely to be ex-
posed.
In many cases the remains are so
fresh and we'll preserved, with their
dark shaggy hair and underwood Of
reddish brown, their tufted ears and
long, curved tusks, that all the abort
gines and even some Of the Russian
settlers persist in the belief that they
are specimens of animals which still
five, burrowing underground like moles
and dying the instant they are admit
ted to the light.-Washingt Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of York.
IN PROBATE COURT.

BY l.. r. Williams. Esq, Probate Judge
Of York County.
WV HEREAS M. c. WILLIS
w has applied to me for Letters of
on all and singular,
the goods and chattels, rights and
credits Of ]. B. STEPHENSON, late
Of the county aforesaid, deceased
These are, therefore. to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said deceased, t.
be and appear before me at our next
Probate Court for the said county, to
be holden at York Court House on the
9TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1909, to
shew cause, If any, why the said Ad-
ministration should not be granted.
Given under my Hand and Seal, this
18th day Of July, in the year
Of our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and nine and in the 134th
year Of American Independence.
L. R. WILLIAMS,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27

R. A. Kennedy, 1O7 Branch ST., Ches-
ter, S. c., says: II can say that Doan's
Kidney Pills live up to all the claims
made for them. 1 suffered for at least
a year from pains across the small of
my back, sometimes changing to a dull
ache. The kidney secretions were Of
ten unnatural and showed that my
kidneys We're disordered. I used many
remedies but nothing helped me as
much as Doan's Kidney Pills. Since
taking them 1 have been improving
steadily and therefore, have no hesita-
tion in speaking in their favor for the
benefit Of other kidney sufferers"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27

Coyote, Texas Boys Pet.-A pet
coyote belongs to Roy Galloway, a
Dallas boy, who declares that coyotes
can be made tanner than dogs. This
particular coyote came from Stamford,
in western Texas, when two and half
months old. 1t is now a little over a
year old and fully grown, says the
Dallas News.
This pet plays with the children, ly-
ing down to be rubbed by them, and
frolicking about the yard with them.
She likes to play with dogs, but the
dogs object. The coyote sits on her
box and waits for Roy to come home
in the evening and shows her pleasure
when she sees him.
Il don't think" Roys says. that any
dog could be more lovable than my
coyote is"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
TAKE IT IN TIME

Just as Scores Of Yorkville People
Have.
Waiting doesn't pay.
If you neglect the aching back,
Urinary troubles, diabetes, surely
follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills relieve backache,
Cure every kidney i'll.
Many people in this locality recon-
mend Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here's one case:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27

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
take no other.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-03
Circuit Court in Session

The March term of the Circuit
Court of Rockbridge Is in session
this week, Judge S. Houston Letch-
er presiding.
G. W. Price qualified as admin
istrator of D. Miris Clark, de-
ceased.
G.. w. Kirby was appointed an
additional constable for Walker
Creek district.
The grand jury, composed OF W.
H. Hunter, foreman, S. w. Donald,
B, G.. Foster, A. H. Thompson,
John F. Henderson, Philip H. Fix,
James NJ. Copper, W. B. Logan,
j. Hansford Hyde, Thos. f. Su-
pinger, brought in the following In
dictments:
Against j. E. Tinsley for exhib-
iting a picture show without IL
cense.
Against town Of Lexington for
failure to keep roads In order.
Against Clarence T. Frame for
attempting to pass forged check
Against Ugene Henderson !or
unla wful cohabitation.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-03
Sale-TunIs Nuptials in Norfolk
Last Tuesday

Sundays Norfolk Landmark:
The residence OF Mr.. and Mrs.
William Wrightson Tunir Ut Edge
water was the scene on Tuesday
evening of beautiful Wedding,
when their daughter, Edith Dab
new. became the bride Of Mr.. Viii.
liam Wilson Sale. The ceremony
was Performed promptly at 8
O'Clock by Rev. Father K. A.
Drake of Sacred Heart Church.
There uere no attendants and only
the immediate families of the con-
tracing parties were present.
The drawing room in which the
ceremony was performed was elab-
orately and beautifully decorated
with southern s,rilax, palms, mag
nolia branches and red tulips. In
the dining room the color scheme,
pink and green, was srtlstica lily
carried out. Mounds Of pink tulips,
pink sweetpeas and mignonette
made an attractive and artistic
decoration. A string band con-
cealed behind bank Of ferns fur
nished delightful music during the
evening.
The BRIDE, who was given away
by her father, was charming In a
Persian gown of white satin, trim
med with duchesse lace. She
carried bunch OF gardenias OF IL
laos. tied with white tu!le and her
veil was held together with orange
blossoms. Immediately following
the ceremony there was large
and brilliant reception. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Sale and Miss BERTHE Sale
of Lexington; Governor and Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson OF Richmond;
Mics Mary Templeton Of Waynes'
boro, Va. Judge and Mrs. w. b.,
Mann o: Nottoway Courthouse.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-03
Death of MIR. w. Harvey Dixon

Mr.. w. Harvey Dixon died at
his home on Whistle Creek at 2
last Sunday, February 70,
after an extended illness fiom
stom ach trouble. The funeral was
held Sunday afternoon from Eben-
ezer Associated Reformed Presby-
terrain church, conducted by Rev.
Leon II. Pressly of Timber Ridge.
The remains were brought to Lex
ington for burial Sunday after
noon,
Mr.. Dixon was son of the late
James Dixon, and was aged Az
wears. He was an elder in Eben-
ezer church and was prominent In
church and Sunday school work,
and for some years past has been
identified with the Rockbridge
Sunday School Association. de
was formerly a justice of the peace
in Kerr's Greek district. and was
man universally esteemed. HIS
wife, who was daughter of Mr..
j. G. Dixon, survives.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-03
Washington and Lee Catalogue
for 19OS.O9

The catalogue Of Washington
and Lee University for the pres
session has just been issued from
the press. Professor W. LeConte
Stevens editor. The bulletin is
an attractive publication of 22o
pages and contains valuable infor-
nation concerning Washington and
Lee. The front page of the cover
is illustrated with medallion pic
ture of General Washington and
General Lee, surrounded by the
title, washington and Lee UNI
verslsy, Virginia, l702'1871."
The table of contents includes
a map OF the University buildings
and grounds, local directory, Uni
versity calendar, historical sketch
and other general information. A
summary shows that there are six
officers of administration, IL mem
bers of the faculty, 20 instructors
and associates and seven mem ers
of the library staff.
The total registration of stu
dents in January. 1909, numbers
563. They are divided as follows
in the various departments: AGA
nemic, 303; engineering, l40; law :,
112. The growth of the University
Is indicated by the following regis
tratiops for the past five years.
The mum Der was 332 in 1905 ;371 in
1906; AIT in 1907 46S in 1908 and
563 in 1909.
The classification with respect TO
States ie az follows: Virginia leads
with 259, West Virginia So, Mary
land 81, Florida 81, Tennessee %,
Alabama ~. Louisiana 10, Ken
tucly 10, Texas 10, North Caro-
lima IA, Arkansas ID, Mississippi
IL. and smaller mum bers from
other States. Twenty-Five States
and the District of Colum bia are
represented.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-03
Night on Bald fountain

On a lonely pight Alex. Benton Of
Fort Edward, N. Y, climbed Bale
Mountain to the home of a neighboI
tortured by Asthma, bent on curing him
with DIR. Kings New Discovery. that
had cured himself OF asthma. This
wonderful medicine soon relieved and
quickly cured his neighbor. Later II
cured his sons wife Of severe lung
trouble. Millions believe it the great
est Throat and Lung cure on Earth.
Coughs, Colds, Group, Hemorrhages
and Sore Lungs are surely cured oy IT,
Best for Hay Fever, Grip and Whoop
ing Cough. 5Oc and $1.OO. Trial bot
tie free. Guaranteed by b. H. Gorrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-03
Frances Willard Services

Frances Willard memoria; SER
vices were held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. l.. Wilson on Taylor
street last Thursday evening from
eight to eleven by the Lexington
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. An interesting program OF
vocal and instrumental music and
recitations was presented, and a
large crowd was in attendance.
Devotional services were conducted
by DR.. Alfred T. Graham, and
an address on the life of Miss Will
lard was made by Rev. William B
Hammond.
A free will offering was made
for the benefit of the work. just
before the conclusion of the pro-
gram refreshments were served.