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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-03
(To be Continued
a Problem For Teachers-A banl

A Problem For Teaehers-A banker
going home to dinner saw $40 Dill
on the curbstone He picked 1t up,
noted the number and went home to
dinner. While at home his wife re-
marked that the butcher had sent
bill amounting to $40. The only
money he had was the bill ne had
found which he gave to her and she
paid the butcher. The butcher paid
it to a farmer for a calf, the farmer
to the merchant, who in turn paid 1t
to washerwoman, and she, owing the
banker a note of $40 went to the bank
and paid the note. The banker recoG-
nized the bill as the one he had found
and which to that time had paid $5o
worth of debt. On careful examina-
ton he discovered that the bill was
counterfeit. Now what was lost In
the transaction and by whom?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-03
alisesllaasuus geadins.
HARRlMAN's GREAT MANSION.
Features of Railroad Masnate's Sum-
mer Home at Arden, N. Y.

mer Home at Arden, N. Y.
An army of mechanics has been
working day and night on the summer
home at Arden, Orange county, N. Y,
of e. H. Hartman, president Of the
Union Pacific railroad, who recently
sailed from Cherbourg, France, for
New York. The residence surmounts
the top of Tower hill, which COM
mands a view for miles around.
Mr. Hartman owns practically the
whole mountain, from the peak of
which, Tower hill, signal beacons
burned in Revolutionary days to warn
the Continentals Of the movements of
the British or the approach Of ma
rauding Tories and Indians. In all
Mr.. Hartman controls about $4,000
acres, and for the most part he holds
the rights of way to this vast estate,
thus obtaining a privacy which was
denied him in his former summer
home at Woodbury..
The Tower hill house is 1900 feet
above tidewater and is reached by a
private inclined railroad $500 feet
long, which rises 700 feet. This road
connects with the Erie railroad near
Turner's.
For two years several hundred men
have been employed on the house,
which Is still far from complete. But
the central part is being finished tenn
porarily for Mr.. Hartman. This por-
ton alone contains forty rooms, be-
sides the servants quarters, which are
permanently finished.
The house is being built with stone
quarried on the mountain, and the
timber for the exterior wood trim
mings was also hewed in Mr.. Harri-
mans forests. All the material used
is American product. The one stone
in the structure which Mr.. Harriman's
quarries could not supply is a huge
block of granite, carved into a stags
head with spreading antlers. This
will crown the main doorway. The
stone for this came from up state.
The house is $50 feet long north
and south and $50 east and west, hav-
ing three stories, with a tower sixty
feet high. The tower is IL by IL feet.
The house Is surrounded by a stone
wall, built some distance away from
it on the brink Of precipice.
| Around the outside of the house,
facing the edges Of the cliffs, are log
gias, covered galleries or porticoes
having colonnades on one side, which
is open to the air. The woodwork of
these was carved by we'll known art
ists and the paneled ceilings are deco
rated. There is an enclosed court
paved with marble, in which are a
fountain and beautiful statuary.
There is a swimming pool on the
] lawn near the house containing pure
mountain spring water, md In the
house are baths of every description.
The house is fireproof. The staircases
are of iron and marble and bronze.
The elevator shafts are walled with
terra Gotta, and all pillars and beams
are of iron and cement. Nothing short
of volcanic eruption can destroy the
railway mans home.
There are three acres Of marble
mosaic floors, and the rooms are fin
ished in Japanese, French, German,
Italian and colonial styles.
While the actual cost of the house
is not known to any one but Mr.. Har-
riman, 1t is stated that already more
than $3,OO0,OOO has been paid out.
The house has been over four years in
course of construction.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-03
FLYING BOAT.
River Craft Which Skins Along the
Thames.

Thames.
Visitors to the Corney Reach Of the
Thames at Cheswick recently, were
startled by the sight Of white and
gray whale backed craft, some twen-
ty-two feet long, and not unlike an or
binary motor boat in appearance. pro-
crossing at the rate of thirty miles an
hour with scarcely a ripple Of wash
to show her track.
This vessel marks great step In
the practical development Of the hy-
droplane, the principle Of which is to
attain great speed by skimming along
the very surface Of the water. She Is
the embodiment Of successful expert
ments with models conducted by Sir
John Thornycroft in the course Of last
year, and is fitted amidships with pc
troll engines of some fifty horsepower.
The vessel has a fiat bottom, and un-
der the forward keel there is a hori-
zontal plane to keep her steady.
1.-The most fascinating Of sensa-
tions," was the verdict Of a passenger
as he returned from trial spin. "At
a slow speed she feels just like an or
binary roomy motor launch. A touch
on the lever turns her into thing Of
exhilarating speed. There Is stam-
mering roar from her engines working
at fifteen hundred revolutions a min
ute and at once she filings her head
high out Of the water until she touch
es the surface only with her forward
balancing planes and the middle Of
her fiat stern. You feel as II you
were sitting in the stern Of giant
Canadian canoe.
"As you look back you see a white
line Of ruffled water in her wake, but
so slight is her wash that when we
SKINNED past some scullers at thirty
miles an hour they did not even rock"
"ThIs Is a practical working craft,
said Mr.. Thornycroft, who was driv-
ing the boat yesterday, mot a freak
hydroplane / am inclined to believe
that this design may be found Of val
ue for such craft as torpedo boat de-
stroyers. London Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-03
CHAPTER w.
Fourteen years after.

Fourteen years after.
A murky evening. full of wet and
sleet. A raw wind blowing-a genuine
Boston wind; that is to say. the most
execrable that the mind Of man can
imagine. The row of glass globes
along the time-honored front Of the
fremont Street Museum are burning
their brightest. Carriages roll up to
the door below, disgorse and rattle off
again. Hundreds of people go jostling
and pushing up the stairs and through
the exhibition halls to the play. The
house is crowded to its utmost capac-
ity. 1t is the benefit night of favor
ite artist called in the bills, Little
Paulette."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-03

whittier bosom. Lovely was the little
figure, trinity laced in the bodice OF
her stage dress; charming the round
white arm, dimpled like a baby's, and
the perfect foot, arched like an Arab
chiefs.
aJove!" muttered Varneck, as he
leaned back in his seat and watched
her dash into her part with great
vivacity; "She's looking her very love-
L Hest tonight. Who ever saw such a
face. with the hair Of a blonde and
eyes like Spaniard?"
"St John said nothing. His gaze was
fxed on the boards. He seemed hold
ling his very breath as he watched her.
Ivarneck used his glass freely and ten
bred II to his companion, but the
dark, Manfred faced painter pushed 1t
impatiently aside.
"She is without blemish," he said,
Consequently, no detective Is needed"
Then they sat silent, each devour-
ing her with the same intense, pas
sionate gaze.
An enchanting actress she was
something made of spirit and fire and
dew"-full Of rare grace and exquisite
naivete, to say nothing Of her remark
able beauty, which Of itself was ire
sistible.
The good Bostonians crowding the
parquet and balcony seemed to find
her very amusing. They laughed, they
applauded, they flung her costly hot
! house exotics, and, at the close OF an
act in which her grace and vivacity
had shone their brightest, they called
her before the curtain.
She glided out and stood before the
house flushed with Joy and triumph,
her small, fair face turned to the gaze
of all. It was at this moment that
Varneck saw his companion pull from
the folds of his cloak nosegay OF
myrtle and orange, white as snow,
hived with honey, looking as If culled
for bride. Away flew the dainty tri-
butte and alighted with precision at
little Paulette's feet. She picked 1t up
and turned her great eyes toward the
parquet A tumultuous color leaped
into her cheek. She raised the nose
gay to her lips, drank in its sweets
one instant like a bee, then inclined
her dazzling head to the crowd and
vanished again behind the curtain.
Varneck looked darkly at his compan-
ion.
"rPon my soul, a nice discrimina-
toni" he said. "Why didn't she do
that to my roses and japonicas? That
melting glance too! Does she give
you many such? Shy dog! Everybody
In the house must have seen 1t. What
did she mean?"
Il didn't notice." answered st. John,
llistlessly. "Who would venture to in
terpret a woman's glances? Believe
me, their meaning Is never known but
to herself and the devil. What an in
terminable play! Wake me up when
1t comes to an end"
He subsided into his cloak and did
not speak again till the curtain fell on
the last scene. Then he sprang up.
Hold They are calling her out
again." said Varneck. and laid a re-
straining hand on the other; but lie
broke away.
Sorry, but it's quite impossible to
wait I've another engagement, and
am late for it already. Don't let me
disturb you; gaze your fill upon her
while you may"
(To be Continued.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-03

Although still equal to about fifty
miles daily, the extended marches and
the long hours for travelling with which
fortune favored US earlier were no
longer possible. We were now about
two hundred miles from the Pole and
sledge loads were reduced. One dog
after another went into the stomachs
Of the hungry survivors until the
teams were considerably diminished
in number. but there seemed to re-
main suficient balance for man and
brute to push along into the heart Of
the mystery to which we had set our
selves.
! "On April 81, had we reached 80 de-
grees, 50 minutes, 46 seconds. The
Pole was In sight. We covered the
remaining fourteen seconds and made
few final observations. I told Etuk-
ishook and Ahwelsh (the accompany
the Esquimaux that we had reached
the Great Nail Everywhere we turn
ed was south. With single step we
could pass from one side Of the earth
to the other; from midday to mid
night. At last the flag fioated to the
breezes at the Pole. It was April q,
1908. The temperature was minus 3S
centigrade, barometer 1888; latitude,
80; as for the longitude 1t was Moth
ing, as it was but a word.
Although with Joy, our spirits be-
gan to undergo feeling Of weariness.
Next day after taking all our obserya-
tions, a sentiment Of intense solitude
penetrated US while we looked at the
horizon Was 1t possible that this
desolate region, without patch of
earth, had aroused the ambition Of so
many men for so many centuries.
There was no ground, only an i'm
mensity Of dazzling white snow. no
living being, no point to break the
frfghtful Lconotony.
"on April 2s, we started on our re-
turn"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-03

Brain Leaks.-You get good out o.
life only as you put good into 1t.
Satan never takes a vacation mol
puts on an understudy.
Self-sacrifice is not giving up some.
thing you do not want.
The testimony of the heart is not al.
ways best given by the mouth.
Most of US city fellows find it easy
to work garden until the weeds be-
gin to grow.
Don't it beat all how big littl,
cottage seems when the babies are al
visiting grandma?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-03

3G' A man who has tried 1t tells me
the only advantage in living In the
suburbs Is that they are so near the
city.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-03

8T Doctors wouldn't make so much
money if mothers didn't get scared so
easily.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13
White SOx Players Affs Names
 to Contracts; Jones Still Ostt

stepping the Jonah after July [. Moxey look ed. like a king soon after he was given his firsf chance in June. He went along like a whirIwind for a time. pitching wonderful Ball and all of a sudden blew up higher than an aeroplane.
 Moxey looked doomed to the minors. but managed to hang on by occasional flashes of form. Whether he 10 a good pitcher or not is as much of a ques- tion to Comiskey as ever. Before Manuel showed his winning streak the New orleans lad would startle the natives a few times. He did. Then he lost his cunning and ceased start ling.
 The master of the sox Is still won dering whether the Southern slinger has constituency in his makeup. He will be tried again this spring, and n he doesn't show ability to go the route probably he will go the miner league route.
 Prssldent Murphy of the Cubs re- malned in Oak Park yesterday and the other gladiator, B. B. Johnson. was heard from in Cincinnati. where he was alleged to be calling down John E. Bruce for telling tales out of school It was said that Bruce was the author of 6 report to the effect that Johnson failed to raise c sum Of money enough to buy the Cub teasn In 1905. Johnson, according to Mur- ply, went to Cincinnati to ask Bruce what he meant by such kind of chat ter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13
Brainy Work Of Fielder Jones
 And McGraw Win Big Gdnaes

Of every man on his team. He wouldn't Hesitate to trade of his best friend for Ehe good of the team. He's 6 ngh ter himself and makes all his men like
 Frank Chance is probably better liked than any manager in the business, but at the same time he has aiways been Absolute In his orders with his Chicago players on the held.
 another. He viii not even finch in re- moving the mighty Hans Wagner if he ehInixs another man will act better.
 Jimmy McAleer has generally been supposed to be too easy with his men, His friends have said ne wouldn't take CT was one of his favoritea, because. he didn't want to disgrace the man be- fore the crowd.
 But Mc1Ieer turned q little trick last suTnaTer that shows his friends are mis- the making of Rube waddelt. too.
 1t will be remembered that Rube jaTnped the Browns down in PhiIadel- phi9 on the first Eastern trip. It was just after he had Beaten the Athletics and had drawn a crowd of 17,0O0 per- ef before h that city. Rube was the
 That night he wanted to draw some noiiey from McAlesr. But McAleer had shut of on the Rube before. For S5 he could Have pacffied Hubes but Manager and threatened to leave and go to the outlaws. McAleer offered to pay his w@y. HuDe did leave the club and it went on to Boston without him. Me- Aleer never tried to get him back. A New York of his own accord and ever since then has had more respect for McAieer than ever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13
FINISH ARGUMENT
SUPREME COURT HAS THE PROHT-
 BITE0N CASE.
The Fall Term Docket Was Formally CI6ned, All the Divisions EEav- ing Been Heard. Each
 for a Week.

Argument on the constitutionalits of the general prohibition law. enacted by the last session of the State Legis- lature, was concluded Friday morning when Attorney General Alexander NJ. Garber closed for the State. having foI- lowed Lee Well for the compliments
 Concluding the argument the case was submitted along with briefs to the States highest tribunal. and 1t Is probable that a decision of the court will follow within a week or ten days.
 The case on which the constitution. alitv of the prohibition statute is be- ing argued, Is that one from Selma in which one Collum was denied a license to retail liquors by Probate Judge P. Fl. Pitts of Dallas County. A petition WAS presented to Judge Mabry of the City Court seeking to fnandamus to comDeI Judge Pitts to issue the license. Tudee MAbry refused the petition. and the decision was appealed to the su- preme Court.
 The court formally closed it's docket for the fall term yesterday afternoon. sIt of the divisions having been heard fbroush for a week at a time. The next call of the court according to the .5chedule-of divisions falls on ApEil 6,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13

gomery again and the President of the local club sent hims Q contract in De- eermber which Cristaut signed and re- turned to Montgomery. za..
 Chanlhers's office and yesterday morn. ing Q letter came from. Cristan, saying that he would be In Buffalo, if there was any communications to be sent htn. There is no room for Crlstall on the Montgomery team this summer but he Is the property of the local club all the same. and if Dobbs wants him Montgomery. crisfaii s is fe,nsSe ose of irI1 the best hitting pitchers in the business and ct the same time is a good pitch. er It seems that Dobbs wants s southpaw for ilis Chattanooga team ana he can hardly get a better all round man than this same Billy Cristall, but the deal will have to be made through the Montgomery club.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13
BIRMINGHAM BALL CLUB
 INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK

Birmingham. Feb 12.-(Special )- ,The Birmingham Baseball Association Ehas increased its capital stock from Es6,O00 to S15,OO0, according to papers filed in the Probate Court. According Ito information furnished in the certI- Ifcafe of the increase, the decision was reached at a meeting of the .direeoofa on Dec. II, 1908. A special meeting of the stockholders was called for Jan F, 1909, in the office of Tillman fGrubb & Bradley. in the First National Bank building. at which time the reso-
 hutton to increase was adopted.
 The increase was divided into shares
 of the par value of $50 each. and un-
 der the terms of the agreement each . stockhold of record is entitled to pur- chase three shares for each one share B&w owned.
 i AT the unissued stock after Feb. 1s 1 st 2 o'clock D. will be disposed of Ebx the directors< "a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13

Up in Chicago the contracts are be- ginning to filter in though 1t seems that Fielder Jones still says that he saeans it. This from The Record-Her-
 Jack Phester the Cubs good south paw but likewise the champesn hard luck pitcher Of the world sent his signed contract to the local National League offices yesterday. Jack was a hoid-out last year but mean luck stuck to his trail so closely last sea- son that his record didn't warrant a very loud demand for c raise this spring. Jack kicked in with his sig- nature in . very moderate tone of
 Pdeuter had an unusual record last season. With a champIonship team and with a slew of left~hand hittera .sues so plsent thsn n S ne S iost. S his number oi victories being an even aozen. Jack nffched a great deal Of fine ball. but somehow or other he was getting snouted out half the time by one run after pitching as prettfly as anyone comId ask for. Pfester, despite his low psrcantags Of vieteFsass was worth his weightg in gold to the Cubs tor he pitched the New York Giants off their feet a few times at the close of the season. and that was when heroic service was needed
 One Of the sex gltehers came % through with his John Hancock. And, like PfIester. ne was hard luck per son last season. Money Manuel ie the name of the sox finger who was side
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13
THE RACES

Tampa, Fla, Feb. 12.-There was a banner crowd for educational day at the fair. the grandstand having filled to overflowing. The track was fast. In the third race Don Hamilton broke the track record for seven furlongs. his time being 1929 3-4. The best previous time for this distance was 1:30 1-2 made last year.
 Bose Ryan, much the best in the sixth race was a warm favorite and won as he pleased. He was Fender gast's first mount at the meeting.
 First race, five furlongs-Cofmo. IO5 SSmith) }. to 2, won; Rose Arkle, 100 sa1aaynesl saa to l, second; Brown Jug, Left Over, Hugh Farrell. Dear Marie a;ge' Tie Elder ran.
 Second race. about six furIongs and 5 to 5. won; Gambler, 1e4 IoveiD ta l, second; Boston Friend, 1O4 IMur- phy) to l. third. Time, 1:21 3-5. Richmond Duke. Nioless, Enlist, Select.
 Third raee,. seven furIonrs-Don Hamilton, l09 Scrowleyl 4 to l. won; HooFags 109 (Aurphy) 6 to 5, second Miss Perigord, TOT fTroxler) 12 to l. third, Time; i:2s "A. Miss Paddey,
 Fourth faces six and a half furIonRs st. Aulaire. l04 (I>ovell3 2 to i, won; Stabe, 1Ob (Burus) to 1. second: Jean cite M, 106 (Hinchcliffe) 6 to 1, third. Time, l:24. Catherine CardweIl. Hawks Flight Colblue. John A. Nun roe ran.
 Fifth race. one mile and an eighth Belle Scott, 97 (LovelD even, won; Water Cooler, 99 (Haynes) to i, sec. ond; Thesterling, 99 (Braunan) IS to |, third. Time, BOO. Big Hand, Counter mand ran.
 Sixth race. five furlongs-Besserain, EDA, 0 104 (Duggan) { to l, second; Griften, 104 (McArdle) Is to l, third. Time, 1904 3-4 King Thorpe, Merrigo, My Love, Soiree, Ruilboa also ran.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13

and local fans will never forget the cute little speech that he emitted at the annual dinner to the Climbers last sprfng. He was a songbird and did the basso profundo act on the quartette.
 Van did not stay in Montgomery very long the main reason being that he did not have SO very much of any thIng. After he got hIs release from Montgomery in June. he went to Fort Wayne wh ere he won fifteen and lost eleven of the twenty-six games that he pitched. Now 1t seems that several clubs tp in that league are after him, but the price seems to be too steep for them.
 that when he was down here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13
Match Game at Opening of NeH's
 Fine New BosOlirg Alleys Tonight

-powlers are expected to turn out In force.
 Experts pronounce these nsw alleys clearly out of the class of any ever be- fore constructed fin Montgomery. They were built by the Brunswick Bake collender Company, and laid down by a, corps of experts who came here with tham from the factories, and will af- ford local bowlers the opportunity of rolling on perfectly standard alleys which meet with ali the rqeufremenfs s laid down by the Southern Bowiars' Association. and the American Bowling Congress Adv.