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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16
SORT DIAMONDS WITH A SIEVE.
Primitive Method of Hunting For the
Gems In Southwest Africa.

Primitive Method of Hunting For the
Gems In Southwest Africa.
Probably no diamonds in the world
are obtained so cheaply as those from
the recently discovered fields near Lu-
deritz Bay in German South Africa.
The process Of recovering the stones
Is so simple as to be almost ludicrous.
The Ovambo boys, with blue goggles
on, kneel down on the sand searching
for the diamonds. They are furnished
with spades, and with these they pro-
ceed to fill an ordinary sieve with a
fairly fine mesh. A man will then take
the sieve, give 1t a shake and plunge
1t into a galvanized iron bath OF sea
water, which has the effect OF harden
ing the contents, while at the same
time, owing to the specific gravity OF
the diamonds, the latter fall to the bot
tom.
The man then picks up the sieve and
turns It over on an ordinary deal ia
BILE and the diamonds are then OF
course on the top. He will then take
an ordinary table knife, pick up the
diamonds with this and carefully place
them In a pickle bottle which stands
by his side.
From the primitive simplicity Of this
method of working 1t will be seen that
the diamonds do not give much trou-
BILE to find. The cost Of getting them
averages, in fact, from Is. to Is. Sd.
per carat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16
STRENGTH OF CONCRETE.
Interesting Experiment Now Under
Way to Determine This,

An interesting experiment to de-
termine the value Of reinforced con-
crete piling for use in protective and
improvement work on the interior wa
terways Is being made at Elwood,
Kan, opposite st. Joseph, Mo-, ac-
cording to William N. Bliss, Of st.
Joseph, Mo.
Captain E. Schultz Is in charge of
the improvement work on the Mis-
souri, river" said he to a Washing
ton Herald reporter, land in his in
vestigation he found that the wooden
piling heretofore exclusively used in
river work, was not only becoming
more and more costly, but was short
lived.
In exposed places" continued Mr..
Bliss, who is a civil engineer, wood
en- piling rarely resisted the scour
and grinding Of the ice for more than
two or three seasons. In less expos
ed places the average life Of a wood
en- piling was hardly ten years. In
the vicinity Of st. Joseph, one of the
worst reaches of the river, dikes have
been washed out season after season,
and it became a problem to get piling
long enough, heavy enough, and strong
enough to resist the force of the wa
ter. Captain Schultz believed that
concrete piling would answer the pur-
pose, and at the most exposed por-
ton Of an 1SOO-foot-d he has dri-
ven $50 concrete piles. If they sue
cessfully resist the ice and scour dur
ing the winter and the floods Of the
spring, further experiments will be
made next autumn. If the expert
ments continue successfully, the
concrete pile will be adopted exclu-
sively.
THE experiment is watched closely
by officers in charge Of Improvement
work on other rivers, and no doubt If
the plan proves the value Of concrete
piling for river work, they will be
adopted as the standard for the Mis-
sissippi and other waterways"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16
BOY AND CIGARETTE.
Authority For Belief That the combi-
nation Is Bad.

Authority For Belief That the combi-
nation Is Bad.
DR.. Samuel H. Hull Of Kansas City,
discussed the effects Of cigarettes up
on boys recently, and said that Prof.
William McKeever Of the Kansas Ag-
ricultural college, had been making a
study Of the subject. His findings will
make 1t hard for the Tobacco Trust to
head off anti-cigarette legislation In
Kansas next winter.
"One Of the greatest menaces to
our moral and intellectual well-be-
ing today" he said to a Washington
Post reporter, 'is the. fact that ciga-
rette smoking is becoming popular
fad among the boys and young men.
Go where you will, and the pale faces,
blear eyes, trembling fingers and foul
stencil of cigarette fumes tell the
same pathetic story.
For the past eight years Doctor
McKeever has traced out the ciga-
rette boys biography, and he has
found that in practically all cases the
lad began the smoking habit clandes-
timely, and with little thought Of its
seriousness, while the fond parents
perhaps believed that their boy was
too good to engage In such practice.
HE has tabulated reports Of the
condition of nearly $500 cigarette
smoking schoolboys, and in describ-
ing them physically, such epithets as
'sallow,' 'sore-eyed,' 'puny, 'squeaky-
voiced 'sickly,' 'short-winded' and
extremely nervous are used.
I'm the report it is shown that a
group Of young college students,
smokers, whose average age Of begin
ming was 13, according to their own
admission, had suffered from sore
throat, weak eyes, pain in chest, short
wind stomach trouble and pain In
heart Ten Of them appeared to be
very sickly. The younger the boy,
the worse the smoking hurts him in
every way, for these lads almost in
variably inhale the fumes; that Is the
most injurious part Of the practice.
The injurious effects Of smoking up
on the boys mental activities are
very marked.
"Of the many hundreds Of cases,
several Of the very youthful ones have
been reduced almost to the condition
Of imbecility. Out Of 1885 who were
attending public school, only six were
reported bright Students A very
few, perhaps ten, were average and
the remainder were poor or worth
less as students"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16

FIG. vI-PREPARING THE GROUND WITH
A DISK PLow.
small grain, however, plowing is nee
essary to kill weeds and loosen the
surface soil. 1t does not need to be
loosened as deeply as for corn, how
ever, since the small grain plants are
harder than corn and the roots are
more aggressive in pushing through a
hard soil.
While plowing stalk ground Is un-
necessary, it will usually be found prof
liable to disk the land before seed
ing. This chops up the cornstalks and
provides a mellow layer Of soil for the
seed to germinate in.
Where the oats are to be put in with
drill the ground should be double
disked previously. If sown broadcast
one disking before sowing and one
afterward will cover them better than
two after sowing. The drill is becom-
ing more popular for sowing oats, and
Justly so. 1t places the seed at an
even depth and covers them all. 1t
saves seed because it places all Of it
where it has an opportunity to grow.
After the oats are drilled or disked
in at least two harrowings should be
given. Even three or four would not
be too many, since this is the last
chance to cultivate the crop.
In some parts Of the corn belt the
practice of listing corn is followed.
This consists in throwing up a large
furrow and planting the corn in the
bottom of it. In this case there can
be little previous preparation Of the
ground unless it is to go over it once
with the disk. Corn is listed only on
very light soils, which do not puddle
or become cloddy easily. Such soils
need less preparation than the heavier
clays and loans.
To be Continued.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16

himself, and was little doubtful
about accepting Clemens as a pupil
because Of this vice, says Hampton's
Magazine. The apprentice made
good, however, and now his instruct
or says:
Some people infer that Clemens
was not good pilot, but he was a
first-class one. He adapted himself
to the river from the start and was as
good a pupil as I ever had under me.
We made a bargain that he was to
pay me $500 to teach him the river,
500 down and the rest in INSTALL
ments. I never did get the whole
amount, but did get $500. He paid
me 500 when I took him with me
and I didn't get any more until we
were running a boat together some
years later. At this time he paid me
5000, and, as the Irishman says, I for
give him the debt but don't say any
thing about that-it's all right"
when Clemens became famous he
caused a lot of trouble for Captain
Bixby. A lot Of reporters began both
ering him for stories of Mark Twain,
and the captain told all the stories he
knew a long time ago. Now when
the reporters poster him for them he
gets peevish. II wish Clemens was
dead, then maybe you fellows would
let me alone" he says.
Bixby's pride is not that he was
once Mark Twain's boss, but that he
was pilot Of the Benton, the flag
steamer of the ironclad fleet, during
the civil war, and that he was chief
or confidential pilot for Admiral
Foote. He says that he brought on
the battle Of Memphis, In which Ad-
miral Foote destroyed the feet of
Admiral Elliotte for the Confederacy.
Twelve years ago last Christmas,
Captain Bixby was put on the snag-
boat Horatio q. Wright and has been
acting as pilot on that boat since that
time, living in st. Louis with his wife,
children and grandchildren.
Captain Bixby says he never en-
couraged boys to be pilots. Its get
ting to be bum job. with no money
in 1t. Time was when they paid $3.50
a month; then they dropped to 5000
and finally to 800, except on the tug
boats" he says.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16

ar A Frenchman, quoted in Paris
letter Of the London Globe, tells of
the origin of the present day bank
check 1t is we'll known, he says, that
the fog is at times so dense in Lon
don that everything is blotted out.
That is the opportunity for the ma
rauder, and he is not slow in turning
1t to profit. At the beginning Of the
last century the attacks made upon
bank messengers and others became
so numerous that tradesmen and
manufacturers began to think seri-
ously of devising some means Of pro-
tecting themselves. They therefore
invented the check, which enables a
man to go about with little ready
money and renders useless the indis-
Greet exploration Of a pocketbook.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16
AsA sAs Ara sAs Ara Ara sAs AsA sAs A.
BREWSf&R'S !
=MthA}0NS=i !
by GEORGE BARR M'CUTCHEON
IpIcHARD GREAVESl
CHAPTER XIX.

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16
Home Course In
Modern Agriculture.
Preparing the Ground.
By C.. V. GREGORY,
Agricultural Division, Iowa State College.

Copyright, 1sos by American Press Association.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-17
WINTHROP.

Rev r. a. Rich will offer prayer at
the graduation exercises this evening
instead of RcN. C. f. Sargent as was
announced
Mrs. Cyrus Wood has returned from
a visit with relatives in Auburn.
Mrs. Jessie King of WiscasSet is
stopping in town.
Mr.. Davenport of Portland was the
guest Tuesday evening of Rev. II. A.
Rich.
g. f. Foster of Boston was in town
on business Tuesday.
Mrs J. A. Lovejoy of North Wayne
is the guest Of her granddaughter
Mrs f.. r. Libby.
The committee for decorating tho
church for the children's exercises Sun
day ire MIS-. r. A. Rich, Mrs. May
Hammond, Mrs r. S. Wood, Mrs
Frank Pcttcngill and her class Of boys
Ezra X Maxfield is at home for the
| summer vacation.
| Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield of Portland
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. l..
| Eonney.
r. T., Foster passed yesterday in
| Watcrvillc. attending court.
Rutilus Alden attended the meeting
| Tuesday.
Tho Food sale at the Congregations
veStry Tuesday afternoon WAS very
successful and a large sum was real
| lied
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-17

Mrs. Frances Norton of West Gar
diner celebrated her 10Th birthday an
niversary last Sunday. Her daughters,
Mrs. James H. Brann of Auburn, and
Mrs. f. II. Collins, accompanied by Mr..
Collins and her son, f. c. Norton of
Gardiner, were present. Mrs. Norton
was born in Richmond June 10, 1880.
The celebration of the anniversary was
delayed for several days in order that
all the members of the family ruight
be present. Mrs. Norton is the widow
Of the late Edward S. Norton. She had
a number Of callers during the day,
who wished her many returns of the
anniversary. She is in good health for
one of her years and is kindly cared
for by Mr. and Mrs E. G.. Norton
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WINTHROP CENTER.

M and Mrs u c. Robinson, who are
at their cottage at IIammond's Grov.
were guests of Mrs ii. J. Bailey al
dinner Tuesday night.
c. NJ. Bailey. Mrs. III. J. Bailey, Miss
Alice Clough and Ralph Towle went to
Oak Grove Seminary Wednesday to at
tend the Commencement; exercises held
there Thursday.
The Grammar school closed Wcdnes-
day The pupils not absent for the
term were Alton Latin, Nellie Remicl
and Marion Sleeper, who has not beer
absent a day for two years.
The Ladies of Winthrop Center char
tered car and took trolley ride t.
Lewiston Wednesday. On the return
in the evening they were invited 10 &
bountiful supper at the church, pre-
pared by the men in the organized Bi
BILE class.
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| THE uN|TAR|ANs
Of Maine Open State
Conference in Saco.
Fifty Delegates Present, Every
Church Being Represented.
Wednesdays Addresses. Meeting
OF Woman's AIIiance---Notes.

Saco, Me, June 16.-Fifty delegates
| representing every Unitarian churcl
in the State, attended the annual meet
! ing of the Maine Unitarian conference
at the Saco Second Parish church to-
day. A part of the time today wa.
given over to the Woman's Alliance
with an address by Miss Alvah r
Scott of Bangor.
Vice President Richard Webb pre-
sided at the session which opened witt
q devotional service at A. NJ, con-
Quoted by Rev. Robert Collyer Douth-
lit of Castine. At $50 there was Q
business meeting and at 1915 began
three addresses. the first by Rev
Adolph Rosebach of Belfast on Pres
emit Day Emphasis in Religious
Thought" the second was by Rev. AL
yah r. Scott of Bangor on 1.-The
Wrecks and the Waste" and the third
by Rev. Levcrett A. Daniels of Var
mouth on the advantages of Church
Life for Character
a Communion service conducted by
the minister of the church, Rev A. j.
fNhitncy. was held this evening
"A resolution was passed at the fore
noon session expressing their sentiment
OF appreciation to Mr.. and Mrs Hamp-
den Fairfield of Saco for their deyo-
ton to the welfare of their denomina-
ton and also their expression of good
cheer to them.
At the meeting of the Womens Ali
ance this afternoon Mrs. Robert S. Boyd
of Portland and Mrs. Alva r. Scott of
Bangor were elected directors.
Officers of the Maine Unitarian con-
terence were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. Alva r. Scott, Ban
gor; vice presidents, Norman l.. Bas-
set, Augusta and Mrs. Robert s. Boyd.
Portland: secretary and treasurer, Rev.
Edwin M. Slocombe, Augusta; execu-
tive committee, w. p White, Farming
ton, Miss Maud Barker, Belfast, Mrs.
Il. II. Carpenter, Castine and Rev.
George d. Sanders, Waterviile
,Rev. John c. Perkins of Portland
conducted a symposium on the "Su-
pFeme Work of the Church.
iThis evening the closing session was
held at which Rev. Joseph II. Crockcr,
T. D., of Boston, delivered an address
on "rhe Supreme Work of the Church"
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Joseph Oldham of Woodstock, n.
r.. while insane attempted sulcldc
Wednesday morning at the home or MS
brother-in-Iaw. A. J. Way. corner OF
Pine and Howe streets, Lewiston. MT
oldham cut his throat with a razor
with which he was shaving about s.5e
o'clock. Mr. Oldham who was visiting
in the city, has shown signs of INSANITY
for several days. relatives say. They
wished him taken to Augusta. Tues
day, so DR. w. H. Hawkins went WITH
the man to the hospital. Mr.. Oldham
could not be received, as no hearing
had been held in Lewiston, according
to the laws requirement. Dr. Hawk
ms. therefore. was obliged to take the
man back to Lewiston. MI Oldham
was removed to the c. M. G. hospita
where it is said ne will recover.
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WATERv|LLE.
SUPERIOR COURT.
The June Term at Observation-Disclosures
~ Oliver G. Hall Presiding.

Waterville, June IS.
No. 234. Poulin VS. Dumas Fred w.
Clair, Esq, for plaintiff, and &. O.
Small, Esq, of Madison for defendant
This case, which occupied the attcn-
Ption of the court all day yesterday was
FINISHED today. the jury finally failing
4 to agree upon verdict.
Court came in at . O'Clock this morn
ing and the Court Immediately deliver
ed the charge in the case on trial The
jury retired at 9.22. After being out
about two hours the jury came i'll and
asked to have certain portions of the
ldcfendant's testimony read to them
They again retired to their room, and
Iabout an hour later reported that they
were unable to agree, and they were
discharged by the court from further
consideration of the case.
The next case in order was a suit for
recovery of a subscription to an agri-
cultural paper, the Turf, Farm ana
lfIomc, of Watcrvillc being the plain
/ tiff and George O. Holmes, of Belfast.
being the defendant T.. T.. Peacock,
Esq, of Iteadficld represented the
plaintiff and T.. r. Littleficld, ESQ, of
Belfast the defendant The PLAINTIFF S
witnesses testified in relation to the
amount due on the subscription of the
defendant to the paper, and the man
ner in which his name was secured,
stating that the paper was sent to him
on trial, and offered to him at Ger
tain price for three months. in an cf>
fort to induce him to become a regular
subscriber; that the defendant took the
paper ont Of the postoflicc, and con-
tnucd to do so, and that they had no
notice that he did not EXPECT to pay
for the paper until an agent called up
on him after about two years. Then y
| hill was sent him and upon that he
fordcrcd the mail carrier not to take
lhiS patcr out of the office.
| A Tho attorney for the defendant stat
ed III opening that this was very
| small matter to come 50 far to de
| ftnd, but that with his client it was q
| matter of principle; that he wanted
totflrd out if he had got to pay for a pa
| rr VIXEN it had been sent to him in
| tf,c manner in which this one was sent.
and after he had written them that he
| da' not care for the paper and asked
| then, to stop it.
| The defendant and his daughter then
| testified, stating that the paper was
Shat on trial. as they understood it.
ta,'s for a small price for a short period,
and that after they had had a few
copies a letter came asking them to
| Subscribe. and further asking them to
hatify the publishers if they did not
f~ant the paper. Upon receipt of that
ilettcr they wrote the plaintiffs to stop
| The paper. but it continued to come.
land they continued to take it from the
IQnice. through the mail carrier, al
Though they both stated that they
could not say that it came regularly,
| as they had several papers, and did
iot read this paper.
| Verdict for the plaintiff in the sum
Of sos.
II Court comes in tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock.
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MAINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Opens a Two Days Sessions on
Wednesday at Portland.

Portland, Me-, June 16.-The mem
bcrs Of the Maine Medical Association
opened their 57th annual meeting in
this city today for two-days session
DR.. Alfred d. Sawyer of Fort Fairfield
is president of the association. Reports
were made by the visitors to the
Maine Insane hospital and the Eastern
Maine Insane hospital.
The House of Delegates made its re-
port ut this time and then followed an
address by w. A. Bumps, NJ. d., of
Dexter on '"The Privileges and Duties
Of the Local Board of Health" and ad-
dresses by Lindlcy Dobson, NJ D., Of
Ashland, Horace Fox, M. D., of Bath,
ard D. +. CraGin, NJ. D., of Watcrvilc.
In the afternoon the reports of the
delegates from other societies were
made. Then followed the presidents ad-
drcSs; report of delegate to the Amcri-
can Medical Association; address, f..
II. Jackson, NJ. D., Houlton; "Poisoning
by Illuminating Cas- f. S. Cummings,
NJ. D., of Lewiston; report of case il
Illustrating the use of the X-ray as q
means of diagnosis, f. w. Lamb. NJ.
D., Portland; Medical and Surgical
Treatment of Chronic Otorrhoea," j.
A. Spaulding, M. d., Portland.
AT o'clock the party boarded steam
or at Custom House wharf for a sail
around the bay and clambaKe at CusF-
ing's, Long Island, as the guests of the
Portland physicians.
On Thursday the program for the day
is as follows: Morning session: Business
reports of committees house of delegates
and council: Economics of Tuberculosis,
Support of the Patient and His Final Con
troll" c. 3. Sylvester. NJ. D., Harrison
Home Treatment of tuberculosis" r. j.
Burrage. NJ. D., PortIand THE Need of
Hospitals for the Treatment of Advanced
Cases of Tuberculosis" Z. J. McDonough
NJ. D., Portland.
Afternoon session: Acute Dlation of
Common Bile Duct" report of case, Ste
phen Weber. M. D., Calais; Medical Elk
pert Testimony" Il. G. Abbott, M. D.,
Portland; THE Pay of the Expert Wit
ness" f.. II. Gerrish, M. D.. Portland
"Rheumatism-A Discussion of the Vari-
Gus Forms Of Acute and Chronic"
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Illinois supreme court Wednes-
day decided that the primary election
| law is unconstitutional.
Most Rev. w. II. O'ConnelI, arch
bishop of Boston, left Naples Wednes-
| day for home on board the steamer Ro-
! manic :... ...... .s
The purchase Of the Central of Geor-
git Railroad by the Illinois Central
| Railroad WIS announced Wednesday by
J. f.. Hanson, president of the Central
| of Georgia. a.
Many of the employees of the Boston
Terminal Co. were Mortified Wednesday
to see man commit suicide in the
yard of the South station by deliber-
atcly placing his head on one of the
rails and allowing train to run over
it. Up to p. NJ. the body had not been
identified.
| state department official adviccs
from Venezuela Wednesday cleared up
, the mystery of the steamer Nanticoke
| and tug Dispatch. suspected Of filibus-
| tering, showing they were purchased
by Venezuela. The department Of JUS
| tice has ordered it's agents to aban-
don their observations of the vessel
| and to return to Washington. 1,
Dana Estes, head of the publishing
| firm Of Dana Estes Co.. and a travel
er and writer of some note, died sud-
denly at his home in Brookline. Mass,
| Wednesday at the age of SO. Mr.. Estes
! entered the book publishing, business
| at the close of the Civil War and es-
| tapli:ihed the firm of Estes & Lauriat
III 1872. That firm was succeeded by
the resent house in 1898. A widow and
| two children survive
A pardon was granted by Governor
| Draper Wednesday to Joseph Issisi,
| former Turkish consul in Boston. who
had {, year and a half to serve Of a a.
year sentence in state prison for the
e'nbezzlement of $225,00O trust funds
lssig', who was arrested in New York
IN 1871, was prominent in social life in
Boston and member of the leadine
| CLUBS Tne pardon was upon the peti-
ton Of his wife and many friends. A
similar effort last year was refused.
The Boston Railroad Holding Co
biii, which permits the New York, New
Havtn d; Hartford Railroad to contro
inc l'oston & Maine Railroad Co b.
financing the company organized un.
der tie laws of Massachusetts, was en-.
acted in both branches. of the Legis-
iatura Wednesday and at p. M. wal
laid before the governor for his ap-
proval. AS the BILL originated with the
governor and Came back i,,i,chan~ed.
lit was expected that he would siKn Il
within a short time. 8.
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At the Coliseum.

j. c. Rockwelrs Sunny South Com
pany gave an excellent show at tho
Coliseum Wednesday evening in the
presence of a good sized crowd, which
should have been larger, considering
the excellence Of the performance The
features of the show were the work OF
Daisy Fox, the little magnet; 'Pecwce
Williams, juggler; George Thomas
banjo artist and Louise and aJmes
Turner, comedy skaters The singing;
was good and the dancing of a whirl-
wind character, peculiar to life on the
old plantation. The show closed with q
Well-acted military comedy farce,
Fun in Camp" introducing the whole
troop.