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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-24

love? AS they do everything else
madly, recklessly, defying all conse-
quences for their loves sake, ready to
live or die, brave ruin, trample on the
squirting hearts Of their best friends.
It Is something, own, to be loved by
them. Nevertheless, the women of
their headstrong passion have rarely
been happy women.
1.-THE general fell violently Ill from
rage. He sent his younger son, An
gus, the very apple of his eye, to bring
Ernest back to Hazel Hall at all haz-
ards
Did you ever hear of such fatality?
Angus went, found his brother-saw
also his brothers beautiful mistress.
The result was that he, too, fell madly
in love with her. He did not return to
Hazel Hall.
For a few weeks he languished at
her feet, trying to supplant his broth
er, and, falling to do so, rushed into
her presence one day, beside himself
with wine and passion, drew knife
across his throat and ended the whole
matter"
Paulette looked white and Mortified.
You mean he killed himself? How
| horrible!"
True" said Hilda; "the general was
frantic. He deplored one son, and
cursed the other and for a long time
,, was little better than a madman.
! Ernest he never saw again. He
went abroad and died there. On his
deathbed he wrote to his father, but
these Guiltes are not a forgiving race
the general destroyed his last letter
unread"
"And the Jewess?" faltered Paulette.
What became Of her."
A look of unutterable hate over
swept Hilda BurT's face.
1.-The foul creature! How often 1
have burned her at an imaginary
stake How often l have longed for
the days of Philip H., when one could
grill a Jew at ones pleasure! Even
now, If could lay hands on her,
would tear her limb from limb!
What could you expect? After this
brothers suicide, Ernest Guilte's love
changed to hate and horror. He de-
serted her."
And she died?" said Paulette.
mo. She wrote few words to the
general-begged for an interview-told
him she had-a child. l answered the
letter, and forbade her ever to address
anybody at Hazel Hall again. assuring
her that should she dare set foot on
with bloodhounds."
Pauette started up in her chair
with q cry.
"Sibyl! Sibyl! But no! I will not
believe it, 1t Is too terrible! Don't
lmind me, Miss Burr I was thinking
of a friend who bears that womans
name-a schoolmate at st. Catharine's,
very dear to me. Poor, dear guardy!
So he Is left childless and alone?"
"Only one of his race remains" said
Hilda, "and he comes from a remote
branch of the house-Arthur Guilte.
The general has acknowledged him as
his heir, and his death will make Ar
thur the largest land owner in Mary
land. How shocked you look at my
sad story! Now that 1 have told you
so much about myself, can I not coax
you into a return of confidence?
will own, the general is very reticent
regarding you. and you pique my Gu
riosity greatly"
Paulette met the others look coldly
and proudly.
Il have nothing to tell except that
General Guilte Is my best and dearest
friend-my only one, might say, and
that I like Hazel Hall immensely, and
have made up my mind to be very
happy here"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-24
FATHER OF THE YUKON DEAD.
Said to Have Brought Ton Of Gold
Dust From Alaskan Mines.

Leroy N. McQuesten, Father Of the
Yukon" and one Of the early pioneers
Of the Alaska gold fields, whose name
Is known to every seeker after gold in
the Klondike, is dead at his Berkeley
home, 1861 Hopkins street, at the age
of 73. A man Of adventure, he had
been a frontiersman all his varied ca
reer except the last twelve years,
which he had spent in this city with
his wife and eight children.
Jack McQuesten, the name he was
known by among his associates, was
one Of the first seekers after gold In
Alaska, and became associated with
H. Howard Hart, the millionaire resi-
dent Of the Claremont district of this
city; George w. Cormack, Ernest
Flores, George w. Morgan, F. G. Nc
Farland, r. E. Nixon and a host OF
others who were in the initial rush to
the icy gold fields and who comprise
the Society Of Alaskan Pioneers, OF
which McQuesten was the organizer.
Jack London, the author, was also a
friend of McQuesten, and one OF that
authors novels Is said to have Jack
McQuesten as his hero. The story is
woven around a prospector who mar
ried an Indian of the north, deserted
her, but rejoined her again. McQues-
ten married a Yukon Indian woman,
but never deserted her, and she sur
wives him.
From the days Of his youth the well
known miner has been in the van
which has for its motto Greeley'E
words, go west" McQuesten was
born in Portland, Me-, and at IA years
went with his father to the wilds Of
Oregon. This was in 1850. and five
years later he was fighting Indians In
the Oregon war;" and had many a
skirmish with the Walla Wallas, who
were on the warpath with the general
uprising of the northern tribes.
The governments best soldiers were
employed in quelling the break and
McQuesten Joined the volunteers In
the company Of which Capt. Ben Hay
den of Salem was the commander. Af-
ter long fighting McQuesten went into
the auartermasters service in the
Sound country.
In March of 1858 he was among the
who Joined the rush to the
Fraser river gold fields, but gold was
scarce and he had but little luck. He
liked the country, however, and there
he made his home, trapping and trad
ing with the Indians in the neighbor-
hood Of the Mackenzie river.
In 1878 he went prospecting down
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-24
USE SIGNALS OF INDIANS.
Army Experts Adopt Many Ideas OF
the Aborigines.

kuO NbSss6bbS~
Just as the fighting men Of the Unit
ed States army many years ago took
lessons from the Indians and from
their methods Of warfare devised and
perfected the system Of extended or
der or skirmish drills which have prov
ed so effective, so the signal corps OF
the army has followed to a large ex-
tent the red mems methods Of convey
ing information from point to point
where there is not time to string tele-
graph or telephone lines or where
wireless telegraph IS unavailable.
As the Indians since prehistoric
times have used columns of smoke In
various combinations to signal the ap-
proach Of an enemy or to transmit
other messages, so the army signalmen
have found most effective what are
known as smoke bombs or smoke
rockets. The former are fired from a
small mortar, the latter in the same
way as Fourth Of July fireworks. Each
when reaching a desired height, reg
d
a picric acid compound, which ignites
and burns colored fires, one after the
other, 80 arranged in the cartridge as
to convey a message to those who may
be watching for 1t. These cartridges are
made in sections, each containing its
own different colored fire, and thread
ed to screw together in a fraction Of
a minute
These military fireworks, as they
might aptly be called. are packed in
hermetically sealed cans, much in the
same manner as timed meats, with
the same sort Of thumbscrew attach
ment for opening them quickly. In
this way they keep Indefinitely in any
climate and have been found particu-
larly effective in the campaigns in the
Philippines.
While the navy does not employ 80
complicated system Of rocket and
bomb signaling as does the army. ev-
cry warship carries supply Of pow
erful rockets, which liberate on burst
ing a series Of brilliant white stars for
the purpose Of calling attention to
other signals which are transmitted
by a system Of combination Of colored
electric lights strung from a masthead
and operated from switchboard much
on the plan Of typewriter, called the
Ardois system. But both branches Of
the service employ an odd sort Of pis-
tol, the invention Of a naval officer.
which shoots from cartridges "stars"
similar to those Of a roman candle Of
any color. The combinations which
can be made in this manner practically
are numberless.-Popular Mechanics.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-24
LITERARY HERolsM.
Great Works Accomplished Under the
Most Adyerse Circumstances.

Great Works Accomplished Under the
Most Adverse Circumstances.
Some Of the worlds most valued
literary productions have been accom-
plished by their authors under cir
cumstances Of pain and hardship al
most Incredible.
OF the blind writer's one immediate
ly thinks Of Milton and Of our own
Prescott. who though not entirely
blind, was almost 80 and performed
prodigies In the way Of historical COM
position while handicapped in way
calculated to dishearten the bravest.
Another great historian, John Rich
ard Green, did his work In the
midst Of a hard battle against disease
and pain. In 1869, when he was final-
ly prostrated by the disease that had
taken hold many years before, the
doctors gave him no hope Of living
more than six months longer. Never
theless Green set about the task OF
writing his Short History Of the En-
glish People," task that he trium-
phantly carried to conclusion not
withstanding racking pains.
/ We are assured on excellent author
ity that Elizabeth Barrett Browning
wrote the greater number Of her fine
poems confined to a darkened room.
to which, by reason Of her inflrmities,
only her own family and most intimate
friends could be admitted. While she
was In great weakness and almost
continuous pain.
Another brave struggle was that Of
the poet Heine. The last seven years
of the German thinkers life were
spent on what has been termed his
mattress grave" in such pain and
suffering that he was obliged to con-
sumo doses of opium In quantity suf-
ficient to have killed several men. Yet
Heine not only endured all this with
resignation and even cheerfulness, but
managed to produce some Of his most
finished work, among which were
Last Poems and Thoughts'' and his
Confessions"
To the list Of literary heroes must
be added the name of Scott. Sir Wal
ter's manly fight against failing health
and financial misfortune during the
closing years of his life is too well
known to need more than passing
mention. When the commercial re-
verses came that left him staggering
under huge burden Of debt he,' shat
tered in health, laboriously set to
work with wearied eyes and worn
brain" to recoup. Painfully he toiled,
sometimes as many as fourteen hours
a day, until the end came. but never
theless he succeeded in meeting every
cent due by reason Of the monumental
Indebtedness forced upon him.
Grants memoirs were composed
under peculiarly pathetic conditions.
Confronted by the dismal prospect Of
dying from malignant disease and
ruined by reason of unfortunate finan-
cial ventures, the doughty general In
order to provide for his wife finished
under these distressing conditions that
work only four days before his death.
New York Tribune.
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the glass of the dressing table she
saw, like Lady Macbeth in the sleep
walking scene, Hilda Burr, her yellow
silk laid aside, her white wrapper
flowing around her, her eyes fixed
darkly and curiously on General
Guilte's ward.
Really" cried Paulette, f1inging back
from the table, the blood rushing an
grily into her beautiful face, "is it not
customary for one to rap before en-
tering anothers private chamber
You will oblige me by doing so in fu-
ture"
II did rap" answered Hilda, smooth
ly, but you were too ensrossed to
hear me-" with a look at the brush
and the box. Sorry 1 am sure, if
have frightened you. Will not you lei
me sit with you for a while? The
general and Mr.. Trent have left me
quite to myself"
Paulette shook loose her long hair
hiding throat and shoulders in Its
glittering masses.
Il was just making ready to retire
for the night" she answered, coldly
II am greatly fatigued."
Very WELL" said Miss Burr, sinking
into the nearest chair with all the cool
ness in life, don't let me hinder you
will talk till you are ready. Nothing
is more delightful than condolences al
this hour of the night. Shall not
ring for Rose to help you?"
Thanks, no." answered Paulette. %
became quite used to waiting on my
self at school,"
Hilda leaned back in her chair, and
through half-closed eyes watched the
other hastily put off her evening dress
as II she meant the interview should
be a short one.
You and l." purred Miss Burr, "are
to live henceforth at Hazel Hall in
company. Consequently, it is but ma
tural we should wish to know some
thing of each other. l trust we shall
be great friends"
Paulette answered not a word. The
feeling Of aversion to her companion
was so strong at this moment as to
take away her speech.
Nowise daunted, the sallow woman
went on:
II have lived with the general ever
since the death Of his two sons. Twas
the betrothed wife of one, so you car
understand why 1 am to him like @
daughter-why my rightful place
seems always beside him."
Indeed" said Paulette, slackenine
her haste perceptibly.
Hilda Burr saw her advantage and
seized upon it with eagerness.
"Sit down, will you not, and be COM
fortable?" she coaxed, drawing cnail
toward her own, "and l will tell you
something of these Guiltes-something
of their sad, bad story. Did the gen.
eral never mention to you the great
tragedy of his life and mine? No
why uO L tioN, "iSh
know that nothing can induce him tc
talk of it even now-eighteen years
after Anguss death?"
She heaved deep breath. A dark
shadow seemed to pass over her sal
low face.
Paulette sank almost Involuntary
into the offered chair.
NO." she answered, my guardian
has never spoken Of his family. ! new
er heard him make mention of son
living or dead"
MAY l ask how long he has beer
your guardan?" said Hilda, smoothly
Something more than three years.
He seems very fond of you," added
Miss Burr, and one might have fan
cied, from the peculiar working of hei
mouth, that she was gnashing hel
teeth at the thought. Il mention II
because he is a man Of few attach
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Nothing more?" queried Miss Burr,
lifting her sharply defined brows.
Nothing. Hark!"

Nothing. Hark!'
Paulette sprang to her feet as she
spoke. A long, loud, ear-piercins
scream rang suddenly through the
house. 1t was mans voice, and it
came from some room below stairs,
Hilda Burr ran out upon the landing,
followed by Paulette.
Help! help!" called a voice.
Down the stair flew Paulette, her
loose hair streaming, her face pale
with terror. Outstripping Hilda Burr,
she came first to the open parlor and
looked in and saw stretched out there
on the floor, just as he had fallen
from his chair, the long, stalwart fig
ure of the old general, his head rest
ing on Trent's knee, his face as white
and rigid as the dead.
(To be Continued.)
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-11-26
Rattlesnake Kills Girl.

Miss Belle Jones. eighteen years old.
daughter of the leading merchant ID
Amsterdam. Ga. is dead from beins
struck by a great RATHER while walk.
ing in a flower garden Of her home.
The snake was coiled under a rosa
bush and struck Miss Jones "a shs
was gathering flowers. The snake
struck the girl on the leg between ia
ankle and knee and olung there THIS
girl ran screaming 10 the house. drag
ging the snake with her Her father,
who met her, snatched the snake from
her leg with his hands and killed x
The snake measured seven feet ionz
and was of enormous girth
The marks on the girls leg werd
over three inches apart
Physicians We're summoned, bnf
were unable to save the girl She died
in terrible agony five hours after bs
ing struck by the snake.
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TOWN DIRECTORY

MAYOR-W. T. Blanton.
PRESIDENT or COUNCu.-H. +. Barrow.
Town COUNCIL-By Committees.
Finance-H. Z. Barrow. Walker Scott. X. B
Davidson.
Light-w. NJ. Dsyall.J J. R. Martin. ". T
ioyne.
Street,. r. Martin. Dr.w. J. Gnls. z. LIE am
bert.
Davidson.
Paor-E L. Erambert. Il. F. Sarrow. v. c
Tailwen
Fre-N. p. Davidson. ". T. Doyne. W. C.
saiety-w. T. 'oyne. W. NJ. Davan. Wake
Scott -N
Cemetery-w. C. Fallwell. f. L. Erambert "
Wafer-N. B. Davidson. II. f. Barrow. W. c
Fawen.
Orlinance-walker Scott. DR.. ". J. ellis. ". NJ
Duvall.
Salaries f. L. Erambert Dr. W. J. ellis. J. r
Mariif.
Opera House,. r. Martin z. l.. Erambert
A.. T.. Doyne.
Bonds walker Scott II. Il. Barrow. ". c. Fall
well
Town Clerk--Jos. F.. Garland.
C0unsci-A. D. WatEins
Town Treasurer-S. w. Paulett Jr.
Commissioner of Revenue-p. II. &. Rice.
Town Serroant-R u. Miller.
poice-Lesho FOCUS. r. d. Lipscomb and J. ".
frefwc.l
Chief Fire Department leslie FOCUS
Street Commissioner p. A. Tucker.
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me American sugar n.inlns

c..-pany had paid 10 the government
on account Of evasion OF duties, was
regarded by the government as a COM
plete settlement for al. its underweish-
ing frauds.
That amount. however he said, az
fected no other evasions OF duty and
in no wise figured as 10 any other
matters. and the government pur
posed to recover much more money
because OF frauds the trust had cont
mitted.
After the conference MIR. MacVeag h
said that the sugar frauds were over.
shadowing in interest one Of the most
important phases of the whole inves-
tigation. the commission of frauds by
importers with trunks with false bot
toms involving losses Of millions 10 the
government
Collector Loeb explained that while
this had been possible in the past,
rules had been adopted under the
present regime which would prevent
such frauds in the future
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-11-26
prons e In Custom House.

The wedding out from the customs
service in New York city Of the
men who have been implicated 30 she
sugar frauds and other schemes 10
cheat the government. but against
whom no evidence of actual commits
sion OF crime has been obtained be-
gan in earnest when Collector Loeb
announced the discharge of James F.
Vail formerly deputy surveyor in
chrage of the Weighing division.
George E. Bedell, an Inspector and
formerly chief clerk In charge Of the
same division; James p Hyiand and
Joseph OCarroll. foreman of weighing
districts. and eighteen other weighers
and gaugers. whose names are not
mentioned in the official report given
ont AZ the custom house. So far as
could be learned. the men granted im-
munity and a retention of their jobs
for tostifying against Philip Musica at
his trial for cheating the government
ont Of duties on cheese. are included
among the men whose heads went into
the basket Whether OF not any Of
the discharged employees viii have 70
face criminal charges later is Ques-
ton which both Collector Loeb and
United States Attorney stimson re-
fused to answer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-11-26
RattIed Eor LIE VIA Wounded suck

Locked for half an hour In the horns
of a slightly wounded and dangerous
buck. stephen Chalmers, well known
as an author and magazine contribs'
tor. engaged in a life OF death stEu9
gle in the twilight on Burn hin. eight
cen miles from Saranac Lake y. 7.
Finally grasping with one hand hrs
shotgun. the stock Of which had b'oR
broken by a blow at the decr's head
Chalmers discharged the load into tas
bucks breast
Chalmers first wounded tie deer
slightly stunning IT, lie dropped hts
gun and reached for his knife 10 put
the deer 10 death It was gone and
before he could recover his Gun ths
buck rose to IT'S feet and CHARGED hi0a-
Chalmers hands were badly iacerasad
by the antlors of the deer h"' "'h =
wise he Is none the worse lc. his tx
hausting struggle
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-11-26
RooseveIt Party Are ven.

Reports received in Nairohi British
East Africa. from the Roosevelt hunt
ing expedition are that all the me1f
bers are we'll and will return 10 Lon
DIAM Nov. 30
During the hunting on the Cnas ins
hisu plateau Colonel Roosevelt and
Kermit killed four elephants FOR the
American Museum Of Natural History
in New York
The party took many other trophies
including five horned giraffe le0P
ard. a roam bushbuck. a Jacksont
hartebeeste. an oribi, a singing tom
.
a bohor and a kOb
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u,s.r.ou. Nov II. - President
-.s-. lis cabinet are a unit in the
.r.f bringing TO book those sugar
who may be guilty Of
situation was discussed in
.. The cabinet meeting. 1t
unanimous opinion Of the
~ particularly the lawyer mem
e present investigation
r-s against the trust are
ably and effectively han
me auartment of justice and
..s+e- partment
lt has issued the edict
man escape" He has
o. -s any fragrant, sensa-
r- but such are his in
Attorney General Wick
. latter official for one who
s,. acclaimed a corporation
,. s administrations crit
d.. a record Of bringing
~, .-est corporations of the
c,...-. t.l..s. like that made by Mr.
r-.raha attorney general he won
r. Northern securities case.
Tremendous Surprise Coming.
Ills RELY rroi.cted here that more
4.- o-s D.. tie sugar trust officials
I'll .- -tr'fr End themselves behind
DO bars for ract.cing frauds in the
-srr .,t Of customs duties. There IS
p, limitation as 90 their personality,
br- there arc hints In official circles
that a tremendous surprise is awaiting
as rrtr- IF there is foundation for
al ao rrre-s sGoat and most Of
.so~ rs- p. traced TO official sources,
he ..'on ~ the sugar trust will
be -ta great popular feature Of the
Tai admin ration and will settle be
r--fal.. .le Presidents adherence
u sa policy ~ HIS predecessor Of
'- .e great corporations Of the
or obey the law.
r9 developments regard
kz cation that the treasury
1s--~a-t under the former admin
is.--r vas dominated by the sugar
r ST. ar mo- proof has been fur
1 special Agent parr III sup
POI barge that such q c0ndi
t st The den.as Of former
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Atlantic cltx,s Hun. R-oet.

Nearly 100000 in cas-. Jas been
deposited in the Atlantic City banks
as the profits Of one of the biggest
seasons on RECORD. Figures shown
by reports of the eight banks and
trust companies place the exact total
az sS.99L011. Local fnancer7 declare
their belief that the addition Of 3ep0s
its in building and loan and oths
funds viii run the total seasons say.
ings of the resorts population mp 10
sf200GOOO.
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Herald and N. Y. Word LOO
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Judge Of Circuit Court-F1on. George J. HIND.
le.
Clerk Of Covnty and Circuit Courts-Hor.
ace Adams.
Deputy Clerk Of County and Circuit Coarts-
H. T.. Warmer
Ireasurer-S ". Watkins
Comm ssioner Of Revenue-E. L. Dupuy.
sheriff.. II. Dickinson.
Commonwealth Attorney-A. d. Watkins.
Coroner r. J. r. Spencer.
B0ard of Supervisor Farmvlie District J. l.
Hrpdcn District. DR.. ". NJ Hoiiadav: Lockett
Dbl rict. r. Il Walton; Leigh District. A. A.
Has .Ins
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wounded oeer ~ Hun.er.

Edward Luckey. while hunting n
Pike county Pa. near StroulsburE
had an unpleasant experience with }
large buck Luckey wounded the buck
which showed fight and the animal
swinging around. struck him with is
horns Luckey becoming frightened
and the animal Infatuated. ch0s
started. with the man in the lead. Ths
buck had gone some distance when h.
fell over dead
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
IN e6ect Nay 30ih, 1909.

N. B.-FoIlowing schedule figures are published
only as information and are not guaranteed.
SOUTHBOUND-Leav Burkeville.
1897 A. NJ. No. II. With pullman. Forall points
south
s:07 A. NJ. No. z. For Danville. Greensboro
Charlotte and intermediate stations.
connecting at Danvile with main line
trains for Lynchburg and Washing
ton and az Greensboro with trains
for east and west thereof.
1881 7. VI. No. l3. For an points south am
southwest Through pullman 20 At
lanfa and Birmingham. Through
coach TO Chase City. Durham and
Raleigh via kcysviIle Va.
sly p. ". hOl7. Daily except Sunday. LOca
Co keysville.
NORTHBOUND--Lcav Burkevile.
No 10. $3.50 a. ". daily. No. ls. 627 A. NJ ex-
cept Sunday. No. s. 2i7. =. VI. daily. No H.
1885 7. VI. daily. All for Richmond
Noa. II. -. - and II carry pullmans and
coaches. Nos. 2. 3. II and Is. day coaches
POPULAR YORK RIVER LINE
Leave Richmond s30 p. NJ Mondays. Wednes-
days and Fridays for Baltimore. Philadelphia
New York.and points North and East.
S. +. BURGESS. d. p. A.
go f. Main ST.. Richmond. Va
G. II. Ackert. II. r. Cary. s. II. Hardvick
V. T.. Gen Mgr g. p "A. Pass. Traf. Mgr.
Washington. d. c.