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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
cHINA's ANCIENT WALL.
New Facts About a Very Old Wond

New Facts About Very old Wonder.
At largely attended meeting Of the
Royal Geographical society In Burling-
ton Gardens recently, under the presi-
dency Of Major Darwin, DR.. Stein de-
livered lecture embodying an inter-
esting account Of his recent two years
explorations in Central Asia.
In the course of his lecture DR.. Stein
stated that he had undergone many
hardships, all the toes of his right foot
having to be amputated owing to FROST
bite. Among the gravest difficulties
encountered was lack Of water.
While long marches from the edge
of the Tun-huang oasis, DR.. Stein first
sighted remains Of ruined watch towers
and soon came upon traces Of an an
cient wall connecting them. This was
accurately surveyed from An-shi over
a distance Of 140 miles. The ruins
proved to belong to an early system OF
frontier defence, corresponding In char
acter to the extant great wall" on the
Kansu border, massive watch towers
usually rising at intervals of two to
three miles along the wall. From
Chinese records, mostly on wood or
bamboo, which the excavation OF al
most every ruin yielded in plenty, the
explorer made certain that this frontier
line dated back to the end OF the Sec
ond century B. c., when Chinese ex-
mansion into Central Asia first began
under the Emperor Wu-tu.
Exactly dated documents commence
ing with the year SO B. c. showed that
the regular garrisoning Of the border
wall continued throughout that CEN
tury, and probably for the greatest part
of it's length down to the middle of
the second century A. D. 1t was equal
ly certain that the enemy whose IT.
ruptions from the north had to De
warded off were the Hsiong-nu, the
ancestors Of those Huns who some CEN
turies later overran Europe. Sometimes
mere scraping on the surface OF the
slope adjoining a ruined watch tower
sufflced to disclose rubbish heaps, In
which files Of wooden records, thrown
out from the Office Of some military
commander before the time Of Christ
lay among the most perishable materials,
straw, bits Of clothing, and so on, all
looking perfectly fresh and preserved
by the desert. These miscellaneous
records were far older than any whicn
had as yet in original come to light IN
Central Asia or China, and with them
were the actual remains Of quarters
furniture and arms, which sufficed to
restore an accurate picture Of the life
led along this most desolate OF borders
The wall showed everywhere a uni
form thickness of feet, is still In
places over 10 feet in height, and Watch
towers. ordinarily built of sun-dried
bricks. rose in one solid square mass
to heights of 80 feet or more. A solid
block of halls, nearly 500 feet long,
and with walls Of feet thickness, and
still 25 feet or so in height, at first puz-
zled him greatly by the palace-like look
and dimensions. Finds Of dated records
of the first century B. c. near by them
told him that it had been constructed
as a great magazine for the troops gar
risoning the line or passing along II.
DIR. Stein said that the mere unpack-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11

ing and first arrangement Of the ar
Genealogical objects. numbering many
thousands. on which he was now en-
gagged, would probably not be completed
before July. The decipherment Of the
manuscript and individual documents.
probably close on 5000 in number. and
in about twelve different scripts and
languages, would claim the attention
of quite a small staff Of Oriental ex-
perts-London Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
MOHAMM ED.
His Vision of Heaven and the Story Of
the Mountain.

His Vision Of Heaven and the Story Of
tho Mountain.
Halabi, the founder of Islam, was
born at Mecca in the year A. d. $40.
He died June 8, 632, at the age Of sew
enty-two. He assumed the titular
name of Mohammed, which means, ac-
cording to some authorities, the pre-
dicted Messiah
One Of the most extravagant rela-
tions which can be found In any Ian
guage is credited to Mohammed.
Speaking of the sights he beheld when
transported to heaven" he says: Il
saw there an angel, the most gigantic
of all created things. 1t had 10000
heads, each head had 10000 faces, each
face had 10000 mouths. each mouth had
10000 tongues and each tongue spoke
10000 languages. All were employed In
singing Gods praises"
When Mohammed first announced
his divinely inspired and appointed
system the Arabs demanded superna-
tural proofs of his commission. Moses
and Jesus" said the Arabs, wrought
miracles in the testimony Of their d.
vine authority. And II thou art indeed
a prophet Of God do so likewise"
1T would be tempting God to do So"
replied Mohammed, "and bring down
his anger, as In the case Of Pharaoh"
AS the story is told in Brewers
Phrase and Fable" the Arabs were not
satisfied with this answer, and Mo-
hammed then commanded one Of the
numerous eminences near Mecca to
come to him. The mountain not STIR
ring at Mohammed's bidding, the
prophet exclaimed: God is merciful.
Had the mountain obeyed my words 1t
would have fallen on US to our de-
struction. II will therefore go to the
mountain"
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and over us twain Graham Vivian was
saying the words that made us one till
death.
When It was done-when my fate
was irrevocably sealed-Judge Ferrers
said to the lawyer:
"Now put the pen in my fingers"
The legal gentleman obeyed. My
grandfather signed the will with firm
hand. In turn, the lawyer, the physi-
sian, the housekeeper, added their own
signatures as witnesses. AS the last
of the trio laid down the pen, Judge
Ferrers drew long breath. A gray
shadow fell UP his face.
"It is done!" he said, and sank back
against the shoulder Of Francis Heron.
and never spoke again.
To be Continued.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11

Why a Small Boy Persisted In Hearing
Il Every Day.


Senator Vest was making q buggy
campaign in southeast Missouri some
years ago." said q Missouri ofiicial.
His driver was small boy, who was
duly impressed with the importance OF
his distinguished passenger.
"At each town visited by Vest the
boy hurried his team to convenient
livery barn and then raced for the
courthouse, or wherever the 'speakin"
was to take place. and perched himself
with painful regularity on the front
seat. He invariably turned his eyes on
the senator and took In every word OF
the speech as If his very life depended
on 1t.
Finally the lads continued conspic-
uous presence among his auditors an
noyed the senator, and he kindly but
firmly reminded the boy that 1t was
not necessary for him to attend every
meeting.
"I make the same speech each time.
You have heard 1t often enough to know
It by rote, so just put In your time In
the future looking after the team" he
admonished his youthful driver.
Despite the senator's objection, the
boy was again in the front seat the
next day and the following day. This
enraged Vest, and he thundered:
"'why do you persist in always oc-
cupying that front seat? Didn't I tell
you make the same speech every day?
It's as old and stale to you as 1t Is to
me. Why insist on hearing 1t again
and againT
"T want to see what you're going to
do when you fergit It, answered the
boy. Vest capitulated."-St. Louis Re-
public.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
MINERAL RESOURCES.
United States Leads All Countries In
Coal and Iron.


A steady growth In the mineral In
dustries Of the country Is exhibited In
"a report for the calendar year 1907.
just issued by the United States Geo.
logical Survey. For the first time a to-
tai production valued at more than 81
900, 100000 was recorded last year.
Though the business depression felt
twelve months ago limited the output
in few instances, in the great major
ity there was an increase ranging from
s to 40 per cent. BY far the largest
contributions to the mineral wealth Of
the year were made by coal and iron,
which together represented considera-
bly, more than half Of the total. In both
of these the United States now leads
all other countries. Last year the value
of the coal mined showed gain OF
about 15 per cent on 1906. The In
crease in iron was somewhat less.
To the statistician iron presents q
perplexing problem. It Is produced In
three forms-ore, pig and steel-but In
order to avoid repetition Of values pig
iron alone figures in the surveys sum-
maries, although returns are obtained
regarding the other products. Penn
sylvania figures first In the production
of iron, Ohio second. Illinois third and
New York and Alabama compete for
the fourth place.
California apparently leads the pro-
cession in the production Of petroleum
at the present time. an amount only
slightly exceeding her output having
been supplied in 1907 by Oklahoma and
Indian Territory combined. The larg-
est quantities of gold mined last year
were credited to Colorado, Alaska and
California In respect to silver Utah,
Montana and Colorado are about Cd
even terms, with Nevada ranking
fourth. Copper is one Of the few met
ais mined in diminished quantities In
1907, s6S, 1896, ,4s1 pounds being reported,
as against s17,S05,6s2 pounds in 1906.
At last accounts Arizona produced the
most, Michigan and Montana being not
far behind.
When returns for 1908 are available
a somewhat less favorable showing win
doubtless be made. says the New York
Tribune, but by 1909 the revival OF
business should stimulate the demand
both for metals and such nonmetallic
minerals as cement, brick stone and
lime. Prosperity with a big p is likely
to arrive almost before the country
knows It. ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
BOUNDING THE infinite.
Arc tho Number of Stars in Space
Without Limit?

Without Limit?
How many stars are there? 1t Is
not known, but most astronomers be-
lieye the number Is not unlimited. Tne
argument is that with an infinite uni
verse of stars the heavens would be
one uniform blaze of light. The more
distant stars are, Of course, DINNER;
some are too far away to affect the
naked eye at all, but no matter how
slight the units an infinite number OF
them would produce the effect de-
scribed.
AS there Is no uniformly blazing sky,
the number of stars, though possibly
immensely great, must be limited.
This argument is supplemented In
recent astronomical paper by similar
one drawn from gravitation. Every
star. no matter how distant, exercises
its own power Of attraction on every
other heavenly body, including our
earth.
However, as the earth's center Is
farther away from the attracting body
than it's surface is, particles on the
earth's surface are attracted with
greater force than those at the center,
and the practical result Is to lessen the
force with which the earth's mass Is
held together.
Now, IL the number of stars Is inf
mite, this decrease would be so great
that weight on the earth would practi-
cally ceased to exist. Moreover. the
same conditions would prevail every
where throughout boundless universe
and probably all masses would be dis
rupted. That this result does not oc-
cur Is q proof, We are told, that the
number Of heavenly bodies in existence
is not infinite.
These arguments make certain as
sumptions that may or may not be
granted; they can neither be proved nor
disproved. The argument from light
assumes that light waves are trans
mitted through space without loss !;
that from gravitation assumes that the
same thing is true for gravitational
attraction.
II light or gravitation is absorbed or
lost in some way when passing from
star to STAR the number Of stars may
be infinite after all. At its best the
speculation Is more curious than con-
clusive.--Chicago Record Herald.
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THE MIRAGE.
Conditions That Make Possible This
Beautiful Illusion.

Conditions That Make possible inns
Beautiful Illusion.
About that natural phenomenon, the
mirage, much mystery clung in days
Of old. but science explains 1t as read
lily as the rainbow.
The fata morgana Of the strait OF
Messina and the specter Of the Brock
en- were nothing more in sober reality
than mere mirage.
A mirage may occur at any place
where the denser stratum Of air Is
placed above the lighter stratum. thus
refracting the rays Of light the COM
mon surface of the two stratums act
ing as mirror.
In looming mirages distant objects
show ON extravagant increase in ver-
tical height without alteration In
breadth. Distant hummocks Of ice are
thus magnified into immense towers
and pinnacles, and a ship Is sometimes
abnormally drawn out until 1t appears
twelve or thirteen times as high as 1t
is long. Rocks are seen drawn up to
ten or twelve times their proper height.
Houses as well as human beings and
animals appear in like exaggerated
shape.
Another form of mirage Is when a
ship or some other object near the
water seems greatly elongated and q
second inverted image meets 1t from
above.
Sometimes the proper image of the
object is elevated far above the sea,
while the second image strongely ap-
pears inverted beneath It, the whole
surrounded by a sheet Of sky which Is
mirrored and repeated within It.
In 1882 in the arctic region Captain
Scoresby recognized by its inverted
image In the air his fathers ship, the
Fame, which afterward proved to be
seventeen miles beyond the visible no.
rizon of his observation.
One August evening in 1906 DR..
Vince saw from Ramsgate, at which
place only the tops Of Dover castle
towers are usually visible, the whole
of the castle. It appeared as though
lifted up and bodily placed on the near
side of the intervening HILL So per-
feet was this Illusion that the hill it
self actually could not be seen through
the figure.
Some forms of mirage are lateral as
well as vertical, arising from unequal
density Of two contiguous vertical bod
les Of air. Thus on Lake Geneva q
boat has been seen double, the two
images some distance apart.
Persons have been duplicated in the
same way. Any one on hot day by
placing his eye near to heated wall
may see lateral mirages Of objects at
a distance and nearly on line with
the wall.
Mirages are very frequent on des-
erts or the large sandy plains which
abound in the southwestern states and
territories. Many a painting wagon
train has pushed on in joyous haste
at the sight Of green grove or limpid
lake, only to be cruelty disappointed at
the fading away Of the vision. Is 1t
any wonder that the natives and In
dams regard the phenomenon as the
work of evil and tantalizing spirits?
Lake Ontario is famous for beautiful
and wonderful mirages, during which
the opposite shore Of the lake Is plain
ly visible from either side.-Pearson's.
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-20

A bad back turns every twenty four
hours into one dull round of pain and
misery-you are lame in the morning,
nagged all dav by dull throbbing
backache, can't rest in the evening or
sleep we'll at night. 1t hurts to bend
over straighten up, get up from a
chair, or lift even a light weight.
Any sudden twist, turn or awkward
movement sends tearing twinge of
pain through the weak spot
Backache is really kidney-ache
The kidneys are in the small of the
back, and any pain there is enough
cause to suspect your kidneys. If
the urine is discolored. contains sandy
sediment, or passes too frequently,
then you have double proof.
Keep the kidneys well and the kid
neys will keep you well. Well kid
neys filter the blood and keep 1t pure.
Diseased kidneys only partly purify
the blood. Neglect weak kidneys
and you invite uric acid poisoning,
gravel, stone in the kidney, rheuma-
tism, heart trouble, diabetes, Bright
disease, and a long list of other Sc
rious disorders now recognized as hav-
ing their cause In kidney weakness.
At the first sign of backache or ur-
mary disorders, give the kidneys quick
help, not with plasters. liniments, nor
any other outside applications, but
with a special kidney medicine.
The simplest and most effective
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-20
MACAR0N| FACTORY
DYNAM|TED
"BLACk HAND" MEMBERS DE-
MOLiSH STORE AND HOME
OF ITALIAN.

Scranton, Pa, Jan. 19.-The maca-
roni factory of Nicholas Fazio in this
city was badly damaged by dynamite
early today. presumably by a BLACK
Hand" gang, the front of the building
being wrecked. Fazio and his family
and four employees. who occupied
rooms over the factory of the store
room, were buried in the wreckage
and sustained injuries. Windows were
blown out Of the Arlington hotel and
other buildings within 200 feet of the
explosion. The failure of two sticks
of dynamite to explode alone saved
that section of the city from serious
wreckage.
Seven Italians are under arrest sus-
pected of the outrage. Three years
ago the place was dynamited after
Fazio, who is wealthy. had ignored
repeated BLACK Hand demands for
money. Two Italians are now serving
sentences in the penitentiary for
that crime, Fazio and his family
furnishing evidence against them. The
crime today is believed to be in re-
venge for this.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-20
FAIR SEX WORKSHOPS
FALSE GODS
ENFRANcHISED WOMAN REPRE-
SCENTS EXTREME SWING OF
THE PENDULUM.

New York, Jan. 19.-The tendency
of the new" woman to avoid home
duties, to enter the professions and
occupations of men and to regard
marriage as hampering a broader"
and more intellectual" career repre-
sents merely the extreme swing of the
pendulum in the movement which has
brought to women many rights and
opportunities not formerly enjoyed by
them, according to Annie Nathan
Meyer, who is one of the prominent
conservative leaders of women's
movements. In this respect she likens
women to the American negroes after
they were freed from slavery, when
they wanted to do only the things that
they had been forbidden to do previ-
ously. Following a similar impulse,
women have been ambitious in their
new-found freedom to rival men in
education and business and have
looked with distaste on the work
which they were better fitted to per-
form.
THE problem of the future will be
fective service in the tasks that have
never been denied them" says APP
pletons magazine in an article by
Mrs. Meyer. They will have to be
led back gently but firmly from fol-
lowing false gods. They have to dis
card the notion that because some
thing was denied them in the past 1t
must necessarily be just what they
want. Why is it that the home is so
comparatively little creation of
scientific progress and the store, the
factory and the hotel are quick to
take advantage Of every advance?
Why is the home, with its power. its
influences, it's human interest, con-
sidered narrow, while the counting
house, with its greater routine, its
duller details, is considered broad?
Is the man who plods all day over
columns of figures doing so much
more interesting work than the wom-
an who hangs over a cradle? Is
pounding a typewriter more intellec-
tual than beating an omelet These
are questions that are beginning to be
asked.
Slowly and by degrees" the APP
pleton article declares. through wiser
and more extended industrial edu-
cation, through scientific training for
home making and collaborating, the
old, old duties of womanhood, the
scorned, belittled duties will be en-
throned in their rightful place. The
cry to 'enfranchise the home will
come to connote something quite diff
ferent from what it now irnplies. 1t
will not be brought about by drag
ging the home to the polls, but by
consecrating to the home the accumu-
lated result of scientific knowledge
and moral progress. Then. and then
only, will women find the direction
of the home-to quote the president Of
the University Of Wisconsn--'A high
intellectual pleasure rather than
Wearisome routine Then, and then
only, will enfranchised woman come
fully and freely into her own"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-20
MINE CONSOLIDATION
MEETING POSTPONED

Spokane, Jan. Announcement is
made in Spokane that the consolida-
ton of the Kendall and North Mecca
sin companies will not take place next
March, as originally agreed upon, but
will be consummated next September,
The Kendall company already has
formally extended the time and a
meeting of the shareholders of the
Drake company will take place at
Lewistown, Mont, February 16, to
take the same action. The CONSOLE
dalton will operate to the mutual ad-
vantage of the two companies and 1t
was thought by March the North
Moccasin would be sufficiently devel-
oped to permit fair valuation to be
placed upon it. This. however, will
require a longer time, hence the ex-
tension. H. H. Lang, superintendent,
who was in Spokane a few days ago,
reports that the North Moccasn Is
meeting all expectations. The mine
is looking better than ever before and
now is paying proposition and will
continue to be one, as assured by
the ore blocked out.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-20
VICTOR NEWS NOTES

Victor, Jan. 19.-Charles Avery was
up from Missoula Tuesday on legal
business.
Mrs Jennie Weatherford went to
Hamilton Wednesday to attend a
meeting of the Daughters Of Rebecca,
of which she is a member. She re-
turned home Thursday.
Mrs. X. d. Perry of Riverside,
WASH, is visiting relatives near Vic
tor.
Miss Mamie Icenhower was HAM
ilton visitor Wednesday.
E. H. and Harvey Keirns, accom-
panied by their sisters, Mrs. M. B.
Dowd and Mrs. Alice Lockridge, left
here Sunday morning for Osborne,
Kan. in answer to a telegram advis-
ing them that their mother was not
expected to live.
Mrs H. c. Croft is visiting friends
in Helena.
H. F. Rabbit and family spent Sun
day at the home of John F. Wood
on the east side.
Mrs. ]. II. Chilson is reported quite
Ill.
Rev. e. o. Cole was not able to
fill his regular appointment here last
Sunday on account of being engaged
in revival services at Stevensville.
NJ r. Maynard arrived here yester-
day from Bohemian and Is visiting
his sisters, Misses Edith and Laura
Maynard, two of the teachers in our
public school.
County Commissioner and Mrs.
John Freeze and daughter spent Sat-
urday night with Victor friends.
c. B. Gates was Hamilton visitor
yesterday.
Owing to the combined influences Of
rain, sunshine and chinook our 22-inch
snow has materially diminished. The
merry jingle of sleigh bells Is heard
both day and night, Advantage is be-
ing taken of the snow before 1t leaves.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-20
WHEN YOUR BACK ACHES

remedy for sick kidneys is Doan's
Kidney Pills. If there is weakness,
congestion, inflammation or soreness.
Doan's Kidney Pills quickly relieve it.
They gently stimulate. tone and
strengthen sick kidneys, drive away
backache, rheumatic pain and dizzi-
ness, clear up and regulate the urine,
and restore a perfect filtering Of the
blood. Best of all, this relief is per-
manent.
MlSSOUlA PROOF.
Mrs. Ja1..es Knowles, living at 1915
Howell street, Missoula, Mont, says:
my husband used Doan's KIDNEY Pills,
procured from the Missoula Drug Co,
and they proved so beneficial that he
considers 1t a pleasure to recommend
them to others. For many years he
suffered from severe pains in the small
of his back and an annoyance from
his kidneys He had but little con-
troll over the action of the secretions
and was often caused great inconve-
nience on this account and he was be-
coming discouraged when Doan's Kid
ney Pills were recommended to him.
They proved to be far superior to any
remedy he had ever taken, soon re-
storing his kidneys to their natural
condition and banishing the pains in
his back. He thinks very highly Of
Doan's Kidney Pills and advises their
use to anyone suffering from kidney
trouble"