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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25

In the second year your load will
become lighter, and then you will see
why it was necessary for you to have
$1,000 during the first year. The
1000 you can easily place out at 5
per cent interest and at the end Of
the second year it will have earned
you $50. So during this second year
you have to save $3.50. In other
words you have 81 a week more to
spend on the comforts Of life during
the second year than the first. In
this way your load continues to get
lighter and lighter. You begin your
third year with $4,000 out at inter-
est, and during this year you need
save only 5000, which leaves you 81
week more to spend than during
the first year; and so 1t goes until at
the end Of your fifth year you are
saving only $3.50 year, or less than
one-half Of your $500 salary. Each
year you have more to spend. At the
end of your eighth year you are saw
ing just $3.50 a week, while you
have $3.50 to spend.
At the end of your tenth year you
have $4,000, which Is earning you
$500 a year, and which may even
bring you $500 or 500 year If you
invest it we'll. If you were only 80
years of age when you began saving
you are still too young to retire on
$50 a month; but now you can spend
all that you earn, and at the end OF
another ten years, IL you do not gath
er the honey which your $4,000 Is
making for you, you will be worth
little over $4,000, which, at per
cent will bring you an income Of ss5
a month for the rest of your life.
A modification Of the above scheme
can be made to work to the profit or
any wage Garner, no matter what his
weekly earnings may be, granting, OF
course, that they are sufficient to live
upon comfortably. For instance,
the man who earns SIS week could
save 81 a week for fourteen years he
would have acquired a little fortune
of s5,0OO.-Bookkeeper.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25
WAR ON cAYUeA LAKE CARP.
Twenty five Tons Of Them Caught In
the Work of determination.

tho Work OF ExtermInation.
State Fish and Game Protector Will
liam Ferree of Cayuga, is in the
city and he states that there are a
lot of interesting things seen in the fish
line every day the nets are drawn at
Cayuga Lake by the fishermen licensed
to draw nets for the purpose Of elimi-
mating carp from the lake.
Up to date and under the poor wealth.
er conditions the fishermen have taken
twenty five tons of carp from the low
er end of the lake and in seventy five
hauls Of the nets not q peck Of perch
has been caught, showing that the carp
have been gradually eating up the fine
eating species.
The netters have also caught some
whitefsh weighing up to three pounds
each and fresh water herring weighing
In the neighborhood OF pound. One
day last week beautiful specimen of
rainbow trout weighing ten pounds was
caught and had Mr.. Ferree been present
he would have taken 1t and had II
mounted. The fish were kissed goodby
by the fishermen and turned loose In
the waters Of the lake.
In one haul last week there were six
ty wall-eyed pike weighing from two
to twelve pounds each and they were
liberated with reluctance. Several
pickerel have also been caught In the
hauls, but very few Of the black and
big mouth bass. So far the METERS
have caught about thirty bushels OF
bullheads-Auburn Citizen.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25
THE JOINT SNAKE.
Some Information From One Who Is
Sure He Really Knows.


This department probably has no
no business in the joint snake sympo-
sium now being conducted by the
Lawrence Journal and Kansas City
Star, but as neither the Journal nor
the Star seems to know mu'.h about
the reptile, we herewith tender some
authoritative information. The joint
snake is a crawling thing, varying in
length from to Is inches, and in it's
general appearance more nearly re-
sembles a lizard than a snake. In
color 1t is a dull yellow, with minute
stripes of pea green, and its skin Is
glazed and transparent, differing in
that respect from all true members Of
the snake family. There Is nothing in
the theory that the joint snake flies
to pieces when hit with a stick, and
lecting and marshaling in order the
dismembered portions Of its anatomy.
This theory is as fictitious as one con-
cerning the disposition of the hoop
snake to take its tail in it's mouth and
go rolling about the country. AS a
matter Of fact, the joint snake has
but one joint, located at a point two
thirds the length of it's body, meas
uring from the head. Any sort of
rough treatment will dislocate this
joint. A hard blow from a stick di-
rected at the proper spot will do 1t.
Or the two sections of the body may
be separated by simple twist Of the
wrist, which was esteemed the proper
method when we were a boy. Dis
memberment apparently causes the
joint snake no trouble or inconveni-
ence, and produces no wound or con-
fusion. When released the head of
the snake runs away and hides in the
grass, its natural habitat, leaving the
caboose end to it's own devices, and
it does not come back later and pick
up the dismembered fragment. AS
to whether the joint snake dies as a
result of the treatment or grows a
new tail and lives happily ever after
is a matter in controversy which has
never been satisfactorily settled. The
joint snake is perfectly harmless, be-
ing equipped with no weapons either
Of offense or defense. The writer,
who was reared in a joint snake
country, has carried them alive and
wriggling in his pockets for hours at
time, soaring the women by sud-
denly releasing one in the house be-
ing esteemed a high form Of sport
and a superlative quip in his neigh
borhood.-J. E. House, in the Topeka
Capital.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25
The Spaniard.

Hayelock Ellis in his Soul Of Spain
has revealed intimately and charming
ly the temperament Of the Spanish peo-
ple. According to him, the Spaniard
is still fundamentally primitive. In
proof Of his possession Of the primal
instincts Of hospitality and charity he
quotes the following anecdote from an
Aragonese newspaper Of a few years
ago, at a time when there was much
distress in Aragon:
A laborer out Of work came on the
highroad determined to rob the first
person he met. This was man with
wagon. The laborer bade him halt and
demanded his money.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25

A Useless lmplement.-It is not al
ways safe to meddle with the unfamil-
lar. Mr.. James Russell in "Reminis-
cences Of Yarrow," gives the following
story as illustrating the simplicity of
the Scotch farmers Of the vicinity:
A we'll to- do tenant bought a baro-
meter at a public sale. Soon after the
minister asked him how he liked it.
Not at ALL" returned the honest far
mer. Its not the thing"
I'm what way is it not the thing?"
WELL" replied the worthy parishion-
er, more at home with sheep than
science, 1T was nae casting up sic
weather as I wad have liked. So,
thinking there was something wrong,
I took it doom and examined it, outside
and in.
AT last discovered a lang glass
tube wi hole in the end O. it. Niver
dooting that was the matter, stopped
up the hole. But If it did Ill before,
it did naething at all after that!"-
Youths Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25
Here is $40, all that 1 have" tn

Here is $40, all that ! have" the
detained man replied.
There is nothing left for me but rob-
berry. My family are dying Of hunger"
the aggressor said apDlogetically and
proceeded to put the money in his
pocket, but as he did so his mind
changed.
Take this, CHICO" he said, handing
back $29. Zone is enough for me-"
would you like anything / have In
the cart?" asked the wagner, i'm
pressed by this generosity.
YES" said the man. Take this
dollar back too. had better have
some rice and some beans"
The wagner handed over a bag of
eatables. and then held out IS, which,
however, the laborer refused.
"Take them for luck money" said the
wagner. II owe you that"
And only so was the would be rob-
ber persuaded to accept.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25

They Got in.-Preparations were be-
ing made in the criminal court to SEN
tence a negro who had been convicted
Of murder in the second degree. Two
little negro boys peeped through the
main doorway Of the criminal court
room and addressed one Of the stern
deputies.
"Do you let boys in?" said the larger
of the two.
mo boys allowed" said the deputy,
disinterested.
The little negroes strolled half way
down the stairs leading to the street,
held a conference and then returned
and again opened the door.
Mister" said the larger, addressing
the same deputy, does 1t make a diff
ference II We is the sons Of the man
what's goin' to jail?"
The boys were sons Of the negro who
was awaiting the murder sentence.
The little incident so affected Mr.
Friedberg and other court attaches that
they all went to Judge Latshaw and
asked him to reduce the sentence.
And the boys got inside the court
room, too.-Kansas City Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25

Poor Billiards. Demarest, the
amateur billiard champion, described
at a dinner in Chicago, some poor bill
lizard tables.
"One summer in the country" ne
said, another man and I were overtak-
en- by storm and had to go into a tav-
ern for shelter. The rain fell steadily
We had three or four long hours before
us. Time began to hang heavily on ouI
hands.
Landlord said I, do you happen
to have a billiard table?'
Sure said the landlord. Sure
Just step this way, gents
He proudly threw open the door OF
a dark, stuffy room. We saw an anti
quated table with a patched cloth, and
in the corner was a rack Of crooked
cues.
"Any balls?' said I.
Sure said the landlord, and he un-
locked a closet, and laid on the table
three white balls, all alike-there was
no spot, you know.
"But see here I demonstrated, how
do you tell these balls apart?
"Oh, that's all right said he. You
soon get to know 'em by their shape
Detroit Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25
Humorous Department.
He, Too, Looked.

Every little while Mr.. Vernon ex-
pounds to his wife the frivolity and
light headedness Of her sex. He is oc-
casionally encouraged to. do this by the
lady herself, who, being Of a generous
disposition, is willing for the time to
WELD to the other half that position OF
superiority 1t so naturally assumes.
One day Mr. Vernon began again on his
favorite subject.
you women are Just like pack OF
sheep" he remarked. IF one OF you
goes to look at thing. the rest are sure
to follow. I believe that you could De
led anywhere"
DO you?" said his wife, with inter-
est.
Yes, ma'am, I do, indeed" replied
her husband, emphatically. Il can
give you an illustration Of 1t, too. THIS
afternoon was downtown. and noticed
a crowd-all women-about store
window. Every woman that came
along had to go up and see what there
was. There were so many or them
that you could hardly tell what they
were looking at
what were they looking at?" said
his wife.
There you go!" remarked her hus-
band. "Just as curious as the rest OF
them! Well, there was nothing there
but some false hair and some veils."
How do you know?"
Because I looked"
But I thought you said there was
such a crowd 1t was almost impossible
to get through"
81 did say so, but I finally managed
to work my way up near enough to find
out what it was they were staring at.
Women are certainly curious crea-
lures"
"Yes, suppose they are" said Mrs
Vernon. ITS funny, too, how hard
some men will work just to discover
what few other people are looking at"
But Mr.. Vernon was busy with his
paper.-Youth's Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25
THE DREADNOUGHTS.
Effect Of Last Great Advance in Naval
Construction.

EHeCt OF Last Sreat ADVANCE IN Navai
Construction.
The controversy at present raging
in parliament and the press as to the
relative strength Of the British and
German battle fleets turns mainly on
our comparative strength in Dread
noughts.
The vessel which has given her
name to the modern type Of heavily
armed battleship was launched in
1906, and all older types were at once
regarded as, in a sense, obsolete.
Compared with the ships Of the King
Edward class, she carries ten 12-inch
quick-firing funs, as against four Of
the same calibre, and four 9.2-inch.
Eight Of these can be brought to
bear on a hostile vessel in one broad
side and six ahead or astern.' She Is
thus able to pour such a constant
stream Of armor-piercing shells upon
an opponent as would probably sink
or disable her in a very few minutes.
Moreover her guns have an effective
range Of twelve miles.
The Dreadnought is fitted with tur-
bine engines, giving her a speed Of
twenty-one knots, the King Edward
class steaming eighteen and a half
knots. The four cruiser battleships
Of the Invincible class, however, have
speed Of twenty-five knots, and it
will be remembered that last August
the Indomitable, with the Prince Of
Wales on board, actually equalled the
record Of the Mauretania by steaming
from land to land (Belleisle to the
Fastnets) in sixty-seven hours, an
average Of 25.13 knots an hour! The
newer Dreadnoughts are to have
speed of twenty-five knots.
The displacement Of the largest
vessel of this class, the Foudroyant
(now building), is 10000 tons, as
against the Dreadnought's 1900 and
the King Edward Wis 16,5O0.
AS the advent Of these monster
battleships has rendered earlier types
obsolescent, so the mystery" ship
Invincible and her sisters have con-
signed armored cruisers of earlier
date, such as the Minotaur (Which
was only built three years ago) to a
metaphorical scrap heap! Ships of
the invincible class would probably,
in time of war, be employed as "cruis-
er battleships," for their speed would
enable them to head off the enemy's
vessels and compel them to offer fight
while their weight of metal (eight
12-inch guns) would account for any
thing but a Dreadnought.
1t is at least question whether In
the humid air Of the North sea, guns
would often be effective at twelve
mile range. At nine miles the So
called second class battleships Of the
King Edward type would be able to
use their 90 inch and 6.2 inch guns,
and possibly they would demonstrate
to the world that they were very far
from obsolete. In foggy weather, too,
the mightiest battleship might be
sunk or put out of action by a tiny
torpedo boat or a submarine, while
the deadliness of the floating mine
was abundantly proved in Port Ar
thur waters within everybody's men,
ory.
1t is certainly hard for those who
witnessed the Diamond Jubilee Re-
view to realize that nearly every ves-
sci of that mighty fleet has already
passed to the scrap heap. Indeed,
but twenty-one battleshipps Of date
prior to 1897 now remain on the act
iya pifc
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25

A Triple Personality.-Dr. Clifford
tells Of an amusing adventure which
happened on one occasion when he was
conducting a mission service at Carr )
Lane, Birmingham. Arriving only a
few minutes before the commencement,
the doctor was refused admission by
the policeman at the door.
II want to go in," said DR.. Clifford.
Are you a seat holder?" asked the
official
mo, am not"
"Then you can't go in"
II think" remarked the famous pas
sive register, that there will be room
for me in the pulpit"
Il am not so sure of it," retorted the
other.
But 1 am Dr. Clifford, and am due
to preach in another minute and a
half"
"Oh, are you?" said the incredulous
policeman. 81 have let in two DR.. Cliff
fords already."-London Telegraph.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25
Adventures of a Deserter.

How a British naval deserter escaped
from Sydney disguised as a Chinaman
and subsequently reached Liverpool
after a series of sea adventures extend
ing over two years was related in
court recently Some weeks ago a
smart looking young fellow, six feet
high and named Frederick James Will
liam Ford, told the Cowes police a re-
markable story in which he said he was
attacked and robbed by an unknown
man on Gurdard Cliff at Cowes. He
had a wound in his chest half an inch
deep. Not a trace Of his supposed as
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25
A Bride Goes to Market.-After the

4 Bride Goes to Market.-After the
bride of a week had inspected all the
fresh vegetables in the store, punched
a few and inquired prices all around,
she said to the patient clerk: "These
tomatoes are just twice as dear as
those across the street. Why Is it?"
"Ah, yes, ma'am, to be sure; but, you
know, as l see you are a judge, these
and the grocer smiled-"these are
hand picked"
"Of course" she said hastily. blush
ing. why, might have known. Give
me a bushel, please.'-Ladies' Home
Journal
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SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR
ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINT
ING TO THE ENQUIRER
BEST WORK AND THE
FAIREST PRICES.
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AT THE BRATToN FARM.

WE are Offering thoroughbred
w Guernsey Heifers at from $40 up
and we have also a number Of Berk-
shire Gilts with thoroughbred Pigs
that we will sell. Will deliver pure,
clean milk at 10 cents q quart. Cream,
butter and fresh eggs on orders.
Pure Berkshire Pigs at from SO to
s5 each. Pure Buff Orpington eggs at
81 a setting Of Is.
]. MEEK BURNS. Manager
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-09

adapted to be used or used as a dwell
ing by more than three families living
independently Of olle .&..o1Aer and hay-
ing common right ii tie stairways.
yerandas, yards, wafer supply, or
priyies, or by more than two families
above the first story so living and
having a right in common to use the
conveniences aforesaid.
A family living III a tenement NAV
consist of one or more persons.
Section g. New Tenement House De-
fined. An existing tenement house is
any building erected as a tenement
house or converted 20 such use or alter
ed for such use, or SO used before the
passage of this Ordinance, or any build
ing adapted for such use, provided that
permit was issued for the erection of
said building before the passage of this
Ordinance.
A new tenement house hereafter cree
ted is any tenement house other than
an existing tenement house as above
defined.
Section 4. Prohibiting New Tene-
ment House in Residence Districts 1t
shall not be lawful for any person to
locate, build, construct, maintain, or
keep new tenement house in any To-
cality within the City and County of
Honolulu in which two-thirds of the
buildings located as whole or in part
within FIVE hundred feet of such tene-
ment house, are devoted or adapted to
exclusive residence purposes.
Provided, however, that this Ordi-
nance shall not be applicable in any
locality where the owners OF a majority
Of the lots which are located as whole
or in part within FIVE hundred feet of
such tenement house, consent in writing
30 such location of such tenement house.
Said written consent shall be approved
by acknowledgment in like manner as
signatures to conveyances of real prop
erty, and shall be filed with the Clerk
of the City and County of Honolulu. If
shall be- the duty OF the Clerk to file
said consent and to keep a record in
book to be called a Register of New
Tenements, containing a brief summary
OF the contents of such consent. The
clerk may require such written consent
TO be prepared in accordance with and
upon forms adopted or approved by
him.
Section 5. Any person who shall vio-
late any of the provisions of this Ordi-
nance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction there
of shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding Two Hundred Dollars, or by
imprisonment for term not exceeding
three months, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment.
Section 6. The continuance of any
violation of this Ordinance shall be
new offense for each day on which the
same is so continued.
Section Z. This Ordinance shall take
effect from any after the date of its.
approval.
introduced by Supervisor
DANIEL LOGAN.
Date of introduction, July 20, 1909.
Approved this 4th day of August, A.
D. 1909.
JOSEPH J. FERN,
Mayor.
Aug. Z, 9, 10, II, L., Is, IA, 16, IL, IS
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ORDINANCE NO. II.

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
MOVING TRAVEL AND TRAFFIC
UPON THE STREETS AND 9TH
ER PUBLIC PLACES OF THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF HOMO.
2ULU, PROVIDING FOR THE
REGISTRATION, IDEN TIFTCA.
ZION, USE AND OPERATION OF
MOTOR CARS, AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR ANY VIOLA.
LON OF THE ORDINANCE.
ga it Ordained by the People of the
City and County of Honolulu:
Section l. The following terms when,
ever used herein except as otherwise
specifically indicated, shall be defined
to4 have, and shah be held to include
each of the meanings hereinbelow re.
spectively set forth, and any such terms
nsed in the singular number shall be
held to include the plural.
Street: Every avenue, boulevard
highway, roadway, lane, alley, strip
path, square and place used by, or laid
out for, the use of vehicles within the
-ty and County of Honolulu.
Curb: The lateral boundaries of that
PORTION of street, designed or intend
sd for the use of vehicles, whether
marked by eurbing constructed of stone
cement, concrete, or other material, OF
not 50 marked.
Vehicle: Every wagon, hack, coach
carriage, omnibus, push-cart, bicycle
tricycle., motor-bieycle, automobile, o.
other conveyance, except baby ear
Tiages and children s play wagons, il
whatever manner, or by whatever fore,
or power the same may be driven, rid
den, or propelled, which is or NAV b,
used for, or adapted to pleasure riding
or transportation of passengers, bag
gage, merchandise or freight, upon am
street; and every draft or riding ami
mai, whether ridden, driven or led. ex
eepting that an animal, or animals. at
taehed TO any vehicle, shall with snel
vehicle, constitute one vehicle: provid
ed, however, that nothing herein SON
tanned shall be construed to affect il
8 any way the operation of railroads o
street railways, upon any street, whieI
said railroads or street railways are es
exempted from the provisions o
;zaimanee.
Travel and Traffic: For tn
n n IS this Ordinance the tern
Travel and Trafic'' is in
znelude vehicles in aetna
also those which may be a
S. streets and those whicl
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Vim G. Irwin & Co., Ltd.

AGENTS FOR THE
Royal Insurance Co., Of Liverpool, Eng
land.
Scottish Union & National Insurance
Co. of Edinburgh. Scotland.
The Upper Rhine Insurance Co., Ltd.
Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd,
of London.
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ORDINANCE NO. IA.
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE
ERECTION OR MAINTENANCE OF
NEW TENEMENT HOUSES IN
ANY RESIDENCE PORTION IN
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HO-

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE
OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
HONOLULU.
Section /. This ordinance shall be
known as the "Tenement Ordinance. -
Section 2. Tenement House Defined.
The term Tenement House, in this
Ordinance shall be taken to mean everv
house. building. structure or portion
thereof, which is designed for use or
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BY Authority.
ORDINANCE NO. s.

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR
THE APPOINTMENT OF SAM
TARY INSPECTORS, DEFINING
THEIR DUTIES AND PROVIDING
FOR THE ABATEMENT OF NUS
ANCES IN THE CITY AND COUN,
TY OF HONOLULU.
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Re 1T ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE
OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
HONOLULU.