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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
THE HEIGHT OF TREES.
How Growth Is Influenced by Location
Difficult of Correct Measurement.

A tree 100 feet high, accurately
measured, is not as tall as 1t looks.
There are not many trees In the gar
dens and parks of this country that
exceed 100 feet, Notwithstanding the
records of reputedly much higher
trees than this. We have been told
that the highest tree in Kew gardens
carefully measured with tape was
103 feet and that the tallest pine,
Corsican near the entrance Is 80 1eet
There are some specimens of Atlas
and Lebanon cedars in these gardens,
but not one of them is 10 feet high
A larch that had been drawn up by
surrounding beeches and was looked
upon as a giant was blown down in
1902 and ii proved to be 10 feet long
Beech, among the tallest of our trees
rarely reaches 100 feet, though Dr.
Henry measured one in Kilkenny in
1904 which was III feet. The famous
deciduous cypress, TarOdum desti-
chum, in Syon Park, Brentford, Is, ac-
cording to Mr.. Elves, 1l0 feet high,
the tallest of it's kind in Europe.
The same authority gives 1O5 feet
as the height of the tallest horse chest
nut he had seen. though there are
ners estimated to be even higher
than this. The talleSt walnut is from
so feet to SIS feet, and the tallest black
walnut. at Marble Hill, Twickenham
was SO feet high when measured by
DR.. Henry i'm 1905. Oaks have been
measured up to 1S0 feet but they are
quite exceptional. 100 feet being above
the average for our tallest oaks.
The height of trees is Influenced Dy
the company they grow in. For eX-
ample. a larch growing in the open
would most likely fail to reach loO
feet in height, whereas larches grow
ing close together or pressed upward
by other trees have been known to eX-
ceed 130 feet in this country. The
California giant trees of the yelling
tonia owe their great height to the
same influence. Not even In that
country would this tree have grown
to 800 feet or more If 1t had not been
forced to grow upward because II
could not grow outward.
According to Mr.. Elves. one of the
tallest wellingtonias in this country IS
at FOnthill Abbey. which in 1910
measured "certainly over 100 feet ana
probably 105 feet high" This IS al
least 10 feet higher than the talIeSt
at Strathfieldsaye. It is next to I'M
DOssible to ascertain tn" correct
height of a tree by any other mears
than that of careful measurement
there are, we know, ingenious contri-
vances for doing it otherwise. but they
are not reliable OF course the ap-
proximate height may be near enough
and yet be long way out.-The Fleld.
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her eyes. IF | can unite the rope
will that nelp? There must be one
little chance for you-for us. Let me
try"
BY Jove," he whispered admirinsly
his spirits leaping to meet hers, you've
got pluck You put new life in me.
i was almost "a quitter.
At last, after many despairing tugs
the knot relaxed. "There!" she cried
sinking back exhausted. "Oh, how II
must have hurt you! Your wrists are
raw"
His arms We're stiff and sore and
hung like lead at his sides. She watch
ed him with narrowed eyes while he
stood off and tried to work blood and
strength back into his muscles.
DO you think you can-can do any
thing now, Mr. King" she asked after
a long interval. 1--WE must escape,
she said as if it were all settled.
1T cannot be tonight" he gently in
formed her, a sickness attacking his
heart. Don't you think you'd better
try to get some Sleep"
He prevailed upon her to lie down.
with his coat for a pillow. In two min
utes she was asleep.
For an hour or more he sat there
looking sorrowfully at the tired, sweet
face, the utmost despair in his soul At
last he stretched himself out on the
floor near the door. and as he went to
sleep he prayed that Providence might
open a way for him to prove that she
was not depending on him in vain.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
PlUCkY VOYAGERS.
Schooner Sailed From Nome to Seat
tie BY landIubbers.

schooner Sailed From Nome TO Seat
tie BY landIubbers.
AS an illustration of adaptability
to circumstances and the willing
ness to take chances in order to
achieve results Of any kind of the
men who open up a new country to
civilization, recent incident Is in
structive. A little schooner reached
Seattle recently from Nome, on Ber-
ing Sea. She made the voyage down
during the most tempestuous season
of the year in the North Pacific and
had survived storms which tried we'll
found steamships of the better class
Yet there was not a man on board,
from the captain down. who had ever
made a voyage at sea, save as pas
sengers on a boat running to Alaska
There were no navigating instruments
on board save a compass and an OBJ
solete Russian chart Of the North
Pacific.
These men wanted to come out for
the winter, and there was no other
way within their means to accom-
plish the trip. They got hold of the
schooner and they started with her
They were not seamen or naviga-
tors, simply handy men who were
accustomed to doing things for them
selves. This was out Of the routine;
but they did 1t. 1t Is spoken Of in
maritime circles as the most remark
able voyage in the annals OF the Pa
cific, but it is hardly that. Men or
like type have done as remarkable
things on this coast, and even more
remarkable ones For example,
many years since, two men who had
been prospecting in Bering Sea made
the voyage down to Seattle In a two
man bidarka, a native skin canoe.
They had to land through the SURF
on the beach every night, and they
did it, drying out their canoe care
fully so that it might not fall apart
In the early days of the rush to
the Klondike many men made their
way to Skagway and Juneau In small
sloOps or in Columbia river fishing
boats, open to the weather. When
the Cassier rush started in the early
seventies some men made their way
to Fort Wrangell, Alaska, and as far
up the Stikine river as possible IN
open rowboats, some flat-bottomed
skiffs.
For the matter of that large per-
centage of the men who went INTO
the Klondike first including men who
at the start knew absolutely nothing
about boats or bodybuilding, whip
sawed out lumber from the forest
trees. built boats, and in these boats
braved the rapids and made their
way down the river to the Klondike;
some, indeed finally going all the
way down, upward Of 1000 miles,
20 tho ,,opntb pf the river.
The men who made the voyage
down from Nome in a little schooner
without any previous knowledge Of
seamanship probably saw nothing re-
markable in the feat. They were
used to doing things that had to be
done with the material that came
to hand, whether they knew anything
about how it should be done or not.
Seattle Post st-Intelligencer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
TRUXTON
( King
Copyright. 1909. by George
Barr McCutcheon
Copyright. 1903. by Dodd.
Mead q Company
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
ESTABLISHED 1865.

Chapter I-Truxton King arrives in
Edelweiss, capital of Graustark, and
meets the beautiful niece of Spantz,
gunmaker liking does a favor for
Prince Robin, the young ruler of the
country, whose guardian is John Tullis,
an American. III-Baron Dangloss,
minister of police, interviews King and
warns him against Olga, the gunmak-
ers niece. Viking invades the royal
park meets the prince and is presented
to the lads fascinating Aunt Lorraine.
V-The committee of ten, conspirators
against the prince, meets in an under
ground chamber where the girl Olga
Is disclosed as one who is to kill Prince
Robin with a bomb. VI-John Tullis
calls on the beautiful Countess In
gomede, who warns him that her hated
and notorious old husband, Count Mar
lanx. is conspiring against the prince
VII, VII, * and liking visits the
house of the witch of Ganlook gap and
meets the royal hOuhehold there. He
sees an eye cleaning through crack
in a door, and while searching for the
person he is overpOwered and dragged
into a loft. He is confronted by Count
Marlanx and then taken to the under
ground den of the committee of ten.
XI-Olga defends King before the
committee of anarchists.
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Spantz's knees crumpled. He lunged
against the wall. Tine man was stun
ned beyond all power of immediate
action. 1t was the work of an instant
to snatch the revolver from his coat
pocket.
Guard the door" whispered King
to the girl. pressing the revolver into
her hand, "and shoot if you have toi'
A handkerchief was stuffed into the
unconscious mans mouth. The long
coat and boots were jerked from his
limp body before his hands and feet
were bound with the rope he carried.
The bushy whiskers and wig were re-
moved from his head and transferred
in a flash to that of the American.
Then the boots, coat and hat found a
new wearer.
Peter Brutus was standing in the
stairway leading to the sewer.
Hurry up, Julius" he called i'm
boat"
When a tall, grunting man emerged
from the inner room bearing the limp
figure of a girl in frayed raincoat he
did not wait to ask questions. but rush.
ed over and locked the cell door. Then
he led the way down the narrow
stairway. His only reply to Kings
cultural remark in the Graustark Ian
guage was:
Don't speak. you fool! Not a word
until We reach the rivef."
A moment later the girl was being
lowered through the hole into rough,
eager arms. Brutus and his compan-
ion dropped through; the secret block
of masonry was closed. and off through
the shallow waters Of the sewer glided
the party riverward in the noiseless
boat that had come up to ferry them.
There were three men in the boat,
not counting Truxton King.
To be Continued.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
Mourninq Customs.-The

Mourning Customs.-The widows
mourning cap dates back to the days
of ancient Egypt. says Harper's Week.
~. Egyptian men shaved the beard
and the head as a token of mourning.
The women, instead of cutting off the
hair, concealed it with close cap. The
Romans. VINO were as race clean
shaven, shaved the head in mourning
and wore a wig.
The black band on the sleeve, as a
sign OF mourning, comes to us from the
days OF chivalry. The lady tied scarf
or napkin. as the handkerchief was
called. about the arm Of her knight.
If he was killed in battle she wore the
band in memory Of MIN.
Black has so long been the color Of
grief in Anglo Saxon countries that 1t
seems a part of the upside down civil
iZation of the east that Japan and China
wear white. But no longer ago than
the time of Elizabeth the unfortunate
Mary of Scotland wore white on the
death of Darnley. Even now the hearSe
used for children is white, and in Eng
land the mouners at funerals Of young
unmarried persons wear hatbands and
sashes of white.
A queer English custom Is tnat Of
decorating the black hearse horses with
long black tails They attract no more
attention on a street of an English city
than do the black nets used in this
country to cover the horses.
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julius" queried the girl from the
castle. pecring at the man. Not Juli-
us Spantz Of the armory?"
The same" said TruXton. Julius
laughed awkwardly.
Enough" snarled William Spantz.
His manner changed completely, how
ever, when he turned to address the
young lady Il beg to inform you,
madam, that your stay is to be brief.
Tonight you will be removed to more
pleasant quarters that friend has
prepared for you. AS for you, my
friend" turning to- TruXton and smil-
ing ironically, Il deeply deplore the
fact that you are to remain. Wnen
we next gather in the room beyond a
new dispcnsation will have begun.
You may be interested then to hear
what we have to say out there"
With Il profound bow to the lady and
a lerr for King he departed. bolting the
door behind him. Instantly King was
at her side.
An idea has come to me" he whis-
pcrcd eagerly. Il think l see way"
MIR. King. what is il YOU intend to
do? Please tell me. must know.
You heard what he said about taking
me to the counts. He meant Mar
lanX. | will die first
NO. | will die first. BY the way,
| may as we'll tell you that | wasn't
thinking altogether of how we are to
escape. Why should | save you from
Marlanx just to hay" you hurry off
and get married to Vos Engo? It's
mean thought. | know" hastily; but,
just the same. hate to think of your
marrying some one else.
Some one else" she questioned. a
puCker on her forehead.
"Oh. | know | wouldn't hav" a ghost
Of a chance even if there wasn't Vos
Engo. 1t isn't that" he explained. Il
recognize the-cr-diffcrence in our
stations and
What has all this got to do with
your plan to escape"
Nothing at all The point I'm try
ing to get at is this: Don't you think
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
GETTING IT BY MAIL.
How a 80 Cents Article Is Made to
Cost SIPS.

We wish everybody in Anderson
could have heard Mr.. Norman II.
Johnson's address to tine Retail Mer-
chants association last night 1t was
a plain, business talk, and was in
structive as well as entertaining.
While speaking of the mail order
evil, and the need of educating the peo-
pie along this line, he told a capital
story which illustrates the point bet
ter than anything we have ever heard.
A farmer went to a merchant in a
country town in North Carolina, he
said, to buy an axe.
the merchant priced the axe at $1.10.
That is too high" said the farmer,
Il can get it from Shears, Sawbusk and
Co. for 90"
'All right" said the merchant, II will
will sell you the axe as cheap as you
can get it from those people. Give me
the 80 cents"
The farmer handed over the money,
and then the merchant said: Now.
give me cents that you would nave
had to pay for a money order. And
cents additional for postage that you
would have had to pay"
Il hadn't thought of that" replied
the farmer, but you are right. Here's
your money"
And now," give me 25 cents which
you would have had to pay as ex-
press on the axe from Chicago"
BY gum!" exclaimed the farmer
Il see. But you are right, and am
man Of my word. Here's your quarter
am out Is cents on your original
price, but I've learned a lesson"
The merchant wrapped the axe in a
neat package and laid 1t on a shelf be-
hind the door. Come around in ten
days from now and get your axe" he
said. You would have had to wait
that long If you had ordered 1t from
Chicago"
The farmer almost tainted, but he
couldn't say a word. The merchant
had him dead to rights.
But the merchant, after teasing him
for a while, gave him his axe, and re-
turned Is cents, this being the excess
Of his original price on the axe. But
that farmer hasn't ordered anything
from a mail order house since.-Ander-
son Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
CHAPTER XIII.
A Divinity Shapes.

1t was pitcn dark when he awoke.
The sound of breathing came to his
ears. He sat up. His hands were free.
1t had not been a dream. She was ly-
ing over there asleep. The candle had
burnt itself out; that was all. He crept
softly across the floor. In the dark
ness he found her and touched the gar
ments she wore-and drew back en-
thralled.
Afraid to move for fear of disturb
ing her, ne sat quietly for an hour or
more. All this time his brain was
working like mad in the new found de-
sire to perform miracles for the sake
Of this lovely, unattainable creature.
He was forgetting the prince, the hor-
rors of the 26th; he was thinking only
of saving this girl from the fate that
MarlanX had in store for her. Vos
Engo may have mad the promise, but
what could it profit him if Marlanx
had the girl?
Footsteps in the outer room recalled
him to the bitter reality of their posi-
tion He awoke her and whispered
words of encouragement into her be-
wildered ears. Then he put on his coat
and threw himself on the floor, first
wrapping the rope about mis- wrists to
deceive the guard.
A key turned in the paddock. Old
man Spantz stood in the doorway.
1T is noon," said the old man irasci-
bly,. Then he came in and lighted a
candle.
Moon of the 25th," said Truxton
bitterly. I'm twenty-fOur hours it will
be all over, eh. Spantz?'
AT noon tomorrow"
julius Spantz brought in the food
for the prisoner, setting in on the
floor between them.
1T is usually the duty of our friend
julius to feed me-" observed TruXton
to his fellow prisoner.
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which was crowded with people eager
to get a view Of him. He was quickly
placed in a waiting carriage and
driven to the prison.
or arriving there Morse was taken
to the office, where he gave the infOr
nation necessary for the prison rec
Ords.
In an interview with newspaper
man, the last before he started his
long sentence in the federal prison, Mr..
Morse said:
This is not the end. In fact it Is
but the beginning. The fight has just
started"
The prisoner, who was accompanied
by his close personal friend, w. P.
Reid of Boston, said he expected his
wife would reach Atlanta tomorrow
and remain until she could have one
more talk with him, after which she
probably would return East.
Morse was given number "2S14' in
the prison. He was then given a bath
ard Il suit Of prison clothes and as
signed to temporary cell.
Because he had not been vaccinated
Continued on Page Eighth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-04

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. @.-Charles Wyman
Morse, former Ice King" and million
ARE banker, at noon today began his
l5-year sentence in the Atlanta feder-
al prison for violation of the national
banking laws. He is registered as con-
Wet No 2Slf and tonight occupies a
steel cell not in the least different from
those TO which are assigned the several
hundred prisoners His tailor garments
gave way to regulation suit of stripes,
nor did he escape the Bertillon expert,
the prison photographer the regulation
bath or the barber.
Morse arrived from New York at
1915 A. NJ in charge of two deputy
marshals and accompanied by his
friend and close business associate, w.
p Reid of Boston. He made no pro-
test when the cameras of the neWspa-
per men were trained upon him. He
was placed in a hack and driven to the
prison.
Because he had not been Vaccinated
Morse was not permitted to eat in the
big dining room with his fellow con-
victs and his first meal was served IN
his cell The prisoner turned over to the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-04
Bursting Water Main Does
100000 Damage at Boston.

Boston. Jan. 3.-Thousands of people
were marooned. two theatres ana a
dozen moving picture show houses
were forced to close and 100000 dam
age was done early this evening by the
breaking of a big 30-inch water mann
at the corner of fremont and Hollis
streets.
Without warning a tremendous tower
of water rose through the paving OF
the street and flowed out through three
or four blocks, completely flooding the
district between fremont and Wash
ington streets from LaGrange to War
renton.
Pedestrians caught in the flood area
sought the shelter of stores, cafes and
doorways and We're marooned for more
than two hours until the water had
been shut off and the flooded section
drained.
All the Easements in the district
were flooded. extensive stocks being
ruined and the fires being put out in
the cafes.
The parquet of the Majestic theatre
on fremont street was flooded, the
waters causing damage there of S35.-
coo. The main part of the Globe
theatre on Washington street was also
invaded Both houses were closed for
the night.
Street car service on Washington and
fremont streets had to be suspended
until well into the evening.
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~

Mrs. Charles Ellis. who was terribly
burned when her gown caught fire
during the New Years celebration at
q Fifth avenue restaurant, New'F ork
City, died in the hospital Monday.
Hope for her recovery had been en-
tertained until examination showed
that she inhaled the flames.
At least six men were injured Monday
afternoon by the explosion of an ammo
MIA tank in the warehouse of the Penn
sylvania Cold Storage and Market Co. on
the Delaware river front at Spruce street,
Philadelphia. The explosion set fire to the
engine room of the building, but the
flames were extinguished without caus-
ing much damage.
The rights of the Rhode ISLAM Coal Co.
to mines in Portsmouth, r. l., are ques-
toned in a bill of complaint filed In the
superior court at Newport by George A.
Lancaster. Through his attorneys the pc
titioner asks the court to declare void
the lease of the coal lands held by Henry
VI. Whitney of Boston and Of its assign
ment by him to the Rhode Island Coal Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-04
Two Maine SChoonerS Re-
ported Lost at Sea.
Bath Schooner Drake Aban-
doned-- Bang9r Vessel Founders.
Crews Take to Boats, Are Picked
Up and Carried to Bermuda.

Boston, Jan. 3.-The Bath, Me-, schooner
Georgia l.. Drake has been abandoned at
sea and her crew of seven landed at Ham
ilton, Bermuda. A dispatch from Hamil
ton today says that the crew experienced
terrible hardships before they We're picked
up by the British steamer Indrapura The
Drake left Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. for
New York with a cargo of lumber The
schooner was a three-master owned by
James B. Drake. She registered 466 tons
and was q years old.
Another dispatch from Hamilton today
brought news of the laundering at sea of
the Bangor, Ne, schooner Abel c. Buck
ley. When their vessel sprang aleak the
crew took to the boats and was rescued
Ey the British steamer Brookby bound
from Sagunte for Philadelphia. The
Brookby landed the men at Hamilton
The Buckley was an old vessel. having
been built at Greenport, n. Y, in 1869. She
was of 1911 tons net register.
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Com. Peary Lee
lures at Portland.

portland, Ne, Jam 3.-Rising in their
seats and cheering Justify while the
orchestra played "America," the citi-
"ens of Portland tonight paid their
tribute of respect and honor to Com
inander Robert +. Peary. 1t was his
first appearance on the lecture plat,
form in New England since the dis
coVery Of the North pole
Commander Pcary in a brief speech
thanked the audience for their cordial
reception of one who had spent his
youth in their midst Keiths theatre.
where the lecture was given, was fill
Cd to its seating and standing capacity.
The lecture occupied an hour and
was illustrated by some 200 views. No
reference 20 DR.. Frederick A. Cook was
made by the lecturer during the even
ing.
Commander Peary will go to Au-
Eusta early tomorrow morning. where
he will lecture tomorrow night.