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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-04

THE GOLD-BUG
Bv EDGAR ALLAN POE


What de matter now, massa?' said
Jup, evidently shamed into compli-
ance; always want for to raise fuss
wild old niger. Was only funnin any
how. Me feered de bug! what l keer
for de bug?" Here he took cautiously
and, maintaining the insect as far from
his person as circumstances would
permit, prepared to ascend the tree.
In youth, the tulip tree, or Lirioden-
dron tulipiferum, the most magnificent
of American foresters, has trunk pc
culiarly smooth, and often rises to
great height without lateral branches;
but, in it's ripe age, the bark becomes
gnarled and uneven, while many short
limbs make their appearance on the
stem. Thus the difficulty Of ascension.
in the present case, lay more in SEM
blance than in reality. Embracing tn"
huge cylinder, as closely as possible,
with his arms and knees. seizing with
his hands some projections, and rest
ing his naked toes upon others, Jupi-
ter after one or two narrow escapes
from falling. at length wriggled him.
self into the first great fork, and SEEM
ed to consider the whole business as
virtually accomplished. The risk of
the achievement was, in fact, now
over, although the climber was some
sixty or seventy feet from the ground.
which way mus go now, Massa
WHIP" he asked.
Keep up the largest branch,-the
one on this side," said Legrand. The
negro obeyed him promptly, and ap-
parently with but little trouble; as
cending higher and higher, until no
glimpse of his squat figure could be
obtained through the dense foliage
which enveloped it. Presently his
voice was heard in sort of halloo.
How much fudder is got for go?'
How high up are you?" asked Le-
grand.
"Ebber so fur" replied the negro;
can see de sky fru de top oh de tree
Never mind the sky, but attend
to what l say. Look down the trunk
and count the limbs below YOU on this
side. How many limbs have you pass
ed?"
"One. two, tree, four five,-I done
pass fbe big limb, massa' pom dis
side
Then go one limb higher
In : few minutes the voice was heard
again. announcing that the seventh
limb was attained.
Now, Jup," cried Legrand, evident
ly much excited, Il want you to work
you way out upon that limb as far as
YOU can. If you see anything strange,
let me know"
BY this time what little doubt i
might have entertained of my poor
friends insanity was put finally at rest.
| had no alternative but To conclude
him stricken with lunacy, and l be-
came seriously anxious about getting
him home. While l was pondering up
on what was best to be done, Jupiter's
voice was again heard.
Mos feerd for to ventur pom dis
limb berry fart is dead limb putty
much all de way"
Did you say it was a dead limb,
Jupiter" cried Legrand, in a quaver-
ing voice.
Yes, massa. him dead as de door
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-UNSYy-

thought he could climb it. The old
man seemed a little staggered by the
question. and for some moments made
no reply. At length he approached the
huge trunk walked slowly around it.
and examined it with minute atten-
tiun. When he had completed his
scrutiny. he merely said:
Yes. massa, Jup climb any tree he
chhcr see i'm he life"
Then up with YOU as soon as p"ssi-
bile. for it will soon hc too dark To So"
what "" are about"
How far mus Z" up. massa?" in
quired Jupiter.
Get mp the main trunk. and then |
will tell you which way t" go-and
hrrc-stup. take this beetle with YOU"
ID" bug. Massa Will,-dc g""l"-
bug," cried the negro. drawing back
in diSmay what for mus tote d" bug
way up d" trcc?-d-n if do"
IF You are afraid. Jup. a great big
negro like YOU. To- take hold of a harm
less little dead beetle why YOU can
carry it up 10y this string; hut, if YOU
de- not take it up with y"u in som"
way. ! shall bc under tn" necessity of
breaking your head with this shovel"
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Heroas Comes to Grief.

She sat alone on the great pier that
extended out into the moonlit bay, her
graceful figure silhouetted against the
shimmering water.
Far out i'm the moonlit distance a fat
oyster boat, much resembling a wash
tub with a stovepipe sticking in 1t,
added picturesque note.
He saw her sitting there, but feared
to approach. There was too much
moonlight, and too much pier, and too
much loneliness, and he knew he could
give no rational excuse for walking out
to where she sat.
Seating himself on a heap of cotton
seed hulls that lay near, the man
watched the girl, wishing he might go
out there and tell her what he thought
about moonlight nights on the coast.
But he had passed her the salt at the
hotel at supper and she had withered
him with a glance, as though she had
known he had studied this little atten-
ton out for half an hour before he put
it into effect.
The man sighed. Presently the girl
arose and walked, balancing along the
stringer that edged the pier. If she
would only fall off! Then, indeed, he
could make her acquaintance.
And as though wishes were horses,
the girl tottered-she waved her arms
frantically, and with a scream she dis
into the waters of the bay.
With heart elate the man sprang to
the rescue, casting clothing behind him
as he ran. With a hurried glance at
the struggling maiden. he dived toward
her and-thrust his head and shoulders
a foot and half into soft. yellow mud.
The water was foot deep.-Galves-
ton News
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will brighten up and she'll ask you to
sit down and eat piece of pie, but
if YOU began talking about herbs she'd
paste YOU one with her trusty sauce
pan and knock off a corner of your
scalp. Aunt Julia is pretty touchy
about some things.
"Onc day old Mrs. Doolittle blew
into the house To spend the afternoon,
and Aunt Julia happened to say that
something happened in Aprile. Mrs.
Dunlittlc thinks she knows more than
Wcbstcr's unadultcratcd dictionary
because she taught school about $50
years ago when she was a young wO-
man. and she called my aunt down and
said that there was no such word as
Aprilc.
YOU mean April. my dear" says
she
~ don't mean any such a doggonc
thing says my aunt. I mean Aprile.
and if You don't like it, Mrs. Dnolttle,
you can lump it, and he blamed to
YOU
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PART ii.

PAhl IL.
With a heavy heart l accompanied
nv friend. We started about louf
oclock.-Legrand, Jupiter, the dog
and myself. Jupiter had with him the
scythe and spades. the whole OF when
he insisted upon carrying,-more
through fear, il seemed to me, OF trust
ing either of the implements wlthln
reach of his master. than from any
excess of industry or cOmplaisance'
His demeanor was dOgged in the en-
treme. and dat deuced hug" were the
sole words which escaped his lips DUR
ing the journey. For my own part,
had charge of a couple of dark Ian
terms. while Legrand contented him.
self with the scarabaeus, which ne
carried attached to the end of bit OF
whipcord: twirling it to and fro, with
the air of a conjurer, as he went. When
I observed this last plain evidence oil
my friends alteration of mind, coufd
scarcely refrain from tears. Thought
best, however, to humor his fancy, al
least for the present, or until l could
adopt some more energetic measures
with a chance of success. In the mean
time I endeavored, but all in vain, to
sound him in regard to the object OF
the expectation. Having succeeded In
inducing me to accompany him, he
seemed unwilling to hold conversation
upon any topic of minor Importance
and TO all my questions vouchsafed no
other reply than We shall see!"
We crossed the creek at the head OF
the island by means of a skiff, and, as
cending the high grounds on the shore
of the mainland, proceeded in north
westerly direction, through a tract OF
country excessively wild and desolate.
where no trace of a human footstep
was to be seen. Legrand led the way
with decision. pausing only for an in
slant, here and there, to consult what
appeared to be certain landmarks OF
his own contrivance upon former occa-
sion.
In this manner we journeyed Tor
about two hours, and the sun was just
setting when we entered a region lnh-
nitely more dreary than any yet seen.
1t was a species of table-land, near the
summit of an almost inaccessible hill,
densely wooded from base to pinnacle.
and interspersed with huge crags that
appeared to lie loosely upon the soil,
and in many cases were prevented
from precipitating themselves into the
valleys below, merely by the support
of the trees against which they re-
clined. Deep ravines, in various direc-
tions. gave an air of still sterner SOL
emnity to the scene.
The natural platform To which we
had clambered was thickly overgrown
with brambles. through which we soon
discovered that it would have been i'm
possible to force our way but for the
scythe; and Jupiter. by direction of
his master, proceeded to clear for us a
path to the foot of an enormously tall
tulip-tr which stood, with some
eight or ten oaks, upon the level, and
far surpassed them all, and all other
trees which / had ever seen, in the
beauty of it's foliage and FORM in the
wide spread of its branches, and in the
general majesty of its appearance.
When we reached this tree, Legrand
turned to Jupiter. and asked him if he
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We'll. they famed away for five
minutes or so, and their language be-
gan to make the shingles fall off the
roof, and | was thinking Of sending in
hurry call for the cops, when Mrs.
Doolittle left the house by way of the
window and jumped three fences with
out touching them I'm her haste to get
home. A lot of saucepans and other
household utensils whiZZed past her
ears and seemed to stimulate her.
That's the sort Of woman Aunt
Julia is. Now, If you want to go over
and talk to her about herbs I won't
interfere.
IF there's anything my aunt delights
in it is doctoring people. She hasn't
a bit Of use for drug store medicines.
She brews her own remedies, and she
doesn't think anything will help a
sick person unless it tastes like the
royal palace of Abyssinia. A dose Of
her collie medicine will make a mans
insides feel as though he had swal-
lowed a porcupine.
II had the collie last summer, and the
medicine she made for me had smoke
on it. / can taste 1t yet. Sometimes
l dream that Aunt Julia is handing me
a spoonful Of her collie medicine, and
then I always wake with yell. She
Is an old fashioned woman. She gath
ers her yarbs at certain stages of the
moon, and when she is brewing her
medicines she mutters incantations
and makes passes with her hands and
does a lot of tricks that make your
blood run cold. But her remedies hit
the spot.
"Old man Pulsifer you know, was
a hopeless invalid for a year. He sat
in a wheeled chair and his wife fed
him with the fire shovel, and all the
members of the family were kept so
busy waiting on him that they hadn't
time to wind the clock or prime the
pump. He said he had paralysis OF
the worst kind. and everybody believed
him. Aunt Julia went over there one
and poked him in the ribs and tapped
him with a tuning fork and said she
could cure him up so quick 1t would
make his head swim.
eff you can cure that man so he'll
be of sonNe use in the world said Mrs.
Pulsifer, I'll give you the silk crazy
quilt my grandmother gave me when
she was dying
Aunt Julia gathered a lot Of yarbs
at the dark of the moon In the south
east corner Of graveyard and stewed
them over a slow fire, and the broth
she made from them would have warp
ed the armor plate Of battleship. Il
knew by the smell of it that 1t was
the real stingo, and you can't imagine
how glad I was that l didn't have to
take it. When she went over to dope
old Pusifer she insisted on my going
along to help hold him down.
THE old man didn't want to take it.
Anybody could see that. He got
smell of the stuff when Aunt Julia
took the cork from the bottle, and a
pale green sweat broke out on his
brow. But seized him by the top or
his head and pulled his mouth open,
and my aunt poured down about forty
kilometers Of her redhot dope, and
when it had sizzled into his stomach
he let out one warwhoop and streaked
out of doors like a professional Mara
thon runner. When we found him
couple of hours later he was standing
in the creek, which was full Of ice wa
ter. trying to get his vitals cooled of.
II defy any regular practitioner to
make a quicker cure than that. walt
Mason in Chicago News.
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of removing so great a weight. Luck
lily, the sole fastenings Of the lid con-
sisted of two sliding bolts. These we
drew back,-trembling and painting
with anxiety. In an instant, treas
ure of incalculable value lay cleaning
before us. AS the rays of the lanterns
fell within the pit, there flashed up
wards a glow and a glare, from a
confused heap Of gold and Of jewels,
that absolutely daZzled our eyes.
(To be Continued)
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HIS AUNTlE JULIA.
She Is Really a Wonderful Woman
In Her Own Way.

My Aunt Julia is really a wonderful
woman" exclaimed the low browed
man, placing his feet on the managers
desk She hasn't any diplomas from
medical colleges, but when it comes to
curing a sick man she can give the
ordinary doctor a start of ten years
and beat him around a block. Aunt
Julia has firm faith in yarbs"-
You mean herbs" interrupted the
professor.
Il don't mean anything of the kind
| mean YARDS. You go over to Aunt
Julia and mention yarbs, and her eyes
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-20
suRsEo 70 DfAIn by TAR
Wsmsn Falls While Carrying Flaming
Kettle

Wsmsn Falls While Carrying Flaming
Kettle.
Sayrs. Pa, April 20.-Mrs. Oscar
T9npkink. daughter Of J.. B. Bray. for
many years editor Of the Free Press,
Of Waverly. N. Y, died from burns.
Rain fell and it was found that the
roof Of the Tdmpkins home was leak
ing. Mr.. Tompkins placed a kettle OF
tar on the Kitchen stove. to make re-
pairs. While the tar was heating he
left the House.
Ags. TamDkins went 10 the kitchen
and fopnd names issuing from the top
Of tky kettle. She 1rasped the recep-
tacle end started. for the door of. the
house. She stumbled over the family
dos and the hot. tar stopped over the
animal and on her clothing.
The dog, with hair on fire ran to
street car and attempted TO climb on
beard. The. motorman closed the door
and the dog was Struck sud ground To
Death beneath the wheels. Mrs. Temp
hnz bad most Of her Clothing burned
from her body aud died in terrible
s5eW. Her parenis, have been. spend
inf ths winter al Enstscs. Fla.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-20
SAFE WASHED TO SEA
Strong Box Worth 10000 Found ir
Gulf Of Mexico.

Strong Box Worth $4,000 Found In
Gulf Of Mexico.
Galveston, Tex, April pa safe
containing diamondl. jewslry and mon
sy estimated at more than $50.06O has
been found in the gulf in twenty feet
Of water buried deep in the sand.
The safe has been identified as the
property of j. Williams. a jeweller.
which was washed away from the his
toric seaport of Indianola when that
town was destroyed by a gulf hurrl-
cane and giant wave in 1875.
The story Of the safe Is told nv sur
yiving relatives whO assisted Will ans
in packing =: Williams and his dalgh.
ter were droWast "a tbs storm and the
building containing the safe was wash
ed TO, SEA, Divers have exaElinet the
safe ana tiE It intact arrangements
are beng made to lit the treasure and
take # ashore. For many yea1s theI :
was s sis nding reward Of $4,000 for
any one locs.!ng the safe II was found
nearly q mile from the site Of the
building.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-20
SENATOR HALE
WILL RETIRE
Maine Statesman Faced Flight
Fer Reelection.

Wa shipston. April 20. - The An
nouncement that Senators Hale and
=Aldrich had decided 10 retire from
PUBLIC life at the close of their pres
ent terms in the senate on March 4.
1911, created the. biggest: sensation. q
any political happening in msuy years.
The far-reachins effect on the ofgani.
Iatisn of the senate and what it tnd1-
Gates of tendencies within The Repub-
Iican party are subjects for comment
here. 49,: -:..- -. -.
For several weeks. disquieting ru-
mors have come to Washington regard
ing the fight wased ID Maine against
Senator Hale's reelection. That it was
formidable was evidenced by his ire
quent trips 10. the STATE Recently to
look after political fences. ,Eut the
hnal. determining factor appears to
have appeared Tuesday.
Editor Dingley, OF the lewiston, Me,
Journal, brother OF the late Repre-,
sentative. Nelson Dingley, author of
the Ddngley. law. gave out statement
in Washington, predicting Senator
Hale,s certain defeat or his voluntary
retirement from the race within two
weeks. Within an hour after he had
seen the statement Senator Hale had
sent a letter to the chairman of the
Republican state committee Of Maine
announcing his retirement from the
race for reelection.
The Republican insurgent senator's
gathered in a group when the senate
met and Q'.ietly discussed the retire.
ments Of Senators Aldtich and Hale.
Bnt they would not ,slt for nublica.
tion. Senators I.aFOllette sud Cum
Minis expressed rhe opinion mat COM
meut from insurgents was hardly be-
coming. But it was evident that they,
attached great significance 10 the re-
tirements in the effect it would have
on. the senate organization and on the
Republican party ofssnizal ION.
The Republican conservative sena:
tors were profoundly impressed by the,
prospective loss OF their leaders. In
little groups they discussed. the effect
on the party and what the retirements
indicated.
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500 REWARD. 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that thera is st, Least
ona dreaded disease that science hal
besn able to cure In ell its stages, and
thss Is Catsrrh. Halls Cstarrh Curt
Ia the My positive cure nov known to
TIN medical fraternity. Catarrh being
9 constitutional disease, requires q
Constitutional treatment. Halle
CS3errh Cure 10 taken internally, act.
inf directly uponsths blood and NIL.
cops surfaces of tbes, system, thereby
destroying the fpahdSGipn OF the dis.
eaee, and giviok the stent strength
bxbuilding up the can1fitnlion and
ss1istinR natures In doin3 rs work.
tn proprietors k4Ys so, muck fifth in
it curative powers That thsy offer One
Hundrsd Dollars for any ease that II
faa1s to cure Send for list Of Testl.
m0nSls.
Address F. J. CHENEY eco, To-
Lido, o..
Sold 81, al Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
pstion.
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sALDnOGE BEATEN
FOR CONGRESS
jnalens, DeM9cfat, Elected In
Rochester, \. y, District.
TURN OF $4,000 VOTES
Republican Candidate Was Charged
With nossism and Accused In. In.
suranes investia alton.

Rochester n. Y, April 20. = The
Democratic sweep is on without tine
slightest mistake, if the result OF the
CONGRESSIONAL campaign in the special
ssl}etfona for representative in the
Thirty-seeond district between James
g. HaVsns, Democrat, and George "
AldlidEe. Republican. is an indication
Mr.. Ravens has defeated Mr.. Aldridgs
by q plurality OF 1855 fnasmuch as the
: late Representative Perkins. Republi,
can, carried the district in 1908 ey
10,ls7, the result shows a change CT
1902 votes. Mr.. Ravens carries the
City Of Rochester by 3746, when IN
1905 Mr.. Perkins carried it by. e2l5
which records change of 1851 votes
The result taliies almost to dot
with that in the Fourteenth Massachu
sets district, where at q recent spe
cia1 election Eugene N. Foss, Demo
GRAFT overturned. a Republican plural
ity in 1903 of $4,000 and won by 5000
making change of 10000 votes.
This special election marked the
culnlnatiou of the liveliest eampatg1
over wAsed in Monroe county. This
district elected its last Democratic
iGsddfressman in 1880. Mr.. Havens II
for tariff reform. while Aldridse stood
on The tariff policies. of the Republican
national administration.
What gave the campaign its fever
heat. however. was what the Dsmo
Gratis, called the moral issue, ,etae
question of ''hossism" and OF the per
so1af fitness of Mr.. Aldridge to sit In
the house of representatives.
The evidence that Mr.. Aldridge,, Re
csfvsd q check for $1,000 from a rep
rsssItative OF the Insurance oompan
les for the. alleged purpose Of lntu
lneing legislation was an argument
his s5ppohents Kept before the people
infte form of a photographte fae
.siialls OF this. check mailed to every
one Of the $4,000 voters in the dis
trtct.
Also it has been known, all along
that Mr., kldrIdge has refused to &C
,ceds. to, the, demand of the National
sEfeshfers' association that he put him
EeL on RECORD rs lHsofiuA ~ ~! ~ =.
Of the wool schedule. insisting that
he stood by the principles of his party
Then. too. Mr.. Aldridge has received
letters. most Of them begging Where
do you stand on Can1onism?" Other.
demanded that Mr.. Aldridse Hdeelars
immediately against Cannonism Of
take the consequences
Mr., Aldridse needed the letters nc
more than be did the demands of thu
National Clothiers' association.
Betting odds were about to or
AldridSe.
The Socialists. and the Prohibition
lists had candidates in the field, but
ikis Fass 20 lztsys much tssrini
a tie result
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-20

Gas Kills Woman and Two Daughters
Chicago. April 20.-Mrs. Nellie Nc
Namara. wife Of fire captain. Daniel
Mcnamara. and her two daughters
aged fourteen and twelve years. were
found asphyxiated by Illuminating gas
ut. their home here. The gas is sup
posed to have been blown out by q
gust of wind.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-20
<-s...-- .-..r.--
New Postmasters Named,

Washington. April 20. President
Taft announced the appointment OF
postmasteTs Is. follows: PennsylYanis
Henry Myfon Dickson. Msadville;
Frank G.. .Kurtz, Fullerton; Isaac n
Backmsn. Strasburg; Jesse N. Wat
son. Hatboro. New Jersey. William
B. r. Mason, BoundbrooA: William s.
Slater. AndoYer
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-20

New York, APRIL 81. tasi Side bak-
ers increased -ize 81 their loves
q bread. ..fhsy added two 10 fures
ounces 10 eafL lo7f krzsi winch iosi-
lstly sold al Z fehts LOAF w-saed
rwo pounds 80" i NJ: as Two
k0undS two nUu. es. tbs nra' i :hs
saving CT ,ho'.=s nds OF doi ar i" ~
pcGr. SIr:ni ass. q 60 Gems E.4'' :
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Heavy Snow IN Ohio.

Cleveland, April 20---F'om one to
six inches of wet. heavy snow fell
throughout Ohio, breaking down trees
and telegraph and telephone wires. 1t
il believed, however. THAT the snow
has served to save The fruit and
other spring srowths from the freez'
ing temperature.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-20
Sarvian Reoicide Dies

Belgrade, Seryia. April l9.-Colonsl
Alexander Aaschin. leader OF the band
that murdered King Alexander and
Queen Draga Of Servia 10 1903. died
here. From the time of the ascension
ef King Peter, who succeeded Alexa1
der. he enjoyed the lattsr's favor. hav
iRS been given q ministerial appsint
nAnt soon after the assassination