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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15

with those things which he has done
with his own hands and Is the leader,
physically. mentally and professionally,
OF the men under him. No university,
no matter how richly endowed, has a
plant or equipment comparable for it's
purpose with that OF the government
The traditions of the United States
navy are a greater inspiration than
those OF any university In the world No
college graduate can feel toward his alma
mater as the man who has been a blue
jacket or marine feels about the SER
vice The boy from New England who
goes to a university In Massachusetts or
connecticut Is apt to have his New Eng
land characteristics emphasized. The
young man from Florida or South Caro-
INA who goes TO Southern university
generally graduates with his feeling for
that section of the country increased and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15

as the other recruits. except that they
are given stretcher drills and other ex-
ercises essential to their particular line
OF service. After these recruits have
been on board ship year they are
usually transferred 10 naval hospital.
where their training is extended by
lectures and demonstrations and expert
ence In the institution.
The remarkable thing" says Herbert
Ia Satterlee, counsel for the Navy
League OF the United States, "is that. In
spite of the carefully determined plan
not to have a national university In this
country. the United States government
mas buiIt up the greatest institution In
the world for fitting young men for cltl-
zenship In a republic. Its teachers are
NOT theorists las they must be In many
cases In universities), but each one deals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15

not diminished. AS an enlisted ma"
one OF them during the same iou' :,
would have served, perhaps =" ~
Maine, the Mississippi. the utah A
California. with a new affection iO'
name and a new interest In eseo
and he might. coincidentally, nav. =,
foreign lands and obtained some ,,,r
edge at first hand OF two or three W
ent nationalities. ~
Every year thousands OF men Ia,
have had at least four years uA "a
in the navy go back to civil NE, IA
one is an exponent OF the heai'his, "a
good habits and discipline OF the ~
The chances are that he inhuen0e A
ers and the benefits of naval trauu, 40
indirectly much more widely spfesa az
the statistics of the Bureau Oh W
ton would show" ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
Construction of This
Unique Athletic Field
WILDE Begun With
In a Few Days.

"HE next time that the Harvard CO.
horts make their dusty pilgrimage
- to Yale Field 10 behold their an
nual gridiron clash with the Els they
are going to rub their eyes with wonder
at the sight of the new yale Bowl" The
time honored and creaking bleachers.
where for years they have been accus-
toned to sit with chattering teeth. d cold
wind blowing above. beneath and through
the aerial timber iretraps, will be no
more than an unholy memory. Yale men
decided some time ago that such stands
belong to the same dark period that gave
birth 10 the present New Haven Railroad
station and TO Osborne Hall. on the col
lege campus. Ii was high time they de-
clared, that the thousands Of Yale and
Harvard graduates annually excluded
from the games through lack Of seating
space should be accommodated at last.
They have finally rolled up their sleeves
and started work on the splendid new
athletic structure where the football
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
1t Will Be a Squeeze
Eclipse y Of Concrete
with Its Base Sunken
in the Soil.

will come out upon the gridiron throasa
the two large entry ways that are shor
In the sketch OF the bowl" here prints.
one OF the chief features that Interests
the Committee OF Twenty-one In the pa
that was finally adopted was the sni
cost OF keeping the bowl in repair
Barring the expense OF replacing N
wooden benches from time 10 tine ts
cost will be negligible. In the prss.l
bleachers the athletic management n
quired 10 spend about $1,000 yearly sef
ing TO and replacing the wooden s'sho
and seeing that these are In 1T conS
ton 20 bear the heavy strain impose
upon them.
II will be OF interest 10 Yale and HI
ward graduates 10 learn some Of |"
salient differences between the n'
structure and the Harvard stadium 'S
only In design, which has ALREADY oa'
mentioned, but in relative seating espia
nara
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
LIME AS A FERTILIZER
II Has a Certain Value that is Gen.
eralIy Misunderstood.

A committee was appointed by the
general assembly at the recent ses-
sion to examine the limestone quar-
ries with view to purchasing them
by the state so that agricultural lime
might be prepared for farmers. There
are only two places where limestone
crops out in workable quantities. One
Of these is on the east side Of Broad
river, not far from Blacksburg. The
same bed of rock extends across the
river and shows two or three miles
east of Limestone Springs. There has
never been a kiln for burning lime at
that place, but the Cherokee Ford
company used to haul tons of the
rock from that quarry to use as flux
in making iron. Some small kilns were
once operated about Blacksburg. The
most extensive kilns were at Lime
stone Springs. The first lime was
made there perhaps before 1880. The
bed extends to the southwest and the
limestone crops out again near White
Plains and then at Pacolet at Poole's
Spring. Cedar Springs Is in the lime.
but 1t does not show on the surface
in that neighborhood. The rolling mill
on Pacolet, where Clifton mill stands,
'suIBId slIqM uoIJ euolsemH psInBq
which they used in making iron.
1t would be very much like other
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
WON HIS WAGER EASILY
Lost $50 on Election, but cleverly Won
One of $500.

Stories of numerous election bets
that ore being paid, recall the story
of a queer bet made by politician
few weeks before the election in 1896,
when it was apparent that Mckinley
would sweep the country, says the
Louisville Times.
He had been approached by a man
who offered to make majority
wager. "I'll tell you what I'll do" he
replied. "IN bet you $3.50 that can
write down the names of thirty states
that Mckinley will carry"
The man snapped up the bet eager
ly and the politician wrote the list OF
names and gave them to friend to
keep. sealed, until the day after elec-
ton.
Now" he said, lust to show you
how big a cinch Mckinley has. Will
bet you $500 that 1 can name ten ad-
ditional states that he will carry"
The man who took the first bel
Jumped at the second chance, feeling
certain that forty states would not GO
Republican.
When the election was over and the
votes counted the envelopes were
opened. In the list of thirty states
the politician had named all the solid
south and the doubtful states. He
lost $50. But in the list Of ten he
named states that did not go Demo
cratic in twenty years until the cleo
ton Of 1912.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
sPEcTER SHIPS ON HIGH SEAS
The Flying Dutohman Not the Only
Sailor Doomed to Wander.

It would be surprising If among the
sailormen and fisherfolk, whose su-
perstition is proverbial, a large
amount of legendary narrative con-
nected with their calling did not ex-
list. A little research proves that this
is so, and that the sea possesses Its
quota Of uncanniness, but which, with
one notable exception, is seldom heard
of. This, Of course, Is the famous
Flying Dutchman," or phantom ship
ship of Venderdecken." How the story
originated is doubtful, but 1t has been
ascertained that there was a seaman
Of repute who many years ago sailed
from Holland to the east by way of
the Cape of Good Hope, but was never
again heard Of
Some authorities say that, meeting
with contrary winds off the cape, he
swore a terrible oath, in consequence
of which the divine wrath decreed
that he should be occupied till the
crack of doom in endeavoring to
weather the headland. Others state
that this punishment was meted out
to him in retribution for terrible
murder he committed before COM
mencing his fateful voyage.
Whatever the cause of this ancient
gentleman's monotonous wanderings
may be, it Is probably in connection
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

Here Comes the Bride.-There are
1913 Kansas girls taking the courses In
the Brides School" at the Kansas Ag-
ricultural college this year, and when
they complete their work next June
there will be that many prospective
brides ready for home; brides who
know what to do and how to do 1t, In
keeping house properly. says Topeka
dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer
There will be graduated 73S girls. who
will never feed their husbands on sour
biscuits or look dowdy in the new dress
hubby last bought.
No one knows just exactly how many
engaged girls there are in the school
this year. The instructors can only
guess, and the best guess is that fully
500 Of the girls now taking the course
are already engaged.
The work Is all a part Of the domes-
tic science department at the big state
school, and 1t was organized three
years ago especially as a training for
prospective brides.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
Linen 5000 Years oId.-In one of. tn

Linen 5000 Years OId-In one of. the
apartments at University college, Pro-
fessor Flinders Petrie has placed on
exhibition some remarkably interesting
antiques unearthed at Tarkhan, He'll
opolis and Memphis under the auspices
of the British School Of Archaeology
of Egypt, says the Washington Herald.
The great cemetery of Tarkhan'
which occupied a mile Of desert forty
miles south of Cairo and which dates
from the earliest historic age until the
race of the pyramid builders, has
proved to be exceedingly prolific In an
tiquities. What has struck Professor
Petrie is the extraordinary preserVa-
ton of the woodwork and clothing un-
earthed from these places of interment
Of long ago.
A great sheet of linen which Is plac-
ed on exhibition Is as fresh and as firm
as when cut from the original length
and it is some 5000 years old. So,
likewise, with the woodwork. which In
but few instances shows signs Of de-
cay. Here are boxes that served their
purpose as funeral caskets, built or
planks Of acacia and shittim wood, and
as firm and secure as when lowered into
the bosom of the earth In dim anti
guilty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
FIVE STATES IN FIVE HOURS

But in Texas You Travel Thirty
Three Hours in One State.
y The talk, as smoking compartment
talk always does, drifted around to
railway Journeys. So. ..-.
"Tiresome business travelling out
yhe-ae," the man from the east re-
marked. He stretched and mangled
his here" until 1t seemed an insult to
the whole west. And 80 one Texas
took 1t. ... ...... .....
"Ya-as?" he said sarcastically.
Takes q train all day to crawl
through one beastly state" the cas-
terner went on Back east, you know,
one sees a lot of sights, interesting
things, you know, in that time. In
five hours from Washington to New
York one touches five states besides
the district and sees half dozen cit
les, you know, all more interesting
than any one you can see in a day
out yhe-ar." .. ..
Huh! Perhaps So" said the travel
ing salesman, perhaps so. Never
been there myself. Hope to some day.
Want to see how cramped and jam
med up you look. Five states and a
district in five hours? That's like
Dragging that your kids the smallest
in town.
"Out he-ar"-he couldn't quite
manage the preliminary "y' sound
ANY state would quit business If a
railroad train crossed 1t in five hours.
Some counties down in Teaxs do the
same thing.
Ever go from Ell Paso to Texarka-
ma" The smoking compartment ad-
mitted it, individually. had not. Some
trip" the drummer continued. "Thir-
ty-three hours by the T. and P. ex-
press and nothing but Texas on both
sides of the track all the way. Same
time from K. c. to New York about.
Houston is Is hours from Brownsville
on the Frisco Coaster and I'll bet you
thought 1t was only about two street
car rides aTay.
1T takes ton hours to make San
Antonio from Laredo. That's the
shortest route to the border. Most
people back east think Mexican bull
let's are puncturing the Alamo. You
can find a longer ride in Texas any
time than you can in dozen states
back the-ar. And that's what 1 call
something to brag about"
The easterner refused the gauntlet
But a native son entered his Califor-
MIA start from Coronado Beach and
beat it fast for Oregon and you won't
arrive there for thirty-eight hours
he said. "Frisco's fourteen from Los
and 1t takes sixteen more to cross the
north line. And you travel faster than
you do in Texas."-Kansas City Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
THE NEW SECRETARY

Maryi Miss Sewell wondered why
the sun was so bright, why the birds
| sang 80 madly.
I'm not going to be bossed," he re-
peated, "by you. I've brought you out
here to ask you to marry me. And II
you think I'm going to take you home
before do II you think wrong" ...
Miss Sewell looked up at him and
said not word. But there was that in
her eyes which made the Judge lay his
hand softly over the little hands in the
shabby black gloves.
Dear heart" he said, I'm grum-
py old bachelor. But can't live with
out you."
"But you wanted another secretary, u
Miss Sewell faltered.
What"
She explained, and he groaned.
II wanted to get some one to relieve
you. was sure you were working too
hard, and intended to suggest a holt-
day. But when you took things in your
hands walked to the fact that could
not let you go" ... ....
Miss Sewell felt an exquisite thrill
Of achievement. Suppose she hadn't
taken things into her own hands?
But this was not time to question.
Under the rug, the judge laid his hand
on hers. her cheek touched the rough
ness OF his motor coat. The birds sang
more madly than ever and the sun
made path Of gold before them as
they rode forward toward their happy
future. ....
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
business ventures of the state to ma;:s

business ventures of the state to mai:6,
cheap fertilizers for the farmers. 1t
would be equal to those immigration
schemes which have been very ex-
pensive, and the fruits are not visible.
Let 1t be understood that lime,
whether ground into powder or burnt
In kilns, is not a fertilizer, and there
Is no process by which 1t can be made
such. 1t is we'll known by farmers
near Limestone Springs that the land
there is about as poor as can be found
anywhere. Where waste lime was
thrown out years ago on land 1t show
ed no signs of increased productive
ness. Lime Is not fertilizer. II the
committee investigating these beds Of
limestone think 1t is. they ought to go
to school again. II the legislature be-
lieves that cheap lime would redeem
our soil from its semi barren condi-
ton their ignorance is about as dense
as bed Of limestone.
Lime, when applied to land, produces
three results: The chemical action
may make the soil more easily pull
verified, and the tilth of the soil chang
ed. The potash and phosphorus In
the clay may be set free and become
available. Old or sour soils may be
improved. It may assist in the rapid
decomposition of vegetable matter in
the SOIL It Is said that, when applied
freely, 1t will destroy the insects
which injure young plants and the
bacteria which attack their roots. But
when applied freely 1t destroys the
germs of small seeds and prevents
their coming up.
If lime should be scattered at the
rate Of ton to the acre on thin soil
devoid of vegetable matter the farm
er would see no difference in yield.
There is no use in applying lime In
any shape unless there is much vege-
table matter in the soil. If any one
thinks 1t is a fertilizer. let him apply
400 to 500 pounds to the acre in the
drills and see what 1t will do.
Years ago in states where limestone
was abundant, the question Of the
quantity on an acre was discussed.
Some claimed that 100 bushels was
the right quantity, while others said
that one-fourth of the amount was
enough. Even IL lime does not cost
much at the kiln or the grinding mill,
1t is expensive to handle and apply.
Quick lime, or kiln lime, should be
well slaked before 1t Is applied. When
a farmer attempts to spread that on a
windy day, he will never try it again.
If mixed in a compost heap in the lot
1t sets free more ammonia than the
lime Is worth. It is the most trouble
some to apply In the right way Of all
STUFF put on the soil.
Our legislators should study this
subject little before they invest for
the state.-Capt. Chas. Petty in Spar
tanburg Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
A Girl Of Forty at a Tea Party.-In

A Girl Of Forty at Tea Party.-In
the May American Magazine, James
Montgomery F1agg, the we'll known
wit and illustrator, contributes a piece
with pictures about tea parties. 1t Is
entitled, Cream or Lemon" Following
is an extract descriptive Of one Of the
girls" at the party:
The girl" was slip Of forty-in
spinach green corduroy and scarab tip
pet, and large swaying meteoric mass
Of tarnished zinc and colored glass
which she wore suspended on what
ought to have been her chest. 1t made
Paul think of the bumpers, tug boats
wear to protect their wishbones from
docks and things. She had backed a
curly haired infant up against a radi-
ator and was talking him to a fragile,
while he smiled and smiled, although
scorching."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
WEALTH OF THE GAR.
Nicholas of Russia, Richest Man On
Earth.


Earth.
While Russia Is frequent and large
borrower among the nations Of the
earth, Czar Nicholas, according to
statement presented to his majesty by
the imperial treasurer general, Is the
richest man in the world. The state
ment is couched in fanciful language
but the facts which it recites are said
by. st. Petersburg bankers to be be-
yond dispute.
Your majesty" says Baron Menchi-
koff, need have no fear Of ever COM
ing to suffer the stings Of poverty. FL
nancially, you are solvency itself. With
one hand you could buy out the Amer
lean multi-millionaires, Rockefeller
and Morgan, and still have sufficient ir
the other to talk business with Baror
Rothschild. Or, If you prefer, you car
take over the Krupps, although would
not recommend the investment"
Car Nicholas is very angry witt
Baron Menchikoff and his playful
ways and rebuked him soundly for In.
dulging in such undignified compari'
sons"
The cars civil list amounts to near.
ly two millions sterling, including the
amounts paid to the grand dukes; ane
of this sum more than a million II
available for his own private purposes
Then he owns lands in Russia In Eu.
rope which cover an area equal to thai
of the whole Of Nevada, Of which the
revenues reach the vast sum Of $780,
OOO, 900 per annum, Of which $5,OOO,ooC
is paid to the grand ducal families
The czar's lands in Siberia bring him
in another $7,50O,OOO, although they are
at present largely undeveloped. Alto
gether, including interest on savings
the czars income exceeds $30,0OO,Ooo
and is increasing rapidly. He sets
aside each year large sum for each o.
his four daughters, 80 that If any one
of the royal princes contracts mar
riage in that quarter he will do ex'
tremely we'll from a worldly point o.
view-though, of course, the exact
disposition Of the cars huge fortune
Is known only to himself and his finan'
cial adviser.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16

hair. She refused to give 1t without the
parents consent and hurried home. Or
arrival she told what had occurred, and
the father who had considerable knowl.
edge Of native ways, cut a lock from O
soft silky rug the same color as his lit.
tie daughters hair and sent the woman
back to the yogi with 1t. That evening
the rug was placed out on the veranda
and the parents, In company with one
or two friends, sat out there chatting
Presently there was a movement under
their feet; they looked at the rug. II
had receded few inches from where II
had been placed. They went on talk
ing, and it moved further and further
away till It gradually slid down the
steps and away into the darkness OF
the compound. Then they arose. Ian
terms in hand, and found 1t in the arms
Of the disappointed yogi who thought he
was drawing away the child. 1t is said
that II these men can obtain a piece OF
the hair or clothing, they can will that
person to come to them.
The wandering fortune tellers are
seldom true in their predictions though
the "chits" they produce proclaim them
to be great seers. They have, however,
some clever ways Of convincing clients
Of their powers. .. .... .
Once after predicting brilliant fu-
ture for me the fortune teller gave me
a piece Of cotton, telling me to break
1t into ten pieces, roll it into a tight
ball, and keep my finger on 1t all the
time. Now, sahib," he said. IF all
have told you is true the cotton will be
in one piece. If not, separated" I un-
did the ball and 10! in some mysteri-
Gus way the fragments had become
united. Another man told me to look
in my hand and there should see the
image of my future wife, and sure
enough there was stamped on my palm
the figure Of a woman, though how 1t
came there I cannot tell.
Some of the native conjuror's tricks
are undoubtedly clever. have never
personally seen the rope trick nor met
with any one who has, but runor says
that it was performed before King Ed
ward when Prince Of Wales, when the
spectators saw a rope suspended In
mid air, up which lad climbed and
disappeared. Mr.. Jacobs, the original
of Marion Crawford's Mr.. Isaacs, saw
this performed by worshippers of Wish
nu in Madras. The trick is also said to
have been shown before the Nizam of
Hyderbrad and his court. The rope was
thrown up thirty feet in the air, two
boys climbed up it and disappeared,
and presently their limbs were thrown
down, collected and cast on fire. A
little girl then ran forward crying, MY
brothers!" and threw herself on the
pyre. After an interval one Of the boys
reappeared from the crowd and asked
for his brother Here I am" said a
voice from above, and the second slid
down the rope, then both called for
their sister, and she was found be-
meath the nizam's chair.
Occulists say that the rope Is sup
ported by spirit guides and that when
the boy goes up, mist Of the same
color as the air envelops and hides
him.-Tattler. "Fr.a .' ".. -.".