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r s. 1 5 V A ' 1 '' . . m iMMBM . . . . . . -. . . . . v - , - v V 4 ' Icmer Itaypr. of - Boston, who - , -.fnfi. ' os Again. John F. ntxetld wo mayor of the city-, of Boston, lolOOG-7 and wns for merly a member of the uational boos f represeoUUres. 28 L08T AT SEA. Wind and Wavaa Dashed 8hlp Onto Treacherous Bar.. Marahfieli, Ore. Coos bay's shores are patrolled bf searchers for bodies from the Southern 'Pacific steamship Cxarina. Twenty-eight lives were lost when the' Teaaelwas dashed by a hearysea ont the north spit of the Goos bar. Only three of the 31 souls aboard wore gared. The Czarina'- was bo"nd for San Francisco from jher.e. She left port in the teeth of a gale, but before she had reached open eea was caught on, the treacherous bar one of the worst on the Pacific coast and was rolling helpless broadside to the sea. The sailors took to the rigging and were swept to. their death, one by one. The. first assistant engineer, K. H. Kensell. . was ; driren ashore when a mighty ware tore him from the rigging. As he was tossedVyCoward - the land, life savers pulled htm to safety!, ' Captain J. Dugan and cme of his men swam ashore. A iong'and futile fight was waged to aid the doomed passengers and crew, but when morning dawned they had all been swept from the rigging and the vessel' was"T)reaking up. IN MEMORY OF LEE. 'Government Recognizes Birthday of Famous;. General. Washington. Official recognition. In a limited -way; of the birthday of Gen eral Robert E. Lee. is to be given by the treasury department. The anni versary of the rblrth of the famous Confederate soldier falls on January 19, and the- collector " of customs at Newport News, Va., has been author ized to close his office on that day for as long a time as public business will permit. ' The honor paid General L memory te an unusual one, as ; rarely. If ever,' ft happens' that a pub He office is closed an the occasion of the celebration of birthdays of . no ted Americans, except, of course, where regular legal holidays provide for it, r PAYS PENALTY OF DEATH. German Hanged for Murder of Baker ,t in New Orleans. New Orleans. Carl Bortuna, 27 years old, was hanged in the, Orleans parish prison for a. murder committed by him a year-agov , - -..-The crime ifo'r ;whjch Carl Bortuna died was the murder of his" employer, J. George Knecht, proprietor of a lo cal bakery. Bortuna . brained the ba- Ker. when; the latter. upbraided him'fqr hl9 attentioiis ,tP Jhta. wtfe. r V According to Bortuna's own - admis yj sion, this was the second homicide committed by him. Several years aga - In Germany, when he was a youth, he killed his sweetheart. 9 LIVES LOST IN STORM. One of the Worst eiizzards In New . i , York Since 1899. v V. - ...... " . .... .... r.w . .1 .. '' New York. Nine lives .were lost and six persons injured in -the late , fierce blizzard, one of the worst storms that has ever visited New York' 'city. The total snowfall, when the skies cleared, was 14 1-2 Inches, ;v second only to the blizzards of 1899; when '15 ; 1-X inchesell and ot )X8SS-, r in which Senator slU)scoe Conklin los his life, when 20.9Jnches Jell, Eighteen thousand men have? been put to work cleaning he streets, and it is estimated that the cost of re moval will exceed "$806,000. .7" "'. - Tow" Marshal Killed. - Savannah, Ga.-William .Bradley of Hagan, aged 20,t shot and killed. Wil 1 liam Bagget, aged 35, marshal of Clax: : ton. The trouble arose over the mar ; , shal having stated Jthat he- intended arresting Bradlfy for having speeded - through Claxton In : an ; automobile. Vhen Bradley, came 'to Claxton Id a buggy, the marshal placed his - hand en him to arrest him whereupon Brad- ley shot him four tlmes-it ia . said. I' ii ' n ' i I Y' m,, J .,Y Y yYy YY YY" YYitlt is -most , Thnco Din Dine fhri Dhinnrnt t k. ThOSe Big PigS, the RhinOCerOS Ari UthnAWAiAm.. w ent articles of wearing apparei. uo iMi HipPOPOtamUS. W ,a V and 0VZT easy enough. tii rv rr 'nVrTn nrA riri iWr-: Getting Away With One oW Colossal Brutes Makes the Work of Trapping 4 XhJX B'9 ; Felinea Sesni Like - CWfld Play Methods of the Hunters. 'Tra ppl.iiali--biK:-f MtH ia: HHds Ilay t'umjMirt'd with th work if oaji luriug tlnkse tuniberia. cuttwtuil aui--mat uf the"Ws irf; family he rbl-: iueros' and t,bi h!ppKtaiiuw.' -i Toi stupid i to tame 'ur to break to a . hatter .aud- to.. hea vy to tra nsport through bnndmls .of ;inlles fotv viider uexs. it; tfvould rake n man half a life .time to Urititf miv of then dve to six thousand jHiuud creatures out of a jun gli Into civilization. Therefore the expert's' only chance Is to find a cow with a calf uud to capture the youug one. . : . ., : ...... - Compared with the alert, grim ex terior of? ibefeliiisnthere is little In tbf apfiearamjeor a phlegmatic, pou-deronsyki-Hke a rhluoceros to indicate Its real ferociousness. There is hard ly a wild animal In existence which Is more dangerous than this rarest of all our menagerie captives. Awkward as the great creature appea rs when at rest, once aroused it dashes through the densest thicket with the irresisti ble speed of an express train. To catch a rhinoceros the trapper proceeds with preparations much as Would an explorer bonud for a two or three year' expedition in the interior of an unexplored continent, for the difficulty confronting him is the three fold, one: of x&nt penetrating -a thou sand or more miles iuto tbeHnterior: second, of finding not only a rhluoce ros. but a rhluoceros cow with . a calf old enough to capture, and. lastly, of transporting his prize across hills and mountains and plains, over rivers and raviues. across swamps and through forests to civilization. Skirting swamps and rirers. the men are ever on the lookout for the deep, round (spoors, like a pie plate driven into the mud. for lu this wet ground the rhinoceros loves to wallow. Fre quently five or six mouths elapse be fore the tracks of a cow and a calf are picked up. - ' ; Noiseless and from well to leeward, the trapper and bis men gradually steal nearer until the cow and the calf are Inclosed in a circle. From abend, out of the maze of cane aud creeper, sounds the uneasy, stamping of the cow. '""-With a half 'snort, half grunt. p an instant, the rhinoceros is all attention. - Head raised and nostrils sniffing, she searches the air steadily. At sight of one f the savages the cow dashes with the speed of a race horse at the man. charging the human decoy, and at that instant the trapper's rifle Is heard, and her furious, charge h over." provided tne bullet reaches the heart by striking Just lebind the left foreleg the only vulnerable oint io the iuch thick .a rmor with which the beast Is clad. Now and then it happens that the trapper fails to kill In time bis gun may miss tire. Intervening trees may interfere or the marksman may miss bis aim. Then the life of the decoy depends upon bia own agiKty. To run to one side before tle rhinoceros is al-. most on Top br bim wu'iild be fatal, for the swift brute would overtake bim with a few bounds: tils only hope is to wait until the deadly born is almost at his feet and then, with the swift ness of a mongoose dodging the aim of a cobra, to leap to one side while the ponderous creature, finable to turn short iu time, dashes onward under its own impetus. Twice, three times, a clever native hunter will dodge in this way. giving the trapper ample time to bring down the rhinoceros. Then conies the tracking of the frightened calf, which has lied at the first sigu of trouble, and soon - it is pushed.- prodded aod . shoved up a bridge of log skids into a cage of the bullock caft. I But even more dangerous is the trap ping : of .the . hippopotamus. - for. -although in jltseif. the "rhino" is a wore, savage antagonist than the "river, horse. the trapper bunts the former on land aud briugs down at a safe dis tance, whereas iu the case of the hip popotamus he must fight in the same primitive fashiou that , savages have used for ages. Hand to maw. as it were, he ; must engage . tuts two ton monster while standing in the bow of a frair canoe. v for the " hippopotamus, as Its name the, "river horse. means. !s aiand and water animal and must be harpooned and brought ashore be fore it expires, otherwise it would sink at once toa the bottom of the river, the coveted calf escaping1 among the other hippopotamus Instead of following the stricken cow to shore, so that the youngster may be caught A.VAW. Jiolker In St, Nicholas., . , . , , ' .The Blue Danube, '. . , The Dannbe still retains its ancient splendors., The, .Rhine. Is the river of vine clad, sunny hills.. runed castles on : rugged' crags, mediaeval history and modern glory in war and to peace.' a liver bright as the warble pf a bird In the wood,- The Oauube hills carry immense, r almost . untouched, forests, higher and grauder thau the heights of the lihiue. .In the; midst" of this rich, deep green verdure lonely.;. white moun tain, break in on the eye. There are litany-' wayside 'chapels, too." on' the, banks.7 In solemn, a wesoine.' majestic' beauty.; the-.?; Danube far excels J the cheery, pretty . Rhine, and it must be 01,1,611 M pity that so few American travelers, take a tour on this inde scribably superb rivenOmaha -Bee. . SHOE SIZES. Standard of " Measurement Was EateblWietfiiM-vU difilcnlt for many perscins' to remember the sizes; of their differ-, k matter of actual inches.' But the hat and shoe numbers Ja re . what puzzle . most 'people.: to say - nothmg of thet mystery why a " No. 1 1 stocking goes with a No. 8 shoe. This last puzzle Is. however, easily explained. Stockings . have always been measured -by the' inch from heel to toe. but the numbering .of shoes was fixed a long time ago by a French man, v The Frenchman permanently fixed the numbers of shoes for ail Europe and America. He arbitrarily decided that no human foot could possibly be smaller than three and seven-eighth inches. So. calling this ixlnt zero., he allowed one-third of an inch to a size and accordingly built up his scale. It follows therefrom that a man cannot find out the number of his own shoe unless be be an expert arithmetician. Even then he is likely to go wrong, because all the shoe experts allow for the weight of the Individual and the build of his foot before they try to determine what size shoe he ought to wear. As far as women's shoes are con cerned the problem is still more diffi cult, because many of the manufac turers instead of keeping to the regu lar scale have marked down their uumbeni one or two sizes in order to capture easily flattered customers. For this reason most dealers ask out of town customers to send an old shoe with their orders. The system of measuring hats is much simpler. Any man can tell what size he wean simply, by adding the width and length of the Inner brim and then dividing by two. Orders can also be sent to the shopkeeper by stating the circumference of the head. Boston Globe. BURNED PAPER MONEY. Source of Great Profit to the Govern ment and Banks. At the redemption windows of the treasury and of the subtreusurie of the country any silver coin that has not been mutilated willfully and which still is recuguizable as from the mints of the United States will be redeemed at. face value, this- iu spite of the fact that the silver in the worn coin may not be worth half its face value. As to gold com. the government stands only a small portion of the loss from abrasion; but. according to weight. theseworu gold coins always are re deemable. In the case of the paper currency two-fifths of a note must be presented If it shall be redeemed or a new note issued, and. no- matter what the evi dence may be as to total destruction of this paper currency, the government regards It as the holder's individual loss with which it is no further con cerned. Fire may melt $1,000 worth of silver coins and it is worth its metal value. It may melt $1,000 iu gold coins and the mint will pay $1,000 in new twenty dollar gold pieces for the mass. But the ashes of $1,000 in pa per currency Is without value. lo the thousands of fires over the country erery year involving office buildings, factories, business bouses and family residences' it n untold total of legal tender notes of all kinds are destroyed. Every piece of such paper lost is loss to t be holder and gain to the government or to a national bank. It is a promissory note hopelessly lost to the holder. It Is even more, for in many cases an Individual man might redeem his debt obligation if be were assured by the holder of it that the piece of paper to which he had signed his name had been destroyed by acci dent and by no chance could turn up again against him. Chicago Tribune Pope as a Witness. : Tope, like Garrick. made but a poor figure In the witness v box. lie was cited to appear In defense ot Bishop Atterbury when that prelate was tried for high treason in the bouse of lords in 1723r;"l never could speak in, pub; lie. . he told Spence afterward "and 1 don't believe that If it was a set thing 1 could give an account of any story to twelve friends together.' though I could tell it to any three -of them with a great deal of pleasure Wheu 1 was to appear for the bishop of Rochester hj his trial.' though 1 , bad but teu words to say nnd that on a plaiu point (bow;, the bishop spent his time wheu i was 'With him at BromleyK 1 made two or three blauders in It and that notwithstanding t he first row of lords (which was all I could see) were most ly i of - my acquaintance London Standard. . ; The Lcist Company. ""Il-mgry. 1 suppose?" said the sharp facet) woman as she opened the. door Just a little bit ' r'Wy, uo," -answered the ragged way farer. "I've clean forgot how to be hungry. But fva out and out lonely." "Lonely r " " . "Yes. Ton sec. I hain't had nothing to eat; for so long that I've got so thin I can't cast no sbadder, and you ain't no idea what company a man's & lad der is to him while 'he- is t ravelin' along the road. . -', , , Considerate.- ' v-;.-v-- Muggins is not. handsome, and he knows IL Whon bis first baby, was born he asked. "Does. It look like raeT vOf course they replied in the affirma tive. - ! . ' "Well. said he. with a sigh, "break it to. my wife gentry." London Tit Bits. ; . : r r " " - - : ' l uAJMl for week enlini 6 p. m. Jan; 1L B S'f 3 c9 4s B s B a B a Jan 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 42 55 58 41 4i 43 52 26 82 18 13 15 18 13 34 44 38 27 28 30 32 83 54 24 24 33 29 3o 0o3 0.6o 8 cdy s cdy nw clr uw clr uw clr nw c'r w clr vl ax 58 Min 13 Mean icax. 48 Mean Min 19 Mean Precip'n 34 o.63 To the Taxpayers of Henderson County: Please take notice, if you have not already paid your taxes do so so at once. Tneya.clong past due and the L i very plain on this subject, and I am sworn to enforce it. This is the last notice I will give before a I vertising personal property. And if you allow same to be advertised, you may expect ! -iv rb- ' oct. V. C. V. Shepherd, f x Collector Pinchot AsheviUe Citizen Those who have read Gifford Pin chot's farewell address to his clerks and students, must have been im pressed with the man's sincerity of purpose. Almost every magazine and newspaper in the country have declared that the conservation of our natural resources has been the lifelong aim and ambition of the man who had just been dismissed from the forestry service, and his latest utterance is to the effect that he proposes to fight unceasingly for the salvation of our forests. "I don't want you to get the ideaand this is my personal end of it," he said, "that because I am going out of the service I am in any way los ing my interes'; it my touch with it or with you. Conservation is my life work, in the goverment service orout of it. And this is the most important piece of conservation work there is. Therefore, I propose to know about it to follow the work you are all doing, to keep my inter est in it, and, so for as that is in any way possible, to keep in touch with it and my knowledge of it" Father-in-Law I suppose you are aware, Henry, that the check for $10,000 1 put among your wedding presents was merely for effect Groom Oh, yes, sir! "and.the effect was excellent The bank cashed it this morning without" a q testion. "All the pedestrians seem to stop at your store." "oh, I manage to i it rest em." "What's your; idea?" "I have a thermometer thai regis ter lour dtTvis. higher in summer and six degrees lower in wintei than s any other thermometer in town." Louisville Courier-Journal Plait WoorfsTSeeds Q For Souerior GroDS Wood's 30th Annual Seed Book is one of the jaost useful and comv plete seed catalogues issued. - It gives practical information about the best and most profitable seeds to plant for t ' The Market Grower The Private Gardener The Farmer Wood's Seeds are grown and selected with special reference to the eoils and climate of the South,: and every southern planter should have Wood's Seed Book sq as to be fully posted as to the beat seeds for southern growing. Mailed free on request. Write for ft. ; T.iv.tvoob&soiis,;. ' - Seedsmen, Richmond; Va7 . . We are headquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Po tatoee. Seed Oate. Cow Pea. Soja Been, and all Farm. aira oaraen w. illiiii Taxes! fill , out .17. . . , i .--: . the at the Monument H0TIC of Personal As Executor of the Wilt of J. P. Shepherd, deceas ed, I will on Tuesday, February 8, 1910 at 10 o'clock, a. m. at the residence and on the farm of the said J. P. Shepherd, 1 1-2 miles southwest of Hendersonville, tf. C, Sell to the highest bidder for cash the following articles of personal property: Several Stacks of Hay in the Stack One- Mowing Machine One Hay-Rake A Few Farming and Mechanic Tools And Other Miscellaneous Articles of Personal Property Let Everybody interested Attend and Buy. This Jan. 17th, i910. 0. V. F. Blythe, Executor. AThich vv Do You prefer? Cheap Printing, Or Nice, Neat, Clean, Catchy Printing Cheap, We do the latter kind. 7 i - - ' V Times Printing Company, Inc. K-rK.'yt-'t, .; -f is the time to buy your Heavy Shoes to Finish Winter I have a big stock of seas onable weight shoes, near ly all sizes.. In some in stances, I will make sacrifi cing prices in order to move these shoes. MEN'S RUBBERS 75c, 85c, and $1 HOLEPROOF HOSIERY FOR MEN AND WOMEN EFME1D Property Sale .-:. - 1 - A t. ' k. ,;:':. ;.'-' ' .: ' f '.- -
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