Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 15, 1893, Image 4
Humorous Hcpartmcat.
BRINGING A CASE TO A FOCI'S.
Blowser and Brimble are two quarrelsome
neighbors in Virginia City, Nev. The other
day Blowser called Brimble a "dessicated
coyote." Brimble made a minute statement |
and then went to a lawyer to see if he could
not have Blowser arrested for libel. The;
disciple of Blackstone, Coke and "Auld
Clootie" ran his legal eyes over the old
parchment cover of Brimble's "soul case"
and shook his head. "I fear," said he with
a sigh, "that it is not actionable."
"No ?" said Brimble. "What then can I
do with Blowser?"
"Nothing as matters stand; but we may j
manage to bring things to a focus in some j
way that will give us a hold upon the
fellow. You go back to him and call him a
posthumous pumpernickle. Try that to begin
with; then, if necessary, we may advance
to something stronger and still not
render ourselves liable."
"Call him a posthumous pumpernickle,
shall I?"
"Yes ; I think we'll start out on that, and
if it does not bring to a focus actionable we
will then proceed to brand him as a 'stultus
schnadahupfl' or a gutta perchagansbauch."
"Well, as to the 'posthumous pumpernickle,'shall
I say it to his face?"
"To his teeth?throw it into his very
teeth!"
An hour later Brimble came back to his
legal adviser with a watch fob cut over his
left eye, two front teeth knocked out, and
his upper lip puffed out beyond the end of
his nose.
"Ah," cried the wielder of legal thunderbolts,
rubbing his hands with satisfaction as
he gazed upon the dilapidated visage of his
client?"Ah ! I already see the first fruits of
our little stratagem. Now we begin to stand
on solid ground. We may now open our
guns on Blowser on a charge of assault and
battery. I'll get him fined $10 and shall not
charge over $20 or $25 to carry the whole
business through."
"But, must I pay $20 and then only get
him fined $10?"
"I must acknowledge my dear fellow, that
such is the situation as the case now stands;
but you may go back?now while he is hot
and reckless?and call him a gutta parcha
gansbaucb. and the result will probably justify
us in bringing a charge of assaSlt with
intent to murder."
"No," sadly said Brimble, "I guess I'll not
proceed beyond the 'posthumous pumpernickle'
today. I feel like taking a rest before
commenceing the 'gansbauch' business."?
Dan DeQuille in New York Sun.
An Excursion Postponed.?"When I
was South last winter," told a woman
a day or two ago, "I took a glass of eggnog
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eon table. One day my colored waiter, who
had watched the operation curiously, asked
me what it was. I told him, and offered him
some. 'No, thank yon, Misses,' he said, I
alius takes my eggs fried and my whisky
barefoot.'
"Another of my darkey friends down
there was constantly bemoaning his sad fate
that he was almost gone with rheumatism.
Every morning he would limp into my room,
groaning and grunting^ and tell me he was
just about to cross the dark 'ribber' to the
shinning shore where his old Sukey awaited
him. One day when his condition seemed
most desperate my husband told him to go
into the next room where he would find some
'medicine' in a certain bottle, which, he
thought, would limber him up a little. He
obeyed with promptness, and came back after
a little, his lameness gone, and with the
announcement that he never felt better in
his life.
"When Mr. R. referred to Sukey and the
shinning shore, the old fellow turned toward
him, and half whispered in a confidential
way, 'I tell you what, Massa R., dat scursion's
postponed.' "?New York Sun.
Too "Manna" for Him.?"I want some
consecrated lye," he slowly said as he entered
the drug store.
"You mean concentrated lye ?" suggested
the druggist, as he repressed a smile.
"Well, maybe I do. It does nut-meg any
difference. It's what I camphor, anyway.
What does it sulphor ?"
"A quarter a can."
"Then you can give me a can."
"I never cinnamon who thought himself
so witty as you do," said the druggist, in a
gingerly man, feeling called upon to do a little
punning himself.
"Well, that's not bad either," laughed the [
customer, with a syruptious glance. "I am- j
monia novice at the business, though I've
soda a good many puns that other punsters
got the credit of. However, I don't care a
copperas far as I am concerned, though they
ought to be handled without cloves till they
wouldn't know what was the madder with
them. Perhaps I shouldn't myrrh myrrh.
We have had a pleasant time, and I shall
caraway?"
It was too much for the druggist. He collapsed.
Legal Notice.?Major Gassaway, a
prominent San Antonio lawyer, succeeded
in obtaining the acquittal of a horse thief,
who was tried in the district court and for
the county of Bexar.
"Major," said the acquitted man, "I don't J
know just now how to pay you for your kind- i
ness. I haven't got any money just now." I
"Well, now that you are foot loose again 1
you will soon have some money, or horsea,
which is just as good, but in the meantime j
you mention my name to other members of!
the gang, and friends, in case they need the j
services of an attorney in any of the fron-,
tier counties," said the lawyer.
"I'll do it, major. You shall have all our
business."?Sittings.
His Injunction.?There used to be an !
old gentleman who lived in one of the par-'
ishes of Louisiana, who was noted for his:
tremendous deportment and punctuality.
Arriving in the city for the first time, he ac-!
costed a young man about town who was j
standing on the corner.
"I wish, my young friend," said he, tak- j
ing out his watch, "to go to the St. Charles
hotel."
"Well," said the gilded youth, you may |
go, but don't stay but half an hour."
UST A staunch teetotaler and an enthusiastic
fisherman had a good stretch of the Dee
to fish in, and engaged the services of an ex- j
perienced boatman. But night after night
he came back with empty creel, and at!
length departed in disgust. When he was
gone, the boatman was approached and j
asked how it was that a fairly expert fisherman
had such a run of ill luck. "A:
weel," said the man, "he had no whuskie, |
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ana i iook mm wnere mere was iuie iu?u.
SaT" "I suppose, doctor, that a large propor- j
tion of the ills of your patients are imagina-;
ry ?" "Yes, sir, quite a large proportion."
"And your treatment of such cases is by ;
imaginary pills?" "Well, I suppose you j
might call it that." "Then, of course, for:
treating imaginary ills with imaginary pills,
you send in imaginary bills ?" "Oh, my:
dear sir, nothing of the kind. There's noth- j
ing imaginary about the bills. I have to
draw the line somewhere."
Economy is Wkai.th.?A man and his [
wife went into the dentist's.
"How much do you charge for fillin',
teeth ?" asked the farmer.
"From two to five dollars."
"An' how much for pullin'?"
"Fifty cents."
"Mariar," he said, turning to his wife, |
"you'd better git it pulled."
?qT' "Say, didn't you say when you sold j
me that dog that he was a bird dog?"
"Yes, that's what I said."
"Well you swindled me. That dog won't j
hunt."
"I didn't say he would hunt. He's a bird
dog. Cook the birds for him. "That the
way he likes them best."
A Wish Precaution.?Wife?What an
idea, Otto! This is the first dinner I have i
ever cooked without assistance, and yet you
have invited a friend to partake of it. 1
Husband?Well, Lizzie, I thought it better
to be prepared for all emergencies, and the j
only reason why I invited the friend is be-;
cause he happens to be a doctor.
BUsff* An Irishman once worked all day on
the promise of getting a glass of grog. At !
night the employer brought out the grog to
him, and the Irishman tasted it and said,
"Which did you put in first?the whisky or [
the water ?" "Oh," said the employer, "the i
whisky." "Um-lium," mused the Irishman ; j
"well, maybe I'll come to it by-and-by."
$he ,f?M and ^iwsitle.
THE TREATMENT AND FEED FOR SICK HORSES.
F. T. McNIahon, veterinary surgeon to the
Chicago City Railway company, the Chicago
fire demartment, etc., communicates to
The Street Railway Review, a lengthy article
on the treatment of sick horses, from
which we copy. The principal substance
from which we select articles of diet for the
sick4horsc, says the writer, are bran, carrots,
oatmeal, linseed, etc.
Bran stands decidedly foremost as the
food most generally in use for the invalid
horse; it acts as a laxative; is frequently
tempting to the appetite, and is easy of digestion.
There is no part of general treatment
more universal than ottering this substance
as a change of food. If the horse is
very weary, and his powers of digestion
/tAttea/niAtinn ti'D in^iipA him tn
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take warm bran mash, which comfortably
distends the stomach and satisfies any
craving for food, thereby enabling him readily
to lie down and rest his enfeebled system
until repose restores it3 wonted vigor. Does
he show light symptoms of cold or fever, a
warm bran mash is a convenient plan of
steaming, and consequently soothing the
irritable mucous membranes of the air passages
; it is a substitute for the more stimulating
diet he is accustomed to, and gently
promotes the-activity of the digestive apparatus;
it is also a convenient medium for
the exhibition of certain simple remedies, to
be mentioned hereafter. If incapacitated
by lameness, a lower diet than -that with
which he is indulged when in full work is
judicious, and bran is selected. If it is necessary
to administer a purgative medicine, a
bran mash or two renders the bowels more
susceptible of its action, and a smaller portion
of the drug is therefore required to produce
the desired effect, there being, at the
same time, less risk of painful spasms accompanying
its operation. Bran mashes may
be given hot or cold?cold are perhaps quite
as grateful to the horse; but the nibbling of
the hot mash in catarrhal affections is particularly
beneficial, from the necessary in
Halation 01 tne steam arising nieicnum.
Of all the roots by which horses are tempted,
the carrot, as a rule, is the favorite, and
perhaps the most beneficial one. It is said
to be somewhat diuretic in its effect, and to
exercise a salubrious influence on the skin.
Certain it is, when cut and offered frequently
by the hand of the groom, a sick horse is
coaxed into eating it when disinclined to
partake of other nourishment, and the greatest
benefit results. For the ailing horse,
then carrots are most valuable as an article
of diet, and a few may be given with advantage
even to the horse in healthy condition.
Oatmeal is most nutritious, and, as a food
for the convalescent horse, is most valuable;
the bruising process the grain has undergone
breaks the husk, and renders it more easily
acted upon by the digestive powers. It is
usually given in the form of a gruel, as
which it is one of the most essential articles
of diet for the infirmary. It is also a ready
mode of supplying the tired, thirsty horse
with nourishment after exertion, when he
returns to the stable.
Linseed is decidely included in the sick
diet roll. It is nutritious, and from its
oleaginous nature, soothing to the frequently
irritable mucous membrane of the alimentary
canal, and hence to be particularly recommended
in the treatment of sore throats;
nor is its bland effect local only, its more
general influence is particularly observable
in affections of the kidney. It may be given
boiled, forming, when cool, a gelatinous
mass, mixed in that state with bran, or the
liquid after boiling may be offered as a drink.
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in the treatment of disease, and should be
used in connection with other remedies.
IN THE POULTRY YARD? CATCH1NG HAWKS.
But for hawks, owls and other enemies,
comparative peace would reigu in the poultry
yard. A North Carolina correspondent
of the New York World has devised a plan
for protecting his poultry and useful birds
as well, which he describes as follows :
Take an ordinary bird cage and place
therein a chicken, preferably a white one,
about half grown. Then place the cage on
top of a stake about three feet high near the
outskirts of a poultry yard, or near some
dead tree on which hawks usually perch.
Next drive three or four stakes near the
cage, the tops of a portion thereof being a
little above the top of the cage and the residue
about level with the bottom. Now
place a steel trap that is sufficiently large to
catch high on the foot of the hawk (an ordinary
rat trap is too small) on top of each
stake and you are ready for business. When
a hawk or owl becomes trapped others will
be attracted and thus two or more can frequently
be taken. Hence the necessity for
employing several traps, preferably about
four.
In lieu of the bird cage a cage constructed
of twine, knit like a seine and properly supported
by a frame and bottom board, may
be employed. I used one of this kind and
found it very effective, taking in a short
time quite a number of hawks. I lost a
large hawk by reason of the trap (a rat trap)
being too small, capturing as a trophy a
single toe only that was wrung off and left in
the trap.
I employed as a bait two or three partridges
at a time, but when shut up in a cage
they soon get to be very quiet, seeming to
have a dread of the hawks. A chicken
would doubtless be more restless, and as a
result would attract the attention of hawks
sooner, and consequently answer a better
purpose. Two or more chickens may be
used. All the material employed in constructing
the cage, stakes, etc., should, as
far as practicable, be of a natural color, say
a h ad color. Whether partridges or chickens
be employed as a bait, they must be
properly provided with food and water.
For foxes, minks, weasels, etc., the cage
and traps should be placed on the ground.
I have never experimented to see how placing
011 the ground would answer for hawks,
owls, etc.
A Suggestion.?Land that is rich enough j
to make a bale of cotton to the acre, says
the New Orleans Picayune, in discussing the
corn and cotton problem, will produce under
proper cultivation, with good season, thirtyfive
bushels of corn and half that amount of
clay peas, or about fifty bushels of corn and
pea?. In ordinary times these can be sold j
for about one dollar per bushel. Now make i
a comparison with cotton planting. If a|
man plants and cultivates all the peas aud j
corn he can save, and plants and cultivates I
all the cotton he can make and save, which I
crop will bring the most clear money after |
all expenses in sending to market are paid? j
The corn, peas, hay, and enriching the land |
by the pea crop, will certainly give these a ;
decided advantage -over cotton. There are j
plenty of farmers in the West who do not
make more than fifty bushels of corn to the ,
acre, and sell corn at 25 cents a bushel, i
equal to $12.50 an acre. A good farmer on
almost any kind of land in the South, prop- j
erly fertilized with pea vines and other!
home fertilizers, should make twenty to;
twenty-five bushels of corn to the acre, and
a pea crop besides, the whole worth $20 to
$40 per acre. Why, then, will not corn in I
the South pay? Besides, homemade corn
sold to non-producers in the South prevents
so much money from leaving the country,
while Western corn takes money from the
South to return no more; then corn in the
West that is made into whisky is sent into .
the South and takes the balance of the profit.
Cheese and Eucjs.?No. 1.?Tare the1
rind from a pound of cheese, lay it in a pie
plate, and place in a moderately hot oven. |
As soon as the cheese begins to soften, break
over it, in separate places, as many eggs as
there are persons, sprinkle lightly with salt
aud pepper, and replace in the oven until
the eggs are well set. Lay each egg, with j
cheese below it, on a nicely browned and I
buttered slice of toast; place the slices on i
dessert plates, and put one beside each
plate at the table.
No. 2.?Poach one egg for each person,
and lay on a large plate. Grate some cheese
over the eggs?as much as desired ; put the
plate in the oven until the cheese is melted.
No. 3.?Cut very thin a quarter of a pound
of cheese and put it in a frying pan over a
slow lire. Add to it half a cup of milk, but-!
ter, a pinch each of salt and pepper. Stir
until the cheese is almost melted ; then add j
three well-beaten eggs with half a cup of I
milk. Cook until set, and serve in a hot (
dish or 011 thin toast. An agate pan is much
the best for cheese.
No. 4.?Put into an agate pan a lump
of butter (hickory nut size,) and place over'
n mnilnvnto firp ltp.nt trifrptllPl' SIX OlTtTS.
with salt and pepper to taste, and pour,
them into the pan ; add immediately, half a
cup of grated cheese. Stir until well set.
Serve in allot, flat dish?Good Housekeeping, j
^tisffUancous ftcadiug.!
THE TAPESTRY WEAVERS.
Let us take to our hearts a lesson?uo braver j
lesson can be?
From the ways of the tapestry weavers on the
other side of the sea.
Above their heads the pattern hangs; they.
study it with eare,
And while their lingers deftly move their eyes
are fastened there.
They tell this curious thing, besides, of the patient,
plodding weaver;
i-T., ..-/.rl-o <*ii Mm wrnntr side evermore, but !
works for the right side over.
It is only when the weaving stops, and the web
is loosed and turned,
That he sees his real handiwork?that his marvelous
skill is learned.
Ah, the sight of its delicate beauty, how it pays
him for all his cost!
No rarer, daintier work than his was ever done
by the frost.
Then the master bringeth him golden hire, and
and giveth him praise as well,
And how happy the heart of the weaver is no
tongue but his own can tell.
The years of man are the looms of God, let
down from the place of the sun,
Wherein we are weaving ever till the mystic
web is done.
Weaving blindly, but weaving surely, each for
himself his fate;
We may not see how the right side looks, we
can only weave and wait.
But, looking above for the pattern, no weaver
hatn need to fear,
Only let him look clear into heaven?the Perfect
Pattern is there.
If ho keeps the face of the Saviour forever and
always in sight,
His toil shall be sweeter than honey, his weaving
is sure to be right.
And when the work is ended, and the web is
turned and shown,
He shall hear the voice of the Master; it shall
say to him, "Well done!"
And the white winged angels of heaven, to bear
him thence shall come down,
And God shall give him gold for his hire?not
coin, but a glowing crown!
SHE WAITED AND WEDDED.
She was a fashion writer. She also had a
rw-.inmn i? tVio mncrnzino which was devoted i
to answering all the questions asked by damsels
whose complexions were not just as they
desired, whose sweethearts did not behave
just as they wished, and those who wanted
cures for freckles. She was used to being
asked the exact length of Cleopatra's nose,
the color of Eve's hair, the family name of
Queen Victoria. She gave her opinion as to
the propriety of kissing games; gave her
advice as to the dressing of a bride or a graduate
; but she did get desperately tired when
a girl would write sixteen pages about the
"gentleman who was keeping company with
her."
To her most intimate friend the miserable
fashion writer told the following story :
"A letter came to me written in the usual
fashion, and ia which the girl said that she
had been keeping company with a young
man for two years, that he didn't have much
money, and would I advise her to marry
him aud go into apartments, or to wait three
months and have a home to start with, and
I gave her a lot of advice and a few suggestions
that I thought might help her aloug.
I never heard of her anymore, but last week
when I was shopping, a young woman tapped
me on the shoulder and asked modestly:
" 'Are you Mrs. Dash ?'
"She wore a hat trimmed with roses, and
very, very long and very wide pale blue
streamers down her back. Her coat was a
light one, with enormous pearl buttons upon
it, and her gloves were white. Upon her
face was the most delighted expression possible.
She lookecT so happy that it absolutely
rested the shop girl to look at her. Then
she explained herself.
" 'I s'pose I ought to be ashamed of myself?one
lady speaking to another in this
way?but I'm Mrs. Frilkins. Of course, you
don't know me by that name now, but I
always read your magazine, and last year
I wrote you a letter asking you whether I
had better marry a young man who was
running after me then, or whether we had
better wait until Ave had enough to set up
housekeeping. You Avrote me a beautiful
letter; you told me how to be noble aud
honorable with my husband, and to be affec
tionate and always glad to see him, and then
you told me to wait for a home. It was a lucky
thing you said that, because I had made up
my mind to do exactly as you told me.
I've got a beautiful home, and you see how
I am dressed. You have done more for me
than any woman in the whole world.'
"I can't tell you how this affected me. I
felt the tears come into my eyes, and I said
to myself:
" 'Well, after all, the letters do some good.'
"I took Mrs. Frilkin's hands in mine and
said, earnestly.
" 'I can't tell you how glad I am ! And
how happy that young man must be !'
"'Goodness gracious!' she said; 'why, I
didn't marry him ! During the waiting time
I did a heap better?I married his boss.' "
HOW MAIL CLERKS ASSIST THE MEMORY.
The railway postal clerks have a unique
method for learning the routes on which
post offices are located. Take, for example,
the State of Pennsylvania, in which there
are over 5,000 offices. The prospective mail
distributor buys a quantity of blank cards?
about the size of the ordinary visiting card?
and on each of these he writes the name of
an office. On the back of the card he writes
the name of the route by which the office is
served by its mail. Taking in hand a pack j
of these cards?say from 50 to 100?he goes |
over them one after another studiously, j
looking at the back each time and getting
the name and route clearly associated in his
mind. The second time he goes through
the pack he finds that he knows the half of
the routes by reading the name of the office.
It is a dull student who, upon going over a
pack of cards a dozen times, does not know
them thoroughly. The method is so simple
and such an aid to memorizing that it is
adopted by all railway mail clerks. By it:
clerks have been known to memorize a State
like Pennsylvania inside of two months.
On all large routes clerks work but half
time, the other half being devoted to rest |
and stndv. The mail clerk at home con-1
tinually reminded of coming examinations, |
carries his cards wherever h*e goes, conning;
them over at every opportunity. One de-1
monstrative clerk on the New York and;
Pittsburgh It. P. O. is famed for having
learned the State of Ohio in four days. As i
he shullled over his cards'he walked from!
garret to cellar, and vice versa, from dawn j
until the shades of twilight fell. On the
fourth day he went to the examiner's ofiice
and separated Ohio without an error.
It is related that the wife of a postal clerk .
adopted the card method of increasing her i
vocabulary in French. On one side of the ;
cards she wrote the French word and on the j
other the English equivalent to be learned. I
Another lady hearing of this, used the same j
system successfully for learning mythology,!
placing the word "Mars," for instance, on j
one side of the card and "war" on the other.
The method has so many advantages over j
the old and tedious way of learning from the j
pages of a book, that it might be utilized
with advantage by teachers in search of new
methods of imparting instruction.
A MAX WITH 100 OI'NCES OF BRAINS. '
This question about Ben Butler's cnor-;
inous brain reminds me of an odd character I
whc now resides in Washington, I). C.?Lof- j
tus.I. Parker, a man who has a natural case ;
of "big head" that surpasses anything j
known in physiological or anatomical liter- j
ature. Butler had sixty-three ounces of j
brain (if I rightly remember the accounts j
that were published in the newpapers soon I
after the autopsy,) but this man Parker
surely has one hundred ounces. If his skull I
is no thicker than that of the average man,,
and the specific}* gravity of the thought i
matter contained therein is similar to that of!
the small-headed varieties of the genus homo, \
then Mr. Parker will show a brain weight!
as much greater than that of Butler, Cuvierj
and other big-brained men as theirs were j
greater than an everyday Harrison Bepub- j
iican's. Parker's head is simply enormous? i
measuring a fraction over thirty-two inches :
around, that of an "average man" being
eleven inches smaller. Mr. Parker is a man ;
of about fifty years of age. Twenty or;
twenty-five years ago three Washington'
physicians noticed the monstrous si/e of hisj
brain-pan and resolved to own it after Mr. j
Parker had no further use for it. They I
called him in one day and made known
their desires. At that time he was a busi-;
ness man of the Capitol, not exactly as;
successful as the Stewarts, Drexcls and tiirards;
still he was making a fair living.)
These medicos proposed to him that he re-:
tire on a bonus or subsidy which they would
pay regularly if he would sign an agree- i
ment to the effect that they were to be the J
sole owners of the gigantic skull and con-'
tents after he had "shuflled oil" this mortal J
coil." An agreement was soon arrived at, j
and Parker retired on the "endowment"
which was then and there set aside for his
maintenance. I understand that he has already
outlived two of the physicians that
made the proposal, and that the third is
likely to lose all interest in the skull before
Parker relinquishes his right to what is
generally known as the biggest head in the
world.''
REMARKABLE RAINFALL.
We often hear people declare that during
a certain heavy shower 'hit least a foot of
water fell." That such a phenomenal shower
would be impossible I shall now attempt
to prove: An acre is equal to (i,282,040
square inches; an inch of water over the
surface of an inch would mean 6,272,640 cubic
inches, which, at the usually estimated rate of
227 inches to the gallon, means 22,000. This
immense quantity of water would weigh
222,000 pounds, or exactly 100 tons! Just
think of it, and this calculation is on the
basis of only an inch of rainfall; not a foot.
Yet many reliable (?) men will tell you that
they have seen wooden buckets of 10 and
12 inches in height rained full in less than
au hour. Such declarations are simply nonsense
of the most nousensical kind.
Throughout most of the United States the
amount of rain which falls in twenty-four
hours rarely exceeds one inch, which means
100 tons of water to the acre. There are
exceptions to all rules, of course, and occasionally
the fall is much more remarkable.
Thus at Flatbush, L. I., on the 22nd of August,
1843, 0 inches of rain fell in less than
eight hours; at Catskill, N, Y., on July 26,
1819, 15 inches of water fell in six hours ; at
Wilmington, Del., on July 29,1834, 5 J- inches
fell in less than two hours and a half, and at
Fairfield, 0., on the 12th day of August,
1861, 8 inch es of water fell in 11 hours.
Such phenomenal showers are necessarily
quite limited in extent, for if every particle
of moistu-e were wrung from the atmosphere
it would cover the entire globe to a
depth of less than four (4) inches.
The southern slopes of the Himalaya
record as much as 610 inches of rain in a
single year, but to counterbalance this, Peru,
Egypt and parts of Persia often pass whole
years without rain.
One of the Mysteries.?"I'm an old
man/' he said slowly, ''and I've lived a long
time longer than most men who have lived
as long as I have, for there's mighty little in
this world that I oughtn't to know, that I
don't know ; but there is one thing I don't
know, and I've been trying to learn it for
^ A" ?tAA?n A n IAOO ,
in by jcaici rnuic ui icoo.
"What's that?" interrogated Gamaliel,
who was but yet a beginner.
"Well, my son, it's this: "I don't know,
and I don't believe I ever shall, why it is
that when a man gets home at 3 o'clock in
the morning and finds he hasn't his night
key in his pocket, he can ring the bell and
thump the door and throw pebbles up
against the windows and disturb the whole
neighborhood, and keep on doing it for threequarters
of an hour or more before he wakes
anybody up in the house; but if he gets
there at 3 a. m., and has his key in his pocket,
and slips it into the lock as still as a
mouse, and turns it without a creak, and
shuts the door as softly as the dew ifalls,
and creeps up stairs in his stocking feet as
stealthily a3 a cat, and gets into his room
as noiseless as the stars go to their rest, he
not only wakes up his wife, but next morning
everybody in the house is asking him
what he means by coming in at that hour of
the night, and if he must come in then,
why doesn't he make less racket and not
disturb the whole country."
"The old man in excess of er-otion gasped
once or twice and began to mop his brow.
"That's what I don't know, young man."
he went ou; "and I'll like to live until you
have lived just as long as I have, to see if
you can find out, but I don't really believe
you ever will."
"I'll try," briefly remarked Gamaliel, and
those who know Gamaliel have a sublime
confidence "hat he has mude a noble beginning.
IIe Dies Regularly Once a Week.?
An Italian, who cannot be other than a most
remarkable impostor, has been playing wonderful
trick 5 upon the good people ofTiflis,
in the Caucasus, Russia. His name is Tagarelli,
and while he cannot be termed an Italian
in the strict sense of the wrord, having
been born i a Russia of parents born in the
same country, it is known that he is of that
extraction. He is known all over the
land of the czar as "The Dying Prophet,"
his ability to delude the public depending
on a queer faculty he has for dying
and returning to life once every week. A
person who has viewed the situation on the
ground says: "The audacity of his pretensions,
the skill with which they are main
tained and, above all, the profound effect
produced upon all who come in contact with
him, have no parallel ip history. He is a
most extraordinary being, and if he be an
impostor, then he is the most marvelous impostor
of the age."
He dies to all appearances, and the ordinary
death tests declare that life is extinct.
While in this condition he declares that his
spirit visits "the other world," but whiqh of
the two he will not tell. All that he will
divulge in regard to his doings while on these
"trips" is that he examines the Book of
Life, and that he can tell the spiritual standing
of every person who cares enough about
it to make inquiries.
Slept Fifty-Seven years.--"Irving's Rip
Van Winkle" is believed to have its foundation
in the wonderful story which Pliny relates
concerning the extraordinary experience
of a shepherd named Epimenides. The
scene is laid in Crete ; the time summer, and
Epimenides \ boy of some 15 years. During
the very warmest part of the day he found
that some of the sheep were missing, and
at about the same time heard prolonged
bleating from the almost inaccessible portions
of a neighboring mountain, ire grasped
his crook and started off in the direction
of the sounds. The path was a very difficult
one to travel over, the day hot, so that long
before he reached the stray sheep, he was so
overcome with fatigue he lay down in a dry
place in a cool cavern to sleep. He slept,
so Pliny gravely informs us, fifty-seven years.
At last, when he had finally managed to
shake off the terrible lethargy that had held
i.:? HI? 1 t,?lf ?
Ullll spcuuuuuu 1UI 1IIU1 u UKUl null ? cvhim.j,
he returned to the herd only to find a brother
younger than himself a tottering, grayhaired
grandfather. "That "ill-wind" proverb
is very appropriate in this case, for we
find that Epimcnides's enforced slumbers
had endowed him with miraculous powers.
He became a great epic poet and Gnostic
philosopher, and even defied death itself for
nearly three centuries, not dying until after
he had celebrated his two hundred and
eighty-fifth birthday.
Lifts an Elephant With IIis Teeth.?
Milo, the famous athlete of ancient Greece,
the man who was victor at both the Olympic
and l'ythian games for six different times
in succession, and whose chief claim to fame
rests upon the feat of running four miles
with a three-year-old ox upon his shoulders,
would hide his head with shame could he
visit London and witness the wonderful feats
performed by Sullivan, the modern Samson.
Sullivan is only 31 years of age and weighs
but 168 pounds, yet he is a physical giant
without an equal in the known world. He
regularly goes through a routine of feats illustrative
of his wonderful strength, the
most remarkable being the actual lifting of
an.elephant with his teeth. The elephant is
not a Jumbo, to be sure, neither is he small,
especially when you come to consider the
size of the man who does the lifting and the
usual dimensions and strength of human
teeth. The elephant daily and nightly
swung like a pendulum from Mr. Sullvan's
teeth is known as "the infant," and weighs
between 1,800 and 2,000 pounds. This remarkable
strong man is probably the only
one in the world who lifts more than 1,000
pounds with the teeth alone. Another favorite
trick of bis is that of lifting a barrel of
water (5GG pounds) with one finger.
Orksin of "The Dead Wood."?"I've
got the dead wood on you," is an expression
signifying that the evidences of unfair dealing
are producible for the justification of the
defendant. It originated in this way : A
man's wife died and a first class cofliti was
ordered. The coffin, supposed to be of rosewood,
was lowered clumsily into the grave,
and one corner of it was knocked off. The
gentleman took the piece, of wood home, and
found it was pine. The bill was presented and
a rosewood coffin was one of the items. The
undertaker was forced to sue for the amount,
and when brought to court the defendant
produced his chip in evidence. So goes the
story.?Detroit Free Press.
fiJaT" It is one of the beautiful compensations
of this life that no one can sincerely try to
help another without helping himself.
I inside tothemgis.
^
B&T t'ncle Sam lias 40 per cent, of the
world's railroads.
f$3T Experience may he a dear teacher, but
her lessons are well taught.
gST" Conduct is the great profession. What
n m?n /Inne folic llu wlint. lio ic
I figT "All things come to him who waits
! but the trouble is starvation is one of them, j
j gST" Southwestern Missouri furnishes 80 per
J cent, of the zinc ore mined in the United
| States.
j figy The man who uniformly handles his j
animals kindly is almost always a successful j
1 farmer.
BSy The year 185)3 began on Sunday and it
will finish on Sunday, so that it will contain
53 Sundays.
BgT" Since the organization of the government
there have been eleven special sessions
of congress.
Cut flowers are now being brought I
from San Francisco to the East in special refrigerator
cars.
One of two things is true. We either
give according to our means, or according to
our meanness.
B&~ Jagson says it's always a paradox of
drink that a man will get away with more
than he can carry.
BfiT For selling bis vote a resident of Wolf
county, Kentucky, was sentenced to disfranchisement
for life.
It is estimated that nearly four million
tons of ice have been harvested on the Hudson
river this season.
8ST Every new acquaintance we make has
the power to tell us something we didn't
know about ourselves.
tGf" Hard coal loses 8 per cent, in bulk per
annum when exposed to the weather. Soft
coal loses 12 per cent.
?aF' There is a sense in the soul which loves
the right, as there is in the body an appetite
whicli loves pleasures.
PS?" About the only way to make some people
happy is to provide for them some sort of
imaginary martyrdom.
tST" "I feel better about lickin' this postage
stamp," said the boy who had been sent to
mail a letter. "It's nearer my size."
86T A Japanese student who has graduated
at Harvard is going to return to Japan to
run a hotel on the "American plan."
8ST A wise man will desire no more than
what he may get justly, use sorberly, distribute
cheerfully, and live upon contentedly.
f$aB~ A Western paper suggests as an improvement
in Bibles the preparation of a
leaf or two in the "family record" for
divorces.
8?T The people who abuse this world most
J vehemently while enjoying all its privileges,
are generally the ones who raise a great fuss
over dying.
06T" Over three hundred houses, hotels,
stores and residences have been erected in
Jerusalem since the completion of the railway
to Jaffa.
A man without experience to guide
him is like a ship without a cunipuss. He
may escape the rocks, but the chances aro
all against him.
Pag" "What do you think will be the biggest
I thing you will see at the World's Fair?"
jsaid Mrs. Fucush. "My hotel bill," replied
her husband, gloomily.
' *wOn*? A nu,t HAAAnfl,( fAAI, A,,f
! 0Q7 A JVillldiid Vitj man ictounj iuua uuw
j a license for a (log named Christopher Columbus.
The City clerk was equal to the occa,
sion, aud gave him the license number 1492.
6?* John B. Itoden, a storekeeper at Birmingham,
Ala., after listening to a sermon on
the evils of card playing, made a large bonfire
; of the cards in his store, valued at fully $200.
j ?aT The Loudon Optican says that great
! men are usually blue-eyed and instances
Shakespeare, Socrates, Locke, Bacon, Milton,
j Goethe, Franklin, Napoleon, Bismark, Gladstone,
Huxley, Virchow, and Itenan.
BST" "They've got a scheme for making rain
now, Maria," said Silas. "Lawsy mel
What'll they dew next?" returned Maria.
"I've hum tell o' boys raising thunder, but
I never thought they'd make it rain."
86T Little Girl?Ma told me to tell you
that the milk you sell makes the baby sick.
Grocer?Tell your mother that if the baby
does not thrive on fresh milk to boil it.
"How long is the baby to be boiled ?"
fiST Whatever faults Voltaire may have
had, he certainly showed himself a man of
sense when he said, "The more married men
you have, the fewer crimes there will be.
Marriage renders a man more virtuous and
more wise."
S6T War and glory have been costly things
to France. Between 1792 and 1815 she sacrificed
one-half of the 4,500,000 soldiers
whom she sent to fight her battles. War has
cost her in this century not far from 6,000,i
000 lives.
! WaT The father of a St. Louis bride present.
ed his son-in-law with 80,000 head of cattle.
"Papa, dear," exclaimed his daughter, When
she heard of it, "that was so kind of you to
. muke such a gill; Charley is so fond of oxi
tail soup!"
It is said that hotel keys are subject to
i fits ; that the bell-boys get the call; that the
| head waiter, while he may have patience,
; never waits; that the elevator man has a
I An/1 tliof t lm frnnl-. r\lntn trlnQC rlnnr.Q
! l'u"j ? "? I- O-"? ?
i have their swing.
| Iter A Connecticut firmof jewelers has patj
ented a large, cheap watch, designed to be
I carried in the overcoat pocket. They are
! said to find a ready sale among men who are
I too lazy to unbutton their coat when they
want to know the time.
fifeS" "Stamps, please," curtly said the young
i lady. "With or without?" quired the face|
tious drug clerk. "With or without! With!
out what?" was the indignant inquiry,
j "Whiskers, ma'am. One-centers has no
i whiskers on Columbus. The two-centers
| have."
I
j 8ST "Give me a porous-plaster; I've got a
! lame back." "We're just out of them ; but
! here is a Columbian postage stamp, which
: answers just as well and comes cheaper.
! We're selling lots of them just now. Wait
a minute, and I'll punch a few holes in it for
I you."
BS&T A Scotchman had two sons, one of
: whom was a doctor and the other a clergy.
man. of whom he was very proud. "If I
had kent," said he, "that aneof my sons was
to be a medical man and the other a meenister,
I would never had auld Jenny McCosh
for their mither."
fifea?" "My friend," said the Itev. Sidney
Smith to a cobbler who was mending his
j shoe, when the great wit was a poor curate
j in Gloucestershire, "you remind me of the
! sacred ordinance of matrimony." "How
I so?" quoted liie eonuier. uecausc juu
; bind two souls together in unity !"
gSTA female lunatic in England is of the
opinion that she is an envelope containing a
| letter, and with this idea she fixes a stamp
I on her forehead and imagines that she goes
j through the post to visit her relatives. The
l following day she sticks another stamp on
: for the return journey.
fiST A resident of Mobile, Ala., has a strong
inflection for a pet cat." The animal is said
J to be 27 years old, has 110 teeth, and is also
blind. The owner cares for it as attentively
j as though the cat were a child, feeding it
J constantly 011 raw oysters, of which the cat
| seems to be very fond.
i B6T It is computed that all the locomotives
; in the United States would, if coupled to-,
I getlier, make a train 300 miles long. The
| passenger cars would make another train of
! about the same length ; and if all the cars
of every variety in the country were coupled
behind the engines, the result would be a
i train just about seven thousand miles long.
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THE CORBIN
DISK HARROW.
o
It is the Best labor Saving Farming Implement
in the World, and Will do
More to Increase Crops and Eednce
Cost of Production than any
Farming Implement Ever
Introduced.
A GREAT deal has been said about the Corbin
Disk Harrow during the past three years in
the columns of The Enquirer. If it was anything
else than what is claimed for it, the peoEle
would long ago have branded it as a fraud,
ut instead of being denounced it is endorsed and
recommended as the greatest money saver and
crop inoreaser ever introduced in this section by
every farmer who has tested it, and there are
scores of them. The following testimonials from
well known farmers should, we think, be sufficient
to convince even those who do not wanl
to be convinced. Read and then act:
Ghover, n. C., July 10,1889.
Sam M. Grist, Yorkvllle, S. C.: Dear Sir:?I have
owned a 111-inch Corbin Disk Harrow for the past foui
years and have put it to every possible test and It hat
given entire satisfaction. I had long felt the need oi
a harrow that would pulverize the soil thorough!)
from four to six inches deep, and realized that this
could not be done by any drag or tooth harrow, foi
they only pulverize the surface, leaving many clods
or lumps untouched, and these clods would be worked
to the surface In cultivating the crop : and all lntelli
Sent farmers know that cloddy land does not give the
est results. Hence the great Importance of a Harrow
that will pulverize the soil as deep as the plow goes
My Harrow will thoroughly pulverize to a depth ol
seven Inches. I want nothing better In stalk land lr
putting In wheat or oats than the Corbin Harrow, foi
it not only does better work than a plow, but it is si
much faster, cutting six feet at a time, and all farmer
know the importance of saving time at the seasor
when these crops nre usually sown. I venture the as
sertlon that no farmer who owns a Corbin Harrow
would be without It for twice its cost. Two great ad
vantages the harrow possesses over most improved
farming Implements is its simplicity and durability
Any sleepy-headed free negro cun operate it if he hai
sense enough to drive a wagon. I have prepared stub
ble land for planting, where there was 110 rocks 01
stumps, with my harrow, by harrowing it twice
crossing the first work with the last, as well or bettei
than I have ever done with a plow. Much more
might be said about the Corbin Harrow but I think ]
have said enough to induce lhrmers to inquire intc
Its merits. All who investigate will be converted.
Very Itespectlully, Felix H. Dover.
Yokkville, S. C., May 15,1890.
Sam M. Grist, Yorkvllle, S. C.: Dear Sir?It gives
me pleasure to add my testimony as to the worth ol
the Corbin Disk Harrow us a farming Implement. I
have used the Harrow purchased of you last fall for a
variety of purposes, and in no single Instance has It
fulled to do all that is claimed for it by the manufacturers
and by the farmers whose testimony you have
already published. Last fall I plowed a piece ol
ground on my place that was covered with weeds, and
had also a considerable amount of wiregrass on it,
and when the plowing was finished, it was exceedingly
rough?in places the furrow would turn for twenty
live orthirty "yards without breaking. I then went
to work with the Harrow, and after going over the
ground two or three times, I had it in as good condition
as an ordinary garden is after being spaded and
raked, and I am now cultivating this land and it is
still soft and mellowand easily worked. I also broke
my cotton stalk land and then pulverized it and cut
up the cotton stalks with the Harrow. I find a wonderful
difference in working land that 1ms been harrowed
and that which has not. The more I use my
Harrow the better I like it. It is my purpose to sow
my small grain with it next fall, and for two reasons:
First, I can sow it better, and, therefore, get better results
; and second, I can do It at about one-tilth the
expense and in one-flfth of the time, as compared
with the ordinary mode of sowing grain. No farmer
can afford to be without the C'orbin Harrow, and the
sooner the farmers tlnd tills out the better. 1 would
not take live times tlie cost of my Harrow for it and
do without it. I shall be pleased to give my friends
any further Information they may desire. .
Respectfully, K. H. Gi.knn.
Yoiikviu.e, S. C., July 8, 1880.
Ham M. Gitist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir:?In re|
ply to your inquiry as to what I think of the valueot
theCorbin Disk Harrow as a farming implement, I
would say that I consider myselt incompetent to do
tiie implement Justice, but will try to give some idea
of my estimate of Its value. I consider the Corbln
Disk Harrow to be the most valuable farming implement
I have ever used, or ever expect to use. There
is no other implement of which I have any knowledge
! that will do as many different kinds of work, or do
[ the work as well. There Is no implement which will
do equal service that I have overseen, that is so simI
pie in construction or which is less liable to get out ol
order. It is one of the few improved farming implements
which can be used to advantage by the ordinary
negro. TheCorbin Harrow will more than pay
for itself in one season if given half a chance. I now
have on my farm a Ui-inch, 12-disk Corbln Harrow,
the original price of which was ?10, and although the
implement has been in use ncltrlv live years, if it was
liniiossible to get another, I would not take five times
Its cost for it. In conclusion, let me say that some ot
my assertions may sound extravagant to some of my
brother farmers who arc not familiar witli the Corbln
Harrow, but I will say to those who may doubt any
of my statements, that I will take pleasure in demonstrating
the truth of each and every assertion to the
entire satisfaction ofall who will call at my farm near
town. I hoite to see, or hear, at an early day, of a.Corbln
Harow being on the farms of hundreds of fanners
in this section. R respectfully, \V. >1. Wai.kkh.
The time for sowing spring oats is near at
hand. If you want to have your crou put
in as it should be, and thereby insure a larger
erop than would otherwise bo produced, you
should have a Corbin Disk Harrow. Right now
ts the time to buy and I will be pleased to quote
prices and give terms.
SAM M. GRIST, State Agent,
Yorkville, S. C.
pb" I am also agent for Union, Mecklenburg,
Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Caldwell and Cleveland
counties, North Carolina, for the saleof the
genuine Corbin Disk Harrow. S. M. (1.
I HAVE NOT
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THE ENQUIRER lately, because I have
been absent for several weeks, but I AM STILL
IN THE PIANO AND ORGAN BUSINESS
unci expect to meet all legitimate competition
with u Piano or an Organ that for merit anil
price cannot be duplicated in these parts. I
handle instruments direct from the factory. I
WILL SELL, RENT OR EXCHANGE.
A guarantee is stamped on every instrument
and I will satisfy you or refund your money. I
CAN TUNE YOUR PIANO in a scientific
manner and guarantee all work.
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Complete Set of Latest Improved Attachments.
Each PEERESS Machine is furnished with a complete set of Johnson's celebrated steel nickle -st'
plated Attachments in a velvet lined case. Following is the outfit: ,1 Tucker, 1 Ruffler, with
shirring plate, 1 Hemmer Set (4 widths) and Binder, 1 Braider (Foot and Slide), 1 Thread Cutter.
1 Hemmer and Feller (one piece), 10 Needles, 6 Bobbins, 1 Wrench, 1 Screw Driver, Oil Can filled
with Oil, Cloth Gauge and Thumb Screw.
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE MISLED
Into paying the prevailing high prices charged by agents and peddlers under the old system, and
which has been entirely anollshed in the sile of the PEERLESS by our plan, and the machine is
ai a ;,.i 1 11? 1 ~ "* - -l' ?* nw/?o Huiu roHovincr tho
II1UM IlirillSIlUU IU (11H jjl'upiu UL H <1U\<U1?.'U un-l HID manuiouuivio y>u>w >vuvwB
purchaser from contributing toward paying the salaries and expenses of traveling men and agents.
Every PEERLESS machine is guaranteed to be as represented and to give entire satisfaction,
or money will be refunded. A registered Certificate of Warranty is furnished by the manufacturers ^
agreeing therein to furnish any parts that may prove defective WITHIN FIA E YEARS, free of
charge (except Needles, Bobbins and Shuttles), so great is their confidence in the excellence of the
PEERLESS.
Price, including one year's subscription to THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, $22.50.
Our price?$22.50?is for the Machine well crated, and delivered on board the cars in Chicago, with
all attachments and accessories. The Machine will be shipped direct to the purchaser, and the
freight will be paid by the person who receives the Machine. The manufacturers write us that
the freight to any point in this section will average about $1.50.
Give name of freight station if different from post office address,
s Every order must be accompanied by the cash. Send money by Post Office Money Order,
i Registered Letteror New York exchange. Don't send postage stamps for any amount exceeding50
cents. L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C.
; March 9 10 tf ^
. _ I . _ . i . . To insure against accident?
; Does It Fay
What you want to know is the best company
[ in which to take accident insurance.
[ PERHAPS THE FOLLOWING FACTS WILL HELP YOU.
THE UNITED STATES MUTUAL ACCIDENT ,
! ASSOCIATION has more accident insurance in force
r than any other organization in the world.
It pays several times as much indemnity each year as that
T paid by any other mutual accident association.
i It has $x 10,000 emergency fund, besides other ample
r assets.
? A $io,ooo policy with liberal indemnities costs $34 per year
i in one payment or $6 quarterly.
Accident
91191 Insurance
JAMES R. PITCHER, IgP'""" DflVC
Sec. & Gen. Manager. company I Clj D
I ' TWrffip* Elsewhere ??Perhaps?
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local AGENTS :
W. J. Caveny, Rock Hill; Dr. J. C. McCubbins, Blacksburg,
, SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST, General Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
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; GARRY IRON ROOFING COMPANY,
Manufactures all kinds of gfr ^ ^ IRON ORE PAINT
IRON ROOFING, And Cement.
CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, ^152 TO 158 M ERWIN ST.,
Iron Tile or Shingle, :Cleveland, O.
fike proof noons, shutters, .tr.f fe^r^.-y.T x?MK Send for Circular
and Price List No. 75.
THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD.
^?"Orders received by L. M. GRIST.
YOUR WIFE OR DAUGHTER
Hj^OMPLAI^S o^heing tired after running ^
__ , T AM handling a first class line of COFFINS
/ )/pf : I AND CASKKTS which I will sell at the very
LyCl'tL UCJ lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours.
' I atn prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture
.1 717" j_ J ! at reasonable prices.
i on the n ateI \ j. ed jefferys.
APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE.
to find some clew to the jVTOTICE is hereby given that the under'
. .. _ . x) signed, administrator of the estate of Dr.
mysterious disappearance oj ; \\\ g. Campbell, deceased, will make
j . la final settlement with the Judge of Probate
f I 1 j 7 * J for York county, on the 18th day of MARCH, ]
/ 11/9 /~1 /t /I /l C l85KJ' at 10 a- ,n?! ne will make
/ fir /1 fJ. /fJ. f J .1 .application for a final discharge from liability
/?/^ J. V. W / lA fvT kJ | as administrator ofthe said estate.
i J. F. ASHE, Administrator,
T~\ 7 McConnellsville, S. C.
February 15 7 5t
J.V. 14/1/ V " APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE.
/ "V*"OTICE is hereby given that the undersign- *
i see this figure at the window signaling I cd, <executor of the estate of JAMES B.
. , ..... ... JACKSON, deceased, will make a hnal settlettlto
the flight. It IS but one Of the inent with the Judge of Probate for York
fhrjllitiir mill dmtn/iiir 'county, on the 16th day of MARCH, 18513, at
many thrilling ana dramatic i lo o'clock, a. m., when he will make appplicaincidents
in our tion for a fi,ml discharge from liability as ex!
ecutor of the said estate.
A 7" C ' '* JACKSON, Executor.
= l\ eW OCVUlt | February 15 7 5t*
?. n. K. KINI.KY. J. s. nillCK.
PINLEY <Si RRICE,
. DON'T FAIL TO READ ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
THE RAJAH'S RUBV Yorkvllle, S. C.
A LL business entrusted to us will be given
Soon to Annear In this Paper. nrnmnt <
DO YOU WANT A GOOD HORSE ! j OFFICE IN THE BUILDING ATTHK REAR J
FOR sale, a good BUGGY AND SADDLE OF M. A II. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. 1
HORSE. Apply to L. M. GRIST. 1 January 7 1 tf J
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