Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 04, 1896, Image 4
tumorous department.
Nearly Caught.?An exchange
paper is responsible for a pretty good
story concerning an old gentleman who
was very fond of the game of "pool:"
Our old friend, a few nights since,
came home very late from a siege of
"pool." His wife was asleep. When
she awoke in the morning, she found
upon the floor a marble which had
dropped out of her husband's pocket
when he came to bed, upon which
were the figures "17."
"What is this?" said she to her lord.
He opened his eyes, looked, blushed,
was confused and stammered : "Why,
why?it's a marble,ain't it?""Yes,"
said she, "but what are you
doing with a marble in your pocket ?"
"Tn mv Twv?ltpt, \ well?ah ! the fact
r* ~
is, I've bad that marble in my pocket
for the last 35 years?ever since I used
to play 'for keeps' with Bill ."
"Indeed!" incredulously asked his
wife, "but what are these figures on
here for? What does '17'mean?"
"Seventeen mean ?" said he, hesitatingly.
"Oh, 17 !" why, that was the
number of marbles Bill owed me when
we quit playing; be marked it' on there
so I wouldn't forget it."
"Nixey."?"Why this look of set
despair which has set on yoor brow
for a day or two ?" said Tillingbast to
Winebiddle. ~
"Miss Tenspot won't marry me after
giving me what I considered a great
deal of encouragement, and making
me imagine she cared for me."
"So she said 'No!' did she?"
The rejected one shook his head
sadly as he made reply i ? , - a 1
"I think I could have stood thst^
but her reply wounded my sensibilit.iaa
t/i t.hn nilir>lr "
"She did not taunt yon with your
poverty, surely ?" , .
"Not at all."
"How did she wound your feelings, ;
then ?"
"Well, I asked her to marry me,
and she never said a word about its 1
being sudden or asking time to con- i
sider, or that sort of thing, but she j
replied?"
"What?" i
"Nixey!" ,
Knows Whebe He Was Hit.?A
young teacher in a Chicago school had ;
a shock the other day, from which she \
has not recovered. It was not given |
her by electricity, but by one of the ,
small urchins in her room. She is a
sweet young woman and has a sympa- ,
thetic way with the little people in her ,
care. So that when one of the small
AVkAv-ka AamA fa bar nrnlnrr t.VlCk nt.hfil* .
vuaj^/o vaiuo w uvt vijih^j ?mw j
noon, all her tenderness was aroused
at once for the little fellow. .
"What's the matter, dear?" she
asked. "Are you hurt?"
"Yessum," was the reply, and the '
little fellow sobbed louder.
"Did you fall or did someone hurt
you ?" asked the teacher. j
"Willie hit me," was the answer, as '
he rubbed his eyes with a soiled handkerchief.
1
"Where did he hit you, dear?in the
basement ?" 4 i
"No'm, in the belly," was the an.
swer. 1
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A Heavy Fiee Insurance.?The
Bishop of Betersborough cannot help <
saying good things both in and out of ;
the pulpit?especially out of it. The f
other night a rich, benevolent, but j
somewhat brainless millionaire, was
boasting alter dinner that he gave ;
away ?2,000 to the poor regularly ]
every year. He said: "I think it is i
right, you know; a sort of duty of one
in my position. I can't say what becomes
of it, but it's given away in
charity, that's all I know and that's
all I care about it. ?2,000 every year."
"What," said the bishop, "do you
really mean to say you pay away ?2,000
to the poor every year as a religions
duty ?" "I assure you, my dear sir, it
is so,1' replied the wealthy man, with
careless complacency. "Well," said
the witty bishop, "that's the largest insurance
against fire I ever heard of!"
VST "Go ahead," is American ; it is
written on everything, from a plow to
a telegram. We are not always "sure
we are right," but nevertheless we go.
A little faster, a little farther, a little
stronger, a little longer, but all wrapped
up in the word "go." It would
be well for us to use a little Hibernian
wit on our "progress." Our readers
all recollect the ready answer of the
Irish carriage driver. "Obey my orders,"
said his haughty English master,
"if I order you to drive to the bottomless
pit." "And sure I will, your honor,"
answered Pat; "but yez must ex
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His Flock.?A Methodist minister t
tried to start a church in a Western '
town, but from lack of support had to i
give up the project. This was the
peroration of his farewell sermon : <
"At the last day the Lord will say to \
St. Peter, 'Where is your flock ?' and
St. Peter will answer 'Here Lord
he will say to Calvin, 'And where are ?
your sheep?' and Calvin will reply, f
'Here Lordand so all the shepherds ,
can answer. But when he asks me, {
'Where are your sheep?' how will you a
feel when I am compelled to reply, ^
'Lord, I haven't any; mine were all
hogs.'? ^
1ST Mr. Bashful?My daughter is ?
making surprising progress as an amateur
artist. She recently painted a
landscape which was so real that
the lowing of the cattle could be heard "
distinctly.
Mr. Hashful?Pretty good ; but my
darter Sal kin beat that. 3
Mr. Bashful?What! Has your J
daughter been developing as an em- *
bryonic artist ? r
Mr. Hashful?I don't know ez she v
hes bin doin' that, but she painted a e
pictur of a green cow-cumber so nateral v
that it give the hull family the cholera 0
morbus.
d
t@?~ "I always sleep with a pair of fl
harness under my bed," said the to- a
bacco drummer the other day. "Why "
is that," asked the lounger. "Be- c
cause," said the drummer. "In case v
I should have a nightmare, and my ti
bed should be a little buggy, I would c
hitch up and take a ride." v
-Wayside ?ath?infls.
W3T Speak the kind word and do the
kind deed while you can.
$3T Whosoever serves his country
well has no need of ancestors.
t&T The greatest length of England
and Scotland, north and south, is about
608 miles* ; ,. . .. 4
1^ Genuine prayer la the moetupliftingexercise
to which one can ;posaibly
engage* ; ' <
KST The hoy bully of school days is.
about sure to turn out the bully boy of
the barroom.
IST Selfconceit is the weakest and silliest
thing of which a rational. being
oau Knfcujty. ) , ; * ? f 7^
t0F A Httie annoyance is often harder
to- bear in the -right spirit than p*
great trodble..' f $ \ ? f .<
0&P "M6n Wave sought to have thefr
country; but who, before Jesus, sought
to save the world ?"
gOT Every time, you consent to do
wrong you weaken your character and:
corrupt your heart.
19" When yon feel inclined to falter
and ataggbr Under your lQad-lQok up
and take fresh courage. - M *
19* When you are tempted to fret
over the sbojtcgortugs of other people,
stop and think of your own. . y
f9" "Every cloud has a silver lining,"
and many a man wishes bis pecketbeok
was a good-sized, healthy cloncL \
|9" Beware of despairing about yourself
; you are commanded to put your
trust in God, and not in yourself.
P&T A good deed ieavvarioet^ke who
sows courtesy reap* friendship, and lie
who plants kindnes^gethers love. * "
MT It t? ia-tbe courting hours %thaf
tbe'youag woman finds that there is
"something of' the tnau about her." *
19" An ascertained fact about campaign
lies cat* out of tl\e whole-cloth
is thratr the cloth fs" ufeuhlly made tip of
yarns.
Yitginia has just enacted a law
making it a misdemeahor to dell intoxicants
to any student of an educational
institutipn in that State. '
$tT" Fire insurance companies were
in existence in Italy in the Twelfth
century. They' were established in
England in the Sixteenth cehtury. ;
tST "Say, mister," said the little
Fresh Air child, as she watched the
cattle enjoying their cud, "dp ypa have
to buy gum for all of them cows to
chew?"
tfSf She?I wonder where the custom
ofinotber's taking their daughters
to watering-places originated ? He?
[n the days of Abraham. Rebecca got
tier husband at onie. - }
96T It is very imprudent to give the
baby solid, food until he has teeth to
shew It,tfor nature provides the teeth
as soon as the stomach is strong enough
to digest suoh food properly.
9^ BicycHste in Germany use hand
grenades or bombs to get rid of troublesome
dogs. These bombs explode
with an extremely loud noise, and yet
are small and convenient to carry.
#9" France has a society whose object
is to check the decline in population.
It proposes that a law be enacted exempting
from taxation all families
containing more than three children.
19* The first exports of. cotton from
this country were in 1785, in which
year one bag was sent from Charleston
to Liverpool, phile 12 ^efeeent from
Philadelphia and one from New York.
9?f{umility is. a beautital grace.
Never put yourself before other people.
Let them put you forward. Never,
never boast of what you have done or
could do.: Self-praise goes but a little
way.: 1
19* In at least one city in the United
a 15 tta. _ 1
siaies?luonipener, v u?a louomuiive
Lire hangs in a church tower/ and is
used as a fire alarm gong, giving a
very clear and penetrating sound
when struck -by the striker.
$3T "What do you thirfk of the bicycle
3raze?'' "Great thing! I never took
jo much exercise before in all my
life." "Why, I didn't know that you
were riding." "I'm not, but I have
to cross the street once in a while."
tGT The Egyptians believed that the
joul lived only as long as the body
endured; hence their reason for embalming
the body to make It last as
long as possible. It is estimated that
iltogether there are 400,000,000 mumniesin
Egypt.
9" Said little Fannie Chaffie:
'Mamma, this is the jriaoe where some
little girls were walkiug, and one of
;hem fell down and hurt herself, and
/hey all laughed except me."' "And
why didn't you laugh, Fannie?" "Bemuse
I was the little girl that fell
lown and hurt herself."
"What a delicate-looking girl
;bat little Miss Pslim is!" observed
/he youth id the corauroy waistcoat.
'She may look feeble*" said the young
nan with the pale mustache, bitterly,
'but you ought to see how easily she
:an break a three-years' engagement
vhen a richer fellow comes along 1"
SOT" "If we can't talk about our
leighbors' faults, what are we to talk
ibout?" remarked the proof reader,
is he glanced at our article on gossip.
'Talk about your own faults," a printsr
over the way answered, "and you'll
oon get tired of talking?that is, if you i
ell the truth." Do you see the point ?
tST" A Maine clergyman was talking
o his Sunday school scholars, the
?ther day, and he expressed the hope
hat they would never come down
tairs without first saying their pray- :
irs. A bright little boy promptly reponded,
"I sha'n't have to say my 1
irayers, uaust; x uuu t biccji uj> own o.
t8F "Do you remember," asked the
roung lawyer and promoter, "that
ou onoe said I would never be rich ?
rather think I am on the road to
iches, at least." "I never said you
could not be rich," answered the
lderly cynic. "I only said you
could never have any money of your
wd, and I still say so."
B&T "I wish I could have lived in the
lays when men were brave enough to
ght duels for the smiles of women,"
aid the girl with the dreamy eyes.
But they couldn't set up the ice
ream soda in those days, for there
wasn't any," said the girl with the
ilted nose; and the dreamy girl conluded
that perhaps the modern times
fere best.
Site ?torij Seller.
AN ELOPEMENT.
A Story of Southern California.
BY FREDERIC L. WHBELKR.-' V
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At the foot of iht ytijjiB gradeta
i Bin all canon pie roes the ragged
tain side, and, watered by, geperous
springs, offer some ten acres or more
' of perennial pasfchrage." Bob Jennings
knew the spot when land was so plenty
in Southern California-that no one
thought of taking up a government
claim TOT ftp saae 01 agew ?rxue sgref.
He hid* l#ib lheiV,many>.moonlj!ght
nig!it? behind a fallen pfaie, waiting ftt?
sl??^ofprtnti?L ratt$C
toni every inhere? * But iihat fltis long
ago, when his father was-about the
only settler between Julian and CamDO
"y >' yjk
' ;^.h^uocke<f a^lft w<>Fl<U
gooS aeatSitfce then Witti, unvarying
ill-luck, untilAl?Jast he had t>een glad
.to,get back, to tie Vd^de h^ Viejas,
fagd! preempt a (juarteg. sejtjbi Which
included this little canon. Not that
Bob depended for his ftyelihood upon
thii l^ni^o4sis|n th0 deseft of cactifcf
and stgefertish. The freighters,
teaming, machinery and stores to the
#nliid mines, usually.made the foot of
the grade about sunset, and camped
there overnight before making the tedious
ascent.
Bob, with an eye to business, ran a
wi^ irocd arouiid the Mt,q?pmamm
built .his jrough ehanty with a snug
barroom Jrkfroai. Then he sat down
and a Waited. developments, which
were immediate, apd, for a time, .satis
rni _ i i. J"
raciory.^ .ape ^wjamsieru mlui uouimu
at thd loot or to Viejas'grade bet
Bob supplied the liquid refreshment of
man and beast. * . v
I Fof atirqe "Bob's botef' prospered;
He even added a small stock of merchandise,
and beguiled the easy-going
team qt ore of.ntany a "two-bit piece'1,
fbr needfedB knick-knackfc. But Iris
chief source of revenue came to he a
oertain-greeir covered t^ble wbipfch#
established in i *bug dorber near the
bar. Here he was ready to meet all
comers at their own game^-hhnself,
however, giving -'the. prefekdnie *ti>
poker.
, It was this green table that qjtimatefy
proved his fuio. . At. its, first
appearance, Bob's wife, who was not
so meek in those days, being a bride
and not yet fallen completely under
the brutal dominance of her lordrahdl
master, protested vigorously. Bob
merely laughed at first, then swore,
and finally Struck her the-fifst of the
long series of blows that punctuated,
as it were, her unhappy life. Mary
Jane protested, no more, but pursed $
sullen anger which fast grew to hatred.
She was glad when Sim Britten
opened a rival establishment half a
mile farther down the valley; glad,
although the growing preference for
the new hostelry meant increased illtreatment
for herself. The loss of income,
which was gall and wormwood
to Bob, did not affect her. In the
flush est times,- Bob was never generous,
even with "the boyal," touch less
with his wife.
. As his.business waued,; Bob Jook.tp
drfnkiogjheavily^, >aqd grew' more aha
more quarrelsome. Fights were of common
occufrenge in the rude bnrrpo(%
and one aightBob-killed a man.(
defense" was the verdict brought in by
the. coroner's jury; out men 8Dunned
the place more and there, until at last
only the toughest, unwelcome at the
new hoBtelry, congregated about the
green plpth at Bob's (place. Nothing
short of the'- total desertion "of his saloon,
which seemed imminent, kept
him from driving even these rude customers
aWay by his savage bearing.'
Of all the old habitues of the place
but one remained, wijose presence waa
not distasteful to Mary Jane. Jack'
Rainey, head vaquero on the Cutter
ranch, known far and wide as "the
whitest man in the county," rough
rider, dead shot, and "bronco-buster,";
used to drop in fbr an occosional game;
of "draw." Often, too, he alighted at
the dreary little saloon, at odd hours
of the day, and, if Bob were not at
home, remained to oh at with .the pad
uinmfln fn? ttlinm nil KaM
Vjw TTUWMM) ?V# M mrnx*mm~. bad
a tender spot in their rough hearts.
More than one man had remonstrated
with Bob about his treatment
of his woman. The man Bob killed had
done 90. Bob always resented. these
intrusions into his domestic affairs, often
with violence, and none bpt Jack
Balney had ever saved the girl an iota
of the rigor with which Jennings elected
to govern his household. }
Jack had been in the barroom one
night when, by some unfortunate slip,
in handing the thee tyrant |hi| pipe,
Mary Jane had scattered upon the
table, face up, the straight flush with
which he was about to capture the
last dollar of a young Irishman whom
he was initiating into the mysteries of
"freeze-out." With an oath, Jennings
rose from his seat as if to strike the
woman.
Jack Kainey's eyes had a bad look
in them as, in his blandest tones, he
said :
"Bob, ef ye strike that woman, I'll
kill ye."
"Bob looked at Rainey savagely, but
the two men knew one another, and,
with a second oath, Jennings seated
himself aud demanded a new deal.
Mary Jane always liked Rainey after
that, and lobked forward to his occasional
visits as the only bright spots in
her dreary life. She hated Jennings
with a dull, helpless bitterness; she
like Rainey in the same hopeless fashion.
She was cowed, dejected, brok- ,
en?and at 25.
One day as she stood on the rough
piazza of the saloon, gazing wistfully
nut over the valley, a full sense of her
iesolation seemed to fall upon her
like a blight. The familiar country,
seen through her sad tearless eyes,
seemed strange and mistlike, as in a
Iream. Voices shouted in her ears i
;he loud ribaldry of the saloon, yet
she knew the place was tenantless.
Even Bob was gone, with rifle and 1
logs, having taken a hankering for i
'resh venison. She hoped he would i
lot come back. She wondered why i
some streak of luck did not set her
free?a chance shot, a snake bite, a
Call into some gulch, anything to rid
her of this man. But, no ; luck never
came her way. With the night Bob
would return, and her old life of bondage
ran on as before. She shuddered,
although the warm sun lay lovingly
upon her.
"I can't stan' it," she muttered.
"I've got ter the 'end o' my roj>e.
Bob's hit me the last lick. Life ain't
been sweet ter me since I married ,
him, an' I'm goin' ter end it all."
* * ? - ? J J? J .A?
f irea Dy a suauen uukiujiubuuu,
she turned and went into the saloon.
She knew there was a loaded revolver
behind the bar. Bob had threatened
her with it more than once, and
sbe had dared him to shoot. Well,
she would save him the trouble. She
passed behind the bar and groped
among the bottles on the shelf beneath. <
Had Bob taken the gun with him ?
No?her fingers touched the cold
metal. < <
There was a sound of wheels and
the quick hoof-beats of trotting horses.
Some one was driving up from the
valley. Sbe must wait until they
passed, for she wanted to Bay a bit of
a prayer before she pulled the trigger.
Some one drove up to the piazza
wRti i? dash aod leaped out. ' A mSn's i
foVm darkened the doorway, and Jack
Rainey entered the saloon.
"Good evenin', Mis' Jennings," he
said. . uBob at home ?"
Mary Jane shook her head.
Rainey removed his broad sombrero
and wiped his brow. Then he leaned
- ? i-j ??i?>ii.J
against tntJ uar auu uieuiuuti vcij iuucu
'a cigarette. He did not looked at Mary
JaDe.
"Bob's been goin' on ag'in, ain't be!"
he asked, at length.
* The woman only sighed.
UI heered," said Jack, speaking with
great deliberation, "I heered he was
WQ88 than ever last night."
"He beat me," she answered, faintly.
Jack turned upon her quickly with
a kind of angry pity.
"Why don't you give him the shake ?"
he cried.
Mary Jane did not answer for a
minute. His query gave strength to
ber determination.
"I don't see how ye stan' it," Rainey
went on. "Ye used ter have spunk
enough?'fore ye married Bob."
"I got spunk enough," she said. "I
dou't need no urgin'. I made up my
mind jest afore you come in?an' I'm
goin' ter leave him, Mr. Rainey."
Jack looked a trifle disappointed.
"Can't I help ye ?" he asked, kindly.
"Nobody can't."
"Where ye goin' to ? How'll ye git
away ? Bob'll foller ye an' bring ye
back, without some one helps ye."
"Bob won't foller me. where I'm
a-goin'," she said.
There was something in her tone at
which Rainey took alarm. He walked
up and stood directly in front of her.
"What you mean ?" he asked sharply.
"Where you goin'?"
Mary Jane looked him straight in
the eye.
"To perdition, I reckon, Mr. Rainey,"
she said, in a hard, strained voice.
"For God's sake, don't talk like
that," cried Jack. "Bob ain't worth
U tbdAiiT nn fKn rro mo that
IV. l/l/u V nil vn u yj VUV ^mujv VUM%
way, Mary Jane. Ef ye're goin' ter
do any killin', kill Bob."
There was a long silence, during
which Mary Jane began to cry silently,
while Jack Rainey stood awkwardly
looking on. At last he could bear it
no loqger,
"Mis' Jennings?Mary Jane," he began,
"I knowed Bob was away when
I come. That's why I came. There
ain't a better woman'n you in- these
parts, an' I reckon there ain't a meaner
cuss'n Bob. I ain't no cherub myself,
Mary Jane, but I?I loved ye afore ye
ever see Bob Jennings, only I warn't
fixed right to tell ye. But it's the
truth, Mary Jane, an' I come ter ask
ye to?to go away with me, an' start
fresh."
An hour later, Jack Rainey drove
away from "Bob's hotel" with a woman
by his side. He whistled softly to
himself as one who is well pleased, but
he kept a wary eye about him, and
his rifle lay across his kneee. Mary
Jane cowered beside him in mingled
hope and fear. She had yielded to
Jack's entreaties because he was kind
to her, and because she loathed the
old life. She doubted not that hap- ;
piness would return if they could but
succeed in eluding Bob. Yet so cowed
was she by jears of cruelty that
nope was weax ana tear predominant.
She seemed to hear Bob's voice in .
every sound.
"Can we make it?" she asked *
Rainey, for the twentieth time. *
"Sure," he answered, heartily.
"Bob won't snspect nuthin' o' this
sort, an' when he does he'll look for
us down to the coast. But we'll strike
out over the desert for Yuma. I
know the trail, an' me an' the pintos
here have done it afore?ain't we,
boys?"
The horses pricked up their ears
as if in answer, and Mary Jane, reassured,
nestled closer to Jack, who put $
an arm around her and beamed with
satisfaction.
The grade was very narrow, here, .
and the bowlder-covered mountain I
fell away upon the right in a steep *
descent of a thousand feet or more,
while on the left it rose sharply against ]
the sky. The dusty roadway stretched
before them just wide enough for
a single team, and the next turnout
lay beyond the clump of liveoaks
where the road curved sharply to the
left. The horses strained at the traces
with willing eagerness, and Rainey,
anxious to make time, did not restrain \
them.
Suddenly, around the bend by the "\
clump of oaks, a six-horse team dash- .
ed into sight, passed the turn-out on
the run, the heavily loaded wagon y
jolting and swaying from side to side, a
the horses plunging madly forward ^
down the grade. Upon the seat, half e
bidden by clouds of dust, two men n
clung for their lives, the driver urging n
on the frantic beasts. P
"My God !" yelled Rainey, "their si
brake's broke 1"
On they came down the straight A
stretch of road at ever increasing p
speed. The only hope of safety for t<
the men on the box lay in the possi- P
bility of keeping the horses out from
under the wagon, finding the road It
clear, and keeping the narrow grade
in their mad run. c"
Rainey's heart stood still for a mo
ment. On the right lay four inches of
road add the rocky slope, with the
bowlders of a dry creek-bed 1,000
feet below. On the left the cut had
left a sheer wall of at least ten feet.
To turn and fly. was. impossible.
Then Rainey saw his game,, and
played It with a coolness that had
brought him safely out of more than
one tight place. Clapping oh the
brake and throwing the lines to Mary
Jane, who clutched them mechanically,
he seized his rifle and began to
pump lead into the frantic leaders.
It was none too soon. Tbe near borse
fell when not ten rods away, bis mate
plunged on a few rods more, then be,
too, went down ; the other horse? and
the heavy wagon piled upon them
with a crash, and then toppled over
the brink and rolled bounding and
crashing to the.bottom. . t
Tbe driver juihpetf and ladded under
the very noses of Rainey's team, but tbe
other man went over with the wreck.
Jack sprang to tbe ground and pulled
the driver out from under the horses'
feet. He was unconscious and blood
flowed freely from the great gash in
his forehead. After quieting his team
a little, Jack lifted the trembling Mary
Jane to tbe ground, and, leaving her
Bitting there with the injured man's
head in her lap, went scrambling down
the slope for his companion.
"Time's scarce,'! said Jaqk, as.he Ibft
the. woman; "but I got ter see (he feller
through."
- Left on the lonely road r with tbe
wounded man^ breathing, heavily and
the horses -trembling and'snorting as
* fad efii 11 auok tkn Kmnlr
ILICJ. IVWVW\* WIV* VUV wiiunj
Mary Jane well-nigh swooned with
fright., Every jxfiwheat she expected
thekdyenfc of Bob, angrjtr aad brutal.
The sight of blood made bet faint, and
Jack's absence completed her sense of
desolation. It seemed an hour pre he
returned, and when he appeared, puffing
and perspiring,. his face was ashen
and bis voice strangely solemn.
Mary Jane looked into his eyes inquiringly.
"Yes?I found him," said Bainey,
in answer to her look. "He's plumb
dead an' bad to look at. We must
git one o' the horses out; I reckon I
kin lead him around the wagon, an'
then you'll hev ter ride him home an'
send some o' the boys up to help me
haul 'em down the grade."
The woman's cheek blanched, and
the old dull fear came back into her
eyes.
"Go home 1" she cried, boartely.
"Ay, girl, home," said Rainey. "Ye
needn't be afeared no more. Bob'll
never strike ye ag'in. It's bim that's
lying dead down there in the gulch."
They are not a sentimental people
in Vaile de las Viejas, nor do .they
follow closely the dictates of cultured
society. Within two week the widows
of Bob Jennings became Mrs. Jack
Rainey, and none but she and Jack
ever knew of their elopement.?Argonaut.
ROYAL
Baking Fowder
Absoldtolx l\ir?
ROYAL
Baklnj IWclw
Abtohrtdj^rVWi1#
ROYAL
BaJdnd Powder
Abaohrttefy
Horse Thieves
'^l^T^Were^ulentif^ and powerful
j! | on the western plains twenty|
five years ago. You will get
an interesting insight into
their methods if you read
our New Serial
The Weldon
Estate
iy ALFRED R. CALH0U5
It is a thrilling romance, full (
of lively episodes and hair- ]
breadth escapes, and'it <
Veil Worth Reading
VHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES
1Q YOU know that it most dinner
^i timfi. hut von do not know what
ou'll have for dinner until you get there, j
nd it is often the case that you are dis- j
itisfied with what yon And and lay all j
tie blame on your wife because she "nev- 1
r has anything fit to eat!" Now there is j
o use to treat your wife in any such manor
j because it's your own fault. The '
roper way for you to do is to let your
ifo come to my grocery and get whatever j
:ie wants and you will be happy. j
Your Wife Will Find J
full and complete stock of all kinds of
irHt-Class Groceries and she will be sure ^
> find what she wants and what will t
lease your palate.
The Satisfied Man
) ho who;buys his groceries from me. Ho
m always get satisfactory goods at satis- t
n'tory prices. Quaker Oates is an ex- .
Aleut breakfast dish. o
J. MASON EERGUSON.
TUNISON'S
NEW TOWNSHIP, COUNTY, HAIL- ?
WAT, DISTANCE, STATE
MAP OF SOUTH CAROLINA.S
THIS new Map of South Carolina has
j ust been completed and has no eqnaL
It was constructed by the most accomplished
draughtsmen and engraven; is
based on government surveys, official
railroad information and other authentic
sources. Unequalled in accuracy, it is
newer in design than any other, and is the
only may of toe State sold at a reasonable
{>rice. Each township is colored separatey
in sea shell tint colors by the hand and
stencil process and named. The counties,
including the new oounty of Saluda, are
plainly outlined and the principal wagon
roads all over the State are shown, also ,
the canals.
This is also the most complete railroad
map of South Carolina ever published, as
it gives the entire railroad system oi the
State with the correct distance between
every station marked with figures from
official railroad guides. Thenameeof the ;
railroads are printed on them; thus we
can tell what railroad to take to go to any
town or place, and the correct aJtst&noes,
shortest road, and coat of travel between
any two places.
I .. This nisip loc&(66 6?ch po8tofflc9f including
those most recently established. It
gives the population of .towns and ootfnties,
also of the State according to the last
census and a brief historical sketch of the
State with views of Charleston and large
scale map of Charleston Harbor from recent
government survey, making it the
latest and most valuable map or 8oatb
Carolina ever published. ,
Size, 2 feet 4 Inches by 3 feet. Colored,
varnished, bound with tape.
Will he jdven away iree for a.clnb oi <
TWO PAID SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
YORKVILLE ENQUIRER at |1.75, or;
will be sent, postage paid, to any address
upon receipt of f 1.25. Address, ' "
L. M. PRIST A SONS. ? .
F1H1EY * BRICKS, J
YorkvlUc, 8. C. .
ALL business entrusted to us will- be '
given prompt attention. .
OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT '
"ittti nnm ath tt r\ omn a
xnrj AMA ui u. u outAuooy
STOBE. . ,
FIRE insurance*- : '
FOR reliable FIRE, CYCLONE, AC- .
CIDENT or LIFE INSURANCE {
call on SAM M. A L. GEO. GRIST.
FINE POCKET K3
TO B
to FYuil^fl
Jon lath laaal
^mMmmmmmrn
BY an especial contract with one of the li
America, we have been placed tn a pot
to THE YORKYILLE ENQUIRER, a J
Che" requirements' of aTT who* want 4 F1P
KNIFE. These Knives are manufacture*
MEN OF THE" VERY FINEST STEE
u fact lire ra to be first-class in every particula:
transparent handle, underneath which will
Enquirer to ," (the receiver's nam
the same manner any society emblem or a
25 cents extra we will have a miniature phot
ottering two Ji.ni vee, one a a ana ine outer a
tails at (1.60, and will be given for TWO SI
each, which are not now Qn our books,
returned. The 4-bladed Knife, retails ibr
SUBSCRIBERS, under the same condition
ured by the Novelty Cutlery Co., Cantor
you cannot get one easier than to pro*
ENQUIRER.
LOOK! LIST
MANDOLINS. GUIT/
TO BE (jUVJ
TO EN0tJIR?B/<
NEVER before, in the history of THE H
to offer to clubmakera such magnifies*]
In selecting our premiums it bas been our <
have a standard money value, and with tbi
with LYON & HEALY, of Chicago, who a
facturers in the WdrldJ by wbfcb we are abi<
instruments to elobroakew, and ,we .will sa;
open to everybody. That means you and S
FOR NINE SUBSCRIBERS will be c
torv Brand, of the Stradivarius model. It'1
with ebony finger board And tall piece, and
FOR 13 SUBSCRIBERS wilfbegtvfni
dish-brown in color, swelled top ana back
piece. This instrument is worth |U at retai
FOR 33 SUBSCRIBERS will be given <
el Violins, and is a very fine imitation. It )i
with rosewood pegs, and ebony finger board
FOR 10 SUBSCRIBERS will be given a
finished in mahogany and is claimed by the
offered for the money. The prioe-ia fit. E
See ns about it. < f ; tit l >?
FOR 28 SUBSCRIBERS will be given
madedf 15 ribs of cnrly maple and ebonize<
colordd top, eboniced finger board, celluloid
inlaid oblong sonndhole, oelluloid inlaid ?dj
f For farther particulate* write to or oa
', v ? .; .? ~
THE AUT
A BEWITCHING MUS]
EASY TO PLAY 1 EASY TO
any knowledge of music whatsoever can prr
piece of music desired. All the latest tnu
are arranged in the Zimmerman System of
Mm twread at sight and-doeirBway entirely v
The simplicity of the Autohnrp is its most
it, but at the mmetilt)4 it irtessentiplly jitf Ini
from the interest which sue? leadfng artists
tor Herbert, Xaver Sharwenka, Hubert Thu
itrument by recognizing it in their compositi
itrument.
The Autobarp is manufactured in seven sis
ranging in the number of strings, chords an*
las 21 strings and 3 bars, producing perfe
12 strings and 0 bars, with 10shift kevs, pi
nterested in the Autoharp and would kn
DOLGE & SONS. 110 and 112 E. Eighteenth s
iutoharp, And How It Captured Tne Famfl;
' 4*' "* v>^ooou r?f Ml (Idis* hinini? li
uoiruuuuii uin/A| ?i piwco u? h?Mu?vj ?v rHE
WAY TO trJET
s to get up a club for THE ENQUIRER.
11.75 EACH, we will give a No. 1 Autoharp,
ri l give a No. 2j Autoharp, worth $5. For
jo. 23 Autoharp, worth 97.50. For LIGHTE
olmrp, worth $10. For TWENTY-FIVE si
oharp, worth $15. Go to work today to get t
rouble. It is easy to get subscribers for THE
Address. .. r T
CORBIN DISK HARROWS.
rwo 12-disk CORIJIN DISK HAR- 1
ROWS lor sale. The} are new and Jl
f the latest improved pattern. A|)pl^ to
\
\
THE ELEOTROPOI8E
rHE following is a list of ailments tha
will yield to judicious treatment with
he ELECTROPOISE. Among the diedses
mentioned will be found several
hat have been cured in persons well
nown here, who will bear testimony to
bis fact: _
Abscess. . . Headaches,
Alcoholism, Heart Disease,
Apoplexy, Hydrophobia,
Asthma, Inflammations,
Backache, Insomnia,
Biions Fever, Jaundice,
Blood Poison, Kidney Diseases,
Bolls, Liver Diseases.
Bowel Troubles, Lockjaw, ,
Brain Diseases, Lumbago,
Bronchitis, Malaria,
Cancer, Measles.
Cartmnciee, Meningitis,
Catarrh, Mumps,
Chills and Fever, Nausea,
Cholera Infantum, Neuralgia, ,
Cholera Mortons, Night Sweats,
Colds, i Open Wounds,
Colics, Opium Habit,
Congestive Chills, Paralysis,
Constipation, Pneumonia, ,
Consumption, , Poisons,
Convulsions, Prostration, Nervous,
Coughs, Quinsy,
Cramps, Rheumatism,
'Croups. 8clatlca,
Dtabetu, : Scrofula, ?
Diarrhoea, v Scarry,
Dlptheria, Smallpox,
Dropsy, " 8plnal Diseases,
Dysentery, Stiff JolnU.
Dyspepsia, Stomach Troubles,
Eczema, Syphilis,
Epilepsy, Throat Diseases,
Erysipelas, . Tumors, . ,
Fevers," White 8 welling,
Gout, ' Whooping Ooogh,
Goitre, Yellow Fever.
Gravel, Address:
For farther particulars, apply to ,
Vr? M. PR0P8T, Agent,
Yorttvffle 8?0.
~ UNDERTAKING. *
IAM handlings ftrstclaaaline6fCOFFINS
AND CASKETS Which I will
tell at the very lowest prices. Personal
mention at sdlhoure.
I am prepared to repair' *U kinds of
Parniture at reasonable prioee. ,
J,. BP JEFFREY.
J. > '< ?i: * B;l>, ft i ... "
BI8BY CATTLE, ,
BERK8HIRE HOGS,
LIGHT BRAHMA CHICKENS.
'. H. WHPfEr Bbudsb, . 4
STOCK FOR BALE. Rook Hill, 8.0.
February 19 ; ife ton
EGIVEJfAWAYi
A THREE
? BEADED
Hhkl KNIFE
KS> FOB onlt
^ QmS TWO SUB Pr
8CEIBEB8.
iiveet Knife manufacturing concerns in
litiou to offer as premiums for safaacribera
Pocket Knife, that will, we believe, meet
U3T-CLAS8, HIGH (HtADE POCKET
1 by the MOST SKILLFTTL WORK- j
IL, and are represented by the manr.
The Knives are gotten up with a fancy,
I be inscribed: "Compliments of The
e.) On the reverse side will be placed in
tb'er design desired by the receiver, or for
tognyjh of tbe receiver inserted. We are
4-bladed Knife. The 3-bladed Knife, re- .
UBSCRIBERS, OLD or NEW, at |L75
Each subscription to be paid for when
1.80, and will be given for THREE
is as above. These Knives are manufacti,
Ohio. If yon want a Pocket' Knife,
sure two or three subscribers for THE
EN! READ!
IRS AND VIOLINS
EN AWAY
)LUBMAKERS I
INQUIRER bare we been in a position
it premiums for a given' amount of work, i
>ne purpose to offer only each articles as
send in-view we have made* contract
re tbe largest musical instrument mannj
to offer some most magnificent musical
j just here that oor premium offers are
oar neighbors.
riven a Violin of tbe German Conserva18
reddish-brown in color, and Is fitted 1
retails in Chicago at 97.75. '
? Violin of tbe Stainar model. It tared,
and has ebony finger board and tailjne
of the very popular Gnarnerlus mods
reddish-brown in color, Oil varnished,
and'tail piece. It is worth $25.
Marquette Guitar. It la made of maple*
manufacturers to be tbe best guitar ever
[fgher priced instruments in proportion.
Hfonrlnlln that ia wArth 122.50. It ia.
1 wood with red inlay between, orange
guard plate, pearl inlaid position dots',
re, nickeled tau piece.
31 on TBE ENQ.UIBBH*
OHARP.
i.' . ...
[CAL INSTRUMENTS
LEARN! EASY TO GET 1
;b-...
The Autoharp is one of the
most novel Inventions of the
V age, representing perhaps
f i more than any other the triunipbal
progresaivenesB of
Ki American Inventive genius.
' In size and shape the Aufo |A
harp resembles the zither, but
p^B . the scale is similar to the
HI grand harp. . Padded mutes or
dampers which are called
chord-bars or manuals, are
placed over the strings. By
Kjflkjk' pressing ono of these bars and
running the fingers across the
strings, a perfect chord is pro PPBr
dtieea?soft and sweet or fond
P& and strong?as one may desire.
It is so thoroughly musical,
- and yet so thoroughly simple,
BY that it seems to almost contrail.
diet the statement that there is
no royal road to learning.
'The Autoharp is so oon
structed that, with the use of
/ ' the chord bars, thorn without
tduce beautiful harmonies and play any
sic, sacred,., operatic and popular songs
' Figure Notation for the Autoharp. Xt
pith the' complicated system of notes,
remarkable feature. Any child nan play
itrument for the musician, as is evinced
as Richard Arnold, John Cheshire, VIcillon,
and others are Showing in the inons
as a solo as well as an ensemble in*
.V < . J ]. . .. ?
;es, ranging in price from $4 to f25, and
3 bars, mom the No. 1 Autohaip. which
ct chorda, up to a No d, wnieh has
noducing 16 perfect chords. If you are
ow more about it, write to ALFRED
itreet. New York, for their book: "The
jr." With every instrumentthere is an
;ey, music rack and two picks.
AN AUTOHARP
For SEVEN YEARLY aabaeriberaat
, worth S4. For NINE subscribers, we
THIRTEEN subscribers we will gives
EN subscribers we will give a No. 5 Anlbscribers
will be given for a No. 4 Anin
Autoharp, It will pay you for your
I ENQUIRER.
HE ENQUIRER, Yorkville, 8. C.
WANTED. .
5 BUSHELS of COTTON SEED.
Apply to L. M. GRIST.
Yorkville, S. C.
Julyl 53 2t