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The story of the formation of Reelfoot
Lake contains much that is of deep
and startling interest. This story is
graphically told in a letter that was
written in 1826 to Rev. Lorenzo Dow
describing the horrible earthquake of
1S11 and the consequent sinking of
Reelfoot Lake, now the center of interest
because of recent disturbances
in the territory adjacent to this famous
fishing and hunting resort. This letter
was found some months ago among
some OJd papers, ana reaus as iuhuwj*.
"Dear Brother: I have just received
your kind letter, written some three or
four weeks ago, requesting me to give
you a description of the late horrible
visitation of Providence, and the sinking
of Reelfoot Lake in this section.
"The morning of December 15th,
1S11. was cloudy and a dense fog prevailed.
and towards nightfall the heavens
showed signs of distress. On the
following morning, the 16th, about 5
o'clock a. m., we felt the shock of an
earthquake, accompanied by a rumbling
noise resembling the distant firing
of a cannon, which was followed in a
few minutes by the complete saturation
of the atmosphere with sulphurous
vapor. The moon was shining brilliantly.
but the sulphurous vapor caused
the earth to be wrapped in absolute
darkness. The wailing inhabitants,
the stampede of the fowls and beasts,
the noise of falling timber, the roaring
of the Mississippi, the current of which
was retrograded for a few minutes?
formed a scene too appalling to conceive
of. Then until daylight a number
of lighter shocks occurred, one that
was more violent and severe than the
first one, and the terror which prevailed
after the first shock was now even
worse than before. The people fled
hither and yon, supposing that there
x%fno loco rlon era r of o rl i Qta nPP from thf*
river, which was boiling, foaming and
roaring terrifically. Men, women and
children gave up in despair, some
praying and others fainting, so great
was their fear.
"There were light shocks each day
until January 2, 1812, when one as hard
as the first occurred, followed by the
same phenomena. From this time until
February 4. the earth was in continual
agitation, visibly waving as a
gentle sea. That day a shock almost
as severe as the others occurred, and
on the 8th, about sunrise, a concussion
took place which was so much more
violent than the others that it was
called 'the hard shock.' The earth was
transformed Into total darkness and
the chickens went back to roost, the
cows mooed, and the frightened horses
pitifully neighed. At first the Mississippi
river seemed to recede from its
bankr, and its waters, gathering up
like a mountain, leaving for a short
period of time many boats which were
passing down the river, during which
time the crews escaped to land in safety.
The river rose ten to fifteen feet
perpendicularly, expanding as it were;
at the same time the banks were overflowed
with a retrograde current. The
river, falling immediately, receded
within its banks again with such violence
that it took with it whole groves
of young cottonwood trees and much
cattle and stock.
"A great many fish were left on the
banks, being unable to keep up with the
water, and an old canoe, antique in construction.
was washed ashore. The
liver was a mass of floating wrecks of
boats, and it is said that one was
wreck in which there was a lady and
?iv children. all of whom were lost.
"In the hard shocks described the
earth was horribly lacerated?the surface
was from time to time covered
over with uneven depths by the sand,
which issued from fissures, which were
made in great numbers all over this
country, some of which closed up immediately
after they had vomited forth
their sand and water. In manv places,
however, there was a substance resembling
coal thrown up with the sand.
It is impossible to say what the depths
of the fissures or Irregular breaks
were. The site of New Madrid, Mo.,
was settled down at least fifteen feet,
and not more than half a mile below
that town there does not appear to be
any alternation of the river, but back
from the river a short distance the
numerous large ponds or lakes, which
covered a great part of that country,
were totally dried up. The beds of
some of them bulge above their former
banks several feet.
"The most remarkable feature of all
the entire disturbances which was not
generally known for some months afterwards
was the discovery of a huge
lake on the Tennessee side of the Mississippi,
upward of twenty-five miles
long and from one-half to eight miles
in width. This lake was later called
Reelfoot Lake. There are places in it
the bottom of which has never been
found, though many efforts have been
made.
"The lake has communication with
the Mississippi river at both ends, and
it is conjectured that it will not be
many years before the principal part.
If not the whole, of the Mississippi will
pass that way. In the last year or so
an herb, resembling moss, has literally
covered the surface of the lake
and during the winter months wild
fowls, such as ducks, geese, cranes,
etc., winter on the lake and eat this
moss as food. Deer and other animals
seem to enjoy it.
"It is said that where the lake was
formed was a vast area of fine timbered
lands, and in places only the tops
of the trees can be seen. The lake runs
north and south, and each end has a
neck shape, widening out about the
center, or nearer the northern terminus
than the center. The water in it does
not seem to rise or lower to any marked
degree, and the lake is destined to
become the great hunting and fishing
resort of the west.
"It is said that where tins iaKe was
formed was formerly the Indian's hunting
grounds, and also where they held
their annual war dances, but since the
terrible visitation of the earthquake it
Is a rare thins that one ventures in
that vicinity. By some method, known
only to themselves, they marked a
warning1 on the trees for other Indians
tr keep away.
"Most of those who fled from the vicinity
during the hard shocks have returned.
but always become greatly
alarmed at the slightest trembling of
the earth. We have, since their commencement
in 1*511. occasionally felt
light shocks. Hard'v a week passes
but we feel one. There were two the
I
LELFOOT LAKE.
g Events of Long Ago
of Crime.
past winter, much more severe than we I
have felt ihem for several years before.
Since then, however, they are lighter
than ever, and as the months and years
pass the inhabitants are becoming more
and more reconciled to the surroundings.
"One circumstance worthy of mention
is: This section was once subiect
to severe thunder, but for a long
time previous to the first shock there
was no thunder at all and but very
little since.
"I have now complied with your request
for a description of the earthquake?imperfect,
it is true, but just
as it occurred to the best of my memory.
-If you will come out here, you
and myself will take a two or three
days' tour of inspection of the country
most affected by the earthquakes, and
especially of the lake I have described
in the foregoing: history, which in my
mind is the wonder of the age.
' Respectfully yours.
"E. Bryan.
"New Madrid. Mo."
In the case of Webster vs. Harris,
growing out of the Reelfoot Lake controversy,
Judge McAllister of the supreme
court, delivering the opinion of
the court, quoted from an opinion of
Judge W. H. Swiggart, giving the
origin, history and description of Reelfoot
Lake, the opinion shows that the
lake is in Obion and Lake counties,
with 1,000 acres or more, in Kentucky.
It covers 25,000 or 30,000 acres of submerged
land, not including the arms
or pockets, which cover several hundred
more. It is 15 or 20 miles long
and from two to seven miles wide.
Several islands cover about 1,500 acres.
The outlets of the lake are at its
southern end, consisting of sloughs and
bayous. These carry its waters south
into and through other smaller basins
or lakes and through other sloughs or
bayous into Obion river, about fifteen
miles from the main body of the lake,
and thence to the Mississippi river.
The small streams called "Reelfoot
River and "Bayou De Chein" passed
through the territory now composing
the basin of the lake. It was on the
banks of Bayou De Cheln that Captain
Rankin was recently killed by night
riders. These streams come together
at a point now in the lake towards its
eastern and southern shore, three
quarters of a mile from its eastern
banks, at the village of Samberg.
where the state troops are now in
camp, and which is said to be the center
of the disturbed district. Bayou De
Chein. where the tragedy was enacted,
enters the lake near its extreme northeastern
comer, and bears to the southwest
and then back across the lake towards
its eastern side, where it empties
into Reelfoot river, which enters
the lake on its eastern shore. The
channels of these streams are still
traceable through the waters of the
lake. Bayou De Chein Is thought to
be 12 or 15 miles in the lake.
There are many logs, trees and
stumps in the lake, dead cypress mainly.
The lake is subject to Mississippi
river overflows.
The lake extends along the entire
eastern boundary line of Lake county,
the eastern banks, according to the
government maps, forming the Lake
and Obion county lines, though other
maps place the great body of water
partly in both counties. It extends
north and south from the Dyer county
line up and into the Kentucky line.
While it seems indisputable that the
lolro xvuv fr>rm*?r1 hv thfi PflTthriUakeof
1811. the authorities vary in some minor
details as to the phenomena. Dr.
J. M. Safford. in his "Geology of Tennessee,"
says: "This lake had no existence
previous to the 'shakes' of
1811-12. Its origin appears to have
been due to the filling up of the old
channel of Reelfoot creek during the
convulsions of that period.
"This dammed up the water that before
ran without obstruction into the
Mississippi, until it overflowed a large
area, and formed the lake as we now
find it. The waste water of the lake
now escapes southward into Obion river.
with a fall of at least 40 feet. In
its course it passes through several
smaller lakes. The northern end of
the lake projects a short distance into
Kentucky. Its length is about eighteen
miles. Its width varies from threefourths
of a mile to three miles.
"The violent earthquake that destroyed
in March. 1812, the city of Caraceas,
in South America, appears to
have had some connection with the
shocks felt at the same time in the valley
of the Mississippi."
Judge Joseph Guild gives a characteristic
account of the earthquakes of
1811-12 in his "Old Times in Tennessee."
now out of print. In this interesting
volume he says:
"The earthquakes of 1811 commenced
on the 16th of December, at half-past
two o'clock in the morning, and were
felt at intervals up to 1819, and as
'ate as July. 1S22. For two or three
months the shocks were frequent, almost
every day. Then they gradually
decreased in frequency and took place
at longer intervals, which continued to
lengthen until they finally ceased.
"The water in the Mississippi near
New Madrid rose in a few minutes 12
or 14 feet, and then fell like a tide.
Some lakes were elevated, as the bottom
raised above the common surface
of the earth in the neighborhood, and
still remain so. The country near New
Madrid was everywhere broken up in
furrows six or eight feet wide and as
many deep."
An historian gives what purports to
be the evidence of an eye-witness to
the formation of the lakes as follows:
"Col. Walker of Missouri, who, in
company with an Indian, came over
the Mississippi river into Tennessee
for the nurnose of hunting on what was
then called Reelfnnt creek, in December.
1811, stated that while there hunting
the earth began to shake.
"Becoming much alarmed he and the
Indian started to return, and upon
reaching the place on Reelfoot creek
where they had left their canoe,
they found that the earth had sunk,
and that the waters from the Mississippi
had rushed in and formed a great
lake, which they afterward found to be
25 or 30 miles in length, and from one
to ten miles in width."?Nashville Banner
The Church of England bishopric
of Mackenzie river, in British North
America, is five times as large as the
I'nited Kingdom.
SHEEP DOGS.
Wonderful Intelligence of Most Faithful
Animals.
"There goes Big Jim and the most
wonderful sheep dogs in the world."
A giant of a fellow with a browned
and determined, yet pleasant face, had
dismounted from his horse in front of
the solitary restauvant boasted by the
thriving sheep and cattle town of Buffalo,
in northern Wyoming. Instead of
the beautiful, silky haired collies conjured
by the imagination, there trotted
at his heels two rather small dogs, one
black from tip to tip and the other
black, save for a white breast.
Introduction to Jim Everett, like introductions
to nearly all the outdoor
men of the west, was not a matter of
getting a card past a stony featured
private secretary. In three minutes
Jim was expatiating on the accom
pllshments 01 his sneep aogs ana extending
an invitation to the writer to
witness some of their feats?a bid that
was promptly accepted.
Next day on the vast open range
through which Crazy Woman creek, a
branch of Powder river, leaves an alkali
whitened trail. Big Jim showed
what his sheep dogs could do.
"In the first place." said Jim. "these
dogs are not pure bred collies, as you
must have noticed. The collie is a fine
dog for sheep?in Scotland?but over
here he needs a big strain of the wolf
in him to make him effective. These
dogs are half wolf. I caught their
mother myself out on the plains. Today
these pups show more of the wolf
strain than they do of the collie. Their
ears are always pointed up and they
can hear twice as well as an ordinary
collie. They are always on the lookout
for danger, and their feet?well,
that is their strong point. You see
how thick the cactus grows in this
country. Well, an ordinary dog has
got his feet full of cactus thorns when
he comes into camp at night with the
band of sheep. After the band has
been bedded the herder's got to spend
an hour or two by the camp fire picking
thorns out of the dog's feet. But
these wolf dogs have cushions on their
feet that are tougher than sole leather.
You never see an old wolf out on
the plains lying down and chewing cactus
thorns out of his feet?and neither
do you see these dogs doing the same
trick. Just for this reason alone the
wolf strain makes an animal like Nig
or Lady the ideal sheep tender."
Nig and Lady at this time were several
rods away, sitting on their
haunches, and looking out across the
plains with that peculiar alert expression
that never seemed to desert
them. Jim did not raise his voice
above the conversational pitch, but on
the contrary dropped it a little when
he said:
"Where's that coyote?"
The human ear at its sharpest could
not have detected the words at a distance
of more than ten feet, but Nig
and Lady heard every word and instantly
they were up and away, racing
around the band of sheep and ready to
grapple with any prowling coyote ot
wolf that might be lurking in a sheltering
arroyo. Suddednly Jim raised
his arms until they extended in a horizontal
position, and then he let them
fall at his side. Instantly Nig and
Lady stopped and sat down with their
eyes on their master.
"You see it's not much use to yell
at a dog, especially when you've got to
yell against a Wyoming windstorm,"
said Jim. "So I've trained my dogs to
work to signals?regular brakeman signals
they are."
Here Jim waved one hand toward
the left and Nig and Lady trotted off
in that direction.
"If I want 'em to run around the
sheep the other way," said Jim, "I
Just wave the other hand. When I
want them to come in I just raise my
hands over my head like this."
Up went the giant's brawny arms
and in trotted the sheep (logs and took
their station at their master's feet. At
a motion one of the dogs took a long
excursion around the band looking for
stray lambs that might have become
separated from the liock, thereby offering
themselves as easy prey for coyotes.
Another motion and the remaining
dog cut out a single sheep from
the bunch and lay down to guard it.
"That dog will watch that sheep for
hours, until I call him off," said Jim,
"and it would go hard with anybody
who tried to touch the sheep that's under
his care."
Like good soldiers Big Jim's sheep
dogs hold duty paramount. They love
their master, hut at a word from him
they would go willingly with another
sheep man and work for the stranger.
Jim himself is not a herder. He has
graduated and is camp tender for one
of the big sheep outfits that make their
headquarters at Buffalo. In other
days, when the long-horn steer was
king of the range, Jim was a cowboy,
but like many other cowmen he drifted
naturally into the once despised sheep
business. "Bigger pay, less work and
a dashed sight better treatment" is
Jim's brief summing up of the reasons
for his desertion of the cattle game.
A day or two after he had shown
what his dogs could do "Big Jim"
created something of a commotion in
Buffalo. The most peaceful and good
natured of men, Jim blazes into fierce
anger when any one ventures to abuse
his dogs. A drunken cattleman from
Powder river way staggered into the
restaurant where Jim was eating. The
sheep man's dogs were curled up near
the door, and the cattleman, who was
just drunk enough to be ugly, kicked
one of the animals. Instantly Jim's
great hulk towered over the fellow.
There was a sickening smash as the
giant's fist found lodgment on the cattleman's
face, and the man from Powder
river tumbled into an unconscious
heap in the corner. Big Jim grasped
him by the collar and tried to get him
to his feet, hut the fellow's legs bent
under him in helplessness, and, in prize
ring parlance, it was evident that he
was "down and out." When he recovered
consciousness he crawled out of
the restaurant, and, swaying unsteadily
in the saddle, lost no time in get
tins away from Bis Jim's baleful gaze.
It is almost an impossibility for a
border to work sheep on the open range
without sheep doss. There is much
m??re detail to the sheep herder's work
than is ordinarily supposed. The herder
must be out before sun up, as the
sheep do n<<t linger Ions on the bed
ground, but are soon up and scattered
across the plains, cropping the scant
grass or nibbling at the tops of the
sage brush. Coyotes and wolves are so
numerous that it is necessary to keep
constant lookout. Inasmuch as one
herder must care for an average of 2.f>00
to 5.000 sheep in a band it will be
recognized at once that caring for a
widely scattered flock of that size
would soon exhaust a man if he had
no aid. The dogs render invaluable
service, however. They are constantly
circling about the feeding flock and
driving in the sheep that become too
widely scattered for safety. The good
temper of the dogs is endless. Their
work is particularly difficult in herding
buck sheep. The bucks are saucy and
inclined to fight, as a rule, and every
mice in a while a big fellow makes a
charge at the sheep dog and occasionally
lands with the force of a battering
ram. Hut the sheep dog never
tries to retaliate, hut continues his patient
work as guardian to the foolish
(lock. Even at night, when the band
has been worked back toward camp
and is bedded down, the dog's work is
not ended. The sheep is the most easily
frightened of all animals, particularly
at night. A slight noise will send
the whole sleeping band to its feet and
scurrying through the darkness. Unlike
cattle they do not run far, but
when coyotes are waiting in every
draw and arroyo it does not take much
of a stampede to result in considerable
loss.
Xaturallv a strontr bond of afYWMon
throws between the average sheep herder
and his dog. The dogs share the
comforts of the home-like sheep wagons
in which most of the herders live.
They have the best of food and care,
which is no more than just when one
considers the faithful and intelligent
service they give.
Th stirring annals of the west are
full of stories of the devotion and intelligence
of sheep dogs. The herder
who deserts his flock in the face of
danger considers himself disgraced, and
the dog seems to catch the same spirit
of faithfulness. Not long ago a herder
in eastern Colorado was struck by
lightning. Many herders meet death
in this way. as thunderstorms on the
plains are frequent, and the guardians
of the flocks usually stand on the
highest hills so they can keep an eye
on all of the straggling bands. In this
instance it was three days before the
herder's body was found, yet his dog
had guarded the band of sheep all day
and rounded up the bunch at night and
brought It to the bed ground, and next
morning had gone through the same
oerformance. When the camp tender
arrived not a sheep was missing, but
the faithful dog was nearly starved.
The fearful blizzards that sweep over
the plains are the greatest menace to
the herders and their canine companions.
In winter the flocks graze on the
orairies, and in summer they are drlv?n
to the mountains. There is abso'utely
no protection on the plains, and
the herder who stays away fhom his
wagon in on? of these blizzards is like'y
to pay for his folly with his life.
Sometimes the sheep will begin to
"drift" before a storm, and the united
efforts of man and dog will not turn
he band back. The sheep wander on
intil at last they huddle together In
some arroyo and are covered with
drifting snow and soon smother to
death. If the herder and his dog cannot
llnd their way back to camp they
nerish miserably.
Last winter a herder in Albany county.
Wyoming, would have lost his life
but for his collie dog. The man lost
11 sense of direction while wandering
!n a blizzard. He knew the flock was
oerishing and it was his sole Idea to
get back to camp to save his own life.
He struggled on all night with his dog
at his side, but at last gave up in desnair
and sank down in the drifts to
die. Several times he did this but each
time his dog would tug at his clothes
and refuse to allow him to sink into
the slumber that would have been his
'ast. Aroused by the devotion of the
dog the herder would struggle to his
feet and stagger on. Finally in the
evening of the second day the blizzard
slackened and he saw a light which
nroved to be from a ranch house and
he and his dog were saved.
On the Red Desert of Wyoming a
couple of winters ago a herder named
William Moody was caught in a blizzard.
Cut off from his camp, he wandered
about the fenceless plain until at
'ast he sank down and died. He had
two shepherd dogs that stood guard
over his body two weeks. The dogs
Mved on the carcasses of frozen sheep,
and It was through them that a searching
party found the body of the herder
lying face down on the snow.
Mexicans are very skillful in train!ng
sheep dogs, and the herders of the
southwest sometimes teach their canine
companions many wonderful
tricks, such as going to camp and
bringing back a sack of tobacco or any
article for which the herder may ask.
Occasionally, on the Montana plains,
one meets an old Scotch herder, who
has cared for sheep in the old country
and who is an enthusiastic and
convincing champion in behalf of the
pure bred collie.
As a rule, when they have outlived
their usefulness, and can no longer undergo
the exhausting work of herding
sheep, the faithful dogs are replaced by
younger animals and spend their remaining
years on the home ranch, and
who will say that these pensioners
have not earned all the favors they
receive.?Detroit Free Press.
THE GUILLOTINE.
Denial That the Ordinary Account of
It Is Authentic.
In a book just published by Hector
Fleischman in Germany, the story of
the origin of the instrument of execution
which was named for Doctor
Guillotin in the days of the Reign of
Terror is flatly denied. "There is no
truth in the story, which has so long
been believed," he says, "that the genial
old physician invented the machine
which was named for him and by
means of which he is said to have 'ost
his life shortly after its adoption. Guillotin,
in keeping with the sp'rit of his
time, proposed on October 10, 1789, that
all offenders, regardless of their birth
01 station, should be dealt with alike
by the law, and six months later he
proposed to the government that convicted
murderers should be beheaded by
means of a 'simple apparatus.' The
mechanism of which he and no one else
had any idea at that time was spoken
of as the 'simple apparatus,' by the
humorists of the day, and the phrase
was used to make its proposer ridiculous.
so that when a machine finally
was adopted the "wits of the time nam
od it guillotine. J ne government, evidently
recognizing the value of the
suggestion, asked one Antoine Louis, a
surgeon at the Salpetriere, to devise a
machine, and later gave a similar order
to a carpenter by the name of
Guidon, who offered to construct an
instrument for decapitation for 5660
livres. This was considered too high a
price, and the contract was given to a
Gorman cabinet maker by the name of
Tobias Schmidt, who received 824
livres for the accepted model in 1792.
Schmidt made guillotines for all the
provinces, and the industry brought
him a moderate fortune, which he proceeded
to squander in Paris, while Dr.
Ouillotin, who never had anything to
do with the making of a machine which
bore his name, continued to practice
his profession quietly and unostentatiously
in Paris until he died there on
v.arch 26. 1814."
x- The French Congo has a pigeon
postal service.
PANGS OF- TETANUS.
Physician Recovers Frcm Lockjaw and
Tells How I't Feels.
Few people ever unlock their jaws
long enough to tell what the sensations
of having tetanus are. Rut Dr.
F. William Grundmann, of Wash
street and Jefferson avenue. Is able
to do so. says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
He has just recovered from
1 i\r* Lr iotv ic lfnnwn tn
science.
There is a well-founded horror in
the public mind of lockjaw. While
it is not always fatal, so few recover
from It and the disease is accompanied
by such horrors and agony that to
think of it is to shudder.
Yet the public seldom takes any
precautions against it. and while a
man may run the risk of it a thousand
times and nature is on the defense
for him, yet it is easily contracted
and the tentanus germ is ever present
and in place where one would least
expect to find it?Mother Earth.
"In diagnosing my own symptoms
a week after the germs of tetanus had
entered my blood I thought I had tetanus,
but I am not sure," said Doctor
Grundmann. speaking of his narrow
escape from death from the dreaded
disease.
"I could have accurately determined
the matter for a patient, but I called
on a fellow physician and told
him how I felt and the cause that led
to the effect and he made an examination
of my blood. Then he called
me up on the phone and told me I
had tetanus and that I had better
take care of myself.
"Py that time I had all the symptoms
and was getting worse every
moment. This gave an opportunity
to observe in myself what I had often
observed in others, the progress of
the disease.
"One day, as I was stepping off a
street car it .started prematurely and
threw me on my knee on the street.
A hole was ripped in my trousers and
a gash cut In the flesh of my knee, into
which earth from the street was
ground.
"I was over on the East Side, far
away from a drug store or medical
supplies, but I tried to get some whisky
with which to sterilize the wound.
I could get none, not even carbolic
acid, so I washed the wound as best
I could and bound it up.
"f? mi \-t> m,? nn trrmhlp nninprl m P
very little ami I gave it no further
thought. About a week later I found
that I had fever and that the muscles
of my neck pained me and were constricted.
Later I observed spasmodic
jerkings of the limbs. These I knew
to be premonitory symptoms of lockjaw.
"I was alarmed naturally, but
thought perhaps I might be mistaken,
so I visited a physician, told him how
I felt. He did not think seriously of
the matter and I believed I might
have been mistaken. But nevertheless
I was worried, and when that
night the symptoms grew more pronounced
and became more perceptible
I watched al the more closely.
"That night I got a real shock.
I observed a growing rigidity of the
muscles of the jaws. If it kept on
they would become locked beyond
all hope of unlocking them.
"I used all my will power that night
to control myself and the symptoms,
and In the morning called up the doctor
who had made the examination
of my blood and told him that he was
right. He said he would be right
over with the tetanus antitoxin serum.
"In one day I tiad gouu unus?or
about a fluid once?of the serum injected.
My jaws continued slowly
to grow mere rigid, but we fought
the disease with the serum until at
last we saw that we had the disease
going the other way. and we fought
it out.
"The germs of tetanus may be in
any manner of dirt. If you have a
wound in your finger and go out into
the garden and stick it into the fresh
earth you stand a chance of getting
tetanus. By that I mean that the
germs of tetanus are in the earth everywhere.
in the dirt on the surface
of the street, on rocks which cut
your flesh when you fall on them,
on rusty nails, in anything that is
unclean. It is of the utmost importance,
therefore, that when one gets
a cut to render the wound antiseptic
at once. One cannot be too careful
about making a wound clean.
"A cut that has been exposed to
the dirt of the street should be cleanspd
and if a surface wound iodoform
should be applied. If the cut Is deep
it should be washed out with a solution
of bl-chloride of mercury 1000 to
2000. If this Is not procured then
alcohol (plain whisky will do) should
be used as a wash, and If a deep incision,
such as made by a rusty nail,
it should be syringed clean.
"As a preventive when tetanus is
suspected the injection of lfiOO units
of the antitoxin serum is generally
used, and when the symptoms become
extreme 0000, 9000 and 19,000 units
are injected. But prompt cleansing
of the wound and its antiseptic treatment
is the best preventive, and the
danger from tetanus is always present."
WEALTHY MAN SHINES SHOES.
Ohioan Worth $50,000 Sticks to Trade
?Cooks For Vacation.
If you had $50,000 stowed away
comfortably away in the bank, would
you shine shoes at ten cents a clip
seven days year in and year out? asks
the Ohio Slate Journal. It is not very
likely you \vould, it continues, but
that is just what A! Shartle, one of
the most unique financiers of Dayton,
is doing, and. moreover, he is
happy and can't be induced to quit
his job. The only time Shartle gives
up his "shine box" is during the autumn,
when accompanied by his brother,
he makes the rounds of the county
fairs of Ohio. This week he is at
the state fair, conducting a restaurant
under the grandstand. This is his vacation.
It gives him a rest from bending
over the muddy hoot, and at the
same time he is adding to his fortune
and having a good time, which means
something to a fellow who is making
thousands of dollars, ten cents at a
time.
Shavtle began his strange moneymaking
career in Dayton in 1667,
when he discovered that there was
more money in polishing a pair of
shoes at ten cents than in cooking
meals for which someone else obtained
the profit. He had been a cook
as a youth. When he changed his
trade business was small at first, but
gradually he increased it. until at the
present time his clientele is sufficient
to keep him busy all day?every day.
When Shartle shines your shoes
they reflect your face and the heavens
above. Most of his trade is confined
to office buildings and large stores.
Money making is a habit with him.
He likes it. He claims he does not
care to amass a big fortune like some
of the money kings of the country,
but he wants to get what he can. a
When asked why he continued to shine
shoes after becoming well to do, he
replied. "To make 'another fortune.' "
Shartle will not tell what he is worth,
but it is stated in his home city that
he has $1,000 for every year of his
life. He is 57 years old. His money
is invested in real estate, from which
he receives a good return. He was
never known to speculate.
THEWISE
Man does not wait for the word of the
seer or propnet, dui aenties eacn issue
for himself in his own individual affairs.
The man who does this knows
how to tit himself to circumstances and
requirements of the times and compel
prosperity and success. There is a
good reason in grasping the opportunity
if we would hope to accomplish
things worth while.
FOR SALE
Three-room house. J
One five-room house.
Two fine residence lots.
A fair bargain of 192 acres.
One splendid seven-room house.
Several lots near Graded School.
A farm of 186 acres 2 miles of town.
W See me at once to buy or sell.
Dr. M. W. WHITE. <
BUILDING
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MATERIAL
We always carry in stock, ready for ,
delivery and at the lowest rices all
grades of Rough and Dressea Lumber,
Including Flooring, Ceiling. Moulding, ;
Studding, Rafters, Sheeting, Shingles, j
Laths, Framing, Frames, etc., and will
make Doors, and Sash, and Frames,
Mantels, etc., promptly on your order. ?
See us for all kinds of Building
Hardware, including Nails, Hinges,
Screws, Locks, etc. ;
See us for Lime, Cement and Brick.
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J. J. KELLER & CO. S
W Be sure to see us before buying
any kind of Lumber. 1
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GLENN & ALLISON.
It Will Cost
You Money :
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To buy a MULE, HORSE, BUGGY, ,
WAGON or SET OF HARNESS with- t
out seeing us. We Sell Them at the j
Right Prices.
McCORMICK MOWERS.
We have a full line of McCormlck
Mowers and Rakes. It Is useless to
tell you that they are The Best. 1
Don't fall to see us if you need a 1
Gasoline or Steam Engine. ^
REVERSIBLE DISC PLOWS. 1
We have on hands a full carload of
Two and Three-Horse Reversible Disc 1
Plows. See us about ono. You need I
a Disc Plow on your farm. 1
GLENN & ALLISON. |
...BLUE ROCK...;
i\I ineral Springs i
(Calcic, Sodic, and Lithic Bicar- ?
bonated Saline Water.)
A recent analysis of the water of this
Mineral Spring by Dr. Boyden Nlms,
'h. G. of Columbia. S. C.. shows i> to
be equal to the best Mineral Water
used by the American people today.
This water has been given away for <
more than sixty days since the present i
owners came Into possession and has <
been thoroughly tested by the public,
and pronounced superior to any in the
State. Now on sale at the STAR
DRUG STORE.
To any one not yet having tried this *
water, we will furnish the same free
upon application, until a thorough test 1
has been given it.
BLUE ROCK MINERAL t
SPRINGS CO., <
D. L. Shieder, R. E. Heath and Mar*
ion B. Jennings, Proprietors.
JWT" We will show the analysis of this (
water to any one, any wner-% at an t
time. No secret about it. We are not (
afraid to show it. ,
YORKVILLE '
MONUMENT WORKS^
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Remember the Dead '
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Every grave in York county should
be appropriately marked with a Tomb- j
stone or Monument. To do this is not ]
only a mark of respect and esteem to f
one's departed relatives, but it is de- 1
sirable and proper to place an enduring
record in stone over all graves. If e
you nave lovea ones wno nave pasaeu ;
to the great beyond and are considering
the idea of a suitable marker for 1
their graves, we will appreciate a call ]
from you that we may have an oppor- I
tunlty of showing you designs of Head
Stones and Monuments and quoting J
vou prices. c
YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. I
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W. B. Wylie, Sec. and Treaa.
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professional (Tards. s
A. Y. CART WRIGHT,
SURGEON DENTIST, c
YORKVILLE, S. C.
/ICSfc OFFICE HOURS: 3
gam. to i pm.; a p m. to 5 prr
Office upstairs in the Moore build- 1
Ing over I. W. Johnson's store.
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?K. HI. W. WHITE, I
DENTIST 1
YORKVILLE, S. C.
Opposite Postoffice, Yorkville, S. C. *
JOHN R. HART *
ATTORNEY AT LAW I
No. 3 Law Range
YORKVILLE, S. C. r
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J. S. BRICE, I
ATTORNEY AT LAW I
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Office Opposite Court House. c
Prompt attention to all legal business
of whatever nature. 1
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GEO. W. S. HART, 1
ATTORNEY AT LAW '
YORKVILLE, S. C. 0
2 Law Range. 'Phone Office No. 58 |
O. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. F
FINLFY & JENNINGS, t
YDRKVILLE, S. C. -l
Office in Wilson Building, opposite J
Court House. Telephont No. 126.
MAKE fl CLUB
FOR THE ENQUIRER!
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Eighteen Capital Premiums
Valued at $725 *
AND UNLIMITED NUMBER OF
SMALLLK rKlALb.
Rubber Tired, Quarter Leather Top, Rock Hill
Buggy For Largest Club. ^
Quarter Leather Top, Steel Tired, Rock Hill Buggy
For Second Largest Club.
?orty and Thirty Dollar Sewing Machines for Largest and Second
Largest Clubs That Do Not Get Buggies in Each Township.
THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER IS THE MOST THOROUGHGOING
FAMILY NEWSPAPER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. It is primarily a County
aaper, and there is not a paper in this state that fills its field more completely
or more impartially in this respect. It seeks to promote the material ^
ind moral welfare of its readers, and in defending and developing all that is
aest in their educational, political and social life. It is owned and controlled
ibsolutely by its publishers, who hold themselves responsible only to their
mbscrlbers as a whole on a basis of the Ten Commandments and the four Gospels.
As the best recommendation of the integrity of its conduct, and of the
righteousness of its controlling motives it points back to a record of fifty-three
fears of earnest endeavor, and the present support of MORE THAN TWO
rHOUSAXD PAID SUBSCRIBERS.
The premiums offered by the publishers of THE ENQUIRER for the
LARGEST CLUBS returned in the premium getting campaign of 1908-09, in
- iuae lwo taruiina uraae nucx mil nugKit*s ana nnux'ii iukii uruuc acwuuc i
Machines. j
THE FIRST PREMIUM.
The prize for the LARGEST CLUB of the contest will be a Quarter
L/eather Top Rock Hill Buggy, equipped with Rubber Tires and valued at Reall
at $95.
THE SECOND PREMIUM.
The prize for the SECOND LARGEST CLUB returned in the contest
jvlll be a Quarter Leather Top Carolina Grade Rock Hill Buggy, with Steel
rires, and. valued at $70.
FIRST TOWNSHIP PREMIUM.
To the Clubmaker returning a larger club than any other Clubmaker residing
in the same township we will give One Five Drawer High Arm Sewing
Machine, which Retails at $10. The Machine has drop head, hand lift, and is
mil bearing. It is equipped with ribbon pattern stand and ball bearing device ^
vhich the manufacturers claim is the best that has ever been used in connec- r
Jon with a Sewing Machine. It is guaranteed for Ten Years and will last a
ifetime.
SECOND TOWNSHIP PREMIUM.
To the Clubmaker returning the SECOND LARGEST CLUB of any Clubnaker
in the township in which he resides, we will give a No. 26 "New Model"
Pive Drawer, Drop Head Sewing Machine. The furniture is of selected oak,
vith quarter-sawed lid, finished in dark golden oak with high polish. The retail
irice Is $30, and the Machine Is guaranteed for Ten Years.
It is our purpose to give the Buggies to the Clubmakers returning the
LARGEST and SECOND LARGEST CLUBS. If both the Largest and Second
Largest Clubs are returned from the same township, there will be no Sewing
Vlachlne premium for that township. In case the Buggies go to TWO different
townships, then the Clubmaker in each of those townships making the
Second Largest Club, will receive One of the Forty Dollar Sewing Machines.
The Buggies we are offering are of the Standard Carolina Grade made
jy the ROCK HILL BUGGY COMPANY. They are of the quarter leather top A
lescription, and the Retail Price of one Is $95.00, while the Retail Price
>f the other is $70.00. These Buggies carried off all the premiums at the last
Georgia State Fair, and it is conceded by disinterested dealers and users everyvhere
that there is not a better Buggy to be had in the United States for the a
irice. There are hundreds of these Buggies running in this section and they
ire giving general satisfaction. They may be seen on exhibition at the mam
moth factory of tho company in Rock Hill, or in the warerooms of different 4
lealers in this section, Messrs. Carroll Bros., of Yorkville; W. P. Harris &
Sons, of Fort Hill; S. J. Kimball & Sons, Rock Hill.
The Sewing Machines are as good as are to be had at the prices quoted.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
As a special inducement and to make it easier for Clubmakers, we offer
;o send THE ENQUIRER to NEW SUBSCRIBERS, subscribing before January
1, 1909, from the date they pay until January !, 1910, for the price of a
pear's subscription. Those who have not been on our lists since the 15th day
)f last July will be considered as NEW subscribers.
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CLUBMAKERS.
ALL PERSONS who desire to do so, whether they live in York county
>r elsewhere, are cordially invited to act as Clubmakers. All will be entitled
:o participate in the competition for the Buggies, and those who are unable
o get the largest clubs in their respective Townships, will be paid for their
vork in other premiums, commensurate in value with the value of the work %
performed or in cash, as they may prefer. Should it develop at the windup
:hat the Largest Club of the entire contest has been returned by a non-resilent
of the county, he will receive a $95 Rubber Tired Top Buggy.
WHAT A CLUB IS
The price of a Single Subscription is $2 a year, or $1 for six months. In
21ubs the price is $1 for six months, or $1.75 for a year. A Club consists of
wo or more names returned by the same Clubmaker. The names may be OLD
)r NEW?that is, people who are now taking THE ENQUIRER, or who have
tot been taking it since the 15th day of last July?and may be sent in one.
wo or more at a time, with or without the cash, to suit the convenience of
he Clubmaker.
OTHER PREMIUMS
Besides the Buggy and Sewing Machine premiums, which are to go as J
ull and complete reward to the Clubmakers making and paying for the larg- M
?st clubs in the county and the respective townships, we are offering SPECIAL
PREMIUMS for all smaller Clubs, including from four names up. A
FOR FOUR NAMES.?A Stylographic Fountain Pen; a handsome Three- 9
' nt fho Into
csiaueu rocnei ivmit- Willi name anu auuicaa vu imnuiv, u> vmv v. >ov ...v
iew Novels that retail for $1.00.
FOR FIVE NAMES.?A year's subscription to either of the following
Magazines: McClure's, Munsey, Argosy, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening
Post, or any other Dollar Magazine, or either of the following: A "Champion"
Stem Winding Watch, a gold pointed Fountain Pen or a Four-Bladed Pocket
Knife.
FOR SIX NAMES.?An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, Hamilton Mod.'1
15, 22-calibre Rifle, u year's subscription to the Christian Herald, a 22ttring
Zlthern or any one of the new popular $1.60 Novels.
FOR EIGHT NAMES.?An Ingersoll "Triumph" Watch, Daisy Repeatng
Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine Razor or a Pocket Knife, a
itapid Writer Fountain Pen?plain case; or a Hopf Model Violin or an 8-inch ^
3anjo.
FOR TEN NAMES?One year's subscription to THE ENQUIRER, a No.
! Hamilton 22-Cal. Rifle?model 11; any one of the $1.75 or $2 publications
>ne year, or a Gold Mounted Fountain Pen, a good Banjo. Guitar or Violin.
FOR TWENTY NAMES.?Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-oz. Canvas
hunting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector Single-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, or
my one of the $4 Magazines for one year. 4
FOR THIRTY NAMES.?Either of the following: A Single-Barrel Hamnerless
Shot Gun, a fine Toilet or Washstand Set, or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr.,
!2-Cal. Rifle.
FOR FORTY NAMES.?A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York
Standard Open Face Watch, a W. Richards Double-Barrel Breech-Loading
>hot Gun.
ANYTHING DESIRED.?We will arrange to furnish any special article
lesired by a Clubmaker for a given number of names on application at this
tfflce.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
THE CONTEST BEGINS NOW and will come to a close on SATURDAY,
dARCH 20, at 6 o'clock p. m., sharp.
Each Clubmaker will be held Individually responsible for the payment of ^
he amount due on all names returned by him or her. Where it is desired to
top a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Clubmaker may I
lo so by paying the amount due at the time of such stoppage. Where a subscription
has been paid in full, it eannot be discontinued. The Clubmaker.
lowever, may, if he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the sub- /
icription to another subscriber, provided the person to whom the transfer is
o be made was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on 1
>ur books.
No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subcrlption
price has been paid, nor will any premium be delivered until the
Clubmaker has either paid or ma^e satisfactory settlement for all the names
n the Club.
In cases of contention by two or more Clubmakers over the right to a
lame, preference will be given to the one who pays for the name FIRST; but
vhere both pay, we shall not nttempt to decide the matter except by crediting
he name for one year for each such payment.
After a name has been entered on our books, no transfer will be pernitted.
This is positive and emphatic, and where Clubmakers attempt to
nake such transfers, they must concede our right to take such steps as may *
eem necessary to protect the fairness of this provision. The Clubmaker who ^
eturns names must pay for them. Clubmakers who try to return and pay for
lames already regularly returned by others will be called down, especially
f there Is evidence of an understanding between the Clubmakers. This is
lot for the protection of the publishers; but as a guarantee of the fairness
'I II1C
Any and all Clubmaker.s will have the right to Get Subscribers Wherever n
rhey Can. It is not necessary that all the names shall go to the same address.
The fact that a name was returned on a certain club last year does not give
hat Clubmaker a right to return it this year.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sendng
them, and we will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only
i hen it is sent by Draft. Registered Letter, Express or Postoffice Money Order.
In sending names, Always give correct name or initials, and present postiffice
address, and if possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking
he paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much
rouble and confusion.
In the case of a tie for either the Buggy or Township Sewing Machine
remiums TWO WEEKS will be allowed for the working off of the tie. >
After the close of the contest on SATURDAY, MARCH 20, at 6 p. m.,
he price of a year's subscription will be $2.00, unless New Clubs are formed.
L M. Grists Sons, Publishers
YORKVILLE, S. C. y