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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-09-02

especially as dllllgent search falled TO Qls
cover the box asserted by Colonel Morton to
contain the will. So things remained for
several days
"Stevenson could not but notice the half
averted glances of his fellow passengers, yet
he treated the idea of being really suspect
ell as preposterous. Rose was for the most
part closely engaged at the bedside Of her faith
er, who still hovered between life and death.
He was for greater portion Of the time quite
unconscious still there we're times when he
seemed to be aware of all that was passing.
This being the case, it was arranged that ne
should be asked, in the presence of the prin-
cpal passengers, to name his assailant. At
the time appointed by the doctor as being
a likely one to find the General fit to receive
them, the cabin was filled by Captain Bowlby,
Colonel Morton, and many others, among
them being Lieutenant Stevenson. 1t was a
scene, solemn as striking, in that dimly light.
ed cabin. The patient with his bandaged
head, and his face scarcely less pale than the
sheet on which he lay the by-standers, with
anxiety and curiosity strangely mingled in
their faces made up a picture not easily for
gotten. The time seemed propitious, as the
General recognized Rose and several others
around him; but now difficulty occurred ;
the wound in the throat was in such a state
that the doctor would not allow him to speak.
It was therefore arranged that paper and pen
should be given him, and while one held HIM
up, he should simply be asked to write the
name of his assailant.
"Aud he must be quick, gentlemen" added
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
FOR RENT,

4 FARM within two miles q Jackson, with good
n DEelling q six rooms besides kitchen aud ser
wants room, sixty aeres q land cleared aRd undei
fence, two tenant h0uses stables, garden, and
orchard, two cisterus flewood aud water faI
stock. A good place Tor dairy. Apply 70
Nov. 20 s50-4v
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25

Southern cruelty and barbarlsm. She
told the old tale of the young negro
who left Mississippi and went to Kan
sas, and fixed himself up for business,
and returned for his family, and was
mutilated, his hands having been cut
of and thrown into his wifes lap,
his ears and toes cut off and made
into soup and given him to eat; and
the doctor who came to dress his
wounds, was prevented from reliev-
ing him-and so on I'D nduseunl.
But the old lady felt that il was safe
to stop at the hands In the wife's lap.
Little by little, she will tell IL all, pre-
tend to believe it, and try to raise
money by this silly tale, and she
does raise money, for her hearers love
just such scandal, and regale them
selves with the utterances of one like
Mrs. Comstock who will boldly bear
false witness against neighbor."
Now when public speaker or writer
does not and cannot give place, name
date, and authority for inhuman acts,
told to raise and obtain money under
false pretences, they should be held up
TO public scorn as base liars and trad
ucers of II people entitled to be regard
ed in this country and even in Mis-
sissippi, rs at least not more demo-
niacal than human beings in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, or New
York. But when fanaticism blinds
the mind, falsehood is as good as truth
and is generally preferred.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
Charcoal and Its Uses.

Charcoal. laid fiat while cold on a
burn, causes pain to abate immedi-
ately; by leaving it on for an hour the
burn seems almost healed when the
burn is superficial. And charcoal is
valuable for many other purposes
Tainted meat, surrounded with it, is
sweetened strewn over heaps of de-
composed pelts, or over dead animals,
it prevents any unpleasant odor. Foul
water is purified by it. 1t is a great
disinfectant, and sweetens offensive
air if placed i'm shallow trays around
apartments. 1t is so very porous in
its minute interior" il absOrbs and
cOndenses gasses must rapidly. One
cubic inch of fresh charcoal will alb
sOrb nearly one hundred inches of gas
eOus ammonia. Charcoal forms an
unrivaled poultice for malignant
wounds and sores, often cOrrOding
away dead flesh, reducing il TO one
quarter in six hours. In cases Of what
we call proud flesh it is invaluable.
IL gives no disagreeable Odor, cOrrOdes
no metal, hurts no texture, Injuries no
color, is a simple and safe sweetner
and disinfectant. A teaspOOnful of
in half a glass of water, often
relieves a sick headache; il absOrbs
the gases and relieves the distended
stomach pressing against the nerves.
which extend from the stomach 10 the
head. IL often relieves constipation,
pain or heartburn.-Sci. American,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
COOK PORK THOROUGHLY.

"A young Italian in Chicago from
eating raw sausage meat died from
that dreadful disease trichina. AT
indianapolis, not long since, a whole
family were affected with the parasites
and died. In fact, instances are COM
mon, where persons have suffered
from the same disease.
To eat raw pork is a dangenerous
experiment, and the only safe remedy
is to have your meat thoroughly
cooked. The Indiana Farmer says:
1t is necessarWto remind those who
use pork as food that there is always
more OF less danger in doing so, unless
the meat is thoroughly cooked. Tri-
chime have been found in the flesh of
swine supposed to he entirely healthy.
Some months ago family in this city
were infected with the parasites and
several members died. They ate saul
sages raw or nearly So and the trichi-
na entering their blood alive soon
ditfIusGd themselves throughout the
muscular system. A telegram of re-
cent date reports the case of an Italian
family in Chicago that became infec-
ted i'm a similar manner about month
ago. The husband and father is al
ready dead and his wife and three
children are dangerously sick. No
case of the disease has ever been
known to result from eating pork that
was thOurOughly cooked
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
Everlasting Potatoes.

The San Francisco Commercial Her.
aid says that during the past year or
two an important industry has sprung
up in that State i'm the way of preserv-
ing PotStOes fora foreign market. A
.pIachine has beeh invented for pressing
md preserving potatoes in such man.
ner that they may he dried and kept
for number of years in any climate.
No oxidation or fermentation takes
place in the process; they retain, to Il
great extent, their natural taste and
original freshness. Shippings made to
England during the past year have
attracted attention, and the demand
for California preserved potatoes i'm
that country already exceeds the su, =
pF. The hrst shipment to Liverpool
brought the sum of 500 per ton over
all expense of shipment. Last year
about twenty tons were shipped from
San, Francisco which brought As Eng
lish shillings per hundred weight, or
at the rate Of 8 per sack for green
potatoes. At Arcata, Humboldt cOun-
u, strong company has been organ
lied 10 preserve pdfatOes by the new
process. Ventura has an apparatus
IN working order, and will handle a
large Iaptity Of potatoes this fall.
san FfsaTtisco merchants and capita
lists evince a lively interest in the
enterprise and are watching results
closely. The testimony of English
merchants is 10 the effects that the
products are superior and in active
demand.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
Bone Fertilizer,

The value of bones to agriculture is
very great, because they supply to
the soil the very element that is most
deficient in it, viz: the phosphoric acid.
This acid is present in all plants, and
the most nutritious food substances,
especially for young animals, are eX
ceedingly rich in it. AS we have
seen that more than half the weight of
the bone of an animal consists of
phosphate of lime, and nearly one-half
of this consists of phosphoric acid, it
can he readily gathered that when
the soil is deficient in this plant food,
those plants which are the most nutri-
tiOus do not thrive, and the heritage
consists of inferior kinds, which afford
insufficient nutriment. Then animals
pasturing upon such fields fail in their
milk or are of weak constitution. So
our most valuable crops, which all
contain considerable quantities of
phosphoric acid, will fail to grow when
The soil becomes exhausted of this nee
essary constituent.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25

For those who have not been able Il
procure a plentiful supply of road dust
or dry earth for use in the fowl house,
l would recommend the use of common
ground plaster (gypsuml which farm
ers use for fertilizer. 1t is power
full absorbent, and all unpleasant
smells about the henery can be re-
moved by sprinkling little under the
roosts each morning, and also pre-
vents the escape Of ammonia; and the
increased value of the manure where
plaster is used in the fowl house will
pay the cost OF the plaster three times
over. Plaster costs about SIPS bar
rel, and is very much better for use i'm
hen houses than air sacked lime. If
you don't believe it, try it.-Fanny
Field, i'm Prairie Farmer.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
Grow More Wool.

The country does not grow enough
wool to supply her manufacturers
and her manufacturers do not make
enough goods to clothe her people. In
order to make up the deficiency, we
must import both wool and goods.
The amount of wool we need each
year is variously estimated from fifty
to one hundred millions. The worst
bears of the market do not claim over
twenty millions foreign wool now in
the country, and these same parties
say there is about the usual supply of
domestic in the eastern cities, while
some say it is much smaller than
usual, and it is notorious that the
Countrywide interior "has not been
bearer of wool for many years, if ever
before, since wool was grown in this
country. We believe we have made
a statement of facts which would lead
us to the conclusion that our supply
would be short unless we imported
more wool, but the foreign markets are
firm, and prices so high as to prevent
any further importations of wool. In
fact the worlds wool crop promises to
be short while more machinery is run
ming that at any time during its h:stO-
ry. What does this signity-simply
that wool should command good
prices unless everything goes to the
dOgs.-WOol Growers Bulletin.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
= JOHN M. SMYLIE.
REAL ESTATE AGENT.

DERSONS WISHING TO SELL REM, OK
L Purchase Real Estate will lind II 10 ihelL III,
Ierest to call or correspond with rs III Irle'e''' "
same. ,,,.
| will give special attention TO business 3ti,"'
the the United States Land once, Homestead h,,
tries, Final Homestead Proofs, purchase OF l
with Cash, Scrip, or Warrants. ANY ana al MINE
OF Land Business solicited, -.tt.l
VIII furnish Maps, Field Notes, etc; Iel,"55g
copies from the originals Tor less than tlt! ''' ~
had elsewhere. 7. O. B"A 10 i,,rss
jams S0-1yl JACkSuN' VIZ
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25

TOMATOES.
1t will soon be time for those who
plant early tomatoes for market tc
SOW their seed in hot bed, which is
usually done about the middle OF
January. The following is copied
from the Indiana Farmer, and written
by l.. A. Foote of Terre Haute, In
diana who processes to be an old gard
nef. Several Of the varieties men
toned, we have never tested, and
therefore know nothing about them.
The "Acme" "Improved Trophy"
and Halfway are all excellent varie-
ties,--as good as we want for market.
He says: "The 100 Days, as in all my
former experiments, ripened first and
furnished much the largest number
of tomatoes for the first month. It's
fruit, however, is much smaller than
any of the others, and especially to-
wards the last of the month. 1t rotted
less than any. Although rather small
and sometimes rather rough, yet, if a
gardener, | should plant at least
one quarter of my early stock of the
100 Days. This mast be taken as an
opinion only, for many would not
agree with me.
Alpha, a new variety, came next,
and is very valuable kind. 1t is of
good size and shape, much like Can
ada Victor, and if I chose only one
kind ] would choose it.
Acme is a beautiful tomato, and
with us most salable of all when it
comes, but this experiment and other
knowledge of it tel s me it cannot be
classed among the very early toma-
toes. OF course it is one of the best
for main crop. 1T is perfectly smooth
and Of II purplish color.
Canada Victor is an excellent early
variety, ranking in former expert
ments about as it does here.
Paragon is very handsome tomato,
as smoothe as Acme, larger and of n
bright red, while the latter is purplish
red. 1t did not prove productive.
Early Essex. This variety ] also
grow, but planting it some two weeks
later. could not make comparison
with the others us to the ealliness. 1t
is SO nearly like Acme that | shall not
believe it different until another trial
proves it so.
This does not exhaust the good vari-
cites, but it does the earlier ones. The
Trophy and Fejee and Gen Grant are
excellent late kinds.
The above were grown in good, |
black sandy soil, not MANFRED this
season and well adapted to their
growth.
In trials reported to me from nearly
every state i'm the Union, three or
four years since, the 100 Days came |
first and the Canada Victor second.
Alpha and Acme have been added to
the list since. | mean that in very
largo majority of cases this was the
report, but in few instances, singu
larly, later kinds have been reported
as coming first. This is difficult to nc
count for. Sometimes, perhaps, mis-
takes have been made and others have
had some more favorable influences to
bring the later kinds forward of the
acknowledged earlier ones. | have
made accurate comparisons for three
different years with the same results.
Soil may have something to do with
the difference of maturing. In my
experiments the soil has been the
same in all cases-a black sandy loam."
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
Immense FrRud.

At a late meeting i'm the Northern
cities for the relief of the happy tam
lily Of Kansas negroes, a Mrs Eliza
beth l.. COmstOek lifted the hair on
the bald heads present TO bristIing
elevation. by the rehearsal Of the
false and fraudulent representations Of
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
WANTED--A JOB PRESS.
Dee. II, lsO-4l

A NY one having a JOB PRESS in good run
IA ming oder that can take forms from SKIP up,
wishing TO sell, might do well to address.
II. +. BARRETT,
Dec. II, lS0-il KosciuSko, Miss
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25

In tcent report TO Parliament the
report was that the steam power Of
the manufactures Of that country was
equal to 5OO,OOO, 600 Of men.
, 1880-03-14
4 Torpedo After a Man.


The inventor has constructed q self -propelling
torpedo which possessed the popularity of be-
ing able to TO used on land as well as in water
"a result which WIS obtained by fitting It with
to a Committee Of naval officers at Lyme, Conn.,.
last August Il canal6oat to he blown up had
been anchored some distance from the shore,
and It was understood that the torpedo would
blow it to pieces, and return to the shore, where
q subsequent experiment would demonstrate its
efficiency on land Whether the inventor had
been guilty OF ill-reatng the torpedo, or whether
means of knowing. We do know, however, that
after IT had zone few rods in the direction Of
the canalboat, 1t turned round and came rapidly
and with undue ferocity toward the group on
but the torpedo paid no attention to them. On
landing It made for the inventor, who fled with
every symptom OF extreme terror. In vain did
he seek to outstrip his pursuers. The torpedo
bitches. climbing fences, and steadily gaining on
him. Happily, be reeoliected that the torpedo
could not turn quickly, and 20 when he WAS nearly
and ran toward the village. The topcdo turned
and followed him, gaining so long az the inventor
kept straight On. but losing little at every
turn. He was nearly exhausted when he finally
reached his own workshop, the door of which
dashed out again through a rear window, just
as the ferocious and bafaed torpedo fiu4 itself
against the door, and, exploding, blew the work
shop into small pieces. No account Of this in-
vfous reason that the inventor was Interested In
keeping It secret It is, however, every bit as
true as many Of the stories which have been
told Of the wonderful feats accomplished by
other and tanner torpedoes, and it gives rs q
glimpse Of the terrible consequences which may
follow It our torpedoes should become rebellious
and devastatc our cities aud towns, instead Of
annthilating the ships OF the enemy.
, 1880-03-14
SPORTING.
PEDESTRIANISAI.


SAN FRANCISCO, March 13-At O'Clock las
night the score stood: OLeary, E37; Weston. as
At II last night Weston had reduced O.Leay,-.s
lead to twelve miles. but during the remainde,
OF the night, by sticking closer to the truck
OLeary drew away from his competitor. After
his morning nap O'Leary resumed the walk at +
quarter past :, Weston not returning until au
hour later, when he continued his attempt I'd
close the gap.
,At9. this morning the score stood: OLeary,
~; Weston. Isl. Both men continue in guod
understood he does not despair OF oyertakfn0
O'Lenry, though the latter Is now tho fayorit
During the day O. Leary has drawn so steafitly
ahead OF Weston as to put the result beyond ali
doubt, and the former is now mercly walking
for record. At P: m. O'Leary had scored 500
miles and Weston ZIG.
Special Dispatch to Tbs Chicago Trtsune
SAN FRANCISCO, March E-The walking
match. while q failure pecunfarily, hns given
the Chicago boy an opportunity for displaying
powers Of endurance astonishing even lis besr
friends. His hackers will make big money. as
even up to Friday tho odds were 20 to in Wes-
toms favor. Weston counted confidently On
O'Leary having to retire from the track for rest
this morning. The result is another feather i'll
Chicago's cap.
The closing score, Ii p. m., 0'Lcary ZIG.
Weston, 40.
SAN Francisco, Cal, March IA 9 D. m.
OLeary had scored $40, and Weston 49, Both
men travelling at q good gait, The crowd ia
cheering the pedestrians Enthusiastically. The
pavilion is packed, and O Leary is doing bis best
TO surpass his best previous record.
1op. m.-O'Leary, 5A; Weston, 485x.
, 1880-03-14
TRADE NOTES,

NEW YORK, March 13-There is a strong proba-
bility that there will be prolonged contest be-
tween the piano manufacturers Of this city and
their men. On Monday morning will begin the
greatest lockout OF workmen that has ever oc-
CURED. Fully $500 pinno-mnkers arc in the
employ of the manufacturers, and every ono is
to be Informed that there is no work; that the
lockout has commenced. There seems now to
he no possibility Of preventing it, as the men on
Il strike from Steinway's factory have resolved
that they will not return to work except on their
own terms, which are general increase in all
branches OF 10 per cent and II to III per cent to
varnisheTs and machiuists- They are backed up
by the Piano-Makers' Union. THenty-four out
Of the twenty eight manufacturers OF this city,
fearing the New York Piano Manufacturers As
sociation, decided that ii Steinway s Sons men
did not return to work or give notice to the firm
OF their intention to doso BY O'clock this after
noon every factory Of any size In the city will,
on Monday morning, suspend business indcff9ttiy
issued by John King, j.. ltecelvcr Of the Ohio
Mississippi Raiiroad. that beginning april tho
wages of employees shall be restored to what they
we're before the reduction In Jsily, 1877.
, 1880-03-14

! Having recently, and for the first time in my
life, been called upon to serve as q juror, and
| having experienced tho dlscon1fo1ts, aud the
Courts Indifference to the comfort Of jurors I
scanned the diagram of the assignment Of tho
various rooms Of the building to see II, In your
| magnificent Government Building, there WIS
| any evidence that Judges, clerks, Marsha1s.
Bailirs, or "any others in authority" had given
| the health, comfort, or feelings Of Jurors any
consideration. found that Iargc, well furnished
rooms had been assigned on tho naiu floors to
almost everybody except jurors. But as no d,a-
granted that the poor Jurors had no rights that
asoaf. s '@As'' AA'1'4''' e"'eN " .N'e
My experience as juror at the late criminal
term in this tAdaus) county is no doubt a fair
sample ot things throughput the State, and
ta at g e1 e1as EN- f tga % zee hoT
Hnnl<t 70 the players and refuse It alto
gether." Having been accepted" after aa-
suPation. Weight wnere you ~ bad "a y yoSs or list list
trial proceeded. In the court -roorn we had COM
men Of the jury" told we were intelligent meu,
and loved justice, and were Judges OF the Inv
not allowed to Separate, and ~ were marched m
to a place where we were fed by contract
%s1. saa by ,sls. 5ns i0Tszt !; bidder Il asat " 70
two rooms not over twelve feet square contains
Ing stx beds each; ~ Rest, pertssxbed sRlrts>
see., ua1u eno nAnh ~ cna1Ke " Us 1aese
aoous n1 were not overly cean or tne oeos 1nnoetn
speSatng.a1 M q luxurIpus coicnes. LocG1nE us
~, ouE bNlnu went on 70 see MS gnrL ne1oft
Us us ueparturo sald, ~ Haftman, VINO. py
tgy uae pyE, ~ gent!ehan, ana ofd me PEST ne
EEouu' uea31 u'ucr o1uers. - Joseph! wno Is
pelnE tr1ed. Iois Jury OF tne poor Devil we are
settin ~ 10 fepncd by pulling unwn Ms
Tyeiio WIN one manu- ana h1s vest WITH me other.
- took to his overcoat" and an old lounge IN an
aoloinlnx room. sleep and rest being out OF the
qutsuon, oam Gf1meS ana sam Brauey anu
me ooys told stories until about j 10 the
Morulne. Delorc GtocK the nctp IN the
ne1t rooms oeSan 10 clattcri and there was no
xao1S Z sS Iese 5oI taat WeaIy Ju1J. HRtlnB oeen
d aeu Anu MAscneu paek s.: 70 tne cour1-fooms We
49, nete eon.Pelasa nS " scek uogesaef Mat1 ms
HonoF arrived anu tae arguments IN tde case
oeHmu. r.. .na ,a,,-,..,. ,..., sod 4.,o..
~ s2se4,suokng, qs genlat, Ao9 ta4enten 1faeno
, 1880-03-14
The Dog-TaL.
ID The Editor Of IHs CHICAGO Tribune.

10 The Editor of Ihs Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, March 12.-To owners Of dogs who
are afraid that they will have to pay So tax on
each aud every canine that they own. I will
state: Do not be alarmed; the city cannot and
will not collect the tax, for the simple reason
that it is impossible Past experience has shown
this. The whole thing Is put-up job By few
West-Siders, who want positions as "Dog In
spcctors," "Dog Assessors" and "Dog Police
men," and so they have prevailed On q thousand
or SO nervous West-Siders to sign g. petition TO
tar dogs using the played-out "hydrophobla "
scare as their basis.
To owners Will state, # the law fs attempted
to be enforced, do not be fool enough to pay the
tax, but tell the Assessor be can have the dog.
II all owners will do this they can rest assured
that they will keep their dogs. also their 81
1t Is a very foolish and unjust tax. and
5hs Tao s% Fat 9a it not Is pp tar
horses, pigs, COWS, birds, cats, hens, rooste1s.
bedbugB. cockroaches. and all other domestic
pets? Il the tar was a Just one, sou sweet
West-SideEs could rest assured that 1t would be
collected. As the ordinance stands, any SHY.
four" His Honor the Mayor known this per-
fectly we'll, and be should not allow the West
Sders to run him In q kennel, even though 1t Is
near election time. He has authority to sup
press all dogs running at large" and these are
household pet never runs mad. and the idea of
those Wcst-Siders arguing that a tax OF 50 will
prevent hydrophobia is too ridiculous for any
thing, md worthy Of the West Side, who, after
"our" fire, supposed that they were to be the
.ovn and only" Chicago: Mayor Harrison,
himself to be fooled by these petitioners, not
one-third Of whom are voters, but lot Of nerv-
GUS women. who would faint at the sight Of
mouse. Yours truly, Al. MCDONALD.