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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

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fashioned Western merchant, hailing from a
country store in Michigan, was buying stock
in New York, and the firm took advantage
Of the occasion to make inquiries concerning
some of their customers around him. When
they asked about Smith, Of Cashville, he re-
piled:
"Smith! Yes, he's in trade yet, but he's
Just married a second wife, and she's going
through his wealth like saltpeter. He'll fail
in less n six months"
"How about Jones, of your town? p
"Jones Well, Jones is pegging along after
the old style, and he's bought him bicycle,
and everybody says he'll 60 to the wall in a
year"
And Brown & son-are they all right? ?"
Brown &, Son? Wall. they may keep
along till spring, but doubt it. Old Brown
has got so nigh.sighted that he can't tell a
sheep pelt from coon skin, and the boy is
dead stuck on a widow woman who never
wears anything less than s6 stockings"
"But Davis is doing good trade, isn't
he?"
Davis! Wall, pooty fair, but he won't
last. He rented the upper part of his store
to a Chicago milliner, and she broke up two
families and caned preacher. Every body
blames Davis, and his sales last week only
footed up pound Of saleratus and a wash
board"
"Well, you are the only customer out there,
and, of course, you are all right"
"Me! Wall, I'm all right just now, but
things may change My wife belongs to
three literary societies and is the big toad at
church festivals, while I've bought 2:4O
trotter and learned to play old sledge. You
needn't be surprised any day to hear that
I've been busted from garret to cellar; so
clean that creditors can't find enough dry
goods to wipe baby's nose on"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

FLEAs ON DoGs.-Fleas are troublesome
pests to dogs, and on that account we will
give your readers the best way in which they
can be removed, and at the same time prevent
their recurrence Treatment: Wash the dog
with warm water for half an hour; then rub
the hair and skin dry, after which sprinkle
the whole body with alcohol, then lodge the
animal in comfortable place, and keep him
there till morning then get some ground aloes
(6ne) and dust the whole body over with dust.
This may be done twice week, for two con-
secutive weeks, and the medicine washed off
the second day after application. This is all
that is necessary to cause their removal. Still,
it must be remembered that you must prevent
the feas from again making their home in
your dogs hair and skin, and this can be done
by having him sleep on pine shavings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

A Novel WEDpING-A few days ago,
up on the Colorado, says the Austin (Texas)
Statesman, a couple bent on marriage pro-
cured license and set out with one or two
friends to look up parson. They reached
the river, but, alas the would be bride could
not cross. They were in pickle. The only
parson for long weary miles was just across
the river, while visions of irate parents with
double, barreled shosguns formed very long
and troublesome procession through the minds
of the two lovers. The weather was cold, the
river was up and what could they do? One
of the escort suggested that he would swim
the river and see if possible, the parson, who
undoubtedly would fix upa plan to tie the
nuptial knot. He did so, found the preacher
and soon had him down on the river bank.
The water was cold and deep and he refused
point blank to cross over, to the very great
distress of the young couple on the other
side. Necessity is not only the mother of in
ventions, but is the mother of expediences
The parson concluded to marry the couple
across the river and they joined hands and
took their stand near the waters edge, while
the preacher on the opposite bank, in stento
rian voice pronounced the marriage service
and declared them man and wife.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03
IRON SAFE FOR SALE.

VyHE undersigned offers for sale one No. .
IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bah
man Il Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has COM
bnation lock, and for all practical purposes is
euual to a new one. 1t is offered for sale for no
reason except that it is too small for my purposes
T.. NJ. GRIST.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

"How BEST TO REMOVE WARTS ?"-This
question was discussed at the last meeting of
the Connecticut Board of Agriculture. One
gentleman said large wart on the udder Of
his hefer prevented her from being milked.
He was recommended to apply grease or oil,
at frequent intervals Boiled linseed oil has
thus been used with good results In one
case mentioned, number Of large warts were
removed from various parts Of horse by
bathing them in weak solution of potash
When warts are small at the base, they may
he removed by a string frequently tightened-
tiled off," as it is sometimes called. Warts
are more frequent and abundant on young
than old animals. They often disappear very
quickly and without any application. The
methods for curing human warts would make
very curious list exhibiting many strange
and fanciful whims.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03
!, R. SCHORB'S PH0T0-GALLERY,
1sT HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL.

4 SUPERIOR Skylight, gallery with every
"A convenience, and determination to do my
best, enables me to promise satisfaction 10 all in
want Of correct and f1attering likenesses. Cloudy
weather is as good or better than sunshine for all
subjects. except small children.
January q At
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nay In North Carolina town lately, two
men were disputing about the relative merits
of the salve they had for sale. One of the
men, in order to demonstrate that his salve
was better than any other, cut off dogs
tail and applied little of the salve to the
stump. and, in the presence of the spectators,
a new tail grew out. But the other man,
who also had the salve for sale, took up the
piece of tail that had been cast away, put a
little salve at the end of that, new dog grew
out, and the last heard of those parties they
were quarreling as to who owned the second
dog.
baS The following anecdote is told Of Judge
Abbott, one of the members of the House
Investigating Committee which went to South
Carolina "When he was in Charleston he
asked the old darky at work in his room
what made him so slow about building the
fire. The reply was Fact is Judge, dar is
no coal down stairs. Use been up and down
the alley, and stole all the wood l could find,
and in the present denoralized condition of
society l can't do no BETTER"
s6s- An old colored preacher was lecsuring
youth of his fold on the sin of dancing,
when the latter protested that the Bible said
that there was time to dance '"Yes, dar ar
time to dance" said the dusky theologian,
"an it's when boy gets whippin' for goin'
to ball"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03
THE WILLIAMSON FEMALE COLLEGE

THE WILLIAMSON FEMALE COLLEGE
ID DESPECTFULLY offers it's services to those
To parents who desire to secure for their daugh-
ters the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of
their physical, intellectual, and moral powers.
1t is conducted on what is called the ZONE
STUDY PLAN, with Semi-AnL nal Course of
its low rates made still lower for ALL who
average IS per cent
No Public Exercises. No Receptions" rad
uation, which is always private, may occur eight
times year.
For full information, write for an Illustrated
Catalogue. Address
Rev. s. LANDER, President,
Williamson, s. G.
November4 As lv
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ROBERT J. HERNDON,
NOTICE.

CUBSCRIBERS to the YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER,
y not regularly served by mail, on the postal
routes between Yorkville and Bullock's Creek
Yorkvile to Zeno and from Yorkville to Clark's
Fork, by the way of Bethany, are hereby in
formed that will deliver their papers along the
routes FREE OF CHARGE, provided they enter
their names on my club. J. N. ROBERTS.
December % SO If
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aa- Gods word is pledged to supply the
wants of his children. He does not promise
to supply all we desire, but all we need. He
supplied the wants of the children of Israel,
but did not give them all they camored for
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03
ESTATE, ELLISON ROBBINS, DECD.

NOTICE is hereby given thatthe undersigned.
as Administrator of the estate of ELLISON
ROBBINS, deceased will file his final return, in
the office of the Judge of Probate for York coun-
ty, on the 23rd day of March next, and ask for
letters distnissory in the said estate.
JAMES A. SANDERS, Sr.
February II, 1881 5t
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CLEANSING AND REPAIRING.

VTHE undersigned would respect 'ully inform
l. the public that he is prepared to cleanse gar
ments of any fabric whatever, rendering them
perfectly clean, and If unfaded restoring them to
the original brightness and lustre of the goods.
Do not throw away your old clothes, but have
them cleaned and made to look as we'll as new,
Work promptly done, and at the most reasona-
BILE prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
August IL % If
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ADVERTISINGR RATES.
ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first inser-
ton, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each
subsequent insertion. A square consists of the
space occupied by seven'lines of this size type,
Gy- Contracts will be made at reduced rates
for advertising space to be used for three, six,
or twelve months.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

EMMANUEL-GoD WITH Us.-The beau.
tiful German story of the Christ-chld has a
moral which speaks feelingly to the heart.
Ever as the gracious time draws near when
God is manifest in the flesh, little child-so
the tradition runs-forlorn and destitute, with
ragged garments and bare feet, appears among
men. Almost perished with cold, suffering
the papgs of hunger, he wanders from house
to house and from door to door. Wherever
is heard the sounds of festivity and mirth,
where brilliant lights add splendor to the
scene and warm fires lend their comfort where
the merchant is busy at the counter, and the
lawyer labors at his desk, where the farmer
reckons up his harvest, where poverty sits
glooming by the 6reside and wealth flashes in
the parlor, there the timid wall of the Christ
child is heard, there he knocks at the door.
If he is kindly welcomed and made to share
the genial warmth and pleasant feast. if his
wants are supplied, if festivity is for while
relaxed, if business is put aside to attend to
his appeal, if kind hearts are filled with love
and pity for one so suffering aud so young,
then he reveals his true nature, and becomes
with US. There he leaves
a blessing upon the basket and the store.
But if his claims are overlooked if the
sound of revelry browns his cry if selfish
ness shuts the door upon him, and refuses or
delays to assuage the pangs of hunger and of
cold; if he is turned away from the lighted
hall and bid to take up his abode in the man.
ger; if their own enjoyment makes their ears
deaf and their hearts hard to the outcry of
humanity-if there is no room in the inn,
then the Christ,child turns away, and with
him parts the hope of peace, ofhappiness and
of heaven. .-Selected
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C.& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE,
YoRKvILLE, 8. c., January 3lst, 1881. J
VNHE following Schedule of the Mail and Pas
senger Trains took effect at 6 o'clock, a.. M,
OH the 3lst of January, 1881.
GOING SOUTH.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

Bg In an oration on "Fools" celebrated
wit once delivered himself as follows: In a
gutter saw pig in the other semblance
of man. The pig was sober, the man was
drultk. The pig had ring in his nose, the
other animal had ore on his finger. The pig
grunted, so did the man; and | said aloud,
1--WE are known by the company we keep and
the pig heard me and walked away, ashamed
to be seen in the company af drunken man.
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NOTICE.

II RESPECTFULLY inform the public that /
am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears
and other tine.eaged instruments. Prces-for
honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for
sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and
satisfaction guaranteed or no charge.
TOM BALLARD, Barber.
February 8 1t
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A PLEA FOR CATHOLIC COMMUNION.
4 PAMPHLETo of SS octave pages on the above
n subject, taking the affirmative of the ques-
tion, bv Rev. J. P. Marion, of Chester, has Just
been issued. For sale at the ENQUIRER Office.
Price so cents, at which price it will be mailed free
of postage. !.
December Q hO
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

"NoTHING" There is no answer so pro-
voking as the stereotyped phrase nothing"
"What were you saying, my dear?" "Oh,
nothing" "What were you laughing at?'
Nothing" And SO it goes through whole
range of baffled inquiry. When Jeremiah
Mason, the celebrated New Hampshire
lawyer, who was Webster's master, lay on his
death bed he heard his daughter speaking.
He reused up and inquired, "Mary, what
did you say?" Nothing, papa" she replied.
The old spirit of the examiner woke in him,
and he said, "Mary, what words did you use
to say nothing?" Here is an admirable
formula for defeating the answer "nothing"
when used as rejoinder to large class of
questions.
IMPORTANCE OF WATERING SrocK.-For
the purpose of determining the capacity of
horse to undergo the privations incident to
state of siege, series of experiments has
been made in Paris. The results show that
horse may hold out for twenty-five days with
out any solid nourishment, provided it is
supplied with good drinking water; that a
horse can subsist for barely five days without
water; and thirdly, if horse is we'll fed for
ten days, but insufficiently supplied with wa
ter throughout this period, it will not outlive
the eleventh day. A horse which had re-
ceived no solid nourshment for twelve days
was nevertheless in condition to draw load
of six hundred pounds on the twelfth day of
its fast.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

paT Sol Smith Russell tells the following
story of his experience as All entertainer: At
small Ohio town, where he had given his
performance the previous night, he met at the
depot the following morning an elderly gran.
ger, who, while he peacefully munched
huge quid of tobacco, intently eyed the hu.
morst and finally said: "Say, mister, amt
you the fellow wot gin the show up to Smoot's
Hall last night?' eyes," replied Russell,
II did give an entertainment at Smoot's Hall
last night" "Wall, thought you was the
chap. wanted to tell you bout boy of
mine you ought to have him l.; he's just the
fellow for your show; he's the biggest fool l
ever seed"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03
The farnl and fireside.

A WATER FILTER.-Rain water is much
healthier than hard water as beverage, and
the following will be found an easy and cheap
way to fit it for drinking purposes Have an
oak tub made, holding from half to barrel,
according to the amount needed in the family /;
let it stand on end with faucet near the bot
tom-or | prefer a hole, near the bottom
through the front side, with a tube init which
prevents the water from rotting the outside of
the tub. Then put clean pebbles three or
four inches in thickness over the bottom of
the tub. Now have charcoal pulverized to
the size of small peas (that made from hard
maple is the best), and put in a half bushel
or 50 at time; pound it down quite firmly
and then put in more and pound again until
the tub is filled to within eight inches of the
top; again put on two inches more of the
pebbles, and then put on piece of clean
white flannel over the whole top to act as a
strainer.
The flannel can be washed occasionally to
remove the impurities collected from the wa.
ter, and it might be we'll to put flannel be-
tween the pebbles and the bottom also
When the charcoal becomes foul it can he re.
newed rs before, but will work whole season
without renewing. Put on your water freely
until it becomes clear, when you will be as
we'll satisfied as you would be if it ran through
d patent filter, costing six times as much as
this A large jar to hold the filtered water
can be set in the ice box if preferred, or an
occasional piece of ice can be put in the water;
but if the filter is set in the cellar, as it should
he the wafer will he sufficiently cool for
health. This makes good cider filter, also
first straining the cider through cotton to free
it from the coarsest pomace.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

THE SCoUNDREL HE WAS AFTER.-A
well dressed Galveston gentleman found him
self in very embarrassing situation the other
day. He had left his money at home, and
not nickel or a car ticket could he find
anywhere in his clothing. He was about to
leave the car when perfect stranger with a
sinister cast of countenance rendered the gen.
tleman nickel, who gladly accepted it and
dropped it into the box. The gentleman then
shook his unknown benefactor by the hand,
thanking him for the confidence and accom-
mediation, and asking for his address so as
to return the money. "Never mind" re.
sponded the generous man, 6ercely, "it's a
counterfeit, anyhow. The street car COM
pany will make that driver redeem it. They
will dock his wages. I've got no spite at
you. He is the scoundrel l am after. He
trihed with the affections of my sister, but
this will show him what sort of man am
when my blood is up
AN UNFORTUNATE MIsTAKE.-A young
man had his girl out riding in no. top buggy
the other afternoon. In one pocket he car
ried bottle Of spirits Of ammonia for the
headache, and in another he had bottle of
cologne, just purchased. As they were rid.
ing along he'asked her TO take 8. smell of his
new perfumery; but unfortunately he placed
the wrong bottle to her nose. She took a
wholesale sniff, and remarked, "Gugug-
ugug-hugh y" and went over out of
the carriage backwards, and for an instant
the air in the rear Of the buggy was filled
with striped stockings, high.heeled shoes, arms,
a choking girl, and so forth. She escaped Sc.
rious injury, but she hasn't spoken to the
young man since. Some girls get mad at the
least little thing.
Il
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CAUSES OF CoL1c.-One cause Of collie in
horses is giving cold water while they are
sweating; another, allowing the horse to
drink large quantity Of water after heavy
feed and then driving at fast speed, or
again permitting it to draw a heavy load
under similar circumstances. Another cause
of collie is feeding the horse with grain
when very hungry. The animal generally
eats very fast when hungry, and a large por'
ton of grain thus passes into the stomach
without being masticated, and finds its way
into the intestines, where it swells and fer
ments. When horse has travelled a long
journey, it is best to give it little hay before
it is fed with grain. Youatt says: Some Of
the oats are imperfectly chewed by all horses,
and scarcely at all by hungry, greedy ones.
Careful attention to the feeding and working
of horses would save them from many diseas
es with with which they are now liable to be
attacked"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

THE EVILS OF Hot BREAD.-There is no
law in the country to prevent the consump.
lion of hot bread but the law of common sense,
and unfortunately that is dead letter in the
lives Of a great many people. That hot
bread in nine cases out of ten will produce
dyspepsia is no newl discovered fact, and
this terrible result is sure to follow persistent
indulgence on the part of those whose pur-
suits are quite indoors and sedentary. And
yet the retormers, or those who call them
selves such-the men and women who work
themselves into white heat over the sale of
a glass of cider-wll 60 on year after year,
not only making no outcry against this per-
uicious indulgence, but actually filling them
selves up day after day with hot and poison
Gus gasses of the oven. This servant of the
house wife can be made as terrible a stomach
destroyer as the dis,illery, and the sworn foes
of the latter are apt to be its hest patrons.
Dyspepsia paints the nose and sours the tenn
per as surely as dram drinking, and many
sufferers from the former, though by their
own wiful acts, inveigh most loudly against
the latter A we'll defined case of jim. jams is
the climax to course of intemperance and
warns the victim that his alternative is death
or immediate reformation. But the dyspep
sia that hot bread, mince pie and ahomina-
tions cause, has no sudden warnings. The man
who uses them goes on making both himself
and those around him wretched, and refuses
to acknowledge that he isa sinner above those
whose lighter faults he fercely condemns.
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