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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-12-14
Mamurpns department.
A TRAMP,s SPECULATi0Ns.

The next man was short, stout, hard faced
chap who had worried through the winter
without an overcoat and perhaps without
changing his linen.
'.No use to ask If this charge of vagrancy Is
true" remarked His Honor, as he surveyed
the prisoner. .......
ssNot bit Of use, Judge you know it's
false ~ was the ready reply.
What Do you deny that you are vag.'
Certainly lido ~ - .&
''Then what are you % e..
ssA gentleman and speculat0r, sir. II
you'll give me few minutes of your valuable
time I'll make the most satisfactory explana.
tions of my present appearance and financial
embarrassment" . ..
"Well, sir, my name is Guilliame Epplie.
To begin with, no vagrant owned sucha name.
am aspeculator in grain, bonds, silver, stocks
and other things. When I make a strike |
dress like prince and live high. When I lose
l sleep in alleys and cut my expense close.
My last speculation was loss !; therefore am
economizing.'' E-s s-'@
'sWhat was your last speculation ?''
''Four hundred shares at S1S each, in an
invention to hatch fish by steam. My partner
ran away with all the funds and left me flat.
In thirty days l shall be on my feet again."
''How ?"
II am after 100 shares in Union Pacific.
They aredown to hard-pan and must react.
''Give me thirty days and will be in clover
again."
"I'n give you sixty. said the court after a
pause.
''Good am thousand times obliged.
Everything is perfectly satisfactory"
''Yes-sixty days in the Workhouse. The
showers will be invigorating the earth when
you come out"
''That was base trick" said the prisoner,
as he fell back !; and when out of ear-shot of
the Court he told Bijah that if he lived to serve
out his sixty days he would send His Honor
an Internal machine and blow him 500 feet
high.-Detroit Free Press.
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CONDITIONS.

The four Premiums mentioned above will be
awarded on the following conditions:
The person getting up the largest club OF
yearly subscribers to the ENQUIRER, at $500
per annum, for each subscriber, will be entitled
to the first choice of one of the above Premiums
the person getting up the second largest club,
at the same price to the second choice the per-
son getting up the third largest club, to the
fourth largest club, to the fourth choice.
The time for completing clubs under the above
offer is limited to o'clock p. NJ, on the FIRST
MONDAY OF MARCH, 1888. Competitors may
subscription to commence whenever the name
is handed in. The money for each subscriber is
expected to be paid at the time the name is
entered on our books, and no name will be
counted in competition for premium until the
subscription price has been paid.
To persons who make up clubs often or more
names, hut who may fail to obtain premium,
we will send the ESQr1RER one year free of
CHARGE and to those who send Club Of twenty
or mnre names, hut who: may fail to get pre-
MUM, we will forward copy Of the ESot1RER
one year free of charge, and copy, one year, of
any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine
published In the United States, the publication
to be selected by the person entitled to receive 1t.
It is not necessary that the names Of a club
should all be at the same post office Names
NAV be taken at any number of places. One
name for two years will be equivalent to two
names for one year each.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at
the expense of those sending them.
We will be responsible for the safe transmits
sion Of money only when sent by draft, regis
tored letter or money order drawn on the York
vile post-otfce.
In sending names, write plainly, giving coun-
ty, post-office and State.
All subscriptions will he discontinued at the
expiration ofthe time paid for
4 separate list will be kept for each club
maker, who will be credited with every name
sent, so that the number sent by any person can
be ,lscertained al moments notice.
Persons who commence making clubs, will
not be permitted, after the names have been EN-
tered on our books, to transfer the names to
another club-maker'S list.
n.y. The time in which additions may he made
to clubs under this proposition, will expire on
the FL RST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1881. There
fore, persons who desire the benefit Of club
rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper
before that date, as after the expiration of that
time it will not be furnished for less than s2.5O
unless new clubs are formed.
All letters shoud be addressed to
l.. VI. GRAST,
Yorkville, S. C.
November 30, lsS2. 4S tt
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A PAINFUL SUBJEcr.-Old Jim Walkup
has the reputation of being among his friends,
rather close. His enemies say he is too mean
to die. Not long since an old colored man,
Uncle Mace, who had been in tho Walkup
family all his life, and who refused to leave
his old master after the war, died in this city
in extreme poverty When the colored dele
CATION went around taking up collections to
plant Uncle Mace, they called on old Jim
Walkup. That was the first intimaton he
had of the death of the old family servant,
and it nearly killed him. He shed real tears
and used the most extravagant language in
praising the faithful old Uncle Mace.
How much am you gwine to contribute to
de funeral expenses?" asked the foreman of
the assessment committee.
"Not a cent" groaned old Walkup, hiding
his face and shaking all over to conceal his
emotion. "If I was to contribute money for
such purpose I would always be haunted
with the idea that helped put him under
the ground. It's too painful to talk about.
Go way and leave me to my misery. ."-1eros
tSifti11s
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CAUSE OF THE DECLINE IN Hoe Pro,
DUCTs.-The export statement shows a mark
ed decrease in the various items of hog pro-
ducts, such as pork, lard and bacon. While
this might at first sight only seem to indicate
a temporary decrease arising from special
causes, which would operate only for short
time, there are not wanting indications that
it foreshadows a permanent decline in the
foreign demand for these articles This de-
cline is attributable to various causes.
Reports from France, England and Ger
mady show that there is a marked increase in
the home products of the staples, arising in
all probability from the extreme high prices
which American corn and products have COM
manded. The agricultural returns of Eng
land for 1882 show an increase i'll the whole
number of hogs over 1881 of 462, 900, and there
is good promise of still further increase in
the future. In France the increase in the
number of hogs is estimated at 1000, 600,
while in Germany it is even greater. These
figures should lead our exporters and pack
ers to prepare for largely decreased export
demand for these products.
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CAROLINA.-YORK COUNTY
In the PrObnte Court.

Erpa,te Joseph F. Wallace, Administrator, dc
bonis non. Petitioner, IN Re. Estate Of Joseph
y. Arlery, deceased. .-Lftnfion on Petition to
hnre supposed dlstrabnfce aejudyri dead: for
settlement, DC
To all and singular the persons interested in the
estate OF the said Joseph \. .Arderv, (who
died intestate) as Distributors:
VTlHIS is to cite and a,lnonsh the grand-daugh-
ter of the said deceased, whose name and
W wIereabouts, and the fact of whose death arc un-
known, her personal representatives and distrl-
tees, to be and appear before the said Probate
Court, at York G.. H.. on the ist Monday in March.
1873, at l2 NJ, then and there to shew cause why
the petitioner herein the Administrator Of said
deceased, should not be decreed to distribute the
said estate as if the said grand daughter had died
before the said intestate. And all persons enti-
tied to the said estate distributes otherwise,
IRE hereby notified TO appear, on the day, and at
the time appointed above, before the said Probate
Court to Intervene for their several interests in
said estate.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court,
at York G. H.. this November 22nd, 1882.
Isl J. 4. MCLEAN, p. j. !. G.
G. +. SPENCER, Attorney pro pet.
November % II TT
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4SCALPED BUT NOT ScARRED.-The' 'occu-
pant of a Griswold street Office received a call
yesterday from a stranger, who said he was
trying to raise money to help him on to Yer
mont, and when thecitZen replied that he had
already disposed of seven callers since NOR
ming, the man continued -
II tell you have had hard luck. I lost my
whole family by ons accident"
swell, that was Bad"
"And / was robbed in Denver of $1,000"
Eyes ;you sh6fd haye'been more careful. ~
.sThsn 81 nss ! akess@ four months"
'sBut that i not what complain most
about" contiqhed the stranger. 'I fell into
the the ! hands ofthe Indians, and they scalped
''Scalped You? Let me see your head"
The maY Yremoved his cap, and displayed a
skull as bSfe and shiny as billiard ball.
''Scalp&d Why, you haven't been sealped. "
''Oh Yves, have"
"Butthere is no scar here. You ass.s siaaplg
baldAeaded man. If~soE mad been scalped,
there 6Eanldd- some evidence of it beside a
lack Of hair" sr-.
'But the Indians sandpapered the evidences
all away before they let me so % vigorously
protested the unabashed sufferer.
AS soon as the citizen began hunting for an
old chair leg the stranger clattered down stairs,
but at the doorway he turned around and called
out -
That's the way with the whole gang of you
in this town The Injuns might cut a man
head clean off and you'd claim that he vas
born that way! Don't you throw that club at
me Pm going to Vermont If have to ride
in palace car to get there !''-Detroit Free
Press
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Gle fartn 2aaa firtsiae.
SCIENTIFIC FARMING PRACTICAL.

Mr.. Buckmaster, before well attended
meeting of farmers, held at Tadley in Eng
land, to consider a scheme for teaching the
science of farming, said that there was no
opinion more deeply engraved in the mind
of the English farmer, than the belief that
there was some antagonism between science
and practice. Some even went SO Ear as to say
that the two are incompatible. The farmer
who drains his land, or tries q new manure, or
new plan or new crop, calls himself prac-
tical man; he despises all experiment, and
laughs at the teaching of scientific men. He
is not conscious that, when he is thinking
over new plans and adopting new methods OF
cultivation, he may be Illustrating, in his dali
ly work, a series of chemical and physologic-
al experiments of extreme compleNity and i'm
portanee Men of the highest ORDER of intel
lect, and whose researches were tile most orig
inal have been practical men. Iractlce and
theory are but phases of the same form OF
thought The practical farmer, if hc ever per-
mits his mind to rise above the traditions and
empirical rules of his fOrefatherS: and asks,
''COuldn't that have been done in a better
and more perfect way? Would not this he an
improvement ?" becomes theoriSt land, when
he tries to realize these conceptions, becomes
practical man. a,.....-s ...,.g.,.
Theory and practice are inseperable in ev-
cry art, however much men may seek to dis
unite them. The most practical man is often
the most theoretical. Every operation is,
| with him, theory. He recognizes no change
He will admit of no trial or experiment, be-
cause that would be an Acknowledgement Of
science. Every science is built up of prnci-
pies, and these principles carried into work we
call practice. There is the science of astrono-
| my, and the art of navigation !; the science OF
geometry, and the art of measuring the sci
ence of mechanics and the art of making ma-
chinery the science of chemistry and the art
of agriculture. Almost every science is the
basis of cognate art. The most obvious and
natural way of arriving at a real knowledge
of the art of agriculture, would be to know
something of these principles on which the art
is based art being nothing more than the ap-
plication of principles peviously acquired. A
farmer who is able to unite perfect mastery
of principles with knowledge of practical de-
tails, is an educated and scientific farmer. 1t
might reasonably be inferred that the shortest
and easiest method of learning any industrial
art, and the surest guide to new discoveries
in the art, would he knowledge of those fun
damental principles upon which the art was
based. No amount of practical skill and eNpe-
rience could ever replace the want of scientif.
ic knowledge in farming. Cincinnati Grange
| Bulletin.
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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1883.

IN issuing our prospectus for 1888 we deem it
Il only necessary to announce that the leading
features which have characterized the editorial
conduct of the YoRKvIILE Enquirer for the
past quarter of Il century will be retained, and
what it has been in the past will be an assurance
Of what it shall he in the future. The leading
departments Of the paper will be retained AZ
heretofore and they will he conducted with
the same labor and care that have marked OUR
efforts in the past While the Literary and
Miscellaneous features of the ENQUIRER will be
kept up 10 the standard which has given the
paper distinctive character, careful attention
will also be given to the News department.
which will embrace record of the leading events
at the State and National Capitals; Congress
sional and Legislative proceedings; Scraps and
Facts" being II hotch-potch of light current
topics; a-c -compcnd Of the News Abroad and at
Home; General Correspondence; Market Re-
ports; Local County and State News; Editorial
Articles upon appropriate subjects intended to
promote the welfare and prosperity of our State
and people, which will. VIC trust. continue to
render the ENQUIRER a welcome and entertain
ing Family Journal. -, ...-. .-
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HEAVY MANTJRIyG. SND HOW?

Probably very few men in the West spend
so much for fertilizers upon an equal area oil
land as do. 1 am cultvating about forty
five acres and although get fertilizers at a
small cost as compared with the price about
Eastern cities, yet their cost upon the surface
this season will not be less than $4,000. y
large share of this amount has already been
returned to me, and unless the final result this
season bellies all present indications the whole
amount will come back with at least 50 per
cent. added to it. My main reliance is upon
the compost heap, stable and barnyard mia
ures and wood ashes. How shall they be used
to be of the greatest advantage to us? My
early teachings were all in favor Of plowing
them under, and l remember some Of the
teachers saying the deeper the better.
Nearly twenty years ago | had occasion to
break up a piece of very heavy sod. Believ-
ing in deep blowing, as we'll as heavy manur-
ing, two yoke of oxen were put to the plow.
and it was turned over not less than eight,
and most of it over ten inches deep. Upon
portion of it put some very rich manure.
putting it in the bottom of the furrOws. 1t
was of course buried very deep; but if my
theory of deeply covering the manure was cor
rect it would be all right, and should in due
ed with a good deal of interest for the result.
am waiting yet, but not watching with any
great amount of interest any longer. So fal
as any benefit to the subsequent crops was coli
cerned believe the manure might as well
have been buried under the Pyramid of Che
ops as to have been put where it was
This set me to thinking as we'll as to study
ing and experimenting in other directions.
The result has been that my system of fertili-
zing my land has been almost completely rev.
olutonized within the last ten or twelve years.
At present my rule is to hive my compost
heaps (which, by the way, are my main reli-
ance) as fine and thoroughly rotted as possible,
and then spread upon the top of the ground af-
ter plowing and harrow it in. still plow un-
der some manure, but never so deep as did
years ago. I will not pretend that my pres.
ent plan is the best for others and under all
circumstances, or that have reached perfec.
ton as regards my own land but am GER
tainly receiving much better returns from my
manures than 1 did years ago when they were
buried much deeper. When can find bet
ter method than my present one l shall not
hesitate to adopt it,. N. Smith, in Neu
York Tribune
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USEFUL INslcTs.-The farmer and the
farmers boy need more than any one else
to learn to know their friends from their
enemies in the insect world, the lower grade
of animal and bird life. Entomology is a
science which in it's practical application
should be taught in all our primary schools.
AS rule, if warfare is made upon insects,
it is blind attack, and our friends and enc
mics are alike indiscriminately slain. Every
farmer boy should know that the toad should
be sayed, while he may with impunity slay
the snake.
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NOW READY.
History of tie Associate Reformed Synod
Of tho SOuth

\ else and accurate history of the causes which
led to the secession of 1888, under the Erskines,
together with a full and detailed account of the
organization ofthe old Associate Reformed Syn
od the General Synod and the parties f entering
ciate Reformed Church in the South is traced
from its beginning through the Presbytery ofthe
Carolinas and Georgia. the Synod Of the Caroli-
mas and the Synod of the South, down to the
present time. In addition to this, brief histo
ry is given of the Reformed Presbyterian and
United Presbyterian Churches. ..--
The Work. Is printed OH good clear type, on
good heavy paper, is bound in cloth, and contains
four hundred and eighteen pages. 1t will he sold
at - 25. eitherat my office, or delivered by mail
Address. X. LATHAM,
Yorkville, S. G..
October 10 ---- :. AZ u
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Two VIEWS OF THE MATTER.-An Irish
man tried to shoot little chirping bird with
an old Queen Anne musket. He fired. The
bird with chirrup or two, flew away uncon-
cerned in the foreground, and Pat was swift.
ly and noiselessly laid on his spine in the back
ground. Picking himself up and shaking his
fist at the bird, he exclaimed, "Be jabers, ye
wouldn't chirruped if ye'd been at this end
of the gun -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-12-14

FARMERS HELP.-Farmers generally hay
out too much work for the help they employ.
The best rule is not to attempt the cultiva-
tion of large areas, but to make the land pro.
duce the largest yield. If one acre of ground
can be made to produce fifty bushels of wheat,
that is far better than to appropriate two,
three or four acres in the production of the
same quantities. '--"-.''-'--.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-12-14

O. A colorsd lady came into the Office Of the
attorney general in Austin, few days ago
~ asked McLeary, the attorney general, If
ha&Aa list of the convicts Governor Roberts
do yot'aaed out of the penitentiary. "What
married ahtQ see the list for ?" II has jess
out all kin B8Nsband, an wants to find
Niu ,'-Tcras Siftinds
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AMoD1F1ED CLAIM-Kosiusko Murphy wa:
engaged to be married to Miss Emeralds
Longcohin, and for while they used to bt
very affectionate. Of late he has neglected
her. His father asked him why he had giver
her the shake. because found out she ha:
only half as much property as thought she
had" was the reply. "Well, Kosiusko," SAID
the old man, ''she is entitled to fifty per cent
of your devotion, anyhow. You should re-
member that when you are counting some 9th
er girl. "-Teras Sytings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-12-14

ploSqawlNe Sop LASD.1There is no no gain in
approvedag sod land in the fall. The most
corn which IN tne otu tuI0ale dsro oa inala saat
than other sfeH,v. o ~ {ia on onrn e,s'
turning the sod undtD P'om ent III VIC pth spttng, =
allow just enough soil fSrouerIv coyerino ceper ",
the seed. Vpe'S eo'ei'ns
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BoNAPARTE's DEATH.-May 5, 1921, Gen.
eral Bonaparte died. To George w., then in
Ireland, It was announced, "Sire, your great.
est enemy is dead..' s'When did she die p
asked the king, assuming that it was his wife
that had died.-C Cory's Guide to History.
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November II
REMOVAL.

MY customers are respectfully informed that I
lv have moved my BARBER SHOP to the
Ofti1e formerly occupied by the late Or. Withers,
opposite the old Masonic Hall, where I shall be
pleased to servehe public to the best of my abil-
ity AS Tonsorial Artist j. w. BAUMAN.
October 26 q tt
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FRANK ACKNowLEDe6~-
you're fool, john" testily&-..l 6elleVe
Miggs, as her husband unwitting4@ed MIS-;
promptly dropped and broke. eyes," he>she
ed resignedly, ''that iswhat the clerk told nj
when took out my marriage license.n
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MAKING FENCE-PosTs LAsT.-A Western
farmer says that he has discovered a mode by
which the part of fence-posts buried in the
ground can be made to last longer than iron.
Time and weather seem not to affectit. Posts
can be prepared for less than two cents apiece.
The recipe is to take boiled linseed oil and stir
in it pulverized charcoal to the consistency of
cream, and apply a coat of it to the lower
half of the post few days before setting.
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THE LARGEST YIELD

nFWHEAT and OATS can be raised by using
~ ASH ELEMENT as a Fertilizer. I have
Just received supply Of Ash Element Guano,
Acid phosphate and Floats for the Fall Grain
Crop.
Also, to arrive soon the TRIUMPH GRAIN
DRILL-the best now in use. Can instantly be
changed toany quantity desired TO be sown, from
pint to three bushels per acre. Also, RAN
DALI HARROWS for pulverizing the soil.
| Tozer Engine.
Tanner Engine
Hall Gins and Seed Cotton Cleaners.
keep on hands Packing, Babbott Metal, Gin
Bristes, Saws, and other Gin and Engine Repairs.
T. s. JEFFERYS, Agent.
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CLOVER AS A PREPARATORY CRoP.-When
clover is followed by wheat, a large yield of
the latter is one among the certainties, and
the farmer should remember that when clover
is to be followed by corn and wheat, one sue
ceeding the other, it is best to put the wheat
first and the corn second, as the land will re-
turn larger and surer crop of the two than
when the clover is followed by corn and then
by wheat.
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GTANO DEBTS.

LII persons indebted to the undersigned for
"A Fertilizers are requested to come forward
and make immediate payment, as my prin-
cipals are urging inc to make collections,
J. K. GARDNER,
Agent.
November lG 46 IT