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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20

A1~1ristmas Carol.
The brazen bells of laughing lands
In swelling echoes wildly ring,
And over seas and hoary strands
This Christmas carol sing;
Awaken, o heart of the race,
To bountiful riches from Eden above,
Till roses of beauty and lilies of grace
Shall sweeten the languishing bosom with love-
Till virulent sorrow ana venOmous hate
Their poisonous curses of misery cease,
And rapturous fortune, f~elicitous fate,
Have rule in the musical meadows of peace.
The voices of morning to men
In passionate whispers of bouuteous glee
Are pushing the %gladness of Christmas again
Der plains of the prairie and sounds ofthe sea-
Rejoice and be happy, o languishing soul,
In limitless treasures of marvellous cheer,
Till ravishins murmu"s Of lulIabies roll
Through all of the sorrows that sadden the year
Though summer has gone from the earth
And silken embraces of velvety snow
Are folding the blossoms of beauty aud worth
In wretched surroundings of wearisome woe,
Letinnocent joys in their sweetness abound,
And silvery cadence in melody start,
Till r%apturous fortune with pleasure surround
The arms Of the soul and the hopes of the heart.
Let youth, with its yearning, engage
All vigorous passion that lives in the breast,
While fearful remembrance of lettering age
Finds halcyon harbors of comforting rest
Let silver of years with the ardor of youth
Be going again through the temple of joy,
While palms of amusement and laurels of truth
May circle the hearts Of the maiden and boy.
Let happiness reign with the race;
There's never a reason for sorrowfu tears;
Kriss Kringle has come with his fatherly face
To comfort complaining humanity's fears;
Let music go round, and the beautiful smile
Apportion delight to the bosom of bliss,
Till gentle enioyments unbroken besuile
The souls of the sad with their coveted kiss.
Though crystalline frost on the trees,
Though ice on the river and snow on the plain,
Are freezing the breath of the shivering breeze,
The heart has nepenthe for all of its pain;
For Christmas is king, and his bountiful hand
Is giving its treasures to mountain and lea,
And gentleness rules on the billowy strand,
And reigns in the far-away isles of the sea.
This is the carol that swells
Over the meadows and brakes,
From brazen throats of the pealing bells
When Christmas morning wakes.
HILLsB RIO, Ind. Freeman e. Miller.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
Words from Worthy Phusioians.

DR.. b. r. Doyle, Wadley, Ga, says: ~ con
slider Browns Iron Bittcrs superior as a tonic to
any preparation now in USE" DR.. w. J. Davis,
LOWS, Iowa: Browns Iron Bitters gives the
best Of satisfaction to those who use it' DR.. !.
NJ. Klein, WATERFORD, S. c.: Browns Iron Bit
ters has given universal satisfaction" DR.. S.
II. Myers, Sheboygan, Wis: Il recommend
Iron Bitters for general debility, loss of
appetite and want of strength" These are only
four physicians. We could as easily give similar
testimony from four thousand, did space permit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20

This is the way that love begins:
A coquettish glance from some bright eye,
Some murmured words and a pensive sigh;
A kiss, light and soft as the summer winds,
And that is the way that love begins.
And this is the way it sometimes ends
A quiet lawn and a moonlight walk,
A warm hand-clasp and some silly talk;
A whispered Yes" with the night air blends,
And that is the way it sometimes ends.
But this is the way it generally ends:
Along comes a fellow with lots of cash
He mashes your girl with an awful mash;
She gives you the bounce, and hopes to be friends
All me! that's the way it most always ends.
-Bellaire Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
Harper's Magazine.

Harper's Magazine.
Elder Phillips. who was a jovial soul, settled
many years ago near the head-waters of the
Susquehanna. He was, in fact, a Presbyterian
dominic. He was full of humor, and ready
with his repartee o. all occasions. Jack Rick
lit. a quasi parishioner, who was more p~unctual
at the river than at church, presented the elder
one Monday morning with a fine string of
pickerel.
Elder Phillips thanked him graciously for the
gift.
But, elder" suggested Jack, still retaining
the fish. 'those were caught yesterday" Sun
day. perhaps yer conscience won't let ye eat
EN-"
Jack" replied the elder, stretching out his
hand toward the string" there's one thing 1
know: the pickerel were not to blame"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20

there was a man present by the name Of Bill
Brown-they call him brother, for short. The
preacher gave out a song and said: Sing,
Brother Brown, common meter Brother
Brown. who was hard of hearing, thought the
minister said, Brother Brown, come and eat, y
and rose up and said, 81 amt very hungry"
and had it not been for the interference of the
deacon, would have stopped the sacrament.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
An Old Story with New Names.

The Graphic.
General Jason L. Brown, of Missouri, a we'll
known local statesman, called at the executive
mansion in Albany, the other day. to give the
Governor some pointers about his Cabinet.
While he was waiting in the ante-room, he &C
costed a man who had just come into the room
and was glanclng over a paper.
81 suppose you're here on the same errand
that l ami" he remarked.
Il don't know. replied the stranger pleasantly,
''What errand are you OnF
I'm going to tell that old ehump in there how
to fix his Cabinet"
No, 1 can't say I'm on that Grand"
'Mayhe you amt a pollticianl"
mo-" returned the stranger, politely, I'm
the old chump."
General Brown will not be in the next Cab
met.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
The Day.

IF we sat down at set of sun,
And count the things that we have done;
And counting find
One self denying act, one word
That eased the heart Of him who heard;
One glance most kind.
That fell like sunshine where it went,
Then we may count the day well spent.
Bnt if, through all the live-long day,
We've eased no heart by yea or nav;
Ii through it all
We've done no thing that we can trace,
That brought the sunshine to II face;
No act, most small,
That helped some soul, and nothing cost,
Then count that day as worse than lost.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
A Texas Doctor.
Texas SIftings.

DR.. Blister is one of those physicians who do
not take any nonsense from their patients.
One day last week he presented his bill to Nose
S~chaumburg. Gone hundred and fifty tollarsl'
exclaimed Nose. Ivy, mine Colt, two funerals
in dot family would not hat cost me so much as
dot" 'Its not too late to have a funeral in the
house yet, =" replied DR.. Blister, drawing an army
size revolver. The physician heels himself
Whenever q patientf feels indisposed to settle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
Coming Through the Wood.


/ saw her coming through the wood,
Ny pretty one, My dear;
1 said, An you will marry me.
I'll wait for you a year.
And I'll give you a silken gown,
And I'll give you a ring,
An you will only marry me
L tn coming of spring"
MY love, she tossed her pretty head
AS she went on her way,
And said, I'm in a hurry, sir,
For it's a market day"
She had a basket on her arm,
And she began to sing,
As she went on into the town
To do her marketing.
She stayed to rest as she came back
Upon a fallen tree;
Shed bought a ribbon for her hair
And put it in for me.
And then we sat and wondered what
The coming year would bring;
And, OIL | think she'll marry me
/ tn coming eff the spring.
-Casse!l's Family Magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A Comedy in Two Acts.

Place-Bar Harbor. Time-The present,
Scene-A birch canoe,
Moonlight background. Costumes modern,
Cast for only two.
Curtain rises. Man is padding;
Maiden singing low.
Singing ceases. Ditto padding;
Heads together go.
Act the second. In the city,
Man and maiden meet,
Man directs a glance toward heaven,
Maiden toward the street.
-Yale Courant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20

WESTMINSTER ABBEY is famous as the burial
place of many of the most distinguished men in
history. A live healthy man has no use for a
burial place for himself, however; and Mishler's
Herb Bitters is a sure guard against his needing
one. James n. Pearson, of York, Pa, thinks
so ever since ne was attacked by all the SYMPTOMS
of Asiatic cholera, and was cured by the prompt
administration of four wine glasses of the
bitters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
She Couldn't Spell.

V5F"W ITWTaVIIVE'
There's something want you to read, said
Fogg, LAYING down a letter. Its from my wife.
But don't ~criticise the photography, please. Fact
is, Mrs. +. was a school teacher for Il great
many years, and therefore she never learned to
spell. 1t wasn't necessary, you know. She
always had the spelling book when she was hear
ing her class. But it comes rather awkward now
for her when she comes to write a letter."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
A Dress Reformer.
Courant,

New York Graphic.
Mrs. Blank is q dress reformer.'
81 never heard hat. | always knew she was
a strong minded woman. Does she wear the
now divided skirt2"
mo; she wears her husbands breeches."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
In the BacKwoods.
ding County lGa.l Era.

FauIuIng county IGl.J Era.
have taken a trip to Alabama, and while
there l attended Sabbath-school. The teacher
asked who was the first man. A little boy
answered Adam. ''Who was the first womanlT
Mrs. Adam" After Sunday school was over
they began to prepare for sacrament. Their
bread and wine WIS laid upon the table, aud
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
Good Cause for Grief.

New York Mail and Express.
A bride cried bitterly the other day because
there were 50 few people at the church to see
the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20

feat of Blaine, and say that Stephe Elkins
gobbed up every dollar he could get his
hands on and sent it to the South and the
West, leaving New York to take care of
itself.
Mr.. Conkling has his revenge. The
county of Oneida in New York gave Gar
field in 1880 a plurality of 1,946. This
year it gives Cleveland plurality Of So.
This change of 2,0l5 votes, as the fates have
decided, is sufficient to carry with it the
thirty-six electoral votes of the Empire
State, and to determine the result for all
the States. It defeats Blaine and makes
Cleveland President. Mr.. Blaine's ''tur-
key-gobler" epithet has cost him dear.
- In his speech in Columbia last Friday
night, Senator Hampton is reported by the
Reqister to have said: ''He had looked for
twenty years to see the Democrats come in
to power again, as he felt that there could be
no peace between the two races which Prov
idence placed on this soil until that took
place. 1t was the one thing needful, to per-
manently settle the relations between the
two races. He assured the colored people
that the Democrats would respect every
political right that they now enjoyed; and
if the Democrats attempted to take away
any of the political rights of the colored peo-
ple he would leave the party"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20

in appreciate the funny part of it. In the
two adjoining towns bounty was offered for
woodchucks, one town demanding the pro-
duction of the tails and the other the ears
of the prescribed animals as proof of death.
1t appears that the boys near the dividing
line Of the two towns, with traditional
shrewdness, were accustomed to meet at SOL
itary places i'm the woods and there exc .ange
ears for tails. The authorities of the two
towns at length "tumbled to the racket" as
the gamins say and took novel method of
thwarting the financial schemes of the ris-
ing generation. Both towns rescinded the
vote whereby the reward was offered for
woodchucks, leaving the farmers as well as
the boys in the lurch.
Patrick Mulvey, of Locust Summit, Pa,
is thirteen years old. On Monday play
mate of his accidentally hit him with base
ball, breaking his nose. Tuesday, while
playing with his fathers gun, it was dis
charged and load of bird shot lodged in
one foot. The following day his mother left
set of false teeth on stand, within the
boys reach, as he lay in bed, and went out
of the room for few moments. When she
returned she found her son black in the face
from suffocation, he having put the teeth in
his mouth and they having slipped into his
throat. He was nearly dead before the teeth
could be removed Thursday he was cut
ting an apple with a razor when he cut Oft
his thumb at the root of the nail. Friday,
his mother helped him into the kitchen and
placed him in a chair in front of the stove.
A kettle of boiling water stood on the hearth.
The boy upset it and the water scalded his
legs from the knees down, so that the skin
peeled from them. His parents are anx-
iously awaiting further developments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20
NOVEMBER CROP REPORT.

The November returns of the cotton crop
to the Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington, relateto the yield per acre, and show
the effects of the long continued drought in
reducing the production. The lateness of
the killing frost has less effect than usual
in enlarging the yield, as the vitality of the
plant was too nearly exhausted to produce a
top crop. The drought had not been broken
at some points on the gulf at the date of the
returns. The indicated yield per acre is low
er in nearly every year than in the census
year, which was one of average production.
The lowest yields now, as then, in Florida,
Georgia, Alabama and Texas. The reduc-
tion is this year very marked in Louisiana
and Arkansas, the region of the most pro-
ductive cotton lands. The returns by States
indicate yield per acre as follows, the
figures being subject to modification by
fuller returns: Virginia $50 pounds; North
Carolina, 175; South Carolina, 1872 Geor
gia, 1885; Florida, IO5; Alabama, 100; Mis-
sissi ippi, 175; Louisiana, 100; Texas, l43;
Arkansas, 200; Tennessee, 100. The indica-
tions point to crop somewhat larger than
that of 1888, gathered in an unusually fine
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20

How THEY TAKE IT.-A large majority
of the colored people in this city and county
are taking the defeat of their candidate,
Blaine, very good naturedly, and seem to
have become reconciled to The result. But
a few of their leaders are circulating stale
and senseless stories about slavery, and the
probable return Of their race to that condi-
ton since Cleveland's election. One old
colored man was actually convinced that
servitude was in store for him, and said he
was going right away ''to hunt his ole mas
sa," as he didn't want to fall into strange
hands. Another story being circulated is to-
the effect that Cleveland is going to appoint
guardians" over them. The dissemina-
tion of such falsehoods certainly shows a.
bad spirit on the part of some of the "head
men" among the colored people, and is CAL
culated to do much harm. The colored man
will now be better off in the South than he
would have been under Blaine, and will he.
learn to know it, .-GreenUiUe Ne1Cs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20
YORKVILLE, s. C. /:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 20, 1884.
YORKVILLE ENQUIRER.
Prospectus for 1855.
A FINE BUGGY AS A PREMIUM!

IN issuing our prospectus for 1885, we deem it
4 only necessary to announce that the leading
features which have characterized the editorial
conduct of the YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER for more
than quarter of century will be retained, and
what it has been in the past will be an assurance
of what it shall be in the future. The Leading
departments of the paper will be retained as
heretofore, and they will be conducted with the
same labor and care that have marked our efforts
in the past. The Sabbath Department. which,
under the control of Rev. Dr. Latham, has been
an interesting feature of the ENQUIRER for Six
teen wears, will be continued he having been
engaged to keep up that department as hereto,
fore. Besides the original articles winch ne Will
contribute weekly to the Sabbath Department OF
the paper, he has also been engaged to continue
his contributions on Foreign Travel, which Will
prove interesting and instructive to the reader,
abounding as they will, in the writer's obserya-
tions and reflections thereon during an extended
tour of the British Isles. While the Literary and
Miscellaneous features of the ENQUIRER will be
kept up to the standard which has given the
paper a distinctive character, careful attention
will also be given to the News department. which
will embrace record ofthe leading events at the
State and National Capitals; Congressional and
Legislative proceedings; Scraps and Facts,'
being a hotch-potch Of light current topics;
compend of the News Abroad and at Home;
General Correspondence; Market Reports; Local,
County and State News Editorial Articles upon
appropriate subjects intended to promote the
welfare and prosperity of our State and people,
which will, we trust, continue to render the
ENQUIRER welcome and entertaining Family
Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20
negro has never known any party but the

negro has never known any party but the
Republican, and it has been kept in power
for many years by the lowest appeals to
race prejudice. The negro has therefore
come to believe the worst of these repre-
sentations, and, ignorant as he is, really
fears the charge is true. By sedulously re-
peating this accusation the few white Re-
publicans of the South have been able to
use the negro pretty much as they pleased
and to maintain themselves in place.
1t matters little that the material condi-
tion of the negro is infinitely better in the
Southern States since the Democrats gained
absolute power, that ten negro children are
in school to one prior to 1870, or that the
black man is more highly regarded in the
South than in the North. The race has not
yet developed such degree of philosophy
that it can be expected to know or appre-
ciate these things. But the President,
during the brief remainder of his term, can
at least restrain the leading Federal office
holders, and nothing would do it more ef-
fectually than the peremptory removal OF a
few of these senseless and noisy alarmists.-
Philadelphia Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20
THE QUESTION SETTLED.

All doubts as to the result of the Presi-
dental election have at length been finally
determined by the official count of the vote
of the State of New York, which is ascer-
tained to have given a plurality of from
1912 to 1850 votes for Cleveland, securing to
him the electoral vote of that State, which,
in the electoral college, will give him ma
jority of thirty-seven.
The result is matter of congratulation to
the entire country. 1t is the first real step,
since the surrender of Gen. Lee, towards
effecting a permanent bond of union be-
tween the States disrupted by the election
of Lincoln in 1860. The Southern States,
after the 4th of next March, will no longer
feel that restraint under which they have
been kept by Republican administrations,
and for the first time since they laid down
their arms at Appomattox and surrendered
to overwhelming force in good faith, will
they feel that they are truly of the sister,
hood of States, the union and perpetuation
of which under one general government
they stand fully pledged to maintain. No
wonder, then, that the promised advent of
Democratic administration is the cause of
unaffected rejoicing throughout this sunny
land. No wonder that professions are FORM
ed of stalwart men, who, with stentorian
voice, as they march through the streets,
proclaim the glad tidings. No wonder that
the aged men who had almost despaired of
witnessing return of the government to
the hands of broad and liberal administra-
tion, are taking on new life and rejoicing in
this hour of victory with their sons. No
wonder that the youth of the land, inspired
by the example of their elders, and fully
comprehending the vast import of the re-
suit, feel that they, too, have right to Gel
ebrate. And no wonder that the noble
women of the South, who, as keenly as
their brothers, husbands and fathers have
felt the CALLING chains of Radical rule, re-
joice with them in their release from the
thraldom of the Radical yoke. 1t is en-
phatically an hour of rejoicing from the
rock-bound coast of Maine to the deltas Of
the South, and in the election of Cleve-
land the patriot feels that again are we
lone people, with one government and one
destiny"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20
condition, Of good color, unstained by storms
and free from trash and dirt.

and free from trash and dirt.
The returns of the rate of yield Of corn
indicate a product somewhat in excess Of
eighteen hundred million bushels, or an
average rate of small fraction above Is
bushels per acre. The best yields, as in
1883, in what has been designated the great
American desert, in the vicinity of the hun.
dreth meridian, have produced heavy crops
of maize of high quality. That line of long
itude has ceased to be an absolute barrier
to corn production or general farming. The
rate of the yield in Nebraska being 3S.5;
Kansas, So; Iowa, S5; Missouri, "a; Min
nesota, 33.5; Ohio, Al; Illinois, 80; Indiana,
90; Michigan, q; Wisconsin, N.5 Ken
tucky, %. The Pacific coast returns a yield
of 33 bushels in Washington Territory; CAL
ifornia, 80; Oregon, %. The Southern States
report yield of 90 bushels in Maryland !;
20 in Tennessee; 10 in Arkansas; 1G in Vir-
ginia; Is in Texas; 13 in Mississippi and
Alabama 1913 in Louisiana ; II in Georgia,
and less in other States. The New England
States average nearly 33 bushels New York
returns 80 bushels, and Pennsylvania 81.
The quality of the corn is better than in 1888.
Nearly everywhere and in the northern
belt it is worth 25 to Is per cent. more.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20
YORKVILLE AT THE STATE FAIR.

The portable cotton press invented by Mr.. Q.
j. Hoke, of this place, and patented by Hoke q
Jeferys, was on exhibition at the State fair, and
was awarded a premium.
On Wednesday of the fair Whitakers Koree
won the three-quarter dash. Time, l.lS; purse
5000.
In the department Of horses the following pre-
miums were awarded on horses from Yorkville
Thoroughbred stallion, three years old, Whita-
ker & Barry's Congaree; first premium. Thor
ough-bred mare, over four years old, T. M. Whit
aker's Eugenia Pickens; first premium.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-20
Financial alt0 Commercial.


YORKVILLE, November l9.-Cotton 9.25 to
$50.
CHARLOTTE, November ls.-Cotton e.45 to
$50.
CHARLESTON, November 17.-Cotton quiet;
middling 81.
NEW YORK, November T.--Cotton steady;
middling uplands, lot. Futures closed firm, with
sales Of 7S,400 bales, as follows: November
1910 to 1912; December 1881 to 1882; Janua-
ry 1912; February 1857; March 1911 to 1912;
April 1885 to 1886; May 1928 to II; June ll.l2
to lila; July 1l23 to 1l.25 August II. .33 to ll.35.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, November 1.-THE following is
the comparative cotton statement for the week
ending October IA: 1854. 1883
Receipts at all ports for the week, 267 ,S72 24002I
Total receipts to this date.l ,952, ,523 49, 1863
Exports for the week ............ 2l7 332 POI 401
Total exports to date, ...."..1 OBS ,O69 S91 $50
Stock at all U. S. ports - 779Sl7 S4S, ,6l9
Stock at all interior tOwns........ 96,529 l6S942
Stock at Liverpool. 900 434 600
American afloat for Great Britain POI 600 2l6OOot