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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03
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INDIAN NTERRITORY.-S Situated between the
provinces of Kansas and Texas is one of the
most beautiful and fertile regionsin Ameri-
ca. It is q land of forests and glades, of un-
dulating praires and valleys Of transcendent
loveliness. In fertility of soil, salubrlty of
climate, and advantages of natural irriga-
ton by many streams, it is land superior
to Kansas, and comparable to Missouri and
Illinois. 1t is larger than Illinois, larger
than Missouri, larger than New England.
There is no more desirable portion of the
continent for the abode of an merican pop
ulation; there is no other unsettled territory
that is half so desirable. 1t is part OF this
American land and yet, by the power OF
their government, American citizens are
vigorously excluded from it.
BY treaties made with some foreign ma
tions," known as tribes of wandering barDa-
rians, it has been consecrated to their eXclu-
siye possession and occupancy. The Chero-
kee ssnation," of less than 20, 600 individuals,
occupies one corner; the Choctaw 'nation," :"
of $1,000 individuals, another the Creek
"nation" of a like NUMBER a central section;
and the Chickasaw nation" of 5000 indi-
viduals, a section south of that. Besides
these the territory contains the following
s'nations :" The Comanche, $500 persons {;
the Cheyenne, G,400 persons the Usage,
1000 persons the Wichita, 1000; the
Pawnee, 200 the PottaWatomie, the Otoe,
the Seneca, the Ponca, the Sauk, the Nez
Perce, the Shawnee, the Modoc, the Ottawa,
the Quapaw, the Kaw, and three or four
others. numbering from 800 down to no more
than fifty persons each. The aggregate pop
ulation of all these ''nations" is somewhat
over seventy thousand persons, and, as the
area of the territory is over 10000 square
miles, it will be seen that the average den
sity of population is one person to every
square mile, or GAO acres of the best land in
America to every male, female, adult and
infantile Cherokee, Choctaw, ChickasaW,
Comanche, Quapaw, etc.-Chicdgo Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

sa% An Austin small boy was recently dis
covered purloining some apples from the
front of grocery store. The proprietor
gave chase but failed to overtake him, and
was obliged to shake his fist and shout after
him: "Never mind, my young kid, Pm
going to see your mother about this" ."
"Thatsall right" yelled back the small boy;
"You just 60 right along up there. Pa filled
man full of buckshot the other day for
going to see my ma, and l reckon he's got
another dose laid away for you.-SJtings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

Ba% Professional sword swalloWers appa-
rently perform startling feats, but it is a
well-known fact that the back parts of the
mouth are capable of becoming, through
habit, accustomed to- abnormal contacts.
BY constant practice the sword swalloWer
accustoms his pharynX to the contact OF
large objects, such as swords, canes and even
billiard cues. This accomplishment how
ever, is acquired only by gradual and pain
II off
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DR., Hollis DYSPEPTIc ELIXIR,


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NOTICE.

nERSONS living along the post route from
YORKVILLE to CHARLOTTE, n. C., de-
MN and TO whom il is inconvenient to receive
their papers at post office will have their pa
pers delivered to them FREE OF CHARGE for
carrying, by putting their names on my club:
c. A. DORSETT
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

@ The hen has in her ovaries, in round
numbers, more than 600 egg germs, which
develop gradually and are successively laid.
Of these 500 the hen will lay twenty in her
first year, 135 in her second, and IA in her
third. In each of the following four years
the number of eggs will be diminished by
twenty, and in her ninth year she will lay
at most ten eggs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

PROTECTING FRUIT TREEs.-Take of pine
tar one part, ashes or SCOT three parts, pull
verized clay three parts, and soft soap two
parts, with water sufficient to give the mix
ture the proper consistency, and apply to
the body of the tree as high as rabbit can
reach. The scent will remain on the tree
through the winter. The rains wash the
strength of the solution down, by degrees,
around the collar of the tree and keep out
the borers. No fear of injuring the tree
A gallon of tar will make enough of the
wash for thousand trees, from two to three
inches in diameter, and is said to be COM
plete protection from rabbits and mice, as
well as the bOrerS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

THE ORIGIN OF WHEAT.-Wheat ranks
by origin as degenerate and degraded lily.
The pedigree of wheat is traced from the
time when it's ancestors first diverged from
the common stock of the lilies and the water
plantations to the time when the savage
man found it growing wild upon the unit
tied plains of prehistoric Asia and took it
under his special protection in his little gar
den plats around his wattled hut, whence it
was gradually altered under his constant Sc
lection into the golden grain that now COW
ers half the lowland tilth of Europe and
America There is no pagein botanical his
tory more full ofgenuine romance than this !;
and there is no page in which evidence is
clearer or more convincing for those who
will take the easy trouble to read it Alright.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

ssy Those who have grape vines of the
hardy sorts, will do we'll to see that they
are now trained as we'll as pruned. Adjust
them as you want them next summer.
Especially should this be done with old and
stout vines. Bending down is always hurt
full. Secure well, so that the wind cannot
displace the branches. In the spring, the
vines will be ready for work, getting the
first beneft-all the beneft-of the growth.
All wood of late growth, all that is unripe,
clip off, as the frost will do, if you do not;
or, if left, will not grow and perfect its fruit
as ripe wood does.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County Of York.

G IL aN9sAx has nppsa on a to
and singular the goods and chattels, rights and
credits of ROBERT NJ. LINDSAY, late of the
county aforesaid deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors Of the
said deceased to be and appear at our next Judge
of Probate's Court for York county, to be hold
en- at York Court House Oh the 10TH DAY OF
JANUARY, \. d., 1884, at II o'clock, A. NJ. to
shew cause, if any, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and SEAL this 10th day Of
December, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the
l0Sth year of the Independence of the United
States of America.
j. BEATTY WILLIAMS.
K Judge Of Probate.
December 20 81 IT
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

REMOVING STAINs.-A mixture which
is excellent in removing grease spots and
stains from carpets and clothing, is made of
two ounces of ammonia, two ounces of white
CASTLE soap, one ounce of glycerine;, one
ounce of ether, cut the soap fine, dissolve in
one pint of water over the fire; add two
quarts of water. Mix thoroughly and wash
soiled garments in it. For removing spots,
use a sponge or clean flannel cloth, and
with cloth, rub as dry as possible. Wool
len goods may be made to look bright and
fresh bv being sponged with this.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

WAS MUCH "OBLEEGED."-A merchant
after satisfying himself that certain Gus.
toner did not intend to pay his bill, sent
him receipt for the full amount By re-
turn mail he received the following note
custer have my doubts about you bein' a
gentleman, but am satisfied on that pint
There is great difference in men. One
time I owed fellow bill, and after dun.
nin' me nearly to death he sent me receipt
for half of the amount, and blamed if ne
didn't finally make me pay the other half
But you have done the square thing by
me, an am much obleeged to YOU"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03
OLD NEWSPAPERS,

nF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

How TO KEEP ONIoNs.-Many complain
that onions do not keep. The trouble is in
keeping them too warm. The onion is a
bulb-a plant at rest-and the least warmth
starts it into activity. 1t is much better
that onions should remain frozen through
the winter, provided they can thaw gradu-
ally, than to be put into a cellar or other
warm place where their vegetative powers
will be aroused. If put in large heaps, on
ions will be sure to spoil; but if spread in
thin layers and converted with hay or straw,
so that if frozen the thawing will be gradual,
they will keep well through the winter. 1t
is the custom with onion growers to get
their crop to market as soon as possible, If
they were to provide proper storage they
would realize much more from them when
sent to market later in the season.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

M1SGL1NG STocK.-Stock, to be perfectly
healthy, must have an opportunity, of ming
ling with other living things Of various
kinds. The old idea Of the healthy effect
goats have upon stable horses, is only one
phase of a great truth that it takes st the % ema,
other life. Cattle should be pastured near
or in conjunction with hogs and horses.
The action of one upon the other is always
beneficial; and the young, playful and socla-
BILE, always make friends with each other in
such way that much Inconvenience may
be spared the owner; Put sheep and young
cattle together and each will grow in
strength one-third faster. Put horses and
goats, oreven young cattle, in the same lot,
and each will grow the better-will feed
easier and will grow with finer results
Whenever the natural instincts of domes-
tic animals can have play they tend con-
idence and general affection for all !iv-
ing forms. A cat is the only living thing
which loves no other animal; if it endures
them it is a stretch of magnanimity which
actually contradicts its honest nature.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03
CLERKS SALE.
Outh CarOIina..COunty Of York.

IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
Arena Clark and others against Mary Etters, j.
G. Etters and Others
DY virtue of Decretal Order in above-entitled
I'D cause, will expose to public sale, at the
COURT HOUSE DOOR in Yorkville, S. G., on
MONDAY. JANUARY 7, 1884,
(Sales- Day. between the legal hours of sale,
EIGHTY-TWO (s2) ACRES OF LAND,
Situate in said County and State being part of
q tract of one hundred and nineteen Ql9) acres,
of which Jacob Etters died seized and possessed,
bounded by lands of Berry Moss, Noah Hardin,
Simpson Stewart and others. (The remainder OF
said 1l9 acres has been assigned to the widow OF
said deceased.) For more particular description,
see plat on file in my office.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash.
JOS F. WALLACE, c. c. Pls.
November 20 4S 6t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

CHATTEL MORTGAGES,
MORTGAGES Of Real Estate, and Titles to
lVl Real Estate. For sale at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE
January tt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03
JOB PRINTING.

OWING to our superior facilities with the best
Y J machine presses an abundance Of type and
first-class appointments throughout our office,
we are prepared to execute all manner Of JOB
PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that
will compare with New York or Philadelphia
charges for the same quality Of work and mate
rials. We have recently made a reduction in
prices for the following classes ofwork, to which
we invite the attention Of business men:
BILL HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Half-sheet Bill Heads, ,."".""..$35O $500
Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, ......... 225 $50
Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, s,............ 200 300
Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet
DILL heads. We will fill order for bill heads,
giving any desired number ofeither size of sheet
at proportionate prices.
LETTER HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Commercial Note, S3,25
Packet Note, .... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2.25 300
Letter (large slZe) Observation-Disclosures. 3.OO o.0o
For the above work superior quality
of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in ev-
erv instance.
We also give special attention to the printing
of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authori-
ties, which we furnish strictly according to the
requirements Of the Justices Of the Supreme
Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost
care to ensure accuracy:
We are prepared to furnish all other kinds Of
printing, from visiting card to a large volume,
and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any
style Of work desired. Address,
November 80 L. NJ GR1sTs IS S0rkvi'le' s tf e.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

THE AUTHOR OF THE "ELEGY." ."-GraV,
like the majority of eminent men, owed
much to his mother beyond the accident of
his birth. She was compelled to separate
from her husband on account of his ungov-
ernable temper, and though in comparative
ly straitened circumstances, contrived to
send her son to Eaton, and afterward to Cam
bridge university. He repaid the debt with
lifelong devotion and affection, remaining
unmarried for her sake, and leaving nothing
undone that could contribute to her comfort
and happiness. She was buried in Stoke.
Pogis churchyard, the scene of the "Elegy,''
and he sleeps by her side in the lovely spot
that is now one of the shrines Of literature.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03
AUCTION SALES.
ADMINIsTRATRIx' SALE.

ny virtue Of an order from J. B. Williams,
Ii ESQ, Probate Judge of York county, will
exnose to public sale on the FIRST MONDAY
IN JANUARY, A. D., 1884, at York Court
House, the Personal PROPERTY, belong
ing to the estate of fTHOMAS J. BELL, deceased.
NJ. J. BELL, Administrative.
December l3 SO 81
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

LEGS AND FEET OF HoRsEs.--The feet
of horses require particular attention. It's
feet and legs in order and the body will
take care of itself" The legs of horse are
the first to fail. The horse, when brought
in from severe protracted service should be
rubbed down dry. His legs, from his knees
and hooks down, should be we'll hand-rub-
bed, so that the friction will create insensi-
BILE perspiration; that will tend to prevent
swelled legs, stiff joints and sprung knees.
When the legsare fevered from over-driving
they should be bandaged with wet cloths to
take away the heat and prevent wind gals
that prove eyesores, and which, without
diminishing his capacity for labor, mate
rially affect the market value of the horse.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

1g-''Well, how do you like the weather?"
inquired old Barnstable of Mrs. McBaker.
who always looks on the dark side of things,
'tDon't like it at all snapped the amiablo
virago.
"Ah, don't eh,, mildly replied old Barn
stable ser-er-how doyou think you would
like it if it suited you ?''-SJtings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

par That lightning killed his soil is the
belief of farmer in Newton, Ill. He
writes: "This summer, when my corn was
two feet high, the lightning struck it, kill
ing patch about 100 square feet in extent
1t seemed to have killed the ground, as
neither weed nor spear of grass has grown
on it since. The ground looks dead, and
| believe it is. Occasionally these spots are
met with all over the prairies. The people
account for them as buffalo tramps, where
buffaloes congregated in fly time and tramp
ed until they killed the soil, but from the
above occurrence account for them as hav-
ing been struck by lightning"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

HE TOUCHED HIM.-John Phoenix, the
American humorist, being one night at a
theatre, fancied he saw friend some three
seats in front of him. Turning to his next
neighbor, he said:
"Would you be kind enough to touch that
gentleman with your stick?"
"Certainly," was the reply, and the thing
was done. But when the individual thus
assaulted turned round, Phoenix saw he
was not the man he took him for, and be-
came at once absorbed in the play, leaving
his friend with the stick to settle matters
with the gentleman in front, which, as he had
no excuse handy, was not done without
considerable trouble.
When the hubub was over the victim
said:
Didn't you tell me to tap that man with
my stick?"
''Yes."
"And what did you want?'
"Oh," said Phoenix, with imperturbable
gravity, 81 wanted to see whether you
would or would not"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

ACoTToN CATERPILLAR RPREvENTIVE.--
ssWell, boss" says he, 81 isn't had any cat
erpillars in my cotton dis year. 1 has learnt
how to keep 'em out. "Well, how was
that?" his questioner inquired fervently.
"Well, you see boss, when dey fust comes
you just catch nine of 'em and kill eight,
and den tell de oder to git an tell de crowd
dat dey mus move dey quarters. Deyll do
it ebry time, boss, and you needn't to doubt
it. Dat's jest de way I KEEP EN- out'n my
match ''-GeOT0ia IjltelIiQencer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

AN EVEN THING.-"Are you sure that is
a gentle horse 20 asked a man of colored
gentleman, from whom he wished to pur-
chase buggy horse.
"Gentlest hoss in dis town. A child ken
dribe him. My wife is mighty skeery
'oman, but she amt Altered OBJ dis hoss."
'Sorry to hear it," said the white man.
"a gentleman who is running against me
for office gave me money to buy a horse for
him. 1 don't want you to say anything
about it, but want to get horse that will
run away with him and kill him."
'Den dis is de hoss, sab. Tore a 'spress
wagon all ter pieces day afore yestiday, an
killed cullud gentleman. Jes' suit yer,
sab, fur he will kill de unfortunate white
man lesen week."
ssYou trifing liar, I wanted the horse for
my wife, and merely tested your honesty.
I don't want him."
"Who's triflin' liar? ?'
"You are"
81 amt no wuss den yerse'f, boss; case
yourself tole a lie jes' ter see eff I'd tell one.
White mans got ter git outen de bed mighty
soon in de mornin' ter beat me tellin' ob a
lie, lemme tell yer."-Arka'astt,O Traveller.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

BUSINESS AND DEATH.-A man falls from
scaffold. The reporter hastens to the spot
and pushes his way to the mans side.
"My life voyage is nearly ended," Whis-
er's hand. 'My soul, like an unfinished
craft, is being swept from it's earthly moor
ing, and carried out into the great painless
ocean of eternity. Oh! how the unprepared
spirit shrinks from embarking upon that 81
tiful child, who will mourn my absence
and now that I see no future, nothing but
the dark, impenetrable shadow of death,
which will soon hide me from earthly eyes,
the world looks more beautiful, and long
Oh /! how long to stay. Goodbye, good
farewell. Prepare for this
His head dropped.
Courage, courage" whispered thereport,,
er, while tears as big as hickory nuts chased
business. Courage" "he whispered chow
how do you spell Your name ?"
B- A couple of medical students disin-
tered subject one winters night, and,
having dressed it, placed it sitting upright
on the seat of covered wagon; and started
home. Coming to a tavern, and seeing the
bar-room lighted up, they left the wagon
and went in for drink. The hostler OBJ
serving a. HAL SlGIlu Ill Illo Wdseoli, ttulCiPV
ed some conversation, but receiving no an
swer, he discovered how the affair stood,
and instantly resolved to have little fun of
his own on this occasion. So taking the
corpse into the stable, he seated himself in
the wagon. The studentssoon returned and
took their seats by the side of the supposed
dead man, when one of them remarked
tremulously to his companion:
"He is warm, by heaven "
$50 would you be warm," replied the
corpse, eff you had been where have been
as long as l have"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

SALUTARY USE OF WATER.-As regards
the free use of water, under some conditions
of the digestive organs, it may be said that
no agent can prove safer or more salutary.
Those who have morbid conditions of the
stomach and bowels, which do notso far ina-
pair the general vigor as tooprevent attelI
ton being given to the ordinary duties OF
life, can often use large drafts of water, es-
pecially in the morning, with manifest adj
vantage. Obstinate constipation is thereby,
removed, the normal peristaltic motions of
the bowels are restored, and the secretions
may be vastly improved. We notice the
salutary influence of water-drinking upon
many of those who resort to the so-called
mineral springs which abound in the coun-
try. 1t is not necessary that these springs
should hold abnormal quantities of salts of
any kind to effect cures; it is only necess;l-
ry that the water should be pure: Spring
waters that are charged heavily with saline
ingredients, like some of those at Saratoga,
are positively injurious to nearly or quite
all who use them freely.-Populov Science
Ne,CS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

DUTIES OF DAILY LIFE-Life is not
entirely made up of great evils or heavy
trials but the perpetual recurrence of pet
ty evils and trials is the ordinary and az
pointed exercise of the Christian graces. 10
bear with the failings of those about us
with their infrmities, their bad Judgment,
their ill breeding, their preyerse tempers;
to endure neglect when we feel we deserve
attention; and ingratitude where we eS-
pected thanks; to bear with the company
of ofdisagreeable people whom Providence has
placed in our way and whom he has provided
on purpose for the trial of our virtue, these
are the best exercises of patience and self de-
nial, and the better because not chosen by
ourselves. 70 bear with veNation in busi-
ness, with Interruptions of our retirement,
with folly, intrusion, disturbance in short,
with whatever opposes our will or contra
diets our humor-this habitual acquiescence
appears to be more of the essence of self-de-
NAL thanany little rigors or Affections of our
own imposing. The constant, inevitable,
but inferior evils properly improved. fur
nish good moral discipline, and might,
in the days of ignorance, have superseded
pilgrimage and penance.-HannM More.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03

LOVE OF HoME.-The affections which
bind a man to the place of his birth are es-
sential in his nature, and follow the same
law as that which governs every innate feel
ing. They are implanted in his bosom
along with life, and are modified by every
circumstance which he encounters from the
beginning to the end Of his existence. The
sentiment which in the breast of any man
is an instructive fondness for the spot in
which he drew his early breath, becomes,
by the progress of mankind, and the forma;
tion of society, a more enlarged feeling, and
into the noble passion of patriotism. The
love of country, the love of the, village
where we were born, of the field which we
first pressed with our young tender footsteps,
of the hillock which we first climbed, are
the same affection, only the latter belongs to
each of us separated ly; the first can be known
but by men united in masses. 1t is founded
upon every advantage which a nation is
supposed to and Is inereasea 5y eve
ceiye.