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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

LII persons having demands against the es-
" of HUGH a. GALLOWAY, deceased, are
hereby notified to present the same within the
time prescribed by law, duly attested. Persons
indebted to the said estate are required to make
Immediate payment to the undersigned.
.R. NJ. McGILL, Executor.
February % s st
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18
APPLICATIONS FOR DISCHARGES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
~ Executor of the estate Of JOHN YOUNG,
deceased, has made final settlement with
the Judge of Probate for York county, and
on the 5th day of April, 1856, at - o'clock, NJ,
will make application for final discharge
from liability as Executor Of the said estate.
r. +. PORTER, Executor.
March Ut
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18
PHOTOGRAPHY,

would inform the public that am yet max
ing PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles.
Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles OF
pictures. Pictures by the Photographic process
enlarged, and all work done in the best style of
the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West
Liberty street, near the Jail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

NOT AS STUPID AS SHE THoUGHT.-Es-
meralda Longcoffin-"I believe, Mr.. Nc
Ginnis, that you think that l am stupid
creature. Hostetter McGinnis-"Oh, no,
nothing of the kind. Nobody can be called
stupid who can so accurately divine the
thoughts of another as you have done
mine" ."-TSras iSDtinqS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18
REPAIRING,

Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice.
Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of
any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any
class Of work that may be wanted in his shop, he
gines, doing the work on the premises, thus OBJ
WAITING the necessity of moving the engine.
Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion
of the work. EDWARD THOMAS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

@gn We complain of the scientists, and
sometimes properly, but it should not be
forgotten that one who cannot believe in a
revelation and yet acknowledges God and
seeks to find him through his philosophy,
is less blamable than one who, accepting the
revelation, refuses to live BY it. TO believe
and then despise is one of the greatest sins.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18
NOTICE.

LLpersons indebted to the estate of JOSEPH
n ROSE. deceased, will please make payment,
without delay, to HART IL HART, Attorneys;
and those holding claims will present them, duly
authenticated. within the time fixed by law, to
WM. f. ROSE, Administrator,
Columbia, S. G..
February II 6t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18
C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD
49, - 177E 5I5sl F5sEH4IH5sl
~ q u ~ " ~ up w

C,CHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains
y from Lenoir, n. c., to Chester, S. G., taking
effect at II o'clock, Noon, Sunday, February
7th 1856.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

A Slow ACTING GUN.-"I had a gun
once" said the Hon. Sam Drake, who did
much fishing in the waters in and about
Rochester, n. Y, "and it was the slowest-
acting gun 1 ever saw. used to set that
gun and pull the trigger at night, and
about sunrise, in the morning whang it
would 60, and generally I got game enough
for breakfast. One morning l got up and
saw q rabbit making for his hole. 1 1calculat-
ed that the gun would 60 off in about five
minutes, and that meanwhile would have
to catch the rabbit myself. Out goes and
thing went down into the hole stopped
and caught him by the tail. At that mo-
ment the constitutionally belated weapon
went off, and-well, gentlemen, I have
been that lame ever since that I can't
walk with any kind of celebrity. ."-7He
JitCl0e,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

BaH Our various eXcuses-Want OF time,
unhappy circumstances, poor education,
temptation and hindrances, all go for moth,
ing when we urge them as reasons for not
believing. Gods call is to faith, and that,
first and above all things, is to claim our at
tentiOn. 1t is reckless dsobedience to neg
lpct If
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

YVNHE undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that he now has in operation, on
his lot on Kings Mountain Street. a FOUNDRY
AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared
to do all manner Of work in light iron and brass
castings, and general machine work.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18
Anuturuns department.

THE SEX OF THE LoCoMoTIvE.-"Why,"
asked the fat passenger does an engineer
always call his engine 'she?"
There was moment of embarrassing ST.
lence, when the man on the wood box said
something about cher head light" which
was followed by a hollow groan all along
the line.
because, ventured the tall, thin passen-
senger, the more you throttle her the faster
she goes"
But this was barred out under the rules.
The man with the sample case suggested
"because she runs the mail" but everybody
said "Ah, there" so sarcastically that he
apologised. The cross passenger said "be-
cause there was so much hustle and bang
about her." and he was fined cigars for the
crowd On the spot. The bashful passenger
said maybe it was because she ''pulled the
smoker" and he was Kissed off the stage.
And longer had they sung, but the woman
who talks bass closed the lodge by croak-
ing: "Because we couldn't get along with
out her."-DetrOt Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

HE RECKoNED THE Coon KNEw.-A
Henry county farmer came to Clinton on
the late cold wave wearing a coon skin
overcoat. A west side grocer inquired:
instead of out 2"
II reckon the coon knew which side was
the warmest when he wore it, didn't he?"
replied the farmer.-Cyinton Adrocdfe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

THEY NEVER FIND ANYTHING.-"Ha
you found religion yet, my friend?' the
Rev. Sam Jones inquired of one of his hear
ers.
"No," was the reply.
"What is your occupation, may l ask:'
81 am detective"
"H'm!" observed the great revivalist,
"that accounts for it."-IIicked Exchange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

HIGH IN ALGEBRA, BUT SHE COULDN'T
CooK.-"John, dear, our Susie is fairly
sick over her algebra. But she is getting
along so nicely, and has ninety in her re-
port this week, and ninety-fve in Latin,
and 100 in philosophy, the dear girl"
"Good enough, wife. But what's the
matter with the breakfast to-day? Worst
meal we have had in month";
"Well, John, I felt out of sorts this morn
ing, and the cook is away, and let Susie
attend to the things. The poor girl knows
so little about housework, you know
Boston Traveller.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

AN EXPLANATION OF CoNsCIENCE.-A
South Yonkers Sunday-school teacher was
trying to explain to her class what the con-
science was, but had some difficulty in MAX
ing the scholars understand. "What is
that small voice that comes to you after you
have retired at night?" she said at length:
one of the bright little girls. "Well, what
is it, Dolly" said the teacher, proud that
her explanation should be so quickly COM
pretended. "Cats, ma'am."- Yonkers CO.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

the late war, a Federal chaplain happened to
get into the vicinity of battery of artil-
lery which was hotly Ell gagged. The Con-
federate shells were ploughing burrows
about the guns, and the cannoneers were
grimly and actively at work to answer shot
for shot. The chaplain addressed himself
to sergeant, who was very efficient, but at
the same time rather profane, in the follow
ing words:
"My friend, if you go on this way, can you
expect the support of Divine Providence?'
"Ain't expectin' it," said the sergeant;
sThe Ninth New Jersey has been ordered
to support this battery."-,Souhe,m Birouac.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

p9- "That was dirty mean trick Hol
man served you, Parsons"
II should say so. Means no name for it..
I was never so mad in my life"
"Well, are you off? Not mad at me,
are YOU? Where are you going?"
"Going home to have revenge.'
"And how, there pray?"
"Why, by jawing my wife,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

ITOlll IiSllS VII Ctttoup VI plShiSS, oN'NA o VIZ
spoonful Of ground horse radish to every
quart.
A small piece of charcoal placed in your
meat larder will keep the articles sweet and
wholesome as ice. Charcoal is great dis
infectant.
10 prevent meat from scorching during
the roasting process, keep basin of water
in the oven. The steam generated prevents
scorching and makes the meat cook better:
You can get bottle or barrel of oil out of
any carpet stuff by applying buckwheat
to such grease spot, or liquid of any kind.
Knives, after using, should be wiped with
soft paper, removing the grease, ETC., then
placed in deep can or vessel, keeping the
handles above water, lukewarm, until wash
ed clean, then thoroughly dried.
TO remove fruit stains, let the spotted part
of the cloth imbibe little water without
dipping it, and hold the part over two or
three lighted birthstone matches alta proper
distance. The suphurous gas which is dis
charged so cause the spots to disappear.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-10-07
TIMBER PRESERVATION.


A Simple and Inexpensive Way of Ire.
venting the Growth of Destructive
Fungi 7rd ti i..u- .fi.4t!'
The cheapest operation to protect our
woods, and quite sufficient for many
purposes, is 10 season or thoroughly
dry the timber, reducing the contained
moisture from eight to twelve per cent.
of the weight of the wood; and when in
this condition, with circulation of air
around it, to prevent the collection and
absorption of moisture, the wood will
last indefinitely, as the fungi can not
grow in such surroundings. Every one
is more or less familiar with the sound
ness of timber in the upper parts of
buildings, while in lower parts near the
foundations it is often decayed on ac-
count of moisture. r'.'ut
In many situations, however, where
timber must be used, the conditions of
growth OF the fungi are present, and it
will decay; some species can be used
which resist the attacks of the fungi for
long period, but the final result is de-
cay unless the wood is treated to some
process preventing the growth of the
fungi, which must be capable of doing
either one of two things. l. 1t must
keep the fibers dry, preventing the alb
sorption of moisture. 2. If the wood
must be in damp place and kept moist
some antiseptic must be present, suifi-
Gent to prevent the growth of any Of
the various kinds of destructive flung.
Timber entirely submerged does not
come under these considerations. To
use the first process successfully means
more than thin coat of paint or tar on
seasoned wood when exposed to con-
tinued moisture. 1t must be some sub
stance which penetrates the tissues Of
the wood sufficiently far, in case the ex-
terror surface is broken, to prevent any
absorption of moisture. Wood impreg-
mated with the heavy tar or the lighter
oils is protected more from the fact OF
prevention of access of dampness to the
fibers than by the contained antiseptcs,
unless in the exception of great per
centage of creosote. In the second
method the moisture is permitted to
come in contact with the fibers of the
wood. and reliance depends upon the
antiseptic. In this case, the entire
wood should be saturated to give the
greatest measure of success, not merely
an exterior protection of a half-inch or
so in depth, the latter fact, as before ey-
planned, being the cause of many of the
failures which have taken place. The
autiseptic treatment, to succeed, must
destroy all the germs which have found
Judgment in the timber, and also those
which may come from the exterior
Popular Science Monthly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-10-07
SOCIALISM AND INSANITY.
Views OF q Learned Man who Claim.
That All Anarchists Are Demented.

Views of q Learned Man who Claims
That All Anarchists Are Demented.
Some time ago romantic story
was put forth that Louise Michel, the
female leader of the Paris Commun-
lists, was insane. She had fallen
violently in love with nobleman, it
was said, in her early youth, and
aspired to be his wife. He had en-
couraged this feeling as long as it
amused him, and then had thrown her
aside with contempt. This treatment
had enraged her against his class, and
she became a monO-maniac on the
subject. Hence her bitterness toward
rank was due to a misplaced Irritation.
and not to any innate love for the
masses against classes. Now comes
learned DR.. Lombroso, who declares
in French publication that all
Anarchists and Communists are de-
mented. He finds that propensity
for revolution is merely demonstra-
ton of insanity, and should be treated
the same as other forms. He thinks
the advocates of destruction of gov,
eminent and the distribution of prop
erty, if placed under restraint some
where and properly treated, would, in
course of time, for the most part, be-
come as lucid and sensible as other
people. This learned DR.. Lombroso,
after certain Investigations, dis
covers that revolutions occur chiefly
in warm countries and during
summer. The heat stirs up the
blood and excites the mind. The
thermometer is really the thing to
be looked to for explanation of many
of the social phenomena witnessed, and
it is found to be true, as the ancient
sages thought, that the dog7star sets
men, as well as their four-footed friends,
mad. To illustrate the fact the doc
tor shows that of nearly two hundred
popular outbreaks in Europe, cover
ing France, Italy and Greece, there were
thirty-two in June and twelve in No
vember, and the summer averaged
three times as many as the colder sea-
sons. All leaders of the Sooialistic
propaganda this eminent physician
considers insane. He recalls the fact
that after the Paris conspiracy, in 1871,
four of the chiefs of the movement were
discovered, upon examination, to be
hereditary lunatics, while four others
had previously been under treatment
for insanity. Among the rabble nearly
two thousand were found to be de-
arranged and had to be placed under
treatment for year. The doctor
gives the history of a number of cases
and shows that extravagant social the
cries are almost synonymous with in
sanity, and that one of the manifesto.
tons of the disease is a homicidal ten.
dency. The popular term, "crank, y
therefore, in connection with these
persons is certainly not misplaced. =
Baltimore Daily Nes0s.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-10-07
LITTLE CURLY.HEAp.
A Bit Of Frontier Reality Related by q
Soft-Hearted Trooper.

A Bit Of Frontier Reality Related by q
Soft-Hearted Trooper.
We were bending away to the north
to strike the Solomon river, in North
west Kansas, and had just got out of
the broken ground, when our eyes
rested on a singular object on the grass.
Every body made guess as to what it
was, but all fell far short of naming the
article until we were close upon it;
then it was seen to be feather-bed.
The entire command was astonished
and mystifed for the moment, but after
bit every thing was made plain.
The scouts ,dmped down and an
nounced that a wagon drawn by horses
had passed that way about four days
before. Some settler, anxious to Sc
sure better squat had broken
away from the Smoky Hill route in
search of q new location. He must
have been fool-hardy or a very ignor-
ant man, for he was running rightinto
the hostile country. When the scouts
announced, after a further inspection,
that the horses drawing the wagon had
been on gallop at this point, we felt
assured that we had only to follow up
the trail a few miles to come
upon scene of horror. After
riding for half a mile, and
just as the wagon made q sharp
turn to the west to avoid an outcrop-
ping of rocks, we came upon the dead
body of little boy about three years
old. He was nestled down in the high
grass, and was resting on his side, with
one hand under his face. We at first
believed him to be asleep, but
when one of the scouts crept up and
bent over him he gave us sign that
the poor little fellow was dead. We
dismeunted and formed little circle
around the body. 1t was wonderfully
preserved. The big eyes were closed,
the chestnut curls were still damp with
the morning dew, and it was hard to
believe that he was dead.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-10-07
GOVERNMENT DOCKS.
The Insignificant Capacity of the United
States Yards for Dockage.

States Yards for Dockage.
In the course of the rehabilitation OF
the United States navy, docks and navy
yards require very serious considera-
ton, for, after ships and guns, there
are no requirements of more importance
for naval purposes. The capacity OF
the Government yards for dockage is
very insignificant, owing to which the
bottoms of our ships are but seldom
subjected to scrutiny, and this, above all
others, is the part of the integrity of
which we need to be most assured. The
few docks that we have are generally APP
propriated by vessels under repair, and
the cruising ship is debarred the use OF
this means of guarding her safety and
providing for her speed. A very Slight
accident may disturb the copper on the
bottom of wooden ship, which may
result in serious consequences if she be
sent to cruise in waters where she will
be exposed to the influence of the teredo,
and the neglect to clean the bottom when
loaded with grass or barnacles might so
impair speed as to make the difference
between capture and failure in chase.
Docking for such purposes as inspect
ing and cleaning the bottom is the ex-
ception in our practice, as the demands
of repairs are considered paramount.
A ship in which the repairs approach or
lie below the water line must be placed
in dock. and months being often re-
quired to complete the work, the dock
is closed to all other purposes, and our
ships are frequently sent from one navy
yard TO another to take advantage of
dock that may be vacant. n4
The embarrassments that have at
tended this course in the past, while our
fleet has consisted of copper-sheathed
wooden ships, will be increased by the
introduction of iron and steel hulls.
which demand much more care and
more frequent removals of such hinder
ances to speed as will attach themselves
to their bottoms.
The Government has at present but
three stone dry-docks and one floating
dock. The latter is in use at Ports
mouth, New Hampshire; the stone
docks are at the navy yards in Boston,
New York and Norfolk. .t-tH
A stone dock is in process of con-
struction at Mare Island, California;
this is of dimensions capable of receiv-
ing ships of the first class. It, length
is $50 feet; breadth, 70 feet; depth Of
water over the sill, 27.6 feet, and it will
admit ship of 400 feet in length. When
completed it will supply great want
1t requires no argument to show that
the Government needs great increase
in its facilities for dockage; the neces.
sity of plentiful supply of docks is
recognized by all powers, and we can
not pretend to be blind to our own de-
| ficiency. This is want that must be
provided for, but it is well to study all
points that bear on the subject, and to
mature some plan of operations before
we embark in work which involves
great expense, and the success of which
must depend on the thoroughness with
which all the factors are considered be.
forehand Rear Admirat Il. simpson,
IN Harper's Magazine. r
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-10-07
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, 1886.
.41e was either thrown or iostled out

'f1e was either thrown or jostled out
Of the wagon with the bed" said one
of our scouts as he leaned on his gun
and looked down upon the dead boys
face. 1.-THE Indians passed him by un-
noticed, and he probably wandered
around for two or three days. I'm
thinking he died yesterday of hunger
and onesomeness. 1t was Gods mercy
that he went that way
Two of the men lifted up the little
body and deposited it in one of the
wagons, and we then pushed ahead on
the trail. The settler had made a gal
liant race for it, and his team must have
been powerful one, for we did not
come up with the wagon until we had
gone fully five miles from the spot where
we found little curly-head. When we
gathered around it every man thanked
God that the child had died another
death. The naked, gashed, hacked
and butchered bodies of the mother
and two other children were lying on
the trampled grass around the wrecked
wagon. Every thing went to show
that the savages had slowly tortured
them to death, probably being two or
three hours at it. But the worst sight
of all was the body of the husband.
He had made brave fight at the last,
as the carcasses of three Indian ponies
near by went to prove. They had
staked him out on the ground and
tortured him in every way known to
savage cruelty. Bis ears and nose had
been cut off, his tongue cut out, his
cheeks slit open, his eyes gouged out,
his fingers and toes cut off, the cords
of his legs and arms pulled out, and
finally, as grand climax, he had been
disemboweled and fire built in the
cavity. Each man in his heart prayed
that the settler was dead long before
this browning act The wagon had
been plundered and the horses. driven
away, and nothing was left for us but
to dig wide, deep grave and place
therein the dead. Side by side we laid
them in, little curly-head between
father and mother, and as. the grave
was filled and we took up the line OF
march every man in that long column
bent his head in reverence. -Detroi
Free Press. .E It WI g..
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-10-07
It Might Have Been Worse.

"Ah, my friend" said the affable
stranger as he slighted and warmly
shook the hand of an honest Dakota
farmer, Il am glad to meet you. You
have fine place here, good buildings
and q well-cultivated farm. How is
the wife and little ones?'
"Tolre ble." ss..
"Glad to hear it. BY the way, Mr..
Snoozenberry. see you have no light
ming rods, i want to sell you couple
for your house and ~
BE you hghtnin' rod agent?''
cried the old man, with a look of re-
lief
"Yes, sir"
"Gimme yer hand again, then
thank goodness it's no worse? Come
into the house and sit down. thought
at first you was another candidate fol-
some country Officer Esielliae Cd.
z. Bell
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-10-07
REBukING A RELATIVE.
The Apt Retort OF . Man Who Did Not
Care to Express His Feelings.

- w
Care to Express His Feelings.
A man. whose matrimonial life had
been any thing but happy in conse-
quence of the quarrelsome habits of
his wife, who thus contrived to keep
him constantly in hot water with the
neighbors, was at last relieved of her
company by death. As the widower's
means were limited. the funeral was
plain, but respectable enough to salts
fly any reasonable relative. The broth
er OF the deceased lady, however, was
not a reasonable man, and on the re-
turn Of the mourners to the house he
ridiculed the funeral, said that it was
mean, mdemonstrstive and so quiet
that all the neighbors must have con-
sidered it niggardly.
"Yes, it was rather quiet" re-
sponded the widower; "but what did
you expect7 Did you want me to
show my submission to the decree of
Providence in removing my late Ia
mented spouse by closing the funeral
with a display of fire-workse / did
think of cheerful display of some
sort but abandoned the idea because l
feared the neighbors might talk about
it, and say that was giving too much
expression to my feelings. -Harper's
Magazine.