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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

A PRISONERS LITTLE JoKE.-"l had a
funny experience once" said a young far
tv green. lived with my father upon a
farm near Columbus, and used to haul
wood into the city and sell it for him.
One day I had entered town with my Gus
tomary load, when, as passed a large
building, some one poked his head partly
out Of a window and asked if the wood
was for sale.' I replied in the affirmative.
well, throw it over this fence came back
from the upper window. 49,,
"The house was surrounded by a high
wall, but I managed to pitch it over and
then went round to the front for my pay;
T could not getin I Hammered n called
in vain, when some passer by, attracted
by my frantic efforts to gain an entrance,
inquired what was the matter and inform
ed me that the building was the Jail. One
of the prisoners had played a joke upon
me. I could not get my money or the
wood back, and returned home with emp
ty wagon and pockets"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

EIGHTEEN MONTHS WAS NOTHING
Judge Gary has probably made more W.T.
ty and quaint remarks on the Dench nan
any other judge in Chicago.
On one occasion, when he was sitting in
the criminal court, he appointed a young
attorney to defend a young criminal iad na y, VINO no
yer. The young man had just been ad-
United to the bar, and was consequently
ambitious to make q reputation, but des-
pite his utmost endeavors his client was
''sent up" for eighteen months.
After court adjourned the young. man
walked over town with the judge and took
occasion to say ,
"That was pretty hard on me, judge.
"What was hard?" asked the judge In
his absent minded way.
"Why, my first case. I wanted to get a
little start, and here my client gets elgh-
teen months"
"That's nothing" returned the judge,
sententiously. "My first client got eight
years. Chicago Tribune.
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ALL OUT OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
]Stockbridge, of Michigan, is something OF
a wag. He was sitting in his committee
room the other day Xhen q of those
fellows who are always demanding docu-
ments came in. The caller had secured
almost every book, pamphlet and bill
which the government magnanimously
prints and gives away. But he still long
ed for more.
II am very anxious" said he, "to Sc
cure a copy of the Constitution OF the
United States. Could I enlist your help,
senator? 2"
"Why, certainly; but it would be USE
less. The effort will be futile"
Indeed; and why"
swell, you see, there were so many de-
mands from people like yourself for cop
les of this good work that the supply
nearly ran out. There was only one copy
left, and the president has just sent that
to the pope."
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Pay Up.
UNDERTAKING.

WYE claim to be abreast Of the times in the
w Undertaking business. We have the
latest novelties in the way of trimming, &C.;
and carry a complete stock of Collins of all
sizes and prices. We also have on hand a
lot of very handsome burial Cases and Caskets
for adults made of walnut and other choice
woods. We have some Broadcloth Cases that
are very handsome. Also, Metallic Cases. We
have a nice line of White Gloss Cases and Cas-
kets for children, which are very pretty and
appropriate. We will make it to the interest
of anyone in need of any of the above men
toned articles to call on us. We will sell as
cheap as anyone, and will sell on time to re-
sponsible parties. Our personal attention will
be given to all funerals in town.
j.. ED. JEFFERYS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

REMEDIES FOR Hog CHoLERA.--A
number of South Carolina planters are
claiming that soda is a SUR cure for hog
cholera. One says that by the use of soda
~(bi-carbonate) alone, as soon as the first
symptoms of the disease were noticed, ne
checked it. Another used soda and salt
together, mixed in moderate quantity
with the food.
An old Kentucky breeder ofswine places
salt first in Importance as a preventive OF
cholera, and believes that salt, of all sub
stances, is the best promoter of digestion
as we'll as an antidote against worms.
This breeder has adopted the plan of salt
ing all his animals in water-tight troughs,
keeping a supply Of salt on hand contin-
ually. He also feeds some charcoal with
the salt to swine that are closely penned,
and gives ashes occasionally under all con-
ditions.
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his check for five hundred dollars, some
times less and sometimes more, but when
he purchases anything for himself he
drives shreWd bargain. Ihave seen him
refuse to take a hat because he considered
the price half q dollar too much, when he
might have bought out the whole stock in
the shop and never missed the money.
No one may say that he is mean, but he
has economical ideas that he gained when
he was an impecunious youth; struggling
hard to get along in the world. "-Augusta
Nprs
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I'IiONOGRAPHY.
MVSIC LESSONS.

NEISS ZORAIDA INGOLD respectfully Of
ISE fcrs her services. at her residence, as
TEACHER OF MUSIC on THE PlANo.
Pupils received ut any time. System thorough
and practical. Prices reasonable, and furnish
ed OH application. =
November 80 is u
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ONIONS AND THEIR UsE.-Those who
are in the habit of indulging in raw on
ions, says a medical man, may be consoled
for the social disadvantages which ensue
by the fact that onions are about the best
nervine known. No medicine is reallyso
eficacious in case of nervous prostration,
as they tone up a worn out system in q
very short time. Their absorbent powers
are also most valuable, especially in times
of epidemic. 1t has been repeatedly ob-
served that an onion patch in the immedl,
ate vicinity of a house acts as a shield
against the pestiIence which is very apt to
pass over the inmates of that house:
Sliced onions in a sick room absorb ali
the germs and prevent contagion. During
an epidemic the confirmed onion eater
should, however, eschew his usual diet, as
the germs Of disease are present in the
onion and contagion can easily result.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

A GOOD EXAMPLE.-"That five dollars
I loaned you some time ago, Fledgely,"
observed Robinson, "sets a good example
to Christians"
"Er-yes," replied Fledgely, with an s EN-
"It keeps lent so WE'LL"
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BRIDGE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of
~ County Commissioners of York county,
will meet at the FORD on BULLOCK'S
CREEK, near the residence of B. P. McAfee,
on the Adair's Ferry road, on SATURDAY,
MARCH "a, 1888, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The OBJ
ject of the meeting is to let out to the lowest
bidder, THEBUILDING OFANEW BRIDG
across said creek at that place. Thu contractor
will be required to give bond with two good
s~urcties, in double the amount of bid, for the
faithful performance Of the contract. Plans
and specifications can be examined at the office
in Yorkville, and also at the above place, on
day and date above mentioned. The Commits
sioners reserve the right to reject any and all
bids.
By order of the Board.
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
February % s st
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

RAISE PLENTY OF CoRN.-1n pitching
your crop, be sure to set off a liberal quanti-
ty of land for corn. Because it sold at So to
60 cents from November to the middle Of
January, do not think you can always
buy it at that price. 1t is cheaper to raise
your own corn than to buy it even at 80
cents. 1t looks now as if it would be so
cents before July. The man who makes
his W corn soon gets to raising his W
meat. Then how independent you are
when you never have to buy meat or bread.
Be sure that you plant an abundance OF
cOrn.-,SDaTtan,
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via. s. R'way. }io''r'"' io'' AN
Pullman Palace Cars between Charleston and Danville, on
Nos. so and 81.
Pullman Palace Buffet Cars between Aiken and Washington,
u. c., OIL Nos. 50 and SO.
so and 81 make close connection at Columbia with c. and
G. Division, so and 81, TO and from points West, via and Spar
%tanburg, Asheyille and Paint Rock.
SOL. HASS, D. CARDWELL, JAS. L.. Y
Traffic Manager. D. P. A., Columbia, s. C. Genr Pass. Agent.
January 95 n
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s9rA COW is in her prime at six and for
three or four years after, according to the
cow, and the manner in which she has been
fed. High feeding wears a COW out fast.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

sasA There is such a thing as preparing the
food for plants we'll as for stock. If the
be not in a proper condition for
the use of the plants they cannot approprl-.
ate it, and it will therefore be a saving Of
time to reduce it as much as possible in
tho manure bean.
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ssy" The qualification Of curiosity rather
frees us from uneasinessthan confers pleas
ure; we are more panied by Ignorance
than delighted by instruction. Curiosity
is the thirst of the soul.
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How TO MAKE POULTRY ~PAY.-Thisis
told in a single sentence, which please
read and heed: If the premises are kept
uniformly clean if the fowl houses are not
over crowded, and are we'll ventilated if
the stock is fed judiciously with sound and
varied food if the birds are kept free from
lice and housed comfortably in cold and
bad weather, and pure, fresh water is fur
nished them at all times, there will be
little or no disease about, and the poultry
will be profitable upon the farm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

COVERING GRASS Seed Inexperienced
farmers often give themselves needless
worry about the covering of grass and clo-
yer seeds when sown. These seeds are so
small that most attempts to cover them ar
tifcially bury them too deeply. The
great point in getting a good catch OF these
seeds is to have the surface in fine filth.
With this secured, rains will do the rest.
Some farmers roll down the ground after
seeding. This is especially Objectionable
when timothy seed is sown in the Fall.
The seeds will mostly fall in hollows or be
washed there by the first heavy rain. II
Jumps and ridges are pressed down upon
them they will be covered too deeply even
for grain. There will.be besides a bare,
smooth surface during the winter for rains
and SHOWS to compact, and for winds to
sweep over. Timothy grass is very hardy,
but with such treatment not n quarter
of the seed will show a living plant by
Spring. The roller is all right for prepar-
ing the seed bed. It is necessary on either
very light sand or clayey soils filled with
Jumps. But after the roller a drag should
be used to roughen the surface. Then
sow the grass seed and let it alone. DO
not try to brush it in. Dragging a long
pile of fine brush across a field is excellent
to pulverize Jumps, but like rolling, its
place is before, not after sowing grass seed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

R~ Plants cannot live without leaves, as
sooner or later they will "sutfocate," the
leaves being to plants what lungs are to
an animal. Hence, if weeds be kept down
close to the ground (not excepting even
the thistle) they must at the same time
perish. Good cultivation, therefore, les
sens the labor of each succeeding year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

A New LEAsE.-"Miss Clara" he said,
''can I speak with your father a moment
before 1 60 ?"
Certainly, Mr.. Sampson" replied the
girl, blushing, and with a wildly throb-
bling heart she sought the old man.
"Oh, papa" she began later, as the front
door closed, "what did Mr.. Sampson
want?"
PPM his landlord, you know. I let him
his bachelor apartments, and he wants
another three years lease"
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CHE farm aud fireside.
SWEET POTATOES.

This is one of our peculiar Southern pro-
ducts that is not properly appreciated.
We are prone to follow after Northern or
foreign practices and adopt their special
crops for special purposes, when we have
better at home. English and Northern
farmers grow turnips for stock because
their climate is suited to turnips and not
suited to sweet potatoes. They also grow
Irish potatoes because they can grow them
more successfully than the sweet potatoes.
The sweet potato, as known in the South,
is a boon that is denied to them. Turnlps
and Irish potatoes are no to be compared
with sweet potatoes in respect to ease n
cheapness of production, n~utritiveness and
general adaptation as 4 table and stock
food.
Nothing is gained by very early bed
ding or planting. The potato is strictly a
tropical plant, and must have warm wealth
er from first to last. Resolve to plant a
larger field than usual and bed accord
ingly. o.,
planting of the draws, give a distance of
about four feet by twenty inches. This
would require 5,442 plants to set one acre
and to produce this number of plants from
six to eight bushels of seed potatoes should
be bedded. Small potatoes are to be pre-
ferred for the plant. bed, especially those
that were made from the cut vines last
year. A potato is not a true seed, but on
~ an enlarged underground stem; it IS
not even a root, as it does not take nour-
ishment from the soil directly, but through
the stem attachment. A small potato will
make nearly as many draws as a large one,
and many more of them may be placed in
a bed.
For bedding select a sunny exposure.
Mark out a bed four feet wide, and length
sufficient. Cover the space marked out
with any good, well-rotted manure, If the
soil be not already rich, and dig it in with
a spading fork. Rake smooth and then
deposit the sound, small potatoes regular
ly over the surface, no nearer than the
width of the finger. Press them uniformly
into the soil by placing a thick board over
them and the necessary a~voirdupols.
Cover with light surface soil to the depth
of the second joint of the forefinger. II
covered shallow the plants will not throw
out fbrous roots promptly, and many OF
them when slipped from the parent pota-
toes will have no roots at all.-Southerm
Cttltivator.
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CUT OUT o A LAwYER.-Stevie, a
bright four-year-old, had been told that he
must not ask for anything to eat when
visiting the neighbors. Soon after, at the
house Of a distant relative, where heinva-
riably found something to eat, he hung
around, with a willful sort of look, until
finally he broke out:
"Aunt Jane, Pm awful thirsty"
care you?"
eyes. I'm so thirsty 1 could eat a
d~oughnut."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14

Freight trains run daily. Going North, ar
rive at Yorkville at 1915, A. NJ. Going South,
arrive at Yorkville at 2.4O, P. NJ.
G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent.
January II 2 If
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The EFFICACY OF PRAYER.-I will
close this letter with a little incident, the
story of which may not he so startling,
but it is true. 1t is a story of child faith.
Johnny Quinlan, Of Evanston, has the
most wonderful confidence in the efficacy
of prayer, but he thinks that prayer does
not succeed unless it is accompanied with
considerable physical strength. He be-
lieves that adult prayer is a good thing,
but doubts the efficacy of Juvenile prayer.
He has wanted a Jersey COW for a good
while and tried prayer, but it didn't seem
to get to the central Office. Last week he
went to a %neighbor who is a Christian and
believer in the efficacy of prayer, also the
owner of a Jersey cow.
"Do you believe that prayer would
bring me a yailer Jersey cow"' said
Johnny.
"Why, yes, of course. Prayer will re-
move mountains. 1t will do anything."
Well, then, suppose you give me the
COW you've got and pray for another one."
Blu Nye.
WINNING 4 WIFE BY STRATEGY.-A
delightful old lady tells a bit of amusing
history illustrating how the scarcity of
manageable women in the West fifty
years ago facilitated husband getting for
any of the sex who did stray into that
part of the world. a Boston woman
married n Unitarian clergyman and went
to settle in Alton, ILL.,, where in due time
she was visited by a young lady friend.
Mrs. +. announced the anticipated visit,
and one Sunday morning the guests ar
rived. Sunday afternoon and evening
brought the stranger a constant stream OF
masculine callers. Many stayed to tea,
and twenty-seven came in after evening
service. Some called betimes on Monday
| to make formal p%roffers o fheart and hand;
but alas! for their hopes the fair Bos-
tonian was already engaged to the man
who had been clever enough to ride out
and meet the stage, becoming thereby her
companion not only for the last stage of
her journey, but for life as well!-Boston
Courier.
Posi- OFFICE BUILDINGs.-The govern
ment supervising architect at Washing
ton has just completed the drawing tor
post offices for all towns of five thousand
population and over. Mr.. Dickinson has
a scheme to have a federal post office build
ing in all such townsville building to cost
from five to eleven thousand dollars All
the buildings are to be after one and the
same plan, with an arch in the centre, on
which is to be carved in stone, UNITED
States Post Office" BY this plan the pub
lie will become familiar with the post
office building and recognize it in any
town. u bill %embodying the plan will be
submitted to Congress. 1t will doubtless
prove very popular in the House, but its
fate in the Senate is doubtful.
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nsy It has been stated that since the sun
flower has been cultivated on certain
swamps of the Potomac, malaria fever has
decreased. At the mouth of the Schelde,
in Holland, it is stated that similar results
have been observed. The suntiower emits
large volumes of water in the form Of
vapor, and it's aromatic odor, as well as
the oxygen it eXhales, may have some
thing to do with the sanitary influence in
question.
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\ HAPPY COUPLE.-A married and eX-
! pcricnced friend tells us that a man should
always be a little bigger than his wife, and
u little older, a little Drawer, and a little
stronger, and Il little bitmore in love with
her than she is with him.
a woman should always be Il little
Younger and q little prcttier, and Il little
more ~considerate than her husband. He
should bestow upon her all his worldly
goods, and she should tax care of them.
He may W her every care and tender
ness that affection may prompt; but pc
cuniarv Indebtedness to her will become a
burden. Better live on 4 crust that he
earnsthan on a fortune that she has brought
him.
Neither must be Jealous or give the 9TH
or cause for jealousy. Neither must en-
courage sentimental friendships with the
opposite sex. Perfect confidence in each
other, and reticGnce concerning their mu-
tual affairs, eve to members of their "
families, is u first necessity.
y wife should dress herself becOmingly
whenever she expects to meet her hus-
bands eye. The man should not grow
SlOvenly ever at home.
Fault-fnding, long arguments, or scold-
ings, end the happiness that begins in
lSoIf luo ioNS hitNlhS' 'i''NI' "'U
brothers may quarrel and 'make it up"
Lovers are lovers no longer after such dis
turbances occur, and married people who
are not lovers are bound by red-hot chains:
If Il nan admires his wife most in striped
calico, she is silly not to wear it.
TIE FIRST TIIOuSAND.-Wealthy. men
and their ways were beingdiscussed a day
or two ago by group of men in one of the
prominent banks in this city, when one
called up the familiar remark that when
a young man started out in life his first
one thousand dollars was the most Difficult
to acquire. at isn't so much the start it
gives" he said, "but the habit of economy
it implants. OF course | speak Of young
men who earn and save the money. They
acquire habits which cling to them all
through their lives, and l can call to mind
an example in II Of the richest men in
the city. He really has more money than
he can spend without being recklessy eX-
travagant, and though his name APP
pearsin the newspapers, he gives largely to
charity, and worthy objects will receive
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GALLERY.

THOROUGHLY fitted up with new back
grounds, accessories, &C., and with a fine
sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in
any style of the art, as well executed as can be
done elsewhere.
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ng- The practical benefit to be derived
from raising good stock depends, among
other things, upon the treatment received
at its owners hands. Blood and breeding
and rare natural capacity are powerless to
contribute to successful stock-raising unless
accompanied by the cooperation Of hui
name thoughtfulness, intelligent manage.
ment and regular care. Merits not proof
against neglect, starvation and abuse.
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the public that he now has in operation, on
his lot on Kings Mountain Street, a FOUND
RY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he Is
prepared to do all manner Of work in light iron
and brass castings, and general machine work.
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G. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.

SsmRYguM @ 55fizzffI57z
Nv
SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains
y from Lenoir, N. c., to Chester, S.. c., taking
effect at $50 A. NJ. Sunday, January /, 1888:
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ENLARGED WORK.

Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in
the highest style to be had, and prices reason
able.
Give me a call and see specimens of work, at
my Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the
Jail. j. r. SCHORB.
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CHILDREN'S PICTURES SPECIALITY.
BY the dry plate process I can take them in
stantly makes no difference about fair or
cloudy weather.
lido all my own printing and finishing, and
there is very little delay in delivery.