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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

A TALE OF AMERICAS FIRST GREAT
ARTIsT.-John Singleton Copley (the
first really distinguished painter of
America) was a slow and tedious work.
er. A gentleman named Hoven once
commissioned him to paint a large
canvas containg portraits of the Hoven
family. During the progress of the
picture Mrs. Hoven died, and in due
time her husband consoled himself
with second wife. He thereupon re-
quested Copley to erase his former
wife's figure from the canvas and paint
her in the form of an angel in the sky,
her place in the family group to be
occupied by the second Mrs. Hoven.
Copley began the alterations, but con-
tinued so long over his work that the
bride, being taken suddenly ill, ex-
pired before her sittings were com
pleted. Mr.. Hoven once more took q
wife and repeated his former strange
request to the painter-that he should
paint the second Mrs. Hoven as an
angel in the clouds, while his present
spouse should be portrayed in the CEN
ter of the group. When the portrait
was completed, Mr.. Hoven had the sat-
isfaction of beholding one wife on
earth while two looked down on him
from heaven. Mr.. Copley, whose
prices were always moderate, charged
a reasonable amount for the many al
terations he had been compelled to
make. This charge the customer OBJ
iected to. Mr.. Hoven declared that
the picture ought to have been finished
before his domestic change rendered
the alterations necessary. The artist
went to law over the matter and won
his case.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21
CHAPTER III.

The girl drew back within the thicket,
afraid to stir, lest her presence might be
discovered to the two men.
She hoped they would pass on and let
her continue her search for the cow un-
hindered, but they did not.
Hines and his companion stood just
beyond the patch of wild plum, at the
very foot of steep bank on the creek.
What did he mean by his vile presence
there on the corner Of her fathers claim?
Immediately vague fears were aroused
within her, and her first impulse was to
steal back to the dugout and alarm her
father. B,lt quickly the thought came,
what good would that do to startle
sick man who would be unable to de-
fend himself, no matter how dark and
terrible was the villains object in being
on the claim.
That he must have some villainous
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

HIS JOKE PAID HIM.-Sometime
ago Edward O'Reilly, penniless pau
per, lay very ill of consumption at the
Charity hospital in st. Louis. Mrs. E.
D. Plant and her daughter, while visit
ing the hospital paid him some atten-
ton. He professed to be profoundly
grateful, and asked Mrs. Plants per-
mission to will his $4,000 life insurance
and what personal property he had, to
the daughter. The request was grant
ed, and the Plants took deep interest
in his welfare, and had him removed
to private hospital, where he could
have better attention. He had not
been there long when he altered his
will so as to leave half of his property
to the kind sisters, who thereupon
nursed him with the utmost tenderness.
He died, and there shortly arose a
dispute about the will between the
Plants and the sisters. 1t bid fair to
be an ugly affair, until a few days ago,
when the lawyer employed by the
Plants discovered that O'Reilly carried
no insurance, and possessed no proper
ty of any kind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

p@ It would be hard to find a more
amusing instance of the beggared con-
dition in which soldiers of the field
are sometimes found than that given
years ago by General Gordon in an &C
count of various scenes connected with
the surrender of General Lees army,
says The Youths Companion.
When General Gordon determined
to send flag of truce to General
Sheridan he summoned Major Hunter
of his staff and ordered him to carry q
flag of truce forward.
"General, have no flag of truce"
replied Major Hunter.
s'Get one," said the general curtly.
"General," he replied again, 1--WE
have no flag Of truce in our command.
"Take your handkerchief and put 1t
on stick and 60 forward"
~ have no handkerchief, general"
"Borrow one and go forward with
it,"
General, there is no handkerchief
in the staff"
'"Then, major, use your shirt"
"You see, general that we all have
on flannel shirts"
At last one man was found who still
had white shirt; part Of it was
torn off, and with the remarkable
emblem tied on stick the major went
forward toward to the enemy's lines.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

peg- The little Island of Jersey, the
original home of the Jersey breed
of cattle is, for its area, one of the
finest agricultural regions in the world.
With a total area of less than 10000
acres there are 1000 land owners.
While the sale of Jerseys for export is
steady source of income, the agricul-
tural resources of the island are many.
The soil is very fertile and the climate
most favorable. An enormous quantity
of potatoes are raised and 600 bushels
per acre is considered common crop,
while eighty bushels of wheat per acre
is nothing unusual. The climatic con-
ditions are such that two and some
times three crops ofproduct are secured
from the land each year. The island is
also fortunate in being remarkably
free from the extremes of wealth and
poverty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

GOOD N1GHT.-There is tender
sweetness about some Of our common
phrases of attectionate greeting, SIM
ple and unobtrusive as they are,
which falls like dew upon the heart.
Goodnight The little one llsps 1t
as, gowned in white, with shining face
and hands, and prayers said, she tod
dies off to bed. Sisters and brothers
exchange the wish parents and chill
dren; friends and friends. Familiar
use has robbed it Of its significance to
some of us; we repeat it automatical-
" without much thought. But con-
slider. We are, as voyagers, putting
off from time to time upon an uncN-
plorcd sea. Our barques of life set
sail and 90 onward into the darkness /;
and we, asleep on our pillows, take no
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21
hB~ Lord Chief Justice Hale was per-

e1" Lore! Chief Justice Hale was per-
haps the first judge to call attention to
inebriety as a crime, requiring special
study and attention. In 1869 he is re-
ported as saying: eff the murders and
manslaughters, the burglaries and
robberies, the riots and tumults, ard
other enormities committed during the
last twenty years, were devided into
five parts, four of them would be found
to have been the issue and product OF
drinking"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21
FOOD AND THEN COTTON.

Hon. R. T. Nesbitt, State Commits
sioner of Agriculture, has issued his
annual address to the farmars of Geor-
gia, reviewing the crop situation and
advising as to the future. The COM
missioner discusses the cotton crop as
follows: .
"Let me warn you not to be led into
the mistake of raising too much cot
ton. Don't be tempted to leave the
only true plan to success, that is
plenty of food supplies, and then all
the cotton you can cultivate without
having to borrow more than it is worth
to make it.
The present condition of the cotton
market is sufficient proof of the unal-
terable luws of "supply and demand"
The theory that we cannot produce
too much cotton is entirely exploded
by the experiences of 1891 and 1892.
In '91 we produced the biggest cotton
crop on record, and the price fell be-
low the price of production, and many
of the farmers, more especially those
who have bought their provisions, are
yet struggling to pay off their obliga-
tions incurred in making that crop.
In '92, by reason of reduced acre
age, and unpropitious seasons, the
yield has fallen below the average, and
now that this fact is established be-
yond controversy, we see the price
bounding up in spite of speculative ef-
forts to depress it, and notwithstand-
ing the fact that we have no more
money in circulation than we had one
year ago when there was popular
theory that scarcity of money and
under consumption, and not over pro-
duction, depressed the market and
was the cause of the disasterously low
prices.
Had the majority of farmers, by
pursuing q sound agricultural policy,
been able to hold this years crop,
that is, the crop of '92, they would
now be reaping the golden harvest
over which the spectators are rejoic-
ing. 1t is true that there are farmers
who, by raising an abundance of'pro-
visions, reducing the cotton area, and
by careful methods increasing the
yield while lessening the cost, are to-
day reaping the benefit from their
wise forethought. But unfortunate
ly, they are the exception. The bulk
of the the cotton has gone out of the
hands of the farmers, and they are
compelled to see their crop, the result
of much anxious thought and weary
toll, enriching others instead of them
selves.
Let me urge you in planning your
crops for '93 to remember that when
we glut the markets of the world we
have to accept such prices as the buy
er sees fit to give, but when we have
our supplies and a cotton crop just
sufficient to meet the demands of trade,
we can, to a certain extent, dictate
the price. Don't allow yourselves to
be allured into false methods by the
present high price of cotton.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

HAPPY MANI am happier than
I have been in several years." remark
ed man the other day, "and the rea-
son is that am out of debt. l have
skirmished lively, economical, worked
hard and managed the best possibly
could and now I have just paid the
last cent 1 owed. My clothes are not
very fine and my home does not look
like palace, but, thank the Lord, they
are mine-they are paid for and feel
like free man once more. Some of
my creditors would have waited with
me longer if 1 had asked them. But 1
didn't want them to wait. Twas tired
of paying interest. l was tired feeling
like somebody else had mortgage on
me. 1 was tired feeling like slave,
for the man in debt is not absolutely
free. So I strained point to pay the
last cent; and 1 shall be very happy
when l 60 home this evening and tell
my wife and little ones that we owe
not cent in the world" And his
honest face was radiant with genuine
happiness that was a delight to see.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

B1- If supply and demand have
nothing to do with the price of cotton,
why is it that the price has jumped up
so recently upon the reports showing
that the present crop is going to be ex-
ceedingly short? The rise in price is
going to do u great deal of good, al
though much of the crop is out of the
hands of the farmers. The thing for
the farmers in the cotton belt to do is
not to try to overstock the market
next year. Most of the farmers this
year raised their own supplies. 1t is
better to continue that plan than to
raise cotton at ten cents and buy your
supplies.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

Bsy \ remedy of great value for cats
and dogs is sweet oil. Put two table
spoonsful in their milk and they will
rarely refuse to takcit
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21
TERMS---S2.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE.

such care as we do when awake and
journeying by daylight. Of the perils
of the night, whatever they may be,
we take no heed. An unsleeping vigi-
lence watches over us, but is the vigi-
lence of one stronger and wiser than
we. who is the Eternal Good. Good
and God spring from the same root
and the same meaning. "Good-by" is
only "God be with you." "Good-
night" is really "God night" or "God
guard the night"
It would be a churlish household in
which those gentle forms of speech
were ignored or did not exist. Alike
the happy and the sorrowful, day by
day, may say "Good-night."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

s@" We have noticed, observes The
United States Review, with great truth,
that many men who are not worth q sin
gle thousand dollars, and whose income
is only sufficient to support them and to
leave a small balance, decline to insure
their lives, giving us a reason that
they can invest their money as we'll as
in the company, while men who have
managed to gather together an es-
tate of from $4,000 to $5,OOO,OOO
carry policies for large amounts.
The one can't see any value in an in
surance policy, while the other COM
prehends the true worth and acts ac-
cordingly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21

A YOU'VE CHILD WIFE.-The con-
versation had drifted to early marri-
age, and Allen Thompson, of Dubuque,
said: 1.-THE youngest wife ever knew
lived at Fairview, Iowa. Her maid
en- name was Ella Hotchkiss, and at
the age of II she was married to a
youth of IS, whose name cannot re-
call. I frequently saw her after her
marriage playing with the other chill
dren about the village, making mud
pies, etc. About year after the mar
riage a little daughter-a tiny thing
weighing but three pounds-was
born to the youthful couple. The
ladies of the neighborhood then per-
suaded the child wife to don long
dresses and quit jumping rope in the
street."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-12-21
The storg Teller.

copyright, 1891, by American Press Associa-
tion.]
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-15
LAS VEGAS
+ OF Springs,
New Mexico.
4 COSY NOOK IN WINTER,

In the occasionally have auumna day when there just
of freshness in the air OF sunlight through which
wind stirring the dust heaps when effort of mind and muscle has no
limit
Mexco-te "itis always afternoon"
such days the rule the exceptions and no other nook IN New
Hot November scarcely
which does shine brilliantly and continuously During the
months when lower countries sweeg III the heat
effect
humidity The mid day from so
Fahrenheit the highest flight of the thermometer
the that hour
TO- The altitude $1,000 feet above the seal the picturesque valley the
high covered the temperature and dry
combine make this yore resort for tourists and an ideal place for
nValds
Vegas Springs southeastern OpeoG the San
the Rocky miles the thrifty Las
Vegas upward forty cold springs the from
the them conducted in and handsome bath
house Almost all forms chronic disease Yield
wonderful claimed
expected everybody will confidently
anything build good results almost
follow thorough at the Hot Springs and
marab occurred Persons who have failed to receive relief
elsewhere for rheumatism catar trouble and diseases the blood
invited the great New Mexico aniarum Skilled physicians
are always in attendance
Achison Topeka Santa Fe railroad
the city with the springs Five daily trains each render
easy Vegas Telegraph telephone lines give adj
ditional communication with the outside world.
But the chief feature of the place. as de from It's peemnence as
mva the MoNTEzUMA o commodons and
stone browning slight emf the station
doubted by those who nothing push and enterprise
but the heart Of America, the finest
hotel of the Aghene Perhaps there few other
the tired dusty traveller Large
fine cuisine commanding location and careful
make the Monzuma hotel peculiarly suia
BILE Tansconnenta tourists via the Santa te
classes pleasure and health seekers the country
ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS TO LAS VEGAS HOT
SPRINGS ON SALE EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-15
THE NATIONS SALVATION.

Kate Field declares that great as
the necessities of our republic are in
many directions, she needs cooks
more than all else. She says: "The
salvation of the national stomach de-
ponds upon them. We are a nation
of dyspeptlcs, and Americans are
dyspeptlc because they eat the wrong
foods, badly cooked, which they
drown in ice water. They are dys-
peptics because the women don't
know the rudiments of their business
and resign their kitchens into the
hands of incompetent servants, OF
whom they are afraid and whose i'm
pudence they frequently endure
through sheer helplessness. Of what
use smattering of French and mu-
sic, of what use even a profound
knowledge of something worth ac-
quiring, if unable to face the awful
and universal problem of servant
girlism, ami solve it by mastering
itP"
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-15
Restaurant, FruitStand,
MORRISON BROS.
Bridge st. East Las Vegas, N. M
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

In the District Court, County of San Miguel,
April -, A. ID. 1872.
Max Nordhaus,
VS..
Boehm & Company, Jacob No. 4l49.
Boehm, and Nicholas
Steenbock.
The said defendants, Boehm g. Company,
Jacob Boehm, and Nicholas Steenbock, are
hereby notified that an action in assumpsit by
attachment has been commenced against them
in the district court for the county of San Mi
guel, territory of New Mexico,by said plaintit,
Max NOrdhaus, to recover four hundred and
ninety dollars and twenty.three cents tS490.23l,
on account Of promiSsory note made and ex-
ecuted by defendants Boehm & Company, pay
able to Hirsch, Lowenstein & Levi, and by
them assigned to plaintiff, said note being
dated November 2, 1891 payable months after
date. That unless you enter or cause TO be
entered your appearance in said suit on or
before the first Monday of June, A. ID. 1892, the
same being Monday, June 6, A. D. 1892, judg.
ment by default therein will be rendered
against you.
LONG & FORT, Attorneys for Plaintiff
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-15
WANTED.

Everybody to know the East Las
Vegas Steam Laundry is in full ope-
ration and doing first class work at
reasonable prices. Having had sew
eral years experience, and having Sc
cured the services of an expert laun-
dress of Kansas City, we can give en-
tire satisfaction. Give us a trial.
Send orders and we will call for
goods. B. c. PETTENGER 81 co
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-15
LAS VEGAS FREE Press
WEDNESDAY, JUNE Is, 1892.
ANSWERS TO Correspondents.

Fair One: Secret kisses are pref
cradle.
Belle: No, hair will be worn in
the same style and place as former
ly.
Dipsomaniac: No, you are non
comp0s mentiS in that state,and there
fore your opinions are valueless.
A. X. L.: Send your name, not
necessarily for publication, but that
we may know where to ship our adj
vice.
Miss Smudge: If you can paint as
well as you say you can, send some
of your work to the French salons
for examination, or to the Kensing-
ton gallery for exhibition. There is
nothing that succeeds like gall.
Master Shallow: We send you
the following recipe for the cure of
pride, that is, literary pride: For
seven days read nothing but the
lives of great men, then take all that
you know and all that you don't
know, add to that little considera-
ton for other peoples talents, gulp
down the mixture, and see how you
like it. 1t may not cure your dis
ease, but you'll feel so uncomforta-
bly, small that you'll get immediate
if not lasting relief.
DR.. Skillful: We do not see why
a professional gentleman should re-
main in his dingy office from morn
ing till night, when something less
genteel will bring him greater remu-
neration. 1t is az you say, sir; you
have to swim in the highest society,
and that privilege must certainly in
volve a great expenditure of time
and monay. Put on a suit of over
alls and go sheep raising. You need
not neglect your studies, for while
you are tending your focks you can
rest beneath the shade of cotton
wood and build reputation like
Koch or fortune like Kelley.
Mr.. Spout: You are minister of
the gospel, but what on earth do you
mean by calling eve uns" fraterni-
ty of liars? With all due respect
for "the CLOTH" permit us to inform
you of few mistakes that ministers
make. You preach every Sunday |
twice day, and once or twice dur
ing the week, so your tongue is kept
continually wagging. Now, sir, a
man who does so much talking must |
something to draw from, and he very |
often draws from his imagination.
We do not for minute mean to insin-
uate that you lie, but you do tell
some very impossible stories. We
do not mean to say that you preach
for some consideration" besides the
consideration for souls, but we do say |
that if consideration" Ii. e., sal
ary) was withdrawn you would do
less preaching. You think that your
church is THE church, and that God |
has no use for any other church. Be
that as it may, we will have more
consideration for your feelings than
you had for ours, and we will make
it all right if you come around and
E'set 'em up" Your weakness for
chicken is proverbial, ours for "lemon-
ade" the same.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-15

The wheat exports of India in 1891
were 10000 bushels as against 49,
4Ol,ll6 bushels in 1890. In 1891
exports were the largest ever known,
the next highest being a7,7Ss,lss
bushels in 1886. The crop of 1892
promising better than was formerly
reported, owing TO frequsnt rainfalls
coming late in the season.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead No. 1886

iiOntsNtuu No. obbos
LAND OFFICE AT SANTA FE, N. NJ,
April %, 1892.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has flied notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before Pro-
bate Judge, or in his absence the Clerk of San
Miguel County, at Las Vegas n NJ, on June
IL, 1897, viz,
WILLIAM l.. ADLON,
For the = ne 4, c u Sc u sec. 30, tip. 10 n,
rl7e @.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton of, said land, viz:
Antonio Solano, of Las Vegas, N. NJ, Wood
art S. Auble, of East Las VegNs,N NJ Cashmere
Trnmbley, of Las Vegas, N. Nj. Lucy Stone, of
East Las Vegas, N M
A. L. MORRISON,
Register.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-15
Notice FOR PUBLICATION.
Hnmesiend No. 8oa7

Homestead No. 1927.
LAND OFFICE AT Santa FE, N M,
April %, 1892.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before Pro-
bate Judge, or, in his absence,the Clerk of san
Miguel county, at Las Vegas, n. NJ, on June
il, 1892, viz: .
For the 4 NV A,w X sw 4 sec. 90 tip. 10 n.
rl7e.
lie names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Antonio Solano, of Las Vegas, N. NJ, Wood
art S .Auble, of East LasN egas, N NJ Cashmere
Trambley, of Las Vegas, N. NJ. Lucy Stone, OF
East Las Vegas, n. NJ. -
A. L. MORRISON,
Register.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-15
M. o'KEEFE,
THE OLD RELIABLE
COAL DEALER
OF LAS VEGAS.
Leave orders with M. S. Hart and
Chaffin 81 Duncan.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
HOMESTEAD No. asOs

HOMESTEAD No. 320s.
LAND OFFICE AT SANTA FE, N. Nj,
April %, 1892.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention
to make final proof in support of her claim and
that said proof will be made before Probate
Judge or, i'm his absence, the Clerk of San
Miguel county, ut Las Vegas, n. NJ on June
IL, 1892, viz;
EMMA ADLON,
For the y NV q, sw a ne i, NV i sc a sec
90, tip 10 n, r II O.
She names the following witnesses TO prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz:
Lucy Stone, of L. Las Vegas. N. NJ, Wood
art s. Aube, of East Las Vegas, N. NJ, Anto-
MO SOlano, of Las Vegas, N. NJ, Cashmere
Trambley, of Las Vegas, n. NJ.
A. l.. MORRISON,
Registcr.