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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
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Miseella'1eul1s &eading.
DEVIL CURIOSITIES,

The writers of the Old Testament,
although there were a greater number
of them and their writings more volum-
inous than those of the New Testa-
ment, do not appear to have had the
devil idea so strongly developed as did
the compilers of the codicil. In the
main portion of the Bible, i. e., the
Old Testament, the word "satan" oc-
ours but three times, while in the
New it may be found 13 times. The
idea of a great personal devil seems to
have entirely developed since the time
of Christ, the Old Testament writer's
never using the word except in its
plural sense, and in that form but four
times, and in three Of these illusions
they simply refer to sacrifices to
DEVILS" Matthew appears to have
been we'll skilled in devil lore, and
makes almost as many illusions to his
satanic majesty as all the other New
Testament writer's combined.
He uses the word "devil" seven
times and the word "devils" three
times. John uses "devil" FIVE times,
but does not seem to recognize plu-
rality of such evil-workers, as he does
not mention "devils." In the Acts
the word "devil" occurs but once; in
Timothy, twice; James, once; Peter,
once; I John, twice; Jude, once, and
Revelations, once. "Devils" may be
found in the New Testament - times
three times in Matthew (as mentioned
above); four times in Corinthians
once in Mark twice in Luke, and
once each in Timothy and James.
Satan, or the devil, is called "the
prince of this world" three times; the
"wicked one," six times; 'the temp
ter" twice; and in the twelfth chap
ter of Revelations, ninth verse, the
words "old serpent" "the devil" aud
"Satan" all appear as a remarkable
grouping of diabolic epithets.
The references to him as "the evil
one," "prince of the power of dark
ness" "god of this world" "roaring
lion," "prince of the powers" "mur-
derer and liar" are also quite numer'
Gus. Matthew speaks Of him as "a
strong man." and in Genesis it is said
that his subtlety is exhibited in his
treacherous snares. According to John
he was formerly an angel, and according
to Luke "fell from heaven like light,
ming"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
A $1,000 WORD.
Two Papers at the Price. Of One and
a Chance at 81, 900, Additional.

The Third Missing Word Contest Of
The Atlanta Weekly Constitution,
In Which $1,000 will Be Distrib-
uted to Successful Contestants on
the 1st of May.
The Atlanta Weekly Constitution has
inaugurated its third consecutive "miss-
ing word" contest, which began on the
lst of March and close on the lst Of May
sixty days.
It publishes the cashiers receipt for
the special deposit account of 81 900 to be
paid to the person, or persons, who, in
subscribing to The Weekly Constitution,
names correctly the missing word in the
following sentence:
"The Right Of '--' is the very
essence of the constitution"
The sentence is taken from historical
publication, and the sentiment to which
it gives expression is that Of an eminent
writer.
By special arrangement with The Week
ly Constitution, that great paper and
THE ENQUIRER can be obtained for one
year at almost the price Of one paper.
Not only that; but under our arrange
ment with The Weekly Constitution
every person who takes advantage Of this
clubbing proposition, subscribing for
both papers, will be entitled to guess at
the missing word. All clubbing subscrip-
tions should be sent to The ENQUIRER
with each subscribers guess at the miss
ing word plainly. written. The guess and
the name and address of each subscriber
will be forwarded by US to The Consti-
tuition.
The Constitutions first missing word
contest" closed on the 1st of January, and
but one person, Mr.. M. L. Britain, q
hardworking school teacher, guessed the
missing word, receiving therefor check
for 81 900. It's second contest closed on
the 1st of March. and The Weekly Con-
stitution of Monday, March Stb, will con-
tain the announcement Of the awards In
which 81, 900 in cash Is to be distributed
among the successful guessers In that
contest.
The readers Of The ENQUIRER who
subscribe jointly to it and to The Weekly
Constitution have free access into the
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that some of them will get the 81 900 to be
distributed on the 1st Of May.
The only condition Of the contest Is that
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

FOUR FEET OF SNow.-I have seen
four feet of snow fall in eight hours
said Conductor Cobb of the Maine
Central, to the Lewiston Journal man
and yet it was so light that you could
wade through it just as you car
through water.
1t was in the Sierra Nevada noun.
tains-a sort of frost-like snow that
falls in the night, burying everything
Twelve feet away from another man
you can just see him, with a sort Of
halo around him, as though somewhere
the sun was shining through the storm
In these storms it is impossible to tel
direction or distance. One is simply
lost when only a short distance from
camp.
In the morning we walked down
into town. One man went ahead
breaking the snow, which came nearly
to his armpits, as he moved through it.
He would tread until tired, when he
would drop to the rear, and some one
else would lead the procession. As
we walked into the valley it grew less
and down below in the town there had
been no snow, and all the time the sun
or the stars had shone. Such snow
goes like the dew-disappears, evapo
rates.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

PLANT MORE TREEs.-There is nc
crop that can be grown that will pay
like a crop of walnut trees. TO be
sure, it takes half lifetime to grow
the crop, but the return is sure and the
labor of growing the crop is almost
nothing after the first half dozen years
There is one row of walnut trees that
are about 80 years old, any one oi
which is worth more money today than
could be got for the crop from five
acres of corn. If the entire farm
where they are grown had been set to
walnut trees at the time the single
row along the road was, the owner Of
that farm would be an independently
wealthy man. The best fence posts
are split from locust, and locust trees
get large enought to make fence posts
in few years. An acre set to these
trees would be a valuable piece Of
property in short time, as the trees
reproduce themselves from sprouts
whenever they are cut down. The
Farmers Voice remarks that fruit, or.
namental and timber trees-all might
we'll have a greater share Of the at
tention of farmers than they now get
and the country would be benefited
thereby.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

IT MADE HIM HoMEsICK.-The
burglar had entered the house as
quietly as possible, but his shoes were
not padded, and they made some
noise.
He had just reached the door of the
bedroom when he heard some one
moving in the bed, as if about to gel
up, and he paused.
The sound of a woman's voice float
ed to his ears.
eff you don't take off your boots
when you come into this house," il
said, where's going to be trouble and
q whole lot of it. Here it's been rain
ing for three hours, and you dare to
tramp over my carpets with your
muddy boots on. Go down stairs and
take them off this minute"
He went down stairs without word
but he didn't take off his boots. In
stead, he went straight out into the
night again, and the "pal" who was
waiting for him saw tear glisten in
his eye.
81 can't rob that house," he said.
s'It reminds me of home" ."-Detroit
Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

PARTLY PROVIDED FOR.-He had
been gone from the parental roof six
months-left home in the first bloom
of summer, with smile upon his
brow, and a pickaxe in his hand.
The gold mines his destination, glory
and gold his goal. A summer spent
amid the auriferous rocks-industry,
perseverance, and rare knowledge OF
chemistry and mineralogy his useful
tools, in addition to the pickaxe. Re-
suits are such that he is enabled to
return sooner than his most sanguine
expectations had allowed him to dream
of doing.
Almost home, he pauses outside the
town until nigbtfall, and sends to his
waiting, expectant parent the follow
ing suggestive message:
"Bring me large blanket and a
pair of old pants; I've got hat."-
Globe Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
Au,nuroas 9epartment.

SIX-YEAR-OLD LoGIC.-A little cir
six years old was on visit to hel
grandfather, who was New England
divine, celebrated for his logical pow
ers, says the Philadelphia American.
"Only think, grandpa, what Uncle
Robert says"
"What does he say, my dear?"
"Why he says the moon is made o.
green cheese. 1t isn't at all, is it?"
"Well, child, suppose you find out
for yourself"
"How can I, grandpa ?"
"Get your Bible, and see what il
says"
"Where shall begin ?"
"Begin at the beginning"
The child sat down to read the
Bible. Before she got more than hal
way through the second chapter o.
Genesis, and had read about the crea
ton of the stars and the animals, she
came back TO her grandfather, her eye:
all bright with the excitement of dis
covery. "I've found it, grandpa. II
isn't true; for God made the moon
before he made cows"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
How TO TELL FRESH EGGS.-

How TO TELL FRESH EGGs.-A
correspondent of the Dakota Farmer
asks, "Is there any sure way of dis
tinguishing perfectly fresh eggs from
tainted ones, or those that have been
set upon by hens for several days
Gambling is quite sure method, but il
there is another way l should like to
know it." The following reply is Civ.
en-: "To the experienced eye, the
roughish, or granulated surface of the
perfectly fresh egg distinguishes it al
once from the shiny or polished sur,
face of the egg that has been under
the hen day or two. We can pick
out every fresh egg among nestful oi
those that have been sat or for two
days, even in the dark. The secret
is very simple. Just scratch over the
surface with the finger nail if it
CRATES, the egg is fresh, but if the nail
slides smoothly the egg is old. A lit
tie practice makes this sure test"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
A Snare
And DeluSiOn.

IF you have taken out life Insurance
l. policy in an Old Line high price ''level
premium" company with the idea that
you would at sometime in the future,
while you yet drew the breath of life, re-
ceive substantial cash returns or "big
dividends" we are here to tell you that
you will be disappointed. Your policy
will prove snare and delusion. It Is
all right for protection for your wife and
children, as they will receive the face of
the policy in case of your death, as they
would also in company that charges
you half as much. A life insurance poll
cy isa fraud as an investment for living
man, and is the greatest blessing Of which
we or anybody else has any knowledge
as means of protecting the widow and
orphans, after the breadwinner has been
ronnnuad hU daafh
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

p@ DR.. Lyman Abbott safes in The
Outlook that he believes it the resur'
rection of Christ as the best-attested
fact of ancient history, but he does
not believe that the sun and moon
stood still in the valley of Ojalon al
Joshua's command. He is uncertain
what Interpretation is to be given to
the wonderful stories in the book oi
Daniel-whether they are to be re.
garded as Dean Farrar regards them
as lofty moral fiction, or essentially
historical, or as partly imaginative and
partly historical.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
If You Will Lay Aside
Your Prejudice

AND COME to us with q desire to
learn why it is not to your interest to
carry high priced insurance, and how we
can furnish you Just as safe insurance
for at least 40per cent. year less than the
other costs, we are sure we can show you
to your satisfaction that the MUTUAL
RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIA-
TION of New York does business OH a
plan that is absolutely safe, and will pro-
tect your loved ones even better than
they now are, at even greater cost to
diced to investigate and imagine that the
high price you are now paying makes
your insurance better or safer, or better
than it would be at less cost, we can't do
anything for you but will be forced to
let you 90 on until time, the crucial
tester, convinces you, against your will,
that you have been deceived.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
If You Have
No Insurance,

And think you should have, we would he
system to you. The Mutual Reserve is
the largest and strongest natural premi-
um company in the world, and the fourth
largest of ANY KIND. It has paid
about $3.50, 900 to the widows and orphans
of deceased policy-holders in South Car
lima alone, during the past twelve years,
and if all the insurance now carried in
old line companies in the state was in the
Mutual Reserve, not less than 800, 900,
which now annually goes into the Golfers
of the former, would be left in the state
to help relieve the hard times about which
we hear 80 much.
General Agents, ,...........Y Y ork vile, 8. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

a~ "Well, how do you like our
village" asked native Of rural
hamlet, addressing a gentleman who
had recently taken up his residence
in the community.
II haven't had much time to form
an opinion yet," was the rather eva
sive reply.
"Do you find our people intelligent
quick of perception ?"
"Intelligent-quick of perception
I should say they are. They already
know more about my affairs than I dc
myself"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
CENTRAL TIME STANDARD.

Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and
run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos.
60 and 81 carry passengers and also run
daily except Sunday. There is good con-
nection at Chester with the G. G. & N.
and the G. C. & A., also L & C. R. R. at
Gastonia with the A. & G. A. L.. at Lin
colnton with G. c.; and at Hickory and
Newton with W. N. G.
Parties desiring tickets to all points
North, East, South and West, will find it
much to their advantage to call at or cor
respond with the General Office of the
Carolina and North w Western Railway at
Lenoir, N. c. L. T. NICHOLS, Supt.
s. T. PENDER, G. F. and P. Al,
Lenoir, N. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

HURRIED Too MUCH.-Horace wa:
standing in the upper hall one day
doing something which his mother dis
approved and ordered stopped. He
continued at it after one or two prohi
bitions, and finally she started toward
him. He darted toward the stairway
and down the stairs with such haste
that he went two, three and four steps
at time and landed in a heap on tht
floor. Gathering himself up, he man
aged to climb upon a chair, and sa
there putting and painting until hi
frightened mother reached him, h'
was just able to gasp out:
"Mother, you oughn't-to-to-
hurry me so !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
farl1 amd firesiae.
A COMMON ERROR.

The practice of taking the unpipped
eggs from under tie sitter at Matching
time, and holding them to the ear, to
hear the chicken inside, if alive, OF
shaking them, to see if rotten, is
wrong. The hen should not be raised
up off of the eggs at that time, and
none should be taken from beneath
her. She quarrels when you 60 neal
her then, and justly, too. Instinct OF
nature tells her she should be lei
alone then, and she should be, except
ing that the empty shell should be re-
moved. This can be done, however
without raising her up, by simply
slipping the hand beneath he. We
think it proper to do this, because to
leave them beneath her sometimes re-
suits in the loss of chicken or two
caused by the large half of an empty
shell slipping over an unmatched egg
and smothering the chicken within it,
or at least making it impossible for it
to get out, if the additional shell re-
mains over it too long. Such shells
can be removed, however, without
taking the eggs from under the sitter
Moisture is required at Matching
time, natural moisture that per.
vades the eggs beneath the sitter, and
when she is raised up it escapes, as il
does also from the eggs when taken
from beneath her, and the lining OF
membrane of the shell of the egg is
toughened thereby, so that the chicken
cannot release itself, and it dies in the
shell.
This is the cause, to great extent
at least, of so many pipped, also un'
pipped eggs containing fully develop
ed embryo chickens that failed tc
come to life in the incubator, caused
by opening the egg chamber at hatch
ing time and letting the moisture es'
cape. The machine, like the hen,
should be let alone then, and the for
mer not meddled with, for it rare
ly happens that the incubator eggs
become capped by the empty shells.
Nature has her own way of doing
things, and nature requires moisture
to hatch eggs, and if we expose them
so as to let the natural moisture es
cape, we must pay the penalty in the
loss of chickens that we would no,
lose, if we did not meddle ut the
wrong time.-H. B. Geer, of Tennes
see in Southern Cultivator.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

p6 Laziness has a close companion
whose name is shirk. The lazy girl
or boy, man or woman, is pretty sure
to be shirk. Is there lesson which
ought to be learned? The shirk tries
to put it off or get out of learning it.
Is it the hour for practice? The shirk
spends much time turning over the
music, looking at the clock, and il
possible escapes altogether. Is there
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

A PORTABLE WELL.-A Gordon
county man recently brought suit in a
justice court against a former landlord
to collect nine dollars for digging q
we'll. "Whut yer got ter say erbout
it ?" asked the court of the landlord
"Wal, yer honor, I'll jest say l didn't
authorize him to dig no we'll. He dug
hit of his own free will fer his own
use, an consequently hits his well
an he can jest take the blamed thing
an 60 with hit to Texas fur all
keer."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

OBJECT OF PLoWING.-The princi-
pal object of plowing is to loosen up
the soil to enable the soil to absorb
the rainfall more quickly and more
freely than it would in its undisturbed
condition; to maintain more of the
rainfall near the roots of plants; to
admit fresh air to the roots of plants :
to enable the roots of the young or
quickly growing plants to penetrate
the soil more easily. The principal
object of subsequent cultivation,
whether with plow, cultivator, cotton
sweep, harrow, hoe or rake are 4: to
prevent loss of water by weeds and
grass which use up great quantities ;
to keep the surface covered with loose,
dry mulch in order to prevent, so far
as possible, loss of water by evapora-
ton. Water is thus conserved for the
use of crops, and the supply is more
abundant and uniform than it would
have been without the cultivation. A
soil with a compact surface quickly
dries out, and water supply fiuctuates
rapidly and excessively, to the detri-
nent of most crops during their grow,
ing period. Weeds and grass are gen.
orally to be excluded from the crop
because they transpire great quanti-
ties of water which would otherwise
have been at the disposal of the crop.
Some of the crops, therefore, do not
require cultivation, because they shade
the ground and prevent evaporation,
and prevent grass and weeds from
springing up and diminishing their
supply of water, or because they are
deeply rooted and can bring water up
from considerable depths. Other
crops cannot protect the water supply
in this way, and it must be artifcially
controlled by methods of cultivation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

~ "John," said the grocer to his
new assistant, "to succeed in the retail
grocery line it is necessary to practice
large amount of economy. Willful
waste makes woful want" eyes, sir. ,
"Now 1 was surprised" the grocer
went on, "when you picked those flies
out of the sugar barrel this morning
that you didn't brush the sugar of
their legs. Don't let it happen again,
John"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

STRAWBERRY FoAM.-Crush one
quart Of strawberries add one cup SUI
gar, and let stand for while beat the
whites of two eggs to stiff froth with
two teaspoonfuls sugar, and stir into
strawberries; place on ice until ready
to serve. This makes a dainty dessert
served with plain cake.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

s6 Mr.. Ham, of Georgia, tells thi:
story: "They brought a prisoner
down to Atlanta from northern Geor
gia who'd been caught revenuing
That's what they call it down where
live. The fellow had never been in {
city before, and he looked at the stone
paving of the streets with great inter
est. At last he said: It's a goot
thing they built a city in this place
1t isn't worth a darn for farming land
Look at the rocks.'"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

% Sheridan, to test the acoustic
qualities of a new theatre he had
built, desired the carpenter to speak
on the stage while he would 60 and
listen to him from the gallery. "Now,
then," said Sheridan, when he had
ascended. The carpenter responded
81 and my mates have been working
here for the last six weeks, and we
should like to see the color of your
honor's moneyw "That will do,"
said Sheridan "the acoustics are per-
feet"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

an errand to do, or a household duty
to be performed The shirk is out of
the way just at that particular time,
and the busy mamma, the tired ser.
want, or the more obliging and faithful
brother or sister, does this duty which
really belonged to the shirk.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

CONNECTIONS.
No. 80 has connection with Southern
Railway at Rock Hill, and the s. A. L. at
Catawba Junction.
Nos. "a and IS will carry passengers.
Nos. IL and IL have connection at Marion
with Southern Railway.
At Roddeys, Old Point, Kings Greek
and London, trains stop only on signal.
s. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A.
A. TRIP, Superintendent.
SAML HUNT, General Manager.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

s6- To keep back the sharp word
which you are tempted to speak may
require more grace than to face great
danger or to resist q terrific temptation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21

s9- When you go home fill the house
with joy, so that the light of it will
stream out of the windows and doors,
and illuminate even the darkness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-21
OHIO River and CHARLESTON B. R.

TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and
l. Charleston Railway company, to take
effect Monday, January 4th, at 500 q. m.