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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12

counsel for Captain Wirz has stated
that message came to him from
cabinet officer to the effect that Wirz
could have clemency if he would give
testimony making President Davis di-
rectly responsible for the deaths Of
prisoners at Andersonville. Facing
death Wirz reiterated his former state
ment that President Davis had no di-
rect connection with the conduct of
affairs at Andersonville, and with this
statement he went to his death.
1t was years afterward in the house
of representatives at Washington that
James G. Blaine, the leader of his par
ty in the house, and aspiring to the
presidency, moved an amendment to
the amnesty bill excepting Jefferson
Davis from its provisions. On that
question Mr.. Blaine made speech in
which he charged the president of the
Confederacy with murder and with
responsibility for the "horrors of An
dersonville," beside which, he said, the
deeds of the Duke of Alva in the low
countries and the tortures of the Span
ish inquisition paled. into insigni6-
canoe. '''
Then came the memorable speech of
Ben Hill, the first great defense of the
south in congress after the war, a
speech which broke the head of Sec
tional animosity and made disreputable
the waging of war in time of peace.
1t was an epoch-making speech, COM
pletely refuting the charges Of Mr..
Blaine, and its temper, so admirable,
so broad, so lofty, commanded the ad-
miration of the entire country. It
was that speech which sent Mr.. Hill
to the senate, where he was to the day
of his death, its most commanding
figure.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12

b~ You want to be a better man.
Perhaps you cannot remember that
you ever wanted it before. You have
gone on, self-satisfed and indulgent /;
but at last this new wish has come to
you. Now, what have you to do?
You have got to break your pride all
to pieces with repentance; and you
have got to say to these crowding pas
sions of yours, "Stand aside; leave
my soul open, that it and God, it and
duty may come together" Pride and
passions must be conquered. Self
indulgence put aside, self-devotion take
its place.-Bishop Brooks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12

A HINT ON COFFEE. .MAKING.-Cof-
fee should be ground to moderately
fine powder if it is too coarse the es.
sence will be only partially extracted
from it in making, while if it is too
fine the water will not percolate
through it and it will not be clear.
In making coffee a plan which has
been tried with satisfaction is to put
the ground coffee in a flannel bag sus.
pended from the inner side OF the lid
of the coffee pot, so as to be immersed
in the water, and boil ten minutes.
made thus, coffee is always strong and
clear.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12

Her voice had the clear, wonderful
ring as Of old, to which was added thai
perfection of accent which social polish
gives.
"Jim Cheek, do you know me?"
With great effort Jim again brought
his eyes to bear upon this vision Of beau
ty. AS comprehension began to dawn
upon his slow moving intellect, his gaze
grew steadier, but there was no answer
ing tenderness or eager acknowledgment
foreshadowed therein.
Don't you remember me, Jim
Cheek"
"Waal, Ireckon do now. Ye air the
woman as runn'd off with Dick Buf.
ford"
She covered for an instant and re-
moved her hand from his shoulder. He
mechanically brushed the spot, while
his face gradually hardened. The splen'
dor of her appearance was that Of toe
different world from his own to in
thrall him now.
"He is dead," she murmured. Then,
clasping her hands, she exclaimed pas
sionately, "Oh, Jim, I want my child,
my only child"
eyer child? Waal, I reckon ye don't
mean this yer little gal, fer eff ye dc
ye air a-laborin under small mistake.
She amt yer child now, whatever she
mout hev been onct."
Little Ann, having possessed herself
of one of Jim's hands, looked from one
to the other in childish bewilderment.
She was barefooted, yet neatly clad in
striped linsey, with long, tumbled hair
falling upon her shoulders. The lady g
face flushed, then grew slowly pale as
she realized that all her beauty and lux
ury made no impression upon the man
she had once deserted.
Jim" she again began, II don't de-
fend myself. My life was all wrong,
even before met you, and deceived
and wronged you most Of all. But I
didn't know myself. I couldn't help do
ing as I did. He-made me do it. He
ruled me. But, oh, how have repented,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12

A BIG GUN.-The largest cannon
manufactured by the great German
gunmaker, Krupp, it is recorded,
weighs 27O, 900 pounds. The caliber of
this monster hostile engine is nineteen
and one-fourth inches, and the barrel is
forty-four feet long. The greatest
diameter of this gun is six and one
half feet, and its range of fire is about
twelve miles. The projectile if four
feet long, weighs 2,7O0 pounds, and is
fred by charge of powder weighing
70 pounds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12

even before his death. Amid his
wealth-for we went to Colorado, and
he made money there-I became wretch
ed. NV heart went back to my child,
my only child"
"I knowed-after what happened-I
knowed in reason We couldn't hev keered
much fer me. I allays wondered how
ye come ter keer fer me at all, fer I ain t
much ter keer fer nohow. But little Ann,
she's defer mt. of course.
Jim allowed his fingers to close over
the child's small hands fondly; then he
resumed:
"She keers fer me, don't ye, honey?
But I'm a-fearin she can't under the
pecoolyer circumstances partiklerly keer
fer both on US ter onct like.
Here Jim Strengthened himself and
looked full at his former wife unf1inch-
ingly. Could she, now standing before
him, clad, as it were, in purple and fine
linen, with delicate perfume exhaling
from her presence over his unaccustomed
senses, could she be-his faithless OAR
thuly? He knew it must be so, yet
the realization seemed impersonal and
vague. =.
"At first didn It care much for you, y
she said, II wanted shelter and q home
so badly. My life had been hard one.
But your love and kindness soon made
me care for you. If he had not come
back, all would have been we'll. But ne
-he-I'-she blushed and hesitated
under the stringency of her self i'm
pelled confession-"h had met and de-
ceived me before you knew me. l can
not explain, but somehow 1 could not
resist his power. But I have repented-
indeed I have repented.
She hid her face in her hands, while
little Ann shrank from the vehemence
of the strange lady's actions and words.
Jim's eyes wandered from her dress and
jewelry to the big Saratoga trunks
against the wall and around the luxuri-
Gus appointments Of the room.
docs these yer fxin's," he asked
bluntly, "and all yer fine dressin and
ways and sech come of Dick Bufford' g
money what he left YEP"
She appeared not to hear him, but as
he repeated the question her hands fell
and look of confusion appeared on her
face.
people are obliged to have money in
this world" she replied almost dog
gedly.
1--WE uns yer in the mountains gifts
along on powerful leetle," said he.
"But air 20 a-usin of his money now?'
eyes, Jim, I am. He has gone where
he'll never need money again.
"If ho amt in hell, he ought ter
BE-" interrupted he emphatically. "And
was ye a-goin ter tempt me and Ann
with some of the cussed stuff too?"
Facing him there, she felt that all
the power and pleasure her wealth had
invoked to appeaso the deep longings of
her heart toward her husband and child
were rising as curse to still further
separate her from her desire. Had she
not dreamed fondly Of how this money
would relieve their wants, expand and
minister to their crude enjoyment? Had
she not planned how, in a new land un-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12

a8 Father of the Family-No, John
is not what you would call a promis-
ing boy, but 1 am going to do the very
best can for him. I expect to send
him to college, give him full classical
course, and let him choose profession.
He will be able at least to earn liv-
ing, with such a start as that. Guest
How about George? Father with
conscious pride)-Ah! George can
take care of himself. That boy is
going to be one of the best baseball
pitchers in this country
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12
pd6- A few years ago most Of tt

ndT A few years ago most OF the
mandolins, guitars, harps and other
similar instruments sold in this coun-
try were manufactured abroad by
hand. One factory in Chicago last
year turned out $4,000 banjos, as many
or more guitars, and 1000 mandolins.
The same concern also makes harps,
and makes them with many mechani-
cal improvements over the old style of
imported instruments. They are said
to excel greatly the foreign instru.
ments in every respect.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12
,Sor the nrumutiun of the notital Sotia agriruural

lady? I Jest know I haven't got nary
mother, hev !, papP'
Jim flicked his goad gently over the
nigh steers horns before he replied re-
fectively:
"Waal, no; freely can't p'intedly jest
nay as ye hev, honey, and yeti
: Jim hesitated, and Ann again asked;
"Waal, pap, who is she after all9"
"Durned if I can tell ye, child"
q And he never did.
80 THE END.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12

@ A French scientist has invented
a simple appliance whereby artificial
heat can be furished for infants. In
the days of our youth a slipper or shin.
gle furnished more heat than we cared
to put up with.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12

AND 6
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12
H1istellansuus geaaing.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

The History of the Mexican War In Nut
III. shell.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15

E. M. Waite, the veteran printer
of Salem, dropped dead while TAX
ing part in a baseball parade in that
city last Tuesday. There was to
be match game between the bar
bers and printers, and Mr.. Waite
was leading the procession of print
ers with the proverbial printers
towel as banner. Suddenly and
without warning he sank to the
ground. He was hastily picked up
and carried to the nearest drug store
but life was extinct.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15

Anton Pfanner, the Forest Grove
banker who recently closed his
bank and decamped, was a gold
bug democrat and voted for McKin-
ley and kicked on what he called
5o-cent silver dollars. A report on
the condition of his bank shows
that OF the $4S,39o.4e deposited
with him, $2o,aI6.37 was subject
to check and $1,000 was demand
certificates of deposits. The cash
on hand when the bank was closed
was $I,744, and even that amount
the depositors cannot touch. These
depositors would be we'll satisfied
if they could get the fifty-cent dol.
lars that Mr.. Pfanner kicked
against. There were good many
such bilks as Pfanner in the las,
campaign.-Budget.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15

Nebraska is the first state to
bring within the reach of the voters
under city and town governments
the systems of the initiative and
referendum. Two-thirds of the
voters of a locality must accept the
plan before it becomes a law of
politics, and Omaha will be the
first city to submit the question at
a special election shortly to be
held. If the rule is adopted then
IS per cent of the voters may there
after by petition propose ordinances,
and 20 per cent. of the voters NAV
compel the city government 20 sub
NIT proposed ordinances to a vote
of the people. So far the initiative,
so-called. For the referendum it
is provided that ordinances passed
by the city council shall not 90
into effect for 80 days, and if
S per cent of the voters petition for
the submission of any ordinance to
popular vote the same shall be
submitted. and must be approved
by majority to come into effect.
IT 10 per cent of the voters petition,
then the ordinance shall be sub
mitted at a special election held
within 20 days. Ordinances re-
lating to the immediate preservation
OF the puplic peace aud health, and
items of appropriations for current
expenses not in excess of those
made the previous year, are excepted
from the referendum rule.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15

Marion county is liable to have a
lawsuit with her assessor. The
assessor claims 81 per day for
assistants and the court has made
an order allowing only $2.so and
So per day. The court refused tc
audit the bills for a greater sum
and the assessor will sue the county,
his attorneys being 1ilmon Ford
and w. H. Holmes. This will
settle vexed question as tc
whether the assistants of a count,
assessor are to be paid the same
amount per deim that the hv
allows the assessor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15
UMWe'l

Wood won't burn unless
air-oxygen-is present. The
food taken into the body must
be united with oxygen before
1t can be consumed and give
heat to keep the body warm.
Scott's Emulsion Of Cod
liver OIL, with Hypophos-
phltes, is one Of the best fuel
foods. The cod-liver oil OBJ
tains its oxygen from the air
and heat Is produced. II
warns, nourishes, invigorates,
gives good blood, and fortifles
against the piercing winds Of
fall and winter. The hypo-
phosphltes tone up the ner-
vous system and improve
digestion. SCOTS Emulsion
prevents colds, coughs, con-
sumption and general debility.
SCOTS EMULSION n. been endorsed BY tn.
medical profession for twenty years (fik your Seeso,
Ihsb because u always fslsishs-slwsys ssDerr.
- ny ~ = .s.s,a, Is f.ref NsrvSStss Css-iiVer Oh
Putup Ia 80 cent and sioo slses. Tn. ,msr sin.
nay "'neashss cure your cough OF hslp your bsbv.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15
r. G. MILLER,
BERk

Has opened a shop in Toledo and
solicits the patronage of the people.
Nine years experience and all work
guaranteed 6rst-class in every par
ticular. Shop in Grady building
next to Copeland's store.
TOLEDO, OREGON.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15

One of the coming men in Oregon
politics is Bishop H. L. Barkley.
He is a man of the people and holds
very close place in the hearts Of
the masses.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15

From present indications, says
one of the Astoria papers, the sal
mon pack on the Columbia this
season bids fair to be the largest in
several years. 1t is estimated that
to the present time 100000 cases
have been packed, and, judging
from the experience of former years,
there is every reason to believe that
at least $50, 900 cases will be put
up between now and the end of the
season. There have been no big.
runs of fish, but the run has been
unusually steady, and the less
expert fishermen have made nearly
as large catches as those who crowd
down to the bar. AS a result all
the men have done we'll, and when
the season is over will have good
sized balances to their credit.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15

Man wants but little here below,
and though we toll and sweat,
from harsh experience we know
that's burned near all we get.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15

Upwards of $500 worth of old
record books, receipt books, jour.
mails, ledgers, and various other
kinds of books of the old o. P. R.
R. company were burned Wednes-
day. All the company books that
were considered of value were
at the court house. Jacob Blum
burg wanted to purchase the books
and speculate on them at the ex-
pense of some paper mill, but
Superintendent Stone thought it
bad idea to have the books scat
tered over the country, so he had
them hauled to the place where the
old turn-table once stood and con-
signed them to the flames.-Cor-
wallis Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15
OF Interest to Farmers.

Some interesting statements and
words of warning to American
farmers are given in a report or
pure seed investigations submitted
to secretary Wilson. 1t says
thousands of pounds, probably tons,
of grass and clover seed are ship
ped annually into the United States
which contains all sorts of vile
weed seeds Among these such
pests as the Russian thistle, Cana
dian thistle, wild mustard, chess,
GODDARD, wild daisy, trefoil and
plantation were introduced. Near
ly every year witnesses the advent
of additional pests of this character
brought to America in the same
manner. The difficulties in the
way of eradicating such seeds,
when they are once established in
a community, are we'll nigh in
superable. A large amount Of
cheap seed is now being sold as
novelties at fancy prices through
manipulation of the name and the
report. says that the German coffee
berry, which many statesmen are
now advertising as cheap sub
stitute for coffee, is really the conf
mon SOFA bean which can be bought
cheaply almost anywhere. A COL
lection of IS, 900 vials of seed from
nearly all parts of the world have
been made at the department to
assist in testing the foreign seeds
found in commerce and the de-
partment will thus be able to give
warning against new and dangerous
pests. The report says most of the
imported seed could be duly raised
here, opening new avenues OF profit |
to American husbandmen and it
particularly points out sugar beet
and hairy vetch seed as capable of
being made an important industry.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-22
Daisy Proposals.

Proposals of marriage have, no doubt,
been occasionally made in the language
of flowers. The practice has never been
common, because, in the first place. the
language in question is in a somewhat
unfixed condition, it's vocabulary con-
tanning much that is still in dispute
among the learned, and, secondly, be-
cause the recipients of the offer might
very reasonably object to it's uncommit-
ting and essentially revocable character.
An inventive genius has now copied ma
ture and invented a proposal charm, ga
six petaled marguerite in pure white
enamel and gold, ingeniously OVERLAND
upon another daisy in such way that
by pressing upon tiny spring conceal
ed i'll the calyx the flower becomes a
10 petaled one. Upon each of the alter
nate petals thus newly disclosed is in
scribed word, and read together they
form declaration of passionate and de-
voted love. 1t is thought by the invent
or Of this graceful little trinket that it
may be ''of great assistance to a shy
gentleman, F." who might, it is suggested,
send it to a lady by registered post, and
if afterward he saw her wearing it he
could then TASK her whether she had
pressed the spring. London Tele-
graph
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-22

Guanajuato, you must know, is one
of the oldest and richest silver mining
districts in the world. Founded nearly
$50 years ago, this picturesque Mexican
city has produced more than 81, 600,
900, 900 in bullion and is not tired yet.
In 1927 a Spanish miner invented in
Mexico the cheapest and simplest meth
cd yet known for reducing silver ores
the so called "patio process''-by which
the great bulk of the silver of Mexico
and Peru has been extracted for so many
centuries. To this day the great hacien-
das for patio reduction are among the
most interesting features of the great
silver camps of Spanish America. Each
hacienda is a little walled city, with
it's strong ramparts and corner towers
loopholed for muskets, its huge sheds
for the primitive ore grinding its pleas
ant offices and home for the administra-
dor, it's quarters for employees, it's sta
bles for hundreds of mules and it's enor-
nous stone skillets wherein the hughest
omelets in the world are cooked.
Torta in Spanish America is the usual
word for omelet. 1t is literally a 'cake, "
and "of eggs" is implied. But the min
ers use it specifically for the ''omelet"
of wet ground ore seasoned with the
necessary chemicals to assemble the sill
yer. In looks it is simply a stupendous
mud pie.-Harper's Round Table
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-22
A Word
About BOraX Soap.

Borax costs more than
soap. There is no induce
ment, therefore, for soap
makers to use it for profit.
Borax softens the wash
water, and leaves the hands
soft and smooth.
Consequently it is a good
thing in soap.
The so-called borax soaps
rarely contain boraX in suffi-
cient quantities to be de-
tected or beneficial.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-22
characteristics of Greek Scenery.


Thomas Dwight Goodell writes of
ga Journey In Thessaly' in The Cen
fury. Professor Goodell says:
The scenery is an unfailing delight.
Two things above all others character
ize the scenery of Greece. First are the
marvellous color effects wrought by a
southern sun in pellucid atmosphere.
This excess of plein air, this ever
changing aura of ethereal hues, mocks
the painters palette, as it does all YER
bal description And then one must add
that incomparably blue sea, to whose
flashing wavelets the Hschylean phrase,
"unnulnbered laughter, " is more fit
ting than to those of any other waters.
In the second place, no other region so
small can boast such great variety.
Sailing up the Eub9an strait, after the
Cyclades have grown dim astern, one
passes a striking succession of green
shores, bare gray mountains with one
or two caps of snow and here and there
a forest.
Those smiling fields on the left were
part of Aulis, where the thousand ships
of the Acheans gathered, bearing
woes to Priam and the Trojans. " Then
comes the narrow Euripos, with it's
rushing current. Again the strait wild
ems. The long stretch of gray cliffs
ahead of us on the right is the base of
,Makistos, one of the series of mountains
that A1schylos makes bear the signal
beacons between Troy and Mycen@. Be-
fore we entered the Maliac gulf, how
ever, it was too dark to catch even q
distant glimpse of Thermopyle At
daylight next morning we lay at anchor
in the harbor of Volo, some seven or
eight hours late
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-22

1t may interest you, children, said
the returned missionary, who was
addressing the Sunday school, if tell
you of an adventure 1 once had in
India. While going through jungle
1 came face to face with a lion.
There was no chance to retreat and 1
had nothing to defend myself with.
I stood perfectly still and looked the
fierce beast steadily in the eye.
Which eye? ask ed a breathless little
boy in the infant class.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-22

Undue forcing shortens the life and
usefulness of a COW very rapidly.
When the milk is to be used for
either butter or cream, speedy sepa-
ration will nearly always give the best
results.
The quality of the milk depends
primarily upon the COWS giving it and
secondly upon the food and care be-
slowed upon them.
More COWS are spoiled every year
by careless milking than any other
way. A very little milk left in the
udder at each milking will cause the
best COW to decrease.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-22
Rreyity of Recent Wars.

Recent wars have been remarkable for
their brevity. The war between Turkey
and Greece practically lasted only three
weeks. The war between Japan and
China lasted six months. The French
declared war against Germany in July
and Sedan fell in the following Septem-
Der. Russia declared war on Turkey
April "a, 1877, and on Dec. IL the porte
requested the mediation of the powers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-22

You can't afford to risk your life by allow
ing cold to develop into pneumonia or con-
sumption. Instant relief and certain cure
are afforded by One Minute Cough Cure. H.
C. Pierce, Barton; II. S. Webster, Barton
Landing; G. w. Russell, Irasburgh; r. Il.
French, Glover.