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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-27

JANUARY 27, 1897.

the DARK must strike and be wrecked.
"Well, what do you want to do2''
asked the captain.
"There's a bay inside the reef. II
you'll come ont and take charge, we'll
obey orders and bring her to anchor in
the bay. Then we'll 90 ashore and give
you full possession. It's either that OF
all hands will go to the devil when she
strikes the reef, and we are not ready
to give up yet"
The proposition was taken under ad-
visement and discussed. There might be
a trick in it, but we had more conf.
dence in ourselves than before. By leav-
ing the women to watch at the loopholes
below there would be respectable force
of us together on deck in front Of the
cabin to meet any rush with volley.
If the bark struck the jagged coral reef,
even with that small sea on, she would
grind to pieces in an hour, and there
must be a frightful loss of life. 1t was
decided to work the craft into the bay.
The cabin doors were opened, and every
man of us stepped out On deck prepared
for what might happen Then the csp'
tain said to johnson: -
IF there is any trick in this, we are
prepared for you. Let sailor come aft
and take the wheel. Now put two or
three others at work to overhaul the
ground tackle"
He then gave the necessary orders for
making sail and wearing the bark
around until her nose pointed at the
opening in the reef. The island loomed
up right before us, and had there been a
delay Of 10 minutes we should have
been on the reef. The mutineers obeyed
all orders with alacrity, and such Of
them as came aft of the barricade were
respectful in look and demeanor. The
opening in the reef was not above 40
feet wide, and had we not been exactly
opposite it we should never have got in.
As it was, we had to 60 it blind, as the
saying is, no one knowing what depth
of water we should find. What seemed
to be a river. but what was really a
long and narrow bay, ran into the GEN.
ter Of the island for distance Of half a
mile.
There were two turns or elbows in
the bay, but once over the reef the bark
glided along until she was at length
brought up in 80 feet Of water near the
head of the bay. On the west Of us
were steep shore and deep water. On
the east there was a clear strip Of beach,
with the water gradually deepening.
When the anchor was down, the bark
would swing to the tide safely enough,
but with no more than 80 feet to spare.
In other words, the distance between
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-27

other two had selected victims. There
were three fearful shrieks, chorus Of
shouts and a great splashing, and all
was over before any one from the cabin
could get on deck. The surviving mu-
tineers stood on the beach and cursed
and hurled showers of stones aboard,
but.a shot or two fred above their heads
dispersed them. Three Of them had met
an awful fate, but no one had any pity
to waste on them. On the contrary, we
earnestly hoped that one Of them might
turn out to havn been Ben johnson, the
leader and the most desperate man of
all
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-27

subject has to be helped over. "At As
such an action seems an awful and
awkward enterprise, but once you
learn how to turn somersaults, even at
30, exhilaration of it grows on you,
and it's effects on ones girdle measure
are simply astonishing. The somer-
sault does more for a clumsy fat woman
than anything can recommend" It
strikes the reader that thin people
might benefit their figures by going as
spectators to this gymnastic perform
ance, If there is any truth in the say
ing, "Laugh and grow fat"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-27

that fine speechf"
her stern and the shore was only bis
cult toss. When the anchor was down
and everything aloft made snug, john
SOD mounted the barrioade and said:
Captain, we are going ashore. We
gave you the best fight we could, but
were beaten. If you want to take the
bark out, none Of us will raise hand
in opposition. If you want to come
ashore, no one shall molest you. In the
end q man-of-war will come for us, but
meanwhile we shall enjoy ourselves.
"And what do you want in return for
that fine speech?' asked the captain,
feeling assured that it prefaced a re-
quest of some sort.
"Well, by your kind leave, we want
a share Of the provisions, as we shall
get tired Of fruit after awhile. We also
want two or three old sails for tents,
an az or two, matches and some cook
ing utensils. Well have to have boat
to set the things and our wounded men
ashore, but we'll return her."
The captain was so glad to have them
out of the ship, even if they were to re-
main in sight on land, that he readily
granted the request. Four of them were
permitted to lower one Of the quarter
boats, and for the next three hours she
was used to convey the rascals and their
dunnage across the strip Of water. They
were allowed to help themselves with
liberal hand, but it was stuff which was
Of no account to us without our prison.
ers.
It was after 8 o'clock in the afternoon
before the last man departed, and then
the boat was given push from the
beach and sent back to US. Among the
gang were eight wounded men, their
injuries having been inflicted when the
women fired through the loopholes.
Perhaps they had extracted some OF the
shot from their legs, but enough was
left to cause them to curse and groan as
they limped about the decks. The bar
ricade was almost disposed of in loading
the boat, and half an hour after the
last trip we had a clear deck, and the
women and children were out for an
airing. The passengers were for having
the captain trip the anchor and sail at
once, but he gathered them around him
and said:
"Here are but three sailors Of US. Not
one of you men can 90 aloft or take a
trick at the wheel. don't say that we
might not navigate the bark down to
Adelaide; but, with the season just
changing and bad weather coming ON,
we'd be taking strong risks. The Eng
lishman who spoke us thoroughly un-
derstood our peril and can be depended
on to report us. If we hang right here
for fortnight, we'll see man-of-war
in the offing. We can't recapture the
convicts, but we can remain here as a
guard and help hunt 'em down later on.
Besides, if we were to sail away, who
can tell but that some craft may be
driven here by stress Of weather or
come in answer to signal, and she'd
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-27

The "SoMERsAULT CURE."-The
barefoot cure has a rival now in the
"somersault cure" started for the inn.
provement of the figure by Swedish
woman, in Chicago. She says it takes
logic and patience to persuade stout,
dignifed lady to turn a somersault,
and in the preliminary trials difficult
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-27
AN ENGINES SLOW RUN.

When the Western North Carolina
railroad was pushed through the Blue
Ridge mountains twenty years ago,
the construction work was carried on
at both ends, from Old Fort, N. c.,
westward upon the eastern side, and
between the Swannanoa gap and Ashe.
vile upon the western side. As the
work progressed, an engine upon the
western side became necessity, and
the line upon the eastern side had only
reached Henry's, little station at the
top of the gap. To suspend the work
meant a long delay. An engine must
60 out, and the problem arose how to
get it there, over the mountain. One
of the lightest engines on the line was
sent in as far as Henry's. From there
to the Fails on the other side of the
gap it was three and epe.half miles,
and all the way up bill, f8e hundred
feet to the mile. The track to the top
was but roughly graded. There were
bridges and culverts to build. 1t was
decided to utilize the turnpike road.
By means of short sections oftrack, the
sections being taken up after the en-
gine had passed them, and carried for
ward to be replaced for further prog
ress, it was regarded as possible to ef-
feet the ascent.
AS it was manifestly impossible for
any frictionwheeled engine to carry it
self up such a sharp grade, it would
have to be dragged up by other means.
A long line of oxen was tried, but the
plan failed through the inability to OBJ
tain a uniform pull from the team.
There was plenty of power, but it
could not be made to harmonic. Fl
nally the large crew of convicts by
whom the road was being built was
set at work. Ropes were run forward
upon which some two hundred men in
striped clothes were set to pulling.
Others worked at the wheels with
pinchbas, while others stood ready
with blocks of wood to serve as wedges
behind the wheels, to hold every inch
of ground that was gained. Almost
inch by inch, "with long pull, and
strong pull, and pull altogether"
this forty tons of dead engine was
dragged up the mountain at the rate
of q mile week. Trains have been
showed in, broken down and delayed
so that the progress was slow. But it
is.doubtful if q complete engine was
ever kept in motion day after day for
three weeks at a slower rate of move
ment than one-sixth of a mile per day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-27

p@ The Washington police, by a new
regulation, are prohibited from using
profane language while on duty, or
when in or near quarters. Now let
congress adopt the same regulation for
its own members.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-27

TO BE CONTINUED.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-08

The political star of Mr.. Mudd
is said to be in the ascendancy
in Maryland. Mudd may be a
name to conjure with in Mary
land, but it will never be able to
spread itself over any considera-
bic amount of surrounding terri
tory.
That parrot which was remem-
bered to the extent of $4,000 in a
will can be depended upon to de-
velop into a hot bird.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-08
Farming Without "Advanccs."

The cotton growers in one of
the richest sections ot the State.
who. aS reported Il few days AGO.
will have to abandon their farms
ana work for wages. because of
the low price of cotton and their
resulting bad plight which will
prevent them from getting sad
vances' next year; our CORE
spondent, j. y. d.; all cotton
tots young men in quest of work,
and people generally, who think
that farming in South Carolina is
an Improbable business, should
never hereafter lose sight for a
day of the facts reported by Mr..
I'd. Moore, of Spartanburg, as to
the farming of Mr.. David III.
Rush in Orangeburg County this
year.
MIR. Moore met Mr.. Rush. an
old one-armcd Confederate, ut the
State Fair. and incidentally asked
him how he had succeeded with
his farming operations this year
-eNUccting probably to hear i'm
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-08
Blood Poison.

Contagious Blood Poison has been ap-
propriately called the curse Of mankind.
1t is the one disease that physicians can
not cure; their mercurial aud potash
remedies only bottle up the poison in
the system, TO surely break forth in a
more virulent form, resulting in total
wreck Of the system.
Mr.. Frank b. Martin, a prominent
jeweler at o26 Pennsylvania Ave, Wash
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-08
Treasury Statement.

Washington, Nov. 29.-To- days
statement OF the treasury shows
an available cash balance of 1916
36S, S,Gi5; gold reserve, $156,9SS,-
$40.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-08
NClfONy LncIS IkiIlctl.

H!se--n,- Candy Cnihnrit" kills Nrllnw .TacI,
Wherever they ind HIM 40 ON" who takes
Caecar'ts regularly and systematically is in
danger rom the dreadful disease" CaSCarCts
h.'. yellow f'yn~ germs IN the bowels and pre-
vent new ones from breeding iOc 25r bOc. all
lrUEgi.ls
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-08

Truth is eternal and unchangc-
able. You may delay it, but it is
still truth. You may leave it on
the side track, but it is still there
when the next reform train comes
along.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-08

ingtou, C., says:
/ was for a long
time under treat
nlent of two of
the best physi-
clans Of this city,
for a severe case
of blood poison,
but my condition
grew worse all
the while, not
withstanding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
My mouth was
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-08

filled with eating sores; my tongue was
almost eaten away, so that for three
months was unable~to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly.
and I was in horrible fix. I had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when friend recommended
S.S.S. After had taken four bottles,
began TO get better, and when had
finished eighteen bottles, was cured
sound and we'll, my skin was without n
blemish, and have had no return of
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from life
OF misery" S.S.S. guaranteed pn,eiy
s'cccfa6h) will cure any case of blood
poison. Books on the disease
g. 4: 4: !, ;s "::;s :::;; :$: G. 6 6
Atlanta, Ga. G2&V CpD ~
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-08

pounds of lint to the acre"-or ut
the rate of nearly two bales to
the acre.
What Il record it is of intelli
gent and provident farming, as
distinguished from the irrational,
reckless and "gambling" methods
pursued by the confirmed cotton
tot, and what a difference in the
results and rewards achieved and
won under the two systems! On
the one hand is this prosperous
and prospering "farmer," with
his farms, and bees and smoke
house and store house, overflow
ing with corn and wheat and oats
and rice and potatoes, and syrup
to feed his family and working
force for another year or two, and
100 bales of cotton to sell, when
he is ready to sell them, instead
Of asking any mans leave and
on the other hand, are the all
cotton growers, with their cotton
already sold, or belonging to
somebody else, and their barns
anl omaha a bn,,, l,., ,.,1 ,..:,I
The herald., 1897-05-23
A CoRRUPTING INFLUENCE

The Minnesota legislature caps the cli-
max in all political chicanery and vii
lainy. Anxious to silence the honest
voice Of the press and apparently una Bile
to purchase the owners of newspapers,
these fellows who are probably not in
politics for the sake of their constitutions,
propose to corrupt the source of public
information at the very fountain
sources. The proposition is that the leg
isla ture pay the reporters who gather
legislative news for the press. Each re
porter is to be paid $150 for his services
during the session. 1t is more than a
proposition for it seems the abuse has
been actually going on for some years
past.
The sums at first were small, but have
been increased from year to year until
the figure this year reaches $3.50 for each
reporter. Those who are thus subsidized
were regular newspaper reporters, in no
wise members of the legislature nor in
any wise in the employ of the state
except in this crooked manner. They
receive regular pay from the papers they
work on, and this state money comes in
the nature of a douceur or gratuity. The
Minneapolis Times has broken out
against it and declares the system to
The herald., 1897-05-23
The Personality Of the Devil

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles Her
aid: Is it possible that the devil"
horns, hoofs. spear-tail, and all, Is to be
re-created. clothed, the breath Of life
forced into him. furnished with three
pronger, and seated in sixteenth-century
state again? And that, too, just at the
time when we have Alger on our hands
|also! DR.. (?) Munhall says the Old Imp
Is alive, and that his favorite disguise is
las an angel of light" That being the
case. and allowing for clever disguises,
the old fellow may be layman in come
of our churches. What a commentary
or the people as detectives IL the arch
deceIver should have supplied himself
with a chief bugler and was doing the
country as Christian evangelist.
Those pulpit giants. such az Swing.
Collier, Guneaulus, Thomas, Alb
bott, Parker and others. each
and all pooh-poohed personal
devil, but Mr.. Munhall says they
were all mistaken-that the cloven-hoof
party is still running loose. having but
recently tossed his head, stiffened his
tail asbestos he could. and deliberately
pulled up his stake-pin. being now 80
badly ''strayed" that it's impossible to
pick him out of the herd.
We are told that the existence OF fu-
ture life is proved by the fact of our hav-
ing the desire, the longing, for the came
incite within us. How many are there
who carry about with them the same un-
answerable proofs Of the existence of
Preacher Munhall's personal devil? All
those who do, please stand up and be
counted. ALICE. p. YORRICK.
May 81, 1897
The herald., 1897-05-23
A Barbecue for BRYAN

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: Why not make the ovation which
:; to be given to Mr.. Bryan, a tribute from
the plain people to the man who by his
eloquent voice and aggressive courage
in one short campaign led them almost
within the fortified citadel of the enemy ?
The working people, the day laborers,
the women and children want to hear
Mr.. Bryan. The tribunes or Fair grounds
should be selected and public banquet
should be dispensed with. A Delmontco
dinner killed Blaine The wines. Incl
dent to such banquet let
Sip from the mouth of one
Of the guests that wonderful ALTERATION
Rum. Romanism and Rebellion" and
from that day the star Of Blaine "un-
sphered and elided" toppled to its doom.
The very fact that a grand banouet
wac given to candidate, when the great
masses knew not how they were to get
the next meal, made his defeat certain
and history will repeat itself if the
friends of Bryan do the same thing.
Give the people in city and country Il
chance to contribute for this barbecue.
The farmer will bring his fruits and the
fatlings of his 1ocks; those living in the
city Will contribute money and enough
Will be raised to feed fifteen thousand
people. and the proposed banquet cam
not accommodate over 600 at q cost Of
$4,000. Let us have the barbecue and
all sit and eat together and all will be
The herald., 1897-05-23
A JUBILEE FEATURE

1t has long been customary for
the English to sneer at the Amer
lean people as being wholly de-
voted to the almighty dollar and to
express their disgust at the desire for
position and display manifested by this
to royalty. buying titles and in other
ways throwing discredit upon the true
principle and practice of democracy.
In this respect the English are them
selves living in very large glase house.
and nothing affords more striking proof
of the fact than the preparations for the
coming queens jubilee. The London
Spectator, in a recent article, expressed
money-making and the display of
wealth. 1t complains for instance Of
"the ostentation and vulgarity with
which it is announced that this or that
millionaire has given thousands OF
pounds for house for one day. Cannot
those who sniff up the stencil of money
as if it were perfume" continues the
Spectator, ''see that they are taking out
of the day all that lends it charm, all the
poetry, all the loyalty, all the emotion
which make of a somewhat boastful
celebration a spectacle that future his
torians may admire?"
There can be no doubt that the -four
hundred and the gilded crust of society
of New York will figure prominently in
the scenes and incidents that promise to
make of the queens jubilee revel of
plutocracy. The Bradley Martins will
all be there. At the same time it is un-
fair to judge the American people by
such false and excrescent Representa-
tives. We may not charge the English
with catering to the British plutocracy
in celebrating the long reign of their
honored sovereign.
Those things are merely an incident,
sign of the times. The sign is one that
should be noticed. however, and it con-
veys a warning that should be needed.
Governments are not intended to be the
tools of monopoly nor the playthings of
plutOcracy
The herald., 1897-05-23

to save At the spigot Of the future 1t Il
wasting at the bunghole OF the present.
The people were told that with the
election Of Mckinley and Republican
congress- . tariff bill would be. quickly
passed that would stop the deficiency
in the revenues. bring about the imme-
diate return Of prosperity and make ev-
erybody happy.
Mckinley and Republicans congress
were elected. an extra session was
called and. tariff bill introduced; but
that is all that has been accomplished.
The bill is hanging fire and the importers
are reaping the benefit. while the people
are paying the cost.
It Is estimated that when the tariff
bill shall have become law, at least a
years supply Of foreign goods will have
been imported. That means that for
year the revenues from imports will be
reduced to the minimum figure. far be-
low what they were during the normal
operation Of the tariff law.
The revenues from imports are de-
pended upon by the Republicans to
stop the deficiency and render unnec-
essary any further issue of bonds. But
how is this to be accomplished. If there
Is no revenue?
The inconsistency and selfishness of
the Republicans themselves are the
cause of this unenviable condition of
affairs. They cannot agree upon a tar
III bill. Each section wants to be treat
ed better than the rest. Each section is
playing the part of the dog in the man
ger.
Meanwhile the importers are active.
--latest estimates show that there is
fully seven months supply Of foreign
wool in the country now. and the guam
tity will probably be doubled by the time
the tariff bill becomes a law. This is
only one instance out Of many.
1t is extremely probable that the first
year after the new tariff bill becomes
a law the government will have to bor-
row money to pay current expenses. If
that is the kind of prosperity the Re
publican administration is to furnish,
give US something else.