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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

To CURE BONE SpAvIN.-The fol.
lowing is said to be a valuable recipe
for bone SPAWN: Corrosive sublimate
quicksilver and iodine, of each one
ounce. Rub the quicksilver and iodine
together, then add the sublimate, and
lastly, lard sufficient to make a salve
Shave Off the hair over the bone en-.
largement, grease all around it with
any grease so as to prevent the ad'
mixture acting on any part except the
SPAWN, upon which rub little, say
sufficient to cover the end of finger
each morning for four days. In a
week the spawn will come out, after
which wash with warm water and
boracic acid, one-half pound to a gal,
lon. Rub with any good salve, and
keep covered while healing.-Denver
Field and Farm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
L. GEO. GRIST,
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY,
YOrkyille. s. C..

T REPRESENT over s27,OOO,OOO.OO
l. of assets in my fire insurance agency.
and I am prepared to write FIRE and
TORNADO INSURANCE on short no.
tice at the lowest prevailing rates. Each
fire policy carries with it, without extra
charge, a "lghtning clause" which pro-
tects the insured against loss or damage
by lightning. I represent the Norwich
Union Fire Office of England, which is
an absolutely fire tested company, hav-
ing been dragged oyer the coals' since
1877. Then have the Etna of Hartford,
which has been doing business at the
"old stand" since 1919; the Pennsylvan-
ia is by no means ''squatter or expert.
ment," having been "fghtin' fire in all
it's fury" since 1875. The Delaware In
surance company has been pretty severe
ly burned several times, but has main.
tanned it's motto-"Just, Prompt, Certain
since 1885. The Old Continental, which is
living in exile from the South Eastern
tariff association, thinks she can stand
alone and work in 'single harness." and
since 1853 the "old lady" has helped her
children to something over S35, ,0O0,0OO and
she is always lat home" Insurance left
with my agency will always receive
prompt and careful attention.
L. GEO. GRIST, Resident Agent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
SORGHUM, Cow PEAS AND SPANISH

SORGHUM, Cow PEAS AND SPANISH
GROUND PEAs.-Sorghum started this
month will be ready for the hogs be-
fore they can be turned into the pea
fields. If intended for hay, it should
be sown very thick, as the smaller the
stalks, the better the hay. Cows,
mules and hogs all thrive on it. The
hay is much superior to corn as food
for dairy cows. 1t is superior also to
Johnson grass, and unlike the latter,
does not become nuisance. Let the
seeds get nearly ripe and feed both
stalks and seeds together. If fed to
horses and mules, it should be mixed
with plenty of dry food.
The sowing of cow peas may also
begin this month. If the peas are to
be planted in the corn land, good
plan is to put them in sometime in
May. If it is decided to plant them III
the drill, let the corn get start, and
then plant a modified bunch variety
the free-vining varieties, by their lux
uriant growth, tend to choke out the
corn. The object for which peas are
to be used and the manner in which
they are to be planted, should exer'
else a deciding influence in choosing
the variety. If dense mat of vines
is desired to remain on the ground
decay and be turned under without
cutting, some of the luxuriant recum
bent varieties should be chosen, as
Red Ripper, Calico, Black, Gourd
Unknown is also good. If the object
is heavy yield of peas to be gathered
select Unknown, Clay or White Brown
Hull, the Unknown first choice. Fol
hay or for ensilage, the erect growing
varieties, as the Unknown, Clay and
Whippoorwill, are best. They are
more easily cut sometimes the mower
will slide over some portions of the
recumbent varieties. The best graz
ing pea for either cattle or hogs is the
Black. The seeds will remain in the
ground all winter without injury.
To produce a dense mat of vines to
remain on the ground all winter, plant
Calico, Gourd, Black, Constitution
The best table peas are Sugar Crowder
White Crowder, Mush, Large Lady
Small Lady and Rice. The best all
purpose pea is the Unknown, with
Clay as close second.
Spanish ground peas are another
valuable food crop, and can be planted
from this month until very late in the
season. The nuts, though small, are
full and firm, and the vines when cured
make good forage. From their upright
habit of growth, they may be cultiva.
ted exclusively with the plow, and
when crowded on good land make a
phenomenal yield.
All these minor crops become impor.
tant in view of the fact that the yield
of our corn crop is not as abundant
nor as profitable now as it was when
our lands contained more humus.-
Southern Cultivator.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

SUBSTITUTE For SUGAR.-A pat.
ent manufacture called "sugarine, u
which, it is claimed, is 500 times as
sweet as ordinary sugar, will be in
troduced in this country by Mr.. Frank
H. Allen, of Connecticut, he having
obtained the option for its exclusive
sale in the United States. The patent
is a white, crystalline powder, easily
soluble in water, alcohol or any other
liquid in which ordinary sugar dis
solves, and can be produced in any
form-powder, grain, pellets, tabloids,
etc. Each of the lozenges, which are
of ordinary size, sent to Mr.. Allen, is
equal to half pound of ordinary su-
gar, and therefore sufficient for sweet
ening six pints of water, coffee, tea,
etc. Its chemical property, it is claim
ed, is that it has no effect upon the ex-
change of matter. Persons suffering
from diabetes, diseases of the kidneys,
etc., who cannot take sugar, may take
sugarine with impunity, the latter not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
WALKING WITH BROKEN LEGS.

The new method of treating broken
legs, described by the New York Sun,
is of a nature to be of general interest.
1t is called the "ambulatory system" "
its popularity consisting in the fact
that the patient is allowed, and even
encouraged, to walk freely within a
few days, sometimes within "a hours,
after the leg is broken. The Sun refers
to the subject in connection with a
meeting of doctors at which man
whose leg had been broken fortnight
before was introduced by one of the
surgeons Of Roosevelt hospital, and
proceeded to walk about the room
without crutches, and with only the
slightest perceptible limp.
The new treatment, which is said to
have been in use in Berlin for some
time, is applicable only in cases where
the limb is broken below the knee.
Doctor Fiske, the Roosevelt hospital
physician referred to, gave the results
of $50 operations in which the ambu.
latory splint had been successfully
applied. Wherever the treatment had
been begun promptly, the recovery
had been rapid, except in the case of
alcoholic patients, in which the danger
of delirium tremens setting in after
the fracture was the obstacle. In
healthy persons, male or female, the
method had secured admirable results.
The method itself is described as
follows:
The patient is placed in recumb bent
position, and the injured bones are set
in place and bound securely with an
ordinary muslin roller bandage. No
cotton whatever is used in the binding
Outside of this roller a plaster of Paris
gauze bandage is wound. This hard
ems, and leaves the limb encased in
plaster cast which generally extends
from the toe-tip to the kneeIjoint. 1t
holds the broken parts of the limb
immovable, and hardens rapidly.
The best quality of cast and bandage
is employed, and the patient is en-
couraged to walk without crutches
after "a hours. Care is taken, of
course, to avoid all possibility of in
fammation setting in. The reason
the patient can walk so soon is that
the weight of the body is supported
upon the upper part of the ambulatory
cast, which acts as crutch.
Doctor Fiske cited case where a
patient 70 years old had been able to
walk within eight days after the ap-
plication of the ambulatory splint.
The healing of the bones goes on while
the patient is walking about, just as if
he were lying down, as the fractured
limb is in no way disturbed by the
exercise. In fact, the re-uniting of the
fractured parts is FASTENED, and the
stiffness of joints resulting from the
old method of keeping patient in bed
and quiet is greatly reduced.
Within six weeks, often sooner, the
bones will have united, and then the
limb is subjected to hot and cold douche
baths and to brisk massage to restore
it to it's normal condition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

RUNNING YET.-"Wnen / was fish
ing in the West Indies some years
ago." said the man with the cigarette
"a whirlwind came along and carried
off my vest that was hanging on q
limb just over my head. 1t had my
watch in it-and a tailor's account
Well, the whole outfit sailed out oi
sight in less than minute.
"Seven years after party of us
were camped on the same river, only
a 100 yards further up. 1t was my
turn to do the cookin, so I started Out
for some dry wood, stepped on log
which caved in, and there lay my
watch, that same old tailor's bill twis.
ted through the ring. 1t was still run
ming"
"Oh! come off! You want us tc
ask how such thing could be, and
then you'll explain that the whirlwind
wound your watch up so tight that i,
ran for seven years."
~ didn't say that the watch was
still running" said the story teller, as
he lighted another bacillus extermina
tor. II had reference to the tailor:
bill. 1t is running yet, in fact"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
If You Will Lay Aside
Your Prejudice

AND COME to US with desire to
learn why it is not to your interest tn
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 a 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 60 on until time, the crucial
tester, convinces you, against your will,
that YOU have been deceived.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
CENTRAL TIME STANDARD.

Trains Nos. 8 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.. c. & N.
and the C. C. & A., also l. & G. r. R. at
Gastonia with the A. Il G. A. L.. at Lin
colnton with c. c.; and at Hickory and
Newton with W. N. G.
Parties desiring tickets to all points
North, East, South and West, will find il
much to their advantage to call at or cor
respond with the General Office of the
Carolina and North Western Railway at
Lenoir, n. c.. l.. T. NICHOLS, Supt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
A Snare
And DeluSiOIl.

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-
dividends" we are here to tell you that
you will be disappointed. Your policy
will prove snare and a delusion. 1t 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 a company that charges
you half as much. A life insurance poll
cy isl 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
removed by death.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
If You Have
No Insurance,

And think you should have. we would be
pleased to explain the Mutual Reserve
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. 1t has paid
about $55O,OOO 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 S4O0, 1000,
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 50 much.
SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST,
General Agents, Y Yorkville, 8. c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
faru1 aud fireside.
TRANSPLANTING EARLY ONIONS.

Onion plants are hardy and will
stand considerable abuse, yet it is best
to use care in handling them. In TAX
ing up the plants, the long, threadlike
roots are so easily broken, that to pre-.
vent this the bed SHOULD. be wet until
the soil about the roo's is quite soft
then in setting out, CT re should be ex-
ercised in getting these long roots
down into the soil as they were where
they grew. take up few hundred
at time in pans and moisten them
we'll, then take them to the field and
set out Immediately. About four
inches apart is the right distance for
plants in the row. The holes are
made with a sharp, fiat stick or dibble,
held in the right hand. With the
left hand the plant is inserted and
held in place. Then the dibble is
thrust into the soil an inch or more
from the plant, and about the same
depth as before, and the soil is pressed
close about the plant, down to the
very tips of its roots.
The condition of the soil when set
ting out plants makes all the differ
ence in the world, both in the matter
of good work and of speed. If the
surface soil is dry and dusty, it is diff
cult to make suitable holes in it. AS
soon as the dibble is drawn out, the
dry soil falls in and fills the hole
then if the plant is put in, its roots
will coil up into knot and rest in
dry dust, and will be much too near
the surface. The time to plant is
when the surface soil is rather moist
as day or two after rain. 1t pays to
exercise some watchfulness in order to
do the setting out when the soil is in
it's best condition. 1t is not at all d
slow job when done at the right time
L. c. Henry, of Tennessee, in South
ern Cultivator.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

having affinity with the carbon by
drates. A grain of it will sweeten 8
cup of coffee. The cost production is
only one.tenth the cost of ordinary
sugar. The article is being manufac
tured in England by the British Su'
garine company, and patents have
been applied for in the various coun'
tries.-American Caterer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

SIMPLE CURE For ALCOHOLISM
The appetite for alcohol can be dissi-
pated by eating apples at every meal,
says a physician. Apples, if eaten in
large quantities, possess properties
which entirely do away with the era
wing that all confirmed drunkards
have for drink. The doctor says that
in many bad cases which have come
under his notice he has been able to
effect a cure by this means, the patient
gradually losing all desire for alco-
ol.-Southwestern Farmer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

RHas" An Irish priest had labored hard
with one of his flock to induce him to
give up the habit of drinking, but the
man was obdurate. 81 tell you, Mich
ael," said the priest, "whisky is your
worst enemy, and you should keep as
far away from it as you can" "My
enemy, is it, father ?" responded Mich
ael 'and it was your riverence's silf
that was tellin' US in the pulpit only
last Sunday to love our inimies %
$50 I was, Michael" rejoined the
priest, "but was I anywhere telling
YOU to swallow 'em?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

g9" Put camphor gum with your
new silverware and it will never tar
nish as long as the gum is there. Never
wash silver in soap-suds, as that gives
it O white appearance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

Ba~ A breeder of poultry says: Ev-
cry spring procure quantity of ce-
dar boughs, and scatter them in and
around the hen house. The odor of
the cedar keeps away the lice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

hHR None are too wise to be mistaken
but few are so wisely just as to &C
knowledge and correct their mistakes,
and especially the mistakes of preju'
dice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

CONNECTIONS.
Railway at Rock Hill, and the 8. 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.
8. B. LUMPKIN, G. p. A.
A. TRIP, Superintendent.
SAML HUNT. General Manager.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

H9 Thrift of time will pay you in
after life with usury of profit beyond
your most sanguine dreams.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-27
WHISKY AND CRIME.

In q recent issue Of tho North American
Review was an article by the Hon. ]. @.
Parker (since deceased), who for twenty-five
years was Judge OF the Federal Court for tho
Indian Territory and the western district OF
Arkansas During this period nearly a thou.
sand men stood before Judge Parker charged
with murder. He sent more criminals to tho
gallows and iails than any other judges in
America.
WHEN we 20 to facts" said the Judge,
i've find that during the last six years there
have been A., 902 homicldes in the United
States, an average of 1917 per year. In the
same time there have been 723 legal execu-
tions and Ills lynchings. These startling
figures show that crime is rapidly increasing
instead OF diminishing. In the last year TO-
500 persons we're killed, or at the rate OF S75
per month. whereas In 1890 there we're only
1920, or less than half as many as in 1895.
This bloody record shows n fearful increase
Of the crime which destroys human life"
Asked as to the part whisky had played
in this awful carnival OF blood, Judge Parker
replied:
"At least three-fourths Of the homicides
committed in this country are attributable,
directly or indirectly, TO the use OF intoxi-
cants. The question is not a new one to me.
1t has been forced upon my attention almost
continually since l have been upon the
bench. l think the same ratio OF whisky
homicides would hold good in this court.
The number that were influenced indirectly
is hard to estimate, and It is more than prob
able that in every case of homicide whisky
has played its part, either on the side OF tho
criminal or Of the victims. To my positive
knowledge whisky was the direct cause OF
twenty-five out OF twenty-siX murders conf
mitted in one locality during the past twen-
ty-one years, the parties to the quarrels hav-
ing been drinking at the time or Immediately
before the tragedies occurred. The remain
ing one was committed by young boy, and
l am not positive now but that either him
influence Of liquor at the timo. 1t is really
difficult to recall a case in which whisky did
not figure one way or another, and the eX-
amples are prominent In which murderers
were excited Immediately to the commission
OF their crime by becoming intoxicated.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-27
Bullet ina Hailsjone

Colonel Clark r. Westcott, OF Lon.
don, who has been spending couple
OF months in Chicago and tho West,
in the interest of n syndicate which
owns considerable mining property
in this country, is responsible for the
following account of singular ma.
tural phenomenon. His story is as
follows:
zone hot day a couple of weeks
since was riding along a mountain
road in Colorado on my way to o
mine in which l am interested, when
/ noticed high above me, soaring in
majestic circle, an eagle. had u
1920 Winchester slung across my
back, and it was but the work of q
moment to unsling the gun and FIRE
at the bird, which appeared to be
directly above me. The shot was n
clear miss, and not caring to waste
any more cartridges, l was about to
ride on, when l was startled to hear
what took to be the dull chung OF
n stone thrown by an unseen hand,
which fell into little gully partly
filed with leaves, within twenty feet
of me.
81 looked carefully about me in all
directions, but could see no sign OF a
human Icing, and then dismounted,
and, scraping back the leaves, was
astonished to find piece OF ice as
large as a goose egg, and about the
same shape. / was further astonished
to discover my rifle ball firmly inn
bedded in its center. have specu-
lated great deal over this pheno'
menon since that time, and the only
solution can see is that the ball in
passing through the cloud gathered
the moisture and held it by its whirl.
ing motion, SO that it was frozen at @
higher altitude and fell to the earth
as I have described. SS~-Chicago Ohron
icle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-27

We take from Our Parish Calendar, OF
Lawrence, Mass. the following excellent
presentation OF an important question:
Which do YOU think is for the best interests
of the community?
Don't allow yourself, in considering this
question, to be prejudiced against any class
of people in making up your mind-minis-
ters, politicians or business men. The ques-
tiops tor each voter to weigh conscientious
ly before casting his vote are these:
Is the granting of licenses in this city for
the moral good OF the community and for the
general good Of the citY2
Is it an advantage to have saloons open in
fifty different places in the city where men
may congregate every evening and drink,
and in general debauch themselves to that
extent that their wives and children suffer in
consequence?
Is it to the advantage OF the city that all
day long, women may have convenient places
In which to purchase that which degrades
them and makes them unfit for the duties OF
| wife. mother, sister or daughterI
Is II to the advantage of the city to grant,
] for any consideration Of money. this fran
| chise?
Isit right to develop the weakness of the
| weak?
| Are the evils flowing from the use OF in.
| toXicating liquors lessened by legalizing the
| saloon2
This is one of the moral political questions
in which you are bound to let your con.
science speak,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-27
Nanoleon,s New York Trees.

On West 159th street and st. Mich
olas avenue, Washington Heights,
stand number of remarkable trees.
They were formerly in the grounds
surrounding the old Jumel mansion,
which is now known as Earl Cliff. They
are Egyptian cypress, and have his
tory like everything pertaining to this
remarkable mansion and its grounds.
They were sent as a present TO Ma
poleon Banaparte from the Sultan of
Egypt, as gift of honor, but arrived
at Havre, France, after the Battle. OF
Waterloo. Stephen Jumel, who was in
France at that time, and personal
friend of Napoleon, succeeded in gain.
ing an audience with the Emperor the
night before he was banished to the
Island of st. Helena. Napoleon pre-
sented these trees to Junel, who
brought them to America on the clip.
per ship Eliza, which he had chartered
with the hope of aiding Napoleon to
escape to this country. These trees,
when brought here, had their native
earth still clinging to the roots. They
we're planted as described above,
where they fourished and grew to a
large size, spreading out their peculiar
branches wide over their adopted soil,
a mute reminder of the decay of En-,
pires, as well as people. New York
Times.