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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02

was consistent with grace and supple
ness, that his face had not yet taken
on the expression Of settled melancholy
which seems to be the heritage Of the
mountain folk, men and women, and
that his eye was bright and fearless, and
his laugh had the ring in it which is
supposed to vouch for light heart and
a clear conscience. If Inspector Jafray,
being endowed with the gift Of invisi-
bility, could have ridden beside the
mail carrier through the September
forenoon, he would have seen nothing
amiss. At Bray's Flat, at Powderville,
and again at Long Mountain, Anderson
kept well within the letter Of his in
structions, handing the locked pouch to
the postmaster and lounging about In
front of the store until it was brought
out to him again. At the Gap, however,
which was the end Of his route for the
day, he hitched his horse before the
largest of the three stores and carried
the pouch back to the high desk, where
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02

MARRIAGES In CHINA.-Love and
romance play little part in the mar
riages of China. The custom of the
Chinese to marry off their sons and
daughters at an early age does not
seem advisable to the Europeans. 1t
is also the rule in China that unions
only take place between families of
equal social and financial standing.
Disregard of this rule would cause
subsequent trouble invariably. The
custom of early marriages is founded,
moreover, on principles incomprehen-
sible to the western mind. The boy
and girl joined in wedlock do not
form new family, but rather the
youngest branch of the family tree,
upon which they are henceforth de-
pendent.
The duty of parents toward their
sons does not end with their marriage /;
they are obliged to care for them after
that time also. There is a great dis
advantage in this system. The sons,
being under the eyes of the parent as
long as they are alive, really never
become independent. All members of
a family live, when possible, under
one roof, and even after the death OF
the pa1 ents the sons continue, as a rule,
to live together in the family home.
When the father dies the oldest BROTH
er assumes his place as the head of
the family, and when the mother dies,
the wife of the oldest brother takes
her place.
1t is nothing rare for boys IL to IA
years old to marry.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02

have your choice" said the Inspector
solemnly. "Get up"

have your choice, said the Inspector
solemnly. "Get up"
Anderson obeyed.
"Now climb ont of that window
No; hold on till I take the irons off. I
don't want the name Of having shot q
handcuffed man. Now, then, out with
you"
Late climbed out and dropped to the
ground. Then he took deep breath Of
the free night air and began to realize
dimly that it was going to be hard to
die in the full flush of youth and health.
None the less he turned quickly and
faced the inspector, who stood with
cooked pistol at the open window. "1'm
ready" he said firmly.
Jaffray snorted: run, you fooll Do
you suppose I'm going to commit cold
blooded murder and shoot you stand
ing?"
LATE hesitated a moment as If in
doubt as to whether he had heard Alright.
Then he turned and walked slowly
away. At the third step the pistol bark
ed thrice, and Layne's dog, chained in
the barnyard, set up sympathetic
howl. After that all was still until the
farmer came hurrying to the porch bed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02

room with light. The inspector was
standing at the window, peering out
into the darkness, and he Tut back his
hand for silence. Layne heard rapid
footballs as Of some one running over
the dry leaves in the grove. Then there
was glad little cry and the impatient
sniff Of horse, quickly followed by a
diminishing clatter of hoofs and silence.
"Layne, he's gone, and I'd be willing
to bet hen worth $50 that never 80
much as winged him, said the inspector
coolly.
"How do you reckon he got looser"
asked the farmer excitedly.
Jaffray held up the locked handcuffa
"You can see for yourself. I got here
Just in time to hurry him little"
Layne put the lamp down to examine
the fetters. "By Jacks, I wouldn't have
believed it'll But, then, Lafe's hands
new was no bigger than a woman's.
Shall I saddle the hawsses?"
"To chase him tonight? Not much.
I'll know where to find him when I
want him. Go you back to bed and tell
the women there's nobody killed. And
say, Layne, when this thing gets itself
talked about, just tell the facts as you
know them. Good night"
The next morning Layne looked to
zee the chase organized in due form, but
he was disappointed. Inspector Jaffray
ate bis breakfast leisurely, never once
referring to the events of the night, and
afterward took the train south. The
farmer wondered at this lack Of zeal
until he went around behind the porch
bedroom and saw three bullet scars on
the brick walk under the window.
"Well, by Jacks" was all he said at
the time. But later in the day he went
down to the Cantrell boys store and
lied to the corps de loisir until Inspector
Jafray's reputation for daring bravery
was second only to that Of Buck Bran
nan, the revenue collector.
THE END.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02

CAN BLIND PEOPLE WEEP.-The
state of emotion-tenderness, grief,
excessive joy-which cause weeping
in those who are not blind, show them
selves in the blind and, and their af-
Fiction, great though it is, does not
cut them off from the common joys
and sorrows of mankind. Their hap
piness and their grief manifest them
selves in the same way-in laughter,
and in weeping. Tears are an over
flowing from the lachrymal gland, the
secretion of which is generally drain
ed off by the lachrymal duct, after it
has performed its function of lubri-
eating the eyeballs. But, under strong
mental excitement, this secretion is
greatly increased, and as the duct is
no longer able to carry it all off, the
surplus flows over as tears. Now,
blindness results from many causes,
the great majority of which do not af-
feet these external lubricating organs,
but are connected with the internal
mechanism of the eye, and the secre-
ton of tears goes on as in the
seeing subject. Some cases there are
in which blindness is the result of vir-
ulent ophthalpia, and the infiamma-
ton and suppuration of this disease,
more or less, completely destroy the
eye and its surroundings, including
the tear-producing apparatus, stop
ping tears entirely. These are COM
paratively rare, however.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02

A LAND OF INCREDIBLE BARBARITY.

UAND UT lNOhEDlDLE bhhDAhiII.
When the prisoner in Morocco hears
the doors of the Jail close behind him,
he knows if he be poor and without
friends, howerer trivial be the ofense
for which he has been imprisoned,
that he may possibly not leave those
walls alive. 1t is matter of indiffer-
ence to the authorities how many are
imprisoned, for these wretched cap
tives are no cause of expense to the
state. The prisoners have to purchase
their own bread and water and to pay
their jailers. Many a man imprisoned
for some light debt, which he has long
ago discharged, is still detained be-
cause he is unable to meet the debt he
has contracted toward his jailers, and
which his forced captivity daily in
creases.
In some prisons they are only per-
mitted. to receive a supply of fresh
water every second day. What an
amount of suffering this means in an
African climate and in the fetid atmos-
phere of dungeons such as those to be
found in Morocco, it is difficult for a
European to realize.
In a Moorish prison the captives
sleep half-naked on the mud floor /;
they are all huddled together in one
apartment, without distinction as re-
CARDS crime or innocence, for many
are simply thrown into prison on ac-
count of their rsputed wealth or pros
perity by avaricious officials, who, by
prolonged imprisonmenta and sometimes
by torture, hope to squeeze money out
of them or discover where they have
hidden treasure.
Of an evening it is not unusual for
the prisoners to be all bound together
by chain passing through an iron
collar which each captive wears, thus
making it necessary for all to rise, or
sit, or lie down together. Open and
uncleaned cesspools within the prison
add sometimes to the indescribable
horror and misery of the place. There
is no inspection, no medical attend
ance, no alleviation in sickness. If q
man is i'll, and unable to drag himself
to the hole in the wall through which
the bread and water ispassed, he must
trust to the mercy of his fellows to
supply him with food. Only when
death overtakes the poor miserable
wretch do the guards bestir themselves
in their own interest, and remove the
tortured body which at length has
found relief from its overwhelming
sufferings. When prisoner is an
absolute pauper and unable to pur-
chase food, the authorities give him
daily a small piece of coarse bread,
provided by religious endowment.
sufficient to prolong the agcnies of
starvation.-Earl of Meath in the
Nineteenth CenSury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02

able smile that stole over the face Of the
inspector at this, but there was no hint
of levity in his voice when he said,
"Tell me all about it, Miss Willie. "
She held out her hand and dropped a
ring into his palm. ''That's John Cor
ny's," she said. II took it out of the
mail myself. And I've taken other
things letters with money in them"
"What did you do with the money!
"I-I gave it to Lafe to keep for me. "
"And what did he do with it?"
"I don't know. I new asked him"
"Did he know where you got it?'
The questions followed each other too
rapidly, and the girl caught her breath
and fought for consistency. Being nat
urally truthful, she ncdged in the wrong
place. "He-ho sort of suspected 1t, l
reckon"
being an honest fellow himself, I
wonder ho didn't try to stop you. "
"You wou1dn t say that if you knew.
You see, Lafe and me-that is-well,
he thinks a mighty sight Of me, Mr..
Jaffray."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02
Beautiful Dismal Swamp.

The Dismal swamp is by no means 30
dismal as it has been painted. and ac-
cording to the description of local geog-
raphers possesses features which ought
to make it an attractive watering place
and sanitarium. 1t is not, as most peo-
pie imagine, a vast bog sunk low in the
ground, into which the drainage of the
surrounding country flows. On the con-
trary, according to accurate surveys, 1t
is above the level ground some ID or 20
feet, and instead of being the receptacle
is, in it's immense, spongelike bulk,
gathering the waters that descend upon
| it, the source of rivers, five Of which
take their origin within it and flow on
ward to the sea- The swamp is entirely
of green timber. There is no decaylng
wood, the two principal woods that
grow there being tho juniper and the
cypress, which never rot. They fall on
the ground like other trees, but instead
of decomposing they turn into peat, and
In that form remain Interchangeable and
indissoluble.
There is nothing in the swamp to Gre
ate miasma; no rising Of the tides and
decomposition Of rank vegetables; no
marshes exposed to the burning rays OF
the sun. All is fresh and sweet, and the
air is laden with balmy odors. The wa
ter is tinged with the juniper to faint
wine hue and is thought to possess vol
liable sanitary qualities. 1t is often used
by vessels going on foreign cruise ON
account Of its healthful properties and
also because it keeps fresh and clear for
years. Those who live near it are not
slow to declare that it is the healthiest
place on the continent, and are perhaps
not without reason for the faith which
is in them.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02
How to Kill Cockroaches.

A housekeeper who was recommended
to try cucumber peeling as a remedy for
cockroaches strewed the floor with pieces
of the peel cut not very thin and watch
ed the sequel The pests covered the
peel in a short time so that it could not
be seen, so voraciously were they en-
gagged in sucking the poisonous mois-
ture. The second night this was tried
the number Of cockroaches was reduced
to a quarter, and none was left alive on
the third night.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02

How TO REST THE EYEs.-A medi-
cal journal says that in the continued
use of the eyes, in such work as sew
ing, typesetting, bookkeeping, reading
and studying, the saving point is in
breaking off at short intervals and
looking around the room. This may
be practiced every 10 or Is minutes.
By doing this the muscular tension is
relieved, the eyes are rested, and the
blood supply becomes better.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-12
Just Like Gold Coin.

For more than fifty years
has FERRY DAVIS PAIN
KILLER stood the test
against all remedies prepared
to eradicate pain, and today
stands at the head of the list
among the medicines that are
so essential to keep at hand in
the home.
lis not a new fangle remedy
nor do the proprletors lay
claim to any wonderful revela-
ton Of the ingredients that en-
ter into the manufacture Of
this ever popular remedy.
1t is perfectly harmless, you
need have no fear of becoming
habitually inclined to it's use.
For Collie, Cramps, Dysen-
terry, Colds, and all painful
affections, a few doses will GER
talnly give relief. You cannot
afford to be without a bottle
in the house.
Your forefathers used it
and found it beneficial.
Why experiment with some
remedy that is new and it's effect
on the system unknown?
1t has many rivals but no
equal.
B6- The new 35c. size con-
tains over double the quantity
of the Csc. size.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

The Godd'rd Lectures.--The second
of the Goddard lectures was given last
night before an audience which was
thoroughly in accord with the lectur-
err and listened to his splendid descrip-
tions of the art OF brewing Rainier"
beer. He remarked that only the best
Of hops and malt were used thus in
surfing a healthful beverage. On tap
or in bottles at the Criterion saloon.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-12

New suitings and pants patterns
are arriving by every mail steam
or for l.. B. Kerr. He sells single
yard at wholesale prices.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-12
Crayon and Water Colors

We take pleasure in announcing
that with the last Australia we have
received our full line Of Mems, Boys
and Children's Washable Suits.
Consisting Of mems linen crash,
$3.50 Mems linen crash, 81 so. Boys
Sailor Suits, fIom SO 90 and up. Boy s.
D. b Suits, from ~ so aud up. Boys
Long Pants Sailor suits, sizes, 4 to Z,
In white duck, the latest creation.
Mems White Duck, extra pants, ST.
to $3.50
These goods are the latest style and
1.-THE KASH" IL the only place
where you can get them at prices to
suit. A full line of Bicycle Suits.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-12
CLAUS SPREcKELs. WIN. G. IRWIN.
CLAUS SpteckeIs 4 10.
BANKERS.
HONOLULU H. I.
San Francisco 4gents-THE NEVADA BANK OF
SAN FRANCISCO.


DRAW EXCHANGE ON
BAN FRANcIsco-The Nevada Bank Of San
Francisco.
LoNDoN-The Union Bank of London, Ltd.
New YoRK--American Exchange National
Bank.
CuIoAGo-Merchant National Bank.
PARIS - Compton National dEscompt de
Paris.
BERLIN-Dresdner Bank:
HoNaKoNa AND YoKoHAMA-Hongkong q
Shanghai Banking Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUsTRALIA-Bank Of New
Zealand.
VICTORIA AND VANcoUvER-Bank Of British
North America.
Transact q General Banking and Exchange Business
Deposits Received. Loans made on APP
proved Security. Commercial and Travellers
Credits Issued. Bills of Exchange bought
and sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ACCOUNTED FoR.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-09
new Route to CALIFORNIA;.

A striking confirmation of the truth of
the saying: 1T is an ill-wind that blows
no one good" is found in the new routing
of the Sunset Limited Heretofore 1t has
started from New Orleans westward. This
season, on account of the prevalence OF yell
low fever in some parts of the south, Chlca-
60 has been decided upon as the terminus,
the route being over Chicago L Alton,
Chicago to st. Louis; St. Louis, Iron Noun
tain & Southern, st. Louis to FeXarkana;
Texas & Pacific, Texarkana to FL Paso;
Southern Pacific Company, FL Paso to Cali
fornia destination. The train runs twice
week, leaving Chicago $50 p M every
Tuesday and Saturday, and st. Louis 1920
p. m same days. Eastbound the same
trains leave San Francisco $50 D. m Mon
days and Thursdays, and Los Angeles 1880
a. m. Tuesdays and Fridays.
Sunset Limited" is a magnificent trains
completely vestibuled and running through
solid, comprising library and smoking car
for gentlemen with barbershop and bath
room; q combination ladies' parior and
compartment car with weli-stocked library,
and ladies' maid in attendance; two of the
finest sieeping-ears, and q dining-car, In
which perfect meals are perfectly served.
The dining-car service is la carte-pay for
what you order-and prices are reasonable
trip across the continent in this train
could not but be delight at any time, but
during the winter months there will be spe-
cial satisfaction in the certainty of "a semi
tropical climate, picturesque and novel
scenery, fast time, and no snow blockadeS.
And best of all, no extra fare is charged for
transportation on Sunset Limited, only
the regular Pullman crates prevailing for
sleeping-car accommodations.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-09
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News,
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE statues of Thomas FL. Benton
and Frank p. Blair, two illustrious
Missourians, were received at the
Washington capitol on the Goth and
will be placed in statuary hall.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has conveyed
to the German emperor a diplomatic
hint that the United States considers
the Monroe doctrine applicable to
Hayti, with which country Germany
has some dispute.
AT the cabinet meeting on the Goth
the serious prospect of many of the
gold seekers in Alaska starving for
want of food this winter was discussed
and the best means of affording them
relief talked over.
Work on the appropriation bills has
been formally started by a sub-com-
mittee of the house at Washington,
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill being considered.
The annual report of the statistician
of the department of agriculture was
ISSUED on the LIST. It is devoted main
ly to criticisms of the cumbrous crop
reporting system that is in use in the
department and to recommendations
looking to an improvement.
SECRETARY GAGE reckons on a deficit
III RSO3OOosVOO 1oI OAC ASCdl yCdI w 11Cu
ends June, 1898.
THE secretary of war has granted a
. medal of honor to Thomas U. Higgins,
of Hannibal, Mo-, on confederate testi.
mony alone, for valor at the siege of
Vicksburg.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY's mother was
stricken with paralysis at Canton, O.,
on the I'd and her condition was alarm
ing. The president left Washington
to go to her bedside.
THE president has appointed Blanche
K. Bruce, of Mississippi, to be register
of the treasury. Mr.. Bruce has repre-.
sented Mississippi in the United States
senate and the position to which he is
appointed is one he held some years
ago.
THE annual report of Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Forman to the
secretary of the treasury shows that
in Kansas there are 1900 retail liquor
dealers, IL wholesale dealers, brew
ers, 264 retail and 40 wholesale
dealers in malt liquors. In Missouri
there are 7,645 retail liquor dealers, IT'S
wholesale dealers, SO brewers, AS re.
tail dealers in malt liquors and 237
wholesale dealers in malt liquors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-09
GENERAL NEWS.

Roy UPPER and his brother Louis
camped near Ipava, Ill, while tramp
ing to st. Louis. They made a fire in
the open air and laid down beside it.
Early in the morning Louis was awak-
ened by his brothers screams and
found him rolling over the ground en-
deavoring to smother the flames from
his burning clothes. Roy was fatally
burned.
A NEW and fatal disease among horses
has made its appearance around Ar
cola, Ill. The disease originates in the
throat and renders the animal unable
to eat or drink and eventually chokes
it to death.
THERE were $50 business failures in
the United States for the week ended
the Sd, according to Bradstreet's re-
port, against $50 for the corresponding
week last year.
A SPECIAL from Keokuk, Ia, on the
Cd said that lone robber, with his
face hidden by mask and armed with
a revolver, attempted to rob the pas
sengers of the St. Louis, Keokuk &
Northwestern train. But some of the
men stood their ground and attempted
to disarm the bandit, who. however,
escaped without securing any booty.
L.
Louis on the Cd by members of the
Cherokee council proceedings for i'm
parchment will at once be brought
against Chief Mayes of that nation and
his council. ]. B. Raymond and Will
liam Vann have got certain affidavits
which they will use as basis for the
proceedings as soon as they reach
Tahlequah, l. T.
A FIRE the other day DESTROYED the
home for aged and infirm colored
women at Chicago. Several of the
aged inmates came near being suffo-
Gated by smoke before being rescued
THE annual reports of Indian schools
shows considerable progress at Car
Isle, Pa, and Hampton, Va. the prin-
cipa1 institutions. At Carlisle there
was an enrolment of 762 pupils at the
beginning of this fiscal year, includin o
representatives of IS different tribes.
At Hampton the enrolment was 13s
embracing representatives of Is tribes
SEVEN men have died and II others
were not expected to live through
drinking a mixture of wood alcohol
and cheap whisky. The liquor was
bought by two farmers and retailed to
laborers on the Mobile & Ohio extern
sion at Maplesville, Ala. No physi.
clans were at hand.
A MEETING of the Kentucky Distil-
Iers' association was called at Louis
vile, KY, the other day to consider
the question of restricting production
for term of three years and a plan
was mapped out to keep down the out
put Is, 600, 600 to 90. coo. 600 gallons year
". In some years the production has
been over 40 0oo. 600 gallons