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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
ESTABLISHED 1891.
L. GEO. GRIST,
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY,
YOrkville, 8. G.

T REPRESENT over S27, 900, 10000
i 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 "lightning 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 I 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 its motto-"Just, Prompt, Certain''
since 1895. 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 $35, 100000 and
she is always 'at 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, 1897-08-18
aged before being put on the rick, and

aged before being put on the rick, and
do not know how it turned out.
This is a cheaper way to handle it
than in stacks, but with me cost more
in the end. However, if had crop
of hay would try it this way again.
Never stack peavines after they are
cured. You can not put them up
when cured so as to turn water, and
the first rain will soak them. Stacked
when half cured, and cured out in the
stack, they hold the leaves and in
settling the ouside forms roof imper.
vious to rain.
My observation is that most farmers
cut peas too early for the best results,
and grass too late. With mixture of
the two, as I said at the first, you must
cut when you get the best results from
whatever predominates. And if about
equal parts peas and grass, try to
strike the "happy medium" that will
cause the least loss from each.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
DIAGNOSING A CASE.

Helen r. Gardiner, in Harper, re-
lates this medical anecdote as one she
heard from surgeons assistant, a
trained nurse.
1t was a Japanese boy. He was as
solid as little OK, but he told DIR. G.
that he'd been taking homeopathic
prescription for a cold. That was
enough for DR.. G. A red flag in the
van of a bovine animal is nothing to
the word homeopathy" to DIR. G.
He questioned the little Jap, who
could not speak good English, and had
the national inclination to agree with
whatever you say.
"Did you ever spit blood ?" asked
DR.. G. by and by, after he could find
nothing else wrong except the little
cold for which the homeopathic doc
tor was treating the boy.
"Once," replied the youthful victim.
"Aha! we are getting at the root OF
this matter now," said DR.. G. "Now
tell me, truly. Be careful. Did you
spit much blood ?''
ayes, sir, a good deal"
The doctor shifted. He always
knew that a homeopathic humbug
could not diagnose a case, and would
be likely to get just about as near the
facts as a light cold would come to
tuberculosis.
"How long did this last?" he in
quired of the smiling boy.
81 think-it seems to me-"
GA half-hour ?" queried the doctor,
"twenty minutes ?"
81 think so. Yes, sir. About halt
an hour twenty minutes" respond
ed the obliging youth.
heard that talk. Common sense
told me the boys lungs were all right Z;
but it was none of my business. So /
watched him treated, off and on, for
lung trouble for over month before |
got chance to ask him any questions.
Then I asked, incidentally:
"What made you spit that blood
that time, Gihi ?"
II didn't know I ought to swallow
him." he replied, wide eyed and anx-
ious. "Dentist pull tooth. He say to
me, Spit blood here I do like he
tell me. Your doctor say ver' bad for
lungs spit blood. Next time swal-
low him."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
atlistellaneprs Reading.
WOUNDED SOLDIERS FALL.
The Location of the Wound Makes Them
Take Different Attitudes.

Take Different Attitudes.
~ had the good fortune or the bad,
just as you choose to view it, to visit a
battlefield in Cuba the day after a
fight, and I observed some curious
things about the effects of death
wounds on men which have never
seen mentioned in the books" said ].
S. McSorley of New Orleans.
"It was in Pirar del Rio province,
and the insurgents had put to flight a
large body of Weyler's troops after a
short but sanguinary conflict. Seven
boyish looking soldiers were scattered
over the blood soaked ground. None
of them had been macheted. The bull
lets of the patriots had laid them low.
Some of them were shot almost to
pieces, though few had only one or
two wounds.
"Those who were shot through the
heart had doubled up like jackknives,
those who died from intestinal wounds
were stretched out in a natural posi-
ton on their backs and the poor fel-
lows who received bullets in their
foreheads were lying on their backs
with the right arm extended above the
head and the left arm resting naturally
by the side as in sleep. There were
five who had died from this wound,
and everyone of them was in the same
position. The uniformity of their po-
sitions was so marked that / called
the attention of a surgeon to it who
had accompanied me to the field. He
said that he had observed the pecu-
liarity frequently before on other fields,
but was unable to account for it. l
have asked old soldiers in this country
if they had ever noticed similar posi-
tions assumed by comrades killed in
battle by shot in the forehead, and
the invariable answer was that they
had. 1t would seem that if the shock
of the bullet would send the right arm
above the head, as I have described,
the left arm would also be extended in
the same way, but in all such cases
the left arm is stretched at full length
by the side, with the fingers of that
hand open and the fingers of the right
hand closed, as if clutching desperate
ly at something."-St. Louis Republic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

CONCERNING FARM VALUEs.-HoW
much would you give for farm locat-
ed / 900 miles from a railroad, a wag-
on road and every other means of com,
munication with the rest of the world ?
How much would you give for a
farm within four miles of railroad
and the wagon roads for those four
miles filled With mud, stones, sand
and trying grades?
And wouldn't you give more for
that farm if the road to town or to
several market points were hard and
smooth and level, so that vehicles OF
all kinds, including bicycles, would
happily convey many people to and
fro, and so you could market the farm
produce quickly and cheaply?
The value of farm depends almost
wholly on the railroads and wagon
roads about it Good roads are worth
more to the farmer than to any one
else. The more easily, quickly and
pleasantly he can get to and from his
farm the more it is worth an acre.
The distance to market depends on
the character of the road.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
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 $550,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 S4OO. 900,
which now annually goes into the Golfers
of the former, would be left in the state
to help relieve the hard times about which
we hear so much.
SAM NJ. IL L. GEO. GR1ST,
General Agents, ,............Y Yorkville, S. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
Anmpro,1s department.
HE LOOKED TOO PROSPEROUS.

Two men were standing in the cool
shadow of building. The elder was
hopping his brow and watching the
people who passed. Suddenly he
touched his companion on the arm.
"See that girl in the sailor hat-the
pretty one over there? She's going
into that pawnshop. "How do !
know? I don't know exactly; it's a
kind of instinct"
The girl looked cautiously about,
gazed at the array in the window OF
the shop, and walked on.
"She'll be back in a minute" said
the man who had spoken before.
"She will look around again, and
when she thinks no one sees her, slip
in. There, she's coming back!"
The girl had turned on the corner
and was retracing her steps. Sure
enough, she paused before the open
door, looked up and down the street.
and went in. Five minutes later she
came out and walked rapidly away.
~ don't know how can tell them,
but I can invariably pick them out.
Never been known to fail. Say, d'you
see that fellow coming up the street.
he in the light suit? He just came
from the poolrooms, probably, is broke
and is going in to 'hock' his watch.
Yes, he's coming up this way. There,
what did 1 tell you? I knew he'd 60
in"
His friend nodded. "That is pretty
good, but I'll make a bet I can do the
same thing. Bet you flyer"
"Done."
"Well, that elderly gentleman who
just got off the car will 60 in there.
The one with the diamonds, mean" "
"Never! I'd like to double that
bet."
81 take you. See, he's going right
up to the door. There, he's going
right in. Ha! ha! what did l tell
you? Ten dollars, please;" and the
younger man held out his hand. The
first observer drew out roll and gave
him two five-dollSr bills.
"You are right" he remarked.
"Have drink? Yes, don't mind il
do. But do you mind telling me
how you knew he'd 60 in there ?"
"Not at all. You see, he owns the
place."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

Bg While stopping one night at a
farmhouse in Missouri a traveller was
astonished to see his hostess walk up
to her husband about every Is minutes
and box his ears or give his hair pull.
In the morning the guest, seeing the
woman alone, asked an explanation
of her strange conduct, and her reply
was: "You see, stranger, me and the
old man has been fghtin' for ten years
to see who shall boss this ranch, and l
have jest got him cowed, but if |
should let up on him for day, he
would turn on me again, and my work
would all 60 for nothin'."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
FOR BETTER ROADS.

GOOD ROADS.-GoOd roads are grow
ing cheaper to build every year. Mar
row roads are found to better than
wide ones. Cooperation of the towns
and cities is becoming general. Con-
vict labor is being used to good advan-
tage in the preparation of road materl-
ais. Some successful experiments have
been made with brick roads in the
country and even with steel tracks.
A better feeling is growing up between
the wheelmen and the farmers.
State aid, if rightly understood,
ought to be popular with the farmers.
From one-half to three.fourths of the
taxes in the United States are paid by
the cities. Therefore any state road
fund collected from all the property OF
the state would come largely from the
cities.
MONEY THROWN AwAY.-At a
good roads meeting of the property
owners of Montgomery township, Pa,
it was stated that the township had
expended S23,311 in the maintenance
of dirt roads since 1879, and instead
of improving them they were getting
worse every year.
IT PAYS BETTER.-The matter OF
better roads is an important one, and
it is the coming problem to be solved
by the county government. 1t pays
better to have good roads than to
keep on patching up poor roads with
pieces of sod, old roots and stones as
big as a mans head.-Wilmington
News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
A Snare
And DeluSiOn.

IF you have taken out life insurance
l. policy in an Old Line high price "level
premium" company with the idea that
while you yet drew the breath of life, re-
ceive substantial cash returns or "big
dividends" we are here to tell you that
you will be disappointed. Your policy
will prove snare and delusion. 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 company that charges
you half as much. A life insurance poll
cy is 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, 1897-08-18
If You Will Lay Aside
Your Prejudice

AND COME to us with a desire to
learn why it is not to your interest to
carry high priced insurance, and how we
can furnish you just as safe insurance
for at least 40 per 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 on
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 nvespse a and imagne e that tbe
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 go on until time, the crucial
tester, convinces you, against your will,
that you have been deceived.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

s9 Some idea of the vast extent of
the surface of the earth may be OBJ
tanned when it is noted that if lofty
church steeple is assembled, and the
landscape visible from it look at, 9OO,-
900 such landscapes must be viewed in
order that the whole earth may be seen.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

HIS LIMITED INFoRMATIoN.-A
countryman who had lost his wife ask
ed an editor to write her obituary.
"Gentle and lovable, was she ?" asked
the editor. "Well, tol'able-'ceptin'
when she wuz riled." "What was
her age?" "She never did tell it.
All know is, she wuz purity lively
fer her age"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

FREDDY's BLEssING.-Freddy, the
small son of a well-known minister,
had misbehaved, and to punish him he
was not allowed to eat at the family
table. A small table was set for him
in the corner of the dining room.
When his dinner was placed before
him Freddy said very solemnly:
"Lord, l thank thee that thou hast
spread table before me in the pres
ence of my enemies"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

R9 ~ suppose there's good deal
of passing here on a pleasant day ?"
Immense By the way, there was
an odd looking couple went by here
last Sunday; husband and wife l sup
pose, but such guys!" "What was
there peculiar about them ? Was it in
themselves or their clothes?" "Oh, it
was nothing about either. The odd
thing about them was that they were
not on bicycles"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

APRONS In FAvoR.-Word comes
from London that the apron is once
more in fashion. There was time in
this country when a woman would not
have though of appearing without her
apron on. Men like aprons, so it is
pretty safe to say that the fashion OF
wearing them will soon take hold here.
Some of the shops are already import
ing them, and the managers say they
will 90 like hot cakes when chafing-
dish times comes around again. Moth
ing domesticates a woman in appear
ance like an apron, and frivolous girl
can sometimes decoy a very clever
bachelor with one, if she only knows
how to wear it, or at least that is what
some of the clever bachelors say them
selves. There is great deal in know
ing how to wear an apron. The most
costly apron ever made was worn by
the Duchess of Queensberry in the last
century. 1t was made entirely of
point lace, and was valued at So, 900.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

Trains Nos. and 10 are first class, and
run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos.
go 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. G. & A., also L & G. R. r. at
Gastonia with the A. & c. A. L.; at Lin
colhton with G. c.; and at Hickory and
Newton with w. N. c..
G. F. HARPER,
Acting G. P. A.,
Lenoir, NC.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.

T1HE undersigned offers for sale, the
Il HOUSE AND LOT in Yorkville,
known as the Meek House," occupied
by Mr.. o. +. Grist and situated opposite
the o. r. Il c. r. R., depot. The house
contains six large rooms and base.
ment. The house is in good repair, and
contiguous to water-works iire-plugs. On
the premises is a well of excellent free
stone water.
Also, a cottage OH Madison street. 1t
contains four rooms. The house is in good
repair and on the premises is a well of
good freestone water. l.. NJ. GRlST.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

ga" One of the best cosmetics for BIZ
cyclers or persons upon the water, is
fresh cucumber juice. This will aid
in keeping the skin of the face soft and
smooth. TO extract the juice from a
cucumber, first peel it and then cut it
into thick slices and press the juice
out with lemon squeezer. A simple
and harmless remedy for sunburn is to
bathe the face in buttermilk.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

Basn The rattlesnake gives warning
before it stakes the sianderer strikes
before he gives warming; the snake,
is thu best of the two.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
When You Want
Nice Clean
Job Printing

You should always 60 to THE
ENQUIRER office where. such
printing is done. Excursion
Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Cir
culars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs,
Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill
Heads, Envelopes, and Cards of
all kinds printed on short notice
and at very reasonable and legit-
innate prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18

Ba" The thirst for knowledge once
aroused in a young mans bosom is a
potent force for the suppression of base
passions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
WHEN YOU WANT

TITO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken
l. you should not fail to come and see
me. I have been in the 'picture taking"
business for a great many years, and am
confident that I know my business. 1t
has always been my desire to please my
customers. am prepared to take Photo
graphs in the latest styles and at reason
able prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
HAVE YOU ANY

HAVE YOU ANY
Photographs that you would like to have
enlarged? If you have, come and see me
about it. I can do the work.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW
Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask
anyone in town and they can tell you.
DURING THE WINTER,
You will find my Gallery warm and
pleasant. Come and see me whenever
you need photographs. Respectfully
J. K. SCHORB.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
)HIO RIVER and CHARLESTON R.R.

THINE TABLE of the Ohio River and
l. Charleston Railway company, to take
effect Monday, May 5th, at 7.30 a. m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-08

three Years Dr. Smrnow has been WORKING ON onn sH
subject and the present srs onIy in tentative stage
on what now appears 10 De d sou"U "N
basis. onoro+,on NJ curative
d,nhtheria serum involves not only great az
but also great deal ro oil t, bitch Of immInizns
ppopertes requiring many weeks Or ,, SIrn NV
to cesu h4 ad less
b he The method adopted was that OF eieG,
royss and in ' but r s this led nothing vuen
dphtheria broth cultures were suos'u tS1a ~ s
serum ' These elecrolyzed cultures were found
70 contain an antitoxin OF great emcacy' anu. ~
when employed in smaller arotected animals
from the effects Of diphtheria poison sun t'V ~
recently 1t has been employed On o0gs s..ntihls to
all animals perhaps the most suscep Sn S,t.
dphtheria poison this being proved by the o' 70;
Guilty which is experienced i IN mmun'1hs 'e'
DR. Smrnow states that dog weighing t.0n'
eighteen 70 twenty pounds n erulent diph
iberia broth cultures. usually dies III Two VI Trs
and a half days after II has been injected, t
protective treatment of purposey ih,eS,ea and
Was commenced one day after inoculation. any, a.I
from to cubic centimetres OF me e nee Ths
antitoxin suficed to save the animals lie; LINZ
quantity DR. Smirnow thinks might probably 90, ogI
essened and yet not interfere with Its remeo's'
For the technical details OF the methods recon- PM
mended by Dr. smrnow for the % psa Gs to
th Il, Original memoir 10 be found in Vol ~ Mo-
1856 OF the Petersburg Archives areau! ne MI
toned. Ii would appear that In ltseif tne a, VIZ.
toxin is quite harmless. for ordinary guinea-psSS
can stand with impunity dose ten times anu
more as strong that required for remedial p, as
poses AS regards the effective quantity TOT NV
ton IL appears that in the initial stages OF Nv
disease there Is no difference In the amount re
ouired OF the serum and Smrnow-antitoxln liz ~
spectiyey but = the disease progresses wiz
Yielding 10 reduced doses OF the artificial ani'o nt
il will not 10 similarly reduced doses OF ahi
toxic serum Its preparation Is incompaI,aspsu
simpler and with a good supply OF toxic oipm
iberia broth in hand the antitoxtn can DE pI"
duced I'm a day. while involving far less expense
II can be supplied at much more reas9naoe nsrs.
DIR Smirnow has at least shown that the prepaISS.
ton OF a specific remedy against dphtheria Is ~
the exclusive monopoly OF the animal ORGANISMS
but can be elaborated artitlcially without the a.
stance OF living mechanism. The author Is 20 ~
congrat ulated upon the highly successful results
which he has so far achieved. and II the thers'
peutic value OF this eecrolytic antitoNn Is SION
TO be as great for man as II has undouoennrr
proved itself 10 be for animals, then indeed ~:
Smirnow has made a distinct and important ~"
forward In the domain OF preventive medicine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-08

the action of the Government In the Eastern
crisis. the Parliamentary Secretary for the For
eign ONCE George n. Curzon, warmly defended
Great Britain for her part in the concert, ana
blamed the provocaton of the Greeks. saying
that the attitude of the Christians in Crete was
due to the presence OF the Greek force Mr.. Cur
zon further said that the withdrawal oil, the
Turkish troops from Crete would be the pref
ude to a massacre OF the Mussulmans COM
pared with which the Armenian massacres
would sink into insignifcance.
CONTINUING Mr.. Curzon remarked that the Gay
the Greeks withdrew would be the dawn OF
brighter prospects for Crete.
Regarding affairs in the mainland or greece
Mr. CurZon said that there were Few persons
who did not know on which side the provocatloh
rested; but he added. the chastisement had been
so terrible that he would not say any more on
the subject The Turks he asserted had exer-
cised considerable self-restraint before they &C,
cepted the challenge and the Powers had carried
their conciliatory attitude toward the GREEKS
almost to the point of weakness. They now ex-
pressed their Willingness to mediate with turkey
If Greece would express her willingness to &C
cept mediation.
The motion to reduce the salary OF the MARQUIS
of Salisbury was then rejected by vote or lo3
IN CT