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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-07
LOCAL LACONICS.

The Price OF Cotton.
The local cotton market continues
in the neighborhood of 81 for the best
grades.
Rather Previous.
The small boys have commenced
the celebration of Christmas with
6recrackers.
Heavy Hog.
Mr.. s. W. Mitchell, of Hickory
Grove, reports the slaughter, on Mon
day, of an 1s.months-old hog that
netted 574 pounds.
Another Drawback.
The grades of cotton have run lower
this year than any year since 1890.
But little real frstclass cotton has been
sold. Not much of it has been made.
Gathering the Crops.
Sheriff Logan is developing into the
boss cotton picker. In several cases
he has had to pick crops that had been
abandoned by tenants.
At Gaffney Next Year.
The State Baptist convention, which
has been holding its annual session in
Darlington, will meet at Gaffney next
year. Rev. H. C. Buckholtz has been
selected to preach the convention SER
mon.
Yorkville Masons.
The following officers were elected by
Philanthropic Lodge, No. %, A. F. NJ,
last Monday night, to serve during the
next ensuing year: W. M. Propst,
W. M; P. T. McNeel, S. w.; ]. o.
Walker, J. w.; J. F. Wallace, treas
urer; w. T. Barron, secretary.
Going In the Meat Business.
Messrs. J. M. Ferguson and ]. w.
Snider are going into the fresh meat
business about the first of January,
using for the purpose the annex to Mr..
Ferguson's store. 1t is their purpose
to furnish the finest quality of fresh
meats to be had. Mr.. Snider is to do
the cutting.
Interferes With the Malls.
Miss Maggie Moore, the postmaster
at Yorkville, made an observation to
the reporter on Monday that may be
taken as a valuable testimonial to the
local telephone system. She says that
the falling off of the letter mail by the
star routes in sections tapped by the
telephone system, is quite noticeable.
The Clover Masons.
At a regular communication of Al
pine Lodge, No. 2os, A. F. M, held on
Friday evening, November 25, 1898,
the following officers were selected for
the ensuing year: F. E. Clinton, W..
NJ; w. B. Smith, S. w.; John Knox,
J. W.; NJ. L. Smith, secretary; W. D.
Shirley, treasurer; Perry Dover, S. D.;
S. A. SiHord, J. D.; J. P. Siford and
James Grice, stewards; w. F. Rich,
tiler.
Salesday Crowd.
The salesday crowd last Monday
was one of the largest of the year.
People were here from all sections
of the county, many on account of the
land sales and others on account of the
horse swapping opportunities, and still
others on various other missions.
Taken altogether, the crowd was we'll
behaved. There were only a few
cases of drunkenness to be seen on the
streets during the day. No arrests
were made by the police.
Changed Hands.
The York Drug Store has changed
hands. 1t was purchased from the
proprietor-Dr. G. NJ. Kuykendal-
last Saturday, by DR.. T. R. Carothers
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-07
The alorkrille enquirer.
YORKVILLE, s. c.:
WEDNESDAY, deer Z, 1898.

- Having recently purchased a large
gas engine, the Charlotte Observer
claims that it has increased its power.
We will see.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17

a tiresome job. but it is perfectly
feasible.
The point which Prof. Ames wishes
to illustrate is what is known as the
mechanical equivalent OF heat. It re
lures just so many foot pounds of wor'
o develope d given quantity of heat
By turning the paddle in the water a.
'eeular speed it is possible to find ou'
just how much work is required t.
raise the temperature of water one de-
gree. The best measurement so far
made, and, in fact, the one which i,
accepted as the standard of the world
IS that which was measured in John.
Hopkins University.
Heat is developed in almost any sub
stance which is subjected to continuous
very violent action. 1t is an old
trick for q blacksmith to forge with
out fire. Long continued and violent
hammering on two pieces of wire will
heat them to such an extent that they
can be welded together. A lead bull
let, If shot directly at a o wall, will
develop heat enough by the contact to
melt and fall to the ground a molten
There are many other occasions
this mechanical development
of heat becomes manifest.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17
Boiling Water Without Fire.

1t is possible to make a pail of water
boil without putting 1t On the fire and
without applying external heat to it
any way says the Philadelphia Inquir-
err. In fact, you can make a pail of
water boil by simply 'stirring.i it with a
wooden paddle. The feat was recently
performed in the physical laboratory of
Johns Hopkins University, in Balti-
more, Md, and any n may do it with
a little trouble and perseverance,.
All you have TO do is to place vour
water in a pail-it may be ice water if
necessary-and stir it with a wooden
paddle. If you keep at it long enough
it will certainly boil. Five hours of
constant and rapid stirring are sufi-
cientt to perform the feat successfully
The water will, after time, grow
warm. and then it will grow hot-so
hot, in fact, thai you car O hold yout.
hand in it. and finally it will boil. Prof.
Ames, of Johns Hopkins, annually IL
Illustrates some of the phenomena of
heat by having one of his students per-
form the trick in front of his class. 1t
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17

after twenty miles or so; there are
saddles full of India rubber, and
springs, INT other contrivspces: there
are saddles like life belts, saddles like
sofa cushions, saddles like saussges.
saddles like nothing but themselves:
and yet who shall say he has ever sat
upon a saddle that combined every
quality needed by surgeon and physi-
clan, by a sense of harmony and beau
ty, and by that part of the
fearful and wonderful human
frame more particularly in
volved: There is only one way to be
happy though a bycvclist, and that is
to find a seat that is comfortable. Per-
sonally, | have suffered many things
of many saddles, and appear TO be as
far from my goal as ever. l am, in
fact. growing desperate. | am Begin
ming to fee that once on q really COM
Portable saddle, L shall not care in
the Leaf about what doctors say
concerning it.
They tell me there is a new sort of
machine built on the principle of the
Forth bridge. The beauty of it is the
saddle. or rather hat there is no ssd
die, but q sort of swinging hammock
instead. That sounds all right, if it
is o Il mere feat Of i~ma~i1ation.
Again, L hear of d soft leather
saddle supported in such a way
that absolute cOmfort from it. Not q
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17
Government Lotteries.

In the Prussian budget of receipts.
Lud expenses for 1898 is one item which
must seem rather unusual to American
financiers-S2, 600, 900 marks the equi-
TALENT of about $40. 000, 000) from auth
)rized government lotteries. To Prus
STA the lottery is operated under tn,
iirect authority of the state. Tbert
are a number Of prizes of 500, 900 marks.
md it is an annual affair in the line in
revenue raising. In Italy this year of
he annual budget for 1898 was the
item of revenue 60, 900 900 lire from lot
%teries, about equivalent to Sl3, 600, 900
10 American money, and it is some
What curious that in nearly every cour-
try of Europe, with the exception of
France and Belgium, lotteries as a
means of revenue raising are the rule
rather than the exception.
Denmark made last year a profit Cd
it's lotteries-a net profit over and
above expenses-of 1000, 900 crowns,
equivalent to about $500, 600. In Hol-
land, too, there is a state lottery, the
net proceeds of which are figured each
year at 659, 900 g%uilders, or about $780,
600. Portugal is another European
country which recruits its event
from this source. In 1897 the
uilreis NEARLY $1,000 .00O). But Portu-
gal has at least some justification 10 her
adherence to lotteries, by reason of the
facts that the finances of that country
are in an unsettled condition. that Gre
ditOrs are pressing against it. and that
the expenditures have. for a number
of years, exceeded considerably the re-
venues.
In the European countries lotteries
are state ~monopoles, as much as the
sale of stamps or OF cigars and tobacco,
and the government makes usually a
considerable profit from them. The
are great believers in the
offered by lotteries, and
the financial plight of the country now !
being most serious, there will be start
ed o under the auspices of the
Spanish government, a great lottery
the receipts of which, minus
the prizes, for its needs. Circulars are
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17

we're the men who rode after Custe'
and Sheridan aud Forsythe. The In
dian raids were frequent and severe,
The tribes came down from the North
ern reservations and terrified the set
tiers, killed a few and destroyed thu
houses and stack. One of these raid
headed by Romau Nose, ended in :
company from Wallace and Hays fol-
lowing the raiders up the Republican
Fork. There the soldiers were sur
rounded on a piece of low ground nea'
the river, and for foul days and night
held the enemy ct bay, until the brave
trooper who sneaked out of the camp
could &C to the front and bring rein
forcements. Such are the reminiscent
ces that cluster about these forts and
the older members of the army recall
them with affection. But there is now
no use for the buildings, and pending
the action of congress they have stood
for years, slowly rotting away. Fort
Hays has a long line OF officers houses
that r gradually going to decay, and
the laud itself is being used for a large
cattle pasture.
Strange as it may seem, the soldiers
like the far frontier posts best. One
day q few months ago q handsome cav
alrymsn sat on his horse near the de-
pot at Fort Riley as some companies
came in from the West.
"They ought to be happy now" was
his remark. Here are fine buildings,
good quarters and trees. They have
been in Arizona, you know"
Eyes, l was there myself" was the
response. 81 amt so sure they are
happy"
Don't you like it here"
"HO, yes: tip-top-a soldiers duty is
to stay where is put-but somehow it
isn't like the frontier. There it is so
like. We had a better time
Arizona than here, where there is so
style. We.have to be more par
and careful and don't have so
much sunlight"
He meant 1t. too. The others of his
regiment may not have agreed with
him. but he was in
Some great celebrations will be held
at the frontier forts when the boys re-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17

turn. The people of all the surround
ing country will flock to see the heroes
of the recent victories and will want to
shake hands with the fighters at San
tisgo. The Sunday school picnics to
the forts have been postponed this
summer, for the first time since the
settlement of the West. The school
that gets the first date will reap a for
tune. There are soldiers and officers
wives waiting for the coming of the
BOYS from the front, too. They have
and some of them have found names Of
loved ones. For these there will be no
homecoming joys. So the pleasure
Will be not unmixed and when the forts
take on their old-time activity and the
troops are at home there will be both
and cheers.-C. M. Hsser in Chi
cago Times Herald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17
Bicycle Saddles.
Black and White,

bldtk anu NHlttr
1 nave said before many times, and I
will say again here, that If any man
could invent a really comfortable bicy-
l tell all my friends this, aud they
agree with me most emphatically, and
say that a comfortable bicycle saddle
would be better than a gold mine, yet
none OF them seem equal to the task of
.inventing such a thing. There are
of course, thousands of very desirable,
wholesome, hyRienic saddles, and thou
sands of medical men have written
to say so. There are saddles that con-
slider your bones and range YOUR
weight properly upon your tuberosi-
ties, and don't pinch or rub or squeeze
or do anything that causes open and
definite misery: there are saddles that
look right enough for anything
and you only know about them
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17
Field Tactics in Battle.
Philadelphia Press.

What astonishes all who have made
a study of modern field tactics is the
large number of officers among the
killed and wounded at Santiago.
No battle in any part of the world,
probably, could ave furnished q bet
ter test of the new tactics, made nee
essary by the improvementin firearms.
There were h rough ground
and the long-range magazine rifles,
and there, also were the trained
soldiers. One OF the main objects OF
these tsctics-or, drill regulations,"
as they are called, except when they
are applied IN the battlefield-is tt
preserve the officers %uninjured as lone
as possible. More reliance is nov
placed On the intelligence Of the pri.
Yates, aud particularly on the nou-com-
missiOned officers, than in the old DAYS
of shoulder-to-shoulder formation. Con.
duct that would have fastened the
name OF coward" upon an officer in
the civil war is in a sense, made CON-
pulsory to-day: that is. while he is still
to inspire his men by example when
occasion demands, he is for the most
part to maintain a fixed position with
relation to his ~subordinates. and
is to keep behind shelter if he can.
Thus all movements can be INTELLIGENT
ly directed-a knowledge of which fact
~ ChC "Oh Uhdu
the physical presence of the officer at
their elbows The nOn-commissioned
officers have immediate charge OF the
men,. and opportunities are open to
them such as never were dreamed of in
the old days. An eminent English
writer said, at the time the new regu-
lations were adopted in his army. that
In actual warfare, after the men, the
non-commissioned officers would be
most exposed. the lieutenants next.
the captains next. and so on; which is
as it should be.
To illustrate the idea of the present
battle formation, take one company
alone. The principle is the same for
the battalion, regiment, etc. In each
company there are four SECTIONS"
each under the immediate command
OF a sergeant. The sections are divid-
ed into squads which are under the
immediate command of corporals. At
the beginning of the formation, for
offensive, n of these sections is de-
slgnated as the reserve, another as
the support and two as the firing line,
or lpsany other proportion as NAV seem
best. The first lieutenant commands
the reserve, the second the firing line,
and the captains post is near the sup
port, with q bugler beside him to
give signal, also the first sergeant and !
any who may be designated to carry
messages. If he quits hat post for a |
moment he leaves word where he can |
be found.
A few scouts are sent forward first. |
AFTER they have gone $50 feet, the fir
ing line advances, the sections gra-
dually separating and widening the in
between them till they subdi-
vide into squads which in turn separate
into skirmishers, who are about q feet
apart when on the firing line proper.
The support at the outset is about
100 yards behind the first line,
to deploy and advance as skir-
mlshers, nj the reserve keeps about
100 yards on the rear of the
ready for flank attacks or to reenforce
first line. Every man is taught to
take advantage of rocks, bushes and
like for cover. One object is to get
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17
The Deserted Army POSTS.
About the lonesomest places in

About the lonesomest places in this
country at present are the army posts
Of the frontier from which have gone
the soldiers who made the life there
so pleasant. BY every post is a town.
and to these towns the absence of the
regulars is like the taking away of the
charter; it means a loss of trade and OF
people on the streets hat gives the
place the appearance OF having a flu
neral. A few trades almost compeu-
stated for the absence of the large bus
mess done Just previous to the call for
the movement to the front. For in
stance, the photographers took pic
lures of the soldiers and of their fami-
lies day and night that all might have
a remembrance. But when the trains
pulled out there was sincere grief and
longing that has not been assusged by
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17

as near as possible without being dis
covered, then to locate the enemy's
fire and to deceive him as to the
strength of the attacking party. The
| wide intervals save the men from be-
ing moved down by the enemy.
The firing begins at an order from
the captain. The skirmishers halt
they adva nee, they close in toward the
center to make room for the support on
the TANKS. The support meanwhile
draws nearer till it joins the first line.
Then there is q rush forward. The
lieutenant, giving instructions while
the men are lying down or are behind
over, commands: advance by rush
es; third section, fire two Tor three
vOlleys: second section, forward.w The
sergeant of the third section gives the
commands for the volleys. AS soon as
the first is fired, and under the partial
cover of its smoke, the chief of the
ecOnd section orders his men forward
at double time. When they have gone
about Is yards, or to v if there is
any, he causes them to lie
down and fire W or three vol
ton rushes forward Is feet in advance
of the line Of the second section and
fires. The second section advances as
before, and so it is continued. When
all the men are on the line, each lieu
tenant takes position behind his
platoon, and the captain in the resr of
the center. Having chosen a suitable
position from which to make the as
sault, the captain commands Rapid
The lieutenants %thereupon or
der the men to fix bayonets and to lay
the sights of their pieces, after
which they give the commands for the
To charge, the captain signals
TO cease firing and commands, "TO the
Charge, march," The men rise and
advance in double time. When they
ire about 30 yards from the enemy he
Charge"
III tactics differ from those of The
English army in only one important
particular, With the former, VIXEN it
IS necessary to advance support and
and prepare for the charge the
irst line falls back and the others, de-
pass to the front through the
intervals in b retiring first line. The
there is that the first line may
too exhausted to go on to the charge.
our army the first line remains
It the front, the reserve joining it in
he intervals and on the TANKS.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17
he passing of the long weeks.

the passing of the long weeks.
And the ionesomest men in the ma
ton are the dozen or so soldiers who
have been detailed to watch the weedy
parade ground and to keep in order the
quarters of the troops who are at the
front. One young West Pointer, de-
tailed for duty at one of the far North
west forts when he expected to have a
perth near Washington has added to
his disappointment the task of staying
with the Indians Inc feeding them
with beef while the other troops went
TO Cuba. In desperation he offered
his services in any capacity to his
nome governor, but there WAS such a
pull for appointments that he was not
considered. 1t is on record that he
wept some very salty tears as he read
OF the bravery of bis comrades at the
front, and had several periods of Wig
orous scoldipg of fate for the scurvy
trick she played On him. He is but u
type, for to every regular in the army
ADD navy the War was the chance of y
lifetime for promotion and experience.
To be deprived of these was Indeed
hard, and the boys who are guarding
the posts feel it. Somebody had to do
1t, however, and not always the
highest honors come from service in
the field.
OH ~ nus pIoullutuI nelRnD Oh the
beautiful Fort Riley reservation in
central Kansas, and at what is called
the geographical center of the United
States, stands a monument to one of
the braveSt soldiers of the nations his
tory. He did not win his ~laurels on
the battle tield-not his brightest ones
Major Ogden was one of the military
commission who selected the magnifi-
cent nineteen thousand acre reservs-
ton. He went there with the troops
and when one day 10 the latter sos,
the plague of cholera broke out among
the soldiers, he was one of the men
who did NJ leave. He stayed there
day after day nursing the dying SOL
dlers n listening to their last mes
sages. II was weary staying, but he
did not finch, and when at the last be
felt the numbness of the disease he
gave up his life as willing y as he had
his services. They buried him there
on the crown Of a prairie hill, and
every visitor reverences the man who
dIed In so noble Il cause. The men who
are guarding the reservation while
their comrades are camped at FL Ca
ney, In sight OF the spires of Santiago.
look at the monument outlined against
the evening sky and take d new cour-
age to meet their condition.
There are other deserted forts and
posts on the frontier that will never be
occupied by troops again. They are
scattered along the water courses of
Kansas and Nebraska, where once the
Indians were many, but where there
is nothing more to be feared than the
herds Of the cattlemeu and the families
of the settlers. There are Fort HAYS,
Fort Wallace, Fort Dodge and a dozen
others that have nee been the scene of
the livaliest hADDpDinps IF tho fropt-
Ter. The rough riders of those days
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17
THE OLD CHURCH IN SOCORRO.
A Legend of the Rio 6rande Valley

To the curious there are many inter-
estiug traditions connected with the
early settlement of the Rio Grsnde
valley. Among the many there is one
relating to the conservation of the plot
upon which 10Y stands the old church
in Socorro in this county.
IL is said that in earlier years a
wooden image OF San Miguel, the pa
trou saint of the town, was made aud
consecrsted by holy rites in old Mexi-
&C to be the patron and guardian OF
the town OF Socorro in New Mexico
After the solemn rites were concluded
with all the pomp and spleudor that in
those days surrounded such ceremon-
les, the saint was loaded in one of the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17

mere specious burlesque of comfort,
which by gradual stages develops into
active and wriggling misery as your
ride progresses: but real, lasting de-
light. and nothing to think about after
ward. Why doesn't somebody offer q
premium for a really comfortable con-
erivance? | will buy it for one. l will
rush forward in the very van, and put
down my guinea. How often have 1
done that already. But though each
new saddle has been mounted with
hope and Joy and glsdness, the end is
the same. Let somebody with
a little mechanical genius turn his at
TO this. But OF course moth
ing will be done till L am gone, leav-
ing my museum of saddles { the ma
be invented, and l shall miss it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-17
Glazed Paper and the Eyesight.

German doctors say that the fashion
OF using glazed paper is producing in
calculable injury to the eyesight of
civilized nations. In the early part of
the century the old rag papers then in
use for both writing and printing we're
mostly of q dull gray or blue color,
and were coarse-grained, so that thick
letters had to be used by writer's with
quill pens or by printers on their old,
slow process. With the Introduction
of modern fbers papers received a
smoother surface. steel pens could be
employed. and the printing paper
could trave over quicker printing
presses. This, and the fashion for
brilliant colors and elaborate typeset-
ting, often creates a reflection which
was always absent from the old, rough
er surface. The shades and lights on
the highly glazed surface, together
with the thinner type, are o trying
to the eye. The paper has often to be
turned in various directions before the
gray (or other shade of the type can
be distinguished from the shining
white of the paper, which has the same
effect on the vision as trying to deci-
ors, therefore, propose hat the public
inspectors of schools shall order the
use of properly selected paper for the
eyes. by which they mean that q glazed
or highly polished surface shall be
avoided, n the colors chosen shall
rather be gray or light blue than
white. No brilliant colors shall be
at all, and the type is to be clear
and simple, n not too thin. The
books and papers of children
should be printed in the right style,
and the excuses ola falsely guided
taste should be avoided. It is suggest
that a few year of such policy would
o improve the eyesight.-Globe De-