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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-14
D. w. HICKS. r. b. RIDDLE.
GRIST COUSINS.
BICYCLES To RENT.

WTE have decided to increase our BIZ
w cycle livery business, and in addi-
ton to our Monarch Tandem-the finest
double machine in the country-have this
day added Lady's 1898 Monarch and a
Monarch 1898 Road Racer, a pair of as fine
machines as can be found on the CONT
nent, and will rent them by the hour or
for the afternoon or forenoon to LADIES
and GENTLEMEN who know how to
ride and are careful riders.
Running Low.
Our supply of 3-pound Tomatoes at 8
cans for 25 cents is running low, as also is
our canned Corn at the same price. fyou
want it at that price, come quick.
Queen Olives.
Those who like Olives and have tried
our latest arrival, say that they are the
finest they have ever tasted. We bought
them for the best, and it seems that we
got what we bought.
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Cow Peas, and Plenty of Them.

have just plenty of Cow Peas. have
enough for everybody, and am going to
sell them right away, so come along at
once and get your supply. l also have
good quantity of Clay Peas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-14
CORN AND HAY,

have also large quantities of the best
Timothy Hay and good Corn, and will be
pleased to mention prices to those in the
mark ct for goods of this class
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-14
j. III. RIDDLE.
COTTON HARROWS,

T HAVE COTTON HARROWS with
Il out number, and if the farmers in this
section ever expect to need an imple..
ment of this kind, the season is at hand
and my prices are right.
The herald., 1898-01-11

Of the senator in 1861, the family lived in
Washington with the father of his wild
ow. Mr.. Douglas, the son, entered
Georgetown college, where he received
his education. In 1869 he went to North
Carolina to close up his mothers estate,
and settled there, where he entered pol
itics and studied law. He was admitted
to the bar and remained there until 1879,
when his doctor told him he would not
live in that climate year and no place
else longer than two years.
He came to Chicago and formed a
partnership, but for the first year or so
did not attempt much, as he was wait
ing for the death summons, as his doc
tor had predicted. But in 1881 he de-
cided it was not true and he began Wig
orous practice with Henry Decker. They
were together for some three years, when
Decker died. Then Mr.. Douglas was
taken sick and was in the hospital for
eighteen months. He was ordered to a
warmer climate and remained in the
south until 1885, when he came back to
Chicago. Twice since his return he has
been forced to go out of practice because
of poor health. He has taken interest in
politics and has delivered q number of
addresses on important occasions, but
the only office he has held was that OF
city prosecuting attorney under Mayor
Washburne. He Is a friend to the people
easily accessible to all.-Chicago Times
Herald.
The herald., 1898-01-11
The Indemnity Was Paid

1.-The controversy between Hayti and
Germany over the Lueders CASE" said
an old resident, brings to my mind the
fact that the United States, at one time
at least during my life, showed the
same spirit that Germany did in de-
manding an indemnity at the point of
gun. The incident happened just af-
ter the close of the war and was about
the same kind of an affair. The Bra
siiian government had imprisoned or
treated an American citizen in some
outrageous way, and the American min
ister at Rio Janeiro, acting on his in
str,ictions demanded an indemnity. He
was put off from day to day, and final
ly from week to week, until he made up
his mind that he was either going to
do his duty or lose his position, so he
said nothing more about the matter but
waited for a United States warship to
anchor in the harbor. When the vessel
arrived he quietly moved his effects
from the legation to the boat, and then
announced to the powers in Brazil that
he had located the United States lega-
tion on the deck of United States war;
ship, and that unless that indemnity
was forthcoming in three hours he would
shell the town. The indemnity was
aid."-Washington Star.
The herald., 1898-01-11
s. A. DOUGLAS AND HIS SON
Their Lives Vastly Different, but
Both Honorable

When Stephen Arnold Douglas was
but a couple of years old he lost his
father. He was born in Brandon, VT, on
April 23, 1913. He lived on farm not far
from his native town and picked apples
and potatoes for every tenth bushel to
help his mother make needs meet until
he was To- Then he went to Middle
bury to learn the cabinet makers trade,
the ambition of his young life. He
worked for eighteen months and was
forced to drop his chosen business be-
cause of ill health. His mother married
again and the family moved to New
York state. The young man went to
Canandaigua academy, finished his
studies, and took up law. Then he
started west to make his fortune. He
struck Winchester, Ill., in the latter
part of 1888 with 371a cents in his pocket
This was the beginning of the most re-
markable career almost in the history
of the land.
He was attorney general of Illinois
when but 22 years old. He left this Of
fee to 60 into the legislature. He was
secretary of state in 1840 and a Judge
Of the supreme court the next year Then
two years later he was in congress, and
had Just been re- elected in 1S47 when he
was promoted to the senate. Here he
remained until he died. He was power
in politics and craftsmanship for 25
years. He was contemporaneous with
many of the most eminent of the old line
of statesmen. He was man of conserva-
tive tendencies, a great popular favorite,
Notwithstanding, and a man Of COM
manding intellect and uhbounded ener-
gy and ambition.
Stephen A. Douglas, his son, is living
in this city, practicing law "off and on"
as he says himself. He is not a power
in politics and cares apparently but little
for political preferment. His life may
be epitomized in the sentence that he is
a fair lawyer, fair political manager
for others than himself and good fell
low. His life, as told by himself, has had
but little of romance or stirring incident.
It has been placid as the man is him
self, content with fair measure of sue
cess, careless Of achieving a great repu-
tation.
Mr.. Douglas was born November 8.
1850, on plantation on the Dan river,
in Rockingham county, N. C. His
mother was southern woman, and
when he was born she was at her fathers
home in North Carolina. When the boy
was but a few months old the mother
brought him overland in a private con-
veyance to Chicago. The mother died
two years after his birth. Then in 1856
the father remarked. After the death
The herald., 1898-01-11
UNITED STATES ARMY
INTERESTING FACTS IN REGARD
TO THE YEARS CHANGES
It Has Been an Excellent Year for
Promotion Except in the Artillery
Service

An examination of the army register
brings out a number of interesting facts
in regard to the changes during the past
year. In all, no less than fifty-three
officers have been transferred to the re-
tired list since last January, of whom no
less than twelve were generals-an un-
precedentedly large number for so short
a space Of time. During the same period
seven officers, one captain and six lieu
tenants have resigned, two lieutenants
have been dishonorably dismissed, and
sixteen officers on the active list have
died. The retired list has been decreased
by the death of forty-one officers Of
every rank from major general to Sec
ond lieutenant, among whom was the
sole remaining survivor of the war or
1872, Lieut.. Michael Moore.
The usual increase Of the retired list
is, therefore, quite small this year, being
only twelve, which makes it about 665
strong, whereas in former years, owing
to additional retirement laws, the in
crease has been very marked. 1t is prob
able that in the future the retired list
will stay at about it's present size until
1903, when it should considerably In
crease with the passing to 1t of many
WAX NeleTdilS, the yOuliSSol VI w iioiii "iiA
then be 60 years old. Most Of the retire
ments this year have been voluntary
or for disability, and II this were not the
case, promotion would have proceeded
| very slowly, as comparatively few offi-
| GERS reached the age limit On the whole.
| however, it has been an excellent year
for promotion, as thirty-eight second
lieutenants of infantry and twenty
three Of cavalry have reached the next
| highest rank. There are still number
| of this years graduates of West Point
unprovided with second lieutenancies,
all of whom are now attached to regi-
ments as additional second lieutenants.
The number of designations, although
only seven, is much larger than usual,
| and shows how greatly men in the
United States service cling to their COM
missions, particularly as several of these
were forced to resign to avoid court
martial and probably dismissal.
In other services designations are Of
daily occurrence. 1897 has also beenone
of the few years since the war in which
no officers and men have lost their lives
while on duty, with the exception of a
! private on mail service in the Yellows
stone park. 1t has been very quiet
year on the whole, although the troops
have done more practice marching than
for some years, and number of COM
panies in various parts of the country
have been called out because of Indian
disturbances in four or five states.-
| New York Evening Post.
The herald., 1898-01-11

lady gains her strength not from riches.
not from her high position, not from
great learning, but from good common
sense. Any one Of us may learn this
If we will take a good model and copy 1t.
No lady is free and easy in her manners.
She does not, however, go to the other
extreme and become stilted, but she
tends rather to quietness and to slight
reserve, since, when she takes friend,
she proposes to keep her. She does not
become intimate with you after twenty
four hours acquaintance, put you in q
place of confidante in forty-eight hours
and in a weeks time tire of you. The
lady knows you first merely as an ac
auaintance, and then, If she finds you
interesting, or If she thinks she can in
any way be Of use to you, she permits
you to come gradually into her life,
and between you may grow up a friend
ship that may last through life, even
unto DEATH"
The herald., 1898-01-11
Few Crimes in Sweden

In Sweden crime is an event. Theft
particularly is very rare. Honesty is the
fundamental quality Of the race, is ma
turally recognized and officially counted
upon. In this respect the Stockholmers
show confident carelessness which is
always a surprise to strangers and
causes them some uneasiness. In the
theaters and concert halls there are
large cloakrooms, where hats and furs
are left without the smallest safeguard.
The performance over, each one again
takes possession of his effects nor does
an accident" ever occur. The inhabi-
tants are accustomed to expect a re-
ciprocal probity in the transactions of
everyday life. Upon most of the tram
ways in Stockholm conductors have been
dispensed with. The passenger himself
deposits 10 ore in till placed at the end
of each vehicle, behind the driver.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
The herald., 1898-01-11
Jacksonian Democracy Needed

Under Old Hickory the Democratic
party meant business every time. Like
the general himself there was no bass
wood in it's makeup. 1t was sound
hickory, deck, ribs, keel and masts.
Then the party knew what it wanted,
what it stood for, and did not finch in
action when it stormed the Whig breast
works. What is needed in the Demo-
cratic party today is few of the old
principles around which the party clus-
tered and took inspiration in the days
when Democracy was national, not
sectional when it was grounded on
sterling common sense and vigorous
action.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1898-01-11

Grafton Is recent, 1t is none the less thor
ough, and Arizona today, Indians and
all, has a lower crime and murder record
than California or of even the more
peaceful states farther east. The only
homogeneous tribe that has now power
to do damage is the Navajo. But the
Navajo has grown wealthy in cattle.
horses and sheep, and with wealth has
come caution if not civilization. look
upon the Indians of Arizona today sim
ply as a great labor reserve, to be drawn
upon in the near future for industrial
usss.
The main tribe of Apaches, clustered
about San Carlos, numbers about 5000
individuals. In the last five years this
aggregation has produced only one
Criminal Of Importance, only one mur-
derer, namely THE Kid" Surely we
may say the Apache is conquered.
But especially pleasant to contem-
plate is the record of the Pima tribe,
which numbers about 5000. From the
earliest time the white man ever found
food and succor in it's wickiups. Only
two white men are known to have suf-
fered injury from Pima hands. One
was an old man who had impounded
Pima ponies and had tried to hold them
for damages. The Pimas took the
horses away after infiicting a. beating
from which the man died later at San
Bernardino, Cal. The other was a
tramp. He was killed on the road from
Florence to Phoenix, a dozen years ago,
by two Pima lads, for the sake of his
wealth-S0 cents. When the Pima chief
was informed of the murder he prompt
ly apprehended the assassins and hand
ed them over to the authorities. Indian
witnesses appeared for the prosecution
and the chief stayed in Florence till he
saw the murderers hanged. and then
took the bodies back to the reservation.
No, it is not true that all good Indians
are dead. Around Phoenix we have
many who are very much alive, who
clerk in clothing stores, who play In
brass bands, who cook in white folks
kitchens and who make their own tidy
frocks. The days Of the breech clout
are nearly gone, and the newer civil
ization Of Arizona has found within it
self a. place for the red man.
JAS. H. M'CLINTOCK.
The herald., 1898-01-11
MoNTANA's GREAT FOUNTAIN
One to Be Made in Anaconda to Be the
Largest in the World

Anaconda, Mont.-The Anaconda
Mining company has acquired rights to
all the water in Hearst gulch and lake,
Which are'fed by the melting SHOWS that
exist there during the entire year This
lake lies UP against Mount Haggin, 2900
feet'aSoye the level of the street in front
Of the Montana hotel. The company
will raise the bank about Lake Hearst
so as to make 1t a reservoir with ca
paoity of nearly one billion gallons, and
giving a daily flow Of four million gal
Ions dowIt a slope of 5000 feet into the
oity.
. A steel pipe line will carry this water
down six miles to Anaconda, where an
other immense reservoir will be built
to receive it. This reservoir will be 800
feet higher than the business center of
the city and a quarter of a mile long
Its shore line will be irregular, lying
against the hills, andit will be beauti-
full sheet Of water AS a further means
Of adding to the beauty of the spot, the
supply main from Lake Hearst will ter
inmate in fountain in the center of the
reservoir. Only portion of the enorm-
Gus pressure will be used but a solid
Jet of water over three inches in dame
ter will be thrown 220 feet vertically in
the air, while around the base Of the
Fountain will be fringe Of spray, con-
sisting of rows Of jets rising to varying
heights and at different angles. The
fountain, when completed, will be with
out exception the largest in the world
The jet will rise from massive base
Of rough masonry.
The embankment which will form the
reservoir will consist Of tough, tenacious
clay, excavated from large deposit in
the vicinity, over 10 feet thick at the
base and IL feet wide at the top. Length
wise through the center will be a solid
wall Of concrete masonry. No pipe will
be allowed to pass through the en-
bankment, but in the solid rock beyond
IT'S end valve well will be excavated
and connected. Every precaution that
can be suggested will be taken in build
ing the reservoir, and the valves flowing
From 1t will be regulated and controlled
by electricity. When completed. there
VIII not be point in the city where
water cannot be thrown over 100 feet
vertically by direct pressure.-New
York Times.
The herald., 1898-01-11
FRANKLIN's GRAVE FORGOTTEN
Tomb of the Great Statesman overrun
With Grass and Weeds

BENJAMIN Franklin's grave is In neg
lected condition. No appropriate stone
rises over 1t, the ground round about is
uncared for, and the tomb of the great
scholar and statesman is as obscure as
that of a man whose name and fame
were no part Of the glory of his country.
His grave is destitute even of a head
stone. 1t is covered by an old-fashioned
marble slab, which was placed there
100 years ago, and is now worn and
disoolored by age. Nothing has been
done to 1t since Franklin was buried
there. and even the modest arrange
ments of the grave are not kept In the
perfect condition that is expected of a
great mans tomb. The earth on all sides
is bare of grass the common thatching OF
the commonest grave, and an air Of des-
olation is about the whole place
The sexton said that the descendants
of Franklin would not do anything to
repair the grave; neither would they al
low anybody else to do anything. Every
day he has received offers of subscrip-
tions from visitors who are distressed
by the forlorn appearance of Franklin
resting place, and who would like to
see it improved. In reply, he says. as
he has been instructed, that Franklin
wished it so, "being plain man, averse
to display Of any kind" Not long ago
at his own expense, he had the fading in
scription recut, or else even the only
distinguishing mark, the name, would
be gone. If he had not done so, the
last resting place of the greatest man,
outside of Washington, in American his
tory would have been forgotten and un-
known. Who is responsible for this con-
dition of affairs? Not the living rela-
tives of FRANKLIN. The responsibility
rests with the American people, to whom
the man belongs. They should see to
it in the future that what little is there
to mark the grave is kept in better Or
der than it has been in the past.
Before he died Franklin provided for
his own gravestone and instructed a
stonecutter of his acquaintance in every
detail, even to the inscription which was
to be placed upon it. He desired to be
buried beside his wife, who had died
some years before, and common slab
was to be placed over them both. The
inscription, arranged as he ordered it,
reads:
The herald., 1898-01-11
In the Action Taken in the
Orient
ENGLAND'S FOREIGN POLICY
OUTLINED BY THE GOVERNMENT
LEADER
Freedom of Trade Asked, Not for
Great Britain Alone, But the
Whole World
Associated Press Special Wire

LONDON, Jan. 10-Rt. Hon. Arthur
J. Balfour first lord of the treasury and
government leader in the house of com
mons, addressed his constituents at
Manchester this evening.
Mr., Balfour said that the concert OF
Europe had not added to its reputation
by It's recent treatment of Crete. He
declared that it would be better to have
q third-rate governor of the island than
none at all: it was strange that the
concert could not find one, either in
Europe or America.
Turning to China, he said their in
terests there were commercial, and not
territorial Except as the base for pos
slble warlike operations, the territory
would be a disadvantage, because 1t
would involve responsibility and expense
in money and men. He dilated upon the
fact that the extent of our trade in
China gives a special claim to prevent
her pursuing policy that would dis
courage trade, and added:
"But the deepest traditions of our pol
Icy preclude us from using our trading
privilege as a weapon to exclude our
It is not for England alone, but for the
whole world
There was no objection, said Mr.. Bal
four in conclusion, to Russia's having
an ice-free port, provided England was
not excluded! but the government would
do Its utmost to prevent China's yield
ing to foreign pressure to make regula-
tions adverse to Great Britain, or of
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to dot the coast of China with foreign
stations by protectionist countries
which would raise customs or other
barriers TO our trade"
The burden of the whole declaration
was that England's policy in China is
for the benefit of the world at large.
According to a special dispatch fr
Shanghai. it is said that an agreement
between England, Japan and Russia,
with respect to Korea, involves restor-
alton of the status quo and the rein
statement Of McLeavy Brown as CHIEF
commissioner of customs. Sir Robert
Hart, director of the Chinese marine
customs, is negotiating with the Chi
nese government for a loan.
GERMAN NOTES
BERLIN, Jan. 10.-Emperor william
made an unexpected visit to the Russian
embassy last evening and conversed for
half an hour with the ambassador.
The Post claims that England was
warned of Gefmany's contemplated ac-
tion at Kiao Chau and raised no objec-
ton.
Emperor William has decorated Bish-
op Anzsr of South Shan Tung with the
order Of the Red Eagle tsecond class).
This is regarded as an inducement to the
Centrists (the Roman Catholic party in
the reichstag) to vote for the naval bill.
The herald., 1898-01-11
Pharmacy

The druggist of the present time does
not differ greatly from his brother of the
eighteenth century. The extensive use
of proprietary medicines, especially in
America, has, however, decreased his
prescriptions; but at the same time
these proprietary medicines are sold
through him, and sell so largely that
he does not complain. While a useful
and able member of the community,
the pharmacist of today is not an origi-
nal investigator or prescriber, and limits
his efforts to filing the prescriptions
that are sent to him by his friends, the
physicians. Every year he becomes a
greater adept in his art, which with the
course Of time has come to be consid-
cred branch of trade rather than a
profession, while the druggist Is looked
upon in the light of skilled laborer.
The most successful druggist of the
present time Is not he who mixes his
drugs more skillfully, but he who has the
business capacity to make his shop
| profitable to him. 1t is often the drug
gist least skilled in the art of pharmacy
that possesses this capacity.
| 1t is not unreasonable to believe that
as humanity progresses in it's knowl-
edge of hygenic living, a subject in
which great interest is being taken to-
day. the drug-shop will be in less and
less demand, until, after the lapse OF
ages, it may become entirely extinct
Until that time the druggist will con.
tinue to ply his calling, alleviating by
his drugs the ills Of a too rapid civiliza.
| tion, in which men have no time to res
and repair their wasted energies, bu
simply patch them up by the aid of the
apothecarys wares. And because OF
this, the druggist will for long time
| remain an important member Of any
community in which he chooses tC
establish himself.-Oscar Herzberg, il
January Lippencott's.
The herald., 1898-01-11
Sleepers Made of Cast Iron

Cast-iron sleepers are fast taking the
place of the steel sleepers on account
of their greater durability and the saw
ing when worn of 10 per cent of the
original cost by remelting. Wooden
sleepers are not plentiful, while those
of steel are cheaper than the cast-iron
at first cost They do not last SO well,
nor when worn can they be put to
further use.-Ex.
The herald., 1898-01-11
The Next Step in Surgery

Now that the doctors have decided
that the human stomach is not O.
necessary adjunct of life it only remains
for pathological science to devise some
means for mem to exist without livers.
With both the stomach and the liver
out of the way there would be no such
thing as dyspepsia or dark brown taste
in the mouth.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The herald., 1898-01-11
The Prolific Banana

The banana is the most prolific Of
fruits. The produce Of one acre planted
with bananas will support twenty-five
times as many people as the produce Of
an acre planted with wheat.
The herald., 1898-01-11
THE LADY Is ALWAYS A LADY
The True Keynote of the Grande Dame
Is Gentleness and Simnl,c;+,d

Ruth Ashmore, writing on The Sim
2licity OF the Grande Dame" in the Jan
nary Ladies Home Journal, asserts that
9 lady may stand behind the counter
Ne mistress in her own home, or busv al,
aay at desk. but no matter what her
7fosition in life, she never swerves. and
qnconsciously she always impresses
AQSe who are around her with the fact
Of 4fHr Sentleness and her simplicity. rha