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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-07
SECOND HA ND MACHINERY Y


We Offer until sod the following secondhand machinery guar
anteed to be represented:
One 7oSaw Gn front feeder and condenser in rscass
condition, $780,
One SoSaw Pratt Standard Gn with feeder and condenser
good new, $4,000
One 4oSaw Winsip Gn single brush be in good ORDER $40
One 4ohose power tubular boiler and II IL Llddel
Engine complete, Sumter S. c. in hrsclas ORDER $780,
One 6horse power Faquar Ajax portable Wheels
guaranteed to be thorough working order and practically
good new, price S225.
One 6orse power engine and boiler kid old se good
order S125. w
One 4horse power Taylor upright engine and boiler hscass
ORDER One Farquar Separator No. 4 on wheels and has
been used only part of S125 One Dson 4onch IN
serted tooth good new $4,000 One Dston 2-nch IN
tooth saw good $ The named are tor de-
livery f. O. b. in Columbia
WE HANDLE NEW MACHINERY
OF almost all kinds and furnish anything from globe valve
to complete ginning system mill outfit and in po-
son to quote low prices quality considered and liberal terms
as anybody We want the business.
If THERE IS ANYTHING
the machinery line that expect to want later
OIL do not write to call OH SAM NJ GRISI
our York and adjoining counties, who is author
lied to quol low prices and liberal terms we car
w. III. GIBBES & CO., Columbia, S. Z.
P sbout living South Carolina wrote us for the
Murray Ginning System We quoted him. Su
S OF "neI @ syg1 % rer ns s The
Cancelled
we u0n' c'@'" " sui "' 'N"p W. H. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-07
SHINGLES, LATHS, Lime.
CHOICE FLOUR.

The high grade of Flour hand
led by my establishment has
always been a distinctive feature,
and it is yet. When you want
the proper flour for family use,
come and see me.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-07
WE HANDLE NEW MACHINERY

Of almost all kinds and furnish anything from globe valve
to complete ginning system mill outfit and in
ton to quote as low prices quality considered and liberal terms
i We the business
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-07

the
on do not fail to write write to call Oh SAM NJ GRlSI
our York and adjoining counties, who is author
ized to ouol low prices and liberal terms can.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
Truly Remarkable.

When the artist Hayden, stopping in
a rural inn near Stratford, was beguiIed
by his own enthusiasm into expatiatine
upon the fame of Shakespeare to an as
sembly of local r~ustics, they admitted
readily that Shakespeare was a person
who had shed some distinction upon his
native place, but they added that STRAIT
ford now contained another prodigy, one
John Cooper.
John "COPPER"" inquired Hayden.
why, what has he done2'
"Why. EUR, I'll tell e" replied the
spokesman. "He's lived 80 years in
that ere town, man and boy. and nive1
had the tcothachei''
This ancient anecdote has recently
found a parallel in the same English
county. A woman from Nuneaton was
making a local boast Of It's connection
with ''the lady with a man s name who
wrote books, meaning George Eliot,
when another woman from a neighbor.
ing village contemptuously interrupted
her.
with a mans namel" she cried
s~cornfully. whats that And what's
the good of books2 Now we've a woman
you may talk about in our place! She's
lived 100 years and a bit over and quar-
relied with W. daughters and two
daughters-in-law and all her grandchil-
drenl And her tongue as brisk as ever
1t were, and she quarrels with the par
sons wife herself every time she comes
to visit her. That's what l call a wom-
an to respect and a fine sight more to
boast of than a person who miscalls her
own name and makes booksl"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

matter and meet me here at 8 this even
ing. That will let you out of the city
tonight if you want to CO.
81 was on time, and Chandler hand
ed me a commission for my candidate.
He stopped my thanks to ask me If it
would inconvenience me to remain over
till the next day. I was burning to get
home with the glad tidings, but I would
have given him a month had he asked
it. Then take this to the postmaster
general, tell him that his treatment Of
you was inexcusable; that Michigan
men do not permit such attempts to
humiliate them that he told you to re-
member that he was postmaster gen.
eral, and that you now ask him to ac-
cept notice that the state of Michigan
has been removed from his immediate
jurisdiction I followed instructions,
and, while / do not know what that
message from the president, sent to the
general through Chandler and myself,
contained, 1 do know that he .wilted
and stammered an apology. I also know
that Chandler was the man after that
who said who might hold postofaces in
this state.
81 gave that commission to the girl
who came running down to the same
gate to meet me, and when l promptly
attended to another little matter Of
business she said she would marry me a
thousand times if it was going to make
me SO happy. Harter had to wait three
years before his girl became good hu-
mored enough to accept him. Detroit
Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
A Quick Witted rhief.

A story bearing upon the ingenuity
Of the London thief relates to the late
Sir James Ingham. A charge of watch
robbery was preferred by a gentleman
against an individual who had Travelled
in the same carriage with him from
Bournemouth, but in the end it was
found that the watch had not been
stolen, but had been left home by the
prosecutor.
To moIify the innocent man, Sir
James said: at is a most remarkable
occurrence. To show, however, how liza
BILE we all are to make these mistakes, I
was under the impression when 1 left
my house at Kensington this morning
that / put my watch (which. I may
mention, is a exceedingly valuable one)
in my pocket, but arriving at this court
/ found that l must have left it at home
by mistake"
While business was proceeding an old
thief at the back of the court went out,
jumped into a hanson cab, drove off to
Sir James Ingham's residence, and, by
representing himself as a bona hde mes
senger obtained possession of the watch,
which has never been heard of since.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

The japanese students at our colleges
find the American sense of humor as it
is expressed by the other students about
them a somewhat peculiar thing, but
not at all hard to understand. In fact,
it is quite simple and elementary. A
Japanese gentleman who was a student
at Harvard not long ago relates that he
was asked by some of his American fell
low students to 'teach them some Jap
anese words" He began by giving
them Good morning in japanese.
This phrase is represented in Japanese
by a word which in English equivalents
cannot be more closely represented than
by the word "Ohio." The boys were
interested and promised to remember it.
Next morning, when the japanese
student came to the lecture room, he
found a group of the boys gathered to
give him the morning salutation in
japanese.
Pennsylvania" shouted one Of
them.
Kentucky yelled another.
"Virginial' New Hampshire
"Rhode Islandi" still others called.
But not one of them said ssOhiol'' II
was the American idea of a great joke.
The young Japanese was much edited
and made a note of it.-Boston Tran
script.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

Count Tolstoi is like one of the great
painters Of old. After forming the plan
Of his work and gathering a great num-
Der of studies he begins with a charcoal
sketch. SO to speak, and writes rapidly,
not thinking of details. What he writes
in this way he gives to Countess Sophia
Andreevna to copy out, or to one of his
daughters, or to one of his intimate
friends to whom this task may give
pleasure. Leo Nicolaievitch, Count
Tolstoi, generally writes on quarto pa
per, Of rather poor quality, in a big,
ropelike handwriting, writing about 20
pages a day, amounting to some 4, 900
Or s 1000 words. He has no special hab-
its with regard to pens and paper. And
when a firm IN Moscow conceived the
idea of giving to the world a ''Tolstoian
pen, 1t was discovered that on the sub
ject of pens Count Tolstoi had no
opinion. He works mostly in the
morning, and considers this the best
time of the day for work. Arena.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

DR.. Nachtigal, the celebrated African
explorer, was the guest of a rich Ham
burg merchant. The merchants son, a
young man of a somewhat sentimental
temperament, said among other things
that his dearest wish was to ride across
the desert on the back of a camel. He
thought such a ride must be very poet
ical indeed.
"My dear young friend, " replied the
explorer, 81 can tell you how you can
get a partial idea of what riding q
camel on the deserts of Africa is like.
Take an office stool. screw it up as high
as possible and put it in a wagon with
out any springs Then seat yourself on
the stool and have it driven over rocky
and uneven ground during the hottest
weather Of July or August and after
you have not had anything to eat OF
drink for "a hours, and then you will
get a faint idea Of how delightfully."-
poetic it is to ride on a camel in the
wilds of Africa"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
A queer Kind Of Savage.


When Albert Henry Savage Lander
reached st. Petersburg on his way from
the Forbidden Land, the fact was duly
c~hronicled, and the London press asso-
Citations sent cable messages to Austria
liza telling of the hairbreadth escapes
and manifold sufferings. The Melbourne
Times received but a short note. which
was this:
IA. Savage Landor arrived in st.
Petersburg today from Tibet after
suffering greatly at the hands of the
natives"
This was meager enough, but the
news editor was equal to the occasion.
The following morning, among the
other matters of news. the readers Of
The Times found this startling informa-
ton:
"a savage landor got into ST. Peters
burg yesterday, and the people of the
city were terrified. After considerable
difficulty the beast, which came from
Tibet, was captured, taken to a re-
mote place and there dispatched. It is
said that this is the first animal of the
sort ever e in Russia. How he reach
ed the city after his fights with the ma
tives of Tibet, which is a comparatively
unknown country. is a mystery"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

Says Charles Dana Gibson, the Amer
lean artist, speaking of his experience
in Egypt: The dragoman who first lays
hands on you claims you for his own.
You will find him waiting for you in
the morning. He will sell you antiques,
will take you snipe shooting. He knows
when the dervishes will howl or whirl,
or where there is a native wedding, to
which he will take you.
My first afternoon was spent with an
evil eyed dragoman, whose pockets were
filled with dirty cards and letters, all
testimonials from former customers
proving that he was, as he continually
told me, the best dragoman in the bust.
ness. He could recite some of mother
Goose" but knew very little English
besides. With him 1 drove through
streets that might have been in Paris,
and by barracks and sentries that might
have been in London, to a river that
could only be in Egypt.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

To drive slowly over cobblestones is
not a joy, but to drive four Russian
horses at a gallop over cobblestones was
something to make you bite your tongue
and to break your teeth and to shake
your very soul from its socket. l most
solemnly assure you it was anything
but a simple drive TO one fresh from the
asphalt of Paris. for. like Jehu, they
drove furiously. Their horses are all
wild, runaway beasts, and they drive
them at an uneven gallop resembling
the gait of our fra engine horses at
home, except that ours go more slowly,
Sometimes the horses fall down as
they drive across country, or stop only
for stone walls or meats. The carriages
must be built of iron, for the front
wheels drop a few feet into a burrow
every now and then, and at such times
an unwary American is liable to be
pitched over the coachman's head.
"Hold ON with both hands. shut your
eyes, and keep your tongue from be-
tween your teeth. would be my instruc-
tions to one about to "take a drive" in
Poland.-Lilian Bell in Woman's Home
Communion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

alorv I could get my jaws closed ag'fn
-ker-whackl she struck a big hemlock.
The parsons box bust open lengthwise,
a-fyin and sailed along on his coattails
for a good ten yards, just like a
partridge when she lights. The minute
he struck the snow he was up ag'in,
leggin it for a tree. | reckon he had it
all planned out while he was in the air,
for l couldn't "a chose a better tree
myself nor Skinned up it any livelier.
when the parson got perched, /
could see his white face among the
branches, lookin down at the wolves
that were howlin and leapin up on the
tree. Shoot, Mr.. Riversl Shooti' be
yelled. For Gods sake, save me from
these beastsI'
II got a rest owe a limb and begun
to onhitch old Spitfre. Every time she
spoke a wolf keeled over, snappin at
the snow and maxim himself a red rug
TO lie on. Once in awhile the parson
would give a yell, and toward the last
they was whoops of triumph. In less
than half an hour every wolf was dead,
except three that sneaked away. Then
| got down and went to see how the
parson was. He seemed to kind of miss
his box, for / never see a man quite so
disturbed about a few pesky wolves.
Have you killed 'em all, Mr.. RiversH'
says he, with chatterin teeth.
All but three, says l. And you
needn't be afraid they'll come back.
'Sure3' says he.
" Sure, says /.
"But it was 10 minutes afore l could
get him to come down. Tt is dreadful,
this carnagep says he, shyin away from
the dead wolves. You must excuse my
confusion and inconsistency, MI. Riv-
ers, but I was never in such a plight
before. In the seclusion Of my box /
knew nothing Of these terrors.'
You'll get used to 'em, parson,
says I, now that the box is gone. And
when you set down to supper at Jen-
nings' tonight I'll bet you'll be glad
you amt cooped up here, waitin for
them critters to get tired of the smell
of yer carcass.
"'Thar is somethin in that, says he.
And, by gum, If the cuss didn't eat a
hunk of bars meat with his beans and
mush that night at jennings Flames
Buckham in Field and Stream.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
Not Quito satiafactorx.

A dog belonging to a west side family
has the sociable habit of visiting
throughout the neighborhood. During
a recent wet spell the dog went over to
a next door house and Cracked" mud
all over the front porch. The woman of
the house was indignant. She sent
word that the dog was a nuisance. The
woman who owned the dog was offend
ed. She resolved to make the complain
ing neighbor ashamed Of herself.
"Mary, you take a bucket of warm
water and a brush and go over and
scrub Mrs. Browns front porch, she
said to the servant girl. MAKE it
cleaner than it has been in a year"
The girl did as she was ordered. Mrs.
Brown stood in the front door and
watched her. not at all abashed.
"That's very NICE" she said when
Mary had finished. ''Now come around
and begin on the back steps"
She kept the girl at work for two
hours. and now there is a deadly feud.
Chicago Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
ESTABLISHED 1879.
won. and Hilton had The frst shot.

won, and Hilton had the first shot.
"It was agreed that I should count
for Hilton, and at the word 'Threei'
Hilton's pistol cracked.
"Le Moyne WINGED and bit his lip;
then, with a forced laugh, said, You
retain your old skill, Hilton, but I have
learned to shoot with my left hand
now And as he took the pistol his
friend held out / could see by the way
his right arm hung that it was broken.
Clifton stood firm in his place, with
his head thrown back, awaiting almost
certain death, but with no sign of fear
on his face.
ALREADY LIE Moyne's second had
opened his lips to count when an ex-
clamation which was forced from me
caused all to look, and there, about 80
yards away, stood Hilton's little daugh-
ter, horror stricken, facing a huge snake
the deadly cotton mouth of the south.
"Hilton made one move and then
Strengthened back as he caught LIE
Moyne's sneering look.
"For an instant a look of awful agony
crossed his face. His child might die a
horrible death, but honor bound us
there.
'Slowly LIE Moyne raised his pistol.
His second counted, sOne, two, threel'
With the last word, like a fash, LIE
Moyne whirled toward the little girl,
and without a seconds pause fred. and
we saw the snakes head fly ten feet
from its body, while its harmless coils
writhed at the feet of the child.
Before we could make a move LIE
Moyne flung his pistol at my feet and
without a word sprang on his horse,
and, followed by his friend, was out Of
sight in a moment"
"And did you never see him again ~
asked one, as the colonel paused.
"Once," said the colonel quietly.
"After the battle of Gettysburg 1 went
W. the ground across which Pickett
had made his glorious charge. l was
searching for a missing friend. An up
turned face caught my eye, and, look
ing close. l found it was Victor LIE
Moyne, stone dead, shot through the
heart. Whitney A. Smith in New
York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

The superiority Of japanese drawing
can probably be traced to the custom Of
that land to make the children practice
painting and drawing without the use
of any stick or supporting device for the
hand. They are taught to draw at the
same time they are taught to write the
letters of the alphabet, and they are
taught to use both hands equally in the
task.
The natural preference given to the
right arm has been explained physiolog-
ically by the construction of the veins
and nerves that enter the arms, those Of
the right arm being more prominent,
The reverse is the case in the few who
are naturally left handed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
where the Fu1d. went.

AS an instance of the happy go lucky
character of the early darby the follow
ing extract from the Albany city rec
ords may prove interesting:
''In 1926 the trustees of the African
Baptist church applied to the common
council for permission to circulate a
public subscription paper in aid of the
funds of the church. 1t was moved to
lay the petition on the table, pending
investigation, for the reason that the
principal part of the funds secured by a
previous subscription for the African
church had been used by the trustees
in treating themselves to hot sup
pers. Albany Argus.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
A proses.,onal op,nion

"That young Pellet has altogether
too exalted an opinion of his profession.
When old Borax was out of town, the
Gridleys called Pellet. Jane Gridley
asked him If he thought he could pull
her father through. 4 trust, madam.
he severely replied, to be able to parry
the shafts Of DEATH
Parry the shafts of DEATH Say,
that's good. Why, Pellet couldn't pare
gorioi'i-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
CASTLE CARAMEL

Where's Castle Caramelp
Down the Longest lane
That 10 where / want TO dwell,
Whore l mean to reign.
By the Currant Why lake
Rise its towers in state,
Almond Rock and Wedding Cake,
Rooted with Chocolate,
Built for me so long ago
By a fairy spell
That's the house you'd like to know,
Castle CARAMEL
Fair Castle Caramel,
There are ali my toys,
Those I broke and those that fell,
Dolly girls and boys,
And the moat Is Lemonade,
Very cool and nice,
And it freezes in the shade
Into Lemon Icei
All the sweets l mustn't eat
When / am not well,
They + kept for me in sweet
Castle CARAMEL
Dear Castle CARAMEL
When will come the hour
That l hear the golden bell
On the topmost towerY
There are fairies great and good,
Ali with gifts for me,
And Bo-Peep and Riding Hood
Sitting down to teal
Promise me, and promise true,
That you'll never tell,
And some day I'll take you to
Castle CARAMEL
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
nThe MOOD of pukeronomx..

A nervous curate the other day an
nounced from the reading desk. "Here
~beginneth the second chapter of the
duke of Deuteronomy" His vicar
looked severely at him, and the young
man blushed, coughed and repeated.
1.-THE boot of Deuteronomy"
There must have been germs of mis-
pronunciation lurking in the air, for al
a later period in the service the vicar
read out, 81 publish the manns of bar
riage," etc.
The curate beamed with satisfaction
in spite of the solemnity of the occa-
sion. Household Words.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
PaIpabIy Unjust.

"Millie, dear, what is your papa's
objection to me2"
'He says you don't seem to have any
definite object or purpose in life. Har-
ry."
"Yet he knows I've been coming to
see you for five straight yearsr'-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
A WISH.

When skies are gray an folks are blue,
Oh, them's the days that tries your hearth
When joys seem far between an few
An hauntin griefs from memory start;
When them that's wanderin through the grow
A low sob through the branches hears,
As If the sorrowin clouds above
Was strivin to choke back the tears.
Pm Thankful fur the friends l claim
An fur the foes whose hands is tied,
Fur food an house-but, jes the same,
Sometimes I'm fur from satisfied.
There's days when nature seems unkind
An livin but an empty play.
I visit that l was color blind
When folks are blue an skies are gray.
Washington Star.