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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

PROOF OF GREATNEss.-"Well,'
said Deacon Stubbles, "they say your
son Josh is gittin' to be quite man
up to the city"
eyes," Squire Sprogle assented, "it
pears like he was. | didn't take nc
stock in the reports till yistady
Thought Josh was jlst a-tootin' his
own horn. Always did like to talk
about hisself good deal, you know
ayes, Josh was never no hand to
set around and wait for folks to find
out about his good pints. But what
happened yistady to make you think
they was RELY somethin' in the talk
about him gittin' to be great man
Was his photograph printed in some
paper ?"
"No, 'twant that; but a reporter
come down here to asst if Josh didn't
used to be alfred lazy, or if he wasn't
a queer sort of child that wanted to
be away by hisself and not have moth
in to do with other children. When
they begin to try to find out whether a
feller was any of them kinds of boy
you kin make up your mind that he's
gettin' to be pretty considerable OF a
chap Chicago News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

the party separated from the rest and
began prospecting on their own hook
with dogs and sledges he told how
they got lost in December. The great
er part of their provisions were stolen
by wild beasts and by January they
had nothing left but few sides OF
bacon.
"Hunger soon stalked among US"
continued Jorgensen, sand you have
not even faint idea of what that means
among a gang of helpless men, des-
perate in the extreme. A dozen of
my party died in 80 days, and we then
began to draw lots for healthy human
flesh. There are only four of us alive,
but all too weak TO travel, excepting
Martin, who will try to mail this letter
and obtain relief. But 1 suppose this
letter will be too late"
AS a melancholy incident, the writer
says that only a few days before, he
discovered a lot of nuggets peeping
out of the frozen ground in his tent,
but he turned from the gold in disgust
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12
AGUINALDO AND HIS CABINET.

EIated at his successes in gathering
an insurgent army, Aguinaldo had
proclaimed himself president of the
Filipino republic, and established ex'
ecutive and legislative departments,
his evident intention being to secure
complete and Independent control Of
the islands. Through the efforts OF
one of my staff officers, was able to
gain some knowledge of the personal
attributes of Aguinaldo and his So
called cabinet. Aguinaldo was de-
scribed to me as thoroughly honest
and sincere not we'll educated, but a
natural leader OF men, and possessing
considerable shrewdness and ability
He was very popular among the com,
mon people, who had implicit conh'
dence in him ; but the opinion among
the better classes was that he had not
sufficient education or experience to
make suitable president. He was at
one time governor of small town in
one of the provinces, and it is said
that he was formerly school teacher.
The position of secretary of state
was at this time being held open for a
prominent native citizen, Arellano, re-
puted to be the foremost lawyer of the
islands. He was not at Manila at this
time although he had been repeated
ly sent for, he could not get through
the Spanish lines. He was reported
to be an avowed annexationist, who
had little faith in the ability of the
Filipino people to govern themselves.
Next to Aguinaldo in point of pop
ularity was one Mariona Trias, secre-
tary of the treasury. He had been
vice president of former revolution.
A former schoolmaster, cousin OF
lAguinaldo, and man of little or no
ability, was secretary of war; and
the secretaries of the navy and OF the
interior were reported to me as hon.
est, capable men. Aguinaldo had
gathered about him as personal ad-
visers and councillors quite number
of efficient men, principally lawyers,
more or less qualified, naturally or by
education, to fill the positions assigned
to them. My informant designated
one of the cabinet officers as "swell-
ed Ounce" and one of Aguinaldo's
foremost generals as "vicious, uned-
ucated ignoramus and highway rob.
ber :" from which it will be seen that
the personnel of Aguinaldo's cabinet
was not such as to give us much conh-
dence in it.-Major General Merritt in
The Youths Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

How He WAS FoOLED.-This good
story comes from Ceylon. A tea plan
ter-he had glass eye-was very de-
sirous to 60 and have days shooting
with a friend, but he knew Immediate
ly the natives who were at work on
the plantation got word that he was
away they would not do a stroke Of
work. How was he to get off?-that
was the question. After much thought
an idea struck him. Going up to the
men he addressed them thus:
although 1 myself will be absent,
yet will leave one of my eyes to see
that you do our work"
And, much to the surprise and be-
wilderment of the natives, he took ou'
the glass eye and placed it on the
stump of a tree and left. For some
time the natives worked like elephants
now and then casting furtive glanceS
at the eye to see if it were still watch
ing; but at last one of them, seizine
his tin in which he carried his food
approached the tree and gently placed
it over the eye. AS soon as they saw
that they were not being watched they
all lay down and slept peacefully unit
sunset.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

AS SEEN By A JEw.-H. Weinstock
a prominent Jew of Sacramento, has
created considerable discussion BY
reading q paper entitled "Jesus, the
Jew" in various synagogues on the
Pacific coast. The following passages
will give an idea of his point of view
II found that, according to New Tes
lament traditions, Jesus was born 8
Jew, lived Jew, died Jew. l founo
that he preached nothing but Judaism
in its purest and simplest form.
found that the thought of establishing
new belief or even new sect was
furthest from his mind; that his aim
was not to follow after the heather
but to seek out the lost sheep of the
House of Israel. / found that his
mission seemed to be to uplift the low
ly and to expose wickedDess in high
places. I found that he gave his heart
his soul and his very being to the poor
to the sick and to the needy. He
said, Il am not come to heal the sound
1 have been sent unto the SICK
found that he was a man of unboundeo
sympathies and of great moral cour'
age; that he was simply striving tc
practice and to preach the moral code
established by Moses and the prophets
and to literally put into practice in his
daily life the great lawgiver's precep'
of love thy neighbors as thyself.' "
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

MAKE THE MOST OF IT.-A pound
of raw cotton is worth about 5 cents
When it is spun and woven into fab
RIGS it is worth from 25 cents to 81, &C.
cording the figures of Boston CORE
spondent of the New Orleans Plea
yune. Massachusetts has 100000
spindles, and annually manufactures
1850, 900 of cotton. This cotton she
buys from the south at cents a
pound. After she has spun and woven
this cotton she sells a very large part
of it back to US at 25 cents to 81 a
pound. That is why Massachusetts is
rich and the south is poor. "The
SOUTH" says The Picayune, "hews the
wood and draws the water it does the
drudgery of producing raw material
for the north to manufacture and get
rich upon. 1t is this which keeps the
south poor, and always will, until the
southern people shall manufacture
their own products.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12
Humorous department.
UNRELIABLE.

The author Of "Little Journeys to
the Homes of American Statesmen"
tells story of the Civil war, when the
days dragged gloomily in anticipation
of news from the front and when grief
was likely to overtake any who had
boys in the ranks. He says:
One night the postmaster was read
ing aloud the names of the killed at
Gettysburg, and he ran down to the
name of a youth he knew. The boys
father sat there on nail keg, chewing
a straw. The postmaster, for his sake,
tried to shuttle over the name and hur-
ry on to the next.
"Hi !' said the father. "Wha-what's
that you said?"
There was nothing to do but face the
issue, and the postmaster repeated with
forced calmness:
"Killed-Snyder, Hiram"
The boys father stood up with a
Jerk. Then he sat down. Then ne
stood up again, staggered to the door
and fumbled for the latch like blind
man.
"God help him !" said the postmas'
ter, wiping his eyes with his red hand;
kerchief. "He's gone to tell the old
woman
The minister preached funeral SER
mon for the boy, and on the little
pyramid that marked the family lot in
the burying ground they carved the
inscription:
"Killed in honorable battle, Hiram
Snyder, aged 49,"
Not long afterward strange, yellow
bearded men in faded blue began to ar
rive. Great welcomes were given them,
and many big gathering was held IN
their honor. At one such gathering a
ghost appeared-a lank, saffron ghost,
ragged as a scarecrow, wearing the
cape of cavalryman's overcoat, with
no coat beneath.
The apparition was youth of about
20, with downy beard all over his
face and a countenance we'll mellowed
with coal SCOT, as he had ridden sever
al days on the top of freight car near
the engine. The ghost was Hiram
Snyder.
We forgave him the shock of sur
prise he had caused us-all except the
minister who had preached his funeral
sermon. Years afterward 1 heard the
minister remark in a solemn and ag-
-grieved tone:
"Hiram Snyder is man who cannot
be relied upon"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12
DREW LOTS FOR HUMAN FLESH.
A Missouri Letter Tells Terrible Story ol
Suffering In Alaska.

A Missouri Letter Tells a Terrible story o'
Suffering In Alaska.
A recent story of cannibalism which
came from the Atlin district of Alaska
is confirmed, and horrible details are
added by letter received at Portland
Oregon, by Captain Hans Stevenson
from Majonino, in the Kotzebue SOUND
country.
The writer was Olaf Jorgensen, who
with, two other Swedish sailors Peter
Martin and August Olsen-and ~
others went to the Kotzebue country
in September from Seattle. All were
we'll supplied with funds and had a
years outfit, but it is scarcely prooa'
Bile that more than one OF these men is
now alive.
The letter to Stevenson incloses one
TO Jorgensen's mother in Stockholm,
which Martin in some way succeeded
in mailing at St. Michael, where he is
now at the point of death, unable TO
give an account of what he and bis
fellows suffered.
After explaining how he and part OF
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12
THE POOR SALESMAN.
One OF the Ways He Is Tortured by Exact.
ing Shoppers.

One OF the Ways He Is Tortured by Exact
ing Shoppers.
On the shelves of nearly every dry
goods store in the city are rolls of goods
which have been hauled off the shelves
from one to dozen times day to be
exhibited to possible purchasers.
The exacting shoppers have become
firmly convinced that such exhibitions
of the open ends of the rolls cause
them TO be shopworn. The result is
they ask the clerk to cut their order
from the inside end. This means the
unrolling of the entire bolt for pos
sible three-quarter yard purchase, but
it has to be done.
A fashionably dressed woman step.
ped into one of the Nicollet avenue
stores the other day and asked to be
shown some ginghams. On the shelves
was brand new stock of ginghams
which had just the night before been
taken from the boxes in which they
were shipped from the factory. They
hadn't been shown to anyone except
possibly the buyers down east, and
then these particular pieces had
not been exhibited. Bolt after bolt
was shown to the shopper, and finally
she picked upon particularly new
piece of pink gingham at 20 cents a
yard.
"It looks little shopworn," she re-
marked as she began to tumble with
her purse catch.
ut can't be-" replied the obliging
clerk. at just last night came out of
the box from which it came from the
factory" =,
"Well, I'd prefer it if you would
cut it from the other end"
The clerk groaned inwardly, but
proceeded to unroll the 80 or 40 yards
of gingham.
"How much ?" he asked as he took
his scissors from his vest pocket.
1.-TWO yards"
His scissors snapped viciously as
they clipped off the goods, and the
tone in which he called the cash hoy
was not of the gentlest; but the shop
per, at least, was satisfied. d.-Minneapo
lis Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12
Mistellameolis 8eading.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the News That Is Being Pub
lished by Exchanges.

lished by Exchanges.
CHESTER-The Lantern, July Z:
The street force was at work yester-
day and the day before preparing the
park for the barbecue. There was
some opposition to disturbing any of
the original forest features, but it was
decided to do some trimming to re-
move distractions to the view, but the
litter is allowed to remain on the
ground. ..........Mr. R. L. Hayes did not
get off Tuesday as he expected, but
left Wednesday with 20 mules and be-
tween 60 and Is hands. Messrs. Sam
Walker, Bob Poag and Willie Cureton
went with him to aid in superlntend-
ing the work also Mr.. H. b. HOWE,
who is associated with Mr.. Hayes IN
the contract. They have the first Sec
ton of the Southern's extension from
Columbia to Savannah. .'''''''' Myrtle
Rose, aged two years, daughte of Mr..
and Mrs. w. C. Wood, of Edgemoor,
died Tuesday, July 4, 1899, and was
buried at Neely's Greek. Mrs. VIM.
Lindsay returned from Rock Hill Mon
day. She has been visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. Roddey Miller, who has
been i'll, but has improved very much.
.........Mr. Guys owl has reformed,
which accounts for its getting into the
confidence of the treasurer again. 1t
predicted rain yesterday, and it came
"a good rain from its abode on TO-
ward Rock Hill. .'....'Dr. G. l.. ClaWson
has at his drugstore specimens of ore
from his property near Fort Mill; 1t
contains gold, silver, iron, and perhaps
copper and other metals. The indica.
tions are that it is much richer in gold
than other mines in this country that
have been worked. The vein IS en-
tirely undeveloped.
LANCASTER-Ledger, July 8: On
Thursday last, Mr.. Gus Hasseltine, son
of our townsman, Mr.. ]. w. Hassel'
tine, was thrown from horse, while
returning from visit to the Gypsy
camp in East End, breaking one of bis
legs below the knee. The horse became
frightened at some chickens on the
roadside unexpectedly to the rider;
DR.. Crawford set the broken limb and
Gus is getting along very we'll. '''''''
Mr.. D. w. McLaurin, travelling agent
of the land department of secretary ol
states office, was here yesterday look
ing after delinquent lands in Lancaster
county........."M Miss Mamie Adams, OF
Rock Hill, spent couple of days with
her aunt, Mrs. Frank Walker, this
week. lice Helms, the 12.year old
son of Mr.. J. K. Helms, who lives sew
eral miles northeast of town, had one
of his arms broken last Thursday at
ternoon. He was hauling wood to the
factory when the mules became frigh'
tened at passing train and ran away
Lee jumped out at the rear end OF the
wagon, falling on his arm with the
above result. DR.. Pooyey set the
broken limb and Lee was taken to his
fathers home that afternoon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

QUALIFIED.-Thela late State Sena'
tor Sessions, of New York, was a cler'
ical looking man, always wearing an
immaculate white cravat, but his ap'
pearance was in some respects decep'
tive. The will of Stephen Girard pro,
vided that no clergyman should ever
be allowed to enter Girard college at
Philadelphia. One day Mr.. Sessions
approached the entrance. "4ou can't
come in here" said the janitor. "The
hi I can't!" said the stranger
"Oh," said the janitor, "excuse me
Step right in."-New York Mail and
Express.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

THE LAUGH ON JUSTICE FIELD
A story on Justice Field went the
rounds in Washington last winter. 1t
is said that a lawyer, reading from
various authorities in support of a
point he had made, was interrupted in
a citation by the justice, who said
"That is nonsense, in legal view
Nevertheless, if your honor please,
replied the lawyer, sit is an opinion Of
the supreme court of the United
States, rendered by Justice Field p
years ago."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

STRAWBERRIES In POTs.-Ladies
who take an interest in potted plants,
and give them attention during the
winter, will find much enjoyment with
young strawberry plants. Place a pot
iu the ground, allow young runner
to become rooted in the pot, and then
cut the runner from the parent plant.
If these plants are given the same at
tention in the house, in the windows,
as ladies bestow on flowers, there will
be early strawberries at a season when
they cannot be had from the outside
bed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

SIGNS OF A GOOD COw.-One OF
two signs will denote a good cow
Prof. Hacker says, as well as 20. In
poor COW the thigh runs down straight
so there is no space between the thigh
and the udder on one side and the
tail on the other. One of the best
ways to tell what kind of COW you
have is her temperament. A good
dairy type has sharp spine, strongly
developed nervous system and sharp
hip bones. A good cow has a large
wedge-shaped stomach, for she must
have a large and powerful digestive
system to use up her food quickly and
make ting best returns for it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

How MUCH SEED TO THE ACRE
When wheat is selling at low price
the average farmer is apt to be some.
what more liberal about sowing seed
than he would be if it were worth q
high price. Whatever the price may
be it is waste to SOW more seed than
is necessary for the production of the
largest crop the soil will mature.
The amount of seed depends some
what on several conditions. If the
land is in thorough condition, the soil
moist and the weather favorable, there
is good reason for believing that three
pecks of wheat is sufficient to produce
a good crop. If the land is in bad
condition, the soil too wet or too dry
the weather unfavorable, six pecks is
often not too much.
An Indiana farmer tried sowing diff
ferent quantities in different ways
and after two years. trial concluded
that he could get the heaviest crops
by sowing three pecks Of seed one
way and then sowing three pecks BY
running the drill across the first sow
ing. have tried this time and again
and never succeeded in making 6
showing large enough to pay for tht
extra work. l always sowed my fields
north and south, so as to allow the
sun to shine along the rows, and cross
sowing never had any appreclabl'
effect.
A series of experiments at the Ohio
experiment station indicated live Of
six pecks as the best quantity of whea
to sow. II is probable that five peck'
on comparatively new or fertile lane
is as much as can proftably be used
A greater quantity produces so many
plants that they interfere with eact
other.-Bert Carroll in Farmers Voice
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

GREEN CROP FERTILIzERs.-Every
farm can be improved in fertility, even
when manure is not used, by turning
under green crops. The proper sys
tenn is to use fertilizers when the man
ure is insufficient, but any farmer who
will plow under a green crop every
year, and use lime on the land, will
gradually enrich his soil.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

1t will be seen that Mr.. Dry mas
made $500 per acre on his investment.
This year he made Gil bushels more
than he did last year. He expects to
make 800 bushels on the land next
year, which can be made if ne In
creases at the rate he did this year.
Now here is the point Mr.. Dry wishes
to make in his report. Land of this
grade can be easily bough Throughout
our country by our farmers at Sl5 per
acre. Then at the rate this field this
wear yielded farmer would pay for
his land in three years. Another con-
sideration is the fact that Mr.. Dry
hired his work done at the prices OF
teams here in town.-Concord, N. o.,
Standard.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12
AS Far As Prices
AT LAST! AT LAST! AT LAST!
Good Tidings For Lovers Of Fiction
and Other Reading.

THE people of this section have never
had a newsdealer who could and
would furnish you with the class of Liter
ture that I handle. 1t is with pleasure
that can exclaim "At last, have what
an appreciative public wants ~ I handle
all the Trade Magazines, the leading New
York Dailies and Books and Books and
BOOKS. One of the most popular books
of the day, "WHEN KNIGHTHOOD
WAS IN FLOWER" by EDWARD
CAsKoDAN, can be found in my supply.
Besides this I have others. Prices vary.
Come and pick out what you want.
Very Respectfully, -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12
EXPANSION, OR
SPREADING OUT. : {:

THE kind of expansion most people
Il have been thinking Of lately has mad
reference to national affairs. In fact,
Uncle Sam, for humanity's sake, put bis
foot upon the Spaniard's neck in Cuba
and demanded satisfaction. or course all
the Spaniard wanted was just to be let
alone; but he had the Cuban down, at
least was trying to keep him down, and
Uncle Sam demanded that he let the Gu
ban up and get off the island without de-
lay. Well, of course that that was right;
but the fact is that Uncle Sans foot being
rather large, when it was put on Cuban
soil tramped upon that same Spaniard in
Porto Rico, and, very naturally, when the
Spaniard left Cuba he must leave Porto
Rico too. Now when Uncle Sam stepped
out with his left foot into the Atlantic, he
could not keep his balance without step
ping out correspondingly into the Pacific,
and being afraid that Hawaii would not
hold him up, he reached out little furth-
er toward the Eastern World and hap
pened to step upon the Philippines. There
he found that same Spaniard trying to do
these people the same way he had done
| in Cuba. So Uncle Sam said to himself,
here's another place for humanitarian
work, 80 I'll send this trifiing Spaniard to
his mothers house and-and-and--.
Well, this is a pretty rich country, and l
believe Tll take this myself, and 1t will
be better for the people anyway. They
may kick up about it a little at first, be-
ing strangers to us but they will soon
learn to love us.
Well, I did not intend to 60 so much
into detail, as this is not the Kind of e1-
pansion meant to talk about.
The Kind of Expansion
am particularly speaking of, is that
which comes after particularly
Good Dinner.
One feels so large. In great hurry
hasn't time to take long breath-in fact
has hardly any breath at all-gasping and
groaning. Now this kind of Expansion
Is due to indigestion, from FERMENTA-
TIoN of the food.
"Anti-Ferment" Cures
Expansion
Of this kind promptly. Assaults forts
and block houses, goes right to the seat
of war-destroys the germ. Makes no
mistakes; no failures; reports no casual
ties.
It is equally powerful in Diarrhoea,
Dysentery, Collie, Cholera Morbus and
|, particularly in the Summer Complaints
of Teething Children.
ANTI-FERMENT is SOLD in almost
every drug store and country store in the
county. Ask for it. Manufactured only.
by CLARENCE M. KUYKENDAL, L,
Yorkville, 8. C.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-12

nag Even in summer hens should
have little grain. If too fat to lay,
as usually supposed, little cracked
wheat daily will increase their vigor
and health without a tendency to fat
ten them further. A diet of insects,
with grass, is not very nourishing.