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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25
STAY AWAY FROM CUBA.
Ex- Governor Evans Gives Advice to South
Carolinians.
Columbia Cor. News and Courier.

Columbia Cor. News and Courier.
In personal letter from Major Jno.
Gary Evans, now in Cuba, he gives
some interesting facts about his work,
and shows that the craze for office.
holding exists in Cuba as we'll as in
South Carolina. He writes as follows,
among other things:
~ am very sorry that the newspa-
pers have given wrong idea OF the
position I hold, as it has flooded me
with letters from all the states for posi-
tions, etc. am not what you would
call mayor in civil life. am simply
on the staff of Major General Ludlow,
governor of the district of Havana,
and have been assigned to the duty of
organizing the city government. The
first thing, of course, to be done is the
organization of a police force, and this
we are now doing and will have in
effect in few days. Next comes the
municipal courts, and this I am to
take up next. The responsibility is
much greater than that Of civil may
or, as you will understand. l hope,
however, to pull it through success
fully. I appreciate the compliment
very much, as it came entirely un-
expected, and 1 had not at the time
an acquaintance with the general. 1
have tried to do my duty as soldier,
even though holding subordinate
position, and / am proud of the fact
that it has been satisfactory so far to
my commanding general. wish you
would say through the papers what |
enclose herewith, as it will save me
lots of annoyance from adventures
and office.seekers. This is a remark
able country, as rich as the valley Of
the Nile, but the people are sorry
lot; lazy and don't care whether they
have more than one days rations
ahead. The little nigs 60 naked, be-
cause they prefer it, and not from
poverty"
The statement which Major Evans
wishes published reads:
81 am in receipt of communications
daily from South Carolinians desiring
to know something of Havana and the
prospect here of success in business
enterprises. 1t will be impossible for
me to answer all Of these letters as my
time is almost entirely absorbed by my
official duties. My advice to all such
is to stay at home for the present.
Everything here is in formative stage
and prices are abnormally high. The
people seem to think that Americans
are made of money, and they pay
accordingly for what they get. When
the government is formed matters will
settle down to a reasonable basis and
then will be time enough to visit the
island. This is a splendid country
and will soon bloom as regular gar
den, but after all there is no place like
South Carolina"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25
VIEWS Of DR.. STRAIT.
Takes No Stock In President McKinley's
Atlanta Utterance.

Takes No Stock In President McKinley't
Atlanta Utterance.
Washington Cor. News and Courier.
After the 4th of March DR.. Strait,
who was defeated for reelection in the
Fifty-sixth congress, will resume his
former practire as a physician, which
he gave up six years ago to represent
the Fifth district in congress.
DR.. Strait is taking his defeat in a
very quiet manner, being very willing,
after six years of diligent service for
his people to give up his place to a
younger man.
DR.. Strait has some very pronoun-
ced ideas upon the leading questions
of the day. In talking about the &C.
QUESTION of the new territorial pos.
sessions of the United States he said :
"The United States has begun an
experiment which in the end, will
prove to be very costly. We have
adopted territories and the people
which are entirely worthless to us.
The inhabitants of the islands in my
opinion, can never be American
lied, and the majority of them are ig-
norant and uncivilized, having no idea
of self:government and very little
of commerce and I think that in the
end the United States will find that
they will have to sell the islands or
give them up to some other nation, or,
for that matter, pay some one to take
them off our hands,"
DR.. Strait is also strongly against
the proposed care of the Confederate
graves by the United States, as set
forth by President Mckinley in his
speech at Atlanta. When questioned
upon the subject this morning he said
II do not think that the proposal of
the President will be given more than
passing notice by the people of the
south. We have managed for 80 years
to care for them properly, and l see no
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INsTALLMENTs.
In order that new readers of THE En-
oUIRER may begin with the following in
stallment of this story, and understand it
just the same as though they had read it
all from the beginning, we here give a
synopsis of that portion of it which has
already been published:
DR.. DE Normanville, an English physi-
sician at Hongkong, hears Of woman
called the Beautiful White Devil making
her home on an island in the Pacific Of
which she is the sovereign and leading q
piratical life in white yacht on the ocean.
DR.. De Normanville receives a call from
stranger who engages his professional SER
vices 10 60 to all unknown place to treat
an epidemic of smallpox. After an event
full voyage he finds himself on board the
Lone Star, the yacht Of the Beautiful
White Devil. He is taken to her island
home, where he fights the plague success.
fully and falls in love with Allie, the Beau
tiful White Devil.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25
Totals. 52,9d

| IOCalS......... OA,oof Il,o'o o0,@0'
While these returns are obviously
incomplete, they are worth noting, as
they show that at least 1854 we're
killed or died of wounds, and that
certainly 59,297 died of disease. The
only states where the figures approx
mate to fullness are North and South
Carolina. Those familiar with south
ern war statistics are confident that the
Virginia killed and died of wounds
exceed that of any other state except
perhaps North Carolina, yet her losses
in this compilation from the incomplete
official returns are but little more than
half those of the small state of South
Carolina. The official records of the
war show conclusively in the running
reports that Alabama lost in killed and
died of wounds fully II, 900 men.
The records of battles do not show
that South Carolina lost in killed and
died of wounds such a disproportion
exceeding the other states, excepting
North Carolina. Her troops fought
very well, and sometimes lost heavily,
but the losses of Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana regiments
were certainly as great if not greater,
besides which most of the states
named, together with Virginia, had a
greater number of regiments engaged
in most of the great battles.
But enough is shown IN this table to
confirm the official records quoted by
Colonel Fox, showing that the Confed-
crate killed and died of wounds num-
bered fully $4,000.
OF course the statement of the aggre-
gate that died of disease is far below
the total. If North Carolina lost TO-
6O2 of her soldiers by disease it is
hardly credible that Georgia, furnish
ing approximately the same number OF
troops, lost only 3,702 from the same
cause. 1t is probable, as has been
stated by high southern authority in
recent years, that the Confederate
losses from disease approximated close
ly to 125,0O0.
The Confederate dead, like the Un-
ion, lie buried on battlefelds from Get
tysburg to the mouth of the Rio
Grande and at all the prison de-.
pots throughout the North. A few of
their dead have been exhumed here
and there and removed by their friends,
but there has been no general care of the
Confederate dead like that which
characterized the Union policy. -.
In some of the principal battles Of
the war, selected from all the various
theatres, the gallant Confederates
made the following losses in killed
outright, the figures not including
those who afterward died of wounds:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25

Many important sieges and battles
are omitted for want of space. The
Union losses of killed in battle and
died of wounds exceeded Confederate
figures by about 1850 men.
The official records show that 26, TIA
Confederate soldiers and citizen pris-
oners died in Union hands during the
four years of the war.
Of the total of 26,774 Confederates
who died in northern prisons, the
graves of 19, ,920 were originally mark
ed "known" and 1854 unknown"
Whether it is still possible 10 identify
the graves marked as "known," l am
unable to state; but probably there
would be some difficulty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25
: The Samoan islands, over which tht

- The Samoan islands, over which the
United States, Great Britain and Ger
many are quarreling just now, are
located in the Pacific ocean and about
900 miles from the east coast of Au-
stralia. The group consists of three
principal islands, of which Apia is the
most important. The islands are not
recognized as belonging to any one of
the great powers but for several years
past the United States and Germany
have been disputing over their posses
sion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25
JANUARY 25, 1899.

reason why we should not be able to
continue in this matter unaided. AS
for the pensioning of old soldiers by
the government, 1 would not think OF
such a proposal being accepted, and
think this is the opinion of all true
southern patriots.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25

be plain sailing. Do you think my
scheme will do2''
Admirably, I should say"
1T will be necessary, however, Dr.
De Normanville, that you should re-
member one thing. You must not, for
your own sake, be seen about too much
with me. You are just to be casual
ACQUAINTANCE whom I have picked up
while travelling between Singapore and
Batavia. Do you understand? After
your great kindness I cannot allow you
to be implicated in any trouble that
may arise from what l may be compelled
to do"
pray do not fear for my safety"
answered. Il am content to chance
that In for a penny. in for pound.
Believe me, l am throwing my lot in
with you with my eyes open. / hope
you understand that very thoroughly?"
II am perfectly sensible, you may be
sure, of the debt we are under to you, "
she answered "Now we must get to
business, for there is much to be done
before daylight
Accordingly we set to work perfect
ing all the ins and outs of our plan, and
when it was completed and my bags
were packed and dispatched to the har-
Dor the stars were paling in the eastern
heavens preparatory to dawn.
Walworth had preceded US to the
yacht some time before, and nothing re-
mained now but for me to follow with
Allie and the bulldog.
A boat was waiting for US at the
same jetty on which l had landed on
my arrival nearly three months before,
and in it we were rowed out to the Lone
Star, whose outline we could just dis
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25
= The hottest place on earth is in the

- The hottest place on earth is in the
vicinity of Massowah. When the
wind blows from the desert
the thermometer has been known to
70 to 16O. The men of the Italian
garrison there can sleep only by the
assistance of natives employed to go
to and fro all night and sprinkle the
bodies of the sufferers with water.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25

MAGNETISM In SURGERY.-Nothing
seems too wonderful for modern sur
gerry. The X-ray has cleared up mys-
teries that appeared to be beyond
mans skill to solve, and now the mag
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25
YHk BEAUTIFUL Wtl(FRE DR\ltt DRptk>
BY GUY BOOTHBY.

of Fortune' CDR. N1F<ola,' ''Ihe
of
COPYRIGHT by D.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-25

introduce him to me. All the rest will
be plain sailing. Do you think my
scheme will dop''
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18

THE FAST TORPEDO BOAT STRYNGHAa.
Built Tor the Russian government at wilmington Dd
whose speed trial will take place this week.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18

death. eyn. sln disease. rher.-now
you sCo.'
1T seemed nobuiuus. IL dld NOT aeom
60 aay anything about the difficulty iu
hnnd-hnw uun-DNisteut matter can
propagate illusions. ! said. with some
hosltnncy.
" Doc docs 10 EXPLAIN
Hnt lF Even lf read backward
With a budding hope. ! asked her
tu do % backward
Very we'll Disease rIn evil death
deny good 0Wrluotent God lIfe matter
Or nothing 100 being spirit God mind o.
good good la cod uil lu 600 o. gud.
rhgfc~du you understand uuwT
. it-lt--wcil. lt be- palmer than q wac
before. atlli-'
'WnuW
could you trv 10 some more ways7'
AZ many uH you like. Do always
means the came tutDrchHnrUl Zoo any
way uuu please NJ can not ha made Co
moan nnythIur different from what 10
means whom put Boo any other way NU-
n ull uu. ana lt mukah uu difference. 10
ulWuyH comes out The way 10 was Doe
forr. n was o. marvellous mind ulut
produced &c. A. u mental tour dH fnrHu
70 D. without "a mate, 10 dUn"a alike the
simple, The concrete, ana the "ccult'
"'tt seems to be- cufkHr'
I blurhei fuf tho word. bat 10 vas
..f before Z could stop Co.
q whHfT'
A-wondcrfui struotur--c1mbiu1.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18

until the next day asking him In tho
mean time 90 remain tranquil aud COM
Portable, and TO remember that theru
was nothing the matter with him.
Marx could hardly credit hiH own ears.
and the following dialogue took place
botwvcn him and his NURSE
ibid you tell her / walked On a clin
Hevemy-hyc feoi hiFh1" "Ycs." And
struck a boulder az tho bottom ana
bounced q" YES" And struck another
one and bounced ngaini' Yes" And
struck another one ana bounced
again. Yes" "And broke the bould-
or2' Yes" THAT accounts for %. she
Il thinking % the houldurs Why didn't
you tell her ] got hurt, toor = ala,
] told her what YOU told mo a. tell her.
that you were now but an inc0horcnt
Horicn of compound fractures extend
inr from your scalp-lOck 20 your hnela
and thnt tho comminutcd projections
caused you 90 look like IL hnt-rack."
And IL was after this that che wished
me 10 remember that there was nothing
tho matter with mc3" Those were her
words"
Mark sank back pcrplcNod, But soon
he reused himself and asked Tor some
Ing % eat ana smoke, and something
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18

Two American humorista-'sN Mark
Twain and Fra ElbertuR" 81 Enst
Aufura-haNe within the past month
written upon the subject VI christian
science Mark Twain din The Cos.
mopoutan Magazine. Octoborl puts his
phlosorhlzingu 10 the form OF nn
Imaginary narrative OF personal ,Nprr.
icncn. Last summer. be- wya. b. waa
un hla way back tu Vienna from "a core
tain Appetite Cure in the mountains.
when ~ some snd misrhnuco h. "faii
over elm 10 the twilight, nud broke
some arms and legs and O. faw other
ihiura. Some peasants happened To- md
him and carried him. in anything but "a
lcauuE mood, 90 u picturesque matched
cottage near hy. There was 100 surgeon
Co he had. and ne the horse doctor
would not 90. there wua nothing Isft
hut 10 summon Christian Science
practitioner, who waH said 90 ho able
60 curn anything She was according.
~ cent Tor. hut uH 8he found % not cone
N'ninut tn come ut once. she promised
90 give the sufferer absent treatment"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18
Direct Route
toChicago
CHICAGO-UNIONP PACIFIC
AND
NORTH WESTERN LINE

NO change Of cars. Faster than
any other route. "Thc Overland
Limiisd," equipped with Palace
Sleeping Cars and Dining Cars,
meals "a Ia carte" leaves Salt
Lake at ZOO every morning. THIS
train has Buffet Smoking and Library
Cars (pith barbcrl and Free RcciiniHg
Char Cars. The Afidnhc Express
icapcs SAT- Lake cpcy evening al
6.iOp m, For tickets and rtsffrd-
lions apply 10 ticket agents, or adj
dress &. 4. Walker, Gen. Agent Chi.
cago 8 N0rih.WcsicrH R'y, 2O6 S.
Main ST., Salt Lake Cib.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE In The
CLUTCH OF THE HUMORISTS.


hot 90 drink. and n basket 60 pile my
legs In" aud other comflrtr but he
found that his doctor had denied him
the use Of an these 'dciuai0ns" She
wanted him 80 particularly remember
that there are no such things us hum
ger and thirst and palm The patient
thus proceeds
III was night " anguish OF course
at least. I supposed 10 wua. Tor it had
mi Inc symptomF OF .tahut 90 passed nt
last. and the Christian Scientist came.
and ! was glad, She was mliile-aryd,
and large and bony aud erect and had
an auntero face and % rgHulutc iHsy
and q Roman beak and was "a widow ln
the third degree ana her name was Tul-
Ter. ! was eager TO set t1 business and
mud relief. but ahe wUg dIHtrceslnNty
deliberate. Che unllnnel and un-
hooked and unCuunl0l her uph1lstprlei
one bv one. abolished the wtlnkieH with
"a nirt % her hand and hung tho artI.
Giles up. peeled m her gloves aud dIs.
posed or them. got h book out OF her
handbag then drcw ID chair 90 the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18

WHAT Is IT THAT HAS FAILED ?

one OF our leading journals had re-
Gently long article on the failure ot
total ubHtlneuce. n has failed 20 ria
the land ~ drunkenness. though u hun
been preached. the article nlld, for
nfty years. Very true. drunkenness
still obounda: but during those ffty
years HofnothinE else besides total alb
stlnsnoc hAA been tried. and tried as
remedy for drunkenness, Moderate
drinking has been tried. Total abutln-
once, where prncticcd, has never failed,
No tcetolnr ever got intoxicated or tel
into drunkenness. before such an one
could fail h. had IN cease TO b. an
nbstaiuer. No particle 81 the drunken.
ness that now curses the land can be
traced 60 tvetnlhfH,
Whencc then the druuksnncaaf An,
moderate drinking has failed. Al tho
failure can be- traced TO the moderation
system. The poor drunkurd docs not
live who dih not once believe that IN
moderation h. was safe lie tried u
and the result " drunkenness. Herr n
tho failure Total abstinence IL certain
safety. and total abstinence only
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18

Holds the worlds record FOR long dis
lance fast runnlng-i,ozj miles In 1901
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18

ton, 20 90 speak, Of profound thoughts
-unthlnknhlc unour-uu--'
1T f. true. Read backward, or for.
ward. or porpoudicularly. OF az any Civ.
ou angle, these four propositions viii
Always be found 10 agrcc In statement
Alter being further enlightened On
The myeterice Of matter and mind, of
the Apudlcucal Principle. tho ApoCalyp-
tlr prophecies. and other occuit thinEH
The patient began 20 feel wonderful
Improvement under the Influences of
the near ana tho absent treatments
The good work took brisk start,
now, and went on quito swiftly My
body was diligently HtrtluiuE aud
Switching. this way uud that. 10 ace
DufumUdutU tho processes NJ restoration.
and every minute or two ! heard r.
dull click inside ana know that tho two
ends uf fracture had boon successful
ly Joined This muiliei CLICKING ma
grittlnF and grinding and uspinr cone
tluucd during The next three hour, and
thyn stuppod-ihu connections had ull
been made. An oXCgut dlaluyuuuua.
there wDrg only Hoycn OF these. hips.
Shoulders, knors, neck. s1 that was
soon over, one after another they
slipped into their sockets with sound
like pulling q distant cork, and I
Jumped w uH good aa new, aH 90
franz work"
hut De- Ht'll was troubled with atUm-
achaohc and "a pain On The head. and Tor
these complaints be- thought a. common
horse doctor would be- more lifting The
doctor cured him and charged him only
thirty krautEUrHI Not HU tho iuiys
"MrH Fuller brought lu au it0mlgol
bin Cor crate of broken bones mtudyd
iu two hundred ana thlrty.flur places
one dollar Dor fracture
Soothing exists hut miui7
Nothing che answered. AN else o.
HuhFt lntylDHa. ull ,lsr o. Imaginary
~ gave her uu imaginary check. and
now ahC "a suing me for substantial
dUllsra. a looks Inconsistent"
dolInra 10 lDH'H Inconsistent LITER
ury Digest.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18
IiIIT-IlIl-WT1
|IEHA6IISI5.
Rode.
I 8 ttti

Two trains each way diuf tttprsa
Denver. Omaha. Chicago, karaaa Clty,
g. Joseph. AtChlHun ana g. Lcua AMI
ull eastern points.
DINING Cars Uu uli ihrrlr1 tfni-a
No railroad haas better rHfr1e ears
thau Che burlington ttaltH E1t cfel
on the famous limited traits trtwHen
brighter cleaner or 20 irHr- rlr-sfl De-
The cars ou Main IRE ifairs --s
equipped With wide NUHfIfHtHH. Tner
are lighted by HHH. ThI- HkI-e ani
toilet compartments af" unuFllllF
roomy. From end 90 arl Deg are
thoroughly up a. date.
Drawing NUum hus one fur rrtln
aud re- single lower both. ain toilet
annex.
Hoftha may o. reserved on 1r1Ccaeisa
60 my uurIuEtHu Route rl.kHt arfrE
Sleeping Car Conductor Hi'. 01 rrefrfr.
telegraph ahead Cor ucgcuaa siatl5at Ga
connecting limos.
4 MAP or THE UNITED srATFs-
three foot four inches ufH tF f1ir feet
long. printed iu HIN c1l"rH. uruHtrt ~
rollers. shows every ttH.U ulantT. fa.
portaut town aud nliruri Dol fta Urirn
any household 0r huf.rrHH rftntIfh.
mont Sent 900 receipt 10 ffiaen ctats o.
Htumpa-lgaH than cost
Ticket omee. 80 W. rsuris s.
IA. uENToS. Ticket Ascot. n. q. rs.
n r. NEsLEN. Trav.'I-- PASS asi
". y WMLLAN. Con. Art.
git q. W. Temple st.. Salt Lake city.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-14
PUMPKIN SwINDLES,
Light Thrown ON nm Industry Tint
Has Contributed Wonders TO
Oregon County Fairs.

"Let no one open his mouth from
astonishment the next time he sees
big 100 or 200-pound pumpkin at a
county fair. It's all fake, and the
pumpkins are not on the square" Thus
spoke a man who had recently been in
Prinevile, the pumpkin center Of Ore
gon. He further relieved his mind TO
an 0regonian reporter as follows:
Now, have always at county fairs
looked with amazelnent at the mon
strous squashes and rutabagas and
pumpkins and thought how great is
nature, slightly aided by mans skill
in obtaining a high state of culture.
But ! always thought these big veg
etables were SQUARE, not in form, but
that they were 'on the square, and
now know that we always have been
jobbed.
"Will you believe me when | tell you
that found man out in Prneville
who had established an industry of
furnishing pumpkins of given weight
to ambitious farmers who desire to
take prizes at the county fairs? How
does he grow them? Simple enough,
when you know how. This pumpkin
manufacturer feeds the pumpkins
milk, just good, rich milk, and when
the pumpkin has grown to the weight
called for in his order from the am
bilious farmer he cuts it from the vine
and turns it over to the one ordering it,
This is the manner in which he does
it; Every day he fills quart measure
with milk, places it on the ground,
and connects it with aoslit in the pump
kin vine with rubber tube. The vine
draws in the milk by capillary or some
other attraction, and the vine thrives
and it grows to enormous proportions.
1T was extremely interesting to go
out in the evening to the pumpkin fac
tory and see the owner feed the pump
kins. The vines had become so used
to il and appeared to like the milk so
well that they actually rustled as the
man with the milk approached, and the
big, broad leaves waved in a transport
Of delight; and, when the milk had
been consumed, the vines settled down
for the night as contentedly as band
OF cows chewing their cuds. Portland
Oregonian.