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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21
GOLD IN CORN ROW.
Lucky Find of Mecklenburg Negro Near
Charlotte.

Lucky Find of Mecklenburg Negro Near
Charlotte.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday.
Walking along a cotton row on
Messrs. Wadsworth & Pegram's farm,
to the east of the city, yesterday
MOI ming, Emiline Lindsay, a colored
girl, picked up lump of pure gold.
She showed her find to the overseer
of the farm, and then brought it to the
city, handing it over to Mr.. NJ. P. Pc
gram, president of the First National
Bank. The nugget is virgin gold.
There is not particle of quartz about
it, and it is as pure as if it had been
fuxed by the hand of man. 1t is about
the size of minnie ball, and in shape
looks like bullet that had been fiat
tened by contact with some hard OBJ
ject. 1t weighs 13 pennyweights.
Mr.. Pegram rewarded the girl for
her find and its delivery by handing
over to her 10 silver dollars. Her
delight at receiving the money was ex-
traordinary and resulted in the disclos-
ure Of little romance of the farm.
Emiline is about 16 years old and is in
love. She is engaged to be married;
but only last week her mother had told
her that she could not marry this
spring as intended, because she had no
money, but must wait another year.
When the rain of 10 silver dollars
poured into her hands, her first thought
was not of new dress or a spring
bonnet; but of her lover. The SO,
she declared, would enable her to get
married, and she hurried from the
bank to tell her intended of their good
fortune and to send him after license.
The wedding is TO take place today.
1t has always been known that there
is gold on the sold Jones farm" as
Wadsworth & Pegram's property is
known, and several nuggets have been
picked up there but none to compare
in size and purity with that which
hastened the wedding of Emiline
Lindsay.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21
RHEUMATISM
CATARRH

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

THE Foot BATH.-A foot bath is
often a source of great relief and COM
fort to sick person, and every one
who is likely to have charge of the
sick at any time should learn how to
give this bath in bed with the least
tax and worry to the patient.
Here is a good way: Cover over
the lower half of the bed with large
piece of oil-cloth (and said piece of
oil-clotb no housewife should allow
herself to be found without y then
place a foot.tub with a small amount
of water of medium temperature in
the bed. Have the patient lie on the
back, and hexing the knees place feet
in the tub. The knees can be suppor-
ted if necessary by an attendant, cover
the tub and knees with an old blanket,
having placed board over the tub to
keep the blanket out of the water.
The patient can now lie there and
thoroughly enjoy his bath. The wat
er can be heated from time to time by
adding more hot water. At the close
of the bath cool the water to one hun
dred degrees; put the feet into towels
and dry them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21
Is 1T CONSPIRACY?
No Need For Labor Agitators In South
Carolina.

No Need For Labor Agitators In South
Carolina.
Greenwood Journal.
1t is now suggested that northern
mill owners spent 800, 900 in the south
to disturb the contented condition Of
labor in. southern mills. There is no
hope of retarding the progress which
cotton mills are making in the south,
and the sharp New Englanders believe
that money could be wisely spent in
agitating the question of labor here
and thereby upset in some measure
the rapid strides which the south is
making in this direction.
Last fall labor organizer and agi-
tator came to Greenwood. He had
travelled over the manufacturing dis
tricts of the state on money paid by
somebody. He stopped at hotel
here, was great talker and was very
deeply concerned about the labor sit
uation in the mills. He had no sue
cess in this city and confessed before
he went away that he had not been
able to organize single labor union
in the state. But renewed efforts will
be made to interfere with and dissatis
fy the mill operatives of the south, and
money will be used to hire shrewd
agitators to 60 among them and hold
out many delusive schemes to distract
the prevailing contentment aud good
will of our southern mill people. AL
though the proposition to spend money
to promote labor agitation in the south
comes from New York, it cannot be
disguised as to its origin; but it is an
other New England idea to hold up
the splendid progress which the south
is making in manufacturing.
In reference TO the labor agitation in
the south, we reproduce from The
Manufacturers Record the following:
"One of the curses of the country
from which the south has been com
paratively free is the labor agitator,
the individual who levies upon his fel.
lows under pretense of advancing their
interests in order to enjoy immunity
for himself from all labor except that
involved in working his mouth. The
labor agitator must, of course, be dis
tinguished from those persons who, in
mistaken zeal, undertake TO advance
short sighted legislation iu behalf of
labor which must ultimately be to the
detriment of labor; but which sup
plies material upon which the agitalor
wakes fat"
If there is any part of the world
where labor legislation has fourished,
or rather has run riot, it is in New
England. If there is any place in the
country where labor is most unhappy,
judging from the constant strife be-
tween employer and employee, it is
New England.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

TURNING TO THE LEFT.-That Gu
rious tendency of the human species
to turn from right to left in walk.
ing, explained on the ground tina. the
right side of the hody has a higher
muscular development than the left,
has curious exemplfication in the city
churches, says an usher in one of the
Fifth avenue churches. 81 have no.
ticed for long time that two out Of
every three strangers coming to our
church will make for the left gallery.
As there is no choice in the galleries in
respect to light, air or comfort, this
puzzled me. At first 1 concluded it
was chance, until the proportion seem
ed beyond that. Then | studied the
matter from the doorway and observed
that those who do go into the left gal
lery do so without any pause or hesita-
ton, as if it were the natural thing 10
do, while the strangers who take the
right gallery almost invariably teeter
on the threshold as if undermined
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

down some of their cotton lands.
This fact alone would prevent any in
crease in the acreage of cotton to be
planted this year, as the grain crops
are about an average as to stands and
conditions and no farmer would care
to plow up any of his grain and plant
the land in cotton. But, even if he
should be tempted to do this by the
advance in the price of cotton, he
could not for the protracted rains have
made it impossible for him even to
break up the land left for cotton. Our
farmers are further behind with their
work than in any recent year, some of
them not having an acre of cotton
land broken yet. If the weather con.
tinues another week, Lancaster coun-
ty's cotton acreage will be less than
an average, and the crop necessarily
a late one which an early fall would
cut very short.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

SOME ARTS OF THE ADVERTISER -
"Cheaper than dirt" is the way an
uptown druggist labels window full
of soap.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
A Market street clothier makes this
ambiguous announcement: "Serge
suits, S4.9S. They won't last long at
this price" ."-Philadelphia Press.
A Harrisburg, Pa, advertiser an
nounces "Oxford ties that prettify
stylish girls feet" He thinks "pretti-
fly" is pretty fine.-Baltimore Sun.
A hypnotist buried woman at Sher-
man Park, West Quincy, last Sunday,
digging her up again in three hours.
She was apparently none the worse
for the ordeal. She has clerked for
several years in store that never
advertised.-Farmer City Journal.
The story that a painted advertise
ment of liver remedy on the side OF
an Iowa barn, caused span of mules
to run away, resulting in the death OF
one mule and the driver, causes Gomar
Davies to remark that nobody but a
fool mule would stop to read adver-
tisements painted on building or a
fence, anyhow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21
PROLONGATION OF HUMAN LIFE.

One hardly knows how seriously 10
take the announcement that DR.. Met
schnikof, Berlin scientist Of note,
has discovered or devised q serum
which, when administered under GER
tain conditions, will indefinitely pro-
long human life. This preparation is
based on the principle, long ago dis.
covered by DR.. Metschnikoff, that the
microbes infesting the human organ
ism find natural offset for their evil
work in other inherited or acquired
powers, without which human life
would not be able to endure for a sim
gle hour.
According to DR.. Metschnikoff7s the
ory, which is now generally accepted,
the resisting power in the blood con.
sists in its white corpuscles, called
phagocytes from their property of eat
ing stray germs. Wherever an army
of hostile microbes finds entrance a
force of phagocytes hastens to the
front and wages battle against them
in the Kongo fashion, absorbing them
into their own am9boid bodies and
digesting them. Unfortunately the
phagocytes do not confine their attack
to intruders. Sometimes they appear
to turn against the vital red corpuscles,
and the civil war which ensues is sup
posed by some to be cause of senile
decay. This is, of course, very crude
and analogical account of the state OF
things that exist in our blood, but il
will suffice 10 indicate the nature oi
the new discovery, which appears to
consist in a method of stimulating the
growth of the red corpuscles and en-
couraging them to resist the attack oi
the various forces that tend to produce
the deadly anemia which is 80 com
mon in our cities. II is stated that
DIR. Metschnikof and his assistants are
hopeful of being able TO- apply similar
stimuli to the "rejuvenation" of the
other chief organs Of the body.
The earliest of the Biblical writers
laid down the proposition, which is yet
undisputed, that "the blood is the life, y
and if DR.. Metschnikotf can demon.
strate the praclicability of his scheme
TO keep this life fluid flowing perpet
ually his immortal fame will be amply
secured.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

MEN DON'T LIKE UNTIDY WOMEN
"We all know how some women, after
year or two of married life, get care
less about their Dress" says lady
novelist. "They seem to think that
their fortune is made, and it isn't nee
essary to arrange the hair becomingly,
and put OH pretty gown, just for
their husbands. This is an error that
arises from laziness.
Men like to see their wives look
pretty, just as they did when they
were but sweethearts. Take woman's
advice, and if you can have but one
attractive gown, let that he the one you
wear indoors. Endeavor to have
daintily arranged hair. aud neat and
simple costume for breakfast.
"Go in largely for laces. A man is
very fond OF frills: bits of white about
the neck and wrists always appeal
strongly to lin. Have well.ftting
boots or slippers, as the case may be,
and, in fact, study to make yourself
Just as winsome after the fish is land
ed as when you were not so sure OF
him."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

MORE REsPECTFUL.-Among the
stories told of Charles Lever, the
witty novelist, is one which concerns
the days when he was British consul
at Triest.
He had accompanied his daughter to
London for a little social enjoyment
and had neglected to 60 through the
formality of asking for leave of ab'
sence. On his arrival in London he
was invited to dinner by Lord Lytton
who was delighted to see him.
When he arrived at Lord Lytton's
house, his host said "I'm glad you
have come! You will meet your
chief, Clarendon"-the minister of for.
eign affairs.
The novelist, much embarrassed
began to give reasons why he must
tear himself away; but before he
could make his escape, Lord Claren.
don was announced and almost al
once espied him.
"Ah, Mr.. Lever" he said blandly.
~ didn't know you were in England
in fact, was not even aware that you
had asked for leave of absence from
Triest."
"No-o, my lord" stammered the
novelist, disconnected for a second ;
but no more than that; "no, my lord,
I thought it would be more respectful
to your lordship so come and ask for
it in person !"-Youth's Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

SMOKING STUNTS THE GROWTH OF
BOYS Whatever difference of opinion
there may be upon the advisability of
smoking for men, there is none as to
its pernicious effect upon boys. 1t af-
fects the action of the heart and re-
duces the capacity Of the lungs.
Young men who are being trained for
a,heletics are not permitted to smoke
by their trainers because, they say, at
is bad for the wind" The argument
that will appeal most forcibly to your
boy is that smoking will stunt growth.
1t has been proved that youthful
smokers are shorter and weigh less
than their comrades who do not smoke.
Cigarettes are particularly injurious.
Nicotine, the active principle of tobac-
co, is said by chemists to be, next to
prussic acid, the most rapidly fatal
poison known. The tender tissues of
a growing boy cannot absorb even IA
very small quantity of it without most
Injurious results.-Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
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farm1 and firesiae.
HOT WATER REMEDIES.

Hot water is so simple remedy,
and so easily obtained that its value is
not half appreciated. 1t is one Of the
best restorers of nervous energy, it
rests the weary, and it relieves pain,
| not only as an outward application /;
but as a remedy to be taken internally.
A sudden and wearing attack of
coughing often needs immediate atten.
ton, especially in consumptives, and
those chronically i'll. In an emergen-
cy, that ever useful remedy will often
prove effective. 1t is much better than
the ordinary cough mixtures, which
disorder the digestion and spoil the
appetite. Water, almost boiling, should
be slipped when the paroxysms comes
on.
A cough, resulting from irritation, is
relieved by hot water through the pro-
motion of secretion, which moistens
the irritated surfaces. For the trying
cough, hot water is also excellent, as
it promotes expectoration and brings
relief.
When one has a sudden attack Of
indigestion it is a good plan to take
cup of hot water as nearly boiling as
can be borne. Persons suffering dys.
pepsia will find relief by drinking a
cup of hot water on rising in the
morning.
When one comes home at night after
fatiguing day, nothing is more rest
full than bathing the head and back of
the neck with a towel wrung out of
water as hot as can be borne. 1t
soothes the nerves and rests body and
brain. The same treatment relieves a
nervous headache as nothing else does:
When one is overheated and there is a
rush of blood to the head, hot towel
applied to the face and head is great
relief In the heat of summer this
same hot towel refreshes and cools the
skin, and gives it feeling of lightness
and comfort that cold water never
gives.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

ONE AGAINST THE MEAN MANA
capital joke is related of man who
positively made fine art of meanness.
When travelling, as he very often did,
he would keep railway porters busy
attending to his luggage, and then pur-
posely defer the much deserved per-
guisite till the starting of the train
made its payment practically impossi-
Bile.
One morning, however, when about
to journey to Birmingham, he exc
euted this maneuver once too often.
"Dear, dear; 1 am so sorry!' he
said, as the train gave lurch forward.
81 quite forgot to get change"
"And I'm rale sorry, too, sir" was
the porter's dry retort. 81 quite forgot
about that brown portmantay of yours
its lyin' on the platform. ."-London
Answers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

A MISSIoNARY's LAUGHABLE MIS-
TAKE.-It is wellknown that the
Chinese language is one of the most
difficult to master, and for us to at
tempt this task after we have finished
our school years is excessively trying
and difficult, and certainly the mis-
takes one hears of as being made by
those who begin to talk and, worse
still, preach in a language they fondly
imagine they have mastered, are lu-
dicrous in the extreme. heard OF q
clergyman who was preaching to q
Chinese congregation in the vernac-
ular.
"Come to God, oh, my friends
come to God," he cried, (or thought
he did, and was considerably surpris-
ed to find some of the congregation
with broad grins on their faces, while
others were frowning blackly. Great
was the good mans CONSERVATION
when he found he had been saying,
"Call the pigs, oh, my friends; call
the pigs" His mistake, l believe, was
due entirely to putting the accent on
the wrong syllables, which altered the
whole sense of the words. The Chi
nese seem to regard foreigner speak
ing Chinese, like DR.. Johnson regarded
women preaching. "It is like dog
stancing on its hind legs" said the
learned doctor. "You are not struck
with admiration ut how well he does
it but you are surprised he can do it
at all."-Mrs. Emil Dorm, in Leslie's
Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

MUsKMELONs In ITALY.-Consul
Hayden, of Castellamare di Stabia,
Italy, says: ain this portion of Italy
musk melons at best are very inferior
to the American fruit, lacking the
sweet flavor of our melons. Strange
to say, however, this same melon, when
reserved for consumption in winter, is
very acceptable. A custom exists here
of pulling the melon from the vine
while green, and hanging it up in the
open air until winter, when it is eaten.
The melon becomes not only far super
ior to the ripe fruit of summer; but
quite equal to the American product.
If this system could be adopted in
the United States it might prove of
value"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

AIR ALL YOUR RooMs.-How in
tensely disagreeable it is to enter a
room which is so close that one feels
like gasping for breath, and yet how
frequently one must endure the impure
atmosphere Of such place. Some.
times the room is not too warm but
simply close from want of fresh, new
air.
Some people seem TO be under the
impression that to let in fresh air is to
put ones self into position to take
cold Immediately. This is certainly a
mistaken idea. OF course, we do not
mean to intimate that one can open a
window, sit down by it, or where the
wind from it will blow upon one, and
not take cold but I do mean that an
occasional airing of rooms is absolutely
necessary for comfort, as well as
health. If the room be too warm or
the air impure from the lack of fresh
air and oxygen, have every one leave
for five or ten minutes, or even one or
two minutes, during which time the
windows can be opened, top and bot
tom, to allow the departure of the i'm
pure and the entrance of the fresh,
fe-giving air.
At least once day, all the rooms
should be aired we'll. do not mean
all at once; but piecemeal. If you are
dusling in the parlor or are making
beds, air the kitchen. If this is done
Systematically each day, and the win
dows in moderation be allowed open a
crack or so, there will be less of that
tired, worn.out, nerveless feeling, and
fewer headaches, which many times
are simply the natural esult of unaired
rooms.-New York Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21
Anmoro,1s 9epartment.

REASON ENoUGH.-"So your en-
gagement is broken ?" said the girl in
gray.
eyes," replied the girl in brown,
frownipg at the recollection.
"What was the matter ?"
"He basely deceived me-" answered
the girl in brown. "You see, it was
this way: l asked him to promise me
that he never would smoke cigarettes,
and be promised. Then l asked him
to refrain from the use of tobacco in
any form, and he promised to do that.
Later I told him / had horror for
anyone who touched liquor, and he
agreed never to touch it. Alter that
1 suggested that clubs had bad in
fluence on young men, and / should
expect him to give them up, and he
said he would. l also took up the
subject of gambling and made him
promise that he would stop playing
poker and buying pools on the races"
"Well you didn't demand anything
of him did you ?" asked the girl in
gray. "Isupposed he deceived you in
the matter"
"He did,"
"Broke his promises, did hep"
"Oh, no. / could have forgiven
that. But just when / was congratu-
lating myself that I at least had re-
formed one young man, found he
didn't need any reforming. He wasn't
addicted to single one of the habits
I made him promise to break. 1t was
a terrible shock, and I broke the en-
gagement right away. There was no
longer anything in it to make it inter
esting."- Post.
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a9" "Overcome evil with good" as
the gentleman said when he Knocked
down a burglar with the family Bible.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

which way to turn. This indicates
plainly enough that the turning to the
left is matter of instinct. New
York Sun.
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TAKE COUGH EASE, 25 CENTS A
BOTTLE. YORK DRUG STORE.
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TIME TABLE NO. 4.

In Effect 1901 a. NJ, Sunday, Dec. "a, 1899.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-14

The official note of the Pellin govern
ment puts the case in Il light that
must appeal to every fair mind. It al
so shows that the Chinese are quick
to see the advantage given them by
the ineXcusable attack on the Taku
forts. They have put the Powers in
the awkward predicament of being re-
attack on the legations.