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Humorous gcpartmcut. A FUNNY BACKWOODS MARRIAGE. BY THE MINISTER'S WIFE. One day in early winter my husband re- i ceived a summons to Burk's settlement to unite a couple in the holy bonds of wedlock, ] and it was especially requested that his wife : should accompany him, as he would be ex-! pected to stay all night and join in the festivities. It was twenty miles to the set- j tlement, and we reached the log house of Mr. Burk, the father of the prospective bride, about noon. A dozen tow-headed children were at the door waiting our arrival, and they telegraphed the news instantly?"Marm,: m&rm! here's the elder and his woman!? They're nothing but folks; she's got a man's hat on and a turkey wing on front of it! His nose is just like dads?crooked as a cow horn squash." Alas, for Mr. Morrison's aquiline nose, of which he was a little vain. ('Rom " a shrill female voice from the interior of the cabin, "run quick and catch the old rooster and I'll have him in thS pot in a jiffy. Sal, you quit that churn and sweep the floor. Kick that corn dodger under the bed. Bill, you wipe that taller ofTn the cheer for the elder's wife and be mighty spry about it too." Further comment was cut short by our entrance. Mrs. Burk, in a calico short-gown, blue petticoat and bare feet, came forward wiping her face on her apron. "How d'ye do elder V How d'ye do, inarm? Must 'scuse my head?haint had a chance to comb it since last week?work must be did you know; powerful sharp air, ain't it? Shoo there! i Bill drive that turkey out'n the bread trough, will yer ? Sal, take the baby's things. Set right up to the fire marm. Hands cool ? Wei, jest run 'em through Bill's ha'r; we keep it long for the purpose. Bill presented his shaggy, red head, but I declined with an involuntary shudder. "Lawk, if she ain't actiwally a shiverin',' cried Mrs. Burk; "bring in some more wood. Here, marm, take this hot corn dodger in yer lap?it's good as a soap-stun." At this juncture a fearful squall announced the execution of the doomed rooster, and shortly afterward he was bouncing about in a fourquart kettle, hung over the fire. Sal returned to her churn, but in the excitement , due to this unprecedented occasion, she uyset it, and the milk went swimming out over the floor. "Grab the ladle, Bill," cried Mr ;. B., and help dip it up. Take keer! Don t put that snarl of ha'r in. Strange how nasty boys will be! Dick, do keep your feet out'a the butter milk, or it won't be fit for the pigs, when th' butter's gathered. Drive th.-.t hen out, quick! She's picked up a pound a'ready?there, Sal?now try and be a leetle careful?if you are gwine to be spliced tcrmorrer, yer needn't run crazy about it." "You better dry up," answered the bride elect, mumping away at tue uuum. uy t..ic time I had fairly warmed, dinner was ready, and you may be sure I did not injure mys< If by over-eating. Night came on early, ai:d after a social discussion of the event of the morrow, I signified my wish to retire. Sal lighted a pitch knot, and began climbing a ladder in one corner of the room. I hesitated. "Come on," she said, "don't be afraid. Sam, Bill, Dick, and all the rest of you dunk yer heads while the elder's wife goes up! Look out for the boards, marm, and mind, or you'll smash your brains out against the beam! Take keer of the hole whar the chimbly comes through!" The warning came too late. I caught my foot on the end of a board, stumbled, and fell headlong, < through what seemed to me interminable space, but it proved to be only the room which I had left, where I was fortunately ? saved from broken or dislocated bones, by Bill, who caught me in my descent, and, setting me on my feet, remarked, coo'ily, "Yer better take the ladder next time." It was duly commiserated and at last got to bed, but the less said about that night the better, for Bill, Dick and four others slept in the same room with us and made the air vocal with their snoring. At last I fell asleep and was dreaming of being fired from a columbaid, when my husband awakened ae with the information that it was morning. The marriage was to take place before bre ikfn?t. and Sallv was alreadv dressed in lier bridal robes when I descended the ladder. She shone magnificent in green calico over crinoline which displayed itself in several places fully four inches below, a white apron with red strings, blue stockings, a yellow neck ribbon and white cotton gloves. Her reddish hair was fastened in a pug behind, lavishly adorned with the tail feathers of the defunct rooster. When it was annoui ced that Lem Saunders, the groom, was coming, Sal dived behind a coverlet which hung across one corner of the room to conceal sundry-pots and kettles, and refused to cume forth. Mr. Saunders lifted one corner of the curtain and peeped in, but quickly retreated on Sally's sharply advising him "to mind his own business." Lemuel's quaint form was clad in a sui t of blue with brass buttons which had been made for his grandfather on a similar occasion. His hair was stiffly greased with tallow, and his feet encased in skin pumps. Very soon the wedding guests began to arrive and the room was well filled. "Now elder," cried the jubilant bridegroom, "drive ahead: I'm able to pay for having the job done up nice, do you hear? Come, Father Burk, trot out your gal." * But Sally refused to be trotted out; she would be married where she was or not at all. We argued aud coaxed, but of no avail, and it was decided to let her have her way. Mr. Morrison stood up. The couple joined hands through a rent in the curtain, and the ceremony proceeded till the solemn question was propounded, "Lemuel, will you have this woman to?" when down came the curtain enveloping both minister and bridegroom in a cloud of dust. Dick had climbed to the loft agd cut the string which held it. They crawled out looking decidedly sheepish, and Sally was obliged to be married openly, In answer to the momentous question Lem responded : "To be sure! What else did I come here for?" And Sally : "Yaas, if ye must know." "Salute your bride," sai-.t Mr. Morrison, when all was over. "I'm ready to do anything, elder," said Lemuel, "skin me if I know what that is. Just show me how and, I'll do it if it kills me." Mr. M. drew back nervously; but Sally knew how, evidently, ior sne maue a aasn at mm. ana throwing her arms around his neck, gave him a kiss that made the very windows rattle. "I vum if I can't beat that," cried Lem excitedly; and, hastily taking a bite fvom a chunk of maple sugar he drew from, his pocket, and lunging forward to seize me, he mashed my collar, broke my watch-guard in a dozen pieces, tore down my hair, and : finally succeeded in planting a kiss on my nose, greatly to the delight of the company. Then he turned to my husband: "Now, elder, what's the damage ? Don't be afraid to speak out." Producing a piece of fur: "There, elder, there's a muskrat's skin, and out in th' shed is two heads of cabbage, and and you're welcome to the whole on't." My husband bowed his thanks. The young | people began the dancing and Mrs. B. went to getting breakfast. At my earnest request our horse was harnessed and we took our departure, for I felt sure that I could not live through another meal in that home with a sound stomach. I have since heard that Lem said if he j had seen the elder's wife before she was married, "Sal might have gone." Alas! "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: It might have been." 9 + 9 Expected Hfcit to Help Some.?Silas is a country character, who means well. He > tries to earn a living and "tinkers around" j at odd jobs and chores and whatever else he can get to do; but he works a good deal as he talks, with a painful drawl that 13 very ! suggestive of that state of natural restfulness ! which his ilk call "born tired." Silas ' came to mend a fence the other day for one ( of his patrons in the suburban village where j he belongs, with a peculiar air of festivity 1 about him. He had on a bright new neck- \ tie of Japanese silk, and his honest face was 1 covered by an expansive grin all the time ! that he was receiving his orders. "You seem happy, Silas," said Mr. Blank, with some curiosity, when he had finished 1 about the fence. ] "Ya-as," drawled Silas. "Ya-as, I've ' been a gettin' married this morniu'." I "Married? You? Why, Silas, man alive, ' what on earth have you gone and done that ' for? You can't support yourself as it is !" 1 "Well," said Silas, "I ken pooty near sup- I port myself, 'n' I think it is a durn pity if she ( can't help some." 1 ? . i f28T "Papa," said little Freddy, whose j nautical kuowlege, is a little mixed, "when ships beat their records do they do it with < their spankers?" 1 ibc <f?tm and Jitisidc. COTTON ACREAGE. We have read a good deal of late, pro and con, about reducing the acreage of cotton. It can be done and the same amount produced, by working on the intensive system, which decreases the cost of production. As I understand it, intensive farming means small farms highly fertilized and scientifically and energetically cultivated. And nowhere else can it be done more intelligently than on the small farm, for the labor and team can be handled more intelligently and systematically on a small farm of one hundred acres than it can be done on a farm of three hundred, because the whole is directly under the eye of the superintendent, and the result is, more work and better work is accomplished in the same period of time. Then the crops can be gathered and boused in a better condition, which increases the quality of the products as well as the quantity, and, therefore, when brought into competition with the inferior articles of the big farm, better prices arc secured and peace and harmony exists between the seller and buyer. The days of large farms are fast passing away, in my opinion, for taxes are increasing every year, and to have a large tract of land not paying interest on capital invested is not wise farming, and small farms are taking the places of large ones. And it don't take much of an expert to see the prosperity of a community of mtensive farmers, for their farms and prodi ;ts are au advertisement of their skill an i energy, and the characteristics of such fai "ers will add to the material wealth of thv country, and settle the labor problem soon r, for a community of idle, thriftless people can never hope for prosperity in which good morals and religion and law are held in contempt or ignored. Only order and progress will convert idle laborers into a property-owning people, and it will make them mere identified with the true interests of the country liiro or?rl thpv \VI 1 Ttllll tft Ill HUIV/U IUWJ HTVj uu\i vmvj ' - j gether pnd each one will contribut< his quota of labor in the upbuilding of the ;eneral ininterest of the whole community iu which they live. Then the true virtues of selfreliance, economy and industry will be brought out in his character, and he will strike harder and more zealously for himself, when before he struck against the interest of his employer. Then, if the above is correct, let us have small farms on the intensive system and people to own and till them, and all will pull together for the general good and the upbuilding of the whole country. We must not decrease our production, but must increase the quality to a higher standard if we expect to enhance the value of our products. Russia, in a few years, will drive all foreign cotton out of her ports by her own production in Asia, and claims that it as line a grade as any grown in the South. Mr. Goujon declares he can produce a superior quality of cotton from the plantations he proposes to establish in Asia, and says that it is not a leap in the dark, because cotton fields have flourished with excellent results in the region he intends to cultivate/ The only drawback is drought, and that, he says, can be overcome by irrigation. He claims that land is much cheaper and that he can get all the labor he wants at 20 cents per day, and transportation facilities will be excellent for transporting the crop to mar ;et, and the United States cannot compete with them, and he can see nothing but immense profits in store for their products. If the facts have been clearly stated by Mr. Goujon, he can produce cotton at 5 ceuts with a good profit.?"Deaf Mute," Pansy, Ark. mnu Citiidi Tottp?Ar shade trees they are especially desirable about the home lot. They are of rapid growth, and are easily grown from the seed; their broad leaves, while adding much to their beauty, and better adapted for shading than those of many other trees; their flowers, while in season, are both pretty and fragrant; the trees will bear cutting in better than most others, and can be pruned even to the trunks every season if desirable, and will but throw out the better growth. They preseut, the first season, quite a unique appearance with great clusters of tropical-like leaves that soon develop into branches. Every farmer knows, who has raised the trees, that they make the best fence posts, and that a fence thus provided will outlast three others, the wood is so indestructible. Branches trimmed from the main stem and used as props for Lima beans in the garden have been in use for many years and are as good as ever. It is said to be the firmest and best wood for the use of railroad ties and for whatever use an indestructible wood is needed. Why, then, should we not grow more catalpa trees. They are good shade trees for the street, invaluable at home for the same purpose, while as ornamental trees they have always won favor. I never look at the trunk of some old catalpa tree but I think of the boon it will some day be to the economical fencemaker?that is, if fences are in vogue in the future.?Vick's Magazine. Read and Heed.?a man is responsible for not knowing what he might have known. This will fix a dreadful responsibility upon some, of us. We will not be allowed to plead that wc did not know better when we necrlected the opportunity . to cain such knowledge. When an opportunity once passes it is gone for ever. Another may come just like the one past, hut it will not be the same opportunity. The young do not fully appreciate this, but they might be taught to realize it nearer than they do. Parents fail to seize the passing privileges and opportunities to educate their children. In some instances they fail to supply their children with sufficient and proper books and papers. A newspaper is an educator. No family should be without one. Children will learn to read with very little help if provided with proper reading matter. That man or woman has a false idea of economy who thinks it does not pay to buy books (that is, good books) and take papers, not too many, but enough. It would be a good Christmas gift or birthday present to send a good paper to your boy or girl for a year. Such a course would give handsome returns. Parents, try it. Subscribe for a paper for your boy or girl, and you will be pleased with the result. Teach Your Little Ones to Work.? I mean little girls. As mothers are apt to get sick, and then household affairs generally get in disorder unless somebody is acquainted with the outs and ins of household business; there is every argument to prove that it is first-class economy and business sense to educate children in that sort of work. Nothing worries a household more than to see children driven to work, and nothing worries a child more than to be driven to work when she knows just enough about it to get a scolding and too little to make it interesting to her. A girl that knows how to make good buscuit, good coffee and good anything else, will like to show the elders in the family how well she can do it, when her mother is laid up in a sick room, especially if her father and brothers praise her a little. If she is shown how to do it, when the domestic sky is calm and serene, she will kirow how to be useful when the storms come and everything is in confusion from sickness. How to Render Fabrics Incombustible.?Many deaths would be prevented if ladies engaged in household work would wear incombustible and non-inflammable n't r .... *? garments, me process ui ?u ui-duu^ mtvuo and cottons is very simple. Steep the goods in a 7 per cent, solution of sulphate of ammonia, or a 20 per cent, solution of tungstatc of soda and then dry them. If they are now held in the flame of a candle or gas lamp they will not take fire. That portion afthe fabric which was in contact with the light will become charred, but it will not inflame, and hence the burning state will not spread to the rest of the garment. Steeping in borax and hot water will have a similar effect. writer well says, for it is in accordance with all experience, that farmers who [>ut their farms largely in grass and upon which good stock is kept, are constantly growing richer. This is particularly the case where sheep are kept. Farms that are turned over every year and the crop hauled to market, in time become worn out. Stock growing involves less labor and less machinery, and in the long run brings better profits than any other branch of farming, but every market report teaches that good blood must be used instead of scrub. Well bred live stock judiciously purchased and properly handled should be found upon every farm.?Ex. ^tisfclliWfous ftcadinij. ANGELS. BY REV. R. LATHAN, D. D. Written for the Yorkvllle Enquirer. i The word angel is one of frequent occurrence in the Scriptures. In the New Testament the word so translated (angelos) is | found 186 times. Its proper meaning is messenger, and it is so translated in Matt. xi, 10; Mark i, 2; Luke vii, 24-27; ix, 26 ; II Cor. xii, 7; and James ii, 25. It is only from the connection in which the word is ' found, that- we are able to decide what is the character of the messenger. In Matt, xi, 10, ' and Mark i, 2, the reference is to John the Baptist. In the Old Testament, some- I times the elements are called angels or messengers. In Psalm civ, 4, it is said God i makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flaming fire. In this place it is highly i probable that the meaning is that God makes the winds his messengers and the lightning . his ministers. In the Old Testament the word angel, or messenger, is sometimes applied to a whole class of individuals, as the priests. Hence in Mai. ii, 7, it is said they? the people?should seek the law at the ! mouth of the priest, for he is the messenger, or angel, of the Lord of Hosts. Generally, both in the Old Testament and in the New,the word angel denotes a spirit, or a creature of i a kind of existence different from those having material bodies. A spirit, says our Sav- , iour has not flesh and bones. That spiritual beings arc frequently ( mentioned in the Bible, no one who has , read or heard the Bible read, will for one moment deny. No attempt will be made to define the word spirit. It cannot , be defined. The same is true with respect to matter. We speak of matter as having certain properties, but that is not a 1 definition. It must be evident to any one who will reflect upon the subject for a moment, that all that can be known about an- < gels, is what is revealed in the Bible, and 1 what is there revealed is incidental?always in someway connected with man. Nothing i is said with respect to the creation of angels. ] We are nowhere in the Bible told, in so many words, when angels were created, i Some commentators have jumped to the con- < elusion that they were created on one of the six days of creation. This is nothing but ( conjecture. We may safely conclude that , the earth which we inhabit, and all that system of which the earth forms a part, was created during the six creation days, but we have no right to conclude that the system to which the earth belongs is all that God created, nor are we warranted, from anything narrated in the Bible, in concluding that angels belong to this world to the exclusion of any other. For any thing that we know, angels may be messengers sent out by the ryf oil lVArlrlc i/\ nnrliAnsi nf his Homill 1U1C1 Ul u.. ? ~ ions of which we know, and can know, noth- ; iug. We know that angels were created before man, and we know, further, thatsome of the angels fell before man was created ; but how ] long before we can only conjecture. It is said that the devil was a liar from the beginning. Not from his beginning, for then it would have been impossible for him to . have fallen; and besides,the Scriptures plainly teach that the devil did fall. From the beginning then must mean either from the creation of our world, or from the creation of man. It seems reasonable to suppose that the devil and those angels who fell with him, did not remain long in a state of holiness. 1 The fact that some of the angels fell and some did not, warrants the distinction which we find in the Bible?the Lord's angels and the devil's angels. If the question be asked, "How was it possible for holy angels to sin ?" 1 it is replied that in every creature, no matter what be its sphere of elevation, there is a defect. Not that it was not so endowed as to be able to subserve the purpose for i which its maker designed it. Still, the sim- i pie fact that it is a creation, shuts it out from being, or even attaining absolute perfection. \ God is the only being in the universe who is, i or can be, absolutely perfect. Angels fall, | then, because since they are creatures, it was possible for them to fall, and God, in his ( sovereignty, permitted them to fall. Those , angels who did not fall were, by God, con- j firmed in holiness. It is this confirming in li/vlSnaoo Knf ooonroc fltn NWlnomOt] HUIiUVOO VIKkV owuivu ia*v *vmvv...w. ? >.. , of men from violating God's law even in heaven. It is a rather remarkable thing that although angels are often spoken of in both the Old Testament and in the New, that ' particular names are given to none of them I but two?Michael and Gabriel. It is no less worthy of note that these names are found in no part of the Old Testament except in ' the prophecy of Daniel; and in the Now Testament only in the gospel of Luke, epistle of < Jude and book of Revelation. The name Michael is found only in the tenth and ] twelth chapters of Daniel, and in Jude, and 1 in tliQ twelfth chapter of Revelation. The i name Gabriel occurs only in the eighth and ninth chapters of Daniel, and in the first ] chapter of Luke. Gabriel was sent to an- i nouuce the birth of John the Baptist, the , forerunner of the Messiah, and it was Gabriel who was sent to make known to Daniel when , the Messiah would come to set up his king- , dom. Gabriel is a created angel, but Michael most probably is Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners. His name, who is like God, suggests , this, and the attributes and works of Deity are ascribed to him. Daniel describes Michael as the great prince, as he who stands up for the children of thy people, and the first of the chief princes, and the description of Michael, as contained in Daniel, x, 5-0, is nearly identical with the description of the Saviour as contained in Revelation i, 13-17 and ii, 18. The name arch-angel occurs but twice in the New Testament, and in both instances in the singular number. In Jude ix, Michael is called the arch-angel, and in I Thess. iv, 10, Xl r _ X 1 1,1.. inc reierence is iuusl pruuuuiy iu uui? himself. It is admitted that we hear from the pulpit much said about arch-angels, but much that is said is strained and far fetched. It j is claimed by some that because seven angels are mentioned in Revelation, viii, 2, that there are seven arch-angels who have dominion over the seven orders into which angels are divided. This is all stuff, for which there may be a foundation in Kabinical and Scholastic books, but none in the Bible. The fair inference is that Jesus Christ is the only arch-angel. At any rate it is clearly uuscriptural to speak of arch-angels, for there is but oue mentioned in the Bible. This does not conflict with the idea that there are, in some sense which we cannot well understand, different orders of angels. Several passages in the Scriptures seem to favor this idea, but no passage teaches that there is any particular number of orders, or that; there is an arch-angel for each order. It should be remembered that the lan-! guagc used in the Scriptures in describing i angels, is used by way of accommodation, j much in the same way that language is used i in speaking of Clod. We hear often of angels flying, and in carrying out this idea of flying, we often see angels painted with wings. This is calculated to mislead. Who could paint an angel ? The thing is impossible. It would be far easier to paint the j track of a bird through the air. Who could | paint the wind, much less an angel? i ? ?? ? t. rni.. "1*11 k wills ok 1>oah am) jauoij.? 1 ho origin of testaments is lost in obscurity, but doubtless tliey followed soon after tbe first institution of private property. Euscbius j says that Noah made a will soon after tbe I flood wherein be disposed of tbe whole! world. He was certainly possessed of a j considerable landed estate, but Eusebius's story of tbe testament in writing and witness-: ed under bis seal, needs confirmation. In the forty-eighth chapter of OScncsis, I however, we do find mention of a will, j wherein Jacob bequeathed to bis son Joseph 1 twice as much as to bis other children, j This was not a testament in writing, but aj verbal or "nuncupative" testament, declared ; by tbe testator "in extremis" before witness-1 es, and depending upon oral testimony. Such "nuncupative" testaments were at I one time recognized in English law, but in j the eighteenth century Blackstonesays they were fallen into disuse, and hardly ever heard of.?All the Year Hound. SlioK Sizks.?A third of an inch gives us a j full size in length of shoe; a sixth furnishes tbe intermediate point between two sizes, the saving of which is desirable, if practicable ; a small fraction of breadth goes a good way in securing comfort, and in girth of ball or instep an infinitesimal part of an inch is sometimes an ell of freedom ; a quarter of an inch is a good deal of letting down or elevating at the heel, and a sixteenth is readily perceptible at tbe sole. I'or these reasons sudden and extreme changes in size or weight of shoes are injudicious.?Shoo and Leather Reporter. Wansidc #atltc??gs. BfiT'In Palestine there are 78,000 Jews. 8fi?" New York has 12,000 telegraph boys. B@T A lump of coal weighing a ton was recently mined in Wyoming and sent to Denver. 8$^" Man suffers most from imaginary troubles. 8ST Intensely cold weather prevails in England. BST One of the best tests of religion is the collection basket. &3P Yawning is caused by a deficiency of air supply to the lungs. SST" The population of America increases by 7,000 persons a day. BSST The Vatican contains 208 staircases, and 1,000 different rooms. SST The choir of the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City is 300 strong. 06?" Sixteen tons of steel pens are exported from Birmiglmm, Eng., weekly. fiST" The California State prison has a convict who is over 100 years old. 8?" The South has now 1,200,000 more spindles than it had a year ago. 86F" The mail train is seldom late, but the 1 1- -I.*-. .1 train ot a temaie is always ucmuu. 8fiT Throughout the entire world about thirty-five million people die every year. Munich is tcsend to the World's Fair i microscope which magnifies 16,000 times. 8?" Did it ever occur to you that no man can "raise the devil" without lowering him5Clf ? 8?* The taxable value of property in Tcxis is $72,656,000 larger this year than it was last 8ST Nearly a million copies of a vile WBk assailing Christianity has been circulated in China. 8@"* Newark, N. J., is showing a death rate of thirty-eight per 1,000, and folks stand oghast. 8?" Defiance, la., has a man five feet six inches in height, who weighs but sixty-five pounds. 8?" When a man speaks the truth you may count pretty surely that he posseses most other virtues. 06?"'The man who goes to church with squeaky shoes goes to the right place. His sole needs attention. 8?? The raven is the only bird known to the entomologists which is a native of every country in the world. 8?? A Nebraska farmer has been acquitted of killing a book agent who persisted iu forcing his book on him. 8?" Under the new State constitution there will only be one election in Mississippi between now and 1895. 86?" A young lady remarks : "Man proposes, but it sometimes takes a great deal of encouragement to get him to do so." 86?" On account of the McKinley law the Liverpool chamber of commerce has decided not to send an exhibit to the World's fair. 8?" The Knight's of Labor, of Fort Worth, ? ' ' i -!i- PTA rex., report tnat in mat city over ou pci cent, of the working people are out of employment. A Connecticut man has invented a machine which automatically feeds his chickens at night and morning. It is run by clockwork. B6T One of the latest discoveries of the scientists is that the germs of yellow fever may be conveyed from tropical countries in the plumage of birds. BaP* The frog, owing to its peculiar construction, cannot breathe with the mouth open, and would die from suffocation if it were kept open forcibly. B6T" We should always extend a helping hand to the man who is trying to come up from the gutter, provided he doesn't bring the gutter up with him. &8P As an indication of advancing civilization among the red men, it is announced that the Yuba Indians, of California, are about to build a theatre of their own. BSSf It is said to be a fact, though not generally known, that the light of the sun and the moon exercises a deleterious effect on knives and other edged tools. A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never get there without Christ. BGF Money is so scarce in Cuba that the brigands are compelled to let their prisoners go again, finding neither money on their persons or friends to ransom them. B6T Canada'a annual Christmas poultry train came this year from Ottawa to Boston. The value of the cargo at the frontier was $26,000 and the duties were $8,750. 86T "Whatever made you make Brackins a present of a pocket-comb ? He's as bald as a billiard ball." "That's just it; I want to nnolrQ him tln'nL- T novfiv noticed it." 6QT The spread of the grip continues to be reported from various parts of the country. The disease, as a rule, appears to be of a milder type than it was last year. 8S5" There are about 30,000 locomotives in the United Stntes?being one to every five miles of railroad?and 1,100,000 cars of all kinds, of which 27,000 are passenger coaches. BfiT" During the recent terrific storms on the Atlantic, it is stated that a number ol ocean birds were driven from distant seas and America and other continents to England. fiST The trouble with most young men is that instead of starting at the bottom of the ladder and climbing up gradually, they want to begin at the top. The result is usually a tumble. 06T" An illiterate farmer who wished to enter some animals at an agricultural exhibition, wrote as follows to the secretary "Euter me also for a jackass." And he took the prize. 66T" If a man shamefully abuses his wife ir Butte, Mont., half a yard of crape is tacked on his door as a reminder that any trouble in the future will be followed by a call by an undertaker. 0ST1 Two men are now living who rode on the first locomotive ever run in this country, They are the Hon. Otis Avery and the Hon. John Torrey. It was the trial trip made in Honsdale, Pa., their home, in the year 1829, 087? Pennsylvania has twelve towns oi postofiices with very peculiar names, viz.: Stumptown, Bullskin, Shintown, Jugtown, Puckerty, Sin, Sis, Scrubgrass, Her's, Man's Choice, Maiden's Choice, and Bird in Hand, PaF The happiest people in the world arc those who look on the bright side of everything. They that always expect the best generally make the best of what they get, A grumbling person is as a stormy day, a cheerful one as sunshine. Bay" The Winchester (Ky.) Democrat says that a grocer of that town recently received the following order: "Dear Sir : Please send me 4 pounds of cole and some te. My wife had a boy last nitc also 1G pounds of cheese J * tun if/wl 7 1 ItAlltwIu (inrl UI1U tl lilt llilf. 1IU ?? ajui I O j'v/unuo UIIV4 u hatchet and nails." Forty reputable insurance companies in New England went out of business in 1S91 because they did not get premiums enough to pay losses and expenses. The year was hard for all insurance companies, and increased rates arc expected. fifciT Whips may he very expensive. One presented to Win. H. Vandcrbilt cost $2,000, W. K. Vandcrbilt has one that cost $350. Pierre Lorillard has one, with a carved ivory handle, that cost $500. Whips that cost from $25 to $100 arc favorite articles for presentation, and America leads the world in making them. 862f" A minister, who had been accused ol preaching a sermon that was not his own went to the parishioner who had made the charge, and asked him to retract. "Well,' said the parishioner, "I thought, when 1 heard that sermon, that it was taken from ,i book I had at home; but I went home and looked in the book?and it was all there." It is said that the Japanese practice relined cruelty to delight their palates. They believe that the lish called dai is most delicious when eaten alive. An expert Japanese carver can dexterously remove five-sixths of the edible matter from its bones without touching a vital part. During this cruel operation the lish is kept alive by wet sea weed, which, being placed over the gills, enables it to breathe. Rift" European ladies are often invited tc visit the harems of the rich Moors of Morocco, and, says an exchange, some time age one of the inmates?a beautiful younggirl? fainted at the sight of one of the lady visitors removing her gloves. The young lady thought she was removing a thick skin from her hand, and the sight frightened her si much that it was sometime before she could regain consciousness. |?K !jakiK6 POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tnrlnr baking powder. Highest of all In leavening strength.?Lntest U. S. Government Food Report RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO., SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION, PA HSEXd Kit I) EPA Tf TMEXT. CONDENSED Schedule In effect November 15,1891. Trains run by 75th Meridian time: south bound. | No. 9. | No.ll. | No. 87* stations. Dally. Dally. Dally. LvNew York 12 15ngt 4 30 pm 4 30 pm Lv Philadelphia ; 3 50am U 57pm 0 57 pm Lv Baltimore I 0 50 am 9 45 pm 9 45 pm Lv Washington... 11 10am 11 20pm 11 00 pm Lv Richmond 1 3 00pin 3 20am, 3 20am Lv Greensboro j 10 40 pm 10 20am 7 10am Lv Salisbury 112 40 am 12 05 pm 8 28 am Ar at Charlo tte. 1 2 00 am 1 30 pm 9 35am fcv Charlotte 1 2 10am 1 50pm Lv Rock Hill i 3 03am 2 43pm! Lv Chester | 3 44 am 3 28 pm ?... Lv Wlnnsboro 4 40am 4 20 pm! Ar at Columbia.... 1 0 07 am 5 59pm| ?... Lv Columbia 0 25 am 6 15 pin, Lv Johnston's 8 12 am 7 52 pm Lv Trenton 8 28 am 8 05 pm' Lv Granltevllle 8 55 am 8 37 pm! Ar Augusta ; 9 30 am 9 15 pm Ar Charleston 11 35am 10 15 pm Ar Savannah 1 0 20 pm 0 00am; north bound. J ( No. 10. i No. 12. j No738* "stations. "" f Daily.'! Dally. | Dalfy. Lv Savannah 0 40pmJl 30pm| Lv Charleston, 5 00pm 0 00am' Lv Augusta.... J 7 00 pm 2 00 pm' Lv Granltevllle ! 7 55pm 2 32pm' Lv Trenton 8 38 pm 3 00 pm I" Tr.Vincl/vn'11 8 52 Iim 3 131)111 Ar Columbia 10 40 pm' 4 55pm Lv Columbia 10 50 pm. 5 05pm] LvWinnsboro 12 2(1 am 0 33pm Lv Chester 1 21 am 7 27pm: LvRock Hill 2ttlam 8 07pm: Ar Charlotte [ 3 05 am 0 00 pm Lv Chariots 7 00 am 0 30 pm 9 20 pm Lv Salisbury 8 37 am 11 08 pm 10 29 pm Lv Greensboro 10 30um 12 52am 11 54 pm Ar Richmond 5 30pm 7 40am Ar Washington 9 45pm 11 50am 8 38am Ar Baltimore 11 25pm 1 20pm 10 03am Ar Philadelphia 3 00am 3 47pm 12 35 pm ArNew York i 0 20am 6 50pm 3 20 pm Vcstibuled limited. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE. On trains 9 and 10 Pullman sleeping cars between Danville, Va., and Augusta, Ga.; and Augusta, Gn., and Greensboro, N. C. Train 12 connects at Charlotte with Washington and Southwestern Vestibuled limited train No. 38, northbound, and Vestibuled train No. 37, southbound. Also with No. 12 main line, for all points north and east. For detailed information as to local and through time tables, rates, and Pullman Bleeping-car reservation, confer with local agents, or address? J as. L. Tayi,ok, Gen. Pass. Agt.. Atlanta, Ga. W. A. Tukk. Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agt., Charlotte, N. C. J. A. Donssojr, Superintendent, Columbia, 8. C. W. H. Gkbk.s*, General Manager, Atlanta, Ga. Sol. Hans, Traffic Manager, At Inula, Ga. December2 43 tf C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mall and Passenger trains from Lenoir, J>". C., to Chester, S. C., and from Chester to I Lancaster, daily except Sunday, taking effect December 20th, 1891. south hound. J No. 1L , I Leave Lenoir 7 loam Leave Hickory 8 25 am Leave Newton 9 02 am Arrive at Lincolnton, ; 9 55am Leave Lincolnton 10 03am ; Leave Dallas 10 50 am Arrive at Gastonia, 11 03am Leave Gastonia 11 08 am I Imvh Clover 11 49 am Leave Filbert 12 07 pm Leave Yorkvlllc 12 22 pm Leave Guthrlcsville 12 4(1 pm leave McConnellsvllle '12 55pm leave Lowrysvllle ' 1 13pm Arrive at Chester... j 1 13 pin nokthiiouni). | najsjf Leave Chester 11 50am Leave Lowrysvllle 12 20 pm Leave McConnellsvlIle 12 37 pm leave (iuthrlcsvllle 1 12 10 pm Leave Yorkvlllc 1 00pm Leave Filbert, 1 20pm Leave Clover ' 1 44 pm Arrive at Gastonla, 2 24 pm , Leave Gaston la 2 45 pm leave I Ml lis 2 58 pm Leave Llneolnton 3 44 pm Leave New :on 4 40 pm Leave H lck ory 5 20 pin Arrive at I.enolr 0 30pm No. 0. | Clieraw ?fc C?licstcr. | No. 10. 3 45 pm Leave CHESTER Arrive >10 43 am 4 25pm KNOX'S 10 0:1am 4 47pm! UIC'HHUR(} 0 40am 5 10pin BASCOMVILLE 0 25am 5 33 pm' FORT LAWN ...! 0 00am 0 22 pm .... Arrive LANCASTER leave J1 20am JAS. L. TAYIX3R, Gen.Pans. Agt., Atlanta, Gn. W. A. TURK, Ass't Gen. l'ass. A?t., Charlotte, N. C. J. A. DOPSON, .Superintendent, coiunima, o. \V. II. GR EEN, General Manager, Atlanta, Ga. HOI. HASH, Traffic Manager, Atlanta, Ga. December 21 40 tf /^MOTHERS'! | FRIEND" | 1 1 rfWWL Young I * * j Makes Child Birth Easy.! | Shortens Labor, 5 | Lessens Pain, Endorsed by the Leading Physicians. J , ? Book to "Mothers" mailed TREE. 5 I BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, GA. * SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. { March 25 7 eomly W. H. IT IC KLIN, (iUTHKIESVIl.LE, S. C. II BREEDER OF REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE. THE splendidly-bred Cooinassic Hull, MAY'S KING KOFFEE, No. 20,004, .stands at the head of my herd. TWO YOUNG BULLS and a few CHOICE HEIFERS FOR SALE at fair prices. All arc entitled to registry in the Anieri lean Jersey Cattle Clult Register. Also pure-bred JERSEY RED HOGS. Write '' for what you want. ! September 51 .'11 tf UNDERTAKING. I ^iijaaBBao^Wiaaagwa | T AM handling :i first class lino of ('OKKINS , I X AND CASK UTS which I will soli at the very ' | lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. ' | I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furnittire ! | at reason aide prices. J. ED JEFFREYS. ( " llXOIAMiK DANK, : Yorkvillie S. C. , |T. S. JEFFERYS President. , I JOS. l'\ WALLACE Vice-President. j Fit AN K A. OILRERT, Cashier. I Organized September 1, 1HK7. THE HANK will receive Deposits, hny and sell Exchange, make Loans and do a genoj nd Ranking Ihisiness. ' The otliccrs tender their courteous services to its patrons and the public generally. ' JiKi" banking hours from !l A. M. to it. P. M. ,1 ' January 7, 1SJH*. 4S tf ! NOTICE TO CREDITORS. i Jos. E. Wallace, Administrator, against Kate ! Williams Russell and others.?Complaint for r belief. 1 rpiIE Creditors of K. IIA PPERFIELD, dei X ceased, are hereby notified to present their > I claims against him before me, at my otlice in the i Court House, at Yorkville, S. C., on or before jSA'ITHDAY, THE2.IHD DAY OF JANl'A| KY, A. I>? ISJUJ, or be debarred from all benefit i, under the decree in the cause as entitled above. | I W. RRoWN WYLIE, C. C. Pis. December ! H 7t . J l>. K. KINI.KV. J. S. ItHICK. KINIJA ItHICK, . I ATTOItMAS AT I. AW, Yorkville. S. ('. ALL business entrusted to us will bo given prompt attention. i OFFICE IN THE lU ILDINO ATTIIE HEAR I OF M. A II. C. STRAl'SS'S STORE. .1 January 7 1 tf ' .IOH PRINTINO. rpiIE ENtH'IRER OFFICE being now sup?| 1. plied with a SPLENDID OlTFIT <?F i MODERN Jol! PRESSES and TYPE OF (THE LATEST STYLES, all JO 15 PRINTINti ' I usually required in this section, will be oxocii ted in the REST MANNER and at FAIR i ' PRICES for the material used and the character , | of the work done. l | TWO I ROOM COTTACJES TO RENT. > ! S \N E of them on ('levcland avenue; the other i V/ on Piiickney street. Roth have wells of water on the premises and are comfortable buildings. For terms apply to T. R. McCLAIN. ti corbin Ik harrow 0 Is the Best Farming Implement in the World. MORE than two years ago I comnionced to handle the Corbin Disk Harrow and in connection with my first announcement published testimonals as to its value as a farming implement from several of the best farmers in York county. Their statements struck a great many of the farmers who had never used the Corbin Harrow as boing absurd, and for the first twelve months my sales were few and far between, not paying expenses of the business. The next seai son my sales were more than thrco times as great as the first season, and the sales for the present season, judging by tho number of sales since , October 1, bid fair to exceed the sales of last season, notwithstanding the fact that the cotton crop is not more than one-third as large as last year, and tho price one-third less. This last statement is only made to prove that the farmers have come to realize that tno apparently extravagant statements about tho Harrow are absolutely true. One of tho strongest recommendations of the Harrow is its wonderful power as a MONEY .SAVER, and this alone should commend it to overy farmer. When it comes to quality and ouantity of work there is no comparison between tne Harrow and any other mode known in this section. Below will be found tho testimony of several representative and well known farmers. I could furnish several columns of the same sort of evidence, but hardly think it necessary. Read what they say, and bear in mind that the statements they make aro made from a disterested standpoint: Hickory Grove, 8. C., March 23,1891. I Mr Sam M. f.RisT. Yorkvlllc. S. C. : Dear Sir?I bought a No. 7 Corbln Disk Harrow from you In October, 1889. I wns delighted with It the nrst time I tried It. I now consider It an Indispensable Implement on the farm. No fanner who looks after his own Interest can afford to be without It. To give an idea of its value at this time, when every farmer Is so far behind with his work, I will say that I can take my Harrow, with one hand and four mules, and put 300 to 400 pounds weight on the Harrow, and break eight acres of corn-stalk, cotton-stalk or stubble land In one day, and prepare It deeper and better In every way than ca.n be done with eight mules and eight hands In the ordinary way. fl have a weight box on my Harrow. It Is the length of the beam, and Is 9 Inches wide at the bottom, 11 at the top, and about 10 Inches deep. It Is fastened on to the beam with bolts.] Last spring I plowed up my cotton stalks, and with the Disk Harrow and two mules, cut up the stalks and pulverized my land to the depth of Ave Inches at the sameopcmtlon, and at the rate ofan acrcan hour. Wheat and oats can bo put in with It much better than In the ordinary way. One hand and two mules Is all that Is necessary to put In eight to ten acres a dny. The best prepared land I have ever had was a piece of weed stubble turned In the fall and cut up wltn the Corbln Harrow In the spring. In conclusion, let me say that the Harrow thoroughly breaks and pulverizes the land and leaves It In a porous condition. Land that has been pulverized with a Corbln Harrow will not bake. Respectfully, W. 8. Wii.kerson. Grover, N. C., July 10,1889. 8am M. Grist, Yorkville, 8. C.: I)ear81r:?I have owned a 10-lnch Corbln Disk Harrow for the past four years and have put It to every possible test and it has given entire satisfaction. I had long felt the need of a harrow that would pulverize the soil thoroughly from four to six Inches deep, and realized that tills could not be done by any drag or tooth harrow, for they only pulverize the surface, leaving many clods or lumps untouched, and these clods would be worked to the surface In cultivating the crop : and all Intelligent farmers know that cloddy land does not give the best results. Hence the great Importance of a Harrow that will pulverize the soil as deep as the plow goes. My Harrow will thoroughly pulverize to a depth of seven Inches. I want nothing better In stalk land In putting In wheat or oats than the Corbln Harrow, for it not only does better work than a plow, but it is so much faster, cutting six feet at a time, and all (armcrx know the Importance of saving time at the season when these crops are usually sown. I venture the assertion that no farmer who owns a Corbln Harrow would be without it for twice Its cost. Two great advantages the harrow possesses over most Improved farming Implements Is its simplicity and durability. An vsleeny-neaded free negro can oj)erate it If he has sense enough to drive a wagon. I have prepared stubble land for planting, where there was no rocks or stumps, with my harrow, by harrowing it twice, crossing the first work with the last, as well or better than I have ever done with a plow. Much more might be said about the Corbin Harrow but I think I have snid enough to induce farmers to inquire into its merits. All who investigate will lie converted. Very Respectfully, Felix H. Dovkh. Yorkville, S. (A, May 15,181)0. Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. 0.: Dear Sir?It gives inc pleasure to add my testimony as to the worth of the Corbin Disk Harrow ns a farming Implement. I have used the Harrow purchased of you last fall for a variety of purposes, and in no single instance has it failed to do all that is claimed for it by the manufacturers and by the farmers whose testimony you have already published. Last fall I plowed a piece of ground on my place that was covered with weeds, and had also a considerable amount of wlregmss on it, and when the plowing was finished, it was exceedingly rough?in places the furrow would turn for twentyfive or thirty yards without breaking. I then went to work with tlie Harrow, and after going over the ground two or three times, I hnd it in as good condition ns an ordinary garden Is after being spaded and raked, and I am now cultiveting this land and it is still soft and mellowand easily worked. I also broke my cotton stalk land and then pulverized it and cut up the cotton stalks with the Harrow. I find a wonderful difference In working land that has been harrowed und that which lias not. The more I use my Harrow the better I like it. It is my purpose to sow my small grain with it next fall, and for two reasons: First, I can sow it better, and, therefore, get better results ; and second, I can do It at about one-fifth the expense and in one-fifth of the time, as compared with the ordinary mode of sowing grain. No farmer can afford to lie without t lie Corbin Harrow, and the sooner the fanners find tills out the better. I would not take five times the cost of my Harrow for It and do without it. I shall be pleased to give my friends any further information they may desire. Respectfully, R. H. Glenn. Yorkville, s. C., July 8,18S9. Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir:?In reply to your inquiry as to what I think of the value of the Corbin Disk Harrow ns a farming implement, I would say that I consider myself Incompetent to do the implement Justice, but will try to give some idea of my estimate of its value. I consider the Corbin Disk Harrow to be the most valuable farming implement I have ever used, or ever expect to use. There Is no other lmplementof which I have any knowledge that will do as many different kinds of work, or do the work as well. There is no Implement which will do equal service that I have overseen, that Is so simple in construction or which is less liable to get out of order. It is one of the few improved farming implements which can be used to advantage by the ordinary negro. The Corbin Harrow will more than pay for itself in one season If given half a chance. I now have on my farm a Hi-Inch, 12-dlsk Corbin Harrow, the original price of which was 840, and although the implement has been in use nearly five years, if it was Impossible to get another. I would not take five times its cost for it. In conclusion, let me say that some of my assertions may sound extravagant to some of my brother farmers who are not familiar with the Corbin Harrow, but I will say to those who may doubt any of my statements, that I will take pleasure in demonstrating the truth of cacli and every assertion to the entire satisfaction of all who will call at my farm near town. I hone to see, or hear, at an early day, of a Corbin Harow being on the farms of hundreds of farmers in this section. Very respectfully, \V. M. Walker. Chester, S. C, March 27,1810. Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir: I have owned a Corbin Disk Harrow for several years, and consider it the most useful and economical farming implement of which I have any knowledge. Mr. Corbin has done more for the farmer than all the politicians, reformers, etc., combined. He has done something practical. No farmer can fall to bo benefitted by the use of the Harrow, and the more it is used th'cgreater the benefit or profit. It is almost the only so-called Improved farming implement that I have ever seen that would do all its manufacturers claimed for it, and the only one that would do more. Every farmer should have one and a man who is able to buy fertilizers for his land is more aide to buy a Corbin Disk Harrow. The time will conic when the Corbin Disk Harrow will be considered as much of a necessity on the farm as the wagon, sewing machine, cooking stove, audi might say, the plow; and the sooner it comes the better for the farmer. It only takes a farmer, who lias been accustomed to the old : way of doing tilings, about one iiour to realize how much time and labor lie lias literally wasted before I lie used the Corbin Harrow. In conclusion, let me suy that I would not pretend to larin witnoiu u. Respectfully, \V. Holm us Hakdix. I don't know that the genuinessof the above testimonials will be doubted by any person who may read them, but in ease anybody should question till or either of them, I will say to such person if you will take it upon yourself to visit | cither or all of them and tititt that the statements j are not those of the alleged writer, I will eheeri fully pay all your necessary traveling expenses I and a reasonable sum for your time. Is this a | fair oiler? | Ifyou have tin Corbin IIenow you should have | one. You will save money by buying now. SAM M. lift 1ST, Sole Agent, Yorkvillo, S December li'i 4?i tf Ic,B** oVu//> * O SV 1% o ?MANUFACTURED BY-? 1 The Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co. CHARLESTON, S. C., iaAslmC ^ Cj^M^CisfT*Q/}~ I j N nYOIII llCl' IS 41 llll isilAFTINCi AND PIMjIIYS FOR SAI.F. ! FKKT nun inrh-aml-a-lialf SIIAKT, V / 1 N< i; .'1 1 langors, 11 innhnsilrnp ; 'J ('mio j l'tilloyx?otto ofI'mirspnitlamillioothorof'thri'e; ami two sots of Collars. KorSalont a Bargain, j Apply to Ij. M. <?U 1ST. | Novi'inlier '?> 12 11* JL$s BUGGY TO BE As a Premium for the Larges to the YORKVIL] LAST year, by an arrangement with the HOLLER A ANDERSON BUGGY CO., of Rock Hill, S. l\, wo wcro'enabled to offer one of their popular No. 2 Road Carta as a premium to club makers. Wo are pleased to announce that this year we are enabled, by an arrangement with the same company, to surpass all previous efforts. In fact we aon't believe that greater inducements nvnr heen offered to club makers bv any county newspaper in the South than wo are prepared to offer, and we think the above assertion will ho endorsed by the friends and readers of Thk Enquirer after reading our prospectus for 1892, which appears elsewhere in this issue. We Want to Tell You Something About the Holler Anderson Buggy Co. It is composed of thoroughly reliable men and they are entirely familiar with their business. They have only been manufacturing for the wholesale trade for about four or five years, but the reputation of their work is fast spreading in every direction. They build as durable, as fine and as well finished work as is cither made or sold in the South. At least that is what those who claim to know, say about it. We Have Determined This year to offer one of their celebrated Buggies as a premium to the club makor who may secure and pay for the largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS between NOVEMBER 1, 1891, and the SECOND MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, 1892, up to 1 o'clock, p. m., and wo would call the attention of all who. desire to compete for this very desirable premium to what is said in reference to it in our regular prospectus. The following letter from the Holler A Anderson Buggy Co. explains itself: Office of HOLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO. Manufacturers of Fine Buooiks and Carts, Surreys and Ph.etons. Rock Hill, S. C., October 0,1891. Mr. L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir?In accordance with agreement we The Best Bargain Ever Ofl A $45? SEWING M INCLUDING ONE YEAR'S SUB* WE have made such arrangements as enable u CIIINES at lower rates than ever before I crs the advantage of the unprecedented Imrgai: Th ip Machine is made alter the latest models i in shape, ornamentation and appearance. All the Singer, and are constructed of precisely the f The utmost care is exercised in the selection of tl is purchased. Each Machine is thoroughly welln ness, and no Machine is permitted by the Inspect tested and proved to do perfect work, and run lig THE CHICAGO SINGER MACHINE has ance Wheel, so constructed as to permit windinj Machine. The Loose Balance Wheel is actuated by a soli to the shaft outside of the balance wheel, which 1 spring. When a bobbin is to be wound, the boll wheel, and turned slightly to the right or left, w tilled. Where the Machine is liable to bo medd ' ? * * .1.xr,?.l,S?n mo wneci wneu iuji in ww, su mm uiu .'iiK.ui.v v. The thread eyelet and the needle clamp are ma convenience. Each Machine Is Furnished Wi 1 Foot Henuncr, (J Hemmers, all different 1 Gauge, 1 Tucker, 1 Package of Needles, 1 Thread Cutter, 1 Throat Plate, 1 Oil Can tilled with Oil, The driving wheel of this Machine is admitted venicnt of any. The Machine is self-threading, 1 made of the best material, with the wearing part* has veneered cover, drop-leaf table, 4 end drawer warrant every Machine for live years. This valuable Sewing Machine is GIVEN AS to THE YORKVILGE ENQUIRER at $1.75 ca each, and $8.00 additional. Price, including one year's subscription to Till Our price?$16.00?is for the Machine well crate all attachments and accessories. The Machine v maker, as the case may be, and the freight will hi The manufacturers write us that the freight to at Give name of freight station if different from pos March 18 GARRY IRON RO Manufactures all kinds of am IRON ROOFING, MMtiBk j CKIMl'KD AND COKKUOATKD SIIJINCJ, Iron Tile or Shingle. ! KIKK I'KOOK Doolts, SUt'TTKIIS, AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( ,x__ i 1 1... 1 \f /!I)TC'P jpta' wruers nri'ivi'ii uj u. .? . unwi, March 18 LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. I WOULD respectfully announce to my old friends and the traveling public that I have j returned to Yorkville, and in the future will give iny personal attention to the LIVKUY AND FKLD STABLKS so long conducted by inc. | Determined to merit public patronage, I hope to receive a share of the same. 31Y OMNIBUS ! Is still oil the street, ready to convey passengers I to all departing trains, or from the trains to any ! part of town. FOR FUNERALS. : I have an elegant 1IKAHS10 and also a ('LA It| KNCK COACH which will bo sent to any part | of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable. 1 Buggies and other Vehicles J On hand for side. Bargains in either new or | second-hand vehicles. ! HAVE YOUR HORSES FEI) i At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where l they will receive the best attention. I * F. K. SMITH. | PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. IMroUOUUIILY fitted up with new baek. grounds, accessories, Ac., and with a tine i sky-light, I am prepared to take apicturo in any j style of the art, as well executed as can be done j elsewhere. | CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. Bythedrv plate process I can take them instantly; makes no dill'uronee about lairorcloudy I weather. 1 do all my own printing and finishing, and there is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in 1 the highest style to be had, and prices reasonable. ! (live me a call and see specimens of work, at i inv <iallerv on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. It. SClloHB. o.oo GIVEN AWAY t Club of NEW Subscribers LE ENQUIRER. mail electrotype of buggy by this mail. The electrotype showH the body hung oil "American Queen" .springs. We can mrnish it on the Brewster spring; or on the Brewster and King combination spring. We make bodies 18, 20, 22 and 24 inches wide by 50 inchesjlong, and paint and trim in any desired color. The price of this job at retail is $90.00, open. You qiay say to your club makers that wo fully warrant tho buggy that you offer as a premium to be our best make, and that means that ? /! mm ronton it to be second to none for the money, and better than many. Our buggy baa /i points of excellence that are found in no other on * the market, and up to any in all points. Tbe finish is as good as the best. Samples may be seen at our repository here, and also at the place of business of Messrs. Riddle & Carroll, our agents, Yorkville. Yours very truly, ^ HOLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO., Dictated by J. G. Anoerson, Manager. The Opinion of a Liveryman, Liverymen are generally supposed to be judges of work and the following letter from a welL known liveryman of Rockingham, N. C., would indicate that he considers the Holler A Anderson Buggy Co.'s work as the very best. You will observe that he does not say that it is as good or equal to any he ever saw, but the BEST: "Rockinoiiam, N. C., July 27, 1891. Holler & Anderson Buggy Co., Rock Hill, S. C. > Gentlemen?You will please find enclosed check for full amount. Your buggy gives entire satisfaction, and is the best;finisuea buggy that ever was in our town. (Signed), M. L. HINSON." fcSr- Other testimonials equally as strong astne above can be produced if wanted. No definite number of subscribers will bo necessary to secure this Buggy, but it will be awarded to the club maker who may return and pay for the largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS between November 1,1891, and the second Monday in February, 1892, up to 1 o'clock p. m., whether that number be TEN or ONE HUNDRED. LEWIS M. GRIST. . nL y ^ - jj ----- fered in Sewing MachinesACHINE FOR $16? ICRIPTION TO THE ENQ.UIRER. s to offer the CHICAGO SINGER SEWING MAfor ii GOOD MACHINE,and we offer our readies. of the Singer Machines, and Ih a perfect facsimile the parts are made to gnu go exactly the same as ?une materials. lie materials used, and only the very best quality indeatul is fitted with the utmost nicety and exactor to go out of the shops until it has been fully litana without noise. a very important improvement in a Loose llalz bobbins without removing the work from the ill bolt passing through a collar securely pinned )olt is lirinly held to position by a strong spiral t is pulled out far enough to release the balance hero it is held by a stop-pin until the bobbin is lied with by children, the bolt can bo lelt out of innot be operated by the treadle, de SELF-THREADING, which is a very great tli the Following Attachments: widths, 1 Screw Driver, 1 Foot RufHer, 1 Wrench, 1 Gauge Screw' 1 Check Spring, 1 Binder, 1 Instruction Book, 5 Bobbins. to lie the simplest, easiest running and most counts the very best tension and thread liberator, is i hardened, and is finished in a superior style. It s and a center swing drawer. The manufacturers A PREMIUM FOR SIXTY yearly subscribers eh; or for THIRTY yearly subscribers at ?1.75 i3 YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, $16.00. J, and delivered on board the cars in Chicago, with , ill bo shipped direct to the subscriber or clube paid by tho person who receives the Machine, ty point in this section will average about $1.50. it ollice address. L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. i: tf OFIiVGr COMPANY, HUtN OR^P^INT )F IKON ROOFlXti IX THE WORLD. is tf THE PARISH HOTEL. w IIEX you conic to Yorkville, you are in vitcd to stop at TIIE PARISH HOTEL. YOl* WILL HE ROYALLY TREATED. The building is located in the business portion of town. The rooms are largo and provided with every comfort and convenience. TIIE TAI1LES are supplied with THE REST the season all'ords, prepared by experienced cooks, and served bv polite and lively waiters. LAROE SAMPLE ROOMS lbr commercial men. We study to please. Mrs. (\ O. PARISH, Manager. March 4 4 tf ahc ilovlaiUr inquirer. 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