Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 08, 1874, Image 4

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Selected ftocttg. | BE A WOMAN. Oft I've heard a gentle mother, As the twilight hours began, Pleading with a son, on duty, Urging him to be a man. But unto her blue-eyed daughter. Though with love's words quite as ready, Points she out the other duty, "Strive, my dear, to be a ladv ?" What's a lady? Is it something Made of hoops, and silks, and airs, Used to decorate the parlor, Like the fancy rugs and chairs ? Is it one that wastes on novels Everv feeling that is human ? If 'tis tliis to be a lady 'Tisnot this to be a woman. Mother, then, unto your daughter Speak of something higher far, Than to be mere fashion's lady? "Woman" is the brightest star. If ve, in your strong affection, <Jrge your son to be a true man, Urge your daughter no less strongly To rise up and be a woman. Yes, a woman?brightest model Of that light and perfect beauty ; There the mind, and soul, and body, IH'MHl l<> wuriv mil, UIO ? Re a woman?naught is higher On the gilded list of fame; On the catalogue of virtue There's no brighter, holier name. Be a woman?on to duty, Raise the world from all that's low, Place high in the social heaven Virtue's fair and radiant bow ! Lend thy influence to each effort That shall raise our nature human ; Re not fashion's gilded lady, Re a brave, true, whole-souled woman. ^ui?0fo?is fjcjiartmrnt. Smith and Johnson?How They Ran Rival Stage Lines.?In Utah Territory there were two rival stage lines ; one run by a man named Smith, and another by a man named Johnson. The competition was so great that at last both lines carried people for nothing, and gave them premiums besides. Smith offered free rides and a Barlow knife to each passenger. Johnson offered a boiled shirt. Smith saw that and went one better by giving a pound of Bologna sausage, and Johnson distributud gold-headed caues and hymn books. Smith rallied and offered all of Johnson's premiums with a litter of pups and a bunch of tooth-picks to each man. But Johnson took all the travel by paying the old rlehts of each Dassensrer. and deeding him a cemetery lot. Smith turned the tide immediately in his direction by giving each fellow a pair of mules, a church pew and 1500 shares of stock in the Pacific Railroad. Then Johnson determined on his master stroke. He went to Brighara Young and got a special dispensation, and then he offered to marry all the women who rode in his stages, to take all the .men iuto partnership, and to give gum rings to all the babies. Smith was broken up, and had to sell out, and abandon the business. Johnson now has 1426 wives, 1500 partners, aud he is indebted to an India-rubber man for six bushels of gum rings. But he killed Smith, and now he is happy.?Max Adeler. Pork and Potatoes.?"Landlord," said a transient guest at a cross-roads tavern, as he drew near the end of his dinner, "won't you give me a little more pork to eat with this potato V" A moment later, he said : "There was more nork than I wanted ; let me trouble you lor a iiiue more poiaiu iu cat, mtu pork." And shortly afterward : "Well, I declare, I've got some more potato left, and it seems a pity to leave it?just a small piece more of pork, if you please." It ran on so for some time. At length the landlord stopped short in front of his guest and remarked: "Look here, stranger, 'taint no use. I'm willing to do anything in reason to make that pork and potato come out even, but I've made up my mind, the way you eat, it can't be did. You're bound to lap over ou one or the other every time. Now jest make up your miud which you'd rather leave, and leave it and quit. I've got enough pork and potatoes, but if you keep on, you'll bust." teif Those who go round with the contribution box in California churches plead and argue the case as they go along. One of these gentlemen recently extended the box to a rough looking miller, who slowly shook his head. "Come, William, give something," said the deacon. "Can't do it, deak," said Bill. "Why not? Isn't the cause a good one?" "Yes, good 'uuff? but I ain't able to give nothin'." "Pooh ! pooh ! I know better. You must give me a better reason than that." "Well, I owe too much money." "Well, but William, you owe God a much larger debt than any one else." "That's true ; but he ain't a-pushin' me like the rest of my creditors." m-if The Detroit Free Press relates that a man about forty years old, and a woman I 1 A. ? ~ P UtAMA Of fVlO seemingly seventy years 01 uge, ncic Detroit and Milwaukee station, the other day, waiting for a train, when the man strolled out 011 the dock and caught sight of one of the city life preservers hanging to its hook. He asked what it was, and a laborer told him, and then he asked, "IIow long will it preserve j a feller's life?" The man told him a hundred years, and the information staggered the | stranger. Walking around a few minutes, as if meditating, he stepped up to his informant and said : "See here, stranger, I'll take one o' them preservers, and if it would not be asking too much of you, I'd like to have you tell the old woman in there that you haven't another one for sale, and that the machine 1 which made'm has busted." A Denver journalist whose name, had he lived at Jerusalem in the first century, would probably have appeared in the fifth chapter of Acts instead of that of Ananias, has erected a model sensation. While a moth- j cr is washing her baby, her daughter appears covered with blood and says that she has cut j off'Johnny's head. The mother asks "Why ?" "Because you said you'd do it if he took any preserves, and he took some." The mother imprinted a knock of affection on her daughter's brow with a wash-board, killing her immediately, then dropped the baby into a tub of scalding water, then "rushed from the house, a howling maniac, uttering shrieks which filled" nearly two columns of the paper. Prudent mothers iu Denver now 110 longer wash their babies. - ? ? (tn naninciitor <tiiriiirr thp war. > > I111U UU Lilt JJ(,uiu>iuiut .... an officer came across a private belonging to one of the most predatory companies of the Irish brigade, with the lifeless bodies of a goose and hen tied together by the legs, dangling from his musket. "Where did you steal those, you rascal ?" "Faith, I was marching along with Color-Sergeant Maguire, and the goose?bad cess to it?comes out and hissed at the American flag." "But the hen, sir; how about the hen ?" "The hen, bless ye, was in bad company, and laying eggs for the rebbles." Bfuf A good old elder of a church who was given to extravagaut exaggeration, was at last called to account for his offenses in that respect, and admonished not to give way to the besetting siu in future. The good old man received the admonition meekly, and earnestly said : "I know how prone I am to this fault, my brethren, and it has given me torture of pain ; and night after night I have shed barrels of tears over it." The meeting adjourned in silence. ftaT An animated sermouizer at Rome, Ga., made these remarks upon the soul-saviug question : "My brethren, a man cannot afford to lose his soul. He's got but one and can't get another. If a man loses his horse he can get another; if he losses his wife he \ can get another; but if he loses his soul, (!nod bye, John. I A. (fiUtildrcn's department. | [Original. J j ICE. The almighty power, infinite wisdom and \ great aud boundless goodness of the Maker of the world, is seen in everything. An old philosopher said that it was evident that the Maker of animals had an ardent love for them because their bodies were so formed as to enable each one to meet the demands of its nature. The goodness and wisdom of (lod are displayed in the warm rays of the sun, and in the cold ice of winter. Ice is nothing but frozen water. It is the fluid water turned, by cold, into solid ; but it is in many respects different from every other solid. One of the characteristics of a solid is that it is heavier ' than a fluid. The space occupied by all other solids, except ice, is less than when it is converted into a fluid. A pound of lead is larger when melted than when it is in a solid state. The law with regilrd to metals is that j heat expands them and cold contracts them. This is not the case with ice; it contracts when heated and occupies less space when j fiivnof] itifn wsitpr thnn it did when in its frozen state. The wisdom and goodness of { God are both manifest in this arrangemcut. Did water not expand at the moment of free-1 zing, but like the metals, contract, it would sink to the bottom of the streams of water, and our branches, creeks, rivers, lakes, seas and oceans would become one solid mass of ice. Were ice not an exception to the general law of expansion and contraction of solids, the world which we inhabit would be unfit i for the abode of any living creature. The '1 world would be covered with a thick crust of:j ice which a tropical sun could not thaw. There is another remarkable thing about the freezing of water. When water freezes it' becomes selfish, and drives every straggler 1 out. All foreign substances, such as parti- j cles of clay, and any and everything that has ' either mechanically or chemically united or : 1 mixed with the \fater, is expelled, and the !! pure water alone turns into ice. Salt sea 1 water expells the salt; black ink expclls the j iron and nut galls ; copperas water drives off 1 the sulphate of iron ; and in every case noth- j1 -ing remains but transparent ice. Sometimes 1 a stramrler is slow in making his escape, and \ "" oo ? becomes entangled in the mass, but so soon as ' the ice is thawed, the straggler is released, j ] This is the reason that freezing ruins ink. :1 The chemical combination is destroyed, the j1 water freezes and the coloring matter, what- j ever it may be, is released. Ice is always :' clear, it matters not what may have been the : color of the water before freezing. ' [Original.J i GOOD MANNERS. | ] Everybody knows that the saleable valueof any article of merchandise does not depend ; absolutely upon its intrinsic worth. A really 1 valuable article may be prcseuted in such a J way as to make a bad impression upon the ; mind of the beholder. A horse of beautiful form, good action and noble qualities, may i 1 be awfully disfigured by a rope bridle and ' harness tied together with strings. The ugly |1 harness is not made to appear beautiful by j being on the back of a beautiful horse ; but j the appearance of the animal is greatly in-,1 jured by the unseemly harness. On the same j! principle, the manners of an individual have , much to do with regard to what may be j( ' --?> 1..~ A i.,.!;,,;,!,,,,! culled ins marKeiauie vmue. n? , of gentle and pleasing manners will always !1 be more highly esteemed than a morose and ' churlish man, although possessed of equal en- I( dowtnents. It costs one nothing to say "good t morning or good evening" with a smile, and 1 ask in a gentle tone of voice for the welfare !' of those with whom he is brought in contact. J All this is simple and easy ; but it will often j do for us what gold and silver will not and ; cannot do. Araougst 6trangers, good man-: ners are worth more than a descent from a i1 line of kings or a certificate of worth given j by high government officials. Every eye can ' see the manners of an individual, and by this j they judge at first sight of his real worth, and j in ninety-nine cases out of every hundred, | nro not. much mistaken. Bv a kind of' instinct, no one can love the rude. We may j be so situated as to be obliged to fear and j obey them ; but love and respect them we j cannot. There are some persons who seem to think ! that they cannot be lively and sprightly with- ! out being rude and uncivil. This is a grand mistake. It may be an evidence of wit to be able to accost every one we meet with some , rude and uncivil salutation ; but it is a kind of wit whose reflexive force lwisa killing effect i upon the possessor. The individual thus ac- j costed, uuless he have some other data from i which to form an opinion, will invariably 1 conclude that he has met a person of low position in society, ignorant and debased. This may be a wrong conclusion, but the individ- j ual who arrived at it, came to it honestly. , He judged by his senses. He met an indi- i | vidual who accosted him in a rude way, and i I he concluded that he was rude and uucivili-j zed. The individual may have had a large amount of real estate and personal property ; he may have had a purse filled with bank notes; he may have been the son of the man ( that the world delighted to honor; but none of these things were visible, and the rude ! manners were; and from what was seen, and ' . . i not from what was not seen, a conclusion was drawn. The feathers of the ostrich are worth more than the ostrich itself. Without its feathers it would be unsightly. Just so it is : with men; good manners and virtue are very intimately connected. So intimately are they ; associated together that the beauty consists ! almost wholly in the manners. What is Think Age ??"Father," said a I Persian monarch to an old man who, accord- j i ing to oriental usage, bowed before the sovcr- ' j eign's throne, "pray be seated ; I cannot re, ceivc homage from one bent wit# years, and | whose head is white with the frosts of age." I "And now, father," said the monarch, when i I the old man had taken the proffered scat, ! j "tell me thine age, how many of the sun's j ' revolutions hast thou counted ?" - * * " r 1 m. ' i "Sire," answered the old man, "i am uui j four years old." "What!" interrupted the king, "fearest: : thou not to answer me falsely, or dost thou ! i jest ou the very brink of the tomb?" ; "I speak not falsely, sire," replied the aged j : man, "neither would I offer a foolish jest ou a : ; subject so solemn. Eighty long years have I wauled in folly and sinful pleasures and in 1 amassing wealth, none of which can I take ' | with me when I leave this world. Four years only have I spent in doing good to ray fellowmen ; and shall I count those years that have ) been utterly wasted ? Are they not worse . than a blank, and is not that portion only \ j worthy to be reckoircd as a part of my life which has truly answered life's best cud ?" ! fiiar "Little Tommy didn't disobey mammy j | and go in swimming, did he?" No, mamma, j : Jimmy Brown and the rest of the boys went j j in, but I remembered, and would not disobey you." "And Tommy never tells lies, does j he ?" "No, mamma, I couldn't go to heaven." i "Then how does Tommy happen to have on Jimmy Brown's shirt?" You see boys may : not only be liars but hypocrites, They will j be found out though, some of these days. flcatUitg fov the Jn&ktli. OONDUCTKI) BY Itiav. KOBE11T LATHAN. I Original.] SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT. Rest, in the sense of perfect and complete absence of motion, has, so far as is known, nc existence. Everything in the universe is it perpetual motion. This is not all. Every thing is cither increasing or decreasing; be coining greater or growing less. Materia existences scetn to increase to a certain poinl and then commence to fail and continue It decay until they return to their original and constituent elements. The grass springs uj and flourishes until it has produced seed and then dies; the forest trees continue to grow for many years ; hut at last the period arrives when they commence to fail. They ultimate Iy die, fall down and rot, and ineir lorinei existence is marked only by a heap of mold Animal existence is subject to the same law The babe grows to be a man, strong and vig orous; but soon old age insidously creeps upon the man and dissolution takes place. Spiritual existence is not subject to tlu same law. There is development, but not exactly in the same way. There is a conuec tion between the soul and body of man which we only partially understand. In the deveh opment of the two existences in man, there is a kind of parallelism. In many respects, the powers of the soul depend for their develop' mcnt upon the growth and development ol the body ; in other respects the development of the powers and capabilities of the soul are almost absolutely independent of the body, The moral development of the soul has very little to do with either the growth or decay ol the body. The body of a giant sometimes incases a soul morally hideous from its dwarfishncss. On the contrary, the body of a dwarf is the temporary abode of a soul of grSjantic development. The soul, in its normal state, is subject to the same law of development which controls the growth of the body; but it is not subject to the law of decay. It never gets to a certain point and then commences to retrograde.' It is true that old I . lint ,'f ,?;il |,o found tlinf IIIUU UUL'UIllU UULUVJ J uub lb ?v 114 vv - this dotage is physical, rather than spiritual ; in other words, it pertains to the body and not to the soul. The memory of old men, it is usually said, becomes weak. This is due not to the weakness of the memory, but to the fact that in old age physical objects make but little impression upon the senses. In a moral point of view, the soul continues to grow both in strength and in capability for spiritual enjoymentt during the whole period of its residence in the body. Soul enjoyment and bodily enjoyment, are very different things. The body may be tortured with pain, and the soul reveling in extatic joy. The reverse may also be true. The body may recline on beds of eider-down, and feast at tables loaded with the choicest luxuries, whilst the soul is preyed upon by the worm that never dies, and scorched by the lire that is never quenched. This world is but the index of the next The babe does not lose his identity by be coming a man ; neither will any of us becom( a (liHorcnt Doing uy crossing uie uanun bound which separates between time and eternity. Physical development is a tempo ral thing. It was evidently designed to serve an end which ceases to exist in another state of existence. This is true respecting man) of the institutions which now exist amongsl the human family. In the resurrection the) neither marry nor are given in marriage. It: the next world the institution of marriage will have no existence, because the object foi which it was originally instituted, will ther have boon accomplished. Not so with regard to the command to love God and keep his commaudments. This command is of perpet ual obligation. Morally, men will continue to be, through all eternity, what they are whei they arc merged from time into eternity. Du ring time, the moral aspect of the soul ma) be changed ; in eternity no change will be possible. God, in his providence, but especially it his grace, has organized a system of educa ' ' 1 nrfl tion oy which me suui is suuumcu ?uu j/?\, pared for heaven. These means being neg lecled, tlie soul matures in moral pollutior and becomes fit for that place where iminor ality reigns supreme. This world is a schoo in which we are all undergoing prepartion foi another state of existence. In every school children commence their education by learn ing the alphabet, then to pronounce syllables then to read, and gradually, from that which is easy, to something more difficult. To this process there is no end. The boy which once sat learning the shape and name of the seve ral letters of the alphabet, passes, by a regu lar ascent, step by step, through an academic education, then enters college, and the same ascent continues until the day that his toils are rewarded with a diploma. Nor does the process of development stop at this point In fact, it has but fairly commenced. Some thing very similar to this takes place in the moral development of every human being This world is an academy in which we learc the elementary principles of holiness. Hen we undergo a process of training which fits us for either happiness or misery in the nexl world. When a boy enters college he does not go over those studies which he went ovei in his accademic course; but commences al the point where he left off'at in the academy Just so in the next world. We commence at the point where we left off at in this. Al] that we learn of God and holiness in this world is so much to commence with in the next. The law of development will continue in all its essential force during the ceaseless ages of eternity. Nothing that is sinful 01 polluted can enter heaven; but persons maj enter heaven without having made great pro gross in holiness. There will be no iguoranc< in heaven; but no doubt many persons wil enter heaven without much knowledge. The law of spiritual development is a greai incentive to serving the Lord dilligeutlj whilst we remain in the flesh. No spiritec boy would content himself with making sue! attainments as would barely enable him tc enter college and graduate. So no gooc Christian will content himself with the thoughi that he will barely enter heaven. His lov< will prompt him to strive for the prize of th< high calling which is in Christ Jesus. T< barely escape perdition and enter heaven wil be a great gain ; but something more thai this is within the reach of the redeemed sin ner. There are evidently grades in heaven Some, when they enter the realms of bliss are bidden by the Lord of glory to go u[ higher. Men strive for the honorable posi tions amongst their fellow-men, and surely ar honorable position at the right hand of Jesu,1 is worth striving for. fittT "Now is the accepted time ; now is tin day of salvation." How many, in conse quence of neglect, have exclaimed at a dyiuj hour, "The harvest is past, the summer if ended, and we are not saved." .! Agricultural Department. From the Southern Cultivator. THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH. The events of the last three months show clearly the necessity of change in Southern , farming, and the close of the year is a fitting time to investigate and decide what thc.se ehan} j ges should be. In some respects the progres1 j sive Southern farmer stands in the very front rank of agriculturalists. In no part of the - I world have certain of the applications of sci1 pence to agriculture been more intelligently t ' practiced and with better results, than in I these Southern States. Nowhere has specific j manuring, which is to be the leading idea of j perfected agriculture, been more studied or ) I adopted. But whilst this is true, it must 1 be candidly admitted that there arc grave der fects in our system ; defects in the details of j the farm, and in what as a sub-branch of Political Economy, may be termed our Rural Economy. The primary defects are, a want of adjust ment between the three great classes of - crops?food, renovating and money crops. It is beyond question that too much preponderance j has been given to money crops?cotton, as the representative of these, well-nigh absorbing the whole energy of our farmers. It is not : difficult to understand the reason of this, and it is easy to make excuses for the fact, but few can be found at present to justify the course pursued. The recent monetary difficulties have shown that the price of cotton may go down, whilst food may remain high, and that it is not safe to raise cotton to buy provisions. Bread and meat take precedence of clothes. It is much easier to economize in the latter than in the former. Recently, while European gold came over freely for wheat, at almost unchanged prices, cotton could hardly find a purchaser at 30 per cent, off from the ante-panic prices. But we do not propose to argue the point of raising provisions at home, having recently discussed the matter in another connection. One-fourth of the crop in cotton is enough, when everything is counted, corn, potatoes, small grain, peas, clover and grass. RENOVATING CROPS. Whilst these play a very important part in the most advanced European agriculture, they have been almost wholly ignored by us. There, a crop of clover or beans or other leguminous plant is put on the land with as much regularity as manure is appled to it, and with the best results; for as the experiments of Mr. Lawes have shown, as much wheat may be raised on a given piece of land by sowing eight crops alternately with beans, as from sixteen crops of wheat planted continuously ; the bean crop being a clear gain. One of the renovating crops, cow peas or clover, ought ; to furnish nitrogen to every held on a tarm, at least once in three or four years. ROTATION OP CROPS. A regular rotation of crops is to be found in every country where improved husbandry prevails. At the South, before the war, there was an imperfect one of cotton, followed by corn, followed by small grain ; but even this is 1 often abandoned now, and cotton after cotton, almost without end, is the order of the day. , We need not flatter ourselves that our soil or i climate or crops are so peculiar and exceptional, that we can ucglect conditions of success which long experience and sound reason! ing combine to show are highly important i or essential. In truth, it is just the reverse; the humus-crlmusting character of a cotton crop, our hot sun and long summers, make a judicious rotation of crops more important in the South than in cooler and more humid cli5 mates. NEGLECT OF SIDE CROPS. ' Another great mistake in our farming* is the neerlect of many little side crops, which, i by proper foresight and management, might ; be dovetailed into the general crops with ve, ry little trouble or labor. IIow many more t sweet and Irish potatoes might be raised without a farmer missing the time, labor or land devoted to them?how many more turnips 1 and cabbages, how much more fruit, how i much more millet and corn forage. Instead of buying Northern hay with cotton money , at 830.00 a ton, how easy to keep mules all I the summer, by having a few acres of Bermuda grass and giving it a good top dressing of J manure every spring. Animals turned upon " such a lot at night, would require no long - forage whatever from May until October, i How much hay might be made from land thus . treated! It is said that I)r. Raveuel, of , Charleston, by manuring a Bermuda grass plot with a solution of nitrate of soda, we believe, obtained hay at the rate of sixteen tons per acre ! To be sure, Bermuda is difficult to i cut with an ordinary grass blade, but a mow. ing machine would shave it down beautifully. . How many waste spots about the branches might be utilized by cultivating the Osier willow, requiring little other labor than the 1 planting of the cuttings. RURAL ECONOMY. 1 In addition to these faulty details in farmr work and management, our farmers have not been skillful in buying and selling. Through a vicious credit system, they sell their produce in the ran upon a giuueu mantia whuh privcs ' are low, and buy supplies in the spring and 1 summer when prices are high. In early win3 ter, corn and bacon can generally be bought } low for the same reason that cotton then sells . low "to wit, an excess of supplies over demand. . But the farmer has raised a little corn and , perhaps a hog or two. That will last until spring, and so he puts off the evil day until ' prices have advanced. 3 Political economists tell us that just in pro3 portion as a nation's exports exceed its irn. ports, its trade is sound and healthy ; gold . must come into restore the equilibrium. It , is a good deal so with the farmer. The more he sells and the less he buys, the better his con' dition?he is then accumulating. But if he 1 sells a great deal of cotton, and has to buy 5 a great deal of corn and bacon, and lard 3 and forage, and flour and axe-handies, and t cradles and snaths and wooden rakes, and j a thousand and one things he could easily have made on his farm, the balance of trade ' may often be agaiust him ; gold has to go ' out instead of come in; in other words, his capital has gone just that way during the last J eight years. 1 WORK TNG CAPITAL. 5 Another great defect in our system of , farming, is a deficiency of working capital. By the time or before his land and mules and ' a few common implements are paid for, the 3 farmer's money is all expended, and in most : | cases, the ordinary work of making a crop, is r I done upon credit. Ther is nothing left for . the improvement of the farm?such as drain, ing, irrigating, removing stumps, establishing I water-powers, building shelters, buying mowing and drilling machines or other improved implements. How raauy have neither gins t nor threshers! Such lack of capital cramps r everything and constitutes a formidable bar1 ; rier to all progress. . Whilst arranging plans for the new year, I f * I? every imiuui uugin luuuusiviu uu?uhj improvements on his past operations it will be ' practicable for him to introduce. It will be t impossible probably, for him to make all the 3 j improvements he would like to do; but that 51 is 110 reason he should make none. He can j1 proportion his crops better?he can begin I | rotation, he can have a patch or two of side: crops?he can economize so as to get or keep 1 , out of debt, and be able to sell his crops and * j buy his supplies to better advantage. But perhaps we have said enough for the present. ^ I To Cure Bacon Hams.?Rub the hams thoroughly with a mixture of molasses and saltpetre. The saltpetre may be pulverized 1 , and applied with the hand to the flesh sides. 3 Then pack in a cask, and let it remaiu for | three days, then add water sufficient to cover i the whole. The quantity of salt should be 3; determined by the length of time the meat is - j to remain in the brine and the quantity of r; meat. A single handful is enough for a com3: mou size pig harn to remain in brine two ! weeks. The smoke should bo from green , hard wood, and it should he smoked until 1 the meat is the color of copper. Theu the hams may be kept the year round by enj closing them in a paper or cloth hag, and hanging in a cool place. ?Jtc UmMIc tfjitquitcr. TELIM8?IN ADVANCE : ! 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Announcements of Marriages and Deaths.and notices of a religiouseharaetcr,in| sorted gratis, and solicited. .? &- Personal (Communications, when admissable; Communications of limited or individual inj terest, or recojninendations of (Candidates forof' lices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for J as advertisements. j THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1874. TN issuing our prospectus of the TWENTIETH volume of the ENQUIRER, we are gratified to announce for the approaching year greater Litj crarv attractions than we have ever heretofore ottered?having secured the services of POPULAR WRITERS I : Of distinction, as contributors to our columns, j Among those as writers of Fiction, whom we are ! now at liberty to mention, are Mrs. NELLIE i MARSHALL Me A FEE, of Kentuekv, and Mrs. ! IIENRY DEAS, of California. Already is Mrs. Deas favorably known to our { readers, as a brilliant and entertaining writer; i nml we can sal'clv nromise that the nextstorv we shall publish from her pen isono of greater power | anil more fascinating style than any she has ever ! vet written. j Mrs. McAfee, though hut recently engaged as a j contributor to the ENQUIRER, is well known in the world of letters, having commenced her literary career by writing for periodicals in 1H(>:>, and having been remarkably successful in every etl'ort. J. Wood Davidson, in his "Limn;/ Writer* of the ?S'onth" published in 18(111, says : "She is just past twenty, and seems fidl of youthful aspiration, and hopes, and lifer. She puts her impulses, feelings j and thoughts into literary forms with wonderful I facility." Her second publication, entitled ".-Is hi/ Fire " a novel of passion-life, earnest, intense and full of pathos, appeared in 18(10, and was well received by the public. The New York Hound Table, spokeof the volume as being all "perpetual splendor," and that the writer in her special dej lineations of character, displays abundant capaci| ty to excel. I ' The first number of the now volume will con| tain the opening chapters of a thrilling and high| l v exciting story by Mrs. McAfee, being her latest I literary effort, entitled "DESTINY; OR HOUNDED DOWN." This Storv will run through several numbers of the ENQUIRER, and will be followed by " HOLDING WOOD HOUSE," a charming Story, written in Mrs. I)eas' most entertaining and captivating stylo. These will be followed by other ORKHNAIj STORIES, from the pens of the most nonular writers, which, with Mr. LA TITAN'S regular contributions to the "Sabbath Roading" and "Children's DepartmentsMiscellaneous Reading, adapted toall tastes; the Agricultural Department, containing practical and useful information for the farmer and housewife ; a column of Humorous Reading every week ; "Scraps and Facts," embracing light current topics; together with a compend of the News of the Day; Correspondence from abroad, in which the sparkling letters of our REOULAR TRAVELING CORRESPOX RENT, "Nkmo," will boa prominent feature; Commercial and Market Reports, and I'M i to rial Articles on appropriate subjects, will, wo feel assured, render the. ENQUIRER an acceptable visitor to all its readers. It is the aim of the proprietor to make the ENQUIRER A LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, acceptable alike to all classes of readers and a welcome visitor to the. Home Circle, tin warped by party, creed or suction ; and the features which have so groatly contributed to its popularity?securing for it a circulation attained by no other secular weekly in the State?will remain unchanged. * PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. Wo oiler three Premiums for the throe largest Clubs of Subscribers, for the year 1874, amounting in the aggregate to SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS in cash. The first premium will represent the value of TIIIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS; the second, the value of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS; and the third, the value of FIFTEEN DOLLARS. Instead of designating certain articles as premiums, we have adopted the above plan, in order that persons who secure the premiums may select any article that may be preferred of the value to which each may be entitled, or receive the amount in cash, as'may be optional. The person getting up the largest Club, at 5>2.;j0 oMliowilmr will ho nnt.if.lod to tbe first of 1 I1U JM t"111114111 r*> mil uv (iHMtt.vv* ful competitors nt one o'clock, p. in., o'u the FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH, 1874. TERMS : Single copy one year, ? 3 00 In clubs, each subscriber, per year, 2 50 IIow to Rkmit.?Money may be forwarded at our risk by draft, post-office order, or in registered letters?otherwise we will assume no risk. 7!&r Write names plainly, giving post-office, county and State. Specimen copies of the ENQUIRER will be sent to any address on application. Address all letters to L. Al. GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkvilie, S. C. J. H. ADAMS. FALL AND WINTER GOODS ! In announcing the roccipt of my purchases for the FALL TRADE, it affords ino pleasure to inform my customers and the public generally that in point of elegance, my stock is QUITE COMPLETE. I am enabled to offer unprecedented attractions both in quality of floods and prices. The Ladies will find full and complete linos of DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS, including all the Novelties of tho season. GENTS CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS, of tho best grades and MOST FASHIONABLE STYLES. IIATS, CAPS, ROOTS AND SHOES, with the [ usual assortment and variety kept IN A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE. Thankful for past patronage, and being deter' mined to merit a continuance of the same, I respeetfullysolicit AN EXAMINATION OF GOODS AND PRICES. JOHN H. ADAMS. FILES. MILL, Gin and Hand-Saw Files, of tho very host -niality. T. M. DORSON ?t CO. I THE TROPIC STOVE MANUFACTURED RY j SERGEANT & McCAULEY, GKEliXHBORO, N. C. THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made I of the REST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier anil thicker plate than any other Stove in the 'market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal | in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United Stales, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished j with each Stove. An important consideration ! with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get acei dentally broken at any time, we can replace it at 1 the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, bnton accountof its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do ; we iisk the patronage of home purchasers, 5lore l than ON 10 THOUSAND of these Stoves are now ! in use, and among many others having them we i respectfully refer to the following: It. K. Outline, I), M. Campbell, M. II. Ciirrcnec, York county; j Mrs. Kli/.abelli J. Wylie, Chester; I). A. Cordon, Huthriesville; John A. Brown, Hock Hill; B. P. ! Boyd, Joseph Herndon, U. M. Crist, Yorkville. j You can save the freight from the northern cities | and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, I by having of us, and at the same time get a STOV'K THAT IN MO UK DURABLK than those I of northern make. The following are our prices, j delivered at depot in Oreensboro: | No. s, with 10 pieces ware and s feet pipe, ?:10 00 n - it ii it it ii ii 20 00 j Address, SKKCKANT A McCAULKY, Creenshoro, N. C. ? $!- L. M. C HIST, the proprietor of the EnqUI! hkit, will receive and forward orders for the above I Stoves. September IS .18 ly ^ S U rji $ Br&chdiflewds H r* i Slite^tfvbleM3Jitlej;FZoordndJDrm\ (f *? f TilinnWhitePine,WdImitEjuyLajnle7) \ ? m 0 UbinetMilerjRieWbodj.&c, X JJ rr, 0 AllWorkWirwitei. I U S J LOWEST PRICES.* r Ed > SendforTrieeLUt. g ~ I. H. HALL & CO, 5 /j ir&nnfdftartr* EcUmIov. J S3 2,4., 6,9,70.Market Street. till 225,225, -E&stBa-yi' GS CHARLESTON, s. c. [| This Cut iMitnml according to Aet of Congress, in ihnycar 1873, |?y 1.1|. Ham. & Co., in tin; office of tin; Librarian of Coiigios", at VVjisliiiiyton. July 3 27 ly ROSE'S HOTEL, (rORMEKLY HUNT'S HOTEL.) the above premiums; tiie person getting up the second largest, to tho second premium, and the person getting up the third largest, to the third premium. Competitors may begin to procure subscribers at once?tho time of subscription to commence whenever the name is handed in, or on the lirst of January, 1874, as may be preferred. The money for each subscriber is expected to be paid whenever the name is entered on our books, I and no name will be entered in competition until it is paid for. To persons who makeup Clubs of ten or more names, but who may foil toobtaina premium, we will send the ENQUIRER one year free of charge; and to those who send a Club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get a premium, we will forward a copy of the ENQUTRER one year free of charge, aim a copy of either of the following publications: Southern Cultivator, Rural Carolinian, Rural New Yorker, Scientific American, Codey's Lady's Book, Harper's Magazine, Harner's Weekly, Harper's Bazar, Scribner's Monthly, Leslie's illustrated Newspaper, Leslie's Magazine. rut... :,.nuroivlnrl fn tlif> coli aiiua, s. c:. fTlHIS HOUSE is in tlio centre of the city, con1 venient to all the Public Offices and Business Houses, located on the south-west corner of the State House Square, has boon recently re-opened and renovated, and will now compare favorably with any Hotel at the South. ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convoy passengers to and from every train, free of charge. Also, a tirst-class Carriage for the accommodation of ladies. TRANSIENT BOARD $2.50 per day. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor. September 18 38 tf BOOT AND SHOE MAKING. mHE undersigned respectfully announces to his II'ICUUS HI1U U1U puuiiu 111 (jUlll-ini, luiii jiw jo prepared with A FINE STOCK OF MATERIAL, in hislino, suitable to the wants of every customer, who may give him a call. They may not only obtain an article of good quality AT A REASONABLE PRICE, but are also certain to secure what is equally as desirable, a good tit and fashionable style. These are advantages which should not bo overlooked. Special attention is called to the celebrated cloth top Congress Gaiter and the Congress Shoe FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR. Also, on hand, a good stock of light and heavy BROGANS and OXFORD TIES, which are warranted to give entire satisfaction for the price paid. jzff Special and prompt attention is given to repairing. F. CHRISTMAN, Agent. March 28 13 tf "WORKERS WANTED! FOR WOOD'S HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE, WIIICII, with its Premiums, is one of the most attractive in the country. Price of Magazine, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Commissions libcrul, ottering a lucrative and agreeable business to tlioso willing to give it the proper attention. VOL. XIII BEGINS WITH JULY, 1873. Examine our Clubbing and Premium Lists. Two first-class periodicals for the price of one. For specimen Magazine, and further information, address WOOD'S HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE, S. E. Shutes, Publisher. Nowburg, N. Y. ' * 1 if <j miliary a jl THROAT,INFLIN ENZA.J^HOOPwj MB1,1 j eoat< tlio use of Dr. W:ts^tab's Balsam or WILD CKIRKT, which does not dry up a cough and leave the causo behind, but loosens it, cleanses the lungs and allays Irritation, thus removing the cause of the complaint CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUBED by n timely resort to this standard remedy, as is proved by Hundreds of testimonials it has received. Tho genuine Is signed "/. Butte" on tho wrapper, BETH W. FOWLE <fc SONS, Propriitom, BOSton, Mass. Sold by dealers generally. October 2 40 ly THE HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. TIIE best Cheap Machine in tho Market. If'the number sold is a criterion of merit, it is the BEST MACHINE in use, as there have been more HOME SHUTTLE MACHINES sold in tlio Stato during the liist twelve months than all other Sewing Machines combined. You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE for about half the money you will have to pay for a first-class Machine. pa- Home Shuttle Needles kept constantly on hand. p&- Any Home Shuttle Attachment furnished at short notice. p-O- Repairing promptly attended to. W. L. GRIST, Agent. Vnvnmlior I\ 45 tf 1 - THE BEST PRESENT THAT a husband can give to his wife is a receipt for a year's subscription ($3.00) to the CHRISTIAN OBSERVER, of Louisville, ono of the largest and best of fami| ly religious newspapers, Presbyterian, but not ; sectarian, containing articles on practical religion j from some of the ablest ministers in the South, I able editorials, stories for tho young, religious I news from all tho other denominations, miscellaj neous, scientific, farming and literary departj mcuts, general intelligence, wholesale markets. For specimen copies (sent free to any address), ! containing list of premiums, write to A. A F. H. CONVERSE, Publishers Louisville, Ky. ! January 1 1 tf i *" J. S. R. THOMSON" SOLICITOR IN BANKRUPTCY, YORKV1LLE, S. C. Special attention given to the tiling of Petitions. July 31 31 2t LOOKING GLASSES. JUST received another lot of Looking Glasses at all prices. T. M. DOBSON A CO. SPECIFIC MEDICINES. PREPARED expressly for and adapted to the Southern Climate, "COMPOUND EXTRACT CORYDALIS" Is the most powerful and efficient alterative and blood-purifier known. Prepared expressly for Scrofula, Eruptions of the Skin and all diseases which are produced by had or unhealthy blood. "DR. GREENE'S FIT CURE" Cures all kinds of Fits, Sjtasms and Convulsions which arise from irritation of the nerve centres. In Epilepsy, it often stops the tits from the first day's use even when thev have existed for years. "MEDICATED HONEY," The great remedy for Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, Croup, Sore-Throat and all diseases of the air passages and lungs. It does not sicken the patient, is pleasant to take, prompt in its action and does not injure the appetite or impair digestion, as most Expectorants do. OUR "NEURALGIA SPECIFIC" Is a perfect specific for Neuralgia, Sciatica, ' llhrumatisvi and all muscular or nervous pains, wherever situated. These medicines are prepared with great care from perfectly reliable drugs, and forthe especial classes of diseases named on eacu doiiio. x*o one of them i? claimed as a "cure all." They are identically the same that we have used in our private practice for years, and in thus presenting them to the public we know whereof we affirm. They are safe, reliable and efficient, acting quickly and thoroughly. Try them, and you will want ho others. Ask your Druggist for them. For sale by J. C. KUYKENDAL, Yorkville, 8 C. Prepared only by Pus. GREENE, LINDLEY A BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C. N. B.?Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers treated as heretofore by "Kline's Great Cancer Antidote*," at Charlotte,"Goldsboro and Asheyille, N. C. December 18 33 ly PIEDMONT AIR-LINE RAILWAY! Richmond and danville, Richmond and Danville R. W., N. C. Division, and North-Western N. C. Railway. CONDENSED TIME-TABLE, In effect on and after Sunday, October 12th, 1873. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. P MAIL. ] EXPRESS. I Leave Charlotte 10.00 P. M. 8.15 A. M. " Alr-I.lne Junct'n, 10.00 ? 8.30 " " Salisbury 1.06 A. M.I 10.21 " i ?< Greensboro 1 3.30 " 12.45 P. M. " Danville, 6.20 ? I 3.12 ? " Ru rkville 11.35 ? | 7.36 " Arrive at Richmond.... 2.17 P.M.; 10.17 " GOING SOUTHT STATIONS. MAIL. |" EXPRESS. Leave Richmond 1.28 P. M. 6.00 A.M. " Rurkeville 4.45 " 8.29 " " Danville 3.18 " ' 12.45 P. M. " Greensboro 12.20 A. M. 3.50 " ?' Salisbury, 2 38 " 6.06 " " Air-Line Juncthi.j 4.29 " i . 8.10 " Arrive at Charlotte [ 4 35 " [ 8.15 " EAST AND WEST | GOING EAST. | GOING WEST. STATIONS. "j MAIL. 7 MAIL. ~~ s Leave Greensboro ? 3,05 A.M. i Arrive 12.20 A.M. " Company Shop*..) = 4.45 " ; a. 9.35 " " Hillsboro ? .... " = 7.47 " " Raleigh | 8.35 " a 5.26 ? Arrive at Gohlshoro = 11.15 " i ? Leave 2.30 P. M. VDH'rn.WESTERN N. C. RAILROAD. (SALEM BRANCH.) Lonvn Grenns'lioro 4.30 P. M. Arrive nt Kcrneinvllle, 5.26 P. M. Leave Kerneriiville, 8.00 A. M. Arrive at Greonwborn 10.00 A.M. Mail trains daily both ways. On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leaves Richmond at 0.42 A. M.; arrives at Burkoville 12.4;) P. M.; leaves Burkoville 5.36 A. M.; arrives at Richmond 8.44 P. M. Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains between Charlotte and Richmond, (without change.) For further information, address S. E. ALLENJfltffc General Ticket T. M. R. TALCOTT. Greensboro, N7c7 Engr. and Gen. Supt. TILE SHORT LI1CE SCHEDULE. CHARLOTTE, COL. <fc AUGUSTA R. R. CO.,) Columbia, S. C., October24,1873. j THE following Pas.sen"";rSchedule will be run over this road on and alter SUNDAY, 28th instant: GOING NORTH. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M. 4.15 P. M. " Granitevillo,...*7.33 A. M. 5.11 P. M. " Batesville 9.4:1 A. M. f7.22 P. M. " Columbia 11.58 A. M. 9.37 P. M. " Chester, +4.28 P. M. 2.28 A. M. Arrive at Chajlotte...f7.08 P. M. *5.15 A. M. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Rich mond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 6.40 A. M.; also, via Raleigh ana Old Bay Line, arriving at New York at 4.25 P. M. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 4.25 P. M. going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. Leave Charlotte, *7.00 A. M. 8.30 P. M. " Chester, 9.54 A. M. 10.58 P. M. " Columbia +2.48 P. M. 3.40 A. M. " Batesville 4.57 P. M. 5.43 A. M. " Graniteville,...t7.15 P. M. *7.48 A. M. Arrive at Augusta, 8.05 P. M. 8.45 A. M. 'Breakfast. JDinner. fSupper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. Sleeping cars on all >iight Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. E. R. Dorsey, Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHERAW AND DARLINGTON R. E0AD. PRESIDENTS OFFICE,-) Chkraw A Darlington Railroad Co., } Society Hill,S. C., October 10, 1873. J CHANGE OK1 SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. Leave L'heraw b.uu, a. m. | Leave norence... .o.uu, r. in. Leave Cnnh'g 8.-30, A. M. j Leave Palmetto 3.20, P. M. Leave Society llill.8.45, A. M. I Leave Darlington...3.40, P. M. Leave Dovc'a 9.15, A. M. I Leave Dove'a 4.15, P.M. Leave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. I Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M. Leave Palmetto...10.10,A. M. I Leave Cash'v 5.10, P.M. Arrive at Florence. 10.30, A. M. | Arrive at Chermw..5.30, P. M. The Freight Train will continue for the present to run as heretofore, except to adapt its running and stoppages to the changed schedule of the passenger train. B. D. TOWNSEND, President. KING^S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD. CHANGE OF (SCHEDULE. HF.REAFTER the trains over the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD will run daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making close connection with trains on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad: Leave Yorkville, promptly, at 7o'clock, A.M. Arrive at Chester at 9 o'clock, A. M. Leave Chester at4i o'clock, P. M. Arrive at Yorkvilleat 6J o'clock, P. M. All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by 4 o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the departure of the train. GEORGE W. MELTON, President. Cooking and HeatingStoves at Retail. Pictures of* each, with. full descriptions, as well as prices and lists of* furni tixi-e for Cook Stoves, will toe promptly sent on application. WILLIAM SHEPHERD & CO., Charleston, S. C. September 4 36 6m "XSENSIBLE MAN'S LOGIC. HE who provides not for his own family, is worse than a heathen. Necessaries and conveniences should first be provided. A good SEWING MACHINE has become a necessary in every family. The "AMERICAN" IS THE BEST AND'CIIEAPEST; containing within itself all the latest improvements. Therefore I will go at oneo and buy one of J. R. SCHORB & SON, Agents for York County. our partnership with 'oliTsol^ STILL continues, and we are prepared, >>etter than ever, to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC iunhh ot every style, at our gallery in the "Adickes' Building." A lotof nice ALBUMS always on'hand. Also, Stereoscopes and Views. J. R. SCHORB & SON. December 5 49 1v "MISSOURI"TRIPOLI. JUST received a lot of Missouri Tripoli, especially adapted to housekeeps for polishing Plated-ware, Brass, Steel, Glass, or any materia, where a brilliant lustre is required. Full directions accompany each package. For sale by W. L. GRIST, Agent. August 14 33 3m RAGS WANTEDi a r\ AAA POUNDS of clean cotton and linHJ#LFU|_J en wantot*' for which 2 cents per pound will be paid, at tl.3 "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. MACHINE NEEDLES. A LOT OF HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE NEEDLES just arrived and for sale by W. L. GRIST, Agent.