Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 19, 1874, Image 4

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jfuMGMttsi department. A COURT SCENE. I heard a story years ago, of which I never think without an inward smile. At the assize held on a certain occasion in the county of Lincoln, England, and while a case of importance was on trial, both the court and counsel had much difficulty in getting the timid country witnesses to speak loud enough to be heard by the jury. It was an august and awe inspiring place to these simple minded people. One of the counsel, in particular, had been especially bothered, though it is more than probable that his own ungentlemanly and coarse badgering had more to do with intimidating witnesses than any thing else. He was a self-sufficient and over bearing man, who had gained place by having married the rich widow of a deceased nobleman. Alter tnis counsel naci coaxed, and oadgereo, and bullied a number of witnesses into utter confusion, there was another called upon the stand?a young hostler, stout and vigorous, whoseemed the very incarnation of simplicity. "Now, sir," said the counsel aforesaid, in a tone stern and outrageously loud, "I trust we shall have no difficulty in making you speak up." "Sartin, zur?I hopes not," shouted the witness, in a voice which almost shook the building. "How dare you speak in that way sir?" demanded the counsel, indignantly. "Please, zur, I can't speak no louder," returned the witness with a volume of toue which this time shook the building entirely. "Look ye, my man?have you been drinking this morniug?" demanded the counsel, his temper evidently tried to its utmost. "Yes, zur." "Aha!?and what have you drank ?" "Coffee, zur." "Did you have any thing in your coffee ?" "Y-e-es, zur." "What was it ?" "A anune. zur." The audience roared, and even the Court hid its face, while the exhausted counsel sank into his chair, evidently feeling that he had had enough. TOUGH CHEWING. Old Blodger was a man of some note in Salisbury. He had much business to attend to away from home. One year he was elected a member of the Board of Selectmen, and therefore he had a great many important committee meetings to attend, which kept him out very late at night. At last he told his wife they were committee meetings. On such occasions Blodger did uot come home to sup with his family. Mrs. Blodger was in the habit of leaving a cold bite for him on a shelf in the pantry. Boiled cabbage and pork was Blodger's favorite cold lunch; and though he did not deserve such favors, yet his wife tried to please him. More than once had she accused him of coming home drunk, and she declared that he never came home from his late meetings perfectly sober. Blodger stoutly denied the absurd insinuation. One night Blodger came home later and drunker than usual. He stumbled into the kitchen and called to his wife in an adjoining bedroom, demanding in thick, uncertain tones to know if she had set out any biled pork and cabbage for him. She replied to him, rather sharply, that he'd find it where she always left it for him. Blodger stumbled into the pantry and found a broad dish containing a gelatineous compound, which be speedily attacked. But the cabbage wouldn't be masticated. He got a piece in his mouth, and the more he chewed the tougher it grew. He worked awhile and then called out : "Bah-ah?pohoo-ho?wough ! Say, (hie) Molly! Wha' kind o' cabbage, for (hie) Molly's sake, (hie) d'y call this? I might's well try to*chaw thunder!" Mrs. Blodger was out of bed in an iustant, and with a lighted candle entered the pantry. "Simon Blodger! aren't you a pattern man ? My caps and your own dickies, that I left in starch over night! Now I know you are drunk!" Blodger was confounded. He was caught * * /Jn/'/i/ii nn/1 fKo oolrft r\P r?oono ln IllJLUyf LLULG UcttO('U>j auu iui tuo caau vi |fvuuv ??* the family he dropped his committee meetings thenceforth. BSar "Hafe you got some of dot kind of oysters fwhat hafe been sphiled?" "Spiled oysters! Yes, we have a few cans left over from last week, that I think will fit you." "Howyou solt 'em a dozen?" "0, I'll sell 'em right; you may have all you want for a nickel." "Veil, den, raiue goot frent, vill you be so kind to pring me four dozen fon dot damaget lot ?" The oysters were brought, and the customer put them quietly down into the pit of his stomach, and, having finished the job, he said to the restaurateur: "Now, my very kind frent, you have got some good ovsters. aind it?" "You're mighty right I V ' w * have." "Veil, I takes a half a dozen raw und some pickles." These were in turn served and quickly put down on top of those gone before. But the restaurateur was troubled, and when the patron came to settle the bill, said to him: "Look here, pard, I don't like to be too inquisitive, but blowed ef I wouldn't like ter know why you have took a fancy to so many spiled oysters and so few good ones?" "Veil," replied the man, "you have peen a goot frent to me, and so I told you something. You see, it vas dis way: Now, I hafe got a tape-worm, my kint frent, you understant; uudefry time dot is de way I hafe to do. You see, dot last half a dozen, dem vas for me minesslf; but dot damaget lot, dem was for de tape-worm. You know dot I ain't dot kind off a Commodore Vauterpilt fwhat I can offord it to preak up mine whole peesnness to feed a tarn tape-worm on goot oysters."?John Glades' Scrap-book. Solomon in Modern Life.?Sometimes a good rule does not work. Two women came before Alderman Dobbs, in our village, the other day, to settle a dispute about a child. Mrs. Murphy claimed the boy as hers, while Mrs. Doolan insisted that it was hers. As the alderman could not obtain any decisive bearing upon the case, it occurred to him to try the plan once used in a similar case by Solomon. He sent to" the kitchen and got a carving knife, aud then placing the boy on a! .1 nn*/) a niAman mKilo lift lr(16 UUSh) I1C 5A1U tv tiiu nutu^u nunv nv sharpened his knife on his boot, "I'ui a goin' to cut this yer youngster in half, and let Mrs. Murphy take the body, while Mrs. Doolan goes home with the legs." It was a clever idea, but it failed. Mrs. Murphy stepped up to him, and doubling up a fist that looked like an underdone leg of mutton, she shook it close to his nose and said : "Ef ye do, ye spalpeen, oi'll murther ye with me own hand ; and Mrs. Doolan seized him by the hair, threw him to the ground and exclaimed, while she brandished the knife over his prostrate body, "Gimme the legs! Be me sowl, oi've a mind to kill ye and ate ye." Then Squire Dobbs adjourned the case, and while Mrs. Doolan retired with the boy, he went out to hunt up a Bible commentary, in order to ascertain if there was not something about Solomon's proceedings that he didn't understand.?Max Adelcr. Turning thi: Tabi.ks.?A German clergyman who was traveling stopped at a hotel much frequented by wags and jokers. The host, not being used to have a clergyman at bistable, looked at him with surprise; the guests used all their artillery of wit upon him without eliciting a remark. The clergyman ate his dinner quietly without observing the gibes and sneers of his neighbors. One of them, at last, in despair at his forbearance, said to him: "Well, I wonder at your patience ! Have you not heard all that has been said to you ?" "Oh, yes; but I am used to it. "Do you know who I am ?" "No, sir." "Well, I will inform you. I am chaplain of a lunatic asylum ; such remarks have no effect upon me." jlpcultttral fcpartracnt. [Original.] FOOLED AGAIN. King cotton has played another trick upon most of our Southern farmers. Those who have entrusted their all in his hands are in straitened circumstances. The yield is not large ; the cost of producing very great; and the price low. The producing of cotton is, under the present circumstances, very expensive, and the price of the staple lew, fluctuating and uncertain. Our cotton planters? those who plant all cotton and no com?ate fooled again. This is not the first time they have been disappointed, and it is scarcely possible that it will be the last time. Raising cotton, buying cotton, and manufacturing cotton, is a kind of gambling. The losing gambler thinks that with the next game he will be more successful, and win back again all that he has lost. So it is with the cotton-planter, the cotton buyer and the cotton manufacturer. He thinks + norf ttonn V>mill Nn mAi?a on/inoccfill uilH liliat uuau j lui tic 11111 uu luulv ouvvvoclu* wi?vi win back all that he has lost. Cotton, like some other things, raake9 a good servant, but a bad master. We Southern people are slow to learn that the world can much easier do without our cotton than we can do without bread and meat. It is very probable that many of our old planters will never learn this important practical fact. With cotton planters generally there seems to be a kind ofexquisite pleasure in being fooled. Cotton is a great thing when kept in its place; but when made to take the place of everything else it is a ruinous thing. The only way that the cotton planter can be able to control the price of his cotton is to make his own supplies?his corn and wheat, his beef and his pork. Having these necessaries of life in his own hands, he may be able to ask so much for his cotton and expect to get it. Otherwise, he must take what he can get for his cotton. [Original, j SHEEP. Perhaps there is nothing to which the Southern people could turn their attention that would be so remunerative, as the raising of sheep. The cost of raising would be small, and the profits great. Everything about a '<- WHAfifnUlA tka iiiaai on/1 sllccy lo piuutauic. aiic nw t uuu 1/tiv uiuvkvii find a ready sale at a remunerative price. The cost of keeping sheep is, comparatively, nothing. In our Southern clime they will live for ten months of the year on the pasture. During the two remaining months very little will be required to keep them in good condition. The mauure of the sheep will pay for all the expenses. The only drawback is dogs. No doubt the reason that many of our farmers keep no sheep, is the fact that they are liable to be killed by dogs. In this country there >are too many dogs. Every man must have a dog, and some men?and not a few either?must have four or five. It takes about ten times as much to feed a dog as it does to feed a sheep. The latter is worth annually something, and the former?the dog?is worth nothing. The legislature of South Carolina has, in its wisdom, determined that a dog, whether it be hound or cur, is worth five dollars. In South Carolina we would suppose there are ten dogs toonesheep. Were there a thousand times as many more dogs in the State, it would only be a thousand times poorer. Some law should be passed bearing on this subject. Dogs should be taxed so high that no man would be fool enough to keep more than one. It costs South Carolina more to feed her dogs than it does to support her clergy. There is cnnmelv a man in the State who does not spend more on dogs than he gives for the gospel. So long as dogs are so plenty, sheep must be scarce. When every family in this country was accustomed to make its own woolen goods, times were much more prosperous than they are now. We Southern people are always afraid that if we go to stock raising or any thing else but raising cotton, we will glut the market. We never think of glutting the market with cotton. A large amount of our country is admirably adapted to sheep raising. Why our people do not turn their attention to this subject no one can tell. ? Horse Not Lying Down.?There is no better way to coax a horse to lie down than a good, clean, dry bed in a clean, airy, loose box. The causes are many; being cast in an ordinary stall, or getting the foot in the halter strap, have prevented many horses from lying J ? ? ? 1TAO W AflnO/lllllItr W llfltl uuwu lur uiuutua nuu jcois, co|itniuij vw kept in the same stall. I have had horses which would not on any account go; even if forced, into a stall where they had suffered, but would go immediately and cheerfully into any other ordinary stall. Any practical veterinarian knows how often horses, otherwise quiet and obedient, refuse to approach his infirmary, and even the sound of his (the doctor's) voice will produce quite a nervous trepidation in an animal upon which he has operated, evidently causing the animal pain and suffering. We very much underrate the capacity of our noble domestic animals to appreciate a kindness or to resent a wrong. This is more often manifested by the noble and faithful horse and dog. A change of place will often give encouragement to a horse, and he will lie down, although having persistently stood up in his accustomed stall from having received an injury there, or from its much resembling the place of former suffering. I do not claim this is the only cause, for I have known horses for many - * * 1 L 1 j years that would not lie aown anywnere, anu j which had never had the above cause for this ; refusal. Again, I repeat, a clean, loose box | is the best to bring about a change in the ; horse's habits.? Win. Home, in Country Gentleman. - ? ! Is the South a Good Fruit Country ? | If the question is intended to mean a country ' abounding in good fruits, we must sadly anj swer, no. Nothing astonishes the stranger more when traveling in the South, or on first ! settling here, than the scarcity of good fruits; I and the impression produced by the circura! stance, that the South is not a good country | for fruit, is confirmed by our people themselves, | and especially by the farmers, who, with a ' few exceptions, of course, will tell him that beyond seedling peaches, Chickasaw plums, ! and Scuppernong grapes, fruits don't do well here. The few who have understaudingly tried the experiment of raising other and su' perior fruits, however, know better. We have ; shown again and again in these pages and 1 - > J :? *i._ c?!.i ; cisewncre, ana uemoiisiriuuu u m mu nuu, ! that the South is one of the best of all fruit j countries, and others have done the same, i Will not our readers all make up their miuds 1 to plant,at least, a few fruit trees and grape i vines this fall?and to take care of them after | they shall have been planted ??Rural Carolinian. ^ Worth Remebekino.?Benzine and common clay will clean marble. Castor oil is an excellent thing to soften leather. 1 Lemon juice and glycerine will remove tan and freckles. Spirits of ammonia, diluted a little, will cleanse the hair very thoroughly. Lunar caustic, carefully applied so as not to touch the skiu, will destroy warts. Powdered nitre is good for removing freei kles. Apply with a rag dipped in glycerine. I Mdwn'si gcjiadurcnt. ! A BAD BOY SAVED. Jim was the worst boy in the Sabbath ! school. About every teacher had tried hira ; ! but he was so bad that no one could do any- i thing with him. He broke up all order in j every class he entered. He was like the sickly sheep that affects the flock, and poisons all the rest. j As the last effort, the superintendent placed I Jim in the class of Miss Winthrop, one of the i most, successful teachers in the school. She | engaged in the work of interesting and saving I this boy with all the powers of persuasion and j I love she possessed. She left no effort that | she thought would be of any avail untried ; but it was all in vain. Jim was too much for her; and after a long and ineffectual course of labor, with a sorrowful heart, she was obliged to report the case to the superintendent, and request him to remove the incorrigible boy from her class. There was no prospect of her doing him any good, while he was exerting the most hurtful influence upon all the members of the class. The superintendent went to Jim, and told him they had done all they could do to make him a decent boy, but it was all in vain, and he must now leave the school. There was not a teacher that was willing to try hiin any longer, and they must give him up to be ruined. This seemed to open Jim's eyes, and give him a new view of himself and his condition. Was he so bail, that no one would have any I thing more to do with him? Was he to be j given up to be ruined ? He stepped up to Miss Winthrop, and whispered a request to her that she would take him back again into her class. "No, Jim ; I have done everything I can do for you. Your bad conduct is ruining all the other boys in the class, and I cannot take you back." Ho then renewed his request with such earnestness, and seemed so deeply affected at the prospect of being turned out of school, and gtven up to be lost, that Miss Winthrop's heart was touched with a feeling of compassion for the poor boy; ai.d she finally consented to give him one more trial. Jim entered the class again ; and from that day he seemed au altered boy. He became orderly, attentive, and studious. His whole conduct was changed ; and he became, instead of the worst, one of the best and most wellbehaved boys in the school. Jim is now the librarian of that Sabbath school, and is doing all he can, in every way, to undo his former bad influence, and to promote the prosperity and usefulness of the school. When Miss Winthrop, some years after Jim left her class, was married, he came to her, and, with tears in his eyes, thanked her for all she had done for him, and said he owed all that he was to her kindness to him in the Sabbath school. This true incident should encourage superintendents and teachers to bear long and patiently with the wayward and vicious before giving them up to be lost. Let them not be weary in well-doing; for in due time they shall reap, if they faint not. Christ died for the chief of sinners, and there is hope for eVen such. This incident should show the scholars how much teachers are willing to do and suffer to promote their good. Theirs is an unpaid, self-sacrificing labor; and surely a proper sense of gratitude should lead the scholars to do all they cau, by good conduct and earnest attention, to make that labor as easy and i 1 pleasant as may be to the teachers, ana as profitable as possible to themselves.? WellSpring. "I Can Plod."?When Dr. Carey, the great pioneer of mission-work in India, first proposed his plans to his father, he said, "William, are you mad ?" His discouragements in first entering upon his work were very great. What was the secret that enabled the shoemaker's apprentice to become one of the most distinguished men of his age? What brilliant gift raised him from an obscure position to one of honor and fame, as the author of grammars and dictionaries, translations of the Bible and other books? He either translated or assisted in the completion of twentyseven versions of the Scriptures, requiring a knowledge of as many languages or dialects. He tells us the secret. In giving an estimate of his character, he speaks of himself with Christian humility, but with full consciousness of the honor put upon him in the wonderful results he had been permitted to achieve. He says, "I can plod?I can persevere." He does not say, as we hear too often uow-a-days, "I can mauage to get along aud keep up with ray class in some way, without much study. I can jump at the meaning of my lessous, or I can catch up a trade, without years of hard labor;" but, "I can persevere!" Plodding boys, hold up your heads! You may seem to be left behind in the race by smart companions, but plod on ; "the race is not" always to the swift, "nor the battle to the strong." Bad Wades.?"I have left my place, mother," said a poor boy, when he returned . from his work. "Why have you left?" said the mother; "was your master unkind to you ?" "No, mother, he was kind enough," said the boy. "Didn't you like the work ?" asked the mother. "It was the wages I didn't like," said the boy, solemnly. "My master wanted me to sin, and the wages of sin is death." His master had expected him to lie about the goods and deceive and cheat the customers ; but the boy said, "No, sir ; I can't do such things; I will leave your service first." And he did leave it; and he was right, too. Such boys will make mothers' hearts glad, and will find that the Lord takes care of those who trust in Him and will not work for Satan, nor earn the wages of sin. Such trials do the faithful good. It may seem hard to suffer because we will not sin, but the rough sea makes the 6ailor, the hot furnace makes the pure gold, the strongest faith comes from the hardest trials; and they who suffer for Christ's aud conscience sake shall be blessed here, and crowned with joy hereafter.?Little Christian. - . f Two Puzzles.?B. B. What docs that; stand for? Guess. "Busy Bee?" "Boun-j cing Betty?" "Bottany Bay?" No, no! It is something that makes papa look stern, and mamma feel sad; that causes sorrow to all the family, and every body wherever it goes. I wish there wasn't one in the j whole world ; but I fear there are a great | many, both large and small, I)o you give it 1 up? Let me tell you. Bad boy. G. G. What does this stand for? Some-1 thing very nice and pleasant to have in the j j family, or anywhere else; something so sweet 1 j and lovely, that wo all admire it, though it look ever so plain, or be dressed ever so poor- ! j ly. I know there are a great many in the : I world, and I hope there will be more ami more ' j every year. Can you guess it ? "Golden i Grain ?" "General Grant ?" "Green Gage?" \ Oh ! no. You havn't guessed it. I shall j have to tell you. Good Girl.? 1 Veil Spring. ' 1 To Somebodies.?I know somebody who ; always appears to be miserable ; and this is ' j the way she contrives to be so?thinking always about herself; constantly wishing for that she has not got; idling her time ; fretting I and grumbling. ' j I know somebody who is much happier ; , and this is the way she contrives to be so? 1 [ thinking of others ; satisfied with what her heavenly Father has judged best for her; working, caring for somebody besides herself; and thinking how she can make others happy, j My little "somebody," which kind of a ; "somebody" are you ? ; j ; KaT A promise and its performance should, like the scales of a true balance, always pre. I sent a mutual adjustment. I fUading fa* the ^ahhath. (JONDUCTED BY IlEV. ROBERT LATH AN. [OriRlnnl.] LOVE FOR THE BRETHREN. In the love of many professed Christians, j there is much that is selfish and clannish, j Hereby ye shall know that ye have passed j from death unto life if ye love the brethren. By brethren, not a few understand those of i the same family or members of the same j church, or same denomination. This is not | the Scriptural meaning of the word brethren, j. All those who love the Lord Jesus Christ are ! ] brethren. They are the children of the most- : j high God, and joint heirs to the same hea- j j venly inheritance. That man who thinks I * that none are in Christ but those who are j i members of the same church with himself, is i * | sadly mistaken. The probability is that he ! 1 is not a member of Christ's body at all. He j is in all probability an alien from the com- ! monwealth of Israel?a stranger to the covenant of promise?without God and without hope in the world. That man who has been made a new creature in Christ Jesus, loves all those that love Jesus. He loves them uot as men, but as lovers of Jesus. [Original.] UOD OUT OF CHRIST. Some, no doubt many, think they can be saved without a Saviour. This is a fearful delusion. God out of Christ is a consuming fire. So far as we know, God has never dealt directly with the human family. Certainly, < since the fall, God has never had any friendly | intercourse with any of Adam's race only through the Saviour. God is the maker and sovereign of the universe, and consequently has the right to prescribe the mode of his dealing with the human family. He made, a cove nant with Adam in the garden of Paradise, and with hira he acted for all his posterity. Since the fall, he made a covenant with Christ, aud as all that are the descendants of Adam sinned in hira and fell with him when he eat the forbidden fruit, so all that reject , Jesus Christ must be lost by a fixed and irre- , vocable fiat of the divine being. That man ( who expects to be saved without a Saviour, will be sadly mistaken, and discover his mistake when it is forever too late. If we reject Christ, we will most assuredly be lost. [Original.] ' TRADITIONS. i It is wonderful the power that prejudice 1 has over all of us. The only reason that we 1 can give for much of the faith that is in us is "because.1' We are ready to become martyrs , for preconceived notions and opinions which , have no better foundation than our own mor- ( bid fancies. Strong as may be our prej- i udices, the dominion of tradition is not less powerful and tyranical. The Saviour of sinners charged the Jews with making the word of God of none effect by their tradition. Mucn . of the religion of the Pharisees consisted in a j most exact observance of traditions. Some of their traditions, at some time, and under certain circumstances, might have been proper and prudential; but 110 tradition can ever be binding 011 the conscience of any of God's people. What God commands is binding, and what God has not commanded, is not binding. In religion the Bible -is the rule. It is a light to our feet and a lamp to our path. The authority of the fathers and the traditions of the elders, are worth nothing unless derived from the word of God. But strange as it may seem, men are governed more by the opinions of their fellow-men than by the teachings of the Scriptures. Man enacted laws, and the canons of church courts and councils are more promptly and willingly obeyed than the law given by God on Mount Sinai. More men have been put to death because they would not observe traditions, than ever suffered for not obeying the T.i fool- wo dn nnt rpmemher a single instance of any individual being put to death because he would not believe the truth as it is in the Bible. Multitudes have suffered martyrdom for the truth, and an equally great number have been, in one way or other, deprived of life because they refused to follow the traditions of the ancients. [Ori^'innl ] EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION. "If any man be in Christ Jesus he is a new creature." "In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircuracision availeth anything but a new creature." A religion which consists wholly in theory, is not worth embracing. The theory may be beautiful, the form may be enticing, the ceremony may be splendid ; but the soul cannot rest upon theoretical forms and splendid ceremonies. It wants a better, a more substantial foundation than intangible vagaries. Every form of religion, ! every scheme of redemption, except that of , the Bible, is a lifeless form. The soul under goes nothing but a mere momentary?a mere surface change. The heart remains the same; hard and stony, deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. The religion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is a complete change in the moral nature of the man. So great and complete is this change, that he becomes, or is made a new creature. That which was evil is made good ; that which was dead is quickened into life. It is not simply a reformation. It is a regeneration?a rebegetting from above, which is followed by a reformation as an evidence and result. Regeneration and reformation are related to each other as cause and effect; as antecedent and consequent. The man that is truly ( regenerated must reform, he cannot prevent a reformation. He may not live an absolutely holy life; but he cannot live an absolutely wicked life. He may not serve God with all his heart; but he has no real desire to serve any one but God. He may sin grievously to-day; but he will be certain to repent deeply i to-morrow. He may wander a long way j from his father's house ; but he will be sure J to "come to himself" and return to his former J home, A knowledge of this great change is i possessed by the individual in whom it takes J1 place. He is conscious that he was once blind and now can see. He now loves what he once hated, and hates what he once loved. ; The former objects of his affections have been discarded, and new ones selected. His relig- j ion is not a dream?a fancy?a myth ; but a heart-felt reality. However sinful he may j be, and feel that lie is, he tries to bo sinless, j He prays that his sinful nature may be renovated, and that lie may die daily unto sin, and live daily unto holiness. Each day he experiences a dying and a living. The old man, yith the lusts thereof is constant-, ly dying, and the new iqan is constantly ma-, turing into the stature of a perfect man in , Christ Jesus. The growth of religion in the soul may be slow, but it is sure. It may not be accomplished in a day or a year, but it will be perfected in a life time. RZir Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckouing, au endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance \?e nave to run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. IU31lyJ3iBA!Uw '" ^7a? ja NEARLY all diseases originate from Indiges- e tion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is j . dways anxiously sought after. If the Liver is j Regulated in its action, health is almost invariably secured. Want of action in the Liver causes ! Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the | , shoulders, Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stom- | ich, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpi- j ation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the , , blues, and a hundred other symptoms, for which . ilMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR is the best | emedy that has ever been discovered. It acts i ? nildly, effectually, and being a simple vegetable | f ornpound, can do no injury in any quantities " hat it may betaken. It is harmless in every way. r :t has been used for 40 voars, and hundreds of the . ;ood and great from all parts of the country will . . ouch for its being the purest and best. ! Simmons' Liver Regulator, or Medicine, <s Is harmless, j| \s no drastic violent medicine, 's sure to cure if taken regularly, " Is no intoxicating beverage, * IF [s a faultless family medicine, s fs the cheapest medicine in the world, 1 [s given with safety and the happiest results to j the most delicate infant. Does not interfere with business, Does not disarrange the system, Takes the place of Quinine and Bitters of every kind, Contains the simplest and best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 20 13 ly* CONNER, HOBBS & DOBSON. FALL TRADE! We beg to inform the public that our arrangements for the Fall Trade are complete, and we now have in stock or near completion a full lino nf pleasure BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES, made in the best style of workmanship, both as to durability and finish. Wc employ only good workmen in the different branches of our establiulimnnt nml nil vvm-lr is warranted to be as ren resented. In our show-room may, at all times, be founda tine assortment of Carriages and Bugles OF VARIOUS STYLES AND PRICES, which we respectfully invite the public to call and jxamine. Vehicles of any desired style, if not )n hand, made to ordor at short notice, and satis [action guaranteed. CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON. REPAIRING. REPAIRING and Job Work, of all kinds, per- * taming to our regular business, will be promptly executed in tho best manner and for ( reasonable prices. ] CONNER, KOBBS & DOBSON. THE GREAT SOUTHERN j DRY GOODS HOUSE, ; FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., 275 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. ] The Cheapest ] Dry Goods, Oil Cloth, i Mattings, Notions, i Carpets, | Rugs, Etc., ! this sinii: of new yobk. For prices, see Special Notice. < September 10 37 dm F. S. FRISCHEIS, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YORKVILLE, S. C., RESPECTFULLY offershisservieestothecit- ( izcns of Yorkville and vicinity. All manner < of JIOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, , Marbling and Calcimining executed in the best ( style of the art. By the process of CALCIMIN- , 1 ?-iia liam Imcfiitifl soiled i lrnr, piasiureu nnn.i ??....... , and discolored, can be made to look as fresh and < clean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of ( color, which will not rub off. < Having located here permanently, it shall be my ] aim, by close attention to business and a desire to < please the most exacting, to merit the patronage i of the public. Estimates furnished, and all work < promptly executed at the lowest cash prices com- | mensuratewithdurable and artistic painting. All communications promptly answered. Address F. S. FRISCHEIS, Yorkville, S. C. July 30 31 ly YORK MARBLE YARD. iUouuments, Tablets, Tombstones, Mantels, &e., on Hand or Made to Order at Short Notice. I WOULD respectfully inform the public that I am prepared to furnish anything in the marble line, from a plain slab to a co'stly monument, executed in the best style of the art, with the very best materials, and at prices as low as the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders from a distance promptly filled, and the same attention given to work ordered by mail as if the parties were present in person. From this date work will be delivered at any point on the King's Mountain railroad, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad, FREE OF CHARGE for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. < January 1 1 Jy S. 13. MEACHAM, < COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANT ! CHARLOTTE, N. C. Liberal advances made on Cotton consigned to me J for New York and Charleston. i References iiy Permission.?M. P. Pegram, ( Cashier 1st National Bank, Charlotte ; A. G. Brenizer, Cashier Commercial National Bank, Char- ^ lotte; Major George W. Melton, Win. H. Hardin, Chester, S. C.; Colonel W. H. McCorklo, B. T. , Wheeler, Yorkville, S. C. N. B.?Special attention given to the purchase , and sale of future contracts. < September 24 39 3m 'ftwf1 THE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. THERE ure no Vacations. Send for Catalogue and College Documents. For Splopdjd Specimens of Penmanship, enclose two P. O. Stamps. Address W. II. SADLER, President, Nos. (life 8 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. January I 1 tf r?. w. citAi.k. it. m. i.itti.kjohn. G. W. CIIALK & CO., COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS j Comer Trade and College Sts., CIIAItLOTTE, ,"V. C. ALSO dealers in SEED WHEAT, RYE, OATS, and other Produce. ' n ?r Cnltnn vnlmitfwl I . October 1 -to 3in |' Ij i i iXNalVJMMiEfeVU wMHNM|RMN0MMHVMNPMM |||bw^^WPHBB?^SBBHWW'WWHBB Juno 4 23 tf RAGS WANTED. , a r\ POUNDS of clean cotton and lin- j < \ U#UUIJ en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents < per pound will be paid, at the < "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. August (i 32 tf COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, j APPOMATTOX, C. H., Octol>er 20, 1874. j no. H. Cawthon, Executor of Joel Simmons, <lo- j coiised, Plaintiff, against the unknown heirs of , Agnes Foster, deceased; Fanny Thackston, deceased; Bet.ii/ Burnett, deceased ; Judith j Jennings, deceased; Charles Simmons, do-j ceased; and Nathaniel Simmons, deceased, j j (who were sisters and brothers of Joel Sim- | i mons, deceased,) and the heirs-at-law of An- ' J nie Baldwin, deceased, (all of whom are i known) Defendants. IN CHANCERY, BY a decreeofthe Circuit Court of Appomattox j county. Virginia, rendered May Term, 1874, in ! j he above-styled suit, I am directed to take the following account to wit: "A furl her account of the J ransuctionsof the Plaintiff, as Executor of Joel limmons, decased," and to make the following nquiries, to wit: 1st. Whether or no any of the brothers and sis- i ors of the testator survived him ; if so, which of ; hem. 2nd. Whether any of them left descendants. 3rd. When the next of kin of the testator wore ist heard from. 4th. If any of the married nieces or nephews f the testator are dead ; whether or no they died Ksfore or after the testator. All persons interested in the foregoing account nd enquiries, are hereby notified that I have . .L. a?i .1?? 1CTJ qu tho ixea upon M1U lir?L Ultjr ui lycvciuUUI, ak>,-b9 ?w ime, and my office at Appomattox, C. H., as the I dace, to take and make the Bame; and the 1111:nown heirs, who are parties defendant, are here- i iv informed that they nave the right to participate < n the distribution of a fund of about $1000, (being he proceeds of that portion of the estate of Joel limmons, deceased, testator, as to which he died i ntestate), and they are hereby required to estab- i isli their rights, as such next of kin and distribitees of the testator, before me at said time and ilaee ; and publication of this notice is made, by aid decree, equivalent to personal service of noice on all parties defendant to this suit, CHAS. H. SACKETT, Special.Commissioner. November5 45 4t Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. .. ^ First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. pine fashidnablTstationery, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and <?all Invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTEO IN THE LATEST STYLE. September 10 37 tf MUSIC HATH CHARMS. &C. WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give their eliildren a chance for a musical education, but whose means are very limited, that I lave made arrangements with the celebrated 'Mason <fe Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest laetory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarterly payments, upon whatis called the lease principle. Thus any one by paying only a moderate mm for the use of the instrument, can, at any time,give it up or become purchaser; the amount ilready paid being applied to the purchase. Or a person having paid the rent for four years, becomes the owner of the Organ without further n.ill <??/T nnniiim fnr r>!?rtif?nl?rs and see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the A.dickes' building, where I may be found during ill business hours, either to show you a sample or :o wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic line as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentations and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" companies, .1 still insist that I have the best and cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, ind I am ready to prove my words to all who leek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. L\ THE DISTRICT COURT Dfthe United Statesfor the District of S. Carolina. Tn the Matter of ) T? IRA HARDIN, Bankrupt, j In BankruPtcy. At Yorkvillc, in the. said District, on the nth day of November, 1874. NOTICE is hereby given thata petition has been tiled in the said Court, by IRA HARDIN, if York county, in the said District, duly dedared a Bankrupt, under the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System if Bankruptcy throughout the United States," Approved 2nd March, 18G7, for a discharge and certificate thereof, from ill his debts and other claims provable under the said Act; and the 7th lay of December, 1874, at 12 o'clock, M., is assigned for shearing of the same, before W. I. Clawson, Esq., one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Jourt, at his ollice in Yorkville, South Carolina, when and where the creditors may attend and ihew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of :he said Petition should not be granted. R. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. November 5 45 3t ~ BLATC H LEY'S i Improved CUCUMBER WOOD PUMP, Tasteless, Durable, Efficient and Cheap. The best Piunp for the least money. Attention is especially invited to Blatchley's Patent Improved Bracket and New Drop Check Valve, which can be withdrawn without removing the Pump, or disturbing the joints. Also, the Copper Chamber, which never cracks or scales, and will out last any other. For sale by Dealers and the Trade generally. Inquire for Blatchley's Pump, and if not for sale in your town, send direct to CHAS. C. BLATCIILEY, Manufacturer, f>(X> Commerce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JEFFERYS & METTS, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. May 28 22 fim TO TEXAS AND ARKANSAS. THE completion of the TEX AS AND PACIFIC RAILROAD enables the Kenesaw Route, >jia Western and Atlanta Rail Road, to oifer the Dnly all rail route from Georgia and the Carolinas :o all points in Texas. On and after September 1st, through coaches leave Atlauta daily for Memphis, Little Rock and rexarkana, Texas, without change, connecting :here with through cars for Houston and all points in Texas. Think of one change of cars between Atlanta, Seorgia, and Houston, Texas. piir- Rates reduced by the opening of this route from $5 to ?15! " *" ' ? Ka /xli+oiniwl nnnn nnnlipii r Ull liuoriliuiiwil inn ucvuuouvu , ?rt iion to Albert B. Wrenn, Southeastern Agent Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, Atlanta, C. E. Sargent, Southeastern Agent L. and .i. S. R. R., Atlanta, or to B. W. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga. September 24 39 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ Columbia, April 24th, 1873. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby designated as the newspaper for the nublica;ion of all Legal Notices apd Official Aavertisenents for the county of York, under the Act approved Februarv 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to regulate the publication of all Legal and public Notices, and the order heretofore issued designa:ingthe "Carolina New Era" as the official paper for tho county of York is hereby rescinded. By order of the Board. II. E. IIAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board. I, IIENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, iiui Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify :hat tho foregoing is a true copy of the Original on ile in my office. II. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. BARBER SHOP. THOSE ill want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant ind luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that niOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door :o the Enquirkii building, where it will afford rrmit tiiotiKiirn tn wait linon all who may de iirc his services. Razors honed and sharpened, md any other work of that kind promptly done. He may he found at the Shop on Sunday mornings froni 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly AT MY POST AGAIN. I HAVE resumed the PRACTICE OF LAW, and have taken an office in the "Old Jail," opposite the oflice occupied by Wilson A Wilson, where I can be found, unless absent on professional business, from 10 o'clock, A. M., on Mondays, until 2 o'clock, P. M.. on Saturdays. T. J. BELL. Januarv 2*2 4 tf T H THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the IiEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho murirpt ami conseouentlv will the longer with- ^ stand 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 thelfnited States, wh.ie it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces ot ware and cooking utensils are furnished * with each Stove. An important consideration X with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and 4k sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at 1 the mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause it is a home production, buton accountof its intrinsic merits as an article of house hold economy, do < we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. If. Currence, York county ; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, . Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, - by buying of us, and at the same time get a ^ STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices, delivered at depot in Greensboro: ^4 No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 41 y 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville,S.C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. HM3 GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRI6HT PIANOS HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST J PREMIUMS, and are among the best now A made. Every instrument is fully warranted for five years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of I the very best materials and the most thorough It workmanship willpermit. The principal pianists S and composers and the piano-purchasing public, M of the South especially, unite in the unanimous ? 4J|| verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. The-DURABILITY of our instruments is fully established by over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, \ in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. | Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the principal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. Prices from $30 to $600. A liberal discount to 1 J uiergyineii unu oauuoiu u^uvwin* A large assortment of second-band Pianos, at prices ranging from $75 to $300, always 011 hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought and are using the Stieff Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Wareroom8, No. 9 North Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Factories, 84 and 86 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. % May 21 21 ly THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. Chaklottk, Columbia and Augusta R. R. Co., Columbia, S. C., July 19,1874. fllHE following Passenger Schedule will be op1 erated on and after this date: going north. Tiain No. 2. Train No. 4. _ 1 Leave Augusta, 6.30 a.m. 4.15 p.m. Graniteville, *7.33 a. m. 5.11 p. m. Col'bia Junct'n,.. 11.38 a. m. ?9.05 p. m. Arrive Columbia, 11.48 a. m. 9.17 p. m. Leave Columbia, 11.58 a. m. ?? Winnsboro, 2.06 p.m. Chester, ?4.06 p.m. Arrive Charlotte f6.45 p. m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Charlotte and Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New Y ork at 6.05 a. m. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Wilmington and Richmond to all points North, arrivinir at. New York at 5.15 n. m. " * o ? * going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. \ + Leave Charlotte, 8.30 a.m. Chester, 11.02 a. m. Winnsboro, 12.38 p. in. Arrive at Columbia, 2.42 p. m. Leave Columbia, 2.52 p. m. 3.40 a. m. Col'bia Junction, 3.17 p. m. 4.15 a. m. Graniteville, 7.15 p. m. *7.48 a. m. Arrive at Augusta, 8.05 p. in. 8.45 a. m. Breakfast. J Dinner, f Supper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. Sleepingcars on all Night Trains. ^ JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. A. PoPK.Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. NOTICE. OFFICE CHARLOTTE, COL. & AUG. R. R. Columbia, S. C., July 31,1874. BY recent changes in the schedules of Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, and Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroads, arranged for the especial accommodation of the traveling public, close connections are now made via Charlotte to Spartanburg, Greenville ana an poinis aiong ine * line of the A. A R. A. L. Railway and via A., T. ^ A 0. and Carolina Central Railroads, for Cherryville, Lincolnton, Statesville, Hickory Tavern, * Asheville, ?fec. See schedule below: going north. Leave Columbia, 4 00 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte, 2 20 P. M. Leave Charlotte, via A. A R. A. L. R. Road, 3 13 P. M. Arrive at Spartanburg, 8 24 P. M. J Arrive at Greenville, 10 42 P. M. Leave Charlotte, via Carolina Central for Cherryville, Ac., 3 00 P. M. Leave Charlotte, via A., T. & O. R. R. for Statesville, Hickory Tavern, j etcetera, 3 25 P. M. - ? going south. Leave Greenville, 2 06 A. M. Leave Spartanburg 4 03 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte, 8 06 A. M. Leave Charlotte 8 30 A. M. Arrive at Columbia 2 42 P. M. Arrive at Augusta, 8 05 P. M. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. A. POPE, Gen'l Pas. A Ticket Agent. August 6 32 tf CHERAW AND DARLINGTON B. BOAS. W *jiifir w W PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, 1 Chkraw A Darlington Railroad Co., } Society Hill, S. C., October 10,1873. j CHANGE OF* SCHEDULE. /"VV aOor MflYTHV 1 SUl nf notrtVuir tl,t, u passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. yp Train. Leave Clteraw 8.00,A.M. Leave Florence,..,3 00, P. M. Leave Cash's......8.20, A. M. bcay? Palmetto,... .3.iio, P. tf. ?, Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...3.40,P. M. Leave Dnve'n 9.15, A. M- Leave Dove's. 4-15, P.M. Leave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hlll.'4.45, P. M. Lenve Palmetto...10.10,A. M. Leave Cash's 5.10, P.M. Arrivcat Florence, 10.30, A. M. Arrive at Clteraw,.5.30, P. MThe 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 trains. YORK COUNTY BONDS. PERSONS who have subscribed for the BONDS OF YORK COUNTY, issued in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, or persons who may desire to purchase, are informed that the bonds may be obtained by applying to Joseph Hortidon, JeiFerys <fe Metts, W. Ill McCorkle, H. F. Adickes or L*. M. Grist. July 30 31 tf STOVES. THE Greensboro Cooking Stove can be bought from T. C. DUifLA^, Ageri|. lite ?0tMle <?uquiw. TERMS?IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year. $ 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 100 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 p3r To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge.