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Ilumurous flrjratfraeBt. THAT SKULKING, SNEAKING JASKINS^ "Can I be protected here, Mister ?" asked a woman yesterday as she entered the office ; of the Chief of Police. "Yes'm." "Can my family?my innocent children? | also be protected?" she demanded, striking t&e 1 floor with her umbrella. "Yes'ra." "If there is any law, I want it," she went on, droppiug into a big arm chair; "if there i isn't, I propose to take club to him !" "My dear woman, this world is full of sor-' row," said the captain, as he looked up from his writing; each one of us has his own separate aud distinct grief to grieve over. Tell me yours." "Do you know Jaskins ?" she asked. "Jaskins? Jaskins? Seems as if I had heard the name some time." "Man with a limp?one eye gone?red j neck?sandy hair?got a skulking way with j him," she said. "And he has stolen your poultry, eh ?" "Poultry ! Naw ! It's worse than poultry? j it's next to arson or murder!" "Go on, madam?go into the particulars!" | "Well, he boards next to me. I'm a widow. Been alone these fourteen years, and if I do say it myself, I've always had the respectablest.kind of a name. I've a daughter, Jane. She's seveuteen. She's a good girl." "Yes, madam." "And that sneaking, skulking Jaskins is after her!" she exclaimed. "Possible!" "He just is ! Was after me first. For weeks and weeks he'd hang around our gate, smile at me and inquire if I wasu't lonesome, and seud up strawberries, and look his lovingest out of that one eye!" "And then ?" "'And then, when he found I wouldn't marry him to save bis neck, and he couldn't get my property to run through with, what d'ye s'pose he done?" "Cut his throat?" "Naw ! He turned right around and went to loving Jane! He has sent notes to her in those long, pink envelopes ; he has sent her boquetsaud cocoanuts, and perfume and cherries, and he's skulking around yet ! I've talked aud talked, but it don't do no good. If sunthin' ain't done I believe Jaue '11 marry him. "How does she act ?" "She's a grinning around and looking soft and lovin? like, and she won't mind half I saw and is getting notes and writing answers, and?and?" And she broke down. She wiped her eyes, softly rubbed her no3e, and, after a moment, jumped up and demanded: "Is there any law ?" "Lots of law?dead loads, madam." "And you'll put the law to him?" "I will, madam?I'll make this town a volcano for him before he's a week older!" "And you'll break up the match ?" "Either that or break his back!" "Good! The police are worth suntin', after all. If you say you'll wait on him, and tell him he's got to back right down or go to jail, I'll chain Jane to the table-leg and sit by her for four weeks, but what I'll make her forget him !" "I'll do it, madam." "Think of my Jane marrying a man with one eye! And a redneck! And a limp! O h-h! when I think of that skulking Jaskins sneaking around my innocent Jane to make her his wife, I could t-e-a-r this house down !" She sat down, and they fixed up a plan, an Mr. Jaskins had better leave for the West this very day. ? ? MRS. COOLEY THIRD. My neighbor Cooley married his third wife a short time ago, and the day after he came home with her, his oldest boy, the son ot his first wife, came into the room where she was sitting sewing. Placing his elbows on the table, he began to be sociable. The follow* ing conversation ensued: Boy?How long d'you expect you'll last?" Mrs. C?What on earth do you raeau ? Boy?Why ma, she held on for about ten years, aud Emma, pa's second, stood it for three years. I reckon you're good for as much as her. I hope so, anyhow. I'm kinder sick of funerals. They made an awful fuss when they stowed away ma, and a bigger howl when they planted Emma. So I'd jes' as leave you'd keep round awhile. But pa, he has his doubts about it. Mrs. C?Doubts! Tell me what you mean, this instant. Boy?Oh, nothing ! Only the day Emma got away, pa came home from the funeral, ">"1 txrVinn Ko rinnod flio pranp nff his hat, hp chucked it in the bureau drawer and said: 'Lay there till I want you again,' so I'spose the old man must be expectin' you to step out some time or other. In fact, I seen him conversing with the undertaker yesterday; making some kinder permanent contract with him, I reckon. The old man is always jewing people down. Mrs. B?You ought to be ashamed to talk of your father in that manner. Bov?Oh, he don't mind it. I often hear the fellows joking him about his wives. He likes it. He's a good natured man. Anybody can get along with him if they understand him. All you've got to do is to be sweet on him, and he'll be like a lamb. Now Emma, she used to get mad, heave a plate, or a coal scuttle or most anything at him, and it used to irritate him. And ma, she'd blow him up about 15,000 times a day ; both of them would bang me till I got disgusted. And pa didn't like it. Treat me well, give me candy and money, and you've got pa sure. Emma used to smack me ; and when pa said he was opposed to it she'd go at him with an umbrella, or Hat-iron and maul him. I guess you and me'll jog along all right together, and by the time pa gets another wife I'll be big enough to don't care how many airs she puts on. What I want's time. You stick for three or four years and then the old man can consolidate as much as he's a mind to, and I wont scare worth a cent. It's only the fair thing anyway. Enough of this family's money has been was4" -1 o n/1 tuo A1ir?kf It'll UU UUUIUB UUU LUUi UOIUIJCD, auu nt uuguu to knock off a while. Good morning', I b'lieve I'll go to school. Mrs. Cooley did not enjoy her honeymoon as much as she had expected. Horace Greeley and his Visitors? Mr. Greeley had a passion for showing strangers around the Triibune establishment. One day a couple of ladies called upon him, and desired to be shown around. Mr. Greeley at the time was in the counting-room below his sanctum. The sanctum messenger boy had taken occasion, while Mr. Greeley was below, to blow through the speaking-tube to the composing-room above. The man in charge, who felt rather irritated that day, did not have his feelings improved, when, in response to his answer to Greeley's supposed "call," he was fooled by the office-boy, who asked him how be felt, or some trivial question. Two or three times this was repeated within half an hour, and he at last resolved to get square with the boy. Soon Mr. Greeley entered the sanctum with the ladies. After showing them about, he said : "You see these pipes. I have only to blow through this one, and the man in charge of the composing-room answers." Beckoning for one of the ladies to approach, he blew through the pipe, and directed her to put her ear to the mouth-piece and listen to the answer, when to his surprise and consternation there came thundering down the pipe: "You little rascal, if you don't git away from that pipe, I'll kick your head clean off!" "I say, Paddy, that is the worst-looking horse you drive I ever saw. Why don't you fatten him up ?" "Fatten him up, is it ? Faix, the poor baste can hardly carry the little ^^^^^^^^^t^son him now," replied Paddy. fjtyarttncnt, j ; [Original,} WHEAT. Various opinions are entertained respecting the value Of wheat as a crop. Not a few. are i disposed to think that it is more profitable for cotton planters to raisg cptton and, buy .their Hour. This, we are convinced, is a heterodox doctrine, and is attended with ruinous results to the country. The true (theory. at*d proper j practice for the cotton planter, is to produce ( his own supplies, as far as the soil and climate will allow, and all the cotton he can besides. ' It is a fact, worthy of note/jhat -all $Kose"! farmers who are accustomed to produce their own corn,wheat, bacon, and other necessaries, % f' W 1 ' 1 j # 4 | . f I are in a good conditiou, so far as their pecu- j niary affaire are concerned, whilst such can- ' not be said of those who are known as pro- j visiou buyers. So long as wheat continues to j be used extensively, as an article of food, aud | so long as our soil and climate remain adapted j to the culture of wheat, it will be profitable ' to raise wheat. It is said that wheat is sb uncertain crop, i It is not more so than either corn or cotton. ! Any crop is uncertain, when it is not culti- i vated on the proper kind of soil,<and in the i proper mode. The great reason thai wheat | so often fails to produce a favorable yield is, itj is not sown until too late in the season. Wheat should be sown soon erfough in the fall that it may have time to become well set in the grouud before winter. It requires a part of two years to make wheat. Sometimes, wheat sown in December will make a good crop, but it is. an exception to the rule. In ; York county, all wheat should be sown in ; the month of October. Wheat requires a dry soil. It is, generally speaking, a waste of time, land and labor, to sow low bottom lahas in wheat. If the object is to improve the , land, or rest it, as farmers say, it would be | far better to let the land alone, and permit it j to grow up in grass. Another reason why a wheat crop is not J remunerative, is found in the fapt that no ! crop is so carelessly planted. The sowing is j delayed until the season is past, and it is con- j eluded that the wheat must be sown, some i way or other. The ground is plowed when jt i is too wet, and plowed iu the most miserable j way in the world. Wet sods are turned over j on the wheat, and the result is a large amount | of it never eveu gets up. It is always bad j policy to plow when the ground is so wet that j it will not crumble when turned up, but per- j haps its deleterious effects are seen more visi-1 bly where wheat is sown, than in the case of any other crop. Before wheat is sown, the ground should be thoroughly plowed. By being thoroughly plowed, we mean it should be broken deep, and close. Before this is done, whatever manure is designed for the wheat, should be < spread evenly over the land, and turned | under with the weeds and grass. This done,' the land should be allowed to settle, and then ' j the wheat should be sown and the ground j again plowed with a very short plow. This last plowing subserves no other purpose than to cover the grain. The kiud of grain sown should not be left out of view. In the first place, none but good, sound kernels should be sown. It is bad I policy to save the refuse of anything for seed. With regard to the variety of wheat that should be sown, it may be stated, as a general fact, that early varieties are better than late ones. Of the early varieties, perhaps what is known as the red May wheat is as good as any j other, if not the best of all varieties. It makes good flour, is not subject to rust, and on good land the yield is equal to any other j variety that has ever been tried in this region. ; The only objection that can be raised against j the red May wheat is, that unless the land is | rich, it will not grow high enough to cut. It will make a fair head ou very tbin laud, but the stalk will be so low that on our rough muu,auu WiLU UUI pui'l luipicuicuw 1U1 oanug wheat, it will be impossible to gather it. If our farmers will sow largely of wheat and oats this fall, and plant a large corn crop' next year, the country will be put in a prosperous condition. Agricultural Philosophy.?This is what John Johnson says: "There is no great success in farming without hard work; but it is good thinking that costs, not the plodding alone. It is up-hill business to go against the common judgment of all your neighbors; but if you are sure you are right go ahead, no matter what they say. The servant is not above his master in industry ; the farmer must be able to lead the held and know whether a man is doing good work, and the workman must know that he knows what a good day's work is. I said forty years ago that I would use plaster if it cost roe forty dollars a ton; but clover and plaster alone will not keep up the fertility of grain farms. When I see a man draining his farm and cartin? out nota- i ble piles of well-rotted manure, I consider him safe. He can borrow money to make improvements, and the sheriff will not often tie up at his hitching-post. When the midge demands an early harvest, or the ground is so rich that the straw falls, I have almost saved a crop by sowing salt. Farmers miss it in giving up the old worm fence. It is the*cheapest in the end. I wire the stakes together and keep the bottom rail up. It is awkward-looking, but I have sound rails now that were not new forty years ago. I have burned good rails in my time, but I did not know as much then as I do now." . ? ? Farming that Pays.?The proht of agriculture, like the profit of any other business, depends upon what they call in Wall street, a "margin," and a very small one it is in > farming, as in all safe and well established industries. When we sold wool to the Bunnes, many years ago, one of the firm told us that they had been making cloth without profit, and when they found a waste of about a cent a pound on their wool, and managed to avoid that waste, their business was again successful. A quarter of one per cent, received by a broker, in large financial transactions, has i ! made him a large fortune. And though in | ! the limited transactions of the manufacturer | and farmer so small a percentage would not | ! avail much, it is certain that the fortune of j the farmer, no less than the merchant and the ! manufacturer, is made up of the small profits I in his business, accumulated by many years of i labor and carefulness. This net profit is so | small that it is liable to be impaired by any i trifling error of manageraeut or lack of force. ; Any serious defect in management, or any degree of slackness, will spoil the profit altogether. There are so many things to be well j done in order to succeed, that it is not strange ; i that so many fail. When every part of farm- j j ing is well done, there is no mistake about the j J profit.?Duchess Farmer. Who is the Best Farmer??The best farmer, says the Vindicator, is he who raises ( : the best and largest crops on the smallest sor-, ! face of land, at the least expense, and at the : same time annually improves his soil; who ; ' understands his business and attends to it; | whose manure heap is large and always increasing ; whose crib and smoke-house are at! home; who is sur/ounded by the necessaries ! and comforts of life; who studies his profesj sion, and strives to reach perfection in it; who ! I keeps an account of his out-goes as well as incomes, and knows how he stands at the end of each season. Such a farmer will succeed, and make farming a profitable occcupation. forth* fatrfcath. . - _ CONDUCTED BY HEV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.3 . i.l; ' prepare.'' 1 A Roman camp, in time of peace, was laid jOiit i and? fortified with as much care as if! an enemy was on the next hill. Roman sol-1 diers were always prepared. So should we all be. / There afre mafly emergencies for which we should make preparation. In spring we : should prepare for summer; in summer we should prepare fujr autumn ; in autumn we i should prepare for winter, and in winter we i should prepare for spring. To be caught un-j prepared is often atteuded with'complete dis- J cgmfiture. The jvork of to-morrow cannot be done to day ; but if we make no preparation to-day for to-morrow, we will most likely ef- j feet blit little when to-morrow comes. If we ; make no preparation for old age when we are ' young and in the vigor of our days, old age and misfortune will most likely overtake us at the same time. If we live in sin and in the neglect of duty and in the abuse of privileges we will find, when it will be forever too late to make preparation for death, that we are ! unprepared to die. It may be too late for us some time to prepare for that event which awaits us all, but it is never too soon. The j sooner in every case we make preparation, the better it will be for us all. The message may corne whilst we are only prattling children, or when we are in the prime of life. Certainly it will come, and then we will have no time to prepare for the realities of another world. God in his providence says to us all, "Prepare to meet thy God.'r ; ' [Original 1 FORMALITY. "Bodily exercise," we are told, "profiteth little." By bodily exercise we :may understand the external forms and ceremonies of religion in general. Under old Testament dispensation the forms aud ceremonies of the church were exceedingly many and very imposing. The opposite is the case under New Testament dispensation. The Old Testament dispensation was typical, or rather it was prospective, and there was need of types to point to a coming Saviour. The New Testament dispensation is retrospective. Under the former dispensation the believer was required to look forward to a Saviour to come. To assist him in this work, God gave him types which pointed forward to the Saviour. Under the nroconf fl ianpnun tion thorp is nn nppH nf tvnPS r.vUv??u.?rvUU..vU V..W.W -- -J I The Saviour has come. All we need is a commemorative, or a remembrance ordinance. This is furnished us in the eucharist, or as it is more frequently called, the Lord's Supper. It is clear to every Bible reader that the church, under the present dispensation, and as organized by Christ himself and his apostles, is exceedingly simple. It is generally supposed that our Saviour adopted the synagogue service, either in whole or in part, as the form of worship for the New Testament Church. What were the forms and ceremonies of .the ancient synagogue service, we do not certainly know. Neither is it certain that the services in all the synagogues were the same. It would seem that if any special directions were given to us as to the formalities to be observed in the worship of God, we would 6od these instructions iu the Acts of the Apostles. These special instructions we do not find. There is a church organization laid down, but it is exceedingly simple. Of this we do not propose to speak, further than to say that there is, perhaps, no denomination of Christians on earth, that has the exact form of church government that is laid down iu the New Testameut. Some have added some things, whilst others have left out some things. With regard to the mode of conducting the worship of God, in the public assembliesof His people, it is evident that the Saviour has laid down no absolnte rule from which we dare not deviate. At least, we are not aware of the existence of such a rOle. There is no law in the Bible requiring a congregation to sing a certaiu number of times, and offer up a certain number of petitions before and after the delivery of a sermon. We have the example of our Saviour for reading the scriptures before preaching; but, no doubt, both He and His disciples preached without reading or singing. In this thing, the Saviour leaves the church to exercise common sense, giving us one general instruction in these words, "Let all things be done decently and in order." It is not our purpose to wound the feelings of any of God's dear ones by underrating the ceremonies which they have observed aud practiced since childhood. Our simple object is to point out the fact, that forms and ceremonies constitute but a very small part of the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. Formality is one thing aud religion is another. There may be much pomp and no religion ; on the contrary there may be great simplicity and heart religion. Great sticklers for forms may aud often do have hearts as cold as ice. Forms and ceremonies, so far as they are conducive to the conviction aud conversion of sinners and the building up of believers in their holy religion, are all right; but when they overshadow the thing itself they are all wrong. Whatever in the worship of God is calculated to attract our attention more than the Saviour, is wrong, and should be cast to the moles aud bats. It is worthy of remark that we are always in danger of becoming cold and formal in our religion. Not only so, but there is great danger that our religion dwindles down into barren forms. We are liable to mistake the shadow for the substance. When that takes place, we are in a deplorable conditiou. We are deceiving ourselves. We are worshipping forms and not God. Our God is a spirit and we must worship in spirit. Many of ray friends who have to be up early in the morning ask the policeman to call thera at the appointed hour. I may not compare the Christian minister with a policeman in some respects; but yet he is oue of God'B j officers, and it is a part of his business to stir J up drowsy professors. It is well to attend to j an earnest gospel ministry, where the minis-1 ter, under God's blessing, will be likely to I wake you up. Faithful preachers are among j God's best gifts. Cherish them and be obedi- i ent to their admonitions. I have known per- j sons to become offended when a minister is "too personalbut wise men always prize a ministry in proportion as it is personal to themselves. He who never tells me of my faults nor makes me feel uneasy, is not likely to be the means of good to my soul. Why have a doctor, if you grow angry with him for pointing out your disease? Does God send his ministers to pander to your taste or flatter your vanity? Be sure to attend an ; arousing ministry, and pray God to make, that ministry more aud more arousing to your soul. Pray for the preacher, for he is in the same danger as yourselves?for he, too, is encompassed with infirmity. The minister soon goes to sleep, unless God keeps him awake;! and what is more sad than to see the professed j messenger of God become a traitor both to j the Master and to men's souls by a lack of zealous affection ? It is ill for the sheep if the shepherd himself be asleep. Woe to the camp when the enemy is given to slumber.? Spurgeon. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. NEW 'PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! X > UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS! BY a very liberal contraetjust entered into with the Weed Manufacturing Cpmpany, we are enabled to offer greater inducements tp clubmakers than ever heretofore. READ OUR PROPOSITIONS! Wi't'd Sewing Midline, No. I'?Price, $65. For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we if ill pivo a WkkdSkwjno M ACHiNBof I be above style, tiie cash price of which is sixty-live dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 2?Price,$70. 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It j is printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and very | legible face. The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictionary is $3.50. We will furnish a cony of the work, j substantially bound in cloth, and a copy of the ! ExqniRKR one year for $1.50. Or for a club of ! live subscribers at $2.50 each, we will furnish a, copy of tho Dictionary to the getter up of the club. 1 The book will be mailed, free of postage, to the j person entitled to receive it, direct from the office , of publication. Subscribers whose terras of subscription have I not expired, bv forwarding tho money, will receive a copy of the Bible Dictionary, and have 1 their subscription to the Enquirkr extended one j year. The cash must accompany all orders. L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. I JOHN W. LINLEY & CO., 190 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. A SOUTH! BOISE---ESTABLISfiED 11. GROCERIES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE. WE deliver Goods free of all expense, such as boxing, drayage and freight. To places where we cannot prepay freights, we give a COMPLIMENTARY PACKAGE OF GOODS, suflicient to cover the expense of transportation, enual to about 7i per cent, of the entire bill. Where we have instructions to make up the complimentary package in CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, we give the value of 10 per cent. uti i uii win uuwre uiu. TERMS CASH, by Registered Letter or Post Office Money Order. Parties able to give Charleston acceptance, can lie accommodated with 30,60 or 90 days' time, with interest at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum. LIST OF NET PRI0E8. NO EXPENSE. NO FREIGHT. Finest quality Young Hyson, Hvson, Oolong, English Breakfast and Gunpowder'teas, $1.10 per pound ; good quality Teas, all kinds, 90 cents per pound ; good sweet drawing Teas, 60 cents per pound. To any one desirous of trying qpr Teas, we will send by mail, postage prepaid, on receipt of money named, Bent. 2ml quality. 3rd quality, i pound Tea, anv kind, 30c. 23c. 18c. 1 " " " " 1.20 1.00 70c. Crushed and Powdered Sugars, 13ic.; Granulated A Sugar, 121 c.; light yellow Sugar, 10 cents per pound; Linley's peerless Family Flour 5 cents per pound, or $9.23 per barrel; good Family Flour 23 pounds for $1, or $7.75 per barrel; choice Canvassed Hams, lOJc.; choice Tumbler Jellies, 13ic.; 2 pounds Canned Tomatoes, 13jc.; 3 pounds Tomatoes, 17c.; 1 pound Canned Salmon, 20c.; 2 pound Canned Pine Apple, Pears, Peaches and Damsons, 23 cents per can, or $1.35 for 6 cans ; mixed Vinegar Pickles : pints 17c., quarts 27c., gallons 60 cents, each ; Condensed Milk?Eureka and Eagle Brand?25 cents, each ; Gantz'Seafoam. 1 pounds 25 cents, pounds 50 cents, each ; Lemon Sugar, 40c. ; Dooley's celebrated Yeast Powder, 15, 20 and'40 cents per can ; Cooking Soda, 10 cents per pound ; J box Sardines 20 cents, i box 35 cents; Shadines, 25 cents per box; Cox's Sparkling Gelatine, 20 cents per package; Olives, 50 cents per bottle ; Capers, 40c. ; Worcestershire, Walnut and Mushroom Sauces (genuine imported) 40 cents per bottle; genuine French Mustard, 27 cents per bottle ; imitation French Mustard, 20c. ; French Prunes, 17 cents per pound ; Dates, 13 cents per pound ; Raisins, a*:.; uitron, wc.; uurrams, nc.; Cheese, 20c.; Macearoni, 20c.; Adamantine Candles, 20 and 23c. ; Baker's Chocolate, -15 cents per pound; Cocoa, 50c.; Broma, (50 cents per pound ; Bio Coffees, 23 and 20c., Laguayra Coffee, 30c., Java Coffee, 35 cents per pound ;"Roasted Coffees, 5 cents per pound, additional?each grade; Durvea's Superior Starch, 11 cents per pound ; Duryea's Satin Gloss Starch (6 pound boxes) 75 cents each; Cornstarch, 131 cents per package; Duryea's box Blueing, 33 cents per dozen ; Soda Biscuits, 81 cents per pound ; extra Pilot Bread, 10c.; Lemon, Cream, Wine, Ginger and other kinds, 15 cents per pound; Black Pepper, 30 cents per pound ; Spice 30c.,'Ginger 30c., Nutmeg $1.60 and Mace $1.80 per pound ; Rice, whole81c., middling 71 cents per pound ; Durham Smoking Tobacco, 35 cents per pound ; Rose and Vanilla Flat Stick Candy?a very superior article?25 cents per pound; ordinary Stick Candy, 20 cents per pound; Rock Candy, 22 cents per pound; Colgate's Toilet Soaps, 25 cents per dozen cakes and upward; Handkerchief Extracts, 50 cents per bottle; C&sh! mere Bouquet Powder, 25 cents per box ; Cleveland's Pomade Vasaline, a delightful preparation for the hair, 20 cents per bottle; Old Corn Whisky, $2 per gallon ; Gibson's Rye Whiskies, $1.80, $2.00, $3.00 and $4.00 per gallon ; Good Port and Sherry Wines, $2.50 per gallon ; English and Scotch Ale and Porter, $2.75 per dozen ; Bremen Lager Beer, $2.75 per dozen; Demijohns for Liquors, extra, 1 gallon 40c.. 1 gallon 50c., 2 gallons 60c., 3gallons 75c., 5 gallons $1 each. A very extenstve assortment of CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE always on hand. Plates, dinner size$1.60, Breakfast $1.30, Dosort$1.00, Tea size 85cents per dozen ; Handled Cups and Sauce rs, 75 cents and $1.00 per set; Basins and Goblets, $1.60; Covered Dishes, 75c., OOc. and $1.00 each ; Tumblers, 65c., 75c., $1, $1.25, and $1.50 per dozen ; Table Goblets. $1.20, $1.50and $2.00 per dozen; Wine Ghisses, $1 per dozen ; Lamp Chimneys, Sun, O and A, 4 for 25 cents ; Bs3 for 25 cents; Argand Chimneys 3 for 25 cents. Numberless articles unmentioned. Information cheerfully given. Remember, we prepay freights whenever the roads will allow us to no so. When we cannot, we. then allow complimentary package. JOHN W. L.INL.EY & CO., Key Box 184, Charleston, 8. C. August 12 32 ly SOUTHERN LIFE~iNSURANCE~COl PRINCIPAL OFFICES ! MEMPHIS, TENN., AND ATLANTA, GA. NET ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1875, OVER $2,000,000 OO. ANNUAL INCOME, OVER 81,000,000 00. * BRANCH OFFICE, YORKVILLE, S. C.: j W. B. WILSON, President. JOHN 8. BRATTON, Vice-President. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Sec. and Agent. I. D. WITHERSPOON, Attorney. I)r. L. ALEXANDER, Med. Examiner. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : J. F. Wallace, L. M. Grist, Andrew Jackson, J. A. McLean, S. G. Hemphill, W. B. Mctts, J. F. Hart, A. Coward, C. E. Spencer. Policies transferred from Northern Companies, without loss or additional annual outlay. Apply to Dr. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Agent, orto HAGOOD & TREUTLEN, Gen. Agonts, Columbia, S. C. August 5 31 2y A. WILLIFOKD, KOCK HILL, 8. C. MORE YOUNG HORSES. I NOW have 011 hand, at my Stable in Rock Hill, S. C., SIXTY HEAD of young ami fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? among them some good saddle and harness animals, which I will sell ON TIME, payable first of October, 1875, the payments to l>e satisfactorily secured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on reasonable terms. A. WILLIFORD. NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are requested to pay up at once and save cost. A failure to comply may injure their credit with me during the present year. A. WILLIFORD. CORN WTNTED. ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. I FODDER WANTED. I WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, for which I will pay $1.50 per hundred pounds. A. WILLIFORD. Y|||A RBLE RDT"-" in Yorkville, and is preMARBLELINE to a costly monument, executed in tlio art, with the very beat materials, and at as low prices as the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders j from a distance promptly tilled, 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 Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Yorkville and Chester, 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 14 2 ly J. S. B. THOMSON. C. K. SPENCER. THOMSON & SPENCER, Solicitors in Bankruptcy YORKVILLE, S. C. SPECIAL attention given to filing of petitions, to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, and the collection and forwarding of Dividends to Creditors. February 4 5 tf AGRICULTURAL LIENS,< MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the I ENQUIRER OFFICE. W. P. HQBBS. 1 THE NEW BUSINESS. , HAVING become, by purchase, sole proprietor of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, j I respectfully announce that I shall conduct the | business as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand . a full stock of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL j DESCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or design will be madeat short notice and in supe- , rior manner. By having employed only the most ( competent workmen, in their respective branches, ; I feel assured that I can please the most exacting . taste, both as to style and durability. Persons in ( want of any kiijd of PLEASURE! CARRIAGE will do well to examine my stock. W P. HOBBS. GREAT BARGAINS* 1 WOULD inform the public that I now baveon ( hand a lot of BUGGIES, finished in fine style, j in which RARE BARGAINS can lie obtained. ( I will sell a tip-top Buggy for considerably less ( than such class of work has ever been sold in this < market since the war. Call and examine my stock and be convinced of the truth of Nvhat I say, and if you want a Buggy take advantage of the Dresent opportunity to secure one CHEAP. W. P. HOBBS. j 1 REPAIRING, i REPAINTING, <fcc., done, as heretofore, inthe best style and at the lowest prices for cash, which, in all cases will be expected on the delivery of work. W. P. HOBBS. iiCHARLESTON, 8. C. STJBOHEBS jftXt- B^pE?s First-Class Work OUR 8PECIALTY, YET, BY UMNO CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT | LOWEST LIVING PRICES. , FIXE FASHIONABLTSTATIONERY, : Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and (Ball (Invitations ON THE BEST STOCK ANO PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. / September 10 37 tf "The sweetest) most powerful and durable now in use." I BLOOMPIELD & OTIS, NEW SCALE PIANOS, v 1 - . .. : 209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, giving a greatly improved treble, also, by a new manner of stringing and a new method of inserting sound board, the most important results have been obtained. i "The tone is tuiiumi sonorous, wun a sweetness and delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I have tested them as I would a Grand, lor points of delicacy and strength, and they have stood the test in every way. In many respects they are su- . perior to any manufactured in America. Charles Fradel." i (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pian- I ist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of I Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Mimical Times.) ? "The firm of Bloomfield & Otis have lately made | several important improvements in their pianos, 1 platting them in the front rank of American man- i ufacturers." 1 (Toledo, O., Blade.) "Bloomfield Jc Otis, of New York, carry away the first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they did at the Fair of the American Institute. Considering the fact that they met in competition all the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dunham, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high j compliment, asthctestswerethorough aud critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) 5 "The Music Committee of the Board of Educa- j tion, Brooklyn, together with the local commit- , tees, after examining and thoroughly testing all the s principal instruments manufactured, have pur- ^ chased Bloomfield it Otis' celebrated Patent Treble Pianos for the use of the schools." j These Pianos are warranted for seven vears. t Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED . everywhere. j pa- Send for Circular and mention the name of ^ the paper in which you saw this advertisement. s January 28 4 tf ( COTTON SAW GINS, j Equal to any in the country. f WITH AN IMPROVED COTTON ROLL, t i superior to any other Gin. i MANUFACTURED BY j J. M. ELLIOTT, ! WONSBORO, S. C. ] References: W. B. Creight, R. R. Agent, and 1 Maj. T. W. Woodward, President of the State 5 Agricultural and Mechanical Society, Winnsboro. < July 22 29 2m* t ?~? ... : ~zr~ ] THE J AS. LEFFEL i Double Turbine Water Wheel, AManufactored by ' POOLE & HUNT, J Baltimore. Hd. 7,000 1VOW IN VSSl t Simple, Strong, Durable, always reliable and aatleManufacturer,, also, of Portable & Stationary 1 Engines, 8team Boilers, Saw & Grist Hills, Hin. ing Hachinery,Gearing i for Cotton Hills, Flour. y gil Mill Haohinen^^^raullc*anxfother ! * Presses.&c. Shafting, Pnlleysand Hangers < a specialty Machine made Gearing; ecu- i t ate and of very beat flniah. Send for Circulara. j March 25 12 6m REMOVAL. 1 . I HAVE removed my ] TIN SHOP to the resfdence of Mr. WILLIAM Jv9x* AIKEN,six milesSouth ''Hyy ?1' Yorkville, and two - I miles East of Philadel- , phia Church, where I times, to MANUFAC- * TURK AND REPAIR j TIN WARE, at short notice. t STOVE PIPE made to order cheap, for the j cash. Address J. M. ADAMS, t Guthriesville, S. C. j. June 3 22 tf "CHESTER AND LENOIR RAIL ROAD. 1 THE trains over the CHESTER AND LENOIR NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD will run ? daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making 1 close connection with the trains on the Charlotte, 8 Columbia and Augusta Railroad: 8 Leave Yorkvillo at 8.30 a. m Arrive at Choster at 10.30 a. in. Leave Chester at 5.10 p. m. Arrive at Yorkville at 7.00 p. in. A. H. DAVEGA, President. June 10 23 tf MStSTO < June 4 23 tf J * AUCTIONEERING^ I T1HE underaigned takes this method to notify the public that he will give prompt attention to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining ( counties. Communications may be addressed to ( him at Yorkville, S. C. 8. G. BROWN. ( March 5 10 tf j j FINE GOLD OPERA~CHAINS, 3 FOR Ladies, and handsome Vest Chains for Gentlemen, at R. BRANDT'S Jewelry Store, i opposite the Court House, Choster, S. ('. i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. OOUHTY OF Y0BK-00UET OFOOMMOH PLEAS. livens Gallaher, Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatrick, deceased Plaintiff, against Catharine Blair and William White, Administers of estate of Matthew White, deceased, Defendants.?Summons to Renew Execution. ro Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and William White, Administrators of all and Jilngnlar, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Matthew White, deceased. WHP.HKAS, judgment was obtained in the Circuit CourtCor the County of York, and State of SoutLkCaroliita, on the 19th day of March, D. 18(19, in the above entitled cause, against he estate of Matliew White, deceased, and execu:ion was duly issued thereon, but the active energy thereof has now expired, ami it Is desired to have the same renewed. Now, therefore. You are summoned to appear it the next Term of the Circuit Court, to be held lor said County, at the place of holding the same, tnd then ^nd there show cause, if any you can, why said execution should not be renewed according to law. Dated July 2fith, A. D. 1875. WILSON <fc WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. mt_. WfAA'' ' ... inei/eientiaiu, wiiuatn wnice, Administrator >f Matthew White, deceased, will please take nodee that the summons, of which the above is a iopy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, on the 2nd of August, 1875. WILSON & WITHERSPOON, Plaintiffs Attorneys. August 12 32 , . . 6t* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YOBX?OOOET OF COMMON PLEA8. Gtivens Gallaher,'Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatrick, deceased, Plaintiff, against Catharine Blair and William White, Administrators of Matthew White, deceased, Defendants.? Summons to Rebew Execution. ro Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and William White, Administrators of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Matthew White, deceased. WHEREAS, judgment was obtained in the Circuit Court, for the County of York, and State of South Carolina, on the 19th day of March, A. D., 1869, in the above entitled cause, against the estate of Matthew White, deceased, and expiation was duly issued thereon, but the active inergy thereof has now expired, and it is desired to have the same renewed. . - Now, therefore, You are summoned to appear it the next Term of the Circuit Court, to be held for said county, at the place of holding the same, ind then and there shew cause, if any you can, ivhy said execution should not be rendwed acjoraing to law. // Dated July 26th, A. D. 1875. WILSON & WITHEtlSPOOKr, < Plaintiff 'a Attorneys. The Defendant, William White, Administrator >f Matthew White, deceased, will please take notice that the summons, of which the abeve is a i?opy, was filed in the office of the"Clerk of the oouri or common newt lor lorn, courny, a. v., an the 2nd of August, 1875. WILSON & WITHER8POON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. August 12 32 * , ' 8t* BLANK BOOKMAFUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. . Blank Books, neve ry variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pons and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. * PBIHTED BILL AHD LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. March 25 12 tf,.-, rr> liik A M rHE COOKING manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. give universal latisfaetion wherever introdneed. They are made >f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heaver and thicker plate than any other Stove in the narket, and consequently will the longer withitand heat and hard usage. They are of hand tome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal n every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold n the United States, while it is confidently claimed hat they are the CHEAPEST. AIL the usual )ieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished vith each Stove. An important consideration vith purchasers is the fact that our patterns and ilzes are never cnangea. onouiu a piece gvt n?.iientally broken at any time, we can replace it at he mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause It s a home production, buton account of its intrinlic merits as an article of household economy, do xe ask the patronage of home purchasers. More han ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now n use, and among many others having them we espectfully refer to the following: R. E.Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currenoe, York coftnty; Vfrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Juthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. ifou can save the freight from the northern cities tnd the dealer's proiit, which is no small item, 3y buying of us, and at the same time get a 3TOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those )f northern make. The following are our prices lelivered at depot in Greensboro: STo. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, |30 00 44 y 14* 44 44 44 44 44 44 28 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON <fe CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. O. rOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chaser county, 8. C. SKYLIGHT, IND NO M0EE CLIMBING UP-STAIRS ! I TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just aken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built vith fine sky and side-lights,near my residence? irst house east of the jail, and only a few bunIred yards from the Court House corner, An sxperience of 28 years and every convenience for msiness, will enable me now to do better work ban ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Views always on hand. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON & fJAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN 8EW[NG MACHINE, for cash or on time. J. R. 8CH0RB. July 8 27 tf BARBER SHOP. rHOSE in want of an EASY SHAYE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant uid luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the Art Tonso ial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door o the Enquirkk building, where it will afford lim great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors boned and sharpened, ind any other work of that kind promptly done. He may be found at the Shop on Sunday mornngs from 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly ffOTICE^ 7 [RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears ind other tine-edged instruments. Prices?for loningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for ibarpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and latisfaction guaranteed or no charge. , TOM BALLARD, Barber. February 25 ^ 8 tf ___________ a f\ POUNDS of clean cotton and linIU.UUU en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents >erpcund will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. April 15 15 tf mn* i T irTomrFtc Rf.iVKfi!. iniAii tiuoxivu o RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For lale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. rth K. PER Dayathoine. Term* fre?. Addrew 10 G. Stinhon U Co.,PorUand, Me. 3 ly* lie forfcviUe (tuquwet. TERMS?IN ADVANCE : )ne copy, one year. $ 8 00 )ne copy, six months, 1 50 )ne copy, three months, 1 00 Jingle copy, 10 rwo copies, one year, 5 00 ren copies, one year, .. 25 00 /ES-To parsons who make up club* often or hore names, an extra copy of the paper will be hrnished one year, free of charge.