Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 14, 1878, Image 4

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gfpactWfttt. HE LOTED CIDER. Yesterday afternoon a farmer, having a barrel of cider on tap in his wagon, was doing a fine retail business, near the market, at j five cents per glass, when a man with a very thin voice and very old clothes softly advanced and said: "Has the State Inspector of Pomological . Juices inspected that cider yet T" "I?I guess not," replied the farmer, greatly embarrased in a moment "I thought not," continued the thin voiced man. "Well, sir, you can draw me a full glass." The farmer drew one, scanning the man with considerable anxiety, and when the "inspector" had received it, he held it up between his eye and the sun and said : "The precipitation appears most too rapid, while the floating particles denote unusual compression. Perhaps a second glass will be clearer." He swallowed the contents of the glass at exactly four gulps, and taking a second glass he critically examined it and said : "Ah ! the precipitation is clearing away. The cider seems to have been made from apples." "It was sir, and they were nice apples, too," replied the farmer. "Let's see how the third glass will look. I am not quite satisfied on the point of com pression." He drained the second and received the third, and as he sipped it he inquired : "You used a hand cider-press, didn't you?" "Yes, sir." "Ah! I thought so. Worked with a lever, didn't it?" "Yes, sir." "Did the mill stand in a draught of air while you were working it ?" "I?I don't know sir." "Well, I think it did. Be a little more careful after this. The Inspector of Pomological Juices grades this barrel "A No. 2," but if you take a little more pains, you can increase the grade every time in the future. All right, sir?go on with your selling." The man had been gone ten minutes before any one mustered courage to remark that he was a fraud; but the words fell upon stony ground. "I know he's all right," persisted the farmer. "The minit I saw him draw his coat tail around to wipe out the corner of his mouth, I knew he was a big gun, and I was just shivering in my boots for fear he'd ask me why I didn't punch the seeds out of the apples before grinding! Only five cents a glass, now, and warranted pure." A Doctor's Advice.?Dr."Charley" Judkins, says the Cincinnati Saturday Night, is one of the most generous-hearted physicians in the city, and he is one of the most skillful Kiit ho rlnoa orot. tiroH nroaaionallvof charcr ing up accounts on his books that are never settled. The other day a straDger came to him to be treated for rheumatism. He said he had had it "off and on," for twelve years. He hadn't any money, he said, but he expected some next week, and would call and pay. "You've had the rheumatism twelve years, yousay?" asked the doctor. "Yes, twelve long, weary years." "And you'll have some money next week?" "Yes, sir, next week, sure." "Well," returned the doctor, "if you've bad the rheumatism twelve years, I reckon aiother week won't hurt you much. Come next week, when you have the money." The man never "got around." ,? The Law of Nature.?A very rich old man who married a young wife died suddenly, upon which the widow raved like a maniac, and then exclaimed to the doctor, who stood by the bedside of the departed, "Oh, I will not believe that my dear partner is dead ; he could not die and leave me I No, no, he's alive; I'm sure he's alive. Tell me, doctor, don't you think so ?" "Madam," replied the medical man, with much gravity, "I confess that I have the means by which he might be revived. I will apply the galvanic battery." "Oh no, no 1" cried the grief-stricken widow. "Hard as it is to bear my fate, I will have no experiment against the law of nature. Let him rest in peace." +. OS?" Among the young ladies who sat at the receipt of customs in a Western church fair, and retailed kisses at the nominal value of ten cents each, was a vinegar-visaged old maid, who had crowded herself in on the gauzy pretence that she felt it her duty to do her share toward helping along the good cause. When it came time for closing, the young ladies turned over to the church treasury from five to ten dollars apiece, while the ancient female handed in a solitary dime, the value of one kiss that she had received from a blind man, whose taste was so vitiated by tobacco chewing, that he was unable to detect the imposition.?Danbury Neves. Be?" A young girl discovered her young brother nut behind the shed the other dav I pulling away at a cigarette. "There, young man !" she exclaimed, as the cigarette hastily dissappeared behind the boy's back: "I'll tell your father on you?see if I don't." "Yes, tell him," retorted the brother, suddenly recovering himself; "you tell 'im, an' see how quick that fellow o' yourn I'll ship." I'll tell father how you an' 'm was sittin' on the parlor sofa, an' him a huggin' you. You just go an' tell, that's all I ask." The sister very discreetly withdrew; while the young statesman finished his smoke in tranquility. How it Was.?Benjamin Franklin, being in company once with three men who were notorious liars, and wanting to experiment a little in human nature, promised to reward the one who should tell him the greatest lie. The first said he had never a told a lie; the second averred that he could not tell one; the third candidate, however, proved himself the best adept in the art, and obtained the prize, for he assured the philosopher that both of his competitors had just told him the truth. "Manda, is you got dem chickens shut up in de smoke-house, like I told yer?" "No, an' I like to know what's de matter wid you, dat you's so mighty tickler 'bout dem chickens all at once ?" "Nebber you mind ; I know what's de matter, and dat's nuff till dem chickens is housed. When I hears dat dem niggers ober dar in de next yard gwine to had a party to-morrow night, I wants to be shore dat my chickens doesn't tend it; you hear me ?" The chickens were at once locked up. + + fla?" A boy surprised his father the other day by asking: "Father, do you like mother?" "Why, yes, of course." "And she likes you ?" "Of course she does." Did she ever i say so ?" "Many a time, my son." Did she marry you because she loved you?" Certainly she did." The boy looked the old man over, and after a long pause asked: "Well, was she as near-sighted then as she is now?" JMary asked her father if she might marrv Charles, and when the old man inquired about the extent of Charles' salary, his loving ! daughter replied, "O he makes over one hun-1 dred dollars a day." They were married, and j Mary's father has discovered that Charles! does actually make over a hundred dollars a day?but he makes it in the mint, and his salary is only fourteen dollars per week. S?~ "I say, fellows," remarked a Yankee loafer to some of his companions, "let us see who can tell the biggest lie." "All right," said one, "I'm the biggest fool in America." j "Ob, pshaw I" exclaimed the first, contempt-1 uously; "we agreed to tell nothing but lies and you begin by telling the truth." A distressed mother writes to a newepa-1 per for advice, which s! e gets thusly : "The 1 only way to cure your son of staying out late j o' nights is to cut his legs off, or get the girl j he runs after to do the housework." J ?be Jam and fireside. HELPING PAPA AND MAMMA. Planting the corn and potatoes, Helping to scatter the seeds, Feeding the hens and the chickens, Freeing the garden from weeds. Driving the cows to the pasture, Feeding the horse in the stall, We little children are busy, Sure there is work for us all, Helping papa. Spreading the hay in the sunshine, Raking it up when it's dry, Picking the apples and peaches Down in the orchard hard by; Plucking the grapes in the vineyard, Gathering nuts in the fall, We little children are busy, Yes, there is work for us all, Helping papa. Sweeping and washing the dishes, X>riUglU? biiu UVUU liVUl bUQ OUVVi y Ironing, sewing and knitting, Helping to make up the bed ; Taking good care of the baby, Watching her lest she should fall, We little children are busy, Oh ! there is work for us all, Helping mamma. Work makes us cheerful and happy, Mak?9 us both active strong; Plav we enjoy all the better When we have labored so long, Gladly we help our kind parents, Quickly we come to their call; Children should love to be busy, There is much work for us all, Helping papa and mamma. Curing Bacon.?There are few families in Virginia who do not understand this art quite well, though many fail to get good hams. As a general rule, there is too much smoking. This is more necessary in the large meat, as it serves to dry the meat off, and the creosote engendered by the smoking process is antiseptic and preservative. The Western meat1 (and the Virginia meat when smoked too much) retain this smoked, disagreeable taste. In England and France smoking is not used at all, and this is an evidence it is smoked too much here, or more than necessary. The Hanover county hams are famously good, and the best of them I ever saw were smoked only four times. An important matter is that the animal heat should be out before salting, and this may be accomplished in the same day if the hogs are killed by "day-break" and the weather is tolerably cold. In no event permit the pork to freeze. We have frequently seen hogs killed very early and salted late in the same day ; and this is our practice, unless the weather is warm. Many modes have been adopted for curing hams, and after rerepeated trials we think there is none better than the following: For twelve moderate size hams, take twelve pounds of salt, one pound of saltpetre, and enough molasses to rub them together, producing the consistence and appearance of damp brown sugar. Rub this in well, lay the hams separate on boards, with the skin side down. Repeat the application every week for four weeks. Then hang and smoke on damp days with hickory chips, if procurable ; not to be smoked more than four or five times. Towards the last of February enclose the bams in canvas, painted, or what answers as well in our experience, large paper bags, securing well around the hock. This keeps out skippers and other insects. Immediately before doing this, rub some black pepper on the meat side. If this plan is accurately followed, we will insure first-rate hams.?Dr. Pollard, on the Hog. No Horse-Shoes.?The slipping of horses on the asphalt pavement in London, has given rise to some discussion as to the proper form for shoes, whereupon a writer in the Times comes forward with the recommendation that no horse-shoes at all be used. He says he has constantly dispensed with them since 1852, adding: "I have owned over two hundred animals at one time, dedicated to all manner of purposes, draught, saddle and pack, and not one of them shod. Some one will say that they worked over grass or sand. They did not, but over the roughest roads imaginable, in places excessively bad, and in others as disagreeably soft and heavy." He gives his experience in Brazil, where pack horses, without being shod, travel journeys of over eight hundred miles. Unshod horses are also used in Brazilian cities without slipping on the pavement. Of course, says the writer, if an own er were to pull off his horse's shoes and at once ride him a long distance, he would hod bis horse go tender on all his feet; but were he to use him gently for a fortnight, and gradually let him feel his feet, keeping the edges of the hoof slightly rounded off with a rasp, to prevent the raveling up of the edges of a hoof, for the first time Bince colthood brought naked to the ground, he would be agreeably surprised. Occasional paring will always be needed, but the frog should not be cut. The writer thus anticipates an objection which will occur to many readers : "Some one will be likely to say that draught horses have to dig their toes into the ground to start a load. Of course they have when they are shod. But the unshod horse starts with the fiat of his foot, which affords him a much larger and a more holding surface, more holding because it is tougher and rougher than a bright shoe." Farmer's Creed.?We believe in small farms and thorough cultivation; and also believe? That the soil loves to eat as well as the owner, and ought, therefore, to be well manured ; In going to the bottom of things, and, therefore, in deep ploughing and enough of it. All the better if it be a subsoil plough ; In large crops which leave land better than they found it, making both the farm and the farmer rich at once ; That every farm should own a good farmer; That the fertilizer of any soil is a spirit of industry, enterprise and intelligence?without these, lime, gypsum and guano will be of little use; In good fences, good farm-houses, good orchards, and children enough to gather the fruit; In a clean kitchen, a neat wife in it, a clean cupboard, a clean dairy, and a clear conscience ; That to ask a man's advice is not stooping, but of much benefit; That to keep a place, and everything in its place, saves many a step and is pretty sure to lead to good tools and to keep them in order; That kindness to stock, like good shelter, is a saving of fodder; That it is a good thing to keep an eye on experiments, and note all?good and bad ; That it is a good rule to sell your grain when it is ready ; That it is a good thing to grow into farming, not jump into it; That all of farming is summed up in the manure heap on the farm ; In enriching the soil according to its wants. Hints for Sleeping.?Grown persons genprallv rfinuire seven hours' sleep in summer, ? J^ ____ # . aDd eight in winter; few, indeed, except in- | valids, will fail to Bleep well who go to bed at I a regular early hour, on a light supper, in a ; large room, and a clean, comfortable bed, if there is no sleeping in the day time, and not more than seven hours in any twenty-four are passed in bed. One week's faithful trial will prove this. Children, and all persons at school or engaged at hard study, should take ! all the sleep they can get, and should never ! be waked up in the morning after having gone to bed at a regular hour. Every humane , parent will make it a religious duty to ar-: range that every child shall go to bed in an affectionate, loving and glad spirit. If wake- i ful during the night, get up, draw on the stockings, throw back the bed cover to air the bed, walk the floor in your night gown, with ' the mouth closed, all the while rubbing the | skin briskly with both hands, until cooled off' and a little tired. Except from August first j to October first, in fever and ague localities, a chamber window should be open two or three inches at least. An experienced farmer who has fed ar tichokes for ten years, declares that they are a perfect preventive of hog cholera. Cannot j this be proved by actual trial the coming season ??Prairie Farmer. I grading fa* the JWath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] SPIRITUAL INDIFFERENCE. The Old Testament Scriptures contain the most interesting and the most instructive history that is to be found. It is interesting beeause it relates facts which can be found in no other book ; and it is instructive, because it gives a correct account of the tendencies of the human family. Human nature can be learned most correctly and most thoroughly from the Bible. In the Scriptures, man, in all the tendencies of his mind, both socially and religiously, is most vividly presented to view. The seed of Abraham are selected as a type of the whole of Adam's race. As Abraham's seed acted socially, so act all men similarly situated. The New Testament Church is shadowed forth in the ancient Jews. As the chosen people of God did in the days of the prophets, 90 do the members of the church of the present day act. Minor differences can be pointed out as existing between the ancient Jews and the members of the Christian Church. All Jews had a hereditary right, in some sense, to all the political, social and religious privileges of the Old Testament Dispensation. Such is not the case with us now. We are not all hereditary members of tbe New Testament Churcb ; but we are all invited to enter it and enjoy all its privileges. In two respects, members of the New Testament Church resemble the ancient Jews. Whoever has read, with care, the Old Testament, has discovered that the Jews were prone, on the one hand, to become idolators; and on the other hand to fall into a state of i spiritual indifference. The same is true of tbe members of the Christian Church. The simple ceremonies established in the Church by Christ and his Apostles, are laid aside, and a pompous service introduced. As the Jews, in the days of Samuel, gave evidence of their inclinations to idolatry by clamoring for a king, that they might be like the nations by which they were surrounded, so the members of the New Testament Church show their idolatrous proclivities by making the public worship of God consist in pomp and pageantry. The other tendency of the Jews was to indifference. They said, and they thought, too, that they were Abraham's seed, aud they would be saved let what might come of the Gentiles. The prophet Araoz, says these per sons were "at ease in Zion." They folded their arms and said to their souls, "peace, peace." Just so it is to-day in the Christian Church. In every Christian congregation in the land, irrespective of denominations, there are members who, to all human appearances, are "at ease in Zion." The only evidence that they exhibit of Christianity, is that they have a nominal connection with the Church, and contribute of their means to the Bupport of the gospel ordinances. These persons join the Church and then fall into a state of spiritual indifference. They make the whole of religion to consist in an empty profession. One good act is made to comprehend the whole of Christian duty. The beginning is made to embrace the middle and the end. It should ever be remembered that we are commanded to grow in grace. To grow in grace, we must use the means of divine appointment. The command to love God supremely, and serve him devoutly, has never been abrogated. It never will be repealed. It is binding upon the ransomed in heaven. Who, it may be asked, are at ease in Zion ? Who are the spiritually indifferent ? All who are expecting to get to heaven because they are members of the Church "are at ease in Zion." These are the persons that are not troubled as other men?pious men. Their sins of commission give them little uneasiness, and their sins of omission less. They never lament over their short comings and failures in duty. These persons are to ?l% a /?U ti maU /\T fin/I n rlno/I innl r?V? f T k Q'7 tuc uuuiuu ui uuiij a ucau Trciguu* jl uoj are neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm. Their religion consists in an empty profession, and a life of spiritual indifference. They slip through the world smoothly, and it may be noiselessly ; but it is the stillness of death. They are at ease in Zion, or spiritually indifferent, who think much and about many things, hut think little about sin and salvation. Others they may regard as heinous transgressors, and in danger of being lost, but they never spend a moment in thinking aboat their own spiritual condition and prospects for another world. Whatever they may think about others, they regard themselves on the road that leads to heavem They are at ease in Zion who have exalted notions of their piety. No persons ever thought they had so much piety as did the Pharisees, and no people ever had less. They were spiritually indifferent. They thought they had done all that was necessary, and sat down to enjoy ease. They thought they had a large amount of piety, but our Saviour tells us that they were great sinners. In fine, every one is spiritually indifferent, who is not intensely anxious about the salvation of his immortal soul. He who neglects his temporal affairs, courts poverty; he who squanders his estate iu riotous living, must come to want; and he who lives a life of spiritual idleness, must reap, in eternity, a harvest of despair. Rules for a Holy Life.?1. Too much desire to please men, mightily prejudices the pleasing of God. 2. Too great earnestness and vehemency, and too greedy delight in bodily works and external things, scatter and lose the tranquility and calmness of the mind. 3. Cast all thy care on God, and commit all to his good pleasure; laud and praise and applaud him in all things, small and great; forsake your own will, and deliver up yourself freely and cheerfully to the will of God, without reserve or exception, in prosperity and adversity, sweet or bout, to nave ur iu waub, to live or to die. 4. Untie your heart from all things, and unite it only with God. 5. Remember often and devoutly the life and passion, the death and resurrection of our Saviour JeBUS. 6. Descant not on other men's deeds, but consider your own ; forget other men's faults, and remember your own. 7. Never think highly of yourself, nor despise any other man. ? ? Worldly Ways.?Most miechievous is it to have our children grow up with the idea that they must conform to the ways of society. Let Christian children be taught that the ways of the world are to be questioned, and very often to be resisted. Bar How can it be said in truth that such or such a person was cut down suddenly by death, without a moment's warning, when he had been warned every day all the years of his life ? Bar Think all you can of the good qualities of others; forget and keep silent concerning their bad qualities. IHisceUmeous ?ading. HISTORIC HOAXES. 77 The fool-hunter has, from time immemorial, beeD one of the most successful of sportsmen. No matter what game he fires at, he never fails to bring it down. Chance has thrown in the way of the New York Dispatch the record of some of his most amusing, yet least known, triumphs, aud we place them before our readers without further comment: THE '3REAT CAT HOAX. In August, 1315, just before Napoleon I. started on his exile to St. Helena, a quantity of handbills were distributed through (be city of Chester, England, at the direction of a very respectable-looking, Quaker-like sort of a personage, informing the public that a great number of genteel families had erabarked at Plymouth, to proceed to St. Helena with the troops appointed to guard the exEmperor. Now, St. Helena, the bills stated, was cursed with a nlaime of rats, aud the British Ministry had pledged itself to clear the island of those noxious animals for the benefit of the resident citizens. According ly, all good Britons were called upon to furnish their quantara of grown cats or thriving kittens, for the carrying out of this purpose. The Government was willing to "pay the piper," and, in addition to free transportion in a vessel to be specially chartered for the purpose, offered for each "athletic, full grown tom-cat, sixteen shillings ; for each adult female puss, ten shillings; and half that sum for every vigorous kitten that could swill milk." The result can be imagined. Within three days over three thousand cats were collected in Chester. The city was a pandemonium, and one street in which the cat merchants had been directed by bill to assemble, was the scene of positive and bloody riots. Meantime some mischievous boys let the cats out of their bags, and a colossal hunt had to be organized among the hoaxed spectators.' Iu one day five hundred of the obnoxious felines had to be thrown into the river Dee, and Chester, for months, was afflicted with swarms of stray cats as a result of the freak. THE GREAT BOTTLE-TRICK SWINDLE. The most glaring yet successful of the oldtime hoaxes was perpetrated in 1749. The Duke of Montague wagered that todet a man advertise the most impossible thing in the world, he would find fools enough in London to fill a playhouse to see it, and pay for the privilege. "Surely," said Lord Chesterfield, "if a man should say he would jump into a quart bottle, nobody would believe that." A wager was made on this basis, and the following advertisement waB inserted in the papers: "At the New Theatre, in the Hayruarket, on Monday next, the 12th instant, is to be seen a person who performs the several most surprising things following, viz.: 1. He takes a common walking-cane from any of the spectators, and thereon plays the music of every instrument now in use, and likewise siugs to surprising perfection. 2. He presents you with a common wine-bottle, which any of the spectators may first examine. This bottle is placed on a table in the middle of the stage, aud he (without any equivocation) goes into it in the sight of all the spectators, and sings in it. During his stay in the bottle any person may handle it, and see plainly that it does not exceed a common tavern-bottle. Those on the stage or in the boxes may come in masked habits, if agreeable to them, and the performer, if desired, will inform them who they are. Stage, 7s. 6d." interesting to the spiritualists. Another section of the advertisement cannot fail to interest the believer in Spiritualism. It says: "Note.?If any gentleraem or ladies, (after the above performances), either single or in company, in or out of mask, are desirous of seeing a representation of any deceased i it 1 <* person, sucn as nusnana or wire, sister or .brother, or any intimate friend of either sex, upon makiug a gratuity to the performer, shall he gratified by seeing and conversing with them for some minutes, as if alive; likewise, if desired, he will tell you your most secret thoughts in your past life, and give you a full view of persons who have injured you, whether dead or alive. For those gentlemen and ladies who are desirous of seeing this last part, there is a private room provided." At the designated time, the theatre was crammed from pit to dome. When the appointed hour passed and the conjurer did not appear, a terrible uproar aroee. One person in the audience proposed, if the lookers-on would pay double-price, to crawl into a pint bottle. Finally, some one threw a lighted candle on tbe stage. Within ten minutes more the theatre was gutted, the benches were converted into a large bonfire in front of the building, and the drop-curtain was hung on a pole, presumably as a banner, to the triumph of Gullibility. A number of people were blamed for the hoax?notably Foote, the actor, who was one of tbe theatre, but tbe real author was the Duke of Montague. Another genius advertised to turn himself into a rattle, "which he hoped would please young and old and still others followed on his heels. Some of the notices were printed in a spirit of ridicule?notably the following : A SPECIMEN OF DARK WIT. "Lately arrived from Ethiopia, the wonderful and surprising Dr. Benimbe Zammanpoango, occulist and body surgeon to the Emperor of Monoemungi, who will perform on Sunday next, at the little T , in the Haymarket, the following surprising operations, viz.: "First. He desires any one of the spectators only to pull out his own eyes, which, as soon as he has done, the Doctor will show them to any lady or gentleman present, to convince them there is no cheat, and will then replace them in the sockets as perfect and entire as ever. "Second. He desires any officer to rip up his own belly, which, when he has done, he? without any equivocation?takes out his bowels, washes them, and returns them to their place without the person receiving the least hurt. "Third. He opens the head of J of P , takes out his brains, and exchanges them for those of a calf; the brains of a beau for those of an ass ; and the heart of a bull for that of a sheep ;?which operations will render the persons more sociable and rational creatures than they ever were in their lives." Boxes for this extraordinary performance were to cost five guineas; pit, three guineas ; gallery, two guineas. Incredible as it may seem, people wrote to the papers in which the | advertisement was published, to ask if it was i a hoax or not, "as there had been several I public dissappointraents of late." SOME FRENCH HOAXES. Busy as the French were with the national troubles, they found time during the darkest days of the Revolution to go booby-hunting. I In March 1792, an 'entainment" was adver| tised in the Place de Grene. A certain Proj feasor Bussy declared his intention l;o walk I from one side of the square to the other in j mid-air, naked, and without artificial aid. All Paris turned out and spent an unsheltered afternoon in a terrific rain-storm to be disappointed. Next year another swindler hired a courtyard in the Rue du Temple and got five J francs a head from seventeen hundred people ' who wanted to see him burned alive in a char| coal furnace and afterward reappear, Phoenixi like, in the smoke from the chimney. I T>U C? ??Mnn(1?0 fnrinri a rival a month lntflr. X II IS pCIOVUCig*^ 1UIIUU M ?? ) ? f , ! in a man who promised to publicly convert. ! himself, iuto a stew, acting as his own butch- ! er and cook, and then serving himself done ; to a turn, around to the audience, disguised as a waiter. I When the rage for mesmerism was at its | height, a so styled Professor Missmer (note i j the imitation) called for ten thousand people j to assemble in the Champs de Mars and be j , mesmerized by him in three simple motions,j : after which they would be able to go about ex-j I ercising the new force by themselves. Three I times the number called for paid half-a-franc apiece for the pleasure of learning that they had been swindled out of the gate-money. This hoax led to a horrible catastrophe?for the people who were victimized began, as usual, to fight among themselves, and in the disturbance twenty-one women and nearly fifty children were maimed or suffocated. ibr furfevillr ^ttquiw. TERMS 1IV ADVANCE s One copy, one year, $ 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 75 Single copy, 10 Turn rme vonr R - ,,w J " vv Ten copies, one year, 26 00 To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished oneyear, free of charge. pgr Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square, for the first insertion, and fifty cents per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven Mnes of this size type. Contracts can be made for three, six or twelve months, aud a reduction obtained from the regular transient rates. G. H. O'LEARY. sundries.A LARGE lot of Buggy Whips, Buggy Umbrellas, Saddle Trees, Wood Stirrups, Trace Chains, Buckles, Bridle Bits, Harness, Collars, Back-bands, Plow, Riding and Halter Bridles, Martingales, Horse Brushes, Spurs, etc., etc., for sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S. cooking stoves. I AM selling the LIBERTY STOVB WORKS STOVES, Chas. Noble & Co., of Philadelphia, an old established house. Any part of the Stoves can bo duplicated, when worn out. All Stoves warranted and sold very cheap. G. H. O'LEARY. saddles anl>harness^ I AM manufacturing and selling, at lowllgures, everything in the Saddle and Harness line, and will not be undersold, for the same grade of goods. Call and be convinced. G. H. O'LEARY. furniture. JUST received, a large lot of Furniture, consisting of Walnut Dressing-Case Suits, Walnut Chamber Suits, Bureaus, Bedsteads, and Washstands, all of which will be sold very cheap by G. H. O'LEARY. t a blesT "Ay|"ARBLE-TOP Walnut Centre-Tables; Exiyj. tension, Dining, Breakfast. Teapoy, and Office Tables. Also, Flower Stands, at G. H. O'LEAF.Y'S. safes. COMMON Kitchen and Cupboard Safes, cheap, at G. H. O'LEAST'S. chairs. ~ CANE, Walnut, Maple, Oak, Dining, Rattan and Split Bottom Chairs, at GEORGE H? O'LEABY'S. PICTURES. A LOT of beautiful Pictures, handsomely framed in Walnut and Gilt, unusually cheap, at G. H. O'LEAkY'S. ~~ A. WILLIPOBDr FEED AND SALE STABLES. ROCK HILL. S. C. "pay upT ALL persons knowing themselves indebted to me for Stock bought in 1877, will be sued after the 1ST OF OCTOBER, 1878. Also, persons knowing that they bought stock and their notes will fall due on the FIRST OF OCTOBER, had better pay up, or I will force collection. I mean business. A. WILLIFORD. r^nrvrvn n f UIJUFjII. THE undersigned will* pay the highest Cash Price for TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OF GOOD FODDER, delivered at his Feed and Sale Stables, at Rock Hill. A. WILLIFORD. DROVERS. : ?'S ; J I AM prepared to keep Drovers on the MOST REASONABLE TERMS, as I have good outside Sheds and water in the lot. A. WILUFQRD. "daily excursion! THE leaders of low prices are still in existence, and are offering TEE GREATEST BARGAINS that have ever been known. We are dosing out the entire stock of Summer Goods now. on hand, At and below Cost. We call the attention of every one to our large stock of Clothing, Cassimeres and Pants Goods of all kinds, WHICH WE ARE CLOSING OUT. We call the attention of the ladies to our stock oi Dress Goods, bleached and unbleached goods, Parasols, Kid Gloves at 25 cents, AND A GREAT MAN V OTHER GOODS, All of which must be sold. We hope all of our friends will call and be convinced. A. FRIEDHAM & BRO., Rock Hill, S. C. July 4 27 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK COUNTY. To Hugh Warren, James M. Miller, Elizabeth J. Walkup, Margaret J. Mason, Leonora Mathis, Euphemia Fisk, John M. Bovce, Nancy Brice, John J. Miller, Joseph W. B. Miller, Joseph Miller, Nancy B. Kittrel, Jane P. Dale, John Miller, Sarah Miller, James P. Miller, Benjamin M. Miller, David Miller, Emma Campbell, Lavonia Armstrong, Barnett Miller, James Miller, Daisey Miller, Benjamin Miller and Eskel N. Miller, who, with the applicant herein, Joseph Miller, are the legal heirs and representatives of Nancy B. Warren, who died intestateGreeting. YOU are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate to be holdon at York Court House, for York county, on the6th day of January, A. D.. 1879, to shew cause, if any you can, why the real estate of Nancy B. Warren, deceased, situate in said county, on the Landsford Road, about five miles Sonth-East of York Court House, bounding on lands of Joseph Miller, Hugh Warren, John R. London and others, and containing eigh- j tv-ftve acres, should not be divided or sold, allot ting to the said defondant, Hugh Warren, onethird thereof, and the remaining two-thirds, to J the said parties in interest, named herein, according to their respective rights, as set forth in the petition of the applicant on file in this office. Given under my hand and seal, this 16th day [l. s.] of October, 1878. J. A. McLE AN, Judge of Probate. WITHERSPOON A SPENCER, Attorneys pro pet. November 7 j * ? < : 45 .5 6t THE CHEAPEST DAILY IN THE SOUTH. THE EVENING SENTINEL, Augusta, Ga., is published at the low price of #4.00 PER YEAH. IT is a bright, newsy EVENING PAPER, and is edited with ability by Messrs. JAMES R. RANDALL and P. A. 8TOVALL. It is theonly afternoon paper in the South that publishes the Telegraphic dispatches of the New York Associated Press. In its columns will be found all the news that comes by telegraph, and the telegraphic market reports received up to the time of going to press. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. THE EVENING SENTINEL is the official nf Hifl nJttr rif A 1 icy 11 ft til. yajjoi ?i B rpSr All who want a cheap paper should subscribe for it. Terms?$4 per year; '$2 for six months, and $1 for three months. 23S~ Send for specimen copies. Address, WALSH A WRIGHT, Augusta, Ga. November 7 45 tf J. R, SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE TAIL. j A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every j convenience, and a determination to do my best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudv weather is as good or better than sunshine for all j subjects, except small children. I SERGEANT ^ GREENSB< MANUFACTURERS 0 " TROPIC 55 COO T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agen JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Mc< J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Che August 2 The Best Family The "NEW AMERICAN" is easily tear more work with less labor than any other application. AGENTS J. S. DOVEY Manager, < Agent for Yorkville and-vicinity, July 13 f ; A NEW AND INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER. ABOUT the first of July, the Advertiser will begin the publication of a series of Biographical Sketches, giving, in synopsis, the lives of many prominent and distinguished sons, dead and living, of Sputh Carolina. In connection with thefie, there will appear in our columns each week, a portrait of the individual whose life is sketched, done in the highest style of modern photographic art. From the great and good men of the past, such selections have been made as John C. Calhoun, George MeDuffie, Judge A. P. Butler, Chancellor F. H. Ward law, Governors Pickens, father and son ; Gov. P. M. Butler, Colonel of the Palmetto Regiment; Senator Louis T. Wigfall, Judge O'Neal, Gen. Waddy Thompson, Gen. James Jones, Edmund Bacon, Esq., alias "Ned Brace," of the "Georgia Scenes/' Major Jack Jeter, Hon. Preston Brooks, Gov. 8. D. Miller, and others, whose names we have not space to mention just now. Later we will take up such men as Hon. J. P. Carroll, Gov. M. L. Bonham, Gen. Abner Perrin, Gen. M. W. Gary, Gen. R. G. M. Dunovant, Generals Kershaw, Kennedy, Logan, Connor, Wallace, McGowan, Hagood and Bee; Col. Thos. G. Bacon, Col. Thos. G. Lamar, Col. Joseph Abney, Col. W. C. Moragne, Speaker John C. Sheppara, Col. Arthur Simkins, Gen. James Chesnut, Hon. W. D. Simpson and others, whose names shall occur to us in the future. Subscription Price, $2.50, per annum, in advance. Address: ADVERTISER, Edgefield, S. C. June 27 28 tf THE SUNDAY TIMES. A STRAIGHT-OUT DEMOCRATIC PAPER ! Published every Sunday Morning at the TIMES OFFICE, No. 5 State Street, Charleston, 8. C, Containing all the latest news by mail and telegraph, up to two o'clock every Sunday morning, besides a summary of the events of the week, together with original stories. A Paper for the Home and the Fireside I TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year, in advance, $2 50 Six months, in advance 1 50 Three months, in advance,. 75 Single Copy, Five Cents. JNO. A. MOROSO, Editor. October 3 40 tf IN THE VALLEY^ CHESTER, S. C. THE subscriber is bet^iftk kinds'o fTo B* WORK | -1W4.J such as Turning, Scroll Sawing, Repairing, Ac. Also, FURNITURE *SEMADE TO ORDER, from oommon to the Walnut Chamber Suits, FRENCH WALNUT 8UITS, TRIMMED, & 8D6cialty? Just received, another lot of METALIC BURIAL CASES, among them some tine CASKETS. Also. WOOD COFFINS AND CASKETS. All of which will be sold as cheap as can be afforded. I HAVE A HANDSOME NEW HEARSE, * which can be had at funerals free of charge, in town ; and in the country at a moderate charge, according to distance. You can find me atMORRISON'S OLD STAND on Depot street, one door west of Aiken's Cotton Gin Shop. J. M. PARISH. May 9 19 6m MILLS AND MILL "MACHINERY. THE undersigned take this method of informing thepublic, that under the firm name of WELLS BROTHERS, they are engaged in the MILLWRIGHT BUSINESS, and are prepared to enter into contracts for the building or repairing of MILLS and MILL MACHINERY of every description, from the largest and most complete Flouring Mill, to an ordinary Cotton Screw. Each member of the firm is a skilfull workman and has had thebenefitofanumberof years'experience. We are, therefore, prepared to guarantee that all work entrusted to us, will beexecuted in a workmanlike manner. By permission, we refer to the following persons. for whom we have worked: W. J. Rainey, ' " r* - T T> jtr T> M WlilfsoMau rsiairsvine, o. v. t. a. ?, ... .... .. Hickory Grove, 8. C. ; Major T. P. Whitesides, R. N. McEIwee and Elias Ramsay, Yorkville, 8. C.; W. D. Lessley, Clover, 8. C. We are also agents for the sale of "Excelsior Bolting Cloths,''and improved Mill Machinery of every description. Our post office address is Antioch, York county, 8. C. W. 8. WELLS, M. R. WELLS, J. W. WELLS. September 26 39 ly* "SOUTH CAROLINA-.YOEK COUNTY. IN THE PROBATE COURT. Clawson A Spencer, Executors, vs. Mary Marshall, and others, Defendants.?Decree for Sale, &c. rfIHE creditors of W. I. CLAWSON, deceased, X except those who have heretofore proved their demands before the Executors, (which I shall consider as established already) are hereby notified to establish the same before me, on or before the 5th day of DECEMBER, 1878. The Executors to have the privilege, upon ten dajs' personal notice to any creditor, to contest bis claim according to law. J. A. McLEAN, P. J. Y. C. October 24 43 6t CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respect'ully inform the public that he Is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring tnem to the original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. NOTICE. ~ I RESPECTFULLY inform "the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and othor fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. A flU'TVT'fi I* y?u want to MAKE tjww AUUJNIO MONEY pleasantly and fast, address Finley, Harvey A Co., Atlanta, Ga. October 17 W ly fc McCAULEY, )RO? N. C., F THE CELEBRATED KING STOVES I PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware And-Irons, and Castings of al. xinds. Also, on PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS STRAW CUTTERS, ^ HORSE POWERS, Saw Mills, Ac. ts, Yorkville, S. C. Rock Hill, York county, S. C. 3onnellsville, York county, S. C. ater, S. C. 31 " tf Bay only the [few NEW M AMERICAN iT 18 TBB ]S?g$a Only Sewing Maohinr WHICH HAS A K|h| ^el(-|hreading|lidfli | It au Self Setting Needle. ^ MMl&fcJ Never Breaks the Thread. l?l|Pg Never Skips Stitches. HBP - Is the Lightest Banning. The Simplest, the Most Durable, and in Every Respect Sewing Machine! ned.does not get out of order, and will do machine Illustrated Circular furnished on WANTED. 84 . Charles Street, Baltimore, Jfd. J. TV. ROBERTS. 29 ly YORK MARBLE YARD. THE undersigned it 8tHl conducting the Marble Business in Yorkville, and would respectjl'j/jp -hat ?&n 8UPPly those ^I9PS^ MENT8 OR HEAD- frM,r STONES with anything?#*,*^i**%| in his line, and at the 1 lowest caao prices. Monuments designed and l finished in the most elaborate style, and in point of workmanship and material warranted equal A to the work of any establishment in the eountry. i Head and Footstones, in various styles, from * plain to highly-carved work, famished at short % notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. | Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection of | which, those in want of marble work are respect- \ fally invited. Estimates and any other desired information cheerfally given at any time. Work delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro. on the Charlotte. Co lumbia 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. P. HAPPERFIELD. January 3 1 ~ Iv PAY UP 1 fir x-. the undersigned, proif prietors of the Yorkville Jw sale and feed staW' BLT58, ttouTCT VesBeeiTViTly remind those who have bought stock from them on time, that their notes wili begin to fall due at an early day, and PROMPT PAYMENT will be expected by all who have been favored. Let none forget their obligations to us, thereby placing us under the disagreeable necessity of forcing collections, which we will be compelled to do, if payments be not promptly made. FEEDING AND GROOMING. Jk "We would also call attention to the fact that we wl are well prepared to BOARD horses or mulee Sy the day, week, month or single meal. Animals 1 Sacedlnourcare will be well fed and well treated, 1 the LOWEST PRICES. Persons coming in 1 from the country and leaving their horses at our ] Stables can have the satisfaction of knowing that j while they will he properly cared for, they will ] also be more secure than when hitched ud in some back lot, liable to break loose and stray off, or be stolen. Give us a trial, and we guarantee satisfaction. Stables near old Masonic Hall. We wish to buy Corn and Fodder, for which the highest cash prices will be paid at our stables. WHITAKER A WILLIFORD. September 19 2 ly HOUSE PAINTING. TIHE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he has resumed the business of HOUSE PAINTING in all its departments? a trade to which he has served a regular apprenticeship, under a first-class painter,and in which he has nad several years' experience. Work done in the most durable manner, and at the lowest prices at which it can be afforded. MARBLING. GRAINING in imitation of different woods, and all kinds of FINE INTERIOR PAINTING done in as good style as can be done by any painter in this section of the country. I can be seen or addressed at Yorkville, ana will cheerfully make estimates on work in any part of York, or the adjoining counties. References.?As to my skill as a workman, I respectfully refer to the following gentlemen: L. M. Grist, W. A. Moore, Hon. I. D. Witherspoon, A. W. Ingold, J. F. Wallace, Lawson Jen- ^ kins, Col. W. HT McCorkle, Dr. H. G. Jackson, , Dr. J. F. Lindsay, James L. Clark, James E. > Smith, Hon. A. S. Wallace, Yorkville; J. 8. R. Thomson, Spartanburg; R. M. Wilson, Gaston^ J. A. Brice, Fairfield; J. Harvey Smith, Chester. NELSON DA VIES. July II 28 ly BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND , BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the publio for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AM) FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet M usic, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEAD8 A SPECIALTY Orders promptlv attended to, at lowest cash prices. * E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia S. C. JAMES A. GLENN, D. D. S.. SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, |~\FFERS his professional services jCSHfe *4 U to the citizens of this section. When desired, be will visit the resi- " ' dences of patrons. Teeth extracted withont pain by the use of nitrous oxide gas. Letters addressed to Crowder's Creek, N. C., will meet with prompt attention. Terms moderate. November 1 44 tf BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of an EASY 8HAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial. is still in business, in his old 8hop next door to the Enquirer building, where it* will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors boned and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMA8 BALLARD. ROSE'S HOTEL, YORKVILLE, S. C. THIS HOUSE has been thoroughly renovated from cellar to g&rret, and newly famished, intfesgflSfir eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our motto is a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 60c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially for Com me r- m cial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. ( August 30 34 tf " CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.