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Ilumawusi Department. A PAIR OF SMUGGLERS. HOW THE JOKE WAS WORKED OFF A WARD, SHOWMAN. Artemus was lecturing, with his panorama of Salt Lake, in Canada, and as business was good he was in correspondingly high spirits, and his pockets were full of coin. The day before they were to leave, Smith, his advance agent, told Ward that as silks were much cheaper in the British Possessions than in the United States, he had purchased a large piece of silk and was going to take it to his wife as a present. Ward was pleased with the idea, and in the same confidence, told Smith that he had also purchased a piece of melton cloth, and both conferred with each Afkni* oo frw fKa Kncf moxt fn cDDrofo tliA frnn/^Q VtilVi MO fcV tuo WWV n MJT KV OVVk VW VUV ^vvv*w so as to pass the Custom House. Ward suggested to Smith to wrap the silk around his body and Smith, in turn, advised Arteraus to place his cloth within the folds of his panorama of Salt Lake. They each agreed to take the other's advice, and Smith left the next morning to go over to the States in advance. The bundle of silk wound around him made him feel quite uncomfortable, especially when he came to the Custom House and they commenced interrogating about his baggage. The official was very polite and passed his baggage without a murmur and then invited him into his private office, handed him a cigar and begged him to take a seat. The heat of the room began to make Smith very uncomfortable and he arose to go. "Be seated, sir," said the official, "I want to have a little chat with you." "No; I must be going," said the genial John. "I can't stand sitting so long, and then I have a great deal to attend to." "You seem to be a very stoutish kind of a man," said the officer. "Yes," said Smith, his face getting red and the warmth from the silk increasing, "I'm pretty solid, but I can't stand a hot room." "Ah!" said the inspector, "what's the trouble ? Anything the matter with your chest or lungs?" "Only a slight oppression," replied Smith. "Oppression about the lungs!" exclaimed the officer, rising and advancing towards the suffocating agent. "Let me make an examination for you, sir, it may be dangerous. Please remove your coat." "It's nothing : it will soon nass away," re plied Smith, inwardly praying for a chance to escape. "My dear friend, you should not allow yourself to suffer a moment," said the officer, "and I insist upon examining your chest. Doubtless I can relieve you of all your trouble." The inspector insisted and the discomfited agent, after vainly trying to escape from his solicitation, finally acknowledged the corn, and confessed to having the concealed silk upon his person. The officer laughed heartily and said : "I knew it all the while. Here's a letter I received this morning." And he handed Smith a letter written by Ward, informing the inspector that a smuggler would endeavor to pass a quantity of silk, describing Smith's appearance and claiming one-half of the reward for the information. Smith was indignant of course, but determined to get even with the incorrigible joker, so he told the officer about Ward having the roll of cloth concealed in his panorama. The inspector appreciated the joke and let Smith go with a small penalty. The next morning Artemus Ward arrived at the Custom House with his panorama, when the inspector commenced interrogating him and insisted upon his letting him have a glimpse of his beautiful pictures. W ard tried every excuse, but the official was importunate and finally he was compelled to have his man unwind one section 01 tne panorama before the inspector. Artemus stood by and explained the views until suddenly the cloth came to light, and as it slowly unwound in front of the pictures Ward struck an attitude like his performance on the stage and in the drawl of the exhibitor said : "This view is slightly encumbered with twenty yards melton cloth. That Smith told you all about it. What's the damage?" The inspector soon settled the question of charges, and for once Artemus found himself caught by his own joke. The New Fashions in Cards.?Some days before the adjournment of Congress, as the story goes, good-natured and ponderous Senator McCreery, of Kentucky, was waddling down Pennsylvania avenue, when a dapper young gentleman, one of that class which delights "society girls" by exclaiming at intervals during a fashionable reception: "Have you been very gay this season?" approached him with the question: "Ah, senator, how de do ? I called on you this morning. Did you get my card?" "Yes," said the senator, dryly. "I got the card ; but what did you mean by writing 'E. P.' in the corner of it ?" "Oh, that," said the young gentleman, evidently delighted at being able to give information, "that, you know, means 'enpersonne,' iu other words 'left in person.' " "Yes, yes," said the senator, meditatively, "I see." The next day Mr. McCreery again met the young man, and this time going up to him, said : "Ah ! by the way I called on you this morning ; did you get my card ?" "Yes, sir; yes," was the reply, "I got it; but I say, senator, what in the world did you mean by writing 'S. B. A. N.' in the corner of it?" "What!" cried the old gentleman, laughing all over his big face, "didn't you understand that? I'm surprised. What should I mean but 'sent by a nigger ?' "?Washington Letter. Balaam's Ass.?"Do you really believe than an ass ever spoke to Balaam ?" queried a man who nrided himself on his intellect. Coleridge, to whom the question was put, reflected very calmly for a few moments, and then responded, "My friend, I have no doubt whatever that the story is true. I have been spoken to in the same way myself." The man of inquiring mind retired for meditation. A learned clergyman in the State of Maine was accosted in the following manner by an illiterate preacher, who despised education: "Sir, you have been to college, I suppose?" "Yes sir," was the reply. "I am thankful," rejoined the former, "that the Lord has opened my mouth without any learning." "A j similar event," replied the clergyman, "took j place in Balaam's time, but such things are of; rare occurrence in the present day." BST Two old-fashioned, well-bearded, pro fessional hunters after bargains embarked at Hamburg for London, to attend one of the great annual jewelry auctions. The steamer had scarcely lost sight of land when a terrible storm arose. The waves beat over the decks with frightful force, aad even the captain feared that the ship would founder. The two familiars of the auction room prayed and wept fervently, and at the instant of their extreme despair the man on the look-out yelled j at the top of his voice: "A sail! a sail!" One of the suppliants thereupon jumped to | his feet, and turning to his brother-voyager exclaimed, in deprecatory accents: "Mein Got, mein frent, 'a sale !' und ve are here mitout a catalogue!" Its Use.?In a primary school not very long ago, the teacher undertook to convey to her pupils an idea of the uses of the hyphen. She wrote on the blackboard "Bird's-nest," and, pointing to the hyphen, asked the school, "What is that for?" After a short pause, a young son of the Emerald Isle, piped out, : "Plaze, ina'am, for the burd to roosht on!" ? ? ? ttay "Where did I get such a nose as this, doctor?" asked a lady patient, of Doctor Abernethy. "Out of the decanter, madam ?" was the reply. leading fur the fabktb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. I Original ] SOME BELIEYE NOT. Wherever the gospel of Jesus Christ has been preached, no matter by whom, some have believed. To this statement there is no exception. On the other hand, it is just as true that in communities where the gospel is constantly preached, there are some who believe not. It is probable that in every Christian land half of the inhabitants are unbelievers. In fact, if we judge from the only statistics to which we have access, we are safe in concluding that far more than one half of the inhabitants of those communities professedly Christian, are still in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity. Less, perhaps, than one-half the members of such communities make a profession of their faith in Jesus Christ, and no insignificant number of those who make a profession of faith, demonstrate by their manner of life that they are the bond slaves of sin and Satan. When we examine into the nature and effects of the gospel, we are astonished to find that all of Adam's race, to whom it is offered, do not accept of it with as much readiness as a condemned culprit accepts a reprieve. Through Jesus Christ there is offered to every sinner pardon of all his sins and the favor and friendship of God. The very thing that every sinner needs, and, in some sense, feels that he needs, is offered to him freely, without money and without price in the gospel. Every thing is offered him which will contribute in any way whatever to his temporal, spiritual and eternal welfare. The offer is made in good faith. Not only so, but there is no little solicitude on the part 01 mm wno makes the offer, that it be accepted. "How often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings." Matt. 23 : 37. If the gospel contained all threatenings and no promises, then to reject it would not only be natural, but eminently wise and prudent. The violated law of God threatens death; but the gospel of the Son of God makes an offer of life to them that are doomed to die. Why, then, it may be asked, are any, in Christian lands, unbelievers? This is a serious question, and not unattended with difficulties. There is a point, both in nature and grace, beyond which we cannot proceed. We should be careful not to rush heedlessly and rashly beyond the confines of revelation. We may ask questions which it would be sinful to attempt to answer. We may propose difficulties which no finite creature can unravel. All the difficulties, both in nature and grace, find a ready solution in the sovereign will of God. If it is asked why in the same neighborhood?often on the same plantation?one piece of land is rich and fertile, while anoth er piece is covered with stones and cursed with barrenness, we can only reply: "God made them so." If it be asked why the night shade is a deadly poison and the potato a nutritious article of food, we can only say in reply: "God made them so." The existence and nature of all these things can be traced back to the sovereign will of God. Beyond this, we can not and dare not go. We may be asked, why is man endowed with a moral nature and the irrational creatures not. We can only say, "because it so pleased their Maker." We should, however, remember that the sovereign will of God and the free dom of his intelligent creature, man, never conflict. It is a demonstrable fact that God is an independent sovereign, and it is a matter of consciousness that we are free agents and responsible for all our thoughts, words and actions. Whether we be able to explain it or not, it is a plain Bible truth, that God is a sovereign but not the author of sin, and man is a free agent and accountable to God for all his acts and the motives which prompt them. Our Saviour, who knows all things, says the reason men are not saved is, they will not come to him. John 5:40. The reason that the sentence of condemnation, which has been passed upon all men, because all men are sinners, is not revoked in the case of those who have the gospel offer ; it is because they will not accept that offer. In a very large majority of cases, the rejection of the gospel offer is indirect?not direct. In other words, the multitude of those who reject Jesus Christ and his salvation, are not crying out, "We will have nothing to do with Jesus of Nazareth. Away with him ; crucify him, crucify him." On the contrary, they are simply caring nothing about Jesus. Their minds and hearts are set upon something else. Such being the case, they place themselves beyond or out of the reach of the ordinary means of grace. Faith, we are told in the Scriptures, "cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Romans, 10:17. "He that cometh to God must believe that he is." It is mani fest that those who have no knowledge of the plan of salvation contained in the gospel, cannot believe in Jesus Christ. Before faith can be exercised, the mind must be enlightened. Faith is, according to the Scriptures, the gift of God. Believiug, or the exercising of faith, is the work of him who receives the gift. The Holy Spirit begets within the sinner the power to believe. The sinner may neglect the means which the spirit uses in the regenerating of sinners. Such being the case, the individual is accountable for his not being regenerated. Faith being a part of the new life, which is bestowed in regeneration, the unregenerate cannot believe, for no one can use that which he has not. From a number of passages in the Scriptures, it is manifest that multitudes, in Christian lands, do not accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour, because they place themselves in loi ' i J - __1 1 _ canties ana amia surrounaings wnicn join them to their idols, and God says : "Let them alone." God gives the sunshine, furnishes the soil, and causes the clouds to distill upon it molifying rains; but this alone will not make bread to the eater and seed to the sower. The husbandman must break the clods, he must deposit the seed in the earth, and cultivate, with care and diligence, the tender plant. Upon the fields of the sluggard, the rays of sun and rains of heaven only cause briers and thorns to grow and thrive. We are ruined not by what we really want, but by what we think we do; therefore, never go abroad in search of your wants. If they be real wants, they will come home in search of you ; for he that buys what he does not want will soon waut what he cannot j buy. S&&* A very rich man said: I worked like a 1 slave till I was forty to make my fortune,! and I've been watching it like a detective j ever since for my lodging, food and clothes. JST One of the hardest things in the world ! is to make a man see that he has done wrong; j but when he does see it, being a good mau, I he will own up, and repent. ISF* Never let your feelings, with regard to ! persons, affect your perceptions with regard to things. and Jhrnfo. AN OLD FARMER'S CULTURE OF CORN. Editor Southern Cultivator: As you request your patrons to give you the results of experiments they make, I beg leave to give you mine. For the past three years I have entirely changed my manner of applying manure to corn, and have also changed the implements with which I cultivate my coru crop. So far as the preparation and culture is concerned, I have abandoned the shovel, twister and bull-tongue, and substituted therefor a light two-horse Avery plough. In stiff lands I use two mules, in light land one, and break the laud from three to five inches deep. I never break my laud but once, and when broken I use the rotary and smoothing harrow until the clods are pulverized, and the tussocks of grass and weeds are all torn to pieces. The importance of thoroughly pulverizing is not appreciated by our farmers, although Jethro Tull demonstrated its wis dom upwards of a hundred years ago. I then lay off ray land with a small, straight shovel?shallow. The corn is dropped in this furrow, width governed by the strength of the land. It is then covered with the rotary harrow. If going over the laud once with the harrow does not fill the furrow made by the straight shovel I harrow until the land is made level. When the corn is dropped, there is applied about 50 lbs. (to the acre) of a good commercial fertilizer, mixed with three times its bulk of vegetable matter gathered in the field. When the corn has three or four blades, I go through it with the hoe or maltese cultivator, two furrows to the row, which cleans it thoroughly, and I do not go more than two inches deep. I endeavor to run through the corn after every rain, using the ;?1 onrn iu lrrioo nr same lllipiciuui U if lic;u HIV/ cutu aiivv VI waist high, as convenience suits, I apply the bulk of my manure, which is a handful of acid phosphate, composted with stable manure. This is the quantity I direct to be applied, but my laborers find it more convenient to put half a handful, as they can keep up with the plough more easily. I care little whether the manure is covered or not, but I do like to get a rain soon after. I then plough with a sweep, and continue with the sweep until the crop is laid by. I did not plant my corn last year until I was done planting cotton, and the season was much more favorable to early than to late planting, yet all my neighbors' corn was fired by drought, while mine remained green. I am now in my eightieth year, and I have been planting forty-two years, yet I never saw a field of better upland corn, and all who saw it would say it was the best field of corn in the county. When the manure is put on top of the ground, the first rain that falls carries all the fertilizing matter into the ground, where the roots are near the surface. The roots run mostly two, three or four inches, except in a dry time, and if manure is put five inches below the surface, the root seldom finds it. Chester. Chester, S. C., March 6, 1879. Watering Horses After Feeding.? Another common tauit m the alimentation 01 horses is the leading to water just after a full feed of grain. The fir3t effect of this is to largely distend the stomach ; and the result may be as serious as if the material were mas ticated grain and saliva. But should this danger be avoided, matters are not necessari ly left in a better state. The sudden and incessive influx of water is likely to wash much of the contents of the stomach into the intestiues before the nitrogenous principles have been digested, and a fermentation, extrication of gasses, over distention, colics and inflammations result. Eveu that is not all. The application of an excess of cold water on the mucus membrane of the stomach and intestines causes vascular contractions, so that all tend to digestive disorder of a dangerous na ture. Copious draughts of ice water are dangerous alike to man and beast. If it must be taken, it should be taken in small quantities only, and frequently. But a drink of water of moderate temperature, just after a feed of grain, is full of peril to the animal. Thirst should be allayed before the feed is given ; and if any water is allowed after, it should be merely a mouthful uutil the lapse of two or three hours' time has been had for gastric digestion. After a feed of hay there is comparatively little danger. From the excessive salivary addition to the hay, and comparatively small amonut of its albuminoids, these are rapidly dissolved out and digested, and the further addition of water is rather favor able than otherwise in hastening its progress into the bowels, where the digestion of the starch, sugar, fat and other respiratory ele rnents may be completed. Cayenne Pepper for Fowls.?A writer in the Country Gentleman says: This species of pepper is found to be very beneficial for fowls if given in moderate quantities, and on account of its purity is to be preferred before that kept by dealers. It is not only a preventive of disease, but promotes growth and egg production. Acting as a tonic on the system, it keeps the birds in a healthy condition, without which there cannot reasonably be expected large proceeds. The proper way to administer the tonic is in a liquid form, and this is done through the drink. Pepper is highly beneficial in the months of September and October, or during moulting season, as it not only increases the growth of feathers, but gives warmth and tone to the blood, and fed with good nutritious food assists in keeping up the strength of the bird. This is highly necessary at this period, for it is the most delicate one in the existence of the fowl% All medicines, however, should be given in reasonable quantities, as overdoing amounts to ( bo an mo tbinor as underdoing. Take about three pods of ripened Cayenne pepper, bruise them slightly, and pour on near a pint of boiling water. This quantity will season a gallon of drink, which may be refilled daily, or as the fowls consume it, and will contain sufficient strength for a week for a moderate sized flock, say 20 or 25 birds of the small breeds. Fowls consume a large quantity of drink, and after once accustomed to it rather relish the pungent flavor. + How to make Hens lay.?A correspondent informs us that while on a visit-in the fall to a friend, he was surprised to see the number of eggs he daily obtained. He had but sixteen hens and the product per diem averaged thirteen eggs. He had been in the habit of giving on every alternate day a teaspoonful and a quarter of cayenne pepper, mixed with soft food, and took care that each hen obtained her share. The experiment of omitting the pepper was tried, when it was found that the number of eggs were reduced each trial from five to six daily. Our correspondent believes that the moderate use of i this stimulant not only increases the number of eggs, but effectually wards of diseases to which chickens are subject.? Qermanlown Telegraph. Clean Teevh.?If the teeth are kept perfectly clean and well nourished, they will rarely decay. If food lodges in cavities, or between them, it soon putrefies and, of course, rots the teeth. These particles should be removed by a soft toothpick at the close of each meal, the teeth brushed morning and night, on both surfaces and the ends, the mouth thoroughly rinsed, that all particles may be washed away. Good, refined soap, as castile, makes a good tooth wash, or dissolved bora* with little spirits of camphor may be used. Acid preparations always injure the teeth though they may whiten them for a time. A wash is safer than a powder generally. Avoid extremes of heat and cold, as they crack the enamel, leading to decay.' Large sales indicate the merits of all good articles. Druggists sgl] more of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup than of all other remedies for the cure of Baby Disorders. 45 Years Before the Public. THE GENUINE DR. C. McLANE'S CELEBRATED LIVER PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, DYSPHASIA AND SICK HEAD/ CHE. Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. PAIN in the right side, under the edge of the ribs, increases on pressure; sometimes the pain is in the left side; the patient is rarely able to lie on the left side; sometimes the pain is felt under the shoulder blade, and it frequently extends to the top of the shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in the arm. The stomach is affected with loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels in general are costive, sometimes alternative with lax; the head is troubled with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy sensation in the back part. There is generally a considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of having left undone something which ought to have been done. A slight, dry cough is sometimes an attendant. The patient complains of weariness and debility; he is easily startled, his feet are cold or burning, and he complains of a prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits are low; and although he is satisfied that exercise would be beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up fortitude enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred where few of them existed, yet examination of the body, after death, has shown the liver to have been extensively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in cases of Ague and Fever, when taken with Quinine, are productive of the most happy results. No better cathartic can be used. DreDaratorv to. or after taking Quinine. We would advise all who are afflicted with this disease to give them a fair trial. For all bilious derangements, arid as a simple purgative, they are unequaled. BEWA RE OF IHIirATIOXS. The genuine are never sugar coated. Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, with the impression Dr. McI.ane's Liver Pills. The genuine McLane's Liver Pills bear the signature:; of C. McLane and Fleming Bros, on the wrappers. Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name McLane, spelled differently but same pronunciation. February 13 7 ly LordATajlor NEW_YORK OpeningSpringDisplay of ?RW MY (H\tm J.I IJ I I JU XI X \JI 17 V*/u we can positively assekt that at no period have we displayed an assortment of dry goods so adequate to the requirements of the public oh at prices so adapted to the necessities of economical shopping. SILKS. Our BLACK SILKS contain tlie well-known brands of Bonnet, Ponson, Tnpissior, Gninct, Girnnl, nnd other equully prominent ninnlli'netnrorg. The Lord A Taylor FAMILY SILK enjoys u ri'imtiition lor universal excellence that is unsurpassed. Our American Cuclieinire INDESTRUCTIBLE BLACK SILK justly claims earnest attention, being equal to the best of foreittu manufacture at hall the cost EVERY YARD WARRANTED. In COLORED SILKS our well-selected stock is offered at prices that cannot he undersold. AI >o. COLORED AND BLACK SILK DAMASSEft, embracing the rarest items of the European or American Markets. In SUMMER SILKS nnd FOULARDS we have everything that is new and beautiful. DRESS GOODS. Novelties in Cacheineres. Suitings. Dc beiges, nnd the standard cloths, in splendid variety. Also, "Anderson's" Scotch Zephyrs, printed cotton Dress Goods, Momie Cloths, Cotclines. Percales. Cheviots, Ac., with every grade tube mum! in a ilrst-ciussestablishment. SHAWLS, CLOAKS, AND WRAPS. This department maintains it: supreniaey. nnd shows the best productions irntn the European centres. Our Clonks and Sucqucs are cut and made by men tailor-, therefore style and fit art guaranteed. SUITS & COSTUMES. Our SUITS and COSTUMES fully sustain that pre-eminence so Justly established, and always 'cprescnt the latest styles and lushioiis. Ladies' & Children's Undergarments. ? a. a ? A.w. P.on.J, lin .?!...*n.In ITVHRR. DUUtTU n^lTillll-llk u UIIV .... WEAK, comprising every requisite lor a laity's wardrobe. Also, children's suits lor every age and si/e. Our Infants' Furnishing Ocnarttnent is thoroughly equipped. Complete Wardrobes as low as fcto; better good* in proportion. Any article hi the Wardrobe at list price; really cheaper than the lioine-inade article, and much more satistactory. Hosiery, Gloves, & Handkerchiefs. The largest, rarest, and most unique French novelties in the city. Also, the medium prudes of hose lor ladies and children at very moderate prices. Ladies', misses', and children's kid, cloth, and Lisle Thread Gloves of the best innnulacture, in all the newest shades to match any dress material. A superior selection of plain hemmed linen, and all Unen hemstitched, and scolloped Handkerchiefs. Also, embroidered Silk Handkerchiefs unsurpassed in beauty or color. RIBBONS. All the choice (trades, containing every color and shade known. Fresh additions daily. (Stents' Furnishing G-oods. Every possible requisite tor a gentleman's outfit. Firstclass and medium grades of goods nt our usual reasonable prices. Quality, style, anil tit the prominent features ol this department. BOOTS ANB SHOES. For spring and summer, for Ladies. Misses, and Children. Cloth top, low button shoes, the noveltv ol the season. $3.50; genuine kid walking boots, $3.73. Low shoes from $2 to $5; Pne quality slippers from $1.25 to $2.50; Misses' best pebble goat, worked button holes. $2; Children's hand made, spring heel. button boots. $1.60; Infants' shoes, ull colors. 81.25. Boys' and Youths' French calf button hoots. $2.75, and a good, durable laced shoe. $1.05. t9>Oar goods are all first.clns*. We All nil orders exuetly and to the Interest of purchasers, guarantee all purchases to be satis, factory to Ojiyer", and stand ready to remedy All errors, We Invite orders, convinced that a first trial will Insure us i;he regular custom hereafter. All orders for Goods to lie accompanied by the money; or, where p: riles wish, Goods will he sent by express, C. O. II, Where the remit* tance Is tan large, we always return the dlf. ferenoe. Broadway and Twentieth St, Grand, Chrystie, and Forsyth, N, T, April3 14 2m A. WILLIFORD, FEED AND SALE STABLES. EOCK HILL, S. C. MORE PINE STOCK! I WOULD respectfully inform the public that I have just received FORTY young, fat KENTUCKY MULES, Which are now offered for sale on the most accommodating terms, at my stables in Rock Hill. These mules are all in line condition, and I am prepared to offer Bargains to f.ll who want FINE FARMING STOCK. I will sell them cheap for cash, or on time, with note and good security. I also have a number of flne SADDLE AND HARNESS HORSES, Which I offer cheap. When you come to Rock Hill, don't fall to call round at WILLIFORD'S SALE STABLES. If yon wish to buy stock I will give Bargains in almost any grade of stock desired; and if you don't want to buy, but have an animal that you wish to swap, come and see me, as I am prepared to exchange on fair terms. A. WILLIFORD. [ Marc); 0 10 tf SERGEANT? GREENSBC MANUFACTURERS 0! " TROPIC COO T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agen LONDON & IHRIE, Agente, A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McC J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Chei August 2 The Best Family The "NEW AMERICAN" is easily learn more work with less labor than any other r application. AGENTS ' J. S. 1)0 VEY Manager, G Agent tor Yorkville and vicinity, July 18 ETIWAN DISSOLVED BONE, AT LAST SEASON'S PRICES. ETIWAN DISSOLVED BONE has established for itself a reputation beyond repute as one of the most valuable Fertilizers sold in this State, for the same money. It is well adapted for Cotton, Corn and small grain, to be used on exhausted lands in conjunction with cotton seed or stable manure; or on stubble lands alone, it is a complete Fertilizer, having proven to be as good as a great many of the manipulated Guanos, and as it costs much less than the manipulated Guanos, farmers will find it decidedly to their advantage to use it. Cash, payable May 1st, 1879 828 00 4 00 Time price, in money, Nov. 1, 1879. 36 00 Freight, in Cash 4 00 Cotton Option, Nov. 1st, 1879, 350 pounds middling cotton. Freight, in cash, $4.00, or 50 pounds of cotton. Parties wishing to purchase this valuable Fertilizer will apply to H. W. HOPE, at the store ol H. W. Hope <ft Co., Yorkville, S. C. W. B. METTS, Agent. February 6 6 tf BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY 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, of averv varietv: Envelopes, Slates, Ink, <fec, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, <fcc. 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. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptlv attended to, at lowest cash prices. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia S. C. August 15 33 tf DOWN WITH HIGH PRICES! THE CHICAGO SCALE CO., 140 & 151 Jefferson St., Chicago, Illinois, Have reduced the prices ot an Kinas 01 SCALES, 4-TON WAGON SCALES, $00. 2-TON " " 940. All other sizes at a great reduction. Every Scale fully warrunted. All orders promptly filled. Circulars, Price List aud Testimonials sent upon application. BUY THE CHEAPEST AND BEST. March 27 13 ly ROSE'S HOTEL, YOKKVILLE, S. C. THIS HOUSE has been thoroughly renovated from cellar to lnvKS_ garret, and newly furnished, inftgag 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 50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially for Commercial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. August 30 34 tf "TAKEW^P rn m leu BuW Paclif* b th* ? U?t Mlllng Stationary Pukart In the world. ltconUim 24 HhMU of Papar, 24 Knr.lo?aa^ plnrll. p.nholJ?r, Qoldan Pan and ? plaaa ol yalaaola Javalry. Complct* .ampl. pacJugt, with pair *! alwant Encrarad Nlekal. I Sllror Braoalau (Sew Styl. In N?w York), Mot by mall, postpaid, for Id canta. S packaoea, with Aaaortad Jrwalry, ti. J. BRIDE A CO.t 207 B road way N?w York. November 21 47 tim CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them 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. August 22 34 tf otschorb's photo-gallery, 1ST HOUSE EAST OP THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every onnvenience. and a determination to do my beat, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except small children. June 27 26 tf ~ book binding. 17JOR the convenience of those having old books . which they may wish rebound, we have made arrangements with Mr. E. R. STOKES, bookbinder of Columbia, by which we can receive orders for such work and have it promptly attended to, without subjecting to further trouble those entrusting their orders to us. Magazines, Sheet Music, ifec., bound in any style desired. Prices for any style of binding furnished on application at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. February 27 9 tf notice. I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and other line-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 1ft cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. notice. 77 IAMstill Agent for the "American" because it is j the best and cheapest Sewing Machine made. J. R. SCHORB. January 2 1 tf chattel mortgages, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. trial justice's blanks, i RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. c MeCAULEY, >RO, X. C., F THE CELEBRATED KING STOVES! PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating 8toves, Hollow Ware And-Irons, and Castings of al. iinds., Also, on I 'PLANTER'S PRIDE'PLOWS i and Plow Castings, I STRAW CUTTERS, ?Corn Shelters, fjrt||| HORSEPOWERS, Saw Mills, <fec. ts, Yorkville, S. C. Rock Hill, York county, S. C. Jonnellaville, York county, S. C. iter, S. C. 31 tf Buy only the - NEW jf AMERICAN IP] Only Sewing Machin Bj|ra| jg It has Self Setting Needle. ftggH Never Breaks the Thread. mmm Never Skips Stitches. IMP Is the Lightest {tunning. The Simplest, the Most Dm able, and in Every Respect Sewinir Machine! V V II IM g ed, does not get out of order, and will do oachine Illustrated Circular furnished cn WANTED. 4 . Charles Street, Baltimore, aidHUNTER &. OATES. iy G. H. O'LiEARY. 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 STOVH WORKS STOVES, Chas. Noble & Co., of Philadelphia, an old established house. Any part of the Stoves can be duplicated, when worn out. All Stoves warranted and sold very cheap. G. H. O'LEARY. saddles and harness. I AM manufacturing and selling, at low figures, 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, conaiatino' of Walnnt iSrPQQino-Pfl.QA Wfll nut Chamber Suite, Bureau^ Bedsteads, and Washstands, all of which will be sold very cheap by G. H. O'LEARY. TABLES^ MARBLE-TOP Walnut Centre-Tables; Extension, Dining, Breakfast, Teapoy, and Odlce Tables. Also, Flower Stands, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. SAFES. T~ COMMON Kitchen and Cupboard Safes, cheap, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. CHAIRS. CANE, Walnut, Maple, Oak, Dining, Rattan and Split Bottom Chairs, at GEORGE H. O'LEARY'S. PICTURES. ~~ A LOT of beautiful Pictures, handsomely framed in Walnut and Gilt, unusually choap, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY AVAIL YOUKSELF OF IT! PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. ALL families have old Books, Periodicals, Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desiie to transmit to their posterity. Then HAVE THEM REBOUND! Which will preserve them and make them look almost as well as new. Old Books. Ac., should not only be rebound, butthecurrent literature of the present day should bo put in a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done in the shortest possible time, with the best material, in the most handsome and durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, Stationer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. y&B- Send in orders at once. February 13 7 tf ? ? ? a Tvnro/MiTJO AJLiJbiSUJN & AJU.LUQwri o STAR BRAND . COMPLETE COTTON MANURE, STANDARD GUARANTEED. I BEG to call the attention of the Farmers to this FERTILIZER, which is prepared with the view of making a SPECIAL FERTILIZER FOR COTTON. I believe this to be the best COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER for Cotton, on the market, because it is inade of the best materials known and in the most thorough and careful manner. It is rich in Ammonia, Soluble Phosphate, and REAL BONE PHOSPHATE, Derived from the bones of animals. It acts promptly and continuously, and the effect of a single application will show for years. Prices as low and terms as liberal as those of any other STANDARD FERTILIZER. It will be to your interest to test this valuable Fertilizer, and I solicit a trial order. H. W. HOPE. January 30 5 3m t imnnm 1 \iT\ T7TM)V DPCT THlli V.U1U LA i lsjl abii/ yj^Ai unoi. THE "FAMILY FAVORITE IMPROVED" WEED Sewing: Machine. T IGHT-RUNNING, Noiseless, no Gears, no i a Cams, no Springs, new and elegant styles of Woodwork. Simple, Easy to Learn, Requires no Repairs, Instruction Book so plain no other teaching required, largest Shuttle used. If you spo it you will buy it. Prices as Low as any First'Class Machine. LATIMER & HEMPHILL, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. February 6 6 tf PROSPECTUS. HAVING met with the encouragement necessary to the enterprise, the undersigned will, at an early day, commence, at CHESTER, S. C., the publication of THE STATE BULLETIN. The STATE BULLETIN will be a weekly newspaper devoted to THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE. The title of the paper has been selected with special reference to what its editors propose to make its prominent feature?a prompt, reliable bulletin for all the important and interesting events transpiring within the limits of the State of South Carolina. Our columns will comprise editorials on topics of fresh interest, a complete Local Department, articles on Agriculture, Selected Stories, Racy Correspondence, a melange ot General and Foreign News, and a variety of instructive matter?in short, everything calculated to render the paper SPRIGHTLY, NEWSY and ENTERTAINING. LETTERS FROM TEXAS AND WASHINGTON. m;rrc9puiiucuuc liwui uiuci puuiM. vu* readers will be favored with an occasional letter from onr former fellow-citizen, Col. E. C. McLure, of Dallas, Texas, and a graphic letter from the National Capital. With the attractive features enumerated, the editors and proprietors of THE STATE BULLETIN hope, by perseverance arid energy, to make the paper a welcome visitor to every home it reaches. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: one copy, one year, $2.00 in advance. For a club of eight subscribers, at $1.75 each, an extfa copy of the paper will be given. B. McLURE. ) TTJify,,? T. W. CLAWSON, Jr., j Chester, 8. C., February 27, 1879. 9 tf DISSOLUTION. THE firm of ALLEN, BARBER A CO., is this day dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. F. H. Barber withdrawing. The business will be continued at the old stand, by J. R. ALT.EN, under the name and style of J. R. ALLEN A CO. All persons indebted to the late firm of ALLEN, BARBER A CO., and ALLEN <fc BARBER, are earnestly requested to come forward and settle by Note or otherwise, as we are anxious to hare the books of the old firm closed up. ALLEN, BARBER A CO. WHAT THE HEW FIRM FR0P08ES. The business of the new firm will be conducted under the special supervision of JOHN R. ALLEN, upon the same liberal terms to customers as heretofore. All goods have been marked down to STRICT HARD PAN PRICES. Many fully 50 per cent below cost Those who have a little Cash to spend, would do well to call and examine those Dress Goods worth 75 cents per yard, for 40cents; worth 50cents, for 30 cents; worth 40 cents, for 25 cents; worth 35 cents, for 18 cents; worth 30 cents, for 15 cents; worth 25 cents, for 10 cents, and some others re gardless of cost. Many other goods have been marked down in the same proportion. Messrs. J. J. ROACH and D. P. STEELE are employed and will alwavs be on hand with their usual kindness and politeness to wait on their friends and customers, and sell them goods as low as can be bought anywhere. J. R. ALLEN A CO.. Successors to Allen, Barber A Co. Rock Hill, S. C., January 16 3 3m THE YORK MARBLE YARD. I AM still conducting the MARBLE BUSINESS in Yorkville, and am prepared to furnish MONUMENTS, TOMB 8T0NES. or ANYTHING IN MY LINE, as low as the lowest. As an evidence of this, I can furnish Tomb Stones for CHILDREN from $3.00 upward ; for ADULTS, from $8.00 upward. Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, andin point of workmanship and material, equal to the work of any establishment in the country. Specimens always on hand, to an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. Estimates and other information furnished on application. 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, 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 2 1 ly MILLS AND HILL MACHINERY. FI1HE undersigned take this method of inform1 ing the public, that under the firm name of WELLS BROTHERS, thev are engaged in the MILLWRIGHT BUSINESS, and are prepared to enter into contracts for the building or repairing of MILLS and MILL MACHINERY of et> ery description, from the largest and most complete Flouring Mill, to an ordinary Cotton Screw. Each member of the firm is a skilful) workman and has had the benefitofa numberof years' experience. We are, therefore, prepared to guarantee that all work entrusted to us, will be executed in a workmanlike manner. By permission, we refer to the following perenna fnr whnm wn havri u/nrlr W 7 Painav Blairsville, 8. C.; J. B. A R. M. Whitesides, Hickory Grove, S. C.; Major T. P. Whitesides, R. N. McElwee and Elias Ramsay, YorkvJlle, S. C.; W. D. Lessley, Clover, 8. C. We are also agents for the Rale of "Excelsior ^ Bolting Cloths," and improved Mill Machinery of every description. Our post office address Antioch, York county, 8. C. W. S. WELLS, M. R. WELLS, J. W. WELL8. September 26 39 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 had 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, ana all kinds of FINE INTERIOR PAINTING done in as good style as can be done by any painter in this section of the country. 1 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 Jenkins, Col. W. H. McCorkle, Dr. H. G. Jackr n, Dr. J. F. Lindsay, James L. Clark, Jamt^t E. Smith, Hon. A. S. Wallace, Yorkville ; J. S. R. Thomson, Spartanburg; R. M. Wilson, Gaston; J. A. Brice, Fairfield; J. Harvey Smith, Chester. NELSON DAVIES. July 11 28 ' ; . ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OOUBTT OP YORK?COURT OP OOMMOH PLEAS. A. R. Homesley, Plaintiff, against J. C. Webber, Theodore Webber, Guy ton Webber, the heirs (if any) of Wm. Webber, deceased, Louisa Webber, Mary Ann Webber, and Charlotte Webber, heirs of John Webber, Sr., deceased, ? Defendants.? Summons for Relief?Complaint not served. To the Defendants above named and above described. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is to-day filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said Countv. and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers, at their office, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated March 19, A. D. 1879. HART <fc HART, Plaintiff's Attorneys. March 20 12 6t iFTHE DISTRICT COURT Of the United States for the District of 8. Carolina. in the matter op LESTER & BOBO.?In Bankruptcy. At Yorkvilte. in said JHstrict, on the 27th day of March, 1879. THIS is to give notice that CORNELIA E. LESTER, of Anderson county, S. C., and EDWIN H. BOBO, of Spartanburg county, S. 0., in the said District, duly declared Bankrupts under the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System ot Bankruptcy throughout the United States," Approved 2nd March, 1867, have each filed a petition in the said Court for a discharge and certificate thereof, from all their debts and other claims provable under the said Act; and the 19th day of April, A. D., 1878, at 12 o'clock, M., is assigned for the hearing of the same, before C. E. Spencer, Esq., one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court, at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina, when and where the Creditors may attend, and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said Petitions should not be granted. R. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. March 27 13 3t APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned. Administrator of the estate of JOHN MOORE, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate for York county, on the 15th day of April next, when he will make ap plication ior a nnai cuscnarge irom nammy as Administrator of said estate. S. D. 8TOWE, Administrator. March 13 11 .It NOTICE. ~~ Subscribers to the yorkvilue enquirer, not regularly served by mail, on the postal routes between Yorkville and Black's Station, Yorkyille and Union Court House, and Yorkville and Rock Hill, are hereby Informed that I will deliver their papers along the routes FREE OF CHARGE, provided they enter their names on my club. J. N. ROBERTS.