Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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??1F WE'D THOUGHT." If we'd thought at oar last meeting With friend we loved so dear, By his grave we'd soon be standing, m Dropping down the silent tear, :Q Would that word we spoke so lightly Have been uttered by us then? fr Would that in our silent sorrow We could call it back again ! ^ 'If we'd thought that soon a parting Would us sever far and wide, That some of the gladsome faces Would be soon across the tide, wi Would the tiasty word and action, m Would the satire sharp and keen From our lips have ever fallen, ai Or the action e'er been seen ? d( If we'd thought the friendly counsel ^ Was the last we e'er should hear, bl Would we then have scoffed so lightly ? ai Let our heedlessness appear ? T If we'd thought the kind inquiry -*1 Soon would cease forevermore, St Would it then have been a trouble, tj( Would we then have wished it o'er? tr If we'd thought that act of kindness Was the last our friend should seek, , Would we have by cruel harshness 01 Brought the blushes to his cheek? gi If we'd thought our heartless folly m Would have left so deep a sore, .? Would we then have spoken rudely ? tc Would we not have hushed it o'er ? fij If we'd thought?alas! the sorrows st That the words awaken now: b< If we'd thought?ah! then the wrinkles nJ Would be fewer on the brow. "If we'd thought that death was coming," 88 Will that be our latest cry ? C God forbid! we know He's coming, ?] Let us think?He draweth nigh F ^mmmmam V1 ^umotous fMpattraent. p< ? T "BLODE UP." y< The other day a muscular young fellow, di having an odor of the stables about him, w entered a photographer's establishment and b< explained that he would like to have about ai one photograph taken, but on learning the p< price, he concluded to invest in a tin-type." tj 'After taking his seat in the chair, he shut up cc one eye, drew his mouth around to one side, pi stuck up his nose, and patiently waited for ct the operator, whose astonishment caused him ai to exclaim: oi "Good graciousi but you don't want to to look that way to get a picture. Nobody will ti< know you from Sitting Bull." te "You go ahead," was the reply. pi "Do you want me to take such a phiz as that ?" se "I do." it; The artist took it It beat Sol Smith Rus- di opII oil tr? nippps and who hicrhlv satiflfactorv T to the sitter, who paid for it, arid said: ac "You see, I had a sort of object in this. 01 Came here from Allegan county six months ti< ago?engaged to a gal out there?found a sc gal here I like better?got to sever old ties? th . see?" L "But what has that picture got to do with to old ties ?" asked the artist m "Lots?heaps! I've writ to her that I was st blode up here on a boat and disfiggered for ai life. She's awful proud. When she gits this p< and sees how that explosion wrecked me, pi she'll hunt another lover quicker'n wink? al see? How do you like the plot? Just gaze le on this picture once, and then tell me that g< Mary Ann won't send back my love-letters fo by first train !" p< He posted the picture. The letter was Ji brief, but explained all. It said: "My Ewer th Dear Gurl?I incloze my pickture that you T may see how offul bad I was hurt, though I pi know you will luv me just the same." nl "Ever see that game worked afore?" he ti< asked of the artist, as he licked the stamp on ai the letter. le "No?never did." ea " 'Course you never did. It's mine. It th struck me the other day while I was greasin' Si a wagon, and I think it's boss. Blode up? w< see ? Disfiggered for life?see ? Picture sc right here to prove it; and she'll write back to ?__ that she has at last concluded to yield to her ai parents' wishes, and marry a young man out pi there who owns eleven steers, a hundred m sheep, and an eighty-acre lot."?Detroit er ^ Free Press. gi ? in Betting on a Sure Thing.?A tough- 8j( looking citizen walked into one of the justice 0j courts yesterday forenoon very much intoxi- ge cated, and requested that he be allowed to ^ swear off drinking for a year. His Honor ^ obligingly put him through the solemn motions, and the convert, with a confused rum- q ble of well-meant but profanely-expressed V? resolutions, stumbled out of the court room. ce "Bet he don't keep it an hour," said one of aj the grinning lawyers. al "Bet he sticks to it a week, anyhow," ob- aj served the court, with confidence. H "Nonsense!" cried everybody. v( "What'll you bet?" asked the judge. el "Twenty to ten," exclaimed an eager attor- pj ney, producing the money. ar "Done!" cried his Honor; and the stakes ta were turned over to a Chronicle reporter. e[ "Constable," said the court, quietly, "go he out and fetch that man back." ty In a few minutes the reformed one was p? dragged in, and the judge ascended his dais, XI rapped for order, and looked severe. G "Charged with being drunk," said the aI court. "What's your plea?" D "Guess I'm full," admitted the prisoner, x< with an idiotic smile. gj "Ten days in the county jail. Constable, ti< lock up your prisoner. Mr. Reporter, hand cr this court that wealth. Court's adjourned. V( Boys, let's go and flood our lower levels."? al Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle. ec ?' - ? ? ? ? Old farmer B. is distinguished for two jc things?his great wealth and ignorance of so- ai ciety and books. He had some grown-up m daughters, and an attachment sprung up be- p( tween one of them and a young minister lo- ^ - cated in the neighborhood, who, one fine Sab- j?) hath want. hnme with her for dinner. Pre- i. vious to the announcement that dinner was cr ready the old gentleman was duly poBted to a( request the minister to say grace at the table. , ^ No sooner had all got seated around the table, jn than the old gentleman, in his usual uncouth ^ mandir, looked up and said, *'Now, Mr. ei Preacher, go on with your 'ligion I" sa ? bf Unused to the Business.?A gentleman cc not extremely given to piety was dismayed 0( by being asked to say grace at a strange ta- jj, ble. To refuse and explain would be embar- be rassing; to comply would be equally so. He u, chose the latter, and started off briskly be enough with "O, Lord, bless this table?" Just here, being unused to the business, he m nearly broke down, but, by a gigantic effort, pi pulled through with "World without end. ^ Yours respectfully, Amen." ti< tr The Minister's Prayers.?A bright little b? a oon /vf* o ft\rmor nQQ+Ai* aP ft I Y* ;uui| ou" ** w. - gj flourishing church, who attends the infant ?? class in Sunday-school, received a card, on q which were the words, "Pray without ceasing." ^ After his mother had explained the text, he 8U said, "I guess I wont show this to the minis- 0f ter; he prays long enough now !" jD Poor Marksmen.?A North Carolina man * committed suicide the other day. His neighbors had been trying to kill him for upwards be of four years, and had fired altogether over th a hundred shots at him. He left a note say- w, ing he had rather die than "live in a com- 0c munity of such cursed poor marksmen." gl *"*"* " ca Out of His Line.?-Ask a wise man to ]j( write poetry, and he can manage to make a a fool of himself at short notice, if verses are e(] out of his line. A dignified judge, to oblige a j co little girl, recently wrote in an album, "My 1 pen is poor, my ink is pale, my heart it trem*; 0f bles like a little dog's tail." j I ?rl Precise.?A prettily-dressed little girl fell on a muddy street-crossing, the other day, | t and a gentleman hastened to her assistance, i wi After cleaning off her clothes, he asked her gn if he shouldn't escort her home. "No, tbir," j to! answered the dignified little damsel; "if you ne please, we ain't been introduced." I fe< fpsttllauMMis Reading. | THE SITUATION IN TEXAS. From the Chester Bulletin of last week, we _ ake the following extracts from an interestg letter written by Col. Ed. C. McLure, om Dallas, Texas, under date of May 31: Texas is at this time in, perhaps, a more tb jpressed financial condition than any State V) the Union. In 1873, '74, '75 and '76, Jrerything was booming here. Emigrants ? ere pouring in at the rate of a quarter of a w illion annually, bringing with them money as id their arms. There was a consequent T imand for real estate, both in the city and in luntry. Merchants of all kinds did a good 0f isiness in selling supplies to the new comers, rj id everything was active and prosperous. i 1876, the Democratic party called a con- n< itutional convention to frame a new consti- w rxry in linn nf +ko sx-mafitntinn nf 1made I al JU iU AIVU V/l urv vvuwv?v?viv? w* >? p the negroes and carpet baggers. The la invention was composed in a large part th 'political demagogues and wooden-headed 0j angers. The only idea that seemed to aniate them was, to cut down the expenses of ^ le State government to the lowest possible jure. In this spirit they printed in the conitution that no appropriations should ever y< 3 made to encourage immigration. As the n< itural result of this parsimonious and jack- w isical policy, the stream of immigration has ^ ?sed almost entirely, and Colorado and , Bleeding" Kansas are now receiving the ist crowds that ten years ago were pouring 01 ito Texas. In addition to this, the great T romises made by the Democratic party upon b< )ming into power, have not been redeemed, ei he State debt has continued to swell steadily tc sar by year, and taxes, instead of being re- ^ need, have in some respects remained as they f ere under Radical rule, and in others have 3en increased. Property in this city pays i annual ad valorem tax of three and a-balf te sr cent, upon its assessed value, State, coun- fa r and city tax. Besides this, we have a li;nse tax upon all occupations, trades and U] rofessions, except agricultural and mechani- ja il occupations. A lawyer or a doctor pays inually to the State, county and city the sum 1 ' twenty dollars for the privalege of trying d< i make a living. These nigh rates of taxa- si an have operated, with other causes, in de- d< ?i__i? . rring ira migration, xarucuiauj- uaa jt evented the investment of foreign capital. tj. The Democratic party in the two last . veral elections carried the State by a major- ' y of about one hundred thousand. Its contion to-day is bordering on the precarious. A he Governor and the Legislature (which so Ijourned last month) differed irreconcilably ;s i the provisions in the general appropria- jt on bill providing for the support of free . hools and for payment of the interest on ie public debt An extra session of the egislature has Been called by the Governor > meet on the 16th of June to take these is atters and others into consideration. The -p rife has waxed warm in the newspapers and ^ nong the people, and as a consequence the >wer and unity of the party is greatly im- cc lired. The Legislature has passed the usu- w bill providing for the assessment and col- ta ction of taxes. Following this was the sh jaeral appropriation bill, setting apart one- ea urth of the whole revenue for school pur- ftl >ses, and appropriating $500,000 to pay the . uly interest on the public debt, and make 1( ie necessary addition to the sinking fund. he Governor vetoes these items in the ap- W ropriation bill, saying that the total reve- ri ie under the bill of assessment and collec- hi an of the taxes will not exceed $1,600,000, w id that to take from this $900,000 will not ave enough to meet the necessary current [penses of the State government. He says sc lat our first duty is to maintain an efficient P( :ate government; pay current expenses as cc e go ; that it is better for the "wet weather" y< hools to be suspended till the State gets able ' Bupport them, than for the officers of State ge id county to discharge their duties without ly. In this opinion I am satisfied the great ,U1 ajority of the people concur with the Gov- ,n nor. The schools for the most part are a uj eat farce, being kept open only a few months al the winter, wnen the money lasts. Be- ta les, there are a great many men who are Mnnoorl tn nnklin cr.Vinr.la nn nrini>inlf> Thpv l/V ^/U Ui*Vl WVUVV4U v** |#? J ^ e no good reason why they should be taxed . educate another man's children any more in ian to feed and clothe them. In the division of the Democratic party the B reenback party finds its opportunity for ad- al incement. This piebald, spotted, mixed con- 'p irn called, in its own parlance, "The Nation- j Greenback Labor Reform Party," isgradu- . ly making rapid progress in this State. It l. ready has a representative in Congress? S11 on. G. W. Gives?representing the Gal- di ?ston District, and at the recent municipal in ection in this city an individual who had ne eviously affiliated with both the Republican er id Democratic parties, and who last year at ched himself to the Greenback party, was ected mayor. His election was not owing, V1 iwever, altogether to the strength of the par- sa he last preferred to belong to, but in great G irt to the division in the Democratic ranks, he result, nevertheless, is the same; the reenbackers claim it as a great victory, id shout exultingly over having captured ?j alias, the stronghold of Democracy in North 0I sxas. In the canvass last year in this Con- ^ essional District there was a strong disposi- q; m among the people to desert the Demo- p, atic ship and seek their fortunes in the new ?c jssel. To counteract this tendency, the ilest representatives of Democracy were call er I upon to stump the District. The burden ^ ' their arguments was that the financial pol- C8 y of the Republican party was oppressive jt id iniquitous; that it necessarily tended to W( ake the rich man richer and the poor man ^ >orer, and that the Democrtic party as soon er i it got into power would furnish all the re- 0f ?f to the people that could be done consis- a? ntly with good faith to the government's editors. The Democratic State platform, sj: lopted in July last, committed the party to (jj le immediate redemption of all the bonded fe debtedness of the government in legal ten- a7 ir notes, except so much thereof as by the [press terms of the act or acts creating the sa a in /?Ai'n Tk a flraon.I iliiU AO uiauc UU1U IU VVIUi A viiX/VM QJ ick party claimed that all Federal bonds P( tuld be paid off in treasury notes ; the Dem- ^ sratic party contended that there was a por- n( on of the National indebtedness that could <H ) paid off only in gold. Both parties agreed ai ion the policy of abolishing the national h< inks, and having the circulating medium of cc e country supplied directly by the govern- ^ ent. Unless something is done during the se 'esent session of Congress to relieve distress- \\ of the people consequent upon the contracon of the currency, there will be an incon- je ollable stampede into the ranks of the Green- ^ ick party next year. I have heard the wish f0 :pressed by many good and true and intelli- ia :nt Democrats in the past month that the rj, reenbackers could be in power at Washing- ^ n for just one month, so that they could is- u. e a billion of fiat money, and put the wheels enterprise once more in motion. And look- P{ g around upon the stringency and distress jn at prevails here I often feel like saying Amen. w, The Essence of Falsehood.?It should ! pointed out with continual earnestness that 1 e essence of lying is in deception, not in er jrds ; a lie may be told by silence, by equiv- Wl ation, by the accent on a syllable, by the ance of the eye attaching a peculiar signifinee to a sentence; and all these kinds of ;s are worse and baser by many degrees than ' lie plainly worded ; so that no form of blind[ conscience is so far sunk as that which co mforts itself for having deceived, because 03 e deception was by gesture or silence instead m utterance; and finally, according to Ten 'son's trenchant line, "A iie wnicn is nan a nth is ever the worst of lies."?Ruthin. i ? ? ? ; bf ST That was a clever boy who, when he J fo is given two dollars to dig up his aunt's | rden, hid a two-bit piece in it, and then S Id all the bovs in the neighborhood. The bj xt morning tfie ground was pulverized two j an it deep. I fa leading fat the fabbaib. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATH AN. [Original] COKE! The invitation of the gospel is contained in 10 following sentence: "Come unto me all 2 that labor and are heavy laden, and I will ve you rest." Matt 11:28. No one can, 111 ? ? niTn.t on diainrl flipgo WflFfifl 11UUU I U ICailUl CUUl fj OU UlOMViH .. i to render their obvious meaning obscure, he persons addressed are those who are toilg and struggling beneath a heavy burden sin and iniquity. The individual expeence of every man, -in every nook and cor3r of the world, and in every period of the orld's history, declares most positively that 1 Adam's race are, and always have been, .boring beneath a load of guilt. To deny lis would not only contradict the testimony f every human being, but he who denies it lestions his own experience. Every man els the heavy burden of sin, and feels it rery moment of his existence. Go where >u may and meet whom you may, you find me but oppressed sinners. Those with hom you come in contact may be rich, or ley may be poor; they may be children or ley may be old grey headed men and woien ; still, they "labor and are heavy laden." he human family, in its countless numbers, sars about in itself the marks of sin, and rery truthful member of the family is ready ? declare that the way of the transgessor is ard. This may be put down as one of the ;cts which he has learned without the aid f a revelation from heaven. Experience aches this, and the Bible corroborates tte ct. Since, then, all men, in all countries, and nder all circumstances, "labor and are heavy den," the invitation of the gospel is to all. he thing promised is rest. What is more ssirable than rest? What can the man, nking beneath the weight of a heavy bur;n, desire more than rest ? The weary la* n . mi , i 1 )rer longs lor rest. 1 ne rest promised uy le Saviour comprehends everything that is jsirable. As being constantly beneath a lavy burden is misery, so rest is happiness, s the burden of sin presses more upon the >ul than upon the body, so the rest promised rest for the soul rather than for the body. , embraces both soul and body, but soul ease , of all things, the most desirable, and it is lis that is promised. The requirement is "Come unto me" This all; but it is absolutely required of all. here is no rest to the soul away from Jesus. 11 are invited to come to Jesus, and all who ime to him shall be blessed with rest; but ithout going to Jesus, no one will ever obin rest. The career of all who reject Jesus iall, during the period of their sojourn upon irth, be like the waves of a troubled sea; id when time is merged into eternity, then jpe will die, and die forever. What, it may 5 asked, is meant by "Coming to Jesus?" !e may ask what can it mean that is myste0U8? When a friend invites us to come to m, we have no difficulty in understanding hat he means. We comprehend his raeang at once. No words can be plainer. Any hool-boy can understand them. Jesus asks >or, laboring and heavy laden sinners to ime to him and he will give them rest, and it they ask what he means. This is strange, fhere is the difficulty ? Which word in the ntence is it that is obscure ? Who does not iderstand what "come," the principal word" the sentence, means ? It simply means get 3 and go to Jesus. That is all. Go with 1 your sins to him for pardon and for accepnce. You are cursed with a grievous curse, o to him that the curse may be removed and blessing be bestowed. There is no mystery this. The difficulty is an evil heart of unbelief, efore we can go to Jesus, we must forsake 1 of self and depend wholly upon him. his humbles us in the dust, and however vely humility may be in the sight of God, is abominable in the sight of unconverted cners. Such would rather be crushed into ist with the burden of sin, than confess their iquities and plead for pardon and forgive:ss through the merits of Jesus Christ. The ror is rather of the heart than of the head, ife will not come unto me," is what the Saour charged upon the Jews of old. The me charge may be brought against the entiles. They will not come to Jesus. PAINT, PUTTY AND PIETY. A lady writes thus to the Christian at Work : wish you would say a word about putting te's religion into one's work. Last year I lilt a new house, and hired a professing hristian man to paint it He makes good ayers at the prayer-meetings, and says a >od word of advice to the young. But he dn't fill the nail holes of the upper and oattrimmings with putty, and he didn't paint e top edge of the upper story. He took ire to slight his work just where he thought would not be discovered. But the nails ere drawn out by the sun, causing a leak, so at his neglect in this direction was discoved ; then, having occasion to have the top ' one door planed, so that it might shut? jain bis slighted work told its story. I have iscounted' that man's piety and prayers ever nee. Perhaps this painter treated me as he d because I am a widow. Any way, I prer Christians who fill up the holes with putty, id paint the tops of the upper doors I" The editor adds : "Our correspondent has id quite as effective a word about putting le's religion into one's work as we could issibly say. And our friend is right; we ant such Christians as will do their work, )t rendering eye service as men-pleasers, but fith good will doing service as to the Lord, id not to men.' 0, you 'Christian' painter, >w could you let those nail-holes go ? How tuld you ? How could you leave the top of lose upper doors unpainted, and, above all, rve a woman, and she a widow, in this way? fas it manly? Was it Christianly? Was honest? We advise that painter to pray ss for others, and more for himself, that the ord may put into his heart a strong desire r right doing as he seems to have for right Iking. Yes, our correspondent is quite ght?we want more Christians who fill up e holes with putty, and paint the tope of the oper doors." Now, we would like to know if this woman lid fair wages for her work. Oppression wages sometimes tempts to slighting the ork.? Christian. t?*" When the shadows of death were gathiDg around Sir Walter Scott, he said to the atcber, "Bring the Book." "What Book ?" ked Lnckhart, his son-in-law. "mere is it one Book," said the dying man. tSf There are three modes of bearing the s of life: by indifference, which is the most mraon; by philosophy, which is the most tentatious; and by religion, which is the ost effectual. IS?" The difference between those whom the I irld esteems good, and those it condemns as j id. is, in many cases, little else than that the rmer have been sheltered from temptation, j a?" The golden everlasting chain described r Homer as reaching from heaven to earth, j id embracing the whole moral world, was no ' ble. That chain is love. ?be Jam and Jimidc. EXPERIMENTS SUGGESTED. Practical knowledge is only to be acquired by actual experiment, and is the only kind of any real value. If all soils were exactly alike, having the same exposure and protection, subject to the same climate, .and tho same amount of rainfall, at exactly the same dates, farming would at once rise to the dignity of an exact science. One set of experiments anywhere would be the foundation for all farm operations of the same kind everywhere. The vast body of farmers, so far as concerned their own avocation, would become mere machines, or even less in the social scale. Brains would be of no value, and the fool of the family would do as well as the genina r?n t.hft farm. Fortunately, however, the soil is various and must be treated with brains, or it fails to produce. Business men never trust any one until inquiries have been made into his stand ing and his ability to fulfill his promises. Farmers, however, never think of inquiring into the character of the land they are going to trust their seed to. They say to themselves, "That's land, and this is seed; let's try them together." It has been asserted that fertilizers are all washed down into the subsoil by rains, and are lost?-if so, why is the subsoil always poor? An experiment, easily made, would settle this question for ever. It is the practice with many to put on too much lime, hoping to create plenty of plant food. But they create too much, and the crop goes to stems and leaves at the expense of the grain. Experiment would teach a valuable lesson here. The question of deep or shallow plowing and cultivation is yet a debatable one; why not experiment?prove that which is good and hold fast to it? Light and heavy seeding; early and late sowing; home grown or foreign grown seed ; seed grown north or south of us; seed gathered when half ripe or when wholly matured ; subsoiling, or even whether it pays to feed starving fields as well as to keep stock always growing?are all open questions. Why is this so ? Why have six thousand years of ceaseless tillage taught us nothing ? And are we to go on six thousand years more in the same style ? As every farm is, in a measure, tui generis, so must every farmer be its genius loci. Don't trust a man till you know him. Don't trust your land till you know it. Experiment, dig, pry, and inquire at every opportunity; don't quarrel with a family you are not acquainted with, and, above oil A nn'f Knrtr mnnou in a knla icifk. I ?1JI ^UlUgO) uwu k UU? J 1UV7UUJ IU w ?V*V "iwu out a bottom.?S. Rufus Mason, in Rural New Yorker. ? *# ? S6F* The following.table will help farmers to be accurate in measuring things: Five yards wide by 965 yards long, 1 acre. Ten yards wide by 484 yards long, 1 acre. Twenty yards wide by 252 yards long, 1 acre. Forty yards wide by 121 yards long, 1 acre. Seventy yards wide by 69 yards long, 1 acre. Eighty yards yride by 60 yards long, 1 acre. Sixty feet wide by 726 feet long, 1 acre. One hundred and ten feet wide by 369 feet long, 1 acre. One hundred and twenty feet wide by 363 feet long, 1 acre. Two hundred and twenty feet wide by 198 feet long, 1 acre. Two hundred and forty feet wide by 181 feet long, 1 acre. Four hundred and forty feet wide by 99 feet long, 1 acre. , A box 24x16 in., 22 in. deep, holds 1 barrel. A box 16x16 in., 8 inches deep, holds 1 bushel. A box 8}x8J in., 8 in. deep, holds 1 peck. A box 4x4 in., 4} inches deep, holds half a peck. Paste this in your scrap-book, and you will find it useful many times during life. A Secret Worth Knowing by Housekeepers.?A sort of trade secret among upUnlnfif ici oaif) ia f Kto rtn r\T ri^rlinrv IIUiOtCiCiO| 10 10 OCfrlVlj 10 VtJIO 1VU1IIV VI iiviuiug furniture of moths: A set of furniture that seemed to be alive with larrje, from the month it came new, and from which hundreds of these pests had been picked and brushed, was set into a room by itself. Three gallons of benzine were purchased, at thirty cents a gallon retail. Using a small watering pot, with a fine rose sprinkler, the whole upholstery was saturated through with the benzine. Result? every moth lari^and egg was killed. The benzine dried outm a few hours, and its entire odor disappeared in three or four days. Not the slightest harm happened to the varnish, -or wood, or fabrics, or hair-stulfings. That was months ago, and not the sign of a moth has since appeared. The carpets were also well sprinkled all round the sides of the room with equally good effect. For furs, flannels, indeed all woolen articles containing moths, benzine is most valuable. Put them in a box, sprinkle them with benzine, close the box tightly, and in a day or two the pests will be exterminated, and the benzine will evaporate on opening. In using benzine great care should be taken that no fire is nearby, as the stuff, in fluid or vapor form, is very inflammable.? Columbia, Ohio, Times. 4 * Snake Bites.?I had stopped for the night at a hotel in southern Missouri when another traveler hastened in whose dog had been bitten when a mile away, and its throat was then swollen equal in size with its head, and the animal was in great agony; its owner asked for "spirits of turpentine," which, being furnished, he applied repeatedly to the bitten part, until the dog became quiet, and by morning it waa well. " This traveler resides in the Ozark mountain region in Arkansas, where he had, as he said, witnessed many such cures, not of animals only, but also of men, and that he believed it an infallible remedy if soon applied. It quickly relieves the sting of a bee, and may cure the bite of a cobra if immediately applied outwardly and a little internally on sugar, as is done by the hunters amid the Ozarks, who carry it in their pockets as they traverse that region where snakes do abound.?N. Y. Observer. Cure for a Felon.?A geutleman in this city, being afflicted with a painful felon, bethought himself of a remedy he had seen in print. Accordingly, he procured a lemon, cut off the end, and inserted the afflicted member into the body of the fruit. The good effect was almost immediately noted in an abatement of the inflammation, and in four days the cure was considered as complete. "Make a note on't," all ye wh? are similarly afflicted?Portsmouth Journal. - Unless great cleanliness is observed, the poultry-houses will become offensive, unwholesome in the damp and warmer weather. Clean often, and sprinkle with plaster and coal ashes, or dig up the earthern floor and freshen it. If lice or fleas abound, apply grease, or kerosene oil, to the perches; it will spread from these to the fowls.'"' ? Cramp in the Stomach.?Opium and other powerful remedies often fail to relieve cramp in the stomach. Hot water, sweetened with brown sugar and taken freely, rarely " !' * 1? O?UV ians 10 relieve uns paiuiui uuuuic. i^whl remedies are always the most desirable, as they do not disorganize the system or cause reaction. , To Exttnouiuh Kerosene.?One of the most ready means to extinguish kerosene flames is to throw a cloth of some kind over the flames, and thus stifle them ; flour is recommended as a prompt extinguisher. ?. ? Public squares are a great blessing to the , community. We can say the same of Dr. j Bull's Baby Syrup ; it is the best remedy for the cure of all diseases that Babyhood has to encounter. Price only 25 cents. 45 Years Before the Public. THE GENUINE DR. C. McLANE'S CELEBRATED 3 LIVEE PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, , DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HBADACHB. Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. a 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 c left side; sometimes the pain is felt 1 under the shoulder blade, and it frequently extends to the top of the shoul- ? der, and is sometimes mistaken for 4 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 f considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of having left undone something which ought j to have been done. A slight, dry cough t is sometimes an attendant. The patient c 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, ^ yef 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 r most happy results. No better cathartic can be used, preparatory to, or. after [ taking Quinine. We would advise all fl wlio are afflicted with this disease to 1 give them a fair trial. For all bilious derangements, and as g a simple purgative, they are unequaled. a hewabe of imitations. The genuine are never sugar coated. j Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, \ with the impression' Dr. McLane's Liver t Pills. c The genuine McLa/je's Liver Pills bear * the signatures of C. McLank and fleming 1 Bros, on the wrappers. j Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being c full of imitations of ttifc name McLnne, spelled differently but same pronunciation. ] February 13 7 v ly G7H. O'LEARY. SUNDRIES. ' 4 LARGE lot of Buggy Whips, Buggy Um- a brellas, Saddle Trees, Wood Stirrups, Trace ins, Buckles, Bridle Bits, Harness, Collars, Back-bands, Plow, Riding.and Halter Bridles, c Martingales, Horse Brushes, 8purs, etc., etc., L for sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S. c COOKING STOVES. I 1AM selling the LIBERTY 8TOVB WORKS 8TOVES, Chas. Noble A Co., of Philadelphia, an old established house. Any part of the Stoves i can be duplicated, when worn out.. All Stoves i warranted and sold very cheap. C G. H. O'LEARY. j SADDLES AND HARNESS. I AM manufacturing and selling, at low figures, F everything in the 8addle and Harness line, and will not be undersold, for tbe same grade of goods. Call and be convinced. /N TT /\IT T71 A T?tr yjt. a. u LiiAivii t FURNITURE. JUST received, a large lot of Furniture, consisting of Walnut Dressing-Case Suits, Walnnt Chamber Suits, Bureaus. 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 e Tabies. Also, Flower Stands, at Q. H. O'LEARY'S. 7 " SAFES. COMMON Kitchen and Cupboard Safes, cheap, * at Q. 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 cheap, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. A. WILLIFORD, j FEED AND SALE STABLES. J BOGS HILL, S. C. c MORE FINE 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 tine condition, and I am prepared to offer Bargains to all 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 fine SADDLE AND HARNESS HORSES, Which I offer cheap. When you come to Rock Hill, don't fail to call round at WILLIFORD'S SALE STABLES. If you 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. WILLl'FORD. March 6 10 tf THE VERY LATEST AND VERY BEST. i Mini THE "FAMILY FAVORITE IMPROVED" J WEED 2 Sewing- Machine. 1" IGHT-RUNNING, Noiseless, no Gears, no I i Cams, no Springs, new and elegant styles of VVoodvirork. Simple, Easy to Learn, Requires no Repairs, Instruction Book so plain no other teaching required, largest Shuttle used. If you lee it you will buy it. Prices as Low as any First-Class Machine. LATIMER <ft HEMPHILL, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. February 6 6 tf I NOW IS THE OPPOBTUHITr 1 AYAH. YOURSELF OF IT! PRESERVE YOUR BOORS, , PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. A LL families have old Books. Periodicals, ] r\. Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire j o transmit to their posterity. Then j HAVE THEM REBOUND! Yhich will preserve them and make them look ] Imost as well as new. i Old Books, Ac., should not only be rebound. ] mttbecurrent literature of the present day should . >e pnt in a durable form for preservation as well. ] This can be dond in the shortest possible time, j pith the hest. material. in the most handsome ana titrable style, and at prioes which cannot be du>licated anywhere, by 1 ?. R. STOKES, itationer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufacurer, No. 165 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. par Send in orders at once. February 13 7 tf AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. YORKVILLE AGENCY. rIE season is now approaching for the sale of Machinery for making crops and preparing . THE PRODUCTS FOR MARKET. ' would take pleasure in giving any information . hat may be desired about the Tate improved Ma- i hinery represented by me, such as REAPERS AND MOWERS, i SEPARATORS AND THRASHERS, HORSE-POWERS, ENGINES, 1 JOTTON GINS. FEEDERS & CONDENSERS, ( Riding Plows and Walking Cultivators, j A.VERY PLOWS, , Of every description, TURBINE WHEELS, FRENCH BURRS J AND MILL MACHINERY, j Circular Saws and Nolay Saw Mills, I 8HHTGLE MA0HIHE8 AHD STUMP PULLEB8. . T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent. May 22 ? 21 ' tf 1 YORKVILLE LIVERY STABLES. rIE proprietors of the fr {Tv, Yortville Livery Sta- AJfU rT lies would announce that Mjk fw ( bey usually liave on hand W ' . ma for sale HORSES and wKIRlKil. i iiUL.ES adapted to saddle, tarness and plantation uses. If you wish to buy . tnnt for atthnr of thnse nurDOSes. Call at OUr {tables and we will endeavor to please .you, both i a to quality and price. FEEDING STOCK. We would also remind the public that we are ( >repared to board horses and mules by the day. reek, month or single meal. We have careful . lostlers, comfortable stalls, and plenty of hay, orn, oats and fodder. Stock left in our charge rill be well fed and careiully attended, at the , owest living prices. SORNAND FODDER WANTED. j We pay, at all times, the highest cash prices for .< orn and fodder. WHITAKER A WILSON. ? March 18 1 iy , BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY. AND BOOK BINDERY. 1 rHANKING the public for liberal past patron- ' age. I now invite attention to my complete took of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONEBY, , onsisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Fo- ] lo Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, if every variety; Envelopes, 81ates, Ink, Ac, 1 ?ancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, Pen- j Knives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, 1 . BOOK BINDING DONE, n all its various branches. Sheet Music, Period- ! cars. Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. )ld Books rebound and repaired. 'BESTED BILL AHD LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY | Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash >rices.. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia S. C. * August 15 33 tf DOWN ~~ WITH HIGH PRICES! . THE CHICA60 SCALE CO., .49 & 151 Jefferson St., Chicago, Illinois, i Have reduced the prices of all kinds of < i SCALES, j ' J 4-TON WAGON SCALES, 900. ' 2-TON " ? 940. ' All other sizes at a great redaction. Every . (cale folly warranted. All orders promptly illed. Circulars, Price List aud Testimonials . ent upon application. BUY THE CHEAPEST AND BEST, j March 27 13 ly j ROSE'S HOTEL, \ YOKKVILLE, S. C. 1 THIS HOUSE has been thorongbly renovated from cellar to ( ISBm garret, and newly furnished, in- | Qe9@HT eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT i SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our mot- 1 o is a full House at a moderate price. i PERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. J Sample Rooms reserved especially forCommer- ( ial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. August 30 34 tf NOTICE. ' [AM still Agent for the "American" because it Is ' the best and cheapest Sewing Machine made, i J. R. SCHORB. t January 2 1 tf i The Best Family Tu_ nilCU/ iUCDirikl";. ...;|U U.rnA, I TIC IlLi* nrn wi?'vnn 10 ? ??> more work with less labor than any other m application. AGENTS \ J. S. DOVEY Manager, 64 Agent for Yorkville and vicinity, ] July 18 SERGEANT& GREENSBOI MANUFACTURERS OF 'TROPIC" COOI T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agents, LONDON & IHRIE, Agents, I A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McCo: J. L. CARROLL, Agent, ChesU August 2 G. & L. HARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE,) Yorkville, S. C., Jane 3,1879. J rHE following Schedule will take effect on this road from and after this day: going north. Leave Chester at 2.00 P. M. Leave Lowryavilleat ; 2.36 P. M. Leave McC'onnellsvilleat 3.00 P. M. Leave Guthriesville at 3.15 F. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 3.50 P. M. Leave Yorkvllleat 4.00 P. M: Leave Clover at 4.45 P. M. . Leave Bowling Green at 4.56 P. M. Leave Crowded Creek at 5.06 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.20 P. M. Arrive at Gastonla at 5.40 P. M. Leave Gastonla at *. 6.00-P. M. Arrive at Dallas at 6.20 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave Dallas at 6.00 A. M. Arrive at Gastonla at 6.20 A. M. Leave Gastonia at 6.40 A. M. ? Leave Pleasant Ridge at 7.00 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 7.15 A. M. Leave Bowling Green at'. '. 7.25 A. M. Leave Clover at ..7.40 A. M. Arrive at Yorkvllleat .........8.20 A. M. Leave Yorkville at 8.30 A. M. Leave Gutbrieeville at. 9.06 A. M. Leave MoConnellsvllle at ..9.25 A. M. Leave Lowrysville at 9.46 A. M. Arrive at Chester at 10.20 A. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. JnneS 23 tf THE YORK MARBLE YARD. [AM still conducting the MARBLE BUSINESS in Yorkville, and am prepared to farnisb MONUMENT8, TOMB STONES, or ANYrHING IN MY LINE, as low as the lowest. As an evidence of this, I can tarnish Tomb Stones for CHILDREN from $3.00 opward ; for ADULTS^from $8.00 upward. ^ inished in the most elaborate style, and in point >f workmanship and material, equal to the work >f any establishment in the country. Specimens alwayB on hand, to an inspection of which, those In want of marble work are respectrulty invited. Estimates and other information furnished on application. Work delivered at any point on the Chester ind Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between BoaV mil and Wlnnahnm nn tno Phtrlnttn Hn. umbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for iransportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed lpon my establishment, my determination la to nerit a continuance of the same. ? F. HAPPERFIELD. January 2 .1 ly HOUSE PAINTING. rHE undersigned would respectfully Inform the public that he has resumed the business >r HOUSE PAINTING in all its departments? i trade to which he has served a regular sppreniceehip, under a first-class painter,and in which le has had several years' experience. Work done n the most durable manner, and at the lowest trices at which It can be afforded. MARBLING. DRAINING in imitation of different woods, ana Ul kinds of FINE INTERIOR PAINTING lone in as good style as can be done by any painter in this section of the country. ] can be seen >r addressed at Yorkville, ana will cheerfully nake estimates on work in any part of York, or he adjoining counties. . References.?As to my skill as a workman, I -espectfully refer to the following gentlemen: ' L. M. Grist, W. A. Moore, Hon. I. D. Witheripoon, A. w. Ingold, J. F. Wallace, Lawaon Jentins, Col. W. HT McCorkle, Or. H. G. Jackson, Dr. J. F. Lindsay, James L. Clark, James E. Smith, Hon. A. S. Wallace, Yorkville; J. 8. R. rhomson, Spartanburg; R. M. Wilson, Gaston; F. A. Brlce, Fairfield; J. Harvey Smith, Chester. NELSON DAYIES. July 11 28 ly MILLS AJSTD MILL KACHUTERY. XIHE undersigned take this method of informI ing the public, that under the firm name oi WELL8 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 end has bad the benefltof a number of years' experience. We are, therefore, prepared to guarantee that all work entrusted to us, will be executed in i workmanlike manner. By permission, we refer to the following persons, for whom we have worked: W. J. Rainey, Blairavilie, S. C.; J. B. A R. M. Whitesides, Hickory Grove, 8. C.; Major T. P, Whitesides, R. N. McElwee and Ellas Ramsay, Yorkville, 9. C.; W. D. Lessley, Clover,8. 0. We are also agents for the sate of "Excelsior Bolting Cloths,'* and improved Mill Machinery 5f every description. Onr post offico address Antioch, York county, 8. C. J W. 8. WELLS, M. R. WELLS, J. W. WELLS. 'September 2fl 39 ly* BOOK BINDING. . F)R the convenience of those having old books which they may wish rebound, we have made irrangements witu Mr. E. R. 8TOKES, bookainder of Columbia, by which we can receive oriers for such work and have it promptly attended x>, without subjecting to further trouble those intrusting their orders to us. Magazines, Sheet Music, Ac., bound in any style desired. Prices for any style of binding furnished on application it the ENQUIRER OFFICE. February 27 \ 9 tf ct/r a nanm Aim rrpanmgft FIE undersigned would respectully inform the public tnat he is prepared to cleanse garnents of any fabrlo whatever, rendering them aerfectlv clean, and if nnfaded, restoring them to ;be original brightness and lustre of tne goods. * Do not throw away your old clothes, but have hem cleaned and made to look as well as new. tVork promptly done, and at the most reasonsale prices. THOMAS BALLARD.. NOTICE. rjUBSCRTBERS to the Yobkvtlle Enquirer. 5 not regularly served by mall, on the postal . outes between Yorkville and Black's Station, forkyiile and Union Court House, and Yorkrille-anc! Rock Hili; are hereby inlbrmed that I vill deliver their papers along the routes FREE 3F CHARGE, provided they enter their names >n my cl ub. J. N. ROBERTS. REMOVAL. [HAVE moved my Barber Shop from the room next door to the Enquirer office to the SADLER BUILDING." where I shall be aleased to meet my regular customers and serve be public generally in all branches of the tonso ial art. THOMAS BALLARD. Buy only the gig NEW urnnrriAW biiXKLGiIUUiilN It is the Only Sewing Machin which has a J^l(-|lnta<Iing|>WfI It au Self Setting Needle. Neter Breaks the Thread. s ' Never Skips Stitches, Is the Lightest Conning. The Simplest, the Most Durable, and in Every Respect Sewing Machine!. d, does not get out of order, and will do achine Illustrated Circular furnished on 7 ANTED. . Charles Street, Baltimore, M<L HUNTER & GATES. __j iy_ ; McCAULEY, to. nr. c., THE CELEBRATED rTTsrf^ RTOVFTiS t PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware And-Irons, and Castings of aL xinds. Also, on PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS and Plow Castings, STRAW CUTTERS, Corn Shelters, HORSE POWERS, Saw Mills, <?c. , Yorkville, S. C. lock Hill, York county, S. C. nnellsville, York county, S. C. sr, S. C. 31 tf