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HOW SHE GOT NOAH.
A Detroit Justice of the Peace was the
other day interviewed by a woman about 45
years of age, who announced that she would
he married on a certain night at her farm- ,
house, and his Honor had been selected to
come out and perform the ceremony. She
asked how much the fee was, and paid it and
took a receipt. Business concluded, she sat
down, filled a short clay pipe with tobacco
and indulged in a smoke.
"You won't flunk out on this?" she said, as
she rose to go, after exhausting the contents
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ox ner pipe.
"Oh ! no; I'll be there, sure."
"So'll I, and so'll he, or I'll know the reason
why ! He's been clawing off a little lately,
but I'll make him toe the mark, see if I
don't."
"I hope nothing unpleasant will occur," observed
the court.
"I hope so ; too, but I'm going to be prepared
for a scrimmage just the same, xou
always back the weaker sex, don't you ?"
"Y-yes," softly replied the Justice.
"So do I, and I guess we'll be all right.
Don't forget the date."
His Honor went out last night prepared to
perform the ceremony with promptness and
good-will. He found about a dozen persons
assembled at the house, and the woman looked
gorgeous under the light of three kerosine
lamps. She had her pipe going, and her face
was covered with a bland smile as she shook
hands and said:
"Take a cheer. The old man isn't here
yet, but I'll send for him." Then, turning to
a boy in the room, she continued :
"Samuel, go and tell the old man it's time
to come in and be spliced."
Samuel departed on his errand, and after
the lapse of ten minutes he returned and responded
:
"The old man is over to Martin's. He's
got bis boots off and is whittling out a wooden
cat, and I don't believe he cares two cents
about being married to you or anybody else."
The widow reBlled her pipe, took several
strong whiffs, and then said to a long legged
farmer, who seemed hungry for the bridal
feast:
"Moses, you go over and tell Noah I want
him !"
Moses departed. He was absent ten minutes,
aud then lounged in and said :
"Says he is quite comfortable where he is.
Guess he isn't on the marry very much."
"Judge," began the woman as she looked
around for her bonnet, "you play a game of
fox and-geese with Moses while I go over and
see about this thing. There's going to be a
marriage here to-night, and I'll bet a new
hoss rake on it!"
She was absent about twenty minutes, and
then returned in company with Noah. He
had neither coat nor hat on, and only one
boot, and both were panting for breath.
"G-go ahead, Judge !" she gasped, as she
hauled the groom into the centre ot the room.
"He heard me coming and got out and run
four times around the orchard, but here he is!"
"Do you want to marry this woman?"
asked the official as he gave Noah a looking
over.
"Yaas!" was the blunt reply.
"Then, why did you runaway ?"
"'Spose I'm going to give right in the first
thing ?" demanded the indignant Noah. "I'll
go and fix up and come back."
"No, darling?no you won't, my pet amethyst
!" chuckled the widow. "We'll be married
right here and now, boots or no boots 1"
She crowded him against the table. Moses
stood behind the pair to render any needed
aid, aud the knot was soon tied. As soon as
the ceremony was over Noah skipped out of
the back door, but no one pursued. The widow
called the guests to supper and remarked:
"Sit right down and don't worry about the
grootn. I've been nine years working him
up to this, but he'll be a little bashful for a
few weeks to come. Have some of this roast
pig, Mr. Court?"?Detroit Free Press.
V3F An English officer exchanged into another
regiment, bringing with him the reputation
of being marvelously successful at a
bet. "Ah !" said his new colonel; "he won't
get any success out of me, I'll warrant;"
and he wrote the fellow's former colonel, an
old friend: "We like him very much." ;
"Glad you dp, old boy ; keep him. We found
him too expensive a luxury," was the reply.
One day at mess the colonel good-humoredly
said ; "I hear that you profess always to win
a bet." "Well, sir, I'm pretty successful in '
that way." "I don't think you would succeed
with me." "May I try ?" asked the
subaltern. "By all means." "Well, then,
1 bet you that the old wound in your back :
has broken out afresh." "What in the world <
do you mean! Old wound in my back? Do ]
you think I ever turned my back on the ene- 1
my then ?" and the gallant colonel grew warm ; !
"I never hnd a wound in my life! "Jones!" 1
(to a cornet) "lock the door; I'll prove it to J
your own eyes !" The other protested that the
colonel's simple word was more than enough ;
but no ! the latter was excited, and stripped.
"I've lost, sir !" and Brown handed over the i
?10 note. A few days later came a note
from the colonel of the other regiment: j
"Brown has again won a pot of money out of
our fellows. He bet heavily that before he'd
been with you a mouth he'd make you take ;
your shirt off in the mess-room after dinner, and
now writes that he succeeded." That colonel
"cussed."
? ?
An Irishman's Stratagem.?An Irishman
of Montana was working a placer mine
a few miles from Bear Gulch and visited that place
one day to get bis tools sharpened. \
Just as he was about to start back some one
toiu mm tnat 11 ne would go nome Dy way 01
Sour Krout Gulch he would not miss his :
way, and would save several miles of walking.
Pat started out, but after traveling several
miles the sun was almost down, and he
had seen nothing that looked familiar. At
last he made up his mind that he was lost,
and, to use his own words, feared he "would
be robbed and murthereu entirely all alone." 1
While he was in this state of mind he spied a 1
cinnamon bear on the side of the mountain
and was almost ready to fall to the ground
with fright. Recovering his self possession a
little he said : "I thought it wouldn't do to
let the bear think I was afraid of him, and
concluded I might intimidate him by making
him think that there were several of me. So,
walking a little faster, I called out as loud
as iver I could, "Mike! Oi say, Mike, hould
on till I catch up wid ye and the rest o' the
b'ys.' When the bear heard that he walked
away and said not a word."
#3?" Daniel Webster had an anecdote of old j
Father Selirl, the minister of his boyhood, j
which is too good to be lost. It was custom- j1
ery then to wear buckskin breeches in cool j
weather. One Sunday morning in autumn, ! i
Father Searl brought his breeches down from j
the garret, but the wasps had taken possession
during the summer, and were having a nice ]
time of it in them. By dint of effort he got
out the intruders and dressed for meeting.
But while reading the scripture to the congregation
he felt a dagger from one of the
enraged small fellows, and commenced jumping
around the pulpit slapping his thighs. But
the more he slapped and danced the more they j,
stung. The people thought him crazy, but [ \
he explained the matter by saying: "Breth- j
ren, don't be alarmed ; the word of the Lord
is in my mouth, but the devil is in my breech
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to the ministers.
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flof Gloomily the merchant sat looking over 1.
the books and through the few remaining pa- j;
pers in the safe, the morning after the junior
partner had got away to South America with !,
alacrity and 842,000 of the firm's money. A
consoling friend says to the merchant: "Ah,!
well, you'll work out of it all right. There's
no great loss without some gain." "True," I
sighed the man of trade, with a brighter light
dawning in his face, "true, my wife went :
with him."
?he gatrn and Jfifwidc.
Sit Doavn to "Work.?All women should
economize their strength as much as possible
while they are young and healthy, and still
more if they are aged and feeble. One way to
do this is to rest one set of muscles while others
are in action. Begin early in the morning
by sitting down to your work before becoming
tired, and you will hold out better through the
day.
Place a light box in a chair to make it high
enough to sit at the table to work. You can
iron, wash dishes, mix bread, roll out pie
crust, and many other things with far less fatigue,
than if standing. Women cannot keep
on their feet very long at a time without injury
to their health. All women who have
children, whether boys or girls, should teach
them early to aid in the kitchen.
Boys as well as girls may be taught to pound
out, or rub clothes, and even to wash, rinse,
and hang them, up neatly. They may be
taught to mop, scrub and clean ceilings, iron
their own clothes, and others' if need be, clean
vegetables, and do many things about the
house, and it will make bett3r men of them,
than if they were not taught to do these
things.
Cutting IIot Bread.?One day company
arrived unexpectedly. Supper was just over
and no bread had been left. I had just taken
from the oven some delicious-looking light
bread, but it was too hot to cut. We live in a
country place where there is no baker. In
my bewilderment, I happened to remember
that in Mrs. Whitney's Cook Book, "Just
How," she suggests heating a knife, in order
to split open a hot short-cake. Why, thought
I, may not smoking hot light bread be sliced
with a hot knife! It is the cold surface of the
steel applied to the warm dough that produces
a disagreeable clamminess. I heated my carving
knife and tried it. The bread sliced beautifully,
and as I piled it up to bring to the
table, I put it on a plate upon which I had laid
a fresh napkin, for the contact of the hot bread
with the cold plate would have produced the
same sodden clamminess on the surface of the
lower slice. Of course, I would not recommend
the slicing of hot loaves, except upon
emergencies. As a frequent diet it might
prove injurious, but not more so than other
warm breads.?American Agriculturist.
Sleep and Waste of Life.?Sleep will do
much to cure irritability of temper, peevishness,
and uneasiness. It will build up and
make strong a weary body. It will do much
to cure dyspepsia, particularly that variety
known as nervous, dyspepsia. It will relieve
the languor and prostration felt by consumptives.
It will cure hypochondria. It will cure
the headache. It will cure neuralgia. It will
cure a broken spirit. It will cure sorrow.
Now no man should do more work of muscle,
or of brain, in a day, than he can perfectly recover
from the fatigue of in a good night's
rest. Up to that point, exercise is good; beyond,
are waste of life, exhaustion and decay.
When hunger calls for food, and fatigue demands
rest, we are in the natural order and
keep the balance of life. When we take stimulants
to spur our jaded nerves, or excite an
appetite, we are wasting life. There is wrong
and mischief in all waste of life. A man
should live so as to keep himself at his best,
and with a true economy. To eat more food
than is needful, is worse policy than tossing
money into the sea. It is a waste of labor,
and a waste of life.
Toitatmii'vt nv "Ervstprt.as.?I have iust
been rending an article on erysipelas, and it
induces me to give you a remedy. It is powdered
charcoal mixed with thick sour milk,
outwardly applied with a swab as often as the
itching occurs.
One of my children was attacked with erysipelas
at noon. .Tn an hour his eyes were entirely
closed, and his face was frightful to be
seen. I made constant application of the
above, and at 3 p. m. the swelling had subsided,
leaving his face full of wrinkles. The disease
then passed to his neck and thence forward
till it traversed every inch of him, getting to
his feet at midnight?12 hours after its first appearance.
He then slept quietly till morning,
when he appeared languid; a dose of senna
was given, and the next day he appeared as
well as usual.
I will add that erysipelas is hereditary in my
husband and in myself. I have used this treatment
many times,' and always with the best
success.
Boreks.?The most effectual, if not the
only way to protect young apple trees from the
borer, is simply to bandage the lower part of
the tree with any kind of muslin or cloth?
the bandage to extend from about six inches
above the ground to about two inches below
it. Apply the bandage as soon in the spring
as possible, allowing it to remain on until the
last of October. The beetle lays its eggs an
inch 01 two above the ground, in early spring,
and the eggs, being laid on the sunny side of
the tree, Iratch as soon asthe days become sufficiently
warm, when the young grub, finding
its way down to the soft bark, gradually works
its way in. The bandage prevents both the
laying of the egg and the entrance of the grub.
The same will apply to peach trees.
Disinfectants.?The National Board of
Health recommend these disinfectants:
First, roll sulphur (brimstone) for fumigation
; second, sulphate of iron (copi>eras) dissolved
in the proportion of one and a half
pounds to the gallon, for soil, sewers, etc.;
third, sulphate of zinc and common salt dissolved
together in water, in the proportion of
four ounces to the gallon, for clothing, linen,
etc. Carbolic acid, a most valuable agent in
the bands of scientific men, is excluded from
the list on account of the difficulty in procuring
it of fixed strength and proper quality.
Towels, clothing and bed linen should be
[dunged at once into the zinc solution heated
to the boilng point. Pure air and cleanliness
are among the protective agents recommended,
and the most important of all.
Over Educating.?There is such a thing
as educating too much; and some of our philanthropists
and the schools under their control
err in that direction. Boys and girls who
are devoted to common occupations in life are
often unfitted for them, simply by having
themselves stimulated by overmuch and false
instruction in school, to regard themselves as
destined to somrthing other than Providence
has plainly marked out for them. This is
especially true of girls. They dabble in painting,
trifle with music, and spoil themselves
with these and other so-called accomplishments,
till, disdaining to work at solid industries,
they betake themselves to the arts.
Many a life is made miserable because it is
seeking to subsist with a brush and easel when
it ought to be wielding a broom and dust-pan.
Advantages of Wind Instruments for
JJISEASES.?Alclliy JUlIliUlLIliujiiMs, UI1
seeing our young- military musicians wield
enormous wind instruments, have son-owed
over the few years the poor fellows would have
to live. Well, they are mistaken. All the
men whose business it is to try the wind instruments
made at the various factories before
sending them off for sale, are, without exception,
free from pulmonary affections. I have
known many, who, 011 entering upon this calling,
were very delicate, and who, nevertheless,
though their duty obliged them to blow for
hours together, enjoyed perfect health after an
instance of this. My mother died of consumption
; eight children of hers fell victims to the
same disease, and only three of us survive,
and we all three play wind instruments.?Dr.
Bevy.
GST The Rural New Yorker says that valuable
grape vines, planted with great care, are often
left to take care of themselves at this season of
the year?when they need care most. For the
first two years, a good, stout stake, say six
feet long, is all that is necessary for a support.
This should be firmly set in the ground, and
the vines kept tied to it. Should other shoots
start from the old wood, rub them off, and
keep lateral shoots pinched back to one or two
leaves. Itemove all injurious insects by hand,
and dust with Hour of sulphur should mildew
appear.
Hot lemonade is one of the best remedies
for colds, as it acts promptly and efficiently, !
andhasno unpleasant aftereffects. One lemon j
should be properly squeezed, cut in slices, put
with sugar and covered with half a pint of
boiling water. Drink just before going to bed, ,
and do not expose yourself the following day. 1
The remedy will work off an attack of chills
and fever, if it is properly used. 1
gg" An observant farmer says he will not allow
partridges to be killed on his place. He 1
states that investigations made by him prove
that they are the best protection the wheat
crop could have, in the craw of one he found
a hundred bugs of the most destructive kind. 1
His crop is excellent, while those of his neighbors
have been ruined by bugs.
Salt and ashes mixed in the drink of hogs 1
has a great tendency toward off diseases. A
solution of copperas also is often useful to 1
purge them from worms. 1
IPswHaneirosi fUadittg.
>VHATTLIVE FOR.
I live for those who love me,
For those I know are true,
For the heaven that smiles above me
And awaits my spirit, too ;
For all human ties that bind me,
For the task my God assigned me,
For the bright hopes left behind me,
And the good that I can do.
I live to learn their story,
Who've suffered for my sake,
To emulate their glory,
And follow in their wake ;
Bards, martyrs, patriots, sages,
The noble of all ages,
Whose deeds crown history's pages,
And time's great volume make.
I live to hail that season
By gifted minds foretold,
When men shall live by reason,
And not alone for gold.
When man to man united,
And every wrong thing righted,
As Eden was of old.
I live to hold communion
With all that is divine.
To feel that there Is union
'Twixt Nature's head and mine.
To profit by affliction,
Reap truth from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction?
Fulfilling God's design.
I live for those that love me,
For those who know me true,
For the heaven that smiles above
And waits my spirit, too;
For the wrongs that need resistance,
For the cause that needs assistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I can do.
A CUTE ONE.
"Talk about your hotel beats," said a clerk
in one of the hotels of the city, the other evening.
"I heard of one of the toughest cases
which happened a short time ago. I got the
first part of the story from the proprietor of a
prominent restaurant, to whom the fellow told
a history of the affair before he skipped out of
town. "lie said that one evening, this fellow
came in and sat down to a table, giving his
orders with the air of a millionaire. He was
nicely dressed, and wore a long, handsome
ulster. After he had finished his supper he
started out, seeming to forget that he hadn't
! paid. The proprietor stopped him with a reminder
of the fact, when it was found that the
fellov,' was a beat, and hadn't a cent of money.
The restaurateur was angry, and about to .idminister
a dose of leather beneath the tails of
that elegant ulster, when the fellow begged off,
and said he would leave his pantaloons with
the proprietor as security till morning. The
gentleman, in order to test him, consented,
and the fellow went behind the screen and divested
himself of the afore-mentioned garment,
leaving only the light covering of his underclothing.
With his ulster buttoned closely
around him, he still had the appearance of a
finely-dressed gentleman with his pantaloons
stuffed in his boot-tops. lie left the breeches
and went out. Entering a certain prominent
hotel, he walked to the register, entered his
name, demanded to be shown to his room, and
instructed the clerk to have him called at 8
o'clock in the morning, all of which was complied
with ; but when the boy called him at 8
o'clock, the air about that room was blue with
profanity, and the fellow ordered the boy to
send the landlord up immediately. The landlord,
thinking, something terrible had happened,
immediately repaired to the room, and
found his guest apparently in a terrible rage,
lie wanted to know what kind of a d?d house
they kept there, full of petty sneak thieves.
"Just look here," said he, "my pantaloons
containing my pocket-book are gone, and some
one connected with this house took them, for
they must have crawled in over the transom.
I tell you, by ?, I'll give this place away to
every man on the road. The landlord was
considerably chagrined about the matter, and
sent out for a pair of pantaloons, and as the
rest of the clothes were very elegant, an elegant
pair was purchased. The fellow was
then taken to breakfact and shown the best
attention the house could afford. After
breakfast the landlord gave him ?20, as he had
to leave immediately, and promised to leave
no stone unturned until the sneak thief was
discovered. The cute young gentleman went
to the restaurant, redeemed his pants, told the
story, and skipped the town about ?19.50
aheau." |
A Plucky Elopement.?The Elizabeth
City (N. C.) neighborhood is in a state of
great social excitement over the recent sensational
elopement and marriage of a gushing
young couple. Jonathan Ivy has for some
time been courting the handsome daughter
ef a respected and well-to do-citizen. The
young girl's name was Florence Seymark.
Her parents did not approve young Ivy's
advauces, and finally forbade bim their
house. The lovers, however, managed to
meet clandestinely, and made up their minds
to an elopement on a certain night. Old
man Seymark, by some means or other, got
wind of the proposed escapade, ana weni
gunning for Jonathan. Coming up with the
gay young lover, he blazed away at him,
shooting-him in the left shoulder, and inflicting
a painful but not dangerous wound.
Florence was overwhelmed with grief by
her father's hasty conduct, but her passion
for her wounded lover was intensified a
thousand fold. She sent a letter telling him
she would fly with him that night if he would
come for her. So that night young Ivy put
in an appearance with a close carriage about
.1 o'clock. Miss Florence was in a terrible
dilemma, for her cruel parents, to insure
against any escapade, had not only locked
the girl into her room, but had also taken away
every stitch of her clothing. But she was
not to be baffled. She made a rope out of the
sheets of the bed and let herself down to the
ground with no other garment but her nightdress
covering her blooming charms. She
told the coachman to "look the other
way," and after her lover had helped her
into the carriage and covered up her shivering
form with the carriage robes, she made
him sit on the box with the coachman. They
drove to the house of a friend, where Florence
was attired in proper garments, and then
nrnneeded to the house of a sympathizing
preacher, some distance from town, where the
lovers were speedily united in wedlock.
Not IIis Siiikt.?Mrs. Jones was one evening
busy embroidering some muslin. Mr. Jones
sat looking at the rich display she was making
and at last said : "Why don't you fix up my
under-clothing fancy too?"
"Oh !" replied Mrs. Jones, "men don't care
about such things."
"Of course they do," answered herhusband,
"but the women are too careless and lazy to
take the trouble to put on the fancy work."
Nothing more was said, but Mrs. Jones
looked as though something had come into her
mind that wonderfully pleased her.
A few nights afterward, as they were retiring,
Jones appeared to be anxiously hunting
something he couldn't find, and, at last, very
petulantly asked, "where is my night dress ?"
"Under your pillow, my dear," gently replied
his wife.
"No it isn't," said Jones; "you have made a
mistake, and put some of your flummery
here."
"O, no, that is not mine," said Mrs. Jones,
as she tdok up the garment and held it up before
her husband, "it is your night shirt fixed
up as you said you would like it." And further
examination showed the astonished Jones
that Us shirt was ornamented with a frill
around the bottom, and a ruffle around the top,
while a pretty piece of embroidery run down
the front. To make the joke more decided,
his wife had put all his other night shirts in
the wash, so that for once he was compelled to
sleet> in this fancv garment, and as he ex
pressed it, when he got up in the morning, he
was not sure whether he was himself or some
woman. At his request his wife took off the
fancy fixings, as Jones called them, and he
never afterward complained that she was careless
of his underclothing.
Interesting Facts.?The tomb of Edward
I., who died in 1301, was opened Jan.
2, 1770, after 469 years had elapsed. His
body was almost perfect. Canute, the Dane, :
who crossed over to England in 1017, was
found in 1779 by the workmen who repaired
Winchester Cathedral, where his body had
reposed nearly 750 years, perfectly fresh. In (
1569, three Roman soldiers, equipped with
warlike implements, were dug out of peat in
Ireland, where they had probably lain 1,500 <
years. Their bodies were perfectly fresh and !
plump. In the reign of James II. of Eng- 1
land after the fall of the church at Astley, ]
in Warwickshire, there was taken out the <
corpse of Thomas Gray, Marquis of Dorset, i
who was buried the 10th of October, 1530, in ;
the twenty-second year of Henry VII.; and
although it had lain there seventy-eight years,
the eyes, hair, flesh, nails and joints remained
as though it had been but newly buried.
Robert Braybrook, who was consecrated Bishop
of Loudon in 1331, and who died in 1404,
aud was buried in St. Paul's, was taken out of
his tomb after the great fire in 1666, during
the repairs of the Cathedral, and, although
he had lain there no less than 262 years, the
body was found to be firm as to skin, hair,
joints and nails. The Convent .de St. Domingo,
was lately demolished in search of the
treasure supposed to be concealed there, and
the body of Prince Rodriguez taken out, who
had been buried in 1-'65, exactly as when
placed 250 years before. His daughter, two
and a half years of age, was lying at her father's
feet and was as perfectly preserved as
himself.
A Physician's Mistake.?Dr. Clemen- I
ceau, the eminent Parisian physician, is also
a member of the French legislature. He is
a brisk and busy man, keenly coguizaut of
the fact that "time is money," and, the other
day, while he was in attendence at his Montraarte
consulting room, two men simultaneously
solicited an interview with him for the
purpose of taking his advice. One of them,
admitted to his presence, and asked, "What
was the matter with him," oomplaiued of a
pain in his chest; whereupon he was ordered
to take off his shirt, and Dr. Cleraenceau
subjected him to a careful examination. Before
the doctor, however, sat down to write
his prescription, he rang the bell and ordered
his servant to show the other patient into the
consulting room. As the latter entered the
door-way, Dr. Clemenceau, without looking
up from the desk at which he was writing,
said to him : "Just undress yourself, too, if
you will be so good. We shall save time by
your doing so." Without a moment's hesitation
the second visitor proceeded to take off
his clothes, and by the time the doctor had
finished writing his recipe, taken his fee, and
dismissed the preceding patient, was stripped
to the waist ready for inspection. Turning
toward him, the doctor observed: "You are
also suffering from pain in the chest, are you
not?" "Well, no, doctor," the man replied ;
"I have called upon you to beg that you will
recommend me to the government for a place
in the post-office,"?London Ttlegraph.
Mother Never Toi.d a Lie.?Some time
ago a boy was discovered in the street, evidently
bright and intelligent, hut sick. A
man who had feelings of kindness strongly
developed, went to ask him what he was doing
there. "Waiting for God to come for
me," he said. "What do you mean?" said
the gentleman, touched by the pathetic tone
of the answer, and the condition of the boy,
in whose bright eye and flushed face he saw
the evidence of fever. "God sent for father,
and little brother," said he, "and took them
up to His home in the sky, and mother told
mo when she was sick that God would take
care of me. I have nobody to give me anything,
and so I came out here, and have been
looking so long iu the sky for God to come
and take care of me, as mother said he would.
He will come?won't he ? Mother never told
a lie." "Yes, my lad," said the gentleman,
overcome with emotion. "He has sent me to
take care of you." You should have seen his
eyes flash, and the smile of triumph break
over his face as he said : "Mother never told
a lie, sir; but you have been so .ong on the
way." What a lesson of trust', and how this
incident shows the effect of never deceiving
children with idle talcs.
What We Like to See.?A man worth
?")0,000 who says he is too poor to even take
the local paper.
A man refuse to take his local paper, and all
the time sponge on his neighbor the reading
of it.
A man run down his local paper as not
worth taking, -and every now and then beg the
editor for a favor in the editorial line.
A merchant who refuses to advertise in the
home paper, and yet expects to get his share
of the trade the paper brings in town.
A man complain when asked to subscribe
for his home paper, saying that lie takes more
papers now than he reads, and then go around
and borrow his neighbor's, or loaf about until
he gets the news from it?.
Above all, the rich, miserly man, who cannot
pay for his local paper, yet who is always
around in time to read the paper, at the expense
of a friend, not worth the tenth part of
what he himself is, yet who is enterprising
enough to help support the paper.
We like to see these things, because they are
indicative of economy, thrift and progress?in
a horn,? Waterloo [N. Y.) Observer.
A War Anecdote,?During the late war,
Gen. McLaws, now postmaster at Savannah,
was riding down his picket line, and encountered
a genuine son of the Old Pine Tree State
on duty, who had taken his gun apart with the
intention of giving it a thorough cleaning.
The General halted in front of him, when the
following conversation ensued:
"Look here, my man, are you not a sentinel
on duty ?"
"Well, y-a-s, a bit of one!"
"Don't you know it is wrong to take your
gun apart while on duty?"
"Well, now, who the d?1 are you?"
The General saw his chance, and with a sly
twinkle of the eye, replied; "I'm a bit of a
General."
"Well, Gineral, you must excuse me. You
see thar is so many (1?n fools ridin' 'round
here, a fellow can't tell who is Gineral and who
ain't. If you will jist wait till I git Betsy
Jane fixed, I will give you a bit of s'lute."
The General smiled and rode on, firmly convinced
that that sentinel would prove equal to
any emergency.?Savannah News.
Senator Bayard.?A Washington correspondent
of the Chicago Times thus describes
Mr. Bayard: "Mr. Bayard is a tall, broadshouldered
man, full six feet in height. He
has a high, square forehead, sandy, dark-brown
hair, with but little gray in it. His eyes are
bright, flashy blue, |deep-set, under projecting
eyebrows. His nose is a clean Roman. His
lips are thin and decisive in their shape. His
chin prominent, and smoothly shaven. His
complexion is high-colored, lie is one of the
few Senators who wear light-colored kid
gloves on the streets, and pay that marked attention
to dress expected of an exquisite society
man. His coats are always double-breasted
frocks. He wears a silk hat in preference
to the Senatorial slouch; and, in his extreme
politeness, kind manners, and approachable
ways, he won the title of the Chevalier of the
Senate. His grandfather was Senator, and he
will serve long as a Senator, unless lightning
should strike him."
Strange Cure for Gout.?"I was lying
in bed suffering from a heavy attack of gout,
accompanied with violent pains in my left
foot, when I chanced to read in a newspaper
an article uescriDing now goni jnay i>e curen
by the sting of bees. I at once determined to
try the remedy, and soon contrived a small
box by means of which a captured bee could
be applied to the afflicted part. I then let my
foot be stung by three bees in succession, each
bee leaving his sting behind in my flesh. After
a few minutes these stings were extracted,
and when the pain caused by them had subsided,
I found that the gouty pain had also left
me. On the same day I left my bed, and on
the morrow was able to walk about. For some
little time my foot was slightly inflamed, and
I experienced some burning sensations; but in
four or five days this left me, and I completely
recovered."
A Murderous Arm.?Dr. Gatling,inventor
of the famous gun, has just perfected
another instrument of war that is said to be
most complete in its deadly properties. It is ,
capable of firing 1,000 shots in a minute, and
by the use of the instrument three men can
do the work of 300 riflemen. It is capable
of killing a man or horse a mile away. It is
somewhat in the form of the present Gatling
gun, hut more complete, nnd may be taken to
pieces at will, and therefore can easily be
moved about. About 825,000 were spent in
experimenting on it.
igT A minister of our .acquaintance was seated
in bis study one day, hard Jit work on his
sermon, when bis little boy entered and held
up his finger, which he had just cut with his
new jack-knife. "Oh, don't bother me!"
said his father; "don't you see I am busy ?"
riie younster walked to the door, and looking
liack, said : "I don't think it would have hurt i
you to say 'Oh!' " . I '
THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1880.
PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Seventy-Seven Prizes to be awarded to Subscribers.
REDUCTION. IN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
TERMS OF ISCRiFTifll-FREE 0FPOSTAGE.
Having perfected arrangements for reducing
the expense of publication during the year 1880,
we have determined to give our subscribers a
share of the benefits, and announce the following
red ucea rates, to yearly .suoncriiiBrs?sutHH-Tiptions,
in all cases, to bo paid in advance:
Single copy, one year, ?2 50
Three copies, one year, 6 00
Ten copies, one year, 20 00
And an extra copy to the person securing a club
of ten names ancl paying the subscriptions on the
same in advance.
PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS.
In order that our subscribers may have the opportunity
of receiving Prizes, we have determined
to distribute the following articles by
lot, at 10 o'clock A. M? on the FIRST SATUItDAY
OF OCTOBER, lfteb:
THREE Weed Sewing Machines?fancy half
case, with drop leaf and two drawers, the retail
price of each of which is 850.
TWO No. 8 Tropic Cooking Stoves, with fixtures
complete, the retail price of each of which
is $25.
SEVENTY-TWO Four-bladed buckhorn handle
Pocket-Knives, manufactured by William
Thomas Staniforth, of Sheffield, England, the
retail price of each of which is $1.50.
Yfnohinna or?rl GtArna at>a fnllv flfi.
scribed elsewhere in this prospectus. The Knives
will be manufactured by the celebrated cutler,
William Thomas Staniforth, Sheffield, England,
and imported to our order expressly for this purpose
by Messrs. Hart Co., hardware importers,
of Charleston. The cutlery mado by Stan i forth is
of the best quality, and wherever used gives
universal satisfaction. This knife, made to <.ur
order, is of convenient pocket size, contains two
large and two small blades, is made of the best
materials, finished in a superior manner, and is
warranted to be equal to any pocket knife that
usually retails in the stores at $1.50.
In the distribution of the above Prizes, the
following plan will bo observed: The names of
all persons who pay for one year's subscription,
whether in a club at 8*2, or as a single subscriber
at $2.50, between this date and the tirst Saturday
of October, 1880, will be printed on slips and
placed in envelopes of uniform size and deposited
in a cylinder prepared for the purpose. Slips of
paper of uniform size, to the number of soventvseven?one
for each prize?enclosed in similar
envelopes, will also be placed in nnolher cylinder,
with the words "Sewing Machine" printed
on three of them; "Cooking Stove" on two; and
"Pocket Knife" on seventy-two of them. On
the day designated, after thoroughly mixing the
envelopes in each cylinder by revolving the
same, an envelop will be taken "from each cylinder,
and the name of the person drawn from the
cylinder containing the names, will be entitled
to the Prize drawn immediately succeeding from
the Prize cylinder. The cylinders will be revolved
and the envelopes containing tho numbers
and names thoroughly mixed preceding each
drawing.
Tho drawing will be conducted by three responsible
and reliable citizens, and the opportunity
afforded for any subscriber to be present
who may desire to do so. The result of the drawing
will be published in the Enquirer of the
succeeding week, accompanied by a statement as
to the fairness of the drawings and awards.
Persons subscribing for tho Enquirer and
having the paper sent to other addresses than
their own, shall be entitled to the advantages offered
by the prize drawing, provided they give
notice previous to the drawing that such is their
desire.
Subscribers who secure the Sewing Machines or
Conking Stoves, will have them shipped to their
order at their expense for freight; tho Sewing
Machines from New York, and the Cooking
Stoves from Greensboro, N. C. The PocketKnives
will be delivered at our f uhlioa'ion office,
or sent hv mail at our expanse, at uie ris* 01
those onti'tled to receive them; or they will be
sent in registered package on receipt of 10 cents
to pay the registration fee.
All letters should be addressed to
L. M. GRIST,
Yorkville, S. C.
January 2 tf
BEST IN THE WORLD I
4 6
*
Impure Bl-Carb Soda 1b oi a
slightly dirty white color. It may
appear white, examined by itself,
but a COMPARISON WITH
CHURCH & CO.'S " ARM AND
HAMMER" BRAND Will ehow
the difference.
See that your Baking; Soda la
white and Pl'RE,asshould be ALL
SIMILAR SUBSTANCES used for
food
A simple but severe tost of the comparative
value ut different brands of Soda is to dissolve a
fli.-ssei t cpoonful of each kind with about a pint
of water (hot preferred) in clear glasses, stirring'
until nil is thoroughly dissolved. The deleterious
insoluble matter in the inferior Boda will
be shown after settling some twenty minutes or
sooner, by the milky appearance or the solution
and the quantity of floating flocky matter according
to quality.
Be sure and ask for Church ft Co.'s Bod* and
see that their name is on the package and you
will get the puregt and whitest made. The use
ottliis with sour milk, in preference to Racing
Powder, saves twenty times its cost
See one pound package for vala&ble informv
(ion and read carefully.
SHOW THIS TQ YOUR GROCER,
January 15 3 4m
THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD.
THE Family Favorite Improved Weed. These
Machines have been remodeled and Improved
until they are almost perfect in all respects. The
parts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forgings.
Every Machine sold by us will be fully warranted.
Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either
for Cash or on Time until the first of November
next. W. G. REID A CO.,
Furniture Dealers, kock mil, a. v.
February 19 8 tf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
YORK COUNTY.
WHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, C.C. C. Pleas,
has applied to me for Letters of Administration,
on all and singular, the goods and chattels,
rights and credits of YVM. LATTA, Senior,
late of the county aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to be and appear before me at our
next Judge of Probate's Court for the said county,
to be holden at York Court House on the 14TH
DAY OF MAY, next, to shew cause, if any,
why the said Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and Seal, this 1st day of
April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty, and in the 104th
year of the Independence of the United States
of America.
J. A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate.
April 1 14 6t
~GARRY IROiV RQOFllVG CO., ~
k .If Manufacturers
a" hinds of
Iron Roofing
and Crimped
^Sidings, Fire^
Proof Doors
and Shutters.
and Cement.
117 U/(U Oi lyVtCW/frt/CVO Ul/ &(/C|
c3jEveland, omo.
Send for circulars and price lists.
February 2G 9 ly
WlfEtSSlNi W SJWO CORPORE."-Th? loe?tion of ?n ??T.
Jfi lent institution of Learning nor a celebrated Fountain
of Health afford* an unusual opportunity to young permna ia ,
aenreh of health and education together, jlmudea having daily
Keen to the WitliaaitOD Phatybasto SpflOf, the pupift
of the Wit.UAHvrnn Fkmai.e Cyt.i.rnit devote a few minutea ev. ,
ery morning and afternoon to light Cniirthmic ?j>rct*H. and.
the boarding pupilt enjoy also the systematic dm of Dr. John*
fox's HrALTw I.irr. fine Study Itoora hlarge, thoroughly ventilated,
and lighted from the left and rear. Every po?ible at- 1
tendon it given to those "who may be ick.?
tSTTba abort, with mrral other ViU Aauc PbtCLub FtATuati, a. is
fully explained in oar n? Catalogue. Bend f??r one. and examine It . .
U Uu Uiat'iwi. fimt m MMII M MMMTMI r**k,
August28 35 eawly I
NOTICE^ 11
I AMstill Agent for the "American" becauseitis j i
tbe best and cheapest Sewing Machine made, i
J. R. SCHORR, I
SERGEANT <8
GREENSBC
MANUFACTURERS OJ
"TROPIC" coo:
T. M. DOBSON, Agent, York1
LONDON & IHRIE, Agents,
A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McC
J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Cbei
"ALL QUKT ONTHE"POTOMAC!?
'
THE WAR OYER ! PEACE DECLARED !
BOTH SIDES VICTORIOUS!
m
PIANO BLOCKADE RAISED!
The long strike and lockout in New York Piano
factories ended. All factories open. 5,000 locked
out workmen again at work. A new piano turned
outevery ten minutes. Workmen happy. Purchasers
who wanted Pianos and couldn't get them
also happy. We have had a sorry time for the
past two months, to furnish pianos to impatient
purchasers who wouldn't understand that pianos
had to be made before being delivered, and it has
worried us muchly, but the "winter of our discontent"
is now over, and we are
ALL RIGHT NOW.
Back orders will be filled at short metre, and
new ones by lightning express. Our stock on
hand is very large, and it is only certain styles
that we have been short of. These are "coming,
ooming," 300,000 more and don't you forget it!
Best of all, read this:
PRESENT PRICES GUARANTEED.
Having made new contracts with leading man
ufacturers, which hold good until July 1, next,
we engage to fill all orders received by that date
at our present prices. Come what will we shall
not raise prices again until the fall trade opens
and the fall prices are established. We have advanced
retail prices but a small percent, notwithstanding
the large advance in wholesale cost, and
our present prices are still extremely low.
BUYERS CAN NEVER BUY CHEAPER
And they will lose time and money by waiting.
We have special bargains to offer cash buyers,
New instruments, now stylos, new prices, new
terms. Send for Catalogues and Descriotive Illustrated
Price Lists, giving full information.
Address
LUDDEN & BATES,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA,
WHOLESALE PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS.
April 22 38 9m
THE BICKFGRD
AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER. ^
Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it;
shapes all sizes complete. Knits over 50different
garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins,
Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible
variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent,
profit in manufacturing knit poods. Farmerscan
treble the value of their wool, by converting it
into knit goods.
Agents wanted in every State, County, City and
Town, to whom very low prices will do made.
For full particulars and lowest prices for the
best Family Machine, send to
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO.,
Brattleboro, Vt.
February zo ?
Sli*3?
Spile Running tensions
% ? ^ Swl^mtwcoXwr fft^E?
|j| IeW^ESS dU
^ S^Mne
JdsJj TKeBasnotfaWwld.
Mailed Vfeitod
LwJ -BALTIMORE, M 0.7 Lmmm
THE AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE
IS as good as any on the market. The ladies
like it and recommend it. For sale by
KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON.
ROSE'S" HOTEL,
YOKKVILLE, S. C.
i THIS HOUSE has been tboroughly
renovated from cellar to
garret, and newly furnished, inItejjgg:
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, ORftOc. PER MEAL.
Sample Rooms reserved especially for Commer3ial
travelers. HENRY W. SMITH.
NOTICE.
I RESPECTFULLY inform the publio that I
am prepared to sharpen raaors, scissors, shears
iud other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for
lioningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for
sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and
latisfaotion guaranteed or no charge.
TOM BALLARD, Barber.
c McCAULEY,
iROi N? C.,
F THE CELEBRATED
KING STOVES!
PRICE GREATLY REDUCED
on Cooking and Heating Stoves,
Aoilow Ware And-Irons, and
Castings of all kinds. Also, on
'PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS
STRAW CUTTERS,
f
n
oaw iviiiin, ixu,
rille, S. C.
Rock Hill, York county, S. C.
lonnellsville, York county, o. C.
iter, S. C. ^
G. H.O'L-EARY.
SADDLERY DEPARTMENT. ,
1H AVE a number of Saddles of my own manufacture,
which were made before the recent
advance in leather, and which I will sell at the
old price. Nov.' ia the time to buy.
G. H. O'LEARY.
HARNESS. BRIDLEST&C.
BUGGY and Carriage Harness, Riding and
Blind Bridles, Halters, Collar's, Whips, Plow
Backhands, Hames, Trace Chains, Sadale Blankets,
etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'S,
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. _
I AM constantly receiving new goods in the
Furniture Department, in all its branches.
Call and see me; I never fail to please and seldom
fail to sell. G. H. O'LEARY.
CLOCKS. 7
SETH THOMAS' one and eight-day Clocks for
sale by G. H. O'LEARY.
JUST ARRIVED.
SOME handsome new CHAMBER SUITS,
latest styles, at lowest living prices. Call ana
see them. Also, some Ratan Chairs, exceedingly
pretty and quite new in this market. Constantly
on hand, Wardrobes, Bureaux, Washstands,
Cane and Ratan Rockers, Chairs or various styles,
and a new supply of Pictures.
G. H. O'LEARY. '
COOKING STOVES^
THE Iron King and Elmo Cooking Stoves on
hand and for sale. Any piece of these Stoves
replaced when worn out, or any of the pieces of
the iifty different styles of the Charles Noble A
Company Manufacture of Stoves, can be had by
calling at
G. H. O'LEARY'S. t
BEDSTEJLD8 AND MATTRESSES.
BEDSTEADS, handsome and plain, to suit all
classes. Mattresses cheap, at
GEORGE H. O'LEARY'S.
C. & L. NA RROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
SU PERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,)
Yobkville, s. C., April 6, 1880. j
THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger
Trains will take effect on the 7th of
April, 1880.
GOING NORTH.
Leave Chester at 3.00 P. M.
Leave Lowrys7iUeat 3 35 P. M.
Leave McConnellevilleat 4.00 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville at 4.10 P. M.
Arrive at Yorkville at 4.40 P. M.
Leave Yorkvilleat 4.50 P. M.
Leave Clover aft 5.35 P. M.
Leave Bowling Green at 5.45 P. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at 5.55 P. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge at 6.10 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonia at 6.30 P. M.
Leave Gastonia at .. 6.40 P. M.
Arrive at Dallas at 7.00 P. M.
GOING SOUTH. _ 4
Leave Dallas aft 7.00 *A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia at .*. 7.20 A. M.
Leave Gastonia at J 40 A. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge at 8.00 A. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at 8.15 A. M, .
Leave Bowling- Green at 8.25 A. M. M
Leave Clover at 8.40 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkvilleat 9.20 A. M.
Leavo Yorkville at 9.30 A. M.
Leave Guthriesville at 10.05 A. M.
Leave McConnellsville at 10.20 A. M.
Leave Lowrysville at 10.40 A. M.
Arrive at Chester at 11.10 A. M.
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
April 8 15 tf
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE
RAILWAY.
PASSENGER DEPA RTMENT.
Atlanta, Ga., December i.9th, 1879.
CH ANGE OF SCHEDULE.
ON and after January 1st, 1880, trains will run
on this road as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive st Gastonia, 2.16, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M.
(we8tward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 11.37, A. M. Leave 11.38, A. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRATN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, A. M., Leave 2.17, A. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 1.08 A. M., Leave 1.09, A. M. ;
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. J
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2 45, P. M., Leave 2.58, P. M.
(we8tward.) *
Arrive at Gastonia, 7.16, A. M., Leave 7.30, A. M.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN.
(ea8tward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55, A. M., Leave 5.55, A. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 5.00, P. M., Leave 5.00, P. M.
Connecting at Atlanta for all point*. West and
Southwest.
Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points.
Through Tickets on sale at Greenville and Spartanburg
to all points East and West.
G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'I Manager.
W. J. Houston, Gen'I Pass. & Ticket Agent.
January 1 1 tf
NOW IS THE OPPORTUNWr
AVAIL YOUESELF OF IT!
PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS,
PERIODICALS,
NEAVSPAPERS AND MUSIC.
?
ALL families have old Books, Periodicals,
Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire
to transmit to their posterity. Then
HAVE THEM REBOUND!
Which will preserve them and make them look ^
almost as well as now. *
Old Books, <ftc., should not only be rebound,
but the current literature of the present day should
be put in a durable form for preservation as well.
This can be done in the shortest possible time,
with the best materia], in the most handsome and
durable style, and at prices which cannot be du
plicated anywhere, by
E. R. STOKES,
Stationer, Book Bindorand Blank Book Manufacturer,
No. 155 Main Street,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
7p3t~ Send in orders at once.
GEORGE T. SCHORB,
PHOTOGRAPHER.
CHESTER, S. CAROLINA.
PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and
pain ?taken to please every customer.
Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, as
low as een be done in any city, North or South.
Have on hand a fine selection of CHURCH y
AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered
very cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be firstciass.
Call and see for yourselves, at the PHOTOGALLERY,
opposite the "Cotton Hotel."
Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions,
Advertisements and orders for Job Work for the
Yorkvdlle Enquirer.
GEORGE T. SCHORB.
OrsCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY,
1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL.
A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every
/V convenience, ana a determination to do my
best, 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. ?*
February 18 7 * tf
OLD NEWSPAPERS,
OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale
at one cent each, at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
January 8 2 Xt