Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 25, 1880, Image 4
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LOVE AND SCIENCE.
Miss Mfiry Flynn was studying medicine
and being courted at the same time. Mr.
William Budd was attending to the latter
part of the business. One evening, while they
were sitting together in the parlor, Mr. Budd
was thinking how he should manage to propose.
Miss Flynn was explaining certain
physiological facts to him.
"Do you know," she said, "that thousands
of persons are actually ignorant that they
smell with their olfactory peduncle ?"
"Millions of 'em," replied Mr. Budd.
"And Aunt Mary wouldn't believe me
when I told her she couldn't wink without a
sphincter muscle!"
"How unreasonable!"
"Why, a person cannot kiss without a
sphincter!"
"Indeed ?"
"I know it is so!"
"May I try if I can ?"
"Oh, Mr. Budd, it is too bad for you to
moire liirtt rvf ennk a oiiKinnf "
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Then he tried it, and while he held her
hand she explained to him about the muscles
of that portion of the human body.
"It is remarkable how mucb you know
about those thing," said Mr. Budd?"really
wonderful. Now, for example, what is the
bone at the back of the head called ?"
"Why, the occipital bone, of course."
"And what are the names of the muscles
of the arm ?"
"The spiralis and the infra-spiralis among
others.
"Well, now, let me show you what I mean.
When I put my infra-spiralis around your
waist, so, is it your occipital bone that rests
upon my shoulder-blade in this way ?"
"My back hair, primarily, but the occipital
bone, of course, after\9Sh-d. But, oh, Mr.
Budd, suppose pa should come in and Bee
us."
"Let him come! Who cares ?" said Mr.
Budd, boldly. "I think I'll exercise a sphincter
and take a kiss."
"Mr. Budd, how can you?" Baid Miss
Flynn, after he had performed the feat.
"Don't call me Mr. Budd ; call me Willie,"
he said, drawing her closer. "You accept
me, don't you ? I know you do, darling."
"Willie," whispered - Miss Flynn, very
faintly.
"What, darling?"
"I can hear your heart beat."
"It beats only for you, my angel."
"And it sounds out of order. The ventricular
contraction is not uniform."
"Small wonder for that when it's bursting
for joy."
"You must put yourself under treatment
for it. I will give you some medicine."
"It's your own property, darling; do what
you please with it. But somehow the sphincter
operation is one that strikes me most favorably.
Let us again see how it works."
But why proceed ? The old, old story.
A WASP IN AN OLD MAN'S SLIPPER.
There are times in the life of the small
boy when he feels very sad from the use of a
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slipper or swucn upon mm. 11 anyining
happens to the person who has thus afflicted
him, his joy is great, as will be seen from
the following incident: A gentleman returned
home from his daily toil and had pulled* off
his boots and was going to put on his slippers,
when a howl of intense agony resounded
through the hall. The affrighted family
rushed to the door and beheld their papa
heaving the shadows with wild gestures and
frantic gyrations. "Take it off," he shouted,
and made a grab at his foot, but missing it,
went on with the war dance. "Waiter!" he
shrieked, and started up stairs, three at a
step, and turning, came back in a single
stride. "Oh, I'm stabbed!" he cried, and
sank to the floor and held his right leg high
above bis head ; then he rose to his feet with
a bound, screaming for the boot-jack, and held
his foot out toward his terrified family. "Oh,
briug the arnica," he yelled, and with one
despairing effort he reached his slipper and
got it off, aud, with a groan as deep as a well,
and as hollow as a drum, sank into a chair
and clasped his foot in both hands. "Look
out for the scorpion," he whispered hoarsely,
"I'm a dead man."
The small boy was by this time out in the
wood-shed, rolling in the kindling in an ecstacy
of glee, and pausing occasionally to explain
to the son of a neighbor, who had
dropped in to see if there was any innocent
sport going on in which he could share, "Oh,
Bill! Bill," he said, "you wouldn't believe ;
sometime to-day, somehow or other, a big
blue wasp got into the old man's slipper, and
when he come home and put them on?oh!
Bill, you don't know what fun I've had."?
Dallas (Texas) Herald. "
An Unexpected Bill.?A few days
since a well-dressed couple in the prime of
life, stopped at a hotel in a neighboring town
and sending for a justice, wished to be married.
The justice said "All right," and inquired
their names. After being told, it
struck him that he had performed the same
service for the lady some years before. On
inquiring if such was not the case, the lady
said that she had been married previously.
"Have you a bill from your former husband ?"
asked Mr. Justice.
"Yes," she replied, "I have a bill."
This being satisfactory, the ceremony was
performed, and the couple were declared
"man and wife." As they were departing,
the justice, who had never seen a bill of divorce,
thought it an excellent opportunity
to satisfy his curiosity. He therefore said
to the lady:
"Have you the bill with you ?"
'Oh! yes," she replied.
'Have you any objections to allowing me
to see it?" said our friend.
"None whatever," she replied; and stepping
to the door, and calling to a little boy some
three or four years of age, she said:
"Here, Bill, come quick; here is a gentlerat.n
who wishes to see you."
The gentleman wilted.?Modern Argo.
A dashing young fellow was recently
very attentive to a young lady who did
not secretly favor his attentions, and who
is blessed with an observing little brother
of only a few summers' growth. The lady's
admirer was visiting her a few days ago,
when the little chan broke into their Dresence.
and, mounting the dashing young man's knee,
said : "Haven't you got a fine room ?" "Oh !
yes," proudly replied the dashing young fellow,
whose vanity was evidently touched by the
remark. Seeing, as he thought, in the circumstance
an opportunity to make a favoraimpre3sion
on the sister, he gave his moustache
an extra twist and reiterated his reply
with emphasis: "Oh ! yes, a very fine room." |
"I thought so," said the young hopeful, musingly.
"But what made you think so ?" said \
the young lady's admirer, his curiosity by j
this time fully aroused, "Because," was the:
crushing reply, "sister Mag said your room '
was better than your company."
A schoolmaster endeavors to instill into
the minds of his pupils the great truth that
you should always count 100 slowly before |
you speak, and if it is anything very irapor-1
tant, 500. He then takes his stand by the
stove, and after some minutes observes that
the lips of all his scholars are moving slowly
and noiselessly. Presently and simultaneously
they all say : "Four hundred and ninetynine!
Five hundred! Master, your coattails
are all on fire!"
A pompous lawyer, who supposed him- i
self to be very sarcastic, said to the keeper of j
an apple-stand : "It seems to to me that you
should quit this trying business and go at
something which is not so wearing on the!
brain." "Oh ! 'tain't business," said the ap-!
ple-seller. "It is lyin' awake nights tryin' to j
decide whether to leave my fortun' to a or- j
fihan 'sylum or to a home for played-out old
aVyers as is a-killin' me." '
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j THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Cure for Dyspepsia.?Thinking that you
would like to hear anything which would
benefit the public, I send you a recipe for dyspepsia,
which has proved beneficial to me.
It is merely this: The juice of half a lemon
after each meal, or, if the case is very severe,
a whole one should be used.
Dr. Shady, of New York city, recommends
that burns be treated by applying a paste composed
of three ounces of gumarabic, one ounce
of gum tragacanth, one pint of carbolized
water (one part to sixty), and two ounces of
molasses. The paste is to be applied with a
brush, renewed at intervals, and is stated to
be a successful method. Four applications
are sufficient, the granulating surfaces being
treated with simple cerate, or the oxide of
zinc ointment, as indicated.
Nervous persons who are troubled with
wakefulness and excitability, usually have a
strong tendency of blood to the brain, with
cold extremities. The pressure of blood on
the brain keeps it in a stimulated or wakeful
state, and the pulsations of the head are often
painful. Let such rise and chafe the body
and extremities with a brush or towel, or rub
smartly with the hands to promote circulation
and withdraw the excessive quantity of
blood from the brain and they will fall asleep
in a few moments.
Salt in Intermittent Fever.?Take a
handful of table salt and roast in a clean
oven with moderate heat till it is brown?the
color of roasted coffee. Dose for an adult?
a soupspoonful dissolved in a glass of warm
water; take at once. When the fever appears
at intervals of two, three, or four days,
the remedy should be taken fasting on the
morning of the day following the fever. To
overcome the thirst a very little water should
be taken through a straw. During the fortyeight
hours which follow the taking of the
salt, the appetite should be satisfied with
chicken and beef broth only ; it is especially
necessary to observe a severe diet and avoid
taking cold. The remedy is very simple and
harmless, and has never been known to fail,
where it has been given a trial.
Observation, not chemistry, must decide
sick diet The reason why jelly should be
innutritious, and beef tea nutritious, to the
sick is a secret yet undiscovered, but it clearly
shows that careful observation of the sick
is the only clew to the best dietary. Chemistry
has, as yet, afforded little insight into the
dieting of the sick. All that chemistry can
tell us is the amount of "carboniferous" or
"nitrogenous" elements discoverable in differ
ent dietetic artides. In the great majority of
cases, the stomach of th,e patient is guided
by other principles of selection than merely
the amount of carbon or nitrogen in the diet.
No doubt, in this, as in other things, nature
has very definite rules for her guidance, but
these rules can only be ascertained by the
most careful observation at the bedside.
A very simple and expeditious way of cooking
a little bit of chicken or fish for a sick
person, is to butter a paper thickly, and place
the food to be cooked within the paper, and
place it on a grid iron over a clear fire. A
very short time suffices to cook it thoroughly.
I have often found that to be eaten when all
other modes of invalid cookery have been
tried in vain.
Teeth are destroyed either by the action of
acids, or the development of vegetable parasites.
The former is the much more frequent
cause of decay. It has been demonstrated by
actual experiment that even very weak acids
may suffice to decompose the teeth substances.
In forty-eight fiours the juice of grapes will
render the enamel of a chalky consistence.
Most vegetable substances are inert until fermentation
takes place and acetic acid is
formed. Animal substances exert no deleterious
influences until putrefaction is far advanced.
When cold affects the head and eyes and
impedes breathing through the nose, great re
lief is gained by a wet napkin spread over
the upper part of the face, covering the nose,
except an opening for breath. This is to be
covered by folds of flannel fastened over the
napkin with a handkerchief. So also a wet
towel over the napkin with a handkerchief.
So also a wet towel over the throat and whole
chest, covered with folds of flannel, often relieves
oppressed lungs. So says Miss Bucher,
and truly. In addition, use a hot lemonade on
retiring at night. This is the best time also
for the hot foot-bath, which should be followed
by the lemonade.
Invalids should keep the refreshments covered
in their sick room. The jellies, blancmanges,
and various liquids used as cooling
drinks, are, more or less, absorbent, and easily
take up the impurities which float about a
sick room. A glass of milk left uncovered
will soon become tainted with any prevailing
odor, as can be proven by leaving it in a room
freshly painted. How important, then, that
the poisons of sickness should be carefully
kept from all that is to be eaten.
If a person swallows any poison whatever,
or has fallen into convulsions from having
overloaded the stomach, an instantaneous
remedy, most efficient and applicable in a
large number of cases, is a heaping teaspoonful
of common salt, and as much ground mustard,
stirred rapidly into a teacupful of water,
warm or cold, and swallowed instantly. It is
scarcely down before it begins to come up,
bringing with it the remaining contents of the
stomach; and lest there be any remnant of
the poison, however small, let the white of an
egg or a teaspoonful of strong coffee be swallowed
as soon as the stomach is quiet, as these
articles nullify a large number of virulent
poisons.
Borax.?Lady readers who have not tested
the magic properties of borax have been
losing a great help and comfort. If once
used you will never be without a bottle on
your toilet table. It removes stains and dirt
from the hands better than soap, and at the
same time softens and smooths the skin. It is
splendid for washing the hair, and will, without
injury, cleanse brushes and combs in a
few moments. For washing purposes it saves
both soap and labor. It will extract the dirt
from articles of delicate texture without rubbing,
it being only necessary to put the articles
to soak with a solution of borax over
night, and need only to be rinsed in the morning.
Two tablespoonfuls of pulverized borax
dissolved in a quart of water, to which water
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will cleanse them beautifully. It also saves
great labor in washing paint. It is said to
drive away ants and roaches, if sprinkled on
the shelves of safes and pantries.?The Housekeeper.
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
believes that every species of bird,
large and small, is subject to the gapes. The !
young of the robin are often troubled witfi :
them. It is also believed that many chic's j
thus afflicted die of starvation on account of
their inability to swallow. The parasite dis- j
ease is occasioned by. a number of small worms (
in the throat, producing inflammation. The j
fowl is often relieved by the use of a stiff i
horse hair or a quill stripped of its feathers :
within an inch of the end, which, when care- j
fully used, wi" remove some of the worms.
Care and proper attention to fowls will ward
off the disease. Pure water, wholesome food j
and sufficient room for exercise will seldom j
fail in preventing its appearance.
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Produce Good Milkers.?Extra milkers
should be kept to breed from, their milking \
qualties alone entitling tMm to this prefer- j
ence. It is quite as necessary to raise the
calves of good milkers, in order to have an- j
other race of good milkers, as it is to raise i
the colts of good trotters in order to have j
fast horses. Extra dairy cows are always in |
demand. It is certainly to be regretted that!
more care is not taken to improve the milk-1
ing qualities of our cows. And it is also a
source of regret that so many of our farmers
are in the habit of disposing of so many of
their young calves to the butchers, .
Heading for the ^abbaib.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
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DAYS.
The word days, with c.ertain limiting or
qualifying adjuncts, often occurs in the Bible.
For example, we find these expressions: "The
last days," "the last day," "day of the Lord"
and "the Lord's day." The meaning of all
these expressions is often wholly mistaken.
"The last days," is sometimes interpreted to
mean the days immediately preceding the
final consummation of all temporal things.
This is not the meaning of the expression.
"The last days" denote the time, or period,
from the coming of Christ to the end of the
world. We are now living in "the last days."
vThe last day" means the day which shall
terminate time, or the day on which Jesus
Christ shall judge the world in righteousness.
"The day of the Lord" and "the last day"
mean the same thing; but "the Lord's day"
means the Christian Sabbath.
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Id a Dumber of places io the Scriptures, it
is plainly and most positively stated that Jesus
Christ is a king. The patriarch, Jacob, in
his last moments, prophesied concerning his
son, Judah. "The sceptre," said he, "shall
not depart from Judah, nor the lawgiver
from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and
unto him shall the gathering of the people
be." The sceptre denotes legal authority, or
one who exercises kingly power. HeDce,
when Jacob said the sceptre shall not depart
from Judah, he meant that kingly rule would
be bestowed upon Judah ; and when he said
a lawgiver shall not depart from between Judah's
feet, he meant that one of the descendants
of Judah should continue to command
the descendants of his other sons. This was
to continue until Shiloh should come, and
then the sceptre should drop from the hands
of Judah, and the people would be gathered
unto Shiloh.
It is plain that God had revealed to Jacob
the coming of the Messiah, and that he would
be a king as well as a prophet and priest.
We are not, however, to understand that
the kingly authority of Jesus Christ began
when he became man. Long prior to this
event, the Saviour of sinners began to exercise
over his people a salutary restraint and
protecting care. It was Jesus that ordered
Noah to build the ark, and commanded him
and all his house (family) to go into the ark
when it was huished. Jehovah, (the sacred
name by which the Saviour was frequently
ealled in Old Testament times,) not only commanded,
as king, Noah to build the ark, but
he commanded Adam and Eve to depart from
the Garden of Eden. It was the Lord God,
the Old Testament name of the Saviour, and
which is identical in meaning and use with
the New Testament name Jesus Christ, which,
as a king, pronounced sentence upon both the
serpent and Eve.
As a king, Jehovah called Abraham from
Ur of the Chaldees, and settled him among
strangers. To Abraham, Jehovah made
many and gracious promises, every one of
which he fulfilled. David, or whoever was
the inspired author of the ninety-third Psalm,
says, Jehovah, that is Jesus, reigns or exercises
the dominion and displays the majesty
of a king. The kingdom of the Lord God, or
of Jesus Christ, has no end. It is from everlasting
to everlasting, and over all things.
All things are controlled by him, and upon
him all things are dependent.
As King, Jesus Christ has ever so ordered
all events and all the actions of men, even
wicked men, that they have in the end displayed
his own glory by advancing the interest
of the Church. No king was ever so opposed
and beset by enemies as is Jesus Christ.
Jew and Gentile, cry out, "Let us dethrone
him." Still, his kingdom is prospering. The
Church lives and grows.
"Walking with God."?What is it to
walk with God ? It implies a consciousness,
an habitual consciousness, of God's presence.
Walking with a friend, you feel his presence.
But can one be always thinking of God?
Amidst the busy and absorbing cares of life,
can God be always in his thoughts? Perhaps
not. Certainly not. Well, can I be
conscious of the presence of one of whom I
am not thinking? If not, there must be long
seasons every day in which I am not conecious
of God's presence. But is it certain I cannot
carry the consciousness of God's presence into
the busiest cares of the day, and down deep
in my heart, beneath its intensest thought, feel
that presence ? I believe this is possible.
I have seen a little child occupied with his
toys in one corner of a large sitting-room
while the mother is busy with her needle in a
distant part of the same room. The child is
not thinking of his mother. He is absorbed
in his play. But the child, though he neither
sees nor thinks of the mother, feels her presence.
How do I know? Let the mother
noiselessly and unperceived by the child pass
out of the room. And when the child, turning
from his toys, looks for her and does not
see her, his tears and sobs will soon reveal
that he had all the while felt her presence.
He did not think of her, he did not see her,
but he felt she was there.
So it seems to me may the child of God,
however busy and absorbed, carry along the
journey of life the feeling of the Father's
presence. And when this becomes habitual
he does indeed walk with God. There is such
a life, and many a saint since Enoch has lived
it. Is it not, must it not be a blessed life?
Walking with God, here, and after the earthly
walk ceases, dwelling forever with him.
Intercessory Prayer.?I am persuaded
that the highest form of prayer is the intercessory.
Many of our requests for ourselves,
even for spiritual good, are largely corrupted
by selfishness, or at least dictated by selfish
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for our own ease and comfort of mind. But
the moment our hearts are drawn out for
others we begin to rise into a sublimer atmosphere.
We are in little danger of asking
amiss, to consume it upon our own lusts, or
carnal and selfish desires. And it is remarkable
that the only kind of prayer which is
represented as existing in heaven is intercessory
prayer. Souls there are too full of blessings
to ask anything for themselves; but they
are in such blessed sympathy with Jesus that
they cannot but partake of his intercession
for those who are not yet redeemed from the
bondage of sin. Let us then fix in mind that
all prayer for the spiritual good of others, especially
when it is offered in agreement, by
covenant between disciples, is wonderfully efficacious.
I emphasize agreement. "If two
of you shall agree," that is "symphonize."
Such agreement as this, which is represented
as coming up to the ear of God, as harmonious
Bounds from different musical instruments,
tuned and played in harmony?such agreement
is not the result of accident?it is a matter
of sympathy and covenant. It implies
that two hearts being burdened with the same
solicitude, covenant to pray together, with one
accord, for the same great good. And when
such a covenant is made in faith and kept in
faith, I solemnly believe that it will prevail
against the very gates of hell.?Dr. Pieraon.
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THE PAST AND PRESENT COTTON SEASON.
Mesars. Ellison <fe Co., of Liverpool, have j
published their annual Review of the Cotton f
Trade for the season of 1879 80. From which c
we take the following: *
"Twelve months ago there were already die- 0
tinct indications of an approaching recovery d
from the extreme depression which had been ?
felt with intense if not exceptional severity by F
the various departments of the cotton indus- t
try. The new season, therefore opened hope- ?
fully, though with a da9h of timidity begot- t
ten of a long succession of previous disap- c
pointments. By degrees, faith in the reali- j
ration of the long-hoped-for improvement r
gained strength, and, before the close of the old
year, our merchants, spinners and manu- j
facturers were in the midst of a revival of j,
trade so thorough and so extraordinary that p
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-did contioue, however, and during the first six
months of the season, the transactions for the
immediate and forward delivery of cotton,
yarns and piece goods were unprecedented iu
their magnitude, and exceedingly profitable
in their character, except where accompanied
by extravagant speculation. In these six
months it is thought that at least nine months'
production of yarns and fabrics were sold. ^
At the outset of the revival it was discovered
that the chief markets of the world were bare c
of cotton goods, and that no surplus stocks 8
existed anywhere. This induced buyers to give j
out large anticipatory contracts, and the ad- $
vance in prices which ensued brought orders (
from all quarters. Middling upland cotton a
rose from 6 7-16d. to. 7Jd. per lb.; 32's cop
twist from 8td. on average to 12d., and 81ft. ?
shirting from an average of 6s. 9d. to one of
8s. 6d. per piece, and still higher prices were I
expected. But so much speculative antici- ?
patory business had been done that buyers, t
deterred by the advance in values, aud al- s
ready well supplied by forward contracts, ?
began to withdraw from the market. Tbe f
result was that duriug the summer months t
business was cut down to very small dimen- 9
sions, both here and in Manchester, the out- t
come of which was a fall of 6?d. for middling i
uplands, to 9|d. for 32's cop twist, and to 9
78. 3d. for 81ft. shirtings. * * * * I
The dividends declared by the limited com- *
panies show that the season has been a profi- f
table one to our spinners and manufacturers." {
Speaking of the American cotton required i
for Europe during 1880 81, they estimate the 1
total requirements to be 6,188,000 bales of s
400 pounds each, and the supply from other f
countries than America 1,856,000 bales?
4,432,000 bales of 400 pouuds to be furnished
by this country. Last season the deliveries
t<> American spinners, to exports to Canada, 8
Ac., as shown by the 6gures given in the
Financial Chronicle, were 1,854,934 bales,
against, 1,614,127 bales in the previons season.
This season they will require 100,000 bales
more, say 1,950,000. American crop wanted
(bales 450 pounds) 5,800,000, against, in
1879 80, 5,757,000. <
The crop is required to give Europe 150,000
bales, and America 100,000 bales', or a
total of 250,000 bales of 400 lbs., or 220,000
bales of 450lbs. more than last season, and to
leave the stocks in the ports of Europe the
same at the close as at the opening of the
season, namely, 677,000 bales, against 480,000
in 1879, 656,000 in 1878, and 1,001,000
in 1877.
As to price, much will depend upon the
development of the American crop. With
the present prospects, it seems only reasonable
to look for lower average prices than
last season, which gave nearly 7d. per lb for
middling upland ; but it is scarcely probable
we shall see so low an average as the figures
touched in any of the previous three seasons,
which gave 6 3-32d. to 6 5-16d. Trade will
be better than in any of these seasons, and
consumption will be much larger and more
regular.
Messrs. Smith, Edwards & Co., in their
Monthly Circular of October 30tb, give the
following opinion as to the probable wants
of the world for American cotton.
We should say that the actual consumption
of American cotton in the world this coming
season will he about 5,600,000 bales, supposing
trade to be fairly prosperous; but it a
mnat ha rompmhprpfl t.hftt. WP hfttfft held fftr
too small stocks at the close of each season t
for some years past, and therefore we should a
say that a crop of 5$ millions will be needed t
this year to prevent scarcity, and six millions t
will be none too large to put an end to "au- f
tumn corners,' and give the trade a stable J
and prosperous business throughout the year. r
With regard to the prices that should rule, c
we believe we interpret the best opinions
when we say that 6?d would be regarded
as a fair price with a crop of 6ve and threequarter
millions, but with six millions it
would be reasonable to expect a dip to 6d at
some point of the season, and an average
price a little higher.
A Bodie Snake Story.?George Finney,
driver of the Virginia and Bndie stage, says
that snakes of several species, including hoop
and rattlers, are getting to be so plentiful
along the road at his end of the route, that it
is dangerous to leave the coach, and it is a
great wonder he hasn't lost his team before
this. In coming in the other day he drove
into a lot of snakes that literally covered the
road for about five hundred yards. He
couldn't turn out, so he sent the silk to the
horses and went through on a dead run. How
the team escaped injury puzzled him. One
big hoopsnake, about ten feet long, that was
lying in the centre of the road, as soon.as it
heard the coach coming, uncoiled itself just
as the team was passing over it and made a
vicious strike with its spiked, bony tail, at the r
belly of the nighwheeler, but missed hira and ?
struck the pole. The force of the blow was p
so great that the tail was driven into the hard
wood some three inches. The snake, being ri
unable to withdraw it, was dragged along for ft
about one hundred yards, until it was killed n
by one of the wheelers stepping on it and
breaking off the spike. The venomous rep- v
tile gave a frightful yell, denoting pain
mingled with rage, as it expired, and before ~
reaching the next station the wagon pole was
swelled up as big as an ordinary sawlog,
while poison was dripping out from under the
irons at each end like green sap from a freshly
cut sapliBg.?Bodie News.
I'll Take What Father Takes.?
"What will you take to drink?" asked a
waiter of a young lad, who, for the first time,
accompanied his father to a public dinner, i
Uncertain what to say, and feeling sure he J
could not do wrong if he followed his father's
j example, he replied, "I'll take what father
takes."
The answer reached the father's ear, and
instantly the full responsibility of his position _
flashed upon hira. "Waiter, I'll take water."
And from that day to this, strong drink has
been banished from that man's home. ?
As the happy couple were leaving the j.
church, the husband said to the partner of n
his wedded life: "Marriage mu3t seem a
dreadful thing to you. Why you were all in s
a tremble, and one could hardly hear you say,
'I will.'" "I will have more courage
and say it louder the next time," said the -|
I DiusniDg Driae. j
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TKRM8 OP SUBSCRIPTION:
Single copy for one year, f2 50
j For six months, 1 25 "
For three months, 75 ?
Two copies one year, 4 00 j.
Ten copies one year, 20 00
And an extra copy for a club of ten.
ADVERTISING RATES.
ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion,
and FIFTY CENTS per square,- for each f\
subsequent insertion. A square consists of the
space occupied by seven lines of this size type, cl
Tpar Contracts will be made at reduced rates S
for advertising space to be used for three, six,
or twelve months)"1 '
rHE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1881.
[N issuing our prospectus for 1881, we deem it
only necessary to announce that the leading
eatures which have characterized the editorial
onduct of the Yorkville Enquirer for the
>ast quarter of a century will be retained, and
vhat it has been in the past will be an assurance
>f what it shall be in the ftiture. The leading
lepartments of the paper will be retained as hereorore,
and they will be conducted with the same
abor and care that have marked our efforts in the
>ast. While the Literary and Miscellaneous feaures
of the Enquirer will be kept up to the
tandard which has given the paper a distinctive
haracter, careful attention will also be given to
he News department, which will embrace a reord
of the leading events at the State and Naional
Capitals; Congressional and Legislative
'roceedings; "Scraps and Facts," being a hotcblotch
of light current topics; a compend of the
fews Abroad and at Home; Genera] Corresponlence;
Market Reports; Local County and State
tfews; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subects
intended to promote tne welfare and pros>erity
of our State and people, which will, we
rust, continue to render the Enquirer a welome
and.entertaining Family Journal.
Terms of Subscription--Free of Postage.
Single copy, one year, $2 50
Two copies, one year, 4 00
vsuu twu ?* uu
PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS.
To club-makers, for the approaching volume,
ve offer FOUR PREMIUMS for the four largest
lubs, as follows:
For the largest club, one Weed Sewing Maihine,
fancy half-case, with drop leaf and two
ide-drawers, valued at $45.
For the second largest club, one Weed Sewing
Machine, half-case and one drawer, valued at
40.
For the third largest club, one No. 8 Tropic
'ookino Stove, and fixtures complete, valued
t 823.75.
For the fourth largest club, one No. 7 Tropic
Booking Stove and fixtures complete, valued
,t $20.
The superior Sewing Machine wo ofler as a
'remium is the well-known and justly eelebraed
Weed Machine, manufactured by "the Weed
Jewing Machine Company, at Hartford, Connecicut.
It is adapted to all the wants of family
ewing;can bo readily comprehended by any
me; rune easily; is always ready ; will do any
md all kinds of sewing with less changing and
ewer extra attachments; is self-adjusting; is a
wo-thread Machine, making an elastic loekititch
; and stands solid and firm.
The Stoves are made by the Sergeant Manufacuring
Company, of Greensboro N. C. They are
nade of the best Scotch pig metal, with heavier
ind thicker plate than any other Stove in the
narket, and consequently'will the longer withitand
heat and hard usage. They are of a handlome
pattern and neat finish, and warranted
squal in points of appearance, durability and superior
cooking qualities, to any stove manufactured
in the Union. Thousands of them are in
lse in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and
hey give universal satisfaction.
T'he above Premiums will be delivered to the
nnnnnfn 1 nnrvi rtof S ^rvfci of fV?A FvATTTTI Pt> nffioQ
luuucooiui guuipcu>uit} iuo viuuv,
ree of charges for freight.
CONDITIONS.
The four Premiums mentioned above will be
warded on the following conditions:
The person getting up the largest club of yearly
lubscribers to the Enquirer, at $2 00 per annum,
or each subscriber, will bo entitled to the first
shoice of one of the above Premiums; the person
jetting up the second largest club, at the same
>rice, to the second choice; the person getting up
he third largest club, to the third choice; and the
jerson getting up the fourth largest club, to the
'ourth choice.
The time forcompleting clubs under the above
>ffer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on the FIRST
UONDAY OF MARCH, 1881. Competitors may
>egin to secure subscribers at once?the time of
lubscription to commence whenever the name
s handed in. The money fur each subscriber is
ixpected to be paid at the time the name is enterid
on our books, and no name will be counted in
iompetition for a premium until the subscription
jrice has been paid.
To persons who make up Clubs of ten or more
tames, but who may fail to obtain a premium,
ve will send the Enquirer one year free of
:harge; and to those who send a Club of twenty
>r more names, but who may fail to get a prenium,
we will forward a fopy of the Enquirer
>ne year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of
my weekly newspaper or monthly magazine
published in the United States, the publication
o be selected by the person entitled to receive it.
It is not necessary that the names of a club
ihonld all be at the same Dost office. Names mav
)e taken at any number of places. One name
'or two years will be equivalent to two names for
>no year each.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at
he expense of those sending them.
We will bo responsible for the safe transmislion
of money only when sent by draft, regisered
letter, or money order drawn on the Yorknlle
post-offlce.
In sending names, write plainly, giving couny,
post oi.ice and 8tate.
All subscriptions will be discontinued at the
ixpiration ol the time paid for.
A separate list will be kept for each club-maker,
vho will be credited with every name sent, so
hat the number returned by any person*can be
iscertained at a moment's notice.
Persons who commence making clubs, will
lot be permitted, after the names have been enered
upon our books, to transfer the names to
mother club-maker's list.
The time in which additions may be made
o clubs, under this proposition, will expire on
he FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1881. Thereore,
persons who desire the benefit of club rates,
nust subscribe and pay for the paper before that
late, as after the expiration of that time, it will
lot be furnished for less than $2.50 unless new
lubs are formed.
All letters should be addressed to
L. M. GRIST,
Yorkville, S. C.
November 18 47 tf
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THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD.
rHE Family Favorite Improved Weed. These
Machines have been remodeled and Improved
ntil they are almost perfect in all respects. The
arts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forcings.
Every Machine sold by us will be fully warin
ted.
Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either
>r Cash or on Time until the first of November
ext. W. G. REID <fc CO.,
Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, S? C.
LATIMER A, HEMPHILL, Agents at Yorkllle,
S. COctober
28 44 tf
FARRAR TURBINE WATER-WHEEL.
iln practical use it is everywhere
demonstrating its superiority
over all others. Its
enormous capacity in a small
diameter, simple, strong construction
ana perfect gate,
give a combination of merits
not found in any other wheel.
Our introductory prices are
so low there is no comparison
between them and the
enormously high prices of
other Turbines.
Manufactured by
SERGEANT MAN'F. CO.,
Greensboro, N. C.
HERNDON BROS., Agents. Yorkville, S. C.
November 19 47 tf
ROBERT J. HERNDON,
Late Student of Boston Conservatory of Music,
rEACHER OF BRASS BANDS,
I NDTHE CORNET. Music arranged to order
% for anv number of Instruments. Terms |
loderate.
Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND INTRUMENTS.
April 22 17 ly
NOTICE.
f" RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I
[ am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears
id other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for
oningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for
mrpening scissors or shears, 1ft cents each, and
itisfaction guaranteed or no charge.
TOM BALLARD, Barber.
September 9 37 3t
REMOVAL.
PETE have moved into our NEW BUILDING,
VT opposite the old Stand, where we will keep
FULL LINE OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE
continually on hand.
A. FRIEDHEIM <fc BRO.
Rock Hill, S. C., Aug. 26, 1880. 35 tf
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
rHE Creditors of JOSEPH R. HOWE, deceased,
are hereby notified to present their
iaims to me, duly authenticated, on or before
aturday, the 18th day of November next.
JOS. F. WALLACE, Administrator.
October 21 43 6t
G. H. O'LEARY.
SADDLERY AND FDRNITURE.
FOR SALE:
Chamber Suits,
Bureaux,
Sideboards,
Sofas,
Stoves,
Bedsteads,
Chairs,
Saddles,
Harness,
Bridles,
Collars,
Whips, Ac., Ac., at
G. H. O'LEARY'S.
NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY !
? ? ?
AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT!
PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS,
PERIODICALS,
NEWSPAPERS 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 new.
Old Books, Ac., should not only be rebound,
butthecurrent 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 material, in the most handsome ana
durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated
anywhere, by
E. R. STOKES,
Stationer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer,
No. 155 Main Street
. COLUMBIA, S. C.
Send in orders at once.
TH E~BICKFORD
AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER.
ull
SwYs w .?r?
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 goods. Farmers car
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 be made.
For full particulars and lowest prices for the
best Family Machine, send'to
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO.,
Brattleboro, Vt. February
26 9 ly
COTTON FOR GUANO.
THE Notes given for Fertilizers sold by me
have been sent to me
FOR COLLECTION.
I have made arrangements with Capt. J. R.
GARDNER to
TiTrunTT I vn Pt> A T\T^ Till? nnT.lVT
V*?jiun A1NJL/ UIMISLj J XI?i WiU.l,
He will enter the weight and grade on a slip of
paper which must be brought to me
FOR SETTLEMENT.
I would urge my customers to deliver as
RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE,
As the price is good and cotton green. I will
pay
THE MARKET PRICE
For any excess.
T. S. JEFFERYS, Ageut.
September 23 39 tf
HERMANN BULWINKLE,
FACTOR
AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Charleston, S. C.,
DEALER INT
GERMAN KAINIT, OR POTASH SALT,
PERUVIAN GUANO, No. 1 and No. 2.
Pure Fish Guano, Nova Scotia Land Plaster,
Ground South Carolina Phosphate, and other
FERTILIZERS. Also,
CORN, OATS. IIAY, &o.
Orders tilled with dispatch, and liberal advances
made on consignments of Cotton and other
Produce.
November 4 45 3m
DR. J. B. PATRICK, JR.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.f
SURGEON DENTIST,
WILL'make his regular visit to
MfKM YORKVILLE IN JANUARY,
r l7 with all the most improved instru
merits and appliances known to the profession ol
Dentistry.
Teeth extracted by the aid of nitrous oxide.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH supplied. All Dental
operations performed and satisfaction guaranteed
at as reasonable rates as can bo done by any firstclass
Dentist.
August 12 83 ly THE
WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE
Respectfully offers its services -to those
parents who desire to secure for their daughters
the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of
their physical, intellectual, and moral powers.
It is conducted on what is called the "onestudy"
plan, with a Semi-Annual Course of
Study; and by a system of Tuitional Premiums,
its low rates are made still lower for ALL who
average 85 per cent.
No Public Exercises. No "Receptions." Graduation,
which is always private, may occur eight
times a year.
For full information, write for an Illustrated
Catalogue. Address
Rev. S. LANDER, President,
Williamston, S. C.
November 4 45 ly
GARRY IRON ROOFING CO.,
<r Manufacturers
of all kinds of
Iron Roofing
and Crimped
Sidings, FireProof
Doors
an(i Shutters.
rym * Iron Ore Faint
and Cement.
79 and! 81 Columbus Street,
riT?'FIITr,tlT A'^mr OiilO.
Send for circulars and price lists.
February 26 9 ly
J. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY,
1ST HOUSE EAST OE THE JAIL.
A SUPERIOR Skylight, a galleiy with every
convenience, and 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.
August 5 32 tf
CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. i
THE undersigned would respectfully inform 1
the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments
of any fabric whatever, rendering them
perfectly clean, and if unfhded, restoring tnem to 1
the original brightness and lustre of the goods.
Do not throw away your old clothes, but have
them cleaned and made to look as well as new.
Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable
prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
August 12 29 tt
JOB PRINTING.
OWING to our superior facilities with the best
machine presses, an abundance of type and
flrst-class appointments throughout our office,
we arc prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF
JOB PRINTING iu superior style, and at pricea
that will compare with New York or Philadelphia
charges for the same quality of work and materials.
We have recently made a reduction in
prices for the following classes of work, to which
we invite the attention of business men:
BILL HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.00 $5.00
Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50
Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00
Monthly statements at same price ofBixth-sbeet
bill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads,
giving any desired number of either size of
sheet at proportionate prices. .
LETTER HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25
Packet Note, 2.25 3.50
Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00
For the above work we use a superior quality
of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in ev
cry iiisuiiicc.
We also give special attention to the printingof
Briefa, Arguments and Points and Authorities,
which we furnish strictly according to the requirements
of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and
in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure
accuracy.
We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of
printing, from a visiting csird to a large volume,
and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any
style of work desired. Address,
L. M. GRIST. Yorkville, 8. C.
ATLANTA AND CHAIILOTTE AIR-LUTE
RAILWAY.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Atlanta, Ga.,-November fl, 1800.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
ON and after November 7, 1880, trains will run
on this road as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
(eastward.) f
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.45, P, M. .Leave 2.40, P. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gaatonia, 2.11, P. M. Leave 2.12, P. M.
NIGHT PA8SENGER TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, A, M., Leave 2.17, A. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 1.10, A. M., Leave 1.11, A. M.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 4.34, P.. M., Leave 4.50, P. 94
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 8.28, A. M., Leave 8.40, A. M.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at GastoDia, 5.65, A. M., Leave 5.55, A. M.
(we8tward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 5.40, F. M., Leave 5.40, P. M.
Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and
Southwest.
Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points.
Through Tickets on sale at Gainesville, Seneca
City, Greenville and Spartanburg to all points
East and West.
G. J. FORE ACRE, Gen'l Manager.
W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pfiiss. <fc Ticket Agent.
November 11 46 tf
~C~&: L. NABROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF eCHEDCLE.
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE, 1
Yorkville, 8. C? July 22, 1880. J
THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger
Trains took effect at 6 o'clock, a. m.,
on the 20th of Jnly, 1880.
going south.
Leave Dallas at 6.00 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia 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 Yorkville at 8.20 A. M.
Leave Yorkville at 8.30 A. M.
Leave Guthriesville at. >9.05 A. M.
Leave McConnellsville at 9.20 A. M.
Leave Lowrysville at 9.40 A. M.
Arrive at Chester at 10.10 A. M.
going north.
Leave Chester at 2.45 P. M.
Leave Lowrysville at 3.20 P. M.
Leave McConnellsville at 3.40 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville at 3.50 P. M.
Arrive at Yorkville at 4.20 P. M.
Leave Yorkville at 4.25 *P. M.
Leave Clover at 5.05 P. M.
Leave Bowling Green at 5.15 P. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at 5.25 P. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.35 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonia at 5.55 P. M.
Leave Gastonia at 6.10 P. M.
Arrive at Dallas at 6.30 P. M.
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
July 22 30 tf
REMOVAL..
THE YORK MARBLE YARD.
1 WOULD respectfully announce that I have
REMOVED MY MARBLE WORKS to the
new building South of Wheeler's Coach. Factory,
on my own premises, and near the Railroad depot,
where I shall hereafter be better than ever heretofore
prepared to tarnish MONUMENTS, TOMB
STONES, or ANYTHING IN MY LINE, as
low as the lowest. As an evidence of this, I can
tarnish Tomb Stones for CHILDREN from $3.00
upward ; for ADULTS, from $8.00 upward.
Monuments and Tom b Stones designed and
finished in the most elaborate style, ana in point
of workmanship and material, equal to the work
of any establishment in the country.
Specimens always on hand, to an inspection of
which, those in want of marble work are respecttally
invited.
Estimates and other information tarnished on
application.
work delivered at any point on the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between
Chester and Dallas, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for
transportation.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
upon my establishment, my determination Is to
merit a continuance of the same.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
NEW STORE! NEW STOCK!
HAVING erected a new and commodious Store
on the site of our Old stand, our facilities for
conducting the Foreign and Domestic Fruit trade
are now unsurpassed in the Southern Country.
The attention of our friends, and dealers generally
is called to this fact, and also to onr fresh
supplies arriving to-day.
100 barrels of Northern Apples.
50 boxes Messina Lemons.
23 barrels and half barrels of Pears.
15 packages Delaware and Concord Grapes.
200 barrels Early Rose Potatoes.
25 barrels Onions.
100 barrels Northern Cabbages.
Peaches and Grapes fresh every morning by
Express. C. BART & CO.,
55, -57 and 59 Market street,
Charleston S. C.
September 23 39 4m
GEORGE T. SCHORB,. '
PHOTOGRAPHER,
CHESTER, 8. CAROLINA.
I PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and
pains taken to please every customer.
Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, an
low as can be done in any city, North or South.
Have on hand a fine selection of CHURCH
AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered
very cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be firstclass.
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
Yorkville Enquirer.
GEORGE T. SCHORB.
February 13 ^ 7 tf
SUBSCRIBE
FOB THE WEEKLY PALMETTO YEOMAN,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
IT is an 8 page paper, designed for the people,
filled with interesting matter?Family Riding,
News, Markets, Ac. Subscription: One
A. -A n ffit nn. fPU-AA
y6Er? fli.DU; oevou uiuuma, ^n.uu i iuicc luuuwuo
60 cents?payable in advance. Forsix names anc
nine dollars, an extra copy for one year. Specimens
furnished. The DAILY YEOMAN, an afternoon
paper, is $4 a pear.
C. M. MoJUNKIN, Editor and Publisher.
September 30 40 tf
ROSE'S HOTEL,
YOKKVILLE, 8. C.
a yj4??THIS HOUSE has been tboroughly
renovated from cellar to
garret, and newly fbrnished, inlld^SK
eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT
SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our motto
w a full House at a moderate price. i
TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. /
Sam pie Rooms reserved especially for Com mer- 5
cial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. Ml
June 17 25 tf J*
CHATTEL MORTGAGES M
MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to ?;
Real Estate. For sale at the M
ENQUIRER OFFICE. f
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