Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 25, 1881, Image 4

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gittmijrousi fjepattmeni. BILL JENKINS' TROUBLE. Bill Jenkins was a very modest man ; and although lie had mingled with the world at barbecues, bar rooms, and at many of the et celra places where men may occasionally be found?yet he was modest, very?whenever placed in the company of ladies. He trembled whenever a pretty girl would speak to him, and felt like a culprit at the stand, : when called upon to see "Miss So-and So i home." Bill could never explain or account I for this most singular timidity. He would ' sing, frolic, and be as wild as a Rover among { men, but a petticoat would unnerve him in- I stantly. Lucy Ann Liggins had "set her cap" for i Bill, and it was determined to "lead him or die." Bill, to tell the truth, loved Lucy, and was as miserable out of her company, as he was timid in it?but, as to "popping the question," that was impossible. Lucy knit purs- j es, hemmed haudkerchiefs, worked bosoms, and gave them to Jenkins, as well as several gold rings, but still Bill would not propose. Lucy declared to him repeatedly that she loved him, and that she was miserable when he was absent from her, and her happiness in life depended upon being his wife?but Bill was dumb. At last Lucy was determined t^at he should "hear thunder," and when he next visited her, after some preliminary soft talk on her part, she very affectionately said ? "Billy, my dear, when are you going to ask me to marry you ? for I want to get my dress ready." Bill fainted on the spot, and hartshorn and water were applied for half an hour before he was finally restored. "What has been the matter, Miss Lucy?" "0, nothing much ; you fainted when you were about to ask me to marry you?but I told you yes?aud, oh ! how happy we will be when we are married ! I will love you so dearly ; and as you said next Tuesday, why I am willing the wedding should be then?my dear Billy, how I do love you !" "I am willing, Miss Lucy," was all that Jenkins could articulate, while Lucy almost kissed him into fits. What a glorious victory. Here we ought to stop, but justice to our narrative requires that we should proceed to the finale. The next Tuesday had come, and trembling at the approach of evening?something seemed to harrow up his mind, and to no friend, even, would he communicate his deep distress. "You are not afraid, certainly, to go up and get married?why, to marry such a beautiful, charming and intellectual being as Miss Liggins. I should wish that time would fly like news upon the electric telegraph line ; cheer up Jenkins?cheer up !" "Oh !" replied Bill, "you don't know what distresses me. I can go up and get married? that is easy enough ; but there is something? I know it?I feel it?I am satisfied of one thing, 1 never will be able to do, unless Lucy will assist me." "Explain yourself," replied his friend, "and if I can, with propriety, I will endeavor to render you comfortable." But Jenkins could not explain. He dared not; it was his timidity ; he saw the Rubicon before him and he knew he could not pass it; but he was determined to get married, and to trust to luck and Lucy." The night came, and they were married. All were merry; the laugh, the song, the chat and the dance made up a lively party until midnight?they commenced to disperse; and at one o'clock, Bill Jenkins was left "solitary and alone" in the hall. Lucy Ann had retired, and her bridesmaids were off in a distant room. Bill was now at the point where he thought his courage would fail him. His situation was a peculiar one. He was not certain which was Lucy Ann's room, although he had been told, and even if he had known he could not go to it. The watchman cried "past two o'clock," . and yet Jenkins was still alone, and apparently engaged in perusing an old almanac, which by chance had been left in his coat pocket. An old female darky, who resided in the family, had been prevailed upon by the ladies, who noticed Jenkins' bashfulness, to show him his bed-room, and she accordingly introduced herself to him in as modest a style as she well could. "Mr. Jenkins," said she, "past 2 o'clock." "Oh, yes, I know it, I'm going home in a few minutes. Old woman, where's my hat?" "It is in Miss Lucy's room, sir, you can get it there if you'll go in. Mr. Jenkins, why don't you go to bed ?" The old woman seized hold of Jenkins, and pulled him along until she got out of the hall, and all his gaze was fixed for a moment upon the entry door; but she was determined to put him in Miss Lucy's room, and after violent efforts succeeded. There he stood, with the knob of the door in his hand, but the old darky had been smart enough to lock the door outside. Lucy pretended to be asleep, but that sort of gammon would not answer; at last she said: "My dear Billy, what is the matter ?" "I want my hat!" screamed Jenkins, and Lucy, knowing his modesty, leaped out of bed, and after carressing him for some time, Billy went to bed with his clothes and boots on, and trembled till morning. How Jenkins subsequently succeeded in getting over his bashfulness, can be known by application to bis dear Lucy Ann. Header, strange as it may appear, there are Jenkinses" ail over the world, but the freemasonry of wedding life draws the curtain before the eyes of the uninitiated. Going to bed on the first night after marriage must be amoDg the most delicate situations in life. Ask your married neighbor how it was with him. We have had no experience exactly in that way. Retraction.?The following anecdote is told of a distinguished lawyer of Massachusetts, who, but a few years ago, went "the way of all flesh." He had been engaged in a certain cause in Roxbury, wherein he_believed the jury had done injustice to his client. Declaiming against the verdict, he said : "The whole of them might have been bribed for a peck of beaas!" "What is that?" said the Judge. "You dishonor yourself and the court, as well as the jury, by such an impeachment." "I meant no direspect to the court, your honors and as for myself ? "You will see the propriety, I hope, of retracting the words.". "With all due deference to your honor, I cannot see the propriety of unsaying what is true." "Do you intend to aggravate the offence by repeating it ? Let me tell you, sir, this is not to be suffered, and unless you retract forthwith, we shall deem it necessary to strike you ifom the rolls or the court. "Well, since the court insists upon it, I suppose I can do no less than retract." "And in very ample terms, too." "Certainly, your honor; and on second thought I do it with great pleasure. I am convinced now, that I wronged the jury in saying they could be bribed for a peck of beans; and thus openly and publicly, I retract the assertion. I hope the jury, and court are satisfied." They expressed themselves in the affirmative, when the lawyer rejoined : "But may it please the court and jury, had I said half a bushel instead of a peck, I would have been hanged before I would have retracted." fST* Conversation between two school boys: "I've been down to have my head felt by a phrenologist." "What did he say ?" "Oh, he said I had a great brain, but my body wasn't equal to it, and told my gov'nor he'd orter take me out o' school for a year, and just let me play to rest and develop my physique, and the gov'nor's going to do it." The other boy is pestering his father to take him to the phrenologist's. ihe Jam and Jiressidf. WASTEFULNESS. Wastefulness is a sin the commonness of which we do not realize uutil we begin to consider the ways in which it may be com- j mitted. We condemn those who are wasteful I of money, food, etc., and, esteeming ourselves very far removed from such prodigality, selfrighteously assert that "we never waste," while at the same time we are misspending what is of far more value. How much more valuable is health than all other physical blessings, and how necessary to their enjoyment. Are we as careful of this great blessing a<i we ought to be ? Do we never unnecessarily do that which we know is harmful in its effect ? Do we never overtax our strength, or put too great a strain upon our nerves? Not many, we fear, can assert that they never waste in this line. Yet j we should not be miserly of any good thing, j Only use carefully, spend when it is needed, I and save when not. r"? -? ? ~:r? Ta ! men mere is mat umcr gm.?nmo. that never misimpruved ? Do we ever "put off until to-morrow what should be done today," deceiving ourselves by thinking we can make up lost time ? Ah ! but just think how impossible it is. Since every moment has its appropriate duty, if we put off one, it crowds out the next, and that the next, and so on, and where is the time for the neglected duty to be performed ? Manifestly it is lost, and, alas ! it is lost forever. We also oftentimes waste by withholding as well as spending. Through fear of ridicule, perhaps, we fail to use our influence for the right when it would do good. We hear some cause spoken of slightingly or falsely, and fail to defend it. Here, then, we waste our good influence by withholding ; but let us not flatter ourselves that no harm is done, for "he that is not with us is against us." And above all, let us not waste our heart's life and love on things of earth so unsatisfactory and so fleeting. Let us not use life in vain pursuit of transitory joys, or waste our heart's best affections on objects unworthily, but let us love our Maker first and best, in consequence of which weshfill love our neighbor as ourselves, and live with eternity in view, remembering that our Saviour commanded, "Gather up the fragments, that nothing be lost." DON'T SKIP THE HARD POINTS. Boys, I want to ask you bow do you think a conqueror would make out, who went through a country ne was trying to subdue, and whenever he found a fort hard to take, left it alone. Don't you think the enemy would buzz wild there, like bees in a hive, and when he was well into the heart of the country, don't you fancy they would swarm out and harass him terribly? Just so, I want you to remember, will it be with you. It you skip over tne nara places in your, lessous, and leave them unlearned, you have left an enemy in the rear that will not fail to harass you, and mortify you, times without number. "There was just a little bit of my Latin I hadn't read," said a vexed student to me, "and it was just there the professor had to call upon me at examination. There wtre just two examples I had passed over, and one of those I was asked to do on the black board." The studeut who is not thorough is never well at ease ; he cannot forget the skipped problems and the consciousness of his deficiencies makes him nervous and anxious. Never laugh at he slow, plodding student; the time will surejy come when the laugh will be turned. It takes time to be thorough, but it more than pays. Resolve, when you take up a new study, that you will go through it like a successful conqueror, taking every strong point. If the inaccurate scholar's difficulties closed with his school life, it might not be so great a matter for his future career. But he has chained to himself a habit that will be like an iron ball at his heel all the rest of his life. Whatever he does, he will be lacking somewhere. He has learned to shirk what is hard, and the habit will grow with years. Now, nothing we get in this life is to be had for nothing. Success is not thrust upon a man. If you want any good, you must work for it. The eye that never falters, and the nerve that never quails, are the elements of victory in the mental and moral, as well as the physical world. Don't skip the hard points. T? reiT-T 1UTTV TUT TT1 VFT>IV<1 StOPW WMlp it is highly important that the farmer should provide good food for his horses and cattle, yet it is equally important that they should be fed regularly, at stated periods. Animals are good time keepers; and if the hour passes at which they are commonly fed, they are apt to make their wants known ; especially is this the case with the cow. It is a very bad practice to feed her often and irregularly; and some farmers have an idea, that almost every, time the barn is entered, the cows should be given hay or fodder. This is a mistake. The great object in view is to keep the cows quiet and contented, which can be readily accomplished by regular feeding, and supplying all the food they can eat. If fed in this manner in the morning, the cows will lie down and chew the cud and are not disposed to be annoyed by the visits of any person. In the winter season, the second feeding should be about two o'clock in the afternoon, which will allow them to have from that time to milking all they will eat, and giving a feed of hay when the milking is finished. The first stomach of the cow should be empty, or almost so,' before more food is eaten. A cow chewing the cud cannot be hungry. This regularity as regards feeding should likewise apply to watering and milking. This regular system of feeding applies fully as well to pigs aud sheep, when the latter are in winter quarters. Animals can be as easily trained as children, and every farmer who bears this in mind will be amply rewarded by the fine appearance of his stock, and the affection which will be bestowed upon him by them.?Southern Planter j and Farmer. A Pleasant "Good Morning."?Don't! forget to say "good morning." Say it to your | parents, your brothers, your sisters, your ! schoolmates, your teachers?and say it cheer-1 ruuy ana witn a smile ; it win ao you gooa < and do your friends good. There is a kind of i inspiration in every "good morning" heartily | spoken that helps to make hope fresher and j work lighter. It seems really to make the I morning good, and to be a prophecy of a good day to come after it. And if this be true of the "good morning," it is also true of kind | heartsome greetings. They cheer the discour- j aged, rest the tired one and somehow make the ! wheels of life run smoothly. Be liberal with ! them,then, and let no morning pass, however j dark and gloomy it may be, that you do not help at least to brighten by your smiles and 1 cheerful words. Brevities.?A drop of oil will make a j wood tick let go his grip. Kerosene oil rubbed on a stove will keep it from rusting through the summer. If your hat is badly sunburned, soak it in sour milk a few days. That will bleach it. The mica windows of coal stoves can be easily cleaned with a soft cloth dipped in vin- j egar and water. This may be done now so j they will come out bright next fall. To clean black cashmere, wash in hot suds, ! with a little borax in the water ; rinse in \ blueing water, very blue, and iron while damp. 1 It will look almost equal to new. To Keep Ice.?Make a double pocket of | woolen cloth, no matter how coarse and faded it is. Have a space of two inches or so be- j tween the inner and outer pockets, and pack j this space as fuli as possible with feathers. You have no ceed to use geese feathers ; hen's feathers rre just as good. With a pocket thus constructed and kept closely tied at the mouth a few pounds of ice may be kept a week. fading fat the CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. | Original ] THE OPPOSITION. There was in the time of our Saviour's sojourn in this world?God manifest in the flesh?a strange class of men. In their physical appearance, they were, so far as anything is said to the contrary, just like other men ; but they had strange ways. From what our Saviour sayB about them, we are led to conclude that this class was by m means contemptible in point of numbers. They are thus introduced by the Saviour: "Whereunto," says he, "shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?" Luke 7:31. From these words, we are led to think that there was more than a single indi vidual whose peculiar traits of character he would have us consider. There was a whole "generation" of them. They were scattered about all over the land. They were in evfery neighborhood, in every village, and in every city. The land swarmed with them. Go where you might, you were sure to 6nd some of this class of people. In a very few words, our Saviour gives us a most graphic description of the several members of this numerous class of persons who inhabited the land of Judea during his period of dwelling among men. So minute is the description, that no one was liable to make a mistake in his conclusion as to whether or not an individual belonged to this class. They are thus described : "They," the men of this generation, "are like children sitting in the market place and calling one to another and saying: We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not wept." Surely, if there were any of "the men of this generation" present when our Saviour ut tered these words, they did not feel flattered. No man can feel complimented when he is told that he is like a silly, pouty, contrary child, that will do nothing that it is asked to do, and do everything it is asked not to do. It cries when it is desired to laugh, and laughs when it should be quiet. It will do nothing its fellows desire it to do. It will not play when it is desired to play, and it will play when it is desired not to play. Itis perversely, and, at least, apparently innately contrary. It is contrary for no other purpose except to produce confusion and make itself and every one else, so far as it can, perfectly miserable. It acts against its own interest and comfort, aod against the interest and comfort of every one within its reach'. We are ready to say, and rightly, too, that was a had state of civilization, to say nothing of religion, when a whole generation of men and women acted as sillily contrary as a sulky child acts. If many of the Jews were of this class of men, tbey, we are ready to conclude, were in a lamentable condition. A generation of contrary people would destroy the happiness of any country they might inhabit. No man can be more unpleasant than the constitutionally contrary man. He is unpleasant to himself. He strives against his owu conviction, against his own experience, and against the observation and wishes of all. his fellow men. He says white is black, and black is white ; that up is down, and down is up. If the rest of mankind go east, he goes west; and if they go west, he goes east. He will act and say not as he pleases, but as he thiuks will displease everybody else. He glories in a row. Not in a fight, but in confusion. If he can thwart the purposes oT none of his neighbors or associates, he will thwart his own purposes. When others are glad, he is sorry ; and when others are sorry, he is glad.. Such were the characteristics of the "generation of men" described by our Saviour. We must not, as we shall probably be inclined to do, come to the conclusion that the "generation" likened by our Saviour to contrary children, were all Jews ; and that they are all dead long ago. This would be a pleasant thought. Not that it is pleasant to think of any one being dead ; but, surely, death is a faithful scavenger. It hides some in the grave, and if they are not at peace, they are no longer able to disturb the peace of others. There is a monument in France, wit!? an inscription upon its face in language like this: "Reader, if I were alive you would be dead." On the gravestones of the whole congregation of the dead, of the generation of men spoken of by ourSaviour.it might be written, "Reader, if I were alive you would have no peace, if I could prevent it." We are apt to think that the Jews were the most wicked and the most foolish people that ever lived, because they rejected the Saviour and cried out, "Crucify him ! crucify him !!" They were pointed to the miracles performed by Jesus in proof of the fact that he was the promised Messiah. "Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ; or, else believe me for the very work's sake." It does seem strange that any man could call the Messiahship of Jesus in question, when he beheld the dead raised by his single command. We do not hesitate to call the man contrary who will not believe his own senses. We need not, however, go back eighteen hundred years to find contrary and wickedly contrary Jews, too. We can get perfect examples of more recent date and nearer home. We can find, without any great labor, some Gentiles, who are so spiritually contrary, that they do wrong because those who love them most intensely and most devotedly, desire them to do right. The Scotch poet spoke the truth when he said "mankind are an unco oniioil " Tt ia n nninfnl ttirmcrVif- mpn ?rp just now what they were eighteen centuries ago?obstinately contrary. It matters not who speaks of peace, they are for war. They delight in confusion, in disturbance, in any and everything that keeps society in a broil, and the Church in distraction. Is it not a just ground of shame-facedness that the men and women of the nineteenth century are, at least a great number of them, like contrary children, so often working; agaiust their own temporal and eternal interests, and against the happiness of their fellowmen? The only possible way, it does seem, by which some men could be induced to do | right, would be for all to persuade them to J do wrong. Then, to be contrary or to plant j themselves firmly on the side of the opposition, they would do right, simply to be contrary. JST* None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul ; as the heart was made for him, so he only can fill it. fading, j i CROMWELL'S HEAD. A correspondent of the New York Express , writes: , x Before leaving England I had an oppor- ( tunity of seeing a great curiosity, a relic of antiquity, which few Englishmen have seen. You will be surprised aud perhaps incredu- ' lous, when I say I have seen the head of Oli- < ver Cromwell?not the mere skull, but the I head entire, and in a state of remarkable I preservation. Its history is authentic, and J there is verbal and historical evidence to I place the thing beyond cavil. Cromwell died i at Hampton Court, in 1658, giving the J strongest evidence of his earnest religious I convictions, and of his sincerity as a Chris- 1 1 ? /? 1 i tmn. Alter an imposing iunerai pageant, s the body having been embalmed, he was . buried in Westminster Abbey. On the restoration of the Stuarts, he was taken up and hung in Tyburn. Afterward his head was cut off, a pike driven up and through the neck and skull, aud exposed on Westminister Hall. It remained there a long while, until, by some violeuce, the pike was broken and the head thrown down. It was picked up by a soldier and concealed, and?afterward conveyed to some friend, who kept it carefully for years. Through a succession of families, which can easily be traced, it has come into the possession of the daughter of Hon. Mr. Wilkinson, ex-member of Parliament from Buckingham and Bromley. It was at the residence of this geutleman that I saw the head, and his daughter, a lady of fine manners and great culture, exhibited it to Rev. Mr. Verrell, the pa?tor of the Bromley Dissenting Chapel, and myself. This head of Cromwell is almost entire. The flesh is black and sunken, but the features are nearly perfect, the hair still remaining, and even the large wart over one of his eyes?such being a distinctive mark on his face?is yet perfectly visible. The pike which was thrust through the neck still remains, the upper part of iron, nearly rusted off, aud the lower wooden portion in splinters, showing that it was broken by some act of violence. It is known historically that Cromwell was embalmed, and no person thus cared for was ever publicly gibbetted, except this illustrious man. In addition to the most authentic records concerning the head possessed by the family, and which I have found sustained 1 by historical works, and even an old manu* ' script in the British Museum, Mr. Flanman, 1 the distinguished sculptor, once gave it as his opinion that this was none other than the 1 head of Oliver Cromwell. Yet its existence seems almost unknown in England, and only a few years ago a discussion in some of the s public journals, which I have seen, alternate- ) ly denied and advocated, it. Such a rumor ] was in circulation, and as no one had then seen ' the head, it having been kept concealed, none could speak by authority. Recently the motive for concealment has passed away, and permission to see it was cheerfully granted, t It is a curious keepsake for a lady, but it is \ carefully preserved under lock aud key in a uuraber of costly envelopes, and when it is < raised from its hiding place and held in one's ( hand, what a world of thought is suggested. THE "LIYER." Dr. Bliss and his contemporaries who have been trying to make the President believe that if the bullet struck his liver he will have a close shave of it, know very little J about that organ, or else they have entered into a conspiracy to scare him to death. Right j here in our State of Michigan one can collect a cartload of affidavits that a man's liver is J about tbe most worthless organ.in the human , body, and down in Indiana they won't have t 'em at all if they can help it. Our correspondent at Lansing writes: "Please let the President know through j your columns that iu 1872 a boy fired a big * agate marble through my liver from a toy j cannon. I stuffed up the hole with an old hat aud after the third day I could attend to ? business as well as ever. The injury rather , blunted my taste for New Orleaus molasses, but aside from that I have noticed no serious effects." j Our correspondent at Mackinaw sends down the following: "The President need not be alarmed about ( his liver. Last Fall my brother got ii> the ' way of a blast at a Lake Superior mine and a stone weighing a pound was driven clear ( through In no, carrying portions or nis uver ( over two hundred feet. The doctors pronounced him a dead tnau, but in four weeks ] he was able to play base ball, and has never , had even a headache sin<?. I enclose you the stone which knocked bis liver out as j proof of ray statements." Our correspondent at St. Joseph writes: I "In June last year I had a colored man 1 named John Baker in my employ. While , driving a mowing machine he fell to -the s ground and was badly cut up. Among other wounds he had his liver cut slick in two, and 1 a council of seven doctors decided that he ' must die within two hours. He is now a well, 1 healthy man, chewiug the strongest kind of ' plug tobacco and drinking whisky which kills ordinary men stone dead at thirty-six rods." Our correspondent at 'Grand Haven says he knows an Indian who was ripped open with a buzz-saw and his liver flung on a beam forty feet away. The doctors sewed | him up in such a hurry that the lost organ was forgotten, but the red man suffered no inconvenience whatever. On the contrary, he has never been in such spirits. He can drink twice as much whisky without getting tangled ; it is much easier for him to swear; he does not perspire as much ; he is cured of the habit of snoring ; his coat fits him better in the back; dried apples have improved in taste, and he would not have the old thing back again under any circumstances. The r entire sash, door and blind shop in which the -1 accident occurred has been forwarded to substantiate the assertions, and the medical fra- ' ternity are invited to call and have their t doubts removed.?Detroit Free Press. t ORIGIN OF BRANDY. c Brandy began to be distilled in France . about the year 1313, but it was prepared only f as a medicine, and was considered as possessing such marvellous strengthening and sanitary powers that the physicians named* it [ "the water of life" (Teau de vie,) a name it still retains, though now rendered, by exces- i sive potations, one of life's most powerful and * prevalent destroyers. Raymond Lully, a disciple of Arnold de Villa Nova, considered this admirable essence of wine to be an emanation from Divinity, and that it was intended to reanimate and prolong the life of man. He even thought that this discovery indicated that the time had arrived for the consummation of all things?the end of the world, f Before the means of determining the true quantity of alcohol in spirits were known, the dealers were in the habit of employing C a very rude method of forming a notiou of F the strength. A given quantity of the spirits E was poured upon a quantity of gunpowder in a a dish and set on fire. If at the end of the j combustion the guupowder continued dry j enough, it exploded, but if it had been wetted with water in the spirits, the flame of the alcohol went out without setting the powder on fire. This was called the proof. Spirits h which kindled gunpowder were said to be 1< above proof. jj From the origin of the term "proof," it is obvious that its meauing must at first have g been very indefinite. It could serve only to poiut out those spirits which are too weak to kindle gunpowder, but could not give any in- r formation respecting the relative strength of J those spirits which were above proof. Even C the strength of proof was not fixed, because ? it was influenced by the quantity of spirits tc employed?a small quantity of weaker spir- ?! it might be made to kindle gunpowder, while 1( a greater quantity of a stronger might fail, si Clarke, in his hydrometer, which was inven- r. ted about the year 1730, fixed the strength of proof spirits on the stem at the specific gravity of 0.920 at the temperature of 60 degree*. This is the streogth at which proof spirits is fixed in Great Britain by act of Parliament, and at this strength it is no more than a mixture of 49 pounds of pure alcohol witqpfil pounds of water. Brandy, rum, gin, and whisky contain nearly similar proportions.? Scientific American. Ten Dollars a Week Board for Dogs. The Cape May correspondent of the Philadelphia Record writes : "Dogs are abhorred by seaside hotel managers. To keep the little brutes out of the Stockton House, at Cape May, the directors decided to charge board for dogs at the rate of ten dollars a week. It was thought this would be an effectual bar to ill noisy pet poodles and skye terriers, but the fact that six dogs are now on the hotel list of boarders shows that the managerial icheme has been a delusion and a snare. A.mong the boarders there is a pug whose uginess is his char.m, two rival lap dogs and three skye terriers that vie with each other n the size of ribbon bows they wear on their leeks. One animal last week had a bright irange ribbon arouna nun mac spread one nto a bow so large as to hide the little felow's head and body. All the dogs are re:ognized as special rate guests and are entitled to the courtesies of that class. Four of the six dogs have special attendants, each of whom involves ten dollars a week more upon 'ray lady." Include the wages of the caretaker with these items, and it will be figured )ut that each dog costs twenty-five dollars a week?rather heavy keep for five pounds of log flesh. # ? ? Don't stop your Paper.?Curtail and economize in other respects as much as you :hoose, but don't stop your paper. Your wife needs it; your children need it; you seed it yourself. It not only affords you the imuseraent necessary to your health and happiness, but furnishes you with a variety of knowledge worth tenfold what it costs you. There are a hundred other things which you 3an better dispense with than your paper. You can even do without "bitters" and meals i few times without injury, but your paper would be a serious loss. If you are cympellid to "suspend payment" or go to jail before doing so, pay for your paper a year in ad ranee, and it will relieve the rigors of pov>rty and solitary confinement, and it may prevent the disastrous consequences of suspension?by the neck. Don't stop your paper, but pay for it out of your disposable nouey. TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: Jingle copy for one year, 92 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 rwo copies one year, 4 00 ren copies oneyeftr, 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RAXES. ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first inser;ion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each mbsequent insertion. A square consists of the ipace occupied by seven lines of this size type. Contracts will be made at reduced rates or advertising space to be used for three, six, ir twelve mourns. TAX NOTICE-1880 OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER,-) York Coonty, > Yorkville, S. C., August 15th, 1881. J MY BOOKS for the tinal collection of the TAXES for the liscal year 1880, will be opened at Yorlcville, on Thursday 15th, Friday 10th, and Saturday 17th days of September. At Bethany, (McGill <fe Glenn's Store) King's VIountain township, on Monday, 19th day of Sep,ember. At Whitaker, Cherokee township, on Tuesday, !0th day of September. At Black's Station, Cherokee township, on iVednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd days of Sepember. At Hickory Grove, Broad River township, on Friday, 23rd day of September. At Clark's Fork, (John McGill's Store,) King's VIountain township, on Saturday, 24th day of September. At Rainey's Mill, Bullock's Creek township, on Monday, 26th day of September. At J. W. Carroll's Store, Bullock's Creek townihip, on Tuesday, 27th day of September. At McConnellsville, Bethesda township, on tVednesday, 28th day of September. At Smith's Turn Out, Bethesda townBhip, on Thursday, 29th day of September. At Massey's Store, Ebenezer township, on Frilay, 30th day of September. At Yorkville, on Saturday, 1st day of October. At Clover, King's Mountain township, on Monlay, 3rd day of October. At Bethel, (Glenn's Store) Bethel township, on Tuesday, 4th day of October. At Clay Hill, (Neely's Store),'Bethel township, >n Wednesday, 5th day of October. At Fort Mill, Fort Mill township, on Thursday 5th, Friday 7th, and Saturday 8th days ofOctober. At Rock Hill, Catawba township, on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th days of October. At Coates' Tavern, Catawba township, on Wednesday, 12th day of October. At Rock Hill, Catawba township, on Thursday [3th, Friday 14th, and Saturday 15th days of Octooer. At Yorkville, from Monday 17th day of Octoaer, until Monday 31st day of October, the time for closing the Books. Total levies for State and County, 12J mills on ;he dollar. Special levy in Broad River townibip, 1 j mills on the dollar for fence purposes. Alan nne dollar nn all taxable noils between the iges of 21 and 60 years. Tax-payers are earnestly requested to meet the Treasurer at their respective Township appointments, in order to avoid a rush at theCourt House, Juring the last days of the collection. H. A. D. NEELY, Treasurer York County. August 18 33 5t SOUTH CAROLINA?YORK COUNTY. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. William W. Gaffney, Plaintiff, against Daniel Peeler; Aaron Peeler; Lev icy Moss ; Christina Tatem, and her husband Samuel Tatem; Matilda Quin, and her husband William B. Quin ; Elizabeth Love, and her husband Hugh R. Love; Mary Dunn, and her husband Moses M. Dunn; the heirs of Jane Stroup, deceased, including her husband, Adam Stroup, otherwise unknown ; the heirs of Anne Dunn, deceased, including her husband, John B. Dunn, otherwise unknown; Mary A. Peeler, Levicy J. Wofford, John R. Peeler, Mary A. C. Patrick, J. Newton Peeler, Daniel M. Peeler, and J. Smith Peeler, heirs of Anthony Peeler, deceased ; and John B. Moore, Defendants.? Summons for Relief.?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above named, and each of you: rOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is ierewith this day tiled in the office of the Clerk >f the Court of Common Pleas, for the said Couny of York, and to serve a copy of your answer o the said complaint, on the subscribers, at their >fflce, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within tweny days after the service hereof, exclusive of the lay of such service; and if you fail to answer he complaint within the time aforesaid, the )laintiff in this action will apply to the Court or the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated August 18,1881. WITHERSPOON <fe SPENCER, Plaintiff's Attorneys. L. S.] Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pleas. AugU8tl8 33 6t LIYERY AND FEED STABLE. rHE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he has opened a LIVERY STABLE )n his lot, near the Court House, and is amply irepared with HORSES, CARRIAGES, BUGIIES and WAGONS, to attend to any calls that nay be made upon him by the traveling public, ipecial attention given to conveying TRAVELNG SALESMEN to any point desired, in comnrtable vehicles, and with careful drivers, lorses and vehicles to hire at reasonable prices. FEED STABLES. In connection with the Livery business, I am , Iso prepared to furnish feed and stabling for orses, by the meal, day, week or month. My Dug experience in the Livery Business warrants le in ensuring satisfaction to all who may favor ie with their patronage. A few second-hand Buggtes for sale atL a_ bar ain. F. E. SMITH. April 7 14 ly _ TAKE A GREENVILLE PAPER. SUBSCRIBE for the ENTERPRISE AND j MOUNTAINEER, issued in Greenville,South arolina, the most enterprising and thriving City f the State. Size, 20 by 40 inches. 20 columns f reading matter weekly. Special attention given > matters transpiring in the up-country, where ' o many are now looking. Established 57 years, 'ho present Editor connected with the office since 354. $2 per annum ; $1 for six months. 300 new tibscribers have been enrolled since last Januay. Try it awhile. Address JOHN C. BAILEY, Editor, . Greenville, S. C. August 4 31 tf THE "FAMILY FAVORITE." THE VERY BEST AND THE VERY LATEST IMPROVED Sewing* Machine. ?mi Light Running, Noiseless, No Gears, No Cams, No Springs, New and Elegant styles of Woodwork. Loose Fly-Wheel, Automatic Spooler, Casters in Stand, Largest Shuttle Used, Simple, Easy to Learn, Requires no Repairs at all. INSTRUCTION BOOK So plain that no other teacher is required. If you see it, you will buy it. Prices as low as any firstclass Machine. For sale by LATIMER & HEMPHILL, Yorkville, S. C. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. March 31 13 tf ' SFOO fcOTTO M, ESTABLISHED 1812. ('COZO') \<C\ MAR K /?*'/ ("Wouxu o* "White Spools.) * GEORGE A. CLARK, SOLE AGENT, * 100 BROADWAY, SEW YORK. Since the introduction of this Spool Cotton into the American market, its success has been unprecedented. No other brand of thread has ever met with the same amount of public favor in the same space of time. The "0. N. T." manufacturers were the first to recognize the importance of the Sewing Machine and to make a six-cord cotton, which has ever since been the recognized standard for machines. #A11 the improvements in machinery that the inventive genius of the nineteenth century has produced have been adapted by the manufacturers of " 0. N. T." At all the great International Fairs of the world, "0. N. T." has been awarded the highest honors. . . The " O. N. T." factories at Newark, N. J. and Paisley, Scotland, employ 5,200 operatives?make sufficient thread daily to go around the world four times. Consume 140 tons of coal daily. The manufacturers of "0.VN. T." are the largest manufacturers of Spool Cotton in the world. A fall assortment of this Spool Cotton can. be bad at wholesale and retail at HUNTER, OATES & CO.'S, Agenjts, Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Ac. Yorkville, South Carolina. February 24 tJ 6m f JAS. F. JOHNSTON, GENERAL AGENT FOR THE BAY STATE ENGINES, FOR NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. > !> Every Engine Sold GirlngEntire Satisfaction. State Agent for the Medart Patent Cold Rolled Wrought Rim Pulley,?the lightest, strongest and most durable and cheapest pulley now made! Hot Rolled, polished Shafting, assorted sizes. Saw Mills, Saws and Belts, complete, with Liddell's celebrated Ratchet Head Blocks. The Boss Press, Best Bhurs. Corn and Wheat Mills complete. Peerless threshers and separators, Brown cotton gins, feeders and condensers. State agent for the Perry Royce Reaper, the lightest draft and most durable Machine n the market. Also Wood's Reapers and Mowers. Every Machine warranted. JET PUMPS AND INSPIRATORS, 'piping and pipe tongs. A full stock of CARRIAGES, P&ffiTONS AND BUGGIES, And the celebrated CORTLAND SPRING WAGON. The public is invited to examine my stock. Parties wishing to buy machinery are especially requested to get my prices before buying. I have taken the agency for the celebrated DANIEL PRATT COTTON GIN, The best gin by odds now made. Send for Circulars. JAS. F. JOHNSTON, Charlotte, N. C. June 23 25 3m "GARRY IRON _ and Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, djEVELANTD, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 ly AGENTS WANTED. WE want a limited number of active, energetic canvassers to engage in apleasantand profitable business. Good rflen will find this a , rare chance TO MAKE MONEY. Such will please answer this advertisement i 1 by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what 1 business they have been engaged in. None but i ( those who mean business need apply. Address ' ' FINLEY, HARVE* A CO., ! Atlanta, Ga. j January 6 1 ly OLD NEWSPAPERS, | OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale < at one cent each, at the i ENQUIRER OFFICE. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD. ggaBiaijBgg PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. ON and after June'6th, 1881, Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte AirLine division of this road will be as follows: U. 8. Mail. N. Y. Express. U. 8. Fast Mall EASTWARD. No. 43, No. 47, Nr. 49, A. B. C. Leave Atlanta.... I 4.00 A. M. 3 15 P. M.j 6 30 P. M. Ait. Snwanee...Di 5.18 A. M. 4.37 P. M. 7.45 P. M. " l.ula E 6.54 A. M. 5.59 P. M.I 9.06 P. M. " Toccna F 8.14 A.M. 7.15 P. M.! 10.16 P. M. " Seneca Oi 9.20 A. M. 8.40 P. M. 11.25 P. M. ' Greenville..11 10.58 A. M. 10.20 P. M.l 1.00 A. M. " Spartnnb'g..K 12.14 P. M. 11.40 P. M.1 2.11 A. M. " Gastnnia....!, 2.36 P. M. 2.13 A. M.J 4.31 A. M. " Charlotte...M 3 35 P.M. 3.15 A M.: 5.35 A.M. wpqtiv Ann U.S. Mall. N.Y. Express. U. 8. Fast Mail. WESTWARD. No 42 Nn 4g No M L'veCharlotte..M 12.30 P. iVf. 12.43 A. M. 12.33 A. M. " Gastonla..L 1.27 P.M. 1.43 A.M. 1.17 A. M" Spartanb'g K 3.50 P.M. 4.06 A.M. 3.12 A.M. " Greenville. H 5.07 P.M. 5.18 A.M. 4.24 A.M. " Seneca....G 6.51 P. IM. 7.02 A. M. 5.47 A. M. " Toccoa....F 8.01P. M. 8.15 A.M. 6.53 A.M. " I.ala E 9.16 P. M. 9.31 A. M. 8.09 A. M. w ? Suwitnee ..D: 10.38 P. M.I 10.54 A. M.I 9.22 A.M. Arr. Atlanta |12.Q5A. M.I 12.20 P. MT 10.35 A. M. CONNKCTIOjSS. A with Arriving trains of Georgia Central and A. A W. P. Railroads. B with arriving trains ofGeorgia Central, A. A W. P. and W. A A. Riilroads. C with arriving trains of Georgia Railroad. D with Lawrenceville Branch to and from Lawrenceville, Ga. E with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and from Athens, Ga. F with Elberton Air-line to and from Elberton, Georgia. G with Colombia and Greenville, to and from Columbia and Charleston, 8. C. H with Columbia and Greenville, to and from Columbia and Charleston, S. C. R with Spartanburg and Asbeville, and Spartanburg, Union and Columbia, to and from Hen-\ derson and Asbeville. and Alston and Columbia. L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge, to and from Lincolnton and Chester. M with C. C. A A.?C. C.-R. A D. and A. T. A O. for all points West, North and East. * Pullman Sleeping Car Service on Trains Nos. 47 and 48, Daily without cbdnge, between Atlanta and New York. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. May 19 20 tf JOB PRINTING. r_ OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF JOB PRI NTING in superior style, and at prices 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 100C Half-sbeet Bill Heads $3.00 $5.u0 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements atsame price of sixth-sheet 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 $8.25 Packet Note, .. 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.0C For the above work we use a superiof quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. we also give speclvl attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments rind Points and Authorities, which we furnish striotlyaccordingto the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and In proor reading exercise me utmost care to en* sure accuracy. We are prepared to ftirnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C. September 9 37 tf C.& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. jm'mm |gT|j]r1*^ vanar ^ . SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, taking effect at 7.25 o'clock, A. M., Jane 6th, 1881: GOING SOUTH. Leave Lincoln ton, 7.25 A. M. Leave Dallas 8.10 A. M. Leave Gastonia. - -8 40 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge ....8.55 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek 9.05 A. M. Leave Bowling Green 9.15 A. M. Leave Clover 9.30 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville -..10.10 A. M. Leave Yorkville 10.20 A. M. Leave Guthriesville 10.45 A. M. Leave McConnellsville '. -...11.00 A. M. Leave Lowrysville ?11.20 A. M. Arrive at Chester 11.50 A. M. * * GOING NORTH. Leave Chester 2.30 P. M. Leave Lowrysville.. 3.00 P. M. Leave McConnellsville 3.20 P. M. Leave Guthriesville 3.30 P. M, Arrive at Yorkville., 3.55 P. M. Leave Yorkville 4.05 P. M. Leave Clover 4.45 P. M. Leave Bowling Green 4.55 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek 5.05 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge 5.15 P. M. Leave Gastonia 5.45 P. M. Leave Dallas 6.05 P. M. w Arrive at Lincolnton 6.50 P. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. June 9 23 tf THE YORK MARBLE YARD. THE undersigned would respectfully announce to the public that his MARBLE Y ARD, near the Railroad depot, is in full opera- ,. tion, and that he is now well prepared to famish anything in his line of business at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. Tombstones for children furnished for from $3.00 upward ; for adults from $8.00 upward. Monuments ai. d Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, ftndin point of workmanship and material, equal to the work of any establish men >; in the country. Specimens always on band, to an inspection of which those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. Estimates and other information furnished on application. Work delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the pitronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. . January 6 1 ly KING'S MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL. THE King's Mountain Centennial Association instructed me to publish, in permanent form, the proceedings of tne recent CELEBRATION OF THE BATTLE OA KING'S MOUNTAIN, together with those of^55. The book wjU contain about two hundred pages. It is proposed no bring the work out En three different bindings at the following prices: Paper Binding, $1 00 Half Binding 1 50 Full Binding 2 00 It is manifest that the proposed work can only lie published by subscription. It is for the public fa say whether or not the work shall be published. Any one desiring the work will send me his or hor ' name ana ine money, uuu in iud event un uwn. is not published the money will be refunded. R. LATH AN. March 10 10 tf TURBINE WATER WHEEL." WE have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TURBINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's Invention. We are working a 13^-inch Wheel of the same kind, at d there is no better Water Wheel made for the same money. Those who contemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no better than to get one of these Wheels.. We have Circulars giving all the details in regard to the working of it, and with the sale jmu have the privilege of trying the Wheel, and if ** does not do as represented, the money will berefunde:!. Come and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine Wheel, Manufactured by theSERGEANT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. February 10 47 tf CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse ga r- * ments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and made to look as well as neiv. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. August 12 29 tt J. R. SCKORB'S PHOTO-GALLERV, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every i\, convenience, ana a determinatioi^to do my aest, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in ivant of correct and flattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except small children. IRON SAFE FOR SALE. rHE undersigned offers for sale on? No. 2 IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Baliman & Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a combination lock, and for all practical purposes is jqual to a new one. It is offered for sale for no reason except that it is too small for my purposes. L. M. GRIST.