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Ktuttwons A HORSE STORY. A keeper of a hotel not fifty miles from Boston, is, or was, a famous man for trading horses?owned many, and was always ready for a trade in such cattle. He was sharp at a bargain, and was never known to make a move that didn't count on his 6ide, until the following happened, that proved an exception to the rule. He always had some particular horse on hand for any emergency of trade, and the adroitness of his operation in putting off a beast, was a subject of delightful approval on all hands, among connoisuers of that delightful and much-abused animal, the horse. No one traded with StafHe that did not confess himself satisfied, though satisfac- j tion being a latitudinal word did not always j mean that the satisfaction was the ultimate of happiuess in the trade?like the same term I in connection with the duello. There was a jolly cobbler, whose name was | Wax, that occupied a small shop near the i hotel, to whom Staffle was accustomed to refer, in case of any Btick in transaction, and he being a disinterested man, would decide on the matter of difference, always, however, by what was deemed a strange fatality, deciding in iavor of Staffle. Some, however, went so far as to intimate that Staffle and the cobbler had talked the matter over previously, and had certain signs by which they understood each other. When the stick came, then Staffle would say?"Well, well, we can't get along any further. Now, I'm willing to leave it out to a third party, and as Mr. Wax, round the corner, knows the value of the horse I am swapping with you, he will be as good and candid an arbiter as we can find, and I guess I will call him." Mr. Wax would accordingly come out, leather apron and all, aud, after looking at the matter candidly, would decide that Staffle receive a smart consideration as the difference in value, and this would settle it nine times in ten. One day there came along a stranger with a pretty horse, and was at once the object of Staftie's interest. He examined the horse in all its points, and determined to have him. The determination worked itself up to a positive fever by the next morning, and when the stranger's horse was led out to be harnessed, Staffle stepped up and asked the owner, who was looking on, seeing that the harness was properly adjusted, if he didn't want to swap horses. The stranger told hira he hadn't the least objection, provided he could make a little something out of it. "Well," said Staffle, "I am glad to hear you say so. John, bring out the red'colt." The red colt was accordingly trotted out. Its name was a misnomer. It was one of * those animals that, having been called a colt when legitimately entitled to the appellation, had forfeited it bv the offence of age, and i was now sailing under false colors. The stranger looked at the "colt," an4 gave a whistle, as he saw the discrepancy between the age and the title. "Well," said he at last, "how shall we f forln 9 "IVkof a i?a ttaii tnilli i rv f a frl TTD tr\ bianc; i f i unb ui v juu i? 1111 iv ?v vv boot?" "Boot!" said Staffle, with feigned surprise, "the boot is on'the other leg, I think." "Ah !" said the man, "if you think so, we will stop negotiating. Good morning." "Hold on," cried Staffle, "hold on?don't be in such a hurry. Suppose I should offer you?say, twenty-five dollars?how would that please you ?" ? "It would not please me at all," was the reply, "I shouldn't want to take less than eighty dollars." "Well," said Staffle, "I can't do that, but I'll tell you what I will do?I'll leave it to somebody." "Done," replied the stranger, "anything for a trade. Who will you leave it to ?? Somebody, I hope, that knows what a horse is." "Never a better judge, sir," said Staffle, delightedly, "and here's just the man, of all others, that 1 would like to see, coming into the yard. Good morning, Mr. Wax." Wax nodded good morning back again, and said so, and then stood with his hands under his apron, looking at the horses. "Mr. Wax," continued Staffle, "this gentleman and myself are trading horses, and we want you to decide on the amount of boot I am to pay him. You know what an excellent horse the "colt" is, and can judge by comparing the two what the difference should be." "Mr. Wax, are you a good judge of horses ?" asked the stranger. "Mr. Wax, nodded, and looked up into his face, as much a* to say, "I should like to have you find a better one." He then proceeded gravely to examine the two, and, after standing with his arms akimbo for some minutes, said : "I should think seventy-five dollars would be about right." * "Good," said the stranger, "five dollars isn't much in a trade. Give me seventy-five dollars and take the horse." StafHe was as red as a beet, and drawing out his pocket-book, he counted out seventyfive dollars and paid them over. The transfer was made in silence, and the stranger drove away. After he had gone, Stafiie turned to Wax, who stood there very smilingly, and said: "That was a devil of a trick you played on me. What was you thinking of? Didn't you understand that the 'colt' was mine?" "Yes," replied Wax, "but you didn't suspect that the other horse was mine, did you ? I bought him yestesday, on speculation." In the year of 1847 the Legislature of Illinois gave to the then town of Rock Island, in that State, a city charter, which provided for putting in operation a city government, upon condition that at an election called for that purpose, a majority of the citizens should vote to accept the charter. The election was duly called, and everything promised well for the result until two or three days before it was to come off, when opposition to the measure began to show itself, and finally, a "public meeting of the citizens" was holden at the court house, which was well attended, and where it was unanimously "Resolved, That in view of the fact that cholera, ship-fever, small-pox, and other deadly infections and dangerous epidemics, prevail to an alarming extent in all cities, the attempt to bring these calamities upon us, meets our hearty indignation ; and that we now, and always will oppose a city charter." The consequence was, those persons ambitious of fitting in the Mayor's chair were obliged to wait another year. Since that time a "public meeting at the court house" has frequently been resorted to, and it always proves a wet blanket on all innovations. A Smart Bot.?At a school examination previous to the holidays, the master determined to give a finishing stroke to show off the proficiency of the scholars, as well as to give the parents and visitors a touch of his j quality, as a superfine professor of penman-1 ship, show the copperplate style. Propound- { iug and expounding the questions to his dear scholars, he concludes?not very grammatically, you will say?with this grand question and key to the art of writing?"What's the j three first requisites of penmanship?" Ashock-headed auburn geniu9, with a decided j inclination to the vermilion, burning to be dis- j tinguished as a prizeholder, shrieked out, j "Easiness, legibilitiveness and dispatchitive- j ness!" "Who's that?" says the professor.! "I, Bill Vickers." Old Mr. Vickers, who was present, with a tear of pride at the | achievements of his son Billy, exclaimed, "Well, Billy, after that you must go to college and learn algebragy." She Jam mA JitwiiM ? i Preserving Meat.?There is no good reason why farmers and their families should eat so much salt pork, leaving all the fresh : meat to the inhabitants of cities and villages, ! when the followiug method will keep meat fresh for weeks, even in the warmest weather. I have tried it for several yeaK. As soon as the animal heat is out of the meat, slice it up for cooking. Prepare a J large jar by scalding it well with hot water I and salt. Mix salt aud pulverized saltpetre. 1 Cover the bottom of the jar with a sprinkle \ of salt and'pepper. Put down a layer of j meat?sprinkle with salt and pepper the same as if it was just going to the table, aud con- ' tinue in this manner until the jah is full. 1 Fold a cloth or towel, and wet it in strong t salt and water in which a little of the saltpetre is dissolved. Press the cloth closely over the meat and set in a cool place. Be 5 sure and press the cloth in tightly as each 1 layer is removed, and your meat will keep i for months. , It is a good plan to let the meat remain j over night, after it is sliced, before packing. Then drain off the blood that oozes from it. ' It will be necessary to change the cloth occa- i ? 1-- .a- 1 :? sionaiiy, or lahe it uu uuu \>usu uuidi iu uuw | i water, then scald in salt and water as at first. ( In this way farmers can have fresh meat all the year round. I have kept beef that was killed on the eleventh of February till the ( twenty-first of June. Then I packed a large jar of veal in the same way during dog-days, and it kept six < weeks. This recipe alone is worth the price of any newspaper in the land. A Salt Cure.?Here is a simple thing that is worthy of attention. It may be the means of doing much good, and, at any rate can do no harm : > John Bland, an Englishman, writes to the New York Herald of a discovery he claims to have made in disease and its prevention. The letter treats of the theory of disease germs, their development, and a new treatment for their destruction. The germ theory of di sease admitted, common salt is the unversal panacea and antidote of germ poison. Salt kills both vegetable and animal germs, and the vegetables and animals, too, administered in quantities large enough. Farmers some times steep their seed grain in brine to kill the vegetable germs which would destroy its growth ; the salting process of fish and meat performs the same office in their preservation. People who eat little salt are more liable to contract and develope disease than those who take man's allotted three-quarters of an ounce daily portion of the chloride of sodium. Bland's conviction is that salt-eating is "the thing to kill the germs of cholera, yellow fever, small-pox or any other infectious or contagious disease, when epidemics are around. Salt is cheap and accessible. Two or three ounces a day in time of danger from disease germs will not injure any body, even if it does no good. To Keep Unoccupied Rooms Dry.? It occurs with many people that they have to leave their houses for a time, either in summer or winter, during which period, especially damp seasons, not only the furniture, but the walls and the paper on them, are liable to get damaged by the moisture in the atmos phere. This can be avoided in a simple manner. Before leaving the house, the rooms containing furniture ought to be well fasten ed up, to exclude as much of the outer air as possible ; a dish with dry chloride of lime should then be placed in the middle of the apartment, and inside another larger empty vessel, intended to receive the water flowing out of the former. The well dried chloride of lime has such an affinity for water, that it will attract all the moisture contained in the room and keep the air perfectly dry, so that no harm can occur to either furniture, books, paper, etc. Care must only be taken to open doors and windows when the apartments are to be occupied, as this dried air is not good for breathing. A Work Shop.?Every farmer has frequent?almost constant?need of a work shop. It may not be a separate building ; a place at one side of the carriage-room will answer. There should be a good sized bench with a vise at one end, and a place for using the planes, of which there should be at least two kinds provided. A shaving bench, with a drawidg knife, is an essential feature of a j well-stocked work shop; and saws, chisels, bit-stocks, and bits, hatchet, files, screw-dri- i vers, wrenches, etc., should all be at hand. | For work in metal, punches, cold-chisels, an- ( vil, etc., are all needed. A soldering iron is important, and also a few needles and awls ; for doing the necessary mending of the bar- 1 uess. By those provided with a work shop or work room, many a rainy day may be * ... - - t X _ 1 1. A 11 ! J lurneu 10 gooa account, ja. wen equipptu work shop will do much to make the boys ; more interested in farm work, and tend strongly to keep them at home when they might be tempted to go to the village or elsewhere. To Cook a 'Possum.?Senator Garland, of Arkansas, was appealed to by Forest and Stream for directions how to cook a 'possum. "The bent of mind," he replied, "is that if ! you would boil the 'possum in salt and red 1 pepper water until be is quite tender, and then brown him well in an old-fashioned oven 1 or skillet, wherein around his body a goodly number of potatoes are baked and browned, you will have a dish unrivaled and more ; than Oriental, and a person who could not 1 relish it, whether he took the 'possum hot or cold, would have no celestial fire in his 1 soul, nor music either." As to whether a ' 'possum'is best eaten hot or cold, the Senator ' confesses inability to decide. "Rather thau 1 miss him entirely," he added, "I would try to I eat him in any way I could find him, and ! really I am of opinion that he is better hot ( or cold according to the state he is in when I ' last partake of him." J Salting Butter.?The best rule for salting butter is to salt to suit the taste of the | consumer. There is no use of applying any < particular amount of salt for the sake of i preserving it, because the very slightest salt- , ine is always more than sufficient for all the | effect salt can have aB a preservative of but- ( ter. Generally one ounce of salt to sixteen ] ounces of butter is used. But if the butter ] has any undesirable flavor or is insipid, a < little more salt may be used, say one ounce i to twelve or fourteen ounces of butter, so as i to obscure in a measure faulty taste, the fla- | vor of salt being less objectional than a wrong or defective taste in butter. But if the 11a- , vor is very fine and full, it will not be desira- , ble to hide it, but, on the contrary, to give it more prominence; hence, less salt, say one , ounce to twenty of butter, will give a better ( effect. Relief for Burning Feet.?To relieve ' burning feet first discard tight boots. Take one pint of bran and one ounce of bicarbonate of soda, put in a foot-bath, add one gallon of I hot water; when cool enough soak your feet 1 in this mixture for fifteen minutes. The < relief is instantaneous. This must be repeat- 1 ed every night for a week, or perhaps more. 1 The bran and bicarbonate should be made | ' fresh after a week's use. Bicarbonate of 1 soda can be bought for a small price per! < pound from druggists. The burning seDsa- j ' tion is produced by '"he pores of the skin being j 1 closed, so that the feet do not perspire. 1 | ( Croup.?Take a knife or grater, and sliaye ' i off in small particles about a teaspoonful of < alum, mix it with twice the quantity of sugar t to make it palatable and administer it as < quickly as possible. Almost instant relief e will follow. j fat the falrhth. CONDUCTED BY ltEV. ROBERT LATH AN. | Original ] PRAYER. There is a class of men who are of the >piuion that it is useless to pray. They rea!on thus: God is unchangeable. All his dans are of old, and he will accomplish all us purposes. Therefore, it is useless to ask lim to do tliis or to do that. He will do as le pleases. Others say that everything in he Universe is governed by fixed laws ; hence before God can answer prayer, he must change ,he laws of nature. Some men who have a mere smattering of icientific kuowledge, boldly assert that it is foolish to pray for rain, or for any change in he weather. The clouds depend, say they, ipou the wind, and the wind depends upon a axed law. All this sounds well, and is cnlcu lated to beguile the simple; but, really, it is nothing but empty sound. There is in it not * particle of common sense or Scriptural theDlogy. God, in his providence and grace, does his own work, but he has made man a co-worker with him. He is an unchangeable God. He governs the world by laws which are fixed. They cannot be changed ; but one of the fixed laws of God is that we must; ask in order to receive ; we must seek in order that we may find ; we must knock in order that God may open for us. If the laws of science forbid us to pray, they also forbid us to work. If God has established laws which' make it foolish to pray for rain or for dry weather, then according to the same laws, it is foolish for the ftfrmer to do anything towards providing food for himself and those dependent upon him. All such reasoning is so absurd that it seems strange that any one would be influenced by it. The simple Bible truth is, God commands us to ask for whatsoever we may need. He made us dependent creatures. This is a fixed law which some scientific men ignore. From God we all derive our being, and by him we are kept in being. The only fixed law ol which we have any clear idea, is that revealed in his word. It is simply this: God is a prayer-hearing and a prayer-answering God. We know nothing about the fixed laws by by which the clouds and the winds and the waves are governed. It is true that by close observation, we may learn something of the laws which control the winds and the clouds, but it is so little that it is of no practical use. It is our privilege to ask God for any and everything that may be for his glory and our good. There are some, no doubt, who are ready to deny that God ever answers prayer. There are some men who are ready to deny everything except that they are wiser than every one else. Their denying, however, does not change the facts in the case. God answered the prayer of Hannah, and in answering it, violated what some scientific men would call a fixed law. He answered the prayer of Elijah and sent down fire from heaven and destroyed his enemies. This was another fixed law violated. He answered the prayer of the same prophet on two other occasions, violating a fixed law, according to some scientific men, in both instances. At one time, the prophet prayed that it might not rain, and it rained not for three years and six months. At another time he prayed that it might rain, and a small cloud, not larger than a man's hand, soon overspread the whole heavens and poured dowu a flood of rain. We need not go to the Bible to find examples in which God has answered prayer. There are millions of human beings now alive, who are ready to testify that God has heard and answered their prayers. These are not silly men and women. They are men and women of good understanding and sound judgment. MESSIANIC PSALMS. Of the Psalms of David, the 1st, 2d, 45th and 110th, may be called especially Messianic, because without the greatest violence done to all correct principles of interpretation these psalms can never be restricted to David; their just and personal significance all depends upon their exclusive restriction to Christ. The Psalms, after depicting the moral struggle between godliness and ungodliness, culminated, culminate in Holy Scripture in the life of the incarnate Son of God upon the earth, and these psalms definitely anticipate this culmination. Here, more than a thousand years before the advent of the Saviour, we have a prophetic delineation of his person, his offices and life. Is it not true that all the devices of the enemies of Christ, all weapons fabricated against him, all learning and science, all ridicule and wit, all combination of hostile parties to prove false the claims of Christ, have proved of no avail, and, therefore, have found an early grave ? Is it not certain that the evidence grows stronger and stronger from history and human experience, teaching us that if Christianity is not true then nothing Is true? As the mind views the whole struggle between the Bible and the infidelity and superitition arrayed against it; as it contemplates the successive defeats of the enemies of the cross and sees how that cross is now the acknowledged power of the world, and that around it all the civilization and science and learning of the ages cluster ; as it notices the rise and fall of empires while Christianity exists mightier than all changes, is not the thought irresistibly forced upon the mind, that having its birth in Christ, it will triumph because Christ is himself divine ? In the order ot time the cross comes betore the crown, the Garden of Gethsemaue and the tomb before the resurrection, ascension, and final victory over every evil. All are related together. There is a chain reaching down from heaven to earth, and those only who take hold of it rise from earth to heav2u? Charles E. Lord. Impress One Thought.?To gain the great end of teaching, the teacher should go to his class each Sabbath feeling that he has nne important thought to impress that day upon each member of his class. He may teach, and will teach, more things than one ; but he will make a sad mistake if he does j not stamp one strong thought on the mind of j jaeh pupil. Nor will he bo apt to do this; without deciding, before going to his class, j what that thought shall be. Thus let the ;eacher prayerfully scan the Scripture lesson | )f the day, get from it some one thought? ; ibove all others the thought needed by his : jharge?and go to them resolved, by God's aid i ,o have that thought firmly impressed upon ' ;ach heart and conscience. Concentrate your jffbrts on that clearly defined purpose.? Westninster Teacher. {pMrttmmnui leading. SETTLING DISPUTES BY ARBITRATION. Among the business men of New York it is a growing custom to refer their disputes to arbitration. A suit at law, which lasts from eight months to five years, and costs from two thousand to a hundred thousand dollars, is itself too monstrous a grievance to be the redress of a grievance. Hence, members of our Exchanges habitually bring matters in dispute before the Committee on Arbitration, who give them a hearing, and often decide a matter in thirty minutes which might linger in court for years. Most of our readers can call to mind trials that have lasted mouths, and cost many teus of thousands of dollars, only to result in a disagreement of the jury. Some such trials could have been settled, and settled justly, by any fair-minded man, after a hearing of three hours. On grounds purely technical, evidence is often excluded, which would clear the matter up in ten minutes. Hence the increasing popularity of arbitration. Perhaps there is more in this than now appears. and it may be but the beginning of changes both extensive and salutary. People laughed when some one proposed to govern the city of New York by contract, and maoy of our editorial friends have lately made merry over the new periodical that advocates "the abolition of the State." We do not profess to understand precisely the meaning of this new kind of abolition. It may be, however, that many things that are now done badly, slowly, and very expensively, by government, muy, in the future, be done better, quicker and cheaper by private agencies. We can imagine private courts of arbitration, wherein one, two or three men of experience and knowledge might "make a business" of deciding claims and disputes?charging a proper compensation for their time and labor. Such things may be. Meanwhile we give the sage advice to our readers?without extra charge?to settle their differences in any fair way except by going to law about them. Going to law is better than fighting, and that is the best thing we can say for it. A PROFITABLE USE OF TIME. Make the most of time. Some have little leisure, but there are sundry expedients, any one of which, if fairly tried, would make that little leisure a little longer. Most of the men who have died enormously rich acquired their wealth not in huge windfalls, but by minute and careful accumulations. It was not one vast sum bequeathed to them after another winch overwhelmed them wun inevitable oppulence ; but it was the loose money which most men would lavish away, the little suras which many would not deem worth looking after, the pennies of which you would keep no reckoning?these are the items which year by year piled up, have reared their pyramid of fortune. From the money-makers let us learn the nobler "avarice of time." Oue of the lougest and most elaborate poems of recent times was composed in the streets by a physician in busy practice, during the brief snatches of time when passing from one patient's door to another. And in order to achieve some good work which you have much at heart, you may not be able to secure an entire week, or even an uninterrupted day. But try what you can make of the broken fragments of time. Glean up its golden dusts?those raspings and parings of precious duration, those leavings of days and remnants of hours which so many sweep out into the waste of existence. And thus, if you be a raiser of moments, if you be frugal and hoard up odd minutes and half-hours and unexpected holidays, your careful gleanings may eke out a long and useful life, and you may die at last richer in existence than multitudes whose time is all their own. The time some men waste in superfluous slumber and idle j visits, and desultory application, were it all I redeemed, would give them wealth of leisure, and enable them to execute undertakings for which they deemed a less worried life than theirs essential. When a person says, "I have no time to improve my mind or do a kind turn to a neighbor," he may be saying what he thinks, but be should not think what he says ; for if he has net got the time already, he may get it by redeeming it. - ? ? Mutilated Coins.?The article which has been going the rounds of the press to the efPont thnf th#> Onvernment had issued a scale of discounts for all coin with holes in them, or. otherwise mutilated, turns out to be a hoax. Business men became' uneasy, and actually began to refuse them. The editor of the Statesville Landmark wrote to the Treasury Department in regard to the matter, and the following is the reply : Sir?Your letter of the 12th instant, asking whether the government has fixed the value of silver coins with holes punched in, them, has beeu received. In reply I have to inform you that this department has fixed no specific value on the coins in question, and that there is no provision of law or regulation of the department for the redemption of any coins so mutilated as to be unfit for circulation. Such coins may be disposed of as bullion at their bullion value, which would, of course, be less than face value and would vary according to the degree of mutilation. J. K. Upton, Assistant Secretary. Care of the Ear.?People who are inclined to deafness should live apart from the loud noises of railroads, factories, iron mills, etc. They should avoid with great care exposure to cold and damp, and especially should uot wear thin shoes in walking on damp ground or saturated brick pavements. Children ought never to be struck on the head with the palm of the hand, even in sport; sudden deafness results sometimes from boxing the ears, as well as the rupture of the tympanum. Often the sudden jar or shock with the concussion of air on the ear drives in the stapes or inner bone, destroying its function and diminishing the sensibility of the nerves. A snow-ball thrown with force on the ear, or an accidential blow with a ball or bat, may easily cause deafness. As cold increases deafness, it should be avoided if possible. Delicate persons should avoid draughts on the ears, sitting in wet clothes, sudden changes from the heated atmosphere of crowded rooms to cold winds, aud other similar exposures. tGF Dear girls, you do not chew tobacco or j drink whisky ; you are not beset with these j temptations. But are you temperate in all things? Are you temperate in your speech ? Do you never use extravagant words or "slang" phrases? Don't do it. They are not modest; they are not lady-like. They cultivate a want of reverence for the truth ; a want of respect to parents ; a light estimation of true greatness; fashionable profanity. They are oue of the modern improvements for ensnaring the young, patented by the Evil Oue. They seem harmless at first, but by-and-by they eat into the soul?poisoning it with trifling thoughts of God's word, death and eternity. These develop doubt and unbelief. Cotton.?Iu 1770, there were shipped to ; Liverpool three bales of cotton from New York ; four bales from Virginia and Maryland, and three from North Carolina. In j 1784, the year after the treaty which closed , the Revolutionary war and secured the re-, cognition of American Independence by Great Britain, a vessel that carried eight j bales of cotton from the United States to I Liverpool was seized in that port on the j ground that so large a quantity of cotton in ! a single cargo could not be the produce of the United States?so humble were the beginnings of thisuow extended culture. Ihc ?fltMlf (?nquim. TERM8 OF1 SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year,. $2 50 For six months, 125 For three months, ?5 Two copies one year, 4 00 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 subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. pgr- Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. W. P. HOBBS, AGENT. NEW GOODS RECEIVING and for sale at the lowest Cash Prices, AT THE SMITH CORNER. In the stock may be enumerated : Coffee, different qualities and prices ; Smoking and Chewing Tobacco; Cigars, Ralph's Scotch Snuff; Soda and Starch; Lion and Patapsco Baking Powders; CANNED GOODS And Extracts; Shoe Brushes and Blacking; Candies, Candles; Green and Black Teas; the Rr^nin in fAu/n irnAtl A nnla VinAmir ? and Letnon Crackers; Columbia "River Salmon Concentrated Lye; Black Pepper in tin boxes. Try my ARIOSA ROASTED COFFEE. Old Seed Tick Coffee at 6 pounds for ?1. Call and examine my goods and prices. W. P. HOBBS, Agent. THE NEWS AND COURIER. HAVING taken theagency of the CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS AND COURIER for Yorkvllleand vicinity, I would respectfully inform the citizens that I will promptly deliver that paper EVERY AFTERNOON At TWENTY CENTS per week. This places subscribers in Yorkville on the same footing of subscribers in the city of Charleston. THE NEWS AND COURIER *6 received in Yorkville 011 the afternoon of THE DAY OF PUBLICATION. I will also receive subscriptions for the TRIWEEKLY NEWS, the WEEKLY NEWS, and the SUNDAY NEWS. Subscriptions for these papers to be pafti in advance, and weekly subscriptions to the daily to be paid at the end of each week. SAM M. GRIST. September 1-35 tf L O O K^OUT ALL persons indebted to the undersigned for stock, and knowing that their notes fall due on the 1st of October, will prepare to meet them, as full payment will be required. Persons, wishing to make settlement can call at our stables in Yorkville, where Maj. J. H. Barry will receive the money duo, and return their papers. A. WILLIFORD & CO. September8 3(1 tf VALUABLE LAND FOE SALE. I OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE w&S&S&Wj all that tract of land lying on the waters of Turkey Creek, 5 miles west ?ssBlair of McConnellsyille, belonging to the estate of John J. Ashe, deceased, containing.297 ACRES, 40 to 50 acres of which is FINE BOTTOM LAND under a good state of cultivation. The place is well improved?a good Dwelling House and out buildings, tenant houses, Ac., and a well of good water, and a good SITE AND WATER POWER for ginning cotton. Upon thcplace is an estimated crop growing, of 1,000 bushels of corn and 18 bales of cotton, besides truck patches and molasses cane, cultivated with 3 plows. For an examination of the place apply to J. C. Ashe, who resides on the premises, ami for information and terms to John R. Ashe, Yorkville S. C. SARAH J. ASIIE, Executrix. August 25 34 tf DENTAL SURGERY. Dr. J. B. PATRICK, of Charleston, SURGEON DENTIST, GKSSS& WILL visit Yorkville, profession(^W8Eb3L aby, in January next, when he will T.lJ be pleased to wait upon all who may require the services of a DENTIST. Being amniir nrotmroil wlf.li t.htt best instruments and all f'J t" vr? ? " ? the improved appliances, he feels warranted in assuring perfect satisfaction. Ladies waited on at their residence. Rooms at the Rawlinson House. September 22 38 ly ~ADGER COLLEGE, Wallialla, C. THE Session of 1881-'82 will begin on THURSDAY, September 15th. Students may elect between the Classical, Scientific and Commercial Courses. Board and Tuition very reasonable, the whole expenses (except for clothing and traveling) need not exceed ?150 per annum. The students are drilled in militarv tactics. Located at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the climate is unsurpassed. For Catalogue, apply to ' J.OHN R. RILEY, Chairman of Faculty. W. W. Legare, Secretary of Faculty. August 25 34 2m P7 CT WILSON7 DEALER IN BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, PH/ETONS, SPRING WAGONS, &0., CHARLOTTE, N. C. OPEN BUGGIES $55, STEEL BOW TOP $65. August II 32 tj ENTERED UPON THE THIRD TERM."" THE undersigned would respectfully inform the planters of this section that he has again entered into business relations with Messrs. J. M. IVY & CO., of Rock Hill, for the purchase of Cotton in the Yorkville market for another year. He will be pleased to SAMPLE COTTON, and as Jieretofore, will always be found at the TOP OF THK MAKJUT. JUS place 01 uusineas is the ware-house of J. A. Carroll, near the depot. J. R. GARDNER. September 8 36 tf AGENTS WANTED. WE want a limited number of active, energetic canvassers to engage in a pleasant and profitable business. Good men will find this a rare chance TO MAKE MONEY. Such will please answer this advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they have been engaged in. None but those who mean business need apply. Address FINLEY, HARVEY A CO., Atlanta, Ga. January 6 1 ly house aniTlot foe sale" THE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in Yorkville, known as the "'Meek Place." It is situated near the Methodist Church, and contains TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is a two-storv Dwelling House, containing SIX LARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lumber house, corn-crib and stable. Terms will be made easy. L. M. GRIST. September 15 36 tf J. ^V. BAT7MAN, PRACTICAL BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. SHOP in SPRINGS MOORE building, on first lloor, in the rear of Withers Adickes' store. Easy shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dressing and polite attention to all customers. Call and give him a trial. Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO, j September 15 25 tf j IRON SAFE FOR SALE. THE undersigned offers for sale one No. 2 j IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bahman A Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a combination lock, and for nil practical purposes is equal to a now one. It is offered for sale for no reason except that it is too small for my purposes. L. M. GRTST. OLD NEWSPAPERS, OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. THE "FAMILY FAVORITE." THE VERY BEST AND THE VERY LATEST IMPROVED Sewing1 Machine. 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. Oil! 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 A HEMPHILL, Yorkville, S. C. REED A GILL, Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. March 31 13 tf SOUTH CAROLINA-YORK COUNTY. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. William W. Gafiney, Plaintiff, against Daniel Peeler; Aaron Peeler; Levicy Mo.ss ; Christina Tatem, and her husband Samuel Tatem; Matilda Quin, and her husband William B. Quin ; Elizabeth Love,and her husband Hugh It. 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. Wotlbrd, John R. Peeler, Mary A. C. Patrick, J. Newton Peolej^ Daniel M. Peeler, and J. Smith Peeler, heirs of Anthony Peeler, deceased ; and John B. Moore, Defendants.? Simmons for Relief.?Complaint not Hervcd. To the Defendants above named, and each of you: TOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this potion, which is herewith this day tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County of York, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint, on tho subscribers, at their office, in YorkvilJe, South Carolina, within twenty days after the sorvice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated August 18, 1881. WITHERSPOON <fe SPENCER, Plaintiff's Attorneys. [L. S.] Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pleas. August 18 33 9t LIVERY AND FEED STABLE. TFIE undersigned would respectfully inform tho public that he has opened a LIVERY STABLE On his lot, near the Court House, and is amply prepared with HORSES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and WAGONS, to attend to any calls that may be made upon him by the traveling public. Special attention given to conveying TRAVELING SALESMEN to any point desired, in comfortabie vehicles, and with careful drivers. Horses and vehicles to hire at reasonable prices. FEED STABLES. In connection with the Livery business, I am also prepared to furnish feed and stabling for horses, by the meal, day, week or month. My long experience in the Livery Business warrants me in ensuring satisfaction to all who may favor me with their patronage. *A few second-hand Buggies for sale at a bargain. F. E. SMITH. ' April 7 14 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK. WHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pleas, has applied to me for Letters of Admin' istration on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of FRANCIS NICHOLS, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear at our next Judge of Probate's Court, for York County, to be holden at York Court House, on the 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. /~1; nr\d Oftil 1 fhia fitll rlflV of uriveil UliUOi aij unuu anu ovui, uuio vvm w?j v/. October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and in the 106th year of the Independence of the United States of America. J. A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. October 6 40 6t 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. The FALL SESSION OPENS AUGUST 1, 1881. Rev. S. LANDER, President, Williamston, S. C. July 21 45 ly GARRY IROiY ROOFIXG CoT~ and Cement. . 79 and 81 Columbus Street, CIiEVEIJAND, OHIO. c ?J f"- nnri n.tnn ligtg O^lllt IUI Ull bUlaio uuu I'iivu February 26 9 ly I ( ~~ TAKE A GEEENVILLE PAPER. ( SUBSCRIBE for the ENTERPRISE AND 1 MOUNTAINEER, issued in Greenville,South j Carolina, the most enterprising and thriving City of the State. Size, 26 by 40 inches. 20 columns 1 of reading matter weekly. Special attention given ' to matters transpiring in the up-country, where \ so many are now looking. Established 57 years. The present Editor connected with the office since 1 1S54. $2 per annum ; $1 for six months. 300 new subscribers have been enrolled since last January. Try it awhile. Address JOttN C. BAILEY, Editor, Greenville, S. 0. 1 ~ CLEANSINGAND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform . the public that he is prepared to cleanse gar- 1 ments of any fabric whatever, rendering thein t perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to i the original brightness and lustre of the goods, s Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and" made to look as well as ifew. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. WANTED. j T^IVE SHARES OF CHESTER AND LE- 1 1 NOIR RAILROAD STOCK. Apply at, the s ENQUIRER OFFICE. s J uly 2d 30 tf RICHMOND AND DAN YULE RAILROAD. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. ON and after June 5th, 1881, Passenger Traiu Servii-e on the Atlanta and Charlotte Air- . Line division of this road will be as follows: U. S. Mail. N. Y. Expru*. U. P. Fa*t Mnll EASTWARD. I Mo. 43, Mo. 47, No. 49, | A. B. C. Leave Atlanta....! 4.00 A. M. 3 15 P. M.. 6 30 P. M. \rr. Siiwanee...D' 5.18 A. M. 4.37 P. ".1.1 7.45 P. M. " I.ilia K 6.54 A. M. 5.59 P. M.I 9.06 P. M. " Toocoa F 8.14 A.M. 7 15 P.M. 10.16 P.M. " Seneca (i 9.20 A. M. 8.40 P. M. 11.25 P. M. " Greenville..11 10.58 A.M. 10.20 P. M. 1.00 A. M. " Spnrtanb'g..Kj 12.14 P.M. 11.40P.M. 2.11 A. M. " GaMonla....I,| 2.36 P. M. 2.13 A. M. 4.31 A. M. " Charlotte...Ml 3.35 P. M. 3.15 A. M. 5.35 A. M. WPRTWARn II- 8. Mail., N. Y. Bxprcu. U. S. Faat Mail. WESTWARD. No 4i | N() ^ No 5() L've Charlotte.. M 12.30 P. M. 12.43 A. M. 12.33 A. M. " Oastonla ..L, 1.27 P. M. 1.43 A.M. 1.17 A. M" Sparta o I)'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 6.51P.M. 7.02 A.M. . 5.47 A.M. " Toccoa....F 8.01 P. M. 8.15 A. M. 6.53 A. M. " Lula F. 9.16 P.M. 9.31A.M. 8.09 A.M. tt a n'm no n u mri i u QtM A U - CtUWHlllC ,.U 1U..K3 r. I*I.| lU.iM ft. HI I - V n. i?l. Arn_Atlaiita 112.05A. M.l 1 a.-JO F. M.| 10.35 A. M. CONNECTIONS. A with Arriving trains of Georgia Central and A. & W. P. Railroads. B with arriving trains of Georgia Central, A. <fc W. P. and W. <fe A. Railroads. 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 Coiumhia and Greenville, to and from Columbia and Charleston,!?. C. H with Columbia and Greenville, to and from Columbia and Charleston, S. C. K with Spartanburg and Asheville, and Spartanburg, Union and Columbia, to and from Henderson and Asheville, and Alston.and Columbia. L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge, to and from Lincolnton and Chester. M with C. C. <ft A.?C. C.-R. & D. and A.T. & 0. for all pbints West, North and East. par Pullman Sleeping Car Service on Traina Nos. 47 and 48, Daily without change, between Atlanta and New York. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. May 19 23 tf JOB PRINTING. ~ 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 PRINTING 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 invito the attention of business men: HILL HEADS. Por 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 of sixth-sheet bill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, Riving 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 5.0C For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction In every instance. We also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Argument/ 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 fnrnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will ?>e 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. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, taking eft'ect at 0.00 o'clock, A. M., September 12,1881: GOING SOUTH. " ' Leave Lin coin ton, 6.00 A. M. Leave Htuxlin's 6.25 A. M. Leave Dallas, 6.50 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia* 7 10 A M. Leave Gastonia 7 SO A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge 7.50 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek 8.00 A. M. Leave Bowling Green 8.10 A. M. Leave Clover...- 6-25 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville 9.00 A. M. Leave Yorkville 9.10 A. M. Leave Guthriesville 9.35 A. M. Leave McConnellsville 9.50 A. M. Leave Lowrysville -..10.10 A. M. Arrive at Chester- 10.40 A. M. Breakfast. 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. ? ?: * v?i,.,sil? ass p. M. atiivo tti/ x ..v..? - - ?. 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. Leave Hardin's 6.30 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton 7.00 P.*M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. SeDtember 15 37 tf THE YORK MARBLE YARD. rriHE undersigned would respectfully announce to the public that his 'MARBLE YARD, near the Railroad depot, is in full operation, and that he is now well prepared to furnish anything in his line of business at the LOWE8T CASH PRICES. Tombstones for children furnished for from $3.00 upward ; for adults from $8.00 upward. Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, and 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 these in want of marble work are respectfully invited. Estimates and other informatiou furnished on application. work delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, ihy 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 proceeding* of the recent CELEBRATION OF THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN, together with those of 1855. The book will contain about two hundred pages. It is proposed to bring the work out in three different bindings at the following prices: Paper Binding, $1 00 Half Binding, 1 50 Fall Binding 2 00 It is manifest that the proposed work can only be published by subscription. It is for the public to say whether or not tnewora suau u? piiuuaueu. Any one desiring the work willsend mehisor her name and the money, and in the event the book is not published the money will be refunded. R. LATH AX. March 11) 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 13J-inch Wheel r>f the same kind, and there is no better Water Wheel made for the same money. Those who contemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no better than to gel one of these Wheels. We have Circulars giving all the details in regard to the working of it, and with the sale you have the privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not loas represented, the money will be refunded. Come and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine Wheel, Manufactured by theSERGEANT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. HERN DON BROS., Agents. Yorkville, S. C. Februar ^10 $7 tf I. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EA8T OF THE JAIL A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every convenience, and a determination to do my jest, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in vant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy veather is as good or better than sunshine for all lubjects, except small children. Augnst -1 31 tf NOTICE^ [RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prejparedto sharpen iazors, scissors, shears ind other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for loningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for iharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and latisfaction guaranteed or no charge. . TOM BALLARD, Barber.