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tumorous gejwttwfut. ? PATERNAL PRESCIENCE. Erasmus T. Ituggleson, a young man of Sax- 06 on lineage, worked on a farm out in Yellow (n Springs township. He was not rich, but was industrious and just too pretty for anything, P* So was the daughter of the farmer for whom j" he worked. She was wealthier than Erasmus, ^0 hut she was not proud. When the chores were done in the winter evenings, she went with m him to the singing school, and she walked by Pfj his side to church. She loved him ; she had *h rather sit at her casement in the gloaming and hear him holler "poo-oo-ey !" in long-drawn mellow cadences, at the hour of the feeding of j"*' the swine, than hear Campaniui sing "Maca- J*1 roni del Vermicelli" from "Handorgzhanni in ''( Venezuela." And he?he was clean gone 011 15 her. Mashed past all surgery. When they <'l.r foolishly let the old man into their plans for each other's happiness and half the farm, the wrathful agriculturist said, if he heard one 111 more word of such nonsense, just another cr word, he would lay that farm waste with phys- v* ical havoc, and blight its winter wheat with ^ the salt tears of his only child, and that was the kind of father-in-law he was inclined to be. a( Naturally the young people determined to ^ lly. Their plans were laid ; the night was set. So was the ladder. At its foot waited the ar- Cl dent Erasmus Ruggleson, gazing at the win- 01 (low for the appearance of his love. Present- J11 ly the window opened softly, and the face he *a - loved appeared. "Rasmus!" "Florence!" J? "Yes, dearest. Shall I drop my things right T down ?" ir "Yes, love; I will catch them. Let the T2 bundle fall." The glittering starlight of the clear March *1 night fell on Erasmus' glad and upturned face. P1 So did a trunk, four feet high, four feet wide, 11 and about eight feet long. It weighed about ri 700 pounds. It contained a few things that no woman could be expected to travel without, and Florence spent three weeks packing that trunk for her elopement. " Erasmus Ruggleson did not scream. He did S( not moan. He couldn't. He had no show. 111 Florence came down the ladder, having first, ^ with a maidenly sense of propriety, requested her lover to turn his back and look at the barn. J1 He may have heard her, but he didn't look at the barn. He was busily engaged in looking 11 at the bottom of that trunk, and thinking how a: like all creation he would yell if he ever got " his mouth out of doors again. iX> Florence reached the foot of the ladder. r| "Did you get my trunk, Erasmus ?" she said Jlooking around for him. J' "Oh, yes," said a hoarse, mocking voice at J1 her elbow. "Oh ! ves, he got it. Got it bad, *1 - too." " fShe turned, knew her papa, shrieked once, t wice, again, and once more for the boys, and ej fainted away. a "I never worried about it a minute," the J-' heartless old man told his neighbors the next a day, "though I knowed well enough what was going on all the time. I've been married twice ? and I've married off four daughters and two ^ sons, and if I don't know what baggage a woman carries when she travels, by this time, I'm too old to leam." And, Erasmus Ruggelson ! The jury of in- 18 quest brought in a verdict that he came to his ai death by habitual drunkenness, and the tern- J} i?ntnra nanprs didn't talk about anvthineelse " for the next six weeks. tl ei Hoffexstein ox tiie Military.?"I c' vould like to get away from desdore a leetle ear- ?' ly dis evening, Misder Hoffensteiu," said Her- " man, as he began taking down the goods which ^ were hung up as a display in front of the es- ? tablishment. "Vere vas you going ?" inquired Hoffen- * stein. "I vant to go to de meeting uf my milidary " company," replied the clerk. ' 8'} "To de milidary meeting ; my gracious, Herman, I don't can afford to bay twendy dollars a mondth, you know, und den-let you (ll vast your time mit de military. Yen all* de 1* droubles vas going on mit de strikers, und de 01 military vas vanted, I tells you dot you can go ?* mit 'em und fight for de law. But nobody c( fights, und vhile I was going around delling my friends dat you vas mit de military, und dot you vill fight a saw mill backwards, c* ? you don't do noding but blay boker. For dree 111 days you was mit de soldiers, und you don't shoot nobody yet. Even* minute vat passed I fa exbected to hear uf de fighting, and efery man n< vot comes by de sdore I say to him : "Vas de m droops out V" and he says, "Yes, dey vas oud; 8I dey shust vent down to get dinner." Dink of *s ^ it, Herman, und don't exbect that I vill let w you vaste your dime mid de soldiers. I know *11 a gouple of thihgs about de milidary myself. a' Yen de var vas going on I vas de member uf *e a combany vat sdayed at home und kept the Yankees avay. Ye only lost von man. He 8C vent to a hardy und eat so much dot he vas S1 killed mit de gramps, und ve dook him to de c* grave yard und shoots guns ofer his grave." "But, Misder Hoffenstein," expostulated the clerk, "it vasn't my fault dot de milidary sa don't fight noding. It vsa?" j11 "Don't dalk to me, Herman. I vane you to is keep avay from de milidary, und instead uf ?1 valking around de sdreets mit a gun, dinking te dot all de ladies vas looking at no one else but hi you, it would be better uf you dake de old shoes h' from de box under de counter und vipe dem ^ mit a blacking-brush, und tell de people dot ve ai l A A J ? * r, AI snust got uem 111 irum new nu^ w;ic vns ~ more money in it, you know."?New Orleans & Times. . b' t\ A Few Inquiries.?Yesterday afternoon a ft stranger who was coming up from the Union Depot stepi>ed aside to ask of a man in the door of a clothing store : "My friend, can you tl tell me how far??" Sl "Do you want to buy some clothing ?" in- u! terrupted the other. ft "I guess not. I simply wanted to inquire ft how??" ft "I sells you a spring oafercoat for tree dol- e' lar." tt "I never wear more than one spring overcoat at the same time. I wanted to ask?" |s "I have some wests for a dollar. "That's cheap enough, but I don't care to ? invest. Will you let me ask you how far? ft "Doan' you vhant somebantloons for twelve shillings ? "No." tl "Some stockings for ten cents ?" tl "No." 01 "Some suspenders for two shillings ?" al "No. I wanted to ask?" !>' "I sell you a hat for sixty cents." The stranger picked up his satchel and walk- gi ed across the street. Then, facing about, he ai shouted out : st "I wanted to ask you how far it was from tl Dan to Ber !" tl But the clothier drowned him out right there tl with : 111 "Und call and oxamine my undershirts for If forty cents !"?Free Press. ? A Touch of Nature.?"John," and the c< old man's brow was dark as a thunder cloud, fi "where were you so late last night ?" li "I went to see the young lady to whom I n; am paying my addresses, father." n; "She must have been very interesting to tc have kept you out so long. Now let me tell p you, don't let it happen again?you must and pi shall stop that nonsense." T "Oh, father, if you only knew my Maria, I you would not say that. If you had seen her T last night as she stood before me, so glorious hi in her fresh voung beauty; with the soft light ol of her splendid eyes shining into mine; if you could have seen me take her lily white hand and press it, oh, softly; and steal my arm tl around her tapering waist and draw her gent- w ly to me; and as her dear head sank upon my nr shoulder, and her sweet lips were upturned to ai mine, I?'' o1 "You, John?stop, you dog?no, go ahead? hi tell over the old story. How memory goes te back as I listen. But, John, go again, my ss hoy?stay as long as you please?you grow j tl more like vour dad even* day." i oi * . . j fr Josh Billings' Prayer.?From tu menv tl: friends and from things with luce ends, deliver us. From a wife who don't luv us, and children I sc who don't look like us. j je From wealth without charity, from pride ' ci without sense, from pedigree worn out and ne from all rich relations. j Ci From snaix in the grass, from nails in our of butes, from torchlight processions and from of new rum. lei From pack peddlers, from youngfolks in luv, he from old aunts without money, and from kole- sh rv morbis. From newspaper sells, from pills that ain't! g lisic, from females who faint and from men jn who flatter. bo From folks who won't laugh, and them that tii giggle, fromtight butesand mutton, deliver us. toe Jam anil |ireaide. How Much Land fok Each ??The recent nsus gives the total area of the United States ot reckoning Alaska) at 3,025,000 square iles, of which 55,(500 square iniles are occued by water?lakes, rivers, bays, etc,?leavg 2,970,000 square miles of land, or 1.900,800,0 acres. The total population is 50,155,783. his land evenly divided, would give to every an woman, and child 37| acres, and an onion itch three by nine rods, over. If we divide e population into families of six persons, ch family could be allotted 227 acres. Alwing one quarter of the land to be mountain Ages, sandy and stony tracts and other ''bad nds," there would still be left the regular ,novfdr- t'nnfnim icroci fur pnoli family. juai ivi cwvtvui yxw uv?vu, ?v* . ut the census figures now heing made up e for June, 1880. Since then over one mil)n people from foreign lands "have come to ay," as American citizens, and the natural crease has been considerable; the total inease from 1870 to 1880 was three per cent, ir annum. So we have now nearly fifty-four illion inhabitants. As the area of land res not expand, there are now less than 311 :res each, or not 152 acres per family, and ie average amount is rapidly decreasing, o cause for alarm, however. With the l>est llture one acre will supply plenty of food for re jierson, and at this rate we can allow ore than four hundred million acres for waste nd, and still have an acre each left for the itiimited entire population of the globe, which somewhat over fourteen hundred million, his is a great country ! Thanks for the on sinews of the hundred thousand miles ol lilway lines, and the nerves of the network : telegraph wires, and the speaking tubes o1 re postal department, we are, as a people, rought into one closely united family occupyig Uncle Sam's great farm.?American Ayiculturist. Hilling Potatoes.?There is some differice of opinion as to the merit of the level sys;m of cultivating potatoes. The writer grew >me last year without any hilling whatever, ad the crop was in every resj>ect as good s any preceding crops that had been hilled, ome writers urge level cultivation for most oed crops, potatoes particularly. As the poito grows best in cool, moist weather, anj lethod of culture which encourages coolness nd moisture is beneficial, while on the con rary, any method of culture which encour ges dryness and heat is injurious. If this masoning be correct, then it must be admitted nat hilling is wrong, for it seems impossible lat any can fail to see that land which is illed offers more surface to the sun and air. lat while the hills where the potatoes art vpected to grow, will easily dry through, tin ollows between having had all the pulverized irth scraped off, backed so hard that the loisture from below is rapidly conducted ui ) the air; thus in two ways is the ground ising its coolness and moisture by hilling, lut so far as potatoes are concerned, a greal eal will depend on the nature of the ground, a low land it is often essential to hill up, Vibune and Farmer. Selecting Floitr.?A poor barrel of Horn i a source of waste, as well as extreme annoyace to the housewife. The best family floui as a slightly yellow tinge and the bread made om it is mojj -substantial than from most oi le brands or pastry flour. For an inexperiiced young housekeeper a safe plan is to purfiase a bag of the kind desired, then when a ood quality has been obtained, insist upon the arrel being of the same grade. If it fails ) come up to the right standard, return it. rocers soon learn not to palm off an inferioi rticle upon one who is in earnest in the matter, lour that is dark in color, and when the ough made from it flattens out instead ol sing up light and puffy, is made from grown rain and has not the good quality. Sememes a barrel of the favorite brand will not lid true to name, and will prove of inferioi uality. It is well for the housekeeper tc jrsonally supervise the making of the first le or two batches of bread from a new barrel : flour, that it may be well tested and not mderaned unreasonably. Soda for Burns.?All kinds of burns, inuding scalds and sun burns, are almost imlediately relieved by the application of a soition of bi-carbonate of soda to the burnt surice. It must be remembered that dry soda will it do unless it is suiTounded with a cloth ioist enough to dissolve it. The method ol winkling it on and covering with a wet cloth often the very best. But it is sufficient tc ash the wound repeatedly with a strong soition. It would be well to keep a bottle of it ways on hand, made so strong that more or ss settles on the bottom. This is what is died a saturated solution, and really such a ilution as this is formed when the dry soda is winkled on and covered with a moistened oth. Why Small Horses V?A recent writer lys the reason why small horses are preferred t the Eastern States, is that everything else on a small scale. In the first place, the stock : grain to feed from is smaller, and the Easirn farmer doesn't want a horse that will "eat im out of house and home." Then, none of is equipments are fitted to the large horse, o collar will fit; the shafts and wagon poles re too short; the stalls are all too narrow, iid even the small bridges on and about the irm are too weak for him. Everything is uilt on a smaller scale, and the large horse is lerefore an awkward animal to have about ie farm. Salting Butter.?Prof. Arnold says that >o Loaf rnlo for aiiltinnr hotter is to salt it tf] lit the taste of the consumer. There is no se of applying any particular amount of salt >r the purpose of preserving butter; because le lightest salt is always more than sufficient >r all the effect salt can have as a preservative ement. Generally, one ounce of salt to six;en ounces of butter, so to obscure in a measre any faulty taste is sufficient. If the flavor very fine it will not be desirable to change , but on the contrary, to give it more promlence; hence, the less salt, say one ounce to verity of butter, the better. Manure the Garden.?The cost of doing lis is so trifling, that it is a matter of wonder rat those who desire a fair harvest of fruits r vegetables do not treat the soil more liberily in this respect. Before getting seeds, lants, splittings or cuttings, get manure, tudy the character of the soil and seek to ive it the manure best calculated to enrich it, id there is nothing better than well-rotted ;able manure. Let it be well worked into le soil. . It is of little use to a gardener to irow it upon the ground and leave it. Let lere be as thorough pulverization as possible id then intermixture of the manure, and the .nd will show its gratitude in the results. How to Exterminate Potato Bugs.?In mversation the other day with an esteemed iend living in Southampton township, Frankn county, Pa., the question of the extermiation of Potato Bugs, the pests and abomiation of all farmers, was incidentally alluded ). Said our friend : UI plow them down. A ine brush is attached to the beam of the low, which switches the bugs off the vines, wo or three plowings will exterminate them, have 110 trouble from this source any more.'' 'he remedy is easy and simple, and can do nc arm if it does 110 good. Let our farmers and thers try it, and report the result.?Exchange. Pure Air in Bedrooms.?A little care in le way of supplying bedrooms with fresh and holesome air will prevent bilious derangelents, headaches, and fevers often. Let the ir in at a place where the draft will not pass ver the body. Summer air does 110 injury, Lit the winter atmosphere, differing only in imperature, may not be safely treated the ime way, simpiy uecause uie temperature ui ie body in a room is so much higher than that : cold winter air. The point is to get all the esh air you need to keep the atmosphere of ie room pure, but keep out of the draft. Horse and Cattle Diseases.?There is arcely a malady to which the horse is subct which is not hereditary. Contracted feet, irb, spavin, roaring, thick wind and blind ss notoriously descend from sire to dam. ittle being less exi?osed to the existing causes disease, are not subject to so great a variety maladies, and those which they have are ;s violent in character than in the case of a >rse, but they are equally transmssable and ould be avoided the care by the breeder. iTTo keep your knives and forks from rustg, make a flannel bag and stitch from top to ttom, an inch and a half apart, a dozen nes making a receptacle for each. Itoll and ep in a dry place. gtfjs flf the ffegiislatuM. OP ELECTIONS. OVAUFICATIOX AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS. An Act to amend Title II, (entitled) "Of Elections" of Part I, (entitled) "Of the Internal Administration of the Government," of the General Statutes. PART I. Section 1. Every male citizen of the Unifn/i yfufuc nf tlio oirp ftf twpntv-one veara and upwards, not laboring under the disabilities named in the Constitution, without distinction of race or color or former condition, who shall have been a resident of the State for one year, and in the county in which he offers to vote for sixty days next preceding any general election, shall be entitled to vote : Provided, That 110 i>erson, while kept in any alms-house or asylum, or of unsound mind, or confined in any public prison, or who shall have been convicted of treason, murder, robbery of the goods or chattels of another with or without violence, whether taken from the person or othi erwise, or of dueling, shall be allowed to vote. Sec:. 2. All electors of the State shall be registered as hereinafter provided; and no person shall lie allowed to vote at any election hereafter to lie held unless registered as herein required. Sec. .'1. On or before the first day of March . next, and on or before the same day in every , second year thereafter, the Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of , the Senate, if in session, and if not in session, subject to the approval of the Senate at its next session, and subject to removal by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one competent and discreet per1 son in each county who shall be a qualified vo. ter thereof, and who shall hold his office at the county seat, who shall be known as the Supervisor of Registration of such county, arid whose . duty it shall be to supervise the registration of . such county as herein specified. The said Su pervisor of Registration shall keep a record of all his official acts and proceedings. The term 1 of his office shall be for two years from the date of his appointment ; he shall continue in office until his successor shall be appointed and . shall qualify, and he shall not be eligible to any /vflft/.A 4-Ka form fr\t* TJirVlinVi 1m ic un. r Utllfl UI11UC UUiiu^ uiio vum iv? n *uv** *?v *k> w|/ ; pointed. The Governor shall have the authority to . appoint a Deputy Supervisor in case of the inj ability of the Supervisor to act ; who when so I api>ointed shall have all the powers and be . charged with the duties of the Supervisor, and 5 shall receive live dollars per diem when actually employed. ; The Governor shall also appoint two Assist; ant Supervisors of Election who shall serve [ without compensation, who shall sit with the 1 Supervisor of Election in the determination i of all cases of contested registration in which I the Supervisor shall refuse to register the ap, plicant; the three Supervisors of Registration . shall sit for as many days, beginning 011 the , second Tuesday in July, as may be necessary , to hear and determine all cases in which registration may be refused any applicant in such county. Sec. 4. The Secretary of State shall, by the 1st March, Anno Domini 1882, cause a suffi cient number of registration books and blanks > to be prepared so that there shall be two of [ said books for each precinct in each county, which books shall be ruled in columns, with proper headings, so jis to indicate the name, 1 age, occupation, and place of residence of each : elector, with a separate column on the right ; side of the page for such entries as may be necessary. Sec. 5. After the approval of this Act, the , Supervisor of Registration, in the months of ; May and June next, shall make a tun ana complete registration of all qualified voters, in i the following manner : He shall give three weeks' notice of the times and places of registration, by advertising in one or more county papers, or by posting in a public place in each ? voting precinct, where 110 paper is published in the county. The time for registration shall I not be less than one nor more than three days at each registration precinct. Immediately after closing the registration at the precincts, he shall open his books at the county seat, to . correct errors in registration, and to register such electors as failed to register at their re spective precincts, and who sliall then and there present themselves for that purpose, entering the names of such voters in his book for their proper precincts. At the conclusion of the registration hereinbefore provided for, the Supervisor of Kegistration shall revise the 1 list ; and in case it be made to appear to his satisfaction that there is a qualified voter in a precinct who has failed to register, lie may, upon such evidence as he may think necessary, : in his discretion, permit the name of such voter to be placed 011 said list, and issue a cer; tificate therefor. That for the purpose of registration, each township as now laid out and defined be and is hereby declared a registration precinct, and in those counties in which there are no such townships, that the parish as formerly known and defined be and is hereby declared such precinct, and in the cities of Columbia and Charleston each ward shall be a registration precinct. Sec. 6. When the said registration shall have been completed, the books shall be closed, and not re-opened for registration, except for the purposes and as herein mentioned until after the next general election for State officers. After the said next general election the said i books shall be re-opened for registration of 1 such persons as shall thereafter become entitled to register on the first Monday in each month, to and until the first Monday of July, inclusive, preceding the following general election, upon which last named day the same 1 shall be closed and not re-opened for registration, until after the said general election, and ever after the said book shall be opened for *-i L! ? 1. leglSliauuu ui alien exruLuia,uu uic utijaauuvc mentioned, until the first day of July, preceding a general election, when the same shall be closed as aforesaid, until the said general elec tion shall have taken place. Sec. 7. Each elector in the State shall be required, at the time advertised for his precinct as hereinbefore provided, to appear be1 fore the Supervisor of Registration at the place advertised, and make oath before the said Supervisor, which oath the said Supervisor is hereby authorized and required to administer, that the facts then and there to be 1 stated by him as to his name, age, occupation, and place of residence, and duration of residence in the county and State are true, and thereupon the said Supervisor shall enter the name, age, occupation, and place of residence of the elector in the appropriate column in his registration book. He shall make and keep a 1 list of the contested applications for registra1 tions which he rejects, and report the same for hearing before the Assistant Supervisors as hereinbefore required. Sue. 8. The Supervisor of Registration shall determine as to the legal qualifications of any applicant for registration by summary process, requiring oath, evidence, or both, if he deem . proper, subject to revision by the Assistant Supervisors and himself in all cases where he has refused to register an applicant. From the decision of the Supervisors of Registration, any applicant who is rejected shall have the right to a review thereof by the Circuit Court, 1 provided he give notice in writing to the Supervisor of his application forsuch review, and the grounds thereof, within five days from the ' date of his rejection, and commence his proi ceedings within ten days from the service of said notice. Sec. 9. Any person coming of age, and becoming qualified as an elector, may appear be| fore the Supervisor of Registration, on any day on which the books are opened as aforesaid, and take oatli as to his age and qualifications ! as hereinbefore provided, and if the Supervisor 1 find him qualified, he shall enter his name upon the registration book of the precinct wherein he resides ; such person shall have the right of appeal as aforesaid, in case the Supervisor shall not find him qualified : Prodded, That j in case a person shall not be ot age to quaniy him as an elector on the day of the closing of the books of registration before any general election, but shall be of such age as will qualify him as such elector before the said general j election, and shall appear before the Kupervi-j sor of Registration, and take oath thereto, and i the Supervisor shall find him qualified, he shall ' enter his name upon the registration book as j aforesaid. Sec. 10. Each elector registered as aforesaid shall thereupon be furnished by the Super-; visor with a certificate, which shall contain a statement of his age, occupation, and place of residence, as entered in the said registration book, and which certificate shall be signed by the said Supervisor ; and no person shall be allowed to vote at any other precinct than the one for which he is registered, nor unless he 1 produces and exhibits to the Managers of j Election such certificate : Provided, In case 1 there shall be no election precinct within any township or parish, the Supervisor shall designate in the certificate at which of the neigh- < boring precincts the elector shall vote ; and if there be more than one precinct in any town- " ship or parish, the Supervisor shall likewise . designate in the certificate at which of the said j precincts the elector shall vote. The certifi- ' cate of registration shall be of the following form. ' "Registration Certificate No.?. Co. Township, Election Precinct?? The bearer, is a qualified voter in the above { precinct and resides at ,in Township, and is years of age and entitled to vote ] at said precinct. Registered on the?day of A. D., 18?. Supervisor of Registration." Sec. 11. That every elector shall have a ( right to a renewal of his certificate without fee or charge, when the same becomes defaced i by time or accident, iq>on his surrendering such certificate, so defaced, to the Supervisor ] of Registration. Sec. 12. In cnse of the removal of an elector from one residence to another in the same ( precinct, such elector shall notify the Supervisor of Registration, and shall surrender his i certificate of registraton to the said Supervisor of Registration, who shall enter the fact upon 1 the registration book, and shall give such elec- , tor a new certificate in accordance with such , change of residence. ( Sec. 13. In case of the removal of an elector i from one precinct to another precinct in the i same county, such elector shall notify the Supervisor of Registration and shall surrender his certificate of registration to tlie said Supervisor of Registration, who shall enter the | fact ujion the proper registration book, and shall give such elector a new certificate for the precinct into which he has removed. 1 Sec. 14. In case of the removal of an elector from one county to another, such elector shall notify the Supervisor of Registration of the county wherein he is registered, and shall surrender his certificate of registration ; and the said Supervisor of Registration shall thereupon enter the fact of such removal upon the registration book as aforesaid, and shall give such elector a certificate of transfer to the county to which such elector shall have removed, upon the presentation of which the Supervisor -of Registration for such county shall cause such elector to be registered in the precinct of such county to which he shall have removed, and shall furnish such elector with a certificate as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 15. Xo elector removing from one residence, precinct, parish, ward, or county, to another shall be allowed to register or vote without a transfer of registration as aliove provided. Sec. 16. The Supervisor of Registration shall, immediately preceding eacli election, revise the registration of electors and mark off the names of such electors as have died and spcli as have removed from one residence, precinct, parish, ward, or county, to another, without notifying him and obtaining a certifipafp nf transfer jis hereinhpfni-fl nvovided. Sec. 17. At each and every election the Supervisor of Registration shall furnish the managers of election with one of the registration books for each precinct, for the care and custody of which the managers receiving the same shall be responsible, and which they shall return to the Supervisor of Registration within three days after the close of election ; and no elector shall be allowed to vote whose name is not registered as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 18. The Supervisor of Registration shall receive from the State Treasury for their compensation in the county of Charleston one thousand dollars, and in each other county in this State five hundred dollars. The compensation for Supervisors in every subsequent year after the present shall be fixed by the General Assembly from time to time as maybe deemed proper. Approved February 9,1882. Ihe ffltfevitte (!Nf|uiw. TERMS OF 8UBSCIIIPTION1 Single copy for one year, i2 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ton 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. yS3r Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising spaceto.be used for three, six. or twelve months. J. J. SMITH & CO. -?^ " * x-N. T?rr-n (JJUUttiJN <jr ( J U L. 1*7"E are determined to close out our entire ft stock of Dry Goods, and in order to do so we have reduced our prices on ALL LINES OF GOODS. Dress Goods worth 37* cents, reduced to 25 cents; the styles usually sold at 33$ cents, reduced to 20 cents, and those usually sold at 25 cents, reduced to lG<i cents. Our Goods are fresh and of desirable styles, and at the prices we now offer them, THERE IS A BARGAIN IN THEM. Don't fail to examine for yourselves before you buy. Our stock of CASSIMERES AND C0TT0NADES Is full and complete. We also offer great Bargains in these lines. READY-MADE CLOTHING. Great reductions in the prices, and Bargains offered in Gents' Ready-Made Clothing. Some beautiful fancy Cassiuiere Suits, reduced from Slfi.00 to $12.50. IF YOU WANT BARGAINS In Ladies', Misses' and Children'sSIIOES,Gents' SHOES and HATS, come at once before our stock is exhausted. Those who come with the money shall have the benefitof our low prices. J. J. SMITH & CO. YORKVILLE OMNIBUS." THE undersigned would remind the public that his LIVERY STABLES, on his lot, near the Court House, are in operation, and that he is amply prepared with HORSES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIESand WAGONS, to attend to all calls that may be made upon him by the traveling public. Special attention given to'conveying TRAVELING SALESMEN to any point desired, in comfortable vehicles, and ' with careful drivers. I Horses and vehicles to hire at reasonable prices. HIS NEW OMNIBUS Makes regular trips to and from the trains, and will convey passengers to any part of the town. 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 seconn-hand Buggies for sale at a bar| gain. o P. E. SMITH. reuruar.y ^ it I GARRF IRON ROOFING CO. and Cement. ' 79 and 81 Columbus Street, CUBVEIjA.3VD, OHIO, j Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 ly ' LIME. . FRESH ROACHED LIME forsale at my Kiln, j 11 miles East of Black's Station, S. C., known i as the "Greene Kiln." Orders for Lime in Bar-1 rels will have prompt attention. Price 2.1 cenls | par bushel at kiln, Black's Station, S. C. J. W. RHYNK. April 6 14 lm* TAR. a GALLONS of TAR for sale at the New 1UU Store, by JOHN R. ASHE. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. 3FFICE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION, Yorkville, 8. C., April, 13, 1882. IN obedience to the requirements of the Act of the last Legislature of South Carolina, I will ittend at the following precincts at the time stated selow, for the purpose of registering the qualified doctors of such precinct: Rock Hill, Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd and rhursday 4th of May. Coates' Tavern, Friday, the 5th of May. M'cElwee's Mill, Saturday, the Oth of May. Fort Mill, Monday, the *8th, and Tuesday, the 1th of May. Clay Hill, (Duff's Mill) Wednesday, the 10th of May.' Bethel Church, Thursday, the 11th of May. ; Clover, Friday, the 12th of May. Bethany Church, Saturday, the 13th of May. Clark's Fork, (John McGiU's Store) Monday, ;he 15th of May. Black's Station, Tuesday, the lfith, and Wed1*7*1. svf V4n., , two uiii UJ luajt Buffalo, (Moore's Cross Roads) Thursday, the < 18th of May. Hickory Grove, Friday, the 19th, and Saturday, j die 20th of May. Blairsville, (Rainey's Mill), Monday, the 22nd af May. Bullock's Creek Church, Tuesday, the 23rd, md Wednesday, the 24th of May. McConnellsville, Thursday, the 25th, and Friday the 2Gth of May. From Saturday, the 27th of May, the books will | he kept open at my office, in Yorkville, S. C., un- i til the first Mondaj' in July, inclusive, to correct j urrors in registration, and to register such Electors is failed to register at their respective precincts, and who shall then and there present themselves for that purpose. In townships where there is no precinct, voters will have the privilege of selecting the most con- j venient precinct adjoining. Where there are two j precincts in the same township, voters can also j make their selection. At the different precincts, the books will be opened at 9o'clock A. M., and closed at 4 P. M. No fee for registration is required by the Act. W. H. McCORKLE, | Supervisor of Registration for York Co., S. C. ' April 13 15 tf TAX NOTICE?1881. j IN conformity to law, I hereby give notice of the rate per centum levied on the taxable property of York county, for this fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1881, viz.: For State purposes 4if mills on the $1. For Educational purposes 2 mills on the 81. For ordinary County purposes, 3 mills on tbe$l. ForSpeoial Railroad purposes 2 2-5 mills on the#l. Making in the aggregate 12 3-20 mills. Also, one dollar on each taxable poll. By Act of Assembly Taxes for the fiscal year J become due in two equal installments. The first in May and the second in the Fall. Failure to pay the first installment when due, incurs a pen- j alty of 5 per cent, on it. Taxpayers can pay both i installments if they wish to do so, in May. My i Books will be opened at Yorkville, on Monday, 1st day of May.' Rock Hill, on Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd, aud I Thursday 4th day of May. I Massey's Store, on Friday. 5th day of May. Yorkville, on Saturday, lith day of May. Fort Mill, on Monday 8th, and Tuesday 9th day j of May. Clay Hill, on Wednesday, lOlli day of May. Bethel, on Thursday, 11th day of May. j Clover, on Friday, 12th day of May. Bethany, on Saturday, I3th day of May. Clark's Fork, on Monday, 15th day of May. Black's Station, on Tuesday 16th, and Wednesday 17th day of May. Moore s c ross noaas, on i nursnay, join any ui May. Hickory Grove, on Friday 19th, and Saturday 20th day of May Yorkville, on Monday 22nd, and Tuesday 23rd day of May. Bullock's Creek Church, on Wednesday, 24th day of May. McConnellsville, on Thursday, 2.1th day of May. Yorkville from Friday 20th, until Wednesday 31st inclusive. H. A. I). NEELY, County Treasurer. April U 15 " tf ATTENTION] BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. B. IVf. SPRATT &. CO. KEEP on hand a large lot of D00KS, SASH AND BLINDS, LUMBER, LIME AND LATHS, Dressed, Tongned and Grooved FLOORING AND CEILING. MOLDINGS, PINE AND CYPRESS SHINGLES, &C. LUMBER YARD at C. A L. X. G. Depot. DOOR, SASH AND BLIND WAREHOUSE, next door to Court House. Prompt and careful attention given toshipSing. Complete Bills for Dwellings or Store ;ooms furnished at short notice. For prices Ac., address B. M. SPRATT A CO., Chester, S. C. February 2 5 3m RIGHT ALONG THIS WAYT ? . ? ?? ? J. D. GWIN, * At the POST OFFICE, CLOVER, S. C., IS receiving a small lot of GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES and STATIONERY, which bo offers for sale very cheap for cash. Mind, now, it is CASH and CASH ONLY; not to-morrow, or next week, or 30 days, hut CASH DOWN. Please remember that; for it is the most important argilment in this discourse. I am not able to do a time business; therefore, must sell strictly for cash. Now, neighbors, friends, kindred and cousins, come right along this way. Call at mim iiAc?nn i nii ru^i VFK c ivui And I will serve you right. J. D. G WIN. . March 2 0 tf NO LADY SHOULD be without DEMOREST'S MAGAZINE. It is the cheapest and best Ladies' Book published in the United States. It is recognized as one of the best fashion guides, and is brim full of interesting reading matter, on almost every subject that is of interest to theladies. Now is the time to subscribe. Price only 82.00 a year. When you want any Magazine or Paper published in the United States or Canada, I will order it foryou at publisher's price. SAM M. GRIST. TBI MIR AGRICULT TITF. MOST E A X THE MOST DUE NOW I] SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO T. S. JEFFREYS, Agent, Yorkrllle, S. (!. March IB AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS , AND ( LABOR-SAVING MACHINERY. I CALL AT THE OFFICE OF LOWRY & WALKER, b IN the rear ond of the "Bratton"' Building, op- K positethe Court House. Yorkvillo, 8. O.. and Hl examine a line of the Latest Improved Machine- I rv and Farininer Implements, consisting of 'Kemp's Manure Spreader. Emerson, Talbot A Co.'s Walking Cultivator. ' Emerson, Talbot A Co.'s Single Reaper. Farmer's Favorite Grain Drill. Victor's One-Horse Grain Drill. Buckeye Mower. o Coates' Lock-Lever Hay and Grain Rake. e Card well's Thresher. Globe Cotton Planter. p Thomas' Smoothing and Cultivating Harrow. ^ Monroe's Improved Rotary Harrow. n "Acme Harrow." " ii Baldwin's Feed Cutter. s Wood's Corn Sheller. A general line of Avery's Farming and Cnlti- p vating Plows. n ALSO AGENTS FOR Book waiter Steam Engine. _ Watertown Steam Engine. Talbot'* Improved Steam Engine. Shingle, Planing, Heading and Stave Machinery. Flour, Corn, Sugar Cane and Cotton Seed Mills. Saw Mills, complete. Winship Cotton Gin. Champion Force Pump. * Iron Fencing. t, Hyndman's Iron Rooting. ] Little Giant Cotton'Press, Ac., <tc. We cordially invite the Farmers of York county to call and examine our line of Machinery and J Implements for facilitating farm labor. We will J take a pleasure in showing our goods, whether * you wish to buy or not, and will make it to your * interest to give'us vour orders. * LOWRY A WALKER. J March 16 11 3m J _j_E HARTFORD j Sewing- Machine. { JUST PERFECTED. | i The Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. THE MOST.LAVISHLY DECORATED. 1 The Least Vibration of any. j A Galaxy of New Patents. Ball-Bearing Balance Wheel. 1 Knife edge Treadle-bearing. ' Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands and Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. ] The well-known and popular i "FAMILY FAVORITE." \ Is also manufactured by us. For finely illustrated descriptions apply to W. C. LATIMER Yorkville, S. C. W. G. RE ID & CO., Rock Hill, S. C. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. April G 14 tf | THEOLDREUABLE! { | ONE OF THE BEST NEWSPAPERS ; IN TELE SOUTH. . ? ] NO SENSATIONALISM, NO IMMORALITY. ] ? ? I ATTftHfiTA i ffliicinii isiimiM 18111: SUBSCRIBE FOR IT! THE Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the n oldest newspaper in the South, and perhaps \ the oldest in the United States, having been es- c tablished in 1985. While thoroughly Democratic t in principle, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant. C The CHRONICLE contains the latest news from v all parts of the world, and is recognized as a first- p class paper. a As an advertising medium, it covers the conn- C try in Georgia and South Carolina tributary to \ Augusta. I We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We publish no articles of an immoral character. TERMS: Daily, one year, ?10 00 Tri-Weekly, one year, 5 00 Weekly, one vear, 2 00 / . Address WALSH & WRIGHT, Augusta, Ga. i URAL STEAM ENGINE, j if :CONO?lIOAL!; si D LVBLE ENGINE jg sr us35. } ; ai I THE MANUFACTURERS, TOZER & DIAL, Columbia, 8. C. J II f?m JOB PRINTING. )WING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and rst-class appointments throughout our office, e are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OP OB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices iat will compare with New York or Philadelphia larges for the same quality of work and mateais. We have recently made a reduction In riees for the following classes of work, to which \ e invite the attention of business men : IUTjTj reads. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads $3.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, .. 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet ill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, iving any desired number of either size of leet 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 f paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction Inev- rr inntnn^A Wo also give special attention to the printingof Irlefs, Arguments and Points and Authoriti?s, rhich we furnish strictly according to therequireleiits of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and 1 proof reading exercise the utmost care to enure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of rinting, from a visiting card to a large volume, nd will be pleased to furnish estimates for any tvle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C. C.& L. NARROW GAUGE ItAIIROACT SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, 5 from Chester, S. C., to Lincolnton, N. C., iking effect at 3.16 o'clock, P. M., December 10, 881: GOING NOftTH. jeave Chester 3.15 P. M. jeave Lowrysville 3.45 P. M. jeave McConnellsville 4.05 P. M. jeave Guthriesville 4.15 P. M, Lrrive at Yorkville 4.40 P. M. jeave Yorkville 4.50 P. M. jeave Clover 5.30 P. M. < .eave Bowling Green 5.40 P. M. jeave Crowder's Creek 5.50 P. M. jeave Pleasant Ridge 6.00 P. M. jeave Gastonia 0.30 P. M. jeave Dallas 6.50 P. M. jeave Hardin's 7.15 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton 7.45 P. M. GOING SOUTH. jeave Lincolnton, 7.00 A. M. jeave Hardin's 7.25 A. M. < jeave Dallas, 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia* 8.10 A. M. jeave Gastonia 8 30 A. M. jeave Pleasant Ridge 8.50 A. M. jeave Crowder's Creek 9.00 A. M. jeave Bowling Green 9.10 A. M. jeave Clover 9.25 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville 10.00 A. M. jeave Yorkville 10.10 A. M. jeave Guthriesville 10.35 A. M. jeave McConnellsville 10.50 A. M, jeave Lowrysville 11.10 A. M. Arrive at Chester 11.40 A. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. December 22 51 tf iiCHMOS) AND DAB VILLE RAILROAD. PASSE\GER DEPARTflfENT. OX and after February 2Gtb, 1882, Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte Vir-Line division of this road will be as follows: EASTWARD. Mail and Express. Mail. No. 51. No. 63. Leave Atlanta, 2.15 P. M. 5.00 A. M. Arrive at Gainesville, 4.54 P. M. 7.55 A. M. Arrive at Lula, 5.20 P. M. 8.30 A. M. Vrriveat Rabun Gap June 6.22 P. M. 9.13 A. M. Vrrive at Toceoa, 7.06 P. M. 10.06 A. M. Vrriveat Seneca, 8.24 P. M. 11.20 A. M. Vrrive at Greenville, 10.08 P. M. 1.25 P. M. Vrrive at Spartanburg,...11.40 P. M. 2.58 P. M. Vrrive at Gaxtonia, 2.06 A. M. 5.10 P. M. Vrrive at Charlotte, 3.15 A. M. 6.00 P. M. t' WESTWARD. Mail and Express. Mall. No. 50. No. 52. (Leave Charlotte 12.40 A. M. 11.05 A. M. "J Vrrive at Gastonia 1.35 A. M. 12.02 P. M. Vrrive atSpartanburg,.._. 4.04 A. M. 2..".5 P. Vrrive at Greenville, 5.32 A. M. 4.09 P. M. Vrrive at Seneca, 7.15 A. M. 5.54 P. M. Vrrive at Toceoa 8.28 A. M. 7.05 P. M. Vrriveat Rabun Gap Junc.9.32 A. M. 8 00 P. M. Vrrive at Lula, 10.18 A. M. 8.43 P. M. , Vrriveat Gainesville, 10.51 A. M. 9.15 P. M. Vrriveat Atlanta, 1.40 P. M. 12.05 A. M. T. M. R. TA LCOTT, General Manager. I. Y. SAGE, Superintendent. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. March 9 8 tf CHEEAW AND CHESTERRAILROAD. PRESIDENT AND SUP'T'S OFFICE,) Chester, S. C., Nov. 28, 1881. j r\N and after November 28, 1881, the following Lr schedule will be run on this road daily, Sunlays excepted: Leave Lancaster Depot .*. 8.00 A. M. ..eave Miller's Station -8.10 A. M. l,eave Waxhaw Station 8.20 A. M. jeave River Depot 9.00 A. M. . cave Fort Lawn 9.15 A. M. ^eave Cedar Shoal Factory 9.25 A. M. >ave Howze's Station 9.45 A. M. jeave Richburg 10.00 A. M. (,eave McDaniel'9 Crossing - 10.10 A. M. Leave Knox's Station -10.20 A.M. -* Vrrive at Chester 11.00 A. M. .leave Chester 3 50 P. M. Vrrive at Lancaster Depot 6.50 P. M. Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where old. WM. H. HARDIN, President. January 19 3 tf * TURBINE WATER WHEEL. [T7E have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TUItTT BINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's nvention. We are working a 134-inch Wheel t the same kind, and there is no better Water Vheel made for the same money. Those who ontemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no >etter than to gel one of these Wheels. We have lirculars giving all the details in regard to the irorking of it, and with the sale j;ou have the irivilege of trying the Wheel, and 'if it does not !o as represented, the money will be refunded, tome and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine Vheel, Manufactured by the SERGEANT MANJFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. HERNDON BROS., Agents. Yorkville, S. C. February 10 47 tf DENTAL SURGERY. ml)r. J. B. PATRICK, of Charleston, SURGEON DENTIST, S now in Yorkville, where he will remain for'WO WEEKS, and during his stay will be leased to wait upon all who may require the ervices of a DENTIST. Being amply prepared rith the best instruments and all the" improved ppliances, he feels warranted in assuring perfect atisf.iCtion. Ladies waited on at their residence. Rooms at the Rawlinson House. March 9 3S ly HOUSE AND LOT FOB SALE~ J rHE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in Yorkville, known as the "'M .k Place." It i situated near the Methodist Church, and coniins TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is ^ two-story Dwelling House, containing SIX ,ARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lamer house, corn-crib and stable. Terms will be made easy. L. M. GRIST. CLEANSING AND EEPAIBING. rHE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garjents of any fabric whatever, rendfcring them erfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to 16 original brightness and lustre of the goods, to not throw away your old clothes, but have lem cleaned and made to look as well as new. fork promptly done, and at the most reasonale prices. THOMAS BALLARD. September 15 25 tf . R. SCHORR'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. 4 SUPERIOR Skvlight, a gallery with every \ onnvenience. and a determination to do mv est, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in ant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy eather is as good or better than sunshine for all lbjects, except small children. J. W. BAITMAN, PRACTICAL BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. jjHOP in SPRINGS MOORE building, on first J floor, in the rear of Withers Adickes' store, asy shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dressig and polite attention to all customers. Call id give him atrial. Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO. March 10 10 tf 4 WANTED7HVE SHARES OP CHESTER AND LE^ NOIR RAILROAD STOCK. Apply at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. July 28 30 tf