Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 17, 1882, Image 4
Kwmorous Department.
THE BEST HE COULD DO.
It was a Michigan man riding through West
Virginia on horseback, and one afternoon as
lie came along. to a settler's cabin on the
mountain road, he asked a man leaning over
live gate:
"Can you tell me how far it is to the town
ahead ?"
"I reckon 1 kin, stranger. You'll have to
j?eg along for about nine miles yet."
"But it is nearly dark. Is there no tavern
on the road V" '
"Never heard of any, and I've backed my I
corn meal over this road risin' twenty years." |
"But perhaps I could put up somewhere ?" j
"Perhaps ye could. There's Steve Taylor's J
down about four miles, but he'd beat ye ;
blind on old sledge. There's Mose Smith, a
mile nigher, but Mose would feel offended if
ye didn't trade him that hoss for a stub-tailed
mule. Might put up at Green's, but there's
lots of rattlesnakes around his place. Kurnel
Johnson is down about six miles, but the
Kurnel would turn ye out of doors at mid- ;
night if he found that ye didn't vote his way."
"But what am I to do V"
'Wool I'm o cniwr' nv.in atrn.11<TP1\ and the
'? CKH^ X IU (V kAJ Ulll yva j ??? ?
best I kin do is to ax ye to stop here with me,
an' to tell ye beforehand that if ye ar- awakened
in the night by shingles being ripped off
and logs pulled down it won't be an avalanche
or cyclone, but only me an' the old woman
a-trying for the hundredth time since the war
to see who handles the money when I sell two
coon skins for a dollar!"
"I?I guess I'll go 011," faltered the rider.
"Ke-rect, stranger! The last man who stopped
here said he wished he'd have run the chances
with the Green's, an' I gin him ray hand
when he rode off. I'm squar' up and down,
as I told ye, and Green's is the third cabin
on this side arter ye cross the creek.''?
Our Continent.
Boy Wanted.?There is a Gospel tent at
the comer of Michigan avenue and Fourth
street, and of a Sunday evening there is a considerable
passing in and out 011 the part of }>edestrians.
Last Sunday evening a boy of fourteen.
who had iust left the tent, encountered a
stranger, who stopped him and inquired:
>Suy7tub, what sort of a performance is going
011 there ?"
/ "Purty good thing," was the reply.
/ "I'd kinder like to see the fat woman and
( the living skeleton and the Albino children
\once more, but I'm purty near strapped. Is
there any way I kin work in ?"
'^Vsboys crawl in under the canvas."
"Ahiy body round to knock you stiff V"
"Never saw any body. I'll show you where
to go/under."
hokey, I'll try it! It's no use to throw
away a quarter when you can beat a side
show."
The boy took him round behind the tent and
saw him safe under, and then crossed the
street and sat down. He waited just exactly
three minutes, and then the stranger came
out of the tent by the door. He looked up
and doftrn the street, closely scanned every
youngster about him, and finally said to a
bootblack:
"Bub, I'm looking for a youth about two
heads taller than J'ou?peaked nose?brown
straw hat?hair cut short! I want to see
him so Awful bad for about a minute that I'll
give you half a dollar if you cau find him
round there!"
The Courting of a Sharp Man of Business.?Pitts
is a fast man, a sharp man, a
man of business tact, and when Pitts goes into
a store to trade he always gets the lowest
cash price; and he says: "Well, I'll look about,
and if I don't find anything that suits me better,
I'll call and take this V"
Pitts, like all fast men, is partial to women.
and young ones in particular. j\ow quite miely,
Pitts said to himself: "I am gettin' ratlier
'long in years, and I guess I'll get married."
His business qualities wouldn't let him
wait, so off lie travels, and calling upon a lady
friend, opens the conversation by remarking
that he would like to know what she thought
about his getting married.
l'Oh, Mr. Pitts, that is an affair in which
I am not so very greatly interested, and I
prefer to leave the matter with yourself."
"But," says Pitts, "you are interested, and
my dear girl, will you marry me ?"
The young girl blushed very red, hesitated,
and finally, as Pitts was very well to do in the
world, and morally, financially and politically
of good standing in society, she accepted
him. Whereui>on the matter-of-fact Pitts rexi>onded
:
"Well, well, I'll look about, and if I don't
find any that suits me letter than you, I'll
come back."
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Nearly Caught.?An exchange paper is
responsible for a pretty good story concerning
an old gentleman who was very fond of the
game of "pool
Our old friend, a few nights since, came
home very late from a siege of "j>ool." His
wife was asleep. When she awoke in the morning,
she found upon the lloor a marble which
had dropped out of the husband's pocket when
he came to bed, upon which were the figures
?17
11
"What is tliis V" said she to her lord.
He opened his eyes, looked, blushed, was
confused and stammered : 4'Why, why?it's a
marble, ain't it ?
"Yes," said she, "but what are you doing
with a marble in your itocket ?"
"In my pocket 1 well?all! the fact is, I've
had that marble in my jioeket for the last 85
vears?ever since I used to plav "for keeps"
with Bill .
"Indeed 1" incredulously asked his wife, "but
what are these figures on here for? What
does "17" mean ?"
''Seventeen mean ?" said he, hesitatingly.
"Oh, 17!" why, that was the number of marbles
Bill owed me when we quit playing; he
marked it on there so I wouldn't forget it."
A Yankee Captain Outwitted.?Captain
Farrow, of Islesboro, tells a good story of
himself which occurred a few years ago, while
he was trading at Key West. It was a case
where a Northern Yankee was outwitted by
a Southerner. The Captain was trading in a
small vessel, and had been up the coast to
Tampa Bay, where he purchased twenty dozen
chickens, paying S4 per dozen. The chickens
ran all the way in size from a few days old to
full-grown ones. At Key West a hotel land
lord came alongside and asked the Captain
how he sold his chickens. The Captain replied
: "If you pick thein out I shall charge
yon $(3 per dozen ; if you let me pick them out
you can have them for ?3 i?er dozen." "All
right," said the hotel man, "you pick them
out." The Captain selected several dozen of
the smallest, when the man said : "Go ahead,
I want more." The Captain was now among
his largest fowls, and wished the man would
stop, but he still said, "Goon," The Captain
saw the ]>oint at last. The man kept him selecting
until he purchased the entire lot at a
loss of S2U to the owner. After this the Captain
sold his chickens on a different plan.?
Bangor Whig.
A Heavy Fike Insurance.?The Bishop
of Peterborough cannot help saying good
things both in and out of the pulpit?especially
out of it. The other night a rich, benevolent,
but somewhat brainless millionaire,
was boasting after dinner that he gave away
.t!2,000 to the poor regularly every year. He
said: "I think it is right, you know ; a sort of
duty of one in my position. I can't say what
becomes of it, but it's given away in charity,
that's all I know and that's all I care about it.
Two thousand pounds every year 1" "What,"
said the bishop; "no you reaiiy mean 10 say i
yoji pay away ?2,000 to the poor every year [
as a religious duty ?" "I assure you, my dear
Sir, it is so,'1 replied the wealthy man, with careless
complacency. "Well," said the witty bishop,
"that's the largest insurance against fire I
ever heard of !" ?LftmJon IVnth.
laf A youth lately leaving his aunt's house
after a visit, when finding it began to rain,
caught up an umbrella, that was snugly placed
in a comer, and was proceeding to open it,
when the old lady, who for the first time observed
his movements, sprang toward him, exclaiming
: "No, no, that you never shall!
I've had that umbrella twenty-three years, [
and it has never been wet yet, and I am sure
it shan't be wet now !*'
A minister, noted for combining the
somewhat incongruous professions of preach- j
er and money lender, was offering a prayer, in
which was the following petition : "Grant :
that we may have more interest in heaven!" |
"Don't do it!" exclaimed one of the congrega- !
tion ; "don't do it! The old sinner gets five
l>er cent, a month now, and that's enough, <
the I.ord knows!" <
IpMfKmronMi fjUading. |
REPUBLICAN SENTIMENTT
From the Charleston News and Courier.
"Well, what do you think of the Democrat- ]
ic nomination for Governor V" inquired a re-!
l>orter of Collector Tom Johnston, as that official
emerged from the dining room of the
Charleston Hotel last evening.
"I think," replied the Collector, "That you
Democrats for once in your lives showed a level
head in nominating Colonel Thompson. 1
think you couldn't have selected a more suitable
man, and I think he will make as good a Governor
as the State has ever had. I am heartily
glad of his nomination, and am pretty certain
that the Republicans will make no opposition
to his election. If he isn't acceptable to .all
classes, white and black, I don't know the
man that can fill the bill."
The reporter, having been detailed to feel
the Republican pulse in the city generally, !
next wended his way to the United States I
Court House.
Colonel J. E. Ilagood, Clerk of the Circuit
Court, who had just returned from a trip to '
Pickens, expressed his approval of thenoinina-!
tion then and endorsed it heartily. He thought j
one nomination would be acceptable to every i
one in the State.
Colonel R. M. Wallace, United States Supervisor,
thought the nomination an acceptable
one to the-people at large, and did not
think it would meet with any opposition from
Republicans in tlie state.
Most of the other Republican officials were
out of the city. An attempt was made to
get the views of some of the prominent colored
Republican leaders, but these were difficult
to find, the fact being that most of the respectable
colored men in the city are Democrats
and naturally heartily endorse the nomination.
All the old party hacks who in the days of
liowen and Maekey were prominent in jjolitics
have retired into snug places in the iiostoffice
or custom house or into the shades of private
life.
Coming out of the postoffice the reporter
met Paris Simpkins of Edgefield, an intelligent
colored man, formerly Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee of the House and
and now a clerk in the post office. Simpkins,
in reply to the question, said that the nomination
was a capital one. He said "the State
ticket, as put out by the Democratic Convention,
is a good one, and I can't see how the
colored people can refuse to support it. Colonel
Thomson has proved his friendship for
the race by the steady and unremitting interest
he has taken in their education, and he should
have, if he has not, their fullest confidence
and support."
"What a Piece of Work is Man."?Already
in the first man who trod the soil of our
planet, the great mechanical and chemical discoveries
of uncounted coming ages were anticipated.
His tissues were woven in a loom
no Eastern fingers, no Western machinery,
could rival. Where strength was needed, a
power of resistance, like that of iron, was
given to strands of fibres finer than the spider's
thread, seen only as it glistens in the sunbeam.
Where elasticity was wanted a substance like
pyiwIpi! mjiiI snlidilied. The oillars
which support his frame would crumble under
it were they not many times stronger in substance
than the columns which support his
temples. The leverage of his limbs is adjusted
to his needs with an audacity which no engineer
would venture. The hydraulics of the
circulation are but clumsily imitated in our
acqueducts and their distribution. And what
are all the flood gates of human contrivance
compared to those delicate translucent valves
which we were so recently studying, which
stand guard at the mouth of the great artery,
and arrest the solemn column of blood coming
back upon them like a hammer, day and night,
seventy-times a minute, for seventy years, and
so many more as life may spare us V Man is
more than a machine, but as a machine he is
an ever present miracle. His heart is a timekeeper
which counts the seconds for a century
with one winding up. The heating apparatus
of our dwellings, in the surfaces of its radiators
and the pots of its surfaces, only repeats
the valvulie conniventes and the villi of our
own mucous membranes. No telephone conveys
a message so faithfully as the membrane
of the tympanum transmits it to the listeners
in the recesses of the labyrinth. No steam engine
can work with so little fuel as the human
organism; no dye-house can reproduce the
glow of a youthful cheek ; no laboratory can
manufacture a grain of albumen ; no musical
instrument reaches the human heart like a
woman's voice; no lens can adapt itself to
light like the human eye. And so we come
back to the microscope, the perfection of which
was developed by imitating, as it best might,
those acromatic arrangements, the darkening
pigment, the diaphragm, the adjustments for
distance, which were all complete in the first
man who opened his eyelids on creation.
Polygamous Puoselytehs.?The Laramie
Boomeramj gives the following historical
sketcl):
Yesterday six Mormon missionaries from
Zion passed through here on their way to Tennessee
to convert stmie dirt eaters and poor
white trash to the beautiful doctrines of polygamy
and the glorious custom of tithing.
Number one was a young man with a mouth
like a railroad washout, and a sharp nose that
extended out into space with a good deal of
vigor. It is rare that we find a man with a
nose like a can opener who has ability, but
this man you could see at once was an intellectual
Hercules, for the base of his brain
hung out over his coat-collar behind like a
water blister.
Number two was an old man with a fringe
of dirty gray whiskers that encircled the lower
part of his face and took the place of a clean
collar. lie had a broad, sleek brow and sore
eyes.
Number three carried a shiny oilcloth grip,
which contained the baggage of the six and
lunch enough to last them to Omaha. He
seemed afraid all the time that the train
would go away and leave him, and when an
engine bell rang he jumped pretty near out of
his clothes.
Number four was a weak-eyed man with a
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that looked as though it had been picked too
soon, lie wore a small boy's hat, and it was
too large for him.
Number five was a blonde, who looked sick
and discouraged. He had either been disappointed
in love sometime, or his corns hurt him,
for he seemed very miserable and unhappy.
Number six was a little dried up man, who
was traveling without brains, baggage or
grub. He went into the lunch room with an
emaciated quarter of a dollar, and ate about
$2 worth in the name of Zion, and slid out
just in time to dodge a bung-starter.
All these men had the same intellectual re- 1
finement of manner that is so noticeable in 1
the Zulu, and the basement of the brain, which
is supposed by phrenologists to indicate an abnormal
longing to be betrayed and ruined on
the train without their knowledge or consent,
was quite prevalent and noticeable.
A Million of Yeaus.?Croll, in his-'Climate
and Time;" says : "Here is one way of :
conveying to the mind some idea of what a
million years is. Take a strip of paper an inch
broad or more and eighty-three feet four inches
in length, and stretch it along the wall of a <
large hall, or round the walls of an apartment
somewhat over twenty feet square. Recall to
memory the days of your boyhood, so as to get
some adequate conception of what a period of i
a hundred.years is. Then mark off from one <
of the ends of the strip one-tenth of an inch.
The one-tenth of an inch will then represent
one hundred years, and the entire length of the
strip a million years. It is well worth making
the experiment, just in order to feel the stri-1
king impression that it produces on the mind, j;
Could we stand upon the edge of a gorge, a |
mile and a half in depth, that had been cut out I
of the solid rock by a tiny stream, scarcely i:
visible at the bottom of this fearful abyss, and
were we informed that this little streamlet was !
able to wear oil' annually one-tenth of an inch :
from its rocky bed, what would our conception :
be of the prodigious length of time that this j
stream must have taken to excavate the gorge? ;;
We should certainly feel startled when, on j 1
making the necessary calculations, we found i
that the stream had performed this enormous 1
amount of work in something less than a mil- ;
lion of years." h
tfgr Intemperance cannnot he treated like!]
theft, or lying, or covetuousness. "Look not i
upon the wine-cup" and "Woe unto him that ]
giveth his neighbor drink" have been in the
Bible from the beginning, and yet public senti-1
ment has been so low that they have been s
greatly overlooked. The Church, surely, must | j
lead in this matter. Canon Farrar says : "If ' i
Budhism has succeeded in making Mohamme- {i
lan lands temperate, surely the church of God j (
should blush that she has not done so much." t
Heading Un the Sabbath.
OONDUOTKD BT
REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
| Original.)
PHARISAICAL STRICTNESS.
"At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath
day through the corn ; and his disciples were
a hungered, and they began to pluck the ears
of corn and to eat."?Matthew 12:1. This
same incident in the history of our Lord will
be found narrated, with slight variations, in
Mark 2:23, and Luke 0:1.* At what period in
the history of our Saviour this event transpired,
it is, )>erliaps, impossible to ascertain.
Matthew and Mark simply say it was on the
Sabbath, while Luke is more definite, and
says it was on the "Second tirst Sabbath," or,
as in the translation in general use, "the second
Sabbath afterthe first." A common sense
interpretation of the passage would be, that
the event took place on the second Sabbath of
some feast which embraced several Sabbaths.
It would also seem that the corn, either wheat
or barley, was ripe or nearly so. The precise
time indicated by the expression, "Second first
Sabbath," or "second Sabbath after the first,"
was, at the time of our Saviour, well understood.
It was, however, a distinction involving
no i?ennaueut importance, and hence, it
has been suffered to be forgotten. One thing
is certain. Although we may not be able to
fix the precise Sabbath that is meant by "the
second Sabbath after the first," it was the
Sabbath?the day that (rod had set apart to lie
kept holy, in commemoration of a finished
creation.
A curious mind will, no doubt, be ready to
ask, "Why did our Saviour and his disciples
go through the fields, rather than 011 the public
highway ?" Since the corn, no matter whether
it was wheat or barley, must have been nearly
ripe, the passing of our Lord and his disciples
through it would, necessarily, be injurious,
and consequently it was a trespass. Such
a conclus'on is based upon a mere conjecture.
No doubt there was through the field a path,
or, it may have been, that the public highway,
leading to Jerusalem, passed through the field.
The fault-finding Pharisees, we are sure, would
have charged our Saviour with a violation of
individual rights, had he and his disciples gone
through the corn-fields, in the sense in which
that expression is now understood. We know
further that our Saviour never, in a single instance,
tresspassed upon the rights of any creature.
It is absolutely certain that if the pass
ing through the corn-fields had been of the nature
of a trespass, our Saviour would not have
.gone himself, neither would he have allowed
such an act to have been done by his disciples.
The passing through the corn fields was not
even by the captious Pharisees regarded as unlawful.
Neither was it unlawful for the disciples
of our Lord to pluck the ears of corn,
rub out the kernels and then eat them. It is
positively stated that the disciples were "a
hungered." The humane laws of the Jews
made provision for such a case. The following
is the law : "When thou comest into thy
neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat
grapes thy till at thine own pleasure ; but
thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. When
thy comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor,
then thou mayest pluck ears with thy
hand ; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto
thy neighbor's standing corn."?Deut. 23 ;
24, 25. It was not charged that the disciples
of our Lord committed a tresspass either by
going through the corn-fields or by plucking
the ears. The Pharisees charged that the act
was sinful because done on the Sabbath day.
Since this act of our Saviour was not in any
sense a tresspass upon the rights of others, was
it a sin against God in that it was a violation
of the Sabbath law ? The Pharisees declared
it was, but our Saviour declared it was not.
All that was done was that a few ears of
corn were plucked and the grains having been
rubbed out, were eaten. The reason assigned
was because the disciples were "a hungered."
In reproving the Pharisees our Saviour referred
them to the act of David on a certain
occasion. To eat in order that the cravings of
appetite might be satisfied never was a sin.
The Pharisees were wont to spend the Sabbath
in various ways which showed that they
had no real regard for it as a day to be kept
holy to the Lord their God. They in some
sense, followed the letter of the law, but mistook
its spirit. They were exceedingly strict
in observing forms, but had 110 correct notion
of what was meant by obedience. They were
accustomed to strain at gnats and swallow
camels. They belonged to that class of Jews
whom the prophet describes as longing that
the Sabbath might speedily pass away that
they might set forth wheat for sale, "making
the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying
the balances by deceit."?Amoz 8:5.
Our Saviour, by defending the action of his
disciples on this occasion, did not justify a
violation of the fourth commandment, neither
did he justify the manner in which the Pharisees
observed the Sabbath. By the Pharisees
the Sabbath was devoted to pleasure. Such is
the case with many Christians. The day is
devoted largely to secular amusement. Much
of the day is spent in secular conversation.
This is a sin, but deeds of necessity and acts
of mercy are sanctioned by our Saviour, and
are not forbidden by the fourth commandment.
ig?" God's knowledge is not the cause of either
being or events. He knows what beings
will exist and what events will transpire because
he has willed their existence and determined
all events. No creature can have an
existence unless its existence is determined of
God, neither can any event take place unless
it is willed by God. If this is not true, then
God is not an absolute Sovereign.
(&T God can not learn anything by experience
or observation, otherwise he was not always
omnicient. There never was a time when he
ilid not know all things. In fact there is
with God no past and no future. It is all
present. He knows nothing now that he did
not always know, and nothing ever will transpire
which he did not know from all eternity.
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Tkiflks.?The best fidelity to Christ is
shown in a daily vigilant service to him in trifles,
in efforts to honor him in humble, unconspicuous
service, such as in good temper in
families, sympathy with man and beast, honesty
in business, liberality to servants, fidelity
to employers. These things make up the best
disciplesliip. The same truth applies to many
things. The best paintings are those where
such details as the blades of grass, the leaves
of the trees, the lines upon the water and similar
minute points are most perfectly delineated.
Artistic excellency consists chiefly in
the complete accuracy which the slothful or
the ignorant worker can not or will not ac- j
complish. The great Italian sculptor, Mich- j
ael Angelo, was once visited by an acquain- j
lance, who remarked, on entering his studio, ;
"Why, you have done nothing to that figure |
since I was here last." "Yes," was the reply ; i
"J have softened the expression, touched off
that projection and made other improvements."
"Oh," said the visitor, "those are
mere trifles." "True," answered Angelo, I
"but remember that trifles make perfection,:
mid perfection is no trifle." In like manner, j
the highest form of devotion to Christ consists j
in fidelity to apparent trifles. For only heart-;
felt love and an abiding recollectedness of him \
in an ever-beloved object, will enable his dis- i
nples to maintain throughout each day, in;
word and company, in busy occupation and be- j
fore his enemies the duty of honoring him I
;hus continuously and in the whole detail of
life.
Christians little realize how closely they
ire watched by the world ; how their words
ind actions are weighed by those who have and
will cause more harm than years of right livng
will do good. We should watch more
dosely our lives, that none be led astray
hrough any word or action of ours.
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! ?he farm and fireside.
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Preventable Losses on the Farm.?
"Waldo F. Brown writes, among other good
suggestions, the following in the. American
Agriculturist for August:
The keeping of old cows long past their
prime is another thing which largely reduces
the profits of the farmer. We have found
quite a large per cent, of cows, whose wrinkled
horns and generally run down condition, show
that they have long since passed the point of
profit. A few years ago, these cows would
have sold at full prices for beef, now they will
sell only for Bologna at 2 cents per pound.
Tli us cows have in a majority of cases, been
kept, not because they were favorites, or even
because they were profitable, but from p'-r
carelessness and want of forethought. Ailother
fruitful cause of loss to the farmer, is
attempting to winter more stock than he has
feed for. Instead of estimating his resources
in the fall, and knowing that he has enough
feed even for a hard winter, he gives the matter
no thought, and March finds him with the
choice of two evils, either to sell stock, or buy
feed. If he chooses the former, he will often
sell for much less than the animals would have
brought four months earlier, and if the latter,
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than if it had been bought in autumn. Too
often lie scrimps the feed, hoping for an early
spring, and so soon as lie can see the grass
showing a shade of green around the fence
rows, or in some sheltered ravine, turns his
stock out to make their own living. This
brings one of the most potent causes of unprofitable
cattle raising ; namely, short pastures.
The farmer who is over-stocked in
winter, is almost sure to turn his cattle on
his pastures too early in the spring, and this
generally results in short pasture all summer,
and consequently the stock do not thrive as
they ought, and in addition, the land which
should be greatly benefitted and enriched, is
injured, for the development of the root in the
soil, must correspond to that of the tops, and
if the latter are constantly cropped short, the
roots must be small. The benefit of shade is
lost, and the land is trampled by the cattle in
their wanderings to fill themselves, so that it
is in a worse condition than if a crop of grain
had been grown on it. From all these causes
combined there is a large aggregate of loss,
and it is the exception to find a farm on which
one or more of them does not exist, and yet
without exception, they may be classed as
"preventable," if thought, and practical common
sense are brought to betir in the management.
Starvation from Overrating.?It is
as certainly true that one may fail to be well
nourished while taking too much food, more
than the organs of digestion can possibly dispose
of, as when taking less than the system
absolutely needs. The stomach may become
so crippled by over taking as to positively refuse
all duty,* or if not to fail to i>erform ordinary
labor, doing the diminished labor very
imperfectly. Hence, the amount of food actually
taken does not determine the amount
of nourishment secured, amount of strength
gained, since all food taken, if not actually
digested, must always prove an irritant, doing
more harm than good, remaining in the stom.?/?!.
until it formflntfl luift/tmotl Jlllfl iilt.
ClUll 1411 I'll 11 1 Vyl 111V.II UUj U^VVIUVU ?w
solutely decays. It is also true tliat the stomach
labor may exhaust the system as certainly
as will that of any other organ of the body,
rendering it certain that this exhaustion, in
some cases, in which indigestible food is taken,
more than equals the amount of strength
secured.
It is also true that when food is selected
which does not contain the elements of nourishment
needed, the bone, muscle, and nerve
elements, or when more of the fuel-food, the
"heaters," are employed than the season demands,
that the organs of digestion are over
taxed, enfeebled in a failure to nourish the
whole system sutliciently.
If, for example, such articles as pastry,
when socially rich, or when the starch and
fat elements are in excess?containing but
little to nourish the bones and muscles, giving
but little real ]>ower or strength?with the
whole range of the starchy foods, the oils and
the sweets, all of which being in excess of the
demands of the system, particularly in warm
weather, a practical starvation occurs. Nor
is this all. If more -of the elements containing
carbon are employed than are needed to
sustain the heat of the body, this excess must
derange the system, including the organs of
digestion more especially, while the irritation,
inflammation of the membranes, throat, eyes,
ears, and nasal passages is almost sure to
result. These results are often observed and
attributed to colds, when the real seat of the
disease is in the stomach, caused by an ex4-Urt
linnfin/v uliiTirkonf Q
UC.m UL t-nc HUabU)^ Ciuui\.uvut
The "Southern Winter" Turnip.?
People in the South who have cultivated only
the varieties of turnip that are grown at the
North have no conception of how exceedingly
valuable the turnip crop may be made here.
It is well known that, in England, turnips
with which to winter sheep are the means
whereby the lands have been brought to a higher
state of productiveness and rental than in
any other country in the world. In our Northern
Slates, though turnips grow as well in
England as anywhere, their economic value is
cancelled by the fact that the severity of the
winter necessitates harvesting and housing
them, as is not done in the milder winter
climate of England. And with most sorts, the
same needs exist even in the cotton States.
Hut there is a sort which, while it is one of
the very best, in every respect, flourishes without
the slighest protection, in the open ground
throughout the coldest winters, affording not
only the cheapest and best of stock feed, but
constituting finest of culinary vegetables, all
the time, and whatever of them is left over
in the spring, producing more and better
"greens" than mustard, spinach or other
beds that are sown specially for such purpose.
This variety is the "Southern "Winter," and
is in every way and by all odds, the best for
the main crop at the South. Indeed, except
a very few purple top, or White Dutch, for
early use, there is really no need for any other
kind than the "Southern Winter," for it is
not only more productive and reliable than
the others, but it lasts long after they all
become pithy, even when they can be kept, as
they cannot without storing, while the "Southern
Winter" is all the better for being left in
the field till the spring.?Dixie Farmer.
Tiie Value of Clover.?Prof Voelcker
is one of the strongest advocates for clover in
a farm rotation, and gives these as his conclusions
upon its value and general character.
1. A good crop of clover removes from the
soil more potash, phosphoric acid, lime and
other mineral matters, which enter into the
nrtmnn?ifinn nf flip ushfts nf nor cultivated
crops, than any other crop usually grown in
this country.
2. There is fully three times as much nitrogen
in a crop of clover as in the average product
of the grain and straw of wheat per acre.
3. Clover is an excellent preparatory crop
for wheat.
4. During the growth of clover, a large
amount of nitrogenous matter accumulates in
the soil.
5. This accumulation, which is greatest in
the surface soil, is due to decaying leaves
dropped during the growth of clover and to
an abundance of roots containing, when dry,
from one and three-fourths to two per cent, of
nitrogen.
G. The clover roots are stronger and more
I numerous and more leaves fall on the ground,
| when clover is grown for seed, than when
mown for hay; in consequence more nitrogen
is left after clover seed than is left after hay.
7. This crop causes accumulation of nitrogenous
matters which are gradually changed
in the soil to nitrates.
8. Clover not only provides abundance of
nitrogenous food, but delivers this food in a
readily available form, as nitrates, more gradually
and continuously, and with more certainty
of good result, than such can be applied
to the land in the shape or nitrogenous
spring top dressings.
?be forkrillr $nqitiwJ
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Single copy for one year, 12 50
For six months 1 25 .
For three months, 75
Two copies one year, 4 00 .
Ten copies one year, 20 00 i
And an extra copy for a club of ten.
ADVERTISING RATES.
ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first inser- i
tion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each t
subsequent insertion. A square consists of the u
space occupied by seven lines of this size type. 1
pSf- Contracts will be made at reduced rates I
for advertising space to be used for three, six,
or twelve months.
J. 3. SMITH & CO.
CLOSING"OTJTT
WE are determined to close out our entire
stock of Dry Goods, and in order to do so
we have reduced our prices on
ALL LINES OF GOODS.
Dress Goods worth 371 cents, reduced to 25 cents;
the styles usually sold at 33J cents, reduced to 20
cents, and those usually sold at 25 cents, reduced
to 10$ 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 l>efore you
buy. Our stock of
CASSIMERES AND G0TT0NADES
Is full and complete. We also offer great Bargains
in these lines.
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
Great reductions in the prices, and Bargainsoffered
in GentA' Heady Made Clothing Some
beautiful fancy Cassimere Suits, reduced from
$10.00 to $12 50.
IF YOU WANT BARGAINS
In Ladies', Misses' and Children's SHOES, Gents'
.SWfHT.S ami HATS onmp ?f once before our stock
in exhausted. Those who come with the money
shall have the benefit of our low prices.
J. J. SMITH & CO.
PORTABLE* PRESSES
FOR
TRAVELING COTTON GINS.
FW1HESK PRESSES are, beyond doubt, the best
I. now known to the trade. Thev are substantially
made, and have as little weight as it is possible
to build a press with thenocessary strength.
They are convenient, and very rapid in packing.
Capacity twenty five bales per day, weighing
500 pounds per hale. Each Press is supplied with
the very bestone and a-half inch manilla rope,
by which the packing is operated. Two hands
can pack a 500 pound bale in three minutes.
These Presses can be mounted on a common farm
wagon, or the running [tarts of a thrasher, requiring
only four bolts to secure it to the wagon.
When mounted, it can be transported anywhere
as easily as a load of wood. A number of them
were used in this county last season, giving entire
satisfaction. I submit the names of the partics
who operated these Presses last season, who
are well-known as reliable and truthful men, and
will, at any time, confirm my assertion of the
claims of the superiority of this Press over any
other known in the United States or elsewhere.
J. B. Whitesides, W. 8. Piexico, John T.
Whitesides, Allen Crosby. Samuel L. Davidson,
Esq., William R. Hays, J. E. Leacb, D. Martin
Hall, J. Martin Brian.
I also furnish a Stationary Cotton Press for Gin
Houses, made on the same principle as the Traveling
Press, but at much less cost. Mr. J. Leander
Parish used onein his ginning establishment
last season, and is highly pleased with it, and has
said, and will say it again, that he can pack a bale
in less time than be could run up his old screw.
Ask him and he will apeak for himseir.
I would suggest to parties who may want one
of these Presses, to leave thetr orders"as early as
possible, as I have heretofore been unable to supply
the demand. T. S. JEFFERYS.
IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. "
THE LIGHT RUNNING DOMESTIC.
THE best material; will do any and all kinds
of work; complete in every respect; the
largest arm; the lightest running; most beautiful
Wood work. Fully warranted for five years.
Call at my PHOTOGALLKRY^ne doo'r east
of the jail and examine Machines and work, ft
will be to your advantage to call on mo before
purchasing a SEWING MACHINE.
I am prepared to d<? any work in the PHOTOGRAPH
LINE to satisfaction, and at reasonable
prices. J. R. SCHORB.
YORKVILLE
LIVERY AND FEED STABLES,
NEAR THE COURT HOUSE.
ARE now open and will be kept in first class
style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds,
good horses and careful drivers.
tci vr.rr wt a vp
il' 1 VU TV XXXV X
A nice Horse and Buggy, or
A nice pair of Horses and Buggy, or
The Yorkville Omnibus, or
If you want your horses fed for 25 cents per
meal, go to SMITH'S Livery and Feed Stables.
CINCINNATI BUGGIES.
Just received, 6 nice Cincinnati Buggies, for
sale at $05 each for top, and $55 each ior open.
Also a good second-hand Carriage, and one aouble-seat
Spring Wagon for sale cheap. Call and
examine them.
WANTED.
300 dozen bundles good sheaf Oats and 300 bushels
Red and White Oats, for which I will pay the
market price, if delivered at my stables soon.
F.E.SMITH.
BRIDGE NOTICE. ~
OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 1
Yorkville, S. C., July 17, 1882. j
UNTIL TUESDAY, the 22nd day of AUGUST,
1882, at 10 o'clock, A. M., SEALED PROPOSALS
will be received for the letting out of a
CONTRACT FOR A BRIDGE across Bullock's
Creek, at GILLESPIE'S FORD, on new cut
road leading from Hoodtown to Mrs. M. E.
Sinarr's plantation.
Plana and speci neat tons may Deseen uy caning
on JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk of the Board, at
Yorkville, and hIho at the Ford, on the day and
hour above mentioned.
A bond with two sufficient sureties for faithful
work, in double the sum proposed, must accompany
each bid.
The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
By order of the Board,
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
July 20 20 5t
~ DENTAL NOTICE".
JEOfr Dr. W. M. WALKER,
RESIDENT SURGEON DENTIST,
Respectfully tenders his professional services to
thecitizens of Yorkville and vicinity. He is well
prepared, with instruments of the mostapproved
style, and all modern appliances, supplemented
by a continuous practice of twenty-five years, to
guarantee satisfaction.
In keepii gwith the general reduction of prices,
he proposes to furnish complete UPPER AND
LOWER SETS, of the best material, for 1520.00;
SINGLE SETS, either upper or lower, 810.00:
and for partial sets, more than two teeth, 81.00
PER TOOTH. Patrons waited on at their resi
deuces outoi town, cnargeu lor expenses ui visit.
July 6 27 tf
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
1st. Come and REGISTER.
2nd. Come and buy tho ELLIOTT A SON
COTTON GIN, with or without the FEEDER
AND CONDENSER. This Gin has been thoroughly
tested in this county, and has given entire
satisfaction. They are the best Gins, for the
price, made.
Those wishing to buy, will please call early and
leave their orders.
W. H. McCORKLE,
Yorkville, S. C.
June 8 23 tf
C. E. SPENCER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
OFFIOE IN REAR OF COURT HOUSE.
WILL practice in all the Courts of the State
and United States.
7pSr Special attention given to the Settlement of
Estates.
March 9 10 ly
HOUSE AND LOT TOR SALE.
rHE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in
Yorkville, known as the "Meek Place." It
s situated near the Methodist Church, and conains
TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is
i two-story Dwelling House, containing SIX
L.ARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lum>er
house,-corn-criband stable.
Terms will be made easv.
L. M. GRIST. I
THE
HARTFORD
?
Sewing' Maohine.
JUST PERFECTED.
The Largest under Arm.
The Lightest and Quietest.
THE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED.
The Least Vibration of any.
A Galaxy of New Patents.
Ball-Hearing Balance Wheel.
Knife edge Treadle-l>earing.
Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands
and Woodwork.
Positive take up. X'erfect Stitch.
The well-known and popular
"FAMILY FAVORITE."
Is also manufactured by us.
For finely illustrated descriptions apply to
W. C. LATIMER, Yorkville, S. C. I
W. G. REID & CO Rock Hill, S. C. I
WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN.
April f. 14 tf
CIRCULAR.
OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER,)
Richmond, Va., June 21st, 1882, j
TO further promote the interests of its patrons
and the development of the material resources
and industries of the regions of country served
by its system of railroads, the Richmond & Danville
Railroad Company will again incur the
labor and expense of making an illustrative Exhibit
this Fall.
The New England Manufacturers and Mechan1
ic's Institute will hold its Second Exposition in
' Boston, Mass., on the fitli of September. It has
cordially invited the Richmond & Danville Railroad
Co. to display its Exhibits in its magnificent
i Building. The invitation has been accepted.
Such an opportunity for a practical and wide
reaching advertisement of the subjects which
compose the material wealth of our section of the
South and of the manifold advantages and inducements
it offers for the investment of Northern,
and especially New England capital, and for
New England immigration, has never before been
presented to our people. It should not be neglected.
All persons throughout the great Piedmont,
Mountain and other regions em braced in the Richmond
A Danville system of railroads in any way
interested in material development and enterprises?owners
of Mineral Lands and Mines, Timber
Lands, Manufacturing Establishments and Water
Powers are invited to avail themselves of the benefit
of this Exhibit.
Capt. C. C. McPhail, Chief of Bureau of Mines
and Manufactures, has charge of all matters of
detail, connected with the Exhibit to bo made in
Boston, Mass., on the 6th of September. All persons
desiring information and to make contributions
of Materials and Specimens are requested
to correspond with him.
T. M. R. TALCOTT, General Manager.
July 13 28 tf
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the oldest in the United States, having been established
in 198.5. While thoroughly Democratic
in principle, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant.
The CHRONICLE contains the latest news from
all parts of the world, and is recognized as a firstclass
paper.
As an advertising medium, it covers the country
in Georgia and South Carolina tributary to 1
Augusta.
We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We
publish no articles of an immoral character.
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Tri-Weekly, one year, . 5 00 j
Weekly, one year, 2 00.
Address WALSH & WRIGHT,
Augusta, Ga. '
CLEAN SIN G AND EEPAIRINCL I
THE undersigned would respect'ully inform
the public that he is prepared to cleanse gar- |
ments of any fabric whatever, rendering them j
perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to j
the original brightness and lustre of the goods.
Do not throw away your old clothes, but have i
them cleaned and made to look as well as new. 1
Work promptly done, and at the most reasonaI
THOMAS RATXARI).
UiO J/J it/Un. ? ? ?
_____
PEACTIOAL BAEBEE AND HAIE DEE8SEE.
SHOP in SPRINGS MOORE building, on first
floor, in the rear of Withers Adiekes' store.
Easy shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dressing
and polite attention to all customers. Call
and give him a trial.
IJZSr Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO, i
the torn mm
THE MOST E
A X
THE MOST DUE
NOW II
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
T. S. JEFFERY8, Agent, Yorkrllle, S. C.
March 1G ]
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 Oh
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 invite the attention of business men :
RIEL heads.
For 500 For 1000
Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $6.00
Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.23 3.60
Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00
Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet
bill heads. Wo will fill an order for-bill heads,
giving any desired number of either size o 1
sheet at proportionate prices.
LETTER, HEADS.
For 500 Fo' 1000
Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25
Packet Note, 2.25 8.50
Letter (large size) 3.00 6.0C
For the above work we use a superior quality
of naner. and oruarniitee entire satisfaction in ev
ery instance.
We also give special attention to the printing of
Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities,
which we furnish strictly according to the requirements
of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and
in proof reading exercise the utmost care to en- ?
suro accuracy.
We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of
printing, from a visiting card to a large volume,
and will he pleased to furnish estimates fir any
style of work desired. Address,
L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S, C.
April 27 17 tf
T& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILBOAD.
SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains,
from Chester, S. O., to lincolnton, N. C.,
taking effect at 2.4ft o'clock, P. M., May 2,1882: ??.
GOING NORTH.
Leave Chester 2.4ft P. M.
Leave Lowrysville 3.1ft P. M.
Leave McConnellsville .3.35 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville -3.4ft P. M.
Arrive at Yorkville 4.10 P. M.
I^ave Yorkville 4.20 P. M.
Leave Clover fi.00 P. M.
, Leave Bowling Green .....5.10 P. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek 5.20 P. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge ft.30 P. M.
Leave Gastonia.: 6.00 P. M.
Leave Dallas 6.20 P. M.
Leave Hardin's 6.45 P. M.
Arrive at Lincolnton 7.15 P. M.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Lincolnton, 7.00 A. M.
Leave Hardin's 7.25 A. M.
Leave Dal las, 7.50 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia* ; 8.10 A. M.
Leave Gastonia 8 30 A. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge 8.50 A. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek 9.00 A. M.
Leave Bowling Green 9,10 A. M.
Leave Clover 9.25 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkville 10.00 A. M.
Leave Yorkville 10.10 A. M.
Leave Guthriesville 10.35 A. M.
Leave McConnellsville 10.50 A. M.
Leave Lowrysville 11.10 A. M.
; Arrive At Chester 11.40 A. M.
I * Breakfast.
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
May 4 18 tf
RICHMOND AND DAN VILLE RAILROAD^
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
ON and after April 30th, 1882, Passenger
Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte
Air-Line division of this road will be as follows:
EASTWARD,
Mail and Express. Mail.
No. 51. No. 53.
Leave Atlanta, 2.15 P. M. 4.00 A. M.
Arrive at Gainesville, 4.54 P. M. 6.19 A. M.
Arrive at Lula, 5.22 P. M. 6.50 A. M.
Arrive at Rabun Gap June 5.47 P. M. 7.41 A. M.
Arrive at Toccoa, 6.40 P. M. 8.17 A. M.
Arrive at Seneca, 8.06 P. M. 9.26 A. M.
Arrive at Greenville, 10.06 P. M. 11.03 A. M. *v
Arrive at Spartanburg,...11.40 P. M. 12.24 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.06 A. M. 2.50 P. M.
Arrive at Charlotte, 3.15 A. M. 4.00 P. M.
WESTWARD.
Mail and Express. Mail.
No. 50. No. 52. *?
Leave Charlotte 1.00 A. M. 12.40 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonin, 2.02 A. M. 1.47 P. M.
Arrive at Spartan burg 4.31 A. M. 4.06 P. M.
Arrive at Greenville, 5.59 A. M. 5.29 P. M.
\rriveat Seneca, 7.43 A. M. 7.03 P. M.
Arrive at Toccoa...... 9.18 A. M. 8.30 P. M.
Arrive at Rab'n Gap June 10.00 A. M. 9 10 P. M.
Arrive at Lula, ;...10.37 A. M. 9.46 P. M.
Arrive at Gainesville 11.(6 A. M. 10.15 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta, 1.30 P. M. 12.40 A. M.
T. M. R. TALCOTT, General Manager.
I. Y. SAGE, Superintendent.
A. POPE, General Passenger Agent.
May 25 21 . tf
"CHESAW AND" CHESTER RAILROAD.
PRESIDENT AND SUP'TS OFFICE, 1
Chester, S. C., Nov. 28, 1881. ]
ON and after November 28, 1881, the following
schedule will be run on this road daily, Sundays
excepted:
Leave l^ancaster Depot 8.00 A. M.
Leave Miller's Station 8.10 A. M.
Leave Waxhaw Station 8.20 A. M.
Leave River Depot 9.00 A. M.
Leave Fort Lawn 9.15 A. M.
Leave Cedar Shoal Factory 9.25 A. M.
Leave Howze's Station 9.45 A. M.
Leave Richburg 10.(0 A. M. * Leave
McDaniel's Crossing .. 10.10 A. M.
Leave Knox'sStation 10.20 A. M.
Arrive nt Chaster 11.00 A. M.
Leave Chester 3 50 P. M.
Arrive at Lancaster Depot 6.50 P. M.
Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where
sold. WM. H. HARDIN, President.
January 19 3 tf
GARRY IROtfROOFING CO.
^ Manufacturers
Iron Roofing
and Shutters.
and Cement.
79 and 81 Columbus Street,
CIjEVBIjAND, OHIO.
Send for circulars and price lists.
February 26 9 ly
OLD NEWSPAPERS,
OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale
at one cent each, at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
September 15 25 tf
URAL STEAM ENGINE.
JOONOMIOAL
D
[ABLE ENGINE
sr use.
THE MANUFACTURERS,
TOZER & DIAL.
Columbia, S. 0.
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