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jgMMttM ?KparttHfttt. ONLY WITH GENTLEMEN. A few evenings ago, while a half do4en gentlemen were standing at the bar of one of the most fashionable up-town saloons in Washington, a well dressed good looking stranger entered the room and walked straight up to the bar and addressed the barkeeper in language like the following: "Stronger, I am in a very, very bad condition. I want a drink; I must have a , drink, but I am compelled to make the hu- , miliating statement that I am unable at ' present to pay for it. If you will be kind , enough to favor me in my extremity you . shall be paid, sir:" "We don't keep whiskey to give away here," was the blunt reply of the bar-keep- ( er. The stranger begged, but the bar-keeper was inexorable and even rude. The mild- , mannered stranger turned to the gentlemen . wno naa Deen witnesses to tne conversation and said: "Gentlemen, you are strangers to me, but would one of you be kind enough to loan me the price of a drink ? I will pay it back." One of the party addressed handed the stranger 15 cents. * He stepped up to the bar and said: "Now can I have a drink ?" "Yes," said the bar-keeper, "anybody can get a drink for the money here." "I thought so." said the stranger. The bottle of "red licker" was placed on the bar; the stranger filled his glass liberally. "A little bitters in there, if you please," said the stranger. Then, when the bitters were furnished, he asked for a large glass of water, which wasalso set up. The stranger drank his beverage and then turned to the man who had loaned him the money and said: "Stranger, I make it a point of honor to pay borrowed money before I pay whiskey bills; here is your 15 cents; I am greatly obliged for the loan," and so saying he walked out. The dazed barkeeper, seeing that he was sold, and that the laugh was on him, ran to the door and called to the man to comeback. The stranger promptly returned and inquired, "What do you waiit?" The bar- , keeper replied, "That was a cute trick you ] played and I own up that you caught me. ] The drinks are on me. What will you ] take?" "Excuse me, sir," replied the j stranger, "I drink only with gentlemen; \ I cannot drink with you," and the myste- j rious stranger walked away, leaving the \ bar-tender to wonder whether it would not , have been better to give a stranger one ' drink than'to be caught bv a trick and have ] to "set 'em up" to a whole crowd. \ Light, Not Noise.?One of the mem- j bers of the bar in Saratoga, who thoroughly , enjoys a good joke, relates the following, 1 and applies the moral to himself: He was j counsel in a case before Judge Pratt, referee, ( and during the progress of the trial became . a little bit noisy, as he sometimes does, ' when the Judge looked ud and said to him: ! "Mr. , did you ever near of the man j who was lost in the woods during a thunder r storm ?" On being answered in the nega- ^ tive, the Judge continued: A man in attempting to pass through a piece of woods, lost his way, and while he was in that predicament a fearful thunder storm came up. The woods grew awfully dark. The roaring of the wind and the crashing of the thunder were terrific. The man was frightened and started to pray, but, not being used to that business, said : "Oh, Lord, give us a little more light, and a little less noise !" I don't mean you, Mr. ," added the Judge, but the audience supposed all the time that the Judge did mean him, and now that he thinks of it himself he inclines to that opinion also. Important Legal Decision.?"So you say he called you a liar and kicked you twice. Now what did you give him back in return for these assets ?" inquired the Austin Recorder of the accusal. "I just kickal him twice and called hima liar/' was the reply. "Did you kick him with the same emphasis with which he kicked you, and on the same portion of his body ?" "I did, your honor." "Then you paid him back just as much as vou got?" "I did." "Then I dismiss the case. This court hold that where litigants among themselves harmoniously make a friendly exchange, each one receiving a valuable consideration for services rendered, the arrangement between them will not be disturbed, the object of the law being to promote the harmonious relations already established.?Texas liftings. Not a Liar.?"I subscribe for as many papers as I can read," said a man whose 1 patronage was solicited by ail editor. "I would like to read your paper, but I already have more reading matter than I can read, 1 so it would be a waste of money." The editor went to the postottice and asked the postmaster how many papers the man received through the mail. "None," was the answer ; and the editor returning to the man's place of business exclaimed : "You hvae lied to me, sir." "How so?" < "You declared that you subscribed for more papers than you can read, but the postmaster says that you don't take any papers." "Well, that's all right." "But it makes you out a liar." "Not necessarily. I can't read."?Arkan- ( ~sa? Traveler. j A Puritan Pineapple.?It was in the early days of the Plymouth Bay colony that : John Josselyn,- tne Puritan naturalist, , wrote a book which he labelled "New England Rarities." It is a queer work, and here is a gravely funny passage from it: ( "Happening into a fine, broad walk," he writes, "I wandered till I chanced to spy a fine fruit, as I thought, like a pineapple plaited with scales. It was as big as the , crown of a woman's hat. I made bold to step up to it with an intent to have picked it. No sooner had I touched it but hun- ; dreds of wasps were about me. At last I ; cleared myself from them, but by the time I ( was come into the house they hardly knew me but by my garments!" It is safe to assume that Master Josselyn ; afterward sedulously avoided the kind of 1 pineapple known in New England as the hornets' nest. KSF "Whar's ver gwine, Parson Baxter?" < asked Aunt Sukey of the Austin colored ecclesiastic, on his telling her, during a pastoral visit, that he was going to be absent for a week or so. < "I'se gwine ter Manchaca Springs, on de < International, to 'tend a revival meeting what's broke out clar," responded Jttev. ; Whangdoodle Baxter. "De Lawd go wid ye, Parson Baxter." , "Ef de Marster goes wid me, Sister 1 Sukey," said Whangdoodle Baxter, argu- 1 mentatively, "He will hab ter foot it. I : hasn't got money ter pay railroad fare for myself dese heah harci times, much less for ; - strangers, and de railroad company 'fuses to gib me a free pass, bekase dey needs all de i free passes for de Legislature and de lobby." J Texas Si/tings. j Taking Time by the Forelock.?A .1 kind-hearted lady, of the philanthropic kind, strolling about in the suburbs of'Austin, heard the cries of a child and the sound of blows. Looking over a fence, she discov- 1 ered that a colored woman was beating one i nf tior eliilHrpn "What are you beating that child for?" asked the female philanthropist. 1 "On account of de pitcher," was the replv." l,What pitcher?" "De one I am gwine to give her to fotch me some beer." "Then you are beating a child about a pitcher sne has not broken yet?" "Jess so. Hit's too late to beat her after de pitcher am done broke."?Texas Sifting.1. A learned professor, addressing one of 1 his class, asked if he knew what animal 1 magnetism was. "I?er?er did know, but 1 I have forgotten," was the answer. Calmly 1 tajne the scathing rejoinder: "Gentlemen, j this is very unfortunate. Mr. Jones, the 1 only man who ever knew, has forgotten i what animal magnetism is." * WWWWWW \WR\\\\\\\\\\\\V i ?&f $#?# aiid Jifwid*. T ' r'r v ' T " 1 -fUse or Plaster and Ashes.?Henry Ives, one of the best farmers in far-famed Western New York, writes to the Tribune: "To use plaster on any of our growing crops requires so slight ? cast and so often proves beneficial, that one can hardly afford to neglect its application, although occasionally no perceptible advantage is derived from it, and at best we scarcely look for benefit except for the one season and the one crop. But in usinsr ashes we ire mote sure of ben efit, and its good effects are so lasting that after one liberal application, say of from 50 to 100 bushels per acre (though if leached ashes are used one could safely apply three to six times this quantity), the effect will show for five, ten or fifteen years, by increasing fertility. When applying plaster to corn, of piaster and guano, phosphate or hen j manure, or even with a small quantity of ashes (in all cases from 100 to 200 weight to the acre is enough of the plaster), the ingredients sshould be prepared and well mixed on the barn floor; loaded into an open wagon, so as to have it along convenient to the work, and almost any time in the early growth of the corn apply a small handful to each hill; not as some do, by throwing it carelessly in a compact heap near the hill, but as it is thrown sifting through the fingers prive it an even distribution all about the hill. But after the corn is a little more advanced I believe it would do more good, and without costing much if any more, to use two or three times 4 s much of the fertilizing mixture, sowing it broadcast over the field. If, instead, the farmer could apply. 60 or 80 bushels of ashes to the acre, it should be done before planting or seeding, so as to be well mixed with the soil when preparing it for the seed bed. This, I believe, is the most lasting of any kind of fertilizer, and one of the cheapest, too, when the ashes can be obtained without costing more than 25 or 30 cents a bushel. After such an application of ashes, or other fertilizer, or manure, it is still just as desirable as 3ver to plaster the corn growing on such fertilized land." Lima Beaxs as a Farm Crop.?The Lima, the most popular bean among amateurs ma market gardeners, is slow in finding its tvayinto the gardens of farmers. The dry t>eans sell for several dollars a bushel, and the market has never been adequately supplied. Lima beans are easily raised, and yield as bountifully as most other pole beans; and nmitmiiQ +r? hlnacnm nnrl hp?r until tilled by frost. We know of no reason why they can not be made a specialty, like hops )r tobacco' and grown on a large scale. They would require better soil and treatment than the common field bean, but as the price is three times greater, these could well be afforded. A rich gravelly or sandy [oam suits them best, and the phosphatic manures are well adapted to them. On this kind of soil we have not found them to run too much to vines, even with heavy dressings of compost prepared from muck md stable manure. The vine is a strong *rower, and requires abundant nourishment. The pods are formed quite thickly from the topr to the bottom of the poles. They want the full benefit of the sun, and ;he rows running north and south should se four feet apart, and the hills four feet ipart in the row. In planting we prefer :o put the eye downwards, and not more :han one inch deep. The first of June s early enough for this latitude. This bean needs frequent cultivation, until the vine shades the ground. This crop is well suited for farmers remote from citties and markets. The market gardener will not grow Lima beans to, sell dry, because they are worth more in the green state, and he can jell all he can raise. But the farmer, however remote from the city, can market his whole crop in the winter, and be well paid for his labor. Making Good Butter.?Butter is finished in the dairy, but not made there. The stamp of the dairy woman puts the gold in market form ; but the work must be commenced in the field or in the feeding stables; md this leads at once to the consideration ff feeding for butter. During the early summer months, when nature is profuse of favors, there is little to be done beyond accepting her bounty. The tender grasses are full of the needed nutrition, and they afford the constant supply of moisture, without which the secretion, of milk is greatly lessened. Yet, at this season, as well as all others, a pure supply of water is absolutely necessary. It does not meet the requirement if cattle have a wet hole full of surface drainage in the pasture, or a frog pond. While it is not probable that the tadpoles and wrigglers, sometimes iouna 111 city milk, have been drunk by the -thirsty cow, many infusions do exist in such ppals that are hardly eliminated or rendered entirely harmless by the wonderful milk secretions af the animal. The cattle should drink from spring fed boxes; and as often as these, under the hot sun, are seen to produce green growth or floating scum, a pail of course salt may be put in, and the current checked until the fresh-water growths are killed ; the salt water is then drawn off, and for a long time the trough will remain pure and the water bright.?Breeder's Gazette. Hiring Men.?The problem-of hand la bor is not an easy one for the farmer, un tiny farm where two or more hired men are needed during the growing season, it i.s usually best to have one man work by the year. In this way good help may be secured for a long term, of years, and will also lead to a profitable planning of the labor for the whole year. The amount of work done [luring the winter can be largely increased, greatly to the relief of the workmen in the busy months of spring. The necessary wood for the household should be provided in the winter, with a sufficient stock on hand, so that only well-seasoned fuel need be used. It is a slipshod and unprofitable method that provides the wood fresh from the log on the day it is burned, besides being a fruitful source of bad breakfasts and worse tempers. There are scores of other jobs that may be done in winter, turning both man and team to good account. How to Feed Bran.?Bran or ground feed is best fed to cows upon moistened hay, it being mixed with the nay, all will be eaten together and raised and masticated. But if it is not fed with cut hay it should be fed dry and in a small quantity each time, for if fed alone it is not raised and re-masticated, but goes on to the third and fourth stomachs. If fed in slop it is swallowed without any mastication, and mixed with little or no saliva, but if fed dry it cannot be swallowed until it is mixed with saliva, and the saliva assists in digestion. When food is masticated the act of rumination causes the saliva to flow and mix with food. We have experimented, and find that when fed alone rlrv around food is better digested than whenTed wet.?National Live Stock Jour- j nal. Swine, perhaps, come more near to! being the every day, always available stock j of the farmer, than* any other species of do-; inestic animal intended for the shambles, j With cattle or sheep he may have to wait j two or three years for a full return of his in-1 vestment, but from his hogs he can gather 1 i crop every season, and handle the nimble | penny over and over again, with a frequency unknown in other lines of live-stock transactions. The hog is on hand to est dmost any respectable refuse which may te placed before him, and it is ready thus to convert a great deal of otherwise worthless i provender into solid cash. lie is the scav-! Singer of the farm, and at the same time is i the ready and reliable replenisher of the I farmer's purse. _ figy* There are many farmers who have extra good butter cows and do not know it. j Ihey have poor pastures in summer and no shelter and indifferent feed in winter. In the house they have no convenience for, making butter; the milk is set where there ire no arrangements for keeping it cool in summer, ana in the living-room" exposed to the odors of the kitchen, in winter; and i neither the quantity nor the quality, nor j my index of what a cow can do is kept. Old Fashioned People.?Used to say ! :hat the horse shoe and "four leaf" clover j wrought good luck. This may be true, but j :he times have changed, and now if you [ vant good luck and good health all the I rear round, place on the shelf over your ! dtchen door a bottle of Norman's Neutralzing Cordial, the wonderful remedy for all itonmchic troubles.?Arfrf. P*daujidthe jFatotli. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original. J TROUBLES IN ISRAEL. There are some persons, both in church and state, who seem to have no mission to fill except to keep themselves and others in trouble. It is .wonderftil, when we take their intellectual abilities and moral developments into consideration, how much trouble they can produce. One single individual of only moderate endowments, is able often to disturb the peace of a whole neighborhood and throw a whole Christian congregation into confusion. The strangest thing of all about this thing, is that these troublers always think, or seem to | think, that every one except themselves is a troubler in Israel. Long ago, the wicked Ahab charged Elijah the prophet of the Lord with troubling Israel while he and his father's house were the real troublers. It is hard to discover what pleasure any one can find in hurling firebrands. It is impossible to see what pleasure any one can take in keeping up a continued strife in a community. It is told of some one who proposed himself as a fit person to fill a vacant office in a Christian congregation that he gave as an evidence of his qualification, his ability and inclination to oppose anything that might at any time be proposed by any one for the good of the congregation. Paul, or rather the Holy Spiri t, enjoins it upon us, "if it be possible as much as lieth in us to live peaceably with all men." Rom. 12: 18. "This Scripture requires nothing impossible. It says not that we must live in peace with all men, because that is sometimes impossible. The verse (Rom. 12: 18) admits as much. But as far as things are in our power, we must live in peace. There is a class of men, who are not satisfied when they have a 11 their rights, nor even when you make many concessions. What, they seek is; strife, a broil, a contest, a law Ailt; .Nor is tlfe number of such very small. When thrown with them, you can only guard against partaking of their evil spirit and hateful ways."?Dr. Plumer. It is surely the duty of those who are continually in broils, contests and law suits, to reflect that a large amount of the sin connected .with such^thiqgs, lies at their nwA Horn-.*" Thevrtref'troitblers in Israel. The Scriptures describe heaven as absolutely free from all broils. The gospel of Jesus is peace. In its nature it is peaceproducing. To establish peace, Jesus came into this world, obeyed, suffered and died. The work of the Holy Spirit is to produce peace in the troubled breast. What are we to think of the individual who delights in contentions ? ] Surely, such a one has need to fear, that he is making slow progress heavenward. In addition to this he should reflect that by giving vent to his contentious spirit, he is preventing the growth of grace in others. "One sinner" say the Scriptures, "destroyeth much good." This is especially true of the contentious sinner. When every one else is for peace, he is for war. He is "like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt." To these troublers in Israel the wiseman gives the following advice: "Go not forth hastily to strife, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and discover not the secret of another ; lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away." Prov. 2o: 8, 9, 10. | Original.} RELIGION NOT GLOOMY. The general opinion entertained by men of the world concerning relierion is that it is a particular something which fills the mind of the possessor with dark and gloomy forebodings. No conclusion was ever more absurd. What, it may be asked, is there in true religion to make us sad or gloomy? Is a well-grounded hope of a seat at God's right hand, when death terminates the affairs of this world calculated to fill the soul with gloomy apprehensions? The truth is religion deprives man of nothing which, in the least possible degree, contributes to his happiness in this world or encourages him to expect God's favor and friendship in the world beyond the grave. It is true that religion forbids many things which to the carnal mind are delightful; but all experience proves that carnal pleasures are in the end evil and bitter things. Genuine religion forbids men. to take God's name in vain, to live lives of gluttony and drunkenness, and to do a multitude of other things which men in their natural state delight in, but these things are punishable by the laws of civilized society and those who do them are visited some time during life by remorse, regret and shame. It is irreligion that is gloomy. One evidence of this is that while many are wicked enough to dare to spend their lives in sin, none are anxious to die the death of the sinner. Deprive man of religion and he is reduced from his high and exalted position in creation to a state of miserable inferiority to the beast of the field. If the blessings of religion extended no further than the grave, or if there is such a thing as life beyond the grave, irreligion would still be gloomy and religion joyful. He has lived to little purpose who has not discovered that the religious portion of the human family have more real soul pleasures than .those who are unreligious have. No man was ever made gloomy by obeying the voice of the Lord, and no man was ever made happy by violating God's laws. Sin and misery are wedded. The latter follows the former as certainly as the shadow follows the substance. Whoever denies this denies the voice of his own experience and what he has observed in the case of all others. Those who say or think that religion is a gloomy thing are laboring under a fearful delusion. Satan has blinded the eyes of their understanding and perverted their judgments. They call light darkness and darkness light. The Holy Life.?The holy life does not consist ii*5<imd is not maintained by, spasmodic or periodical acts of devotion ; rather it is like the altar tire of which it was spoken, "The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out." Lev. vi: 13. So on the altar of the purified heart there ever burns the fire of devotion, from which there continually rise the tokens of sacrifice, acceptable and well pleasing to God. It is delightful and profitable to worship and linger in the temple made with hands, but it is not possible to abide here. There is, however, a temple within, where the spirit may unceasingly watt upon God, unhindered by the vicissitudes of human life. On the altar raised therein the holy tire may ever burn; and before that altar the living earnest spirit may linger until God sheds the full glory of his grace and the baptism of power, which shall energize i and elevate the entire being, so that the i blessed promise here recorded shall be fulfilled. O for the power to "wait" upon God restfully, hopefully, patiently, yet with persistent and determined prayer and faith, i It is easy to ask under the inpulse of newly- < felt need, and even presa-eur request, but j we need to learn again the lesson which our j Saviour taught, "That men ought always to pray, and not to faint." In the exercise of i such persistent prayer we shall grasp the divine power and receive the divine full- < ness.?Rev. J. Ftnnemore. spSfeUaneflttSi leading* THE COTTON CROP OF 1882. 1 The Department of Agriculture, in a valuable report, just published, on the cotton yield of 1882, says the returns of production bales make an aggregate of over 6,800,000, distributed as follows: Virginia Bales... 24,000 North Carolina 452,(MM) South Carolina (ilfi,(MM) Georgia 920, (KM) Florida ."...... 01,000 Alabama 784,000 Mississippi 1,042,(MM) Louisiana 5:19,000 Texas .. 1,828,000 Arkansas 087,000 Tennessee 887,000 Missouri is, OOO Other territory 22.0(H) Total 6,835,000 The unusual length of the season for maturing is given very generally as an important factor for increased production. Late growth was so vigorous in portions of the area cultivated that much immature cotton was destroyed by the frost, notwithstanding the lateness of the season. This destruction of green bolls was comparatively heavy in Edgecomb, N. C., in Franklin, Hale and Lawrence, Ala., in Noxubee and Benton, Miss., and in Bienville and Point Coupe, La. Wherever growth was most luxuriant and the yield heaviest, this apparent loss was greatest. In Macon and Warren, (la., the crop was shortened bySeptember storms. On the Red River and in northern Texas there was a loss of cotton and injury to staple by rains in picking the top crop. As a whole the seasoir was unusually unfavorable. These returns make the crop 22 per cent, larger than the census crop (1879,) and nearly 4 per cent, larger than the great crop of 1880. Heretofore these direct returns of Eroduct by county estimates have usually een somewhat less than the records of the commercial movement in the following year. The statistician scrutinizes them carefully, excludes manifest erroneous figures, (of which there are some in all returns, whether official or unofficial, estimates or census enumerations,) corrects such errors as may readily be detected and reviews the whole work; but he cannot arbitrarily cliauge results, even though the verity of some may be a matter of doubt. Should these returns of the product prove conservative, as usual, the movements would not be less than 7,000,000 bales. The public and the cotton trade have had the department returns of the season honestly rendered, which have been, perhaps, unusually consistent, and must deduce from them their own conclusions as to area, quantity and quality of the crops. The relative increase in product from 1879 to 1882 is not equal in the different States, because some of these had greater than average production in 1879, and some, Texas particularly, had an average yield per acre much lower 'than usual. The returns are nearly unanimous in declaring the staple longer than usual, whiter and comparatively free from trash. A few report shorter staple. In parts of Georgia there was some less of quality from storms, and the late picking oi the Southwest was injured by frost and rain. The amount of lint produced in proportion to seed is reported greater than usual in half to two-thirds of all returns, excepting in Virginia and Missouri, where a majority report the usual average yield. In very few counties is the rate of yield less than average. The average quantity of lint in 100 pounds of seed cotton, as fixed by former investigations, is but 82 pounds, but this year there is a considerable range of difference, most of which would be covered by the minimum of 28 pounds and the maximum of 36. There have been returns of even wider range than this under extraordinary circumstances. The marketing of the crop is most advanced in Florida, Georgia ana South Carolina, but one-sixth remained on hand at the end of 1882, in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, one-fourth in Louisiana, and in Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri the proportion is somewhat greater. f rom tnese returns it is proaoie tnat aoout 17 per cent, of the crop was unmarketed February 1. The (Tate of finishing the harvest, reported for each county, varies from November to February. The average for each State is: Florida, December 7 ; Georgia, December 5; South Carolina, December 11; Alabama, December 12; Tennessee, December 17 ; Mississippi, December 18 ; North Carolina, December 22; Louisiana, January 4, Texas, January 6; Arkansas, January 9. The caterpillar was present in three-fourths of the counties of Texas and Louisiana and in two-thirds of those of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The destruction was less general in Georgia and Arkansas. The injury was everywhere slight, and, with few exceptions, was not appreciable in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee or Missouri. The loss is calculated at about 3 per cent, in Louisiana, 2 in Texas, 11 in Mississippi, Alabama ancfcFlorida, and l ln Georgia. It probably airibunts to 80,000 or 90,000 bales in all. The returns of destruction of cotton by the caterpillar and boll worm cannot be regarded as precise, but, from very full local estimates, it is believed that the following summary will approximate the losses: South Carolina Bales destroyed... 4,000 Georgia 10,000 Florida 700 Alabama 12,000 Mississippi 15,000 Louisiana ,...18,000 Texas 20,000 Arkansas 5,000 Tennessee 3,000 Total 87,700 me Don worm was in some places more destructive than tlie caterpillar. From the Winnsboro News. THE TWELFTH REGIMENT. orator for next meeting of the sl'r- ' vivors' association. Summervillle, S. C., March 14. J. R. Harvey, Esq.?My Dear Sir: I received your yard, and also a letter from Mesrs. Jones "and Clyburn on the same subject. I can only say to you as I did to them, that I am too sick to make any engagements. I suffer severely from asthmatic bronchitis and my physicians have forbidden all work and prescribed absolute rest and quiet. I am, therefore, compelled to decline the invitation, much as it pains me to refuse any request of my old comrades of the Twefth. Yours truly, James Conner. i i Charleston, March 14. James It. Harvey, Esq.?Mij Dear Friend: Your postal card containing the highly gratifying intelligence of my election as alternate orator by the Twelfth Reg- < iment Survivors' Association reached me on the 12th. I have been troubled with nervous dyspepsia since Saturday last, which will explain why I delayed writing to you. -Although by no means well to-day, I cannot longer postpone a reply. I am proud of the honor which has been conferred upon me by your Association, composed, as it is, of my cherished and courageous comrades of the Twelfth Regiment. I nm with von in xnirif and hone to ho with I you in person on the occasion of your nex, annual reunion. Be kind enough to inform our friends that I most cheerfully and gratefully accept; that I hold myself subject to their orders, and that it gladdens my heart , to know that they deem me worthy to occuEy so high a position as that to which they aye elected me. " I wish that we could get up a reunion of the old Brigade. General Edward McCrady (formerly Lieutenant Colonel of the First) and I were speaking about the matter last week. He is of the opinion that the 20th of December next would be a good time, and I Columbia the proper place : some one who j ] was prominently identified with- the Brigade to deliver an address on the life of General Gregg. I shall speak to Judge Cothran (formerly of Orr's Rifles) in regard to it. He is now in Charleston. The 8u vivors' Association of Charleston district, of which I am president, will have a meeting Dn the 12th of April. I wish that you and i others of the Twelfth Regiment could find ? it convenient to attend. It will be an in- I formal affair. I am confident that you c would enjoy yourselves. Remember me in . the kindest manner to Judge Boyles. With every assurance of friendship and -1 esteem, I remain, mostrespetfully yours, J James Armstrong. \w?* THfc Midland Railway.?In regard to the late meeting of stockholders in the Midland companv, the Baltimore Sun says: "Outside of the change in the directors, the chief feature of the meeting was the question raised by President Barbour as to the extension ot' the Virginia Midland from Danville to Mooresville, where it would connect with the North Carolina Midland. In support of this project he stated that Mr. Robert Garret claims that it was the understanding between the Baltimore and Ohio and the Virginia.Midland that the connection would he made by the latter road, and that Mr. Garret declares if the Midland does not undertake it, kMr. Garret will extend his Valley road down there and make the connection.' Upon this representation the new board took the matter under advisement. It would be much easier for the proposed connection to be made by the Virginia Midland than by the Valley road; but the advantage of extending the latter to a connection with the North Carolina Midland, giving Baltimore an independent through line to the South, would be very considerable.?Charlotte Observer. fatlwUIc <?ttqttim. TKRM8 OF SUBSCIIIPTION: Single copy for one year, 8 2 50 For six months, .'. 1 25 For three months 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. lUSr Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices charged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usually there are about seven words in a line. Rejected manuscripts will not l>e returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this office for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duplicate. LADY AGENTS WANTED FOR MADAME GRISWOLD'S ^ k1 P P ? rt SUPPO RTER, A) ^^ 923 Broadway, New YorSkT^?^^ ! BEST CORSETS IN THE WORLD. Dressmakers Delight in Fitting over Them! Thoy combino Durability. Comfort,Healthfuiness end Elegance of form, and being made in various styles and lengths are adapted to all. Physicians recommend them. They are not sold by merchants. Exclnsive territory given. Ladies mnke this a profitable and permanent business. Price $1.HO, and upwards Orders by mail promptly filled. Send for circulars and terms to agents, to MADAME GRISWOLD & CO.. , Or to General Agtnti: 923 Broadway, N. Y.; ! L Madame K. A. Oriswold, 33 Winter St., Boston, Mase^ k J. B. Putnam, 126 State Street, Chicago, 111., j I J. B. Wyoant A Co., Fredonia, N. Y., ?a | H. F. KlNO A Co,, 814 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. 'f March 2!) 13 Gt* YORKVILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE, A RE now open and will be kept in first-class J\. style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, good horses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AND PHJETONS. Just received another lot of those nice Cincinnati Leather Trimmed Rubies, warranted standard work. I sell no inferior work. Come and examine my Leather Trimmed Hickory Buggies, Frimpkin Side-Bar Buggies, Eureka jlimp-Seat Phietons, Ac. All furnished with the best handmade Harness, manufactured by first-class workmen, and as cheap as can be bought anywhere. A Second-Hand carriage, in goou oroer, ior sale cheap. Also, a gobd Spring Wagon for sale cheap. Call at the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables and see them, FEEDING. You can have your horses fed as cheap as the cheapest, at the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. WANTED. Corn, Oats, Fodder and Hay always wanted, and the highest market price, in cash,will bo paid. F. E. SMITH. NOW READY. History of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South. IN the above Work, I endeavored to give u concise and accurate history of the causes which led to the secession of 17U3, under the Erskines, together with a full and detailed account of the organization of the old Associate Reformed Synod, the General Synod, and the parties entering into the organizations. The history of the Associate Reformed Church in the South is traced from its beginning through the Presbytery ofthe Carolinas and Georgia, the Synod of the "Carolines and the Synod of the South, down to tiie present time. In additfon to this, a brief history is given of the Reformed Presbyterian and United Presbyterian Churches. The Work is printed 011 good clear type, 011 good heavy paper, is bound in cloth, and contains four hundred and eighteen pages, it win nesoiu nt 82.25, either at my ofiice, or delivered by mail. Address, K. LATHAN, Yorkville, S. C. October 19 42 tf fruit! WIT MX you visit Charleston, do not forget to select a stock of Fruit. Tf you have not sold it before, begin at once. There's money in it. ^ We have a number of vessels employed in importing, direct from the West Indias, cargoes of Oranges, Bananas, Pine-Apples, Coeoanuts, Ac. While our stock of Apples, Lemons, Peanuts, Raisins, Citrons, as well as of Potatoes, Cabbages and Onions is well selected, C. BART & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers, Charleston, S. C. Orders filled promptly. October 19 42 * 9m garry iron roofing co. and Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, CLE VJtJXjAlSrD, OHIO. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, jZ?f- L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. P., will take orders for the above roofing. February 2(5 9 ly FERTILIZERS. NAVASSA GUANO, XAVASSA ACID, STOXO GUANO, STONO ACID, PATAPSCO GUANO, PATAPSCO ACID, GERMAN KAINIT. I am prepared to furnish the above Standard md Reliable Fertilizers. T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent. January 18 3 tf RED SOLE LEATHER A SPECIALTY. EDWARD & CASTLE , LEATHER AND JINDINGS, BOOT AND SHOb UKI-tKO, No. 38 North Fourth St., Philadelphia. House Established 1823. Inquiries for prices promptly answered.'SK; February 8 G 3m* STILL ON THE LINE. [AM desirous of impressing indelibly upon the public mind that I am still in the line of Machinery of every description, from a pocket law-mill to a narrow gauge locomotive. Re>airing of all kinds of Machinery neatly and heaply executed. J. Q. HOKE. March 22 12 3m* CHATTEL MORTGAGES, ! 1/fORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to ] jf I Real Estate. For sale at the i ENQUIRER OFFICE a SERGEANT N Farrar Turl: / OO ''!&i COOK A3 aiiM SAW MILLS, OAS PLOWS, STRA' i ^ 2 "2 ^ s A ^ c -**" = 5 ? ! bill's If ??-aiSM ; 1jsialic piifii ^ ? *-' > s z ~ jz - z. ? ^ T ~ z ^ !s 111 ?3-s;S *55 ?? ?? jfl "J 5 s 5 |11 2 ? 5 s c c?^= c, ? c ; & ; ; r'< I ? -2 c* ? = Ma3& c. ? ~ . f. - * rr - I vf J: /jgflBBr ./ Ill = | sit* % .= 11J1 si 'oil Ui'i "trc We also manufacture the PALMETTO COOK S market. HEATING We make the ORGAN PARLOR STOVE in one in six sizes?from ?4.50 to ?14.00. PLANTERS' PI The best material and workmanship used in then Send for Circulars and Price Lists. FRED. H. LONDON, Afeent HERN DON BROTHERS, Agents, * November 23 ASHLEY PHO CHARLES! SOLUBLE GUANO, highly ammoniated; DISSOLVED BONE, highest grade; ACID PHOSPHATE, fore ASH eleme: GENUINE LEOPOLDS 11A LL KAINIT, imports ranK GENUINE FLOATS, of highest grade, product o SMALL GRAIN SPECIFIC; COTTON AND CORN CO! GROUND DRI] . GRO Special Formulas made to order. Special inducements for cash orders. For terms, Illustrated Almanacs and cards, ad< December 21 THE jtiiiLXX x jr /in r Sewing- Maeliine. | JUST PERFECTED. ' The Largest under Ann. Tlie Lightest and Quietest. TIIE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. Tlio Least Vibration of Any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Bail-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knne-eugo rreauie-neanng. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands I and Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular "FAMILY FAVORITE." Is also manufactured l?v us. For finely illustrated descriptions, apply to W. C. LATIMER, Yorkvillo, S. C. ! W. 0. RKID A CO., Rock Hill, >5. C. j WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,1 . HARTFORD, CONN. February 8 (5 tf IT STANDS AT THE HEAD." THE LIGHT^ R^^DOMESnC. | THE host material; will do any and all kinds j < of work; complete in every respeet; the largest arm ; the lightest running; most beautiful Wood work. Fullv warranted for live vears. Also, the PENXSY.I/tfANIA, the bostSlNGER Machine made. Prices and terms reasonable. Call atjny PHOTO-GALLERY, one door east , of the jail and examine Machinesand work. It ' will be to your advantage to call on me before purchasing a SEWING MACHINE. I am prepared to do any work in the PHOTO GRAPH LINE to satisfaction, and at reasonable prices. J. R. SCHORR. | IjctTOl -trade- j i NORMAN'S 1 m60TRALI ZiNq I ; I CORDIAL. I ' 9 -MARK- - N 9 A SURE and effectual Remedy for tlie cure of I J al. all Irregularities and disorder* of the Stom- ( B ach and Bowels, whether in children or adults, f ft It la acceptable to the Stomach without being offensive to the taste. rCH B Promptly relieving Dysentery. Diarrhoea, Choi Inn era Morbus, Cholera Infantum, Flux, Griping Pains, Flatulency, BjK*wy i'rrjJHM Nausea, Acidity of the Stomach, WMB !?OS^B Heartburn, ?lck and Nervous faEMSBM Headache and Dyspepsia. nay wbbrb be used In all derangements of I the Stomach and Bowels from relaxation Of the H Intestines or a change of food or water. 1 NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL 1 I Is as pleasant and harmless as Blackn berry Wine. Does not contain Opium H and will not constipate. Specially recom- 1 mended for Seasickness and Teething a n Children. < |g Price 25c. and $r.oo per bottle. (' 9 Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine, B EXCELSIOR OHEMIOAL CO. J ^ 1 Sole Proprietors, H&Hj Walhalla, S. C. ^ U. S. A. January 4 1 ly H TTK. haoill, ( Wholesale Grocer, COLLEGE STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. j Orders solicited and promptly tilled. January 11 2 . 6111 TOXSORIAL " J\V. BAUMAN, Barber, is still at his stand f . opposite the old Masonic Hall, prepared to \ do all work in his line. Feeling thankful for 1past patronage, he hopes to merit a continuance o of the same by giving prompt and accommodating attention to customers. [ANUFACTURING CO., ENSB0RO, N. C. iNUFACTTTRERS OK >ine Water Wheel, D HEATING STOVES, fE MILLS, HORSE POWERS, IV CUTTERS, ANDIRONS, S OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. >PIC" COOK STOVE. iTOVE, which, for its capacity, is the best in the STOVES. isize, and the "Forest Rose" HEATING STOVE RIDE PLOWS. construction, and they give general satisfaction. Rock Hill, S. C. Yorkville, S. C. 47 Jy SPHATE CO., ON, S. C. omposting; S'T, made of Floats, for Cotton, Grain and Peas; ed direct from the Mines in Germany, and warad pure; f the Due Atomizer; tfPOUND; ED FISH AND BLOOD; UND RAW BONK; N. S. LAND PLASTER ; COTTON SEED MEAL. dross the Company. 51 6m JOB PRIJVTIi\G7~ ^\WING to our superior facilities with the best II machine presses, an abundance of type and tirst-claSs appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING! in superior stvle, 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 : HILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads $3.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3,50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 M ontlily statements at same price of sixth-sheet oi 11 heads. We will rill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every 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 ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any stvle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf ~c. & l. naerow~gaugY~eaYleoad. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, S. C., to Lincolntoii, N. C., taking effect at 2,45i'cloek, P. M., May 2, 1882: GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 2.45 P. M. Leave Lowrysville, 3.15 P, M. Leave McConnellsville, 3.35 P, M. Leave Guthriesville, 3.45 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 4.10 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 4.20 P. M. Leave Clover, 5.00 P. M. Leave Bowling Green, 5.10 P. M. Leave C'rowder's Creek, 5.20 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge, 5.30 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. OOIXO- SOUTH. Leave Lincolnton, 7.00 A. M. Leave Hardin's, 7.25 A. M. Leave Dallas, 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 MeConnellsville, 10.50 A. M. Leavo Lowrysville, 11.10 A. M. Arrive at Chester, 11.40 A. M. Breakfajit. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. WHEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis., has applied io me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the goods and hattles, rights and credits of WILLIAM MANNING, late of the county aforesaid, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all nid singular the kinndred and creditors of the wid deceased, to be and appear at our next Judge :>f Probate's Court for York county, to be holdjn at York Court House on TUESDAY, the I7TH DAY OF APRIL A. D., 1883, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. uliven under .my hand and seal, this 27th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the 107th year of the Independence of the United States of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS. Judge of Probate. March 8 10 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. WHEREAS JOSEPH F. WALLACE, C.C.C. Pis., has applied tome for Letters of Adninistrution on all and singular the goods and battels, rights and credits of MARGARET I1RAXDOX, late of the county aforesaid, de eased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all tnd singular the kindred and creditors of the laid deceased, to be and appear at our next Judgo >f Probate's Court for York county, to he holdin at York Court House, on THURSDAY, the !RD DAY ()F MAY, next, to shew cause, if any, vhy the said Administration should not fie 'ranted. riven under my hand and seal, this 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the l()7th year of the Indcpendence'of the United States of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, Judge of Probate. March 22 12 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ County of York. I17HEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis., TT has applied to me for Letters of Adminis- . ration, de bonis non, on all and singular the goods nd chattels, rights and credits of JOSEPH 1ALLOWAY, late of the county aforesaid, deeased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all ,nd singular the kindred and creditors of the aid deceased, to be and appear before me, at our text Probate Court for the said county, to be lolden at York Court House on THURSDAY, he 3RD DAY OF MAY A. D., 18*3, to shew ause, if any, why the said Administration hould not be granted. liven under niv hand and seal, this 15th day sand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the 107th yesir of U10 Independence of the United States of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, Probate Judge of York County. March 22 12 lit FIXE JU LES. HI I I T/ umlui'uitrnfl/l nflne tne unlo of* tKnSi? utoKInu 1. in Yorkville, a number of pood YOUNG 'ARM MULES, which will be sold for cash, or n time for approved paper. WIII TAKER ?* GLENN. March!? 10 tf