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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." *
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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^ k1 P P ? rt
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Thoy combino Durability. Comfort,Healthfuiness
end Elegance of form, and being made in various styles
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given. Ladies mnke this a profitable and permanent
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mail promptly filled. Send for circulars and terms to agents,
to MADAME GRISWOLD & CO.. ,
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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
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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
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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