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jfamorous frpurtmcnt WHERE IT WENT TO. When there was a show for a railroad to a certain village in Michigan, the citizens of the town came forward as they were able and subscribed for stock and the road was finally built. A year or so after, when the man who had worked up the boom was settled in a fat position and figured prominently in railroad reports, a subscriber called upon him and said: "Mr. Blank, I subscribed for $100 worth of stock in the G. R. X. Road." "Yes." "That made me a stockholder ?" "It did." "But I have never been notified of any meetings, and I understand that my stock has no value." "Well, vou see we had to mortgage the road for tfle iron." "Yes." "Then we changed the name." "Yes." "Then we pooled with the B. & W. road." "Yes.'* "Then we clinched out the old board and elected a new one." "Yes." "Then we voted to extend the present terminus." v "Yes." "Well, just where the vote was which cancelled your stock or absorbed it I cannot now remember, but if you are laboring under the delusion that you have any financial interest in our road the president will request the vice-Dresident to instruct the auditor to order {he secretary to consult the minutes of the various meetings and try and discover which hole the common stock went into when the preferred was pulled out by the tail!"? Wall Street News. An Honest Boy.?1There were a dozen of us waiting around the depot at Chattanooga to take the train for Atlanta, and pretty soon a stout, red-faced and nightempered man from Columbus, O., began jawing about the way he had been bled by the waiters at the hotel, and added that there wasn't a single honest nigger South of the Mason and Dixon's line. "I beg your pardon, but I must differ from you,'' remarked a man from South Carolina. "Differ be ranged!" shouted the fat man. "I wouldn't trust one of 'em out of sight with a ten-cent piece." "Oh, you certainly misunderstand them. I'll bet you the cigars that if I give one of 'em a $10 bill to get changed he'll return as straight as a string." "I'll do it. Give your money to that cnap Dy tne wmaow:" The gentleman walked over, took a bill from his pocket and quietly said: "Boy run up town and get change for this." "Yes, sah," was the reply as the youth hurried out. In about fifteen minutes he returned, walked up to the Carolinian and returned the bill and said: "Went all ober, sah, but couldn't git it busted." He wag rewarded with a dime, and the Buckeye, after a great deal of puffing and blowing and wondering over it, paid the cigars. As we boarded the train I asked the winner: "Did you know the boy?" For answer he took the bill from his vest pocket and unfolded it. It was a $10 Confederate note?Detroit Free Press. Temperance Editorial?"We are not in favor of the repeal of the temperance law," wrote an Arkansaw editor. ''Every enactment that tends to keep whisky from men is a legislative blessing. Any man with healthy temperament can defy this evil, but the law is made for the protection of the weak. It is with a manly pride that we can shake our fist at the monster and?" "Say, Colonel," called a friend, opening the door, "won't'you go down and take something ?" "I don't care," and the reformer put on his coat and went out. About two hours later, when he returned, he was so drunk that it was with difficulty he could find where he left off. Finally he continued : "At the head of the monster and say at the head of the monster and say that" the general assembly of the state of the state general assembly and do nothing wiser than y allowing the law to remain as it now remains to be remain. This, we think, is the wisest view of a question whose influence would influence brings a state before the public as a state of sobriety sobriety!"?Artcansaw Traveler. Creditor Endorsing for His Debtor. A farmer in the corn-growing district of Illinois sued a villager for debt this winter, but when the case came to trial the creditor's heart was by no means adamantine. "I've waited a good while for my pay," he explained, "and wouldn't have sued you now it you had acted like a man who wanted to pay." "I'll tell you what I'll do," replied the debtor. "Make it $23 and I'll fix it so you can get the money at once." "I'll do it." "The debtor filled out a bank note for the sum due in 80 days, and handed it to the creditor with the remark: "Put your name on the back and they'll give you the money at the bank." Tho formal* inilnriiAil it (rrtthisinnilPV lpss the discount, and his grin of pleasure hhd not entirely died out when the note caine clue and the cashier explained : "The signer has nothing we can get hold of, and of course the endorser has to pay." Sambo's Philosophy.?In his reniinescences, the late ex-Governor Wise, of Virgina, records that he was riding out one evening with President Tyler, who informed him that he was going to get married to Miss Gardner. "Why," said Wise, "she is too young for you." "Not at all," replied the President, "I'm still in my prime." "That reminds me," continued Wise, of an old darkey down in Virginia, who was generally consulted by his old master on any affair of any importance to both. The old master was a widower, and when he f jot the consent of a young lady to marry lim he communicated the fact to the old darkey. "My Lord," said Sambo, "she is too young for you." "Not a bit of it," answered the master: "I'm still in my prime." 'Yes,' responded Sambo, 'you are in your prime now, but wait till she gets in her prime, then where will your prime be V " Never Labored with Him.?Joskins was complaining about the profligacy of his son, and the amount of trouble he gave him on account of his general worthlessness. "Have you ever labored with him ?" inquired a bystander. "Labored with him !" said Joskins, with great beads of congealed surprise standing on his forehead, "well, I should say not. Never had the first chance to labor with him. When that fine-haired youth will shed his coat and peel the kid gloves from his lily-white fingers and give me a chance to labor with him, it will be the happiest day in my life, and I shall have some nopes of him."?"Cheek." A Ludicrous Mistake.?A Scotch minister, forgetting his spectacles, could not read the'hymn, so he said : "My eyes are dim; I cannot see." The preceptor immediately sang: "My eyes are deem ; I cawnoot see." The minister explained: "I spoke of my infirmity." This was sung as 4>V*j"v linn rr?K^ miniofni* rvlqqrlorl ' ' T tilC DCUUilU IlllC/i xuu wiuiorox ^ivuvivv* x merely said my eyes were dim." These words were sung, and he sat down, saying : "I did not mean to sing a hymn." When this line was sung the services closed. An Absent-minded Man.?"Lend me five dollars. I left my pocket book at home," said E. M. Sawyers to T. J. Meyers, the latter being a man of means. "But you are always forgetting your pocketbook. Sawyers," replied Meyers, "well, I might just as well forget it; there is never anything in it," retorted Sawyers, candidly. Cui Bono.?"Then you think," said "Wittiboi to the insurance examiner, "that I am a good risk?" "Yes, sir." replied the doctor, "a first-class one." "Then what in the thunder do I want to get insured for?" said Wittiboi. "Much obliged for your examination. Good day." (fMginal foettg. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. QUEEN SOUTH AND SIR NORTH. AX ALLEGORICAL ODE. Of Queen South I had a dream All bespangled with the gleam Of luxurious nature's indolence Afloat upon a stream; And her baric so smoothe did glide Down the current of life's tide, That she seemed a very Naiad With a halo of sunbeam! She had waving fields of maize With ripe Autumn's, glow ablaze, And rich silver-golden tresses Of fair cotton, rice and cane; Oh, in truth she seemed a queen From some fairy land of dream, As she moved along unconscious Of her wealth of land and main. But from out a sterile clime Where in winter sleigh-bells chime, A'lover cold and calculating Slowly made his way; And he talked of jingling bells, ? * * * A 5 ? Ana 01 nour-irusi. in mo uuu, 'Till with sentiment and fancy The fair South he led away. Led her up to Hymen's altar, And her step it did not falter, For she gave ner heart and soul unto Her lover called Sir North; And glad joy-bells loud did ring, And her mocking-birds did sing, 'Till the echo of their melody With music filled the earth. But the honey moon scarce o'er, The fair South she wept full sore, For her Northland lord and master Did oft treat her with disdain; She thought he loved her beauty, But, alas ! she found twas booty That had brought him hither wooing Her queenly wealth to gain. Then she sought to get divorce, But the Courts denied the force Of the legal application That Queen South to law did make; Then she raved and tore her hair, And by Mars and Jove did swear That with cannon, shot and shell,' She would make the Southland shake. So connubial war was rife. As 'tis oft 'tween man and wife, She fighting hard whilst praying loud That he would let her go; But he swore that as his wife She should live with him thro' life, Or he'd slaughter all her children, And her fair land cloud with woe. Thus thev quarrelled four long years, And the land was filled with tears And woeful lamentations For the many children slain; Then Queen Soiith she asked a truce, And said,?Sir North, what's the use Thus to slaughter all our children ? Let us live in peace again. They shook hands, and Peace once more Spread her wings the Southland o'er, Then they gathered up the mangled corse Of each son who lost his life; And each Decoration Day, On their lowly mounds of clay, Both North and South strew flowers o'er Their children slain in strife. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 15th 1883. Ingomar. ^jtscrll.uirous fading. Common Phrases.?The term blackguard has a very common-place origin. In all great houses, particularly in royal residences, there were a number of mean and dirty dependents, whose office it was to attend to the woodyards, sculleries, etc. Of these?for in the lowest depths there are lower still?the most forlorn wretches seem to have been selected to carry coal to the kitchen, halls and other apartments. To the smutty regiment, who attend the progresses and rode in the carts with the pots and kettles, which, with every other article of furniture, were then moved from place to place, the people in derision, gave the name of "blackguards." a term since become sufficiently familiar. "To the bitter end" is clearly an old nautical expression. A dictionary, published in the first part of the eighteenth century, has "bitet" a turn of part of a cable; "bitts," the main pieces of timber to which a cable is fastened when a shin ridesat anchor : "bitter," aturn of the cable about the timber called "bitts," that it may be played out little by little; and "bitter end" (of a cable) is that part which is wound around the bitts when a ship rides at anchor. The modern cant expression, "to the bitter end," may have taken its rise from the old nautical words, as meaning the last coil of the cable, or from the last end, the very "bitter" dregs. It is a slang expression, anohter form of "I will fight you to the death." In it bitter only means pitiless, severe, like a bitter east wind, or a bitter foe. + i Gossip.?There is absolutely no redeeming feature in gossip. Even if true, we do not desire to know disagreeable facts about any of our neighbors. Nothing is more demoralizing than for a man to lose faith in his fellows. The man 01 laun anci nonor is not apt to be suspicious of others, and does not willingly believe evil. The lover of scandal and the believer in it are alike deficient in honor and morality, and are the bane of well organized society. If all gossips could be quietly killed some morning the next generation of men and women would be happier. A case of hydrophobia now and then starts the cry of "Muzzle the dog," "Death on the highways," etc. There is death and mystery in the highways and by-ways and in the home from the poisonous tongues of the gossips. Let the voice go up, "Muzzle the gossips." Teach the children that gossiping is dishonorable, and that faith 111 the honor and virtue of mankind will build up society and add to the sum of human happiness. The Different Weddings.?A correspondent requests us to publish for his information the datas of the different wedding festivals. Perhaps it may also be of interest to the rest of our readers. We give it below: At the end of the first year is celebrated the Cotton wedding; at two years the Paper wedding; at three years the Leather wedding; at five years, the Wooden wedding ; ten years, the Tin wedding; twelve years, the Silk and Linen wedding; fifteen years, the Crystal wedding; twenty years, the China wedding; twenty-five years, the Silver wedding ; tnirty years, the Pearl wedding; forty years, the Ruby wed Uiny , Illl^ I/JIO VJ<II tuuiug , oiw r enty-five years, the Diamond wedding. At each of the periods named, presents of the description called for are in order. An Ancient Nation.?At the departure of the children of Israel from Egypt, China was seven hundred years old; and when Isaiah prophesied of her she had existed fifteen centuries. She had seen the rise and decline of the great nations of antiquity. Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Borne have long since followed each other to the dust; but China still remains a solitary and wonderful monument of patriarchal times. Then look at the population of the country, roughly estimated at four hundred millions, ten times the population of the United States, more than than ten times the population of Great Britain and Ireland. Every third person that lives and breathes upon this earth is a Chinaman ; and every third gtave that is dug is for a Chinese. Gray vs. Red.?The British Government has decided to abolish the red uniform of its army, and adopt gray. This is a reform rendered necessary by the precision of modern fire-arms, the red coat making too conspicuous a mark. While many glorious deeds have been performed by the "redcoats," there have also been many inglori- j ous ones; and, in the American mind, the i "red-coats" will always be associated with I the tyranical but futile attempt of George j III to suppress the liberty-loving American j colonies/ The red-coat is really an insignia of a bloody and warlike British policy, i Its use dates back to the time of Cromwell j and the Parliamentary war. May its ob-! lition be the harbinger of the gray dawn of a more peaceful era of the world's history. t j An Assistant to Nature.?A man j stepped into a drug store the other day and ; called for a bottle of Norman's "Naturalizing" Cordiah He had forgotten the word i Neutralizing, and certainly substituted a j good one as it assists nature in bringing the system to its natural condition.?Advt. grading for thr $abbflih. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. - [Original.J THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. Nothing advances the temporal welfare of the human family so much as Christianity. Those who have not given the subject proper thought, may be ready to call this statement in question. Some will say that wealth has a greater and more direct tendency to make men happy in this world than Christianity; others will say that superior intellectual endowments and rare mental developments are of more temporal advantage to society than the religion of the Bible. Others, no doubt, are ready to name something else as contributing more to human happiness than Christianity. Those persons who conclude adversely to Christianity as the greatest of all means in promoting human happiness, have not given the subject that attention which it demands, i They forget the fact that wealth in heathen lands contributes very little to happiness, compared with what it does in Christian countries. The same is true with regard to intellectual endowments. England and America are noted for the wealth, for the intellectual culture and for the happiness of their inhabitants. They are also noted for ! the general diffusion of the Christian religion among all classes of their citizens. More social happiness may be,enjoyed in | Christian England or America in one year ! than canbeei^joyed in any heathen country in a long life time. t I It may be said that nothing contributes so much to man's temporal happiness as the Christian religion. The happiness produced by the Christian religion is greater in quantity, and superior in quality, to the happiness which results from any and all other sources. It enables man to utilize the resources of nature. More progress in the . useful arts is made annually in any Christian nation than has been made by Pagan nations since the creation of the world. There is more real soul-eiyoyment in the [humblehome of the Christian than in the palace of Pagan kings. We hear much said about good governments and bad governments, but in fact, all governments wnich are not Christianized are bad. Pagan rulers are all tyrants, and Pagan subjects are all slaves. Christians only are free men, all others are slaves. The Christian religion throwsa safeguard around the person and property of every individual. it invests law >viui it saueuuess wiiium ?ii are required to respect. If we desire to form a correct notion of the advantages of the Christian religion, we have only to mark out, in our imagination, a community, and take away from it all that the Christian religion, either directly or indirectly, has bestowed upon it. Take away from it its Sabbaths, pull down its churches, and drive away its ministers of the gospel. This done, its schools and seminaries of learning will soon go into hopeless decay. Religion will flee away and even morality will pine and die. Human life will not be safe, law will be insulted and justice robbed of her bright regis. In fact, take away from any community 011 earth, the Christian religion, and allistaken away that is, in any way, calculated to contribute to man's happiness, either for time or for eternity. This is, it may be said, a narrow and contracted view of Christianity. It is admitted that the blessings of Christianity are adapted rather to the soul than to the Dody, and its principal rewards will be bestowed in eternity rather than in time. Admitting all this, still the blessings which Christianity brings to us in time, make it worthy of all acceptation. Its benign influences are felt in time by every creature which comes within its reach. Those who labor to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ, labor to ameliorate the condition of their fellow-men, and those who labor to prevent its spread are enemies to all good. It is a simple fact that Christianity makes the desert blossom like the rose. The good results of Christianity are so numerous and so great that only the wilfully blind can fail to see them. Could the beasts of the field speak, they would laud and extol the Christian religion. Not only so, but the very soil itself would shout and sing for joy, were itpossessedof the organ of speech. Is it not strange that men, claiming to be "TifU xiriorl^m wnnlrl cpf fhnm. CI1UU WCU ? X L i I HJlOUUliA) ITVUUl wvw VitviK selves in such deadly opposition to the Lord and his Christ? Does it not seem strange that men, claiming to be wise, would deliberately undertake to dry up all thefountains of their temporal happiness? Such, however, is the case. The Jews crucified the Lord of glory and the cry goes up daily from every land, "We will not have Jesus Christ to rule over us." Remember Him.?When Christ instituted the supper, He said, "This do, in remembrance of me." And yet, it is to be feared, there are those who forget the significance of this command. They use their memories, but not in the proper direction. They remember that certain communicants have done some things which have borne an unpleasant, and, perhaps, injurious relation to them. It may be, however, that the offending person had not said or done anything which has had a stricily personal bearing upon those who have taken exception to the offender, but, rather they have pursued a course not in keeping with their Christian profession. Bethecase as it may, it is certain that the exceptionable conduct has been thought sufficient to deter the objectors from communing at the same table. They have said: "I cannot commune with such persons. They are too unworthy." Especially is this the case, when a directly personal offence has been given. The offence is remembered, and remembered Just when and where it should not be. ISow, there is not the slightest warrant in the Bible, for any one to remember the injuries which one may have done to another, so that the remembrance may act as a bar to the Lord's Supper. We are to remember Christ, and Christ only, at His table. "This do, in remembrance of we," the Master says. Our remembrance of Him is to be so loving, so tender and intense, that we shall forget, for the time beiner at least, anyone else. We are to remember~His substitutory death for us. "We should remember that were it not for that death2 we would still be dead in our sins. Upon his death our life depends, and is built up. By His death, we are brought into eternal union with Christ, and the host of Christ's redeemed. As we partake of the symbols of Plis body and blood, we are to remember the loving sacrifice He made for us. O, my soul, forget not this! Remember the perfect Jesus, and forget imperfect man.?Rev. C. II. Wetherbe. Pray Without Ceasing.?Thank God for every errand that takes you to a throne of grace. Whatever it may be that sends you to prayer, count it one of your choicest blessings. It may be a heavy cross, a painful trial, a pressing want; or may be a broken cistern, a cold look, an unkind expression, yet if it leads you to prayer, regard it as a mercv sent from God to your soul. Thank Gou for an errand to him. Stay not from a throne of grace because of an unfavorable state of mind. If God is ready to receive you just as you are, if no questions are asked and no examination instituted, and no exceptions are made on account of the coldness of your state, then count ityour mercy to go to God with your worst frames. Indoctrinate Your Scholars.?Some say: Oh, we want practical religion; we want to teach the cnildren to "Come to Jesus." Of course we all need more of Christ; but too often that phrase is made the emptiest catchword of excuse for incul caung mere sciiuiiiciiutixi/y tvuu v?piu. ciuution. Men are invited to "Come to Jesus," without any definite conception of what it means. You must take that word and fill it up with the doctrinal statements of Scripture, to know who Christ is, and why we must come, and how he alone can save us. We must carry the history of Chrst back to the eternity post, and forward to the eternity to come. We must not teach a gospel without law, or a law without gospel. The realization of God'spresence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation. It is that which sustains us, consoles us and calms us. Beware'of detraction, and cultivate a spirit of Christian kindness. Guilt, darkness and pain always attend scandal. Jam and Jiwsifa. Deep Plowing ; Useful and Injuririous.?Mr. Orange Judd discusses the subject of plowing in the American Agriculturist for April, and among other things says the following: The sun's warmth greatly assists the preparation of the food material collected by the leaves, adapting it for plant nourishment. We speak of warm "growing weather." But wnile the hot sun rapidly increases the preparation of plant food, it dries off the sap faster from the leaves,-and also the moisture from the surface soil, so that the roots cannot get a full supply. In both these ways the sap?the lite blood of the plant?is diminished, and for want of this i:he food distribution or growth is lessened, and frequently is stopped altogether. The leaves curl, the plants droop, often dying after a few hot days. This is especially the ease on shallow soils, and on prairie land which, by reason of its dark color, absorbs more of the sun's heat than those of a lighter color. Owing to the loose texture of such soils they bring up moisture from below much less rapidly than fine compact loams and clays. Is it not plain then, that if a soil is plowed deep and made fine, so that air will penetrate deeply, and the plant roots be thus invited well below the surface, out of the i ??m ?rv\i'nv> enlrlam DUIl'S lentil c veil lit it uiuuui) iriuui aviuuui dries more than two to four inches deep, the plants having such roots will be supplied with the needed sap, and the growtn will proceed rapidly even in the dryest days. Hence,,as a rule, deep plowing and working of the soil are highly advantageous. But not always. The porous prairie soils are usually in fair condition a root deep or more; the air has circulated through them, destroying deleterious acids, poisonous salts, etc. On heaveier soils, so compact that the air has never penetrated below the immediate surface, the subsoil may be actually filled with poisonous substances. We know i;hat earth brought up in digging wells and deep di ches will seldom,support vegetable life, for a year or two at least. To run a plow down into such a soil three or four inches b iow the previously stirred surface, and turn ip a heavy layer of it, may actually kill t.>e first crop sown or planted. The rigl t way, with such soils, is to go down an ii ch or two annually, and bring up a little new- soil each time, but not enough to materially harm the growing crops. In this way we may in time secure a healthful, porous, aerated, deep plant bed, that will furnish abundant moisture in the hottest season, besides providing new supplies of inorganic food needed for the best growth of crops. To Succeed in Farming.?To succeed :in farming several things are necessary be-1 sides agricultural science and adequate means. Really as much depends upon saving as making. In the first place, we must see that there is no unnecessary loss and that all wastes and leakages are stopped. The manure pile must be our chief concern, and we must see that everything available in this line is scrupulously utilized. In the second, we must make on the farm everything that we can for home consumption. The principle must be, to make as mucn and buy as little as possible. It is losing business to sell cotton at 5 cents a pound and buy i corn at $1.25 a bushel, or sell corn at 50 cents a bushel, and nav outrageous prices for our shoes and clothing. The sooner we manufacture all that we eat and wear at home the more prosperous and happy we will become. And this brings us to another requirement for success. We must learn to economize and curb the disposition to the stupid excess in dress and display, which is getting to be the curse of the age. A little more of the primitive simplicity of the days that are gone, in this respect, whether it is styled fogyism or not, would make us better and happier people. How to Make Upland Corn.?A "Dry Farmer," in the Saluda (S. C.) Argus, gives the following as his method of planting upland corn: Lay off the rows five feet apart so that they will hold water, with a horse and a six inch shovel. Tnen put four horses or mules to one plow, with an ."18 or 20 inches shovel, 4 or 5 inches wide; and run in same furrows deep as they can pull the plow. Then drill in the furrow :i0 bushels of cotton seed and 200 lbs. of phosphate or other manure, and sidle on it with 2 horses or mules half as deep as the centre furrow, and plow out the balance of bed with one norse, shallow. Then open the ridge over the manure 3 or 4 inches deep, and drop your corn three feet apart and cultivate fast and shallow, and vou will make 30 or 40 bushels of corn per acre in middling upland. Rain or dry, that deep furrow will hold moisture all summer. Try it and be convinced. A Telephone for Farmers.?To make a good and serviceable telephone, from one farmhouse to another, only requires enough wire and two cigar boxes. First, select your boxes and make a hole about half an inch in diameter in the centre of the bottom of each, and then place one in each of the houses you wish to connect; then get Ave pounds of common iron stovepipe wire, make a loop in one end and put it through the hole in yotir cigar box and fasten it with a nail; then draw it tight to the other-box, supporting it, when necessary, with a stout cord. You can easily run your line into the house by boring a hole through the glass. Support your boxes with slats nailed across the window, and the telephone is complete. The writer has one that is 200 yards long, and cost forty-five cents, that will carry music wlifcn the organ is played thirty feet away in another room.?American Farmer. Honey is Healthy.?According to the American Bee Journal, honey is not a luxury, but a solid food. It says: "Pure honey should be used unsparingly by every family. It is no longer a luxury to be used only by a few, but is sufficiently cheap to be within the reach of all. It has properties which make it a valuable food. It differs from alcoholic stimulants, which dull the intellect?on the contrary, it produces a bright intellect as well as a healthy body. Children are very fond of honey, and one pound of it goes further than a pound of butter. It has the peculiarity of keeping good, while butter often becomes rancid and injurious to the health. Homemade Superphosphate.?To make superphosphate on the premises the following recipe is given as excellent, and within the range of almost every farmer: Take 100 pounds of ground bone, place it in a large tub and apply forty pounds of sulphuric acid: adalng water as desired. In a few days the whole mass will be reduced to the consistency* of a thick jelly. Then add more water and about 300 pounds of plaster as a drier, the whole being worked and shoveled over until it can be readily manured. There will be sufficient phosphate to apply to about 2* acres of land at a cost of about $9.50. ftr*\r\fi.<u na rt? nv Horses.?As the sea son grows warmer, the horses should be fed sparingly on corn. Oats, well crushed, make the best grain feed, as corn contains too much oil, and produces fat and animal heat, with little muscle. If oats are moistened previous to feeding the demand for water after feeding will be lessened and too much water at that time often carries the grain from the stomach into the intestines, where it cannot be digested. Corn often causes sweating when given in large quantities. (ibc forfetiHr <?tnjuim. TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: I ? - a 9 *tn i single copy ior ono year, ~ . For six months, 1 25 ! For three months, 75Two 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 inser-" tion. and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. Jgf Contracts will bo made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. 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. ^39* Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this office for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duplicate. H. W. HOPE. FERTILIZERS. DON'T fail to see me before vou purchase your FERTILIZERS. I Am ATow Prepared to Deliver To you any quantity you desire. Etiwan Dissolved Bone, Etiwan Acid Phosphate, Etiwan Potash Compound, Crown Aeid Phosphate, Nassau Guano, German Ivainit, Ac., &c. I have also on hand 40 Formulas of Southern Chemicals FOR COMPOSTING With Cotton Seed, Stable or Barnyard Manure, Rich Earth or Ashes. You get in this mixture all the | Active Elements of a Ton of Fertilizer, ' To which you add the absorbent matter. These goods are put up in bags, numbered 1, 2 and 3. Three of which constitute a formula for ONE TON OF COMPOST. t Price per formula, 310.00 Cash, 312.00 on time, with full directions for mixing. Call on me, examine goods and compare terms and prices before you buy. H. W. HOPE. THE HARTFORD Sewing* Machine. JUST PERFECTED. The Largest under Ann. The Lightest and Quieted THE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. The Least Vibration of Any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Ball-Rearing Balance Wheel. K ni fe-edge Tread 1 e-11 ea ring. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands and Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular "FAMILY FAVORITE." Is also manufactured by us. For finely illustrated descriptions, apply to W. C. LATIMER, Yorkville, S. C. W. G. REID it CO., Rock Hill, S. C. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. February 8 0 tf TAX NOTICE--1882. IN conformity to law, I hereby give notice of the rate per centum, levied on all taxable property in York county, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1882: 1 For State purposes mills on the Si. Forordinary County purposes 3 mills on the ?1. For Railroad purposes 1 7-10 mills on the 81. For School purposes 2 mills on the 81. Making, in the aggregate, 11 9-20 mills. Also, one dollar on each taxable poll between the ages of 21 and 50 years. 1 The above levies are due and payable in two j equal installments. The first installment is due 1 from May 1st to May 31st. The second installment is due from the 1st day of September to the 20th day of October. ( My Books for the collection of the first install??...ill 1m nt. II1UI11| Will UC vy^/v/4*w? ?? | Yorkville, on Tuesday, the 1st clay of May. Bethany. (McGill's Store) on Wednesday, the 2nd day or May. 1 Black's Station, on Thursday and Friday, the 3rd and 4th days of May. Clark's Forlc, on Saturday, the 5th day of May. Yorkville, on Monday, the 7th day or May. Hickory Grove, on Tuesday, the 8th day of May. J. W. Carroll's Store, on Wednesday, the 9th day of May. MeConnellsville, on Thursday, the 10th day of May. Bethel, (Glenn's Store) on Friday, the 11th day of May. Clover, on Saturday, the 12tli day of Mav. Clay Hill, (Neely's Storo,) on Monday, the 14th day of May. Fort Mill, on Tuesday, the 15th day of May. Kock Hill, on Wednesday and Thursday, the lfith and 17th of May. Massey's Store, on Friday, the 18th day of May. And at Yorkville from Saturday the 19th, to Thursday, the 31st of May. ^ . Failure to pay the first installment in May, incurs a penalty of 5 per cent, on it, in the Fall. All tax-payers wnowisu, can pay uuiu uiauu*ments in May. H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. April 5 14 tf GARRY IRON ROOFING CO. and Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, OLEVEIiAKraD, OHIO. Send for Circulars aiul Price Lists, ZL. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C., will take orders for the above roofing. February 20 9 ly FERTILIZERS. NAYASSA GUANO, NAVASSA ACID, 100 Bags Navassa Guano, 200 Bags Navassa Acid, Just reccivod, and it is the last supply I will got this season. Call soon and leave your orders before it is all engaged. T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent. April 5 14 tf FRUIT. WHEN you visit Charleston, do not forget to select a stock of Fruit. If you have not ' sold it before, begin at once. There's money in it. We have a number of vessels employed in iiliporting, direct from the West Indies, cargoes of Oranges, Bananas, Pine-Apples, C'ocoanuts, Ac. Whilo our stock of Apples, Lemons, Peanuts, Raisins, Citrons, as well as of Potatoes, Cabbages and Onions is well selected, 1 C. BART & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers, Charleston, S. C. i jSSf* Orders filled promptly. October 19 42 6m 8TII.I, nv THE LIKE. I AM desirous of impressing indelibly upon the public mind that I am still in the line of Machinery of every description, from a pocket saw-mill to a narrow gauge locomotive. Repairing of all kinds of Machinery neatly and cheaply executed. J. Q. HOKE. March 22 12 3m* OLD NEWSPAPERS, OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. i SERGEANT I Farrar Turl SAW MILLS, OA PLOWS, STRA 1 x o n u I > O w"- G S a 5 ~ 2 '3 ?-Cc--O--.5??? s|- |5?|2.S = -=|?:c"| lllll^LII^FMs o - ^ - ,u ; 2 - 0 c - c-^.-r < S ?Z s. If-S 2 o I S 2 = v --=bo?aC=^:2 ,c= \ lllMilll^Il!^ ^ - s - S > * " l -2 8 o ? -2= ? = 2 2--? is ? ~ -s ~ u ^ ^=^aSS = ^3|22*?gS . 2 ! o| |1| S5s s ? ?~^ = S1 -s! 1111111! f! It ~ ? ? 5 _ -E s .? ? 5 s 5 -- >?? "! = ! I Il^Vslf g;= =! "tr< We also manufacture the PALMETTO COOK market. HEATING Wo make the ORGAN PARLOR STOVE in on in six sizes?from $4.50 to $14.00. PLANTERS' P The best material and workmanship used in the Send for Circulars arid Price Lists. FRED. H. LONDON, Agent, HERN DON BROTHERS, Agents, November 23 ASHLEY PIK CHARLES' SOLUBLE GUANO, highly ammoniated; TvTOOAT im\ DAVU kL*Unct ACID PHOSPHATE, for ASH ELEMF GENUINE LEOPOLPSHALL KAINIT, impor ran GENUINE FLOATS, of highest grade, product SMALL GRAIN SPECIFIC; COTTON AND CORN CC GROUND DR: GR Special Formulas made to order. Special inducements for cash orders. For terms, Illustrated Almanacs and cards, ai December 21 LADY AGENTS WANTED FOR MADAME GE.iSWOLD'S road way. Sew BEST CORSETS IN THE WORLD. Dresimakcra Delight in Fitting over TLem! They combine Durability, Comfort, Hcalthfuln cm end Elegance of form, and being made in venom itylcv and lengths are adapted to all. I'liynlclanR recommend " tbem. They ore not sold by merchants. Exclusive territory given. Ladies mnke this a profitable and permanent bnsiness. Price 81.SO, and upwards Orders by mail promptly filled. Send for circulars and form* to agents, to MADAME GRISWOLD St CO., Or to General Agents: 923 Broadway. ,N, Y.; Madame K. A. GRISWOLD, 31 Winter St., Boston, Mas*, J. B. PUTNAM, 126 State Street, Chicago, 111., J. B. Wy6ant & Co., Fredoma, N. Y. H. F. Kino & Co., 814 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. March 29 13 6t* YORKVILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE. ARE now open and will be kept in first-class style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, good horses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AND PHiETONS. Just received-another lot of those nice Cincinnati Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted standard work. I sell no inferior work. Come and examine my Leather Trimmed Hickory Buggies, Frimpkin Side-Bar Buggies, Eureka Jump-Seat Phfetons, <ftc. All furnished with the best handmade Harness, manufactured by first-class workmen, and as cheap as can be bought anywhere. A Sqcond-Hand Carriage, in good order, for sale cheap. Also, a good 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. x\r a vrrn TT JTK 11 JL MIA Corn, Oats, Fodder and Hay always wanted, and the highest market price, in cash,will be paid. F. E. SMITH. P? NORMAN'S I h6otbaLIZ,Nc I I CORDIAL. I '1 A SURE and cffootual Remedy fortho enroof H a all irregularities and disorders of the Stora- D 9 ach and Bowels, whether In children or adults. It is acceptable to the Stomach without being B m offensive to the taste. !-.] I rj Promptly relieving Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Choi- H 1HBJI LTa Uorbus, Cholera Infantum, !Flux, Griping Fains, Flatulency, Nausea, Acidity of the Stomach, ^BCKo? riffrSin Jlrartburn, Sick and Nervous BggjPjg Headache and Dyspepsia. May ftSbSS".-? be used in all derangements of E8 the Stomach and Bowels from relaxation of the HJ 9| intestines or a change of food or water. L' NOEMAN'S !-f I NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL [>,; H Is as pleasant and harmless as Black- H I berry Wine. Does not contain Opium Hi a and will not constipate. Specially recom- ft $ mended for Seasickness and Teething p: Price 25c. and $1.00 per bottle. >*( I Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine, B3 January 4 1 ly "it stands at the head."" THE LIGHT RUNNING DOMESTIC. THE best material; will do any and all kinds of work; completo in every respect; the largestarm; the lightest runningYmost beautiful Wood work. Fullv warranted for live vears. Also, the PENNSYLVANIA, tho best SINGER Machine made. Prices and terms reasonable. Call at my PIIOTO-GALLKRY, one door east of the jail and examine Machines and work. It will be to your advantage to call on me before rmffthocin.ro SPAVTKfi MACHINE. i am prepared to do any work in the PHOTOGRAPH LINE to satisfaction, and at reasonable prices. J. It. SG'HORB. October 19 42 tf ~~R~EP SOLE LEATHER ASp?^LTyT~ EDWARDS & CASTLE, LEATHER AND FINDINGS, BOOT AND SHOE UPPERS, No. North Fourth St., Philadelphia. Houso Established 1823. j&r Inquiries for prices promptly answered.-^ February 8 0 3ni* MANUFACTURING CO., SEtfSBORO, N. C. tANUKACTUREKS OF bine Water Wheel, SD HEATING STOVES, NE MILLS, HORSE POWERS, ? ? *TTktnnvc L\V UUKS; AflUiaUiioi 3S OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 3PIC" COOK STOVE. STOVE, which, for its capacity, is the best in tiie I- STOVES. le size, and the "Forest Rose" HEATING STOVE RIDE PLOWS. irconstruction. and they give general satisfaction Rock Hill, S. C. Yorkville, S. 17 ly )SPHATE CO., TON, S. C. composting; INT, made of Floats, for Cotton, Grain and Peas; ted direct from the Mines in Germany, and warted pure; of the Due Atomizer; IMPOUND; [ED FISH AND BLOOD ; OUND RAW BONE; N. S. LAND PLASTER ; COTTON SEED MEAL. tldress the Company. 51 " 6m JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior stvle, and at prices that will compare witn New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. Wc have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men: BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, 83.50 80.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet oill heads. We will fill 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, 82.15 83,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large si.-.e) 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 f 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 tofhrnish all other kinds of printing, trom a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, N ovcmber 30 48 tf "CT&L. NARROW GAUGE EAILE0AD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, S. C., to Lincolnton, N. C., taking effect at 2,45i'clock, P. M., May 2, 1882: GOINO NORTH. O 4K D \f i^eave unester, * . * ?. 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 Crowder'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. GOING SOUTH. Leavo 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. Leavo Pleasant Ridge, 8.50 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek, 9.00 A. M. Leave Bowling Green, 9.10 A. M. Leavo Clover, : 9.25 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 10.00 A. M. Leave Yorkville, 10.10 A. M. Leave Guthriesville, 10.35 A. M. I Leave McConnellsville 10.50 A. M. ! Leave Lowrysville, 11.10 A. M. j Arrive at Chester, 11.40 A. M. Breakfast. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. WHEREAS JOSEPH F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis., hasapplied tome for Letters of Administration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of MARGARET BRANDON, late of the county aforesaid, de ceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear at our next Judge of Probate's Court for York county, to he holden at York Court House, on THURSDAY, the 3RD DAY OF MAY, next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration shouid not be granted. Given 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 107th year of the Independence of the United States* of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, Judge of Probate. March 22 12 (it STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. WHEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis., has applied to me for Letters of Administration, de bout# >ion, on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of JOSEPH GALLOWAY, late of the county aforesaid, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to bo and appear before me, at our next Probate Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House on THURSDAY, the 3RD DAY OF MAY A. D., 1883, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 15th day j of March, 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, Probate Judge of York County. March 22 12 (It ~ NOW READYT ~ History of the Associate Keformed synod of the South. IN the above Work, I endeavored to give a concise and accurate history of the causes which led to the secession of 1733, under the Erskines, together with a full and detailed account of the organization of the old Associate Reformed Syn. od, the General Synod, and the parties entering I into the organizations. The history of the Associate Reformed Church in the South is traced from its beginning through the Presbytery of the Carolinas and Georgia, the Svnod of the Carolinas and the Synod of the South, down to the | present time. In addition to this, a brief histo| rv is given of the Reformed Presbyterian and i l)niteu Presbyterian Churches. The Work is printed on good clear type, on ! good heavy paper, is bound in cloth, and contains four hundred and eighteen pages. It will be sold at $425. either at my office, or delivered by mail. Address, R. LATHAN, Yorkville, S. C. FINE MILES. THE undersigned offer for sale at their stables in Yorkville, a number of good YOUNG FARM MULES, which will be sold for cash, or on time for approved paper. WHITAKER A GLENN. March 9 10 tf