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iitiraorous frpartracnt. Pride that had a Fall.?Those persons who enjoy seeing a haughty spirit suffer a fall should have been on board one of the sleeping cars attached to a through train from Chicago to Boston a short time ago. Among its passengers were a middle-aged man and woman from the remote West, who had evidently come upon sudden riches and were devoting all their energies to advertising the fact. They were gorgeously dressed; the woman sported any quantity of diamonds and no occasion for informing the other passengers of the wealtn and position of their family was suffered to pass unimproved. Thev had with them a plug of a boy about fourteen years old. One morning after the parents had dressed themselves they discovered that their hopeful son was still slumbering and the mother set to work to arouse him. Repeated calls failing to have any effect, she finally had recourse to thumps and digs in his riDs, whereupon the boy evidently dreaming that he was at home and being stirred up to perform some accustomed duty, bawled out: "You let me alone and go feed the hogs yourself!" A joyous smile enlivened the features of the rest of the travelers.? Boston Journal. Solved the Puzzle?The other night a merchant in a village in Ohio was discovered in his store at an unusually late hour, and in reply to inquiries he said: "My confidential clerk is missing." "And what of it?" "Why, I'm looking over the books, but they seem to be all square." "Have you countea your cash ?" "Yes, and it is correct to the dollar." "Looked over your bank book ?" "I have, and it is satisfactory. That's the puzzle, you see. He's skipped, and I can't make out what for." "Been home since noon?" . "No." "Perhaps he has eloped with your wife." "Lands alive! but it may be so! If it is, then the puzzle will be solved." Ho hm-rio/i hnmp nnrl it was so. find he felt a great anxiety off his mind. The Coon Hunter's Wife.?A minister laboring in the mountain districts of Fayettecounty, West Virginia, givesthe following conversation he had with a woman there recently: "Is your husband at home ?" "No j he is coon hunting, He killed two whopping big coons last Sunday." "Does he fear the Lord?" "I guess he does ; 'cause he always takes his gun with him." "Have you any Presbyterians around here?" "I don't know if he has killed any or not. You can go behind the house and look at the pile of hides to see if you can find any of tneir skins." "I 9ee that you are living in the dark." "Yes, but my husband is going to cut out a.winder soon.^' IST" At a recent dinner party there -were two sisters present, one a widow who had just emerged from her weeds, the other not long married, whose husband had lately gone to India for a short term. A young lawyer present was deputed to take the , young widow in to dinner. Unfortunately he was under the impression that his partner was the marriea lady whose husband had iust arrived in India. The conversation between them commenced by the lady remarking how warm it was for the season of the year. "Yes, it is quite warm," replied the lawyer. Then a happy thought suggested itself to him, and he added, with a cheerful smile: "But not so hot as the * ? * 1 3 1 mace xo wmcn your nusuauu ims gunc. The look with which the lady answered this lively sally will haunt that unhappy man till his death.?Cincin/utti Commercial. A Family Affair.?John Hodges, an Austin business man, is being constantly fleeced, not only by strangers, but by his own son, without his ever knowing it. Not long since he was speaking to a friend, who cynically remarked: "Your son seems to be a rather fashionable young man." "Yes," was the reply of Hodges, "he is an awful smart boy. He keeps a horse and buggy, goes to oalls and parties, dresses in the height of the fashion, and the most wonderful thing about it is he does it on forty dollars a month. He is smarter than I am, but my daddy wasn't as smart as his daddy."? Texas Siftings. t&'A lady correspondent of the Milwaukee Sentinel writing under a nam (le plume, who had attracted considerable attention, received a note from a gentleman admirer recently, in which the writer said that a lady who could put such beautiful thoughts on paper must be equally gifted in person, etc., and wanted to meet her by moonlight alone, to which she wrote a consent. She came to the rendezvous veiled; they walked, he talked, he made love; finally she consented to take a little kiss, the veil raised for the purpose, and the stricken gentleman gazed upon the comely features oft his own wife! All's Well That Ends Well.?An Austin clerk took in a bad ten dollar bill, and his employer who is a very severe man, threatened to deduct it from his wages unless he shoved it off on some other customer. He said that he did not intend that the firm should lose it. Next morning when the proprietor came down, the clerk met him with a beaming smile and said: Hurrah! I shoved that bill off on a fellow. The firm won't lose a cent. "On whom did you palm it off?" "I threw dice, on account of the firm, with a member of the Legislature for it and we lost."?Texcus Si/tings. A Green Girl.?A green young girl from the country who has been visiting the city for the first time attended a ball the other evening, and while at the supper a nobby swell approached her and taking her programme, said: "Ah, Miss Jennie are you full ?" "No, sir, not yet. I've only etfour dishes of ice cream, two pieces of cake, three bananas, two oranges, six sandwiches, a sardine or two, and a half dozen slices of tongue, but if you can get me a hunk of pie, I think that will do the business."?Cincinnati Drummer. A Montana Teacher's Correction.? "The boy dumb the tree and made the coon git," wrote a Montana teacher on the blackboard. "Now, pupils, where's the bad grammar in that sentence?" None dared hazard a conjecture. The pedagogue called them a set of wooden heads, with brains as soft as squash pie. Then he triumphantly altered the "g-i-t" into "g-e-t," and bade them admire the pure, unadulterated sentence as it stood fresh from the hands of a master.?Ch ieago Eye. Bliss.?"What is promised to the righteous?" asked a mild and amiable Sundayschool teacher of a small child at the far end of her class. "Eternal bliss," quickly responded the child. "Quite right, my dear child," said the mild and amiable. "And now tell me what is promised to the wicked?" "Eternal blister, ma'am," was the prompt reply. The teacher pronounced it theologically correct but peculiarly expressed. Twenty-five years ago a young Philadelphia wife nearly cried her eyes out because she could not afford to scrape from the walls the unsightly, old-fashioned pa per, full of peacocks, ana pencans ana things, and put a nice, neat new style in its place. Now her married daughter is weeping because she can't afford to put the peacocks and pelicans back. Life is full of trouble. 4^" Gov. Butler, of Massachusetts, has at last contrived to turn the venerable joke of the spoons to his own advantage. It is said that while delivering a speech in Boston recently one of his hearers cried out "How about the spoons, Ben?" Benjamin's good eye winked merrily as he looked bashfully at the audience and said: "I was a Republican when I stole the spoons." What Makes Most Married Men Mad.?Joseph Smith, of Racine, fell down the cellar stairs the other day, and broke his left leg, his right arm, two ribs, his nose, one finger, ana cut his scalp, sprained his ankle, and put his shoulder out of joint. ' But he didn't really begin to feel bad about it till his wife asked him if he was hurt.? Ronton Pont. Jam and Jimide.! GROWTH OF CORfl. As it will soon be the season for planting I corn, a few observations respecting the con-1 ditions most favorable for germination and growth are here taken from the bulletin issued by Dr. Sturtevant of the New York Experiment Station. The experience of last year showed better results from shallow than deep planted corn kernels, and experiments in the greenhouse show that the corn grains have the power to germinate after being dried repeatedly, and under conditions far more adverse than would occur in the open field. One of the best assistants to favorable germination was the compacting of the soil around the seed at the time of planting, and the difference was very marked as compared with seed not so treated. Regarding the nutrition of corn plants, of the physiological process connected with such, tne first assimilation through which the food is taken, through the root and through the leaf, in the presence of sunlight, and stored in the plant. Then by a chemical process within the plant, this stored material from the air is deoxidized and formed into soluble material, designed for the support of growth or for storage. It, therefore, follows that in darkness a plant can only frow from the material which has hitherto een elaborated, and when this elaborate material has been utilized, there can De no more growth until, through the action of the sun, new material is supplied by assimilation. The corn kernel iscomposed of a germ or chit, surrounded by a mass of material placed there for the use of the germinating plantlet. The distance to which the plant can grow apart from the light, is determined by this amount of prepared food; consequently the large seed is enabled to push its plantlet through a greater depth of soil 011 its way to the surface than is the small seed. An ordinary sized flint (white) corn can carry its plantlet through eight inches of soil, but many plant-lets perish in such endeavor. The seed vegetates under one half inch of soil more quickly than under six inches, and the growth, instead of being massed into extension of stem, passes into the formation of leaf and the increasing of the organs of assimilation. Different degrees of depth in planting showed a like j firm rooting, and the same power to withstand heavy winds. The flint varieties, when underripe, germinate readily, but dent varieties must be ripe. In the former the kernel hardens froni the outside inward, and in the latter from iaside outward. | Manuring in the hill was of little benefit toward increasing the growth of the plant I in it5* earlier stages, the manure spread around the hill being more effective. Until the nutritive substance is exhausted from the seed, those grown in pure sand grew as well as those on rich soil. Observations seem to show that the young plants feed in their first stages very slightly from soil. The plants appear from the soil in from ten to fourteen days after planting, form their leaves quickly, and then seem to stand still for warmer weather; but during that time roots are being extended, getting their foot hold in the soil, so that in li short time, starting from their period of repose, they begin to show that vigor and luxuriance with which we are all so familiar. A Horse's Weak Points.?The weak points of a horse can be better discovered while standing than while moving. If he is sound he will stand firmly and squarely on his limbs without moving any of them, the feet planted flatly upon the ground, with legs plumb and naturally poised; or if the foot is lifted from the ground and the weight taken from it, disease may be suspected, or at least tenderness, which is a precursor of disease. If the horse stands with his feet apart, or straddles with his hind legs, there is a weakness in the loins, and the kidneys are disordered. Heavy pulling bends the knees. Bluish, milky cast eyes in horses indicate moon blindness or something else. A bad tempered horse keeps his ears thrown back. A kicking horse is apt to have scarred legs. A stumbling horse has blemished knees. When the skin is rough and harsh, and does not move easily and smoothly to the touch, the horse is a heavy eater, and his digestion is bad. Never buy a horse whose respiratory organs are at all impaired. Place your ear at the side of the heart, and if a wheezing sound is heard it is an indication of trouble. Let him go. ^ ? The Use of Guano.?A farmer in the Atlanta Southern World, writing from Alabama, insists that the use of guano is a curse to the agriculturist: First, because it makes him careless about home manures; second, because it exhausts the land unduly ; third, because it doubles the cotton crop and depresses the price; fourth, because it leads to inevitable and inextricable debt. This doubting Thomas winds up by declaring that court house records will show whether it pays or not." Again the same paper says: "When our farmers learn to feed themselves and when our people generally avoid all speculative risks abroad, concentrate their capital and energy at home, the South will be the richest country on the earth. As an old negro 1 11 J ? i nn. woman saiu tneoineruay: xxna i? uuu s country, but men are not co-operating with the Lord.' We have surpassing natural advantages ; let them be utilized. We have lost much, but much remains. If our own people do not prove worthy of possessing the land, it will inevitably pass out of their hands and be given to the stranger. I^hisis the eternal law and it cannot he violated with impunity.?Augmta Chronicle. Hens vs. Hogs.?In reply to acorrespondent, who has doubts about "poultry and eggs being a cheaper food than pork," we would say that it has been repeatedly established by actual experiment, that a given amount of food will produce more weight of flesh when fed to poultry than when fed to swine. As to the qualities of flesh produced as human food, there surely ought to be no controversy. The delicacy, purity and healthfulness of the one, and the want of these characters in the other, make all comparisons odious. Ilut it is in egg production that the hen asserts her supremacy. The amount of food necessary to make a pound of pork will make two pounds of eggs?the best known human food. In the name of all that is good to eat, how can the hog and the hen be compared ? We can live without pork ; but without eggs deliver us! As surely as the physician's occupation would be*gone if deprived of calomel, quinine and opium, would the cook be bankrupt without eggs. Both for virtue and economy, the hen surpasses the hog too far for comparison.?-V. Western Poultry Journal. To Cure a Felon.?Take of soft lye soap and flaxseed meal a sufficient quantity, stirring the meal in slowly with a spatula or qpse knife, manipulating thoroughly, so as to form a salve or poultice. Corn meal is a good substitute for the flaxseed. Envelope the finger in this, applying snugly, and occasionally pressing it to bring it in close contact. Renew the poultice every twelve or twenty-four hours. Don't try every prescription you may hear of. It will, if applied in time, abort the disease; if adopted later, it will bring it to a small "head" (if not too far to be scattered), when it may be pricked almost painlessly. S6P If the cream or the milk is wrong?or, go to the fountain head, if the cows and the j feed are not right^-the butter will show it. If the milk and cream are not well handled, the butter will surely go wrong. If the churning be overdone, and the working be overdone or underdone, the butter will be on, on, on. jracaingis 01 uuie uauum, un-: less the butter is up to the mark us well as > the market. i Bgf The London Lancet gives the follow- j ing cure for bone-felon. "As soon as the j disease is felt, put directly over the spot a ! fly-blister about the size of your thumb nail, | and let it remain for six hours, at the expi- j ration of which time, directly under the ' surface of the blister, may be seen the felon, j which can be instantly taken out with the j point of a needle or a lancet." Guano or plaster may be applied wherever grass or clover have started to grow. The best time is when the fields egin to have a fresh and green appearance. Sow broadcast one hundred pounds to the acre. gtradiiuj for the J^afcbath. conducted bt REV. ROBERT LATHAN. Sin.?"The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it." The discomfort and misery of sin is everywhere spoken of in the Scriptures and continually being illustrated in life. "The way of the transgressor is hard" has sounded in our ears from childhood. We, by imagination, gaze into the darkened faces of Adam and Eve as,ttyey come forth from the garden of Eden; we hear Cain, exclaim, "My punishment is greater than I can bear." We know that when "the wickedness of man was great in the earth" a flood of water swept its inhabitants away; that when the sin of the cities of the plain was very grievous, they were consumed by the devouring flame. We read of Pharaoh's hardened neart, the many plagues and final destruction that came thereby. We witness the slaughter of three thousand men, at the foot of Mt. Sinai, for idolatry; see Xadab and Abihu devoured by fire because of false worship; the judgment of Achan for eovetousnessand theft; the earth swallowing up Korah and his companions in guilt; the leprosy of Miriam because of fault finding with Moses. We know that ior the sin of fornication in one day there fell twentythree thousand of the Israelites, and that for murmuring many more were hitten of serpents and perished. We can see the folly and result of sin in the Jewish nation, and even in the gospel age can wonder why Judas, Ananias and Sapphira, Demasand others should pursue the course they did ; and yet people now imagine and perpetrate evil continuallv, lie, cheat, steal, covet, murmur, baekbite, and abound in every sin imaginable, and hope after all to find more comfort and satisfaction than that realized in the joys of salvation.?Domestic Journal. Communion with God.?Communion with God is a thing of infinite delicacy. It is the sensitive plant of the soul, and loses not its fragile nature when its occasions are public. The exceeding delicacy is at once its beauty and its snare. In a quiet room a happy family is gathered. Their fellowship is perfect. Each delights in the society of all the rest. The young people presently consult together, and, as the outcome, one, the choice of the rest, moves to the father's side. lie is about, in the name of all, to utter certain affectionate sentiments, when the door sharply opens, and a stranger enters. The intruder closes the door clumsily after him, chooses a seat without consideration for any one's convenience, and begins to stare about him. The fount of affection has sunk back to its secret spring in every breast. For the tender address intended, some cold, common-place utterance is hastily substituted. The little family has been suddenly deprived of whole leagues of sunlight, and the time for breaking up is welcomed by all. This parable of prayer needs no interpretation.? tV. B. Hayiiex. Your Thoughts.?Dive clown into the bottom of thy heart and see how the musings and imaginations thereof do work; are they chained only, to things of this world ? Do they trudge to and fro, every one of them laden only with burdens of earth? And when they come thronging about thee, do they buzz nothing in thine ears but intelligence either from some base lust or worldy profit? If this be the constant and only employment of thy thoughts, assure thyself that thy treasure is not laid up in heaven; no, nor on earth, but which is worse, it is laid up in hell. The thoughts of a child of God are still taking wing and flying upward toward heaven; one thought is laden with the actings of faith, another with the actings of hope, another with the actings of love, and they never leave assending until they get in the presence of God and lay their rich treasure in his busom; and God again fills them with heavenly treasure, and bids one thought carry a smile to the soul how dear it is to him; by V?a ziAnxrAirc cfrnnnd)i onrl itUUllICI lliuuglib lie wmrtjg pvivugtn, uuu. by another comfort, and sends all away laden with precious treasure to the soul. Voices of tiif. Dead.?"Jle being dead, yet speaketh." The dead speak to us and commune with us through the works which they have left behind them. The good man speaks in the character and influence which he leaves behind him. The dead speak to us in memory and association, in those religious suggestions, those consolations, invitations and hopes which the bereaved spirit indulges. They utter words of warning, and speak to us by the silent eloquence of example. By this they bid us imitateall that was good in their lives, and all that is dear to remember. By this, too, they tell us that we are passing swiftly from the earth and hastening to join their number. A little while ago, and they were as we are ; a little while hence, and we shall be as they. Our work, like theirs, will be left behind us, to speak for us. How important, then, that we consider what work \vc uu. God and No God.?All ye wanderers in in lands of doubt and and unbeiief where the harvest will fail and where the grass will die under the foot, the Kings asks you and your father and mother and friends to dwell in that particular part of the vale which is richest. Compare the realms of God and no God, and if in that faith there flows a Nile whose waters never fail?a river which depends not upon small clouds of an April sky, hut upon the movements of a season and lakes and forest of a tropic world, then move into the world without delay. It will be, compared with the parched up land of denial and doubt, a vale of paradise. For the maker of the universe is kinder than Egyptian kings, and asks the soul to pitch its tent in that park's wide domain where there are the highest morals and most inspiring hopes ?Davhl Sunny. A Great Truth.?That was a great truth tersely stated by Bishop Keener in his address to the deacons at the Baltimore Conference: "We want men not so much to lecture against sin, but to live against it." Lecturing is easier than right living, and censoriousness more prevalent than righteousness. A holy life speaks better things than wordy platitudes. A young missionary, in relating his experience before the Board that accepted and sent him abroad, | said: "1 passed through bitter years of j skeptical unrest, hunting up every possible objection to the Christian system; but ' there was an argument I could never an-! swer?the consistent, godly life of my fa- i ther." The life has a voice more eloquent j than human speech and a power as irresistible as eternal truth itself.?New Orleans i Church Advocate. Safety of Believers.?Believers are not dependent upon circumstances. Their i joy conies not from what they have, but! from what they are ; not from what they enjoy, but from that which has been suffered j for them by their Lord. It is a singular i joy, then, because it often buds, blooms and j rinpns in winter time: and when the fig i tree (ioes not blossom and there is no herd j in the stall, God's Habakkuks rejoice in the 1 salvation. How often we forget that the common , round of every-day duty is the sphere of the j most sacred and far reaching activities.! Toiling in a tread mill is very irksome and | monotonous, perhaps, but it is it that turns i the wheel and produces constant and lasting 1 results. BST While our young people are uninter-1 ested and unemployed in Christian work,! it is impossible to keep them out of the fol- j lies of the world. I f we do not harness them i for Christ, the world will take them. Put! every one of them to work. ggjy Do not spend your time in talking, scandal ; you sink your own moral nature i by so doing, and you are, perhaps, doing; great injustice to those about whom you talk. You, perhaps, do not understand, or would doubtless, be more lenient. S6T Church fellowship, as a means, is to be honored and improved : but as an end of religion it is utterly worthless ; and if de-! pended 011 for salvation, it will prove to be one of the wiles of Satan, by which the soul , is enticed to its own ruin. Igr We are no longer happy so soon as we 1 wish to be happier. - ! IllisteUaitms Reading. THE ROAD QUESTION. Senator Butler has addressed the following j letter to the commissioner of agriculture, j from which it appears that the Senator pro poses to study the road question and en- j deavor to devise some plan for improving ; ;he public highways: Edgefield, April 10, 1883. Hon. A. P. Butler, Cominiasioner of Ag- I riculture, Columbia, S. C.?My Dear Sir: j The most important and economic ques- ' tion for the people of this State?now that | the Slock law is settled, and I trust perma-: neatly?is the improvement of our public j highways,tand as 1 shall have some leisure next summer?the first prospect of an uninterrupted recess I have seen since a member of the Senate?I want to employ part of it in preparing for publication one or more communications upon that subject. At least 1 shall endeavor, when I return to Washington, to collate the leading features of the systems of the public road work in different States, and draw such conclusions as an examination of them may suggest: I want to trouble you for some data if you can procure it: 1st. Can you furnish me with the number of miles of highways worked and maintajnLit the mi hi if in t.his State ? 2d. Is there means of ascertaining the relative condition of the highways in the different counties, and if so how? 3rd. Can you give the number of public bridges and ferries, and of these how many collect toll and how many are free, and as near as may he the cost of construction and maintenance? 4th. Are there any public roads in South Carolina on which toll is collected from travelers? If so, how many miles, where located, the cost of construction and maintenance, how were they made and by whom ? If you have not the data that will enable you to answer the questions, I would begreatly obliged if you can get it for me from the county commissioners. I presume they can readily furnish it, and you have opportunities of communicating with them that I have not. The public road problem is a very perplexing one, very difficult to deal with, and I want to get all the available information on the subject. In order that it may be solved intelligently, we must have all the information possible, and hence I venture to trouble you. Shoal water in our streams terminates at about a line drawn from Cheraw to Augusta, and that section of the State lying above such a line is where the greatest trouble is experienced. The hills and clay and stone of this region have hitherto baffled the efforts of the public for good roads, under our present plan of dealing with them, and the opinion is growing that some change is necessary in the interest of economy and comfort. What that change shall be I am not now prepared to suggest. One thing 1 am prepared to say, however, that in many pans ui me cuuutry mc luaun oj.c h^u fit to no traveled, and I do not believe ever can be made so under the present system of maintenance, I care not how efficient and faithful the commissioners may be. The greater part of the country below this line may get along under the old plan and have passable roads because of the topography of the country and character of the soil, but I think it is demonstrable, if the data could be had, that the expenses incurred in the up-country by reason of the wear and tear of vehicles, injury to work animals, loss of time and sometimes of limb or life, on our present roads, would macadamize them all and maintain them indefinitely, to say nothing of the depreciated value of land, where it is inaccessible on account of bad roads. But I am somewhat anticipating myself, and had better reserve this discussion for a subsequent communication, which I hope I to make and shall make, if I am not disappointed in getting the necessary informa| tion. In the meantime I invoke your assistance and shall feel greatly obliged if you will aid me. Very truly, yours. M. C. Butler. Examination of Ministerial Candidates.?Rev. C. H. Wiley tells a good story about his ordination. He and Dr. Charles Phillips were ordained in 185G, and not having passed the seminary curriculum, | they were subjected to an exhaustive examination. Presbytery sat up with them all through theday, and not till the candles had been burning several hours did the examination show signs of a close. Finally they were examined on Hebrew. Of course neither of them knew anything about it. Mr. Wiley was under examination. He told Presbytery that he knew nothing whatever about it: didn't know a Hebrew letter, and wouldn't promise to study the language, pleading that his time could be more profit- ( ably employed in something else. lie was pressed but refused to yield. Dr. Phillips was then put on the rack and the thumb"screw vigorously applied. lie acknowl- 1 edged that he did know the Hebrew alphabet, but that was the extent of his knowl- , edge. He would not promise to master the language, unless there was a greater necessity than he could then see. Presbytery was aiixious to ordain these learned and able men, but there was the book of discip- , line prescribing the Hebrew examination. A second supply of candles was ordered. , At this juncture a certain divine, who is famous for hair-splitting, suggested a way : out of the difficulty. He read the rule which requires the examination, and pointed with great solemnity to the fact that the rule didn't require that the candi(Late for ordination should have any knowledge of He- , brew. He said that a most exhaustive examination had been made. Dr. Wiley and Dr. Phillips were ordained without further ceremony. Dr. Wiley, who is a man of strong practical common sense, is not an en- , thusiast on the "higher educational theory" of the Presbyterian church .?G-reensboro Patriot. The Knot and the Mile.?The "knot" , and the "mile" are terms often used inter- < changeably, but erroneously so. The fact is ? that a mile is less than eighty-seven per < cent., of a knot. Three and one-half miles 1 are equal, within a very small fraction, to ! three knots. The knot is G,082.00 feet in , length. The statute mile is 5,280 feet. The t result of the difference is that the speed in miles per hour is always considerably larger than when stated in knots, and if a person forgets this and states a speed at so many ' knots, when it is really so many miles, he . may be giving figures verging on the incredible. When we hear parties say that such a vessel is capable of making twenty knots per hour, we usually take the statement withavery large grain ofsalt, fortwen-1 ty knots is 23.0 i miles per hour, a speed which I few vessels have made, and it is doubted by some who have the best opportunity 4 for making actual measurements, whether any vessel has made twenty-five miles in sixty minutes. It has been said that some of the English torpedo boats have made as i high as twenty-four or twenty-five knots, t Twenty-four knots are over twenty-seven i and a half miles per hour, and twenty-five 1 knots are upward of twenty-eight and three- j quarter miles per hour, distances that are " incredible. ^ From Old Virginia.?A prominent i; broker of Richmond, Va., whose name we ; withhold, says he has used Norman's Neu- \ : tralizing Cordial several years for all irregularities of the stomach and found it effect-11 ual in every instance. He recommends it, J as an excellent remedy for a man who loses ; j. on futures.?Adv. * r Ihe forMlt <?mquimJ' TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: !~ Single ropy l'or one year, S 2 50 For six months 1 25 j For three months, 75 ^ Two copies one year, I 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. I J,1 ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square forthelirst insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the j space occupied by seven lines of this size type, j . Contracts will be made at reduced rates for d advertising space to be used for three, six, or . P twelve months. ' o V?S-Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices ti charged for at the rate of ten cents aline. Usu- | ~ ally there aro about seven words in a line. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned ( 1 to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to i 1 this office for publication and desire a copy of the ; same, should make a duplicate. H. W. HOPE. FERTILIZERS. DON'T fail to see ine before you purchase your FERTILIZERS. I Am Xow Prepared to Deliver ^ To von any <|uuntity you desire. Etiwun Dissolved Bone, c Etiwan Acid Phosphate, B Etiwan Potash Compound, Crown Acid Phosphate, ~ Nassau Guano, c German Kainit, Ac., Ac. j I have also on hand 40 Formulas of Southern Chemicals c FOR COMPOSTING With Cotton Seed, Stable or Barnyard Manure, Rich Earth or Ashes. ; You pet in this mixture all the c Active Elements of a Ton of Fertilizer, E" To which you add the absorbent matter. These poods are put up in baps, numbered 1, Zand3. Three of which constitute a formula for ONE TON OF COMPOST. >< Price per formula, 810.00 Cash, 812.00 on time, with full directions tor mixing. Call on me, examine poods and compare terms and prices before you buy. if. VV. HOPE. THE HARTFORD Sewing- Machine, s JUST PERFECTED. , . ' i The Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. THE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. The Least Vibration of Any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Bail-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife-edge Treadle-Bearing. 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 A CO Rock Hill, S. 0. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. I February 8 fi tf TAX NOTICE--1NN2. 1 MY|Books for the collection of the first install- K' ment, will be opened at Black's Station, on Thursday and Friday, the Ird and 4th days of May. Clark's Fork, on Saturday, the nth day of May. , Yorkville, on Monday, the 7th day of May. * ' Hickorv Grove, on Tuesday, the 8th day of K May. ' * J, J. W. Carroll's Store, on Wednesday, the Oth day of May. McConnellsville, on Thursday, the 10th day of May. ' * Bethel, (Glenn'sStoro) on Friilav, the 11th day M May. * h1 Clover, on Saturday, the 12th day of Mav. Clay Hill, (Neelv's Store,) orrMonday, the 14th Jay of May. Fort Mill, on Tuesday, the 15th day of May. el Rock Hill, on Wednesday and Thursday,' the l> 16th and 17th of May. Massey's Store, 011 Friday, the 18th day of May. And at Yorkville from Saturday the 151th, 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 who wish, can pay both installments in May. H. A. D. NEEDY, County Treasurer. April 5 14 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. j COUNTY OK YORK?COURT OK COMMON PLEAS. John T. Houser and Jane Goforth, Plaintiffs, against Harriet Howell, Faithy Wilson, Nancy Buchanan, Elizabeth Henry, John H. Houser, Russell Houser and Mary Houser, Defendants.? Summon*for Relief?Complaint not nerved. To the Defendants, Harriet Howell, Nancy Buchanan, Elizabeth Henry, John JI. Houser, Russell Houser and Mary Houser. ArOU are hereby summoned and required to J_ answffr the Complaint in this action, which was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Joinmon Pleas for the said county, and to serve 1 copy of your Answer on the subscribers, at their j )Ilice m YorKViue, rsoutn varouna, wuuin iwunv days after the service hereof, exclusive of the fay of service ; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plainitl's in this action will apply to the Court for I he relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Yorkville, S. Ajiril 12, A. 1). ISA'}. | WILSON A WILSON, * Plaintiffs' Attorneys. I L. S.] JOS. F. WAM.AC 10, C. ('. PIS. April 15) ll? fit GARRY IRON ROOFING CO. md Cement. 75) and si Columhus Street, CXiEViilXiAIXrP, OHIO. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, fcif L. M. Orist, Yorkville,S. ('., will take orlers for the above roofing. February 21! 5) ly CLERK'S NOTICE. Court of Common Pleas?York. Irrena Clark and others, against Mary Ktters and others. f'o all and .singular the creditors of JACOB JITTERS, deceased. PURSUANT to the Order of the Court, you are hereby required to establish your denands against JACOB UTTERS, deceased, beorome, on or before THURSDAY, THE 10TII >AY OF MAY next; otherwise, a Writ in Parition will issue to divide his lands between his teirs. rt Yorkville, S. ('., April 5, 1883. X JOS. F. WALLACE, Clerk of said Court. lai April 12 13 5t ful STILL ON THE LINE. [AM desirous of impressing indelibly upon < the public mind that I am still in the line of of laehinery of every description, from a pocket wi siw-mill to a narrow gauge locomotive. Re- l>n airing of all kinds of Machinery neatly aud I heaply executed. J. Q. HOKE. HI March 22 12 3m* pri TOXSORIAL. ~ ? rW. BAUMAN, Barber, is still at his stand . opposite the old Masonic Hall, prepared to o all work in his line. Feeling thankful for ast patronage, ho hopes to merit a continuance f the same by giving prompt and aecommodang attention' to customers. p CHATTEL MORTGAGES, tfc ty|"ORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to fj. Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE i?* April 5 M tf I m SERGEANT N /JfflM&fl Farrar Tnrl U?M SAW MILLS, CAB "V5=> PLOWS, STRA1 \UiUmwn ; tsi?'.. ' <5 5*3 ~~ J g iisfl'Sss? V ^ ^ v ^ H X ? fc. l ~ ~ ~ t*.. " ^ >.- . _ I s I i = ? ir'ii c I f = ; = | "TK-C We also nian11fin'tiire the l'ALMKTTO COOK S uirket. HEATING We make the ORGAN PARLOR STOVE in one ii six sizes?from ?4.f>0 to?14.00. PLANTERS' PI The best material and workmanship used in theii Send for Circulars and Price Lists. EKED. H. LONDON, Agent HERNDON BROTHERS, Agents, November 23 ASHLEY PHO CHARLES! I0LUBLE GUANO, Iiighly amnioniated; DISSOLVED BONE, highest grade; ACII) PHOSPHATE, for c ASH ELEME) 1I3NUINE LEOPOLDSHALL KAINIT, import. rauti 1ENUINE FLOATS, of highest grade, product o SMALL GRAIN SPECIFIC; COTTON AND CORN CO? GROUND DRU GRO Special Formulas made to order. Special inducements for cash orders. For terms, Illustrated Almanacs and cards, ad. December 21 LADY AGENTS WANTED FOR nt Sklrt-Supportl f SUPPORTER'^S>^Jh oadway, New York^r^^ BEST CORSETS IN THE WORLD. . , Dressmaker* Delight ia Fitting over Them! Ther combine Durability. Comfort, Heolthfulnr as and Elegance of form, and being made in variotu stylet | 1 and length* are adapted to nlL- Physicians recommend I them. Tliey are not sold br merchants. Exclusive territory given. Ladies mske thi* a profitable and per- ' mnnent business. Price AO,ana upwards Orders by mail promptly filled. Send for circulars and term* to agents, to MADAME GRISWOLD & CO.. ] Or to General Agents: 02.1 Broadway, N. 7.; i Madame K. A. Griswold, 33 Winter St., Boswu, Ma**n , J. B. Putnam, 126 State Street, Chicago, 111-, J. B. Wvoant & Co., Fredoma, N. Y. fi. F. Ki.no & Co., 811 Main Street, Kanaoa City, Mo. March 2!) 13 6t* ; YORKVILEE jIVERY AND FEED STABLES, I NEAR THE COURT HOUSE. A RE now open and will be kept in first-class ' style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, nod horses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AND PHAETONS. Just received another lot of those nice C'incin- | j ati Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted stan-1 j ard work. I sell no inferior work. Come and j ] Kamine my Leather Trimmed Hickory Buggies, I j rimpkin Side-Bar Buggies, Eureka Jump-Seat j ] hietons, etc. All furnished with the best hand- ! ] inde Harness, manufactured by first-class work- ] len, and as cheap as can be bought anywhere. I ] A Second-Hand Carriage, in good order, for j ] lie cheap. Also, a good Spring Wagon for sale j j leap. Call at the Yorkville Livery and Feed ] tables and see them, i ] FEEDING. h You can have your horses fed as cheap as the I leapest, at the Yorkville Livery and FeedSta- j 1 les. WANTED. |J Corn, Oats, Fodder and Hay always wanted, ! j ad the highest market price, in cash,will be paid, j , I>\ E. SMITH. : J NORMAN'S I h6oTRAL_'*'Nc I !' | CORDIAL. 1 if A SURE and effectual Remedy for tho enre of I U JtX all Irregularities and disorders of tho Stom H ach and Bowels, whether In children or adults. It Is acceptable to the Stomach without being r offensive to the taste. Jw ; j Promptly relieving Dysentery. Diarrhoea, Choi QMnni era Morbus, Cholera infantum, il TTTtflB Hut, Griping Pains, Flatulency, j l^?RSaB Nausea, Acidity of the Stomach, KB! Heartburn, Siclc and Nervous s Headache and Dyspepsia. May 1: bo used In all derangements of the Stomach and Bowels from relaxation of the " Intestines or a change of food or water. (I ?j lTOE.^i:-A?3Sr'S I ^ $ NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL | ( j Is as pleasant and harmless as Black- I rfl l>crry tVine. Does not contain Opium Bj 9 and will not constipate. Specially recom- I il (n. Sfia?lelfnMS and Teetllinct I s I Children. ~ I a p| Price 25c* and $1.00 per bottle. I p "I Sohl by all DruQgists and Dealcrg in Medicine, H , I EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL CO. Sole Proprietors, !isl Walhalla, S. C. U. S. A. Sl January 4 1 ly IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. , THE EIGHT RUNNING DOMESTIC, i 1IIK best material; will do any and all kinds g of work; complete in every respect; the jlgstarm; the lightest running; most beauti- * w.wi.i vinrk- Knllv warranted for live years. so| the PENNSYLVANIA, the best SINGER j R ichiuemade. Prices ami terms reasonable. th Jail at my PHOTO-GALLERY, one door east w the jail and examine Machines and work. It pi 11 be to your advantage to call on me before in rchasing a SEWING MACHINE. yt am prepared to do any work in the PIIOTOtAPH LINE to satisfaction, and at reasonable j pr ees. J. II. SC'HORB. { A )ctober IS) 42 tf j $2 ?ED SOLE LEATHER A SPECIALT Y. |j EDWARDS & CASTLE, * LEATHER AND FINDINGS, OOT AND SHOE UPPERS, i. 38 North Fourth St., Philadelphia, j House Established 1823. C' r Inquiries for prices promptly answered.-?^ 'ehruarv S i> :im* [ANUFACTURING CO., ENSBORO, N. C. lNUFAPTITRKRS OF ine Water Wlieel, D HEATIKti STOVES, fE MILLS, HORSE POWERS, iV CUTTERS, ANDIRONS, S OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PIC" COOK STOVE. TOVE, which, for its capacity, is the best in the STOYES. size, and the "Forest Rose" HEATING STOVE RIDE PLOWS. construction, and they give general satisfaction Rock Hill, S. ('. Yorkville, S. C. 47 ly SPHVTE OOT, 'ON, S. C. orn posting; N'T, made of Floats, for Cotton, Grain and Peas; ed direct from the Mines in Germany, and war?d pure; f the Due Atomizer; dPOUND; ED FISH AND BLOOD; UND RAW RONE; N. S. LAND PLASTER i " "ootton'seed meal. dress the Company. 51 fini JOB PRINTING. /AWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our otliee, we are prepared to execute alf manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New Vork 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 : 151 EL HEADS. For 500 For 100G Half-sheet Rill Heads, $3.50 $<5.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 2.50 Sixth-sheet Rill Heads, .*. 2.00 3.00 Monthly statementsat same price of sixth-sheet oill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either s'ize of sheet nt proportionate prices. LETTER, HEADS. _ For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, .'...$2.15 63,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality sf paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in evorv instance. We also give special attention to the printing if Rriefs, Arguments and Points and Authorises, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost are to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, md will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf ~c7& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILEOADT CtCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, O from Chester, S. C., to Lincolnton, N. C., taking effect at 2,45 i'clock, P. M., May 2, 1882: GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 2.45 P. M. Leave Lowrysville, 3.15 P, M. Leave McC'onnellsville, 3.35 P, M. Leave Guthriesville, ,...3.45 P. M. Yrrive 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 Greek, 5.20 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge, 5.30 P. M. Leave Gastonia (3.00 P. M. Leave Dallas, (3.20 P. M. Leave Hardin's, (3.45 P. M. Yrrive at Lineolnton, 7.15 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave Lineolnton, 7.00 A. M. Leave Hardin's, 7.25 A. M. Leave Dallas, 7.50 A. M. Yrrive at Gastonia,? 8.10 A. M. Leave Gastonia, 8.30 A. M. L,eave Pleasant Ridge, 8.50 A. M. Lieave Crowder's Creek, 9.00 A. M. jeave Bowling Green, 9.10 A. M. jeave Clover, 9.25 A. M. Yrrive at Yorkville, 10.00 A. M. jeave Yorkville, 10.10 A. M. jeave Guthriesville, 10.35 A. M. jeave MeConnellsville, 10.50 A. M. jeave Lowrysville, 11.10 A. M. Arrive at Chester, 11.40 A. M. Breakfast. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. April 26 17 It NEWS AGENCY. rME undersigned, as News Agent, would respectfully, inform the public that he is the uthori/.ed A iron t. at this nlaee. for several lead ng publications, and that he will receive suberiptions for any newspaper or magazine pubished in the United States. Subscribing through ny Agency, trouble, expense of postage and anger of loss are obviated. Now is the time to iubscribe for your Reading Matter for 1883. Particular attention is called to the Southern <* 'ultivator and the Southern World, the two leadng Agricultural publications of the South, and pecially adapted to Southern Agriculture. Call nd see"specimen copies. These and all other ublications TRNISHED AT PUBLISHERS' PRICES. The Daily News and Courier furnished to suberibers in Yorkvilleon precisely thesaine ternus s it is delivered 011 the streets of Charleston. SAM M. CRIST. January 11 2 3m NOW READY" listory of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South. [X the above Work, I endeavored to give a con[ vise and accurate history of the causes which id to the secession of 1733, under the Erskines, getlier with a full and detailed account of the m rganization of the old Associate Reformed Syn1, the General Synod, and the parties entering ito the organizations. The history of the Assoate Reformed Church in the South is traced 0111 its beginning through the Presbytery of the urolinas and Georgia, the Synod of the Caroliis and the Synod of the South, down to the * resent time. In addition to this, a brief histor is given of the Reformed Presbyterian and nited Presbyterian Churches. n<i,? a , 1 IIU " WII\ to |' i i J i ki;i i ww pwwu Vice**- lt> ]IC, VII )od heavy paper, is bound in cloth, and contains ur hundred and eighteen pages. It will be sold $2.25, cither at mv ottice, or delivered bv mail. Address, R. LATHAN, Yorkville, S. C. April 2(1 17 It DENTAL NOTICE. Egga Dr. W. M. WALKER, RESIDENT SURGEON DENTIST, L'spectfullv tenders his professional services to e citizens' of Yorkville and vicinity. He is ell prepared, with instruments of the most ap- < oved style, and all modern appliances, suppleented by a continuous practice of twenty-live lars, to guarantee satisfaction. In keeping with the general reduction of ices, he proposes to furnish complete UPPER XD LOWElt SETS, of the best material, for D.00; SINGLE SETS, either upper or lower, D.00; and for partial sets, more than two teeth, .00 PER TOOTH. Patrons waited on at their sideuces out of town, charged for expenses of sit. July 6 27 tf trIugIll, Wholesale Grocer, OLLECE STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Orders solicited and promptly filled. January 11 2 dm /