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Humorous department. THE WIDOW'S GRIEF. She was a handsome and wealthy young widow and had just lost her husband. Full of grief over the loss of her beloved one, she sought a dealer in monuments, a friend of the dear departed. Seeing the sympathetic face of her husband's friend, the tears burst afresh from her eyes as she greeted him, sobbing? "You have heard it then? George is gone." Yes, he had heard it. "And now," said she, "I want to get a monument, the tinest and most imposing monument that you can make. I don't care for the expense. You have them costing as much as ten thousand dollars, don't you ? Al* k/\ n/\fil/1 hiiJ lfl ii Lmlnn<lirl monn_ Wllj ^CJ5j Hr WU1U UUliU (V plenum iuvuu~ ment for that. He would prepare a design and submit it to her. "You will have it ready soon, will you not ?" she pleaded. "This evening ?" "No; not this evening," he replied ; but he would hurry it up, and bring it to her residence. So it was settled, and she went away to wait anxiously for the design. Then the monument man got out an old design, had it transferred to a clean piece of paper, and in fifteen minutes was ready for the widow. In a week or so he submitted his work. He found her more reconciled to her loss and inclined to be critical, but on the whole she was pleased with the design. "But," she said, "I have been talking over the matter with my sister, and she thinks five thousand dollars ought to buy a very nice monument. Couldn't you make one like that for five thousand ?" "No," responded he; "but I can build a handsome monument for five thousand. Shall I make a design for one of that figure?" . "Yes, I wish you would, please, and I will call at your office in a week or two and examine it." "I can make some alterations in this plan and have it ready very soon," he urged. "1 could bring it around to-morrow just as well as not." "Oh no; I won't trouble you to do so. There is no particular hurry about it, and I will call upon you; it's my turn, you know." And she smiled graciously upon ?? -.u~ ,1 ^.,,4. Illlli as Silt; UUtttu mm uui. Well, what was a poor monument man to do ? He could only wait, and he did wait, busying himself meanwhile, in getting up elaborate and really beautiful designs. One day he met the lady on the street, dressed in the merest apology for half mourning. He bowed obsequiously, and informed her that the design was finished, and he thought it would not fail to be perfectly satisfactory. "Oh," she said, "I have been so busy, don't you know, with one thing and another, that I had forgotten all about it. Let me see, how much was that to cost ?" "Five thousand dollars." "Oh, dear, I really can't afford to pay that much. Now couldn't you?" this very bewitchingly, "make a real nice monument for about five hundred dollars? 1 know you can, and I will come around and see you about it real soon ; good-by." Then the monument man went to his office and told his grief to a three-legged lamb and a stone angel. Some time after this the charming widow with a male friend, whom she called "Charley," dropped in again. "Do you know," she said, "I feel so ashamed to think that I never came around to look at your pretty designs. Charley and I have concluded that those great, costly ornaments are so foolish, after one's dead, you know. We think it's wicked, don't we, Charley?" Charley allowed that it was. "But," she contined, "those little white boards, such as they put at soldiers' graves, Charley and I think they are very nice. So neat and unpretentious. Couldn't you make one of them for me, and put George's monogram 011 it? His initials make such a pretty monogram." Then the monument man's cup was full, and he spilled it over on them. He told her that Charley could get an old shingle and tack one of George's business cards on it. Then she called him "a horrid beast," and Charley said he would "lick the J stuftin' out of him for half a cent," and they sailed out. The Cashiek Ahead.?A new bank which had been established in a town in Indiana had engaged the service of a watchman who came well recommended, I but who did not seem over experienced. The President therefore sent for him to post him up a bit, and begnn: "James, this is your first job of the kind, isn't it?" "Yes, sir." "Your first duty must lie to exercise vigilance." "Yes, sir." "He careful how strangers approach you." "I will, sir." "No stranger must be permitted to enter the bank under nnv pretext whatever." "No, sir." "And ourcashier?he is a good niaiij honest, reliable and trustworthy, but it will beyour duty to keep an eye on him." "But it will be hard to watch two men and the bank at the same time, sir." "Two men?how ?" "Why, sir, it was only yesterday that the cashier called me in for a talk, and he said you were the squarest man in Indiana; but that it would be just as well to keep both --'v., !/?< 4-Vwk 1/JUvir if eyw (MI aYUU, UUU IVli UIC nmiti ? you hung around after hours!" Wanted to Suffer.?A gentleman, who was riding along a lonely road in Arkansas, heard some one groaning, and turning aside he saw a man standing near a tree. "What's the matter, my friend?" "Oh, Lord, caught in a bear trap! (to on away from here!" "Let me assist in getting you out." "Oh, Lord! Go on away, I tell you." "Don't you want to get out?" "I reckon I do." "Then why won't you let me help you?" "Because I s^t this trap here the other day, and a man that ain't got no more sense than to get caught in his own trap ought to suffer. I've been trappin' for thirty years, and this is the first time that I've acted the fool. Go on, stranger, for I'm going to worry along with this thing till I learn somethin'. A man that's as big a fool as I am, is dangerous to a community. Oh, Lord!"?vlrkanxax Traveler. He Deserved His Reward.?Another hoop snake has been discovered in this State, 1-1?- ? ?~ '> *-* nrV?/\ 1 r uul siruiigv lu sutv uic ^ciiuciuaa unv/ <x*u i it did not adhere to the conventional form. "And you say that the snake did not roll after you ?" said a man when the whoopsnake man had concluded his recital. "No he didn't roll after me." "You didn't jump behind a tree, then, just as the snake struck at you?" "No, sir." "And the leaves on the tree did not wither and die in two hours? "No." "My friend, here is a $20 gold piece. A man that can defy temptation, as you have done, and stick to the truth, should he re-1 warded."?Arkajisas Traveler. ? ? I t&- It takes an Irishman to turn a compliment. When he saw Jones after having met the latter with Mrs. J., Pat McFlaherty said : "Ye are mooch younger than your wife, surr." Presently he met the wife and remarked : "The idea of sich a young woman marrying Misther Jones!" The next day he met them together, but he wasn't at a loss for blarney. "Och," he exclaimed, "ye are both of vez too young for each other." S&r "My son," said the elder Spriggles to his junior, thinking to enlighten the boy on the propagation of the hen species?"My son, do you know that chickens come out of eggS <?p)0 thgy gapj Spriggles, jr., as he licxed his plate, "I thought eggs came out of chickens." I?- "I tell you what we will do," said Fenderson ; "let's go into the newspaper business; you furnish the money and I'll furnish the brains." "Agreed," replied Fogg, "if we both put in our whole capital we shall have the satisfaction to know that: we can never lose anything."?Boston Transcript. I Ihf Jaitn and ^fireside. Paintixg House Walls.?rf a plastered wall be new, and has not been whitewashed, it will do to size it with glue water; but if it has been calciinined or whitewashed, which is often the case, no glue sizing should ever touch it. Any preparation of that kind is liable, sooner or later, to peel off and spoil the surface for any future finish. A safer way is to take oil and coat the whole surface before painting, which makes a fast union of any wash to the wall. On such a base oil paints will adhere perfectly. But the principle trouble in painting walls is found in the defective character of the plastering. If one is building a house, he can place the studding twelve inches from center to center, so that strong laths will not spring and break up the.mortar at every pressure. The laths, too, should be spread one-fourth of an inch apart, and the mortar have twelve pounds of hair to the barrel of lime. This will make a wall that will stand like the walls of the houses plastered a hupjlred years ago. The reason why the plastering falls off from 1 ka/mnon flin lo+lic 01?a our luuueni uuusca IS uuuunt nib iuui.7 U>\. laid so close that the immediate swelling cuts off the clinch, and the mortar is usually too sandy, and has but six pounds of hair. On sucn a surface are laid three coats, | when the clinch will fail to hold one. Professional lathers or masons themselves ought to lay the laths and be sure of a large spread; then if the mortar is strong or rich, with plenty of hair, there can be no falling off. I have seen many houses so poorly plastered that the entire surface had to be cleaned off and replastered after a few years. A person coming into possession of such dwelling, no sooner gets the walls well Eainted to his taste than they begin to reak up and disfigure the whole work. If you are sure the work is well done, the ceiling as well as the side walls may be painted to advantage. "When any portion becomes soiled or smoked, it will tnen be an easy matter to wash it off. Rooms once thoroughly prepared in that way last for a life-time and always look substantial and neat. In case of cracks, make putty of the same color as the paint and fill up. Leached Wood Ashes.?Ashes from the stove or furnace contain all the mineral constituents necessary for plant growth, and are therefore very valuable as a fertilizer to a worn out, naturally poor soil. A large part of the potash i.s removed from ashes in leaching, and as this constituent is a leading one, leached ashes are of less value as plant food than when fresh. The owner should save, in a secure place, all the ashes made and apply them to the land in the spring. A topdressing of twenty bushels per acre to an old pasture or meadow will give good returns for several years. The leached ashes should be disposed of in the same manner, only they may be applied at the rate of one hundred bushels per acre. Leached ashes have been bought and used for many years by farmers and gardeners 011 Long Island and near the shore towns in Connecticut. These ashes are brought mainly from Canada. Ashes are especially good for tobacco land, and onion raisers find them profitable. It has been observed that where this fertilizer has been introduced, it retains its hold upon the confidence of those who use it. Fruit growers are glad to get leached ashes for their small fruit gardens, and even orchards of large trees are much benefited by them. Save all the ashes, leached or unleached, and if there is a good opportunity buy and apply them.?American Agricufturitif. Preserving Power of Soil.?It is well known that in soil where lime abounds, dead bodies are fossilized in a few years, or even in a few months, after burriel. In soil where there is no lime, there are sometimes other elements which often preserve the features of a buried body unchafiged for many years. The philosophic Hamlet, musing by an old grave over the fact that man turns into dust, and dust into earth, exclaims: Imperial Ciesar, dead and turned to clay Might stop a hole to keep the wind awav! But what wouiu nave ueen ms musings if lie had stood beside the disinterred body of his father and form appearing as natural as when he gave the world assurance of a man? Yet this might have been, for there are numerous cases on record where bodies disinterred for removal, and after years of interment, have been found to be as well preserved as if they had been only a few days dead. General Washington's features were quite perfect when his body was taken up to be put in the sarcophagus, where it now reposes. The same was true of General Wayne, when his body was removed forty years after death ; and of Robert Burns, twenty one years after burial. But it seems almost incredible that the body of John Hampden, who was disinterred 2(H) years after death, should have been in a similar state of preservation. But Lord Xugent records the fact. His word is not to be questioned. Possibly the most remarkable fact of all these cases is that the bodies crumbled to dust soon after exposure. The Good of Fallowing.?Nearly all the good of fallowing is obtained by a green crop that is either plowed under, or fed to live stock, and the manure returned to the land. A soil gains in its stock of available plant food bv growing crops, if none of the soil elements are removed. Pasturage is one of the best methods of recruiting land. Potash and phosphoric acid are brought up from the lower soil by the roots, and finally deposited either on the surface or in the turf. In like manner, the nitric acid that | might have escaped in the drainage water, [ is captured by the roots, and changed into a fixeu form in organic compounds. A quicker method of renewing the strength of a feeble soil is to grow some scavenger plant, like buckwheat, and plow under the whole crop, I thus adding organic matter rapidly to the surface soil. This may be followed by clo, ver, a plant that has a special renovating 1 power, and by growing throughout the whole season is one of the best means of gathering and holding fertility. The fallow is valuable, but in most cases a growing crop does a larger and more lasting work of restoration.?Dr. B. I). Jlafstedin American Agrieutturht for Jane. How to Make Tea.?The proper method of making tea ought always to be observed, yet although so simple, few seem to know how. People will spoil it by boiling, or they will make a weak decoction of the almost tasteless Oolong or Hyson and adding a few drops of milk, will swallow | cup after cup of the insipid stuff and im- | agine that tney are taking tea. Tea to be go<xl must never be boiled, as boiling kills the tine flavor and the aroma. There is ! hut one way to make tea, which is to allow . one spoonful for each person, you expect to j supply; pour on boiling water (be sure the water boils,) let the infusion stand on the ! table (never over the tire) and in from three ! to five minutes, it is ready for use. A cup i of rosy-flavored English breakfast two- i thirds "tea and one-third milk makes a bev-j erage fit for an epicure, a philosopher or a ; king. Millet.?A farmer who luts long grown | the ordinary millet, and having a dairy of! over 00 cows, says it is the best fodder of all I he has tried (sorghum, amber cane, or sweet- i corn, etc.), for making milk, whether cut! green for soiling or when first coming into ! bloom for hay. He gets two to three tons j per acre, and will sow twenty acres this , year. I have tried it repeatedly on my poor soil here, but never got a good crop?proba- i bly because not matured enough. Millet is cultivated like Hungarian grass. June is j early enough to sow the millet, as it ma- i tures in six to eight weeks. In latitude of 40deg. sow early in May, and again every ; two weeks through June, and thus get a sue- i cession of crops from July 1st through August. Bad ox America.?Nine tenths of the j people of the United States suffer with Dyspepsia and what are its many causes. Hot j food, hasty eating, intemperance, bad air, i lack of exercise, excessive use of tea, coffee or tobacco and anything that prevents the i regular action of the stomach will produce it. Its symptoms are headache, flatulency,; loss of energy, fetid breath, melancholy. Its cure, Norman's Neutralizing Cordial. |: Advertisement. 1 palling fat flw $aftbaib. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. CHRIST.--AS SEEN BYTHE EVANGELISTS. BY REV. J. W. LOGUE. The life of Christ, after the few sketches of unearthly grandeur that marked its opening pages, had been allowed to pass under a veil of obscurity so deep as to hide it almost entirely from human view. But this obscurity was not to last always. It was a part of that humiliation through which he was to pass in accomplishing that work that had been given him to do. But now, this part being passed, this veil that had covered so many years is suddenly lifted, and his life begins again to pass in panoramic viewbefore the eyes of men. But how does it now appear with what seemed to be the promise of its earlier years? Is there any falling off, in the marks of the supernatural, as then exhibited? The opening act in this new era is his baptism. Here, again, the supernatural and extraordinary begin to assert themselves as at the beginning. Great numbers had flocked to John's baptism from every part of the land. But this one was distinguished from them all. To say nothing of the hesitancy with which John approached its administration : "I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou tome," there was a marked honor put upon it, by its extraordinary accompaniments. For "Jesus when he was baptized went up straightway out of the water, and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him. And, lo, a voice from heaven, saving this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased." There have been many baptisms in the world?both before ana since. Many, too, to which the heavens have given a very high attestation. But never since the world began has there been a baptism to which the heavens have given such a high, open, unmistakable attestation as they have given to this one. And now, that the veil has been lifted, miracle after miracle follow each other in quick succession?all attesting in strongest terms the supernatural character of their author ; sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, completeness of members to the maimed, and life to the dead. These miracles, too, he performed as none other had ever done?in his own name and by his own authority: "Arise, take up thy bed and walk." "I will, be thou clean." "Lazarus, come forth." These were the self-reliant terms in which he always spoke, in every instance. But the supernatural character of Christ is especially manifest in the clear, open, unequivocal intercourse he maintained with Heaven during all the days of his personal ministry on earth. We have it in his baptism, wnen "a voice from heaven said this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased." We have it on the Mount of Transfiguration, when a voice from that excellent glory said, "this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him." We have it again, wnen a dafk cloud, indicative of his approaching end, having flitted over his mind, he cried out, "Father, glorify thy name." and a voice from heaven responded, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." Could anything be plainer than that his intercourse with Heaven was full, free, and uninterrupted, whenever occasion requires it. As he looked up through the "opened heavens" into his Father's face and held converse with him, as a loving and obedient son, so his Father looked down upon him with unutterable satisfaction as "his servant, whom he had chosen, his elect in whom his soul delighted." But if the evidence of his supernatural character and intercourse was conspicuous all through his public life, it become doubly so as this life drew near its close. Amid his great agony in the garden, or immediately preparatory to it, "there appeared an angel unto him from heaven strengthening him." But on the cross, not only did the Heavens show their sympathy by casting over the scene a veil of thick darkness, but Nature by the general commotion that prevailed gave evidence that she, too, was in sympathy with the great sufferer. "The earth quaked, the rocks rent, and the graves were opened." Death has been at work in our world from Adam until uow, but was there ever such a scene occurred in connection with any other death as this one? Was there ever any approach to it in the accompanying marks of the extraordinary and supernatural? But equally marked were the scenes which, as described by the Evangelist, followed in quick succession this memorable death. The resurrection of the body on the third day, as attested by the most undeniable evidence; his appearance to his disciples for fArt.ir flnrintr whieh lie snoke to them iv" "J .7 v.- n .. .. ?I of "the things pertaining to the kingdom of God." His ascension to heaven, while they beheld, until a cloud received him from their sight. If all this does not prove Christ to have been an extraordinary, supernatural character?one such as never before walked the earth, breathed the air, or looked out upon the light of day?it would be hard to say what would prove it. Yes, we have in the life of Christ, from first to last illuminated as it is through and through with the concentrated sunlight of heaven, a character which for outward marks of greatness and grandeur no natural born son of Adam ever had or ever could have had. Then as we look over his character?sinless from beginning to end?we receive an answer that ought to satisfy the most incredulous : That this is he who should come, and in vain do we look for another. That Jesus of Nazereth is the promised Messiah, and that having done his work on earth, He has gone up into heaven to appear in the presence of God for us, from whence he will come the second time to receive us unto himself, that where he is there we may be also. What the Bijjle Does Not Say.?The Bible is a book with a single purpose ; and that purpose is to reveal the sinfulness of the human family, and a method of salvation from that sinfulness. And, of course, a book that has only one end in view must necessarily be silent with reference to a thousand other subjects. Two years ago, a man wasgalloping on horseback, as if he had seen a spectre, down at the bank of a New England river in the dead of night. His mission was to inform the sleeping dwellers in a number of manufacturing towns farther down the stream that the great dam farther up the river was about to burst its barriers. The horseman, as he. sped along, trampled myriads of flowers under foot, but he had nothing to say of botany. He rushed by hundreds of projecting rocks, rich in stories of prehistoric ages, but he had nothing to -r / say on uie suuject ?>i . */>?.-! m.-> head the starry hosts were marshalled as they had been since the foundation of the world, but he had nothing to say on the subject of astronomy. He had just one mission?to inform the sleeping toilers of their danger, and how they might escape it, and he had no time to devote to the consideration of any other subject, however important, or however fascinating to other minds. So it is with God's word. Its single object is to tell us of sin and its cure. On this subject it is full and explicit and infallible. 8aTln avoiding idle words, our Saviour does not mean that we shall always talk about religion, but that our motive in all we say shall be to use the wonderous faculty of Vocal expression which he has given us for his glory. He did not mean that we should be gloomy, reserved, uncommunicative. afraid to open our lips lest we should say something wrong, but that the intention of our lives should be by our words to please him and advance his kingdom. There is no greater mistake than to suppose that Christians can impress the world by agreeing with it. No; it is not conformity that we want; it is not being able to beat the world in its own way; but it is to stand apart and above it, and produce the impressions of a holy and separate life. This only can give us a true Christian power. B&F The best receipt for going through life in an exquisite way, with beautiful manner, is to feel that everybody, no matter how rich orhow poor, need all the kindness they can get from others in fhe world. a?" They who are Christ's are praying and seeking to be Christ-like: "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." JgMtattWttis Reading. J SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. ' The country is believed to be a poor, arid waste, destitute of everything that might tend to make it even a grazing land. But the North, guided and biased so many years : J by sensational stories for political effect, is > just beginning to realize the true importance 1 of the South, not only as a producing, but a ? manufacturing country. 1 c Columbia has been called "A garden spot." It certainly is one of the prettiest cities in the South. Its historical points of interest j are that Confederate money was manufae-1 1 1 1 i-L .1 ...* 4-,r ?tna nlmAol ' I urea uere, uiiu iniii/ uit- unj mmwi completely destroyed by fire just at the close of the war. J ts situation is very picturesque , and many of the views in expressibly beau- ! tiful and romantic. Its State House, de- j signed to be one of the handsomest struct- j ures in the country, was begun just before j the war. It never was finished. The walls only were built; and to-day on the green F sward around the building are immense granite blocks lying exactly where they were dropped by the workmen twentythree years ago. * ()n the east side of the building, near one of the second story windows is the rusty mark of a three-inch solid shot, fired by Sherman's troops before they entered the city in April, 1865. One corner of an immense column was carried away by another bolt, and the fluting of a Corinthian column was badly battered by a third shot. These marks to day only ! ' awaken in the heart of the South Carolin- ^ ian contempt and bring to his tongue only v sarcasm. The city is the great cotton center of the ? State. Here it Is that this profitable product is brought to be shipped over the South Carolina Railroad to Charleston, and over the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta ltailroad and the Richmond and Danville to the North and East. The greater part of this cotton is brought in over the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. From the counties of Newberry, Laurens, Union, Spartanburg, Anderson, Greenville and Abbeville over 103,000 bales were brought lrom September 1, 1882, to April 1, 1883, yielding to those counties over $8,000,000 in cash. Last year in the same period only 117,000 bales were moved, and many of the farmers in these counties were forced to import their own wheat and corn. This year they have been r enabled to export wheat and other cereals. New factories and mills are in process of 1 erection all over the State. In this city a movement is on foot to develop the water ( power with a view of having it surpass Augusta's. There is no reason why the experiment cannot be made thouroughly successful. And the improved facilities will be ( equal to at least 30,000 horse power. > Large and new cotton factories have been ? built at Piedmont, Newberry and Spartan- c burg on the line of the Columbia and Green- x ville Railroad. While the smaller class at the small towns are simply legion. The factory at Piedmont started in with abor- c rowed capital of $250,000. The concern hung by its finger nails for many months. At the end of two years the company returned the $250,000. To-day its capital is $500,000, and it pays 12 per cent, dividends. This is but one instance of the many recent successful business ventures made in the State.? Aetc York Commercial Advertiser. Making Sugar.?'The cane-stalks, from four to eight feet long, cut and stripped of their leaves, are brought to the mill. Then, strewn on abroad beltj working on the principle of an endless chain, they are passed between three great rollers laid very close to gether and worked by steam. Thence the thin watery fluid, very sweet to the taste and yellowish in hue, passes to a succession of boiling-pans or round caldrons, when it is boiled down by slow degrees, until the crystalization point is reached, much the same sis is done with the maple sap of our country. When the last boiling act is ended the product is a mass of crystalized sugar. soaking in molasses. To get rid of the molasses, the old plan, and the one still adopted on unimproved Cuban estates, is to pour the mixture into hogsheads and let the syrup drain off for several weeks through f the cracks. This produces the Muscovado sugar, an article Inferior in saccharine strength to the "centrifugal" product. To make the latter the sugar and molasses mixfi.tv. io nlnnarl in o hiimi nnrfVirflf/vl ^vlinrlpr tUIU AO I'ICWVVi ill U iiu^v l/v> ii/i iv w\? VJ J which may be likened to a great sieve. This cylinder revolves on an upright axis in another large cylindrical vessel. Whirled then with an enormous number of revolutions a minute, the liquid is thrown out, leaving the sugar crystals dry, and doing in a few minutes, and far more effectively, the work of weeks by the muscovado method. The crystals left behind vary in size from a mere speck to a small pea. This crude sugar has a burnt brown tint, and tastes much ? like the rock candy of the confectioner. The scum that rises during the various boilings, the refuse juice and fermented molasses is treated by distillation to make rum. The Teachers that Teach in Illinois.?It is by some persons considered an open question whether education educates, j There is 110 question that educational machinery, properly lubricated with cash, moves smoothly, taking in at one end of its 1 curriculum thousands of bright-eyed ur- A chins, and turning them out duly at the other after five or six years with more or less 1 of knowledge. But the machine seems to be out of gear in Illinois, and the urchins will have a poor show, as the following answers given at an examination by several teachers in Adams county, Illinois, holding first grade certificates, would indicate: One named as three living American poets?Shakspeare, Byron and Longfellow. One teacher thought Shakspeare was dead; thought he died in Indiana about twenty years ago. Another said "Pilgrim's Progress" was written by Longfellow. Another said "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written, by Byron. Another thought a bicycle was a musical instrument. Another did not know what a telephone was. Another did not know that Congress was in seasion the past Winter. Another thought that Frelinghuysen was a machine. Several had not heard of the Vienna or United States floods, or of the star route trial. Most of them are men teachers, and these are only part of the answers. ihc forMtc (Jhupurn., TERMS OF SUBSCTIIPTION: { Single copy for one year & 2 50 > For six months, I 25 J For throe months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 o Ten copies one year 20 00 v And an extra conv for a club of ten. p ADVERTISING RATES. OXK DOLLAR per square for the lirst inser- ? tion, and KIKTY CUNTS i?er square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the spaeo occupied by seven lines of this size type. Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. Rejected manuscripts will not bo returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this oflice for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duplicate. CHRONICLE ANDCONSTITUTWAUS AUG USTA, GA. Tlia Old act \Ta.v?nnnei' ill tlie Sontli. mHE CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTION- I X A LIST is the oldest newspaper in the South, | having boon established in 1785. The CHRONICLE is progressive and liberal in j all things, and is essentially a lair representative of Southern opinion and a persistent exponent of Southern industries. While free from sensation- I alisni and immorality, it is in no way behind the best of its ootemporaries as a purveyor of the news. The Morning CHRONICLE ANI) CONSTITUTIONALIST is an eight page paper of 48 col- j mnns. Price$l(> per year; six months$5. Tqo Evening CHRONICLE ANDCONSTITU- ; TIONALIST is the samesizo as the morning pa- i per. The price is S6 por year : six months &5. j This makes it the largest and cheapest eight page paper in the South. The Sunday CHRONICLE is a very interesting paper. It is"an eight page fifty-six column paper. Price ?2 per vear. The Weekly ClfRONICLE AND CONSTITU- TIONALIST is one of the largest papers in the South. It is ten pages and contains seventy col- n umns of matter. Price $2 per year; $1 for six J months. Specimen copies sent tree. Address tl: CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST, ai Augusta, (la. June (> 28 tf P. HAPPERFIELE FAMILY GROCERIES l/f Y stock of Family Groceries is coniple *JL and consists of a full supply of new or sew Orleans Molasses, Cream Cheese, Han lice, Pearl Hominy, Bacon, Lard, Coffees, Gre nd Roasted; Sugars?all grades, "Luxury" ai >ther brands of Flour. Fanp.v Groceries. A full supply of Fancy Groceries, consisting lain and fancy Candies, Canned Goods of i linds, Crackers, Spices, Extracts, Ac. MARBLE WORK. I amstill conducting the Marble business a lave lately received a good supply of Choi darbies, whieh I am prepared to furnish rlonuments, Tomb-Stones or any other kinds rork in that line, at the most reasonable pric F. HAPPERFIELD FOUNDRY AND Maolline Nhop VXlO'a'.O 0 0 0.0:0^0.0.0 0.0>'c:c"n^P^P rHK undersigned would respectfully infoi the public that he now has in operation, us lot 011 King's Mountain Street, a FOUND! tNU MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepai o do all manner of work in light iron and bri astings, and general machine work. REPAIRING, If all kinds, promptly done on short noti 5team Engines, and agricultural machinery inv kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, a ilass of work that may be wanted in his shop, vill attend any call for repairing stationary ( fines, doing the work on the premises, thiis < dating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash oncompleti vt' fhoti-nrk EDWARD THOMAS May 10 7 10 tf THE HABTFORE Sewing Machine. JUST PERFECTEI The Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. THE MOST LAVISHLY DKCOKATED. The Least Vibration of Any. A uniaxyoi a ew raicms. Ball-Bearing Balan?*e Wheel. K n i fe-edge T read 1 e- Bea rinjy. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Star ind Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular "FAMILY FAVORITE.' s also manufactured hv lis. For finely illustrated descriptions, apply t< ,V. C. LATIMER Yorkville, S. ,V. <}. RETI) it CO. Rock Hill, S. rVEED SEWING MACHINE COMPAN HARTFORD, CONN. February <s ? tf IT STANDS AT THE HEAD THE LIGHT RUNNING DOMESTIC. rHE best material; will do any and all kin of work: complete in every respect: t argestarni; the lightest running; inqst beau ul Wood work. Kullv warranted for live yea Uso.the PENNSYLVANIA, the bestSINGl ilacbine made. Prices and terms reasonable. Call at my PIIOTO-GALLERY, one door e; if tbe jail and examine Machines and work, rill be to your advantage to call on me befc nirchasinga SEW TNG MACHINE. I am prepared to do any work in the PHOT IRAPII LINE to satisfaction, andat reasonal .rices. J. R. SCIIORB I HeOTRAL'2'N c 1 I CORDIAL. I a A SUHE and effectual Itemedy for tho enre of I M a. id I irregularities and disorders of the Stum [ql ttch anil Bowels, whether In children or adult*. Kl U It 1* ococptable to the Stomach without being jfl offensive to tho taste. Wt M Promptly relieving Dysentery. Diarrhoea, Cbol BdHHiL |JB cla Cholera Infuntuin, f Griping Pains, Flatulency, ^E3EBfi Nausea, Acidity of tho Stomach, rfWyvB Heartburn, Sick and Nervous H^k'. RHKi Headache nnd Dyspepsia. May BftpjQK; 8^?""? bo used In all derangements of fig the Ptomach nud Bowels from relaxation of tho B intestines or a change of food or water. ft. u 3sroE,ivrA.3sr'S is I NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL | jS Is as pleasant and harmless as Black A berry \Vlne. Docs not contain Opium H and will not constipate. Specially recora- B J| mended for Soasickncss and Teething M Children. SI W Price 25c. and $1.00 per bottle. |S m Sold lnj all Drwjrjint.i and Dealerw In Medicine, B B ESOELSIOR OHEMICAL CO, B Sole Proprietors, January 4 1 ly XOTKK. rHE Creditors of WILLIAM MANXINC deceased, arc hereby notified to presei leir claims apainst said estate, to me properl ithentieated 011 or before the 7th of June nox JOS. l'\ WALLACE, Adm, May 17 It"* I I C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. j SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, S. to Lineolnton, N. taking effort at 2,45i'eloek, P. M., May-, 18X2: UOINO NORTH. is, Leave Chester, 2.45 P. M. en Leave Lowrysville, XI5 P, M. lid Leave MeConncllsville, 3.35 P, M. Leave Gutkriesville, 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 Hidge, 5.30 1'. M. Leave Gastonia, 0.00 P. M. Leave Dallas, 0.20 P. M. Ijeave Hardin's, 0.45 P. M. Arrive at Lineolnton, 7.15 P. M. (IOINO SOUTH. T.oava ITiin(*n1nfnn ... 7.00 A. Af- ; of Leave Hardin's, 7.25 A. M. 1)1] Leave Dallas, 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia,9 8.10 A. M. Leave Gastonia, 8.30 A. M.j Leave Pleasant Ridge, 8.50 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek, 9.00 A. M. , Leave Rowling Green, 9.10 A. M. I Leave Clover, 9.25 A. M. j Arrive at Yorkville, 10,00 A. M.' Leave Yorkville, /. 10.10 A. M. 1 Leave Guthriesville, 10.35 A. M. Leave MeConnellsville, 10.50 A. M. Leave Lowrysville, 11.10 A. M. Arrive at Chester, 11.40 A. M. ml * Breakfast. if.G JAMES MASON, Superintendent, in May 17 20 It ?f YORKVILLE / ^ LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE. A RE now open and will lie kept in first-class J\. style with eoinfortable vehicles of all kinds, good Horses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AND PHAETONS. Just received another lot of those nice Cincin nati Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted standard work. I sell no inferior work, t'ome and examine my Leather Trimmed Hickory Buggies, Frimpkin Side-Bar Buggies. Eureka Jump-Seat Pluetons, Ac. All furnished with the best handmade Harness, manufactured by first-class workmen, and as cheap as can be bought anywhere. A Second-Hand Carriage, in good order, for sale cheap. Also, a good Spring Wagon for sale cheap. Call at the Yorkville Liverv and Feed Stables and see them, on FEEDING. tY You can have your horses fed as cheap as the ed cheapest, at the Yorkville Livery and Feed Staiss bl es. WANTED. Corn, Oats, Fodder and Hay always wanted, and the highest market price, iii cash,will be paid. F. E. SMITH, ec. Mav 10 lit lit of ny STATE OF SOL'TH CAROLINA, County ol" York. )b- TITHEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. TT Pis., has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chatties, rights and credits of MARTHA M. RUTLAND, late of the comity aforesaid, deceased : These are, therefore, to eite and admonish all and singular the kinndred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear at our next Judge ^ of Probate's Court for York eountv, to be holdv en at York Court House on TUESDAY, the 19TH DAY OF JUNE A. I)., 1883, to shew cause, if nnv. whv the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 14th day of May, 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. BKATTY WILLIAMS. Judge of Probate. May 17 20 (It NOW READY. History of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South. TN 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 Synod, the General Synod, and the parties entering into the organizations. The history of the Associate Reformed Church in the South is traced from its beginning through the Presbytery of the f Carolines and Georgia, the Synod of "the Caroli* nas and the Synod of the South, down to the present time. In addition tc this, a brief history is given of the Reformed Presbyterian and ij'nited 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 ?2.23, either at mv office, or delivered by mail. Address, * R. LATH AN, Yorkville, S. C. .May 17 20 It DENTAL NOTICE. " - . lEjgjfc Dr. W. M. WALKER, ids UAJJ-i-LrUESIDENT SURGEON DENTIST, Respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of Yorkville and vicinity. He is well prepared, with instruments of the"most approved style, and all modern appliances, supplemented by a continuous practice of twentv-llve > years, to guarantee satisfaction. in Keeping wun me general icuucuuii m prices, he proposes to furnish complete UPPER ANI) LOWER SETS, of the best material, for *20.00; SINGLE SETS, either upper or lower, 7, *10.00; and for partial sets, more than two teeth, *1.00 PElt TOOTH. Patrons waited on at their ( residences out of town, charged for expenses of C, visit. JulyO 27 tf Y VSIIIJTY iriK Chariest OFFER THEIR ANH ELE And other materials of best ( To Peas and growing Ci For Terms, Hand Hooks, EXCELLENT ARTICLES ON PEAS, AS Address ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO., June 0 GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IKOV ROOFING CRIMI'KI) AM) CORKI'DATEI) SIDIMi. Iron Tile or Sliiugle, KIREI'ROOF DOORS. SHUTTERS AC.. l^kl&WdBHi THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 jj* i-is- L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. will take on ti- May 10 'h SERGEANT MANUFAC' GREENSBORO, ] 're MANUFACTURERS O) ,ie Farrar rJTvirl>ine Wi . COOK AND HEATING > I SAW MILLS, CANE MILLS, PLOWS, STRAAV CUTTERS AND CASTINGS OF EVERY 1) Lj Sergeant H< gPP ^ ^ THK1 Strong, Simple, D _ _ For [5 to 20 years they have Run Wei '> Send for Price List. ! UJ SERGEANT M .SOLI) BV OUR AUTHORIZE] We manufacture tlio .SOUTHERN TROPIC C STOVE, the latter of which, for its capacity, is tl without a rival! Price lists and circulars'sent c HEATING We make the ORGAN PARLOR STOVE in one in six sizes?from ?4.50 to ?14.00. PLANTERS' PI The best material aiul workmanship used in thcii v Send for Circulars and Price Lists. t FRED. H. LONDON, Agent HERNDON BROTHERS, Agents November *2". TAX NOTICE. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR. ) York County, Yorkvillk, S. C\, May 1st, 1883. .1 N'OTICE is hereby given that my Books for the purpose of receiving the* TAX RETURNS of the Tax-payers of York county, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st," 188:5, will open on JUNE 1ST, 1883, and close on the v 20th of July next. I will attend the following named places, on the respective dates, to receive said returns, to wit: McConnelisville, Thursday, June7th, 1883. J. W. Carroll's Store, Friday, June 8th, 188:5. Rainey's School House, Saturday, June 9th, 1883 Hickory Grove, Monday, June 11th, 1883. Black's* Station, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 12th and 13th, 1883. Moore's, Thursday, June 14th, 1883. Whitaker, Friday, June 15th, 1883. John McGill's, Saturday, June 10th, 1883. Bethel, Glenn's Store, Monday, June 18th, 1883. Neelv A Simril's Store, Tuesday, June 19th, 1883. Fort Mill, Wednesday and Thursday, June 20th and 21st, 1883. Uoates' Tavern. Friday. June 22nd, 1883. Kbenezer, Saturday, .June 23rd, 1883. Yorkville, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, ? , Thursday and Friday, June 25th, 2(ith, 27th, 28th and 2i)th, 1883. Massey'sStore, Saturday, June 30th, 188.8. Rock Hill, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, July 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and (ith, 1883." ' \ Yorkville from the 7th until the 20th of July, 1883. Persons failing to make returns in the time prescribed by law, will incur a penalty of fifty percent., wKich attaches after the 20th of July, 188.3. The law requires all returns to be sworn to. All purchases or sale of land must be reported, also, any building erected since last return. Persons between twenty-one and tifty years arc liable to POLL TAX. ' I earnestly rerjuest tax-payers to meet me in their respective townships. \V. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor, York County. May 3 18 tf GUANO, MACHINERY, &C. IHAVEjust received a car load of NAVASSA GUANO AND ACII). This is positively the last T will receive this season. NOW ON EXHIBITION. TheCANTON LIGHT REAPER?one wheelis said to be the lightest and most complete Reaper now on the market. It has just been manufactured and has desirable improvements fViun/l nn nnv nfhAP litrhf run nor. Also, thp KUCK-iTvE TA'ijLE RAK K, such" as I sold' last season. I also have on exhibition the WHEELER AND MELICK SEPARATOR?overshot and double vibrating. This machine is compact and low. Can he hauled over any common road. It is verv strong and durable and has many desira- jt ble advantages not found in other Machines, which would be readily appreciated by any one having used a Separator. Among some of the many advantages, they have very few belts, the cylinder boxes are Babbited and the boxes to . tfie fan are self oiling. Has folding stoeker but k will be sold either with or without stoeker, and at a very low figure. Also on exhibition a 5 HORSE POWER TANNER ENGINE on wheels, with new patent spark extinguisher, which entirely controls the sparks. I KEEP IN STOCK Sash, Doors and Blinds, of all sizes, Randall Pulverizing Harrows and Thomas' Smoothing Harrows, Hay Cutters, Corn Shellers,,Babbit Metal, Packing for Engines and other repairs. Call and take a look. T. S. JEFFERYS. April 5 14 tf 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 style, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently 'made a reduction in nrices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men: HILL HEADS. For 5W For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet olll heads. We will till an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. ?" LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 '? Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. \V'e also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf T.R.MAGILL. Wholesale Oroeer, COLLEGE STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Orders solicited and promptly tilled. January 11 2 Out ~7 TONSORIAL. jw. BAUMAK, Barber, is still at bis stand # opposite the old Masonic Hall, prepared to do all work in his line. Feeling thankfnl for past patronage, he hopes to merit a continuance of the same by giving prompt and accommodating attention to customers. Clctober 19 42 tf SPHATE CO., oil, $. C., MENT HADE OF FLOATS [piality. Specially adapted opN of Cotton and Corn. Agricultural Primers, and *H ELEMENT, FLOATS, KAINIT, the CHARLESTON, S. C. 51 6m OFING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. jffiBA Ak, 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET, Cleveland., O. m?FJr^m\ J&" Send for Circular and Pri<* I* 1 List No. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. lers for the above roofing. St ly TURING CO., ? ater "W'lieel, HORSE POWERS, 5, ANDIRONS, ^Pj||j )rse Power. J ARE urable and Cheap, 1, Wore Well, and Gave Satisfaction. m [F'G CO., Greensboro, N. C. C3 ?AGENTS NAMED BELOW. OOK STOVE, and also the PALMETTO COOK 10 best in the market. The Southern Tropin is m application. STOVES. size, and the "Forest Rose'' HEATING STOVE RIDE PLOWS. rconstruction, and they give general satisfaction ' Rock Hill, S. O. Yorkville, S. (\ 47 ly