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iiumMoiis department. Pullixg hib Mustache.?"There iie sleeps as peacefully as an infant," said an old man pointing to the sleeping figure of a slender built, heavy-mustached young man across the aisle of the train, "and no doubt he dreams of the innocent days of childhood, before he had fallen into the depths of crime." "What's the matter with him? Who is he ?" asked the several passengers excitedly. eying the sleeper with suspicion. "He sleeps as calmly," continued the old man, abstractedly to himself, "as though he had never murdered his partner, forged his name to a check for $50,000 and skipped to Mexico. He thinks, probably, that no man can penetrate his disguise, but I should know him in the dark with a mask on. Ah, Miles Gashwell, now I can confront you with proofs of your villainy!" Quite a crowd had collected around the two by this time. "The idea," continued theplid man* turning to the awestruck bystanders, "or his trying to disguise himself bv a false mustache and wie. One of you fellows jerk that mustache oft" and see how it cWRtJ&eo his expression." Nobody seemed disposed to unmask the villain until a strapping six-footer pushed his way into the miast of the crowd, and taking the mustache by both ends, gave it a yank that fairly lifted the slender young man to his feet. The latter let off a yell that would have paralyzed a Comanche Indian and struck out wildly in theair with his fists. "Great Scott!" he shrieked, "are you trying to jerk the top of my head off? Let go of that, will you," and he kicked the sixfooter in the pit of the stomach. "What the deuce do you want of me, anyway ?" "Why we thought you had on a false mustache," ventured one of the crowd timidly. "This old man said so." They all turned around to see what the old man would say, but he didn't say. He had gotten off when the train slowed up at the hist crossing. _ A St.v -Ti'rmi.' ?.Tnrlorp Jnnin was vorv an gtyjichaa, he entered the court-room. He kicked a lawyer's dog and trod on a constable's foot in the blindness of his rage. Xo one understood why the old man exhibited such ill humor. He was known all over the country as a genial, whoiesouled fellow, and the lawyers who made their living at his bar, looked upon the old man in surprise. The Judge took his seat and for a moment seemed revolving in his mind the wheel of a serious problem. At last he lo9ked up and asked: "Does anybody chew tobacco in this courtroom?" No one replied. "I mean does anybody in this court-room chew tobacco? The educated gentlemen who are present will please excuse my rhetorical error. Nobody chews tobacco? I am much disappointed. I did not want a chew, for I do not masticate the weed. I have just beei\. presented with some tobacco and as I do not want it myself, I desire to give it to some one who does want it." "I chew, your honor," said a lawyer, who. fearing that the Judge was begging, had hitherto refrained from making himself known. "Does any one else in the court-room chew?" asked the Judge. "I believe not sir," said the lawyer. "You are the only one then?" <?T T o.n ? uuiiiv jl aiw. "Well, I want you. Just now as I came up the steps a quid of tobacco came down the stairway, and 'spat' it took me over the eye. I adopted this method, sir, of detecting: the wretch, and 1 am thankful to say that -1 have caught him. Mr. Constable, take him to jail, for further trial is unnecessary." Let no one say that the laws of Arkansas are not enforced. Being Too Good.?A retail dealer on Mickigan,..avenue secured a new customer a few days ago in the person of a well-dressed ladv, who ordered and paid for a large bill of groceries. The grocer was desirous of keeping her trade, and, therefore, when she came again and paid him a half dollar with a hole in it, among other change he received it and said nothing. Next day he was obliged to take another, and during the next week she handed out a dozen coins that had the dreaded holes letting daylight through them. Finally, a little girl came in one day and inquired: Is this the place where ma trades?" "Who is your ma ?" -'' "Mrs. ." "Yes, this is the place." "Well, then, I want a pound of crackers." They were done up for her, and ^.she handed over a quarter that was battered as well as punched. "Can't take it, sissy," said the grocer. "Why not?" "Because there is a hole in it." "Don't you take 'em any more?" "No." "Well, this was the last one ma had, and she was going back to our old grocer as soon as we got rid of it! 1 guess she'll have to give this to the orphans!"?Detroit Free Press. He Made it Clear.?"Speaking of curious coincidences," said a lawyer who had business at the city hall yesterday, "1 think 1 have the most curious case on the boards." "What is it?" "One day last week a woman came to me and engaged my services to file a bill for divorce. I hadn't got through with her when the husband came in to secure my services for the same thing. They were of the same age, had the same grounds, and had not met before for months." "And you took both cases?" "Oh, no, that would have looked a little queer." "Then you sent one to another lawyer ?" "Oh, no, again-. I am not furnishing other lawyers with clients. I saw that 1 was in a fix, and I must do something to prevent one or the other from consultinganoth er attorney, to settle their troubles ana persuaded them to live together, which tney have done." "What! You advised a settlement and lost your fee!" "Not exactly," replied the lawyer, as he stroked his chin. "I charged twice as much for the advice as for securing the divorces." Why He Waited.?A New York house lately sent an agent to a town in the interior,*to recover what was possible from the financial wreck of a retail dealer whose custom it had enjoyed for many years. "To what cause do you attribute your failure?" asked the agent. "Bad debts." "You gave credit, then?" "Oh! yes. There's Deacon Grafton down for a debt of $147; Deacon Hosmer down for $97; brother Trueheart owes me $46; sister Smith owes me $52; and there are many others who have owed me from $40 to $125 for the past fifteen years." " You speaK as n mosi 01 em ueioiigeu iu some church ?" "Yes, that is true." "And you trusted your church members, and didn't push 'em to pay up?" "Well, I was kinder waiting, you knowkinder hoping that my heaviest debtors would backslide, so I could dun 'em and not feel fconscience-stricken."? Wall Street News. Afraid of Falling Out?"According to the testimony of the witnesses, you were caught just as you were getting out of the window, with the contents of the till in your pocket. Now, what excuse have you got?" and the Judge leaned back in his chair complacently. "I know it, Judge, and I shall always be frateful to the man who caught me. when have these somnambulistic fits, I am in danger of falling out of windows, and hurting myself." "That idea never occurred to me," remarked the Judge, pensively. "It has often occurred to me," remarked the prisoner, with unconscious humor. "That being the case, I will direct the Sheriff?" . "To turn me loose." "No; but to have an extra bar put across your cell window, for fear you might fall out." After a long march, during the late war, a captain ordered, as a sanitary precaution. that the men should change tneir under-shirts. The orderly sergeant suggested that half of the men only had one shirt each. The captain hesitated for a moment, and then said: Military orders must be obeyed; let the men change with each other." funding iw tfcr CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [OriglnnlJ. | II. TH ESS ALONI AS S 2:10, 11. " For thii(caa?e,Gk)d shall send them strong delusion, thai |hsy should belieyp a lie; that they all might be damned w ho ibelieVenotthe.t ruth." "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved," is frequently regarded as the only proclamation which the minister of the gospel is commanded to make. This is a great mistake. Every minister of the Lord Jesus Christ is duty bound to announce to the human family, indiscriminately, that "whosoever believeth not shall be damned." This language may sound harsh in the ears of those accustomed to nothing but the siren , strains of carnal ease, but it is the truth as revealed in the Bible. When ministers of the gospel stand up in the pulpit and entertain tlteir hearers with.learnea andhgriiish,ed orations on the Beauty of virtue and the deformity of vice they "are wasting their time. >.ot only so, but they are dealing treacherously with the souls of men. Jesus Christ and his inspired apostles never did such preaching. They preached the truth, and nothing but the truth. The fundamental doctrines of Revelations were stated and then came the conclusion, "he that believeth shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned." This is plain. Every one can understand this language. There is no ambiguity in it. It cannot be construed so as to mean something else or nothing. , The language contained in the passage, which stands at the head of this article is very similar to that contained in Mark 16: 16, and to several other passages in both the Old and New Testaments. The occasion of Paul's sending to the church at Thessalonica, a second epistle, was mainly the fact that the Christians at that place had been disturbed bv the announcement that "the day of Christ" or the last day was soon to arrive. The apostle besought them "bv the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our garnering together unto him," that they would not behove any such report, no matter from what source it might proceed. Jle then ?oes on to show them, that before the last ay comes a great apostacy will take place. This apostacy is minutely discribed, and the source from which it issues, plainly stated. Its leading characteristic, is that it is "after the working of Satan." It is antiChristian in all its features. The sin of those .who participate in this apostasy consists in not receiving the love of the truth. (Verse 1U). The punisnmeni which God shall inflict upon them, is he ."shall send them strong delusion, that they should believ^ a lie; that they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." (\ erses 11 and 12). Conybeare and Howson translate the passage as follows: "for this cause God will send upon them an inward working of delusion, making them give their faith to lies, that all should be condemned who have refused their faith to the truth, and have taken pleasure in unrighteousness." This is more literal than the authorized version and conveys the same idea. The only apparent diflerence in the meaning is that kri t/iosi is in the authorized version translated "be damned," while Conybeaur and Howson translate it >"be-judged." -The meariihgls, ho\ve^er, the same; for altho'ugh it is possible that an individual may be judged and not condemned, still the judgment of the wicked by God is condemnation. The plain meaning of the Apostles' language is that those persons who refuse to receive the truth, but give their faith to Ire or who believe lies will be, by God, given up to strong delusion or to an inward working of wandering that they may believe a lie that they may be damned. There is something in the language which is startling. We cannot twist or turn the words so as to make them mean a thing of little importance. The sin of the persons spoken of is rejecting or refusing to believe the truth. The punishment is strong delusion and the final result damnation. Who are these persons ; to what nation do they belong, are natural inquiries ? Protestants are ready to reply, the wicked one spoken of by the Apostle is the Pope of Rome and the man of sin is the Papal church. On the other hand the Roman Catholics reply, the Protestants are the great apostates. Unless we greatly mistake the Apostle's meaning the individuals upon whom God sends this strong delusion or inward working of delusion are neither Catholic or Protestants as such, but are both Catholics and Protestants who reject the truth. No single country can'be charged with containing them all. 'l'hey lire in every hum ana in every unristian denomination. They form a part of the population of every city, of every town of every hamlet and of every neighborhood in which the gospel fs preached or the Bible read. They are confined to no class in society but form a component part of all classes. Some of them are poor, others are rich; some are unknown to fame, while the names of others are national household words; some are obscure members of the church, while others are ministers of the gospel. Their sin is they receive not the truth and their punishment is strong delusion. Truth as used by the Apostle is confined to the word of God as contained in the Bible. The teaching of the Apostle is the very opposite of the theory held by not a few of those who claim to be Christians. No individual will have to travel far to find some one who holds that it makes no sort of difference what we believe, provided only we are sincere. There is a class of individuals in the church who discard all doctrines. With them it is a matter of no importance what we believe or whether we believe anything. In the estimation of this class of the human family, truth is nothing and sincerity everything. The Bible is not, by them, adopted as a rule of faith and practice. In fact, there is a prevailing tendency in many, to ignore the Bible m everything. Nothing is attempted to be done in the way that God in his word directs. A scheme of redemption is adopted which is agreeable to human wisdom and the question is not asked, "what does the Bible teach ?" It is sad to think that even in the church, and by ministers of the gospel, an effort is making at the present time to make the Bible only nominally the rule of action. The result is that men of learning, not only believe lies, but they are devoting all the energies of their being to the propagation of lies. The truths of the Bible are distorted and doctrines of which nothing is said in the Scriptures, are formulated and insisted upon as of more importance than the fundamental principles of the Christian religion. It is an easy thing to formulate a creed that is simply a lie. Still it may be sincerely adopted. Men as sincerely believe what is false as they do what is true. ?T ;?'*?. Feed the Flock.?We shall be forgiven ! a great many sins in tne matter 01 pastoral visitation if the people's souls are really fed on the Sabbath day ; but fed they must be, and nothing else will make up for it. The failures of most ministers who drift down the stream may be traced to inefficiency in the pulpit. The chief business of a captain is to know how to handle his vessel, nothing can compensate for deficiency there, and so our pulpits must be our main care, or all will go away. Dogs often fight because the suppiy of bones is scanty, and congregations frequently quarrel because they ao not get sufficient spiritual food to keep them happy and peaceful. The ostensible ground of dissatisfaction may be something else, but nine times out of ten deficiency in their rations is at the bottom of the mutinies which occur in our churches. Men, like all other animals, know when they are fed, and they I usually feel good tempered after a meal; and so when our hearers come to the house of God, and obtain "food convenient for . them," they forget a great many grievances in the joy of the festival, but if we send I them away hungry they will be in as irrita- 1 ble a mood as a bear robbed of her whelps. 1 C. II. Spurgeon. 1 4 ? ! Robert Collyer gives sound advice 1 ! when he says: "Never say that the past is : better than to-day is; read all the new books, 1 understand all the new ideas, and keep < to your faith in God and in man, and in the victory of good over evil." SG&- The realization of God's presence is < the one sovereign remedy against temptation. It is that which sustains, consoles < and calms us. I i a VISIT TO TEXAS. [CXXNT^INUED FKOM FIB8T PAGE.] cing costs from $150"to $250 per mile. The | Houston and Texas Central; The Dennison and Southwestern Branch of the Missouri Pacific: and the Transcontinental division of the Texas and Pacific, pass through the county. Sherman is the county seat of Grayson county, and has a population of about 8,000. It is described-as having many well-built blocks of substantial business houses, acourthouse, constructed of stone at a cost of $30,000; an opera house, a number of spacious churches, a street railway line, ga* works and many handsome private resiliences. Dennison is situated 13 miles northeast of Sherman, at the terminus of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. It has a population of about 8,000, and many large and substantially built houses, a number of spacious churches and handsome private residences. It is contiguous to Red river, and is the principal market for the Indian Territory. We left,Dennison on the Dennison and Sutheasf?rt> Brunch of the Missouri Pacific Railway, for Greenville, in Hunt county, passing* across the south-western corner of Fannin county, ana tnrougn a portion 01 Hunt county, to the town of Greenville. On arriving at Greenville, about sundown, almost the first face we saw, was that of Mr. Joseph W. Colcock, formerly a resident of Yorkville. Imagine our pleasure at meeting him, for only those who have tried it, can realize the monotony of traveling for hundreds of miles without ever meeting, with a familiar face; and then, unexpectedly, to come upon one that you had known for years, the pleasure is much more easily imagined than described. Mr. Colcock informed us that he was in good health, is engaged in buying cotton, and that he is prospering. At any rate, he can brag on the advantages of Texas with as much vigor as the average native. Being under the necessity of remaining in Greenville during the night, and until ( 9.4"), A. M., next day, we had the pleasure of several hours' conversation with Mr. Colcock and other persons whose acquaintance we made during our stay. Greenville, the county seat of Hunt county, is a town of about twenty-five hundred inhabitants, and is located at the junction of ( the East Line and Red River, and the Southeastern Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railways. A very handsome court house is being built at this place, which we were informed will cost, when completed. $41,000. There , are also in the town some substantial looking ! business houses and a number of handsome private residences. The trade of the place is estimated at $1,500,000 annually. It is . expected that a branch of the Texas and St. Louis Railroad will be built to the town in a short time, which will materially increase its facilities for trade. We regret to learn that since we left there, a tornado, * f* i _ _ r wincn we were lniormeu is one 01 me institutions of Texas, and by no means uncommon, passed over Greenville, blowing down or removing from their foundations, one hundred and fifty houses, besides killing a child and severely injuring several others. The telegraphic account says that "the Methodist and colored churches were totally wrecked, and the Presbyterian and Baptist churches were badly damaged." At tfrei tiipe apipointed, we left Greenville by the East Line and Red' River Railway, for Campbell, a station on that road, ten miles east of Greenville. It is a narrow gauge road, and one of the many roads in Texas under the control of Jay Gould. In due time we arrived at our destination, and found it to be a growing village. The first dwelling house was erected there in April, 1881. About forty families now make tneir homes in the village, the population aggregating about two hundred, and what was a little remarkable to us, there were but two negroes among the number. A substantial brick church building has been erected by the Presbyterians, but it is used, from time to time, by other denominations. The pride U1 lilic VilingC) lluntYW) JO u wmunuuiuu. and neat school building, with a good school under the control of Professors R. S. Crawford and W. R. Leonard, and a school roll numbering about 150 pupils. Besides the buildings necessary for the accommodation, of the forty families residing in the village. there are two dry goods stores, a blacksmith shop, a flouring and corn mill, planing mill and a drug store. All the houses, with the exception of the church, are wooden buildings. The village is built in the timber, and the trees and bushes are so thick, that but comparatively few of the houses are visible from the railroad track. The morality of the place is of a high order, and so unanimous is the opposition to the sale of intoxicating liquors in the village, should any one attempt to sell intoxicating liquors there, the probability is that lynching would be the result. We were informed that there is a clause in the deeds to the lots, which works a forfeiture of the land to the original owners, if intoxicating liquors are ever sold on the premises. Hunt county, in which Campbell is situted, is in the second tier, of counties south of Red river. It has an area of 869 square miles, and by the census of 1880, a population of 17,230, seven per cent, of which is colored. The general surface is elevated and rolling, threefourths being represented as prairie, and the remainder covered with a growth, consisting principally of post oak, Osage orange, elm , ash, walnut, hickory and some cedar. The Sabine river and the South Sulphur Fork of Red river, both have their main sources in the county. The water from the wells is generally impregnated with lime and is unpalatable. The only palatable water we drank was from cisterns. The soils are chiefly a dark friable loam and a black, stiff land. The yield of the various crops per ; acre, on the best lands, under favorable circumstances and proper tillage, is, of cotton, one-third to two-thirds of a bale; corn, 25 to 30bushels; wheat 10 to 12 bushels. Unimproved farm lands are quoted at from $3 to i ?5 per acre, and improved farms from $10 to : to $20, according to the location, quality and value of improvements. Fencing and lumber are about the same prices as m Grayson and Collin counties. After remaining at Campbell for a period : of two days and a half, we turned our face homeward. We left Campbell by the East Line and Red River Railway, via Greenville, passing over a portion of Hunt and Collin counties, that we had not previously ' traversed. RemainingatMcKinney for one i night, on the subsequent day, at 11 o'clock, < A. M., we left for the city "of Dallas. On ) arriving at Dallas, we were met by our kinsman and taken to his home, a distance ] of about six miles. There we remained for i four days, and made a number of pleasant < acquaintances, notably Mr. George Givens 1 and his family, formerly of Kentucky ; i and Mr. James Brownlee, formerly of Ala- i bama. To each of the gentlemen named, ' we acknowledge ourselves indebted for favors, and shall ever remember with pleasure 1 the visit to their neighborhood. Turning < our face homeward again, we returned 1 to the city of Dallas. After tarrying there 1 for nearly a day, we started again, only 1 stopping for a part of one night and a * fewnoursof the next day at Waco, until < we reached Atlanta, Ga. A few hours at Atlanta, and then to Marietta, where 1 we spAnt two days very pleasantly with i kind, i; then two days in Atlanta with \ other kindred, and then homeward bound i again, and here we are, fully convinced i that while there may be good places in 1 the world, taken all in all, there are none 1 better than the Piedmont region of South f Carolina, and for us, York county forever! < We will mention just here, that our rail- 1 road tickets confined us to one route. After entering Texas, we were in nineteen coun- 1 ties of the State, and either in going or re- ' turning, every county mentioned was passed ir through in the daytime, except the counties i of Orange, Jefferson and Liberty, the two , J first of which are in the tier of counties ad- j ( joining Louisiana, and the third in the sec- j j ond tier. We traveled in the State, by rail- j i road, counting only one way, a distance ofi < 583 miles. The statements ih regard to the ! several counties through which we passed, f are made either upon the authority of our j i personal observation, upon information from j citizens of the State, or from official docu- j 1 ments issued by authority of the legislature ! 1 of Texas. We have confined our inquiries ; a and investigations mainly to matters which * would directly affect persons who might de-11 sire to emigrate from the older States to , 1 Texas with the view of engaging in agri- j cultural pursuits. ! t Since our return home, we have been fre-j a quently asked, "What do you think of Tex- j c :is ?" To this question we reply, that, com-11 paratively, we have seen so little of the State that we cannot speak of it a^ a whole, w Including bays and lakes, it embraces an s( area of 269,694 square miles?nearly nine ii times the area of South Carolina?and isdi- rr vided into 226 counties, of which 170 are or- 0i ganized, and 56 unorganized. "We are satis- t( ned, however, from tne information that we o; have been able to obtain, that we passed g through some counties that, for farming pur- 0 poses, are equal to the best in the State, no- 0: tably, McLennan, Dallas and Collin. As a m rule, when persons emigrate from one place u to another, it is with the expectation of be- e: ing able to better their condition. With p the view of showing our readers the advan- n tages and disadvantages of the three coun- S( ties, we propose to compare them with York g county, which is a representative county of u the Piedmont region of South Carolina. i 3 In the counties mentioned above, the yield g of cotton per acre, with good seasons' and 2 proper tillage, without the use of fertilizers ^ of any kind is, in McLennan, 011 uplands, n one-half bale, on bottom lands, three-fourths to one bale. In Dallas, from one-third 4o three-fourths of a bale. In Collin, from three-fourths to one hale. n Many of our readers know that, with the ti use of commercial fertilizers, the yields A mentioned are exceeded every year in York h county. Some one will be ready to suggest tl that, in Texas, fertilizers are unnecessary, tl and that the yields are obtained without ci this expense. That- is true; but in York A county the usual pmce for picking cotton is from 40 to 60 cents per hundred pounds, g while in Texas thje price ranges from one ( dollar per hundred pounds, when cotton first opens, to giving one-half for picking the other! We were informed by a number of persons, that more cotton is picked on the s latter terms than any other. In consequence ? of the expense of tethering cotton, we were ,p informed that a number of persons in the T counties incntionuA, have entirely abandon- ,\ ed its cultivation J; With good seasons, proper tillage and good lands, without the use of fertilizers, ti the yield of corn per acre, in McLennan s, county, is from 2oj to 40 bushels; in Dallas s] and Collin, ;k) bushels. We will just mention here, that thej crops of corn on our route il( presented a muchl more uniformly fine ap- u pearance, than eitjner cotton, wheat or oats. In York county, on much of the bottom land, the yield off corn, with good seasons, tc uquilis LIirstT ICAiW luuuuc^, tutu an a li oral thing can be sold at higher prices. On ??' the day we were in Dallas, corn was quoted ] at from 45 to 50 cents per bushel. (' On good lands, with favorable seasons !_ and proper cultivation, the yield per acre, ~ of wheat and oats, is as follows: In McLennan county, wheat, 15 to 20 bushels; oats; 45 to 60. In Dallas, wheat, 15 to 20; oats, 40 to 60. In Collin, wheat, 15: oats, 40. Many of our readers know that last year, these yields were equaled on many farms in York county, ana frequently exceeded. It is true, however, that last year the seasons were unusually favorable; but in the Texas counties mentioned, the conditions are attached that the yields reported depend upon good land, proper tillage and favorable seasons. Unimproved lands, suitable for farms, are quoted in McLennan county, at from $3 to ?10 per acre; in Dallas, at from $5 to $20; in Collin, at from $3 to $15. In this connection, we will mention that the timbered uplands usually consists of patches of scrubby post oak, black-jack, etc., varying in wiain irom a iew nunurea yuras to several miles, on a soil of a light sandy character, which is not very productive; at least, the soils will not produce the quantities of cotton, corn, wheat or oats, ascribed to the counties of McLennan, Dallas and Collin. The bottom lands are timbered with a growth suitable for firewood, fence postsand % mechanical purposes ; but unsuitable for the purpose of building dwelling houses. The soil of the bottoms is generally very rich, but being low and fiat, is seldom susceptible of drainage. As a result, the vicinity is malarious and unhealthy. These considerations, therefore, render the open prairies the most desirable for settlements and farms. The greater the distance from the timber, the more trouble and expense there is in procuring fuel, and the cheaper land can be-purchased. In healthy situations, with timber reasonably nearthree miles is considered in Texas as being reasonably near?the land of fair, average quality, tne price is dearest, and immigrants a may calculate with certainty, on paying the highest prices mentioned for "unimproved lands suitable for farms." When you buy "unimproved land suitable for farms," what do you get? A piece of prairie land with possibly not a tree in sight. You must go to work and get a house on it for a residence. Rough pine lumber in eith- j( er of the counties mentioned, will cost you, at a railroad station, at least ?20 per 1,000 feet; and the cost of your necessary build- y ings is only limited by their number, size and style. . In the meantime, you must pro- "V vide water for domestic purposes and the use of your stock. This can usually be done ^ by digging a well; but if your land is rich, the probability is that the water will be so ? I. : .4.^.1 ,?UI. iliUUIl lllipiCgliCLrcu. wnu iiiiic tuat juu *^4,11not drink it. If that is the case, you must Erovide a cistern to hold rain water ; that eing the only kind of palatable water that we tested while in the State. The next thing to be done is to fence so much of the land as you desire to cultivate and use for pasturage. The cost of fencing in the counties mentioned is quoted in McLennan at from $135 to S200 per mile; in Dallas, at $225; and in Collin at from $200 to $250. We were told that in some of the counties of the State, a "storm-house" is deemed necessary, in order to protect the lives of persons against the tornadoes and storms which from time to time sweep over the prairies. This refuge is made by digging a hole in the ground. We did not see anything of the kind; but if such a thing is necessary, it must be provided. All these matters having been attended to, you are ready to "break up" your ground, put it in proper condition, plant your crops, work them and await results. Persons in the older States, who contemplate emigrating to Texas with the view of buying good anacneap iarms, win uo wen to consider the foregoing statements, or, at rn any rate, going there and examining for J themselves before "breaking up" where J? they are. Improved tracts of land are quoted in ^ McLennan county at from So to$3() per acre; in Dallas, at from $15 -to $50; in Collin, oi at from $10 to $30. By "improved tracts w of land," is meant that a portion of the P' land is under cultivation, fenced, supplied , with water for domestic purposes and the * use of stock, a dwelling house for the fain- L ily, and other necessary buildings. The quality of the land, its distance from market, the character of the buildings and improvements, contribute to increasing or decreas- ! ing the value of a farm in Texas, in the same rations in York county. That there are wells and springs in Texas j which afford palatable drinking water, we | :lo not doubt; but it was our misfortune not i to drink of any such. All the water we j tasted, except cistern water, was more or j less impregnated with minerals, and in j some cases it was exceedingly disagreeable | to the taste. A peculiarity of the streams is that the j banks are very high, and, in dry seasons, | in many of them the water ceases to run | altogether; but usually, some water is left in the depressions of the beds. When it it rains very much the banks overflow, and , the surrounding country is more or less ! Hooded, as in most cases the banks of the [ dreams are higher than the contiguous j country?that is, the ground recedes from , :he streams. i There seems to be a general impression In the older States, that ajl the lands in : Texas and other western States are rich, j This is by no means the case, as the lands ; ire as variable in quality as in the old States.: In fact, our observation leads us to the con- j dusion, that there is a greater proportion of _ >oor and unproductive lands in Texas, with-j n the same area, than there is in North i Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia. j A There is one misapprehension in the old , ^ states, which we desire to correct. It is that, I Y< is a class, the people of Texas are lawless | DJ md turbulent. For this idea there is 110 hi 'oundation ; but on the contrary, they are as ^ aw abiding and moral as any people among ,vhom we have ever been. During our! to stay in the State we were in several of the ! co arger cities, and traveled a distance of near-1 y six hundred miles through the State, by j pr >ublic conveyance, and during the whole | ime we did not see more than four persons I |r! vhom we knew to be under the influence I gj >f intoxicating liquors, nor did we hear a ' uilf-dozen oaths. I . Texas 'takes its name from the Spanish j ord tegds, a. word meaning friends. Pre- j ?dio is an organized county, and the largest 1 the Stnt?, Saving an area of 12,955 square | liles, which is about twelve times the size I fSpartanburg county. In 1880, according; ) tne census, it had a population of 2,873, , f which 15 per cent, was negroes. Tom freen county is next in size, with an area f 12,579 square miles, and a population of nly 3,015. Pecos has an area of 11,379 juare miles and a population of 1,807. The norganized counties in the State usually tnbrace about 900 square miles, but the opulation in several of them, in 1880, did ot average one inhabitant to each hundred juare miles. From the census of 1880, we et the report of the population in some of the norganized counties, as follows: Randall, ; Floyd, 3; Swisher, 4; Collingsworth, <>; [ r?inn*j 8* T.vnn Q? Rrispnp. 12? Childress. I 5; Armstrong, 31 ; Borden, 35. Crockett, ith an area of 10,021) square miles, is cred?d with a population of only 127. l. m. a. The Truth Hurts.?When Calileo was lade to recant his opinion of the earth's moon, lie said in an undertone?"it moves." Jthough Norman's Neutralizing Cordial i a patent medicine it cures. We admit lat its formula is private, but no more so lan the Latin hieroglyphics of the physiian'sprescription you tiiKe to the drugstore. \dct. ?0rlwiHe (Shtquim. TK11M8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: inglo.copyfor one year, ^ 2 ."50 or six month's, V...1 25 or throe months, 75 wo copies one year, .'. 4 00 en copies one year 20 00 ml an extra copy for a .club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per snuaro for the first inseron, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each ibsequent insertion. A square consists of the pace occupied by seven lines of this size type, iff?- Contracts will be made at reduced rates for Ivertising space to be used for three, six, or velve months. All contract advertisements ill be confined to tlio regular business for/which le space is engaged. ;ff?- Rejected manuscripts will not lie Returned > the writers. Persons who send manuscript to lis office for publication and desire a copy of the ime, should make a duolicate. 1JZ&T Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices liarged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usullv there are about seven words in a line. THE HARTFORD Sewing- Machine. FUST PERFECTED. .i -T 8 ill ' i. f 1 r1 i The Largest under Ann. The Lightest and Quietest. THE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. f The Least Vibration of Any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Bali-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife-edge Treadle-Bearing. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands nd Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular "FAMILY FAVORITE." s also manufactured hy us. For finely illustrated descriptions, apply to V. C. LATIMER, Yorkville, S. O. V. G. It EI I) & CO., Rock Hill, S. C. PEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. February 8 * 6 tf TT STANDS ATT7TP FT!AD I JL1 U-LXXXI JUKI XXJ. X.XXXJ XXXJXXJ-TI THE LIGHT RUNNING DOMESTIC. rHE best material; will do any and all kinds of work; complete in every respect; the .rpestarm; the lightest running; mostbeautiil Wood work. Fully warranted for live years, lso, the PENNSYLVANIA, the besfSINGER [achinemade. Prices and terms reasonable. Call at my PHOTO-GALLERY, one door east F the jail and examine Machines and work. It ill be to your advantage to call 011 me before Lirchasinga SEWING MACHINE. I am prepared to do any work in the PIIOTORAPH. LINE to satisfaction, andat reasonable rices. J. R. SCHORB. -TRADE- US NORMAN'S ^gOTRALI ZlNc I CORDIAL. I A SURE and -effectual Remedy for tho cure of I nil irregularities and disorders of thoStom ach and Bowels, whether in children or adult*. H It In acceptable to tho Stomach without being offensive to tho taste. H IYomptly relieving Dysentery. Diarrhoea, Choi era Morbus, Cholera Infantum, 9H| Klux, Griping Pains, Flatulency, Nausea, Acidity of tho Stomach, HM IfiSQB Heartburn, Hick and Nervous WBaH Headache and Dyspepsia. May bo used in all derangomsnts of the Htomncli nnd Iiowels from relaxation of the intestines or u change of food or water. a i neutralizing cordial i b Is as pleasant and harmless as Black I berry Wine. Does not contain Opium and will not constipate. Specially recom- B 9 mended for Seasickness and Teething I Children. g B Price 25c. and $t.oo per bottle, 2 9 Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine, I I EX0EL3I0R CHEMICAL CO, Sole Proprietors, January 4 1 lv ' DENTAL SURGERY. ~ mTHE undersigned would respect- ' fully inform the public that he has fitted up a room in his residence in Drkville, specially FOR THE PRACTICE OF ENTISTRY, and that he has associated with * m in the practice of his profession, Dr. A. Y. ! VRTWRIGHT, a yotmg gentleman ofsuperior < Lainments. One of us will be found in our of- < entail times. Calls will be promptly attended 1 at the residence of patrons in either town or ) untry. in keeping with the general reduction of ices, we propose to furnish complete UPPER < VI) LOWER SETS, of the best material, for ).00; SINGLE SETS, either upper or lower, " ).00; and for partial sots, more than two teeth, 00 PER TOOTH. W. M. WALKER, I). I>. S. rune 14 -SI tf H SERGEANT] Parrar Twr JjgftS SAW MILLS, CA PLOWS, STIU !|lii|1 H'I!|I?M S r jj ? Z ? a - = -5 .? -Ssf1*1cJlSlJ^lp V ins ^ ~ s - s r - = ? - * 5 fe -511 ^aa 2 5 55^-5-3 Jo ^ > w > ? ~ ~ ~ ~ ? O ^ ^ i ^ ? 2 c g -2 ~ 5-? ? 55 -c<2i J ?5a5S.||??o3 - cS-s- ifl a 2 2 s- 2 2 - s, - -s s o o a Jgl mmmiB-M '"III IJ I si $ I ! fji I "TBI Wo also manufacture the PALMETTO COO] the market. HEATING We make the ORGAN PARLOR STOVE in or in six sizes?from $4.50 to $14.00. PLANTERS' P The best material and workmanship used in the Send for Circulars and Price Lists. FRED. H. LONDON, Agent HERNDON BROTHERS, Agents, November 21 ASHLEY PH( Chariest OFFER THEIR ASH ELI And other materials of best To Peas and growing 1 * For Terms, Hand Rooks EXCELLENT ARTICLES AN PEAS, A Address ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO., June 0 GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of ?, 1 IRON ROOFING /i&UUd CKOII'ED AND CORRl'OATED SIDINIi. MftitSBBtL Iron Tile or Sliingle, FIRKJ'ROOF DOORS, SHI'TTEUS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 j:-?r L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C., will take 01 May 10 F. HAPPERFIELrD. FAMILY GROCERIES. MY stock of Family Groceries is complete, and consists of a full supply of new crop New Orleans Molasses, Cream Cheese, Hams, Rice, Pearl Hominy, Hacon, Lard, Coffees, Green and Roasted; Sugars?all grades, "Luxury" and other brands of Flour. Fancy Groceries, A full supply of Fancy Groceries, consistingof plain and fancy Candies, Canned Goods of all kinds, Crackers,Spices,-Extracts, Ac. MARBLE WORK. I am still conducting the Marble business and have lately received a good supply of Choice Marbles, 'which I am prepared to' furnish in Monuments, Tomb-Stones or any other kinds of work in that line, at the most reasonable prices. F. HAPPERFIELD. YORKVILUE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE. ARE now open and will be kept in first-class style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, good liorses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AND PHOTONS. Just received another lot of those nice Cincinnati Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted standard work. I sell no inferior work. Come and examine my Leather Trimmed Hickory Buggies, Frimpkin Side-Bar Buggies, Eureka jump-Seat Plnetons, Ac. All furnished with the best handmade Harness, manufactured by tlrst-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 heap. Call at the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables and see them, FEEDING. You can have your horses fed as cheap as the cheapest, at the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. WANTED. Corn, Oats, Fodder and Hav always wanted, and the highest market price, iii cash,will be paid. F. E. SMITH. May 10 1!) 2t NOW READY" History of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South. IN the above Work, I endeavored to give a concise and accurate history of the causes which led to the secession of 1733,'under the Erskines, together with a full and detailed account of the organization of the old Associate Reformed Synod, the General Synod, and the parties entering into Reorganizations. The history of the Associate Reformed Church in the South is traced from its beginning through the Presbytery of the Carolinas and Georgia, the Synod of the Carolines and the Synod of the &outh, down to the present time. Tn addition to this, a brief history is given of the Reformed Presbyterian and United 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 besold at $2.2.5, either at my otlice, or delivered bv mail. Address, R. LATHAN,^ Yorkvuie,s. u May 17 20 It FOUNDRY ANI) Machine S lxop. r ~ ? ~~^i THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on liis lot on Kind's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and brass Hastings, and general machine work. REPAIRING, [)f all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, ana agricultural machinery of j my kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any ! ;lass of work that may be wanted in his shop, he j kvill attend any call for repairing stationary en- 1 jines, doing tiie work on the premises, thus oh- i minting the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable". Terms, cash on completion )f the work. EDWARD THOMAS. May 10 19 tf J CHATTEL MORTGAGES^ i |ky|*ORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to [ J. Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE MANUFACTURING CO., sensboro, n. c. I AN U FACTURK RS OF bine Water Wheel, SfD HEATING STOVES, NE MILLS, HORSE POWERS, lW cutters, andirons, OS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. dpic" cook stove. ? STOVE, which, for its capacity, is the best in 'c STOTES. >e size, and the "Forest lto.se" HEATING STOVE RIDE PLOWS. iir construction, and they give general satisfaction Rock Hill, S. C. Yorkviile, S. 0. 47 ly )SPIIATE CO., ton, 8. ;jient made of floatn quality. Specially adapted rops of Cotton and Corn. , Agricultural Primers, and SH ELEMENT, FLOATS. KAINIT, &C., < the CHARLESTON, S. C. 51 6m OFING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET US Cleveland, O. ??)' Send for Circular and Price ?F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ders for the above rooting. !) ly y JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the host machine presses, an abundance of type and tirst-class appointments throughout our office, wo are prepared to execute all manner of J OH 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 prices for the following classes of work, to which ...? invU. ot+miHnn nf hiisincKs men : BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 .Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet oill heads. We will 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 everv instance. \Ve also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any stvle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf "C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD? crg-r- u.,|.- -.I, twv?w M nSCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, S. C'., to Lincolnton, N. C., taking effect at 2,45 i'elock, P. M., May 2, 18X2: GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 2.45 P. M. Leave Lowrysville, 3.15 P, M. Leave McConnellsville,.. -3.35 P, M. Leave Guthriesville, 3.45 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 4.10 P. M. Leave Yorkvllle 4.20 P. M. Leave Clover, 5.00 P. M. Leave Bowling Green 5.10 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek, .5.20 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge, 5.30 P. M. Leave Gastonia,.. 0.00 P. M. Leave Dallas, 0.20 P. M. Leave Hardin's, 0.45 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 7.15 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave JLineolnton, 7.00 A. M Leave Hardin's, 7.25 A. M. Leave Dallas, 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia,* 0.10 A. M. Leave Gastonia, 8.30 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge, 8.50 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek, 9.00 A. M. Leave Bowling Green, 9.10 A. M. Leave Clover, 9.25 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 10.00 A. M. Leave Yorkville, 10.10 A. M. Leave Guthriesville, 10.35 A. M. Leave McConnellsville, 10.50 A. M. Leave Lowrvsville, 11.10 A. M. Arrive at Chester, 11.40 A. M. Breakfast. JAMES MASOX, Superintendent. May 17 20 It I CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA, GA. The Oldest Newspaper 111 the south. THE CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is the oldest newspaper in the South, having been established in 1785. The CHRONICLE is progressive and liberal in all things, and is essentially a lair representative of Southern opinion and a persistent exponentof Southern industries. While free from sensationalism and immorality, it is in no way behind the best of its eoteinporaries as a purveyor of the news. The Morning CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is an eight page paper of 48 columns. PriceSlO per year; six months 85. Tqe Evening CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is the samesize as the morningp.aper. The price is 88 per year: six months $3. 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 liftv-six* column paper. Price ?2 per year. The Weekly CHKONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is one of the largest papers in the South. It is ten pages and contains seventy columns of matter. Price $2 per year; 81 for six months. Specimen copies sent free. Address CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST, Augusta, Ga. June!) 23 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROUXA! ? ? ?? ? ? 7 Comity of York. WHEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. 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 county aforesaid, deceased : These are, therefore,'to cite and admonish all and singular the kinndred and creditors of the * said deceased, to he and appear at our next Judge of Probate's Court for York county, to be holden at York Court House on TlfESDAY, the 19TII DAY OF JUNE A. D., 1883, to shew cause, if any, whv the said Administration should not lie 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. BEATTY WILLIAMS. Judge of Probate. May 17 20 6t OLD NEWSPAPERS, OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.