Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 13, 1883, Image 4

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Mutnotous Hrpattment. j (Wouldn't be Expected to.?Two ladies J entered a Fort street car one day recently and took seats beside a lady well known to j one of them. She gave her friend an intro- j duction, and directly this one remarked : "I think I saw you at the street church j one Sunday several weeks ago." "Yes." "You seemed to be as much disgusted with the sermon as I was, for I saw that you were terribly uneasy." "Yes," again. "Did you ever hear a worse preacher in all your life ?" "Well, perhaps." "I never dia, and I haven't been there since." The conversation then rattled off on some other subject, and by and by the two ladies got; on. "I wonder whv she didn't agree with me about that preacher?" queried the one who had blastea him. "Why, how could you expect her to? She's that very minister's wife."?Detroit Free Press. Too Much Music for the Words.?A ludicrous scene was witnessed some years ago, in a country church in Scotland. The precentor was a burly fellow, who followed the plow during the week, and whose only recommendation for the post of psalmodyleader was the possession of powerful lungs. The paraphrase, "Ho! ye that thirst," had been chosen, and the bucolic precentor elected to sing it to the music of the "Old C"?a common-metre hymn to a long-metre tune. He began with stentorian stolidity, never dreaming of the metrical precipice that lay immediately before him. The tirst line, "Ho! ye that thirst, approach the spring," passed off without mishap. Then (tllTKrtvA litritio* nroforc came nit; seamu nuc, iTiiucu>mg ?uiv>u flow." No sooner had the unfortunate precentor reached the last word than he stood aghast at the fact that there was more music, but no more words! With the despairing look of a drowningman catching at a straw, he cast his eyes imploringly from side to side, prolonging the vowel-sound of the last word into two groans of dismay, to the remainingnotes of the line?"flow?oh!?oh!" Thereupon he collapsed into his seat with the air of a betrayed and deeply injured man, amid the audible titters of the rural congregation. Indian Remedy fok Cowboys.?Last summer General Sherman made his last annual inspection of the military posts of the array, and a good story is told by one of his staff officers of his visit to one of the Western frontier forts. When the General arrived there was a large crowd of Indians on hand to look at the "Big Chief of the Wjhites," as they called him. After they had looked him over to their hearts' content, one of them approached and said : "Ugh, big Indian heap want present of cannon." Gen. Sherman glanced at the brave and replied: "I cannot give you cannon. What do you want them for ? You mean to use them against my soldiers." Now an Indian is not often guilty of anything approaching wit, but this one did very well, for he said, as he shook his head: "><o want cannon to kill soldiers. Can kill soldiers with sticks. Want cannon to kill cowboy." i The reply was a good one, but Mr. Indian ; didn't get his cannon all the same. < The Jury Went "Dimmycratic."?A pretty good story is told upon the authority of one of the post office department inspec- : tors who was sent to North Carolina to at- ; tend to the prosecution of a man who had 1 rifled the United States mails. While the i inspector was waiting for his case to be call- < ed he sat in the court room. A jury filed 1 into the court room and the inspector ob- i served that it was composed of seven white < and five colored men. "Gentlemen of the 1 jury, have you agreed upon a verdict?" J asked the clerk, in that solemn manner s which pertains to court clerks. "We am, 5 sir!" responded an old grayheadeu negro ) man who had been made foreman of the jury, either out of sport or because of his white head. "What is the verdict ?" asked the clerk. "Why, judge," said the colored foreman, looking up to the court, "De jury am gone Dimmycratic." One Way to Economise.?"My dear," exclaimed Mrs. Jay Gould, picking up a new diamond paper-weight, "this will never do. We must economize." "Well, shall we give up the steam yacht?" exclaimed Mr. Gould, lighting a cigar with a $f>0 bill. "Oh, no. We ain't spare that." "How about sealskin sacques?" "I have only nineteen now, and none of them look fit to be seen." "Why not stop buying diamonds?" "Mercy! What are you thinking of? The doctor says I need exercise, and how am I get exercise if I don't go shopping?" "Very true; but, as you say, something a i- ? -3 4 u t i 74. ii < II1USI Ut* uuue. -rt.il, X IlllVC It; 11 t>in j u."7t order another reduction of wages."? Virginia City (Nev.) Chronicle. Our Foreign Relations.?The chairman of the commitee on foreign affairs reported a peaceful state of affairs existing between the United States and all other countries, and recommended as follows : "An exchange of pumpkin pies between the United States and Canada as a further ^ bond of love and friendship. "That a commission be appointed by England and America to re-write 'God Save the Queen' and the 'The Star Spangled Ban- j ner,' and make from the two an internal . anthem to be called 'Heaven Save us Both.' , "That we import more French mustard, , Dutch cheese, Holland Gin and Italian or- , gan grinders, to show our good feeling to- \ ward these respective countries."?Lime ^ Kiln Club. , Mr. Brown took home a splendid doll ; one day for his little daughter. It was provided with that wonderful piece of mechanism which enabled it, on being ( squeezed, to emit the squeaking sound sup- 1 posed to imitate the human voice, so dear to 1 childhood. That same evening the little ] puss was sitting on her father's knee, and 1 several times pressed her small .fist upon < her parent's shirt front. Producing no ef- ] feet, she looked up in the paternal face, saying: "Papa." "Yes. What is it, my i child'?" he replied. "What don't you ] squeak, papa ?" I US' A little boy in one of the city German schools, while engaged in the delightful exercise of defining words, a few weeks 1 since, made a mistake which was not all a 1 mistake. He said: "A demagogue is a ( vessel that holds beer, wine, gin, whisky, j or any other intoxicating liquor." He 1 was probably thinking of demijohn, but he 1 hit the truth just the same. 1 4&*At the close of a missionary sermon ? reached in a country parish, the whole auience was affected to tears except one peasor.+ Oil Ktiinnr aclroH whv hp \vn? nnf. n.ffpi' (Wit* v/i* MVlUg UUUVVt n lY Akv |> uv ..W? ?W..VV ted like the others, he explained that it was because he was only a visitor and he did not belong to that parish at all.?Baptist Weekly. + ? ? BST "Ma, is Mr. Thompson respectable ?" "Certainly, my child. Why do you ask that question ?" "Because he wears such poor clothes." "You should not judge persons by their clothes ; none but silly people do that." "Then everybody's silly?ain't they, ma?" S&* Clara Louise Kellogg has been singing "Home, Sweet Home," to the convicts in the Auburn, N. Y., prison. This takes the cake away from its recent possessor the organist in a church who played "I am a Pirate King" while the deacon was taking up lilts CUlltXlKJU. JJj. iyoi. tSF A young man having asked a girl if I he might go home with her from a singing class and being refused, said: "You're as full of airs as a musical box." "Perhaps so," she retorted; "but if I am I don't go with a crank." S6T "Good morning, Mr. Brown, how are you ?" "Nod ad all well thag you. I've a fearful code id my head." "It's a strange thing about colds isn't it ?" "How do you mead ?" "Why, they always settle in the weakest place." ?hc Jatw and |itcsidf. A FARMER ON FARMERS. A Texas correspondent of Home and Farn says he reads with pleasure certain article* of correspondents of that journal, and ii makes him smile to watch them trying t( solve the gigantic problem of how to farn successfully in the South. One says "cot ton" and another says "corn," both rearing beautiful columns of figures to show hov their respective crops will "pan out." Hi has noticed that all crops do well on paper The figures prove it to a perfect demonstra tion, and "figures don't lie," but when the real crops were gathered they wouldn't "par out," according to the paper ones. Theii thousand acres each of corn and cotton makt splendid showings on paper, but let them plant, go through all the vicissitudes t< which crops are subject, such as too much wet, too much dry weather, bad stands frosts, winds, worms, stock breaking in, and other ills, and when they harvest they too. will realize that figures serve admirably foi the purpose of calculation, but when made the basis of a crop, prove lamentable failures. Our failure in farming in the South come? not from what we plant, nor is the dejected condition of the masses the result of this oi that being grown, or this or that system o: growing crops, but from their occupying the wrong position in the social economy. According to natural laws it isevidentthatthe producer should, of right, control his productions and dictate to the buyers, the trades and professions, who must have them in order to live, the terms of their sale But this natural order of things is reversed Instead of being the dictator he is dictated to. Like Esau, who sold his birthright foi a mess of pottage, he has given up hi< glorious privilege to the middle men wlu tempted him with the bright allurements o luxury. Of right farmers ought to be tht proudest of mankind, because they occupy the most worthy positions?but they hav( become the most a'bject?no longer lords o the land, but poor tillers of the soil for an other's benefit. Whathas brought this state of things about ? The credit system. Pause farmers, and reflect upon it. It has beer long practiced, handed down from father t( son, until at last it has engulphed the farm ing masses, and creditors, like huge vain pires, hovering over and around them while a drop of blood remains. The remedy is very simple and easy, i men coulel only be brought to see it. The natural order of things must be restored ant farmers must resume their independence But before they can do this they must ge' out of debt, and to do this they must change their mode of living. As they went 11 debt to live fast they must now live slow tt get out. Extravagance must give place to strici economy; buy nothing but what they actually need; force themselves to endure every possible self-denial and live at home They must plant, not for speculative markets', but to supply their wants and pay their debts. By this system they could soon discharge their debts and once morebecome inelepenelent. Then will be time enough to risk something for the rise in fluctuating markets. Out of debt with ample supplies on hand for the farm, the proprietor can choose what he will plant, dictate the terms of his sales, throw off his dejection and be a cheerful, happy, courageous freeman. This, and this only, will solve the problem of successful farming in the South. Colic.?The symptoms of colic, one of the most Altai diseases to a horse, are readily detected. The horse invariably scrapes with his fore feet, kicks at the stomach and shifts about, turns around, smells the floor, lies down, rolls, remaining for a time on his back, and breathes heavily throughout. At a recent meeting of the London Farmer's Club, a relief and sure cure was presented by a gentleman who had been all his life among horses. When the horse shows the symptom of an attack of colic, apply at once i horsecloth or woolen rug rungout of boiling water, to the stomach and to the sides and cover with another couple of cloths to retain the heat. As they cool, renew the floths as often as needful. A large bran ooultice, as hot as can be borne, is equally effective and retains the heat longer. Cows and tiieir Yield.?Speaking of the very highest development of the cow, inder the best possible management, it is istimated that a good cow should "give an iverage of 20 pounds of milk a day for 240 lays; 100 pounds of cream should give 45 pounds of nutter, and 100 pounds of milk should produce 10 pounds of cheese. This vould be equal to 480 pounds of cheese or 175 pounds of butter in the season. It is an jxtra good cow that will yield 200 pounds )f butter in a year. But there are cows that tvill yield 300 or 4(H) pounds. The goodness )f a cow is in her ability to turn food into mtter." Well-managed clay soil is known to becapible of yielding the largest crops of grain, ind, if properly drained, with greatest cer:ainty. The reasons usually given for this Is that clay is retentive of both manure and moisture. But there is another reason of scarcely less importance. Insects that attack the roots of plants living unseen, and jften unthought of or unsuspected, find it lifiicult to live or work in clay. They canlot penetrate it, or they perish in it. And these insidious enemies are the worst that the farmer or gardner has to contend with. +- + ? Bof Prof. J. W. Beal, in the Gardner's 1/niW/i/ii .rixrtic cnmo cnrifiiK tips peculiar to plants. Roots grown in damp lir in the dark will often make a complete ;oiI, sometimes two or three of them. If a piece of gummed paper be placed oil one 5ide of the root tip it becomes unusually exited and begins to coil away from the paper, sometimes tying itself into a knot, and rften succeeds in rubbing oil' the paper. Roots generally turn downward, though not always. All kinds of fowls are natives of warm :>r semi-tropical climates. However long they may have been domesticated, they retain their liking for warm weather, or at least warm quarters in cold weather. In the winter season they will do better in Lilose houses even with little ventilation, rather than if exposed to severe weather. When a young chick will rest under its mother's wing in a summer's night at a temperature ot 100, or more, there is little dauber of smothering an old fowl in winter in i tight house. Over Feeding.?An animal that lias been injured by over feeding cannot be again brought into as good a condition as ane that lias grown poor through lack of food. Over-fed hogs can rarely be brought back to a good, healthy condition. The results of over-feeding are derangement of the tligestive organs, loss of appetite and finally loss of flesh. Work Horses.?It is not good policy to let horses get thin. It costs more to put 011 flesh than it does to keep it on. Flesh that becomes hardened by exercise will be kept up with less food under the same work, than it took to put it on. From fifteen to thirty pounds of food will supply the daily consumption of horses, large and small. In bean-growing districts the crop is now mainly harvested by a machine drawn by a single horse which cuts the stems of the beans just below the surface, leaving the crop standing. It hardly decreases the labor of harvesting, and saves the bean stem and leaves from being mixed with dirt, as in the old method of hand-pulling. There is a difference of opinion as to the relative value of white and yellow corn meal for family use. Years ago two neigh bors on ajoining farms every mil exchanged a few bushels of corn, and each preferred to use the kind grown by the other. Generally the yellow corn has more oil than the white. SaT- A correspondent of the Fruit Jtecordei mentions that he used carbolic acid and soapsuds on his plum trees with perfect success as a remedy for curculio. He used one large spoonful of the acid to a bucket of suds, stirred it thoroughly and dashed it up through the trees with a tin cup. fta^A harness that has been 011 a horseV back several hours in hot or rainy weather becomes wet, and if not properly cleaned, the damage to the leather is irreparable. . | fusing {or the fabbatb. CONDUCTED BY 1 | REV. ROBERT LATHAN. f- f Original. J ; CHRIST'S LAST WILL. i Frequently, when men find their days - drawing to a close, they make what is called r their last will and testament. This is an } instrument of writing in which the proneri ty, of which an individual is possessed, is . distributed in accordance with his desires. - It is properly called a will, because by it > the possessions of an individual are disi posed of as he wills or desires them to be disposed of. > Jt is the duty of all persons who own any i property to make a will. Were this done, > long and expensive lawsuits would be frei quently prevented, and the bitter feelings, , which these produce, avoided. [ By far, the larger number of the human , family, however, when they come to die, have nothing to dispose of. Like Jon ? Thorlakson, the pastor of Thingvalla, in . Iceland, they can say: "liver since I came into this world I have been wedded to pov? erty." [ When our Saviour was about to leave this world, he made a will, in which he bef qucathed to his people an inheritance. This ? last will and testament of our Saviour is . very short and easily understood. Some ? times men make wills which only lawyers can understand, but the will of our Saviour s is expressed in such simple language that i even a child can understand it. In it there . are no provisos, no conditional clauses, no . ambiguous words, and no vague and hardi to-be-understood clauses. 'The following is the will of our Saviour: "Peace I leave with ; you, my peace I give unto you." This is, > perhaps, the shortest will on record. It is f certainly the most wonderful will ever ; penned. r "When Christ left the world," savs Mat; thew Henry, "he made his will. His soul f he bequeathed to his father, and his body to - Joseph. His clothes fell to the soldiers. ; His mother he left to the care of John. But , what should he leave his poor disciples, i who had left all for him? Silver and gold > he had none; but he left them what was far better, his peace." The will of our Saviour consists of two j clauses. The first is, "Peace I leave with you," the second is, "My peace I give unto f you." ; The advent of our Saviour into this world [ was announced by "a multitude of the heav. enly host praising God, and saying, 'Glory t to God in the highest, and on earth peace, i good will to men." When he was about to i leave this world, he left neace with his > people and bestowed upon them an inheritance which consistsofpeace. All the worldt ly circumstances by which the disciples of . our Lord were surrounded were calculated ; to trouble their hearts. They were poor. , Ho are most of the followers of Jesus Christ. The worldly prospects 01 me uiscipies 01 our ' Lord were dark and gloomy. They liad for[ saken all and followed Jesus.. Friends had > deserted them, and they were exposed to > the jeers and taunts of all classes in society, i Their Lord had told them that "yet a little . while I am with you." The thought ran . through their distressed minds, "What will . become of us?" "Let not your hearts be ; troubled," said the Saviour. "I will make ample provision for you. I will leave peace with you. I will give you my peace." This shall be your portion. This shall be your inheritance. The inheritance which our Saviour, in his last will, bequeathed his ; poor people is more valuable than silver and gold. "Blessed," says the Psalmist, "is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose i sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto , whom the Lord iinputeth not iniquity, and i in whose spirit there is no guile." Jesus Christ procured for his people the forgive; ness of all their transgressions. He covers up all their sins, and their iniquities he charges to his own account. Transgression, sin and iniquity rob a man of all quiet?of all peace. Neither riches nor worldly honor can till the guilty soul with peace. "The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." Isaiah 57:20?21. He whose transgressions are carried away into the wilderness of forgetfulness can say, "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep ; for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety." Psalms 4: 8. What a precious inheritance our Saviour left his people! The world cannot give any of its votaries what Jesus gives all his people. It can bestow carnal delights, but it cannot give them peace of conscience, for it has no peace of conscience to bestow. When old Samuel Rutherford lay on hisdyingbed he was summoned by the minions of Charles II. to appear before them, to answer to the charge of high treason. "Go," said he to the officer, "tell them I have got a summons already, before a superior judge and judicatory, and I must answer my first summons, and ere your day come, I will be where few kings ancl great folk come." The Parliament no sooner heard that he was dying than they voted him out of the college of St. Andrews, in which he was professor of theology. Lord Burleigh said, "You have voted that honest man out of the college, but you cannot vote him out of heaven." "He that (lwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Psalm 91:1. Property may take wings and Hy away, worldly fame is a bubble which may burst at any moment; but the inheritance which jesus gives his people is eternal. In speaking of the inheritance of Christ's people Paul says it "passeth all understanding." How silly it is for the disciples of Christ to complain ; how wicked it is in them to set their hearts on the things of this world. It is like the son of a prince longing for the rags and poverty of a beggar! Who can be poor, who is an heir and joint heir with the son of Cod. Xo children have so rich a father as the children of Cod. He has a kingdom of grace and a kingdom of glory, and it is his will that his children shall inliorit lik L-intrflnin. To his liPsirt troubled people he says in soothing tones: "Fear not, little Hock. "All things are yours and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." There is one feature about the will of our Saviour which pertains to the will of 11:? mere man. It is this. What Jesus Christ wills his people they are sure to get. Frequently men will to their heirs what they have at the time of writing the will, but when they die and their heirs come to take possession of their bequests all is gone. No such misfortune can overtake the children of God. Jesus Christ has all that he bequeaths his people and no event will take place which will prevent their receiving it. When the last saint is received into the . heavenly mansions, it will be announced "yet there is room." Banks may break anil titles to real estate may be discovered to be defective and bring poverty upon the rich of this world, but the peace which Jesus Christ left his people is liable to no such misfortunes. The moth cannot corrupt it, the fire cannot consume it, and the floods cannot destroy it. ; Religious Education.?But beyond all , which schools or universities can teach is a knowledge of a higher order, which pertains to the moral nature of man. The truths which revelation can acquaint us with are richer than any that nature and art have to bestow, and the acquisition of these 1 is indispensable to the proper and true education. Herein especially is seen the fitness of the definition of Christian education. While that education comprises and demands all that has been enumerated, it demands these, that they may serve to the 1 highest end, the nurture and discipline of the soul. The power of intellect unhappi ly may be separated from the powers of virtue. 1 If man had not fallen Trom his first estate, :* but in tbat fnll liis will It WUU1U nut Uf ov/j uui; lit uiub suffered more than his intellect, though as before remarked, intellect is imperfect and 1 liable to error. In the moral training of children little can be done in schools in ! comparison with what is possible in a Christian home. The mother's admonition is , the most potent instruction herein, but moral culture is an essential part of education, : and is the fulfillment and symmetrical fin' ishing of the education of the physical and : intellectual being.?Add mm of Mom. Cupel. ' Ses^True eloquence is the art of placing truth in the most advantageous light for conviction and persuasion. Be concerned much j more to persuade than to please. , tfaTTo grapple with temptation is a venture ; to fly from it is a victory. j YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. 7 PROSPECTUS FOR 1SS4. j A Fine BiiRg.y as a Premiiiiu! TN issuing our prospectus for 18S4, we deem it A only necessary to announce that the leading features which Have characterized the editorial conduct of the Yorkvim.k Knquirkr for the past quarter of a century will he retained, and what it has been in the past will be an assurance of what it shall be in the future. The leading departments of the paper will be retained as heretofore, and they will be conducted with the same labor and'care that have marked our efforts in the past. While the Literary and Miscellaneous features of the Kxquirkr will be kept up to the standard which has given the paper a distinctive character, careful attention will also \>e given to the News department, which will em brace a record of the leading events at the State and National Capitals; Congressional and Legislative proceedings; "Scraps and Facts," being a hotch-potch of light current o-vrvO.u .1 i-nmnotul nf t.lic News Abroad and at Home; General Correspondence; Market Reports; Local, County and State News; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of our State arid people, which will, we trust, continue to render the Enquinun a welcome and entertaining Family Journal. TERMS OF Sl'BSCRIPTIOX?FREE OF POSTAGE. Single copy, one year, ?2 50 Two copies, one year, 1 00 One copy two years, 4 00 PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. To club-makers for the approaching volume, we offer THREE PREMIl MS for the three largest clubs, as follows: , For the largest club, ONE PIANO-BOX BO I) A' TOP BUGGY, valued at $05.00. For the second largest club, one WEED SEWING MACHINE, fancy half ease, with drop leaf and two side drawers, valued at $05.00. For the third largest club, one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING STOVE, and fixtures complete, valued at $2:1.75. The Buggy is of "piano box" style, with top; leather quarters; rubber roof and curtains; steel bows; framed cushion, upholstered soft with hair; trimmed in Morocco leather, seat and back; all wool head lining with body cloth finish. It is hung low, with high and comfortable back; has Jd-inch steel springs, fantail axles, Derby lifth-weel. All iron work is tiled perfectly smooth. The wheels are Snrven's patent. Imitation gold mounting. Finished with standard 'paints and Valentine's varnish?the best varnish made in the United States. The Buggy is of high grade, the retail price of which is $(15. it is ltirnisncu to us ny ^ir. i< n.\.> w i-. rv>i i i , of Yorkville, dealer in busies, phaetons, carriages, etc. The superior Sewing Machine we oiler as a Premium is the well-known and .justly celebrated Weed Machine, manufactured by the Weed Sewing Machine Company, at Hartford, Connecticut. It is adapted to all the wants of family sewing; can be readily comprehended by any one; runs easily; is always ready; will do any and all kinds of sewing with less changing and fewer extra attachments; is self adjusting; is a two-thread Machine, making an elastic lock stitch ; and stands solid and firm. The stove is made by the Sergeant Manufacturing Company, of Greensboro X. C. They are made of the best Scotch pig metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the i market, and consequently will the longer withJ stand heat and hard usage. They are of a hand some pattern and neat tinish, and warranted equal in points of appearance, durability and superior cooking qualities, to anv stove manufactured in the Union. Thousands of them are in use in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and they give universal satisfaction. The above Premiums will be delivered to the successful competitors, at the Enquirer office, free of charge for freight. CONDITIONS. The three Premiums mentioned above will be awarded on the following conditions: The person getting up the largest club of yearly subscribers to the Enquirer, at $2.00 per annum, for each subscriber, will be entitled to the first choice of one of the above Premiums; the person getting up the second largest club, at the same price to the second choice; the por! son getting up the third largest club, to the j third choice. The time for completing clubs under the above offer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1KN4. Competitors may begin to secure subscribers at once?the time of subscription to commence whenever the name is handed in. The money for each subscriber is expected to be paid at the time the name is entered on our books, and no name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid. To persons who make up clubs often or more ] names, but who mav iftil to obtain a premium, we will send the Enquirer one year free of charge; and to those who send a Club of twenty j or more names, but who may fail to get a premium, we will forward a sopy of the Enquirer j one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any "weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the United States, the publication ] to beselocted by the person entitled to receive it. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all be at the same post office. Names ' may be taken at any number of places. One Cr,,. twi\ vibiim will hn nriiiiviilnnt to two 1 names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. r We will be responsible for the safe transmissions of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the York ville post-oflice. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post office and State. * All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will bo kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with every name sent, so that the number sent by any person can be ascertained at a moment's notice! Persons who commence making clubs, will not lie permitted, after the names have been entered on our books, to transfer the names to another club-maker's list. The time in which additions may be made to clubs under this proposition, will expire on the FIKSTMONDAY OF M ARCH, 1884. Therefore, persons who desire the benetit of club rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time it will not be furnished for less than ?2.50 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to w mjr li. .'1. uuini, Yorkville, S. C. November 20, lftK'4 4S If | THT1 Vallev Mutual Life Association t' OF VIRGINIA. Home Office, - - - Staunton. Va. j Hon. A. II. II. STUART, President. CHARLES L. COOKE, Secretary. Introduced in South Carolina 1st of March, 18815. Since that time more than half a million (8SOO,000) Insurance has been written in this State. ADVANTAGES. CHEAPNESS AND SECURITY COMBINED. To carry a Policy of Si,000.00, will cost a man 21 vcars old about $0.00 a year; a man 4"> years ..id i ill or Sin (id a v-par; a man (ill vcars ' Will, * |#W IWIV., w. , old 2A per cent., or $2r>.0()u year. EVERY POLICY ] Guaranteed for its full face value. Guarantee ! fund capitalized and controlled by law. ( POLICY LIMIT S3.000.00. , We write, however, any amount up to $.'5,000.00 * in all healthy localities of the State. Active, reliable traveling'agents wanted. Any further infonnation can be had by addressing cither of the above otlicers, or the State Agent, Only 20 Assessment* Pintle in 5 Years. S. K. MILLER, Hox 104, Columbia, S. < ten. K. M. LAW, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. October 11 29 tf AC II) PHOSPHATE FOR WHEAT VXD Oats. I have just received 100 bags of Patapsco Acid, fresh from the works. I*AY UP. Some of my customers have not paid for the Fertilizers they purchased of me, and the Companies are urging me for settlement. As the fivml iii the Xotns has already passed, the ^ j Companies will require me to collect by law. 1 I Please respond at once, and don't forget your old ' | debts, on which you have been so kindly inj dulged. * T. S. JEPPERYS, Agent. ? It V \ KI X c; I) E PA KT.tt I am now selling Exehango Drafts, which can ; bo used anywhere in the United States or Cana< da, for sums of 81.00 to $5.00 for 5 cents, and f larger sums at reduced rates. T. S. JEFFERYS. Address, TAYLOR MFG. CO. 1 (i'ltatt Mention thii Paptr.) Charlotte, N. C. I June 21 21 fini* DR. HOLT'S DY5 FOR all cases of Dyspepsia and the allied and ache, Heartburn," Chronic Dysintery, and foi Ifoii Can Be Cured, as 3 By the nse of Dr. HOLT'S Prescription. This: dorsements. It has afforded permanent relief t( DISAPPOINTED in this, though you may have OOMPTROI.I.ER-f Dr. P. II. Holt, Kufaula, Ala.: Dear Sir: I am ] indigestion by the use of your Dyspeptic Elixir tried almost every remedy known for my disea small bottles of your remedy before I was entire has been three years since I used your preparatio Many as good evidences can be shown. If you Price in cents. For sale by November 22 GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of m, IRON ROOFING JS/fSfSft PRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING. Iron Tile or Shingle, FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( .Mr L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. f'., will take o May 10 WITTKOWSKY& BARUCH, Charlotte. NT. C. OFFER EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THEIR TRADING BY MAIL. OUR MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT IS SO ARRANGED THAT "SHOPPING' BY MAIL IS RENDERED EASIER ANIJ IS OFTEN MORE SATISFACTORILY DONE THAN IN PERSON. T.VTTPPs! or TVOfTTRY PROMPTLY RESPONDED TO. SAMPLES SENT, AND ESTIMATES GIVEN. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION - DELIVER PACKAGES FOR OVER TEN DOLLARS IN AMOUNT, FREE OF EXPRESS OR MAIL CHARGES. WE KEEP EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED TO CLOTHE MEN, YOUTHS A.ND BOYS, LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN, INCLUDING A COMPLETE LINE OF LADIES' AND MISSES' UNDERWEAR, AND HAVE THE BEST DRESSMAKING ESTABLISHMENT IN rHE SOUTH. SEND US A TRIAL ORDER. WITTKOWSKY ?& BARICH. CLARK BROTHERS NOTICE. HAVING mutually agreed, on account of the ill health of Mr. K. E. CLA11K, to retire from business by JANUARY 1st, lKM, we would respectfully urge upon all indebted to us to call it once and make PROMPT ANI) IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT, as we shall soon be deprived of theserviees of Mr. RIDDLE, the only one familiar with our books. CLARK BROTHERS. WAGONS, BAGGING AND TIES. WAGtONS. WE are now prepared to otter the justly celebrated STUDERAKER WAGONS*011 as good terms 4s any Wagon oil 0111* Market. [ts Piitont Truss Bar?a support to the Axle, anil i brace to the skeins, gives it an advantage over my other. Call and get eleven reasons why ev;ry one SHOULD BUY A STUDEBAKER WAGON. A LARGE STOC K Of Bagging* and Ties At prices to suit purchasers. RYE A YD BARLEY. To auv who may wish a first-rate Winter and Spring Pasture, we can furnish a few bushels of ftye and Parley. Call and get our prices before Hiving. CLARK BROTHERS. PATENTS MUNN k CO., of the Scientific American. continue to act as Solicitors for Patents, Caveats, Trude Marks. Copyrights, for the United States, Canuda, England, France, Germany, eta Hand Book about Patents sent free. Thirty-seven years'experience. Patents obtained through MUNNTk CO. aronoUced In the Scientific American, the largest, best, and most widely circulated scientific paper. $3.20 a year. Weekly. Splendid engravings ana Interesting Information. Specimen copy of the Scientific A merIcnn sent tree. Address MUNN k CO., Scientific American Office, 2iil Broadway, New York. CHATTEL MORTGAGES, AyfORTCfAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to If I Real Estate. Eor sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE 3PEPTIC ELIXIR, resulting evils of Constipation,'Jaundice, Headr Asthma, when coupled with indigestion. Flauy Other* Have Been, remedy comes with complete and satisfactory en> many confirmed sufferers. You will NOT RE l)cen always heretofore. Ieserai/s officii, Ati.anta, (la., July 9, 1883. pleased to report that I have been entirely cured of . 1 was induced by a friend to try it after having se, without the slightest effect. I took only three 'ly well. I suffered several years, and although it n" I have had no return of it. Yours truly, \V. A. WRIfJlIT, Com p. Gen., State of <"Ja. will see them, ask for Dr. Holt's Dyspepsia Elixir. MAY A MAY, Yorkville, S. C. J. 15. JOHNSON, Rock Hill, S. ('. 47 4in OFING COMPANY, IRON ORK PAINT 13^// ^ And Cement. If,2 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. par Send for Circular and Price )F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. rders for the above roofinp. !? ly | HAILED WITH DELIGHT .U, BY CHILD-BEARING WOMEN. THE DREAD OF ANTICIPATED MOTHERHOOD DISPELLED, AND THE DANGER TO LIFE OF BOTH MOTHER AND CHILD DIMINISHED BY THE USE OF THE 1 f Mother's Friend. Read and ponder the words of praise?unsolicited, voluntary testimonials?that have been sent to me, selected from hundreds received from grateful beneficiaries A distinguished physician of Mississippi writes: "I most earnestly entreat every one expecting to be confined to use the 'Mother's Friend. ' for , during along obstetric practice I have never known it to fail to produce a quick and safe delivery." Another says: "My wife used the 4 Mauler's , Friend '(Holmes' Liniment) in her fourth confinement und mvs sihi> nnsKcrl th touch it with one-half the Buffering of either of her former confinements and recovered In much lens time." * A lady patient who used the " Friend," said after her confinement: " I have never seen one pass through this trial so easily and with so little suffering. God bless the discoverer of Holies' Liniment." An experienced midwife writes: " I nm delighted with the 'Mother's Friend.'* In every instance where I have known it used its effects "have been all I could ask. I consider it a greut blessing." A lady ofHuntavile, Ala., moving in the hlgho>.t circles, writes recently; "I have tried 'Mother's Friend' (Holmes' Liniment) and can truthfully say it is a most excellent preparation. I freely recommend it to all," Price, 81.50 per bottle. Sent by Express on receipt of the price. Sold by all druggists. PREPARED ONLY BY THE SOLE PROPRIETOR, J. BRADFIELD, lo. 108 S Pry or Street, Atlanta, Oa For Sale by I)r. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. August 2J lv YORKVILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE, ARE now open and will be kept in first-class style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, good horses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AND PHiETONS. Just received another lot of those nice Cincinnati Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted standard work. T sell no inferior work. Come and nv?'?'nn i?v full stork of vehicles before vou purchase. FEEDING. You can have your horses fed as cheap as the cheapest, at the Yorkvillo Livery and Feed Stables. WANTED. 10,000 BUNDLES of Fodder, BOO Bushels of Corn, part in the ear, 200 Bushels of Oats, 300 Bushels of Cotton Seed, For which I will pay the highest cash price if delivered soon. " F. E. SMITH. August 2 31 tf w Has been more deatrnctive to hnman bealtb and life than war, pestilence and famine combined. So said a distinguished writer many years ago. and it rs aa true to-day as then. The poor victim of Blood Disease is drugged with Mercury to enre the malady, and then dosed with Iodides to cure him of the Mercurial Poisoning; but instead of any relief, the first breaks down his general health and makes him a cripple, and the other ruins his dieestiv, organs. To those afflicted in this way Swift's Specific is the greatest boon on earth, and is worth more than Its weight in gold. It antidotes this Mercurial Poison, tones np the system, and brings the sufferer back to health and happiness. Every person who has ever been salivated should by all means lake a thorough course of this remedy. Jeftersosville, Twioos Co., Ga. Five years ago I found on my plantation a colored man who was badly diseased. He etated that five years before he had contracted a violent case of Blood Poison, and had been treated by many physicians, all failing to cure him. 1 treated him with Swift's Specific, and in a short time he was sound and well, and baa not bad a symptom of the disease since. D. M. HUGHES. One gentleman who had been confined to his bed six weeks with Mercurial Rheumatism has been cared entirely, and speaks in the highest praise of S. S. S. CHILES & BERRY, Chattanooga, Tenn. Mercurial Rheumatism made me a cripple. After trying the Hot Springs two years, and the Mercury and Potash treatment nntil I was a skeleton and unable to do anything, I was prevailed upon to take a course of S. S. 8. After taking three bottles my appetite began to improve, afld I gained flesh rapidly. When I had taken twelve bottles I felt as well as I ever did. It is now twelve months since I took S. S. S. My health and appetite are good, and I am able to attend to all the business I can get. CHAS. BERG, Hot Springs, Ark. tl,000 REWARD Will be paid to any Chemist who will find, on anal* ysls of 100 bottles S. S. S., one particle of Mercury, Iodide Potassium, or any mineral substance. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. E57" Write for the little book, which will be mailed j 'feePrice: Small size, $1.00 per bottle; iarge size, (holding doable quantity), $1.75 bottle. All drngr ' giata sell it. For Sale by I)r. JOHN C. KUYKKNDAL. August 23 34 ly foWdry AND | Macliine Shop. i THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and brass imaLiu^a, auu ^iiunu inniiJiiic KEPAIBOG, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Resides, any class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend any call for repairing stationary engines, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion of thework. EDWARD THOMAS. May 10 10 tf MOXKV TO LOAN. T7IARM MORTGAGE LOANS NEGOTIATED P in the State of South Carolina, for a term"of THREE AND FIVE years, in amounts of and umvard, secured by tirst mortgage on improved plantations for one-third of their actual J value. Interest payable annually about the 1st of each year. Address, R. A. MORGAN, Columbia, N. C. November 1"? 40 3m I C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Newton, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at fJ o'clock, A. M., Monday September 24th,1883: OOINO SOUTH. Leave Newton 0.00 A. M. Arrive at Maydon, 0.30 A. M. Arrive at Lineolnton 7.05 A. M. Leave Lineolnton, 7.15 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 7.43 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 8.10 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 8.25 A. M. Leave Gastonia, 8.45 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, W.01 A. M. Arrive atCrowder's Creek, 0.08 A. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 9.17 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 9.30 A. M. Leave Clover, 9.35 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 10.15 A. M. Leave Yorkville, 10.25 A. M. I Arrive at Guthriesville, 10.54 A. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 11.03 A. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 11.25 A. M. Arrive at Chester, 12.00 M. UOINO NORTH. Leave Chester, 3.00 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 3.35 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 3.50 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 4.05 P. M. ? .... -V 1 i 11? A .}>; ip \f Leave Yorkville, , 4.45 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 5.26 P. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 5.40 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 5.50 P. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 0.00 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 6.16 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 6.35 P. M. Arrive at Dallas 6.50 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 7.15 P. M. Arrive at Lineolnton, 7.45 P. M. Leave Lineolnton 7.55 P. M. Arrive at Maydon, H.30 P. M. Arrive at Newton 9.00 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Supt. JAMES MASON, Div. Supt. October 11 41 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 classesof work, to which we invite the attentioiTof business men: I*ILL HEADS. For 5<M) 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 statomentsat same price of sixth-sheet oil 1 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 10(J0 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 ev?erv 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 style of work desired. Address, U M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf COFFINS AND CASKETS.' THE undersigned, thankful for the patronage heretofore extended to him, would respectfully inform the public that he is still in the Undertaking Business. And is prepared to furnish COFFINS in all stvles of finish, and CASKETS and METALIC liURIAL CASES, in all styles. WHITE GLOSS COFFINS, Cliildrens' sizes. Prices of all mv BURIAL GOODS as low as sold by any other house in this section of the country. Customers Waited On at any Houi> Day or night. All I ask is an inspection of my goods and prices. J. E. SMITH, Agent.' August 9 32 tf FOR KENT. TIIE undersigned will offer FOR ftENT, at public outcry, for the year 1884, at York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY OF JANUARY next, the Real Property belonging to the Estate of R. J, Foster, deceased. 1st. A tract of land, situated about two miles south-east of Yorkville, adjoining lands of J. A. Ratchford, David L. Black and others. On the said tract are TWENTY-FIVE OR THIRTY ACRES of land in a condition for cultivation. Permission will not be given to cut any timber on the premises. 2nd. A lot in the town of Yorkville, on which are situated TWO SMALL HOUSES suitable for residences, and a stable sufficiently large to accommodate several horses. The property will be rented to the highest bidder and the pavinent of the rent money must be secured by note with approved personal security. J. A. CARROLL, Agent. November 29 49 4t YORKVILLE HOTEL. fJlHE undersigned respectfully gives notice 1 mac ne nas laaen cuarge oi auwbuuici in the town of Yorkville; but which will hereafter he known as the YORKVILLE HOTEL, and will keep it open for the reception and entertainment of permanent boarders, and for the accommodation of the traveling public. He will give the management of the hotel his entire time and attention, and will use his best endeavors to give satisfaction to his patrons. The rooms in the hotel are large, airy and comfortable. Terms will be reasonable. H. W. SMITH. July.1? 27 6m ___ CARPETS. Carpets and House Furnishing Goods, The Largest Stock South of Baltimore. Moqnet, Brussels, 3-Ply and Ingrain Carpets, Bugs, Mats and Crumb Cloths, Window Shades, Wall Papers, Borders, Lace Cnrtains, Cornices and Poles, Cocoa At Canton Mattings, Upholstery, Engravings, Chromos, Picture Frames. Write for Samples and Prices. BAILIE At COSKERY, AUGUSTA, GA. July 12 28 ly NEW BARBER SHOP. ? *??"- vvntsr.n l ^ jf LI- T? .it.? 1 A.UJV"> KftliOi'i, line cn vuuuiiuiii, rrauinui f| Barber, respectfully informs the citizens of Yorkville and vicinity that he has opened a Shop two doors below the'Yorkville (Rose's) Hotel, where he will be pleased to wait upon all who desire the services of a tirst-class Barber. 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