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gwmflMMS fftfpartiMHt. THE BEAT BEATEN. "You've got some nice wood over there in your yard," said a seedy-looking tramp to an Austin avenue lady. "Yes," said the lady of the house. "I would like to carry it in for you," said he. "My husband intends to carry it in," fehe replied. ; "Well," said the tramp, "I will carri it in and pile it up nice, if you will give/me my breakfast." J At this offer the lady consented, anci the tramp went to work. / After he had carried in a couple ofiarmfuls the lady stepped to the door andffound him sitting on the pile with his cllws on his knees and hia face buried in his/hands. "What is the matter?" said she. / "Oh! lady," sail he, looking u/, "I am so weak, fori have had nothing tofeat since day before yestemay," and he arciin covered his face with lis hands. Thift seemed to rouse the lady's aympathy andrshe went in and soon returnau with an excellent breakfast. After he lad swept everything from the board he arose and said/"Thanks, my good lady, for mis sumptuqps repast. Now let me give yiu thisaaviie: Never again let your sympithy get a\wiy with your discretion. I'm/off. Ta, ty" and he walked mftinnfianl 1 xt rht f fhn frnnifrofD Tho friimn lum^ovivcviij \JUV vnv iivui gwivt x?iv had gone biy a short djptance when he became deadly# sick. He/eated himself on a curbstone, aid a few m/ments later, having two or threl violent spasmodic contractions of the stomfcch, he loac his ill-gotten breakfast. Indeed his stofaach would have followed suitliad it no/been thoroughly dovetailed to his diaphmgm. He believed that he was poisoned, aAd he became very much alarmed. J As soo/ as he regained strength enough tofeet to /is feet he slowly retraced his steps and foimd the lady standing in the front dooi / "Madam," lye said in piteous tones, "my breakfastldicynot stay on my stomach. I believe Itn poisoned." "That ilnfet to be wondered at," said she. "I suspected your little game, having been caught once before in the same way, so I prepared myself for it by dosing your coffee with tartar emetic. Now let me give you a little advice: Never again let your rascality get away with your breakfast. To beat a dead-beat beats everything, ra, ta!" and she shut the door in his face. The tramp started sorrowfully down the street, wondering, no doubt, where and how he eould get a breakfast that would stay with him.?Texas Siftings. The Gossipping Club.?The Secretary has politely furnished us with a few additional items, in relation to this flourishing institution, which has now an extensive membership. The following rules were unanimously adopted, on motion of the Executive Committee, viz: "Any member of the society who shall be convicted of knowing more of his own business than of another's, shall be expelled from the society without a hearing^ "No member shall sit down tains town table, until he has as^fertainedm) a certainty, what, his neighbors, wjJnin three doors of each side of th^ftouse/snall have to eat; whether they hay? paLWorthe same, if not, if they expect tor "Every membenrwho shall see two or three persons gorged in conversation, shall place nimselfif between them until he has heard all tha^ave to say, and report the same accordfirgly. "Every member who shall see a gentleman visitiig a young lady more than twice, shall circulate the news that they are going to be married ; and said members are forthwith required to report all manner of things about the gentleman to the lady, and ditto about the lady to the gentleman. This will break up matches and afford much gossip. That it is the duty of every member, on hearing a piece of "scandal," to take it up at once, and in all honorable ways to give it circulation, and thus accomplish the great and glorious purposes of the society." ? Say Ament !?Larkin Moore was a half crazy, wandering fellow, who used to amuse the people in and about Newburyport with his eccentricities and music; for Larkin had a host of old songs, hyms and snatches of melody, which he rendered, in a plaintive voice, to familiar airs, and en+v?of u'nnlfl crntlipr nrniinrl ICi lAlllCU UI/WV40 lliuu n VM4V* I Larkin we/t to church one^aaday while at Taunton /ud Panson^Tmtney was exercising hi/ gift^^nuch were few and small. HLf seasons were noted for their great lengfo^ffid very little depth ; for their want of energy; so that it oftentimes seemed as if he would come to the end, if he had but spirit enough to stand still. Larkin walked up the aisle and took his seat about midway of the church. He listened longer than could have been expected of such a restless mind as his, firstly, secondly, thirdly fourthly, so to the seventhly, were severally announced and expatiated on; and then exclaimed the minister, "what shall I sat/ more f" "For mercy's sake," cried out Larkin, "say A men."' "Put that man out!" said Mr. Whitney; but he was so putout himself that he did not resume his discourse. frontier court.being in session, the judges on the bench and the case of Smith vs. Brown being called up? "All ready," shouts the counsel for the defendant, but counsel for the plaintiff does not respond. "Who's for the plaintiff?" inquired the judge, somewhat impatiently. "May't please the court," said a rising member, "Pipkins is for the plaintiff, but I left him just now over at the old taveru, playing a game of poker. He's got the thing set to a ring in a colt, in which case he will deal for himself four aces and his opponent four queens, so that your honor must perceive he will raise the persimmons." The look of impatience vanished from the face of his honor at once, and an expression more of sorrow than anger took its place. At length he said with a sigh, "dear me, that's too bad. It happens at a very unfortunate time, as I am very anxious to geton with these cases." "Bill," said he, "you understand poker about as well as Pipkins. Suppose you go over and play his hand." He Went Ix.?They were standing at the front gate. "Won't you come in the parlor and sit a little while, Georgie, dear?" "X-no, I guess not, replied George, hesitatingly. "I wish you would," the girl went on. "It's awfully lonesome. Mother, has gone out and lather is upstairs groaning wuu rheumatism in the leffi?." "Both legs?" asked George. "Yes, both legs." "Then I'll come in a little while." "That's 1)erx'd Good!?A backwoodsman and his sweetheart, the other day, happened to be in a dru? store in , when a party called for and drank soda water. Backwoods didn't know what it was, but he made up his mind to try it, and after drinking a glass of the cooling fluid, he turned to the lady and remarked? "Sal, that's dern'd good; why don't you buy you some ?" gentleman in an English town gave his man-servant some whisky to mix with the whiting, in cleansing the windows of the house. He was surprised that the man ~a:/.lntVi in thp wliiskv. and lit: vci ui|/pcu vu\j viwii v..v/ ? ^ 7 accosting the delinquent sharply as to what had become of the spirits, the following reply was made: "Ye see, yer honor, I drank it, but I blow my breath 011 the glass, and it's a' the same." S8t "Doctor," said the grateful patient, seizing the physician's hand, "I shall never forget that to you I owe my life." "You exaggerate," said the doctor mildly: "you only owe me for fifteen visits; that is the point which I hope you will not fail to remember." "What's the price of this axle grease ?" asked a new clerk of a grocery dealer; "there is no mark on it." "It depends on your customer. If he asks for axle grease charge him fifteen cents a pound and if he asks for butter make it 38 cents." j^-"Is your wife acquainted with the dead languages?" asked the professor of a Newnan man, "May be she is," was the reply, "but the language she uses is entirely 100 warm to have been dead long." fUadittg.j TERRORS OP A SNOW SLIDE. I John Engelbright, who reached the city, j brought the ne\V3 of a gallant rescue of a | family of six persons found under a snow ; slide in Woodford's canyon. The scene of the snow slide was an old deserted shingle mill. Woodford's canyon is a deep and picturesque gorge in the mountains, five or six miles long, and leads unto Hope valley. In the fall of last year a family, consisting of a man and his wife and four children, came over the mountains and camped at the old shingle mill in the cauyon. The season was very late and though repeatedly warned, tire family deceived by the pleasant weather continued to remain. After the first snow the man whose name was Maxwell came down to Woodford's and made arrangements to have two horses taken care of during the winter. He said he had no money to pay for the feed at the time, but would redeem them in thespring. He also said that he had made up his mind to winter in the canyon, as he had provisions, and game was abundant. He was advised not to take the risks, but he said the place he was in was a strong structure, and as it had given evidence of standing a good many winters he would risk it. On Thursday there was a heavy fall of snow in the canyon, followed by a sunny day on Friday. During the day there were several large slides of snow from the rocks wnicn rise on tne siues 01 me canyon, m some instances as high as 300 feet. Heavy bodies of snow toppled over from these heights, and in their descent carried away large masses of rock, which felled the pines at the bottom of the gorge. During the night Mr. Merk, the toll-gate keeper, heard several of these slides, and the next day the road up to the canyon was choked with snow. On Sunday he went up to the shingle mill on snowshoes, and found that the place occupied by the family had been buried unj der the snow. The slide had commenced on the steep mountain side, about 200 yards up the slope, and started a number of boulders in its course. The track of the avalanche was marked with prostrate pines, and the mass of snow upon the log structure lay packed hard to tne depth ol ten or fifteen feet. Seeing he could do nothing, Merk returned to AVoodford'sand soon raised a force of a dozen or twenty men, who went up with shovels and picks and other appliances to effect a rescue The snow was packed so hard that it was almost like solid rock, and required picks wielded by stout hands to loosen it. By night they had reached the logs which formed part of the stable, and found that the roof nad been crushed in by a boulder. By this time the force had been augmented, and, building a rousing fire in the snow, they worked in four shifts of six men each, each shift working an hour. Woodford's Station was drawn on for supplies, and with plenty of food and stimulants, the men kept to their work. During a portion of the time two shifts worked at separate places. At a little after 11 o'clock the workmen cleared away a place where they reached one of the logs which formed a portion of the wall of the stable. They hammered on this with an axe and waited for an answering knock. While they waited and listened with intense interest, one of them vowed that he could hear faint steps from within, but the others doubted. The log was again struck with an axe, and this time there came several distinct knocks, and the out j sidcrs broke into a cbeer tnat matte tne oia | canyon ring. By midnight they had cut I through the log, but it was hard work, as | the snow was packed hard about it, and the hole made was not over ten inches wide at [ the lower end. When the edge of the axe went through they called at the aperture, and were answered by a voice: "For God's sake push in something to eat; my children are dying." In a moment bread, meat and a small flask of brandy were passed through the a'perture, and the wearied toilers in the snow sprang to the work and made a fresh attack upon the log which imprisoned six people. They cleared away the snow several feet above and it was 3 o'clock in the morning before they cut through the log, about six feet above the first cut. Then came a fear that the place between the two cuts would fall inward and crush the family. The second hole, however, gave a betterchanceof communication, and Maxwell said that if they would get a candle in to him he would tell where the log would fall. A candle was taken from a lantern and given to him with matches tied to it. In a few moments the glow of a light was seen from the outside, and this light must have been very welcome to the Maxwell family, as they had been in total darkness since Fri| day night, when the avalanche struck the stable. He soon called out to push the log forward, but it was fast and required conj siderable prying with crowbars before it yielded. Those nearest the aperture followed the log, and climbed through the opening with I TKaha it* n onono ohnitf fon fppf miHCillS* 111C1C) in a u>wuv w*? ?vw square, was Maxwell and his family. His wife was lying oa a mattress and some blankets, with a young child in her arms, and three others clinging to her and crying bitterly. When the lantern shone on their faces they put their hands to their eyes and turned away in fear. The woman was hardly able to move, and Maxwell, who had kept a stout heart through all the long days and nights of darkness, gave out at this point, and cried like a child. Chester, the oldest boy, who is but 8 years of age, had worked with his father to get out, and was worn out with hunger and exhaustion. There were two loaves of bread within reach after the roof of the stable fell j in, and the little fellow refused to touch a morsel, giving all to his mother and sisters. This was all the mother, baby, and the two daughters?Mary and Callie?aged 4 and 6years, respectively had to live on since Friday afternoon, when they took dinner, until about midnight on Sunday. There was plenty of flour and some game on the place, but the logs of the roof, which were crushed in, cut off" all communication from these, although Maxwell and his son had vainly endeavored to cut away through a three-foot log with a jack-knife. The inmates of the terrible prison were taken in sleighs to Woodford's where they were soon as comfortable as warm fires, good provisions, and kind attention could make them. When Mr. Engelbright left for Woodford's on Monday afternoon they were all doing, well, and were the recipients of all the attention that the little camp could bestow. Mr. Merk, the honest old German who keeps the toll gate, and who first found the Maxwell family, is now the biggest man in the canyon.?Carson Appeal. A Beautiful Death.?"Doctor, is I got to go ?" "Aunt 'Liza, there Is no hope for you," "Bress the Great Master for PI is goodness. I'se ready." The doctor gave a few directions to the colored women that sat around 'Liza's bed, and started to leave, when he was recalled by the old woman who was drifting out with the tide. "Marse John, stay wid me till it's ober. I wants to talk of de old times. I knowed you when a boy, long 'foro yon went and been a doctor. I called you Marse John den; I call you de same now. Take yo' ole maumy's hand, honey, and hold it. I'se lived a long time; marster and old missus i i ? 1?'1a siUillurft frnm fin IlflO gOU*i IKIUIC, aim uc tuiuuii old place is scattered ober de world. I'd like to see em afore I start on the journey to-ni^ht. My old man's gone and de chillun I nussed at dis brest has gone too. Dey's waitin' for de mudder on de golden shore. I bress de Lord, Marse John, for de good fight and I'se not afraid to meet de .Savior. No ino' wo'k for poor maumy, no mo' trial and tribulations?hold on my hand tighter, Marse John?fadder?mudder? missus?chillun?I'se goin' home." The soul, while pluming its wings for its flight to the Great beyond, rested on the dusky face of the sleeper, and the watchers, with bowed heads, wept silently. She was dead.?Eli Perkins. * From A Prominent Lawyer.?Maj.! j J. II. Whitner of Greenville, S. C. says: j j "whilst I do not regard Norman's Neutral-: izing Cordial as a universal Panacea, yet it ! affords me pleasure to say that I have used ! it with much benefit to self and family in I all affections of the bowels so usual in our l section of the country during the Summer ! season. Indeed I never use any other med1 ieine for such complaints." ?hr Jam and Jireside. 5 DRY FEED AND NO WATER. Since last fall I notice very many report- i ing loss of cattle that are grazing in stalk i fields, and a large majority of them attribut- 1 ing it to the fungoid growth called smut? 1 scientifically called us tilago madis. I 1 have been investigating the property of this smut, and the probable quantities to be found per acre of corn and cannot ;1 attribute any losses to it. It would hike o very much more to poison a cow than she :: would be able to find in a good sized field. Then we would have no evidence that '] cattle are fond of this substance, so as to 'j cause them to make any special search for t it; but all they do get comes by accident M in their effort to secure the husks and blades a remaining on the stalks. Some have said < that it was caused by eating too much of the ,J dry stalks, so engorging the stomach as not to enable it to assimilate and digest the s same. They are more nearly approxima- t ting the real cause, for it is a positively dem- u onstrated fact that whether they fill up with the stalks, blades, husks, or a eombi- ? nation of any food in a stalk field, if they v have not been filled with water prior to their meal of dry material, and also afterwuwlc hcwl tn thp sAnip fluid in abun- ti dance, the fluids of the stomach will often s be inadequate to cope with so much dry s' material, leaving an entire suspension of a digestion resulting in an impaction of the istomach, which must in the animal econo- m ray cause death; and this same result must, tl by the careful stockmen be well looked after, also, with other dry food, such as hay, j! straw, or even millet. It may occur, and I have no doubt does in many feed lots, where the animals are trusted to get water from (! holes cut in the ice on streams or ponds. In a very cold weather, cattle will not exert themselves very much to climb over the ice and go often to these artificial fountains. " Unless the ice is carefully looked after, being very often in cold weather, the cattle may many times go only to find them reclosed, which tends to make them discredit the use of going, even when it is open, only ] to let it again freeze up. All this time they * must eat in order to keep up combustion, tl that they may be able to stand the cold, i1 and to the shame of too many stockmen, r oat,tie often have no better Drotection from o the storms of winter than the south side of a Western fence. They must eat, and i to enable them to digest their food, drink j also, twice as much as would suffice, had : they good comfortable shelter from winter ) blasts; and all this time what do they have { to eat but simply dry food? So, we see the j additional necessity for plenty of good water < at least twice a day. Now, do they get it? Very many who read this article, will say 1; no; and feel it too, by counting up their losses from this most important element r alone. " Another point about trusting stock to go 11 to these little icy fountains when opened is, 11 where cattle of various ages run together, " a few strong old cows will take their turn of standing around the watering place, and horning the weaker, more timid ones away. ? So that they may not even get a sip before it is frozen over. Here we see the necessity r, of having some one regularly drive them away until all have their turn. In this way I lost a very fine high-grade Short-horn n heifer this winter, through the carelessness v of my feeder, while myself and foreman ,v were absent from home, and I felt myself fortunate that more did not go. They were L-S r-.t __ ?l ... otnxif I UeilJg ItiU UIl SI1C11UU UUIU, iin^ nuu. ounn, with some corn, filling the stomach to distension, and complete impaction; and as dry as before eaten, being evident its water supply was quite deficient, causing death. It was trusted to water at holes kept cut in the ice on Plum creek, that passes through my feed lots, and did not get it from some or all the causes above mentioned. ? Dr. A. M. Edison. ? Reading, Kansas. !" Treatment for Peach Trees.?Mr. L. A. Goodman, of Westport, Mo., one of the '] best informed fruit growers in the State, writes to the Kansas City Journal the following excellent advice for the management of peach trees that have suffered from the recent cold weather: It matters not if the wood is colored badly and looks dead. Get you a good pair of shears, and saw and cut off tops of all the peach trees. If trees are five or six years old, or from one to four years planted, cut the tops off with the shears. On the youn- j ger trees cut about two thirds of the past year's growth; on the older trees cut down to the two or even three year old wood. Make the tops round and shapely, and you will find that they will recover very finely o this season, and will make good, compact ^ trees, ready to produce fruit next year. The peach is a tree that will recover itself and make a rapid growth if well pruned back. If there is only life enough left for ? the sap to start up the tree, the new wood '* will form over the old wood, find they will look as healthy as new trees, () But if you leave the whole of the top, the ;* chances are that you will never have good trees, even if they should live at all, which I very much question. On old trees take a good saw and cut all the tops off about six or eight or ten feet from the ground. Never ( mind if it does look as if it would ruin them, f A peach will recover if it has only a short distance to send the sap through the diseased wood, whereas if it had flowed to the tips of the trees, it would flow so slow that it would soon be checked by drying up. i. If the root is good, a tree will recover won- 1; derfully, but if the root is much injured, f they had better be cut down. The more trees are injured the more they should be cut back, is the sure rule to follow. If you would examine any old peach tree, you would find only two or three years of good sound wood next to the bark; this -h fi?ono limro Knon nnm_ SJ1UWS tnat U lt/CU iuc ucco im?v/ uwa wui pelled to form new wood over diseased wood ? and if you can get a vigorous start early in spring, it matters not how much a tree is injured, it is sure to recover. The time to do this cutting is early in the spring before the trees start their growth, and as soon as freezing is over with. In fact, I may say that the best peachgrowers in the West do this pruning every two years at the farthest, and the trees also show the close compact growth, and not the loose, straggling growth so generally seen. If you once adopt this plan, you will always follow it. Hollow-Horn.?No allusion has ever been made by the authors of standard works or text books on verterinary science to such a disease as horn-ail, and surely, in the present advanced state of veterinary science, if there had been the slightest pretext on which to base a theory of the existence of such a malady, it would have been fully discussed before this by i some one of our many eminent writers. \ The pathological conditions on which the absurd theory of horn-ail seems to be founded, are heat and coldness of the horns. These are the principal, and, in fact, only symptoms which the unlearned expounders of a popular malady have given us. But! every one ought to be aware that variations ; in temperature of a part so inferiorly organ- i ized as the horns are, is no criterion as re- j gards the nature of the disease which occa- i sions in this vicinity, merely an increase i or decrease of temperature. The actual j " disease, which occasions a loss or Increase of temperature of the external surface of the 1 body, horns included, may be, and often is, i located either in the brain, stomach or bow- :: els, and at other times is the result of local 1 congestion of the lungs and other parts? ! mere effects?the result of pre-existing di-j 1 sease; 11 IS very tviucui mai nit itiin horn-ail, which used to express the condition of parts sympathetically affected or aroused, throws no light on the true nature of the disease under which the animals labor. ? i - Watermelons.?It matters little, says j the Rural New Yorker, what fertilizers you ! give the soil, how well you prepare it, how \ carefully you shield the vines from insect depredations, the largest and best water-1 melons cannot bo grown in cold soils or soils ! not well drained. Such is our experience in the garden lands of the Rural grounds. : We can raise watermelons weighing about thirty pounds. That is about the best we i can do, let ground be as rich as possible, I and let the care be perfect in every way. * While we have taken such care as this of our * melons neighboring farmers have raised much finer melons on poorer land with the F aid of scarcely any manure. But the soil, was light and dry, I ?b? (?nquim. | TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : ? iingle copy for one year, 8 2 50 ? 'or six months, 125 ; 'or three months, 75 ,, 'wo copies one year, 4 00 i ^en copies one year 20 00 ? Lnd an extra copy for a club of ten. ( How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the > tame of the subscriber very plainly, give post- ' flice, countv and State, in full, and send the < mount of the subscription by draft or post- ? flice money order, or enclose the money in a r egistered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free f postage to all subscribers residing in York ounty, who receive the paper at post-oflices rithin the county j and to all other subscribers ho postage is paid by the publisher. 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Persons who send manuscript to ais office for publication and desire a copy of the jj ame, should make a duolicate. fid- Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices harged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usu- f lly there are about seven words in a line. J; ' C POISON n the blood is apt to show itself in the Spring, ^ nd nature should by all means be assisted in browing it off. Swift's Specific does this effect- * k'ely. It is a purely vegetable, non-poisonous \ emedv, which helps nature to force all the poison ? r taint out through the pores of the skin. Mr. Robert A. Easley, of Dickson, Tenn., ,-rites, under date of March 10, 1884: "I had chills . nd fever, followed by rheumatism, for three f egrs, so that I was notable to attend to my busi- ? ess; had tried almost every kind of medicine, nd found no relief. A friend recommended 1 wift's Specific. I tried one bottleand my health . egan to improve. I continued until I had taken ix bottles, and it has set me on my feet, as sound nd well as over. I recommend it to all similar- y afflicted." T -li -e 4./O0\ laadinn J.juiiurc? Hum twcmj-micc ; vn wuv iv?uiu^ etiiil druggists of Atlanta, say, under date March 4, 1884: "We sell more of Swift's Specific than ny other one remedy, and three to ten times as iucIi as any other blood medicine. We sell it to 11 classes, and many of the best families use it s a general health tonic." I am sure that Swift's Specific saved my life. I .'as terribly poisoned with malaria, and was iven up to die. Swift's Specific relieved me romptlv and entirely. I think it is the greatest emedy of the age. * 0. G. SPENCER, Sup't Gas Works, Rome, Ga. I have known and used Swift's Specific for lore than twenty years, and have seen more ronderful results from its use than from any entedy in or out of the Pharmacopoeia. It is a ertain and safe antidote to all sorts of Blood 'oison. ^J. DICKSON SMITH, M. D., Atlanta, Ga. Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed ree to applicants. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. ^ N. Y. Office, 150 W. 23d St., bet. (ith it 7th A vs. ? For sale by Dr. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. August 23 34 ly ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ^ZZIZ^ZIZZZZZZZZZZZZ^ZZZ^Z n d THE VALLEY MUTUAL * Life Association c OF VIRGINIA. v loiuc Office, - - - Staunton, Va. !i b ? Ion. A. II. H. STUART, President. CHARLES L. COOK E, Sec retary. Introduced in South Carolina 1st of March, 1883. lince that time near one million ($1,000*000) nsurancehas been written in this State. ADVANTAGES. CHEAPNESS AND SECURITY COMBINED. To carry a Policy of 81,000.00, will cost a man 1 years old about SO.fK) a year; a man 45 years id, 1 per cent., or 810.00 a year; a man 60 years Id 2iper cent., or 825.00 a year. EVERY POLICY iuaranteed for its full face value. Guarantee und capitalized and controlled by law. ' POLICY LIMIT S3,000.00. We write, however, any amount up to 83,000.00 u all healthy localities of the State. Active, re- l iable traveling agents wanted. Any further in- o urination can be had by addressing either of the I bove officers, or the State Agent, >nly 29 AssessinentN Made in 5 Years. ^ S. E. MILLER, 0 Box 1(54, Columbia, S. C. 8 Gen. E. M. LAW, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. October 11 29 tf normals r CfiffiL uuiiHinbi AMERICA'S CHIEF STOMACHIC A SURE anil effectual Remedy for the cure of all Irregularities and disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, whether In children or adults. Promptly relieving Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera MorbuB, Cholera Infantum, Flux, Griping Pains, Flatulency, Nausea, Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn,Sick and Nervous Headocheond DYSPEPSIA. May be used in all derangements of the Stomach and Bowels from relaxation of the Intestines or a change of food or water. A -vr JC5 NEUTR AUZTNCT CORDIAL Is as ploasant and harmless as Blackberry Wine?contains no Opium and will not constipate. Specially recommended lor Seasickness J and Teething Children.' 1 German and English Directions on each Bottle. Price ajc. and li.oo. V Largo size contains six times as much as small. 8oldby O all Druggists and Dealers in Medicines. THE EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL CO,, Bole Propr'torr, |.j WALHALLA, 8. C. U.8.A. ? SEND A 2c. STAMP FOK LITTLE BOOK. NEW YORK OFFICE, n NO. 70, MAIDEN LANE. ? February 14 7 3m* ^ H. p, CALDWELL. d, O. DICKSON. CALDWELL & DICKS0N^ JEST RECEIVED A FULL stock of Cannoil Goods, which we of\ for at low prices: 1 gallon cans of Apples at 50 cents. 4 gallon cans Pic Peaches at 25 cents. 3 pound cans Dessert Poaches at 25 cents. 3 pound cans Tomatoes at 15 cents. 2 pound cans Tomatoes at 10 cents. 3 pound cans Okraand Tomatoes at 20 cents. 2 pound cans Sweet Corn at 20 cents, 2 pound cans Salmon at 20 cents. 2 pound cans Mackerel at 15 cents. i pound cans Potted Ham at 15 cents. 4 pound cans Royal Baking Powder at 15 cents. Quart bottles Pickles at 25 cents. Pint bottles Pickles at 15 cents. Call at CALDWELL it DICKSON'S, j March 20 3 um | CARPETS. | _ Carpets and House Furnishing Goods, The .argcst Stock South of Baltimore. vMoquet, I Irussels, 3-Ply and Ingrain Carpets, Bugs, | lats and Crumb Cloths, Window Shades, j \ i'all Papers, Borders, Lace Curtains, Cor- V ices and Poles, Cocoa & Canton Mattings, "w fpholstery, Engravings, Chromos, Picture d 'rames. Write for Samples and Prices. li BAILIE & COSKERY, AUGUSTA, GA. F July 12 28 ly Sergeant Hi THE-! f? Strong, Simple, Di "* 53 For 15 to 20 years they have Run Wei Send for Price List. SERGEANT M SOLD BY IIKRXDOX BROTH April 17 16 GARRY I IT OIV RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, ^j FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS Oh Sir L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C., will take ord May 10 J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO. NEW FURNITURE STORE. rjLTE have on hand, and constantly arriving, a TT complete stock of Furniture and Funeral foods, on which we are prepared to offer special aducements. Funeral Goods. 'onsists of Wood Burial Caskets, Cases and Cofins, all sizes. Gloss White Cases, children's size, laskct and Coffin Handles and Screws and other ,'ofUn Hardware. For sale at very reasonable erms. Cottage Furniture. l full assortment of Cottage Furniture, consistng of Bedroom Suites of different grades. Mariletop and plain Bureaus, Centre Tables and Vashstands. BEDSTEADS AND LOUNGES. Valnut and Maple Bedsteads, common Bedtoads from ?2.00 to ?5.00 each. Also a lot of jounges very cheap. Sideboards and Dining-room Safes. found. Srnmre and Fancv Ton Tables. Spring leds, Mattresses, and Cradles.' Rocking, Oflicej I 'arlor, Diningrooni and Children's Chairs. Furliture repaired on reasonable terms. Thankful for past favors. We respectfully soicit your further patronage. J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO. rQiM anfl Easy Cifl-Birt&^i Thousands of women over the laud test i- Ea fy to the wonderful effects of this great rem- I eay; it wHl not only shortenlaborand lessen m the intensity of pain and suffering beyond expression, but better than all, it thereby I greatly diminishes the danger to life of botn I mother and child. This great boon to snf- I fering woman is Holmes' Liniment, or Mother's Friend. Prepared and sold by J. E Bbadpizld, Atlanta, On. Sold by all g| Druggists. Price 81.50 bottle. Sent M by Express on receipt of price. YORKVILLE jIVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE. A RE now open and will bo kept in first-class \ style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, ood horses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AND PHAETONS. Just received another lot of those nice Cincinlati Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted stanard work. I sell no inferior work. Come and xamine my full stock of vehicles before you urchase. FEEDING. You can have your horses fed as cheap as the heapest, at my Stables. Corn, Fodder and Oats ranted at all times, for which the market price rill be paid. FOR SALE, The following second-hand Vehicles, in good ondition: 1 Studebaker two-horse Wagon, 1 ouble-seat Spring Wagon, 2 Buggies, which will ie sold cheap for cash, or on time. P. E. SMITH. April 3 31 tf ill Thousands of women over the land' fytothe wonderful effects of this great r,?. D | cay ; it will not only shorten labor and lesstii ine intensity or pain ana sunenng oeyona m expression, bat better than all, it thereby I greatly diminishes tho danger to life of botn I mother and child. This great boon to suf- I fering woman is Hotmee' Liniment, or B Mother's Friend. Prepared and sold by J. H B&iDrrzLD, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by all Eg Drngeists. Price 81.60 bottle. Sent r U by Express on receipt of price. MM Coffins and caskets. rHK undersigned, thankful for the patronage heretofore extended to hiin, would respectully inform the public that he is still in the Undertaking Business, Lnd is prepared to furnish COFFINS in all styles f finish, and CASKETS and METALIC llUtlAL CASES, in all styles. WHITE GLOSS COFFINS, Ihildrens' sizes. Prices of all my BURIAL rOODS as low as sold by any other house in this oft ion of the countrv. Customers Waited On at any Hour, )ay or night. All I ask is an inspection of my oods and prices. J. E. SMITH, Agent. "send forTprice list." JIcEIree's JEWELRY PALACE, 254 King Street. CHARLESTON, H. C. Earnest Stock. LOWEST PRICES IN THE SOUTH. ! Repairing A Specialty. SEND ME YOUR WATCHES. November 22 47 ly DENTAL SL'RGERYTDrs. J. A. A E. F. Glenn. ftaflggSL SURGEON DENTISTS, T Yorkville and Rork Hill, I UU IjD rospecinill V IIHUIUl lllcpuuuu wi.it. wc? tliees at each of the*above places are now open, nd they are prepared, with all the improved failities,*to attend to any "rdcrs in the DENTAL .RT, at low prices and on reasonable terms. Teeth extracted without pain, by the use of itrous oxide gas. TOOTH POWDERS and BRUSHES of best ualitv in stock. Office in Yorkvillo in ALLISON'S 13UILDNCf, over M. Strauss' Store, where one of us I lay be found at all times. January 10 2 6m HJnicfc aid Easy CMld-BirtHi Thousands of women over the laud teatl- ' fyto the wonderful effects of this great rem* I 1 edy; It will nor only snoramiaooranu lessen m , the Intensity of pain and stiffen re; beyond b ; b expression, but better than all, it thereby h B greatly diminishes the danger to life of both I b mother and child. This great boon to suf- b ( b ferlng woman ia Helmet' Liniment, or b b Mother't Friend. Prepared and sold by J. b H BfliDfiiLD, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by all Eg Druggists. Price $1.50 bottle. Sent JS by Express on receipt of price. _^B ' For Salo by Dr. JOHN C. KUYK ION DAL. j August 23 34 ly ( NEW B VRBER SHOP. j FAMES REESE, late of Columbia, Practical i j Barber, respectfully informs the citizens of i rorkville and vicinity that he has opened a Shop i vo doors below the Yorkvillo (Rose's) Hotel, I diere he will be pleased to wait upon all who 1 esire the services of a lirst-class Barber. De- ' ghtful Shampooing, Elegant Hair Cutting and 'leasant Shaving. November 8 43 Gm* __ f jrse Power. .all, B if ARE M.i urable and Cheap. e=s ,1, Wore Well, and Gave Satisfaction. j [F'G CO., Greensboro, N. C. ' MRS, Agents, Yorkvillo, S. C. 2ni 3FING COMPANY, ff IRON ORE FAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. wBw8?n<I ^or Circular and Priee 1 Li.st No. 75. t IRON ROOFING IN THE I) RL . ers for the above roofing. 9 ly F. happerfieLp. fsSA NEW YEAR. 1884. LDESIRP] to return my thanks to the public for the liberal patronage bestowed upon me, during the year just closed, both in the Grocery and Marble business. I have now in stock, and shall continue to keep full lines of the following goods : FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES, Boots and Shoes, HARDWARE AND WOODEN WARE, And everything needed on the farm or in the family, which shall be of good quality and sold at prices that cannot fail to please. All I ask is to give me a trial?examine my goods and learn prices. On the same quality of goods I will not be undersold. MARBLE YARD. 1 SHALL continue to give particular attention to the Marble business. I have first-class workmen, and an abundance of all qualities of Marbles, and am fully prepared to furnish anything in that line, from a plain headstone to tfie most elaborate monument. Prices as low as can be obtained elsewhere. Call and examine my work, specimens of which may be seen in my yard at all times. F. HAPPERFIELD. JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior stvle, and at prices that will compare 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 we invite the attention of business men: It ILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $.'1.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet Dill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25 TJ.W.L-Of fCntn 2.25 3.50 Letter (farge size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every 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, trom a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf ~Trr cmvnsT AT THTTC HE Alt 11 u x il.ii JLru xm. jl jiuij The Light Running DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE. THIS is the lightest-running, the simplest and the best Sewing Machine on the market. It has a high arm, the attachments are all easily worked, and it will do any kind of work, from the lightest to the heaviest, and in as good manner as any other machine. Call and examine the Machine and learn particulars. We will sell on as liberal terms and at as low prices as any lirstclass Machine can be bought; and in addition, will compliment every purchaser with a number of photographs of himself or any other person the purchaser may designate. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would also inform the public that I am yet making riiuruunArna in uu me vanuua styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles rti pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the best style of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. January 31 5 tf FOOiDBY AND Maoliine Sliop. 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 i to do all manner of work in light iron and brass j castings, and general machine work. REPAIRING, Df all kinds, promptly done on short notice. 1 Steam Engines, ana agricultural machinery of \ my kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any j class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he i ivill attend any call for repairing stationary en- ; ;ines, doing the work on the premises, thus ob- | riating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion ! )f the work. EDWARD THOMAS. May 10 19 tf REGISTRATION NOTICE. THE voters of York county are hereby noti- | tied that the books of the"Supervisor of Reg- | istration for York county will be open in my office, in York ville, on the FIRST MONDA Y of j .....j. mnntii until thr> first Monday of Julv. in jlusive, when and where all duly qualified voters in the county who have not heretofore registered; j those who have become of legal age as voters since the closing of the books after the last reg- j istration was made; those who have lost their j original certificates, and those who have changed | their places of residence since the last registra- ! :ion, can obtain CERTIFICATES OF REGISrRATION by making proper application to me. W. H. McCORKLE, Supervisor of Registration, York county. March 27 18 15t TAX NOTICE?1883. MY Books will be open for the collection of State and County Taxes, of the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1883, from the 1st to the 31st day of May, inclusive. For the accommodation of tax payers, I will meet them at the following times and places, on the days named, to wit: At Bufl'alo, (Moore's Cross-Roads) Cherokee Township, on Thursday, 8th day of May. At Whitaker, Cherokee Township, on Friday, 9th day of May. At Clark's lork, John McGill's Store, King's Mountain township, on Saturday, 10th day of May. At Clover, King's Mountain Township, on Monday, 12th day of May. At Bethel, Glenn's Store, Bethel Township, on Tuesday, 13th day of May. At Clay Hill, >?eely's Store, Bethel Township, on Wednesday, 14thdavof May. At Fort Mill, Fort Mill Township, on Thursday and Friday, 15th and Kith days of May. At Ebenezer, Ebenezer Township, on Saturday, 17th day of May. At Rock Hill, Catawba Township, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 19th, 20th and 21st days of May. At Coates' Tavern, Catawba Township, on Thursday, 22nd day of May. At Massey's Store, Ebenezer Township, on Friday, 23rcf day of May. At Brattonsville, Bethesda Township, on Saturday, 24th day of Mav At Bethany, McGill's Store, King's Mountain Township, on Monday, 26th day of May. At Yorkville, from Tuesday, 27th, until Saturday, the 31st day of May, inclusive. The fnllnwinrr are the several levies, for State and County purposes, viz: For State purposes 5 mills on the 81.00. For ordinary County purposes 3 mills on the 81. For Special*(Railroad) purposes 1 7-10 mills on the 81. For School purposes 2 mills on the 81. Aggregating 11 7-10 mills on every dollar. Also one dollar on each taxable poll between the ages of 21 and 50 years. The above levies are due and payable in two equal installments. The first installment from the 1st day of May to the 1st day of June. The second installment is due from the 1st day of September to the 20th day of October. Failure to pay the first installment in May, incurs on it a Eehalty of 5 per centum. Both*installment3 may e paid in May. II. A. 1). NEELY, Treasurer. April 3 14 tf TAX RETURNS FOR TIIE YEAR 1884. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, YORK COUNTY, S. C., Yorkville, S. G\, March 20th, 1.884. I WILL attend at the following places, and at the times stated, for the purpose of receiving the TAX RETURNS of Tax-payers of York county, for the fiscal year commencing November 1,*1884, to wit: At Buffalo, Cherokee Township, on Thursday, May 8th, 1884. At Whitaker, Cherokee Township, on Friday, \ffitr Ofh IftSJ [ At Clark's Fork post office, King's Mountain Township, on Saturday, May 10th, 1884. At Clover, King's Mountain Township, on Monday, May 12th, 1884. At Bethel, Glenn's Store, Bethel Township, on Tuesday, May 13th, 1884. _ At Clay Hill, Bethel Township, on Wednesday, May 14th, 1884. At Fort Mill, Fort Mill Township, on Thursday and Friday, May 15th and 16th, 1884. At Ebenezer, Ebenezer Township, on Saturday, May 17th, 1884. At Rock Hill, Catawba Township, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19th, 20th and 21st, 1884. At Coates' Tavern, Catawba Township, on Thursday, May 22nd, 1884. At Massey's Store, Ebenezer Township, on Friday, May 23rd, 1884. At Frattonsville. Bethesda Township, on Saturday, May 24th, 1884. At Bethany, King's Mountain Township, on Monday, May 26th, 1884. At \orkville, from Tuesdav, May 27, until Friday, June 20th, 1884, inclusive, at which time the books will close, and the fifty per cent, penalty attach to defaulters. Fersons between the ages of 21 and 50 years are liable to poll tax, and are required by law to make returns. During my absence from Yorkville the books will not be open there, and I trust that the several tax-payers will meet me, if convenient, in their respective townships, and thus avoid a rush at the office in Yorkville. The Township Assessors are requested to meet me,at my appointments iu men icsuotuvc hjunships. W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor York County. April 3 14 tf C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD." SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Hickory, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, January 13th, 1884. Standard'of time, clock in telegraph office at Chester. going south. Leave Hickory, 8.15 A. M Arrive at Conover 8.36 A. M Arrive at Newton 8.45 A. M Leave Newton 8.50 A. M Arrive at Maiden, 9.20 A. M Arrive at Lincolnton, 10.10 A. M Leave Lincolnton, 10.20 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 10.47 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 11.15 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 11.30 A. M. Leave Gastonia, 11.40 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 11.55 A. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek, 12.03 P. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 12.13 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 12.25 P. M. Leave Clover, 12.30 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 1.07 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 1.15 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 1.40 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 1.48 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 2.07 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.35 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester 5.40 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, <5.12 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 0.33 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 6.43 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 7.10 P. M. J Leave Yorkville, 7.20 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 8.00 P. M. Leave Clover 8.05 P. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 8.18 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 8.29 P. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 8.36 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 8.52 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 9.10 P. M. Arrive at Dallas, 9.26 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 9.52 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 10.20 P. M. Leave Lincolnton 10.30 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 11.15 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 11.50 P. M. LeaveNewton 12.05 A. M. Arrive at Conover 12.14 A. M? Arrive at Hickorv 12.35 A. M. D. CARDWELL, Gen. Passenger Agent. James Mason, Div. Supt. January 17 3 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA? County or York. WHEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. PI*., has applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of CHARLES McILWAIN, Sr., late of the county aforesaid, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Probate Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House on the 16TH DAY OF MAY, 1884, at 11 o'clock A. M., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 10th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and in the 108th year of the Independence of the United States of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, Probate Judge of York County. ga April 10 15 6t NOTICE OF REFERENCE. South Carolina?York County. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. B. T. Wheeler, Plaintiff, against A. G. Floyd, as Administrator of Hugh Nichols, deceased, and others, Defendants?Complaint to Marshal Estate, <?r. NOTICE is hereby given to all and singular the creditors of HUGH NICHOLS, deceased, and other parties in interest that I will hold a Reference in the above entitled cause, at York Court House, on Thursday, May 22nd, 1884, for the establishment of claims against said deceased, and also for the hearing of the cause generally. All demands will be barred after that time. By order of the Court. A. G. BRICB, Special Referee. May 1 18 4t DEXTAE SI RGERY Drs. Walker A Cartwrlglit, DENTAL SURCEONS, f&SSSBt. OFFICE one door South of Riddle & Pegrain's Store. Having fitted up 1 an office, with all the conveniences and latest improved instruments and appliances in the profession, we respectfully tender our services to the public. Ladies waited on at their residences in town, and calls from any part of the country promptly answered. Teetli painlessly extracted by the use of nitrous oxyde gas. Full sets of teeth, $20; upper or lower plates $10; ordinary gold filling, 81.50 ; amalgam, $1.00; and other fees proportionately low. All our work guaranteed to give satisfaction. W. M. WALKER, A. Y. CARTWRIGHT. ? jr? O.v, Marc n o it; om CHATTEL MORTGAGES, * MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.