Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 19, 1884, Image 4

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ptmciMusi fepattweut. ] She Took 'Em.?Do your women customers bother you much?" asked a citizen who was talking with a Woodward Ave- e nue grocer, the other morning. j "Well, they seldom want to pay the ^ prices. It seems natural for them to try to beat down the figures. There comes one s now who probably wants strawberries. Here are some fresh ones at fifteen cents ^ per quart and yet if I should ask her only j. eleven she'd want 'em for ten." "Say, trjr it on, just for a joke. If she a asks the price put it at eleven." c The grocer agreed, and presently the wo- c man came up, counted the sixteen boxes ^ of berries under her nose and of course in- e quired: _ ((UntTA t'AM ntiTT flllQ tDAm. j* xiavc y\Ju au v ovia*y vms> ?. in g?? v "Yes'm." j "Fresh ones?" t, "Yes'm." J "In quart boxes ?" P "YesW" t "How much?" i "Only eleven cents per box, madame." e ' "I'll take the whole lot," she quietly ob- t served as she handed out a $5 bill, and take 'em she did. a The citizen disappeared at that moment, a and the grocer somehow believes that it j was a put up job between the two. \ The Boy With the Bouquet.?A sharp ^ lad of 14 started out two or three weeks ago 1 with a two-shilling bouquet in his hand and rang the door-bell ot a h^use occupi- ^ ed by a widow. As she came to the door he asked: ? "* a* * aaia "hi 1_ ol ? v "is tnisnumoer zoiu man* street; "Yes." c "Then this bouquet is for you, with the t compliments of?of?why, I have lost his g card." ? "Forme? Oh! how sweet! Nevermind _ the card?I can guess who it was. Here, my lad, take this." It was a fifty cent piece and it so encour- ^ aged the lad that he began to buy bouquets at wholesale rates, and to hunt the city di- x rectory for the names of widows. He play- t ed that game right along until some of them gave him away to the police and an officer overhauled him and remarked : t "You'll have to drop this, my boy, but ; there is no law to prevent you carrying a _ pair of No. 2 shoes from house to house to a look for the owner who lost them on the rstreet." Stonewall's BiAdge Builder.?A use- J ful man to Stonewall Jackson was old Miles, , the Virginia bridge builder. The bridges ^ were swept away so often by floods, or burned 1 by the enemy, that Miles was as necessary ? to the Confederate army as Jackson himself. One day the Union troops had retreated, ? and burned a bridge across the Shenandoah. J Jackson had determined to follow them, * and summoned Miles. "You must put all 1 your men on that bridge," said he; "they F must work all night and the bridge must be \ completed by daylight. My engineer shall furnish you with the plan, and you can go ,v right ahead." Early next morning, Jack- ]| son, in a very doubtful frame of mind, met v the old bridge builder. "Well," said the P general, "did the engineer give you the plan for the bridge ?" "tienerai," returned v Miles, slowly, "the bridge is done. I don't t] know wnether the picter is or not." e A Good story is told of the Bishop of ? Atlanta, Ga. He recently addressed a large i, assembly of Sunday school children and ^ wound up by asking in a very paternal and condescending way: "And now is there L a-a-n-y little boy or a-a-n-y little girl who ? would like to ask me a question ?" After a P pause he repeated the question, "Is there r a-a-n-y little boy or a-a-n-y little girl would like to ask me a question ?" A-little shrill ^ voice called out, "Please sir, why did the ? angels walk up and down Jacob's ladder, 2] when they had wings?" "Oh, ah?yes, I r see," said the Bishop; "and now is there " a-a-n-y little boy or a-a-n-y little girl who P would like to answer little Mary's ques- p tion?"?R-eheboth Sunday Herald. t! A Blind Man's Touch.?They were in C the grocery store. Said Brown (seeing a a' blina man about to enter), "Were you aware how delicate the touch of a blind man is? When nature deprives us of one sense, she ^ makes amends by bringing the other senses ^ to extraordinary acuteness. Let me illus- 1 trate by this gentleman. I'll take a scoop ?] of sugar and let him feel of it, and you see ^ how quickly he'll tell what it is." The n blind man having entered, he was put to ? the test. He put his thumb and finger into l? the scoop, and without hesitation said, 0 "That is sand." Everybody laughed but ? the grocer. He made three several attempts at blusmng, ana tnen went into me duck - shop and kicked his dog.?Peck's Sun. ^ A New Mineral Spring.?Jenkins, who h was at a high-paiced "Springs" last sum- h mer was talking to Brinton about where ti he would go next season. h " Won't you go where you were last year?" tl "Not much." si "Why?" a "They clean you out of every cent you've a got." n "But they discovered a new mineral Jspring there the other day, that is said to v be wonderful. It's an iron spring." ^ "No it isn't, either. I know all about it." si "What is it, then ?" v "It's steal, and very strong."?Merchant- P Traveler. c: ti A Sad Accident.?Jones?"So poor v Brown is dead ?" v Smith?"Yes he had long been in delicate I health and was not able to withstand a v shock." f< Jones?"But how did it happen ?" ti Smith?"You know he made a visit to t< Washington, and, naturally desiring to get a look at the statesmen of the Nation, he entered the House while it was in session." v Jones?"Yes." c Smith?"Well, just as he got inside, some P wags put their heads in at the door and rj yelled "tariff," and poor Brown got crushed * in the stampede." 0 1 c Young Doctor.?"Yes, I have a patient h at last, and I am in a terrible fix." ij Sympathizing Friend?"Can't you under- J stand his disease ?" e "Oh thoro ?.s nn trniilila ahniiC thnC." II "Then where does the fix come in ?" h "You see, he is a notorious swindler, nev- d er pays a bill if he can help it, and besides, t; he has no property." a "Well?" t: "Well, ifl kill him, I can't get anything." t< "Then don't do it." b "But if I cure him, he will get away." t Flying for His Life.?"My dear," ex- i; claimed a respectable citizen of Cincinnati, v rushing into the house, "pack a valise for r meat once !" and he sank down in a chair e pale as death. e "Why?what's the matter? Where are n you going ?" asked the trembling woman, h "I don't know. Don't ask me. Only be e quick and let me get away from this ac- t cursed city." t "But dear," replied his frightened wife, t. as she followed his instructions, "won't you v tell me what the trouble is ?" h "It's a murder case, and I'm drawn on u the jury."?Philadelphia Call. a t A Natural Mistake.?Passenger (in v Pullman car)?"Fare, sir! fare?" g "Conductor?"Yes, sir. Haven't you a s ticket?" i i Passenger?"No; I had not time to get! t one; but I just paid my fare." 1j Conductor?"Paid your fare! Why, who ! c to?" t. Passenger?"That gentleman there." i e Conductor?"He is only the porter. lie j r probably regarded what you gave him as a a fee. He has nothing to do with the fare." ; t "Passenger?"Dear, dear! I thought from i t his actions that he owned the whole rail- i n road ?Philadelphia Calf. | a * | j; Extravigant Living.?"Young man," ; ^ said an employer to a clerk, "the cashier v, informs me that every week you draw your ' salary a dayior so before it is due." "\es, sir," replied the clerk, "my pay r is so small that I cannot make it meet my ! ? expenses." d "How much salary do you get?" o "Three dollars a week, sir?" $ "Well, you should practice economy; it 1 is the road to wealth. The great trouble a with you young men nowadays is, you , t want to lead a four-dollar life on a three-' t dollar salary."?Philadelphia ('all. t IftsciUanwugi ftcading. COMMENTS ON THE NOMINATIONS. The New York Times, of Saturday, says ditorially that "it will not support Mr. ilaine for the Presidency," and "will ad'ise no man to vote for him." The Herald says the Republicans will be orry before November for their fearful ilunder in nominating Blaine and advises he Democrats to nominate Tilden or Cleveand to insure success. The Sun says a great many Republicans re opposed to Blaine on account of his reord,Dutthat "those who imagine that beause of such disaffection the country is now n witness a sniritless carrmaiem and an asy triumph for the opposition are, in our udgment, very much in error. Blaine is a ertile and sensational politician, and he rill force the fighting from the start. Moreover the party in power is always hard o beat, and the Republican party can outlo in this respect all others that ever existd outside of Mexico." The Sun warns he Democrats that it will be no holiday ask to defeat the Republican ticket. "That very advantage they may gain will have o be foueht in tremendous earnest." The World says the nomination presents ,n extraordinary combination of corruption ,nd demagogism, but that however bad Maine's reputation actually is, his character 3 really better than that of either Grant, layes or Garfield. Democratic prudence nd unity alone will lead to Mr. Blaine's lefeat." The Tribune says: "James G. Blaine has >een nominated by the people, and will be lected by the people. For a quarter of a entury no other candidate has been more learly preferred by voters." The London Times of Saturday says: "Mr. Maine's nomination will be received with ;eneral satisfaction. Not only has he been he most popular candidate from the outet, but he is beyond all question the most onspicuous and respected politician in the anks of the Republican party which has lone itself honor by the nomination of so veil known and distinguished a man. If he Democrats could tnake up their mind o a definite and reasonable free trade poliy they would certainly secure more symlathy on this side of the Atlantic than has lifhprf.n hoon accorded them. Meantime v*e must congratulate the Republic on the hoice of a candidate so eminently suited ,s Mr. Blaine to represent and uphold the lignity of the United States." Under the heading "A Beaconsfield Beyond the Sea" the Pall Mall Gazette says: [Mr. Blaine's nomination is the most noable event for England since President jincoln was assassinated. Wherever Blaine an oust the British from a position they told on the American Continent he will ndeavor to replace English influence and rade by American. His menacing intimaion that he would disregard the ClaytonSulwer treaty is an augury for the future elations of England and America. His ntervention in Peru was most ominous, /hen he declared he disliked England to /in commercial triumphs in fields which jgitimately belong to America. England /ill watch with extreme solicitation the irogress of the electoral campaign." "The Tattooed Candidate."?As there /ill he naturally much curiosity to know he meaning of the phrase "the tattood candidate," and how the appellation pplies to Mr. James G. Blaine, of Maine, t may be as well to explain that Puck, a Jew York comic illustrated paper publishd, on May 7 a full page colored cartoon eniH<vl "T,nvc's Labor Lost." The central gure of the cartoon was the distinguished olitician from Maine who is represented ) be seated on a three-legged wooden stool, lis face wears a look of the most intense E*ony, while his body, which is covered nly by a blue colored clout ornamented rith massive stars, is tattooed with fraud, le work of the artist spelling out in bold itters the numerous frauds with which the ame of Mr. Blaine has been connected, n his back are written the words: "Little lock Railroad Bonds," "Mulligan Letters," Northern Pacific Railroad Bonds," "Antihinese," while on his arm in glaring charters are the words: "Guano Statesmanlip" and "Bluster." On the left leg of [r. Blaine are the words: "Little Rock lailroad Bonds," "Demagogism," "Monoply." Standing on the floor just in rear of le tattooed man is a bucket, from which a loud of steam is rising, labelled: "Tribune leaning Fluid," while near by is lying a ew scrubbing brush, supported by a cake f "Edmundsine," and a huge black bottle ibelled " Tribune Editorials." Just in rear f the tattooed man Whitelaw Reid, editor f the New York Tribune, is standing with hie perspiratiou rolling in great drops from is forehead while with a " Tribune Excuses" ^rubbing brush in his right hand and an Explanati ve pumice stone" in his left hand e is trying vainly to wash the stains out of is hero's hide. Kneeling in front of the ittood man is William Walter Phelps who ; trying to rub out the damning spots on lie Maine statesman's leg with " Vindicamd-paper." Mr. Phelps is supported by n immense basin of "Sophistry acid" ana volume labelled "Borax-False Argulents." In commenting upon the cartoon, hick says, addressing Mr. Phelps: "You ;ant to show Mr. James G. Blaine, of laine, to the public as a pure and spotless tatesman, do you ? Well, do you know hat that undertaking implies? It imlies the reconstruction of all known priniples of mortality, and numerous alteraions in all existing dictionaries. It inolves the transformation of black into ffilte, and the making of a job such as iucifer undertook, according to Milton, dien he announced his intention of per3rming his celebrated transmogrification rick-act with Evil. The contract is a little 30 large for you, Mr. Phelps." John It. Lynch.?The first colored man dio ever wielded a gavel in a Republican onvention was Senator Bruce, of Mississipi. He was called to the chair by Senator loar, who presided over the convention, 'hat was four years ago. The proceedings f the Republican convention of 1881 indiate a farther advance in the direction of onoring the "man and brother" theory as t relates to citizens of African descent, ohn Iluggles Lynch was its temporary hairman, and was talked of for its permaent presiding officer. For this position, owever, he declined to be considered a canidate. As he carried himself with modesy and superior ability while in the chair, ~,1 Lft/1 IUa a?aa/-1 d/meo Ia Kn nnnfnnf u?ifh IIU 1KIV1 L1IU guuu oru.Tt i,\y uv, vuiin,iiu mvik he honors he had already received and not o put himself forward for others, Lynch ecame the subject of curiosity and admiraion wide as the diffusion of newspapers. Lynch was born a slave in Concordia Parih, La., Sept., 10,1847. He and his mother /ere sold, while he was yet a child, to a esident of Natchez, Miss., where he has ver since resided. The war gave him librty, and with liberty came the aspirations iroper to youth and freedom. lie worked tard all day and attended school in the vening, in this manner laying the foundaion of the considerable culture which his houghtful and aptly expressed address at he convention indicated. While still a ery young man he started in business for limself as a photographer. In 1809 he was uade Justice of the Peace by Gov. Ames, nd, in the fall of the same year, elected to he State Legislature. Two years after he /as re-elected, and subsequently chosen Ipeaker by his fellow Legislators. Congresional honors began with his election to the ^orty-third Congress. He was re-elected to he Forty-fourth Congress, and as claimed y his friends, to the Forty-fifth, but was ountedoutand Gen. James It. Chalmers ounted in. His election to the Forty-sevnth Congress was undisputed; he met Clialaers again and defeated him. Lynch was . candidate for the Forty-eighth Congress, ut was defeated by Henry S. Van Eaton, hp "npmnpratic candidate. He is not a dark legro, but lias a keen yellow face, set off by , black moustache and goatee. His figure s small and lithe. As a speaker he is enviably fluent and self-possessed, and his roice is full, rich and extremely pleasing, An Important Decision of the Su'keme Court.?The Supreme Court of this itate has recently rendered an important iecision in regard to the law as to the sale if commercial fertilizers. In an action for 310 for eleven and a half tons of Lee's *repared Agricultural Lime the defendnt set up failure of consideration and that he contract was illegal as made in violaion of certain statutes, the bags having no ags on them. On appeal from a verdict 1 for plaintiff the Supreme Court held the contract illegal and void and reversed the decision below. The Court say: "By the Acts of 1872 and 1879 it was made a misdemeanor, punishable by fine, for any person to sell or keep for sale any cemrnercial fertilizer which did not have a label affixed to each bag or other package, specifying the name, location and trade mark of the manufacturer,.the chemical composition of the contents of the package, the real percentage of certain specified ingredients, if each are present, the date of the analysis and that the privilege tax of twenty-five cents per ton has been paid." The court holds that the object of the Legislature in these Acts was not the mere securing of the revenue, but the main object was the protection of the farming interests from deceit or imposition in the sale of a worthless article, and though the Legislature has not in so many words de elared it shall not be lawful to sell any fertilizer in this State unless these regulations have been complied with, still the court hold such to be the intention and effect of the Acts. The decision is a good one and will go far to protect farmers in the pur. chase of an article now so extensively used in the important business of farming. How a Youxg Doctor Became Famous.?About twenty years ago a young doctor, who had been established three years in London without making an income, lost heart and determined to emigrate to Australia. He sold his small house , and furniture, paid his passage money, and a week before his ship was to sail went into the country to say good-bye to his parents. Having to change trains at a junction, he was waiting on the platform when a groom in smart livery galloped up to the station and calling excitedly to a porter handed him a telegraphic message for transmission. From some remarks exchanged between the two men, the young doctor understood that the Duke of , a member of the Cab, inet, had fallen dangerously ill, and that an eminent physician in London was telegraphed for. The groom added that he had ridden to the houses of three local doctors, who had all been absent, and that "His Grace was in a terrible way." The young doctor saw his opportunity, and at once seized it. "I am a medical man," ne saia to the groom, "and I will go to the hall to offer my assistance till another doctor arrives." The groom was evidently attached to his master, for he said: "Jump on my horse, sir, and ride straight down the road for about four miles; you can't miss the hall; any one will tell you where it is." The doctor went, was gratefully received by the Duchess, and happened to be just in time to stop a mistake in treatment of the patient, wnich might have proved fatal if continued for a few hours longer. The Duke was suffering from typhoid fever; and when the eminent physician arrived trom town he declared that the young doctor's management of the case had been perfect. The result of this was that the latter was requested to remain at the hall to take charge of the patient, and his name figured on the bulletins which were issued during the next fortnight, and were printed in all the leading newspapers of the kingdom. Such an advertisement is always the making of a medical man, especially when his patient recovers, as the Duke did. Our penniless friend received a fee of five hundred guineas, took a house at the West End, and from that time to this has been at the head of one of the largest practices in London. Strange Attitudes in Death.?Professor C. E. Brown-Sequard writes that at the battle of Willamsburg a United States Zouave was shot directly through the forehead, as he was climbing over a low fence, the body crouching backwards. One hand, partially clenched and raised to the level of the forehead, presented the palm forward as if to ward off an approaching evil. A brakeman of a freight car on the Nashville & Chattanooga railroad was instantly killed by a shot between the eyes, fired by a guerrilla. The murdered man was screwing down the brakes at the moment of the shot. After death, the body remained fixed, the arms rigidly extended on the wheels of the brake. The pipe which he had been smoking remained still clasped between his teeth. The conservation of the last attitude can take place in other circumstances than sudden death from wounds to the brain, the heart or the lungs, although an injury to a vital organ is the most frequent cause of that phenominon. A detail of United States soldiers, foraging near Qoldsboro, N. C., came suddenly on a party of Southern cavalry dismounted. The latter immediately sprang to their saddles and after a volley had been fired at them they all but one rode away. He was left standing with one foot in the stirrup ; one hand, the left, ? nn/1 mottn r\f i l? grilSpi Ilg tilt; UllUlC I till (Will mailt v/i ma horse, the right hand clinching the barrel of his carbine near the muzzle,the butt of the carbine resting on the ground. The man's head was turned over his right shoulder apparently watching the approach of the attacking party. He was called upon to surrender, without response, and upon a near approach and examination he was found rigid in death, in the singular attitude above described. Great difficulty was experienced in forcing the mane of the horse from his left hand and the carbine from his right. On the battlefield of Beaumont, near Sedan, 1870, the dead body of a soldier was found half sitting, half lying on the ground, delicately holding a tin goblet between his thumb and fore-finger and directing it toward an absent mouth. While in that position the poor man had been killed by a cannon ball, which had carried away the whole of his head and face except the lower jaw. The body and arms had been suddenly siezed at the time of death by a stiffness which produced the persistence of the state in which they were when the head was cut off. Twenty-four hours had elapsed since the battle. The Railroad Commission Cases.?The interesting railroad cases recently argued in the Circuit Court, at Columbia, were important as involving the powers of the Railroad Commission over the railroads of the State. The eases were heard on appeal from the decision of the Railroad Commission, and both of them were ably and elaborately argued by Col. James H. Rion for the railroad company and Attorney-General Miles for the Commission. Judge Kershaw filed his decrees in these cases on the 3rd instant. In the first case the Judge decides that the railroad company cannot charge an additional one-half cent per mile for second-class passengers who fail to buy tickets. This leaves the company to charge this extra rate for first class passengers without tickets. The second case involved the right of the Commissioners to regulate freights from points within to points without the State, and the reverse. The Judge decides the Commission has no power so to do, as that affects inter-State commerce, reverses the Commission and sustains the appeal of the railroad company. The first decision is of very little importance ; but the second greatly curtails the power of the Commission. While the specific freight rates involved referred only to merchandise shipped from Columbia to North Carolina, the point decided applies to all passengers and merchandise that cross a State line. On these the Commission cannot regulate the rates upon any part of the route, even upon a road that is entirely within this State. This latter decision in a great measure practically strips the Commission of its power over the railroads, and we believe Judge Kershaw's decree is not only good law but is founded upon sound public policy.? Winnsboro News. Death op Mr. Coward.?James Coward, who was accidentally shot bv Boggan Cash when he killed Richards, died Juno 2nd. His death from the first was a certainty, and his last days were most fearfully spent. From long confinement to his bed, owing to total paralysis of the lower extremities, the .. . . flL. 1 l,oo immediate enectoi um wuuuu, mo n<? been in a terrible condition. For some time past the flesh has sloughed away from around the left hip joint, exposing to v iew the arteries and muscles which connected ! that member with the trunk of his body. On the day succeeding Mr. Coward's death, Trial Justice W. W. Knight, acting as coroner, proceeded to hold an inquest over his body. Only two witnesses were examined, W. C. Brock, who witnessed the shooting of Mr. Coward by W. B. Cash, and Dr. C. Kollock, who extracted the ball. Their evidence was the same as has already been reported. After mature deliberation the jury returned a verdict that the deceased came J to his death from a pistol shot wound inflict' ed by W. B. Cash on the 23d February, 1884. ! fading {0* tbr Sabbath. j CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Orlglnnl.] RELIGIOUS TRAINING. j The present is an age of marvelous imj provements in many things. Its educational advantages are such as perhaps the world never before witnessed. The school books in the various departments of an education, especially in the primary branches, are unequaled by those of any past age. There is, however, beyond all dispute, an obvious neglect of the moral and religious training of the youth of our country. The morals which are taught in many of our schools and colleges are a kind of negative thing which scarcely attains a dignity entitling it to be called good behavior. Parents and teachers impress it upon the minds of their children and pupils to treat with becoming respect their fellows, but suffer them to treat God and his worship with either neglect or contempt. This seems to be a peculiarity of a people enjoying the privileges of the religion of the Bible. The heathen were careful to teach their children to respect the gods. Socrates was Eut to death because he was supposed to e wanting in proper respect for the gods of Greece. This was a part of the charge brought against him. The other part was that he corrupted the youth of the country and the corruption consisted in, as was supposed, teaching the youth to neglect the gods. The gods of Greece were no gods. They were dumb idols or their beings which had an existence only in the minds of their deluded worshipers. The God of Christendom is the maker of all things. He lives and reigns in and over all things; still the larger number of those who live in Christian lands either treat God with neglect or openly contemn him. This may sound strange at first, but it is capable of demonstration. Only a few persons in Christian lands have any decent respect for the Sabbath. It is observed, but not as God requires it to be observed. In the majority of professedly Christian families the Sabbath is nothing but a kind of holiday. The idea of "remembering the Sabbath day to keep it holy to the Lord" never enters their minds. In addition to this, it may be stated that the house of God and the worship of God command but little respect. Multitudes go to church for no other purpose than that they may waste the day in idle gossip. Many deport themselves in the house of God, on the Sabbath, with no more reverence than they do in the court house on a week day. The very language of the multitude is the gibberish of the heathen, and not the dialect of the Christian religion. This is a prominent feature of the most popular pulpit exercises of the day. It is called preaching, but it is not proclaiming Christ and him crucified, to sinners. This religiousdecline is evidently on the increase. The origin of all this evil or rather of all these evils, is found mainly in the prevailing tendency of the age to neglect the religious training of the youth. Education, to be of a high order, must be commenced at home. Those who do not learn to speak correctly their vernacular language at home, around the fireside, in their childhood, never make the attainment. TheirGalilean brogue ! betrays them at all times, and reveals the fact that slang was the dialect of the home of their youtn. It is remarkable that none of the heathen nations changed their gods or suffered the J standard of their religion to be lowered, while the Children of Israel were constantly forsaking the true God and degrading his worship. The same tendency exists among Christians that prevailed among the Jews. God commanded the Israelites, when he brougnt them over Jordan, to teach their children and to command their children to teach their children forever what God had done for them. This command they neglected to obey, and the result was the mass of the Israelites, in a few generations, sunk into the most degraded form of barbarism. They mingled with the heathen and learned of them their ways. The true religion and the false religion of the heathen round about them were combined. The mixture thus formed was hideous and vile in the extreme. The same tendency to mix the false and the true exists to-day, and in Christian lands by Christian people. Modern heathenism is a more refined thing than was ancient heathenism, but it is no less diabolical in its origin and monstrous in its tendencies. It is more to be dreaded than the worship of stocks and stones, because more corrupting to the soul. The inhabitants of Christian lands shrink back with horror at the thought of bowing down to billets of wood, but they view with indifference the tendency of the age to sink into a state of lawless irreligion without the curb of even superstition. The way, and the only way, that this irreligious tendency of the age can be counteracted is by training up the youth of the country in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. . Teach the children to speak the language of Heaven and not the dialect of this modern heathenism. [Original.] NEGATIVE CHRISTIANS. In this world there are a very large number of persons who are neither good nor bad citizens. They no doubt, subserve some purpose but it is hard to discover what that purpose is. They make no impress upon society, neither are they impressed by society. They do no marked harm but they do no discernible good. They cannot be taken into account when the advancements of society are taken into consideration ; neither can they be regarded as an element in the retrograde wave which sometimes sweeps over communities and nations. Their proper name !s Nothing. They are not ciphers, for ciphers according to their position increase or decrease the relative value of other figures; butthesebeingsin human form have neither an absolute nor a local value, w nat is true of the world in this respect is true of the church. In the church universal, and in nearly every congregation of Christians, there are persons who neither build up nor tear down. All that can be said of them is that they are in the church. They drag along through life, make no noise, do no good and do no apparent harm. These negative Christians have, however, very marked traits of character. Among these characteristics may be mentioned that they are profoundly ignorant of the distinctive doctrines of the particular church of which they are professedly members. They are likewise egregiously ignorant of the mission that the church to which they belong proposes to accomplish. They not only are ignorant of these facts, but they are perfectly content to remain in this state of ignorance. Another feature of these negative christians is that they are apparently destitute of any enterprise. They neither advocate nor oppose changes. Of the past they are profoundly ignorant; in the present they take no interest, and with regard to the future, they are as indifferent as a stone. They have no scheme?either good or bad? which they anxiously desire to see inaugurated and put into complete and active operation. They are satisfied with any thing, every thing or nothing. Their satisfaction, however, is not the assent of an active mind to what it regards right or dissent to what it regards wrong, but a spiritual stupor. A moment's reflection will suffice to con vinceany one that these negative Christians are not likely to advance the Redeemer's kingdom. The history of the church shows that those who have done the greatest amount of good have been men of strong, positive convictions. They had a religious creed which they deliberately adopted. To propagate this creed they struggled through life with all their might. They admitted that their creed might be wrong but claimed, in the honesty and sincerity of their hearts, that they believed it was right and as such they determined to promulgate it to the 1 extent of their ability. Mere negative Christianity is not worth ! anything. It is a spiritual opiate adminis-; tered by Satan to lull an immortal soul to j sleep. In genuine Christianity there is a i vital principle which manifests itself in j ceaseless activity. It is life, not death. Ev- J ery attribute of the soul is quickened into; life and every energy of the immortal nature aroused. Great issues are at stake. A grand and glorious victory is to be achieved or an ignominious and hopelessly ruinous defeat suffered. The enemy is everywhere around us. He is not indifferent. He has ; an object in view. The word indifference is | not in the vocabulary of the great arch-enemy of souls. He is a positive character of j sleepless vigilance and tireless energy. ' lite ?0tbviUc <?nqnim. TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 8 2 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. 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ONE DOLLAR per square for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. 7f3S- Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. All contract advertisements will be confined to the regular business for which the space is engaged. .2?-Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this office for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duolicate. Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices charged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usually there are about seven words in a line. J. ED. JEFFERYS & OcT* STEW FURNITURE STORE. WE have on hand, and constantly arriving, a complete stock of Furniture and Funeral Goods, on which we are prepared to offer special inducements. Funeral CJoods. Consists of Wood Burial Caskets, Cases and Coffins, all sizes, Gloss White Cases, children's size. Casket and Coffin Handles and Screws and other Cofiln Hardware. For sale at very reasonable terms. Cottage Furniture. A full assortment of Cottage Furniture, consisting of Bedroom Suites of different grades. Marble top and plain Bureaus, Centre Tables and Washstands. BEDSTEADS A AD LOUIGES. Walnut and Maple Bedsteads, common Bedsteads from ?2.00 to ?5.00 each. Also a lot of Lounges very cheap. Sideboards and Dining-room Safes. Round, Square and Fancy Top Tables, Spring Rofla Afntt-re??eu nnrl Orndles. Ttockinir. Office. Parlor, Diningroom and Children's Chairs. Furniture repaired on reasonable terms. Thankful for past favors. We respectfully solicit vour further patronage. J. ED. JEFFERYS <fc CO. [2 Thouaands of women over the land tc. 'i-^jn H fy to tlie wonderful ellecta of thiegroat r. H H edy; it v.illnotonly Bhortenlaborandles* o |y the Intensity of pain mid Buffering beyond m expression, but betteT than all, it thereby B B greatly diminishes the danger to life of botn H B mother and child. This great boon to euf- B B fering woman is Holmes' Liniment, or H B Mothers Friend. Prepared and Bold by J. W m Bjudfizld, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by all M Druggists. Price $1.50 bottle. Sent r 13 IB, byExpreas on receipt of price. /M For Sale by Dr. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. August 23 34 ly WALKER & W ALL. bicTrushTWE respectfully invito our friends to inspect ??!>. otnrtlr nKnnn r*r\c\A a nrvnaiatirwY nf f J UUI OIUVIV v/j " Crockery Ware. Wooden Ware, Hardware of all kinds; Hames, Trace Chains, Backhands, Plow Lines, Hamestrings and Single Trees. We are selling the best REniNtiTON STEEL HOE. Always on hand a full supply of Bacon, Flour, Lard, Molasses, Syrups, Sugar, Coffee, Kiee, Buckwheat, and a fresh stock of "Maid of Athens" Cigars, and Duke of Durham Cigarettes ; Vinegar, Cider and a full assortment of Crackers. WE HAVE A SMALL STOCK, Which enables us to keep up a fresh supply. All goods guaranteed fresh when sold, or your money refunded. We have everything usually found in a FIRST-CLASS GROCERY STORE. Call and examine before buying elsewhere. WALKER it WALL. P. S. Soap, Starch and a fresh supply of Canned Goods, constantly arriving. WALKER tfc WALL. Srwffrtlsy CtMrilM | Thousands of women over the land test;. Ju B fy to the wonderful effects of this great re:n- h I edy; it will not only shorten labor uud lessen H the intensity of pain and suffering beyond E I expression, but better than all, It thereby H I greatly diminishes the danger to life of botn M mother and child. This great boon to suf- U H fering woman la Holmes' Liniment, or I] M Mother's Friend. Prepared and sold by J. Bj Bbadpixld, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by all El B. Druggists. Price $1.50 bottle. Sent by Express on receipt of price. .ran SEND FOR PRICE LIST. McElree'a JEWELRY PALACE, 254 King; .Street, CHARLESTON, B. C. Largest Stock. LOWEST PRICES IN THE SOUTH. Repairing A Specialty. SEND ME YOUR WATCHES. November 22 47 ly REGISTRATION NOTICE. THE voters of York county are hereby notified that the books of the'Supervisor of Registration for York county will be open in my office, in Yorkville, on the FIRST MONDAY of each month, until the lirst Monday of July, inclusive, when and where all duly qualified voters in thocounty who have not heretofore registered; tlioso who have become of legal age as voters since the closing of the books after the last registration was made; those who have lost their original certificates, and those who have changed their places of residence since the last registration, can obtain CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION by making proper application to me. \V. H. McOORKLE, Supervisor of Registration, York county. March 27 13 lot* CbMrtinl U Thousands of women ore the laud testi- If fy to the wonderful effects of this great rem- H edy; It will no' only shorten labor and lessen the Intensity of pain and sufferiag beyond H a| expression, but better than all, it thereby ?3 H greatly diminishes the danger to life of botfi 9 mother and child. This great boon to suf- Ej fering woman is Holmes' Liniment, or Kt Mother's Friend. Prepared and sold by J. re ? BiunntLD, Atlanta, fia. Sold by alJ jjruggiHis. rnce $i.?ju uuuie. ouut by Express on receipt of price. jSA ra I Mil iff CARPETS. Carpets and House Furnishing Goods, The Largest Stock South of Baltimore. Moquet, Brussels, 3-Ply and Ingrain Carpets, Rugs, Hats and Crumb Cloths, Window Shades, Wall Papers, Borders, Lace Curtains, Cornices and Poles, Cocoa & Canton Mattings, Upholstery, Engravings, Chromos, Picture Frames. Write for Samples and Prices. BAILIE & COSKERY,AUGUSTA, GA. July 12 28 ly GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AM) CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIREPROOP DOORS, SHUTTERS dl\, ?^SHR3M01 THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C., will take 01 May 10 THE VALLEY MUTUAL Life Association OF VIRGINIA. Home Office, - - - (Staunton. Va. Hon. A. II. II. STUART, President. CHARLES L. COOKE, Secretary. T?>t?.A/1nnn/l in GauIU PovaUmo lflf Af \fornli l.QRR Since that time near one million (?*1,OOO,000) Insurance has been written in this State. ADVANTAGES. CHEAPNESS AND SECURITY COMBINED. To carry a Policy of 21,000.00, will cost a man 21 years old about* 86.00 a year; a man 45 years old, 1 percent., or 810.00 a year; a man 60 years old 2i per cent., or 825-00 a year. EVERY POLICY Guaranteed for its full face value. Guarantee fund capitalized and controlled by law. POLICY LIMIT S3,OOO.OO. We write, however, any amount up to $3,000.00 in all healthy localities of the State. Active, reliable traveling agents wanted. Any further information can be had by addressing either of the above officers, or the State Agent, Only 29 Assessment* Made in 5 Years. S. E. MILLER, Box 164, Columbia, S. C. Gen. E. M. LAW, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. October 11 29 tf CANCER. The development of the treatment of Cancer with Swift's Specific seem so wonderful, that all so afflicted should write us. for 14 YEARS. Spartanburg, S. C., March 14, 1884. I have for 14 years been a sufferer from a running sore on my face that everybody called a Cancer. I have used over 8300 worth of medicine and found no relief. About four months ago I bought one bottle of Swift's Specific from Dr. II. E. Heinitsli, and since have bought five others, have taken it, and they have cured me sound and well! Mv face is as free from a sore as anybody's, and my health is perfectly restored. I feel like forty years had been lifted o'ff my head. Yours thankfully, ELIZA TINSLEY. Mr. B. F. Burns, Hope, Ark., says, under date of Jan. 22, 1884: "I have taken five bottles of Swift's Specific for a sore on my tempie?said to be a cancer. I have been wonderfully benefitted and will soon be a well man." Mr. W. R. Robison, Davisboro, Ga., writes, under dateof Jan. 3,188-1: "I am getting on finely, the ulcer is gradually healing. I feel that Swift's Specific will cure the horrible cancer which has been feeding on me for over 20 years." Mr. W. H. Gilbert, Albany, Ga., says: "A gentleman named Moore, near this city, had an eating cancer on his lace, which had eaten away his nose and his under lip, and had extended up until it had nearly reached his eye. The cancer was eating his gums and had rendered his teeth so loose that he thought they might at any time drop out. He has been taking Swift's Specific about three months, and its effect has'been wonderful. It has driven the poison from his system, the cancer has healed greatly, his teeth have become strong again, and lie thinks he has been rescued from an awful death. He is the most enthusiastic man I ever saw." Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free to annlicants. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. N. Y. Office, 359 W. 23d St., bet. 6th & 7th A vs. For sale by Dr. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. August 23 34 ly IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. The Light Running DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE. THIS is tlio lightest-running, the simplest and the best Sewing Machine on the market. It has a high arm, the attachments are all easilyworked, and it will do any kina 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 tirstclass 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 PHOTOGRAPHS in all tho various styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the best stvle of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. January 31 5 tf FOUJfBBY AND Miaoliiiie Shop. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that ho 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 orass castings, and general machine work. KEPAIBOG, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, ana agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend anv 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 the work. EDWARD THOMAS. May 10 n COFFINS AND CASKETS. | THE undersignod, thankful for the patronage heretofore extended to him, would respectI fully inform the public that he is still in the Undertaking: Business, And is prepared to furnish COFFINS in all styles of tinish, and CASKETS and METALIC BU: RIAL CASES, in all styles. WHITE GLOSS COFFINS, Childrens' sizes. Prices of all my BURIAL GOODS as low as sold by any other house in this ! section of the country. Customers Waited On at any Hour, Day or night. All I ask is an inspection of my j goods and prices. J. E. SMITH, Agent.' OFING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 T0 158 MERWIN STR EET \Cleveland, O. Send for Circular and Price flgy' "'j List No. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. tiers for the above roofing. 9 ly C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD^ SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, June 1st, 1884. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office at Chester. GOIXG SOUTH. Leave Lenoir, G.00 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville, 6.30 A. M. Arrive at Lovelady, 6.53 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 7.30 A. M. Leave Hickory, 7.55 A. M. Arrive at Conover 8.21 A. M. Arrive at Newton 8.30 A. M. Leave Newton 8.40 A. M. Arrive at Maiden, 9.10 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.50 A. M. Leave Lincolnton, 10.00 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 10.29 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 10.54 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 11.10 A. M. Leave Gastonia, ......... 11.20 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ividge, 11.Jo M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek, 11.43 A. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 11.51 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 12.05 P. M. Leave Clover, 12.10 P. M. Arrive at Yorkviile 12.47 P. M. Leave Yorkviile, 1.00 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia 1.13 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 1.25 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 1.35 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.54 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.25 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.05 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.36 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 4.57 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.05 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.16 P. M. Arrive at Yorkviile, 5.33 P. M. Leave Yorkviile, 5.45 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.25 P. M. Arrive at Bowline: Green, 6.35 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 6.45 P. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 6.55 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.07 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 7.30 P. M. Arrive at Dallas, 7.46 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 8.11 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.40 P. M. Leave Lincolnton, 8.45 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 9.17 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 9.45 P. M. Leave Newton 9.55 P. M. Arrive at Conover 10.03 P. M. Arrive at Hickory 10.30 P. M. Leave Hickory, 10.40 P. M. Arrive at Lovelady, 11.16 P. M. Arrive at Hudsonville, 11.39 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 12.10 A. M. D. CARDWELL, Gen. Passenger Agent. James Mason, Div. Supt. May 29 22 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 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: BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet oill 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 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in everv instance. We 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 exerciso the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf BIO BOOM AT THE Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. ffEW VEHICLES. EXPECTED to arrive this week, a nice lot of Columbus Buggies, the best Buggies now made. Also, a nice lot of Cincinnati Buggies. Carriages and Jump-seat Phtetons, all standard grade work, which will be sold at the most reasonable prices. Second-Hand Vehicles. I also have on hand a number of Buggies and Wagons that have been in use ashort while which I will sell at reasonable prices for cash or on time. Buggy Cushions, Shafts and Poles kept in stock for sale. SOMETHING NEW. I have just purchased a No. 1 Queen City HEARSE, and will now be prepared to furnish funeral occasions with Hearse and Carriages for town or any part of the county, at short notice, and for moderate charges. Feed Stables. Have your horses fed at the YORKVILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, where they will be well fed and groomed. F. E. SMITH. AGRICULTURAL HALL, Near Corner of Congress and East Liberty Streets. IS now supplied with Farm Machinery, consisting of Buck Eye Self Binder, Buck Eye Table Rake Reapers, and Single Wheel Light Canton Reapers. The Single wheel Reaper is very light and durable and are sold at very low prices. JUMBO has arrived in the shape of a 6 horse power Tanner Engine on wheels, with many improvements ana conveniences not found on other make of Engines. When you call ask for Jumbo, it certainly will please your eyes. Also just received an 8 Horse power Tanner Engine on skids and don't forget to inspect. The Wheeler <fc Melick, light separator. For compactness, light weight and ease of running cannot be surpassed. Although it has a 26 inch cylinder, yet its entire weight on wheels is only 1,860 pounds. It is operated by two small belts; not a cog wheel used on the machine. It is an overshot and double Vibrator requiring much leSs power to run it, and is sold at prices as low aJreQmmon machines. I also represent the Geiser and Sweepstake separators. I have in stock Randall HarrowsfV_ Plow Sulkies, Corn Sliellers, Hay Cutters. T. S. JEFFERYS. 7* TAX RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1884. j, AUDITOR'S OFFICE, YORK COUNTY, S. C., Yorkville, S. C., March29th, 1884. 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 countv, for the fiscal year commencing November 1,*1884, to wit: At Yorkville, from Tuesday, May 27, until Friday, June 20th, 1884, inclusive, at which time the books will close, and the fifty per cent, penaltv attach to defaulters. Dersons between the ages of 21 and 50 yearsare 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-pavers 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 in their respective townships. W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor York Countv. Anril 3 U tf DENTAL SURGERY. Drs . J. A. ?fc E. F. Glenn, OjWfQfk SURGEON DENTISTS, Yorkville and Rook Hill, WOULD respectfully inform the public that their Offices at each of the above places are now open, and they are prepared, with all the improved facilities, to attencf to any orders in the DENTAL ART, at low prices and on reasonable terms. Teeth extracted without pain, by the use of nitrous oxide gas. TOOTH POWDERS and BRUSHES of best quality in stock. Office in Yorkvillo in ALLISON'S BUILDING, over M. Strauss' Store, where one of us may bo found at all times. January 10 2 0m CHATTEL, MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.