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piraoMus fepattment. Tranquility at any Price?"I war lookin' furyou 'bout an hour ago," observed a colored citizen to a policeman whom he met on Hasting street yesterday ?" "What was the trouble "A pusson claimin' to be my wife, an' h^yin' three children behind her, arroved from Canada." "Did eh ?" "Yes, sah, an' de fust I knowed of it de crowd was right at de doah of my house. I jist kinder reckoned on a sort o' cyclone, you know. Looked as if it would come powerful sudden on de wife an' two chill'en inside." "Whew ! ? And what did you do ?" "Broke de ice werry gradual, sah. I s'pected dar'd be screamin' an' yellin' an' ' ha'r-pullin', but eberythin^'moved off de tranquillest you ever saw. JDe pusson from Canada stuck to it dat she was de werry wftman T run VI n wn v frnm fi vft v'ars a^O. an' so when I saw dat it was no good to argy I took de hult of 'em in." . i t*And what did No. 2 say ?" "Nuffin' werry important. She kinder clawed aroun' fur a spell an' den settled down. De chill'en took to each odder right away, an'dey,iSunow minglin'. together in de harmoniest manner." "And you are going to run two families ?" "Well, sah, Ize suggested dat one take in washin' an'.de odder de ironin', while I kinder bos5 tie job,- an' I reckon we'll git . along widoutany serious porforashuns. Ize a pussom dat am bound to have tranquillity aroun'my house at any cost. You kin sort o'hang aroun' heah, you know, an' if dar should be a sudden upshot de sight of you would go a good ways to embellish renewed harmony."?Detroit Free Prqss. . 4 No JKjcker.?A young main was ushered into the parlor, where sat his adored one. She was gazingsoulfully into the fire thinking of him, no doubt, but n6t dreaming of his presence. He tip-toed his approach, and slyly seizing a stragling hair, which coyly nestled in its blonde beauty on the "scruff of her round neck, gently twiched it, and waited for the start and maidenly blush, a pleasant surprise. Again he drew it toward him, and again dia the fair one continue to look in the fire. "Dear girl, she knows not of mv presence," he murmured to himself. "How glad she will be to discover her Charles so close behind her! I will end thissuspenseand gently lifting an auburn curl from the sloping shoulders, he tweaked as only a fond lover can tweak; and, gentle reader, you may believe us or not, but w.e hope to die if he didn't scalp her. The whole business came off, and then she saw that Charlie was there. Shall we draw a veil over the dreadful picture? By no means. Charles knew that she wore false hair, and he knew that she knew that he knew it. Besides, the girl was turning thirty and worth millions. Charles was poor, but dead in love. A poor young man madly in love with a girl worth [millions, is never a kicker.?Every Sunday Morning. k the Tables.?Yesterday morning a gentleman of good standing went into Hseffenschaffer's saloon and walked up to the counter, when the following conversation took place: u 1 nr_ on "Am yuu iu.r. ixicuciisuiiaiici . "To peen schure I vas me. You dinks I gan be some odder feller. I ain't no dheatre man." "Well, I want to warn you to not give my boy any more beer." "Gif your poy beer? I don'd your poy gif beer. You dinks I bays monies for beer und den gif it avay ? For what I dooks meinselef ?" "I mean that you must not sell him any." - "Ugh! Sell him any. Dot peen anoder dings. Vhy don'd his monies peen so goot like anoder man's ? Meppy him got gouuderfeid monies, eh ? I look me dot drawer in. Your poy been here lasd nighd. Yah, here vas a gounterfeid tollar. I peen glad you dold me dot. Gone my saloon oud ! A fader vhat got a poy like dot vas wursteras der poy. Gone my saloon oud ! I see you sooner mebby." And the poor man was forced to leave without getting in a word of defense.?State Journal. The Tact of Arkansas Women.? "Who is that horrid whisky bloat?" asked a lady of an acqaintance, while they stood viewing the guests at a fashionable reception. "Which one ?" "That one with the red mustache and awful nose. Don't you see?" "He's mv husband." "Oh," laughed the lady, "I see that you are not sensitive, although she saw vengeance in the eyes of the insulted lady. "Several nights ago a friend made a similar ? remark about my husband and I became very angry. I declared it would anger any woman, but my friend said that you, having the best husband in the world, would not j care, and I wagered a pair of gloyes that ( vou would, but you see that I have lost. I < hear that your husband is spoken of as an available candidate for Governor. How j clever he must be." BJaT Old Sam Kalleton was doubtless one of the most ardent legislators known to the history of Arkansaw. Every bill introduced by a well-dressed man he looked upon with , suspicion, and never failed to suggest an amendment. One morning, after a night's carousal, he entered the legislative hall just as thechaplain was asking divine aid. The old man took a chew of tobacco and listened attentively until the chaplain closed his petition with an effective recitation of the Lord's prayer. "Mr. Speaker," said the old man, arising, "I move to strike out the words 'daily bread' and insert 'as much bread as may be found necessary for twenty days.' We have already done enough for the flood sufferers." An Uninstructed Delegate.?Little Jack?"Pop, you are a delegate to the Presidential Convention, ain't you?" Pop?"Yes, my son." Little Jack?"And didn't you say you was an instructed delegate?" Pop?"Yes." Little Jack?"Then what for did Mr. Biggs tell Mr. Bogg vou wasn't?" ^i. , T m:f.??riQK.tnnri >> 1'Op?"V_/u : x gutiiss )uu uiisuuuci?vuu> "Little Jack?"No, 1 didn't. He thinks you are uninstructed." Pop?"Why do you think so?" Little Jack?"Because he said he didn't see why the party should select such an ignoramus as you."- Philadelphia Call. &&* A negro was recently seated on a rail fence in Arkansas, intently looking at the telegraph wires. A gentleman passing said: "Watchingthe wires?" "Yes, sail." "Waiting to see a message go by, hey ?" The negro smiled, and said: "Yes, sail." The gentleman kindly told him that messages were invisible, and explained the working of the electric current to him at length. Concluding he said: "Now you know something about it." ^Ygs sftti " "What do you work at?" "I'm a telegraph operator at the Hazel Switch Station, san." Ix Three Words.?The medical witness, i_ ?:ujr. n..Wnnno in tlio race infnrmpd Ill ^1 VI11^ ills C V 1UC1IVV 1U vtiv V?WV) the court, that, in examiningthe prosecutor, he found him suffering from a severe contusion to the integuments under the left orbit, with great extravasation of blood, and ecchy mosis in the surrounding cellular tissue, which was in a tumefied state. There was also considerable abrasion of the cuticle. This magniloquent description for a time bewildered the court, until it was resolved by the iudge himself into the simple words, "a black eye."?Popular Science News. He Had No Fear.?Medical Graduate? "Yes, I have decided to settle in Highvjlle." Old Resident?"What! settle here? Why, you will starve to death!" "Medical Graduate?"Why will I?" Old Resident?"Because Highville is one of the healthiest places in the country." Medical Graduate?"Oh, it is, is it? Well, just wait until I have been here a while." ^ J&-A barber about to be hanged said "Necks!" and the trap-door fell. Those present considered it a good choke. : |arm and Jitmflt. COW PEASE FOR FERTILIZING LANDS. The attention of our farmers has been often called to the importance of using cow pease as a means of enriching the soil; but the subject will be more interesting if some of the forming subscribers to the Journataml Review would give their views as to the use of pease ; and still more so if a much larger number would make theirown experiments. No farmer should accept the dicta of any writer upon agricultural subjects, but only use them as incentives, and guides to investigation and experiment. The time to plant cow pease is near at hand, and, therefore, our farmers' attention is again called to the matter. The use of pea vines for manure is not by any means a new thing in South Carolina. For many years it has been known that all plants of the leguminous family possessed the valuable property of restoring fertility to impovn.:L<har] Ian/1 otifl fl-io />nmmnn nense were used for this purpose upwards of forty, or more years ago. Clover has been so used in Europe for centuries, and is now the farmer's great dependence there, and in the North. As a fertilizer for small grain, cow pease are recognized as being of unequalled value. They benefit the land in two ways, the vines form a dense shade, and protect it from the heat of the sun, which, in our climate is the great exhauster of the soil, and they contribute a great mass of vegetable matter that contains the very ingredients of which exhausted land is deficient. Nature intends the land to be protected by herbage during the summer months, and all observant farmers know that when a field has been allowed to lie out and be overgrown with weeds and grass, that its fertility is increased. The land is said to have rested, but the true reason for the improvement is. that it has been well protected from the heat of the sun, and a large proportion of the ammonia brought down by rains has been prevented by the herbage from being evaporated, and is retained in the soil. In addition to this is the more important effect, that the grass and weeds have died on the land, and added materially to the supply of vegetable matter in the soil. When planted in June, pease will produce luxuriant vines, that densely shade the soil, and when turned under by the plow, in the Fall, they add to the soil a large amount of vegetable . nAtifninirxva lorrrti norpdlltilcrp nf Tint llintMyl f VVUVUIUIIJ^ t? |/V? W> -w w ash and nitrogen, which are just the constituents needed by poor lands, and of essential importance to all small grain. Careful experiments made by practical farmers have demonstrated, beyond doubt, that the yield of grain from any field can be doubled within a year, by the use of cow peas. Heretofore it has been the practice to allow the stubble fields to remain as pastures, during the summer, for the farm stock ; and doubtless this will be continued in those unfortunate counties in our neighboring States, where the fence law is still in force. But in progressive South Carolina this relic of the feudal ages has been abolished, and our farmers can no longer abuse their grain fields by pasturing stock upon them, and perforce these fields, after the grain is harvested in June, must lie idle for five months, or be planted in another crop. Here is the opportunity to make use of cow pease, both as a fertilizer, and a food crop, for the ripe pease may be picked in October, and the vines turned under for manure. There was formerly a general impression that some especial merit resided in the green vines, but the late Dr. St. JulienRavenel demonstrated that this was a mistake ; and that the dead vines possessed all the essential ingredients contained in the green, and were in every respect equally as efficacious. Some sandy soils are naturally so poor, or exnaustea, tnac cow peas wm uol giuw uu them ; the plants come up, but as soon as they get three or four inches high, turn yellow, and die out. Generally the cause of this is a deficiency of lime in the soil, and it can be remedied by the application of lime or ash element. Either of these substances will insure a crop of vines, which once obtained, and plowed under, will form a basis upon which a more luxuriant growth may be had next year, and thus lead to the permanent fertility of the soil. In all poor, sandy soils lime and potash are the elements most lacking; the application of lime will cause the growth of pea vines, which in their turn will supply the potash. About the middle of June it is customary for farmers to plant pease between their corn rows, for the two-fold purpose of making a crop of Feas, and increasing their supply of forage, t is good economy to pick the peas, but the vines should never be pulled off the land ; it is much more for the farmers' interest to leave them to die on the land, and increase its fertility, than to endeavor to increase the forage. Year after year, the average corn field supply at the serious expense of the soil in South Carolina receives no manures whatever ; all of the grass is kept down ; m the leaves and tops of the corn are taken and ?ji all of the pea vines are pulled up ; in fact 2 all of the vegetable matter that the soil pro- > duces is removed. Under such circum- ? stances it is no wonder that the average yield of corn is only about 9 bushels per acre. If farmers would sow peas thickly in between the corn rows and not pull up the tic vines, but plow them under with a large ho plow in the fall, or winter, they would find wl that their average yield of corn would be Pc doubled within a season, or two.?Aiken soi Journal and Review. m; 1 Success in General Farming.?A cor- an respondent of the Connecticut Farmer writes stl as follows upon a very important topic: I no will admit that there are prosperous special- ^ ists, but who are they ? They are men that ou make one particular business their life busi- or ness; educate themselves to it and follow it. re They don't take one thing this year and another the next, according as it may pay, or jie seems as if it might pay, nor whine when a cu bad year gives them a turn; but all fanners or can't be specialists, and all farmers can follow W( general farming and can make it pay. Not ex have all of our eggs in one basket, but raise ^ horses, oxen, cows, sheep, swine and poultry, ^ and if possible, enough grain to keep them ou well; then what staple we can without ^ wearing out these bodies of ours making us pe old men before our time. Following this jn plan each year, we shall hit somewhere and <ja lose but little if some crop fails to grow or co sell well, and none will be telling us that ex farming does not pay. But shall all enjoy jn the farm and feel satisfied when, on an occa- 0f sional leisure day, we peep around to see pi] how the rest of the world gets along, and see what a sameness there is to work except vv] farming?general farming. The good genera! farmer who carries it on in all its es branches is a practical business man, and is ^ independent on a small capital. Too Much Land.?A great many far- "' mers, says an exchange, have more land than they are able to manage properly, r: They have to depend too much on hired P; help, and many times they will let part of n-rn-l.- cm n\r rlofaillf mt.llPr t.hfl.n fff) to l"c" bu "J v.v-? ? the expense of hiring. Such farmers would *" make more clear money by having no more zf land than they can work advantageously themselves. It is not economy to stint ^ work on the farm, when crops need to be putin or when they are to be cultivated or gathered, any more than it is economy to 1 only half feed or attend to your stock. Ev- sp erything about a farm needs to be attended be to at the proper time, just as much as any so other kind of business. Every business It< man knows that if he has more business in than he can manage, or neglects to attend in to his business at the proper time and an continues to do so, he will go to the wall th sooner or later. So it is, in a measure, with m the farmer: If he has fflore land than he tu can manage or more stock than he can at- H tend to, or lets a great portion of his farm m grow up to weeds or his stock suffer for at- m tention, he will lose money in the end. bi Farmers, look into this matter and see if lv there can't be an improvement made in this 131 direction. m 46?* The British Medical Journal says cows vj drink filthy water for its saline taste, and af, proposes an antidote in the shape of rock as salt, kept always within reach of the cows, and we suppose it would be a good idea to m have the salt near the place where good wa- 0f ter is to be had, so as to attract the cows to je] that location. jn The theory that dew comes up from the earth instead of falling upon it is revived, but we continue to find it in the morning on the roofs of the houses instead of on the ceilings of cellars; itisontheuppersurface ofthe flc Hat stones instead of beingon the under side, in 4toigtol f Written for the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LIFE--DEATH--IMMORTALITY. BY INQOMAR. Life is but a fleeting shadow, Or link in chain of Time; One end in cradle?one in grave,? Buds, blooms, and then declines; Declines like fading flowers or leaves When their bright bloom lias fled, Its petals crumble?wither?fade, And lay them with the dead ! The beach of Time (like garden walks), Is strewn with fallen loaves From off the Tree of Life, and we Like leaves, or scatterod sheaves, Will soon be shod, or gathered home,? We are not hero to stay, ,. . We &re, at best, bnt sojourners In tenements of clay. We know not how nor whence we came, Nor whither we will go ; How brief or long our stay may be, And shadows ever throw Themselves across our path in life,? Life is mysterious?dark,? , " "" For tho' we live, we cannot toll From whence the vital spark. If, as some say, when life is o'er There are no joys nor ins, That future state is but a dream, That death forever stills, What mean tho longings of the heart Of all qf mortal race - }. (What e'er their country, race, or creed), To reach a heavenly place ? Since Time rotated on its wheel, In every clime and ago, Sweet hopes and longings, doubts and fears, Make up of life the page That's stamped upon tne hearts of all,? All long for bliss and Joy In fields Elysian, Paradise, Or home beyond the sky. If life be quenched like fallen star, And after death is gloom. Why should mankind a sad pleasure take In ling'ringround a tomb That nothing holds but ashes?clay ? Why do they-teach and believe > That death is but a half-way houseThat souls forever live ? What instinct plants, in soul of man A belief in future state ? Or, is it not the voice of God That makes man feel elate To think that those who've gone before Are now at peace and rest, Where peace and joy forever reigns? * Where they are ever blest ? TKn VilotAvrr of oil aoPAQ nrnvft ' J That Pagan, Christian, Jew, Alike believe in future state,? Denyers are but few ; And those same few?the Infidels,? Who rave and prate'bout Reason, For differing with mankind at large Can they assign a reason ? Is man in every age a dunce? Or is he knave or fool, That he should fast, and bray, and weep Upon repentance stool, If in his heart he really felt That future state was not? If he believed that after death Like fallen tree he'd rot? Forbid it reason ! Reason does Revolt at such construction Of promptings of the heart of man,? 'Twould lead but to destruction; For if man felt that after death Existence there was none, Think vou the poor (who millions are), Would suffer, toil and groan ? Think you they'd groan 'neath trials sore,? That they would hungry go, If in their hearts they did not feel There was both joy and woe In mystic land beyond the grave? They'd like destruction's besom Sweep from the rich their hoarded wealth,? *rn ..1J lx~ ,1 AWUU1U ud mukuica ui I cuoun. Does Reason teach that it is wise To throw into disuse The teachings of all ages?climes,? And man's worst passions loose From all restraints of order?law? Whatsafe-guards would there be? Society would melt away And man a beast would bo. And thus the ranting Infidels Who rave and prate 'bout Reason, Are shewn as enemies of man ; Their teachings are rank treason Against the laws of God and man: They seek but to degrade When thev would quench the light of Hope That shines from out the Shade. So let us hold to future state, 'Tis Bafest, wisest, best; And 'tis a consolation sweet To dream that we shall rr 'it Throughout the long eternuy, When life's career is o'er, In land of fadeless joy and bliss On the bright heavenly shore. Of our volition we came not ; We're moved by unknown force; We call that force, or essence, God; So let us guide our course That He no blame will find in us ; Let's heed the laws He's given, And when our race on earth is run We'll reign with Him in Heaven. HisccUancows Itcaflitw. JU BLAINE'S PUBLIC RECORD. A correspondent, whose letter we print another column, desires some explana>n of what he considers the slighting of stile references to Mr. James Q-. Blaine lich so frequently appear in the Evening )st, and which he suspects must be in me degree at least, the product of private alice. We think he is entitled, as our aders generally, tosomesuch explanation, d we shall proceed to make it cheerfully, irting, however, with the assertion that > editor or other person connected with e Evening Post in any capacity has, to r knowledge, had any difference, quarrel controversy with Mr. Blaine or has ever ceived any injury from him whatever or ars him any personal grudge. Whenever t is discussed in these columns he is disssed either as the holder of a public office as a candidate for a public office. Nor do ^ make any reference to his private affairs cept when those affairs have or appear have direct and important relation to nis aracter as a public man. In fact, all r comments on him and his doings are le to the fact that we consider his re-aparance as a candidate for the highest office the government, or any other, as an auoious proceeding, which can only be gcunted for by supposing him to have an traordinary and unwarrantable confidence the popular forgetfulness. It is the duty all those who do not wish to see the Reiblican party burdened during the caniss next summer with the hopeless task of tiitewashing him, to set forth briefly, now is boom is becoming so lively, the chargwhich he will have to answer before he n be elected to the Presidency. It would lamentable indeed, and certainly disasdus, if the task prescribed for Republican urnalists by the Convention should be not e discussion of great questions of public >licy like the tariff or the civil service or e railroads or the currency, but laborious ami nations of Mr. James G. Blaine's railad transactions. We mean, as far as we e concerned, to avoid this if we can by king up his railroad transactions now, 'oere tne bustle and excitement of the cnn.ss begins. the first charge. The first of these charges is that in the ring session of Congress in 1869 a bill was fore the House of Representatives which ught to renew the land grant to the Little :>ck and Fort Smith Railroad of Arkansas, which some of Mr. Blaine's friends are terested; that an attempt to defeat it by i amendment was made, and was on e point of being successful, and its prooters were in despair: that at this juncre, Mr. Blaine, being then Speaker of the ouse, sent a message to Gen. Logan to ake the point of order that the amendent was not germane to the purpose of the 11; that this point of order was accordingraised and promptly sustained by Mr. laine as Speaker, and the bill was in this anner saved; that Mr. Blaine wrote at once the promoters calling attention to the s;erce he had rendered them, and finally, ter some negotiations, secured from them, a reward for it, his appointment as sellg agent of the bonds of the road, on comission, in Maine, and received a number such bonds as his percentage; that the iding features of the transaction appeared two letters of his afterwards made public, ited respectively June 29 and October 4, 69. THE SECOND CHARGE. Second. That he assorted at first on the >or of the House, with the view of coverg up this affair, that the Little Rock and Fort Smith Road "derived its life, fra chise and value wholly from the State and not from Congress, whereas the e^ denee subsequently taken by the Congr< sional committee disclosed the fact that t road derived the value on which the bonds were based from the Act of Congre of which Mr. Blaine secured the passage the manner above described in 1869; that asserted on the floor of the House that t j bonds he received "were bought by him precisely the same rate as others paid ! whereas the evidence showed that the bon came to him as commissions on sales, whi he secured the opportunity of makii through his aid given to the work in Co fress, and that he solicited this agenc asing his request on the aid so given ai that he paid nothing whatever for tl bonds, the consideration being his ruling Speaker and his subsequent efforts to si them. What he did with these bonds, se enty-five in number, is uncertain; b strong, though not conclusive, evidence w produced going to show that they we taken off his hands at a good price by ti Union Pacific Railroad (through the instr mentality of one Caldwell,) which then w also in trouble. The investigation on ti point was never pushed home, owing to t sudden illness which overtook Mr. Blai in 1876. THE THIRD CHARGE. Third. That Mr. Blaine in 1870 ma an offer as appeared by his own letrers, one of his railroad friends, Mr. Warn Fisher, of Boston, to sell him a half of or twenty-fourth interest in the Northe Pacific Railroad, immediately after Ji Cooke's contract "had been perfected ai the additional legislation had been obtai ed," he having, he said, .come intoconti of this interest "by a strange revolution circumstances;" sih&T5ihe amount of sto which this would represent, he said, wou be $425,000, and the number of acres of la: "nearly 275,000." "The chance," he sai "was a very rare one; he could't touch it but he offered it to Mr. Fisher for $25,0C that Mr. Fisher accepted it and paid t money, but for some unexplained reasi the stock was never delivered, and 3M Blaine subsequently returned the amoui This transaction was a very peculiar or for the following reasons: It appears from Acts of Congress relati: to the road, none of which are of older de than July 2,1864, that the authorized sto was $100,000,000, with a land grant es mated by the commissioners of public lan at 47,000,000 acres, or 74,423 square mil The line of the road was 2,000 miles lor and at the time of Blaine's letter to Fish it was, he says, being built on bonds $25,000 a mile, which would have mad< bonded debt of $50,000,000. Mr. Blaine, a member of Congress and Speaker of t House, must be taken to have known abc the circumstances of the road, and th( therefore seems no escape from the cone! sion that his offer was based on the ex pi tation that he would receive almost as gift a share in an enterprise dependent: its value on legislation in which he h taken part. Mr. Blaine's defence in t case of this transaction consisted at first a denial that he had ever had any trans.' tion with the road at all, but he afterwa rested on the fact that he had no pecui ary interest in the transfer, and that was never actually madej but though tl might be a defence to a suit against him ] a conspiracy to defraud purchasers of t stock, it does not affect in any way t nature of the offer. His relations wi Warren Fisher were in 1870, as appear from the evidence, such that any favor do the latter, or gift presented to him, had direct pucuniary value. THE FOURTH CHARGE. Fourth. Because he obtained certain li tors, which there is every reason to belie contained matter gravely compromise him, from a perfectly reputable witne Mr. MnlhVan. who was the Droner and la ful custodian of them, after having vain tried appeals to his pity, by pledging 1 word of honor to restore thein broke ti pledge, retained them by force, and subs quently read such of them as he pleased tne House in aid of his vindication; th this conduct, if not legally criminal, w such as no man aspiring to be the Chi Magistrate of a greats-nation ought to even suspected of. TIIE FIFTH CHARGE. Fifth. That both his short service as i executive officer of the government and tl various efforts he has made during the pa eight years to keep the public in mind him, have been sensational and theatric! indicating a strong love of notoriety and t absence of the settled convictions, the sob judgment and the steadiness of charact which are needed to make him a safe occ pant of any high or responsible administr tive office; and that the means by whi< his "booms" are started and promoted? which the manner in which his "historj has recently been heralded and produced a good example?bear too close an approa< to the advertising devices of a circus < other public show to make the candida< of any person resorting to them anythir but a humiliation for the party producii him. A PACKER OF CONVENTIONS. Lastily, it seems to us emphatically tl duty of the independent voters to repre in some signal way the rapidly growir practice of packing conventions under tl personal superintendence of candidates f the Presidency. It is of comparative recent date. It is only a few years since M Tilden excited the horror of the Republics press by taking charge of his own canva and starting a "literary bureau" to suppi puffs of himself to the newspapers. Sin< then it has grown apace, and it now e: cites no surprise to hear that any Candida is actively engaged in using all his powe of intrigue, chicanery and corruption secure the election of delegates all over tl Union, pledged either openly or secretly act under his orders at the Convention, ani if casting votes for him will do no good, cast them in such a way as to enable hi: to carry out any bargain or "deal" wil any other candidate which it may plea him to make. The Nominating Convei tion has already, through its size, as we as for other reasons, lost nearly all sen blance of a deliberative body, but it hi not yet become wholly the product of "su soiling" carried on by the various candidal themselves. In this art of packing Co: ventions Mr. Blaine is now the greate master in the country. His success wou make this art almost the only one whi< American statesmen would hereafter cull vate or would appearantly need to cultivat It is high time, therefore, that he and h disciples were made -to understand that is not by such little games that the Pres dency is to be won.?New York Even'u Post, For the Yorkvlllu Enquirer. FISH AND BEES. Lowuysville,S. C., June 16.?Mr. Rot Conrad invited a few friends to dine wil him on last Thursday, and especially to te his German Carp. The guests represent* farmers, doctors, and teachers, and the di ner was skillfully prepared from the pr ducts of the farm, garden, orchard, floe herd, apiary and fish pond. Mr. Conrad's pond?or rather three < four ponds, one below another?embraces, suppose, about one-fourth of an acre. E procured twenty German Carp, perha] in January, 1882. In June, 1883, they wei from twelve to fourteen inches long, large number were hatched last year, bi very few survived. I don't know the caui of this; but I have heard of several persoi experiencing the same result with the fir year's spawning. Some more young fi< were put into the pond last winter. I kno neither the number nor size. I It would hardly be an exaggeration to sa that the young carp, of this year'sspawnin, are numbered by the million. Your reai ers will be prepared to believe this, whe they are assured that at one dip with a seiv Mr. Conrad caught one hundred young fishe In your issue of May 22nd, a correspoi dent says: "I consider a pond of small* I XT n \TA?ir if n j size uia.ii an aum wuiuucss. nuv* n u ! acre pond will accommodate six hundre ! fish, why will not a half acre accommodai i three hundred, a quarter, one hundred an i fifty, ?fcc. ? Of course, Mr. Conrad's pon eannot sustain such numbers as are in now, but surely it is worth something, only to hatch young carp for sale. Othe i have already engaged a considerable nun ' ber from him, to stock their ponds. Yoi 1 correspondent stated that the eggs hatche j in eight days. If I remember correctb 1 Mr. Conrad's hatched in a little over t\v n- days. It may be that circumstances govern | i," j the time of hatching, d-! A fish from this small pond was unaniJs mously pronounced most excellent. No he muddy taste could be detected, even when i :se we were testing for mud. I intended to say something about the ! in apiary, but will not impose on your patience j he longer, except to say that Mr. Conrad is he making a reputation for his skill in raanaat ging bees, and, to those who consult him, I he does not hesitate to reveal the secret of j ds his power. Why do we not all have an 1 ch abundance of honey? There is nothing so ig cheap that is half so good. IIospes. n- t Blaine's War Kecord.?Here is Hon. 1 ^ James G. Blaine's war record as given by lie E. F. Pillsbury, of Maine, a close neighbor of Blaine, in a speech in Boston before the e11 Bay State Club: "He was the first to be v" drafted in his district. But prior to that an , ut organization had been effected in Augusta ! as to protect men Jlgainst the draft, each mem*e ber paying $25 to the fund to hire a substi"e tute if drafted. Mr. Blaine, out of that fund hired a substitute named Bradford. l*3 A soft place was found for the man to re'1S main at the post in Augusta, instead of gohe ing to the front. After a while he was de-1 ne tected in selling for money, certain certifi- j cates, and he was kept in jail until the close of the war. That constituted Mr. Blaine's de service in the field. [Loud laughter.] Afto ter the war closed, the men who had been en drawn claimed that the towns and cities le- should pay the expenses they had been put rn to, and Augusta generously voted to pay ny these men the money they had paid for subid stitutes, and Mr. Blaine got his bond for n- $200. But this is not the end. Afterwards ol a resolution was put before the Common of Council of Augusta to pay Mr. Blaine $200, ck the amount he had paid for a substitute, and kl it was voted and passed and he was paid, ad That you can rely on as being a true story." ? f orkrilir (grnqitim. ?n TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: Lr. . a O !C 1. -a mngie copy ior on? yuar, ? ?*v ' For six months, 125 'e> For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 ng Ten copies one year 20 00 ite And an extra copy for a clnb of ten. ck How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the f: name of the subscriber very plainly, give nostoffice, county and State, in rail, and send the u amount of the subscription by draft or postes* office money order, or enclose the money in "a Iff) registered letter. ier Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free at of postage to all subscribers residing in York j a county, who receive tho paper at post-offices as with"1 the county; and to all other subscribers . the postage is paid by the publisher. 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All contract advertisements will be confined to the regular business for which ed the space is engaged. ne Rejected manuscripts will not be returned a to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this office for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duplicate. ;# ?-Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices et- charged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usuve ally there are about seven words in a line. 4 I POISON OAK to Seems to yield every time to treatment with at Swift's Specific. Spartanburg, S. C., March 13, 1884. if Your most valuable medicine (Swift's SpecifDe ic) has done mo so much good that I feel like saying this for the benefit of those who suffer like I did. I was poisoned by poison oak, and ,n saw not a well dav for six years, until I used j* Swift's Specific, fn the six years I used almost every kind of medicine, but none had the desired St effect. After using six bottles of Swift's Speof cific I am restored to perfect health?with not a ll, sign of that awful poison left! in Yours Truly, DAVID NESBITT. er U- POISON OAK. a- I had for thirty-eight years suffered every 3h spring and summer with Poison Oak, which I Of contracted in bathing when a boy. I tried every thing for it, including many physicians, but within out any benefit. I took six bottles of Swift's V~ Specific (S. S. S.) four years ago, it cured me sound and well. Three summers have passed, Of and I have had no return of it. jy Joseph Heasley, Columbus, Ga. }g Remarkable Results. I have had remarkable success with Swift's ie Specific; have cured several cases permanently ^ in a very short time. One case which I am now 55 treating was given up to die, and after using if? three bottles is so far recovered that I think one ie more bottle will cure her. The most remarkable t)r ease of all was a lady with medulary cancer of [y the womb, for whom I had no hope whatever. V After usingone bottle I am satisfied she will soon , * be cured. J. WYLTE QUILLIAN, M. D., in Easleys, S. C. ss ly r;e Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. s_ TPIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. L0 N. Y. Office, 159 W. 23d St., bet. 6th A 7th Avs. | For sale by Dr. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. t0 August 23 34 ly ie tO 1 d, ? ! i ~j. ed7jefferys & co~ : ? STEW FURNITURE STORE, i 'I ?T|7E have on hand, and constantly arriving, a n" tt complete stock of Furniture and Funeral Goods, on which we are prepared to offer special b- inducements. ] es Funeral Goods. ti- ' gt Consists of Wood Burial Caskets, Cases and Cof- 1 tins, all sizes, Gloss White Cases, children's size. ' Casket and Coffin Handles and Screws and other sll Tr.,?/l?f?VA Va?? oulo ??< Tftirv rA?i?rmnhln I . I/UIUII -lAUlHrVCWG* 1VJI OU1U C%V TV* J * 'l* terms. ? ( ^ttage Furniture. it A full assortment of Cottage Furniture, consisting of Bedroom Suites of dilFeront grades. Marble top and plain Bureaus, Centre Tables and ' Washstands. BEDSTEADS VXD LOEAGES. Walnut and Maple Bedsteads, common Bedsteads from 82.00 to 8-"'.00 each. Also a lot of Lounges very cheap. th Sideboards and Dining-room Safes. of Round, Square and Fancy Top Tables, Spring Beds, Mattresses, and Cradles. Rocking, Office, 0- Parlor, Diningrootn and Children's Chairs. l?Tr0 niture repaired on reasonable terms, k, Thankful for past favors. We respectfully solicit your further patronage. 1 rjr ? J. ED. JEFFERYS cfc CO. . ] [e SEND FOrTrICE LIST. i p3 1 re McEIree's A at JEWELRY PALACE, ( se < IS 254 King Street, of- ( CHARLESTON, B. C. w I Largest Stock. ! ; LOWEST PRICES IN THE SODTH. | Jj; Repairing A Specialty. ?' SEND ME YOUR WATCHES. I a-! November 22 47 ly l n JAMKS F* ,rART- GEO. W. S. HART. id HART & IIART. te ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. j it EO. W. S. IIART, Notary Public, and Com- i if; U missioner of Deeds for Arkansas, North ! ^ . a i Carolina and Texas. I April 24 27 tf ir CHATTEL MORTGAGES, l(A "Ayf ORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to ItJL Real Estate. For sale at the 0 ENQUIRER OFFICE. GARRY IRON R( Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, /" r FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS Mf L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C., will take May 10 THE VALLEY MUTUAL Life Associatioi OF VIRGINIA. Home Office, - - - Staunton, Vu Hon. A. H. H. STUART, President. CHARLES L. COOKE, Secretary. Introduced in South Carolina 1st of March, 188 Since that time near one million ($1,000,00( Insurance has been written in this State. ADVANTAGES. CHEAPNESS AND SECURITY COMBINE! To carry a Policy of $1,000.00, will cost a ma 21 years old about $0.00 a year; a man 45 yeai old. 1 ner cent., or 810.00 a vear: a man GO veai old 2J per cent., or ?25.00 a year. EVERY POLICY Guaranteed for its full face value. Guarantt fund capitalized and controlled by law. POLICY LIMIT S3,000.00. We write, however, any amount up to ?3,000.1 in all healthy localities of the State. Active, n liable traveling agents wanted. Any further ii formation can be had by addressing either of tl above officers, or the State Agent, Only 29 Assessments Made in 5 Yean S. E. MILLER, llox 104, Columbia, S. C. Gen. E. M. LAW, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. October 11 29 tf "WOMAN [Sf" DR. I. BRADnBLD'S FEMALE HE6ULAT0R This famcrag remedy most happily meets the de mand of the age for woman's peculiar and multiform afflictions. It is a remedy for WOMAN ONLY, and forONE SPECIAL CLASS of her diseases. It is a specific for certain diseased conditions of the womb, and proposes to so control the Menstrual Function as to regulate all the derangements and irregularities of Woman's Ivl UIN i rl L, I OlUKiN ESS, Its proprietor claims for it no other medical property; and to doabt tho fact that this medicine does positively possess each controlling and regulating powers to simply to discredit the voluntary testimony of thousands of living witnesses who are to-day exulting in their restoration to sound health and happiness. gBADnELD'8 pEMALE REGULATOR Is strictly a vegetable compound, and Is the product of medical science and practical experience directed towards the benefit of SUFFERING WOMAN ! It is the studied prescription of a learned physician whose specialty was WOMAN, and whose fame became enviable and boundless because of his wonderful success in the treatment and cure of female complaints. THE EEGULATOE is the GRANDEST REMEDY known, and richly deserves its name: WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND, Because it controls a class of functions the various derangements of which cause more ill health than all other causes combined, and thus rescues her from along train of afflictions which sorely embitter her life, and prematurely end her existence. Ohl what a multitude of living witnesses can testify to ita charming effects. WOMAN! take to your confidence this nnrtntATTO \T TtV* a V USUI duwii ur nc.AJL>ini It will relieve you of nearly ail the complaints peculiar to your sex I Rely npoa it as your safeguard for health, happiness and long life. Price?Small size, 75 cents; Large size, $1.50. Sold by all Druggists. Prepared only by DR. J. BRADFIELD. Ho. 108 8onth Pry or Street, Atlanta, Ga. For Sale by I)r. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. August 23 34 ly IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. The Light Running DOMESTIC SEWINOvMACHINE. THIS is the lightest-running, the simplest am the best Sewing Machine on the market. I has a high arm, the attachments are all easil; worked, and it will do any kind of work, fror the lightest to the heaviest, and in as good man ner as any other machine. Call and examine th Machine and learn particulars. We will sell 01 is liberal terms and at as low prices as any first class Machine can be bought; and in addition will compliment every purchaser with a numbe of photographs of himself or any other persoi the purchaser may designate. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would also inform the public that I am ye making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the variou styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper style of pictures. Pictures by the photographic pro cess enlarged, and all work done in the beststyl of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on Wes Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. January 31 5 tf foWdry AND ^ lTxauiiinc o o uTo o'v'o.u o c o'c.s THE undersigned would respectfully inforn the public tnat he now has in operation, oi his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepare* ;o do all manner of work in light iron and bras castings, and general machine work. BEPAIBOG, Df all kinds, promptly done on short notice Steam Engines, anu agricultural machinery o my kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, air ila'ss of work that may be wanted in his shop, h* will attend any call for repairing stationary en ?ines, doing tiie work on the premises, thus ob dating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completioi )f the work. EDWARD THOMAS. May 10 19 tf COFFINS AND CASKETS. THE undersigned, thankful for the patronagi heretofore extended to him, would respect fully inform the public that he is still in the Undertaking: Business, Vnd is prepared to furnish COFFINS in all style* >f finish, and CASKETS and METALIC BU [UAL CASES, in all styles. WHITE GLOSS COFFINS, ffhildrens' sizes. Prices of all my BURIAI , 4|?? i ;? +i.i, jOODS as low as soia uy any uuiei use m iection of the country. Customers Waited On at any Hour, Dav or night. All I ask is an inspection of mj roods and prices. J. E. SMITH, Agent. JOFING COMPANY. r IRON ORE PAIJfT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. ^X^Sl^en(* Circularand Price |QP N List No. 75. OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. orders for the above roofing. 9 ly C.& L. NARROW GAUGE EAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, io| from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, 8. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, June 1st, ; 1884. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office u at Chester. GOIXO SOUTH. Leave Lenoir, <>.00 A. M, Arrive at Hudsonville 0.30 A. M. i Arrive at Lovelady 0.53 A. M. i .Arrive ai laicKury, /..>u a. iu. i Leave Hickory 7.55 A. M. i 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. L ! Arrive at Gastonia, 11.10 A. M. j Leave Gastonia, 11.20 A. M. ,n I Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 11.35 A. M. rs Arrive at Crowder's Creek, 11.43 A. M. rs Arrive at Bowling Green, 11.51 A. M. | Arrive at Clover, 12.05 P. M. \ Leave Clover. 12.10 P. M. : Arrive at Yorkville, 12.47 P. M. , Leave Yorkville, 1.00 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia 1.13 P. M. ,e | Arrive at Guthriesville, 1.25 P. M. I Arrive at McConnellsville, 1.35 P. M. ! Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.54 P. M. j Arrive at Chester 2.25 P. M. GOING NORTH. DO Leave Chester, 4.05 P. M. 1. A rrive at Lowrysville, 4.30 P. M. ie i Arrive at McConnellsville, 4.57 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.05 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.16 P. M. B Arrive at Yorkville, 5.33 P. M. * ; Leave Yorkville, 5.45 P. M. j Arrive at Clover, 6.25 P. M. ! Arrive at Bowling Green, 0.35 P. M. ! Arrive at Crowder's Creek 0.45 P. M. i Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 6.55 P. M. _ Arrive at Gastonia, 7.07 P. M. ! Leave Gastonia, 7.30 P. M. ! Arrive at Dallas, 7.40 P. M. | Arrive at Hardin's, 8.11 P. M. | Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.40 P. M. i Leave Lincolnton, 8.45 P. M. | Arrive at Maiden, .. 0.17 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 0.45 P. M. Leave Newton 0.55 P. M. Arrive .it 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. C'ARDWELL, Gen. Passenger Agent. James Mason-, Div. Supt. May 20 22 tf JOB PRINTING. wrvft <v. Of T xnvjr uui oupci iui luuiiibica ? itii tuv UWD machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare witn 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 $<3.00 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 every* 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 exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of nrinttntr frnm a viaifinnr nurrl try a 1 arrrn vnlnmo A* ~ ? iU?Vl.?n V?.? WW C .U.hV VW?W***?Wf and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf BIG7 BOOM AT THE Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. NEW 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 Phietons, 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. Buggv 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. i "agricultural hall, II Near Corner of Congress and East Lib~ erty Streets. n TS now supplied with Farm Machinery, con Jl sisting of Buck Eye Self Binder, Buck Eye i? Table Rake Reapers, and Single Wheel Light i" Canton Reapers. The Single wheel Reaper is. n very light and durable and are sold at very low prices. JUMBO has arrived in the shape of a 6 horsepower Tanner Engine on wheels, with many ,t improvements and conveniences not found on a other make of Engines. When you call ask for T.i^La 4* AAMialnlb will nlonuh VAlir OVh? A 1?G. g li U111UU) It UCi uililij ni?i j/iv?wv jv?* vj wi ...w just received an 8 IJorse power Tanner Enginee on skids and don't forget to inspect. TheWheelj. er <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 befte: not a cog wheel used on the machine. It is an overshot and double Vibrator requiring much less piQwer to run it, and is sold at prices as low as eomin<*?"? machines. I also represent the Geiser and Sweepstake separators. I have in stock Randall Harrows, Plow Sulkies, Corn Shellers, Hay Cutters. x T. S. JEFFERYS. DENTAL SURGERY. Drs. J. A. A E. F. Glenn, (QNHIfc SURGEON DENTISTS, Yorkville and Rock Hill, WOU LD 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 attend to any orders in the DENTAL 1 ART, at low prices and on reasonable terms. J Teeth extracted without pain, by the use of ? nitrous oxide gas. 1 TOOTH POWDERS and BRUSHES of best 3 quality in stock. Office in Yorkville in ALLISON'S BUILDING, over M. Strauss' Store, where one of us may be found at all times. January 10 2 6m f REGISTRATION NOTICE. 7 mHE voters of York county are hereby noti0 X fied tbat the books of the Supervisor of Reg" istration for York county will be open in mv of' lice, in Yorkville, on the FIRST MONDAY of each month, until the first Monday of July, in1 elusive, when and where all duly qualified voters in the county who have not heretofore registered; those who nave 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 bv making proper application to me. W. H. McCORKLE, Supervisor of Registration, York county. i March 27 13 lot CARPETS. Carpets and House Furnishing Goods, The Largest Stock South of Baltimore. Moquet, J Brussels, 3-Ply and Ingrain Carpets, Rugs, 3 Mats 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. r BAILIE & COSKERY, AUGUSTA, GA. July 12 28 ly