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gtumfltfltts Ujjwttmrnt. It Was Accident.?"The world owes its greatest achievements to accidents," remarked Col. Swiffle to his wife, as they sat on the back gallery enjoying a cool breeze. "Nearly all great discoveries were purely accidental, and Mrs. Swiffle," added the colonel, "it was by mere chance that we met." "Yes," the lady replied, "it was an accident that caused our marriage." The colonel didn't very much like this reply, and, with elevated eyebrows, rejoined: "Accident! Why, my dear, I hardly understand you. What do you mean?" "Oh! I mean that if Tom Benson had not accidentally shot himself, I would never have married you. You would like for me to think that you married me by accident, but don't want to think that it was accident N that caused rae to marry you. Wish you'd draw a bucket of fresh water.''?Arkansas Traveler. Colored Provisions.?Every man has his favorite story, and the Hon. Roswell P. Flower tells the following: One day an old negro, clad in rags and carrying a bundle on his head, ambled into the executive chamber, and dropped his load on the floor. Stepping toward the Governor, he said: "Am you de Gubner, sah?" Being answered in the affirmative, he said: "If it am a fac', I'se glad to meet yer. Yer see, I libs way up dar in de back ob de country, and is a poor man, sah. I h'ar dar is some provisions in de Con'stution for de cullud man, and I am h'ar to get some ob em, sah."? Whitehall Times. #aTFor a Northern climate what follows is very strong: "The editor of the Tilsonburg (Ontario) Liberal was married last week. This week he writes as follows: 4Of all the joys vouchsafed to man In life's tempestuous whirl, there is nothing that approaches so near heaven as company with a girl?a rosy, laughing, buxom girl; a frank, gocl-natured, honest girl; a feeling, flirting, dashing, doting, smiling, smacking, jolly, joking, jaunty, jovial, poser-poking, dear little duck of a girl; the funniest, flushiest, frankest, fairest, roundest, ripest, rarest, roguishest, spiciest, squirmiest, squarest, best of girls, with drooping lashes half-concealing amorous flashes?with rosy cheeks and clustering curls, the sweetest and the best of girls.' He's got the honeymoon pretty bad, that's certain. An Embarrassed Teacher.?A teacher in one of the smallest district schools in the smallest State in the Union once proved that it may be embarrassing to use oue's self as an illustration. She was hearing a class in spelling and defining words. The word "orphan" had been correctly spelled, but none of the class seetned to know its meaning. After asking one or two of them, she said, encouragingly: "Now, try again, I am an orphan. Now, can't some of you guess what it means?" The blank look upon their faces remained, until one of the duller scholars raised his hand, and said, with no intention of being saucy: "It's some one who want's to get married, and can't." Others Ahead of Them.?a gentleman having a large sum of money in his possession was followed down Broadway by a couple of pick-pockets. He finally turned into Wall street. "I say Bill," whispered one, "we've got to work the job pretty quick." When the gentleman reached Broad street he entered a broker's office. "What'll we do now; wait until he comes out?" "Naw," said the first speaker, much disgusted. "It wouldn't do any good. We are too late. The broken will get it all."? New York Sun. fla?* A traveler was taken ill at an inn, and sent for a doctor. Ashe was lying in bed alone in his room, some one opened the door and stepped in. "Are you the doctor?" inquired the traveler. "Yes, what ails you ?" "I am very poorly." "Can you walk?" "No." "What! not even in the room ?" "I cannot stand on my feet." "I am glad to hear that," said the stran ger, as he took the traveler's watch ana purse.?Loraner Kalender. Without Argument.?He was a young lawyer, and was delivering his maiden speech. Like most young lawyers, he was florid, rhetorical, scattering and weary. For four weary hours he talked at the Court and the jury, until everybody felt like lynching him. When he got through, his opponent, a grizzled old professional, arose, looked sweetly at the judge, and said: "Your Honor, I will follow the example of my young friend who has just finished ; and submit the case without argument." Then he sat down, and the silence was large and oppressive. {ST An elder in one of the churches was last week making up a club of subscribers for a Sunday-school paper. In his rounds he called at a house where he found a little girl of seven at home. He explained his errand to her, hoping to get her name to the list, and she replied: "Well, I'll ask mother,and I'mquitesure she'll give me the money, for she says we must patronize the peddlers who come along or they will be driven to steal and rob!" He hasn't gone back to see if she succeeded. A Story of Bunker Hill.?It recalls to our mind a story of an Englishman who was taken by an American friend to see this memorial: "It was here, sir," said the American, "that General Warren fell." The Englishman, not being familiar with all the names and incidents of that period, imagined that his friend referred to some recent accident, and glancing at the height of the monument, said he feared that Gen. Warren must have been hurt.?Saturday Review. J uven i le St u di es.?Li tt le Nell?1' Why, mamma, the sky is just as blue to-day as it was yesterday." "Mamma?"Well, whv shouldn't it be, pet?" "It rained last night." "What of that?" "You said blue wouldn't wash"?Philadelphia Eve. Call. JPQjr* >v xit*n tin ^vusuii s*;iiuuiiliu.:5i.ci cmcicvi i his temple of learning, one morning, he read on the blackboard the touchinglegend: I "Our teacher is a donkey." The pupils expected there would be a \ combined cyclone and earthquake, but the i philosophic' pedagogue contented himself with adding the word "driver" to the le- j gend, and opened the school with prayer as usual. At the Concert.?She?"Isn't it lovely ? I never did hear such delicious music. So tender, so plaintive, so refined, so soul-pos- j sessing!" He?"I am delighted to know that you j are such a music-lover; but this is nothing to what you will hear when they have got I through tuning their instruments." S&T "So you think your son smokes, Mrs. j Jones?" "I'm sure of it, Mrs. Brown. I've found i pieces of tobacco in his pockets." "Dear me! dear me! I'm sorry. My son has no bad habits. I never find any- j thing in his pockets but cloves and coffee I beans." At the Rink.?Mother, may I go out to I the rink? Yes, my darling daughter; but linger shivering on the brink ?don't mix j up in the slaughter. For if you tempt the 1 magic curve, while on the rollers gliding, you'll get the set-back you deserve, and find yourself back-sliding.?Grarnl Junction ! Headlight. A passenger recently tendered a conductor on the Auburn New York, road, a trade dollar for fare. The conductor examined it, and remarked: j1 "I don't want that piece of money." j; "Well, give it to the company, then," replied the passenger. i Ihc and Jiveside. KEEPING IRISH POTATOES. The difficulty with this crop in the South lies in its preservation. Our experience has taught us, that if potatoes are exposed to the heat of the sun, and become heated after they are dug, they will quickly rot. We soon learned the necessity of keeping them cool. They should be dug only in the morning, late in the afternoon, or upon cloudy days, so that the hot sun can never shine upon them. As soon as they are dug, they should be spread out in a cellar, or underneath a house, where there may be free circulation of air, and the sun cannot reach them. After a few days, when quite cool and dry they may be put into well ventilated barrels, and should be well sifted with lime or dry ashes. If then put away in a cool, shady, well ventilated place, they may be easily kept for many months. JtJut better than keeping over is the growing of a second crop, which may be almost as easily grown as the first. When the first crop is dug, the small potatoes should be carefully selected, and spread in some cool, but well lighted place, where they will still be protected from the heat of the sun. In about two weeks they will become of the greenish color, indicative of maturity, and then will be fit to plant. If they are planted before they attain this greenish color, they will remain in the ground without sprouting until the following Spring. In planting for a second crop about the end of June or the beginning of July, it is best not to cut the tubers, but to drop them whole, about S to 10 inches apart in furrows, and cover them lightly with the hoe ; and if it be practicable, to cover or mulch the field with trash, leaves, &c., to protect the crop from the hot sun so much the better. If July should prove to be a month of drought, as is sometimes the case, there may be difficulty in getting a good stand of young plants ; but if a few good seasonable rains fall on them, a good yield may be reasonably expected. Every year thousands of barrels of potatoes are shipped from the North to South Carolina, during the Fall and Winter, but this need not be, as our State can, by a second crop, easily supply her own consumption. The first planting is usually in Feb A A l ruary, and tnese potatoes are imivw^u about the end of May, and shipped to" the North, where they are sold at a good profit. The second crop, planted the last of June, matures in October, and can be dug whenever convenient during the Fall; as the weather with us is seldom cold enough to freeze the ground before Christmas. With favorable seasons, this crop yields well, is easily kept through the Winter, and furnishes excellent seed for the next Spring's planting. Pease the Basis of Good Farming.? At no time since the war has the field pea been below a remunerative price in the market, and yet it has been little raised for sale. It has seldom been below one dollar a bushel and yet corn with which it has been raised as a secondary crop has generally been about one half the price of pease in the market. Farmers are not fools and yetthey strangely look at things through a glass darkly relating to the profits of the different crops. Pease are the most nutritive, the most producive, the most saleable, the most fertilizing and the most easily cultivated of all the old fashioned field crops. Except oatmeal, pease furnish more nutrtive matter for man than any other article of food. They yield more pounds to the acre than corn, wheat, oats, barley, and as much as beans. They are of the clover family and keep up the fertility of the soil more than clover or than any other field crop. The productivenes of land will be sustained interminably if cultivated in pease. Why, then, are field pease not more generally cultivated as a sale crop? It is one of the unsolved mysteries of agriculture. As a field crop, not as an auxilliary to corn, the crop is easily prepared for market and pays twice as much as corn and is less fluctuated in price. Get good seed. Put the ground in good order and cultivate well, and farmers will find their profit in raising pease. Corn or Oats for Horses.?The comparative value of corn and oats for horses may be briefly stated as follows: The former is deficient in many of the elements of nutrition so necessary for recuperating the constant wear and tear which necessarily takes place in the body of a living animal. On this account horses that are exclusively fed on corn and hay do not receive that kind of nourishment which appears necessary for the due support and maintenance of the animal fabric. Hence, we must not be surprised that corn-fed horses show evidence of being languid by sweating profusely while being worked, lack of vitality, etc. Oats, on the contrary, contain more of the essential elements of nutrition than any other article of food which can be fed with impunity to horses. Oats are not only the most natural food for horses, but they are decidedly the most nutritious. They are the cheapest, because there is less risk in feeding them, and experience has proved that iiorses properly fed on timothy hay and oats can, with regular exercise good grooming and proper sanitary regulations be brought to the highest state of physical culture, and can perform more work with less evidence of fatigue than when fed 011 any other article of food. A Wash for Fruit Trees.?Some of the agricultural papers are advertising caustic potash or strong lye made from wood ashes, as a wash for fruit trees. This will remove all the moss and rough bark, but trees on which it has been used look red and sort of burned, and soon have rougher bark than ever. The following we have long used and know it to be much the better preparation. Buy common caustic soda if you can get it; if not, buy sal-soda or common washing soda; place it in an iron kettle and over the fire ; gradually heat it, stirring often until it turns red, when it becomes caustic. JDisolve one pound of this in from +<"> turn crnllnns: of water. as the trees have more or less rough bark and moss attached, and with it wash the trees. It will remove all foreign matter as effectually as the potash wash, and will leave the bark of a healthy green color. Try it. Thin Out the Hens.?It is too much the habit of careless fanners to keep a considerable stock of old hens through the summer; it is a great mistake; they will soon stop laying and begin to moult, and will not pay for keeping. It is better to thin out now, all that, are two years old or more and dispose of them for what they will bring. If of some rare breed, whose eggs sell at fancy prices, hens may pay for keeping the third year, but some of the most successful poultry keepers prefer to kill them after only one year's laying, especially if they were early hatched pullets and have laid well through the winter. Such poultry usually sells for a better price now than later in the season, when the market is well supplied with young chickens. A little timely attention to such matters makes the difference often between profit and loss.?Few England Farmer. Kalsomink.?Eight pounds of whiting and one quarter of a pound of white glue make the right proportions. Soak the glue over night in cold water, and in the morning heat till it is perfectly dissolved. Mix the whiting with hot water, stir the two thoroughly together, and have the wash the consistency of thick cream. Apply warm with a kalsomine brush, brushing it well in and finishing it as you go on. If warm skim milk is used instead of water, the glue may be omitted. Before the wash is applied all holes and crevices should be stopped with plaster of Paris mixed with water. Colors to tint the walls may be procured at any paint store. If zinc white is used instead of whiting, it will last for years. Potato Soup.?A quart of milk, six large potatoes, one stalk of celery, an onion and a tablespoonful of butter. Put milk to boil thirty minutes. Turn off the water and mash the potatoes fine and light. Add the boiling milk and the butter, and pepper and salt to taste. Rub through a strainer, and serve immediately. A cupful of whipped cream, added when in the cream tureen is a great improvement. This soup must not be allowed to stand, even if kept hot. Served as soon as ready, it is excellent. $Jie foicr of the frrss. COMMENTS ON THE STATE CONVENTION. VARIOUS SHADES OF EDITORIAL OPIXIOJT. From the Gaffney City Transcript. We have no doubt but what the great majority of the Democratic voters will accept the situation in a graceful manner and give the ticket an enthusiastic support. From the Greenville Enterprise. The delegates to the Chicago Convention, as chosen, are good and patriotic men, and will represent the party and the State with fidelity and ability. We think the proceedings of the Convention will meet with the approval of all. From the Carolina Spartan. The State Convention took the matter in their own hands and nominated the old ticket straight through. Better that way, perhaps than to have attempted to make it over. This gives us peace and that is worth a good deal. From the Winnsboro News and Herald. The action of the State Convention in nominating a ticket at this time was quite a surprise hereabouts. But the heavy majority by which the conclusion of that body was reached shows the sentiment in the State was largely against postponement. From the Edgefield Monitor. As there has been scarcely a whisper against nominating the old ticket, there was no good reason why the nomination should be deferred for another Convention. The work was done quickly and well, and we believe will give general satisfaction. From the Aiken Journal and Review. The Democracy of Aiken county will most heartily support the State and National nominees of the Democratic party, but we are still of the opinion that it would have been wise to have postponed the nomination of State officers until the Chicago Convention had adjourned. From the Lancaster Review. We were opposed to early nominations from the outset, and we are satisfied that a majority of the thinking people of the State were of the same opinion, but since the question has been so decisively settled by the Convention, we will cheerfully fall into line and do what we can for the success of the party. From the Hampton Guardian. The Democratic State Convention did its work thoroughly and well. Its action is gratifying to the whole people of the State, who are alive to the issues of the day and well informed as to the requirements of the political situation. The renomination 4- Qfo+A mDQnc tliof f Ul 11IC |;iCOCUt UUllC V/aiV/VylO iuuuuo wiutv viivj deserve the honor and that they will be reelected. From the Chester Bulletin. The platform adopted by the Convention is admirable. It is a clear and decided declaration of the principles of the Democracy. It declares for wise and just legislation, home rule, popular education, Federal aid for educational purposes, civil service reform, duties on imports decreased, repeal of Internal Revenue taxation as soon as practicable, in the State?justice and equality to all. From the Marion Star. The State ticket as a whole was nominated by acclamation by the State Convention for a second term to office. We don't believe this has happened before in the history of South Carolina politics. It is an evidence of the strength of the gentlemen who compose the ticket and the confidence our people have in their integrity as officers, and their ability to safely carry the old Ship of State to anchor in the approaching political storm. From the Sunitcr Watchman. The work was done decently and in order and the meeting adjourned. We regret their action in nominating State officers, and think it would have been better to postpone the same till August, but shedding tears over spilled milk will not restore it. The platform will give general satisfaction, though we think the Internal Revenue plank neither ornamental nor useful, unless is to catch the votes of a few up-country moonshiners. From the Lancaster Ledger. In making early nominations for State officers, although there was some opposition in the State to this course, the people will be saved the expense and hindrance from their daily vocations of attending another convention for that purpose. In the renomination of the old State ticket, the Convention, no doubt, pursued the wiser course. In these gentlemen we have candidates who have been tried and proven worthy, and whom, if elected, will be the better able to meet the wants of the people, having become acquainted with their needs by a service of the past two years. From the Abbeville Press and Banner. It will be seen that the State officers have been renominated contrary to expectation. While we do not think the action a desirable one, yet we shall not quarrel about it. Tf. nmv have heen in the interest of harmo ny. It is, in our opinion, possible that some of the old officers would not have been re-elected if the nominations had been deferred. If we are enabled to read between the lines of the platform and interpret the action of the Convention, there was an uncommon amount of "old boiled crow" swallowed on this occasion?merely for the sake of harmony, of course. From the Newberry Herald. The State Convention was in some respects a remarkable body. It worked rappidly, but with sufficient deliberation; it was harmonious and did but little talking-. The resolution in favor of nominating a State ticket at once was adopted by a vote of one hundred and ninety to ninety. The old ticket was renominated unanimously, in the midst of applause. This will give satisfaction to the people, for they have all the time been ready for the renomination. The old ticket is a good one. The practice which is growing into a recognized custom, of renominating each State ticket one time is equivalent to making the term of office four instead of two years. And if this practice is to continue, as it probably will, the constitution might as well be amended so as to make the term of office four yeflrs. This would simplify the political machinery of the State to some extent, without being a radical inovation upon established usage. From the Newberry Observer. Althongh most of the counties had instructed against June nominations, the Convention decided to nominate by a vote of two to one, many of the delegations, including the delegation from Newberry county, going directly in the face of their instructions. This only shows that when men have it in their power to curry favor with the powers that be, or that are toJ)e, they will" not lose the opportunity. The Convention ought to have gone a step further and nominated a State ticket for 188(5 so as to save the trouble and expense of another Convention. The platform was adopted without debate and without consideration. It is a crude affair, and shows the result of hurry. Some of the delegates elected to Chicago are men whose reputation scarcely extends beyond their own immediate couuties. The state ticket is in the field four months ahead of the election. An effort was made to place a temporary injunction on the campaign, but it was known that it would amount to nothing and was therefore abandoned. From the Newberry News. This platform is given to us as the deliberate declaration of a Convention which was sufficiency representative in character and authorized to speak for the Democracy of the State; but after a careful reading it j seems to us rather crude. It certainly bears | the marks of haste and precipitancy. It ; was adopted without any discussion or con- j sideration outside of the committee room., | and possibly might not have been adopted : exactly in its present shape, had its contents beeu fully understood by the members of the Convention, or had it been adopted section by section. We are heartily in favor of all appropriations for the public schools, for we believe that "popular education is the bulwark of free institutions." We heartily accept the declaration with ref-: erence to Federal aid for the public schools | and the tariff; but the civil service plank and Internal Revenue plank give rise to some questions, upon which the Democracy of this State are not so well united. The other declarations of the platform, are, perhaps without objection, but without any particular force. 1 ftrnis of jftttmst. | ? The terms of twenty-five United States ; Senators expire on the 3d of March next, : fourteen of them being being Democrats and I eleven Republicans. The succeasors to four j of them have been elected, and Allison is j the only one who has received another term. Williams of Kentucky has been succeeded by Congreasman Blackburn, Jonas j of Louisiana by ex-Senator Eustis, and Pen- ! dleton of Ohio by Payne. Pugh of Ala-! bama, Walker of Arkansas, Call of Florida, j Brown of Georgia, Vest of Missouri, Vance i of North Carolina and Hampton of South ! Carolina are certain to be succeeded by Democrats. Hill of Colorado, Logan of Illinois, Ingalls of Kansas, Blair of New Hamp :Mre, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Morrill of Vermont and Slater of Oregon will no doubt have Republican successors. The seats of Piatt of Connecticut, Voorhees of Indiana, Jones of Nevada and Lapham of New York will be filled by Legislatures to be elected this fall, and the result will depend largely upon the Presidental election. It is understood that as the result of the support giv en to Blaine by C'onkling, Piatt and their faction in New York, the half-breed element will permit Conkling to return to the Senate. Collector Robertson is quoted as authority for such a statement. John W. Mackey will endeavor to succeed Jones as Senator from Nevada. ? Says the New York Time#: As a majority of the medical men who have examined the pestilence in Toulon have decided that it is Asiatic cholera we can no longer have any doubt of its true character. It now appears that the-disease was brought to France by an artr$ transport coming from Tonquin. Thus the war of connuest wickedly waged in the East by the French Republic has been quickly punished by a pestilence, and were we living in Homeric days weshould find no difficulty in believing that Phoebus was on the side of the conquered Orientals and had shot his arrows into Toulon. The cholera may spread to Marseilles and other French cities, but if we enforce wise quarantine provisions it need not cross the Atlantic. We kept it out the last time it appeared in Europe, although an infected ship came into this port. Quarantine is much more effective nowadays than it was twenty-five or thirty years ago, and within the last five years two epidemics?the "black death" in the Black Sea Provinces of Russia, and the cholera in Egypt?have been kept from spreading to other countries by the vigilance of quarantine authorities. ? Says the Anderson Intelligencer: We have been informed by a first-rate miller of this county that in all probability there would be a quantity of damaged wheat in consequence of the continued wet weather. Even after it is threshed there will be a great danger of loss in being put up too damp. He suggests that a small quantity of lime be sprinkled through the wheat as it is being put up permanently. He says several of his customers have tried it with beneficial results for some years. In going through the sinutter before being made into flour it is entirely cleaned from the wheat, i/.A..:n~u?A..nr)onil /-Irtr l'.imp i<s phpnrv | lUUVlIlg 1UOUUI1U uwu V*I ...? v..v?r7 and we think the above worthy of a trial, especially this year. ? A storm, which partook of the nature of a cyclone, swept through the southern portion ofSiouxCity, La., last Friday afternoon. A funnel-shaped cloud moving with great rapidity and giving out a roaring sound was one of the distinguishing phenomena. The Catholic bell tower was olown down and the new Episcopal mission school was wrecked. An immense oil tank at the oil works was blown to the ground, while a huge pile of empty barrels directly in front of the oil tank was undisturbed. Large numbers of trees were leveled to the ground. No casualties have as yet been reported. The business portion of the town was sheltered by bluffs and was saved. ? When the fact is remembered that a walnut planted in the ground will, in fourteen years, under ordinary circumstances, produce a tree as many inches in diameter, is it not surprising that so few people will take the trouble to plant walnuts every year, and care for the young trees until they are large enough to need no further attention? Walnut wood has always been valuable. It is more valuable to-day than ever before, and is likely to become still more so. Fifty years hence a walnut tree two or three feet in diameter will be worth more than an acre of ground. Plant walnuts. ? A dispatch from Fort Smith, Arkansas, says: Under Choctaw law every white man in the nation or his employer, is required to pay a heavy permit tax. Milo Hoyt, a wealthy Choctaw, having several white men in his employ, refused to pay the permit tax, and the authorities attached his stock. The district courthouse was burned and Hoyt is-supposed to have been the incendiary. The Choctaw authorities pursued him and his party into the Cherokee Nation. Both parties are under arms and serious trouble is apprehended. ? A man named Vanderburg, of Cecia county, Michigan, went off last fall with OscarScott but returned homeand could give no account of Vanderburg. Mrs. Vanderburg, removed to Montcalm county, where it was discovered last week she has been living with Scott. Suspicion of murder caused search in a half-tilled well, and while this was going on Scott killed himself. Shortly afterwards Vanderburg's body was discovered with marks of violence upon it. Mrs. Vanderburg confesses that she knew of the murder. ? A curious fragment, which will be of interest to ladies, has been recently unearthed and published in France. It appears that in 1770 the following parliamentary decree was solemnly passed and duly registered under King Louis XV: "Whoever by means of red or white paint, perfumes, essences,-artificial teeth, false hair, cotton, wool, iron corsets, hoops, shoes with high heels, or false tips, shall seek to entice into the bands of marriage any male subject of His Majesty, shall be prosecuted for witchcraft, and declared incapable of matrimony." ? A Kentucky lady has a theory of her own on the Adam and Eve question. She says: "Whatever we may consider the relative weakness or sin of Adam and Eve, if the story of Eden be true, we inherit life immortal through Eve and death through Adam. The promise of redemption was given to the woman. The curse of death was put upon the man. This is God's estimate of their guilt."? Inquiries are frequently made as to what the unit rule is. It means that if a majority of the delegates to a National Convention agree upon a candidate the delegation votes as a unit or a whole for him, the minority of the delegation yielding their views and preferences to the majority. ? Gen. A. M. West, of Holly Springs, Miss., declined the fiominaton of Vice President on the Greenback ticket with Ben Butler on the ground that the race issue has been made the only one in Mississippi, but on the nomination being insisted on, afterwards accepted. ? The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed a bill prohibiting the opening of public business on Sunday; also a bill declaring unlawful contracts for the sale of articles for future delivery. A bill prohihitinfr nrizc fichtinsr was lost?12 yeas, 43 nays. ? Says the Washington correspondent of the Richmond State: It is a pretty open kind of a secret now that a great effort is to be made by the Republican campaign managers to carry South Carolina, Virgina being regarded as hopelessly Democratic through the discord in the Republican ranks there, if for no other reason. ? The largest book ever made at the government printing office in Washington has just been finished. It is bound in sheepskin and Russia leather, is one foot and four inches in breadth, contains 10,000 pages, and weighs 110 pounds. ? Muntz, the celebrated French chemist, has been analyzing the various kinds of water, and finds that river, sea, rain and snow water all contain more or less alcohol. Only pure spring water is free from it. ? Liabilities, $16,729,047; so called assets, $27,139,098; actual a&sets, $67,147; this is the pan out of the Grant-Ward stock jobbing confidence combination. ? Hon. James G. 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Usually there are about seven words in a line. F. IIAFPERFIELD. SEASON ABLECOODS. I WOULD respectfully inform my friends and the public generally'that I have on hand, in my store near the depot, a full stock of Family and Fancy Groceries, Adapted to the season. In my stock can be found Coffees and Sugars of tlie best brands? coffees, roasted and green, and various qualities of Sugars. Teas, Spices, Ac. Sugar Cured Hams and Salted Sides, Lard, Flour, Meal, Grist, Ac. A fine line of Smoking and Chewing Tobacco and Cigars. Candies and Confectionery. Canned Goods in full variety, and, in fact, a full supply | of the necessaries and luxuries of this life. BOOTH AMI NHOEH. [ A full stock of Boots and Shoes, for men, boys and women. Hardware and Wooden Ware. I keep a general assortment of Hardware and Wooden Ware, including farming tools and utensils, and am prepared to offer advantageous prices to all who may inspect my goods. MARBLE YARD. I SHALL continue to give particular attention to the Marble business. I have -first-class workmen, and an abundance of all qualities of Marbles, and am fully prepared to furnish anything in that line, from a plain headstone to the most elaborate monument, rrices as iuw wwm be obtained elsewhere. Call and examine my work, specimens of which may be seen in my yard at all times. F. IIAPPERFIELD. J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO. TEW FIRXITURE 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 Goods. Consists of Wood Burial Caskets, Cases and Coffins, all sizes. Gloss White Cases, children's size. Casket and Coffin Handles and Screws and other Coflin 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 AAD EOl AGES. Walnut and Maple Bedsteads, common Bedsteads from $2.00 to $i>.00 each. Also a lot of Lounges very cheap. Sideboards and Dfo'rg-room Safes. Round, Square and Fancy Top Tables, Spring Beds, Mattresses, and Cradles. Rocking, Oflleo, Parlor, Diningroom and Children's Chairs. Furniture repaired on reasonable terms. Thankful for past favors. We respectfully solicit vour further patronage. J. ED. JEFFERYS A CO. WALKEB ?& WAIil,. ~ THE BIG BUSH STILL continues for our floods, and you don't know how cheap we are selling our canned goods of all kinds. Hams, Lard, Flour, Sugar, Green and Parched Coffee, Molasses, Pickles, Mustard, P. it L's Worcester Sauce, Cheese, Crackers of all kinds. Cigars, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, And a full line of all kinds of Soap, Starch and Blueing for the wash women. Kerosine Oil always on hand. Vinegar, Cider, Lemons and Apples. Highest market price paid for Eggs, Butter and Chickens. WALKER it WALL. COME TO THE YORK TEA STORE A ND got one pound of the best Grand Central J\_ XXX Blended Tea, with one monogram Cup and Saucer of the best China, for SO cents. Full directions go with each package. All guaranteed to give satisfaction. WALKER it WALL. BLOW YOUR OWY IIORY ! IT is of frequent occurrence for persons to have their horns blowcd for them, whilst others are not so lortunate; and fearing I may be of the latter class, I will now sound a blast from Agricultural Hall, to announce the sale and departure of "JUMBO," The sample Engine, whose base of operation has been removed to near Broad River, where he has been associated with a large first-class Separator to thrash out the grain for the farmers in that section. J. ED. LEACH, who displays a rotundity not unlike Jumbo's boiler, and a heart approximating the size of his cylinder, is the present owner. I Solicit For Him A Large Patronage. The Reaping and Thrashing season has depleted my stock, but I will soon have the Hall filled with ENGINES, COTTON GINS AND PRESSES, Grain Drills, Roland Turn Plows, Plow Sulkies, Ac. Besides, Babbett Metal, round and sheet Packing, Engine and Gin Repairs, Ac. T. S. JEFFERYS. SEND FOR PRICE LIST." McElrec's 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 CARPETS. Cnrpets and House Furnishing Goods, The i Largest Stock South of Baltimore. Moquet, Brussels, 3-Ply and Ingrain Carpets, Bugs, Wats and Crumb Cloths, Window Shades, Wall Papers, Borders, Lace Curtains, Cornices and Poles, Cocoa ?St Canton Mattings, Upholstery, Engravings, Chromos, Picture Frames. Write for Samples and Prices. BAILIE & COSKERY, AUGUSTA, GA. July 12 2S ly GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of IKON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDJXU, Iron Tile or Shingle, " FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS &C., oHHBBBBHI THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C., will take or< May 10 THE VALLEY MUTUAL Life Association OF VIRGINIA. Home Office, - - - Staunton, Ya. Hon. A. If. H. STUART, President. CHARLES L. COOKE, Secretary. Introduced in South Carolina 1st of March, 1883. j Qlnna thot iimo nno?? Ann ml115/\n Oil AAA AAA\ I Insurance has been written in this State. ADVANTAGES. CHEAPNESS AND SECURITY COMBINED. To carry a Policy of $1,000.00, will cost a man 21 years old about 80.00 a year; a man 45 years old, 1 per cent., or 810.00 a year; a man GO years old 2J per cent., or 825.00 a year. EVERY POLICY Guaranteed for its full face value. Guarantee fund capitalized and controlled by law. POLICY LIMIT 83,000.00. We write, however, any amount up to 83,000.00 in all healthy localities of the State. Active, reliable traveling agents wanted. Any further information can l ie had by addressing either of the above oflicers, or the State Agent, Only 29 Assessments Pintle In 5 Years. S. E. MILLER, Box 104, Columbia, S. C. Gen. E. M. LAW, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. October 11 20 tf a n KJl T\ Bradfield's Female Regulator Is a Special Remedy for all diseases pertaining to THE womb, and any intelligent woman can cure herself by following the directions. It is especially efficacious in cases of suppressed or painful Menstruation, the Whites, and Partial Prolapsus. It affords immediate relief and permanently restores the Menstrual Function. As a remedy to be used during that critical period known as " Change of life," this invaluable preparation has no rival I Holmes' Liniment Is an INESTIMABLE BOON to all child-bearing women; a real blessing to suffering females; a true MOTHER'S FRIENIX When applied two or three months before confinement it trill produce a safe and quick delivery, ontrol pain, .and alleviate the usual agonizing suffering beyond! the power of language to express I Pryor's Ointment' Is a sure and speedy cure for Blind or Bleeding Piles, Sores, Ulcers, Tumors, Fistula, Burns, Corns, Felons, Sore Nipples, eta Its effects are eimply marvelous, and it is an Inexpressible blessing to all afflicted with either of the above complaints. Try it! For circulars, testimonials, and full particulars, address Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer of . hese THREE GREAT REMEDIES! J, BRAD.Fl KLD, No. 108 South-PryorSt, ATLANTA, GA. For Sale by Dr. JOHN C. KUYKEN DAL. August 23 34 ly It standsat the headT Till' JLiglit Running DOMESTIC EWING MACHINE. 11HIS is the lightest-running, the simplest and the best Sewing Machine on the market. It has a high arm, the attachments are all easily worked, and it will do any kind of work, from the lightest to the heaviest, and in as good manon cn^niiioi. nmniiinn Pull and examine the Machine and learn particulars. We will sell on as liberal terms and at as low prices as any firstclass 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 the various styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the best style of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West Libert}' street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. January 31 5 tf FOUXDRY AND J^tacliine Shop. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and orass castings, and general machine work. REPAIRING, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, and .agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend any call for repairing stationary engines, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. May 10 10 tf JAMES F. HART. GEO. W. S. HART. HART & HART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. EO. W. S. HART, Notary Public, and ComVJT missioner of Deeds for Arkansas, North Carolina anu iVAua. i April 24 27 tf TO TIIEIPEOPLE OF YORK COUNTY. IWITjL be absent from tho county about two months. During that time Mr. C. E. Spencer will sign teacher's pay certificates, I having given a power of Attorney for that purpose. Col. A Coward and Messrs. English and Gilbert, will attend to the semi-annual Examination of Teachers on the first Friday and Saturday of July. K. TjATHaN\ OFING COMPANY, w IRON ORE PAINT A.nil Cement. 152 T0 158 MERWIN STRKKT Cleveland, O. ^end f?r Circular and Price JgT 1 List No. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. lers for the above roofing. 9 iy C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. CtCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, O from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking eli'ect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, June 1st, 1884. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office at Chester. GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir, G.OO 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. A rrivo at. Nou'tnn k JUl A \f 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 Ridge, 11.35 A. 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 Yorkville, 12.47 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 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 Gutbiiesville, 5.05 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.16 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.33 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 5.45 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.25 P. M. Arrive at Bowling 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. J 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. M?? on . no e CANCER. The development of the treatment of Cancer with Swift's Specific seem so wonderful, that all so afflicted should write us. CANCER for 14 YEARN. Spartanburg, S. CM 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 $300 worth of medicine and found no relief. About four months ago I bought one bottle of Swift's Specific from Dr. H. E. Heinitsh, and since have bought five others, have taken it, and thev have cured me sound and well! My face is as free from a sore as anybody's, and my health is perfectly restored. I feel like forty years had been lifted off my head. Yours thankfully, ELIZA TINSLEY. Mr. B. F. Burns, Hope, Ark., says, under date of Jan. 22, 1884: "I have taken five bottles ot Swift's Specific for a sore on my temple?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 date of Jan. 3,1884: "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 tbis 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 eve. The cancer was eating his gums and had rendered his teeth so loose that ho 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 he 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 applicants. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. N. Y. Office, 159 W. 23d St., bet. 6th & 7th A vs. For sale by Dr. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. August 23 34 ly JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and lirst-class appointments throughout our oflice, i we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New "iork 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 > wo invite the attention of business men: KILL. 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 six th-sheet oill heads. We will till an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in 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 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 BIG 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 macit'. .<viso, 11 nice iut ui viui'iiiiuiii xxigKiea, Carriages and Jump-seat Pha>tons, 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 a short 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 YORK VILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, where they will bo well fed and groomed. F. E. SMITH. COFFINS AND CASKETS. THE undersigned, thankful for the patronage heretofore extended to him, would respectfully inform the public that he is still in the Undertaking Business, And is prepared to furnish COFFINS in all styles of finish, and CASKETS and METALIC BURIAL 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 tho country. " ** Customers Waited On at any Hour, Day or night. All I ask is an inspection of my goods and prices. J. E. SMITH, Agent.