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^tumorous f c|iattment. | The Cheapest Wives.?They were spinning yarns. One old man sat apart from the others and looked sad and forlorn, as if he never had thought of levity in all his life. "My wife has been one of the cheapestlux-1 uries a man ever enjoyed," said one. "We j have been married eighteen years, and she 1 has cost me less than a thousand dollars all told." "Pooh!" said another. "I have been married nine years, and my wife's total expenses have been scarcely three hundred dollars." The sad man drew a deep sigh and said? "Well, well! I was married forty years ago, boys, and from that day to this my wife has cost me only one hundred and nineteen dollars, and she has had everything she needed, too." "How in the world did you get through so cheap ?" "The poor gal died the second week after I married her." 'PKa A?Att?/4 orvAttA/1 V* i c* 1 Jfn Knaonort ViO WQ<5 nic uiunu S|jaicu i m ubv.11u.7v nv vi?i> sad. Felt Bored With It.?A lady was singing at a concert, and her voice was, to say the least, very thin in places. "Ah," said her husband, who after the manner of husbands who have musical wives, thought her vocal powers were great, "what , a fine voice she has!" ( "Very fine," replied a strange man at his side. "What timbre continued the husband. "Considerable timber," responded the , stranger again, "but too many cracks in it , for weather-boarding, and not quite enough lor a paling fence." The husband remained silent during the J concluding portions of the entertainment.? Cincinnati Merchant Traveler. . Didn't Like to Have Her Way.?"1 tell you I shall do as I please!" shouted , Mrs. Miff. "Well, well, my dear, I didn't say you couldn't," replied Mr. Miff. "And you can't stop me!!" "I didn't say I could, my dear." "You'd betternot try!!!" "Indeed, indeed, my dear, I won't." "That's just all such a brute cares about his wife!!!!" and Mrs. Miff prepared to cry her eyes out. Her Idea of Art.?At a picture raer- ; chant's. A lady accompanied by her second maid wishes to buy a picture for her dining room. It represents four or five peaches and a melon cut in several pieces. "How much ?" asks madame. "Five hundred francs." Then the maid adds in a low voice: "Oh ! 'I? nnt k.,*T If marlomo T caw annt.hpr (inlrl Mv; ijuv vuj ivj mauuujv* ? mmwmv* ??.v. at 450 francs. "Yes, but was it worth this one ?" "Yes, indeed ! There were twelve peaches, at least, and the melon was not cut." Found it Slippery.?Johnny Jarphley had been told by his mother to stop making ice-slides on the path to the well, as no one could safely carry water. His father heard him sliding the other morning, and then ( there followed a Call to Order from the Chair. When he came down to breakfast he asked: "Well, Johnny, how'd you find things i this morning?" "Slippery," replied Johnnie, as he rubbed his anatomy.?Pittsburg Chronicle. Bad News.?Lawyer: "I have very bad news for you, and hope you are prepared ' for it. The verdict is murder in the first degree." Prisoner: "First degree?" "Yes ; I did my best, but it was no use. Nothing would save you. I concluded to tell you the worst at once, and save you from further suspense." "Ah! the suspense is yet to come."?Philadelphia Cull. A Miscount.?"Mamma," cries little Edifch, "dive me annudder date, p'ease." "Well," saj's mamma, "you go and ask 1 Bridget for one?only one, remember?and yau may get two for Mamie" (an older sister). Presenty Edith comes back. "Mamma," she says, "I think Bridget made a mistake and dave me two dates for myself and o'ly one for Mamie." Circumstantial Evidence.?"Charley has an awful long arm," said Bertha, in a musing mood, at the breakfast table. "How do you know?" asked her father, in man like simplicity. "Why," replied Bertha, " '-1L -n - n 4 III L? "my waistoeu is a? aiiu men sucuaugui ft glimpse of her mamma's horrified face glaring over the coffee urn, and she thought she would die, sure enough. Butshedidn't. iShe only said Charley told her so. The Expressage.?"I would be obliged to you," said a close-fisted old fellow to an editor, "if you would express my thanks, through your excellent paper, to the many citizens whose timely aid last night saved my house from being destroyed by fire. "Certainly" replied the editor, "I will, express your thanks, but it will be necessary for you to advance about a dollar and a half to prepay the expressage." BST A Massachusetts gentleman recently took tea with a lady in Philadelphia, and after awhile she, observing that he had no tea-spoon, exclaimed: "Why, Mr. , it isn't possible I forgot to give you a spoon. I coula not have made such a mistake." The gentleman from Massachusetts arose, and, with the air of a veteran, offered his pockets for "investigation." The lady said she didn't mean that, and the affair wasdropped. 8&? "I tell you, sir, no woman can be fully trusted !" exclaimed a cynical man to a friend. Why, just look at poor Sniffson. Didn't he love that wife of his? Didn't he consider her an angel? Didn't he fairly worship her? Didn't he think nothing was too good for her? And how has she requited him?" "How?" asked the other. "Gone and had twins?these hard times." Out of His Line.?"Your Honor, I am summoned to serve on the grand jury, but wish you would excuse me." "What is your business, sir?" "I am a coal merchant, your Honor, and very busy this cold weather." "You are excused, sir, on the ground that it would be impossible for a coal merchant to weigh a matter properly and find a true bill." "Poor John was so fond of gambling," said a bereaved widow. "His last bet was *50 that he could eat -'WO clams in twenty minutes. "Did he win the bet?" "Yes, he won the bet," sighed the widow, | "but the money didn't do us any good. It | took every cent of it to bury him." Time to get Away.?"Hello, back from j New Orleans so quick ?" "Yes." 'Tnnlfln't vnn firul nnv nimrfprs thorp?" "No; and the quarters I took with me went so fast that I wouldn't have had one left to pay the Pullman porter if I hadn't left when I did." fiSTMr. Simpleson is a very irascible man. and is in the habit of punishing his boys very severely. Not long since he observed ! that one of his sons needed a new pair of pants. He scolded the boy for wearing out his clothes so fast. "Pa, no pants can last any time the way you hits," replied the boy reproachfully."?Texan Stftings. 86T "What is repentance?" queried the Sunday school teacher. "To be sorry for doing wrong," said the good boy. "Were you ever sorry for anything you did ?" "Yes'm," said the bad boy. "What made you sorry?" "Great Jehosophat! Wasn't ever spanked?"?Neicman Independent. Business is Business.?"Don't yer want to puy something." "No, I've got everything I need." "Don't yer vant to puy a tine razor?" "I never shave myself." "Put maype you vants to commit suicide some of dose day." Sure Proof to the Contrary.?"Did he love the Moor's daughter?" "Certainly not." "Are you sure of it?" "Quite so." "What mafces you think so?" "Why, he married her."?Chicago Ledger. mar"Ah! you flatter me," lisped a dude to a pretty girl with whom he was conversing. "No, I don't," was the reply ; "you couldn't bo any flatter than you are." i ?he and fireside. For the Yorkville Enquirer. FARMERS' CLUB OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP. In answer to a call published in the York- i ville Enquirer, a number of the farmers of Bethel township met at Forest Hill Academy, on the 14th of March, 1885, and organized a Farmers' Club. The following named gentlemen were nominated respectively for officers of the Club, and duly elected, viz.: President? Dr. T. W. Campbell; Vice-Presidents?S. J. Clinton, S. S. Smith; Secretary?E. I). Thompson, Jr.; Treasurer?1). G. Stanton. Executive Committee?J. R. Cook, Joseph M. Adams, G. B. Brown, \V. J. Anderson, iv \f rnmnhell. The following resolution, offered by D. G. Stanton, was unanimously adopted: Resolved., That in order to inform our brother farmers of the chief object and aim of this organization, and to induce them to enlist in the noble work of developing the practical science of agriculture with us, the secretary be requested to write out a condensed statement of the proceedings of this meeting, accompanied with a copy of our constitution, for publication in the Yorkville Enquirer. After the Club had been organized, the present constitution adopted, and the permanent officers had been duly elected and taken their proper positions, the question arose as to the best mode of procedure the Club should take to carry out the chief aim and object of the organization. After much discussion, all were agreed that to more fully enlist the interest and energy of the members in their work, that a sum of money should be raised by the assessment allowed in the constitution and given as premiums to the member who succeeds in raising the largest amount of cotton and corn on one acre of land. No rules regulating the privileges or requirements of contestants were permanently adopted, the Club deeming it advisable to postpone this business until the next meeting, which will be held on the first Saturday in April next, at 1 o'clock P. M. It was thought advisable by the Club that the assessment should not amount to more than one dollar annually to each member, and that this money would not be required until October or November of the present year. All farmers who intend to join our Club this year will remember that we will meet at Forest Hill on the first Saturday of April, at 1, o'clock P. M.,and at that meeting rules will be adopted regulating the plans the Club will take in awarding premiums; and if they expect to become contestants for the prizes, they should meet at that meeting, when blanks will be furnished asking all questions as to the kind and quality of land, manures used, mode of preparation and cultivation of the crop, and also as to the amount of yield; the statement to be sworn to before some officer qualified by law to administer oatns; our oojecc uemg, as well as to induce a larger yield, to ascertain exactly how it was done. T. W. CAMPBELL, President. E. D. Thompson,.Jr., Sec. constitution of the farmers' club of bethel township. Article 1. This organization shall be known as the Farmers' Club of Bethel Township. Article 2. The chief object of the Club shall be to advance the interest and improve the minds of farmers, and to induce them to work out the most pofitable practice and accessible plan of improved farming. Article 3. The members of this Club shall be of two classes?active and advisory. The active membership shall be composed of men living in York county, South Carolina, wholly or in part engaged in farming. The advisory membership shall be composed of men who have made a record as practical, intensive farmers, and who are interested in the progress of agriculture, and, they may be residents of any part of the Southern States. Article 4. The officers of this Club shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and an Executive Committee composed of five active members residing in different portions of the territory covered by the active membership, who shall have the general management of the affairs of the Club. These officers shall be elected by ballot from the active members, and shall hold their respective offices for the term of one year. Article o. The President shall preside overall meetings of the club. Inhisabsence the chair shall be filled by the Vice-President, next in order of election, present at the meeting. The secretary shall keep a record of all the proceedings of each meeting, and receive and answer all correspondence, as the Club may direct. The treasurer shall hold all funds belonging to the Club, and ch?ll now nn hills until ordered hv the ex ecutive committee, who shall have control of said funds. Article 6. There shall be no fixed admission fee to any membership of this Club; but there shall be an annual assessment of the active members, to raise money to meet the requirements of the Club; the amount to be fixed by a vote of the Club. Article7. The Club shall haveauthority to enact and enforce such by-laws as may be deemed advisable to its successful operation ; reserving the right to change said by-laws and to amend the constitution by a two thirds vote of the members present, after giving notice at a previous meeting. Article 8. The executive committee shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in the organization between the annual meetings. A Woman's Way of Winter Better Making.?In making butter in winter everything depends upon the right condition from the first. My rule is to skim the milk twice a day. Then there will never beany mold and none wheyed. When you have got three days cream, churn it and it will come. Set the tin pail into which you skim into a pan of hot water, and heat it up to 62? or (>4?, which you must find out by the use of a thermometer?no guess work. Pour hot water into the churn for a short time, and I'll give you just five minutes to churn in. Failure to observe these conditions will sometimes make it impossible for the butter to "come." At such times, pour the cream out into the milk-pans and thoroughly scald it over kettles of boiling water, set away to cool, leave over night, take off the top very carefully, warm it a little, not too much?and try it. It should come very quickly; if so, pour out the buttermilk, if any remains. Put two or three dipperfulls of cold water into the churn and clear it. Pour off, leave the butter in the churn ; add more warmed cream taken off the top of the pans as before?say another third of the whole?and churn it with the butter and it will soon come. Bun out the buttermilk again, and add all the rest of the cream ex- i cept the water that is in the bottom of the pans. In this water has lain all the mis- j chief. Be sure that you riuse your butter three times to remove all the curds that | scalding has hardened, and lift it out of the last water, instead of letting the last water run off and leave the curds in the cream.? i A unt Theodora, in Xew England Homestead. | Low Yields of Corn*.?In reference to the very low yield of corn in the Southern States, a rather singular fact might be mentioned. Some time ago a correspondent who is a Southern farmer wrote asking for advice j as to what crops he could grow in place of corn, which only yielded six bushels per ; acre. Since then the writer has been on this farmer's land and found in his close vicinity another farmer who made the past season 750 bushels of corn from twelve acres, or more than ten times the yield of the complaining farmer. The reason was very plain. The one had grown corn year after year with a few crops of rye and buckwheat edged in between them, and without a particle of manure, while the other had grown buckwheat for a first crop on new land, then corn for two years, then wheat, then clover for two years, and last corn on a rich clover sod. As usuual, it was a case of "the man and not the land, as is true every time."? Xew York Time*. Grasses for Permanent Pasture.? An exchange recommends for the purpose, the following, supposing the soil to be naturally moist: Red-top, 5 lbs. per acre, creeping, bent 5 lbs., meadow speargrass, 4 lbs., fowl meadow grass 4 lbs., red fescue, "> lbs., meadow fescue, 3 lbs., tall fescue, "> lbs., meadow oat-grass, 4 lbs., crested dog's tail, I lbs., timothy, 3 lbs. IpSffHattMUS Reading. IN "YE OLDEN TIME." THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OE 1S01. | It is a great mistake for us to suppose that the politicians of the early years of the Republic were altogether different in character from those who now struggle for office and power. The "Fathers of the Republic" were not unselfish. They were human, and they did many petty things. I have taken the trouble to study the men and events of the Presidential campaign of 1801, and I find that we have invented no new methods. Our politicians work with the same kind of tools that were used when our great grandfathers were actors in the drama of life. In 1801 there were two political parties in the field. These were called "Federalist" and "Republican." The members of the former favored a strong government, to be maintained by the "aristocratic and educated" classes. On the other hand, the Republicans claimed that the people should have the privilege of self-government in the broadest sense of the word. This party opposed a national bankand taxation. It was claimed that the Federalists "toadied" to England, while the Republicans were imbued with French ideas of equal rights and popular sovereignty. In New York city the Tontine Coffee House was then a great resort for merchants and busineas men of all kinds. In this building the American and French flags and the liberty cap were placed side by side upon the walls. French manners and customs were imitated; the good old word "tavern" was changed for "hotel;" American Repub licans wore the tri-colored cockade of the French; the titles "Sir" and "Mr." were frowned upon, and wigs were discarded. Because Washington believed in a conservative course he was nicknamed "Old Prudence." The two Presidential candidates in 1801 were Adams and Jefferson. In a previous contest between the same men Adams hs.cl been chosen by a majority of three votes, and when they were pitted against each other a second time party feeling ran very high. It was claimed by Mr. Jefferson's enemies that he was an atheist and that for this reason he was unfitted to occupy the Presidential chair. The Jefferson men retaliated by saying that British gold and British influence were on the side of Mr. Adams. Some of the methods resorted to for the purpose of securing votes were amusing. For instance, Mr. Jefferson was anxious to secure the powerful influence of the Livingstons, a prominent family in New York. He wrote to a certain Mr. Livingston who had been interested in steam navigation and promised to make him Secretary of the Navy. This little episode of Mr. Jefferson's is still carefully preserved. After Mr. Jefferson had been declared elected to the Presidential chair, Mr. Adams, the retiring President, was greatly disappointed and vexed. It is related that Mr. Adams would not wait in Washington to see the new President inaugurated. Such discourtesy may seem surprising to us; but we must remember that in those days the parties were intensely bitter in their feelings toward each other. Men of different political views refused to speak when they met on the street. Referring to Mr. Jefferson's inauguration, the lecturer said: "Right here I must correct a popular error which prevails in regard to this event. It has been said that the new President rode to the capitol on horseback and that the ceremoines were of the simplest character. The real fact of the matter is that the occasion was marked by much display. There was a military procession and escort and cannon were fired to announce that Mr. Jefferson had taken the oath of office."? Professor McMaster's Lecture. "Kitties"?"Jennies."?We are glad to see in some recent articles that young wrueps .were euusiueiiug mc ijuconnu ui "the Minnies," "the Kitties," "the Jennies,'-' etp. If they wish to seethe full effect of these diminutives, let them glance over the college catalogues, and see how they look and sound in contrast with Alexander, Frederic, Nicholas and William. We cannot estimate the added dignity and self-respect a girl would feel who had always been addresed as Margaret, Elizabeth or Catharine father than a Minnie, Lizzie or Kitty. We hope we are educating a superior generation of young women; let us see that their names shall worthily represent them. A gentleman asked me not long ago, "Why do the women in the suffrage movement all retain their family names?" "Because," I replied, "a life-long name is a badge of freedom; a dignified name is an inspiration of self-respect." Mormons in tiie Land.?Some time ago a New York publishing house requested information from the Interior Department touching the increase of membership of the Mormon Church from 1850 to 1880. In reply, the Census Bureau states that the census of 1880 contained the only reliable record of the number of Mormons in the United States, the previous inquiries having elicited information only in regard to the number of church organizations and number of sittings. From these inquiries it appears that in 1850 there were 1G church organizations and 10,880 sittings, in 1800 24 organizations and 13,500 sittings, and in 1870, 189 organizations and 87,888 sittings, and in 1880 2(57 organizations and Go,202 sittings. The actual membership of the Mormon Church, according to the census of 1880, was 79,880. A Migratory Sandhill.?In Churchill county, Nevada, there is a queer sandhill, which possesses the power of moving. It is nearly four miles long, about a mile wide, from one hundred to four hundred feet high and must obviously contain millions of tons of sand. In it it is impossible to find a particle of sand larger than a pin's head. The hill is not stationary, but rolls slowly eastward, the wind gathering it up on the west end, bearing italong the ridge and then depositing it again on the east end. This wandering habit is so decided that in the course of several years the hill has moved more than a mile.? Virginia (Ner.) Enterprise. The Remedy.?A young wife who thought she was losing her husband's affections went to a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter for a love powder. The mystery woman told her: "Get a raw piece of beef, cut Hat about half an inch thick. Slice an onion and rub the meat on both siues wiin it. rut on pepper auu sun, uuu toast it on each side over a red coal tire. Drop on it three lumps of butter and two sprigs of parsely, and get him to eat it." The young wife did so, and her husband loved her ever after. The Origin of a Word.?The following account is given of theorigin of the term "eaves-dropperAt the revival of Masonry, in 1417, a curious punishment was inflicted upon a man who listened at the door of a Masonic meeting in order to hear its secrets. Me was summarily sentenced "to be placed under the eaves of an outhouse while it was raining hard till the water ran in under the collar of his coat and out his shoes." The penalty was inflicted on the spot, and the name has continued ever since. + -- The Uses of Turpentine.?Let any one ! who has an attack of lockjaw take a small j quantity of turpentine, warm it and pour it 011 the wound, 110 matter where the wound | is and relief will follow in less than a minute. Nothing better can be applied to a se-1 vere cut or bruise than cold turpentine. It 1 will give certain relief almost instantly.! Turpentine is also a remedy for croup. Sat-! urate and place a flannel 011 the throat and j chest, and in every case three or four drops ' on a lump of sugar may be taken inwardly. | Bfeg- Recent researches show that election-1 eering was carried 011 in ancient Pompeii! very much as at the present day. Inscrip- j tions have been found informing the public ] that "a vote for Lentulus isa vote for honest' government," and asking all patriotic citizens to vote for "Balbus, the true friend of the people." The dearest help is often that which asks the least watres. It is poor economy to keep four men to do the work that three I or two ought to perform. If a man for any . cause is dissatisfied, the sooner he and his ' employer part company the better for both . parties. I fUadiag fat the fahhath. | i CONDUCTED BY ItJKV. ROBERT LATHAN. \6 [Original.] I I IGNORANCE. j' i The boast of the nineteenth century is;1 that it has far outstripped all preceding cen- \ turies in theffcquisition of knowledge. The i1 means of acquiring knowledge have been j t wonderfully multiplied, and it is true that j \ I in some respects, the nineteenth century is , i I remarkable for intellectual and moral dej velopment. On the other hand, there is in < some respects a degradation. The multi- < ! plication of the means for acquiring knowl- 1 I edge has had a tendency, direct and potent, j to foster ignorance. The tendency of the f j age, and especially of the American people, ( : is to get something for nothing. This is i true in every department of life, andflyith respect to every class in society. 4itfbh of < the legitimate business of the cotMg? is f either degraded into gambling, or co^ppted * on principles wnicn nave a uirecu icimeuv;^ to gambling. There is a strain to reach the end, to accomplish a purpose, and, at the , same time, an aversion to using the proper means to accomplish that purpose. School boys and school girls, school masters and j school mistresses, and even ministers of the { gospel, have caught the spirit, and the cry f is heard all over the land that a royal road has actually been found to geometry and { heaven. This principle of overriding all t established principles of the past has invad- ^ ed the family circle, and the fifth command- 1 ment is regarded as an old repealed enactment?a mere relic of a patriarchal system, J which existed only in the past. In spite of ? all these prodigious intellectual developments there is a vast amount of startling { ignorance in the church and in the world. ? It is scarcely conceivable how some mem- . bers of the church have been so successful in accumulating so much and so profound ignorance. This is the case in every Christian denomination. There is scarcely a congregation of respectable size, in which there cannot be found individuals who are either ignorant of the Bible plan of salvation, or if they understand it, they certainly are very successful in concealing their knowledge. They know nothing about the history, or doctrines, or practices of their own denomination. Worse than this, they do not care to know. Any creed, or no creed, any religion, or no religion, is good enough for them. This they think is charitable. It is no such thing. It is simply glaring ignorance. Worse than this, they knownothing about the Bible. No doubt they have read the Bible. But how? Disconnectedly and at intervals so long apart as not to be recalled by the memory. They are too profoundly ignorant to profit by the preaching of the gospel. Not ignorant of secular things, not ignorant, it may be, of school text books, but ignorant of the teachings of the Bible. This state of things is to be deplored. It miiat. hp attended with serious results, both for timeandeternity. God says "my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." There are some truths which we must know in order to be saved, and these truths are contained in no book in the world except the Bible. Without a knowledge of these truths we not only never can be saved, but we are utterly unfit for making a proper use of the most common of the means of grace. Without a knowledge of these truths, as they are revealed in the Bible, we cannot believe in Jesus Christ. We may do something, which we may, in our ignorance, call believing, but it is destitute of all the principles of true saving faith. The object of faith is truth?revealed truth?Bible truth. The truth must be known, or we are sure to be lost. It is vain to trust in the mere mercy of God, or, to make it even stronger, it is vain to trust in the mercy of God in Christ Jesus unless we trust in that mercy in the way in which God himself commands us to trust. The truths, at least some of them, which we must know, are the being and character of God as he is revealed in the Scriptures, the trinity, the nature and official work of Jesus Christ the mediator, the work of the Holy Spirit, and we must know that we are sinners. These are subjects about which we must have a correct knowledge, that is, we must know them as they are made known to us in the Scriptures. In our ignorance we may be very devout, heathenishly devout, and spend our days in worshiping, in some sort of a way, a god of our own creation, which has not a trace of resemblance to the God of the Bible. Steeped in moral stupidity we may spend our days in trusting in a'creature of our imagination, which we have had the hardihood to call Jesus Christ, but it has no more resemblance to the Jesus Christ of the Bible than the golden calf made by Aaron to the God who enveli ^ r * n* : ? ,.1 1., ,1 I OpPU ALOUnt ?5111111 III Ciuuus uuu uuiMira3 and smoke and thunder and lightning;. Ignorance is a dangerous thing. It is to be feared. "Foolsgo on," the Bible teaches us, "and are punished." It is a fearful thing to think of a human being taking passage for the port of Heaven and landing, on account of sheer ignorance, at the port of despair. The causes of ignorance are many. A few only can be mentioned. One cause of ignorance?that is ignorance of divine things and things necessary to salvation?is spiritual laziness. There are some people who really seem to be spiritually stupid. They allow any one, or no one to read the Bible for them, and think about its teachings for them. They are not destitute of mental ability, but they are averse to the labormental labor?necessary to gain a knowledge of the plan of salvation. Another reason of so much Bible ignorance among professed Christians is that there are so many in the church whose minds are set, and wholly set on the things of this world. They are so engrossed with the cares of this world that they have no time to think about the salvation of their immortal souls. This is a distressing state of things. Such persons are dilligent in business and fervent in spirit, not in serving the Lord, but in serving the world. They make that first which God has made last, and that last which God has made first. They may grow in wealth but not in grace. They may become wise in things of this world, but their minds will become dwarfed into idiocy with regard to , the things which pertain to eternal life. Many persons labor under the fatal delusion that ignorance is a valid excuse in every court, while, in fact, it is a valid excuse in no court. It may, with a show of plausi-1 bility, be urged as a mitigating circumstance connected with the guilt of an individual, but never as a valid excuse. That i servant who knew not his master's will and did it not was beaten with few stripes, but that servant who knew his master's will, or who had the means of knowing his master's ' will, but did it not, was beaten with many stripes. Bad Company.?All violation of law is sin, but some sins are more heinous in the sight of God than others. There are some , sins which seem to be more productive of ' evil than others. As an example of this kind of sin, keeping bad company may be I mentioned. There is something in bad j boys and bad girls which, although it is I morally repulsive, is very fascinating. | These bad boys and girls are the teachers i' who, in the devil's school, have charge of J the primary department. They are faithful j in the performance of the work which the ! devilassigns them. They teach their pupils I to use correctly the language of the devil. \ In thisschool little bovs and even little girls I learn to take God's holy name in vain be- ! fore they are able to put on their clothes or j speak plainly the language of their parents, j Now, children, if you are anxious to come to disgrace in the shortest possible time, all you have to do is to keep company with those bad boys and girls who use bad words, ' who violate the Sabbath day, and who have j no respect for pious people. If you will as- ! sociate with such boys and girls you will | certainly come to no good. You will bring ( your parents' grey hairs down to the grave j ] In sorrow, and you may possibly terminate j ! your own worthless existence on a hang- > 1 man's gallows. One bad boy often ruins all the boys in a school, disturbs the peace of a , neighborhood, and blights the fair reputa- . tion of his ancestors. Children, shun these bad boys. They are more to be dreaded x than vipers?their bite is poisonous. ; 1 JBS?" Obey Jesus with cordial loyalty, and \ you will understand him. Not by studying j * him, but by doing his will shall you know j <. how divine he is. I ihe inquirer. ?-?? TKRMH OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, $ 2 50 I For six months, 1 25; For three months, 75 j rwo copies one yearj 4 00; ren copies one year 20 00 ; \nd an extra copy for a club of ten. 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ONE DOLLAR per square for the first inser;ion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each mbsequent insertion. A square consists of the ipace occupied by seven lines of this size type. ,73r- Contracts will be made at reduced rates for Advertising space to be used for three, six, or welvo months. All contract advertisements will be confined to the regular business for which ;he space is engaged. 7133- Rejected manuscripts will not be returned ,o the writers. Persons who send manuscript to his office for publication and desire a copy of the iame, shonld make a duplicate. Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices marged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usuilly there are about seven words in a line. SCROFULA VAXDEBBILT'S MONEY COULDN'T BUY IT. The Acworth News and Farmer of This week says: Mrs. Elizabeth Raker, living within three miles of Acworth, remarked that Vanderbilt's fortune could not buy from her what six bottles of Swift's Specific has done for her. Her statement is as follows: For thirty one years L have suffered almost death front that horrible disease, Scrofula. For years I was unable to do anything In keeping up my domestic affairs. I.ast October I was induced to try Swift's Specific, and used two bottles and was so much benefitted by it that ( purchased four more from Messrs. Northern 8t Johnson, which has almost entirely relieved me. I feel like a new person, and can do all my own housework Before 1 took the S. S. S. my life was a burden, as my entire person was covered with sores, and In this miserable condition I did not care to live. I had tried every known remedy, and my case was generally regarded as incurable. I had been treated by the best physicians to no avail. I most heartily recommend Swift's Specific to the afflicted. Messrs. Northcut & Johnson, merchants at Acworth, say: We know Mrs. Elizabeth Baker personally; we are familiar with her case. She is highly esteemed in this community. RHEUMATISM TWENTY YEARS. I have been a sufferer from rheumatism for twenty years, at times with almr^t intolerable pain. I had the best medical treatment, and took all sorts of remedies, but without relief. Bcinf reduced almost to a skeleton, ami not being able to walk even with crutches, I wa? induced to try Swift's Specific, and it acted like a charm, and I am to-day entirely relieved. Have thrown away my crutches, and am In excellent health. I believe Swift's Specific will cure the worst cases of rheumatism. Mrs. Ezra Mrriison, Macon Ga., August-1, 1884. COMMUNICATION. Wetcmpka, At-a., Sept. 28, 1884.?About six years ago I became afflicted With a very disagreeable skin disease, with large, dry sores and many crusted pimples on mv face, hands and shoulder. The sore on my shoulder eat out a hole nearly an inch deep, and the cancerous appearance of one of the sores near iny eye alarmed mc very much. I tried all kinds of treatment, but found nothing that seemed to affect the disease. I finally decided to try S. S. S. on advice of a physician, and in a short time the scabs dropped from the sores and left my skin smooth and well. i consider s. s. s. the great est blood medicine made, and the only thing that will cure the disease with which I was afflicted. I think my trouble was the result of a terrible attack of malarial fever, contracted while farming In the Tallapoosa river swamp. 1 enn be found at my office, in the court house at VVetumpka. You can refer to me. J. L. Rhodes, Dep. Sheriff Elmore Co., Aln. For Sale by John C. Kcykkndai. and Lowry it Starr, Yorkvilie, S. V. December 11 50 !v F1 O I > r> ! FOR LADIES ONLY. A KENEDY endorsed by the best Physicians and Druggists at its home. A KENEDY that Mr. C. W. O'Neill, Goodwater, Ala., says raised his wife from an invalid's bed. and he believes saved Aer life. A KENEDY of which a prominent Atlanta merchant said: "I would nave given 8500 as soon as I would a nickle for what two bottles of your medicine did for my daughter." A KENEDY in regard to which S. J. C'assells, M. D., Druggist, Thomasville, Ga., says: "I can recall instances in which it afforded, relief after all th> usual remedies had failed. A KENEDY about which Dr. R. B. Ferrell, LaGrange, Ga., writes: "I have used for the last 20 years the medicine you are putting up and consider it the best combination ever gotten together for diseases for which it is recommended A KENEDY about which Dr. Joel Branham, Atlanta, said : "I have examined the recipe, and have no hesitation in advising its use, and conAfidontly recommend it." KENEDY which Rev H. B. Johnson, near Marietta, Ga., says lie has used in his family with the 'utmostsatisfaction,' and recommended it to three families "who found it to be just what it is recommended." A KENEDY of which Pemberton, Iverson & Dennison say: "We have been selling it for many years,"with constantly increasing sales. The article is a staple with us, and one of absolute merit." A KENEDY of which Lamar, Rankin it Lamar say: "We sold 50 gross in four months, and never sold it in any place but what it was wanted again." A KENEDY by which Dr. Baugh, of LaG range, Ga., says: "I cured one of the most obstinate eases of Vicarious Menstruation that ever came within mv knowledge, with a few bottles.' A KENEDY of which Dr.J.C. IIuss, Notasulga, Ala., says: "I am fully convinced that it is unrivaled for that class of diseases which it claims to cure." A KENEDY about which Maj. John C. Whitner, of Atlanta, well and favorably known all over the United States as a General Insurance Agent, says: "I used this remedy before the war, on a large plantation, on a great number ot cases, always with absolute success." This great remedy is BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR. Our treatise on "Health and Happiness of Woman" mailed free. y? f V\ A flan fa ftrt. DKAUriELU nsuiiiiAiun w., For sale by Dr. J. C. Kuykendal, Lowry <fc Starr and May A'May. JAMES E. IIA JIT. OEO. W. S. HART. HART A HART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C'. ('1 KO. W. S. HART, Notary Public, and ComJT missioner of Deeds for Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina and Texas. April 24 27 tf JOHN M. M'NKEI.. J. KILLOUOH HENRY. McNEEL A HENRY, ATTORNEYS A.X LAW. OFFICE WILKES' BHLDIXO, .MAIN STltEET, CHESTER, S. C., Practice in all Courts of the State and United States. Promptness and Fidelity in all Business. October 30 44 * ly J. BE ATT YWILLIIMN, ATTORNEY AT XjA.W, Yorkville, S. C., WILL practice in the Circuit Court of York county. J&)- Prompt attention given to collections. January 15 3 ly* J SAM'L L. MILLER, MERCHANDISE BROKER, Yorkville, S. OFFICE IN THE ADICKES BUILDING, j Correspondence solicited. January 1 1 tf HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. rr??r*i 1 1 _ c.Ia ! i AO.- yv liij'i uimersigiit'ii imilts hu .hue, g .S the lot in Yorkville, known as the "MEEK PLACE." Itis situated - Tjjfc- ncar ^[etho(list Church, and contains TWO ACRES, more or less. On the ot is a two-storv Dwelling House, containing sIX LAllGE ROOMS ANI) A EASEMENT, a umber-house, corn-crib and stables. Terms will bo made easy. L. M. GRIST. REGISTRATION NOTICE. rllE Rooks will bo open for the REGISTRATION of those who are BECOMING OK VGE, and thoso who are of ago and who have i lot registered heretofore, can do so bv calling tn me, at my office, AT THE FACTORY ! >F R. T. WHEELER, 011 the first Mondays of 1 darch, April, May, June and July, 1885. W. H. MeCORKLE, Supervisor of Registration, York county, S. C. February 5 (i * Hit GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING M/Sk CRIMPED AM) CORRfOATED SIDIXG. jnjjUM p Iron Tile or fthingle, FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 4C? THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 May 10 WE LEAD, Others Follow. HHRI mm THE LIGHT RUNNING " DOMESTIC" HAS THE HANDSOMEST WOODWORK. IT is thegrandest triumph of Sewing Machine Mechanical skill. It has the best set of Attachments. It is the most reliable. It executes a greater variety of work than any other machine in the market. It has a high arm,the attachments are all easily worked, and it willdoany kind ol work, from the lightest to the heaviest, and in as good manner as any other machine. Call and examine the Machine and learn particulars. We will sell on as liberal terms and at as low prices as any first-class 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 of1 pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the best stvle of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West Libertv street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. October i) 41 tf F. HAPPEBFIELD. STAPLE GOODS. MY stock of Staple Goods and Family Groceries is now full and complete. My friends and the public generally are respectfully invited to call and examine the quality of my goods and learn prices. BOOTS AND SHOES. Of the above goods I keep a full stock, and it will pay you to examine them. DRY GOODS. I keep a full line of Staple Dry Goods, which 1 offer at the lowest prices. CIGARS, <& . Several choice brands of Cigars, some extra tine; different grades of Chewing Tobacco, Snufi and Smoking Tobacco. CANNED GOODS. In full variety, and, in fact, a complete stock ol Stapie Goods, to which inspection is invited. MARBLE YARD. I still continue to give particular attentior to the MARBLE BUSINESS. I have in m\ employ first-class workmen, and with a full stock of the best qualities ot Marble, am prepared to furnish anything in that line, from a plair tombstone to the most elaborate monument, and at prices .as low as can be obtained elsewhere. F. IIAPPERFIELD. FOUNDRY AND Machine Shop. 01:0 THE undersigned would respectfully inforn; tho rtnblio thnt. he now has in operation, or his lot on King's Mountain Street, a "FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and brass castings, and general machine work. REPAIBOO, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice, Steam Engines, ana agricultural machinery oJ any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, an\ class of work that may be wanted in his shop, ht 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. BIO BOOH AT THE Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. xew veiiicl.es. EXPECTED to arrive this week, a nice lot ol 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 atreasonablepricesforcashorontime. 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 atthe YORKVILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, where they will be well fed and groomed. F. E. SMITH. " BUY THE BEST. JJ -J THE undersigned has taken the agencv for the sale of the THOMPSON" PIANO, one of the best instruments in the market, and also for the sale of the ORGANS manufactured by the Great Western Organ Company. ( The Pianos I represent are in different stvles, both square and upright, full 7h octaves, and besides having all the modern improvements of the best makers, with highly ornamented case and superior finish throughout, have also three strings in the treble, and are thus nearly equal in tone and power to the Concert Grand. I represent ten styles of Organs, and can suit any purchaser as to quality and price. If you contemplate the purchase of an instrument? either Piano or Organ?do not buy until you confer with me. I can suit you with either instrument and will make prices satisfactory. Every instrument fully warranted by the inanufac turers. There is no longer any excuse for paying a fancy price for a piano bearing the name of some old, aristocratic maker?which name is usually the only thing to recommend it?when you can buy one equally as good in every respect for half the money. Correspondence"invited, and all information cheerfully furnished. Miss ZORAIDA INGOLD, Yorkville, S. C. November 20 47 tf CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ? OFITSTGr COMPANY, ft IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. SggBrV 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. $3/- Send for Circular and Pri c l List No. 76. >F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly CENTENNIAL YEAR. The Augusta Chronicle. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. . T' HE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE was established in 1785, but is still young, vigorous and j progressive, and fully up to all the requirements . of a first-class newspaper. Democratic in poliI tics, honest and fearless in theadvocacv of all good j measures?the organ of no ring or clique, it has wanrnn/1 A?.n,,nmioa tn niiniflh ThA purpose of the CHRONICLE is to advance the general good and support such measures as will inure to the moral, social, educational and material advancement of the State and country. The columns of the CHRONICLE are free from the taint of sensationalism and the depravity engendered by immoral publications. Our telegraphic news service is full and complete. The CHRONICLE contains an average of ninethousand words per day from the New 1 ork Associated Press. This service is supplemented by specials from our able and talentea correspondents at Atlanta and Columbia, who are indefatigable in their labors to give our readers the latest news and the most interesting letters. Our accomplished and brilliant associate, Mr. JAMES R. RANDALL, of the editorial staff, I sends our readers his graphic and interesting leti ters from Washington during the session of Congress. The CHRONICLE publishes the full telegraphic service of the New York Associated Press. TERMS: Morning Edition, 6 months 8 5 00 1 Morning Edition, 1 year 10 00 i Evening Edition, 0 months 3 00 Evening Edition, 1 year 6 00 1 Weekly Edition, (i months 75 Weekly Edition, 1 year 1 25 1 Sunday Chronicle, 1 year 2 00 The EVENING CHRONICLE is the largest and cheapfct Daily Paper in the South, as it pub lishes all the telegraphic news, and all the news of the morning paper, and is sent to subscribers at $0 per year. The WEEKLY is now a ten page paper, but in April it will be twelve pages?84 columns. It is tilled with important news. The SUNDAY CHRONICLE is a large eight 1 page paper, and contains tifty-six columns of ' matter. 1 Specimens copies free. Address CHRONICLE & CONSTITUTIONALIST, Patrick Walsh, President, Augusta, Ga. ! - March 5 10 tf cT& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD" E&HSSSSBm SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Newton, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, March 1,1885. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office at Chester. GOING SOUTH. Leave Newton 6.00 A. W. Arrive at Maiden, 6.35 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 7.20 A. M. Leave Lincolnton, 7.30 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 8.08 A. M. Leave Dallas 8.08 A. M. ! Arrive at Gastonia, 8.25 A. M. Leave Gastonia, 8.45 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 9.02 A. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek, 9.12 A. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 9.22 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 9.35 A. M. i Arrive at Yorkville, 10.15 A. M. f Leave Yorkville, 10.30 A. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 10.44 A. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 10.55 A. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 11.05 A. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 11.25 A. M. j. Arrive at Chester 11.55 A. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.30 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 5.03 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 5.25 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.45 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 6 00 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 6.10 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.50 P. M. ( Arrive at Bowling Green, 7.00 P. M. p Arrive at Crowder's Creek 7.10 P. M. I Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 7.20 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.35 P. M. , Leave Gastonia, 8.00 P. M. I Arrive at Dallas, 8.18 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 8.43 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.10 P. M. Leave Lincolnton, 9.20 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 9.55 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 10.25 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. March 5 10 tf OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRT"VTl"Vfi in ennprinr stvlp and at. nripps that will compare wit? 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: IiILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 i Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $6.00 | 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 till an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER. HEADS. For 500 For 1000 f 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. 1 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 Supremo 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, AMUSEMENT HALL. HUNTER & 0ATES' OPERA HOUSE, YORKVILLE, ft. C. THE undersigned have fitted up a public Hall over their Store, on Liberty street, in the central part of town, and with a stage, scenery and all needed accessories, and a seating capacity of 400, ofier the same for theatrical and other entertainments for which the hall is adapted. Professional Companies and Amateurs Will find in our Opera House?the only public hall in town?all the facilities requisite for the conducting of theatrical and similar entertainments. For terms and all other information, address HUNTER & OATES, Yorkville, S. C. January 15 3 3m MARSHALL HOUSE, Chester, S. C. 1 ,1U? THE undersigned takes pleasure in informing the people of Ches tmB53L ter county and the traveling publie that he has taken charge of the MARSHALL HOUSE, and is now prepared to receive both PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS. The building has just been repainted and put in first rate condition throughout. The table will be supplied with the best that the local and neighboring markets afford, and 110 pains will be spared to insure the comfort of guests. A SAMPLE ROOM is provided, conveniently arranged for the use of Commercial Travelers." TERMS REASONABLE. A share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. JAMES K. MARSHALL, Proprietor. November 30 48 tf BRICK FOR SALE. FIVE hundred thousand first-class BRICK are offered for sale?300,000 at McConnellsville, and 200,000 at Lowrvsville, on the C. <fc L. N. G. R. R. Any number of these Brick, in lots of not less than 2,500, will be delivered 011 cars at either place at 80.00 for salmon, $8.00 for i salmon and 3 blue, and $9.00 for all blue per thousand. Samples can be seen at the Stores of Capt. W. B. Smith, Clover; John R, Ashe, Yorkville; Ashe A Ashe, McConnellsville ; Hope, Lowrv & Co., Lowrvsville, and Heath, Crawford & Co., Chester. We will give a discount for large lots on the above prices. W. N. ASHE, Jr., McConnellsville. W. A. ANDERSON, Lowrysville. October lf? 42 tf