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tumorous A BULL IN A BUSINESS TRASACTION. "Look out for the bull, partner! He's a bad one." The speaker, a Lancaster, Pa., farmer, picked up a pitchfork as he made this remark. He was on his farm and the bull was his bull. The person addressed j was a tobacco buyer, of Lancaster, who had dri veh to the lower end ef the county to buy a fresh supply. The farmer had stored his tobacco crop in I a shed at the end of the barn, inaccessible except through the barnyard. The bull i seemed to resent this intrusion and looked j daggers, or rather horns, at the stranger.> The farmer motioned at the bull with the Sitchfork and the animal kept at a respectil distance, but followed them to the door all the same. "I'll give you ten cents for wrappers for the lot," said the man from town. "Ten cents," replied the farmer. "That there is good tobacco. I don't care about selling it now if I can't get more than that j for it." "Well, I guess we can't trade," said the ; " A 1 -1 ik. cuy man turning wwtiru me uuui. The bull, just outside, lowered his head as the stranger appeared. The pitchfork, which had been left standing outside the door, had fallen under the bull's feet. The stranger quickly went iu again. "I'll give you twelve cents," said he. "No," replied the farmer, curtly, as he lighted his pipe and sat down on the floor. He seemed to have forgotten all about the bull. There was a pause, during which the bull's heavy breathing could be heard. More negotiations followed, but the farmer was obdurate. He didn't seem to care to sell the tobacco at all, and there was nothing in particular to call him back to the house. So he began to tinker with some repairs to the shed. "Confound it!" muttered the Lancaster man under his breath. "I wish that infernal bull would go away." But the bull stayed ri^ht there. "I'll give you fourteen cents," said he, turning to the farmer again. "Twenty cents is my price, sir," replied the monarch of the soil, in a tone of injured innocence, as though a little hurt at being suspected of sharp practice in fixing a bigger price than he wanted and then coming down. The bull gave an impatient snort. Conversations relating to sixteen cents, then to eighteen were held, but without result. The bull didn't go away, and neither did the farmer. Nor did the Lancaster man, though he wanted to. "Well, I guess I'll have to give you twenty cents," said he, at last. The farmer quietly turned around and saw the bull. "Great Scott! has that bull been there all this time ? Go away from there, Jim! You .Tim Blaine, co awav!" and he rushed out grabbed the pitchfork and drove the bull off. Then turning to the buyer he said: "What did you say, sir?" "I said twenty cents," was the reply. "The tobacco isn't worth but twelve, but I'll take it." Bulls have their uses. Effective Irish Wit.?A few weeks since, an Irishman, direct from the old country, called upon a well-known Bostonian, presenting letters of introduction from mutual friends in England. The Bostonian received him very cordially and proffered a glass of brandy, which the Irishman drank with a relish. After some further conversation, the foreigner said? "Well, Misther X., Oi'm very much pleased wid the new counthry. Its a foine place. When I go back I'll tell me friends what a foine land it is, and what foine gintlemen ye have in it. I'll tell them how foinely ye have traced me ; how you gave me two glasses of foine old brandy?" "But," broke in the amused host, "I haven't given you but one." "O, well, ye wouldn't make a liar of me to me friends. That Oi know." Another glass was forthcoming at once. The Other One.?Half a century ago there was a great shipping firm in New York city?the brothers Hurlbut?trading with and carrying passengers to Southern cities. It was oustomary when they promoted a mate to be captain for the head of the firm to give the new captain a dinner at his house. The merchant had two daughters, one a great beauty and the other not so and cross-eyed. The captain noticed that the beauty received all the toasts and attentions, and nis innate sense 01 politeness and justice rebelled. He meant to set it right. "Your daughter, sir!" he said to the merchant, raising his glass. "Which one, sir?" was the response. "The squint eyed one, sir!" said the polite, though not polished captain. Quite a Difference.?Bank Director? "Stole twenty-five cents, did he? The scoundrel, I'll arrest him and have him sent to the penitentiary this very day. The idea of a cashier of ours doing anything like that is enough to?" Bank Examiner?"Pardon me, sir; but you seem to have misunderstood me." "Oh! Well, perhaps I did. I've been a little deaf for a good many years." "What I said, was that your cashier left only twenty-five cents in the safe. He stole all the rest." "Great Ciesar! I must see him at once and get him to compromise the matter.? Philadelphia Call. 'Twas Tardy in Tense.?"Horatius," .said the schoolmaster to a nine-year-old boy with two imposing freckles on his nose and two equally imposing freckles on the knees of his pants, "Horatius, please form a sentence with the word 'toward' in it, and write the sentence on the board." Horatius went to the blackboard, and after much scratching of head and friction of brain, printed with the crayon, in letters that looked like a lot of half-feathered Shanghai chickens running after a piece of dough, the following sentence: "I toward my trousers."?Lewixton Jour' nal. How the Doctors Cured Him.?Two doctors were disputing by the bedside of C ounty Clerk Keenan during his recent illness. "I tell you the liver is diseased," said one. "Nonsense; nothing of the kind. It is the spleen," said the other. "Very well; we shall see who is in the right at the post mortem examination." Hearing which Keenan became real mad and got up and dressed himself. He began to improve from that time and hasn't known a sick day since. ? - # ?- ? The Merits in the Case.?"What are the relative merits in the case?" asked the attorney of a young man who had sought his advice in relation to a divorce. "Relative merits?" reiterated the young man, who was apparently dazzled at the remark. "Yes," replied the attorney. "Well, the relative merits in the case is an exasperated son-in-law, and the demerits is a meddling mother-in-law."?PrefzeV.sWeekly. ? ^ *. ..._ Thirteen at IIis Dinner Table.? Mrs. Winks?"It's a perfect outrage, Mr. Winks. The idea of inviting those gentlemen to dinner when you knew the house was full of company. Why, it will make thirteen at table." Mr. Winks?"Surely you are not superstitious about that. Having thirteen at table won't worry me in the least." Mrs. Winks?"Well, it will when you see what a small roast the butcher sent."? Philadelphia Call. His Faith Cure.?Wife?John, what is this "faith cure" I read of so much ? Husband?Marriage, my dear?marriage. Wife?I don't understand how marriage | can have anything to do with it. Please! explain yourself. Husband?Well, before I married you my faith led me to believe that you were a perfect angel; since I married you I have been i entirely cured of the faith. That is what is ! called a "faith cure."?Philadelphia Cull. J BO?* A hatter sees one of his debtors pass him by in the street without any recognition of his existence, and straightway becomes cs mad as?a hatter. "Curse the fellow !" he says, "he might, when I bowed to him, have at least had the decency to lift my hat."?Le Fiyaro. (Hie .farm and fireside. Planning Ahead.?The man who succeeds in any business is one who carefully exercises forethought in regard to iuture operations. He looks ahead, as far as may be determined beforehand, sees the result likely to be attained by a certain course of ac- i tion. This is true of all business successfully carried on. Wise calculators count up the cost of operations about to be entered upon and shape their course accordingly, taking in all the bearing and probable future effects of contingencies which may affect the main results. The business of farming calls for as much forethought and planning as any in which man can be engaged. The farmer who has risen to forehandedness in tilling his acres is one who counted the cost and made close calculations on all matters that appertain to the farm. No man will meet with satisfying success on the farm who does not think beforehand what is best to do and the best way to do it. More failures occur?failures because indifferent success is attained where nothing but the grossest blundering could make a failure?from this cause of miscalculation or no calculation as regards future results of present operations, than from any other. Farming is not a haphazard business, 4.? aw?l fUo Ano??ofiAno r\f na_ MlUJCUt IAJ 1UCJV. illiu llic >/ ? tare in giving good or poor seasons. Work without thought, without plan, has been the blunder of many who guide the plow. Raising crops without knowledge as to the cost, and stock without a thought as to its adaptability to the location and market and its requirements in summer pastures and winter feeding, are at best but slipshod practices, and would seem to require but little reflection on the part of those pursuing such a course to enable them to see it. Associated Effort.?F. I). Curtis, editor of the Farmer and Dairyman, has this sound and sensible talk: "If the farmers in a single township, or even a neighborhood, were thoroughly organized for the purpose, with but little expense to each, they could produce the finest blooded horses, the most showy and graceful cattle, the heaviest fleeced sheep or the purest bred hogs, and the gain would more than compensate for the effort. They would be enabled to command higher prices for farm stock, the cost of transportation would be lessened from the ability to market in bulk, the most costly agricultural implements could be procured, and the advantages of schools, churches and libraries be available to all. In other words, if capital can stud the ocean with thousands of sails, cross the mountains with lightning speed, and build up hundreds of mammoth enterprises, it teaches farmers that by following the same course they can do many things for themselves that would be impossible for the single individual to perform. United effort overcomes all difficulties and surmounts every obstacle, great or small." Tree Planting.?The black walnut tree is said to be one of the most thrifty trees, as well as the most remunerative, and giving the most certain and early returns of any that can be planted, and it has been known t\ f??nnlr ftlTA foDf in TVM1 m fPTPTlPA Wl piuuutc a UUlia l/MV 1VVV Hi VI4N MM..W.V..VW in twelve years, from the seed. It will, therefore, be seen that the black walnut, from the great intrinsic value of the wood, promises the quickest returns, besides being the most easily obtainable of any tree which can be planted. It is doubly useful?first, as an early and excellent shade tree, and secondly, as one of the most valuable woods in the whole realm of nature's forest productions, to say nothing of the nut crop which would be forthcoming. One hundred acres of land seeded to walnut trees, if they reach maturity in fifteen years, would be more remunerative than many of the crops Produced by fifteen years of incessant toil. iesides, these trees might be planted and would thrive on spots which are really valueless for agricultural purposes, and while in the course of growth would serve as valuable aids to agriculture as windbreaks, and in other respects.?Southern Lumberman. \ Melons and Squashes.?A practical gardener makes the following statement: "Last year, as a test of a frequent practice among growers of melons and squashes, I pinched the ends of the long main shoots of the melons, squashes and cucumbers, and left some to run at their own will. One squash plant sent out asingle stem reaching more than forty feet, but did not bear any fruit. Another plant was pinched until it formed a compact mass of intermingling side-shoots eight feet square, and it bore sixteen squashes. The present year a muskmelon plant thus pinched in, covered the space allotted to it, and it sent twenty-three specimens of fruit; the most of them were pinched off. The pinching causes many lateral branches, which latter produce the female or fertile blooms, while the main vines produce only the male blossoms. The difference in favor of the yield of an acre of melons treated by this pinching process may easily amount to 100 barrels." Borax.?Lady readers who have not test ed the magic properties of borax have been I losing a great help and comfort. If once used, you will never be without a bottle on your toilet table. It removes stains and dirt from the hands better than soap, and at the same time softens and smoothes the skin. It is splendid for washing the hair and will, without injury, cleanse brushes and combsin a few moments. For washing purposes it saves both soap and labor. It will extract dirt from articles of delicate texture without rubbing, it being only necessary to put the articles to soak in a solution of borax over night, and they need only to be rinsed in the morning. Two tablespoonfulsof pulverized borax dissolved in a quart of water, to which water enough is added to cover a pair of blankets, will cleanse them beautifully. It also saves great labor in washing paint. It is said to drive away ants and roaches, if sprinkled on the shelves of safes and pantries. What Makes Complexion.?A pigment under the epidermis makes the complexion. The colored person has a black pigment, the brunette a light brown pigment, and the blond a still lighter pigment. When there is 110 pigment in the skin an Albino is the result, with pink eyes, white hair and white skin. When there is an excess of pigment, freckles, molds and birth marks appear. Freckles are not alone due to the action of the sun. Some people have them in abundance on the parts of the body not exposed to the sun. The hairs are hollow tubes, and have a supply of pigment sent into them which determines the color of the hair. The pigment comes from the blood. White hair may be from absence of pigment or from the presence of air in the tubes. 8?rThe greasy look of butter, as if cut with a warm knife, is not always due to overworking. It may be caused by the feed. Too much cotton-seed meal often causes it, and we would caution those who desire to make a strictly first-class article in appearance, as well as flavor, not to use cotton-seed meal or oil meal alone, but only as an addition to grain. Churning too rapidly or too long, or having the cream too warm, will also produce the objectionable greasy look. UsefulCkmext.?Puscner, mine wenuker Zeituny, states that the following cement resists kerosene, and is usfeul for cementing the brass collars to glass lamps. One part of caustic soda, three parts of resin, and five parts of water are boiled together; the resin soap thus produced is mixed and well kneaded with half its weight of plaster of Paris. It hardens in about three-quarters of an hour. If zinc white or dry lead is used, it hardens more slowly. 5^ The object of plowing is not merely to invert the soil, but to pulverize it. Old ground is like mortar when plowed wet, and will not break up and become mellow; hence it might as well be planted without plowing at all. Sward ground will be partially pulverized by the elements evolved by the decomposition of the grass roots in the soil. i fifeg- In agriculture the plants perform the part of the miner in separating the valuable material, they afterward, by the aid of the sun and the atmosphere manufacture into food for man and animals. The inherent properties of the soil are thus made available, and that which was before of little or no value becomes most valuable. IgfattllMMMSi |lcaflrog.j EASTER. ! SOME FACTS WORTHKNOWING ABOUT THIS | MOST ANCIENT Of FEASTS. Kaster fell on last Sunday, the ">th of April, this year, which is earlier than usual. It comesoftenest about the middle of April, but rotates between the last of March and the last of April. It is regulated by the condition of the moon, being always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first day of March, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunda v?Easter day is the Sunday j after. There has been a continual controversy in regard to the proper time for the celebration of Easter, and as it is the most ancient of the movable feasts of the Christian Church, it is also the most important, as it determines all the rest. The dispute arose oeiween inc oiisifrii imu wraicui niuitun, I the former contending Easter to be equivalent to the Jewish Passover, and that there- I fore it should be celebrated on the four- j teenth day of the first Jewish month or ! moon. The western churches celebrated it on the Sunday after the fourteenth day, holding that it was the commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus. The Council of Nice determined in favor of the western usage (325 A. I).); the decision has since rested in that favor, the principal object being now to prevent Easter from falling on the same day as the Je\#ish Passover. They did, however occur together in 1805 and in 1825, and will do so again in the years, 1903, 1923, 1927 and 1981. This year, Easter, though happening early, will seem consistently late, as the season is uncommonly precocious, and the Sunday that introduces the inheritance of joy to the Christian, the occasion of feasting to the faster, the signal of spring to the invalid, the opportunity of gain to the school-boy, the cue of change to dame Fashion, the hope of sunshine to Nature herself, promises to be a faithful harbinger, of all that is expected of it. The worship of the Goddess Ostard or Easter personifying the morning or east, and also the opening year or spring, seems to have been strictly observed in northern Germany, whence it was brought into England by the Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon name of April 1 was Eastermonatn, and it is still known in j Germany as Gstermonath. So it appears j that many of the popular observances con- j nected with Easter are of Pagan origin; j they only grew into religious rites through I the policy of the Church, and it was found a simple matter to give a Christian significance to joy at the rising of the natural sun and at the awakening of nature from the death of winter, since these sentiments became synonymous with joy at the rising of the Sun of Righteousness, at the resurrection of Christ from the grave. The kindling of bonfires at Easter is an old German custom; but the one most characteristic and widely known is the use of the Easter eggs, used in many ways. They are eaten, games are played with them, presents of them are exchanged; they are made the foundation for a'Stnetic skill from being colored with various dyes and herbs, to being painted in artistic designs and ornamented with silken cords and tassels, ribbons, and even mounted into jewel receptacles, cabinet ornaments, and boxes. Of course when utilized in this way the meat of eggs is removed. While it is hardly necessary tb state that these latter devices are of modern origin; also the imitation of eggs is of a late date, and hardly carries out the Christian idea, as from tneir point, 01 view, - tue jeusj, uj eggs" was considered emblematic of the resurrection and of a future life. In Scotland years ago, Easter morning, early, was the hour of lrolic for the young people. They would start at dawn of day in search of wild-fowls' eggs for breakfast, and the number found was their evidence of luck for that year at least. In Ireland they say the sun dances on Easter" morning, if you only arise early enough to see it; but if any one ever has the fact has not yet been recorded. In the Tyrol Easter is remembered with every ceremony. Bands of musicians traverse the mountains, singing the Easter hymns to the accompaniment of the sweet guitar. The natives wear Spanish hats, ornamented with garlands and bouuuets of flowers. Crowds of happy children are amidst this motley gathering, and when the darkness of evening envelopes them these little ones carry lighted torches of pine wood and baskets of colored eggs. Imagine how picturesque must be the scene?Swiss mountains, quaint costumes, weird music and shadowy lights. The merriment generally finishes with a repast of eggs and wine, given to the singers by the higher class of farmers in payment for the joyous carols. In Chester, England, also, the Easter festivities are of no small importance. The town itself is so old and withal so thriving a piece of antiquity that most of the ancient customs and games are kept up. Such curious pranks as they sometimes resorted to seem to the prosaic people of these times almost improbable. For instance, the custom of "lifting," one, too, really in memory of the resurrection. A party of young gallants would carry a satin-lined chair through the streets, into which, when the opportunity occurred, they seated a fair damsel, lifted her as high in the air as the ability of the young men would allow, nor was their precious burden released until she donated a kiss to each of her tormentors and paid a fee besides. No rank could save the individual from the chance of "lifting," nor was the privilege confined to the male sex, for it is said that King Edward I. was "lifted" by certain ladies, and that he paid . 400 for the honor. This is only one of the many singular customs in vogue at Easter in Chester. Eggs were used for all sorts of games; even the clergy could not forego the inspiration of the occasion, and played ball with the eggs during church service, dancing the while. There were processions with music all day long, and the streets were a continuation of banners, emblems, and crowds of noisy worshippers. Within late years fancy Easter 1 cards have been almost as numerous and varied as valentines on the 14th of February, and some of them are extremely beautiful; many are painted in water colors, others are from the firms of Prang, Marcus Ward, l)e La Hue, etc., and are gotten up in unique designs. One especially appropriate was in the shape of a large egg about ten inches in length, colored, finely decorated, and containing six leaves tied with delicate shades of satin ribtion. Each leaf displayed a verse of poety under six different headings,"Faith," "Hope,""Charity," "Repentance," "Forgiveness," and "Peace." Another was a card simply, but so exquisitely tinted as to be almost an object of art. The subject was a group of ruddyfaced cherubs supporting a huge egg, the whole being drawn by a ribbon-reigned lamb. Others there are of dainty flowers, nested eggs, emblematic devices, all suggesting some suitable sentiment in a well selected verse. Others are merely egg- ; shaped boxes, covered with satin or silk 1 delicately painted; some also of solid candy, wood or paste; but the greater number of them are made to open and display either 1 a pleasing picture or a feast sweets. Magnetic People.?People are always talking about personal fascination, as though it was some occult quality of which no account can be given. Some are born magnetic. thev saw and some are not, and, with | the vague term magnetic, they hand the i matter over to the world of mystery. Young girls, for example, are in a state of chronic bewilderment over the puzzle of this question. They see one of their mates making a ten-strike among the men at a ball. How i does she do it? they cry. She is not half as : pretty as Ellen Jones or Mary Alcott, and there they sit in the corner. She is not as sweet and amiable as this one, as sensible < and true as that, and yet, were she honey i and the men bees, no more lively swarming : would be witnessed. There is no use trying i to find out the secret; she has the occult ' quality of magnetism, and that is all that i can be said. No, young ladies, you are si in- i ply on the wrong' scent. Very likely, the i open secret lies in no charm of beauty or in- s telligence, but in a q.. '_k and electric vivae- < ity of spirits that acts like a breeze on the i sluggish water, making the waves begin to < skip and dance, and so producing an exhila-! rating effect all round. Now, what is there on the face of the earth people so crave as to i be exhilarated, and so delivered from the I oppression of lumpishress and stupidity? < These young fellows leel this in the depths. 1 They are bashful, paralyzed and have noth- 1 ing to say. Suddenly this young girl wakes i < them up, and they find themselves laughing j 1 and rattling a way. The blood is circulating, i the feet are dancing, the sense, or nonsense, j is streaming merrily through their brains. |< No wonder one wants to get into contact I' with this electric battery. The secret of ] personal fascination always lies in cne single ;r point, that is, in power to excite in another j' person happy feelings of a high degree of j intensity and to make that person identify such feelings with the charm and power of ' thecherished cause of them.?Bosfo.i Herald. ] IS HE A HERETIC I \ The Augusta Chronicle says: The principal matter of business before the Augusta ' Presbytery, in session at Union Point last ' week, was the consideration of a communi- , cation from Dr. James Woodrow, late pro- , fessor in the Columbia Seminary. It was to i the effect that rumors in the public Journals i and elsewhere were abroad charging him i with heresy. That as this is a grave offence in the Presbyterian church, he asked his J brethren of the Presbytery to inquire into j the matter and if they found the rumors , were well founded to prepare charges against him and try him for that offence. < The Presbytery having 110 discretion in 1 the matter but to take action upon the communication as requested, appointed a committee consisting of Rev. H. M. Newton, i of Union Point; Rev. Win. Adams, Rev. |! (i. T. Goetchius and Mr. James W. Wallace, ! of Augusta, and Col. J. A. Billups, of Mad- , ison, to examine into the rumors complain- , ed of and if they found that they justified legal proceedings, to report the same to i the Presbytery. This was the only action that could be ] taken yesterday and the status of the case now seems to be about this: Dr. Woodrow " was found by the four Synods, who had ju- , risdiction over him as a professor of the j Columbia Theological Seminary, to be in- . terpreting the teaching of the Scriptures upon the question of Evolution, not in accordance with their ideas. Accordingly they instructed the directors of the Seminary to take steps to prevent this teaching. The measure adopted to secure this end was the removal of I)r. Woodrow from the profes- ; sor's chair. 5 The ground that Dr. Woodrow now takes ] is that this action implied that he was guilty of heresy. This, however, it is said, does not necessarily follow, lor the book of church order draws a distinction between heresy and error, and by many leading clergymen . it is maintained that Dr. Woodrow's offence does not amount to heresy, but is simply error in his interpretation of the Scriptures upon the subject of the creation. Believi ng his teaching to be error, however, they were , justified in insisting that it should not be continued in the Seminary. Whether it was error or heresy is the question to be tried, and the subject before the committee for investigation. The intelligence, prudence and Christian character of the committee give assurance that the most ample justice will be done both Dr. Woodrow and the Synods. They have this 1 ' ' ^ 1 -Jit- ^ T t iUa.. predicament to eonienu wun: n mt-y sustain Dr. Wood row they condemn the action of the Synods. In declaring Dr. Woodrow a heretic they have his reputation, intelligence, learning and Christian character to bear in mind. The committee will enter upon the work at once and will strive to arrive at a just conclusion. An adjourned meeting of the Presbytery will be held in Augusta at an early day to receive the report of the committee, and try the charges preferred against Dr. Woodrow. The se&sion will be full of interest, and will attract much attention not only from the members of the denomination, but the public generally. Rates of Postage.?The postoffiee department at Washington has received inquiries from all quarters as to the new legislation in the postoffiee appropriation bill passed by the last Congress. The following are the important changes which will take effect on July 1: First?The weight of all single-rate letters is increased from one-half of an ounce each or fraction thereof to one ounce each or fraction thereof. The s&pie increase of weight is allowed for drop letters, whether mailed at stations where there is a free delivery or where carrier service is not established. 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M., and midnight; that a book shall be provided in which the person to whom the letter is addressed shall acknowledge its receipt; the messengers for this special delivery are to be paid eighty per cent, of face value of all the stamps received and recorded in a month, provided that the aggregate compensation paid to any one person for such service shall not exceed thirty dollars per month, and provided further that the regulations for the delivery of those specially stamped letters shall in no way interfere with the prompt delivery of letters as provided by existing law or regulations. Properties of Quicksilver.?One of the most curious properties of quicksilver is its capability of dissolving or of forming amalgams with other metals. A sheet of gold foil, dropped into quicksilver, disappears almost as quickly as a snow flake when it drops into water. It has the power of separating or of readily dissolving those refractory metals which are not acted upon by our most powerful acids. The gold and silver miners pour it into their machines holding the gold bearing quartz; and, although no human eye can detect a trace of the precious substance, so fine are the par-: tides, yet the liquid metal will hunt them I out, and incorporate it into its mass. By | subsequent distillation it yields it into the I hands of the miners, in a state of virgin ' purity. Several years ago, while lecturing before a class of ladies on chemistry, we had 1 occasion to purify some quicksilver by fore- | ing it through chamois leather. The scrap i remained on the table after the lecture, and j an old lady thinking it would be very nice I to wrap her gold spectacles in, accordingly | appropriated it to that purpose. The next j morning she came to us in great alarm, j stilting that the gold had mysteriously ens- i appeared, and nothing was left in the pareel but the glasses. Sure enough, the metal I remaining in the pores of the leather had I amalgamated with the gold, and entirely destroyed the spectacles, it was a mystery i which we never could explain to her satis- J faction.?Fireside, Science. I How Camimior is Made.?Camphor is made in Japan in this way. After a tree is | felled to the earth it is cut into chips, which < are laid in a tub or a large iron pot partially '' tilled with water, and placed over a slow j tire. Through holes in the bottom of the J tub steam slowly rises, and heating of the chips generates oil and camphor. Of j course, the tub with the chips has a closely j fitting cover. From this cover a bamboo! pipe leads to a succession of other tubs with j bamboo connections and the last of these is j divided into two compartments, one above ! the other, the dividing floor being perfor-1 ated with small holes to allow the water I and oil to pass to the lower compartment, j The upper compartment is supplied with j a straw layer, which catches and holds the | camphor in crystal in deposit as it passes to j the cooling process. The camphor is then ' separated from the straw, packed in wood- | an tubs and is ready for market. The oil ! i is used by the natives for illuminating and j? other purposes. 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Persons who send manuscript to this office for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duplicate. .3S0-Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices charged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usually there are about seven words in a line. F. HAPPERFIEL.D. STAPLE GOODS. MY stock of Staple Goods and Family Groceries is now full and complete. My friends uul the public generally are respectfully invited tocall and examine the quality of my goods and learn prices. BOOTH AXD 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 I rift'or nt. f lio lnwpst nriees. CIGARS, AC. Several choice brands of Cigars, some extra tine; different grades of Chewing Tobacco, Snuff ami Smoking Tobacco. CANNED GOODS. In full variety, and, in fact, a complete stock of Staple floods, to which inspection is invited. MARBLE YARD. I still continue to give particular attention to the MARBLE BUSINESS. I have in mv employ first-class workmen, and with a full stock of the best qualities of Marble, am prepared to furnish anything in that line, from a plain tombstone to the*most elaborate monument, and at prices as low as can be obtained elsewhere. F. HAPPERFIELD. HOPE! A young man named John Naves, living near here, had an eating cnnceron his face which had eaten away his nose, part of his cheek, and expended up nearly to his rye. 11 was one m uu: ujim iiii^iv cauu^ ever seen. His throat finally hecume involved to suchnn extent that he could only swallow liquid fond. After using all the remedies without checking the ravages of the enting cancer, his general henltli was broken down, he was confined to his bed and thought It to be only a question of time about his death from the cancer. I put him on Swift's Specific as a last resort, nnd hebeean to improve with the first dose. His general health Improved at once, nnd rapidly; his throat got well; the ravages of the cancer were soon stopped; It began to heal around the edges; and after a few months treatment with 3. S. 3. he has gotten entirely well. His face has all healed over with new tlesh, nnd his general health is excellent. His recovery is wonderful. M. F. Crumley, M. D., Oglethorpe, Ga. Cancer for Many Years. Tiitonville, Tenn., Oct. 12, 1884?Gentlemen : I am proud to hi- Cancer, and it thrm you that wns a very bad Swift's Specif- ^9 ^9 one. I am in fine ic has cured my health?not bet ter for twenty years. I have gained twenty-five pounds since I commenced taking Swift's Specific. K. S. Bradford. Snatchedfrom tlie Grave. Mrs. Sarah E. Turner nnd her mother, Mrr. P. E Bryan, for 19 years residents of Humboldt, Tenn., make the following statements as to the merits of Swift's Specific. Mrs. Turner's case is well known In that community. 8he says: "I was afflicted for two or three years with Eczema and Erysipelas combined. My whole system was broken down, my strength and appetite gone, and 1 became as helpless as a child, being lifted from place to place by iny friends. I was treated by the best physicians in the community with (odide of Potash nnd the other usual remedies for such cases. I was given up to die by my friends. My sufferings were beyond description, nnd 1 had lost all hope of recovery. Last January I was Induced to try Swift's Specific, having received a pamphlet from the company detailing its merits. The first half dozen bottles had the effect to bring hack hope to my heart, nnd the thought of being well again brought jov nnd gladness to the household. I have taken altogether ?4 bottles. The sores have all been healed up nnd disappeared; my strength has returned, nnd I ntn able to do all kinds of house work. Swift's Specific. I honestly believe, snatched ine from the grave, and i do not know how to be grateful enough for my recovery. Mrs. Sarah E.Turner. I know that S. S. S. has saved my daughter's life. She wns the most wretched looking object I ever saw when she commenced taking it, being perfectly helpless. 1 thank God that we ever heard of it. It' has saved my child. Mrs. P. E. Bryan. Humboldt, Tenn., Oct, 1, 1884, For Sale by John U. Kuykendai. nnd Lowry St Starr, Yorkvilic, S. U. December 11 SO I y WOMAN! ,ilGruee was in all her steps. I heaven in her ' eye, ! In every gesture dignity and love J So appeared Mother Kve, and so may shine her fair descendants, with theexer-i |cise of common sense, care and proper jtrcntmcnt. An enormous number of fe-i jtnale complaints are directly caused by disturbance or suppression ot the Men1 .. 4 jstruai i< unction. hitoi/.iuvii ui. .,,..., , sterling and unfailing specific, Brad- j (field's Female Regulator, will ofl'ect, ^ I relief and cure. j I It is from the recipe of a most distin-j O I jguished physician. It is composed of fj strictly otliciual ingredients, whose hap- jj M jpy combination has never been surpass- " | H cd. It is prepared with scientific skill j M > from the finest materials. It bears tliej j palm for constancy of strength, certainty Q5 of effect, elegance of preparation, beauty Kj , VI of appearance and relative cheapness. jjSj The testimony in its favor is genuine. EJ ** It never fails when fairlv trieil. 2 % ? 3 ? 3 Ih ^ I CaRTEUSVILLK, <ta. i y ^ j This will certify that two members of! ^ J |my immediate family, after having suf-i | fered for many years from menstruall |irregularity, and having been treated without benefit by various medical doc-j Vj tors, were at length completely cured by: 3 one bottle of I)r. J. Bradtield's Femalel ^ Regulator. Its effect in such cases is; truly wonderful, and well may the remedy be called "Woman's Rest Friend." ; Yours Respectfully, James'W. Strange. 1 I I ! ? ! I Send for our book on the "Health audi Happiness of Woman." Mailed free. llua oki Kt.I) UKOt'I.atok Co., Atlanta, fla. | i_ 1 HEALTH RESTORED! For sale by Dr. J. C. Kuykendal, Dowry A'Starr l md May it May. SAM'L L. MILLER, MERCHANDISE BROKER, Yorkville, S. ('. OFFICIO IN THE ADICKES BUIDDINH. Correspondence solicited. January 1 1 tf GARRY IRON ROC Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, ^* Iron Tile or Shingle, FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF May 10 WE LEAD, 11 Otliei*^ Follow, j THE LIGHT RUNNING ? DOMESTIC" HAS THE l HANDSOMEST WOODWORK. IT is the grandest 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, ana it will do any kind of work, from the lightest to the heaviest, and in as good manner as any other machine. Call and examine the Machine and learn particulars. We will sell on as liberal terms ana at as low prices j 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 of pictures, fictures oy me pnoiograpmc pn?cess enlarged, and all work' done in the best style of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on \\ est Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. Octobor 0 41 tf J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO. NEW FURNITURE STORE. COFFINS, CASKETS AND CASES. WE have on hand a completestock of Coffins, consisting of Wood Burial Caskets and Cases, all sizes, which we are offering on very reasonable terms. Cottage Furniture. A full assortment of Bedroom Suits, Marble Top and Plain Bureaus, Centre Tables and Washstands. BEDSTEADS, CRADLES AND CHAIRS. Walnut and Maple Bedsteads, common Bedsteads, fancy and plain Tables, Spring Beds and Mattresses, and a variety of Chairs. Picture-Frame Moulding, Of several styles and prices. Picture Frames made to order. Furniture Repaired. .noQAncililfl Oni* motto is 'LIVE AND LET LIVE." J. KD. JEFFERYS (t CO September 11 -'?7 tf FOUNDRY AND Mhcliiixe 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 brass castings, and general machine work. REPAIRING, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, ana agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend any call for repairing stationary engines, doing tiie work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. ~BUY THEIBEST. THE undersigned lias taken the agency 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 styles, both square and upright, full 7J 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 instrumenteither 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 "manufae turers. There is no longer any excuse for paying a fancy price for a piano bearing the namo 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 j for half the money. Correspondence invited, j and all information cheerfully furnished. Miss ZORAIDA INGOLD, Yorkville, S. C. j November 20 47 tf i AMJIO.\I lTEl) FERTILIZERS. | RECOGNIZING the importance, in a late season, of farmers using Highly Aminoiiiated Fertilizers. We have arranged to supply the wants of our patrons in this line, and can offer them, UNTIL THE FIRST OF MAY, A high-grade Fertilizer ammoniated with%the hest quality of Dried Blood. The highest and hest ammoniate known to the trade. Shipments made promptly. THE DOMESTIC FERTILIZING CO. Columbia, S. C\ April 2 3 4m JAMES K. HART. OEO. W. S. HART. 1 HART A HART, j ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkvillc, W. C. ? EO. W. S. HART, Notary Public, and ComI missioner of Deeds for Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina and Texas. < April 24 27 tf JOHN M. M'NKKl,. J. KII.LOUOH II KN RY. McNEEL A HENRY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OFFICE WILKES- BUILDING, MAIN STKEET. CHESTER, S. C., Practice in all Courts of the State and United i States. Promptness and Fidelity in all Business. < October 30 44 ly i J. IIEATTY WILLIAMS, i ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yorkvillc, S. C., ( WILL practice in the Circuit Court of York i county. Prompt attention given to collections. January 15 3 ly? )FING COMPANY, fj IRON ORE PAIXT BjMJRL And Cement. 152 TO 158 M ERWIN ST R EET Cleveland, O. ptf Send for Circular and Price \ |p tfw1 1 List No. 75. r IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly CENTENNIAL YEAR, The Augusta Chronicle. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE was established in 1785, but is still young, vigorous and jrogressive, and fully up to all the requirements >f a first-class newspaper. Democratic in poliies,honest and fearless in the advocacy of all good neasures?the organ of no ring or clique, it has io friends to reward, or enemies to punish. The nirposeof the CHRONICLE is to advance the general good and support such measures as will nure to the moral, social, educational and material advancement of the State and country. The columns of the CHRONICLE are freelrom he taint of sensationalism and the depravity engendered by immoral publications. Our telegraphic news service is full and complete. The CHRONICLE contains an average of nine thousand words per day from the New York Associated Press. This service is supplemented l?y specials from our able and talented 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. TAMES R. RANDALL, of the editorial staff, lends our readers his graphic and interesting letters from Washington during the session of Congress. * The CHRONICLE publishes the full telegraphic service of the New York Associated Press. TERMS: Morning Edition, (1 months 8 5 00 Morning Edition, 1 year 10 00 Evening Edition, 6 months 3 00 Evening Edition, 1 year 0 (X) Weekly Edition, 0 months 75 Weekly Edition, 1 year 125 Sunday Chronicle, 1 year 2 00 The EVENING CHRONICLE is the largest and cheapest Daily Paper in the South, as it publishes all the telegraphic news, and all the news of the morning paper, and is sent to subscribers at 8t5 per year. The WEEKLY is now a ten page paper, but in April it will be twelve pages?84 cotumns. It is filled with important news. a ir riTrr?AVi /-it n !_ ? l ? i. ine ouAUAi is a mrge eigin page paper, and contains fifty-six columns of matter. Specimens copies free. . Address CHRONICLE A CONSTITUTIONALIST, Patrick Walsh, President, Augusta, Ga. March 5 10 tf c7& L. NARROW GAUGE EAILEOAD" SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Newton, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking ' eifectat 12 o'clock, Noon,Sunday, March 1,1885. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office at Chester. going south. Leave Newton 0.00 A. M. Arrive at Maiden, 0.35 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, 0.02 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. Arrive at Yorkville, 10.15 A. M. LeaveYorkville, 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. ? 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. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 7.10 P. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 7.20 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.35 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 8.00 P. M. Arrive at Dallas, 8.18 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 8.43 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.10 P. M. , r r :~~l~~ n on T> \C JJUUV e IJIUUUUILUII, W ?. 1U? 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, V'e are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : HILL 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 si xth-sheet oill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. ' For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 *$3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. We also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any stvle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, AMUSEMENT HALL. HUNTER & 0ATES' OPERA HOUSE, YORKVILLE, S. 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 4<X>, oiler the same for theatrical and other entertainments for which the hall is adapted. Prof'eNNioual Companion aud 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 <fc OATES, Yorkville, S. C. January 1"? 3 3m MARSHALL HOUSE, Chester, S. . THE undersigned takes pleasure in informing the people of Ohesw'^nuL ter c<>?nty and the traveling pub??3^gs3?r lie that he has taken charge of the MARSHALL HOUSE, and is now prepared to receive both PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT HOARDERS. 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 no pains will be spared to insure the comfort of quests. A SAMPLE ROOM is provided, conveniently rrranged for the use or commercial iraveiern. 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, tnd 200,000 at Lowrysville, on the C. & L. N. G. R. R. Any number of these Brick, in lots of not less than 2,500, will be delivered on cars at either place at ?0.00 for salmon, ?8.00 for i salmon ind H blue, and ?0.00 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, Lowry & Co., Lowrysville, and Heath, Crawford <fc Co., Ches;er. We will give a discount for large lots on the ibove prices. W. X. ASHE, Jr., McConnellsville. W. A. ANDERSON, Lowrysville. October 16 42 * tf