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?jtom0Mttis flrpartment. AMATEUR STAGE WIT. At the grand amateur minstrel jubilee given in New York recently in aid of the Bartholdi pedestal fund, the jokes were unusually fresh. Even the oldest and stalest were so disguised that they were hardly recognizable. The following are specimens: Yes, Sam, I got home late agin de odder night, an' my rnudder she says, "Chile, whar you bin out so late agin dis year night ?" "I'se bin out callin' on a lady," I says. "Well, chile, why you don't come home 'fore midnight ?" she says. "Kase I couldn't git away before. Kase do lad v war a settin' on mv hat. an' I was too much ob a gemman to call her 'tention to de circumstance," I says. "Well, now, houey," she says, "jis look a {rere, an'yo' 'member dis now, or you git ef out. Next time you visit a lady jis keep your hat off yo' lap." The additions may be recognized in the next one: "I see a man drivin' a wagon down South Fifth avenue dis yere morning, when a shutter flew off ob a buildin' and knocked de wagon speechless." Interlocutor?Oh, no, you don't mean the wagon. You mean the shutter knocked the driver of the wagon speechless. "I)at's whar you's wrong. Dis yere shutter jis flew off ob de building, and didn't touch de drivah nowhar. I seen it knock de wagon speechless. I knows what 1 sees, I reckon'?'deed I does." Interlocutor?But it's impossible to knock a wagon speechless. "Well, it knocked de tongue out ob de wagon. I seen it do it. And de shutter war tried for it In de court." Interlocutor?What did they do with the shutter in the court ? "Dey hung it?dat's what dey done wid it." Interlocutor?What for? "Jis for a blind." "I'se been boardin' wid a grass widder lately." Interlocutor?How do you know she is a grass widow ? " 44 'Cao9eher husband died wid hay fever? spose I'se a fool ?" This is positively the first appearance of this last joke in 40 years: "I's'e been raovin' iny residence lately." Interlocutor?What for? 44 Well, you see, my numbah use to be 128, an' de numbah were always dah when I was agoin' east. But de odder night I heerd dat a feller done paid his dues to de club, an' I went down to get my share. When I wa? acomin' back late at night my house was 821, an' I got all mixed up. It won't occur ag'in, boss, for I'se done moved to 313."?New York Sun. Evidently Not Used to Gas.?The mistress of a comfortable establishment in New York returned home after a visit to New Orleans to find an enormous gas bill for the time she had been away awaiting her. Never doubting for a moment that it was the result of sundry mistakes on the part of the meter man, she indignantly remarked to the green hand (the newly arrived cousin of her laundress) who had been left in charge of the house. 44 Well, upon my word, this bill is too ridiculous, considering the small amount of gas you must have burned during my absence." "Small amount is it, ma'am !" exclaimed Mary Ann, triumphantly. "Sure I knowed ye had to pay big wages every month for the sthuff, an' divil a cint was I going to let them save offyewhoile ye was gone, ma'am. So's soon as it was dark aitch noight, ma'am, I lighted ivery candlestick I could get at, and had the house blazin' foinely from cellar to garret, ma'am."?Harper's Bazar. The Divine Was a Smoker.?A distinguished Boston divine, of unusually solemn and impressive appearance, went out to a country town not long ago to lecture. He arrived early in the afternoon, and all the town, of course, "spotted" him within five minutes as a very great and very saintly man. He went into a drug store, and in tones that froze the young blood of the clerk behind the counter, said: Young-man-do-you-smoke ?" "Y?yes, sir," said the trembling clerk ; "I'm sorry, but I learned the habit young, and haven't been able to quit it yet." "Then," said the great divine, without the movement of a muscle or the abatement of a shade of the awful solemnity of his voice, "can you tell me where I can get. a good cigar V1?Boston Record. An Accomodating Judge.?One of the keenest things ever said on the bench is attributed to Judge Walton. While holding a term of the Supreme Courtat Augusta, he sentenced a man to seven years in prison fork grave crime. The respondent's counsel asked for a mitigation of the sentence on the ground that the prisoner's health was very poor. "Your Honor," said he, I am satisfied that my client cannot live out half that term, and I beg of you to change the sentence. "Well, under those circumstances," said the Judge, "I will change the sentence. I will make it for life instead of seven years." It is needless to add that the respondent agreed to abide by the original sentence, which the Judge permitted him to elect.?Leiciston, (Me.) Journal. The Doctor Resigned.?"I regret to inform you," said a physician to a wealthy patient, who had been sick for a long time, but was convalescent, "that I shall be compelled to resign your case in favor of some other physician." "Why, what's the matter?" demanded the patient, "I'm getting on nicely." "That's just the trouble. I have a large and profitable connection among your numerous relations, and I notice that the manner in which I have handled your case is causing widespread dissatisfaction. My resignation is purely a matter of business policy.?San Francisco Jngleside. # ? ? Tirnrmrr TT v. War Pwk af?fff vr:.? A clergyman who is stationed not a thousand miles south of Rochester told a story in his sermon the other morning which, in'the opinion of his auditors, required considerable laith to swallow. The opinion was fully shared by the clergyman's little daughter who, at the dinner table, looked very earnestly at her lather and asked him if the story was quite true. "Why, certainly, my child, answered the minister in amazement; "but why do you ask me?" "Oh!" she responded very quickly, "I didn't know?I thought that maybe you were only preaching.' '?Rochester Express. Somewhat in Doubt.?Doctor?"There is grave danger, Mrs. Mulcahey, of the cholera reaching this country this summer, and I want to impress upon your mind the importance of cleanliness. Your premises are in bad condition and yourchildren unnecessarily filthy, while you yourself are not much better. I would advise a thorough cleaning all round." Mrs. Mulcahey (anxiously)?"Vis, sorr, but phat if the cholera shouldn't come after all, docther; phat thin ?"?X. Times. The Cream of the Joke.?"Say, Bob, you're 'out' with Miss Parsons, aint vou?" "Yes, Joe." "What has happened?" "She's experimenting too lavishly." "Experimenting! What at?" "Trying to cure freckles by eating ice- j cream." "Well, why ought you to care?" "Oh, I don't, provided it's at some other fellow's expense. It was costing me a dollar and half a freckle." All Fear Conquered.?Mrs. Blank? "Do you remember, dear, that before we were married, you always offered me your left arm?" Mr. Blank?"Yes. I wanted to have my right arm free. You see I had a lover's fear that some one would try to take you away from me, and I always kept in readiness for defense." "IIow sweet I But how is it that now you generally offer me your right arm ?" "Well, I am not so afraid as I was." "Tommy, did you hear your mother call you?" Course I did." "Then why don't you go to her at once?" "Well, you see, she's nervous, and it'd shock her awful if I should go too sudden."?Chicago Trittane. ?hc Jam and Jitwidc. Facts About Fruit.?One of the most salutary tendencies of domestic management in our day is that which aims at assigning to fruit a favored place in our ordinary diet. The nutrient value of such food, in virtue of its component starches and saccharine materials, is generally admitted; and while these substances cannot be said to equal in accumulated force the more solid ingredients of meat and animal fat, they are similarly useful in their own degree, and have, moreover, the advantage of greater digestibility. Their conversion within the tissues is also attended with less friction and pressure on the constructive machinery. The locally-stimulant action of many subacid fruits on the mucous membrane deserves mention. Its control of a too active peptic secretion, and its influence of attraction exercised upon the alkaline and aperient intestinal juice, are points of more than superficial importance. To this action further effects, which aid the maintenance of a pure and vigorous circulation, arc indirectly due. Dyspeptic stomachs, on the other hand, are usually benefitted by a moderate allowance of this light and stimulating fare. It must be remembered, moreover, that every fruit is not equally wholesome, let the digestion be as powerful as it may. Nuts, for example?consisting as they do, for the most part, of condensed albuminoid and fatty matters?can not compare in acceptance, either by the palate or the stomach, with other succulent kinds, even though they contain in the same bulk a far greater amount of nutriment. A little of such fruit is enough for digestion, and that little is best cooked. Nevertheless, if we take fruit as a whole, ripe and sound, of course, and consider the variety, its lightness and nourishing properties, whether eaten alone or with other food, and itscheapabundance, we cannot hesitate to add our voice in supfort of its just claims on public attention, n former articles we have shown why vegetable produce of all kinds should enter largely into the food of children. Well chosen fruits are consequently for them as safe and beneficial as agreeable. ? Live Well.?The farmer can be the very Knot ihw in thp land insfc as easilv as not. and he should be. He has his choice of the world's produce. He holds a first mortgage on the herds and flocks. The crops and fruits of the earth are his to begin with, and should fare sumptuously every day." Why not?" he will be ail the better man and better farmer for it, and it is his duty as well as his privilege. The only reason that he does not is that he has permitted himself and family to get into a rut of beef and cabbage, pork and potatoes, that he finds it difficult to get out of. This is all wrong from every point of view. He should get out, he must get out, if he would jnake the most of himself and his family, and now is the time to make a beginning. Enlarge your garden and enlarge you ideas of gardening at the same time. Plan with liberal views, and phfnt with a liberal hand. Is the old garden cramped? Turn it over to the women for the herbs and a "posybed," and go out to the nearest side of the cornfield, and make a garden big enough in which to spread yourself. Make the rows as long as the field is wide, and as far apart as will admit your cultivator or horse hoe and some to spare, and in'them plant something besides onions and cabbage. Take the catalogue of the best seedsman you know, and let the whole list of vegetables, from artichokes to turnips, be represented by one or two of the best sorts. Plant every third row with some one of the "small fruits," giving an extra liberal share of space. Now give this side of the cornfield a little extra attention during the season. Let it be the first when you begin to "cultivate," the last when you finish up. You will never miss the time, and you will live better than you have ever lived before. Renovating Fruit Trees.?An incident which occurred some years ago in my garden taught me an easy way to infuse new life and vigor into young trees of sluggish growth. A cat was accustomed to scratch on the hod v of a small near tree, and before I was aware of it the entire bark around the tree for about a foot was dry and dead. Considering the chances for the tree's survival very small at best, I sawed off the stem just below the lacerated bark. This was done about the middle of May, and the wound was thickly covered with grafting wax. The first season a new stem of over five feet grew from the stump, and four years afterward the tree had reached double the size and bore twice the amount of fruit of any other trees planted at the same time in the same field. Profiting by this experience, I have since that time never hesitated to saw off every limb from bark-bound and crooked-branched, unsatisfactory and slow-growing trees. New sprouts will start at once, the trees will regain new life, grow luxuriantly, and eventually form large, symmetrical tops. Of course where there is a deficiency in the soil, or where standing water settles around the roots, neither replanting nor pruning can do any good before the fundamental causes are removed.?American Garden. Toads in* the Garden.?A toad put into a hot-bed will effectually protect the plants from the ravages of insects, and a number of them in an ordinary garden will materially reduce the number of insects, and thus protect the plants from their ravages. Not only do they subsist upon insects, but they destroy those whi-h the birds cannot reach?those which depredate at night, when we and the birds a re asleep. 80 highly are they appreciated in Europe, that they are there an article of merchandise. The market gardeners near London, England, purchase toads from tin; continent at fourpence each. Instead of being kicked and trod upon, he should be protected by all good citizens. Any one who will take the trouble to watch a toad for one hour some summer evening, will be astonished at the skill and celerity with which the little apparently slothful creature captures its unwary victims. Very [ close attention is necessary to see the operation, so quickly its long tongue is whipped out after its prey. Canning Fruit.?Scald or steam, not cook, tomatoes so the skin will peel readily. Have jars hot, nut in tomatoes carefully after peeling without mashing, fill up completely and add enough juice, which escaped while peeling, to till all interstices, seal tight and keep in a cool, dark place. For fruits; start with a syrup made with one pound of sugar to a pint of water, heat and when it boils add as much fruit as.it will cover, this checks the boiling; when it boils again take out fruit and put in jars, adding enough syrup to fill the jars, seal up and store away as above. To keep up supply of syrup, add more sugar and water as may be needed.? Southern Cnltimtor. Straw for Siieei\?The straw from beans is a natural food for sheep, and they are the only stock which are fond of it. It is a healthy food for them. Oat straw is better for sheep than any unpalatable hay. They will pick out all of the leaves arid [ heads of all kinds of straw, but they do I not like the coarse straws, and will not eat I them unless forced to by hunger. Straw, to be good for sheep, should not be over ripe, musty, or full of ergot. On this account rye is the poorest, and wheat next. To give sheep a keen appetite, no more should be given them than they will eat up clean. They come to a sweet-smelling and fresh rack of food with a relish. ? - * --? ? BeaT A writer in Chambers' Journal says that chloride of lime mixed with water will effectually drive rats from their haunts, and claims to have ridded an in Tested ship and his own house of these pests. The plan is a very cheap one, and easily applied, and at all events is effective as a deodizer and disinfectant. flsgr Horses that have a rackful of hay hefore them all the time will grow poor, when if fed a limited quantity with some grain they will become fat. The rack filled with hay becomes offensive from the horse's i breath, and the animal must be partly ! starved before he will eat it. When putting away the silver tea or j coffee pot, which is not used every day, lay j a little stick across the top under the cover. This will allow fresh air to get in and prei vent the mustiness of the contents, familiar 1 to hotel and hoarding-house sufferers. pisccU.meDits Reading. FAILURE OF PRIVATE ADVERTISING. WHY CARDS, CIRCULARS AND THE LIKE ARE FAILURES viS ADVERTISING MEDIUMS. Within the last few years it has become the fashion with some people to do their advertising in their own private way, instead of through the newspapers. Some distribute cards, some circulars, some pamphlets, some almanacs, and some inconceivable monstrosities of oddity, circulating them by the hundreds or thousands through the mails. The printer's art has been taxed to the utmost to gratify the i. ^ <? ' l (2/\IVIU / V f* UtSCCS UI UIC3C tVUVCIHO^IO. tjutui; v/i uib finest as well as some of the basest specimens of the art of engraving, of ehromolithographing and of color printing are being produced for these purposes, and every conceivable style of fancy paper is brought into requisition. The advertisers vie with each other in the elegance of their designs and the costliness of their devices, taking it for granted that the receivers will conform their estimate of the status of the advertiser to the artistic pretensions of his advertisement. Some people may regret that the noble art of printing, at the period of its highest achievements, should be subjected to such debasing uses; but, to those who thus employ the art, it should be equally a matter of concern that the debasement so completely fails of the object for which it is intended. With him who notices such advertisements at all, the first feeling on receiving one of these superb specimens of typography or engraving is apt to be one of disgpst that it relates to the artistic pursuits of his butcher or his boot4-Vtz-v tut K5 Ante nf ifo q I cirro n f IIlUKtfl , Ul L1UU 11IC SUUJCk/ia Ul 1 lo VIV^UIIV illustrations are chairs and tables, refrigerators and brooms, he throws it down with an indefinable grudge against the man who has been guilty of such a ridiculous prostitution of art, and, without exactly knowing it, he is distinctly convinced that a tradesman who spends so much money in such an incongruous way is not likely to be endowed with the common sense of a good man of business or to sell cheaply. In truth, however, those who take any notice whatever of this flood of annnouncements form but a very small percentage of those who receive them. They have come to be the nuisance of both the parlor and the counting-room. At home they are never opened but with disappointment, because they come in the place of letters really hoped for. In the office the merchant finds his morning mail stuffed with these intrusions upon the serious affairs of his business, which he inwardly curses or impatiently consigns to his waste-paper heap. In short, if a public vote could be taken, it would unanimously declarethesedrumming missives to be an intolerable nuisance that should be denied the privilege of the mails. Men of business who resort to this method of advertising cannot be ignorant of the fact that the people whom they would reach have become nauseated with it. They must be aware that they themselves disregard all such appeals for patronage; and what reason have they to suppose that others receive their applications with more patience? Sagacious advertisers are beginning to see this and are returning to the old method of public announcement. The newspaper is, in every sense, the best medium for advertising; and, for a given result, it is by much the cheapest also. It .? A-.- 1 ki^ reacnes u iar greater numuci ui {/u.tmuic customers than any private announcement can ; and it is more certain to receive attention. The private circular is thrown aside as a thing which people have come to regard as a bore, and which is neglected because its recipients have no time to attend to it. The newspaper is used in each day's hour of leisure, and readers find interest in reading its advertisements as well as the news, because of the variety they present, and the information they convey respecting a wide diversity of interests. It may be safely estimated that an announcement made through the press is noticed by fifty readers, where, made in a private way, it would reach but one. If, therefore, the same amount were expended in either case, the result would be fifty-fold better from the former method than from the latter. There are, undoubtedly, cases in which the circular is a better medium than a newspaper. Such, for instance, as where the matter is unnecessarily lengthy, and the cost of newspaper space would therefore be very large. But such cases are quite exceptionable, and the sooner advertisers learn the folly of their present large expenditures in seeking publicity through private means, the better for their pockets and their success.?New York Commercial Bulletin. Facts About Bustles.?"Yes," said the saleswoman, "the bustles are about the same now as they were eight or ten years ago, the only improvement being in the adoption of certain shapes, which better fit the human form, and consequently cause the dresses of ladies to show to a greater advantage. There has been no change, however, in the material out of which bustles are manufactured, the thin steel wire being used exclusively, and you know this wire sometimes snaps and often tears valuable dresses and causes a great deal of personal discomfort. It would be a great deal better, I think, if bustles were manufactured out of some material that is more pliable and elastic." "What do you call those bustles which are rather large and point out and upward alter the style of a handle on a tin dipper?" "I do not know that they have any particular name, unless you wish to term them costume ousties, as iney are useu iu givu ? neat set to dresses that have long, heavy trains and consequently have to be stronger than the average panier. The small, lumpy little bustle which is tied around the waist like a life-preserver, is worn with walking dresses and about the house." "Is not the life of a wire bustle rather brief?" "Yes, they do not last long, for the reason ! that they are soon crushed, twisted and bent into awkward and horrid shapes, and cause j the wearer to appear as if she were deformed. : A lame bustle, when a lady walks, will not ! keep in its place, but will wabble first one j way and then another, and make a poor woman a perfect fright." "To tell you the truth, sir, the home made : article gives more satisfaction than any oth| er. 1 mean the newspaper bustle, which can be made in a few moments, and does not cost a cent. A great many ladies will wear no other kind, because when the papers are properly wrapped around a piece of baling twine it will retain itsshape, no matter how severely it is crushed, whereas a close seat in a street ear is death to a wire bustle, and that is the reason why ladies, when they ride on the cars, spread their I dresses over the seat and usurp as much i room as they can."?New Orleans Time*Democrat. Bill Nye and the Bumpologist? j Much harm has been done by a long haired I phrenologist in the West, who has, during his life, felt over 100,000 heads. A comparI ison of a large number af the charts given 1 in these cases show that, so far, no head ! would indicate anything less than a memi her of the Lower House of Congress. ArtI ists, orators, prima donnas, and Statesmen j are plenty, but there are no charts showing j the natural-born farmer, carpenter, shoe! maker or chambermaid. That is the reason butter is so high west of the Missouri River to-day, while genius aci tualiy runs riot. What this day and age of the world needs | is a phrenologist who will paw around among the intellectual domes of free-born | American citizens and search out a few men who can milk a cow in a cooi ana unimpassioned tone of voice. Let me say a word to the bright-eyed ; youth of America. Let me murmur in your j ear this never dying truth: When a long i haired crank asks you one dollar to tell you that you are a young Demosthenes, stand 1 up and look yourself over at a distance bej fore you swallow it all. There is no use talking, we have got to I procure provisions in some manner, and in | order to do so the natural bone and sinew of | the country must go at it and promote the i growth of such thing, or else we artists, poets and statesmen will have to take off our i standing collars and do it ourselves. Phrenology is a good thing, no doubt, if we can purify it. So long as it does not become the slave of capital there is nothing about phrenology that is going to do harm, but when it becomes the creature of the trade dollar it looks as though thecnun try would be filled with the wild-eyed genius that hasn't had a square meal for two weeks. The time will surely come when America will demand less statesmanship and more flour; when less statistics and a purer, nobler and and more progressive style of beef-steak will demand our attention. I had hoped that phrenology would step in and start this reform, but so far it has not, within the range of my observation. It may be, however, that the mental giant bumptranslator with whom I came in contact was not a fair representative. Still he has been in the business for over thirty years, and some of our most polished criminals have passed under his hands. A Cruise in the Arctic Regions.?We had been sailing about the entrance of Baffin's bay for fourteen days in fearful storms. ' The rigging was stiff with ice, and the sides ! - * j. s_s rpua oi me vessel weregreat suiiuug piaica. xn<= sailors were half frozen, and we could not move a rope through a block without pour- < ing hot water upon it. We had but little 1 daylight on account of a thick fog, and the ] long nights were still more dreadful when the ship rose over the huge black waves ( and stink down again into the abyss, so that every moment we expected to be shattered to pieces on the masses of ice which the storm drove over the roaring sea, and , which seemed to be sent for our destruction. . One morning near the end of the storm, i after a fresh fall of snow, an iceburg ">00 feet high approached with fearful rapidity. Al- 1 ready it was close to us when the cry arose, 1 "It turns!" On it came, its tottering top , bending over our ship. Our fate seemed settled ! We were lost! The whole of the i gigantic mass was falling over and must i shatter us to pieces. We all fell on our ' knees and prayed in sitence, thinking every moment would be our last. The iceberg | was half over us, when, to our joy and thankfulness, it turned aside, and a moment later fell into the sea a few yards behind the stern of our ship, hurling the water over the tops of the masts, and blinding us for a time with the icy drops that splashed over our faces. For a minute the waves were checked in their course, and the sea seemed to boil, the ship rocked and plunged, the sails flapped against the masts and scattered the ice with which they had been covered. Then the sun broke suddenly the clouds, and with his rosy tint shed on the snow we saw, to our delight, within a short distance from the ship, the land spread out before which promised rest and safety to the weary mariners. # 4 t The Lava Beds.?Captaiti Clarence Dutton, of the Ordnance Department, who for ten years past has been studying the Great plateau region of the West, says in a forthcoming report to the Geological Survey, that the Great Plateau furnishes evidence of alternating periods of moisture and dryness, of great and sudden uplifts of great areas, and of slow and long-continued rising in others, and of the denudation of immense tracts, and the cutting of canyons by the water. In the study of the Zuni Mountains he finds reasons for the conclusion that the mountains of the West have not been produced by horizontal compression, but by the action of some unknown forces beneath, which have lifted them up. Upon the extensive plateau of which Mount Taylor is the centre he finds ample confirmation of the theory that the volcanic cap which once covered so large a portion of the region, and which still tops many extensive mesas, had its origin, not in discharges from immense volcanic mountains like Mount Taylor itself, but through innumerable vents through the sedimentary strata. These evidences consist largely in the numerous huge "necks" of pure lava, from the vicinity of which the sedimentary deposits have been eroded. These necks are the contents of once existing funnels, through which the molten lava was forced to spread itself in a thin cap over the level country above. They explain the existence of lava beds at the present time so far distant from the nearest volcanic mountain as to preclude the supposition that the two ever had any connection. ? ? Cuktin and Stanton.?Among the curious documents on file in the War Department is one from Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, toSecretary of WarStanton, which will cause the new secretary of that department to wonder what could have been the provocation for such a fiery telegram. The following is its history: Among the thousands of Union soldiers that were languishing in Southern prisons were many Pennsylvanians. Gov. Curtin came to Washington to see Stanton about an exchange of prisoners. The Governor stood aghast at the brutal reply which Stanton made to his ap peal. Said the war minister: "Do you suppose I am going to exchange ten thousand fat, healthy rebels for a like number, of Union skeletons?" Governor Curtin looked him in the face and said: "Are you a human being, a Christian man or a brutal fiend to express such sentiments?" "Thinkof me as you will," said Mr. Stanton, "you have my answer." The Governor returned to Pennsylvania, and in a few days Stanton wrote him, but did not allude to their recent interview. He urged Governor Curtin to come to Washington. The Governor telegraphed, "Will you make an exchange of prisoners?" Stanton telegraphed, "No." Curtin telegraphed, "Go toh?1." That telegram is on file along with the correspondence. The gho3ts of the neglected prisoners and that of the unfortunate Mrs. Surratt, preyed upon the mind of the cruel secretory, and after suffering the anguish of remorse until life was unendurable, he died by his own hand.?Bettefonte Watchman. 4 ? ? "Blue Blood."?The term blue blood, from the Spanish phrase sangreazul, is much used without a very clear idea of its signification. Its real meaning is?"not that the blood itselfisblue (excepting that all venous blood has a bluish tinge)?but that the persons or class to whom the term is applied have skins so white and transparent that veins show blue through them, and this is token as a certain indication that the class or persons thus designated are without an admixture of races. Any one who has traveled in Spanish-American countries, or in Spain, where the term originated, would see at once its applicability. The descendants of the Gothic conquerors of Spain retain to this day characteristics of their ancestors?the white, transparent skin, blue eyes and auburn or tawny hair, and their veins show blue through their cuticle ; but in case of an admixture of African or Moorish blood, the blue blood (veins) gradually disappear, until in case of a great preponderance of the latter races the vein's Show merely as ridges. Tourists in Mexico will notice this peculiarity in all of the Mexican cities as well as in the haciendas throughout that country, on account of the great admixture of Indian (Aztec, Toltec and Tlascallan) J blood in the population, and everywhere they will find that the people whose veins show blue through the skin are the ruling class.?Letter in Jioxton Transcript. A Suicide's Rights.?An interesting case was decided in the City Court of Sa- 1 vannah, Ga., last week, of great importance to all beneficiary orders. H.Stephen Jones, < the well known young merchant was a mem- 1 her of the Knights^)? the Golden Rule, and * held a beneficial certificate for $2,000. On the Cth of December, 1882, he committed , suicide by shooting himself. His wife brought suit against the lodge for $4,000. The officers resisted payment, claiming that their-constitution did not permit them to > pay the claims of a deceased member who took his own life. S. M. Bernard, general attorney for the supreme order of the United States, was there, and assisted the counsel: of the local lodge. C. N. West appeared for! the plaintiff. The case occupied the entire I day. The plaintiff claimed that the de-j rm* in hie rio-ht mind at the 1 LCtWCU ?T?Q ?VW ill 1IIU - - - . time that he shot himself, and thereforej ( was not responsible. After two hours' ab- j ' sence the jury rendered a verdiet for the I plaintiff in the sum of $28.04 with interest' j from the first of March and all costs of court. I 4.^.^ | gfejy- Consider for a moment, what it is to j vote. It is the token of inestimable priv! ileges, and involves the responsibilities of an hereditary trust. It has passed into I your hands as a right, reaped from fields of i ; suffering and blood. The grandeur of his- j | tory is represented in your act.?C/utpin. Necessity is the spur to self-reliance; i a noble pride and self-respect are its atmosphere. 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Any present subscriber of the Enquirer who may desire the book, can have the same furnished to him by renewing his subscription now. in advance, on payment of $2.50, and the book will be furnished immediately, though of course the renewed subscription will not commence until the expiration of the time for which the paper is already paid. The Dictionar3r is neatly and substantially bound, contains 634 pages and is printed in clear, legible type. It will be delivered free of postage to all subscribers to the Exquirkr under the above offers on receipt of the amount of subscription. A specimen copy of the book can be seen at this office, on application. Address. L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. May 14 20 tf MOTHERS' FRIEND! Vft MftPfl TflM'ftP I ' This invaluable prepnunc it-nui . arat|0n is truly n tri. . 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Vet we have hundreds ot such testi TO monials on file, and no i mother who has once used it will ever again Suffering Woman. I bo Without it in her time ? jot trouble. A prominent physician lately remarked to the proprietor, that if it were admissible to make public the letters we receive, the "Mothers' Friend would out-sell anything on the market. I most earnestly entreat every female expecting to be confined, to use Mothers' Relief. Coupled with this entreaty I will add that during a long established practice (forty-four years), I have never known it to fail to produce a safe and quick delivery. II. J. HOLMES, M. D., Atlanta, (la. Send for our Treatise on "Health and Ilappi iicss or woman," maueo irce. BRADFIKD1) RKOUDATOR COMPANY, Box 2tf, Atlanta, Oa. For.sale by Dr. J. C. Kuykendal, Dowry AStarr ind May ifc'Mav. joiin'm. m'neel. j. killouoh iienhy McXEKL A IIENKY, ATTORNEYS AX LAW. OFFICE WILKES" ltd DDI .NO. MAIN STREET, CHESTER. S. ('.. Practice in all Courts of the State and United States. Promptness and Fidelity in all Business. October HO 44 * ly james f. hart. geo. \v. s. hart. HART A HART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, YorkviHo, S. C'. G1 EO. W. S. HART, Notary Public, and ComI" missioner of Deeds for Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina and Texas. April 24 27 tf J. BEATTY MTLLIA.nS, attorney at law, Yorkvllle, S. C., WIDL practice in the Circuit Court of York county. Prompt attention given to collections, January 15 3 ly* N GARRY IRON R< Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING ? CBIMPEII AM) CORRIT.ATED SIDING, MBS/M Iron Tile or tthiugle, /' ?" FIREPROOF DOORS, SKITTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS May 10 A CHILD! Taliiotton, Ga., Sept. 12,1881.?My little son, now seven yenrs old. Iiroke out when a babe three weeks with what the doctors called eczema, beginning on the head and gradually spreading over the whole body, lie was treated for Ave years or more by various physicians without relief, and the little hoy's health was completely broken down. About a year ago I was Induced to use on hint Swift's Specific, and two bottles cured him sound and well, and there has been no sign of a return of the disease. F. (). IIoi.mf.s, PniwniKwl l>v a Nurse. Some eight yearn ago I was Inoculated with poison hy n nurse who infected my babe with blood taint. The little child lingered along until it was about two years old, when its little life was yielded up to the fearful poison. For six long years I have suffered untold misery, f was covered with sores and ulcers from head to loot and in my great extremity I prayed to die. Nolangtiagccan express my feeling of woe during those long six years. I had the best medival treatment. Several physicians successively treated me, but all to 110 purpose. The Mercury and Pot*, ash seemed to add fuel to the awful flame which was de vourliig me. About three months ago I was advised to try Swift's Sp*- and I felt hope ciflc. We did so again revive in my breast; but alas! alas! we had spent so much for medical treatment that we were too poor to buy. Oh! the agony of that moment! Health and happines within your reach but too poor to grasp it. I applied, however, to those who were able and willing to help ine, and I have taken Swift's Specific, and am now sound and well once more. Swift's Specific Is the nest blood purifier in the world, and Is the greatest blessing of the age. Mrs. T. W. Lee, Greenville, Ala. .4 Drtiggiwt 25 Years. Acbokr, Ala., Sept. 8,1884.-1 am an old Pharmacist, and have had to do largely with blood diseases for over twenty-five years. 1 have dealt in all kinds of blood purifiers,and do not hesitate to say that Swift's Specific is the hest and has given more general satisfaction than any other I have ever handled. Last year a young student came to my store emaciated and covered with sores. I recommended S. S. S. He took only three bottles, and the sores disappeared, Ills throat healed up and his skin cleared off. Ills flesh was srnootli anil fresh as that of a child, and he has gained ten pounds. I scarcely knew him when he returned after an absence of several weeks. He claimed to be renewed In flesh nnd spirit. A number of other cases less malignant have come under my observation and nil with the hest results. Swift's Specific is an excellent tonic, nnd ns an antidote for mnlarin, has no superior. Many Indies are using it as a tonic tor general debility, and find it the most satisfactory one ever used. I hnve been dealing in Swift's Specific for five years or more, and am satis tied that f do not place too high an estimate upon its merits. G. W. Dixor. Treatise on Rlood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Speci?ic Co., Atlanta Ga. For Sale byJotiM C. Kcvrkndai. and Lowry & Starr, Yorkvilie, S. C. December 11 50 ly TIIU grrtTI' AV khl'TH COUNTY OF YORK?COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. Frank Blomer, Charles .S. Schulte and Henr Reitnian, partners, doing business under tl: firm name of Blomer, Schulte it Reitmai Plaintiffs, against Burrit T. Porter and Jest 1). Porter, tradingns Porter Bros., and Henr Ileyward, George Hey ward, Amos Morri and Alvin G reenwood, partners, trading nr der the firm name of Hey ward Bros, it Co and J. S. Ristine, E. F. Mav and J. B. Ker nedy, partners, trading under the firm nan; of Ristine, May it Co., Defendants.?Cop Summons for Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants: XTOU are hereby summoned and required f X answer the complaint in this action, whic is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court < Common Pleas, for the said county, and to sen a copy of your answer to the said complaint o the subscribers at their office, at Yorkville, Sout Carolina, within twenty days after the servii hereof, exclusive of the clay of such service; an if you fail to answer the complaint within tl time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action wi apply to the Court for the relief demanded in tl complaint. Dated May 14th, A. 1). 1885. [D. S.] Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. P. and G. S. WILSON ^ WILSON, Plaintiff's' Attorneys. To the Defendants, Hey ward Bros, it Co., an Ristine May it Co.:?Take notice that tl Summons in this action, of which the fori going is a copy, together with the complain was filed in 'the office of the Clerk of tl Court of Common Pleas for the County < York, in the State of South Carolina, on tl 14th dav of Mav, A. D. 1885. ' WILSON it WILSON, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. May 21 21 fit FOMDRY AND Machine Shop. SbSlL 10.3.0 oo o.ao.oly.g.u.uvssx\i. t i. ? !? ^ .Jk TIIE undersigned would respectfully infori tlie public that he now has in operation, c his lot on King's Mountain Street, aFOUNDR AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepart to do all manner of work in light iron and bra! castings, and general machine work. REPAIBOG, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notic Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery < any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, an class of work that may be wanted in his shop, 1 will attend any call for repairing stationary ei gines, doing the work on the premises, thus ol viating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on oompletio of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. BUTMTljE^ST. THE undersigned has taken the agency for tl sale of the THOMPSON PIANO, one of tl best instruments in the market, and also for tl sale of the ORGANS manufactured by theGrei Western Organ Company. The Pianos I represent are in different style both square and upright, full 7A octaves, and b< sides having all the modern improvements of tl best makers, with highly ornamented case an superior finish throughout, have also thn strings in the treble, and are thus nearly equal i tone and power to the Concert Grand. I represent ten styles of Organs, and can su any purchaser as to quality and price. If yo contemplate the purchase "of an instrumenteither Piano or Organ?do not buy until you coi l'er with me. I can suit you with either instri ment and will make prices satisfactory. Ever instrument fully warranted by the nianufai turers. There is no longer any excuse for payin a fancy price for a piano bearing the name < some old, aristocratic maker?which name i usually the only thing to recommend it?whe you can buy one equally as good in every respe< for half the money. Correspondence invitee and all information eheerfuflv furnished. Miss ZORAIDA INGOIjD, Yorkville, S. C. November 20 47 tf FIIE STATE OF SOUTH ( 4ROM.VI COUNTY OF YORK -COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Alex. H. Wells and Robert S. Wells, Plaintiff: against Lucinda Wells, Robison S. Wells Arthur Wells, David R. Wells, Emily Weill Jane Sansing, and Isabella Gordon, and heii of Mrs. Thomas Paris, unknown, Defendant! .. r>>.??>,/ summons JOT Iioiorj? >11/1. Ijc. vtu. To the Defendants above mentioned : xrou are hereby summoned and required t X answer the Complaint in this action, whie is this day tiled in the olliee of the Clerk of th Court of Common Pleas, for the said County and to serve a copy of your answer to the sai Complaint on the subscribers, at their office i Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty day after the service hereof, exclusive of the day i such service; and if you fail to answer t lie Com plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs i this action will apply to the Court for the relit ' demanded in the Complaint. Dated 25th April, A. D., 1885. I WILSON it WILSON, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. j To the Defendants?David It. Wells, Emily Well and Arthur Wells, and the heirs of Mrs Thomas Faris, unknown: Take notice tlni ! the Summons in the above action, of whie the foregoing is a copy, together with th Complaint, was tiled in the office of the Cler of the Court of Common Pleas for Yor j county, and the State of South Carolina, o the 25th day of April, A. D., 1885. WILSON WILSON, Plaintiffs' Attornevs. May 7 1!) fit BRICK FOR SALE. FIVE hundred thousand first-class BRICK ar offered for sale?300,000 at McC'onnellsvilh and 200,000 at Lowrysville, on the C. it L. N. (j | R. R. Any number of these Brick, in lots c I not less than 2,500, will be delivered on cars ; i either place at ?0.00 for salmon, ?8.00 for J salmo ! and $ blue, and ?0.00 for all blue per thousanc | Samples can be seen at theStores of Capt. W. 1 Smith, Clover; John R, Ashe, Yorkville; Ashe. Ashe, McConnellsville ; Hope, Lowrv <fc Co Lowrysville, and Heath, Crawford it Co., Clies ter. \Ve will give a discount for large lots on th above prices. W. N. ASHE, Jr., McConnellsville. W. A. ANDERSON, Lowrysville. October 10 12 tf DOFIIVO COMPANY, _ y IRON ORE PAIXT |?3fi3?3?38fc. And Cement. fflHHjrAk 1 52 TO 15S MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. W JP&~ Send for Cireularand Price OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. (i ly CENTENNIAL YEAR. ? The Augusta Chronicle. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. , THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE was establish~,i iru; J,?f 5? ? ;11 an,} I JL cu III 1IW, IM1U.1 on.i JUI?"?J ...... i progressive, and ful'y up to all the requirements 1 of a first-class newspaper. Democratic in politics,honest and fearless in the advocacy of all good j measures?the organ of no ring or clique, it has no friends to reward, or enemies to punish. The purpose of the CHRONICLE is to advance the general good and support such measures as will i inure to the moral, social, educational and matei rial advancement of the State and country. The columns of the CHRONICLE are fr'eelrom , the taint of sensationalism and the depravity en| gendered by immoral publications. Our telegraphic news service is full and complete. The CHRONICLE contains an average of ninethousand words per day from the New York I Associated Press. This service is supplemented ! by specials from our able and taiented eorresponi dents at Atlanta and Columbia, who are inaefa| tigablein their labors to give our readers the la| test news and the most interesting letters. Our accomplished and brilliant associate, Mr. JAMES R. RANDALL, of the editorial staff, sends our readers his graphic and interesting letI ters from Washington during the session of Congress. I The CHRONICLE publishes the full telegraph- . ' ie servieeof the New York Associated Press. TERMS: I Morning Edition, 0 months ? 5 00 Morning Edition, 1 year 10 00 | Evening Edition, 0 months 3 00 ! Evening Edition, 1 year G 00 ' Weekly Edition, G months 75 Weekly Edition, 1 year 1 25 Sunday Chronicle, 1 year 2 00 Tim V.YENTNtt CHRflXTCr.E w t?iA hirirosf iincl 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 i at 80 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 page paper, and contains fifty-six columns of l, matter. Specimens copies free. Address y CHRONICLE A CONSTITUTIONALIST, ie Patrick Walsh, President, 1? Augusta, Ga. ie March 5 10 tf cTfc"L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD" iSC'HEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking 0 etfect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, May 31, 1885. h Standard of time, clock in tolegraph office at >f Chester. e GOING SOUTH. I1 Leave Lenoir, . . 8.00 A. M. , Arrive at Hudsonville? 8.31 A. M. '? Arrive at Lovelady,? 8.50 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 0.35 A. M. i \G. Leave Hickory at 0.40 A. M. ' Arrive at Conover? 10.03 A. M. ,e Arrive at Newton 10.00 A. M. Arrive at Maiden,? 10.30 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 10.50 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's5 11.18 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 11.38 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 11.50 A. M. , Leave Gastonia at 11.55 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge,5 12.00 P. M. '? Arrive at Crowder's Creek,? 12.11 P. M. ' Arrive at Bowling Green,? 12.20 P. M. ' Arrive at Clover, 12.30 P. M. lGf Arrive atYorkville 1.00 P. M. 1 Arrive at Philadelphia,? 1.10 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville,? 1.20 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville,? 1.20 P. M. Arrive at Lowrvsville,? 1.42 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.05 P. M. ? GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.30 P.' M, Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.54 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 5.10 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.17 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.27 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.38 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 0.08 P. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 0.18 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 0.25 P. M. ArriVA nt. Plpnvinnt RiHita It !^1 P \f Arrive at Gastonia 0.45 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 7.10 P. 3VI. Arrive at Dallas, 7.22 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 7.41 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.05 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 8.30 P. M. m Arrive at Newton, 8.5:1 P. M. ,n Leave Newton, 0.00 P. M. Y Arrive at Conover, 9.00 P. M. 4?i Arrive at Hickory 9.30 P. M. Arrive at Lovelady 10.00 P.M. Arrive at Hudsonville, 10.20 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 10.45 P. M. 3 Flag Station. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent, e- June 4 23 tf iv ~ JOB PRINTING. 10 f-|WING to our superior faeiliti es 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 1,1 PRINTING in superior stvle, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia - charges for the same quality of work and materials. Wo have recently made a reduction in ? ?! prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : RILL 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 le Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet le oill heads. We will till an order for bill heads, le giving any desired number of either size of sheet it at proportionate prices. s LETTER HEADS. a' * For 500 For 1000 le Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25 id Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 )e Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 n For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in exit ery instance. u We also give special attention to the printing t - of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme y Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost - care to ensure accuracy. ? We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of d printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, is and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any 11 stvle of work desired. Address, * L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, 1 ~ DON'T DELAYT" i "OUT go and see the largest and handsomest JJ stock of Jewelry, Watches, .Silverware and _ Fancy Goods, ever exhibited in Chester, Barl, wains in GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. If you want to buy an engagement Ring, a Weds ding, Birthday or Christmas present, call on E. C. STAHN, you will find an endless variety of + presents, from 25 cents to $1.50. 3 Just received for the lovers of art, Steel Ens" gravings, Oil Paintings and Photographs. Hanging Lamps, Student and new patent Fan Lamps, giving a light equal to gas light. ^ ? Remember all goods are sold under guarantee j, to be as represented. No wish for the purchaser lC to be deceived. We call gold, gold; and brass, brass. My prices are as low as the lowest for reliable goods. Long years' experience and amn pie capital enable me to buy at lowest prices, and s 1 will not bo undersold by any one. ,'f Cash purchasers of Watches, Sewing Machines and Organs can secure special Bargains, as I ? want to reduce mv large stock. >f An improved high arm Machine, drop-leaf and drawers and all attachments, warranted 5 years, for 825.00. WATCH REPAIRING receives my personal attention. Satisfaction guaranteed at moderate s prices. Orders by mail promptly attended to. } Respectfully, E. C. STAHN, Lt Chester, S. C. h November 27 41 ly ke MARSHALL HOUSE, Chester. S. . | t THE undersigned takes pleasure | in informing the people of Chester eounty and the traveling pub )j(. that jie ]ias taken charge of the MARSHALL H<)USE, and is now prepared to ? receive both i'JSU.M A.N ENT A N D TRANSIENT J. HOARDERS. The building has just been repainted and put >f in first rate condition throughout, d The table will be supplied with the best that 11 the local and neighboring markets afford, and no pains will be spared to insure the comfort of k 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 is if