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?lum<rr0?!S Jfepaftment. The Hero was Slain*.?One of the farmers who succeeded in backing his wagon into place at the City Hall market yesterday morning had several errands to do around the neighborhood, and he left his boy of fourteen on the vehicle to make a sale of five or six bags of potatoes. The old man had scarcely disappeared when a bill distributor came along and threw into the wagon the first chapters of a sensational serial. The boy grabbed for the "fly" and began to devour the literature in chunks and hunks, and of the half dozen people who came along and asked the price 01 his potatoes he answered only one, and him so aDsent-mindedly that no sale was made. In about a half an hour the old man returned. He halted at the back end of the wagon and took in the situation, and asked: "George, what you got?" "Story." "What about?" "Injuns." "Do they kill anybody?" "They are after a fellow and I guess they will git him." "He's the hero I s'pose?" "Yes." "Don't sell any taters, does he?" "No." "I thought not, but I reckon I'll soon know the reason why!" With that he leisurely climbed over the tail-board, reached for the boy and the shaking up that youth received will make him dream of earthquakes for many nights to come. "You don't want any more of that," said the old man as he finished business and dropped the "fly" overboard. "The Injuns not only overtook the hero, but they slew him in the most fatal manner, and don't vou fonret it! Now you git up'n gallop and selMhese 'taters V?Detroit Free Pre*w. The Deacon's Dog.?A good story is told of the presence of mind of a New Hampshire deacon who was very fond of dogs. He had one valuable setter that he had trained himself, and that understood his every word and slightest gesture with an almost human intelligence. One evening at a prayer meeting the good man was offering an earnest exhortation and the people sat with bowed heads, giving earnest attention. The audience faced the stand where sat the pastor; the doors opened on either side. All at once one of the doors, which had been left ajar, was pushed open, and the handsome head of the deacon's favorite thrust in. The head was followed by the body, and the dog in toto had just started with a joyful bound toward its master. The deacon generally knew what was going on about him, whether he was praying or shooting, and the first movement of the intruder attracted his attention. Quick as a flash, the deacon, raising his head with a warning gesture exclaimed: "Thou hast given us our charge; help us to keep it." At the emphasized word so well known to his canine ear, the handsome brute stopped as if shot on the very threshold of the door, with his intelligent eye fixed upon his master. In the same unmoved tone, with a slight wave of the extended hand: "We would not return back to Thee with our duty on earth unfulfilled." Again the perfect training of the deacon's pet was made evident, for, without a whimper, he turned as noiselessly as .he had entered, and remained quietly outside until the master appeared. \Vvhat He Used.?"You say that you was forcibly ejected?" "No, sir; I don't say anything of the kind." "Didn't I understand you to say that he removed you with violence?" "I don't kuow what you understood, but I didn't say that." "I inferred from what you told me that he used force to compel your exit." "I don't see how you got that into your head, for I didn't say nothing of the kind." "You didn't go out on your own account? " "Not by a tarnal sight." "Then how did you get out?" "Why, gosh it all, ne kicked me out." "Well, 1 want to know if he didn't use violence." "No, I'll be shrunk if he did. He used his foot."?Chicago Ledger. >>-i~ His Heart was Touched.?He had been going to see her a long; time, but never stated the object of his visits, and he was desirous of knowing something of the future. The last night he called he seemed sad, and after several well-developed sighs he said: "Life is full, very full of bitterness, isn't it?" "Oh, I don't kuow," she responded, cheerily. "I haven't much cause to complain." "Possibly not now, Mary, but the bitter cup has been placed to your lips." "Yes, Henry; my parents are -44 A r\rl 5o 4-Afa nr\ K?ftornocc in HCaU. AI1U JO V UV yiii^iuvoo in that, Mary? Is it not very, very sad to be an orphan?" "Of course it is, Henry, but you see"?and she blushed vividly?"it relieves you of the embarrassment to ask father." Henry's heart was touched.?Merchant Traveler. Sttgr Gentleman?I am sorry to learn of your wife's death, Uncle Rastus. Uncle Rastas?Sah ? I say that I am very sorry to hear that your wife has recently died. Uncle Rastus (with a puzzled look)?I Kiss da' am some mistake 'bout dat, Mistah Brown. I lef' de ole ooman in good health dis mawin', sah. Who said she was dead ? Gentleman?I've forgotten now. But I certainly heard so several days ago. Uncle Rastus (his face clearing up)?Oh, ya'as now I understand sah. Dat vvuz er former wife ob mine, Mistah Brown. She died mo'n foah weeks ago. De present incumbent am all right.?The Sun. Johnson is a lover of the truth. The other day a friend meeting him said: "Say, Johnson, that's a cool hat you are wearing," ! "Yes, coolest hat I ever saw. Tell you what's a fact. I first put this hat on one hot day last August. Ten minutes afterwards I had to put on an overcoat?had a chill." "That's so?" "Actual fact. I'll tell you i another thing. Put on this hat one day in j June and went out into the orchard. That | night a heavy frost killed the fruit." Yes, .Johnson is a lover of the truth.?Arkansaw Traveller. Colored Culprit?Yes, sah, I tuck de chicken. I was gwineter make some chicken pie, and I tuck de cook book and read de direcshuns, and hit says: "Take one chicken." Hit don't say buy one chicken, or borry one chicken, but hit says take one chicken. Hit don't say whose chicken to take, so I jess tuck de fust one I could lay my hau's on. I follered de direcshuns, sah, in de bbok. fts-a^A gentleman came home in the "we sma' hours ayont the twal," at the South Vn/] anrl irnc unrnrlun/l +/\ fin^l 1 ^ (VllVi IHW CUl IOVU UV/ 111114 i his wife clad in black. "Why are you wearing these mourning j garments?" he said, somewhat unsteadily, i "For my late husband," was the significant reply. Hehas'been in the house at 10 ever since.? Boston Budget. Boston Weathek.?New York young; man (to Boston young woman)?I think the ! thermometer must be higher than 't was! yesterday, Miss Penelope. Miss Penelope (with a cultured little! cough behind her fan)?Yes, it seems to I me that the mercury is a trifle higher. j&T Traveler in Utah?"Is your mother in?" asked a visitor of a little Mormon boy j who opened the door. "No, ma'am," the little boy replied, with tears in his eyes (he had just been spanked,) but my brother's ' mother is in." An Indian named "Man-Afraid-of- j Nothing" married a white woman in Montana recently, and in one week after the wedding applied to his tribe to have his name changed. When a man has a business that does not pay, he usually begins to hunt for a partner to'share his losses with him.?Chicago] Sun. ^ SOT A poet hath remarked that "all paths lead to the grave." He undoubtedly referred to allopaths and homoeopaths and hy- j dropathsand the rest of the M. D. paths. HJfostcUaaeflus ?leadhtg. WHEN GRANT WAS MAD. ! HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE DELEGATION FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA TAX-PAYERS' CONVENTION. I never heard the General swear, says a writer in the Washington Capital, but I certainly saw him mad enough to make things blue if he had broken out. In the Spring of 1874 a delegation came j here from a taxpayers' convention in South Carolina to expostulate against the intolerable extravagance, folly and fraud in their I State government. Frank Moses, "the young native Governor," as. he had been dubbed by those who thought carpet-baggers the sum of all evil, who had shown them that the finger of Moses was heavier than the loins of .Scott, was Hearing the close of his term. To prepare for a desperate effort to redeem the State, a non-partisan tax-payers' convention was called, and the result was "an appeal to Caesar." A delegation of twenty of the most distinguished men of the State came here: General James Chestnut, who died recently, was at its head. I went with them, by appointment, to the White House to present the bill of grievance. As we were passing up the stairway to the President's reception room Senator John J. Patterson, the carpet-bag Representative of the Palmetto State, passed down. He had a grin on his somewhat sardonic face which was indicative of disaster to those hegrinued at. General M. C. Butler, now Senator, certainly construed it as a danger signal, for he said to me: "Now, I wonder what Patterson has been up to?" The delegation was not long in finding out. When they filed i into the reception room Grant was standing to receive them, one clinched hand resting on the table, an angry flush upon his face, and an expression of the eye fitter for the battle field than for the reception room. He went through the ceremony of introduction coldly and then said: "What can I do for you ?" W. I). Porter, Charleston's most famous lawyer, presented the resolutions of the convention and the protest of the taxpayers of South Carolina against the continued existence of the State government. Mr T.others nnrnllerl throe lonCDroof sheets of an individual protest, which he would have proceeded to read had not Grant, with an impatient gesture, interrupted him. "Gentlemen," said he, "that all you have to say concerning the present government of South Carolina is true, I do not admit or deny. The administration of affairs in that State is in the hands of those who were elected by a large majority of the people to represent them: you must find your remedy at the ballot-box; but even if I had it in my power to prevent the evils of which you complain, I do not think I am bound to do so. Why should I help those who shamefully abuse me? The convention which sent you here even dragged the name of my wife into its debates and made her the subject of false and scandalous accusations." The delegation was dumbfounded. The members had not expected any warm sympathy, hut this turning of the tables was too sudden to find them prepared. Those who had noticed the exit of "Honest John Patterson" were, however, not so much surprised at Grant's familiarity with the proceedings of the convention. That sly poliKoa! nx!mo/1 ^i*onf fnr fhn ronontinn tlV/iau iitfcu ^iiuigu \xiuuv ivi vuv ivw^v?vu} and on the table close to Grant's hand was a newspaper clipping?the report of General Mart Gary's speech in the convention. Genral Gary, as Chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations, had opposed an appeal to Grant. He denounced him as a drunken tyrant, no better than his fellow Radicals in South Carolina. "While Moses and his fellow thieves," said he, "are robbing the the people of South Carolina, Grant and his fellow thieves are robbing the whole Eeople of the United States. While negro arlots are peddling legislative pay certificates in the streets of Columbia, the wife of Grant is selling the secrets of the Treasury to the gamblers of Wall street." So the taxpayers' delegation went away sorrowful. If Grant had been calm enough to listen toexplanation he would have learned that General Gary's report and speech had been markedly rebuked by the convention, which referred the report back to his committee, and adopted an address temperate, non-partisan and conservative in its place. Anecdote of Lincoln.?A story is told illustrative of Mr. Lidcoln's ability to relieve the embarrassment of his situation as President by a master stroke of wit. In 1862 the people of New York were apprehensive of bombardment by some of the Confederate cruisers; public meetings were held to express the gravity of the situation, and to induce the government to do something by | umv nf nui?mononflvnrftio(>tinort.hp f'itv. In MIVJ v., w..^. ... consummation of that purpose a delegation of fifty gentlemen representing in their own right $100,000,000 was selected to visit Washington and have an interview with the President, and induce him to detail a gunboat to protect the city. The committee requested a gentleman then staying at Washington to arrange with the President a time when he could see tjiem. Mr. Lincoln seemed to be much puzzled what to say or do, and remarked to the gentleman who was arranging as to the interview: "I j have no gunboats or ships of war that can i be spared from active service; but inasmuch ; as they have come to see me, I shall have to . see them and get along as best I can." The committee cal/ed at the appointed time, and were introduced as gentlemen "representing $100,00(1,000 in their own right." The chairman of the delegation made a very earnest appeal to the President for protection, and remarked that they represented the wealth of the city. "One hundred millions in their i own right." Mr. Lincoln heard them attentively, evidently impressed with the i "hundred millions,"and replied as follows: I "Gentlemen, I am by the constitution com- j mander-in-chief of the army and navy of the Lnited States; and as a' matter of law j I can order anything done that is praetica- j ble to be done; but as a matter of fact I am not in command of the gunboats or ships of war; as a matter of factT do not know exactly where they are, but presume they are actively engaged. It is impossible for me in the condition of things to furnish you a gunboat. The credit of the government is at a very low ebb. Greenbacks are not worth more than forty or fifty cents on the dollar, and in this condition of things if I was worth half as much as you gentlemen are represented to be, and as badly frightened as you seem to be, I would build a ~ ? /*! ?#/\ ( 4-/% 4l\/\ rw/%T*Ann rvt Ati f )) ^UllUUitl HI1U give It IU llic guvciiiuitui. The gentleman who accompanied the del-1 egation says he never saw one hundred millionssink to such insignificant proportions as thecommittee recrossed the threshold of the I White House, sadder but wiser men. They had learned that money as well as muscle was a factor in war. Among the Cowboys.?The cattle industry of the Northwest has developed a new race of creatures that are called by some,. cowboys, by others, cowpunchers. These j individuals,* indigenous to the country, are : totally different from their brethren a few miles further south, for there is as much difference between the cowboys of Montana and cowboys of Texas as there is between j our New England Yankees and our New j Orleans Creoles. In short, there has grown up with the marvelousincrease of the cattle industry another set of beings that are very much unlike the herders of a few years ago., A decade or so back, cow herders on the plains were regarded as the very worst class of men in our country ; a class who were al- [ ways ready to make a gun fight, had marked to each one's credit the "killingof his man," and who invariably died with his boots on. J In the vernacular of the frontier, he w<as a D-a-u man altogether ana a cutter anu shooter from away back. They looked upon a! tender foot with becoming scorn, bored-he appearance of continually thirsting for gore, and had no hopes of heaven or fear of hell. The typical cowboy of by-gone days should wear a large white sombrero, bound with a ' flashy gold cord and tassel, high top boots, leather pants, fringed buckskin shirt, no vest, and a pair of Mexican spurs as big as saucers, lie should always be armed to the ; teeth, be well mounted on a liery bucking broncho, have a long sinewy lariat trailing behind his steed, Indian fashion, and habit- j dually be half full of his favorite beverage, i "Tow, as a matter of fact, the real cowboy of the Northwest is a very different person from what he is supposed to be. Many of i them are college graduates, who stood high with the faculty of Eastern universities, and 1 not a few are able to solve a mathematical problem or parse a Latin sentence with as much ease as they can throw a steer or punch ! a brand. I ANDREW JOHNSON AND GRANT. Some of the papers, over-zealous in laud- j | ing Grant, attack Andrew Johnson's raem; ory. But the remarkable Tennessean, who won distinction from the humblest beginnings, by sheer force of talent, does not want defenders. It is true that Andrew Johnson was a rough man, but he was a wonderful being. Gov. Hammond used to say that he was "a sublime sans calotte, who hated every man who wore a clean shirtbut what a prodigy of talent he was, and over what enormous obstacles did he climb to the highest power! But for Andrew Johnson, who either kept the Middle States in the Union or divided them against the South, the Confederacy would have succeeded and Grant would have been unhonored and unsung. The South may have cause to detest his memory, but the North should hold it in something akin to reverence. Tt ic trnp that, lie made a drunken SDeech I when assuming the Vice-Presidential office; but he is presumed to have been drugged by the same loyal men who kept Miss Surratt from his "presence when intent upon saving her innocent mother's life. Johnson accused Grant of falsehood and perfidy, in alliance with Stanton. That charge has never been satisfactorily disproved. An enthusiastic Missourian who never voted foror liked Johnson, comes forth nevertheless in the interest of truth, and repels the slanders sought to be heaped upon him in order to glorify Grant. He says, in contrast, that Johnson, whatever his faults, never prostituted the presidency for selfish purposes. He was never an indiscriminate gift-taker. He was no nepotist. He never permitted a gigantic revenue conspiracy to flourish under his nose, forcing out an honest Secretary and keeping near him knavish officials. "Rings and ringsters did not grow fat and insolent during his official term; nor did he, when that term was ended, trade upon his name and fame as a Wall street broker?with disastrous results to his confiding customers. Andrew Johnson, however mistaken his political views, was thoroughly honest and thoroughly honorable personally. At any rat^ he Jived and died a poor man, and neither while he lived nor since his death has the tongue of scandal questioned his integrity or his patriotism." In his series of speeches against FitzJohn Porter, Senator Logan kept on repeating "the dead have no friends." He was mistaken. Forbidding as he was in many cases and instances, Andrew Johnson has found a friend in St. Louis who will not allow him to be unjustly aspersed in order to make Grant more heroic than the truth of history allows.?Augusta Chronicle. Mastheaded by a Fish.?"Here's an old acquaintance," said my friend, as we stood looking at the tish display of Commissioner Blackford, pointing out a parti-colored eel-like fish several feet long and of a most villainous aspect. In form it resembled the typical sea serpent that figures in the old works of Pontippidan and others. The body was high, the mouth large, and in it appeared a most formidable array of teeth. "That is the famous, or rather infamous, murrayof the South," explained my companion, giving the creature a spiteful dig. "It's as much of a sea-serpent as I ever want to see, and I must tell you a good joke on myself in which one of these brutes played a prominent part. Some years ago, when I began spending my winters in Florida, I devoted almost my entire time to fishingsea fishing you know?and almost the first fish that caught me was one of these murrays. This is a medium-sized one. They attain in the Bahamas and around Cuba, a length of four or five feet, and, being proportionately stout, present a formidable appearance. One day I was fishing off the reef, in about five fathoms, and had been having fine luck with grunts and yellowtails, when suddenly I had a bite that brought me to my feet. I hauled the fish and the fish hauled me, and after ten minutes hard work I had him at the surface, and with a tremendous jerk, landed, not a fish, but one of those murrays?a rouser. I was amazed as much as the murray. "No sooner did it feel itself in the boat than it opened its cavernous mouth and made a rush for me. There were hut two methods of escape open to me, one to jump overboard and the other to climb the small mast of my boat. I chose the latter, and as the murray reached the spot I just cleared it, and there I was in the attitude generally known as shinning. The murray made the circuit of the boat several times dragging the line, thrashing the oars about, and darting its ugly head in my direction at every move I made. It was impossible, however, to hold such a position long, and I was about considering the possibilities of leaping into the water and swimming to the reef when the creature wriggled overboard. I then slid down and cut the line. When I got ashore my friends asked me what I was shinning the mast of the dingy for. They had been watching me through a spy glass. I told them I had been clearing the halyards. If they had ever got hold of it that I had been there for ten minutes to get away from that green-hued eel, I should never have heard the last of it."?New York Sun. What Causes Thunder.?A Hock Hill (Md.) correspondent of the Country Gentle- \ _ 4X11Atro . T I IIICIH iUlSWfcSrS HIIS l)Ucat!Uii uo iuiiuno a. have often observed the rapid development of ehlorophyl (the green coloring of leaves) after a thunderstorm, and as the peculiar blue principle is a nitrogenized compound, which, rainglingwith the yellow, gives the rich green to the foliage, the question may be asked whether an extra supply of ammonia did not enrich the rain after the thunderstorm. To enter more fully into the subject, the inouiry might be further asked, what caused the thunder, and its solution may explain the supply of ammonia or nitric acid found in the rain after a storm. As is well known, the air is a mixture of 7S parts nitrogen and 22 oxygen. If by any electrical action these two gases are induced to combine together three compounds may an near: first, nitrous acid, 11 parts nitro-1 gen and 24 parts oxygen; second, hypernitrous acid, 14 parts nitrogen and .32 oxygen, and thirdly, nitric acid, 14 parts nitrogen and 1(1 parts oxygen. The sudden formation of either of these acids in the atmosphere will explain the theory of thunder. Again, if hv electrical action the suspended water in the air were decomposed, /. e. hydrogen and oxygen separated into a gaseous or normal state, and three parts of hydrogen should suddenly unite with 14 parts of nitrogen, ammonia would suddenly come into full view, followed by a clap of thunder, and the falling rain would quickly carry this ammonia to the hungry grass or grain. Any one who is familiar with the violent report following the sudden coinbi nation of the gases in a soap DUDoie, win i fully appreciate what a violent report would ! follow from the combination of a few pounds of hydrogen and nitrogen, or oxy- j gen and nitrogen. As both of these compounds of nitrate of ammonia (nitric acid and ammonia) are found in rain water, the most concentrated form of nitrogen is presented to the plant, without the roundabout way of getting it through old leather, or/>ld hair and wool. jiB&rln bidding farewell to a congregation /among whom he had not dwelt happily, a Virginia preacher said: "I do not regret our separation, dear brethren, for three good and valid reasons: The first is that you dori't love me; the second, that you don't love one another; and the third, that God does not love you. You don't love me?my salary is several months in arrears; you don't love one another?or there would be no such a dearth of marriages among you ; and God doesn't seem to love you as you ought to be loved, because there have been so few funerals among you lately." He was not pressed to remain. 8&* John B. Gough, in a recent interview, expressed the opinion that of all temper-1 ance societies the Woman's Christian Union is doing more good than any of the oth- j ers. There is less drinking and drunk-1 enness now than there has ever been, and ! public sentiment is moving in favor of j prohibition. The work in this country, j however, is not to be compared to the work in England. All over the United Kingdom the temperance workers are making rapid strides, and there are 9,000,000total abstainers there. I DIXON'S COLORED DAUGHTER. The will of David Dixon, in which he left i $500,000 to his daughter, a mulatto, is creat- | ing wide interest at Sparta, Ga., the late home of the eccentric testator. The woman, Fannie Eubanks, is living in good style, in i Augusta. Mr. Dixon, years ago, offered ; $25,000 to any respectable white man who i would marry her. A young man named ! Eubanks, a graduate of the University of Georgia, accepted Mr. Dixon's proposition, and took the girl North, and they were married in Boston. He brought a certificate from that place showing that they were legally married. Eubanks brought her home and was well provided for on one of Dixon's plantations. He lived with his dusky bride several years, raising two children by her. Eubanks died several years ago, and left Fannie a dashing widow. Mr. Dixon took her and her two children back to his home, where they lived until he had a tine house built for them near his own, and there Fannie Eubanks and her mother lived until Dixon's death. He made his will and then sent for the family to come down to his house, together witn omer witnesses, and informed them that he had made his will, that no one but his lawyer and himself knew what was in it, and that he wanted them all to witness his signature. After signing the document and having it properly witnessed, he said that after his death it would be asserted that he was not of sound mind, and he wanted them to test him and see if his mind was clear. After his death his vault was opened. A package of $25,000 in stocks and bonds was found with the name of the mother of Fannie Eubanks written on it as its owner. This amount was not mentioned in the will in any manner, and the $25,000 was turned over to the woman by the executors. It is asserted by some that the will ought to be broken on account of Mr. Dixon having advanced to his brother $40,000 and taking a mortgage on his land to secure the money. His brother paid the debt, but failed to have the mortgage canceled, and died without ever taking up the paper. As soon as he died Dixon came in with the mortgage and took the land for debt. It is also asserted that Dixon had no right to give this mulatto woman, although she was his child, his landed estate, amounting to 17,000 acres of the best land in middle Georgia, as it will injure those owning lands adjoining. The mother of Fannie Eubanks is a very quiet, inoffensive woman, and when any of Mr. Dixon's friends visited him she would x. ~ ? ' ? '1 % 4* V* /-v >?oa1 f wait oil ins gliosis, auu ncvci put iiciocii forward. She always seemed to recognize the fact that she was a servant. She would often visit Sparta to trade, and some of Mr. Dixon's friends, to whom she would bring things from the plantation, would invite her to dinner. She would always prefer having her dinner sent to the kitchen, where she would eat with the servants. Miss or Mrs.?A correspondent of the New York World propounds the following question: There has arisen considerable discussion between myself and others regarding the propriety of using Miss or Mrs. before the maiden name of a grace widow who has dropped the name of her divorced husband. The World answers: The title "mistress" (abreviated Mrs.) has no connection with marriage. It is the rightful title of any woman who governs a home, and is properly applied by courtesy, to all women married or single. Miss is the diminutive of mistress and is applied properly to little girls under ten years old. Girls over that age are Mrs. by courtesy, if not by right. Mr. means master, Mrs. means mistress. As a young boy is Mr. by courtesy, even il not master of a house, so the young lady is Mrs. by courtesy, if not by right. In the present case, the woman, having been the mistress of a house and being over ten years old, cannot shed her title of Mrs. Heading and Thinking.?To receive the full benefit of what we read we should " * n k/1 T of onir \rnnnor I Lill Jv It U V CI llllCl HU1U. lil.1. UUJ juu?b person try the experiment of giving in conversation, briefly and connectedly, and in the simplest language, the chief point of any book or article, jjp has read, and he will at once see what we mean. The gaps that are likely to appear in the knowledge that he felt was his own will no doubt be very surprising. We know of no training superior to this in utilizing one's reading, in strengthening the memory, and in forming habits of clear connected statement. It will doubtless teach other things than those here mentioned, which the persons who honestly make the experiment will find out for themselves. Children who read can be encouraged to give, in a familiar way, the interesting part of the books they have read, with great advantage to all concerned. In this wav encouragement is given I to their intellectual tastes. Sensible Advice.?A physician writes to young men as follows: "My profeasion has thrown me among women of all claases, and my experience teaches me that Heaven never gave man a greater proof of His love than to place woman here with him. My advice is: Go and propose to the most sensible girl you know. If she accepts you, tell her how much your income is, and from what source derived ; and tell her you will divide the last shilling with her, and that you will love her with all your heart into the bargain. And then keep your promise. My word for it, she will live within your income, and to your last hour you will regret that you did not marry sooner. Stop worrying about feminine extravagance and feminine untruth. Just you be true to her?love her sincerely, and a more fond, faithful, foolish slave you will never meet anywhere. You will not deserve her, I know; but she will never know it." < Anecdote op Washington.?Soon after the close of the Revolutionary war .Washington went to Alexandria on horseback, accompanied by his negro servant. The main road was impassable, and the road for travel ran through the farm of a desperado. As Washington was about to enter this private road, m stranger on horseback barred the way and said: "You shall not pass this way." "You do not know irie," said Washington. "Yes I do. You are the General who cammanded the army in the Revolution. If you attempt to pass I will shoot you." The General took a pistol from his holster and handing it to the servant, said : "If this person shoots me do you shoot him ;" and coolly passed on and was not molested. flap-On a clear night about a,000 stars are visible to the naked eye. A like number in the opposite hemisphere makes a total of about 0,000 that can be seen without a glass. These are divided according to their apparent brightness, into six classes, twenty ranking as first magnitude stars, sixty-five as second magnitude, 200 as third, 450 as fourth, 1,100 as fifth, and about 4,000 as sixth. These telescopic stars, unseen to ! the unaided eye on account of their remoteness, are classified as high as the fourteenth magnitude, and their number is vastly greater, being reckoned as high as 20,000,000. Marseilles merchant, lately deceas-1 ed, started in business with 10,000 francs and became a millionaire. lie left his property to a friend on the condition that he should be buried with the sum of 10,000 francs placed in his coffin. The executor bewailed this reckless waste of money, and was at his wit's end how to defeat this whimsical : clause in the will. At length a happy thought came. "I will put a check," he i said, "for 10,000 francs into the coffin. It will be duly honored when he presents it." AdiT Key West is one of the most peculiar cities in the world. She has a population of more than 15,000, principally whites, but has no chimneys, no show windows, no < brick blocks, 110 tine buildings, no planing mills, no machine shops, no farmers driving ! in with loaded teams, no country roads, no railroads, 110 rattle of machinery, 110 noise j of any kind, except the beating of the waves against her coral-bound shores, and yet she does an immense shipping and manufacturing business for her size. ? - flaTAmong other forms of animal life which has disappeared from the earth is j the sea cow. This great animal, which has been variously classed with the whales, i with warluses and seals, and with elephants, was a toothless vegetable feeder, living along the shore in shallow water, and often weighing three or four tons. It was seen alive and described in 1741, but in 17S0 it appeared to have become extinct. 1 ?hc ?0thuille #nquiw. 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Any present subscriber of the Enquirer who may desire the book, win 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 Dictionary is neatiy 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 Enquirer under the above offers on receipt of the amount of subscription. A specimen copy of the book can be seen at this office, oh application. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. May 14 4 20 ' tf ' F () I > I> ! FOR LADIES ONLY. A REMEDY endorsed by the best Physicians and Druggists at its home. A REMEDY that Mr. C. W. O'Neill, Goodwater, Ala., says raised his wife from an invalid's bed, and he believes saved her life. 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Send for our Treatiseon Health and Happiness of Woman, mailed free. Bradkikld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. For sale by Dr. J. C. Ivuykeiulal, Lowry it Starr and May it "May. ' MARSHALL HOUSE, Chester, S. C. 1 THE undersigned takes pleasure in informing the people of Ches Vijx]Bu3L_ ter county and the traveling pub jj(, tj1;U jj- jiajJ ta|-en oliargc of the MARSHALL HOUSE, and is now prepared to receive both PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS. The building has just been repainted and put in first rate condition throughout. The table will be supplied with the best that the local and neighboring markets afford, and no j pains will be spared to insure the comfort of j iruests. A SAMPLE ROOM is provided, conveniently arranged for the nso of Commercial Travelers. TERMS REASONABLE. A share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. JAMES K. MARSHALL, Proprietor. November 3U 48 tf J . B E A TT Y WILLIAMS7, ATTORKTEY AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C., WILL practice in the Circuit Court of York county. Prompt attention given to collections. January 15 3 ly* GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CRIMPER AXI) CORRIUATEI) SIDING, J&f Iron Tile or Shingle, FIREPROOF DOORS, SHITTERS Al\, THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF May 10 Cancer of the Tongue! A Case Resembling that of Qeneral Grinit. Some ten years ago 1 had a scrofulous sore no my right hand which gave me great trouble, and under the oldtime treatment was healed up, and I supposed I was well. j I found, however, it had only been driven into my system by the use of potash and mercury, and in March, 18&J, it broke out In my throat and concentrated in what some of the doctors denominated cancer. I was placed under treatment for this disease. Some six or seven of the best physicians in the country had me at different times under their charge, among them three specialists in this line; but one after another would exhaust their skill and drop me for I grew worse continually. The cancer hail eaten through my cheek, destroying the roof of my mouth and upper Hp, then attacked my tongue, palate, and lower lip, destroying the palate and under lip entirely and half my tongue, eating out to the top or my left cheek bone and up to the left eye. From a healthy, robust woman of 150 pounds, I was reduced to a mere frame of skin and bones, almost unable to turn myself in bed. I could not eat any solid food, but subsisted on liquids, and my tongue was so far gone [ could not talk. i The anguish of mind and the horrible sufferings of body which F experienced never can be revenlrd. Given up by physicians to die, with no hope of recovery upon the part of friends who sat around my bedside expecting every moment to be my last; in fact, my husband would place his hand upon me every now and then to see whether I was alive, or not, and at one time all decided that life was extinct, and my death was reported all over j the conntry. Such was my wretched and helpless condition the first of last October (1884), when my friends commenced giving Stvift's Specific. In less than a month the eating [daces stopped and healing commenced, and the fearful anerture in my cheek 1ms been closed and firmly knitted together. A process ot' u new under lip ts progressing j finely, and the tongue, which was almost destroyed, is being recovered, and it seems that nature is supplying a new tongue. I can talk so thatniy friends can readily understand me and con cat solid food again. I am able to walk about wherever I please without the assistance of any one, and have gained fifty pounds of flesh. All this, under the blessing of a mercifully Heavenly Father is due to Swift's Specific, f am a wonder and a marvel to all my friends, hundreds of whom have known my intense sufferings, and have visited me in my afflictions. While I am not entirely well, yet my gratitude is none the less devout, and I am confident that a perfect recovery is now in sight. If any doubt these (acts, I would refer them to Hon. John H. Taylor, State Senator, of tills district, who is my neighbor, Dr. T. S. Rrndfield, of LnGrange, Ga., or to any persons living in the southern part of Troupe county, Ga. MRS.MARY L. COMER. LnGrange, Ga., May 1-1.1885. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta Ga. New York, 157 W. 'Jd St. For Snle by John C. Ki'YKkndai. and Lowry Ji Starr, Yorkvilic, S. C. December 11 50 !v jrED.J^FFERYS^&COr XEW FURNITURE STORE. COFFINS, CASKETS AND CASES. WE have on hand a complete stock 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. Terms reasonable. Our motto is "LIVE AND LET LIVE." J. ED. JEFFERYS it CO] September 11 37 tf FOUNDRY AND Machine Shop. ov.o.o.oujoti o.'i S THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that ho now has in operation, 011 his lot on King's Mountain'Htreet, 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, and agricultural machinery of ..? i..v,in.,s.i,g,iilui onii rnmnrprl. Besides.anv miy Auiu u v c11iuu iv.u H? _ , class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend any call for repairing stationary engines, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. BUTMnhHi^ST. THE undersigned has 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 7i octaves, and besides having all the modern improvements of the best makers, with highly ornamented case and superior finish throughout, have also three strings in the treble, and are thus nearly equal in tone and power to the Concert Grand. I represent ten styles of Organs, and can suit any purchaser as to quality and price. If you contemplate the purchase of an instrument? either Piano or Organ?do not buy until you confer with me. I can suit you with either instrument and will make prices satisfactory. Every instrument fully warranted by the manufac turers. There is no longer any excuse for paying .. iy,f o ninnn hejiriner the name of a lailUJ J/i IVV AVI %m ? some old, aristocratic maker?which name is usually the only thing to recommend it?when you can buy one equally as good in every respect for half the money. Correspondence invited, and all information cheerfully furnished. Miss ZORAIDA IXGOLD, Yorkville, 8. C. November 20 47 tf WEST LIBERTY SREET. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. JUST received a lot of Cincinnati Buggies, Carriages, Jumpseat Phretons, all standard grade work. Also a few Columbus Buggies will be kept in stock and sold at the most reasonable prices. SECOND-HAND VEHICLES. The following second-hand Vehicles for sale, in which bargains will be given : 5 Buggies, 2 Spring Wagons, 1 Four-Seat Phieton, 1 Two-Horse Wagon, All in good running order, and will be sold cheap for cash, or on time. Buggy Cushions, Shafts and Poles will be kept in stock. Something New. I now have in connection with mv Livery Stable a No. 1 Queen City HEARSE and a glassfront COACII, which will be furnished for funeral occasions, at short notice and for moderate charges. FEED STABLES. Have your horses fed atthc YORKVILLE LIVERY ANI) FEED STABLES, where they will receive the best attention at reasonable prices. V. E. SMITH. April 23 17 tf NOTICE TO CREDITORS. South Carolina?York County. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Alice Craig, Plaintiff, against Mary P. Hopper and others, Defendants.?Complaint for Partition, Hale of Land to Pay Debts, etc. TkV?h.i,innf ;i Decree rendered in the above a cause, at the Juno Term, 1885, of said Court, I the Creditors of NANCY L. CRAIG, deceased, are required to establish their demands before me, at a Reference to be held at niv office, ou THURSDAY, THE20TII OF AUGUST, 1885, at 10 A. M., or be barred. JOS. F. WALLACE. C. C. Pis., Special Referee. C. K. SPENCER, Attorney for Estate., J lily JO 31 4t DFIIVGr COMPANY, ? IRON ORE PAINT PfigiV And. Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. jZSr Send for Circular and Price -ffrJ I List No. 75. 1 IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains ? from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon,Sunday, July 19, 1885. Standard of time, clock in telegraph ottice at Chester. OOINO SOUTH. Leave Lenoir, <1.00 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville* <>.20 A. M. Arrive at Lovelady,5* 0.30 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 7.01 A. M. Leave Hickory at 7.20 A. M. Arrive at Conover* 7.43 A. M. Arrive at Newton .' 7.50 A. M. Leave Newton 7.53 A. M. Arrive at Maiden,51 8.13 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.42 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's* 9.04 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, {>.23 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 9.35 A. M. Leave Gastonia at !>.50 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge,* 10.11 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek,* 10.21 P. M. Arrive at Bowling Green,* 10.35 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 10.52 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 11.45 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia,* 12.05 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville,* 12.20 P. M. Arrive at MeConnellsville,* 12.35 P. M. Arrive at Lowrvsville,* 1.00 P. M. Arrive at Chester 1.45 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.30 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 5.05 P. M. Arrive at MeConnellsville, 5.25 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.50 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 0.05 P. M. Leave Yorkville 0.13 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 0.55 P. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 7.10 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 7.20 P. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 7.30 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.47 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 8.10 P. M. Arrive at Dallas, 8.24 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 8.45 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 0.10 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 9.37 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 10.15 P. M. Leave Newton, 10.40 P. M. Arriveat Conover, 10.48 P. M. Arrive at Hickory, 11.14 P. M. Leave Hickory at 11.17 P. M. Arrive at Lovelady 11.40 P. M. Arriveat Hudsonville, 12.00 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 12.20 A. M. * Flag Station. G. R. TALC'OTT, Superintendent. July 23 30 tf JOB PRINTINGS OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior stvle, 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 : 131LL HEADS. For 5(10 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 statementsat same price of sixth-sheet ~:11 ?.:n ?n ? ^-,1^? v? u:i 1 uui iitriius. yy o win 1111 un uruvr iwr uiu uuuust 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, DON'T DELAY. BUT go and see tho largest and handsomest stock of Jewelry, Watches, Silverware and Fancy Goods, ever exhibited in Chester. Bargains* in GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. If you want to buy an engagement Ring, a Wedding, Birthday or Christmas present, call on E. C. STAHN, you will find an endless variety of presents, from 25 cents to 81.50. Just received for the lovers of art, Steel Engravings, Oil Paintings and Photographs. . Hanging Lamps, Student and new patent Fan Lamps, giving a light equal to gaslight. Tiemetriher all "nods are sold under cniarantoo to be as represented. No wish for the purchaser 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 ample capital enable me to buy at lowest prices, and I will not be. undersold by any one. Cash purchasers of Watches, Sewing Machines and Organs can secure special Bargains, as I want to reduce my large stock. An improved high arm Machine, drop-leaf and drawers and all attachments, warranted 5 years, for 820.00. WATCH REPAIRING receives my personal attention. Satisfaction guaranteed at moderate prices. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Respectfully, E.'C. STAHN, Chester, S. C. November 27 41 ly YORK I.\STITITE-1H?5-S6. THE next Session begins September ^'lir a en(^s ^une 4ih. Faculty.?J. T. Roberts, Principal; nr Miss Fannie M. Miller, French, and assistant in English; Miss Ella C. Davidson, German, and assistant in English ; Miss Lila M. Peck, Primary; Mrs. Roberts, Music. The School is located in Yorkville, one of the most beautiful, pleasant and healthy towns in the South. The Faculty is composed of experienced and competent teachers, and the quality and scope of the work done will, it is believed, compare favorably with that of any similar institution in the State. Tuition in English, per session, payable quarterly in advance, ?20, ?25, ?30and ?40, according to grade ; Music, extra, ?40; French, extra, ?20; German, Latin and Oreek, each, extra, ?10; Contingent Fee, 50 cents, payable in advance ; Board in the College, lights, fuel and furnished-room, ?11 a month. For further information, address, J. T. ROBERTS, Principal, Yorkville, S. C. July !> 28 2m "due west female college. Vfrk EXERCISES begin tirst MONDAY IN OBTOBER. Careful moral training, tfinp* Thorough teaching. Best facilities in Music?instrumental and vocal, French and Painting. Terms unusually low. Whole cost of Board and regular Tuition for year ?105.00. For Catalogue, applv to the President. J. P. KENNEDY. July 30 31 Ot shelby female college. Next Session Begins Sept. 1st, 1SS5. TERMS moderate. Faculty able. //Modern Languages taught by the "Natural Method." Climate delightful. For full particulars, applv to R. 1). MALLARY, President, Shelby, N. C. August 0 33 4C KING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL, Yorkville, So. C'a. ESTABLISHED 1855. THE FIRST SESSION of the School vear 1885-1880 will betrin SEPTEM BE It 15TH. Full laboratory ailll apparatus. For Circulars, applv to PRINCIPAL K. M.M. S. August <> 32 tit HOl'SK AM) LOT FOR SALE. i ./W^Y THE undersigned oilers for sale, Gie ^ot 'n Yorkville, known as the flu^KSL. "MEEK PLACE." It is situated near the Methodist Church, and contaius TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is a two-storv Dwelling House, containing SIX LARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lumber-house, corn-crib and stables. Terms will be made easy. L. M. GRIST. TOWN TAXES. BY virtue of a resolutionof the Town Council of Yorkville, S. C., the BOOKS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TOWN TAXES FOR lKSf>. will he opened at the BANK, from AUGUST 1ST, 1SS5, to the 31st inclusive. All property within the incorporate limits of the town, on the 1ST OF JANUARY, 18S5, subject to taxation under the laws of the State, must be listed. Failure to list will subject the taxpayer to a penalty of 50 per cent, on his last assessment. F. A. GILBERT, Clerk and Treasurer. July 0 2S tf