Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 27, 1885, Image 4

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Ifumarous ?cpartmcnt. Designed for a Detective.?A colored man came out of an alley off Michigan Avenue yesterday and inquired of the grocer on the corner: "Say boss, has you had a watermellyon stole away to-day ?" "Why, I declare, if some one hasn't stolen a big one which laid on the end of this shelf!" exclaimed the grocer. "Did you see a white man and a cull'd feller hangin' 'round yere ?" "Come to think of it, I did." '' T\om or' Honhanau'hn atnlo (lnt mpllvnn" "Did you see them?" asked the grocer. "Nebber did, sah." "Then, how do you know?" The colored man took him down the alley and showed him two heaps of melon rinds, and exclaimed: "If de mellyon wasn't dun stole nobody would come in heah to eat it. Dat pile of rinds hain't half gnawed. Dat's jist the way white folks eat 'em. De odder pile am gnawed right down to the bark. Dat's de work of a cull'd man, an' doan' you forget it. Down dar' am a rind all alone. De chaps got scar't an' run'd away afore dey was dun." "Say, maybe you are sharp enough to catch 'em," said the grocer. "Wall, I dunno," was the reply, but in the course of half an hour the man brought in a hang-dog looking African and turned him over with the remark: "Heah's one of 'em, but de odder has skupped." "WOW" cio you Know cnat una naiuw j? guilty?" "Kase I dun looked for a darky wid a mellyon seed on his shirt bosom, an' heah he am. He's dun guilty and has got thirtyfive cents to settle wid ve." It Struck Him Too Late.?We finally came to a toll-bridge, at the gate of which was a colored man. The charge for two of us was seven cents, and it so happened that neither of us had even a small bill. A five was the smallest, and when it was handed out the toll-keeper w-as in a fix. He hadn't change enough into three cents. "Well, we've got to cross," said the colonel. "Reckon vou has, but I want dem seben cents." "It isn't our fault if you have no change." "Dat's true, but I reckon we has got to fix it somehow. Let's see? Dar am free cents comin' to you ?" "Yes." "Or seben cents comin' to me!" "Exactly." "Now, boss, dar comes Jim. Jim am lame an' doan' git 'long nohow. He am a good boy, an' I reckon you'll be inclined to help him a little. He's ridin' my ole mule, an' dat beast hasn't had any fun since de wah. 'Sposen you let Jim ride dat free cents out?" "How?" "Why, he nebber crossed a toll-bridge in his life. It would do him up proud, you see, an' nobody knows how much good it would do de old mule. The Colonel consented, and Jim rode the beast in the most solemn manner to the other side. We followed him across and rode away with the father calling: "White man, come back heah! How I gwine to git dat boy back heah widout payin' four cents toll at de odder eand!"? Detroit Free. Press. Don't Believe in Sprinkling.?Not long since Mr. Lou^ Wagner presented a bill to Mr. (jr. W. -b'. .LampKin wnen me following colloquy is said to have passed between them. Mr. Larapkin?"Don't owe you anything, I have a well of better water than your water works water, good as it is." Mr. Wagner?"But you are mistaken. It is not for drinking purposes." "Mr. Lampkin?"Then what is it for?" Mr. Wagner?"It is for sprinkling." Mr. Lampkin?"Sprinkling, the de mischief, I do not believe in sprinkling, I am a Baptist myself. I believe in immersion and I am not going back on my convictions to the extent of paying any sprinkling bills to you Methodists." "All right, said Mr. Wagner, turning away with a dry grin playing around the northeast corner of his mouth. "I will make that all right." In a few moments Mr. Wagner returned with the following: "Mr. G. W. F. Lampkin, Dr. To Rome Water Works. For immersing 15 feet of Broad street in front of his office," handed it to Mr. Lampkin, who, after glancing over it, said, "that is all right, I know something about immersion, but I can't depend on this sprinkling business." Sequel?the bill was paid.?Home, Ga., Courier. Marital Solicitude.?Horace Smith once told me a good story of a night he had passed in a stage coach, when railways were not, and the journey from one part of England to another was a serious undertaking. I forget where he was going, but the distance was considerable, and the four inside passengers naturally endeavored to settle themselves as comfortably as circumstances would permit. Two of them were a married couple, the husband sitting with his back to the horses, and evidently not altogether at his ease. About half an hour after starting he turned to his wife and anx iously inquired if she was comfortable. "Pretty well," she replied, in a drowsy tone. "You feel no draught from the window ?" "None at all." "Quite sure ?" "Quite." . "Ah !" remarked the affectionate spouse, nftor n mnmpntarv nnnsp. uthpn sunnose we change places." An Amicable Arrangement.?"How is it, uncle Rastus," saicl a gentleman to an old darkey, "that you never married? Aren't you an admirer of the softer sex ?" "I fo't er duel wunce 'bout er gal, sah," replied uncle Rastus. "A duel?" "Yes, sah; yeahs an' yeahs ago. Sam Jackson an' inyse'f we bof lubbed same gal; we were bof boun' ter git her, and de business climaxated in er duel. We bof wah a trifle nahvous, sah, an' 'sted ob me hittin' Sam, or Sam hittin' me, we brought down a vallyble mule dat wah standin' neah de fence." "And did you fire again ?" asked the gentleman, very much interested. "No, sah ; dat was a very vallyble mule, boss, an' we bof got kinder skeart like. So we entered into an americable prearrangement." "How did you settle it ?" "Sam tuk de gal an' 'greed to pay lo' de rauie, ail' l hain't neDoer iuoDeu sence. Hash by Any Other Name.?"How do you like the omnium gatherum, Mr. Fodderer?" "The which ?" "The omnium gatherum ! It's a dish formulated from a recipe given me by Kossuth j when he was in this country?him that was j heir apparent to the throne of Hungary." ! "Indeed! Well, it's the hair apparent in the dish that gives it away. Omnium gatherum ain't disguise enough to keep me from identifying hash when I see it."?Yonkei'ts j Gazette. fSTln the gardens of a well-known nobleman's country seat in the south of Ireland painted boards were set up in different parts of the pleasure grounds, with this request, "Please do not pull any flowers without leave." Recently the district practical joker passed that way, and at daybreak added an "s" to the last word on all the I boards, which had the effect of making j things pleasant^-until the cause was dis-1 covered?for tourists and strange visitors who cherished a latent passion for floral gems. The Cyclone Pit.?"Do I keep a cyclone pit?" echoed the passenger from the West; "yes, I keep one not far from my house; but, Lord bless you, I ain't afraid of cyclones. The cyclone was never born that?ould scare me or make me run." 'Tsut what have you got the cyclone pit for?" "Well, you see, my old woman has spells of temper, when 'taint safe for a feller to be around, 'speshully wash days. On them occasions I find my little cyclone pit right smart handy."? Chicago J fern fit. She Jam and Jiresidc. Bad Habits of Horses.?Among the tricks or rather habits acquired by horses in the stable, resting one shoe upon the other hoof, lying in the gangway, rolling in the stall, and kicking are among the worst. In the first, the horse, if suddenly startled is apt to bring the resting-foot down suddenly, often seriously injuring the coronet. The remedy is a boot covering the part likely to be most injured. Lying in the gangway may be prevented by placing a bale or rope behind the horse, preventing * - ... r.A 1! :? mm irom oacKing up. ouuiumg m wc gangway may be prevented by the same means. Rolling is the most difficult to cure. The most feasible plan is to keep the skin of the horse free from sweat and dirt, which induce itching; and also to allow the animal to roll in soft ground when sweaty and tired. A roomy stall, with sides slanting up to the perpendicular walls, but a box-stall will be the best preventive. Severe strains of the loins, even fracture of the hip-bones, and other disabilities, are often the result of rolling in the stall. Tying in the stall at the extreme length of the halter, results in sprains and strains in the attempt to rise. Kicking is one of the worst vices to which a horse can become addicted. If the habit is not inveterate it is cured by hanging a sack well stuffed with hay so it may strike the animal in the rebound from the kick. Let him kick this innocent dummy until he is tired. Then he is apt to quit forever. A horse that kicks from being touched by the whiffle-tree or other substance touching him should be immediately taken out of the vehicle and allowed to kick until he becomes tired. The whiffletree should be nnr|/]n/1 p/i no nnl fn corimiolir iniiirp him. pauucu ov/ ac hwk w uvhvm^*j v ....... It may then be lowered so as to touch his heels when he moves. When he ceases to kick he is generally cured entirely. The remedy may seem severe, but a kicking horse is worthless, because always most dangerous. In lieu of the whiflietree a sack stuffed with hay may be suspended so it will touch his heels in the stable. But a confirmed kicker should be sold to work in a heavy team where he cannot do much harm. Plant Food and Stimulants.?The common idea of a stimulant is that it is something that has no nutritive quality, but which excites the system to activity at the expense of its reserved vitality. A reaction always follows it, and leaves the man or animal minus just so much vital force as has been brought into abnormal action by the stimulant. If a man is weak from hunger I and a dose of brandy is given, the system | is "braced up," as we say, for a time only; increased exhaustion follows. But if a quantity of quickly digested food as a nutriI tinns crtnn ic tflkpn the SVStPJTl is not OnlV braced up but actually strengthened, because nutriment is given which at once replaces the exhausted force and matter of the blood and muscles, and so repairs and builds up. This difference is very easily understood. Now there is a very common impression among farmers?which is unhappily cultivated by some writers?that artificial fertilizers are all stimulants and are not plant food. This is a very great mistake. Plants will not take stimulants. They will nottake in any nutritive elements in excess of their requirements. If we use salt or plaster or phosphates and find that the crop is benefitted, the truth is ?hat the soil was deficient in the elements contained in these substances, chlorine or soda, sulphuric acid or lime, or phosphoric acid, and Ut?CllU5t? ui tilt? ui ntcoc ucvnoooij elements plants cannot ta<ke in any other food which they need. Plants must have a complete food supplying every necessity or they will either refuse to grow or only grow in a stunted condition. It is therefore quite wrong to consider any special fertilizer which may be found to help the growth of the crop as a stimulant, because it is really plant food and necessary nutriment, whicn not only adds to the substance of the plant itself, but enables it to appropriate a large amount of other food from the soil which it otherwise could not be because of its own weakness and the incompleteness of the food.?New York Times. ^ + Roast Meat.?Meat to be roasted, especially beef, should be put into a very hot oven, so that it will cook quickly upon the outside. The juices are thus retained, which would simmer out Into the dripping pan if the oven were only moderately warm. Roasting meat should be thoroughly dredged with flour before being put into the oven but should not be salted until partly cooked, as salt extracts the juices from raw meat. Beef should he cooked forabout fifteen minutes for every pound if it is to be eaten rare, which is the most healthful way to eat it. Mutton requires about twenty minutes to the pound, lamb a little more, as the latter should never be served rare. Meat, venison and pork require long roasting. Four or ^ ??o 1 c +aa mnoh on/1 Q four cliPAC live 11UU10 10 UUl v\t\j U1UCI1) (iuu. u> 4VII mivw of salt pork should be skewered over the top. Venison may be wrapped in a crust of pastry, which keeps the juices from escaping. If pork is ever fit to be eaten, it is only when thoroughly done, and should be roasted from three to five hours. A roasting pan should be furnished with a rack or grate upon which the meat can be placed. It is thus prevented from becoming "soggy" by soaking in the gravy. It should, however, be basted frequently. The Odok of the Hay Field.?Going from New England to a western State many years ago, the writer was struck with the difference between the two localities in the haying season. In the older States the air at haying time is redolent of the most delightful fragrance, making it a pleasure to be out of doors. At haying time in the western locality there was only a clean, weedy odor, quite unlike that to which we AAAna^AtvtA/1 T n 1 /\/\lr ? nr? ?ntA umi. urrn nuuuatuuiuu. iu iw?yi\iu^ uuu vuv/ reason for this lack of pleasant odor at haying, we examined the hay, and, while all the usual grasses were present, we could find no trace of the sweet scented grass, anthoxanthum odoratum, so common in eastern meadows. In itself this grass has little value. Indeed, its chief merit lies in the odor. This is developed as the herbage dries, and a few spears of this grass will impart its fragrance to a large mass of hay. This grass should always form a part of a mixture for seeding a lawn. To Make Unfermented Wine.?Take twenty pounds of Concord grapes, or any rich juicy grape, and add two quarts of water. After crushing the grapes put them into a porcelain kettle, and when at a boiling heat separate the juice from the pulp and skins. Then strain through a tin sieve or colander using (with good judgment) a little more water. Add six pounds granulated sugar. After the sugar is all dissolved, strain through a thick cloth. Then heat hot and pour immediately into strong and perfect bottles and seal up tightly while hot. The above quantity will make three gallons of wine of a clear bright color, and, if properly put up, will keep any length of time, but the bottles must not be opened till wine is wanted for use. When made for use at Holy Communion, bottles that hold just the quantity needed, will be best. One gallon will serve four hundred communicants.? Temperance Worker. Value of Cotton Seed Meal as Manure.?Will you be kind enough to answer one question of great importance to myself and other farmers. If green cotton seed is worth twelve dollars per ton, what is cotton-seed meal worth as manure? I have tried to have it answered here and have failed.?W. M. W., Yorkville, S. C. Answer.?On this basis mentioned, cotton seed meal is worth $:30 a ton, speaking in a general way. It is somewhat difficult tc compare whole cotton seed and cotton seeci meal as manure. When one desires a quick acting fertilizer, the meal is the better of the two. Where a slower action is desired, the whole seed are better. For instance, whole seed would be better than meal to plow in with small grain in the fall, while with spring sown oats, the meal would be better.?Southern Cnlti cat or. gfcg" Black pepper is the cabbage protector, says the Fanning World, and the way to apply it is to reduce it to a very fine powder and dust it over the plauts. Go early in the morning, when the dew is on the plants, and dust over each a small quantity and the vermin will leave. fiSarLamn wicks should be changed frequently, if a clear, bright flame is desired. jWwtefl fflfttg. FRESCOES?A TRUE STORY. . ETHEL HATTON. [This incident occurred during the painting of the vast central domb of St. Peter's Cathedral, in Rome.] Two painters in the Cathedral Dome, on scaffolding stood there. The frescoes grew beneath their hands in colors rich and rare. And one in admiration stood before his picture bright, Forgetful of his peril, so absorbed in his delight. 1 1 *1,^ l.OAlrumwl DaCKHaiU I1IUVCU IUC |>illlliui nmnij, u<?v t. -j to a certain death, 'Till he on the very verge of the scaffold paused for breath. Truly 'twas a glorious picture he surveyed with * critic's eye. Not dreaming* that another step, and he must surely die. His companion turned and saw him?sudden horror stopped his breath ; The enthusiast was walking backward unto certain death. And a warning word or silence would hurl him down, we know, Where the shadows twine together in the awful ( space below. In that moment's dreadful silence he could almost hear the fall Of his body, crushed and broken, in the vast dark marble hall. Then with sudden inspiration a thought came to his call, And he dashed a brush of sombre paint against the frescoed wall! Blotting out the glorious picture with an unsightly hue, He dashed the beauteous vision from his enraptured view. Forward llew the painter madly, to deal a deadly blow, When he saw his friend's white face and the fearful space below. So he only fell before him in gratitude and tears, And the men's hearts grew together in that moment as in years. * * S ? * * * * So we contemplate with rapture the pictures of this world, 'Till unconscious of our peril we are almost backward hurled. When the Father in His mercy dashes out the image bright, And blots the glorious vision once so perfect in our sight; And we forward spring to grasp it with a cry of bitter pain. In the outstretched arms of Mercy, and we too | are saved again. Hi$ceUiiw0Uj$ Reading. THE PUBLIC ROADS. The annual time for working the public roads has arrived. The road law requires the superintendents of the highways to appoint the overseers in his highway district, and to assign them hands. The overseers j are required to have the hands warned to work the roads, giving them twelve hours' notice of the time and place of working, and the kind of tool each shall bring. All our citizens should be interes ted in the public roads of the county. If the law is complied with as it should be great improvements will be made in tne roads, out we are sorry to notice that too frequently the law is evaded. While a great many overseers try to do their duty faithfully, others are satisfied to call out their hands and to throw up a little fresh dirt into the middle of the road in places, and seem to try to see how soon they can march their hands with their tools on their shoulders from one end of their section to the other, unless the superintendent of the highways designates the number of days to be worked, and then to see how little can be done in that time. We have noticed instances of this kind in the past, but hope that we have no overseers now but faithful ones. Superintendents of the highways should see to it that the roads in their districts are properly worked. Where all superintendents, overseers and hands do not j faithfully discharge their road duty, the J burden falls unequally upon the citizens. One overseer may do five days' work on his section of the road, and another overseer not so conscientious may only do one or two days' work on his section, although needing work just as badly. So it is important tha t sunprintpndfints of the hio-hwavs should look closely after this matter." The road law imposes penalties for its violation, yet it is very seldom that one is punished for its violation. A strict enforcement of the law by the county commissioners and superintendents of highways will do more to improve our public roads than anything that can be done at this time. It is too often the case that county commissioners fail to enforce the law because they are afraid that they would lose some votes at the next election. As a general rule the law would be enforced more strictly if the office of county commissioners was an appointive one and not an elective one. But Anderson county will not suffer in this resnppf. from nnr nresent board of eountv com missioners, for they are all fearless men in discharging what they deem to be a duty. They have had an abstract of the road law published and sent to each superintendent of highways in the county, and several copies for general distribution, in order that the people might be more generally informed as to what is required. So those neglecting their duties in this respect may anticipate, as far as the county commissioners can do so, to see the law enforced. We think the road law of this State is deficient in some respects and should be amended, but we think only by the enforcement of the law as it stands now, can the roads be improved until a better system is devised. The road law requires that all roads shall be twenty feet wide, except those leading to Charleston, Georgetown, Columbia, Hamburg orCheraw, which are to be thirty feet wide. In a great many places in the county the roads are not ten feet wide, caused by the farmers ploughing into the roads. This matter has been presented to the grand jury of the county and should have the attention it deserves. In working the roads, the overseers should work them the width they were laid off, no matter if it destroys the corn and cotton of some private individual, for he had no right to cultivate the public roads; and if necessary to prevent such trespasses on the public roads, let the commissioners prosecute some of the trespassers for obstructing the public highways.?Anderson Intelligencer. Waves of Light.?Newton imagined that light consisted of minute particles traveling at an extremely rapid rate, but many phenomena noticed since the time of Newton will not admit of any such theory. Modern science has had to assume that space is completely filled by some highly rarified, almost impalpable fiuid, to wnieh has been given the name of "luminiferous ether," light being nothing more nor less than a wave-motion set up in this "etner," and traveling along at the rate of 185,000 miles per second. The waves of light vary in length, producing different effects upon the eye, and so giving rise to the sensation of color. Very long waves give rise to the sensation of heat; next to them in length come those waves which give rise to tne sensation of red; the shortest waves which affect the eye at all give rise to the sensation of violet, and then there are shorter waves still which can only be detected by their action on chemical substances, as in the case of the photographer's plate. The waves which affect the eye give rise to many distinct sensations 01 eoior. Newton divided them into seven, but then, since he used a circular hole for the light to enter the room, his colors overlapped. Wollaston, in 1802, tried the use of a tine slit instead of a hole for the purpose, and in doing so gave birth to the spectroscope. In the spectroscopes of the present day, the light is seen spread out into a broad band, and one color melts so imperceptibly into another that it is difficult to say where one color begins and another ends. Each wave of light?and there are waves of all lengths?produces its own particular effect, but the eye cannot detect a small difference; the spectroscope sorts out the different waves, and arranges them all in order according to length.?CaxsefPs Magazine. . Female Lawyers.?1The question whether women should vbe admitted to practice law in Oregon has been decided in the negative by the Supreme Court of that State. Similar decisions have, within a few years, been rendered in several other States. The general rule is to exclude women from the legal profession simply because they are women, without any reference to their qualifications. The Supreme Court of llli 4-/>t?n nt tKn i1ujs, sumtj ycma agu, jtbiubcu vu cianu mv> application of Mrs. Myra Bradwell, so construing the laws of that State as to exclude women from the bar. Mrs. Bradwell carried the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled that the power of a State to prescribe the qualifications for admission to the bar of its own courts is unaffected by the Fourteenth Amendment, and that the Supreme Court could not inquire into the reasonableness or propriety of the action. Death Without Pain.?A person struck by lightning does not know it, the fluid being much quicker than thought. The nerves which convey pain are rather slow in their power to convey their information. Stick a pin in the tail of an elephant and quite a perceptible interval occurs before tne noble animal gives his opinion of the man or boy at the other end of his nervous system cnf trial. Lightning does its work before the victim knows anything. Two men were struck while taking refuge under a tree. Both were carried into a house and laid out for dead. One of the men revived, and after weeks of terrific suffering and innrmity, ne goi our again anu is sun living. He said that he knew no more about having been struck by lightning than he was conscious of having lived before the flood. It was all news to him when told of the fact.?Chicago Currgni: A Snake Story.?Some days ago T. J. Donahue who carries the mail between this place and McCormick had quite an adventure with a venomous coachwhip snake. Shortly after leaving Willington he observed the snake following his bugguy about 3D yards in the rear. He stopped and so did the snake. It coiled itself, made a spring, went over his shoulder, landed in front of his horse and prepared for battle. He jumped out, seized a huge stick and killed the reptile, which proved to be 91 feet in length. It was a close call for a Donahue and he was considerably frightened, but escaped unhurt. He proposes to carry a gun, dynamite or some other destructive hereafter. The farmers of Bordeaux having cleared their crops of grass it is supposed the snake did not know where to go. Abbeville Medium. K3T The tragedy of modern life is the mystorxr whinh nrmiot! thrnnorh nnt hpinp^ahle to " 'J "*"v" VUUJVU O pay your bills. It abates all talent, mildews enjoyment, destroys self-respect and wears away the sharp discernment of what is honest and what is dishonest. How many men are tricky, false and dishonest for the lack of strength to resist temptation to incur debt, or being in debt lack the moral courage to look their troubles square in the face, and the resolution to overcome them by mean shifts and promises that are never meant to be fulfilled. Sorry are the evasions, mean the tricks and many the lies of certain people, and the sorriest of all is that the meanest are so often those who have considerable income, but like idiots, live as though their resources were inexhaustible. ru% ... ante fjfl*RViue inquirer. TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION t Single copy for one year, $ 2 50 For six months, 1 25 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give postoffice, countv and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or postoffice money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. 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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 WOMAN! j" Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, I In every gesture dignity and love ! Ca nnnAni.iv] \f AtKoH V.ra (lnrl UA til (IT shine her fair descendants, with theexer-i jcise of common sense, care and properj itreatmcnt. An enormous number of female complaints are directly caused by disturbance or suppression ot the Menstrual Function. In every such case that sterling and unfailing specific, Bradfield's Female Regulator, will effect relief and cure. It is from the recipe of a mostdistin_* guished phj'sician. It is composed of P strictly officinal ingredients, whose happy combination has never been surpass- ^ p?j ed. It is prepared with scientific skill ^ ^ from the finest materials. It bears the w palm for constancj'of strength, certainty Q of effect, elegance'of preparation, beauty j rvi of appearance and relative cheapness, S The testimony in its favor is genuine, m ^ It never fails when fairly tried. tf w ft H . Cabtkrsville, Ga. s r* This will certify that two members of [ H mv immediate family, after having suf- ^ Pfered for many years from menstrual 2 irregularity, and having been treated [*] without benefit by various medical doc- W rV] tors, were at length completely cured, by ^ S one bottle of Dr. J. Braafield's Female ^ Regulator. Its effect in such cases is truly wonderful, and well may the remedy be called "Woman's Best Friend." Yours Respectfully, James W. Strange. Send for our book on the "Health and Happiness of Woman." Mailed free. Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. I ~ HEALTH RESTORED 1 For sale by Dr. J. C. Kuykendal, Lowry & Starr and May & May. YORK INSTITUTE?1885-86. THE next Session begins September 1st, and ends June 4th. 'WoBBI Faculty.?J. T. Roberts, Principal; IHmB* 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 heiievea, compare iavorably with that of any similar institution in the State. Tuition in English, per session, payable nuarterly in advance, $'20, $25, $.'50 and $40, according to grade ; Music, extra, ?40; French, extra, ?20; German, Latin and Greek, each, extra, ?10; Contingent Fee, f>0 cents, payable in advance ; Board iii the College, lights, fuel and furnished room, ?11 a month. For further information, address, J. T. ROBERTS, Principal, Yorkville, S. C. July 0 28 2m DIE WEST FEMALE COLLEGE. EXERCISES begin lirst MONDAY IN OBTOBER. Careful moral training. yKFgr Thorough teaching. Best facilities in Music?instrumental and vocal, French and Painting. Terms unusually low. Whole cost of Board and regular Tuition for year sioo.w. For Catalogue, applv to the President. J. P. KENNEDY. July 30 31 9t SHELBY FEMALE COLLEGE. Next Session Begins Sept. 1st, 1SS5. TERMS moderate. Faculty able. Modern Languages taught by the "^'atural Method." Jt.'limato delightful. ^BSr For full particulars, apply to It. D. MALLARY, President, Shelby, N. C. August 0 33 4t* KING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL, Yorkville, So. Ca. ESTABLISHED 1855. V&k TIIE FIRST SESSION of the School year lSKr>-188<i will begin SEPTEMRl*'K l.vnr. Full laboratory and apj)itratus. For Circulars, applv to *StT PRINCIPAL K. M.*M. S. August 6 32 (it SCHOOL NOTICE. y-fo MISS ANNIE RAWLINSON will resume the exercises of her SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 1ST. August 13 33 3t IIOl SE AND LOT FOB SALE. i ywLf-v-N THE undersigned offers for sale, # the lot in Yorkville, known as the "MEEK PLACE." Itis 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. November 30 " 4S tf GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or ftliingle, FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THHSfflfflK THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 May 10 A FRIGHTFUL CASE! OF A COLORED MAN. I contracted a fearful case of blood poison in ins:}. I was treated by some of the best physia i tii'nv ihpiI f.lio old remedies of Mercury and Potash, which brought on rheumatism and impaired my digestive organs. Every joint in me was swelled and full of pain. I was in a horrible condition. When I had been given up to die, my physicians, who had seen the workings of the medicine in other cases, thought it would be a splendid time to test the virtues of Swift's Specific. When I commenced taking S. S. S. the physician said I could not live two weeks under the ordinary treatment. He commenced to give me the medicine strictly according to directions, which I continued for several months. I took nothing else, and commenced to improve from the first. Occasionally I would have a backset from imprudence. Soon the rheumatism left me, my appetite became all right, and the ulcers, which the doctor said were the most frightful lie had ever seen, began to heal, and by the 1st of October, 1884,1 was a well man again. I am stronger now than I ever was before and weigh more. I have not failed to report for duty since that time, being engaged in the oil warehouse of Chess-Parley Company. I have been and still am doing some of the hard; est work a man ever did, and am ready to answer 'any question that may be asked concerning this case. Swift's Specific has saved mo from an early grave. LKM McCLENDON. Atlanta, Ga., April IS, 1885. hem McLendon has been in the employ of the Chess-Carlcy Company for some years, and I know the above statement to he true. At Ihe time he began taking Swift's Specific he was In a horrible condition, and at my solicitation his treatmentwith 8. S. S. was undertaken by a physician nfter several others had declared his case to he hopelessly incurable. He took nothing but S. 8. 8., and has been as sound as a new dollar for several months. I regard his cure almost miraculous. W. B. Crosby, Manager, Chess-Cnrley Co., Atlanta Division. Atlanta, Ga., April 18, 1885. CAPTION ! Consumers should not confuse our Specific with the numerous Imitations,substitutes, Potash nud Mercury mixtures, which are gotten up to sell, not on their own merit, but on the merit of our remedy. An imitation is always a fraud and a cheat, and find thnv ihrivp oniv n? diev can steal from the article imitated. For sale by jolin'c. Kuykcndul and Lowry & Starr. Treatise nn Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta On. December II 50 ly J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO. ^EW FUR^ITUBE 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 I made to order. Furniture Repaired. Terms reasonable. Our motto is "LIVE AND LET LIVE." J. ED. JEFFERYS <fc COJ September 11 37 tf 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 a fancy price for a piano bearing the name of some old, aristocratic maker?which name is usually the only thing to recommend it?when you can buy one equally as good in every respect for half the money. Correspondence invited, and all informationoheerfullv furnished. Miss ZORAIDA INGOLD, Yorkville, S. C. November 20 47 tf WEST LIBERTY SREEfr~ Vi\Tilrir511/\ T ivQfiV on <1 tfoml Stable I | 1U1 ATlliU 1J1TLIJ unu a vvu N/vwwAvut JUST received a lot of Cincinnati Buggies, Carriages, Jumpseat Phajtons, 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 Plneton, 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 my Livery Stable a No. 1 Queen City HEARSE and a glassfront COACH, which will be furnished for funeral occasions, at short notice and for moderate charges. FEED STABLES. ' vnucviT T.V. T.TV. nave your nurses ieu aituc ?aa-a~.. . ERY AND FEED STABLES, where they will receive the best attention at reasonable prices. F. E. SMITH. April 2.1 17 tf IfoiiSDBY AND Machine Shop. , JL, J- ==^ THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and brass castings, and general machine work. REPAIROO, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend anv 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 thework. EDWARD THOMAS. TOWN TAXES. BY virtue of a resolution of the Town Council of Yorkville, S. C., the BOOKS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TOWN TAXES FOR 18S5. will be opened at the BANK, from AUGUST 1ST, 1885, to the .'list inclusive. All property within the incorporate limits of the town, on the 1ST OF JANUARY, 1885, 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 28 tf CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. OFING COMPANY, i IRO\ ORE PAINT A.nd. Cement. jjHBHW 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. $33r Send for Circular and Price *'Wl 1 List No. 75. K IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, X. C., to Chester, S. taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon,.Sunday, July 19, 1885. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office at Chester. , OOINO SOUTH. I Leave Lenoir, 6.00 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville* <>.20 A. M. Arrive at Lovelady,* 6.30 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,* 8.16 A. M. Arrive at Lincolntou, 8.42 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's* 9.04 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 9.23 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 9.35 A. M. Leave Gastonia at 9.50 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge,* 10.11 A. M. Arrive at C'rowder's Creek,* 10.21 A. M. Arrive at Bowling Green,* 10.35 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 10.52 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville 11.45 A. M. Arrive at Philadelphia,* 12.05 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville,* 12.20 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville,* 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. K Arrive at McConnellsville, 5;25 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.50 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 6.05 P. M. Leave Yorkville 6.13 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.55 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, 9.10 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. j Arrive at Hickory, 11.14 P. M. Leave Hickory at... 11.17 P. M. Arrive at Lovelady, 11.40 P. M. A of TTiulcnnvillo 12.00 P. Af. Arrive at Lenoir, 12.20 A. M. a Flag Station. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. July 23 30 tf "railroad election^ State of South Carolina, York County, ] Office of County Commissioners, Yorkville, S. C., August 3,1885. j "VfOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may il concern, that at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for said County, held on Monday, the 3rd day of August, 1885, upon a proper petition therefor being presented, a resolution was adopted to submit to the qualified voters of CHEROKEE TOWNSHIP, at an election to be held in said Township, at Black's Station and Buffalo, on Saturday the FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1885, tne question of subscribing, bv said township of Cherokee, of the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS to the capital stock of the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, or such other railroad in which the said Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad may be embraced and form a part, in seven per cent. Coupon Bonds, payable twenty-five years after the (late thereof; the funds realized "from said Bonds to be expended exclusively in the construction of said Railroad in said" Township of Cherokee ; Provided that no part of said subscription shall bedelivered, used or expended in the construction of said Railroad, until the said Railroad is built to or through the town of Black's, S. C.,from the North Carolina line. The election shall be by ballot, having written ?, or printed thereon the word, "SUBSCRIPTION" or "NO SUBSCRIPTION," and shall be conducted in every respect according to the law I imtrni'Tiind' croiioro 1 nlnutlnnu ?VJ T V.1 V.VV..V..M. The following persons are appointed Managers for said election: For Black's Precinct?J. H. Crawford, W. B. Sherer, W. S. Byars. For Buffalo Precinct?A. H. Moore, J. G. Webber, W. H. Camp. By order of the Board. JOSEPH N. STEELE, Chairman. James B. Allison, Clerk. August (5 32 5t JOB PRINTING. 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: ? BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet Dill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 100(i 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 k 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, rrom a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. .Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, DON'T DELAY. BUT go and see the 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 gas light. Remember all goods are sold under guarantee 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 ?25.00. 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 MARSHALL HOUSE, Chester, S. C. THE undersigned takes pleasure in informing the people of ChesSl'yfflBBL ter county and the traveling pub' "wi lie that lie has taken charge of the MARSHALL HOUSE, and is now prepared to receive both PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS. The building has just been repainted and put in first rate condition throughout. The table will bo supplied with the best that the local and neighboring markets atford, and no ^ pains will lie spared to insure the comfort of 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. JOHN M. M'XKKIj. J. KILLOUOH HKNRY. McNEEL A HENRY, ATTORNEYS AX LAW. OFFICE WILKES' BUILDING, MAIN STKEET, CHESTER, S. C., Practice in all Courts of the State and United States. Promptness and Fidelity in all Business. October .'10 44 ly J. BEATTY WILLIAMS^ ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C., * WILL practice in the Circuit Court of York county. 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