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Uttmowusi H*partraettt. man who probably hailed from Buffalo played a powerful mean trick on a Detroit bridal coupleat Niagara Falls the other evening. They went to a hotel and registered, had supper, and then started out for a night view or the Mighty Roarer. They had not gone far when a man called to them and said: "Have you just been married ?" "We have," answered the groom. "Going to stay here a day or two ?" "Yes." "Having registered at my hotel, you probably intend to remain there?" "Yes, sir." "Well, I want to say a word to you. I don't want any duck-deary nonsense around my house. I want no popsy-wopsy Dusiness on the veranda. I want no squeezing hands on the balconies or feeding each other at the table." The groom let his arm fall from his bride's waist in a slow and painful manner and the stranger continued : "The first time you call her peaches and cream, or she calls yon her darling, out you go." "Y-es; sir." "She's no sweeter than ten thousand other girls, and you're no more of a darling than I am, and I won't stand love-sick nonsense." He walked away with that, and people at the Falls who knew the bridal couple were amazed to hear thein address each other as Mr. and Mrs., and to see what precautions they took to prevent touching hands' or betraying any symptoms of love. They put in two wretched days, and it was only as they were upon the point of leaving that they discovered how a base villain had duped them. A Successful Scheme.?Two darkies * - * of T^?* nau 10 carry a large uestv. uj mc iiuusc ui * . Blister, who had bought it at a furniture store. When they arrived with the desk he was in and directed them where to put it. The darkies expected to get a quarter apiece at least for their extra trouble, but alas! the doctor did not give them anything at all. He forgot all about their sufferings in carrying the heavy desk up two flights of stairs. They consulted together for a moment in the hall, and then they began to fight and pound each other, calling each other all manner of vile names. No such uproar had been heard since the adjournment of the Legislature. Dr. Blister, hearing the noise, came out and wanted to know what was the cause of the disturbance. "Disheah niggar kep' for hisself de money what you guv him for us bofe, for totin' de desk up de sta'rs," said Sam. "You is a liar. De doctor didn't gib me de money. You got de money and kep' it," retorted Jim. "You are both wrong, boys," said Dr. Blister. "I didn't give either of you anything, but I'll make it all right. Don't fight any more," and taking out his pocket-book he gave them a quarter each. Those who assert that the colored man has no executive ability should ponder over this item.?Terns Siftings. The Unluckirst of Men.?A venerable tramp entered an Austin business house and said to the proprietor : "I am the most unfortunate man in the world; please do something for me." "I don't know who you are," replied the merchant; "you may be an impostor." "Here is a certificate from Parson Jordan, of Galveston, that I am a hard-working, honest man, who has been unfortunate." "A certificate from Parson Jordan, of Galveston?" asked the merchant. "Yes, sir; here it is," replied the mendieant, handing the merchant a paper. The merchant looked at the paper ana said: "Parson Jordan, of Galveston, is my brother. I know his signature very well, and his certificate on that paper is forged." "Just as I expected," whined the mendicant: "I told vou I was the most un fortunate man in the world. Just think of me coming: to the brother of Parson Jordan, of all the people in the town, and showing him that forged certificate when there is not another in Austin who knows his signature."?Texas Si/tings. \ jjgy A gentleman went into a gun store for the purpose of buying a gun. He saw a fine sample of the stock on the show case and attempted to pick it up for examination. The German storekeeper, who saw the movement, shouted: "Mine friend, dots besser you look pooty veil out. Dot gun vas loaded, und vhen he goes off he kicks." The gentleman, thinking to have some fun with the German, replied: "A gun can't kick ; it has no legs." "Vat," said the store-keener. "He don't can kick. Yoost vait. I aells you somedins, und I gif you a leedle inflamations. I vas in der pishness, und I know somethings. A gun don't kick mit its legs. It kichs mit its breeches." S@F "I would like to get a certificate of insanity," said a man to the asylum commissioners. "Whom do you want it for ?" "Myself." "Are you insane?" * "Crazy ?sa chinch." "And you want admittance into the asylum ?" "Yes, sir." "What evidence can you give us of your insanity ?" "Evidence you cannot dispute. I read a three column article on the tariff." "Go to the asylum and tell the keeper. He'll admit you. In positive cases certificates are not necessary." You should learn some trade, my son, said an Austin gentleman to his young hopeful. "Bricklayers are getting $0.50 a day, while lawyers can't afford to ride in the street cars." "Pa, why didn't you learn a trade when you were a boy? " "That is not only a silly, but an impertinent question. I didn't learn a trade when I was a boy out of regard for your feelings. I wanted to give you an opportunity to say that your father was a gentleman." "It can't be helped now," replied the boy moodily, "but I wish you had consulted me, for if we had arranged for you to be the bricklayer I could have been the gentleman myself." 5?T Did your story win the prize V" "No, butit came near winning it. It failed only in one stipulation." "And what was that ?" "It was to have made the editor's hair stand on end." "Oh ! I see. It wasn't exciting enough." "Yes, it was." "Then why didn't it make his hair stand on end ?" "He hadn't any. He was bald-headed." B&F "I wish I was on a desert Island," exclaimed Mrs. A., who had been annoyed by gossiping neighbors; "I wish I was on a desert Island where there wouldn't be anybody to talk about you." "But, my dear," replied Mr. A., "you must remember that there wouldn't be anybody to talk about either." Mrs. A. said she hadn't thought of that, and concluded that a desert island might not be so pleasant after all. BZjp I got a letter from sister Jane to-day," remarked Mrs. Caution to her husband last night. "She wants to know whether I am still in the city this hot weather." "Well, dear," said Mr. Caution, "If you write to her tell her you are not still in the city, and that I have never known you to be so anywhere, for that matter."? Pittsburg Chronicle. BST A school board examiner lately asked the following questions of a little girl. 'What is the plural of man?" "Men." "Very well; and what is the plural of child?" "Twins," immediately replied the little girl. "Do you think I would make a very attractive angel?" said a slim young man, with very large ears, to a young lady. "Well no, she replied, pointing to his immense ears; "I think your wings are a little too high up." While medical students are being harshly condemned for robbing graves, it is forgotten that the students intend to fiil them up again when they go into practice. fgfoctUaimnt* Reading. THE PANAMA CANAL. . ! won KM EX OX THE GREAT HITCH-WAGES HABITATION, FOOD, ETC. There are many contractors working for the Canal Company, says a writer in Harper's Weekly. The Canal Company furnishes all the plant, charging six per cent, interest on its cost. The contractors, it is said, deposited $300,000 as security. The machinery and labor are drawn from many countries. The locomotives are Bel?ian and American, the steam shovels and erricks American, the dumping cars almost exclusively Belgian and French. The large cars hold six cubic meters each ; the small ones, or "push cars," hold half a meter each. The contractors do the work for the com pany under the direct supervision 01 tne engineers of the company, who are distributed among the sections, and report daily to its head office. Mr. Dingier, the director general, visits all sections. Jamaica furnishes nearly three-fourths of the laborers, and nearly all the blacks. The remainder are a very much mixed company. At one canal camp?the Emperador section?no less than eight languages are spoken?English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Chinese and Hindustani. The men are lodged in comfortable barracks furnished by the company. A common laborer gets from $1.25 to $1.50 a day in Colombian currency, of which $1 is worth seventy-eight cents in gold. In his native "Isle of Streams" for harder work the Jamaican laborer would receive all the way from Gd. to Is. Gd. English money, or from 15 to 274 cents. Hence the popularity of the work with the men. The Jamaicans are excellent laborers if properly handled. The firemen and engineers, also Jamaicans, earn from $2 to $5 a day. These negroes are the only laborers who can work in such pestilential climates without imminent risk of being stricken down by malarial disease. The fevers cut off other workmen in hundreds. White laborers disappear like snow before a July sun. The Colon riots, and the feeling of which those riots were a symptom, have sent home nearly 7,000 Jamaicans, men imported at a cost varying from $10 to $15 each. The L'arthagenian, a native Indian, is the natural foe of the peaceful Jamaican. Labor riots have occurred and will occur. In one such riot at Matuchin, in April, 1883, eighteen Jamaicans were killed outright and many were wounded. TheCarthageniau is a bold, bad man, who does fearful cutting with with his native machete, a sword-like knife. This race hatred will be a source of great trouble to the company. The canal company have made a faithful attempt to house their men well, and try and keep them in health. Good barracks and houses are furnished them free of cost. They feed themselves. To provide against the sickness, and very heavy death rate a magnificent system of hospitals has been erected on the Panama side. In the vast hospital city there erected nearly seventy buildings can be counted, all of the highest class, and well adapted to tropical conditions. In short, it is a city in itself, with gas, water, residences, and chapels. The distance from the porters' ledge to the upper wards is over half a mile. Extensive stables permit carriages for the staff surgeons. Pnysicians and Sisters of Charity, aided by a regiment of blacks, take the very best care of the sick. In erecting this vast system of hospitals M. I)e Lesseps has given the world a proof of his knowledge of the "deadly tropics." So far, it is said, over $3,000,000 has been expended on this site alone, and when the writer left Panama new buildings were going up. For this forethought and solicitude for the welfare of his employes M. De Lesseps deserves the warmest praise. He may build the canal, with time and money ; he cannot alter the deadly climate of a country justly called in England the grave of the European. The death rate on the Panama side of the Isthmus before the arrival of new fuel for disease was sixty per 1,000 in some years to eighty in others. The real death rate among canal men is not generally known to the world. Without giving the exact figures?government and consular?in my possession, I may say that it was 100 to 110 per 1,000 last year. With time, with men, with money in fabulous sums, M. De Lesseps can complete the canal; and if it is done in 1898 he will have executed wonders. After four years7 work, and the expenditure of over $91),000,000 gold, but a twentieth is done, admitting the accuracy and fullness of the company7s figures. That such a waterway, if ever completed, will be a valuable possession for mankind, all will admit. That it will ever pay even one per cent, on outlay is very doubtful in the minds of those who have watched and studied the problem, and who are as familiar with the satistics of the world's tonnage as even the sanguine projector of the Panama canal himself. A Profession of Hard Work.?The successful journalist of to-day is the man who can supply any department of his paper were he called upon to do it. This may grate upon the ears of the young man who has cherished such noble ideas of his chosen profession; but when he comes from the realms of fancy to name successful men whose steps he would like to follow he finds it a fact. There is no call for young men, college bred or otherwise, in the editorial room, and a diploma from a (ierman university cannot create a demand. Journalism is a school, and it has a primary department, as well as all other professions, or occupations whose goal is a lofty one. The young man who would make a name in the profession and yet expects to begin and finish writing editorials has a distorted view of the work before him. It is no longer necessary, however desirable, to have "worked up from the case," but the idea of the head of a paper who could not write a "local," correct a "proof," edit rural correspondence, and regulate affairs in any emergency in the composing room may be incomprehensible to the graduate, but it is ridiculous to *;he practical journalist. The only place to master these details is in the office. But there is one subject paramount in which the journalist must be ('quipped, and that is a knowledge of American politics. It needs no argument to show that the field for such training is not abroad. It is at BAinrv Tf Jo i r* nocclnir fhrnnnrVi minooucitm 1IV1I4U? XV to AU Vlitvu^ll OUVVV^t f V campaigns, each one furnishing the close observer of events with knowledge and foresight that shall make his pen a power. We do not decry the polish and generally broadening effect of a year or two abroad. To the young men of leisure and means we would recommend it, but we would warn all such against a false hope of substituting such general culture for the practical newspaper training only to be obtained by long hours and rough experience in the several departments.? Albany Journal. Astonishing Feats of Jugglery.?In Delhi, India, we saw the celebrated basket trick, which is sometimes poorly imitated j by professional magicians in this country. A native produced a basket and a blanket, and after permitting us to see that they contained nothing, inverted the basket on the J ground, and covered it with a blanket. I i We paid no attention to the incantations,! but kept our eyes fixed on the basket and the space around it, resolved that no boy ; should be smuggled into it or out of it with-1 out seeing him. What made the feat still | more wonderful was the fact that the per- j j former stood in a clear space and we could j look down upon him as he proceeded. He ; went through the customary act of thrustI ?' 1 ^l. M/Iur.l. f KA t i/iAO Af f hn : I nig a ovYUiu uuua^u un.- uuviouwo \jl WIV? ; basket, when the cries of a boy were heard as if in mortal pain, issuing from the basket.! Turning it over there was a boy within, i apparently unhurt and seemingly enjoying I the fun. ltestoring the basket, with the j blanket over it, to its former position, with the boy underneath it, the juggler went through with some incantations, and then running his sword under the basket, tossed | it away from him. Turning over the bas- j j ket no boy was to be seen. So far as any-! thing could be observed, there was 1101 possible place in which the little fellow could be concealed. Another feat, quite as j astonishing, we saw performed in the streets of Constantinople. An itinerant ma- j gician showed us a cane which had the appearance of being wood and very knotty. 1 This he tossed into the air as high as he could, and when it struck the ground it took ] the form of a live serpent, with blazing j 1 eyes and rapid movements. It looked like I a dangerous specimen, and one which no man in his senses would like to approach. Catching up this monster, the fellow coiled it around his neck and fondled it while it writhed and exhibited the most venomons qualities. Throwing it high up into the air, it fell to the ground the same cane which we had handled at our ease. THE PAMPAS. The peculiarities of these vast plains, which descend from the Andes to the great i river basin in unbroken monotony, are the absence of riyers or water stotage, and the periodical occurence of droughts, or "siccos," in the summer months. These conditions determine the singular character of its flora and fauna. The soil is naturally fertile and favoroble for the growth of trees, and they grow luxuriantly whenever they are protected. The eucalyptus is covering large tracts wherever it is enclosed, and willows, poplars and the fig surround every estancia when fenced in. The open plains are covered with droves of horses and cattle, and overrun by numberless wild rodents, the original tenents of the pampas. During the long periods of drought which are so great a scourge to the country, these animals are starved by thousands, destroying, in their efforts to live, every vestige of vegetation. In one of these droughts, at the time of my visit, no less than fifty thousand head of oxeu and sheep and horses perished from starvation and thirst, after tearing deep out of the soil every trace of vegetation, including the wiry roots of the pampas grass. Under such circumstances the existence of an unprotected tree is impossible. The only plants that hold their own, in addition to the indestructible fthistles, grasses and clover, are a little herbaceous oxalis, producing viviparious buds of extraordinary vitality, a few poisonous species, such as hemlock, a few tough, thorny, dwarf acacias and wiry rushes, which even a starving rat refuses. Although the cattle are a modern introduction, the numberless indigenous rodents must always have effectually prevented the introduction of any other species of plants; large tracts are still honeycoined bv the ubiquitous biscacho, a gigan tic rabbit and numerous other rodents still exist, excluding rats and mice, pampas hares and the great nutria and carpincho on the river banks. That the dearth of plants is not due to the unsuitability of the subtropical species of the zones cannot hold good with respect to the fertile valleys of the Andes beyond Menzona, where a magnificent hardy flora is found. Morever, the extensve introducing of Enropean plants which has taken throughout the country has added nothing to the botany of the pampas beyond a few species that are unassailable by cattle, such as the two species of thistles that are invading large districts in spite of their constant destruction by the fires which always accompany the siccos. The Liquor Laws of All the States. A special effort was made to obtain a statement of the methods adopted in the several States and Territories of the Union in dealing with the liquor question, and answers were received from the several secretaries of State as follows: Ironclad prohibition States with constitutional provision against the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors : Vermont, Maine, Iowa, and Kansas?4. Prohibition State, but no constitutional provision : New Hampshire?1. States in which prohibition has been tried, but either for lack of success or change in public sentiment, changed to milder methods: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin?o. States and Territories having general and stringent license or "local option" laws: Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota and Washington?11. States allowing "local option" by special act of the legislature: North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi?4. States and Territories having no general laws and where no special attention has been ? Tamoait Afo * !?_ given iu me suuject; iiciv ociscj, land, Virginia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Nevada, Colorada, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah?14. States and Territories from which we have been unable to obtain replies : Florida, Texas, Tennessee, California, Oregon, Idaho and Utah?7. Total 4G. The unique position occupied by Ohio compelled us to classify this State as we have, though it can hardly be said that no special attention has been paid to the subject of temperance in Ohio, especially of late years.?Philadelphia Press. ? ? ? Strong Drink Makes Weak.?Strong drink is, in a sense, the weakest of all drinks in its fruits, and the most prodigal also of that which is not only the strength but the glory of man. It enfeebles his body and hurls the mind from the loftiest and most brilliant eminence, and lays it prostrate in the dust of inert imbecility or driveling idiotism. It squanders the money, and leaves families in .squalor and discomfort who would otherwise be well clothed and happy. The landlord's pleasant greeting is hollowness itself, rendered even more hollow still by the mercenary inspiration which prompts it. We do not light fires for the herring's comfort, but to roast him. "But, doctor, I must have some kind of a stimulant," cried the invalid, earnestly. "I am weak and it strengthens me. I am cold, and it warms me." "Precisely," came the old doctor's truthful answer. "See here; this stick is cold," taking up a stick of wood from the hearth beside the bed and tossing it into the fire? "now it is warm. But is the stick benefited ?" The sick man watched the wood first send out little puffs of smoke and then burst into flame, and replied : "Of course not; it is burning itself." "And so are you when you warm yourself with alcohol. You are literally burning up the delicate tissues of your stomach and brain. Every time you are taking it to give you strength, you are becoming weak. And the stronger the liquor is, the weaker it makes the drinker." Uniform Gauge for Railways.?It is a very yopular impression that all of the Southern railroads are a uniform gauge of rive feet, and that all Northern railroads are fixed at the "Ohio" gauge, four feet eight and a half inches. Formerly all Southern roads were five feet, but first the Illinois Central, then the Iron Mountain "narrowed up," the first to the Ohio gauge of four feet eight and a half inches, the other to four feet nine. All the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its Western system, including the Fort Wayne, PanHandle and Little Miami, are four feet nine. There are a few scattered roads maintaining a gauge of four feet eight and a quarter, and occasionally one of four feet eight and threequarters. Next summer all of the main lines in ihe South, headed by the Louisville and Nashville and the Cincinnati Southern, will change to four feet nine. The matter is now in the hands of a committee of the Southern Association, but, while that committee has not reported, enough is known now to say that the change has been determined on, aud that it will occur next summer, probably in June or July. By unison of action it is believed the movement will be much more economical than the changes made in the past. The plan goes to the division of the cost of extra tools and i the employment of extra labor, one road or system being changed first, the tools and extra employees will be transferred to the next, and soon until all the roads, parties to the agreement have been changed.?Cincinnati Enquirer. A Few Cheeking Words for Mother.?Dear good mother has been reading the stories for the children, and now she wants a few cheering words lor herself. When evening comes, how often we hear the mother say, "Oh, I am so tired, and yet I have accomplished nothing to-day !| The children take all my time; there is al- j ways something to be done for them." j Tired, faithful mother, instead of accom-; plishing nothing, you have accomplished a j great deal of good work. There is a record of your day's work j kept in the upper courts of the king of all j earth. If you could see it you would find recorded little acts of love and patience which you never thought worth while to mention and scarcely remember. Very near to the comforter are the tired mothers. He sees all their self-sacrifices, all their patient suffering. When they feel their weakness, He giveth them strength. Don't he discouraged or disheartened, good mothers; you have the most important office of trust given to mortals. Faithfulness brings its own reward. By and by the little ones will grow up to be men and women. They will rise up and call you blessed. The fruit of your good teachings and example will be seen in them. The children will never forget their loving, patient mother, and the memories of their home life with you will be the sweetest and dearest of all their childhood.?Ex. A Right View.?We have had occasion to remark more than once, says the Wilmington &'far, upon the malignant assaults made from day to day upon ex-President Davis. He is held up in false colors, is slandered, everything he says is perverted, and the Republican, and, for all that, some Democratic papers also, seem never so happy as when abusing and burlesquing the gentleman who was chosen to be at the head of the Confederate government. He never sinned any more than Alexander Stephens, Joseph E. Johnston, Longstreet and others. iie was not me auinor 01 secessiuu, anu u his voice could have been heard there would have been no war. We are gratified to find one Republican paper just and manly enough to take a proper view. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph says: We have always herd that the delensive attitude which the Southern people assume when Jefferson Davis is attacked is honorable to them. Davis, at his worst, was and is no worse than other men prominently connected with the rebellion ; and yet, mainly because he was President of the Confederacy, he has been a particular object of Northern animosities. Those who with him participated in the rebellion have for their part contended that his fault, if fault there was, was their fault, and that they would not countenance having him made a scape goat. A Big Little War.?The New York Sun has the following: "Exactly ten years ago the Dutch government began a war at Acheen, in the north of Sumatra, which has continued without interruption down to last month. The forces of Holland have been perpetually engaged, mostly around the town of Acheen, but occasionally elsewhere i n northern Su matra. The war has weighed down the Dutch East Indies, the national budget of which has shown an annual deficit of from 9,000,00(1 to 15,000,000 of florins, caused mainty by it. An army of about 20,000 men has had to be maintained, fighting almost under the equator, by constant drafts from Java and ultimately from home. The result of efforts of such magnitude continued over ten years has been nothing. The Acheenese are still in arms and unsubdued. By constant fighting they have been clear? ----A C ^ ~ ~ ^ 4>? nnMAMA tV> 1 1QC? ell Dill III H space 111 bWCMty 34UU1C umco around the port of Acheen. This the Dutch will continue to hold by means of redoubts and a large force. The blockade of the other ports has been raised; two of them only, Oleleh and Pedis are retained by a force said to number 5,500 men. The rest of the Dutch forces are to be withdrawn, and the war is at an end until the Sultan likes to resume his attacks on the fort." lite f orhrillr inquirer. TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 8 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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To the Defendants above named : T7"OU are hereby summoned and required to X answer the Complaint in this action, which !" U 4:1^1 !?> Ko nflfioo of fho /'Inrlr C\f flip IM JLitJI tJ W 11>11 illUU ill in\j viiiw u* viiv -v/*v* ? v? ? Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the' subscriber, at his ollice in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated August 26th, A. D., 1883. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorney. [L. S.] Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. P. Notice to Absent Defendants:?To the Defendants Sarah E. Robinson, William Robinson, John R. Robinson, Sallie Robinson, Dynzis Robinson, and Daniel B. Robinson : Please take notice that the Summons and Complaint in this action were tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at York Court House, South Carolina, on Wednesday, the 26th of August, A. I). 1885. * C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorney. August 27 33 (it "TO THE CAROLINA STOVE TRADE. I RESPECTFULLY inform Stove Buyers all over the Stale that I carry in stock, all the time, 300 to 400 Cooking and Heating Stoves, And can fill orders promptly. COOKING STOVES FROM $8.00 UP. Warranted to give satisfaction. Best Box Heating Stoves from $2.50 Up. The goods are bought from parties who sell large jobbing trade only, and challenge a comparison of quality and prices of Stoves with any market North, South, East or West. TJ3" Write for circulars giving prices and a full description of Goods, and SAVE MONEY. I am very anxious to get a sample Stove sold in everv neighborhood in the State. TERMS CASH ON DELIVERY. I refer by permission to the editor of this paper. J. D. KATTERREK, Chester, S. C. July .'50 31 izm THE .STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. WHEREAS JOHN 1). McCONNELL has applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular the poods and chattels, rights and credits of REUBEN McCONNELL, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to he and appear before me, at our next Probate Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House on the UTII DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. 1)., 1883, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granterl. Given under my hand and seal, this 22nd day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and in the 110th year of American Independence. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS. Judge of Probate. Angus 27 33 2t JOHN m. m'nkkl. j. Kir.lough hknry. McNEEL A HENRY, ATTORNEYS ALT LAW. OFFICE WILKES' HOLDING, MAIN STREET, CHESTER, S. C? 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The Dictionary is neatly and substantially bound, contains 634 pages and is printed in clear, legible type. It will be delivered free of postage to all subscribers to the Enquirer under the above oilers on receipt of the amount of subscription. A specimen copy of the book can be seen at this office, on application. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkvillc, S. C. May 14 20 tf The Howe Machine Company's LIGHT RUNNING, HIGH ARM, " New Howe " WHICH IS THE BEST CCUJIUO MAOUIMr ObTVIIlU mnwa EVER MADE. I CALL special attention to the following features : The NEW HOWE is a new macnine throughout, (littering in every point from the machines heretofore manufactured by the company. The needle is self-setting. It has the most room under the arm; the perfect Howe stitch; no holes to thread, except the needle; the easiest shuttle to thread ; the most perfect take up ; the loose balance-wheel; the largest bobbin ; absolutely no vibration; the most perfect tension. It is the lightest running; noiseless, and the most pleasing in appearance. Prices within the reach of all. Call and get a descriptive circular, and see the machine, which is always on exhibition at inv Photographic Gallery. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would inform the public that I am yet making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the best style of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORR. FOUNDRY AND Machine Shop. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on ..Voitvdry Ills lOI Oil IVIII^ S .HUU11KI1II .Jn wv., u ? W .... AND MACHINE SHOP, in ivhieh 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 011 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 any call for repairing stationary engines, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash 011 completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. THE SIATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. WHEREAS T. G. C'ULP has applied tome for Letters of Administration 011 all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of WESTLEY G. GRAHAM, lateofthecounty aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Judge of Probate's Court for York county, to he holdenat York Court House, 011 FRIDAY, thcllTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. I)., 1885, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to shew cause, if any, why the j said Administration should not be granted/ Given under my hand and seal, this 25th day of ; August, in the year of our Lord one thou- 1 sand eight hundred and eightv-tive, and in J the 110th year of the Independence of theUni- j ted States of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, | Judge of Probate. August 27 55 2t THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Varli I'nniifv. WHKRKAS FRANK H. BROWN has applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of HENCE WALLACE, late of the county aforesaid, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the ; said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our ; next Probate Court for the said county, to be j holdeti at York Court House on the 11TH DAY 1 OF SEPTEMBER, 1885,at 11 o'clock A. M., to 1 shew cause, if any, why thesaid Administration j should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 19th day ofi August, in the year of our Lord one thousand | eight hundred and eighty-tive, and in the 110th vear of the Independence of the United States bf America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, Probate Judge of York County. I August 27 2t' GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, jgrajfffl FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 01 May 10 Si Si SI Tn<lig*o?tioii Cured! I suffered more than five years with indigestion, scarcely able to retain tlie simplest food on my stomach. The burning sensation was almost intolerable, and niv whole system was deranged. I was wakeful and could not sleep, and consequently more or less nervous all the time. I declined in liesh and suffered all the usual depression attendant upon -this terrible disease. In a word, I was miserable. At last failing to find relief in anything else, I commenced the use of Swift's Specific. I began to improve at once. The medicine toned up the stomach and strengthened the digestive organs, and soon all the burning ceased, and I could retain food without difficulty. I most eheerfulty bear this testimony, because there are hundreds' suffering as I was, "and I am sure they can be as readily healed. Take the prescribed dose after eating" instead of before. JAMES MANN, No. 14 Ivv St. Atlanta fia., May 13, 188o. Free Front Malaria. In the fall of 1884 I was taken with a case of malarial fever which prostrated me both in body and mind. I was drugged after the old fashion with mercury and other mineral mixtures, but with no good results. My health was shattered and my energy gone. My legs and feet would swell and I had* what everybody thought was dropsy. These symptoms alarmed me and I was ready to grasp at any remedy suggested. A friend advised me to try*Swift's Specific. I procured three bottles and commenced its use. The swelling soon subsided, I have taken the Mirco hnrtlnu which mndft a nerfect Clire. and I feci like a new man to-day. There never was a more meritorious medicine offered to suffering humanity. It has wrought wonders for me. Willis Jones. Leesburg, Lee county, Oa., March 11, 1885. For sale by John C. Kuvkendal and Lowry it Starr Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. December 19 50 ly J ED. JEFFERYS & CO. 3fEW FFRNTITrRE 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 & COJ September 11 37 tf BUY THHE^ST. mwlni-uirrnorl hna IsiL-un tlm ni'PIiev for tllO ' 1 'saleo'ftheTHOMPSONPIANoVone of the best instruments in the market, and also for the sale of the ORGANS manufactured by the Great Western Organ Company. The Pianos I represent are in different styles, both square and upright, full 7J octaves, and besides having all the modern improvements of the best makers, with highly ornamented case and superior finish throughout, have also three strings in the treble, and are thus nearly equal in tone and power to the Concert Grand. I represent ten styles of Organs, and can suit any purchaser as to quality and price. If you contemplate the purchase of an instrumenteither Piano or Organ?do not buy until you confer with me. I can suit you with either instrument and will make prices satisfactory. Every instrument fully warranted by the 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 information cheerfully furnished. Miss ZORAIDA INGOLD, Yorkville, S. C. November 20 47 tf WEST LIBERTY SHEET Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. JUST received a lot of Cincinnati Buggies, Carriages, Jumpseat Plnetons, 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 runningorder, 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. Have your horses fed at the YORKVILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, where they will re- . ceive the best attention at reasonable prices. F. E. SMITH. April 23 17 tf AGRICULTURAL HALL IS being supplied with Reaping and Threshing Machinery, such as Buckeye Self-Binder on Trucks, can thus be hauled on the road or from field to field without taking it apart. Buckeye Table Bake Reaper. Canton one wheel light Reaper. Sweepstakes and Miller new model Threshers. Wheeler and Melick double vibrator Thresher. Cardwell Separators. Agricultural Engines on wheels, all sizes, 4, 5, 6 andS-horse power. 300 feet 4 inch Rubber Belting. ' 300 feet 5 inch Rubber Belting. 300 feet 0 inch Rubber Belting. Lace Leather, in strips, ready for use. Babbitt Metal. All sizes of Machine Bolts. A large assortment of Sash, Doors and Blinds. I also have the Iron Age Cultivator?a new and complete utensil to cultivate cotton. It is adjustible so as to be made to suit any width of row. Call and inspect it. T. S. JEFFERYS. 1 MARSHALL HOUSEj Chester, S. C. v\ THE undersigned takes pleasure ] iof01"'"'"# the people of ObesHMffiSt ter county and the traveling pubfair on ehartrA nf flip I 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 ( pains will be spared to insure the comfort of guests. j 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. CHATTEL MORTGAGES^ MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFTCE. 3FING COMPANY, v IRON ORE PAINT BZSfififc. And Cement. % 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. wffr/"iSEy 23f~ Send for Circular and Price ^ 'j List No. 75. i1 IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 *y 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 otiice at Chester. GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir, 0.00 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville* O.-JO A. M. Arrive at Lovelady,* 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 7.63 A. M. Arrive at Maiden,* 8.16 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.42 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's9 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,9 10.11 A. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek,9 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,9 12.05 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville.* 12.20 P. M. Arrive at McConncllsville,* 12.35 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville,* 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 McConnellsville, 5.25 P. M. V 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,? 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, 0.10 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 0.37 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 10.15 P. M. Leave Newton, 10.40 P. M. Arrive at 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. Arrive at Hudsonville, 12.00 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 12.20 A. M. w * Flag Station. G. R. TALC'OTT, Superintendent. July 23 30 tf MOTHERS' FRIEND! Xn Mnro TWrnn ' ! This invaluable prepUU 1U01T5 lcilUi . arjltion is truly a trivr i* umph of scientific skill, No More Pain ! and no more inestimable benefit was ever bestow\t ir n . ed on the mothers of the No More Danger ! worid. It not only shortTo ens the time of labor and lessens the intensity of Mother or Child. the danger to life of both mother and child, and leaves the mother in a tUUUIllUU Ittf VI_ , ? able to speedy recovery, The Dread of and far less liable to Hooding, convulsions, Motherhood ""<1 other alarming symptoms incident to Transformed to lingering and painful labor. Its truly wonderful efficacy in this respectentitles'the Mothkr's Friend to be rankand ied as one ofthe life-sav ingappliances given to the world by the discov| m lories of modern science. From the nature of the case it will of course , jbe understood t|iat we I cannot publish certificates concerning this Safety and Ease P^aSyTthe I writers." Yet we have hundreds ot such testi TO jmonials on file, and no mother who has once used it will ever again Suffering Woman.;without it in her time p I of trouble. A prominent physician lately remarked to the proprietor, that if it were admissible to make public the letters we receive, thev"Mothers' Friend would out-sell anything on the market. I most earnestly entreat every female expecting to be confined, to' use .Mothers'' Relief. Coupled , with this entreaty I will add that during a long established practice (forty-four years), I have * never known it to fail to produce a safe and quick delivery. H. J. HOLMES, M. D., Atlanta, Ga. Send for our Treatise on "Health and Happiness of Woman," mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR COMPANY, Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. For sale by Dr. J. C. Kuvkendal, LowryAStarr and May & May. ____________ OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our ofiice, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently 'made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which ' we invite the attention of business men: BILL HEADS. For 500 For 100v Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $<5.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same priceof sixth-sheet oill heads. We will fill an order for hill heads. giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, 32.15 $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 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 $1.50. * 1 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. 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. lur v^*).ynr, WATCH REPAIRING receives my personal ittention. Satisfaction guaranteed at moderate prices. Orders bvmail promptly attended to. Respectfully, E.*C. STAHN, Chester, S. C. November 27 41 ly IIOISE AM) LOT FOR SALE. 1 THE undersigned oilers for sale, A ^ie *n Yorkville, known as the fli lffEL "MEEK PLACE." It is situated HC near the Methodist Church, and eontaius 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 48 tf J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, attorney at law, Yorkville, S. C., * WILL practice in the Circuit Court of York county. Prompt attention given to collections. January 1.1 3 ly* \