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tumorous flq)?Mmfnt. She Wile Dust.?He had a back load of feather dusters as he rang the door bell on Montcalm street yesterday, and when a woman opened the door about two inches and said that nothing was wanted he inquired : "Madam will you kindly inform me who lives next door?" "Next door?" she queried, coming out on the step. "Why it's a new family, and I don't remember the name." "Lady puts on a good deal of stvle, doesn't she?" "Rather." "I thought so. That's the way with those sort of people; they put it all on their backs. I asked her if she didn't want a duster to dust off her upholstered furniture and bricka-brack, and she slammed the door in my J! J-H L AM.. ??AI1 onn mce. one uiuu i nave nuj iu uusi, ;uu otv. People who have plush furniture and articles of virtue and taste always want my goods. Pleasant day, madam." "Y-e-s. What did you say the price was ?" "Seventy-five cents, madam, and the woman next door is peering through the parlor blinds at us." "Is she: Well, I'll take one, and if there should be any other invention to dust brick-a-brack and oil paintings you might call around. You may also bring me a box of polish for my silverware."?Detroit Free Press . The Grocer's New Boy.?A Michigan avenue grocer took on a new boy the other day, and when it came noon he catechised the lad as to the price of butter, sugar, eggs, clothes-piD? and other articles which might be called for and went home to dinner feeling that the boy was all right. When he returned, after an hour, he missed a barrel of flour and asked what had become of it. "Sold it!" was the proud reply. "For cash ?" "No; the man said he had an account here." "The dead-beat! He took advantage of you!" "Oh, no, he didn't. He said he couldn't wait for us to deliver it, and he rolled it out the back way and went after a wagon to take it off. Oh, no?he didn't beat us any." "But the flour is gone." "Yes, but while this fellow was after a wagon another man came along and stole the barrel and got away with it! I'd like to see anybody take advantage of me!"? Free Preas. "By Jove, now, don't you know the boys in this country are cool," said the Earl of Linsdale, who is now visiting Arkansaw. "Why, the other day I was out here in the hills, an' seeing a boy chopping wood I approached, sat down on a stone and began a conversation." "'How long have you been living here, sonny?' " 'Ever since I was born.' " 'How old are you ?' " 'I'm the youngest in the family, 'cept Dick, an' he's dead.' " 'Are there many rattlesnakes in this neighborhood ?' " 'Wall, er few.' " 'I'd like to see one?' " 'Wall, jes' look thar behind yer,' and, by Jove, looking around I saw a bloody rep tile, just ready to fasten his teeth in me. Oh, the boys here are cool, don't you know." Probably Mistaken.?He looked rather foolish as he halted a policeman in front of the City Hall to ask: "Been any snow here lately?" "Snow? Why I haven't seen any since about the 3rd of April." "And, of course, no sleighing." "Of course not." "Well, I don't know. I just heard a man - on the car say that it looked now as if the sleighing would soon be gone and 1 couldn't exactly make out what he meant. He might have been color-blind." "Yes." "Or more likely he was mistaken in thinking that the snow hung on. Rather odd, though, as I sat right in front of him with a straw hat on and the dust was flying in clouds." Matrimonial Infelicity.?It is generally understood in Austin that Colonel Yerger and Mrs. Yerger fight like cats and dogs. They recently gave a reception, to which Tom Anjerry and Bill Yard, two Texan university students, were invited. "Who is that little dude with an eye-glass to whom Colonel and Mrs. Yerger are talking so pleasantly," asked Tom. "He is an artist from Boston who is going to paint them on one picture," replied Bill. "Is?is he a painter of battle pieces?" "I don't know. I believe he is going to paint them in oil." "Paint them in oil! What foolishness. He ought to paint them in vinegar."?Sifting*. Not Exactly a Guarantee.?IsaacsMine frent, dot vits you shust like der skin on der sausage. De Jones?Yes, it fits fairly well; but is it good goods ? Isaacs?Goot goots! So hellup me, dot vos der finest piece of goots on der market. De Jones?Do you warrant it? Isaacs?Varrant it! Yell, no; but, mine frent, if dot goots ain't goot, shust you bring it back und ve'll make it goot for not'ing.? Chicago Rambler. fig?* During one of Gen. Johnson's retreats, two members of Fenner's New Orleans Battery were discussing the general and his military qualities, when one of them remarked : "I wish the general was dead and in heaven. I think it would be a god-send to the Confederacy." "Why, my dear fellow," said the other, "if the general were near the gates of heaven and invited in, he'd fall back." ??? + ?? A certain divine, who had wandered in the course ot his travels beyond the conveniences of the railroad, was obliged to take to a horse. Being unaccustomed to riding, he said to his host: "I hope you are not so unregenerate in these parts that you would give me a horse that would throw a good Presbyterian minister!" "Well, I dunno," was the reply, "we believe in spreading the gospel V?Independent. Finks?"Thanks, old boy. Glad to hear you say I am looking better. I feel better, too. You see I am on my summer vacation." Winks?"Vacation?in the city?" Finks?"Of course." Winks?"Well, well, when I want a vacation I go to the seashore." Finks?"But you are not married. When I want a vacation I send my wife there." A Busy Woman.?"You are kept pretty busy nowadays," remarked a stranger to Mrs. Simmons, whose husband has a ranch on Union creek. "Yes, hardly get time to turn around. There is always something to keep one busy. "If it ain't the cows, it's the sheep, if it ain't the sheep, it's the pigs, and if it ain't the pigs, it's the children." A young lady up town has hair so long that it sweeps the floor, but the young lady is not at all like her hair. Ibc Mler. HER FAIR, FALSE FACET It all comes back to me now, the utter misery and despair that came to me when I knew my darling was false to me?false to every vow. When I think even now of that one great sorrow of my life, and of the woe most bitter the woman I loved brought to me?the woman whose false love made me what I am to-day, master of the stateliest home, owner of countless wealth, but alas wifeless and childless?a lonely, gloomy man. I tell you my story, and the story of others as well : but I must tell vou it in my own way, so I will begin at the beginning: I was only twenly-five when I first met Arelie Cameron, and she was then a beautiful girl of eighteen?a simple, gentle girl, I believed, who knew nothing of vanity or ambition, or anything that women of the world hold dear. I was naturally romantic, and like the "Lord of Kosua," my greatest ambition was to be loved for myself alone; not that I had very much to tempt a woman with, but I was the youngest son of a wealthy family, and my mother's fortune?a considerable sum?became mine at her death. I never told Arelie Cameron this; I let her think me a struggling lawyer and as such I wooed and won her. I made her my wife, and took her to a rose embowered cottage, and our honeymoon was to me adream of delight; and if any dissatisfaction was felt by Arelie she never gave the slightest sign of it to me; but I know now that a tempestof passion and bitterness was rising within her toward me, and why ? Because another had fallen in love with her KS-vaAil ofA mhnm tho npv'Ar UCaUCHUl J?VC aiiuiiici IV n nvu? wnv *<v t v mentioned me nor her own marriage. This I learned afterward, and more than this?for I learned of stolen meetings by moonlight, of kisses and caresses between my wife and her lover. I believed I had tested her love enough, and I went away for a few days; my intention being to tell my people of my marriage. I did so and received their assurance of a welcome for my beautiful wife; and then, with high-beating heart, and pulses thrilling as I pictured how the glad light would leap to Arelie's eyes when we met, pictured her delight at the costly dresses and jewels I had ordered, her childlike astonishment at the beauty and elegance of the new home to which I would bring her. It was June; the red roses bloomed fragrant as they twined around the columns of the rustic veranda and mixed their rich perfume with the faint odor of hyacinth and mignonette. I almost ran up the garden path in my eagerness to clasp my darling to ray heart. No thought came to me then, as I stood at the door with sunshine around me, of the horror that awaited me when it would open. Almost impatiently I rang the bell for the second time, and glanced at the windows to see if my darling's face was smiling down upon me. Perhaps she had seen me and was coming to the door herself. But no; the footstep was slow and heavy?slow and heavy even for Jane, I thought. Jane was an old servant in my father's family, whom I brought to the cottage, bidding her keep my secret for a while. As she opened the door something in her face which was very pale, I noticed, struck a chill to my Kno "What is it, Jane?" I inquired anxiously. "Is your mistress ill?" What is the matter Jane ? For God's sake, speak !" I went to pass her, but she caught my arm and burst into tears. "0 Master Guy! Master Guy!" she cried. "She has?gone without a word to me; >but she left this for you." Her hand trembled as she drew out the note bearing my name. Poor old soul! she more than suspected the fatal truth. Mechanically I opened the letter; but not even at the first reading did I realize what had befallen me. The woman I worshipped, the wife I adored, had fled from her home to another! The words of the note almost stunned me. A woman I believed pure as a lily had penned them, and the thought that I could have loved a woman capable of writing them, made my soul sick. She wrote: "T moflo ? fnnl nf invcolf u'hpn T hpptimp A U.UUV (V ?VV/? V. IMJWVit " "V. * your wife. I would never have done so, only I thought you were making believe poverty, for I had heard a hint of things you had done before you met me that did not speak for lack of gold ; but I find now, too late, however, for my satisfaction, that you are really no more nor less than what I believed was only pretence, and so I have left you. I cannot say much more than that I never loved you, and that I worship the lover with whom I have fled, and he can give me wealth and position, for he does not dream I am a wife. It is not likely you will seek me. I know you too well for that. 80?au reroir, I was going to say, but remembering that means till we meet again, which I hope from the bottom of my soul we never shall, 1 say instead, goodbye." I rushed up the stairs, but there was very little sign of confusion or disorder there. It must have been well meditated 011, and 110 sudden decision come to. Ah, Heaven ! she has gone calmly, almost systematically, about her elopement. I sat down stunned for the time being. I had loved her, and my love died hard. ()ne moment I felt I must seek her?I could not live without her?the next I scorned the thought, angry at myself for its entering my mind. One instant I would follow her and reclaim her?bring, her back to the path from which she had strayed?the next I loathed the thought of her. The night passed on, and still I wrestled with my agony; the midnight bells rang out, and still I sat gazing into darkness. Later still, Jane brought me a cup of chocolate, which I drained mechanically without a word. When the morning dawned I still sat in the one chair where all night I had reviewed my dishonor. I rang the bell and Jane came in. "Oh, Master Guy, do not take it so hard!" In that moment her humble sympathy was more bearable than that of an equal would have been, for as she spoke the tears filled her kindly eyes. "I will unrvi vo it lunp " "Yes, yes, my boy. Along with your mother's name you have her strength." "She has dishonored a proud name Jane. I feel worse than had I borne my father's." When I had inherited my mother's money I had to take her family name as mine, and it was a prouder name even than my father's. So while my brother was Vernon Fleming, I was Guy Howard. "I am going away, Jane," I said ; "but j you are to keep this place, and if my?if your mistress comes back, remember she is your mistress still, and that this place is hers. I will send you money to keep everything as it is, and if I ever return I will come here. Keep silent concerning everything, and?good-bye." The next day I sailed for the new world, intending to remain for some time. I had only been out one short month when a letter came from home?an imperative summons to return. It contained the news of Vernon's marriage to a beautiful dark-eyed woman whom none of them had known or ever heard of before?an absolute stranger, in fact; and along with this were the tidings ; that uiy father lay at the point of death? the doctors had given him up. At my father's death my brother would inherit all the vast estates of the Flemings. For they were strictly entailed. I went back again, perfectly ambition1 less, for every hope of my life had fled with i Arelie's falseness?went back to what? It seems foolish, after all, to open old j sores, but the memory of that home-comi ing is back with me now, even stronger | than the memory of the horrors which fol| lowed. Therefore I must tell it. I went first to see my father. He was | propped up with pillows in the bed, his face i ghastly. Ah, yes; death had most surely placed his hand upon him. He looked at me with eyes in which a strange luster gleamed. A cry broke from my lips. That glare, that strange twitching of the muscles, I had seen once before in India. My father had been poisoned by one of the most subtle drugs known science?its effect, indeed, almost unknown save by some one who had seen another die with it. My heart grew cold with horror?horror unspeakable! But why was it my thoughts reverted to the beautiful wife of my brother ? "My God !" I cried, "am I too late to save him?" I knew the antidote; but was it too late to use it? Scarcely heeding the questions asked, I went and got the antidote, which if he were not too far gone, would save him. As I came up the avenue again, my thoughts full of my father, a lady came along the shady path below; a tall graceful woman, I saw at a glance, with something strangely familiar about her carriage. She came out from the dense shadow, and as she did so my brother overtook me, and his eyes fell on the lady as well, who at that i moment stepped into the sunshine. "That is my wife, Guy," he said. "Is she not beautiful enough to make pardonable my mesalliance, as they call it?" Beautiful enough! Ah, heavens! Yes, for that moment I saw the perfect features, the crown of wavy hair, the crimson curving lips of the woman I had loved. The dark eyes of my false wife were looking into mine. A sharp cry left my lips. My eyes did J not deceive me. Clad in silken robes and costly lace, Arelie stood before me. Stood ' before me only for a moment, and then I saw her lips grow white, her face grow pallid, heard the low, frightened cry, saw the passionate, pleading look; the next moment she had fallen at our our feet. My brother looked at me. "You have frightened her, Guy, by the way you looked at her. I think you must be crazy. You did not seem to know what you were doing." He lifted Arelie in his arms and carried her to the house, while I followed, almost J doubting the whole occurrence. First I went to my father's room and gave him the drops I had gone for, then I went down to the library to seek Vernon and tell him Arelie's story; and I entered by the side door, and came face to face with Arelie, who held an open letter in her hand. "Whatdoyou intend to do?" she said, the paper dropping from her fingers, which I saw at a glance was my fathers's will, for he owned other wealth besides the entailed estate. At this instant a servant entered, and Arelie stole away without hearing my answer. I left the library then as well, and j went out into the grounds, walking up and | down in deep thought, when the sweep of ! a dress told me some one was near, and I j turned to meet her again. "You will spare me, Guy ? You will not ! betray me?" she cried, clasping my arm. I shook her off. J "Do you think I would be a party to your . nil T __l 1 TJ..4. ?*:il T ol.-r.nl- ft.r\m CT1 Hie !" 1 llSKtJU. r?Ul anil 1 giliaim Itum ' telling Vernon, for he was a perfect devil | when his temper was roused. "Meet me ; here to-morrow night," I said, "and I will 1 give you my decision; but Arelie, dare to I attempt my father's life again, and as sure ! as there is a God above me, I will hand you i over to the law! Oh woman! could you not wait for wealth and position a few short ! years?" i I did not dream that at this moment a i pair of eyes?Vernon's eyes, dark with sydden-born jealous rage?were fixed upon us; but Arelie must have seen them. .She pushed me back. "You must not tempt me to leave my husband, Guy Howard!" she cried. "Vernou, where are you, to save ine from this man ?" "You would steal my wife from me, you scoundrel!" I heard Vernon's voice cry, as he leaped forward beside us "but I will send a bullet through your cowardly heart." I saw a pistol gleam in the air. I felt a sharp, sudden pain in my side, then as I fell I I thought I heard a woman's scream, and I the second report of a pistol, and I remem| bered no more. When I a awoke to consciousness I was what I am now?the lonely master of this vast estate, for I had been too late to save my father's life, and as Vernon had raised the revolver the trigger had caught in an overhanging bough, and the other bullet had entered his own heart. I never married again. People call me a misanthrope, but never, thank God, a cynic, and wonder why it is so; but none j ever dream of what Vernon's wife had heen to me. I never married, though J was at liberty to do so, for after my recovery Arelie went away, and four years afterward I looked upon her dead face, all its beauty marred, all its delicate perfection gone, by the life she had led. This is the story of Fleming Hall, and the reason why I, its master, have never been charmed again by the light of woman's eyes, nor won by a smile on her lips. How Is This??A member of the Confederate Congress said the other day that there was a chapter in the history of the late war that had never yet been written. He was hoping that some of the members of the Confederate Congress would take up the topic and put it in the form of a book. He referred to the story of the secret sessions of the Confederate Congress, no record of which has ever been published. In speaking of the things which had never come to light he described an offer made by France to the Confederate government. France offered to recognize the Confederacy upon one condition, and that was that they would give up slavery. England offered to recognize the Confederacy if they would agree to let her have cotton at twelve and a half cents a pound. Both of these propositions were rejected. When Mr. Yancey returned from England he made an address to the Confederate Congress, and in that address he showed how the Confederacy could not have succeeded. He said that the foreign powers of Europe did not care to make treaties with an alleged nation which did not acknowledge the supremacy of the central authority. The absolute independence of the States to the central government stood always in the way of their securing recognition. This gentleman said that if the Confederacy had succeeded in separating itself from the Union, it would have failed wretchedly and would have been begging its way back into the Union within the next five years. With its weak central authority it would not have been able to protect its borders, and with the jealousy of the States of each other anarchy would have soon resulted. He said that there was no man in the South to-day who would ever care to renew the experimentof separation.?New York World. Reading for the Sabbath. CONDUCTKD BY UJEV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA. The life of our Saviour was full of incidents. These are narrated with marvelous simplicity and are both interesting and instructive. In the early part of his public labors he was at one time passing from Jerusalem into the northern division of the land of Palestine, which was called Gallilee. Between Judea, in the south, and Gallilee, in the north, Samaria lay. In Samaria there was a city which was formerly called Slliofhom m* Sichpin hilt nt the time Of OUT Saviour it bore the name of Sychar. The site occupied by Sychar had been the scene of some remarkable events. It was at this place that God first appeared to Abraham, and promised to give the land of Canaan to his seed. It was at this place that Jacob dwelt \vhen his only daughter, Dinah, was disgraced by Shechem, the son of Hamor. It was in Shechem that the brethren of Joseph were feeding their father's flock, when his father sent him to them to learn how they did. It was in Shechem, or Sychar, that the bones of Joseph were interred. Perhaps no other place in the land of Canaan, after.Jerusalem, is so noted on account of the remarkable events which occurred there as Shechem. The last, however, is the most remarkable of all. Near Sychar was the parcel of land which Jacob gave his son Joseph, and a well known as Jacob's well, because, probably, it had been dug by Jacob. This well, we infer from the narrative, was not in the city of Sychar, but how far distant from it we can only conjecture. When Jesus reached this well he was "wearied with his journey," and sat down to rest. His disciples went into the city to buy a supply of food. The fact that our Saviour became wearied with the journey and the disciples went into the city, nothing being said about their being weary, suggests the idea that our Saviour was not only human as well as divine, but that his physical endurance was not equal to that of his disciples. Our Saviour was the Son of God, but he was also the son of man, and physic ally a feeble man. This is confirmed by the fact that he was unable to carry the cross on which he was crucified. While waiting for the return of his disciples, and at the same, time resting, a woman came from the city for the purpose of obtaining a supply of water. We are not told the name of the woman. She is simply called a woman of Samaria. Since the inhabitants of Samaria were a mixed race of Jews and foreigners, mostly from Babylon, they were regarded by the pure Jews as little, if any better than the Gentiles. Such being the case, the Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans, but looked upon them with scorn and contempt. Thirsty, no doubt, as well as weary, our Saviour asked the woman "to give him to drink." From this, we infer that the well was not provided with a permanent arrangement for drawing water. Each individual using it provided themselves with an apparatus, of some kind for drawing water. No sooner had our Saviour asked the woman "to give him to drink," than she, astonished, asked him how he, being a Jew, deigned to ask her, being a woman of Samaria, to give him even a drink of water. There is an apparent want of courtesy in the question of the iirAnonn Knf if ie nnNr nnnornnf rPho ro. WUIliail) UUV IV 10 KJIUJ tl[/p(iivuvt AIIV ?v flection is upon the Jews. For centuries the pure Jews had been accustomed to treat the Samaritans as worthless and vile, and the woman was astonished that our Saviour a9ked the favor of even a drink of water of her. She knew that the Saviour was a pure Jew, either from his dress or from his features, or from his language, or most probably, from all these. To the inquiry of the woman, our Saviour replied that if she knew the gift of God, and who it was that asked her for a drink of water, she would ask a blessing of him, and he would give her living water. Not understanding this, the woman replied that circumstanced as he was, this was an impossibility. He had, she said, nothing to draw with and the well was deep. Not knowing the Saviour and thinking that he claimed to be what he was not, she asked him if he was greater than Jacob. This question Jesus did not answer, but giving a more spiritual turn to the con-1 versation, sulci that the water of Jacob's well would quench thirst only temporarily, but the water which he would give those who asked for it, would be a well of water springing up into eternal life. The woman, not comprehending the Saviour's meaning, asked him to give her that water, at the same time stating her reasons for desiring it. These were, that she would no more thirst, and have no longer need to come away from the city to Jacob's well to draw water. Most probably the well was at a considerable distance from the city and the carrying of water to supply the demands of her household was a very laborious task. The woman, as was natural, was anxious to get rid of this drudgery. We are not positively told that the woman gave our Saviour a drink of water. The probability, however, is that she did, and although she spoke very freely concerning the dislike cherished by the Jews toward the Samaritans, she gave the water freely. Up to this time no impression for good was made upon the mind of the woman. Our Saviour had told her that he was able to bestow upon her a great blessing, but while he meant a spiritual blessing, the woman regarded it as including nothing more than a temporal advantage. She looked upon the blessing promised by the Saviour as one greatly to be desired, still she saw nothing spiritual in- it. So far as she could see, it consisted in nothing else than taking away forever thirst. This would do away with the necessity of her coming, day after day, and frequently, no doubt, each day, to the well to draw water. In this we have an exact statement of the | estimate which multitudes, both in and out of the Church, put upon Christianity. They regard Christianity as a great temporal blessing. It takes away the asperities of life and establishes in the world a better state of things. Christianity increases the wealth of a country by developing its resources. Jt is a good thing because of the many temporal comforts which it bestows upon us. In these temporal blessings many place the whole of Christianity. On account of these they support Christianity, and on account of these and these only, they prize it. In the progress of the conversation our Saviour bid the woman go into the city and bring her husband to the well. The woman replied that she had no husband. Our Saviour replied that she had spoken the truth, for she had had five husbands and was then living in a state of adultery with a man. This startled the woman, and she said with emphasis and reverence, "I perceive that thou art a prophet." It is manifest that the woman was in the very proceas of a great change. This change was begun by our Saviour telling her to go and bring her husband. We are told that the woman had been married five times, and was at that time living with a man to whom she had not been married. We may safely infer her moral character was not good. The probability is that she had been married five times and had been five times divorced. It is probable that the declaration "I have no husband," is to he re garded as indicating her loose manner of life. Though she may not have been a very bad woman, it is certain siie was not a virtuous woman. She regarded the Saviour merely a Jew passing through the coun- j try, but when he told her of her sins she be- j came the subject of conviction which developed into conversion as the conversation with the Saviour progressed. This is full of practical suggestions. The notion was common among the Jews, and it is common today among Christians, that God's grace is restricted within the limits of certain families. The deluded Jew thought that all the Jews would be saved because they were the seed of Abraham ; and that the Samaritans were beyond the reach of redeeming grace, because they were a mixed race. To-day many restrict the convicting and converting grace of God to the sons and daughters of those who, to use a common expression, are members of the Church. They forget that the great body of the Church to-day are Gentiles, with not a trace of Abraham's blood in their veins. Another thing sug-' gested is that the telling of the Samaritan i woman of her sins was accompanied by the ' convicting influence of the Spirit. So it I was with the Samaritan woman, and so it is to-day and ever will be. "Cry aloud, | spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, J and show my people their transgressions, ! and the house of Jacob their sins," is a part of the commission which the Head of the Church gives to every individual whom he sends out into the world to preach the gospel. This is the ordinance of Heaven. Men must be told of their sins in plain language which they can readily comprehend and fully understand. Having been told of her sin, the woman becomes an anxious inquirer. "Our fathers" she said, "worshipped in this Mount Gerizim, butyou Jewssay that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Her mind was still clouded and the Saviour replied that the Samaritans did not know what they worshipped. This at the beginning of the conversation would have sounded very harsh to the woman, and in all probability she would have resented it. Not so now, and the Saviour proceeded to unfold the truth. "God is a spirit," said the Saviour, "and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and truth." The time has come?the long promised timewhen the worship of God will not be restricted either to Gerizim or Jerusalem. to tnis tne woman repnea mai wnen me Messiah comes this will be the case. Jesus replied, "I that speak unto thee am he." This is the most remarkable declaration made by our Saviour. On no other occasion and to no other individual, so far as is recorded, did he plainly declare his Messiahship. The individual to whom it was made, was, as we have seen, a Samaritan woman of bad character. Evidently the woman had at least a general impression of a promised Messiah. This she had learned from the scriptures. It is marvelous that our Saviour always, when conversing with even his own disciples, calls himself the son of man, but to this Samaritan woman he said "I that speak unto thee am the Messiah." This is very suggestive. Multitudes of miserable abandoned wretches have Christ revealed to them, while Pharisees and moralists are left in midnight gloom. No sooner had the woman heard the declaration "I am he," that she left her water pot and began to proclaim in the streets of Sychar, no doubt to her paramours, "Come see the man who told me all things that ever I did; is not this the Christ?" Her | preaching was effective. Many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for' the saying of the woman, and many went to the well to see Jesus and believed. What became of this Samaritan woman no one knows. No mention of her is after ward made. Origin calls this woman "the apostle of the Samaritans." Her preaching was of the most wonderful kind. The language is that of a soul all ablaze with love. "Come see the man who told ine all things that ever I did. Come see the man who can discern hearts. Is not this the Christ ?" ihc ?orkviUc (inquirer. 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AN EIOHT-PAUE, FORTY-COLUMN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL ! Strictly and Intensely Agricultural, Fighting for arid Aiding the Farmers. The attention of the Farmers' Clubs organizing now in our State is called to THE COTTON PLANT, As the only Agricultural Magazine in our State. Only GO Cents a Year. SEND FOR SAMPLE COPIESAddress THE COTTON PLANT, Marion, S. ('. MILLS AND MILL MACHINERY. TIIE undersigned respectfully informs the public that ho is now fully prepared to eontract for the building or repairing of FLOURIN<? AND CORN MILLS, and to furnish upon the best terms all kinds MILL MACHINERY. He is also Agent for one of the best WATER WHEELS made in the United Suites, which lie will sell on the most accommodating terms. Estimates furnished either in person or by mail. Address W. S. WELLS, (irover, Cleveland Co., N. C. April 1 1-1 4t~ SH EET I'OTATOES. TUST received from Charleston,a few barrels I of SWEET POTATOES, of superior qinlity, and for sale cheap at the Yorkville Meat Market. S. A. McELWEE. March 2.1 I- tf Nt N i 188(1. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886. j Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables j" ARE still on a boom, and the year 1H80 finds i me with some of the finest' Vehicles ever shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and surpasssed by none. Everything will be kept j in the best style, (rive me a trial and be con-t vinced. Cincinnati and Columbus Buggies , Of every description will be kept. Spring Wag- i ons, Phsetons, ifee., of the best make, always 011 hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a line Queen City Hearse and a Clarence i Coach, which will be senttoany part ef the conn- j < tv at short notice. Terms reasonable. : ? A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpseat Plueton and some buggies on hand that I will give a big bargain in. ff sold ] soon to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED 1 ( At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables, where J j IliAvr 1-noniim Lnof ottntltinn f.'e. smith. FOUNDRY ~~ | AND < Machine Shop. |! 'ofojtc.ci.oa c o'a.oi.Av' > rpHE undersigned would respectfully inform JB_ the public that he now has in operation, on | his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY i AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared ' to do all manner of work in light iron and brass <;astings, and general machine work. REPAIRING, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Resides, 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 on completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. TO THE CAROLINA STOVE TRADE? 5 I RESPECTFULLY inform Stove Ruvers all i over the State that I carry in stock, for Fall and Winter trade, 550 Cooking and Heating Stoves & Ranges. Ry actual count, requiring Store and Ware- . house room, 25 by 200 feet to contain the stock, . and can till orders promptly. COOKING STOVES FROM $8.00 UP, Warranted to ^ive satisfaction. DAV UAn^iniv tnAm (tO FiA I i\ I ucai uua ucuiiiiguiuici} nuui uy. The goods are bought froui parties who sell large jobbing trade only, and challenge a comparison of quality and prices of Stoves with any market Xortli, South, East or West. 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 CASII OX DELIVERY. J. I). RATTERREE, Chester, S. C. October 15 31 12m The Howe Machine Company's LIGHT RUNNING, HIGH ARM, I "NewHowe" WHICH IS THE BEST SEWINC MACHINE EVER MADE. 1CALL special attention to the following features : The NEW HOWE is a new macnine throughout, differing 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 fs 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 my Photographic Gallery. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would infprm the public that I am yet making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of pictures. Pictures by the photogranhic process enlarged, and all work done iti the best style of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery 011 West Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORR. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROM\'A~ York County. "|17"IIEREAS L. A. BARRON has applied to T V me for Letters of Administration, 011 all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of SAMUEL IX BARRON, 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 holden at York Court House on the 15TII DAY OF APRIL, lKHii, at 11 o'clock A. M., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 20th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six,and in the 110th year of the Independence of the United States of A nierioa. .f. I5EATTY WILLIAMS, 1 I'roliatC J llclge 01 l i?ri\ < oiiiuy. j i April I l.'J 2t j f KOCH* SON'S : Celebrated Fashion Catalogue > i QCUT CD EC lor Spring and SumOCn I inuC mer. IS06, ready March lutb, to any address. Illustrates and llsta i ! every thing for Ladles'. Gents', Chlldrens' and Infants' wear and Housekeeping Goods, at prices lower than those of any house In the Dnlted States. Complete HuliMfuer ion guaranteed, or money rofunded. II. C. F. KOCll <& HON, (jib Ave. & 20th St., N. V. City, ' March is IK 2m ( APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. "YfOTICK is hereby given that the undersigned, ( Administratrix of the estate of JOHN J. . ? MILLKIt, deceased, has inadea final settlement | with the Judge of Probate for York county, and ( on Monday, the 10th day of April, A. I)., ; 1880, at 11 o'clock A. M., will make application ( for a final discharge from liability as Adminis- ; tratrix of said estate. ? MARY O. MILLER, Administratrix. ) March 18 11 5t , AppLicATidx'TOR DISC HAR<;E. ( "VTOTICK is hereby given that the undersigned, 1 Executor of the estate of JOHN YOUNO, deceased, lias made a final settlement with 1 the Judge of Probate for York county, and ] on the Jtli day of April, 18815, at 12 o'clock, M., i will make application for a final discharge < from liability lis Executor of the said estate. I It. K. POltTKR, Executor. | 1 March 1 !? at GARRY IRON ROC Manufacturers ol' all kinds of g . IKON ROOFING ygH CKI.MI'ED AND (.'OKKl'UATED SIDING, :f~j Iron Tllo or Shingle, >' / PIKE I'KOOF DOOKS, SHl'TTEKS At'., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF May 10 A SUPERB Flesh Producer and Tonic! HEAR THE WITNESSES!! 10 to 20 Pounds!!! A Man of'Sixty-Eight Winter*. w IM.V, ,,, C ?.wl ,1 rininn'a Pi. i_ oncer a fine tonie for the feeble. By its use ny strength has been restored and my weight in- M r<;ased ten pounds. A. F. G. CAMPBELL, Maeon, Ga., Feb. IS, 18811. Cotton-Gin Maker. A Crippled Confederate Says: I only weighed 128 pounds when I commenced riuinn's Pioneer, and now weigh 147 pounds. I 30uld hardly walk with a stick to support me md can now walk long distances without help. Its benefit to me is beyond calculation. 1>. HUFFS BOSTICK, Cotton buyer. Macon. Ga. Mr. A. II. Bramblett, Hardware Merchant of Forsyth, Ga., Writes : It acted like a charm on my general health. I consider it a fine tonic. I weigh morethan I have for 25years. Respectfully, A. H. Bramblett. Mr. W. F. Jones, Macon, Says : J My wife has regained her strengthand increased ten 'pounds in weight. We recommend Guinn's n* it.. 1 a. a. ! ? 1X7 TJ noiieer as me u??i lumc. >y. r. du.ir.n. (?iiinil's Pioneer Blood Renewer Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheumatism, ?dl Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine. If not in your market it will be forwarded on receipt of price. Small bottles ?1.00; large bottles 51.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, Georgia. For sale by DOWRY & STARR, Yorkville. March 18 11 ly c7& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. OC'IIEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains O from Denoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, February j 7th, 1880. GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir 0.00 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville,9 '5.24 A. M. Arrive at Lovelady,9 '5.40 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 7.10 A. M. Leave Newton 8.05 A. M. Arrive at Maiden,9 8.33 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.10 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's9 9.43 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 10.07 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 10.23 A. M. Leave Gastoaia 10.40 A. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek,9 11.07 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.30 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.05 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 12.25 P. M. t Arrive atGuthriesville,9 12.53 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville,9 1.30 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.00 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.25 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.55 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.30 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.55 P. M. Leave Yorkville 0.10 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.45 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 7.10 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.40 P. M. Leave Gastonia 7.55 P. M. Arrive r.t Dallas, 8.11 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 8.35 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.00 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 9.40 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 10.05 P. M. Leave Hickory, 10.50 P. M. Arrive at Lovelady, 11.20 P. M. Arriveat Hudsonville, 11.37 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 12.01 A. M. * r ouuiuii. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. February 18 7 tf JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, wo are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New Aork 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 ForlUOV Half-sheet Rill Heads, $3.50 $<5.00 Fourth-sheet Rill Heads, 2.25 3.50 * Sixth-sheet Hill 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 IIX^DS^ For 5C0 For 1000 Commercial Note, ?2.15 $3,25 t 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 Rriefs, 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 v printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, | and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any c style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkvillc, S. C, ' THE STATE OF MOUTH CAROLINA, I'OI'XTY OF YORK?COl'RT OF COMMON" PLEAS. William E. Erwin and George J. Steele, Administrators of George Steele, deceased, Plaintiffs, against Samuel E. Bratton, Robert E. Bratton, William E. Bratton, Jerome R. Bratton, Rebecca I. B. Aslicraft, John A. Bratton, John S. Bratton, J. Rufus Bratton, Napoleon B. Bratton, Martha E. Lowry, Mary C. Lowry, SophiaC. O'Bannon, Eliziibetirile Loach, Jano E. Williams, Agnes B. Harris, Camilla A. Erwin, and Harriet J. Dixon, Defendants.? Summons for Relief? Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above-named, the first six being non-residents: Y')U are hereby summoned and required to j_ answer the Complaint in this action, which is herewith this day filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber, at his office 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 ComrUoint witliin the Hnipfiforesaid, tlie Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. [Summons and Complaint filed March 15, 188t>. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.] Dated Yorkville, S. C., March 15, A. D. 188fi. C. K. SPENCER, Plaintiffs' Attorney. March IS 11 fit* THE STATE OF SOUTH (AROLINA, 1 COl'XTY OF YOUK---COI RT OF COMMON PLEAS. Anderson Earwood, individually, and as Ad- J ministrator of Charlotte Gaston, deceased, Plaintilf, against Betsie Carroll, Mary A. Settles, Meliah Trantham, Thomas Earwood, Riley Earwood, Oina Enloe, Andrew Gladden,John Ramsey and Holly Ann Ramsey, Defendants. ?Summons for liclicf? Complaint not served. To the Defendants above-named, all being nonresidents : V7"OU are hereby summoned and required to j[ answer the Complaint in this action, which is this day herewith filed in the ollice of the Clerk of the CouTt of Common Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber, at h is o (lice in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days ifter the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Com- 4 alaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated Yorkville, S. C., March 15, A D., 1S8(J. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorney. * March 25 12 tit* oilR WOMEX I\ T1IE WAR." TtWO or three years ago the publishers of the JL Charleston Weekly Neios and Courier con reived uie luea mac 1110 women 01 me .souiii :>ould, if they were given the opportunity, write some interesting sketches of home life during ;he war, and requested different ladies of several if the Southern States, particularly Virginia, South t'arolinaand Georgia, to contributearticles in the subject. The result was that SEVENTY NINE sketches were published in the paper and inch great interest was manifested in them that ifter the series had been completed the publishers decided to issue them in book form. This ivas done, and the result is a handsome volume 5f 4K2 pages, printed on good white paper and liouiul in cloth. The book is one of unusual interest and should .? be read by every one. especially those who experienced the many trials and sufferings gone :hrough by the women and children of the South luring the war. Call at the ENQUIRER OFFICE and seethe book. The price is only $1.00 which places it within the reach of all. SAM M. GRIST. 3FING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT A.ml Cement. gpj^|lk 452 TO 158 MERWIN STREET NE Cleveland, O. ^aer Send for Circularand Price IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. y ly