Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 15, 1886, Image 4

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Humorous 'J!* partroent. TWO STALWART LIES. Whenever a Mississippi man tells a lie it' is generally robust and healthy and can walk ; but the moment a Georgian hears it, so great is the rivalry between the two States, he girds up his loins and unloads a "whopper" that is so strong it has ribs and a backbone and breathes. Not long ago a man living near Ellsville, Miss., said that the cold wave in January swept over that State so quickly that the ponds in the swamps were frozen stiff before the snakes living in them could duck their heads under the water. He further remarked that he amused himself for a whole day by walking on the ponds and kicking off the heads of the snakes which stuck up out of the ice. This story traveled from one place to another until it reached Georgia, where for a time it?to use the language of the prize ring?knocked out everything it met; but finally a noble Georgian invented a muscular lie that climbed on the collar of the uri?!?! 1 -J: ? . Ctsviv. 11.. nnltranoarl iaiSS133ippi pruuigy nuu uiciailjr J<u: ixiia&u and mashed it into the earth. The Georgian said that while chasing a fox across an abandoned cotton field his horse and himself fell into an old well about seventy feet deep. The fall killed the horse instantly, but he escaped without injury, and at once commenced looking around for a way to reach the surface of the ground. To his dismay he discovered that it was " hnpftssjble for him to get out by climbing the ste^wanrtrf^rth that shut him in, and he commenced howlingTor help at the j top of his voice, but none came. On the morning of the second day the stench from the carcass of his horse was stifling, and he made up his mind to suffer a horrible death, when he noticed a number of buzzards hovering about the top of the well. Finally the birds alighted in the well, and a bright idea flashed through his brain, and he determined to make the buzzards bear him up to the ground above. As they settled on the carcass of the horse he seized them by the legs until he had three of the buzzards firmly grasped in each hand, when he gave them a violent "shew," and they flew up, carrying him with them; but they did not stop when they got out of the well, but continued to soar upward until he was horrified to find that he was fifty yards above the surface of the earth. Suddenly, however, it occurred to him to release one buzzard from each hand. This he did, and to his great joy his weight dragged the remaining buzzards slowly down until he was safely landed on terra firma, when he at once dropped on his knees and returned thanks in prayer. WKan tho atnrxr nf fho flonroln fr?v hnnfpr ? T UVll VUV OW4 J WA VUV V< reached the ears of the Mississippi man who launched the cold weather lie, it made him feel so utterly mean and worthless that he sold out and went to Texas. A Wolf.?"Bill Ridley is a wolf," said old Judge Bicknell. "Why do you think so?" some one asked. "Well, I will tell yon. Some time ago a roughly dressed man with bushy red whiskers rode up to my house and wanted to sell me a horse, a lean animal, but one in which I saw many fine points. The fellow said he was in such need of money that he would take twenty dollars for the animal. I gave him the money and took the horse. The animal fattened rapidly. I found him equally serviceable in shafts or under the saddle. One day shortly after the animal had developed into as fine a horse as I had ever seen, Bill Ridley came along and claimed him. He brought forward sufficient proof to establish his claim and of course I gave up the horse, thereby losing my twenty dollars beside losing the time I had spent working with him." "I don't see how you can blame Ridley." "You don't; then I will show you. The scoundrel wanted his horse fattened, but was too stingy to spend money for corn, so he disguised himself, sold me his own horse, then, after the horse was fat, came back and claimed him. Yes, Billy is a wolf."? Arkansmc Traveler. Too Bitter a Dose.?During a recent prevalence of the dengue in Dallas a wellknown young physician was called in to see a young lady whom he had long worshipped at a distance, but to whom he had never rettaaWI kia noauinn Qaoinfrthat eha hflH hilt. V VOIVU 1I1U J/UOi7?VU( tyvviug ?*1MV w**v ..?*? v?v a slight attack of the prevailing disease, and was in no special need of medicine, he concluded to take advantage of the opportunity for making a point for himself. So he took her hand and said impressively: 44 Well, I should prescribe that you?that? you?get?married." 440h, gracious!" said the alarmed and interested invalid. 44I wonder who would marry me?" 44I would," snapped the doctor, with the voracity of an office-seeker. 44You?" . "Yes." "Well," and she sank back with an expression of disgust which none but dengue sufferers ever wore, "if that is the alternative you can go away and let me die in peace." Conjugal Devotion.?Not long ago as an elderly couple were out walking, a lady on the other side of the street slipped and fell down. The old gentleman rushed across the street, raised his hat and offered to assist her in any possible way. His wife followed him across at a slow pace, and, witnessing his devotion to the stranger, shook her fist at him. "It'sall right?it's all right!" he ! whispered. "Yes, I know it is !" she ex- : claimed, hotly. "Here an unknown woman hurts her toe, and you plough across the street to eat her up with kindness. The < other day, when I fell down stairs, you stood < and laughed, and wanted to know if I was < practicing for a circus!" Lots of Beaux.?She was you rig, she | was green, she was very new in Wash- j ington. At a recent swell affair she had ! gone with the crowd into the refreshment-11 room. Presently an elegant looking waiter, i for all the world like a foreign ambassador, i1 !fftl.. Kafnrn Kfli* on/I lYiiirmtiparl UV/WCU UVlVt V I1VA uuu lAiUitiiutvv* j "Is there anyone waiting on you, miss?" | "Sir? sir?" she stammered, in startled em-: barrassment. "Pardonnez moi. Is there I anyone waiting on you?" "Oh !" she said, ; blushing brightly. "No, sir, not in Wash- j ington. But when I'm at home I've got more beaux than any other girl in town." Certain* Proof.?"Are you sure he is dead?" asked the insurance agent of the widow of a deceased miser. "Certain of it." "What proof have I of it?" "There were twenty carriages at his tu-! neral that I ordered myself." "How does that prove his death ?" "Ah! sir, you didn't know him. If Tom had been the least bit alive he'd have kicked at the expense, sure."?2Vr. Y. Graphic. ! t@r Tramp?"Will you please give jtne ten cents, sir? I'm on my way home todie." j Gentleman (handing him the money)?; "I don't mind giving you ten cents for so v worthy a purpose as that, but your breath ; smells terribly of whisky." Tramp?"I know it does, sir. Whisky's what's killin' me." i ?????? "I see the scoundrel in your face," ex-! claimed the Judge to the prisoner. "I reckon, Judge," was the response, "that that ere's a personal reflection, ain't it?" I <Thc Jfatw frllcr. THE SCHOOL-MA'AM. Mrs. Rixton had prepared an unusually inviting supper this evening. The people in Mink Hollow always "laid themselves out" in the gastronomic line during the "school ma'am's week." For in this antiquated corner of the State of Connecticut the school teacher "boarded around" from house to house, thereby enabling the trustees to save several dollars a month to the educational fund. And there had gone a rumor through the scrubby pine woods that Miss Price, the new teacher, had once lived in the suburbs of Hartford, and carried a clean pocket-handkerchief every day. And although the Mink Hollowiles disapproved, on principle, of mad extravagance and wasteful pride, there was a certain novelty about Miss Price that commended her to the public estimation. "Crimps her hair an' wears high-heeled boots," Milo Dexter, the biggest boy, had reported. "Keeps a bottle o' cologne in her desk," whispered Mary Barry, mysteriously. "Style is all very well in its place," said old Mr. Furbush, "but I dunno's we pay the teacher for hein' a fine ladv ! How is she in Tare and Tret and the rules of English Grammar? That's what I'd admire to know." And so, spurred on by the breatli of these vague rumors, Mrs. Rixton had washed her calico bedquilt, beaten thej^attered breadths., of her rag-carpetTand killed a chicken, in order to have chicken pot-pie for supper the first day. 4lI won't be beat by nobody, at housekeepin'," said Mrs. Itixton, as she sliced up early green apples to make a "turnover," and sent Billy, her youngest hope, to the grocery store for New Orleans molasses to sweeten the same. When Dolly Price arrived, however, Mrs. Rixton could scarcely conceal her disappointment. "Why," said Mrs. Rixton, "she's just like any other gal! Here, Benjamin, set this 'ere turnover on the celler shelf to cool. 'Pears to me if a slim thing like her couldn't be noways fit to teach school." "No more she ain't!" said Benjaman, licking the ends of his fingers where the New Orleans molasses had exuded from the rim of the turnover. "And she won't teach long, you may bet your head on that!" "Goin' to be married, eh ?" said Mrs. Rixton. "The big boys an' gals is goin' to be too much for her," said Benjamin, winking at his mother. "You see if we ain't! We ain't forgot the day she wouldn't give us a half-holiday when 'Bijah Lambton found the big bee-tree on Frost Mountain! Ef she'd been anyways accomraodatin' we wouldn't liev cared. But a bee-tree ain't come across every day, an' she needn't a been so hateful. "Get out!" said Mrs. Rixton?but in her secret heart she admired the pluck and spirit of her eldest son, Benjamin. In the School Board opinions were divided. Old Deacon Burr didn't approve of women-teachers no how. They hadn't authority enough. It took a man to collar the young fellers in Mink Holler! Mr. Ashley did not suppose that the Mink Hollow district school was like a reformatory or a lunatic asylum. If the young people of Mink Hollow could not behave themselves like ladies and gentlemen, they had no bbsiness to cross the threshold of the school-house. He, for one, was for backing up Miss Price's authority on every point. Deacon Burr shook hisshining bald head. "Young folks would be young folks," he said. "And whatthe Mink Hollerites needed was a good, square-shouldered feller like Lemuel Bucknor, that knowed how to put 'em down and keep 'em there!" Miss Price had come to the district armed with testimonials innumerable,flushed with youth and hope, prepared to conquer all difficulties. But a week at Mink Hollow sufficed to change the aspect of things. And on the very second day of her sojourn at Mrs. Rixton's yellow farm-house affairs culminated. The young denizens of Mink Hollow flatly refused obedience. Billy Necker flung his slate through the window. Joab Dart let loose hisdog among the smaller scholars, and a lively cannonade of "spitballs" ensued. "Teacher, Betsy Bliss is pokin' me in the ribs!" bawled Keturah lli x ton. "Teacher, mayn't John Hovey leave off whistlin' in my years?" whined Sally Topliff. "There ain't no woman here big enough tosass me!" said Master Hovey, scrambling into the window-sill, where he straightway began to execute a double-shuffle after the most approved style of negro minstrelsy. And Miss Price, terrified out of her wits, climbed on top of her desk, to be out of the reach of Leo's teeth, and began to cry. Of course this ended matters. The hoots and bowlings became terrific,?the scholars burst into uproarious rebellion. Tom Pike pinched Leo's tail, and Hezekiah Hall tired off a rusty carbine in the woods at the rear of the school-house, and poor little Miss Price, taking refuge in ignominious flight, fairly ran away from the scene of revolt. Mr. Ashley was sitting at his desk in the little library at Ashley Cottage, when his sister Mira put her head into the door. "Are you busy, Frank?" said she. "Not specially. Why?" "The school-ma'am wants to see you," said she,?and close on her words followed Dolly Price, pale and trembling. "Oh, Mr. Ashley, I couldn't maintain order," said she. "They've turned me out of the school-house. I'm so sorry, but I couldn't help it!" And, with tears and sobs, she told her story. Mr. Ashley listened in silence. "This won't do," said he. "Mira, be so good as to tell Sam to put Old Black into the chaise. We must teach these young rascals the difference between might and right!" "Must I go back?" faltered Dolly. "Of course you must." "But I'm afraid!" "You will not be afraid if I go with you ?" "Not?not with you," whispered Dolly. The uproar was still in mid-career when AT*. V cKIait Knlrvo<l mif r?f iUl* i\3IIICJ iicipvu wtav ovtivvt itii* uiaj vuv va the chaise, and followed her into the schoolhouse. Somehow it was all done in a single j moment. Leo, the howling dog, was nearly l throttled, and flung through the window j upon a heap of newly cut tire-wood?Joab 1 Dart was sprawling in the aisle, on the flat j of his back. John Hovey found himself I suddenly devoted to his studies, and Betsey ( Bliss was compelled meekly to ask Miss Price's pardon for her insolence. In fifteen minutes the most perfect order was restored,! and Dolly was mistress of the position once again. "And now," said Mr. Ashley, when the j school had been formally closed for the day and he was driving the school-ma'am home j once again, "you can do as you please about retaining the situation!" "I am so very, very grateful to you," murmured Dolly, who had never admired a man in her life, so much as she admired Mr. Ashley when he knocked down the six-foot high school bully, Joab Dare ! "I would have done as much for any woman," said he quietly. "But I don't think that any teacher is going to find Mink Hollow School, a bed of roses." "But I don't know what else to do," said Miss Price. "I am poor, you see. I have got to support myself and keep my two little brothers at school. And there are so few things that a woman can do!" Mr. Ashley looked kindly down at her. "Suppose you come home with me," said he. "Mira will be very glad to have you keep her company for a few days, and you can be deciding what next to do. And I think it will perhaps be a more restful atmostphere than that of Mr. Itexton' house." Mira received the new guest with warm cordiality. She was a plump good-natured old maid, who loudly commended Miss Price's judgment in abandoning the charge of MinkJIoIIow School. "There are a great many easier forms of committing suicide than teaching school," said she.' "And what you need for the present, my dear, is a little rest, and peace of mind!" The week that followed was?at least so thought Dorothea Price?the happiest she had ever spent. But alas! that happiness should be so short-lived ! "Miss Miracame to her on Saturday night with three square wrinkles on her forehead. "Dolly!" said she, "I'm in a quandary!" "About what?" said Dolly. "Not for myself?for Frank !" added the old maid. "You see, Dolly, he's in love." "In love!" Dolly turned crimson?the blood seemed turned to fire through all her pulses. "And he can't muster couragejojisk the gTrTto have him !" pursued Miss Mira. "I should think he had courage enough for anything," said Dolly, in a low voice. "Ah! you don't understand him," said Miss Mira, shaking her head. "Men are so queer where a woman is concerned. And now the question is this. If I were to go to her?if I were to tell her that he loves her? I can't bear to see Frank suffer, and yet do nothing?" "It is what you ought to do," said Dolly, in a trembling voice. "If any woman has been fortunate enough to gain his love?" "Well, she has!" said Mira, exultantly. "And that woman is you, Dolly Price!" Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Mecklenburg County, N. C., April 7? I send copy you a of the Yorkvijllk Enquirer of April 7,1857. You will see by it that there was frost in abundance this day twenty-nine years ago. As I looked over this old paper I felt that my heart is untraveled when my mind recurs to the old District of York, the land of my birth, the home of my childhood. Therefore, the EnJ.. I TKnitorlatr onfl 1KLK 13 1UUIVCU 1U1 CVClJ 1I1UIOUUJ (?uu arrives promptly. So I am familiar with the hue and cry raised about the lien law, which is now the same as our own, which has been in operation for years and works well. No one, I think, could ask its repeal until the homestead is abolished, which is the father of the lien law. As to your own agricultural boom, I look upon it as a more serious matter. I do not mean the Bethel Agricultural Club, as it is controlled by level heads, and has my best wishes, and the officers in it do not expect to be directors in an agricultural college. But the matter to which I allude, I fear, will prove very detrimental to your State. The idea of assembling the farmers of your county and State in convention and sending delegates to Columbia to a convention to be held in the busiest season of the year, will surely cost not less than $100,000. It is to be hoped that the delegates sent will be of those who have nothing to do at home, and that when they assemble there will be wisdom enough in the convention to advise that the lawyers are competent to njake laws, and that the farmers should produce an abundance of hog and hominy. If these instructions should be carried out, you will soon be a glorious, happy and prosperous people, and the rank and file of the Democratic party not demoralized in any way. But your readers may ask, What about the Prohibition boom in my own State? Well, so far, the speakers have been lady missionaries from the North ; but I see posters up, calling a county convention to send delegates to a State convention to be held in Raleich. The delegates we send at this season of the year, I hope, may be women who have no children, no cross and drunken husbands nor friends to mourn their absence, so that our convention will probaly cost much less than yours; yet at the same time radicalism, death and desolation may follow in the wake. The wheat and oatcropsof ourcounty bid fair to be average, and our farmers are hopeful and well up with their work, considering the lateness of the season. Labor is plenty and effective thus far. Subscriber. FLOOR COVERING. Twenty years ago physicians began to protest against the enervation of modern houses: thence they passed to detail; the more enlightened entered into a sort of crusade against floor covering, and declared that infectious diseases were harbored in the woolen hangings and carpets of their well-to-do patients, quite as surely as amid the squalor and filth of over-crowded alleys. People no longer sleep in four-post bedsteads, with woolen curtains drawn around them. They are even recognizing the desirability of leaving their windows unincumbered with voluminous folds of velvet and rep, and going a stage farther, they are beginning to realize that floors and their covering are very important factors in the question of Hygeine. Bugs are certainly free from many of the most serious objections to carpets, even when they are fixed upon the floor, which, in our estimation they never ought to be. It is impossible to wash well around them, to remove the dust from the corners of the room, and even under the edges of the rug itself. But such a condition of affairs is far from satisfactory. There is til ways more or less dirt about a stationary carpet, in any room that is much lived in, and the best housemaid in the world cannot rid an irnmovaable rug of dust as readily on the floor as they could off it. Carpets ought, as a matter of health, to be taken up once a week, laid over a line and thoroughly beaten. But where is the household where this rule is enforced ? The growing conviction of the superiority of rugs to carpets, is shown in the newest houses, in many of which the floors are expressly arranged with stained borders, a parquet flooring, which itis possible to leave entirely uncovered. What a boon this is to the persons of small means. Nothing eats into a small sum of money for house furnishing more disastrously than a carpet. It is useless to buy a cheap one; cheap carpets are never of any use and the price of a good one is a formidable consideration. That is another argument in favor of rugscheap rugs wear much better than cheap carpets. The Apology.?In an affair of honor between gentlemen, one man was sentenced to offer an apology for the affront he had offered his peers. Being a Frenchman, and not familiar with the English language, he appeared before his judges and said: "Gentlemen ; I 'ave zaid you are the vorstold fools I 'ave zeen. Zat is true. I am under zentence to offer you my apology. I am very zorry for it!" funding for the $atrtorth. CONDUCTED 1JY ItKV. ROBERT LATHAN. j [Originnl.] I THE RICH YOUNG MAN. The conversations of our Saviour are al-1 ways very instructive and they have in ! them a peculiar freshness. As related by i the Evangelists, they are intensely simple j and fascinating, but, at the same time, full | of instruction and comfort for the child of i God, and solemn warning for the worldling, j hypocrite and mere nominal Christian. At; some point in the valley of the Jordan, but at what particular place, and at what particular time, is not certainly known, a conversation between our Saviour and a certain individual occurred which is intensely interesting in all its parts. It is recorded by Matthew (chapter 19: 16?30), by Mark (chapter 10:17?31), and by Luke (chapter 18:18?31), in nearly the same words. This certain man is often referred toby ministers in their sermons, as "the young man in the gospel." The first thing that arrests our attention with regard to this individual is the indefiu'otr in \?liinli r\ ?c rlncnrihofl TTia name is not given, neither are we told whether he was a Jew or a Gentile. Matthew states that "one came and said to him (to Jesus) Good Master." Mark says, "there came one running, and kneeled to him." Luke calls him "acertain ruler." Matthew reiJtoiefti.vrefhttf^aTst'ITe was a"1'young, man." We may suppose thathe was a Jew and that he held some ecclesiastical position, or we may suppose that he was a Gentile and held some civil office. Nothing is said with regard to his family or family connections, neither is anything said as to the party with which he was connected. In this vague description there is something very worthy of note. The man was a representative character. The world has in it to-day many who may see their own features in this "young ruler." The next thing brought to our attention is the interest which he manifested in his own welfare, and the confidence which he appeared to have in Jesus as a teacher. Mark says he came running to the Saviour* and kneeled to him. All three of the Evangelists state the conversation of our Saviour with this young man as having taken place immediately after some individuals had brought little children to the Saviour that he might touch their.. This young man, whoever he was, may have been present when the Saviour took the children up in his arms and blessed them. It is probable that he was present and that his heart was touched by what the Saviour said and did on that occasion. When the Saviour was going away from the place where the children were brought to him into the road, the young man came running up to him, and having reached him, kneeled to him. This may have been an act of worship, or it may have been only an act of respect to the Saviour. He addressed the Saviour as Good Master, or Good Teacher. From the a nswer of our Saviour we are led to conclude that the "young ruler's" notions of the Saviour were not well defined, or that he did not mean to express by the words "(food Master," what the words really do express. In haste?in the same breath in which he addressed the Saviour as Good Master, he asked him, "Whatshall I do that I may inherit eternal life." The original, as recorded by Luke, is more emphatic and far more suggestive than the translation. Literally translated it would read, "Good Master, by having done what shall I inherit eternal life." As we learn&fterwards, he was rich, and still desired to add to his possession by doing something which would give him a legal title to eternal life. In this his carnal nature shows itself. He desired eternal life, but his ideas of eternal life were carnal, and he desired to obtain it by carnal means. There are multitudes to-day, and always will be, who desire eternal life, nottheeternal iifeof which Jesus Christ is the author, but an imaginary eternal life, which has an existence only in their carnal minds, and which they desire to inherit by doing something, not by faith in the doing and dying of Jesus Christ. Our Saviour replied to the young ruler, "Thou knowest the commandments. Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Defraud not. Honor thy lather and thy mother." The commandments here mentioned embrace the second table of the law, or that part of the ten commandments which has special reference to our duty to our fellow- j men. The young ruler promptly replied, I "Master, I have kept all these from my youth." In all probability, so far as the letter of these commandments is concerned, the young ruler spoke the truth. He was a gentleman, in the usual acceptation of that word. He was punctual in discharging his duty to his fellow-man. He looked down upon the vile adulterer with contempt; he was honest and prided himself in his honesty; he was truthful, regarding it unmanly and unbecoming his station to bear falsewitness; he regarded his word as good as his bond, and he not only honored his father and mother, but he honored and treated with proper respect, his superiors, both in age and position. This is high praise, but there are many to-day of whom the same thing might be said. Much of it might be said truthfully of some of the heathen. Xenophonsays in substance, the same thing, with the exception of adultery, concerning Cyrus, and no one ever questioned his truthfulness. About this young ruler there was something amiable. The Saviour loved him, not with that love which he bestows upon believers, but with that love which he bestows upon all tbo?e who conduct themselves becomingly toward their fellow-man. No doubt the young ruler thought the Saviour would say to him, "You are a hightoned gentleman, faithful in the discharge of all the duties you owe to your fellowmen, and this entitles you to eternal life. You have nothing to do. What you have been doing from your youth entitles you to eternal life." If this was not the thought which was in his mind, he was impressed with the notion that there was something and that not difficult to be performed, and calling for no sacrifice, which being done, he would be entitled, on the ground of merit, to eternal life. What multitudes there are, in every land, who expect to inherit eternal life because they do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, and do not defraud. I have done very little harm and a great deal of good, says each of them. If keeping the commandments is all 1L ' ?.-..""/./i t-r. nfornol lifn thon L i III I IS IClJUUtU IU 11IIIU111 , , say they, we are heirs already. Do we, they inquire as did the young ruler, lack anything else ? To this question, the young ruler expected Jesus to answer an emphatic no. This he did not do, hut said, according to Matthew, "If thou would be perfect, go, sell that thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me." According to Matthew the young ruler asked the Saviour what he lacked yet; according to Mark, our Saviour told him he lacked one thing. There is no discrepancy. Matthew states the question asked by the young ruler, but does not repeat it in the answer of the Saviour. Mark does not state the question asked by the young ruler, but repeats it in the answer given by the Sa- ] viour. Luke does not state the question of the young ruler at all. The answer of our Saviour to the question, "What lack I yet," of the young ruler, went like a barbed arrow to his heart. It < produced conviction, but not conversion, j j He had a god that he worshiped, but was perhaps unconscious of the fact. That god was not his maker, but his own possessions. | The young man was very upright in all his j dealings with his fellow-men because it was really to his worldly advantage to be so. The religion of the young man had nothing i of God in it. lie did not steal, because he 1 dare not steal. He kept all the precepts of the second table of the law because there was worldly profit in this. His was at last, 1 only a religion of all gain and no sacrifice. 1 He desired eternal life, but he was unwilling to make the least sacrifice. Our Saviour put the test strongly but fair- 1 ly. The young man, no doubt, in his marvelous ignorance, thought he actually deserved eternal life. He certainly thought he was a good, pious man. He, in fact, was only an amiaoie young man, witnout a spark of real piety towards God in his soul, and no real love for his fellow man in his heart. He eared nothing for the poor except what he could make out of them, and as for following Jesus, he regarded that as the veriest folly. To take up the cross was what, with all his amiability, he was determined not to do. Hence, we read that the amiable young ruler was grieved when he was told to sell his possessions and give to the poor and to follow Jesus. He went away and that was the last that we hear of 1 him and his great possessions. He was ] asked to make a sacrifice. This he" did not desire to do. This he would not do. He , was told to give up his god and follow Jesus, and he was promised, in the event of his doing this, treasures in heaven. Theyoung , rulerdesired eternal life, he was anxious to i know what he must do to inherit it, but he ! did not propose to secure it by giving up his ' earthly possessions. I There are multitudes of amiable young rulers all over Christendom who say they , are anxious to obtain eternal life, but they do not propose to make any sacrifices, they do not purpose to follow Je3us. They do nnt propose giving up any earthly pleasure, or to walk in the footsteps of Jesus. The 1 fact is they have in their hearts no real love j either for God or man. They mistake good nature for grace and gentlemanly conduct toward their fellow-men for keeping the ; commandments of God. n rn ^ri^\c ~11 UUUIJ-WIIjJj 1UWAKUS iUM.?' /I iUl Vlltues, charity, the one most talked about, is the one least practiced in any essential sense. We have plenty of alms-giving and a great deal of personal affection for friends and relations; a few of us have a certain broad philosophic tolerance for difference of opinion, and have come to the belief that each man has the right to think as he deems best, provided always that he does not translate into actions hurtful to the community. Of real charity as a habit of judgment, of sincere good will towards men not connected with us by the ties of nature, love or self interest, how few of us know anything or care to learn what we do not know! Christianity is the religion of all that ever came upon the earth, which is founded most expressly upon the virtue of good-will. If it is not charity, it is nothing; and there is scarcely a chapter in that New Testament which cannot be made to yield an injunction to cultivate brotherly love, either openly enjoined or conveyed by implication. "I Ought to Have Anticipated Tiiis." A few days have passed over the grave of a noble young man from whose lips fell these words. He had well represented the enterprise of life insurance, but neglected his 1 A\T1 tU? hir.1 SUU1. >V UtJIl llltj |III^SIkinil 1111UIIIILU mill that his sudden and severe illness was fatal and his time on earth very brief, he said with the deliberation of a deep and awful conviction, "I ought to have anticipated this, but now it is too late." The words thrilled the hearts of those that loved him and watched theebbing life. Yes, he ought to have anticipated the possibility of such a hurried departure from thescenesof probation. (), what a burden of conscious folly and guilt and peril extorted that confession from the dying man! The number of those who have felt the anguish of such an awakening to the stupendous failure of a human soul for eternity, the judgment day can alone reveal. Forev: er will the dreadful ought weigh down the spirit?the severest part of hell.?Exchange. fiST "Dead-heads" in the church ! How large the number embraced in this class ! They are well known. They seldom come to prayer meeting, and only occasionally attend public worship on the Sabbath, contributing only very little for the support of the gospel. In the line of finding fault and stirring up strife they seem to be quite active. The Church cannot afford to carry [ them; but how to get rid of them is the question. Get them converted, and then i they will be all right. Dead in head, they are dead in heart; they need conversion. Let special effort be made for their conversion ; none need the work of grace more. 4ST The resurrection is only the to-morrow i morning of death, and when we think of the grave we should do so as in the happy days of our childhood we thought of our bed when we retired to it for the night, expecting an elder brother to call us in the morning and take us with him on a pleas ant excursion.? II'. M. Taylor. ihc fatb'iH* (fuqtttra. 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ANY person who desires to subscribe for the j Enquirer, and will send us his name, together with the name of a friend or neighbor, j accompanied by $4.00, we will send to their ad- I dresses, tho Enquirer for one year from the date of receipt. 1886. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886.! Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables ARE still on a boom, and the year 188<i finds me with some of the finest' Vehicles ever j shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and i mrpasssed by none. Everything will be kept j in tiie best style. Give me a trial and be convinced. Cincinnati and Columbus Buggies Df every description will be kept. Spring Wag- j nns, Pluetons, tfce., of the best make, always on , hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a fine Queen City Ilearse and a Clarence Coach, which will be sent to any part ef the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. I havoa Jumpseat Phajton and some Buggies 011 hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold soon to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Eeed Stables, where sn ,i.? F. E. SMITH. FOraDRY ANI) Machine Shop. ^ j? THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that ho now has in operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE-SHOP, in which he is prepared todo all"manner of work in light iron and brass castings, and general machine work. REPAIRING Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, ana 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 on completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. "toThe carolinaTtoyeTrade. I RESPECTFULLY inform Stove Buyers all over the State that I carry in stock, for Fall and Winter trade, 550 Cooking and Heating Stoves & Ranges. By actual count, requiring Store and Ware house room, 2o by 2G0 feet to contain the stock, and can till 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. 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 every neighborhood in the State. TERMS CASII ON DELIVERY. J. I). RATTERREE, Chester, S. C. October 15 31 12m The Howe Machine Company's LIGHT RUNNING, HIGH ARM, " TSTe-w Howe " WHICH IS THE BEST SEWING MACHINE EVER MADE. 1CALL special attention to the following features : The NEW HOWE is a new machine 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 my 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. THE COTTON PLANT. The Only Agricultural Journal in South Carolina. AN EIGHT-PAGE, FORTY-COLUMN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL ! Strictly and intensely Agricultural, ngiiiuig iur aim Aiunig the Farmers. The attention of the Fanners'Clubs organizing now in our State is called to THE COTTON PLANT, As the only Agricultural Magazine in our State. Only CIO Cents a Year. SEND FOR SAMPLK COPIES. Address THE COTTON* PLANT, Marion, S. C. Koch* sowsCelebrated Fashion Catalogue OEUT CDCE F?r Sprtag and SumObii I r It CE mer, 1S8S, ready March 20th. to any address. Illustrates and list* every thing for Ladies'. Gents', Chlldrens' und Infants' wear and Housekeeping Goods, at prices lower than those of any honso In the United States. Complete KtitiNlactiou guaranteed, or money rt>funded. II. c. F. KOCII & WON, 41th Ave. & '10th St., N. Y. City. March 18 10 2in WILLS AM) MILL MACIIIXERL THE undersigned respectfully informs the public that he is now fully prepared to con- ! iract for the building or repairing of FLOURIN(J AND CORN MILLS, and to furnish upon | the best terms all kinds MILL MACHINERY. I He is also Agent for one of the best WATER j WHEELS made in the United States, which lie rt'Ill SUll U1I IIIU 1V.MU, , Estimates furnished either in person or l>y | mail. Address W. S. WELLS, (1 rover, Cleveland Co., X. C. April 1 IS 4t* GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CKl.llPEL' AND rOKKl'CATEU SIDING, Iron TUc or Shingle, FIItE I'ROOF DOOKS, SlUTTEIiS 41'., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 May 10 RELIEF ! For Forty Years A Sufferer from Catarrh. WONDERFUL TO RELATE. T710R forty years I have been a victim to G'ATARRH?three-fourths of the time a sufferer from excruciating pains across my forehead and my nostrils. The discharges were so offensive that I hesitate to mention it, except for the good it may do some other sufferer. I have ' spent a young fortune from my earnings during my forty years of sulfering to obtain relief from the doctors. I have tried patent medicines?every one T could learn of?from the four corners of* the earth, with no relief. And AT LAST (57 years of age) have met with a remedy that has cured mo entirely?made me a new man. I i weighed 128 pounds and now weigh 14(5. I used thirteen bottles of the medicine, and theonlj' regret I have is that being in the humble walks of life I may not have influence to prevail on all catarrh sufferers to use what has cured me, Gninn's Pioneer Blood Renewer. HENRY CHEVES. "No. 2t>7 Second St., Macon, Ga." "Mr. Henry Cheves, the writer of the above formerly of Crawford county, now of Macon, Georgia^ merits theconfidence of all interested in catarrh. W. A. HUFF, Ex-Mayor of Macon." A superb Flesh Producer and Tonic. Cininn's Pioneer Blood Renewer Cures all Blood andSkin Diseases, Rheumatism, 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 81.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, Georgia. Eor sale by DOWRY & STARR, Yorkville. April8 11 ly "c. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD QCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Traine O from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, February 7th, 188(5. GOING COUTH. Leave Lenoir 8.00 A. M. Arrive at Iludsonville,9 8.24 A. M. Arrive at Lovelady,? 8.40 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 7.10 A. M. Leave Newton 8.05 A. M. Arrive at Maiden,? 8.33 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.10 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's* 9.43 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 10.07 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 10.23 A. M. Leave Gastonia 10.40 A. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek,* 11.07 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.30 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.05 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 12.25 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville,* 12.53 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville,* 1.30 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.00 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, *.zo r. ai. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.55 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.30 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.55 P. M. Leave Yorkville 6.10 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 at 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. Arrive at Hudsonville, 11.37 P. M. Arrivoat Lenoir, 12.01 A. M. * Flag Station. 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 tirst-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute all manner of J Oil 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 : I5I1L.L HEADS. For 500 For 1(J0<Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet oill heads. We will till an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, ?2.15 $3,25 ^ Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 * Letter (large size) 2 3.00t?' 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 Cnni-t nurl in nrnnf renrti nfr nvereisfi 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, THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK -COURT 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 B. Bratton, Rebecca I. B. Ashcraft, John A. Bratton, John S. Bratton, J. Rufus Bratton, . Napoleon B. Bratton, Martha E. Lowry, Mary C. Lowry, SophiaC. O'Bannon, Elizabeth De Loach, Jane E. Williams, Agnes B. Harris, Camilla A. Erwin, and Harriet J. Dixon, Defendants.?Summon* for Belief? Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above-named, the first six being non-residents: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, which is herewith this dajT filed in the office of the Clerk j of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County. ^ and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint 011 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 Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. [Summons and Complaint filed March lf>, 1.880. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.] BateO Yorkville. S. C.. March lf>. A. D. 1880. " C. E "SPENCER, Plaintiffs' Attorney. March 18 11 6t THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROEINA, COl'XTY OF YORK?COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Anderson Earwood, individually, and as Administrator of Charlotte Gaston, deceased, * Plaintiff, against Betsio Carroll, Mary A. Settles, Meliah Trantham, Thomas Earwood, Riley Earwood, Oma Enloe, Andrew Gladden, John Ramsey and Holly Ann Ramsey, Defendants.?Summons for Relief?Complaint not served. To the Defendants above-named, all being nonresidents : Tr<)U are hereby summoned and required to j[ answer the Complaint in this action, which is this day herewith tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint 011 the subscriber, at hisoffice in Yorkvillc, 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 Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated Yorkville, S. C., March 15, A D., 188(1. C, E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorney. March 25 12 (It* TilE STATK OF SOI TH ( AROLINA. York C'ouuty. < ! XX7TIEREAS ELLEN MURRAY has applied | J J to me for Letters of Administration, 011 all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of PATRICK T. MURRAY, 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 the23RD DAY OF APRIL, 1.886, 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 5th day of April, in the* vear of our Lord one thou......I \ .'1 1 1 Nairn I'lUlll II It mil Hi illiu ci^iiraiA,auu ill vur 110th your of the Independence of the United States of America. J. BE ATT Y WILLIAMS, Probate Judge of York County. Aprils 1 -t CHATTEL MORTGAGES, ~~ MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. OFIXG COMPANY, JB I HON ORE PAINT And. Cement. 102 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. W fid* Send for Circular and Price F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. v - ?- ly f t t.