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iiuwot'ous Department. A CONGRESSMAN'S COW TRADE. Representative O'Neill, of Missouri, is a veritable son of the soil. Among his constituents he is a granger himself. His district lies in the upper part of St. Louis, but as it embraces the billy goat and gardentruck suburbs of the metropolis of the Mississippi, his constituency is somewhat rural. To this element O'Neill has long been a walking encyclopedia of information concerning crops and live stock. During the last campaign, while visiting, he met one of his farmer constituents, driving a cow. He at once began to air his knowledge of bovine breeds. In the height of his enthusi asm he offered to buy the cow. The farmer was not anxious to sell, but said he would take $60 for her. "Drive her up to my house," said O'Neill, "and I'll be there to pay you the money." The farmer regretted that he had consented to part with his favorite cow, and said: "Let me tell you, Mr. O'Neill, the cow is a gentle creature and a good milker, but she has no upper teeth." "Of course that changes the trade," said Mr. O'Neill. "You wouldn't expect me to take a cow with such a defect as that, but bring me a good milker, with sound upper teeth, and I'll buy her." . When the story got out there was great excitement in the cabbage end of his district. The grangers swore they would not have a Congressman who was "blamed fool enough to believe that cows had .upper teeth." As a result, O'Neill was only reelected by the skin of his own upper teeth.? Washington Republican. Irish Bulls.?The Irish, rightly or wrongly, get credit for almost all the hulls that frn the rounds of the Daners. It was an Irishman who wanted to find a place where there was no death, that he might go and end his days there. It was an Irish editor that exclaimed, when speaking of the wrongs of Ireland, "Her cup of misery has been for ages overflowing and is yet not full." It was an Irish newspaper that said of Robespierre that "he left no children behind him, except a brother, who was killed at the same time." It was an Irish coroner who, when asked how he accounted for the extraordinary mortality in Limerick, replied sadly, "I cannot tell. There are people dying this year that never died before." It was an Irish handbill that announced with boundless liberality in reference to a great political demonstration in the Rotunda, that "ladies without distinction of sex would be welcome." Sir Boyle Roche said, "Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of possible misfortunes is generally followed by a much great er." Aneminentspirit merchant in Dublin announces in an Irish paper, "that he has still a small quantity of the whisky on hand which was drunk by George IV. when in Dublin." + , 4ST "I tell you, Bromley, I'm- more than ever impressed with the eternal fitness of things, the inter-related association, the im pinging approximation, the " "Oh, nonsense, Darringer! I used to be an enthusiast of the kind, but I ain't now." "What led you to change your mind?" "An incident which occurred this spring during house cleaning. I fell over a scrubbing bucket, splintering my nose-glasses into my face and put my foot through the motto, "God bless our home." I tell you there wasn't any eternal fitness about it. I was irreverent enough to eschew the blessing by proxy and took to blessing my home myself. With too much heartiness, perhaps, I appeased my wife with an $18 bonnet, but the dog remained under the back porch for the Test of the week." The Best He Could Do.?"Can I get to stay all night?" inquired a filthy-looking tramp at a farmhouse. "We're not fixed to keep anybody," said the farmer. "We're crowded for room." "But I'm not particular. I can put up with most anything." "Well, in that case perhaps we can accommodate you. But couldn't give you a room to yourself." "No, I didn't expect it; I can sleep anywhere." "Can you? Well, now that's cheering. Will you go into the pig pen along with the otner nogs, or wouiu you preier a Deu unuer the corn crib among the rats? That's the best we can do for you." He passed on.?Chicago Ledger. Marital Expenses.?Sam Perkins, of Hearne, Texas, is somewhat of a philosopher, and he is always giving good advice to his friends. He is somewhat cynical on the subject of matrimony, having had some sad experience in that line. Not long since his nephew, Sam Stinchcomb, told him that he intended to marry Mary Bartlett. "Has she got any money?" asked Sam. "No." "Have you got any ?" "No." "My dear boy, don't you know that it takes a great deal of money to carry on war ?"?Siftings. ' The Limit.?"Mv dear" she said as she laid the paper down, "I see that some of the Chicago tire engines could scarcely be moved on account of the snow." "Well. " "Well, why don't they put the engines on runners when there is snow?" "They would be too low to take the water from the hydrants." "Yes, but why not lower the hydrants?" He set his jaws and refused to be further interviewed.?Detroit Free Press. He Knew a Dozen.?A certain Congressman's little boy has a pretty good opinion of himself, and thinks that he knows nearly as much as everybody else in town. His Sunday-school teacher had the class up Sunday for examination, and Johnnie was more than ready to tell what he knew. "Do you know the ten commandments Johnnie?" she asked. "Well I shouldsay I did," he responded. "I know a dozen of 'em." S@F Clergymen sometimes get answers they don't expect, even from children. One of them was questioning a Sundayschool class about the man who fell among thieves on the way from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bringing the story to a point, he I asked, "Now, why did the priest and Le-! vite pass by on the other side ?" A scholar held out his hand. "Well, my boy, why did the priest and Levite pass by on the other side ?" "I know," said the lad ; "because the man was already robbed." S&F It is said of Horace Greeley that soon j after he went to learn the printing business he went to see a preacher's daughter. The next time he attended meeting he was considerably astonished at hearing the minister announce as his text, "My daughter is grievously tormented with a devil." BOF "John," inquired the counsel of the I witness, at the same time casting a facetious glance at the jury, "when you Chinamen J take your celestial oath in court what is! done with the chicken after the head is cut off?" "Some lawyer glet him," replied the witness.?Xeir York Sun. HftsfeUattwuis ?Uadrag. CLEVELAND ON THE COLORED MAN. In the course of a recent conversation between the correspondent of the Fort Worth Gazette and President Cleveland on the pres- j ent and future of the colored man, the Pres- j ident said, among other things: As for me, I cannot see any negro question in our national affairs. It has ever been my ambition to be the executive of all the people?of the North and South alike, of the black as well as the white man. The laws do not recognize any distinction and I do not see that one who is sworn to execute these laws can recognize any distinction, either. I see that considerable discussion has been going on of late over what shall be done with the colored man, but I wish to enter my protest against this parceling him off as though he were a distinct element of our body politic. He is an American, and as long as I have any influence with this administration, to borrow a phrase from my illustrious predecessor, he must have every right his legal due. If there was any good result reverting to the colored man from the accession to power of the Democratic party I am determined that he shall have it to the fullest extent. The uncertain treatment the negro would receive under a Democratic administration was a strong clement of opposition to the election of Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Blaine and his friends used this for all it was worth. The charge was made on nearly every rostrum, that in case he was elected the negro would be deprived of his political rights ; and it was asserted, by those who knew better, that the advent of the Democratic party to power would relegate him to slavery. This belief seized the minds of thousandsof the ignorant blacks of the South ; and the declaration was made so persistently and with such vehemence, many of the friends of the negro, who, otherwise, were willing to see a change, doubted its safety. But fifteen months of Mr. Cleveland's rule have satisfied the country that these apprehensions were unfounded. He has shown himself to be the friend of every race and class alike, and as careful to protect the rights of all, as to seethe laws faithfully executed. His recent utterance epitomizes his policy in the past and the future. His consistent - * * P. and just course disarms opposition irum uiv colored stand point. The Republican party was never the honest friend of the negro, and the latter begins to see it. They hoped to capture the South by giving the negro the ballot, but failed in it. To the Republican leaders the negro has ever been a political hewer of wood and drawer of water, and without his help they would have lost power long before they did. As a political factor in the handsof the Republican party his power is broken, and will never be to them in the future what it was in the past. Mr. Cleveland's conservative course has not only disarmed the apprehensions of the colored race, but a large per centage of the Republican party. They are already assured that his rule will be mild and peaceful, and even his reforms will be carried forward with such care no interest will receive a shock.? Doi/festoim, Pa., Democrat. A CONTRACTOR'S GHOST STORY. "I never go much on ghost stories," began Contractor Van Dyke, at the Clinton House, the other evening. The old gentleman had been listening with more or less + tr. r. c-twina r\f to lou hmnfr tfllfl hv aiiciiiiuu n; a otnw v?? i?"-" ?j the guests of the hotel. "You don't believe in spooks, then," suggested one of the gathering. "Well, I don't know," the old contractor replied. "My experience in that direction has been somewhat remarkable. I don't suppose you will believe me, but the story I will tell you is true. I can produce a living witness to it, and I will at a.ny time make affidavit to its accuracy. Two years ago I was building a piece of railroad down in the eastern part of this State. Among the people who furnished me ties was an old trader in whom I had little or no confidence. As the bills for ties came in I paid them promptly and took receipts from every man. I knew to the tie the number used. After my contract was completed the old trader sued me for the price of fifty ties. The case was tried and I was made to pay the money. The old man had sworn ro his bill, and little or no defense could be made. When I paid the money I warned the fellow. I told him he had perjured himself. I predicted for hini an unhappy ending. About six months ago, I was awakened at one o'clock in the morning by this same old trader. It was dark in my room. Just as plainly as I can see you now he was there in life. He wakened me by calling my name. My partner was in a bed in the same room just a few feet from me. I called him and told him of the visitor's presence, lie said he could not see him and laughed at me. He told me that I was dreaming and suggested that I had better go to sleep. While we were talking theold trader called me by name. He said he had been mistaken about the ties, and ottered to return me the money. The vision then vanished. My partner talked with me of the matter before we went to sleep again. The next morning he told the story on me as a joke, but while we were at breakfast the news reached us of the old trader's death. He had died within ten minutes of the time of his visit to me. I have no idea how many more calls of the same character he had to make, but I am satisfied his visit to me was the last one. That story is true as holy writ," the old man concluded. A distressing silence followed its telling and the party broke up before all recovered. KtitiK. The familiar statement that each egg is equal to half a pound of meat must be taken with several grains of salt. Nourishing as I prrnrs nmlniihtprlIv jiro it is n. (itiestion j whether a laboring man would find himself as fully equipped for hard work by eating two of them as he would by a meal of a pound of beefsteak. One may admit this without going as far as did the serving-maid who pathetically lamented to her mistress that meat three times a day was necessary J to her comfort, adding that although she | had disposed of six eggs for her breakfast j that morning, she still had a hollow feeling, I because "the meat corner was not full." Much of the value of eggs depends upon their absolute freshness. In cooking with them, as with butter, a little less than perfection may possibly pass muster, but there is always a risk in attempting it. Memory recalls to one housekeeper a bitter souvenir of an episode of her inexperienced days, when a pumpkin pie, rich in good tilings, and tempting to the eye was ruined to the palate by one of the liberal number of eggs which went to its composition having been kept in a little too long. Cake utterly refuses to rise if the eggs used in it are at all stale, unless it be inflated by soda to such a degree as to render it uneatable; and muffins, Sally Lunn, corn bread, etc., are equally stubborn in their honesty. If entire freshness of eggs be desirable when they are to be compounded with other materials, what must be said of this necessity when they are to form a separate article of diet for the table use? Nothing is more revolting even to a hardy stomach than the least suspicion of offensive taste and odor in an egg, and unless their perfection can be guaranteed it is far better not to serve them at all. The disgust once awakened is not easily laid to rest, and in some cases endures for ever. There has been a great deal of discussion as to the comparative richness of eggs with j light and those with dark yolks. The lat- ; ter are better for sponge cake, custards, and j other concoctions in which deep color is desired, but exept in this regard there is j small preference. Chicken fanciers say that j there is more nutriment in eggs produced I by well fed fowls than in those laid by | hens which have to pick up an indifferent living as best they may. One advantage eggs possess over meat is that no matter what the hen's diet may be they are never tainted by it. We read of illness and blood poisoning caused by eating the llesh of improperly fed cattle aud pigs. It would seem as if the hen, in her egg making capacity, assimilated only what is best and purest in her food. In the spring of the year, when the system is enfeebled by the debilitating weather that succeeds the snapping bracing cold of winter, eggs form an especially healthful part of tlie bill of fare. Too much meat is liable to cause bilious affections, and the fresh fruit and vegetables that would serve as correctives are not to be procured in abundance. There is so great a variety of easy and palatable modes of preparing eggs that it is odd so many people confine themselves to the alternative of boiling and frying them. At this sea?on of the year, when the cost of eggs rarely exceeds twenty-five cents a dozen, the housekeeper may ring the changes upon the different recipes, and by judicious managent secure inexpensive and wholesome breakfast and tea dishes that will prove sufficiently appetizing to still anv longing for the stereotyped steaks and chops that are staples on most American tables.?Christine Ferhune llerriek, on Good Housekeeping. About Swallows.?Prof. Grant Allen, speaking of swallows, says that no other race has ever lived in such close connection with man and yet learned so little from his companionship. Still, they show some signs of intelligence. In making the mud walls of their nests, for instance, they allow each layer to dry thoroughly before proceeding to stop it by another course. In acquiring the habit of building in chimneys, which has been carried to swallows by the westward course of civilization, they exhibit some faculty of adaptation. As a rule they place their nest five or six feet below the top of the chimney, to keep it out of the way of owls, not directly over the kitchenfire, but over an adjoining flue. And it requires some art to get down into the shaft. The emergence of the young swallows from this place is a remarkable instance of intelligent action still wavering on the brink of mere hardened instinct. As soon as they are strong enough to move, the chicks clamber ratner tnan ny up urn perpendicular shaft, by beating their wings "in some ineffectual compromise between a flop and a flutter." Often they fail and fall crushed to the hearth. Then having reached the summit, it is some time before they venture upon flight, and they acquire the art only by degrees as it were. Mr. Roumanes has collected a few yet more unequivocal cases of intelligence in swallows. In one case a bell-wire, on which a swallow's nest partly rested, twice demolished it. Convinced that it was a dangerous object, they constructed a tunnel for the wire to pass through, and were troubled by it no more. 111 another case a pair of swallows were molested by sparrows trying to dispossess them of their nest. They thereupon modified the entrance to their home, so that, instead of opening by a simple noie, it was carriuu uu outward in the form of a tunnel. Instances are recorded where several swallows have combined to drive away sparrows which had robbed a pair of comrades of their nest. Popular Science Monthly. True Business Principles.-?It is as easy to be a rich man as a poor one. Half the energy displayed in keeping ahead that is required to catch up when behind would save credit, give more time to attend to business, and add to the profit and reputation of those who work for gain. lienor your engagements. If you promise to meet a man or to do a certain thing at a certain moment, be ready at the appointed time. If you go on business, attend promptly to matters on hand, then as promptly go about your own business. Do not stop to tell stories in business hours. If you have a place of business be found there when wanted. No man can get rich by sitting around stores. Never fool 011 business matters. Have order, system, regularity, liberality, promptness. Do not meddle with business you know nothing of. Never buy an article you do not need, simply because it is cheap and the man who sells it will take it out intrude. Trade is money. Strive to avoid harsh words and personalities. Do not kick every stone in the patli; more miles can be made in a day ? i ?1 1... uy going Slt'UUliy Oil IIIUII uy siup^uig i\j kick. Pay as you go. A man of honor respects his word as he does his bond. Aid, but never beg. Help others when you can, hut never giye what you cannot afford to, simply because it is fashionable. Learn to say "no." Xo necessity for snapping it out in dog-fashion, but say it firmly and respectfully. Have but few confidants, and the fewer the better. Use your own brains rather than those of others. Learn to think and act for yourself. Be vigilant. Keep ahead rather than behind time. Young man, cut this out if there be folly in the argument, let us know. A ('VCIiONK OK I'OKTY-FOUll ViCAIW A(i(). Stories of the recent cyclone in Ohio are coming in quite freely, but they do not approach the marvelous stories of the tornado that swept up the roaring Codorus, in York county, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 18G1. After the storm we speak of one farmer j found that his well had been pulled up by the roots and was found hanging on the limbs of a white oak tree four miles away. J A cellar belonging to one of his neighbors was split in two, one half of it being blown j through a stone quarry and the other half I turned up endwise against a haystack in | the adjoining county, a hock oi geese were completely stripped of their leathers by the j wind, and a dried apple pie was blown J through the side of a school house, terrify- j itig the teacher and scholars, besides ruin-! ing a large map of the grasshopper districts of Kansas. A large barn containingthirteen tons of hay was lifted olf its foundation and carried bodily six miles down the valley, where it settled down so squarely that the doors could be opened without prying them. The wind blew the tail oil' six Durham cows, and a Berkshire pig, weighing 2<>o pounds, was blown completely through his skin, the hide remaining in a standing posi- j tion and preserving an expression of naturalness that deceived many visitors. The boundary lines of several townships were bent all out of shape, so that they looked like a curled hair mattress on a hot griddle, and the air was blown so completely out of the valley that people had to go up on the hills when they wanted to breathe.?1'Jiihide fphia Presx. ,1 ! i South Carolina's Food Supply.?It , would be astounding to our people to know just exactly what they are furnished with from Western grain and meat houses and 1 other things which they might raise at i home. The Greenwood correspondent of : the Abbeville iVm- and Jianner tells the < people of that county what has been bought. i at that market, and from this statement we j can approximate what is sold in our county, , as Greenwood is not half as large as our i county seat. From the first of January to ! the middle of May the following statistics show what was sold : Fifty-seven carloads ! of corn, twenty-two carloads of bacon, 9,0G0 bushels of meal, 3,391 barrels of flour, and 445 barrels of molasses. Is it any won- ! der considering these statistics, that we i hear the cry of "hard times." There is not a single item in the list which could not have 1 been raised at home, and easily done at j that. The sooner our people realize how I dependent they are upon foreign markets for the actual necessaries of life the sooner will our country start on the grand march of progress and stand among the foremost States in material prosperity.? Winnsboro 4- -O Who Was It Invented Bricks?? Next, let us consider a very simple article, which most people would hardly deem worthy of notice as an invention, and yet which occupies a most important place in the history of the human race. I allude to bricks. Whoever first pressed clay into the form of a parallelogram, and dried it in the sun, was a genius. It looks simple enough now. One might say, "a child could think of that"; but many generations of men lived and died on the face of the globe, without thinking of it. Consider the million of millions of bricks composing our dwellings and factories and churches; think of the inestimable benefits conferred upon mankind by this simple invention,and of the load of gratitude due to the memory of the great discoverer. But again the question arises, who is he? Where did he live, and in what age of the world? Alas! there is no answer to these questions; silence covers up his history. Let us hope that he lived long enough after his invention to build himself a comfortable brick dwelling in which to end his useful life. May we not hope that in some other sphere he is reaping the reward of his incstimable gift to his fellow creatures...AVhile he has passed away from the world?dust to dust, ashes to ashes?the benefits of his invention will continue as long as the world lasts, and all generations should call him o lessen. jjl'i us us suuu us uie unuu iiiumument fund is completed, open a new subscription, to raise a brick column whose head "shall reach even into heaven," in honor of the great benefactor.--Outing. Iloiv to Mark Goods.?One of the most perplexing things a merchant has to deal with is marking goods. Many short ways of getting a percentage of profit have been devised ; some of them good and others not so good. A few of the more expeditious and more convenient of the rules may be given. Suppose an article is bought by the dozen and the merchant wants to make 20 per cent, all he has to do is to remove the decimal point one place to the left. Suppose brooms are ?2.50 a dozen; then 25 cents each is the cost with 20 per cent, added. To make 25 per cent, remove the point one place to the left and add 1-24. To make 00 per cent, add 1-12 itself. ? 33$ ? ? 1-0 " 3") " " I ?? " .JO " " ji " " 44 " " 1-5 " (( .-Q I ( (t 1 t ( " (io " " i " 80 " << i ? Always remove the decimal point one place to the left before making the additions and the sum will be the selling price of the single article. In calculating the per cent, on a single article if you wish to make 10 per cent, divide by.-10, multiply by 11 20 44 44 41 JO 4 4 4 4 1 2 2o 44 multiply 44 10, divide 44 8 25 44 add I of itself. 30 44 divide by. 10, multiply by 13 33i 44 add $ of itself. 33$ 44 divide by 3, multiply by 4 40 44 44 44 10, 44 by 14 50 44 add 1 itself. Ben Butler and Father Ryan.?The late poet priest of the South frequently told the following anecdote of his stay in New Orleans: 44lt was during the war when Gen, Butler was in charge of the city. A Catholic soldier in the Union forces there died, and because some one blundered no religious rites were observed at the funeral. It was reported to Butler that Father Ryan had refused to read the burial service. In a towering rage Butler sent for the priest and in the most peremptory and offensive way demanded why he had not given all the honors of the church to the deceased. Father Ryan quietly explained the matter, j flint Im wno nnf tn hlampr that the I nilUWlll^ illUb 11 V/ II , fault was due to the comrades of the dead soldier, and added: "It is, therefore, not truethat I refused to bury him. It is also not true that I have publicly and repeatedly refused to officiate at the funeral of any Federal soldier or officer. On the contrary, it is 1 the reverse of the truth, for, General, it would give me great pleasure to bury the whole lot of you!" Butler's stern face relaxed into a grim smil^, and from that day ! he and Father Ryan had no further trouble j in common. On That "Souh Apple Tree."?'The j frequent mention recently of the name of Jefferson Davis in connection with his visit ' to (ieorgia, calls to mind a conversation that j took place last summer in the rooms of the ! Century Jfar/azhw. A New Orleans visitor I was there and the members of the staff who ! had attended the Exposition the winter be- j fore were eagerly inquiring after Southern friends and acquaintances. "How is INIiss ; Davis?" "Ah!" said another, "our ac- j quaintance with the charming Miss Davis j has wrought a change in our musical habits I up hero. Our vocal exercise used to be singing, 'Jiang Jed' Davis on a sour apple tree,' but we don't allow that now." "I never heard that interesting composi-1 tion but once," said the .Southern visitor, ' "and that was in a 1'aris park, where I was ' strolling in company with Minnie Davis, and in going about the grounds we came upon a party of young Americans somewhat exhilarated by champagne, who were singing'Hang JelF Davis' at the top of their i voices. I think it was the iirst time, too, I that Miss Davis ever heard it, and let us j hope that it was the last." ? ? JjYixfi With tiiu IIeai> JIhjii.?It is often a question amongst people who are un-. acquainted with the anatomy and physiol- j ogy of man, whether lying with his head j exalted or even with the body, is most j wholesome. Those who consult their own ease on the point argue in favor of that which they prefer. Now, although many delight in bolstering up their heads at night, and sleep soundly without injury, it is, nevertheless, a dangerous habit. The vessels ; through which blood passes from the heart i to the head are always lessened in the cav- J ities when the head is resting in bed higher j, than the body; therefore, in all diseases at- [ j tended with fever, the head should be pretty near on a level with the body; and people ought to accustom themselves to sleep in ; this position to avoid danger.?JTaWa ./our-' uaf of J realth. ?fe2T"You ought to put a sign over that hatchway," said a policeman to a storekeeper, "or some one will tumble into it." "All right!" replied the merchant; and he tied j one of his "Fall Opening" placards to the. railing. A TSRZLLD READ OUR ILLUS BY W. CLAR] Author of the "Wreck of the (Jrosvei TO III COMMENCED IN Till w K have arranged for the publication of an i! FAiinBB TUIHISII We promise all our readers a literaiy treat \v laid in a quiet, little English seaport town, but it all Europe. 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Arrive at Hickory, 7.10 A. M. Leave Newton 8.05 A. M. Arrive at Maiden,3 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, 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 <5.10 P. M. Arrive at Clover, <3.45 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 7.10 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.40 P. M. J 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 Iludsonville, 11.37 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 12.01 A. M. * Flag Station. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. February 18 7 tf RELIEF! ( For Fortv Years A Sufferer from Catarrh. WONDERFUL TO RELATE. T^OR forty years I have been a victim to C'Afi TARRH? three-fourths of the time a sufferer from excruciating pains across my forehead and my nostrils. The discharges were so otren- Jr* sivcthat 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 suffering to obtain relief from tne doctors, i nave iriea patent memcmes?every one I 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 me entirely?made me a new man. I weighed 128 pounds and now weigh 140. I used thirteen bottles of the medicine, and the only regret I have is that being in the humble walks of life I may not have inllucnee to prevail on all catarrh sufferers to use what has cured me, Guinn's Pioneer Blood Renewer. HENRY CHKVES. "No. 207 Second St., Macon, Ga." "Mr. Henry G'heves, the writer of the above formerly of Crawford county, now of Macon, Georgia, merits theconlidenceofall interested in catarrh. W. A. HUFF, Ex-Mayor of Macon." A superb Flesh Producer and Tonic. Guiiui's Pioneer Blood Renewer Cures all Blood and Skin 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 81.7"). Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, Georgia. For sale by DOWRY A STARR, Yorkville. Aprils * 11 ly 1886. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables ARE still on a boom, and the year 1886 finds me with some of the finest Vehicles ever shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and surpasssed by none. Everything will be kept in the best style. Give me a trial and be convinced. Cincinnati and Columbus Buggies Of every description will bo kept. Spring Wagons, Plnetons, Ac., of the best make, always on hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence Coach, which will be sent to any part ef the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. I have a Junipseat Pha?ton and some Buggies on 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 Feed Stables, where thev will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. TO THE CAROLINA STOYE TRADE. 1 RESPECTFULLY inform Stove Rlivers all over the State that I carry in stock, for Fall and Winter trade, 550 Cooking and Heating Stoves & Ranges. , JIv actual count, requiring Store and Warehouse room, '!"> by liUO 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. li&f Write for circulars giving prices and a full description of (Joods. and SAVE MONEY. I am very anxious to get a sample Stove sold in cverv neighborhood in the State. TERMS CASH OX DELIVERY. J. I). HATTERREE, Chester, S. C. October 1~> .'11 1-m 11*1*1.1<'ATIO\ FOR DISdIAROi:. 'VTOTK'E is hereby given that the undersigned, Administrators of the estate of WILLIAM McCILL, deceased, have madeatinal return and settlement with the Judge of Probate for York county, and on Thursday, the 3rd day of.July, 1H.SU, at 11 o'clock A. M.', will make application for discharge from liability as Administrators of said estate. TnlmAH^SlA^ } Administrators. C. E. Sckm kh, Attorney for Administrators. June 8 -- ft? HOW TO SAVEOXi: OOLLAR. VNY person who desires to subscribe for the KxQi'iHKit, and will send us his name, together with the name of a friend or neighbor, accompanied by $4.00, we will send to their addresses, the Extjrikkk for one year from the date of receipt. June '! -- tf CHATTELTMORTG AG ES, MORTOAOES of Real Estate, and Titles to ^ Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. April 2!) 17 tt'