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itumorous ffjjattraeut. A Struggle For Principle.?A rainy day had housed us up in the cabin of a Tennessean, and about 9 o'clock in the morning a man who was addressed by our host as Uncle Billy came riding up through the steady pour on a mule. The animal was placed in the stable, and as the two men entered the house our host observed: "Well, Uncle Billy, how'll you trade mules?" "Oh, 'bout $3 tew boot," was the answer. They returned to the stables and talked until noon. Then we had dinner, and they talked until 4 o'clock. The rain let up a bit and we went out to see a cave, leaving them talkiner mule. We returned at 6 and they were still at it. We had supper, and the interrupted conversation was resumed and kept up until 9 o'clock. We went off to bed with Uncle Billy saying: "Tell ye what I'll dew. I'll trade fur $3 tew boot." It thundered about midnight, and I woke up and I heard that mule talk still going. At 6 o'clock I got up. Uncle Billy was just riding away. "Well, how did you come out?" I asked of our host. "Beat him down to $2 and three bits," he replied. "So you saved two shillings." "Exactly, though I wasn't working for that. It was the principle of the thing which I looked at ."?Detroit Free Frees. ?*_?. Extraordinary Medical skill.-One stormy night, when the roads were wellnigh impassable, a son of Erin came into a doctor's office and desired the dispenser of physic to go to see a friend who was "jist adyin'." He would not take no for an answer; so, putting the saddle-bags upon his horse, the physician started out upon his journey. As soon as he saw the sick man he knew it was nearly over with him, and remarked to the courier: " " * x-u iv . I?a . ?? < _:a "reier, you U)iu ine irum ; yuui mcmi is just at the point of death." "Can't ye do ainytheeng for heem ?" replied Peter. "No; it is too late." "But, docthor, aint ye goin' to give heem ainything at all, at all ?" "It will do no good." "But, docthor, ye have come so far, it would be too bad to go back without doin' anything." For the peace of Peter's mind, the doctor now took a small quantity of sugar from a phial, and placed it upon the dying man's tongue just as he was drawing his last breath. Peter seeing his friend's head drop back, looked up to the doctor with big eyes, and said, half in a whisper, "Oh, docthor, an didn't ye do it quick I"?Harper's Magazine/or July. Theatricals in Texas.?Some Austin amateurs gave a performance of "Hamlet" one day last week. Gus DeSmith was Hamlet. The day after the performance Kosciusko Murphy met Gus and asked: "How did the performance come off last night?" "Everybody did well except J uuge jfennybunker. I'll be doggoned if he goes on the stage with me anymore. I'll take him and tie him on the railroad track and let the cars run over him before he shall play Ghost to my Hamlet any more." "Was he the Ghost?" "Yes, and the blooming old idiot stalked across the stage with his spectacles on. You bet he made a circus of the whole show. If there ever was a melahcholy Dane I was one. I havn't got over it. And the old graven image says he put on his specs to add to the solemnity of the scene."? Texas Si/tiugs. A Lawyer's Contingent Fee.?"What is a contingent fee?" asked a litigant of a well known attorney the other day. "Well," said the legalite, "if I take your case and lose it I get nothing." "Yes, yes; that's all right." "But if I win the case you get nothing." "How's that! How's that!" I don't think I understand you." The attorney calmly repeated his statement. The still non-plussed litigant persisted : "If I understand you, in neither case do I get anything." "Well, you know, that's not my fault; but that's the meaning of a contingent fee. Shall I bring suit? What did you say? No? Well. I am very sorry. Good morn ing, sir." Different Colored Horses.?"Yes, said a physician, "poor Smith is dead. I Did all that medical science could do, but nature had to take her course. In sickness nature is all powerful; the physician can only assist and direct." "Well, how is Brown ?" "Brown is all right again, but his was one of the worst cases I ever had to contend with. Nothing but the most skillful treatment saved him from the grave." - - - Innocent Childhood.?"Tain't so," triumphantly exclaimed Bobbie from his perch on top of a chair, gazing down on Algernon's head. "What's not true," doutfully asked his sister Maud. Why, you said Algy was so green that grass was growing from the top of his head, and (determinedly,) there ain't any there." How Maud explained the situation is unknown.? Detroit Free Press. A Quick Duel.?"That was a quick termination of a duel," said Mr. Beeswax to his wife as he looked up from the morning paper which he was reading. "What duel? I didn't know that there was a duel to be fought," replied the lady. "Yes, there was a duel fought early this morning, and it only required two seconds to finish it."?National Weekly. |^*"Mr. Plumson, you talked in your sleep a full hour last night, and kept me awake the whole time. It was dreadful." "Madam, what can you expect of a man who never gets a chance to say a word during the entire day?" "Well, sir, I never talk in ray sleep, that's certain." "Quite right, my dear: I think it must have been your silence that startled me." A Trip. Abroad.?Jones?"Are you going to Europe, Brown?" Brown?"Yes." Jones?"Take your wife with you?" Brown?No. "She is not very well, so I j shall leave her at home." Jones?"What are you going over for ?" i Brown?"For my health." 1ST "Are you going to make a flower-i bed here?" said the Brooklyn girl to her father's gardner. "Yes, miss, them's the orders." "Why, it'll spoil our tenuis grounds!" "Can't help it miss. Your pa says he's bound to have this plot laid out j for horticulture, not husbandry." "Airs" Was Weak.?"Sue puts on a great many airs, does she not?" said Mildred, while discussing an acquaintance. "Airs!" replied Amy. "That doesn't begin to express it. She just piles cyclones on the topaf hurricanes."?Pittsburg Telegraph. t&" While medical students are being harshly condemned for robbing graves it is forgotten that the students intend to till! them up again when they go into practice.' IpsttUattfflits fteMing. THE LANCASTER TRAGEDY. The Lancaster Revieio, of last Wednesday, gives the following circumstantial account of the killing of John It. Bell by Leroy Springs, in that town, on the 2Sth ultimo: At 12 o'clock last Monday, merchants, clerks and citizens generally, in the neighborhood of the intersection of Main and Church streets were startled by the clear though ominous reports of two pistol shots, in quick succession, proceeding from that locality. We, together with others, rushed to the place from whence the reports came, and on reaching Main street, found Mr. Bell lying on his face, just across the drain in front of the grocery store of Heath, Springs & Co., with his feet in the direction of the store. Mr. Springs was standing in his store door. He admitted having done the shooting, but stated that he had acted in self-defence. TI_j ii.. i 1? 4i.. 4 ,.,i nr. T>?ma rrieuuiy minus guuuy lumt-u jii.ucuo body over, face upward, when it could be plainly seen that he was dying. From his mouth blood was slowly oozing, and after two or three ineffectual efforts made by hira to breathe, the eyes of the young man closed in death. As soon as he could possibly reach there, and before life was extinct, Dr. M. P. Crawford examined Mr. Bell's body for his wounds, with the view of giving him relief if possible. But it was soon discovered that he was beyond the power of human skill. He died of internal hemorrhage. He never spoke after being shot. Two wounds were discovered by Dr. Crawford on Bell's person?both shots having taken effect?one on the left side about five inches below the armpit, the ball having entered the bodv between the seventh and eighth ribs and reappearing just under the skin on the right side a few inches to the right and above the right nipple, and the other in the right wrist, which was broken, the ball having struck on the under side while the arm was evidently uplifted. The shot in the side, of course, was the fatal one. Dr. Crawford afterwards cut the balls out. The one which struck the wrist was badly flattened, - while the one which passed through the body, having struck no bones, was intact. Mr. Springs was deeply affected by the fatal results of the difficulty in which the shooting was done, and wept bitterly after it was over with. Tht facts leading up to the trouble, as gathered by us, are as follows: Last Sunday night shortly after dark Mr. Springs, who had just returned from driving with a friend, was accosted in front of the Catawba House, by Mr. Bell, who was at the time, in company with Mr. B. F. Welsh and Mr. Will Blakney. No one else was present. Calling Mr. Springs aside, Mr. Bell charged him with having laughed unseemingly at the fire last Thursday night and associating his name with its origin in a questionable manner. [The fire here referred to was the burning of three tenement houses in course of construction and nearly finished, which Mr. Bell was building for B. F. Welsh.] Mr. Springs emphatically denied the charge and pronounced Mr. Bell's informant a liar whom he was ready to face. Mr. Bell replied that his author was near at hand. At this juncture Mr. Springs realizing that he was unarmed and alone among parties not friendly to him, and apprehendinor on ntinplr turner! nnr! walker! nn the stairs of the hotel to his room. After remaining there a short time, Mr. Springs started down stairs to the dining room of the hotel and on his way passed the parties whom he had lately left in front of the building. He was subsequently informed that Mr. Bell had started to his room to attack him. Mr. Springs went at once to the residence of his partner. Mr. O. P. was properly eared for, dressed, and en-1 cased in a neat coffin. It was buried here on the following day. The deceased was a native of Chester j county, and came to Laucaster a few years I ago. He was about twenty-live years of age, and a man of remarkably fine physique. He was unmarried, and had no relatives j in this county save a little eight year old : brother whom he recently brought here to live with him. Much sympathy was felt j for the little fellow, whose grief over the ! loss of his brother was truly affecting. Mr. Springs had him sent home Monday even- j ing to his mother in Chester county. Mr. Springs, also a young man not over ; twenty-five years of age, is a son of the j late lamented Col. Baxter Springs, of Char- j lotte, and, though it has scarcely been three I years since he made Lancaster his home, | during his brief residence here he has made I many warm friends and by his gentleman-1 Heath, and iuformed him of what had occurred. Whereupon Mr. Heath and Mr. J. M. Heath returned to the hotel with Mr. Springs and remained with him in his room until a late hour of the night. About midday on Monday as Mr. Springs and Mr. 0. P. Heath were sitting on a sill in front of their grocery store, Mr. Bell came walking down Main street towards them, and when opposite to where they were sitting, stopped. Mr. Springs first spoke. Addressing Mr. Bell he said, "What did you mean by your conduct last night?" Mr. Bell replied, "Damn you, I meant just what I said," and accompanied the words with a blow with his fist, which, however, was warded off by Mr. Heath as he and Mr. Springs rose from their seats. Instantly Mr. Bell threw his hand to his hip pocket as if in search of a pistol, whereupon Mr. Springs fired two shots at him with a self cocking pistol, Smith & Wesson, 38 calibre. After failing to find his pistol in his hip pocket, Mr. Bell began to search his coat pockets for his weapon, but before he could lay his hand on it, Mr. Springs' bullet had done its deadly work. Turning round, Mr. Bell slowly made a step or two, dropped on his knees, and then fell forward on his face. His pistol was shortly afterwards taken from his inside coat pocket by the coroner. It is surmised that Mr. Bell, having, pulled off his coat during the morning while at work on the Kiddle buildings, removed his pistol, which he habitually carried, from his hip pocket to his inside coat pocket in order to conceal it from view, and when he resumed his coat before going down street neglected to return the pistol to its proper place, which accounts for his abortive attempt to draw it. Several parties heard Mr. Bell say Mon- j day morning that he had cursed Mr. Springs i the night before. To one gentleman he remarked that he had not only cursed him, but wanted to attack him. To another he said just before starting down street that he expected to have a difficulty with Mr. Springs. While it is regretted by some that Mr. I Bell came to so violent an end, the sympa-j thy of the community is entirely with Mr.' Springs, who, in the eyes of the public,' acted purely in self defence in taking the j life of his fellow being. In addition to Mr. j Bell's overt acts on this occasion, Mr. | Springs knew the reputation of the deceas-1 ed as an arms bearing man, and in taking his life, under the circumstances, it is ad- j mitted on all sides that he only acted as! any other prudent man would have done 1 who valued his own. Coroner Burns empaneled a jury of in-; quest soon after the killing. The verdict j of the jury was in accordance with the fore-! going facts. After the inquest, the body, by j Mr. Springs' direction and at his expense, I ly deportment won the respect and esteem of all classes. ITALICS IN OUR ENGLISH BIBLES. The King James Bibles italicise all the words supplied in translating, even the pronominal subject which is implied in the verb by its inflection, or the copula-verb implied by the juxtaposition of words. The revisers, in their preface lay down a rule which is, for substance, that they will italicize only the words that are supplied for mak * 1 - l 1 ing gooa sense in rmgnsn, huu nut uwsc which are properly implied in the phraseology of the Hebrew. But in their use of this rule they seem to count all the ordinary conjectures by which the translator into English supplements the Hebrew phraseology as implied; it is only in extraordinary instancesthat theycountanythingas supplied. That their rule properly understood, is a correct one, I do not dispute; but I am constrained to question its correctnesses interpreted by the use they make of it. That their usage is that which ordinarily obtains in popular translations into English from other languages will readily be admitted ; but the English Bible, though a popular translation, is in some important respects different from most other popular translations. If there was any reason why revisers should spend so much time upon it, that reason is found in the fact that the Bible is a religious book?a book which people are expected not merely to read and cast aside, as they do the latest novel or poem, but to study carefully and accurately. It follows that all means not inconsistent with the flowing character of a popular book should be used to make the translation an accurate ronrnrlnntinn nf thn orip-innl. TllC revisers recognize the use of italic type as a means of this sort. We are familiar with it. It does not offend the eye. It does not interfere with continuous and fluent reading. It ought to be retained, therefore, wherever it actually conduces to the more accurate expression of either the meaning or the characteristic style of the original. Probably half or more of the omissions of italics in the Revised Version are in violation of this principle. Let me illustrate this by a few instances taken at random from Malachi: (1) "My name shall be great among the Gentiles" (Mai. i. 11), the Revised Version translates "my name isgreat," putting "shall be" into the margin. The revisers, therefore here recognize the fact thatit is a matter of difference of judgment whether the copula should be supplied in the present or in the future?that is whether the passage is a statement of factor a prediction. The insertion of the word is to make out the sense in English not merely the insertion of the copula which is implied in the Hebrew, but is also the insertion of the opinion of the trahslater that the statement is that of a fact and not a prediction. I think that this opinion is correct, but manifestly it is supplied as a matter of critical judgment, and not implied in the Hebrew of the clause. The italicizing of it would indicate this, and would thus avoid the stating of the conject"?n n" n'aro o faof Tn thU inntnnpp. uiv ao it it/ iv iuw* am the matter is somewhat less important, because the marginal note calls attention to the difference of opinion as to the tense; but in hundreds of similar instances there is no marginal note. (2) "Pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." (Mai. iii. 10). Here the Revised Version omits the italics except with the last three words. The Hebrew is here obscure. Different scholars give several different explantions of it. The translators of King James take one explanation, but make it evident that that they obtain it by filling up from the Hebrew. The revisers take the same explanation, and conceal the fact that it is mostly explanation. If one should retranslate the King James version into Hebrew he would be very likely to hit upon the exact words of the original. If he should retranslate the Revised Version he would obtain a result entirely different from the \ji i^iuai> (3) A very different instance is "a son honoreth his father, and a servant his master" (Mai. i. C). Here the revision omits the italics. In this case it is true that the word his is implied, which would ordinarily be sufficient reason for leaving it undistinguished. But here t is also true that it would be as natural for the Hebrew to express the pronoun as for the English; that the omission of it is a mark of peculiar style; that this peculiarity might be transferred into perfectly good English : "A son honoreth a father, and a servant his master that the peculiarity is at least indicated in the old version by its noting that the word his is supplied ; that it is buried out of sight in the revision, and that the test of retranslation would here vindicate the old and condemn the new. The instances thus objected to must be nearly half as numerous as the verses in the Old Testament. They may be relatively fewer in the New Testament. In this matter the Bible of King James, with all its superfluity of italics, is greatly to be preferred to that of the revisers, with its thousands upon thousands of supplied conjectures, undistinguishable from the other parts of the text. What Was the Lost Cause??In his carefully prepared speech at Montgomery, Jefferson Davis recognized the fact that the "lost cause" is lost forever. He spoke to the people of their "common country," and exhorted them to be faithful to their obligations as citizens. In one of the impulsive impromptu speeches which he made later on, he said, as reported, that "the lost cause ' * 1 * -mi i? : - - ! l ,1^,1 i IS not 10SI ; II Will 11 ve itguin ; 11 is xiui ucnu but sleeping." The Mobile llegister says to this : "To the old Confederates who fought through the civil war it looks as if the cause for which we fought is pretty thoroughly dead." And it pertinently inquires what the cause actually was. If slavery, no man, not eyen Mr. Davis, will deny that the accursed institution is as dead as the bondage of the children of Israel under Pharaoh. If it was the right of secession, and the arbitratement of the sword did not settle that, "it so happens," says the Ileg inter, "that Alabama has placed in her constitution, adopted by the Democratic convention of 1874, a clause declaring that there can be no secession by the State from the Union." The same is true of other Southern States, and with the reason for their desiring a separation gone, an attempt at secession is more likely to come from some other quarter of the Union than from the South, if it shall ever be thought of again, which it is not probable. "The North and the entire rennKl.'/i D oo?o Aiir nAtomnnruru 14 m \T rP^t. pUUHVj 0(1 J O VU1 j J wwv satisfied that theSouth, and the old Confederates especially, regard the lost cause as the right of a State to secede from the Federal government, at pleasure, and they regard that cause as so very lost and dead that they have repudiated it in express language in their State constitutions."?lioxton Herald. flSar There are certain things for which no amount of study can fully qualify an individual. He may understand the theory, but skill must must be required in its practical application before proficiency can be attained. Indeed, the best theories are generally developed by practical experiment. In attempting to do a thing the best method of performing it is discovered. Ilence practical men are likely to succeed while mere thooristsaro sure to fail. BROTHER GARDNER ON OLD FASHIONED FOLKS. "I was readin' in de paper yesterday," said Brother Gardner, as the meeting opened after the usual style. "I was a readin' a lament bekase de ole-fashun'd man an' woman had died off, an' would be seen no mo' on airth foreber. I'ze glad on it. De ole-fashioned man scraped off de measure when he sold wheat; he believed dat any sort of food an' any sort of bed was good enough for his chill'en; he took de biggest piece of pie at the table; he et mo' like a hog dan a human bein'; if he had sympathy, it wus fur his cattle insead of his fam'ly. De ole-fashun'd man was a regular attendant at prayer-meeting, but he worked his hired help twenty hours out of twentyfour just de same. He'd drive five miles to church 011 Sunday to show his religun, but doorin' de odder six days of de week he was a bud man to trade bosses wid. It took his wife six months to git up de courage to ax him for a new callieo dress, an' most of his chill'en growcd up an' went away from home widout a reckoleckshun of a dozen kind words. "De ole-fashun'd man had two receipes fur his fellow-bein's. De fust was hard work, de nex' was boueset tea. He had but two ideas in regard to boys. De fust was lots of work and little schoolin'; de next was lots o' lickens an no holidays. He had but two ideas in regard to bizness. De fust was, git all ye kin; de next was keep all ye git. He argued dat a liar could neber enter de kingdom of heaben, but would go out an' lick a sick ox to death without any fear about his hereafter. He nrovod lnndlv dnt dp T.fiwd would inorPflSP his crops, but he kept his hired hands down to the lowest possible figger. He made a great show of submittin' to de will of Providence, but if 000 pounds of hay got wet in a rain storm some of de chill'en come in fur a licken befo' night. "De ole-fashun'd man an' woman hev departed, an' de world hasn't lost a cent by it. It was a good depart. Wicked as some folks claim the world to be, I feel dat I kin walk in the aiverage crowd an' pick out mo' charity, humanity, religion, sympathy and morality dan could be found in a ten acre lot of ole-fashioned men. Let us purceed to bisness.?Detroit Free Press. The Law as to Party Walls.?A party wall in law is the wall dividing lands of different proprietors, used in common for the support of structures on both sides. At common law an owner who erects a wall for his own building which is capable of being used by an adjoining proprietor, cannot compel such a proprietor, when he shall build next to it. to nav for anv nor tion of the cost of such a wall. On the other hand, the adjoining proprietor has no right to make any use of such wall without consent of the owner, and the consequence may be the erection of two walls side by side, when one would answer all purposes. This convenience is often secured by an agreement to erect a wall for common use, one-half on each other's land, the parties to divide the expense; if only one is to build at the time, he gets a return from the other party of half what it costs him. Under such , an agreement, each has an easement of the land of the other while the wall stands, and this ac companies me uue in suies anu uesueiu. But if the wall is destroyed by decay or accident, the easement is gone, unless by a deed such a contingency is provided for. Repairs to party walls is to be borne equally ; but if one has occasion to strengthen or improve them for more extensive building than was at first contemplated, he cannot compel the other to divide the expense with him. In some States there are statutes regulating the rights in party walls, and one may undoubtedly acquire rights by prescription on a wall built by another, which he has long been allowed to use for the support of his own structure.?Building. The Man Who Laughs.?The man whose ha-ha! reaches from one end of the street to the other may be the same fellow who scolded his wife and spanked the baby before he got his breakfast, but his laughter is only the crackle of thorns under the pot. The man who spreads his laughter, through his life, before' a late breakfast, when he misses the train, when his wife goes visiting and he has to eat a cold supper, the man who can laugh when he finds a button off his shirt, when the furnace fire goes out in the night and both the twins take down with measles at the same time, he's the fellow that's needed. He never tells his neighbor to have faith; somehow he puts faith into him. lie delivers no homilies; the sight of his beaming face, the sound of his happy voice and the sight of his blessed daily life carry conviction that words have no power to give. The blues flee before him as the fog before the west wind ; he comes into his own home like a flood of sunshine over a meadow of blooming buttercups, and his wife and children blossom in his presence like June roses. Ilis home is redolent with sympathy and love. The neighborIfr\r> Uiq 1 ? fn on/I QAmo'nnflv will ilUUU 13 UCllCl 1VS1 JI1U U'V (Iini uvuivwuuj ..... learn of him that laughter is better than tears. The world needs this man ; why are there so few of him? Can he be created ? Can he be evolved? Why is he not in every house, tun ing rain into sunshine and winter into summer all the year round, until life is a perpetual season of joy?? Lewiston (Maine) Journal. The 8ai.t op tiie Eauth.?If the salt formations of Nevada were in railroad communication there would be no market in this country for the foreign article. In Lincoln county, on the Kio Virgin, there is a deposit of pure rock salt which is exposed for a length of two miles, a width of half a mile, and is of unknown depth. In places canons are cut through it to a depth of sixty feet. It is of ancient formation, being covered in some places by basaltic rock and volcanic tufa. The deposit has been traced on the surface for a distance of nine miles. It is so solid that it must be blasted like rock and so pure and transparent that print can be read through blocks of it a foot thick. At Sand Springs, in Churchill county, there is a deposit of rock salt fourteen feet in depth, free from any particle of foreign substance, which can be quarried at the rate of five tons a day to the man. The great Humboldt salt field is about fifteen miles long by six miles wide. When the summer heats have evaporated the surface water, salt to the depth of several inches may be scraped up, and underneath is a stratum of pure rocksalt of unknown cieptn. ?ocia, borax and other valuable minerals also exist in large quantities near these localities, and branch railroads will sooner or later j bring them into market. A considerable business in gathering borax is already established on the line of the Carson and Colorado railroad. My Little Girl at Home.?"Yes, indeed, we have some queer incidents happen to us," said the engineer. "I was running along one afternoon pretty lively, when I approached a little village where the track cuts through the streets. I slackened up a little, but wasstill making good speed, when ' suddenly about twenty rods ahead of me, a } little girl, not more than three years old, | toddled on to the track. There was no way I to save her. It was impossible to stop or even to slack much in that distance, as my train was heavy and the grade descending. In ten seconds it would have been all over, and, after reversingand applying the brakes, I shut my eyes. I didn't wan't to see any i more. As we slowed down my fireman stuck his head out of the cab window to see what I'd stopped for, when he laughed and shouted to me: 'Jim, look here!' I look- : ed, and there was a great big black Newfoundland dog, holding that little girl in his mouth, leisurely walking toward the house where she evidently belonged. She was kicking and crying, so that I knew she wasn't hurt, and the dog had saved her. My fireman thought it funny and kept on laughing, but I cried. I just couldn't help it. I have a little girl of my own at home." Gypsy Palmistry.?Their observations are always upon the left hand, and with a tolerably well developed system. The elements observed are the thumb, fingers, nails, lines and mountains. There are four printed lines of life, which is the most important, curving between the forefinger and the thumb, around the base of the thumb to the middle of the wrist; if regular and dark colored it indicates long life; if crooked, pale and broken, ill health and short life. The line of health starts at the base of the fore-finger and passes directly across the hand ; is clear and regular it indicates soundness of the mind and body; if tortuous it reveals a propensity to steal; if interrupted in the middle it points to great perils. The line of fortune runs to the base of the little finger, and according to its various phases indicates happiness or misery, poverty or riches. The mountains are the various protuberances within the palm, and are called respectively the Mount of Venus, the Mount of Mars, mountain of sun or moon and so on. Small lines parallel with the line of fortune at the base of the little finger promise happy marriage. Small lines taking parallel with the line of fortune at the base of the little linger promise happy marriage. Small lines taking the form of the branches of the tree indicate general prosperity; spots on the nails, the fulfilment of hopes. The foolishness of all this is perfiectly apparent, yet the longing which exists in all minds to penetrate the future in a measure sanctions and fosters its professions. If the fortunes of its dupes are not manifested the fortunes of the diviners are sustained. Friction Matches.?A match is a small thing, but in the manufacture of matches one of the great corporations has grown up. It originated in a combination of the leading match manufacturers. The capital stock is about $25,000,000, and last year a dividend of eight per cent, was paid. Matches are much cheaper now than they used to be, by reason of some outside competition with the great combination. The Chicago manager nf fhia /irvrvi Ki no t ir>n roforri ntr tn stant consumption of pine, says that his company has pine enough to last for twenty-five years. It is located in the Ontonagon region of Michigan. Matches can be made out of straw board as well as of pine, but there is small inducement to attempt to make straw board matches while pine can be had in the production. Wax matches can also be made cheaply. Southern pine cannot he used for matches, since it is too full of pitch. The dry, punk-like pine of the northern woods is the only pine which is really fit for use. The further north the supply is secured the better the pine for the purpose of the match maker. Jugs.?The origin of Jugs dates back to antiquity. Yet we have all discovered that the jug, whose appearance is the most antiquated, does not always belong to that rather enigmatic period. The history of the "The Little Brown Jug" is quite as ancient as most people care to go back to investigate. Lately there has been a great breeze raised over a jug called "The Peachblow Vase." In artistic circles, its sale for eighteen thousand dollars will mark an era. Yet to most people in this world there are many tmngs oetter, "Dy a jugiui." xne jug is a most singular utensil. A pail, goblet, or a jar may be rinsed, and you can satisfy yourself by optical proof that the thing is clean ; but a jug has a little hole in the top and th interior is all darkness. No eye penetrates it, no eye can move over its surface. You can clean it only by putting water into it, shaking it up, and pouring it out. If the water comes out clean, you judge you have succeeded in purifying the jug. In this the jug is like the human heart; no-mortal eye can look into the recesses, and you can only judge of its purity j by what comes out of it. Vegetables Better TirAN Drugs.? Spinach has a direct effect upon complaints of the kidneys. The common dandelion, used as greens, is excellent for the same trouble. Asparagus purges the blood. Celery acts admirably upon the nervous system and is a cure for rheumatism and neuralgia. Tomatoes act upon the liver. Beets and turnips are excellent appetizers. Lettuce and cucumbers are cooling in their effects upon the system. Onions, garlic, leeks, olives and shallots, all of which are similar, possess medicinal virtues of a marked character, stimulating the circulatory system and the consequent increase of the saliva and the gastric juice promoting digestion. Bed onions are an excellent diuretic, and the white ones are recommended, eaten raw, as a remedy for insomnia. They are a tonic and nutritious. A soup made from onions is regarded by the French as an excellent restorative in debility of the digestive organs. Making Postage Stamps.?The mode of printing postage stamps is slow and tedious. The design is engraved on steel and plates are made for 200 stamps. This number forms a sheet and no larger number is ever printed at one impression. The colored inks are now placed on the plates and a hand press completes the process. The gum, a preparation of powdered vegetables and water, is put on the sheets and steam is used until thoroughly dry. The sheets are cut into halves, 100 stamps each, by hand and the paper between the stamps is perforated in the same manner. The stamps are pressed and packed ready for sale. The sheets are counted after each step of completion, and should one stamp on a sheet be mutilated or imperfect, the whole 200 are destroyed. It was found that there was more destruction of stamps when machinery was used than when the work was done by hand. Five hnndred thousand stamps were sometimes destroyed in a week. The Air ok tiie Sea.?The air of the sea, taken at a great distance from the land, or even on the shore and in ports when the wind blows from the sea, is in an almost perxecc state ox purity. ^>t;ar cuuuutjuts > the land winds drive before them an atmosphere always impure, but at H)0 kilometers ' from the coasts this impurity has disappeared. The sea rapidly purifies the pestilential atmosphere of continents; hence every expanse of water of a certain breadth becomes an absolute obstacle to the propagation of epidemics. Marine atmospheres driven upon land purify sensibly the air of: the regions which they traverse ; this puri-! fication can be recognized as far as Paris.? j MM. Moeau and Miquel. J56T It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. ihc {tiMU toqnim. 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If subscribers do not wish . their papers discontinued, the date must be lce]>t . in uuuunvc. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscriptions, advertising and jobwork aro cash in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. 7!Sf- Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to bo used for three, six, or twelve months. All contract advertisements will be confined to the regular business for which the space is engaged. ggSr Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this office for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duolicate. Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices charged for at the rate of ten dents a line. Usually there are about seven words in a line. THE COTTON PLANT. The Only Agricultural Journal in South Carolina. AN EIGHT^PAGE, 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 (10 Cents a Yeai*. ? SEND FOR SAMPLE CODIES. Address THE COTTON PLANT, Marion, S. C. FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. TIIE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDllY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and brass castings, and general machine work. BEPAIRINO, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides,"any class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend 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. The Howe Machine Company's LIGHT RUNNING. HIGH ARM, " New Ho^we " WHICH IS THE BEST SEWINC MACHINE l?Vl?It MADE. 1CALL special attention to the following features : The NEW HOWE is a new machine throughout, differing in every point from the machines heretofore manufactured by tho company. The needle is self-setting. It has the most room under the arm; the perfect Howe stitch; no holes to thread, except tho needle; the easiest shuttle to thread ; tho 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 tho 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 tho 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. HEADQUARTERS FOR ij W PURE BEER, A( . Bottled Beer a Specialty. Q ODKALKIl IX LIQUORS AND WINES. LJ Agent for PJ M PORT NEK'S TIVOLI BEER And Tho Bergiier A Engol Browing Co. Shipments promptly attended t j. Owing to our facilities for handling the above goods, we will guarantee satisfaction. C. C. HABENICHT, Columbia, S. C. May 0 18 3m "MOORECOUNTY GRIT" ~ The bent Millstone in the World for Table Meal. Samples of meal sent on application. Send for prices on Portable Corn Mills, Upper and Under Runners and Millstones. Wc are agents for Kngiiie*, Hoiler*, Satv Hill*. I'ntrnn (Jinn. Planers. Shafting, Pullers. 4c.. also fur Koiler.Mill Outfits which save ."it) to 7o cents i; fur tho miller in every barrel of Hour ho makes. Write stating what you want anil terms you wish to huv on. Give references. Address, North Carolina Alillstonc Co., l'arkewood, Moore Co., N. C. Juno 23 2~> <!ni5> MILCH COWS. fHAVE a number of FINK MILCII COWS which I will exchange on reasonable terms for FAT DRY CATTLE. (Tall at the Yorkville Meat Market. S. A. McKLWKE. April 29 17 tf GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of <R IKO\ ItOOFIXG CRIMPED AND COBRCOATED SIDING. Iron Tile or Sliiugle, / FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHl'TTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF May 10 C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains 5 from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C'., taking street at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, February "* ' "til, 1880. OOINO SOUTH. Leave Lenoir 0.00 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville,* 0.24 A. M. Arrive at Lovelady,* 0.40 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. LeaveGastonia 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. r -\r 1 11 ^ 1?> OK U Vf ueaye xorKviiie, j . Arrive at Guthriesville,* 12.53 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville,* 1.30 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.00 P. M. GOING NOKTII. ; 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 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, 0.00 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 0.40 P. M. Arrive at Newton, . 10.05 P. M. Leave Hickory, 10.50 P. M. Arriveat Lovelady, 11.20 P. M. Arrive at Hudsonville, 11.37 P. M. Arriveat Lenoir, 12.01 A. M. * Flag Station. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. , February 18 7 tf Al. Man of Grief! HIS RELIEF AND JOY! ? THE Doctorsays: When Mr. James Edwards, of Senoia, Ga., began to take "GUINN'S PIONEER BLOOD RENEWER," I saw him. He was covered, body and extremities, with a characteristic syphillitic eruption that seemed to have ballledalftreatment. I saw him a second time in about ten days, when he was so changed in appearance by having the scales removed and the eruptions healed, that I barely knew him, and in a remarkably short time he was relieved of all appearance of the disease. N. B. DREWRY, M. D., Spalding county, Ga. A CERTAIN, CURE FOR CATARRH ! A Snperb Flesh Producer and Tonic! Gtiinn's Pioneer Rlood Rcnewer 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 / ?1.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, Georgia. For sale by DOWRY it STARR, Yorkville. June 30 11 ly JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and tirst-clags appointments'throughout our office, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently 'made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : IiII.iL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Ilalf-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 ?0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statementsat sainepriceof sixth-sheet Dill heads. We will till an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet * at proportionate prices. LETTER IIEALS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work Ave use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in everv instance. \Ve also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. *4 We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and Avill be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of Avork desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, "tothe oarolina stove trade. 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 Warehouse room, 25 by 260 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 CASH UN DELIVERY. J. D. RATTERREE, Chester, S. C. _ October 15 31 12m ^ 1880. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables A RE 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 be kept. Spring Wagons, Phaetons, tfcc., of the best make, alwaysron * 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 Jumpseat Phaeton 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 Eeed Stables, where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. MARYLAND MILITARY AND NAVAL ACADEMY, OXFORD, ]YID. g lADETS areto he appointed from several Con" J gressional Districts of the STATE of S. C., and those desiring appointments are requested to make immediate application. Cadets receiving appointments enter the Academy free of board. Total enrollment of Cadets 254, representing thirty-three States and two Territories. Session begins July 20th. Full information will bo given by applying to Col. 15. J. BUROESS, Supt. June 2:5 2."> 4t:! CHATTEL MORTGAGES, ~ J MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. July 7 27 tf 3FING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT gSEjAnd Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET ^ Cleveland, O. 3*^ Send for Circular and Price W List No. 75. ^ IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. I) ly