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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.
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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:
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"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.
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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
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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
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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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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The Only Agricultural Journal in South
Carolina.
AN EIGHT^PAGE, FORTY-COLUMN
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Fighting for arid Aiding
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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.
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