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Humorous Department. Not Called to Preach.?An exchange relates the following good stories of candidates who thought they had received calls to preach the gospel: A ybung man of African descent offered himself to the church as a minister, stating that he had a dream in which he plainly saw G. P. C. in large letters, which he interpreted to mean go and preach Christ. A venerable brother who did not have a very exalted view of his young brother's qualifications spiritually or mentally, said he did not doubt the vision and the letters, but his interpretation of G. P. C. meant to go plow corn and go pick cotton. That settled the matter and the church advised the young aspiraht for ministerial honors to follow the vision as interpreted by the venerable brother. A good many years ago John Smith, familiarly called "Raccoon John," was pastor of a church in eastern Kentucky. A halfwitted enthusiast applied for license to preach, and all the persuasions and efforts of the deacons and members failed to induce him to abandon the idea. He honestly believed he was called. The church was sorely perplexed when the pastor arrived on his monthly visit. When the matter was stated to him, he advised the brethren to let it come up in conference. At the proper time, the young man, who happened to have very large feet, presented himself as a candidate for the ministry. "My young brother," said the preacher, "if I prove by the Bible that you are not called to preach, will you withdraw your application?" "Yes," he answered without hesitation. Opening the Book at Romans, x:5, Mr. Smith read: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace." Pointing to the pair of number twelves before him, he added, "your feet can not be called beautiful, brother." The argument wa3 conclusive and had the desired effect. ? a?* The other day Judge Neokelson went a fishing. Becoming tired and hungry, on #his way home he stopped at a cabin near the roadside and thus addressed an old negro man who came to the gate : "How are you, old man ?" "Po'ly, sah ; how is it wid yerse'f?" "I am hot, hungry, dusty and thirsty; can you do anything for me ?" "No, sah." "Can't you give me some water ?" "No, sah." "I see you have a well back there." "Yes, de well's dar." "Then why can't I get some water?" "Look er heah, Jedge. Yerse'f thinks dat I doan know yer, but I does. I wuz er witness in yer cout' de uder week, an' yer let one o' dem lawyers cross-question me an' ketch me in er lie. Dat wa'nt no way to treat er stranger in de town. Yas, sah, sot right dar an' let dat blame lawyer buze me like I wan't a citizen o' dis heah county. Ise had it in fur yer eber since dat time an' I wants to tell yer whut's er fack, el yer gits any water outen dat well it'll be airter yer's had de hardest fight er white man eoer naa."?Arkansas Traveler. The Old Judge's Second Marriage.? An old farmer of Shelby county, a life-long friend and admirer of the judge, met him some time since on the road as he was returning home from his law office in the city. The judge knowing his friend's proneness to talk out in meeting when John Barleycorn was at the helm, retreated into a portion of the coach occupied by a number of ladies, but the old man followed him, and, standing in the aisle, addressed the judge as follows: "Judge, I want to live 2,000 years." "What for?" asked the judge. "Well," said the old granger, "I want to vote for you for Governor of Tennessee every two years for 2,000 years." "But," replied the judge, "I do not wish to live that long unless my wife can be with me all the time." The old man studied a moment, and a bright idea seemed to strike him by way of compromise: "Well, Judge, said he, let's give the old woman 1,800 years. You'll want to marry again, anyhow, you know."?Louisville (Tenn.) lleporler. A Considerable Difference.?An Alexandria woman's husband had been given / Ji!? ~r H pusiuuu uiiutfr tut; juiiiuu ui tuc wijjicui, and the neighbor women were discussing the matter. "So Mrs. Bander's husband has got a job at the Capitol, I hear," said one. "Yes, so they tell me." "What was it?" "A Senator, I think they said." "No, not a Senator," said the other, in a tone of superior wisdom, "a janitor you're thinkin' about." "Well, it was a Senator or janitor or somethin' like that, I couldn't jest ketch, when they was tellin' me."?Washington Critic. Buying a Tombstone at Wholesale Rates.?A man with his fourth wife leaning sorrowingly on his arm went into a marble yard to get gravestones for his three departed loves. Marble is always dear, but to him the price was beyond question, and when he got the gravestone man down to the lowest cent, turned, and looking mournfully on his wife, lugubriously said : "Won't you give me four for that price?"?Penny Press. 1 1 - - - 1 It Has That Effect.?Three weeks ago an Indiana man taught his dog, a very finely-bred, well-behaved setter, to chew tobacco. Now the dog comes into the house by the back door, never scrapes his leei uu me mat, iievet gees tu eiiuieu, is careless at his meals, gets burrs in his tail, goes with a lower grade of dogs, and it is feared that he is beginning to take an interest in politics.?Burdette. He Had Come Within One op It.? Here's the latest small-boy story, told at a Washington dinner the other night. The new rector gazed mildly at the small boy in the Sunday school and says: "My dear little fellow, have you read the thirty-nine articles?" "No," rejoined the small boy, "but I've read the Forty Thieves." J6T "What did you do the first time you got into battle?" said a young lady to an old soldier. "Of course you didn't run!" "Oh, no, I didn't run, miss; not at all. But if I had been going for a doctor, aud you had seen me, you would have thought somebody was awful sick." flap* It is stated that 10,000 Chicago families are without the Bible; but the Chicago people explain this by saying that one is called rarely upon to testify more than a few times during his life and then the court j r..MM:nk/vn iUr, ~ _ i.~ rni .. iuruisucs me necessary uucuiueuis.? irw \ Judge. I?" An Irishman who was sleeping all night with a negro, had his face blackened j by a practical joker. Starting off in a hurry j in the morning, he caught sight of himself i in a mirror; puzzled, he stopped and gazed, j finally exclaimed: "Begorra, they have: woke the wrong man!"?Exchange. Xgr "Mercy!" exclaimed Mrs. Homespun, J when she read in the paper that Jay Gould made ten centsevery time the clock ticked ;: "I should think he'd be worried to death for fear the clock would run down."? lios-*. ton Transcript. ' Miscellaneous Reading. THE SABBATH-SCHOOL CAUSE. SABBATH-SCHOOL COSVESTION OF BETHEL PRESBYTERY. Rock Hill, S. C., Wednesday-Friday, July 38-30. The object of this convention is to awaken throughout the Presbytery a deeper interest in this most important cause. It is held by an order of Bethel Presbytery and under its care. Delegates from all our churches and Sabbath-schools are earnestly requested to attend. Superintendants of schools and ministers of the Presbytery are ex officio members. Each school, on/1 church hnviiM' nn school is re quested to send one delegate. Appropriate topics will be discussed. The speakers designated arc expected to make special preparation, and to open the discussions, after which the questions will be open for general debate. Speeches will be limited to ten and to five minutes. programme. Wednesday Night, 8.30 o'clock?Devotional?sermon by Rev. R. Martin; subject, the Sunday-school in its relations to the church and the family. Enrollment and organization. Singing, prayer and benediction. Thursday, 1) A. M. to 1 P. M.?Devotional exercises !o minutes. Topics for discussion : (1) The true nature and design of the Sunday-school?Rev. W. (?. Neville, Rev. T. R. English ; (2) What should be taught??Rev. R. A. Webb, Rev. J). E. Jordan; (3) Methods of instruction?Rev. W. B. Jennings, Rev. J. P. Marion; (4) How to secure the regular attendance of teachers and scholars?Rev. J. S. White, Rev. L. R. McCormick; (5) The Query Box. The object of this is tp afford members an opportunity of asking in writing any question in reference to the Sunday-school work, which questions are to be collected at the close of the morning session and referred to a special committee for answers at an appointed hour. Recess. ? e<o 4.,. / owmua, o iu u u tiuutv?j^cvotional exercises 15 minutes. Topics: (1) The superintendent and his duties?Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick, Rev. J. L. McLin; (2) The teacher and his duties?Rev. James H. Thornwell, Rev. J. A. Wilson ; (3) The pupil ; classification, methods of study, Ac.,? Col. A. R. Ranks, Hon. W. H. Stewart; (4) Teachers' meetings, how to conduct them? Rev. J. C. McMullen, W. R. Thompson, Esq. Recess. Night Session, 8 to 10 o'clock?Address on work among Seamen, by Rev. A. J. Witherspoon. Rrief and stirring speeches on Sunday-School work, by speakers appointed. Friday Morning, 9 to 12 M.?Devotional exercises 15 minutes. Topics: (1) The relations and responsibilities of parents to the Sunday-school?Rev. George Summey, Rev. J. R. McAlpine; (2) Home study of the Cnrifjaxr.cf?hr?<-il louccnu?R?v. T"). Harrison. Rev. W. G. White; (3) Report of the committee on the Query Box and the consideration of the answers. (4) Adjournmentsinging, prayer and benediction. Arrangements have been made by the people of Rock Hill for the entertainment of delegates. On reaching Rock Hill delegates will proceed at once to the Presbyterian Church, where a committee will be in attendance to assign them homes. Delegates expecting to attend will please send their names at once to the committee below. W. B. Jennings, J. S. White, Roger Martin, Committee of Bethel Presbytery. ALUMINIUM. A new metal is coming upon the Held, which some claim will soon be its own, and imn thp mphd hprptnfore without a Deer. and the greatest factor of human progress, must step down and out. Alumnium, they say, can tie hardened until the diamond is its only rival; it can be drawn into a wire so fine or hammered into sheets so thin that the gold beater alone can do the work ; the tensile strength of its wire rises to 100,000 pounds to the square inch ol section ; water and the atmosphere cannot corrode it; it will burnish like polished silver, blows cannot crystalize it, and its conductivity of heat surpasses that of copper. Then its alloys make an anti-friction metal that goes beyond the power of brass or Babbit to produce. Before such qualities as these iron pales into the merest insignificance. Aliumnium is a metal extracted from clay. Sixty years ago a urop 01 aiuninium was produced in a German laboratory after a research of fifty years with the best appliances of the time, and twenty years more were necessary to produce a larger bead. Then in ten years more the metal was on the market at $32 per pound. Since then chemistry has been struggling with the task and by its constant efforts the price has dropped to $15 for a pound, and now a new discoverer tells us that it can be put upon the market at $4 to the pound. We know the metal well, and the chemist has tried it in his laboratory ; he has hammered and drawn, and melted and hardened, until every quality is known, but still the price must make it rare. It costs oneeighth the price of thirty years ago, and still it is 400 times the cost of iron. So it matters little that it stands third in quantity of all the substances of which the earth is formed, that it lies about us in every bed of clay, or shale, and nearly every rock is but an ore bed with wondrous possibilities; so long as nature holds the secret key by which it can be unlocked and free from the combinations in which we find, it cannot take the place of iron. That this may come in time is not beyond the range of what can be regarded as a possi bility; but it must come by slow and labored steps; meanwhile our iron will hold its own and be used as heretofore, while aluminum must be a laboratory metal for a while, and get occasional application in the more expensive implements of science.? Power. Pay of Congressmen.?When a member dies his pay ceases on the day of his death. The salary of the successor commences the day after the decease of the former member, though the election may not occur for several months. The new member, in other words, draws pay for time he never served. A member is allowed twenty cents mileage each way, or forty cents a mile one way, and he can check for the full amount of both trips when he takes hisseat. He is allowed $125.00 a year for stationery. The most of this sum is pocketed. The members draw their money in different ways. There are probably twenty of the present House who let their salaries run into nest eggs. Among these are Scott and Everhart, of Pennsylvania; Powell,of Illinois; Boutelle, of Maine ; Henley, of California; Jones, Stewartand Reagan, of Texas; Ellsbury,of Ohio; Stone, of Massachusetts, and Wakefield, of Minnesota. Scott has over a year's salary owing him?about $6,000. The other members mentioned, have from $1,000 to $3,000 to their credit. There are a couple of dozen of members who always overdraw, or, rather, borrow from the head of the bank. They borrow or get in advance sums ranging from $10 to $300, and at the end of the month they have nothing. The great majority of the members draw all that is coming to them at the end of each month, particularly those who have their families with them. Some of them never see an outside bank, but let their salary remain and draw it out in small sums. Others take out their salaries and place them in other banks. But this is not done as much as formerly. A number of them got caught in the Middleton Bank that broke some time ago. Most of the members do all their financial | business over the counter of the Congressional bank, and some of them pile checks ! up as high as SGO.OOO in a single session. EVILS OF* SOLITUDE, j Said a physician noted for his skill in curi ing nerve diseases, "there is a certain healthy, helpful influence which naturally comes from human beings to each other. One of my patients drained all of which her friends had to gi ve years ago. We need occasionally a fresh moral and mental atmosphere, just as much as fresh material i air to breathe." Another physician, visiting in a country ! house where the mother, a delicate, affectionate, self-sacrificing woman, who lived but for her husband and children, lay ill, with no disease, apparently, but extreme weakness and weariness, ordered her to go to the city alone; spend a month in absolute idleness, mixing as often as possible with crowds of people who were interested and excited, at church, at concerts, even in public meetings. The patient, a shy, diffident woman, obeyed, and came home with new color in her cheeks and new life in her heart. "I once asked," said a well-known lawyer, the famous preacher, Bascom, what was the secret of his power as an orator; how he contrived to sway large numbers of men to his will. " 'First,' he answered, 'I bring them close to me and to each other. Leave no empty benches between you and your audience. The electric spark will not cross a gap from I A _ At A1 111 one man iu ine uiner.' These ideas may seem fanciful to some of our practical readers, but there is a solid basis of truth under them all. Physicians usually bring all their skill to bear in curing the ailments of the body. There is a human magnetism which we are all apt to overlook in our materia medica. Hardworking women in the isolated villages of the country often find themselvs growing irritable and nervous. They do not need tonics or moral discipline. They need friction with unfamiliar minds, new ideas, novel scenes, just as their lungs, after using up all the oxygen in a close room need the air of out doors. Young girls are too apt, voluntarily, to force themselves into this state; disappointed in their natural longings for a genial companion they resolved to live alone, and shut themselves in their own souls. The resources are not sufficient to keep off fam 1UC* "Only a God or a brute can dwell in solitude," says the wise old German. Health Rules for the Aged.?In discussing the cause of premature old age in mature life, that eminent authority., I)r. B. W. Richardson, points out that indulgence in excessive emotion, passion or bad habits, anticipates age. Grief, vain regrets over what "might have been," hatred, jealousy, unchastity, all have this effect, and those who wish to prolong their lives to a "green old age," in reasonable health and vigor, should avoid them with the utmost care. But when, as it must, old age has really j come, its march toward final decay may be | delayed and the way made smoother by attention to those rules of conservatism by which life is sustained with the least friction and waste. The prime rules for this purpose, Dr. Richardson suggests, are: To subsist on light but nutritious diet, with milk as the standard food, but varied according to season. To take food in moderate quantity four times in the day, including a light meal before going to bed. To clothe warmly but lightly, so that the body may in all seasons maintain its equal temperature. To keep the body in fair exercise and the mind active and cheerful. To maintain an interest in what is going on in the world, and to take part in reasonable labors and pleasures, as though old age were not present. To take plenty of sleep during sleeping hours. To spend nine hours in bed at the least, and to take care during cold weather that the temperature of the bedroom is maintained at GO degrees F. To avoid passion, excitement, luxury. The National Capital.?Why was Washington, the seatofgovernment located on (Virginia and Maryland) Southern soil in 1793? Can any of our school-boys tell the reason of its Southern location? Its location is the resultof a trade between the party leaders and Congressmen. The Northern States, the theatre of most of the Revolutionary battles, were burdened with debt, while the States South of Maryland were free from large debts. Congress first assembled at New York, then at Philadelphia, and it was proposed to make Philadelphia the national metropolis, and this was advocated by the New England and Middle States. As a compromise with the South, a trade or barter was made that the site should be on Southern soil, located by Gen. WashingI ton, provided the United States pay twenty millions ($20,000,000) of dollars, due by all the Northern States. So the Northern States were relieved of their State debts and ii? ci_..i.u ?: 1 r.c 4. lilt? ouuiii ^umtru nit; scut ui ^uvriiiuiciiu Washington favored the settlement of the vexed question, located and planned the site on the Potomac, and in November, 1800, the National Capital was transferred from Philadelphia to the forests and flats laved by the Potomac and in sight of Washington's home. Its thirty avenues 130 to 160 feet wide and named after each State, and its wide streets were all planned by him in whose honor it was named, and to whom the highest monument (Coo feet) in the world is erected.?Shelby Aurora. When to Eat Fruit.?The fruit season is upon us and those who are fond of small fruits, such as berries of different kinds, cherries, &e., can luxuriate upon them. One of our exchanges, speaking on the subject of fruit eating, says: Fruits, to do their best work, should be taken on an empty stomach, or simply with bread?never with vegetables. In the morning, before the fast of the night has been broken, they are not only exceedingly refreshing, but they serve as a natural stimulant to the digestive organs. And to produce their fullest, richest effect they should be ripe, sound and in every way of good quality; moreover they should be eaten raw. What is better than a bunch of luscious grapes or a plate of berries or cherries on a summer morning, the first thing on sitting down to breakfast? Or o firm rino tinnlo rich nml inipv pnten in v/1 w 4j,jv/ 44rv ltr,vj *,v" j i the same way? In our climate apples should constitute not the finishing but the beginning of the meal, particularly the breakfast, for at least four months of the year; the fruit, raw or cooked, should make a part of the evening meal, (provided suppers are eaten) during the entire year. What Scientists Say of the Clouds. The common theory that clouds are composed of vesicles or hollow spheres of condensed vapor is now combatted by a French scientist, who assumes that every solid body, whatever may be it3 diameter, retains around it by adhesion a special atmosphere of the gas in which it is plunged ; that the thickness of this atmosphere is i nearly independent of the volume of the i solid body, and the attraction which re- i tains it is within the domain of the mole- ; cular forces, and is manifested only within i very short distances. In this way the dif- < Acuity of completely removing the air from 1 a tube which is be filled with liquid is accounted for. In the case of a vesicle surrounded by its atmosphere, the thermal absorption of the water is much greater than that of the diathermanous air; the atmosphere of the vesicle is consequently expanded, and the particle with its atmosphere floats by, displacing an equal volume of the circumambient air. Scientific men have been perplexed for many years over the phenomena of a certain well at Yakutsk, Siberia. A Russian merchant in 1828 began to dig the well, but he gave up the task three years later, when he had dug down thirty feet and was still in solidly frozen soil. Then the Rus-j sian Academy of Science dug away at the well for months, but stopped when it had reached a depth of 382 feet, when the ground was still frozen as hard as a rock. In 18-U the academy had the temperature of the excavation carefully taken at various depths, and from these data it was estimated that the ground was frozen to a depth of G12 feet. Although the nole of the greatest cold is in this province of Yakutsk, not even the terrible severity of the Siberian winters could freeze the ground to a depth of GOO feet. Geologists have decided that the frozen valley of the lower Lena is a formation of the glacial period. They believe, in short, that it froze solidly then and has never since had a chance to thaw out. A Deijataule Point of Etiquette.? It is always a debatable point of etiquette whether hostess or guest makes the first movement to go to Ded, and thus breaks up the evening gathering. The guest may be overcome with fatigue from a day's journey, the hostess may be fidgeting under the strain of entertaining, and longing for the guest to show some signs by which she can gracefully and hospitably suggest "that it is growing late," yet neither quite like to appear, as they think, impolite. In fact, many visitors have suffered agonies in trying to be agreeable while the host and hostess were doing their best to suppress their yawns and to "make conversation," until chance offered a solution of the difficulty. There is. however, but one rule to be fol lowed in this relationship of host and hostess and the hour of retirement. The host or hostess must always take the initiative and say an appropriate word as to the lateness of the hour and the desirability of go ins: to bed.?Boston Herald. Cure for Pimples ox the Face.?The cure consists in changing the diet, improving the habits, cutting off the "supplies" for these eruptions. Never check the necessary discharge, the purifying effects, but prevent the necessity for such an escape of putrid and offending matters. Eat less grease, butter, pastry, which is made specially unfavorable by the use of lard, with a diminished use of the sweets in general, particularly dark molasses. As a general principle, these pimples are most abundant in warm weather, the cold weather actually burning the carbon of the system, thussustainingtheanimal heat, which must be kept at about 98 degrees Fahrenheit, or death would result. If you do not like to have these about the face?as a young man? you can divert to some other place, running the matters off by producing "counterirritation," irritating with mustard, or a common blister, or a sore, promoting the discharge by applying wet cloths. White Elephants.?There are two spe cies of elephants, tne intnan an? trie jfviriean. In India it is supposed that the souls of departed emperors dwell in white elephants, therefore these animals are regarded as sacred, are exempt from work, live in palaces, are served by numerous domestics, eat the choicest food out of golden vessels, and are clothed with magnificent ornaments. The death of one of these white elephants is the occasion for great display, but their bodies are not allowed to be in state three days, as formerly, because, in that warm country, there are objections on the ground of health. As a matter of fact, white elephants are not white at all, having only a few small dingy spots on their hide. The African elephants are much smaller and weaker than the Indian, and are sought only for their ivory. In. India they are employed in war, in hunting, and for work of various kinds. Tiie Human Ear.?Few persons, perhaps, are aware that they possess a pair of harps. They are called the organs of Corti, after their discoverer, and are located in the ear. They are estimated at 8,700 strings, being, of course, microscopic and varying in length from 1-500 to 1-200 of an inch. It you hold a properly tuned violin near a piano when the E string is struck the E violin string will vibrate and sound too; so will all the rest. Now, the 8,700 strings of the human ear harp have such a wide compass that any appreciable sound in the universe has the corresponding tone string, and the sound is conveyed through the connecting filament to the auditory nerve, thence to the sensorium, and thus a knowledge of the sound is received by the mind. +- + ? Iiow to Tell a Girl's Age.?Girls of a marriageable age do not like to tell how old they are ; but you can find out by following the subjoined instruction, the young lady doing the liguring. Tell her to put down the number of the month in which she was born ; then to multiply it by 2; then to add 5; then to multiply it by 50; then to add her age; then to subtract 305; then to add 115; then tell her to tell you the amount she has left. The two figures to the right will denote her age and the remainder the month of her birth. For example the amount is 822; she is 22 years old and was born in the eighth month (August). Try it.?Chester, (Pa.,) Local News. False Generosity.?One cannot be really generous unless he is just. Should we call the man generous who took the bread that one poor man had earned for his children and gave it to another family because they were hungry? Yet what else does he do who holds a just debt, or takes advantage of a man's poverty or ignorance, to obtain from him goods at less than a fair price, and then bestows such ill gotten gains upon any so-called benevolent object, pubiic or private? 4 4 flaT The quantity of poison conveyed in the fangs of venomous snakes appears to be very ! l\nf /-\f \tortr i nntiliftr annul, i/wi/ wi r^ij p?uiui vjuuitvj. Vincent Richards, of Bengal, mentions a krait which quickly killed three men and seriously poisoned a fourth by bites given in rapid succession. He estimates .that the reptile carried eight grains of liquid venom in its poison glands, which are smaller than those of the cobra. J86T The truth may cost many a pang to utter, strict integrity may have to give up many a coveted gain, the courage of principal may forfeit the goodwill so highly prized or the position so eminently desirable ; but upon the scale of years they will lead their adherents to a condition of honor and happiness compared with which all that had been sacrificed seems utterly trivial. ? + Betr To obtain perfect rest go to bed as soon after sunset as possible, for it is laid down as a universal law that the hours of darkness are the only ones during which healthy sleep is possible. All worry and anxiety should, as far as possible, be habitually excluded from the mind for a considerable time before retiring.?Boxtoti Globe. ITEMS OF INTEREST. ? There have been 9,654 bills introduced in the House of Representatives during the present session of Congress. Of these 3,103 bills have been considered by the commitI tees and reported to the House. Three mernj hers did not introduce a single bill during the session. These are the Speaker, Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, and Mr. Wallace, of Louisiana. The late Representative j Rankin, of Wisconsin, has one bill charged to his account. Delegate Joseph, of New Mexico, has the biggest record, having 100 bills and resolutions credited to him. Halsell, of Kentucky, comes next, with 1)8, and Ilouck, of Tennessee, shows up with 1)7. Two-thirds of all bills introduced are never heard of after their introduction ; in fact a great majority of them are presented for buncombe. ? About $05,000,000 have, in the last six months, been invested in enterprises in the South. During the first six months of 188G there have been added to the number of manufacturing and mining enterprises in the South thirty new ice factories, forty foundries and machine shops, one Bessemer steel mill, eight miscellaneous iron works, three stove- foundries, fifteen gas works, seventeen electric light companies, seven agricultural implement factories, seventy mining and quarrying enterprises, eleven carriage and wagon factories, eight cotton mills, eighteen furniture factories, fifteen water works, twenty-nine tobacco factories, forty-eight flour mills, two hundred and forty-eight lumber mills, including plan-' ing mills, sash and door factories, Ac., in addition to which there was a large number of miscellaneons enterprises. ? Nevada is a very poor State, but a few rich men, who live in California, make politics lively by boodle when a Senator is to be chosen in that rotten borough. Just now the bonanza kings, Mackcy and Fair, are pitted against each other. Fair is quoted as saying that he will spend $500,000, if necessary, to effect his return. Mackey is quoted as saying that he will, if necessary, spend as much more to defeat him. Mackey's candidate is ex-Senator Stewart, of Nevada. And such is the farce of American politics. ? The house of Ed ward Barry, a widower, living near Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his five children, caught fire on'Tuesday night, of last week, while he was absent drinking, and when the children were asleep. Nellie, the eldest, only ten years of age, who acts as housekeeper, was awakened by the sound of falling timbers, and succeeded in carrying out her four little brothers in safety. Then the tipsy father came home. Several wealthy people have made arrangements to give the little heroine an education. ? Some time since Governor Lee, of Virginia, appointed a colored lawyer of Danville, James W. Pope, a member of the board of visitors of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, at Petersburg. At the session of the board in the latter city last Wednesday, the propriety of this selection of the Democratic Executive was endorsed bv the election of Pone to the treas urership of that institution. The negro is not only safe, but advancing in a State where the Democrats are in power. ? A Chicago dispatch says: The continued drought and failure of the wheat crop, whicli has occurred in Central Illinois for several years in succession and the unprecedented ravages of the chinch bug have induced many of the farmers to form themselves into a colony for the purpose of removing in a body to Oregon. Forty families have an organization at Walnut Hills, with president and secretary, and are corresponding with railroads for cheap rates. ? In the Superior court of Wake county, X. C., on the 12th instant, Judge Phillips sentenced James Smith and Wm. Gooch, both young white men, to he hanged in Raleigh on September 11th. They were sentenced to death, but appealed to the Supreme Court, which confirmed the decision of the lower court. A petition will be presented to Governor Scales for a commutation of sentence. This will be signed by many hundreds of persons. ? Col. George. B. Corkhill, ex-District Attorney of the District of Columbia, died at Mt. Plea?ant, Iowa, on the 5th instant. He became widely known as the prosecutor of the assassin Guiteau. The death of Col. Corkhill has provoked a sensational story to the effect that he was in possession of information criminating several prominent men in the death of Garfield, though little credence is attached to the story. ? Copiah county, Mississippi, which a few years ago had a bad reputation for disorder and bloodshed, about a year ago voted against license to sell liquor. Anotherelection was held recently and Copiah went "dry" by about 2,000 majority It is claimed that Copiah has become the most orderly and enlightened county in all Mississippi under a strict enforcement of her prohibition laws. ? Southern iron appears to be working its way into Northern markets. Several large mills at Pittsburg are now using pig iron from Alabama and Tennessee, which sells for lifty cents per ton less than the Pennsylvania iron. The result is that the great iron plants of the State are beginning to move South. Within a few weekstwo large ! concerns have moved to Alabama, and it is , said that others will follow. < ? Jack Lambert, a painter by trade, was J hanged at Charleston, North Carolina, on i the 9th instant, in the presence of several i thousand people for the murder of Dick J Wilson, twenty months ago, in Jackson county. Lambert had been drinking lieay- ! ily on the day of the killing and hadagrudge ] against Wilson. Lambert left a statement protesting his innocence and charging another person with the murder. ? C. F. McDonald, Superintendent of the money order system of the Postoffice De- . partment, has issued a circular notitiying 1 postmasters at money order offices that the J Act of Congress, approved June 29, 188G, : reducing the fee from 8 to cents on domes tic orders not exceeding ?o win gu imu eifect on the -Oth instant. ? While the preliminary trial of Sidney Davis, colored of Morgan, Texas, was in progress there the other day, a mob oOO strong overpowered the court and took Davis out and hung him. Davis outraged a respectable woman, lie confessed his guilt. ? Dr. Theus Taylor was convicted of manslaughter in Queens county, X. Y., for killing Thaddeus Gritman while tiring at a tomato can on Gritman's head, and has v been sentenced to one year and eight months i. in the State prison. 1 ? The Alabama Republicans nominated a j State ticket with Arthur Bingham for Gov- > crnor. Wickersham, nominated for State Auditor, and Gen. Duskin, nominated for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, de- cline the nominations. ? The Republican editors of Ohio, in convention assembled, have sent a solemn protest to the United States Senate against the refusal of that body to investigate alleged frauds in the election of Senator Payne. ? The Massachusetts Eegislature has passed a bill appropriating $20,000 for entertaining President Cleveland, in case he should pay a visit to Massachusetts this summer, i The Governor has signed the bill. ? Ex-sheriff John Keno, of Sumpter county, Ala., was taken from jail by a mob last Wednesday night and hanged for the attempted mur.der of his brother-in-law. Site ?0tMle #ttquiw. ? TKKMH OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, j>S 2 50 For six months, 1 25 For three months, 75 Two copies one year 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. 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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. p&- Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. All contract advertisements will be confined to the regular business for which the space is engaged. pQ~ Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this oflice for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duolicate. pif" Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices charged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usually there are about seven words in a line. A FIXE Florida Tonic ! MR. FOSTER S. CHAPMAN, One of the landmarks of the Georgia Drug trade, now of Orlando, Florida, writes: "I can hardly select a single case, of of the manv to whom I have sold QUINN'S HONKER BLOOD RENEWER, but what have been satislied ; and I find it the best remedy for all Skin Diseases I have ever sold, and a fine Florida Tonic. "FOSTER S. CHAPMAN, Orlando, Fla." A CERTAIN CURE FOR CATARRH ! A Superb Flesli Producer and Tonic! Guimfs Pioneer ltlood 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 ?1.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, Georgia. For sale by DOWRY & STARR, Yorkville. July 14 " 11 lv FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. . {Uo5 M ,) L TIIIO undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and brass castings, and general machine work. REPAIROO, 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 bo wanted in his shop, he will attend any call for repairing stationary en.IAI.W, fi.n thdu viating 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^ve " mmk " " WHICHrc^niE best SEWING MACHINE EVEIt MADE. 1CALL special attention to the following features : The NEW HOWE is a new machiue throughout, (littering in every point from the machines heretofore manufactured -by the company. The needle is self-setting. It has the most room 1111ierthearm; the perfect Howe stitch : no holes to thread, except the needle; the easiest shuttle to thread ; the most perfect take up ; the loose halance-wheol; the largest bobbin ; absolutely no vibration; the most perfect tension. It is the lightest running; noiseless, and the most pleasing in appearance. Prices within the reach of all. Call and get a lescriptive circular, and see the machine, which is always on exhibition at my Photographic Gallery. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would inform the public that I am yet making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the best style of die art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. It. SCHORR. "MOORE COUNTY GRIT" Tho best Mitlftono In the World for Table .Ileal. Sample* of meal sent on application. Send fur prioe. on Portable Corn Mills, Upper ami Under Hnnnors and Millstones. We are agents for Kiiifiiies, boiler*, Saw .Wills, Cotton (.Ins, IManer., Shafting. Pulley., 4c.. al.o for Holler-Mill Outfits ?Inch save .'<0 to 7ocent. for the miller in every barrel of Hour he make.. Write stating what you want and term, you wi.h to bnv on. Give references. Address, North Cnrollua .Millstone Co., Parke wood, Moore Co,, N. C. Juno 23 t>in!i APPLICATION FOR OLSCHARUE. NrOTK'E is hereby given that the undersigned, Executors of tho estate of THOMAS D. 5PRATT, deceased, have made a final return and settlement with the Judge of Probate for York ! ountv, and on Saturday, the 7th day of August, ISSfi, ;{t 11 o'clock A. M., will make application or discharge from liability as Executors of the said estate. ?n < > tMM? \ TT 1 j:.M. spuA-rr;,1 ' ;xi"'ut,;rsJuly 7 ;"'t CHATTEL MORTGAGES, IR/fORTliAtiKS of Real Instate, and Titles to I y I Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. July 7 -7 tf GARRY IRON HOi Manufacturers of all kinds of W. . IKON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUOATED SIDING, 7 Iron Tile or Shingle, , KIKE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 40., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF May ID | C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, July 4,1880 : aoing south. Leave Lenoir 7.30 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville,* 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Lovelady,* 8.05 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 8.34 A. M. Leave Newton 0.12 A. M. Arrive at Maiden,* 0.37 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 10.04 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's* 10.35 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 10.55 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 11.10 A. M. Leave Gastonia 11.20 A. M. Arrive at C'rowder's Creek,* 11.38 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.50 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.30 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 12.40 P. M. Arrive at Gutliriesville,* 1.02 P. M. ? t * 1 t> \f Ainvu aii - -* Arrive at Chester 2.00 P. M GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.25 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.50 1\ M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.20 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.40 P. M. Leave Yorkville 5.45 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 0.15 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 0.33 P. M. Arrive atGastonia, 0.52 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 7.10 P. M. Arrive at Pal las, 7.25 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 7.48 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.10 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 8.40 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 0.02 P. M. Leave Hickory, 0.40 P. M. Arrive at Lovelady 10.07 P. M. Arrive at Hudsonville, 10.22 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 10.48 A. M. * Flag Station. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. H&r The Accommodation Train arrives in Yorkville at 5.25 and leaves at 0 o'clock P. M., on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, going South. Going North, this train arrives at Yorkville on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 10.38 A. M., and leaves at 10.55. July 21 20 tf job Printing. 4"^WING to our superior facilities with the best tjf machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class 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 : ISITjL heaps. For 500 For 100'. Half-sheet Bill Heads, ?3.50 ?0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet oill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For Commercial Note, ?2.15 $3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the al>ove work we use a superior quality | of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. We also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any stvle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, TO THE CAROLINA 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 200 feet to contain the stock, and can lill 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. l&r Write for circulars giving prices and afull description of Goods, and SAVE MONEY. I am very anxious to get a sample Stove sold in everv neighborhood in the State. TERMS CASH UN DELIVERY. J. D. RATTERREE, Chester, S. C. October 15 - 31 12m 188(h WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1880. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables ARE still on a boom, and the year 1SSG 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 tiie best style. Give me a trial and be convinced. Cincinnati and Columbus Busrsries Of every description will be kept. Spring Wagons, PJnetons, Ac., of the best make, always on hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a line Queen City Ilearsoand a Clarence Coach, which will bo sent to any part ef the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpseat Phieton 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, whero they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. THE COTTON PLANT. The Only Agricultural Journal in South Carolina. . 0 AX EIGHT-PAGE, FORTY-COLUMN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL ! 0 Strictly and Intensely Agricultural, Fighting for arid Aiding the Farmers. ? The attention of the Farmers' Clubs organizing now in our States called to THE COTTON PLANT, As the only Agricultural* Magazine in our State. Only <5O Cents a Year. SEND FOR SAMPLE COIJIICS. Address THE COTTON PLANT, Marlon, S. HEADQUARTERS FOR LJ W PUKE KEEK, AC. Bottled Beer a Specialty. Q ODKAf.KK IN LIQUORS AND WINKS. U , Agent for LTJ H l'ORT\ER\S TIVOLI BEER And The Rergner A Engel Brewing t'o. Shipments promptly attended to. Owing to our facilities for handling the above goods, we will guarantee satisfaction. C. C. HABENIC1IT, Columbia, S. May (> 18 am -riinrnnmn liAPUIWCC inntdtimu A'sPECIALTyT SimplfHt. Mont PuraMo, Economical, anil Perfect in tine?wanton no grain; cleans it ready fur market. THRESHING ENGINES Snn Mlll?.nn'l Nlandnril Implement#gen. er.;i:v. Send lor illustrated catalogue. , A. B. FARQUHAR, Pennsylvania Agricultural Works, YORK,' Pa, July? -T 4t 3FIIVO COMPANY, JB IROX OKK PAIXT nr And Cement. 152 TO 158 M KKWIX STHKKT Cleveland, <>. Send for Ciivularand Price ' IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 0 ly