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Humorous JJepartmeut. Misunderstood the Person.?Jonathan Chace, the quaint old Rhode Island Quaker?who has a tender side, by the way, for all the victims of Cupid?had been taking'the subscriptions of his colleagues of the Senate for the wedding present which they were to give General Anson McCook, the Secretary of the Senate, at his marriage. He went to Dolph, of Oregon, and said: "We are going to give McCook a wedding present. How much will you subscribe?" Dolph seemed astonished. Finally he said, with someaDDearance of confusion: "Why. I'll give you something of course, if you want me to; but I'd like a little time to think about it." "Oh certainly,"Responded Chace, somewhat miffed, and then he walked off. Then Dolph hurried over to his colleague Mitchell, of Oregon, and said to him in a puzzled way: "Chace asked me just now to join him in giving a wedding present to his cook. What do you suppose he's driving at? When my cooks get married I don't go round asking other fellows to send them wedding presents." "Oh," laughed Mitchell, who has been in the Senate before, "he meant McCook?Anson McCook, the Secretary, you know. It's the custom, you know, for Senators to give the officers of the Senate presents when they get married." "Oh," said Dolph, breathing freely again, "of course, of course."?Washington Letter. A Financier.?"Please, sir, will you buy a ticket for the Cedar Street church strawberry festival. They'r only twentyfive oents." said a little mite of a erirl to a gentleman sitting on the piazza of a Swan street boarding house yesterday afternoon, tendering him a square of yellow pasteboard as she spoke. "I'm sorry, but I'm going out of town and will not be able to attend," replied the good-natured man, desirous of avoiding a point blank refusal. "I have some ten cent tickets for those who can't attend," promptly responded the quick-witted solicitor. She went out of the gate a dime richer.?Buffalo Courier. Heavy Rains.?"Speaking of heavy rains," remarked one farmer to another on Bank street yesterday, "reminds me of one we had last spring. I put a barrel out in the yard bung up, and it was filled with rain water through the bung in just ten minutes by the watch!" "That's nothing," | said farmer No. 2, "I put a barrel in my yard with both heads out. It rained so hard and the water went through the bunghole so fast that it could not runout, and consequently overflowed at the bung." The farmers saluted each other and then drove on.?New London Telegraph. Politeness in Chilbiiood.?The polite child is the latest in the juvenile world. She was strolling around the neighorhood on a tour of observation when she came across a colored man sitting on a doorstep. She stood with her fingers in her mouth looking at him. Finally she said: "You're a colored man, ain't you?" "You're a very polite little girl," he said. "Yes, I'm a colored man." "Oh, yes, I'm very polite. I call every nigger I see a colored man." Kind of Headwork He Did.?"How is this, Bromley? You told me the other day that young Cummings is a fellow of great intellect. Why, he's a regular ignoramus." "Darringer, I didn't say he was intelligent. I remarked that he did a good deal of headwork." "Well, that's about the same isn't it?" "Oh, no! He doesn't work with his own head. He works with other people's. He's a barber.?Call. 0 Sounds Better.?"Well, John," said the Judge to a pig tailed Celestial, "what can I do for you?" "Want to gettee named changed." "What's your name now?" "Sing Sing. No goodee. Two muchee Aldelman. Getee him changed to Walble Twicee." "To Warble Twice." "Yes. Allee samee Sing Sing." Looking Ltp a Point of Law.?a few days ago a young lawyer entered the law library, and after an hour or two's inspection of sundry and divers folios, approached Law Librarian Digby, and taking him aside, whispered in dead earnest: "Percy, I want to find a little law. I want to know what the law in this State is regarding Good Friday when it comes on Oa*nr).??* ii fJi / / l l T on rl ?>t* r>uuualy. ?x ki?ui?y .ucw.itf . A Good Little Boy.?"Yes," said Mrs. Hendricks to the minister, who was dining with the family, "Bobby says his prayers every night, like a good little boy." "Ah, indeed," replied the minister very much pleased, "and do you pray for papa and mamma, Bobby?" "Oh, yes, for both of 'em, although I've often heard ma tell pa that he is past praying for." + ^ ? What They Were.?Young Lady (visiting in Kentucky)?"What a number of colored people there must have been at the political meeting last night! I see by the morning paper that nearly all of the vicepresidents were colored." Hostess?"Impossible, my deaf. Let me it n /|?t.2 I AUa nr\ U see me paper ^luoKiug ni< me papci;. v/n, 4Col.' don't mean colored; it means colonel." The Most Important.?Sunday-school Teacher?"Can any one of you little boys tell me which of the commandments is the most important to keep?" Little Johnny (whose father is an editor) "I can, sir." "What commandment is it Johnny ?" Johny?"Take your home paper '."?Texas Siftings. ? Words Versus Figures.?He was looking for a rich wife and thought he was on the trail. "I love you," he said to her in rich warm tones, "more than I can tell you in words." "You'd better try figures," she replied coldly, for she was not so green as she looked.? Washington Critic. "What a lovely woman!" was the exclamation of Chief Justice Waite, upon passiDg a noted beauty, when walking down Pennsylvania avenue with a friend. "What an excellent judge !" said the lady, when her sensitive ear caught the flattering decree of the chief justice. A Man of Resources.?Once there was a hired man who was constantly astonishing - * - i* r\ 1 iLr, , nis employer, a ianner. unt uay me mmier went into the barn and found that the j man had hanged himself. Looking at the , dangling body a few minutes he exclaimed: "What on earth will that fellow do next?" Customer (in book store)?My wife wanted me get her some good magazine to read. Proprietor?Yes, sir. How would the Century magazine do? Customer?O, i no! She wants a monthly magazine. I?* Mamma (at the doll counter)?"Now,! Flossie, here is a very large assortment to j select from. What kind of a dolly would you like to have?" Flossie?"Twins, mamma, if you please." | "Who," said a member oi the Canadian House of Commons to the members who were trying to choke him off, "who brayed there !" "It was an echo," retorted a member, amid a yell of delight. ffttsceUaneotts Reading. The Mexican Affair in Congress.? The House Committee on Foreign Affairs, I at a called meeting on the 3rd instant, took up and considered the resolution introduced by Representatives Belmont, Craine and Lanham in relation to the Cutting case, and also the correspondence on the subject furnished by the Secretary of State. Representative Lanham appeared in person before the committee in support of his resolution, and finally the following preamble and resolutions, drawn up by Representative Craine, were adopted: "Whereas A. K. Cutting, an American citizen, is wrongfully deprived of his liberty by the Mexican officials at Paso del Norte, in the Republic of Mexico; and whereas the Mexican government refuses to release said Cutting upon the demand of the President of the United States; and whereas the government or xuexico unegeu as a reason for its refusal to comply with such demand that said Cutting is guilty of violating a Mexican law upon American soil; and whereas the House of Representatives, while appreciating the disposition shown by the government of Mexico to carry out its international obligations, can never assent to the doctrine that the citizens of the United States may be prosecuted | in a foreign country for acts done wholly on American soil; therefore, he it "Itesolved, First, That the House of Representatives approves of the action of the President of United States in demanding the release of the said A. K. Cutting. "Resolved, Second, That the President of the United States he and he is hereby requested to renew the demand for the release of said A. K. Cutting." The resolutions were unanimously adopted and laid before the House by Chairman Belmont, and immediate action requested. Trying to Revive a Corpse.?The Ashville, N. C. correspondent of the News anil Courier writes to that paper: On the banks of the Tuckaseegee River at Charleston, X. C., Jack Lambent was hanged on the 9th ultimo, and some incidents, just now coming to light, which occurred immediately after the execution, are novel to say the least of them. It appears that Lambert asked for as short a rope as the sheriff would use. He died, therefore, by strangulation, the physicians pronouncing him dead in twenty-five minutes. It is said that one of the three physicians in attendance pronounced the culprit dead in fifteen minutes. But after hanging twentyfive minutes the body was removed. By eye-witnesses it is said that, the brothers of the felon, who were waiting for the body, took charge of it hurriedly and putting the coffin into a wagon hastily drove up the river a few hundred yards to Deep Creek, then up the creek to a secluded spot, where the body was instantly removed from the coffin and the rough, hard hands of those mountaineers, prompted by affection for the deceased, though he was a felon, plied the cold, crystal water to the death-cold brow of their unfortunate brother. How eagerly they feel the pulse and watch the leaden eye for some indication of returning animation ! But the offended law had been appeased, aud Jack Lambert had passed to his long home. The heavy-hearted brothers took up their sad burden, and replacing it in the wagon, drove to the old family burial ground, where they laid away the defendant to await the sitting of the Grand Assizes when the final hearing will be given. This effort of the bereaved brothers was rumored atone time to have been successful, and your correspondent heard at Charleston, N. C., rumors that Jack Lambert had been seen on the Sunday following the Friday on which he was executed. Common* Errors.?Nine newspapers out of ten, and ninety and nine persons out of a hundred, when they speak of "Congress" mean the lower house alone, and call a Representative a "Congressman." The Senate and the House taken together constitute the Congress, and a Senator is as much a Congressman as a Representative is. A like confusion of terms exists regarding the words "minister" and "ambassador." Our representatives at Foreign Courts are not in any sense ambassadors. They are merely ministers resident. Only six countries in the world?the five great Europeon powers and Turkey?send or receive ambassadors. The difference between an act and a law is also very great, but the contemporary press generally speak of them as identical. An act may be passed by both houses of Congress, receive the President's signature, and go on the statute books, but until the courts have passed upon it, it is not a law. Many acts are unconstitutional; others are inoperative; others again conflict with established laws. An act does not become a law until it has proven a raison d'ete. Another un-American blunder which is constantly made, is speaking of a private soldier as a common soldier. This may do in Vm-nnpun r'niintrir^ wlipro ehlSS distinc <*ions are rigidly observed in civil as well as military life, but it won't do at all in this free and glorious republic where, as the evangelist says there is nothing common or unclean. These are errors picked up at random?but one starting out to find them in books, newspapers and magazines of the best class could light on two or three billions of them a year.?iV. Y. Mail and Impress. Georgia Proposing to Pension Her Soldiers.?There will be two constitutional amendments voted on in the Georgia State election next October, one of which is of general interest, as it is likely to place maimed Confederate soldiers on a permanent pension list. The amendment is as follows: That the last sentence of Article 7, Section 1, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of 1877, be, and the same is hereby', amended by adding thereto at the end of the sentence the following words: "And to make suitable provision for such Confederate soldiers as may havebeen permanently injured in such | service." So that said sentence, which so amended,shall read as follows: "Tosupply i IKa o/\lrliAM urlm lnof o 1 i ni h HmKc? in f Im | military service of the Confederate States j with suitable artificial limbs during life, I and to make suitable provision for such Coni federate soldiers as may have been permai nently injured in such service." j Under the last clause of the proposed | amendment the Legislature would be at liberty to establish a pension list. There is no opposition whatever in the State to the proposed amendment. The Battle of the Ferrymen.?Mr. J. S. Wright, who owns Wright's ferry, over the Catawba river, yesterday brought suit before D. G. Maxwell, J. P., against Mr." J. F. Maguire, who owns Maguire's ferry over the same stream, and which is located within less than five miles of the I complainant's plant. Mr. Wright sued Mr. Maguire to recover damages to the amount of $140, by reason of the fact that Mr. Maguire had transported Mr. Chas. Holton, the mail carrier, across the Catawba in Maguire's ferry boat, seventy times, for pay. This action was brought under section 2049, of the Code, which prescribes that! any person operating a ferry unauthorized ' by law, within o miles of any licensed ferry on the same river or water, and who shall transport for pay any person or his effects, | shall forfeit and pay two dollars for every such offence to the nearest ferryman. The plaintiff claimed $2 from Maguire for each of Mr. Ilolton's 70 transports across the for ry, and after a lengthy hearing of the case the magistrate dismissed it from his court, taxing Maguire for the cost. Maguire's counsel entered an appeal.?Charlotte Observer, 3rd. Total Eclipse.?A total eclipse of the sun occurs on the 29th inst., which will be visible as a very small partial eclipse in the southern part of New England and the Atlantic States. The path of totality commences at the Isthmus of Panama, crosses the northern part of South America, and some of the adjacent islands, crosses the Atlantic ocean in a southeasterly direction, strikes the coast of Africa near Benguela, and ends in Madagascar. The conditions for observing it are more favorable than they were in the total eclipse of 1883 and 188"), when the lines of totality passed almost entirely over the Southern Pacific ocean. Doubtless astronomers will be on hand at many points to observe the eclipse. The eclipse begins at Gh. lGm. a. m., (a little more than an hour after sunrise,) continues 22m., and ends at Gh. 38m. a. m. It is so 1:~U4- KofrlliT hn nnfino/l tin 111(11/ 11/ ? ill iiuiuij uv. iivnvvx4j less attention is directed to it. The magnitude of the eclipse is only 0.018 of the sun's diameter, and it is on the sun's south limb. The limit of the eclipse is 1 degree north of Boston, so that we must be contented with a touch of the phenomenon. How to Advertise.?A contemporary, in some "hints on advertising," says: "Another thing which publishers have to contend with is that the results of advertising are not always visible to patrons, many of whom cannot understand why custom cannot be directly traced to the source where they expend their money to obtain it. Business is like a river with mauy tributaries, and in which it is impossible to trace every individual drop of water to the spring from whence it came. But if a journal is selected for advertising purposes that reaches time and again the persons most likely to be interested in the solicitation, that paper is certainly a sure fountain-head of profitable trade in the stream of patronage far below. Temporary advertisements in a small way will not produce an immediate or permanent increase of business any more than a light shower will affect the depth of water in a well, but by persistency in the use of printer's ink in the right direction the results sought will be gained in the end with interest." Graveyard Giiouls.?Mr. j. C. Humphries,of Durhamville, Aiken county, S. '., writes to the Aiken Recorder giving an account of an outrage perpetrated on the night of July 24th at the cemetery of Mount Hermon Baptist church in Lexington county. The church is in Aiken county, near Hansey's Bridge on the North Edisto River, but the cemetery is on the opposite side of the river. A young man named Tillman R. Williams, of exceptionally good character and well connected, died seven months ago and was decently buried. On the 24th of July the grave bore the evidences of having been desecrated, and relatives of the dead man had the grave opened, the body removed and an autopsy held, when it was ascertained that the chest of the corpse had been cut open from just above the navel to the clavicle or collar bone, the knife ranging centrally through the sternum, making an incision more than twelve inches long. The heart had been removed and the hands deprived of their thumbs. The affair has caused much excitement in the neighborhood. She Killed Her Betrayer.?Miss Ann Offner, the 18 year-old daughter of a fanner living near Romney, W. Va., on the 1st instant shot and killed Benjamin Brooks, a dissolute fellow 43 years of age. About a year ago Brooks induced the girl to accompany him to Cumberland, Md., where a mock marriage was performed. The couple lived together as man and wife until the facts became known, and they were indicted by the grand jury for illicit cohabitation. While the case was pending Miss Offner re turned to her parents. She says that while riding horseback on the 1st instant, she met Brooks, who endeavored to persuade her to dismount. On her refusal he put his hand behind him and threatened to kill her unless she did as he wished, whereupon she at once drew her revolver and shot him in the forehead, killing him instantly. The girt is under arrest, but the sympathy of the village is with her. A Mexican View of the Trouble.? An interview has just been published between an Associated Press reporter and Senor Romero Rubio, Mexican Minister of the Interior, and President Diaz. The Minister maintains Mexico's legal right to punish Cutting, and pronounces his case an aggravated one. President Diaz says Mexico is in the right. He, however, apprehends no serious consequences likely to grow out of the affair. He laughs at the idea advanced in some quarters that the United States will seize upon the affair as an opportunity to make war on Mexico, and regards the relations between the two countries too cordial to be marred by such an insignificant occurrence. Calm consideration of the affair, he says, will result in a satisfactory solution of the difficulty. Importantfacts are developing in the Cutting case. It is now thought Cutting will be tried and sentenced, and then will be immediately pardoned by i President Diaz. Thiscan bedone, it is said. ?-? > Railroad Notes.?Work on the new i railroads has progressed very rapidly during the past week. On the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad at Black's connection has been made with the Air Line, and several car loads of iron are at the station. By to-morrow night the road will be ready to receive the iron from Black's to Patterson's Springs, with the exception of one trestle that is now over half done. The balance of the work is being pushed on as rapidly as possible. Mr. H. W. Elmer, of Massachusetts, has been engaged to superintend the work of laying the track, and is now at the Commercial Hotel. Mr. Elmer will begin work in a few days. The iron bridge over First Broad river has been finished and the first engine passed over last Saturday. The bridge inen are now at work on the bridge over Bushy fronir V/W/jj/ Vci/1 Km. At/ft. 4. | Two Deaths from Ferguson's Shot. | Arthur Benedict was killed in the store of I his uncle, Auerbach, in the town of Abbej ville, by Ferguson. The terrible tragedy I drove Auerbach into the asylum in this i city, a mental and physical wreck. His i goods were sold at auction, and now the ; "last scene of all, which closes this strange, eventful history," is the death Auerbach, which took place yesterday. The remains j were interred this evening in the Hebrew Cemetery.?Columbia Record, August 3. A Preacher Murdered.?Itev. G. C. Haddock, pastor of the Methodist church at Sioux City, Iowa, and who has been the leader in the prosecution of saloon cases, was shot and instantly killed last Wednesday evening while crossing Water street at the corner of 4th. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the dastardly crime, but there seems to be no doubt that it grew out of the war lately inaugurated on the saloons. Great excitement prevails. ?ay Faith evermore overlooks the difficulties of the way, and bends her eyes only to the end. I ITEMS OP INTEREST. ? Corn is the leading wealth-producing staple of the six counties of Illinois which claim the honor of coming within the four million list. The wheat crop of some of these counties is enormous also. McLean leads the column in the total value of its products, which amount to $5,287,788. It is also the banner corn county of the United States, its crop in 1880 reaching 11,970,581 bushels. LaSalle's 11,148,779 bushels of corn, together with its other products, netted $5,223,503 in the census year. Livingston's crop was inventoried at$4,508,024, of which 11,094,043 bushels of corn composed the lion's share. Champaign turned in $4,390,422 as its yearly income, the bulk of which was derived from 10,132,525 bushels of corn. Madison and St. Clair, bordering on the Mississippi opposite and above and below St Louis, raised less corn and more wheat than the four counties above named, the value of their productions being $4,247,09!) and $4,002,385 respectively. ? At Qt f'loSr P? rm Wiirwlav niprht, the beautiful and costly Baptist church was blown up by dynamite. The perpetrators of the outrage are unknown, but the act is universally regarded as a result of the crusade of the law and order society, through whose efforts Walter, an old and respected citizen, was recently imprisoned for a technical violation of the liquor law, and who died in a short time, his death being generally attributed to his imprisonment. Some six months ago the store of an active member of the society was burned, and the excitement and bad blood occasioned thereby has been raised to fever heat by subsequent events. ? Captain John Miller, of Jimtown, Chickasaw Nation, was recently on trial at Fort Smith, Ark., charged with murder. This was not a novel experience to Captain John, for says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, he has, according to his own account, killed thirty men during his life, not counting those he may haveshiin in the war. Though often tried for murder, he always escaped conviction, and in this case was released on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction in the case. Captain Miller was born in Choctaw county, Miss., in 1810, and is now seventy years of age, though no one would take him for more than fifty. ? Mr. George T. Williams, of Tarboro, N. C., recently polished up a walking cane of Edgecombe wood and sent it to the Hon. Jefferson Davis. He has received an ac knowledgeinent, in the course of which Mr. Davis says: "The cane is precious to me, having been cut by a North Carolina settler who contributed to our first victory in the war, and remember as I do with pride, the battle of Big Bethel. North Carolina did her part there, and it has given me pleasure often to bear testimony to the valor and fidelity of her sons on many trying occasions." ? A Mount Washington, N. IT., dispatch of August 3rd, says: A northwest wind, blowing at the rate of sixty miles an hour, set in at nightfall yesterday. Snow began to fall at 2.30 this morning, and at 5.30 the ground was covered to the depth of one and one-half inches. The wind is blowing eighty miles an hour, and the windows are thickly covered with frost. The thermometer yesterday registered 85* in the valley, but it now marks 28* here. On the same day snow fell at Rome, N. V. ? The Knights of Labor in the North and West intend to make themselves felt in the approaching elections. While not a political organization, much can be accomplished by them if they will give the politicians to understand that the interests of the working neonle must be looked after at Wash ington, as well as in the field of labor. Few professional politicians realize the condition of the laboring classes, and if they cannot be made to understand what is needed they will be laid aside for better men. ? The Bev. Dr. Hawthorne, one of the most aggressive of the prohibition leaders in Atlanta, in a recent address at Columbus, Ga., said: "Well, some people have left Atlanta; I admit it. They are gone to Texas and Mexico and Macon and Louisville. Alas for Macon and Louisville! I knew they would be punished some day for their sins, but I never had any idea that they would have to suffer such punishment as that." -Win. J. Hopper & Son, seine and cordage manufacturers, of Baltimore, made an assignment on Saturday of last week. This firm was largely interested in the cotton mills at Mountain Island, Gaston county, N. C., but the statement is made that the mills will not be affected. Hopper & Son's assets are about $500,000; the liabilities are not yet known. ? In Montgomery county, Georgia, on Wednesday night a party of disguised men rode up to the house of Clem. Mosely, an old miser, clrove the family into a room with revolvers, put Mr. Mosely's safe, containing $6,000, into a wagon and drove away with it. The robbers had not been captured at last accounts. ? The total value of merchandise imported into the country during the twelve months [ ended June 30, was $635,203,606, an increase j of $57,726,277 over the preceding twelve mil tKii tnlol valiio nf thp f Ynnrfi) of merchandise for the same time was $679,425,972, a decrease of $62,763,783 over the twelve preceding months. ? It is shown by the New York Ilerakl that Mexico can place in the field 250,000 well equipped troops, with experienced military leaders, and the probabilities are that these soldiers would do some very fair fighting. An antagonist with such a force at command, and an effective navy to boot, is by no means to be despised. ? The Democrats of Vermont held an unprecedentedly large Convention last week and put in nomination a full State ticket headed by P. B. Shurter, of Montpelier, for Governor. The resolutions heartily endorse the national administration and declare for a revision of the tariff. ? The Sioux Indians at Pine Ridge agency are reported as very angry, and threatening to take the war path, because of the government's expressed intention to cut down the extra and fraudulent rations. Rations have been regularly issued for 7,000 Indians, but a late census shows only 4,500 Indians. ? The United States appropriates about as much every year for pensions as the German empire does for the support of its immense standing army and pensions. The pension fund of Germany for 1885-'80 was only $5,137,000. Its army appropriation is $83,000,000. ? Official reports show that more than 11,-1 000 Mormon immigrants have como to tins country since 1S81. Other companies are expected to come within the next few months. ? While two little sons of W. B. Taylor, of Columbia, were hunting near that city, on Tuesday of last week, by the accidental dis- j charge of a gun in the hands of one of them, I the other was shot and instantly killed, j ? The entire Democratic State ticket was elected in AlabamaonMonday. Bingham, i Republican, and Tanner, Prohibitionist, receiving a very small vote. ? The Pennsylvania Democrats talk of i nominating ex-Senator Wallace for Governor. ? The Indiana Democratic State Convention has been called to meet at Indianapolis, to-day. ? The Arkansas Republicans have put a State ticket in the field, with Lafayette Gregg for Governor. Ihc ?ofMUe inquirer. TKIIMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one yenr, $ 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. $33" 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. pSr- Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this office for publication and desire acopy of the same, should make a duolicate. 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 FOE l^loi'ida 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 _/ .1-- r 0^,1,1 C > I Hie UlitllV L VI ? Ill/All X IIUTV ow.x* QUINN'S PIONEER BLOOD RENEWER, but what have been satislied ; and I find itthe best remedy for all Skin Diseases I have ever sold, and a fine Elorida Tonic. "FOSTER S. CHAPMAN, Orlando, Fla." A CERTAIN CURE FOR CATARRH ! A Superb Flesh Producer and Tonic ! Guinn's Pioneer Illood 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 Si.00; large bottles 81.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, Georgia. For sale by LOWRY & STARR, Yorkvfile. July 14 11 lv JOHN B. ASHE. ~ ?ITA3TO~ AND KAIXIT. I HAVE a small supply of Guano and Kainit still on hand, and can furnish the trade in such quantities as they may want while the stock lasts. 11 tut'n, xi All parties who have bought Fertilizers from me this year, and have not given their Notes for the same, will please come forward at once and close up the account by noto. wiGom I have 011 hand a full supply of all sizes of Old Hickory Wagons, and oiler them very cheap for Cash or secured paper. Come and see me when in want of a first-class wagon. Dry Goods, Groceries, Ac. I am prepared to serve the trade in any department of my business on as reasonable terms as any competitor. GRAIN CRADLES. I ofl'er something new in the way of Grain Cradles, on the home-made pattern, with seven fingers. I have only a limited number to offer. JOHN R. ASHE. C. G. PARISH" THUNDER TO PLAY AT The Daisy's. WE will sell, for the next THIRTY DAYS, our entire stock of both DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, At Strictly Cost. We do not need money, but we need room for a new stock. Now is the time to buy goods cheap. No humbug. I MEAN STRICTLY WHAT I SAY. And I never go back on my word. The Daisy will soon leave for New York, and wants to clean out his stock for a DANDY FALL STOCK. Life is too short not to have some style about you, crop or no crop. C. (i. PARISH. T. H. JEFFER1S AGRICULTURAL HALL. THAVE on hand one BUCK-EYE ELEVATOR SELF-BINDER REAPER, which I will sell at a very low price?very little more than the usual Price of a Common Reaper. I also have two CANTON REAPERS, which I offer at reduced prices. Ikeepinstock THOMAS HARROWS for cultivating cotton. Also, the celebrated IRON ACE HORSE HOE ANDCULTIVATOR, RANDALL HARROWS, CARDWELL SEPARATORS, HAY CUTTERS and WHEELBARROWS. Also, a largo stock of Window Sash and Blinds and Panel Doors, At amazingly low prices. T. S. JKFFERYS. THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE. THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE is the largest Weekly newspaper in < ieorgia. It is a twelve page (eighty-four column) paper. It contains all the important news of the week, and is tilled with interesting and instructive reading to the farmer, mechanic,business and professional man. Its Washington, Atlanta, and Columbia Letters, with its full Telegraphic service, market reports, editorials and general news, make it ono of the most readable and one of the best newspapers in the South. THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE can bo read in any household. It is free from sensationalism. August 4 31 tf ~ "MOORE COUNTY GRIT" ~ Tho be*t Millstone in the World for Table iHeal. Samples of meal sont on application. Send for prices on i'ortablo Corn Mills, Upper and Under Runners and Millstones. Wo are agents for KngiiiCM, lloilerM, Sntv JIIIIm, Cotton c;ins, Planers, Shafting, Pullers, kc? also for Itoller-lUill Outfits which save50 to75?ents for the miller in every bnrrel of (lour he makes. Write stating what you want and terms you wish to buv on. Give references. Address, North Cnroliuu Uillfltone Co., Parkowood, Moore Co., N. C. June 23 25 6tn* HOUSE AND MULE COLLARS^ 6 DOZEN Cloth Collars, best in the market, and a large lino of all other grades of Collars, at G. H. O'LEAHY'S. F. HAPPERFIELD. FRESH GROCERIES. MY full stock of Groceries consists of the best goods that can be bought, and will be sold as low as any other house will sell you. HARDWARE. A full supply ot Hardware, including Plow Fixtures and all other articles in that line required in agricultural operations. ROOTS AND SHOES. A large lot of all grades. Call and examine them before buying. I will take pleasure in showing them and can save you money. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. A full iineof Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos, Snulf and Cigars. MARBLE YARD. Special attention given to all kinds of Monumental and Tomb Stone Work. Prices are lower than ever before. I can certainly sell you work cheaper than any traveling agent can, 'for I will save you the commissions paid to them. Call and see specimens of work and ascertain prices. F. IIAPPERFIELD. .1. EI). JEFFERYS. NEW FURNITURE STORE. ft COFFINS. A FULL supply on hand, consisting of Wood J\_ Burial Caskets, Cases, and plain Coffins. Gloss White Caskets and Cases for Children. FURNITURE. Walnut, Maple and Common Bedsteads. Washstands, Tables, and a general supply always in Store. Special orders filled at short notice. REPAIRING. All kinds of Furniture repaired. Terms liberal. J. ED. JEFFERYS. FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. THE 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. REPAIRING, Of all kinds, nromntlv 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, hie will attend anv 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 I^THE BEST eruiiun MAOHIMF I ivif-iwi ! > EVER MADE. I CALL special attention to the following features : The NEW HOWE is a new macnine throughout, differing in every point from the machines heretofore manufactured by the company. The needle is self-setting. It has the most room under the arm; the perfect Howe stitch; no holes to thread, except the needle; the easiest shuttle to thread ; the most perfect take up ; the loose balance-wheel; the largest bobbin ; absolutely no vibration; the most perfect tension. It is the lightest running; noiseless, and the most pleasing in appearance. Prices within the reach of all. Call and get a descriptive circular, and see the machine, which is always on exhibition at my Photographic Gallery. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would inform the public that I am yet making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the best style of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on'West Liberty street, near the jail. J. It. SCHORR. FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!! rpiIK TAYLOR A COX Steam Fire ExtinJ_ guisher for Cotton Gins is the best protection against loss bv tire. Heats insurance. IXSTANTANEOUS, CHEAP, EFFEt"IT*AL and RELIABLE. Send for circulars and full particulars. AdENTS WANTED. Good pay given. J. X. SUTHERLAND, Belton, S. C. (1IX SAU FILING MACHINE. THE TAYLOR GIX SAW FILER is one of the best made. Anybody can tile Gin Saws with it. Requires no practice. Does its work as it should be none and ten times faster than by hand. Every Machine warranted. PRICE 3b!. Pays for itself every season. Order from J. X. SUTHERLAND, Belton, S. C. IF YOU WANT TO III Y A X Engine, Boiler, Wood-Working Machineim. ry of any kind ; Saw Mill, Machine Tools or Machinery of any kind for wood or iron working, do not fail to consult the undersigned, who has for sale all kinds of Engines and Boilers and Wood and Iron Working Machinery, both new and .secondhand, at prices that simply defy competition. Let me know your wants and*prices will be named. If you want to sell Engine, Boilpr or Machinery of any kind, describe it and address J. X. SUTHERLAND, Bolton, S. C. July 28 JO 4m* CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. July 7 27 tf GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of IB. . IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE l'ROOF DOORS, SIIUTTERS 40., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 01 jS?t- Orders received by L. M. GRIST. May 10 C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. CM to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, July 4,1886 : GOINO 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 9.12 A. M. Arrive at Maiden,* 9.37 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. LeaveGastonia 11.20 A. M. Arrive at C'rowder's Creek,* 11.: 18 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.50 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.30 1'. M. Leaye Yorkville, 12.40 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville,* 1.02 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville,* 1.35 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.00 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.25 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.50 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.20 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.40 P. M. Leave Yorkville 5.45 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.15 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 6.33 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia 6.52 P. M. Leave Gastonia 7.10 P. M. Arrive at Dallas, 7.25 iJ. 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, 9.02 P. M. Leave Hickory, 9.40 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. TALC'OTT, Superintendent. The Accommodation Train arrives in Yorkvilleat 5.25 and leaves at 6 o'clock P. M., on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, going South. Going North, this train arrives at Yorkvilleon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 10.38 A. M., and leaves at 10.55. July 21 29 tf JOB PRINTING. iAWING to our superior facilities with the best U machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our oifioe, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior stvle, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and mate'rials. We have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : KILL HEADS. For 500 For loot 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 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $-3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in evj erv 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 uleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, Juiy 28 30 tf 1886. WEST LIBERTY STREET? 1886. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables A RE still on a boom, and the year 188U finds J\ 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, Phietons, Ac., of the best make, always on hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a line 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 Plneton and some Huggies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold anon to make room for mv new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables, where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. July 7 27 tf THE COTTON PLANT The Only Agricultural Journal in South Carolina. AN EIGHT-PAGE, FORTY-COLUMN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL ! Strictly and Intensely Agricultural, Fighting for and Aiding the Farmers. The attention of the Fanners' Clubs organizing now in our State is called to tup nnTTfiu Dl AMT inc iiui iun i IbHII I f As the only Agricultural Magazine in our State. Only CO Cents a Year. SEND FOR SAMPLE COPIES. ? ? Address THE COTTON PLANT, Marion, S. C. May 6 18 tf TIIE STATE OF SOI TII ( AROLINA, County of York. WHEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis., has applied to me for letters of Administration 011 all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Mrs. JANE E. P. SCOGGINS, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Judge of Probate's Court for York county, toheholdenat York Court House, on MONDAY, the 23RD DAY OF AUGUST, A. I)., 1886, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 14th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and in the liitn year or tne independence 01 me unueu States'of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, Judge of Probate. July 14 28 tit BREECH LOADING GUN FOIt SALE A FIXE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PARKER A BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN for Sale. It is of the lifter-aetion pattern, 14 gauge, 29 inch barrels. Also, 63 brass shells, It quantity of paper shells, primers, and wads. All necessary loading tools of best quality, cleaning implements, and a tine walnut case. The gun is in line order and is a good shooter. An intending purchaser can have the opportunity of testing the gun at a target. Price for the whole outtit, ?40, cash. Apply to L. M. GRIST. May 13 * 19 tfo DUE WEST FEMALE C OLLEGE. SESSION OPENS FIRST MONDAY TiW f ^ GOTO HER. Ten teachers. Ten pianos in constant use. Facilities in French and Music, Instrumental and Vocal, unsurpassed. Prospects of the College were never brighter. Whole cost of Board and regular Tuition for year, ?16.5.00. For Catalogue apply to J. P. KENNEDY, President. July 21 29 tit FI RMAN UNIVERSITY, Greenville, S. ('. V3K THE NEXT SESSION begins WEDifr^r NESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29th, 1886. For Terms, Course of Study, etc.,seo Catalogue, which may be had by adDr. CHAS. MANLY, President. Expenses Reduced. July 28 30 3t* 3FING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And. Cement. 152 TO 158 M Eli WIN STREET Cleveland, O. W^ J flS- Send for Circular and Price ' IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 iy