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^tumorous Hrpartment. HOW PAT CONVERTED HIS FELLOW-CONVICTS. Yesterday it was the good fortune of a reporter of this paper to meet a priest who is frequently called to the Charity hospital, 1 and who has aceomplised much good in reforming the unfortunate people so often > found in that institution. During the conversation the reverend father told numerous amusing anecdotes of his personal experiences, and a funny story about a priest in Ireland who was laboring to get a number of convicts to join the Catholic church. It seems that seven men were sentenced to be transported, and among them was an Irishman convicted of counterfeiting. According to the custom of the country the convicts were allowed to choose any religion they desired to adopt, and the Irishman made up his mind that they should all become Catholics. Accordingly when they assembled i in the prison yard the subject of religion was brought up by the Irishman, who said: "Boys, we have all been bad together, we have made lots of money and spent it, and now since we all have to join the church there is no reason why we should be separated. I now propose that we toss a ha'penny and shape our course on the result. If a ' harp comes up we will be Catholics, and if a queen shows on top we will be Protestants." "Agreed," said the convicts, and Pat tossed the ha'penny and the harp won. Accordingly, they all became Catholics, and just before their departure the parish priest approached Pat and asked him how he managed to convert his fellow convicts. "Oh, easy enough," replied Pat, and then he told the story of the ha'penny. "Did you risk your immortal soul on the turnig of a penny?" exclaimed the priest in holy horror. "Indeed I did not," replied Pat; "that ha'penny had a harp on both sides. I made it myself."?Nqio Orleans Times-Democrat. A Reflection.?"What's become of Par- ; son Jenks, who came out here to preach?" asked a friend of a Dakota man. "Well, you see, he made a sort of a bad break and we just firmly passed him along to some other community. We didn't like his style somehow." "Why, I'm surprised at that, he was considered a very able and earnest worker ' down in our country." "Don't know any thing about that, but we found it necessary to help him out of the neighborhood on a rail." "I am astonished! You did a great injustice to a worthy man, I am certain. What were the charges against him?" "Why, in his sermon, one Sunday, he got goin' on about the Holy Land, and said they could raise bigger- wheat over there i * 1 J "T*V 1 i. 1 man we couiu in .uHKuia auu men went uu to quote something that I don't believe was ever in the Bible about the seed falling in some particular kind of sile, and increasing a hundred fold. Just as soon as he said it I and Deacon Penny rose right up and went out and got a rail, and Deacon Jones and the members of the choir brought the rev erend gentleman out and set him on. I tell 4 you no man can preach to us who goes to re fleeting on Dakota's wheat raising."?Estelline Bell. , The Woods Weke Full of Them.? In the regiment, Indiana volunteers, during the lato war, was an unsually eccentric native of "Erin Go Bragh," who had the fortune while on picket duty to capture a Confederate soldier and take him to camp. In the same company was a lazy and far 1 from courageous comrade, who, seeing Dan with a prisoner to be turned over to the colonel of the regiment, said :s "Dan, you are obliged to go back on duty; let me take the prisoner up to headquarters." "Bedad, an' not a bit of it. If you want a rebel go out and catch one for yourself. The bush is full of 'em," was Dan's reply.? Detroit Free Press. It was a Maine girl of whom the story is told that she refused to marry a most devoted lover until he should have amassed a fortune of $10,000. After some expostulation he accepted the decree and went to work. About three months after this the avaricious young lady, meeting her lover, asked: "Well, Charlie, how are you getting along?" "Oh, very well indeed." Charlie returned, cheerfully: "I've got $18 saved." The young lady blushed and looked down at the toes of her boots and , stabbed the inoffensive earth with the point of her parasol. "I guess," said she faintly "I guess, Charlie, that'sabout near enough." Harpers' Bazar. ? ? But They Wrote No Fish Stories.? i many 01 me uposues were nsiieruieu, my son, but you can read the Bibie through and through and never find where one of them i fills up a chapter of 15,000 words, telling i how it took him four hours and a half to land a ten ounce trout with a nine ounce rod j of split bamboo. Indeed, the largest fish i story in the Bible was told by a man who, j so far as we know, never caught a fish in i his life, but was rather taken in by one the first time he went to sea. The same rule < holds'good unto this day. The man with i the smallest string tells the biggest story.? < Burdette. \ Blameless Angels.?The new baby had ' proved itself the possessor of extraordinary 1 vocal powers, and had exercised them much to Johnny's annoyance. One day he said to his mother: "Ma, little brother came from heaven 1 didn't he?" 1 "Yes, dear." ! Johnny was silent for some time, and then he went on. ? 1 "Say, ma." < "What is it, Johnny ?" i "I don't blame the angels for bouncing '< him, do you?"?Merchant Traveler. * 1 Impervious to Injury.?Traveler (to < ticket agent)?"Gimme a ticket to New \ Brunswick." j Agent?"The next train doesn't stop at ? New Brunswick. It goes through that ( town at fifty miles an hour." Traveler?"That suits me. I've umpired , too many games of ball between the New > Yorks and Chicagos to be afraid to get off;, a train that's only jogging along at fifty j | miles an hour."?New York Sun. j l^-She had a lovely loot, and her visitors j were admiring it. They were ladies, of j < course. A man who is not a shoemaker'1 dares not mention such a thing unless they ;1 were alone in a dim corner of the drawing- j 1 room, where nobody can overhear. "What a beautiful foot you have, dear." j "Yes. Pa says when we go to Europe j < he'd have a bust of it made." !1 46TA blind man was sitting- in company , with some visitors when one of them left . the room. "What beautiful teeth that lady ( has!" said the blind man. "Why," said a j friend, ingreatsurprise, "howcan you tell ?" I ] "Because," answered the blind man, "for the last hour she has done nothing but , laugh." , "I like your mother so much, Miss ] he said. "Indeed!" "Yes. She is so pleasant and kind, and . " ' 1 "Perhaps, if you ask her, she'll let you 1 become one of the family. We're going 1 home in three days."?Chicago News. < ?rujiual ?oftrg. Writton for the Yorkville Enquirer. A SUMMER EVE. BY LACON. The sun is sinking, And his last lingering ray Sets me earnestly to thinking On what and who from me have passed away. And I hear falling Music sweet, faint and low, And in my heart it's ever calling To the future and back to long ago. And I now see fingers Sweep o'er the piano keys, And old songs again 'round me linger, Echoing the song the zephyrs whisper thro' the trees; And now a maiden Springs with twilight to my yiew, And I hear her songs that were fading-Yes, fast fading from my heart and memory too. But the sun hath gone; The zephyrs are mute and still, And sit in silence all alone; Yet memories wakened here my heart and bosom thrilled, And leave there reigning With undisputed sway An old friend, while twilight, waning, Gives to death and darkness another day. Oh ! how do joys pass Sweetly to the future call, While sombre shadows, thickening fast, Till niolit thmw'fi her rnlip of ilnrkness over all. 'Tis then we for day Long again to greet the light, And wish all shadows to llee away And bring back onr friends where all's pure and bright! ^lisceUaucous ?Ua(itm}. RECOLLECTIONS OF MR. TILDEX. WHY HE ?r.LV XOTPOPULAR IX SOUTH CAROLIXA-SOME FACTS ABOUT THE CAM1'AIOX OF 'SEVEXTT-SIX. [F. W. I), in the Sunday News.] The "Sage of Grammercy Park" was not x favorite in South Carolina. Indeed, so far as there was any feeling on the subject, it was one of distrust and aversion. This was due to the manner in which South Carolina was treated by Mr. Tilden in the campaign of 187G. Mr. Tilden had no expectation whatever that this State could be carried by the Democrats, and was averse to the straightout movement. There were electoral votes enough in sight, he thought, to make him President, without any help from South Carolina, and there is good authority for saying that Mr. Tilden had no doubt as to the result, "if South Carolina would only keep quiet." But South Carolina determined to make an heroic effort to throw off the political yoke, and what in the beginning seemed impossible was, in a short time, well within the bounds of probability. It should have been evident to every dispassionate observer that nothing was beyond the reach of the white people of South Carolina, united as they were, and animated with one purpose and one hope. Nevertheless, Mr. Tilden gave the South Carolina Democracy the cold shoulder. This caused considerable irritation in the State, and engendered the idea of voting for Hayesand Hampton. By this plan a considerable number of colored votes was obtained for General Hampton, the Democratic candidate for Governor, in exchange for white votes for the Republican candidate for President. The Democracy or the state felt that they were deserted by the leaders of the National Democracy, and made the best bargain they could on their own account. Toward the end of the canvass Mr. Tilden seemed to realize that he had made a mistake, and promised to contribute the enormous sum of $5,000 to the Democratic campaign fund. A draft for this amount was accordingly made, and was discounted by one of the Charleston banks. Mr. Tildeir, however, failed to provide for the draft, and it was ultimately paid out of money raised in South Carolina. This story concerning the draft and its fate comes to me from an unimpeachable source. It will be remembered that Gen. Hampton was elected bya majority of 1,134, while Colonel Simpson, the candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, had a majority of only 139. The majority for the Republican electors in this State was 964. It is very evident from these figures that the electoral vote of South Carolina could have been secured by Tilden, if he had sustained the Democracy of the State in their efforts, and had given them, in the canvass, the assistance they desired, and to which they were entitled. But he did not realize this fact until too late. After the election it was proposed to buy one of the Republican electors. The whole history of the negotiations will probably never be known, but it seems to be reasonably certain that one of the lot offered to fast his vote for Tilden and Hendricks for the sum of $50,000. One of Mr. Tilden's agents came to South Carolina to look over the field and ascertained that this could be accomplished, but the money was not forthcoming. Mr. Tilden relied upon Oregon, and let South Carolina go. The Republicans heard, in some way, of the negotia tions which were in progress and were considerably alarmed. It is said that, when the Electoral College met, one of the Republican electors took a pistol from his pocket and announced, with an oath, that he would blow out the brains of any elector who ventured to vote for any other persons than Hayes and Wheeler. C. C. Bowen was credited with this exploit. At all events, the electoral votes of South Carolina were *iven to the Republican candidates. Mr. Tilden, as I have shown, literally threw away the election. South Carolina's electoral votes would have given him a majority, without the vote of Louisiana \nd Florida of which he was robbed by the : Returning Boards. Besides this, he earned the ill-will and dislike of the people of 8outh Carolina by his attitude towards : them at the time of their successful strug- 1 ifle for deliverance from Radical misrule, fhe feeling of the people was well expressid, four years later, by Gen. James Connor, who was in the thick of the political battle 1 }f 187(5. When the effort was made to foist lilden upon the Democracy in 1880, General Connor said openly that it was better to be beaten with Bavard than to win with filden. There was never any doubt of Mr. TilJen's ability, especially in money-making, but in South Carolina he had "but few en- ! thusiastic admirers, for the reasons I have ?iven. There was always an idea that 1 filden lacked nerve in a political crisis. 1 Is it to be supposed for a moment that Han- ' ;ock would have allowed himself to be defrauded of the Presidency as Mr. Tilden was? Not a bit of it. General Hancock 1 would have opposed any compromise of my sort, and would have appealed, if neiADOO??tr fn Mia r\AAnln nf M*a /?Aiintni? Ia I uVOW 4Jt IV HIV pCUpiL \J 1 tilt? LUUIlli^V IU place him in the office to which lie had been elected. It was the conviction that Mr. Tilden lacked courage that made Southern members of Congress willing to acqui- 1 esce in the Eight-to-Seven Electoral Commission Bill. . There was hope for South Carolina and ( Louisiana upon the installation of Mr. Hayes, and the two States made the most of the situation. Much, too, as Mr. Hayes has been abused, it should be remembered that it : was during his term of office that the Southern States began in earnest their recovery : from the ills and losses of the civil war. There was little room for improvement during the Grant era. When King Stork gave place to King Log there was assurance of peace and order, and the Southern States moved forward with a rapidity which was surprising to even their own people. HYMEN IN IDAHO. Wagon Wheel, I. T.?A section of the recent history of this camp will give outsiders a faint idea of the demand for women which exists in parts of the West. A few weeks ago John Doane, a miner here, was taken sick, and, as he seemed likely to die, word was sent to his relatives in Missouri. In ten days his two sisters, both maiden ladies, reached Wagon Wheel, but too late to see their brother alive, lie had died a few days after the telegram had been sent, and had been buried in the little cemetery under the hill, where several men had preceded him with their boots oil. The leading men of the town took the ladies in charge and saw that they were prop eriy careu lor ac me noiei, wnere uenriy everybody here called on them. One of the young women was rather tall and angular, probably 30 years of age, while the other was much younger and more prepossessing in appearance. They were well nigh exhausted after their long journey, and the mayor of the town, Cap. Bowen, and the sheriff, Sylvester Ford, insisted on their taking a good rest before attempting to transact any business or thinking of going home. Their brother had some property, and the girls decided to remain and settle up his affairs. About a week after their arrival Sheriff Ford informed some of his friends that he was engaged to Miss Doane, the elder, and certain actions 011 the part of Cap. Bowen led the boys to believe that he was trying to dazzle the eyes of the younger lady. That set the town in an uproar, and from that time on for several days until the matter was settled no young woman in America was so industriously wooed as was Miss Fanny D'oane. The mayor had a good start of the other boys, but he needed it, and more, too. He had been very kind to the young women, however, and it took some finesse to cut him out, but Henry Bowler, a strapping young fellow of 30, had the requisite amount. In the course of a few days it was arranged that the weddings should take place here, and that the ladies' mother should be sent for that the thing might go off in good style. Mrs. Doane arrived here last Monday evening on the warpath, determined that the marriages should not take place. She was a comely, well-preserved woman, of perhaps 50 years, with a brisk way about her. When she saw her daughters she burst into tears, and upbraided them for their forgetfulness of their dead brother, and their immodest haste generally, and at ttrkAn ohn onto Qnrl i^M?iii) uucu one oun inv ou^iiu utiu ^v/ni er, she gave them a piece of her mind as well. All hands were in despair when old Cap. Bowen came along, and both the sheriff and Bowler besought him, as mayor of the town, to intercede in their behalf. This he did after a while. He called on Mrs. Doane in the sitting room, and introduced himself in the most dignified manner as the mayor of Wagon Wheel, a man necessarily interested in the welfare of all its citizens. He began in a diplomatic way to compliment the Misses Doane. Lovelier girls he never saw. He could sympathize with the sheriff and Bowler, because his own heart had been touched. "Now," said Bowen, "if your husband was here, madam, I could talk to him more freely, but ?" "I have no husband," said Mrs. Doane, with a sigh. "I am a widow." "A-a-a widow? No husband?" gasped the old Cap., the idea dawning on him slowly. "Yes, yes, very sad. I see. Yes, I see. I'm sorry?that is, I'm glad that you are here. So the consent depends entirely upon you? Of course it does. Yes, itdoes. Suppose you think this matter over a few minutes, I will call here again in half an hour. I must see a man on important business and then I will come back. Please do not talk with anybody else until you see me." ' Then he slid out, went home, put on his boiled shirt, a stand-up collar and a white necktie, and a long frock coat that he always wears on state occasions, and with a goldheaded cane in his hand he presented himself at the hotel sitting room before the half hour had expired. Mrs. Doane was sitting in the same chair, and almost in the same attitude, and as the mayor entered she looked up smilingly and complimented him on his punctuality. After making a few inquiries as to the sheriff and Bowler, Mrs. Doane announced that she had about concluded to make the best of what she was t,l V.r.,1 ?> oowl cha UU<UU WUU1U UCtt uaujuu# LiUt, otiiit "it will necessitate my moving here. I never could leave those girls out here alone, never in the world." The old captain pulled down his vest, and, after passing his cane from one hand to the other a few times, said: "That is what I was about to say, Mrs. Doane. You see we need the fair sex in this town. Your daughters, lovely girls, will make six, and if you should stay that will be?that will be seven; yes, seven. Now, I was about to say that, since the young folks are to settle down here so comfortably, what is to prevent you, being a widow, as you observed some time ago, from settling hero also? Ahem!" Mrs. Doane fanned herself vigorously, looked out of the window, and said: "That is what I said, sir." The mayor mopped his bald head, and with an expression signifying that he was about to try it again, he began : "Yes, I know, and, as I was saying, since the young folks are to have a wedding, why shouldn't you and I, neither of us are very old, also figure in one? I offer myself to you humbly. I am the mayor of the town, and I own $7,000 worth of property hereabouts. I will help you look after the dear creatures." Mrs. Doane understood him now, and rising from her chair swept out of the room with a remark, to the effect that she must have time to think. If he would call the next day she would give him an answer. That evening the widow and her daughters talked the matter over, long and earnestly, and the old captain, who was a little anxious, stood in front of the hotel and notified all callers that the ladies were indisposed and could not be seen'. To the sheriff he confided his secret, with the remark that until this thing was settled the common herd "had got to stand back." The next Jay the mayor received a favorable answer, and last evening the three couples were married by the minister, Mr. Norris, the whole town being present. Although the sheriff and Bowler are hap py men, they do not show it as much as the captain does. He will wear his long black coat every day hereafter.?Xew York Sun. J6S5" Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasurable, and you create for the world a destiny more sublime than ever issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer. US?* There are some people who never have a cheering word for the struggler. They make life just as hard as possible for all who are striving to do right. CHARLESTON, CINCINNATI AND CHICAGO. i The New York Commercial Advertiser ofj recent date contains a lengthy article con- j cerning the organization and plans of the j Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company, from which the following facts, of interest to many of our readers, are compiled: Among the stockholders and directors of the corporation are A. 13. Harris, James Kirkhain and E. W. Rond, all of Springfield ; E Howard, John T Haynes, W. S. Eaton, Charles North and Charles Whittier of Boston, and Edward Lumson, of Lowell. Mr. Harris is both President and Treasurer of the company, and Mr. It. A. Johnson is its general manager. Thus officered, and with ample funds in its treasury for all contingencies, this company began operations. The route this road is to follow may be seen on any general railroad map. A line drawn north from Sumter, S. C. would strike the point of the triangle formed by the intersection of the boundaries of Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia. This railroad will follow that line as far north as Tnlinann f!itv Tonn whom flpflppf.inf* VerV slightly to the west, it will traverse several eastern counties of that State, cross the nose of Virginia, and entering Kentucky will run in almost an air line to Ashland, on the Ohio River, opposite which place is Ironton, at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio. Thedistance from Sumter to Charleston is eighty-four miles, but as those cities are connected by rail, there is no immediate necessity bf building another road, if indeed, there ever will be. It was, therefore, determined to begin work at some place farther north, where a link in the chain of existing railroads would facilitate the company's operations. Black's, a Station on the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line in York county, S. C., was chosen and grading began. Thence to Shelby, N. C., is fifteen miles, and Rutherfordton is thirty miles beyond. The road bed on this division of forty-five miles is finished and ready for the rails, which the rolling mills agreed to deliver at Black's Station last Saturday, and track laying will begin August 1st. The contract for rails for the entire road (which will be more than 000 miles long) has been taken by the rolling mills at Bethlehem, Pennsyvania. They are to be G01 pound steel of the A and C pattern. The company has also completed the survey between Black's and Sumter, and has given the contract for that division of 140 miles to Col. P. P. Dickinson, ofNew York. -A surveying corps has nearly finished laying out the line from Rutherfordton north to Marion, and another under the direction of Thomas Matson, is at work between Marion and Johnson City, Tenn. Each of these divisions will be put under contract as soon as the surveysare finished,and the corps withdrawn from those fields will he sent North to locate the extension of the line to its ultimate terminus. All this earlier work was done by the Construction Company under the authority of the small companies whose charters it owned; but it has been decided to absorb these petty corporations, and do all the work hereafter under the charter of the Charleston, Cincinnati ana Chicago Itailroad. It has also been decided to push forward with all possible dispatch, in order that trains may be plying between Charleston and Marion, 295 miles, a year hence, and from the former point to the Ohio river by or before July 1, 1889. The estimated cost ofthis railroad is from $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 but the company has a guarantee of $10,000,000, and is therefore safe against all possible contingencies. The counties in North and South Carolina through which the road is run have voted bonds in its aid to the amount of $925,000. The natural resources of the undeveloped regions through which the road will pass are declared to be vast, varied and practically inexhnustible. From Asheland to Marion much of the country adjacent to the line is in its native wilderness. The most extensive forests of hard wood in the United States are contiguous to it. It passes through the great coal fields of Kentucky, the hematite deposits of Tennessee, and the vast beds of magnetic ore in the Alleghanies. It runs the entire length of the gold belt of North Carolina, and in its course from the Ohio to the Atlantic it crosses every trunk line south of that river. In Pike county, Kentucky, there are hundreds of thousands of acres of rich coal land j along side this road, and in Mitchell county, North Carolina, are immense lodes of magnetic iron ore, on one of which is the famous Cranberry mine. DEPRECIATION OF CAPITAL. A few days since a man earning a moderate salary said to a friend that he had concluded to buy a house. He had half enough money to pay for it and borrowed the rest from a savings bank, which he was able to get at 4* per cent. Twelve years ago a house as good as that which he purchased would have cost a quarter more, and if lie had borrowed the money from a savings bank he would have been obliged to pay 8 or 9 per cent, interest. Meantime his salary has continued the same. That is, he can earn as much money as he could twelve years ago, but the money he earns will hire twice as much capital as it would at that time and would purchase for him at least 20 per cent, more of the particular property which he desired. If he was using his money to purchase the necessities of life he would find that a dollar now will purchase as much as a dollar and a third in 1872. The same is true of all sorts of investments. Boston or any city in good repute can sell its bonds to-day for less than 3 per cent. In 1872 municipal bonds, with a few exceptions, paid from G to 7 per cent, interest. As a rule, it is next to impossible to invest money so that it will bring half the income that it would a dozen or fifteen years ago. Thus it appears that those who had 850,000 or any other sum invested in interest-bearing secuaities fifteen years ago have practically lost half their income by the depreciation in the capacity of money pure and simple to earn interest. In the meantime, on the specie basis, wages are quite up to the standard of 1872, in all the leading industries of the country, and in some even higher. The wages of to-day will, as before stated, purchase a third more of the necessaries of life. With such facts, nno fails to see that capital, as the years pass, is getting the advantage of labor. In fact, the earning capacity of money is constantly depreciating, while the purchasing power of wages is increasing. The Formation* or a Featiieii.?In the skin of a fowl, where a feather is to appear, there is to be seen a little pit, and at the bottom of this rises a little mound, or pyramid. Around this pyramid certain little grooves extend, deeper at the base, and seeming to radiate from one large grooveat one side, all growing shallower, and finally disappearing at top. The whole pyramid is covered with a skin composed of the same scales, or flattened cells, as those which cover the whole body. In the ordinary process of growth the new formations on the surface of the body throw off as effete matter the older "portions of the skin; but here they are retained, and become so closely united to each other that they form a sort of horny coat, more or less strong (according to its age), over the surface of the pyramid. As new cells grow at the base, they push up this little horny protuberance till it breaks at its I thinnest point, which is opposite the large groove. Then, as new growths still push it j j forward and flatten it, it assumes the form j of a feather, the ridge in the main furrow, | -i or grooves, form the separate barbs of the j J vein. When all this web of the feather is ^ completed the pyramid loses its grooves and becomes smooth. All parts are of equal thickness, and so hard as not to break easily, but remain tubular, and form a quill, which is attached to what remains of the pyramid. The finger nails, and even single J hairs, are developed and formed in the same c way, and every one who has injured a nail anil lost it, knows by how long a process, some three or four months, the missing finish to his digit is being reproduced.?HV.vconsin Agricultural. ?hc f 0rkrilk inquirer, i TKIIM8 OF SUBSCIUPTION: wmgle copy lor one yeur, !$ ~ ;>u For six months, 1 25 For three months, 75 Two copies one your *1 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the 1 name of the subscriber very plainly, give postoflice, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or postofflce money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. 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It is a specific for certain diseased conditions of the womb, and proposes to so con- , trol the Menstrual Function as to regulate all the \ derangements and irregularities of her Monthly < Sickness. The proprietors claim for this remedy < no other medical property. j BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR Is strictly a Vegetable Compound, and is the studied prescription of a most learned physician whose specialty was WOMAN, and whose fame uutumu uii v itiiiiu auu lyuuiiutcoo uc^ciuou v/* wonderful success in the treatment and cure of female complaints. Suffering woman, it will relieve you of nearly all the complaints peculiar to your sex. For sale by druggists. Write for book on Female Diseases to BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. August 11 32 ly T. S. JEFFEBYS. AGRICULTURAL HALL. I HAVE 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. I keep in stock THOMAS HARROWS for cultivating cotton. Also, the celebrated IRON AGE HORSE HOE AND CULTIVATOR, RANDALL HARROWS, CARDWELL SEPARATORS, HAY CUTTERS 1 Iirrropr i> \ ddawc Alan ?> lurrm utnolr <11111 > > I 1 l'j i'i I J 1 i.A IV 11V/ ? k ?.J, iVIOW, <k nuhv- okvv? of Window Sash and Blinds and Panel Doors, At amazingly low prices. T. S. JEFFERYS. 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 QUI NX'S PIONEER BLOOD RENEWEIt, but what have been satistied ; 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 Flesh Producer and Tonic ! Guimi's Pioneer Blood Ileiiewer 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. 1 July 14 11 lv c ???????? t FOUNDRY 1 AND [ MACHINE SHOP. i AWlO'o'OO OOOCOWO.O.O 0.0l.8.0.'v"l.^^^^? e rrWE undersigned would respectfully inform j _|_ the public that he now has in operation, on j i.:.. i?* s:t,-oof a FnitvnRY ANI) 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, 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 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 STATE O F SO IT II CAROL IX A, f County of York. p WHEREAS MARGIA WILSON has applied t to me for Letters of Administration, with v the Will annexed, on all and singular the goods f and chattels, rights and credits of EDWIN WIL- I SON, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. v These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all e and singular the kindred and creditors of the n said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our i next Probate Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House, on the'JTTH DAY ii OK AUGUST, A. 1)., 1KS0, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administra- tion should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 11th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and in the 111th vearof American Independence. .1. BHATTY WILLIAMS, J udge of Probate. ( August IS 33 2t APPLICATION FOIl CHARTER. NOTICE is hereby given that at the next session of the Legislature of South Carolina, application will be made for the re-charter of WRIGHT'S PERRY, on Catawba river. August IK 33 3iu JOHN R. ASHE. Ul i\0 IM) KilYIT. [HAVE a small supply of Guano and Kainit still on hand, and can furnish the trade in uch quantities as they may want while the stock asts. Notes, Notes., All parties who have bought Fertilizers from ne this year, and have not given their Notes for he same, will please come forward at once and ilose up the account by note. WAGONS. I have on hand a full supply of all sizes of Old lickory Wagons, and offer them very cheap for Jash or secured paper. Come and see me when n want of a first-class wagon. Dry Goods, Groceries, ?&e. I am prepared to serve the trade in any departnentof my business on as reasonable terms as my competitor. GRATiV CRADLES. I oder something new in the way of Grain Cradles, on the home-made pattern, with seven Ingers. I haveonlva limited number to otfer. JO PIN R. ASHE. F. HAPPERFIELD. FRESH GROCERIES. MY full stock of Groceries consists of the best goods that can be bought, and will be sold is low as any other house will sell you. HARDWARE. A full supply ot Hardware, including Plow Fixtures and all other articles in that line rejuired in agricultural operations. BOOTS AND SHOES. A large lot of all grades. Call and examine ;hem before buying. I will take pleasure in showing them and can save you money. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. A full iineof Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos, inuff and Cigars. MARBLE YARD. ntlnnfian /.ItfA.i /-? ?11 1 - Sn/1a Ma.ui. abicutiuii ^ltcii u/ ?u numo vt ^lvuumental and Tomb Stone Work. Prices are lower than ever before. I can certainly sell you work ffieaper than any traveling agent can, fori will save you the commissions paid to them. Call ind see specimens of work and ascertain prices. F. HAPPERFIELD. J ED. JEFFERYS. NEW FURNITURE STORE. COFFINS. A FULL supply on hand, consisting of Wood Burial Caskets, Cases, and plain Coffins. Moss 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. The Howe Machine Company's LIGHT RUNNING. HIGH ARM, " New Howe " WHICH^TME BEST SEWING MACHINE KVETl AEVIAE. I CALL special attention to the following features : The NEW HOWE is a new machine through>ut, differing in every point from the machines ieretofore manufactured by the company. The leedie is self-setting. It has the most room unler the arm; the perfect Howe stitch; no holes o thread, except the needle; the easiest shuttle o thread : the most perfect take up ; the loose >alance-wheel; the largest bobbin ; absolutely 10 vibration; the most perfect tension. It is he lightest running; noiseless, and the most dousing in appearance. Prices within the reach of all. Call and get a lescriptive circular, and see the machine, which s always on exhibition at my Photographic Jallery. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would inform the public that I am yet inak- I ng PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. I Uso, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of I lictures. Pictures by the idiotographic process nlarged, and all work done in the best style of he art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West .liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. "MOORE COUNTY GRIT" The best Millstone in the World tor Table 3Ieal. Samples of meal sent on application. Send for prices on Portable Corn Mills, Upper and Under Runners and Millstones. Wo are agents for Kngincs, Boilers, Saw .Hills, Cotton Gins, Planers, Shafting, Pulleys, Ac., also for Roller-Mill Outfits which save SO to 7ooents for the miller in every barrel of flour he makes. Write stating what you want and terms you wish to buv on. Give references. Address, North Carolina Millstone Co., Parkewood, Moore Co., N. C. June 23 23 (5m* THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE. Arc.HSTA CHRONICLE is the largest J_ Weekly newspaper in Georgia. It is a twelve >age (eighty-four column) paper. It containsall he important news of the week, and is tilled nth interesting and instructive reading to the armer, mechanic,business and professional man. ts Washington, Atlanta, and Columbia Letters, vith its full Telegraphic service, market reports, ditorials and general news, make it one of the nost readable and one of the best newspapers n the South. Til 10 AUGUSTA CHRONICLE can be read 11 any household. It is free from sensationalism. August 4 31 tf GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of g, . IRON ROOFING ygjSBS JKDU'ED AM) I'OKKl'UATED SIDING, Irou Tile or Nhiugle, F1KE I'KOOK DOORS, SHUTTERS 4C., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0] Orders received by L. M. GRIST. May 10 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 4,1886 : ? GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir 7.30 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville,* 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Lovelady,* 8.05 A. M. Arrive at Hickory A. Leave Newton 9.1:. A. M. Arrive at Maiden,* 9.37 A. M. Arrive at Lincolntou, ^ ' 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 Crowder'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 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 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. The Accommodation Train arrives in Yorkville at 5.25 and leaves at 6 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 29 tf JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and n,.a+L<-.1ticia aniinintiinontd thrrm(rhnnt. nnr nffipp wo 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 materials. 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 1UW Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $<>.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 Dill heads*. We will till 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 everv 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 style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, Juiy 28 30 tf 1886. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886. V/vnbirillfl OTlll PoOfl Vf'llllov' 1U1AT111C UUC1J ninj i cvu uiumiu ARE still on a boom, and the year 1880 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 mo a trial and be convinced. Cincinnati and Colnmbns Buggies Of every description will be kept. Spring Wagons, Phaetons, <fcc., of the best make, always on hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence Coach, which will be sent to any part ef the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpseat Pliseton and some Buggies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold soon to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables, where thev will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. July 7 27 tf THE COTTON PL AST. The Only Agricultural Journal in South Carolina. AN EIGHT-PAGE, FORTY-COLUMN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL ! ? ; Strictly and Intensely Agricultural, Fiirlitinnr fAT' nnil inline ll^llllll^ 1U1 uau 1&IU1MQ the Farmers. The attention of the Farmers' Clubs organizing now in our State is called to THE COTTON PLANT, As the only Agricultural Magazine in our State. Only 60 Cents a Year. HEND FOR, SAMPLE COPIES. 9 Address THE COTTON PLANT, Marion, S. C. May (i 18 tf THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. WHEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis., has applied to ine for Letters of Administration on 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, to he holdenat York Court House, on MONDAY, the 23RD DAY OF AUGUST, A. D., 188G, 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 eightv-six, and in the 111th year of the Independence of the United States of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, J udge of Probate. July 14 28 Gt FIRE! 1FIRE!! FIRE!!! THE TAYLOR it COX Steam Fire Extinguisher for Cotton Gins is the best protection against loss bv fire. Beats insurance. IN- * STANTANEOUS, CHEAP, EFFECTUAL and RELIABLE. Send for circulars and full particulars. AGENTS WANTED. Good pav given. J. N. SUTHERLAND, Belton; S. C. GIN SAW FILING MACHINE. THE TAYLOR GIN 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 done and ten times faster than by hand. Every Machine warranted. PRICE $12. Pavs for itself everv season. Order from J \ SUTHERLAND. Helton. S. C. IF YOU H'AXT TO BUY i X Engine, Boiler, Wood-Working MachineaTL 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. Lot mo know your wants and prices will be named. If you want to sell Engine, Boiler or Machinery of anv kind, describe it and address J. X.'SUTII EB LAN D, Belton, S. C. July 28 :?<> 4m* CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. July 7 27 tf OFING COMPANY, B I BOY ORE PAIYT IpfirliAnd Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. W'tt ' ^ TpH" Send for Circulnr?ind Price F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. y ly >