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dnmsrsiis department. Wits op Ancient Days.?Sir Nicholas Bacon being once, in the capacity of judge, about to pass sentence of death upon a culprit, the fellow importuned him to save his life, alleging, among other things, that he had the honor of being a relation of his lordship. "How do you prove that?" said Sir Nicholas. "My lord," replied the man, "your name is Bacon and mine is Hog, and Hog and Bacon have in all ages been recokned akin." "That is true," answered the judge, "but hog is never bacon till it is hung, and therefore, until you are hung, you can be no relative of mine. George I., while on a journey to Hanover, stopped at a village inn in Holland, and while the horses were getting ready ordered two or three eggs to De Drougnt to mm, ior which the landlord charged him 200 florins. "How is this?" said the king; "eggs must be very scarce at this place to bring 100 florins apiece." . "Pardon me, your majesty," said the host; "eggs are plenty enough, but kings are scarce." The king smiled at the fellow's wit and ordered the bill to be paid. Lord Norbury, the Irish judge, was once dining at a table, and corned beef forming one of the dishes he was asked if he would have a slice. "I would try it" he said, "if it were hung." Curran, who was present, replied: "If you were to try it, judge, it would be sure to be hung."?New York Mail and Express. He Was Not Walking.?Jabe Mathis, of the Thirteenth Georgia, was a good soldier, but one day when the Confederates were retreating from the gory field of Gettysburg, Jabe threw his musket on the ground, seated himself by the roadside and exclaimed with much vehemence: "I'll be dashed if I walk another step! I'm broke up! I can't do it!" and Jabe was the picture of despair. "Git up, man," exclaimed his captain; "don't you know the Yankees are following us ? Thpv'll eit vou sure!" "Can't help it," said Jabe; "I'm done for. I'll not walk another step?" The Confederates passed along over the crest of a hill, and lost sight of poor dejected jJabe. Inti moment there was a fresh rattle of musketry and a renewed crash of shells. Suddenly Jabe appeared on the crest of the hill moving like a hurricane and followed by a cloud of dust. As he dashed past his captain that officer yelled: "Hello, Jabe! thought you wasn't going to walk any more?" "Thunder!" replied Jabe as he hit the dust with renewed vigor, "you dont call this walking, do you ?"?Savannah News. Badinage op the Ministers.?There was a meeting of the preachers of Lynchburg, Va., and when it was breaking up Br. John Hannon could not find his hat. Turning to the Rev. R. R. Acree, he said: "One of your Baptists has my hat." "Then," said Brother Acree, your hat has more brains in it than ever before." A few days after that Dr. Hannon was passing by Brother Acree's yard gate, and ?~ ? i/v aama in Ko ooir) . WI1C11 UI?CU IAJ wiuo IU, nv ouiu . "I am on my way to preach." "You can't preach," replied Brother Acree. "So I felt for a long time," replied Dr. Hannon; "but since hearing you the other day I havechanged my mind."?Richmond Religious Herald. Chair Wanted?Wife (just home from the camp meeting)?We have had such a glorious meeting to-day. You know what an invalid Mrs. Benton has been for fifteen years? Husband?Yes. Wife?Well, if there ever were saints on earth, she's one of them. She says that she has sat all through those long years in her invalid inclining chair without a murmur, and in perfect peace and contentment. Husband (very much interested)?Is it possible? I wish you would get the name and address of the man who made that chair.?New York Sun. An Example in Addition.?"What are you doing, Reginald?" asked Reginald's wife, as she saw him lay down the two-year-old and take up the twin babies who were crying like good ones. "Only an example in addition, my dear," he responded, wearily. "I don't und&rstand." "I put down one, and am carrying two, that's all," and he began the midnight walking-match.?Tul Bits. Ecclesiastical Percentage.?"Oh, Mr. Smith," said a young lady at a church fair, "I want your help for a moment," "Certainly," replied Mr. Smith, "what can I do for you? "I have just sold a tidy for $15 that cost fifteen cents, and I want you to tell me what percentage that is". "A transaction of that kind, my dear Miss B." said Mr. Smith, who is a lawyer, gets out of percentage and into larceny."? ; The Wasp. A Simple Proceeding.?A farmer sent . a dollar for a lightning potato-bug killer, which he saw advertised in a paper, and received by return mail two blocks of wood, with directions printed on one as follows: "Take this block, which is No. 1, in the right hand, place the bug on No. 2 and press them together. Remove the bug and proceed as before."?Hudson Register. He Was No Sardine.?A well-dressed countryman stopped at the entrance to the petroleum exchange, to lower Broadway, and gazed inside with considerable interest. A broker on the lookout for commissions said to him cordially; "Are you in oil, sir ?" "No, mister,"said the countryman, moving away; "I'm no sardine."?Harper's Bazar. Her Pa Was Older.?"What pretty children you have," said the new minister to the proud mother of three little ones. "Ah, my little dear," said he, as he took a girl of 5 up into his lap, "are you the oldest of the family?" "No, ma'am," responded the little miss, with the usual accuracy of childhood, "my pa's older'n nfe."?St. Paul Herald. Mamma?"Now, Effie, I am going to allow you to sit at tne taoie witn an tne company, but you must not forget to be polite and say, "Yes, please," and "No, thank you." Effie?(with an unlimited capacity for dinner)?"All right, ma, but I don't think I shall have to say, "No, thank you."?The Judge. Selling Out at Cost.?Clerk?"That piece of goods is worth $4 per yard." Lady Shopper?"Why, you offered it to me last week for $2." Clerk?"Yes, I know; but we are selling out at cost now." Lady Shopper?"I will take twenty yards of it, please." He Didn't Guarantee Its Safety.? Stranger?"I left my umbrella here last night. Where is it?" Shopkeeper?"I don't know." "Why, you said I could leave it here." "Yes, but I didn't say you'd find it here when you came back."? Call. Once is Enough.?Sick wife?"If I die, John, you will never marry again, will you?" John, (with unnecessary earnestness), "No, indeed."?New York Sun. ?he gmm and Jiresiif. SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHEAT. (W. L. Jones in Atlanta Constitution.) Is wheat a profitable crop in the cotton belt ? Except in limestone and high mountainous regions, it is not. The yield is too . uncertain, the cost of raising too great. Wheat is probably farther removed from its original wild, (and, therefore, hardy) state ! than any plant we cultivate. It has been domesticated so long, and so changed by do- ' raestication, that botanists have failed to , identify the plant or plants from which it ' originally came. It has been so changed, it , has become so artificial in its nature and habits, that it gives way under competition, [ and cannot hold its place, in the struggle for existence, with the hardier and more vigorous plants that it encounters. But for man's , n'J ...l.Aot nmiiM rlia ntif unrl Hisnnnpnr in I <iius vviiuai nuuiu ui\, vuv wuu M. ... . one, or at most, two or three years. It must have a thoroughly prepared soil and an abundance of food, especially nitrogenous food, the costliest of all. It has very little root power, and cannot set free and appropriate the locked up food in the soil. Everything must be ready prepared and fully within its reach. As a consequence of these peculiarities, it yields readily to adverse ; influences, whether of climate, seasons or 1 soils. It withstands moderate cold quite ' well; but this said; all is said. As a matter of loug experience and extended observation, we know that wheat 1 thrives best in cool climates. The northern 1 United States and northern Europe is the 1 home of the wheat crop. In those regions 1 wheat is successfully grown, even when 1 sown in the 'spring. At the South, wheat sown at that season would not bring back the seed to the sower. A southern climate ' then does not seem to be adapted to the con- I stitution of the wheat plant. But in addi- ( tion to this, or possibly as a consequence of 1 this, wheat is greatly more liable to be des1 K.. I.MC.+ r?+ ko Gnnth than at thp ' HU^CU UJ I U3U au V*IV UV/utli vimia v%v ? >? North. This is the weak point in wheat J culture with us. This is the chief thing ( that renders the wheat crop so uncertain and unreliable. How to guard against rust 5 then is then the foremost consideration in I the preparation for the crop. As a matter of universal experience, it is well known ' that dampness, both of soil and air, and a ( succulent, sappy growth of the plant, are ! , bpth favorable to the development of rust. f A dry May and a good wheat crop usually ' go together. Now so far as the amount of 1 rain and the general humidity of the at- ( mosphere is concerned, the farmer is help- ' less; he cannot control these. But he can ] ward off in part the effects of excessive rain * by selecting for his wheat fields high knobs ' or knolls, from which water runs off rapidly, and the soils of which are, therefore, com paratively dry. He can select those soils, ( also, which are the least*retentive of moist- s ure. As a rule, such as have comparative- J ly little humus, are dryer than those which 1 abound in that substance. The soils of low 1 lands are damper than those of uplands, and ( the air which rests upon the former is gen- { erally damper than that over the latter. 1 This is shown by the heavy dews which ^ prevail on bottom lands. It is obvious, 1 therefore, that a farmer's judgment becomes ( a decided factor in the raising of a wheat ] crop. ' Again, we have said, that a succulent, sappy growth of wheat, favors the develop- 1 mentof rust. Can a farmer control this? 1 Yes; to a certain degree he can?1st by a ' proper selection of soil as discussed above; 1 and 2d by a proper regulation of the ma- 1 ^ i> - -c ?:..n < oure appueu 10 me crop. jiiAL-esoivc uuo? of most fertilizers but particularly of nitrogenous manures tend to develop luxurient growth of stalk and leaves. Every one has noticed the tendency of wheat thus manured to fall down or "lodge." The stem is soft and unable to hold up the heads. Hence, whilst wheat must have manure, and must have nitrogenous manure too, these should not be applied in excessive amounts, and the nitrogen should be wellproportioned to the other ingredients, so that a well balanced development of the plant result. To sum up, therefore, wheat should ^ sown on high dry land, with a rather thirsty soil and with a soil rather devoid of humus. Such a soil is usually poor. Wheat will not grow on poor soils? hence it must be manured. Wheat needs more nitrogen than most other plants? hence it must be manured with nitrogenous manures, but a medium manuring?the equivalent of, say about fifty bushels of cotton seed to the acre?would be better than a much larger amount. Cotton seed is a good manure for wheat, and very poor land is best for wheat when properly manured. But cotton seed may be improved by the addition of a little phosphate. Fifty bushels of cotton seed and 100 to 150 pounds of acid phosphate per acre is safe and reliable manuring for wheat. But why discuss the growing of wheat, when it is admitted to be an unprofitable crop. Because, a crop which might not pay as a market, or money crop, may pay very handsomely when grown for home use. This is most generally true. There are very few things a farmer can buy, cheaper than he can raise. Our people have fallen into the terrible belief that they can buy almost everything cheaper than they can raise it. They do not think they can buy cotton cheaper than they do raise it, but probably that proposition comes nearer the truth than it does in the case of almost any other crop grown. By all means let every farmer sow 1 enough wheat lor home use. ror ine siimn : crop necessary to this end, he can find j enough land well suited to it?he can spare the needed manure, and he can take time s to give it thorough preparation. Plough, ( roll and harrow, until brought into the fin- ? est tilth; sow at once, and sow that variety ( which has succeeded best in your own local- ' ity. Procure seed a little south rather than 1 far north of you. A variety which has become accustomed to a warm climate will i succeed better than one accustomed to a , cold climate. j Cotton Planters.?Some of our esteem- 1 ed contemporaries evidently have a poor [ opinion of the average cotton planter. The 1 Vicksburg Journal, for example, when treatj ing of a possible organization against the ; \ J American Cotton Seed Oil Trust, says: "The * i planters would rather sink into abject pov- { | erty, than combine and stick together as a J I unit on anything, no matter how vital to ! their interests." The New Orleans Times-Democrat review-, ' ing past evidence, is tempted to endorse |( this judgment. j5 "No country in the world," says the Jour- \ 1 nalt "has been more impoverished than the j cotton States through the suicidal policy of j1 selling the seed instead of returning it to j' the soil." If this be true, how can such ! men expect to prosper? They curse the tar- ( j iff, and yet this impoverishment appears to j J be largely of their own improvidence and recklessness. I The-JownaJ finally declares that "if the present low price of seed shall cause plant- j ers to put them on their lands, it will prove j the greatest blessing given to Southern ag-! riculture since the war." j If cotton planters have so great an ad van- , tage with their seed for fertilization, and fail j ] to use it, they would seem to be victims of , stupidity, as well as an easy prey to the smart Yankee. People who are weighed in . ! the balance and found wanting, usually lose J their possessions, and prosperity is promised 1 only to the diligent.?Augusta Chronicle. WHERE ARE WICKED FOLKS BURIED. "Tell me, gray-haired sexton," I said, "Where in this field are the wicked folks laid ? [ have wandered the quaint old grave-yard through And studied the epitaphs old and new ; Buton monument, obelisk, pillar orstone I read of no evil that men have done." rhe old sexton stood by a grave newly made; With his chin on his hand, his band on hisspade; I knew by the gleam of his eloquent eye rkat his heart was instructing his lips to reply. "Who is to judge when the soul takes its flight? Who is to .judge 'twixt the wrong ana me rigiu i Which of 'us mortals shall dare to say That our neighbor was wicked who died to-day? 'In our journey thro' life, the further we speed, The better we learn that humanity's need Is charity's spirit, that prompts us to find Rather virtue than vice in the lives of our kind. 'Therefore good deeds we record on thesestones; 1 he evil men do, let it die with their bones; T nave labored as sexton this many a year. Rut I never have buried a bad man here. ^i$ccllatieaui5 flatting. THE POSTAL SERVICE. From the forthcoming annual report of second assistant Postmaster General Knott, it appears that on the 30th of June, 1886, there were in operation throughout the United States 22,799 routes of all classes on ivhich mail service was performed at an annual rate of expenditure at the close of the last fiscal year of $29,026,658. The aggregate length of all these routes was 387,586 miles, on which there was an aggregate innual travel of 258,788,065 miles. Tables show that from April 1, 1885, to June 30, 1886, the total savings in annual travel rate of cost in this department of the postal service, effected by orders and new ?ontracts for transportation and mail equip x- ai ntn *?Q(* men is, iu uc ^i,.nu,iou. In the star service there was an increase jf 874 routes, and of 1,693 miles in.length, ind a decrease of $63,623 in annual rate of expenditure. In the messenger mail service there was an increase of 20 routes, and i decrease of $44,857 in annual rate of expenditure. In the steamboat service there was an increase of one route, and a decrease :>f 1,185 miles'and of $216,983 in annual rate jf cost, the steamboat service thus dispensed with being supplanted by railway and star service. In the railroad service there was an increase of 81 routes, of 2,901 miles in length, and of $761,696 in annual rate of . ost. In the railway postal car service there was a decrease of $53,167, or 2.94 per cent, in the annual rate of cost. The annual rate uf expenditure in the railway transportation on the 80th of June, 1886, was $15,520,191, as against $14,858,495 on the 30th of June, 1885. The increase in the annual rate if cost was $761,959, or 5.16 per cent., as Sl.484,889, or 11.18 per cent., or about one tialf of the increase of last year, and much less than any of the years preceding. In the whole star service there was an increase jf 7.11 per cent, in the quantity of service, md a decrease in the rate of cost of 9.68 percent as compared with the preceding Ive years. In the star service the appropriation for the last fiscal year was $5,900,KK) and the sum actually expended $5,443, leaving an unexpended balance of $456,i03.11. Under the present law regulating compensation for railway post office cars no pay is allowed for service in apartment cars under 40 feet in length. An examination made last year led to the disclosure of the fact that a great many railroads in various sections of the country were paid for this 1 1 Tho o rrrrracra ta tparuueui cni viw. xhw u68tv8ubv imountpaid since J873 was $979.67, or at an mnual expenditure of $80,161.63. This payment was deemed unwarranted by law, md was discontinued by orders of the department. A number of railroads which had received grants of land from Congress, which, under their charters, were required to carry the mails at such price as Congress should prescribe, and from whose pay there have been reductions made by an act of Congress of 20 per cent., had not been :reated heretofore as landgrant roads. An examination led to the discovery of the fact ;hat the amount of the overpayments to :hem by reason of this omission reached ;he sum of $69,647.91. This sum has been leductedlrora the pay of these companies, md there is a consequent reduction of $12,176.07 in the rate of annual expenditures for ailroad transportation. The total annual imounts deducted from all the land-grant :oads under this provision in their charters, md under the act of July 12,1876, is $396,180.54. A statement is given showing the percentage of increase and decrease in the jstimates for cost of inland mail service from 1881, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88, and t shows while the increase last year was 5.50 per cent., for the year preceding 14.74 , per cent., that for the next year will only le .58, while there was an increase in the ( lumber of routes in mileage and in annual , ;ravel, and an increase in weight of mail carried. The report closes with a recommendation bra change in the method of compensating ailway mail service. Under the present aw railroads are paid according to the iverage daily weight of mails both ways. 1 )n account of the many incongruities under < :his method of pay, and the unsatisfactory n/linofSnrw fVio rvrvi nonoo t inn a I IlCtllUU KJi aUJUOCIIJ^ cuuij/vuuitvivii) t% hange is recommended. The change proposed is a substitution of i space basis instead of a weight basis of 1 my, that is for the amount of space which ' s necessary for transportation and distribu- '< ion of the mail. It is believed that the substitution of this method of pay for the existing method will, without seriously iffecting the present service, make a saving >f about $800,000 per year in the annual expenditure for transportation and railway nail service. 1 SmalT, Manufactories, What They ; Will do for a Town.?Small enterprises, < ,vith three to ten thousand dollars capital i nvested in them, give much life,and busiless activity to a town and pay much larger lividends than if the money was invested n mercantile enterprises. . ( We know of a shoe factory in Gainesville, < ja., which is operating with less than >4,000 capital. It furnishes employment to ibout twenty hands, and turns out one lundred and fifty pairs of shoes per day. j The two proprietors are foremen of the esablishment; making handsome wages for ;hemselves, and semi-annually declare a lividend of from 15 to 20 per cent. Their 1 shoes are very popular and are sold in neary every town in Georgia and Alabama. A match factory in the same place with 1 in $8,000 investment, furnished work for ' 10 hands, and paid a splendid interest. ( A barrel-hoop factory at the same place is loing well. A man at Buford, Ga., who cannot walk ind is terribly deformed has made $25,000 n the past ten years by manufacturing sadlie-trees and shipping them to Northern markets. He has now opened up a new interprise, and is shipping handles for buggy md wagon whips to the North in immense | quantities. A factory at Henderson, Ga., sells not 1 less than $10,000 worth of spokes and han- ' Bes annually. 1 The chair factory at Marietta, Ga., is 1 known all over the Southern States, and j has made is originators rich men. 3 A paper factory, at the same place has i never known a day of depression, and its products are sold all over the South. We could multiply such cases indefinitely, r The proprietors of each of these establish- e ments are personally known to the editor of p this paper.?Annestown Workman. r THE FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM. Captain J. H. Rice gave us a long con- u versation while in Anderson October 26th, 1 and the benefit of several suggestions he proposes to make to the Legislature, rela- * tive to changes needed in the school law of 1 South Carolina. It will be remembered that s Capt. Rice was last Tuesday elected State * Superintendent of Education. His speech * delivered here was full of good sense and e enthusiasm for the cause he represents. It ? would do good if delivered in every county * Lift.i .. ?,;ii I 111 tneataio. xNO inougnuui mnu mil ucuj that there are many changes needed, but a Mr. Rice was eminently correct when he * said that the greatest necessity was to pop- * ularize the public school system. We can ? not afford to go backward, and he who * would tear down the system without offer- a ing something better, would throw a barrier * in the way of the progress of his country. c Many people are opposed to any kind of 9 public school system. Many claim that the * old ante-bellum system of South Carolina * was the best the world ever saw. Both classes are mistaken. South Carolina can * not afford, if she would, to fold her arms, 4 and, looking so indifferently at the progress f of States and nations, boast of her ability 1 to take care of herself without any public ^ school system; the ante bellum system * served its day, suited the times in which it c was operated very well, but the post-bellum ^ conditions demand a better, a wider, a deep er system. But what changes can be made f that will improve the system that was * thrust unou us bv our noliticalenemies, and 1 has been unwillingly operated by the J)em- 9 ocratic party since 1876 ? Every fair-minded man must concede that an increase of the number of school districts, thereby greatly diminishing the size of the present ones, would very much facilitate the work of school officers, and unquestionably render the workings of the system more efficient. As the law stands, that arrangement can not be effected. The poll tax stands in the way. Now, the polls must go to the school district from which they are collected. That entails upon the county treasurer an immense amount of work now, while the school districts are conterminous with the county townships. Cut the townships into three or four school districts each, and nothing short of a census could enable the treasurer to keep his books straight. The matter can be very easily remedied by the legislature, and we respectfully call the attention of our representatives to the matter. Let the law be so modified that the poll tax shall be apportioned as the2-milltax is now done. That done, and the schools will have guaranteed to them closer supervision and more efficient work on the part of the teachers. That slight change we suggest ourselves to our law-makers, and trust they will give it that attention it deserves.?An(lerson Intelligencer. Dust Storms.?A recent number of the' American Meteorological Journal contai ns an ' article on the notorious dust storms of Pe- * kin. These occur in the dry season, espe- 1 cially in winter and early spring. They ' come on at irregular intervals, perhaps six 1 or eight times in the season, and last about ( three days. The wind is westerly, most * often northwest, and blows fresh or high. c The condition of the streets of Pekin, evil as that is, would not account for the heavy 1 clouds of dust that come down with the * storm. The mouth and eyes have to be * protected from the fine dust, which pene- 1 trates the closest room, and makes food to 1 taste gritty. This abundant dust is spread 1 over a large area. It extends eastward ' from Pekin to the sea, and southeastward it } regularly descends as far south as the Yellow ' river, and sometimesShanghai, ten degrees y of latitude away. The writer of the paper 3 says this vast quantity of dust must come s from the great deserts of Mongolia. A se- ? ries of observations during one of these J storms showed a fall in the barometor. The 1 clouds, which the day before had been un- s broken, rapidly cleared away, the sun was c so obscured that it could be inspected by the c naked eye, and it was also set in a ring. c The wind showed diurnal variations, the ' air was dry and one had a feeling of malaise | and nervousness. After the wind went down, the barometer remained high for a day or two, and after its descent there was 5 another, but much less marked, dust storm. I The storm thus appears to have been a gale * accompanying an area of high pressure, ^ which came from the desert of Gobi and J traveled eastward. The dryness of the wind and its abundant dust were in part due to c this desert, which lies west and northwest a of Pekin, and is not far away. In his great ? work on China Itichthofen discusses the geological effects of these storms, which are c observed throughout the south and west of I the Desert of Gobi, and further west they t are much worse than at Pekin.?Nature. 9 Split Ten Dollar Notes.?A new de- 1 parture in the matter of counterfeiting money was brought to light at the United d States sub treasury in Baltimore a few days ? ago. A soinewuat worn ten uoimrguvem- i ment bill was presented at the cashier's window with a request for change, which v was given. The note was sent to Washington as mutilated currency, and was returned with the information that one side of 1 the note was good, but the other side was s a well executed counterfeit of the original. It was found that a genuine ten dollar bill ? had been split, the face being separated v from the back, a seemingly impossible u?- t dertaking. The original face with a coun- t terfeit back had been used, and it is quite t likely that the genuine back with a well 3 executed counterfeit face has been passed c in some other quarter. More recently a another $10 "front" was presented at the : cashier's window with a similar request for change. The clerk at the window, suspecting the bill, told the man who handed it in I to wait a moment until he could consult Dr. Bishop, the sub treasurer. Dr. Bishop re- t cognized in the note the familiar game and * said it was worth just So. When the clerk returned to the window the man had left without waiting for his change. The sub ? treasury, which was out $5 on the first trans- t< action was evened up by the second. " c Courts of Justice in tiie Far West. e Ihey still keep up ancient traditions in the untrameled West. At Murray, Idaho, on t! the opening of the term of the district 0 court, th case of Mrs. Peck, charged with |11 attempting to bribe a jury, was called. Judge Buck, addressing the father of the f defendant, spoke as follows: "It has come j! to m v ears that you have come into the court o room armed to-day. Have you any arms ! * with you?" The gentleman denied that he was armed. The court, however, took j the precaution to.declare a recess of five ; minutes and disarm such as were supplied i with guns. The following day. while Colo- j nel .Singleton was testifying in the same case, j Jack McAuley called him a liar. Colonel Singleton sprang to his feet and drawing a revolver covered McAuley with the weap-j on. The sheriff arrested both men and dis- ! armed them. Judge Buck, addresing the. prisoners, said: "The court fines you ?500, j _ McAuley, and you will be confined until the fine is paid." Col. Singleton was also N. fined ?200 for coming into the court armed, f and Mrs. Peck ?200 for attempted bribery. ' TECUMSEH'S PREDICTION. Connected with the great earthquake peiod of 1811-12, occurred one of the romancs of American history. It was the lucky trediction of the great earthquake that nade the fame of Tecumseh, the celebrated 'Indian False Prophet," and led to the iprising of the Creek Nation and the bloody ndian war that followed. Tecumseh was a Shawnee warrior, and irst appeared among the Seminoles in Florda and the Creeks in Alabama and Geor;ia as early as 1810, endeavoring to form hem into a confederacy, whose aim it was o rise up against the whites in the Northast and exterminate them. He failed, nd on the breaking out of the war with England, in 1812, entered the service of the 3t?ifieli on/1 aorain oof nut fn cfir nn sprlitinn jiivioi "6"*" v -r ?? .mong the Southern Indians. He had been old by the English when a comet would ap>ear, and he told his excited Indian hearirs that at a certain time they would see lis arm stretched out over..the sky, on fire, md that he was going to Detroit to prepare hem for their uprising against the Amerians. When the proper time came he would trike the ground with his foot so hard that le would shake down the houses in their lead city. He left the Creeks and at the time when le promised to smite the ground, strange o say, came the great earthquake. All he territory bordering on the gulf was agtated. The ground of Alabama trembled ike an aspen, while from the earth came errifying rumbles and groans. The town if Tookabatch, the capital of the Creeks, vas shaken to ruins, and as the earth heavid and shook the frightened Indians ran rom their dwellings crying: ."Tecumseh s at Detroit! Tecumseh is at Detroit! iVe feel the stamp of his foot." At the arae time the comet appeared in the leavens. This was too much for the su>erstitious Creeks. They rose to a man, tnd after two years of sanguinary fighting hey were a defeated and ruined nation, recumseh was killed at the battle on the fhames in Canada (October 5, 1813) by Ymerican troops under the command of 3bl. Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky. Cecumseh, who was serving in tne rmgnsn anks, commanding a band of Indians, was ,'arried off the field by followers and juried no one knows where. Game Shooting in the West.?The shooting is never as good for water fowl on ;he Little Missouri or elsewhere throughout she cattle country, as it is in the more fer;ile farm land prairies to the eastward. Still, occasionally we can make fair bags. The little teal are the commonest and least shy of the water fowl. As they sit out on a sandbar they often let a boat drift close up ;o them, and it is quite easy also to creep vithin gun shot from the bank. I have tilled eleven of them with a single barrel. The mallard duck, shoveler duck and broad Jill are also common, and afford excellent sport. These, however, are shyer, and will arely let a boat drift down upon them, uness one is able to take advantage of some ;over or come quickly round the point. Geese are more wary still. Quite a numjer of these breed with us; sometimes in ;he river, sometimes in the reedy slews or pools far up in the creeks, out in the badands, or on the prairie. When they are noulting it is not difficult to get them if one :ares to, and on such occasions, although shere cannot be said to be any sport to be jbtained from them, yet I have shot the /oung birds for the table, for there can be 10 better eating than a fat, three-parts grown foung goose. When their feathers are frown, however, the geese show themselves nost amply fit for self-protection, and it leeds then very careful stalking, indeed, jefore one can come upon them. In addition to the water fowl proper to be obtained vhile drifting or paddling down the river here are also, at times, flocks of waders at ,vhich one can get a shot. Avocets, stilts, helper, marlin, and yellow legs areoccaiionally found, although not plenty. They ire not apt to be shy, and if a shot is taken ust as they rise or as they wheel, the ex" -* ? i_:-1 1 J ? ,1 ?,UU )enuiiure 01 a Single uiruiuge xuaueu wim mall shot, will often suffice to bring down a lozen birds, which may prove a pleasant ihange to the ranchman's somewhat monot>nous diet.?Theodore lloosevelt in Outing. Ihf f orlniiUe inquirer. TKIIM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, $ 2 50 "or six months, 125 ror three months, 75 Two copies one year 4 00 ["en copiee one year 20 00 Lnd an extra copy for a club of ten. How toOrdek* the Enquirer.?Write the lame of the subscriber very plainly, give postifflce, county and State, in full, and send the .mount of the subscription by draft or postiffice money order, or enclose the money in a egistered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free if postage to all subscribers residing in York ounty, who receive the paper at post-offices vithin the county; and to all other subscribers he postage is paid by the publisher. 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Persons who send manuscript to his office for publication and desire a copy of the ame, should make a duplicate. .^-Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices harged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usully there are about seven words in a line. "SUFFERING WOMEN! ' lead what tlift irreat Methodist Divine and Eminent Physician Says of IRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR! Atlanta, Gam Feb. 20, 1884. Dn. J. Bkadfjkld : Dear Sir?Some fifteen ears ago, I examined the recipe of Female Reglator, and carefully studied authorities in regard a its components, and then, as well as now, proounce it to be the most scientific and skillful oinbination of the really reliable remedial vegtable agents known to science, to act directly on lie womb and uterine organs, and the organs nd parts sympathizing directly with these; and, herefore, providing a specific remedy for all disases ofthe womb and of the adjacent organs and arts. Yours truly, JESSE BORING, M. D., D. D. Brad field's Female Regulator is only intended ar diseases peculiar to WOMEN, and for these i a SPECIFIC. Sold by all druggists. Send for ur treatise on the Health and Happiness of Voman, mailed free, which gives all particulars. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. August 11 32 ly "MOORE COUNTY GRIT'r The best Millstone in the World for Table Meal Samples of meal sent on application. Send for prices on Portable Corn Mills, Upper and Under Runners and Mill' stones. We are agents for Engines, Rollers, Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Flanors, Shafting. Pulleys, Ac., also for ltoller?Mill Outfits which save .10to75centa for the miller in every barrel of flour he makes. Write stating what you want and terms you wish to buy on. j Give references. Address, North Carolina Mill* Stone Co., Parkewood, Moore Co., N. C. Juno 23 25 6in* CHATTEL MORTGAGES, ^ "ORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to JL Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. > / F. HAPPERFIELD. FRES1I GROCERIES. MY full stock of Groceries consists of the best C goods that can be bought, and will be sold as low as any other house will sell you. HARDWARE. p o A full supply ot Hardware, including Plow L Fixtures and all other articles in that line re- A quired in agricultural operations. ai cl BOOTS AND SHOES. !i b A large lot of all grades. Call and examine a them before buying. I will take pleasure in a showing them and can save you money. f, tl TOBACCO AND CIGARS. t] g A full line of Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos, Snuff and Cigars. I f< ? I t; f? MARBLE YARD. c 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 j3 save you the commissions paid to them. Call \ and see specimens of work and ascertain prices. ~ P. HAPPERFIELD. 1 J. ED. JEFFERYS. \ NEW FVRNIT1IRE STORE. COFFINS. ( e A FULL supply on hand, consisting of Wood j Burial Caskets, Cases, and plain Coffins, j Gloss White Caskets and Cases for Children. ] 1 FURNITURE. ) i i Walnut, Maple and Common Bedsteads. > Washstands, Tables, and a general supply al- > ways in Store. J Special orders filled at short notice. I REPAIRING. i All kinds of Furniture repaired. Terms lib- , eral. J. ED. JEFFERYS.. j A FOE \ Florida Tonic ! \ ISSlSaPI : 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 PIONEER BLOOD RENEWER, 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 ! J A Superb Flesh Producer and Tonic! 0 Guinn's Pioneer Blood Renewer b Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheumatism, ^ Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine. " If not in your market it will be forwarded on re- t( ceipt of price. Small bottles 81.00; large bottles ? 81.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed a free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, " Macon, Georgia. ' For sale by DOWRY & STARR, Yorkville. P July 14 11 . ly ^??????? ^ i< JOHN R. ASHE. W. N. ASHE, JR. G ASHE Ac ASHE, JlcConiiellsville, S. . COTTON GINHING7 &cT~ ~~ 5 WE hereby beg to inform the public that we ^ are fully prepared to Gin Cotton, Grind , Corn and furnish Brick in any quantity. We j have nothing but first-class machinery and don't hesitate to say that we can do you better work than any competitor. We will run an eighty- saw new Pratt Gin, and have it geared to run slow and gin on the old horse-power style, -i making a finer sampleand cleaning the seed better than the present usual method of ginning ,j cotton. We have our Corn Mill ready to mash corn and deem it unnecessary to say more than that our machinery was prepared and put in motion by j J. WYLIE WELLS, wnicn aione is suiucieui, guarantee for first-class work. a We have one quarter of a million of Brick now ready for market, and will bo pleased to j serve any party with both plain and pressed Brick in such quantity as they may want. We > will ship Brick to any point to which we can make satisfactory freight rates. > We will meet any competition in our merchandise business and guarantee satisfaction in every j instance. Give us a showing all round. ASHE & ASHE. Q 1886. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886. r Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables 1 ARE still on a boom, and the year 188f> finds J me with some of the finest Vehicles ever shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and 1 surpasssed by none. Everything will be kept -1 in the best style. Give me a trial and be convinced. v Cincinnati and Colnmbns Buggies v Of every description will be kept. Spring Wag- Cl ons, Phaetons, etc., of the best make, always on a hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence Coach, which will be sent to any part ef the conn- -j ty at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. j I have a Jumpseat Phaeton and some Buggies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold soon to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables, where thev will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. T lilt E 7 f I K E 7l F I R E 77! THE TAYLOR & COX Steam Fire Extinguisher for Cotton Gins is the best protection against loss bv fire. Beats insurance. IN- - STANTANEOUS, CHEAP, EFFECTUAL and J RELIABLE. Send for circulars and full partic- jH ulars. AGENTS WANTED. Good pay given. 0i J. N. SUTHERLAND, Beltou, S. C. a, GIN SAW FILING MACHINE. J milE TAYLOR GIN SAW FILER is one of al " 1 ' - ??n;.. ?. 1 tllO oesi IIlllUU. .TWiyuuujr wiiuicuiiiunng m with it. Requires no practice. Does its work as pi it should be none and ten times faster than by tb hand. Every Machine warranted. PRICE ?12. d< Pays for itself every season. Order from J. N. SUfHERLAND, Belton, S. C. [r IFyou want to buy AN Engine, Boiler, Wood-Working Machine- ? rv of any kind; Saw Mill, Machine Tools or | Machinery of any kind for wood or iron work- "1 < ing, do not fail to consult the undersigned, who " i has for sale all kinds of Engines and Boilers and to I Wood and Iron Working Machinery, both netv N j and secondhand, at prices that simply defy com- cc I petition. Let me know your wants and prices V will be named. If you want to sell Engine, Boil- tb I er or Machinery of any kind, describe it and ad- w dress J. N. SUTHERLAND, Belton, S. C. in ' July 28 30 4m? GARRY IRON ROC Manufacturers of all kinds of g , IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDINO, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 1C., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF piir Orders received by L. M. GRIST. May 10 D JOHN B. ASHE. " PAY UP ! IUAN0, SUPPLIES, BACK DEBTS. 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886. [" would impress upon my friends the necessiL ty of meeting their obligations with me romptly. Your note for Guano reads : "On r belore the 15th day of October, I promise to %?.#? 'O 'in . M'loam vr.nr nrmniap tl) . I UIIO J.-> J I ?I ring on your cotton -vyithout, further delay. .11 accounts and notes for supplies are now duo nd I stand ready to buy your cotton or exhange receipts against accounts for its equivasnt in Cotton ; Uncle Sam's promissories, Naonal Bank Notes, Mr. Hemphill's Silver Dolirs or those ever precious Yellow Bovs; and nil here drop a gentle reminder that f expect 11 old claims paid up in full this year as I can't fford to grant longer indulgence. I trust all my nends will remember and place my name on lie top of their list of preferences, and send a irill of joy through my bones, unspeakably reat and full of thankfulness. COTTON NEED. am prepared to pay the highest market price ir Cotton seed. BRICK. lave on hand and receive by every Freight rain, both Plain and Pressed Brick which I ofsr to the trade for cash. A GOOD MILCH COW. I oiler for sale a good Milch Cow with young alf which I can recommend. POWDER. As Agent for the Hazard Powder Company, I n lot nf nl] of k'flw ami kinds to the rade: 5 pounds of FFFg., $4 00 2i pounds of FFFg.,.. 2 2a 61 pounds of FFFg., 1 25 )ther kinds and grades at corresponding prices. ?hese prices are net at mv Magazine, and terms .re cash. " JOHN R. ASHE. C. & L. NAEEOW GAUGE EAILEOAD. JffWvygvw"' w SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains 5 from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking tffect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, July 4,1886 : GOING SOUTH. jeavc Lenoir 7.30 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 8.34 A. M. .,eave Newton..... 9.12 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 10.04 A. M. Vrrive at Dallas, 10.55 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, .,*...11.10 A. M. ..eave Gastonia ! 11.20 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.56 A. M. Vrrive at Yorkville, 12.30 P. M. ..eaye Yorkville, 12.40 P. M. Vrrive at Guthriesville,* 1.02 P. M. Vrrive at Lowrysville,* 1.35 P. M. Vrrive at Chester 2.00 P. M. GOING NORTH. leave Chester, 4.25 P. M. Vrrive at Lowrysville, 4.50 P. M. Vrrive at Gutbriesville, 5.20 P. M. Vrrive at Yorkville, 5.40 P. M. jeave Yorkville 5.45 P. M. Vrrive at Clover, 6.15 P. M. Vrrive at Gastonia, 6.52 P. M. leave Gastonia, 7.10 P. M. Vrrive at Dallas, 7.25 P. M. Vrrive at Lincolnton, 3.10 P. M. Vrrive at Newton, 9.02 P. M. jeave Hickory, 9.40 P. M. Vrrive at Lenoir, 10.48 A. M. . * Flag Station. CL P TAT PnTT Cnr\or?nf nnrlnnf The Accommodation Train arrives in iforkvilleat 5.25 and leaves at G o'clock P. M., in Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, going iouth. Going North, this train arrives at Yorkrilleon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 0.38 A. M.,.and leaves at 10.55. July 21 29 tf ME HOWE MACHINE COMPANY'S Light Running, High Arm, "NEW HOWE," WHICH IS THE BEST SEWING MACHINE EVER MA.DE. I' ALL special attention to the following fea1. tures : The NEW HOWE is a new machine throughut, differing in every point from the machines leretofore manufactured by the company. The leedle is self-setting. It has the most room unier the arm; the perfect Howe stitch; no hoLes o thread, except the needle; tlje easiest shuttle 0 thread ; the most perfect take up ; the loose alance-wheel; the largest bobbin ; absolutely io vibration; the most perfect tension. It is he lightest running; noiseless, and the most leasing in appearance. Prices within the reach of all. Call and get a escriptive circular, and see the machine, which 1 always on exhibition at my Photographic Jallery. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would inform the public that I am yet makrig PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. lIso, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of ictures. Pictures by the photographic process nlarged, and all work done in tne best style of heart at reasonable prices. Gallery on West .liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. TAX NOTICE. [N conformity to law, my books will bo open for the collection of STATE AND COUNTY .'AXES, for the fiscal vear commencing Novemier 1st, 1885, 011 FRIDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF )G'TOBER, and will remain open until WEDflfiSDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 88(5. For the accommodation of tax-pavers, I will ttend at the following places, on the days named: At Yorkville, from Monday, 1st, to Saturday, lie Oth of November. At Hickory Grove, on Monday, the 8th day of lovember. At Itainey's Mill, on Tuesday, the Oth day of fovember. At W. Carroll's Store, on Wednesday, the Oth day of November. At MeConnellsville, on Thursday, the 11th day f November. At Brattonsville, on Friday, the 12th day of lovember. At Yorkville, 011 Saturday, the l.'Jtli day of Noember. At Coates' Tavern, on Monday, the 15th day of November. At Rock Hill, on Tuesday Kith, Wednesday 7th, Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, and Saturday Oth day of November. At Clover, on Monday, the 22nd day Qf Noember. At Yorkville, from Tuesday, 23rd day of Noember, until Wednesday, the 15th day of Deember, after which day the books will be closed nd the 15 per cent, penalty will attach. By act of the General Assembly, there can be 0 extension of time on this collection. H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. September 15 37 * tf 'HE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK COUNTY?IN COMMON PLEAS. . B. Adkins, Margaret Morgan and John Barron, Plaintiffs, against Ulysses Adkins, as Administrator of John Barron, deceased, and as an heir-at-law of Martha Adkins ; Archy Barron,if he be dead ; then to his heirsat-Iaw, names unknown; heirs-at-law of James Barron deceased, names unknown, Defendants.?Summons for Relief?Complaint not Served. o the%bove-named Defendants, (and especially to the absent Defendants, heirs-at-law of James Barron, deceased, names unknown; Archy Barron, or if he be dead, then to his heirs-at-law, names unknown.) U"OU are hereby summoned and required to L answer the Complaint in this action, which this day herewith tiled in the office of the Clerk f the Court of Common Pleas, for said County, id to serve a copy of your answer to the said omplaint on the' subscriber, at his office in orkville, South Carolina, within twenty days , 'ter the service hereof, exclusive of the day of ich service; and if you fail to answer the Comlaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in lis action will apply to the Court for the relief mianded in the Complaint. Dated Yorkville, S. C., Octobor 11th, 1886. .. s.] Joseph-F. Wallace, Clerk. D. E. FIN LEY, Plaintiffs'Attorney. October 13 41 lit notice? *7E take this method to thank our friends for fj their promptness in paying thus far, and i kindly remind some of them that our Guano otesand Accounts, as also, our Notes and Ac>unt8 for Supplies, are ALL DUE ON NOEMIiER 1ST, and we will be compelled to pay lem as they fall due. We hope, therefore, they ill bring in their cotton, and thus save us of (convenience. J. W. P. HOPE A CO. October 27 43 3t >FING COMPANY, iron ore paint And Cement. gjfflT- 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. Py rflS&i T Send for Circular and Price V ~T^r * List No. 75. IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. iy