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Ihimatoiis fjepartuient. CLEARING UP TECHNICALITIES. Few women are possessed of thorough executive ability, or marked business qualifications, although there are Instances of wo1 men managing immense fortunes and carry; ing on mercantile transactions with all the shrewdness and clear insight of the most successful male financiers. A lawyer tells the following amusing story of a woman , who was suddenly forced to assume direct control of a large business: | "You are somewhat familiar with the details of your late husband's business, I presume?" said the lawyer. 1 "Dear me, no! That is, I?I really?I guess so." "Your husband, dying intestate, you?" "Intestate^ What's that?" "Without making a will." "O! I thoueht it was a disease and I | wondered." "Of course the property of which he was I seized at^-" "Seized! I never heard that he took any thing that didn't belong to him." "Well, I mean property that he possessed. The property that he possessed falls to you, and your children, as the lawful legatees, and?" "Legatees. What's that?" "Heirs-at-law, Madam." "Oh, dear me! I hate law. Do we have to go to law, then ?" "Certainly not." "But you said so." "Oh, no, I did not." "Well how can we be heirs-at-law then,, if we do not have anything to do with law?" "Why, Madam?hoirs-atrlaw is simply a ^ legal term In this case for natural heirs." "0, yes, I see now! And * who are the unnatural heirs?" ' 'There are none, I hope." "Oh, I am so glad. I hate all this breaking of wills, and all that." "But your husband didn't leave a will." "Oh, I forgot. Then nobody can break it?or?no?the property?nobody can take it?" "Certainly not, if your husband was not involved any at?" ' Involved?involved?that means did he have any life insurance, don't it?" "No, indeed. It means that he was not in,debt." "Oh, I am so relieved. Then, as he was not involved, or intestate, and there were not any unnatural legatees, or heirs-at-law, my children and rae get everything? Is that it ?" "That is about it," laughed the lawyer, "Ot course, there are some legal technicalities to be?" "Technicalities? What are they?" "Well, certain forms of law." "Oh, dear me! What has the law to do with it? I am afraid of the law." "You certainly have nothing to fear. One-third of the entire estate goes to you, and the residue to?" "The residue. What is that?" "The remainder, then." "What remainder?" "Why, what is left after?" "But how can there be anything left if we get it all. "You don't get it all." "Why, you said so three or four times!" "No, no, no, I said?" O, yes, you did, and we ought to have it too. It's a shame if sombody comes in and gets the residue, which may be the biggest part of it, for all I know." "Listen a moment. One-third of the property is yours, and the residue, or remainder, goes in equal parts to your four phiMrpn TV? vnn^ understand ?" "O, yes, thank you. It is as plain as day now. My husband, dying involved, and there being no will to intestate by unnatural heirs, the residue comes to me after the property goes in equal parts to my four children, and the technicalities of law are all set aside."? Youth's Companion. < The Passenger Was Left.?Captain Seloh Dustin, who has commanded lake craft without number, been skipper of a wood yard, and encountered a good deal of rough legal weather during his stormy career, at one time ran a boat between Detroit and Port Huron. The captain prided himself on the punctuality with which the lines were cast off and his boat left for its destination. One day while waiting for freight preparatory to plowing the waves in the direction of Port Huron, a stranger walked on board and accosted the captain as follows: "Whattime does this boat go ?" "At 9 o'clock sharp." "Does she go on time?" "She does?right on time." The prospective passenger here pulled f out his watch, and exclaimed : "Why, it is a quarter after 9 now." Without the lightest pertuberatiou and in a tone of drawling placidity, the captain responded: "Well, then, this boat has "been gone exactly fifteen-minutes." Then he resumed his supervision of the loading of freight.? Detroit Free Press. A Good Investment.?A young man in Cleveland, who invested several thousand dollars In an undeveloped silver mine, was taken to task by a former business friend r\f hia fothpr'e whn sniH , "i can't see what on earth possessed you to make such an investment." "Weil,-1 started out with a deterraina, tion never to invest in any stocks which could shrink." "But this stock " "Can't possibly go lower. I bought it for three cents on the dollar, and the seals on the certificates are worth four cents each for tags on plug tobacco."? Wait. Street News. Law and the Profits.?Mrs. Sumpkin's oldest boy has gone West, and a friend : of the family was making some inquiries I about him. "I understand John is an attorney," he 1 said. ! "Yes, and he has got lotsof business," she answered with a mother's pride. "Is he a criminal lawyer?" i A shadow fell upon the good old lady's | face. "No, not yet," she said. "Leastways he hain't told me. But I'm afraid he will be. i The law is so dreadful tempting." The Oil on the Water.?Lady?All your marine pictures represent the sea as being calm. Why dpn't you paint a storm ? t Artist?We painters in oil can't paint a storm. I have often outlined a storm on the canvas, but as soon as I begin to spread on the oil colors the waves subside and the sea becomes as calm as a duck pond. Lady?Yes. I've read about the wonderful effect oil has in calming the waves, hut T hnri nn nn irlea it. was as effective as \ al! that.?Teras Siftinga. j?"""What can I help you to Mr. Jones?" asked the lady as she beamed on her boarders from the head of the table. "Oh, just give me a little bite of yesterday's cold roast beef, some disintegrated shoe strings, a collar button or two, some of the hired girl's back hair, a portion of Saratoga j wave and a strong flavor of onions and I pain' killer." The landlady looked very weary and silently scooped him out a spoonful of hash.?Merchant Traveler. "The War of "'12."?"You say you were in the war of '12?" "Certainly." "And yet you are only thirty years old?" "You are &rrect." Very well; now, sir, I would like to know how you make that appear." ' "Why, you see, there were eleven others in the choir." I want a Bible," said a tall, gaunt'woman stepping into a bookstore on Wood- i i ward avenue. "Do you wish the revised edition?" inquired the clerk civilly. "I ain't perticular. I jes' want one in. the house so I'll have a safe place to keep my ? spec's in. A family Bible that won't never be meddled with is the kind, I reckon." .She got it .?Detroit Free Press. He Was Grateful.?Widow Flapjack? ^1 am so glad, parson, that steps are being Blaken to prevent the extermination of the Hkmerican singing birds. Parson Surplus who has been invited to dinner)?So am I HVulow Flapjack, but at the same time I am BBteful to Providence that chickens don't how ^ sing. "Bring on the fried H^^Ken, Betsy," said the Widow Flapjack. | Ihc Jfavm and fireside. | ? . - . | DEW AND SOIL MANUFACTURE. Prof. J. M. Sanborn, in bulletin No. 23 of the Missouri Agricultural College, has collected and brought together evidence in relation to theinfluence of dew on soil moisture. One of the important conclusions arrived at seems to be "that soil loses moisture by night." These conclusions were arrived at by painstaking and accurate experiments and actual and careful weighing of the soil. One proposition, however, is of especial value, as demonstrating that in time of drouth shallow (surface) cultivation is preferable as better conserving moisture. The percentages as between shallow, deep, and untilled soil, as taken from the bulletin, show as follows: Shallow-tilled soil lost 02.9 of total water content, deep-tilled soil lost GG.S oftotal water coutent, and untilled soil lost 02.0of total timfAw oAntnnf The important practical points, however, in all this is not now much water the soil lost, either by clay or Light, but what proportion was exhaled by the plants, for the greater the amount of water given off by plants, the greater their power of converting the constituents of the soil to the uses of the plant. But the moisture given off by the soil itself through radiation would form a completely economical integer in soil cultivation. There is a good theoretical reason why a soil tilled deep should give off more moisture than one cultivated shallow. Such a soil is more open to the effects of heat and evaporation, being in proportion to the heat of the medium, and the weather being favorable thereto, would naturally be greater than upon a shallow-tilled soil. It is probably not correct, as is generally supposed, that a loose, porous soil receives moisture from the atmosphere at night to any considerable degree, except at the surface, just as the shallow soil does. The soil does not vary in its heat between the day and night to the degree that the atmosphere does. Hence the deep-tilled soil would or should have greater power of condensing moisture from the soil during the day than " ' - IL-I -4 : .u? I ai nigni, ior me reason umt uuuug tuc it is cooler than the air, and hence there may be more active condensation of atmospheric moisture than by night, and whatever this quantity may be it conserves just as much to the soil as it received. ? Composting Manure and Lime.?As a rule it is not advisable to mix lime with stable manure, but by using proper precautions no harm may be done. It is quite easy to prevent fire-fanging of manure, which is dry rot, caused by lack of moisture, and is prevented by keeping the manure in low, flat, broad heaps, which catch the rain and keep moist, and should be turned over as soon as the manure becomes hot. But by 'making a compost of it the manure can be doubled in value. This may be done as follows : A layer of leayes from the woods, swamp muck, and black vegetable mold, is first made, mixed with the tannery lime; manure is scattered over this, and as it is thrown on the other materials are mixed with it roughly until a broad, dished surface heap is made not more than five feet high. The mixed stuff should amount to three times the bulk of the manure, to prevent overheating and damage. A slow decomposition will soon reduce the whole to a rich manure, equal, bulk for bulk, to that direct from the stable. If the heap heats too much it should be turned over.?Netv York Tones. Green Food.?Poultry raisers who live in towns and cities often find it very difficult to supply their stock with green food. Many farmers never think of this, but they have a fair supply of eggs during the winter without knowing the reason why. In cold weather there is no natural food better than clover, and it is especially good if it is only about half cured. The poultry will scratch in this, eat the blossoms and leaves, and if permitted to remain in and about a close barn, will lay a fair proportion of eggs. The clover is excellent green food. After it passes into the craw, it soon passes through a change, and if the fowl is killed and the crop opened, the clover will be found to be almost perfectly green. Bluegrass or timothy answer a bout the same purpose ; and if put through the cutting box, and hot water poured over them, these grasses will then be equal io the clover. Another excellent food is cabbage leaves. The outside leaves can be put down in a barrel, the same as kraut, and they will keep all winter, being ready for use at any time. Potato peelings are better than nothing.?Farmers' Home Journal. The Excellence of Farm Life.?It is a common complaint that the farm and farm life are not appreciated by our people. We long for more elegant pursuits, or the ways and fashions of the towns. But the farmer has the most sane and natural occupation, and ought to find life sweeter, if. less highly seasoned, than any other. He alone, strictly speaking, has a home. How can a man take root and live without land ? He writes his history upon his fields. How many ties and resources he has ; his friendship with his cattle, his team, his dog, his trees, the satisfaction in his growing crops, in his improved fields; his intimacy with nature, with bird and beast, and with the quickening elemental forces. Cling to the farm, make much of it; bestow your heart, your brains upon it, so that it shall savor of you and radiate your virtues after your day's work is done. Formic Acid in Honey.?At a recent meeting of the Physiological Society of Berlin, it was stated that when a bee has filled its cell either with pure honey or a mixture of pollen dough and honey, and has completed the lid, a drop of formic acid obtained from the poison hag connected with the sting, is added to the honey, by perforating the lid with the sting. Numerous experiments show that this formic acid preserves the honev and every other solu tion from fermentation. If this he well established it will show that the sting and the poison apparatus of the bee has a further purpose than that of a defensive and offensive weapon. Another interesting fact suggests itself in connection with this. So far j as is known most of the insects that have the stinging apparatus, similar to that of the bee, are collectors and storers of honey. Boston Budget. -? - Scorched Grain for Fowls.?Corn fed to poultry in the fall and early winter is damp and not so easily digestible as that thoroughly dried later in the season. This isone reason why fowlsstop laying about the time new corn begins to be fed. Thoroughly heated corn, even to charring some of it, will remove this excessive dampness and make it more digestible. Fowls or other stock fed heavily on corn will eat charcoal as a corrective to the acid fermentation which it creates in their stomachs. As convenient a way as any is to slightly burn ! some of the grain with which they are fed. j It may be given warm but not while hot. ? ??- - - - Watering Cows in Winter.?The dry feed usually given cows in cold weather is less stimulating to milk production than the green herbage they get at pasture. The bad effects of too dry feed are greatly intensified by a lack of water. This is especially true than where only cold water is provided. The large quantity that cows should drink chills their stomachs and retards digestion. They will not drink as much as is good for | them unless the ice cold chill is taken off. I The best arrangement is to have a cistern in ] a barn basement, where the water will not freeze, and where the cows may be sheltered from cold winds. fl*aT A stove in a cold house, no matter how !, good it may be, takes lots of fuel, and the result is far from being satisfactory?it is difficult to keep warm. Now the same principle applies to stock. If you have a barn that is full of air holes it does not matter how much you feed the cow, or how good she ma>* be in a warm barn, she does not do so well in a cold barn, and the milk supply is cut off. A cold barn takes more food for the stock, and you are simply able to produce the necessary animal heat without increasing the supply of milk or adding fat to the stock. BSF Why should you waste grapewood And time and labor in handling by making threeeye cuttings when two-eye cuttings will grow as well and make better shape and otherwise as good plants? Only in case of very close-jointed varieties three eyes to the cutting may be preferable. ^HisccUaneous |t ratlin;}. JIM AKERS. I Jim Akers was a tall, tow-headed, knockkneed man, with irregular teeth, which j j made his mouth look like a steel trap twTst- I ] ed out of plumb. His wife was a large, j ] raw-boned woman, fully a head taller and fifty pounds heavier than Jim. She had the temper of a half-famished wildcat, and i no darkey just "gittin' religion" was ever i half as much afraid of the devil as Jim was j of her; he had reason to be. When she I was fairly on the warpath she breathed ' chain lightning and flung cyclones from the I tip of hertongue. Nor did she content,her- 1 self with words only, however bitter and I furious. She very often brushed the poor i little fellow with a hickory until he felt as if he had borrowed his back of a saint fresh from the gridiron. One bright, golden, delicious afternoon in the latter part of May, Jim left the patch where he had been hard at work al! day, and "snuek een" to his cabin by the back way. lie proceeded hastily to doff his every day clothing and don his Sunday garments, casting furtive glances all the while at the black browed, terrible dame sitting in the front doorway knitting. With trembling haste he completed his preparations, and was shambling out again when his wife, previously apparently oblivious of his presence, shot a tierce glance at him which made him jump almost out of his shoes and brought the perspiration out from every pore. "Whar you boun' fur?" she asked. "I 'lowed I wuz gwine down to the fishfry fur a hour or two. Them boys is a hevin'?" "Well, you 'lowed wrong. You jest histe off them close, and go back inter that patch and finish hoein' them pertaters. Don't you distress yerself 'bout no fish-fries." "But I done tole the boys I wuz gwine to { be thar." "Well, you tole 'em a lie." "But Ed Sykes and Hank Evans is waft- * in'fur me now at the cross-roads, and I'd ! ruthcr not disappint 'em." ! "Well, I'd ruther you would. Shet up, 1 now, and do az you're told.' f Jim gasped and quaked with fear; but, for the first time in many years, he thor- 1 oughly realized the tyranny under which 1 he was crushed. His heart was set on the J ti?h-frv_ and in that feeble, fluttering little I ; organ, a faint shadow, a dim eidolon of spirit became suddenly aroused. He hesitated a moment, ventured even to return the gaze of those glowing, wrathful eyes, and then started, saying: "Well, I'm a-gwine." Great Jehosaphat! Houp-lal She swooped on him like an owl on a mouse. The air was filled and darkened with dust and sandy hair and agonizing shrieks. Ed Sykes and Hank Evans at the "crossroads," became convinced that Jim's cabin was on fire and that he was perishing in the flames. They rushed in all haste to his as- ' sistance; but as they neared the spot the clatter subsided, and they heard a stern, feminine voice, which caused them to halt 1 and keep out of sight, say, ! "Now, I reckon you'll do ez yer tole." ' Then they recognized Jim's piping voice, J protesting betwixt convulsive sobs: "I'd sorterginoutgwinebefo'yerspoke." s Southern Bivouac. * The Management of Lamps.?-Some , one has written some directions for treat , ing lamps, and so it accords with the ex perience of another that we present them r herewith. To insure good light, the burners of petroleum lamps should be kept t bright. If they are alowed to become dull ( the light is uncertain, and, owing to the , absorption of heat by the darkened metal, , smoke is the result. Once a month place ( the burners in a pan, covering them with . cold water, to each quart of which a tahle- . spoonful of washing soda should be added, . and also a little soap. Boil slowly for one , or two hours, and at the end of this time 'y pour off the blackened water. Then pour ^ enough boiling water into the pan to cover the burners, aacnng soap anu soua in the same proportions as before. After boiling again a few minutes, pour off the water, rin?e the burners with clear hot water, and rub dry with a soft cloth. The burners must be perfectly dry before the wicks are introduced. Should the wicks become clogged with the particles of dust floating in the oil, and new ones not be desired, they may be boiled in vinegar and water, dried thoroughly, and put back in the burners. If wicks have done duty all winter, they should be replaced by new ones in the Spring. Nickle burners may be boiled as well as brass ones. Time spent in the care of lamps is never wasted. A perfectly clean lamp, that gives a brilliant , light, is a great comfort. What more cheerless or depressing than an ill-kept lamp, which gives forth an unsteady, lurid, sightdestroying flame? The paper roses, guelder roses and chrysanthemums, so popular for decorative purposes, are admirable for j placing in the lamp chimneys to keep out the dust during the day, and the wick's j should be turned a little below the rim of ( the burner, to prevent exudation of the oil. j The Quaker "Thou."?When the novelists of the last century had occasion to in- w troduce a Quaker into their fictions they t took care to mark him well by overlaying < his speech with "thee and thou," and, in- | deed, at one time this phrase was a com- ( mon slang term for the Friends. The use t of these pronouns is partially a survival of j the time when the lower orders employed i them habitually and is a curious instance of t the correctness of phrase surviving among , the very persons who, next to pedants and 1 scientists, are currently credited with being \ the corrupters of the language, while the | educated had fallen into grammatical in- | correctness. The quaker writers affirm, j however, that the use of "you" instead of ( "thou" of the grammars originally rose i from a desire to compliment the person ad- j dressed by ascribing to him the importance ] * rx f ti-A ah unrl 1)1 IU t?<J Ml inuiv, ctuv* niuiv s many tractates in support of their view. I P?e this as it may, it is indisputable that , technical correctness was on their side, and sovereign and newspaper editor are alike incorrect when they use the imposing "we" i in place of the plebian "I." To say "thou" i (pro forma) to a man was, it will be remem- i bered, in the reigns of Elizabeth and James * I, simply to insult him. "I thou thee, thou 1 traitor,"' cried Coke to Raleigh when the < latter was being tried for his life.?London ] Society. I ' - I As to Wkaiuxo Whiskers.?'Two fal- 1 lacies are in vogue regarding the whiskers I question. One is that a thin faced man < should support side whiskers to widen his M face, the other that a round faced fat man j i should favor long chin whiskers to lengthen I1 his face. Roth are adopted on the counter i I action and an idiotic principle, butare wrong j * as wrong can be. A man with a sharp chin exposed is thin and appears thin in spite of his Burnsides. And a moon shaped man j t gives himself a humorous and clownish ap- j 1 Kearance by wearing a long, sharp tuft on j { is chin. The principle of conformity I * should be observed or a wholesale change I t made. A thin man, for instance, should j t not wear chin whiskers, no whiskers at all ' i or a beard. He no more looks well with i side whiskers and a peaked chin than he j would to stuff his chest and not his cheeks 5 and calves. To look well he must be uni-' i formly and consistently thin, or he may 1 modify it by a complete beard. A fat man i should be smooth faced or wear universal 1 whiskers pretty closely cropped. The well i proportioned and moderately full faced man 1 may vary the style and quantity of his ( 'whiskers with impunity so far as the thin or broad appearance is concerned. A very short beard gives an animal look, if very < large it indicates vanity or crankiness.? ] Cincinnati Graphic. \ J'jXGLANJ) An.MAliiiWti .M'in.?i ?ue irui- 1 izes how small the distance is from sea to ( sea in Britain, when he finds thata "swell" < young American, with more money than he ; knows how to spend wisely and well, a i scion of a railroad car wheel family by the j name of Winans, has simply for amusement hired in Scotland a tract of field and forest that stretches from shore to shore, and yet 1 includes less than 200,000 acres?a slice of 1 territory that would make but a small ranch 1 in our southwest. And as regards the ex- . treme length of the United Kingdom, let f these figures tell the exact story: His name was Marriott, and he was captain of the i Nottingham Tricycle club. On his Humber tricycle he rode from end to end of England. : He left the Land's End hotel, at Cornwall, on the 20th, and reached John O'Groat's house, Caithness, on the 2Gth. "Distance, j precisely 960 miles ; exact time, six davs. : fifteen hours and twenty-five minutes. Delayed by snow-storms in the Highlands, ten ' hours.''?Boston Commercial. NaturalBridges.?The Natural Bridge is always spoken of as if there were but one, and such is unquestionably the general impression. Everybody, knows about the bridge in Rockbridge county, Virginia, but | very few know that there are other natural t bridges in the Republic. Nor is it strange, j for they are in remote, inaccessible neigh- { borhoods, very seldom visited and almost i never mentioned in print. One bridge is in i l\7ii 1 Itah n/Minf ?r A Inkntwtn 1 4* flnnno n 1 \ ?t rtit\ci luuiiijj aiauaiiiii. ?u opauo auuuu j 120 feet, is some 70 feet high, and is said to lie fully equal to the famous bridge in Vir- j jinia. In the sandstone that underlies the ; oal formation, it is the centre of a wildly romantic region, lofty, precipitous sides of the same sandstone being visible in the surrounding hills. In Christian county, Kentucky, is another bridge, having a span of TO feet and a height of 130. California boasts of five of these curiosities, the largest being on a small creek emptying into the fork of the Trinity river; where a vast ledge bf rock crosses the valley. The creek runs through an arch 20 feet high and 280 feet jpan. Siskiyou county, on Lost river, are two conglomerate sandstone bridges, so close that they are often called the Twins. In Tuolune county, on Coyote creek, are also two bridges within half a mile of one an- . ither, some 40 feet high, and having a span )f 290 to 300 feet. Thus there are eight natural bridges in all, and probably others that bave not been discoven?d<-JVc?c York Commercial A dvertiser. Insomnia.?Sleep is a positive function, md not by any means a negative fact, as las been too often supposed. There is notable difference between genuine sleep, propirly so-called, and the artificial torpor ob- ^ tained by the use of narcotics. From a phys- i ological standpoint,everyone should be able to command sleep at will; and habit has a > rreat influence in this direction. Napoleon Bonapart possessed this power to a remarkible degree, being able to sleep peacefully it any moment and under the most adverse onditions. Aod William Gladstone had :he same faculty for many years, but of late le has complained of insomnia, due probably, in his case, to overwork and anxieties, 1 vhich have ended by weakening his will ,, >r, at least, there is some physical cause j adiich renders the working of cerebral nu- t rition less docile than formerly to the or- i lers of the nervous centre. Be this as it l nay, it is a matter of regret that physicians J is a rule do not attach sufficient importance j ~ 'kn C.,w*+ 4-lrnt Umrtnf Af olonn" 1Q un OYQOr M IIIC IllUl Ulill/ nam UI sn,?,|j >o , derated wakefulness, and it is necessary to j nvestigate the cause of this condition, and s :o examine minutely the relative excita- i ">ility of all the organs, central or peripheric. 1 Medical Workl. J 4. ? ? Cluverius' Funeral.?When the re- l nains of Cluverius were taken from Rich- 1 nond on the York River traiu, the day af- 1 :er the execution, says the Richmond Dis- ^ latch, they were carried to Romancoke, }, vhich is about one and a half mile this s side of where Mattaponi river has to be s jrossed to go to the residence of Mrs. Tun- t stall's in King and Queen county, which is J ;wo and a half miles beyond. A large [ lumber of the friends of the unfortunate foung man and his family met the burial ortege at the river and escorted it to Mrs. Tunstall's between 1 and 2 o'clock that si ifternoon. The remains were laid to rest in he family burying ground, beside those 1 )f Mrs. Tunstall's husband, the late Sam- " iel Tunstal. Many flowers were placed on { md around the grave, including an elegant t ross. The pastor of the church of which p he deceased was a member in his earlier c lays. Rev. John B. Yarrington, conducted eligious services at the grave. No funeral J sermon was preached, but one will be at [ in early day. The parents of the deceased t vere too unwell to go to the grounds. t The room in the jail in which Cluverius s ,vas confined has not been opened, and it t nay not bp for several days to come. v -?- > f The Mountain Lions of Montana.? 1 Montana boasts the largest and most fero- r ious specimens of the mountain lion to be a "ound on the Pacific coast. They are found c n great numbers all through that country, " ind their ravages extend so far as to at- f nek not only work calves and yearlings on ^ he ranges, but also sheep, goats, and full , jrown steers. The natural home of the an- j mal is there. The creatures are so bold t md have become so numerous that the setlersare obliged to wage a war of extermi- s rntion. The Territory offers a bounty of ' >S for every scalp, and during the winter | he cowboys, having lots of spare time, demote their energies to hunting the lions, r ,vhich they find a profitable pursuit as well is full of adventure and excitement. Spec- s mens are often killed measuring nine feet 1 rom tip to tip and weighing 200 to 300 A jounds. Many more measuring from ten ( - n*.n ffannonfltr Kcj rrrmfl fiflfl U ClCVtMl tcct KlU 11CI|UCU?IJ u>ifi,6vv., ...... K'casionally a monster reaching twelve c eet.?Chicago Tribune. ^ Sleep a Preventive of Headache.? j \ scientific writer says: Sleep if taken in lie right moment, will prevent an attack 1 if nervous headache. If the subjects of such t leadaches will watch the symptoms of its * oming, they can notice that it begins with i feeling of weariness or heaviness. This t s the time a sleep of an hour, or even two, < _ is nature guides, will effectually prevent j ;he headache. If not taken just then, it 1 ivill be too late, for, after the attack is fairly t inder way, it is impossible to get sleep till 1 ar into the night, perhaps. It is so common in these days for doctors to forbid laving their patients waked to take medcine, if they are asleep when the hour omes round, that the people have learned :he lesson pretty well, and they generally J snow that sleep is better for the sick than nedicine. But it is not so well known that sleep is a wonderful preventive of dis- . jase?better than tonic regulators andstim- ' ilants." ii Mexican Ruins.?The Chihuahua (Mex- ' co) Enterprise reports the discovery of some t emarkable ancient ruins near Magdalena, j n Sonora. Half way up the hill, which is < ibout700 feet high, is a layer of gypsum, 1 white as snow and easily cut, yet hard c enough to retain its shape after being cut. ' In it are cut a great number of rooms. The | avails and ceilings are plumb, the walls A leing about eight feet high. There are t 10 windows, though the stone is so white u :hat the rooms are not dark. Figures carv- l id on the walls show human hands having * ive fingers and a thumb, and the feet havng six toes. The rooms are one above mother to the height of three or four stories, lut they recede at each story the width of i i room, presenting the appearance of steps. p A woman should select a dresss pat- t ern that in color would harmonize with ler complexion. If she is short waisted, ( ind of short stature, she should have the s itripes in the dress, if thereare any in it, run I ipand down, so as to make her look taller < :han she is. If she is tall she should ^ idopt he opposite means to give her a more symmetrical appearance. A man has no such taste in selecting a suit. True, some men hit the happy combi- . lation of figure, color and style in selecting ;heir clothing, but this is rare; the vast ?inioritv lillVP plnthPR that look UlUC'h OUt of - larmony with themselves. Each has a j ule by which he makes his selection, but j . ivhat that rule is no one can tell, neither ! iocs the man himself know it. 8?rlt may not be known to somewhat muses the different colors in bricks. The j red color of bricks is due to the iron con- I mined in the clay. In the process of burn- j ng, the iron compounds are changed from : the ferrous to the ferric condition and ren- j tiered anhydrous, thusdeveloping the color, j Certain clays?like those in the vicinity of i Milwaukee, for instance?contain little or I :io iron, and the bricks made from them are j light or cream colored. BQrllere is an item for persons addicted i to the habit of chewing gum. Parraffine is ! the tar deposit left after the kerosene has been extracted from the crude petroeium. About seventy-five barrels of parraffine are " shipped weekly from Bradford, Pa., to New (1 Vork and Boston, about half of which is made into chewing gum. 70RKVILLE ENQUIRER. Prospectus for 18H7. . EXTRAORDINARY OFFER TO CLUB-MAKERS. | i Three Desirable Premiums. V BUGGY, A WAGON AND $15 IN CASH. ON tholst of January, 1S87, the YORKVILLE i ENQUIRER will entor upon its thirtvhird volume, and while we shall strive to make . t in every respect a more acceptable weekly mblication than it has hitherto been, the leadng features of the paper, which have always endered it popular with all classes of readers, vill be retained. Resides the general makeup ?f the Miscellaneous department, which feature ias given the Enquirer a distinctive character, ve shall publish SERIAL. 8TORIE8 rhroughout the year, kuom the pens ok the lost popular writers ok fiction in the voRti), and which department alone, on account | >f the character of the stories that we shall se:ure, will give it additional interest to all readers * >f light literature. In addition to the Story, '.literary and Miscellaneous features of the paper, } arefuf attention will be bestowed upon the ( Sews department, which will embrace a record >f the leading events at the State and National ,'apitals ; Congressional and Legislative procecdngs ; "Scraps and Facts," being a hotch-potch ot ight current topics; a compend of the News : Vliroad and at Homo; County and General Cor- ' espondence; Market Reports; Local and Stato * Mews; Editorial Articles upon appropriate sub- ! ects intended to promote the welfaro and pros- ; >erity of our State and people, which will, we . rust, continue to render the Enquirer a wel- J ,'otne and entertaining Family Journal. TERM8 OF 8UB8CRIPTI0R?FREE OF POSTAGE. Single copy, one year, 92.50 Two copies, one year, '. 4.00 )ne copy, two years 4.00 PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. To club-makers for the approaching volume, ve offer THREE PREMIUMS for the three argest clubs, as follows : One BREWSTER SIDE BAR PIANO BOX 1UGGY, worth $f>0. ! One TWO-IIORSE "OLD HICKORY" WAGIN, worth $55. A Cash premium of FIFTEEN DOLLARS. Description of Our Premiums. THE BUGGY s a iirst-class vehicle in every respect, made of he best materials, and is known as the piano box ' itvle, which has become the ipost popluar buggy 1 low in use. It is hung on the celebrated Brews- 1 er Side bar Oil tempered springs, which are the nost comfortable, and, therefore, the most wide y used side spring. It is full leather trimned with "lazy back," Savern patent wheels, , iteel tire, best steel, faintail, double collar axles. , t is painted a rich black. The buggy is a good >ue and will give satisfaction. It is worth ?60. t is furnished to us by Mr. M. C. WILLIS, iuccessor to the late B. T. Wheeler, manufacturer of and dealer in buggies, carriages &c., and nay be seen by calling at his factory in this >la'ee. THE WAGON !s known as the "Old Hickory," manufactured jy the Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co., of Louisville, Ky. "The"Old Hickory" is recognizid as one of the best wagons manufactured in the Jnited States. The materials of which it is made ire of the best quality and are put togftihi by killed workmen, and itis thoroughly and hm domely pninted. The wagon is a two-horse, , himble skein, of two thousand pounds capacity. The lowest retail price is 85.5. The wagon was iirnished to us by Mr. JOHN R. ASHE, the , Company's agent at Yorkville. CONDITIONS. j The three Premiums mentioned above will be j warded on the following conditions: The person getting up the largest club of year- 1 y subscribers to the Enquirer, at 82.00 per ( innum, for each subscriber, will be entitled to j he first choice of one of the above Premiums; ^ he person getting up the second largest club, at he same price, to the second choice; the person tetting up the third largest club, to the third hoiee. The time for completing clubs under the above j iffer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on the SEC)ND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1887. C'ompeti- \ ors may begin to secure subscribers at once? , he time" of subscription to commence whenever | he name is handed in. The money for each ;ubscriber is expected to be paid at the time the mine is entered upon our books-, and no name ^ vill bo counted in competition for a premium nd no premium delivered until the subscription >rice has been paid. To persons who make up clubs of ten or more mmes, but who may fail to obtain one of the ibove premiums, we will send the Enquirer >ne year free of charge, and to those who send i club of twenty or more names, but who may ' " ! ...ill -.I f1,? T nil Ml net it [11 <JI111 U 111, >vc vim 1VI II 111 II 1UU Uii [UIHKK one year free of charge, and a copy, one rear, of any weekly newspaper or monthly nagazine published in the United States, the publication to be selected by the person entitled o receive it. It is not necessary that the names of a club ihould all be at the same post-office. Names nay be taken at any number of places. One lame for two years will be equivalent to two lames for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us j it the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmislion of money only when sent by draft, regis- , ered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkrille post-office. In sending names, write plainly, giving postiffice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the ixpiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each club-macer, who will be credited with every name sent, 10 that the number sent by any one person can , ie ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs, will lot be permitted, after the names liavo been enered on our books, to transfer the names to mother club-maker's list. par The time in which additions may be made 0 clubs under this proposition, will "expire on , lie SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1887. Therefore, persons who desiro the benefit of dub rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper lefore that date, as after the expiration of that ime it will not be furnished for less than 32.50 inless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. ?????.Mgg,?????? . RELIEF ! Forty Years A Suffer From Catarrh. WOtfDERFUIi TO REEATE! ( ^I?OR FORTY YEARS I have been a victim to CATARRH?three-fourths of the time 1 sufferer from excruciating pains across my 'orehead and nostrils. The discharges were so j iffensive that I hesitate to mention it, except for , lie good that it may do some other sufferer. I i lave spent a young fortune from my earnings i luring my forty years of suffering tq obtain reief from the doctors. I have tried patent medidnes?every one I could learn of?from the four < corners of the earth, with no relief. And at last s 57 years of age) have met with a remedy.that las cured me entirely?made me a new man. I veighed 128 pounds and now weigh 145. I used . hirteen bottles of the medicine, and the only re- | cret I have is that being in the humble walks ot ife I may not have influence to prevail on all caarrh sufferers to use what has cured me Gcinn's 'ioxeek P?r,ooi> Rkxewkr. "HENRY CIIEVES, , "No. 257.Second St., Macon, Ga." Mr. Ilenry Gheves, the writer of the above for- I , nerlv of Crawford county, now of Macon, Geor- j ( ;ia, merits the confidence of all interested in on- I arrh. W. A. HUFF, Ex-Mayor of Macon. I Superb Flesli Producer and Tonic ! Guinu's Pioneer Blood Rcnewer hires all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheumatism, Scrofula, <)ld Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine, f not in your market it will be forwarded on reeipt of price. SmUll bottles 81.00; large bottles j 11.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed roe. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, j Macon, Georgia. I For sale by DOWRY ?fc STARR, Yorkville. November 17 11 lv MOTHERS' FRIEND j makes CHILD-BIRTH easy. The time has come at last when the terrible agony incident to this very critical period in a woman's life can bo avoided. A distill- } guished physician, who passed the greater portion of his life (44 years) in this branch of practice, left to child-bearing woman this priceless legacy and life-saving . appliance, "THE MOTHERSFRIEND," and to-day there are ! , thousands of the best'women in the land who, having used this j ? wonderful remedy before com ! : finement, rise up and call his name blessed. We can prove all we claim for it by living witnesses, and any one interested can call, or have their husbands do so, at our office, and see the original letters, which we cannot publish. All druggists sell it. For particulars and full Iirections address Bradfielp RkoitlatorCo.. Atlanta, Ga. | August 11 :ti> lv I f 1 1 GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of ? IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING. Iron Tile or Shingle, PIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 4C., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( g&r Orders received by L. M. GRIST. May 10 u. C. WILLIS. AFTER AN EXPERIMENTAL TERM QF three and a half months, I find my business in a much better condition than I had mtieipated. I am now offering some very light rtylish Buggies of mv own make, quite as light is the Cincinnati Buggies, wmcn are luucn umic lurable. The Light Buggies Are much more in demand than the old time tieavy work. Ii heavy work is wanted, I can rnpply it, at short notice. My stock on hand at this time is complete, both of my own make and Northern work. I hope all who are in need of a Vehicle of any kind, will give me a call, and il lie has the money, he can buy at a very small advance on cost. Money I want. It takes money Lo run this business. * The Standard Tennessee Wagon Can be moved with money, when a horse or mule can't move it. HARNESS. My stock of Harness is complete.- I have now an hands a large stock of Cloth and Leather Collars, Blind-Bridles, Riding-Bridles, Whips, Doubleand Single Lines, and Buggy Robes. All cheap, for cash. As the Year 1886 Has Closed, I would most respectfully ask my friends who have accounts and notes with me, to come and take them away. I would much rather have the money. I am not able to give the indulgence that Mr. B. T. Wheeler did. if. C. WILLIS. January "> 31 tf THE HOWE MACHINE COMPANY'S Light Running, High Arm, "NEW HOWE." WHICH IS THE BEST SEWING MACHINE EVER MADE. 1CALL special attention to the following features : The NEW HOWE is a new macnine throughout, differing in every point from the machines tieretofore manufactured by the company. The needle i9 self-setting. It has the most room un .ler the arm; the perfect Howe stitch; no holes to thread, except the needle; the eaqjest shuttle :o thread ; the most perfect take up ; the loose balance-wheel; the largest bobbin ; absolutely no vibration; the most perfect tension. It is the lightest running; noiseless, and the most pleasing in appearance. Prices within the reach of all. Call and get a lescriptive circular, and see the machine, which s always on exhibition at my Photographic jalleryl! PHOTOGRAPHY. I would inform the public that I am yet making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. A.iso, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles ol pictures. Picture^ by the photographic process jnlarged, and all work done in the best style oi ;he art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. R. SCHORR. J ED. JEPFERYS. \I',U FIRMTIRE STORE. * COFFINS. A FULL supply on hands consisting of the following kinds: METALIC BURIAL CASES?adult sizes. WOOD BURIAL CASKETS AND CASES*11 sizes. GLOSS WHITE CASKETS AND CASES for children. PLAT* COFFINS?all sizes. 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 lib eral. J. ED. JEFFERYS. 1886. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables ARE still on a boom, and the year 1886 finds me with some of the finest" Vehicles ever shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and surpasssed by none. Everything will be kept in the best style. Give me a trial and be convinced. Cincinnati and Colnmbus Buggies Of every description will be kept. Spring Wagons, Pluetons, itc., of the best make, always on band. FOR FUNERALS r have a fine Queen City Ilearse and a Clarence Coach, which will be sent to any part ef the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpseat Plneton and some Iluggies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold toon to make room for my new stock. RAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables, where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. October i:{ 41 tf ELASTIC7tiirx WADDING. THE undersigned begs leave to call attention to the MERINO ELASTIC FELT GUN WADDING, the only perfectly safe wadding for :hoke-bore breech-loading shot guns. By the ise of this wad the recoil of a gun is lessened, the listribution of the shot is more regular, and the ange and penetration are greater. Another advantage is that the gun is kept cleaner than vhen any other wad is used. Try them. They ire put up in boxes holding 2~>fi wads and are nade in two grades. The price for the first grado s forty cents per box ; the second grade twentyive cents. The first grade should be used over he powder?the second grade over the shot. The first grade wads are from one-half to threelights of an inch in thickness, which makes them :heaper than any other wail in the market, as mly one of the first grade wads is necessary on he" powder, and one of the second grade over he shot, to give the best results. If you use a 12 gauge gun with brass shells, buy No. 9 wads, [ 'or paper shells use No. 11 wads. For guns of i different gauge, for brass shells, use a wad three lizcs larger than the bore; for paper shells, one uze larger. By this means the gases from the >owder will bo perfectly confined and the very >est results obtained. Sample boxes will be sent by mail on receipt )f forty cents for the first grade, and twenty-live ents for the second grade. Address, E. A. SHARRETTS, Secretary. f. I), liox 3iu, jjaiumore, eiu. January 12 2 tf ~ API'LK ATIOX FOR DISC IIAKGE. VTOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administratrix of the estate of JOHN DIJMX, deceased, lias made a final settlement with he Judge of Probate for York county, and on lie 12th day of February, 1887, at 12 o'clock, M., vill makeapplieation for a final discharge from iability as Administratrix of the said estate. MARY J. DULIN, Administratrix, with Will annexed. January 12 2 At CHATTEL. MORTGAGES, ~~ Ayf ORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to [? Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFPICK. December 22 f?l tf OFING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And. Cement. 152 T0 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. $3r Send for Circular and Pric )F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ? ly I INTER-STATES LIFE ASSOCIATION, STAUNTON, VA. M. ERSKIXE MILLER, President. L. COOKE, Secretary, j GEORGHlC. JORDAN, General Agent. THE immense amount of Life Insurance carried in this country makes it of National importance that heads of families should he able to secureit. as cheaply as possible consistent with safety. Especially is this necessary for the mil! is?? mnn in moderate circumstances, who | must earn their living by hard knocks and in i the t'aee of a competition that is becoming keen| cr and sharper every day. i If life insurance is not .va/c it is not worth carj rying, and if it is too costly, the men who most I need it cannot carry it all. How to make it both safe and cheap is the problem of the day, and he ! who solves it will have done a great and patriot! ic service for his fellow men. The Old Line j Companies are certainly safe when honestly managed, but their rates are so high, that only I the rich can afford to carry such an amount as I would provide for a family, while the great mass I of men, and those, too, whose families most need | protection, are compelled to go without insuri ance, or seek it in the assessment companies or secret orders. The fact that these cheaper instij tutions are to-day furnishing more insurance I than all the Old Line companies combined, shows ! how eager are the mass of citizens for insurance that is within reach of their means. While these orders and corporations are furnishing insurance cheap enough, yet, at best, they can only be looked upon as temporary expedients and notaltogether satisfactory. Butit is plain, thatsomewhere between the old line and assessment plans there must be a middle ground, which is not only safe, but just and fair to oil parties. THE INTER-STATES LIFE ASSOCIATION of Staunton, Va., has sought earnestly and honestly to find this middle ground. In this search they have, at large expense, consulted and em1 ployed the foremost actuaries and insurance experts in this country, and upon their recommendation have adopted a line of rates which is enI tirely safe, and yet, is in the reach of every I thritW >iii(l industrious man who desires to nro tert his family against his death. To ascertain this safe rate, they added to the 1 actual death cost experienced by theold line companies an ample reserve, and then a reasonable 1 amotmtfor expenses and profits, but so limited 1 as to compel economical management. So plain and fair and popular are its methods that over three millions of business was done in the first eight months work. Its rates are fixed, and must be paid, deaths or no deaths, butare divided into two, four, or six payments a year, as may best suit the convenience of the applicant. Active Agents wanted imBouth Carolina. For further particulars, call or send address to J AS. I). PICKARD, Manager, Columbia, S. C. January 12 2 tf c. & lTnarrow gauge railroad""SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Newton, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, December ! 19th, : GOING SOUTH. Leave Newton 7.50 A. M. ' Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.02 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 10.00 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 10.34 A. M. Leave Gastonia 10.44 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.42 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.30 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 12.40 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesvillo, 1.10 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.45 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.20 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.25 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.58 P. M. > Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.35 P. M. , Arrive at Yorkville, 0 00 P. M. > Leave Yorkville 6.16 P. M. Arrive at Clover 0 40 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.42 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 7.58 P. M. Arrive at Dallas,'. 8.21 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.25 P. M. Arrive at Newton 10.40 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. December 29 52 ? tf NOTICE. To All Whom It Hay Concern : PURSUANT to the order of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, in the case of "Dan'l McLure et al. vs. George Steele, Adni'r, et al.," notice is hereby given that the proper parties aro required to call for the following divi1 dends, to wit: One-half Fi. Fa., Thos. Davies vs. Win. McLure and Moses Lindsay, |592 32 Lindsay A Gordon, 50 60 James *\V. Nelson, 8 50 W. B. Ashe, 26 50 S. C. Youngblood, Executor, 13 50 J. H. Tobit 23 50 R. Springs Moore, deceased, 285 10 Ileirs of Mary Nance, deceased, 12 25 And notice is hereby also given, that order will be made by the Court, at its next Term, to distribute to other creditors, who have proved claims, the balance then on hand of the fund now held to pay unclaimed dividends. York C. H., S. C., November 30, 1886. JOS. F. WALLACE, Clerk. December 1 48 4m TAX RETURNS FOR 1886-877 * AUDITOR'S OFFICE, YORK COUNTY, YorkviiAe, S. C., December 1, 1886. According to law. the tax books of york county, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1886, will be open from ^ january 1st, 1887, until february 20tii, 1887, inclusive. The Auditor will attend J at the following places and times to take the tax 1 returns of the several tax-payers of York county for the fiscal year 1880. At Moore's, on Thursday, January 27, 1887. At Black's, on Friday and Saturday, January 28 and 29, 1887. At Yorkville, from January 31, to February 20,1887, inclusive. At which time the Books will close and penalty attach to all delinquents. ^ *A11 residents in York county, between the ages of 21 and 00. are liable to poll tax. W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor. December 1 48 tf YORKVILLE TO BULLOCK'S CREEK. * PERSONS living along the mail route from Yorkville to Bullock's Creek, and who wish to subscribe for the Yorkville Enquirer for the year .1887, and who are not convenient to a post office, are hereby informed that if they enter their names on my Club, they can have the Enquirer delivered to them free of charge for such delivery. J. N. ROBERTS. January 5 1 tf FARM LOAN fi, IN ANY AMOUNT from 3100 to?10,000, upon six years' time. Interest payable annually. I For further particulars, apply to c k. spvatl'h t..?. January 5 1 tf ?hf f otfeviUr (?ttquim. TEKM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION : Single copy for one year, 8 2 50 For six months 1 25 For three months, 75 Two copies one year 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 ! And an extra copy for a club of ten. 1 How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the j name of the subscriber very plainly, give post| office, county and State, in full, and send the j amount of the subscription by -draft or postoffice money order, or enclose the money in a I registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirkr is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York ; county, who receive the paper at post-offices | within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at ; the post-office here, without additional charge to I the subscriber. Watcli the Figures.?The dnt<> on the "ad dress-label" shows the time to which the subi scription is paid. 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