Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 27, 1887, Image 4

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HuraoMMis \ A PLAIN UNDERSTANDING. Close by a railroad junction in Alabama where we had to wait 9ome time for the \ other train was a general store, and several G of us went over to see how. business was done. The proprietor was a little old man e with a benevolent face, and his clerk was s his son, who was a hawk eyed, sharp nosed t young man with no benevolence about him. t The customers were mostly negroes, and e there was a run on some new tin coffee pots just unpacked. The one hung up for a sample was marked "twenty-five" on the fc bottom. Every time a darky asked the old ? man for a coffee pot he was referred to f "William," and every time William was t asked for calico he referred the customer <3 to father. We saw this go on until our cu- a riositv was aroused, and the colonel finally t asked the old man for an explanation. "Stranger?" queried the old man in re- (] ply. a "Yes." "Don't live about here?" c "Oh, no; just waiting for the train." r ??W?11 than if a incf- thin WftV ! William v YY Vtl| VUVUf iw u jv.w? ?...v .. ?^ . has the conscience to ask forty cents fur a t twenty-five cent coffee pot, and as he's a (, leetle sot in his ways I let him tend to that v line." r "But about the calico ?" e "Well, try as hard as I may, I can't ask t over eighteen pence for ten cent calico, and f as William knows how rigid my princi- r pies are, he never interferes with my side ] of the store."?Detroit.Free Press. c r A Desirable Society.?"Gintlemen" s exclaimed an Emerald Islander who was r holding iorth to an assemblage of men on 3 the advantage of belonging to a society of 1 which he was President?"Giutlemen I i couldn't begin to tell ye half the privileges j appertainin' to a mimbership in this soci- t ety, but I'll thry to tell ye a few. First, r whin ye are sick, it'll not be pertaters an a tay ye'll be gittin', but foine cuts of roast c bafe an' lashins of the best whisky. Nixt, c whin ye are dead, ye'll have such a foine \ funeral that the folks on the sidewalk'll be c afther askin', wid their eyes stickin' out t like lobster's, 'Shure who's in the coffin ?' i An' whin ye are buried we'll take such s exsadin'good care of your wives and chil- s dren that they'll all be rejoicin' greatly 3 because they're widows an' orphans." t Lawyer and Judge.?A young Chicago lawyer a tew years ago had a case in the Federal court before a judge who, while t noted for his wisdom and his integrity, is ; exceedingly impatient ui wiuiau.vi.uu, . The attorney propounded the rule applica- [ ble to a certain ppint, When the court ab- ' ruptly declared: "That is not the law." * "I beg the courts pardon," said the i young attorney, "but I have a case exactly in point." * "Do you mean to contradict me?" demanded the court, mad as a decapitated hen. : "Oh, no, certainly not, I don't. The Su- j preme Court of the United States does, J \ though, and I want to read this case to ; show you what a fool that court was."? ? Chicago Tribune. * Cooling Her off.-"Teaching, to me," f said-an enthusiastic young school ma'am, 1 "is a holy calling. To sow in the young J mind seeds of future knowledge,and watch r them grow and develop is a pleasure c greater than I can tell. I never weary of c my work. I think only of? [ "I am very sorry," interrupted the * young man to whom she was talking, "that you are so devoted to your profession, c Miss Clara. I had hoped that some day I ( might ask you?in fact, I called to-night ^ to?but I hardly care to go on in the light 1 of what you?" 1 "You may go on, Mr. Smith," said the j young lady softly, "I'm a little too enthu- J siastic at times, perhaps."?New York Sun. * An Unfortunate Misunderstand- r ing.?"My dear," said a gentleman to his 1 wife, "where did all those books on astron- J omy on the library table come from? s They are not ours." 8 "A pleasant little surprise for you," re- cl sponded the lady. "You know, you said t this morning that we ought to study astron- i ' 1 - - ? 1 n /. oroy, and so I went u a dook store ?uu ^ bought everything I could find on the sub- v ject." ? It was some minutes before he spoke. "My dear," he then said slowly, his n voice husky with emotion, "I never said k we must study astronomy. I said we 1 must study economy." Easily Identified.?Omaha Man? 3 You gave a tramp something to eat yester- d day, didn't you ? u Young Wife?Yes, poor fellow. li "Gave him some of your sponge cake, r didn't you?" c "Why, yes, so I did. Why ?" "Nothing. The paper says the body of t a man who evidently died in great agony h was found in the willows this morning."? u Omaha, World. ? b I?*"Lost time," said the pastor, solemnly, "is lost forever." "So is anything else li that you lose." said the new boy from Bitter Creek. "O, no," said the pastor; "you v may lose anything else and find it again," t "Then 'taint lost," said the new boy ; and . somehow the ministerdidn't exactly know e how to go.on with the conversation. And t yet he had been warned against that very a boy. 11 i: Get Along With Economy.?"You a know, of course," said the old man to the g young man, "that my daughter has $100,- s 000 in her own right?" t "Yes, sir." c "And you are not worth a cent." fc "I'm poor, sir, but, great Scott, $100,000 is enough for two! Why, I'm economical to meanness."?New York Sun. ^ I "What's the trouble now?" asked a c Tk.. nervous passenger ou a uew juaiium iwu, i as the train caine to a sudden halt. "0 u nothin' much," said the brakemen, strug- ( glingto get away; "the freight ahead of t us got off the track and run into the depot, i knockin' it clean out o' time, and our en- f gineer can't tell just where the town f site is." 1 An Eye to Business.?"There's a ^ couple of nice cucumbers, doctor." said the c green grocer, "all I've got left. I was go- g ing to send 'em over to the Smiths' but if \ you want em, you can have 'em." ^ "No," replied the doctor hastily, "let ' the Smiths, have them; they are patients l of mine." * it | j Very Plain When You Know.? | \ When you ask a Georgia man how far it 1t is to the next plantation, and he answers | s that it is "a peek and a right smart I ( screech," he is supposed to mean that it is I c as far as you can see from where you stand i and then as much farther as a strong voice j can be heard.?Albany Argus. Daughter?There is only one thing \1 more astonishing than the readiness with j which Ned gave up tobacco when he became engaged. . Mother?What is that astonishing thing? t Daughter?The rapidity with which he ; took it up again as soon as we were mar- " ried. I \ ( Servant?"Boss, dar'sa man at de doah : wid a bill." ; Mr. Henpeck?"You know Mrs. Hen- ' peck has gone out, and she always takes ' all the money with her. I haven't got a ; cent." I "What shall I tell him, boss?" i "Tell him the boss is not in." j { I?* "And now, Mrs. Sullivan," said the counsel, "will you be kind enough to tell . the jury whether your husband was in the ] habit of striking you with impunity?")' "Wid what, sir?" "With impunity." ' "He was, sir, now and then, but he struck 1 me oftener wid his fist!" I?-"Why is it," said a husband to his I 1 wife, "that married women, as a rule, are J such terrible gossipers?" "Because they J And such attentive listeners in their hus- 1 bands," replied the lady, easily. Consoling.?"I am losing a great deal i of time trying to collect this bill from i you." j i Debtor-"Don't worry about losing time. * I'm going to pay you in time."?Si/tings, j She Jam and Jirmdt. GOOD SEED WHEAT. There i3 but one way to have good seed vheat and that is to grow it. We gave I tur plan in 1884, and after three years added ixperience, know of no improvements to i uggest. Here it is:?Select an acre or i wo, according to your needs, of the very < est wheat land on the farm. If it is clov- i ir sod, so much the better, and if you can ] pare four or five loads of coarse manure to i te plowed down, better yet. Plow now, ,nd leave nothing undone to put the suraee in the best possible condition. Let 1 he harrow, roller, cultivator and plank , Irag follow each other at short intervals s may be necessary to make a perfect seed .Qri nnt mnro than two or three inches leep. The patch being small, this may be lone at odd hours, mornings or evenings, ( ind the time not be missed. As sowing time approaches, apply six or sight loads per acre of good fine stable ma- J lure and twenty-five bushels of lime, and vith the last workings thoroughly mix , his in. A week or so before sowing time don't sow too early?land prepared in this ! vay will "push things,") mix together 200 , >ounds of fine bone, and as much unleachid ashes, dampening them a little to keep j hem f.om flying, for use in the drill. If ound too damp to work well in the drill ( nix a little wheat bran with it for a drier, tfow you are ready to sow, and we are . roing to skip over the matter, of variety, j nerely stopping to say select whatever ort your own experience or that of your leighbors has proven most profitable in mur own locality. See to it that your seed , s pure and clean if you have to hand pick ' t. This will not be very much of a job if ,'ou follow our next advice which is to sow >ut half a bushel per acre. That sounds ( adical, we know, out for this once we vant to ask you to be radical, just by way >f experiment. Set the drill to sow but >ne peck per acre, and then drill in both vays. Now we want you to try this plan >n our recommendation. If you are afraid o risk it with so small a quantity of seed, ncrease this as much as you like, but by " ' ? - * 1 ill meaDS grow a small paicnoiseeu wucai, ind the chances are that after a few years ,Tour crop will all be fit for seed and salea>le at advanced prices.?Farm Journal. SUBSOILS. Too many are flattering themselves that hey have another farm underneath that hey can draw upon at any time after they iave exhausted the one now on top. This s, doubtless, a pleasing thought to the nan who is cropping his land with wheat ;ear after year. But it is a delusion, my i riends, it surely is a delusion. You'll jam all you get from down below, mark < ny word for it. I believe in cultivating to a moderate lepth. For some crops I believe in havng a good deep soil, but I do not believe n this indiscriminate advocacy of deep :ultivation. Some advocate the plowing >f all lands to the depth of twelve inches i >r even more. Now some crops upon some oils may demand such deep plowing, and or other crops up.rn other soils such plowng often proves most detrimental and inurious. The wheat crop, for instance, : leeds but a shallow soil. Six inches of :ultivated soil is a great plenty for this xop. The addition of more to this would lot only add to the expense of the culture, iut would prove an injury to the crop. Some soils can be cultivated to the depth , >f a foot or more, while others cannot. )ur deep loam will stand deepcultivation, vhile our sandy loams cannot. The soil iroper in many localities is not oversix nches deep. Now what will be the result f a furrow ten or twelve inches deep be umed here? Our six inches of good surace soil is thrown under, and from four to ix inches of worthless subsoil brought up >ver it. Yes, it is worse than worthless, t sometimes ruins a field for a crop for 'ears to come. A naturally weak and ( hallow soil cannot assimilate and fertilize ( 1% a /ml/1 uAiir ctihcnil It. ill- 1 UUU a UUOt Ul V.WIU 01/141 ouvuv**! ?W. ... leed, in need of help itself, perhaps, hnd , 0 help it we must give the original six nches of soil more plant food, in the form f manures, instead of diffusing and overwhelming thealready scantsoilin as much ore raw subsoil. ( Yet the fact remains, that some soils leed deepening, and such, of course, can ie deepened to the farmer's advantage.? j Progressive Farmer. < Bumble Bees and Clover Seed.? ilaurice Thompson, State geologist of In- ] liana, and chief of the department of nat- i iral history in that State, well known as a i iterarv and scientific writer, relates in a < ecent report the following interesting in- I ident: ; 1 made a good old farmer call me a crank he other day when I told him the reason lis clover fields have failed to bear as uoh seed as they formerly did. ' Vou don't allow the bumble bees to be ;illed on your farm do you ?" I asked. "Yes, sir ; I do," he cried, "I make my loys burn up every plagued nest of them." "So I supposed," I replied, "and that is why your clover seed fails you. Bumble 1 iees make clover seed." "You're a crank ! You're a crank !" he | xclaiined, and looked at me as if he houghtlwasa tit subject for the lunatic sylum. And yet it is a fact that a strong.| lest of bumble bees in a big field of clover s worth $20 to the owner; for these insects re the chief agents in fertilizing the bios- ' oras, thereby insuring a heavy crop of eed. In Australia there are no bumble ( >ees of our kind^and they could not raise loverseed there until they imported some j >umble bees." How Often* to Grow Clover.?Closer cannot be grown forever. It is ffh exlaustive crop, taking from the soil in a :rop of two tons to the acre ISO pounds of litrogen, 71 pounds of phosphoric acid, , md 77 pounds of potash, with a large juantity of lime. It is supposed, and is rommonly taught that the clover is not ' lard upon the soil, and gets its nutriment roin some obscure source, or, in point of act, from anywhere but the soil. This, lowever, is a general mistake, as the above igures show, and as farmers who try to rrow clover often find to their sorrow'and |, iisappointment. For the land is "clover ' :ick,"asit is termed, just as it becomes vheat sick, or potato sick, that is, it is too veak and exhausted to mature a crop. L'he clover starts well and the small plants , ook promising, but in two weeks one is tstonished to find the clover has disap- j ieared. It has died of starvation and for i vant of food. The only safe way is to get j i good crop of clover and plow in a good i stubble, then lime the land and grow two >r three other crops before returning to Mover. Forty bushels of lime per acre >vi 11 be of great help in growing clover. Food for Pigs.?Pigs are benefitted by I laving some fibrous food mixed with their i jrain. They have been found to do better j in finely ground cob-meal than upon clear i torn-meal. The reason is that they digest j ;heir food better when it goes into the j stomach in a porous condition. The cob separates the particles of meal, so that the i rastric juice can circulate through the j nass. I have known pigs to do well upon jorn-meal mixed with shortcut clover hay, inu all cooked together. The clover hay n this case performs the important office j if rendering the corn-meal porous in the stomach. Besides, the pig is naturally as miinSi rif o (rrnc?s pntincrnni mnI as the horse. Job-meal and bran, mixed with hot water tnd allowed to ferment slightly, is an excellent food for pigs. I ifegr A writer takes exception to the feed- 1 ingof hogs on offal and garbage, and says Chat such swine are not civilized. In gen- ! jral the pig eats what is set before him, j ind its quality is rather indicative of his ! owner's or feeder's civilization. In this ; country, except in cities, hogs are fed mainly on grain, vegetables and milk, i Pork thus produced ought to be and is lealthy food forany stomach strong enough ;o digest it. aST There are few farms in the United I states which would not be better for hav- j ngsome sheep grazing on them. They ?at the refuse feed and they manure the ! ground. Sheep manure is favorable to the | jrowtn of heavy wheat and corn. I IfJiswHattMus fading. | THE CRANBERRY ROUTE. In Shelby, N. CM on the 4th instant, Col. S. McD. Tate and. his associates signed the necessary papers guaranteeing the con- i struction of a new railroad through a portion of Cleveland county. In this work, Col. Tate claims to be backed by ample northern capital. Concerning this new road, the Shelby Aurora oi the 21st instant says: The new railroad enterprise to Cranberry promises to begin soon the surveys and to commence grading in November. We know Col. S. McD. Tate, Judge Avery and Maj. Wilson, of Morganton, and their names are omens of success to the enterprise. They are gentlemen of means, enterprise and railway experience and say they have abundant capital to begin the enterprise. What railway is behind the enternrise. we know not. Some conjee ture that the Carolina Central is the controlling spirit and wishes an outlet to Cranberry and Tennessee where iron and coal are abundant. Two years ago the Carolina Central through Gen. R. F. Hoke advocated this enterprise and promised to aid Col. Tate, but the building of the rival line to Rutherfordton caused a change in programme from Morganton to Rutherfordton. This was probably an injudicious move tor the Carolina Central, but they were fighting a new line invading their territory and decided to build first to Rutherfordton. Col. Tate is a good financer and will play his cards well and we expect to see the road quickly built. Some think the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago will trade with Col. Tate and secure the charter to Morganton, as the McDowell route has been reported to be abandoned, but we do not think that is correct. It has been stated by Col. P. P. Dickinson recently that the McDowell route has not been abandoned and he said he would begin grading between Rutherfordton and Marion on August loth and push the enterprise. Will the two rival lines make a race for Cranberry and in their bitter struggle give us two railroads to iron and coal ? There is much conjecture in regard to the capitalists who propose to build the railroad to Cranberry. Some assert it will be a branch of the Carolina Central, others think the Boston will control it. Col. Tate, Maj. Wilson and Judge Avery favor more the Air-Line syndicate than the CarolinaCentral, and they say it has nothing to do with the Carolina Central. We think that neither rival line has any control of this new route, but other capitalists will direct and push this enterprise to an early and successful completion, if no lanrol nnmnlioafinna nrdupnf.. Thpv ftlaim , ? one-half a million of capital at their command and have no connection with any railroad in North or South Carolina. We are glad to learn that it is a new route free from the control of either rival lines. As soon as Maj. Wilson finishes the Cumberland Gap survey, our routes will be surveyed and work will begin according to contract. MERCY. The Philadelphia Record says: "Jefferson Davis is setting his house in order. The Good Lord and Uncle Sam certainly have been merciful to him, and should the sons of the victors be less merciful?" Jefferson Davis has lived to a ripe old age, in such a way as to prepare him for the summons that must reach him in time. The Good Lord has, indeed, been merciful to him. He has lived beyond the allotted years of man. He has received the heartfelt demonstrations of his people, lavished upon him under circumstances which made his heart swell with gratitude and pride. He has outlived very many of his friends and most of his opponents, and has lived to seeithe senseless prejudice against him in the rforth greatly softened. But he has no cause to be thankful for any mercies bestowed upon him by "Uncle Sam," or in other words, thegeneral government. The cruelties and indignities inflicted upon him are a blot and stain upon the history and character of the government. Notwithstanding the assurance from a United States Judge that he could pack a jury to convict Jefferson Davis, the government itself dared not make the attempt. No more responsible for the war than the people who called him to the head of their ?ttno mnrln thn nrroo toaf". ^UVt'IUlliCUli IIC? wao UJUU^/ vuu VMWI.'V sufferer, and it is a mockery of words to I'ttll the conduct of Stanton and his minions mercies. The day will come to the people of the North when they will realize the fact that God was merciful to them by restraining their passions ere they had L'ornmitted a erimeagainst Jefferson Davis for which remorse would have been no itonement.?Macon Telegraph. LIVING LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE. Mrs. Grover Cleveland. Mrs. Julia Gardiner Tyler, widow of President Tyler. Mrs. James K. Polk, widow of President Polk. Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes, wife of exPresident Hayes, who was there four years. Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, who had the place for fifteen months. Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, President Grant's widow, who lived eight years in the White House. Mrs. James A. Garfield, widow of President Garfield, who lived only six months in the executive mansion. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, the niece 3f President Buchanan, who was for four years the mistress of the executive mansion. Mrs. Ellen Arthur McElroy, the late President Arthur's sister, who was'the lady of the White House during several months of each of the three years and a half while he was President. Mrs. Patterson, the daughter of President Johnson, who, the wife of the latter being old and not in very good health, jointly with her sister, Mrs. Stover, now dead, did the honors of the White House while their father was President. Mrs. Semple, step-daughter of Mrs. Tyler, and now an inmate of the Louise Home, Washington city, who, during the period between her own mother's death, about September, 1842, and the marriage of her father in 1844, was the head of his household in the .President's mansion ; a longer period than her step-mother held that place, who was married in June, 1844, and left the White House with her husband when his term expired, in March, 184o. Logical.?A Georgia paper records the following anecdote illustrating the difficulty which children frequently experience in making distinctions. There is such a thing as making a rule too inflexible, and carrying logic too far: He was learning to spell and read at the same time, and his text book was a First Reader. His chief stumbling stone was a double letter. When he came to the word "feel," instead of spelling it "f-double e-1, feel," he would say "f-e-e-1, feel," repeating the double letter twice. It took weeks to impress him with the necessity of saying "double" whenever he found two letters together, but he learned it at last. One day, toward the close of a vacation during which he had grown rusty, he was brought out before a company of ladies and gentlemen to read any piece they might select in his First Reader. His mother watched him with trembling anxiety, but he appeared to feel himself equal to the occasion. A young lady among the company selected a little poem, which began with this line: "Up, up, Lucy: the sun is in the sky." The embryo "logician took his place in the centre of the parlor floor, made a bow, and read the first line as follows: "Double up, Lucy; the sun is in the sky." He never finished the recitation. Words Relatinnu to Money.?The derivations of words relating to money is from moneta, because in Rome coins were first regularly struck in the temple of Juno Moneta, which again was derived from monere, to warn, because it was built on the spot where Manlius heard the Gauls approaching to the attack of the city. "Coins" is probably l'roin the .Latin cuneus, a die or stamp. Many coins are merely so called from their weight, as for instance the English pound, the French livre, Italian lira ; others from the metal, as the rupee from the Sanskrit rupya, silver; others from the head of the state, as the sovereign, crown; others from the proper name of the monarch, such as the Louis d'or, or the Napolean. The dollar or thaler is short for the Jachirasthaler, or money of the j Joachims valley, in Bohemia, where these coins were first struck in the Sixteenth century. Guineas were first called after the country from which the gold was obtained, and franc is an abbreviation of the inscription Francorum Rex. The sou is from the Latin solidus. The word shilling appears to be derived from a root signifying to divide; and in several cases the name indicates the fraction of some larger coin, as the denarius, half-penny, farthing, cent and mill. The British pound was originally not a coin, but a weight, and comes from the Latin pondus. The British pound originally was a pound of silver, which was divided into 240 pennies. The origin of the word penny is unknown. Some have derived it from pendo, to weigh ; but this does not seem very satisfactory. The word "sterling" is said to go back to the time of the Conquest, but the derivation has been much disputed. A CLEVER WOMAN'. The Chinese must have been reading the Bible, with particular attention to King Solomon's wisdom, judging by the following story recently added to the Chinese literature: Two women appeared before a Mandarin in China, each contending that she was the mother of the child that they had brought with them. They were so earnest in their demands that the Mandarin was sorely perplexed. He withdrew to hold counsel with his wife, whp^was a wise.and clever woman, and whoser^opinion was highly esteemed in the neighborhood. She begged for five minutes' time for contemplation. At their termination she said : "The servants shall catch a large fish in the river for me, and bring him in alive." This was done. "Now bring me the child," she said, "but keep the women in the outer room." This was also done. Thereupon the wife of the Mandarin had the child undressed, and had its clothes put upon the fish. "Now take the fish away, and in the presence of the women throw it into the river." The servants obeyed, and threw the fish into the water, where he flopped and jumped about, no doubt much displeased with the clothing in which he had been placed. Immediately one of the women jumped into the river with a loud shriek. She had to save her drowning child. "She is, without a doubt, the real mother," exclaimed the wife of the Mandarin. And she had the woman pulled out of the water, and gave the mother her child. "She is without a doubt the real mother," she declared; and the Mandarin nodded his head and declared his wife to be the cleverest woman in the flowery kingdom. Meanwhile the false mother sneaked away; her deception had been discovered. But the Mandarin's wife forgot everything about her while occupied in clothing the child in the finest of silks that she could find in her wardrobe. The Mormon Temple.?The "Temple of Zion" is In process of construction, and is to become one of the most remarkable and beautiful edifices in the world. Its design is a modification of the Temple of Solomon. It stands within the walled space of ten acres, originally set apart for temple purposes, upon which theTaber? aele and the buildings known as the Endowment House stands. When the Temple is completed, it will be the house of worship par excellence; the Tabernacle will b<* reserved for gatherings, meetings, concti s of a semi-secular character. The i esign of the Temple is very beautiful and symmetrical. Its great blocks of white hewn granite sparkle in the sunlight as if impregnated with jewels; its foundation walls are nine feet in thickness, and are pierced by six tiers of windows, two of them circular, the upper ones called the "Eyes of God." Every part of the structure is symbolical, representing sun, moon, stars, and different farts of the earth's surface, cut in stone, t is expected that the cost will reach five millions before it is finished, which should be in about one year's time. The cost has been entirely defrayed by church tithing, and there is not the least difficulty in securingall the money needed.?Democrat. A Glass of Water in the Morning. According to Dr. Leuf, when water is taken into the full or partly full stomach, it does not mingle with the food, as we are generally taught, but passes along quickly between the food and the lesser curvature, towards the pylorus, through which it passes into the intestine. The secretion of mucus by the lining membrane is constant, and during the night a considerable amount accumulates in the stomach, some of its liquid portion is absorbed, and that which remains is thick and tenacious. If food is taken in the stomach when in this condition, it becomes coated with this mucus, and the secretion of the gastric juice and its action is delayed. These facts show the value of a goblet of water before breakfast. This washes out the tenacious mucus, and stimulates the gastric glands to secretion. In old or feeble persons water should not be taken cold, but it may be with great advantage then taken warm or hot. This removal of the * ' i ?: r 4.u~ accumuiaieu mucus irum me atuuiiiiii id probably one of the reasons why taking soup at the beginning of a meal has always been found so beneficial.? N. Y.Post. A Cautious Darky.?The father of General E., of Virginia, had a body servant who was an inveterate toper. His master tried every means in his power to break him of his drinking. Persuasion was useless, advice wasted, and whipping but temporary in effect. Sam had been to a dance, and imbibed freely, and returned homeat break of day, and at breakfast was rather the worse for wear. His master thought to try the effect of frightening him by apparently reading from the morning paper the death of a drunkard in It. "Spontaneous combustion! Horrible death of a drunkard! Last night Michael Maginnis was in a beastly state of intoxication ; he retired to his room, and in blowing out the candle his breath caught fire. He was entirely consumed and nothing left ol him but the ashes in his shoes." Sam stood with eyes agog and hands raised. "Marse John, dis nigger neber blow out a candle ez long ez he lib, shuah!" Mormons at Work.?Serious trouble is feared on the banks of the Savannah River, near Augusta, Ga. The Rev. David Berion and Elders Spencer and Murray, Mormon missionaries, have been preaching in that locality for some time. They have converted about twenty-live families of the more ignorant whites. The doctrine expounded is that all who do not adopt the faith of Mormonism and go to Utah before 1893 will be destroyed by lire; mat no marriages are in atwiuautc nun the laws of God except those sactioned by the Mormon Church and that no woman can attain to absolute perfection in the future unless married in this life. Notice to leave the locality has been served on the missionaries by the more responsible citizens, but they have refused to comply. The missionaries are backed up by their converts, and declare that they will resist any attempt of the regulators to drive them from the country. Does Sound Rise??It is frequently asserted that sound rises. This is true, but not exactly as one would understand by the expression. Sound travels more rapidly through a dense medium than through a thin one. Its velocity at the sea level is about 1,100 feet per second. In water it will move at the rate of 4,700 feet per second ; through iron at the rate of 10,000 feet. In high altitudes, where air is thin, it not only travels more slowly but decreases in intensity. But when one hears sound I through different densities of atmosphere : the intensity or volume of the sound de- \ pends on the density of the atmosphere where it originates. Thus, one at an ele- \ vation of 20,000 feet in a balloon may hear ! the report of a gun on the surface of the earth?the sound originating in a denser atmosphere?while one directly below could not hear a gun fired from the balloou, because it would originate in thin atmosphere. / THE KENTUCKY PIONEER. A happy and artistic thought has pre served the authentic pioneer costume sculptured upon the State military monu ment at Frankfort, from models preparee under the eye of pioneers that then sur vived. The coat or "hunting shirt" tha reached to the thigh was of coarse cloth oi preferably of well dressed deerskin tha turned rain and was not readily torn Around the neck and shoulders was ? fringe six inches long, not intended foi ornament alone, but supplying the string: so often needed by a hunter. The foui pockets, two on either breast, were exactly placed that the use of weapons would noi be embarrassed. A belt, carrying toma hawk and knife, passed through loops al the back and was tightened by a buckle or thongs. Benpath tho right arm swung the bullei pouch, and with it the powder horn. Ir the former were carried the bullets, the cotton "patching" with which the balls were surrounded in loading, and the pre cious extra flints, all inclosed and fastenec in interior pockets, lest in rapid move roent they might be lost. The powdes horn was selected with reference to th( curve of the body, that it might lie close and neither impede the use of the righi arm nor become entangled with the bushes or cane. Much care was bestowed upor its adornment and it was softened bj boiling to receive the desired shape anc preparation. At the left side hung th< tomahawk, a light hatchet with curvec blade, useful in many ways about the camp, and a formidable weapon in closi combat. The knife lay across the ches within ready grasp. Over his short trousers and stockings the hunter habitually wore deerskin leg gings that reached to the middle of th( thigh. These were prepared for brair dressed skins and perfectly turned the rail and dew. Along their outer edge wer< often fringes of strings hanging for readj use. The feet were cased in moccasins, t< which soles of rawhide were sometime: sewed; but as a rule the soft elkskin was preferred, for the face of the land was as yet unbroken turf or forest mold, soft an( springy to the tread. Stone cropped ou as cultivation disturbed the soil in afte: years. A cap, brought from the easteri settlements, or made of the skin of a coor or panther, completed the costume of tin original hunter in Kentucky.?JIarper\ Magazine. Putting on the Wedding Gar ments.?About four miles out of Tuscaloo sa, in returning from a Sunday visit to i plantation, we stopped at a negro churcl in which about a hundred blacks were as sembled for divine service. The preache; was a man with powerful voice and gest ure, and his sermon was about the necessi ty of being arrayed in the wedding gar ments and standing ready for the Master's call. His congregation soon began t< warm, and pretty soon one and anothe commenced to drop out as if overcome iiitj seimun was^iauu auu uiipcui uu way beyond the comprehension of the or dinary plantation hand. When we wen out and drove up the highway we fount men and women scattered here and then in the shade, and pretty soon came to om young man who sat with his arm arount a girl. We stopped the buggy, but neithe of 'em seemed to care, and pretty soon th< Colonel observed: "George; is that a cast of love?" "I reckon hit ar\ but I doan quite know," was the young man's reply "Dat's a powerful sermon of Elder Jack son's to-day. He's done told us to put 01 de weddin' garments if we want to b< saved." "And so you intend to put then on?" "'Deed I does, sah. I only com< about half an hour ago,'and I'se greed t< marry fo' different wim'in in dat time | Gwine to get all de weddin' ga'ments righ on soon' I kin, an' if a cyclone comes d< Lawd will take car' of me, I reckin. Se< any mo' wim'in down de road, Kurnel tell 'em I'll be 'long d'rectly." Cloud Burst.?The term cloud burs is a misnomer. Clouds never burst; the} dissolve in rain. To produce the conden sation of vapor called rain the cloud mus be suddenly cooled. This happens whei the temperature of the lower strata of th< atmosphere is greatly increased, and th< rising currents of warm air force the vapo up into the cold regions. Also when i cold wind from the polar regions, or whei a strong current of air carries the cloud: against the colder surface of a high moun tain, and the contact with this surfac< condenses the vapor. Common phraseol ogy in mountain regions describes thesi clouds as striking the mountain sides au< bursting by the contact, as though the} were bladders filled with water, whose side suddenly giye way. The more correct un derstanding of the phenomena shows tha the rain is simply the condensation of the vapor molcules, the process being thi same whether it be carried on slowly o rapidly. The effect of suddenness is mucl increased in mountain regions by th< overnow 01 springs ana ine lucieaseu vc locity of streams as they flow through thi rocky gorges of the hills. Rainfall.?At a recent meeting of th< Royal Society of Edinburgh, J. Murray i read a paper on "The Total Rainfall oi Land of the Globe and its Relation to thi Discharge of Rivers." Investigations, ac cording to this, show that the total amoun [ of rain falling upon the land surface of thi globe is 29,350 cubic miles annually. 0 this amount 2,243 cubic miles of rain fel on the inland drainage areas of the globe which had an area of 11,380,350 squar miles, and, as no water was discharge! from them into the ocean, it followed tha all the water which fell as rain must b< again returned to the atmosphere by evap oration. Should the water accumulate ii those areas into lakes, and those lakesshov a slight annual increase in size, then thi rainfall must be regarded as greater thai the evaporation ; but when, as in the casi of the Great Salt Lake of North America the size of the lake slowly diminished, thi evaporation over the basin must be greate than the rainftill. The total weightof sub stances carried to the ocean by rivers eacl year is calculated by Mr. Murray at ove 5,000,000 tons. Prohibition in the South.?At tin National convocation of the Women': Christian Temperance Union, at Lak< Bluff, 111., last Saturday, Senator Colquitt of Georgia, gave some interesting detail of what prohibition has done and is doinj at the South. In twelve Southern States he said, there were fewer saloons to thi population than in a dozen other States not excepting Maine and Kansas. Loca option has been adopted in Georgia ant Alabama and prohibition was a succes everywhere. /f^rfrw/a i~ m I ^akik6 POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength aw wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds,am cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test short weight nlum or phosphate powders. Sot.ii only in cans ltOYAL HAKINC POYVDKK CO., 100 Wall St., IV. Y. m- At wholesale by LINDSAY & MOU11E, Yorkville. S. C March 2 9 ly FARM LOANS, IN ANY AMOUNT from ?">00 to ?10,000, upot six years' time. Interest payable annually For further particulars, apply to C. E. SPENCER, Attorney at Law. January 5 1 tl' | GARRY IRON ROC Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IRON ROOFING p . CRIMPED AXDCORRUGATED S1DIX6, J Iron Tile or Shingle, t FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF r Z&~ Orders received by L. M. GRIST. 3 May 10 [ A SENSATION. fW'HY is it that three bottles of B. B. B. are j sold in Atlanta to one of any other blood , remedy, and twice as much consumed in the ' State of Georgia as any other preparation ? No j one need to take our word, but simply ask the j t druggists. Ask the people. They are compe- j I tent witnesses. Six houses in Atlanta are buy- I ; ing B. B. B. in live and ten gross lots, and some i j of them buy as often as every two months, j . Why these unprecedented sales here at homo . with so littleadvertising? Modesty forbids us making a reply. Had B. B. B. been before tho " public a quarter or half a century, it would f not be necessary to be bolstered up with crutch} es of page advertisements now. Merit will 1 ? conquer and down money. ! $1.00 WORTH $500.00. l For four years I have been a sufferer from a \ r terrible form of Rheumatism, which reduced u 1 me so low that all hope of recovery was given j , up. I have suffered the most excruciating pain 1 j" day and night, and often while writhing in ag- ^ 1 ony have wished I could die. I have tried ev- j 5 erything known for that disease, but nothing , 3 did me any good, and have had some of the * t finest physicians of tho .State to work on mo, J but all to no effect. I have spent ovor 8800 with- ' 5 out finding relief. 1 am now proud to say that ' after using only one bottlo of B. B. B, I am on- . abled to walk around and attend to business, J and I would not take 8500 for the boncfit re1 ceivod from one single bottle of B. B. B. I rol f'er to all merchants and business men of this l ? town. Yours, most truly, E. O. GAR A. j j Waverly, Walker county, Texas. j DEMONSTRATED MERiT. ! 3 Sparta, Ga, May 15,1880. j 3 Blood Balm Co.You will please ship us > j per first freight one gross B. B. B. j j. It gives us pleasure to report a good trade for j this preparation. Indeed it has far eclipsed all ] r other blood remedies, both in demonstrated 1 f merit and rapid sale with us. > 1 ROZIER ct VARDEMAN. 1 i 1 g All who desire full information about the ' cause and cure of Blood Poisons. Scrofula and Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers, Sores, Rbeu- ' mat ism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, etc., can * secure a copy of our 32-page Illustrated Book of - Wonders, tilled with the most wonderful and , ). startling proof ever before known bv calling on 1 MAY & MAY, i . Wholesale dealers of B. B. B. Yorkville, S. C. ' r June 1 9 ly j : FOUNDRY 3 AND r Machine Shop. t > FT1HE undersigned would respectfully inform - J. the public that he now has in operation, on l his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUND3 RY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is J prepared to do all manner of work in light iron x and brass castings, and general machine work. > REPAIRING, t Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice, a Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of I any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, ' any class of work that mav bo wanted in his ' shop, he will attend any call for repairing stationery engines, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moying the t engine. / Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on the com pletionof the work. EDWARD THOMAS. | T. S. JEFFERYS. * THE CYCLONE EXTINGUISHER. t g Tirzah, S. C., March 10,1887. . Mkssrs. Jeffkrys ?fc Hoke, Gents: 3 fTlHE Cyc'one Spark Extinguisher puton my A engine a few months ago is giving entire s satisfaction. Before it was put on, my ginj house several times caught fire from sparks, so I had to quit running while the wind was blow^ inginthe direction of the gin-house. Now I S can gin and saw with perfect safety, no matter - which way the wind blows. Haven'tseena live t spark from the engine since I have been using it. 3 And another good thing about it is, it can't wear a or burn out. Will last as long as the engine. I think it a great invention, and wouldn't take r double the cost of mine if it was so I couldn't 1 pet another one. I think you ought to reduce 3 the present high rateofinsuranceon gin-houses - where these extinguishers are used on the eng gines, or, at least, recommend such to the companies you represent, because I see no risk whatever from the engine. Very respectfully, 5 "HENRY MASSEY. 7 3 ; MOTHERS' FRIEND } makes CHILD-BIRTH easy. 1 The time has come at last when , the terrible agony incident to this I 0 very critical period in awoman's j life can be avoided. A distin-J guished physician, who passed ? the greater portion of his life (44 B years) in this branch of practice, i- left to child-bearing woman this I 1 priceless legacy and life-saving ! appliance, "THE MOTHERS' i FRIEND," and to-day there are thousands of the best "women in , 1 the land who, having used this B wonderful remedy before con, linement, rise up" and call his 1 e name blessed. r 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 oflice, and r see the original letters, which we I cannot publish. All druggists sell it. For particulars and full g directions address b Bkaditkld Regulator Co.. Atlanta, Ga. a August 11 32 ly " ^ 1 s 1887. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1887. ' Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables j 0 A RE still on a boom, and the year 1887 finds t J\_ me with some of the finest Vehicles ever j shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and 1 surpassed by none" Everything will be kept in the best style. Give me a trial and be con3 vinced. ; Cincinnati and Columbus Buggies ] Of every description will bo kept. Spring Wagons, Plnetdns, Ac., of the best make, always on hand. FOR FUNERALS ! I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence 1 Coach, which will be sent to any part of the ; county at short notice. Terms reasonable. . A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpseat Phaeton and some Bug- . ! gies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, l if sold soon to make room for my new stock. I ? . ? itAnonn linn HAVE 1ULK HUKSES JTCiii ! At tfio Yorkville Livery ami Feed Stables j 1 ! where they will receive the best attention. i , F. E. SMITH. | J F.HAPPEBFIELD. | j REMEMBER THE DEAD. ! 1 WOULD invite special attention to mv 1 present stock of MONUMENTS AN?> i | TOMBSTONES, among which are several 1 ; beautiful SCOTCH GRANITE AND ITAL- I [ IAN MONUMENTS. Also a full supply of j TOMBSTONES. Prices as low, to responsible < | parties, as anywhere else, either for cash or on j j time. GROCERIES. , ^ ,1 My stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GRO- s ii I CERIES is full. Also, Tobacco, Cigars, Boots I > ; and Shoes, Hardware, <fcc. All of which is j 1 ; ottered low for Cash, or on time to responsible ! < . parties. F. HAPPERFIELD. I i j April 13 15 tf M , | A BREECH-LOADING RIFLE FOR SALE. ! A SECOND-HAND 22 calibre REMINGTON ( RIFLE, in good order. Price 812. Applv at ENQUIRER OFFICE* < May IS 20 tf i >FIiVO COMPANY, ? IRON ORE PAINT And. Cement. 80pP*aL 152 T0 158 MERWIN ST-' Cleveland, O. |giy JjStl, sf 3^" Send f^r Circular and ' Price List No. 75. ' IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly Piedmont Air-Line. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R., South Carolina Division. CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect June 12, 1887, (Trains run by 75th Meridian time.) NORTH BOUND. I No. 53. I No. 51. .cave Augusta 9.33 A. M.> 5.55 P. M Arrive Columbia.....t 1.18 P. M.IO.UOP. M. licavc Columbia 11.00 A. M.I 10.10 P. M Arrive Alston i 11.59 A. M. 11.00 P. M. Arrive Union ! 4.15 P. M. 12.55 A. M. Arrive Spartanburg 6.45 P. M.j 2.17 A.M. Arrive Tryon I ! 4.17 A.M. Arrive Saluda 4.57 A.M. Arrive Flat Rock I 5.37 A.M. \rrlve Hendersonville I 1 5.53 A.M. Arrive Asheville J j 7.00 A.M. Arrive Hot Springs i 9.00 A.M. Leave Columbia I 1.40 P. M. Arrive Charlotte I 6.15 P.M., Arrive Salisbury i 8.01 P.M. Arrive Greensboro' j 9.40 P.M.. Arrive Richmond ' 6.15 A. M. Arrive Washington 8.10 A. M. Arrive Baltimore 10.03 A. M.i Arrive Philadelphia 12.35 P. M. Arrive New York 3.20 P. M.i SOUTH BOUND. No. 52. I No. 50. Leave New York 4.30 P. M. Leave Philadelphia 6.57 P. M. Leave Baltimore 9.42 p. M. Leave Washington 11.00 P.M. Leave Richmond 2.30 A.M. Leave Charlotte 1.00 P.M. Arrive Columbia 5.23 P. M.i Leave Hot Springs - i 7.20 P. M. Leave Asheville 9.49 p. M. Leave Hendersonville I 111.*7 P. M. Leave Flat Rock 11.23 P. M. Leave Saluda I ,11.53 P. M. Leave Tryon 12.39 A.M. Leave Spartanburg 6.00 A. M. 2.20 A. M. Arrive Columbia 3.10 P. M. 6.20 A. M. Leave Columbia 5.43 P.M. 6.55 A.M. Arrive Augusta 9.15 P.M. 10.31 A. M. Arrive Charlestlon, via. S.C. R'way. 9.45 P. M.. 11.00 A. M. Arrive Savannah, via. Central Ga.... 5.55 A. M.! Arrive Charleston, via A. C. L 9.45 P. M.I 12.20 A. M. Arrive Savannah, via C.andS I 6.53 P. M. THROUGH CAR SERVICE" On Trains Nog. 52 and 53, Pullman Buffet Sleepers between Washington and Augusta, via Dnnvllle. On Trains Nos. 50 and 51, Pullman Sleepers between Savan nab and Hot Springs, N. C., via Columbia and Spartanburg. Pickets on sale nt Principnl Stntions to all Points. JAS. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDWELL, SOL. HASS, Gen'l Pass. Agent. Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager. Columbia, S. C. June 15 8 tf C. & L. NARROW GAUGE EAILEOAD SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C.,taking elfect at8 o'clock, A. M. Sunday, May 29, 1887: GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir 8.00 A. M. Leave at Hickory 9.03 A. M. Leave Newton 9.30 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 10.30 A. M. Leave Lincolnton 10.35 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 11.33 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 11.48 A. M. Leave Gastonia 11.50 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 12.28 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.58 P. M. Leayo Yorkville, 1.00 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 1.25 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.50 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.15 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.30 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.57 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.26 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.47 P. M. Leave Yorkville 5.50 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.20 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.00 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 7.15 P. M. Arrive at Dallas, 7.30 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.18 P. M. Arrive at Newton 9.11 J\ M. Arrive at Hickory, 9.44 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir 10.50 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. Junel 22 tf THE STATE OF SOITH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF Y0EK-C0UBT0F COMMON PLEAS. John W. Lawrence, as Administrator of Andrew Jackson, deceased, Plaintiff, against Jane Jackson, David A. Jackson, Elizabeth J. Quinn, Alice E. Lawrence, Mary E. Wood, W. Thompson Jackson, David K. Jackson, Lizzie Jackson, and Annie C. Jackson, as heirs-at-law of the said Andrew Jackson, deceased, and Jos. F. Wallace as Clerk of the Court, and Curtis M. Parrott, who, with the Plaintiff, aro some of the creditors of said deceased, Defendants.?Summons /or Belie/?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above named. TOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of 'the day of such service; and if you fail to answer* the complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Yorkville, S. C., June 23, A. D. 1887. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiff's Attorney. To theabsent Defendants, David A. Jackson, David K. Jackson, Lizzie Jackson, and Annie C. Jackson: Please take notice of the filing of the Summons and Complaint herein, in the office of the Clerk of said Court. June 23,1887. C. E. SPENCER, PlaintilPs Attorney. June 29 26 6t PHOTOCRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories, Ac., and with a fine sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in uny style of the art, as well executed as can be Jone elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. Dy the dry plate process I can take them instantly ; makes no difference about fair or cloudy weather. I do all my own minting and finishing, and there is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in the highest style to be had, and prices reasonable. Give me a call and see specimens of work, at mv Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the jail. J. R. SCIIORB. CHATTELMORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. Ibc IJottuiiUe TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, $ 2 50 for six months, 1 25 For three months, 75 fwo copies one year 4 00 fen copies ono year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. 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