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HuMwimfli fjepflrtment. At the Musicaile.?Mrs. F.?How utterly stupid It all is. There's nobody here I care anything for. Mr. F.?The singing is awful and I won't stay to hear Spouter read. Mrs. F.?Mercy! he is going to read ? I don't see how Mrs. Redfern does manage to get so many stupid people together. Mr. F.?Oh, she has the culture and intellectual craze just bad enough to rave over cranks of all kinds. Let's go. Mrs. F.?Oh, we can't until Miss Screech gets through singing. How she does squeak! There's Professor Wise. He's to read a paper on protoplasms. Great thing for amusicaile.. I'd stay for refreshments if it wasn't for that. But I'm bored to death now. (Mr. and Mrs. F. to hostess.) Mrs. F.?We are so sorry to have to go go so early, dear Mrs. Redfern, but I am not quite well. I did so want to hear Professor Wise's paper, too. Mr. F.?And I, too. nut 1 reauy must insist on my wife's going home early. We've enjoyed the evening thus far so much. How charmingly Miss Screech sings! Mrs. F.?Oh, beautifully! How do you manage to get so many delightful people around you, Mrs. Bedfern ? It is always V a treat for us to come to your house. And I have so enjoyed it to-night. If my poor head didn't hurt so I should so like to hear Mr. Spouter read. Will Miss Screech sing again, yes? O, Mr. Fraud, shall we stay? Mr, F.?No, no, my dear; not with your head hurting so. I can't allow it. I only wish it were otherwise. But now we must go. Good-night, Mrs. Bedfern. Such a delightful time. Mrs. F.?Oh, charming, charming! Good-night! So sorry to go. Good night. Hg: Passed.?A Detroiter who wa3 out on {fee Grand river road the other day to make some inquiries about property was met at the gate by a determined looking woman, who queried: "Looking for work ?" "No ma'am." "Selling lightning-rods ?" "No ma'am." "Got a patent windmill ?" "JNo, ma'am." "Want to buy the right of way for a railroad ?" "No, ma'am." "Got a fanning-mill, straw-cutter, thrashing machine or a potato-digger?" "Nja ma'am. I simply halted to ask your pried on this farm per acre." "Oh, lands ! But I might have known it from your looks! You are one of those fellows boring around the country after natural gas! Pass on ! We haven't got anything on this farm that even smell9 of it." Naturally Enough.?-First Omaha man?"What's the matter; not out of business again, are you?" Second Omaha man?"Yes, my last venture busted the first week." '"That's queer. I thought you started a factory to darn stockings for young men, old bachelors, and others with no women folks tclook after them. That ought to pay." 0 "Pay! Got more orders than I could fill, hired a whole lot of nice girls who knew how to darn stockings, and they did their work beautifully?but then the enterprise busted. " Why, what happened ?" "Girls alL left." "Dissatisfied?" "No; the whole crowd of customers hunted 'era up Sunday and married 'em." Obliged to be Abstemious.?"Stranger," hesaid.as he tendered his pocket pistol, "join me in a drink. You'll find that the real old stuff." "Thanks, no liquor," was the reply. "Well, will you smoke a cigar?" "Not any cigars." A ? /-AnHAman n?Kn hoH nJifiPfVpH H ] ] AU U1U ^cuu^iumi *? tiu iiuv* v*#wv* . this grasped the stranger warmly by the hand. "Sir," he said, "it fills my heart with joy to see a young man like you turn away from such vile destroyers." "Yes, sir," theyoung man replied, "you see I'm a prize fighter in training, and I've got to go slow."?New York Sun. Fast Railroading.?"Have you ever seen that train of white cars that makes the fast mail train from Chicago?" said the engineer, as he munched a sandwich at a resting place. "No? Well, it's slicker than a square yard of lightning, and it goes full pitch out of Chicago every morning at three o'clock. In my opiniqn it's about the fastest thing in this country. Well, one of the mail clerks invited his wife' down to see the train start; the condmi^or shouted 'all aboard,' and the clerk leaned over to kiss his wife, who was stairding on the platform, and bless me if he didn't kiss a cow out at Riverside. Now, that's what I call fast railroading." Conscience Makes Cowards of Us All.?The great mesmerist and mind reader had hired a hall on Post street and people ftocked to his exhibition. Among others Frank took his little innocent Hazel to the entertainment. She appeared uncomfortable for awhile, and at length came out with: "Oh! Frank, dearest, can he really read neonle's thoughts?" "Well, I guess so; at auy rate he's going to try." "Then, dear, let us get out of here right now; for if he reads mine I shall be turned out any way." Konkord on the Kaw.-While the rest of the country is struggling with intense heat the philosophers of Concord are sitting quietly in the shade, calmly discussing matters of contemporaneous human interest. "Aristotle," says one of these sages of the east, "saw the distinction between the actual complete and the actual eternally completing. The sense world as it actually exists is finite, but it has virtually an infinite potentiality by reason of the infinity of thought. If infinity is considered as objective and not subjective, we fall back on a contradiction." Aristotle had 'em there.?Kansas City Times. , He Wasn't Surprised.?"Has yer heerd what happened last week to Glabe Snoderass?" "I hain't heerd nuffin about him sence he left Austin, last week." "Two trains run togedder, and Glabe's head was cut clean off." "He's dead, I s'pose?' " "Of course he's dead, and he has been dead ever sence." "Well, I ain't sprised a bit. De las' time I seed him he was lookin' poorly, an' was complainin' of a misery in his chest, and he had a mighty 'spicious lookin'gumboil on his neck." They Left It Out.?An old negro who was preparing to move his household chat leis, huq wnouesireu, its uie re^fcscumuvc ol a certain class of negroes always does, to create the impression that he possessed valuable gcjds, looked slyly at several acquaintances, and then calling one of the children, said: "Tell yer mudder not to fill my pussonal trunk wid dat silver-war'. De Lawd knows I doan wantdem railroad folks ter be chargin' me wid extra baggage."?Arkansaw Traveler. A Vicious Stab.?Irate Customer? "Won't trust me for a pound of butter? Won't trust me, eh ? I'll?I'll?" Big Grocer?"See here, if you want to fight about it, just off with your coat." "Oh ! well, when it comes to that, a fight in this store wouldn't be an even thing, you know." "Oh! it wouldn't?" "No; you've got your butter to back you." Grandpa?Who was the first president of the United States? Four-year-old?Don't know. Grandpa?George Washington. Now you know, don't you? Four-year-old?No, I don't know it. I only have your word for it. Willing to Take Anything Else.? "Hanging is too good for you," said a judge to a condemned man. "I know it is," replied the prisoner frankly; "and if you can suggest anything else, Judge, you can't do it too quick."?Drake's Magazine. \ * I lhr Jam and fireside. | CROPS AFTER PEAS. In addition to the good things already mentioned about peas, it may be said that after taking qff the vines?which make ex- i cellent hay, capable of keeping stock fat, i with the addition of a very small quantity ; of corn?the land is left in good condition. The roots have broken and mulched the ] soil to a great depth, while the growing i crop has shaded the ground, which, with ; its attendant conditions, is the best part of i the results of pea culture. Three pecks to ] one bushel of Life Preserver peas is best i for hay-making, because the crab grass will then race with the vines and make a good i mixture, which shortens the time of good ; curing. Mown in the morning after the i dew is off, raked into wind-rows the same evening, or the next day, and put'into > cocks the second evening, it will be ready 1 for housing on the third day. To insure ) perfect safety posts might be arranged for 1 inserting bars as the hay is stored, which 1 will give air passages through the hay. Dry fodder or straw may be interlaid instead i of the bars, (which may benefit all round.) 1 Fine crops of oats or rye may be grown i after peas without addition of fertilizers. ] I know of a patch of rye following peas I ? ' ? ? -i .c?i? A :i that was grazed an winter ami mi ajjuj, i and then made the best crop of rye I ever ] saw. Any crop following peas has the ad- ; vantage of a considerable application of 1 fertilizer. My first observation of pea-culture as a 1 benefit to land occurred the second year < of my experience. Not having enough < peas?about two acres of corn were with- < out a pea crop?that fall I sowed oats, using i about seventy-five pounds of guano per acre. Where the peas had grown the year < before I gathered twenty to forty bushels i of oats, while the oats after corn alone were I hardly stout enough to be cradled. 1 In a certain field, which was partly in < corn and peas and partly in oats last year, 1 and whicn is now in cotton without fertil- 1 izer, the difference in appearance of the i plant is the difference of a moderate ap- i plication of fertilizer in favor of the peas. < About 250 pounds of ash element is excel- i lent for peas sown after small grain in ] June.?T. N. R., in Southern Cultivator for \ August. ' TRUE ATGOSPEL. The greatest drawback to agricultural j success is carelessness or something worse i in the methods of farming. There are two underlying principles by which successful j farming must be governed; the production , of the supplies for home use at home, and s making these supplies on as few acres as i possible. No farmer can succeed, if he relies on farming for either a Jiving or a pront, wno t has to buy his farm supplies. Instead of , buying he should have something to sell , every year; not only every year, but, by j diversifying crops, have something to sell throughout the seasons. , And he is a very slipshod farmer who cultivates an acre of land, year after year, J through a life time, to gather fifteen or , twenty bushels of corn and wheat thus J raised for his supplies and for a surplus. ; The shortest road to agricultural prosperi- ( ty is within the reach of the farmers them- , selvesonly, and the reformation must begin 1 directly on the farm. All eggs must not be put in one basket; and labor must not be wasted on too much territory. Farms , are improving, in many particulars, but vast room still exists for most important changes for the better. ^ And our farmers should be encouraged in individual effort for improvement in their condition rather than be taught to j look to outside agencies for help. The < man who depends on accidents or luck for making money will end in the poor house, , and die, in fact, a pauper. A farmer who J believes he can be made rich by extra- ( neous agencies, or governmental manage- t ment will soon nave all that he hath un- | der mortgage to his more intelligent neighbor. Each man carries his own destiny in his hands; each must be the architect , of his own fortune. Reformation must J begin at home, and only then will prosperity prevail there.?AshevUle Citizen. I?* Paul Jones, the leading and able writer for the Southern Cultivator, says: "Cotton seed meal is a highly nitrogenous manure, tends to make abundant foliage, and other things being equal, retards ma- . turity. As failure to manure is one of the defects of first year's new ground, large doses of cotton seed meal do not seem in- ' .1: D..4 honrl no nA+fAn Ulemeu* JDUL IM1 II1C WIIICI nauu, ao u/uuu grows off slowly on such land, something to give it a good start-off is desirable. Phosphates in moderate quantities seem to hasten maturity in virtue of its seed producing tendency. Hence a little meal and a fair amount of phosphates seem indicated for a first year's new ground. Thirty pounds of meal and one hundred and fifty pounds of phosphates for an acre might be used. For the second and third years' new ground no special difference in the proportion between meal and phosphate is called for. Fifty pounds of meal and one hundred and fifty pounds of phosphate per acre will answer. For old worn land, the quantity of meal may be largely increased, say one hundred pounds of meal , to one hundred and fifty pounds of phosphate." ^ Keeping Honey.?It is pretty well known that honey will crystalize under ' the action of light, but remains liquid in 1 a perfectly dark room. Why this change 1 takes place is at length suspected to be due to an action similar to photography. As food for bees it is worthless when crystal- 1 ized. Heuce the reason why bees succeed only when working in the dark. In relation to the change produced in honey by exposure to the light, M. Schiebler found 1 that the same agent which alters the ar- < rangement of iodine crystals in a bottle ' causes the syrup honey to assume a crys- I taline form. This experimenter inclosed honey in stopped flasks, some of which were kept in perfect darkness, others ex- s posed to the light. The invariable result 1 was, the sunned portion rapidly crystal- 1 ized, while that kept in dark remained perfectly liquid.?Farm, Field and <S'lockman. I Rapidity of Thee Growth.?Cultivation in groves, the average growth in j twelve years of several varieties of hard wood has been ascertained to be about as i follows: White maple reaches 1 foot in di- 1 ameter and 30 feet in height; ash, leaf i maple or box elder, 1 foot in diameter and 20 feet-in height; white willow, 18 inches ! and 40 feet; yellow willow, 18 inches and 3") feet; Lombardy poplar, 10 inches and ' 40 feet; blue and white ash, 10 inches and I 2o feet; black walnut and butternut, 10 inches and 20 feet.?Arkansas Traveller. < One Way to Prevent Weeds.?Stable i manures are often the agencies by which weed seeds are spread over the farm. This ? is more especially the fact with top-dressing wheat, where there is less opportunity ; j to destroy the weeds by cultivation. Be5 fore applying top-dressing to wheat it is j i worth while to think whether the manure ; does not contain weed seeds which had ( : better be applied to crops where cultivaI tion can insure their destruction. i 5ST Mai y weeds may be used proiitably 1 ! as food for hogs. The narrow-leaved plantain possesses nearly the same nutritive , value as timothy, while lamb's quarter and , ; pig weed are both highly relished by , swine. It is best not to allow any weeds \ ! to grow; yet they should be utilized as ; much as possible in case they have made j growth. ( I ? ? ( Any man can raise more corn on one acre of land thoroughly manured, carefully plowed and kept free from weeds, i than he can on two acres slovenly culti- ; : vated. - - i All lands that will produce good ga&ss, ! I but which are too rough, or otherwise un- 1 | suited to cultivation, should be seeded : ! down to a variety 6f grasses, and kept as J pastures. Sow heavily for hay or pasture, j j Farmers, diversify your crops and 1 , you will be pleased with the result. The ' ! one crop age has evidently "seen its best 1 days." 1 JBS^Give place for a violet bed in the garden. The violets will blossom all the i j season?the whole year, indeed?if taken i in and cared for during cold weather. i {pHtUftwoji* ?Uadittg. THE DEAD MORMON CHIEF. The career of John Taylor, the successor to Brigham Young, who died recently, was almost as romantic as the creation of a novelist. He was successively Englishman, Canadian and American; Methodist, Progressionist and Mormon ; laborer, preacher and editor; martyr and fugitive ; apostle and president; then a fugitive again, and finally died a martyr, if we accept as true the Mormon statement that his last sickness was due to the close confinement made necessary to escape the vigilance of United States marshals. He ?arried Illinois lead in his body forty-three years, and his life was saved by the accident of a builet striking his watch, but for which the leaden messenger of death would have passed through him near the heart. And yet he lived to be79 years old, Ki.f dii.no mnnMia unrl diirincr lavtvill^ UUll I 111^/V/ IllVllbllU ) MUM MM> ? ( * thirty years lived in peace, wealth and local honor of Utah. John Taylor was horn November 1,1808, in Milnthorp, Westmoreland county, England, where he was reared a Dissenter and in early life became a Methodist. In 1832 he emigrated to Canada, and was, soon in the midst of that wonderful religious ferment which sweptover America, especially the western sections, during that era. It was the age of religious debates, of which the Rice-Campbell and CampbellPurcell discussions, with many others, are the permanent remains in our literature. Ohio was the great battle grouud of new sects, and thence missionaries went to Canada, by one of whom Taylor was a second time converted, becoming a radical Wesleyan or Progressist. In 1836 he became a Mormon, "gathering with the 3aints" at Kirtland, Ohio, in 1837. About that time, however, the Mormon bank oroke, the "Kirtland Safety Society,"mon3y fell to six cents on the dollar, and then to nothing; creditors seized the goods of the Kirtland store; indictments issued igainstsome of the saints for swindling ind others for counterfeiting, and the leaders fled to Missouri. The saints already numbered some 12,000 in the northwestern part of that State; war between them and the Gentiles broke out, and late in 1838 the whole Mormon population was expelled with much cruelty. They settled about Nauvoo. in Hancock county, Illinois, and prospered greatly until 1842-3, when trouble again arose with the non-Mormons. All this time Taylor was working hard for the sect, and rising in rank as well as accumulating property. He was now an apostle ("one of the quorum of twelve," as the phrase is). In 1843 the doctrine of "plural marriage" was quietly taught to the trusted ones, and the leading saints, took unto themselves extra wives. Early the next year a few men seceded from the church and established the Expositor, a newspaper in Nauvoo, to oppose the new doctrine, but they only issued one number. The Prophet Joseph Smith promptly convened the city council, had the paper declared a nuisance and, with his devoted "gang," at once destroyed the press, scattered the type and burned all the copies they could get. The editors fled to Carthage, the county seat, and procured warrants for the prophet and Hyrum (so spelled by Mormons), his brother; the saints in turn fortified Kauvoo, and bade defiance to the county officials. The governor of Illinois persuaded them to surrender on a pledge of protection, but they were soon taken out of his hands on a new charge, that of treason. Joseph and Hyrum Smith were placed in the Carthage jail, treason not being bailable, and "Willard Richards and John Taylor went with them for company. On the afternoon of June 27, 1844, a mob 3tormed the jail, killed both the Smiths and shot Taylor with four balls. Three entered his body, two of them remaining there for the rest of his life; but the fourth ball struck a heavy, old fashioned English watch he wore, stopping the hands at 5: 1G P. M., which is marked among the saints as the "solemn hour of the prophet's death." Taylor recovered after a long illness, and fled with the saints when they were driven from Illinois in 184G. In 1847 he yielded his claims and joined the Pratts and others in making Brigham Young president of the church. For the next ten years Taylor was a missionary to various countries. He had the "Book of Mormon" translated into French, and established JSJAOiue yuie, Star), a Mormon paper, in France. In common with other missionaries, he bitterly denied the charge that polygamy was a. Mormon practice. In France he took solemn oath to that effect, and at a public debate with three English ministers he vehemently denied that a Mormon could have more than one wife, though he had three himself at that time. All the Mormon missionaries continued this system of perjury till the public avowal of the doctrine at Salt Lake City in September, 1852, and the publication of the alleged revelation of July 12, 1843, first published in England in April, 1853. Taylor then returned to the United States and established the Mormon in New York city in 1854, but the Mormon war of 1857 broke up all the American missions, and thereafter Taylor resided in Salt Lake City. When Brigham Youug died, in 1877, Taylor was president of the Twelve Apostles, and that body ruled till 1880, when the first presidency was reorganized anew and Taylor chosen to all the titles and honors of the J J L ~4. T_T?*??>r? UAtt.Af.At. #Vif mAra (JtfttU JJiUpiltru 11C was, iai uiuiv timid and conservative than Young, and made a few feeble efforts to harmonize the church with modern civilization. When the Edmunds law of 1882 was enacted he vehemently charged the people, as they valued their souls, never to obey it, never to give up polygamy; but promptly declared that he did not intend to be a martyr, and he took himself to a safe hiding place, where he remained till death. Names of the Months.?January, is 50 called from Janus, a heathen god, who had two faces, one looking to the old year, the other toward the new. February is derived from the Latin Februs, to purify, because the Romans held their feast of purification at this season. March is named after Mars, the heathen ?od of war. April is so called from the Latin word iperio, which means "to open" because the buds and flowers begin to expand at this season. May takes its name from the goddess Maia?the mother of Mercury. June was named in honor of Mercury, who was represented as a juvenile figure, to which they applied the word Junius. July was named in honor of Julius Ciesar. August was named in honor of Augustus Ctesar, the second emperor of Rome. September was derived from Septem, seven. October was the eighth month of the Koman year derived from Octo, eighth. November is derived from Novem, ainth. i>nnn.n(ini. io fmm tpnth irinnfh i/C^CIUUtl iO 11 V) A* ... uf the Roman year. March was originally the first month in the Roman year, while January is the iirst month with us. Ways of Measuring Heat.?The three principal methods of scaling thermometers are the Fahrenheit, Raumer ind the Centigrade plan. Ry the first a i?iven quantity of mercury is allowed to expand orcontract in a given space. It is immersed in ice and the height of the column noted. This is the freezing point [32 degrees.) The boiling point is laid ;lown at 212 degs. The difference is diviJed into ISO equal parts or degrees. In Itaumer's scale the space between freezing, which is called zero, and boiling, which is ?alled SO degs., is divided into eighty aqual parts. In the Centigrade the space between zero or freezing is divided into 100 equal parts. In this country Fahrenheit thermometers are almost universally used. To reduce Centigrade to Farhrenheit double the number of Centigrade decrees, subtract one-tenth of the amount ind add thirty-two to the remainder. For temperature below zero Centigrade, subtract thirty-two. Women in tiie Revolution.?In connection with the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the promulgation of the Constitution of the United States, in Philadelphia,on the 17th of next month, an interesting but not particularly edifying fact is brought rather prominently to the attention of patriotic citizens. How very little do we know of the majority of the i women who were intimately related to the j men who played the most prominent parts in the stirring events of a century ago; how meagre the details of the mothers, wiyes, sisters and daughters of the signers?women who had as much to do, doubtless in influence and argument of the most potent although less public sort, in shaping events, as did the men whose names we honor and with whose lives we are all familiar. To obtain an impressive idea of how silent history is about the women whose husbands and sons stood out in bold relief among their fellows in 1788, one has only to search through a score or more of standard works in any public or private library without finding one satisfactory chapter or page or paragraph about these fcremothers of the Republic, whom we honor in our hearts even if we cannot call the muster-roll of their names as we can those of the signers. A MOTHER'S PROMISE. A little girl, whose mother had always told her the truth and taught her to trust in her promises, went with her one day to a large town. The child had been used to living in the quiet country, and the noise and bustle of the city were not pleasant to her. A great crowd was gathered to see some show in the street, and Lucy pressed her mother's hand, for she felt afraid. "Don't be afraid, my child," said her mother, "I won't take you intoany danger. Keep hold of my hand, and nothing shall hurt you." Lucy believed her mother and was happy. AfterawniJeit cdfnmenced to rain. The mother looked at the delicate little girl and said: "Lucy, dear, I am afraid to take you any further, on account of the rain. I have some business in another part of the town. I must leaye you in this store. Don't go away from it, and I will come for you as soon as I get through my errands." The child looked into her mother's face and said, "You won't forget me, I know." Then her mother kissed her and left her under the care of the store-keeper. Atflr8t.8he was amused by seeing the gay ribbons measured, and in watching the ladies who came in to do their shopping ; but after a while she grew tired and wished for her mother to come. Then a little girl older than herself came in, and they began to talk together. Lucy told her she was waiting for her mother, who had promised to come for her when she got through her errands. "Aren't you afraid your mother may forget you ?" asked the little girl. "No, I'm not afraid; I'm sure she won't do that," said Lucy. "Plow can you be sure ? She may, you know." ., "She promised," was the child's reply, "and I never knew my mother to break her promise." Another hour passed away. How long it seemed to Lucy! The customers had all gone home. The people in the store were putting away their goods. It was growing dark and the gas-lamps were lighted, but still her mother did not come. A lady came into the store Lucy knew. She lived near her father's, and offered to take her home in her carriage. "No, thank you, ma'am," said Lucy, "mother said she would come for me, and I know she will keep her promise." At length her mother came. How glad Lucy was to see her! And when they were sitting by the fireside in the evening, her mother told her this was just the kind of trust God wants his children to exercise. He gives us promises in his word, and expects us to believe them, just as we believe the promises of our parents and dear friends. A CHILD'S TEARS. Once when a child was ill unto death its mother kneeled and prayed to Heaven that its life might be spared. As she prayed and wept an angel softly took its place beside her and whispered : "Heaven has sent me in answer to your prayer. Here isthe mirror of life; watch well and tell rae what you see." And then as the mother wiped away her tears and held the mirror before her the angel asked : "What is the picture?" "It is that of a fair-faced boy of 10." "Are there tears in his eyes ?" "There are no tears." "Then the angels of Heaven are weeping for him. Look again and tell me what you see." "This time it is a youth of 15. It is the same boy as before, but older grown, and the face is not so gentle." "Are there tears in his eyes ?" "There are no tears." "Then there is sadness among the angels in Heaven. When human eyes are dry of tears the heart is full of evil." Then the mother looked again, and when the angel asked what she saw she answered: "One just coming to man's estate. It is the same face as uefore, but it is in the darkness and I see lines of evil." "Look closer and tell me if you see tears." "There are no tears." "Then there is grief in Heaven, and heartaches on earth. He who never weeps has gone far wrong. Look again and tell me what you see." "This time it is a man in convict's garb, and his evil look appalls my heart." "Are there no tears in his eyes ?" "There are no tears." "Then the angels of Heaven weep. Without tears there can be no repentauce. I charge you to look once more." "This time it is one lying dead in the darkness?no one to weep?nothing but the gloom of night around him." And are there tears upon the face of the dead ?" "There are no tears." "Then, alas! it is another soul consigned to everlasting darkness! Turn the I glass and look for the last time. What do i you behold?" "A child?my child?upon its bed of I sickness. Oh! Angel of Mercy, I pray j thee to spare its sweet young life!" "Are there tears?" "Aye! there are tears!" "Then I shall kiss them away and the I angels of Heaven will rejoice as I bear the innocent spirit within the golden gates."?Detroit Free Press. How to Address tiie President.? For ninety-seven years the country has grown in dignity, wealth and power under the simple constitutional title of the Chief Executive of the American Republic, until it eclipses all the highsounding designations of rank known to the vocabulary of institutions. All official communications or from strangers should therefore be addressed. "To the President, Wash 1 x /1 11 A 1 ?IAau ^h<-v rv? t\ no^flrvnol ing, D. u." 1CIICI UUIIl a. (jciouum friend should be addressed: "Grover Cleveland, Washington, D. C.," without any title. The President to all communications, whether official or personal, simply signs his name, without the usual complimentary dosing as "yours truly," or closing of respect, as "very respectfully," used by all other officials. The discussion of the subject of titles was commenced in Congress before the arrival of Washington in New York. In . a letter of July, 17S9, to a friend in Vir- | ginia, the first president expressed his i opposition to an additional title. It was 1 urged that "His High Mightiness," the ; title of the Stadtholders of Holland, was his choice; but there is nothing to show I that he ever expressed such an opinion. j Ahout the Skin.?Simple as the skin j appears to be, it is very complicated, and plays a very important part in the work- \ ing of the physical system. Its glands se- j crete the oil that keeps the surface soft and i supple. Another set of its glands pour ; out a fluid, the evaporation of which en-1 ables the body to maintain its proper heat1 amid the many sudden changes of the at- j mospheric temperature. It is one of the eliminating organs for ' expelling from the system waste and poi- j sonous matter. Its network of nerves is ! the source of sensation that recognizes the i presence and qualities of external objects, that is, of the sense of touch. It consists of three parts. The inmost is the seat of color. The middle, a tough, elastic and fibrous membrane, is the true skin, and is the seat of the nerves of touch. The outmost, a transparent and horny film, is itself wholly without sensation, and protects the sensitive skin below. The human nail and the horse's hoof are merely modifications of this, which is c called the epidermis. So complicated an organ is exposed to many ailments. Prohibition in Pennsylvania.? f The next Pennsylvania Legislature is to be selected on the liquor issues. It will be called upon to ratify the amendment to the State Constitution (passed by the last Legislature) forbidding the "manufacture, sale or keeping for sale of intoxicating liquor" as a beverage, and it commands the first Legislature after its adoption to "enact laws with adequate penalties for its enforcement." The proposition does not embrace any provision for indemnity for property which might be rendered valueless by the adoption of prohibition. ftOYAl /TROYAL P8CW1? ^akiK6 POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesnmencss. More economical than the ordinary kind*,and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, nhnrf woloht nlllrn nr nllosrdinte nowderS. Sot.D ONLY IN CANS. ROYAL"BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall St., N. Y. Op- At wholesale by LINDSAY Sc. MOORE, Yorkville 8. C. March 2 9 ly AN ORDINANCE To define the limits of .a fire district within the town of Yorkville and to prevent the erection of structures of any other material than that prescribed. BE IT ORDAINED, by the Intendant and Wardens, the Town Council of Yorkville, S. C_in Council assembled and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That the entire limits of the said town shall be deemed a fire district except such Eortion thereof as lies at least a half mile to the last and at least a fourth of a mile to the West of Congress Street. Sec. 2. That no person shall erect a structure other than of brick or stone upon any of the lots fronting on said street, without a special permit from the Town Council based upon a resolution duly entered upon the Minutes; and in every other portion of the fire district all structures shall, in tho absence of a like permit, be erected of good lumber, well seasoned, upon brick or stone pillars, with chimneys ana hearths made of the same material, and with tin or iron roofing. Sec. 3. Any person who shall violate, or at- | tempt to violate any of tho provisions of this Ordinance, shall be fined in asum not less than ] twenty-five dollars or imprisoned not less than fifteen days, for each offence. ] Sec. 4 For each day that the structure shall be i permitted to stand after a conviction under sections 2 and 3 above a now offence shall be deemed committed for which the offending party shall be amenable as under Section 3. Done and ratified in Council assembled, and < under the corporate seal of the town of f [Seal.] Yorkville, S. C., this 9th day of August, i A. D., 1887. i GEORGE. H. O'LEARY, Intendant. i F. A. Gilbert, Clerk. 1 August 10 32 tf ' AN ORDINANCE j Relating to Nuisances within tho town of ] Yorkville, and to the Police and Health of < said Town, and to compel tho observance of the same. BE IT ORDAINED by tho Intendant and Wardens, the Town Council of Yorkville. in Council assembled and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That in all proceedings to abate or remove a nuisance, the person having in charge the matter or thing complained of shall be . made a party, and the further question shall at \ the same time be tried whether the nuisance has been knowingly kept, maintained or suf- , fered by the person in charge, and if found ] guilty he shall be lined not exceeding fifty dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty j days. _ ( Sec. 2. Tliat all persons occupying iocs or . dwellings in said town, are required to keep and maintain the same, and every part thereof, in such condition as shall not be offensive to, or conducive of the ill health of the public generally, or of any of the citizens of the town. Sec. 3. That for complaint made that section 2 above, has been violated, the person so reported shall after due notice be tried, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding the sum of fifty dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding the term of thirty days for each oU'ence. Done in assembly of Council this 9th day of [n. s.] August, 1887. G. II. O'LEAKY, Intendant. F. A. Gilbert, Clerk. August 10 32 tf i DUE WEST ^FEMALE COLLEGE, | Due'Wcst. Abbeville Co., S. C. TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAH. V OPENS FIRST MONDAY IN ' OCTOBER. First-class teachers. Course thorough and standard high. ' Rooms comfortably furnished. Art <3?3r department an attraction. Special attention given to Music. Pupils made to feel , at home. Moral tone of the school good. Board * and regular tuition, including Latin, ?165 for the year. ^ For Catalogue, giving full particulars, apply to the Principals, Mrs. L. M. BONNER, H. E. BONNER. July 13 38 12t THE GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE, ! SCIENCE AND ART. ONE of the best Business and Nor- t n, mal Schools South, and only one ^ having a separate Female Depart- ment, offers a select, unsectarian, ] Christian home, to young men and young ladies, providing Tuition and Board, including Washing, Fuel, Lights, etc., for only $12 per month each ! Penmanship, Book-keeping, Shorthand, Type-writing and Music thor- oughly taught. Full Business, Normal, Col-. * legiateand Irregular courses of study. Supe- '? rior Preparatory Department. Healthfulness 1 unsurpassed. Over 200 students past year. 1 16th year begins in September. Early application is necessary to secure a place. For catalogue, address at once, J TERRELL E. SIMMONS, President, 1 Norcross, Ga. 1 Julv 13 28 9t ItlcUONN ELLSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, ] .lleC'oniit'llHvillc, S. C., * i r>no fTijT o r\n nnvu ' #jtIVr.it av rv r.o uiivuo v_iii iu for COLLEGE OR BUSINESS. Instruction thorough; surroundings pleasant. Quiet, orderly, Christian community. Pupils find home with ? the Principal, or in private families convenient- 1 ly located. High and healthy section. Rates of tuition, instruction on the Piano and board reasonable. No extras. The next term be- 1 gins MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1887. For fur- i ther information, address J. H. WILSON, Principal. July 27 .10 tf 000- WHY H ATTEND DU NSMORE'S Busiuesst' nA0 Incorporated by thoLcfrinlature of IV) %\ VV\Vi Va., and Indorsed by leudlngbusln ess men and State officials. Indlvidual instruction. Teaching by Tbeory and Actunl J practice what others teach by theory only. 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LaGrange, Ga., January 13, 1886. All who desire full information about the cause nnd cure of Blood Poisons, Scrofula and Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, etc.. can secure a copy of our 32page Illustrated Book of Wonders, filled with the most wonderful and startling proof ever before known by calling on MAY & MAY, Wholesale dealers of B. B. B., Yorkville, S. C. August 3 31 ly VATTimilV jl' jjm jlw jtw jl AND \tiichiiie Shop. [qVq 9 o^oaou;o.o.Qoo.g,?j.'y"l ^ JL THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on bis lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron md brass castings, and general machine work. REPAIRING, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice, Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of iny kind overhauled and repaired. 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I think you ought to reduce the present high rate of insurance on gin-houses where these extinguishers are used on the engines, or, at least, recommend such to the companies yoxi represent, because I see no risk whatever from the engine. Very respectfully, HENRY MASSEY. M???????? PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories, Ac., and with a fine sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in iny style of the art, as well executed as can be lone elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. By the dry plate process I can take them instantly ; makes no difference about fair or jloudy weather. I do all my own printing and finishing, and ;here is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in ;he highest style to be had, and prices reasonible. Give me a call and see specimens of work, at :ny Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the ail. J. R. SCHORB. [887. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1887. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables A RE still on a boom, and the year 1887 finds (\_ me with some of the finest Vehicles ever ihown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and lurpassed by none. Everything will be kept n tne best style. Give me a trial and bo convinced. Cincinnati and Colnmlms Bnggies )f every description will be kept. Spring Vagons, Phaetons, <fcc., of the best make, alvays on hand. FOR FUNERALS ' have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence !loach, which will be sent to any part of the ,'ounty at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpsoat Phaeton and some Bugties on hand that I will give a big bargain in, f sold soon to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED Vt the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables vhere they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. F. HAPPERFIELD. REMEMBER THE DEAD. L WOULD invite special attention to my present stock of MONUMENTS AND PO MBS TONES, among which are several >eautiful SCOTCH GRANITE AND IT ALAN MONUMENTS. Also a full supply of TOMBSTONES. Prices as low, to responsible jarties, as anywhere else, either for cash or on imc. GROCERIES. My stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES is full. Also, Tobacco, Cigars, Boots ind Shoes, Hardware, Ac. All of which is illered low for Cash, or on time to responsible nirties. F. HAPPERFIELD. April 13 15 tf '. K. SPENCER, N. W. HARDIN, Yorkville, S. C. Black's S. C. SPENCER A HARDIN, ATTORNEYS .A.T LAW, BLACK'S, S. . f*TE make a specialty of collections. All fT business entrusted to us will be given irompt and careful attention. July 20 20 % 3FING COMPANY, y . IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. aap.y 152 to 108 mekwin st., Cleveland., O. rfijiil, *'tj Send for Circular and -Wr 1 Price List No 75 P IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly Piedmont Air-Line. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R., .South Carolina Division. CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect Jnne 12, 1887. . (Trains run by 7;>th Meridian time.) NORTH ROUND. No. 53. I No. 51. Leave Augusta 9.33 A. M.I 5.55 P.M. Arrive Columbia 1.18 P. M. 110.00 P. M. Leave Columbia 11.00 A. M.10.10P. M. Arrive Alston 11.59 A. M. 11.00 P. M. Arrive Union 4.15 P. M. 12.55 A. M. ' Arrive Spartanburg 6.45 P. M. 2.17 A. M. Arrive Tryon 4.07 A.M. Arrive Saluda 4.57 A. M. Arrive Flat Rock j 5.37 A.M. Arrive Hendersonville | 5.53 A.M. Arrive Asheville 7.00 A.M. Arrive Hot Springs 9.00 A.M. Leave Columbia....... ! l-^l M.l Arrive Charlotte 6.15 P- M.j Arrive Salisbury 8.01 P. M. Arrive Greensboro' 9.40 P.M. Arrive Richmond.... 6.15 A. M. Arrive Washington 8.10 A.M. Arrive Baltimore 10.03 A. M. Arrive Philadelphia 12-35 P. M. Arrive New York 3.120 P. M. SOUTII BOUND. No. 52. | 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., Leave Hot Springs 7.20 P. M. Leave Asheville 9.49 P. M. Leave Hendersonville 11.1-7 P. M. Leave Flat Rock 11.23 P. M. Leave Saluda., 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. 12.20 A. M. Arrive Savannah, via C.andS I 6.53 P. M. THROUGH CAR SERVICE. On Trains Nos. 52 and 53, Pullman Buffet Sleepers between Washington and Augusta, via Danville. On Trains Nos. 50 and 51, Pullman Sleepers between Savan nnh and Hot Springs, N. C., via Columbia and Spartanburg. Tickets on salent Principal Stations to all Points. JAS. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDWBLL, SOL. HASS, Gen'l Pass. Agent. Ass't Geu'l Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager. Columbia, S. C. June 15 8 tf C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILB0AD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C.,taking effect at 6.40 A. M. Sunday, August 14, 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, 11.22 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, ..11.38 A. M. Leave Gastonia 11.40 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 12.22 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.53 P. M. Leaye Yorkville 12.55 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 1.20 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.47 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.15 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.37 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 5.02 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.27 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.50 P. M. Leave Yorkville 5.52 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 0.22 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 P. M. Arrive at Hickory, 9.44 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 10.50 P. M. No. 19 will run Mondays, Wednesdays and ' Fridays only, arrivingat Yorkville at 11.08and leaving at 11.20, A. M., going North. No. 20 will run Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only, arriving at Yorkville at 2.25 and leaving at 2.40 P. M., going South. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. August 17 33 tf ~ BRIDGE CONTRACT. NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of York county will meet at the TRESTLE of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad over Allison Creek, on the Lincoln Road, on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER6, 1887,at 10o'clock, A. M. The object of the meeting is to lot out to tho lowest bidder, the BUILDING OF A NEW BRIDGE across said creek at that place. The contractor will be required to give bond with two good sureties, in double the amount of bid, for the faithful performance of the contract. Plans and specifications can be examined at the office in Yorkville, and also at the trestle, on day ana uanj auuve menuoneu. me commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board. JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk. August 3 31 5t BRIDGE CONTRACT. NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of York countywill meet at THOMPSON'S MILL, on Crowder's Creek, on FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER^ 1887, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The object of the meeting is to let out to the lowest bidder, THE BUILDING OF A NEW BRIDGE across the said creek at that pl&ce. The contractor will be required to give bond with two good sureties, in double the amount of bid, for the faithful performance of the contract. Plans and specifications can be examined at the office in Yorkville, and also at Thompson's Mill, on day and date above mentioned. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board. JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk. August 3 31 5t BRIDGE CONTRACT. NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of York county will meet at McKENZIE'S MILL, on Crowder's Creek, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 1887, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The object of the meeting is to let out to the lowest bidder, THE BUILDING OF A NEW BRIDGE across said creek at that place. The contractor will be required to give bond with two good sureties, in double the amount of bid, lor the faithful performance of the contract. Plans and specifications can bo examined at the office in Yorkville, and also at McKenzie's Mill, on day and date above mentioned. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board. JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk. August 3 _31 5t CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. Ibt forfeviUe (frttquim. 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