Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 31, 1887, Image 4

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Humorous JJcprtmeut. AX ACCOMMODATING RAILROAD. Several days ago a stranger made his appearance at the Union Depot and asked Officer Butron how long before the Grand River Valley train would go out. "In about twenty minutes," was the reply. "Then I'll have time to get a drink, won't I ?" . "You will." "That's good. I always prefer to travel on a stiff horn of whisky." He returned in five minutes, wiping his mouth on the back of his hand, ana asked: "Has my train gone yet?" "No, sir; you still have fourteen minutes to spare." "That's good, and I guess I'll go back for a little brandy." When he again returned he felt in good spirits, and ascertaining that he still had six minutes to spare, he said: "Now, that's what I call liberal, and I'll lay in one more drink." The last one proved more than he could bear up under, and he was not seen again for three hours. Then he came round with a wabble in his gait and an uncertain look in his eyes, and asked: "Shay, what time does that Gran' River Vuiwy tnuu gu uui> "In about four hours." "Fo' hours? Why that'll give me time to get drunk again ; mos' 'commodatin' railroad I ever saw, eh ?" "Yes." "Shay! I doan' want to be mean. Go and tell 'er superintendent he needn't wait fur me any longer, 'cause't may delay others. He's a zhentleman, he is. an' I'm a zhentleman, I am, but when a zhentleman holds a train for me mos' half a day I can't impose on him any longer! Shay, do you ever cry when you get zhrunk ? I do, and if you've no jeckshuns I'll cry now." No objections being made he cried.? Middleburgh (N. F.) Journal. Fasting.?Two sisters were entertaining their friends the other night when one remarked, speaking of a gentleman who lived in the house, and who was present at the time: "Yes, Mr. Fitzhugh is just too kind. Lotta, you know, is always preparing some new dish, and as the rest of us have had experience, we are a little shy about tasting them for the first time, but Mr. Fitzhugh always comes heroically to the rescue and acts the food censor to perfection." "Yes," said the big brother, trying to be agreeable4 "that he does. The girls remind me of Robinson Crusoe. You know whenever he found anything he was not quite sure of its being poison or not, he always first tried it on a monkey." An Unfeeling Remark.?Mrs. Yer?"T KaUpva t will accomDany our daughter, Clara to the ball this evening," Col. Yerger?14 What is your object?" 44 When the people see how beautiful she is they will say: 4How lovely her mother must have looked when she was young.' " "No, that's not what they will say." 44 What will they say ?" "When they see you at the ball with Clara they will say, 'See how ugly Clara will be when she gets to be as old as her mother." 440h, you brute!" George had proposed and been accepted. 44 Well," she said, 44I can sing and play on the piano and harp, can paint, and at the seminary I was up in the fine arts and political economy and logic, and I can crochet beautifully and play lawn tennis, and?and that's about all, I think. Now tell me: what are some of your accomplishments, George ?" "I haven't got any." "Not a single one?" "Well," he said, with a sigh, "if the worst should come to the worst, I think I might be able to cook." The End Not Yet.?Young man (to sexton at church door) ?"Isn't the sermon nearly done?" Sexton?1"About an hour yet. He is only on his "Lastly!" " Young man?Will it take him an hour to get through his "Lastly!" " Sexton?1"No; but there's the "One more word and I am done," and the "Finally," and the "In conclusion" to come yet. Don't get impatient, young man! Your girl won't spoil!" "Making good resolutions and then breaking them ruin a man's character," said Bjenks, philosophically, "and I'm ?At tn min mv in that uu? H?V tw?u ?? way any more." "Oh, my dear," said Mrs. Bjenks, "I'm so glad to hear you say that. You won't break your good resolutions after this, will you, dear?" "No, my darling," said Bjenk3, heroically, "I won't After this I'm not going to make any." Good Grounds.?"Do you think you will gain your lawsuit?"-asked Gus de Smith of Col. Yerger, who had been run over by afire engine, and was sueing the City of Austin for damages. "Yes, I think I'll come out ahead." "Has your lawyerjjiven you grounds to think so?" "No, but I have given him grounds to think so. I've deeded him two lots on Austin avenue as a fee. Could do Something for Her.? "Tonguecannot tell how much I love you, Miss Clara," he said. "I would do anything in the world for you." "Would you?" she asked, wearily. "Try me." "Well, go and 9pend the evening with Lily Brown." "Lily Brown!" What for?" he asked, astonished. "I hate her." > Seeds Which Bring Forth Songs.? "You must not waste the bird-seed, Charley," said a kind mother to her only son, who was busily engaged in planting a handful of seeds. "I aint wasting it, mamma." "To be sure you are, Charley. What on earth do you expect to raise from those canary seeds?" "Why, me guess I raise some canary birds.?" A Thoughtful Boy.?Stern Parent? "Johnny, come inside this instant. I intend to chastise you severely." Johnny?"Please, pa, I'd rather you'd whip me out here where all the neighbors can see me." "What, you young rascal, do you want me to disgrace myself?" "No, pa, but I want the folks to see that you ain't killing me when I yell." Too Egotistical.?"Sir, I hear you using the word donkey very frequently in ? /v\n?m??aotiAn ^ Jr'l/Ui wuvcioavivu* "Yes, your ears do not deceive you." "Am I to understand that you apply the word to me?" "Why, \*|hat makes you harbor such an unjust suspicion? Don't you kuow that there are lots of donkeys in the world besides you ?" Deacon?Well, my boy, do you see any change in your father since he joined the church? Boy?You bet! When he used ter go gunnin' on Sunday he would just t'row his gun over his shoulder and walk off as large as life, not carin' for any one; but? Deacon?Now? Boy?Why, he hides the gun under his coat and sneaks out the back way. Easy to Identify.?Coroner?Your brother, I hear, has drowned himself in the river. Uncle Joe?Yes, I spec he has. Ben mighty low-spirited lately. "Describe him so the body may be identified if found." "Dat's easy 'nuff. He was deaf and dumb sence he was bo'n." Valuable in an Emergency.?Jack: "Is that a valuable ring you've got on, Gus ?" Gus: "I've pawned it for $7o." Jack: "You don't say so?" l Gus: "Yes. Seventy-five times. Dollar each time." k Iht Jarm and Jirnsidj. WHAT THREE WEEDS CAN DO. Three weeds of moderate size and growth will occupy as much ground, draw as much nutriment from it, take in as much of the life-giving sunlight, and of the food-bearing atmosphere, as a good stalk of corn. It must be a very rich and strong soil that can stand the full draft of two crops growing on it at the same time, one of corn and one of weed, and yet stint neither of them. The rays of the sun, so necessary to the life and growth of nearly all vegetation, of all prnn<j. mmo to the Dlants in direct lines, and if interrupted by the stalks or leaves of weeds, cannot go round them to reach the corn. The carbonic acid of the air is the great supplyer of the main portion of all crops, both stalks, leaves and roots. But this carbonic acid exists in very small quantities in the air, only about one quart of it in 2,500 quarts of air. Air must be moving quite rapidly to bring in enough of this gaseous carbonic acid to supply the wants of a rapid growing corn stalk. A whole gallon of the carbonic acid weighs only 113 grains, of which it takes 7,000 to weigh a pound. Now if we leave weeds stand alone with or near corn leaves, they steal away a good deal or the carbonic acid that the corn leaves want; and it is only when the wind is blowing strongly that enough comes to meet the wants of both cornstalks and weeds. The practical lesson of this is that every weed with or near the corn is robbing it of the very things it wants from the soil and from the air, and is also sfealingsome ofitsneeded suniibut. Sixty to seventy com stalks yield, on an average, about a bushel of corn. Two hundred weeds use all the materials that are needed by cornstalks enough to produce a bushel of corn. He must be a poor, slow worker indeed, who cannot with a hoe, cut and kill 2,500 weeds in a day if he takes them when small. The evident lesson from this is, that after we have used the horse implements to kill out what weeds we can without going down to disturb the young roots ot the corn, it will pay grandly to have men go over the ground with hoes to remove the last weeds which are left. If one man kills 2,000 weeds in a day he has destroyed a sufficient number of thieves to steal from the soil, the air and the sunlight, which would support stalks enough to yield ten bushels of corn, worth $3 or $4. If the weeds are not large enough and growing thickly to rob the corn of all its needed earth, air and sunlight, yet every weed that does grow is doing something to diminish the health, growth, vigor and ultimate yield of corn. Brethren, think of these things, and keep the hoe going at the right time. Look upon every weed allowed to grow up as being as much a robber of your crop, as is the thief who takes it at night out of your corn crib with only this difference, that | the weeds rob the field in open daylight, right before your eyes, and when you are perfectly at liberty to murder them withoutmercy, and without any formality of dragging them before courts of law.?Prairie Farmer. TRANSPLANTING. It is not nature's design that a tree should be transplanted; the seed is sown, the tree springs up and there it stands until age and decay brings it to the ground. The seeds are carried from place to place by the streams, the birds, and animals, and the tree is soon ready to do its share toward perpetuating its species. Man is not satisfied with this slow and uncertain method of distribution. By care and protection he propagates many plants where only a few, if any, would naturally grow. Then to distribute the plants where he chooses to have them, he resorts to the process of transplanting, and it is only surprising that it can be carried on so successfully under ail circumstances as it is. A tree or shrub, to be successfully transplanted, must undergo a certain amount of preparation in the nursery or greenhouse. In nature the roots of a tree continue pushing outwards in search of food and moisture and become after a few years very long and widely extended, with the young or feeding roots at the extremities, so far away from the tree and so twisted among the stones in the soil and among the roots of other trees, that it is not possible to get them, and when the tree is dug nothing but stiff stubs, bare of fibre*, are presented. A tree in this condition has little chance of living, for the fine fibrous feeding roots are very necessary. They are obtained in the nursery by frequent removals or root-prunings. When a root is cut off it begins immediately to heal by forming granulations between the bark and wood; from these granulations spring numerous fine roots. In four or five years the stronger ones of these push off away from the tree, and must be again cut by pruning or transplanting to keep them within bounds. If the trees are carefully dug two or three years after this root pruning process, it will be seen that all the fibrous roots will be obtained as they do not extend far from the tree. Then with proper care in after transplanting, success is certain. With more frequent transplanting and rootpruning, the fibres will be so numerous and closely packed that the soil will be I retained among them and the tree may be removed with a heavy ball of earth attached to the roots. This gives them protection from the action of the sun and drying winds, and makes success more certain than with such care as trees usually receive. A tree or shrub in this condition is much like a plant taken from a pot where it has been growing. To Fatten a Lean Horse.?To render a lean horse quietly plump and pleasing to the eyes of the amateur, he is usually fed on half an allowance of hay, a-few oats, and a large mash of boiled barley daily. To contribute to the good mellow coat he may besides receive about a pound of linseed cake, and should be kept in a rather warm stable. The dealer treats the poor horse preparing for sale much as the farmer does his feeding cattle. Exercise is restricted to the amount sufficient to maintain a fair appetite, and prevent thick legs and other evils so apt to follow from a disturbance in the balance between food and work. A horse thus kept for six or eight weeks will appear plump, but he has no condition for work, and if senselessly put to hard work will not only quickly lose the beef thus laid on, but will also probably fail from diseases or lame-' ness. With more sense and safety a lean horse in good health may be tolerably rapidly improved in appearance, and also in working condition, liberal feeding and light work, and thus treated will be greatly more serviceable than if his beef and .at had been piled on him as if he had been feeding an ox. Take Cake of Your Farm Tools and Implements.?House your implements and tools. They cost considerable money if they are such tools and implements as a good farmer ought to have. Can you af ?i n o rnu 1?i lord not to sneuer ineui : xney mat uwtwc as long, if sheltered and taken care of, as tools aud implements should be. Can you afford to lose half their value by neglect? We know such advice and calling attention to the same is old and stale; but if the suggestions are good, it should not matter I with you. Hundreds of thousands of dol{lars are actually lost by the farmers of the I United States annually by neglecting to j put their implements under cover when I not in use. To be a successful farmer, one 1 must practice economy in many ways, aud ' to make a tool or machine last twice as | long, by sheltering and repairing broken ! parts at the proper time, is one of the best ways to economize, for you save the cost of a new implement. It is only very rich men that can afford to leave their tools and implements unsheltered from the weather.?Southern Livestock Journal. 5ST Sheep and lambs are often deceptive to the eye. A short legged, short bodied j sheep is often heavier, and will produce j more wool than one that looks to be twice ; as large. Great coarse-looking sheep are desirable, and if one have them they should be coupled with small, thick-set,, heavily built rams. 1 IpSfeHatteoujs Reading. THE TWO KINGS. You might have had your pick of a thousand bordermen and found none to equal him. You might have selected from every herd of wild horses on the prairies and found none to match the coal black steed. It is 10 o'clock in the day as they follow the blind trail along the Little Colorado. To the west are the White Mesa Mountains, the home of the grizzly and the cinnamon?the hiding place of the great gray wolf?full of gloomy canyons in which death lurks?here and there a valley in which the bones of white men lay bleaching in the noonday sun. To the east the plains, cut through by Indian trails?washed and gullied by the cloud-bursts?heaved into fantastic shapes hv the awful nower of the earthquake. The courage which separates "man from kith and kin and the world to dwell with himself amidst hourly dangers is not to be questioned. Men who die bravely on the battlefield would draw back in afright after one look into a mountain canyon at high noon. They are awed at the very thought of the terrible travail which rent the great hill asunder. The darkness which falls into the rift tells of a thousand dangers. The faint echoes which reach the ear seem to tell you to fly to a place of safety. Watch the pair?horse and rider as they slowly pass. There are four ears to listen, four eyes to watch. No artist could picture more grace and strength and confidence. The rifle is ready with its deadly bullet? the muscles of the horse quiver at the thought of d long run in which he will leave the wind behind. There is danger, but both are ready. There is wild exultation in knowing there is danger. Just here a wedge-shaped ledge of rock crowds down almost to the river. Once past it and there is an acre of grass land, an open basin in which the violets and posies bloom as if to smooth some of the mountain wrinkles of age away. Here the hares scamper and play; here the black-tailed deer come to feed. It is as if, 1 " J J--i 4.1 ~ ? alter a nignt 01 iury ana uesirucuuu, Nature relented as day came again and crowded back the rocks to create this basin as a peace offering. StODl The hunter's horse has scarcely trampled the violets under foot when from the opposite side rides forth another horseman. It is an Indian chief. The proud feathers of the eagle designate his rank. The manner in which he sits his horse proves him a king. None but a king could ride that horse?his eyes flashing, his nostrils quivering, his muscles standing out like wires! Stop ! The two kings are face to face. One is king of his tribe, the other of mountain, prairie and plain. Each bears the scars of score of conflicts. At the red king's belt dangles a score of scalps. In the stock of the white king's rifle are cut a dozen notches. The red king wears an armlet of the claws of the grizzly bear. The white king can dangle before him the great teeth of the same monster. You listen for shouts of surprise and defiance. There are none. You look for some swift movement of offense or defense. There is none. Horse to horseman to man?king to king?they stare at annh ntliQi. Kllf inalra nrk mnvomenl. TiPt gaV/ll V/VIIVif i/uv lutnav uv ?uw - either rifle be raised a foot and blood would flow. Let either horse paw the ground and the conflict would begin. There is scarcely a quiver of the eyelid as the kings inspect each other. The horses tremble with excitement, but not a hoof is raised. The seconds whirl away?one?twothree minutes go by. That basin would have held a thousand spectators, and during those three minutes each man would have lived a day. The suspense would have paled every face and made every limb tremble. See! Their right hands go up as if linked together. The palm of each is outward. That signifies a truce. Each horse moves slowly forward and the men almost touch each other as they pass. Each has found in the other a king. A struggle between them must end the death of both. They are not to be friends, but the fight is postponed for a day?a week?a year?until one can secure an advantage. Hands up? Kalms outward. Hunters and warriors ave often broken the pledge, but these men will not. Kings give their pledge and die to keep it. They look defiantly into each other's eyes as they pass, and then their backs are toward each other. A coward would turn and shoot. Kings are not cowards. There is no fear of treachery. And,they ride to the east and the west and pass out of sight and hearing, and the hares which ran away in alarm come back to nibble at the sweet grasses, and the brown bird whose nest and young were nlmnof. ppushpH underfoot returned to soothe the fright of the fledglings and tell them that there is peace on earth.?Detroit j Free Press. HOW STONEWALL JACKSON FELL. After night fell, Stonewall Jackson rode out with hisstaff to reconnoitre in front of I the line he had gained. It was his idea to stretch completely around the rear of Hooker and cut him off from the river. The night was dark and Jackson soon [ came upon the Union lines. Their infantry drove him back, and as he returned in the darkness his own soldiers began firing at their commander, of course, mistaking his party for the enemy. Jackson was shot in the hand and wrist, and in the upper arm at the same time. His horse turned, and the General lost his hold of the bridle rein; his cap was brushed from his head by the branches; he reeled and was caught in the ams of an officer. After a moment he was assisted to dismount, his wound was examined, and a litter was brought. Just then the Union artillery opened again, and a murderous fire came down upon the party through the woods and the darkness. One of the litter bearers stumbled and fell, and the others were frightened ; they laid the litter on the ground, the furious storm of shot and shell sweeping over them like hail. Jackson attempted to rise, but his aid-de-camp held him down till the tempest of fire was lulled. Then the wounded General was help ed to rise and walked a few steps in the forest; but he became faint and was laid again in his litter. Once he rolled to the ground when an assistant was shot, and the litter fell. Just then General Pender, one of his subordiates,passed. He stopped and said: "I hope you are not seriously hurt, General. I fear I shall have to retire my j troops they are so much broken." But Jackson looked !:p at once and exclaimed : "You must hold your ground, General Pender; you must hold your ground, sir!" This was the last order he ever gave. He was borne some distance to the nearest house and examined by the surgeon, and ; after midnight his left arm wasamputa! ted at the shoulder. When Lee was told that his most trusted I Lieutenant had been wounded, he was j greatly distressed, for the relations between them were almost tender. "Jackson has lost his-left arm," said Lee, "but I have lost my right arm."?SI. Nicholas. Sold Himself.?A Correctionvilie farmer sold a load of corn in that town one day. When it was weighed he slyly A 5 _? iL ? 1 nn nri/1 f Knn rl ??AfTQ fT ! Sieppeu Oil. lilt; btuico, aiiu men unj?c i/n j to unload. When the empty wagon was : weighed he took good care not to be in, ! and congratulated himself that he had I cheated the buyer in good shape. The j grain dealer called him in, and after fig; uring up the load paid him in full. I As the farmer buttoned up his coat to | go out, the buyer kindly asked him to smoke with him, and then talked over ! the crops, and the price of hogs, and the j likelihood of the Maple Valley railroad : building up that way, until the farmer j fairly squirmed in his chair with uneasiness about his chores at home. At last he could stand it no longer, and said he must go. The dealer quietly said it was not to be thought of; that he had bought the farmer at full weight, and paid him his own price, and that he would insist on doing what he pleased with his own property. The raiser of the corn saw that lie had indeed sold himself, in one sense at least. He acknowledged his cheat and compromised the affair. Now when he markets grain he does not stand on the scales or sell himself with his load. A good many boys sell themselves in a still cheaper rate. The boy who lies, cheats, swears or steals, and thus loses his character, his reputation, and his prospect of prosperity in this life and blessing in the next, sells himself tp sin and Satan; and though he may not get his pay, the buyer is likely to hold on to his purchase. Remedy for Ivy Poisoning.?I have always been extremely susceptible to the poison of poison ivy and oak, so as to give me great annoyance, unless it is immediately checked on its first appearance. This, common washing soda accomplishes for r T l.M 4U/V me, ii properiy appneu. x iuua.e mo npplication by saturating a slice of loaf bread with water, then cover one surface with soda, and apply to the eruption, the soda next the flesh. When the bread is dried by the animal heat, I drop water on the other side so as to keep it thoroughly moistened and dissolve the soda chrystals in contact with the skin. This, you will perceive, is merely a bread poultice; the bread being a vehicle through whose : moisture the soda reaches the humor. I find that washing or bathing with soda water, even continuously, will not suffice with me. My skin requires the heat and moisture of the bread in order for the soda to act on and neutralize the poison. I rarely have need to retain this soda poultice for more than thirty minutes on any affected part. No pain ensues. Formerly I suffered for weeks, as the poison would spread all, over my body. Now thirty minutes measures the duration of its exhibition.? B. S. Lacy, in Popular Science Monthly. Whitewashing Trees.?Prof. Riley, the well-known entomologist, does not approve of whitewashing trees. He says : "In reality only one of the four troublesome insects that infest shade trees can in anyway be affected by the wash and that is the tussock moth. So far as the whitewashing reaches, a certain number of the cocoons will be loosened and exposed to the rains or rubbed off by the washing, and, and it may be possible that the lime will affect them, though there is no evidence that such is the case. But it is of no earthly use against the bag worm or the elm leaf beetle or the web worm." As to tree boxes Prof. Riley says: fwkiln Hiooq men ha niioosoapv r?n APPniint, ?T Allies VII^OU UJMJ VV uvv.vuwu?j vu of the injury that without thetn horses and other animals, as well as mischievous boys, would inflict upon the trees until these have attained a certain size, they are always harmful. They injure the trees by chafing and by the pressure of the bandages. When of wood, as they are in the city of Washington, they are particularly injurious, because they serve as nidi for different insects. If the law cannot be made so strict as to prevent injury from horses or lads, then I would advise the use of round iron boxes." Killing Rats by Strategy.?"To attempt to catch rats?by traps or by poisoning them suddenly will fail," said an old rat-catcher to a reporter. "Old rats know too much and can be caught only by kindness. "To destroy them give them a good meal every day. Do not put any poison in the food, but simply prepare a dish for them daily, as a free lunch, composed of corn meal moistened with milk, into which one egg with salt to season has been beaten. At first they may not touch it, but keep it before them, making it fresh every day. They will soon try a little, and if not injurious their suspicion will be allayed. In a week or ten days they will expect it and every rat on the place will be at the appointed spot for the treat. Give plenty of it so as to induce all the rats in the neighborhood to join in. Do not be in a hurry to poison them. If they eat all the food give them a larger portion the next time. As soon they have thrown off all suspicion get some phosphorous paste or. other rat poison, mix it with the food and be sure to give them enough and something to spare, so as to induce all to eat. They will either be killed or become so suspicious of all food that no rat will remain. A Popular Fallacy.?It is a popular fallacy that the use of glasses should be delayed as long as possible, for fear they will become indispensable. The fact is that among civilized reading and thinking beings who have any proper appreciation of the value of time, they have already become indispensable to those who ' can work more easily with them than without them. We have all better use for our strength than to waste it in a gymnastic contest against time, when we are sure to De the losers in me enu. By working the ciliary muscle very hard we can overcome the rigidity of the lens even after it has ceased to respond to ordinary efforts. But persistence in such efforts merely obliges us to close our books earlier in the day, and lose in time what cannot be made up by the satisfaction of being still independent of glasses. Weariness, neuralgia, nervous prostration and other ills are the rewards of too great obscurity in such a course. Glasses bear the same relation to civilized life as surface cars, carriages and other modern conveniences. We could get along without them. But why should we ? The Mormons and Statehood.?Out of a registration of20,300 in Utah, less than G,000 voted for the proposed State Constitution. The Non-Mormons refused as a rule to vote, and only 98 nays are recorded. Thus the Mormons have failed even to put in a good-sized demand for Statehood. If, as is claimed, the Mormon leaders commanded th? people to vote for this Constitution, this light vote must be taken as another evidence of the decline of priestly sway in the old Brighamic sense. The action of the Utah commission declining to recommend the judges of election to accept ballots upon the issue may explain the meagre results; but still if the Mormon populace had been a unit in the matter, they would have all done as some did? placed their yea vote on the legislative ticket. The Cost of a President.?The salary of the President, as every body knows, is 850,000. His official and household staff, including private secretaries, clerks, messengers, doorkeepers, steward, fireman, etc., cost for salaries, $33,864; for the "contingent expenses" of the Executive office, on the official account, thesuijC of $8,000 is provided; for "care, repair and refurnishing Executive Mansion" $16,000 per year is granted by Congress, to be expended as the President may direct; fuel for the arirl af a hip JjACLUHVC HArtllOlUil, ^IV/C/iiwuuv una ukwu.v, cost $3,000 per annum; for care and necessary repair of greenhouses there is a regular annual appropriation of $4,000. The Limitations op Our Senses.? We cannnot see under a certain size or beyond a certain distance. The retina makes no accounting of the photographic dark beyond the violet, and knows naught of the heat dark this side the red. In the | world of unheard sound about us some ! notes we cannot hear because they are too ! high and some because they are too low. | We live in a world of odors, of which, to ; our grave loss, we smell a bare hundredth I i part of what a healthy dog smells. These | j limitations we daily act upon, and the use J { of all instruments of precision rests upon \ ! them.?The Century. S&" The slavery in the Pennsylvania mines is described as very much worse than it ever was in the South. The infamies are said to be fearful. It seems that the "company doctor"has about five thousand patients. The miners are forced to pay him whether or no. Heisa drunkard, and greatly abuses his office. The New York World says the "Southern slavej holders paid their doctors to attend them, ! but these modern slaves in Pennsylvania i are taxed by the doctor whether sick or ! well." A most shameful outrage that. j We are glad it is not in the South. | BST A bachelor of East Grand Forks gave I a dance. Among the guests were twenty I unmarried young women. During the I evening the host proposed marriage to fif| teen of them. They all declined with I thanks.?Fargo Argus. PURE FOOD A NECESSITY. Adulterated Baking Powders Declared a National Evil?Royal fonnd to be the only absolutely pure Baking Powder made. Governor Hill, of New York, says : "I have beon astonished lately at the extent of the adulteration of fooJ. It would seem that every thing we eat is adulterated. * * This adulteration ot groceries is becoming a national evil?one that we shall have to adopt severe mflflnq IA r?linnlr " The machinery of the law cannot be put to work too speedily or too-vigorously against this wholesale adulteration of the things we eat. Both the health and the pockets of the people demand protection. There is no article of food in general use more wickedly adulterated than baking powder. The New York State Board of Health has analyzed 84 different brands purchased in tho State, and found most of them to contain alum or lime, many to such an extent as to render them seriously objectionable for use. The sale of adulterated baking powders has been prohibited by statute in many localities. It will bo in the interest of the public health when their sale is made a misdemeanor everywhere, and the penalties of the law are rigidly enforced. The only baking powder yet found by chemical analysis to be entirely free from lime and alum and absolutely pure is the "Royal." This perfect purity results from the exclusive use of cream of tartar specially refined and prepared by patent processes, which totally remove from it the tartrate of lime and other impurities. The cost of this chemically pure cream of tartar is much greater than any other, and it is used in no other baking powder. The high grade of the Royal Baking Powder has been fully established by the official chemists. Prof. Love,who made the analyses of baking powders for the New York State Board of Health, as well as for the United States Government, certifies to the purity and wholesomeness of "Royal." "Dvnf T-T A AO.tt lata Cnvornmflnf. ist, says: "It is a scientific fact that the Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure." Dr. E. H. Bartley, chemist of the Brooklyn Department of Health, says : "I find thu 'Royal' free from lime in any form." Prof. McMurtrie, chief chemist U. S. Department of Agriculturo, Washington, D. C., says: "The chemical tests to which I have submitted the Royal Baking Powder, prove it perfectly healthful, and free from every deleterious substance." Bread, cake, biscuits, etc., prepared with Royal Baking Powder will br lighter, sweeter, and more wholesome than if made with any other baking powder c- leavfning agent. ROADS AND "RIDGES. To the Supervisors of Roads and Bridges in York County. YOU are hereby directed to put the roads and bridges of your respective highway districts in good order. The Board of County Commissioners require that the road hands of each and every district be called out and at least twelve days' work, for the year 1887, be done, if necessary. All dead trees'and hanging limbs on the roadsides must be removed, all loose rocks thrown from the roadbed, and mile posts lying on the ground replaced in position. The law makes it the duty of superintendents of highways to cause all roads in their respective districts to bo posted and numbered, and a pointer placed at each fork of said roads, declaring the direction of said roads. The following abstract of the road law is published for the information of all concerned: All able-bodied males between the ages of sixteen and fifty are liable annually to work the roads not less than six noi*more than twelve days, under direction of the road overseer, or pay one dollar per day in lieu of such labor. The persons warned are entitled to twelve hours' notice of the place and hour of working, and of the kind of tool to be used: and any one who neglects to appear or refuses to work, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before a trial justice, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars, or be imprisoned in jail not less than five nor more than twenty days. The residence of any person who has a family shall be held to be where his family resides ; and that of any other person where he boards. By order of the Board. JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk. August 17 33 tf TklTF. WEST FEMALE COLLEGE. Due West, Abbeville Co., S. C. TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR. OPENS FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER. First-class teachers. Course thorough and standard high. Rooms comfortably furnished. Art GSr 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, ?105 for the year. 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Besides, any class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend any call for repairing stationery engines, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on the completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. T. S. JEFFERYS7 THE CYCLONE EXTINGUISHER. Tirzah, S. C., March 10, 1887. Mkssrs. Jefferys & Hoke, Gents: THE Cyclone Spark Extinguisher put on my engine a few months ago is giving entire satisfaction. Before it was put on, my ginhouse several times caught fire from sparks, so I had to quit running while the wind was blowing in the direction of the gin-house. Now I can gin and saw with perfect safety, no matter which way the wind blows. Haven't seen a live spark from the engine since I have been using it. And another good thing about it is, it can't wear or burn out. Will last as long as the engine. I think it a great invention, and wouldn't take double the cost of mine if it was so I couldn't get another one. 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 you represent, because I see no risk whatever from the engine. Very respectfully, Henry massey. PHOTOCRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories, Ac., and with a fine sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in any style of the art, as well executed as can be done elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. By the dry plate process I can take them instantly ; makes no difference about fair or cloudy weather. I do all my own printing 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 my Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. 1887. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1887. 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Ta i IB Mm TBf if if ! CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect August 14, 1887, (Trains run by 75thMeridian time.) NORTH BOUND. No. 53. No. 01. i<cave Augusui y.'M A. M. 0.33 P. M. Arrive Columbia 1.18 P. M. 10.00 P. M. Leave Columbia 11.00 A. M' 1U.I0P. M* Arrive Alston 11.59 A. M1 11.10 P. M* Arrive Union 4.15 P. M' 12.50 A. M" Arrive Spartanburg 6.45 P. M' 2.12 A. MArrive Tryon 4.07 A. MArrive Saluda 4.57 A. MArrlve Flat Rock 5.37 A. MArrive Hendersonvllle 5.53 A. MArrive Ashevllle 7.00 A. M* Arrive Hot Springs 9.00 A. M. Leave Columbia 1.40 P.M. 5.40A. M". Arrive Charlotte 6.15 P. M. 4.25 P. M. Arrive Salisbury 8-01 P. M. Arrive Greensboro' 9.40 P.M. Arrive Richmond 8.15 A. M. Arrive Washington 8.10 A.M. Arrive Baltimore 10.03 A. M. Arrive Philadelphia 12.35 P. M. Arrive New York 3.20 P.M. SOUTH 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... 2.30A.M. Leave Cbprlottc 1.00 P.M. 4.35 A.M. Arrive Columbia 5.23 P. M. 3.55 P. M. Leave Hot Springs 7.00 pTmLeave Ashevllle.... 9.49 P. M. Leave Hendersonvllle ll.t-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. 2.12 A.M. Arrive Columbia 3.10 P. M. 6.30 A. M. Leave Columbia 5.45 P. M. 6.55 A. M. Arrive Augusta 9.20 P. M. 10.3J A. M. Arrive Charlestion, via. S.C. R'way. 9.45 P. M. 10.35 A. M. Arrive Savannah, via. Central Ga.... 6.15 A. M. Arrive Charleston, via A. C. L 9.45 P. M. 11.20 A. M. Arrive Savannah, via C. and.S 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. 51 and 50, Pullman Sleepers between Savannah and Hot Springs,N. C., via. Charleston, A.C. L., Columbia and Spartanburg. Through Passenger Coach between Charleston and Morris town, viat a. C. Hallway, Columbia and Spartanburg. Tickets on sale at Principal Stations to all Points. JAS. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDWJBLL, SOI '1ASS, Gen'l Pass. Agent. Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager. Columbia, S. C. August 31 8 tf C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. JPHEB W3KM gg ^ 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. J Leave Lenoir 8.00 A. M. Leave at Hickory 9.03 A. M. Leavo Newton 9.36 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, 6.22 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, ,...A. 9.44 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 10.50 P. M. No. 19 will run Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only, arriving at Yorkville at 11.08and leavintr at 11.20. A. M.. coiner North. No. 20 will run Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only, arriving at Yorkville at 2.25 and leaving at 2.40 P. M., goingSouth. 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 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, 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 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 THOMPSON'S MILL, on Crowder's Creek, on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1887, 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 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 Thompson's ^lill, on day and date above mentioned. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Bv order of the Board. JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk. August 3 31 5t BRIDGE CONTRACT. NOTICE is hereby given that the Hoard 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 be 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 ? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! Single copy for one year, $ 2 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 Two copies one year 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. 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