Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 07, 1888, Image 4
tumorous gepartmeat.
HE HAD AX OFFSET.
A hired man who has been employed on
a farm in this county several months entered
suit against his employer the other
day for balance of wages amounting, as he
claims, to $32. The suit was on trial before
Justice yesterday, and it looked at
first as if the plaintiff had a clear case.
He gave dates and figures in a straightforward
way, and seemed a very honest
young man.
When the farmer took the stand he said:
"I claim an offset for that $32. No man
need sue me for what I honestly owe."
"What is your offset?" asked the lawyer.
"He's an unbeliever."
"In what?"
"Why, in the Bible."
"What has that got to do with your owing
him $82?"
"It has a heap to do with it. I had six
hands in my employ, and we were rushing
things when I hired this man. He hadn't
been with us two days when he stopped
the reaper in the middle of the forenoon
to dispute about Daniel in the lion's den,
and in three days we had a regular knockdown
over the whale swallowing Jonah.
The man who run the mower got to arguing
about Samson, and drove over a stump,
and damaged the machine to the tune of
$18, and the very next day my boy broke
his leg while climbing the fence to hear
and see the row which was started over
the children of Israel going through the
Red Sea. It wasn't a week before my
wife said she didn't believe Elijah was fed
by the ravens, and hanged if I didn't find
myself growing weak on Noah and his
flood. That's my offset, sir, and if he was
worth anything I'd sue him for $1,000 besides."?Iona
Mail.
It Was the Clear Stuff.?A farmer
living out on the Gratiot road bought a
gallon of whisky as he was trading the
other day, and while he was absent from
his wagon some one substituted a jug filled
with water. Back he came next day,
walked into the grocery with the jug, and
setting it down with a bang, he exclaimed
:
"Here's that whisky and it's frozen as
N solid as a rock."
"No!"
"Try it and see."
The groceryman took a stick and jabbed
away until satisfied that such was the case
?j .
aim tucu oaiu
"Well, it's queer, and I'll make it all
right. That must have come from the
barrel that I sell for medicinal purposes."
One Experience Enough.?"Maria,"
said Mr, Wipedunks, as he came in and
threw a folded document on the table, "I
have just insured my life for $5,000 in your
favor. There is the document."
"Thank you, Bilkerson," said Mrs.
Wipedunks, "I hope it may be many
years before it will be of any use to me."
"It will be of much use to you if you
wish to marry again," he growled. "With
$5,000 in cash you can pick out almost any
fool you like."
"No, Bilkerson," she replied affectionately,
"I think I should want a change
next time."?Chicago Tribune.
Time Enough to Lie.?There is a
young man studying law in a Texas lawyer's
office, and the young man is not very
regular in his habits. Yesterday the old
lawyer said:
"Why didn't I see you in court yesterday?"
"Because I wasn't there, I reckon. I
was confined to my room with the toothache,"
was the response of the incipient
Blackstone.
"Come, now," said the lawyer good naturedly,
"you have plenty of time to lie
after you have passed your examination
and been admitted to the bar."
With but a Single Thought.?"I
have to thank you for the pleasant evening,
Miss Bilderback, said young Peckinpaugh,
at 11.30 o'clock, as he rose to go. "I
nave scarcely felt as if I were an acquaintance
until this evening, but now it almost
seems as if I had known you for years."
* "I was about to make the same remark,"
murmured the young lady, with her eyes
on the clock. "It does, indeed, seem u
long time."? Chicago Tribune.
A Matter of Life and Death.?Little
Nellie?"Ma, is the baby very tick ?"
Mother?"Not very, Nellie."
"He isn't likely to die, is he?"
"Oh, no. You wouldn't like your little
brother to die, would you?"
"Well, n-no, ma (with just a tinge of
hesitation. I wouldn't like him to die, of
course, but still, ma, when Willie Waffle's
little brother died he didn't have to go to
school for a whole week."
A Friend in Need.?Bobby (whispering)?"Didn't
I hear Clara tell you, Mr.
Featherly, that she was sorry, but she really
couldn't give you a lock of her hair?"
Featherly?"'Sh, Bobby!?er?yes."
Bobby?"Well, you just wait a day or
two, and I'll get some for you when she's
out .?Harper's Bazaar.
A Chance for the Fool-Killer.?
Husband (impatiently): "If the fool-killer
would strike this town he would find plenty
of work to do!"
Wife: "Is there such a person, dear?"
Husband : "Of course there is."
Wife (with anxiety): "Well, I do hope,
John, that you will be very careful."
a@- Wife (on her husband's return from
his office)?"I came across a lot of your
love letters to-day, dear, in one of the
trunks up stairs. Ah, John, how you did
love me!" Husband?"Yes, indeed. Is
dinner ready? I'm as hungry as a
tramp."
"Pat"' said a Rhode Island republican
mill-owner, "don't you vote the democratic
ticket. It is a free-trade ticket.
If that party wins, your wages will be reduced
one-half." "Devil trust ye now,"
exclaimed Pat. "If that's so you'd vote
it yourself!"
Lived on One Another.?Bobby:
"Ma, wasn't there anybody left in the
Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve were
turned out?"
"Vf Aflinn T^aKKxt "
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Bobby (after thought): "Well, who fed
the animals?"
JSf A small boy surprised his teacher at
one of the grammar schools recently, by
asking her how far a procession of the
Presidents of the United States would
reach if placed in a row. On her expressing
her ignorance, he calmly announced,
"From Washington to Cleveland."
Unfortunate Results.?She?I hear
that you have lost your valuable little dog,
Mr. Sissy.
He?Ya'as, in a railroad accident. I
was saved, but the dawg was killed.
She?(shocked)?What a pity!
And He Was Pleased.?Her Cousin?
I must say, Emma, that you've grown
quite handsome. There, now, can't you
give me a compliment in return ?
His Cousin?Well, I should say that you
were a gentleman of most excellent taste.
The Candid Friend.?Fritz married
a very ugly girl, and on meeting his friend
Rudolph, the former asked :
"How do you like my wife's looks ?"
"Jeewhilikins! She must have a lot of
money," replied the candid friend.
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the exception of the animals Noah took
with him into the Ark, every living thing
perished in the flood."
Doubtful Tommy?"The fishes, too?"
Ox The Court's MERCY.-Judge: "Madame,
what is your age ?"
She: "Your Honor, I leave that to the
mercy of the Court."
Farmer's Wife?Will you be seated ?
Tramp?With pleasure, ma'am. Your
next aoor neighbor's dog has just unseated
me.?New Haven News.
a?* "Is this the mail car?" asked a passenger.
"Yes, sir," replied the humorous
conductor, "this is the smoker."
It ain't de man dat is hard ter whup
dat gins you de mos' trouble. It is de feller
dat won't stay whupped.
?hr Jfatm and .fircsidr.
FORTY BALES TO THE MULE.
[Capt. J. A. Peterkin, in his book, "Talks with
Cotton Farmers."]
The young: men at home and in the
neighborhood were inclined to be slow
about planting a new crop. They did not
show the energy I wished to see. So to
stir them up, 1 boasted I could take one
large mule and one hand to plow him, and
make fifty bales of cotton and $1,500 clear
profit. This had the desired effect. I
talked it until I convinced myself I could
do it. So I went to work to accomplish it.
I had to swap work so as to run a three
horse Cassida plow to breaic thirteen acres
of land that had been in corn, and worked
by a negro for several years. It was very
badly overrun with Bermuda grass, and
very poor indeed. When the land was
ready for planting, the big mule and negro
had nine days due them, but I did not
require it paid back. There was no other
plow in it but the one used by the big negro
and run by the big mule. My neighbors
say it was as good or as well cultivated
as any fifty acres in the neighborhood.
But I did not make the fifty bales; I made
forty-four. I lost my stand on the part
that had been infested by Bermuda grass,
and had to poison twice for worms, which
injured it some. But if possible, I mean
to make the fifty bales on fifty acres with
one mule and one negro in 1888, and expect
to fertilize the land from the seed or
meal rff fifty bales.
I will tell now how I prepared and cultivated
the land, although I would not
advise any one to try it on as large a scale
as myself, as it requires practice to do the
work well. This is ray third year on the
water futrow or alley system. I begun
with ten acres, the next year increased to
twelve acres, and this year (1887) increased
it to the fifty acres, with the stated result.
I will not be contented till I make fifty
bales and two thousand dollars clear profit
with one mule and hand. It can be done,
Qrirl ?f life 1 a onaraH mo T' mPiin tf> do it.
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The land was thrown into beds of three and
one-half foot rows, just as though I was going
to plant it on the bed; but 1 did not do
so. I put my fertilizer?three hundred
pounds of cotton-seed meal and one hundred
and twenty-five pounds of acid phosphate
mixed, as I have before described?
in the water furrow or between the beds;
then threw two furrows on with a double
bull tongue; boarded it off; put the plan ter
on in the usual way, but down in the
water furrow. As soon as the seed began
to sprout I harrowed with the little Iron
Age?harrowed the middle and all?and
so killed the crab grass in its infancy. Afterwards
there never Appeared much grass
in the cotton. I then bull-tongued it, and
called that two ploughings. Next ran
around it with an eighteen-inch sweepone
of Poppenheim's; that was three
ploughings. I next used the Planet, Jr.,
cultivator, one furrow to the row. This
was four ploughings. Next laid it by, one
furrow with the sweep. The ploughman
and mule began work by daylight and
worked till sunset each working day.
"The ploughman cost me $100. Two hoeings
cost $100; the picking cost oO cents
per hundred or $6 per bale, or $300 for
ginning and picking. The seed converted
into meal and mixed with acid phosphate
makes the land self-supporting. The
mule made twelve thousand pounds of
peavine hay and peas, which will support
him. He did this yi five days that were
too wet to plough in the cotton. His oats
are growing. I expect to get 10 cents per
pound for my .cotton, more if I can. It
will net me before February $1,480; this
is making cotton at less than 3 cents per
pound. This is not a large crop of cotton.
It was the money I wanted as well as to
stir up the farmers and show it could be
done. Now if my plan of selling cotton is
ndnnted. T will make $2,000 on the same
fifty acres next year. My experience is
that making cotton is the best and easiest
farming in the world. Go at it with a
vim, and stick to it, stay in the field and
see that the work is done well. Spend
less money for fertilizers, and see that you
put the right kind and the right quantity
in the right place. Make the farm self
supporting and you are sure to succeed.
Plant nothing in cotton but high, dry
and natural draining land; bottoms that
require ditching are uncertain lands; they
look as if they would make a crop but generally
fail in the end. There are bottom
lands that make cotton, but they have
a natural under-drainage. Stop planting
cotton as soon as you get off the natural
drained lands. One acre of bad cotton will
take the profit from two good acres. Every
farmer should know his land perfectly,
and know what to put on it, whether it
be corn, cotton or oats. Whatever suits
it give to it.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE COTTON PLANT.
Many of the so-called long stapled upland
varieties owe their distinctive peculiarities
to attempts to improve the quality
of the staple.of upland varieties, by hybridizing
with the Sea Island. The object
sought was. to lengthen the staple by
using the Sea Island on the one hand, and
secure productiveness from the upland on
the other. These efforts have generally
resulted in au improvement in the lint,
but such reduction in productiveness as to
destroy the advantage gained in the quality
of lint. In some instances, however,
decided advantages have been gained.
There are many varieties of the upland
which have very distinct characteristics,
indicating that they have been thoroughly
established. Besides those resulting from
hybridizing with Sea Island, others have
been produced by selection, continuing
from year to year to select seeds from
stalks having the form, habits of growth,
and productiveness desired, on the principle
that like produces like, and that such a
careful selection will soon establish the
type that is desired, and a new variety results.
plants are just as surely and readily
improved by selection as animals, and
the improvement resulting from judicious
selection, requires the same watchfulness
for its perpetuation and maintenance in
plants that is demanded for animals. Similar
requirements are necessary in each
case. No intelligent breeder would attempt
to improve his stock by selection,
without abundant feeding and judicious
attention. Neither need we expect any
decided improvement in the type and productiveness
of our plants without abundant
food and thorough cultivation.
Nearly all of our cultivated plants have
been developed into their present advanced
state of productiveness, through
the influence of domestication and accompanying
cultivation.?Am. Agriculturist.
Test the Cows.?Farmers do not raise
calves enough. In this country, at least,
there are enough thoroughbred bulls, so
that any farmer can easily get a high grade
calf from his best cow, which will very likely
come in at two years old and give as
much milk as its mother did at mature
age. Beginning with only one cow, in a
few years a larmer may have his barn full
of cows that will do him credit, and which
will bring him good prices when he sells
them. A man can better afford to pay
$100 for a cow that is worth it than to pay
$">0each for two ordinary cows. It is well
j to keep a record of the amount of milk
i given by each cow, as-in many herds there
i are cows which do not pay the cost of
I their keeping and are kept at the expense
] of the others. Taking out the poor ones
j and reducinga herd of 10 to 10 of the best,
would be satisfactory and profitable. It is
j but little trouble to weigh every milking
| on a ctiai spring Daiance, nung up m ink
barn, and set the amount down on a card
prepared for that purpose.
How to Harden Butter.?A method
| in practice among the best butter makers
! in England for rendering butter firm and
I solid during hot weather is as follows:
I Carbonate of soda and alum are used for !
| the purpose, made into powder. For
'twenty pounds of butter one teaspoonful
' of carbonate of soda and one teaspoonful
! of powdered alum are mingled together at
! the time of churning and put into the
j cream. The effect of this powder is to ;
! make the butter come firm and solid, and
i to give a sweet, clean flavor. It does not'
enter into the butter, but its action is unou
the cream and it passes off with the but-!
j termilk. The ingredients of the powder 1
should not be mingled together until re-j
quired to be used, or at the time the cream
' is in the churn ready for churning.
Jetted foefrg.
LETTERS THAT WILL NEVER COME.
With anxious features, worn and pale,
He waits the coming of the mailEach
day he asks with hope and fear,
"My letter; is my letter here?"
Each day hears in silence dumb,
"Not yet, old man ; it has not come."
The harmless madman, old and gray,
No one would jeer or drive away.
"Ah, me !" he says, long years have past,
But it will come; 'twill come at last."
And so he waits in silence dumb,
The letter that will never come.
Through filmy vision of his tears,
He sees the long, far saddened years;
The past comes up before liim there,
When he was strong and she was fair.
Once more ho feels in very truth
The leaping pulses of his youth ;
A strong, strange joy he feels again,
The olden fever in his brain?
An angry word, a careless tone?
And she is gone, and he's dlone;
Since then lie waits, in silence aumn,
The letter that will never come.
Alas ! his poor old wits have lied,
He cannot know that she is dead ;
And so he asks it o'er and o'er,
The same old question as before.
He wakes each morning light to say,
"My letter?it will come to-day."
With tottering limbs that almost fail,
He creeps each morningto the mail,
And hears with ever new regret,
"Not yet, old man, not yet, not yet."
And so ho waits, in silence dumb,
The letter that will never come.
. Ah, me! poor madman, oven wo
Are dupes of fickle destiny.
In careless hope we waiting sit,
For missives that were never writ;
Wo wait to seo the harvest grown,
Of seed that we have never sown ;
We seek the harbor mouth, to hail
The vessel that will never sail;
We wait to see our gardens tilled
With fruit of trees we have not tilled ;
We wait, in gathering stillness dumb,
For letters that will never come.
gJisceUaneausi funding.
THE BATTLE OF THE CRATER.
In the summer of 1864, the Federal General
Burnside was encamped near Petersburg,
in front of a number of Confederate
batteries. One of his officers, Col. Pleasants,
who had been a mining engineer,
proposed to dig a tunnel five hundred feet
long, to a spot right under one of the principal
Southern outposts, and to deposit in
its trenches fourteen thousand pounds of
gunpowder, so as to blow up the battery
thus undermined. Some of the Federal
chiefs strongly objected to this proposal,
as being impracticable or unlikely to succeed.
Ultimately, however, Burnside
agreed to the suggested plan, but the
amount of powder was limited to eight
thousand pounds. The work ot excavation
occupied more than a month, but at
length, on the 30th of July, it was completed,
and the explosion took place.
Three hundred Southern soldiers were at
once blown into the air, and then their
corpses, or fragments of them, fell in a
mixed mass of earth and rubbish all around.
A vast hollow, or "crater," was formed by
this explosion, and extended one hundred
and fifty feet in length, by sixty feet in
depth. Panic and dismay at first seized
the Confederates, but they soon rallied,
and began to repel the Federal troops,
who were pouring in on their camp in the
hope of carrying all before them. But the
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disappointed, and their horrible scheme
resulted in one of the greatest disasters
sustained by the Northern army during
the whole of the war.
The scene which ensued was thus described
to Mr. Macrae by an eye-witness,
Major Cook, of the Southern army: "It
was as gallant a charge as I ever saw. We
recaptured all our lines, driving the enemy
(the Federals) over into the Crater
like a herd of frantic bulfaloes. Then such
a scene ensued as I hope never to see
again. The Crater filled with a seething
mass of men?hundreds of them, some
firing back on us, some struggling wildly
to escape. Shattering volleys were fired
into the seething abyss, till it became a
perfect hell of blood. The frantic mass
heaved and struggled like demons. Handgrenades
were tossed in, and as they exploded
you could see heads and arms and
legs go up into the air! Our men sickened
at the carnage and stopped. The enemy
lost that day more than four thousand
men ! They left the Crater choked with
dead. No attempt was made, till long
after, to take the bodies out lor burial.
The earth was thrown in upon them where
they lay, covering the hideous sight from
the face of heaven."
The Confederate loss was about one
thousand men.?David Macrae.
In the Congo Region.?When Stanley
began his work on the Congo it was
with the greatest difficulty that he procured
the services of 50 natives to help
him open the road around the cataracts to
Stanley pool. The growth of Congo enterprise
and the changes for the better in
the habits and disposition of the natives
are shown by the fact that during the
three months beginning last June 5,807
porters left Matadi, at the head of navigation
on the lower river, with loads
destined for Stanley pool. The larger
part of their freight was two new
steamboats, one belonging to the Congo
I State and the other to the company that
is new surveying a route for the railroad.
All these porters were hired at Lukungu
unci iUiingilllg, wit) iwu mrgedt pmuco un
the road to Stanley pool. Recruiting officers
are kept there to engage porters, and
men come in from all the country around
to enlist in the work and get some of the
white men's merchandise. The work for
porters to do has outgrown the provisions
| thus far made for supply carriers, and that
is the reason that Bishop Y. A. Taylor's
j steamboat was at last accounts lying on
j the banks of the lower Congo for lack of
I transportation facilities. The porters are
paid for their services largely in cotton
j goods and hardware, for which there is a
I constantly growing demand. Among the
| natives who are in the service to the Con
go State as soldiers or workmen around the
[ stations, are quite a number of Caffres
i from South Africa, and thus far they excel
any of the Congo natives in industry and
! obedience. The Congoese are improving,
and it is thought probable that the great
! work of building the railroad will be done '
! largely by them and Caffres brought from
| Cape Colony.
j Insidious Vehicles oe Malaria.? !
i l)r. Saulsoury found malarial fever to be i
propagated among persons sleeping in a i
| room, in the windows of which had been
; placed a box of earth from malarious soil,
j House-plants cultivated in pots filled with
; malarious earth are a constant danger.
! The germ grows luxuriantly in the moistj
ure and warm air of closed rooms. Dr.
| Kichwald, professor of clinical medicine j
| in the University of St. Petersburg, has i
; given to the public facts concerning a pa-:
j tient of his, a lady with malarial fever,:
! who was easily cured by treatment when
confined to her chamber, but who quickly j
relapsed on remaining during the day in j
her parlor. This easy cure and constant!
; relapse went on for a long time. At last !
i the doctor,' having become suspicious of ;
the flower pots, removed them from the
house, and there was no further recurrence
of the disease. The effect of malaria on j
the nervous system is weakening and demoralizing,
and this should be guarded
against by cultivating the will power.
Nervous chills sometimes take the place of
malarious ones and can hardly be distinguished
from them, Those are best pre- j
vented by good hygienic conditions and I
by moral means.?Herald of Health.
Woman is a Mystery.?There was a
little incident on n cable line car yesterday
morning that made all on board laugh.
There was such a touch of humor in it and
so much human nature, that the mirth
was as free and spontaneous as the rippling
murmur of a brook. The car had just stop-'
ped at the Priests of Pallas hall, and a
large, genial faced, jovial kind of a man I
assisted a lady to alight. As the car start-1
ed again he rather earnestly remarked :
"Now, there goes my wife to hear Warn ;
Jones tell her of her faults." Then, after |
an impressive pause: "Yet when I try to
tell her of them at home there is a terrible
racket. I can't understand women."? j
Kansas City Times. '
leading in the JMrtratb.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
[Original.]
THE MARRIAGE FEAST.
Matthew, 22 :1?14.
In many particulars modern civilization
is very different from ancient. The institution
of marriage has existed since the
creation of man. From the brief but interesting^history
of Adam's creation, contained
in the first and second chapters of
Genesis, we learn that in the first act of
creation, God made all the animals, male
and female. Adam, the last creature
brought into existence, was made vicarlord
of everything pertaining to the planet
on which he was placed. He, moreover,
seems to have been immediately
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inuucieu into oiuce, arm to imvecuiereu
promptly upon the discharge of his duties.
The first act, and only act, so far
as is recorded, which he performed before
the fall, was the naming of the other animate
creatures. Up to this moment Adam
seems not to have discovered that he,
of all the creatures on the globe which he
was to inhabit, was alone without a mate.
The purpose, however, to create Eve was
from all eternity. In fact, Eve was created
in Adam. After Adam had finished
naming the other creatures, and God had
accepted his work, he discovered that he
was without a mate. Symbolically, God
taught Adam that, although he had been
greatly honored, still he was only a creature
under authority, and immediately
and continually dependent on his maker.
Eve was ina<tobj^fiod,and by God brought
to Adam, andby God Adam and Eve were
constituted husband and wife. This was
the first marriage in our world and the
only one in Paradise.
Very soon after the marriage of Adam
and Eve, probably the very same day, they
sinned, and probably before the Sabbath
began, were driven out of "the garden
eastward in Eden," which God had prepared
for them. Out of this primeval
abode, prepared by God himself for their
home, they took nothing save the marriage
relation. Adam forfeited his dominion
over the other creatures. He soon
discovered his bodily and spiritual nakedness.
In sorrow, as a sinner, he left the
place prepared for him as a sinless creature.
He began to experience regret, remorse
and shame, but although resting under the
curse of God he still remained the husband
of Eve, and Eve continued to be his
wife.
The marriage relation still exists, and it
will exist so long as man remains here on
earth. Among the Jews, marriage was
regarded as a sacred obligation. Various
were the ways in which marriage contracts
were formed. The early patriarchs were
oveeedinflv careful with regard to the
marriages of their children, and nuptial
ceremonies were generally celebrated with
great pomp and splendor. In the New
Testament we find.frequent reference to
these marriage feasts. The marriage feast
of a king's son is made the frame-work of
one of the most beautiful and instructive
parables in the Bible.
"The Kingdom of Heaven," says our
Saviour, "is like unto a certain king who
made a marriage for his son." The Kingdom
of Heaven, or Kingdom of God, is a
phrase of frequent occurrence in the New
Testament. It does not always denote the
identical same thing, butitalwaysdenotes
some phase of the scheme of mercy revealed
in the Scriptures. In the parable
of the marriage feast the reference, primarily,
is to the offer of the gospel to the
Jews. The certain King in the parable is
God, the sou is Jesus Christ his son, and
the feast is the rich provisions of mercy
offered to the Jews first, and then, because
they rejected it, to the Gentiles.
In the interpretation of a parable we
must not spiritualize everything. In every
parable there is something strictly natural,
and there is something which is
strictly spiritual. These are like each other,
and this likeness constitutes the parable.
We must be careful, however, not to
spiritualize the natural, and be on our
guard lest we degrade the spiritual into the
mere natural.
A parable differs from a fable in that the
natural part of a parable either is or may
be a fact, while in a fable dumb animals
and even inanimate things are made to
perform the part of reasonable and intelligent
creatures. Hence a fable cannot be a
fact.
In the parable of the marriage feast, the
invited guests, primarily, denote the Jews,
God's ancient people. The refusal of the
invited guests to attend the marriage feast
denotes the manner in which the Jews
treated the peculiar privileges which they
enjoyed from the time God called Abraham
from Ur of the Chaldees, and especially
the refusal of the Jews to accept of Jesus
Christ, the long promised Messiah.
In the parable of the marriage feast
there are a number of things suggested,
worthy of careful study. We are not to
conclude that because the parable was primarily
addressed to the Jews, it has no application
to us Gentiles. The Jews were
a typical people. They constituted the
Old Testament Church, of which the
l. _/ xi x. xl ^ \tam. rr?,.
unurcn 01 tne present, uay?uiersew xestament
Church?is but a development. It
is indeed a grand and glorious development,
but still only a development. Such
being the case, we Gentiles may properly
inquire whether or not the parable is applicable
to us, or, more correctly, whether
we are treating Jesus Christ as the Jews of
old treated him.
We instinctively inquire, Why did the
Jews not accept of Jesus Christ? Why
did they refuse to attend the marriage
feast ? These questions are answered and
answered very plainly. One went to his
own farm, another to his own merchandise
and the rest took the servants who were
sent to bid them come to the feast, and after
insulting them, slew them. They
made light of the invitation, regarding
their own carnal pleasures of far greater
importance than the service of the Lord.
Prophets for many hundred years had predicted
the coming of the Saviour, but
when he did come, and come as the prophets
had foretold, the rulers ol the Jews rejected
him and actually put him to death.
The offer of peace and pardon being rejected
by the Jews it was made in all its
fullness and freeness to the Gentiles. The
servants were g^nLout in every direction
to gather up the good and the bad. What
a wonderful display of divine mercy and
grace! We are not to conclude that some
persons are really morally good, whileothers
are morally bad. Such is not the case.
All are bad, but all are not equally bad.
There is naturally nothing good in any of
the human family. All are conceived in
sin and brought forth in iniquity, but
some persons by nature are worse than
others. In reality, .the reference here is
not to the moral condition or state of men,
but to those distinctions made and observed
by men. Thus, some are born heirs to
large estates and honorable positions in society,
while others are the children of
squalid poverty and the inheritors of infamy
and disgrace. To all these, rich and
poor, honorable and dishonorable, Jesus
Christ with all his benefits is freely offered
in the gospel. To state this matter differently,
the gospel is offered to men as sinners
without anv reference whatever to
human distinctions. To all men Jesus
Christ is freely, fully and in good faith offered.
The offer is absolutely without any
conditions. Jesus Christ came into the
world to save sinners, and as a Saviour he
is offered to every sinner of Adam's race.
This is a peculiar feature of the gospel.
It is adapted to man viewed as a sinner,
and to man as a sinner it is freely offered.
It was offered to the Jews, not as Jews,
but as sinners. It is offered to the Gentiles,
not as Gentiles, but as sinners. It is
offered to the rich, not as rich, but as sinners
; and it is offered to the poor, not as
poor, but as sinners. It is offered to all,
irrespective of any and every human distinction,
and it is adapted to all, no matter
what may be the position in human society.
This is a grand and glorious feature of
the gospel of Jesus Christ. The minister
of the gospel is warranted in offering the
gospel to the most abandoned wretch on
earth, as well as to the most refined and
polished moralist in the world. lie can
offer, in good faith, the gospel in all its
fullness and freeness to the man who has
stained his hands with his mother's blood.
Another feature of the parable is that
the multitude who were found, all seem to
have accepted the invitation to the marriage
feast of the king's son. Wherever
the gospel has been preached among the
Gentilps there has heen a seeming acceptance
of its offers. No matter how this is
explained it is a fact. It is not said that
all to whom the gospel is preached are
brought savingly under its influence. All
that is asserted is that wherever the gospel
is preached and the ordinances of the
Christian religion dispensed, there is a
seeming acceptance of it by the masses.
They all, in some sense, avail themselves
of the social and civil blessings of the gospel.
They willingly agree to be called
Christians. They abhor Pagan idolatry
and point with the finger of scorn at the
Jew. Christian churches are built and
Christian congregations are organized and
xt i! c ii.A f\\ :~a:
me oruiimuctts ui nit? \iinsinm rtnigiuu
supported. Whole nations accept, in some
sense, the gospel offer and boastfully call
themselves Christian nations.
In the parable we are told that the king
came in to see the guests. This suggests
that while'the invitation was unconditional
there was still something about this
. marriage feast that was conditional. The
king, although he had furnished a royal
feast, and had extended an unconditional
invitation to all?bad and good?to come
and partake of this feast, still he had not
renounced his sovereignty over his subjects.
He still continued to be their king
although he was their benefactor. The
first thing which met the eyes of the king
when entering the guest chamber, was a
man improperly clad. He did not have
on a wedding garment. His attire was
unbecoming the place and occasion. No
one of the guests seems to have discovered
the guest improperly clad.
It is said that kings were accustomed,
anciently, to furnish their guests with garments
to be worn on festal occasions. This
may be true, but the evidence of the fact
is not conclusive. A proper respect for
the king demanded that every guest be
properly attired.
In this part of the parable the final judgment
is brought distinctly to view. The
day will come when the tares will be separated
from the wheat. God, although he
sent his son into the world to save sinners,
did not give up his sovereignty. God,
through Jesus Christ, offers salvation to
all, but he demands that all, in order to
salvation, accept the righteousness of Jesus
Christ. A mere external or apparent acceptation
of the gospel will avail us noth
ing. we must oeneve or we tanuui ue
saved. We must put on Christ Jesus or
be thrust by God into outer darkness.
PIANOS! PIANOS!!
ORGANS! ORGANS!!
1*7 E aro preparod to furnish you SQUARE,
ft (iRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANOS,
CHURCH AND PARLOR ORGANS, direct
from the manufacturers and from the most popular
makers in the United States.
When you buy an instrument from us, you
get it fresh from the factory, and not one that
has lain for years in some warehouse waiting
for a customer. As to the quality of the instruments
we sell, we beg to refer you to the
following parties who have purchased instruments
of us: W. L. Roddey,B. M.Fewell, Lee
Pierce, It. A. Steele, Rock mil; Jas. Lindsay,
Chester.
Do not fail to call and see samples of instruments,
or writo us for prices and terms before
buying. Respectfully,
W. S. CREIGHTON <fe CO.,
Rock Hill, S. C.
February 15 7 3m
ALONZO ROSE.
ALL KINDS OF MEATS.
IT is my intention, "from this day forever,''
to keep a REEF AND MEAT MARKET
in every sense of the term, supplying the trade
with the very best meats the market affords.
Consequently I desire to buy an unlimited
number of FAT BEEF CATTLE, HOGS and
SHEEP.
Stuffed Sausage.
The stuffed Sausage, which is becoming so
popular with house-keepers, is not prepared
by me, but is made by a Sausage Maker in
Virginia, and is shipped to me fresh everyday.
to my Country friends
I would say that I would be glad to servo them
with anything in the way of Meats or anything
else I may have for sale. When you have any
Butter, Eggs, Chickens or any kind of Pn>
, duco bring it to me for I want to buy it.
Fish and Oysters Twice a Week.
It is my intention to supply this market
twice a week with Fish and Oysters. So leave
your orders and secure these luxuries.
ALONZO ROSE.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
" GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.
IN addition to a full stock of STAPLE AM'
FANCY GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Sir.,
I am now handling the celebrated
Xavassa Co's Guano and Acid Phosphate.
A full stock now in Store and ready for delivery.
The abovo FERTILIZERS are too well
known to require anything I could say in their
favor, having been sold in this place for the
past fifteen years by Capt. T. S. JEFFERYS.
THE MARBLE YARD.
I invite special attention to. my present stock
and prices. It will bo to your interest to examine
work and prices before purchasing.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
DIAL ENGINE WORKS,
COLUMBIA. S. C.
w E are now manufacturing the
CELEBRATED "TOZER"
PATENT AGRICULTURAL AND STATIONARY
STEAM ENGINES,
\otc?l lor tlieir Economy la FULL
Consumption. Great DURABILITY
and SIMPLICITY, Perfeet
Workmanship and Design.
ANY REPAIR WORK DONE PROMPTLY.
FOUNDRY WORK IN IRON AND BRASS.
Saw Mills, Shafting and Pulleys. Write us
for estimates. W. P. LESTER, Supt.
THORNWELL MeMASTER, Manager.
January 11 2 3m
PHONOGRAPHY.
rpo a limited number of scholars Twill furl
nish a handbook and give 10 lessons in
PHONOGRAPHIC SHORT-HAND by mail.
The lessons will be arranged to cover the entire
course of study. To those who carry out the
instructions I guarantee the result?SUCCESS.
Terms??2.50 per scholar; or I will teach a
school of 12 or more scholars at the same rate,
provided satisfactory arrangements can be
made as to the time it begins. I use Munson's
1 ..ni..in?1 annqhw mgll filll
MVSLtJIII. JL 1JU?U 1UWCIV 111^ ivogi/uo Krj
begin iit siuy time. For particulars, address
JAMES L. STRAIN,
Etta Jane, Union Co., S. C.
February 22 8 2in
AI'I'LICATIOX FOR DISCHARGE.
"VTOTICE is hereby given that the undcrsigne^i
Administrator de bonis non, cum testamcnto
unncxo, of the estate of R. A. SPRINGS,
deceased, will make a final settlement with the
Judge of Probate, on Saturday, the 10th day of
March, 1S8S, and will apply for a final discharge
from liability as Administrator of the said estate.
Ij. D. CIIILDS, Administrator.
February 8 <) at
APPLIC ATION FOR DISCHARGE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
Administrator of the estate of R.
F. McLURE, deceased, lias made a final settlement
with the Judge of Probate for York
county, and on the 24tli day of March, 1888,
at 12 o'clock, M., will make application for a
final discharge from liability as Administrator
of the said estate.
W. J. STEPHENSON, Administrator.
February 22 8 5t
HI SIC LESSONS.
MISS ZOKAIDA INOOLI) respectfully offers
her services, at her residence, as
TEACHER OF MUSIC ON THE PIANO.
Pupils received at any time. System thorough
and practical. Prices reasonable, and furnish- !
ed on application.
November JO 48 tf I
GARRY IRON RO
Manufacturers of all kindsof
IRON ROOFING
CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING,
Iron Tile or Shingle,
FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC.,
THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0
yt&r Orders received by L. M. GRIST.
May 10
WINCHESTER
REPE1TWTG RIFLFA
i
SINGLE SHOT RIFLES,
Reloading* Tools,
AND
AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS,
MANUFACTURED BY THE
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.,
NEW Hi YEN, CONN.
SEND FOR 76-PAGE
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
Mention this paper.
January 11 2 lOt
J. El)! JEFFERYS.
Pay lip.
I MUST have money, and I would be glad
to make recepts for parties having accounts
on iny book* J. ED. JEFFERYS.
UNDERTAKING.
WE claim to be abreast of the times in the
Undertaking business. We have the
latest novelties in the way of trimming, &c.,
and carry a complete stock of Collins of all
sizes and prices. We also have on hand a
lot of very handsome burial Cases and Caskets
for adults made of walnut and other choice
woods. We have some Broadcloth Cases that
are very handsome. Also, Metalic Cases. We
have a iiice line of White Gloss Cases and Caskets
for children, which are very pretty and
appropriate. We will make it to the interest
of anvone in need of any of the above mentioned
articles to call on us. We will sell as
cheap as anyone, and will sell on time to responsible
parties. Our personal attention will
be given to all funerals in town.
J. ED. JEFFERYS.
fouYdry
AND
"m/M" ,1.
ITXaiCliliit/ P5nup.
^ K!:l ,
THE undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that he now has in operation, on
his 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
and brass castings, and general machine work.
REPAIRING,
Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice,
Steam Engines,and agricultural machinery of
any kind overhauled and repaired. 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 completionof
the work. .EDWARD THOMAS.
1888. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1888.1
Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables
ARE still on a boom, and the year 1887 finds
me with some of the finest Vehicles ever
shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and
surpassed by none. Everything will be kept
in the best style. Give me a trial and be convinced.
Cincinnati and Colnmbns Buggies
Of every description will be kept. Spring
Wagons, Phaetons, <fcc., of the best make, always
011 hand.
FOR FUNERALS
I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence
Coach, which will be sent to any part of the
county at short notice. Terms reasonable.
A Big Bargain.
I have a Jumpseat Phceton and some Buggies
on hand that I will give a big bargain in,
if sold soon to make room for my new stock.
HAVE YOUR HORSES FED
At the Yorkville Liverv and Feed Stables
where they will receive the best attention.
F. E. SMITH.
THE LEADING
SOUTHERN SEED HOUSE.
T. W. WOOD & SONS,
10 S. 14th St., Richmond, Va.
Request all Gardeners, Farmers and
Truckers to send for their
NEW SEED CATALOGUE
for 1888. It contains descriptions of all
new and desirable varieties of
SEEDS i PLANTS!
for the harm and Garden that arc adapted
to the South.
Catalogue mailed free. Send for it.
January 4 1 3m
C. K. SPENCER, X. W. HARDIN,
Yorkville, S. C. Black's S. C.
SPENCER A lKARDIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAAV,
BLACK'S, S. C.
1*7 JO msiko a specialty of collections. All
fj business entrusted to us will be given
prompt and careful attention.
July 20 29 If
FARM LOANS,
IN ANY AMOUNT from $.300 to $10,000. unon
six years' time. Interest payable annually.
For further particulars, apply to
C. K. SPENCER, Attorney at Law.
January 1 tf
OFING COMPANY,
IRON ORE PAINT
And. Cement.
152 TO 158 MERWIN ST .
MgHkjf*--* .;Cleveland, O.
' rjjjjjr ' T J&3- Send for Circular and
"Wr I Price List No 75
F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. <
9 ly
Piedmont Air-Line.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R?
Month Carolina Division.
CONDENSED SCITFDITLE
In Effect January 15, 1888,
(Trains run by 75th Meridian time.) *
NORTH BOUND.
No 17. No. 51. No. 51i.
Freight. Daily. Daily.
Leave Charleston, \ f 00 ? ,,
vla.S. C. R. R. ) 0.00 1. M.
Leave Augusta 0.00 P.M. 9.33 A.M.
Leave Granlteville,. 6.56 P. M. 10.15 A. M. ,
.Leave Trenton,.... 7.30 P.M. 10.48 A.M.
Leave Johnston's,... 7.51P.M. 11.05 A.M.
Leave Columbia,... 4.50 A.M. 10.30 P.M. 1.40P.M.
Leave Wlnnsboro,.. 8.52 A.M. 12.33 P.M. 3.19 P.M. ?
Leave Chester, 11.30 A.M. 1.57 A.M. 4.29 P. M. I
Leave Rock Hill,... 1.02P.M. 2.55 A.M. 5.12P.M.
Arrive Charlotte.... 4.25 P.M. 4.25 A.M. 6.15 P.M.
Arrtve Salisbury.... 6.44 A.M. 8.02 P.M.
Arrive Greensboro'. 8.28 A.M. 9.40 P.M.
Arrive Richmond,... 3.45 P.M. 6.15 A. M.
Arrive Washington,. 8.23 P.M. 8.10 A.M.
Arrive Baltimore.... 11.25P.M. 10.03 A.M.
Arrive Philadelphia, 3.00 A. M. 12.35 P. M.
Arrive New York, . 6.20 A.M. 3.20 P.M.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 52. No. 50. No. 18.
Dnlly. Dally. Freight.
Leave New York,.. 4.30 P. M. 12.15 A. M.
Leave Philadelphia, 6.57 P. M. 7.20 A. M.
Leave Baltimore,.,. 9.42 P.M. 9.45 A.M.
Leave Washington, 11.00 P.M. 11.24 A.M. '
Leave Richmond,.. 3.30A.M. 3,10 P.M.
Leave Greensboro', 9.48 A. M. 10.44 P. M.
Leave Salisbury,... 11.23 A.M. 12.37 A.M.
Lenve Charlotte,... 1.00 1'. M. 2.30 A.M. 4.30 A.M.
Leave Rock Hill,.. 2.02 P. M. 3.23 A. M. 7.20 A. M.
Leave Chester,.... 2.45 P.M. 4.03 A.M. 9.35 A.M.
Leave Winnsboro*, 3.47 P. M. 5.00 A. M. 12.20 P. M.
Leave Columbia,... 5.43P.M. 6.55 A.M. 3.35 P.M.
Lenve Johnston,... 7.51 P. M. 9.01 A.M.
Leave Trenton 8.08 P. M. 9.18 A. M.
Leave Granltevllle, 8.36 P.M. 9.46 A.M.
Arriye Augusta 9.15 P. M. 10.3J A. M.
Arrive Charleston, ) er n .. ,n
via. S. C. R'way. \10,55 P> M> 10 35 A" M*
Pullman Palace Cars between Charleston and Danville, on
Nos. 50 and 5).
Pllllml.. I.?. A lb. 1 ,??LI
* uifiiittii ? uuiivi vuiaucinccn nmcii aim vv unmugiuii,
I). C., ou Nos. 52 and 53.
50 and 51 make close connection at Columbia with C. anil
G. Division, 50 and 51, to and from points West, via and Spartanburg,
Asheville arid Taint Rock.
SOL. MASS, D. CARDWELL, JAS. L. TAYLOR,
Traffic Manager. D. P. A., Columbia, S. C. GetTI Pass. Agent.
January 25 8 t!
C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
iTV-^en*
SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains
from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C.,taking
effect at 8.30 A. M. Sunday, January 1, 1888:
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Lenoir 8.30 A. M. J
Leave Hickory 9.42 A. M. j
Leave Newton 10.12 A. M. \
Leave Lincolnton 11.04 A. M.
Leave Dallas, 11.45 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia, 12.02 A. M.
Leave Gastonia 12.05 A. M. ?
Leave Clover, 12.4(3 P. M. V
Leaye Yorkville, 1.17 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville, 1.38 P. M.
Leave Lowrysville, 2.09 P. M.
Arrive at Chester 2.35 P. M.
GOING NORTH.
Leave Chester, 4.37 P. M.
Leave Lowrysville, 5.03 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville, 5.34 P. M.
Leave Yorkville 5.55 P. M.
Leave Clover, 6.27 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonia, 7.Q9 P. M.
Leave Gastonia, 7.27 P. M.
Leave Dallas, 7.42 P. M.
Leave Lincolnton, 8.32 P. M. .
Arrive at Newton, 9.22 P. M.
Leave Hickory, 9.54 P. M.
Arrive at Lenoir, 11.00 P. M.
Freight trains run daily. Going North, arrive
at Yorkville at 10.45, A. M. Going South,
arrive at Yorkville at 2.40, P. M.
G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent.
January 11 2 tf *
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds,
accessories, &c., 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 reason- < *
able.
Give me a call and see specimens of work, at
my Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the
jail. J. R. SCHORR.
BRIDGE CONTRACT
NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of
County Commissioners of York county,
will meet at the FORD on BULLOCK'S
CREEK, near the residence of B. P. McAfee,
on the Adair's Ferry road, on SATURDAY,
MARCH 24,1888, 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 above place, 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.
February 22 8 5t
EXCHANGEBASkT"
Yotkville, S. C.
T. S. JEFFERYS, President.
JOS. F. WALLACE Vice-President.
FRANK A. GILBERT, Cashier.
Organized September 1, 1887. .
THE BANK will receive Deposits, buy and
sell Exchange, make Loans and do a general
Banking Business.
The officers tender their courteous seryices
to its patrons and the public generally.
September G 36 tf
'"chattel mortgages,
MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to
Real Estate. For sale at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
April 13 15 tf /
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