Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 14, 1888, Image 4

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gfamflwus Jftpartmrat. CAPTURING A SCHOOLMA'AM. "Yes." said the young man, as he threw himself at the feet of the pretty school teacher, "I love you and would go to the world's end for you." "You could notgo to the end of the world for me, James. The world, or the earth as it is called, is round like a ball, slightly flattened at the poles. One of the first lessons in the elementary geography is devoted to the shape of the globe. You must have studied it when you were a boy." "Of course I did, but ?" "And it is no longer a theory. Circumnavigators have established the fact." "I enow, but what I meant was that I would do anything to please you. Ah ! Xflnortra if vnn know tha ftchinfiT void?" "There is no such thingasa void, James. Nature abhors a vacuum ; but admitting that there could be such a thing, how could the void you speak of be a void if there was an ache in it ?" "I meant to say that my life will be lonely without you; that you are my daily thought and my nightly dream. I I would go anywhere to be with you. If fou were in Australia or at the North Pole would fly to you. I ?" "Ply! It will be another century before men can fly. Even when the laws of gravitation are successfully overcome there will still remain, says a late scientific authority, the difficulty of maintaining a balance ?" "Well, at all events," exclaimed the youth, "I've got a pretty fair balance in the savings bank and I want you to be ray wife. There!" "Well, James, since you put it in that light, I -? Let the curtain drop.?Ifcwfcw Courier. Didn't Know Adam.?As Artemus Ward wasonce traveling in the cars, dreading to be bored and feeling miserable, a man approached him, sat down and said : "Dia you hear the last thing on Horace Greeley ?" "Greeley? Greeley?" said Artemus. "Horace Greeley ? Who is he ?" Tne man was quiet about five minutes. Pretty soon he said: "George Francis Train is kicking up a good deal of a row over in England ; do you think they will put him in a bastile?" "Train ? Train ? George Francis Train ?" said Artemus, solemnly, I never heard of him." This ignorance kept the man quiet for fifteen minutes; then he said: "What do you think about Gen. Grant's chances for the presidency ? Do you think they will run him ?" "Grant? Grant ? Hang it, man," said Artemus, "you appear to know more strangers than any man I ever saw." The man was furious ; he walked up the car, but at last he came back and said : "You confounded ignoramus, did you ever hear of Adam ?" Artemus looked up and said: "What was his other name ?" Eighteen Months Was Nothing.? JudgeGary has probably made more witty and quaint remarks on the bench than any other judge in Chicago. An nno rwaainn. when he was sitting in V" WUV 7 _ the criminal court, he appointed a young attorney to defend a young criminal who waa brought to trial and who had no lawyer. The young man had just been admitted to the bar, and was consequently ambitious to make a reputation, but despite his utmost endeavors his client was "sent up" for eighteen months. After court adjourned the young man walked over town with the judge and took occasion to say: "That was pretty hard on me, judge." "What was hard?" asked the judge in his absent minded way. "Why, my first case. I wanted to get a little start, and here my client gets eighteen months." _ "That's nothing," returned the judge, sententiously. "My first client got eight years."?Chicago Tribune. A Prisoner's Little Joke.?"I had a funny experience once," said a young farmer. "When a boy, I confess, I was pretty green. I lived with my father upon a farm near Columbus, and used to haul wood into the city and sell it for him. ^ * T 1 1 ?1??^ mxt niia_ une day 1 nau eniereu iuv*u *??m ???,r tomary load, when, as I passed a large building, some one poked his head partly out of a window and asked if the 'wood was for sale.' I replied in the affirmative. 'Well, throw it over this fence,'came back from the upper window. "The house was surrounded by a high wall, but I managed to pitch it over and then went round to the front for my pay. I could not get in ; I hammered and called in vain, when some passer by, attracted by my frantic efforts to gain an entrance, inquired what was the matter and informed me that the building was the jail. One of the prisoners had played a joke upon me. I could not get my money or the wood back, and returned home with empty wagon and pockets." One Notch Better.?As a train was ready to leave the Central Depot the other day, a drummer, who occupied two seats, or had prepared to, left the car to say good-bye to some one. When he returned he found his luggage in the wood-box and a strange man in possession of the seats. "What does this 'er mean?" he demanded as he drew himself up and took in the situation. "Drummer, ain't you?" queried the other. "Yes, sir." "Drummer on twelve hundred a year?" "Thqt'a mv snlaxv. sir. but what has that got to do with this case ?" "A great deal, sir. I'm a lighting rod man on fifteen hundred." And he calmly crossed his feet and unfolded his newpaper, while the drummer gathered up his things and went into another car. All Out of Constitutions.?Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan, is something of a wag. He was sitting in his committee room the other day jjhen one of those fellows who are always demanding documents came in. The caller had secured almost every book, pamphlet and bill which the government magnanimously prints and gives away. But he still longN ed for more. "I am very anxious," said he, "to secure a copy of the Constitution of the United States. Could I enlist your help, senator ?" "Why, certainly; but it would be useless. The effort will be futile." "Indeed; and why?" "Well, you see, there were so many demands from people like yourself for copies of this good work that the supply nearly ran out. There was only one copy left, and the president has just sent that to the pope." ? Cut Out for a Lawyer.?Stevie, a bright four-year-old, had been told that he must not ask for anything to eat when visiting the neighbors. Soon after, at the house of a distant relative, where he invariably found something to eat, he hung around, with a willful sort of look, until finally he broke out: "Aunt Jane, I'm awful thirsty." "Are ypu ?" "Yes. I'm so thirsty I could eat a ! doughnut." ? A New Lease.?"Miss Clara," he said, "can I speak with your father a moment before I go ?" "Certainly, Mr. Sampson," replied the girl, blushing, and with a wildly throbbing heart she sought the old man. "Oh, papa," she began later, as the front door closed, "what did Mr. Sampson want?" "I'm his landlord, you know. I let him hi3 bachelor apartments, and he wants another three years' lease." A Good Example.?"That five dollars I loaned you some time ago, Fledgely," observed Robinson, "sets a good example to Christians." i "Er-yes," replied Fledgely, with an embarrassed laugn. "How?how's that?" "It keeps lent so well." 1 ?hr and Jirrsidc. SWEET POTATOES?" This is one of our peculiar Southern products that is not properly appreciated. We are prone to follow after Northern or foreign practices and adopt their special crops for special purposes, when we have better at home. English and Northern farmers grow turnips for stock because their climate is suited to turnips and not suited to sweet potatoes. They also grow Irish potatoes because they can grow them more successfully than the sweet potatoes. The sweet potato, as known in the South, is a boon that is denied to them. Turnips and Irish potatoes are not to be compared with sweet potatoes in respect to ease and cheapness of production, nutritivenessand Q^orwtatinn ?si a. table and stock K?UVi(?i& UUil{/W?wiv? ?w v. food. Nothing is gained by very early bedding or planting. The potato is strictly a tropical plant, and must have warm weather from first to last. Resolve to plant a larger field than usual and bed accordingly. The best potato growers, at the final planting of the draws, give a distance of about four feet by twenty inches. This would require 5,442 plants to set one acre ; and to produce this number of plants from six to eight bushels of seed potatoes should be bedded. Small potatoes are to be preferred for the plant, bed, especially those that were made from the cut vines last year. A potato is not a true seed, but only an enlarged underground stem; it is not even a root, as it does not take nourishment from the soil directly, but through the stem attachment. A small potato will make nearly asmany draws as a large one, and many more of them may be placed in a bed. For bedding select a sunny exposure. Mark out a bed four feet wide, and length sufficient. Cover the space marked out with any good, well-rotted manure, if the soil be not already rich, and dig it in with a spading fork. Kake smooth and then deposit the sound, small potatoes regularly over the surface, no nearer than the width of the finger. Press them uniformly into the soil by placing a thick board over them and the necessary avoirdupois. Cover with light surface soil to the depth of the second joint of the forefinger. If covered shallow the plants will not throw out fibrous roots promptly, and many of them when slipped from the parent potatoes will have no roots at all.?Southern Cultivator. Covering Grass Seed.? Inexperienced farmers often give themselves needless worry about the covering of grass and clover seed$ when sown. These seeds are so small that mostattempts to cover them artificially bury them too deeply. The great point in getting a good catch of these seeds is to have the surface in fine tilth. With this secured, rains will do the rest. Some farmers roll down the ground after seeding. This is especially objectionable when timothy seed is sown in the Fall. The seeds will mostly fall in hollows or be washed there by the first heavy rain. If lumps and ridges are pressed down upon them they will be covered too deeply even for grain. There wilbbe besides a bare, smooth surface during the winter for rains and snows to compact, and for winds to sweep over. Timothy grass is very hardy, but with such treatment not one quarter of the seed will show a living plant by Spring. The roller is all right for preparing the seed bed. It is necessary on either very light sand or clayey soils filled with i lumps. But after the roller a drag should be used to roughen the surface. Then sow the grass seed and let it alone. Do not try to brush it in. Dragging a iong pile of fine brush across a field is excellent to pulverize lumps, but like rolling, its place is before, not alter sowing grass seed. Remedies for Hog Cholera.?A number of South Carolina planters are claiming that soda is a sure cure for hog cholera. One says that by the use of soda (bi-carbonate) alone, as soon as the first symptoms of the disease were noticed, he checked it. Another used soda and salt together, mixed in moderate quantity with the food. An old Kentucky breeder of swine places salt first in importance as a preventive of cholera, and believes that salt, of all substances, is the best promoter of digestion as well as an antidote against worms. This breeder has adopted the plan of salting all his animals in water-tight troughs, keeping a supply of salt on hand continually. He also feeds some charcoal with the salt to swine that are closely penned, and gives ashes occasionally under all conditions. Onions and tiieir Use.?Those who are in the habit of indulging in raw onions, says a medical man, may be consoled for the social disadvantages which ensue by the fact that onions are about the best nervine kuown. No medicine is really so efficacious in case of nervous prostration, as they tone up a worn out system in a very short time. Their absorbent powers are also most valuable, especially in times of epidemic. It has been repeatedly observed that an onion patch in the immediate vicinity of a house acts as a shield against the pestilence which is very apt to j pass over the inmates of that house. Sliced onions in a sick room absorb all i thegermsand prevent contagion. During j an epidemic the confirmed onion eater : should, however, eschew his usual diet, as j the germs of disease are present in the I onion and contagion can easily result. Raise Plenty of Corn.?In pitching your crop, be sure to setoff n liberal quantity of land for corn. Iioeau.se it sold at 55 to 00 cents from November to the middle of January, do not think you can always buy it at that price. It is cheaper to raise I your own corn than to buy it even at 50 i cents. It looks now as if it would be 5)0 | cents before July. The man who makes , his own corn soon gets to raising his own meat. Then how independent you are i when you never have to buy meat or bread, j Be sure that you plant an abundance of corn.?Spartan. j How to Make Poultry Pay.?This is i I told in a single sentence, which please read and heed: If the premises are kept i uniformly clean ; if the fowl houses are not overcrowded, and are well ventilated ; if the stock is fed judiciously with sound and ; varied food; if the birds are kept free from j i lice and housed comfortably in cold and j bad weather, and pure, fresh water is fur- j nished them at all times, there will be little or no disease about, and the poultry j will be profitable upon the farm. B?^*It has been stated that since the sun- j ! flower has been cultivated on certain 1 j swamps of the Potomac, malaria fever has ! j decreased. At the mouth of the Schelde, I in Holland, it is stated that similar results ! have been observed. The sunflower emits | large volumes of water in the form of i vapor, and its aromatic odor, as well as the oxygen it exhales, may have something to do with the sanitary influence in question. BSrThe practical benefit to be derived ! from raising good stock depends, among other things, upon the treatment received at its owner's hands. Blood and breeding and rare natural capacity are powerless to contribute to successful stock-raising unless accompanied by the co-operation of humane thoughtfulness, intelligent manage-, ment and regular care. Merit is not proof " I oforiTotinn T*1 f 1 fl hlllsP. aguili^b UCftiC\,V) auti 1UUV1I MUV S3?*Plants cannot live without leaves, as sooner or later they will "suffocate," the leaves being to plants what lungs are to an animal. Hence, if weeds be kept down close to the ground (not excepting even the thistle) they must at the same time perish. Good cultivation, therefore, lessens the labor of each succeeding year. - There is such a thing as preparing the food for plants well as for stock. If the manure be not in a proper condition for the use of the plants they cannot appropriate it, and it will therefore be a saving of [ time to reduce it as much as possible in | the manure heap. fiST* A cow is in her prime at six and for I three or four years after, according to the j cow, and the manner in which she has been 1 fed. High feeding wears a cow out fast. ftradiugfor tlicJMkth.: CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. , [Original.] MYSTERIOUS PROVIDENCES. God has revealed himself to us in his works and in his word. The works of God are, usually, spoken of as works of creation and providence. The Bible teaches us that God made all tilings out of nothing, in the space of six days. We learn, from the same source, that the object which God had in creating ajl things was his own glory. If what tne iiioie leacnes concerning creation is not true, we know, and can know, absolutely nothing about creation, it is folly , to tell us that the rocks and strata of the earth contradict the Bible theory of creation. The rocks and strata of the earth literally declare they were made and that their maker is divine, but they are as silent as the grave as to the time and manner of their creation. They teach no theory of creation. The providence of God is that holy, wise and. preserving care and government which he exercises overall his creatures, and overall their actions. It is as evident that God governs the world as it is that he made it. Those who deny that God made the world may, consistently with themselves, deny that he governs it. If the world made itself, it certainly is able to govern itself. The idea, however, of a thing making itself is too absurd to be entertained by a sane mind. Nothing can be clearer than that all things are preserved in existence and governed by some one. We say, loosely, that all things are governed by law. This is true, but the existence of a law presupposes a law giver. Law, whether it means arule of action, or an order of sequence, must be established. A rule of action has to be made a rule of actiou ; an order of sequence must be established?it cannot establish itself. Trees grow out of the ground, rain falls out of the clouds, heat and moisture Cause vegetables to grow. This, wo say, is the law of nature, and so it is ; but who made this law of nature? Who controls that thing we call the vital principle? Who moves the winds that bear along the vapors, which fall upon the earth, causing it to bring forth food for man and beast? God and God alone does these things. It rains where and when he pleases. God manages as he sees fit, all things. Properly contemplated the providence ot God is calculated to beget within us feelings of the most profound reverence. There is something about all the providences of God which is dark and mysterious. These mysterious providences of God give us a clear and unmistakable display of his sovereignty, and God's sovereignty, properly contemplated, humbles us in the very dust. It makes us feel our absolute littleness. We say, and say correctly, that God works with means, or in the use of means, and without means. Thus he opens his hand and supplies the wants of every thing that lives. The young ravens cry unto him, and he sends them food. The eyes of all things look up to him. In providing food for his creatures he uses means. He . uses the strength of the horse and mule, and the skill and experience of man in cultivating the soil. He waters the earth with showers and he causes the seed to vegetate and the plant to grow. Sometimes God acts, and acts most promptly and powerfully, and we can see no means. The tree grows, but we know not how. Our material bodies are affected by our immaterial souls, and our immaterial ?..i? ?l,? n?r TTi.itnriiil hnrlips. SUUK* mc ttlictiru 1 tj W141 ?, but how wo do not know. All that we know about the growth ol a tree or the growth of our bodies, or the development of our minds, is the fact. The vital principle, as we call it, acts most powerfully and promptly in both the animal and the vegetable, but how it acts, or what it is, we do not know. The physician tells us, and probably correctly, that calomel acts on the liver ; but calomel will not act on the liver of a dead man. Tartar emetic vomits, but it will not vomit a dead man. These mysterious providences come under our observation every day, and we, in almost every instance, lose sight of the mystery. Strange things are seen by us so often, that they become common. We often conclude that we really understand what we know nothing at all about. All God's ways are mysterious. There is a law which underlies every event, hut this law the wisest philosopher can no more discover than the new-born babe. It is the invisible but omnipotent hand of'Almighty God. We see what is done, but he who did itisunseen,andthe way in which it was done is past finding out. We gather up a few of the detached facts and hastily come to the conclusion we understand the why*and the wherefore of everything. Many of God's providences are so dark and mysterious that they seem to contradict all our ideas of his nature. They seem to stand in terrible opposition to the teachings of his word, and to be in conflict with his holy character. So marvelous are these providences that we are struck with dumbness. We can reason respecting these dark providences neither from experience nor observation. They are new exhibitions of God's sovereignty, and till us with indescribable feelings. Exam pieS OI TlieSC Uiint HMU lll^siui iwub [nwtidenees may be found in great numbers in the Bible. * So dark and mysterious were God's dealings with Jacob that lie said hastily, "All these are against me." Viewed from a human stand point they did appear to be against the patriarch. The famine was in the land, his household was clamoring for bread, and his sons were involving him in heart-rending trouble. How often have others been similarly surrounded. Troubles have come upon them j from all quarters. They too have felt that | all the providential dealings of God are against them. Another example may be j found in Job. In one moment this man, J prominent for his wealth, and illustrious i for his wisdom and piety, is brought down j to poverty. His children all come to a I tragical end, and he himself is covered j with boils. In the depth of his poverty, ! and in the anguish of his heart, and in the ! bitterness of his bodily pain, he sits down ! in ashes and scrapes himself with a pot- 1 sherd. To heighten, if possible, the agony j of his bleeding heart and increase the j poignancy of his bodily pain, his three j friends rebuking biin, trace all his misery j to his want of trust in God. These three 1 friends described, with great accuracy, the ! way of the wicked, and then made the up-! plication to Job. We need not go back topatriarchal times i to find examples of the mysterious provi- j dences of God. They can be found now, i and in every Christian community. To- i day, as long ago, the wicked flourish like ; the green bay tree ; they are not troubled ; as many of God's people are, they have more than their hearts desire, their eyes \ stick out with fat, they have no bands in j their death. ()n the other hand, the most 1 devoutly pious, so far as human discern-! ment readies, are often the sons and daughters of sore alllictions. They go through the world chief mourners. What : vast multitudes of the human family fall beneath the reaper's sickle in the very bloom of life! Not only so, but how many : of our race die before they see the light of | the sun? Who can tell why God brought | these immortal beings to the threshold of time and then let them drop back into ' eternity? Why create love in a mother's I heart for a babe which she is not permitted to press to her bosom ? No man can an swer tnese questions. These mysterious providences ought to j teach us that God reigns in and over eve- ! rything, and that lie gives an account of j iiis acts to no one. it is very probable i that these dark providences will all he made clear when we reach the bright light j of the heavenly city. Then we will know ! that God always does right and that all j things are made to work together for good , to those who fear him. But how will it be i with the wicked in the other world ? These j mysterious providences will forever Ik; mysterious. There is no light in the world of woe. It is all darkness. The gratification of curiosity rather ; frees us from uneasiness than confers pleas- j ure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity ) is the thirst of the soul. For the Yorkville Enquirer. VALIDITY OF TOWNSHIP BONDS. The recent decision of Judge Norton, holding that a township in this .Statb, cannot, under authority contained in a railroad charter, issue a valid bond as a subscription thereto, is exciting some apprehension among holders of such securities. Believing that this apprehension will prove unfounded when the questions are more fully examined, I beg to submit some points tnat tne decree 01 .nidge Norton seems to have ignored. The Constitution of 1SGS, Art. IX, Sec. S, j provides "That the corporate authorities of counties, townships, school districts, Are., may he vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes." The General Assembly, in 1868,(XIV Statutes, 130) required the county commissioners of each county to divide their respective counties into townships of not j less than thirty-six, nor more than one hundred square miles in extent, with certain exceptions as to area. The commissioners were also to designate the names of the several townships thus established, and to affix permanent.boundaries for the same. A subsequent act (XIV Statutes, 14G) declared "the inhabitants of every township to be a body politic and corporate" for all general purposes; and provided an'elaborate system of township government. Its title reads : "An act to organize townships and to define their powers and privileges." A still later-act (XIV Statutes, 313) declared that an act entitled "An act to organize townships, and to define their powers and privileges," be and the same is hereby repealed, except that portion of the same fixing the number, names and boundaries of the respective townships of the respective counties." It will bo observed that the repealing provision affects only the act of September 2G, 1SG8, (XIV Statutes, 146). But it clearly deprived the townships of all general corporate power. It left intact the provisions in the county commissioners act, (Sees. 11 and 12, XIV Stats. 130), and also Sec. 4 of the townships act. Let us see how iUa tlinn cfr\rv#1 II1VJ IIJUIIV;! LUL-U avuuu* Tlie Constitution, Art. 0, See. 8, enumerates "townships" as parts of the political divisions of the State, and vests their corporate authorities with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes. The legislative enactments fixing the names and permanent boundaries of the townships remained of force. Under the Constitution they are authorized political divisions of the State ; and by legislative enactment their names and boundaries are permanently fixed and designated. Thus they existed when on Dec. 12th, 1884, the General Assembly ratified the amendment to Art. IX of the Constitution by adding this section : "Sec. 17?Any bonded debt hereafter incurred by any county, municipal corporation, or political division of this State, shall never exceed eight per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property therein." This amendment given its most limited interpretation, recognizes the right of political divisions of the State not incorporated, as well as those political divisions known as counties and municipal corporations, to incur bonded debts within the I satne prescribed limits. Were there any political divisions of the State other than townships, falling within this designation at the date of the adoption of this amendment? ' It is hardly necessary to ask, for however numerous this class might be, the amendment included them all. But while the amendment acknowledes the right of non-incorporated political divisions, i.e., townships, to incur bonded debts, it does not confer the power to incur such debt. Hut no one will question the authority of the General Assembly to confer such power since the right to confer it is recognized. Judge Norton seems to think that under Art. li, Sec. 20, the township must have existence as a corporate body before such power can be conferred in the Act incorporating a railroad company. If the purpose of the legislature was to create two separate corporations in one and the same act, Art. II, Sec. 20, would most likely be violated. Hut the act in question does not, from any language contained in it, purport to confer general corporate powers on townships. Nor is it necessary to do this. Whenever power is given to a designated body of people to do any lawful act, such body becomes a corporation by implication and without special enactment, to perform the act and all else incident or necessary to its performance. The supreme court adopts this doctrine in State Ex. Kel. Brown vs. It. 11. Co., 13 S. C., 209-315, in answer to the inquiry there raised, whether counties were corporations capable of subscribing bonds to a railroad company. Counties have no more power than townships to subscribe aid bonds to railroads. The legislature must specially authorize in each case. Both counties and townships occupy the same status as to their right to be endowed with this power, under the constitutional amendment of 18S4. So that theonly question remaining to lie an swereu is, wan me vienenn ^vssuuiniy confer the jrtnver to subscribe in the same act by which it incorporates the railroad company, without being obnoxious to Art. I i, Sec. 20? The supreme court having already answered this inquiry affirmatively in several cases before it, most notably in Connor vs. Railroad Co., 20 S. C., 43a, the law may be considered securely established. The language of the Court, quoting from San Antonio vs. Mahaffey, 0(5 IT. S. (Sup. Ct.) 31") is pertinent. Jt says, "When an act of the legislature expresses in its title the object of the act, the title embraces and expresses any lawful means to achieve the object, thusfulfilling the constitutional injunction that every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in its title." J as. J\ IIakt. March !>th, 1S8S. . A Happy Corplk.?A married and ex- ' perionced friend tells us that a man should ; always he a little bigger than his wife, and 1 a little older, a little braver, and a little | stronger, and a little bit more in love with ! her than she is with him. A woman should always be a little i younger and a little prettier, and a little j more considerate than her husband. Jiei should bestow upon her all his wordly j goods, and she should take care of them. | lie may owe her every care and tender- j ness that affection may prompt; but pe- i cuniary indebtedness to her will become a ! burden. Better live on a crust that he j earnsthan on a fortune that she has brought j him. Neither must be jealous or give the other cause for jealousy. Neither must en- ! courage sentimental friendships with the j opposite sex. Perfect confidence in each . other, and reticence concerning their mutual affairs, even to members of their own ; families, is a first necessity. * f ? ? i i .. . I ir I ? . _ f -y who snouiu nress nursuu uccuunugiy ; whenever she expects to meet her husband's eye. The man should not grow slovenly even at home. Fault-finding, long arguments, or scoldings, end the happiness that begins in kisses and love making. Sisters and brothers may quarrel and "make it up." Lovers are lovers no longer after such disturbances occur, and married people who are not lovers are bound by red-hot chains. If a man admires his wife most in striped calico, she is silly not to wear it. ? I Tiik Fiust Thousand.?Wealthy, men ; and their ways were being discussed a day or two ago by a group of men in one of the j prominent banks in this city, when one called up the familiar remark that when ! a young man started out in life his first one thousand dollars was the most difficul j to acquire. "It isn't so much the start it i gives," he said, "but the habit of economy j it implants, of course I speak of young men who earn and save the money. They acquire habits which cling to them ail through their lives,and 1 can call to mind an example in one of the richest men in the city. J To really has more money than he can spend without being recklessy extravagant, and though his n^riie never appears in the newspapers, he gives largely to charity, and worthy objects will receive 1 i I his check for five hundred dollars, sometimes less and sometimes more, but when he purchases anything for himself he drives a shrewd bargain. I have seen him ! refuse to take a hat because he considered the price half a dollar too much, when he might have bought out the whole stock in the shop and never missed the money. No one may say that he is mean, but he has economical ideas that he gained when he was an impecunious youth, struggling hard to get along in the world."?Augusta News. - ? The Efficacy of Prayer.?I will close this letter with a little incident, the story of which may not he so startling, but it is true. It is a story of child faith. Johnny Quinlat), of Evanston, has the most wonderful confidence in the efficacy of prayer, but he thinks that prayer does not succeed unless it is accompanied with considerable physical strength. lie believes that adult prayer is a good thing, but doubts the efficacy of juvenile prayer. lie has wanted a Jersey cow for a good while and tried prayer, but it didn't seem to get to the central office. Last week he went to a neighbor who is a Christian and believer in the efficacy of prayer, also the owner of a Jersey cow. "Ho you believe that prayer would bring me a yaller Jersey cow?" said Johnny. "Why, yes, of course. Prayer will remove mountains. It will do anything." Well, then, suppose you give me the cow you've got and pray for another one." Bill Nj/e. Winning a Wife by Strategy.?A delightful old lady tells a bit of amusing history illustrating how the scarcity of marriageable women in the West fifty years ago facilitated husband getting for any of the sex who did stray into that part of the world. A Boston woman married a Unitarian clergyman and went to settle in Alton, 111., where in due time she was visited by a young lady friend. Mrs. F. announced the anticipated visit, and one Sunday morning the guests ar 1'iveci. ."Minuay uiieruuun aim cvcmuj; brought the stranger a constant stream of masculine callers. Many stayed to tea, and twenty-seven came in after evening service. Home called betimes on Monday to make formal proffers of heart and hand ; but alas! for their hopes the fair Bostonian was already engaged to the man who had been clever enough to ride out and meet the stage, becoming thereby her companion not only for the last stage of her journey, but for life as well!?Boston Courier. Post Office Buildings.?The government supervising architect at "Washington has just completed the drawing for post offices for all towns of five thousand population and over. Mr. Dickinson has a scheme to have a federal post office building in all such towns?the building to cost from live to eleven thousand dollars. All the buildings are to be after one and the same plan, with an arch in the centre, on which is to he carved in stone, "United States Post Office." By this plan the public will become familiar with the post office building and recognize it in any town. A bill embodying the plan will be submitted to Congress. It will doubtless prove very popular in the House, but its fate in the Senate is doubtful. PIANOS! PIANOS!! ORGANS! ORGANS!! 1 injure prepared to furnish vou SQUARK, > ? GRAND AX1) 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 heg to refer you to the following parties who have purchased instruments of us: W. L. Rod (ley. R. M. Fewell, Lee Pierce, It. A. Steele, Rock Hill; Jas. Lindsay, Chester. Do not fail to call and see samples of instruments, or write us for prices and terms before buying. Respectfully, \V. S. CREIGIITON A CO., Rock Hill, S. C. February 1"> 7 3ni ALONZO ROSE. ALL KINDS OF MEATS. IT is my intention, "from this day forever," to keep a BEEF AND MEAT MARKET in every sense of the term, supplying the trade with tho very best meats the market affords. Consequently T desire to buy an unlimited number of FAT BEEF CATTLE, HOGS and SHEEP. St lifted 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 .11V COrXTRV Pit I ENDS I would say that I would he glad to serve them with anything in the way of Meats or anything else I mav have for sale. When you have any Butter, Eggs, Chickens or any kind of Product) bring it to xne 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 vour orders and secure these luxuries. ALONZO ROSE. F. H1PPERFI?LD. GROCERIES AND HARDWARE. iXaddition to a full stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac., I am now handling the celebrated Xavassa (Vs (iiiano ami Acid Phosphate. A lull stock now in Store and ready for delivery. The above 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 t'apt. T. S. JEFFERYS. tsub: yard. 1 invito special attention to my present stock and prices. It will lie to your interest to examine work and prices before purchasing. F. JIAITERFIELD. DIAL ENGINE WORKS, ( OLI MIHA. s. c. ^^E are now manufacturing the CELEBRATED "TOZER" PATENT AGRICULTURAL AND STATIONARY STEAM ENGINES, A'ohsl for their Economy iu Ft'EI. Consumption. (h'cat DFltAHIEITV and SDIl'LItlTV, Perfect Workmanship and Design. ANY REPAIR WORK DONE PROMPTLY. FOUNDRY WORK IN IRON AND BRASS. Saw Mills, Shafting and Pulleys. Write us for estimates. \Y. P. LESTER, Supt. THORN WELL M< MASTER, Manager. January 11 2 Bin PHONOGRAPHY. a limited number of scholars I will fur1 nisli 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 ! > ac artliAln ru of tlm utllHO PJltlV provided satisfactory arrangements can be made as tot ho time it, begins. I use Munson's system. Those receiving lessons by mail can begin at anv time. For particulars, address .T.\.Mi:S U. STRAIN, Etta Jane, Union Co., S. C. February S -in MI SK LESSONS. MISS /ORA IDA INGOLD respectfully offers her services, at her residence, as TEACH Kit OF MUSIC ON THE PIANO. Pupils received at any time. System thorough and practical. Prices reasonable, and furnished 011 application. November "><> I* tl GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, | FIRE PROOF DOORS, SIIUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS C J29~ Orders received by L. M. GRIST, j " May 10 WTlSTnTTfilST'TCR ff Xi.1 N/XAUM X XIXW REPE1TITO RIFLES. | SINGLE SHOT RIFLES, Reloading* Tools, AND AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS, MANUFACTURED RY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. SEND FOR 70-PAGE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. Mention this paper. January 11 U lot J. Eo! JEFFERYS. Pay Pp. I MUST have money, and I would b.e glad to make recepts for parties having accounts on my books. 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, tfcc., and carry a complete stock of Cofllns of all sizes ami prices. We also have on hand a lot of very handsomo burial Cases and Caskets for adults made of walnut and other choice woods. Wo have some Broadcloth Cases that are very handsome. Also, Metalic Cases. We have a nice 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 he given to all funerals in town. J. ED. JEFFERYS. JF JL AND Machine Shop. rill IE undersigned would respectfully inform X 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 riioyingtho engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on the completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. 1888. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1888. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables ARE still on a boom, and the year 1887 finds mo 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 Columbus Buggies Of every description will be kept. Spring Wagons, Plnetons, Ac., of the best make, al 1 A ?a\^ mi uauu. 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 Pbreton 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 Livery and Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. THE LEADING ! SOUTHERN SEED HOUSE. T. W. WOOD & SONS. 10 S. 14tli St., Richmond, Va. ! Request all Gardeners, Farmers and Truckers to send for their I NEW SEED CATALOGUE ! for 1S8S. It contains descriptions of all new and desirable varieties of ! cccne 2 Dl ARJTC ! OE.LUO < I LHI1 I U for the Farm and Garden that arc adapted to the South. Catalogue mailed free. Send for it. January -1 1 3in C. ] :. Sl'KXCEIt, X. W. HARDIN, Yorkville, S. ('. Black's S. C'. SI?K\CEIt II1KI>I\, ATTORNEYS -A.T LAW, KL U K'S, S. ('. 4 */ K make a sj>ccialty of collections. All I It business entrusted to us will be given prompt and careful attention. I July lit) -'!> tf FARM LOANS, IX ANY A MOUNT from $500 to $10,000. upon six years'time. Interest payable annually. For further particulars, apply "to C. K. SPENCER, Attorney at Law. I January 1 tf OFING COMPANY, g> IRON ORE PAINT And. Cement. ^L 152 TO 158 MERWIN ST. Cleveland, O. ' V"T Send for Circular and Price List No. 75. )F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly Piedmont Air-Line. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R., South Carolina Division. CONDENSED SCHEDULE In EfFect January 15, 1888, (Trains run by 75th Meridian time.) NORTH ROUND. No 17. No. 51. No. 53. Freight. Dally. Dally. i Leave Charleston.1 c no d \r | via. 8. C. K. R. ) 6.00 P.M. : Leave Augusta 6.00 P.M. 9.33 A. M. I Leave Graniteville,. 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. I Leave Columbia,... 4.50 A.M. 10.30 p. M. 1.40 P.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. Leave Rock IIIII,... 1.02 P.M. 2.55 A.M. 5.12 P.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. Daily. 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. Lenve Salisbury.... 11.23A.M. 12.37 A.M. Leave Charlotte,... l.OllP. M. 2.30 A.M. 4.30 A.M. Leave Rock Hill,.. 2.02 P.M. 3.23 A.M. 7.20 A.M. I.cave Chester,.... 2.45 P. M. 4.03 A. M. 9 35 A. M. Leave Wlnnsboro', 3.47 P. M. 5.00 A. M. 12.20 P. M. Leave Columbia,... 5.43 P.M. 6.55 A.M. 3.35 P.M. Leave Johnston,... 7.51P.M. 9.01A.M. Leave Trenton 8.08 P.M. 9.18 A.M. Leave Graniteville, 8.36 P. M. 9.46 A. M. Arrive Augusta 9.15 P. M. 10.3J A. M. Arrive Charleston, It. ? .. ?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 51. Pullman Palace Buffet Cars between Aiken and Washington, I). C., on Nos. 52 and 53. 50 and 51 make close connection at Columbia with C. and G. Division, 50 and 51. to and from points West, via and Spartanburg, Ashevllle and Paint Rock. SOL. HASS, D. CARDWELL, JAS. L. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager. D. P. A.,Columbia, S. C. Gen'I Pass. Agent. January 25 8 tl C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SBSkrnmm SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains frnm T.finnlr N fl tn Choator S f1 talrtnir effect at 8.30 A. M. Sunday, January 1, 1888: GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir 8.30 A. M. Leave Hickory 9.42 A. M. 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. 4 Leave Gastonia 12.05 A. M. Leave Clover, 12.40 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 1.17 P. M. Leave-Guthriesville 1.38 P. M. Leave Lowrvsville, 2.09 P. M. Arrive at Cnester 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, 7.09 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 PHOTOCRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY fitted up with now backgrounds, accessories, etc., 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 priuting and finishing, and there is very little aelay in delivery. BTMI ADOCH UfADIf hiitinnmiai# tv vni\i Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in the highest style to be had, and prices reasonable. Give me a call and see specimens of work, at mv Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. 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. Bv order of the Board. JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk. February 22 8 ot EXCHANGE BANK, Yorkville, 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 6 30 tf C H ATT TeTL M ORTG A GEST, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at tho ENQUIRER OFFICE. 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