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?fotts*<m$ department. QSTTrSG THE WORTH OP THAT HAM. "John, have you charged that ham?" asked a grocer of his clerk a few mornings since. "What ham?" was the question in an- < swer. ' "The ham that was sold about ten min- i utesago." 1 "I aid not know that a ham had been < sold. I did not sell any." 3 "Well, I did, and I don't remember to < whom I sold it. Do you not remember ?" I 4tThls is the first I knew of any ham < being sold." < The grocer thought he had lost the price < of the nam. Not so the clerk. He looked 1 over the list of orders and tried to remem- < ber the persons who had been in the store ! that morning. Then he charged the ham ] to every one of these persons, seventeen i in aii. , "Sixteen of these will kick," remarked < the clerk, "and the seventeenth is the man ] who got the ham." < The proprietor raised the clerk's wages < at once. 1 Both anxiously watched the result. Of. < the seventeen persons to whom the ham < had been charged, just four did the kick- ] ing act; the rest paid their bills without 1 further inquiry, so the grocer got paid ? thirteen times for the ham.?Patterson ' (iV. J.) Press. i Confounding the Language.?Sena- t tor Harris said in a debate recently: "I I make this statement in bona fide good i faith." This reminded Senator Palmer of a motion made by a colored man in a*Mich- j igan State convention to "adjourn sine die i till to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock." It i also recalls the motion of Belford, the "red i headed rooster of the Rockies," made in 1 the House once, "that Congress adjourn ' sine die." Of course the motion was fol- .1 lowed by general laughter. Belford rub- I bed his eyesand said: "I move this house i do now adjourn bona fide." At this there ] was a perfect uproar on the floor of the < House and in the galleries. As soon as . Mr. Belford could make himself heard, he i "braced up" and said; "Mr. Speaker, I i move that we just purely and simply ad- i journ." j I remember another incident in Bel- i no??T Ulhpn hfi noint- ( 1HKU O WUgXiGOgiVUlM VM4VV* y vfMwM..-. f ed to a fellow member, and with withering scorn exclaimed: "There he sits mute, i silent and dumb." ! "Yes," remarkedaneighbor of Belford's, ( amid the silence which followed this crashing arraignment, "and he ain't say- i ing a word." That "brought down" the house.?New i York Tribune. He Was Competent.?"Does anybody 1 go bail for this man?" asked the clerk of ] court. i "I will, sir," replied a rather insignifi- < . cant-looking man who was standing near ! the rail. 1 "You!" said the district attorney con- 1 temptuously, glancing at the stranger's : clothing. "You! Are you aware, sir, i that the prisoner is held in $15,000 for 1 trial?" ] "I am, sir," said the stranger. "I will I furnish security." < "Oh, you will, will you?" said the dis- i trict attorney, sneeringly. "Your name < and address, may I ask ?" i "John Jones, coal dealer," said the 1 other, quietly, and the district attorney t blushed and said: i "I beg your pardon!" x I A Hint to Inventors.?First YankeeWhat puts you in such a good humor this t morning? ( Second Yankee?I've just got ray patent j m a i t-1- amaa/ih T umnlrlnH 4 ior my now puwui m& cituoi> x nvumu ? . take 150,000 for it. 'Did you get a patent last year for in- | venting an indelible ink ?" ] "I did, and I sold it for $30,000, and now i I've invented an eraser that will even re- ] move writing done with my own indelible i ink." I "What are you going at next ?" < "I'm going to invent another indelible ( ink that can't be erased with my new | eraeejv I tell you^ there is money in this ] patent business if you go at it right." j What Lucy Should Have Said.?At " one time I was teaching in the public t schools and of all incorrect pronunciations , prevailing among the little ones "wunst i and twicet" (once and twice) were the t most universal and apparently ineradica- f ble. One day at the close of school I was < calling the roll for merits and demerits, l "Lucy," I said to a little girl just before i me, "have you spoken to-day without per- t mission ?" ( "Wunst," answered Lucy, shyly. ( "Annie," addressing the next child, ( "should Lucy have said 'wunst ?' " i Annie (eagerly)?"No ma'am." i "What should she have said ?" I (Triumphantly)?"Twicet!" i Running off the Boarders.?Ro- j mantic Miss?"Oh, dear! It just makes ( me mad the way things go." ( "Sympathetic Friend?"Why, what's ; the matter now?" t "There I've been playing at the piano , for five mortal hours, straining my hands ( ail out of shape, trying to make it sound ( loud enough to attract the attention of that j nanasome young stranger wuu wm win.- > ing by the window in the next house, and f he only looked over this way three times, , and now he isn't in sight at all." [ "No. As I came in I saw him leaving , the house with two big satchels." t "You did? Oh dear? That woman who ( has that house can never can keep a lodg- , er.?Omaha World. \ A Narrow Escape.?"Speaking of J mushrooms and toadstools, gentlemen," < chimed in Dumley, "a friend of mine not ( long ago gathered a quantity of what he ( supposed were mushrooms, and took 'em , home. His wife cooked 'era, and the , whole family atf heartily of 'em." "And did they all die?" inquired the r crowd, very much shocked. 8 "No, they happened to be mushrooms, you see," replied Dumley, with a faraway look in his eyes, "but it was a narrow es- , cape." ^ Wanted to do His Best.?"No, ^ George, you know I am not so very ex- ^ travagant." "I know; but haven't you got bonnets * enough?" ! "They're all out of style; I want a fash- J; ionable bonnet, that's all. I don't want ? the earth. George dear; merely a fashion- [ able bonnet." 0 "Well, if I can't afford to buy a fashion- , able bonnet from your milliner, would you f try and be contented with the earth ?"? " Merchant Traveler. f A Suspicious character.-Mrs. Snide- ^ "Who is that man who went away just J now?" 0 Mr. Snide?"He wants ten dollars that r ? . _ i n I have been owing Mm lor tne last two i years?" ? Mrs. Snide?"That's what I thought. : 1 He has a mean eye, and there is a hang- ? dog, sneaky look about him. He made a [ bad impression on me as soon as I saw ^ him, the low down scoundrel." 1 ? i? He Wasn't Frightened.?"I saw you tout with a half dozen different girls during J| the past week, Fred," said a friend. "The 0 first thing you know one of them will be suing you for breach of promise and get- c ting $45,000 out of you." j v "By George!" replied Fred, "I wish I v could find a girl that could get that out of ? me. I'd marry her as soon as she got it." ; 1 ? Bill's Sound Logic.?Bill Nye writes v to a bald-headed friend who asks his ad- g vice about hair restoratives as follows: t "Take your hair restorative money and j f buy a lot in a growing town that supports j its home paper and advertises, and go V ahead and you will be well fixed. A man 9 who is well fixed don't care whether he 1 has any hair on his head or not." c She Didn't Want It.?Boston Spinster t (in bird store)?That is a beautiful parrot, a sir. I am very anxious to have one. Can r it talk? j v Dealer?Oh, yes, ma'am. (To parrot) : s "Billy want a cracker?" 1 f Polly (solemnly)-Let her go. Gallagher! \ t Exit Boston spinster.?77ie Epoch. r IpKdtanMK* fUading. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. REMINISCENCES OF WESTERN YORK. Friday, 9th day of March, 1SS8, was the thirty-third anniversary of the memorable 'windy Friday," that many of the older readers will remember. Since that date, the 9th day of March has occurred on Friiay five different years, to wit: in 1860, 66, '77, '83 and '88. That was truly a day )f terror. If any day within our recollection symbolized the Day of Judgment in Dur imagination, that was the day. In ev?ry part of the State destructive fires occurred. Several towns were burnt within the United States, and some in South Carolina. Nearly the whole of Edgefield or Lexington, (I don't recollect which) was laid in ashes on that day. On the plantation of our friend, Mr. William whisoaant, just below the mouth of King's ;reek, not half a dozen panels offence were left. In the coaling ground, above Ring's 3reek, thousands and thousands of acres of land were burnt over, and scarcely a bouse or cord of wood left. Women and children, with what of their goods they oould move, were, in many instances, carried into the fields, where their lives were somewhat protected while their hous3s were left to the mercy of the flames. The wind blew like a tornado all day from ibout 9 A. M. until after sundown. By J o'clock P. M. that day the sun was scarcely visible. The smoke was both blinding and stifling. Hopewell church, ibove King's creek, was burnt. Houses were unroofed by the wind, while their Foundations were shaken by its force. The fire went within a few yards of Mr. Thornis M. Whitesides' barn and stables, which, if they had caught on fire, every house he bad would surely have been destroyed, rhere were but few plantations in- the Broad river section of Western York but bad fire to contend with that day. Men rode for miles to protect the property and lives of their neighbors who were threat jned by this unconquerable element. Mothers grasped their babes in their arms, and with their little children huddled around them, hied off to places of safety in open fields beyond the reach of fire and falling timbers. The shouts of brave men and the screams of frenzied women and children were answered by the roaring winds and surging flames as they licked the earth with their satanic tongues, and skipped from hill-top to hill-top in their destructive march. Many of the present generation will never forget the night of August 31st, 1886; neither can those who were living at that time, forget the 9th day of March, 1855. A very strange feature of the fire was bow a few panels of fence on Mr. William Whisonant's place escaped the fire that day. The fence that escaped stood directly in front of a house that was burnt down?the "Nabors" ' house. The Bre from the house raised the coals and Bre brands high up in the air, while the strong wind hurled them far to the front, and as if by magic spread the flames over the landscape until they reached Flint Hill, when night spread her sable mantle over the earth and put a stop to the 3ontest. The terrible was at once changed nfo the hrillinnt. For miles and miles in jvery direction the landscape was aglow, is with ten thousand camp fires, around which the weary soldier threw down his inns with himself on mother earth for his aeeded rest. Fire blew across Broad river, ;hat day, into Mr. Manning^ field, above King's creek. Taken all in all this was truly a day of [errors, and those living at that time?old mough to remember it?can never forget t. Next to it, for conspicuity, was the < 19th day of December, 1854, the day that Tames Vickers was hanged at Yorkville Tor the murder of William Dobson, at Etock Hill, in July of that year. It will )e remembered that he with his brother, Sewton Vickers, was tried and convicted 'or this murder at the Fall term of court j :or York district, 1854. Judge O'Neal presided at this trial, and passed the sentence )f death upon the doomed men. A verbatim report of the eloquent appeal of this earned jurist to the doomed men, could berhaps be found'among the files of the 1 Miscellany, which was changed into the 1 Yorkville Enquirer, under its present management. To those who knew fudge O'Neal, even as the writer did?only rom reputation?it is unnecessary for us :o give him an introduction. Than he no ibler man ever did, or perhaps ever will, >ccupy the judicial bench in South Oaro- ' ina. And when the solemn duty of pass- ! ng the sentence of death upon a criminal, ind putting him in mind of a judgment to :ome, was imposed upon him, he was I jqual to the emergency. So in Vickers' ?ase. After summing up the evidence 1 ind tracing the crime to its origin, a bar- 1 oom at Rock Hill, he said: "Had there ' been no grog-shop at Rock Hill, there i would have been no murder of Dobson ;here." He addressed himself to the crim- ' nals in about these words: "James Vick- ' irs, Newton Vickers: Young men: The I jonyiction to which your attention has 1 ust been called, makes you aware of your I iwful impending doom. The 27th day of 1 Tuly last, is a day red with blood?a day ) )n which the blood of your fellow man J :ried unto God from the ground. Its voice las been heard and will be answered beyond the grave. Young men, I learn ' rom your trial that you are orphans; that Tou have been brought up in gross ignor- , ince; then let me, in the discharge of a nost solemn and painful duty, point you \ :o the Lamb of God which taketh away ;he sin of the world. Let me urge upon 1 fou to pray, pray night and day. Pray ' jarnestly, and if you can't so much as lift ' jp voices in prayer, do like the Publican j )f old, smite upon your breasts and cry ' God be merciful to me a sinner.'" t While ' he judge was passing the sentence the sourt room, which was densely crowded 1 ivith eager listeners, was so quiet that lothing prevented the most remote hearer j \ rom catching every word of the solemn nessage as it fell from his lips. But we j! ire digressing. The day of execution, the 29th of De- j ember, 1854, arrived. In the meantime j Newton was pardoned by the governor. ;. The sun rose on that memorable day ( chile the writer, with a number of men, , >oys and negroes, were on their way to > forkville to witness the execution. On eaching town we found the streets and . ide walks crowded with horses, wagons, tuggiesand pedestrians. Col. Sadler, who ommanded the guard, formed his men on he side-walk near where Mr. McCaw's , aw office now stands, and the roll was . ailed. He then marched them to the ' 'old jail" in which the prisoner was con- t ined. Around the door they formed a r emi-circle with the right and left wings f gainst the building. A wagon was ad- j * nitted which was backed up to the door, j . The crowd pressed around the guard, who j. rdered them to "stand back." In a few ! . noments the jail door opened and the j narch to the gallows began. The prisonr came out with firm and steady step and ! , ook a seat assigned him in the left hand , ornerof the wagon near the front, with ' lis back, or rather his side, to the driver's j tack. The sheriff, S. C. Youngblood, with | , lis assistants, together with the officiating j t ninister, took their places in the wagon. ! t iome have said the prisoner came out of j ail with the rope around his neck. I j lidn't see that part of it. As soon as the j J nen were seated, Col. Sadler gave the I j ommand: "Attention, company; for- t vard?march," and the wagon drove off ( vith the guard forming a hollow square ? round it. A short turn brought them j ? nto the street leading east from the ; ( own, and toward the gallows. The mud I j vas ankle deep in many places, but the : j ;uards kept their places and plunged ] hrmiorh if A a far na pvp Pnillfl reach the treets were a moving mass of humanity. ?he prisoner kept his seat and occasional- ( y would look to the front as the march f ontinued. Some thought when he came 1 n sight of the gallows that his countenance ? hanged, but that, I think, was imagina- t ion. Col. Sadler advanced in front of rj he guard and with his sabre waving right g ,nd left, opened the way for the guard to j narch to and around the gallows. The j vagon was driven unjler the beam and 11 topped. The crowd swayed back aud j r orth. Some heartsick at the scene about i ( o be enacted stood aghast, while others; 1 ushed up to get a better view. The min- u ister, whose name I do not remember, made a few remarks and gave out the hymn beginning? "When I can read my title clear." P. B. Darwin, Esq., sang this hymn to the air of "Liverpool," in which many of the assembled people took part. Prayer was then offered by the minister, the prisoner and those in the wagon kneeling with him, while the guards and most of the assembly stood with hats off during the solemn exercise. The fatal trap was then adjusted. The prisoner arose from his seat and dropped his cloak on the chair, thus disclosing the snow white shroud in which he was dressed. With firm steps he walked to the end of the wagon from where he stepped upon the "drop." He was a fine looking young man, apparently about 22 years of age. He said nothing. The rope was put through a hole in the beam and brought down and fastened to a pin in the upright post on the prisoner's left, leaving a fall of about three feet. TT * ~ 1 ar\in!nnn/1 anrl tKo nib UltlJUb ULIU 1CCI WCIC piuiuuvu uuu HIV cap was drawn down over his face. The Sheriff descended and with a hatchet cut the rone Upon which the drop was suspended. At the first blow he missed the rope; at the second he cut it, and James Yickers was launched into eternity. J. L. S. For the Yorkville Enquirer. SORGHUM CULTURE. Editor of the Enquirer: I am ininduced by the success and profit of last year, in sorghum culture, to try again with a double increase in acreage, believing it to be the most profitable crop we can plant. Owing to the scarcity of seed last year, I only planted a few acres on blue pipe-clay bottom land, which I thought was worthless for any other kind of crop, and without manure. It averaged me about 100 gallons per acre, with a total cost of not exceeding $10.00 per acre, after the molasses was made, which left me a clear profit of $40.00 per acre, besides the seed, which is nearly worth the cost for feeding stock. The fodder is also good for stock, but I left my fodder on the ground. I have a neighbor who has been planting the same land in cane for five years, and he leaves the fodder on the ground. He says, by so doing, it makes better cane every year. I planted aboutthe lstof May. A month earlier would have been better in order to get through with it before cotton picking. I planted four different kinds of seed: orange, amber and two kinds of red top. I made up the amber on the 16th of August. I did not like it. It is too small and not much turn out. The orange was a month later. I was better pleased with it than any. It turned out well, is of good size and made nice bright molasses. The red tops was about two weeks later than the orange. It made a good turn out, but not as bright molasses as the orange, and is much harder to boil down. I find it better to let the cane lie in a pile after nutting, about four or five days ; it takes less time for evaporation and the orange cane is mellow and almost the color of an orange. I planted and worked itlike I do cotton, but didn't give it half the work I do cotton. I see from the Agricultural report that lime will take out the sorghum taste; if so it will remove all objections to using homemade molasses. All that is necessary now to make it a money crop isencouragementfrom the merchants by buying it from the farmers instead of keeping for sale the cheap adulterated mixture called molasses. About 8,000 gallons were made in a radius of three miles from here last year, which is a equivalent to $4,000 saved by our neighborhood, and this money kept at home. Mills and evaporators are cheap, and every neighborhood in the county can have them. I use the Oyler mill and evaporator, which is the best I have seen. The mills come already to set up for workno framing to do. I have catalogues giving full description for puting up mills, building furnaces for evaporators and making the molasses, which I will mail to any one on application, and will gladly give any further information I can. Henry Massey. Tirzah, S. C. Pptmot.vum On..?Petroleum oil is found in Pennsylvania, in New York, in Ohio an<f in West Virginia, and there are evidences that deposits may also be found in otherStates. The volume of the business has already grown to twenty-seven million barrels a year. This represents a weight of four million tons, or about three times the weight of the entire cotton crop of the United States. The production of crude oil was last year about sixty-two thousand barrels a day. The shipments were seventy-four thousand barrels a day. Four or five years ago the production exceeded eighty thousand barrels a day, though the shipments were but sixty thousand. The difference between the daily production and daily shipments was accumlated for several years in large tanks, and this excess of production, three or four years ago, had reached thirty-nine millions of barrels 3tored in tanks upon the surface of the ground. This surplus production is now being reduced by ten or twelve thousand barrels a day, and last year the shipments from the oil regions of the United States amounted to seventy-four thousand barrels a day, to over twenty-seven millions a year, say to about four million tons of weight per annum for the railroad companies to transport. How Violin Strings are Made.? Ihe strings, which tradition calls "catgut," are made from the intestines of the young lamb. The strings vary with varying conditions, such as the temperature of the feeding grounds, the kind of grass that the ewes eat, and even to the amount of sunshine that falls upon the flock. For instance, the young lambs that are reared ma sunny hillside furnish better strings " *1 * ? i~*?i j ~: f i__ L:IU [nan i-no.se reareu on uietiK aim ciimy miia tike the Scotch sheep fields. "The lambs are killed before they eat morass, and just as they are about to be weaned. This gives elastic strength to the strings, which would be brittle if the lamb had been feeding on pastures. The flesh jf the young lamb killed to furnish strings is hardly developed well enough for most appetites, but it fiudsa ready sale for all that, and in consequence there is no loss to the butcher. The strings furnished pay eery well indeed, but require expert handing, and the business reaches perfection jnly in some of the sunny English coun:ies."?Graphic. A Good Lesson.?On one occasion, an jxtremely hot day, Dr. Waddy, of the British Wesleyan Conference, was preachto g in a chapel to a small congregation (Vhich, in spite of an excellent sermon, ihowed a general disposition to go to sleep. The doctor perceiving that all but three or 'our were in a somnolent condition, conlei ved the idea of gradually increasing the ength of his pause, of speaking in monoone and lowering the pitch until every ndividual in the congregation was sound isleep. He then took his hat and quietly ieparted, teaching them a lesson they .vere not slow to learn when they awoke ind found the preacher gone. The Great Salt Lake.?In spring, vhen the mountain snows are melting, he lake sometimes spreads over the plains ;hat border its shores. But it is a large akeat any time?about ninety miles in ength, I believe, and forty miles wide. \n immense sheet of water! And no iving thing can exist in it. Not a fish in -hat silent sea! It is heaviest sort of brine, iharged with salt and other mineral subitances. Leave a stick in it a few hours md when you take it out it will appear :overed with crystals. Put a live trout in t and it will turn over on its back and die n three or four gasps. It is a wonderful ake.?St. Nicholas. The Busy Bee.?At a recent meeting )flearned men in Berlin it was said as a ; act that when a bee has filled his cell with loney, and has completed the lid, he adds 1 i drop of formic acid, which he gets from he poison bag connected with the sting. To do this he perforates the lid with his iting. The acid preserves the honey. BST In a general way it may be said that iccuracy of statement is something that ( nen attain very rarely, and women never, j >f the latter it is indeed hardly expected j >y the wise, and its absence is rather to be leplored than censured. I fteadmgfor tfor JWrtorth. I CONDUCTED BY | ( REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] j THE TEX VIRGINS?Matthew 25:1-13. . I No one ever spoke parables but Jesus ' Christ. No one can frame a parable. The I parables of our Saviour all seem simple, | but they are absolutely inimitable. They i were all designed by their author to illus- 1 trate and enforce some featurd of that oft- 1 repeated expression kingdom of heaven or kingdom of God. No two of the parables 1 of our Saviour are exactly alike, although there is a general resemblance in them all. ' The parable of the Ten Virgins is design- ' ed to present to our view the condition of 1 the world at the second coming of the Son of Man, and especially to urge us to watch- 1 fulness. 1 The thing chosen to portray to us our Saviour's second coming is an oriental marriage, or rather that part of an oriental marriage which consists in the bridegroom bringing his bride home. The bridegroom is the Saviour himself, and the ten virgins who went out to meet the bridegroom, parabolically stand for the visible church. In another Scripture true believers are called the bride, the Lamb's wife. Several important practical lessons are taught in the parable of the ten virgins. The first is that Jesus Christ will most certainly come again. This truth is frequently and most emphatically taught in the Bible. Old Testament prophets predicted that the Messiah would come into our world, first as a lamb to be sacrificed, and afterwards as a lion. The New Testament is plain and positive on this point. God has bestowed upon him the high honors and prerogatives of the judge of the world. By him the righteous are to be publicly acquitted and admitted into heaven, and by him the wicked are to be publicly condemned and driven away into that place prepared for the devil and his angels. Certain as the coming of Jesus Christ to judge both angels and men is, the time is absolutely unknown to any and every being in the universe, except God himself. There are many things that God has seen fit not to reveal. He has not made it known to any of us when we will fall a lifeless corpse into the grave. We know that death awaits us all. This is the irreversible fiat of God. He has revealed this to us in his word, and observation confirms the lesson. When, however, or how we will die are unrevealed facts. The day " * .Taoho PKwiof fho hriHo. ur lilt; nuui iiitit ii cnus v>ijiioi.'t mi/ unuv , groom in the parable, will come, no one . knows. In a certain sense he is coming continually. Not a moment of time passes . but some human being is departing from j time to eternity. Death not only puts an . end to all our earthly joys and troubles, but it brings to a close the period of our . merciful visitation. God has displayed not only his sovereignty in revealing to us some things and . in putting the seal of silence on other things, but he has, in a marvelous degree, . displayed his infinite goodness. It is a real blessing that God has shrouded the future in impenetrable darkness. What a j blessing it is that we do not know what a ' day or even an hour may bring forth. ,? The final judgment, that great day when J the affairs of this world will, be closed? . when the righteous will all be taken home and the wicked all banished?is approach- j ing. Each setting sun brings us one day nearer the end, but whether that end is ; distant one year or a million of years, we do not know. Another practical lesson taught us in the . parable of the ten virgins is that when , the last day comes and the proclamation is ? made that the Son of Man is coming to j make a final reckoning with his servants, { some of the membersof the visible church , will find themselves unprepared for heav- { en. In the parable it is said that five of j the virgins were wise and five were fool- ( ish. We are not to conclude from this i statement that QQe half of the human fam- 5 ill? ix?ill hu ea irorl anrl fhaf. thp flthpr half I i will be lost. Neither are we to conclude that one half of the members of the visible church will be saved and the remainder lost. Here, as in many other places in the Bible, a definite number is used for an indefinite number. We know that a vast multitude of the human family will be saved, but we do not know that one half will be saved. We have no revelation on this point. All we certainly know is that all believers, in the Bible sense of the word, will be saved, and all unbelievers ' will be lost. The number of unbelievers to-day is far greater than the number of believers. This has been the case during all the past in every region of the world. From Adam to Christ the overwhelming majority of the human family were idolaters, and from the day that it was proclaimed that the Messiah had come, to the present moment, only a few, even externally, have been brought under the power and dominion of the gospel. We are not warranted in concluding that one half of those who have a visible connection with the church, have actually been born again. . It may be that at some period in the fu- ' ture, this state of things may he reversed, | and the few will be without Christ and the many will be in Christ. With regard to, these things, however, we knpw absolute-' ly nothing but whaf is revealed. A great multitude will be saved, but whether one I half of the human family will be saved, [ or more than one half, or less than one half, no one can know. The ten virgins in the parable symbolize the visible church, or the members of the visible church in the aggregate. Five of these virgins were, we are told, wise, and five were foolish. It will be profitable to examine the facts stated that we may discover in what the wisdom of the one part , and the foolishness of the other part, consisted. All of the virgins were, in some c sense, expecting the coming of the bride- f groom. In this respect there was appa- v rently no difference between the wise and the foolish virgins. Apparently the fool- ^ ish were as much interested in the arrival f 1 : iU/\ IftfOA Pntll UI H1U uriUtJglUUlll a.T me wioc nub. ojuh. s the wise and the foolish took their lamps, f Here again there was, to human appear- u ance, no difference between the two classes j of virgins. Again, both the wise and the c foolish slumbered and slept. This is a life-size picture of the visible church. ^ The Scripture declaration that the Son of Man is actually coming to judge the world in righteousness is accepted as true and, apparently, all?true believers and mere nominal professors?have gone out to meet him. Externally they all present the " same general appearance, No ecclesiastical court could possibly tell the wise from the foolish. They even sin alike, 1 they all slumber and sleep. The very fact I that the wise and the foolish in the visible p church are so much alike isa thrilling ex- v hortation to all to engage earnestly in the c work of self-examination, rather to ear- ? nestly beseech God to try us as gold is s tried, to search our hearts. The fact that j things continue to move on in the same [ old beaten track in which they have moved j p for sixty centuries, begets within us indif- j 1j ference. " i ^ It may be that the word slumbered, which j literally means to nod, refers to the wise j l virgins, and the word slept refers to the I v foolish virgins. The meaning then is e that while waiting for the coming of the I bridegroom the wise virgins nodded, but | (1 the foolish virginsslept. Thisseemsto be j a strained interpretation. The words i seem to teach plainly that all?both the j wise virgins and the foolish virgins? j ? slumbered and slept. There certainly ap- j J pers to be in the words a censure passed i ? unon all. True believers are not spiritu- | ~ ally dead, because they have been ouick-1 ened into life. Their life is hid in Christ' : and they live because he lives. It is Just! as true, however, that the most watchful believer is so often off his post of duty, - and so careless when at his post, that with j J propriety it may be said, that every be-, I liever isslumberingand sleeping. On the ^ other hand, mere formal Christians?mere I ^ unregenerated professors?are in a pro- a found sleep, although they sometimes ap- e near to be watching for the coming of the k bridegroom. f} When the cry was made, "Behold the p bridegroom cometh," all the virgins arose. : The bridegroom arrived at midnight, j Here again we have a definite time for an 1 a, indefinite. All that we are to understand ' j, by "midnight" is that the bridegroom 1 came at an hour that neither the wise noi the foolish virgins were expecting him, When the Son of Man comes to judge the world he will beaccompanied by a retinue of holy angels, but his approach will not be discovered until he is here. Then a proclamation will the made so loud and piercing that the whole human family will hear it and arise to meet him. All of the lead will awake and come out of their graves. But neither living nor dead will be expecting his arrival at the time when it will actually take place, but when his irrival is proclaimed all will arise to meet him. It was not nntil the bridegroom had actually arrived that it was discovered who were"the wise, and who were the foolish virgins. The virgins themselves did not know. They all, no doubt, thought they were wise. The foolishness of the foolish virgins consisted in neglect to furnish themselves with oil for the purpose of replenishing or resaturating their torches. Apparently this was a small matter but in reality it was a matter of vital importance. The lack of oil in their vessels prevented them from entering with the bridegroom *nd wise virgins into the marriage. "Oil in their vessels," in the parable, is aot to be restricted and made to denote my particular Christian grace, but to be taken in a wide sense, to denote all that is included in the expression "new creature in Christ Jesus." The foolish virgins had the appearance of being prepared tc meet the bridegroom, but that was all. 'The rich young ruler'' had, in appearance, kept all the precepts embraced in the secmd table of the moral law, but when put to the test it was demonstrated that, except in appearance, he had kept none ol them, but had been violating tnem all, in thought, word and deed, from his youth up. Xo doubt there are many in the visible church. who are wise in appearance, uut in reality foolish. Some of these are, for selfish purposes, deceiving others, Fhey are making merchandise of the religion of Jesus Christ. They are conscious that they are not what they pretend to be. rhere are others who are self-deceived, or jeceived by the great arch-enemy of God 2nd holiness. They will not discover thai they are properly classed with the foolish ?*? a;I ~ :t virgins, uruii ueu.ui uiuueo u. luu mic ivj relieve with their heart unto righteousness, and make confession with their mouth unto salvation. The word virgin in connection with marriage in the parable is very suggestive. The most of persons have a fondness for rttending marriages. This is especially true of young girls. No greater earthly Jisappointment can be conceived than that which a young girl would experience when deprived by her own neglect of attendinga marriage feast. She would heap jpon herself bitter reproaches. The portion of the wicked in the other world will ie bitter indeed. They will reproach themselves forever, not so much on account if what they did, as on account of what they neglected to do. The words, "I knew my master's will, but I did it not," will ao doubt mingle with weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. After those who were ready, we are told n the parable, had gone with the bridge;room into the marriage, the foolish virgins came, but the door was shut. This is startlingly suggestive. The door was shut. When Noah had finished the ark, accordng to divine instruction, he went into it, with the male and female of all flesh, and the "Lord shut him in." The shutting Noah in, shut every other member of the tiuraan family out. The shutting of the 3oor of the bridal chamber shut the wise virgins in, but it shut the foolish virgins iut forever. For one hundred and twenty years Noah preached righteousness to the men of his generation, but without effect. Lot was sorely vexed with the wicked Sodomites, ind preached righteousness to them, but iven to his own sons-in-law "he seemed as me that mocked/' The floods did come md sweep away the whole of the human amily except eight souls. God did rain 3own fire and brimstone from heaven and 'the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." The brimstone and ire which God rained out of heaven upon ;he cities of the plain burnt them and all heir inhabitants up, except Lot, his wife ind two daughters. These and many other events which lave occurred in the word's history are so nany premonitions that God will one day :ome to take the righteous home and punsh the wicked. Our duty in view of everything in conlection with the coming of our Lord to udge the world in righteousness is sumned up in the single word watch. This s the main thing taught in the parable of he ten virgins. It is one of the lessons aught on every page of both sacred and irofane history. It is taught in every jvent which occurs in our individual his:ory. Woe be to the graceless professor vhen death lays his icy hand upon him. rhedoor of mercy will, in all probability, ie shut. Blessed be those whom their Lord, when he comes, shall find watching, Let us all remember that the song "Too Late" is set to the music of despair, and las for a chorus gnashing of teeth. PIANOS! PIANOS!! ORGANS! ORGANS!! 1*7 E are prepared to furnish you SQUARE, Vf GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANOS, HURCH AND PARLOR ORGANS, direct rom the manufacturers and from the most popilar makers in the United States. When you buy an instrument from us, you ;et it fresh from the factory, and not one that las lain for years in some warehouse waiting or a customer. As to the quality of the intruments we sell, we beg to refer you to the ollowing parties who have purchased instrunentsof us: W. L. Roddev, B. M.Fewell, Lee 'ierce, R. A. Steele, Rock Hill; Jas. Lindsay, Chester. Do not fail to call and see samples of instruaents, or write us for prices and terms before mying. Respectfully, W. S. CREIGHTON A CO., Rock Hill, S. C. February 15 7 3m VI.OAZO ROSE. ALL KINDS OF MEATS. [T is my intention, "from this day forever," to keep a REEF AND MEAT MARKET a every sense of the term, supplying the trade ,-ith the very best meats the market affords. !onsequently I desire to buy an unlimited umber of FAT BEEF CATTLE, HOGS and II EE P. Stuffed Sausage. The stuffed Sausage, which is becoming so opular with house-keepers, is not prepared v me, but is made by a Sausage Maker in 'irginia, and is shipped to me fresh everyday. TO MY COUNTRY FRIENDS would say that I would be glad to'serve them rith anything in the way of Meats or anything Ise I may have for sale." When you have any tutter, Eggs, Chic kens or any "kind of Prouce bring it to me for I want to buy it. Fish mid Oysters Twice a Week. It is my intention to supply this market ft'ice a week with Fish and Oysters. So leave our orders and secure these luxuries. ALONZO ROSE. F. HAPPERFIElrD. GROCERIES AND HARDWARE. fXaddition to a full stock of STAPLE AND L FANCY GROCERIES, HARDWARE, <fcc., am now.handlingthe celebrated [avassa Co's Guano and Acid Phosphate. l full stock now in Store and ready for delivry. The above FERTILIZERS are too well nown to require anything I could say in their ivor, having been sold in this place for the ast fifteen years by Capt. T. S. JEFFERYS. THE MARBLE YARD. I invite special attention to my present stock nd prices. It will be to your interest to exnmle work and prices before purchasing. F. HAPPERFIELP. I GARRY IRON ROC | Manufacturers of nil kinds of _ | i IRON ROOFING I CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, ' Iron Tile or Shingle, ' FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 4C., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF JpSr Orders received by L. M. GRIST. I May 10 "WINCHESTER |J REPEATING RIFLES. SINGLE SHOT RIFLES, Reloading- Tools, j ' L I L 1 AND L I. 1 ilj AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS, jj I A I A i A MANUFACTURED BY THE * A A 1 A ! WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., i XEW HAVE*. coHnv. I t L I L I L SEND FOR 76-PAGE L i L ; L L L ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. t A A Mention this paper. n G ti January 11 .2 lOt s , " 7 ; .1. ED. JEFFERYS. ( I Pay Pp. | 1MUST have money, and I would be glad to make recepts for parties having accounts T on my books. J. ED. JEFFERYS. j t | UNDERTAKING. ] WE claim to be abreast of the times in the j Undertaking business. We have the / latest novelties in the way of trimming, <fcc., 1 and carry a complete stock of Coffins of all sizes and prices. We also have on hand a J l lot of very handsome burial Cases and Caskets J for adults made of walnut and other choice j woods. We have some Broadcloth Cases that j i are very handsome. Also, Metalic Cases. We 1 ! have a nice line of White Gloss Cases and Cas- * kets for children, which are very pretty and I appropriate. We will make it to the interest J > of anvone in need of any of the above men- * l tioned articles to call on us. We will sell as * i cheap as anyone, and will sell on time to re- * sponsible parties. Our personal attention will * be given to all funerals in town. J. ED. JEFFERYS. r a 1888. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1888. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables 1 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 I in the best style. Give me a trial and be convinced. Cincinnati and Colnmbns Buggies Of every description will be kept. Spring Wagons, Phaetons, <ftc., of the best make, always on hand. j, FOR FUNERALS j 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. f< A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpseat Phaeton and some Bug- gies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, S if sold soon to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED p At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. ( F. E. SMITH. i THE LEADING p 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 I for 1888. It contains descriptions of all p: new and desirable varieties of SEEDS i PLANTS j for the Farm and Garden that are adap- cc ted to the South. A, Catalogue mailed free. Send for it. 01 January 4 1 3m BRIDGE CONTRACT. NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of "J County Commissioners of York county, J will meet" at the FORD on BULLOCK'S Fi CREEK, near the residence of B. P. McAfee, 011 the Adair's Ferry road, on SATURDAY, MARCH 114,1888, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The ob- _ jectof the meeting is to let out to the lowest ^ bidder, THE BUILDING OF A NEW BRIDGE 7i 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 Commis- Si sioners reserve the right to reject any and all F< bids. . F< By order of the Board. Ti ? * r* ? T Trt/\\T r%\ 1 1 m? J AiYl. JtiS 11. AijLilOUA, \_ ierK. | i.? February 22 8 5t A PHONOGRAPHY. th TO a limited number of scholars I will fur- pc nish a handbook and give 10 lessons in th PHONOGRAPHIC SHORT-HAND by mail, pc The lessons will be arranged to cover the entire in course of study. To those who carrv out the instructions I guarantee the result?SUCCESS, of Terms?82.50 per scholar ; or I will teach a co school of 12 or more scholars at the same rate, i wi provided satisfactory arrangements can be j th made as to the time it begins. I use Munson's sc: system. Those receiving lessons by mail can pe begin at any time. For particulars," address at JAMES L. STRAIN, ! to Etta Jane, Union Co., S. C. | February 22 8 2m j "a "EXCHANGE BANK, j wi Yorkville, S. C. be i T. S. JEFFERYS President. ' i JOS. F. WALLACE Vice-President. , , j FRANK A. GILBERT, Cashier. ,UI Organized. September X. 1887. , THE BANK will receive Deposits, buy and tic sell Exchange, make Loans and do a gen- su eral Banking Business. sp ! The officers tender their courteous services I 5 to its patrons and the public generally. j foi September6 36 tf i or 1IIS1C LESSONS. | MISS ZORAIDA INGOLD respectfully of- ^ fers her services, at her residence, as j ed TEACHER OF MUSIC ON THE PIANO, sci Pupils received at any time. System thorough co and practical. Prices reasonable, and furnish- ^ ed on application. ch November 30 48 tf all FING COMPANY, y IRON ORE PAINT A-iid Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN ST. Cleveland., O. Wr m Send for Circular and r!f'i N prjce Li8tXo. 75. IRON ROOFING IN THE WOJtLD. 9 ly Piedmont .A.ir-Line. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R., South Carolina Division. jjfe^ggl/Tig JM3ig|Eg3gaE^^? CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect January 15, 1888, (Trains run by 75th Meridian time.) NORTH ROUND. No 17. No. 51. No. 53. Freight. Daily. Dally. cave wnarieston, ) vla.S. C. R. II. ) 6.00 P.M. cave Augusta 6.00 P.M. 9.33 A.M. " eave Granltevllle,. "" 6.56 p. M. 10.15 a. m. eave Trenton,.... 7.30p.m. 10.48 a.m. eave Johnston's,... 7 51 p m 11 05 a m eave Columbln,... 4.50 a.m. 10.3'i p*. m*. T.IOp'm' eave yVinnsboro,.. 8.52 a.m. 12.33 p. m. 3.19 p. m eave Chester, 11.30 A. M. 1.57 A. M. 4 29 P M eave Rock Hill,... 1,02 P.M. 2.55 A.M. 5.12 P.'M rrlveCharlotte.... 4.25P.M. 4.05A.M. 6.15 PM rrtve Snlisbury.... 6.44 A.M. 8.02 P.M." rr ve Greensboro'. 8.28 A.M. 9.40 P.M. 345 P.M. 6.15 A.M. Washington,. 8.23 P. M. 8.10 A. M. rrlve Baltimore,... 1I.25P.M torn* m rrlve Philadelphia, 3.00 A.M. 12.35 P.' m! rrlve New York, . 6.20 A. M. 3.20 P. M. SOUTH BOUND. Xo. 52. Xo. 50. Xo. 18. Daily. Daily. Freight. cave New York,.. -5.30 P. M. 12.15 A. M. cave Philadelphia, <5.57 P. M. 7.20 A. M. eave Baltimore,... 9.42 P.M. 9.45 A.M. eave Washington, 11.00 P. M. 11.24 A.M. eave Richmond,.. 3.30A.M. 3 10 P.M. leave Greensboro', 9.48 A. M. 10.44 P. M. eave Salisbury.... 11.23A.M. 12 37 A.M. ,eave Charlotte;... l.Ou P. M. 2.30 A.M. 4.30 A.M. eave Rock Hill,.. 2 02 P. M. 3.23 A. M. 7.20 A. M. eave 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. eave ColumblH,... 5.43P.M. 6.55 A.M. 3.35 P. M. eave Johnston,... 7.51P.M. 9.01A.M. eave Trenton 8 08 P. M. 9.18 A. M. eave Granitevillc, 8.36 P. M. 9.46 A. M. rrive Augusta 9.15 P.M. 10.3J A. M. vK SWSf. 110-55 p-M- 1035 MPullman Palace Cars between Charleston and Danville, on 5os. 50 and 51. Pullman Palace Buffet Cars between Aiken and Washington. I. C., ou Nog. 52 and 53. 50 and 51 make close connection at Columbia with C. and (. Division, 50 and 51, to and from points West, via nnd Sparinhurg, Asheville and Paint Rock. OL. HA8S, D. CARDWELL, JAS. L. TAYLOR, 'raffle Manager. D. P. A.,Columbia, S. C. Gen'l Pass. Agent. January 25 8 tf !. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. I?Sw?!i JBHHa Ml w : SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains 3 from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C.,taking iffect at 8.30 A. M. Sunday, January 1, 1888: GOING SOUTH. jeave Lenoir 8.30 A. M. ..eave Hickory ; 9.42 A. M. ..eave Newton 10.12 A. M. ..eave Lincolnton 11.04 A. M. jeave Dallas 11.45 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 12.02 A. M. .<eave Gastonia 12.05 A. M. jeave Clover, 12.4(3 P. M. jeaye Yorkville, 1.17 P. M. jeave Guthriesville, 1.38 P. M. jeave Lowrysville, 2.09 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.35 P. M. GOING NORTH. jeave Chester, 4.37 P. M. jeave Lowrysville, 5.03 P. M. jeave Guthriesville, 5.34 P. M. jeave Yorkville 5.55 P. M. jeave Clover, (3.27 P. M. Lrrive at Gastonia, 7.09 P. M. . jeave Gastonia, 7.27 P. M. jeave Dallas, 7.42 P. M. jeave Lincolnton, 8.32 P. M. trrive at Newton, 9.22 P. M. jeave Hickory 9.54 P. M. trriveat Lenoir, 11.00 Pt M. Freight trains* run daily. Going North, arive at Yorkville at 10.45, A. M. Going South, rrive at Yorkville at 2.40, P. M. G. R. talcott, Superintendent. January 11 2 tf DIAL ENGINE WORKS, COLUMBIA, 8. 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