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Utiiwwttis Department. A BASE IMPOSTOR. A farmer from the vicinity of Hempstead appeared in front of the Stock Exchange, and entered into conversation with a citizen who was waiting in the door, by asking: "The convention in there breaks up at three o'clock, don't it?" "Yes, that's the hour," was the reply. "Do you know Jay Gould when you see him?" "Oh, yes." "Is he in there?" "I presume so." "Well, I wish you'd point him out to me when he ?Dmes out." ml ?*' ?i .1. .L?_ rnecuizen promiscu to uo mis, uuu ?imiu a few minutes he kept his word. The farmer took a square look at the railroad and telegraph prince, and then turned and asked: "Are you dead sure?" "Yes." "Can't be no mistake?" "No." "Well, it's about as I suspected. A few days ago a big slouch hat of a fellow halted at my gate and began measuring my ground with a tape line, and squinting around in the most mysterious manner. I went out to see what was up, and, after being around for a while he said he was Jay-Gould, but I didn't know what he looked like." "It must have been a fraud." "Iam sure of that now; I pumped around to find out what he was up to, and he finally said he wanted my place for an orphan asylum. He was going to build one as big as a palace, and take care of all the orphans in the country." "And of course you treated him well?" "Didn't I? Why, for three days he lived on the fat of the land and slept in the parlor bed-room. He was going to give me twenty-five thousand dollars for my laud, and the way we killed chickens and turned out sweet-cake for him made the old woman sick. He finally jumped the house and took my Sunday suit, and a fiddle worth eight dollars." "I don't believe Gould would steal a fiddle." "That's what I thought, and so I came over to look at him. It wasn't Gould at all, but some base impostor!" "And you are so much out?" "Well, it looks that way, but the experience is worth something. It may not be a week before some one else will come along with a ten-foot pole in his hand and a theological seminary in his eyes, and claim to be Russell Sage, and the way I will knock him down and step on him, and walk over him, and drive him into the sile, will pay me a profit of fifty per cent, on the investment."?[Wall Street l^icwa. W3f* A boy about thirteen years old stood outside the fence and received a hatful of cherries from a boy of nine or ten on the inside. There was something so sweetly friendly and charitable in the action that a pedestrian crossed over and said to the small boy, after the big one had moved on: "Sonny, did you sell him the cherries?" "No, sir." "Gave them of your own free will, eh?" "Yes, sir." "Well, he looks like a poor boy who can't buy fruit, and it was a noble action of yours." "That's what I think, too, sir. He's been licking me all summer, and?" "And you heaped coals of fire on his head ?" "No, sir. I fixed to heap a quart of halfripe cherries into his stomacn, and if he doesn't howl, and twist, and yell, and tie up in hard knots before night, then he's too mean for the colic to tackle ! He's the third one I've paid off that way this week.?[Detroit Free Press. V3F Among the guests of a New York hotel was a maiden lady from the rural districts. The landlord noticed that about nine o'clock every night she would come down stairs, get a pitcher of ice-water, and return to her room. "One night," he said, "I made bold to speak to her, and asked why she did not ring the bell for a hall-boy to bring the ice-water to her." " 'But there is no bell in my room ?' "Pray, let me show you." "And with that I took the pitcher of ice watet in my hand and escorted her to her apartment.. Then I pointed out to her the knob of the electric-bell. She gazed at it with a sort of horror, and then exclaimed: " 'Dear me! Is that a bell ? Why, the hall-boy told me that it was a fire-alarm signal, and that I must never touch it except in case of fire !' "And that is how the hall-boy saved himself the trouble or going ror ice-water." -[N. Y. Star. t6P "Yes," said the farmer to the keeper of the "store" in his village, as he came down to report the effects ot using a new preparation which had been recommended as sure confusion and sudden death to insects of all sorts whatsoever; "it works like a charm. I never saw anything that so discouraged the bugs. I tried it on my potatoes and squash vines, and there ain't a bug in either patch." "Good!" said the storekeeper ; "killed 'em all off, didn't it, just as I told you ?" "Not exactly," said the farmer, "but it killed every vine on the place, and then the bugs got discouraged and left. Got any good, quick-growing squash seed in your stock ? Aud how about good planting potatoes? It's pretty late to start crops again, but I reckon if the season holds off until late I shall realize something. And if the agent for that bugkiller comes around, tell him he can get a boss recommend if he'll come up to my place." S@F In the good old town of Newburyport, Mass., it was formerly the custom to have "up notes" in the pulpit on Sunday mornings, which was the vernacular for the act of sending a note to the pastor requesting prayers for special occasions. Not long ago a good brother from the country occupied one of the pulpits in that town, and on opening the Bible came across one such note, and, after reading it, announced to the congregation that Mr. A. requested the prayers and sympathy of the congregation in the sudden death of his loved wife, and in the prayer that followed he offered up a fervent petition for "the brother sitting lonely and desolate in his pew," etc. He noticed a movement in the congregation that almost amounted to a panic, and to his consternation he afterwards learned that the note had been shut up in the Bible a year, and that Mr. A. had his new wife for the first time in the pew. He is very careful about giving out notices now. i??Some time ago a rich old man, who was dying, sent in great haste for the editor of this paper. The editor knew that the old fellow had no relatives, and fondly mused as he went along, over the probability of a large inheritance. "I am glad you've come," said the old man, in a deathly whisper. "Come closer." The editor approached. "You know that I have worked hard, and that I have earned every cent I have got. Some time ago, you remember, I subscribed for your paper for six months. There is just one more number due me, and as I am dying, and can't wait till youi next issue comes out, j ust give me a uickel and we'll call it square."?[Arkansaw Traveller. A gentleman went into a gun store for the purpose of buying a gun. He saw a fine sample of the stock on the showcase, and attempted to pick it up for examination. The German store-keeper who saw the movement, shouted "Mine friend, dots besser you look pooty veil out. Dot gun vas loaded, un vhen he goes off he kicks like der tuyfel.' The gentleman, thinking to have some fun with the German, replied: "A gun can't kick; it has no legs." "Vat!" said the store-keeper. "He don't can kick? Yoost vait. I dells you sometings, und I gif you a leedle intiaraations. I vas in der pishness, und I know sometings. A gun don't kick mit its legs. It kicks mit its breeches." ^-"Landlord, this bill is downright extortion." "How is that?" "Why, I can stop at the Grand Pacific for less than you have charged me!" "Yes, sir; but is the Grand Pacific among the hills? Is it surrounded by pines? Has it a boiling spring? Canyou walk over a precipice within 200 feet of the Grand Pacific? I charge two dollars a day for the precipice, another for the hills and the spring, and if twelve shillings a day for hotel rates are not dog cheap, then I don't know how to please you. Why, sir, if the Fifth Avenue hotel was on the brink of a precipice 200 feet high, you couldn't stop there for $8 a day !" * 1 (The ?atw and Reside VETCH FOR FORAUE?HOW TO PLANT. \V. J. Dennis, of Augusta, Ga., in Southern Farm. With your permission, I would like 1 say a word in favor of the forage plai knowu as vetches or vecht, as in the wr ter's opinion, there is no species of plai so well adapted to the needs of the peopl or to the climate of the South. On evei road leading out of this city, it is at th writing, January 2oth, making the bywa green with its tropical luxuriance and for ing its curly head above the dead wii grass, which abounds on all roads, provin I ito huwlv nQtnro nnrt ehnu'imr if is the be plant for the southern pianter to grow I produce green feed for the winter, hoth l'< milk cows and stock of all kinds. And such milk ! Its sweetness is unr valed, and if any plant under the sun wi produce line color and flavor in butter i January and February, vetch will down i And as a hay it is a perfect butter feed, t far as grasses alone can produce it. Tli analysis of this plant is very high. >! other grass or rather clover or peas, (for belongs to that family) can compare wit it. It is one of the richest forage croj that can he grown, rating higher both as fat forming and muscle-producing fee above all others grown in the world, e: cepting lucerne only. Its nature is that of the pea, only itgrov only in fall and winter, ripening its hay i May in this latitude. It never interfer< with the cultivating of any summer croj it is self-seeding and will never die out c pasture lands. One good plowing in spriti destroys it. There is no stock of any kind that is n< fond of, and eat it as quickly as they wi pea vines. On Bermuda soil it will produce a goo crop of hay, and will be ready to cut f early as the middle of April, on up land But as a winter growing hay its value unsurpassed to sow in conjunction wit winter oats. I have known it to grow four feet big in oats and both cut when the oats wer just in the dough, and have never know less than one ton of hay per acre whe this method is followed. And I have ofte cut two or three tons per acre and hav never sold it for less than $16.00 per toi and mostly $18.00 and $20.00 per ton. This mixture makes the richest forag grown, and the analysis shows moro fi and muscle, milk and butter forming feet than any grown. Vetch is one of the oldest of the cult vated legumes. It has been grown and highly prized by English farmers for stoc of all kinds, especially dairy stock, an sheep pasture in winter and early spriuj It has been grown there for more than century, so you see it comes to us with pedigree. I have found it one of the simplest gras es grown and one of the easiest grasses I get rid of. It forms no sod; like peas lives for a season at a time, that is, it strictly an annual, ripening us seea i April till June. Peas only rival it as land improver; they do not excel it in an particular. It grows from September ti June; it seeds itself by dropping its seet as they ripen. The seeds are hard to sa\ on account of this simple law of natui they obey in aceaseless, all day longsprinl ling of their fruits, as it were, to preserv their kind. Seeds of this plant that swe and pop under the action of an Apr shower and a midday sun, do not germ nate till the cool and dreary nights < September. They lie dormant all the Ion] hot days of summer, and every surnrac shower is only aiding them to hide beneat and mingle with the soil, be it sod land ( fallow; they will not grow till the cool fa rains of September come on apace, but 5 soon as the nights grow long and there enough moisture to germinate oats an small grain, they spring into lifelike maj ic, and soon, very soon, every hill and va will be green with the small vine-like plai that puts forth its kinky head to enjoy 11 kiss of the fall winds and winter's rain: All nature may sleep in the long nights < winter, but vetch chooses to try naturethe better part?and takes its nap by ba! bling brooks, near cooling streams in tl long, hot, sultry days of summer, knowir full well that the grasses that grow abo\ it are only spending their strength fi naught, as they are food only for the ho under the practice of paying tribute Africa to kill the goose that laid the go den egg. . As to cultivation, there is none after good preparation of the soil as for sms grain ; and, allow me to say, the prepa ation must not be (as is too often the case as careless as a poor set of tools and a car less negro can make it. Plow the land i for oats in August; harrow or drag ar cross plow; harrow again; drag or rol and sow. A peck to two pecks per acre plenty; sow evenly and run a light harro over it and your dearest hopes will be ri alized, for it is almost impossible to fail i getting a good catch of vetch when th method is followed. Any kind of so will suit it that will suit peas. I ha\ known of it growing on all kinds of sc that one can find in the county of Kiel mond, from the damp, river lands to tl stiff clays, stony soils and sand ridges; a seem to suit its taste. It owes its adapti tiontoall kinds of soil to the season : which it grows?i. e., fall, winter an spring, escaping our long, hot summers. I have planted it with oats in Septen ber; cut both for hay late in April, an planted tho same land in corn in Ma; produced twenty-two bushels per acr< harvested the corn in September, an sowing the same land with oats in tl same month, I would have a fine tneado of hay growing consisting of vetch ar oats, which was again cut for hay, and fc lowed with peas the next May, and so c for any number of years one may wish follow this practice. It is not so exhaus ive as you would think, as the oats a not allowed to get ripe. They must 1 cut while in the last stage of blossomin A No. 1 feed for all "kinds of stock. Fed race horses, they need no bran mashes i the winter and spring; so say race hor: men of this city. I have, I think, the honor of shippir the only hay sent or sold out of the Soul since the war to the East, which consist? of oats and vetch to racing stables Washington, Baltimore, Saratoga ar Sheepshead Bay, and the buyer paid n Son fWl nnr tnn fnr if hoaidou niivinor cents per 100 pounds freight, when I cou buy a No. 1 Timothy hay, freight paid, f 75 cents per 100 pounds, $15.00 per to from our merchants here at the tim Who can beat it and with what will 1 do it? Bear in mind that the rotation wi , vetch, spoken of above, was kept up f , several years and with only one seeding vetch to start with. But let me say a wo of caution to all. You can't graze vet< in wet weather or while the ground is w any more than you can any other kinds meadow without injury to the land ai ' grass. There is a spring and fall vetch, but this climate both kinds germinate and < the best if planted in the month of Se tember. Plant with oats and cut for ha j running no risks of late frost and rust, ai you will harvest a crop as worthy for m? ket or feeding on the farm as much as tl largest crop of oats you can grow, and al [ less cost and care, as you have no thras ing to do and get your land for a sprii crop two weeks sooner than if you let ti grain ripen. And again, it is not soe 1 haustive to land; in fact, where the lai is planted to peas, alternately followed 1 grain, itsteadilyimproves. Forhayaloi it is treated like peas or clover. For curii into hay, cut before the leaves begin drop, say the middle of April to the mi ' die of May. In early seasons I have hi a large crop in the barn by the 25th April. I wish to say right here, that this is n a pufT, but a careful and well and loi thought of subject with me. I have i axe to grind, nor have I any seed to se nor any interest in any land that has vet growing on it; duc i Know me vaiuu this grass by live years' experience with and I wish the farmers of the South wou plant more of it. I know it will pay ai that big. It has no equal as a wint grass and hay plant, for early hay, ai then it is out of the way. [Information with regard to the seed ci be obtained from T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va.?Editor Enquikkr. > FiMiiNd for Nail Hooks.?The f< lowing method of filling up nail holes wood is not only simple, but is said beeffectual: Take fine sawdust and m into a thick paste with glue, pound it in the hole, and when dry, it will make tl wood as good as new. Frank Christi Jr., in Stoves and Hardware, says he h followed this for thirty years with unvar ing success in repairing bellows, which the most severe test known. < )ften by fr quent attachment of new leather to o bellows frames the wood becomes so pe forated that there is no space to drive tl nails, and even if there was the remainii holes would allow the air to escape. Wansitlc Sathmnfls. i flaT Every one can master a grief but he that has it. ^ jj&- A woman will forgive everything in . a man except neglect of herself. -it JBaT'They are agitating in Canada the P) abolition of black as mourning. y s^Some men are born great, some is achieve greatness, and some can curve a y ball. A stitch in time saves nine?but this was said before the sewing machine was invented. St I [o i E&" A great many men when they start. >r ! out to reform the world leave themselves i for the last job. 1 * :i.i.v I I - I L 'tie most aeiicaiu, me must m-iinum;, i II of till pleasures, consists in promoting the n pleasures of others. ^ 5?^ If you have nothing else to do, see how fast you can say "Soup soothes theosr0 ophists thoroughly.'' it You can't bring up a child in the h right way unless you happen to be travel)S ing that way yourself, a j^The wisdom which prevents is better (1 than the wisdom which explains how it "might have been done." >s jgy- Great men have great peculiarities. n Little minds are afraid to exhibit the }g slightest variation from the standard of " the masses. if m JSrAsk for what you want, and thank g God for what you get, is a very good working motto for fishermen, as well as for it other people. '1 B^The attorney-general of Minnesota has given his opinion that thu law prohibl(i iting the publications by newspapers of acls counts of executions is constitutional. is fiSTlf you want to be miserable, think jj about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought j, to pay you, and what people think of you. e fig?- The golden moments in the stream n of life rush past us, and we see nothing n but sand ; the angels come to visit us, and n we only know them when they are gone. e "Please to give me something, sir ?" said and old woman. "I had a blind child ; he was my only means of subsistence; and the poor boy has recovered his g sight." There is said to be a schoolboy at j. Kingston, N. Y., who studies hard and jg commits his lessons to memory well, but if ? he goes to sleep he forgets all that ho has j learned. ?. S@PThe largest watermelon patch in the a world is at Adams Park, Ga. It embraces a eight hundred acres, and is expected to produce over four hundred carloads of s- melons. '/? fiST Mrs. Figg?John, there is a long red !l hair on your shoulder. And your sleeve ls is ripped, too. Mr. Figg?Yes. I put the n hair on there myself, so you'd notice the a ripped place. jj 5ST A Portuguese doctor asserts that he j3 has cured seven cases of hydrophobia by te> | rubbing garlic into the wound and giving rg the patient a decoction or garncio umiK for several days. re tfa?" At what absurd trifles some women 11 get angry. A female book agent, who il had cornered a poor fellow, the other day, i- looked daggers when somebody sang out, of "Man overbored!" ASrlle was a wag to the last, for as he ? followed the sheriff to the gallows he ren marked. "I'm going to Your-rope." ^ "Well, Europe isn't a bad place," replied the innocent sheriff. is AST An ordinance has been passed in d Sacramento, California, making it "the duty of the police to revoke any liquor le license, on petition of a majority of the residents in the block." le The temperature of our food and 31 drink should be as nearly as possible the of same as that of the blood. Iced water and ? ice-cream are injurious to the stomach ; so b- is very hot tea or coffee. The natives of Madagascar have, * within the past ten years, given over one million dollars to spread the Gospel. This is one of the most remarkable results in ^ the history of missionary work. 1- AST" General Lee carried two fine bottles of brandy with him into the field at the a beginning of the war. They were to be used In a case of sudden emergency. They r_ were still intact at the close of the war. 0? AST" Parents deceive their children as a e- mode of leading them out of danger and as temptation, yet they wonder lateron when id those same children lie to them about the 1, dangers and temptations into which they is have fallen. flgrA Russian traveler in the Malay r" Peninsula claims to have found in use there the smallest "coin" in the world. It 1, is a minute wafer, made from the juice of a tree. Its value is about the millionth part of a dollar. fj. The London Justice says that all the ,e people now living in the world, or about 11 1,400,000,000, could find standing room within the limits of a field ten miles square, in and by the aid of a telephone could be ad id dressed by a single speaker. Down in Georgia the other day a rata tie snake frightened a cat that scared a hen id that knocked ajar from a shelf, which hit Pi the faucet of a barrel of molasses, which 2; turned the faucet, causing the loss of a bar>d rel of syrup. The snake was killed. A boy was asked if he ever prayed X in church, and answered: "Oh! I always , say a prayer like the rest do, just before ~ the sermon begins." "Indeed !" respond: ed the astonished querist. "What do you ? say?" "Now I lay me down to sleep." re Reverence is one of the signs of strength ; irreverence one of the sure ing. dications of weakness. No man will rise to high who jeers at high things. The fine in loyalties of life must be reverenced or they se will be foresworn in the day of trial. stern Parent?Young man, I am astounded at your impudence. You seek to marry my daughter knowing her to be 'd wealthy in her own right, while you at haven't a cent. Self-possessed Youth? ?d That's all right. What's the need of my having money when she has plenty ? 4(3 ij S?' "I think that the young men of the or present clay are very deficient in mental culture," said a young lady; "don't you, ' Mr. Strokhor?" "Very," was the reply, u * "Why, the other day I actually met a young man who didn't know what I meant th when I said that Kelly fumbled a foul or b?ll.? of fiST" The practice of keeping night lights rd in children's bed-rooms is pronounced very ;h injurious by a well-known physician. Iuet stead of allowing the optic nerves the perof feet rest afforded by darkness, the light id keeps them in perpetual stimulation, with the result of causing the brain and the rest in of the nervous system to suffer. Jo "So you've been to Paris," said Mrs. p- Bumbleton, to her nephew. "Is'poseyou y, saw all the sights?" "Yes, I guess I took id in most of them." "Did you see the place ir- where they make Paris green ?" "No; but he I got acquainted with a lot of fellows who : a have been very successful in making Paris h- red." The old lady simply remarked that ig she had never heard of that color before. to Bgjf Dean Swift was once dining with a xj family in which the matron boasted of 1U the number of centuries in which the magical prefix "de" had been the rightful property of her ancestors. The dean heard ^ the tedious and oft-told tale to the end, and j then delivered his opinion of all that sort u* of nonsense by saying: "Madam, will you kindly help me to another piece of de-umpling?" ot 83?" At Quito, the only city in the world ng on the line of the equator, the sun sets and no rises at six o'clock the year round. Your | |J mnj uiwii uunii, juui nuicn gvu ch cranky, but the sun never makes a mistake of there. When it disappears from sight for itj ; the night it is six o'clock, and you can set Id your watch accordingly. In one part ofj 1(j the city it is the summer season, and in j er the other part it is winter. id fi^Like most garments and most carpets, everything in life has a right side in and a wrong side. You can tako any joy, of and by turning it around find trouble on j the other side; or you may take the great! est trouble, and by turning it around find | o joy on the other side. The gloomiest | jtj1 mountain never casts a shadow on both j : sides at once, nor does the greatest of life's J ix calamities. to S6T A Russian nobleman lay on his tie deathbed. One of his curious fancies was n, to have his wife robe herself in her wedas ding dress and stand by his bedside. It y- was a very natural bit of sentiment, and is i in the course of an hour the beautiful woe man stood by his side, arrayed in the garId ments of twenty years ago. "Ah," he ,>r- sighed, "you look so beautiful in that dress tie that I hoped when the angel came he ig might take a fancy to you, and carry you off instead of me." ^HisccUaitfous jgfcatliutj. CIVILIZING AFRICA. A singularly interesting experiment is about to be made in Africa. Some British capitalists have applied for a charter to take possession, for trading purposes, of a large tract lying in the central basin of the Zambesi river. It is the vast region in which Doctor Livingstone made his most important discoveries, and where, worn out with toil and privation, he died. It has appropriately been suggested to call the country Livingstonia. The object of the projectors of this company is not simply to make money nor to acquire territory. They aim also to civilize the negro, to defend him from the rav ages or me siave-nunier ana me grecu or the liquor-seller, the two worst enemies of the African race. In other words, they propose to co-operate heartily with the missionaries already laboring in, or about to go to, this region. Now it is no new thing for a commercial company to undertake to develop the resources of a barbarous or semi-civilized country ; nor is it an experiment for a society to attempt to elevate a savage people by teaching them the truths of Christianity. But these two great agents for the spread of modern civilization, the trader and the missionary, have hitherto always worked independently, often as antagonists, never, we might almost say, in concert. The first and most successful of the great mercantile companies, the Mast India company, for a long time prohibited Christian missionaries from laboring in its dominions. The directors feared that it would be impossible for them to govern the myriad inhabitants of the peninsula, if these bigoted Hindus and Mohammedans should eveu suspect their rulers of a wish to Christianize India. Though they were at length forced, by public opinion in England, to withdraw their prohibition, they never encouraged the missionary work, and even now the Indiagovernmont preserves strict neutrality where religious qustions arise. In Africa, however, the majority of the traders jiave always been either openly or secretly hostile to the missionaries. Even if they are indifferent, their traffic in liquor and arms makes the missionary's work well-nigh hopeless, for the negro uses the one for his own destruction, the other to enslave his brethren. The new company proposes absolutely to nrohihit the sale of these articles in their dominions. No alcoholic drink shall be permitted to cross i's frontiers, nor shall arms and ammunition he sold to the natives. A commercial company operating on these principles will certainly be a far more powerful civilizing agent than the most efficiently manned missionary society in a country like Africa. The preacher of the Gospel is, above all things, a man of peace. He may defend himself if attacked, but it is doubtful if he can rightly do more. It was Doctor Livingstone's rule never to interfere except as peace-maker, in tribal contests, even to defend the weak and oppressed. Accordingly, in a country where contiuual war between neighboring villages is almost a normal condition, and slave-hunting raids are well-nigh certain, a missionary is liable to see his life's labor swept away in a night. A well-managed commercial company, with sufficiency of means at its disposal, will not suffer from this danger. Its prosperity and existence, therefore depends on the facilities which it enjoys for trade, and these again are dependent primarily on peace. Tribal wars must be prevented, by force if necessary, and defense against the attack of foreign enemies must be provided. It is no part of the missionary's work to train his negro convert to fight even the Arab slave-hunter, but one of the first duties of the company will be to raise and drill a native home-guard. That is, it is the company's interest to seek the material prosperity of the people with whom if trades. But if there is in addition a hearty cooperation with the missionary in his higher aim, the mental and spiritual elevation of the negro, it is difficult to overestimate the influence which the two together will exert in Livingstonia. It is not unlikely that the two great companies, the lioyal Niger, which operates on the river of that name, and the British Last African, which has acquired a large territory on the east coast, will adopt the same policy. In that case we shall have every reason to look for an immense advance of civilization and Christianity in Africa. Ocean Racing.?The passenger steamships crossing the Atlantic Ocean seem tc have entered with renewed zeal upon the task of breaking the record of quick voyages. Hardly a week passes without some surprise in this line, and the record goes steadily down. The first steamship driven wholly by steam power was the Sirius, which, in 1838, crossed the Atlantic in seventeen days. It was considered a wonderful achievement (as indeed it was), but when the enthusiasts declared that the record would eventually be lowered to ten days, they were laughed to scorn. By 1815 the time had been reduced tc twelve days, and during the next six years the record was slowly but steadily lowered. In 1851 the run was made from New York to Liverpool in nine days and twelve hours. In 1807 a voyage in eight days and three hours was considered remarkable time, but years later oue was made in seven days, twenty hours and thirty-three minutes. There was very litttle reduction made from these figures until 1881, when the Arizona won the name of the "Greyhound of the Atlantic" by making the run in seven days, five hours and seven minutes, Three years later the Oregon lowered tfie record to six days, nine hours and fifty minutes; and from that date on the time has been steadily lowered until the City of Paris crossed in five days, twenty-twc hnnra and fan minutes. At last the time has been lowered below six days, and it possible that the present season will see more marked reductions in time. It is certain that the time will be lowered to live days, then will come a competition to reach a limit of four days, Such a result is not attainable with present mechanical appliances, but no one can tell what invention will bring forth. Time is money, and every hour sliced oil a European voyage is so much money gained. This is true, however, only so An as safety is combined with speed. It is encouraging, therefore, to note the fact thai steamship disasters have not increased in an equal ratio with the increase of speed. On the contrary, it is probable that there has been a positive decrease. Wrecks thai have occurred in recent years and by which a large number of lives were lost, havo happened to companies not especially noted for the speed of their ships. polyandky, ok women with MOIIK than One Husband.?Polyandry is that species of polygamy in which the wife has more husbands than one, and it prevails wherever the Thibetan language is spoken, even in districts on the Indian side of the mountains. Polyandry is found in many other places, such as the interior of Ceylon, among the Todas and Nairs of Southern India, the Iroquois and aboriginal Tasmanians; but Thibetan polyandry has the peculiarity that the husbands are all brothers, or, at least, very nearly related, so that the woman becomes the wife of the whole family. It does not appear to be in any way connected with the Thibetan religion, but to owe its existence to the poverty of the country and the desire to limit the population, it is practiced by all classes of the population, rich and poor, and is only superseded by polygamy, or multiplicity of wives,.where the people have miuil, Ifinrlnnc nr TVfr>. UCCU UiUtll Jll VWJllHW It ivia w. *.1V hammedans. Turner, the second of Warren Hastings's envoys to Thibet, says that the number of husbands is not restricted or defined. At Teshu Lumbe, the residence of the Teshu Lama, he has known a family of live brothers living happily with one wife, and he thinks this probably is the practical limit. The children are regarded as scions of the house, rather than of any individual member of it; all the husbands are treated as the fathers of the children, and there is no difference in the relations of a child to the different fathers. The surplus women left by the system are provided for in the Lama nunneries, where they learn to read and copy the Thibetan scriptures and to engage in religious services. The choice of a wife for the family is the right of the elder brother, and the contract he makes involves marriage contracts with all the other brothers. The system is said to have existed in Thibet since prehistoric times, so that its origin is lost in antiquity. It has been suggested that it arose in a state of society where men were forced to be from home, and where the duty of protecting the family would fall on the brothers in turn. The notable benefit is that it restricts population in regions where emigration is difli cult and where the means of subsistenc cannot be easily increased. Mystery ok Russia Iron.?Probabl the only secret process which has bee kept inviolate, and for apes openly defie the world of science, is the iron trade < Russia. The secret of making Russi sheet iron is owned by the government,an is such an immense monopoly that it currently supposed to defray the entire e; penses of the government. Tho works constitute an entire city, i olated and fortified against the rest of tt world. When a workman enters tho se: vice, he bids a last farewell to his fainil and friends, and is practically lost to th I world. He is never heard from afterwan ! anrl u/hothor ho livoa or rlins oil trcioo i 1 him is forever lost. There have been several desperate a 1 tempts made to steal or betray the secre | but in every instance it has resulted in tl i death of the would-be traitor. In one case a letter attached to a kit which was allowed to escape, was picke up by some peasants, and, despite the protestations that they were unable 1 read they were at once put to death h the guards to whom they delivered thele ter, and it was afterward decreed that tl guards themselves should pass the remaii der of their days within the works. The wonderful properties of this iron ai so well known that it is unnecessary 1 enlarge upon them ; imitations have bee made closely resembling the original art icle, but the durable polish, toughne: and anti-rusting properties are lackinj and to-day the secret remains as hidden i the philosopher's stone. It has been recently claimed that a ne discovery has been made, which, it is hi lieved by some, will develop into an art cle equaly as good. flQM B ?royalkvm, ^B Y Bfr^**oiuriTr ri?y| ~ . mJi &AKlNc POWDER Absolutely Pure Tills powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength a wholcsnmeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, a cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low tc short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sot.n oni.y in cai ROYAL 1IAKINO I'OVVIIKK CO., 100 Wall St., N. Y April 21 17 I7w JPiedmont J^ino RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R? . South Carolina Division. COLUMBIA, S. C. < <>\ DI \ SI D S( IIEDH I,E IN KKKKCT JUNK 0, 1880. (Triiins nut l?y 75th Meridian time.) NORTH ROUND. No. 53. No. 51. Daily. Daily. Leave Augusta 8.45 A. M. <>. 15 1'. 2 ; Leavo Granitevillo, D.30 A. M. t>.53 P. I Leave Trenton, 10.05 A. M, 7.55 P. I Leave Johnston's, 10.23 A. M. 8.13 P. I Leavo Columbia, 12.50 P. M. 10.35 P. 2 Leave Winnsboro' 2.3") P. M. 12.10 P. I Leave Chester, 3.42 P. M. 1.20 A. 2 Leavo Rock Hill 4.24 P. M. 2.05 A. : Leave Charlotte, 5.20 P. M. 3.13 A. I Leave Salisbury, 7.0."> P. M. 11.22 A. 2 Loave Greensboro, 8,40 P. M. 8.00 A. I Leave Richmond, 5.15 A. M. 3.30 P. 2 Loave Washington, (1.50 A. M. 7.13 P. 2 Leavo Rultimore, 8.20 A. M. 11.25 P. I Leavo Philadelphia, 10.47 A. M. 3.00 A. 2 Arrive at New York 1.20 P. M. 0.20 A. 2 SOUTH ROUND. No. 50. No. 52. Daily. Daily. Leavo Now York, 12.15 Night 4.30 P. 2 Leave Philadelphia,... 1.20 A. M. 0.57 P. 2 Leave Raltimoro, 0.45 A.M. 0.30 P. 2 Leave Washington, 11.24 A. M. 11.00 P. 1 Leave Richmond, 3.00 P. <M. 2.30 A. I Leave Greensboro, 10.37 P. M. 0.50 A. 2 Leave Salisbury,.... 12.32 P. M. 11.23 A. 2 Leavo Charlotte, 2.20 A. M. 1.00 P. I Leave Rock Hill, 3.17 A.M. 1.57 P. I Leave Chester, 3.58 A. M. 2.40 1J. Leave Winnsboro', 4.511 A. M. 3.39 P. I Arrive at Columbia,.... li.30 A. M. 5.10 P. 1 Leave Columbia (>.55 A. M. 5.30 P. 1 , Leave Johnston's, 8.57 A. M. 7.30 P. I ' Leave Trenton, 0.14 A.M. 7.55 P. 1 Loavo Granitovillo, 0.50 A.M. 8.24 P. 3 ! Arrive at Augusta, 10.30 A.M. 9.05 P. I I Arrivo at Charleston, via. S. C. Railway,.. 11.00 A. M. 9.30 P. 3 ' Arrive at Savannah, I via Central Railroad,. 5.40 P. M (5.30 A. 1 I THROUGH U.IK SERVICE. Pullman Palaeo Cars between Augusta ai Greensboro, on trains 50 and 51. Pullman Pallet Parlor Cars between Align ta and Charlotte, on trains 52 and 53. 1 SOL. IIASS, 1). CAKDIVELI,, JAS. L. TAYM ( Truffle Manager. !>. 1'. A.,Columbia, S. C. Gen'l Pass. Agi ; C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILR0A SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trai from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., dai 1 except Sunday, taking etl'ect July 28th, 1889: GOING SOUTH. I Loavo Lenoir 7.50 A. 1 : Leave Hickory 9.07 A. I ' Leave Newton 9.40 A. 1 I Leave Lincolnton 10.30 A. 1 , Leave Dallas, 11.2(1 A. 3 [ Arrive at Gastonia, 11.34 A. 1 . Leave Gastonia 11.40 A. 1 , Leave Clover, 12.1(1 P. ! 'r Leiiyo Yorkville, 12.50 1'. Leave Guthriosville 1.12 P. ' Leave MeConnellsvillo, 1.1!) P. Leave Lowrysville, 1.35 P. ' Arrive at Cheater 2.1)0 P. ; OOINU NORTH. i Loave Choater, 3.~?0 P. I Leave Lowrysville 1.1") P. L Leave MeConnellsvillo 4.31 P. Leave Guthriesville, 4.3S P. I Leave Yorkville 5.00 P. Leave Clover, 5.35 P. 1 Arrive at Gastonia (1.10 P. Leave Gastonia, 0.32 P. f Loavo Dallas, 0.40 P. - Loavo Lineolnton, 7.32 P. . Arrive at Newton, S.21 P. Loave Hickory, 1UH) P. ' Arrive at Lenoir 10.12 P. G. It. TALCOTT, Superintendent, i Julv 31 31 tr WlNKELMflNM'S ! ! AN UNEXCELLED SPECIFIC IN CASES OF CHOLERA, CRAMPS, DIARRHCEA, SUMMER COMPLAINT, DYSENTERY AND OTHER AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS. PRICE 25 CENTS. J. H. WINKELMANN 4, CO. Sole proprietors, BALTIMORE. MD.. U. S. A. For sale by MAY tfc MAY, Yorkvillo, K. 1 | UNDEKTAKINO. 1AM handling ii first class lino of Coflii and Caskets which I will soli at the vci lowest prices. Personal attention at all hour i I am prepared to repair all kinds of Kuril tu re at reasonable prices. J. 101). JIOFFEUYS. ; s^sH sB^1N?11. May 1"> Hi) ly ; i). i:. riM.KY. j. s. mur I I'lXLKV A ItKH'K, ATTOltNKVS AT LAW. Yorkvillo. S. Vl.L business entrusted to us will bo j;iv( prompt attention. OFFICIO OPPOSITE 'I'll 10 CdCItT lIol'SI January 1> - tf ! the ^irn fpmc CO It HI N DISK II AltUOW has now! T 1_ lieon in the hands of farmers for nioro than ' to fifteen years, and is to-day perhaps tho most in popular farming; implement of its kind that ,i_ lias ever been ollered to thorn. It is used in ag every State and Territory in tho United States, ' and in Canada, Russia, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, South America and Ireland. It has as hoen awarded medals of superiority by the great American Institute Fair, Tho World's W Kxposition at Now Orleans, and at even' State t>- and local display of agricultural implements j. whore oxhibited. DESCRIPTION. ? Tho above illustration gives a correct idea of tho general appearance of thcCorbin Harrow roady for use. It has steel disks thataro turned to a knife edge. They are firmly and substantially attached to theaxleby means of a special nut and key which clamps them firmly in position. It is impossible to loosen this nut by any of tho accidents or operations of field work, i but if desired to take the Harrow to pieces, a ' few moments' work will readily detach these : parts and enable the operator to take off or got < out any of tho disks in either gang. It lias a wooden T beam?steel axles?woodon j seat standards?wrought hand lover?anti-friction balls in bearings. The Corbin Harrow j was the first to adopt and secure by letters of : patent, case hardened anti-friction balls for tho journals, to prevent the wearing of tho boxes and to lessen the draft. Tho entiro boxing is protected by sand bands and is furnished with self oiling boxes covered with a dust proof oil cap. The axle revolves in a bearing formed of nlrxro.i ..l.illn.l iwt.l l...llu url.w.l. Mm mil. I'iiino the lightest draft harrow in tho worhi. Two sizes of disks are usod. The smallest sizo is l:t inches in diameter and tho largest 10. The manufacturers mako harrows with 12, i ml V'* 20 and 24 disks each, hue experience has ml demonstrated tho fact that tho 13-inch, 12-disk, st, or tho 10-ineh, 12-disk, six foot cut, is best *s- adapted to gonoral farm work. The price of tho 13-inch, 12-disk, Harrow _ is $3r>.00 The price of tho 10-inch, 12-disk, is $-10.00. k# A Few Words oi Praise for the Harrow. The following words of praiso for the Corbin Disk Harrow are published for tho information of thoso of our readers who are not familiar with this most valuable implement. As each witness is known by a large number of our readers, either personally or by reputation, we feel warranted in saying that their testimony will be convincing to tho most skeptical: Mr. Win. 11. Hcrndon's Endorsement. Yohkvilt.k, S. O., July 10, 1H89. I have used a Disk Harrow for years, and would not be without one for four times its cost. I think tho Disk Harrow is the most important implement used, and will do more work for its cost than any implement made. Wm. H. IIKRNDON. j. Mr. Rofo't E. Guthrie's Evidence, d* CirTiuMKsvir.r.E, S. ('., July f>, 1.SS9. d? Cai'T. Ij. M. Gkist: Dear Sir:?I have a " Corbin Disk Harrow which I have been using d. for several years, and consider it the most valud? able farming implement of which I have any u* knowledge. I use my Disk Harrow in sowing d- all of my small grain, and it does tho work d* better than any implement I have ever used, d. Land that has boon cultivated in cotton or corn, d- may bo sown without any preparation whatd. ever, and an ordinary hand, with two mules, d. can sow and cover six to eight acres in a day. d. All that is necessary is to sow tho seed on the d. ground, and then run the Harrow over it one d. time; but better results will be obtained if tho Harrow is run ovor the ground two or three times. As a time and money savor, aside from tho superior quality of work it does, its value . can hardly bo estimated at tho seasons at which tho small grain is sown. The Harrow is very ;J* useful in pulverizing rough plowed land ofany } kind, especially bottoms, and it will pay any d* farmer to use one. Unlike the ordinary tooth, d* or Acme harrow, it not only pulverizes tho d' surface, but will pulverize "to tho depth to :} which the plow has gone and often deeper. It can be used to advantage on land that is too [} wet to plow, without injury to the land. There d* should, in my opinion, ho a Disk Harrow on d* ovory well regulated farm, and in my opinion d* no harrow yet introduced is equal to tho Corbin d* in simplicity, durability and thoroughness of d* work. Respectfully, R. E. Gu'tiikik. Dr. W. M. Walker's Testimony. YouKvir.r.E, S. C., July s, 18S9. ('act. L. M. Grist: Dear Sir:?In reply to ' your inquiry as to what I think of tho value of ^ tho Corbin Disk Harrow as a farming impleid SCHEDUL] * O., C. ?fc D From aiii?lcii t< In Effect Ma Going Norlli. | No. 521 No. 20 | I i I'ally I STATIONS. | Daily except i ns {Sunday! 'y - ? - ? I', m. I A. M. Leave Catndon I- 15 I 0 00 Arrivo Lancaster 12 40 VI. LeavoI.anca.ster 2 lo j 1 00 VI. Loavo ('a taw ha June. 2 50 2 50 vi. Leave Roddey's 2 55 2 (h) VI, Leave Leslio's 0 00 2 10 VI. Leave Rock Hill 2 IS 2 50 VI. Leave Old Point 2 22 4 00 VI. Leave Newport 2 20 4 15 VI. Loavo Tirzah 2 28 4 20 VI. Leave Yorkvillo 2 50 5 10 VI. Leave Sharon 4 10 5 40 VI. Loave Hickory Grove 4 25 0 20 VI. Loavo Smyrna VI. Arrive Rlacksburg... 4 55 7 20 Loavo Rlacksburg 5 (Ml .. Loavo Shelby 5 40 ArriveRuthorfordton 7 20 ^J* i?. M. I'. M. 1 1 vl Conn krr ions.?At Camden, with South Cat vi. R. R.; at Lancaster, with C. A C. R. R.; at Cat* vi. ville, with C. A L. R. R.; at Rlackshurg with A. vi. Rlacksburg, S. C., March 20, 1880. vi. March 21 1 ? !!: GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of ^ IRON ROOFING ~ CKDII'KI) AM) C0KKIM1ATKI1 SIIIINO, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIKK l'KOOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 41'., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 Orders receivod by L. M. GRIST. M ay 10 ; THE MODERN s. 1 rilllM inotlorn Road Cart is constructed on ! J. scientific principles, and is one of the most | _ popular vehicles now before the public. 11 is | used by the Preacher, the Farmer, the Mcr- | chant, the Physician, the Lawyer, the Median- j ie, and in fact all classes of men. Road Carts are Worth from $15 to $175. j The proprietor of Tim Knoimkkii, realizing ! the fact that the Road Cart is fast growing in I public favor in tiiis section, anil also realizing tho fact that tho people of York and surrounding counties always appreciate a good thing, has succeeded in making arrangements with ouo of the most reliable manufacturers in the United States to furnish him with k- Road ('arts as Premiums to (Hub-Makers. The ('art we olfor to club-makers is pronounced by all who have examined it to be tho best constructed, tho lightest and handsomest cart they have seen, and there is no doubt that it is by far the best that has ever been ollerod in this soc>n tion at tho price, and is not intended, as the tho manufacturers write us, "to competo with !'? the cheap Western-made ("art, except in ipial- j it}'." It would be an impossibility to sell tho I IISK HARROW. meat, I would say that f consider mysolf incompctont to do the implement justice, hut will try to give some idea of my estimate of its value. I consider the Cor bin Disk Harrow to ho the most valuable farming implement I have ever used, or ever expect to use. There is no other implement of which I have any knowledge that will do as many different kinds of work, or do the work so well. There is no implement which will do equal service that I have oyer seen, that is so simple in construction or which is less liable to get out of order. It is one of the few improved farming implements which can he used to advantage by the ordinary negro. The Corbin Harrow will more than pay for itsolf in one season if given half a chance. I now have on my farm a lfi-inch, 12-disk Corbin Harrow, the original price of which was$40, and although the implement has been in use nearly five years, if it was impossible to got another, I would not take five times its cost for it. In conclusion, let me say that some of my assertions may sound extravagant to some of my brother farmers who are not familiar with the Corbin Harrow, but I will say to those who may doubt any of my statements, that I will take pleasure in demonstrating the truth of each and every assertion to tho entire satisfaction of all who will call at my farm near town. I hope to see, or hear, at an early day, of a Corbin Harrow being on the farms of hundreds of farmers in this section. Very Respectfully, W. M. Wai.kkr. Mr. F. II. Dover's Verdict. Gkovkk, N. C., July K), 1880. Cavt. L. M. ft just: Dear SirI have owned a 10-inch Corbin Disk Harrow for thopast four years and have put it to every possiblo test and it has givon entire satisfaction. I had long felt j tho need of a harrow that would pulverize tho soil thoroughly from four to six inches deep, and realized that this could not bo done by any drag or tooth harrow, for they only pulverize the surface, leaving many clods or lumps untouched, and these clods would bo worked to the surface in cultivating tho crop; and all intelligent farmers know that cloddy land does not give the best results. 1 fence tlie great importance of a harrow that will pulverize the soil as ueep as me piowgoes. my narrow win thoroughly pulverize to a depth of .seven inches. I want nothing hotter in stalk land in putting in wheat or oats than tho Corbin Ifarrow, for it not only does hotter work than a plow, hut is so much taster, cutting six feet at a time, and all farmers know the importance of saving timo at tho season when these crops are usualty sown. I venture tho assertion that no farmer who owns a Corbin Harrow would ho without it for twice its cost. Two groat advantages tho harrow possess ovor most irnprovod farming implements is its simplicity and durability. Any sleepy*headed free negro can operate it if he has sense enough to drive a wagon. I have prepared stubble land for planting, where there I was 110 rocks or stumps, with my Harrow, by harrowing it twice, crossing the first work with the last, as well or better than I have ever done with a plow. Much more might be said about, the Corbin Harrow but I think I have said j enough to induce farmers to inquire into its morits. All who investigate will be converted, j Very Rospoctfully, Fki.ix II. Dovhk. Ilill Arp Makes No Exceptions. Tho best labor saving implement ever introduced in tho South. Hn.ii Aur, Calhoun, (la. Hy an especial arrangement with the manufacturers of the Corbin Disk Harrow, we are enabled to oiler tho farmers of York and suri rounding counties this most valuable implei meat at unusually low prices?lower than they j have ever before been offered. Wo make the i following proposition : To anyone who will so- ' , cure FIFTEEN NE\VSUHSCKI HERS at ?1.75 j each and pay us ?21.50 in addition, wo will fur- I a i:t-inch, 12-disk Harrow, or for FIFTEEN I j NEW Sl: IISCRI It ICRS, and ?2(5.50 in cash, we will furnish a 10-inch, 12-disk Harrow. : To persons who do not desire to make a club I wo make this proposition: We will send Tim | ExtjriuK!: for one year and furnish a 10-inch, j , 12-disk Harrow for*?30; or a 10-iuch 12 disk for . ?:12, which amounts include one year's sub! scription. In every case tho money must bo paid when j : the name of the subscriber is returned, (under tho first offer) and the cash must be paid before the Harrow is ordered under either proposition. The Harrows will be delivered, free of any further cost, to persons who have complied with our terms, at any railroad depot within one hundred miles of Yorkville. This offer will remain of force until the 15th of NOVEMBER, lssi), at 12o'clock. LEWIS M. (f It 1ST, Yorkville, S. <?. US OF THE llpgp o. IT. IT. ) Riitlierforritoii. rrii iii, ifw!7. I No. :;.S i No. 52 I <?<>iii{r Soul Ii. I Daily i J i oxcept Daily STATIONS. iSnnday; ! I A. M. ] A. M. i 0 00 jLeave Rutherford ton j 10 50 | Leayo Sholliv ; J I 11 27 '...Arrive Hlacksburg S 00 | 11 20 i I.oavo Rlackshurtf I Loavo Smyrna ooo j 12 00 ! Leave Hickory Grove 0 .'!() j 12 15 | Leave Sharon 10 20 j 12 20 i Leave Yorkville 1 11 00 [ 12 45 j Leave Tirzah 11 20 12.10 Leave Newport j 11 10 ! 1 1)0 Leave Old Point 12 20 1 1", j Leavo Hock Hill 1 00 j 1 25 Leave Leslie's 1 10 | 1 2!) | Leave Roddey's 2 50 | 124 j Leavo Catawba June. I 10 1 Arrive Lancaster 4 20 ! 2 10 | Leave Lancaster ' 7 40 2 27 Arrive Camden | r. M. | i?. M. I olina Railway; at Rock Hill, with C., C. it A. iwba Junction, with <?., C. ?fc N. R. It.; at YorkAc. C. A. Ii. R. Ii. JOHN F. JONES, Superintendent. 4 tf OFING COMPANY, y IRON ORE PAINT j And Cement. 152 TO 158 MKRU'IN ST. Cleveland, O. Em/ ^ T Send for Circular and Price List No. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. Iv ROAD CART, j <;art at the same price at which the onli- I nary Western ('art is sold. Our Carts are worth j ${ 2 each, and are cheap at the price. Wo make tho following liberal oiler: We ] propose to turnish one of these Carts to any one : who will secure Fifteen NEW Subscribers To Tin-: Knocikkk previous to the loTII Ol1' [ NOVKMMKK, ISSti, at $1.7"> each, and pay us$22.7f> in cash in addition. The cash to lie paid 1 for each subscription when the naiueof thesub- j seriber is entered on our books, and thc$22.77>to | bo paid when the Cart is delivered. This oiler is : /ADim to nil sis u-o will I id onablod to furnish :is many Carts as thedemaud calls for, hv reason of i our contract with the manufacturers, up to the j dato mentioned. Persons who desire to secure ; this premium will do well to cominenceat once, | ami each name returned will he entered on our i hooks to the credit of the club maker, and when ! tho required number has been secured and the 1 paid, the Cart will he delivered, freight paid, at the depot in Yorkville, or any other depot in York, Chester or Lancaster counties. MOW IS M. I; It 1ST, Yorkville, S. C. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER'S Sewing Machine. EVERY MACHINE WARRANTED. A $50 Sowing Machine ami The Yorkvillo Kn<|iiiror Olio Yoar to a Yew Subscriber for $25. Or a Sowing Machine for $1S' ami Fifteen Yew Subscribers to The Yorkville Fm|iiirer at A ' * utwl ^AVOIltV* 1'WlliU %? * ,F ? Five Cents Each. S THK 15 KS l'MA I'll IN K OK FAMILY I SK. / fllUE Proprietor of Thk Enhkiuku has conj_ trncled with a largo Sewing Maehine Company, producing one of the most perfect machines, for a largo number of its machines to ho furnished to Club Makers and .Subscribers at prices that will please those who use, or dosire to use, sowing machines. Our machines are sold without adding agents' commissions, royalties on patents, interest, insurance, storage, etc., but they are offered at a rock bottom j price. Our object in making this offer is not to j sell sewing machines but to increase the Sub- j scriptiou List of Tiik Enquikkk. i THE MACHINE is a strong, light-running, lock-stitch machine, well made, handsomely finished, and in every respect equal to tho best t and superior to most of its competitors among $.->() machines offered to the public. Tho parts having the most wear are made of the FIN EST STEEL, and fitted with tho utmost precision. All running parts being made to exact gauge, are interchangeable. IN ITS MODEL, well-tried and approved mechanical principles have been followed ami enlarged upon by the application of tho most recent improvements, and theaddition of every durable dovico calculated to lighten tho labor of running tho machine or to simplify its management. A marked improvement Is tho selfthreading ovelet, check lever and needle clamp. THE EL/ TIC LOCK-STITCH,its made by our machine, is tho only form of stitch giving that strength and permanence of seam dosiral>le in evorv variety of sewing. d THEPATENT LOOSE PULLEY is used, al- I lowing bobbins to bo wound without remov- J ing work from beneath the pressor-foot. ^ T11E \VT DEST RA NO E OK SEW I NO is done j by this machine, from tho lightest Swiss muslin " to the heaviest woolen cloth. THE ENQUIRER" SEWINO MACHINE has a drop leaf table of walnut, oil polished Oof hie box cover, with veneered paneis, and a caso of two drawers at each end of table with locks and veneered front. The driving wheel is nickel plated. ATTACHMENTS. The following set of latest improved attach- ' ments goes with each machine: One Hoinmor and Keller (one pieco), twelve Needles, six Dobbins, one Screw Driver, ono Wrench, 0110 oil Can filled with Oil, ono Oange, ono Oauge Screw, one Extra Throat Plate, one Extra Check Spring, and one Instruction Hook. How to Secure a Machine. Wo will agree to furnish one of those machines toanv one who will secure FIFTEEN NEW YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS to Thk EnquiUKK at $l.7">each and pay us Sis.no in cash in addition. Tho cash to bo paid for the subscriptions when the names arc entered on our books, and the ?ls.no to be paid before the maehino is ordered from tho manufacturers. Or, we will furnish a machine to any one who will secure ONE NEW SUBSCRIBER and pay us 5>i*>.0(t in cash. Tho $2."> entitles tho person paying it to the machine and to liavo Thk Exqitiiikk sent to a neighbor or friend for one year, or to himself if he is not already a subscriber. Tho money to be paid before tho The above oilers will remain of force until 12 o'clock M. on the 15TH DAY OK NOVEMRER, 188(1. Persons who tlesiro to secure a machine for $18 may commence returning subscriptions at once, and each name will ho placed on our hooks to the credit of the person sendit in, and when FIFTEEN have been returned 4 and paid for, (provided they are all NE W) and * the 8ls in cash paid to us* the manufacturers J will he directed to ship a machine to the person N entitled to receive it. J The machines will he delivered, free of freight or any additional cost, at any railroad depot within one hundred miles of Yorkville, to persons who have complied with our terms. LEWIS M. ORIST, Yorkville,S. <'. FOUXDRY AND Machine Shop. fill IE undersigned would respectfully inform 1 JL the public that he now has in operation, on 1 his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which lie is i prepared to do all manner of work in light iron i and brass castings, and general machine work. { BEPAIROG, * Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice, Steam Engines,and agricultural machinery of * any kind overhauled and repaired. Resides, any class of work that may ho wanted in his shop, he will attend any call for repairing stationery engines, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moviugthe engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on tho completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. riHTOROUOIILY fitted up with now hackgrounds,accessories, Ac., and with a tine sky-light, I am "prepared to take a picture in any style of the art, as well executed as can ho done elsewhere. ' CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. Ry the dry plate process I can take them instantly ; makes no dill'orciiee about fair or cloudy weather. 1 do all my own printing and finishing, and there is very little delay in dolivory. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in the highest stylo to ho had, and pricos reasonable. (live me a call and see specimens of work, at inv Gallery on West Liberty Street, near tho jail. " J. R. SCHORR. COFFINS, CASKETS AND BTRIAL ROUES. OUR stock is as tine and complete as any in the State. Terms and prices easy. Our personal attention given in all cases. o'ur Iturial Holies are growing more and more popular every day. For appearance and convenience, they are unsurpassed. Respectfully, W. H. MOORK A CO. MUSIC LESSONS. MISS /OKA I DA INGOLD respectfully offers her services, at her residence, as ? TKACHKR OF MUSIC ON T11K PIANO or ORGAN. Pupils received at any time. System thorough and practical. Prices "reasonaide, and furnished on application. m ^ovluiUc ^nquivcv. 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