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Humorous gcjiiirtmcut. U1'M A-PIXIN ." Back in the North Carolina mountains the student of customs may still find material for research. The most unique are the kissing games, which still cling to the soil. A lot of big-limbed, powerful young men and apple-cheeked, buxom girls gather and select one of their number as master of ceremonies. He takes his station in the centre of the room, while the rest pair off and parade around him. .Suddenly, one young woman will throw up her hands and say : "I'm a-pinin'." The master of ceremonies takes it up, and the following dialogue and interlocution takes place: "Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp says she's a-pinin' fur a sweet kiss. Who is Miss Arabella Jane Apthorpa-pinin' fur a sweet kissfrum?" "I'm a-pinin' fur a sweet kiss from Mr. Hugh Waddle." (Blushes, conclusive giggles, and confusion on the part of Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp at this forced confession.) Mr. Hugh Waddle walks up manfully and relieves the fair Arabella's pinin' by a smack which sounds like a three year-old calf drawing his hoof out of the mud. Then a young man will be taken with a sudden and unaccountable pinin', which, after the usual exchange of questions and yolunteered information, reveals the name of the maiden who causes the gnawin' and pinin'. She coyly retreats outdoors, only to be chased, overtaken, captured and forcibly compelled to relieve the captor's distress. At one of these entertainments which it was the narrator's fortune to attend, there was a remarkably beautiful young woman, who had been married about a month. Her husband was present, a huge, beetle-browed, blackeyed young mountaineer, with a fist like'a ham. The boys fought shy of the bride for fear of incurring the anger of the hulking spouse. The eame went on for some time, when symptoms of irritation developed on the giant. Striding into the middle of the room, he said: "My wife is ez pootty, 'n' ez nice, 'n' sweet ez any gyurl hyah. You uns has known her all her life. This game has been a goin' on half an hour an' nobody has pined fur her oncet. Ef some one doesn't pine for her pootty soon, there will be trouble." ' She was the belle of the ball after that. Everybody pined for her. KEPT HIS EYE ON IT. A railway train in Missouri stopped at an eating station ; and a hungry traveler, starting out, thus addressed a man who sat near him : "I wish you would keep an eye on my valise while I am gone." "All right." Shortly afterward the traveler saw the man hastening away with the valise. He ran after the fellow, shouting, "stop, thief," and soon afterward a police officer whose attention had been attracted arrested the culprit. By this time the train was gone, and the traveler, determined that the awful hand of justice should fall upon the thief, had him arraigned before a justice of the peace. "Well," said the magistrate, addressing the prisoner, "what defense have you to make ?" "I don't need to make any defense, your honor," he answered. "As this man was getting off the train he told me to keep an eye on his valise. I told him I would; and just after he was gone I remembered that I had to go up town to attend to a little piece of business. What was I to do ? I had given my word as a gentleman that I would keep an eye on the valise. My business up town was important, but could I, even for the sake of attending to important business, afford to tell a falsehood ? I could not; I would keep an eye on the baggage; I would take it with me. I started, and the man, seeing me and not understanding the purity of my motives, had me arrested." "Did you at any time take your eye off the valise?" the justice asked. "No, your honor." "Then, sir, I think that you have acted in a most honorable manner. You are discharged." The traveler had turned away, when, finding a man walking beside him, thus remarked: "He is a peculiar justice of the peace, I must say. He is easily impressed with the story of a stranger." "Stranger," the man repeated. "That fellow is no stranger. He is a constable and is attached to that old rascal's court." IS THIS SEAT ENGAGED? She was as pretty as a picture, not over eighteen, wore a jaunty traveling costume, and occupied a seat by herself in the car. He was a bright-eyed, slick young fellow. wore flowiner trousers, a low-cut vest. sail collar, and a billy cock hat. "Is this seat engaged ?" "It is not." The young man 3eats himself, deftly arranges his gripsacks, settles back in the seat, and, with a tit-willow smile, opens the campaign. "Are you traveling alone ?" "I am." "May I ask your name?" "Certainly," in a breezy sort of way ; "it is Milly Hortense Smith. I am not eighteen, my father is a merchant in Pasadena, I live with my parents, I am to graduate at the Normal School this year, and am now returning home to remain over Sunday." The slick young man's eyes bulge out as though he had internal pains, and he mentally ejaculates, "In the Soup!" Recovering himself, he says hesitatingly: "Here is my card." "M. Clarence Joblot, with Blouse & Co.," reads the young woman, and demurely continues: "O yes! you are one of the gentlemen who sell goods on commission. Perhaps you get a salary? My father has several in his employ, and he tells me the most ridiculous stories about them?says they are necessary evils in business. I hope you are not like those who, my father says, in order to drink wine and make a show, get half-rates at the hotels and travel on passes they wheedle out of the railroad men. I am real glad to meet you, Mr. Joblot. This is my station. Good-afternoon." The slick young man did not recover speech and motion until after the train had moved on and left the well-informed young lady smiling on the platform. Mr. Joblot has never told his friends how he mashed the Pasadena. VeB* A good story of old days in Massachusets has recently been published. In one of the churches in the eastern part of the State a bass viol was procured to help the choir. One summer Sunday, while the parson was in the middle of the sermon, a bull got out of his pasture and came swaggering down the road, growling as he came. The minister heard the low bellow, and looking up towards the singers' seats with a grave face he said: "I would thank the musicians not to tune during service time; it annoys me very much." The choir was surprised, but nothing was said. Pretty soon the bull gave another grumble, and then the parson was mad. He stopped short, and looking directly at the bass viol player, said: "I now particularly request Mr. L that he will not tune his instrument while I am preaching." This was more than the fiddle could stand. Popping up in his seat he snapped out. "It isn't me, parson ; it isn't me. It's that darned old town bull." 1ST "Were you ever engaged in a train?/\KKoriT,?) oalrofl tho nrnuPPllMnC AttftmeV. iV/l/UUi J uunvv* 44?v VWVVM???Q ^ J looking at him keenly. "I was never indicted for train-robbing," answered the witness, evasively. "That is not the question," said the lawyer. "I will ask you again. Were you ever a train-robber?" "Judge," said the witness, turning imploringly to the dignitary on the bench, "must I answer that question?" "You must," answered the judge; "and remember you are under oath." The witness turned pale, and his knees knocked together. "I suppose it's got to come out. I sold books and bananas on the cars for a whole year when I was a young fellow," faltered the miserable man. A Considerate Girl.?IIusband-Your sister Jennie has run away and got married?eloped. Wife (faintly)?What was she married in ? Husband?Silk. Wife (relieved)?Then she didn't disgrace the family after all. Whom did she marry ??[Harper's Bazar. 9c&- "How are you and your wife cummin' on ?" asked a West Point man of a colored man. "She has run me off, boss. I is to blame, boss. I gave her a splendid white silk dress, and den she got so proud she had no use for me. She 'lowed I was too dark to match the dress." Wagsiflc tfkthmugs. 4?" Berry pickers get what they can, and can what they get. 4ST We can do more good by being good than in any other way. Advice, like water, takes the form of the vessel it is poured into. floT'The ups and downs of life are better than being down all the tyne. In England check-reins are now entirely out of use, being forbid by law. Jtfie It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are. 1 4?* A Mussulman woman has just died i in Meean Meer, India, credited with lot! I years of age. 4*aF* Authority is like dried apples. A few cents' worth will puff a small man up astonishingly. 1 4^* Some real criminals are to he found : in our churches, but not many real Christians in our jails. j 4ST The little prayer beginning "Now I lay me down to sleep," was written by ; John Rogers, the martyr. 4^ Flattery merely consists in having j one's secret opinions of one's self expressed J - ... . ..r ?.i in I 111? language Ol uuirin. We never graduate in religion, be- j cause the nearer we are to God, the more i we see there is to be learned. I?* Governor Beaver has received from the Sultan of Turkey a contribution of ?180 for the Johnstown sufferers. 1ST Mr. Curtis: I tell you what 'tis, you could have a far worse husband than I am ! Eunice (his wife): I don't want one. J6T A Cincinnati young lady recently received a letter from her best fellow, which was seventeen feet, eight inches long. 46TThe return of land grants made in Western Australia shows that one man owns and controls nearly four million acres. J6T" Personal work for Christ is a vague expression. Go and do something for some needy fellow creature. That is definite. |gr"Have you Browning?" she asked at the village store. "No," replied the clerk ; "we have blacking and whiting, but no browning." Prayer may not bring us money, but it brings us what no money can buy?a power to keep from sin and be content with God's will. 165"-The Southern Confederacy had five full generals. Of this number hut two are living?Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and Gen. G. T. Beauregard. Whenever anything is wrong quit it, and quit it short off. A good mauy want to taper off in sin. They taper off generally to the big end. Weff" The supreme court of New Hampshire has declared the law requiring a license for the practice of medicine and dentistry unconstitutional. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret, in the last, his useless intentions and barren zeal. For the relief of inteuse itching the Lancet recommends sponging tne pans once or twice a day with pure rectified spirits, containing one per cent, of carbolic acid. 1ST Belgium, of all nations, has the greatest density of population, the largest diversity of occupation, the most uniform distribution of wealth, and the minimum of pauperism. writer of some note has lately given to the world a very important decision on the distinction between coquettes and flirts. The men go after coquettes; the flirts go after men. Ten years ago there were twenty-two railroads which could not interchange cars owing t?. the gauge. Now all are alike, and cars owned in Maine are seen slipping over the rails in Texas. Igp* Johnny had been carefully raised; anybody could see that. One day he sat upon his father's knee in a crowded street car. A lady entered. "Madam," he said, as he rose to his feet, "take my seat." The empire of Christ is a moral, not a material empire; it is a realm, not of bodies, but of souls instinct with intelligence and love. Its seat of power is the conscience of mankind.?[Canon Liddon. |gr"Yes," said Smith to Jones, "I'm a hard worker, and I've always a deal on my hands." "Yes," said Jones, "I notice you have always a deal on your hands, but then you save trouble and soap by it." *6T0f the fifteen hundred and twentytwo miles of railroad track reported in process of building in this country through the first half of the current year, nine hundred and nine were in the Southern States. When a father in Madagascar gets in the notion that his daughter ought to marry he puts a rope around her necl and leads her forth, and the first young man he offers her to has got to take her or pay a forfeit. tOF An austere looking lady walked into a furrier's recently and said to the yellowheaded clerk: "I would like to get a muff." "What fur?" demanded the clerk. "To keep my hands warm, you simpering idiot!" exclaimed the lady. 46T Police Judge?State how the trouble originated. Accused?We wus holdin' a debatin' society, and I said I had the floor, and he called me a liar. "What followed?" "From that time until we were arrested we both had the floor." 1ST A fellow, in an oblivious state, took up his lodgings on the sidewalk. He woke the next morning, and, straightening himself, looked at the ground on which he had made his couch. "Well." said he, "if I had a pickaxe I would make up my bed." 16?" A young married couple in Ashtabula county, Ohio, have been making garden for the first time. When planting onions they were at a loss to tell which end to put down, so they compromised the matter, he putting them in one way and she the other. 16?" God makes the Yankee by taking an Irishman with his wit, a German with his thoughtfulness, an Englishman with his courage and tenacity, and a Scotchman with his frugality; by combining them he has a Yankee with the virtuesofall.?[Rev. R. L. Green. 16?" Watch-springs, piano-strings, and similar articles, have been successfully tempered by electricity. The steel is wound on a spool, placed in an oil bath, and by the electric current kept at the exact degree of redness necessary for the temper required. W3T A swindler has been telling the colored people of Georgia that the world will come to an end on August 10, and has sold a large number of "angels' wings" at $10 a pair. His swindling operations finally came to an end, and he wa3 compelled to fly without his wings. 16?" A gentleman from Indiana recently registered in an Illinois hotel, and looked at the printed notice in his bedroom: "Please do not blow out the gas." The occupant of the adjoining room heard him remark : "I pay my money, and I arn going to blow out the gas if I want to." l6?"Thereisalawin Pennsylvaniaagainst common scolds. Four women were arraigned before a Philadelphia magistrate recently, charged with violating the statute in that respect. They were held under j five hundred dollar bonds to hold their tongues. The complaints were made by neighbors of the parties. $6?" "May I have the pleasure of accompanying you on the straw-ride, Miss i i Jrnnnn uairl th? vminor mnn. honefullv? "your mother is going to chaperon the party." She hesitated a minute before answering. "Don't you think," she replied, at length, "that if mamma is going as chaperon it would be much nicer to sit on the front piazza while mamma is away ?" Ifiy A lady of this town, says the Middletown Enterprise, recently set a pot of cream in a spring near the house, so that it might keep cool. During the night a frog fell into the cream pot, and in his j struggles to get out actually churned the cream, so that when the lady visited the pot the next morning she fouud the frog sitting on a ball of butter, washing his feet in the buttermilk. A Nebraska church congregation picked out a wife for their beloved pastor, "to save him that trouble." When he explained to them that he didn't regard such a task as any trouble at all, and that he had already been engaged in that pleasant duty for some time, certain members of his congregation became angry and demanded his resignation. Some clergymen are so very unreasonable and ungrateful! They don't appreciate the efforts of their congregations in their behalf. HJisccUaucous |lciulin(|. i REMINISCENCES OF WESTERN YORK. For the Yorkville Knquirer. j I promised my readers that 1 would tell ] them about the killing of NVillisTVIoss by j lightning. It was perhaps as long ago as i 1830?long before the writer was born, and, consequently, he must rely upon such i information as can be gathered from those l who were very young at the time, or what s they have heard older persons say about it. ; It was near the "Ninety-nine Islands," on < the York side of Broad river. lam told ] that the weather was very hot and dry. i A thunder storm came up and Mr. Moss, ] who is reported to have been a very wick- ! ed, thoughtless kind of a man, was sitting in his door with two of his children on his j lap, one of whom was afterwards Mrs. Emsly Osment. Over the door, and above j his head, his gun was lying in the rack. ; Before the cloud, which promised a good | rain, reached his place, it broke and all his i hopes for a shower vanished. He made j some wicked, thoughtless remark about i it, when, before the last word of the sen- ' tcnee had fairly escaped his lips, a thun- | derbolt came crashing through the roof, j shattered the gun to pieces and hurled the < immortal spirit of Willis Moss into eternity. Neither of the children on his lap < was hurt, beyond being badly shocked. < Barnett Moas, who was the baby then, but I is now an olu gray haired man, was lying i in the cradle at the time, and part of I the gun lock was thrown by the light- ! ning with such force against his head as to i leave a mark there that will follow him to i his grave. His clothes were set on tire by i the lightning, but were put out by some one who came in before his mother, who i was insensible from the shock she had re- I ceived. Mrs. Moss lived many years after < that, and died at a good old age, a few i years ago, in Greene county, Tenn., whith- i er she went in 1871, with her son-in-law, < Emsly Osment, whose name has already been mentioned in connection with these < sketches. I In 1852, Barnett Moss, with his brother Joe, went to Craighead county, Ark. Joe remained there and is now reported vastly rich. Barnett returned in a few years, satisfied that that country was no place j for him. Before and after his Arkansas , trip he followed overseeing, and was a , good farmer. At one time he overseed | for Mrs. Sallie Smith, near Smith's ford ] on Broad river. She had a negro man , called Dennis. Dennis was a member of < the Baptist church and was enthusiastic on the subject of religion. His owner, and, , if I am not mistaken, all her other slaves, , were members of the Methodist church. > But she, with that broad gauged liberality , and Christian spirit that has ever adorned her church and its people, from the earli- ( est days of our recollection, allowed Den- , nis to attend his own church, both on Sat- | urday and Sunday, once a month. His . membership was at Unity. He had been | raised by Mrs. Smith's people, the Jefferies, and of course followed them in their religious faith. Barnett Moss was not a man to respect even the prayers of the saints, and conse- j quently wouldu't allow Dennis much ] time for devotional exercises if they con- , flicted with his other daily work. I have heard it frequently asserted that Barnett has whipped Dennis up off his ! knees while engaged in prayer, nut 1 uon t tell that part of it for the truth. Howevever, Barnett was a wild, reckless, God- , less kind of a man and I am not prepared to dispute the story. , At the breaking out of the war, Barnett J Moss espoused the cause of the Union, and though an obscure, uneducated man, he , protested against the right of the State to secede. Ilis position in this respect brought ( upon him the anathemas of his neighbors, but being a man of dauntless courage and great physical strength, the matter was never pressed too forcibly upon him. The more considerate element looked with a great deal of allowance upon his position. His ancestors had taken an honorable part iu the war of the Revolution and had ever been loyal to the Union. He was detailed as a blacksmith and carried on a shop near Hickory Grove. He was at that time more of a cobbler than a , blacksmith, and particularly on some kinds of work. The straitened circumstances of the country was such as to make ( it necessary to mend up the old axes, as no new ones were to be bought. So it hap- , pened that Mr. Moss found himself in possession of about a dozen old axes in which steel was wanting. This was a kind of work he knew nothing about, practically. Some of the axes had been at the shop for a good while. "Mr. R. K. Seahorn brought one and insisted that it be mended at once. Mr. Moss showed him several others that were awaiting the same kind of work, but promised by a certain day he would have his axe ready. Mending theaxescouldn't be put off any longer. It was with Mr. Moss a trying time. That evening he mounted his horse and went to Mr. Robt. Whitesides's, (uncle Robin as we always called him), and told him the dilemma he was in, and wanted to get Lawson, his blacksmith, to help him repair the axes. , Mr. Whitesides didn't see how he could snaro him. as he wanted a waeon ironed right away. But finally he agreed to let him have Lawson, and at the appointed time Lawson was at the forge with Mr. 1 Moss. One axe after another was upset until they came to Mr. Seahorn's axe, , which Mr. Moss laid aside to try himself on. Before night Lawson got through and went home. Next morning Mr. Sea- , horn wan to came for his axe, and just , about the time Mr. Moss was finishing it up Mr. Seaborn stepped in. Barnett said, j "Now, Bob, if this axe breaks bring it back and I'll fix it for nothing." The sev- , eral owners came and got their axes nnd never knew any better, but that Barnett ( had fixed them himself, and if any of them broke I've never heard of it. Barnett Moss now lives in Union county, and is one of the links that connects the past with the present. j. l. s. AN ALASKAN COURTSHIP. Kansas City, Mo., August 8.?The crowd of passengers in the union depot a few days ago were interested in a stalwart young man wearing the garb peculiar to mining districts and his Esquimau wife 1 and two-year-old baby. The woman was < clothed in ordinary female dress, but her I dark skin, sharp, black eyes, broken i speech, and appearance generally, proclaimed her nativity, while the baby that < nestled in her arms and playfully pulled < her papa's long beard, clearly showed its < mixed blood. The miner submitted to an interview as < gracefully as a politician. His wife proved i to have quite a romantic history, and her ' marriage to be a very interesting romance. ' "My name," said he, "is James Sneed. i I live in Alaska, and am en route to my ! parents' home, in Dallas county, Missouri, 1 with my wife and baby for a visit. My wife is an Esquimau, about twenty-two years of age. I bought her three years j ago, while I was in the Forty-mile river < placer gold mine district. She belongs to < the tribe that makes its headquarters at < Fort Recovery, 1,800 miles above the 1 mouth of the Yucon. j In the first place I hired her as a servant i to assist me in exploring the placer gold ] diggings of the Lawrence river, a small i stream about one hundred miles up the < Forty-mile river, paying her husband $10 | for her services for three months. i When I arrived at Forty-mile three i years ago and staked my claim I heard i wonderful stories about Lawrence river, but no camps had been established there, \ and the bars above the mouth had not been < nrnurwf#?fl T ftpfprminprl tn en nnri hpo I for myself. The journey had to be made in a canoe, and I gave out word that 1 desired to employ a native to pole my boat and take care of my camping outfit. I confess that I was surprised the next day when a stalwart native led a woman into my hut and offered her as the servant I desired. 1 consulted with other miners, and learned from them that the native females were the only ones who could be trusted, as they were diligent, strong, 1 faithful and honest, while the males were exactly the reverse, and liable to murder their sleeping employer if there is the least chance to get away with his body. 1 learned that the woman was the wife of the man who brought her to me. The ! woman seemed anxious to be employed, 1 and I concluded a bargain with her husband. The next morning she appeared at my claim with a small bundle of clothing in her hand. She set about and had my boat fitted up ready for the trip by noon, and we pulled out soon afterward. She poled the boat swiftly, while I sat on the stern musingover the degraded condition of the Alaska females. When the time came for stopping she drew the boat to the shore, made it fast and drew a canvas over the part designed as a sleeping apartment. She could not understand a word I said, but by signs I instructed her to prepare supper. When I sat down to eat I invited her to join me. She seemed surprised and blushed like a girl, but accepted the invitation. I was a little surprised when [ found that my invitation meant to her i :hat I would treat her as a wife, and not as 1 i servant, and that was the cause of her < xwfusion. ] I found her assistance invaluable. She ] taught me how to wash a pan of gold, and i ler native geological knowledge enabled I her to tell the gold value of any district we struck, at a glance. She learned a few words of English and i tve got along amazingly well. The day I aefore we returned home I noticed that i 3he was downhearted about something and i I iuquired the cause. Her eyes were full if tears as she turned her honest-looking race towards me and said : 'I don't waut to go back to my husband again. He will : beat me. He don't treat me like you do.' She finally informed me that her husband would sell her forever for $00, and promised that if I would buy her she would work the gold out of my claim after working hours! I agreed to her proposition. ' Her eyes brightened up, and from that hour to tins she has been tho happiest wo- < man in Alaska. 1 found her husband on > i big spree, and he readily sold the woman for twenty dollars and a pair of boots, fhe money proved to be his ruin. He filled up with Alaska Fur company whis- < ky and was drowned in the Yukon a day i ir iwo aucrwjtru.i. Now that the woman was mine I provided her with clothes like American women. It cost her a considerable effort to learn to wear them, hut she did. I did not, of course, let her work in the mines, 1 hut treated her like an American wife. Several other minerssecured native wives, i and the women formed a very select circle, greatly envied by the females of their tribe. I had big luck at mininff and determined to take my wife and baby back to the States to see my parents. When we came Dut we stopped at Sitka and were married in regular style. This was our first chance, and I guess it is regular under the circumjtances. I think my wifo is nice. I love her learly, and did you ever see a finer baby than that one in ner arms. BIDDY'S C?W. Lord Palmerston, though a pugnacious Prime Minister, whose foreign policy was hectoring to Europe, was genial and humane as a man. As a landlord, he acted, as he did in debate, upon the give-andtake principle. A striking illustration of his kindness is given in the following anacdote, which also brings out some of the iharacteristics of the Irish peasantry: Lord Palmerston visited his Irish estate, and one morning, with a friend, walked < many miles over it in search of game. ' They had, however, little sport, and became tired and hungry. In the distance Lord Palmerston saw a ?abin, to which he made his way in company with his friend and a keeper, and found the tenement occupied by an old woman and her pig. His lordship asked [f she had anything to eat. "God bless your honor! sure there's praties and eggs at your service," was the reply ; and wnile the old woman, without further ado, commenced washing the potatoes and putting them in the pot, his lordship tola her he would return in half n.n hour. When he did so, the old woman had prepared him a substantial meal of potatoes and fresh eggs. Lord Palmerston drew from the old woman that, shp had hean manv vears a wid ow, and worked hard for a livelihood, but feared, when her strength failed her, that she must go to the work-house, but she added? "If my husband had taken less whisky, and kept the money to buy a cow, I would have got the agent to let me have the bit of waste land in the corner, and I'd have been as happy as the queen. But there's no helping it, your honor. It's a poor, lone woman I'll be, and nobody will care whether poor Biddy is alive or dead." "Suppose I were to speak to Lord Palmerston ?" suggested her visitor. "Oh, faith, your honor, it's not the like of you that Lord Palmerston talks to," said Biddy. "Isn't it himself that has dinner with the queen, and tells her what she has to do; and don't he tell the house of lords and tho parliament and all on 'em what they are to do? Sure, it's not yourself that'll get widin a mile of him. Take the country all over, and he is the biggest man in it; he's equal to the Prince of Wales, and perhaps beyont him." "Well," replied his lordship, "I am going to London, and I'll try to see him, because you are a deserving creature. So I shall not give you anything for your hospitality, but leave Lord Palmerston to reward you." "Luck go wid you !" said Biddy. "It's the goodmaning gentleman ye are, but it's not Lord Palmerston that you'll see." His lordship shook the old woman by the hand and departed. In a few days the agent sent down a fine cow and gave Biddy ten acres of land, free of rent, for her lifetime. The old woman's delight knew no bounds, and when told that the person she had shaken hands with was Lord Palmerston himself, her gratification was positively greater than in the acquisition of the land and the cow.?[Midland. Rhode Island's New Liquor Law.? The special session of the Rhode Island legislature adjourned on tho 1st instant, and the liquor bill has become a law, although the several committees to whom it has been referred to fetch an agreement of Republicans and Democrats, have never agreed. The Republicans surrendered, however, which amounted to the same thing, and the bill passed the Democratic houso in almost the same shape it was originally reported, and was swallowed by the Republican senate with as good a pjrace as possible. The Republichn senators took occasion to st.ite that the prohibitory law was voted out, and the legislature convened with tho expectation that a license law would be passed, and they had surrendered to Democratic obslinacy that the will of the people might be carried out before the next State election. The features of the bill have already been made known in the Times. The mayors have the appointment of the three license commissioners, but those appointed by the present mayor, who is a Republican, only serve until next April, and the next mayor inaugurates the system of appointment for three and two years and one year, respectively. The Democrats expect that the next mayors of three out of four cities will be Democrats, and the Republicans are afraid they will too, which calculation was at the bottom of one of the most bitterly contested features of the bill. The Providence city council has fixed the salaries of license commissioners at ?1,200, and there are already a big batch of appointments. The retail license fee of that city is $400.?[New York Times. After tiie Honeymoon.?Young married people are surprised when tHey discover that the honeymoon is not entirely composed of honey. Even the first year uf married life is not always the happiest, though it ought to be very happy. Living together happily is an art which the most affectionate couple can not ordinarily learn in a year. Each has to make some unpleasant discoveries and to overcome iome fixed inclinations. True happiness begins when these discoveries have been made, and each is thoroughly resolved to make the other as happy as possible for all Lime. Marriage is sometimes said to be the door that leads deluded mortals back to the | ^artli: but this need not and ought not to I ue the ease. Certainly love may end with the honeymoon if people marry to gratify i "gunpowder passiou," or for the sake of mere outward beauty, which islike a glass, ioon broken. Of course, the enthusiastic, tempestuous love of courting days will not is a rule survive marriage. A married . . ou pie soon get to feel toward each other very much its two chums atcollege, or two | partners in a business who are at the same time old and well-tried friends. Young married people often think that those who tiave been in the holy state of matrimony twenty or thirty years longer than themselves are very prosy, unromantic, and by u> means perfect examples of what married people ought to be.?[The Quiver. A New Distress Signal.?A now nau:ical distress signal has been successfully j experimented with in England, tho notable feature in this device being that no' stick is required, and there is no back fire, he rocket taking tho form of a metal cyl- 1 nder. in the base of which is the propell-1 ng charge, above this being a charge of onite, and above this again a star composition. The rocket is placed in a phosphoriron/.e socket, which may be screwed or set into the rail of the ship, and when it is ( equired to tire it a firing tube is placed in < he centre of the rocket, and to the top of his a lanyard is hooked ; the propelling :harge is fired by simply pulling this lan- j fard, and the signal is propelled upward it one impulse?tho wire fuse by which he detonating charge is exploded being at he same time ignited, and this burns un- j til the rocket has reached the maximum height, which is six hundred feet. The stars are thrown out, giving a brilliant illumination, and the ionite charge then explodes, the noise of the explosion being equal to the firing of a six-pound gun, but being high up, is heard atagreat distance, in one instance, as reported, a disabled vessel having, by this means, brought another to her assistance from a distance of twelve miles. The full-sized rockets are seven inches long and two inches in diameter. How IIe Kept Informed.?A gentleman who has recently returned from quite a long trip through the "Land of the Aztecs," has been giving Texas Sittings some interesting details of his experience.? Among other things, he said that when he was in the City of Mexico he was shown through some ancient buildings, convents and jails, that were erected by the Spaniards several centuries ago. In the wall of one of those ancient edifices he saw a small ooenintr. so he naturally hundred of 11is Mexican guide what purpose it served. He was told that it was one of those buildings in which criminals were walled up alive. "Hut what was the use of the hole in the wall?" he asked. "Well, senor," replied the guide, "as longas the prisoner lived his food was handed to him on a , plate, and he handed hack the empty plate through the hole ; hut when the prisoner i handed hack the plate with the food on it i untouched, then the jailor knew that he 1 was dead already, and didn't give him [ any more." ROM (ROYAL MMW ^ .1 i &AKIN6 ; POWDER Absolutely Pure 'Pl>ta nnuiila* uarlita A viinrv<?t of mirltv uf n?ni'tli mill i inn jn/nuti hutu? mil??* < > ??* ?* wliolesomitriCHs. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and ' cannot be sold In competition with the multitude of low ton, I ihort weight alum or phosphatepowdern. Sot.n oni.v in canh. ( KOYAI. IIAKING l'OVVDKIl CO., 10G Wall St., N. Y. April 24 17 47w ( Piedmont .AJLr-I^iiio. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R., ! South Carolina Division. COLUM11IA, S. C. | CONDENSED SCHEDULE IN EKKKCT JUNK 9, 18.S1I. ' (Trains run l?y 75th Meridian time.) i I NoKTll MOUND. , No. G3. No. 51. Daily. Daily. Leave Augusta 8.45 A. M. 0.15 P. M. Leavo Grauitoville 11.30 A. M. (5.53 P. M. Leave Trenton, 10.05 A. M. 7.55 P. M. Leave Johnston's 10.23 A.M. 8.13 P.M. ; Leave Columbia, 12.50 P. M. 10.35 P. M. , Leave Winnsboro' 2.35 P. M. 12.10 P. M. Leave Chester, 3.42 P. M. 1.20 A. M. Leave Rock Hill, 4.24 P. M. 2.05 A. M. Leave Charlotte 5.20 P. M. 3.13 A. M. Leave Salisbury, 7.05 P. M. 0.22 A. M. Leave Greensboro, 8.40 P. M. 8.00 A. M. i Leavo Richmond, 5.15 A. M. 3.30 P. M. | Leavo Washington, 0.50 A.M. 7.13 P.M. s Leavo Raltimoro, 8.20 A. M. 11.25 P. M. | Leavo Philadelphia, 10.47 A. M. 3.00 A. M. i Arrive at New York 1.20 P. M. 0.20 A. M. SOUTH HOUND. No. 50. No. 52. 1 Daily. Daily. ' Leave Now York, 12.15 Night 4.30 P. M. ' Leave Philadelphia,... 1.20 A. M. 0.57 P. M. , Leaye Raltimoro, 0.45 A. M. 0.30 P. M. ( Leave Washington, 11.24 A. M. 11.00 P. M. Leaye Richmond, 3.00 P. M. 2.30 A. M. ( Leave Greensboro, 10.37 P.M. 0.50 A. M. i Leavo Salisbury, 12.32 P. M. 11.23 A. M. , Leave Charlotte, 2.20 A.M. 1.00 P.M. i Leavo Rock Hill, 3.17 A.M. 1.57 P.M. , Leave Chester, 3.58 A. M. 2.40 P. M. i Leave Winnsboro', 4.59 A. M. 3.39 P. M. Arrivo at Columbia,.... 0.30 A.M. 5.10 P.M. ( Leavo Columbia 0.55 A. M. 5.30 P. M. , Leavo Johnston's, 8.57 A. M. 7.39 P. M. Leave Trenton, 9.14 A. M. 7.55 P. M. , Leave Granitovillo 9.50 A. M. 8.24 P. M. Arrive at Augusta, I O.JO A. M. 9.05 P. M. , Arrive at Charleston, \ via. S. C. Railway,.. 11.00 A. M. 9.30 P. M. , Arrivo at Savannah, via Control Railroad,. 5.40 P. M 6.30 A. M. . THRO (Kail CAR SERVICE. Pullman Palace Cars between Augusta and Greensboro, on trains 50and 51. Pullman Bullet Parlor Cars between Augusta and Charlotte, on trains 52 and 53. SOb. IIASS, I). CAKDWKbb, JAS. L. TAYhMt, ' Trnffic Manager. I). 1'. A.,Columbia, S. ('. Ocn'l 1'iwh. Agent , C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. ClCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lonoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., daily except Sunday, taking oll'eet July 28th, 1880: UOINU SIH'TII. Leave Lonoir 7.50 A. M. Leave Hickory 9.07 A. M. Leavo Newton 9.40 A. M. Leave Lincolnton 10.30 A. M. . Leave Dallas, 11.20 A. M. Arrivo at Gastonia, 11.34 A. M. Leave Gastonia 11.40 A. M. Leave Clover, 12.16 P. M. Leaye Yorkvillo, 12.50 P. M. Leave Guthriesville 1.12 P. M. Leave McConnollsvillc, 1.19 P. M. Leave Lowrysville 1.35 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.00 P. M. MO]NO NOKTIIt Leave Chester, 3.50 P. M. Leave Lowrysvillo, 4.15 P. M. Leave McConnellsvillo, 4.31 P. M. Leave Guthriosville, 4.38 P. M. Leave Yorkville 5.(H) P. M. Leave Clovor, 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Gaston in, 6.10 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 6.32 P. M. Leave Dallas, 6.46 P. M. Leave Lincolnton, 7.32 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 8.21 P. M. Leave Hickory, 0.00 P. M. Arrivo at Lenoir, 10.12 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. July 31 31 tf WlNKELMflHHS AN UNEXCELLED SPECIFIC IN CASES OF CHOLERA, CRAMPS, DlARRHCEA, 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 it MAY, Yorkvillo, S. O. UNDERTAKING. 1AM handling a first class lino of Collins and Caskets which I will soil at tho very lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furni lure at reasonable prices. J. 101). J10FFKKYS. ^ | May 15 110 ly ? I). K. KINI.KY. J. s. HIIICK* | FIX LEY tV BRICK, t attoiinkyh at law, j, Yorkvillo, S. V. t A LI. business ontrustod to us will bo given J t\_ prompt attention. IFFIUE OP POSIT 10 TII10 COURT IIOUSIO. J \ K. SPKNOKR, N. W. HARDIN, 1 Yorkvillo, S. C. Black's 8. C. J1 SFENCEK A HARBIN. j attobnbys at law, ? IlLACK'K, S. V. v IETF inako a specialty of col lections. All <| f f business entrusted to us will be given t ironipt and careful attention. t THE CORBIN E 'plliC OORHIN DISK HARROW 1ms now i J, l)oon in tlio hiimls offiirmors for inoro limn Itfiooii yours, :iml is to-day perhaps llio )nosi popular tanning implement of its kind that Has ovor I toon ollercd lo (lioin. It is nsod in ; ivory Statu and Territory in tlio United Status, ind in Canada, Russia, Mexico, Now Zealand, Australia, South America and Ireland. It lias; lioon awardud medals of superiority by tlio , ;roat Amorican Institnto Fair, Tlio World's \ Kx position at Now Orloaus, and at every Stalo j mil local display of agricultural implements wlmro exhibited. DKSCIMI'TIOW. Tlio above illustration givos a correct idea >f tlio genoral appoaranco of thuCorbiu Harrow ready for use. It has steel disks that arc turned Lo a knife edge. Tliev aro (irmly and substantially attached to theaxlo by means of a special nut and key which damps thorn (irmly in position. It is impossible to loosen this nut by my of the accidents or operations of tiold work, but ifilosirod to take the Harrow to pieces, a lew moinonts' work will readily detach those parts and enahln the operator to take oil' or got nut any of the disks in either pint;. It has a wooden T beam?steel axles?wooden seat standards?wrought hand levor?anti-frielion balls in hearings. The Uorhin Harrow was the lirst to adopt and sec.uro by loiters of patent, case hardened anti-friction balls for the journals, to prevent the wearing of the boxes ind to lessen the draft. Tlio entire boxing is protected by sand bands and is furnished with self oiling boxes covered with a dust proof oil ap. Tlio axle revolves in a bearing formed of itlovffti chilled iron bulls, which makes tho inu liino tlio lightest draft. harrow in tlie world, j Two sizes of disks sre used. The smallest dze is 13 inches in diumelor and the largest 1(5. | The manufacturers make harrows with 12, i hi, 20 and 24 disks each, bur experience has lemonstratod the fact that the 13-inch, 12-disk, ir the 10-inch, 12-disk, six foot cut, is host idiintod to general farm work. The price of the 13-inch, 12 disk, Harrow Is $3f).00 The price of the 10-inch, 12-disk, is $40.00. A Few Words of Praise for the Harrow. The following words of praiso for the Corbin I bisk Harrow are published for the information if thoso of our readers who are not familiar with this most valuable implement. As ouch witness is known by a large number of our readers, either personally or by reputation, we Tonl warranted in saying that their testimony will bo convincing to the most skeptical: Mr. Win. II. Herndoii's Endorsement. Yoiikvilt.k, S. 0., July 10. 1889. I have used a Disk Harrow for years, and would not bo without one for four times its osf. I think the Disk Harrow is the most important implement used, and will do more work for its cost than any implement made. Wm. II. Hkrndon. Mr. Rob't E. Guthrie's Evidence. (Ji.'TituiKsvn.i.K, S. ('.. July ">. 1880. ('ai't. Ij. M. (Jkist: Dear Sir:?I have a f'orbin Disk Harrow which I have been using Ibr several years, and consider it the most vain11?Io farming implement of which I have any knowledge. I use my Disk Harrow in sowing ill of my small grain, and it does the work bottor than any implement I have over used. Land that has been cultivated in cotton or corn, may be sown without any preparation whatuver, and an ordinary hand, with two mules, tan sow and cover six to eight acres in a day. All that is necessary is to sow the seed on the ; ground, and thou run the Harrow over it one lime; but better results will bo obtained if the Harrow is run over tlio ground two or three i Limes. As a time and money saver, asido from Ihe superior quality of work it does, its value [tan hardly bo estimated atthosoasons at which the small grain is sown. Tho Harrow is very useful in pulverizing rough plowed land ofany kind, especially bottoms, and it will pay any farmer to use one. Unlike tho ordinary tooth, jr Acme harrow, it not only pnlverizos the inrface, but will pulverize to tho dopth to which tho plow has gono and often deeper. It an no used to advantage on lano mat is umi wot to plow, without injury to the land. There should, in my opinion, he a Disk Harrow on Dvory well regulated farm, and in my opinion no harrow yet introduced is equal to the Corbin in simplicity, durability and thoroughness of work. Respectfully, * R. 10. Guthrik. Dr. W. M. Walker's Testimony. Yorkvillr, S. ('., July 8, 1889. Capt. L. M. Grist: Dear Sir:?In roply to your inquiry as to what I think of the value of the Corbin Disk Harrow as a farming implo- > scheduijI From Camden t? In Effect Mm Going North. | No. 5:1. No. 89 | _____ STATIONS. Daily , except iSundav p. M. a. M Loave Camden 12 45 9 00 Arrivo Lancaster 12 40 Loave Lancaster 2 10 1 00 Leave Catawba June. 2 50 2 50 Loave Roddoy's 2 55 3 00 Leave Leslie's 3 00 3 10 Leave Rock Hill 3 18 3 50 Loave Old Point 3 22 4 00 ' Leave Newport 3 30 4 15 Loavo Tirzah 3 38 4 30 Loave Yorkvillo 3 50 5 10 Leave Sharon 4 10 5 40 Loave Hickory Grove 4 25 0 20 Leave Smyrna Arrive Hlacksburg... 4 55 7 20 Loave Hlacksburg 5 00 Loavo Shelby 5 40 Arrivo Kuthorfordton 7 30 p. M. I P. M Connections.?At Camden, with South Car R. It.; at Lancaster, with C. & C. It. R.; at Cata ville, with C. & L. R. R.; at Hlacksburg with A. Hlacksburg, S. C., March 20, 1889. GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kindsof ^ IRON ROOFING AJfi&SFj JKIMPKll AJW ilOKRIlUATKII SIIHNH, Iron Tile or Nliliigle. ?IKK PROOF HOOKS, SHUTTERS 41'., " THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 pif Orders received by L. M. GRIST. THE CORBIN rllH modem Hoik! Curt is constructed ou scientific principles, and is ono of the most topular vehicles now before the public. It is ised by tlio Preacher, the Farmer, the Merhant, the Physician, the Lawyer, tho Moclianc, and in faci all classes of men. load ('arts are Worth from $15 to $175. The proprietor of Tub Enquiukr, realizing ho fact that tho Road Cart is fast growing in uiblic favor in this section, and also realizing he fact that tho people of York and surroundng counties always appreciate a good thing, las succeeded in making arrangements with tho nanufacturersof tho celebrated CORBIN Road ho to furnish him with their justly popular load darts as Premiums to (Hub-Makers, j ^he Corbin Road Cart is pronounced by all who j lave examined it to bo the best constructed, tho j ightest (its weight is 100 pounds), and hand- ; omost cart they have soon. There is no doubt j hat it is by far tho best that has evor been olTored n this section at the price, and is not intended, s tho tho manufacturers write us, "to compete nth tho cheap Western-made Cart, except in jiiality." It would lie an impossibility to sell ho Corbin Cart at tho same price at which ho ordinary Western Cart is sold. The Corbin IISK HARROW. 1 ment, I would say that I considor myself incompetent to ilo thn ihi)>I<>iiift11 justice, lint will try to give some idea of mv est imato of its value. I considertho Corbin Hisk Harrow to lie tin; most valualilo(arming in11>1 11ifnL1 have ovor iisihI, or oyer expect to use. There is no other implement of whieh I have any knowl- j edge thai will ilo its many different kinds of work, or do the work so well. There is no im- ! plcmont which will do eipial service that I liave ever seen, that is so simple in construe- | lion or which is loss liable to uni out of order. Itisoncof the few improved firming imple- , moots which can lie used to advantage by the ordinary negro. Tho Corbin Harrow will more than pay for itself in one season if given hull' a chance. I now liavo on my farm a Hi inch, ' 12-tlisk Corbin Harrow, the original price ol whieh was$40, and although the implement has been in nso nearly live years, if it was impossible to get another, I would not take live times its cost fur 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, lint I will I say to those who may doubt any of my statements, that I will lake pleasure in demonstrating tho truth of each ami every assertion to the ontire 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. l?,m..?,.ir..ll.. W \l VVAJI.-I.MI " I Mr. F. II. Dover's Verdict. (JhovKit, N. <!., July 10, 188!). f'.\i*r. 1.. M. Grist: l)?ar Sir:-I naveownod ! a 10 iik'Ii Corbin Disk Harrow lor the past four years an.I have put it to every possible test and it has given entire satisfaction. I had long felt the need of a harrow that would pulverize the soil thoroughly from four to six inches deep, and realized that this could not be dotio by any drim or tooth harrow, for they only pulverize the surface, leaving many clods or lumps untouched, and these clods would he worked to the surface in cultivating the crop; and all intelligent farmers know that cloddy land does not give the best results. Hence the groat importance of a harrow that will pulverize the soil as deep as the plow goes. My harrow will thoroughly pulverize to a depth of seven inches. I want nothing better in stalk land in putting in wheat or oats than the Corbin Harrow, for it not only does better work than a plow, but is so much taster, cutting six feet at a time, and all farmers know the importance of saving timo at the season when these crops are usually sown. I venture tho assertion that no farmer who owns a Corbin Harrow would be without it for twice its cost. Two great advantages the harrow possess over most iinprovod farming implements is its simplicity and durability. Any sloopy?hi aded free negro can operate it if he has sense enough to drive a wagon. I have prepared stubble land for planting, where there was no 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 1 have said enough to induce farmers to inquire into its merits. All who investigate will be converted. Very Respectfully, Ft-: MX II. DoVKlt. Rill Vrp Makes No Exceptions. Tho best labor saving implement ever introduced in the South. Dim. Akp, Calhoun, (is. By an espocial arrangement with the manufacturers of the Corbin Disk Harrow, we aro enabled to oiler the farmers of York and surrounding counties this most valuable implement at unusually low prices?lower than they have ever before been nlfored. We make the following proposition : To anv one who will secure FIFTH UN NKWHUUSCIUIStiRS at 81.75 each and pay us $24.50 in addition, wo will fura ld-inch, 12-disk Harrow, or for FIFTKICN NKW SUBSCKI1510US, and $26.50 in cash, we will furnish a 10 inch, 12 disk Harrow. To persons who do not desire to make a dub we make this proposition : Wo will send Tick IC.NtiiriKKit for one year and furnish a ld-inch, 12-disk Harrow for $.{0; or a 10-inch 12 disk for At2 which amounts include one vonr's sub seription. In evory ease the money must ho paid when tho naineof the subscriber is returned, (under the first oiler) and tho cash must ho [?i i?i heforo the Harrow isordered under either proposition, Tho Harrows will be doliverod, free of any further cost, to persons who have complied with our tortus, at any railroad depot within one hundred miles of Yorkvlllo. This otVor will remain of force until tho loth of NOV KM II Kit, 18811, at 12 o'clock. LIOWIS M. GII 1ST, York ville, S. C. 3JS OF THE o. it* IT. ? Iliitlierfbrritoii. rch 31. 1S.H9. i No. :18 i No. 52 i (jloliitf South. I l>?ily I j j except j Daily j STATIONS. jSundayl * | ' I A. M. | A. M. " I 9 00 Loavo ltutherfordton 10 f>0 j Loaye Shelby 11 27 ...Arrive Hlacksburg ' 8 00 11 30 Leave Blaeksburg Leave Smyrna 9 00 12 00 Leave Hickory drove I 9 30 12 15 Leave Sharon 10 30 12 30 Leave Yorkville 1 11 00 12 45 Leave Tirzah 11 20 12 50 Leave Newport ' 11 40 1 00 Leave Old Point 12 30 1 15 Leave Rock Hill 1 00 1 25 Leave Leslie's ' 1 10 1 29 Leave Roddey's ' 2 50 1 34 Leave Catawba June. 4 10 Arrive Lancaster 4 30 2 10 Leave Lancaster 1 7 40 3 27 Arrive Camden 1\ M. I*. M. olina Railway; at Rock Hill, with C., G'. A A. ,wba Junction, with G., C. it N. R. R.; at York&. C. A. L. R. R. JOHN F. JONES, Superintendent. OFING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MKRWIN ST. Cleveland, O. faff;' Send for Circular and 1 Price List No. 7ft. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ralmRT.: Cart is worth $.12, ami is cheap at the price. Wo mako the following liberal oiler: Wo propose to furnish one of these Carts to any one who will secure Fifteen NEW Subscribers ; To Thk Enquirer provious to the I5TII OF NOVUM HICK, 1881), at $1.75 ouch, anil pay us $22.75 in cash in addition. The cash to he paid ' for each subscription when the name of thesub- ' scribor is entered on our hooks, and tho $22.75 to bo paid when tho Cart is delivered ; or we will furnish Tiik Enquirer for one year to a NEW SUBSCRIBER and a Corbin Road Cart for $T2.00, which amount must ho paid in advanco. I By reason of our contract with tho inanufac- ! turors wo will bo onablod to furnish as ! many Carts as tho demand calls for up to tho date mentioned. Persons who desire to socuro l a Cart under tho first oiler will do well to com- i uienoe securing subscribers at once, and each i nauio returned will bo entered on our books to I the credit of tho club makor, and when tho required numbor has boon secured and tho $22.75 < paid, tho Cart will bo delivered, freight paid, ! to any railroad depot within one hundred miles i of Yorkville. The Cart will bo doliverod free of freight to tho subscriber who pays $.'12. i LEWIS M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. i THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER'S Sewing Machine. EVERY MACHINE WARRANTED. A $50 Sewing Machine and The Yorkville l']iu|iiirei' Our Year to a New Subscriber for $125 Or a Sewing Machine for $1H and Fifteen N'ew Subscribers to Tlie Yorkville Knqtiirer at One Dollar and SeventyFive Cents Faeh. TilK BEST MACHINE FOR FAMILY USE. fTIIIE Proprietor of Tim En<iitiiikii has conJL traded with a lnrj^o Sewing Machine Com* pany, producing one oi 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 desire 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 rook bottom price. Our object in making this olfer is not to sell sewing machines but to increase tbo Subscription List of Thk Kn<jiuhkk. TIIE MACHINE is a strong, light-running, lock-stitch machine, well made, handsomely finished, and in every respect equal to tho best and superior to most of its competitors among $50 machines offered to tho public. The parts having the most woar are made of the EI N EST STEEL, and fitted with the utmost precision. All running parts being made to exact gauge, are interchangeable. IN ITS MODEL, well-tried and approved mechanical principles have been followed and enlarged upon liy tho application 01 me imwi recent iniprovements, and tho addition of every durable device calculated to lighten the labor of running tho inachino or to simplify its management. A marked improvement is the selfthreading eyelet, chock lever and needle clamp. THIS ELASTIC LOCK-STITCH, as made by our inachino, is tho only form of stitch giving that strength and permanence of seam desirable in evory variety of sewing. THE PATENT LOOSE PULLEY is used, allowing bobbins to bo wound without removing work from beneath tho prosser-foot. TIIE WID EST RANGE O F S E VVI NO is don e by this machine, from tho lightest Swiss muslin to tho heavies' woolen cloth. "THE ENQUIRER" SEWING MACHINE has a drop leaf table of walnut, oil polished Gothic box cover, with veneered panels, and a case of two drawers at each end of table with locks and vonoered front. Tho driving wheel is nickel plated. ATTACHMENTS. Tho following set of latest improved attachments goes with each machine: One Hemmer and Feller (one piece), twelve Needles, six Bobbins, one Screw Driver, one Wrench, one Oil Can tilled with Oil, one Gauge, one Gaugo Screw, one Extra Throat Plato, one Extra Check Spring, and ono Instruction Book. How to Secure a Machine. We will agree to furnish ono of those machines to any one who will secure FIFTEEN NEW YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS to The Enquirer at $1.75 each and pay us $18.00 in cash in addition. The cash to bo paid for the subscriptions when the names are entered on ourbooks, and the $18.00 to be paid before tho machine is ordered from the manufacturers. Or, we will furnish a machine to any one who will secure ONE NEW SUBSCRIBER and pay us $25.00 in cash. Tho $25 entitles tho person paying it to the machine and to havo Tiik ENQUiREUsenttoaneighbor or friend for one year, or to himself if ho is not already a oiiKu/.r-iKor Tltn tr* \ >A linfnrA t l)A machino is ordered. The above odors will remain of force until 12 o'clock M. on the 15TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1889. Persons who desire to secure a machine for 818 may commence returning subscriptions at once, and each name will bo placed on our boobs to the credit of the person sendit in, and when FIFTEEN have been returned and paid for, (provided they are all NEW) and the 818 in cash paid to us, the manufacturers will be directed to ship a machine to the person entitled to receive it. The machines will bo delivered, free of freight or any additional cost, at any railroad depot within one hundred miles of Yorkvlllo, to persons who have complied with our terms. LEWIS M. GRIST, Yorkvillo, S. C. FOUNDRY AND Machine Shop. fill IE undersigned would rospoctfully inform 1. the public that he now has In operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which ho is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and brass castings, ami general machine work. REPAIRING, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice, Steam Engines,and agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Rasides, J any class of work that inav be wanted in his J shop, he will attend any call for repairing sta- 1 tionery engines, doing the work on the premi- J ses, thus obviating the necessity of moving the M engine. fl Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on the com- fl pletionof the work. EDWARD THOMAS. fl PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY H Thoroughly fitted up with now back- ' grounds,accessories, Ac., and with a tine sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in any style of the art, as woll executed as can ho done elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIA LTY. By the dry plate process I can take them instantly; makes no difference about fair or ciouuy weainer. I do all my own printing and finishing, and there is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in the highost style to be had, and prices reasonable. 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