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Humorous ?rprtmcnt. SAMUEL BRADBURN. An incident in the course of one of Bradbarn's journeys was described by an old minister, who had the best evidence of its own authenticity, evidence which was afterwards confirmed by Bradburn's nearest relative and biographer. The incident shows that his wit could be merciless when saucily provoked. He had come to a roadside inn to wait for the stage coach. While waiting, another passenfer arrived?a young lord, attended by is valet. The young gentleman was lively, but stammered slightly in conversation. On seeing Bradburn, whose ! personal appearance would attract atten- j tion, the gay young fellow, speaking aside to the landlady, said: "Y-o-you h-h-have a parson here." "He's a Methodist preacher, my lord," said she. "Oh, then, I'll have a bit of fun with him." Approaching Bradburn, he said : "P-p-pray, sir, c-c-can you t-tell me just how it was that B-a-Balaam's ass spoke ?" -Bradbury, who knew that if you look full of a ofommorpr. vnu increase his dif ficultv, replied: "What do you say, sir?" "P-p-pray, sir, c-c-can you t-tell me j-j-just n-h-how it was th-that B-a-Balaam's ass spoke?" "What do you say, sir?" cried Bradburn, looking sternly into his face and putting his hand to his ear. "Pa-p pa-pa," stuttered the fun maker, and stood with distorted face unable to put his question. His valet came to his rescue, and bowing to Branburg, said: "My lord wishes to know, sir, whether you can inform him how it was that Balaam's ass spoke?" I dont know sir," was the answer, "unless it was that Balaam stammered so badly himself that he hired his ass to speak for him." Both master and man had found fun enough.?[Sunday Magazine. LOOKING AHEAD. The mavor of Louisville, upon meeting an old negro, drew him aside, and in a voice by no means gentle, thus addressed him: "Bandfcom, I am going to have you arrested." "How come dat?" "Why, for having obtained money under false pretenses." "I ain't done nothin' like dat, sah; I 'clar to goodness I ain't." "Didn't you come to mo yesterday and get a dollar?" "Yes, sah." "Well, but you trifling scoundrel, I saw your son on the street just now." "Hah?" "You know what I said ?" * "Yas, sah ; yas but I didn't tell you de boy was dead, did I?" "Didn't tell me he was dead ! You infernal old idiot; did you suppose I thought you were going to bury him alive?" "No, sah." "Then what did you mean by saying that vou didn't tell me he was dead?" "Now, jes hoi' on, sah ; jest wait a minit. Dat boy ain't been in good helf fur er laung time, an', dat I'd hatter bury him sooner or later, w'y I 'lowed better raise de money durin' de busy season, when de folks wan't hard pressed. I'se mighty kine hearted dis way, sah, monstrous kine hearted, but er man don't git no credit in dis yere world o' sin fur bein' kine hearted. An' ergin, I'se er man dat doan blebe in puttin' off er thing that he lrnniva hno crnf. tn hp rinnp. KnOWS dat I'll hatter bury dat chile putty soon, and yere you come an' wanter punish me fer takin' up de ercasion in time. "You old rascal, that boy is in excellent health." "Who, dat chile ? You don't know dat chile like I does, sah. Dat boy suffers wid der gestion, but it's jest as I says, er hones' an' kine hearted man doan git no credit In dis yer sin cussed worl." AMERICAN HUMOR. The disposition of Americans to exaggerate is especially prominent in what is known as American humor. A story associated with "picket-firing," during the civil war, brings out this feature of national character. One day there was a truce between the two hostile picket lines. "Ho, Yank!" called out a lank Missipplan, who had just been posted. "Can you fellows shoot ?" "Wal, Johnny, I guess we can, some! Can you?" "Shoot!" shouted back the Confederate. "Why, down in Mississippi we knock a bumble bee off a thistle bow at three hun urea yarusr"O that's nothing to the way we shoot up in Vermont! I belonged to a company up tner' of a hundred men, and every week we used to go out to practice. The cap'n would draw us up in single file, and set a cider barrel rollin' down bill. Each man took a shot at the bung-hole as it turned up. "The barrel was then examined, and if there was a shot found that didn't go into the bunghole, the man that fired it was expelled. I belonged to the company ten years, and there aint been nobody expelled yet." The exaggeration is often so pronounced as to eclipse the humor. A Californian, hearing a Brazillian tell of the wonderful fire-flies of his country, so large and luminous that ladies wore them on their person enclosed in gauze, replied: "That's nothin'. Why, in Californy the fireflies are so large that they use them to cook by. They set the kettles on their hinder legs, which are bent for the purpose like pot-hooks, and their bodies give out heat to boil potatoes." The Luck of an Arkansas Druggist. Opposite Memphis about' twenty miles inland I stopped at a general store to rest a A ? U14 LAAwin/1* ana gt;i a uit iu eat. jucsiuco ncc^iug hardware, wooden ware, dry goods, groceries, saddlery and salt meats, there was a stock of drugs in the rear. I got some crackers and cheese, and while eating there came in a colored man. He complained of pains in the chest, and wanted a remedy. The merchant scratched his nose reflectively, looked along the shelves, and finally took down a bottle, poured a two-ounce phial full, and corked it up and handed it over with the remark: "Take five drops of that in water every four hours. Fifty cents." The negro paid and went away, and in a few minutes a woman came in for something for dyspepsia. He took down a chance bottle, poured some of the contents into a phial, and charged her 60 cents. Then I inquired if he was a doctor. "Well, sorter," he replied. "And you know drugs?" "Yes, tolerably fair." "You put up queer remedies for those two complaints." "Did I! Do you know drugs?" "I have served five years as prescription clerk." "Just the man I've been aching to see for a month 1 I took this stock on a debt. The fellow agreed to write on each bottle what the contents were good tor, but he missed over half of 'em. I've been dealing out sorter on my own judgment, and I've had mighty good luck so far." "Haven't you killed any one?" "About a dozen, I reckon; but all but one have been niggers, and the one white was no count a~y how. Now you just put in the afternoi .1* marking up those bottles, and I'll keep ye over night and hand ye two big dollars in the morning.?[Correspondent of New York Times. Exciting.?There is always something 1 going on, no matter where we may be, if we only have our eyes to see it; but undoubtedly some places are more favored than others. City man?I should think you would And life very dreary. Villager?Here? I tell you this is a pretty lively place for its size. City man?I should not suppose, from the looks of things that anything ever happened here. Villager?That's where you are mistaken. Why, it ain't two weeks since we had an eclipse of the moon.?[Philadelphia Record. AST*Not many days ago a gentleman had taken affectionate leave of his wife and daughter for a three-months' trip abroad. The child, a lovely little girl of two and a half years, stood by a chair with her thumb in her mouth?a favorite pastime, and, to her, a panacea for all her childish ills. She watched her mother for a few moments, saw the tears filling the lovely eyes and dropping one by one from her cheeks, then went to her side, and with a comforting tone, looking pityingly up to her face, said, "Mamma, suck '00 fum!" As if nothing could so much comfort her. ihc jurat and jM4t. A TALK WITH OUR YOUNG MEN. In my article in the September number, "A Talk with Farmers," I advised young men to become farmers. I reiterate the advice. Go to the cities and see the crowds of young men employed therein, and see another crowd hanging around seeking employment; this shows that the cities are overcrowded, and the more they are crowded the greater will be the competition, and competition makes lower wages. The salaries paid clerks barely support them ; about all they do is to make their board, and clothe themselves; and they are lucky if their salaries will board and clothe them decently; and a clerk's duties are laborious and confining, and he can call no time his own except Sunday, and after nightfall to daylight. What farmer boy goes through such confiningand continued labor the year in and year out ? Why, not one! Take the working hours of the farmer year in and year out, they won't average ten hours a day, counting the days he works, and still you hear it said that farm work is too hard and monotonous; therefore, the boys want to get away from the farms, and I am sorry to say,.in too many j cases their mothers infuse such ideas into their heads; also, some fathers. The clerk whilst at work is under the eyes of his Via had tin fthancA tn shirk: ULIJ pXVJ V/i ^ IIV KUU uv vi?mmwv ? , | whether it rains or not, he is kept busily employed, whilst the farm boy, when it rains or is too cold to plow, has nothing to do but feed and water stock. The clerk is kept confined, busily at work the year round, whilst the farm boy one-fourth of the year may be said to be idle, or has but little to do. Now compare the duties of the merchant and the farmer. The merchant's life is one of anxiety and labor ; his whole time, mentally aud physically, must be given to his business. lie has to keep an eye on his business the whole time; it has to be closely watched and managed. He has to please a variety of customers; Resells much on credit, and is dependent on the promptness of his debtors to meet his obligations, and if his debtors fail to pay him, that doesn't release his obligations, and obligations not met are protested, and a protest threatens his credit and a loss of credit. As said, his life is one of anxiety, for a large portion of his capital is in the hands of others, depending on their honor and ability to pay; hence, after his day's labor his nights are often spent in anxiety thinking of his business affairs. With the farmer, how different , for if a judicious man he can orctoirmH/n his business, arrange all his plans and carry them out, depending only on the weather and some trifling hand, which often times can be replaced, and if not, he can take his place until replaced. What pursuit offers such privileges as the farmer's? He can arrange his work so he can go to town at least once a week ; many go twice a week, and some oftener; and there is not a day but he can take his horse and ride around and spend an hour or two with his neighbors without neglecting his own business ; take even the farmer who has to plow and work himself?be can spare the half of every Saturday and go to town and see and hear what is going on, and enjoy himself. This is but a short account in contrasting the lives of the merchant and farmer, but it is enough to make a comparison and cause reflection. But our young men say : "I won't farm, for I see what trouble my father has with his hands and his farm, and he barely makes a living." Young man, let me tell you where the farmer has to deal with one man, the merchant has to deal with a thousand men. Yes, he has troubles as well as we have ; but he don't make them as public as we do, and the merchant has a thousand other troubles the farmer never experiences or knows anything about. It is not all gold that glitters, and so it is with merchants; it is not all merchants that are traveling on easy and pleasant roads to fortune; they have their ups and downs in life as well as farmers. Now, young man, let me say from a long life of experience and observation, I have seen or known no occupation or pursuit that equals the farmer's for a life of ease, comfort and independence. Like all other business, it requires attention and close management, and good judgment to make it successful. Fortunes are not always to be made at it, but this I say, no man can have a more comfortable, easy and independent life on so little capital as the farmer. I say, young man ; go to farming. No easier, more pleasant and independent life can be led. If you farm properly and judiciously, and with a well-managed, wellarranged and comfortably built-up farm, and out of debt, no millionaire will be more independent and happy than you will be or can make yourself. Your fortunes are with yourselves, follow what occupation you will.?J. H. Dent, in Dixie Farmer. Early Oats.?In a majority of cases it is the early oats that yield the best, not only in quantity but in quality. Oats will stand a considerable frost with less injury than they will stand the hot, scorching sun we so often have in July, and especially so if they are just Ailing out. Oats and onions are two crops that, as a rule, ought to be ready to go in the ground just as! soon as the condition of the soil will admit. If this is done, it will be quite an item to make the necessary preparations in advance, so that at.the proper time the work can be pushed along as rapidly as possible. The seed should be secured and be on hand, and the implements all ready to go to work. On land that has been plowed in the fall, the oats can be sown broadcast, and then with a cultivator they can be plowed, or rather cultivated in very rapidly. A good harrowing will usually fine and level down the soil sufficiently, and at the same time cover the seed. On stubble land it will, of course, be necessary to plow and then sow the seed, harrowing thoroughly to level down the surface and I coyer the seed.?[Prairie Farmer. a?*-One of the most convenient articles lO ue USCU 1U a, SHJK-ruuiu is a sauu-ung. Get some clean, fine sand ; dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove. Make a bag about eight inches square in flannel, fill it with dry sand, sew the open.ng carefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or linen. This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and will also enable you to heat the bag quickly by placing it in an oven or even on top of the stove. After once using this you will never again attempt to warm the feet or hands of a sick person i with a bottle of hot water or a brick. The sand holds the heat a long time, and the bag can be tucked up in the back without hurting the invalid. It is a good pian to make two or three of the bags, and keep them on hand, ready for use at any time when needed. Remedy fok Chronic Diarrhosa.? Dr. T. C. Smith, writing in the Medical and Surgical reporter, mentions the fact of having cured a case of chronic diarrhoea, which had lasted nearly forty years, by the administration of a saturated solution of salt and cider vinegar, a drachm being taken three or four times a day. He also states that since the first instance where he recommended this homely remedy, withoutsupposing that it would actually do any good, he has employed it several times in more or less severe cases of chronic diarrhoea, in which it produced great improvement, and in some cases cure. When relapses followed the suspension of the remedy, its renewed administration was again followed by improvemeut. As to Rented Farms.?Somebody tells a deal of truth in these six sentences: Never rent a farm when you can own one. The man who rents a farm must neccessarily add much to the premises from which he cannot derive any benefit. If he attempts to crop a rented farm without do ing justice to the land, he will sutler a loss as well as the owner. There are many improvements of the soil from which the owner receives the benefit, in the course of time, at the expense of the renter. All farms should be rented by mutual agreement, and all conditions plainly stipulated. i J8ST A very simple relief for neuralgia is | to boil a handful of lobelia in half a pint of water, till the strength is out of the herb, I then strain off and add a teaspoonful of j fine salt. Wring cloths out of the liquid [ as hot as possible, and spread it over the part affected. It acts like a charm. Change ; the cloths as soon as cold till the pain is all gone; then cover the places with soft dry covering till perspiration is over, so as [ to prevent taking cold. AST There is nothing better for a cut than powdered resin. Pound it until fine and put it in an empty, clean pepper box with perforated top; then you can easily sift it : on the cut, and put a soft cloth around the ' injured member and wet with cold water once in awhile. It will prevent inflammation and soreness. 1 Itfitgside #rttltcriu(|5. &af Ireland recently sent 10,000 tons of bacon to Paris. 56T The Chautauqua Literary Circle now has a roll of 150,000 names. jfeg" The man who resolves to quit drinking must be sober in earnest. aSflf sassafras bark is sprinked among dried fruit it will keep out the worms. aer Let the sunshine into every room in the house. The sunlight is a great purifier. Watermelon seeds have recently been found in an Egyptian tomb three thousand years old. IfirThe first day of May and Christmas of the same year, always occur on the same day of the week. aST" Portugal produces two-thirds of the world's cork. In some towns each private house is a factory. a?-Being asked the name of the world's great composer, a smart university young man said, "Chloroform." aS?*New England manufacturers used 4,000,000 shoe boxes last year in shipping their products of foot wear. JST Don't be too severe on the man who scolds his wife in public. Perhaps that is the only time he dares to do so. In the colony of Victoria, Australia, there are said to be one hundred and fifty sects in a population of 1,100,000. a6F*Many have an idea that they are serving the Lord when they are meddling with what iu nnnp nf thpir business. AST Over fifty miles of railroad have been built in New Hampshire the past year?the largest record for the last thirty years. AST" On the first of November the circulating medium of the United States was$l,405,010,000, an increase of $20,677,720 from last year. AST" The exportation of petroleum last year was the largest ever known, amounting to 012,000,000 gallons. It was worth $49,420,817. AST" Recent statistics show that nine million Germans live outside of Fatherland, of whom seven million are to be found in the United States. AST One of the relics on exhibition at the Libby prison and the War Museum is the last will of John Brown, made by him the day of his execution. AST "Everybody in a republic," says one of our political theorists, "should know how to govern." Yes; everbody should know how to govern?himself. AST It has been decided in Dakota that an excursion ticket used one way by the purchaser, who afterward dies, is good lor the shipment home of his body. S8F A machine has recently been perfected, says the Industrial World, that is warranted to make at half speed 12,000 nails per minute, or three tons per diem. flST" Rev. Sermonbrief?You have quite a liberal congregation, I understand, brother Poundtext ? Rev. Poundtext?In matters of belief, yes; in respect to giving, no. !6F*It takes about fifteen minutes to transmit a telegram from San Francisco to Hong Kong, via New York, Penzance, Aden, Bombay, Madras, and Singapore. ifcg" Flowers can be kept fr^esh some time if a pinch of soda or saltpetre is added to the water. Wilted roses will regain their freshness if dipped a minute or two in hot water. AST The people of Vermont are lamenting the fact that thousands of acres of land once in cultivation are now barren and uncultivated simply because no one wants to . farm them. IST An exchange says an attempt is beI ing made to train swallows. Some men would give a great deal if they could accomplish this, but after the first cocktail the swallow gets away with them. UST When Washington became president, in 1789, the country contained less than four million people. The single State of New York has a'larger population to-day than the whole country in Washington's day. 5ST Iron is rolled so thin at the Pittsburg iron mills that twelve thousand sheets are required to make a single inch in thickness. Light shines through one of these sheets as readily asit doesthrougHfereased tissue paper. ? a?"* Margery was playing with the kitten, and all at once received a severe scratch. She looked at the ugly red line, then she stretched out her hand toward the kitten and said, sternly, "Titty, dive me that pin." Nothing so helps a newspapers the imparting of useful information. "Plow shall I keep the ants out of the sugarbowl ?" asks a correspondent. "Fill the sugar-bowl with salt," promptly responds Texas Sittings. * ffiarP]ncourage the child to denend upon water as a beverage, and you?ill have founded a habit for which will be grateful through life. There are grown people who "never toucl^^^iter." Such examples are not to be iiHRfed. SSir A magnificent English tree known as the "Winfarthing oak," which measured thirty-eight feet seven inches in girth in *- a? 1 1 a i/44, nasjusi oeen remeasureu uuu juuliu to have grown just seventeen inches in that interval, on^ hundred and forty-five years. j^-If one is accustomed to sleeping with the windows open there is no danger of taking cold from the exposure, winter or summer. People who shut up windows to keep out "night air" make a mistake. At night the only air to breathe is "night air." l6TThe tin district of the Black Hills comprises over 500 square miles, and it is estimated that it contains more tin than all other mines of that metal in the world. In quality it is equal to the best in Europe. This great resource will in time be developed. The land in the Florida everglades which is being reclaimed by drainage is said to have a rich soil from eight to twelve feet in depth, peculiarly adapted to the growth of sugar cane. The crop can be cultivated year after year without replanting. J6T Fourteen young women are enrolled in a law school recently opened in New York. Since 188G the bar of New York has been opened to women, but theschoole shut them out. The head of the new institution is a graduate of the law school ol the university of Zurich, Switzerland. aSTlt is reported from Birmingham, Ala., that a Scotch chemist named Archi ' ' -1? 1 i ~ 1 1 Daici nas aiscovereu a process uy which ?ji phosphorous may be removed from iron ore and the ore converted into Bessemer pip: at a cost of only fifty cents a ton. The process is said to have been successfully tested. "I would have you remember, brethren," continued the preacher, "the same master-hand that contrived the celestial system fashioned the least of atoms as well; the superb architect of the mountains arranged the minute threads of gold within them; and, remember, friends, the God who made me made a daisy." JQT The gray squirrels of Kentucky often indulge in migration. For no apparent reason they congregate in a great body ana move inio aennessee. iney are ueterred by no obstacles. To accomplish the purpose of their mission they are obliged to swim the Cumberland river, which they do with apparent ease. These animalshave never been observed as migrating from the latter State into Kentucky. One of the most unique cemeteries in the United States is that of Sheepshead Bay, Long Island, the burial ground for noted horses. It was established two years ago, and by the end of the first year three noted racers had found a resting-place in its quiet precincts. The racer burial ground is beautifully decorated with flowers and shrubbery, and suitable headstones mark the last resting-places of kings and queens of the turf. JSaT The coldest region in the United I States is the stretch of country on the | northern border from the Minnesota lakes ! to the western line of Dakota. At PemI bina, which lies near the forty-ninth parallel, the lowest temperature recorded in ; the great storm of the winter of 1873 was i fifty-six degreees below zero. This is beI lieved to bethel avest temperature reached i in the United States. Don't eat too fast; the digestive organs are something like a stove, which il : chocked up and out of order burus slowly, and if you keep filling in fuel grows more i and more chocked. The wiser course is to ! let it burn down and put in fuel only when needed. It is a foolish notion that food ; always keeps up the strength. Only what ; we digest helps us; all beyond that is a , tax upon the system and exhausts the 1 strength instead of increasing it. IpsccUflucmtsi Reading. WHAT SHALL WE 1)0 WITH JOHN ? My neighbor Jinkins is a well-to-do farmer. His son John has just come home with a college diploma. He graduated ! with honor, is a good scholar, and a good speaker. And now the anxious question over at Jinkins's is, What shall John do ? or, Whatshall we do with John? He is a member of the church, but he does not think he is called to preach the gospel, and i he has too much reverence for the ministry to rush into it unbidden. He has no 1 special taste for medicine, and the legal profession is crowded. Politics might offer an inviting field to an ambitious ! young man; but it is run by machines, i and he who would succeed must begin by i selling himself to a ring. John is too 1 I manly for that. Tie might teach; but, if < ,1 he does, he will have to begin in some J ! country school, drilling a lot of unkempt i urchins in A B C, and that would be worse i than chopping cord-wood. So the ques- I tion finds no satisfactory answer. . < Jinkins came to me for advice. Said he: "I am afraid that I have made a mistake, i John was a bright boy and a good boy. 1 I thought that I ought to educate him. ) I have worked hard to keep him at school; i and he has studied hard to get a good ed- 1 ucation. But now he is through, and he i don't know what to do with himself. It < seems a pity to put a young man who can read Latin and Greek to running a gang- I plow or a mowing-machine. But he don't 1 want to be a lawyer, or doctor, or teacher, < and he ain't called to preach. I don't see l whaf there is for him to do. If he is to i come back and work on the farm, he might < as well have stayed there and not have i gone to college." "Jinkins," said I, "you made no mis- I take in educating John as you have; but i permit an old friend to suggest that you are making two mistakes now. The first < is, in thinking that because John has gone i through college, and got a diploma, he is educated; and the second is, that education is valuable only for the money it en- < ables a man to make. Now, my notion is, i that though Latin, Greek and mathemat- ; ics are valuable in education, the know lege of them is not an education. Education means training for usefulness all a < man's faculties: his senses, as well as his ' memory and reason ; his hands, as well as his head; his muscles, as well as brain. The object of education is the complete and symmetrical development of our manhood, i It is therefore physical and moral, as well as intellectual. Now, John has been do- < ing brain work almost exclusively lor years. He has been among books and under the teachers. Let him spend a little time in bodily exercise, in studying nature, and in learning to think for himself. A farm is one of the best schools in the world. The variety of work makes it an excellent gymnasium, and the Great Teacher is giving new lessons there with each change of the seasons. Give John a piece i of land to cultivate; tell him to study it as he studied "Euclid." Tell him to ap- 1 piy in nis iarming wnai no learueu iu ma 1 natural philosophy and chemistry. Tell him to think as he follows his plow ; to < ponder the problem of life?the greatest of 1 all problems in God's free air and sunshine. 1 Such thinking will make him wiser than any text-books or lectures. If he will now, 1 standing on what his teachers have taught him, look above it?come into communion < with God as he has revealed himself in his works and his word?he will utilize his college culture as he could not in office or j school-house. That culture is excellent as far as it goes; but it must be supple- 1 mented by reflection, and by the training of the character in the duties of life. John ! Randolph once said: 'We all have two ! educations: one that we obtain from oth- j ers; another, and the most important, ! that we secure for ourselves.' It is the J latter that determines our character, our success in life, and our destiny hereafter." ] "But," cried Jinkins, "will it pay for a boy who has gone through college to work on a- farm ? John's education has cost thousands of dollars, and he he ought to 1 make something by it." , "By making something you mean mak- 1 ing money. That is the way with Ameri- , cans. We are always asking how much j money there is in it. But money is not the only thing worth living for. The man I who is a mere money-getter is the worst ] of all failures in our modern civilization. 1 He is a sponge that petrifies as fast as it is filled. He has a cold, metallic intellect, 1 a metallic conscience, and a metallic heart. ! For goodness' sake don't try to shrivel ] John up to a cent-per-cent ideal of man- 1 hood. Let him believe that the true rich- ' , es are within; that a good man is worth more that a good bank account. If he ' makes a living and grows wiser every 1 j 1 - ...in 1 :? . 1 :r u~ ( uay, lie win ue uuppier nmu 11 nc hcio amassing a fortune and starving his soul. I tell you, Jinkins, we don't want all the ( education centered in towns and cities; we need it on the farms. Let us cultivate j our minds and hearts as carefully as we cultivate fields and orchards, and we will j have the noblest population the world has , ever seen. But if we encourge the idea < that soon as a young man knows any more i than the district school can teach he is too j smart to be a farmer, we degrade that ele- ( ment in the land on which its true prosperity depends. If I had as many sons as J patriarch Jacob, and expected them all to . be farmers, I would send them all to col- ( lege, if I could. True learning?learning , sought and loved for its own sake?pre- { pares a man to be successful and happy in any sphere. It would be worth all that it costs if its possessor had to be a day-laborer. , But on a farm it may be a source of profit, \ as well as enjoyment. Tell John to show , his neighbors that education don't make a man too proud to work. Tell him hu- | man life began with two great teachers? ( Nature and God?and that if he would be , norfont thcur will holn Mm him tfi show us that he is the better farmer be- < cause he has been trained to observe and to think. Above all, tell him to rejoice that he does not have to depend on clients, or patients, or the whims of school direc- i tors, for his bread, but receives it directly i from God. I do not believe there is any < nobler position for a man than that of a 1 cultured and devout tiller of the soil." 1 "I reckon you are right, and I'll send 1 John over to talk with you." i HISTORY OF THE UMBRELLA. < In Queen Anne's time the umbrella is i mentioned, Mr. Leckey tells us in his ' history of England in the eighteenth cen- ] tury, both by Swift and Gray, as employed 1 hv wnmpn hut nn tn the middle of the < i -r ; eighteenth century it appears never to have beeu used in England by men, I though Wolfe, the future conqueror of I Quebec, wrote from Paris in 1752, describ- < ingitasin general use in that city, and 1 wondered that so convenient a practice 1 had not penetrated to England. I Hauway, the famous traveler and phi- s ! lanthropist, who returned to England in ; 17G0, is said to have been the first Englishman who carried an umbrella; and a ' Scotch footman named John MacDonald, > who traveled with his master in France ; and Spain, mentions in his curious auto- , i biography that he brought one to London in 1778, and persisted in carrying it in i wet weather, though a jeering crowd fol- , lowed him, crying, "Frenchman, why ] don't you get a coach?" In about three ' months the annoyance almost ceased, and gradually a few foreigners, and then some Englishmen, followed his example. ; Defoe lias uescriDea me umorena as one of the contrivances of ltobinson Crusoe, j . and umbrellas were in consequence at one , time called "Robinson." They were look- ! I ed on as a sign of extreme effeminacy, and 1 - they multiplied very slowly. Dr. Jami- ! , son, in 1782, is said to have been the first . person who used one in Glasgow; and Southey's mother, who was born in 1752, was accustomed to say that she remember1 ed the time when any one would have been hooted who carried one in the streets of Bristol. 1 A single coarse cotton one was often kept 1 in a coffee house to be lent out to customers, or in a private house to be taken out with the carriage and held over the heads ; of ladies as they got in and out; but for many years those who used umbrellas in 1 the streets were exposed to the insults of the mob, and to the persistent and very natural animosity of the hackney-coach! men, who bespattered them with mud and 1 lashed them with their whips. But the manifest convenience of the fashion secured its ultimate triumph, and before the close of the century umbrellas passed into 1 general use. The Democratic Leader.?Uncommon interest is taken in th > question as to who will be the Democratic leader on the r floor of the house, and in some quarters , a disposition has been exhibited to 9tir up j s personaljealousies and rivalries. Nothing: i is likely to come outof this. It is thought | i by the oldest and most experienced of the i Democrats that all such questions as this j i will naturally adjust themselves according | , to precedent and circumstances. Mr. Cari lisle, after six years in the speaker's chair, will come down on the floor. lie will un f THE YORKVILL rs I FOK, 3 \ Handsomely Print( i Paper with L ,J8 THE LARGEST COUNTY NEWS! THAT IS PRINTED EN ?g It y Tlie Local News of" 1 it Counties a ! f d ? ? 3THE ENQUIRER SENT TWO MONTHS FRI 3S ? NOW IS THE TIME 3. ,e ?*?< ie New Subscribers in Clubs, Rect lt 1QQft l?.i nnio lwwi iurn* a. loubtedly be assigned a prominent pos tion on the minority representation of tli committee on Ways and Means. By con mon consent Mr. Carlisle will be regarde as the Democratic leader on all mattei ;onnected with the tariff or other legislj tion. The proposed change of rules an the disposition of contested election cast are not of a legislative character. It here where Mr. Randall's remarkab! qualities can come into play, and in thes matters, in all likelihood, he will be calle to the front. He is much better suited I take command of parliamentary battles i this kind than Mr. Carlisle or any otht man on the Democratic side.?[Baltimoi Sun. PUSSY IX THE WITNESS BOX. A valuable Newfoundland dog, name Major, having strayed from his owner house, was claimed in all good faith by ai :>ther gentleman, who recognized the dc is his own lost Newfoundland. Argumei ind persuasion failing, suit was brought I recover Major, and the case was regularl brought into court and came to trial aboi Christmas time, before a judge and a jur Witnesses testified that it was Major, an that it was not Major?the animal, meat while, going freely to either of his claiir lints, seeming quite indifferent as towhic might finally secure him. A week wi taken up with conflicting testimony, an neither judge nor jury were the wise Dr better prepared to render a decisioi At this point a woman living in the san house with Major's owner declared thi her cat could settle the question, since th cat and Major were on terms of gres friendship, eating and playing togethe and sleeping on the same rug, while tf cat was the sworn foe of all other canine and had worsted many in a fair figh Here was a solution by which all partii to the controversy were willing to abid and a formal writ was accordingly issue in the name of the people of the Stat commanding "all and singular theowne of a certain Maltese cat to produce the I'r ing body of the said animal before tf Hon. So-and-so, a justice duly and legal! commissioned by the people of the con raon wealth aforesaid," at a given time an place duly specified in the writ, and "ther Df to fail not at their own peril." At tf time appointed the momentous cat wi duly produced before the honorable cour The record does not state whether pu ii'ntj rlnlvr Bivnrn tn tell "the truth, tl whole truth, and nothing but the truth nor whether his owner was required to a as proxy for him in this respect. Howevi this may have been, he proceeded to vii dicate his mistress's assertions, first wll regard to his fighting qualities, for on tl introduction of some strange animals the canine species, brought by direction the dignified court, he dilated his tail most majestic proportions, arched his bat in monumental style, and gave battle, the satisfaction of the spectators, if not thatof his adversaries, clearing the rooi in fine style, and in an exceedingly bri space of time. Next, Major was brougl in, whereupon pussy's warlike mood ar demeanor were speedily changed to den onstrations of acquaintance and good-fe lowship, the animals recognizing eat other to the satisfaction of all conceme< and immediately terminating by this coi elusive evidence a^uit which, except f< the shrewd thought of a woman, migl have dragged on interminably and led I rancor and strife.?[Thomas W. Chittei den, in St. Nicholas. What to Teach Boys.?A philosi pher has said that true education to bo^ is to teach "them to know when they bi some men." 1. To be true and to be genuine. No e< ucation is worth anything that does n< include this. A man had better not kno how to read?he had better never learn letter in the alphabet, and be true, gem ine in intention and in action?rather tha be learned in all sciences and in all lai morroo ho of tho enmo timn fntoo 5 heart and counterfeit in life. Above a things teach the boys that truth is moi than riches, more than earthly power c possessions. 2. To be pure in thought, language an life?pure in mind and in body. 3. To be unselfish. To care for the fee ings and comfort of others. To be polib to be just, in all dealings with others. . I be generous, noble and manly. This wi include a genuine reverence for the age ind for things sacred. 4. To be self-reliant and self-helpful eve from childhood. To be Industrious alwaj ind self-supporting at the earliest prop( ige. Teach them that all honest work honorable, and that an idle life of deper Jence on others is disgraceful. When a boy has learned these foi things?when he has made these ideas part of his being?however poor, or hov sver rich, ho has learned the most impor things he ought to know when he bi iomes a man. + A Hidden Hand.?'There issomemut inglorious wire-puller in the Stat He is only known by his works. Th postoffice appointments at Prosperil ind Clinton are evidently the work of tt same unknown schemer. A man froi Peake moves to Prosperity and starts little store, and in three weeks he r reives the appointment of postmaste A man from Pacolet moves to Clintc ind starts a little store, and in thr( weeks he is appointed postmaster. It lone so quietly that nobody suspects tt newcomer, in either case, of even beir in applicant. Of course the moving and the little sto was all part ol the arrangement, so as secure a claim to residence; for the ruf 3f the postoffice department forbid the a pointmentof a non-resident as postmaste What understanding or bargain exis between the new appointees and the pov ?rs that be, can only be inferred. Bi there is very little doubt in the publ mind on the subject.?[Newberry 01 server. Tiie Secret of Longevity.?A littl way beyond the ancient church at lie ierness is a brick residence, whose froi is half hidden by one of those monst< slms that are the pride of our northei States, and beneath its shade I saw recen ly an old man who is passing his ninet; fifth year, sitting comfortably in a grei trm chair. My wife told me that his aunt had r :ently died, aged one hundred and five ind, curious to know if there was an special reason for such longevity, I mac inquiries. "No," said my informant 'only they were almost always out < l/\rtr>u on/1 livorl f? niiiol lifo." Yet in that single sentence lay a greati philosophy than he dreamed of, a soundi precept than he knew. To keep out < Joors and avoid worry is a maxim that, followed, would close a majority of 01 hospitals, which, I regret to say, have greater number of occupants with eac jucceeding year. faff" Deaf mutes generally intermarry ind it is only in very rare instances that Jeaf mute marries a hearing person. The live happy and industrious lives, and an with few exceptions, good law-abiding, ii telligent and independent people, wh :-laim the rights and privileges and accej the duties and responsibilities of citizei ship. Their children are invariabl bright, and very rarely inherit the atfli tion of the parents. During the pa: twenty years much advancement has bee made. Through the medium of new papers which publish intelligence coi . erning them, rapid strides in social an business progress has characterized thei is a class, and at the same time once moi iemonstrated the power of the press. Dumplirvgi WitN ^ Rpy&l Baking Powder ~ No dessert is more delicious, wholesome and appetizing than a well-made dumpling, filled with the fruit of the season. By the use of the Royal Baking Powder the crust is always rendered light, flaky, tender and digestible. Dumplings made with it, baked or boiled, will be dainty and wholesome, and may be eaten steaming hot with perfect impunity. Receipt.? One quart of flour; thoroughly mix with it three teaspoons of Royal I!akinp Powder and asmall teaspoon of salt; rub in a piece of butter or lard the size of an egg, and then add one large potato, grated in the flour; after the butter is well mixed, stir in milk and knead to the consistency of soft biscuit dough; break off pieces of dough large enough to close over four quarters of an apple (or other fruit as desired) without rolling, and lay tn an earthen dish (or steamer) and steam until the fruit is tender. Hake if preferred. In all receipts colling for cream of tartar and soda, substitute Royal Baking Powder, Less trouble, never fails, makes more appetizing and wholesome food and is more economical. Royal Baking Powder is specially made for use in the preparation of the finest and most delicate cookery. r, loo*/, r ui mourn vi nil uu t Day of January, ps Si ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN e. THREE LARGEST CLIJE rs v- ? ly A Nplondld Stein Winding am n. , Wateh tor a Club of 1 '5^ fflHE first week of January, 18iK), will com-! o c" J| mence the thirty-sixth year of the connee- fi 1(3 tion of the present proprietor with the publi- I u as cation of THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. 1 s t. It is with pleasure that he announces to its > s.4 friends and patrons thatat no time in its histo- o ,e ry have the facilities for furnishing a newspa- h m per so nearly suited to tho wants of the people e '. of York and surrouuding counties, been equal j< Cl> to what they now are. It will continue to be h er handsomely printed on tine white paper with p n- large and clear type, and is now the largest ti th county newspaper in South Carolina that is t: ie printed entirely at home. 0f Having intelligent and trustworthy spo- tl * cial correspondents in different sections of n : York and adjoining counties, but little trans- 1 *? pires in those counties in which the people generally are interested, that is not promptly s fO made known through thecolumns of the paper, t to Reside this, it shall continue to be our aim to 2 m watch carefully after everything which Is calcu- t er lated to make known to the outside world the ' 1 , . business advantages and natural resources s ^ possessed by York county?agricultural, min- ! ii d eral and cliinatic?and in employing our colli utnns in the development of these and further- j a 1- ing the interest of the people. tl h In addition to local affairs, such attention \ j will be giveu to matters inside and outside of | n ' the State, as is likely to be of interest to our tl readers, and necessary to keep them well in- q 3r formed as to what is going on in our own and v it other countries. b to While the local and general news depart- n n- ments of the paper will be carefully looked y after, all the features which have given THE a ENQUIRER a distinctive character from the p > first day of its publication will be maintained. t< ,g From time to time it will contain short stories I c 'a_ and serial stories from the best writers ; every [ week a column of fun ana humor caiouiatea | si to "drive dull care away" and cause the read- u 1- er to "laugh and grow fatcarefully selected | n 3t and seasonable articles intended to benefit n W the farmer and housewife; articles for the a young people, the object of which will be to ai j_ assist them in becoming good men and women and ornaments to society ; besides articles, by l n the publication of which it is hoped the men, ! n women and children who read THE EN- j Y Q QUIRER, will be better, happier and wiser, j e Terms of Subscription -Free of Postage, j ? )r Single Copy, one year ?2.00 e: Two Copies, one year 3.50 i j One Copy, two years 3.50 11 One Copy, six months 1.00 8< , One Copy, three months 50 S( 1" Ten Copies, one year 17.50 j And one copv one year to the person mak- n 'o ing a club of Ten at $1.75 for each subscriber , 61 11 Payment is required to be made in advauce. j ai d PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. _ For the largest clubs of subscribers at $1.75 ir for each subscriber, we offer THREE CASH p PREMIUMS, amounting in the aggregate to It ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, as follows : H For the largest Club, Fifty Dollars. For the second largest Club, Thirty Dollars. ~ For the third largest Club, Twenty Dollars. IT of To EVERY person who may obtain a club t- SCFTEDUXiEl e- From Camden to 16 .y In Effect Marc ^ doing North. | No. 53 \ No. 391 11 a ' Daily 1f STATIONS. Daily except e" Sunday r. : r. M. A. M j .. | Leavo Camden 12 45 9 00 .. :e Arrive Lancaster 12 40 j .. IS Leave Lancaster 2 10 1 00 1 .. ie Leave Catawba June. 2 50 2 50 J .. )? Leave Roddey's 2 55 3 00 1 .. Leave Leslie's 3 00 3 10 !!.. rp Leave Rock Hill 3 18 3 50 ' .. ^ Leave Old Point 3 22 4 00 .. [0 Leave Newport 3 30 4 15 .. Leave Tirzah 3 38 4 30 ' .. p- Leave Yorkville 3 50 5 10 ; .. r. Leavo Sharon 4 10. 5 40 .. ts Leave Hickory Grove 4 25 0 20 1 .. v_ Leave Smyrna 1'.. T ? ?; m...i?.1 .v- 7 OA .i .'vrrjyo J>i<njn.auui ... -i .... , -? ... . Leave Blacksburg 5 00 { .. 1C Leave Shelby 5 40 | .. 0- Arrive Rutherfordton 7 00 [).. p. m. p. m I L in Connections.?At Camden, with South Carol , R. R.; at Lancaster, with C. A C. R. R.; at Cataw ville, with C. A L. R. R.; at Blacksburg with A. A Blacksburg, S. C., March 20, 1809. 2r ? '? GARRY IRON ROC p. Manufacturers of all kindsof ? IRON ROOFING j/f% e- CRIMl'ED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, y Iron Tile or Nliingle, I? FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 4C., of THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF jZSfir- Orders received by L. M. GRIST, ?r i . -r DISCONTINUANCE OF ROADS, Office of County Commissioner^ ) 11 York County, ) R" YoRKVlLLK, S. C., August 28, 1889. a "VTOTICK is hereby given that on the SEC-i h J3I ONI) DAY OF DECEMBER, 1889, the County Commissioners of York county will 1 DISCONTINUE the following public roads in rj! Y, York county, S. C., to-wit: V( a 1st. The "Patton's Ferry Road," leadingj& iy from the Doby's Bridge road, in Fort Mill | C'J 2 township, by Barber's (or Patton's) Ferry, on ^ ' Catawba river, to the Nation Ford road, in Catawba township, atL. I). Child's place. [ It. 10 2nd. The "Moore's Bridge Road," in Chero- j )t keo township, leading Iroin Blacksburg, by 1- Moore's Mill, to the Shelby road. j y All persons objecting to the closing up or j c. discontinuing of said roads, are required to appear before the board of County Commis- [ sioners at their office in Yorkville, S. C.. on the j n FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER, 1889, AT N 8- 12 O'CLOCK M., to make their objections > 1 1- known. j, d By order of the Board of County Commisri sioners of York county. .e D. E. FINLEY, Clerk of Board. 11 August 28 .'15 14w - CRAYON AND OIL PAINTING. \\ . MISS DAISY WILLIAMS, Artist in Crayon and Oil Colors, RESPECTFULLY announces that she has J opened a STUDIO on the second lloor of tl KENNEDY BROS. <fe BARRON'S building, tl whoro she is prepared to paint Portraits in b< Crayon, and also to give instructions in either fa Crayon or Oil Painting. Instructions given in m Crayon work, twenty lessons, at #2.50 per m month ; in Oil painting, twenty lessons, at ai #3.50 per month. An inspection of specimens of her work is respectfully solicited. Entrance to the Studio through the store room. September 18 38 tf UNDERTAKING. 1AM handling a first class line of Collins and Caskots which I will sell at the very ! lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. [ I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture at reasonable prices. i "1 J. ED. J REFER YS. I Jj NOTICE. ~ 01 rpiIE Creditors of JOHN W Hit HE It, do- S: X ceased, are hereby notified to present and al establish their demands against him, before me, at my office in Yorkville, S. C., on or be- ? fore THE 25TII DAY OF NOVEMBER A. D. 188!). W. BROWN WYLIK, C. C. C. Pis. f October JO 44 :it 1 .E ENQUIRER L89QI 3d on Fine White arge Type. ? 'APER IN SOUTH CAROLINA TIRELY AT HOME. f ork and. ^djoiiiiiig* Specialty. SE OP COST TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS. TO SUBSCRIBE. ? sived Previous to Christmas, 8 Paper until the First 1891, for $1.75. ? CASH PREMIUMS FOR THE IS OF SUBSCRIBERS! tl Stem Setting Xieklc-Sllver riiirty Subscribers. f THIRTY or more names, but who njay iil to secure one of the three Cash premiums, re will give as compensation for securing the ubscribers, one ANTI-MAGNETIC SOLID 1ICKEL-SILVER WATCH. The watch isan pen face, stem-winder and setter, and is, peraps, the best and most reliable Watch, considring, price, that can be obtained. A leading aweler of Yorkville says that "it is a good, onest watch, well made and well worth the rice at which it sells." The case is aeombinaion of silver and nickleand will wear a life ime. The retail price of the watch is $10.00. The time fixed for completing clubs under he above offors is limited to one o'clock, p. a., on MONDAY, the 10th day of MARCH, 890. Competitors may commence to secure subcribors at once. All NEW SUBSCRIBERS hat ara rnoi mod in r<tnhu nroviniia tA the 5th of December, 1889, will be furnished with be paper until the FIRST OF JANUARY, 891, for $1.75, but in every instance the subcription price must be paid before the name s entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for premium, and no premium delivered, until he subscription price has been paid. To persons who make up clubs of ten or lore names, but who may fail to obtain one of he above premiums, we will send Thk Enuirer one year free of charge; and to those rho send a club of twenty or more names, ut who may fail to. get ono of the other preliums, we will forward Thk Enquirer oue ear free of charge, and a copy, one year, ol ny weekly newspaper or monthly magazine ublished in the United States, the publication i be selected by the person entitled to reeive it. It is not necessary that the names of a club hould all bo at the same post-office. Names lay be taken at any number of places. One ame for two years will be equivalent to two ames for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us t the expense of those sending them. tir? in l. ~ .21.1a r? ii. a r... >* o win ub rusjiuuaiuie iur tuu attiu irauslission of money only when seut by draft, sgistered letter, or money order drawn on the 'orkville post-oflice. In sending names, write plainly, giving postdice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the xpiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each clublaker, who will be credited with every name jnt, so that the number sent by any one per>n can bo ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs, will ot be permitted, after the names have been jtered on our books, to transfer the names to lother club-maker's list. The time in which additions may be lade to clubs under this proposition, will exire on the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 190. Therefore, persons who desire the benot of club rates, must subscribe and pay for ?e paper before that date, as after theexpiraon of that time it will not be furnished for jss than $2.00, unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to LEWIS M. GRIST, YorkviHe, S. C. 9 OF THE n,"""*!"1 o. it. it. Rutherfordton. h 31, 1889. . I No. 38 i No. 52 Going South. Daily I except Daily STATIONS. Sunday' a. m. a. m. 9 00 Leave Rutherfordton 10 50 Leaye Shelby 11 27 ...Arrive Blacksburg 8 00 11 30 Leave Blacksburg Leave Smyrna 9 00 12 00 Leave Hickory Grove 9 30 12 15 Leave Sharon 10 30 12 30 Leave Yorkville 11 00 12 45 Leave Tirzab 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 7 40 3 27 Arrive Camden p. m. p. m. ina Railway; at Rock Hill, with C., C. A A. ba Junction, with G., C. A N. R. R.; at York. C. A. L. R. R. JOHN F. JONES, Superintendent. FING COMPANY, IRON ORE 1?AINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN ST. Cleveland, O. par- Send for Circular and * ' Price List No. 75. IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. NOTICE. Taxc* Ibr Year JSSS-B. OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER, York County, Yohkvillr, S. C., September 14th, 1889. ' N accordance with law, my books will be - * ' i mn /lATTV L opened for tnecoiiecnou 01 Y AND SPECIAL TAXES, for the fiscal ear commencing November 1st, 1888, ON THE ?TH DAY OF OCTOBER, and will remain i>en until the 15TII DAY OF DECEMBER, 189. For the accommodation of Tax-payers, I will leet them at the following places, on the days amed: At Blacksburg, Thursday, 14th, and Friday, ?th days of November. At Grover, Saturday, lGth day of November. AtYorkville, Monday, 18th day of Novemsr. At Coates's Tavern, Tuesday, 19th day of ovember. At Fort Mill, Wednesday, 20th, and Thurs:iy, 21st days of November. At Rock Hill, from Friday, 22nd, until Wedesday, 27tli day of November. At Yorkville, from Thursday, 28th day of ovember, until the 15th day of December, afir which day the books will be closed and the percent, penalty will attach. II. A I). NEELY, County Treasurer. September 18 38 tf ALWAYS AT THE TOP. ' WOULD have it understood that I am buying COTTON SEED in any quantity lat it is possible to get them, and it will be to le seller's loss if he disposes of his surplus efore giving me the opportunity to bid. My cjlities for handling seed is first-class and ly Company will ta)>e all tljoy can get. Give le an opportunity when you nave seea 10 sou id you will always Hud uio at the tip-top. T. B. McCLAIN. October '2 40 tf jjjj | ^ ^D~^RS"sash i^ May 15 20 ly MUSIC LESSORS. ufISS /OKA I DA INGOLD respectfully offX furs her services, at her residence, iis EACHER OK MUSIC ON THE PIANO ORGAN. Pupils received at any time, fstem thorough and practical. Prices reason)le, and furnished on application. October 0 41 tf j FOR RENT. )WELLING HOUSE with FOUR ROOMS. Apply to L. M. GRIST. I i Piedmont Air-1 Jiio. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R? South Carolina Division. COLUMBIA, S. C. iP^rwV 'g'tf l# \nT * ? CONDENSED SCHEDULE IN Kfhkct AUGUST 18,1889. (Trains run by 75th Meridian time.) MOUTH ROUND. No. 50. No. 52. Daily. Daily. ' hwivn Now York, 12.15 Night 4.30 P. M. I Leave Philadelphia,... 7.20 A. M. 0.57 P. M. I Leave Baltimore, 9.45 A. M. 9.30 P. M. Leave Washington 11.24 A. M. 11.00 P. M. Leave Richmond, 3.00 P. M. 2.30 A. M. Leave nreonsboro, 10.37 P. M. 9.50 A. M. Leave Salisbury 12.32 P. M. 11.2:1 A. M. ; Leave Charlotte, 2.20 A. M. 1.00 P. M. Leave Rock Hill 3.17 A. M. 1.57 P. M. 1 Loave Chester, 3.58 A. M. 2.40 P. M. i Leave Winnsboro', 4.59 A. M. 3.39 P. M. i Arrive at Columbia,.... 0.30 A. M. 5.10 P.M. Leave Columbia 0.55 A. M. 5.30 P. M. ! Leave Johnston's, 9.00 A. M. 7.33 P. M. Leave Trenton 9.10 A. M. 7.50 P. M. Leave Graniteville, 9.50 A. M. 8.20 P. M. Arrive at Augusta 10.30 A.M. 9.00 P. M. Arrive at Charleston, 11.00 A. M. 9.30 P. M. Arrive at Savannah,. 5.40 P.M. 6.30 A. M. NOUTH BOUND. No. 58. No. 51. Daily. Daily. Leave Augusta 8.50 A. M. 6.10 P. M. Leave Graniteville U.isO A. M. 7.10 P. M. Leave Trenton, 10.04 A. M. 7.50 P. M. Leave Johnston's 10.21 A. M. 8.10 P. M. Leave Columbia, 12.50 P. M. 10.35 P. M. Leave Winnsboro' 2.24 P. M. 12.16 P. M. Leave Chester 3.33 P. M. 1.20 A. M. Leave Rock Hill 4.16 P. M. 2.05 A. M. Leave Charlotte, 5.15 P. M. 3.13 A. M. Leave Salisbury, 7.05 P. M. 6.22 A. M. Leave Greensboro, 8.40 P. M. 8.00 A. M. Leave Richmond, 5.15 A. M. 3.30 P. M. Leave Washington, 6.53 A. M. 7.13 P. M. Leave Baltimore, 8.20 A. M. 11.25 P. M. Leave Philadelphia, 10.47 A. M. 3.00 A. M. Arrive at New York 1.20 P. M. 6.20 A. M. THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Pullman Palace Cars between Augusta and Greensboro, on trains 50and 51. Pullman Uutf'et Parlor Cars between Augusta and Charlotte, on trains 52 and 53." SOL. HASS, D. CARDWELL, JAS. I,. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager, t). P. A.,Columbia, S. C. Gen'l Pass. Agent August 21 34 tf C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., daily , except Sunday, taking ettectSeptember22,1889: uuiciu suu i n Leave Lenoir 8.25 A. Al. Leave Hickory 9.35 A. M. Leave Newton 10.10 A. Al. 1 Leave Lincolntou 11.00 A. Al. i Leave Dallas, 11.50 A. Al. i Arrive at Gastonia, 12.07 A. Al. Leave Gastonia 12.10 A. Al. Leave Clover, 12.40 P. Al. Leaye Yorkville, 1.20 P. Al. Leave Guthriesville 1.42 P. M. ' Leave AlcConnellsville, 1.49 P. Al. Leave Lowrysville, 2.05 P. Al. Arrive at Chester 2.30 P. Al. ^ OOINO NORTH. Leave Chester, 3.40 P. Al. | Leave Lowrysville 4.CC P. Al. Leave AlcConnellsvillo, 4.22 P. Al. Leave Guthriesvi'Ie, 4.30 P. Al. | Leave Yorkville 5.00 P. Al. p Leave Clover, 5.35 P. Al. : Arrive at Gastonia, 6.10 P. Al. Leave Gastonia, 6.32 P. Al. Leave Dallas. 6.46 P. Al. Leave Lincolnton 7.32 P. Al. Leave at Newton, 8.21 P. Al. Leave Hickory, 9.00 P. Al. Arrive at Lenoir 10.12 P. Al. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. October 2 40 tf THE OLD RELIABLE. I WOULD respectfully announce to my patrons and the traveling public generally that notwithstanding my occasional absence from Yorkville during the next few months, my LIVERY AND FEED STABLES will be continued as heretofore, and the business will be conducted with the same promptness as if I were present in person. MY OMNIBUS Is still on the street, ready to convey passengers to all departing trains, or from the trains to any part of town. FOR FUNERALS I have an elegant IIEARSE and also a CLARENCE COACH which will be sent to any part of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable. Baggies and other Vehicle** On hand for sale. Bargains in either new or second-hand Vehicles. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. July 10 28 tf PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories. Ac., and with a fine sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in any style of the art, as well executed as can be done elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. By the dry plate process I e n bike them instantly ; makes no difference about fair or cloudy weather. I do all my own printing and finishing, and there is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in the highest style to be had, and prices reasonable. Give me a call and see specimens of work, at my Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. DENTISTRY. ~ 1 A M ufrnin hafnrn t)iA nUbliC mWKSSk asking their attention to Reprices below: One Upper or Lower Set of Teeih, $10 00 Partial'Sets, one Tooth on Plate, 1 50 Partial Sets, two Teeth op Plate, 2 00 Partial Set, three Teeth on Plate, 3 00 %?r All work guaranteed. I will have my Office, with Dr. CARTWRIGHT, who will at any time, in my absence, EXTRACT TEETH, TAKE IMPRESSIONS, etc., for me. Come to see me before vou have vour work done. W. M. tVALKER, D. D.S. September 18 38 tf iiOMiinnMioi REMEMBER that we are HEADQUAR? TERS for tho above goods. We keep lip with the times in all the styles, and Our Prices and Terms ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. Parties wanting tine goods in CASKETS will do well with usas we are overstocked and will sell them at greatly reduced prices. Burial Robes are growing more and more popular. Respectfully, W. B. MOORE A CO. THE BEST BOILER FEEDER^ THE undersigned informs the owners of stationary and portable Steam Engines, that he is prepared to supply them with the BEST BOILER FEEDER in existence. It is strong, simple in construction, unfailing in action, CANNOT GET OUT OF ORDER, and can be operated by any one who can turn a throttle valve. These feeders are suitable for either STATIONARY OR PORTABLE ENGINES, and works as well on one as the other. It is made in two sizes?one suitable for boilers of from <5 to 14 horse-power, and the other for boilers of from 15 to 30 horse power. Call on or write to me for further information. EDWARD THOMAS, Yorkville, S. C. RYrHANfiE BANK. Yorkville, 9. C. T. S. JEFFERYS President. JOS. F. WALLACE, Vice-President. FRANK A. GILBERT, Cashier. Orffanlzcd September 1, 1887. THE BANK will receivo Deposits, buy and sell Exchange, make Loans and do a general Banking Business. The officers tender their courteous seryices to its patrons and the public generally. Banking hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M, D. K. KI.Nt.KY. J. s. HHIPB' HM.FY & liHH K, attornevs at law. Yorkville, 8. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. C. K. SPKNCER, N. W. HARDIN, Yorkville, S. C. Black's S. C. SPENCER A HARDIN. attorneys at law, BLACK'S, S. C. WE make a specialty of collections. 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