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gmmtitous JPcjiartmcnt. SQUARING ACCOUNTS. E. R. Pritchard, who contributes this queer story to the Arkansaw Traveller, vouches for it as a literal fact, and no fancy sketch: Tom Robinson was an old-school Presbyterian ; and so far as outward observances went, his life conformed strictly to the rules laid down by the church discipline. His Sabbath began with the going down of the sun on Saturday night, ana lasted until midnight of Sunday. He wasaustere, bigoted and hypocritical. He had one prayer which he had used, without change or rest, night and morning in his home, and on Sundays in the church, for at least twenty-five years. In fact, Tom was a machine Christian, a sort of pious automaton; he had spent a good deal of time ascertaining his routine churchly duties, and these hedischarged in a neverfailing, drop-a-nickle-in-the-slot sort of fashion. He kept a sort of book account with the Almighty, and took care to keep a fair-sized credit on his side of the ledger. But Tom had one weakness?he would trade horses; and it goes without saying that no Christian has anv business to ever trade horses. Tom's method of squaring accounts, that is, of easing his conscience in his horse deals, was certainly original. He used to put his lies against the other fellow's, ana call it even. Whenever he got wofully cheated, which happened not infrequently, he very freely and frankly forgave the fellow who had gotten the best of him, and then laid low and waited for ducks; and, as a rule, it was not long before he found a chance to get even. On a certain occasion, however, Tom traded boraes with a brother deacon in the chaieh,and waxed it to him to the tune of a hundred* dollars or more. The deacon, who had got thwworst of the trade, went to the minister aboat it, and finally the matter was brought before the board of sessions, and Tom was hauled up on trial forconduct unbecoming a church member and a Christian. When it came his turn to testify, Tom slowly arose, and, addressing the moderator, said: "Mr. Moderator and Gentlemen: To give you the straight of the thing, I'll have to go back 'bout five years." Here there was a visible commotion among the board, and the plaintiff coughed violently and got very red in the face. Resuming, Tom said: "'Bout five years ago come next complantin', I was one day goin' over to Adaqas's miil, with a grist, when who should I meet but Deacon Wilson, there. [Here he nodded toward the plaintiff.] I was drivin' a spankin' three-year-old colt that I had hitched up for 'bout the first time, alongside of its mother, as steady an old mare as I ever pulled a line over. Well, the deacon was ridin' a mighty likely-lookin' critter hisse'f. I looked at his horse an' he looked at mine, and the first thing I knowed he bantered me for a trade. I got down outen the wagon an' looked at his horse all over purty keerful like, an' I says: 'Deacon, your horse's eyes are bad ; fact is, he's moon-eyed,'says I. 41 'Not by a blamed sight, he ain't,' says the deacon. 'That horse's eyes are as sound as yours. You're mistaken for once,' says he. "Well," continued Tom, "I didn't suppose the deacon would lie to me, a brother in the church, and so we traded. I took the horse home," said Tom, raising his voice a little, "an' he went stone blind in less'n a month." He paused a moment here to watch the effect of his words on the jurors, and then continued: "I found out afterwards that the horse had been goin' blind every dark of the moon for a year; an' that Deacon Wilson, the plaintiff in the case, kept a goose-quill and a bottle of fine salt in the stable, an' every time he took the critter out he blowed its eyes full of salt tocutthegum offen its eyes, so'syou couldn't see there was anything the matter < with 'em. Now, brethren,"inquired Tom, persuasively, 'Mid I squeal? Did I come befprelbeu>fflrfcff>?with a complaint against Brother Wilson an' try to get him ousted an' disgraced before the whole community? No, I forgave him like a man and a brother ought ter do. 1 snowed the time'd come when I could git even. The Lord generally brings things out right to those who try to do His will." He sat down amid a slight but subdued < - murmur of applause. The plaintiff, or more properly speaking the complainant, had already stated his side of the case, so ; the board of moderators had only to request both the parties before them to retire , while they made up their decision. Half an hour later it was announced, and was, in substance, as follows: "We find that the charges of cohduct unbecoming a Christain, which were preferred against Brother Thomas Robinson, of this church, by Brother Deacon Britton S. Wilson, also a member of this church, to'be not sustained by any evidence which was put before this board. We, therefore, dismiss this case, and extend to Brother i 'Robinson the right hand of fellowship, and assure him that he still has our sympathy, and that our confidence in him as a true and faithful Christian Remains unimpaired. We further find brother Wilson, the complainant in this case, upon his own admission, to have been guilty of practicing a deceit on a brother church member, , and so recommend his beiug held to trial for the same at the next regular session of | this body." ( A GOOD JOKE ON MAHONE. Previous to the recent election, Messrs. i Cheadle, of Indiana, and Brumm, of Pennsylvania, were invited by General Mahone to stump the State of Virginia in his interest. They had an appointment at the Court House, in Cumberland county, which has a very heavy negro majority ; i and the Democrats made no attempt to meet them, supposing it would be a hopeless case to make any contest there. So i me iwu xveyuuiiutus, uiuue, auurcaseu u very large negro assembly, discussing at length the intricacies of the tariff and other questions of national importance, and went on to speak in the highest terms of General Mahone, his Republicanism, his friendship for the negro, and how much he had done to elevate them and help assert their rights. A negro in the audience, by the name of Hughes, before the meeting adjourned, requested that he might be permitted to reply to the two gem'len from the North, and referred to Mr. Cheadle as Mr. Beadle, and Mr. Brumm as Mr. Bruen, sarcastically likening them to the animals those names represented. After discussing other matters agitated in the campaign, he finally look up the question of General Mahone's love for the negro, saying he would illustrate how much the General loved the negro by repeating a dream he had the night before: "I dreamed," said he, "that I had done gone and died, and after I was dead I found out I didn't have no wings, and I 'lowed I'd walk to Heaven, and when I fetched up at the golden gate I knocked, and the gate keeper, he came out and axed me how I got way up there to the golden gate, and I 'lowed to him pintedly that I come all the wav on foot. The gate keep er, he says: "You caint come in heretoday, for I ain't admitting nobody now, 'oept they is on horseback." So I was turned away from the golden gate. When I was coming back to you again, I met General Mahone right on the same road, and I says, says I: "Whar you gwine, Mars' Billy ?" and he says,says he: "I'm gwine to Heaven, stand aside." I tole him "you can't get in thar, Mars' Billy, 'cause they ain't taking nobody in 'less they is mounted on hossback." Then Gen. Mahone said : "You get down on your hands and knees, you black rascal, and I'll get on your back, and we'll ride in together." So Mars' Billy, he climbed up a stump and got onto my back and we cantered up to the gate, and I 'lowed I'd knock again. The gate-keeper, he come out and he says: "Who's thar ?" I says : "Mars' Billy Mahone." The gate-keeper, he says again: "Is he mounted or on foot ?" I tole him, "He's on hoss-back, of course, for he's Mars' Billy Mahone, of Peters- . burg, the friend of the cullud man." Then the gate-keeper, he hollered out loud, he did : "General Mahone, tie yo' hoss on the outside, and come in 1" And I jest laid back and 'lowed to myself: "Niggah, sold again!" And that's the way Mars' Billy Mshone wants to ride you into the Republican party. Thetequel was that the county of Cumberland, which had previously given 800 Republican majority, was carried by the Democrats by about 150, and the first time they had carried it in twenty years. A Horrible Little Brother.?Little Brother (whose sister is playing cards with a gentleman)?Mr. Smiler, does Minnie play cards well? Mr. Smiler?Yes; very well, indeed. Little Brother?Then you had better look out. Mamma said if she played her cards well she would catch you. m (farm auA (fireside. FEEDING WITH COTTON SEED HULLS. Prof. W. E. Stone, recently of Tennessee i Experiment Station, but now Professor of Organic Chemistry at Purdue University, , Indiana, made, while at the Tennessee Station, an investigation into the use of cotton seed hulls and meal as a feed for ' live stock. The whole of the cotton seed oil industry is of comparatively recent growth, and hence, though the hulls have been uskl more or less for twenty years, nothing like an economic utilization of them has been attempted. The information in regard to its direct feeding value has been obtained principally from parties using it in a rather extensive way. From 1 this information and from analyses made of the hulls, meal and resulting manure, the professor concl udes: i The practice of feeding cotton seed hulls and meal as an exclusive diet is well established and increasing in the vicinity of , the centres of the cotton seed oil industry. All the information available indicates that 11 ?? -a : 5 nn 1 unrl nrnfifflhlo. ' lilt) prtttlll'O 19 ClUUUUIIUll uuu |/tvuwv. It seems in no way harmful to the health 1 of the animal or to the healthfulness of the products (beef and milk) resulting. The j diet seems to be adapted both to the pro- i duction of beef and mutton as well as milk. The average ration should consist j of twenty-five to thirty-five pounds of hulls and five to eight pounds of meal daily. The hulls are a cheap and effective substitute for hay. The manure produced < by this system of feeding is an important 1 factor in considering its relative profitableness. j Compact the Wheat Ground.-Wheat succeeds best in a compact seed bed, one , in which the particles are not fused into ' masses, but in which they are distinct and in close contact. Hence, in the preparation of ground for wheat, the roller and ' harrow should be used as mucn 10 compact the seed bed as to pulverize the clods. In such a seed bed there is greatest capillarity ; moisture and heat are most gener- , ally and equably diffused through the ground. Each grain of seed is likely to find those conditions essential to germina- 1 tion, and the plants those conditions favor- 1 able to growth. When the wheat is sown 1 there is often a deficiency of moisture in the upper soil; but if the seed bed has * great capillarity, moisture will be lifted i from it. In a compact seed bed there are I no holes in which water can collect, and the capillary condition prevents an excess | of moisture about the roots. The wheat ] plant is doubtless injured by stagnant j roots, and this is also chiefly responsible for the serious heaving out of wheat by frost. In a compact seed bed the roots also ' get a surer hold than when they must y cling to the sides of holes and crevices. 1 Finally, such a seed bed most readily yields plant food, and the plant can make a i stronger growth against frost, insects, or ' more readily recover from their attacks. ] ?[American Agriculturist. Brevities.?Put no trust in trusts. ! Have nothing wasted on the farm. , A stirring man keeps his soil stirred. Inertia is more dangerous than activity. Be sure you know the cost 01 eacn crop. Pitch your crops now for the next season. Overhaul and renovate all farm buildings. Arrange your plan for next year's campaign. The earth is the farmer's bank of deposit. Mend your ways by giving us better roads. Utilize the hours after dark in useful reading. Prepare to close up all farm accounts for the year. The compost heap is the beginning of prosperity. A land unfit for cultivation is not suitable for habitation. The best fertilizer on a farm is good common sense. Carefully note your failures as well as your successes. Thorough tillage is the cardinal principle of intensive farming.?[Southern Cultivator. On Men's Shoes.?I have only one hobby, and that is shoes, or rather the feculiar fashion I have of wearing them. used to think that a man got the best Bervice out of a shoe by putting on the best pair a shoemaker could make him and wearing them constantly until the leather gave away somewhere, but I now think that it is the most extravagant way of dressing the feet. I am never without three or four pairs of shoes in good wearable condition. I never wear the same pair two days in succession, and at least once a month I go over each pair with a brush dipped.in vasaline. Thus, with three pairs of shoes, I give each pair one day of work and two days of rest, and the leather has time to regain its elasticity and stretch out the wrinkles the foot has made. These wrinkles break in the leather when the shoe is continuously worn. The vasaline is better than oil for fine leather. I used to wear out four pairs of $8 shoes a year, one at a time. The same number now last me two years.?[St. Louis Globe. Milk for Chickens.?It is not every one that is aware that hens are very fond of milk, which is as good for them as it is for pigs. Mix a little corn meal with skimmed milk, and you have a luxury for chickens. One brought up on a farm, where an open swill barrel was the order of the day, will remember many ana many a. hen drowned in it?a pretty good proof , that the contents were relished, or the hens , would not have sacrificed their lives in trying to get them. Hens are fond of loppered milk, which is excellent for them ; 1 but of course they need other more con- 1 densed and solid food in addition. If you 1 have hens?every farmer and dairyman 1 ought to have a few?arrange to give them J a supply of skimmed milk. They will 1 take it with the pigs, if they can get at the trough; but this is not the best way to * feed them. Give them a trough to them- ' selves, where they will not be molested 1 nor molest anything else. 1 , . t ( BSTA neighbor Of ours, whose hens, to * our exasperation, kept laying on when eggs were 45 cents per dozen, while ours i persistently laid off during the same sea- i son, on being questioned, revealed the i fact that his hens had a pailful of skimmed 1 (perhaps clabbered) milk each day, and no ] other drink. On comparing notes we each < found that our fowls were almost exactly alike, with this single difference?a differ- , ence that had put many a dollar to the j credit side of his ledger, while our own ] was left blank during the same period. ] This thing has been going on for years, | with the results in favor of a milk diet, j ?[Texas Stock Stock Journal. Bells to Keep Dogs off Sheep.? ; There is a very general agreement among , those best qualified to judge, that this is a , good plan. The bells no doubt make too much noise to suit the dogs, which seein ' to prefer to do their bad work quietly. a ( dozen bells are not too many for a flock of fifty or seventy-five sheep. They should not be too large, and should not be fastened ' on the sheep any tighter than is necessary j to keep the strap from slipping over the i head. 1 ? i Beats Cotton.?Capt. J. C. Foster will 1 make on two acres of tobacco in this 1 county more than he will make on fifty acres in cotton. Ho is satisfied from his i experience that he can raise 1,000 pounds ? of tobacco per acre, and that he can get i from 20 to 30 cents per pound for tobacco, j at least 20 cents per pound. He was in- i formed by a manufacturer in North Caro- < lina this year that specimens of his tobacco ] were the finest that has been seen from this State.?[Lancaster Ledger. ^ JSTlt is an Ohio man who makes a cu- ] rious discovery. He says if you go out to | leea anocK 01 cnicKensana Keep mem 11 waiting they will first flock about you and , then begin a circuit around you from right j to left, and that no amount of interrup- , tion or maneuvering will confuse or turn them in another direction. The hen is an inexhaustible source of studious contem- ! plation. | jgTMr. J. R. Stalnaker, of Williston, ' has not had a case of hog or chicken cholera I on his place for four years, although his ' neighbors have lost frequently and heavily. < He uses chloride of lime as a preventive, ' giving it once a week, mixing it with dough, putting in just enough to color it. The chloride can be obtained from the i drug stores. It should be kept out of the ( way of children and careless persons. j1 | Farmers and Failures.?Pin up two |! facts to be considered when you are dis- j i couraged: There are fewer business failures among farmers than among any other ' class. More men begin without capital j and become owners of good business in i < farming than in any other vocation. 11 ^rnjsidc #athmufl5. 4?" To keep another waiting is to rob him of his time. 4?- In managing others, patience is the quality most needed. 4?* The tall man who is given to idleness often finds himself short. 4?*Kansas expects to make two million pounds of sugar this year. 4?-Sullivan has challenged the negro Peter Jackson to fight for $20,000. 4?- Maryland expects to produce ten million bushels of oysters this year. 4?* Many run after felicity like a man hunting for his hat while it is on his head. 4?-Fresh milk boiled with cut sugar will soothe a cough when other things rail. 4?- An Atchison, Kan., farmer recently offered to trade a barrel of sorghum for a wife. 4?- The year's sales of horses in four oouuties in Kentucky will foot up over three million dollars. 4?* The average number of human teeth is thirty-two, but one tooth will sometimes "ache like sixty." jg?-It isn't wise to say all that you think ; but it is wise to always think carefully aver every thing you say. t&r Max O'Rell will arrive from France an January 1 to poke fun at Brother Jonathan in one hundred lectures. AST The revolution in Brazil has created \ disturbance among the-people of Portugal, some of whom desire a republic. EST "Cumso," said Fangle, "what is Jay Smith doing for a living now?" "A contractor." "Ah! In what line?" "Debts." BSy- Man wants but little here below, but when de does want he wants badly, and, when he can't get it, realizes what want is. S&* The Virginia Methodist conference at Richmond has passed a resolution forbidiing women to speak in mixed assemblies. 86T A medical writer looked through a microscope at a closely-shaved face and he reports that the skin resembled a piece oi raw beef. There must be brain-service, handjervice, foot-service, purse-service, as well is lip-service, if we would see the answer to our prayers. a?" It is not the patent medicine that con tains tl. 3 mo9t curative powers that has the largest sale. It is the one that it is advertised the most. Level means flat, yet the man who would be flattered to be called level headed cvould object strongly to be called flat lieaded. Odd, isn't it? B6T Judge?You reside? Witness?With my brother. "And your brother lives?" With me." "Precisely; but you both live ?" "Together." The governor of Utah says the Mormons own most of the land, and that i( will be many years before the Territory lan be controled by Gentiles. JB6?*In nailing on shoe heels one worker ind a boy with machinery can heel three tiundred pairs of shoes per day. It would require five workers to do the same by [land. A man in Simer county, Cal., whc [rilled a neighbor's steer to save his own family from starving, declined counsel, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one year in the State prison. JST* The man who says sarcastic things ibout his wife "going through his trousers pockets" while he .is asleep, is generally the one who dosen't give his wife any money when he is awake. you are a slippery customer," said the lemon to the banana-skin ; which replied, "I don't care to hear any of your jour remarks." The peach stood near and Dreserved a stony silence. 5?* A new departure in the jury trials is io be made by the two Dakotas. The constitutions of both new States contain a provision making an agreement of threefourths of a jury a legal verdict. fi? "Blinkins is a nice fellow." "Yes; ^ut he shows such a marked disposition to ixaggerate." "To be sure; but that is counterbalanced by one thing." "What is ;hat?" "The general indisposition to beieve him." 4? There is strong opposition among the female school teachers in New York city :o the retention of the women school commissioners. It is said that they are critical even of the way in which the schoolma'ams dress. I?-Cracksman now open safes by applyng a powerful machine that pulls out the snob of the combination lock. They do ;his easily and quickly, and the old battle between safe-builders and thieves must 30w be fought all over again. 4? Sitting hens may be broken up by tyng a long red flannel rag two inches wide fightly around the leg. The effect is magcal. At the sight of the trailing flannel ihe will not sit down, and at last is glad to ?o to the roost with the others. :,J A nnn.AOi.1,^ *V,0 an; i i COlUClIt liailiOUU a^ipi ua\/iiV/U vnv jresidential chair with quite a gray step ind announced his intention of breaking ;he solid South, but it appears that the *un went off at the wrong end and knockid a large hole in the solid West. SST King Kalukaua, of the Sandwich isands, offers his throne for sale for $800,000. Elere is a chance for a giddy American heiress. If an English Prince is worth $2,000,)00 a king's throne is surely worth $800,000, ;o say nothing of a king for a husband. Many of the school houses of Dakota ire being provided with barrels of water, jotatoes, beans, coffee and cooking utensils, md in case thirty or forty scholars are penaed up by a blizzard two or three days this svinter, there will be no danger of starva;ion. 83p There is an amusing story told of a nan who received a "horning" because he narried within a month after his first life's death. He told the serenaders that le didn't think it showed good taste to :ome banging around a man's house so soon iftera funeral. agfThe skin of the whale is from two nches to two feet thick, that of a large specimen weighing thirty tons. The rhinoceros is the thickest skinned quadruped,with lide so tough as to resist the claws of the ion or tiger, the sword or the balls of the )ld-fashioned musket. AST* Much of the so-called ivory now in jse is simply potato. A good sound pota . j? i_i :~ 4 .o, wasnea in uuuieu suipnunu uuiu, meu soiled in the same solution and then slowly dried, is already to be converted into buttons and innumerable other things that Ivory was used for once upon a time. BSTA Buffalo paper says Niagara river, below the falls, is unusually low, and, cvhat is more singular, the waters have peen gradually falling for the past three or four years. It is still from one hundred and fifty to two hundred feet deep, howaver, and it is not likely to dry up yet awhile. *STlt isstated that "fashionable men are abandoning patent leather, because so many of the masses are getting to wear it." They should be consistent and also abandon eating, because so many of the masses indulge in that habit. But .it is hoped they will not discard their clothes (or the same reason. The governor of Alaska, in his annual report to the secretary of the Interior, says "the natives become devoutly pious and swear like pirates." It is a queer idea. In this part of the country the natives can swear like pirates without becoming pious. The difference in the temperature may havesomething todo with it. iSF" Pure cow's milk, not boiled, but simply warmed, is highly recommended by medical scientists as a remedial agent in intestinal and febrile diseases. Milk contains all the elements of the blood, and is the only substance that does. Its properties are nutritive, not curative, and as a food it is in general the most natural and acceptable, and the easiest of digestion. 16?" A very simple method of inducing deep in cases of persistent insomnia, and Dne that has succeeded where many drugs have failed, is simply to administer a moderate amount of warm, liquid food before the patient goes to bed. This diverts the blood from the brain to the abdominal organs, and takes away the cerebral excitement that precludes sleep. BSfCol. Darious Alden went to Augusta, Me., "without a cent in his pocket, opened a fur and hat store, and diea on Thursday, at the age of 80, worth over $1,000,000." rhere is a lesson in this for young men who haven't a cent in their pockets. Instead of bemoaning their poverty they 3hould open a fur and hat store, and die worth over $1,000,000. Just how a young man without a cent in his pocket is going to open a hat and fur store, may be difficult to understand, but he shouldn't let a little thing like that deter him. ^isccUaucoHS fading. BRAZIL. The empire of Brazil comprises nearly i half the territory of South America. It is nearly as large as the United States, and larger than the United States without Alaska. Its population is only about 12,000,000, less than 200,000 of whom have exercised the right of suffrage. A large part of the population consists of emancipated slaves. A larger part is Indians and persons of mixed blood. Probably not one-tenth of the people are at all qualified to rule by popular vote. The soil is fer! tile, and, on account of the warm climate, very productive. Four-fifths of the country* is an elevated plateau, and this is sep-' arated from the 4,000 miles of sea and river i coast by ranges of mountains which shut off free access to it, and which are pierced by railroads only with great difficulty and at enormous cost. It has been the policy of Dom Pedro to push public improve ments, witn tne national credit, and the great debt of the country is for public works, railways and permanent improvements, and not for costly wars. There are now, 5,000 miles of railway in the country, and several thousand more are in process of construction. The Amazon is navigable for nearly a thousand miles, and the commercial facilities it gives can be seen only by imagining that a river, navigable for the largest ship afloat, extends from Cincinnati to the Atlantic, so that every place between this and the ocean should possess the advantage of a seaport town. The country has been subject to the wise and humane reign of the now deposed emSeror, Dom Pedro II, since 1840. Under )om Pedro I, in 1821, the country threw off allegiance to Portugal. The grandfather of the recently-deposed emperor was Dom John, king of Portugal, who fled to Brazil at the time of the French revolution. On his return to Spain he left his son, the first Dom Pedro at the head of Brazilian affairs. This son, the father of the deposed emperor, led the revolt against Portugal, and was crowned constitutional emperor of Brazil October 12, 1822. The government was given into the hands of Dom Pedro II when a boy of fourteen, in 1840, and a few months more would have completed a reign of fifty -> r\? ?..?. ^caio. vsu auuuuut ui ins iccuic ncaiiu, ' the government has for some years been to a considerable extent in the hands of , his daughter Isabel, heir to the throne. , Her husband, Count d'Eu, a Frenchman of narrow views, was nominally commander-in-chief of the Brazilian army. The fact that he was universally disliked by the people, and that the effect of the succession of his wife to the throne was feared, has had much to with the revolution. The national debt is only $500,000,000. The credit of the government abroad was excellent. The legislative assembly is composed of a senate and chamber of deputies elected by the few who have the ; right of suffrage. The senators hold office ' for life and the deputies for four years. Only those vote who have an income of $200. Dom Pedro had long cherished the idea | of freeing the slaves, but found great diffiL culty in the opposition of their owners, and the fear of turning adrift so large a body of people that had no training in self? support to provide for themselves. His. i plan was, therefore, to abolish slavery by i degrees. An emancipation fund was esi tablished in 1870,and slaves were purchased and freed as rapidly as possible without j the risk of a shock to the government, i Other provisions were made, by which . those born in slavery after a fixed date were to be free in a certain number of years. The number of slaves was by this plan gradually reduced until May 13,1888, when the legislative assembly passed a bill at once abolising all slavery. This bill was signed by the emperor's daughter, acting as regent during his absence, and was clearly in line with his policy. Indeed, i it was only his long continued policy and preparation that made the bill possible. Isabel and her husband, however, took the credit to themselves. Compensation was not made to the owners, as Dom Pedro had planned, and as would have been just, and their oDnosition has nrobablv had i much to do with the revolution, if they , have not been its chief instigators. The cause of the revolution is given out as the unpopularity of Isabel and her husband, Count d'Eu, who are ruled by the 1 priests of the Catholic church. The Count d'Eu, although nominally the head of tile army, possessed no influence. He had been cashiered for a grave offence, and was saved from punishrnei t only by a pardon from his father-in-law. The real leader of the army was General Fonseca, who has ' always been opposed to the Count d'Eu. 1 Taking advantage of the proper time, he i has succeeded in overthrowing the gov> ernment. Could the nation have looked forward to a worthy successor of Dom Pedro, the revolution might not have occur, red. He is an old man, in feeble health, and it may prove fortunate that the revolution has occurred, without loss of life, i during his lifetime. The Brazilians would never have consented to the rule of Isabel and her worthless husband, or to the do1 minion of the priests of the Romish church. Our annual import of coffee from Brazil amounts to $34,000,000, and of rubber to 1 about $12,000,000. So little were the first reports of the revolution credited that many regarded them as an attempt to work up a coffee speculation. "TRUSTS" AND "COMBINATION'S." The Standard Oil Company was the first of the organizations of the class which call iU/Mv>nAl?tAn (tf Mfioto nn/4 II' Ki nK aro pqHaH IIICIUSCI VC3 11 uoto, auu niuv.li uw v." WW. in popular language "combinations." Both congress and several Stato legislatures are inquiring into the constitutionality of these bodies, evidently with a design to i break them down, or to control them, if a way can be found to do it. The idea and the plan of these trusts are very simple, and the method of their working is not difficult to understand. ; The leading corporations in a certain business, to all intents and purposes, intrust ! the management of their affairs to a committee of their own members, who constitute the board of officers of the "trust." What shall be the amount of an article to be produced by each ofthecorporations, at what price shall sales bo made, within what district shall goods be sold by each, so that there shall be no competition between them?these are among the leading matters regulated by the trust. But, of course, in order that the decisions of the officers of the trust may be carried out, it is necessary that all concerns engaged in the business shall be either members of the combination, or obedient to its decrees, i The motto of a trust, in effecting unity of action, seems to be, "Peaceably if we can; forcibly if we must." It iswillingto take in any concern that will conform to its policy, but it will fight against, and, if possible, crush any one which refuses to do hU. 11IUCCU, 111C W1IUIC ut'jtct u. UIU ww bination would be defeated il auy real competition continued to exist. We need not give a list of the trusts which have been organized, or art in process of formation, but may mention the ' kerosene-oil, cotton-seed oil, sugar, and 1 India-rubber goods trusts as samples of this class of combination. There, are, 1 however, others, not so thoroughly organ1 ized, and not intended to be general and 1 permanent, which are simply "pools," 1 formed to sustain the price of an article for a short time, or to control production, which do not require a separate descrip, tion. i There can be no question that compe tition in manufactures and trade is broadly speaking, a good thing for both dealers and the public, and all measures which artificially restrict production or regulate prices are bad in their influences and effect; but . when this has been said, we have not made much progress in the solution of the perplexing problems raised by these trusts. For, how can we say that a man or a corporation snail not, mane an agiccujcuias to the amount of goods to be produced, the price at which and the place where thev shall be sold ? Indeed, how can we find out whether a man or a company has made such an agreement, without exercising such a supervision over his business as no country, however despotic, claims 1 the right to exercise ? Moreover, the employes in any trade are permitted to combine for the purpose of regulating the terms on which they will sell their labor, and they can use any means short of physical violence and open annoyance, to enforce their claims. There can hardly be one rule for employes and another for employers. Yet it seems necessary in some way to Eut a stop to the system, or at any rate to ring it under restriction or legal control. The State properly refuses to give any power to corporations, which have been i well-called "artificial persons," except that which is strictly defined in a charter; and ; that power it gives only to corporations which it creates and controls, and may l destroy again. I Now a "trust" is a self-created corpora tion ; it employs powers of the most important character, which it has prescribed and assumed without legal authority; and it is, thus far, at auyrate, exempt from all legal supervision. Out of the conflict between the undoubted rights of persons and the undisputed right and power of the government, some system of control will certainly come, at no distant day. DEFINITE RULES. A thoroughly competent house keeper, who has never been to a cooking-school, but was locally famous for her culinary skill, was lately telling another woman how to make a pudding. The story, as given by the Chicago Ledger, is evidently true to nature, even though the dialogue may not have been reported verbatim ; for some cooks go more by instinct than by rule. "If it's to be a small pudding, why, of course, I don't use much flour; the bigger it's to be, the more flour I take. Hometimes I have to use a good deal, and then again I very often get up quite a pudding without having to use much. You see, it depends pretty considerably on the baking powder. If that's real good, it don't make much difference about the flour." "I suppose you use raisins?" "Sometimes I do, and then, sometimes I don'. It depends upon whether I want it rich or not, and what kind of sauce I'm going to use." "How much sugar do you take?" "Well, now, some folks take a good deal and some folks don't. For my part, I never did like to have anything too sweet, so I'm always careful not to get too much sugar. After you've made itonceor twice you won't have a particle of trouble in getting it just to suit you." "How many eggs?" "There! that's the beauty of it. With this kind of a pudding it don't make so much difference how many you use. If you've got plenty of eggs, why you Cttn put in several; it wont hurt; but if eggs are scarce you can get along with less just as well, nobody will ever notice the difference." "Do you mix your dough with milk ?" "Yes?sometimes. I'm not so very particular. It depends. If I've plenty of milk, I do; but if you get everything else all right, it's no matter about the milk." "How about spices ?" "Use 'em if you want to. Some folks like 'em, and I think myself they rather help a pudding sometimes, especially if you use plain sauce. But you must follow your own taste about that; and if you don't get it right the first time, don't blame me, for I've done my very best to tell you just what I do and all about it." -Systematic RonnERY.?The smallest child in America who has gone through any of the simple arithmetics taught in our schools would say "24 sheets make 1 quire," and with a little calculation would tell you that there are 4 pages to each sheet, 24 times 4, or 96 pages to each quire, and you will find on the back of each blank book figures representing the numher of mi ires in the hnnk. These figures a -1 ? --? ? ? --#1 long time ago did tell you the truth. But examine your blank book now and see for yourself. Look at the figure on the back at the bottom. You find 6? Yes. Well, that means 6 quires, 9G pages to the quire, or 576 pages. How many pages do you really find in the book? You look and find only 432 or 480, or it may be as low down as 288 pages, and yet were you not told there were six quires in that book, and did you not have your attention called to that figure "6" on the back of the book ? and didn't the clerk who sold you the book say 6 quires atsoand so, per quire? There are frauds and frauds all over and through the land, and you must keep your eye open or be sold out.?[Progressive Farmer. How to Read Newspapers?There is a right and a wrong way to read a newspaper. If a person picks up a newspaper and begins reading the first article that catches his eye, then turns and returns the paper, skipping over it and devouring only that which appears to suit his fancy, he will almost invariably overlook the very thing he would have liked best to see; then after throwing it aside decide that the paper is not what it should be. When, if he had first looked at the name and date, then commenced going down the column reading the headings, or if short particles the entire piece, he would, when through, hotro hofJ a fair lrnnuroIcrc nf its pnntpnia it is no harm and takes but little time to see what every piece is about, even if you should prefer not to read it through, for then you have its contents and can refer to it later on. So when you pick up a paper take it a column at a time, just a9 you would a book or a continued story, and see how much more satisfaction you will gain yourself, besides giving the paper its dues. Human life is estimated to have lengthened twenty-five percent.duringthe last half century. "The average human life in Home, under Ctesar, was eighteen years," says Dr. Todd, of Georgia, "now it is forty years. The average iu France fifty years ago was twenty-eight, and the mean duration in 1887 was forty-five and one-half years. In Geneva during the thirteenth century a generation played its part upon the stage and disappeared in fourteen years; now the drama requires forty years before the curtain falls. During the golden reign of good Queen Bes9, in London and all the large cities of merry old England, fifty out of every one thousand paid the last debt to nature yearly, which means, instead of three scor9 and ten, they averaged but one score. Now, in the city of London, the average is forty-seven years. Nine Points of Good Husbandry.? When your wife has been busy at home all day, do not, immediately on your return, spy out some omission, but glance around and recognize her efforts by some such expression as, "This is comfort." 2. Do not refuse to pay her some pleasant little courtesies. 3. Chat with her at table, rl a nnf ol tnotTO ItD klin' orl in \TAMI* natl'Cl. auu uv iiuii m wcv#y o uc uwi iwu m j vui uv>f u paper. 4. Do not take the children's part against her, but let them realize that you and she are one in your joint care of them. 5. Take her into your confidence, and do not try to bear burdens alone. G. If she is in trouble, do not pooh-pooh, but let her feel your sympathy. 7. Do not criticise her before strangers. 8. Be always polite to her. 9. Go sometimes for a walk or shopping with her, and as you go, arm in arm, now and then give her arm a squeeze. ? Jay Gould Neveli Alone.?Jay Gould, who has been here with his family for two weeks, left to-day. The peculiarity has been noticed that Mr. Gould is never alone. He never left his room or appeared anywhere without several persons with him. His daughter, Miss Nellie Gould, almost always had hold^of his arm, and his son, George Gould, walks behind or at his side. Generally there have been four persons with him, but seldom less than three and there was also at the United States hotel during his stay here a man who managed to keep near him, or followed closely in his wake wherever he went. This man is supposed to be a private detective. With all fyis millions Mr. Gould looks like a careworn, harrassed and unhappy man.?["Saratoga letter to Philadelphia Times. The Financial Chronicle estimates the cotton crop of last year as follows: North Carolina, 435,000; South Carolina, 050,000; Georgia, 978,000; Florida, G5,000; Alabama; 735,000; Mississippi, 995,000; Louisiana, 430,000; Texas, 1,337,000; Arkansas, 8845,000; Tennessee, 390,000; all others, 75,000; t <tal, 0,935,000. The crop MnrtL flnrnlinn hna not: incrpaspd in the past ten years. The increase in South Carolina has been about 20 per cent.; in Georgia. Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama no change in ten years. Louisiana has apparently decreased her cotton crop ; Texas has increased oO per cent., and Arkansas 30 per cent. ikuh IpI^ PI *akiK6 POWDER Absolutely Pure This powilcr never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wliolesomcness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alutn or phosphatepowdcrs. Sor.d only in cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall St., N. Y. April 24 17 47w THE YORKVILI FOR : Handsomely Print Paper with I THE LARGEST COUNTY NEWS THAT IS PRINTED El Tlie Ijocal News of" AJowities a NOW IS THE TIME New Subscribers in Clubs, Rec 1889, Furnished With tb Day of January, OVE 1I11NDKED DOLLARS IN THREE LARGEST (Lll A Splendid Stem Winding an Watch for a Club of1 THE first weok of January, 1890, will com- > mence the thirty-sixth year ot the connee- : tion of the present proprietor with the publi- ' 4: / rnnvaot/inr t t? uwatttdpd . UdtlUll HI IIU'J 1WHIV V1ULIU livuii. 1 It is with pleasure that he announces to its ! friends and patrons thatat no time in its histo- < ry have the faciilties for furnishing a newspa- i per so nearly suited to the wants of the people ! of York and surrounding counties, been equal 1 to what they now are. It will continue to be j handsomely printed on fine white paper with ; large and clear type, and is now the largest i county newspaper in South Carolina that is j printed entirely at home. Having intelligent and trustworthy special correspondents in different sections of York and adjoining counties, but little transpires in those counties in which the people J generally are'interested, that is not promptly j made known through the columns of the paper. I Beside this, it shall continue to be our aim to j watch carefully after everything which Is calcu- ! lated to make known to the outside world the business advantages and natural resources ; possessed by York county?agricultural, mineral and climatic?and in employing our columns in the development of these and furthering the interest of the people. In addition to local affairs, such attention will be given to matters inside and outside of the State, as is likely to be of interest to our readers, and necessary to keep them well in- 1 formed as to what is going on in our own and other countries. While the local and general news departments of the paper will be carefully looked ; after, all the features which have given THE 1 ENQUIRER a distinctive character from the first day of its publication will be maintained. From time to time it will contain short stories < and serial stories from the best writers ; every week a column of fun and humor calculated to "drive dull care away" and cause tne reader to "laugh and grow fatcarefully selected and seasonable articles intended to benefit the farmer and housewife; articles for the young people, the object of which will be to assist them in becoming good men and women and ornaments to society ; besides articles, by the publication of which it is hoped the men, women and children who read THE ENQUIRER, will be belter, happier and wiser. Terms of Subscription?Free'of Postage. Single Copy, one year $2.00 1 Two Copies, one year 3.50 One Copy, two years 3.50 One Copy, six months 1.00 ' One Copy, three months 50 > Ten Copies, one year 17.50 And one copy one year to the person making a club of Ten at *91.75 for each subscriber. 1 Payment is required to be made in advauce. > PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. For the largest clubs of subscribers at $1.75 for oach subscriber, we offer THREE CASH PREMIUMS, amounting in the aggregate to ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, as follows : For the largest Club, Fifty Dollars. Forthe second largest Club, Thirty Dollars. ' For the third largest Club, Twenty Dollars. To EVERY person who may obtain a club GARRY IRON RO( Manufacturers of all kindsof ? IRON ROOFING CRIMPED ANDC0RRU6ATBDSIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE PR00P DOORS. SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF pSt- Orders received by L. M. GRIST. SO H HDUIiE o., o. & jmsmwm. From Camden to In Effect Mar Going North. | No. 53 | No. 39 | II Daily STATIONS. Daily except Sunday p. m. a. m i , Leave Camden 12 45 9 00 ' , Arrive Lancaster 12 40 1 . Leave Lancaster 2 10 1 00 \ , Leave Catawba June. 2 50 2 50 . Leave Roddey's 2 55 3 00 1 , Leave Leslie's 3 00 3 10 J , Leave Rock Hill 3 18 3 50 J , Leave Old Point 3 22 4 00 1 , Leave Newport 3 30 4 15 | , Leave Tirzah 3 38 4 30 1 , Leave Yorkvillo 3 50 5 10 1 . Leave Sharon 4 10 5 40 1 . Leave Hickory Grove 4 25 6 20 . Leave Smyrna . Arrive Blacksburg... 4 55 7 20 1 . Leave Blacksburg 5 00 [ . Leave Shelby 5 40 ' . Arrive Rutherfordton 7 30 J . p. m. p. m ' i. Connections.?At Camden, with South Caro R. R.; at Lancaster, with C. <fc C. R. R.; at Cata\ ville, with C. & L. R. It.; at Blacksburg with A. < Blacksburg, S. C., March 26, 1889. C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILR0AP. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., daily exceptSunday, taking effect September 22,1889: ooing south. Leave Lenoir 8.25 A. M. Leave Hickory 9.35 A. M. Leave Newton 10.10 A. M. Leave Lincolnton 11.00 A. M. Leave Dallas, 11.50 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 12.07 A. M. Leave Gastonia 12.10 A. M. Leave Clover, 12.46 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 1.20 P. M. Leave Guthriesville 1.42 P. M. Leave McConnellsvillo, 1.49 1*. m. Leave Lowrysville, 2.05 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.30 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 3.40 P. M. Leave Lowrysville, 4.00 P. M. Leavo McConnellsvillo, 4.22 P. M, . Leave Guthriesville, 4.30 P. M. ! Leave Yorkville 5.00 P. M. Leave Clover, 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 6.10 P. M. ! Leave Gastonia, 6.32 P. M. . Leave Dallas. 6.46 P. M. , Leave Lincolnton, 7.32 P. M. . Leave at Newton, 8.21 P. M. Leave Hickory, 9.00 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 10.12 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. October 2 40 tf UNDERTAKING. 1AM handling a first class line of Coffins and Caskets 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. J. ED. JEFFERYS. EXCHANGE^RANK, Yorkville, S. C. 1 T. S. JEFFERYS, President. , JOS. F. WALLACE, Vice-President. . FRANK A. GILBERT, Cashier. ! Organized September 1, 1887. THE BANK will receive Deposits, buy and soli Exchange, make Loans and do a general Banking Business. The officers tender their courteous seryices to its patrons and the public generally. Bankitig hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. D. E. FINLEY. J. S. IIRICE* FINLEY ?fc BRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. office opposite the court house. i FOR RENT. Dwelling house with four rooms. Apply to l. M. GRIST. IE ENQUIRER 1S90I edon Fine White jarge Type. ^ PAPER IN SOUTH CAROLINA !TTIRELY AT HOME. York and AdjoiningSpecialty. TO SUBSCRIBE, eived Previous to Christmas, le Paper until the First 1891, for $1.75. CASH PREMIUMS FOR THE SN OF SUBSCRIBERS ! id Stem Setting ^Tickle-Silver Thirty Subscribers. of THIRTY or more names, but who may fail to secure one of the three Cash premiums, we will give as compensation for securing the subscribers, one ANTI-MAGNETIC SOLID NICKEL-SILVER WATCH. The watch is an open face, stem-winder and setter, and is, perhaps, the best and most reliable Watch, considering price, that can be obtained. A leading jeweler of Yorkvillo says that "it is a good, honest watch, well made and well worth the price at which it sells." The case is a combination of silver and nickle and will wear a life time. The retail price of the watch is $10.00. The time fixed for completing clubs under the above offers is limited to one o'clock, p. m., on MONDAY, the 10th day of MARCH, 1890. Competitors may commence to secure subscribers at once. All NEW SUBSCRIBERS that are returned in clubs previous to the 25th of December, 1889, will be furnished with the paper until the FIRST OF JANUARY, 1891, for $1.75, but in every instance the subscription price must be paid before the name is entered on our books. . No name will be counted in competition for a premium, and no premium delivered, until the subscription price has been paid. To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain one of the above premiums, we will send The En quirer one year free of charge; and to those who send a club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get one of the other premiums, we will forward The Enquirer one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the United States, the publication to be selected by the person entitled to receive it. It is not necessary that the names of a clnb should all be at the same post-office. Names may be taken at any number of places. One name for two years will be equivalent to two names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter, or money order drawn on the Yorkville post-office. In sending names, write plainly, giving postoffice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with every name sent, so that the number sent by any one person can be ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs, will not be permitted, after the names have been entered on our books, to transfer the names to another club-maker's list. The time in which additions may be made to clubs under this proposition, will expire on the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1890. Therefore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time it will not be furnished for less than 32.00, unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to LEWIS M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. )FTNG COMPANY, W IRON ORE PAIWT And Cement, iK?K!Sik 152 TO 158 MERWIN ST. Cleveland., O. Send for Circular and ' Price List No. 75. m ' IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 8 OP THE O. PP. PC/. Rutherfordton. ch 31, 1889. | No. 38 | No. 52 Going South. Daily 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 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 7 40 3 27 Arrive Camden P. M. P. M. lina Railway; at Rock Hill, with C., C. A A. vba Junction, with G., C. <fe N. R. R.; at Yorkfc. C. A. L. R. R. JOHN F. JONES, Superintendent. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO., South Carolina Division. COLUMBIA., S. C. ESstsmmBm CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect August 18, 1889. (Trains run by 75th Meridian time.) south bound. No. 50. No. 52. Daily. Daily. Leave New York, 12.15 Night 4.30 P. M. Leave Philadelphia,... 7.20 A. M. 6.57 P. M. 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 Greensboro, 10.37 P. M. 9.50 A. M. Leave Salisbury, 12.32 P. M. 11.23 A. M. Leave Charlotte 2.20 A.M. 1.00 P.M. Leave Rock Hill, 3.17 A.M. 1.57 P.M. Leave Chester, 3.58 A. M. 2.40 P. M. Leave Winnsboro', 4.59 A. M. 3.39 P. M. Arrive at Columbia 6.30 A. M. 5.10 P. M. r <; r.r, \f 5 3,1 p \f Leave Johnston's 9.00 A.M. 7.33 P. M. Leave Trenton, 9.16 A. M. 7.50 P. M. Leave Granitoville, 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. NORTH BOUND. No. 53. No. 51. Daily. Daily. Leave Augusta 8.50 A. M. 6.10 P. M. Leave Graniteville, 9.30 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 50 and 51. Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars between Angusta and Charlotte, on trains 52 and 53. 30L. HASS, D. CARDWELL, JA8.1,. TAVI.??H, Traffic Manager. D. P. A.,Columbia, S. C. Gcn'l Pn?. Agoui August 21 34 tf May 15 20 It CHATTEL MORTGAUKS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and TlUeeto Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. THE CORBIN DISK HARROW. -# It is Simple in Construction and Does Its Work Thoroughly. It In Heartily Endorsed by Every J Farmer Who Has Used It. THE COBIN DISK HARROW is the invention of a practical farmer, and is, as now \ ottered to the farming world, the result lit years 4 experience in the manufacture of Agricultural Implements and combines selctions from over ^ two hundred patent claims. It is superior to all other harrows in its lightness of draft, perfect flexibility, regulating lever for adjusting denth of cut, and case hardened anti-friction ball bearings, easily oiled and sand proof. The following are some of the advantages possessed by the Corbin Harrow overall others: First, None other has independent gangs, either of which can fit any ridge or hollow without c turbing the other*. Second, None other has chilled journal boxes; those of the Corbin Harrow are so hard that a file will not scratch them. Third, Noneother has anti-friction balls in lis journal ooxes aim an a tuimviucw ..~..w other has so light a draft. Fourth, None other can be set at so sharp an angle, owing to the severe friction on their journal boxes, and as a consequence none other will pulverize like the Corbin. Fifth, None other has a successful SEEDER ATTACHMENT, making it really two machines in one, at less than the cost of one. Sixth, None other is so simple is in construction or so durable. Numerous other advantages possessed by the Corbin Disk Harrow could be mentioned, but is unnecessary. The Disk Harrow is endorsed by the followiuggenllemen, each of whom is a practical farmer and knows the valueofsuch an implement on the farm, and speak from experience: Rob't E. Guthrie, Guthriesville, S. C. ; Dr. YV. M. Walker, and W. H. Herndon, Yorkville; Felix H. Dover, Grover, N. C.; W. O. Guy, Lowrysville, S.C. ;and in fact by farmers all over the United States. WHAT IT WILL DO. The Corbin Disk Harrow will level rough land. Will soften a summer fallow. Will break up clods and lumps. Will pay its cost by increasing the yield. Will make the best possible seed bed for grain. Will work around stumps, in hollows, or on knolls. Will mix rough manure with the soil as no other harrow can. Will lift and turn the soil to be fertilized by the sun and atmosphere. Will cut weeds, corn stalks, cotton stalks, and roots and bury them at one operation. Will increase the crop at least twenty per cent, by reason of its thorough work. Will prepare grain stubble and corn stubble and cotton stubble lands for sowing without using a plow. There is no implement in the world adapted to more uses, and none has been more successful in every locality where introduced. The Corbin Disk Harrow is intended to successfully take the place of the Cultivator, Drag, Smoothing Harrow, Spring Tooth Harrow, Drill, and on some soils the Plow, for it will do all that any, and more than most, of these tools will do. Used as a Seeder it will cover every seed to a uniform depth. Will pay its cost in seeding grain alone, as it covers every seed. Will enable the farmer to. seed four times as many acres in a day. It will sow all kinds of grain more evenly than can be done by hand. Two sizes of disks are used. The smallestsize is 13 inches in diameter and the'largest 16. The manufacturers make harrows with 12, 16, 20 and 24 disks each, but experience haa demonstrated the fact that the 13-inch, 12-disk, or the 16-incb, 12-disk, six foot cut, is best adapted to general farm work. By an especial arrangement with the manu- * facturers of the Corbin Disk Harrow, we aro enabled to offer the farmers of York and surrounding counties this most valuable implement at unusually low prices?lower than they have ever before been offered. We make the following proposition : To any one who will secure FIFTEEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS at $1.75 each and pay us $24.50 in addition, we will fura 13-inch. 12-disk Harrow, or for FIFTEEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS, and $26.50 in cash, we will furnish a 16-inch, 12-disk Harrow. To persons who do not desire to make a club we igake this proposition: We will send The Enquirer for oue year and furnish a 13-inch, 12-disk Harrow for $30; or a 16-inch 12 disk for $32, which amounts include one year's subscription. We have several of the 16-inch, 12-Disk Harrows on hand and can till orders for this size without delay. The offer made in our prospectus to furnish The Enquirer for the balance of this year and all of next in Clubs to new subscribers at $1.75, also applies to this proposition. In every case the money must be pakl when the name of the subscriber is returned. The Harrows will be delivered, free of any further cost, to persons who have complied with our terms, at any railroad depot within one hundred miles of Yorkville. LEWIS M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. 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. ? >* IY OIHBIIS 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 HEARSE and also a CLARENCE COACH which will be sent to any part of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable. Buggies and other Vehicles On hand for sale. Bargains in either now or second-hand Vehicles. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At tho Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. July 10 28 tf PHOTOGRAPH C ALLERYT THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories. <fec., and with a fine sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in any style of the art, as well executed as can be ? done elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. By the dry plate process I can take them in- ( stantly; 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 ? call and see specimens of work, at my Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. CRAYON ANIMMLlPATyTiyG. MISS DAISY WILLIAMS, Artist in Crajon and Oil Colors, RESPECTFULLY announces that she has opened a STUDIO on the second floor of KENNEDY BROS. <ft BARRON'S building, where she is prepared to paint Portraits in Crayon, and also to give instructions in either Crayon or Oil Painting. Instructions given in Crayon work, twenty lessons, at $2.50 per r month ; in Oil painting, twenty lessons, at $3.50 per month. An inspection of specimens of her work is respectfully solicited. Entrance to the Studio through the store room. ft September 18 ^ 38 tf ^ DENTISTRY. ~ f tfSJk 1 A.M again before tho public / aski ig their attention to the prices One Upper or Lo> ?-er Set of Teeth, $10 00 I Partial Sets, one l^oth on Plate, 1 50 Partial Qnto turn 1 aaih An T-^lufA 9 (Y) Partiai Sec, three Veeth on Plate, 3 00 All work guaranteed. I will have ir.y Oflice with Dr. CARTWRIGIIT, who wil! at any time, in mv absence, EXTRACT TEETH, TAKE IMPRESSIONS, etc., for me. Come to see me beioreyou have your work doue. W. M. WALKER, D. D.S. September 18 38 tf mMm 1 ns. , T1 KM EM HER that we are IIEADQUAR1.1, TERS forthealmvo goods. We keep up with the times in all the styles, and Our Prices and Terms 1 AUK AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. Parties j 1 wanting line goods in CASKETS will do 1 well \v1th us as wo are overstocked and will sell ] them at greatly reduced prices, llurial Robes | are growing more and more popular. Respectfully, W. It. MOORE it CO. | O. K. SCKNOKU, N. w. HARDIN, J York vllle, S. O. Rlack'sS. C. i SPKM KR .1 HARDIN. \ ATTOHNEYS AT LAW, III.ACK'N, S. V. UTK make a specialty of collections. All ItiiHiiKVgii itnlfttulitii fit ?o %i?Ul La , , ......... liO hl.ow prompt and careful attention. NK NIO I.FSJjOXS. | IKS ZOUAIUA I NGOLP respectfully of1t| <V?w her services, at her residence, as TKAiMIKU OK MUSIC ON THE PIANO or OttoAN, Pupil* received at any time. J S\?tem thorough and practical. Prices reason- 4P atde. and furnished on application. fhr ^ovhvillr ftraquim. j NJBUSHED WEEK!'I. fWMMN OV HlIBSCUlPTiON; Single oopv for met year, # 2 00 One copy tW two years, 3 50 Kovstx month*,,./. * ?? i'Vtilim miinUit, 8? Two copies for cue year, 3 50 Ten copies one year - 17 50 And an extra copy tor a club of ten.