Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 12, 1890, Image 4

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liumflMKis ? cpavtatnt. WAS IT LAW OR LOVE. The other night, said Eli Perkins, I met a young law student at a party. He was dancing with Miss Johnson. "I have an engagement to dance the 'Flying Galop' with Miss Johnson," I remarked?"number ten." "You have an engagement? You mean you have retained her for a dance." "She has contracted to dance with me," I said. "But contracts where no earnest money is paid are null and void. You must vacate the premises." "But will you please give me half a dance ? I ask the courtesy." "Why, yes, Mr. Perkins," he said: "take her;" but recollecting his legal knowledge, he caught hold of my coatsleeve, and added this casual rerjark: "I give and bequeath to you, Mr. Eli Perkins, to have and to hold in trust, one half of my right, title, and claim, and my advantage, in a dance known as the "Flying Galop,' with Amelia Johnson, with all her hair, paniers, Grecian bend, rings, fans, belts, hairpins, smelling bottles, ana straps, with all the right and advantage therein, with full power to have, hold, encircle, whirl, toss, wriggle, push, jam, squeeze, or otherwise use?except to smash, break or otherwise damage?and with right to temporarily convey the said Amelia Johnson, her hairs, rings, paniers, straps, and other objects heretofore or hereinafter mentioned, after such whirl, squeeze, wriggle, jam, etc., to her natural parents, now living, without regard to any deed or deeds or instruments of whatever kind or nature soever to the contrary in any way wise notwithstanding." A Funny Incident.?The Gainsville, Fla., Advv>cate relates this funny incident of the phosphate craze in that State: A tall, lank cracker entered a chemist's office the other day with a handkerchief full of rock, and said, in a husky but eagar and excited whisper: "Mr., be you alone?" ."Yes, sir." "Can I lock this door?" *Yes, if you wish to." After locking the door, and seeing that no one was hiding anywhere, the cracker slowly undid his handkerchief, and handed some rock to the chemist for his inspection, and asked : "What do you think of that?" The chemist carefully examined it, and said, "I do not think much of it," at the , same time pouring some acid on It which caused it to effervesce like a double refined seidlitz powder. Cracker?What does that show ? Chemist?That shows it is a first class sample of lime, with no bone phosphate about it. Cracker?Boss, are you sure about that stuff? Chemist?Yes, very sure. Cracker (with a long drawn breath)? Well, I've married a widder with a hill plumb full of that stuff, an' I thought it i- ti? u was pnospnate. say, doss, rui m ici u, ain't I? Good-by. Forgot Himself.?With radiant smile and bewitching blush the beautiful heiress placed her hand in that of the ardent young foreign nobleman who knelt at her feet. "I am yours, count," came softly from her lovely lips. The count sprang to his feet in ecstasy. "Zlis ees ze happiest day off my life!" he exclaimed, in that charming accent that so delights the ear of the romantic maiden of America when uttered by a titled foreigner. "My lofe," he said, drawing a ring from his pocket and slipping it on her tapering finger, "permeet me to present you zees leetle tokane off our enkachement." And he tenderly jabbed a kiss upon it. "Dear count," replied the blushing girl, 4<I will wear it forever. And now, in return, I know you will accept this ring from me, and wear it on your little finger." The count took it. As he turned it . about in his hand and inspected i# a dreamy, abstracted look settled onMiis face, and he murmured absentmindedly: "Mees, I couldn't possibly let you haff more zan feefty cents on zis piece off chewelry!"?[Chicago Tribune. A Poor Player.?A well-known Boston organist once went to a distant city to give an organ concert in a new church. The organ blower was a stout old colored man, who evidently felt all the importance of his own share of the proceeding. He confided to me, says the gentleman who tells the incident, a fear that he might not be able to give the great player wind enough, and I encouraged him as well as 1 could. When the concert was over he approached me and asked, "Is dat Mr. W for true?" "Yes," I replied. "Humph! It doan't seem ter me dat he's sich a great player like dey makes out." 44Why not?" "Well, sah, he doan't use no mo' wind dan de gemmen what plays heah ebry Sunday." Important Discovery.?Benevolent Old Lady (to little girl)?My little dear, do you wash your face and hands every morning? "No, mum." "Good gracious! That's perfectly dread ful. Do you wash your face in the middle of the day?" "No mum." "Dear me! When do you wash yourself?" "I never washes." "Horrible! It is shocking how depraved the lower classes are! I must organize a society to see that children are properly washed. Tell me, little one, do you really never wash yourself!" "No, Mum, mamma washes me every morning."?[Texas Siftings. BSF* The other afternoon Willie came running home from school in a great hurry. Throwing his books in the closet he asked his mother if there was anything for him to do. Mamma, very much surprised, replied that there was, and our young friend was kept running here and there until nearly an hour had elapsed. Then, seeing by the expression on his mother's face that there was nothing else to he done, he said : "I's been adood boy to-night, hasn't I?" "Yes," was the reply. "Do you intend to help me this way every evening?" "Well, not 'zactly. You see I tored my pants on the way home from school to-day and I had to do something so's you wouldn't wallop me." Explained.?In the studio of one of our leading painte-s a lady of fashion stands in ecstacy beft. re a canvas. "Oh! what a lovely picture! How I wish I could paint like that! You ought to let me into the secret how to do it." "Nothingcan be more simple, madame; you have only to choose the proper colors and stick them on in the proper places, and the thing is done." "A thousand thanks! I will go right home and start at once." J66T "There is at least on thing that I can say in your favor," said his wife's mother, "and that is you're a great deal more attentive to the Scriptures than you used to be. But I suppose that really I deserve most of the credit for it. I know that you never paid much attention to the good book till after you married my daughter." "Yes, I pay more attention to such matters now." "What portion are you reading?" 44 4 Lamentations.' I confine my self exclusively to that book." tap' A couple of Texas sheep-raisers being in Austin went to church. On emerging from the sacred edifice one of them said, "I say, Bill, that preacher was hitting at us." "You bet he was. He didn't talk about nothing except lost sheep. Got yer pistol?" replied the other. "Why, certainly." "Then let's wait here till he comes out, and give him a chance to explain what he meant by them personal remarks."?[Texas Sittings. ? ? Son of a Gun.?Teacher (to new scholar)?What is your name ? Boy?Gunn. "Give me your full name." "John G. Gunn." "What is the G. for?" "Getyer." "What do you mean by that?" "Well, all the boys call me Johny Getyer Gunn, anyhow." 2??-Mre. Youngbride?How does your breakfast suit you this morning, darling? Mr. Youngbride?Just right! I tell you, Annie, it may beplebian, but I am awfully fond of calfs liver. "So am I. Don't you think, George, it would be real nice and economical to keep a calf; then we can have calfs liver for breakfast every morning." IHisreUanraus fUadittg. SOCIAL ET1UUETTE. Important though it is to know the correct thing to do, and to do it promptly and gracefully as occasion arises, still the ' most useful social knowledge is perhaps j that which teaches the things to be avoided, and it is for this reason that very mauy ! of the rules of etiquette are put in negai tive form. Among prohibitions which I will oftenest be found applicable are the I following: I "Do not write"My DearSir." Itshould be "My dear Sir." Do not turn over the end of the visiting card or turn down the corners. This fashion does not now find favor. Do not use trade terras except for trade purposes; as posted for well informed; balance for remainder. Do not address a letter to a married lady, Mrs. Rev. John Thomas, or Mrs. Dr. Frank Brown, nor, use her own name or initials. Mrs. John Thomas or Mrs. Frank Brown is the current form. Do not send a verbal answer to a written invitation. Do not remove your glove when shaking: hands, or apologize for not doing so. It is proper to offer the gloved hand. Do not stop acquaintances and stand in the centre of the sidewalk forcing every one out of the path. Do not talk at a concert or theatre during the performance. It is ill bred, though a rudeness by no means uncommon, to thus disturb those who wish to listen. Do not occupy more than your rightful share of space in the omnibus or street car. Ladies are accused of being the greatest sinners in this respect. Do not begin a letter half way down the page nor end it abruptly with "yours" or "yours, etc.," such a phrase being rude and ungainly; neither is it in the best taste to abbreviate "affectionately," "respectfully," and like words. Do not write the name of street and number of house at the bottom of the envelope as is sometimes done. Do not insist upon a guest being helped twice to a dish if he positively refuses once. Do not whisper or use French or German phrases in company if it is likely that they will not be understood by any one. Ready Answer.?Most of us are able to supply a repartee if we are given time 1 to think it over, but a repartee half an ! hour after the occasion for it is passed is like a blank cartridge. It is the readiness of the retort that makes it effective. The great Russian soldier, Marshal Suvoroff, was in the habit of asking his men difficult questions, sometimes foolish ones, and bestowing favor on those who showed presence of mind in answering them. On one occasion a general of division sent him a sergeant with dispatches, at the same time recommending the bearer to SuvorofTs notice. The marshal, as usual, proceeded to test him by a series of whimsical questions. "flow far is it to the moon ?" "Two of your excellency's forced marches," the soldier promptly replied. "If your men began to give way in a battle, what would you do?" ' "I'd tell them that just behind the enemy's line there was a wagon load of good things to eat." "How many fish are there in the sea ?" "Just as many as have not been caught." And so the examination went on, till Suvoroff, finding his new acquaintance armed at all points, at length asked him, as a final poser, "What is the difference between your colonel and myself ?" "The difference is this," replied the soldier coolly : "My colonel cannot make me a captain, but your excellency can." Suvoroff, struck by his shrewdness, kept his eye upon the man, and soon afterward 1 gave him the promotion for which he had asked. General Forrest's Last Ten Dollars.?Speaking of General Forrest, the cavalry hero of the war, who killed more men with his saber than any other one 1 soldier on either side, he returned to j Memphis after the surrender with his wife, and only a single ten-dollar bill in his pocket. Mrs. Forrest was a lady of the most quiet, amiable Christian virtues, and the only person, by the way, who had any control of the "wizard of the saddle" while in a passion. One touch of her gentle hand, one soft tender word, would calm his most tempestuous moods. Sitting alone together the night of their return to Memphis, General Forrest said: "Mary, I know you are a strict church member, and have always opposed cards. But this ten dollars is all there is on earth between us and the poor-house. Won't 1 you consent to my going out to-night and hunting up a game of draw ?" In vain the good woman protested. It 1 was a sin in the sight of God, she said, and sin could not finally prosper. He went, found the party he wanted, and began the ??on Kie Tito \r frnm thn ^aUJCf VIIU LaiUO 1(VU UIO VT UJ Iivm VHV first, and his winnings grew so large that he set his beaver on the floor beside him 1 and used it as a depository. About two o'clock in the morning he lifted his tile, bent his head down and placed the hat , carefully on it, retaining the money in it. Reaching home he emptied the winnings into Mrs. Forrest's lap, saying: "Mary, , count it." She found that he had upwards of $1,500?a sum which gave him a good start in life.?[Florida Times-Union. The Organ.?The first invention of the organ has been ascribed to Ctesibius, of Alexandria, who lived B. 0. 150. But the period when this instrument was introduced into the churches of western Europe is rather uncertain. Pope Vitalian is supposed to have been the first to adopt it, about the year 070. But the earliest account, to be relied on, of the introduction of the organ into the west of Europe is that about the year 755 the Greek Emperor Copronymus sent one as a present to Pepin, king of France. In the time of Charlemagne, however, organs became common in Europe. That prince had one built at Aix la Chapelle in 812, on the Greek model, which the learned Benedictine, Bedos de Celles, in his excellent work on the "Art of Constructing Organs, 1766," considerad to have been the first that was furnished with bellows without the use of water. Before the Tenth century organs had become common in England, and exceeded, both in size and compass, those of the continent. In the Fifteenth century half notes were introduced at Venice, and also pedals, or foot keys, which were invented by Bernhard.a German, to whose countrymen are due many of the improvements of the instrument in existence at the present time. Relative Value of Silver.?Silver, in its relative value to gold, has varied greatly at different times. In the days of patriarch Abraham, it was 8 to 1; B. C. 1000 it was 12 to 1: B. C. 500 it was 18 to 1, and at the commencement of the Christian era it was9 to 1. In the year 500 A. 1). it was 18 to 1; in 1100 it was 8 to 1; and in 1400 it was 11 to 1. In 1454 gold was only six times more valuable than the precious white metal, silver, and within the next hundred years two pounds of silver could be exchanged evenly for one of gold. In 1600 gold was again worth 10 times as much as its paler brother. In 1725 gold was 13 times more valuable than silver, just as it was 500 years B. C. At the beginning of the present century it had risen in value toaahigher pointthan at any time since 500 A. D., being fifteen times more valuable than silver. In 1876 the ratio of silver to gold was 20 to 1, and in 1886 it was at the highest point ever known, since which time it has gradually declined to 20 to 1. How Camphor is Made.?Camphor is made in Japan in this way : After a tree is felled to the earth it is cut into chips, which are laid iu a tub or a large iron pot partly filled with water and placed over a [ slow fire. Through holes in the bottom of the tub steam slowly rises, and heating the chip3 generates oil and camphor. Of course the tub with the chips has a closelyfitting cover. From this cover a bamboo pipe leads to a succession of other tubs - - i 1: 1 JUa wun me oamuuu euuua-uuus, nuu mc iasi of these tubs is divided into two compartments, one above the other, the dividing floor being perforated with small holes to allow the water and oil to pass to the lower cmopartment. The upper compartment is supplied with a straw layer, which catches and holds the camphor in crystal in deposit as it passes to the cooling process. The camphor is then separated from the straw, packed in wooden tubs and is ready for market. The oil is used by the natives for illuminating and other purposes. The Petroleum Industry.?Some in-1 teresting figures have appeared in connec- i tion with the petroleum industry. The, present annual production is about two ' billion gallons, of which about one-half is j produced in the United States. The Cas-1 pian region of Baku produces about four j hundred and twenty *?iillion gallons, and I many of the \vell9 have had to be closed because the oil could not be taken away. Gallicia produces about thirty-six million, Burmah about seven million, and Canada about twenty-five million gallons. The resources of Burmah and Canada are only just beginning to be developed, and it is impossible to tell what magnitude the trade will amount to when improved means of transport have been provided. In the basin of the Mackenzie 1 river is believed to be the most extensive oil region in the world ; but it is about four hundred miles north of the Canadian Pacific railway. There is no doubt that, when the difficulties of transport have been surmounted and cheaper oil is available, it is destined to be a formidable rival of j coal for many purposes, especially the firing of boilers, and for various metallurgical process, for which its freedom from sulphur, etc., renders it particularly suitable. Chinese Evolution Theory.?The j rocks are the bones of the divine body, the soil is the fle9h, the metals are the nerves and veins; the tide, wind, rain, clouds, frost and dew are all caused by its 1 respiration, pulsations and exhalations. Originally the mountains rase to the firmament, and the seas covered the moun- , tains to their tops. At that time there was in the divine body no life besides the the divine life. Then the waters subsided ; small herbs grew, and in the lapse of cycles developed into shrubs and trees. As the body of man, unwashed for years breeds vermin, so the mountains, unlaved by the seas, bread wormsjan insects, greater creatures developing out of lesser. Beetles in the course of ages became tortoises, earth- , worms became serpents, high-flying insects became birds, some of the turtledoves became pheasants, egrets became cranes, and wild-cats became tigers. The praying mantis was by degrees tranform- 1 ed into an ape, and some of the apes became hairless. A hairless ape made a fire by striking crystal upon a rock, and, with the spark struck out, igniting the dry 1 grass with the fire they cooked food, and 1 by eating warm victuals they grew large, 1 strong and knowing, and were changed into men. . Half a Century of Inventions.? , Those of us not yet fifty years of age have probably lived in the most important and intellectually progressive period of human : history. Within the half-century the fol- ' lowing invei.tiocs and discoveries have either been placed before the world or elaborated: Ocean steam-ships, railways, : street tramways, telegraph lines, ocean i cables, telephone, phonograph ; photography and a score of new methods of picturemaking; aniline colors, kerosene oil, electric lights, steam fire-engines, chemical fire-extinguishers; amesthetics and painless surgery; gun-cotton, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, and a host of other explosives ; alumnium, magnesium, and other new metals; electro-plating, spectrum analysis, ' and the spectroscope; audiphone, pneu mauc tuoes, eiecinu minors, eieutuu i?n? ways, electric bells, type-writers, cheap ] po3tal system, steam heating, steam and hydraulic elevators, vestibule cars, cantil- 1 ever bridges. These are only a few out of I a multitude. All positive knowledge of the physical constitution of planetary and stellar worlds has also been attained within this period."?[London Iron. ] A Railroad on Tree-Tops.?It is ] hardly known outside of the immediate , neighborhood, but it is a fact that in Sonoma county, California, there is a railroad unique in construction. In the upper part 1 of the county named, near the coast, may be seen an actual roadbed in the tree-tops. ' Between the Clipper mills and Stuart 1 Point, where the road crosses a deep ravine, the trees are sawed off on a level with the surrounding hills and the timbers 1 and ties laid on the stumps. In the centre i of the ravine mentioned two huge redwood i trees, standing side by side, form a substantial support, These giants have been , lopped off seventy-five feet above the bed j of the creek. This natural tree bridge is considered j one of the wonders of the Golden State, and for safety and security far exceeds a bridge framed in the most scientific man- ! ner.?[Golden Days. . No Anxiety About Herself.? i Among the guests at an old lady's recent birthday party was her son. As the old lady was celebrating her centennial and the son was eighty years old they made a remarkable couple. The mother, in spite of her years, was so strong and vigorous, both mentally and physically, that it , seemed almost incredible that she had rounded out a full century of existence, , and her son had been absent from her for , several years. The meeting between them had been very affectionate, and they had remained close to each other during the 3on's stay. When the time came for him to go he embraced his mother, saying, 1 wistfully, "Well, mother, I suppose this is the last time I shall ever see you." The mother looked up quickly and astonished, i "Why dear, what's the matter?" she i ' * "T\ ? ij. r?l li oil * asseu. "uon t yuu im wcu ; j SSaTln 1864 China supplied ninety-seven per cent, of the tea consumed in the world, and India three percent. In 1888 she sup- ( plied forty-three per cent, and India fifty- j nine per cent. This decline is relative and not real, owing to iucreased consump- j tion. But the India growers are prospering immensely and going ahead rapidly, the result of superior intelligence, the introduction of improved machinery and ! better methods, while China has kept up 1 her own system. It is said that prominent 1 India planters have expressed the belief ( that within a few years India tea can be sold in the European and American markets at ten and fifteen cents per pound, equal in quality and flavor to Chinese tea i now selling at from five to eight times this < sura. i . ffcaTA stranger called upon Mr. Joseph H. Choate to seek advice upon a matter of importance. It appears that he had quarreled with another man, who, after giving ; him a sound thrashing, finally told him to go to the place Colonel Ingersoll claims J does not exist. "Now, Mr. Choate, I ask you as my legal adviser, what course it is best for me to pursue under the circum- i stances!" Choate remained plunged in ' thought for a long time. Then, raising I his head, he replied, slowly: "I have been < running over in my mind all the statutes i of the United States, and all the decisions of all the judges therein, and am quite < satisfied that there is nothing in them ' that will require you to go to the place i you have mentioned?so don't you go." ? ftrirThe cold of Siberia is so great in 1 winter that many kinds of provisions, which are with us salted, are there kept by ' simple freezing. The appearance of the market at that season is described by Mr. 1 Landell: "Frozen chicken, partridges, and ' other game, are often thrown together in < heaps, like bricks or firewood. Butchers' meat defies the knife, and some of the < salesmen place their animals in fantastic i A; u~r r ?: ?^ pusiuous ueiure irue/aug mem. riu^cu fish are piled in cakes, and unilk is offered for sale in cakes or bricks. A stick or string is generally congealed into the corner of the mass to facilitate carrying, so that a wayfarer can swing a quart of milk at his side, or wrap it in his handkerchief at discretion." Bh; Rents for Offices.?Few persons outside of New York city have a proper idea of the enormous rents charged and paid for offices in Wall street and vicinity. In the street proper enough money is paid for a single office to set up a household in Brooklyn. I heard to-day of an English lawyer, who wanted to set up for himself in the Equitable building on Broadway. lie found that a suit of three rooms would cost him $9,000 a year. lie offered $7,000 for the suit, but couldn't get it at that figure.?[Baltimore American's New York Letter. BST In Turkey the house in which a man j lives cannot be seized for debt, and suffi- < cient land must be left him to serve for his support. The homestead is inviolable. Tho prorlitnrj mnct PVPn nrnvirlp thp dpht- ' JL iJV/ ViVUIVVlU LLIUUk V ? v?i M* V/ I V? V VII V UVS/V or with some humble dwelling if the land forfeited to them has none sufficient for his needs. This custom is universal in Turkey. One often hears in Bosnia from beggars, as a plea for assistance, 4,I have nothing in the world but one little house and after the heavy winter snows there are continual entreaties to repair a roof i which has fallen in. Wants a Sober Boy.?Queer ! Here is an advertisement copied from a city pa-: per: j Wanted?"An intelligent young man, i of sober habits to drive a beer wagon. I Permanent position to right party." I Boys make a note of the above. Here I is a man that is engaged in a business that: makes drunkards, and unfits them for bus-! iness, and yet he don't want to hire one of the boys that drinks his own beer. Why ? Because he knows that a boy who drinks ' that beer can't be trusted. Do you see? ' Ittopide (Satftmnflis. SST It is easier to fall into a pit than to climb out of it. jfegrThe highest exercise of,charity is toward the uncharitable. B6T It seems paradoxical to say it, but 3ome rich men have more dollars than sense. AST This year shows an increase of money circulation over last of twenty-four million. jBiaTlf you would have a faithful servant and one that you like, serve yourself.? [Franklin. jgy The value of the fruit yield of California this year is placed at thirteen million dollars. "It takes three generations to make a gentleman." And a bottle of whisky will unmake him. While the true American does not believe in a king, he will bet his last cent on four of them. figgr General Von Moltkesays that "beer is a much greater enemy to Germany than all the armies of France." 5ST A sociable man is one who, when he has ten minutes to spare, goes and bothers somebody who hasn't. fiSTThe man who is sure he can't be wrong is always the very one to find that it is the impossible which always hippens. What used to be called plain "chicken soup" is now airily presented on the fashionable hotel bill of fare as "essence of f^r.,1 ? IU *T 1 86T An electric expert says that enough of the current comes through any wire that is strung overhead to destroy the life of a man. jjgrThe man is rich who doesn't wattx" more than he has means to get. Riches consist in the abundance of things a man does not want. JSTAn English inventor claims that bells made by soldering together pieces of bent metal give a much greater volume of sound than cast bells. 8?*" The condition of the world would be improved if meii were to think less of the dishonor of submitting to wrong, and more of the dishonor of doing it. 86T A man who had been told he was about to die, asked the doctor for his bill, 3aying that he did not wish to depart from his life long rule, "Pay as you go." A West Point cadet who violates the law against cigarette smoking is obliged to pace back and forth, rain or shine, for twelve hours with a musket on his shoulder. Ethel?George, mother was looking when you kissed me last night. GeorgeHow did she take it? "Well, she said she felt satisfied now that you mean business." 8?"" It is a comfort to be assured that God 1 lL- ??f tin ft m/-J ?v? rvfonirQP KHOWH IIIO WUIflt Ui uo 9 auu ujwitutvif that he has made provision according to his knowledge, ana not merely according to ours. JSTlt has been estimated that India raises one bushel of wheat per head of her population, the United States seven bushsis per head, and South Australia nineteen bushels. 86T* Examining physicians say that alcohol and tobacco are largely responsible for the color blindness with which large numbers of applicants for positions on railways are affected. t6F A Southern editor, evidently henpecked, says that "if in our school-days the rule of three' is proverbially trying, how much harder, in after life, do we feel the rule of one !" BST* The Kansas City Star says the differsnce between California and Kansas is that in California they sell climate and throw in the land, and in Kansas they sell the land and throw in the climate. 5^-"How will you have it bound?" ask2d the binder of a man who had brought in a dictionary to have new covers put on. "I think it would be appropriate to have it spellbound ?" was the reply. BQT" Late advices from Liberia seem to Bhow that the effort to establish a colony for negroes from the United States is a total failure. The colonists are too lazy to work, and the climate is deadly. BgF-"Yes," said the oldest inhabitant, "this is a pretty mild winter, but I remember a season that was much warmer than this." "How long ago was that?" queried his listeners. "Only last summer." Jgrlf you have anything to give, give it. Do not bequeath it. Give yourself the pleasure of seeing your benefactions blossom and bear fruit before your very eyes, thus sharing the happiness you confer. 86T A law making electric companies responsible for damage from their wires, as railroad companies are held liable for Are losses caused by sparks from locomotives, has been suggested by Mr. Edward Atkinson. BST A writer in the Scientific American jays he broke himself of the drinking habit by taking a decoction of quassia and vinegar. We should think a man who had the nerve to drink that might stop drinking rum when he chose. J6T Nothing hinders the constant agreement of people who live together but vanity and selfishness. Let the spirit of humanity and benevolence prevail, and discord and disagreement would be banished frnm the household. "I ain't nebar gwine ter hab nufti'mo' ter do wid dat Pete Willis, boss. He flung my bran' new Sunday suit out ob de winlow, t'other day." "It didn't hurt your suit, did it?" "No, sah ; but it hurt me. I happened ter be in at do time." jgyThe fact is noted that of the ten hunIred and sixty men in the Eastern Peni:entiary of Pennsylvania, only nineteen were bred mechanics. Industry and 2rime are not natural allies, and tho best safeguard of youth is a good trade. tfarThe Germans have a very simple name for the "grippe." They call it 'shaffkrankheit." No wonder there have oeen 400,000 cases of the influenza, and 030 leaths from it, in Berlin alone ! The Germans shouldn't call it hard names. fl?- "And how do you get along at school?" asked grandpa, of young hopeful. "Are they contented with you?" "I think they are." "Did the master say so?" 'Well, he said if all the scholars were like me he would give up keeping school." "Whew! I can hardly draw my breath," said an exhausted individual who had climbed a long flight of stairs to a friend'soflice. "By Jove !" said the other, who had got a whiff of the breath, "why ion't you draw it with a corkscrew0'-2 ^ j&STA rival of Connecticut's renowned wooden nutmegs is manufactured in Germany. It is artificial coffee, which is made from linseed meal, roasted to a dark 2olor and mixed with some glutinous substance. Machinery gives it the shape of the real coffee bean. Bear The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution ; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who bears the heaviest burJens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on Sod, is most unfaltering. BSaT Religion in its purity is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith ; its action works ; its temper, holiness ; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of 3elf, and benevolence to men. I?-"Hullo, old fellow, how did you make out with that silve. polish you introduced last year?" "Didn't sell at all. Had five thousand bottles left on my I 1_ 1, 11 * .1 1 1 ?>>) T f.Q_ nanus. a uutxu iubs, en . xw. x iolabeled it 'A Sure Cure for Grippe' and sold every bottle within a week." Stir A writer in an agricultural journal isks, "Is a black nose or dark spots on the nose of a short-horn to be regarded as nvidence of impure blood?" Next thing someone will ask the editor if a red nose, nr red spots on a white nose, superinduced t>y long "horns," isasign of impure blood. And it is. AST Paper bed clothes are made at a factory in New Jersey. They are doubled sheets of manilla paper, strengthened with twine, and valuable by reason of peculiar properties of paper as a non-conductor of heat. They have a warmth-preserving power far out of proportion to their thickness and weight. fiSfThe oldest horse in the world is jlaimed by a farmer in Chili, 111. His lather purchased it forty-nine years ago from the Indians, when it was supposed to ne two years old. It served all through ;he war, but escaped all injury. It has not a tooth in its head, but is fed on cornnread and soft brand mash, and is tender- j ly cared for. Jwm and rfivcsidc WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH OUR COTTON SEEU No product of American agriculture attracting more attention at the presei time than cotton seed. From being coi sidered almost valueless for generation and from devising ways to get rid of it wit the least trouble and expense, it has withi a few years assumed an importance thi has attracted the attention of the who world, and it is an open question wheth< , its full value has as yet been developed, < the many uses to which it can be applie discovered. Twenty years ago all the co ton seed produced could have been bougl for ten millions of dollars, the seed of tl crop now being gathered is worth fori millions, and the price suretoadvanc All the agricultural products within th twenty years have fallen in price exce] cotton seed, some of them, corn, bacoi wheat, nearly or quite one-half, whil cotton seed has doubled in value and ii creased in quantity. It now takes ran as one of great crops of the country, ar ' A? = - - 1 1 - .1! 1 ...I tne question is aireauy uiscusseu wneiin it will not in time pay to raise a crop cotton for the seed alone. I presume will not, but it certainly has become a vei important factor in the production of crop of cotton. I have given this seed question a gre deal of consideration. I have sought i many ways to develop their uses, and determine their value. I am interested i oil mills, and for a considerable time ha the immediate charge of one. It was wonderful discovery to devise processes extract the oil; the chemist told us th; the seed contained a valuable oil, but it r quired the skill and science of another 8 of men to build the machinery to extra it, but this having been successfully accoc plished the question of a market for th oil and meal forced itself upon the man "{acturer. This was soon lound ; the me; finds a large market as food for stock, boi at home and abroad, but the bulk of it r turns to the soil as the basis of a millic tons of commercial fertilizers. It com* back to the farmers robbed of hall its vali by extracting the oil, and yet doubled i value by its conversion into a fertilize The oil, as such, is scarcely known in tl markets. With suitable refining it ma querades throughout Christendom as tl finest Olive oil, and according to the tesl mony of the great packers before a co rffDQcinnal pnmmittpp nf IhftlflSt COnCTGS it forms forty per cent, of all the lard < commerce. Its great mission seems to 1 adulteration, and its great value lies in tl fact that it improves whatever it is con bined with. It will thus be seen that an article th: for half a century seemed to possess r value, has, by the learningof the chemis the skill of the mechanic, and the ente prise of the merchant, been brought to o cupy one of the foremost places among tl products of our soil. Great factories ha\ been built, immense capital employei and fortunes accumulated in the mani| ulation of the seed after it leaves tl plantation, and it is a question I will di cuss in another article, whether the plai ter gets his share of the portion that each year extracted from this unpretei tiousseed. A bushel ofseed, using the o to adulterate lard, and the meal as a fe tilizer, is worth about a dollar; if moi highly refined and made more present ble as olive oil it rises in value to two < more dollars, and as palm oil for soap, which it is superior, even this value surpassed. Assuming that thepresent prices of sef will not advance, it is a question the plan er can well discuss, whether he could m do better by not selling the seed at all. it is worth a dollar a bushel to make lai of in Chicago, would it not be well to mat that lard at home ? He sells a bushel i seed for twenty cents; this being tu.ne into lard he sells five more bushels to bu it. This five bushels properly fed at hotr will make more than a dollar's worth < lard or bacon, and he has the fertilizi without cost. This I know is capable i demonstration. There has been fortum made in cotton seed, but it was after left the planter's hands. I have spent much time and given muc thought to devising uses and ways of tisic cotton seed. By accident rather than di signal discovered that all animals, and e pecially hogs, would eat roasted eottc seed. By inquiry I found that in Indi and Egypt all the seed that was used i home was roasted. Weallknow thatnotl ing will eat the raw seed except upon con nuloinn Thn lavniivfi mialitv of the ra oil produces indigestion,and no animal wi thrive upon it, but a chemical change produced by roasting it, and a palatab and wholesome food is the result that an animal will eat that will eat corn meal. It is nearly ten years since I made th discovery, during which time I have bee roasting seed and feeding it to all anima that would eat corn. I found that groun into meal it was especially good as a foe for hogs and milch cows, sometimes mi: ing it with bran or corn meal, thinking was necessary to add something to it, bi I now feed the roasted seed alone, an make as much bacon as my neighbors wl feed corn, at half the cost. It is a ricl wholesome food ; the meal has not bee robbed of its virtue by passing throug the oil mill, it will keep for any length < time, it does not mold, get musty, or tur sour, as oil meal will; it seems capable i solving that vexed question with whit most of us have struggled, whether it wi not possible to keep our smoke house i home instead of Chicago. I shall exhib at the fairs next year a pen of pigs th: will compare favorably with any of the age, that represent the fourth generatioi that have never eaten corn, and if an reader of this article desires to see a san pie of the food with which they have bee fed I will be happy to send them as muc as they care to pay postage on by givic me their address. I could relate many interesting detai of these experiments, for I have given tl seed question much time and though but this article is already too long, but will continue them in future number and try to make it plain that the best u; a planter can make of his seed is to kee it at home, and make his own bacon an fertilizers.?[C. 1). Green, Tocoa, Ga., i Southern Farm. Curing Bacon.?After the pork hi Iain in salt three or four weeks, accordin to the general temperature that has pr vailed since the killing, it is ready 1 "hang." Some farmers think it is impo tant that it should be a cold spell whe hung up to dry, but we think it not e sential, but only desirable. Shake c sweep off with a stiff broom, or brush, a the adhering salt. Hang up the hams an shoulders witn tne hock enaaown ana st that they do not touch each other. L< the meat drip and dry for three or foi days without smoke. Then keep a coi 'ttnuous smoke duringthe day-time forfiv or six days. Hickory chips or corn coL make the best smoke. Be careful that th meat is not too much heated. Durin every warm spell the smoke should t renewed sufficiently to keep the flies awa; and repeated a day or two before pack in away. We have always had good succei in preserving ham during summer by th following plan: After the meat is we smoked and thoroughly dry, and on a coo sunny day in February, takedown froi the sticks, dip each ham for about half minute in a pot of boiling water ; rub an scrape clean and dry with a coarse cloth expose to the sun until thoroughly dn then wrap each harn closely in coarsi strong paper; tie a stout twine around th hock, forming a loop; slip the ham into bag made of cotton cloth, and tie th mouth of the bag above the hock an around the loop; hang in a cool, air: dark place. rroyal nvm r Igd^oluriir^ kIII ^ &AKIN6 POWDER Absolutely Pure Tills powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength ai wliolesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, ai cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low tei short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sot.n oni.y in can ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall St., N. Y. April 24 17 47w CHATTEL. MUKllxAlx^s, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles! Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. THE CORBIN DISK HARROW. I i? It is Simple in Construction and Does is Its Work Thoroughly. it _ ig It In Heartily Endorsed by Every h Farmer Who lias I'Ned It. n mHli COB IN DISK HARROW is tho inyon1 tion of a practical fanner, and is, as now le ottered to the farming world, the result 15 years jr experience in tho manufacture of Agricultural Implements and combines selctions from over ltj two hundred patent claims. It is superior to . all other harrows in its lightness of draft, perfeet flexibility, regulating lever for adjusting | it depth of cut. and case hardened anti-friction , ie bail bearings, easily oiled and sand proof. ;y The following are some of the advantages e, possessed by tho Corbin Harrow over all othjg ers: First, None other has independent gangs, . either of which can litany ridge or hollow within out disturbing the other. Second, None other n? has chilled journal boxes; those of the Corbin St Harrow are so hard that a file will not scratch x- . i.?_ K,?Ilo [J- LUttlll. llill'U, IIUUCUIUCI Ilttoaiiu-iiivnun uuuo ik in its journal boxes and as a consequence none other has so light a draft. Fourth, Noneother pr can be set at so sharp an angle, owing to the v. severe friction on their journal boxes, and as a 9' consequence none other will pulverize like the it Corbin. Fifth, None other has a successful y SEEDER ATTACHMENT, making it really a two machines in one, at less than the cost of one. Sixth, None other is so simple is in construcaf tion or so durable. Numerous other advanI tages possessed by the Corbin Disk Harrow 'D could be mentioned, but is unnecessary. [? WHAT IT WILL DO. a The Corbin Disk Harrow will level rough to land. Will soften a summer fallow. Will at "break up clods and lumps. Will pay its cost e- by increasing the yield. Will make the best et possible seed bed for grain. Will work around t stumps, in hollows, or on knolls. Will mix rough manure with the soil as no other harrow 9" can. Will lift and turn the soil to be fertilized IS by the sun and atmosphere. Will cut weeds, U- corn stalks, cotton stalks, and roots and burv al them at one operation. Will increase the crop th at least twenty per cent, by reason of its tbore_ ough work. Will prepare grain stubble and " corn stubble and cotton stubble lands for sow)n ing without using a plow. There is no imple-S ment in the world adapted to more uses, and J6 none has been more successful in every locality in where introduced. The Corbin Disk Harrow r. is intended to successfully take the place of the jg 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 1- Seeder it will cover every seed to a uniform D- depth. Will pay its cost in seeding grain 13? alone, as it covers every seed. Will enable the - oAn/1 IVvtia* ttmnu o a tnonir o n rna in a QI 1UI JIIC1 bU ODOU 1UU1 muiuo no umuj uv*wu ?u M )Q (lay. It will sow all kinds of grain more evenly than can be done by band. n_ Two sizes of disks are used. The smallest size is 13 inches in diameter and the largest 16. . The manufacturers make harrows with 12, at 16, 20 and 24 disks each, but experience has 10 demonstrated the fact that the 13-incb, 12-disk, it, or the 16-inch, 12-disk, six foot cut, is best r- adapted to general farm work. >cc MEN WHO ENDORSE IT. re j The Disk Harrow is endorsed by the follow' iug gentlemen, each of whom is a practical farmerand knows the value of such an implement ie on the farm, and speak from experience: Rob't 3* E. Guthrie, Guthriesville, S. C.; Dr. W. M. 1- Walkor, Capt. R. II. Glenn and W. II. Ilerndon, is Yorkville; Wm. S. Wilkerson, Hickory Grove, Q. S. C.; Felix H. Dover, Grover, N. ;*Wm. 0. : I Guy, Lowrysville, S. C. ; and in fact by farmers of every State in the Union. "" By an especial arrangement with the manure facturers of the Corbin Disk Harrow, I am a- enabled to offer the farmers of York and sur3r rounding counties this most valuable impleto ment at unusually low prices. jg I have several of the 16-inch, 12-Disk Harrows on hand and can till orders for this size (, without delay. !a I shall be pleased to furnish any further int mation that may be desired in regard to the Dt Harrow. I have in my possession a number of If testimonials as to the value of the Harrow, J which were furnished by well known York county farmers, an.; will "bo pleased to submit * them to any who desire more light than is J given in this advertisement. Call on or write to iy SAM M. GRIST, Yorkvillo, S. C. ie ? t PROMINENT Character in the DeThe Diamond 11 Ts * Reporter named BRYAN. The jg young gentleman shown in the above ie initid design is not Mr. Bryan?but ANOTHER prominent character in this, J as well as in most other stories. is mm in Vine IC. Qaoil "The " ?n uun nuiiub iui nuuu aiiu ,'ds Diamond Button" ?d Now Running in the Enquirer. ][ ASK FOR BACK NUMBERS. id THE OLD RELIABLE. l? T WOULD respectfully announce to my pat' X rons and the traveling public generally that '[j notwithstanding my occasional absence from ;n Yorkville during the next few months, my of LIVERY AND FEED STABLES will be con n tinued as heretofore, and the business will be 0f conducted with the same promptness as if I .jj were present in person. MY OMNIBUS it it Is still on the street, ready to convey passengers jt; to all departing trains, or from the trains to jr any part of town. q, FOR FUNERALS y 3. I have an elegant HEARSE and also a CLARENC10 COACH which will be sent to any part of the county at short notice. Prices reason;tl able. Ig Buggies and other Vehicles 1S 10 On hand for sale. Bargains in either new or second-hand Vehicles. I HA YE YOUR HORSES FED Q ' At the Yorkville Liverv and Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. !P F. E. SMITH. d n BRIDGE CONTRACT TO LET. OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OK YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. tS VTOTICE is lierebv given that the COUNTY l%l nnwjtlt'UinVI.M) ;a r.ra nf t lio I p? 1*1 IOOIU.1 U1V lit -ouc?tf5^ V* ?UV Mww?.w.. p in which the same is situated, will attend at the P" FORD OF TAYLOR'S CREEK, on the Lands0 ford road, about live miles Southwest of Rock r- Hill, at 10 o'clock A.M., on THURSDAY, THE n 20TII DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1890, for the S- purpose of lotting out to the lowest responsible )r bidder, the contract for BUILDING A NEW jj BRIDGE over Taylor's Creek, at the .place j mentioned. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. !e Specifications can be examined at the office of J. J. Waters, Esq., in Rock Hill, on and after ir the 5th of February, 1890. 1- By order of the" Board of County Commise sioners of York countv. )g I). E. FINLEY, Clerk of Board, ^ January 15 3 5t g _ COFFINS AND CASKETS. ?e 1XTE would respectfully announce to the j. j J public that we have closed out our stock fr of COFFINS, CASKETS, BURIAL ROBES ? AND UNDERTAKERS' GOODS to the CAROLINA BUGGY CO., and wo bespeak for I j j them a share of patronage. 1, Their Terms are Easy. n Their terms are easy and they have a large I a stock in all the various styles and grades, d When you need anything in this line remem- ' i; ber the Carolina Buggy Go's Undertaking de- i j partment. 1 g| W. B. MOORE & CO. ie IlE-ASS ESS.TIE NT OF REAL ESTATE. a OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, ? York County, d Yorkville, S. C., Dccembor 2.3, 1889. ft "VTOTICE is hereby given that the year 1890 | lN| is the regular time for making a RE-AS?i'?aMiovr of reat, estate. Bv in structlons from the Comptroller-General, in taking RETURNS OF PERSONAL PROP- , ERTY, County Auditors will also require a , NEW RETURN OF REAL PROPERTY for ' the fiscal year 1889-90. , W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor. December 25 52 9t "SOLE agextT THIS will certify that SAM M. GRIST, of Yorkville, S. *G\, has been appointed as SOLE AGENT for the sale of CORHIN DISK HARROWS, CORBIN ROAD CARTS, Ac., in and for the counties of YORK, CHESTER, LANCASTER and FAIRFIELD, in the State of South Carolina. ST. LAWRENCE M'F'G CO. December 18 51 tf C. E. SPENCER, N. W. HARDIN, j Yorkville, S. C. Black's S. C. SPENCER A HARDIN, ' ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BLACK'S, S. C. "1*7"E make a specialty of collections. All . \T business entrusted to us will be given ?d prompt and careful attention. ?t,' * 8. D. E. FINLEY. J. S. 1JRICE* FINLEY A BRICE, _ ! ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. >0 A LL business entrusted to us will bo given J\. prompt attention. OFFICE OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. THE YORKVILI FOR : Handsomely Print Paper with ] THE LARGEST COUNTY NEWS THAT IS PRINTED E The I-iooal News of Counties a NOW IS THE TIME ? OXE HUNDRED DOLLARS 19 THREE LARGEST CLUJ A Splendid Stem Winding ai _ j i ? ^11 u - i* naii'ii ior u tiuu wi THE first week of January, 1890, will com- I mence the thirty-sixth year of the connection of the present proprietor with the publication of THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. It is with pleasure that ho announces to its friends and patrons thatat no time in its history have the facilities for furnishing a newspaper so nearly suited to the wants of the people of York and surrounding counties, been equal to what they now are. It will continue to be handsomely printed on fine white paper with large and clear type, and is now the largest county newspaper in South Carolina that is 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 generally are interested, that is not promptly made known through the columns of the paper. Beside this, it shall continue to be our aim to watch carefully after everything which is calculated 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 informed as to what is going on in oar own and oilier countries. While the local and general news departments of the paper will be carefully looked after, all the features which have given THE 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 the 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 better, happier and wiser. Terms of Subscription?Free of Postage. Single Copy, one year ?2.00 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 mak- ! ing a club of Ten at ?1.75 for each subscriber. Payment is required to be made in advance. PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. For the largest clubs of subscribers at ?1.75 I for each subscriber, we offer THREE CASH i PREMIUMS, amounting in the aggregate to ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, as follows : For the largest Club, Fifty Dollars. P^or the second largest Club, Thirty Dollars. | For the third largest Club, Twenty Dollars. To EVERY person who may obtain a club 1 lxA?C?t X Manufacturers of all kinds of an ^ IRON ROOFING CRIMPED ANDC0RRU6ATBD SIUISG, Iron Tile or Mhiiigle, PIKE PROOF DOORS. SHUTTBKS 4C., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 01 $3T' Orders received by L. M. GRIST. acH hipniii From Camden to In Effect Mai Going North. | No. 531 No. 39 I Daily STATIONS. Daily except _ Sunday p. m. a. m | Leave Camden 12 45 9 00 Arrive Lancaster 12 40 ; Leave Lancaster 2 10 1 00 Leave Catawba June. 2 50 2 50 1 Leave Roddey's 2 55 3 00 1 Leave Leslie's 3 00 3 10 Leave Rock Hill 3 18 3 50 Leave Old Point 3 22 4 00 Leave Newport 3 30 4 15 Leave Tirzak 3 38 4 30 Leave Yorkviile 3 50 5 10 Leave Sharon 4 10 5 40 Leave Hickory Grove 4 25 6 20 uuavu omjiiia i Arriye Blacksburg... 4 55 7 20 1 Leave Blacksburg 5 00 j Leave Shelby 5 40 j Arrive Rutherfordton 7 30 p. m. p. m i Connections.?At Camden, with South Can R. R.; at Lancaster, with C. <fe C. R. R.; at Cata ville, with C. & L. R. R.; at Blacksburg with A. Blacksburg, S. C., March 20, 1889. C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. | SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., daily exceptSunday, taking effect January 5,1890: going south. Leave Lenoir 8.25 A. M. Leave Hickory 9.35 A. M. j Leave Newton 10.10 A. M. ; Leave Lincolnton 11.00 A. M. : Leave Dallas, 11.50 A. M. I Leave Gastonia 12.10 P. M. j Leave Clover, 12.40 P. M. j Leaye Yorkville, 1.20 P. M. I Leave Guthriesville 1.42 P. M. | Leave McConnellsville, 1.49 P. M. Leave Lowrysville, 2.05 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.30 P. M. going north. Leave Chester, 3.40 P. M. t.fiflvfl t,nwrvflvil 1a 4.00 p. m. Leave McConneHsvilio, 4.22 P. M. | Leave Guthriesville, 4.30 P. M. I Leave Yorkville 5.00 P. M. | Leave Clover, 5.32 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 6.11 P. M. I Leave Dallas, 6.46 P. M. Leave Lineolnton, 7.32 P. M, i Leave Newton..., 8.21 P. M. Leave Hickory, 9.00 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 10.12 P. M. SOL MASS, J. L. TAVLOK, D. CYHDWELL. Trartic Manager. Gen. l'ass. Agent D. P. A., Columbia, S. C. j PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. Thoroughly fitted up with new back- i grounds, accessories, <fcc., and with a fine j sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in j my 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- ] 3tantly ; makes no difference about fair or 1 jloudy weather. I do all my own printing and finishing, and i there is very little uelay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in the highest style to bohad,aud prices reasonable. 1 Give me a call and see specimens of work, at my Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the fail. J. R. SCHORB. j 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. < May 15 20 ly IE ENQUIRER 189Q? ed on Fine White jarge Type. PAPER IN SOUTH CAROLINA NTIRELY AT HOME. York and Adjoining Specialty. : TO SUBSCRIBE. r C1SII PREMIUMS FOR THE BS OF SUBSCRIBERS ! id Stem Setting Fickle-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 Yorkville 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 oilers is limited to one o'clock, p. m., 011 MONDAY, the 10th day of MARCH, 1890. No name will becounted in competition for a premium, and no premium delivered, until the subscription price hits 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 Enquirer 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, o* any weekly newspaper or monthly magazin. 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 club should all be at tho 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. rersons wuo commence maaing ciuds, 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. OFING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN ST 08^ ^^ Cleveland, O. &Fr -$8^ *'7 Send for Circular and Price List No. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. :s OP THM o. R. 11. Rutherfordton. ch 31, 1889. ! No. 38 I No. 52 Going South. Daily except Daily STATIONS. ! Sunday I A. M. A. M. 9 00 Leave Rutherfordton j 10 50 Leaye Shelby 1 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 Tlraah 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. A 1A A ..inn T nnAAolnn 1 iu AIIIYO xjativ;<?bci 4 30 2 10 Leave Lancaster 7 40 3 27 Arrive Camden p. M. P. alina Railway; at Rock Hill, with C.f C. <fc A. wba Junction, with G., C. <k N. R. R.; at York&. C. A. L. R. R. JOHN F. JONES, Superintendent. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO., South Carolina Division. COLUMBIA. S. C. EBBkmwam CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect January 5, 1890. (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. Leaye Baltimore, 9.45 A. M. 9.30 P. M. Leave Washington, 11.24 A. M. 11.00 P. M. Leaye Richmond, 3.00 P. M. 2.30 A. M. Leave Greensboro, 10.37 P. M. 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 Winusboro', 4.59 A. M. 3.39 P. M. Arrive at Columbia,.... 6.30 A. M. 5.10 P. M. Leave Columbia, ....... 6.55 A. M. 5.30 P. M. A T AA??A r^l.nufnn'u O rut A Af T QQ T> \f / AJU?IVU u vuaobvu oj *'?w iU? ',u" x AU* Leave Trenton, 9.1GA. 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. NORTH BOUND. No. 53. No. 51. Daily. Daily. Loavo 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 Roek 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 8.25 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 Sleeping Cars between Augusta and Washington, on trains 52 and 53. SOL. HASS, JAS. L. TAYLOK, D. CARDWELL, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent. D. P. A.,Columbia,8. C. EXCHANGE BANK, " Yorkville, S. C. T. S. JEFFERYS President. JOS. F. WALLACE, Vice-President. FRANK A. GILBERT, Cashier. Organized September 1, 1887. 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