Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 09, 1890, Image 4

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Humorous fqiartmeut. WAS A SMART MAN. During the recent overflow of the Mississippi river, a well-dressed man, while picking his way through the woods, trying to avoid the water that was rapidly rising, came to a small knoll almost surrounded by the flood; and on the knoll he found a tall, lank fellow, sitting on a log. The stranger, delighted at seeing a human being, ran up to the lank fellow and exclaimed: "I never was gladder to see a man in my life. I have been in these infernal woods nearly a day and a half. My horse and 1 went down with a caving bank ; I managed to save myself, but couldn't save him. Now the question is, how are we going to get out ot this infernal place ?" "Don't know," the lank fellow answered, "wallowing" his tobacco about in his mouth. "Why, don't you know the woods?" "Wall, did know 'em putty well, but the high water has wiped all the roads out. 'Squire Blunt, that lives about fo' miles from here, knows ever' inch of these 1. A ? ?9 r Ua WOOUS, wmer or no waier, nu x reuivuu lie mout tell us how to git out." "All right; but how can we get to his house ?" "Lemtne see. Blame ef I know, but ef we was over thar we'd be all right." "That may be, but the question is, what are we going to do about getting there?" "Don't know. I mout figger it out, but I never wasgood at 'rithmetic. Ef Brother John was here, he could tell us how to git thar. John is a powerful smart feller." "Where is your brother John?" "Don't know whar he is by this time. Seed him about three hours ago, floatin' down through the timber on a log. Must be putty nigh down to the cut-off by this time." "Look here, the water is rising, and this is no time for foolishness. See, we are entirely surrounded." "Yes, that's so (squirting a stream of tobacco juice through his teeth.) Reckon we'll hatter wade." "Do you know a place where the water is not very deep ?" "I did know yistidy, but the water has riz powerful sence then." "How long have you been sitting here ?" "Set down here this raornin'.' Come out to look for the cow an' got tired, an' my Elan is alius to rest when I git tired. I ave hearn it read outen the papers that a good many men die from overwork, an' sence then I am mighty partickler." "But how do you expect to get out of this place ?" "Don't know exactly." "But you've got to know pretty soon, for don't you see how rapidly the water is rising?" "Yes, 'tis comin' up right peart. You air a stranger down here, I reckon." "Yes. haven't been here but a week, and if the Lord will only let me get out this time, I'll never come back." "What did you come down fur?" "I thought that I wanted to buy land." "Wall, if that's what you want I kin let you have a mighty fine piece. Raise a bale an' a ha'f to the acre." "Where is it ?" "Don't know exectly whar it is now, but when I find it you can have it cheap. A few days ago it was right over yonder about three miles. Ain't a better watered place nowhar round here. Water's about ten feet on it now." "I don't want any navigable land; but, say, show me how to get out of these woods." "Don't be snached, an' mebby we kin strike up a trade after while." ' "I am not in a trading humor just at present. What I want now is dry land and a heap of it. I wonder if I can wade out through there ?" UT * M "i recaou you can." "I have half a notion to try it." "Better make it a whole one." "I'll do it. I don't care to stand here till the water comes up round my neck. Well, good-bye. If you want to stay here and be drowned it is no fault of mine." "So long," the lank fellow replied spitting through his teeth. The stranger had waded about thirty feet when he lunged off over his head. He spluttered and floundered and finally got back on the knoll. "Whew! that wasawful!" he exclaimed. "You infernal scoundrel, why didn't you tell me?" "Tell you what?" "Tell me that I couldn't wade through there." "How did I know what sort of a wader you are? Some folks kin wade surprisin' an' then others kain't wade so well. I tuck you fur one of the boss waders, but I now see you ain't." "I ought to jump on you and beat you." "No, I reckon not. Feller jumped on me once and thought he would beat me, an' the doctor 'lowed he had made a powerful mistake. Feller had powerful good health befo' that, but afterwards he complained mightily." "I declare, I don't know what to do." "Thought you was goin' to jump on me." "No, I don't want to hurt you. Look here: in less than a half hour from now this knoll will be under water." "Ef I was goin' to bet, w'y I'd bet thatter way." "And you are going to stay here and be drowned ?" "I kain't tell yit." "You are a fool?that's what's the matter with you." "Yes, I ain't a s'preme jedg^, but I've got mo' sense than to go out in a woods that I don't know anything about an' git drowned." "But you haven't got enough sense to get out of a woods that you do know something about." "Oh, I think so." The lank fellow got up, went behind a tree, took up a canoe, and, as he was preparing to shove it off, remarked: "1 never fool with high water, cap'n, an' ef you buy land down here an' live on it awhile you'll l'arn a little sense yo'se'f. So long." "What, you are not going to leave me this way ?" "Yes, I've got rested now an' must go home an' tell the folks that I kain't find that fool cow." He shoved off the canoe and got in. "For heaven's sake take me with you," the stranger implored. "Oh, I reckon it's best not to?might sp'ile you to ride with a fool." "Come back, my friend ; I was hasty." "Yes, I sorter think you was." "1 didn't mean to call you a fool?I'm the fool." "An' am I a smart man?" "Indeed, you are." "Thesmartest man in this country?" the fellow asked, slowly paddling the canoe toward the knoll. "Yes, the very smartest." "Wall, but am I the smartest man you ever seed ?" "Yes, I think you are." "But you mustn't think?you must know it." "Well, then, I know it." "An' don't you think, or ruther don't you know that I would make a good governor ?" "Yah. T knnw vou would." "Ur a president either?" "Yes, you would make a good anything." "All right, my boy ; now you may git in. Oh, I tell you it do a man a power of good to travel round in this part of the country. He l'arns faster than ef he was in a college."?f Arkansaw Traveler. JSTThe other day a seedy gentleman dropped into a cheap clothing establishment. He nosed around, and finally laid his hands upon a coat and vest of loud color and coarse texture. "How much?" he said, laconically. "Dree dollars." "Three dollars! That's too much." "Dot vas sheap, inein freund. Dot vas a goot a 1 1? 44 A goal sou vest. mi; nu-j ? wi . 111c proprietor held up hie hand. "Are they vool?" he repeated. "So help me gracious, mein friend, dey vas all vool except the buttonholes." f?*"When did George Washington die?" asked a teacher in a New York public school. "Is he dead?" was the astonishing reply. "Why, it was not more than a week ago that we was celebrating his birthday, and now he is dead. It's a bad year on children. I reckon his folks let him eat something that didn't agree with him."? [Texas Sittings. I?- A young attorney got a queer letter the other day. It was from a man in Florida, and requested him to look up the whereabouts of some friend supposed to be in that city. The intelligent writer concluded his appeal with the request: "If you don't get this letter, please let me know." / $bc |atm and fireside. Be Explicit in Making Bargains.-H is evident that many law suits and unpleas- e ant business differences, and considerable loss of money, could be avoided by explic- a itness'n asking and giving prices, in order- t ing, and in making statements, either oral or written, regarding the details -of transactions. Kicks and complaints are * very common in the lumber business, says The Lumberman, and it applies equally to business transactions of every kind. I Trouble arises from misunderstandings t that might easily have been averted by carefulness at the outset of a deal, while in other iustances definiteness of state- j. ment on the part of the buyer or seller, in eveut of controversy, would have made i plain the merits of a case that looks decid- i edly mixed because too much has been 1 taken for granted. An ambiguous order should never be given, nor should goods be forwarded on the strength of it. If a there is any opening for a mistake as to I the dimensions or quality of stuff that is ordered, all the points should be definitely \ stated. Orders by telegraph especially are r often too brief, are open to misconstruction, I or lacking in detail. If goods are so ur- c i t?entlv wanted that they are telegraphed r for, it is certainly highly important "that there should be nothing wrong on their v arrival. The great aim of most persons t in writing out a message is to save a few \ cents by boiling it down?an economy that often losses dollars for the sender. An order by telegram should be made to state 8 exactly what is wanted, no matter how 8 many words are required, and then in case s of a dispute the buyer will have more ground to stand on. a n A Kicking Cow,.?An Oregon farmer c gives a remedy for kicking cows which he claims to have used with great success j| for the past twelve years: Take a small g rope or cord about the size of a clothes fc line; make a loop, in one end ; hold the . loop end in one hand, drop the other end over the cow's back; pick it up and pass it through the loop, then slip it back just % behind the hips, bringing it underneath ^ iust forward ot and close to the udder, ad justing it so that the loop is near the back bone. Now draw the rope through the n loop tightly and fasten it, the more tightly I the better if the animal is very vicious, n On the first application she will jump and h try to kick and perhaps bellow; but let her kick, she will soon get tired of doing so. v Now you can sit down and milk without t, the least danger. You can hardly pro- j, voke her to kick. If she should still try 5 to kick, tighten the rope and continue to do this till she gives up. Three applications in succession will cure the worst case. ^ Treat her kindly and gently all the time t] without the least excitement. ? An Irresistible Bait for Rats.? J According to a Washington correspondent tl to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, an il interesting, not to say valuable, discovery s< has been made by Captain Weedin, in [ charge of the animals at the Zoo. The j building is infested by rats, and how to w get rid of them has long been a perplexing tl question. Traps were used, but nothing tl would tempt the rodents to enter. In a n store-room drawer was placed a quantity sunflower seeds, used as food for some of . J the birds. Into this drawer the rats ' gnawed their way, a fact which led the 31 Captain to experiment with them for bait r5 in the traps. The result was that the rats P can't be kept out. A trap which appears 1 crowded with six or eight rats is found y some mornings to hold fifteen. They are v turned into the cages containing weasels ai and minks. The latter will kill a rat ab- h solutely almost before one can see it, so h rapid are its movements. The weasels are a trifle slower, but none of the rats escape th?m' , c. g&~ Here is pointer for farmers who use f\ high price guano. A citizen of Newton c] district says that while he was putting in guano last spring preparing to plant cot- 1 "ton, he killed a black "snake six feet long. 81 Not knowing anything the snake was * good for, he concluded to experiment a V little, and see if snakes would make a J5 good fertilizer. He put the snake in a " furrow where no guano had been scattered, J drove down stakes at each end of the ft snake, put guano in the balance of the T row, but none where the snake was. This cl row was planted and cultivated just like v the balance of the row, and it grew six tl inches higher than the others. It may be that some enterprising man will profit by this man's experience, and go to catching t) and grinding up snakes, and by another ^ year black snake guano will be placed on S1 the market.?[Alpharetta Democrat. o Six Rules for Lamps.?1. Let the ' wick always touch the bottom of the lamp, and trim the top square and even, cutting t] off the corners. In students lamps rub off [ the crust on the wicks, and never cut T them. p 2. Fill lamps within half an inch of the top. If too full the oil runs out, and especially when lighted, greasing every- si thing that touches it. ?' 3. In lighting, turn wick up slowly, r, that the chimney may heat gradually and ti thus not crack. b 4. Keep the wick turned high enough o to burn freely. If too low a poisonous and explosive gas is generated. y 5. A free draught is as necessary with g a lamp as with a fire, so keep all parts a free from dirt. tl ? \\T nob nKJmnflMQ in Knf curia onrl V* ff CVOII VlllLliUVJO X U UUW UUUJ WUU polish thein with old newspapers. b Horses in Dark Stables.?The pupil jj of a horse's eye is enlarged by being kept j in a dark stable; he has a harness put on a him and is suddenly brought out into j, glaring sunlight, which contracts the pupil ^ 60 suddenly as to cause extreme pain. rJ By persevering in this very foolish and injudicious, as well as cruel practice, the < nerve of the eye becomes impaired, and p if continued long enough loss of sight will i< ensue. To see how painful it is to face a p bright light after having been in the dark, ti take a walk some dark night for a short b time till the eyes become used to the darkness, then drop suddenly into some ? well-lighted room, and you will scarcely j( be able to see for a few moments in the n sudden light. You know how painful it y is to yourself, then why have your horses ^ to repeatedly bear such unnecessary u pain? t Consumption Cured by Warm Milk. , The fact that consumption can be cured is daily becoming more and more impress- P ed on the mind of the layman. One of '' simplest and best methods of fighting this ^ dread malady is the warm milk treat- ? raent, and while undergoing it the patient R is advised to go on some farm, where he is sure to get it fresh, and where, moreover, he can pass his days in horseback a riding. When the entire treatment is ti undergone, recovery from consumption t: would not only be possible, but would v very likely occur, unless the lungs had a been too seriously diseased. An outdoor t: life in pure air, good wholesome food and s plenty of it, are the surest cures for the malady, and no one of the features is more S( x hi rxt^... ? impuruiui umu eiiiierui uicuuicia.?Li>ew { York Telegram. u ? f( Filling for Nail Holes.?The fol- t lowing method of filling up nail holes in v wood is not only simple, but said to be t effectual: Take fine sawdust and mix into a thick paste with glue, pound it into the hole, and when dry it will make the wood F as good as new. Frank Christian, Jr., in a Stoves and Hardware, says he has followed ^ this for thirty years, with unvarying sue- ! cess in repairing bellows, which is the most severe test known. Often by fre- a quent attachment of new leather to old ^ bellows frames, the wood becomes so perforated that there is no space to drive the r nails, and even if there was, the remain- t ik/miI/-! nll/MiT 4 X\ r\ n t ? f/\ nu/lO nO f, Ill^ liuira wuuiu auuw mu an i\; uotaj/v* v A treatment with glue and sawdust paste i invariably does the work, while lead, b putty, and other remedies always fail. t Paper Pillows.?The latest fad in 1 England is paper pillows. The paper is torn into very small pieces, not bigger than t the finger nail, and then put into a pillow I sack of drilling or light ticking. They are , a very cool for hot climates, and much supe-1 I rior to feather pillows. The newspapers t are printing appeals for them for hospitals. I o Newspapers are not nice to use, as they | ii have a disagreeable odor of printer's ink ;; J but brown or white paper and old letters t and envelopes are the best. The finer the i paper is cut or torn, the lighter it makes the pillow. s . n I6T There is nothing better for a cut r than powdered rosin. Pound it until fine, y and put it into an empty clean pepper-, " box with perforated top, then you can t easily sift it on the cut; put a soft cloth li around the injured member, and wet it. i with cold water once in a while. It will s prevent inflammation and soreness. s a?- Alaska cost the United States govirnment two cents per acre. BST Fruitless is sorrow for having done imiss, if it issue not in resolution to do so 10 more. If some men were as big as they hink they are, the world would have to be mlarged. S&" France has half as many people as the Jnited States, but her national debt is wice as great as ours. B?" It has been observed that the smaller > man is the greater is the case of "big lead" when he gets it. BSP A train on the Reading railroad nade a run of ninety miles in eighty-five ninutes the other day. SOT Illicit whisky distillers in the South ire called "Moonshiners" because they ire addicted to "ways that are dark." aST An acid old maid abandoned her ? 4" Mtknn OKA lAurnnrl that cho rip i<? rjuiupc wiicii one? icaiuvu vuuv uiiv >ad bought a ticket on a mail steamer. 1ST In a few years all the salt used for ordinary purposes west of the Mississippi iver will probably be supplied by Kansas. A poet asks, "What is warmer than a woman's love?" We infer that he never ticked up a newly coined horseshoe fresh rom the forge. flaT French wine growers have a supertitiousappreciation ofcomets, and expect ;ood crops because four comets will be een during the summer. In a New York local court a few days go a Chinaman who was called as a witless, took the oath by lighting a parlor natch and blowing it out. The census of the population of cities 3 to be taken and returned to the several itate supervisors in tweve working days, leginning June 1 and ending June 14. "It is no use telling you to look pleasnt," said the photographer to the pretty oung lady, "for you cannot look anything lse." And his scheme worked beautiully. 8^* "It is said to be fashionable now to nove at night." The fashion is not new. t was introduced years ago by the young :ian who was a few weeks in arrears for is board. 8?- The influenza continues to prevail in arious parts of the country, and it is said 5 he worse in Mexico than anywhere else i North America. There they are dying y hundreds. 8?" The Seventh-Day Adventists of the Inited States have sent to Congress a peition protesting against the passage of n.. kill in varrarrl trk tViQ nhsprvflnrfl f?f UJ Ulii in lygatu w v?*v wwv* j w. fie Sabbath. I?- Prayer is so mighty an instrument lat no one ever thoroughly mastered all :s keys. They sweep along the infinite lale of man's wants and God's goodness.? Hugh Miller. A correspondent says that a good 'ay to teach a calf to drink is to punch le pith out of a corn cob, put the cob in le calf's mouth and put the nose in the lilk in the pail. 1ST In the field of war invention meets ivention. A new French invention is a isoke bomb, intended to be fired into the inks of the enemy who uses smokeless owder and obscure his view. I?* A West Virginia lover of ninety ears walked twenty miles to court a 'idow of sixty-five. There is no fool like n old fool. A young lover would have ired a team, or else got a girl nearer ome. IST "Johnnie," said his mother, "did ou get any marks at school to-day for induct?" "Yes," promptly replied ohnnie, "several; but if you want to see lem, I'll have to take off some of my lothes." I6T An exchange prints the following jggestive dun : "Delinquent subscribers re hereby warned not to let their daughjrs wear this paper for a bustle, as there i considerable due on it and they might ike cold." John C. Willis, who lives on the irm formerly owned by his father in i~11?f?r% ouito ftioi-o aro trnnfl ttlUUU WUUIJ' , UOi, OO.JO iUV'AV *??v hestnut rails now in use on the farm that rere split by the Indians when they owned fiat country. BSf A curious feature of the artificial ?eth industry is the variety of color of >eth required for different countries, anada, for instance, demands teeth of nowy whiteness. South America those f yellow color, and China only black teeth. 63T It is said that "consistency is a jewI." So it is; hut there are better things fian jewels. Some people have plenty of fie jewels of consistency, who are as poor a character as Lazarus was in properly, t is better to be right than to be simply onsistent. jgrTake a pair of shoes that has become [iff and uncomfortable by constant wear i the rain and apply a coat of vasaline, ubbing it well with a cloth, and in a short ime the leather becomes as soft and pliale as when it was taken from the shelves f the shoe dealer. BS^A woman in New York, aged 58 ears, who sued a man for $10,000 damaes for breach of promise of marriage, was warded six cents. The jury evidently tioughtthat when a woman reached the ge of 58 years, her heart was too tough to e damaged $10,000 worth. 8?" The jury system of Louisiana is a ttle different from that of other States, n civil cases, nine of the twelve jurors re all that is necessary to return a verdict, istead of the whole number of twelve, in effort is being made to have the same ule apply to criminal case. 8??* The man who has learned how to ut himself to work and keeps himself at ;, has reached a condition of mastery that romises him success in almost any situaion. He has then a possession infinitely etter than the gift of genius. BST When a Cincinnati burglar pleaded uilty the other day, and piteously al?ged that he was drunk when he comlitted the crime, the judge gave him two ears extra on his sentence, saying, "The aan who gets drunk and commits a ieioy is worse than a sober man who breaks he law." SOT'A Georgia editor recently ate three ozen eggs on a wager. The Georgia aoulder of public opinion should not be jdged too harshly. Journalism is not ery renumerative in some sections of the tate, and this might have been the first ime this year that the editor aforesaid got chance at a square meal. SQf- He that is habituated to deceptions nd artificialties in trifles, will try in vain o be true in matters of importance; for ruth is a thing of habit rather than of fill. You cannot in any given case, by ny sudden and single effort, will to be rue, if the habit of your life has been inincere.?[F. \V. Robertson. Kaj"" Where a man and his wife are lost at ea, the law always supposes that he being he stronger, survived her by some inintes or hours. In seven different cases allowed up in the French courts within he last ten years, it was found that the fife outlived her husband, and the pracice of the law had to be reversed. fifegr The avenge life of temperance peoile is (53 years and 2 months, while the verage life of intemperate people is 35 ears and 0 months. Thus the average ife of a drinker is but little more than lalf of a non-drinker; and yet we are sked to believe brandy, gin, whisky and ieer are wonderful promoters to health. 1ST An English paper alleges that "On a ecent trip to Europe the chief justice of he supreme court of Texas was introduced o an English member of parliament. The ntroduction was made, not by name, but iy the judicial title of the American visior. 'Oh, yes,' said the Englishman, 'I lave heard of you. Your name is Judge jynch.' " There are four M's on a silver dollar, wo plainly visible?one each in the words Inum and America, another less distinct t the base of the neck of the Goddess of .liberty and the fourth on the left curve of he knot that binds the wreath together n the reverse side of the coin. The last j hardly visible to the naked eye. Mr. lorgan was the designer and engraver of he die, and the small M represents the nitial of his name. "The soil of California is so fruitful," aid a native of the Golden State, "that a nan who accidently dropped a box of natches in his field, discovered, the next ear, a fine forest of telegraph poles." 'That's nothing to my State," said a naive of Illinois. "A cousin of mine who ives there lost a button off his jacket, and n leas than a month he found a bran new uit of clothes hanging on a fence near the pot." Ipstdtaucous fUading. WHAT YOU MUST TELL THE CENSUS MANT Washington, D. C., March 31.?Everything is now ready at the census department to begin counting the people of the United States. The manner of getting at the number of people will be very simple. A supervisor has charge of each district. He appoints the enumerators, subdivides the districts and is responsible for their zeal and accuracy. No enumerator is to look after a subdivision of more than 4,000, and he must be a resident of the subdivision and personally familiar with a great number of the people. The enumerators are to start out on Monday, June 2. Those in cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants finish in two weeks, while those in tne couDiry are given a month. These men will make from $50 to $100 each. Here is the list of questions to be asked. With these the enumerator must go to each family and get answers to all the questions : 1. Give Christian name in full, and initial of middle name, surname. 2. Whether a soldier, sailor or marine during the civil war, United States or Confederate, or widow of such person. 3. Relationship to head of family. 4. Whether white or black, mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, Chinese, Japanese or Indian. 5. Sex. 6. Age at nearest birthday. If under one year of age, in months. 7. Whether single, married, widowed or divorced. 8. Whether married during the census year (June 1,1889, to May 31,1890.) 9. Mother of how many children, and number of thesechildren living. 10. Place of birth. 11. Place of birth of father. 12. Place ot birth of mother. 13. Number of years in the United States. 14. Whether naturalized. 15. Whether naturalization papers have been taken out. 16. Profession, trade or occupation. 17. Months unemployed during the census year (June 1,1889, to May 31,1890.) 18. Attendance at school (in months) during the census year (June 1,1890, to May 81, 1890.) 19. Able to read. 20. Able to write. 21. Able to speak English. If not, the language or dialect spoken. 22. Whether suffering from acute or chronic disease, with name of disease and length of time afflicted. 23. Whether defective in mind, sight, hearing or speech, or whether crippled, maimed or deformed, with name of defect. 24. Whether a prisoner, convict, homeless, child or pauper. 25 and 26. Is the home you live in rented, or is it owned by the head or by a member of the family ? 27. If owned by head or member of family, is the home free from mortgage incumbrance? 28. If the head of the family is a farmer, is the farm which he cultivates hired, or is it owned by him or a member of his family ? 29. If owned by head or member of family, is the farm free from mortgage incumbrance? 30. If the home or farm is owned by head or member of family, and mortgaged, give the postoffice address of owner. If any one refuses to answer these questions, except, perhaps, as to age in case of females, they are liable to a fine of $100. Superintendent Porter expects to have a fairly correct estimate of the population of the States and Territories ready in August. He will complete the tables necessary for the reapportionment of representatives in congress in time for use in the short session. "PARSON DAN" BROKE HIS OATH. The boys all called him "Parson Dan." His real name was Daniel Higgins. He was quite fifty years old and under the average height, but he was as tough as hickory and the best workman in the whole foundry. Long before I had made his acquaintance he had "got religion," and not being the sort of man to rest satisfied with merely saving his own soul, he went to work zealously to impart religion to others. Far worse preachers than "Parson Dan"' earn big salaries in fashionable churches. But "Parson Dan" had a hard crowd to ?lr>nl until a rwl mnph ftf Ihfl QPPfl hft They like an ability to talk well and a knowledge of the virtue of silence. They like a motherliness big enough to understand the wants of the older, as well as the younger boys. They like a disposition to speak good, rather than evil of every living human being. They like sympathy, which means a willing ear for the tale of sorrow or gladness. They like knowing how to grow old gracefully. They like a knowledge of how to dress well, which, by-the-bye, dosn't mean conspicuously. Men are most attracted by good material, plain draperies and quiet colors; not by showy colors or designs. They like intelligence but they prefer that the heart should be stronger than the brain. They like a compauion?a woman who has sufficient knowledge of the world and its ways to talk well with them, who is interested in their lives and their plans and in their hopes, who knows how to give a cheering word, or to listen quietly and by a tender look express the grief which the heart is feeling. They may sometimes say that children are a bore and a nuisance, but a man shrinks from a woman who openly declares herdislike of them. A man expects tered fell on stony ground. Often he whs subjected to a good deal of coarse chaffing. He endured it all good naturedly and never retaliated. But this is what made me regard "Parson Dan" as one of the finest men I had ever met: One day during the dinner he was holding forth on his tavorite topic. Among his listeners was an apprentice named Will Preston. As ill luck would have it, "Jake" Donohue, the foreman of the department in which the lad worked, came along that way. He was a big, vicioustempered fellow, and the terror of all the men under him. For some reason he had a grudge against Will Preston, and forthwith began to abuse him foully. "Parson Dan" interceded for the lad. Then Jake turned his profanity upon him. "You infernal Psalm-singing hypocrite, I'll teach you to mind your own business." With that he struck the lad a blow that knocked him down. "Don't do that," pleaded "Parson Dan "it's cowardly." Jake's response was a still more sulphurous outburst of oaths, and to show his contempt for "Parson Dan" he aimed another kick at the prostrate lad. For a moment "Parson Dan's" face was a study. It was that of a man struggling against an overwelming temptation. He turned pale, his lips were compressed, his hands clinched. Then he stepped forward. There was nothing suggestive of the preacher in his manner. "Stop it!" he exclaimed sternly, "or I'll make you!" * Jake was so astonished that he could merely stare without a word. But to cease to be a brute would be an acknowledgement, he evidently thought, that he was afraid. So he turned to the boy and made a movement as though about to kick him again. Quick as a flash "Parson Dan" sprang at him, and with a blow straight from the shoulder, struck him on the point of the jaw. "Jake" fell to the floor like a log. It was as clean a knock out blow as I have ever seen delivered in a prize fight. The men broke out with a spontaneous cheer. "Parson Dan" looked unutterably dejected. "Ond fnrofivjp mp " hp P*H?imed. "I've broken ray oath." "What do you raean ?" I asked. "Why, sir, years ago I used to be a prize fighter, and when I got converted I took an oath that I'd never strike a man again, and now I've done it. What will become of me?" * Everybody assured him that no angel would record that blow to his discredit. WHAT MEN LIKE IN WOMEN. There Is a certain something, which, for want of a better name, is called womanliness, and it is that which makes women attractive to men. A great many virtues go to make up this one great possession and they are what men like in women. Men like, in the first place, amiability in a woman. They like a pleasant appearance. They like the doing of little things that are pleasant to them. They like the courtesy of the fireside. They like women whose lives and faces are always full of the sunshine of a contented mind and a cheerful disposition. the maternal instinct in a woman, and is disappointed if he does not find it. They like women to be affectionatethere never was a man yet, no matter how stern, no matter how cold, no matter how repressive as far as his own feelings were concerned, who did not like a loving squeeze of the hand, or a tender kiss from the woman nearest to him. These are some of the things that men like in women. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. No matter how strong may be every link in a chain of circumstantial evidence, there is always a doubt, a lack of certainty, that should weaken it and cause us to distrust it. I remember a story my grandfather used to tell of a case in which an innocent life was sacrificed for a guilty person. A boy on a farm, for some misdemeanor, was sentenced by his father, a stern man, with an eye to saving a half-price ticket, to be deprived of his annual circus privi lege, and in addition he was to hoe so many rows of corn while the rest of the family took in the lady's pad act, the bareback riding of Jack Itobinson, the club that killed Captain Cook and other attractions of the great moral show. The boy watched the wagon drive away with tears in his eyes, and then he went at the corn rows with a determination to make a short crop of it could it be worked without detection. But he grew hungry after awhile and went into the house to investigate the pantry. There were seven pies?it was an American household?seven blackberry pies baked for Sunday. The boy, who was not feeling very well himself, soon placed his person anterior to six of the pies, but paused thoughtfully and with keen regret midway the seventh. Onehalf of that he left. He then caught the family cat, thrust her nose and feet into tTie pie, and dropped her on the clean, white sanded floor of the pantry that she might track around on it. Then he went back to his corn rows. Evening brought the family home. The boy saw them climb joyously out of the big wagon. He noted how the over-ripe n r\r\1 ntt fnl 1 fnA rvi ?*nna 117 fin K to oi atof appieD icii iiutii iiiu ucco WIICH mo oinici jumped over the side and alighted flatfooted on the ground. He saw his father let himself down over the double-trees and get himself kicked twice by the roan colt. He saw his mother waiting patiently until somebody had time and inclination to take the baby. He saw his grandmother perch herself on the hub of the hind wheel on one foot, while she made vague, circumferential wandering excursions for the wide, wide world with the other. He saw his brothers let themselves down over the tilgate and sneak away to avoid doing any work. At last the wagon was empty, and there were visible signs of excitement about the house. "The raid is discovered," said the boy, cutting the roots of a healthy stalk of corn and carefully hilling up a vigorous lance weed. Presently he saw his father come out of the house with the gun over his shoulder and the cat under his arm. "The culprit is arrested," remarked the young robber, as he leaned thoughtfully upon his hoe and watched his father disappear hehind the barn. The sharp report of a gun rang out upon the quiet of the sunsethour. "There," said the boy, with the confident expression of one who knows what he is talking about, "There goes another victim of circumstantial evidence."?R. J. Burdette. ALPHABET ON TWINE. Many years ago two men in Edinburgh, Robert Milne and David Macbeath, who were both blind, invented an alphabet of knots tied upon a string, which was not only of a simple nature, but capable of expressing ideas of the most abstruse kind and of recording facts of any description. This invention was quite original; neither of the inventors had ever heard either of Peruvian quipos or the Jewish cords. In their efforts they were only guided by a desire of producing something which might be useful to their brethren in the same unfortunate condition and of communcating at a distance with each other. This string alphabet was a great deal more simple than those of the Peruvians. The twenty-six letters of the alphabet are divided into seven classes, proceeding straightforward from A to Z. Each class consists of four letters, with the exception of the first class, which comprehends but two. The first four letters, or A B C D, are each formed by a large round knot; the second four, or E F G H, by a knot projecting from the string; the third four, I JK L, by a knot vulgarly called a drummer's plait; the fourth four or M N O P, by a simple noose; the fifth four, or Q R S T, by a noose with a string drawn through it; the sixth four, or U V W X, by a noose with a knot formed upon it; and the seventh class, or Y and Z, by a twisted noose. Thus there are just seven different kinds of knots to indicate the whole letters of the alphabet. But to distinguish each of the four letters in a class from the others, the expedidient was adopted of adding a common small knot at a lesser or greater distance fmm ho lpfi.pr in which it beloncrs. Bv this the letter A is indicated only by the knot of the class to which it belongs; B is the same knot repeated, but close to it is a small common knot; C is the same knot repeated, with the small knot half an inch distant, and 1) is the same knot repeated, with the small knot an inch distant. The same plan goes on throughout; so that, by tirst feeling the kind of knot, and then feeling whether it has a small knot attached, and at what distance, any letter can be instantly told. The length of this string alphabet is little more than three feet, and any blind individual with the ordinary sense of touch may learn the whole in an hour.?[New York Ledger. - -4- ? THE BLAIR BILL. The Blair bill has been introduced in the senate by Senator Morrill in a new shape, and immediately after its introduction it was referred. Mr. Morrill's bill provides to establish an educational fund from the proceeds of public lands, and one by Mr. Faulkner to give a pension of ?2,000 a year to the widow of General Crook ; also a joint resolution by Mr. George to amend the constitution so as to empower congress to make all laws that are necessary and proper to suppress combinations in re straint of trade or production, ana ro prevent transactions that create monopoly or increase or depress prices of commodities that are or may become subjects of commerce amoug States or with foreign nations. Mr. Morrill's bill provides that all the money received from the sale of public lands and three-fourths of the money received from the laud grant railroads, shall be set aside for an educational fund to bear interest at 4 per cent. One half of this income is to be divided among the agricultural colleges until the sum paid to each shall equal $2^,000 annually, when the balance shall be turned in with the other half of the income, to be used for general educational purposes. This money is to be divided among the States and territories and the district of Columbia, for the purpose of maintaining a system of free schools, and the division for the first 4 years shall be on the basis of proportion of illiterate persons between 1 ana 21 years of age to the whole population of each State. After the first few years the division shall be equal. It is provided that the legislature of each State or Territory shall accept the terms of the bill, and that each State shall maintain a free common school system for at least three months in the year until January 1, 1892, and for at least four months each year thereafter. There is to be no discrimination between black and white in any one school, but different schools may be established, one for the black, and the other for the white race. It Was Fixed fou John.?"My husband doesn't chew any more tobacco," said a newly married woman, to a party of friends, "or at least he doesn't where I can see him." "How did you stop him ?" they all asked. "The morning after we were married," began the lady, "and he and I were sitting on the front porch, I noticed he was ill at ease, and finally I asked him what was the matter with him." "'My darling,' he said, taking myhands, 'there is something I should have told you before we were married.' "'What is it?' I gasped, as the vision of another woman swept over me. "'Love,'he answered,'I am an inveterate tobacco-chewer. Can you, will you forgive me?' "As he finished I slipped my .hands from his, and, drawing out a box of snuff and a brush, I said : "'(), John, I am so glad you spoke of it, for I'm nearly crazy for a dip.' "His face was a picture, I can tell you, and in less than three minutes we had entered into a solemn compact to forever abstain from the weed." "And did you really use snuff before you were married?" asked one of the ladies. "No," answered the wife but, "but I was fixed for John." HOW? "Can the world know a man has a good thing unless he advertises the possession of it."?Vanohkbilt. EQH lil^ U/BITP /? WW III I * WV wherever you live, and we will ship you a ^fine instrument on 15 Days' Test Trial in your own home. + NO CASH REQUIRED Until you have tested and approved. Our freight both ways if instrument fails to please in either style, price or quality. Ours the risk, yoursonly to give fair and lull test, and buy if fully pleased. 40,000 Southern Homes Supplied by us since 187000 this TEST TRIAL PLAN, first introduced in the South by us. Fairest method of sale possible, and a great benefit to those at a distance who cannot visit our ware-rooms ALL RISK SAVED By this trial plan, and purchasers absolutely assured perfect instruments at the very lowest possible cost. Selling only the best instruments mads, that will stand the mostsevereand comprehensive tests, we do not fear to send them out on trial and let them stand solely on their merits. All we ask is the privilege of shipping on approval. No suit, no pay. Our freights if we fail, EASY TO BUY From us by correspondence. No matter whether you live either ten or a thousand miles from us. We ship to all Southern States. Our system is perfect. Prices in plain print and alike to all. Onf nrirp nn1? Mn mr\r+ ?? ? !?? T ? Discounts from makers prices. All competition met. Complete outfits free. All freight paid. Easy installments. Every inducement that any fair dealing house can offer. Write for Valuable Information. Catalogues, Circulars, Special Fall Offers-1889. Copy of new Paper-"Sharps and Flats ALL FREE. Address I UDDEN & BATES, L SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE, SAVANNAH, CA. nviYsoKT "Deal with the men who advertise. Vou Will never lose tjy it."?Bon. Fkankli.v. J?* Write L. & B. S. M. H. about it. THE DESERTER. U. W. HEED, CRKIUHTON, SHEKEESSEE A CO. (Fnrmerly Sup't. Statfwville Iron Work*) Proprietors. Superintendent. ROCK HILL MACHINE WORKS, Rook Hill, S. C., ARE now prepared to REPAIR MACHINERY of all kinds. Satisfaction guaranteed. Why send elsewhere to have your Engine, Boiler, Saw Mill, Thresher, Gin, &c., Repaired, When you can have it done as well, IF NOT IJKTTKK, and certainly QUICKER AND CHEAPER AT HOME P As we represent some of tho leading manufacturers, wo are prepared to estimate on ENGINES. BOILERS. fl A TTT lfTT T O an. w mxjLiija, GRIST MILLS, WIND MILLS, THRESHERS, &C.. And all kinds of Wood Working Machinery. Correspondence Solicited. As onr BLACKSMITH AND WHEELWRIGHT SHOPS are now run by steam, wo are prepared to do all kinds of Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Wood Work, With dispatch and on reasonable terms. CREIGHTPN, SIIERFESEE ifc CO., Rock Hill, S. C. BRIDGE CONTRACT TO LET. OFFICE OF COUNTY (JUMJVliaaiUiXiiin.T OF YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. NOTICE is hereby given that the COUNTY COMMISSIONER in charge of the Section in which the same is situated, will, on TUESDAY, THE 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 1890, at 11 o'clock A. M., attend at the BRIDGE OVER DUTCHMAN CREEK, on the road leading from Ebenezer to Neely's Ferry, for the purnose of letting out to the lowest responsible bidder, the contract for BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE over said creek, at the place mentioned. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Specifications can be examined at the office of the County Commissioners in Yorkville. By order of the Board of County Commissioners of York county. D. E. FINLEY, Clerk of Board, March 19 12 5t SOLE AGENT. THIS will certify that SAM M. GRIST, of Yorkville, S. C., has been appointed as SOLE AGENT for the sale of CORBIN 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 APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE^ NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administrators of the estate of THOMAS S. NEELY, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate of York county, on THE 19TH DAY OF APRIL next, at 12 o'clock M., when they will make application for a final discharge from liability as Administrators of the said estate. J. B. ?fc A. T. NEELY, Administrators. March 19 12 5t* O. K. SPKNCER, N. W. HARDIN, Yorkville, S. C. Black's S. C. SPENCER A HARDIN. ATTORNEYS AT LA W, Itlack.sburg, S. C. WE make a specialty of collections. All business entrusted to us will be given prompt and careful attention. D. K. FINLEY. J. S. RRICE* FINLEY A RRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will bo given prompt attention. OFFICE OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. THE DESERTER. ALOIVZO ROSE, Hickory Grove, S. C., DKAI.KK IN FINE WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINES AND TOBACCOS. Special Prompt Attention given to Orders. March 19 12 ly CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Heal Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. "I WOULD NOT PRETEND What Mr. W. Holmes JH Leading Farmers, an?l Han, has to say about tl Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Mr several years, and consider it the most useful a I have any knowledge. Mr. Corbin has done r I reformers, etc., combined. He has done soin< benefitted by the use of the Harrow, and the profit. It is almost the only so-called improve that would do all its manufacturers claimed fo Every farmer should have one and a man who ii able to buy a Corbin Disk Harrow. The time considered as much of a necessity on the farm as and I might say, the plow ; and the sooner it com farmer, who lias boon accustomed to the old wa; how much time and labor he has literally was conclusion, let mo say that I would not pretend tc SCTTFIDUIjEI From Columbia t< In Effect Marc Going North. No. 53 | No. 39 11 Daily STATIONS. Daily except Sunday A. M. A. M. ! ~ Leave Columbia 9 00 ! .. Leave Kingville 9 50 1 .. Leave Camden 11 40 9 00 < .. Leave Laucaster 1 09 1 15 1 .. Leave Catawba June. 1 4H 2 50 1 .. Leave Roddey's 1 52 3 00 1 .. Leave Leslie's 1 5(5 3 10 Leave Rock Hill 2 20 3 50 Leave Old Point 2 25 4 00 Leave Newport 2 33 4 15 Leave Tirzah 2 39 4 30 Leave Yorkville 2 50 5 10 Leave Sharon 3 05 5 40 i .. Leave Hickory Grove 3 18 6 10 .. Leave Smyrna I .. Leave Blacksburg 3 45 (5 55 Leave Shelby 4 57 Arrive Rutherfordton 6 45 p. M. P. M. Connections.?At Camden, with South Carol R. R.; at Lancaster, with C. & C. R. R.; at Cataw ville, with C. & L. R. R.; at Blacksburg with A. & Blacksburg, S. C., March 26, 1890. JOH GARRY IRON ROC Manufacturers of all kindsof ? IRON ROOFING CEIMPBD AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, PIKE PEOOP DOOES, SHUTTEES 4C., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF Orders received by L. M. GRIST. THE DESERTER. LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. 1 WOULD respectfully announce to my old friends and the traveling public that I have returned to Yorkville, and in the future will give my personal attention to the LIVERY AND FEED STABLES so long conducted by me. Determined to merit public patronage, I I hope to receive a share of the same. I MY OMNIBUS Is still on the street, ready to convey passengers I to all departing trains, or from the trains to I any part of town. I FOR FUNERALS | I have an elegant HEARSE and also a CLAR- I ENCE COACH which will be sent to any part I of the couuty at short notice. Prices reason- 1 able. Buggies and other Vehicles | On hand for sale. Bargains in either new or I second-hand Vehicles. ? HAVE YOUR HORSES FED * At the Yorkville Liverv and Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, i Thoroughly fitted up with new back- i grounds,accessories, Ac., and with a fine j sky-light, I am preparou to tako a picture in i any style of the art, as well oxecuteu as can be j done elsewhere. I CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY, i By the dry plate process I can take them in- I. stantly ; makes no diiference about fair or t cloudy weather. L I do all my own priuting and finishing, and I there is very little delay in delivery. I. ENLARGED WORK. * Pictures copied and enlarged aud finished in the highest style to be had, and prices reason- q able. Give me a call and see specimens of work, at y my Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the g jail. J. R. SCHORB. t MERCHANTS'HOTEL, c BLACKSBURG. S. C. fJlABLKS set with the best the season airords. Neat and comfortable rooms. fi Polite attention to guests. 6 Porters meet all trains. Ladies to and from east and west-bound night trains are assured courteous attontion. Rates reasonable. J. W. THOMSON, Proprietor. February 5 6 tf THE DESERTER. COUNTY BONDS. Office of Treasurer of York County, Yorkville, S. C., March 8, 1890. ALL TAX-PAYERS OF CHEROKEE, BROAD RIVER, YORK, EBENEZER and CATAWBA TOWNSHIPS, who paid ? taxes levied for interest on CHARLESTON, T CINCINNATI AND CHICAGO RAILROAD BONDS, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1887, and to whom the same has not been refunded, are earnestly requested to f call at the TREASURER'S OFFICE FOR THE SAME. This only applies to those who fi Enid taxes beforo the 1ST DAY OF JANUA- ir ;Y, 1889. After that date no Railroad Taxes w were collected. H. A. I). NEELY, County Treasurer. March 12 11 fit J1 U\ 1) I!RTAKI V<U. 1 mam?nn 1AM handling a first class line of Coffins 0 and Caskets which I will sell at the very j; lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furni- ' ture at reasonable prices. J. KD. JEFFREYS. January 22 4 tf * EXCHANGE BANK, oi Yorkville, S. C. w T. S. JEFFERYS President. JOS. F. WALLACE, Vice-President. FRANK A. GILBERT, Cashier. Organized September 1, 1H87. THE BANK will receive Deposits, buy and 1 sell Exchange, make Loans and do a gon- < eral Banking Business. n The officers tender their courteous services to its patrons and the public generally. {, Banking hours from It A. M. to 5 P. M. j, ,1( May 15 20 ly MONEY TO LOAN ON IMPROVED FARM LANDS, in sums of $.'100 and upward. LOANS REPAYA- ' BL10 in small ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, Si through a period of 5 years, thus enabling tho O borrower to pay off his indebtedness without F exhausting his crop in any ono year. F Apply to (J. E. SPENCER, Attorney, T Yorkville, S. C. T I October 10 42 0m j A TO FARM WITHOUT IT." [ardln, one of Chester's a Practical, Observing ie Corbin IMsk Marrow. Chestkb, S. C., March 27, 1890. : I have owned a Corbin Disk Harrow for nd economical fanning implement of which noro for the farmer than all the politicians, Jthing practical. No farmer can fail to be more it is used the greater the benefit or id farming implement that I have ever seen r it, and the only one that would do more. i able to buy fertilizers for bis land is more will come when the Corbin Harrow will bo the wagon, sowing machine, cooking stove, os the better for the farmer. It only takes a y of doing things, about one hour to realize hofnt-n lin nun/1 fho Prtrhin Harrnw. Tfl ) farm without it. Respectfully, W. HOLMES HARDIN. S OF THE > Rutherfordton. h 31, 1890. No. 38 | No. 52 i Going South. Daily except Daily STATIONS. Sunday A. M. A. M. 9 oft Leave Rutherfordton 11 4ft Leaye Shelby 8 ftO 12 4ft ..0. Leave Blacksburg Leave Smyrna 9 40 1 15 Leave Hickory Grove 10 10 1 30 Leave Sharon 10 55 1 4ft Leave Yorkville 11 1ft 1 50 Leave Tirzah 10 30 2 02 Leave Newport 11 50 2 08 Leave Old Point 12 40 2 20 Leave Rock Hill 1 00 2 28 Leave Leslie's 1 1ft 2 32 Leave Roddey's 2 50 2 30 Leave Catawba June. 4 30 3 12 Leave Lancaster 7 30 4 34 Leave Camden 6 20 Leave Kingville 7 Oft Arrive Columbia p. M. P. M. ina Railway; at Rock Hill, with C., C. <fc A. ba Junction, witb (J., C. <fe N. K. K.; at York. C. A. L. R. R. N F. JONES, Supt. and Traffic Manager. >FING_COMPANY, g IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. jHKplk 152 TO 158 MERWIN ST Cleveland., O. Hjjpr r/SB* Send for Circular and w "^r i Price List No 75i IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. UCHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO., Sonth Carolina Divloion. COLUMBIA., 8. CUL E In Effect January 5, 1890. (Trains run by 75th Meridian time.) south bound. No. 50. No. 52. Daily. Daily. .eave New York, 12.15 Night 4.30 P. M. jeave Philadelphia,... 7.20 A. M. 6.57 P. M. jeaye Baltimore, 9.45 A. M. 9.30 P. M. jeave Washington, 11.24 A. M. 11.00 P. M. jeaye Richmond, 3.00 P. M. 2.30 A. M. jeave Greensboro, 10.37 P. M. 9.50 A. M. jeave Salisbury, 12.32 P. M. 11.23 A. M. jeave Charlotte, 2.20 A.M. 1.00 P. M. jeave Rock Hill, 3.17 A.M. 1.57 P. M. jeave Chester, 3.58 A. M. 2.40 P. M. jeave Winnsboro', 4.59 A. M. 3.39 P. M. Arrive at Columbia 6.30 A.M. 5.10 P.M. .navft Columbia 6.55 A. M. 5.30 P. M. jeave Johnston's 9.00 A. M. 7.33 P. M. 7 .ieave Trenton 9.10 A. M. 7.50 P. ieave Graniteville, 9.50 A.M. 8.20 P.,M?>n irrive at Augusta 10.30 A. M. 9.00 P. M. irrive at Charleston, 11.00 A. M. 9.30 P. M. Lrrive at .Savannah,. 5.40 P. M. 6.30 A. M. NORTH ROUND. No. 53. No. 51. Daily. Daily. ieave Augusta 8.50 A. M. 6.10 P. M. .eavo Graniteville, 9.30 A. M. 7.10 P. M. ieave Trenton, 10.04 A. M. 7.50 P. M. ,eave Johnston's, 10.21 A. M. 8.10 P. M. ,eaveColumbia, 12.50 P. M. 10.35 P. M. .save Winnsboro' 2.24 P. M. 12.16 P. M. ieave Chester, 3.33 P. M. 1.20 A. M. ieave Rock Hill, 4.16 P. M. 2.05 A. M. ieave Charlotte, 5.15 P. M. 3.13 A. M. ,eavo Salisbury, 7.05 P. M. 6.22 A. M. ieave Greensboro, 8.40 P. M. 8.00 A. M, ieave Richmond, 5.15 A. M. 3.30 P. M. ieave Washington, 6.53 A. M. 7.13 P. M. ieave Baltimore, 8.25 A. M. 11.25 P. M. ieave 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 b.etween Augusta and ireensboro, on trains 50 and 51. Vullmnn Mloenincr CVrs between Anirnsta and Washington, on trains 52 and 53. OL. HASS, JAS. L. TAYLOR, 1). CAUDWELL, raffic Manager. Gen'l Pa*H. Agent. D. P. A.,Columbia,S. C, !. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains' j from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., daily xcept Sunday, taking effect January 5,1890: GOING SOUTH. ,eave Lenoi 8.25 A. M, ,eave Hickory 9.35 A. M. leave Newton 10.10 A. M. ,eave Lincoluton 11.00 A. M. leave Dallas, 11.50 A. M. leave Gastonia 12.10 P. M." leave Clover, 12.46 P. M. ,eaye Yorkville, 1.20 P. M. leave Guthriesville 1.42 P. M. leave McConnellsville, 1.49 P. M. leave Lowrysville, 2.05 P. M. Lrrive at Chester 2.30 P. M. GOING NORTH. leave Chester, 3.40 P. M. leave Lowrysville, 4.00 P. M. leave McConnellsville, 4.22 P. M. cave Guthriesville, 4.30 P. M, leave Yorkville 5.00 P. M. ,eave Clover, 5.32 P. M. leave Gastonia, 6.11 P. M. leave Dallas, 6.46 P. M. leave Lincolnton, 7.32 P. M. leave Newton..., 8.21 P. M. leave Hickory, 9.00 P. M. .rriveat Lenoir, 10.12 P. M. Uk MASS, J. L.. 1AXL.UK, U. L/IRimr.bli. rnffic Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent D. P. A., Columbia, 5. C. PIANOS AND ORGANS." rHE BEAUTIFUL AND SWEET-TONED WESER CABINET GRAND PIANO, ill iron frame, overstrung scale, three strings 1 unison, improved repeating action, fine frct ork, in Rosewood Case, is a Model of Art and Beauty. t is without doubt thecheapest Pianoeversold i this section. With each instrument I sell, I ive FREE OF CHARGE, a beautiful Piano carf, an elegant Stool and an Instruction Book. ORGANS. I have accepted the Agency for one of the irgest and most celebrated Organ Companies 1 the United States, and will otter the cheapest rgan sold in York county. I inviteall to exmine these celebrated instruments. I have made arrangements to handle SECND-HAND PIANOS, which are put in persct order before leaving the factory, and each ne will be sold at a very low figure. Come ml see and the price will astonish you. Tuning and Repairing. T am nrenared to TUNE AN If WI.'I'ATR IANOS in any part of the country, anil shall mleavor to give entire satisfaction to parlies ho entrust their work to me. Respectfully, _R. J. HERN DON. March 12 7 3m DENTISTRY. 'jw 1 AM again lieforo the public flM&SSaL asking their attention to the prices ^-uTTTP below: ne Upper or Lower Set of Teeth, $10 00 artial Sets, one Tooth on Plate, 1 f>0 artial Sets, two Teeth on Plate, 2 (X) artial Set, three Teeth on Plato, 3 00 pir- All work guaranteed. I will have my Office with Dr. CARTntUJlIT, who will at any time, in my abiiico, EXTRACT TKETII, TAKE IMPULSIONS, etc., for me. Cotno to see mo beforo you havo your work 3110. w. M. WALKER, I). D.S. September IS 38 tf Hie (^uquitcr. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. TEIIMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ingle copy for one year, 2 00 no copy for two years, Jt 50 or six months, I 00 or three months, 50 wo copies for one year, 5 50 en copies one year 17 50 nil an extra copy for a club of ten.