Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 23, 1890, Image 4

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tumorous Jjcpartmcut. THE FUNNEL-SHAPED CLOUD. ^ When the colonel reached home the hour was late, or early, rather. The colonel's wife, who excuses none of the foibles which men inculcate, met the colonel with a freezing look. The colonel, who is usually skillfully inventive, "lost his head" when he saw his wife's face. Wife?"What made you so late?" Colonel (after an embarrassing hesitation)?"I was detained." "What detained you?" "Tell you what'3 a fact. Yesterday evening a funnel-shaped cloud came along and blew me against a wall?'gainst a wall?and the doctor worked five hours in trying to bring me around all right." \ "A funnel-shaped cloud?" "Yes." "Are you sure it was a cloud ?" "Course I am." "I didn't know. I thought that probably it was clearer than a cloud. Oh, yes,1 now I see! A man took the thing that looks like a funnel, put the small end of it into a bottle and poured something into! it. Those funnel-shaped cloud3 are very] dangerous. They throw men against walls j and not infrequently throw them on the ground." -\ "There you go! Most suspicious woman I evor saw. Got no sympathy; man works himself to death and woman suspects him. Never saw the like in my life. Haven't taken a drink in three weeks. Never saw the like in my life. Nobody to sympathize with me. Used to think you cared something for me. Now I know you don't. Never saw the like in my life. Haven't taken a drink in three weeks." "I didn't say that you had been drink-T ing." "No, but you might as well. Keep hinting around. Never saw the like in my life. Nobody to sympathize with me. Used to think you cared something for me, but now I know you don't." "If you haven't been drinking anything why is it you are so drunk ?" "Who's so drunk ?" "You are." "There you go! Never saw the like in my life. No use for a man to try to do anything when his wife is against him. Well, I must go to"bed now. Never saw the like in my life." HOW HE WON THE JEWEL. "Nathan, you are married, I understand," said the governor of Tennessee, addressing a hillside constituent. "Yes, sir, captured the best-looking girl in the whole community. Old Lige Peterson's daughter, Rose. You knowed her, I reckon." "Yes, but I thought that she was engaged to Sara Parker." "She was, but I got ahead of him. Tell you how it was. She loved Sam powerful^ for he is the best circuit-rider we have ever had. I loved Rose, and was might'Iy downcast, for I thought thar wa'n't no use in buckin' agin him. Well, the day for the marriage was set, and a passu 1 of us come to town to see the weddin', for Rose 'lowed that she wanted to be married in town, and then take the cars for home, thereby gittin' a ten-mile bridal tower. When we got to town, lo and behold, there was a circus, with mo' horses than a strong man could shake a pole at. Rose was mighty keen to go to the show, but Sam says, says he, 'Rose, you know it's agin my religion, an' therefo' we cant go. Stay here till I go an' git the license.' Rose's under jaw dropped. When Sara was gone I says, says I, 'Rose, wouldn't you like to go to that show ?' " 'Yes but Sam won't take me.' " 'That's bad, Rose, fur they've got a world of horses.' "Then she turned up and began to cry. 'Rose, says I, 'if you marry Sam you kan't go to the show; that's certain, but if you marry me I'll take you.' She studies a while, and says, says she, 'An' let me stay to the concert airter the big show's over ?' " 'Yes.' " 'An' let me look at the monkeys all I want to?' "Tibby sho'.' " 'An' won't pull an haul me aroun' ? T A _ A 1 - J Ol wnen i get mieresieu : "No, sw'ar I won't.' "4 An' when the show's over will you let me look at the monkeys again ?' "Yes.' 41 VNath,' said she, puttin' her hand mighty lovin'ly on my arm, 4I'm your'n.' Then I jumj>ed up, popped my heels together, an' in less'n a half hour we was dun married an' a-lookin' at the monkeys. That's the way I won that jewel, governor." v t > t < Dignity of the Court.?The following incident which is vouched for as fact, is of a judge who had a very lofty idea of his own legal capacity, and was at the same time anxious to sustain the dignity of the court. A "shooting case" came before him. There was no direct evidence as to the perpetrator of the murder; but the individual arrested was well known, and, indeed, confessed the deed. When brought into court, the judge cautioned the prisoner not to commit himself; but to remember his rights as a free citizen; and that, above all things, he must not interrupt the proceedings of the court. After this friendly warning, the judge proceeded to state he, the prisoner, was accused of having, on such a date, shot the deceased. Upon this the prisoner broke in: 44 Wal, an'so I did." The judge was annoyed at the interruption. "Hold your tongue, sir!" he exclaimed ; "haven't I told you not to commit yourself, nor to interrupt me? I will commit you for contempt of court, if you do so again!" he added, sternly. He then repeated the accusation, upon which the prisoner again broke in: "I have told ye afore that I killed?" Thejudge's indignation was intense at this second interruption, and he demanded : "Mr. Sheriff, what is your evidence?" "I have nothing but circumstantial evidence, your Honor, and the prisoner's own confession." "Then," said the judge, "I discharge the prisoner on this accusation, but commit him for contempt of court." Why We Have Old Maids.?She was very young, and her school was a district school near her father's farm. She was drawing a salary of $40 per month. An agent of one of the prominent music houses of St. Paul went traveling through that portion of the State selling organs. For several days he made ineffectual attempts to engage the interest of the schoolmistress. The business of negotiating for the organ she left entirely to her parents, and the young exquisite felt as though he were left out in the cold. So he asked her one day : "Why is it that so many schoolma'ams are old maids?" With perfect "sang froid" she replied : "Because we do not care to give a $40 salary for a $30 man."?[Detroit News. Not Qualified to Judge.?A case came up in court over which Judge Brill presides in St. Paul, in which a big colored woman was a witness. She testified that she had whipped her little boy very severely, and she went on with the story of the exceedingly stiff beating she had administered, the Judge's clear brow grew a little darker, and interrupted her to ask if it had been necessary to chastise the boy so severely. The colored lady looked astonished at the question. Gazing intently at the court, she inquired : "Jedge, was you eber de father of a wuthlSss mulatter boy ?" "No, no," said the judge hastily. "Then, jedge, you don't know nuffin about de case." A Warning.?"You didn't kiss me before you left the house this morning, John." "Didn't I ? Then I must have forgotten, dear, having so much on ray mind." "You didn't forget to kiss the servant girl, though. 1 saw you." "Did you? Then it must have been in a fit of absent-mindedness. I must have taken her for you." "Well, it maybe so; but if ever your absent-mindedness takes that form again I'll be at mother's when you return home." ?[Boston Courier. Ought to Know.?a justice of the peace who had just married a couple, turned to a man and said: "I don't believe that the woman will love, serve and obey him." "I don't know," some one replied, "she seems to be a very amiable woman." "I don't think she is," the justice replied. "Why so?" "Because she used to be my wife." Then he Didn't.?a young man was calling on a congressman's daughter the other evening when the father appeared at parlor door. \May I come in ?" heasked hesitatingly. ^ yh, yes," she answered, "you may, \e have a quorum without you. inside #ittltmu{|!5. fsSp- In Bengal there are 48,644 widows under ten years of age. Ha?* The Maine ice harvest is estimated as close to two million tons. SG?n Which is the most questionable letter in the alphabet? A queer-E. The worst mistake a funny man can make is to be funny at the wrong time. 5??" Bob Ingersoll says he will smoke as long as i.e lives. And probably a good deal longer! AST A Swiss watchmaker has invented a watch for the blind, with a peg in the middle of each figure. AST Your business, of which you are so proud, is as much the mistakes of rivals as of your own ability. S&" The two great wants of the dayBetter mail service abroad and better female service at home. A?"" The man who has shown his capability of taking care of himself never lacks for others to take care of. y&aiF' A Spaniard is said to have recently Taken out a patent upon a process by which grasshoppers are made into soap. AS" A wit seeing the name "Haswell" upon a door, said that the gentleman's * .?? ?tit *- zr name would do as uea wimuui mo Jgy At one time in a man's life he is too young to know what he says, and at another he is too old to say what he knows. fiST About the only pleasure some men take in knowing a thing is laughing at the. ignorance of a man who does not know it. It is proposed to reduce cow's milk 'to a dry powder, as being better for transportation and superior to condensed milk. I^-Take conceit away from the average man, and there is nothing left of him except a capacity to chew victuals and digest them. Tippecanoe, the leader of Forelaugh's herd of elephants, died the other morning at the age of one hundred and fourteen years. fST It takes twice as many lumps of sugar in these days to sweeten a cup of coffee as it did ten years ago. Adulteration is the reason why. E&? A writer speaks of a people in Mayocoba who are "two thousand years behind the times." It is inferred that they don't advertise. jjg^-In Chicago horses are curried by steam, and according to the Iron Age, a pair of brushes puts 150 horses through their toiiet in two hours. jSTSenator Blair's speech on the education bill has been published in compact form in the Congressional Record and fills ninety-four quarto page8. f When Cleveland went out of office he left a surplus of $100,000,000 in the treasury. When Harrison goes out there will be only a hole in the ground. 8&?A Georgia editor says: "In remitting your subscription do not say,'Please find enclosed one dollar.' We are bound to be pleased without asking." I?* Do you ever think, when you are wasting your money, that unless you reform, the men you hate the worst may some day be called upon to help bury you ? I?" The cosmopolitan character of our population is illustrated by the fact that it is necessary to distribute the Bible in twenty-nine languages in Pennsylvania alone. vj?** Education does not seem to make people any the less superstitious. About fifteen hundred different kinds of dream books are in the market, and all of them find buyers. When a man fancies himself in love ojith tu.'n wnmpn At, the same time, it is safe to conclude that he is in love with neither the one nor the other, but with certain characteristics of each. SST- With the view of testing the rapidity of electric welding, twenty pieces of one-inch common round iron bars with rough ends were recently welded together by two men in thirteen minutes. tGF" The greatest elevation ever attained by a balloonist was 37,090 feet, or about seven miles. The ascent was made Sept. 5,1862, at Wolverhampton, England. SOt A novelty in the insurance line is a policy by the terms of which baggage going abroad is insured against marine loss while on shipboard, and against fire loss while the owner is traveling in Europe. A young lady was recently admitted -lo the Massachusetts bar and married her first client. She lacked experience. A lawyer of the other sex would have got all the client's money without marrying him. 46T Good-morning, Mr. Grayson. Can't I show you some of our new suitings and trouserings?" "Not to-day. I only want a few collarings and cuffings; and, say, what can you give me in the way of good bootings ?" BfaT Mr. Olddunce?I want an engagement ring of appropriate design. Jeweller?What do think of two hearts in rubies? "'Twon't do. There's only one heart in this transaction. The girl is marrying for money." jgrThe extreme length of the city of Chicago is twenty-four miles, its extreme width is ten ten miles, its area is one hundred and seventy-four square miles, and its estimated population is one million, one hundred thousand. AST Dr. Greene, who is president of the Western Union Telegraph company, testified before the house committee that the Western Union has eighteen thousand and seven hundred offices, and handles fifty-seven million messages a year. "Your husband's in poor health, eh ? Why, he looked as hearty and robust as a prize-fighter two months ago." "Yes, I know; but about that time he bought a book entitled 'How to Keep Well,' and has been following its teachings ever since." As an instance of the wide spread use of analine dyes, it may be mentioned that in Gautemala, where for thirty years cochineal was the principle article of export, there is now no production of cochineal reported except a very small quantity for native use. J6TThere is now more snow in the Yoseraite Valley and the surrounding mountains than for many years. Stages will not be able to get into the valley before May. It is expected that the falls will beof remarkable volume, from the melting of the snow. Scientific farming in Italy is to be undertaken this year by a company owning a capital of twenty million dollars. If 11 r..i * i? mo operations prove succtssiui, me <uu wooden plough, pulled by oxen, that has held the field since before the Koinan Csesars, will have to go. 46T Electricity now alleviates the miseries of early rising by connecting the clock with the stove. At any required hour previous to awakening, the fire is kindled, and when the heat has reached a comfortable temperature an alarm is sounded for the benefit of the sleeper. 46TAunt Coupon?And now, Georgie, how do you like the fine gold watch I sent you on your birthday? Georgie?I liked it pretty well, auntie. After me an' Billy Smith got tired hearin' it tick we busted it open and took out der works. Bill's got der spring tied onto his dog. It's a bully dog,too! 46?" "O, Bobby," his mamma said, the other day, uis there any need of your keeping yourself so covered with dirt all the time?" "Yes, mamma," he answered, with a fine assumption of gravity; "you see I'm made of dirt, and 1 grow so fast that I couldn'tgeton at all if I didn't have some dirt on the outside to grow out of." 46T "Have you any braces?" asked a traveler at a Western store. "Find 'em at the saloon round the corner," said the merchant; and after the customer had retired with a puzzled look at the counter case of furnishing goods, the Western man scratched his head and said : "I wonder if that durned fool didn't want a pair of galluses?" 46?-In 1805 there were thirty-five translations of the Scriptures in existence. Since the formation of the British and Foreign Bible society in that year, ten million dollars have been expended in the work of circulating the Bible, and there are now, counting dialects as well as languages, nearly three hundred translations of the Scriptures. 46T Effie (to Mrs. Belweather, who has just been speaking of Mr. B.)?Why, Mrs. Belweather, I thought you hadn't any husband? Mrs. B.?Why, of course, I have, Effie. Do you mean to say that you don't know Mr. Belweather ? Yes, but I didn't suppose he was your husband. I thought you hadn't any. Papa said you married for money, and that was all you got." j HJistcUaucousi Reading. NO POLITICS IN THE ALLIANCE. PRESIDENT STACKHOUSE DEFINES THE POSITION OF THE ORDER. In reply to a letter of inquiry from M. J. Pate, editor of the alliance column of the Barnwell People, as to the relations of the ' alliance to politics, Col. E. T. Stackhouse, I president of the State alliance, has written . the following letter to Mr. Pate, which will be of interest to all members of the ' order in the State: I Little Rock, S. C., March 31,1890. j Mr. M. J. Pate, Barnwell, S. C.?Dear Bro.: Your letter of the 20th containing clipping, "The Alliance and its aims," and resolutions in reference to same by the Bamberg alliance, was received during ray absence from home last week. Perhaps I can best answer your letter by stating as briefly as possible what I conceive to be the relations of the alliance to politics. The first declaration of intention in our constitution says: "To labor for the education of the agricultural classes in the science of economical government, in a strictly non-partisan spirit." This declaration is full of suggestive ' " ** *1 u4. ;o tnougnis. ine iirsi uiuugui/ aug^cotcu is that these classes need to be educated in the science of economical government. This leads naturally to the inquiry, have these classes been careless about this kind of education, and if so has this carelessness made them the victims of vicious legislation, legislation that is unequal and oppressive to these classes. The alliance assumes (and we think correctly) that such has been the case. Tariff protection might be cited as an illustration of this kind of unequal and oppressive legislation. And it may be well to remark here, that tariff protection is more distinctly a party issue (as between the two great political parties in this country) than any other. Tariff protection taxes the agricultural classes?the largest consuming classes of manufactured products?to build up and enrich the great manufacturing industries of this country. The Republican party favors the protective policy. The Democratic party opposes it. The alliance bids its members to free themselves from partisan prejudices?the great party blind?and to examine this question in the light of reason and right and then to do what would be for "the greatest good to the greatest number." After briefly discussing the financial or money question, which he denominates more a class than a party measure, President Stackhouse continues: In the above brief allusions to the necessity of educating the agricultural classes I have trenched on the second important suggestion, viz: the spirit in which it is to be done?"in a strictly non-partisan spirit." That party zeal hinders or prevents investigation is too patent to rquire demonstration. This might be illustrated by a case in our own State and in your (Barnwell) county. I noticed quite recently that an honored and distinguished Carolinian, a citizen of your county and one of the most distinguished farmers in the State, was reported to have said: "I am a Democrat first, second a farmer." By which I understood him to mean that his love and his allegiance to the Democratic party was such that he held it to be wrong to discuss State policy inside of the Democratic party for fear of endangering Democratic supremacy in the State. I am sure that my distinguished friend held, as I hold, that there is nothing dishonest in the administration of our State government. This being admitted on all sides, where could be the danger of the proposed discussion of State policy?inside the Democratic party? Surely there could be no danger from such discussion if it be conducted in a non-partisan, non factious way, and alliance members will engage in such discussion in no other spirit. But the State alliance has made no legislative demands, and as an organization is not called upon to pass on the demands put forth by the "Farmers' Association." The alliance does not interfere with the political or religious preferences of its members. It is Democratic?majority rule of the membership. Legislative demands formulated by the State alliance would be submittted to the sub-alliances for ratification. When ratified it would become a State alliance demand, and the membership would vote for no man who was not pledged to work for its legal enactment. rnu~ 1^0 ,?oi.nn oni? JLUC tlXIltlUL'U IJJaiVCO UU n Ui vu MUJ J/VI4 V ical party. 'When it wants legislation it don't ask the candidate if he is a Democrat, Republican, Whig, Know-Nothing or Greenbacker; it simply takes a pledge that he will, if elected, work to secure the enactment of its measures, and lets him take his chances. The word "labor" in the declaration which we have been examining means effort at performance?it means there are to be no drones in the alliance hive while this educational work is needed. Now a word in reference to the article from the Barnwell People, and I close, and let me say that I see nothing in it to condemn. Your solicitude lest the alliance ship should be wrecked in the stormy sea of politics was no doubt shared by thousands of as good alliance men as there are in the State. Your fear that the alliance might become clannish and refuse to vote for any save members of the order will, I think, prove unfounded. The alliance method leaves each member free to vote for the candidate of his choice, provided he is right on measures, and education in the science of political economy is relied on to secure unity in support of measures, and it must be kept in mind that the State alliance has submitted no demands, consequently each member will determine for himself his duty as to men and measures. I said duty; yes, that is the word?dutyit carries the idea of relieving politics of sentiment and looks to the securing of economy and efficiency in government. There is another idea in the article which the alliance brotherhood should never for get: The danger of loading the alliance ship with self-seekers, who look to their own advancement from their connection with our order. Office-seekers should find no encouragement to enter the alliance. Alliance associations will better qualify us to select wisely our servants to fill the offices. In conclusion, it may not be improper for me to suggest to members of our order that in the discussion of the questions of State policy, as citizens?not as an organition?that they take into the discussion that broad charity which "construes words and deeds in their most favorable light, granting honesty of purpose and good intentions to others." Yours fraternally. E. T. Stack house, President S. C. S. F. A. Mexican Courtesy.?In Mexico a group of lads from 7 to 12 will meet and each will decorously lift his hat and salutations of extreme courtesy will be exchanged, and then comes the boyish chatter, the run and the laughter, the same as anywhere. Boys here treat their elders with respect. An old man or woman is not the butt of the youth of Mexico; rather for the old people are reserved the shadiest seats under the trees in the park. A Mexican boy or girl on entering a room walks around among the company, shaking hands with all, and on leaviug the room does the same. Urbanity is taught in the public schools, as arithmetic is at home. There is no one jostled on the street; the best seat in a horse car is promptly given up to ladies, who never fail to gracefully acknowledge the favor. I have never seen a Mexican gentleman fail to give his seat to a woman, whofhpr ehp i? rifhlv nr nnnrlv dressed. ?[Mexico Letter. The Mother Instinct.?Not very loop: ago, according to the Cambridge, Mass., Chronicle, the Rev. l)r. Phillips Brooks called on a friend in that city who is the mother of three children?two boys and a little girl. Dr. Brooks soon had all three of the little folks about him and was questioning them in regard to their views of an occupation when they should be "grown up." One boy would be an architect, he said, and planQueene ADne houses; the other thought he would be a poet, like his late distinguished grandfather. "And what would you wish to be my dear?" said the clergyman to the little four-year old daughter of the house. "I think, sir," she replied modestly, as she carressed her doll, "that I should like to be a mother." A Word to Young Men.?Young men make a sad mistake when they think it necessary that they should have a personal acquaintance with the dark and seamy side of life, Many a man who has peered into the abyss "just to see what it was like," has lost his balance and fallen , almost hopelessly. A young man was talking to a pilot on one of our big steamers. "How long," he asked, "have you been a pilot on these water?" The old man replied, "Twenty-five years; and I came up and down many times before I was pilot." "Then," said the young man, "I should think you must know every rock and sand-bank on the river." The old man smiled at the youth's simplicity, and replied, "Oh, no, I don't; but I know where the deep water is." That is what we want?to know the safe path and keep to it. THE TEKKOlToF BATTLE. During the war we used to read of companies falling back, regiments giving ground, and brigades becoming demoralized, and the average reader took it for cowardice and openly expressed its contempt. No man ever went into battle twice alike. No company, regiment or brigade were ever situated twice alike. A man may be very brave in one battle and very timid in the next. His physical and mental conditions have much to do with it. A private soldier knows the position of his entire brigade in a fight. If the position is a strong one he is encouraged ; if the flanks are exposed or the defenses are weak he is nervous and apprehensive. It is a grand stake the soldier plays for in battle. If he wins he may live on until the next fight. If he loses he gets a headstone in a national cemetery. I cannot v.nlm linn nnflorotonfl fViti aitnatinn hoftor (ljtllvu j uu UUVIUI outuu niv u? vvimvivi* vuv%v? thau to give you personal experiences. The great majority of soldiers had the same feeling and passed through the same experiences. At first Bull Run my brigade gained ground for several hours. This, with a small loss of men, kept us encouraged. Indeed, it was hard for the officers to restrain us. Every man was hopeful and determined, and any single company would have charged a regiment. The panic had upset thousands before it touched us. Indeed, the retreat had been going on for two hours before we got word. We were well in hand and ready to advance when the news reached us. In five minutes every man was shaky. In ten minutes men whose faces were powder-stained were sneaking out of the ranks to gain the rear. In a quarter of an hour half a company of Confederates could have driven the whole brigade like a flock of sheep. I saw men cry like children. I saw others tremble and sit down from weakness. Every fresh report added to the feeling of terror, and by and by pride and discipline gave away to a grand rush, and it was every man for himself. No one would stop to reason. No one cared whether his comrade was ahead or behind. This was called cowardice, but it was not. It was panic?the terror of battle?a senseless but powerful something which seizes the bravest men and makes children of them. In the streets of Fredericksburg I sawFederal soldiers discharge their muskets into the air, when the enemy was within point-blank range. I saw plenty of them drop on their faces, and tremble, and groan, and cry. This was a case where every man saw the hopelessness of attack. He felt that he was pushed forward to be shot down. There was no way for retreat until the lines should fall back. On the other hand, the Confederate troops posted behind the stone wall at the foot of Marye's hill joked and smoked and were in the highest spirits, feeling themselves secure from bullets, and knowing they could beat back any force. One of them told me that after taking dead aim on thirteen different men and dropping every one of them he refrained from firing the next quarter of an hour, out of sheer pity for the human targets being shoved up to meet death. At Malvern Hill my regiment lay in the dry bed of a creek, at the foot of the elevation. It was a natural rifle-pit, and sheltered us so well that we had only a slight loss in killed and wounded. As the Confederates charged across the fields we felt to pity tnera. vvepourea in our volleys without fear of danger in return, and out of live Confederates who rushed into our lines in their bewilderment three were crying and sobbing. It wasn't cowardice but terror. No coward could have been induced to march across those meadows in the face of that terrific fire from canon and musketry. At Cold Harbor, after beating off everything in our front, while most of the men were cheering, someone started the report that the Confederates had gained our rear. Two thousand men broke back like a lot of boys, some even throwing their guns away, and the jeers of other troops had no effect until the frenzy had time to evaporate. At Gettysburg my regiment had the cover of a stone wall, and we knew that we were well supported. We hoped for a charge, and when it came every man was cool and calm and confident. One band of prisoners numbering about thirty, was led past us on their way to the rear, and I noticed that many were crying and all were whitefaced. I have seen the best soldiers and the oldest fighters win their medals in one battle and show the white feather in the next. I saw a second lieutenant almost cry for the privilege of leading a charge at Antietam, and yet at Chantilly he fell into a ditch and pretended to be hit so as to drop behind in the charge. Cowards never go to war. If they get into ranks through the draft they desert or commit suicide. It is only the brave men who face the grim monster on a field of battle, and next to the foe his worst enemy is a terror, which seizes him as a chill or fever might come on, and tnere is no remeuy ior it except m get away from the screaming missiles of death until one's nerve and sand returns. More Advice To Smokers.?"Lots of advice has been given to smokers, but I'll tell you something which has never been written up and ought to be known." This was told by a reporter in the Grand Pacific last evening by one of the biggest tobacco dealers in New York. "Come into the cigar store," he went on "and you will notice that two out of three men will cough while lighting cigars." The first person who set fire to a cigar coughed quite violently. "Lidn't I tell you ?" exclaimed the lecturer. Two out of three will do that." "It's caused by the smoke." "Never. When you are about to smoke cut off the mouth end of the cigar, put the smoke end in the mouth, and then blow. Thi9 expels all the particles of tobacco and dust inside the cigar. When you have done this reverse the 'torch,' and you wont cough when lighting it. Those little bits of tobacco get down your throat, and are injurious. More people have been injured by swallowing these little specks than you have any idea of, yet they think they were hurt by inhaling the smoke.?[Chicago Tribune. The Effect of the Mortgage.?The misfortune which has come upon the farmers of the town of Germania, caused intense excitement all over Southern New Jersey. Over forty families are now homeless. Sheriff Johnson of Atlantic county, has sold within the last few days 200 farms to satisfy mortgages which had been foreclosed. The farms and land belonged to the Gloucester Land company, which was organized thirty years ago. The farmers purchased or leased their places from the land company, which was unable to meet its obligations to the S. It. Cowell estate, which held a mortgage of $30,000 on the land. The farmers didnot ? 4-;4-ir\o ni*AnQrfi7 a n il fnro. iluvt; clem utlt'n iu nit uuva .v<v [closure proceedings followed. One of the farmers evicted was George Ling. His misfortune made him crazy, and Tuesday night he set fire to his home and burned it to the ground, dying himself in the flames. Another farmer, Fred Wersho, has barricaded himself in his house and announces his intention to keep possession or die. The land has been bought by a New York and Baltimore syndicate. Buried Gold.?French statisticians are makinga curious calculation of theamount of gold which is annually buried in the United States. M. Victor Meunier asserts, after careful inquiries, that the American dentist insert in American teeth the enormous amount of 800 kilogrammes (about 1800 pounds) of the precious metal, which represents nearly four hundred and fifty thousand American dollars. This gold is never recovered, of course, but it is buried with the persons in whose mouth it is placed. Making allowance for the rapid increase of the population of the United States and for the continued deterioration of American teeth, it appears that in less a hundred years American cemeteries will contain a larger amount of gold than now exists in France. This is no fancy sketch as the pockets of every dentist, and especially every dentist's patient will attest.? [Dental Register. t$F To William of Orange may be ascribed the saying, "Die in the last ditch." When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces and asked him whether he did not see that the commonwealth was ruined, "There is one certain means," replied the prince, "by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin?I will dio in the last ditch." ^aw aud Reside. Must Work Together or Hang Separately.?No man ever made a truer statement than Henry Talcott did last week in the Ohio Farmer, when he said that the farmers of this country "must work together or hang separately." They have been hanging separately altogether too long. They nave hung separately until nearly every other chap has got the start of them. They have hung separately while other classes have been getting together and pushing their interests to the front. The farmer has just as important interests to consider as any one. More than this, the interests of all departments of agriculture are so nearly alike that what will benefit one will benefit all. For this reason there should be such a unity of purpose among farmers as would enable them to bring about any worthy desire without difficulty. Without unity there are many changes needed in the affairs of this country. Some of them are of great interest to the farmer. All farmers know this and they do not hesitate to say so. Why, then, should they not pull together u_: (I,/, <> Wi?k IU urilig ttUUUt IIIC CIIUJ3 UCOUCU i ff lili the numbers which they possess, if selfishness and prejudice were cast aside and all would work with a common purpose, the talk of getting things aright would be an easy one. But so long as every farmer is for himself alone and takes no active part in the management of affairs, these things will continue and most likely grow worse. The only way in which the evils which surround us can be corrected is action on our part. When we work together the world will move before us, but so long as we hang separately no one will take special pains to get out of our way.?[Pennsylvania Farmer. Pineapple Juice a Specific fob Diphtheria.?It is said that nature has her own remedy for every ill to which the flesh is heir. Some of her remedies havo not yet been discovered and some that have been found out have not yet become generally known. Medical science has long sought for a sovereign remedy for the scourge of childhood, diphtheria, yet the colored people of Louisiana, and perhaps other localities in the South, have for years known and used a cure which is remarkable for simplicity. It is nothing more or less than the juice of the pineapple. "The remedy is not mine," said a gentleman when interviewed, it has been used by the negroes down South for years. One of my children was down with diphtheria and was in a critical condition. An old colored man who had heard of the case asked if ho had tried pineapple juice. We tried it and the child got well. I have known it tried in hundreds of cases. I have told my friends about it whenever I have heard of a case and never knew it to fail. You get a ripe pineapple, squeeze out the juice and let the patient swallow it. The juice is of so corrosive a nature that it will cut out the diphtheria mucus, and if you will take the fruit before it is ripe and give it to a person who is well it makes the mucus membrane of his throat sore. Among those who have tried the cure on my recommendation I may mention Francis J. Kennet, the board of trade man, whose children were all down with diphtheria and were cured by this remedy.?[Nashville Citizen. Treatment for Bloat.?Mr. George H. Hogan, in Hoard's Dairyman, gives the following treatment for bloat in cattle: "When you know the animal has the bloat or colic from overeating, instead of puncturing the stomach, just get a smooth, round stick, say ten or twelve inches long and just large enough to keep the animal from getting its lips together when tied crossways in the mouth. Then fasten a string, long enough to go around the animal's head, back of the horns or ears, and tie it to the other end of the stick in the animal's mouth so as to make it keep its mouth open. This will annoy the animal so that it will try to dislodge the strick with its tongue, thus producing the semblance of regurgitation, and thus the animal will pump the wind or gas out of itself. After the immediate danger is averted, if the swelling does not subside, a good dose of soda, or anything to correct the acidity of the stomach, will answer every purpose." ? - Preparing Poultry Manure.?The best way to treat hen manure is to mix it with about twice its own bulk of muck or good soil as fast as it is gathered. First spread a layer of earth and on this a layer of the manure, and so continue until the pile is finished, always leaving a layer of the absorbent on top. There is no objection to keeping it moist, but if laid out on the ground uncovered there will necessarily be a great deal of loss. What you have on hand you should proceed to mix up thoroughly with soil that will work easily in a compost heap, keeping it covered from rain and working it over as often as may be necessary to get it into a condition in which it can be evenly spread on the ground where it is used. If in a wet condition it will require dry soil, and a good deal of it, before it can be spread easily from a shovel. D0~Y0U ENJOY T~GOOD SERIAL ? If You Do, Watch for the Opening; Chapters of "THE DESERTER," [LIEUTENANT IIAYNB, TIIE HERO.] TIIE publication of which will ho commenced in tho issuo of Tim Yoiikvillk Enquirer, for WEDNESDAY, APRIL :iof 189Q. This great story was written by CAPTAIN CHARLES KING, U. S. A., who is tho author of "Dunraven Ranch," now running in Tiik Enquirer, and which has attracted such widespread attention and given such gonoral satisfaction to our readers. The story of "The Deserter" Is Fascinating; Fnll of Exciting Situations; Intensely Interesting; Original ; Copyrighted; Illustrated. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE Pales and disappears beforo hard facts. We Sometimes have to wait for vindication, which is slow in coming. But the right wins?every time, and the "square man" comes out on top. The Enquirer will be sent three months for fifty cents. 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Fairest method of sale possible, and a great benefit to those at a distance who cannot visit our ware-roomi ALL RISK SAVED By this trial plan, and purchasers absolutely assured perfect instruments at the very lowest possible cost. Selling only the best instruments made, that will stand the most severe and 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 fiom us. We ship to all Southern States. Our system is perfect. Prices in plain print and alike to all. One price only. No more, no less. Large 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 OfTer8-l889. Copy of new Paper-"Sharps and Flats ALL FREE. Address I UDDEN & BATES, L SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE, SAVANNAH, CA. HnSysonT "Deal with the men who advertise. Vou Will never lose By it."?1'it.v. Fuanklin. 43~ Write L. & B. S. M. H. nhout it. (1. W. KEEI), CREIGHTOX, 8IIEKPESSEE 4 CO. (Formerly Sup't. Stntesvllle Iron Work*) Proprietors. Superintendent. ROCK HILL MACHINE WORKS, Roolt 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, flin fon Panoinatl uni) at., utjiautu, When vou can have it done as well, IP NOT BETTER, and certainly QUICKER AND CHEAPER AT HOME ? As we represent some of the loading manufacturers, we are preparod to estimate on ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, GRIIT MILLS, WIND MILLS, THRESHERS, &C. And all kinds of Wood Working Machinery. Correspondence Solicited. As our BLACKSMITH AND WHEELWRIGHT SHOPS are now run by steam, wo are preparod to do all kiuds of Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Wood Work, With dispatch and on reasonable terms. CREIGIITON, SHERFESEE <k CO., Rock Hill, S. C. REGISTRATION NOTICE. UFFIUK OUl'iSltViaUK ut nbiiisinAiiun, York County, Yorkville, April 8, 1890. NOTICE is hereby given that the books of registration will remain open in my office, as the law directs, on the FIRST MONDAY in each month until the FIRST MONDAY in July, 1890, when the law requires them to be closed until after the next general election. This is for the purpose of registering all persons who have become of age qualifying them to vote, or who may be entitled from other legal causes since the last election to register ; to transfer voters so desiring from York to another county, or from one residence to another. Voters desiring to ayail themselves of any of the aboye privileges, must make application before or on the FIRST MONDAY, 5TH DAY OF JULY, 1890. Lost registration certificates may be renewed to within THIRTY DAYS of the election, and those who become of legal age to vote between the 1st of July, 1890, and the day of the next general election, may register at any time before the election. The precincts of Black's Station, Cherokee township; McElwoo's Mill, Bethesda township; and Tirzah, in Ebenezer township, have been discontinued by act of the general assembly, and the following precincts have been designated in place ot those named: Blacksburg, in Cherokee township; Antiocli Church, in Bethesda township ; and Newport, in Ebenezer township. It will bo necessary for voters residing in the townships of Cherokee, Bethesda and Ebenezer, to renew their certificates of registration to conform to the changes in the names of the procinctsabove mentioned. F. HAPPERFIELD, Supervisor of Registration, York Co. April 9 . 15 13t May 1." ^20 ly DENTISTRY. 3k I AM again before the public asking their attention to the prices T.J J below: One Upper or Lower Set of Teeth, $10 00 Partial Sets, one Tooth on Plate, 1 50 Partial Sets, two Teeth on Plate, 2 00 Partial Set, three Teeth on Plate, 3 00 All work guaranteed. I will have my Office with Dr. CARTWRIGHT, who will at any time, in my absence, EXTRACT TEETH, TAKE IMPRESSIONS, etc., for me. Come to see me before you have your work done. W. M. WALKER, D. D. S. September 18 38 tf O. E. SPENCER, N. W. HARDIN, Yorkville, S. C. Black's S. C. SPENCER A HARDIN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, IIlackNbnre, S. C. WE make a specialty of collections. All business entrusted to us will be given prompt and careful attention. D. E. FINLEY. J. S. BRICE* FINLEY A BRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. ALONZOROSE, Hickory drove, S. C., DEALER 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 Real Estate. For sale at the I ENQUIRER OFFICE. "I WOULD NOT PRETEND What Mr. W. Holmes i Leading Farmers, am Man, has to say about 1 Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear fi> several years, and consider it the most useful I have any knowledge. Mr. Corbin has done reformers, etc., combined. He has done .soi benefitted by the use of the Harrow, and tl profit. It is almost the only so-called impro that would do all its manufacturers claimed , Every farmer should have one and a man whe I able to buy a Corbin Disk Harrow. The tiin considered as much of a necessity on the farm ' and I might say, the plow ; and the sooner it cc farmer, who has been accustomed to the old v how much time and labor ho has literally w conclusion, let me say that I would not pretend S CECEDUL] From Columbia i In Effect Ma Going North. | No. 53 i No. 39 | l Daily STATIONS. Daily except Sunday a. m. a. m Leave Columbia 5) (JO Leave Kingville 9 50 1 Leave Camden 11 40 9 00 Leave Lancaster 1 09 1 15 Leave Catawba June. 1 48 2 50 ' Leave Roddey's 1 52 3 00 j Leave Leslie's 1 50 3 10 Leave Rock Hill 2 20 3 50 1 Leave Old Point 2 25 4 00 | Leave Newport 2 33 4 15 i Leave Tirzah -2 39 4 30 ! Leave Yorkville 2 50 5 10 Leave Sharon 3 05 5 40 1 Leave Hickory Grove 3 18 G 10 1 Leave Smyrna Leave Hlacksburg 3 45 0 55 1 Leave Shelby 4 57 Arrive Rutherfordton 0 45 p. m. p. m. Connections.?At Camden, with South Cai R. R.; at Lancaster, with C. ifc C. R. R.; at Cats ville, with C. & L. R. R.; at Hlacksburg with A. Hlacksburg, S. C., March 26, 1890. JC GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kindsof ? IRON ROOFING CRIMPBD ANDilORRCGATBl) SIDING, jgTjj Iron Tile or Shingle, PIRB PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 Orders received by L. M. GRIST. LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. I 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 hope to receive a share of the same. MY OMNIBUS Is still on the street, ready to convey passengers to all departing trains, or from the trains to any part of town. FOR FUNERALS I have an elegant HEARSE and also a CLARENCE COACH which will be sent to any part of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable. R.> rvrrinu mwl nfhov Volllplotl On hand for sale. Bargains in either new or second-hand Vehicles. If AVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories, Ac., and with a fine sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in any style of the art, as well executed as can be done elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. By the dry plate process I can take them instantly ; makes no difference about fair or cloudy weather. I do all my own printing and finishing, and there is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in the highest style to be had, and prices reasonable. Give me a call and see specimens of work, at my Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. BRIDGE CONTRACT TO LET. OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 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 purpose of letting out to the lowest responsible bidder, the contract for BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE over said oreek, at the place mentioned. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Speciiications 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 MERCHANTS' HOTELr BLACKSBURG, S. C. FJIABLES sot with the best the season affords. Neat and comfortable rooms. Polito attention to guests. 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 G tf ~ COUNTY BONDS. Office of Treasurer of York County, Yorkvili.e, S. C., March 8, 1890. ALL TAX-PAYERS OF CHEROKEE, BROAD RIVER, YORK, EBENEZER and CATAWBA TOWNSHIPS, who paid taxes levied for interost on CHARLESTON, CINCINNATI AND CHICAGO RAILROAD BONDS, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 18X7, ami to whom the same has not been refunded, are earnestly requested to call at the TREASURER'S OFFICE FOR tuf. SAMF. This onlv annlies to those who paid taxes before the l&T DAY OF JANUARY, 1889. After that date no Railroad Taxes were collected. II. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. March 12 11 fit 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. January 22 4 tf EXCHANGE BANK, Yorkville, S. C. T. S. JEFFERYS President. JOS. F. WALLACE, Vice-President. FRANK A. GILBERT Cashier. Oraanlzcd September 1. 1887. THE BANK will receive Deposits, buy and sell Exchange, make Loans and do a general Banking Business. The officers tender their courteous seryices to its patrons and the public generally. ipS* Banking hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. MONEY TO LOAN ON IMPROVED FARM LANDS, in sums of $300 and upward. LOANS REPAYABLE in small ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, through a period of 5 years, thus enabling the borrower to pay off bis indebtedness without exhausting his crop in any one year. Apply to C. E. SPENCER, Attorney, Yorkville, S. C. October 16 42 6m SOLE ACCENT. TIIIS will certify that SAM M. GRIST, of Yorkville, S. C., has been appointed as SOLE AGENT for the sale of C'ORBIN DISK HARROWS, CORBIN ROAD CARTS, Ac., in and for the counties of YORK, CHESTER, LANCASTER and FAIRFIELD, in tho State of South Carolina. ST. LAWRENCE M'F'G CO. TO FARM WITHOUT IT." Karelin, one of Chester's [1 a Practical, Observing the Corbin Disk Harrow. Chester, S. C., March 27, 1890. ir: I have owned a Corbin Disk Harrow for and economical farming implement of which i more for the farmer than all the politicians, nothing practical. No farmer can fail to bo io more it is used the greater the benefit or ved farming implement that I have ever soon for it, and the only one that would do more. > is able to buy fertilizers for his land is more ie will come when the Corbin Harrow will bo as the wagon, sewing machine, cooking stove, >mes the better for the farmer. It only takes a t'ay of doing things, about one hour to realizo asted before ho used the Corbin Harrow. In to farm without it. Respectfully, W. HOLMES HARDIN. 39 Or TTTT1 It. to Rutherfordton. rch 31, 1890. i No. 38 | No. 52 Going Nontli. Daily except Daily STATIONS. Sunday I............ A. M. A. M. 1 1 1) 5ft Leave Rutherfordton 11 45 Leaye Shelby 1 8 50 12 45 Leave Blacksburg ! Leave Smyrna | 9 40 1 15 Leave Hickory Grove 1 10 10 1 30 Leave Sharon ! 10 55 1 45 Leave Yorkville ^ 11 15 1 50 Leave Tirzab 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 15 2 32 Leave Roddey's 2 50 2 30 Leave Catawba June. 4 30 3 12 Leave Lancaster 7 30 4 34 Leave Camden 0 20 Leave Kingville 7 05 Arrive Columbia p. M. P. M. -olina Railway; at Rock Hill, with C., C. A A. iwba Junction, with G., C. A N. R. R.; at YorkA. C. A. L. R. R. )HN F. JONES, Supt. and Traffic Manager. ofing"company, W IRON ORE PAINT A.ndL Cement. fiESpivL 152 TO 158 MERWIN NT Cleveland, O. graSPy Jgjsjtl, Send for Circular and ~T*?r Tl Price Ligt No 75> P IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R, CO., PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, Sooth Carolina Division. hmmrnmm CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect April 20, 1890. (Trains run by 75tb 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. 0.57 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 Winnsboro', 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.~ Leave Johnston's, 9.00 A. M. 7.33 P. M. '* Leave Trenton, 9.16 A. M. 7.50 P. 1??? Leave Graniteville, 9.50 A. M. 8.20 P. M. Arrive at Augusta, 10.30 A. M. 9.00 P. M. Anvn at. Pharlaatnn 11.00 A. M 030 V. M. I Ar ive at Savannah, via. S. C. Railway, 5.40 P.M. 6.30 A. M. NORTH BOUND. No. 53. No. 51. Daily. Daily. Leayo Charleston, 7.00 A. M. 5.10 P. M. Leave Augusta 8.50 A. M. 6.30 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. Arrive at Columbia, 12.30 P. M. 10.20 P* M. Leave Columbia, 12.50 P. M. 10.35 P. M. Leave Winnsboro' 2.24 P. M. 12.16 P. M. Leave Chester, 3.33 P. M. 1.20 A. M. Leave Rock Hill, 4.16 P. M. 2.05 A. M. Leave Charlotte, 5.15 P. M. 3.13 A. M. Leave Salisbury, 7.05 P. M. 6.02 A. M. Leave Greensboro, 8.40 P. M. 7.47 A. M. Leave Richmond, 5.15 A. M. 3.30 P. M. Leave Washington, 7.03 A. M. 7.10 P. M. Leave Baltimore, 8.25 A. M. 8.50 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 Sleeping Cars between Augusta and Washington, on trains 52 and 53. Pullman Palace Cars between Augusta and Greensboro, on trains 50 and 51. SOL. HASS, JAS. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDWELL, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pans. Ageni, D. P. A.,Columbia,S. C. April 23 17 tf C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAI). SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., daily except Sunday, taking effect January 5,1890: GOING 80UTH. Leave Lenoir 8.25 A. M. Leave Hickory 9.35 A. M. Leave Newton 10.10 A. M. Leave Lincolnton 11.00 A. M. Leave Dallas, 11.50 A. M. Leave Gastonia 12.10 P. M. Leave Clovor, 12.46 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 1.20 P. M. Leave Guthriesville 1.42 P. M. Leave McConnellsvillo, 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. Leave Lowrysville, 4.00 P. M. Leave McConnellsville, 4.22 P. M. Leave Guthriesville, 4.30 P. M. Leave Yorkville 5.00 P. M. Leave 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. Arrive at Lenoir, 10.12 P. M. SOI, HASS, J. L. TAYLOR, D. CAlUiWELL. Traffic Manager. Gen. Pas*. Agent D. P. A., Columbia, S. C. PIANOS AND ORGANS.~~ TIIE BEAUTIFUL AND SWEET-TONED WESER CABINET GRAND PIANO, full iron frame, overstrung scale, three strings in unison, improved repeating action, fine fretwork, in Rosewood Case, is a Model of Art and Beauty. It is without doubt the cheapest Piano ever sold in this section. With each instrument I sell, I give FREE OF CHARGE, a beautiful Piano Scarf, an elegant Stool and an Instruction Rook. ORGANS. I have accepted the Agency for one of the largest and most celebrated Organ Companies in the United States, and will oiler the cheapest Organ sold in York county. I invite all to examine these celebrated instruments. I have made arrangements to handle SECOND-HAND PIANOS, which are put in perfect order before leaving the factory, and each one will be sold at a very low figure. Come and see and the price will astonish you. Tuning and Repairing. 1 am prepared to TUNE AND REPAIR PIANOS in any part of the country.^and shall endeavor to give entiro satisfaction to parties who entrust their work to me. Respectfully, R. J. HERNDON. March 12 7 3m APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administrators of tho 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. & A. T. NEELY, Administrators. March 19 12 5t* m f otliviUc (frttquim. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. TKHM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION : Single copy for one year, $ 2 00 One copy for two years, 3 50 For six months, 1 00 For three months, 50 Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year 17 50 And an extra copy for a club of ten.