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Uttmowus ^cjjiu'tmcut. SINGLETON AND THE BI LL. Mr. E. B. Mortimer Singleton, when sober, i9 one of the most peaceable men in the State; but when drunk, which is frequently the case, he is disposed to be quarrelsome. The other day having met several friends, and having lingered with them until he was not in a condition to go home, he decided to walk through the woods and across the fields until the effect of the whisky to some extent wore away. He had proceeded but a short distance when he came to a lot where Anderson's furious bull was kept. It required but little effort for Mr. Singleton to remember the time when the bull chased him across a field. "You needn't think I am afraid of you," said Singleton as he looked through a crack of the fence and frowned at the bull. "You caught me one day when I wasn't feeling very well, but I am not arraici 01 you now, 1 want you to understand. You needn't shake your head at me. First thing you know I'll come over and kick a whole side of sole leather off you. Oh, I'm not afraid, I want you to understand that. What's that?" The bull had bellowed. "Don't give me any of your slack talk. Well, I'll show you!" With that recklessness which cheap whisky inspires, Mr. Singleton climbed over the fence, and walked, as rapidly as he could, toward the bull. The animal was so astonished at the man'3 effrontery that he stood perfectly still, gazing in astonishment. When within reach, Singleton kicked the bull. The animal, losing his presence of mind in consequence of such unprecedented boldness, wheeled around and ran. Singleton, with an air of triumph, and with loud exclamations expressive of his victory, turned and walked slowly toward the fence. The bull, soon recovering his presence of mind, looked around. Then his anger arose and poured over him like a tub of hot water. With a loud bellow, he started toward the insulter. Singleton looked around, and so terrible was the aspect of the bull that the foolish fellow, whose adventure had somewhat sobered him, took to his heels. Sood discovering that he could not reach the fence in time to avoid personalities, he turned aside and succeeded in climbing a tree. The bull saw that he had been foiled, but he did not despair, and gazing upward he began marching around the tree. "Say," called Singleton, "I want you tc go on now and let me alone. I haven't time to fool around here with you. Don't you hear what I say? All right; next time I won't let you off so easily." The bull lay down a short distance from the tree. Evening came. Singleton shouted until he was hoarse. Night came, bringing with it dark clouds. A drenching rain began to fall, and by the flashes of lightning Singleton could see that the bull maintained his position. When day dawned, Singleton saw that the bull was still watching him. He had strained his eyes until he could scarcely see. Mr. Singleton prayed. The bull did not change position. The day wore along, and the wretched man thought that he must certainly starve to death before aid could reach him. The unfortunate man's family alarmed the neighborhood, and an extensive search was made. People thought that Singleton, insane under the influence of liquor, had gone away somewhere and killed himself. Singleton thought that he saw men going along the road, and he shouted, but he was so hoarse that he could scarcely hear his own voice. Just before the sun went down, some one shouted: "Say, Singleton, what are you doing in that tree?" "For heaven's sake," cried the wretched man, "drive mat Dun away." "What bull?" "Don't you see him out there?" "No." "What! don't see him there?" "No, that's only a bush covered witn dead leaves. Yonder's the bull, about a half a mile across the pasture. He's been over there all day." Singleton came down from the tree. He made a public declaration to temperance and avowed his intention of becoming a lecturer; but whether he does or not, it i3 aafe to presume that he will never kick another bull. Such exercises, according to Prof. Henry Godolphin, of the University of Physical Science, are extremely dangerous. CHANGED HIS OPINION. During the late war Mr. Smith, a slaveowner near Perryville, Kentucky, owned a stalwart boy named Charlie, who was enticed away to join the Union army, then encamped nearby. Two weeks passed, and Charlie did not appear; but a short time after, Mr. Smith, while riding near the encampment, met the runaway upon undress parade. "Hello, Charlie! 13 that you ?" "Yes, massa; dis is me. I's j'ined de army." And he looked as though he meant to run, as he warily watched his master's eye. "That's right, Charlie?that's right. It's a noble thing to fight for your country." "Yes, massaand Charlie grinned with delight. "A fine thing to march into battle and kill all the rebels." "Yes, yes, massa,' grinned Charlie, smacking his hands in glee. "Glorious to wear shiny buttons, and step up to the music." "Sartainly, sir, mass; dat's so, massa;" onrl PharHo'a line ctrofoharl from pgr tn UUU VIIUIUV C UWVVVIIVU VUJ VM* ?v ear. "A grand thing to hear the shot falling like hail, and the cannon roar like thunder, and see the men rolling in the dust, bleeding at every pore?a grand thing, Charlie." Charlie's mouth stopped halfway. "O yes, there's nothing like it. Then a minie-ball might come along and take off one of your arms, you know. But you'll be fighting for your country, you know, and every body will say what a brave soldier he was." Charlie gave a sickly smirk, and stealthily felt of his arms. "And a bayonet, cold and sharp, might run into your side; but that will be glory you know." "Ouch !" screamed Charlie, pressing his sides. "But you'll have so much glory, you won't want legs!" "Ouch!" screamed Charlie again, catching at his legs. "xnen a Dig cannon-oau ungnt tear right through your bowels.', "Ow-wow !" yelled Charlie, clutching at his middle. "But you won't care for that. You'll be a grand soldier, and soldiers like to be shot." "Br-r-r-r-r-r-r-r!" trembled Charlie. "And best of all, a thundering bombshell might whiz along and take your head right off. Just think of the glory!" "Ouch ! O Lord !" squealed Charlie, and grabbed his wooly head with both hands. "I tell you what, I'm proud of you, Charlie. Go ahead. There's nothing like being a soldier. Pm proud of you." Mr. Smith rode on, leaving the hero's ebon face of an ashen hue. ? Next morning a familiar sound greeted the master as be approached the woodyard. He took a quiet survey. Charlie was therein his old jeans suit, sawing away. "Hi, Charlie! what's up? Not going for a soldier?" called Mr. Smith. "I's changed ray mind, massa." Touching Gratitude.?A wealthy man spent the past summer in his native town, a quiet, almost unheard-of little village in a New England valley. His ancestors for nearly a century had been buried in the cemetery on the hill back of the town, and while there he enlarged the family lot, that room might be made for the final resting place of himself and his own family. He had, during his stay, made the town gifts of a small library and a drinking fountain, and had been most generous in other ways. The evening before his departure for his city home he was waited upon by a large delegation of the most prominent citizens of the town, who came to make some acknowledgement of his generosity. The spokesman of the party delivered himself of a long and highly eulogistic harangue, ending it with these words: "And when, as is your avowed intention, you come among us in the guise of a corpse, it will be our highest duty and chief pleasure to see that your grave is kept green." Mean, But True.?The boys at a certain college not far from New York have got what they call a "fearful down on Prof. X." Consequently they make his life a howling failure. He was woke up at one o'clock the other morning by a violent ringing at his bell. Drawing on his dressing-gown, he threw up his window and inquired what was the matter. "Burglars are around, and we wanted to tell you that one of your windows is open." "Which one?" he asked, anxiously. "The one you have your head stuck out of," replied the students in chorus. lite ,fmm mid ^futsidr. I HOW TO RAISE CABBAGE. I have been thinking for some time that I would give you a few lines on how to raise cabbage in our climate, and as I am i housed up to-day by sickness and rain, I thought it was a very good time ; and I guess that your readers, as well as yourself, will find that I am not accustomed to writing for the papers. Nevertheless, some one may get some benefit from my experience. 1 I will start off by saying, almost any < one knows how to sow cabbage seeds andw when?most any time from the middle of ^ February to the first of May. Suppose you want early cabbage, prepare your ground well by plowing deep and close; , then put on plenty of cow or hog lot manure. Get the manure well stirred into 1 the soil; don't make great beds to set out the plants on, but just make marks, as it i were, to show where to set your plants so i as to get the rows straight. The rows ! ought to be about thirty inches wide. When your plants get large enough to set | out, pull them from the bed carefully and ( not bruise them, and before you set them be sure that you pinch off at least half of the main tap root, and in order to keep the cut worms, these cold springs we have, ( from cutting your plants, as soon as yuu can get your plants set, if you can get them, put a few china berries around the plant. Work in a hurry, don't matter ] much how often, and you will soon have i cabbage. But in order to help along, put i on a little manure about every two weeks. Now, if you want late or winter cab- , bage, prepare your ground as above stated, j and after you get your plants set, just work them a little to start them to growing, then let them alone, except to keep the vermin off, and as soon as you see it is fixing i to rain, put on a nice coat of cow or hog- 1 lot manure (fowl bouse is good). As soon ' as the ground gets in good order, then plow 1 or spade deep, plow preferred, being careful not to injure the plants. Then your ] cabbage will grow. Don't be afraid of get- < ting your garden too rich.?[A Subscrib- i er at Greer's, S. C., in Cotton Plant. j The Harness Question.?If the owner took half as much pains to fit his harness < to his horse or mule as he does to get a 1 good fitting coat for himself, there would 1 be fewer sores, scabs, scars and hides with 1 the hair worn off. The harness is bought hap-hazard, when it can be bought cheap | at auction; or when there is immediate use ] for it the purchase is made at a shop that ( doesn't keep an assortment; so it happens , that the animal, big or little, long or short, is put into the gear that pinches in one place and hangs loose in another. This is ( the way faithful, hard-working beasts of 1 burden are treated. The privileged class of horses that draw elegant carriages to 1 show their speed to the delight of owners and lookers on, wear harness made to I order, made to fit, every strap of right < length, in the right place; especially the ( collar and hames conform to the neck and i breast, bearing evenly on the parts that should sustain the pressure. Every work . horse has an inalienable right to such har- { ness when put to service; bis owner can't afford to work him in a different kind, j Scarcely less important is it that the harness be made as light as may be without sacrificing strength and durability. The ( terrible hardship of carrying useless weight, especially in hot weather, should J on no account be inflicted on the working ' teams; that is freight that does not pay. Wood Ashes.?Wood ashes have too ] great a value to be wasted. Every far- | mer's family should make its own soap j supply. It is cheaper for the farmer to ( make his own soap than to buy it. When not utilized on the farms, "soap grease is either wasted or sold for a pittance. After * the ashes are leached they are nearly as ( valuable as before for manure, where the 1 soil does not lack potash. If a tablespoon- 1 r\f nlAon "taa/I oohoo 1Q DM Ufln OVfiPU ( 1U1 Ui ticau HV/UU UOll^O iu vu v f v. J third day to horses, in their feed, they will rarely need ''condition powders." The same amount given to cattle will have good results. Cattle, also swine, are frequently seen licking ashes where rubbish has been burned. The ashes given to hogs may be mixed with their salt. Ashes correct acidity of the stomach and destroy some intestinal worms. Wood ashes are a valuable fertilizer for all crops, but especially for orchard crops. They contain all the mineral elements required by plants. The fine condition and peculiar proportion of their ingredients make their real agricultural value greater than the value computed from chemical analyses. Coal ashes are comparatively worthless, but wood ashes should never be thrown away.?[American Agriculturist. Cotton Seed Hulls and Meal.?Bulletin No. 3 of the Tennessee Experiment Station contains the investigations of Professor Stone upon the subject of cotton seed as food for cattle. The following are the condensed results: 1. The practice of feeding cotton seed hulls and meal as an exclusive diet is well established and increasing in the vicinity of the cotton seed oil industry. All the information available indicates that the practice is economical and profitable. 2. It seems in no way harmful to the health of the animal nor to the healthfulness of the produets (beef and milk) resulting. 3. The diet seems adapted both to the production of beef and mutton as well as milk. 4. The average ration should consist of 2o.3o pounds of hulls and five-eighths pounds of meals daily. 5. The hulls are a cheap and effective substitute for hay. 0. The manure produced by this system of feeding is an important factor in considering its profitableness. How to Drink Milk.?Some cornplain that they cannot drink milk without being "distressed by it." The most common reason why milk is not well borne is due to the fact people drink it too quickly. If a glass of it is swallowed hastily, it enters into the stomach and then forms in one solid, curdled mass, difficult of digestion. If, on the other hand the same quantity is sipped, and three minutes at least are occupied in drinking it, then on reaching the stomach it is so divided that when coagulated, as it must be by the gastric juice, while digestion is going on, instead of being in one hard, condensed mass, upon the outside of which only the digestive fluid can act, it is more in the form of a sponge, and in and out of the entire bulk the gastric juice can play freely and perform its functions.?[American Analyst. A Cure for Pneumonia?Take ten or twelve raw onions and chop fine, and put in a large spider over a hot fire ; and then add about the same quantity of rye meal and vinegar enough to form a thick paste; let it simmer five or ten minutes. In the meanwhile stir it thoroughly, then put into a cotton bag large enough to cover the lungs, and apply to the chest as hot as the patient can bear; when this gets cool apply another, and thus continue by reheating the poultices, and in a few hours the patient will be out of danger. This valuable receipt was given me several years ago by an old physician, who stated that it had never failed in a single instance to effect a cure of this too often fatal malady.?[Record. -How to Deal with Carrage Worms. Mr. Andrew S. Full finds that the green , cabbage worm is discouraged by the fol- < lowing treatment: Two quarts of coal tar \ are put into an open vessel, which is set in , the bottom of a barrel, ana tne barret is ( filled with water. In forty-eight hours , the water is impregnated with the odor of the tar, although the tar is not dissolved in it. The water is then sprinkled on the j cabbages, and the odor penetrates every ' portion of the head, killing or driving i away the worms. As the water evapo- ! rates no stain or odor remains on the cabbage. The same quantity of coal tar can 1 be made to impregnate several successive 1 barrels of water. 1 Bones for Grape Vines.?To cause , grape vines to grow most vigorously, | throw a few bones into the hole when | planting out. Oyster shells are also good < for the same reason, and may be mixed \ with bones to advantage. Therefore don't . waste any bones or shells, but utilize them j in the manner suggested if you plant any ? vines. In case you have grape vines growing, bury the bones near them, or reduce the bones to ashes and apply the lat- ' ter to the vines or the vegetable gar- ] den. It will pay good dividends?better ' than ordinary bank or railroad stock. j To Test the Purity of Milk.?"Were i you to take a polished knitting needle and I dip it into a vessel of milk and immedi- s ately withdraw it in an upright position, { you can tell the pureness of milk. If the i milk is pure a drop of the fluid will hang to the needle but the addition of even a < small portion of water will prevent adhe- j sion of the drop." i ^Utusidc dflthmngis. S?aT The orange crop prospect is now reported good. aSTThe great secret of happiness is to throw one's self into the circumstances that surround one. BST The total amount of the cotton crop now in sight is 6,983,413 bales, against 5,696,718 up to this date of 1889. S8r Of the soldiers now in congress, one hundred and one served in the Union and eighty-one in the Confederate army. Isaac Pitman, the inventor of phonography, is seventy-eight. He lives at Bath, England, and is an active worker. BST The hatters of Europe have just celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the introduction of the silk stove-pipe hat. iST Cultivate a cheerful frame of mind and the mind will mold the face and the tongue and the voice into something irresistible. BSTltis wonderful what strength and boldness of purpose and energy of will comes from the feeling that we are in the path of duty. BST The government telegraph service of Ureat Britain transmits, it is said, on the average, 1,538,270 words a day to newspapers alone. B?* The statistics of divorce, as gathered in at vp?r hv the labor commissioner, show that a great majority of the divorces were obtained by wives. 16?* The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points; to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due. 16?* There is a terrible intestinal disease raging in Persian Khorassan,and the mortality is excessive. Three thousand deaths are already reported. It is not the Asiatic cholera. a?* For ingrowing toe nails use equal parts of mutton tallow, castile soap and white sugar made into a salve; apply until the swelling is down, then trim the nail in the center. 16?* "I washed Willie's pants tudder day, and dey shrunk so dat de po' chile ken ha'dly walk in um. Won'er how I gwan fix um ?" "Try washin' de chile. Maybe fieshrink, too." AST True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time af danger are found the most serene, pleasant and free. a@~ A lamp chimney dealer advises his customers thusly: "Although it isn't to my interest to say it, kerosene will clean a chimney much better than soap, and make it less liable to crack." 16?* It is the fashion in Chicago for men ;o buy their wives' bonnets. The milliners like the change, and say that as a general thing a man knows better than a woman what is suited for her. 16?* Miss Beaconhill?I wonder what the shilosophical reason is thatmen who mind heir own business generally succeed? lack Matthews?Perhaps because there is so little competition in that line. 16?? A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him ; :hat whkh does notsufficiently distinguish lim from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world. 56?* The question is being discussed whether ladies should continue to use the iide-saddle when riding, or should sit istride the horse's back, the present ridinglabit being dangerous if the wearer is thrown. 56?* The railroads of this country have a i mileage of 158,400 miles, and employ 589,912 persons. Of the (500 operating oads, 377 prohibit the use of intoxicating iquors, and others regulate its use among employes in one form or another. 16?? Fogg says that he is afraid that when le gets to heaven he will be bored to death cy the tiresome reminiscences of the spirts who have been there many years. Mrs. F., however, thinks that her lord is the ast man in the world to worry about it. 56?* Fifty years ago there were slaves in ill the States except Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and Michigan. Iowa had sixeen slaves; Wisconsin, eleven; Ohio, hree; Indiana, nine; Illinois, 231. Total n all the States and Territories 2,487,228. 1ST In the last few weeks ten ships and jarks have left Sao Francisco for various joints in Alaska. On these vessels over a housand Chinese have taken passage, rhey have gone to Alaska under contracts ;o work in the salmon canneries and fish>ries. JKaT Rev. Mr. Talmage says: "There is jo happiness in this world for an idle ivoman." Mr. Talmage should reserve lis sympathy for the overworked woman, rhe idle woman can derive considerable jleasure from a 25 cent novel and a $5 jooaie uog. B?* The homes of rich Mexicans are said ;o be palaces, and the grounds around them ire gardens. There is an oriental splendor iround them that is not found in theUni;ed States. There is an expanse about evjrything, and a retinue of servants that is jewildering. Dipping fish in scalding water will }ause the scales to come off very easily, jut if the fish are to be salted down they nust on no account be scalded. You may 50ur over them vinegar with the same esult. Salt fish will soak fresh much luicker in sour milk than in water. B@"It is a common occurrence for ehilIren to get beans, grains of corn and other oreign substances up their noses. This limple remedy is worth remembering: 3ret the child to open its mouth, applying four mouth over it and blow hard. The offending substance will be expelled from ts nose. 5STA Chicago boy has been sent to jail or putting a live snake in Mr. Burhans' )oot, "thus causing a severe shock to Mrs. Burhans." A whisky seller may fill a nan's boots full of snakes," thus causing a shock to the man's entire family, without )eing molested by the law. The boy didn't lave a license. SOy Nature plays queer freaks with the lower seeds sent out by the Agricultural Department at Washington. A man who eceived a package of seeds labelled "giant )ansy," planted them in a flower bed and soon had a small crop of turnips, while a number of seeds labelled "double pinks" produced long-neck squashes. Bfiy The medical virtues of the apple are jeing sounded on all sides in Europe. It 1 ' ' * - 1* - ? ? ? 1 -XT' A ~ s saiu to neutralize tne evil euecis uj cuing too much meat, and the German chemsts state that it is richer than any other "ruit or vegetable in phosphorous, an element that is useful in renewing the essen;ial nervous matter of the brain and spinal lord. flSTA Frenchman advises any one who is mhappy about anything, to go into his *oom and comfort himself with a good cry. fie says that groaning and crying will serve more than any one thing to allay ?rief, and tells of a man who once reduced lis pulse from 120 to GO in the course of a lew hours by giving full vent to his emotions. JiUhT' During one of the snowstorms of the past winter in the Rocky Mountains, nineteen engines were required for one train, which was made up as follows: First a snow-plow, with nine engines, then a train if nine cars with another live engines, ind behind this five engines with a gang if men to dig the train out should it get struck. fiST "Ma, I've an idea that some of the folks in this graveyard haven't gone to heaven." "You don't say! What makes you think they haven't?" "Because I read it on the tombstones." "No!" "Yes, [ did though. It was carved on ever so many, 'Peace to his ashes.' Now, there ain't any ashes 'cept where it's very hot, is there, ma?" S&"The story is told in a Boston newspaper of a country parson, who with that tact that distinguishes some parsons, said to the local tailor : "When I want a good loat I go to Boston. That's the place. By the way, do you ever go to church ?" "O yes." "Where?" "Well, when I want to hear a good sermon, I go to Boston, rhat's the place." 1ST "You see this coat?" he queried if the proprietor of an establishment on Clhamplain street as he stood in the door. 'Vhell?" "I paid you five dollars for it, ind the sleeves have shrunk six inches." 'I see." "What are you going to do about I it?" "My friendt, it vhas your own mis- j take. We haf coats dot der sleeves shrink fix inches, and odder coats dot der sleeves *row de same length. You vhas in a hurry and you don't say which kind you want. You should always take time in buying a :oat. In sooch a case as dis you should *o buy some machinery and have your irm pulled down." |pSttlI?ttC0U!S Reading. THE COMPARISON OF STATE EXPENSES. For the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Well, ray" Sharon friend, you rightly conclude that my recent article in reply to your inquiry, contrasting the governmental expenses of North and South Carolina, was written "in irony" with the hope that by "reading between the lines" you might be able to discover "more truth than rhyme." But, my friend, before proceeding to st discussion of this question, please allow me to express ray appreciation of your little bit of far-fetched sarcasm. Again, you will please excuse me if I decline to leave this "terrestrial ball" and accompany you to the celestial regions. I prefer to stay down here, and do not wish a change of venue. When I read your terms, "sun," "satelites," etc., I was reminded of an anecdote of David Crockett, wheu he first went to congress. He was approached by an eminent jurist and statesman with the remark : "Colonel Crockett, I suppose congress will make some changes in the judiciary department." Crocket instantly replied: "Very likely, sir," and got away as fast as he could, for obvious reasons. He didn't know what the term "judiciary" meant. It is said that the tariff is a question so deep, so complicated, that its solution has puzzled the combined efforts of our most profound statesmen. Yet the tariff can be about as easily explained by the average man wfto guides a piow, as your query. If there is anything wrong about the way our government is conducted, the "unitiated" have a poor way of finding out, and the initiated should "tell no tales out of school." And when it comes to the question of conducting the government?the modus operandi as regards expenditures and disbursements?we are comparatively in the dark; for few of us have access to the public ledger. This is not necessary, however. A man may be a witness of, or a victim to, the hurricane or the cyclone, and yet be ignorant of atmospherical phenomena. A man may behold the won- j ders of electricity?its power, its velocity, its destructiveness, and yet be totally destitute of all scientific knowledge pertaining to the "imponderable agent." Is there a tax-payer; is there an intelligent, honest man?office-seeking, one axe-togrind man?in South Carolina, who does not know that "there is something rotten in the State of Denmark ?" When a man, instead of being taxed upon articles from which he derives a revenue, is compelled to pay a tax upon his "furniture," consisting often of a pine table, a few wellused split bottomed chairs, etc., in order to raise money to "conduct" his government, he feels that there is something wrong. "Is there anything in the platform of the March convention striking at the root of this expensive aristocratic royalty-loving regime?" Oh, yes; particularly Section 7. Please excuse me, however, if I decline to discuss this point with you, because in the "action of the convention," the nomination of Tillman, and of course the "platform," which is Tillmanism, is supported by one daily newspaper and opposed by five dailies; supported by six weeklies and opposed by thirty-one weeklies. And as the "press shapes public opinion," and public opinion governs the world, it would be, to say the least, unpopular to dissent from the majority. Again, my friend, you ask: "Have the Democratic party had ample time to remove these cumbersome trappings by cutting away the redundancy of offices," etc. Why, no, of course not. The Democratic party has not been quite fourteen years in power, and of course we could not expect them to either fatten up the old "starved horse" or remove his "cumbersome trappings" in such a limited time. Oh, yes, I have faith in the Democratic ^ K?.J o nrArvQt* oto f n nf LU HUUU U <4< pivpvi UbMVV vr? things if we will only give it time. Time! "I saw liim grasp the oak; It fell; the tower, it crumhlcil ; and the stone, The sculptured monument, that marked the grave Of fallen greatness ceased its pompous strain, As time came by." Yes, give them time. Why friend, I will not presume to inform one whose literary tastes and thirsts for knowledge have led him to familiarize himself with such celebrated writers as the author of "Ivanhoe." However, permit me to give some facts. The governor of North Carolina, although presiding over a territory containing 21,319 more square miles than South Carolina, and containing 404,452 more inhabitants, yet receives only $3,000, while in South Carolina the governor is paid $3,500. The circuit judges in North Carolina?eight in number?receive each for their services $2,500, while in South Carolina the judges receive $3,500. Why is this? My opinion may not be popular, but as I am not seeking office or popularity, and occupy an independent position, I can express my opinion with impunity. Our law-makers are, of course, responsible for this state of things. Would you expect a man up a tree, however, to go out on a limb and saiv himself off ? Would you expect a body of intelligent men to cut down their own salaries? Patriotism is rarely carried to such an extreme. "What is the remedy ?" A question easi1 _ 1 L.-l. t 1 L \\7r. ly USKeu, uui imru luuuawci. ?*c iuuou send men to the legislature who are pure, unselfish and patriotic, who are able, bold j and fearless for the right. We want men who are well versed in political economy, and are familiar with the finances of the State, and who will deduce practical results from their theories. And, if their "methods" happen to be a little "unusal," we will not object. Now, brother "Ivanhoe," as there seems to be no issue between us, the further discussion of which would bo likely to interest the public, I must bid you adieu. \v. s. G. AN APPORTIONMENT THAT SHOULD HE MADE. The Orangeburg Times and Democrat says: A great deal has been written about a division of the delegates to the Democratic State conventions on the basis of the Democratic vote of each county instead of according to the population as is now the case. The following table shows the present representation of each county in the State Democratic convention, and the representation to which each county would be entitled to upon the basis of the Democratic vote of the last general election. The present representation is given in column No. 1, and the representation on the basis of the Democratic vote, is given in column No. 2: Counties. No. 1. No. 2. Abbeville 12 17 Aiken 10 11 Anderson 10 13 Barnwell 12 14 Beaufort K 1 Berkeley J- i> Charleston lis 15 Chester S .S Chestertield <> 7 Clarendon <? (i Colleton 1- ! Darlington 10 12 Edgefield 12 17 Fairfield 8 8 Georgetown ti 1 Greenville 10 15 Hampton 8 8 Horry 0 0 Kershaw 8 7 Laurens 8 0 Lexington 0 8 Lancaster 0 8 Marion 10 14 Marlboro 0 8 Newberry 8 0 Oconee 0 '> Orangeburg 12 15 Pickens ' 0 Richland 12 ! Spartanburg 10 15 Sumter 10 s Union 8 10 Williamsburg 8 5 York 10 11 518 518 It will be seen that the following counties will lose on the basis of Democratic strength, while they have the largest ne-1 gro majorities to overcome: Beaufort 7; BerkelyG; Charleston 13; Colleton; 3; Georgetown 5; Kershaw 1; Itichland3; Sumter 2; Williamsburg 3. Nine counties losing a total of forty-three votes. The following counties will gain on a basis of Democratic strength: Abbeville o; Aiken 1; Anderson 3; Barnwell 2; Chesterfield 1; Darlington 2; Edgefield f>; Greenville o; Laurens 1; Lexington 2; Lancaster 2; Marion 4; Marlboro 2; Newberry 1; Orangeburg 1; Spartanburg 3; Union 2; York 1. Eighteen counties gaining a total of forty-three votes. The following counties will neither gain nor lose on the basis of Democratic strength; Chester, Clarendon, Fairfield, Hampton, Ilorry, Oconee and Pickens. Useful Work.?Wherever there is a disposition to do useful work it can always be found to be done. One of the great causes of idleness and thirftlessness in all lands is indilference among working men and extravagance in domestic management. Willing hands are never wholly idle. Duties press so closely on men and women with proper conceptions of the worth of living, as to keep them em-1 ployed all the while, and at the same time I never overworking them. There is much I in the manner of doing work to escape being wearied by its performance, precisely as there is a method of doing things, by which people never appear to be idle. Men who acquire fortune and rise to eminence are never idle and never really exhausted. Such people have their time for thought as well as for exertion, and it is to the efforts of such that the world owes the grandest achievements that glitter on its records. When boys and men in any place of employment must be kept at work, they are of no actual profit to their employer. There is no inspiration or impulse in them, and as a consequence they are 1 ot of the doers of work who put brain as well as brawn in what they do. [Raleigh Visitor. LEAKS IN THESTATE GOVERNMENT. "Democrat," a correspondent of the Prosperity Press and Reporter, presents the following indictment against the State government of South Carolina: T * Jo fnllt? tn onv f hn Qfotn ffAt'Ommonf JL li lo 1uuj iu oc*jr luv wmiu v* umjv^v is immaculate, and is doing its duty to the masses. We do not accuse any of the officers of stealing. We contend that the State government is not economically administered, and when I say State government, I mean to include the general assembly. I contend that the legislation has not been only extravagant, but oppressive to the people. I will enumerate a few extravagances: 1st. The money expended on the Columbia canal. 2d. The militia appropriation. 3d. Appropriating money for the Citadel when everything taught there could be taught at the University. 4th. Money expended on a railroad commission when their hands are tied so that they cannot afford relief to the people. 5th. Appropriations for a State board of education, the members of which seem to think their only duty is to change school books often, and to prescribe Yankee histories for our children to study. ? Gth. Appropriating money for the State fair, where horse racing, gambling and beer drinking have been leading attractions. 7th. Establishing three experimental stations where one would have been sufficient. 8th. Appropriating money to pay theexpenses of the attorney-general for attending meetings of sinking fund commission because he chose to live away from Columbia. 9th. Not lessening salaries in proportion to the purchasing power of money. The clerks in the various departments receiving from 12 to 1600 dollars to stay in offices from about 9 to 2 o'clock. Was it economy to spend money to the Roman Catholic convention that met at Warm Springs a few years ago? These are small leaks, but many small streams uniting form a large one. The courts of justice are big leaks in this State. With their tardiness and their technicalities, they have weakened the confidence of the people. THE GENESIS OF THE HOWIE KNIFE. John Sewell, the grandfather of the writer, came to Texas with Dewitt'scolony, and being a gunsmith and blacksmith, set up a shop at Gonzales and was operating there in 1830. At this time James Bowie was in Texas prospecting for gold and silver in the mountains west and northwest of San Antonio, and often had desperate encounters with the hostile Indians who infested those regions. In one of these conflicts Bowie stabbed an Indian, and the knife blade glancing against a rib, Bowie's hand slipped forward, inflicting a wound upon himself in the hand. The accident, I have been told, suggested the idea of a guard to keep the hand from slipping forward upon the blade in making a hard thrust. There were a great many cypress trees along the margin of the Guadalupe river, and the pioneers in the colonies often established shingle camps along the river to work this timber up. On one occasion, as Bowie and his men were returning from a trip, they stopped at one of those shingle camps to rest and recruit their horses, and while so doing Bowie whittled from a shingle a pattern of the knife now in question. It is amusing at this day and time to see some of the things now called Bowie knives. On arriving at Gonzales he went to my grand father's shop, the only place then in west Texas where iron and steel was worked, and asked him if he could make one like it out of steel. The blacksmith at once went to work and soon produced an exact counterpart of the pattern, which was in every way satisfactory to Col. Bowie. On presenting the knife my grandfather asked Bowie if he might give it a name, as it was a peculiar knife. Being answered in the affirmative he said : "Well, I will call it the Bowie knife."?[Galveston News. An Historic Speech.?The speech with which Oliver Cromwell turned Parliament out of doors in 1G53 has come to light through the researches of Dr. Wolfgang Michael, and there is strong evidence that it is authentic. It was this: "It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which ye have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice. Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government. Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would?like Esau?sell your country for a mess of pottage, and?like Judas?betray your God for a few pieces of money. Is there a single virtue now remaining among you ? Is there one of vice ye do not possess? Ye have no more religion than my horse. Gold is your God. Which of you have not bartered away your conscience for bribes? Is there a man among you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth ? Ye sordid prostitutes! have ye not defiled this sacred place, and turned the Lord's temple into a den of thieves? By your immoral principles and wicked practices ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation. You, who are deputed hereby the people to get their grievances redressed, are yourselves become their greatest grievance. Your country, therefore, calls upon me to cleanse this Augean stable by putting a final period to your iniquitous proceedings in this house, and which, by God's help and strength He hath given me, lam now come to do. I command you, therefore, upon the peril of your lives, to depart immediately out of this place. Go! Get you out! Make haste! Ye veoal slaves, begone ! Soh ! Take away that shining bauble thereand lock up the door." Be Something.?It is the duty of every one to take some active part as an actor on the stage of life. Some seem to think that they can vegetate, as it were, without being anything in particular. Man was not made to rust out his life. It is expected he should "act well his part." He must be something:. He has a work to perform which it is his duty to attend to. We are not placed here to grow up, pass through the various stages of life, and then die without having done anything for the benefit of the human race. Is a man to be brought up in idleness? Is he to live upon the wealth which his ancestors have acquired by frugal industry? Is he to pass through life as an automation? Has he nothing to perform as a citizen of the world? A man who does nothing is useless to his country as an inhabitant. A man who does nothing is a mere cipher. He does uot fulfill the obligations for which he was sent into the world, and, when he dies, he has not finished the work that was given for him to do. He is a mere blank in creation. Some are botn with riches and honors upon their heads; but does it follow that they have nothing to do in their career through life? There are certain duties for every one to perform. Be something. Don't live like a hermit, | and die unregretted. ' JtQr What is better than a promising young man? A paying one. imr (ROYAL tt&'M &AKIN*5 POWDER Absolutely Pure Tills powdcrnevcr varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wlinlesnmeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds,and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphatepowders. Sot.n only in cans. ROYAL RAKING POWDKR GO., 100 Wall St., N. Y. . April ;Mi l? ly V HOW? "Can the world know a man has a good thing unless he advertises the possession of it."?Vandskbilt. WRITE US \ wherever you live, and we will ship you a ! ^fine instrument on 15 I 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, yours only to give fair and full test, and buy if fully pleased. 40,000 Southern Homes Supplied by us since 1870 on this TEST TRIAL PLAN, first introduced in the South by us. Fairest method of sate possible, and a great benefit to those at a distance who cannot visit our ware-room: ALL RISK SAVED By this trial plan, and purchasers absolutely assured perfect instruments at the very lowest possible coat. 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 from 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 ofTer. Write for Valuable Information. Catalogues, Circulars, Special Fall OfTers-1889. Copy of new Paper-" Sharps and Flats ALL FREE. Address I UDDEN & BATES, L SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE, SAVANNAH,CA. nvrTsorsP "Deal with the men who advertise. You wilt never lose By it."?Ben. Fmanklin. tSr Write L. & B. S. M. II. about it. % REGISTRATION NOTICE. Office Supervisor of Registration, York County, Youkville, April 8, 1890. NOTICE is hereby given that the books of I 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 count}', 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 maybe 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 4 * - -Will U ~ A. 1 LOWIlSDip ; iViCililWUe ? Jim, Doiuosua ttv? > ii ship; 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; Antioch Church, in Betbesda township; and Newport, in Ebenezer township. It will be necessary for voters residing in the townships of Cherokee, Betbesda and Ebenezer, to renew their certificates of registration to conform to the changes in the names of the precincts above mentioned. F. HAPPERFIELD, Supervisor of Registration, York Co. April f) 15 13t c. cc. c. THE above illustration represents the CORBIN COTTON AND CORN CULTIVATOR. It hoes and hills from both sides of rows at once, and thus prevents the breaking down or covering of plants. The disks can be readily reversed to throw soil away from plants. The gangs vibrate, or may be locked ? 1 ** /JaoSha/I TKto monhino nglU ur Llitll il^lu as ucoiidvi. xuto ujuv/uiuu can be set to cut deep in center of rows and shallow near the roots of plants. It will kill more weeds and grass and pulverize the soil better than any cultivator or harrow in the world. It cannot be choked by weeds or trash. The farmer who uses it will not have to lose valuable time, and incur the expense of having it sharpened, as he is compelled to do with the ordinary harrow, plow or cultivator, for the reason that the disks are made of the very best steel and will neither bend, break or crumble. The Cultivator will work successfully on all kinds of soil. It can be operated as successfully by a boy who is able to drive two horses, as by a grown man. Price, $25. SAM M. GRIST, Sole Agent. March 2(5 13 7t SEND FO.'. OUR CATALOGUEand PRICES ATLAS ENGINE WORKS, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. October 30 44 eawly DENTISTRY. 1 AM again before the public (fMSBSSflk asking their attention to the prices ^11 f T f 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, otc., for me. Come to see me before you have your work done. W. M. WALKER, D. D.S. September 18 38 tf UNDERTAKING. 1AM handling a first class line of Coffins and Caskets which I will sell at the very lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture at reasonable prices. J. ED. JEFFERYS. January 22 4 tf EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of S. D. SIMRIL, deceased, are hereby no- j tified to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Persons holding claims against the said estate are requested to present them, duly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law. MARGARET J. SIMRIL, Executrix. May 7 18 3t PAY UP I PAY I P M "|3 ARTIES indebted to us by Note or Account JL for 188ft, or previous to that year are hereby reminded that wo want our money and must have it. W. C. LATIMER. BUCKEYE HARVES says : "I have cut from 50 to 75 acres each year acres. The only repairs I ever bought were on< ning against a locust stump), and the sections I this machine,and with a new knife it is in good I now haveon hand a BUCKEYE MOWER n will be pleased to have all interested persons ca all applicants with handsome illustrated ca BUCKEYE MACHINERY and the CHIEFTA S CBEDUL1 ^ CSmZm,rn KJ. jBsmssmz From Columbia, In Effect Ma Going North. | No. 53 | No. 39 | I Daily STATIONS. Daily ! except :Sundav a. m. a. m. Leave Columbia 9 00 Leave Kingville 9 50 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 Leave Leslie's 1 50 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 Leave Hickory Grove 3 18 G 10 Leave Smyrna Leave Blacksburg 3 45 6 55 Leave Shelby 4 57 Arrive Rutherfordton 0 45 p. m. p. m. Connections.?At Camden, with South Ca: R. R.; at Lancaster, with C. & C. R. R.; at Cat ville, with C. <fc L. R. R.; at Blacksburg with A Blacksburg, S. C., March 26, 1890. J( GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kindsof k IRON ROOFING jSSSt. CRIMPED AXDC0RRC6ATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIUK PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS C Orders received by L. M. GRIST. "I WOULD NOT PRETENI What Mr. W. Holmes Leading Farmers, an Man, lias to say about Sam M. Grist. Yorkville. S. C.: Dear t several years, and consider it the most usefu I have any knowledge. Mr. Corbin has don reformers, etc., combined. He has done ,so benefitted by the use of the Harrow, and t profit. It is almost the only so-called imprc that would do all its manufacturers claimed Every farmer should have one and a man wh able to buy a Corbin Disk Harrow. The tin considered as much of a necessity on the farm and I might say, the plow ; and the sooner it c farmer, who has been accustomed to the old ' how much time and labor he has literally i conclusion, let me say that I would not pretem tiitvdv a\in pprn qti a dt vq UiVLJlVI AilU 1'1'JLiU OldULIUO. 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. Buggies an?l other Vehicles On hand for sale. Bargains in either new or second-hand Vehicles. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories, <fcc., 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 priming anu uuismug, auu 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. MERCHANTS' HOTEL, BLACKSBURG, S. C. fJlABLKS set with the best the season affords. Neat and comfortable rooms. Polite attention to guests. Porters meet all trains. Ladies to and from east and west-bound night trains are assured courteous attention. Rates reasonable. J. W. THOMSON, Proprietor. February 5 (1 tf APPLICATION FOB DISCHARGE." NOTICE is herobv given that the undersigned, Executor otrthe estateof BENJAMIN F. BRIGGS, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate of York county, on THE 30TH DAY OF MAY next, at 12 o'clock M., when he will make application for a final discharge from liability as Executor of said estate. JOS. F. WALLACE, Executor. AnrilJO 18 fit? 0. K. SPENCER, N. W. HARDIN, Yorkville, S. C. Black's S. C. SPENCER & HARDIN, ATTORNEYS AT LA XV, Blacksburg, 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. RRICE" FINLEY A RRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. AL O NZOROSE, Hickory Grove, S. C? DEALER INFINE WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINES AND TOBACCOS. Special Prompt Attention given to Orders. March 19 12 ly SOLE AGENT. THIS will certify that SAM M. GRIST, of Yorkville, S. G\, 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 C'0. FAMILY HARE FOR SALE. A GOOD, SOUND, GENTLE FAMILY MARE that works kindly either in single or double-harness. Can be driveu with perfect safety by a lady. Will bo sold at a very reasonable price. Apply to SAM M. GRIST. ITINC MACHINERY. THE BUCKEYE MOWER is the parent of grass cutting machines and the standard of the world. In almost every land and nation the name "BUCKEYE" is known and respected. It is a reputed statement that in some place, in some climate, somewhere under the sun. the Buck. eye is at work without a day's cessation the whole year through. This readily accountsfor the fact that there are more buckeye machines in use TO-DAY TIIAN ANY OTHER MAKE. ^.Mr. C. J. Browning, of Fairplay, Jefferson county, Ohio, owns a Buckeye Mower that has been in constant use since ISoO,?years. Mr. Browing . I used it in the last harvest, cutting over 50 5 knife and one shoe (the latter I broke by runwore out. I have mowed over 2,000 acres with shape for the next season." aanufactured expressly for the trade of 1890,and 11 and examine it. I shall be pleased to furnish .talogues/Viving detailed descriptions of the .IN HORSE RAKES. ISAM M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. E3S OF THE c. it. n. to Rxitherforcltonrch 31, 1890. 11_ | No. 38 | No. 52 i Going 8outli. I! | Daily | \ ! except ! Daily STATIONS. i ISundavj j | | A. M. ! A. M. j !! j 9 55 Leave Rutherford ton j 1145 Leaye Shelby ! 8 50 12 45 Leave Blacksburg j! Leave Smyrna ; 9 40 1 15 Leave Hickory Grove I! 10 10 1 30 Leave Sharon ! | 10 55 1 45 Leave Yorkville ! 11 15 1 50 Leave Tirzah | 11 30 2 02 Leave Newport 1 11 50 2 08 Leave Old Point ! ! 12 40 2 20 Leave Rock Hill ! j 1 00 2 28 Leave Leslie's |J 1 15 2 32 I Leave Roddey's 2 50 2 30 j Leave Catawba June. !! 4 30 3 12 Leave Lancaster |j 7 30 4 34 Leave Camden ! 0 20 Leave Kingville | 7 05 Arrive Columbia p. M. p. m. I rolina Railway; at Rock Hill, with C., C. <fc A. awba Junction, with G., C. & N. R. R.; at York. <fc. C. A. L. R. R. )HN F. JONES, Supt. and Traffic Manager. OFING COMPANY, y IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 to 158 merwin st Cleveland, O. gfiffiy7' v-iaf Send for Circular and \ Price List NOi 75> >F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ) TO FARM WITHOUT IT." Hardin, one of Chester's d a Practical, Observing the Corbin Disk Harrow. Chester, S. C., March 27, 1890. 5'ir: I have owned a Corbin Disk Harrow for 1 and economical fanning implement of which e more for the farmer than all the politicians, inething practical. No farmer can fail to be he more it is used the greater the benefit or >ved farming implement that I have ever seen for it, and the only one that would do more. 0 is able to buy fertilizers for his land is more no will come when the Corbin Harrow will be 1 as the wagon, sewing machine, cooking stove, omes the better for the farmer. It only takes a way of doing things, about one hour to realize vasted before he used the Corbin Harrow. In 1 to farm without it. Respectfully, W. HOLMES HARDIN. . 1. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO., PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, South Carolina Division. CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect April 20, 1s90. (Trains run by 75th Meridian time.) south bound. No. 50. No. 52. Daily. Daily. Leave Aew xorK, 12.15 JNignt 4.30 R. M. Leave Philadelphia,... 7.20 A. M. 6.57 P. M. Leaye Baltimore, 9.45 A.M. 9.30 P. M. Leave Washington, 11.24 A. M. 11.00 P. M. Leaye Richmond, 3.00 P. M. 2.30 A. M. Leave Greensboro 10.37 P. M. 9.50 A. M. Leave Salisbury, 12.32 P. M. 11.23 A. M. Leave Charlotte, 2.20 A.M. 1.00 P.M. Leave Rock Hill, 3.17 A. M. 1.57 P. M. Leave Chester, 3.58 A. M. 2.40 P. M. Leave 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. M. Leave Graniteville 9.50 A. M. 8.20 P. M. Arrive at Augusta, 10.30 A.M. 9.00 P. M. Arrive at Charleston, 11.00 A. M. 9.30 P. M. Arrive at Savannah, 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. G.30 P. M. Leave Grauiteville 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. 12.10 P. M. Leave Chester, 3.33 P. M. 1.20 A. M. Leave Rook Hill, 4.10 P. M. 2.05 A. M. Leave Charlotte, 5.15 P. M. 3.13 A. M. Leave Salisbury, 7.05 P. M. 0.02 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. 0.20 A. M. THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Pullman Sleeping Cars between Augusta and Washington, on trains 52 aud 53. Pullman Palace Cars between Augusta and I Greensboro, on trains 50 and 51. ; SOL. HAS8, JAS. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDWELL, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent. D. P. A.,Columbia,S. C. April 23 17 tf (T& L.~NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., dally j exceptSunday, taking effect January 5,1890: GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir 8.25 A. M. Leave Hickory 9.35 A. M. Leave Newton 10.10 A. M. I T T tnnnlnfnn 11 1V1 A M ucav o xjiuwuiiii/v/u* xx?\jkf ai Leave Dallas, 11.50 A. M. Leave Gastonia 12.10 P. M. Leave Clover, 12.46 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 1.20 P. M. Leave Guthriesville, 1.42 P. M. Leave McConnellsville, 1.49 P. M. | Leave Lowrysville, 2.05 P. M. ! Arrive at Chester 2.30 P. M. GOING NORTH. i 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. SOL HASS, J. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDWELL. Traffic Mnnuger. Gen. Pass. Agent D. P. A., Columbia, S. C. EXCHANGE BANK, Yorkville, S. C. | T. S. JEFFERYS, President. JOS. F. WALLACE, Vice-President. | FRANK A. GILBERT, Cashier. Organized. September 1, 1887. THE BANK will receive Deposits, buy aud sell Exchange, make Loans and do a general Banking Business. The officers tender their courteous seryices to its patrons and the public generally. jpS)" Banking hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Ihc fothville (fruquiw. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. TKHM8 OF SSTJBSCRIFTIOlSr: Single copy for one year, 8 2 OO One copy for two years, 5 50 For six months, 1 00 For three months, 50 Two copies for one year 5 50 Ten copies one year 17 50 And an extra copy for a club of ten.