Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 21, 1890, Image 4

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Humorous Jlqrartmcut. WOULD SWEAR IT. Stephen Bradshaw was summoned to testify before the committee appointed by congress to investigate alleged election frauds in the Third congressional district of Arkansaw. "What is your name?" the chairman asked. "Whut do you wanter ax me that fur, ^ 'squire? All of you know my name, I reckon, or you wouldn'ter knowed whar to find me." "Your name Is Stephen Bradshaw, then ?? j "Yes, Stephen Bradshaw then and Ste-. phen Bradshaw now. I ain't never changed it. Ain't 'shamed of my name. My daddy come from old North Kliny an' my mam was from old Kaintuck, an' I reckon my name is all right." T"* 1_1 I "les, l suppose so, wr. urausnaw. : Now, sir, where were you on the fourth ' day of last November?" "Wall, I was fust one place and then another. In the mornin' I helped my son- j in-law kill a shoat, an' I do reckon he is ! the trifilnest human critter I mighty nigh ever seed ; an' then afterwards I went to a shootin' match an' beat some fellers outen some of the toughest beef I ever tried to chaw; an' then?lemme see. I b'leve I went over to Plummerville an' voted. "What ticket did you vote ?" "I voted the one that Lias Parsons give me." "What sort of ticket was it?" "Sorter white." "I mean what party did it represent?" "Wa'n't representin' none that I hearn of." "Oh, I want to know if it were Democratic or Republican." "Why didn't you say so ? It was sorter mixed." "Who was your choice for congressman? Wall my favorite didn't run. Tried to git him to run but ho wouldn't." "Now, come; did you vote for Breckinridge or Clayton? "I don't hardly ricolleck, butyoo better give ;the doubt in favor of Breckenridge." "Did you know of any fraud and dishonesty going on during the election that day at Plummeryille ?" "Yes, 'squire, l must say l aid." "Ah, now we are getting at it. Did you see any particular case of fraud ?" "Yes, sir." "Was the man who committed it a Democrat or Republican ?" "He was a Democrat." "Ah, hah ! Now, do you know the name of that man ?" "Mighty well." "Ah ?? "Yes, ah ?" "What is his name ?" "Bob Simmons." "Would you swear that you saw him commit the fraud?" " Yes sir, fur I know it to bo tho truth. I don't tell lies, an' when I say a thing you may jest put it down that I have swore to It/" "You know, of course, where this Simmons lives." "I ought to, for he's my own son-in-law." "You don't say so?" "Who said I didn't? If you meet a man an' he says I didn't, you tell him for me he is a liar." "And you are willing to swear this against your son-in-law." "I am." "You saw him practice fraud against the election laws of the unitea states government." "Oh, I don't know nothin' about that; but I do know that he cheated me in a noss swop, an' I wanter tell you fellers that I will get even with him." , "That will do, Mr. Bradshaw." "You bet itj will| do. Well, fellers, so long. Ef you come out my way, drap in." Absent-Minded People.?Here are a couple of stories of absent-minded people that are worth repeating: My brother lives in a New England town, and he went to Boston once to transact some business which would occupy two days. At the end of four days he had not returned. His wife's anxiety was relieved on that day by a telegram, which read: "What did I come to Boston for? Have been trying to remember for three days." "Real estate," telegraphed his wife. "Of course," came back the answer. A similar case, but one which could hardly be called absent-mindedness, is that of C., the stock broker. On the morning on which his first baby was born, he camo on the floor with a radiant face. Catching sight of me, he rushed up and said, with a beaming smile and joyous eye: "Congratulate me, old man; I'm the happiest father in New York city. There never was such a handsome baby born before." "I do congratulate you, Harry, old man," I answered, as he squeezed my hand warmly. "Boy or girl ?" He looked at me for a moment, and then a wave of blank despair went over his face. "I'll be hanged if I know," he said. C. disappeared from the floor, but in a couple of hours I felt some one nearly jerk my arm from its socket. "It's a boy," cried C.. eleefullv. "I went home to find out." She Soared Too High.?A young fellow was inquiring of Officer Button at the Third street depot about the train for the north, when the officer queried in return: "Didn't you come in this morning?" "Yes." "With a young woman ?" "Yes." "I thought so. I took you for a bridal couple." "Yes, so wo were." "And you are going back alone?" " "That's what's the matter. We were married day before yesterday and came here on a tour. She was all right when we got here, but in about an hour we had a fuss. She wanted a diamond ring and I couldn't buy it. Diamonds! Just think of it! I've got twenty-five dollars in cash and twenty acres of land, and expect to have to live on beans for the next six months to pull through." "And where is she now ?" "Over at the hotel. I left her money to pay her bill and get home, and she can stay or come. Better have this thing decided at the start, you know. Some folks are built to wear diamonds and some to eat jonnycake. I'm a johnnycakist. There's my train. If she comes in to take it _ A _ _ A t i a i A J u ine next, jusc see ner auoaru, out uou t encourage her any. It's a row to see who shall boss, and the best man is going to win."?[Detroit Free Press. The Last Word.?It was in a sleeping car and they thought that every one else was asleep. Probably every one had been, but they woke me. When I was enough awako to notice what was going on I heard her: "Well, I don't care. I think your'e real mean. All I want " "Yes," broke in he, "all you want now is the last word, same as you always have, ain't it?" "Yes, and I'll have it, too," spitefully. "You won't," "See if I don't." "All right!" "All right it is." "Have to mock every word I say, don't you ?" "Heavens, no! You never say anything worth repeating." "Why do you echo me, then?" "I don't!" "You do!" "I don't!" "Shut up!" "I won't!" "Ugh!" And there was a noise like a man tumbling into his berth. Then we heard, rather softly, as if talking to herself: "I said I'd have the last word and, did. 'Ugh' don't count, cause I don't believe.it is a word." Willing to Let It Drop.?An old negro in Albany was brought up on a charge of stealing and tried in the superior court during Judge Wright's time. The case was presented to the court by a prominent young lawyer, tho solicitor, and the old negro was ordered to stand up. "Have you a lawyer ?" asked the court. "Naw, sah." "Are you able to employ one?" "Naw, sah," "Do you want a lawyer to defend your case." "Not partickler, sah." "Well what do you propose to do about the case?" "We?11?11," with a yawn, as if wearied i of the think. "I'm willin' to drap de case, J s'fur as I'm consarned." ?hc Jfatm and Jmsidc. STRAWBERRY WINE. Your letter asking for my mode of making strawberry wine is received. In preparing for the work I take two empty whisky barrels, knock one head out of each, then stand them up close together and screw my press to the outer edge of one barrel. A tin spout (open), must be fastened to the end of the press chamber to receive the pulp as it is forced out, through the strainer beneath, and conveyed to the furthest barrel by the spout; then, when pressed, the juice will run into the barrel beneath the press. I use ten barrels of berries and 12o pounds granulated sugar to the barrel. The sugar I dissolve in the juice partly ; the pulp will retain a large portion of the juice; to save this I have to use water to wash the pulp, and strain and add to the juice, using eight gallons of water for this purpose. If the fruit is ripe and juicy this will make a barrel of wine. I make a barrel of wine in three lots; when the juice and sugar is well mixed by stirring with a stick, I let it stand in open tubs 24 hours, then skim it; let it stand 24 hours more, then skim again, saving all the scum and pulp, and wash it with a little water and strain again and add to the rest. When settled, it is put into a barrel, the barrel on its side with a faucet about four inches up from the lower edge of the barrel head. Fill from the bunghole till nearly full, then cover the bunghole with crepe or fine wire cloth to admit air. It will soon begin to work; must be kept in this condition until it stops working; that will be known by placing the ear close to the opening. When it stops the singing sound you will know that the fermentation is done; then close it air-tight; let it remain one month, then transfer through the wooden faucet into another barrel the clear wine, and close tight the thick part of the fine pulp to save all that is possible ; must be filtered and again settled and the clear part added to the clear wine; nothing but the perfectly clear stuff will keep permanently. I would say here that I have no scientific knowledge of wine making, but have learned by observation and practice, avoiding the errors that I have seen in others. Any further information that may be required by interested persons, I will give them as far as I am able to do so.?[T. J. Burkin, Lawtry, Fla. VALUE OF OATS IN THE FEEDING RATION. One of the benefits which may come from the great abundance and low price of oats the present season, says the Breeders' Gazette, is the probability of their more general use upon the farm. Some yet hold to the old idea (much to their own loss) that this grain was created for the special use of horses. One hundred pounds of oats contain about nine and one half pounds of proteine, forty-four pounds of carbo-hydrates, and four pounds of fat. Compared with corn, oats are from 12 to 14 per cent, richer in proteine,which is the food that builds up the muscles; 30 per cent, poorer in carbo-hydrates,which build up the fat of the body and are converted into energy, and 20 per cent, lower in oil, which serves the same purpose as the carbo-hydrates. Having less carbo-hydrates and oil than corn, oats, with their large amount of proteine, come nearer being a balanced ration in themselves than does that grain. If we were to burn one hundred pounds of oats and one hundred pounds of corn, there would remain but one and one-half pounds of ash residue from the corn, while oats would give twice as much or three pounds. It is in proteine, which goes to build up the muscular system, and ash, which forms such a large part of the bone structure, that this grain stands out conspicuous among those commonly grown on the farm. Many feeders consider that the density with which the food material is packed away in corn works against that grain in feeding, and that great advantage may be derived by "diluting" the corn so that it will not pack in the stomach. They find ear-corn fed with the husks on or ground with the cob superior to either shelled corn or corn-meal, not because of the value of the husk or cob particularly, but because they extend or lighten up the feed. The husk of oats, which certainly cannot be considered as having value, seems to play an important part in feeding?much, perhaps as the husk or cob does with the corn. So valuable is the husk of the oat when surrounding the grain, that all attempts to introduce varieties free from it have proved futile. A Cure for Squeaking Shears.? Standing in a prominent hardware store the other day, the stroller watched a lady purchase a pair of shears. She decided upon the 9ize and style desired and tried four or five pairs, rejecting them all because, she said, they all "squeaked." But she was finally suited with a pair that didn't "squeak," and went her way. As the accepted pair happened to be one of those first refused, the salesman was asked how the metamorphosis was effected. "That," said he, "is one of the very simplest secrets of the man who sells shears. Observe this." He picked up a pair of scissors which "squeaked" woefully when worked. Then he ran his forefinger thoughtfully down the side of his nose and rubbed it over the scissors, which came together as gently and noiselessly as though saturated with oil. "That's all there is of it," he said. "You see, there is always a little oil collected in the corners outside of your nostrils. Scrub ~~ 11 4U/v i : 1 T yuur uuat? oa jibiu ns yvu win, tuc uu win be back there in five minutes. So when a customer comes in, tries a pair of shears and complains that they squeak and come together hard, we can oil them up and make them run smooth without exciting suspicion. What was the oil put on the nose for ? To help the hardware men out, I suppose. But then what I have told you is a good thing for all nervous people who don't like squeaky shears to know." ?[Chicago Journal. How to Water Plants in Pots.? Success or failure in the growing of houseplants is largely due to the care and attention paid to watering. Like everything else, what is worth doing is worth doing well. When plants require water, give it unsparingly. The system to adopt is to be thorough rather than regular. Many persons water their plants as regularly as they wash their faces, which will not do. A plant should not be watered unless it needs it, and it does not need it so long as the soil contains sufficient moisture for the plant's use; more than that is an injury. Water should never be given until the plants show by the drooping of the leaves that they need it. Then give with a liberal hand, not simply a surface wetting, but give until every particle in the pot is wet; let it go to the bottom. Many plants have been so long potted that the ball of roots and earth is almost impervious to water. Water applied to such, ten times a day, will do but little cnnd : the nnts should he nut in si tub of water occasionally, and left there for twenty-four hours, the pot all under water, then they will get a wetting that is useful and lasting.?[Agriculturist. Medicine in Vegetables.?The following information may be useful to some at this season of the year, i f not new to many: Spinach has a direct effect upon the kidneys. A common dandelion used as greens is excellent for the same trouble. Asparagus purges the blood. Celery acts admirably upon the nervous system, and is a cure for rheumatism and neuralgia. Tomatoes act upon the liver. Beets and turnips are excellent appetizers. Lettuce and cucumbers are cooling in their effects upon the system. Onions, garlic, leeks, olives and shallots, all of which are similar, possess medicinal virtue of a marked character, stimulating the circulatory system and the consequent increase in the saliva and the gastric juice, promoting digestion. Ited onions are an excellent diuretic, and the white ones are recommended to be eaten raw as ajremedy for insomnia. A soup made from onions is regarded by the French as an excellent restorative in debility of the digestive organs.?[N. Y. World. 1ST Bearing in mind that the stomach of a horse is small in proportion to the size of his frame he requires feeding often, and though three times a day is sufficient, four times is better. Unlike human boings, horses should drink before they eat, because, owing to the conformation of the horse, water does not remain in the stomach, but passes through into a large intestine called the ciecum. If horses be fed first, the passing through the stomach would be likely to carry with it particles of, food, and thus bring about colic. Whatever a groom may say, let a horse drink just as much as ho likes. If he bo watered four times a day he will never take very much, or too much. A horse, it must be remembered, is fed on dry food, and this with the strong work done, produces a feverishness which a sufficiency of water tends to allay.?The American Breeder. Wajjisidc (gatherings. aST Not to love the good is a proof that you are bad. 83?" An ounce of encouragement is worth a pound of fault finding. Make your long prayers in private, and your short ones in public. 83?" The biggest coward in all the earth is the man who is afraid to do right. 83?" The annual consumption of sugar in the United States is 16,000,000 tons. 8&~ Abuse is one of the few things a man can get without earning or deserving it. jgrln 1800 America had more colleges, in proportion to population, than she has now. $6?"Iulf>lG there were only three hundred and fifty English people in all North America. j?" Leisure is sweet to those who have earned it, but burdensome to those who get it for nothing. BSaT Some people are all preach and no practice. It is much better to be all practice and no preach. 83?" An establishment at Hubbard, ()., advertised itself as the "the only secondclass hotel in tho world." S&* The broker who married a pretty but penniless girl explained that ho had taken her at her face value. The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market; it depends chiefly on two words?industry and frugality. B&- A French physician has been successful with a much larger percentage of vaccination on tho leg than on the arm. . JBaTThe unusually large number of 112 species of migratory birds have been seen in the neighborhood of Philadelphia this season. 5?-The number of workers in iron and steel in the United States is about onefifth larger at present than in any preceding year in our national history. KaT A householder, in filling up his census schedule, under the column, "where born ?" described one of his children "born in the parlor," and the other "up stairs." BSy The curious discovery has been made that every governor of Iowa, since 1859, is alive and hale and hearty, and the only Democrat among them is tho present executive. SOT Gen. Greely, chief of the signal service at Washington, is in receipt of at least twenty letters a day from cranks who solemnly hold him responsible for the weather. &aT"Do you think," he asked in hesitating accents, "that you could learn to love me?" "Yes," she replied, coyly, "I could learn, but I'm afraid you'll have a good deal of trouble teaching father." A lesson in language: "What are we waiting on, conductor?" asked a passenger from Chicago, when the train came to a tiTnifirtrvAn tuo/tlr J J 51UL1U3U 11. ttcaiu wailillguu 1>IJC LI nvn, replied the conductor, who was a Boston man. 8ST Said a lawyer to his young clerk, "Why weren't you at the office earlier this morning?" "Beg pardon, sir, but I am a reformer. I believe that the office should seek the man, not the man the office." I?- Every thirty days: Lonesum?Been married a month to-day, haven't you, old fel ? Still billing and cooing, I suppose ? Scrunge (dubiously)?I am not cooing as much as I was at one time, but the billing? ah, rae! J6T Guest?Who owns this hotel ? Waiter?Mr. Blank am de proprietor, sah, "Glad to hear it. I thought from your actions that the waiters owned the hotel." "0 no, sah. We don't own nuffin but the guests." 83?" A book printed long before the discovery of America and valued at $26,000, is now on exhibition at Chicago. This is an advantageous hint to authors. They should let their books grow old before putting them on the market. BST It is not the people who shine in society, but the people who brighten up the Knnlr no.lni. . nrvf (ha nnnnln Qrp UClVsXV |/(ll 1V/1 j uuv niv. jyvv|/?v t? i?v v charming when they are out, but the people who are charming when they are in, that are good to live with. 86y A pair of bantam chickens were sold at the London crystal palace for &>00, which was almost exactly twice their weight in gold. This is believed to be the highest price ever paid for a single pair of fowls since the days of extravagant and luxurious Kome. can always tell when my husband has been drinking," said a young wife." "Yes?" said another young wife. "Yes, I know it the moment ho kisses me." "I can al30 tell when ray husband has been drinking," saidtheother. "Yes?" "When he doesn't kiss me." "I vas in great luck." "How vas dot?" "Vy, I find one hundred pounds yesterday belong to dot miser Mark, und ven I giff it back to him dis morning he nefer shargo me no interest for der uso of dot monish for twenty-four hours. Mark vas getting shildish." 865"" The latest from "Society Notes." "Widows are sometimes embarrassed to know what disposition to make of the first wedding ring. It should he removed as soon as the lady has plighted her troth, for no man likes to be continually remind ed of his predecessor." t5Tlt is estimated by a correspondent that at least sixty per cent, of the multitude of type-writers in Chicago are women, as are twenty-five per cent, of the type setters, fifty per cent, of the telegraph operators, and about seventy per cent, of the employes of the dry goods stores. SST A clergyman, on entering a country store not long ago, opened the door just in time to hear a man remark very emphatically. "The Devil"?"Ah-er-oh-EIder, I didn't know you was here was the man's remark. "No apology is needed," was the reply; "he is no friend of mine." tgy-The record for the largest amount of butter produced by a cow in one year has been broken by a cow owned by I). F. Appleton, of Ipswich, Mass., who, with three days to spare, produced 941 pounds and 11 ounces. The previous record was 93G pounds 134 ounces, held by Landseer's Fancy, owned by Dr. William Morrow, of Nashville, Tenn. SOT Mr. J. Bryan Grimes, of Pitt county, N. C., had planted thirty-five acres in Irish potatoes, and one night recently, when he thought there was going to be frost to kill his potatoes, which were twelve inches high, he built log heaps about his /?-!< "1 * A 11 % J 11. . neia ana Kept mem uurniug uurmg me night and next morning his potatoes were untouched by the frost. 63T One of the "notices" in the porch of the church at Ilawarden, England, near Mr. Gladstone's castle, reads thus: "On your way to the Lord's house he thoughtful, be silent, or say but little. Speak not of other men's faults; think of your own, for you are going to ask forgiveness. Never stay outside; go in at once, time spent inside should be precious." SOT One way : "I say, Sparkins! did you see in the paper to-day that the captain of the schooner Emma is to receive a medal for his heroic conduct in saving five lives ?" "Well, what of it?" I've saved hundreds of lives, and nobody ever gave moamedal." "You? Impossible! How? When ?" "Why I studied for a physician, and then refused to practice." ffSy-1 never had any faith in luck at all, except that I believe good luck will carry a man over a ditch, if lie jumps well, and put a bit of bacon into his pot, if he looks after his garden and keeps a pig. Luck generally comes to those who look after it, and my notion is it taps once in a lifetime at everybody's door, and if industry does not open it away it goes.?[Spurgeon. I6T "Husband in?" asked the gas collector, cheerfully. "No," answered the woman, "ho isn't at home." "Expecting him soon?" asked the collector. "Well," the woman replied, thoughtfully, "I don't know exactly; "I've been lookin'for him seventeen years, and he hasn't turned up yet. You travel about a good deal, and if you see a man who looks as though he'd make me a pretty good husband, tell him I'm still awaitin', and send him along." Jgy* A servant-girl living with a lady in Iowa came to her mistress one day, and said, "I'm sorry, ma'm, but I'll have to leave you next month. Me and my young man are going to get married then." "Very well, Mary," replied the lady. "I hope, however, that you have given the matter careful consideration, and counted tho cost in case one makes a mistake in marrying." "La, ma'am,it ain't going to cost vie anything!" was tho immediate reply. "Ho has to buy tho license his own self, you know." IgiscfUancous fading, LETTER FROM BLACKSBURU. THE STEADY PltOGltESS OE THE TOWS' 1) lilt I SO TllE l'AST YE A11. I Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Blacksbuuc, May 13.?It is now one year since the beginning of my correspondence forTiiE Enquirer, and, although it is pleasant to look back upon the fact that only three links are broken in the chain, and only three letters of the fifty-two are missing, yet outside of the pleasure it gives me, the fact possesses very little significance. I only mention it for the purpose of giving a brief review of the progress our town has made during that time. Between seventy-five and one hundred houses have been built, the most of them being substantial and comfortable cottages. All of them have been occupied, thereby adding to our population five or six hundred souls who were not here this time last year. rl\tiA nUnv^Una VrvJur>/\t\o 1 n n/1 1Jenof a j. >vu (?iu x icouj ic" rian, have been completed and consecrated. A handsome and commodious brick school building has been finished, and is ready for use. Two store-houses, on Mountain street, and a handsome brick livery stable and offices on Church street, have been built aud occupied. A large sash, bliud and door factory with dry kiln and an extensive and well constructed foundry, have been completed, furnished with the best modern machinery, and are both in successful operation. A convenient and comfortable addition of eleven rooms, has been made to tho Air Line hotel. Four new mercantile firms have opened up, and appear to be getting a good share of custom. There have been no failures, and they seem to be doiug as well or better than ever, and enlarging their business facilities. Another building and loan association (the Mechanics') has been organized, and is doing a good business. The capital stock of a bank has been subscribed, an organization will soon be effected, and the institution will be ready for business. A job printing establishment, which also issues a weekly newspaper, the Blacksburg News, is one of the new enterprises of our town. A plant for the making of brick by machinery has been placed here and is being worked to its full capacity. Another brick yard, is also in operation, and there is a demand for all the brick that both can supply. A substantial building, neat in appearance and convenient in arrangement, has been erected for council chamber and prison rooms. Several additions have been made to the Three C's railroad shops, viz.: A large paint shop, an extensive car shed and several rooms for the new and elegant machinery which has been placed in position and used every day, and with which the company is able to do all of the repairing needed on their rolling stock. A military company, the Cherokee Itifles, has been organized and officered, and although composed of our most peaceable citizens, would respond with alacrity to the governor's call, should there arise a need for their services. They have an armory. The Blacksburg Land and Improvement company, an organization which promises much toward the building up of A Lady's Toast to the Men.?At a literary meeting recently, Mrs. Dunaway toasted the men as follows: "God bless 'era. We halve their joys, double their sorrows, treble their expenses, quadruple their cares, excite their affections, control their propery, and out mameuvre them in everything. In fact, I may say, without a prospect of successful contradiction, without'em it wouldn't bo much of a world anyhow. We love 'em and the dear beings can't help it; we control'em and the precious fellows don't know it. "As husbands they are always convenient, though not always on hand; as beaux they are by no means matchless. They are the mostagreeable visitors; they are handy at State fairs, and indispensable at ice-cream saloons. They are splendid as escorts for some other fellow's wife or sister, and as friends they are better than women. As our fathers they are inexpressibly grand. A man may be a fail- < ure in business, a wreck in constitution, ' not enough to boast of as a beauty, nothing to speak of as a legislator of woman's rights, and not even very brilliant as a member of the press; but if he is our father we overlook his shortcomings, and cover his peccadilloes with the divine mantle of charity. Then, as our husbands, how we love to parade them as paragons! In the sublime words of the inspired poet: "Wo'll lio for tlicm, Wo'11 cry for them, And if wo could we'd ilv for thorn, Wo'll do anything but dio for thom." -+ ? Dii'kkkknce Between IIair and Wool.?The hair of the negro, with its tendency to kink or curl, is mockingly called "wool," becauso it to this extent resembles tho hair of tho sheep. Curly hair is, as a matter of fact, less perfect than straight hair. But through all this range? of the human plant, goat's hair and sheep's wool?nature shows such closo gradations that it would be dillicult to draw an exact line between hair and wool, or in this respect separato tho sheep from tho goats. Witness tho Angora goat, whoso lleeco, known as mohair, is reckoned a superior wool, and tho Peruvian alpaca, or llama. The microscope distinguishes very clearly, however, between wool and silk, tho fiber of which is an even double filament of gum exuded by the silkworm ; and between wool and vegetable fibers, such as cotton, which growingas a tube, dries into a half twisted ribbon, having no barbed edge. The root of tho hair has a natural tendency to dry up as warm weather ap proaches, allowing the hair to fall free from the skin ; thus animals "shed their coats." But when hair is cut, as with human beings, or the fleece is sheared, as in the case of sheep, nature adapts itself to the demand upon it, and growth is continuous. The number of these fibers is wonderful. On the pelt of a full blood ram, Dr. Cutting, of the Vermont board of agriculture, reckoned with his microscope 222,300 to the square inch; an ordinary open wool sheep will have one-thirtieth as many.?[It. Bowker in Harper's. Tiie Northern Boundary Line.? The boundary line between the United States and Canada is not "imaginary" as most people suppose. The line is distinctly marked from Lake Michigan to Alaska by cairns, iron pillars, earth mounds, and timber clearings. There are 38") of these marks between the Lake of the Woods and the base of the Itocky Mountains. The British placed one post every two miles and the United States one between every British post. These posts are of cast iron, and cast on their faces are the words, "Convention of London, Oct. 20, 1818." Where the line crosses lakes, mountains of stones have been built projecting eight feet above high-water mark. In forests the line is defined by felling trees for a space a rod wide.?[St. Louis Globe Democrat. our place, nas been lormeu, its capital stock increased from ten to fifty thousand, and at its next meeting, on the 24th instant, it is proposed to increase the stock fr* furn hnnrlroH thnnaanrl Thia Pnmnonv lU 1 " V UlUUOHi.U, *.W.O N^V,...^...-.., has engineers engaged in making maps of the town and its surroundings; streets are being laid out aud graded and preparations are being made in reference to development of a water supply, while electric lights, through the same source, are already assured to the town. Overlookplace, our much visited and celebrated picnic grounds, has recently been made more attractive, by the addition of other pleasant buiidings and features, of a large reservoir, into which cool, pure, sparkling water, from a mountain spring is forced and is ever ready to use where it will be needed and appreciated. The graded school building, a description of which I promised in my last letter, has been accepted by the building committee, who has the matter in charge for the town. The building is a substantial structure 100 feet in length and 70 feet wide. It is high between the joists, and nicely finishished inside, with natural wood wainscoting and hard plaster. There is a main school room 30 by 70 on the first floor and four large recitation rooms. Entrance halls, and well arranged separate cloak rooms for boys and girls. In the upper story there is a large and well-lighted hall. Externally the building presents a substantial and attractive appearance. One end of the main part of the building is finished in the form of a circle, 25 feet in diameter, and rises three stories high, and is completed by a cone shaped roof, the pinnacle of which is 85 feet from the ground. The roofs of the several partitions of the building make a broken sky line. Outside shutters are furnished to all windows. A II 1, nAntliT rPUn ill! UlC wuuu wini\ id uv;?ti4y ptviutuu. xtiu grounds are large and and spacious, covering half of a city square, and the place selected for the location of the building is ono of the most commanding in the town. The town proposes to furnish the building in proportion to itsother features; enclose the grounds with a neat substantial fence, which, with the laying out of the grounds and the planting of ornamental trees, will make it one of the most attractive features of the town. I am proud to say that no town in the upper part of the State has as handsome, conveniently planned and well constructed school building as Blacksburgcan boast of. Father Ilirschmeyer, a mission priest of the Roman Catholic church, made a visit to this place ou the 8th instant, and celebrated mass for the first time in York county at the residence of Capt. J. M. McArthy. Father Ilirschmeyer has his headquarters at Greenville, and visits seventeen mission points. Blacksburg will make the eighteenth, and as there are several members of that branch of the church here, he proposes, in the near future, to erect a church building at this point. On account of certain changes in the line of the Augusta division of the Three C's railroad, Messrs. Gaston & Smith have not begun work on their contract yet. Instead of crossing Broad river at Eagle island, it is now settled that the road will cross at the mouth of King's creek, one and a half miles further down the river. The change will throw most of Messrs. Gaston & Smith's work in York, instead of Union county. w. a. Postage Stamps Good Until Used.? Persons having old postage stamps sometimes think they are rendered worthless by the issue of new ones. This is not so. The only obsolete stamps are those of the Issue of 1817 and 1851, very few of which are now in existence in the North, and these are generally worth more than their face value for collectors. The issues of 1801,18G!), and 1870 are as good in the payment of postage as the new issues. The reason the issues of 1847 and 1851 are not accepted is because large amounts of these were outstanding in the South at the time of the war, and the present holders of them probably secured them without rendering an equivalent to Uncle Sam.?[Ilartford Co u rant. Labor the Source of Wealth.?Labor is the source of wealth. No other means of producing wealth have ever been or ever will be found. It must be wrung from the soil by patient toil; it must be brought up from the mines deep in the earth by the labor of man; it must be coined from the forest by 1 he axman and the millman; it must be wrought out from the raw materials by the skill, the patience, and the labor of human operatives. The curse of this and all other communities to-day is that so many persons are trying to escape this heaven-or uainea law, ana 10 secure soraeming ior nothing?wealth without labor of their own.?[Senator Dolph. A New Invention.?A nickle-in-theslot machine in Boston confronts the equestriau who alight at the sidewalk with the legend written across the front, "Drop a nickle in the slot and I'll hold your horse." He puts in the nickle and the iron hands unclasp, the bridle rein is dropped into them and they close again. There you are. The horse is held. The rider goes off about his business. In half an hour he returns. There is the machine and there is the horse. But the first legend has disappeared and in its place is the inscription in characters of living light: "Give me a quarter and I'll let him go." "There is but one way in which the South can ward off the danger of negro rule," says the Birmingham Age-Herald, and "in so doing put itselfon secure ground and square before the country. That is to provide such qualification for suffrage as will disfranchise theilliterateand irresponsible. This policy should have been pursued in the Southern States as soon as the revolution was effected which overthrew the carpet-baggers. It must be adopted before we can have honest and satisfactory politics and immunity from that Federal interference which the Itepublican leaders seek to enforce." J6TA rabbi in Montreal says the low death rate among Jews is owing to their adherence to the Mosaic law, which permits for use as food only the tlesh of such animals as divide the hoof and chew the cud. In the killing of these animals the strictest examination had to be made to prevent the communication of disease to man. As to fish, the Jews only eat those with both fins and scales, and oysters, in his opinion, are simply "the scavengers of the sea." Lobsters, crabs and other Crustacea are likewise tabooed. Copies of an appeal containing thesignaturesof 1,654 citizens of San Francisco, praying Federal aid.havo been received by members of the senate and house. The appeal is addressed to the president of the United States aud to the senate and house of renrosentatives. It states that "owinef to unprecedented bad weather, the evils of competition and most of all, a vicious financial system," the petitioners find themselves and their families with thousands of their fellow citizons in a condition of helpless destitution. France and Germany maintain vast standing armies on a constant war footing. The total cost of the French army, according to the "Statesman's Year Book," is $111,313,000. The total cost of the German army is $91,726,293. The Republican house of representatives has passed pension bills for $140,000,000 already and proposes more yet. Perhaps the Republican senate will think of these things. 16?*The congressional com m i ttee appoi n ted to investigate the immigration business, report the discovery of a single square mile of territory in New York city where 270,AAA nnAnln lJtfA V* I/iK io Q HAA morfl human VUW puv/|/ic 11 YCj Y>lUV.li 10U|UVV UIU1V iiuuiuu beings than can bo found dwelling in any other square mile on tho earth's surface. These people are said to bo all Italians, speaking only their own language and observing foreign customs. 565" According to the Augusta Journal, there is one boarding-house mistress in Maine who is not in the habit of getting left. When some of the boarders began to brace their constitutions against the enervating spring weather with tonics, she posted this notice: "All boarders who build up their appetites artificially will bo charged twenty per cent, additional." flflM fROYAL ?SWV? ^ W ~tiT. ^ psl K lo! ? &AKlMC POWDER Absolutely Pure This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and tvliulesonietiess. More economical than the ordinary kinds,and cannot he sold In competition with the multitude of low test, diort weight aluinor phosphatcpowders. Sor.n oni.y in cans. ROYAL RAKING I'OYVIIKR CO., 100 Wall St., N. Y. April.'Id 18 ly DISCONTINUANCE OF A ltOAD. oi't'it'k ok County Commissioners, ) York County, j YoRKVir.UK, S. C., May 1890. NOTICE is hereby given that on thoTIIIKI) TUESDAY OF AUfiUST, lS'.K), tho County Commissioners of York county will DISCONTINUE a part of tho public road in York county, S. CM known as tho "Nation Ford Roail," to wit: Reginning at tho Dwelling house on tho plantation of Capt. A. E. Hutchison, in Eliene/.or township, and extending thenco to Mooro's Cross Roads, near Nation Ford, a distance of about ono mile and a quarter. All porsotis objecting to the closing up or discontinuance of said, are required to appoar before tho board of County Commissioners, at their ollico in Yorkvillo, S. C., on tho 19TII DAY OF AUtJlIST, 1890, AT 12 O'CLOCK M., to inako their objections known. Ry order of tho Hoard of County Commissioners of York county. D. E. FINLEY, Clerk of Hoard. May 11 20 Sin DENTISTRY. I AM again boforo tho public iff their attention to tho pricos Ono Upper or Lowor Sot of Tooth, $10 00 Partial Sots, ono Tooth on Plato, 1 50 Partial Sets, two Tooth on Plato, 2 00 Partial Set, throo Tooth on Plato, .'1 00 fid- All work guaranteed. I will havo my Ollico with Dr. CARTWRIUIIT.who will at any time, in my absence, EXTRACT TEETH, TAKE IMPRESSIONS, etc., for mo. Coino to see mo hoforo yon Imvo your work dono. w. m. Walker, i>. d.s. September IS 118 tf \ HOW? "Can the world know a man hat a good thing unless he advertises the possession of it."?Vandekdilt. WRITE US wherever you live, and we will ship you a j ^fine instrument on 15 Days' Test Trial in your own home. NO CASH REQUIRED Until you have tested and approved. Our freight both ways if instrument fails to please in either Btylc, 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 187000 this TEST TRIAL PLAN, first introduced in the South by us. Fairest method of sale possible, and a great benefit to those at a distance who cannot visit our warc-rooini ALL RISK SAVED By this trial plan, and purchasers absolutely assured perfect instruments at the very lowest possible cost. Selling only the beat instruments made, that will stand the most severe and comprehensive tests, we do not fcar 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 offer. Write for Valuable Information. Catalogues, Circulars, Spoclal Fall Offers-1889. Copy of new Paper-"Sharps and Flats ALL FREE. Address I UDDEN & BATES, L SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE, SAVANNAH, CA. MY~SON~ "Deal with the men who advertise. Vou Will never lose by it."?Hun. Fiianki.in. AS- Write L & B. S. M. H. about it. AUCTION SALES." SHERIFF'S TAX SALES. BY virtue of TAX EXECUTIONS to me directed, and in conformity to Act of General Assembly, approved December 24, 1887, and amendments thereto, passed and approved, I will exposo to public sale, in front of the COURT HOUSE OF YORK COUNTY, during the legal hours of sale, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE NEXT, being the 2nd day of June, 1890, the following described real estate, to satisfy taxes, ponalties and costs due by tax-payers named, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1888, to wit : One tract of land said to contain 25 acres, situatod near Thorn's ferry, Catawba river, (said to boa partot an island), assessed as the property of James A. Gill. One tract of 5 acres, in Cherokoo township, assessed as the property of David Stewart. One lot and building, situated in Clover, King's Mountain township, assessed in name of Amy Warren. K. A. CRAWFORD, 8. Y. C. May 7 19 -It CLERK'S SALE. South Carolina?York County. IN COMMON PLEAS. Margarot L. Crist, Plaintiff, against A. Springs Withers and others. BY virlno of tho authority in tno vested, under a Doeroo made by his honor, Judgo J. J. Norton, in tho abovo statod eause, I will expose to public salo at YOKlv COURT IIOUSE, on tho FIRST MONDAYIN JUNE, NEXT, (Sales-Day) during the legal hours of salo, tho following property, to wit: All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with tho buildings thereon, situated in the town of Yorkvillo, on the corner of Congress and Jofforson stroots, hounded by lots of A. Rose and said Congress and Jofferson streets, and containing THREE-FOURTHS OF AN ACRE, moro or loss. TERMS OF SALE. One-fourth Cosh, and balanco payable Janimrv 1st ISO I with interest from dav of sale. I secured l>y bond and mortgago of the promises. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. BROWN WYLIE, C. C. C. Pis. May 7 1!) 4t SHERIFF'S SALES, BY virtno of writs of liori facias to me directed, will bo sold between the legal hours of Shorilfs Sale, on the FIRST MONI)AY in JUNK NEXT, At York Court House, the following property to wit: By virtuoof sundry executions to mo directed, "in the case of Louis Webber vs. Robert A. Lynch and others, all tho right, title and interest of tho defendant, Itobort A. Lynch, to and in all that certain tract of land known as the "Mary Copper Mine Tract," situato five miles east of Yorkvillo, on tho Wright's Ferry road, adjoining lands of John Nichols, estate of Pollard Thomasson and others, containing 105 acres, moro or less. Levied upon at the instance of P. F. Fra/.oo, as owner and holder of the judgment in said action. All that tract of land situated in Bullock's Creek township, in York county, South Carolina, known as the "J. D. Sinarr land," bounded on the north by the Tigler lands and lands of Barney Brannon; on the oast by lands of R. C. Thomson and James E. Robinson; on the south by lands of It. C. Thomson and the Brannon lands; and on the west by lands of Judith Cranford and W. L, Roddy, and containing 3(?0 acres, more or less. Levied on as the property of J. I). Smarr at tho suit of Benjamin P. Cranford, administrator, de bonis non, of the estate of Theophilus Cranford, deceased. jZft- Terms of sale cash. Purchasers to pay for papers. E. A. CRAWFORD, S. Y. C. May 7 19 4t REGISTRATION NOTICE. Office Supervisor of Registration, York County, Yorkvillk, April 8, 1890. NOTICE is hereby given that the books of registration will remain open in my ollice, as tho law directs, on tho FIRST MONDAY in each month until tho FIRST MONDAY in July, 1890, when tho law requires them to be closed until after tho noxt general eloction. This is for tho 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 eloction to register ; to transfer voters so desiring from York to anothor county, or from one rosidonce to anothor. Voters desiring to ayail thoniselves of any of the above privileges, must make application before or on tho FIRST MONDAY, 5TII DAY OF JULY, 1890. Lost registration certificates may be renewed to within THIRTY DAYS of the election, and thoso who become of legal age to vote between tho 1st of July, 1890, and the day of the next goneral eloction, may register at any time before tho election. The precincts of Black's Station, Cherokee township; McKlwoe's Mill, Betbesda township; and Tirzah, in Ebenezer township, have been discontinued by act of the general assembly, and the following precincts have boon designated in placo of those named : Blacksburg, in Cherokee township; Antioch Church, in Bothosda township; and Newport, in Ebonezor township. It will bo necessary for voters residing in the townships of Cherokoo, Bethesda and Ebenozor, to renow their certificates of registration to COUIorill to Hie i-iniiiKt!.i in tuu Minima >" mu precincts above montionod. F. HAPPERFIELD, Supervisor of Registration, York Co. April!? 15 l.'tt UNDERTAKING. 1AM handling a first class line of Collins anil Caskets which I will sell at the very lowest prices. Personal attontion at all hours. I am proparoil to repair all kimls of Furniture nt reasonable prices. J. KD. JEFFERYS. January 22 4 tf "lMYIUM PAY III*!! IJAltTI KS indebted to us by Note or Account for ISM!I, or previous to that year aro horeby reminded that we want our money and must have it. W. C. LATIMER. "NO FARMER CAN AFFO! Read What Ex-Sh?rilt*R. to Almost Everybody Say About the Corbf Sam M. Crist, Yorkville, S. 0.: Dear Sir, to tho worth of tho Corhin Disk Harrow as a purchased of you last fall for a variety of purj do all that is claimed for it by tho manufacturer* already published. Last fall I plowed a pioee weeds, and had also a considerable amount ol finished, tho ground was exceedingly roughyards without breaking. I then went to wor ground two or throe times, I had it in as good i spaded ami raked, and I am now cultivating thi worked. I also broke my cotton stalk land and with tho Harrow. I find a wonderful differone that which has not. The more I use my Harro my small grain with it next fall, and for two r got hotter results; and second, I can do it at at time as compared to tho ordinary way of sowing Corbin Harrow, and tho sooner tho farmers fi times tho cost of my Harrow for it and ho wit! any fnrthor information they may desire. Kesj SCHEDUIJI From Coln.m"bia 1 In Effect Nai tining North. | No. 53 i No. 39 | i Daily i STATIONS. Daily except Sunday a. m. a. m i Leave Columbia 9 (H) j Loavo Kingvillo 9 f)0 fjoavo Camden 11 40 9 00 Leave Lancaster 1 09 1 15 1 Leave Catawba June. 1 48 2 50 1 Loavo Hoddey's 1 52 3 00 [ Leave Leslie's 1 50 :i 10 ! Leave Kock Hill 2 20 3 50 \ Leave Old Point 2 25 4 00 ! Leave Newport 2 33 4 15 ! Loavo Tirzuh 2 39 4 30 1 Tjoave Yorkville 2 50 5 10 1 Leave Sharon 3 05 5 40 Ijeave Hickory Grove 3 18 0 10 Loavo Smyrna Ijeave Hlacksburg 3 45 0 55 Leave Shelby 4 57 Arrive Ruthorfordton 0 45 j p. m. p. m. Connections.?At Camden, with South Car R. It.; at Lancaster, with C. A C. R. It.; at Cata ville, with C. <fc L. R. R.; at Illacksburg with A. Hlacksburg, S. C., March 20, 1890. JO GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kindsof ^ IRON ROOFING jfijNES/R CKIMPK1) AND CORRUGATED SIDING, jfSpStf&k Iron Tile or Shingle, PIKE PR0UP UOORS, SHUTTERS 4C? THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 Orders received by L. M. GRIST. BUCKEYE HARVES says : "I havo cut from 50 to 75 acres each year, acres. The only repairs I ever bought were one ning against a locust stump), and the sections I this machine, and with a new knifo it is in good I now haveon hand a BUCKEYE MOWER ni ...ill I 1 I I ,..,11 will UU UJ IJUVDiUl UHUICabUK J/UIOWIIO nil applicants with handsome illustrated cal BUCKEYE MACHINERY and tiio CIIIEFTA LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. I WOULD rospectfully 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 AN1) FEED STABLES so long conducted by mo. Doternilnod 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 tho trains to any part of town. FOR FUNERALS I have an elegant HEARSE and also a CLARENCE COACH which will bo sent to any part of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable. Buggies and other Vehicles On hand for salo. Bargains in either now or second-hand Vehicles, ir a vmrn irnnttra VKin MM. in. V M'J M V WJ mm* javJi?K7AiK7 m.- m*mw At the Yorkville Livery ami Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY litted up with new backgrounds, accessories, ?fcc., and with a line sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in [ any style of the art, as well oxocuteu as can be dono elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. Ry the dry plate process I can take them instantly ; makes no dilforence 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 i my Gallery on West Liberty .Street, near the! jail. J. R. SCHORR. WeHCHANTS' HOTEL, BLACKSBURG. S. C. FJYARLES set with the best tho season affords. Neat and comfortablo 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 ;> <3 tf APPLICATION FORDISCIIARGE. NOTICE is hereby givon tliattho undersign- j ed, Executor ot thoestateof BENJAMIN ! F. BRIGGS, deceased, will make a final sot- j tlement with the Judge of Probate of York county, 011 TIIE SOT 11 DAY OF MAY next, j at 12 o'clock M., when bo will make applica- i tion for a final discharge from liability as Executor of said estate. JOS. F. WALLACE, Executor. April .10 18 f>t* 0. E. SPENCER, N. W. HARDIN, Yorkville, S. C. Black's S. C. SPENCER A HARDIN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Itlacksburg, S. C. WE make a specialty of collections. All j business entrusted to us will be given prompt and careful attention. D. E. KINTjEY. J. S. II KICK* j FINLEY A It RICE, ATTOHNKYS AT LA.W, Yorkville, S. (!. ALL business entrusted to us will bo givon ' prompt attention. OFFICE OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. : ALONZO ROSE^ Hickory drove, S. (!., DEADER IN FINE WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINES AND TOBACCOS. Special Prompt Attention given to Orders, j March li> 12 ly SOLE AGENT. THIS will cortify that SAM M. GRIST, of Yorkville, S. C., has been appointed as SOLE AGENT for thosalo of CORHIN DISK HARROWS, CORIJIN ROAD CARTS, Ac., in and for the counties of YORK, CHESTER, LANCASTER and FAIRFIELD, in tho Stato of South Carolina. ST. LAWRENCE M'F'G CO. FAMILY MARE FOR MALE. A GOOD, SOUND, GENTLE FAMILY MARE that works kindly either in single or double-harness. Can bo driven with perfect safety by a lady. Will bo sold at a very reasonable price. Apply to SAM M. GRIST. RD TO BE WITHOUT IT." H. Glenn, Who is Known Y in York County, Has to 11 Disk Harrow. Yohkvilmc, S. (J., May lf>, 1 sfX?. : Itgivos me pleasure to add my testimony as farming implement. I have used the Harrow loses, and in no single instance has it failed to i and by the farmers whoso testimony you have of ground on my place that was coverod with ' wire-grass on it, and when the plowing was -in places the furrow would turn for 25 or .'10 k with the Harrow, and after going over the condition as an ordinary garden is after being s land and it is still soft and mellow and easily then pulverizod it and cut up the cotton stalks u in wuramg i<111(1 mat, ii.is noun narrowed ami w the better I like it. It is my purposo to how eiisons; first, I can sow it bettor, and, therefore out one-fifth tlio exponso and in one-fifth the ? grain. No farmercan allbrd to bo witliont tlio nd this out tho bettor. I would not take five liout it. I shall bo pleased to give my friends pectfully, It. II. GLENN. 3? OF THE jfegski o. II. It. :o Rutherlbrdton. rch 31, inoo. | No. .'18 | No. .12 | Going Sonlh. | ! Daily j except Daily 1 STATIONS. [Sunday | i a. m. a. m. | 1 9 35 Loavo Rutherfordton ! 11 45 Loayo Shelby | 8 50 12 45 Leave Blackshurg : '. Leave Smyrna i 9 40 1 15 Leave Hickory Grove ' 10 10 1 ."10 Loavo Sharon | 10 55 1 45 Leave Yorkville 11 15 1 50 Loavo Tirzah 11 50 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 82 Leave Roddey's 2 50 2 80 Leave Catawba June. 4 80 8 12 Leave Lancaster 7 30 4 34 Leave Camden 0 20 Leave Kingville 7 05 Arrive Columbia p. M. r. M. olina Railway; at Rock Hill, with C., C. ifc A. wlm Junction, with G., C. & N. It. R.; at York&. C. A. L. R. R. HN F. JONES, Supt. and Traffic Manager. OFING COMPANY, w IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MKIiWIN ST Cleveland, O. /p3t~ Send for Circular and *3/ 1 price List No. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. TING 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 ro-grff* spected. It is a reputed statomont that in some place, in some climate, somewhere under the sun, the Buckf eye is at work without a day's cessation the whole year through. This readily accounts'for the fact that there are mork buckeye machines inxjsb to-day than any ot1ikr make. r r -.Mr. C. J. Browning, of Fairplay, Jefferson county, Ohio, owns a Buckeye Mower that "has boon in constant use since 1850,?B4 years. Mr. Browing I used it in the last harvest, cutting over 50 knife and one shoe (the latter I broke by runwore out. I have mowed ovor 2,000 acres with shape for the next season." lanufactured expressly for the trade of 1800,and 1 and examine it. I shall be ploased to furnish talogues giving detailed descriptions of the IN HOUSE RAKES. SAM M. GRIST, Yorkvillo, S. C. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO., PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, South Carolina Division. CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect April 20. 1800. (Trains run by 7othMeridian timo.) SOUTH HOUND. No. 50. No. 52. Daily. Daily. Leave New York, 12.15 Night 4.50 P. M. Leave Philadelphia,... 7.20 A. M. 0.57 P. M. Leayo Baltimore, 9.45 A.M. 9.50 P.M. Leave Washington 11.24 A. M. 11.00 P. M. Leave Richmond, 5.00 P.M. 2.30 A. M. Leave Greensboro, 10.57 P. M. 9.50 A. M. Leave Salisbury, 12.52 P. M. 11.25 A. M. LeaveCharlotto, 2.20 A.M. 1.00 P. M. Leave Rock Hill 5.17 A.M. 1.57 P.M. Leave Chester, 5.58 A. M. 2.40 P. M. Leave Winnsboro', 4.59 A.M. 5.59 P.M. Arrive at Columbia 0.50 A.M. 5.10 P. M. Leave Columbia 0.55 A. M. 5.50 P. M. Leave Johnston's, 9.00 A.M. 7.55 P. M, Leavo Trenton, 9.10 A. M. 7.50 P. M. Leave Graniteville, 9.50 A. M. 8.20 P. M. Arrive at Augusta, 10.50 A.M. 9.00 P. M. Arrive at Charleston, 11.00 A. M. 9.50 P. M. Arrivo at Savannah, via. S. C. Railway, 5.40 P.M. 0.50 A.M. NORTH HOUND. No. 53. No. 51. Daily. Daily. Leave Charleston, 7.00 A. M. 5.10 P. M. Leave Augusta 8.50 A. M. 0.30 P. M. Leavo Graniteville, 9.30 A. M. 7.10 P. M. T aava HVontnti 111 (U A M 7 M P \f 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. Leavo Chester, 3.33 P. M. 1.20 A. M. Leave Rock Ilill, 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. Leavo Washington, 7.03 A. M. 7.10 P. M. Leave Raltimoro, 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 and 53. Pullman Palace Cars between Augusta and Greensboro, on trains 50and 51.SOL. HASS, JAS. L. TAYLOK, D. CARIHVEI.L, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent. D. 1'. A., Columbia,S. C. April 23 17 tf cT&L. NARE0W GAUGE RAILROAD. ^CHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains O from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., daily excopt Sunday, taking ellect January 5,1800: GOING SOUTH. Leavo 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 I'. M. Leave Clover, 12.40 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 1.20 P. M. Leave Gutkriesville 1.42 P. M. Leave McConnellsvillo, 1.40 P. M. Leave Lowrysville, 2.0.r) P. M. Arrive at Chester, 2..'10 P. M. GOING NOKTH. Leave Chester, 3.40 P. M. Leave Lowrysville, 4.00 P. M. Leave McConnellsvillo, 4.22 P. M. Leave Guthriesville, 4.30 P. M. Leave Yorkville 5.00 P. M. Leave Clover, 5.32 P. M. 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