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Jumwu.3 fejiavtmcut. - - - - ' HOW MIKE RODE THE BILL. One of the most laughable stories of a bovine kind that has ever tickled the ribs of the "only animal that laughs," is the one in which Mike Finck describes his ride in the "natural state," on Deacon Smith's Taurus. We defy a cynic, in fashionable trowsers, to Tead it and not burst a button or two off the places to which suspenders are hitched. It is simply "enormous." Mike took a notion to go in swimming, and he had just got his clothes off, when he saw Deacon Smith's bull making at him. The bull was a vicious animal, and had come very near killing two or three persons, consequently Mike felt rather "jubus." He didn't want to caM for help for he?was naked, and the nearest place from which assistance could arrive, was the meeting-house, which was at the time filled with worshippers, among wnom was tne "gai jiiKe was paying devotion to." So he dodged the bull as the animal came at him, and managed to catch him by the tail. He was dragged around till he was nearly dead, and when he thought he could hold no longer, he made up his mind that he'd better "holler." And now we will let him tell his own story. "So looking at the matter in all its bearings, I cum to the conclusion that I'd better let some one know whar I was. So I gin a yell louder than a locomotive whistle, and it wan't long before I seed the deacon's two dogs a coming down like as if they war seeing which wotiM get ther fiist. "I knowed who they war arter?they'd jine the bull agin me. 'So,' sez I, 'old brindle, as ridin' is as cheap as walkin' on this route, if you have no objections, I'll just take a deck passage on that ar' back o' yourn.' So I "warn't very long getting astride of him. . "Then, if you'd been thar, you'd have sworn thar war nothing human in that ar' mix, the sile flew so orfUlly, as the critter and I rolled round the field?one dog on one side, and one on the other, trying to clinch my feet. . "I prayed and cussed, until I couldn't tell which I did at last?and neither warn't of no use, they were so orfhlly mixed up. "Well, I reckon I rid about half an hour this way, when old brindle thought it war "Vo !? ? onrmlv nf wind and Ulllr W Bivp W vaivv IU w w. ? cool off a little, So when we got round to a tree that stood thar, he naturally halted, so * sez I, boy, you'll lose one .passenger sartin. So I jist clihn up a branch, kalkalating to roost till I starved, afore I'd be rid around that ari way any longer. "I war making tracks for the top of the tree, When I heard sumthin' a makin' an orful buzzin' overhead. I kinder looked, and if thar wasn't?well, thar'a no use in swearin'? but it war; the biggest hornet's nest ever bilt. You'll 'gin in' now I reckon, Mike, 'cause thar's no help for you. "But an idea struck me then that I stood a heap better chance a ridin' the bull than whar I was. Sez I, old feller, if you'll hold on, I'll ride to the nest station, anyhow, let that be whar it will. "So I jist dropped about him agin, and looked aloft to see what I had gained by changin quarters, and, gentlemen, I am a liar if thar warn't nigh half a bushel of the stingin' varmints ready to pitch into me when the word 'go' was gin. RWeIO reckon tfiey got it, for 'all hands' started for our company. Some of them hit the dogs?about a quart struck me, and the rest charged 1>n brindle. "This time the dogs led off fast, dead bent for the old deacon's, and as soon as old brindle and I could get under way, we followed, ! and as I was only a deck passenger, I had ' nothin' to do with steerin' the craft; if I had, ' we shouldn't have run that channel anyhow. "But, as I said before, the dogs took the lead?brindle and I next, and the hornets 1 directly arter. The dogs yellin'?brindle ' hollerin', and hornets buzzin' and stingin'. 1 "Well, we had got about two hundred ( yards from the house, and the deacon heard 1 us and come out. I seed him hold up his ' hands and turn white. I reckon he was 1 prayin' then, for he didn't expec to be called 1 for so soon, and it warn't long neither afore the whole congregation?men, women and 1 children?cum out, and then all hands went to yellin'. - 1 "None of them had the fust notion that brindle and I belonged to this world. I jist turned my head and passed the whole congregation. I seed the run would be up soon, ' for brindle couldn't turn an inch from a fence that stood dead ahead. * "\Vell, we reached that fence, and I went ashore, over the critter's head, landing on the other side, and lay thar stunned. "It warn't long afore some of them as was not scared, cum runnin' to see whar I war; foY all hands kalkerlated that the bull and I belonged together. But when brindle walked off by himself they seed how it war, and one of 'em said? " 'Mike Finck has got the scummage once in his life!' " "Gentlemen, from that day I dorpped the courting bizness, and never spoke to a gal since, and when my hunt is up upon this yearth, thar won't be any Fincks, and its all owin' to Deacon Smith's brindle bull." Mistook the* Article*?A young lady stepped into one of the street cars the other day and dropped her handkerchief upon a vacant seat, as much as to say, "taken," while she advanced to the other end of the ear,to deposit her fare. Meantime a nicely dressed young man jumped, in and sat down on the handkerchief without observing it. The young lady, after paying her fare, turned back, discovered to her chagrin her seat was occupied, and sat down opposite, the ladies making room for her. But she did not desire to lose her handkerchief, and so she looked intently toward the place where she had left it, hesitating whether to ask for ft or not. Discovering the direction of her looks, all eyes on the opposite side of the car were soon bent upon the young man. Finding himself the object of so much attention, he himself looked and discovered to his horror something white on which he sat, the end" peeping out. He mistook its character. To cover it with his hand, and to tuck it nicely away was the work of a few moments. None in the car but the young lady knew that the "something white" was a handkerchief, and hesitating still more to ask him, she lost it. 1 An Adroit Answer.?A well known clergyman made a visit to a well known | banker and asked to see him in a private room; /"I have come to you," he said, "with 1 a message from dear Jesus. I am in financial trouble and have been looking round for 1 somebody to help me out. I went to dear ] Jesus and asked him to send me some one who would help me. He named you. "Are ' you sure," said the banker, "that he mentioned my name?" "Oh, I cannot be ' mistaken about it." "I recollect." said the banker, "that when the Lord sent Peter to i Cornelius, he told Cornelius that Peter was j coming. I think that if the Lord had sent j you to me to get money, he would have in- j timated to me that he had done so. As he j has oot said anything to me on the matter, 1J must wait till I hear from him. 1 Wants Only His Own.?A Detroit law-! yer received a letter from Texas the other day j on which the postage stamp was of an issue I current fifteen years ago, and the envelope of which there was a request to "return if not delivered some time pretty soon." The con- j tents read: "Some time in the year 1700 a man by the ; name of Hooten took up two acres of grouud in your town. He "is dead. I am his heir, j I want to find out all about it. I want you to ' search the records and send me all the papers and information you can. If them two acres is there yet I want them. If not, I don't.' Jt only want what belongs to me as his lawful heir. Enclosed you will find twenty-five; cents in stamps to pay for your trouble. I am well. Answer as soon as possible."?Detroit Free Press. ?-A citizen of a country town, noted for | his dishonesty, was lately taken very ill, and becoming alarmed sent for a clergyman, who came to see him, and laid down the divine law to him with great faithfulness and emphasis. The sick man was much affected, and said, "Well, parson, I think you're right, and I've made up my mind that if I get well, I shall, in the future, live principally honest. ? I 1ST" A professional man, not fur from State j street, Boston, returning to his office one day, i after a substantial lunch, said complacently i to his assistant, "Mr. Peetkin, the world j looks different to a man when he has three inches of rum in him." "Yes," replied the i * junior, without a moment's hesitation, "and ' he looks differeut to the world." | ibc ptrn audi |ire5ide. JAPANESE MANNER OP COOKING RICE. Every one who has been in the East knows how beautifully rice is served, thoroughly cooked, yet the 'grains remaining separate and distinct and not in a sodden mass, as is too often the cas? at home. The following recipe has been giveu by a skill fill Japanese cook. It will be well to state that the Japanese rice-pot is only used for cooking rice; its peculiarity consists in a heavy wooden cover, which rests by its weight on the rim of the pot, so as to fit snugly and yet allow the steam to force its way under it. The rice is first washed thoroughly in cold water, rubbing hard with the hand till all the milkiness passes off and the water runs clear. It should then staud all night in water; the amount is indifferent. Next morning, as much water in which the rice has soaked all night, as there is rice to boil, is put into the pot on a quick, even, good fire, and when boiling hard the rice is added, and after stirring the cover is put on and must never be taken off till the rice is dished. As soon as thf> wntpr hoirins to boil again it puffs out freely from under the wood in cover, but when the water is nearly boiled away only faint suggestions of steam come out (the time occupied is from three to four minutes, according as the rice is old or new ; the old rice is better, being drier and takes the shorter time); the fire must then lie taken immediately from under the pot or the rice will burn, but the pot is left on the Tiirnace or range for fifteen minutes to swell evenly ; after which the pot is taken off* the range and left to stand ten minutes more in a cool place ; the rice can then be emptied from the pot without sticking to the sides or bottom. It must not stand more than ten minutes or the rice will become soggyr* When served, the lid is removed for the first time, and the rice will be found to be standi ng up, whereas if the lid has been lifted during the cooking the rice will be sunken. Since all these particulars cannot be easily followed in a foreign kitchen, it is well to note the three essentials: 1. The rice must be thoroughly washed, rubbing it hard, in several waters before boiling. 2. The amount of water used in boiling the rice is the same, by measure, as the amount of rice to be boiled?pint for -pint, or cup for cup. (It will be found almost impossible to cook a very small quantity of rice in this way). 3. When once the lid has been put on the pot, after stirring the rice in the boiling water, it must not he removed till it is ready to be served. If any American housewife is appalled by these minute directions, let her comfort herself by reflecting that to a Japanese matron breadmaking appears as bothersome, if not more so. TAKING COLb'. What do we mean when we say we have taken cold? In a literal sense we have done no such thing, and a modern writer has suggested that what is called "catching cold" would be better expressed by the phrase "catching heat." What actually takes place is something as follows: We expose some part of the body to a draft; the surface becomes chilled and the circulation, to some extent, is arrested; the blood and other fluids are sent in another direction. What should have been thrown out through the surface is turned in 011 the mucous membranes, and as these parts become congested sneezing takes place; there is an abnormal quantity of fluids thrown upon the mucous surfaces and the system makes an effort to get rid of it. This "taking cold" may be caused by sitting for a few moments* in a strong current of cool air; it may be the back of the neck that is exposed ; or it might be some other part of the body. Hdlding the hands in very cold water for a considerable length of Lime,will often cause one to take cold. Or sitting with cold feet will do the same thing, especially if the general circulation isYeeble. Clothing one part of the body too much and mother part too little will frequently give one a cold. Anything that arrests the free circulation of the blood and sends it on the mucous surface may produce this effect. The most frequent causes of all, perhaps, of taking cold is the. one stated?that of "catching heat." Sitting for hours in a room where the temperature is 80 degrees or upward and then going out into a colder atmosphere,frequently produces a cold. This is particularly the case where the air is not only hot, but impure. In fact, we think the impurity has more to do with it than the heat, and the two combined will rarely fail to cause on influenza or sore throat; sometimes a full fledged pneumonia. By exposing one's self to hot, foul air, the whole skin is for the time debilitated, and on reaching a cooler atmosphere the blood is driven from the surface and congestion of the mucous membranes will almost certainly follow; oithor thorp in a "rnld on the luners." or a sore throat, or there is an acute catarrh.? St. Louis Magazine. HOOD ATTENTION. During the next two months stock will need careful attention. The stock will need to l>e confined the greater portion of the time, and if they are kept in thrifty condition good care will be necessary. It is too often the case during the winter that because the stock are idle and confined in the stables, or sheds, it is not considered necessary to feed or water them with any regularity. But if the animals are to be left in a thrifty condition at the lowest cost, it is important that they be fed and watered regularly in the winter, more so than in the summer. In summer they can pick up more or less of their own living, but in the winter they must depend almost entirely upon what is supplied to them. During the winter 0112 of the best materials to use iu maintaining animal heat is good sound corn, and more corn can be fed during the winter than at any other time. And yet it shouid not be depended upon entirely. Stock need a change, and it must be supplied to them if they are kept thrifty. We have no material that supplies all the elements of nutrition in the right proportion, that if fed alone, will, secure the best growth aud thrift at the lowest cost. So, by furnishing a variety, what is lacking in one material will be made up in another. On the average firm there should be no difficulty in supplying a good variety if a little care is taken. Corn, oats, bran, oil meal, hay, straw and corn fodder will furnish a good variety from which complete rations can be made up. Care should be taken to feed regularly, making the intervals between feeding reasonably eveu apart; water regularly. Stock need water during the winter fully as much as in fhe summer, and care should be taken to see that they have a good supply every day. With horses, especially, good grooming is necessary. Keep the stock clean and comfortable by supplying plenty of bedding. It will aid in keeping them in better health, and will save feed. Stock should b? kept gaining during the winter as well as in the summer, and can be if proper care is taken.?The Republic. Celery.?Probably no class of people suffer more with rheumatism than farmers, and yet the remedy for this dreadful disease is, or should l>e, right at hand. If celery were eaten freely sufferers from rheumatism would be comparatively few. It is a mistaken idea that cold and damp produce the disease? they simply develop it. Acid blood is the | primary and sustaining cause. If celery is eaten largely, an alkaline blood is the result, I and where this exists there can be neither I rheumatism nor gold. It should be eaten cooked. Cut it into ' its and boil till soft, in as little water as possible. Add to this half j as much milk as there is water in the celery, j thickened with Hour aid seasoned with but-1 ter, pepper and salt. If you cook it nicely J and give it a fair trial, I am sure you will as j soon leave potatoes oat of the daily bill of fare as celery. It is nice as a sauce for any i kind of cold meat or fowl, or for roasted poultry or game of any kind. Children will: like it poured over boiled potatoes, or it may ' be drained from the sauce, mixed with mushed potatoes, formed into little cakes and . browned. A ready-witted woman will find numerous ways of serving it.?Country (feu- j tleman. What Tiuht Collars Will I>o.?Dr. Forster. director of the Ophthalmic university at Breslau, has figured out a connection between tight yollars and short sightedncss. j He alleges tjiut in 300 cases that have come under his attention, the eyesight had Ik'cu affected by the pressure of such collars upon the muscles of the neck, disturbing the eir-! culation of the blood to the head. PaT A piano dealer says that turpentine and sweet oil. half and half, is a proper preparation to use in brightening and cleansing a piano. Apply with a soft rag and polish ; with chamois skin. Waitoit'lf dnthmngis. Vaf A horse's strength is equal to that of five men. #6T Matches have been in common use since 1829. f&T Crosses that are easy to bear?the XX's on bank-notes. '? '' J?* Any man will bear watching who causelessly slurs another. The annual production of coal in the United States is 130,000,000 tons. 10?" When a man's temper gets the best of him, it reveals the worst of him. 80T The man who is really anxious to do something for you is usually poor. t&" The man who Is disloyal to his convictions will not loyal to anything. JST" There are one thousand more men teaching school in Ohio than women. B6?" If a man could see himself us others see him, he would pull down the blinds. The only colored female dentist in the United States is located in Cincinnati. iSf People who are given to laving up grudges seldom accumulate much else. Ba$~ Most people know what they don't want, but few know what they do want. 8?" The first sugar-cane cultivated in this country was near New Orleans in 1751. -? ? ? j it. ? 8W" Circumstances are oeyouu n?u tumiu. of man ; but his conduct is in his power. 8It is much better to seek to forget one's misfortunes than to speak often of them. ' K8F Where the Custer massacre occurred but a few years since, is now a flourishing city. $6?? The man who sits down on the road to success and waits for a free ride is sure to be left. You cannot repent too soon, because you do not know how soon it may be too late. 86?" Seven hundred million oranges are exported every year from Europe to this country. 8?" Many a handsome living has been earned by exceedingly unhandsome transactions. 8ST If you cannot get what you want, about the only way to be happy is to quit wating it. IS?" Those are the best Christians who are more careftil to reform themselves than to censure others. f&P Redwood trees 400 feet high and thirteen feet in diameter are found in the State of Washington. B6T* When a man's head tells him a thing is true,' and his heart tells hiin it isn't, which is he to believe ? 8?" The poorest soul on earth is the man who has no time or inclination to do anything but make money. 86T" A company has beeu chartered in Chicago, with a capital of $20,000,000, to construct flying ships. 86T A flock of blackbirds three miles long and half a mile wide, passed over Arlington, Ga., the other day. 8?* The death rate of New York city for 1890 was 24.60 per 1000, against 25 per 1000 for the previous year. It estimated that $15,000,000 are invested in this country in the business of canning fruits and vegetables. God is never dependent on even the strongest man; but the strongest man is always dependent on God. 03?" A mathematician estimates that a ma chine of one-horse power would keep twentyseven million watches running. JOT" Male teachers in Kansas receive on an average forty-two dollars a month, and female teachers thirty-two dollars. JOT "Well, darling, what was the text?" "I'm not quite sure, papa, but it sounded like "Many are cold, but few are frozen!" BaT A teacher of mathematics says that the simple tearing up or cuttiug of paper is a great relief to the mind after mental labor. "Good farms are not abandoned by good farmers," is a pithy sentence worth remembering, from the Vermont dairymen's meeting. V&T He who learns the rules of wisdom without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in the fields but did not sow. In order to lay up treasure in heaven, it is not necessary to prevent others with whom you have dealings to lay up a few dollars on earth. SSy* A dentist at Eaton, Mo., pulled a tooth the other day for a man ninety years old, who had never liefore had a pair of forceps in his mouth. fi?*Iu a district between Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets, New York, live 100,000 persons, where there are eight churches and 280 saloons. 9?" Chief Gall, who succeeds Sittng Bull as the chief of the Sioux nation, led the Indians in the battle that brought defeat and death to Custer. V&" We are told to walk noiselessly tnrougn the world that we may awaken neither hatred nor envy; but alas, what can we do when they never sleep ? JST The watermelon erop in Southwestern Georgia will be larger than last year. In one locality in Thomas county seven hundred acres will be planted". At the christening of a Chinese baby in New York, a few days ago, each guest presented the child with a twenty-dollar gold-piece wrapped in red paper. ti&F "Begorra," said Bridget, as she opened a bottle of champagne for the first time, "the blame fool that filled this quart bottle must 'a. put in two quarts instead av wan !" The Argentine Republic beats even Russia. It has one stretch of railway two hundred and eleven miles long without a curve, a bridge, a cut or a filling. #6?* "Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds?all they have had, all they have now, and all they ever expect to have, fiDr. Talmage says that the streets of heaven are lined with beautiful trees. Dr. Talmage knows that most of his hearers will never be in a position to dispute his assertion. BST" Laziness grows on people ; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more busiqess a man has to do the more he is able to accomplish, for he learns to economize his time. fiSTA French engineer has devised an "electrical stick" for the protection of pedestrians from highwaymen. Pressure on a small knob or spring near the head of the stick administer a shock that dazes the assalllant. Accepting the philosopher's theory that money represents trouble, The Washington Post thinks it is surprising to see how many people are willing and anxious to borrow trouble. flST" In the manufacture of gold thread for embroidery, a cylinder of silver is covered with gold, and afterwards drawn out into wire. In this way six ounces of gold have been made to yield over two hundred miles of gilt wire. A peculiarity about the "1891" is that adding the first tigure to the second makes the third, and subtracting the fourth ligure from the third gives the second. Adding the four figures together gives ns the number of the century. ti&F People who are too cowardly to rebuke wrong, very often try to make themselves and others believe that their course is dictated by charity. The truth is that an unpleasant duty is evaded because of a want of courage. BlalF The bridge on the Southern Pacific railroad, across the Pecos river, will, it is said, be the highest in the United States, the central span to be 378 feet above the water. The entire length of the bridge, from cliff to cliff to clilf, will be 1,200 feet. WaT" One of the most useless of all things is to take a deal of trouble in providing against dangers that never come. How many lay up riches that they never enjoy ; to provide for exigencies that never happen; to prevent troubles that never come; sacrificing present comfort and enjoyment in guarding ugainst the wants of a period they may never live to see. You will do a very foolish thing if you throw off your friend because you have found him wanting at a single point. Friends are not so plentiful that you can afford to deal with them in that way. More than this, the man whom you are about to discard may have a thousand virtues. Should not these plead for mercy. Perfection does not dwell under the sun. Little as you may think of it, there are a few weak spots in your own character. mini" There are over eighty thousand stuttering children in the schools of (Jcrmany. The increase has been so great during the past four years that the defect is considered contagious. The famous Dr. (iutman is authority for the statement that the increase is due to mimicry ; that the young mimics who imitate stutterers, soon become involuntary stutterers. The schools of the city of Hreslau have a total of two thousand four hundred stuttering children. JWisiffUauMMS Reading, i The Last Confederates to Surrender.?According to a story in Mr. Albert Lawson's "War Anecdotes," the last Confederate did not surrender until fifteen months after Appomattox.. The story is that on the morning of the Fourth of July, 1866, the secretary of war, who had planned a fishing excursion at the falls of the Potomac, received a telegram from the provost marshal at Richmond, saying that a squad of Confederate soldiers were at his office ready to deliver up their arms and be amnestied. Knowing that joking of that sort would subject the perpetrator to court-martial, the secretary hastened to the White House to consult'with President Johnson. The re suit was a telegram to the provost marshal: "Who are they and where did they come I from ?" The answer was prompt and to the point: "Sergeant Tewsbury and guard from Dismal Swamp. Did not know the war was over." After a good deal of laughter, the provost marshal was ordered to receive their capitulation, which was conducted in due form. Tewsbury, an old Virginian, ordered his squad, a couple of Georgians, to give up their guns aud sign the.pgpwar reserving himself as the last m&n of all {fee Confederate forces to surrea'der..Jg|e old sergeant's description of ttie wr??|figfound out the war was over was amusirm^Mand his companions had been pofted ow?Rredga of the swamp to watch movements of thh Union troops from Norfolk, with- ocders to remain until relieved. He never was relieved, and had subsisted on fish and game for three years. At last lie met an old negro who told him tliat the war had been over for about a year, which "tickled him better than if he had been kicked by a-moto/! as he facetiously expressed it, To be Revived In a ?The Washington correspondentoHpfe Netvs and Courier, in his dispatch-of tne J^dinstant, says: "Blair's education bill in a new form and under new auspices Is to be revived in congress before the present session closes. Representative McComas and other Southern Republican representatives have hud; the subject under consideration ever since the Blair bill was "knocked out" in the house. The new measure provides for the establishment of two industrial schools in each State, to be supported by annual appropria tions. estimates are yei given oui, a? iu how much money will be required annua'lly to carry out the scheme, but it will probably run up into millions. There is but a slim chance for the proposed bill to receive favorable consideration 1>etween now and the 4tli of March, but the measure is so plausible that it is bound to attract wide attentiou. Bad Results from Lymph.?A New I Haven, Conn., dispatch of the 2d instant reports the following discouraging results from the lymph treatment: Mr. George M. Bradley, who was the first patient in this country to receive the lymph inoculation, died to-day, and a son of Professor Blake, another lymph patient who had been under the treatment for nearly two months, is at the point of death. Bradley was a man but little over 30 years of age and was not in an advaced stage of consumption when he began receiving the treatment ; previously he was not confined to the house, but during the treatment he was. During the last few weeks he suffered intensely, as the treatment had a distressing effect upon his throat, making it difficult and painful for him to take any nourishment. His physicians state that his death was undoubtly hastened by the condition of his throat, as his strength disappeared very fast because of his inability to take food. He had been receiving injections since very early in December. The United States Treasury.?The magnitude of the operations of the United tiuuioimi iu aiMiro?lv rviinnrpliomlpil hv i ling the mouse lie {jot poison on his hamls, i which the cat threw out in its battle with the mouse. Ordinarily the bite of a eat is harmj less, but when altera mouse for its dinner, it is as deadly as a rattlesnake.?St. Louis Hepublie. The New York Central railroad has a ear which is a novel specimen of labor saving machine. Inside the car is some clock like mechanism which, as the ear goes over the track, records every defect in the rails. If the rails have spread the thirtysecond part of an inch beyond the standard width, or there is a loose joint or defective connection, the machine notes it a'l down, as well as the distance from one place to ! another. Formerly this work was done 1 by an army of men called track-walkers. Now a single machine does it with uufuiliug accuracy. -? - j 8&y (Jod (loth not say no atllietion shall befall the saints, hut 110 evil. PIUU O uriinui^ IO oiH.vvV r the American people. A glimjise at the annual report of Treasurer Huston shows that the net ordinary revenues of the government amounted, during the last fiscal year, ended June 30th, to the enormous aggregate of $403,000,000, a sum but twice exceeded in the history of the government. The ordinary expenditures of the government were over $296,000,000, or nearly $1,000,000 for every secular day in the year. The post-office department alone required an expenditure of $67,000,000, and th?. transactions for which the treasury was responsible during the entire year, footed up to the fabulous amount of $1,321,000,000. This year, for the first time since the close of the war, the debt, less cash in the treasury, shrank below the billion dollar line. At the close of June last it amounted to a little more than $964,000,000. Tiie "Bai> Lands."?The Bad Lands of Dakota are composed of white clay, which, by the action of rains, has been cut into hillocks. They are not high, seldom more than forty or fifty feet, but it is up one and down another the whole way. There are no water courses, the nearest approach l>eing a gully forty feet deep, with a foot and a half of mud at the bottom. At every few yards you must stop, and, with spade and shovel, cut a path down the side of a hill in order to descend, and then up the side of the one opposite in order to get up again. The mud is as sticky as tar, and in going a few yards the wheels of a wagon become solid round cakes, and all the mules you can hitch to it will not be able to pull it a foot farther. Then the spades are brought and the wheels cleared, the operation being repeated two or three times in a hundred yards. The extent of the Bad Lands in Dakota is probably a hundred miles from north to south, by fiftoen to thirty miles wide. Early Printing.?In the infancy of the art of printing its results were comparatively very rude. The type used was intended to imitate writing, and partook of the character of gothic and script. In punctuating, no marks were at first used other than the period and colon ; an oblique stroke was afterward introduced, and fulfilled the purpose of our comma. Pages had neither running title nor number. Capital letters were not used to commence a sentence, nor in proper names. No rules seem to have regulated the orthogra, phy, and abbreviations were very numerous. I The first presses were fashioned after the | model of the common wine press. For a i short time the paper was printed on but one I side, the blank sides being pasted together. The only forms were the folio and quarto.? Lippincott. The Local Newspaper.?The local newspaper should be found in every home. No child should grow up in ignorance who can j be taught to appreciate the home paper. It is the stepping stone to intelligence in all 1" -i. ... t? i I most* llllllUM'S nut IfUl I1CU III UUUBf, Kill: your children a foreign paper which eon! tains not a word about any person, place or thing which they ever saw, or perhaps ever heard of, and how can you expect tlieni to he interested? But let them take the home paper and read of persons whom tliey meet, j and with whom they are familiar, and soon I an interest is awakened which increases with j every arrival of the local paper. Thus a J habit of reading is formed, and those chil dren will read the paper all their lives and become intelligent men and women, a credit j to their parents, strong in their knowledge ' of the world as it is to-day. i A (.Vaiors Cask.?Little Harry Yoeler, i aged > years, took a mouse from his pet cat. j Shortly afterward the hoy became deathly 'sick. His eyes swelled and shut and he suf1 fered terrible agony. He was fed a quantity 1 of sweet cream and a physician summoned, who pronounced him dangerously poisoned. After twenty-four hours of suffering the hoy was linally saved. The doctor says in hand DO YOU WANT IT ? IT is our purpose to mAke another change in 1 our already very liberal offers to club makers, | and we are convinced that the change will meet j with the approval of the friends of The En- i qttirer. It is now little a more than one month until the clubs will close for the present season, I a nd as an inducement to club makers to put in j some extra good work during that time, we have tn offer a snecial premium to the person who returns unci pays for the largest number of, subscribers, EITHER OLD OR NEW, Between I his date, FEBRUARY 4, and MARCH 9, at 1 p. in. The premium we offer is one FIVE DRAWER IMPROVED SINGER SEWING MACHINE. An accurate description of the machine will be found in another column, and the machine is everything that it is represented to bo. This premium is offered INDEPENDENT of fill other premiums, and if on the Oth of March it Is found thut the person who has returned and paid for the largest number of subscribers between now and that date, has also returned the argest number since our prospectus was Issued on the 21th of October, that person will receive, in addition to^flft Sewing Machine, the first premium of $50 IN CASH. If the person who is entitled to the Machine is found to have returned and paid for the second largest hat since October 29, that person will, in addition to the Machine, l>e entitled to the second premium of i $30 IN CASH, in,i if n,n rummi, who is entitled to tho Machine is found to have returned and paid for the third largest list of sul>s<:ril>erH since October 29, that person will, in addition to the machine, receive the third premium of $20 IN CASH. Jf the person who is found to be entitled to the special premium shall have returned SIXTY or more sulwcribcrs since October 29, including those for which lie receives this premium,' but fafltflQ receive either of the cash premiums, he , will be entitled to ANOTHER MACHINE, and ifTIIIRTY or more to a Machine and a WATCH. It will be seen that club makers run no risk in working for this extra premium. We are satisfied that there is still room for effective work along this line, and we trust that club makers will put in the best work of the season during the next THIRTY DAYS, and we hope that new workers will enter the field in competition for this premium, as they will be on an equal footing with old club makers, and it is well worth all the effort that will be necessary to secure it. Remember that EITHER OLD OR NEW Subcribers count just thesame in competition for this special premium. Enqkihkr is furnished to subscribers in clubs at ONE DOLLAR ANDSEVENTYFIVE CENTS a year. Address ' LEWIS X. DEIST, Yorkville, S. C. Be sure to read Creole and Puritan in to-day's paper. Children Cry ? for PITCHER'S Castoria " Castoria Is no well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. Arches, 31. D., Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. x "I use Castoria in my practice, and find it specially adapted to affections of children." A i.ex. Robertson, M. D? 1037 2d Ave., New York. 'From personal knowledge I can say that Castoria is a most excellent medicine for children." Da. G. C. Osgood. Lowell, Mass. Castoria promotes Digestion, and 1 overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. ; Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep natural. Castoria contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. December 23 51 ly to Dec. 2:5, '91 LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. I WOULD respectfully announce to my old friends and the traveling public that I have - It. _ *..4 ill I returned to voricvnie,anu mine uumeK?<; j my personal Httention to the LIVERY AXI> j FEED STABLES so long conducted by me. I Determined to merit public patronage, I hope to I receive a sliare of tlie same. MY OMNIBUS Ts still on the street, ready to convey passengers ; to all departing trains, or from the trains to any : part of town. FOB FUNERALS. | I have an elegant IIEARSE and also a CLARENCE C'OACII which will be sent to any part 1 of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable. Buggies antl other Vehicles On hand for sale. Bargains in either new or i 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 hackgrounds, accessories, Ac., and with a tine sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in any style of the art, as well executed its can be done elsewhere. j CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPEOIAITV. By the dry plate process I can take them inj staidly; makes no difference about fair or cloudy . weather. I do all my own printing and finishing, and | there is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in ! t lie highest style to be had, and prices reasonable. ; Give me a call and see specimens of work, at my Gallerv on West Liberty street, near the jail, j J. R. SCHORR. MERCHANTS' HOTEL, BLACKSBURG, S. C. rjM.\ BLES set with the best the season affords. Neat and comfortable rooms. ! Polite attention to guests. Porters meet all trains. ! Ladies to and from cast and west-bound night trains arc assured courteous attention. Rates reasonable. .1. W. THOMPSON, Proprietor. Be sure to rend Creole and Puritan in to-day's paper. TilL' YOKKVILLIO IIMU'IKKR. ALIi persons who reside on the .Mail routes from YORK YTLLK To GOCLD, and from YORKVILLK TO CLARK'S FORK, who desire to subscribe for TIIK YORKVILLK KNtjCIRKR for the year INPI, are hereby informed that subscribers to that paper will have the same delivered at whatever place along the said routes that may be desired, without any charge for earriage, provided the names of such subscribers are entered on my club list. K. M. BAILKS. HICKORYGKOYHACADHMY. tLOCATKD AT HICKORY (J ROY K, ^ S. ('? on the Three C's Railroad. ? Thorough instruction in Kuglish and < 'lassicnl binnches. A complete course in both Vocal and Insrumental Music. For terms, upplv to S. R. LATH AN, Principal. February 4 ii'2 tf NOTIC'll. WK ARK CLOSING ol*T OCR KNTIRK Rl'SINKSS AT THIS PLACK. Selling a , large stock ot'NKW HOODS at and RKLoW 'COST. Persons wishing BARGAIN'S, can tiud them by calling on us. Parties indebted to us must come forward and settle at once. F. II. HARRKR Jt SON. ! Leslie, S. on Three C's railroad. 1 .lanuary 'JS r?l 4t D'ANOS $25 CASH J*R|fNRGANS | lUALE |> $10 CASH I I8QH I and THE BALANCE next December 15 Hi, VgK WHEN CROPS ARE SOLO. m aiAunnlspoT cash Prices. IPIANUCI fsSgfSSsrtXJS: lORGANu m. NO INTEREST or advanco on the cosh priM. Ibw to Four Month*' time fir* ?n, wHhoot snjohNirewtutoTSC. WTHI8 OFFER 0000 for vPUMMERl srs.^r0"'" i JOalE 1*1890 I NO EXCEPTION. OUR ENTIRE 8TOOK. I r,AnullS?,SSfeT?tfi?1SS 1 lORGANu ^biyshM jroa m tbo bar* L |alni offered. Write for ClrcaUur? Summer Offer 1890 I A.H M U wPUMMERB UALE I HIDDEN ? BATES, 1 1890 M Southern Music House, SAVANNAH, CA. . ! i I CAROLINA BOGGY COMPANY, Manufacture of Fine Vehicles, YOKItVlLLE, 8. C. i BUY THE "CAROLINA BUGGY!" I TWENTY CENTS FOR COTTON. WK arc selling WAGONS cheajrer than ever ottered before. It does not take a pound j more cotton to buy a Wagon now than when , you received '20 cents j)er pound for your cotton. | Come and see ns. \ on cannot leave without i buying if price is any inducement. We have just ! received a ('Alt LOAD OK THE CELEBRATED TENNESSEE AND OLD HICKORY I WAGONS. j FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF > ? !> lull I1TVI. I WHITE OAK, IllI'MMU .v.-*!* Ann liumi HKK WANTED, ('all ami get prices and dij ntensions. If you owe us either on note or aci count, nay up. i CAROLINA BUGGY COMPANY. i i Be sure to read Creole and Puritan in to-day's paper. TAX RETURNS lHiMMH. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, Yokkvii.i.k, S. December 1, 1890. IN accordance with law, the TAX B<X>K.S for the RETURN OF PROPERTY for the tiscal ! year 1890-91, will be opened on January 1st, 1891, ' and close February 20, l.sy]. For the convenience of Tax Payers, I will attend at the following places on the days named, to receive Tax Returns: At Point School House, on Fridav, January J 2, 1891. ; At Clay Hill?Neely's Store?on Saturday, j January J, 1.891. At Yorkville, on Monday, January f?, 1891. At Brattonsville, on Tuesday, January 0, 1891. 1 At McConnellsville, on Wednesday, January 7, 1891. At Bullock's Creek, on Thursday, January 8, i 1891. j At Sharon, on Friday, January 9,1891. | At Bethany, on Saturday, January 10,1891. At Clurk's Fork, on Monday, January 12, 1891. i At Hickory Grove, on Tuesday and Wednes; day, January Wand 14, 1891. At Blneksburg, on Thursday and Friday, Jan! nary 15 and 10, 1891, > At Butfalo, (School House) on Saturday, January 17, 1891. At Grover, on Monday, January 19,1891. At Yorkville, on Tuesday, January20,1891. At Tirzah, on Wednesday, January 21, 1891. ! At Newport, on Thursday, January 22, 1891. At Rock Hill, on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, January 2.1,24, 20 and 27, 1891. At Coatcs's Tavern, on Wednesday, January 28, 1891. At Fort Mill, on Thursdavand Fridav, Janua! ry 29 and :?>, 1891. J " At Yorkville, on Saturday, January .'11, 1891. At Clover, on Monday, February 2, 1891. At Yorkville, from February .'1 to February 20, 1891, inclusive, at which time the books will lu closed and the titty percent, penalty will attaeli to delinquents. W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor of York County. EXCHANGE HANK. Yorkville S. C. T. S. JEFFERYS, President. JOS. J-'. WALLACK Vice-President, FRANK A. <S 1LBKKT Cashier. St-pU'inbi'i' 1, 1MS7. rTlHK RANK will receive Deposits, buy am! 1 sell Kxehange, make Loans ami do a genenil Ranking; Business. Tile otlicers tender their courteous services tv its patrons and the public generally. Ranking hours from !> A. M. too. 1'. M. January 7, 1S!H). 4S tf CNDF.ItTAklNC. I AM handling a lirst class line of COFFINS AND t'ASKKTS 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. F.D. JKFFKKYS. PROTECT W From injury by the "Fly" bv top-dressing with CEREALITE. i hie bag per acre will largely increase the yield ol grain and straw. IIOYktN, CAItMFIt A CO., Ilaltiumrc, >lil. November 12 4ti l-'tt The Best Bargain Ever Off! {A $45- SEWING || INCLUDING ONE YEARNS 8UB81 WE have made such arratyrements as enable t offer the CHICAGO SINGER 8EWINC! I ! CHINES at lower rates than ever before for a G< j MACHINE, and we offer our readers theadvan | of the unprecedented bargains. This Machine is made after the latest models of Singer Machines, and is a perfect facsimile in shape namcntation and appearance. All the parts arc n i to gauge exactly the same as the Singer, and arc < structed of precisely the same materials. The utmost care is exercised in the selection of materials used, and only the very best quality is ] j chased. Each Machine Ls thoroughly well made ai tltted with the utmost nicety and exactness, and no I chine is permitted by the inspector to,go out of [ shops until it has been fully tested and proved t perfect work, and run light and without noise. THE CHICAGO SINGER MACHINE lia*a important improvement in a Loose Balance Whet constructed as to pennit winding bobbins without moving the work from the Machine. The Loose Balance Wheel is actuated by a t bolt passing through a collar securely pinned, to shaft outside of the balance wheel, which bolt is lir held to position by a strong spiral spring. When a onnnalt t/? release the halance wheel, and turned sli pin until the bobbin is filled. Where the Machine can be left out of the wheel when not in use, so tht The thread eyelet and the needle clamp are mac convenience. Each Machine Is Furnished Wi 1 Foot Heuuner, (i Hemmers, all differenti 1 Gauge, 1 Tucker, 1 Package of Needles, 1 Thread Cutter, 1 Throat Plate, 1 Oil Can.filled with Oil, The driving wheel of this Machine is admitted I venient of any. The Machine is self-threading, h made of the best material, with the wearing parts has veneered cover, drop-leaf table, 4 end drawers warrant every Machine for five years. This valuable Sewing Machine is GIVEN AS . to THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER at $1.75 eat each, and $8.00 additional. Price, including one year's subscription to THE Our price?$16.00?is for the Machine well ci-ated all attachments and accessories. The Machine w maker, as the case may be, and the freight will be The manufacturers write us that the freight to an Give name of freight station if different from post THE com Is the Best Farming In NO OTHER IMPLEMENT WILL 1)0 i Right Now Is T1 THERE is no doubt of the fact that no farming implement has ever been offered to the forming world that baa given such universal satisfaction as the COR BIN DISK HARROW. It is used in every State and Territory and is heartily and enthusiastically endorsed by every former who has ever used it, and they are numbered by thousands. Practical farmers everywhere agree that it is, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, the most profitable implement for cultivating the soil and putting in grain yet invented. It increases the crops, saves time and saves lal>or. The Harrow is made of first-class maierial throughout, and with proper care will do good work for fifteen or twenty years, and will pay for itself a dozen times over. The wheels or disks are mude of the very best of steel, and will neither break, bend or crumble. The disks are not affected to any appreciable extent by rocks, and the Harrow will do good work on all kinds of land. The following are some of the points of superiority possessed by the Corbin Harrow : 1. It jh the only Disk Harrow that is perfectly flexible (i. e. one that will udapt itself to uneven surfaces). 2. It is the only Harrow in which the gangs are independent of each other?eitiier can tit or foli low an inequality without disturbing the other. 3. It is the only Harrow having cliilled lx>xes 1 * ?*? -AS Vvst 11 m ann ami-incnou umn. 4. It in the only Harrow that has a successful Seeder Attachment. 5. It is the only combined Harrow and Seeder that covers every kernel of grain in rows like a drill. (5. The Corbin is uneqnaled for lightness of draft and power as a pulverizer. ~ GARRY IRON iSo Manufactures all kinds of nri IRON ROOFING, CKIMHED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, ^KmbHRI Iron Tile or Shingle, KIKE PROOF DOOKS, SHUTTERS, AC., ) - 1 l"'"' - THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( J3S- Onlcrs received by L. M. GRIST! RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R 1^(0. /CONDENSED Passenger Schedule of the S< uth Carvy ollna Division in effect January 4th,J891. All ! trains iu the following table are run imh. i , uy mui Meridian time: _ OOIWQ SOUTH. f No. 9 | Nft II Leave New York. 12 15ngt 4 30 pin Leave Philadelphia 3 50am (J 57pin Leave Baltimore ; 8 45am 9 25 pin Leave Washington 8 80am 11 20piu Leave IUchmond 1 00 pm 8 15um Leave Greensboro 8 00 pin 10 XI am Leave Salisbury 9 50 pm 12 08 pm Arrive at Charlotte 11 20 pm 1 30 pm Leave Charlotte 11 40 pm 1 45pm J IAiive Hock 11111 12 .34 pm 2 45 pm j Leave Chester 1 12 am 3 20 pin i Leave Wlnnsboro 2 12am 4 30pm I Arrive Columbia _ 3 40am 5 50 pin I Leave Columbia 4 00am tl 10pm ; Leave Johnston's 0 01 am 8 21 pm I Leave Trenton 0 10 am 8 34 pm | Leave Gmnltevllle 0 47 am 8 57 pm , Arrive Augusta 7 30an 9 30pm I Leave Macon 12 10 pm ! Arrive Charleston (via S. C. Hallway) 11 Ilium 9 45pin | Arrive Havunnah 5 55 pin 8 30um (iOINO NORTH. I No. 12 j No. 10 ' Leave Savannah o 4dum I Leave Charleston (via.8. C. Hallway) 7 00am 5 00pm | Leave Macon .. 3.30pm Leave Augusta 10 4.5am 9 :10 pm Arrive Gmnltevllle 11 20 am 10 02 pin ' Arrive Trenton 11 45 am 10 25 pm ' Arrive Johnston's 12 00 m 10 35 pm ! Arrive Columbia 1 45 pm 12 00 pm I 1 xiive Columbia 2 00pin 12 10 am Arrive Wlnnsboro 3 33 pm 1 45am I Arrivp Chester 4 32pin 2 48 am | Arrive Rock Hill 5 15 pm 3 21 am ,; Arrive Charlotte...- 8 10 pm 4 20am ' Leave Charlotte 0 XI pm 4 50 am : Arrive Salisbury 8 00 pm 0 20 am Arrive Greensboro 10 25pm 8 11 am i Arrive Richmond 8 00 am 3 30 pm I Arrive Washington i, 10 25am 7 50 pm i Arrive Baltimore 12 05 pm 11 35pm I Arrive Philadelphia 2 20pin 3 00am ,' Arrive New York 4 50pm_0 20am TnHornh Car Service."?Pullman Bufl'et Sleeping Cars on trains 11 and 12, between Augusta and Wushi Ington. Pullman Cars between Greensboro, N. C., and j Macon, Ga., via Augusta and Georgia II. H., on trains ,' 9 and 10. Train 12 connects at Charlotte with Wash1 ngton and Southwestern Vesttbuled limited train No. : 38 and Vestlbuled train No. 37, South-bound, connects : at Charlotte with S. c. Division No* 9, for Augusta. Jam. L. Tayi.or, Gen. Pass. Agt., Washington, D.C. Sol. Hams, Tmtllc Manuger, Richmond. Vu. 1). cahdwem., DIv. Pass. Agt., Coluinbiu, S. C. 3I1III1I jlllllH llltlll 11 SCHEDULE In effect March 31, 1890. No*. 52 and 53 run DAILY; Nos. 38 unit 39 dully, EXCEPT 'Sunduy: j OOINO MOUTH | No. 52 I No. 38 I Leave Kutherfordton ! ! 9 55um Leave Shelby II 45 am Leave Hhickshurg 12 45 pm 8 50uni ! Leave Hickory Urove 1 15pin 9 40um Leave Sharon 1 30pm 10 lOum i........ v..rev ill.. 1 4.5 Dill 10 55 mil ' Leave Tlr/.ah 1 50 pin II 15am I .cave Newport 2 it' pm 11 :tOam ! Leave Old 1'oliit 2aU?piu 11 50 am Leave Hock Hill 2 20 pin 12 10pm I Leave Leslie 2 & pm I oo pm , j Leave Koddey's, 'J :r_' p n i I liipui Leave Catawba Junction 2 :ttlj?in 2 "Mlpin Leave ijuicoster :l 12 pm -1 .'tOpin 1: Leave Caiiulem -I 21 pm 7 .'iOpni Leave Kingvllle . i? 2t)j>iii ! Arrive ('olunil)iu 7 05 pin (jOINti NOItTll. | No. 52 | No. I Leave Columbia 9 (Mum ' Leave Kingville It 50 am , I Leave Camden II 10am 9 00am M Leave Ijincaster , 1 09 pm I 15 pm Leave Catawba Junction .'. I ixpin - 50 pm I Leave Koddey's I 52 pm :i 00pm I Leave Leslie 1 511 pin .1 10pm Leave Koek Hill 2:.0piii 2 50 pm Leave Old 1'oint 2 25 pm 1 00pm : Leave Newport 2 22 pin -I 1ft pm I Leave Tirzuh 2 29 pm 1 :i()pin Leave Yorkville 2 50pill .1 IOpin : Leave Sharon :i 05 pin 5-10pin Leave Hickory drove, 2 IXpm 0 lopm Leave Blneksburg :i Wjmi ii.Y?jun 1 i Ieuvv Shelby 1 57 pm Arrive Kuthcrfordton tl 15 pm JollX F. Jonks, (ieneral Manager, Hhu ksburg, S. , ('. I, NARROW O.UOE RAILROAD. SCHKIH'I.K of Mail and Passenger trains from Lenoir, N. to Chester, S. C., and from Chester to Iiiuieaster, daily except Sunday, taking cH'eet January 4,1X91. ' X 40uni a Leave I.KNOIH Arrive 10 10pm , 9 1711111*' HICKOKY ? 9 21pm ' 10 2*1 am- NKWTON - 9 00 pm ' .'II 1:1 am = LINCOLNToN r X llpni II attain ~ HALL AN ~ 7 21 jnu . 12 11 pm * (?ASTON IA ~ 7 12 pin 12 11pm * CLOVKK I it liipm I 09pm 5 YOKKVILLK ? 5 15pm i I 20pin r (H'THKIKSVILLK Z 5 25pin 1 55 pm | LoWKYSVILLK .y 5 01pm 2 15pm ~ Arrive CHKSTKK Leave 1 10pm 5 A Chesler U ; 1 10pm z. Leave CHKSTKK Arrive II irjam 5 12 pm KNOX'S -- 10 .'10am | 5 29pm * KieilHCKd I 10 10am rj it 05pin s- Ft>KT LAWN 9 :<2am tl 50pm ? Arrive LANOASTKK Is-ave 9 00am SOL 11 ASS, J. L. TAYLOit, 1>. CAKHWKLL, 1 Trullie M'ng'r. Hen. l'uss. Agt. 1>. 1'. A. Columbia, S. c. r; tiii: iiomi:. rpHK NKW llnMK NKWINtJ MA('IIINK 1 is the host Machine mi the market ami vou i can buy it at \V. C, I.ATIMKH'fc. Bred in Sewing Machines. ACHINE FOR $?* CRIPTION TO THE ENQUIRER. is to , A A- jflHMfBnki K)D the orlade con- NnHR^^n the ? B pur- IK^B jIHHBl IB Ma- I U UulH ' 'the IV If ^IWI o do m V f V I\B mI'-'H very I ^f IN B si, HO 1 wDmaMN0 a i t re- WMMSU^ loiid i./> 11 nimi mlv i bobbin is to be wound, the bolt is palled oat for ghtly to the right or left, where it is held by* stopis liable to be meddled with by children, the bolt it the Machine cannot be operated by the treadle. Ic SELF-THREADING, which is a very great V'S ? .t ' r - V fcli the Following Attachments: widths, 1 Screw Driver, 1 Foot Rnffler, 1 Wrench, 1 Gauge Screw, 1 Check Spring,. 1 Binder, 1 Instruction Book, 5 Bobbins. ? be the simplest, easiest running and moat conas the very best tension and thread liberator, is hardened, and is finished in a superior style. It and a center swing drawer. The manufacturers S. PREMIUM FOR SIXTY yearly subscribers h; or for THIRTY yearly subscribers at fl.75 ! YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, fWLOa [, and delivered on board the cars in Chicago, with ill be shipped direct to the subscriber or clubi paid by the person who receives the Machine, y point in this section will average about fl.50. : office address. L. M. GRIST, Yorkvflle, S. C. 3IN Si iplement in the World. IS GREAT A VARIETY OK WORK, ic Time .To Bay. The Harrow With Seeder Attaehaeit Every Corbin Harrow, whatever the size, iaarranged so that a Seeder can be attached to it. The Seed Box and ita machinery are of the moat simple and compact character. All ita metal parts arc of malleable or refined wrought iron. Ita weight la (of the sice to fit the No. 7,12-dftik Harrow) about eighty pounds. The Seeder Attachment ia removable at plat*ure. It locks itself firmly to the Harrow Rime by simply putting it into position. Neither bar, bolt, wedge, key, screw or pin, ia used to fasten it. Therefore, no hammer, wrench or other tool ia required to attach or detach it. Half a minute of time will remove and one minute replace it.' The Harrow and Seeder combined coat about half aa much as a Drill, and ia abetter tooL It will sow grain as evenly as any drill, cover it better, and place it at any depth in the ground. It is two complete implements in one. It prepares I the field in the beat possible manner for seeding and then sows the crop. It sows RED RUST PROOF OATS capitally. The St. Lawrence M:f'g Co., who are the manufacturers of the Corbin Harrow, recommend the No. 7 Harrow aa 1-einz beat adapted to generul farm work. It ia made in two sizes, viz.: 12 disks, 16 inches in diameter, and 6-foot cut, and the other size has 1016-inch disks and 6-foot cut I keep a few No. 7 12-<lisk Harrows on hand and tain fill orders prompt?.y. I am sole agent for the St Lawrence M'f g Co. for York; Cheater, Fairfield and Lancaster counties, S. C., and Mecklenburg county, N. C. I am prepared to quote unusually low prices and liberal terms. Call on or write to me at once. SAM M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. OPING COMPANY,pf IRON ORfe PAINT And. Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN ST., iMBBi'' "Jffc Cleveland, O. IB?a SeAd for Circular an(j price List No. 75. )K IRON ROOFINO IN THE WORLD. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE. I 92,000 IN GOLD. AVERY intelligent lady writes of The Chronicle: | "You have undoubtedly the liest weekly paper I in the State." | Our correspondent is very appreciative. Certainly, we can claim truthfully that Thk Weekly Chronicle is one of the best in the South. I We want 5,000 nev; subscribers for it this year. iii^iiMiimni wa offer in nremiimis?not in Issiks, sewing machines, ftirniture, melodeons, crockery, jewsharps or plated ware? $2,000 IN GOLD. For 1000 subscribers $400 00 44 500 44 200 00 44 400 44 100 00 44 :ax> 44 120 oo 44 200 44 80 00 44 100 44 40 00 50 44 20 00 25 44 10 00 44 15 44 5 00 44 10 44 3 00 44 5 44 1 00 | The amount of $2,000 in gold will be paid out j on the above plan, and in like proportion for any | number of new subscribers sent in. The Cash Mast Accompany All Names. , The subscription is only $1 per annum. All ! subscriptions must l>e paid for one year, j Commencing next week ThkWkekly Chrox! ici.k will be sixteen pages. It is one of the best and cheapest papers in trie South. Sample copies on application will !>e sent free ! to any address. j No Names Entered Without the Money. Remittances may lie made by check, postal money order or by express. Those who purpose to enter the contest for the gold premiums are requested to send in the names und money as soon as collected. Their | names and amouiaUi will be entered on our books and a correct account will be kept with each 1 person who is a competitor for the premiums. These premiums will remain open until July 11,1891. i Address: THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, Avoitsta, Ga. j February 4 52 tf i Be sure to react Creole and Puritan in to-day's paper. SOLE AGENT. THIS will certify that SAM M. GRIST, of Yorkvillc, S. C., has been appointed as SOLE Agent for the sale of CORBIN DISK HARROWS, CORBIN ROAD ('ARTS, Ac., in and : for the (Hmnties of YORK, CHESTER, LANCASTER and FAIRFIELD, in the State of South Carolina, and MECKLENBURG county, in the State of North Carolina. ST. LA WHENCE M'F'G CO. January 7 1 tf l>. K. KINI.KY. J. S. MUCK. FIN LEY BK1CE, ATTOKNEYH AT I.AW, Yorkville, H. C. ALL business entrusted to us will 1m? given prompt attention. OFFICE OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. APPLICATION FOR CHARTER. NOTICE is iiereby given that thirty days after date, applieation will be made to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, for a Charter incorporating WHITE HILL, A. M. E. /ION CHURCH, situated in York township, about four miles east of YorkviUe, near the residence of S. 11. Robinson. January 7 1 .r>t* FOR SALE OR RENT. rTHIE DWELLING HOUSE AND LOTsitu1. ated near the Three C's l)ei>ot, recently oe' cupied bv J. Thomas Iiowry, is FOR SALE OR RENT. The building contains six large rooms and a basement. Apply to L. M. GRIST. January fiO tt' Be sure to read Creole and Puritan in to-days paper. She ^orheiUr (Jhtquim. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. J TERMS OF MUIlWCRIPTIONi Single copv for one year 'I <H> One copy tor two years 3 SO For six months,..? I <*> For three months 3D Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year 17 SO And an extra copv for a club of ten. 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