Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 30, 1892, Image 4
it timorous jBrpartntrnt. |
What He Found.?A group of merry
commercial travelers were seated iu a smoking
room, when suddenly Bodkins volunteer- i
ed a story of a remarkable find he once had. i
"When I was a young man," commenced the
irrepressible B., "I was employed in a large
house in a city, and, as usual with persons
of that age, I fell in love with a young lady,
and in due course of time was engaged.
About two months before our marriage was
to take place, I was suddenly sent to Australia,
on very important business, occasioned
by the death of one of the firm in that
country. I took a hasty and affectionate
leave of my intended, with the promise to ' i
write to each other often.
I was detained somewhat longer than I ex- j
pected, but just before I sailed for home I
bought a handsome and valuable ring, in- i
tending it as a 'coming home' present for my :
sweetheart. As I was nearing the shore and
reading the paper which the pilot had
brought on board, curiously enough my eye 1
fell on the 'marriages,' and there I saw an
announcement of her marriage with another?a
fellow I knew very well, too?which
so enraged me that in my passion I threw
the ring overboard. A few days later I was
dining at this hotel; fish was served up, and
in eating it I bit off something hard, and
what do you suppose it was ?"
"The diamond ring !" exclaimed several.
"No," said the merry Bodkins, preserving
the same gravity, "it was a fish bone."
Tract or Biscuit.?Just after the termination
of the late unpleasantness a lady with
a basket on her arm walked through one of
the wards of a certain soldiers' hospital.
She stopped beside the bed of one of the suffers,
a German, and asked :
"Were you a Union man or a Confederate?"
"Union," he replied.
Whereupon she passed on to the next cot
and repeated the same question to the occupant.
"Confederate," was answered, and she
then handed the man a nice fresh biscuit.
The German watched the proceeding not in
the best of humor.
A few days later another lady going
through stopped at the German's cot and
asked which side he was on.
"Confederate," was the prompt reply.
"Poor man," she said, "here's a tract for
you," and passed on and the unfortunate's
state of mind was not improved.
Again, a third visitor in passing stopped at
the German's side and asked the same old
question on which side he was on.
"Dot tepends on vat you got. If you got
piskit I tinks I might be a Confederate, but
if you got tracts I am a Yankee."?Texas
Sittings.
Necessities.?Just where he came from
didn't appear, but bis raiment might be
taken as a token that he was from the backwoods
of a country pretty well back, and as
he went into a family grocery on Jefferson
avenue he attracted sufficient attention for
the boss to come forward to see what he
wanted.
"Got any corn whisky ?" he asked.
"We don't keep it," replied the proprietor.
"Ner rye?"
"No."
"Ner applejack ?"
"No."
"Ner old peach ?"
"No."
"Ner moonshine?"
"No."
"Nothin' in that line at all?"
"No."
"Well, by gravy," he said angrily as he
started out, "what the dickens have you got
1 'Vomilioa annnlioH U'itll flll
IUUI' OI^U U|/ bUUIj A Hiuiikvw F..? ? - J
the necessaries of life,' for? Durn me ef we
can't do better'n that at the cross-roads
grocery.?Michigan Tradesman.
A Boy's Essay on Breath.?A little
boy in the North Side Public School recently
handed in to the teacher the following composition
on "Our Breath":
"Our breath is made of air. If it were not
for our breath we would die. The breath
keeps going through our liver, our lights and
our lungs. Boys shut up in a room all day
should not breathe, they should wait until
they get out of doors. Air in a room has
carbonocide in it, and carbonocide is poisoner
than mad dogs. Once some men was shut
up in a black hole in India, a carbonocide
got into that there hole, and afore morning
nearly every one of them was dead. Girls
wear corsets which squeeze their diagrams
too much. Girls cannot run and holler like
boys cause their diagrams are squeezed. If
I was a girl I would just run and holler so
my diagram would grow. That's all on
breath."?Minneapolis Journal.
93T Citizen?What do you want now ? My
wife gave you a pie and one of my old vests
just now. Aren't you satisfied yet ? Tramp?
Sst! Speak low ! I don't want the lady to
hear it, but I've brought back a ten-dollar
bill I found in the vest. Here it is. "You
are an honest man. Why didn't you keep
the money?" "Well, you see, after I'd
tackled the pie I got to thinkin' it all over,
an' my conscience hurt me. You'll have to
Aof Ihflm nif>c lnnir as voil live. I won't.
Besides my sympathy I haint got nothing to
give you but the ten dollars, unless you
want the vest back!"
tST A lady whose Christian name was
Jane, and whose little daughter was named
after her, engaged a housekeeper who was
also a Jane. Thinking that three Janes in
one household might occasion confusion,
the lady said to the newcomer, who was a
tall angular woman, with a rigid air and an
uncompromising cast of countenance, "I
think, Jane, it will be better for me to call
you by your last name, if you have no objections."
"No'm, I have no objections,"
answered the housekeeper, standing stiffly :
erect, valise in hand. "Call me 'Darling,'
ma'am, if you prefer. That's my name!"
SSTAn oldish couple, who had come in by
the Erie road, were crossing on a Pavouia 1
ferryboat recently, when the wife asked her I
husband about the time of day. It was
about two o'clock by the right time, but he I
looked at his big silver watch, and replied
that it was three. "But they said we'd get
here about two," she protested. "Train 11
might be late." "It wasn't quite two by the
clock in the depot." He took out his bull's i
eye again for another look, held it up to his!
ear to see if it was going, and then suddenly
exclaimed : "Oh, pshaw ! I'm an hour ahead.!
I've had her set for the hired man to get up
by, and forgot to turn 'er back."
Effectively Told.?Servant?Oh, Miss,'
that Mr. Borem do be corniu' here again, j1
There's no use tellin' him y r not at home, [ ]
fur he'll just push past me an' say he'll wait
till yez do come back. I
Miss Beauti?Then, for mercy's sake tell
him plainly that I'm engaged. J>o it in
such a way he'll conclude to leave.
Servant?Yes, mum. h
Mr. Borem (a minute later)?Is Miss Beauti
. at home?
Servant?Yes, sor, hut she do be ingage'l; |
an*" the felly she's engaged to do be waitin'!
in the parler fur yez wid a club.?New York j
Weekly.
floTThe inundation of Johnstown, I'a., is
remembered and alluded to by the inhabit- ,
ants of the new city as "the Hood." On a i
recent occasion Adam Thompson was put into
the witness-box at the county court. The ,
counsel, asking his name, received for j
answer, "Adam, sir?Adum Thompson," ,
"Where do you live?" "At Paradise, sir." I!
(Paradise is a village about a mile and a half!,
west of Johnstown). "And how long have j,
you dwelt in Paradise?" continued the bar- ,
rister. "Ever since the Hood," was the re-1,
ply, made in all simplicity and with no in- L
tention to raise a laugh. i,
The Prisoner's Plea.?One of our young i.
lawyers tells a good one on himself. At the j1
last term of the court Judge Honey appoint-1'
ed him to defend a negro who was "cuse er ''
something concerning uv er hog." The case j
was plain and the negro was soon standing
before his honor for sentence, when the usual
question was asked if he had anything to i J
say before sentence was passed. II is reply
was, 'Nuthin' much, boss, 'ceptin I hope yer
will keep in mind de youngness uv my lawyer."?Waynesboro
(f?a.) True Citizen.
Wstf" "I do not know," she said in answer to
his proposal. "I do not know what to say. i
If I could be sure you care for me?"
"Care for you ? I would die for you.
Nay, I will do more, for dying is nothing, i
After our marriage I will always let you J
have the last word." . <
"Pshaw!" she excluimed, turning away t
from him in anger, "that's nothing. I would I
have that anyway."
ihe .farm and ^fireside.
WHITEWASH.
"Whitewashing" is in season at ull times
on the farm, but especially so during the
summer, and about the poultry premises in
particular.
All the out-houses, coops, fences and even
the trunks of trees, can stand a thorough
washing twice a year, and the whole premises
thereby made to take on a more neat, new
and attractive appearance. White makes a
beautiful contrast with the green foliage of
the trees and surroundings, but it is by some
considered too glaring and hard on the eyes.
This can easily be remedied by the addition
of a little dry coloring as may suit one's
liking.
Poultry houses and coops should be whitewashed
inside and out. All the nest boxes
and other fixtures should also receive a coating.
The ordinary lime and water wash has
the disadvantage of easily washing off, and
ulsoof sticking to and marking ones clothes
or whatever runs against it. We clip from
The American Poultry Yards, three excellent
recipes for making whitewash that will not
rub off:
1. Slack in boiling water, one-half bushel
of lime, keeping it just fairly covered with
water during the process. Strain it, to remove
the sediment that will fall to the hot
torn, and add to it a peck of salt dissolved in
warm water; three pounds of ground rice
boiled in water to a thin paste; one-half
pound of powdered Spanish whiting, and a
pound of clear glue dissolved in warm water.
Mix the different ingredients thoroughly and
let the mixture stand for several days.
When ready to use, apply it hot. If a less
quantity is desired, use the same proportions.
2. A good whitewash for use uj>on outside
work may be prepared as follows : Slack in
boiling water one-half bushel of lime and
strain as before. Add to this two pounds of
sulphate of zinc and one pound of salt dissolved
in water. If any color but white is
desired add about three pounds of the desired
coloring matter, such as painters use in
preparing their paints. Yellow ochre will
make a beautiful cream color, and browns,
reds, and various shades of green are equally
easily obtained.
3. Another excellent wash, lasting almost
as well as ordinary paint, may be prepared
for outside work as follows: Slack in boiling
water one-half bushel of lime. Strain so as
to remove all sediment. Add two pounds of
sulphate of zinc, one pound of commou salt,
and one-half pound of whiting, thoroughly
dissolved. Mix to proper consistency with
skimmed milk and apply hot. If white is
not desired, add enough coloring matter to
produce the desired shade. Those who have
tried this recipe consider it much superior,
both in appearance and durability, to ordinary
washes, and some have not hesitated to
declare that it compares very favorably with
good lead paints. It is much cheaper than
paint and gives the houses and yards to
which it is applied a very attractive appearance.
USING THE HARROW.
Both in preparing the soil for planting and
in the cultivation of the different crops the
harrow can nearly always be used to a good
advautagc. Under ordinary conditions the
harrow is an economical tool, and for this
reason it can often be used much more largely
than it is.
It is important with all crops to have the
soil in a good tilth before planting the seed,
and in finishing this work the harrow can
always be used more or less to an advantage.
It is too often the case that sufficient harrowing
is not given.
Generally the sooner the harrow is used
after the soil is stirred with the plow or eul ivntnr
the belter. In manv cases the land
is ploughed iu the fall, and in the spring all
that is necessary is to work the surface with
a disk harrow and then finish with the spiketooth
harrow.
Iu the preparation of the soil for the seed
it is oltea the last working that pays the
best. A fine seed bed not only gives a better
germination, but leaves the soil in a better
condition to commence the cultivation
early, while it affords a much better opportunity
for the plants to make a good growth.
By having the soil in a good tilth when
the seed is planted the work of cultivating
can begin as soon as the otber work will
permit after planting. By doing this not
only will the weeds be destroyed more readily,
but the soil can be kept in a good tilth
much easier.
While destroying the weeds and giving
clean cultivation is one essential item, it is
not all; keeping the soil fine and mellow is
equally important. In many cases the first
harrowing may be given before the plants
show above ground. In most cases there are
a number of different kinds of weeds that
will germinate in less time than is required
for corn, cotton, cane or potatoes, and these
will be destroyed if proper care is taken by
using the harrow early.
One advantage iu using the harrow two or
three times before commencing with the cultivator
is that it destroys the weeds more
thoroughly close around the plants than
almost any other implement that can be
used. If the weeds can be kept down at the
start and the soil made fine and mellow the
plants are able to secure a more vigorous
start to grow, and then by using the cultivator
this growth may much more readily
be maintained. But if the plants get stunted
in the early stages of growth 110 after
working will entirely remove tiie effect, hence
the importance of early, thorough work.?
St. Louis Republic.
GROWING SORGHUM.
It is important to plant this crop under
us favorbie conditions as possible. It makes
a slow growth at best at first, and when
plunted with the soil wet, cold and ill prepared
the seed is slow to germinate, while
the plants make a very unsatisfactory growth.
In nearly all cases it will pay to wait until
the soil is reasonably dry and warmed up
before planting the seed, and then if the
seed is of good quality and the soil is in a
good tilth a quicker and better germination
will be secured.
It pays to harrow or work the soil well
before planting. When the plants iirst come
up they are small and tender, and as they
grow slowly the weeds will often get the
best start before the cultivation can lie commenced.
The seed need very little covering, and if
to be sown by hand care must be taken to
run the furrows out very shallow in order to
avoid covering too deep. One of the ad vantages
in using the drill in planting is that
the seed can be distributed more evenly in
the rows and covered at a more uniform
depth, two important items in securing a
good, even stand. When the seed is sown
by hand it will aid in securing a quicker
germination if the seed is moistened and allowed
to stand twelve hours before planting.
Have the rows about three and a half feet
apart, so as to give plenty of room to cultivate.
One advantage in planting an early
variety is that it will ripen and can be
worked up out the way before the fall work,
like sowing wheat and oats and cutting up
the corn, becomes pressing.
In many cases it will pay to roll the ground
after planting the seed, as it helps to make a
better germination, and also fixes the soil in
a better condition for eonin-cueing the cultivation.
As with nearly all other crops tin;
barrow can nearly always be used to good
advantage in commencing the cultivation.
In no other way can the weeds be destroyed
and the soil be lined so close around the
plants. Often two harrow.ngs can be given
with profit and then the cultivator can be
used. In an average season two borrowings
and three good cultivations win neaii 111:11 is
necessary ; as often the plants make a sulliI'ient
growth to shade the ground, little ctilL
i vat ion will he needed.
It is the early cultivation that is the most
important, and the more thoroughly this is
given the better will he the results. Care
diould he taken not allow the plants to stand
too thick.?St. Louis Republic.
?
Bfey The cleanest and most perfectly polished
floors have no water used on them.
They arc; simply rubbed oil' every morning
with a large flannel cloth which is soaked in
kerosine once in two weeks. Take the cloth
and with scrubbing brush or stumpy broom,
go rapidly up and down, not across, the
boards. After a few rubbings the floor will
have a polished appearance.
fifery A correspondent of The Delta says
that he prevents borers by bottling one gallon
of soap and adding to it one teacupful
of turpentine. This is mixed with water
until thin. He then takes a brush and paints
the body of the tree with the solution about
March before the foliage begins to start.
;for the liomc Circle. !
KEEP YOl R DAUGHTER YOl'NG.
Mothers should try to prolong their (laugh- j
tors' childhood us much us possible. Life's ; ]
troubles will come to them fust enough.! <
! And, even from u sellish point of view, a: ]
daughter who is childlike in manner and in j I
thought is much more of a comfort to a ; 1
1 mother than an immature little woman can 1 i
! he. 11
It is natural, no doubt, for a tired woman . 1
, who has no mother or sister near, to tell her j
troubles to her little girl; to let her know j i
1 that the butcher and the baker want their ]
bills settled, and that that speculation of.'
, papa's has delayed the payment; to remark ! <
, on the conduct of Aunt Eliza as "unkind ; 1
1 to point out the shubbiness of the parlor fur- j i
j niture ; to wonder whether the poorhousc is !
the future destination of the family, etc. j 1
But it is cruel,nevertheless, as many natural i
i things are. Little, pale, grave-looking girls,'
with a premature sense of responsibility, are j
, the outcome of this sort of thing, and the 1
depth of shame and sorrow of which the lit- 1
; tie heart is capable, may be read in the sad j
! eyes. I
Perhaps it is even worse than this to dilate j
! to a child -on the faults of friends and ac-1
| quaintances ; to point out the spite or mean-1
ness of people the child is disposed to like ; ;
to arouse the desire for revenge, which awak- ,
ens in every young soul at the thought of; i
wrong or injustice. Afterward the mother j
! may learn that she was mistaken, and forget;!
i the child seldom does.
It is said that in China there are strange j
dwarfs of grotesque shape, kept for the j
amusement of the emperors, who were made
; so by being imprisoned at birth in jars made )
for the purpose, the forms of which the j
wretched creatures took in growing, they [
being originally not different from other
! children. I
Effects as distorting as these nre, produced |
on the young heart and mind by fitting child-!
hood's budding love and faith and eonfi-1
' dence to the narrowness of adult life?to its j
greed of gold, its inordinate value of ap- j
pearance, its suspicion of others, or to the j
sad knowledge of what life really is.
If you love your daughter, let her laugh
and prattle. Rejoice with her ; do not make '
her weep with you. There are a thousand !
things to teach her that are bright and good !
and elevating, and you had better go back :
to your own youth, and help her dress her 1
doll like Miss Elfrida Jane, who seems so |
lovely in the child's eyes, than tell her that I
Miss Elfrida Jane paints her cheeks, and is
not all that she ought to be in conduct. You
had better read "Cinderella" und "Puss in
I Boots" with her, and believe with her that a j
i good fuiry might come down the chimney at |
I any time and evolve a golden eoacli from a !
| yellow pumpkin, than to teach her prema-1
turely that the world is a sad place, and its j
' dwellers most evil minded persons.
Keep your little girls young and hopeful,
' and they will help you to keep so, too.?New i
| York Ledger.
AN IMPORTANT COMMANDMENT.
A very nice girl wrote to me and said j
: that she wished her mother was like other
girls' mothers, for then she could confide in j
her and would know just what was right
and what wasn't. There have been two or ;
three girls who have written that same j
' thing, and what I have to say to them is .
; this : Don't you think it possible that the ;
| fault is with you V Don't you think it pos- j
sible, as you haven't been in the habit of
: confiding in your mother, that she is not to J
blame if she does not show very much sympathy
when some day you conclude to go to [
her? The wise girl is the one who tells
her mother everything?her little joys, her j
; little sorrows, who has her mother interest-1
ed in all the events of her life and whose
i first inclination is to let "mother" know of j
| the coming pleasure, or the past sorrow, j
Don't you know tliqt it hasn't been such a
long time ago since "mother" was a girl
herself? And if you will only go to her and
make the young part of her heart be born
again you will find that she can sympathize
with every ambition, and that she can be
interested in every pleasure, and that she'
can be just as delightful and ever so many j
. times more so than any girl friend you ever 1
had. The commandment that I had in my
: mind when I began to write this was: "Hon-1
or thy father and thy mother," and the
promise that follows. Do you know what
honoring your mother means? It means,
! not only being to her her dearest companion j
and closest friend, but it means thinking of I
her happiness in more ways than one. It |
means not showing her even the least inat
tcntion, and certainly it means never speak-!
ing to her, or of her, in a slighting manner. |
, It means giving her of your best?your best
! love and reverence. Who will ever stand j
'by you as your mother? Nobody. Who;
j was "last at the cross and earliest at the,
j grave" of Christ himself? His mother!
And you, who think you can't go to your'
mother and tell her of your daily life and its
pleasures and disappointments?you who '
have allowed a wall of reserve to be built
between your mother and you, break it
down. You must do it if you would be happy,
and you should do it because you are the |
younger of the two. A mother will help
j you in this work, but you must begin it. j
And you are anxious to, are you not? You
may have to do it a brick at a time, but the,
day will surely come, if you persevere, when 1
you and your mother will not only be face to
face, but heart to heart in all your undertakings,
and when you will realize exactly what
is meant by the commandment. You und
I make promises and break them ; (*od never '
I does that, and when He laid upon you the!
j command that you should honor your father
I and your mother He gave this promise, "And
thy days shall be long in the land which the
| Lord thy (iod hath given thee."?Kuth Ash-i
more in Lady's Home Journal.
Comfort for thk Cijii.orhn.?Very
many of the blunders of* children and much ;
of their awkwardness come from requiring;
them to use the tools and belongings of
grown persons. Put a knife and fork designed
for an adult into the hands of a child,
i and see how clumsily he uses them. If his ,
hands were large enough to wear a No. 7 or
8 or !) glove, he would have no trouble,
j Try him with a tiny knife and fork, and see
how readily the little hands master the iin:
plements.
i Put him into a chair, the seat of which is
eighteen or nineteen inches from the floor?
the usual height of an ordinary chair seat?
how can a child only three or four feet high
sit comfortably in such a chair? His legs]
dangle, he hitches round to find an easy
resting place for his head, his hands, his
back, and hitches in vain. Put him in a
! chair of size proportional to him, and he is,
easy, graceful, comfortable, especially so if
the chair has rockers so he can be in constant
motion, and arms, so lie can have something
to work bis hands on.
if vou have never been into a kindergar
ten, no and see how happy the little children
are and how graceful, with furniture made,
just the right size for tliein. You will come |
home, and if you have a little child you will
not be content until he has a chair to lit him,
and a table to sit at with his playthings outspread,
of just the right height, and a knife
and fork and a brush and comb not too large
for him to bundle easily. These outfits for!
| children arc inexpensive, and few investments
give larger returns in content and ,
comfort, in grace and ease of movement.
Kacli child in a family should be thus oullit1
ted, and as he grows, succeed to the f'uruish*
ings of some older child, while passing his
on to a younger one.
TllK Two J-'o.xks.?In the depth of a Ibri
est lived two foxes who never had a cross
word with each other.
t)ne of them said one day in the politest!
I fox language: "bet's quarrel."
"Very well," said the other; "as you
please, dear friend. Hut how shall we set ,
about it ?"
"Oh that cannot be difficult," said fox j
number one, "the two-legged people fall out, I
why should not we?"
So they tried all sorts of ways, but it could
i not be done, because each would give way. j
j At last number one brought two stones:!
"There," said be, "you say they are yours,
land I'll say they are mine, and we will
quarrel and light and scratch. Now I 'll j
begin :
"These stones are mine!"
"Very well," answered the other gently,
: "you are welcome to them."
"Hut we shall never quarrel at this rate,"
cried the other jumping up and licking bis j
I face. "You old simpleton, don't you know
it takes two to make a quarrel any day."
find"'There arc about !)!),.StiO Sunday schools
in the United States; S,()lS,4(12 scholars, and j
j 1,10!),2<io teachers.
jjfttiswUancims Reading.
THE MOl'TH.
The mouth is the front door to the face.
It is the aperture to the cold storage room
jf your anatomy. Some mouths are the
pictures of peaches and cream and others
look like a hole chopped in a brick wall to
idmit a new door or window. The mouth
is the hotbed of toothache and the place to
keep your tongue. Most persons never carry
their tongue in their coattail pockets.
A mouth was never made too small, but
some are so large that their owners put their
Teel in them. It is the doorway out of
which come beautiful words of hope and
courage and through which pass cold
custard and krout and cod liver oil. Home
sleep with their mouths adjusted for kissing.
The mouth is the bunghole of oratory and
a baby's crowning glory. It is the crimson
aisle to your liver, nature's apparatus for
blowing out the gas. It is patriotism's fountain
head and the tool chest for pie. Without
it the politician would be a wanderer
upon the face of the earth, and the cornetist
and chorus girls go down to unhonored
graves. It is the grocer's friend, the orator's
pride and the dentist's hope.
It puts some men on the rostrum and
many on the rock pile. It is temptation's
lunch counter when attached to a maiden
and the tobacconist's friend when attached
to a man.
Without it the torch light procession
would be a dumb and lifeless thing, and
when the politician hero advanced to the
front of the platform the audience would
have to stand on their heads to show their
delight. Without it married life would be
a perpetual summer dream and the dude
would lose half his attraction, and most of
all, and the greatest of all, if tnere were no
months there would be nogoodbvs or happy
greetings, no words of comfort or of hope, no
laughter full of sunshine and no song full
of praise, the hired man could not he called
to dinner and 110 one would ask, "Where
did you get that hat."
enemiesITthk air.
If our eyes were microscopes, what a:
world of wonders, and even of terrors, the,
atmosphere would appear to he! Even air
that is apparently pure contains a great iium-1
ber of microscopic floating particles. There
is dust that lnis arisen from the ground, and j
been transplanted from afar by the winds; j
there is powdery matter that has been ejected
from the interior of the earth by volca-!
noes; there are minute particles of meteorit-j
ic matter that come floating down out of in-!
terstellar space, and there is a great variety j
of living germs and organisms, some of which
produce disease and death.
The investigations that arc going 011 concerning
the origin of the influenza now afflicting
mankind in various quarters of the
globe, have led some men of science to con-1
elude that u micro-organism, or bacillus, of j
some kind, which lives and is diffused j
through the air, is the cause of this most'
troublesome disease.
But even a bacillus, so small that the ut- j
most powers of the microscope are taxed to
render it visible, must have something to live '
on, or it will perish.
In absolutely pure air it could not survive,'
but I)r. Symes Thompson makes the inter-j
esting suggestion that minute particles of organic
dust floating in the air may serve as 1
rafts for it to live on.
What a strange picture this suggestion j
forms in the imagination ! Particles of mat-j
tor, too small to be discerned with the naked ;
eye, floating through the atmosphere, and
bearing, like a microscopic fleet, unaccount-l
able millions of organisms, whose combined |
attack suffices to render a large fraction of i
the human race miserable !
But knowledge is power, and the more we
learn about our microscopic enemies in the
air, the better prepared we are to resist their
assaults.
Hereditary Knowledge.?A little three
year old, whose, father, two grandfathers j
and a great-grandfather are physicians, was
entertaining herself one day by playing
doctor to her dolls. The nurse kept the
young physician going 011 a round of calls
from doll to doll, and writing prescriptions
in her baby hieroglyphics.
At last the weary little body climbed into !
an arm-chair and lay back for "a moment's
rest. The nurse fearing lest the slighest diversion
should turn the active little brain
toward something that would demand more
of her attention, sought to reawaken interest
in the dolls by urgent telephonic summons.
The little doctor straightened up at the j
tling-tling of the imaginary bell, and resting
her elbow 011 the arm of her chair and mak-1
ing a receiver of her dimpled hand, asked !
what was wanted.
She was informed that Jenny I'urdy ncedded
her services at once. With a sigh of
impatience, she gathered her little body together
as if for a plunge out of the big chair;
then a look of intelligence passed over her j
face, and she settled back with this pithy i
message:
"Tell Miss I'urdy de doctor tan't tome;
he's busy sittin' in his oflice."
How Pepsin is Prepared.?It may not
be known to all readers that the pepsin sold |
in the drug stores is the veritble product I
of an animal stomach, and generally of thc|
stomach of the hog. The San Francisco
Argonaut speaks of a method employed by
one factory in New York in procuring this
article.
A number of perfectly healthy hogs are
fattened for market, and for thirty-six hours
before killing time are deprived of all food,
not even being allowed a drop of water.
Then the trough from which they are ac
' ' ifDli uii-otiir win*!
t'llMUHUU IW cui in Mini v..n
netting, and the most appetizing slops and
hog delicacies, smoking hot, are poured into
the trough.
The fumes ascend with grateful fragrance j
to the porcine nostrils, the hogs all run to ;
the trough and stand over it, ravenous with
hunger, squealing and lighting with each
other for a chance to get at the food. The j
iron netting prevents them from tasting
the food, and, while they arc still thinkingl
about the mater, they are killed, and their 1
stomachs being taken out are found perfect -!
ly full of gastric juice, from which the pepsin
is prepared.
A (iou> I'ockht-KniI' I*;.?The costliest I
pocket-knives manufactured lbr sale are retailed
at a store in New York City, which,
sells nothing but knives. There are l,dU0
different kinds on exhibition in the window,
ranging in price from 5 cents to $2o. The. |
t?2o knife is the costliest known. The out-j
side plates of its handles are solid gold, and t
it contains two small blades only, a nail file
and a miniturc pair of scissors. There is a
little hook in the handle by which it may!
be attached to the watch chain. The sales I
of the knife are very slow.
The largest knife in America is supposed
to he in Cincinnati. It has fifty-six blades
and is a chest of tools in itself, containing !
almost anything from a tooth-pick to a cigar
punch, from a pair of scissors to a handsaw.
It is for sale at $">00 and weighs thirteen
pounds.
The largest knife ever known was made
by Jonathan Ciookes. a workman for Joseph
Kodgers in Shellield, Kngland. It had 1,X21
blades.
Till-: Ktok v ok Hi i.i.i a it l>s.?The first
billiard player is declared by those who have
investigated the subject to have been a
London pawnbroker named William Kew.
It is his namespelled differently which isapplied
to tla- stick universally used in the
game, of billiards and known as a "cue."
A letter in the Rrilish museum says that
Kew not only loaned money but sold cloth,
and that the three round balls, which had
hung in front of his shop as a sign, were taken
down one day to he cleaned and polished
and were laid on the cloth counter by the
yard-stick. Picking up tin- yard-stick carelessly,
Kew began to punch these balls about
on the smooth surface of the cloth spread
out before him, and soon acquired a certain
sort of skill at making one glance from the
other. Ill* got to be quite fond of this
amusement, which friends called "Hill's
yard." This was afterward, the letter says.
shortened into "billiards."
?
1'ooit Kkkommkniiation.?I was sitting
in the office of a prominent manufacturer of1
Richmond not long since, when a boy about
sixteen entered with a cigar in his mouth,
lie said he would like to get a situation to
learn a trade.
"I might give you a place," was the answer,
"but you carry a very bad recommendation
in your mouth," said the gentleman.
"I don't think it any harm to smoke, sir;
nearly everybody smokes now."
"I am sorry to say, my young IViend, that
I can't employ you. If you have money
enough to smoke cigars you will be above
working as an apprentice.
\\*?
Gatherings.
V&" X early a quarter of all cases of insanity
are hereditary.
fife#" There were forty million artificial teeth
made in this country last year.
flST""! am losing flesh," said the butcher,
as the dog stole a sirloin steak.
fldf" Pride, like opium,.is not dangerous in
small qantities, hut fatal in large ones.
fiST" A business man that does not advertise
is like a boat that is rowed with one oar.
Most every one has a pet virtue with
which he cajoles himself and other people.
fifaT Seven out of every eight loaves of
bread eaten in London are made from foreign
wheat.
BfctT The total number of newspapers published
in the world at present is said to be in
excess of 37,000.
BaT On an average there are 10G boys born
to every 100 girls ; but more boys die in infancy
than girls.
8fe?T A cremated body leaves a residuum of
only eight ounces;all besides is restored to
lw. cuupnim elements.
tifcg' During the past four mouths more
than $7,000,000 in gold has been brought to
this country from Australia.
B?"' It is said alcohol is good to take out
spots. It will certainly knock spots out of a
man's pocket-book in time.
B?*In fertilizing fruit trees it should be
remembered that the roots extend as far as
the branches that shade them.
8?1" Why is the letter "O" the most charitable
letter? Because it is found oftener
than any other in "doing good."
US" The Manassah Society in a peculiar organ
zation in Chicago composed of colored
mer who have married white wives,
fl&r A grand rabbit drive was held in Fresno
county, Cal., recently, and it is estimated
that about 15,000 rabbits were slain.
fgtxT A gorilla lias been photographed in
Paris. The interesting question is, did the
photographer ask him to "Look pleasant,
please ?"
BkHf" The man who is mean enough to write
an anonymous letter is mean enough to do
all the things he charges another man with
doing in it.
B?"" Queen Anna, of Holland, has insured
her life in trust for her daughter for a sum
equivalent to ?500,000 or two and a half
million of dollars.
8?"' Somehow it comes natural to the humblest
man to say "they" when speaking of
wicked people, and "we" when he talks of
the faithful and good.
&e&" Kussell Sage's income is fifteen dollars
a minute, and the additional day of leapyear
enables him to rake down twenty-one
thousand, six hundred dollars.
fl?r Son?Here's a horseshoe I found in the
street?irood one too. Papa?Well, throw
it away. "Isn't it lucky to find a horseshoe?"
"Not unless you own a horse."
When flowers arc full of heaven-descended
dews they always hang their heads,
but men hold theirs the higher the more they
receive, getting proud as they get full.
WaT The largest ship afloat is the French
live-masted France, launched in 1890. The
vessel is 300 feet long, 49 broad and has a
deptli of 20 feet. Her net tonnage is 3,024.
fi?aj"'The Democratic party cannot rely on
any individual to carry it to success next
November. It must win on its principles,
with a candidate who is the best exponent
of them.
t&" The Philadelphia mi nt coined 94,000,000
pennies last year. This is not an unusual
quantity, and the mint is hard at work
manufacturing more pennies to supply the
present demand.
WOT A velocity as high as 2,887 feet per
second has been attained by a projectile
from a rapid lire gun. This is at the rate of
1,908 miles an hour. It is the highest velocity
yet recorded.
War "God can do all things," said mamma.
"No," said Marjoric; "God cannot steal."
"Why?" said mamma, expecting the reply,
"Because he is good." "Because," said the
little sage, "everything is his."
WUr 10very portion of soapstonc lost in
cutting is utilized in other ways. It gives
the dull color to rubber goods, is used in
paper to guin weight, and is also an excellent
I article to use in making fireproof paints.
W3T Begard not much who is for thee or
1 _ * ioo/. .?H flitf f ltftlKrll l
, who uguniiib incu, ............
and care to this?that God be. with thee in
everything thou docst ; for whom God will
help, no malice of man shall be able to hurt.
fStaf* Easier may come as early as March 22,
or as late as April 25. The rule was adopted
fifteen hundred years ago, making Easter
the first Sunday following the full moon after
the sun crosses the equatorial line in the
spring.
Some cotton experts say that unless the
movement from now until September 1,
shall show a sharp falling off, the present
crop must exceed 9,000,000 bales. Farmers
should bear that in mind when they figure
on the acreage this year.
?aY" Mrs. Muggs : My darter went to all
them revival media's last week, and she got
a husband ; reg'lar case of love at first sight.
They're to be married next month. Did
your darter get one? Mrs. I'uggs (sadly):
Naw, she didn't get nothin' but religion.
06?" The farmer who produces at home
what is necessary for him and his family to
live, and plants cotton only as an item of
profit, is the farmer who cannot at any time
be hurt by any amount of hard times. He
is self-sustaining. He is living at home.
He is his own boss. He is the only straightout
independent farmer.
?aY" Mrs. Lovelace (before a milliner's window)?Harold,
dear, do you see that sweet
little bonnet ? Isn't it a perfect gem ? Mr.
Lovelace (suddenly become deaf)?Here
comes our ear, Eunice, and I have signaled
the driver to slop. We must be in readiness
to get uhoflrd. Conductors are a good deal
like time and the tide; they wait for no
one.
?aY" Licorice root conies principally from
Asia Minor, and is the root of a bush not
more than three or four feet high. The
dried roots are sent to I'agdad and thence to
London and America. The black licorice
stick in the drugstores comes mostly from
Spain, stud is made: of pure juice mixed with
n little starch, which prevents it from melting
in warm weather. The word "licorice"
means "sweet root," and is of (ireek origin.
po?t
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ALL business eiilrusied to us will be given
|ii'niii|it allciilinn.
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January 7 1 If
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Mat) s $l.'t0, &MMI ami &2.nU perday.
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rpilK KNIJKI It Kit OIKII'K being now sup1
plied Willi a SI' 1.KN 11111 ot'TKIT of
MoliKMN Jolt I'MKSSKS ami TVI'K of
TIIK KATKST STY KKs, all Jolt I'MINTINO
Usually require.! ill lllis seelioll, will lie exeeil;
leil in tin* ItKST MANNKI! ami al KAI It
Pltli'KS lor I lie material useil ami Ibe eliarai-tei
of Ihe work iloiie.
! SIIAITINO AM) ITI.Iiltl S I'Olt SAI.Il.
k) / \ KKKT one ineli-aml-a-lialf SHAFT
ami \ / I NO; :{ Mangers, II im-hcs.lrop; 'J Com
I'ill leys one of |i <n rspeei I and I he other of three;
and two scls of Collars. I'm Saleat a Itargain,
| Apply lo K. M. O It 1ST.
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RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO.,
MOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION,
J'A SS KXfJ Kit It Kl'A It TMKXT.
C10NDEN8ED Schedule In eirect January 17, 1802.
' Trains run by 75th Meridian time:
south bound.
| No. D. | No. 11. | No. 37*
stations. Dally. Daily. Dally.
j Lv New York 12 15ngt 4 30 pm 4 30 pin
Lv J'hlladelplilu .'I 50am 0 57pin 0 57 pm
' Lv Baltimore 1 0 .10am U 45pm 0 45pin
' Lv Washington 11 10am 11 20pm 11 00 pm
: I.v Richmond :100pm :i 20am .'} 20am
Lv Greensboro JO 25 pm 10 20am 7 on am
Lv Salisbury 12 'A am 12 05pm 8 28am
Aral Charlotte 2 00 am 130 pm 0 35 am
! Lv Charlotte 2 10 am 1 50 pm
| Lv Itoek Hill 8 02 am 2 4.2 pm
I Lv Chester 3 44ain 3 28 pm
I Lv Wlnnsboro 4 40am 4 20pm
| Arat Columbia 0 07am 5 50pm
Lv Columbiu 0 25am 0 05pin
I Lv Johnston's 8 12 am 7 53pin
1 Lv Trenton 8 28 am 8 08 pm
j I.v Oranitevllle 8 51am 8 38pm
Ar Augusta 11 30 am I) 15pm
Ar Charleston 11 20am 10 05pm
j Ar Savannah 8 30 pm 8 30ain
noktjf bound.
| No. 10.1 No. 12.1 No. 38*
stations. Dally. Dally. Dally.
Lv Savannah 8 40 pm 8 00ain
Lv Charleston, 0 00 pm 8 00 am
I r.v Augusta 7 00 pm 1 00pm
I Lv Granitcvlile 7 ./> pm 1 d-pm
i Lv Trenton # jWpm - 00 pm
Lv .Jolinnton'H JJ & P,n \ 14 P,n
! Ar Columbia JO 40 pm 4 00 pm
I Lv Columbia 10 oOpm 4 10 pin
! Lv WlniiHboro M 20 am .? -17 pm
Lv Chester 1? am ?;?Pm Lv
Itock Hill
' A r Charlotte . ^ Ooillll OOpm
! Lv cZmeZ:: \ W?m ? j?l>?> ? JgPjn
| i-v Salisbury 1 '17am 10 ?lopm 10 *14 pm
! Lv Greensboro:.:::::: 10 ??n H 12 OOpm
Ar Richmond ' *j0 P'o ' " -
1 \r Washington 1 0ipm 10 innn 8 .Warn
1 AHbim.i re 11 '? ?" 12 07 pm 10 08 urn
; Ar Philadelphia -100"in 2 20!>?? " ?P??
i ^j. New York 0 20 am 4 oOpm ! 20 pm
Vestibuled limited.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Hand 10 Pullman sleeping ears between
I Danville, Vu., and Augusta, Ga.; and Augustu, Ga.,
land Greensboro,N. C.
On Trains 11 and 12 Pullman Sleeping Cars between
Washington and Augusta.
Train 12 connects at Charlotte with Washington
and Southwestern Vestibuled ilm ted train No. .18,
j northbound, and Vestibuled train No. .17, south'"por
detailed Information as to local and through
time tables, rates, and Pullman slcening-oar reservation,
confer witii local agents, or address?
Jam. L. TAV1.0H, Gen. Pass. Agt.. Atlanta, Ga.
W. A. Turk, Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agt., Charlotte, N. C.
i J. A. Hudson, Superintendent, Columbia, S. C.
I W H. Gukkn, General Manager, Atlanta, Ga.
! sol. Hams, Trallic Manager, Atlanta, Ga.
j Februarys >
C. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
SCHKDl'LK of Mall and Passenger trains from Lenoir,
N\ (J., to Chester, S. C? und from < hester to
I Ijineaster, dally except Sunday, taking cllect January
17,1MJI2.
mouth nottsd. J No. 11.
IAiive' U-noir ' .]-Ja!![
Leave Hickory J! ~!'1
' Leave Newton j{
j Arrive at Llncolntoii, J
Leave Llncolntoii {0 J*'""}
i Leave Dallas " *
I Arrive at Gastonia, { }*?"'"
! Leave Gastonia Wain
, I .cave Clover . $
1 siive Filbert .. - g
1/cave York vllle J- fr, .
i Leave Guthrlesville - r"'
I Leave McConnellsville '4 *jl),n
I Isiive Isiwrysvllle "P"
Arrive at Chester l 4opm
SOUTH HOUND. | NO. 12.
j Leave Chester ". {A
Leave l/?wrysville ${>1
I/'iive McConnellsville it!!!!!
! Leave Gutl.riesvlllc 'f m
Leave Yorkvllle ??
Is-ave Filbert, ?'
Leave Clover.. J ?
Arriveat Gastonia - f: J;
Leave Gastonia *?
Leave Dallas ;{ JJl
Leave Llncolntoii , '
j Leave Newton J J"''
I Leave Hickory ' ^{' 'J
Arrive at Lenoir ?y?:: ,M_1"L'
No. a. | Cheraw ite <'li*'Htor. | No. 10.
! :i |.'ipui Leave CIIFSTKK Arrive 10 -Bum
4 !?? ? KNOX'S II) O'lain
j I 47pm RIL'HHPRG !) 40am
! 5 1()pill BASCO.MVILLI-: ? ??uin
:?pm FORT LAWN ? Wain
1 it 22pm Arrive LANCASTKIl Is-ave 8 20am
.IAS. L. TAYLOR, Gen.Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga.
W. A. TtJltK, Ass'tGen. Puss. Ag't., Charlotte, N. t .
.1. A. DODSON, Superintendent, Columbia, S. (.'.
I W. II. GUKKN, General Manager, Atlanta, Ga.
| SOL IIASS, Trallic Manager, Atlanta, Ga.
| December 2R 40
LIVERY AND KHHI) STAULKS.
IWnl'LD respect fully aiinoiiiieft to my old
IViemls ami the traveling public that I have
reliirned l'i A ork ville, and in the IiiDire wjl 1 gi\e
I inv personal attention to tin? KI\ KK^ AND
l KfcKD STA DDKS so long roii<lurt?'o liy 1110.
Determined to merit pulilic patronage, I hope to
receive! a share ol the same.
MY OMNI IK'S
I Isslill on the street, ready to convey passengers
to all departing trains, or from the trains to any
part of town.
FOR FUNERALS.
I have an elegant IIKARSK ami also a < LARK.Nt'K
COACH which will he sent to any part
j of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable.
Bujftfh's niitl oilier Vehicles
tin hand lor sale. Hargains in either new or
second-hand vehicles.
HAVE VOI R HORSES FED
At the Yorkville Livery and l-'eed Stables where
| they will receive the hest attention.
1', I'ii N.M I 1 ??
rilOTOORAl'll <? ALLERY.
rniloKOl'GHLY fitted Up with new liuekI
grounds, accessories, A*e., ami willt ,t line
skv-lighl, I am prepared in take a picture in any
style of the art, as well executed as call lie done
elsewhere.
(HlliUKK.YS IMHTKKS A smiAI/n.
|{y tin* dry plate preeess I 11 take tlirni instantly
; makes III) dillereliee alien! fair erelemly
weather.
1 ile all my ewn printing ami linisliin^, ami
there is very little delay in delivery.
ENLARGED WORK.
I'ietnres eepied and enlarged and finished in
the highest style te he had, and priees reasenahle.
I tiiveme a call and see speeinieiis el" werk, at
I in y tiallerv en West ljherlv street, near the jail.
.1. It. NCIIOltit.
,| DIStOMIMl.tVti: OF A It OA I).
(I| Tin-: el' Col'NTY CeMMISsloMacs, )
S'ellK ColNTY, Set Til t'A Itel.l N \.
VeitKvu.l.K, S. January I, Is!rj. I
N'oTICK is hereby given te all whein it may
eeiieern, I hat eii and alter WI'lhN MS I) A V,
! A I'It I l.iiTII, Istrj, the pertien eft he TIHUtN'S
I FKItltV lt'?AI> between the Theinas I'arreii
plaee and I he Steel I 'reek Itead at Captain Mar
| shall's, will I5K DISCONTINI KD as a puhlie
j read aeeerdine te law, previded there is lie
; ehjeet ieii. I v elder ef Heard.
J. S. liltlCK, Clerk,
j January H 1 -'hn
The Best Bargain Ever Off<
A $55.00 SEWING
MACH
INCLUDING ONE YEAR'S SUBS<
THE "PEI
Is the Name of a Strictly High Gr;
Now Prepared to Offer to all
Grade Machine with all Moi
heard of Low Prices. Its Me
sign Graceful, and the F
Desired. It is Light R
ALL of the DESIRABLE features contained
to I jo found in the PEERLESS, improved a
it stands, as the name implies, the peer of any ma
All wearing parts are of the best quality of caw
by the turning of a screw, all lost motion, caused
accurately that these machines are as nearly noii
the best mechanical skill is possible to produce
perfect, as every machine passes a rigid inspectk
It has no cogs.
The Balance-Wheel and many of the tine purU
eled and ornamented, giving it a rich appearance
Every Machine is furnished with an Improves
l that a child can easily operate it?winding the tl
j regularly as the thread on a spool. This valuabl
j the Shuttle Tension, and all annoyance resulting
: is in motion, which is common to many machine;
i A self-setting Needle and self-threading C'ylin
ARM SEWING MACHINE. The self-threadii:
the hand, backward and forward, the shuttle is tl
The Woodwork is the best that can be procure;
purchaser may prefer.
j The PEERLESS is so simple that any one ca
I Instruction Book which is sent with each Mj
j purpose of a competent teacher. It shows how
Complete Set of Latest
Each PEERESS Machine is furnished with a (
plated Attachments in a velvet lined csise. Fc
slurring plate, 1 llemmerSct (4 widths) and Bin
1 Hcmtner and Feller (one piece), 10 Needles, 0 li
: with Oil, Cloth Gauge and Thumb Screw.
DO NOT ALLOW YOU)
j Into paying the prevailing high prices charged b
which has been entirely abolished in the stie of t
thus furnished to the people at a slight advance
purchaser from contributing toward paying the s*
Everv PEERLESS machine is guaranteed to 1
I or money will be refunded. A registered < eniu?
I agreeing therein to furnish any parts that may p
I charge (except Needles, Bobbins and Shuttles), s
j PEERLESS.
Price, including one year's subscription to Till
| Our price?$22.50?is for the Machine well cratc<
! all attachments and accessories. The Machine v
j freight will be paid by the person who receives
the freight to any point in this section will aver
(Jive name of freight station if different from p
t /f-H' Every order must be accompanied by the i
j Registered Letter or New York exchange. Don
i 00 cents.
| March U
(iAHRV IRON RO<
i
1 Manufactures all kinds o! ??
lltON ItOOI'l.NO,
| CUIMI'KI) AND COI(UI'(JATKI> SIOINO,
Iron Tile or Shingle.
' KIKK I'llOOK ISMUCS, Kll t'TTKKS, .tC.. [?? ?
| THK LARGEST MANUFACTURERS <
Orders received by L. M. (fit 1ST.
i March IX i
i
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o
A $45 Sewing Machine for $10.
A $50 Sewing Machine for $18.
| A $55 Sewing Machine for $22.50.
A $00 Sewing Machine for $23.50.
\rES, we mean exactly what we say. We are
iua position to furnish Machines that are
equal in every particular??tyle, finish, durabili5
ty, light running, quality of work or anything
else?to any sewing machine on the market.
The $16 Machine is a Low Arm Singer,
i The $18 Machine is a High Arm Singef
I
The $22.50 Machine is a High Arm and is
named the Peerless.
The $23.50 Machine is a High Arm and is
none other than the celebrated Hartford.
We will not attempt to give a detailed description
of caeli machine, I ml will simply say that
every machine we sell is warranted for KIVK
years from date of sale and < i P A K A NT I'll1! I) T< >
i I V K I'Kit KK< ".I"SATI.SKA 'TP>N, or money
will lie refunded. (' uId a dealer or agent who
charged you ?.">0, ?.V> or for a machine
make any fairer oiler? Tin; Voitu vit.t.i: Kx(p
iui;u will he sent for one year without extra
charge to every purchaser of a machine of either
style. An illustrated circular giving a full and
, accurate description of each of the four styles of
machines, and all necessary information, w ill lie
mailed to any who may write for it. A postal
card will Wring it. I.KWIS M. liKISI',
Yorkville, S. t'.
THE PARISH HOTEL.
w II KX you come to Yorkville, you arc in
viti.il to stop at Til K PARISH IIOTKI,.
YnK Wild, I'.K lt'?YA I.I.Y TKKATKP.
The liuilding is located in the business portion
of town. The rooms are large and provided
with every comfort and convenience.
Til K TA RI.KS are supplied u ith 'I'll K I5K.ST
the season all'ords, prepared Wy experienced
cooks, and served Wy polite and lively waiters.
I,A IP JK SA M I'l.K IP HI.MS for commercial
men. We study to please.
Mrs. ('. (!. PARISH, Manager.
March I 1 If
i:x( iia\(;i: ijank,
Yorkville s.
T. S. .1 KKKKIlYS President.
.H IS. K. W A I.I.At '! : Vice-President.
KltANK A. (ill.KKKT Cashier.
Ol'U'u ni "<*< I ?? ? - l?t ?-iii 1. lss>?7.
rnilK RANK will receive licpnsits, Wuyand
1 sell Kxchailge, make Koans and do a general
Ranking Rusiucss.
The ollicers tender their courteous services to
its patrons and the public generally,
j /Mj- Ranking hours from !' A. M. too. P. M.
j January 7. IMKI. IS If
ired in Sewing Machines.
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INE FOE $22.50,
JRIPTION TO THE ENQUIRER.
ERLESS"
ide Sewing Machine that we are
1 Who Want a Strictly High
tlern Improvement** at Unclianisni
in Superb, the Deinish
all that Could he
unniiig and Noiselesn.
m ^s^p^tm, >vw. ^R^Hv HI
in other well-known modern style machines are
nd simplitied by the best mechanical talent until
chine in the market.
i-hardened steel, possessing great durability, and
by wear, can be taken up. All parts are fitted so
scless and as easy running as tine adjustment and
!. No expense or time is spared to make them
>n by competent men before leaving the factory.
i are nickle plated, with other parts finely enami
Automatic Bobbin Winder, which Is so simple
iread automatically on the bobbin as evenly and
e attachment renders possible a perfect control of
from shuttle thread breaking, wnile the machine
3, is entirely obviated.
der Shuttle are used in the PEERLESS HIGHur
Shuttle is so simple that with two motions of
Iireaded.
1, of either Antique Oak or Blaek Walnut, as the
11 easily operate it in a few minutes' time, as the
lehinc is profusely illustrated, and answers the
to do all kinds of fancy work with attachments.
Improved Attachments.
omplete set of Johnson's celebrated steel nickle
dlowing is the outfit: 1 Tucker, 1 RutHer, with
der, 1 Braider (Foot and Slide), 1 Thread Cutter,
lobbius, 1 Wrench, 1 Screw Driver, Oil Can tilled
RSELF TO BE MISLED
y agents and )>eddlcrs under the old system, and
lie PEERLESS by our plan, and the machine is
over the manufacturers' price, thus relieving the
daries and expenses of traveling men and agents.
jc as represented and to give entire satisfiiction,
iteof Warranty is furnished bv the manufacturers
rove defective WITHIN FIVE YEARS, free of
0 great is their confidence in the excellence of the
C YORK VILLE ENQUIRER, $22.50.
1, and delivered on board the cars in Chicago, with
rill lie shipped direct to the purchaser, and the
the Machine. The manufacturers write us that
age about ?1.50.
ost ollice address.
ash. Send money by Post Office Money Order,
't send postage stamps foranyamout exceeding
L. M. CRIST, Yorkville, S. C.
10 tf
OFING COMPANY,
IRON ORE PAINT
And dement.
"cievelnnd, O.
?~Send for Circular
- and Price IJst No. 75.
IF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD.
fi tf
| THE EVANS If ARROWS
ABE the best tooth Harrows on the market.
They are made of the very best material
! and will last a lifetime. You should examine the
STEEL FRAME LEVER HARROW, and
1 also the WESTERN TRIPPLE. Either HurI
row will do perfect work as a pulverizer or
I smoother, and either will be found to beof great
value in cultivating young corn or cotton. The
EVANS CORN ANl) COTTON PLANTER is
the most popular lilanteron the market, wherevl
or introduced. The Planter can bo used for
planting corn, and changed in an instant for
planting cotton. It opens the furrow, drops the
seed and covers, all atone operation. The shovels
are held in position by a break pin, and it
roots or other obstructions are met with, the
shovels "give," and no damage is sustained by
the machine. The corn feed has a spring eut-otl",
which insurcsaceuracy in dropping. Tug cotton
feed has a metal cut-oil", consisting of two round
rollers which cleans the seed from the teeth and
prevents any danger of clogging or cracking the
j seed. Both the Harrows and the planter are
guaranteed to give satisfaction. Send for illusi
trated circular and prices. Apply to R. S. Mc'
CON NELL, Rock Hill; R. B. RIDDLE, Zcno;
11 I'll II ICS, Orover, who are my agents; or
to mvsclf. SAM M. ORIST, Ocn'l Agent.
February 17 7 tf
NO MAN CAN TELL
\\T 11 EN bis home, or ollice will be destroyed
YY by liri. Thousands of bouses and millions
of dollars worth of property are destroyed in the
United States every year! A large per cent,
of this loss falls oil the Insurance companies
who have written policies on it, and there are
many millions worth of property destroyed that
the loss does not fall on the Insurance companies
because the ownersofsaid property imagined
that they were too careful about lire or too well
protected against it, to be burned out. They
learned their error too late, and in many instances
the learning of the lesson resulted in
their complete ruin from a financial standpoint.
Have you ever investigated the matter to see
how little it would cost you to insure your property
against loss by lire. We are sure you will
find the cost less than you supposed it would lie.
We represent only the very liest companies and
we will la- pleased to have you call on us, when
you desire any information in regard to FIRE
J.>rM I ? ?*l 4\ lit * J i" "# ' ' I \ I? i I (
im>i:rtaki\(;.
I AM hundlitii; a tirst elass line of COFFINS
AND CASKFTS which I w ill soil at the very
lowest prices. Personal attention al all hours.
1 am prepared In repair all kinds of Furniture
at reasonable prions.
J. KI> .1F.FFKUYS.
(Thr ^ovlniUe iijnquivcv.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
ri:i{>is oi' sr itsst it i ption :
Single enpy l'or nne year $ '2 OO
(lueoiipy |iir two years, II .10
F<?rsix inoiillis IOO
For three months, ,1(1
Tw o copies Idr one year, II ftO
Toil copies one year, II SO
A nd an extra copy Idr a cluli of ton.
a in i:it ris*i:m i:xts
Insortoil at nne Dollar per square for th<' tirst
insertion, and Fifty ('cuts per sipiare for each
sulisci|iiont insertion. A sipiare consists of the
spin* copied I?y eight lines of this size type.
fctV* Contracts for advertising space for three,
six, or twelve months will lie made on reasonaide
term.
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