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Humorous ffcpartmnit. I A FISH STORY. Mr. James Babson was a famous fisherman. He returned from every fishing excursion with a longer string of fish and a longer story of his exploits than any other man in Skowhegan ; and if there were any j doubts about his stories, there were the fish to prove his skill, if not his truthfulness. When the river froze over James started off after frost-fish. He took an abundant lunch, the necessary lines, hooks, and bait; but upon arriving at his favorite fishingground he found he had forgotten the chisel with which to cut holes in the ice. "I declare to man," said Mr. Babson, as 1 he told the story in the grocery store that evening, "I was put to it to know what I was goin' to do. It was too far from home J to come back, an' I didn't lack nothin' but J jest that pesky chisel. I eat my lunch an' went further up the stream ; but 'twa'n't no use; I sorter drifted back to where I knew there was fish; and then, after I'd wasted most of the day, I jest happened to think about the holes I'd cut in that very spot last year. nrkAMA fliAtr ti-orn on' an "1 rULUClllLtClCU JCDK Yt 1IC1 C nviv, , I went right round, an' I found every pesky i one of 'em. Yes, sir, froze over, of course, but I jest hammered at 'em with my bootheel, and 'twa'n't long 'fore I had 'em open jest as good as they were last winter. Kinder spoiled my day's fishin', though, foolin' round so long an' not thinkin' of it." S^ot Himself.?Many a Scot has laughed at the tale of that heavy-headed Scottish carrier who, falling asleep one night in the straw at the bottom of his cart, slumbered till the well-trained horse stopped at his own door, when his wife, seeing nothing of her husband, unhitched and led away the horse, leaving the cart in the road. Sandy awoke a few moments later, and sitting up, began to soliloquize: "Noo, is this me, or is it no me ? If it's me, I hae lost a horse; and if it's no me, I hae found a cairt!" But among the legends of the Russia peasantry occurs a simular tale, recording a contusion of identity even more hopeless than < this. A Cossack villager, having gone to the i nearest town to buy himself a pair of new < boots, celebrated the acquisition with a i hearty dinner, the result of which was that i on his way home he lay down in the middle < of the road and fell fast asleep, and while he slept, some enterprising "conveyancer i of property" pulled off his new boots and ran away with them. Presently a teamster came jogging along i the road where the sleeper was lying, and catching sight of him, barely in time, pulled up and shouted: "Hey, brother! take your leg out of the way, or you'll be run over!" The prostrate man awoke, and seeing his bare feet glistening in the moonlight, replied, in a tone of perfect conviction. "Those are not my legs; miue had boots on." A Truthful Minister.?A young minister. in the course of an eloquent sermon on the pomps and vanities of the world, staggered his congregation by exclaiming: "Here I am standing here preaching to you with only half a shirt on my back, while you sit there covered with gewgaws and other beauties." The next day a parcel, containing several brand-new shirts, was left at his house by one of his hearers, a kind-hearted old lady. Meeting the donor a few days afterwards, he . thanked her exceedingly, but expressed much surprise at receiving such an unexpected gift. "Oh," said the lady, "you mentioned, in you sermon on Sunday that you had only half a shirt on your back." "Quite true," added his reverence, "but i you seem to forget that the other half was in front." Wanted to be Consistent.?Mr. Weatherly was sitting in his office, when a young man came in and presented a bill for ten dollars. "Look here, young fellow, it seems that you people are in considerable of a hurry for money." "I don't think so, sir. "You have owed it for a year." "Yes, for a year; but let me tell you that I am 51 years old. So you see there were fifty years of my life during which I didn't owe it. Just think of it?didn't owe you a cent for fifty years. Now I don't see what i better record you want than that. Let 1 time even this thing a little?let us be 1 consistent." 1 IfST "If I understand you," said the lawyer to the man who called to consult him, "your cow was thrown from the track at a street crossing by a locomotive on the X., Y. & Z. ' road, and you want to bring suit against the company for damages?" "Yes, that's right." The lawyer made a memorandum. "Valuable animal, I presume?" "Purty good cow. Hadn't no bad tricks. Good milker." "What breed?" "I don't know." "You don't know? Was she badly injured?" "Badly injured ? Why, she was killed deader'n a mackerel ?" "And buried ?" "Course." "Why didn't you say so?" exclaimed the attorney, impatiently. "There's only one breed of cattle in a case of this kind." And he made another memorandum : ! "Breed, Jersey. Value one hundred and 1 fifty dollars." J|?""No, sir," said the rural justice, I J won't have any more lawyers in my court. Hereafter, every man must plead his own case." "What's the matter now?" "Well, you see, they had one of my nig- J gers up for hog stealin'. I was judge, and we had three lawyers and a jury. Well, sir, J would you believe it ? Them lawyers got the jury so mixed up that they brougt in a verdict that I had stole the hog, an' let the niggA go ? Of course I pardoned myself right oir, fined the jury for contempt, whipped the lawyers an' lynched the nigger. But I don't want no more lawyers in my court?not much." 9&F "Mamma, why do you give us fish diet three times a day ?" asked a Boston girl. "Is it a matter of economy?" "No, my children, not exactly in the strict sense of the word." "Then why do you insist upon having it served three times a day?" asked another daughter. "You must he aware that it is distasteful to us?" "Fish is really beneficial, my daughters, and high medical authority asserts that fish is rich in phosphorus, and as you have all reached that period in life when it is time to seek a matrimonial alliance, I have dieted you on fish, as phosphorus is the principal ingredient in making matches." ter A Detroiter with some spiritualistic tendency lost his wife several months ago, and recently he attended a seance where the spirits were abundant. I'd like to hear from the spirit of my wife," he said. The medium hustled around, and pretty soon three j distinct raps were heard. "She is here," announced the medium, solemnly. "Is she ! in heaven?" inquired the bereaved husband, j The medium hustled, but could get no an-1 swer. "Is she happy?" inquired the husband, perseveringly. The medium failed to get an answer after three or four minutes' effort. "She refuses to talk," announced : the medium, finally. "Ugh !" growled the husband, reaching for his hat, "that ain't my wife." IOTA shrewd-looking old man stood in j front of one of the leading jeweler's gazing at | a queer-looking clock. One of the affable! clerks was standing in the doorway. "That's an all-fired funny clock," said the old man. "What do you call it ?" "That's a spring lever nhrnnnmeter " renliwl the clerk. "It1 will run four hundred days without wind-1 ing." "So? That's a long time. But say, how long do you suppose it would run if you should wind it up once?" Heir Teasing Friend?What makes that' new baby at your house cry so much j Tommy ? Tommy (indignantly)?It doesn't J cry so very much ; and any way if all your teeth was out, and your hair off, and j your legs so weak you couldn't even stand on them, I guess you'd feel like cry-1 ing yourself.?Life. I \ ? I?* Little Ethel had never seen a toad before, and having by chance discovered one in her flower garden, caine running to the! house, her face flushed with excitement, crying: "Mamma, mamma, come quick!! There's a pocket-book hopping around out here with four legs on it." | ^IwrfUaHfous ffradittg. AN OLD TIME MERCHANT. "In the last forty years," said an old time merchant the other day, "no change in the mercantile business down East has been so marked as the establishment of fair dealing between the merchant and the customer. Forty years ago when I entered a dry goods house in JJoston as a salesman, the invariable rule which influenced our work was, 'Sell something no matter how nor what, but sell.' The head of the firm spent the day perched on a high platform which afforded him a view of the entire store. Every customer and every clerk was thus subjected to a rigid surveillance. If a salesman failed to make a bargain the old man would pounce down on him with, 'What did that customer want ?" // t a ti..i?MI. jj " 'A OlACK SI IK. KUUWi, an, moa viiu ui tuv replies which I remember to have made. " 'Well, didn't we have what she wanted?' " 'No, sir.' " 'Then, why on earth didn't you sell her a fine-tooth comb ?' thundered the old man. 'Something must be sold to every man that enters that door.' "A few days later there came to my counter a Portuguese woman, swarthy and round, accompanied by an admiring sailor. She wanted a shawl. Those were the days when black silk shawls were all the rage, and I hastened to show her the stock. Nothing seemed to please her, however, and I was in despair. I observed the old man's cold grey eyes glaring at me from the platform, and redoubled my efforts to drive a bargain, but it was no use. The woman couldn't speak very much English, but she looked her impassiveness in a manner that spoke louder than words. Incidentally it struck dismay to my heart, dismay which increased tenfold when, with a final shrug, she and her escort started for the door. Sailors just home from a cruise always have money, and the consequences of missing so rich a prize were indeed perilous. It was no arguing, however, for the woman was plainly not attracted by anything in our stock. "Driven to a mild form of depair, I followed them to the door, casting my eyes right and left for some chance attraction. Suddenly I ran across a pile of those big figured and gayly flowered red and black table cloths which were so generally used in those days, and pulling the gayest of them from a pile, I threw it over the shoulders of the retreating womau with an exclamation of profound admiration. She took one look at it and beamed with joy. Her escort beamed, and my delight knew no bounds. " 'How much ?' asked the sailor, eagerly, pulling some money from his pocket. "Now, those tablecloths cost us only 93 cents a piece. 'Go as high as $20 ?' I asked, noting the increasing delight of the woman, as she surveyed her new glories. " 'No; $15,' he said. "Well," I replied, after hesitating, split the difference aud call it $17.50.' He consented and paid, and arm in arm the pair departed, happy beyond the power of words. "The old man was delighted and ray fame as a salesman spread among my fellows. In those days nobody thought of the means in the all pervading desire to attain the ends, and the man who could sell a 93 cent table cloth for a $17 shawl was indeed a hero. "The next morning, while I was reflecting in a contemplative sort of way upon the delights of fame, to my horror I saw my two AMnlnmnna "C ilotf KofACA Ant/i f? ill/) tit fWfr l/U9lUUiCi O Ui IUV U?J MVIUIV V/ii W* VUV wvv?v and advance toward me rapidly. It flashed across my mind at once that they had been told of the deception that I had practiced and were coming back for satisfaction. Just what form that satisfaction would take I had no means of ascertaining, but I was terribly frightened. The sailor was foremost in the group, and besides the Portuguese woman of the day before, another woman accompanied them. In my fright I pictured the second woman as the one who had told them of the swindle. It was too late to run, so I stood my ground. Oh! how I wished to be a thousand miles away. By that time they had come to a standstill, and the sailor was directly in front of me. " 'Wan't another,' was all he said." A HEAD WAITER. I had walked out upon the trunk of a fallen tree, and cast so as to be clear of its entangling twigs, when hearing a succession of short sneezes, and turning in the direction whence the sounds issued, I observed a fullgrown boy, barefooted and coatless, engaged in fishing from the rock ledge a short distance from me, writes "J. T. II." in Forest and Stream. The point I had reached through thicket and brier was a wild, unfrequented bend of the stream where no sign af life had been visible, except here and there the quick, restless nit ot a inra, ana mc playful antics of a young squirrel, as he ambled along the zig-zag lines of a rail fence on the opposite bank. I was therefore pleasantly surprised in having my solitude broken upon by a human companion so unexpectedly near, and decided to learn to know him. [ thereupon accosted him. "Good-morning, young man !" I ventured. "Mornin', Mister," he answered pleasantly. "Your name isn't Wilkinson, is it?" "Nojie, it's Brill. I'm Lije Brill." "Well," I replied, "Brill is u better name than Wilkinson, at least it is more easily spoken, because there is less of it. How are they biting your way, Elijah ?" "Only midlin peart. I've got a few bass, and some goggle-eye, and a bachelor or twohe said, as he raised a tempting string that made me envious, and anxious to own it for the sake of my reputation, anil the encouragement of our desponding commissariat uf the camp; "but," he continued, "I'm not Rshin', Mister! You see, pap, he sent me to towu to fetch a new l>eam for the plough; und when I got to the cuttle path as winds through the timber to the crick, I jest natchally, somehow, couldn't get past it, and 'lowed pap might wait while I dropped a line in and rested up a spell. This is not one of my rcg'lar days to iish. Only happened to be on my way to town in somethin' of a hurry to get that dratted beam for pap; and I must he goin', or ma, she'll?" "I dare say your father needs it," 1 said, interrupting him. "Well?pap's waitin'for it. lie likes to wait, Mister, pap does. He can't plough till I get back, but he'll sit around under the shady end of the tool shed and wait and whittle, and whittle and wait. Hut I must be goin', Mister. Ma, she'll skin me whole, I do reckon. She's the one as wants the beam to get there, not pap." "I see how it is, Lijali," I interposed ; "your ma runs the tavern, as it were, and your pa is the head waiter." "That's the idee. You've got it, Mister. Maybe you know my ma. No? Well, you ought to call, jest to see her make him stand 'round and know his place. A catamount honeymoon has lit up our farm for nigh on to twenty year. Hut I must go. You haven't got a little tobacco, about you, I reckon? Oblceged to you. Here, Mister, take my string. Ma, she natchally hates water that lihli swim in : pap he'll wait till they spile afore he cleans 'em, and I haven't got time. Dassent take em' home, anyway, Mister, kase I haven't been a lishin', you know. Only resting up a spell to give pap another good chance to wait." ? ? A Kincixim in Ohio.?/our, <)., is the abiding place of a mystic band of (icrman Communists who hold all property in common, the place being a miniature kingdom within itself. The people, who cull themselves Zoaritcs, own 7,<><)0 acres of land which all lies in one body, about half of the tract being in a high state of cultivation. The original Zoarite purchase was 10,000 acres, but 3,000 have since been sold at a high figure. Every article, implement, device, contrivance or machine used, wrought with or employed in Zoar, is of Zoarite manufacture, ami the same may be said of every article worn or eaten, with the exceptions of coffee, tea and spices. The shoes the Zoarites wear are made by their own shoemakers from leather prepared by their own tanners from hides taken from cattle bred and raised on the great community cattle farm. The coal which warms them and cooks their food is dug from their own mines and is burned in stoves cast in their own foundry, from iron smelted in their own furnaces, from ore found in abundance on their own lands. They have community tailors, bakers, weavers, buttermukers, ehoesemakers and all other useful artisans and tradesmen. The tailor uses nothing but Zoarite cloth made by the Zoarite weaver from wool sheared from Zoarite sheep. The same may be said of the whole catalogue of manufactures, which certainly gives to Zoar distinctive characteristics unknown to any other American city or community. \\\WW\V\A V\Wrt\wvrtwv wnnmmm - ALREADY PUNISHED. Samuel Goldgrabber and Isaac Thaldrack-! ; er came to London to buy goods. In making their purchases the first day, they became so engrossed in the selection of | j their stocks that they entirely disregarded ! ! the hour at which the noonday hash was j served at the cheap boarding house at which j they were staying. But the violent demands! j of the inner man must be appeased. So they I j turned to the merchant from whom they had I purchased their stock, and asked to be direc-' j ted to a near-by restaurant. As our friends Samuel and Isaac; had both ' displayed comfortable rolls of bank notes, | the merchant did not hesitate to direct them ; to the Blank hotel, which was in the immediate neighborhood. The descendants of Abraham, with all the j pomp imaginable, took their seats in the I high-toned restaurant and called for a regu- j lar dinner, but as the quality was excellent,! the size of their bill was augmented by an j occasional extra order. When ready to go they were told that' their bill amounted to eighteen shillings each. "Eighteen shillings!" they shrieked, in chorus; and as Samuel groaned ami held his head in both hands, Mr. Thaldracker explained, excitedly : "Yhy, verc ve comes from ve get a goot skeware meal for sixpence." "Man, you are crazy ! This is the Blank hotel!" "The Blank hotel !" shrieked Sammy. "Fader Abraham, ve vas in for it!" With the utmost reluctance the two men puid their bills and silently left the restaurant. They walked slowly up the street for a few yards, when Sammy broke the silence: "Say, Isaac, dot is a mean man." 1 < i " mere was no response, unu me i ? iiiii walked on in silence until the feelings of Mr. Samuel Goldgrabber again overpowered him : "Isaac, dat man will never brosper." Even this did not break the ruminative silence of Mr. Isaac Thaldracker, who was evidently calculating how many dozen coats he would have to sell at an increased profit before he would get even with the cost of his feed. But Samuel's agitated feelings were not thus easily suppressed, and turning to Mr. Thaldracker, he excluimcd, with increased vehemence: "I tell you, Isaac, der Lord vill punish dot man." "Sammy," said Mr. Thraldracker, impressively breaking his long-continued silence, "the Lord has already punished him. I hef got six of his silber spoons!" Cured by Confession.?Mr. T. received a msssage from his wife telling him "to hurry home quick, for the horse had kicked Sam to death," says the Birmingham News. Mr. T. rushed home aud found that his horse had kicked Sam, the colored hostler, in the region of the stomach, and he looked like a dying man. Sam thought he was going to die, and began to unburden his sin laden soul. "Marse John, I'se gwine ter die, but befor' I go I want ter tell yer war yer'll find dat bran' new bridle yer bought the oder day and what yer thought some nigger had stolen?it's up in the loft kivered wid hay. And yer ricolleet dat new lap robe dat yer thought fell out 'er dekarridge?dat's under de front do' step. An' de ole pistul wat was in de buro' draw, you'll find dat in my trunk." And various and sundry other things that had been missed at different times were mentioned by Sam and their whereabouts disclosed. When Sam had confessed his misdeeds he seemed to feel better?confession is good for the body as well as the soul?and he fin j ally recovered. Mr. T. thinks he has a valuable horse,1 I which can kick a man in the stomach and ' i make him disgorge stolen property. Tea-Chest Lead.?One of the industries J in connection with the tea trade is the collection of the lead with which the tea-chests | ' are lined. China has been noted for many j ! centuries for the purity of its lead, and this! I tea-chest lead, as it is called, is regarded as j ' the finest in existence. There are many | uses for it; it is found very vuluable in mak[ ing the best kind of solder. No machinery j is employed in the production of this sheet lead ; every sheet is made by hand in the most primitive fashion. A large brick is provided, the size of the sheet of lead to be made, and is covered with two or three | sheets of paper. On these the molten lead is poured, and another brick is placed on quired size and thickness. The sheets are the top, which flattens the lead out the rethen soldered together to the size of the interior of the tea-chest; the tea is packed in, and the top sheet is fastened in place. The I workmen are very expert, and they turn out an immense number of sheets in the j course of a day, and, where labor is so cheap, i at a price much less than if the articles were ; produced by machinery. Rathkk Paradoxical.?Dr. R. W. St. I Clair, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, tells how, a few years since, he was riding on an engine and caught a cinder in his eye that caused i him the most excruciating pain. He says; that he naturally began to rub the ufllicted organ, when the engineer called out: "Let j that eye alone and rub the other one." The i doctor looked incredulously at his adviser, j i laHiip milv cniitiiitlfd ? "I kllOW ! you doctor's think you know it all, but if; you will let that alone and rub the other one, the cinder will be out in two minutes." The ! > doctor says that he began to rub the well eye vigorously and soon felt the cinder move i I down to the inner corner. He was prepar- j j ing to take it out by the aid of a small mirror, 1 when the engineer again admonished him to ; "keep rubbing the well eye," which he did j ' for a minute longer, and then found the cinder ; | had slipped down on to the cheek. Who j can give a sensible explanation of this odd j I proceeding ? Tuii'k kok La pies' Weak.?"Your women j of fashion might revolt at the idea of eating 'tripe, but she delights at the prospect of, wearing it," said F. L. Ash ton, a Hoston hide and leather dealer. "The finest quality of leather now extant is tanned tripe. Tripe, you know, is nothing more nor less than the stomach of an ox. 1 don't mean what is is popularly called the stomach?that is, the intestines, large and small, and everything else in the abdominal cavity?but the actual organ known as the stomach, that is the; tripe, i and, when properly cleaned and cooked, it makes a delicious dish, too, though it is considered plcbian. Well, a shrewd Scotchman some time ago discovered the avaiia- [ bility of tripe for commercial purposes. In the process of tanning the tripe is turned , black as ebony, with a beautiful gloss on its ! j surface. It is thinner and softer than kid or j chamois skin, and is altogether preferable to ; both."?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ! Makkiki) in Thkik Ghavkyaiui.?Mr. , W. N. Greenfa rich farmer living just over 1 the Carroll line in Haralson county, selected ! ' a novel spot to he married on a few days! i ago. Mr. Green was a widower and he : courted Mrs. M. A. Sanford, a widow, and ; an agreement to marry was made between | : them. Mr. Green sent for Squire Newt Til 1I man, to perforin the marriage ceremony.' ; Mr. Green has a beautiful home and near it i has a mill. Let ween the residence and the ; 1 mill is a beautiful grass knoll, and on j this elevated spot Mr. Green selected his family cemetery, and also selected the exact jspot where lie and his future wife must be ! buried, and on thisspot Squire Tillman made Hill Green and Martha Sanford man and i j wife Sunday morning, in the presence of a half dozen witnesses.?Cor. Atlanta Constitution. i ; rr j U&f iii tilt- i luted Mates tne narrei is a very uncertain quantity. A barrel of wine,! j bee r or cider contains thirty-one and a half gallons; the Cincinnati lani]? oil barrel lias forty-three gallons; the Kentucky whisky! barrel from forty to forty-live gallons. In ! several States of the Mast a barrel as a measure of articles other than liquids, is a legal fixed quantity. In a half dozen of the Ka.stcrn States a barrel of grain is five busli! els; of rice is two hundred and twenty pounds : of Hour, one hundred and ninety-1 > six pounds; and of lime, three hundred and i twenty pounds. Critiors Ciiinksk MkiiM'IXKS.?'The Chinese medical writers recommend such remedies as tiger bones, bear's gall, ground blood,' tree bugs, fossil crabs, fowls' gizzards, ele, pliant blood, "insects of nine smells,'' dew i falling in the dark of the moon, cow hair, ground bones of cow's knee, Job's tear's,' snake skins, ground rhinoceros horn, liedgci hog skin and claws, dried silk worms and many other remedies equally as absurd and 1 foolish. . ? . \ my Remember that the sunniest of lives j j have seasons of shadow. 3Wausidc Gatherings, Siidr The world consumes 4,600,000 steel pens duily. Beware equally of a sudden friend and slow enemy. B8T Wealth is not his who gets it, but his who enjoys it. 1&* Laplanders often skate a distance of 150 miles a day. J?* There is a wide difference in horse sense and horse talk. taP~ A leopard shot in Bengal is credited with destroying 154 persons. tST A hive of 0,000 bees will produce about fifty pounds of honey annually. WaT" It's a pretty small scandal of which there.isn't enough to go round. J56T'Fewer suicides occur in Ireland than in any other country of Europe. VST When a man's word is not as good as his bond, keep watch on his bond. t&T When marriage is anything else than an equal partnership it is a mistake. 8^* For 100,000 cigars and Elk county, Kan., man recently traded off his farm. BsS" The czar's throne is said to be worth four times as much as Queen Victoria's. JteaT The only way it pays a person to be his own lawyer is to keep his own counsel. Wars during the last thirty-three years have cost 2.500,000 men and $3,000,000,000. VST'A brain specialist says that nearly a quarter of all the cases of insanity are hereditary. 6?* There are few people who do not at some time shy when they run suddenly upon the truth. flST'The combined weight of three peaches seen in a New York market recently was seven pounds. 86T" The Frencfi war ofiice has provided for the enrollment of between 0,000 and 7,000 bicyclists in war. Did any one ever see a woman who could look intelligent while talking to a baby? asks the Atcliison (ilobo. SSeff" The original portrait of Pocahontas, painted in 1G12, now owned by a Londoner, will be exhibited at the World's Fair. S&T A Kansas newspaper man wrote a communication to a rival editor calling him an ass, and then signed it, "Yours fruternally." fifciT'The Democrat says that Evangelist Fife is to be a resident of Charlotte, having purchased the residence of Walter IJrem for $8,000. VST The mean man likes the magazine that tells women how to dress on nothing a year and look well, remarks the New Orleans Picayune. BSC There is no difference in the mind of God between the man who breaks the Sabbath and the one who sells goods by a short yard stick. 0saT I)o not make it a matter of moment i t- r? ? i,?I wno limy oc 101 you ui i^aiuni .j^u, it be your business and cure that Clod be with you in all you do. VST From time immemorial men have been held up for examples, and now and then they have been held up for what they had about their clothes. V&T Statistics recently compiled show that about 12,000 miles of new ruilroad were built in this country during the first six months of this year. lawyer being interrupted said: "I will speak, sir, as long as I please." "You have spoken longer than yon please." was the opponent's retort. SfcaT* Palos, Spain, will have a Columbus celebration, beginning on August .'10 and lasting till October 3, the anniversary period of Columbus' voyage. flea?" An old soldier out in Kansas recently received from the government three cents, which had been due him without his knowledge for more than thirty years. maF liees are said to have such an antipathy to dark-colored objects that black chickens have been stung to death, while white ones of the same brood are untouched. VST Mamma?When that boy threw stones at you, why didn't you come and tell me, instead of throwing the.ui back? Kittle Son? Tell you ? Why, you couldn't hit a barn door. MoV Tim Atchison (ilnbo has noticed that when you tell u woman her daughter is just the image of her when she was that age, the mother looks pleased and the daughter looks seared. B6F" Little Girl?My papa has to get up awful early, so as to get to the ofliee to see if his clerks is there attending to business. Little Boy?My papa don't have to. He's one of the clerks. JfiT" The brutality of English electors is shocking. They often beat a candidate so that he is laid up for days. In civilized America we merely blast his reputation for life and let him go. SfcsSf* Colorado appears to show a surplus of commemorative holidays. Among the anniversaries celebrated in the State arc Watermelon day, Peach day, Potato day. and Grape and Cherry day. Pt&~ Watch crystals are made by blowing a sphere of glass about one yard in diameter, after which the discs are cut from it by means of a pair.of compasses having a diamond at the extremity of one leg. BST' People who like frequent changes in government may find variety in Mexico. During the past sixty-two years that country has had fifty-four presidents, one regency and one emperor. PcHF" "Johnny," said the mother of a Washington lad, "you must never deceive me." "Well, mamma," he said reflectively, "I'll tell you a good plan. Whenever I ask you if I can do anything you say "yes." tk?t"ul told you yesterday I would not marry you,"said she. "I know it," said he. "That is why I ask you again today. You would not be so lacking in originality, I hope, as to repeat today what you said yesterday." nt^Y" A mitorfsmiilius with ciirht lnarriairc able daughters, advertised, as a last resource, to get them oil' his hands. He received the following answer: "Am a bachelor, and wealthy. Will gladly marry one of your daughters. Send sample at once." flfcgr The new navy, when all the vessels authorized are completed, will comprise forty-live vessels of all degrees, carrying MM guns and II,(Wo ollieers and men. These include live battle-ships, six harbor defense vessels, and three armored cruisers. &?T It would be well if we were all as faithful to duty as the old Knglish carpenter, on bis deathbed, who was asked if he was prepared to die. "Why not ?" he answered, "I've worked at my trade fifty year, and never druv a screw without greasin" it.'' fife#" Teach your children to breathe through the nose and not through the mouth. Mouthhreathing children are liable to wandering minds, feeble memories, headache, impaired sight, deafness and lung trouble. Kuropcan physicians arc just now urging attention to this upon the part of parents. "That's a neat motto." said Brinv Hi 1 tins to a real est a to man who asks "Why pay rout when you can own your own home?" "Yes," was the reply, "but I have just had a tenant who revised it in a way that made me dislike it. llesays, "Why pay for a home when you ean owe rent money?" jjfaT There seems to he no limit to the possibilities of cold storage. A steamship recently arrived at Liverpool, Knghind, having on hoard twenty-live tons of butter shipped from New Zealand. The butter was in excellent condition, and its Jlavor had not been in any way impaired by the long sea trip. Stay-Among the Slovaks of North Hungary tlie collin of a young girl is red. In Spain the poorer class use no collins. A mule with the dead boby thrown across it, or often two corpses, may he frequently met on the way to burial, and, though to us such a funeral seems insulting to the departed, the natives reverentially uncover their headsas it pusses. tpdf" A tool has been recently invented that may lie attached to any drill press for boring any genometrieal figure, such as round, square, hexagon, octagon, triangle, diamond, star, oval, half round, etc. It can be fitted to bore any shape of hide having straight sides or curved sides, or both. Any machinist of ordinary ability can successfully use the tool. ttkay < Jovernor I'cck, of Wisconsin, was once a humble printer living on a back street. He now lives handsomely in the house in which (He Jtull, the famous violinist, met and won Miss Thorpe, and which was afterward his home for many years, lie keeps the most stylish turnout in town, admires line horses, is a good story teller, and is generally liked. | prohibition points. CONDUCTED BY KKV. I?. E. HTACKllOUHK. i SHOT "We cordially invite the co-operation of all Democrats in this lauduble efTort for I State prohibition, irrespective of the opinion on other issues as already made up in this State."?Address of State Prohibition Conj vention. gfcgr "We recommend that the people demand that all candidates for the senate and house of representatives, place themselves on record on this question, to the end that Prohibition votes of the county may be intelligently cast."?Address of State Prohibition Convention. j ??r stop ! stop before you cast that ballot ! for liquor men to represent you in the legis! laturc, and remember that you are responI "l'l" O.f till flu. ?in Mint prttne and ruin ' and woe inflicted upon the people of South Carolina by this accursed traffic. ; Weir Remember that a box is to be placed at i the polls in November, in which the people j may vote for or against Prohibition. No I man who really has the highest welfure of I the State at heart; and no man who truly [ loves Cod and humanity, can afford to fail to j deposit a Prohibition ballot in that box. , There are only two purtners in the ; liquor traffic?the devil and the liquor deal' er. The liquor dealer gets the money, and ! the devil gets the souls of those who drink i it. The liquor drinkers arc not partners in j the business. They derive none of the profj its. They are only one article of merchan! dise, and the liquor is the other. ? ? | V37m It costs taxpayers of South Carolina j something to allow this diabolical traffic to [ be carried 011 in our borders. No amount ! of reform and retrenchment in our State administration will ever appreciably reduce j our taxes, till the voters of the State rise up j in their integrity and wipe out at the ballot ! box this hydra-headed monster that neccssi! tales so much government expense. Prohibition is the greatest issue before the people of York county and of South Carolina today. It is the greatest moral issue ever submitted to the ballot box, and every Christian man's loyalty to Cod and truth and right must have precedence of his loyalty to any political faction. It is the greatest economical issue before us, and should command the attention of every voter who has at heart the temporal prosperity of the State. ? ? OtiSf l.'V/.tM. mnn wttrk fill' lifllini' rPll H?, J'TV-.J -- ? ? resentatives in the legislature, with his own hand helps to spread the (ire that consumes millions of property, that burns up thousands of homes, that turns tens of thousands of women and children out of doors, and destroys hundreds of lives, and God will hold him responsible for it in the judgment. Every man who votes against prohibition helps to dig the pit into which every drunkard and iiis wife and children fall, and he will have to account for it in eternity. Who is responsible for the liquor traffic in South Carolina? Who will be held to account and punished for it in the judgment? Every representative and senator who votes against a prohibition bill in the legislature, and every individual voter who votes for representatives and senators who are opposed to Prohibition. The members of the legislature cannot shift the guilt and responsibility of the liquor traffic to the voters they profess to represent, nor can the voters shift the responsibility to the law makers j who are supposed to represent them. They must bear it equally. fleaf No measure of economic legislation has ever been proposed so far-reaching in its results us Prohibition. And as long as the liquor traffic is carried 011, no tariff reform, free silver or other economic legislation, will ever give the laboring man the relief he seeks. Put abolish the manufacture and sale of liquor, and throw the eight or nine hundred million dollars now invested in it in the United States into the legitimate channels of commerce, and money will be more plentiful among the laboring classes, and there will be fewer hungry women and children to foment anarchy, communism und strife. ROMl POWDER Absolutely Pure. j A cream of (nrlar linking jiowilcr. Highest of all ! in leavening strength.?latest S. tiovernincnl j Food Itc|mrt. ItoYAI. liAKIXO I'llWItKIt I'll., lOfi Wall Ml., N. Y. I'ATKICK MII-ITAItV INSTITI/TH. Located at Anderson, S. ('. j TIIK curriculum embraces a good I course in Knglish, Mathematics, All' CiiiSp* eientuml Modern Languages, Mental, Moral ami Political science. It also has a Itt'NINKNS Col'ItSIO, in <5-3which young men arc thornuglily 1 taught the science of accounts, MILITARY DKI'AKTMKXT is in charge ol j an olliecr of the t*. S. Army, lictailcil hy the I war (leiiartmeiit. The institution is noii-secta 1 rittti. Ollieial register shows an enrollment oi j 127 cadets. i Tlio faculty is composed of Six Instructors , ami Three Lecturers. N F X T SFSSI(IN I5F<JIN'S SFPTF.M I5FR I I. Those wishing to en| tor, should make :ti>|>li<*:iti?>n at once. Address, Col. Jo||.\ 15. PATRICK, Principal, A lidersoli, S. ('. July 27 :?J kl\(J'S.MOI!NTAI\ IIKJH SCHOOL, kind's .Mountain. N. (FOR HOYS AND OIRI.Si tIS located in the most healthful, moral and charming locality in - North Carolina. Church facilities j. ample; religiousinlluencesexcellent; educational advantages equal to tin liest ; hoard in lirst-elass nrivali j families only jKJK), while in eluhs only ?.'{.fi() h to sdJHt; tuition down to suit the hard times. J. A. .MDNROH, A.M., Principal, P.O. (for the present) Lumber Jiridgc, N. C. July 22, 1K!I2. I July 27 . if j Wl NTII HOP STATU NORMA I, COM.IRJlv Columbia, S. ('. tTlloRol'OII training and practici in best methods of teaching. Faculty composed of instructors of extern ^ sive and successful experience in teaching teachers. Open to whiti ?. - twirls over 17. Session begins Sep lembcr 2*. Oradnates secure (food positions. I Fach county given two scholarships -one wortli jtlnO a session and one of free tuition. Oompeti! live examination August at court house of each l county. Address I). 15. JollNSoN, President, (' >111111lii;i, S. < JillV -II 2> II I ri'll.MA N IMVUItSITY. O recti v llle, S. ('. ; _ TIIK NKXT SKSSIoN WII.MIK(JIN (IN TIIK -JsTII DAY (11rfnli-. SKI'TKM I'iKlt. Is'rj, with a lull eurps nf pmlessurs ami instriieturs, There an* several emirses leading (< idegrees. I list rin-tii)ii tlmrougli. KX I'KNSKS MODKKATK. Hoarding reasonstlih*. Km' further iiifuriualiuii, apply In I ?r. (', MANLY, or to I'inf. II. T. COOK. I July i:: -"ii i im i: wiisT iiMivi.i; coi.i.itor.. tlluc West. S. ('. Thirty-third year. Kuanling schuul > fur (J iris. Special ail vantages in Literature, French, (icriuaii, Art ami Musir. Healthful lui-atiuii. KALI TKIKM lupins (H'ToHKK .'Iril. Iui|iiiri* ahuut tlm srliuol, ami si-mi I'nr catalogue. j.Mrs. K. M. ItoNNKK, I'riiH'ipal, II. K. ItoNNKK, Virc-I'riuripal. August '< "'I !'l A Tit AIM NO SCIIOOI. I'Olt IIOYS. i TIIK I'K KSIt YTKKIA N IIIOII SC||ouK. itiu k inn. s. c. Tl |( >l'( M'(J11 I list riii'liuii, Kxp.'rii'imcil teachers. ISuildings ami furWjjdf iiitiiri* muili'i'ii ami I'uiivi'iiii'iit. Muri Jgy al, mental, ami pliysiral training i hi refill Iv uliscrveil. I'll'palatini i fur College, I diversity, ur fur laisini'ss life. Terms umder' ate. Sessinii begins SKI'TKM ItKK 1!>IIi. I Address, A. U. HANKS, Knek 11 ill. S. c. I August :t '!! It A Friend Wishes to speak through the Register of the beneficial results he has received from a regular use of Ayer's Pills. He says: "I was feeling sick and tired and ray stomach seemed all out of order. I tried a number of remedies, hut none i seemed to give me relief until I was induced to try the old reliable Ayer's Pills. I have taken only one box, but 1 feel like a new man. I think they are the most pleasant and easy to take of anything I ever used, being so finely sugar-coated that even a child will take them. I urge upon all who are In Need of a laxative to try Ayer's Pills."? Boothbay (Me.), Register. "Between the ages of five and fifteen, I was troubled with a kind of saltrheum, or eruption, chiefly confined to the legs, and especially to the bend of the knee above the calf. Here, running i sores formed which would scab over, but would break immediately on mov- i ing the leg. My mother tried everything she could think of, but all >as without avail. Although a child, I read in the papers about the beneficial effects of Ayer's Pills, and persuaded my mother to let me try them. With no great faith in the result, she procured Ayer's Pills and I began to use them, and soon noticed an improvement. Encouraged by this, I kept on till I took two boxes, when the sores disappeared and have never troubled me since."?H. Chipman, Heal Estate Agent, Roanoke, Va. "I suffered for years from stomach and kidney troubles, causing very severe pains in various parts of the body. None of the remedies I tried afforded me any relief until I began taking Ayer's Pills, and was cured."?Wm. Goddard, Notary Public, Five Lakes, Mich. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by Druggist* Everywhere. Every Dose Effective RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO., F. ?. HUiacKOpr ana ucuiien rosier, nei-rnem. SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION, C1GNl)KNHKI>Schedu1e effect July 31,1892. 'i'ruliiH ' run by 75th Meridian time: south hound. | No. 0. I No. 11. | No. 37* stations. Dally. Dally. Dully. Lv New York 12 15ngt 4 .'lOimi 4 110 pin Lv I'lilladelplilu :i ijOain (157 pm I) 57 jnn Lv Hultlniore I (i 45 am 9 25 pin 9 25 pin Lv Washington 11 lOain II 20pin 11 00pin Lv Richmond :100pm :120am 3 20um Lv Greensboro 10 20 pm 10 20am 7 09am Lv Hallsbury 12 22 am 12 08 pm 8 28ain Arut Charlotte 2 00 am 1 30 pm 9 30 am Lv Charlotte 2 10am 1 50 pm Lv ltock Hill 3 03am 2 42pm Lv Chester 3 44 am 3 20 pin Lv Wlnnsboro 4 40am 4 25pin Arat Columbia 0 07 am 0 00pin Lv Columbia (I 25 um II 25 pin Lv Johnston's 8 12 am 8 10 pm Lv Trenton 8 27 am 8 21 pm Lv Granltevjlle 9 02 am 8 51 pm ?... Ar Augusta 9 37 am 9 25pm A r Charleston 11 20 am 10 05 pm Ar Savannah (100 pm (I OOum ?.... nokth hound. | No. :i8? | No. 12. | No. 10. stations. Daily. Daily. Daily. Lv Savunnah 8 10 pm 7 10 am Lv Charleston, 0.50am 5 05 pm Lv Augusta 8 15am 7(J0pm Lv Grunltevllle 8 48am 7 55 pm Lv Trenton 9 15 am 8 29pra Lv Johnston's 9 29 am 8 43pin Ar Columbia 11 15am 10 40 pm Lv Columbia 11 55 pm 10 50 pm Lv Wlnnsboro 110 pm 12 20 am Lv Chester. 2 30 pm 1 21 am Lv Rock Hill 3 20 pm 2 08 am Ar Charlotte 4 30pm 3 10 am Lv Charlotte 8:10 pm (130 pm 7 00 am Lv Salisbury 9 43 pm 8 25 pin 8 :17 am Lv Greensboro 11 02 pm 10 40 pm 10 30 am ArRichmond it zunm o.iupm Ar Washington 7 00am 10 25uin 9 2Mpm Ar Baltimore 8 28am 12 05 pm 11 85pm Ar Philadelphia 10 4(1 urn 2 20 pm 2 45 am Ar New York 1 10 pm 4 50 pm 0 50 am Vestlbuled limited. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE. On truins Oand 10 Pullmun sleeping curs between New York and Atlanta, Itunvllle, Va., and Augusta, (la.; and Augusta, Uu., and Salisbury and Columbia and Augusta. On Trains 11 and 12 Pullman Sleeping Curs between Washington and Atlanta. Train 12 connects at Charlotte with Washington and Southwestern Vestlbuled limited train No. .'18, northbound. For detailed Information as to local and through time tables, rates, and Pullman sleeping-car reservation, confer with local agents, or address? W. A. Tuiik, Oen'l Pass. Agt., Washington, I). C. s. II. Ifakdwiok, Ass't (len'l Pass. Ag't., Atlanta (la. V. K. MiTIkk, (Jen'l Supt.. Columbia, S. C. W. if. OitKKN, (leneral Manager, Washington, I). C. ' Sol. Hams, Truffle Manuger, Washington, 1). C. (!. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger trains from Lenoir, N. 0., to Chester, S. C., and from Chester to Ijincaster, dally except Sunday, taking effect July 81st, 1892. south iiounll. | No. II. Ia'iivc Lenoir 8 80am l<euvc Hickory 'J 85 am Leave Newton 10 07 um Arrive at Lilicolntoii 10 57 am Leave Lliicoliitoii iu asuin Leave Dallas 11 lAuin Arrive at (Justonlu 12 (*) pm Leave (lustonla 12 Oiipin I<euve Clover 12 lljim Ix-ave Filbert, I 01 pin Leuve Yorkvllle 1 HI pin Leave Outhrlesvllle 1 .'Wpm Leave MeConnellsville 1 41pm Leave Ixiwrysvllle 2 00 pin I Arrive at Chester 2 20 pm XOKTIf ItOCNII. | No. 12. I Leuve Chester 2 iiapin j Leuve Ixiwrysvllle '! Input Ix'uve .MeConnellsvllle II HOpin U'live < Jutliriesvllle :t -l^t pill Leave Yorkvllle a r?7pm Ix'uve Kllherl, I 1"P?> I Leave Clover -I IK pin . Arrive at (lustonla, } ljjpm Leave (lustonla a 17 pin I<eave Dallas aaopm ' Ix-eve Lineolnlon " 1"" 1 lx?ave Newton 7 10 pin ' Leave Hickory K 10 pin Arrive at Lenoir 0 "'.pm No. !i. | Cheraw ?fc Client or. | No. 10. 1 1 Ojpin Leave C11KSTKK Arrive II .'ISain j . I :ts pin KNoX'S II Onam I | I all pin UK 'll HCHO 10 10am : S Itlpm HASCO.M VILLK 10 24am j I a .'IKpm KoKT LAWN II Main j li IN pm Arrive LANCASTKK Ix-ave !l 20am j | W. A. TI'KK, Oeti. l'ass. Ag't., Washington, 1>. ('. S. II. IIAKDWICK, Ass't (Jen. Pass. Agt., Wash-' { inglon, 1?. ('. I V. K. MrHKK. (Sen. Superintendent, Coluinhia, S. ('. i i W. II. (IllKKN. Oeneral Manager, Washington, I). ('. ! SOL MASS, Trallle Manager, Washington, l>. (*. rpilK SCPKIUOH LAND IIOLLFII is tlin ' 1. best on tin; market. I can furnish them of any desired length from two to eight foot, anil ' cither "Jl or ."ft inches in iliiiiueter. j SAM .M, till 1ST, Sole Agent. j I I l>. K. FINI.KV. j. -s? MOCK. ! ' l'IM,i:V it HltlClh ATTOItMAS AT LAW, ij Yorkvillt*. S. C. ALL Inisiness entrusted to us will lie given I prompt attention. ! O F FI <' K IN T11K 11FI LI?IN < i A T T11 K 11K A II OF M. .V II. C. STIIA I'SS'S STOltF. j j January 7 I tf I:\(IIM; AND iioii.r.it i-oit SAIJ:. rpilK undersigned oilers lor sale the FNOl.NF . 1 AN I) III>1 LFIl formerly use in running the ' ! presses of Tin-: Kxqf I It Kit oilier. The hoilei I was in use when the oilier was destroyr<I hy lire. , | The engine is Fight I torse power. The I toiler is i upright and is luil little injured, as after the lire l there were two feet of water in it. The engine was made hy Tozer. I'rice ^g.'iiI rash. For fur- 1 tlier information apply to I.. M.tilt 1ST. ( || \ti i:i. MoitT(;.\(ii:s. IIFNS Foil SI 'I'I'Ll KS, Kent l.iens, Titles J to Ileal Kstate and Mortgages on Ileal Fs-I tale. For sale at TIIF FNtfllltFIl OFF IFF. i ( (The ilovluillc tfitquivrv. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ' TFIlMSOFSrilSFItll>T|().\: I I Single ropy for one year, $ 'I OO I j one ropy for two years :t .It) ! For six inoiilhs, I oo I For three months, .*?o Two copies for one year, .'I ."<) I Ten copies one year, 11 SO ; A ml an extra copy for a chili of ten. A l>v FltTISFM i:.N'l>s Inserted at One hollar per s<piare for the lirsi insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each, ' subsequent insertion. A square consists of the i space occupied hy eight lines of this size type. , j /T-er Contracts for advertising space for three, j six, or twelve months will he made on reason-! I aide term. I THE COR BIN DISK HARROW. o It is the Best Labor Saving Farming Implement in the World, and Will do More to Increase Crops and Reduce Cost of Production than any Farming Implement Ever Introduced. '' VuR A< 1 HEAT deal has been said about the Corbin j Disk Harrow during the past three years in , the columns of The Enqcibkb. If it was any- , thing else than what is claimed for it, the peo- | pie would long ago have branded it as a fraud, out instead of being denounced it is endorsed and recommended as tlie greatest money saver and crop increaser ever introduced in this section by every farmer who lias tested it, and there are , scores of them. The following testimonials from well known farmers should, we think, be suf- i ficient to convince even those who do not want to be convinced. Head and then act: Cjiestkk, H. C, March 27,18V0. " <* ?- ?!? - ?J /1 - UIh T tin tfo ham >1> IlKIHT, 1 Ors vine, n. v.i Jyv-ui nil . x IIU .. owned a Corbin Disk Harrow for several years, and consider It the moat useful and economical farming Implement of wlilcli I have any knowledge. Mr. , Corbin lias done more for the farmer than ull the politicians, reformers, etc.. combined. He has done something practical. No farmer eun tall to be benefitted by the use of the Harrow, and the more It Is used the greater the benefit or profit. It is almost the only so-eulled Improved farming implement that I have ever seen that would do all its manufacturers claimed for it, and the only one that would do more. Every fanner should have one and u man who is able to buy fertilizers for his hind is more able to buy a Corbin Disk Harrow. The time will come when the Uorblu Disk Hurrow will be considered us much of a necessity on the furtn as the wagon, sewing machine, cooking stove, audi might say, the plow; and the sooner it comes the better for the farmer. It only takes a fiinner, who has been accustomed to the old way of doing tilings, about one hour to realize how much time and hiljor lie has literally wasted liefore he used tin; Corbin Harrow. In conclusion, let me say that I would not pretend to farm without it. llesjwelfully, W. Ilor.MKS IlAICDI.V. Okovkk, N. <"., May 15, lsttl. MK. Ham M. Okimt, Yorkvllle, H. c.: Dear Hlr:?I Ismglit a No. 7 Corbin Disk Harrow from you last October. The first time I saw it I pronounced It "a daisy." Now I pronounce It Indispensable. I would not sell it for double what it cost If 1 could not get another. I sowed all my wheat with It and It gave entire satisfaction. The best prepared piece of land I ever saw wus n piece of stubble bottom land turned lust winter with un Oliver chilled plow and cut this spring with the Corbin Harrow. I also tried it on stubble land bottom thut had not lieen broken and it wus a success. It is actually the best farming implement I ever saw. With two mules und one liund I can do more work, and better work, than four mules and four hands in the old way. Clods und baked ground would soon be a thing of the past if farmers would all use the Corbin Disk i Harrow to pulverize the lund. To see one at work Is sufficient to convince the most skeptlcul that It will . do all tliat is claimed for it. One old gruy headed fanner who saw me harrowing my stubble that hud not been broke said, "I thought It wus nil talk ahout that harrow, but it will do." Another farmer, and a good one too, suld, "It beats nnvHilnir I aver saw. and I want one to sow my wheat I with this fall." After such u winter und spring as we have Just I [Missed through, and the funnem ure all behind with ' their work, nothing saves timeand iulsirllkc a Corbin 1 Disk Harrow. Kespectfully, (', Hl'niits. i Yorkvii.LK, H. C., January 11,1892. j Ham M. Gkist, Yorkvlllc, H. C.: Dear Sir:?About j the first of September I was induced to try one of your j Corbin Disk Harrows. I havegivenIt afalr trial,und | can say without fear of contradiction that it has no i equal as a farming implement. I have sowed my j wheat und outs crops with it. and I am satisfied it was done at far less expense than the sume size crop I was ever before put In on the county farm, and better. All thut Is necessary on cotton stalk land is to rip up 1 the stalks, sow the wheat or oats on the ground, and i run the harrow over It. I can take a disk harrow and two strong mules and sow six to eight acres of wheat or oats in a day. Now Just think what a saving of time und luborthis Is?tho work of at least six mules und six hands by the plan commonly pursued by our farmers! Another point in favor of the harrow Is j this: You can take almost any kind of Improved farming Implement, und In order to succeed with It1 you must have your land in apple pie order, while I with the Corbin Harrow the rougher the land the; 1 letter the work It does?It asks no favors. I haven j great deal of wire grass on the Poor House farm and j am sure that by running the linrrow over it about twice, I will have It In a shape that it wlllglveme no more trouble. It will put stiff bottom land In a 1 shape that It can be worked without difficulty. I want to say to the farmers who may read this, that you are standing in your own light when you fall to buy or even postpone buying u Corbin Harrow. It; will pay for ftsclr over and over again every year. I ! would not undertake to farm without It, since I have I learned its value, for three times Its cost. In regard to the Heeder Attachment, I will say that ! I have tested It thoroughly and It is all that Is claimed I for It. It sows wheat or oats In the very best manner, and can be taken off or put on the Harrow In one I minute. Again, I say to the farmers, buy it, even if you have to use less guano this year In order to pay for It. It will pay, and jsiy well. Wx, P. Wylik, ! Hupt. York County Poor House. Yokkvilj.k, h. C., J uly 8,18?u. I ham m. okist, Yorkville, h. c.: DearHIr:?In re-! ply to your inquiry as to what I think of the value of j the Corbin Disk Hurrownsa farming implement, IJ would say tlmi i eonsiacr myscu uicoiiii^-ic-ni, u<>, the implement Justice, but will try to give some Idea of my estimate of Its value. I consider the Corbln Disk Harrow to be the most valuuble tanning implement J have ever used, or ever expect to use. There is no other Implement of which I have any knowledge that will do as many dltferent kinds of work, or do the work as well. There is no implement which will doci|Ual service; that I have overseen, that Is so simple In construction or which is less liable to get out of order. It Is one of the few improved farming implements which can bo used to advantage by the ordla preivmu To be Award1 A $90 Buggy to be Given j rTlIIK CAROLINA COMPANY'S volt 1 )?? <H|iia) in style, finish ami durability to a North, Mast, West or South, and no better proof n fact that al the last State fair, held in Columbia, S of South Carolina made vehicles, and another lbr The Carolina Buggy C( And why? Simply because the judges, who wen were ahead of all competitors. Another proof of the demand for them is on the increase, especia TKSTKD. It is, therefore, with pleasure that v "CAROLINA" buggies as a premium to the i number of subscribers to Tim Knukiukk, HKj TI'KSDA V IN OCTOBKK, IHirj, AT 1 O'CLOC we are olfering something that will be liberal e< letter from President Willis tells what the buggy Office of CAROLi: \VIf<II<KSAI<K M. FI1STF L I GITl M it. I? M. <!itisr, I'roprietor of Tiik KM^rni hearer electrotype of ISrewstor Side liar one of our hut;t;ies :ls ? i?ri*iiiiiiin to a-luI? makers pose to furnish you, I will say that it will he eipi Jiceii manufactured in onr farlory, and we claim 'durability to any M A N IT'At "IT Kill) < > Ii St i LI In regard to tin* material used in our vehieles, I lie prod need. The body of this lumyy will lie tl material. The tfcariny w ill lie made from thoroii wheels w ill lie "A" jyrade, made to our own order, pered graduated steel springs, steel axles, warranl from the liest relined ehareoal iron. It w ill lie tri nished w ith an extra heavy velvet nit;. The pain lint the very lies! materials the market affords wil III eoiielusjon, I w ill say that if the sueeessful sprint; than the Urewster i'iano Mux, we w ill furni tile Iillffuy selected does not exceed }?!K).(IO. Wishing your paper continued prosperly, and i ao3srr)ir In this contest < 11.1 > A N I NKW SlT.St'KI name of no suliserilier now on our list, whose si isirj, ran he entered on any chili maker's list t The following are the three classes that will 001 I. Those who have never been Those who have a< any (in !...< " l>ou<i leiiniai !in> NOT NOW Mill >1 llWiH mil... ...... _ Those whose names are nov Hons will expire before October We would suv in regard I<> this premium thai it In this eontest.TWo SIX M<>NTIIS'_St'l5S<' ei|iii valent of one yearly suhserilier at .SI.To, and si The prupsitioii eoiitained in the ahove isiipei sure. Why not you V t to to work today. If further iiildruiatiou is desired hy any one wli given on a| |>1 ieatioii. (lAlillV I K().\ H()< Manufactures all kinds id' ihon itooi'ixo. rum i-Kli ami eon u i a;.vri: ii si in No, I run Tile hi- Shingle, MICK eitooK IHioIts, St|l"ITKIIS, .te.. ,1 TIIK LAKIiKST MAM FAfTI KKKS (I W"Orders reeeived liv I.. M. OK 1ST. .Man h is nary negro. The Corbln Harrow will more than pay for itself in one season If given half a chance. I now have on my farm a 16-Inch, 12-dlsk Corbln Harrow, the original price of which was MO, and although the Implement ha# been in use nearly Ave yearn, If it was Impossible to get another. I would not take Ave time# It* cost for It. In conclusion, let me May that some of my assertions may sound extravagant to some of my brother farmer# who are not fkmlllar with the Corbln Harrow, but I will say to those who may doubt any of my statements, that I will take pleasure In demonstrating the truth of each and every assertion to the entire sat Infliction of all who will call at my farm near town. I hope to see, or hear, at an early day, of a Corbln Harow being on the firms of hundreds of farmers in this section. Krespectfully, W. M. Wai.kek. jjowkymvii.lk, 8. C., February 11, wtt. Mr. Ham M. Grist, Yorkville, 8. C.: Dear Hlr?You request me to give my opinion of the worth of the L'orbln Disk Harrow us a firm implement, after a long experience In using one on my farm. In reply, I would say that I place a very high estimate on the Harrow. It does its work so thoroughly, and so rapidly, that I think It Justly entitled to be classed as one of the greatest lalwr saving implements used in firm husbandry. I use my Corbln Disk Harrow to put in my small grain crop very successfully. The Harrow pulverizes the soil so thoroughly (leaving no clods behind it) that 1 invariably secure u good stand of small grain, mid leaves the land smooth and In a condition to liarvest the crop with machinery, without further labor or trouble. The Harrow Is a grand Implement to use with a pair of mules, but It Is u fir more efficient one with four mules attached. I had used my Corbln Harrow but a short time with u pair of mules until I was thoroughly satisfied thut I was not utilizing Its full capacity, or In other words tliat It was capable of doing a great deal more work In a day if I would weight it down, add horse power and give It speed. Hlnce then I have used four good, strong mules to my Corbln Harrow, and have more than realized my expectations. The draught was so much lighter for the four mules, notwithstanding the increased weight, that they could truvel at greater speed and the harrow accomplish greater results. The area of land I can harrow in a day with four mules depends on its char iwter. On my level, sandy lands, wnen i can secure long, straight furrows, I can, with an experienced driver, harrow un acre of land every hour, or usually ten acres a duy. I find my Corbin Harrow very useful in breaking stubble land thoroughly and speedily. It Ik Invaluable to pulverize cloddy bottom lands. The disks cut the clods and pulverize and smooths the land more effectually than any Implement I liave ever used for that purpose. In a dry fall I consider the Corbin Disk Harrow Indlspcnslble in putting in my crop of winter oats at the proper time. (I think the last of August or the first week In September the proper time to sow]. If It U dry weather and the land hard, I can, by weighting down my harrow, and going over the land two or three limes, secure a well pulverized seed bed for my oats?when I could not possibly plough up clods enough to cover the seed?and when the rains come, the (sits spring up, grow and take good root before the cold weather, and are prepared to withstand the winter freezes when later sown oats, not so well root- ? ed. an? often spewed up by the frost, the stand badly injured, and the winter crop of oats a failure. Yours Truly, K. 8. Hope. The timo for sowing fall oats is near at hand, and it wll soon be time to prepare the land for wheat. If you want to have your crops put in and as they should lie, and thereby insure larger crops than would otherwise be produced, you should have a Corbin Disk Harrow. Right now ts the time to buy and I will l>e pleased to quote prices and give terms. SAM M. GRIST, State Agent, Yorkville, S. C. I am also agent for Union, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Caldwell and Cleveland counties. North Carolina, for the sale of the genuine Corbin Disk Harrow. S. M. G. LIVERY AND FEED STABLES^ I WOULD respectfully announce to my old friends and the traveling public that I have returned to Yorkville, and in the future will give my personal attention to the LIVERY AND FEED STABLES so long conducted by me. Determined to merit public patronage, I hope to receive a snare of the same. MY OMNIBUS Is still on the street, ready to convey passengers to all departing trains, or from the trains to any part of town. FOR FUNERALS. I have an elegant HEARSE and also a CLARENCE COACH which will lie sent to any part of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable. Buggies and other Vehicles On hand for sale. Bargains in either new or second-hand vehicles. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. THE PARISH HOTEL. WHEN you wine to Yorkville, you are in vited to stop at THE PARISH HOTEL. YOU WILL BE ROYALLY TREATED. The building is located in the business portion of town. The rooms are large and provided with every comfort and convenience. THE TABLES are supplied with THE BEST the season affords, prepared by experienced cooks, and served by polite and lively waiters. LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS for commercial men. We study to please. Mrs. C. G. PARISH, Manager. March 4 4 tf UNDERTAKING. I AM handling a lirst class line of COFFINS AND CASKETS which I will sell at the very lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture at reasonable prices. J. ED JEFFERYS. [M_ TAKER ed as a Prize. kway by THE ENQUIRER. lielcs are today recognized I?y competent judges to ny work oil tlio market, whether manufactured f this assertion eoiilil lie asked for than the simnle I. a premium was ollered lor the linest display the linest dis]ilay, open to the world and )mpany Captured Both. ; entirely disinterested, were convineed that they the superiority of their vehicles! is the faet Unit lly in sections WIIKKK Til ICY IIA VIC IIKKN k* announce that we are aide to oiler one of the icrsnii who may return anil pay for tlio largest 'WKKX APRIL 1.1, IMtt, ANDTIIK SKt'ONl) K, P. M., ami wo do so with tlio assurance that impotisalinii for th? work dono. Tlio following will ho: NA BUGGY CO., \XrKA?TritKllS OK 1 VEHICLES. Voiik vii.i.k, S. ('m April l"i, IMfcJ. :Kit. Vorkvillo, S. : hoar Sir- I send you hy v to ho iisod in ooiniootioii with your oiler ol' for your paper. In regard to me huggy wo proal iii ovory partioiilar to any huggy that has ever that our vohielos are oipial in stylo, finish and ) in tlio South. We oxoept none, will say that wo uso none hut tlio I1KST that oftn 10 very host, hotli in regard to workmanship and iglily air-soasoiiod sooond-growth hiokory. Tlio Tlio iron work will hoof tlio vory host; oil toiulod ; round oil go stool tiro, and all forgings made in mod in the vory host grade ofloathor and furiting will lie done hy skilled workiuon and none I ho used. oliih maker prefers some other stylo of hoily or ish the desired style instead, provided the prion of inhouiided siieeess, I remain, Yours Truly, M. WILLIS, President. rionsrsIIIKIfS WILL <'<H NT TIIK SA.MK, hut the ihseriptioii expires A KTKK the huh of < letoher, o nteil in oniupctitioii for this promiuiii. int: subscribers. ... II. 4 1... ..Ilklt 1..1..I. Ulll.U..|.| I.OI'W ii v. ? |riini IF* \ II nn I I?M (HI (Mil* list. v on the list, but whoso subscrip10, 1802. is worthy of the liesl Hlorls of anyone. HI I'TloX'S at jil.no I'lwli, will In- ronsiilereil tin* I) t-OlllllCll. i lo everyone, ami snrnelioily will yd tin* luitcny, in desires to eompete for the premium, it will lie LKWIS M. Hit 1ST, York \ ille, S. ( OKI X; COMPANY, I HON OKI-: PAINT A ikI Ccini'iil. l ?1YS M KH\V I N ST., * ' ?*V?H?n?l, O. / BjBljj? j. ty. s;,.,,,! for ('iri'iilar ? ami I'rii-f List No. 7a. V IKON HOOFINO IX THK WOULD. tr