Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 17, 1893, Image 4
Humorous fqiavtmcnt.j
Embarrassed.?The lie v. Mr. was j
one of the most bashful men in the profession
anil was constantly getting into scrapes 1
through his nervous mistakes. At one time !
he rose in his pulpit and gave out the hymn, 1
"This world is all a lleeting show," and j
after clearing his throat, he struck a high 1
pitch of voice and began solemnly :
"This world is all a floating shoe." <
Everybody smiled except the deacons,
and the minister was covered with confusion ,
as he began again :
"This world is all a shouting How."
This only made matters worse and the
unhappy man cleared his throat with tremendous
force and began once again :
"This world is all a floating she."
Then he slammed the hymn book down i
and wiping his clammy brow said :
"Brethren, for some reason I cannot read
that hymn as it should be read; we will
omit it, and the choir will please sing the
grand old lines beginning : "Just as I ain
without one flea."
Obvious Necessity.?"I'm goin' home,"
said Colonel Kyarter; "I'm goin' home,
and if anbody wants me to serve my country,
sah, he'll have to send foh me, sah."
"Why, you expected to stay a good while
longer?"
"I know it," replied the colonel, cheerily,
"but circumstances alter cases. I don't
mind telling you that it is a case of finance
m with me."
"But you counted over a lot of money in
my presence only last night!"
"That's a fact. But I met a friend in dis
tress, and I nevah yet went back on a menu
in distress. Why, sah, the man was in actual
need, and I divided with him."
"Did he ask you for the money ?" inquired
the colonel's friend suspiciously.
"No, sah. I didn't wait to be asked."
"Then how did you know he needed it?"
"I borrowed his corkscrew, and when I
took it"?here the good Kentucky gentleman's
voice quivered?"I saw, sah, that it
was covered?thickly covered, sah?with
rust."
That Dreadful Telegram.?A certain
member of parliament, as proud and fond as
a man should be of his beautiful young
wife, was just about rising to speak in a
debate, when a telegram was put into his
hands. He read it, left the house, jumped
into a cab, drove to Charing Cross, and took
the train to Dover. Next day he returned
home, rushed into his wife's room and finding
her there, upbraided the astonished lady
in no measured terms. She protested her
ignorance of having done anything to offend
him.
"Then, what did you mean by your tele- !
gram ?" he asked.
"Mean ? "What I said, of course. What '
are you talking about?
"Head it for yourself," said he. !
She read: "I flee with Mr. X. to Dover
straight. Pray for me."
For the moment words would not come;
then, after a merry fit of laughter, the sus- i
pected wife quietly remarked: t
"Oh, those dreadful telegraph people! ;
No wonder you are out of your mind, dear.
I telegraphed simply : 'I tea with Mrs. X., ;
in Dover street. Stay for me.' " j
8ST" A showman had an announcement i
stating, "Come and see the great sawed
fish!" A learned gentleman read it, and i
informed the showman that he had made a
mistake in the word "sawed that it ought (
to be "sword." "Yer'd better come in an'I,
see fer yerself; the hadmissiou is only tuppence,"
said the showman. So the learned ,
gentleman paid his "tuppence," went in, j
and was shown a large codfish sawed in
half. "Yer ain't the fust gentleman wot has
tried to teach me 'ow to spell; but I tell yer
I've ad a good eddication, an' I'm runnin'
this showjistto show people I'ave," grin- ;
ned the showman. The learned gentleman
left, deeply indignant with the world in general,
and the showman in particular.
1 i
5??" A story is told of quaint citizen of
Bangor in the early days, whose love for pil- j
fering made him obnoxious to the traders.
One of them, a fish dealer, gave him a fine j
lot of fish one day, making a condition of i
the gift that he should refrain from stealing i
any. The party took the fish and went off, j
apparently well satisfied with this kind of!
negotiation, but before long he reappeared j
and threw down the fish on the counter.
"Here, Mr. B.," he said to the proprietor, >
"I've brought your fish back, and I guess I
won't trade with you. I think I can do better."
And away he went, leaving the dealer
still at the mercy of the world.?Youth's
Companion.
80* A small pupil of a San Francisco Sunday-school,
whose father is a noted physician,
said to him one day, "Papa, I wish you
would give me a holy song to sing to God."
"Don't you learn songs at Sunday-school ?" j
asked his father. "Yes; but he wouldn't i
care for those little things." "Well, I'm '
busy just now. Come back bv-and-by."
Soon after the little fellow returned with a ;
satisfied face, and said, "Never mind, papa; I
I've found something new that I think God |
will like." "What is it, my son ?" " 'Ta-ra-1
1 l - - i M ? : .1 AT? I? :*U I
ra-uoom-ue-a, sum me juj, *>iui iuuui tuthusiasm.?Pacific
Unitarian.
The Assessor Skipped.?He was the new
townsliip assessor, says the Cleveland Plaindealer,
and he asked all questions according |
to law : "How uianv children have you ?"
"Foah," said the farmer. "What sex?"
"Hey?" "Boys or girls?" "Three boys;
and a gal." "How old?" "Two, three,!
foah'n five." "White or black?" "Hey?,
What?" "hook yer?dod gast yer essen-j
shully dog-goned, dod-busted, white-livered :
imperdence?you skip." And he did with ;
the assistance of several dogs.
"How happy I am," said the lecturer,
"in the possession of an order-loving wife! j
If I have to get up in the middle of the:
night, I am sure to find any article of linen,
etc., I may happen to want in its right place
without having to strike a light." At these
words the lecturer paused, and, preparatory
to wiping the drops of perspiration that j
studded his manly brow, drew from his!
pocket and nourished in the sight of the audience?his
wife's night-cap!?New York
Sun.
9?"Two men at the Chicago stock-yards;
got into a heated discussion the other day
over the law of supply and demand, and one
of them said, "There isn't any use in argu- j
ing with a man who doesn't understand the j
elementary principles. You don't even know
what a syllogism is." "I'll bet fifty dollars,"
replied the other, purple with rage, "that our
packing house turns out more cans of 'em in
one day than the one you're working for,
does in a month."
Sot1* Jennie was learning to read and spell.!
but it was very hard for her to remember'
what her teacher told her about pronouncing
a double letter when she came to one. She
would say "a a" or "ee" or ,-t t" instead of
"double a," or "double e," etc. Her teacher
had one day drilled her considerably on this;
matter in spelling. Shortly afterward Jennie
was called on to read. The paragraph
l.rw.r.,, ill'l. lit. I lll.f " (111(1 Tl.llllio ll
Vi-guu, V 1', ??|?, , ~ ---- -- I
triumphantly, "Double up, Lucy!"?Even-!
ing Star.
. gey1"
A missionary recently returned to(
Germany was invited to dine with an aristocratic
family. The daughters appeared
at the table in very low dresses, and the
master of the house thought it incumbent on
him to oiler an apology, in which he laid the '
blame on the prevailing fashion. "Don't
apologize, I pray," the missionary replied,
"it does not effect me in the least; you
know I have lived ten years among the,
savages."
fiaT Customer?I'll buy nothing more from
you. The last suit of clothes you sold me
shrank terribly after a single shower of
rain. The coat now doesn't reach as far as
the waist, and the trousers are up to my
knees. Salesman?Then you have a first-,
class bicycle suit, and the best thing you
can do is to buy a wheel.
*
I
HaT" "Is that a tornado?" inquired a gentleman
of a friend last evening, as they sat
in the library smoking their after-dinner
cigars. "Well, not exactly," replied the
host, as the roaring increased in fury : "that 1
is only my wife blowing up the girl for not
telling you to wipe your feet before you
came into the parlor.?New York Commercial.
J
Uteidc ^athcvinijs.
fiatT* To stand still is to shun some duty.
SiaT" Black and green tea are the products n
the same plant.
Stir There are in Massachusetts thirty
cities and 322 towns.
fikar* The man who has failed most is tin
one who most advises.
fiST* The United States contains 194,00i
square miles of coal fields,
fifeir* There are eighty clubs in New Yorl
city, with 2o,000 members.
fiSTIn one summer the descendants of i
single fly will number 2,080,320.
fiSTSenor Carulla, of Madrid, has publishe<
an edition of the Bible in verse.
?Sr The man who waits for appreciatioi
generally gets it in the shape of an epitaph.
86T" He is more truly a hero who havinj
fallen gets up again, than he who neve
falls.
S&* Jn Norway the average length of lif
is greater than in any other country on th<
globe.
fiSaT* In all the wars in which Britain ha
taken part she has won eighty-two per cent
of the battles.
Ram's Horn says people sometime
make the most noise in church when the;
are sound asleep.
fi?T Do all the good you can, to all th?
people you can, in all the ways you can, am
you will be happy.
fiSaT* Russian ladies are said to keep thei
feet warm by putting brown paper insid
their shoes and boots.
86T Georgia ranks first in the productioi
of watermelons, second iu that of rice, am
third in that of cotton.
8?" We are less apt to criticise the extrava
gances of others when we are made the fa
vorabie partaxers mereoi.
8^? There is a high rate of mortality
among Negroes in the North from consump
tion and respiratory diseases.
83?" After a man passes sixty years lie be
gins to imagine he is just young enough t<
marry the daughter of a woman his owi
age.
BST" A local adverliser calls attention t<
"nice roams for nice people, with the nici
owner of a nice house, in a nice neighbor
hood."
8SF" Seven hundred tons of butter arrivet
iu London in one shipment from Australia
two weeks ago. Its total value was aboul
$340,000.
fi?* A new Missouri statute makes it i
penitentiary ofTense for a husband to deser
his wife until they have lived together for a
least ten years.
B6T* The mammoth cheese sent from C'ana
da to the World's Fair weighs 22,000 pounds
It measures twenty-eight feet in circumfer
ence by six in height.
B&sjT A politician who knows how it is him
self, says it is a mighty short distance fron
Kansas to Washington, but that it is 10,00(
miles from Washington to Kansas.
tgeg* "How will I enter the money thi
cashier skipped with ?" asked the bookkeep
"TT J ! 1 y<> |(Vn
Dr. "L'nuer proms umi iusa ;
pose you put it under running expenses."
?3T The salary of the mayor of Abiline
Kan., is a dollar a year. For this reason i
is thought the next year the otlice will seel
the woman, since there is nothing in it for i
man.
There is food for thought in the fac
that the value of tobacco consumed in tin
United States each year reaches $350,000,
000, or about $6 per capita of the entire pop
illation
It is computed that if a man were a
strong of muscle in proportion as a flea, In
could shoulder a sixty-ton locomotive am
carry it from New York to San Francisc
without rest.
?aT San Francisco is the banner city fo
saloons. It has one such institution to ever;
93 persons. Albany comes next with one ti
every 110 persons, and New Orleans one t<
every 121 persons.
8ST Hortensius, the Roman orator, had i
memory so wonderful that, on a wager, In
spent a whole day at an auction and at nigh
repeated all the sales, the price and th
names of the buyers.
A current writer says that $25,500,00
is invested in this country in bicycles an<
the bicycle interests. In New York cit;
alone, there are 40,000 wheels in use, at ai
original cost of $5,000,000.
SSTIu the Y'osemite Valley, Cal., there is;
fallen tree 300 feet long and several centime:
old, that, it is said, has been hollowed out s
that for a distance of sixty yards a persoi
can walk upright inside ol it.
8ST" The sap of the cow tree, as its nam
implies, resembles milk both in name am
taste, and is very wholesome and nourishing
The tree grows in Venezuela, and frcquentl;
attains a height of 100 to 125 feet.
8ST Two lawyers on opposing sides seer
to be ready to cut each other's throats, bu
when oft'duty they ore as friendly as siste
kittens. Lawyers, like the blades of a pai
nnf <~>n 1i. tirllot P/impC lipf U'PPn
Ul SUIOOVIO, VUl VillJ 1II1UV VV?MV>/ ?vv,? VV...
US' An observant satistician makes the as
sertiou that girls with retrousse noses marr;
sooner, and are more fortunate in catchin
good husbands, than young ladies whos
features are of the German or ltoman type.
tSS" Policeman?''Well, my little dear, i
you can't tell me your mother's name, o
where she lives, how ^are we to find her?
Little Girl (lost while out shopping)?Jet
put me in a store window, and mamma'll b
sure to see me."
SS? The most curious animal in the worl<
is the ornithorynehus paradoxus of Austin
lia. It is shaped like an otter, has fur lik
a heaver, is web-footed like a swan, has
hill like a duck, a tail like a fox, is ampliil
ious and lays eggs.
Bank of England notes are never rc
issued, but when paid in for gold, are at one
canceled. They are then preserved for scv
en years, so that inquiries relative to fot
geries or frauds on which the notes ma;
throw light, may be answered
fea?" There has been a decided stand again*
the wearing of black crape in England as
mourning fabric?a stand which has beei
much strengthened by the Princess of Wale?
In her mourning garb for her son, the I)uk
of Clarence, she employs no crape.
liS" Wood for tennis rackets requires a
least live years' seasoning?that is to say, i
requires to be kept for live years in tli
rough timber state before being cut up lb
use. Wood for pianos is kept, as a rule, 4b
forty years before it is considered sufficient!;
in condition to be used.
m- A young man who took out an acci
dent insurance policy in his fiancee's nam
when starting on a journey to see her, sen
it to her in a letter for a love-token, and a
he was killed on the journey, she fuliillc<
his wishes and promptly collected the fiv
thousand dollars, and now his family ar
suing her. Queer world.
fitaJTA horse in Baltimore grew so luingr;
that he climbed up a flight of stairs in ,
house to obtain a bag of oats that had beei
stored there. After his lunch, the anima
thrust his head through a window, car
rying away the sash, and was discovers
eooly surveying the situation. With difli
culty he was gotten down to the street.
*3T An ounce of pure gold is wortl
$20.(>4; therefore, a ton of pure gold, whicl
contains 24,000 ounces, is worth $4y">,:{(5C
< Ivoi* twn InviQ ?ir#? In 1 w> exhibited sit tli
World's Fair in a pile?$1,000,000. It wil
be guarded by a trap which, when a sprinj
is touched by an attendant, will drop tin
gold in a forty-foot tank of water.
ftajP'The Diamond Plate (Mass Works a
Kokonio, Ind., recently made what the;
claim to be the largest sheet of plate glas
ever manufactured in the world. It meas
ures 12 feet 4 inches by 17 feet 10 inehe?
It is the intention of the company to tun
out three sheets equally as large, all o
which will be exhibited at the World's Fair
The total length of the Nile is thirty
three hundred and seventy miles. It drain
a country as extensive as Russia, and fo
the last twelve hundred miles of its cours
receives no surface aflluent. large or small
The fall from Assouan to Cairo is from tw
to three inches in a mile, and throughou
the Delta this slight slope diminishes to les
than one inch.
fSZtT A railroad man of high position is re
sponsible for the assurance that in a fc\
weeks every railroad that enters Cliicag
will offer a cut of 20 per cent, on its usuu
excursion prices, except on the limite<
trains, on which there will be no reduction
One of the railroad companies talk of run
ning a train between New York and Chica
go in twenty hours, which is five hours les
tbfln the best time now made.
(Thr ^avm and ^iicsitle.
SPECIAL PEED.
>f, At this time, before seeding or planting is
' all done, it is a good plan to consider wheth?
er or not it is advisable to grow some special
' crop for feeding. The average Western
3 | farmer, in growing the necessary supply of
^ 1 grain for his stock, usually succeeds in growing
all of the roughness that he needs. At
_ the same time, it is much better to have a
V j
j full supply of feed than to be obliged to
j I buy, and if there is a full supply of roughJ
ness a very good ration can be made up with
1 j the addition of bran and oil meal.
With a little care in good season, a full supi
j ply of roughness can be secured at a low
| cost, as a rich soil prepared in a good tilth
? | can be made to grow a very large quantity
1 of good roughness, and with a full supply of
this, cattle, sheep and horses can be kept
e thrifty through the winter if well sheltered.
B Fodder corn, sorghum, Kaffir corn, and millet
are the usual crops grown especially for
s roughness. The first time they should be
>. sown in drills far enough part to admit of
good cultivation, although very fair crops
s may be grown of these by sowing the seed
f and giving no cultivation.
In order to secure the best results, the soil
q should be rich and well prepared. In near1
ly all cases the planting can be done after
the other crops are ready for the cultivator.
Use good seed and plant in rows about three
feet apart, using plenty of seed so as to secure
a thick stand. Generally it will be best
to harrow four or five days after planting in
1 order to kill out any weeds that may have
started up, and then cultivate twice. This,
ordinarily, will be all that is necessary, but
* the growth of the plants and the conditions
- of the soil must always determine this.
With these as with all other crops it will
>' pay to kill out the weeds and have the soil
in good condition.
One advantage with these crops is that if
- at anytime the supply of feed in the pasture
3 runs short, as it often does in the latter part
i of August or early in the fall, what is needed
of these can be cut oil' and fed, while the
) rest can be harvested and stored away to
e to used during the winter. When it is to be
. used, either wholly or in part, in this way it
will be found a good plan to plant near the
j feeding places, as in this way much time
may be saved.
^ The advantage with either sorghum or
Kallir corn over common corn, is that they
will withstand drought better than corn ;
* outside of this, common corn cannot be cx1
celled as a crop for forage. With millet or
1 Hungarian grass the soil should be prepared
in a good tilth and the seed be sown broad
cast and harrowed in. If the soil is liable to
* cake after a raiu, it is a better plan to sow just
- after a rain. With a little care a considerable
quantity of feed can be secured at a low
- cost.?The Republic.
) AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL.
"I've been watching an 'old-fashioned
e girl' for quite a long while," says a writer in
. the Fitchburg Sentinel, "and I want to tell
- you something about her.
"Her dresses, etc., were made in modern
style ; but, bless you, she is so old-fashioned
t that she arose in the morning when her
" 1 * ? - * - * -1-1 A 1..
c motner (tut, neipeu set tne muie uvuu), mm
a cooked otie or two dishes daintily her own
self.
^ "She had 'graduated,' yet she did not
B think because of that fact that the kitchen
" was not good enough for her. Oh, no. She
was so much behind the times that she actually
washed the dishes, made her bed, dusted,
and then began preparation for the puds
ding for dinner. 'Now, wasn't she absurd,
? when she (following the accustomed rut)
should have been lying on the sofa, with the
0 latest novel in her hand, and her pug dog
beside her? When her little brother came
r in crying because his kite was broken, iny
stead of calling him a "horrid boy," as it is
3 the fashion to do in some homes, she helped
0 with her own hands to mend it. How could
she he in such small business?
a "After dinner had been cleared away, she
e produced a small work-basket, and proceedt
ed to mend the family stockings. Shocking !
e After her task was completed she accompanied
her mother on a shopping expedition ; and
0 although she met many fine-looking gcntle3
men, she did not flirt with any of them, for
y don't you know, she was so antiquated she
a would have been shocked at the idea. As
if it was not elevating to the intellect to be
a on the watch for some masculine person to
3 fascinate!
0 "The girl of whom I am telling you was
u pretty looking, with a bright, fresh color
in her face, brought on by plenty of exere
J cise in the open air and in the kitchen. But
I; I cannot begin to tell you half this queer girl
p j did ; for, you know, she was so old-fashioned
'' that she did whatever good deed came into
her heart to do, and her heart was such an
antique affair that only pure, noble thoughts
II j entered it. Her home was made bright and
11 sunny by her presence, and yet she was not
r! so perfect that she "died young." Oh, no.
r She lives today, a girl who has no secrets
j from her mother."
y I POTATO BUGS.
^ ' The Colorado potato beetle has never bee
j come so troublesome in the Southern States
; j as it has North and West. But this is not
because there is anything in our climate
r hostile to the spread of this pest. The beetle
1 has not become very abundant because until
>' i recently only the early crop of Irish potatoes
e has been extensively grown in the South,
J and that matures too soon to he greatly
d . damaged by the beetle. The lack of food
i- during the year has prevented the increase
e of the insects. But the rapid increase of
a acreage devoted to late potatoes will afford
>- the beetle the needful opportunity to increase
and multiply, aud it is liable to bej
come a ruinous pest unless growers take
e heed in time and guard against it. Just at
_ present the Black Blister Beetle, is in this
.. j section, more troublesome than the Colorado
y j beetle. Both of these pests are destroyed by
j the same means and at the same time. The
one simple, cheap and efficient remedy for
the two potato beetles is arscnite?Paris
il (Ireen and London Purple. This may be
III used either wet or dry, according as it is
' more convenient,
e i
AKSKNITK? l,l(<CII>.
Paris (ireon or London Purple, 1 pound,
t i Wheat (lour boiled into paste, "? pounds,
t Water, I "Hi to HIM) gal's.
t, j A HSUS ITK?l'OWUKH HP.
,. j Paris < <reen or London Purple, 1 pound.
Wheat Hour, "> pounds.
r Air slaked lime or road dust, "?<> pounds.
y j The liquid may be applied most readily
with a knapsack's sprayer having the Yer
morel! nozzle. A common sprinkling can
c wsistes too much liquid. For a small area,
t the liquid may lie spattered on the plants
s : with a short-handled broom. The powder
il may lie applied from a line meshed sieve or
c I bag of coarse cloth. I'sually two treatt-'j
mcnts, made about ten days apart, will be all
j that is needed.
The above formulas are the best insecti i
cides for general use except upon cabbage
n i stud nearly ripe fruit.?licrald McCarthy,
I X. Kxpcriment Station.
II An Oiukct Lesson In Farm inc.?Mr.
- John Ii. Ingold is, perhaps, one of the most
intelligent and successful farmers of Catawba
, (X. C.) county. Kxpericncc having demon,
I strated, to him the necessity diversified
i crops, he discontinued the cultivation of
c! cotton, and, for some years back, he has
1 systematically and successfully cultivated
^ other products, iatst year ne pui iweivu
e acres of land in potatoes, seemed a magnificent
yield, and selling at excellent figures,
he will make not less than ??I,~>00 on this
| crop alone. He also cultivated corn, wheat
' , and other cereals. He makes the farm as
"s nearly self-supporting as possible, which is
the key to profitable farming. He raises his
'' own meat and makes his own bread. The
' cultivation of but one crop?cotton?has im'
povcrishcd the South: but Mr. Ingold has,
' given, by his diversified farming, a magnifi
cent object lesson, to the farmers of this
s , county, of the happy results to lie attained j
r by his new system. To cultivate cotton to
e the exclusion of other products is suicidal,
I. [ and it has well nigh impoverished the farnio
crs of the belt, and must he discontinued or
t : universal disaster confronts us.?Hickory
s Press.
i- BfiT" Many farmers have demonstrated to
v their own satisfaction that better results
0 can In* obtained from a moderate quality of
1 manure being covered and worked into the
1 surface soil by a good disk harrow, than by j
i. ! spreading it upon the land and plowing it
- into the soil. In the former case it is left
- near the surface, and as it becomes soluble,
s the plant roots appropriate all the fertilizing
j elements.
jljUstcUiutcmts leading.
AMERICAN' FOOD IN CHINA.
! Mr. W. Woodville Kockhill has only jusl
returned from his latest trip to China and
j the interior of Thibet. His report is to In
j published shortly by The National Museum
j From what he says it would appear that
j American corn, which the department oi
agriculture is so anxious to introduce in
Europe, is already popular in the far east
I In fact, it is one of the most common article?
of food in Suehuan and other provinces oi
! northern China, where it is eaten in the
I shape of "corn pone" and "ash cake," cook!
ed just as it is prepared in the South. It is
: not certain how this peculiarly American
I vegetable was originally introduced in that
! distant part of Asia, but probably it was
j carried thither by the Portugese centuries
i ago.
"The Chinese are becoming very fond ot
I condensed milk, imported from the United
States," said Mr. Kockhill yesterday. "They
eat it as a preserve, having no notion ol
diluting it for use as is employed in this
| country. In fact, they never drink ordinary
cow's milk, except for medicine, and for the
latter purpose human milk is preferred. I
have seen canned American milk selling for
25 cents a can in the most remote corner oi
| southwest China. Another plant of purely
I American origin, now cultivated largely in
j China, is the prickly pear, the fruit of which
: is much relished by these pig-tailed Orientals,
j In truth it is rather surprising to find the
| prickly pear at present growing all over the
| world.
"American flour has obtained great popularity
in China. Likewise white potatoes,
I which, especially in the north and north,
west, have come into common use, though
I they are looked on as the poor man's dish.
; When Warren Hastings held power in India
: he had a great many potatoes planted on the
'slopes of the Himalayas, whence they were
j carried by Jesuit missionaries into the Chi'
nese Empire. Tomatoes have been introI
duced in China, but as yet they are only
j eaten by foreigners there. Turkeys have
1 been propagated from stock brought from
the United States, and they have multiplied
| in such number as to run wild in some parts
: of the country. In the northwest and north
of China, vermicelli is the most common
food, while in the western portion of the
empire and on the frontiers, rice is the chief
sustenance of the inhabitants."?Washington
correspondence of the Philadelphia Times.
THE PHYSICAL DEBT OF CYCLING.
All pastimes doubtless have their physical
debt which must be paid. The physical debt
of football, if nothing more serious happens
| is as often as not a broken bone; that ol
cricket, a splintered finger; that of tenuis, n
"tennis elbowthat of riding, a tendency tc
"bandy legs," etc., aud it must be conceded,
says the London Medical Press, that in a
similar degree the physical debt of cycling is
an ungraceful rotundity of the back, which
bids fair, under present circumstances, to deprive
the young men of the generation of anj
j claim to that gracefulness of form insepara|
bly associated with an upright figure and 11
i well-expanded and prominent chest.
Apart altogether, however, from a health
point of view, nothing could exceed the inartistic
attitude which is now assumed by
"wheelmen" trundling themselves about on
"safeties." With arms outstretched and elbows
ungainly projecting, with slouching
shoulders and backs curved to the arc of a
| hoop, with heads thrown back, causing the
chin to assume somewhat of a "prognathous'
position, suggestive of the natural facial outline
of the reputed simian ancestors of man?
these are several of the features of the riden
which attract the attention of an observant
spectator at the meet of a cycling club. Tc
say that such a speotacle is a melancholy one
j is by no means to exaggerate the truth.
Under present circumstances a man nevei
| can look his best on a bicycle, and so far as
I women are concerned in the matter of cycling
unquestionably the less said the better. It
would seem, therefore, that for many reasons
; manufacturers should put their heads togeth
' er for the purpose of introducing a machine
; which would tend to make cyclists adopt at
attitude, when riding, by which both healU
and physique would be improved to a great
er extent than can be the case at present.
A Good and Sufficient Reason.?Ir
the time when political warfare waxed hoi
and relentless, there was a town in the West
country in which the two parties were sc
equal that the varying of a single vote one
way or the other might be a matter of inosl
serious consequences. It was in America
where every male has a vote when he at
tains the age of twenty-one. Of course or
both sides sharp eyes were open and watch
ful. A young man came up to the polling
place on election day and offered to vote
11t was his first appearance in the character
of an elector, and he had the in<Tepeiulenc(
or audicity to differ politically from his father.
His father challenged his vote.
j "On what grounds?" demanded the pre
siding officer.
"He isn't 21."
"I am 21," asserted the youth.
"No you are not," said the rather; "yoi
; won't be 21 till tomorrow."
"I say I will," cried the youth. "I was
j born on the 12th day of November. It's
j down on the old Bible.",
"Then it's a mistake," said the old man
"You weren't born till the morning of tlx
13th day of November, I can vow."
"How can you ?"
"llow ?" repeated the old man, indignant
ly. "Goodness gracious, wasn't I there?"
"Well," returned the son, with proud defi
| ance, "wasn't I there, too?"
The young man voted.?London Tid Bits
A Xkw Motivk I'owkk.?George Shef
field, of New York, claims to have discov
! ered a new, cheap and powerful motive pow
c-r, which, he thinks, will revolutionize al
existing methods of transit, by land and bj
sea. He asserts that his invention will en
able trans-Atlantic steamers to make 3;
miles an hour more cheaply than they row
make 20. He has procured English am
American patents for his invention, and i
company has been incorporated under tlx
laws of New Jersey to push the scheme tin
der the designation of the American Rapie
j Motor company. Its capital is $7,000,000
; Sheffield says his machine is so simple a chili
.could manage it. He obtains his powei
! through two explosions, resulting from tlx
'ignition of sugar and potash by contact will
sulphuric acid. The ingredients are intro
duccd into the proper chambers by anothei
pressure, and as they mingle, produce a rapic
series of explosions. This drives the pistol
rod back and forth at a high rate of speed
The chambers are constantly cooled by watci
pumped through tubes from a tank at tlx
lower left of the machine.
Thk Sot'thkkn Giki,.?"There is a vasl
difference in Northern and Southern girls,'
| writes a Northern girl in the Chicago Ree
; ord. "Southern girls arc much more attrae
tive to men. Every once in awhile somt
Louisville, or Memphis, or Virginia girl comes
up here and fairly walks away with everj
eligible man she meets. She is usually pret
: tier, but rarely as stylish as her Northerr
sister. The former cares more for prettiness
< ..I .1 1 1
mail siyii% iiiuu?.;ii, anu wears mure wuwuj
little curls and gewgaws than a Northern
girl would don in a lifetime. It isn't exactly
good form, we think; hut she doesn't know
I that, and if she did, she wouldn't care, foi
'the hoys like it,' and then her voice is so
| soft, and her Southern pronunciation is simply
delicious. Her manners are charming,
hut rather gushing, never coldly conventional
nor indifferent, as ours often are.
And she does make such a fuss over the men.
She exerts herself so to please them, and
lays herself out to he charming to every man
who comes along, he he old or young, rich
or poor, married or unmarried. Her Southern
blood gives her a spontaneous enjoyment
of things, quick appreciation, and ready
l.imrliti.i- tlmt i-ii(Vi>cIi?>si -i 111 <iii heenuse if.'s
just what they love to iind in a woman.''
Lath Corn for Griskn* Fkki>i.\'(;.?It
will pay you to plant some corn every
week from now until loth July for green
feed for your stock, if it lmt au eighth of an
acre at each planting. Hunt up some little
spot, put a load or so of manure on it and
plant the corn. You will then have a succession
of roasting ear patches. You can
thus feed your farm horses and your
hogs, when the pastures are dry. Your
milk cows from July to frost, and fatten
your pork too without drawing on your
main corn crop, and you will hardly miss
the time it will take to plant and cultivate
it. Pay attention to these little things, it
it will pay you.?It. Black.
RPH
. | [RpYALSSW? J ^
' is?
ml :
^AKINg
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
' A cream of tartar baking powiler. Highest of all '
' In leavening strength.?Latest U. S. Government >
! Food ltoport.
Hoy A I. llakino I'owdkk Co., 10(1 Wall St., N. Y. <
TNVWrmATTC! i
r JLX1 T JJk/J.XV/lXXJU
SOMEONE lias truthfully suid that "Economy j
is the science of avoiding unnecessary cx1
pense." Notwithstanding this fact there are '
good, sensible men who have the reputation of |
. being wise and prudent business men, who real
ize the importance of insuring their lives for the <
protection of those dependent on them, but do (
' not try to secure this protection at a cost which
they can afford, but take their insurance in a I
| high priced, level premium company, and as a ,
result about, nine times out of ten, according to
official statistics, they come to realize that the (
! burden is greater than they can bear, and drop
, I the policy which the old line agents led them 1
to suppose would be so easy to carry. The man <
who really desires to protect his family will buy
his insurance at the lowest price consistent with <
,! absolute safety, and such a man will insure in the j
. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association if he will
inform himself of the standing, reliability and 1
' terms of the Association. For the tirst three ,
. months of 1XJW the new business received by the
i Mutual Reserve amounted to 815,!>87,">00, which <
, is an excess of .51,22a,5(H) over the amount rceeiv- i
' j ed for the tirst three months of last year. '
Read what the editors of the New York Re- <
: corder, one of the leading papers of New York,
, and The Insurance Agent, a leading insurance 1
journal, of New Orleans, have to say about it.
; [From tlie New York Recorder.]
Edward R. Harper, president of the Mutua
. Reserve Fund Life Association, was on e of th (
' proudest and happiest men in New York yesteri
day, and not without good reason. For twelve
i years Mr. Harper has been making annual re- ,
, ports to this Association. When he was first '
I elected its president the association was at best ]
I but a struggling concern. i
" j The idea upon which it was founded was sound, 1
! I but the great insuring public had not learned to ]
| have confidence in it. As soon as Mr. Harper
took hold of the presidency there was a marked
change in all this. He introduced new ideas, j
j and slowly but surely broadened the policy of
. mis now great company.
' The growth was not of the mushroom order, '
; but was gradual and firm. Each year Mr. Harper
saw his endeavors to widen the scope of his
!. company bear rich fruit, until today it stands ,
' alongside of the greatest and wealthiest insu- 1
i rancc companies of the age. 1
? This happy state of affairs is due to Mr. Harper's
untiring energy and the absolute eonfi- '
' deuce the public has in his capacity as a man- <
1 ager. His report to the officers, directors and
> members of the Association, made yesterday, '
i gives occasion to all to renew their congratulations
to Mr. Harper. He has simply, by his
able management, broken all previous records ;
' and surpasses even the most sanguine expecta- ,
. tions of the members of the Association.
Every one expected to see an increase of busi- <
ness; but it is safe to say that no one expected to
sec the phenomenal residtsstated by Mr. Harper
I achieved. |
The showing is simply unprecedented in the
, annals of life insurance companies, and Mr. '<
Harper may lie pardoned for feeling proud of j
i his great work.
[From The Insurance Agent, New Orleans, La.] '
> The agents of this progressive life insurance
i company are writing up a large percentage of ]
II the new business acquired in the South. Since J
I our last issue,policies in the Mutual Reserve have i
been issued for $100,(XX) on six brothers, the .
Messrs. Milbert, lumber men at l'laquemine,
- La. This was a notable achcivement, as eompe.
tition for these applications was active, and the /
. Mutual Reserve's plans commended themselves
J j to the applicants as the best offered. The pro- )!
gross of this company is gratifying to its host of
? friends. It issues a policy with no restriction
I upon travel, change of residence or occupation, j
I incontestihlc after three years, and a cash sur'!
render value alter fifteen ye.irs. Official exam- J
5 inations of the books and accounts of the Mutual ,
I Reserve Fund Life Association by the commis- '
' i sioners of nearly all the States of the Union hav^;
ing insurance departments, confirm the truthful- .
, I uess ol'the accounts as presented by the officers
. I of the company in their annual statements, and <
, j show that every dollar of the income was prop'
I crly applied and every honest death claim 1
1 promptly paid in full. It can truthfully be said,
i that whenever there is delay in payment of a
. claim, it is in some such instance as that referred
to our bust issue, where a policy was obtained by
a gross misstatement of the facts warranting the
company in resisting the demand until the (
i merits of the case could be passed upon by the
IHmKaoI iHil.nnnl Tt ic nl'lntl uti wl (lltlf (llfirp W i
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, nothing so successful as success. Judged by this
^ standard, the Mutual Reserve is beyond crit- :
) icism.
?[ Tlie Association is pushing for new business
[ ' with a success which must be very gratifying to :
I President Harper. We commend the company,
1j unqualifiedly, to all who wish the protection af-!
forded by a liberal policy in a strong, conserva,
| live and aggressive association.
r; The M utual Reserve furnishes absolute protceI
tion at about HALF the rates charged by the
' i old line companies. It is to YOl'R interest and |
i the interest ofTIIOSK I)KPKNI)KNTOX Y<)LT,
5 j that you carry your insurance in the Mutual
. Reserve. Full information on application,
j (iRIST BROS. A BRICK, Gen'l Agents,
Yorkville, S. C.
-1
MAP OF YORK COUNTY.
I AM engaged in the preparation of a MAP .
OF YORK COUNTY which I intend to
publish at an early day, on a much moreelabo!
rate scale than any map of this territory now
> in existence. The map was originally coin5
menced for my own use, but being assured of
| the public demand for a good map of this terri|
torv, I have decided to make it so complete as
to include the location and course of all streams, j
i! public highways, towns, villages, posto dices,
j mineral properties, water powers, mills, ehurch!
es, school houses and even private houses in the
j country. The map will serve as a guide to the
stranger, and will enable an individual to easily
locale any given point in the county. The
. county and township lines are taken from a reliable
public; survey, and locations and distances
j will be made on a practically accurate scale of
.! something like an inch to the mile. The ma])
i will be something like thirty by forty inches
in size, mounted with moulding at the top and
'; bottom, perfectly legible, and such a work as
- should be found in every well ordered home in
. the county. It will be ready for delivery on or
! before the loth of .June, and will be sold at
1 TIIRKK DOLLARS per copy, by subscription
only. Those desiring to subscribe for the mat),
- provided of course; that it is satisfactory, wili
please notify me as soon as possible, in order
. that I may have; ample time in which to provide
lbr their orders. Respectfully,
1 JOS KIM I Mc.NTLTY,
l j Yorkville, S. ('.
.; .\prii w in u
HKMAIIM: Ii'IKIO IN'SUItANCM.
sZSi&s&s respectfully
1 (iivc lis a call at
L our olliee in Till-: KNip'MiKit building.
'I S. M. A' L. <?KO. (IH 1ST, Agents.
J PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
i npirOItortilir.Y titled lip with new baek;
j A grounds, accessories, Ac., and with a line
r j sky-light, 1 am prepared to take a picture in any
style ol" the art, as well executed as can be done
- elsewhere.
; CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY.
'| By the dry plate process I can take theni in'1
stantly ; makes no difference ahout lair or cloudy
i | weather.
- i I do all my own printing and finishing, and
. 1 there is very little delay in delivery.
; ENLARGED WORK.
1 j Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in j
tlio highest style u> i>e nan, aim prices rcasouuou'. i
(Jive iiio a eall and seespecimens of work, at |
in V Oallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. |
J. K. SCHORR.
... ...
YOU CAN It HAD THIS IN A MIXUTK!
IRKl'AIR Sewing Maeliines.
I clean Sewing Maeliines.
j I adjust Sewing Maeliines.
I can save you lots of hard work.
I guarantee satisfaction.
, Iain prepared to furnish Needles, Shuttles,!
Bobbins, Attaehinents, etc., for any ma- [ {
chine on the market. ' |
1 I sell repairs for cash.
j I time Sewing Machines. h
My charges arc reasonable,
j All work to he paid for on delivery.
A. M. (JK1ST, ENIR'IKKU Okfitk. !
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I
n. k. kini.ky. j. s. muck.'
MNMIY A It KI (. I k
ATTOltNKYS AT I.AAV,
Yorkvillc, S. C.
ALL business entrusted to us will he given i
prompt attention. j [
OFFICE IX TIIK BCILDINd ATTIIE REAR 1
OF M. A II. ('. STRAI'SS'S STORK. :!l
January 7 1 tf
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FOK SAIJ:.
Iliave a 44-inch F l'RK J1 IT BICYCLE which j
I will sell cheap. It is in good order. Apply J
! to or address RK(J. M. OR'ST, n
York vill , S. ('. L
I April 1!? hi ' tf I
FOR THE
SUMMER
CAMPAIGN.
WK want our friends, the clul
makers, to continue to work
for Tiik Hnquirkr during the spring,
mmnier and early fall of this year, and
in order to make it worth their while
Lo do so, we have decided to make
them liberal offers, and we do it with
the assurance that they will be received
with enthusiasm. We will offer one
LEADING PREMIUM, besides severil
smaller ones, which will be awarded
to the club-makers who may return
and pay for the clubs of yearly subscribers
between APRIL 5, 1893,
rVNI) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24,
1893, at 3 o'clock p. 111., as stated below.
We have for a number of years been
in the habit of using Buggies as premiums,
and experience has taught us
that such a premium meets with general
approval. At first we offered Cin:innati
Buggies, worth about $55, bul
found that while they were all thai
was claimed for them, they were uol
af a grade that fully met the requirements
of this section, and our two last
offers in Buggies have been the producl
af our own "Carolina Buggy Company,"
which is acknowledged to be a
leader in the manufacture of high gradi
vehicles. These buggies met with tin
endorsement of our friends. They
knew that the winner of the bugg)
would get something of which am
man might well be proud. Fully re
alizing tlie standing and reputation o
die "Carolina," we have arranged tc
aflfer one of the Company's best
$90.00 Open Busies
is a premium to the club maker whc
returns and pays for the largest number
of subscribers between the date*
named above.
Last year we offered one premium
for the summer campaign, but tliii
year we propose to give everybody 1
:hance. We will award a $25 watcl
?either Elgin or Waltham move
inent?in an open face coin silver case
to every club maker who may return
and pay for SIXTY or more yearly
subscribers between the dates fixed fo:
the opening and closing of the contest
For every club of FORTY or more
and less than sixty, we will give on<
7 jewel Elgin watch in an open fac<
dust proof silver case, worth $13.
For every club of THIRTY, and les:
than forty yearly subscribers, we wil
award one New York Standard watcl
in a dust proof open face coin silve:
:ase, worth $10.
For every club of TWENTY anc
less than thirty subscribers, we wil
award one New York Standard watcl
in an open face nickle case, wortli $7
For every club of TEN we will sent
The Enquirer for one year as com
pensation.
For every club of FIVE and les;
than ten, we will give one twenty-foil:
hour nickle alarm clock, valued a
?1.75.
Iu case a club maker who may re
turn 60, 40, 30, 20, 10, or 5 name:
should win the buggy, said club mak
er will not be entitled to any otlie:
premium.
CONDITIONS.
In this contest OLD and NEW sub
scribers count the same, but the nann
of 110 subscriber now 011 our list, whos<
subscription expires after October 24
1893, can be entered 011 any clul
maker's list to be counted in compe
tition for any of the premiums offeree
under this proposition.
The following are the classes tlia
will count:
1. Those who have never beei
subscribers.
2. Those who have at any tinn
in the past been subscribers, bu:
whose names are not now 011 0111
list.
3. Those whose names are 110v
on our list, but whose subscriptions
expire before October 24
1893.
The regular club price of $1.75 mus
be paid for all yearly subscribers.
I11 this contest, TWO six months
subscriptions at $1.00 each will b<
considered the ecpiivalent of one year
ly subscriber at $1.75, and so counted
The propositions contained in tin
above are open to everybody and an\
one who works will be well repaid fo
oil flirt lilinr rtvnpiirlprl The b 11 CPA* i:
uu lin. iui/u. or>.
absolutely sure to <^o, whether the larg
est club is 5 or 100. If you want it, g<
to work today.
Any further information that maj
be desired will be furnished 011 ap
plication. L. M. GRIST,
Yorkville, S. C.
VWEBSTER'S 1
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May :j 18 10\v
COFFIN'S. CASKFTS AM) HOIIFS.
17^IN IvST STOt 'K, prompt attention,quality t(
. suit purchaser, terms easy. The eonveni nee
and advantage of ItOliKS is too wellviiownto
mention. \\\ 11. MooitK A CO.
Jt-Of" Call at place of business or residence ol
It' l> M
?> . It, .UUUlf,
UNDUKTAKIN'C;.
[AM haudlint; a lirst class line of COFFINS
AND CASK ETS which I will sell at the very
owest prices. Personal attention at all hours.
I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture
it reasonable prices.
J. ED JEFFEKYS.
\\. W ADD Y THOMSON,
ATTOKNEY AT J,AW,
Yorkvitie, S. C.
PRACTICES in all State and Federal Courts.
Prompt attention to all business.
September 14 37 tf
for Infants and Children.
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" Castoria isso well adapted to children that Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
I I recommend it n.s stijierior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhcea, Eructation,
> l iiownto me." II. A. Arciikr, M. D., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di111
So. Oxford St., llrooklyn, N'. Y. gestion,
Without injurious medication.
I ? '
I "Tho u.w of '('astoria ii so universal and "For several years I have recommended
i:s merits so well known that it seems a work your'Castorio,' and shall always continue to
< f su;HTero^ation to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
! intelligent families who do not keep C'astoria results."
within iwjr reach." Edwin F. Pardee, M. P.,
I aruis Martyr, D. D., l'25th Street and 7th Ave., New York City.
New York City.
The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City.
>
I SELL MONEY SflVER^LL
5 T HAVE been handling agricultural Machinery and Implements for the past four years, and
JL never since I have been in the business, have f sold any implement or machinery of anykind
to anybody that did not give perfect satisfaction, and which the purchasers do not say are time
1 and money-savers. No farmer will say that I have induced him to buy something that did not
. enable him to plant, sow, cultivate or gather his crops at less expense as to time and labor than
5 ever before, and that there is no comparison as to the character of work done. I am proud of this
I record, and perhaps some of my friends would like to know how it has been made.
For their information I will say that it has been accomplished by NOT SELLING EXPERI1
MENTS. I have made it a rule never to handle any machine or implement unless it was recog.
nized as a complete success and was entirely adapted to the needs of tfiis section. The following is
a list of my specialties:
"THE BUCKEYE BANNER BINDER
r *
j Is without doubt one of the greatest achievements of the nineteeth century. It does its work per,
! fectlyand can be handled with ease by TWO medium sized horses or mules. It is specially adaptj
ed to the needs of this section. It will cut and bind TWENTY acres in a day. Every machine is
i j warranted to give perfect satisfaction. Full information will be furnished on application.
THE NEW BUCKEYE MOWER
5 : Is the KING OF GRASS GETTERS. It is the strongest, the least complicated and lightest runi
ning Mower on the market and outsells them all. It is the favorite because it can stand moro
' l rough usage than any other Mower on the market, and because it will cut grass, clover, pea vines
1 or weeds clean and smooth, and with ease where others choke and fail to work. The NEW
BUCKEYE MOWER IS ABSOLUTELY THE REST MOWER in the world, and the farmer
r who tries to get along without one is out sight behind the procession. Send for catalogue.
! THE DOLLAR MOWER GRINDER.
1 Last season I introduced the DOLLAR MOWER GRINDER. I sold all the manufacturers were
able to furnish me, and was forced to decline many orders on account of inability to get the
' grinders. Every purchaser was delighted with it. By using it a mower or reaper blade may
1 be sharpened in a very few minutes by one man, and the teeth left exactly in the same shape as
when new. If YOU have a mower or reaper you need one. It will pay for itself in ONE DAY.
Price 81.00, cash. Can furnish extra stones at 40 cents each.
; CARDWELL'S THRESHER.
t I have recently been appointed agent for CARDWELL'S THRESHER AND CLEANER.
It is too well known in this section to need any words of commendation at my hands. I will bo
pleased to furnish testimonials, prices, terms, etc., to any who contemplate buying.
PRATT COTTON GINS
r Arc the recognized leaders. Ginnc-rs of long experience with them and other gins, say they will
get more and a better quality of lint out of a 100 pounds of seed cotton than any gin on the market.
They are used by such men as Messrs. Curtis M. Parrott, W. S. Wilkersou aud Geo. L. Riddle,
Either of these gentlemen can tell why the Pratt Gin is the best. I have recently been appointed
agent for the Daniel Pratt Gin Company and am prepared to give bottom prices and liberal terms.
: ABOUT HARROWS.
, I hope some day to know of a Corbin Disk Harrow being on every farm, not only in York
.. county, but in the South. They would save and make our peojde thousands of dollara every year.
They would revolutionize our system of farming. I don't think there is a farmer in the county
- who owns one that would be willing to sell out unless he was absolutely certain that he could get
a another. The outlook is that I shall have to advance the price within GO days. You should buy
' without a moment's delay. They are not likely to get cheaper. The signs point the other way. i
If you need a smoothing harrow, and you do if you havent already got one, you should buy an *
EVANS STEEL FRAME LEVER HARROW. They are the best tooth Harrows on the market.
I They give satisfaction every time. If you want a cultivating and smoothing harrow the EVANS
WESTERN TRIPPLE HARROW Is the one to buy It has round teeth. Its most valuable
features and striking points arc fully covered by letters of patent, and are used exclusively by its
1 manufacturers. It will pay you to have one to run over your cotton and corn. You will hndthe
j Harrow to be a money maker. Send for illustrated circulars. SAM M. GRIST, Yorkvillo, S C.
fcj The Best Bargain ever Offered in Sewing Machines.
i*
A $55.00 SEWING
'! MACHINE FOR 822.50,
' iINCLUDING ONE YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TOTHE ENQUIRER.
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1 THE "PEERLESS"
'
Is the Name of a Strictly High Grade Sewing Machine that we are
r Now Prepared to Offer to all Who Want a First-Class
5 Machine with all Modern Improvements at Unheard of
;j Low Prices. Its Mechanism is Superb, the Design
Graceful, and the Finish all that Could he Desired.
It is Light Running and Noiseless.
ALL of the DESIRABLE features contained in
other well-known modern style machines are to be
found in the PEERLESS, improved and simplified
X|, 'iljMp by the best mechanical talent until it stands, as the
name implies, the peer of any machine in the niarbM!
WBaBSaB^g^^l ^11 woarj|,jT parts are of the best quality of easohardened
steel, possessing great durability, and by "
the turning of a screw, all lost motion, caused by
wear, can be taken up. All parts are fitted so aecu{yK9H0H|HEtf
rately that these machines are as nearly noiseless
and as easy running as tine adjustment and the best
mechanical skill is possible to produce. No expense
it IMl/ or time, is spared to make thoin perfect, as every
machine passes a rigid inspection by competent
V"~ " "]jj are nicklc plated, with other parts finely enameled
?pMM j|H||Bx : and ornamented, giving it a rich appearance.
* 1 fBfWfSg Every Machine is furnished with an Improved
S9H|S?1B \ B Automatic Bobbin Winder, which is so simple that ..
a child can easily operate it?winding tlie thread
jWn meiil renders possiiilca perfect control ofthe Shuttle
iwu f( D^ii Tension, ami all annoyance resulting from shuttle
9 | if AaH U thread breaking, while the machine is in motion,
H Iwhich iscouiiiiou to many maeliiiics, is entirely ob\
A self-setting^XcodIc and self-threading (Vlinder
tj is so simple that with two motions of the hand,
i I backward and forward, the shuttle is threaded.
*" . * - 3 The Woodwork is the best that can lie procured.
* 4' ' * nt'nitlinr \ Yitiniw> ( LiL* nr Ulrii-L- Wulnnt <iw llm ttux.
'la -Wt ?' : ' I'V " I I'tti
?J'-1 chaser may prefer.
The PEERLESS is so simple that.any one can easily operate it in a l'ew minutes' time, as the
Instruction Hook which is sent with each Machine is profusely illustrated, and answers the
purpose of a competent teacher. It shows how to do all kinds of fancy work with attachments
Complete Set of Latest Improved Attachments.
Each PEERESS Machine is furnished with a complete set of Johnson's celebrated steel niekle
j plated Attachments in a velvet lined case. Following is the outfit: 1 Tucker, 1 Rullier, with
' shirring plate, 1 lietumei Set (4 widths) and Hinder, 1 Hraider (Foot and Slide), 1 Thread Cutter,
I 1 Ilenimer aifd Feller (one piece), 10 Needles, I! Dobbins, l Wrench, 1 Screw Driver, Oil Can tilled'
i with Oil, Cloth < Jange and Thumb Screw.
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE MISLED
i Into paving tin* prevailing high prices charged by agents and peddlers under the old system, and
i which lias been entirely abolished in the sile of the PKKRLKSS by our plan, and the machine is
thus furnished to the people at a slight advance over the manufacturers' price, thus relieving the 4
! purchaser from contributing toward paying the salaries and expenses of traveling men and agents.
Hverv PKKKI.KSS machine js guaranteed to be as represented and to give entire satisfaction,
or inonev will be refunded. A registered Certificate of Warranty is furnished by the manufacturers
agreeing therein to furnish any parts that may prove defective WITHIN ThN YKA11S, free of
>! charge (except Needles, Bobbins and Shuttles), so great is their confidence in the excellence of the
I PHKRLKSS.
.Price, including one vcar's subscription to Til K YORK VILLI-', KNQriRKR, &2.">0.
Our price?$22.f>0?is for the Machine well crated, and delivered on board the ears in Chicago, with
F all attachments and accessories. The Machine will be shipped direct to the purchaser, and the
freight will be paid by the person who receives the Machine.^ The manufacturers write us that *
the freight to anv point in tuis section will average about $l.">o.
j Give name of freight station if different from post office address.
.7-CJ" Kvery order must lie accompanied by the cash. Send money by Post Office Money Order,
Registered Letter or New York exchange. Don't send postage stamps for any amount exceeding
I f>0cents. I- M* "Kistf, Yorkville, S. ('.
March !> 10 tf
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mm iuc or Minigie, r?C-'lcvohiiul, <),
kiuk I'Koof dooils, siirTTKiw, .tc., F^~Send for Circular
and Price List No. 75.
THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD.
^ it-Orders received by L. M. GRIST.