Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Humorous gcpartmcut. Willing to Qitt.?A good story is told [ of an interview of W. H. H. Bingham with ! 1 one of the State boarders at Windsor. Some of the prisoners were at work lathing the j | guard room during a recent official visit of the j governor, and the latter was inspecting the j. 1. 4 * I progress oi lue wuriv. auci' cuuiciupiuuu^ | the process for a few minutes, Governor Bingham remarked : "See here, my man, you are ,( laying those laths too near together; that sort of work will never do." The prisoner: 1 calmly laid down his implements aud said : "Governor, I am willing to be turned off! 3 and discharged if my work don't suit; I j never applied for this job or the situation, ] and if my work isn't satisfactory, I am willing to quit." The offer was not accepted. ^ ?Montpglier (Vt.) Journal. ? ? ^ IST" A funny story is told of one of the June weddings. The young couple were , from a somewhat humble walk in life, but were beaming with happiness. At the conclusion of the ceremony there was a pause ^ of some length. The bride looked at the groom, and he gazed at her with a happy C but somewhat vague expression of confidence. At last the bride stepped forward in a hesi- s tating manner, and, dropping an elaborate < courtesy, said : "We?we ave?very much obliged to you, sir, and we hope that at some t time we shall be able to retaliate." Her bus- j band looked at her with undisguised pride in her nhilitv to cone with a word of SUCll ele- , gance, and the minister bowed the couple out*^ of the parsonage with as grave a face as he could call up. A Candidate for Heaven.?Judge Tar- c bell tells the following joke on himself: A short time after his retirement from the ( bench he happened to meet an old friend 1 whom he had not seen for some time. The judge, all smiles and heartiness, effervesced 1 over his friend in such a way as to provoke * the inquiry : "What office are you a candidate for now, judge?" The judge made a 1 deprecatory movement with an outward t turned palm and said : "For none at all my dear brother; I'm simply a candidate for the ? kingdom of heaven." His friend regarded i him sorrowfully for an instant, and then, with more wit than politeness, and more ] profanity than either, said, "I'll bet you , don't carry a d?n township !" The Woods Were Fuli. of Them.?In j | the regiment, Indiana volunteers, dur-1 intr thA latA war. was an unusuallv eccentric I. 1 * I native of "Erin Go Bragh,?' who had the fortune while on picket duty to capture r a Confederate soldier and take him to camp. In the same company was a lazy and far < from courageous comrade, who, seeing Dan ^ with a prisoner to be turned over to the colonel of the regiment, said : t "Dan, you are obliged to go back 011 duty ; r let me take the prisoner up to headquarters." \ "Bedad, an' not a bit of it. If you want ] a rebel go and catch one for yourself. The bush is full of 'em," was Dan's reply.?I)e- ^ troit Free Press. 1 8SF* On the evening before the last solar eclipse in Germany, the colonel of a regiment r of infantry sent for all the sergeants, and t said to them: "There will be an eclipse of ( the sun tomorrow. The regiment will meet on the parade ground in undress. I will ^ come and explain the eclipse before drill. If the day is cloudy, tho-men will meet in j the drill shed as usual." Whereupon the sergeants drew up the following order of the day: "Tomorrow morning, by order of the ' colonel, there will be an eclipse of the sun. c The regiment will assemble on the parade s ground, where the colonel will come and superintend the eclipse in person. If the 1 sky is cloudy, the eclipse will take place in t the drill shed." 1 ?Mt was a Maine girl of whom the story ( is told that she refused to marry a most dc- e voted lover until he should have amassed a 1 fortune of $10,000. After some expostula- < tiou he accepted the decree and went to work. About three months after this the 1 avaricious young lady, meeting her lover, t asked: "Well, Charlie, how are you get- t tiug along?" "Oh, very well indeed," i Charlie returned, cheerfully, "I've got $18 saved." The young lady blushed and look- i ed down at the toes of her booi.r and stab- r bed the inoffensive earth with the point of a her parasol. "I guess," said she faintly, "1 > guess, Charlie, that's about near enough."? Harper's Bazar. ^ Quite a Difference.?Bank Director? t "Stole twenty-five cents, did he? The c scoundrel. I'll arrest him and have him sent to the penitentiary this very day. The idea ^ of a cashier of ours doing anything like that a is enough to?" 0 Bank Examiner?"Pardon me, sir; hut a you seem to have misunderstood me." "Oh! Well, perhaps I did. I've been ai little deaf for a good many years." "What I said, was that your cashier left i only twenty-five cents in the safe. He stole 1 ^ all the rest." j "Great Oesar! I must see him at once and get him to compromise the matter.? Philadelphia Call. Conditional.?Judge B. F. Dennison was j1 once arguing a case before Judge Rodger j. S. Greene, and in the course of his remarks | kept constantly referring to "Browne on j Statute of Frauds," always making two 1 syllables of the word Browne, and pronoune- j' ingitasif it were Brown-ee. Judge Greene I fidgeted around in his chair, stood the mis-. j pronunciation as long as he could, and then i ' blurted out, "Judge, why do you say I 'Brown-e-e ?" You wouldn't call inejs 'Green-ee,' would you?' Judge Dennison 11 slowly repi ^d, in a rather dry tone of voice, i "That depends on how your honor decides \ V this case!" s Xot Asking a Great Deal.?"I am jj afraid, Bobby," said his mother, "that when ti I tell your papa what a naughty hoy you've c been today, that he will punish you." I "Have you got to tell him ?" asked Bobby ' 1 anxiously. "Oh, yes: I shall tell him immediately af- c ter dinner." j t The look of concern upon Bobby's face j , deepened, until a bright thought struck him. i ? "Well, ma," he said, "give him a better ! t dinner than usual. You might do that much for me." t In I Liverpool recently a sentimental! t young lady from town was on the Cunard L steamship quay, where she saw a young girl j s sitting on a trunk in an attitude of utter des-1 pair and dejection. "Poor thing," thought j the romantic lady, "she is probably alone . and a stranger. Her pale cheeks and great j; sad eyes tell of a broken heart and a yearn-1 ^ ing ior sympamy. onu weiu over 10 uu- ^ traveler to win her continence. "Crossed in I love?" she asked, sympathetically. "No," | replied the girl with a sigh : "crossed in the ' ^ Servia, and an awfully rough passage, too!" i ^ I"Madam," said the tramp, as he look-1J ed pensively at the angular female who had just given him a quarter of a gooseberry pie, "you are very beautiful. If Eve was like j you, I don't wonder that Adam fell. I am : 1 almost certain that I would have fallen my- 1 self had I, instead of Adam, been placed in 1 the garden with an Eve as beautiful as your- 1 self." The angular female's face looked somewhat red as she handed the loquacious . tramp another piece of gooseberry pie. WaT "Well, Father Brown, how did you 1 like the sermon yesterday ?" asked a young f preacher. "Ye see, parson," was the reply, " "I haven't a fair chauce at them ere sermons o o' yourn. There's old Miss Smithie, Widder t Guff, 'n Kyland's darters, 'n all the rest, a | setting in front of nie with their mouths J wide open, a swallerin' down all the best ( x parts of the sermon, 'n what gets down to t me is putty poor stuff, parson?puttv poor J stuff!" * r t par Brief colloquy in Texas between a ton-, :i rist and a native: "My friend, why is it that everybody in this country thinks it neecssa- f ry to carry one or two revolvers?" "Well, 'J stranger," said the Texan, "you mought t travel around here a good long time and t not want a weapon, but when you do want ( u pistol in this country you want it bad." j 9eB~ A farmer sent one dollar lor a li?xht-1 ning potato-bug killer, which he saw ad- j vertised in a paper, and received by return i mail two blocks of wood, with directions r printed on it as follows : "Take this block, i ! which is No. 1, in the right hand, place the 11 bug on Xo. 2, and press theui together. He- j 'I move bug, and proceed as before." j si Upside BfegT The iirst lucifcr matcli was struek in IS34. ties' Sixty thousand people in Ireland speak rish only. B&T "Pay as you go." and save enough to! ome back on. BaSf A handful of good life is worth a bush-1 ;1 of learning. SsaTA raw, mellow apple is digested in an lour and one half. The Greenland whale has a heart a j ,*ard in diameter. The man who is faithfully improving : lis one talent will soon have ten. ftST France has more gold and silver coin hati any other nation in the world. 8?" One-half of the population of Minnesota and the Pakotas is foreign horn. 8?" Before the days of coined money, the Greeks used copper nails as currency. 842T" The plume of the Prince of Wales, vorn on State occasions, is valued at $50,000. SfcaT" Europeans goldsmiths make up $24.)00,000 into gold plate and jewelry annually. B&F The income tax in Great Britain is even pence on the pound, nearly three per ;ent. "Why do you eall your servant girl Misery ?" "Because she is so fond of com>any." 8?" Very handsome dresses, and window urtains as well, are now made of glass in Vustria. 8?*f" Don't forget that marriage is the founlation of a new family, not the union of two dd ones. BST" Georgia's melon crop will make 8,000 jar loads, and net the growers a quarter of i million dollars. io Mvm rif?ho>: hut I bZJLs VUiHVlHUIVUV ?a MVVVV. v. t takes about the same amount of money or one as the other. B&" Don't marry anybody till satisfied that ife together will be bearable and enjoyable is long as both shall live. 8^" The geological center of the United states territory is in British America, 420 niles north of the Montana line. t&r What some churches seem to desire is ess liberality in the pastor's views, and nore in the congregation's offerings. SaT" London contains one-eighth of Great Britain's population. It has a larger daily ielivery of letters than all Scotland. B8P Since ISoO, Bourbon county, Ky., has md only four judges. Each judge has been e-elected until he died while in office. fiST" The single eyeglass is worn by the lude. The theory is that he can see moro vith one eye than he can comprehend. pillow held in the la]) makes a good >asis for a writing tablet while traveling on i train, since it lessens the jar considerably. 86?* The highest inhabited place in the vorld is the custom house of Ancomarca, in 'cru?sixteen thousand feet above the sea. 8?" Ex-Judge Thomas Jefferson Mackey, vho has been lost in France for several years, las turned up in New York as talkative as iver. BfctT" West Virginia has a two-headed wonan who has two voices entirely different in one. She talks bass on one side and tenor m the other. gfeiT The town council of Geuda Springs, van., is composed entirely of married wonen, and the mayor is also a woman?Mrs. Smma Barnes. 86?" "A man," said Uncle Moses, "is a heap ike a silver dollah. I)e best way to find >ut wat kine o! metal he is made of is to ilam him down hard." 8ST" The United States has for each one lundred miles of railway, twenty locomo-j ives, seventeen passenger cars, and seven lundred and fourteen freight cars, filar The largest gold nugget ever found in i Colorado weighed thirteen pounds ; the larg-1 ist in the United States weighed 1">1 pounds:: argest in the world, 223 pounds and fourj unices. fiaT In Madagascar a dissatisfied husband las only to give his wife a piece of money, md say, "Madam, I thank you;" and, ac ording to the laws of Madagascar, lie is livorced straightway. &dT The United States' acreage in grain s greater than the entire area of the Gernan empire. The corn crop alone covers m area greater than England, Scotland, Vales, Ireland, and Denmark. fiSaT The Hebrews had no coins of their own intil the days of the Maccabees, who issued hekels and half-shekels, with the inscripions, "Jerusalem the Holy," "Simon, Prince \S Israel." These bear no images. fik?f~ The tusks of an elephant weigh from liirty to seventy pounds each, and sell for ibout five dollars per pound. The natives i f ?ulldi/iln thn flotllmtlf ! U ill! IV il C(ll VVVIJf ['UIVIVIV VI v?iv V iiul obtain from it large quantities of fat. Be?" "Where is the island of Java situated ?" isked a schoolteacher of a .small, rather brlorn-looking boy. "I dunno, sir." "Don't on know where coffee comes from "Yes, ir; we borrows it from the next-door neigh>or." fia5~ Edward E. Hale says that his notion of lappiness is that a person who sleeps nine lours out of every twenty-four and lives in he open air two or three hours of every day, vill be in good health if he does not drink iquor. BfetT A symposium recently consulted by a j naga/.ine upon the question as to whether diakespeare or Paeon wrote Shakespeare's I days, has decided that neither is entitled to ! he credit, but that the plays were written ; iy a syndicate. 8a?" When Queen Victoria travels by rail he pays the companies 7s. fid. per mile for icrself, and lirst-class fare for everyone else ; n the royal train. This is supposed to make ;ood the lose entailed by the temporary j toppngc of tariff. 0ST Peacemaker?I wouldn't light, my :ood men. First Combatant?He called m? J l liar, sure. Second Combatant?An' lie' ailed me a lazy loafer. "Well, I wouldn't j ight over a difference of opinion. You! >oth may be right." BstT" A man said to be seventy-five years! dd has entered as a student at Princeton college, lie has all his life been imbued villi a desire to have a college education,! uid a legacy has at last placed him in aposi 1UU IU lUCl'IM" UIIU. fSaif" Kighteen railway companies have aided he Columbian exposition by taking $(>o7,")0(F if its stock and $N5(),000 of its bonds. Among | liese the Haltimore Ohio took $30,uuO in took, and the Illinois Central $00,000 in took and $100,000 in bonds. 8?" Poor Man?Well, did you buy that ; >ook telling all about how to economize in , lie kitchen? Wife?Yes, I've got it.: 'That's good. What does it. say?" ''It's; till of receipts how to utilize cold roast urkey ; but we haven't the turkey." SfeiT The variations which time works in amily names was well illustrated at the foot eh family gathering in Chicago. Various nembers of the elan spell their names Mcjean, Mae Lean,. MeLain, MeCleau and Me- 1 iiine. The chief's name is spelled Mae-1 ean. WeST The custom of Chinese wearing pig- ; ails is not so very ancient. It dates from G27, when the Manchus, who then comnenced their conquest of the Celestial Kin-j >ire, enforced this fashion of doing up the hair |' is a sign of degradation. The average cue s three feet long. I: Waif An excellent way to cure insomonia is I o bandage the eyes with a handkerchief j lefore retiring. The compress seems to drive ' iway the blood from the eyes, and so cure, or .t least, temporarily relieve that feeling so. iften experienced by iusomoniacs of trying o see in the dark. Bwy*' One year ago the intended marriage of ; Andrew Pilot and Clara Funkhouser, of lienor Dam, Wis., was postponed on account of he death of the girl's father. A new wed ling (lay was named, uui mum- it v.nmound Clara died. Now Andrew is to marry he mother of his former sweetheart. Her ige is .I', and he is 22. It is popularly supposed that the sudlen downpour which usually follows a bright lash of lightning is in some way caused by he Hash. .Meteorologists have proven that his is not the ease, and that, exactly to the ontrary, it is not only possible but highly trobablethat the sudden increased preeipitaion is the real cause of the Hash. BrfTThe Chinese are the most lightly taxed icople in the world. They have no clian:ellor of the excheipier worried over budgetnuking. All the land there belongs to the ?tate, and a trilling sum per acre, never al- j cred through long centuries, is paid as rent, j Hi is is the only tax in the country, and it i ' olwvl.f lu.K llitilll tw.'ll'lv UlUKllllO IW iU'UUI V'/ i ^ v ui ij . j ?hc |am and ^ivcsidc. C'OXnriTKI) BY KOWIi.WI) BLACK. SKEUIXU TO (IKASS. In seeding land down to grass, we make the mistake of seeding too thin and sowing too few varieties of grass. Don't be afraid of getting your grnss too thick, as this is al most impossible. Sow at least five bushels of grass seed to the acre, and five or ten varieties. Iu sowing such grass as orchard grass, sow at least six bushels to prevent it from bunching, and you will get an even sod. ? ? FEED THE HOGS. Now is the time to push the fattening hogs. They are young and growing, and should be so fed as to keep them growing, but not too fat. For this purpose, green corn stalks and cars are very good. Feed as much as they will cat clean, and this will keep them growing rapidly until harvest, when you can begin to feed corn to futtcn them. We do not agree with most of our farmers that fattening hogs should be confined in a close pen to prevent them from taking exercise. They should have a cool place with running water and plenty of shade, and if fed properly, they will not take too much exercise, and will fatten as fast as when confined in a close pen, and they will be cleaner and healthier. Any hogs of a white breed are easily atl'ected by the sun, and should be protected, or they will not thrive. PREPARE YOUR RYE LANDS. Now is the time to sow your rye for green feed for next spring. If sowed now it will be ready to cut by the 20th of April. Rye is a first class hay crop, and is the best crop for early green food for stock, for there is no danger from scours, and it is three weeks earlier than any other crop you can grow for that purpose, so prcpure your land and sow at least two acres, but do not make the common mistake of sowing on poor land, for you will not make an early crop. Sow your rye now, and manure it this winter at the rate of forty loads of manure to the acre, and you can plant the land to corn after the rye is off. This system of intensive farming is far better than the old way by which a piece of land was idle half the time. Some farmers say you will exhaust your land, as it cannot stand two crops in one year. What is the difference between a crop of rye and weeds, and a crop of rye and corn ? The weeds exhaust the vitality of the land as much as the corn, so hadn't you better grow a crop of rye and corn and keep down the weeds? The rye can be used as a starting crap for clover or grass, which can be sowed with it, and when the rye is cut, the land can be gi?cn up to the grass crop. THE PEA PLANT~AS*A RENOVATOR. In almost every issue of our agricultural papers, something is said in advocacy of the leguminous plants as a renovator of our exhausted lands. Much of the current liter ature on this subject is not only unsatisfactory, but misleading. The leguminous plants that are available for this purpose are all kinds of peas and beans, all the different kinds of clovers ; and others, not available for this purpose, arc honeylocust, mimosa and redbud trees. While it may require a stretch of the imagination to class the trees with the pea family, yet they belong to it and are renovators of the soil. Leaving these out of consideration as being impracticable, we come now to consider the pea as specially adapted to our Southern soil and climate, and to briefly outline the most economical method of using it for the purpose above indicated. All soils that have been cropped, and much of our virgin soil, are deficient in the three essential plant foods?nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. Now it is perfectly clear to any mind of ordinary intelligence, that the pea plant cannot add a single atom of potash or phosphoric to the soil, they being mineral elements, and must come from the soil itself or commercial fertilizers added to the soil. Thqn you naturally ask, in what way does the pea improve the soil? The answer is that the pea, as well as other leguminous plants, have the power to appropriate nitrogen directly from the atmosphere and to store it up in its roots, where it is available for use by the crops that are to follow. To thoroughly understand this subject, which should be a vital one to every farmer, it should be remembered that our atmosiilmi-ft flvo.nittli<s nitrnircn?the. verv ele l"",v " " * v "O - - tf mcnt of plant growth that our plants are starving for?yet the ingenuity of man has never yet been able to utilize it directly in the fertilizing of his crops; and this free store of nitrogen or ammonia can only be drawn from and be persuaded to act its part iu an increased growth of our crops through the agency of some member of the family of legumes. This being an admitted truth in agricultural chemistry, it becomes a most important question as to how we can most cheaply and effectually use these plants for that purpose. The lirst question that presents itself is what part of the plant has this - O..- ' 'i l...o Iww... ..-.,11 JK'l'UUUl iiiLiui \ ; it imr? tn vu uvu o\biivM by experiment within the last live years, conducted in France, (?ennany and Aineriea, that tliis peculiar power resides in the roots of the above named plants. During the llowering period and after, if you will pull up a pea vine, or clover, or any other legume, you will find thai the roots bear upon their surface more or less tubercles or round balls, from the size of bird shot, to the size of a bullet. It is within these tubercles that the ammonia is stored, as they contain from 10 to 15 per cent, of ammonia. It is said that these balls arc created by microbes, or a very low order of animal life, and it is still a disputed question as to whether these animal parasites abstract the nitrogen themselves from the air, or their presence enabled the plant to do so. To the practical farmer, it makes no diU'crcnce which is true. It follows from the above that it is extravagance to plow under the tops of the vines when the fertilizing properties arc in the roots alone, and the same is true in regard to clover. The tops should be cut and fed to animals and the manure applied to the soil. It has also been fully demonstrated that stable manure, or any other ammoniated manure, is not necessary to the most luxuriant growth of peas or clover, but does ask you to give them plenty of potash and phosphoric acid, and they will get what ammonia they need front the air. Properly and intelligently handled with kainit and phosphate, the peavine will enable US ll> p'DW *;uuu rmjih ujjuu ?iu> in uiu lands, however poor I hoy may ho. How many of you, a ft or loading this, will pull up a poavinoand look for tho halls on tho roots? If any douht that in thoso halls reside tho fertilizing proportios of tho poa, lot him prosorve a handful and hoo thoin in around somo i;orn next spring, and note the result. - ? Audit Ktssinr Siu?i-:s.~One of tho drawbacks to the wearing of russett shoes is the fact that they so easily take on a rusty look. An easy scheme for keeping them clean and bright is given in the Chatham Republican by one whoso own footgear testifies to the value of his plan. He says: "With a piece of nice ripe banana I can not only keep russett shoes clean, but can keep them polished as well. I simply take a piece of banana and grease tho leather with if, and then polish it with a cloth. In this way all the diseolorations are removed and it polish is obtained.''?Troy Times. If lie jiiiv Mcriilont votir kerosene lamp gets on lire, corn meal thrown on the Maine will extinguish it at once. <Tk ?ton> (TcUrv. ! - k A SIOUX GKAT1TUOE. ? jTHK STOKY OF A CAVAMtY OFFICER. j BY H. D. SMITH, ! Ul Captain 1'. S. Revenue Service. Il It was during mi encampment of the Ala-! p 1 bam a State troops that t lie writer first met. s( | Major Raymond, of the United States al cavalry. He had accepted an invitation to n meet some of the gentlemen of Mobile, who, tc j by request, had selected the cool, spacious, ai ! quarter-deck of the white cruiser, snugly j ti 1 protected with awnings, as a suitable and ! i comfortable spot wherein to smoke a cigar,! d; (sip a glass of brand}*, and to spin a yarn I u I 'neath the cheering influences of "Auld Lang | tr j Syne." j st Major Hob Crawford, of the Confederate j w j Veterans, liad dodged the issue involved in a j lc request for a reminiscence, but had compro- j m miscd on an exhibition of his occult powers,: tl to the no small wonderment and edification ; al of the assembled group of gentlemen. The j n< last round of applause had died away, and ( found an answering echo in the clear ringing ; tl notes of the ship's bugle, as the notes trilled j forth with the tap of the bell, proclaiming 8 j ti o'clock, p. m., and Major Ross, snipping the | H ashes from his "Concha," volunteered hisjbi portion of the entertainment by offering an ! o' incident connected with a brother officer. It j w is somewhat singular withal how gentlemen, reared in the lap of luxury and refinement, ni and grounded in all the scientific attain- hi ments of West Point, can submit so easily to ti hardship and irksome duties, of which only hi those who have served on the wild frontier tl can have but the slighest conception. cs i j Did you ever meet Lieutenant-Colonel Nat! Koss of ours ? Well, lie is a splendid fellow, j1' every inch a soldier, and, at the time the in- . cidcnt occurred which I am about to relate, j.0 was the senior captain of the regiment. He I was in command of a company at Old Man's j Gulch, where there was a miserable and u squalid town, boasting of but one street, "1 along which the hastily constructed huts and j 11 shanties of the inhabitants had been erected. . An unusual crowd had congregated in front; " ! of a groggcry, attracting the officer's atten- j nf <r!?mIilop? minnrs desner- I I wVM, f, , , adoes, greasers, soldiers, and a sprinkling of] camp followers common to such localities, j r The captain, who was in frontiersman rig? ' ni slouched hat, flannel shirt, and pants tucked {j? | in his hoots?forced his way through the j ! throng to ascertain what was the occasion of c' j the crowd. " Two half-drunken cattle-tenders, armed 01 j with stout, formidable bull-thongs, had edged C( j into an angle of a building, the tall, lithe j but muscular figure of a young Sioux Indian. . I lie was barely 18 years of age, apparently, " and, from the eagle's feather-twisted in his dark scalp-lock, was evidently the son of a lV chief. His blanket was drawn tightly around ' j hint, his eyes, black as a raven's wing, bla/ed r,| | with excitement and suppressed passion, as, I silent, erect and motionless, he faced the ec j two brutes who, with knives and the keen, j1,' J cutting thongs of bull-hide, had brought . | the Indian stripling to bay, much to the de-j ? i light of the low, depraved denizens of the j place, who were eternally on the lookout 11 i either for free rum or a general row. ! P' "What's the trouble here?" demanded'^ the captain as he strode between the bullies j and their chosen victim. "What are you doing with the Indian lad ?" j . "What's that to you?" muttered one of them, who failed to recognize the officer, so ; j:( intent was he upon worrying the "durned j '! redskin." l"1 "It is this much to me," replied the.soldier,' in clear, measured tones. "Let the lad! ^ alone; he is but one against you ail: and as ^ for you, men, retire to your quarters at once, i I)o you hear?" "(Jet out of the way. You raw-boned '' tender-foot, or I'll give you a taste of thisf land one of them nourished his hull-hide in Kl swooping circles about the officer's head. Now, Ross, at the academy, and also in j111 ! the regiment, was accounted one of the host ' all around gymnasts and boxers belonging to j the corps; and his training, with muscles j!" : developed like springs of steel, coupled with : | a stature of six feet in his socks, made him ! J" j a foemnn worthy of the best borderer that j i ever handled pick or rifle. j Like a flash of lightning, the captain's arm ^ j shot out straight from tlie shoulder, one, j | two, and biff, bang, a yell, and two awk- j ward, clumsy forms, suddenly rolled in tlie j ! alkali dust. Seizing one of the bull thongs, i the irate soldier applied it vigorously to the i writhing forms of the two ruffians, who' V j howled and cursed alternately as the lash J' stung their flesh. The mob howled its upi proval; the captain cast the hull-thong from af j him, and motioned to the Indian to follow (rr ' him, strode toward his quarters without ^ once glancing over his shoulder. During the entire scene the young Indian . e* had not attempted to leave the spot. He j V had watched keenly every motion of his;. ' champion, and his swarthy cheek assumed j11 a brighter and more vivid tinge. ( Tendering the Sioux a silver dollar, the) ' soldier added a few words of friendly advice,. ; bidding him leave the town, which with its I (?| j vices was no place for him. Rut with a rap-1 ,(1 I id gesture the Indian swept the coin aside, I seized the broad hand of the surprised cap-]' 1 tain, which he placed over his heart. The, ^ large, lustrous eyes of the Indians spoke'' Is as they gazed straight into the captain's, and 0 ' with theguttcral words, "We are brothers? U! I shall remember," turned and stalked rapidj ly away without further demonstration. n< A year rolled by, and the captain with his i J.XI i regiment was on duty in the Yellowstone i. ' i valley, where the Sioux were reported as | acting suspiciously, the young bucks esj?eci-' 0 ally showed a restless spirit, with all the in-' J1! dications of their early appearance on the! Iwm-patl,. !': ! Tin; captain had always been fond of the . pleasures of the'ehase, and it was while on | ,)* a trip after game that he found himself hopelessly entangled and hopelessly lost amid the j towering crests and lofty hills of a spur !n j forming a portion of the Kelt Range. ,.u Debouching upon the banks of a broad [(> but shallow stream, he came suddenly upon . an Indian encampment that was on the opposite side. From his point of observation. w j t he soldier could make out a number of j. braves walking about, and an occasional I!!' J squaw engaged in her duties about t lie camp. Hungry, tired and cold, for it was' ! ?.?: i..._ :?\i i,.. ...i i Ill ulllr uuu iii i iii" ?r?muii| ivu.^ h'miiu'll iii j, j secure the friendly oflices of u guide, if pos- ^ sible, and return to his command, from ^ which he had already absented himself longer than prudence or regulations warranted. Kiding down to a point directly opposite J the camp, he hailed repeatedly, hut no one j? within the limits of the array of tents took u the slightest notice of him. Nettled, as well ^ as impatient, at such cool indifference, the . captain forded the stream and rode into the camp. t0 ; No one spoke to the soldier: not a buck ? condescended to pay the slightest attention to his imjuiries relative to the location he ! was in, or the chances of obtaining a guide. (Irimly silent and sullen, they turned their 051 hacks or retreated within the smoky recesses . of their tepees. Ross had been on the fron* i tier for a number of years, was* well ae- ( il ipiaiuted with the habits of the savages, mi- !l derstood a variety of the Indian dialects. and was looked upon as one of the most accomplishcd scouts and lighters in the service. It did not reipiire a second glance to convince "! theoflicer that lie was in grave danger, lie. ' realized that his presence in that camp was av not welcome, and he would have given much , to have been safely hack on the other side of the broad running stream. But pride ? and his reputation would scarcely permit sl , his turning hastily from them, or attempting'0^ any movement that could he construed by !U1 the redskins into a confession of alarm or a ? retreat. Reining up his roan in the shadow of a tent 1ii> deliberated for a moment noon the 7 1 best course to pursue. I're lie had I'nrined any plan, an Indian warrior, in full warpaint and regalia, suddenly issued from the folds of the tepee, confronting the ollieer with a stern, forbidding aspect. ' What seeks the pale-lace, who has conic here unhidden ?*' "Shelter, food, and a guide to the white 1 man's camp," was the response. MM lM .... ... i! 1 ! _... t.:... I.. .1! 1 ' 1 III' r^ioiiA uiouoiiru iui inui iu iiimiiimiiii, and throwing his bridle rein over a projecting bough of a tree, Koss passed into the interior of the eouneil tent, and was immediately made a prisoner, hut not hound. Sur-1 rounded by numbers of well-armed warriors, he realized that the slightest attempt on his i part to efleet an escape would result at! ; once in the loss of his life. Sitting amid the dusky throng, be listened to the talk of the council. His fate was''" J soon decided. He was to die the next inorn- j 'j ig at sunrise?tied to a stake ami burned; > death?the lirst ollering dedicated to the pening campaign, and esteemed particular; propitious as an indieation of their success ! 11 the war path, inasmuch as the victim was ne of the depised and hated "Long Knives." One hy one the warriors filed out of the | juncil, leaving the captain solitary and lone. No attempt to hind him was made. was impossible for him to escape from the mils of the camp. Throwing himself on a j ile ofhutlalo skins, the prisoner gave him-j If up to reflections and thought. To die; t the hands of such miscreants, to fill a aineless grave, his fate enshrouded in mys- [ ?..?? u'ltut nil 1Ittc 1tt*t 1lwinnu ml aspirations! What a finale to his mili- j try career! The soft patter of a moccasin foot, and a ink shadow fulling athwart the rude seat pon which lie reclined, attracted the caplin's attention, (dancing up, he beheld anding beside him a well-proportioned arrior, arrayed in full paint, with his tawny icks bedecked with feathers. Silent and lotionlcss as a statue, the Indian ga/ed at ic officer for fully a minute; and Ross, un[>lc to subdue a feeling of extreme nervous-! < ess, rose to his feet. "Does the Long Knife remember me?" ic Indian demanded. The captain shook his head, glancing husly at the hideously painted face before him. as thoughts were not upon bedecked raves just at that time; he was brooding ver the horrible fate which in a few hours' ould stare him in the face. "The red man never forgets. Listen, for iy words arc few: and placing the right and of Ross upon his broad chest, he connued : "Twelve moons ago I said we were rothcrs?ugh?good !" for, with a start, le incident of the Sioux youth and the two ittle herders Hashed across his brain. "I m the brave?you remember now; well, idian remember, too. Tonight, when the , ew moon comes out above high peak, the j 2St horse of the Sioux shall he outside nlgc. Jump through opening and ride ?r your life. Indian never forgets;" and e Koss could recover from his surprise, he as alone with the deepening shadows of [>proaehing night, all closing rapidly about im. A wild (lush of hope, a rekindling of the Id spirit of recklessness, took possession of le soldier, driving hard from his heart the nil feeling of despair which had required a j emendous effort on his part to conceal it j oin his wily foe. Although the chances ight be against him, there would at least main a lighting prospect?a forlorn hope?\ nit success might crown the effort. lie) )uld at least die struggling for his life, I bile, bound to the stake, there could be but j :ie termination to it all. His eyes brighten-, 1, the blood coursed rapidly through his pins, and he stopped occasionally to pecr| trough the opening, the flaps of which had j Jen carelessly thrown together. One by one the stars made their appear-1 tee in the clear blue heavens, against which ! te bold, jagged outlines of the mountain j inges were sharply outlined. Within the imp comparatively quiet and stillness reign-1 1, unbroken save by the occasional yelp of. i Indian dog skulking about the outskirts, j autiously reconnoitering from his point of! tservation, the captain glanced about him, I it could detect no inmate of the camp stir- j ng within range of his vision. His pros-' jets for making a bold dash for liberty were j )od, and his spirits kept pace to the fever of j ccitcment which coursed through his veins ke so much liquid lire. Like a gleam of silver silhoutted against ic scintillating background, the thin cres:nt moon suddenly shot into view from | ihind the shaggy peak. It caught the eye! ' the expectant soldier as he loitered close i: i the opening, and his heart gave a bound | (his highly strung ear detected a slight' raping sound at the rear of the tepee, h he gleam of a keen knife glittered for nj' oment in the uncertain light, as it silently it rapidly cut its way through the buffalo' tins, and Koss realized that the Sioux had ppt his faith?had performed all that was jssiblc for him to accomplish, and the bailee remained with himself. His nerves were braced like steel as he. repored for the supreme effort. Delaying a I oment to enable the Indian to make good is escape, the captain, with his heart beat-1 g fast and furious, sprang lightly through!.' ic slot, found himself beside a magnificent iccimen of horseflesh, vaulted on to his back, I i lied the spurs, and with the speed of a1 hirlwind rushed from between the tents, | trough the encampment?scattering the I mntless Indian dogs right and left as he iHoped straight for the river ford. There was a savage yell of astonishment j id alarm, a ringing shot, a pack of howling j igs snapping at his mettlesome charger's! ?els, followed by a few straggling rifle shots, i ( the startled braves sprang forth, scarcely ! lalizing that their victim had eluded their j asp. In a trice the entire camp was aroused; ich tepee had been emptied of its occupants, bile a score of dusky figures, shouting like 1 nions, leaped on to their horses, started , i hot pursuit of the prisoner, who had disipeared in the dark shadows of the over-; inging hills. (iiving his steed the rein, he reached the1 jposite side of the river unscathed. Then r the first time, in the excitement and nrry attending his flight, the soldier noticed . rapped to the neck of the horse a Winchesr repeating rifle. One glance sufficed to (sure him that it was ready for use: but, ; rtunately perhaps, he had no occasion to ic it upon his pursuers. It required no urging from liitn for the f ible animal to put forth its best efforts, j id with the speed of a hint the spirited >rsc flew onward, easily distancing the s jrde of yelling pursuers. Across the sandy, ' vel plain, through sage brush and stinging 1 ntles, winding about the base of outlying!, lis, the captain pursued his way, and ere j lylight dawned, all sound of pursuit had cd away, leaving the fugitive surrounded i ; the valleys and ri ings of the lofty niounin range. j, It was three days before he struck a fa- ; iliar trail leading to Gomez Pass, and both irse and rider were well-nigh exhausted he-; j re they finally succeeded in gaining camp.' < was a joyful reunion, for Koss had been ' ven ii]? as dead by his companions, with , j horn he was deservedly popular. rI'here was no time lost by the command < following ii]) the war-band of Sioux, but j e wily, subtle game bad fled, and when j, e river ford was reached by the cavalry- ,? en, the Indians had disappeared. Put.1' uss still retains that liorse, and I doubt if : ere is gold enough in the bowels of the lack Hills to win him from bis owner. ( i ftfif Tin- statement is made that the weight j ; flu1 mil used on tln? American roans mis j ton increasing steadily during the last j ,-filly years, and this notwithstanding the 1 illiidancf of timber available for ties, the et in iiaestion being due solely, it appears, the increasing weight id' rolling stock, cars every description being much heavier an they were formerly and their capacity r eater. The figures given show that twenty i k ars ago the maximum capacity of a freight1?. r was from twenty thousand to twenty- j * ur thousand pounds, while at present it is ; i jm sixty thousand to eighty thousand, some ! rs, in fact, having been constructed with freight carrying capacity of one hundred otisand pounds. In regard to engines, one i the thirty tons was some years ago re- t irded as of fair size, hut they are now built sixty, seventy and eighty tons' weight, j ntil the last ten or twelve years or so, the cragc weight id rails was fifty-six pounds t the vard. i * rJT If some churches were as anxious to ve souls as they are to sell ice cream and stcrs, we would have more spirituality, i id better Christians among us. W & ROYAL FS-Jrt J ^ it &?$ I: im : POWDER Absolutely Pure. V cri'ani of tartar Imkintr |>o\v<l?-r. Highest of all lea veil Iiijj strength.-l-atest I'. S. Government oil l{c|Mirt. (ova Ij Uakino I'owdkk Co., I (Ml Wall St., N. V. ORTMAN PAYS THE EXPRESS.' Send for Special Reductions To My Country Patrons. n-n * nmrn a t v t.vtiTrn a 1tt? .riVAL- AAlyAlj OAXjAIU U i -Cij.il VJ All X/ CLEANING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.! ST10AM, Xaptha, French Dry ami ?hemical Cleansing. Shinoaml (iluss removed from <ientleineu's clothing without injury to the most delicate fabric. LADI10S RR10SS10S DYIOI); WITHOUT RIPPIXO. I'ricc list and circulars clienrfully furnished on application. COLUMBIA STEAM DYE WORKS, ! 173 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. A. I,. ORTMAX, Proprietor. August 2J .'U "{ni I Till-: STATU OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of York. cottier of common ci.kas. J. Robert Lindsay, Plaintiff, against, John May, Jr., Maggie May, his wife; W. A. Russell ; | William Swindle, Walter M. Swindle, ('. J. R. Swindle, and J. R. Swindle, copartners doing business under the lirm name of Swindle Bros.; Aug. Mencken and Henry Mencken, copartners doing business under lirm name of Agu. Mencken ?V Brother; <L W.S. I tart, trustee ; Martin S. F. Feclilieimer, Henry Hondkind, t'luirles Fishel and Charles 10. Adler, copartners doing business under the lirm name of Keehheimer, (ioodkiml A- Co.. Defendants.?Summons for "Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above named : yor are hereby summoned and required to .1. answer tlie complaint in this action, which is tiled in the olliee of the Clerk of the Court of Common IMeas for the said count v, and , to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint, on the subscribers at their olliee at York- j ville, South Carolina, within twenty days alter | the service hereof, exclusive of the day id'such j service; and if you fail to answer the complaint i within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this J action will apply to the Court tor the relief demanded in the complaint. Yorkville, S. ('., August Kith, A. I). INH'l. kixijky A* RRICK, IMaintilTs Attorneys. Attest: [i.. s.l \V. IlltoWN Wvi,ik, C. C. C. Pis. xotick. To the absent Defendants: W. A. Russell; William Swindle, Walter 15. Swindle, C. J. R. Swindle and J. R. Swindle, copartners doing business under the firm name of Swindle Pros. ; Aug. Mencken and Henry Mencken, copartners; doing business under the firm name of Aug. Mencken A brother; Martin S. K. Fcchheinier, Ilenry Hoodkind, Charles Kishel and Charles K. Adler, copartners doing business under the firm name of Kechheimer, Hood kind A Company: Please take notice that the summons, together with the complaint in the above entitled action, were tiled in the olliee of the ('lerk of Court of Common Pleas for said county and State, at Yorkville, S. C? on the'ltith day of August, IX!).'}. No personal claim is made against you or any of you ; the object of this action being to foreclose a real estate mortgage executed bv the Defendant John May, Jr., to the Plaintiff on the .'JOtli day of January, 1N!M). FIXLKYA BRICK, Plaintiffs Attorneys. Yorkvillc,S. ('..August 1 titii, ISit.'t. August li> .'! ! tit THH STATIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of York. COl*HT OK COMMON 1't.KAS. Mrs. D. A. Johnson, Plaintiff, against William (i. Adams, and M. L. Adams, his wife; and the following named judgment creditors of said William (?. Adams, to-wit: P. P. Toale, or his assignee or receiver, name unknown; J. L. Brown, 1'. M. Brown and J. 11. Weddington copartners doing business underthe firm name of Brown, Weddington A* Co; (ieorge It. Lombard and Harmon Rowley, copartners doing business under the firm inline of (ieorge K. Lombard A' Co., Defendants.?Summons for Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above named : YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is tiled in the ollicc of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers, at their ollicc, in Yorkvillc, S. 0., within twenty days alter the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Yorkvillc, S. August hi, INK.'!. FIXLKY A BRICK, PlaintilPs Attorneys. Attest: [i.. s.] W. Bhown Wyi.ik, C. C. Pis. N OTIC 11. To the absent Defendants : Brown. Weddington A Co., and (ieorge R. Lombard A* Co.: Please take notice that the summons, together with the complaint in the foregoing entitled action, were tiled in the olliee of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for said county and Shite, at Yorkvillc, S. ('., on the 10th day of August, INK:!. No personal claim is made against you or any ol you ; the object of this action being to foreclose two real-estate mortgages executed by the Defendant William (!. Adams, to the Plaintiff, and bearing date January loth, 1NK0, and January 17, 1SK1, respectively. mv i- m>Tim in.nu. t r 1 .> ijVj i i\ i>i\i\ i liiiuiiii .1 aiiwuiuj.^ Yorkville, S. August l(i, IS!).'!. August Hi .'5.5 <>t Till! STATU OF SOUTH C A KOI.IN A. County of York. IN TIIK COl'ItT OK COMMON M.KAS. Elizabeth June Jackson, Andrew Johnson Jackson, and Margaret Emma Jackson, Plaintiffs, against William 15. Allison. James Alexander Jackson, and the minor children of William Jackson, deceased, viz.: James Robert Jackson, Henna Jackson and llennie Hell Jackson, Defendants.?Summons for Relief?Complaint not served. To thi' Defendants above named : Vor arc hereby suminoned and required to X answer the complaint in this action, which was this day tiled herewith in the otlice of the clerk of the court of common pleas for the said | county of York, and to serve a copy of your| answer on the subscriber at his ofliee in Viirkville, S. ('., within twenty days after the service of this summons on you, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will apply to the court for judgment against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. W.M. 15. Mrt'AW, Attorney for l'laintills. August tlth, lsi'5. To the absent Defendants, James Alexander Jackson, James Robert Jackson, I.eona Jackson and llennie Hell Jackson: Take notice that the complaint in this action was tiled in the Dlliceofthe clerk of the court of common pleas for York county, in the State of South Carolina, im the btli day ol' August A. D. l.Sb.'5. WM. 15. Mrt'AW, Attorney for Plaintiffs. August b '!2 tit FXtFI.SIOR KliilllkK STAMPS. DO you know that a Rl'HHKR STAMP is a very useful article with which to mark your corial's, cull's, shirts and handkerchiefs? Well, if you don't, it is time you were learning. And it is also useful to merchants to stamp their wrapping paper, etc.; also useful to hotel lerks, bankers, druggists, postmasters, etc. 1 have on hand some very line specimens of type, j.iW.il.!? fi,i? Mifirlr iiur clnt Iu?m. illirl also for stall ID inp envelopes, letter heads, hill heads, statements, shipping taps, visitinpand businesseards, etc., which is at least equal to, or better than 7"i per cent, of the ordinary "botch-work" of amateur country printers. I also sell steel stamps, wax seals, seal presses, door plates, <Jerman diver key cheeks with name and address, and dso bad pes for policemen, railroad conductors md porters. "XAKKTY" PKNC'IL roCKKTS. If you have a fountain pen or a pencil that you lon't want to lose, you can keep from losinp hem by buyinpa "SAKIOTY" PKNCIL I'OCKKT. It only costs TWKXTY-KIVK cents, and iviM save you the expense of buying so many lead pencils. I will lie pleased to till all orders given me. I I'roinptness and satisfaction puaranteed. Address all orders to IlKti. M. tSit 1ST, Yorkville, S. ('. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. rllOitorCilll.Y titled up with new backgrounds, accessories, ?Vc., and with a line iky-light, I am prepared Intake a picture in any ityle of the art, as well executed as can be done lsewhere. HILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. By the drv plate process I can take llictn initantly ; makes no iliHcrciicc about tuirorelouily veauier. i I do all my own printing ami finishing, ami I liern is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in j he highest style to he bad, and prices reasonable. | tiive me a call and see specimens of work, at II v (Sallerv on West Liberty street, near the jail, j J. It. SCIIOKH. I i Flit F IXSI'K AX CM. rV'K KfHK IXSPHAXCK AtSKXt'V IS 1/ doing a growing husitiess. We appreciate he confluence thus far bestowed, and will alvavs give fc'IKK IXSl'KAXCK M'SIXKSS 'iitrnsteil to ns our best and most careful attention. besides the Pennsylvania and other eoniianies heretofore represented by us, we received air commission, a few weeks ago, as agents of III K ('(i NT IN KNTA L, one of the slongest I mil most conservative insurance companies in 1 he I'niteil States. It has a reserve for insiiranee i ii force of .*>.*>,a capital jtaid in in cash of i|,ink),inn); a net surplus of s|,7s.">,n<M.!n;, and j otal assets of 8<i,.'Ni,l.sn,7:;. The Continental is it rung enough to carry your lire risk while you ! deep, and we will appreciate the privilege of I tiding vou in your shunbers. S. M. iV L. t!K(). (lit 1ST, Agents. MOM Fit* AM) It FA I'M Its. III 111 celebrated WAI.TF.lt A. WOOD MoW- ! INO ami It UA PINO M At'll IN KltY and! Dl'TToX OIXS, are for sale bv HOCK II1LL M ACII I N 10 WoKKS. ... . I II(U.> Ki .X. I uuni .1(1 nni( I 1{<)N KINO, KIiiio, Star, (jii?*?an Cooking Stoves ami Ranges. All made I?v Charles S'olile A' Co. Also a line of low prieeif Stoves at I O. II. O'LKARY'S. III'll/riNti AM) STKAM I'lTTINOS. A N assortment of Belting and Steam Fittings i lY. of all kinds in stoek. HOCK HILL MACIIINK WOllKS. | for Infants and Children. " Castorlaisso well adapted to children that Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, I recommend it as superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Itiarrhma, Knictation, l.nown to inc." II. A. Aucukr, M. 1)., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di111 So. (ixford St., Brooklyn. X. Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. "Tho u/e of '('astoria 14 so universal and "For several years I have recommended its merits so well known that it seems a work your '('astoiia,' ami shall always eontlnue to * i f sii[ktitination to endorse it. Few are tho do so as it has invariably produced Iteneflcial intelligent families who do not keep _ -storia results." within f:?-y rtwh." i Edwin* F. Pardee, M. D., C arum Maiityn, I>. I)., I 12StU Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New York City. | Tiie Centai*r Company, 77 Mi'Rkay Street, New York City. IDO YOU KN"OW THAT THE CAROLINA BUGGY COMPANY, of Yorkvillc, S. C., makes and sells vehicles of all kinds that arc equal in every particular m to any that are made or sold in the South? If you did not know this, IT IS TIME YOU WERE POSTING YOURSELF, FOR SUCH IS THE fl TRUTH. Another thing. Did you know that The Enquirer is going to award a #90 open buggy made by this company, to the person who returns and pays for the largest number of subscribers by the 24th of October ? Well that is exactly what it is going to do, and if you want that buggy you j may succeed in winning it, if you are willing to work. You might start | TO-DAY and win, and if you should fail to get the buggy there are other valuable prizes offered for specified numbers of names, which render it im possible lor you to do any work tor I hk liNQL'iRKR without being liberally compensated. RIGHT NOW?TODAY, is the time to BKGIN WORK. * When we say the buggy will go for the largest club, we mean it, whether that club contains 10 or 100 names. Some of your neighbors do not take Thk Knqvirkr, and if you will make a list of them you will find that there are more than you thought. See how many you can induce to go 011 your ] club. You will find full particulars in regard to our SUMMER OFFPvR * ^ M in Tin- K.\'Qt'iRKk of August 16. Read it and act. L. M. GRIST, < Yorkville, S. C. ^ ^ VAN WINKLE GIN AND MACHINERY CO., ATLANTA, .*. GEORGIA. MANUFACTURERS. T UK bust system for oluvuiiiiK ami distributing samo ilircct to gins. Many gold medals Imve i hoen awarded to us. Write for catalogue and what you want. ? Wi: CAN HAVE YOU MONKY. VAN WINKER OIK AND MACHINERY CO., Atlanta, (ia. May :ll ?! 4lil OLIVER'S CHILLED PLOW. > 100,000 of These Plows Were Sold Last Year?Can Give FIFTEEN Reasons Why it is the BEST. I HAVE accepted the agency I*. ?r the celebrated OLIVER CHILLED PLOW. It lias for years been recognized as the best plow in every particular on the market. The No. lit?shown in ahove engraving?is a tnedintn two horse, and is worth Sx.'ill. I sltttll he pleased to fnrhish those who want a first elttss jtlow with full information as to all sizes and styles. I f yon want a plow that will meet every requirement as to good work and tin nihility, huy the OLIVER CHILLED. SAM M. tilt 1ST, Yorkville. S. C. IROIV ROOFINC; compatvy, Manufaetures all kinds of IKON OKU I'AIXT IKON HOOFING, And Cement. ami 1 1'rlcc List ~So^~:^ THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. JJif Orders received 1 ?y I>. M. (J HIST. TIIE KING OF it draws custom. IK you are working for tho pnl>li<v you must _ li'rst do first-class work and next meet coniI jM'tition?that is it' you expect to he "in it." I'liis applies in a very foreildc manner to the nuhlic ginner. Von can't expect your neigliTO mrTp liorsand friends to patronize your establishment AO A JHHj jf you can't give them as good yield ami as line quality of lint as your competitor. If your gin Jl AH ttk ^ H 1 is run"down or worn out, you are not in it. No I | 0 Ik I BbB farmer can atlord to liuveN cents cotton reduced to | Wl 5^5 ?? I B 15b "i cents in ginning. This is what some old and not a few new gins will do. If you want to bo fmiri' \r,>v u?M! im/.v beyond the reach of your competitors, you should kv /.i i '- ...... use a l'HATT (JIN. Then you can't be touch( LK is the missing link be- ,.,{ (>itlioi-i.> ?|ii:ilirv or quantity. A gimicr, bvri'ii the uselessly heavy M||(, js ,?,w operating a I'HATT ? 1N, out for- .? C^fiXand dangerously light ma- ,,,,.rjx-...Ia>i':tt? < 1 one extensively sold in this sec- * F?Ill'i C; he lightest biejelc ijnn.said to inc a few days ago, "1 now gin for KTjp/o.110 i"( ri:,<' i people who never pat roni/.etl me before, amlcotr ,H'"V*. ton ginned by me readily brings front 1 to J a UP/ the Monarch Koadstci, the u .loni)() more than that ginned bv my eoiuV one that uon the impoitant |?.|j(0rs. | would not have a gin as a gill race in ^ <?rkyilh-on .lul> 4? si|,(.? , have used the l'HATT. I thought the weighs, all on, > pounds. MONAItt II. at- was prettv I until I tricil the I'KATT, ways "get there and the following are a tew ot |||(( nmv i (>J|n S(l(l (|m( ^ jsa poor allair." the reasons : j ran give you bottom tigures ami liberal terms Tlicv are the Itest Designed. on the l'HATT, for which I am agent. They are the Highest (trade. *AM ????. YorkviUo, S. C. _ They are Sclentllirally Constructed. I'XDMHTAKINCJ. They ^re the Lightest '? Tlipv are the Kiliost Finished. .. .. A AI handling a iirst class line ot (OKI* INS They are the today Cycle li>r today Pen- | AND CASK KTS which I will sell at the very pie. lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours, * * They are a Reliable Hirvele lor any I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture \ ... ' at reasonable prices, W eight ot Rider. j 1<:1) JKKFKHYft. If you art; going to ride a bicycle can you ad- January 4 I tf vancc any plausible reason why you should ride anything hut a MONARCH? You can propel >I VI? ()! ' \()Rk COUNTY. yourself with ON K-Tl 11R D less exertion on a /\\VINC to unayoldahle dillicuties in seeurSlonareh than any other machine, and this \ / ing the necessary data, I have been unable is because of the superiority of the Monarch to tinish my map ot York county within the hearings, which are controlled by the Monarch time originally set. The work, however, is still Cycle Company and used KXCl.l'Sl VKl.A ?m being pushed forward as rapidly us possible, and v, their machines*. There is a tlilference ot opinion will be completed In due time. The map will as to which is the best tire made and also as to be sold at the uniform price of three dollars per saddles, but you can get any saddle or tire copy, and 1 shall be pleased to receive as many you want on a Monarch, of course there are orders as possible by the time It is completed. other good wheels on the market, but always The money Is to be paid on delivery of the map, hoar in mind that the Monarch is King o| Hi- provided, of course, the work is all that is claimcycles. The l.ady's Monarch is the finest wheel for it, .1. <i. MeNCl.TY, Yorkville, S. lor ladies yet produced. Catalogue, prices and June lis g<> tf terms furnisheu on application, SAM M. CRIST, York ville, S. C? WHAT!! Agent for York and Chester counties. I)Rl-'.SS-MAklN(l AND TAILORING. Jl 'I''Ml I CAM- the attention of those interested, that I have added a DRKSS-M A KI N( '< DK- T \<? you think I will sell von a RVPID PAKTMKNT To MY TAII.oKINC AND iJ WRITKR FOUNTAIN I'KN for ?Sfi and It HI'AIRI NO DKl'AUTM HNT, and I will be throw in a handsome set of furniture? No, I'll glad if my lady friends will consult with me uotdothut; but 1 w ill sell you the RKST 1'ounbeforc placing (heir work. All work delivered tain pen that has ever been put upon the market when promised. Work-room in the building for and give you a guarantee for TKN north, and to t lie rear of Mr. JetVerys's Coder- years. Scud for catalogue. A. M.CRIST, taking establishment. Yorkviile. s' C Mrs. RIIODA I.. 1'KRCCSnN. August Pi :t:{ ' Mav Hi 1!' D' SORC.CM M11.LS. % .T,,OMSOS' rjAUK (JUKION III*' TIIH SOl'TlI?the best ' ' ' T'A 1. SORCHI'M MIDI, on the market. See ' orkville, >?. C . samiile at J. W. DoRSoN'S. Yorkviile. and at 1 YRACTICFS in all Slate ami C...I. nilr factory. Prompt attention to all business. lNX'K HILL M.U'IIIXK WORKS. September H .{7 tt