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^ ... _ I ljumovous Department.! A Domestic Failure.?She was a young wife just married from boarding school, one j of the lovey-dovey order, and, although ed-1 ucated in Boston, didn't know beans from any other vegetable. Hence this dialogue ! with the cook : "Now, Briddy, dear, what are we to have j for dinner?" ' There's two chickens to dress, mum." "I'll dress them the first thing. Where are their clothes ?" "Holy Moses, mum, they're in their feathers yet." "Oh, then serve them that way. The ancient Romans always cooked their peacocks with the feathers on. It will be a suprise to hubby." "It will that, mum. Sure, if you want to help, you could be parin' the turnips." "Oh, how sweet! I'll pair them two and two in no time. Why, I had no idea cooking was so picturesque." "I think, mum, that washing the celery do be more in your line." "All right, Briddv. I'll take it up to the bathroom, and I've some lovely Paris soap that will take oflf every speck." "Thank you, mum. Would you mind telling me the name of the asylum where you were eddicated? I think I'll have to take some lessons there myself if we be goin' to work together." The Scholarly Waiter.?This is one of the latest stories picked up on the hotel corridors. A Western guest at a Boston hotel picked up a menu and casually remarked to the scholarly waiter: . "Do you suppose I can get a meal from this bill of fare?" "No, sir, you cannot," responded the woitpp with an nir of nuiet confidence. ? "l The guest was surprised. "I can't?" he asked. "No, sir." "Where's the head waiter? Bring him here." The underling politely called the head waiter. "Here," said the guest, "this waiter says I can't get a meal from this bill of fare." "The waiter is right, sir," replied the chief. "And I can't get a meal here?" inquired the guest, shoving back his chair. "Oh, yes, you can, sir," interposed the head waiter; "but not from the bill of fare, sir; you can get it from the kitchen, sir;" and the guest sat down again, dashed beyond the power of speech. Valuable Information'.?The visitor at the business man's desk might have been a tramp, and he might not. In any event, he was not there asking a loan. "Do you want to know how to make a dollar?" he inquired politely. "Yes, I'd like to know how to make several," replied the puzzled business man. "You can, sir; but, of course, you must know how to make one first." "That's so. Tell me how." "My information is valuable, sir. It will cost you 10 cents." "That's two beers." "Yes, sir, including the lunch that goes with it." "Here's two dimes. Now, tell me." "Well, sir, when a friend strikes you for $5 lend $-4. Good morning, sir," and as the visitor passed out the business man remarked that it wasn't half as bad as begging a dime, anyway. A Hard Handicap.?A party of football; devotees were in an elevated train, and the other passengers were much annoyed by theirloud and boisterous conversation, which related entirely to the game and its players. One young fellow boasted so long and earnestly about his running abilities that a crusty old man in the opposite corner resolved to take some of the conceit out of the youngster. "So you think you can run a little?" he demanded. "Bet your life I cau," was the prompt reply. "I'll tell you what I'll do with you," continued the old man. "I'll race you for a five dollar bill if you'll give me a yard start." "I'll go you. But where will we run?" "Up a ladder," was the prompt reply. 1 ? An Ample Apology.?A brother of the poet Wordsworth, who was both absentminded and short-sighted, went to stay with some friends, and although he was carefully instructed in the geographical position of the bathroom, when it came to the point he forgot his directions. Therefore, it happened that he wandered blindly into a lumber room, and from it he withdrew in the greates possible haste and confusion ; for in it there chanced to be an old plaster cast of the Venus de Medici. Bathless and uneasy he dressed himself, and when he arrived in the breakfast room he made his hostess a little speech. "I have," he said, "an apology to offer to the ladies of the house. I have no idea which of them I disturbed this morning at her toilet, but I regret exceedingly that I should have caused any one of them annoyance by my action, and hope that I may be forgiven." Many Episcopal bishops are in the habit of describing themselves "by Divine permission bishop of" their diocese, in offi-1 cial documents. A certain bishop not long; ago had occasion to send such a document, to a most devout, but not highly educated,; layman. Thereupon it became the duty of the layman to draw up and sign an official document relating to some church business, and noticing the phrase referred to in the | bishop's paper, he thought it was incumbent j upon him, also to recognize the Divine guid-1 ance. So, in entire good faith, he described j himself as "John Smith, by Divine permis-, sion. grocer and dealer in all kinds of flour ! and feed." The paper never got into the archives of the church, however. ?6T" An Eastern drummer who was in Knoxville, listened to the complaints of a mountaineer about hard times for ten or fifteen minutes, and theu observed: "Why, man, you ought to get rich shipping green corn to the Northern market." "Yes I orter," was the reply. "You have the land, I suppose, and can get the seed?" "Yes." "Theu why don't you go into the speculation ?" j "No use, stranger," sadly replied the native; | "the women is too darned lazy to do tho plowiug and planting." Testing Their Motives.?Sweet Girl?j Papa, I wish you'd lock up your money and pretend to fail; there's a good old dear. It needn't last more than a week or two, and there are so many failures now no one will find fault. Father?Of all things ! Wha? Sweet Girl?Oh, it's all right. You see, I'm engaged to nine young men, and I've got to get rid of at least eight of them, somehow. ? Why She Didn't Like Them.?"I don't believe in those secret societies," said one lady to another. "That's very singular," replied the other. "Your husband is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and a Knight of Honor, and you i will have at least $10,000 when he dies." "But what good does all that do me?" was the tearful response, "when he never dies?" and the poor creature burst into tears. The Last Chance.?Eliza and Jane were two old maid friends, and Jane broke the; bond by marrying. Her husband was con-j spicuously homely, and the first time Eliza met Jane she said, scornfully: "Good gracious, Jane, why didn't you marry a monkey and be done with it ?" "Oh !" smiled Jane,, sweetly, "I thought you might like to marry | some time, and I didn't want to take your last chance." - ? ? fta?" It was after the shipwreck, and Aaron Moses's little son, Aminidab. was among the drowned. Aaron -noses sjioko wun u .-uu m his voice. He addressed himself to the j diver, who was going down to the wreck : ">Iein vient." "Well.*' "If yer sees a J leedle feller there, init a blue stribed jersey und a silk tie, bring him up virst. Dem jerseys und ties shrinks awful." BfeBT* "Why do you use such peculiar teruis?" | asked a lawyer's wife of her husband, who had returned home worn out by his day's labors. "I don't see bow you could have j been working all day like a horse." "Well, mv dear," he replied, "I've been drawing a conveyance all day, and if that isn't working like a horse, what is it ?" Wajisule ^athcvi?(js. j : r. r;-.. 86?" California has women tramps. 86?" No man is absolutely free from liypoe-! risy. * Staff' A loafer is never satisfied with his wages. 86?" Queen Victoria speaks ten languages fluently. 86?" Good actions, like sheep, follow one another. 86?" Cats, as a rule, attain their full growth in one jeur. 86?" Three out of every 135 English speaking people have red hair. 86?" When people have only a little religion they are apt be ashamed of it. 86?" The man goes to bed tired who spends the day looking for an easy place. ' 86?" Americans are the best penmen in the world, and the British come next. 86?" Water in which orange peel has been soaked freshens up the complexion. 86?" No man will ever be celebrated for his piety whose religion is all in his head. 86?" There is nothing we ought to do that we may not expect God to help us to do. 8?" There are more than 200 women in the United States who preach the Gospel. 8?" The interest on the public debt of the United States approximates $100 per minute. 8?" The material of which meerschaum pipes are made is used iu Spain as a building stone. 86?" Sparrows have so much curiosity that they will gaze in mirrors by the hour if not disturbed. 86?" Recruits for the Chinese Army are not accepted unless they can jump a ditch six feet wide. 86?" It is estimated that at least 1,000,000 pounds of rubber are annually used for bicycle tires. 86?" The only love in which a man has no rival, is in the wonderful love he generally has for himself. 86?" It always pays to do a kindness to other people; if it doesn't pay you, it pays the other people. 8?" The tongue of the toad is attached to the front of its jaw and haugs backward instead of forward. S&" The huge guus of modern navies can only be fired about seventy-five times before they are worn out. 8?* New York City, with its 300,000 Hebrews, may properly be said to contain more Israelites than all Palestine. fiST Illinois is first in corn, oats, pork, distilled liquors, and railways; second in coal, wheat and hogs; third in cattle. 8ST The list of the world's battles comprises 1,527 regular engagements whose names are given as worthy of record. t&T Christianity does not propose to make a man better than his neighbor, but it proposes to make him better than himself. fiST Fifteen brewers and wine-sellers died in Eugland last year, leaviug property to the amount of over thirty million dollars. AST A school teacher asked an Irish boy to describe an island. "Shure, ma'am," said Pat, "it's a place you can't lave without a boat." 8?* Over 1,000,000 French women were made widows and 3,000,000 French children were made fatherless by Napoleon's campaigns. 8?" If any foreign substauce is swallowed, such as a sharp needle, for instance, do not give an emetic, but confine the diet to mashed potatoes for two days. 8&" Blustering men are worse than dogs; for the latter wag their tails only, while the former wag their tongues; and the hinges of the latter creak horribly. Bismarck is what in Germany they call a "chain smoker"?that is, he smokes from morn till night without a break, lighting one cigar with the end of the other. B^Five residents of the City of Mexico] have established their claims as descendants of Montezuma and will hereafter be paid annual pensions by the Mexican government. BfcaT Mrs. Meadow?The paper says it will rain tomorrow. Farmer Meadow?It does, eh ? Well, I haint much faith in these newspaper predictions. What does the almanac say ? Officers and soldiers of the French army will henceforth have a nietaillic plate fastened to their collars for identification. A similar scheme is being considered for the benefit of the miners. ?ay In Japau a man can live like a gentleman for about two hundred and fifty dollars a year. This sum will pay the rent of a house, the salaries of two servants, and supply plenty of food. AST Traces of the bicycle are found as far back as the fifteenth century. In fact,; Egyptian figures found on obelisks mounted ' on two-wheeled vehicles show that they had some idea of the velocipede. 8ST" On the night of the 11th of June, J 1S">2, there were heavy frosts all over New England, and in Livingstone county, N. V., 300 sheep that had been sheared a few days before were frozen to death. S6y A new whistle is being brought out in j England, capable of 1000 variations, and i which can be heard a distance of two miles, i This is done by placing inside of the metal j bulb a perforated revolving disk, fta?" "This, ladies and gentlemen, is the celebrated trick mule, Dot," said the clown, as j the beast was being led into the ring. "After | many years of effort, I am able to say I can ! make him do anything he wants to." Say An English reviewer says there is more poetry written now in one year than was written during the whole of the eighteenth ! century. Much of it is fairly good?quite as j good as would have sufficed to establish a great reputation among our grandfathers. BUST Accidents to sleep walkers can be easily j prevented by laying on the carpet by the' side of the sleep walkers' beds, strips of sheet j metal?iron, zinc or copper?so wide and long that when they put their feet upon them the coldness felt will wake them thor- j oughly. 5fer"'Vou niggers," says Uncle Mose, "dat t'inks you is gwiue to git up dem golden ' stairs without climbin', and climbin' hahd, is mighty much mistaken. I des want to tell vou riirht now dat de yellervator is. stopped runnin' ebber since de days ob ole 'Lijah." ays an exchange, "The only use of a | bird's tail is to serve as a rudder during flight." This is unwarrantable onthological | ignorance, exclaims The Transcript. Every-1 body knows that the principal use of the' bird's tail is to put salt on, to keep the bird i from flying away. There are 1.980 breweries and 4,791 distilleries in the United States. The Empire State of New York leads in the number i of both, Pennsylvania being second. In j breweries, Wisconsin stands third on the list, | and California fourth. Illinois is third in i distilleries, and California fourth. The census of 1890 shows that if the population of the United States was put into Texas there would be more space for each person than there now is in Massachusetts. In Texas there would be 289 persons to the j square mile, while in Massachusetts there are 2G9 persons to the square mile. 6QSF" Bob Keyworth was paying attention to a rich widow in Harlem. "Madam," he said, as he offered her a bouquet, "you are getting more and more beautiful every day." I "You exaggerate, my dear sir," exclaimed I the lady very much flattered. "Well, then, let us say every other day," said Bob. SkiT The most widely separated points be-1 tween which telegrams can be sent are Brit- j ish Columbia and New Zealand. The tele-1 ? * V.I 4 . X- ..... I grain would cross .\orui .America, .\ew-j foundland, the Atlantic, England, Germany, j Russia, (European and Asiatic) China, Japan,! Java and Australia. It would make nearly j a circuit of the globe, and would traverse over 20,000 miles in doing so. Hdf An old and curious key and lock is' attached to the door of Temple Church in . Fleet Street, London. The key weighs seven pounds, is eighteen inches long, and, unlike! other keys, was not made for the lock. On ! the contrary the lock was made for it. Roth key and lock have been in use since the crusades, the church itself having been built by the Knights Templar in 14S">. fifeiT At Quebec the winter markets are very curious. Everything is frozen. Large pigs, killed perhaps months before, may be seen standing frozen in the butcher's shop. Fro- i zen masses of beef, mutton, deer, fowl, cod, haddock and eels, long and still', like walk- j ng sticks, abound on the stalls. Milk also j is kept frozen, and is sold by the pound, in .masses which look like lumps of white mar'ble. ihc and ^ivcsidr. | I RAISING TURKEYS. Turkeys are generally considered very' delicate fowls and very hard to raise ; but,' having had considerable experience and sue-1 cess in raising them, I will be glad if I can , be of any aid to those wishing to try the t business. I like chickens best, as the returns from them are quicker coining in ; but, where one is well situated, there is no reason why both cannot be raised. The first thing is to secure the eggs, and this is best done by keeping up the hens until they have laid each day; for, if they lay out, your dogs, if you have any, or your neighbors', will be pretty sure to find the nests sooner or later. A turkey loves a secluded spot, and nothing ic n li.-utfw ni'st tlinn n flnnr barrel turned on the side. Put something under each side to keep it steady, some stones in the barrel about half way down, to keep the nest in shape, ana a liberal armful of leaves. Shape out the nest, put in a nest egg or two to entice them, and what more could any turkey ask or want? These are best for them to sit in too. You should have a light plank door to set up in front of each barrel and a stake driven close up to it so as to keep it in place. As soon as my young turkeys are dry I take them from the hen as they hatch and put them in old llannel in a basket or box, near the fire, if cold, for the turkey is apt to mash them. Before giving them to the mother hen I grease each little head over slightly with kerosene oil, by dipping my finger in and rubbing it well iu the head feathers or down around the throat, for turkeys, like chickens, have those head lice, which I think turn to worms, or their eggs do, in their windpipes and give them gapes just like chickens. Taking this precaution with my chickens I rarely have a case of gapes. I make a rail or log pen eight feet square and cover it over with plank, giving it a slope so the rain will run off. I have this on the sunny slope of a hill and make a ditch at the upper side so as to keep the water from running iu. I keep up the old turkeys (for two or three may stay in the same pen) for a week or two or until the little thiugs are strong enough to follow the hen, and after that every bright day, as soon as the dew is off the grass, I let them out, and off they go with their young flocks picking up insects of all kinds. If they do not come up before night, I have them brought up and put in the pen. The little turkeys can go in and out of the pen through the cracks. To be successful with turkeys, they must have a wide range, for they have never become thoroughly domesticated like the chicktlipina Koct in n nmirlitinn m-n rpef tn ! nature. I feed at first almost exclusive on the curd from boiled buttermilk or clabber. I found, by putting a tablespoouful of vinegar to about a gallon and a half of buttermilk, the yield of curd was more than double. Some feed corn bread, or light bread, either soaked in buttermilk, and some just keep pans of buttermilk sitting where they can get it whenever wanted, but all find buttermilk an admirabled feed. After awhile I give them wheat screening, scraps from the table, and anything convenient. Turkeys are big feeders, and are a long time getting ready for I market ; so if you keep them up all the time, and do not let them hunt for their living, you will not clear expenses incurred, leaving out your care and trouble. So give your turkeys wide ranges, but don't let them stay out iu the weather, for young turkeys can't stand being wet. I am not so situated now that I can raise them, for I have not the range for them, but I used very often to have flocks of splendid looking turkeys come up at night to their roosting tree, for after they get large, nearly grown, I let them roost in a tree. I never feed them at all when they were this size, for they got enough for themselves. SIMPLE REMEDY FOR GRIP. About a year ago, W. Tertsh Lander, of Williamston, S. C\, furnished the Columbia State with the subjoined remedy for the grip. It was reproduced in The Enquirer at the time, and having learned from various sources that the remedy proved efficacious in a number of instances, we reprint it for the benefit of those who are now, or may hereafter, suffer from the malady : A year ago, when the influenza or grip was so prevalent, I noticed a report on the disease from one of the best hospitals of Europe. This hospital is in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the time of the report, hundreds of influenza cases had been treated there. After fighting the epidemic with varying success, a happy accident led the superintendent to adopt an alkaline treatment with an extreme case that was brought in. A full dose of saleratns was given every two hours. Although the patient was in convulsions when brought in, she became cjuieter a short time after the first dose; and only three doses were given before the patient was clearly on the way to recovery. In three days she was counted well. This same simple treatment was then followed with a thousand, not one i of whom died. Best of all, not only was the j influenza promptly cured, but there was no ' unpleasant or dangerous symptoms following I recovery. It has been observed that not more die of the influenza than what may j follow it. From some work in mv chemical labora- j tory, carried on before this report came out, I I had concluded that the influenza was at! least associated with excessive acidity of the j system, if it was not caused by this abnor-1 mal state. I was so certain of the correct-; <i.;0 ?i, i ics ."5 ui l111 .~5 viu? uiai, vii mi vii * ?s? i bed myself with the influenza, I treated my-1 self only with alkaline drinks to counteract j the acid. The result was, that instead of two or .three weeks of punyness, I missed I only one day from work. The success with my own ease was so astonishing that I have been called to treat other cases ; and of about twenty-five treat-1 ed, very few have had to give up work j more than a day?some not all. Not being a physician, I should feel some hesitancy in offering my cure, if after I had begun to try it, it had not received the high endorsements quoted. At first, I used the carbonate of lithia, which is the best of the alkalis for the purpose. Hut as my practice (all charity) enlarged, I left so expensive a drug, and contented myself with the carbonate of potash and soda. These I found practically as j good as the lithia. For the sake of the suffering public I would say that the dose 1 have used for j grown patients has been a level teaspoon of1 baking soda, dissolved in plenty of water, taken every two hours until headache and j soreness are gone, then one extra dose for! good measure. It is not best to take a dose just before or just after eating. I have rarely found more than four doses needed. Since the system is in an acid state, calomel c'" course is a very dangerous medicine, and m;:ny deaths from influenza are, without reasonable doubt, traceable to the use of calomel in the disease. It is interesting to note that when all else j failed, our grandmothers used to euro the' worst colds with "fire coal tea." This was simply a crude saleratus treatment. So there is nothing new under the sun, and wise theory simply proves the soundness of another of their old practical ways. \V. Tkrtsch Ij.\ni>kr. TIIK JKIU'SAhKM*AKTICIIOKK. It is a valuable vegetable for two purposes, 1 in particular to feed hogs with, and to makci pickles of, and for neither purpose it is vain- j ed as it should lie. An occasional ration j O'verv mi- 4 ibivsl of artioliokcs durinir the winter ami spring is a preventive of cholera , in hogs. Every hog raiser in the South' should grow more or loss artichokes, as the cultivation is very simple and the product j heavy on good soil. It ailbrds one of the nicest and at the' same time certainly the cheapest pickle that! can he made. A great many persons prefer ! a nicely pickled artichoke to anything else in the shape of a pickle. There are several varieties?red, purple, | yellow and white. The mammoth White j French is a very productive sort and doubt-; less as good as any. There is no crop more easily grown than ; the artichoke, and, well cultivated on good,; loamy soil, hundreds of bushels can he made j per acre. The culture is exactly like that of j Irish potatoes, hut the artichoke, when ; planted early in the spring, continues to! grow and multiply until severe frost occurs. If not dug, the tubers will remain unhurt i in the soil until January or even February, j Then-the tubers will sprout and start to j growing. The crop usually is planted in February, j Cut tubers, the size of a small hen-egg, into two pieces, and drop lo to IS inches apart in the row : rows .".A to I feet apart. Keep the ! weeds down by shallow cultivation. j (The Jdorir Seller. A WAR STORY. Between Fairfax Court House and Washington city, there was still standing in a state | of good preservation, at the beginning of the ill-starred war of the States, a venerable co> i t ?M.i-? (U, Jomai DUllUlll^, W u li/ii) iuuu?u uuiiu iui Church of England divines, was known to the Confederates as Fall's church. Near it stood a substantial mansion house of the plain, square style so common among the wealthy classes of that part of Virginia. Its inmates consisted of Mrs. Dulauy, a widow ! lady of elegant and refined manners, with her son and daughter. Edward had just reached his majority, and was theu captain of the Fairfax Rifles, as successor of Captain Marr, who was killed a few weeks previously in a night charge of Federal dragoons. Susan, just seventeen, was spending a few weeks with an aunt in the city of Washington. During the month of June, 1861, the Federals established a picket station at Falls church, and their lines included Mrs. Dulany's dwelling, but excluded her spring and stables. Though very much inconvenienced by their presence, yet the commanding officer allowed her major domo, Daddy Ned, to make tri-weekly trips to Washington with his milk wagon without molestation. His constant attendant was his daughter, May, who was one of her young mistress's maids, of the same age and similar stature. The family with whom Susan was sojourning had many friends among Federal officers, and she soon became a great favorite, and more than one of them worshipped at the shrine of her wit and beauty; but none could win her heart, for true as the needle to the pole, it was fixed upon a dashing Virginia cavalryman, to whom she had been previously betrothed. In parting she promised him to ascertain the time when the Federal army would move on to Richmond. This information was of vital importance to the Confederates ; without it, Beauregard's small force would he a slight impediment to the onward march of so great and fully equipped an army as McDowell had marshalled. Unless General Johnston, men in me vaney, couia reach Manassas in time to unite with Beauregard, the latter would he crushed. The Confederates had many agents in Washington; but down to the 13th of July nothing positive had been carried to Beauregard. Saturday evening before that date a brilliant array of uniforms shone in the parlors of Mrs. B . Miss Susan's aunt, and among them the love-sick officer who was seeking to win her affections. Conducting her to a bay window, with impassioned earnestness he exclaimed: "Oh, Miss Sue! will you not have pity on me?" "Ah! what can be the matter, colonel ? You are looking quite well, indeed !" "Why, then, mon ami, my looks fail to index my feelings. I have had a vision, or perhaps a dream. It seemed I was leading my regiment into the approaching battle with the rebels, and as I charged, a bullet struck me in the chest, and whilst I was falling into the arms of a friend I awoke." "Why that is indeed a frightful dream ! But you must remember our grandmothers have always taught us that dreams go by contraries, and I am sure the rule applies with force to yours, for there is not likely to be any more fighting, as all questions between tho sections are to be adjusted by arbitration." "Ah ! my dear young lady, I wish it could be so ; already enough blood has been shed by brothers of a common ancestry, to appease the masses of the departed leaders who commence this strife : (Sotto voce.) But alas! peremptory marching orders have been issued for Tuesday morning next." "'Twas this order, then, caused your wretched dream ?" "Yes, no doubt, for I believe dreams are the reproduction for the most part of our waking thoughts." "Then I pity you indeed, as you are wont to have such horrid waking thoughts!" "A truce to your badinage, ma chore mademoiselle ; do be serious on the eve of our parting, perhaps to meet no more!" "Why, Colonel, I was never more serious in my life, and I cannot but think, as you are such a dreamer, the order you mention came to you in a dream." "Indeed, then, I will convince you of its reality, for I wish you to be serious ami listen to me." Handing her a paper, he continued: "Here is, inter nos, the general order from headquarters; so you see there cun be no mistake." "Oh ! can it be so? How sad !" And here the young colonel eloquently told tlie storj of his love for the fair youug Southern girl, in utter forgetfuluess of General Order No. 1, which she still kept in her possesion. Meantime, she scarcely heard the declaration of love, so pre-occupied was she with the determination to keep that paper fraught with the destiny or ner near souinlaud. But she seemed to give earnest heed to his burning words, and whilst gradually concealing the paper, pleaded her youth and thoughtlessness, but said with the true feeling of a lady, that if he should be ordered into battle, she hoped he would not only escape death, but even the scratch of a wound, and he parted with her, hoping he would return from Kichmond victorious, and fully claim her heart. But alas! the gallant Colonel C fell upon the field in a charge. which he led near the Stone Bridge, and mirabile dictu ! as he fell from his horse, aid-de-camp Captain K received him in his arms! Trembling with anxiety our heroine spent that night and Sunday iu planning how to pass the cordon of guards which surrounded the city. Indeed no one could do so without a pass from provost-marshal's headquarters. .Monday morning came, and with it Daddy Ned on his usual mission. In a moment she caught the idea. The maid, May, dashed upstairs to see "Missy." It took our heroine only a few minutes to explain to her faithful inaid that she must remain at her aunts, as | she herself wanted to visit her mother. And j so she donned May's gown and basque, and ; closely fitting sun-bonnet, with red shawl i and thick brown veil; and lightly tripping out to the wagon, took her seat beside the; impatient Daddy Ned. And so accustomed were the sentinels and patrols to the old negro and his team, that! he passed them all without undergoing ex-j animation or challenge. And before dusk ' nnr hnrnitio w.ia in h??r mnllinr's chamber TC vealing to her the important mission she had undertaken. But many difficulties remained to he surmounted before she could reach the Confederate lines. .Daddy Ned was called in for his counsel and assistance. She must reach Bonham's headquarters early next morning. Daddy Ned had observed that the mounted patrol came at sunrise from the road she must travel, and the relief did not go out for an hour afterward. "Den, missy, I take de horses to water at de spring, an' you come wid de pail on your haid fur water jis' like; dat gal do ebry mornin', den, I put you on j yo' pony, an' you jis' go long!" Next morning, with pail on her head, and j attired as beforo in her maid's costume, she passed the sentinels and reached the spring, \ mounted her favorite pony and rode towards , the Confederate lines. In less thau two ^ hours, whilst displaying a white 'kerchief: to her riding-whip, she was halted by a, mounted picket: "What, ho! Can it be possible! What, you here, ma chore, Susie ! My queen of hearts!" were exclamations which fell so fast from Lieutenant Tyler, j Susan could only cry out: "O Ernest, you madcap!" "Stop this and conduct me to headquarters \> II. I1V/IIL VU lU^ . A. <4111 ?.??V JiUUIJ j this horrid win, and have important news!" ; "Then, dear gossip, come ! I am glad I have caught you!" And so with hearts full of love for each other and devotion to their country, they rode into Colonel Kershaw's j camp. Colonel Kershaw immediately con- j ducted her to lion hum's headquarters. The , latter placed ti e young heroine and hcrcav-1 airy escort in charge of his gallant aide-dc- j camp, James N. Lipscomb, who conducted her safely to Beauregard, at Mitchell's l'ord. Then Beauregard was enabled to signal by [ Hags to Johnston's lookout, on the mountain top ; and with Jackson's, Bee's and Bartow's ! brigades, Johnston inarched across the couu-: try, wading the Shenandoah, and reached ! the field of action July 21st, in time to bear! the "burden and heat of the day." That events of that day carried sorrow to many hearts, is too well known to all; but to none a keener pang than our heroine. Friday, the 19th, her brother, Edward, was desperately wounded whilst leading the Fairfax Killes in the engagement at Blackburn's Ford, and she and her mother hastened to the rear to soothe his sufferings. Ho died that day week. Again, in the last charge, which the Virginia cavalry made on the 21st, near the Lewis house, a charge which, in spirit and dash, was not surpassed at Balaklava hy tlie "Light Brigade," young Tyler fell, mortally wounded. And there upon the field of battle the dauntless girl found him. "Oh, Earnest, Earnest! you will not die!: Do not leave me!" Faintly he whispered:! "Hold my hand, dear Sue! The shadows of j night are coming o'er me ! Stay by me ! for j without thee, I dare not die!" "Oh, you must not die! I will freely give my life for thine!" But alas! it was otherwise ordered. As the shade of night came on, there amidst the green grass and blooming clover, he passed into the dark valley of death, and gave up his young life at his country's cull. And now there arc three graves in the old Cedar Grove churchyard : One Federal and two Confederates, enclosed by a curbstone of! white marble, surmounted by a single shaft, inscrioeu wun incir name and virtues una representing the unity of the trinity of her affections, who, still beautiful, may be seen at "dewy eve" standing, waiting to be called ; and on Memorial day, carefully adjusting on each a chapletof arborvittu and immortelles, and twining round the shaft an evergreen garland wreathed with blue violets and gray mo9s, emblematic of the indissoluble union of the "Blue and the Gray" on "fame's eternal camping ground."?Thomas S. Arthur, Bryson City, N. C. \Bakinca^ j ?,^^Powderj JJbsdutely A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.?Latest United States Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, N. Y. REGISTRATION NOTICE. Office ofSupervisor of llcgist ration of York ; County, Yoiikvim.k, S. C., December 27, 1803. NOTICE is hereby Riven that tlio hooks of registration will remain open in my ollice, as the law directs, LN-THE COURT HOUSE AT YORKVILLE, on tlie FIRST MONDAY in each month, commencingon the FIRST MONDAY OF JANUARY, 1804, and continuing until the FIRST MONDAY IN JULY, 1894, inclusive. This is for the purpose of registering all persons who have become of an age qualifying them to vote, or who may be entitled from other legal causes, since tlie last election, to register ; to transfer voters so desiring from York to another county, or from one residence to another. Voters desiring to avail thomselvesof any of the above privileges, must make application before, or on the FIRST MONDAY, 2ND DAY OF JULY, 1894. I. 11. CORDON, Supervisor of Registration, York County. December 27 52 27w EXCELSIOR RUIIBEK STAMPS. DO you know that a RUDDER STAMP is a very useful article with which to mark your collars, 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 clerks, bankers, druggists, postmasters, etc. I have on hand some very tine specimens of type, suitable for marking clothes, and also for stamping envelopes, letter heads, bill heads, statements, shipping tags, visitingand business cards, etc., which is at least equal to, or better than 75 per cent, of the ordinary "botch-work" of amateur country printers. I also sell steel stamps, wax seals, seal presses, door plates, German silver key checks with name and address, and also badges for policemen, railroad conductors and porters. "SAFETY" PENCIL POCKETS. If you have a fountain pen or a pencil that you don't want to lose, you can keep from losing them by buyinga"SAFETY" PENCIL POCKET. It only costs TWENTY-FIVE cents, and will save you the expense of buying so many lead pencils. I will be pleased to till all orders given me. Promptness and satisfaction guaranteed. Address all orders to REG. M. GRIST, Capt. King's Masterpiece The opening chapters of the popular novelist's latest and greatest story, entitled FOES IN AMBUSH will soon appear IN THIS PAPER YOU CANT AFFORD TO MISS IT CAUTION.?If a dealer offers W. I. Douglas Shoes at a reduced price, or says he has them without name stamped on bottom, put him down as a fraud. W^L. DouclIs CQ Q U/>ET BEST IN DO onuc THE WORLD. W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fit. ting, and give better satisfaction at the prices advertiscd than any other make. Try one pair and be convinced. The stamping of \v. L. Douglas' nainc and price on the bottom, which guarantees their value, saves thousands of dollars annually to those who wear them. Dealers who push the sale of W. L. Douglas Shoes gain customers, which helps to increase the sales on their full line of goods. They can afford to sell at a less nrolit, and we believe you can save money bv buying all your footwear of the dealer advertised below. Catalogue free upon application. Address, TV. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Maui, bold by J. J. SMITH, Clover, S. C. j C. W. FREW, Rock Hill, S. C.| January 10 '1 21t ( PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. Thoroughly fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories, Ac., anil with a line sky-Tight, I tun prepared to take a picture in any style of the art, as well executed us can he done ' elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. By the dry plate process I can take them in-1 staiitly ; makes no (Inference about fair or cloudy j weather. j I do all my own printing and finishing, and : there is very little delay in delivery. liALAltUlili HUIUV. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in the highest style to he had, and prices reasonable, j Give me a call and see specimens of work, at my Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. : * J. It. SCIiOKIL I>. K. FINI.KY. J. S. MUCK. I FiM.RY ?!b BKICK. ATTOHM1YH AT I.AW, Yorkville, S. C, ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICIO IN' TIMO BUILDING A T TI IK It K A It OF M. II. ('. ST It A USS'S STOltK. THIS mm IHUIRISR1 For 1894. Handsomely Printed on Strom White Paper, j TUB LOCAL NEWS A SPECIALTY, i I NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE!; A $100 Wilcox & White Organ to he Awarded to j the Club-Maker who Secures the Largest Xnmher of NEW SUBSCRIBERS hy 4 o'clock p. in. on iiiursuiiv .iiarcn i->. 1504. i A ?90 ni'liliY, A 75G01.1I WATCH AM) A COKBIX DISK HARROW FOR THE THREE LARGEST CUBS. Premiums for other Clubs Ranging in Si/e from SIXTY Down to FIVE Subscribers. LI II Klt.lL COMI'ESSA TI OS JO It A LL It'OJlKJiltS FOIt Tilt: KSQVlItKIt. TIN-: YORKVILLE ENQUIRER ontoml 011 the FORTIETH YEAR of its publication on the THIRD DAY OF JANUARY, 1K04. In making our annual announcement we avail ourselves of the opportunity to return thanks to our friends and patrons for the generous support that has been extended to THE ENQUIRER for the past year, and to say that during 1H!(4, we do not intend to take any steps backward ; but will endeavor to make the paper more and more entitled to the support of the people of York county. THE ENQUIRER having intelligent, trustworthy and wide awake special correspondents in York and adjoining counties, but little transpires in which the people generally are interested, that is not promptly made known through its columns. Besides this, it shall continue to be our aim to watch carefully after everything that is calculated to make known to the outside world the business advantages and natural resources possessed by York county?agricultural, mineral and climatic?and when we say York county, we do not mean any particular section of it, or any particular class of people: but THE WHOLE COUNTY A NI) A LL Til E PEOPLE. While the local and general news departments of the paper will be carefully lookod after, all the features which have given THE ENQUIRER a distinctive original character from the lirst day of its publication will be maintained. From time to time it will contain short stories anil serial stories from the best writers; every week a column of fun and humor; carefully selected and seasonable articles intended for the benefit of the farmer and housewife. To recapitulate: It is our aim to print a hightoned, clean, newsy family paper; one that is RELIABLE, and one whose weekly visits will always be looked forward to with pleasure by its patrons. Torniy nf Miihcrrintinn?PnyHuro Prop a v* iiiu ui uu*/uvt i|mvii m. vunt^v m. & w Single Copy, one year, 82 00 Two Copies, one year, 3 f)0 One Copy, two years, 3 50 One Copy, six months 1 00 One Copy, three months, 50 Ten Copies, one year, 17 50 And one copy, one year, to the person making a ; club of TEN at 81.75 for each subscriber. Payment required to be made in advance. PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. ' For the three largest clubs of yearly subscribers, at 81.75 for each subscriber, wo otl'er the three ' articles mentioned below, the aggregate value of ! the three being ONE IIUNDKKI) AND NINE- i TY-FIVE DOLLARS, as follows: For the largest club, a 800 OPEN BUGGY. Particulars in regard to this premium will bo found elsewhere. i For the second largest club, one 875.00 Watch. The movement for this Watch is manufactured I by the Columbus Watch Co., of Columbus, Ohio, : and is called the "Railway King." It has 10 jewels, in gold settings, extra center hole jewel, i patent regulator, adjusted to heat and cold; j gold finish. It is one of the finest movements made in the United States, and is used exclusively on a number of the great railroad systems by reason of its reliability as a time keeper. The movement will be fitted to a Ross tilled gold . case. These cases are made of 14 karat gold and ; arc warranted to wear 20 years. The price of the movement is 840 and that of the case 8-15, making the value of the watch 875. i For the third largest club, a No. 7 12-disk latest improved Corbin Disk Harrow, worth 8'10. To EVERY person who may obtain a club of sixty or more names, but who may fail to secure one of the three premiums already mentioned, we will give its compensation, one Chicago Singer Sewing machine; or if the person entitled to the machine docs not want it, we will give one Fifty Tooth Evans Steel Frame Smoothing Harrow; or if the Harrow is not wanted, we will give one 11 jewel Elgin watch in a Fahy's dust proof open face silver case. The retail price of the watch is824.0<). Either the Sewing Machine, Harrow or Watch will be delivered free of expense for transportation. To EVERY person who may obtain a club of FORTY and less than sixty, but who fails to win one of the three leading premiums, we will give one 7 jewel Elgin Watch in a Fahy's dust proof open face case. This watch usually retails at about 815. To every person who may obtain a club of THIRTY and less than forty subscribers, but who may fail to win the Buggy, the 875 Watch or the Disk Harrow, we will give as compensation for securing the subscribers, one 7 jewel, open faced American Standard Watch in a Fahy's dust proof case. This Watch would be considered a bargain at SID. For a club of FIVE and less than ten subscribers, we will give as compensation for securing the names, one 30-hour Niekle Alarm Clock, the retail price of which is 81.75. To persons who make up clubs of TEN and less than twenty names, we will send THE ENQUIRER one year free of charge; and to iiinon iriin timv luinnrn n clnlt of TWENTY and loss than thirty names, we will forward THE ENQUIRER one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the United States, the publication to be selected by the person entitled to receive it. The time tixed for completing clubs under the above offers is limited to 4 o'clock p. in., on I THURSDAY, the loth day of MARCH, ism. NEW SUBSCRIBERS. By NEW subscribers we mean persons whose names are not now on our subscription list and have not been within THREE MONTHS of this date?November 1. A change of address FROM ONE MEMBER OF A FAMILY TO A X < >T 11 E R M E MBERO F T11E S A M E FA M 11, Y, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A: NEW SUBSCRIBER. Every new subscriber must be genuine. ! For the Largest Club of New Subscribers. To the person who may obtain and pay for the ! largest club ot NEW SUBSCRIBERS between | the first of November and THURSDAY, the! loth March, 1S04, at.'I o'clock p. in., we will give as j I compensation one WILCOa A WHITE ORGAN, valued at $100. [For full description of' I the Organ see advertisement printed elsewhere.] j ! The Organ is offered independent of all other I premiums, and the person who receives it will lie I I entitled to have his names counted in competi- j j tion for either of the other premiums offered. I For example: If the person who secures the I Organ shall have returned and paid for the j j largest list of names by Thursday, the loth day j March, 1S04, including those which entitled him | to the Organ, he will be entitled to the $!K) Bug' gy ; if the second largest, including those which { entitled him to the Organ, he will be entitled to the $7.1.00 Gold Watch; if the third largest, including those which entitled him to the Organ, he will be awarded the Corbiu Disk Harrow. If it is found that the person who secured the! Organ has a sufficient number of names on the j fifteenth day of March, 18P4, including those which entitled him to the Organ, to entitle him I J to a premium offered for sixty, forty, thirty, j {twenty, ten or live names, and has failed to secure one of the three first premiums, he will be awarded either premium he may select to which I | the number of names returned entitles him. RENEWALS count just the same as new subscribers in competition for all premiums ex-1 j eept the Organ. CONDITIONS. No name will be counted in competition for a j. premium, and no premium delivered, until the subscription price has been paid. It is not necessary that the names of a elubj should all be at the same postoffiee. Names may be taken at any number of places. One name for two years will be equivalent to two names for one year each. Club makers arc requested to send in names as rapidly as they secure them. j l All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the York- < villi* postollice. In sending names, write plainly, give post- j | ollice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. < A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with each name,, sent, so that the number sent by any one person , j may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks! will be allowed in which to "untie." Persons who commence making clubs, will ! not be permitted, after the names have been I entered on our books, to transfer the names to | another club-maker's list. jzir The time in which additions may be made I to clubs under our propositions will expire on THURSDAY, THE loth DAY OF MARCH, I 1 s??4, at 4 o'clock, p. m., therefore, persons who , desire the benefit of club rates, must subscribe I and pay fort lie paper before that day, as after the I expiration of that time, it will not be furnished ; for less than &I.0U unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to ! L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. .MOXTVAI.H STOCK I'M KM, ji Illucksbui'g, S. C. | RKl; 1STEREI) .1ERSEYS, WELCII AND 11 SHETLAND PONIES. (Imported stock.) i' ESSEX AND REGISTERED CHESHIRE | PIGS. Bred anil for sale, nl'lt _I KIISF.YS !iri> ;ilt nf tin* celebrated ' Victor and Stoke Rogis strains, which have attracted so much attention throughout the North. BELL CALVES FOR SALE AT FARMERS' PRICES. It* you are thinking of starting a dairy herd don't overlook the Jerseys. Thcv are the best dairy cows known to the world. j? We guarantee our ponies to lie perfectly safe for ladies and children to drive. CAN SELL SHETLAND PONIES AS CHEAP AS ANY , BREEDERS IN THE SOl'TH. Write for what you want. Address, Dr. J.<L BLACK, Blacksburg, S. C. for Infants and Children. "C'astorlaisso well adapted to children that I Castorla cures Colic, Constipation, I reeoininend it as superior to any prescription I Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Knictation, tnown to ine." II. A. Archer. M. D.. I Kills Worms, elves sleep, and promotes di Ill So. Oxford St., Erooklyn, X. Y. fjestion, Without injurious medication. "Tho uno of 'Castoria is no universal and "For several years I have recommended i:s n:erits so well known that it seems a work your 'Castoria,' and shall always continue to < f supererogation to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial intelligent families who do not keep Castoria results." v. Itliia easy reach." Edwin F. Pardee, M. D., Carlos Martyn, I). D., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New York City. . -* The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City. A FINE $90.00 OPEN BUGGY TO BE GIVEN AWAY To the Person Who Secures the Largest Club nf tn TIIF. r.iVOf fRflRaaaOId V r? * V nrV'i n * Jd mm m A mji ? w m ? ? _w m-??. and \( av C ounting the Same. A BUGGY made by the CAROLINA BUGGY COMPANY, of Yorkvillo, is a thine of beauty, and is as durable as it is possible to make a vehicle with the same amount of wood and steel, uid for this reitson THE ENQUIRER has been using the CAROLINA BUGGY CO.'S vehicles for several years as a PREMIUMS TO CLUB MAKERS; and as we have never used a \ more acceptable premium, have decided to continue its use FOR THE FALL AND WINTER CONTEST OF 1893-94. The buggy we have arranged to offer is a $90.00 OPEN BUGGY with either end or side-bar springs, and as stated above, is as tine a vehicle as is on the market at the price, and we think it * equal to a great many that sell for more money. It is our purpose to award this buggy to the CLUB-MAKER WHO MAY RETURN AND k PAY FOR the largest number of YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS?both old and new?between NOVEMBER 1, lMtt, and THURSDAY. MARCH lath, 1K!?4, at 4 o'clock p. m., whether, the number bo TEN, FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED OR MORE, at *1.7"> each. The reputation of the CAROLINA BUGGY COMPANY'S WORK is something of which the people of South Carolina should feel proud, us notwithstanding the fact that our country is now passing through the greatest financial stringency of the past twenty years, the company nas been operating its plant to its full capacity and has been unable to keep up with the orders. No stronger testimonial could be offered as to the high standing of its work with those who know what good work is. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO WIN THIS BUGGY, Anil wo have NO PREFERENCE AS TO WHO THE WINNER SHALE BE. What wo propose to do is to award it to the person who returns and pays for the largest number of subscribers, both OLD and NEW, between the dates mentioned above. The offer is open to the world. Goto work today. LEWIS M GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. TO BE GIVEN AWAY! $100 WILCOX & WHITE ORGAN ' To be Awarded to the Club-maker who Returns and Pays for the Largest Number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS Between November 1st, 1893, and March 15th, 1894, at 4 o'clock ]> in. Go to Work RIGHT NOW and KEEP AT IT! I" AST year we awarded A OXK Hl'XDRKD DOLLAR WILCOX & WHITE ORGAN J as a pr?>111i11111 to the club-maker who returned and paid for the largest number of XEW * SCRSCKIRKHS within a speeilied time, and as the oiler was roeoived with such great favor by the elub makers, we propose to repeat it this year, and by a speeial arrangement effected with the manufacturers, through their general agent fortius section, Mr. GKORGK T. SCHORR, of Yorkville, we are enabled to offer an instrument that IS THE EQUAL OF ANY $100 ORGAN MANUFACTURED > ' In the United States, and far superior to most of them. The above picture will give a fair idea ot the appearance of the organ, and the following description shows that it is an imstrument which ' --V.. MM : 11 1.^ oSiI.oh \\r , /^.i. ,w. will please tne mosi exacting anisi; i m? ?m wnmn ......?, ............ .,??m.IUU ,yttlv tW) may be preferred. It is i> feet high, 4 feet in length, 21 inches in depth, ami the case is finely finished and hand rubbed. Same quality of tone and workmanship as is found in their higher priced styles It is ornamented with two French plate beveled edge mirrors and has a closed convenient musical receptacle. It has eleven stops, noncof which are "dummies." THE WILCOX A WHITE ORGAN COMPANY Stands at the very head of the list of manufacturers of line, RELIABLE ANI) DK8IRARLK INSTKl'M KNTS, and has received more medals and diplomas on regular catalogue styles than any other American manufacturer of organs. Its organs are handled by leading dealers through' the world, and is enthusiastically endorsed by musicians. A great niany of them are in use in York and adjoining counties and are giving universal satisfaction. The organ will be awarded to the club-maker who returns and pays for the largest number of NEW yearly subscribers to Til E KNljF IHER at ?1.73 each, between NOVEMBER 1, lKtW, and THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1894,. AT 4 O'CLOCK P. M. With the organ will go, without extra expense, one IMush Top Stool worth jti and a eonv of J Dr. .1. <f. Harnett's Electric Organ Teacher, worth R5.."i0, and by the use of which'a person may ' become a skillful performer ; not needing any other teacher. ' THE ORGAN IS GUAKANTEED * By the WILCOX A WHITE OROAN COMPANY for six years, and by Mr. SCIIORB for no less than twenty. He proposes to keep it in thorough order free of expense to the person who wins it. Now we want to use some VERY PLAIN ENtiLISH, The organ will be awarded to the person who may secure and PAY tor the largest number of NEW YEARLY Sl'ltsriirttvusj *"* - V ' ? ' 1SWI Mil.) M ir.-li 1.1 I VIi ?| 4 ,.',.|?..L- ' u ?! ' > earn, t-rn v * * " x "w% i" ? ??v iwi . A LY KIKfl KST EVERY ONE WHO EXPECTS TO ENTER TIIK HACK, to READ our J prospectus and learn all the eonditions, ami especially -w to what is meant by a N K\Y subscribers, H uul then go to work without delay and KEEl* AT IT. The largest elub of Xew subscribers, ] whether it be 10 or 100, or more, takes the organ. LEWIS 31. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. ^ GARRY IRON ROOFING C03IPANY, I Manufactures all kinds of ff IRON ORK PAINT IRON ROOFING, And Cement. KIMl'KD AN1) COKHCOATKI> St 1)1 NO, TO 158 M EKWIN ST., ?^ Iron Tile or Shingle. t'lovelnnd, <). r-ntE I'ltooK ntH)iM. siirrrKKs, .tr., | J y ' Wfr""^ Send for Circular and Price List No. 75. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. pSf Orders received by L. M. GRIST. I I