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Humorous jjcpartmcnt. Whichever Took the Biscuit.?Just after the termination of the war between the North and South, a lady with a basket on her arm walked through one of the wards of a certain soldiers' hospital. She stopped beside the bed of one of the sufferer's, a German, and asked : "Were you a Union man or Confederate ?" "Union," he replied. Whereupon she passed to the next cot, and repeated the question to its occupant. "Confederate," was answered ; and then she opened her basket and handed the man some nice fresh biscuit. The German watched the proceedings, not in the best humor. A few days after, another lady going through, stopped at the German's cot and asked which side he was on. "Confederate," was his prompt reply. "Poor man," said she, "here's a tract for you," and passed on ; and the unfortunate's state of mind was not improved. Again, a third visitor, in passing, stopped at the German's side, and asked the old question of which side he was on. "Dot tepends on vat you got. If you got biskit, I tinks I might pe a Confederate; but if you gottem dracks, I vas neider." The Moral of the Tale.?In a little Southern town, where the least happening was of vital importance and lengthy conversation, a worthless citizen entered a store during the proprietor's absence, and abstracted his entire cash capital, done up in two canvass shot-pouches. The robbery was soon detected and the robber found. He made a full confession, delivered up the money, something over a hundred dollars, and was dragged to the county jail, several miles away. The incident, however, furnished conversation for the entire community, and the daring robbery was discussed on all sides. The news came to a country-house, and was retailed at length to the family in the presence of a small Ethiop, who acted as subbutler and choreboy. After the capture and imprisonment of the offender had been related, the mistress, wishing to point the moral to the miniature darkey, remarked : "Well, that is what comes of stealing. Isn't it terrible, Jennings?" " 'Deed, mam, Miss Page," answered the black youth laboring under the name of Jennings, " 'deed, it am ter'ble. Dat po' man didn' have no chance 'tall ter spend dat money." Patsy's Advice to Barney.?In addition to being cross-eyed, Barnej' O'Day has a tilted chin sprinkled with wiry red beard, a cavernous mouth overhung by a huge pug nose, and a sallow complexion. But he seems to be happily unconscious of all his defects except cross-eyes, in regard to which he is painfully sensitive. Recently a noted occulist came to town, advertising among other things, to straighten cross-eyes, and Baruey decided to be treated. Meeting his particular friend, he exclaimed : "Ocb, Patsy ! Oim thinkin' o' bavin' the big docthur straighten me eyes." "Sthraighten yer eyes, Barney ? Phwhy, mon, have ye gone daft ?" "Never a bit daft am Oi, Patsy, but Oive some right wicl yersilf to be foine-lookin'." Patsy scrutinized him closely?eyes, nose, mouth, chin?and at length exclaimed : "Arrah ! Barney, that ould frout o' yours aint worth repairin'. Oid advise ye to lave it alone intirely, an' have a bran-new face made on the back side o' yer head." Barney has never revealed his opinion respecting the new face. A Revelation.?He?At last we are aloue, and I have an opportunity to speak. I have been seeking this moment for days, for I have something to say to you. She?Go on, Mr. Harkins. He?I will. Miss Jones, you perhaps have not noticed that at times I have been constrained, uneasy, even awkward, in your presence, that I have had something on my mind that I felt I must say to you. She (softly)?Yes. He?That constraint, that awkwardness, Miss Jones, was due to?due to? She?Go on, Mr. Harkins. He?Was due to the fact that I feared you were not aware that I am engaged to your "mother. Howard's father is a physician; and one day wheu the doctor was out, Howard and a little playmate were "playing doctor" in the real doctor's office. Presently Howard threw open a closet door, and revealed an articulated skeleton to the terrified gaze of his playmate; but Howard himself was perfectly calm. "Pooh, Walter!" he said to his playmate, "what are you afraid of? It's nothing but an old skellington !" "Wh-whwhere did it come from ?" asked Walter, with chattering teeth. "Oh, I don't know. Papa has had it a long time. I guess likely it was his first patient." Unruffled.?"I ain't crying !" said little j Ethel, cheerfully, from the diuing-room, where she was having a late and solitary breakfast. "I'm glad to hear it," replied her mother ' from an adjoining room. "Why aren't you | crying, my dear. " 'Cause," said Ethel, as she placidly! watched the contents of her overturned oat meal howl flowing over the table and trickling down to the floor; "'cause dcre's no use crying over spilled milk." i j J6T The following is smart, if not refined : j Two workingmen were discussing serious subjects. Quoth the younger, "I say, Bill,! what are these 'ere joint-stock companies?" "Well, I'll explain it to yer. You and Jim, I and 'arf a dozen more of our mates, puts up \ a penny each and buys two ounces of 'bacca j and a clay. Then I calls myself a managing j director, and I sits down and smokes that I pipe and that 'bacca. D'ye see?" "Yes, i but where do we come in?" "Oh, you're! the shareholders. You looks on and spits." ! ?New York Herald. Just What it Was.?"What is a skele-; ton? Can you tell me, children?" The infant class looked troubled. Their ideas on the subject were of the most vague description, and, they seemed to think, hardly worth mentioning. The question passed down the class, almost to the very foot, meeting only a blank look or a shake of the head, until at last the smallest tot of all ventured a reply: "l'leathe, mith, it ith a' man without any meat on it." A brawny farmer presented himself at a country school, dragging an overgrown : boy reluctantly through the door. "What's yer limit here? This boy's arter an iddiea-' tion," he demanded. The timid teacher replied that the curriculum "embraced reading, arithmetic, history, algebra, trigonometry?" "That will do," interrupted the farmer. "Load him up heavy with trigger-1 nometry; he's the only poor shot in the family." The Lo.\(i and Shout of It.?"Willie Wafflers," said the teacher, "which is the shortest day in the year?" "Twenty-lust of December," replied Wil-1 lie, who was correct so far as the writer, knows. "And Tommy Tuff may tell us which is the longest day," said the teacher indul-1 gently. "Sunday !" shouted Tommy. Perfectly IIelflkss.?Mr. Meanitall? j So you have quite recovered from your throat trouble, Miss Cotillion ? Miss Cotillion?Yes; but it has left me in j a terrible condition. The doctor says I shall never be able to raise my voice or scream. Mr. Meanitall?-That is not very serious, you seem to talk all right. Miss Cotillion?Yes ; but suppose someone should trv to kiss me, for instance. fitter In a New England village thev are just putting in electric lights. One old fellow, who had heard considerable talk about arc lights and incandescent lights, was airing his knowledge to a friend, and j was overheard by a Journal reader to remark : "Yes, we're a goin' to hev some on 'em Arctic lights, and the rest is to be inde-j cent lights." j t A colored gentleman applied to Colonel i of Austin, Texas, for employment, any references from your asked the colonel, boss. under of de penitenshiary for worshipped EflL ^ansittc Gatherings. OuLv* T* I* r\ <1 Af 1*n/Mt>it r\n??m It? t tlO C AH (f A f kyzjj ? lie UIUC31 rwliu?ll pucm 10 luv ovijj, VI Miriam. #aT It certainly takes very little to make vain people happy. S?* Champagne grapes are very little larger than red currants. KaF More people have died from colds than were ever killed in battle. HaT" Envy is one of the most expensive exercises one can indulge in. IST This country has 52 law schools, with 345 teachers and 3,906 students. VST One factory in Richmond produces 600,000,000 cigarettes every year. I?~ He who runs in debt generally finds that the only way out is to crawl. J0T The extreme breadth of Texas is 760 miles, and its extreme length 620. tfaF No man can succeed in being happy without asking God to tell him how. J?"" Sin got a foothold in this world by making itself look harmless and little. A prudent man doesn't tell everything he knows everytime he opens his mouth. fi??" Persons of weak intellect are apt to succumb to acute diseases of every kind. A man ceases to be a savage when you can awaken in him a desire to buy and sell. S6T You always make more enemies than mrmov tnlfcinir notifies on the street corner. "JVMVJ n i VST The man who considers buying on credit an easy way to get things is not a safe man to trust. fiST" At the present rate of increase there will be 190,000,000 people in the United States in 50 years. V3T Beware of despairing about yourself; you are commanded to put your trust in God and not in yourself. |6f" The banking capital of the United States is estimated at $5,150,000,000, the greatest in the world. A tombstone is about the only place where the average man doesn't really care to have his name iu print, ffTrust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least of all who is indifferent to all. If God gives us a blessing it is not for ourselves alone. He wants us to be a blessing as well as to have one. Last year New York city paid $4,000,000 for schooling, $7,000,000 for amusements, and $60,000,000 for liquor. S6T The United States has produced twothirds of the cotton consumed by the world for the last sixty-seven years. V3T Two hundred and fifty-nine years ago, in February, 1635, John Blackstone sold the site of the city of Boston for $150. Statisticians estimate that there are not less than 50,000 barrels of coal oil used every day for illumination, fuel etc. fiST Next to the Bible, Moody and Sankey's hymns have had a larger circulation than any other work iu twenty five years. I6F" Last year the United States and Canada published 19,573 papers with an aggregate circulation of 3,481,610,000 copies. Erasmus replied to the pope, who blamed him for not keeping Lent, "My mind is Catholic, but my stomach is Protestant-" 86?" Easter is always the first Sunday after the full moon that happens on or next after the 21st of March. This year Easter is on March 25. Everv sinele action of our life carries in its train either a reward or a punishment, however little disposed we are to admit that such is the case. Statistics compiled by the census bureau show that in the United States there are 14,969,457 horses, or one horse for every four inhabitants. J?* Among the Ainu tribe, in Japan, a beard is considered so necessary to beauty that the women tattoo their faces to make up for their beardlessness. I?" These are times of fearful strain, physically and mentally. Keep your head level and hold yourself together and wait, and you will come out all right. gST A pneumatic tube is in use between the Paris and Berlin post offices, and thirtyfive minutes after a letter is mailed in one city it is delivered in the other. JfiT Ministers may not be allowed to carry their politics into the pulpit, but they are surely called upon to teach their people to carry religion into their politics. IST" Observations recently made under the auspices of the Austrian government, prove that there are places in the Mediterranean sea that are over three miles deep. J6T Twenty millions of articles of mail matter pass through United States post offices each day, and 500,000 letters are received annually at the dead letter office. J0T The wettest place in the world is Cherryponge, in southwestern Aassam, where the annual average rainfall is 610 inches. In 1861 the rainfall there reached 905 inches. The closing week of the life of John E. Collins, of Iiimiui, Mont., was quite out of the common. Within seven days he was married, divorced and had committed suicide. It is said that three out of every one hundred and thirty-five English-speaking people have red hair. A woman's hair is said to weigh on the average fourteen ounces. tiST The hottest place in the United States, according to the 1893 meteorological reports, I is Bagdad, Ariz., where the mercury often j stands as high as 140 in the shade for a week at a time. BSaT "I should like to know when you are going to pay that bill. I can't come here ' every day in the week." "What day would suit you best?" "Saturday." "Very well, then you can call every Saturday." PaF? The coldest winter on record was that' of 1790, in which rivers and lakes were fro- j zen, and even the ocean several miles from shore. In Europe frost penetrated three yards into the ground, and people perished by the hundred in their homes. 8ST" "They say that matrimony is a lottery,', remarked Simpkins, "and I am firmly con-1 vinced that it's an investment that never pays any dividends." "Mine did," responded Suifiiker. "In what way?" "Triplets," answered Sniffiker, in a hollow whisper. ?dy According to an advertisement con-1 tnincd in the Danish Government Gazette,; published in Copenhagen, two big volcanoes j are for sale. They are situated in Iceland,] and are the principal attractions of the island. The owner asks for them the sum of $400 apiece. f&T Some of the produce dealers in New | England towns assort their hen products in I three grades, which they classify as "eggs," j "fresh eggs," and "strictly fresh eggs." | Housekeepers, who want prime goods, are; occasionally heard to order a dozen-of) "strie'lies." Jack rabbits from the Ear West are j sold in the New York markets. They are sent East in great numbers by firms that buy of the pot hunters. They are sold side by side with the native hare of the East, and each jack rabbit weighs about twice as much as ins r.asieru cousin. Those who believe that 13 is an unlucky number, should light shy of the American 'Jo-cents piece. It has 13 stars, 13 letters in the scroll held in the eagle's beak, 13 marginal feathers on each wing, 13 tail featiiers, 13 parallel lines in the shield, 13 horizontal bars and 13 arrow-heads. patf' When you meet with great and unexpected oilers of friendship, receive them respectfully, but with a moderate degree of caution ; endeavor to discover if they How from a warm heart and a silly head, or from a designing head and a cold heart; knavery aud folly are often hardly to be distinguished. PaiT The White Star Line freighter Covic, which sailed from New York for Liverpool recentlv. carried the laigest cargo ever shipped frotn that port. Besides 144,000 bushels of grain, the cargo contained 8D0 head of cattle, 0,000 bales of cotton, 2,000 barrels of oil, 2,000 bundles of hides and other articles in large quantities. fifty In Austin, Tex., there is a figure of the goddess of liberty surmounting the cnpitol .'too feet above the ground. The lady is 17 feet high, with a hollow cranium. Inspection has recently divulged the fact that a swarm of bees have deposited their honey to the extent of several bucketsful in her head ami used her nostrils as the front door. fitiT The Frenchwoman, unlike her Knglish sister, has, as a rule, a very good business education. In the common schools she is taught household bookkeeping and is given lessons in purchasing and useful expenditure. As a wife she is expected generally to help her husband in his business, and sometimes she manages it entirely for him. In the small stores she acts as clerk for linn and in the larger ones she is an equal partner. I?he rf?mn autl ^fivcsitle. CONDUCTED BY ROWLAND BLACK. j [Original.] THE SOY OH SOJA BEAN. It lias been my intention fur some time to tell the farmers who read The Enquirer, something about the wonderful bean known as the "Soju Bean." It was introduced here three years ago, and is a native of Japan. Like all other beans and peas, it belongs to the legumes, and is a renovator of the soil. We have had two years of personal experience with this plant, and find it to be supe rior to peas for ensilage or grain. It yields about twice as much as the pea, and is much easier harvested, as it is a stiff bushy plant. The meal made from the beans is much richer than cotton seed meal, and we think a much better food. We have never had any experience with this bean sown broadcast, but would think that if not sown too thick, they would make an excellent green crop to turn under or to cure for hay. For grain, drill them in rows 4 feet apart and 12 inches in the drill, work them as you would corn and plant about loth of April. They do well between the hills of corn, as they grow and mature after the corn crop is gathered. As a fall food for fattening hogs, they are excellent when fed green. We would like to see some of the progressive farmers try them as a food for fattening hogs, by planting, say one acre, and when they are forming pods, pasture with hogs. Unlike the pea, this plant does not run. It grows about four feet high on good land, and is not affected by dry weather. We have never tried turning thein under to improve the laud, but would think they would be better than the cow pea for this purpose. The seed costs about fifty cents per peck, this quantity being enough to plant one acre. When they are once known, they will take the place of the pea, and we advise every farmer to give them a trial. PLANTING CORN. In the southern half of the cotton region, the time is at hand for this work. For a week or two past the tramp of the com dropper has been heard in the land, commencing on the gulf coast, and for two months to come, the work of planting the great cereal crop of the country will roll northward like a mighty wave, extending from the south Atlantic to the Rio Grande, even widening as it progresses towards the northern boundaries of this great country. In view of the fact that in every section the farmers seek to plant this crop as early in spring as possible, it is a remarkable illustration of the great extent of our territory even in its shortest dimension. The work of planting commences early in February in the southern part of Florida; before the short mouth has closed the wave has struck the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. During the month of March it advances in a constantly widening front, over the greater part of these States, and including South Carolina and part of the Old North State. Owing to differences in elevation the line advances more rapidly up the Mississippi valley, while it wavers and almost halts as it euters the southern Piedmout region of the Carolinas and Georgia. In April the center of the wave advances far up the great river and swings eastward up the valley of the Ohio, and westward up the Missouri. Early in May the great wave of golden seed corn breaks on the belated regions of Canada and Manitoba, where the people know nothing of springtime, but step from winter into summer and from summer into winter again. Three mouths?one fourth of a year?is the time occupied in planting the corn crop of the United States! But when is the right time to plaut corn? the best tune?in any given locamyr nome farmers are governed somewhat by signs of birds, opening llowers and?the moon. A common notion is that the ground must have become warm before putting seed corn into the ground. Some watch for the dogwood blossoms, etc. But the best rule, according to observation and experience, is to plant when the date arrives which past experience tells us is the best time?provided, only, that the ground is not too wet. It makes no difference how cold it may he? never mind the cold if the ground is dry enough to work properly, and it is the right date. You drop a seed of corn into the ground today ; it may be dry enough and warm enough "to bring it up" in a week or ten days; but there is no guarauty that it will not be freezing and snowing in less thau a week. No mau, not even the weather bureau man, can foretell the weather three days ahead. So, then, it may be a lovely warm day early in March when you commence to plant?a regular May day, perhaps?and in three or four days you may have floods of rain, followed by a freeze. On the other hand, at the same date it may be a raw, chilly day, the ground frozen in the morning, and yet in a few days the weather become balmy and warm, and so continue until the corn is up. It requires about two weeks, under favorable conditions, for corn to "come up" when planted in early spring, and we all know that all sorts Of weather may occur in two weeks. Our opinion is that it is better to have a "good time" for the corn to come up than a good time to plant it, so far as temperature is concerned. So the best rule is to plant at the set time, approved by past experience, whethether it be a cold day or a warm day, whether there be signs of spring or none. We do not see any certain advantage in planting in the "water furrow" but think it is opposed to well settled principles. Rather thau plant in the cold, wet, poor subsoil, we would greatly prefer planting on the lied lying between. We have tried both -i .".i r,..,.wl ...... ..a,. illJU IICVV1 iviuuu iiiij ?tv? v cm lit water furrow planting, excepting, possibly when planting a very late field of corn, as after small grain. Distance is an important consideration. It is much safer to give more distance than absolutely necessary than to give too little. Of course every farmer understands that the stronger the land, and the deeper and more thorough the preparation, the closer the corn may be planted. In our experience we have found 4x4 feet, or 5x3, gives plenty of stalks to make 25 to 35 bushels of shelled corn per acre. Six by four is a convenient distance on thin land, where it is desired to plant a row of peas in the middle at a second plowing. On better land the hills may be 3.1 or 3 feet, the width remaining the same. Hut when peas are not to be planted in rows between the corn rows, it is better to have the corn more nearly on a square, even if to be plowed but one way. Plenty of sound seed corn is very important, in view of the increasing depredations of the bill bug. Four grains in a place will generally secure a good stand, where one stalk is to be left. It is better to thin than to replant. If but a small quantity of manure is to be used, we prefer to drop it within a few inches of the seed, scattering it a little. Covering with a hand hoe is the safest way to get a good stand, but a forked plow does well enough in mellow, smooth land. Corn should not be covered exceeding one inch when planting early, and the soil above the planted hill should be an inch or so below the general surface. Later plantings should he covered deeper.?K.J. Redding in Atlanta Constitution. ? Low Yiki.ds ok Corn.?In reference to the very low yield of corn in the Southern States, a rather singular fact might he mentioned. Some time ago a correspondent who is a Southern farmer, wrote asking for advice as to what crops he could grow in place of corn, which only yielded six hush- j els per acre. Since tlxn the writer has been on this farmer's land and found in his close vicinity another fanner who made the j past season 7">0 bushels of corn from twelve acres, or more limn ten limes me yieiu 011 the complaining farmer. The reason was j very plain. The one had grown corn year! after year with a few crops of rye and buckwheat edged in between them, and without a particle of manure, while the other had grown buckwheat for a first crop on new land, then con; for two years, then wheat, then clover for two years, and at last corn on a rich clover sod. As usual, it was a case of "the man and not the land,'' as is true every time. Ct'HK Foil Ciimc.?A teaspoonful of lime water will cure the worst case of colic. This is something every mother should know. | lite Storti icUcv. ~ COUNTESS PERCELE. I ADVKNTLRES AND TRAGIC DEATH OF A ' SOI'TII CAROLINA REALTY. From tlie Atlnntu Constitution. "The Countess I'ereele has lost her head." j Such is the news that comes from far-oil' Japan. The countess often before happened I with this misfortune, figuratively speaking,' and notably, at the great court of the white czar of all the Russians, but at the court of the wily little Mikado, she fell a victim, | like Mary, the beautiful but unfortunate | Scottish queen, to malice and jealousy, and j lost her head at the hands of the nxman, her I marvelous beauty and indiscretion being the i author of her ruin. And who was the Countess Percele? Who I this distant princess that we of the South | should be interested in her sad ending ? At onetime 1 he whole State of South Carolina would have listened with bated breath to catch one word of this famous beauty. She was of the South, and a South Carolinian. She was born in Newberry district in 1843, and was ranked by common conseut the most beautiful nnd accomplished lady in the State. Her father was a Mr. Burton, who died while Mary, the subject of this sketch, was yet a child. Her mother married a Mr. Boozer, who adopted her, and gave her his name and fortune. For some cause? gossip has it domestic trouble?Boozer committed suicide. The widow then married a Mr. Feaster and took up their abode in the aristocratic city of Columbia. Feaster being a man of wealth and having no children of his own, lavished his money upon the stepdaughter, giving her all the education and accomplishments that wealth could bestow. She grew in grace and love-! liness as she merged into womanhood, and ; became one of the most beautiful and fascinating young ladies in the whole State, and her personal charms were surpassed, if such was possible, by her brilliancy, her wit and charming manners. In fact she was said to be a perfect model of grace beauty and loveliness. Her rare accomplishments and dazzling beauty, to say nothing of her wealth and social standing, made her without dispute the social queen of Columbia, and her hand was often sought in marriage by sons of the wealthy planters of upper tendom. Hilt tn a! I snrh overtures she turned a deaf eur, and remained "unfettered and fancy j free." The war came on and the young i swains deserted the ballroom and scenes of poetic gayety for the more real and prosaic battlefield. With war came ruin, devastation and upheavals in society. Paradoxical as it may seem, this light-hearted, brilliant blue-blooded Southern belle and her mother took sides with the Union. A batch of; Yankee prisoners was imprisoned in Columbia during the progress of the war, and her interest in their welfare and her zeal for the cause she had espoused caused her to be socially ostracised and kept continually under military surveilance. She effected the escape of a young officer from Ohio and kept him concealed in her own house till the city was evacuated by the Confederates. When General Ord, commander of the infamous Ninth corps, entered Columbia, the officer emerged from the place of his long concealment, and lost no time in proclaiming to the army the name of his fair benefactor. General Ord hastened to the presence of this beautiful and bewitching little Southern traitress, and hearing from her own lips the story of her many acts of kindness to and , her declared friendship for the Union soldier's during their incarceration in Columbia, and the danger that beset her in consequence, prevailed upon her to accompany him North, promising to aid her in every manner that j lay within his power, a promise he faithfully I kept. The finest carriage that could be found in in the city with a magnificent span of horses,' were taken from the rightful owner and placed at the disposal of the mother aiid ! daughter, and in this, surrouuded by a regi- j ment of cavalry, as an escort, this erratic, | talented, beautiful, once idolized but "now! scorned, enigma, left the land of her birth, j I (Kn linmo nf fpipnrta nnrl kindred nnd hpirmi I lUU *?VU1V V? *1 votv.w M" *" ?- ? n her grand triumphal march in the van of the army, the despoilers of the country, the foes of her people. It was in the line of duty of the writer, as commander of a company of scouts for General Johnston, to often be near her and witness the grand ovation given her by the officers and men of Sherman's army, and he can truthfully say her equipage and retinue was of oriental splendor, and she gracefully performed the roll of a veritable Cleopatra, such was the magnificence of her display, the tribute aud homage paid to her beauty and the romance of her career. On reaching Washington a bill was rushed through congress giving her $10,000 for the service rendered Union prisoners aud the losses she sustained in so doing. At the capital she soon became the social lion and the best and most exclusive society felt honored in admitting this wealthy aud aristocratic Southern beauty to their homes. Here she formed the acquaintance of, and married Jauies Beccher, a wealthy New Yorker with far more money thau brains, who became so infatuated with her charms that he made her a bridal present of $100,000. Now she was fully launched in the social swim and did houor to her position in the extravagance of her display. Beecher grew jealous of her notoriety, or she of her common-place husband, and a divorce was the result. Being now free, rich, young, and beautiful, she entered "fields green aud pastures new." She took as a companion the notorious Cora Pearl, and away these | congenial spirits winged their flight to the j gay cities of Europe to bring to their feet, I counts, lords and princes of the blood. Armed with letters of credit for vast sums, and endorsements from Stanton and Seward, i they found no difficulty in gaining recogni-1 tion to the best of society, and admittance to i royal favor. Courtesies and priceless gifts! ! showered upon them. At St. Petersburg, ! the archduke, a cousin of the reigning czar, j fell a victim to her wiles and a slave to her enchanting beauty, and in a moment of blind j infatuation, made her a present of his grand! mother's jewels, said to be worth a prince's! ransom. At a grand court ball at the wini ter palace, to which she had been invited at ! tlic inst!iiwu> nf this nobh'inan. she had the' audacity and imprudence to adorn herself with these heirlooms of the royal family. She could not, however, escape the eagle eye of old Alexander, and this escapade came near costing her her life and the archduke his estates. As soon as the truth was known, the czar ordered her out of his dominions with an imperative order never to return on pain of death, an order which it was best to ! obey. The archduke was banished from his i court and remained under royal displeasure until the death of the czar. The beautiful young adventurers now made their way to Paris and by their very boldness ; gained admission to the palace of Napoleon, j Court Percele, ambassador to Japau, was the | next victim to fall under the spell of her > daring. They were married in the church ; of the royal family in Paris with great ceremony and splendor, receiving magnificent j gifts, some from the hands of the Empress Eugenie herself. She shortly afterward sailed with her j husband to the land of the little Japs. Here i she created the same excitement and stir as j elsewhere. For a time things went well. | | The ideas of property in the polished little' I Frenchman were not so exacting as at Wash- j I ing or St. Petersburg. At last the prime j : minister of the mikado became entangled in the meshes of the dangerous beauty and j ! soon was completely in her toils. The I countess had passed the meridian of her' I power, the zenith of her glory was passed, j iier star was in the decline. She was of the age now for reflection, and her aim should have been to retain the honorable and titled j name wmru sue now pos.ie.sseu. inu sue | seemed impelled irresistibly forward to meet that danger and ruin that she knew j would sooner or later overtake her, withoutj the powers to forsake the paths in which they lay. The count deserted her, returned to Paris, | and procured a divorce. The countess married the prime minister of Japan, but onward and rapidly she sped to the end. For some real or imaginary indiscretion her hus-! band caused her to be thrown into prison, and obtained from the mikado a death war-1 rant, and away in foreign lands, friendless j and alone, Mary Iloozer, Countess l'ercele, j paid the penalty of a wayward and wicked | life by being brought to the block.?I). A. | Dickert. Most students of plant structure main- j tain that leaves spring directly from the \ node with which they seem connected. A { recent author gives evidence that the primary j point of origin is at some definite point be-j low, and that the node from which it seems ! to spring is simply their children by cultivating interest in them, the kind of interest that is shown not so much by spending money for them and allowing them to do us they i please, as by becoming their companions and } teachers in an intimate degree. The children who arc pretty sure not to go wrong i are those who find their fathers and mothers | better company than anybody else. The great secret of parental influence lies in the power and practice of being compan-1 ionable with children. It is an accomplish-1 ment worth cultivating. It begets eonfi- i dence. It prevents heartbreaks. The sense of duty that grows in the soil of normal affection is more potent in the crises of life and I character than that which is otherwise implanted.?New York World. \pakmcr' ,^^JPowderj absolutely A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.?Latest United States Government Food Report. T?/-\*ro1 "Ralrincr Pou/Her P.n 1VUJ w WW., 106 Wall Street, N. Y. FARM LOANS. THIO undersigned is prepared to negotiate LOANS UPON IMPltOVKl) FARMING LANDS, lying in York county, to he repayable in convenient annual installments, extending over a period of live years. For further particulars apply to ('. JO. SPENUKK, Attorney at Law, Yorkville, S. ('. February 21 S tf /^tfAcURE/fifeS&V clear'| LONGB mental h i (strong! ENERGYjJsjE- NERVESf _ a?e ksi Sarsaparjllai M. Hammerlv, a well-known business man of Hlllsboro, Va., sends this testimony to the merits of Ayer'a Sarsaparilla: "Several years ago, I hurt my leg, the Injury leaving a sore which led to erysipelas. My sufferings were extreme, my leg, from the knee to the ankle, being a solid sore, which begun to extend to other parts of the body. After trying various remedies, I began taking Ayer'a Sarsaparilla, and, before I had finished the first bottle, I experienced great relief: the second bottle effected a complete cure." Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Uau. Cures others,will cure you D. K. FINI.KY. J. S. HKICR. FINLEY I1KICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, VnrlrvlllA. S. f. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT THE REAR OK M. A H. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. AN AFFECTIONATE FAREWELL - "" j SCENE FROM OUR NEW SERIAL mmii i ?sifp-So ?DoaitpOog OSoDDg] A Story of Love # | # and Adventure | ON THE PLAINS OF ARIZONA DM tP^tPEf^ CAUTION.?If a dealer offers W. L. Douglas Shoes at a reduced price, or says ho has them without name stamped on bottom, put him down as a fraud. wl. Douglas s3 shoe THV world. W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fitting, and give better satisfaction at the prices advcrtiscd than any other make. Try one pair and he convinced. The stamping of W. L. Douglas' name 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 \V. 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 profit, and we helicve you can save monev hv buying all your footwear of the dealer advertised below. Catalogue free upon application. Address, IV. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mas?. bold by i J. J. SMITH, Clover, S. C. j C. W. FREW, Rock llill, S. C. January 10 2 Hit K lit; I ST It ATI O N XOTIC K. Office ofSupervisor of Kegist rat ion of York County, YmtK vi i.i.k, S. ('., December 27, lsj).'t. NOTIt'K is herrliy given tIi:it the hooks of registration will remain open in my oilier, its the law directs, IN T111*11 '< >1' RT I It >1 SK AT YORK VI I.I.K, on the FIRST MONDAY in, citcli niontli, commencing on the FIRST Si OX-J DAY OF JANl'ARY, 1S!U, ttnil continuing! until the FIRST .MONDAY IN JFI.Y, ism, inclusive. This is for the purpose of registering all per-; sons who have become of an age (nullifying j them to vote, or who may lie entitled front other i legal causes, since the last election, to register ; ! to transfer voters so desiring from York to j another county, or from one residence to another, j Voters desiring to avail themselves of any of the j above privileges, must make application before, j or on the FIRST MONDAY, 2ND DAY OKI Jl'DY, ISfM. I. II. CORDON, Supervisor of Registration, York County. December 27 f>2 27 w IUCK SliHI) FOR S tLI' IllAVK on hand a quantity of first class Korcll RICK for seed, which I will sell to those who wish tosow, at twodollarsa bushel, or ten cents a quart. Applvat Tiik KniR'IHKh olliee, C. II. SMITH. March 7 Hi tf i TIY0RKV1LLE Willi For 1894. Haudsomely Printed oil Strom Wlite Paper. THE LOCAL NEWS A SPECIALTY. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE! A $100 Wilcox & White Organ to lie Awarded to the (Hub-Maker who Secures the Largest Number of NEW SUHSCItlBKUS by 4 o'clock p. m. on Thursday March 15,1S94. A sf90 MtHIY. A ^75 <iOI.lt WATCH AND A COKBIX DISK HARROW FOR THK THREE IiAKIiEST CU BS. Premiums Tor other Clubs Ranging in Size front SIXTY Down to FIVE Snbsrrllters. Lin EH A L I'O.V I'EXSA TIO X EO HAI.L WO 11KEltS FOIl THE EXQ I' 111 Ell. THE YORKVILLE KXQUIRKR entered on the FORTIETH YEAR of its publication on the THIRD DAY OK JANUARY, MR. In making our annual announcement wo avail ourselves of the opportunity to return thanks to our friends and patrons for the generous support that has been extended to THK ENQUIRER for the past year, and to say that during 1894, 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. THK ENQUIRER having intelligent, trustworthy and wide awako 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. Resides this, it shall continue to be our aim to watch carefully alter 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 WIIOLECOUNTY AND ALL THE PEOPLE. W hile the looal and general news departments of the paper will lie carefully looked after, all the features which have given THE ENQUIRER a distinctive original character from the first day of its publication will he maintained. From time to time it will contain short stories and 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. Terms of Subscription?Postage Free. Single Copy, one year, $2 00 Two Copies, one year, 3 50 One Copy, two years, .'1 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 $1.75 for each subscriber. Payment required to be made in advance. PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. For the three largest clubs of yearly subscribers, at $1.75 for each subscriber, we offer the three articles mentioned below, Hie aggregate value of the three being ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS, as follows: For the largest club, a $00 OPEN BUGCJY. Particulars in regard to this premium will bo found elsewhere. For the second largest club, one $75.00 Watch. The movement for this Watch is manufactured 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, patent regulator, adjusted to heat and cold; 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 Boss filled gold case. These cases arc made of 14 karat gold and are warranted to wear 20 years. The price of the movement is $40 and that of the case $35, making the value of the watch $75. For the third largest club, a No. 7 12-disk latest improved Corbin Disk Harrow, worth $30. 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 as compensation, one Chicago Singer Sewing machine; or if the person entitled to the machine does not want it, we will give one Fifty Tooth Evans Steel Frame Smoothing Harrow ; or if the Harrow is not wanted, wo will give one 11 jewel Elgiti watch in a Fahy's dust proof open face silver case. The retail price of the watch is$24.00. 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 $13. To every person who may obtain a club of THIRTY and less than forty subscribers, but who may fail to win the Ruggy, the $75 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 $10. For a club of FIVE and less than ten subscribers, we will give as compensation for securing the names, one 30-nour Nickle Alarm Clock, the retail price of which is $1.75. To persons who make up clubs of TEX and less than twenty names, we will send THE ENQUIRER one year free of charge; and to those who may secure a club of TWENTY and less 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 I nited 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 -1 o'clock p. m., on THURSDAY, the 15th day of MAUClI, 1*1>4. NEW SUBSCRIBERS. By NEW subscribers we mean persons whose names arc 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 N < >T 11E R M E M B E R O F '1' 11E S A M E FA MILY, 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 pav for the largest club ot NEW SUBSCRIBERS between the first of November and THURSDAY, the 15th March, 1MB, at .'{o'clock p. in., we will give as compensation one WILCOX A* WHITE Olift AN, valued at $1(X). [For full description of the Organ see advertiseinetit printed elsewhere.j The Organ is offered independent of all otlier premiunis, and the person who receives it will he entitled to have his names counted in competition for either of the other premiums offered. For example: If the person who secures the Organ shall have returned and paid for the largest list of names by Thursday, the lath day March, 1SW4, including those which entitled him to the Organ, he will he entitled to the ?1K) Ruggy ; if the second largest, including those which entitled him to the Organ, he will he entitled to the $75.00 hold Watch ; if the third largest, including those which entitled him to the Organ, he will he awarded the (,'orbin Disk Harrow. If it is found that the person who secured the Organ has a sufficient number of names on the fifteenth day of March, lx))4, including those which entitled him to the Organ, to entitle him to a premium offered for sixty, forty, thirty, twenty, ten or five names, and has failed to secure one of the three first premiums, he will he awarded either premium he may select to which the number of names returned entitles him. IIKNKWALN count just the same as now subscribers in competition for all premiums except the Organ. CONDITIONS. No name will he counted in competition for a premium, and no premium delivered, until the subscription price has been paid. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all he at the same, postolliee. Names may he taken at any number of places. One name for two years will he equivalent to two names for one year each. Club makers are requested tosend in names as rapidly as they secure them. All subscriptions must he forwarded to us at tin* expense of those sending them. We will he responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville postolliee. In sending names, write plainly, give postOV..., Wloto uiurr, i imiiii > unit mian . All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will he kept for each clubmaker, who will he credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person may he ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will he allowed in which to "untie." Persons who commence making eluhs, will not he permitted, after the names have been entered on our books, to transfer the names to another club-maker's list. Jlir The time in which additions may be made to clubs under our propositions will expire on THCRSDAY, Til 10 loth DAY OF MARCH, 1S1M, at 4 o'clock, p. in., therefore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper before that day, as after the expiration of that time, it will not be furnished for loss t ban ?2.00 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should he addressed to L. M. GRIST, YorkviHo, S. MOXTYALU STOCK l<\\KM, Rlacksburg, S. C. RF,<! ISTKRFD .1 ICRS FYS, WELCH AND SHETLAND PONIES. (Imported stock.) ESSEX AND RFC 1STF.KHI) CIIKSIIIRK PIOS. Hred and for side. Ol'R .IKRSKYSare all of the celebrated Victor and Stoke Regis strains, which have attracted so much attention throughout the North. HCLL CARVES FOR SALE AT FARMERS' PRICES. If you are thinking of starting a dairy herd don't overlook the Jerseys. Tbev are the* best dairy cows known to the world. We guarantee our ponies to be perfectly safe for ladies and children to drive. CAN SELL SHETLAND PONIES AS CHEAP AS ANY RRHHDHRS IN THE SOl'TII. Write for what you want. 4 ' ' ?- I l! IH \Hi: iMKirrss, i/j. .1. w. t Blarksburtf, S- C* I for Infants and Children. " Castor! a is so welladapted toc?liiltlron tliat Castorla cures Colic, Constipation, I nvommend it as superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhcea, Enictation, known to me." H. A. Archer, M. Ik, Kills Worms, gives sleep, anil promotes ill111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, X. Y. pest ion, Without injurious medication. "Tho uso of 'C'astoria is so universal and "For several years I have recommended its merits so well known that it seems a work your 'Cantoria,' and shall always continue to i f sujHTerogation to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial intelligent families who do not keep Castoria results." within ea-y reach." Edwin F. Pardee, M. D., C aklos Martyr, I). D., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New York City. Tiie Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New Yore City. GARRY IRON ROOFING COMPANY, Mantifactures all kinds of SB ^ IKON ORE PAINT IRON ROOFING, And Cement. | crimped andcoKHt'oatkdsiding, /fexjggffiSwSB152TC) 158 MKRW1N ST., Iron Tile or Shingle. Cleveland, O. kike pkook books, shutters. ar.f I ~tu 3fj?~~ pif Send for Circular z rtI)(j prjce j^iHt No. 75. i THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. I pir Orders received by L. M. GRIST. PIIIF ^ A A A A AAFBI nilAAII i A hint 5SU.UU UftN bllbbl TO BE GIVEN AWAY To the Person Who Secures the Largest Club of Subscribers to THE ENQUIRER?Old and New Counting Just the Same. ABUfifiY made by the CAROLINA HUOOY COMPANY, of Yorkvillc, is a thing of beauty, and is as durable as it is possible to make a vehicle with the same amount of wood and steel, and for this reason THE ENQUIRER lias been using the CAROLINA BUUOY CO.'S vehicles for several years as a PREMIUMS TO CLUB MAKERS ; and as we have never used a a more acceptable premium, have decided to continue its use FOR THE FALL AND WINTER CONTEST OF 1893-94. The buggy wo- have arranged to oiler is a $1)0.00 OPEN BUGGY with either end or side-bar springs, and as stated above, is as line a vehicle as is on the market at the price, and wo 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 PAY FOlt the largest number of YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS?both old and new?between NOVEMBER 1, lH'tt. and THURSDAY, MARCH 15th. 1WI4, at 4 o'clock p. in., whether, the number be TEN, FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED OR MORE, at $1.75 each. The reputation of the CAROLINA BUGGY COMPANY'S WORK is something of which the people of South Carolina should feel proud, as notwithstanding the fact that our country is now passing through the greatest linancial stringency of the past twenty years, the company has been operating its plant to its full capacity and has been unabh? to keep up with the orders. No stronger testimonial could be oll'ered as to the high standing of its work with those who know what good work is. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO WIN THIS BUGGY, , And we have NO PREFERENCE AS TO WHO THE WINNER SHALL BE. What we 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 lor the Largest Number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS | Between November 1st, 1893, and March 15th, 1894, at 4 o'clock p. in. Go to Work RIGHT NOW and KEEP AT IT! IT \ST year wo awarded A OXK IUXBREB DOLLAR WILCOX & WHITE ORGAN 1 I i as a premium to the club-maker who returned ami paid for the largest number of NEW SFBSCRIBERS within a specified time, and as the offer was received with such great favor by the club makers, we propose to repeat it this year, and by a special arrangement effected with the manufacturers, through their general agent fortius section, Mr. GEORGE T. SCHORR, ot Yorkville, we are enabled to offer an instrument that ! IS THE EQUAL OF ANY $100 ORGAN MANUFACTURED In the I'nited States, and far superior to most of them. The above picture will give a fair idea of the appearance of the organ, and the following description shows that it is an imstruinent which will please the most exacting artist: The case will be either Black Walnut or Quartered Oak, as may be preferred. It is ti feet high, 4 feet in length, 21 inches in depth, and 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 ha3 a closed convenient musical receptacle. It has eleven stops, none of which are "dummies." THE WILCOX & WHITE ORGAN COMPANY Stands at the very head of the list of manufacturers of line, RELIABLE AXI) DESIRABLE INSTRl'M EXTS, and has received more medals and diplomas on regular catalogue styles than i any other American manufacturer of organs. Its organs are handled by leading dealers through*i. ~ -11 i A?ii...,.:.w,iL.nllf i.iti I. uvoi I 11 v ii 11 wii'iri i w V irrivit nitinv uf tltmn urn in uc. in { I lie world, ;ill(l IN rill IIUTtlilNlirilll > iuuwi.^m ........v..... . " IHV..I hiu hi unv ill j York aiul adjoining counties and are giving universal satisfaction. Tin* organ will he awarded to the cliih-niaker who returns and pays tor the largest nnniher of ! NEW yearly subscribers to Til E ENQl'IRER at #1.7.*) each, between NOVEMBER 1, 1893, and THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1894, AT 4 O'CLOCK P. M. With the organ will go, without extra expense, one I'lnsh Top Stool worth #o ; and a copy of j Dr. J. (1. Harnett's Electric Organ Teacher, worth ?!."><), and by the use or' which a person may ; become a skillful performer ; not needing any other teacher. TIT It! OIH^AN IS GlTAIIAMTEl) By the WILCOX X WIIITK ORGAN COMPANY for six years, and by Mr. St'HOKB for no less than twenty, lie proposes to keep it in thorough order tree of expense to the person who wins it. . . Now we want to use some VERY PLAIN ENGLISH. Hie organ will be awarded to the person who may secure and PAY for the largest number ot NEW YEARLY Sl'BSt'RIBERS at #1.7.)each, between November 1, 1893, and March l.>, 1NH, at 4 o'clock p. in.,and we EARNESTLY REQl'EST EVERY ONE WHO EXPECTS'l'O ENTER THE RACE, to READ our prospectus and learn all the conditions, ami especially as to what is meant by a N EW subscribers, 1 unit tlinn frti to work without dehiv and KEEP All 1'. '1 he larircst club of N* IHV stn } wcril ! whether it"i?e 10 <>r itio,or nunc, takes the _r . . LLWIS 31. GlilST, Yorkville, C. S.