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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23
A MOTHERS PRAYERS.

John R. lost his mother when he was but
twelve years of age. Short though her life
with him had been, it was a valuable one
for she was a pious mother, and with her
child's first breath consecrated him in prayer
to God. As he grew up, it was her custom to
teach him to pray, kneeling at her knees, and
then she would kneel beside him, and pour
out her soul in tenderest supplication to God
to prepare him for usefulness in this life, and
a glorious mortality in the life to come.
But in few days violent sickness brought
the mother to the gates of death. The family
and friends were hastily summoned round the
death-bed. "Put my hand on Johnny's
head" and then she prayed. 20 Lord, into
thy hand commend my boy. Bless him
and make him blessing" And after ad.
ding, Farewell, world; welcome, Jesus p
her ransomed spirit fled to be glori6ed with
the Lord. These were trying times for that
dear boy.
For some years he did we'll but dissatis-
fed with slow and steady success, he fell in
with the crowds that are constantly driving
West, and there hastened to become rich.
New associations gradually diverted him from
the steady habits he had formed in boyhood
He began to neglect the house of God The
Sabbath must then be spent in amusement
Dissipation followed, and he gradually sunk
until in few years his companions were
among the most degraded of large western
city. The lowest dens of vice and sin were
his favorite haunts, low rum saloons his home,
while the oaths of the blasphemer and the
filthy song were music to his soul.
Exhausted with revelry and rum, one night,
amid the oaths and laughing of his compan-
ions, he sank down upon the floor in state
of stupor. His mind wandered back to bet
ter days-the home of his boyhood-the room
of death-his mother! All stood before his
semi-unconscious mind in panoramic view.
Then the thin, cold hand on his head, and
the fervent prayer, 20 Lord, into thy hands
I commend my boy. Bless him and make
him blessing"
He started up and rushed to the door.
"Hallo, Jack! What's the matter? deli
rum again, eh ?"
But John was gone, gone never to enter
such a place again. Fearful struggles and
untold agony racked his almost shattered
mind for many days but the thin, cold hand
on his head, and the prayer sounding in his
ear as if it were the voice of an angel with
God'sown trump, never left him, until anoth-
er and sweeter voice spoke to his soul the
words of grace; "Return unto the Lord, and
he will have mercy upon thee," and "to our
God, for he will abundantly pardon"
1t is over fourteen years since that mothers
prayers were answered. Prosperity returned
to him again; and though busy merchant in
a large city, he finds time enough n to pay his
VOWS which he made to God fourteen years
ago, that if God would again return to him
with his favor and grace, he would spend one
fourth of his time and one-tenth of his wealth
in missionary effort to bring the degraded Of
the city to the knowledge Of the Lord.
1T was her hand on my head and her pray
er in my ear that saved me-" Mothers, try it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23
SOWING DISCORD.

"Aunt Alice, I think Sarah Lee is the most
disagreeable girl in our school; she is always
making mischief Now I have helped her
ever so many times in her lessons, and lent
her my history, but she is not in the least
grateful. She told Mabel that she thought 1
was very proud of my curly hair, and that my
composition wasn't half as good as Mary
Gray's."
"Were not both statements true?" quietly
asked her aunt.
Laura blushed, but presently said: ri
think it is very mean for her to talk about
me, any way. I suppose she was provoked
because I got above her in spelling. I am
sureit was not my fault that she missed. l
told Mabel I thought that was what made her
so spiteful."
"You never talk against her, do you,
Laura?"
"No, indeed am sure I never did,"
"Take care, my child; I think I can con-
vince you that you said she was the most dis
agreeable girl in school, that she was always
making mischief, thatshe was ungrateful, and
spiteful, because you got above her. Now,
did she ever say anything half as bad about
you? How would it sound if what you have
just said was reported to her, exactly as you
have said it? Would you not be very sorry
indeed to have her hear it?"
Laura looked as she felt, very much con-
fused, and she had no apology to offer.
"Always look carefully within, my dear,
when one speaks i'll of you, and see if you do
not deserve it, and cannot learn lesson from
it. Then, before you allow yourself to get
angry, ask if you have not said quite as bad
things about the other party. There are a
great many hasty words spoken, which hurt
nobody but the speaker, unless they are re-
peated. To do this is tale-bearer's business,
that is strictly forbidden in the Bible "Thou
shalt not 60 up and down as tale-bearer
among my people" 1t was wrong for Mabel
to repeat the words that gave you so much
annoyance, and it is quite likely that she re-
ported your answer also. Of all seed-sowing,
it is the poorest to SOW discord among those
who should be good friends. I think the
true course for you, dear, is to repent truly of
unkind words, and seek, by uniform kindness,
to be reconcled to your friend. AS you are
much the greatest offender, it is proper that
the first step toward reconciliation should
come from you" "-Presbyterian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
couNTY OF CHEsTER-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

COUNTY OF CHESTER-O0URT OF COMMON PLEAS.
C. C. Macoy, as Clerk Of the Court of Common
Pleas for Chester county, Plaintiff, against
Obadiah NJ. Cornwell, Defendant Summons
for Relief.
To the Defendant, Obadiah M. Cornwel:
V7OU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint in this action, which has
this day been filed in the Office of the Clerk Of the
Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and to
serve copy Of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscribers, at their Office, in the town of
Chester, South Carolina, within twenty days after
the service of this summons on you, exclusive OF
the day of such service and if you fail TO ans
wer this complaint within the time aforesaid, the
Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated January 7th, 1873.
McLURE & McLURE,
PLAINTIFFS Attorneys.
To the Defendant Obadiah NJ. Cornwell:
You will take notice that summons in this
action, Of which the foregoing Is true copy was
filed in the Office Of the Clerk of said County,
at Chester Court House, in the County and State
aforesaid on the 7th day of January, A. D., 1873,
and that if you fail to answer as required in said
summons, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint
McLURE 81 McLURE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Januarv9 Q ct
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

JESUS CHRIST A TEAcHER.-A celebrated
philosopher of antiquity, who was accustomed
to receive large sums from his pupils in return
for his instructions, was one day accosted by
an INDECENT youth, who requested admission
into the number of his disciples. "And
what" said the sage, twill you give me in re-
turn?" II will give you myself" was the
reply. ri accept the gift" answered the sage,
"and engage to restore you to yourself at some
future period, much more valuable than you
are at present" In similar language does
our great Teacher address those who apply to
him for instruction, conscious that they are
unable to purchase his instructions, and offer
ing to give him themselves. He will readily
accept the gift, he will educate them for hea-
ven, and will at length restore them to them
selves, incomparably more wise, more happy,
and more valuable than when he received
them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

Rg "Pm lonely, tonight, Love" This was
composed by young fellow in Detroit, who
went hunting ducks on the St. Clair Flats,
and by the overturning Of his boat, had to
hang to log all night. He wasn't as lonely
as he tried to make her believe, for the mos
quitoes made the time pretty lively, and a
coal-barge cabin boy shot at him several times
for canvass.back duck.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

ag- A temperance lecturer discanting on
the superior advantages of cold water, re.
marked, "When the world had become so
corrupt that the Lord could do nothing with
it, he was obliged to give it a thorough SOUS
ing with cold water" "Yes," replied topper
present; "but it killed every living critter on
the face Of the earth"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

H@ It is not difficult to weep with those who
weep, for the sight of sorrow naturally begets
piety but to rejoice with those who rejoice,
to relish the prosperity, to be glad in the ad-
vancement, to sympathize with the happiness
of others, cuts our sel6shness, and proves Of
ten the hardest Christian grace to exercise.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

Ag A stranger, seated at the table of his
pious host, commenced eating, when his host,
checking him, said, eve say something before
taking food" To which the stranger replied,
"Talk on, you can't turn my stomach now."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

sI" A very little boy, who was riding with
his father in buggy, was very anxious te
know what Flora, the horse, was made Of
His father explained to him, that, like all
other animals, she was made of the dust o1
the earth. ooh! yes" said the little boy
81 see some of it on her neck"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

p9 A gentleman said to an old lady who
had brought up family of children near the
Merrimac River: 81 should think you would
have lived in constant fear that some of them
would have got drowned" "Oh Inc" respon'
ded the old lady, eve only lost three or four
that way"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

p9- A young man asked a young lady hel
age, when she replied: "Six times seven and
seven times three, added to my age, will ex
ceed six times nine and four, as double my
age exceeds twenty" The young man said
that he thought she looked much older.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

a9r The city editor of the Jacksonville
Journal offered to send his girl the paper reg
ularly, but she replied, with sweet innocence
that her "ma didn't allow her to wear bus.
ties" The poor girl never supposed anybody
could want to read the sheet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23
T4e Murkrille Guqnirer.
TERMS---IN ADVANCE:
ADVERTISEMENTS

Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents
per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents
three months square consists of the space oc-
cupied by ton lines of this size type, or one inch
No advertisement considered less than square,
Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Adver-
tisements, will becharged Two Dollars per square
for each insertion.
Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts
will be made on liberal terms-the contract, how
ever must mall cases be confined to the immedi-
ate business of the firm or individual contracting.
Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated
as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages
and Deaths, and notices ofa religious in
serted gratis, and solicited
rs Personal Communications when admssa-
BILE; Communications of limited or individual in
terest, or recommendations of Candidates for Of
fees of honor, profit trust, will be charged for
as advertisements.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

aI- Charles Nordof tells of man whom
he found in California, who refused to let the
telegraph wires pass over his farm. "He did
not want the whole country to know every
time he whipped his children" he said; and
when it was explained to him that the wires
did not, of themselves, take cognizance Of
passing events, he replied: "Well, anyhow,
he'd always hearn that it killed corn"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

l6 Grace thrives by frequent meditation on
portions of Gods word. "Let the word Of
Christ dwell in you richly"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

b@ How to condemn duels between indi-
viduals and to approve of duels between ma
nations, no man has been able to explain.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

IS 500 All ssy Of fAss1ti wsetsd Dssss
Of either sex, young or old, make more MONEY at
work tor e us IN p tner spare moments, or all the
Address G. Stnson Co., Portland, Maine.
OrtObcr3 40
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23
ROSES HOTEL.
FORMERLY HUNTS HOTEL.)
COLUMBIA, 8. Q.

COLUMBIA, 8. Q.
VlHIS HOUSE is in the centre Of the city, con-
venient to all the Public Offices and Business
Houses, located on the southwest corner of the
State House Square, has been recently re-opened
and renovated, and will now compare favorably
with any Hotel at the South.
ROSES OMNIBUS will convey passengers to
and from every train, free Of charge.
Also, first-class Carriage for tho accommoda-
ton of ladies.
TRANSIENT BOARD $3.50 per day.
w. E. ROSE, Proprietor.
Septemb Der IL 81 tt
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Woods Household Magazine

w Is an original, frstclass, Dollar Monthly It Is +
fresh and sprfghtly, and will interest the entire r
u household Including lovers and maldens, hus- :
- bands and wives parents and children. ltsug.
~ gests the Importance Of securing union OF
n hearts and purposes In lifc before there shall
- be union Of hands, 1t believes that, while It r.
6 Is woman's privilege to purify and comfort and
- adorn, 1t should be mans pleasure to provide 9
n for, cherish, and protect 1t would have chill. 10
- dren treated as feeling, thinking and growing y
~ creatures-pcrfectyc created but not full grown
m Yetin advocating these doctrines, the Aaga-
zine does not employ doctrinal Sermons-long =.
s and dreary disquIsitions which do not interest 70
= and therefore do not profit the reader. On the :
2 contrary, It would rather preach as though 1t
II preached not-an interesting story, for INSTANCE,
y being made to serve the purpose OF long dis r
% course by giving the reader something real, In u
teresting and profitable to think about. u
l. The worst as well as tho best feature OF the n
n Magazine Is Its price. The idea Of getting
- really frstclass Magazine at one dollar year, n
M seems absurd to most people. Yet 1t employs
N some Of the best contributors IN the county, u
n including GAIL HAMILTON, Its leading editor, q
- who receives a salary of three thousand dol y
- lars equivalent to about ten dollars per day: y
"A Each number contains nearly eight hundred &
= dollars worth Of matter, which costs the SUBJ a
4 ecriber about eight cents. r.
Hope and Joy-two beautifully tinted crayon
portraits worth Four Dollars-will be mailed =
NJ free to every subscriber to the Magazine at 81 30 70
Specimens FREQ. Agents wanted. Address s. y
IS EaIShurOh N
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23
THE MORNING STAR.

4"a N404S4\AA>O ~ 1AAV'
DAILY EDITION.:
VTlHOUGH only five years old, has the largest
L Daily Circulation of any newspaper in the
State, and circulation in Wilmington fifty per
cent. larger than that of any other paper.
WEEKLY EDITION:
Now combined with the CAROLINA FARMER,
making one of the best Family Newspapers in
the South. Circulation very large and rapidly in
creasing
Daily Star, year, 90
{" months, ,........... .........".."... 8 so
months, ......".......................2 90 90
Weekly Star, year, ...... w
6 months, .... ..... ...... ......... :. 90
6 months, ......... ...................... 81
It may be safely asserted that no newspaper
ever established in North Carolina has made such
rapid progress as THE MORNING STAR.
~- Send for Specimen copies.
Address WIN. H. BERNARD,
Wilmington, N. C..
January l6 tt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23

na~ The following good thing we find in the
Waterbury american
"What doyou call that ?" Indignantly asked
a customer at cheap restaurant pointing to
an object he had discovered in his plate of
hash.
"Wristband with sleeve-button attached,
sir" said the water, briskly.
"Well, do you consider that proper thing
for man to find in his hash ?" asked the Gus
toner, in wrath.
"Good gracious, sir~ cried the waiter,
"would you expect to find ten-dollar silk
umbrella in fifteen cent plate ofhash!"
a9- A German settler in Ohio, found guilty
of selling liquor contrary to law, and sen,
fenced to be imprisoned in the county Jail for
thirty days, protested as follows: "Chail
Go to chail Me 60 to chail But I can't
go! Dere's my piziness-my pakery. Who
pakes my pread when I been gomez" Then
casting his eyes about the court appealingly,
they fell upon the good-natured face Of jolly
Chris Ellwaner, a fellow.countryman, who
had no "piziness," and forthwith brilliant
idea struck him. Turning to the judge he
said, in sober earnest: "Dere's Chris Ell.
waner! He's got nodings to do; send him !''
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23
KINGS MOUNTAIN r. ROAD.
6~c4senn>
ASIM EzazAgE1E:NEz Nz.HH79Ezi @7@HH
DAILY TRAIN

DAILY TRAIN.
THEREAFTER the trains over the KINGS
III MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD will run daily,
Sundays excepted) as follows, making close con:
nection with trains on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad
Leave Yorkville, promptly, at u o'clock, A. M.
Arrive at Chester at 81 o'clock, A. M.
Leave Chester at o'clock, P. M.
Arrive at Yorkvilleat o'clock, P. M.
All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by
o'clock, P. NJ on the evenings previous to the
departure Of the train.
GEORGE w. MELTON, President,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-23
A SENSIBLE MANS LOGIC.

A SENSIBLE MANS LOGIC.
TIE who provides not for his own family, is
III worse than heather. Necessares and con-
veniences should first be provided. good SEW
ING MACHINE has becomes necessary in every
family. The "AMERICAN" IS THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST; containing within itself all
the latest improvements. Therefore will 20 at
once and buy one Of
J. R. SCHORB & SON.
Agents for York County.
October31 A
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-18
POLITICAL.

The Democratic State ticket in Texas is com
posed as follows: For Governor, Richard
Coke; Lieutenant Governor, r. B. Hubbard
Comptroller, Stephen IL. Darden; Treasurer,
A. j. Doran; Commissioner of Land Office, j.
j. Gross; Superintendent of Education O. NJ
Hollingsworth. Hon. John Leland, of Seguin,
was unanimously elected Chairman of the
State Executive Committee
The returns received on the 9th from the
Maine State election indicated that the Repub-
hcans would have majority of about IL, 600
on total vote of so, 900, against Republican
majority last year of 1851 on vote of
127,26l.
The colored citizens of New York met at
cooper Institute, New York City, on the night
OF the 9th, and were addressed by colored citi-
zehs OF Louisiana on the political affairs of
that State. Resolutions were adopted con-
pemnlng the conduct of Warmoth aud sane
uoning that OF Kellogg, Judge Durell and
president Grant, and calling on the colored
race North and South to support Grants Ad.
ministration.
The San Francisco Bulletin of the 9th gives
the composition of the next California State
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-18
FACTS AND FIGURES.

An oak recently cut on the Derby
r. ~ turnpike measured nine feet il
diameter at the base.
-Briar Hill, n. H, is a mass of quartz
teldspar and mica, which rises about 100
tcet above the surrounding section.
The Ra5lroad Gazette estimates the
total loss to the Chicago & Alton Railway
by the Lemont collision at from $4,000
to 100000.
Nearly 10000 dozen bottles of soda
water were put up at the Napa Soda
Springs, Cal, between January l and
August 1.
$3.50; in 1873 it is estimated at 1900,
900, and is now increasing beyond any
previous ratio.
The declared value of eggs imported
into the United Kingdom in the last
seven months was 81 ,6l7, 192; in the same
period in the preceding year, 81 ,172,4 1856
Minnesota has more miles of railroad
than Massachusetts,, the former having
1906, and the latter ,S5S In 1868 Mas
Sachusetts had / ,2S5, and Minnesota only
81 miles
Inc treasurer Oh ale SOlloge re
ports the last years income as $107, 427 20,
and expenses as $122, 320.1S, showing a
balance on the wrong side of nearly
$4,000
The two States of New York and
Ohio produce three-fourths of all the
cheese in the country Thus, New York
100, 900 pounds; Ohio, "a, 1890
pounds.
"A shawl factory at Bennington, Vt,
employs 200 hands, consumes annually
100000 pounds of wool, and the payroll
amounts to $4,000 per month. The total
cost of the mill, including machinery,
was 100000.
The Erie Railroad has recovered
$s,312 $50 worth of property during the
past year from the ring by which it was
plundered in the days of Fisk and Gould,
and epects to compel the restitution of
much more.
1t is estimated that fully $15,000,OOO
are paid out annually in furnishing lum-
Der for the Chicago market, and that a
population of 100000 persons is directly
or indirectly supported by this industry
alone.
will you have some strawberries ?''
asked lady of guest. "Yes, madam,
yes; l eat strawberries with enthusiasm"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-18

''Do you? Well, we haven't anvtbinc
but cream and sugar for 'em this eva5So
ing" said the matter-oi fact hostess
The highest mountain on the Noy+h
American continent is Mount St. Elias in
Alaska, whose elevation is 1900 feet
Next to it comes the volcano of Ponocst
apell, in Mexico, 1884 feet, and Orizaha
also in Mexico, II, 1913 feet.
Kansas in 1860 had Il population If
107 800. 1t now has 500 600 souls IN
1861 there were only $24, 100000 in taxahIn
property. There were in 1871 sos O00
GOO In 1861 there were 200 school-b0us4s
There were {, 427 in 1872 In 1860 there
was not mile of railroad, but in 1872
there are 1000 miles of iron track.
The number of foreign Immigrants
arriving and remaining in the Dominion
of Canada during the year 1872 was 36 as
an increase of about 35 per cent. over fine
previous year. Canada provides all ir,,mi
grants to her shores with certificates
which enable them to obtain passages for
"a 5s. sterling, instead of Sc IS.
The Union Pacific Railroad COMPANY
sold during the month of August, 1874
22, S73 65-10O acres of land at an average
price of $500 TO per acre, amounting to
$157, 1914 "A. The sales averaged 80 7.1C
acres to each purchaser. The total sale,
to September, 1878, are 1918 % 100
acres, at an average price OF $445 PEI
acre, amounting to s., 46S, 1877.
1t is estimated that 81 100000 are in
vested in the marble business in Vermont
and there are nearly 1000 hands en-
ployed. The old Middlebury Marble
Company are doing an extensive business
in shipping thin marble to California via
Boston. A curious fact is that the freight
charges from Middlebury to Boston are