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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24
Namaruas Repart,ueut.
HIS COAL STOVE.

Coming down on the car the other morn
ing they got to talking about their coal stoves,
and one man said:
"Well, I don't want to brag, but I've got
the boss stove. So far this winter I haven't
burned but three tons of coal and the stove
has kept three rooms warm"
"You must have poor stove," remarked
the second. "I haven't burned but two tons
of coal yet, and my stove heats parlor, d.
ning.room, two bedrooms, and hail."
"Well, when you come to stoves" quietly
remarked the third, II claim to have the
best coal stove in Detroit have burned
but ton and half of coal, so far, and we
have to keep all the dampers shut and a back
door open all the time" sfv.
Some men looked out of the windows
and some down at the straw, and no one
seemed to doubt any of the assertions. At
length heavy sigh was heard from the rear
end of the car, and clerical-looking man
arose, and said:
Gentleman, there goes fire alarm. 1t
strikes the box in front of my house. l have
no doubt that my residence is at this moment
in flames and the lives of my family in peril.
1t is all owing to my coal stove. set up the
stove last November, and put in one peck Of
coal. Every room has been so hot ever since
that the base-boards have warped off, and we
finally had to move down in the basement.
This morning the water in all pipes in the
house was boiling, the shingles on the roof
hot, and just hired four men to form snow
bank around the stove. Too late-alas too
late! That stove has accomplished its 6end-
ish purpose, and no longer have home.
/ may, not, however, be to late to save the
baby. Goodbye, gentlemen !"
He opened the door and got off the car,
and not passenger spoke again for four
blocks.-Free Press
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24
LET THE NEGRO 60.

An old man, an intelligent and successful
farmer, came into our Office few days ago
and said to US in words like these II am
thoroughly convinced that the salvation of
our farms must depend largely upon the cul-
tivation of the grasses; and the experiments
I have made in this direction the past year,
have so far exceeded my expectations, that l
will hereafter devote the greater portion Of
my farm to the raising Of grasses and the
rearing of live stock I can think of no bet
ter heritage to leave my children and grand.
children than good farm we'll set in grass,
and stocked with the necessary number of
stock. 1 have been thinking seriously over
the negro exodus from this State, and am now
convinced that we can do better without than
with the negro that if every negro in the
State would emigrate, that our country would
be the gamer by the movement" When the
majority of our farmers determine to give up
cotton and turn their attention more earnestly
to grass and stock, they will then understand
better how the negro can be dispensed with.
Every drove of negroes whom we hear of
leaving the State, causes our heart to rebounc'
in emotions Of gladness, for we know the,
grass and stock will eventually suggest them
selves to the land owners as the most availa-
BILE remedy for the loss of negro labor
Southern Live Stock Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

A DEADLY SERpENr.-Some time ago
party of sailors visited the Geological Gar
dens. One of them, excited by the liquor he
had taken, and as an act of bravado to bis COM
panions, took hold of deadly serpent. He
held it up, having seized it by the nape Of
the neck in such way that it could not
sting him. Ashe held it, the snake, unob.
served by him, coiled itself round his arm,
and at length it got a firm grasp and wound
tighter and tighter, so that he was unable to
detach it. AS the pressure of the snake in
creased the danger grew; and at length the
sailor was unable to maintain bis hold on the
head of the venomous reptile, and was COM
PEELED to loose it. What did the snake do
then? Itturned around and stung him, and
he died. So it is with the appetite for strong
drink. We can control it at first, but in a
little while it controls US. We can hold its
influences in our grasp for while, so that it
shall be powerless but afterwards ut biteth
like a serpent and stingeth like an adder"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

How TO AIR APARTMENTs-I is the gen.
eral practice to open only the lower parts of
the windows of room in ventilating it, where
as if the upper part were also opened, the OBJ
ject would be more speedily effected. The air
in an apartment is usually heated to higher
temperature than the outer air, and it is thus
rendered lighter, and as the outer air rushes
in, the warmer and lighter air is forced up
ward, and finding no outlet remains in the
room. If candle be held in the doorway
near the door, it will be found that the fame
will be blown inward; but, if it be raised
nearly to the top of the doorway, it will go
outward the warm air flowing out at the top
while the cold air flows in at the bottom. A
current of warm air from the room is gener-
ally rushing up the chimney if the fue be
open, even though there should be no fire in
the stove; therefore, open fire. places are the
best ventilators we can have for chamber,
with an opening arranged in the chimney
near the ceiling,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

BOILED HAMs.-Boiled hams, says Ar-
thurs, are nicer for standing in the water in
which they are boiled, until cold. The outside
does not then turn black and dry up, as when
they are removed from the water to cool.
But remember to remove the lid of the kettle,
so that the steam may escape. This should
always be done in boiling anything,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

HIS PREFERENCE.-A Detroit policeman
who had business on Division Street, had his
attention attracted to the conduct of tow
headed boy Of ten,. who lodged out Of a
house, crossed the street, and returned and
went over the same route several tines. TIE
officer asked if his mother was SICK, and the
lad chuckled and replied: 81.
"Not very sick She's mad at the woman
over there, and I'm carrying kilograms be-
tween 'em. Mother first asked her to take
it back, but she wouldn't; then mother dared
her out, but she wouldn't come then she
called mother names, and now I'm going
over to tell her that mother says that her sis
ter is in the work-house. I think that will
start her."
care you anxious for peace between them ?"
asked the officer.
"Well, kinder but as long as ma has got
her mad up, and towel tied over her hair,
I'd leetle rather see the show open?"
CAUSE IT'S SUNDAY.-A lady was enter
tanning the Bishop of the State at her house,
as he was an old and valued friend of the
family, and was always their guest on the oc-
casions Of his visitation to the parish.
On Sunday morning after his arrival the
lady's little son sidled up to him just after
breakfast.
"Bishop." said he, "would you like to look
at my piggie book ?" sE
"Why, yes" replied the church dignitary,
anxious to please the little fellow.
"Well," whispered the child, "Ill show it
to you, but you'll have to look at it on the
sly. cause it's Sunday"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

An ounce of prevention is better than a
pound of cure A dose of DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup will assist your Baby in teethihg, and
prevent it from being attacked by Cholera in
fantum, Collie or other diseases with which
Babies suffer. : Z" .s'El. i'5s1...t
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MILLS AND MILL MACHINERY.

VyHE undersigned take this method OF inform
ing the public, that under the firm name OF
WELLS BROTHERS, they are engaged in. the
MILLWRTGHT BUSINESS, and are prepared
to enter into contracts for the building or repair
ing of MILLS and MILL MACHINERY of ev-
ery description, from the largest and most COM
plete FIGURING Mill, to an ordinary Cotton Screw.
Each member ofthe firm is skilfull workman
and has had the beneftof ia numberof years expe-
rience. We are, therefore, prepared to guarantee
that all work entrusted to us, viii be executed in
q workmanlike manner. 81 ~ ,i.tA'e tsHl 4i5tli,
By permission, we refer to the following per-
sons, for whom we have worked: w. ]. Rainey,
Blairsville, s.. sC.I;J. B. d R.IfM. Whitesides,
Hickory Grove, s. c.. Major t. p. Whitesides,
r. N. McElwee and Elias Ramsay, Yorkville,
g. c.; W. D. LESLEY, Glover, g.. G. W = 80 -,
We are also agents for the sale Of Excelsior
Boiling Cloths" and improved Mil Machiner"
of every description. Our post Office address
11N''''''D' -''N - w. 8. WELLS,
80. ..satss. l-e .su M. r. WELLS,
j. w. WELLS,
September % 80 1ys
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THE YORK MARBLE YARD.

THE YORK MARBLE YARD.
T AM still conducting the MARBLE BUsI-.s
4 NESS in Yorkville. and am prepared to fur
nish MONUMENTS, TOMB STONES, or ANY
THING IN MY LINE, as low as the lowest.
As furnish TOMB Stones
ULTS, from $500 upward. ~ "a 'a2iHsi. 3 i'.:ti
MB- Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and
finished in the most elaborate style and in point
of workmanship and material, equal to the work
of any establishment in the country. ,f ,l.,gz
Specimens always on hand, to an inspection OF
which, those in want Of marble work are respect
fully invited. 81 .,sa.,. ,,s ,,stss;.,.. 49,
Estimates and other information furnished on
application. - 'E-> s n Ef =.
Work delivered at any point on the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between
Chester. and Dallas, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta Railroad, free OF charge for
transportation. ~ .sH7*sI,siEj r issla-f.isIt.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
upon my establishment my determination is to
merit q continuance of the same. 4z .s.sir.ss :
January 2 ~
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HOUSE PAINTING.


vuyHE undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that he has resumed the business
Of HOUSE PAINTING in all its departments
O trade to which he has served a. regular appren-
ticeship, under first-cass painter, and in which
he has had several years. experience Work done
in the most durable manner, and at the lowest
prices al which it can be afforded. MARBLING,
GRAINING in imitation of different woods, and
all kinds of FINE INTERIOR PAINTING
done in as good style as can be done by any paint
or in this section Of the country. can be seen
or addressed at Yorkvile, and will cheerfully
make estimates on work in any part Of York, or
the adjoining counties.
REFERENCEs.-As to my skill as a workman, I
respectfully refer to the following gentlemen: {:
L. M. Grist, W. A. Moore, Hon. I. D. Witlaer-
spoon, A. w. Ingod, J. F. Wallace, Lawson Jen-
kins, Col. w. H. McCorkle, DR.. II. 6. Jackson,
DR.. j. F. Lindsay. James L. Clark, James E.
Smith, Hon. A. 8. Wallace, Yorkville j. s. r.
Thomson, Spartanburg; r. M. Wilson, CASTOR !;
J. A. Brce, Fairfield; J. Harvey Smith. Chester.
NELSON DAVIES.
JulyIl % 1y
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

The DEAcoN's REBUKE.-"See h'yar,"
demanded Deacon Hasting, as he fshed a
tin suspender button out of the contribution.
box, who's been dessycratin' de house OBJ
de Lord dis way? Hit am my solem' con-
,wiction dat de brudder who 'tempts to cheat
de Almighty out of OBJ his fer'rage obber de
Jordan to de sweet green fields beyant, ii
crawl in under de canvas arter he gets dar,
instead OBJ goin' past de ticket-wagon and OBJ
tanning his credenshuls along wild de oder
bredrin."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

B@r Too much can hardly be said, says an
exchange, in praise of onions for fowls. They
are preventive OF and remedy for many
diseases to which domestic fowls are liable
For gapes, onions are the best things that can
he fed. The Stock Journal recommends giving
fowls as many as they will eat, chopped fine
as often as three times week. : '",'s zSE5
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24
NOTICE.

NUIICEs
T RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I
i am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears
and other fne-edged instruments. Prices-for
honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for
sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and
satisfaction guaranteed or no charge.
.-'" TOM BALLARD, Barber.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

THE MINISTRY OF SoRRow.-"Sorrow has
pressed many sweet songs out of me, says
Luther. Sometimes chastisement which
seemed altogether grievous and needless, in
the end yielded the peaceable fruits of right
eousness to them that are exercised thereby.
Out of the Egyptian prison comes Joseph to
be the saviour of his people; through the
casting of the Hebrews into the fiery furnace,
comes the decree that ''no man shall speak
anything amiss against the God Of Shadrack,
Meshack and Abednego;" through the con-
signing of Daniel to the lions den is given
that royal edict, that throughout the king
dom of Darius men should "tremble and fear
before the God of Daniel" We are indebted
to Bedford jail for Bunyan's Pilgrims Pro-
gress and it was while walking through
shadows, dark and cheerless, in the twilight Of
departing reason, that Cowper wrote that
hymn which has consoled so many troubled
hearts:
"God moves in mysterious way,
His wonders to perform
He plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storr:.
aye fearful souls, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings On your head"
There is need-be for our "heaviness
throug h manifold temptations :" it may be for
our own sakes, it may be for the sake of 9TH
ers The stroke that breaks our own hearts
may be the binding up Of the hearts of many !;
and we having been stricken and made desc
late, may be able to comfort those that are
in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we
ourselves are comforted of God"
Let us have faith in the wisdom and grace
of our heavenly Father, let US bear our bur-
bens and endure our crosses, and trust that
He who hath loved US, will cause all things
to work together for good to them that love
God.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

s9- Copy was out. The devil picked up a
paper and said "Here's something about a
woman-must I cut it out ?" "No?" thun-
dered the editor, "the first disturbance ever
created in the world was occasioned by the
devil fooling about woman"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24
THE FOLLY OF VIRTUE.

A very good and pious-looking young man
applied for position in q well-known store,
last week. After he had introduced himself
and made known his wants, the proprietor in.
formed him that he would like to have a
clerk if he could get one that would suit him.
81 suppose you 60 to church, eh ?" he COM
menced.
"Yes, sir"
"Do you drink ?" continued the merchant,
cycling him sharply.
"Never~
"Do you use tobacco in any form m?'
Here the young man pushed the quid into
the roof of his mouth, and replied, with o
smile that was childlike and bland, 81 never
use the weed, and never did. I consider it the
lowest and most shocking habit that man
can be addicted to-"
"Do you frequent the policy shops?"
"No sir neverp p g.e
"Do you 60 to the National Theatre dog
fights, or boxing exhibitions ?" =
"Never was at any in my life" was the
emphatic reply.
"Can you tell the ace of diamonds from the
king of clubs? 7" a
II know nothing whatever of cards ?"
Oo Jou cScT ueG!
"No, sir, I don't!"
"Suppose," said the merchant, "a man
should offer to bet 81, 900 to $40 that three.
legged goat could outrun greyhound, would
you take himT"
"No, sirp .f'fS ga
"Then you won't do for this establishment; !;
we don't want you've never hire fools !"
That youth won't be so good next time.
A GOOD ONE.-A preacher going through
dark corner of one of the counties in this
section lately, stopped over night with q
family that never had Bible. The good
man was shocked at this, and gave the man
of the house Bible he had with him, and
impressed on him the Importance Of searching
the Scriptures. :-s.....
Sometime afterward the minister was pass.
ing through the same neighborhood when he
called upon his friend to whom he had presen.
ted the Bible; and in conversation with him
inquired: ...s7
"How did you like the book gave you ?"
ooh first rate" said the man, "its good
book and has lots of good stories in it. If
that is true tale about Samson and the
Philistines, the old man Samson played smash
with 'em, didn't he?"
And the preacher thought he had work for
week to convert this heathen-he was
equal to a congregation of heathens within
himself s
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

Symptoms Of a Diseased Liver.
pAIN in the right side, under the edge
L of the ribs, increases on pressure;
sometimes the pain is in the left side;
the patient is rarely able to lie on the
left side; sometimes the pain is felt
under the, shoulder blade, and it fire.
quently extends to the top Of the shoul-
der, and is sometimes mistaken for
rheumatism in the arm. The stomach
is affected with loss of appetite and
sickness; the bowels in general are
costive, sometimes alternative with lax;
the head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with a dull, heavy sensation in
the back part, There is generally
considerable loss of memory, accom-
panied with painful sensation of hav-
ing left undone something which ought
to have been done. A slight, dry cough
is sometimes an attendant. The patient
complains of WEAKNESS and debility; he Z
is easily startled, his feet are cold or
burning, and he complains of prickly
sensation of the skin; his spirits are
low; and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial to him,
yet he can scarcely summon up forti-
tude enough to try it. In fact, he dis
trusts every remedy. Several of the
above symptoms attend the disease, but.
cases have occurred where few of them.
existed yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

HARD UP.-The hack.drivers of Niagara
Falls are hard up in the winter season, and
competition for occasional fares is brisk. The
following dialogue occurred lately, when three
Jehus in line accosted stray traveller: First
Hackmaa-"I will take you around Goat Is
land, and show you all the points of interest,
for one dollar" Second Hackman-"I'll take
you around, and stop as long as you want at
each point, for half dollar the whole trip"
Third Hackman-"I'll take you around, and
whistle for you all the way, for nothing"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

p@ An exchange says: "Our Agricu ltural
Department reports show that America is
doing its part in supplying the worlds wants
1t says our corn crop will exceed 4OO,0 100000
bushels our cheese value $SO,OO0,0OO; our
eggs, $3.50, 100000; our butter, s6s, 600, 900; ;
our cotton crop, 100000 bales thus far great
,er than ever before; and our wheat crop
greater than ever before known, and all these
exported largely. FROM facts before us our
exports this year will exceed our imports by
over 5000, 600, 900, and this comes to our coun.
try in gold from Europe. Surely resumption
of specie payments can be safely accom-
plished. ss-sE ..s.,..... a#-# ert
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

GRAT1F1ED AMBITION. average small
boys ambition is to be trapper, pirate
or song and-dance performer. "When I
wath little boy" lsped very stupid socie-
man to young lady, "all my ideath in life
were thentered on being clown" "Well,
there is at least one case of gratiGed am
bition," was the sharp reply.
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parIts is well know among feeders thai

sar 1T is we'll know among feeders that
when an animal is once ready for fattening,
the quicker the process is carried on, the bet
ter and more tender the meat. Above all,
once an animal is being fed, it should not be
allowed to shrink during the fattening. Il
is not only loss of time, but the animal
will not retain that uniform juiciness of flesh
that it otherwise would. If the animal be
intended to be fed right alone from the calf
plan usually practiced by the best feeders
now a days, SO that it may be turned off ripe
at not more than 3 years old past-it might
be forced right along from the time it is
weaned. In fact the calf should never know
the weaving process.-Prairis Farmer.
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BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

The genuine are never sugar coated. =.
Every box has a red wax seal on the lid,
with the impression DR.. McLANE's LIVER
PILLS. .-.. ...-.s.... .... -,. .... ... =. 80.
The genuine McLANE's LIVER PILLS bear
the signatures of C.. McLANE and FLEMING
Bros on the wrappers. ..' ....'
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. c.
McLANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared by Fleming
Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa, the market being
full of limitations of the name McLane,
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
February l3 -. .sts z ~ ~
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Ofthe IJnited States for the District Of g. Carolina

Ofthe United States for the District OFFS Carolina.
.,siss s,5s tet.f IN THE MATTER OF 3 81 sy0t4
), GEORGE w. ,BELL,-In Bankruptcy. Il.
1IfE 9 a p,T1,9 1879
IIyHIS Is to give notice that q petition has been
filed in the said Court, by GEORGE w.
BELL, of Lancaster county, IN the said District,
gress, entitled ssAn Act to Establish Uniform
System Of Bankruptcy throughaut the United
states," Approved End March 1851. for q discharge
and certificate thereof, from all their debts and
nesday, ,7th day Of May, 1879. at u o'clock, NJ,
is assigned for the hearing Of the same, before q.
f. Spencer, ESQ, one of the Registers in Bank
South Carolina, when and where the creditors
may attend, and shew cansesif any they have,
why the prayer Of said Petition should not be
granted. a' - . e.'sE
r. M. WALLACE, u. s.. Marshal as Messenger.
BY T. W.; ;CLAwsoN, Deputy Messenger.
April 10 80 - is +'S, = st ~
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF Y0RK-O0URT OF COMMON PLEAS.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF YoRK-0oURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
A. R. Homesley, Plaintiff. against J. G. Webber,
Theodore Webber, Guyton Webber, the heirs
Cf any) Of VIM. Webber, deceased, Louisa
Webber, Mary Ann Webber, and Charlotte
Webber, heirs of John Webber, Sr., deceased,
Defendants. Summons for Relief-Comptatnt
not se1Ved. 2 NJ &. ~ . -.-F'
To the Defendants above named and above des-
-#.....' ...a cribed. % t@Gg p.
VOU are hereby summoned and required TO
answer the complaint in this action, which
is to-day 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
Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days
after the service hereof, exclusive Of the day Of
such service; and If you fail to answer the conn
plant within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in
this action will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated March 10, A. D. 1879. .s,.....s.--...
HART q HART, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
March 20 II ....za..... Ut
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AGUE AND FEVER.

DR.. C.. McLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when taken
with Quinine, are productive of the
most happy results. No better cathartic
can be used, preparatory to, or after
taking Quinine. We would advise all
who are afflicted with this. disease to
give them a FAIR TRIAL. ...v:
For all bilious arrangements, and as
simple purgative, they are unequaled.
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DRESS GOODS.

standard cloths. In splendid variety Also
Cloths Cotcncs. Pcrcaes, Chevios, &c. with every
No in a Nrst- In estab
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eye fearful souls, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings On your head"