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THE FORTY MILE DESERT.

Twenty years ago the great American Des-
ert was the terror of the overland emigrant.
1t was impossible to 60 around it, for it ex-
tended from the Colorado to the Cascades.
Ali the routes that led to the land Of promise
crossed it, and it was soon covered with the
bleaching bones of stock and dotted with hu.
man graves 1t is about forty miles from
the lower end of the Humboldt Sink to the
Truckee river at Wadsworth, and the name
Forty Mile Desert" given to the stretch has
become known the world over. There is no
water fit to drink in the whole distance. The
road lies through sand sage-brush plain,
extending several miles west Of the lake,
where it strikes the alkali desert, in the cen-
ire of which the railroad has station that
it appropriately calls white" Plains. This
is the lowest place east of the mountains.
Eight miles further is Mirage Station, which
might serve as a memorial to the unfortunates
who have been betrayed from their proper
course by the picture of running water, wav.
ing trees and fields that existed only in the
deceptive air. Near the middle of the jour
ney is boiling hot spring at the foot of the
mountain and large beds of salt lie near,
from which B. F. Leete and the Bonanza
mines put up and ship large quantities to
market. The deposit has killed all vegeta'
ton for long distance around, leaving the
fiat old lake.bed as bare as floor. Between
there and Wadsworth are some very odd for.
nations The body Of the country seems to
be light yellow substance, probably diato-
NOUS, over which lie high ridges of brown
hills. The level places are strewn with
heavy rocks of all sizes, as black as coal:
There is no timber anywhere in sight and
even the sage. brush is of inferior size. On
either side are the ever monotonous brown
mountains, carved and grooved by centuries
of wear and frost into fringes of stony lace
The railroad has made frequent attempts to
get water for its engines, but without success
They bored 1900 feet at Hot Springs, but
got only brackish mixture Of liquid alkali.
They haul water in tank cars for their Sec
ton men between Lovelock's and Wads-
worth and the engines make the run with
one tankful, distance of sxty-one miles.
They formerly carried an extra car behind
the engine with two wooden tanks to dra"
from, but new engines have been built with
tanks that hold $500 gallons. They fire.
quently run seventy five miles without stop
ping and Nick Cole made hundred-mile
run once. 1t is a very pleasant comparison
for the rich '49er who rides in the palace-c car
over the ground where he walked along with
sore and tired feet, urging his oxen out OF
the thirsty DESERT half lifetime ago.-Reno
| (Nevada) Gazette.
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SOUTH CARGLINA--YORK COUNTY.
IN THE uOURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

William w. Gaffney, Plaintiff, against Daniel
Peeler; Aaron Peeler; Levicy Moss; Chris
tina Tatem, and her husband Samuel Tatem
Matilda Quin, and her husband William b.
Quin; Elizabeth Love, and her husband Hugh
K. Love; Mary Dunn, and her husband Mo-
ses M. Dunn; the heirs Of Jane Stroup, de-
ceased, including her husband, Adam Stroup,
otherwise unknown the heirs of Anne Dunn.
deceased, including her husband, John B..
Dunn, otherwise unknown; Mary A. Peeler.
I.evcy j. Wofford, John r. Peeler, Mary A.
C. Patrick, j. Newton Peeer, Daniel NJ.
Peeler, and J. Smith Peeer, heirs Of Anthony
Pealor, deceased andIohn b. Moore, Defen"
dants-Smnnaons for Rettef.-Contptdtnt no.
: Served.
To the Defendants above named, and each of you:
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint in this action, which Is
herewith this day filed in the office of the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said Coun'
ty of York, and to serve a copy of your answer
to the said complaint, on the subscribers, at their
office, in Yorkvile, South Carolina, within twen-
ty days afterthe service hereof, exclusive Of the
day Of such service; and if you fail to answer
the complaint within the time aforesaid the
plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated August Is, 1881. .-....
WITHERSPOON & SPENCER,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
IL. 81 JOS. F. WALLACE, C. c. c. Pleas.
AugustlS 33 ct
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THE YORK MARBLE YARD.

YNHE undersigned would respectfully an.
/ nounce to the public that his MARBLE
YARD, near the Railroad depot, is in full opera
ton, and that he is now well prepared to furnish
anything in his line Of business at the LOWEST
CASH PRICES. Tombstones for children fur
nished for from $500 upward for adults from
$500 upward.
@- 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.
Specimens always on hand, to an inspection OF
which those in want of marble work are respect
fully invited.
Estimates and other information furnished on
application.
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.
umbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for
transportation.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
upon my establishment my determination is to
merit continuance of the same.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
January 6 ly
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WoMEN-THEY ARE PAST FINDING OUT
| believe there is more pepper, more potash
more saltpeter, more tar, more aquatortls
and more pluck in womans nature than in
any other extent. All these, however, lie
dormant in a thin sack, woven Of modesty
timidity, coyness and gentleness. Once shake
them up and you may lock out for blaze
accompanied by peculiar kind of thun'
der.
Woman's flesh is thought by some to be a
confection, composition of sugar and mo.
lasses, or some other saccharine matter.
Grant that it be all sweetness; yet would
have you know that when the acid of anger,
insult or i'll nature comes IN contact with it,
such an effervesence occurs as one never saw
exemplifed in ginger pop, seidlitz or soda
Women, when put out of tune, are like sum-
mer storms At first they are cloud y-make
no noise, but their thinking machines are
busy in motion. Then comes the thunder
ripping and tearing thunder and the light
ming that flashes from their eyes is enoug to
appall the stoutest of hearts. You will fall
back in wonderment if not perfectly amazed.
Unwilling to retreat further, and not having
a chance or the courage to slip pitiful boo,
you stand and take it like hitched horse in
hail storm.
When the wrath of the feminine is nearly
expended, you pluck up courage and are
down on her with argument reasoning and
reprimand ; but is all this going to make her
change? not bit of it. Having vast
ed her thunder and Lightning, she begins to
rain eha knowu what effect that will have
With impetuous showers she drenches the tu-
rious fire that burns in your bosom and gives
freshness to every bud or blossom of feeling.
Then you begin to give in-shc begins to
clear ofi;-her sky grows brighter, she goes
to the eXpanse of smile, her whole land
scape and ladyscape look charming, gay and
serene, and you can t help giving her kiss,
and acknowledge being beat.
So you see, my friends, that the women are
bound to get the better of us. In them you
behold the wild cat, lamb and dove. If they
can accomplish nothing by letting loose their
untamed feline propeusities, they give the Ju-
venle sheep for trial and if that fails they
rely upon the loving dove. With one of the
three, they seldom or never fail to effect their
purpose.
They are called the weaker sex, but with
what propriety it is hard for me to imagine,
for know that many Of them are strong
enough to lift key of beer and drink out OF
the ia p. They can draw live horses. They
draw US to church-they draw US to the the
atre-draw US from our business-draw US
into trouble-and draw US out of trouble
and draw US to-well, anywhere.
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CONNECTIONS.

A with arriving trains of Georgia Central and
A. & w. P. Railroads.
with arriving trains of Georgia Central, A. &
w. P. and w. IL A. Railroads.
with arriving trains of Georgia Railroad.
D with Lawrenceville Branch to and from
Lawrenceville. Ga.
f with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and
from Athens, Ga.
F with Eberton Airline to and from Elberton,
Georgia
G with Columbia and Greenvile, to and from
Columbia and Charleston, 8. C.
H with Columbia and Greenville. to and from
Columbia and Charleston, 8. G. -,sz.s,,z
with Spartanburg and Asheville, and Spar
tanburg, Union and Columbia, to and from Heu
derson and Asheville, and Aston and Columbia.
l. with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge, to
and from Lincolnton and Chester.
NJ with c. G. & A.-C. C.-R. Il d. and A. T. &
o. for all points West, North and East.
gs- Pullman Sleeping Car Service on Trains
Nos. Al and 48, Daily without change, between
Atlanta and New York.
IA A. POPE, General Passenger Agent.
MAY 10 90 If
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FAREWELL, LARD! WELCOME, OIL 1.-THE
eating world will have occasion to throw up
its cap if the discovery lately announced that
cotton seed oil is "a most satisfactory substi'
tute for lard" be confirmed. l hope it is
true, for the sake especially of the many
housekeepers who are sorely tried in their
cooking by that product of the swine, which
like butter, varies in the quality, and whose
odor, when Sizing in the frying pan, ava
kens in the imaginative kitchen goddess Wis
ions of pent up. garbage fed, slmy porkers
and perhaps notion or two of trichine snug
ly ensconced in the cosy vesicles. No one is
afraid of good vegetable oil. It's impressions
are cool and historic and agreeable. 1t whs.
pers of dewy meadows, refreshing breezes
sweet aromas, and so on. But lard !! Every
thing it suggests is heating and exasperating
However, more to the point:
Col. Nelson, of Huntsville, Ala, says he
has repeatedly used cotton seed oil at biz
house, aud finds it equal to the best article o.
lard. A hotel keeper at Memphis publishes
a statement to the same effect. 1t has beer
tried by several citizens of Tuscumbia, Ala.
who say that they can find no difference be
tween the oil and lard as an article for cook
ing. The best thing about it., as most eco
nomical housewives will say, is the cost, that
being now not more than half the price o.
The pork extract. And should this discovery
turn out fact undeniable, what revolution
it will produce in the pork trade! And what
an impulse it will give to the cotton interest
coming just in time to speed the revival Of
industry and enterprise in the South.
Everybody must grease the pan-the hy
gienist for his roll the beef eater for his
steak-and all will heartily welcome the
sweet, translucent distilation of nature.-N
Y. Tribune.
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P's AND Q's.-In alehouses, in ancient
times, chalk "scores" we're marked upon the
wall, or behind the door of the tap.room. 1t
was customary to put the initials. "P' and
90" at the head of every mans account to
show the number of pints and quarts tor
which he was in arrears. When person was
induIging too freely in his potations, friend
would exclaim, pointing to the chalk score,
"Mind your P's and Qs." In this way orlgl-
mated the old saying.
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FEED STABLES.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF YORK.

WHEREAS JOSEPH F. WALLACE, C. c. G.
w Pleas, has applied to me for Letters Of Ad,
ministration, on all and singular, the goods and
chattels rights and credits of JOS. N. AR
DREY, late of the county aforesaid, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased to be and appear before me, at our
next Judge of Probate's Court for the said county,
to be holden at York Court House, on the 4Tt
DAY OF OCTOBER 1881, to shew cause, if any,
why the said Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and Seal, this 25th day OF
August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty and in the lO6th
year of the Independence of the United States
Of America. JOSEPH A. MCLEAN
Judge Of Probate
August 25 "a 6t
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TURBINE WATER WHEEL.

WE have one lS-inch RIGHT HAND TU.t-
w BINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's
Invention. We are working ]3l.inch Wheel
of the same kind, and there is no better Water
Wheel made for the same money. Those who
contemplate using Turbine Wheel can do no
better than to get one of these Wheels. We have
Circulars giving all the details in regard to the
working of it, and with the sale you have the
privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not
do as represented. the money will be refunded.
Wheel, Manufactured by the SERGEANT MAN
UFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. G.
HERNDON BROS, Agents, Yorkville, s. C.
February 10 Al If
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a9- A man drove up at terrific pace to the
railroad station at Farwell, Mich, and in
quired for his wife. She had eloped with a
neighbor, and was about to take train for
the East. "Thank goodness, I'm in time
the husband cried, in great excitement. The
bystanders anticipated a tragedy, and the
wife covered into seat. "Here's your child,
he continued, producing little girl. "Reck'
on you forgot her in your hurry: Now you
can get off as fast as you like" Leaving the
girl with the runaway pair, he drove away
with his placidity entirely restored.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF YoRK-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
w. f. Erwin and George J. Steele, Admnistra-
tors Of George Steele, deceased, Plaintiffs,
against J. Milton Wallace, John S. Bratton,
s. g. Hemphill, Jas S. Hemphill, and j. w.
Dawson, Administrator of Robert Bratton,
deceased, observation-disclosures for Relief.
Complaint not SerUed.
To the Defendants above named. ..
VOU are hereby summoned and required to
i answer the complaint in this action which is
filed in the office Of the Clerk OF the Court of
Common Pleas, for the said County, and to
serve a copy Of your answer to the said COM
plant on the subscriber, at his office, in York
Vile, South Carolina, within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such
service; and if you fail to answer the complaint
within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this
action will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint. SCI
Dated August 23rd, 1881.
w. P. GOOD, Plaintiffs Attorney.
To the Defendant, J. w. Davson.-Take notice
that the complaint in this action was filed in
the office Of the Clerk of the Court at York
vile in the County of York, in the State of
South Carolina on the 23rd day of August,
1881. w. P. GOOD, Plaintiffs Attorney,
Yorkvile, s. G.
August rs "a Ut
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SELF REsPEcT-SELF HELP.-Every man

SELF REsPEcT-SELF HELP.-Every man
can help himself to some extent We are not
mere straws thrown on the current to mark
its course; but are possessed of freedom of
action, endowed with power to stem the waves
and rise above them, each marking out a
course for himself We can each elevate
ourselves in the scale of moral being. We
can cherish pure thoughts. We can perform
good actions. We can live soberly and fru-
gally. We can provide against the evil day.
We can read good books, listen to wise teach
ers, and place ourselves under the divinest
influences on earth. We can live for the
highest purposes, and with the highest aims
in view. The man who improves himself
improves the world. He adds one more
true man to the mass, and the mass being
made up of individuals, it is clear that, we're
each to improve himself, the result would be
the improvement of the whole. Social ad-
vancement is the result of individual ad-
vancement Suciety at large is but the re-
Aex of individual conditions. Then, again,
a man, when he has improved himself, is bet-
ter able to improve those who are brought
into contact with him. He has more power.
His sphere of vision is enlarged. He sees
more clearly the defects in the condition of
Others which might be remedied. He can
lend more active helping hand to raise
them. He has done his duty by hir-self,
and can with more authority urge upon 9TH
ers the necessity of doing the like duty to
themselves. How can man be social ele.
vator who is himself walking in the mire OF
selfindulgence? The sum and substance of
our remarks is this: In all the individual
reforms or improvements that we desire we
must begin with ourselves. We must exhibit
our gospel in our own life. We must teach
by our own example. If we would have 9th
ers elevated We must elevate ourselves.
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rHE WILLIAMSON FEMALE COLLEGE

THE WILLIAMST0N FEMALE COLLEGE
n ESPECTFULLY offers its services to those
+, parents who desire to secure for their daugh-
ters the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of
their physical, intellectual, and moral powers
1t is conducted on what is called the "ONE-
STUDY" PLAN, with Semi-AnL ual Course OF
Study; and by system Of Tuitional Premiums,
its low rates are made still lower for ALL who
average 85 per cent.
No Public Exercises. No Perceptions" Grad
uation, which is always private, may occur eight
times year. --,,o
Rev. S. LANDER, President,
Williamson, S. G.
July 81 as lY
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CLEANSING AND REPAIRING.

vINHE undersigned would respect ully inform
l. the public that he is prepared to cleanse gar
perfectly clean, and if unfaded restoring them to
the original brightness and lustre of the goods.
Do not throw away your old clothes, but have
them cleaned and made to look as we'll as new.
Work promptly done, and at the most reasona-
BILE prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
August IL % If
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Aumorous department, The farm aud flres1ae.

DIsREsPECT AT HoME.-One of the dan
gers of home life is the habit of disrespect-
that which is bred by familiarity. People
who are all beauty and sunshine for crowd
of strangers for whom they had not the slight
est affection, are all ugliness and gloom for
their own. by whose love they live. The
pleasant little prettiness of dress and person
al adornment. which mark the desire to
please, are put on only for the admiration OF
those whose admiration goes for nothing,
while the house companions are treated only
to the ragged gown and thread bare coats,
the touzled hair and stubby beard, which, in
making the ease and comfort of the sans facon
of home, mark also the indifference and dis
respect which do so much as to damage the
sweetness and delicacy of daily life. And
what is true of the dress is truer still of the
manners and tempers of home, in both OF
which we find too often that want of respect
which runs side by side with affection and
familiarity. 1t is a regretable habit under
any of its conditions, but never more so than
when it invades the home and endangers still
more that which is already too much endan
gered by other things. Parents and up
bringers do not pay enough attention to this
in the young. They allow habits of disre'
spect to be formed-rude, rough, insolent,
mpatient-and over the stereotype excuse,
"They mean nothing by it," which, if we
look at it Alright, is worse than no excuse at
all, for if they do mean nothing by it, and
their disrespect is not what it seems to be,
the result Of strong anger, uncomfortable
temper, but merely habit, then it ought to
be conquered without loss of time, being
merely a manner that hurts all parties.
How TO KEEP Your FRIENDs.-In the
first place, don't be too exacting. If your
| friend doesn't come to see you as often as you
wish, or if she is dilatory about answering
your letters, dou't make up your mind at
once that she has grown cold or Indifferent,
and above all don't overwhelm her with re-
proaches. Rest assured that there is no more
certain way of killing friendship than by ex-
actions and upbraiding. 1t is quite possible
that your friend may have other duties and
engagements whose performance employs the
very time you would claim, and instead OF
being neglected, you are Only waiting your
turn. Perhaps she comes to you in her rare
intervals of leisure to be rested and cheered
and helped by your affection and sympathy
But is she likely to find cheer or comfort in
your society if you meet her with doubts, with
coldness, or with a sense of injury, and insist
on full account of how she spent her time
and whether she could not possibly have
come before? In nine cases out Of ten she
will 60 away feeling that she is injured by
what you consider affection, and that your
friendship is a trouble rather than help.
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THE LAWS DELAY WITH GUITEAU.

Washington special to Baltimore Sun: The
grand jury of the District of Columbia will
meet on September 12. If the President is
dead at that time, the facts connected with
the assassination will be laid before that body,
and Guiteau will be promptly indicted for
murder, and as speedily as possible thereafter
be brought to trial before the Criminal Court.
Public expectation is very general that in the
event of the Presidents decease, justice will
be swiftly meted out to the criminal, but
enough is known to justify the assumption
that the laws delays will be interposed to the
utmost to postpone, as long as possible, the
merited punishment, which must, of course,
sooner or later fall upon Guiteau. From the
nature of the case, the trial Of Guiteau will
take rank as cause celebre almost, if not
quite, unparalleled in the annals of criminal
jurisprudence, and its various stages will ne'
cessarily consume much more time than has
been anticipated by those, constituting large
majority everywhere, who reason from i'm
pulse only. 1t must be remembered that the
District of Columbia is under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States, and that
the national government is alone responsible
for the maintenance Of order and the due en-.
forcement of law and justice.
Publicity has been given to the fact that
Guiteau has made confession, or, perhaps,
more properly, statement to the District at.
torney. The nature of this statement will, Of
course, not be made known in advance of the
trial, but it is believed that it is of such a
character, and designedly so on Guiteau's
a 9,r o1p 10
theory of insanity. Indeed, it may be men.
toned as fact that Guiteau will have coun-
sci, and that the plea of insanity will be en-
tered. This will open up wide range of in:
vestigation, and quite likely protract the trial
so as to strain public patience. Then, after
Guteau's conviction before the Criminal
Court, he will have the right ofappeal, which
will certainly be exercised, to the Court in
General Term, where the process also may be
expected to be tedious. 1t will thus be seen
that after the Presidents death, months may
intervene between Guiteau and the rope.
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