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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-16

throughout. Within the past five months the
Tozer engine has taken premiums over large
number of competing engines at the State fair
Columbia, the Atlanta exposition, and at the
exhibition of the South Carolina Agricultural
Society in Charleston.
For the past ten years we have been usinga
Tozer engine for driving our presses, and it
gives the same satisfaction now as when first
put in operation ~ fNrf
BLACKS STATION ITEMS.
From our Blacks Station correspondent, we
learn that the Cherokee Falls cotton mill is
now in successful operation with nearly 1900
spindes running on No. 20 warp, for which
there is a demand. The first shipment Of
warp from this mill was made last week.
There is some talk of cotton seed oil mill
at Blacks Station.
John II. Allison, who lived in Cleveland
county, n c., while returning home from
Gafrney city last Saturday with load of
guano, accidently fell from his wagon and
was killed. ......... :.s.- ,.H g. 81.
A singular phenomenon has recently been
discovered in all the wells at Blacks Station.
The water is infested with small black insect,
hardly visible to the naked eye, but which
the microscope reveals to have trumpet
shaped body, with legs like grass-hopper's.
After bucket of water has been drawn and
let stand awhile, thousands Of these animal
cules rise to the surface, covering it with a
black scum Our correspondent naively says
it is not known whether or not these larve ex-
ert deleterious effect upon the water.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-16

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Lowry and Walker-Agricultural Implements
and Labor-Saving Machinery.
J. c. Kuvkendal-York Drug Store Paragraphs.
Withers Adickes-Received this Week.
Il. 8. Jefferys-Prces Reduced. ..,fs ....s,,
H. F. Adckes-Just Received.
Latta Brothers-Famly Groceries and Plantation
Supplies.
Colcock, Miller & Co.-Acd Phosphate-Steam
Engines.
]. NJ. Adams-New Goods, &c.
T.. NJ. Dobson-Dobson in Northern Markets
Millinery. .-.
W. G.. Iatimer-Gone North.
Dobson 4 Parish-A Fair Trial.
Herndon Brothers Genuine Kainit-$2,000.
R..H. Glenn, 8. Y. C.-Sheriff's Sale.
r. Lathan-Cemetery Association.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-16
COTTON SHIPMENTS

The cotton shipments from this place for the
week ending Monday last, were 1856 bales,
making a total for the season of 5,596 bales.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PREsBYTERY.
The First Presbytery of the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian Church, will meet at
Sharon, miles southwest Of Yorkvilie, on
Monday. the 3rd Of April next. ,.j
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
Omcial Directory.

AAhrrx L. CI.AKDY, NJ. c., Tenth District,
FsrmingtoR.
BERNARD ZwARr. U. 8. Commissioner. East
ern District Of Missouri. Irontsn.
THos. NABRRY, State Senator of oath Dis
Sxiet. Doniphxn.
Jxe. L. fHoxAs, Judge 26th Circuit, De
asto.
Will r. EDGAR, Prosecuting Attorney,
Ironton.
J. W. BRRRrMAN. Representative, Arcadia.
FRANZ DINGER. Presiding Judge. IrOnton !:
DAVE H. PALMER, Beileview, and Jos. G CLARK
soH, Annapolis, Associate Judges.
JoHx. r. T. EDWARDS, Judge Of Probate
Court, lronton.
w. A. FLETCHER, Sheriff. Ironton.
JAMES BUHoKD, Collector, Ironton.
JOSEPH HuHT Clerk Circuit Court, 1ronton.
q. B. NALL. Clerk County Court, 1rontOn.
I G. WHIrwoRrH, Treasurer, Ironton.
WV. e. BELL, Assessor, Belleview.
JACOB T. AXE, Public Administrator, Iron
ton.
]. GRAHDHoMMB, Coroner, Ironton.
u. G.. GRIYFIrH. County School Commits
sisasr for Irsn county, Missouri, Ironton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
VOLUME XVI.
Societies.

VALLEY LODGE, No 1870 KNIGHTS
&aMx or HONOR, meet alternate Wednesday
4aaNYNk sveningx. q follows August 18th and
Wl> Soth; September 18th and 27th; Octo-
A6 Der llfh and 25th; November 9Th and
I'D; December 9Th and Goth.
W. ". NALL, Reporter.
EASTERN STAR LODGE, No. 62, A. F. & A.
A--kexulsr Communication second Saturday in
every mouth. All visiting Brethren cordially
tavitsd to attend. j. W. ARMS W. NJ
]. ". JACKSON, Secretary.
INDIAN CHATTER. No. II, R. A, meets on
on tn: First and Third Tuesdays in every month,
at7 o'clock r. NJ, in the Masonic Hall Ironton
STAR oFTHB WEST LODGE No. 1873, A. F. & A.
n. meets In Masonic Hail. Ironton. on the Satur-
DAY OF or preceding the full moon In each mouth.
Mosaic LODGE No. ISL, A T. & A. NJ, meets
In the Masonic Hall, Cross Roads, on the Satur-
day OF or preceding the full moon in each month .
IRoNroN ENcAMPMENT No, 90 U. .. F.,
meets In the Odd-Fellows' Hall. Ironton, on tue
First and Third Thursdays OF every month.
IRON LoDaE No. 107. I. o. O F. meets every
Monday evening, at its Hall, in Ironton.
PHOEBE LoDes No. SD. 10. OF, meets every
Thursday evening. In Masonic Hall, Cross Roads.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05

BLUE AND GRAY.

Reunion Of Those Who Fought the
Battle of Pilot Knob.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
Churches.

9sRvrcRs at the Baptist Church In 1ronton
90 the ond Sabbeth in each month"; at II O'Clock
A 4 and 30 o'clock r. n PRAYER meeting every
Tu esdsy evening. GEORGE B0ULSHER, Pastor
Mass every Sunday at O'Clock A. N. In the
Chapel Of the Arcadia College. Evening instruc-
Gen followed by BrncdictiOn Of the Blessed Sac
rHmsnt at 3 O'Clock. At Pilot Knob Catholic
Church Mass IL celebrated every Sunday morning
at 10 o'siock.
u, z. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and Mountain
7ronton, No. Services, Second and Fourth Sum
sisys in sach month. Sabbath School every Sun
day morning. at O'Clock. Prayer Meeting every
Thurscay evening. at o. clock.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-17
A ..pOstiIY - of Martin Luther,s Time

We accidentally discovered in thii
city, not long since, ''postil' of Martin
Luther-that is, a series of sermons
written by him to be read to congregar
tions by ministers who were not com.
petent to prepare sermons for them
selves. It was published in 1882 by
Louis Lufft, of Wittenberg, who, by the
way, was the printer of adj Luther's
works during the lifetime of that re-
former. The book is composed of three
volumes bound in one, the binding being
full calf with fancy brass corners and
brass clasps. The binding, either from
age or stain, has a very dark brown ma
hogany color; and, although $50 years
old, carries its age lightly, being well
preserved through all its changes and
mishaps 1t is printed from old German
text in wooden type. and profusely Illus
trated with highly illuminated woodcuts,
the illumination being done by hand
with very bright colors and gold and sill
yer leaf. To us the most astonishing
feature about the book is the fact that
these colors seem to have retained all the
brightness which they had when put on
not faded in the least. The same is
true, too, of the large fancy initial let
ters at the beginning of each sermon.
The gold leaf was used principally IN
forming the halo about the head OF the
Savior, or on the urns and other vessels
used about the temple. 1t was also en-
ployed in decorating the garments OF the
high priests and of the wealthler classes
represented. These garments are said to
be of styles worn by Germans in Luthers
time, and make very curious display. >.
Viewing the engraving as work oil
art, simply, it Is amusing to note how
literal the artist has been In his lnterpre-
tation and illustration of passages OF
scriptures. For instance, the 1lustra-
ton of the passage which speaks OF cast
ing the beam out of our own eye before
attempting to pluck the mote from our
brothers. The Savior is represented as
directing the attention OF his disciples to
a man at some distance who is scout TO
pick from the eye of another something
which looks like very small pin; while
from his own eye great stick OF timber
projected diagonally toward heaven.
The devil, when cast out IN one IN
stance, is shown as a sort of flying non
descript with bats wings, a vuiture
beak, and mammoth claws, these last
two appendages being painted black,
\ while the body of the thing is green:
This ''postil" came into the hands OF
John Hartman, an old German who lives
in Amelith, this county. He purchased
it in Bavaria, Germany, OF Iyrolese
family for the insignificant sum OF ten
cents in 1850. He himself is q perfect
book-worm, and we are told that In bus
/ log cabin at Amelith he has old books OF
great value, they all being of religious
/ ond moral character.-Bdy Cst1 fTesS'
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why Dianondsf ,

When Madame Patti appeared before
New York, Brooklyn and Boston audi
ences she wore diamonds valued at $780,
600, gifts made to her by royal poten-
tates in Europe. Madame Janauschek
has a $50, 900 necklace. presented to her
by the late Gar Nicholas. Indeed, it is
the fashion among rich people to lavish
diamonds and other costly jewels upon
opera singers and actresses. There does
not seem to be any sense In this prefer
ence for operatic and dramatic artists
over other women who have done first
class work. If worth was considered,
il would be women like Florence Night
inoale who would receive the diamonds
if genius, 1t would be George Eliot and
if heroic self-sacrifice, these costly gifts
would be monopolized by poor women
in the lower ranks of life.-DeD1orest'
HOHfHfU
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why Women work.

1t is curious that the world has yet to
be convinced that women do not love to
work any more than men do. They are
credited with dependence, with g. love of
ease and luxury, and yet when a salaried
position is in question the woman has to
take less because she needs less.
1t cannct be because she Spends less,
for the extravaganza of women was
dwelt upon by Solomon and Jeremiah,
and it is song that has never known a
rest. The reason for the difference in
wages is generally found to be in the as
sertion that women who do not need
support or have few responsibilities,
crowd into the paid occupations. There
is an inconsistency here. If she loves
ease why does she w9rk; i she spends
The truth is that very few women
work for anything but necessity. Here
and there Is one that loves independence,
works for it and deserves it, and here
and there Is another who would rather
work than forego certain luxuries, and
she earns them, but the majority of
women work because they have respon-
sibilities, and as class they are our
most reliable, sober and economical
workers, for no woman with family of
little children CANDLES away their bread
and butter or no sister or daughter who
is of necessity the bread winner wastes
what she earns, and comes home to a
sad, hungry family, bringing them emp
ty hands and Indifference to their needs.
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Arbitration.


The law has. always been a curse
when fierce controversies are settled by
its process. We venture to state that
there is not county seat in the United
States that is not monthly and quarterly
visited by htigants who maliciously do
all in their power to gain advantage
over those who may be on the opposite
side Farmers, as a class, are often
drawn into such petty lawsuits almost
before being aware of it. An unusual
a. i7,,1
cursor of long, interminable warfare
of lawsuit that bankrupts both parties
by the costs, periods of time, and yexa-
tions of its operations. Instances have
been known in which the amounts spent
at law in retaliation for injuries that
were scarcely worth notice, have been
larger than the fortunes of the contest
ants, and human nature seems to pre-
sent its dark side in these matters every
time. The shrewd, sharp lawyers, who
profess to understand law, and explain
1t, instead of endeavoring to amicably
settle these disputes, as lawyers should,
mystify and cloud the cases, and do all
they can to prevent comprehension of
the matters under dispute.
" uab Is LneTe 10 prevent ldEIlOIS, VI
other persons, from selecting arbitrators
and settling their disputes 1t is one of
the easiest methods that can be adopted
is almost costless, and can be made by
agreement, as binding and lasting as
any decision directly from a court.
Aud the parties in dispute can state their
cases clearer, and make their wants bet
ter known in one hour than all the law
yers with their " learned jargon" can
do ina year. As the law stands o-day,
we place too much power in the hands
of judges. who force every man to hire
a lawyer. and If they cannot find some
ancient or modern law as pretext for
delay, resort to the usual plan of MUIR
dering the law by reference to decisions,
which practice is now allowed to become
paramount TO expressed statutes. No
matter to them if their decisions are
specially manufactured for certain pur-
poses, or come from a drunken imbecile
or idiotic charlatan, they are used as
reference, and nine judges. out of ten
give their opinions from them. This is q
state of affairs that demands remedy,
and if we cannot cure the evil let us
keep away from the courts. 1t is just
as satisfactory to gain the advantage
over our opponents by arbitration as by
resort to law, and we know that by ar
.bitration the htigant will get at least
Justice. - Farmers s Magazine.
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Vols XYII.--NO. 81.
a Samson of the West.

Jonas Johns, or " Big Jonas" Is the
Goliah Of thus region, and some of the
stories OF his strength and endurance
sound tabuious. In 1858 he gained q
national reputation by walking from nli-
nois % Oallfornia, pushing his provis-
ions before him In a wheelbarrow. He
was hEW& IN Knox county, H., when
the gold fever swept over the country.
and, beng IN the early twenties of his
life, was 4red with an ambition to Join
the Afgonauts. He was imperfectly ac-
quainted with English, and had but $40
IN cash, 50 he walked across Illinois and
Iowa to Omaha, making the distance In
two WBslse- There he bought wheel
barrow, sii4d laid in stock OF provisions.
With those, ON the 18th day al April, he
pushed boldly out, and ninety days
fiser.sss<el - - aersdes1sss safely at the.
diggings, some fifty miles northeast of
Sacramento, the first successful placer
mines. Here he went TO work in the
same independent way he made the
journev-alone-and was successful. He
was able to earn from so to S20per day.
according to the number of hours he
put in. A year satisfied him, and with
a bag, we'll filed with dust" he re-
turned, by way of Panama and New
York, to his former home in Illinois.
His feats of strength are no less re-
markable About twenty years ago he
found a COW In no uncommon predica-
ment in those days-mired in a slough.
A team of horses, planted on firm
ground, had proved unable to draw her
from the mire, whereupon Jonas, laying
down some boards to give a good foot
ing, lifted her bodily out of the swamp,
and, seizing her by the horns, dragged
her to firm ground. At another time his
wagon loaded with hay became mired
down and the horses failed to extricate
it. Jonas got impatient, and going to
the rear he raised the load and pushed it
forward to better ground, making a lift
which is moderately estimated at not
less than 1900 pounds, and performed
under unfavorable conditions. He is
now ahale, ruddy-faced man of 5S years,
located on fine farm of 120 acres in
Boone and Hamilton counties, well
stocked and improved, beside being the
fortunate ownerrof two others, $50 and
120 acres, respectively. He was born
in Sweden, was % years old when he
came to America, and has been ii resi-
dent Of this county for twenty-three
years. He stands SIX feet two inches in
his stockings, and tips the beam at 245
pounds. a No..12 boot accommodates
his foot, and his hand is that of a giant.
Boone (HL) Standard.
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wnrnnn nt Home.

Home is more to a woman than to
man. 1t is her temple. She is its god
dess, its priestess-but oftener its Jani-
tor. A man doesn't look so longingly
back at the old home, though it never
cost him cent, bought all his clothes,
and sent him to college. A.mal likes
his home, when he gets acquainted in it,
because there his stupidity passes for
the profoundest wisdom. His Jokes are
all laughed at (though it needs CLOS
sary to get at their meaning) if he only
indicates the laughing place. When
man dies he is wept for at home, but
the cold world moves right along as If
nothing had happened; fond lovers
come to his graveyard, even wear his
tombstone smooth sitting on 1t, contract
bad poetry and worse rheumatism, and
burden the air with labial confectionery.
I've heard that there were skeletons in
many homes. They never get there un-
less they are brought. Secrets in the
family are bad things. There is one,
though, that's all right, and that is a
handsome Christmas present for the
husband, for the bill is sure to be sent
him four days before Christmas, so that
everything is made lovely and harmoni-
ous.-Bltrdette.
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A Beauty Factory.

My conversation with the propr1etress
of the identifying establishment was
interrupted by lady of uncertain age
and pimpled skin, who remarked that,
having arrived at the conclusion that 1t
was woman's duty to make the most OF
her looks, she had come to madame for
assistance. 'tThat's right y said the
madame, cheerily 81 can make you so
good-looking your own husband won't
know you. The lady's expression grew
a trifie dubious at this, but the professor
began. First, you must learn to smile
frequently; notice your face Is ma
turally grave. There is nothing men
like so much as smile, especially when
it comes from pretty mouth, and
mere soupcon of my hp-dew will make
yours fresh and red, and by rubbing a
little extra on the middle of the lip you
can obtain a positively voluptuous effect
" But my complexion ?" interrupted the
visitor anxiously. ''Oh, can fix all
that. just let me show you" and she
seated the lady in front of a mirror,
whipped out piece of chamois skin,
dipped 1t IN creamy liquid and polished
off the lady's face; then. she powdered 1t
well, rubbed some rouge on the faded
cheeks, tinted the hps,. penciIed the
brows and, presto there was another
woman. ~
On the stage she would have looked
very well, but near to, the cosmetics
could not conceal either themselves, the
harsh outlines, the dim eyes or the lack
of youth's roundness. The poor thing
hardly knew whether to be delighted or
appalled,, but when the madame went
into an ecstacy and exclaimed Beautl- :
full, beautiful; there could not be.
greater success" she concluded to be
delighted. What do owe you p she
asked. "Ten dollars for the makeup
and materials which 1 will furnish you,
and the woman, meekly as a lamb,
handed over a gold piece and departed
with packet of powders and salyes.-
Nea0 York Letter IN the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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A saving woman.

With an economical woman at the
head of a house much can be accom-
plished. The idea of saving is a pleas
ant one and if the women imbibed 1t
at once, they would cultivate it and ad-
here to it; and thus, when they are not
aware of it, they would be laying the
foundation of competent security in
stormy time, and shelter in a rainy day.
The woman who sees to her own house
has a large field to save in. The best
way for her to comprehend it is to keep
an account of all current expenses.
Probably not one woman in ten has an
idea how much are the expenditures of
herself and family. Whether $500 or
s., 600 are expended annually, there is
chance to save something if the right
effort is made. Let the housewife take
the idea, act upon it, and she will save
something where before she thought it
impossible. This is duty, yet not a
sordid avarice, but moral obligation
that rests upon the women as well as the
men
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-17
Dlo Lesvl. On women.

New stand with me at nay Office yln-
dow and see lady pass. There goes one.
Now isn't she a pretty looking object
A big hump, three big humps, wilder
ness of crImps and frills, hauling up
of dress here and there, an enormous,
hideous mass of false hair or bark piled
on the top of her head, and on the top
of that little nondescript thing orna-
mented with bits of lace, birds tails, etc. :,
while the shop windows tell us of the
paddings, whalebones and springs that
occupy most of the space within the
outer rig.
In the name of all the simple, sweet
sentiments which cluster about home,
would ask how man Is to fall IN love
with such a compound, doubled and
twisted, starched, comlcal, artificial,
touch-me-not curiosity. This dress
checks your movements. With that
wasp waist, your lungs, stomach, liver
and other organs squeezed down out of
their place and into one-half their natu-
raj size, and with that long tail dragging
ON the ground, how can any man of any
sense, who knows that life is made up of
use, of service, of work, take such a
partner? He must be desperate to unite
himself for life with such a deformed.
fettered, half breathing ornament. If /
were IN the matrimonial market might
marry a woman that had but one arm,
or one eye, orno eyes at all, if she suit
ed me otherwise, but so long as God
permitted me to retain my senses would
never join my fortunes with those of a
woman with a small waist
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Roth sides.

Why demand that all the morality
should be on the side of woman? What
ever degrades a woman also degrades
man. Take some of the vices and hab-
its of the day. A man smokes a filthy
cigar, or carries about half an ounce of
tobacco in his cheek, and yet expects his
wife to preserve a clean mouth and
sweet breath Again, a young man
starts out to spend the evening with his
adored Eyelina. Should he find her not
axhome, but III the neighboring saloon,
genIeel 1T might be, tnaI wound
De his last visit. In his estimation she
would have sunk below his level, and yet
that young man himself is a daily visitor
to that same saloon, and engages IN all
its exercises
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-17
The Roiling.Point.

DIR. f. A. P. Barnard, who is high
authority, has contributed to Jolinso1s's 8
an interesting article on the boiling
point, describing itas the temperature
at which the elastic force of the vapor of
any liquid is equal to the pressure of the
atmosphere. When vessel containing
water is heated, the temperature rises
and vapor silently passes off from the
surface but at .212 deg. F., or 100 deg.
c. the barometric column standing at
thirty inches at the sea-level, steam be-
gins to be formed in bursts at the bot
tom, and rising through the liquid,
throws it into commotion. If the steam
is allowed freely to escape, the tempera-
ture of the water rises no higher. The
water is then said to boil, and the tenn
perature at which it remains is its boil
ing point. Every liquid has a boiling
point of its own, which will be seen by
fbk folIouyinrr 70 toIa
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-17
Adrice to Girls Mhn Need 1t.

Girls who want husbands should take
this piece of advice: Do not be fond of
promenading the business streets at all
hours of the day. That is, do not make
a regular thing of it. Do not go about
SO that people will know for certain that
you will be "down town Z when you
have no business, and do not let the i'm
preston go abroad that you go on the
beat as regularly as clock-work. 1t does
not Ieok well. It appears as if you pre-
ferred to be on the hunt rather than i'm
proving your mind or darning your
stockings. It looks as if being gazed at
was your highest ambition, and seeing
men stare at you more in harmony with
your tastes than making your home
happy and your surroundings cozy and
comfortable. Montreal Star.