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Aau1aruas department.
COL. FANNING,s HORSE.

Not long ago three or four gentlemen
were comfortably seated in front of the Ho-
tel Brunswick, in Austin, exchanging re-
miniscences and untruths regarding their
experiences during the war. All of these
gentlemen had fought, bled, and come
very near dying in the Confederate Army:
Each had something interesting to tell
about battles in which he had been engaged.
There was one exception. Col. John Ran
dolph Tanning, Virginia gentleman, who
had distinguished himself on the field, lis
tened to what the others said, but did not
volunteer to impart any of his own expe-
rience. sss.
"Now it is your time, Colonel" said Ma
jor Rangoon, of North Carolina. "Can't
you give us something startling? Tell us
about the Federal battery you captured at
Charlottesville.
'Since you insist upon it, gentlemen" !" re-
incident connected with the capture of that
Yankee battery. Itstruck me as being very
singular. The story is about my horse
Black Hawk. He was, as some of you know,
ajet black-nOt white hair on him except
star on.his forehead. He was splendid
riding animal, but he was not precisely q
war horse like the animal described by Job.
He was more of lady's horse than a war
steed. When he shifted the battle from
afar and heard the shouting and the noise
of the Captains he didn't say "Ha, hap as
Jobs charger did. He wasn't that kind OF
horse"
''Probably his heart was not in the strug-
gle. He may have been an imported North
ern horse with abolition tendencies" sug-
gested Major Rangoon.
"No, it wasn't that" said the Colonel.
HHe was naturally timid animal. This
was the first time that had ridden Black
Hawk into battle, and the poor brute tren-
bled all over. received an order to ad-
vanceunder cover as near as possible to the
battery, and then charge. Just before we
fell within ten feet of my horse. He reared
up, and uttered the peculiar cry of a horse
in mortal terror. The poor brute trembled
so that was in danger of falling off. For
tunately the shell did not explode. A mo-
ment later I was leading my regiment in a
headlong charge on the battery with shells
exploding over and on every side of us:
Only one-third Of my regiment survived
that fearful charge. After the battery had
been captured noticed that all Of my
men looked very strangely at me and my
charger. happened to glance at the ami
NAL, and gentlemen, what am stating is a
solemn fact, to my amazement, instead of
being on the back of black horse, 1 was
riding a white horse. Excessive fright had
changed every hair on the animal from coal
black to snowy white all except the little
star on his forehead that had turned as
black as your hat. L never heard of SINH
lar occurrence, gentlemen. 1t was very re-
markable"
'sVery" said every one in a chorus.
There was pause, quite long pause; then
Major RangoOn said:
"Colonel Tanning, you have just return
Il. ~
eyes"
"Did you meet Tom Ochiltree when you
were at the capital?"
81 did,
"Nuff said"
A significant gesture, and they all follow
ed the Major from North Carolina into the
hotel bar.-Isras SJtings.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

COUNTY OF YORK.-.COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
John r.. Houser and Jane Goforth, Plaintiffs,
against Harriet Howell, Faithy Wilson, Nam
cy Buchanan, Elizabeth Henry, John II.
Houser, Russell Houser and Mary Houser,
efendants.-.Sttmmonsto for Relief-Complant
not served.
To the Defendants, Harriet Howell, Nancy
Buchanan, Elizabeth Henry, John H. Hou-
SER Russell Houser and Mary Houser.
VOU are hereby summoned and required to
I answer the Complaint in this action, which
was filed in the office of the Clerk Of the Court Of
Common Pleas for the said county, and to serve
copy of your Answer on the subscribers, at their
office in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twen-
ty DAYS after the service hereof, exclusive Of the
day of service and if you fail to answer the
Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plain
titfs in this action will apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated Yorkville, $. c., April y, 4. D. 1888.
WILSON Il WILSON,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
IL. ST. Jos. F. WALLACE, C. c. Pls.
April 10 l6 ot
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Enunfv nf VnrL
JAMES MASON, Superintendent

VNHEREASJ JOSEPHF. WALLACE, &C. G..
w Pls, has applied to me for Letters Of Ad-
mnistration on all and singular the goods and
chattels, rights and credits Of MARGARET
BRANDON, late Of the county aforesaid, de-
ceased
These are therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to be and appear at ou9next Judge
Of Probates Court for York county, to he hold
en- at York Court House, on THURSDAY, the
BIRD DAY OF MAY next to shew cause, if any,
why the said Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this 10Th day
of March, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in
the 10th year of the Independence Of the Uni
ted States of America.
j. BEATTY WILLIAMS,
Judge Of Probate.
March % II ct
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PETER AND HIS GALL hitcht my cheer
up close to hern, shet my eyes and trem-
u1ously sed, "Sal, you're the very gal I've
been hankerin arter for a long time. l
love you allover-from the foot Of your sole
to the head of your crown, and don't keer
who knows it; and if you say so, We'll
be lined in the holy bonds of matrimony.
E pluribus union, gloria Monday morning,
sic semper tyranniS, non compus mentis,
world without end" sez 1, and felt as tho
had throwd up an alligator, felt so re.
lieved. With thatshe fetched skream, and
after while she sez, ''Peter" "What is
it, Sally? sez 1. eyes," says she hidin
OF o hfr Sod ss 4ea r1y mSy dSpsVa spsH fsf
must holler, Sal, or ri burst open. Hoo
ray! hooray! can jump over a ten rale
fence. / can do anything fellow could,
would, or orter do" With that l sorter
sloshed myself down by her, and clinched
the bargain with kiss. Talk about yer
sugar, talk about yer merlasses- about
mite blooming seriouS-they want noWhar; !;
you couldn't have got me to have come
nigh 'em, they would have tasted sour arter
that. O, broomStraws with sorghum lasses
on 'em eff Sal's daddy hadn't bawled out,
"It's time for all honest folks to be in bed,"
I do believe I'd stayed all mite. You'd
Orter SEED me When got mum. l pulleQ
dad outer bed and hugged him, pulled
mann outer bed and hugged her, | pulled
Aunt Jane outer bed and hugged her; !
hugged her. "Dad," sez L, 81 am going for
to git married." 'Married!" bawled dad.
married." squalled mann. eyes, git mar
ried all over; jined in wedlock hooked on
for worser or better, for life and for death,
to Sal; am that very thing, Peter Sporum,
Esq" With that I up and told them from
Alpha to Omegar. They were mighty pleas
ed and mighty willin', and IN. B., mean
Sal and l. was spliced.
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THE "GATE C1rY."-A gentleman from
Atlanta, Ca, says if all medicine was as
pleasant as Norman's Neutralizing Cordial,
he would not mind getting sick. That is
why Norman's Cordial is so popular. Even
the youngest children are as fond of itas su-
gar candy.-Adrt.
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BaE If you dip your broom in clean hot
suds once week, then shake it and hang it
up, it will last twice as long as it would
without this operation.
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TAX NOTICE--ISS2.

NY.Books for the collection of the first INSTALL
lYA ment, will be opened at
Y0rkville on Tuesday, the lst day Of May.
Bethany, (McGilrs Store) on Wednesday, the
2nd day Of May.
Blacks Station, on Thursday and Friday, the
3rd and 4th days Of May.
Clark's Fork, on Saturday, the 5th day of May
Yorkville on Monday, the 7th day of May.
Hickory Grove, OH Tuesday, the sth day of
May. -,
J. w. Carroll's Store, on Wednesday, the 9th
day of May.
McConnellsvlle, on Thursday, the 10th day of
May. =
Bethel, (Glenn's Store) on Friday, the lltk day
of May.
Glover, on Saturday, the 18th day of May.
Clay Hill, (Neely's Store,) on Monday, the 18th
Fort Mill on Tuesday, the 18th day of May.
Rock Hill, on Wednesday and Thursday, the
10th and 18th of May.
Massey's Store, on Friday, the 18th day of May
And at Yorkvile from Saturday the 18th, to
Thursday, the 3lstof May.
Failure to pay the first installment in May, in
ours a penalty of per cent. on it, in the Fall.
All tax payers who wish, can pay both Install
ments in May.
H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer
April IA tt
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LOST AN INCH.-The following curious
puzzle is said to beat the celebrated "13-l5-
H." and is we'll worth investigation. Take
a strip of paper or cardboard 13 inches long
and 5 wide, thus givinga surface of G5 inch
es. Now cut this strip diagonally, as true
as you can, giving two pieces in the shape
ola triangle. Now measure exactly inch
es from the larger end of each strip and cut
in two pieces. Take these slips and put
them into the shape of an exact square, and
it will appear to be just inches each way,
or GA square inches, aloss of square inch Of
superficial measurement, with no diminu-
tion of surface. The question is, what be-
comes of that inch.
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OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.-The undeniable
evidence of our love to Christ is found in
our obedience to him. We may cry "Lord,
Lord" as much as we please, but unless we
do the things that he requires, it Will not
profit us, nor will it convince others of our
devotion. Men Of words and not of deeds
do not command the respect and confidence
of any one. 1t is an easy matter to make
profession of religion, but it is not so easy
to maintain an upright and consistent de-
pertinent before the world. But unless
this is done, our profession will be in vain,
and instead of honoring Christ, we will
bring reproach upon his cause. eff ye love
me-" says Christ, keep my command
ments." This is love that none can gain
say. Nothing honors Christ so much as
life of true devotion, growing out OF sincere
and ardent love. These cannot exist indie
pendently of each other. True love in the
heart will produce obedience in the life,
and where this fruit of love is lacking,
we may justly conclude that love itself does
not exist. But by their fruits, and not by
their professions, mems true characters are
known.
READING GODS WoRD.-No man, and
certainly no Christian, should ever allow
himself to become so absorbed in the every
day business affairs of life as ITO cause him to
neglect the daily reading of Gods word and
the daily study of its precious pages. Keep
it close at hand, and if occasionally, when
you are pressed for time, you can read but
a passage or two, it will be far better to do
that than not to read it at all. 1t contains
wisdom for the merchant, wisdom for the
lawyer, wisdom for the farmer, wisdom for
the mechanic, wisdom for all classes and
conditions of mankind. Don't neglect it.
When once it is neglected it is liable to be
neglected again, and soon it may become a
habit. In reading, try to get the thought
the words convey, and make the thoughts
subjects for meditation, if only for little
while. We believe the thoughtful reading
of Gods word by the unconverted would
bring more souls to Christ than any thing
else. A Bible reading man will be God
loving, God-fearing man. The law Of the
Bible will be his law, the God of the Bible
his God, and its teachings the controlling
power of his life.-BaptiSt Courier.
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MISUNDERSTANDING is to woman at
once the happiest and saddest event of her
life. She quits her home, and her compan-
ions, her occupations, her amusements-
everything on which she has hitherto de-
pended for comfort, for affection, for kind
ness, for pleasure. The parents by whose
advice she had been guided; the sisters to
whom she has dared impart every embryo
thought or feeling; the brother who has
played with her, by turns counsellor and
the counselled, and the younger children
to whom she has hitherto been the mother
and playmate; every former tie is loosened,
the Spring of every hope and action is
changed and yet she fees with joy into
the untrodden path before her. She bids a
fond and grateful adieu to the life that is
past, and turns with excited hopes and JOY
Gus anticipations to happiness to come.
Woe to the man who blights such fair hopes,
who coward-like, breaks the illusion that
has won her and destroys the confidence
which her own love has inspired.
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THE TWO BRANDS.

Ifyou will allow me will tell you what
happened to me the first morning after Fan
ME and were married and began to keep
house. We were not blessed with great
deal of this worlds goods, and had no SER
wants. l rose early to make the fire, and
raking open the ashes found just one brand
alive.
cit won't burn alone," thought I, and I
broke it in two, laid the parts together to
produce blaze, and soon there was a glow
ing fire. "Just so it will be with wife and
me about religion" thought /. Wife was
a whole hearted Christian, member of the
church but timid and retiring. 1 once
thought had hope, but I never professed
Christ, and the hope I once cherished was
about dead. I don't know whether I was
a Christian or not. couldn't eat my break
fast for thinking, and wife said,
"What ails you, Richard? Isn't the break
fast cooked to suit you?"
"The cookinq's all right" said I, but I'll
tell YOU what isn't. Wedidn't have family
prayers last night or this morning. Now,
if l never get into the kingdom l don't
want to keep you out of the highest seat you
can have found out this morning, IN
kindling the fire, that one brand would not
Nv OAAL ouo eiAteo oADAS 1890
away so choice in the parlor, and keep it
right here on the shelf. III read it aloud,
morning and evening, and kneel down and
hear you pray for yourself and me-"
Wife came and put her arms around me
and tried to coax me to do the praying, say
ing she was afraid she couldn't. / would
not, and so she did, and we were both in
tears before she got through. 1 could not
stand out against those prayers. The Spirit
came knocking, knocking at my hearts
door, and had to open it. When we knelt
together I began at last to pray, first silent
ly and then aloud. Then l went to the
prayer meeting and asked Christians to
pray for me; then prayed for myself there,
and soon after professed Christ before men
by uniting with the church.
Wife and I have been trying ever since to
serve God together. Idon't see how ever
could have got on alone, and wife says she
is sure she couldn't.
have thanked God ever since for send
ing his Spirit to set me thinking about the
brands that morning when made the fire.
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BUGGIES AND PHETONS.

BUGGIES AND PHETONS.
Just received another lot of those nice Cincin-
natl Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted STAN
dard work. sell no inferior work. Come and
examine my Leather Trimmed Hickory Buggies,
Frimpkin Side Bar Buggies, Eureka Jump-Seat
Ph;etons, &c. All furnished with the best hand
made Harness. manufactured by frst-class work.
men, and as cheap as can be bought anywhere
A Second Hand Carriage, in good order, for
sale cheap. Also, good Spring Wagon for sale
cheap. Call at the Yorkville Livery and Feed
Stables and see them.
FEEDING.
You can have your horses fed as cheap as the
cheapest, at the Yorkville Livery and Feed Sta
bles.
WANTED.
Corn, Oats, Fodder and Hay always wanted,
and the CHEST market price, in cash, will be paid
+. T.. SMITH.
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CLERKS NOTICE.
Court of Common PIeas.-YOrk.
Arena Clark and Others against Mary Etters
and others.
To all and singular the creditors of JACOB EFT
TIERS, deceased.
nURSUANT to the Order of the Court, you
are hereby required to establish your de-
inands against JACOB ETTERS, deceased, be-
fore me, on or before THURSDAY, THE 10TH
DAY OF MAY next; otherwise, Writ in Par
tition will issue to divide his lands between his
heirs
Yorkville, S. c., April 5, 18S3
JOS. +. WALLACE, Clerk of said Court
April y Ii at
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SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains,
y from Chester, S. c., to Lincolnton, n. c., ta-
king effect at 2,45 rclock, P. NJ, May 2, 1882:
GOING NORTH
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WHAT Ruins DE NIGGER.-"Dar am
muffin which ruins nigger more sudden
err" said Uncle Nash, solemnly to his eldest
hopeful, "dan de custom OBJ visitin' hen
roosts in the full OBJ de moon. 1t am we'll
'nough to tackle de watermillyun patches
when de queen oh night am sailin' round
in short neck an low sleeves, becuz de
squawk OBJ ob de twisted watermillun vine
am not like de squawk OBJ a red headed
rooster when you done pluck him out o. de
hen patch. But take de rooster when de
moon am on de half shell. Bewar, also,
my son oh de canine dog. l have known
OBJ cases whar niggers had to STAN up to eat
der chicken pie for dat reason. De bite of
dis venomous bird am wuss dan de stings
OBJ conscience put on wild mustard plarster.
Bewar' say, OBJ de dog. Look out for de
gun wild twice bar'ls. Day am more likely
to knock niger down dan busted onion.
Gin EN- wide berth, and crawl under de
bed if necessary. Now my son, de moon
am young tonight, an de OF man am get
TIM OF. Min what / hab toP you. Oar
am five young pullits an rooter in de lean
to on de nOr'West cO'ner oh Cap'n Dunk
in's hoss barn. Take dis OF fox paw. Go
make some tracks roun' in de sam. Den
frow down board, step up to de winder
take out dem chickens by de froat. De cap'n
will sem down to hire de OF houn to-moror,
and de family egg checker will be deplen-
ished to de extent oh one dollar an de tami-
ly larder will be creased for one week wild
chichum lard. .'-B~rtington Ha.oheye.
AFRICAN HUMoR.- Africans relig-
ious views are peculiar. An old negro ex-
pressed his faith in prayer, but he said lit
depended on what yo' prayed for. allays
notice." said this Ethiopian philosopher,
"dat when pray for de Lord to send one of
Massa Peyton's turkeys fo' de old man it
don't come, but when I prays dat he'll send
de old man fo' de turkey, my prayers an
swered." "Sunset' tells the following in
the same connection: 81 remember one oc-
casion when my wife and I attended a col
ored meeting, and they ere trying to raise
$3.50 to repair place in the ceiling of the
church. After the box had gone round once
there remained deficiency of $6.87. They
began to sing again and were about to pass
the box, when my wife and decided to
make up what was lacking, and handed the
amount to a colored girl in front of US, who
sang like an angel and looked like the dew
il, who proudly marched up the aisle and
deposited the money with the deacons.
Then there was shout went up from the
minister: clock de door and shut de Win
ders. Glory hallelujah! Dere's angels right
here among us; let's raise Sl4: so more while
we're aboutit They meant to make the
most of their opportunity.-Saasst Cor's
Lecture.
p@ It was just before the services began in
one of the most fashionable churches of
Austin. One lady leaned over the back OF
her pew and whispered from behind her fan
to another lady: "Just look what fright
the widow BeZumbee is in black" 81 see
her she looks worse than scarecroW. If
mourning makes me look like that, hope
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feed is best fed to COWS upon moistened hay,
all will be eaten together and raised and
masticated But if it is not fed with cut
hay it should be fed dry and in a small
quantity each time, for if fed alone it is not
raised and re-masticated, but goes on to the
third and fourth stomachs. If fed in slop it
is swallowed without any mastication, and
mixed with little or no saliva, but if fed dry
it cannot be swallowed until mixed with
saliva and the saliva assists in digestion.
When food is masticated the rumination
causes the saliva to flow and mix with the
food. We have experimental, and find
that when fed alone dry ground feed is bet
ter digested than when fed wet.-Liue Stock
Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-20
OBITUARY..
u. 4. FAIRCUILD,

Died, at the County Farm, on Fri
day afternoon, July IL, 1883, Mr.. ID.
A. Fairchild, of rheumatism of the
heart
The deceased was among the old
est residents Of this county. He
was at one time a leading dry goods
merchant Of this city. He went
from here to Galena where for a
number of years he carried on a
prosperous business, but having
met with reverses of fortune, he re-
turned here and for q time clerked
in the dry goods emporium of JOS.
Deller He was afflicted with
rheumatism, which gradually grew
worse, rendering him unfit to per-
form any kind of work. During
his stay at the county farm he has
frequently visited this city and was
always cordially greeted by old
friends and acquaintance. He had
kind word for all whom he met,
and was withal man of gentleman
ly bearing and 4 kindly heart.
His remains were taken to this
city on Sunday morning and inter
red in the old cemetery. Mr. R. d.
Pulford, in compliance with the ex-
pressed wish of the deceased before
his death, consigned his mortal re-
mains to their last resting place.