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Auluuruas 9epartment.

CHURCH HANECDoTES.-Somep people join
the minister instead of joining the church.
When they discover a stranger in their IA
vorite's pulpit, they sometimes rise up and
60 out. The old-fashioned Methodists used
to say that such itinerant wOrshipers had
"heel religion' only.
A few years ago, as a stranger rose in one
of our city pulpits to begin the service, sew
eral of the congregation began to leave the
church.
He was a lame man, and the pulpit was
located near the doors. "
await moment, my friends" said the
preacher, "tillI get my hat, and I'll go with
you"
Down he came, limping, hat in hand, and
left the church.
This abrupt closing of the services taught
the people that there was at least one min
lister who would not be treated with con-
tempt.
On a certain occasion, the eloquent DIR. f.
H.SChapin, being sick, was compelled to ask
friend to preach for him. AS the stranger
rose to announce the opening hymn, score
of persons rose to 60 out.
This clergyman also was equal to such an
emergency. .,g...s
cali" he said, 'who came here to wor-.
ship DR.. Chaplin will please leave now but
those who came to worship God will sing
the forty-third hymn"
That stopped the exodus.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

COUNTY OF f0Rk.!.COuRT OF COMMON PbEAS
John r. Houser and Jane Goforth, Plaintiffs,
against Harriet Howell, Fathy Wilson, Nan
cv Buchanan, Elizabeth Henry, John ii.
Houser Russell Houser and Mary Houser,
Defendants. Summons for Rehef-Comptdtnt
not Se1Ued.
To the Defendants, Harriet Howell, Nancy
Buchanan, Elizabeth Henry, John II. Hou-
ser, Russell Houser and Mary Houser.
WOU are hereby summoned and required to
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
a 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
tiffs in this action will apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in the complaint. I
Dated Yorkville, 5. c., April II, A. D. 1888.
WILSON & WILSON,
! Plaintiffs Attorneys.
IL. ST. JOS. +. WALLACE, G. G. Pls. ..
April 10 16 ut
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A TAR's IDEA OF LOCOMOTIVE
"Why," says he, "there's nothing manly
about it. Watch a ship, now, with her can
vass bellying out, laying down to it just
enough to show she feels the breeze, tossing
the sprays from her bows, and lifting her
head over the sea, as if she stepped over
'em. There's something noble about a
horse; he steps as if he knew where he
was-going, and proud of his duty, and able
to do it. But the lubber-bah! that there
concern comes insiniavating, sneaking
along, crawling on his belly like thunder
long snake, with pipe in his mouth"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-17

A UTAH FISH STORY.-They sat around
the White House stove yesterday swapping
lies, and when Jackson had exhausted his
store Jones opened his sample case and be-
gan. .'.
"I was down in water canon, south
east Of Nevada, last fall, near Mormon
Spring, where the water rushes through and
under mountain ty-fve miles across"
''Tunnelled perhaps" said Jackson.
"No, lisa natural water course, and comes
out boiling on 'tother side, then runs. OF
in a big stream"
''There's series of beautiful falls, with
nice steps leading down, then a deep pool
as clear as crystal, with plenty of noun
tain trout sporting at the bottom. One day
band of Apache Indians pitched their
wickiups near this stream, and an old buck
and his, squaw, hearing the rushing waters
below, went down the natural stairway to
the stream. The old buck seeing the trout
in the bottom made his squaw dive for
them"
'And did she do it?" asked Jackson.
ssYou bet, for Indian bucks won't stand
foolishness. But the squaw didn't come
up. She went clear under that mountain
and came out 'tother side, thirty-fve miles" Z"
"Did it drown her ?" said Jackson, who
had become very much interested in the
fate of the squaw.
"No; she came out dripping wet with a
two-pound trout in her mouth and one in
each hand. .n-Salt Iuke Tribune. 7'7,'
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aaE An Englishman once fell from his
horse and injured his thumb. The pain in
creasing, he was obliged to send for a sur
geon. One day the doctor was unable to
visit his patient, and sent his son instead:
"Have you visited the Englishman ?"' said
the father, in the evening. eyes," replied
the young man: 81 have drawn out thorn,
which / ascertained to be the chief cause of
his agony" "Fool," exclaimed the father,
81 trusted you had more sense now there
is an end of the Job"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-17

aSE Did any one of our readers ever think
how many steps a farmer takes in year ?
Take the Simple planting of field of corn:
Take five acre field. TO break it up would
require walking some forty miles; harrow
ing it, ten miles furrowing it, 20 miles,
planting, II miles if with a planter, and If
dropped by hand and then covered, 20 miles.
Thus it will be seen that it takes about 100
miles of travel to put in a five acre field of
corn, to say nothing of cultivating and har-
vesting, and the going to and from the field
while planting.
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p@ A good story is told of one of our for
mer citizens. A book agent got hold of
him once and offered him a book with
zone hundred plates" for three dollars. He
thought the matter over, remembered that
his father kept a restaurant, concluded that
it was cheap enough and accepted the offer.
In due time the book was brought, when he
inquired, "Where are the plates" He
he he - replied, us that What you mean? I
thought twas ckery."-Proride''ce Jour-
,1u/
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wrIf Indian corn has value of GA as
compared with 103, the standard of hay as a
ration for stock, then potatoes would rank at
245 that is, it would take 1875 pounds of po-
tatoes to fatten as far as GA pounds of corn,
or nearly four times as much. Beets, are
rated at 336 pounds in the scale; thus, theo-
retically, it would take five times as many
pounds as of Indian corn but fattening is
not in question, but health. 90 1t is found in
practice with farm animals that the ration
of succulent vegetable food largely increases
the digestibility of grain ; and this is espe-
cially true with swine, to which roots are a
natural food.
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asy Poultry manure is nearly equal to
guano and the value of the quantity annu-
ally derived from single fowl isabout fifty
cents, fully one-half the cost of the feed.
Five hens will make one barrel of manure,
and on farms where large numbers of poul-
try are kept, this Importance of the fact
should not be overlooked. Every ounce
should be saved.
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DENTAL NOTICE.
DR.. w. NJ. WALKER,

1lIlJ RESIDENT SURGEON DENTIST,
Respectfully tenders his professional services to
the citizens of Yorkvlle and vicinity. He is
well prepared, with instruments Of the most ap-
proved style, and all modern appliances, supple
mented by II continuous practice of twenty-five
wears, to guarantee satisfaction. 10 - ,..r
In keeping with the general, reduction of
prices, he proposes to furnish complete UPPER
AND LOWER SETS, Of the best material, for
$40. 90; SINGLE SETS, either upper or lower,
$1,000; and for partial sets, more than two teeth,
s. 90 PER TOOTH. Patrons waited on at their
residences out Of town, charged for expenses OF
visit. .t .s-s
JulyG u u
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A GREAT COMPLEMENTARY. w. j. HiX,
Merchant, Fair Play, S. c., is one of our
best customers for Norman's Neutralizing
Cordial. We have received no testimonial
from him, but consider his orders the best
compliment that could be paid the Cordial
as he certainly could not sell so much if it
did not give satisfaction.-Adut.
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paS A young, but prudent mother, on the
occasion of making her little boy his first
pail, r,of colored trowsers, conceived the idea
that it would be more economical to make
them of the same dimensions behind as be-
fore, so that they might be changed about
and wear evenly-and so she fashioned
them. Their effect when donned by the
victim was ludicrous in the extreme. Papa,
at first sight of the baggy garment, $50 fear
fully made" burst into roar of laughter,
and exclaimed, "Oh, my dear, how could
YOU have the heart to do it ? Why, the poor
little fellow won't know whether he's going
to school or coming home" )
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A ASTUMpER.-Children ask some curious
questions. We have little boy in "Our
House." who came home from Sabbath
school one day, and meeting his mother, the
following dialogue took place: "Mamma"
"Well, my dear" Mamma, the teacher
saws people are all made of dust ?" "Yes,
nv dear, so the Bible says" "Well, mann
ma, are white people made of dust?" Eyes"
"Well, then, I 'spose colored people are
made of coal dust, aint they?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-17

SWEET POTATO PoNE-Wash well six
good-sized sweet potatoes, scrape the skin
off and CRATE on a potato-grater, mix in one
of butter, one cup of molasses,
one Of sugar, three eggs, pinch of salt,
pounded orange-pell, nutmeg and ginger to
suit the taste; put in pan, sprinkle sugar
over the top and bake.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-17

Mr Corn which is hilled will blow down
more readily than that which has level cul-
ture. This can be accounted for by the fact
that corn roots run very near the surface,
and when hills are made they are confined
to the small space covered by the hill, while
in level culture the roots run from one row
to the other, thus enablingthe corn to stand
liable to be blown down except by winds Of
unusual violence.
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b~ "Your circulation is increasing all the
time, understand" said a gentleman to
an Arkansas editor.
"Oh, yes beats anything you ever saw.
Why, sir, when l started the Bloom the peo-
pie said that it couldn't live two months,
but whooped the thing up. Never saw
circulation increase so fast"
sI'm glad to hear it. You borrowed ten
dollars from me some timeago, you remem-
Der, and 1 haven't asked you for it because
l wanted to letyou get a start"
eyes, as l was saying, the circulation in
creased with rush, but now it's gone down
to almost nothing. ng."-Arkansa0 Traveller.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-17

THE MAIN QUEsT1oN.-A negro planter
came to Vicksburg the other day., sold his
cotton, put his money in his pocket, and
started down the river. Leaning too far
over the guards as the boat backed out ne
fell overheard.
His portmonnaie, which was in his side
pocket, fell out and rode with his hat on the
Surface of the water, while the current car
ried the negro away. The yawl was low
cred and assistance at once started toward
the drowning man, who, perceiving his
treasure floating off, raised his voice and
shouted:
'sSave dat pocketbook."
His head went under and he disappeared.
AS he rose up again he gasped:
"Dar's S139 in dat pocketbook."
Scarcely had he uttered the words before
he sank a second time. The yawl came
within reach just in time to save the drown
ing African as he came to the surface for
the last time. AS soon as the water was
wiped from his nose and mouth so that he
could speak he said:
''Did-did you save dat pocketbook
"NO," was the response.
"Well, den," said the negro, regretfully,
''what was de use of savin' me-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-17

gJudge Peter Dombey attended the in
augural ball, and he enjoyed himself so
much that about midnight it took four men
to bring him home in hack and in COM
atOse condition to his wife. She, thinking
from the looks of him that he had rush of
blood to the head, sent for the physician,
who investigated the patient carefully, and
then directed that the family pastor be sent
for at once. In short time the clergyman
was bending over the couch of the dying
reveler. The clergyman was in the midst
of an earnest prayer when he smelt a rat,
or rather the aroma of whisky. 81 think"
said the clergyman that our friend has al
ready had more spiritual consolation than
is good for him.'' "~"Yes, he is drunk"
calmly replied the physician. "Why, then,
did you send for me:' "Because, you see,
I didn't care to be the only fool on this sad
Occ ssion.o - = = =
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&eadinq fir the 5Sabbath.
CONDUCTED By
REV, ROBERT LATHAM.
THE LITTLE ONE.

That's a sweet picture of pretty little Ada
in a field of flowers. She doesn't know
which to pick first she is puzzled with thou
sands of beauties. How she enjoys her
self! 1t makes one long to be child again.
1t is Just how feel when, like a little child,
| 90 down into the fowery meadows of my
dear old Bible. 1t is all sweetness and
beauty-full of flowers that never fade. ;.
"Thy word is like garden, Lord, "
With flowers so bright and fair;
And every one who seeks may pluck
A lovely nosegay there
| am sure / do not know which to gather
first, a Psalm or gospel; lily from SOLO,
mons Song, a rose from Isaiah, a violet
from Job or a honey-suckle from an epis-
tie. The best of it is they are all blooming
at one time, all in season, at the same eln-
stant, and all as free to me as the flowers of
the field. Moreover, they are all everlast-
ing flowers, which never lose their beauty :;
and when | take them home they look as
well in nv own room as they do in the
places where they grow. Oh, the joy of u
Bible-reading, when the heart is right and
childlike faith is in full play. All the IL
braries in the world put together are not
worth a leaf Of the Holy Book. How can
people forget it and refuse to be happy !
Here / find comfort in sorrow, strength in
weakness, direction IN ul1nculty, repfOol
when l err, instruction when l am igno-
rant, content at all times, and heaven upon
earth.
Come, kind reader, come with John
Ploughman and go into the Lords green
pastures of Scripture; and lie down and
hear the birds of heaven sing, and then get
up and pluck a precious promise here, and,
a sweet encouragement there, and make a
lovely posy of them all, and bless the Lord:
/ said would like to be child again, and
so l am when l read my heavenly fathers
own precious words. forget my cares, and
my wants, and my pains, and my sins,
and just feel as happy as the pretty child
among the sweet flowers which grow around
her and whisper to her, "Come and take
us and be happy in our beauty" Does the
rer1er think John Ploughman is childish?
All right; perhaps he is, and certainly he
delights in such joyous childhood, and
wishes the same to every friend whose
eve shall look on this and to all honest
hearts besides. The thoughts of God, eX-
pressed in Scripture, are spiritual meat
for men as well as for babes. He is the
happiest man who obeys the word of the
Lord--,Spuye0n.
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sg~ 1t ought to be the great care of every
one of us to follow the Lord fully. We must
follow him universally, without dissemb-
ling; cheerfully, without disputing; con-
stantly, without declining; and this is fol-
lowing him fully.
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aay- The hog, like the horse, has no extra
stomach to store away food, therefore if fed
but twice day and what he will eat, he
overloads his stomach, and if the food is not
pushed beyond the point where it will di-
gest, the stomach is so full that considera-
Bile portion of the food fails to come in con-
tact with the lining of the stomach, and
thus a very large proportion Of the nutrl-
mentin in the food lost. Experiments prove
that hog thus fed wastes more than one
half of the meal given him. We have no
doubt the same is true of the horse, when
fed large quantities of hay and grain, and
fed but twice day.
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na~ Every good and holy desire, though it
may lack the form, hath in itself the sub
stance and force of prayer with COO. for
he regards as prayer the meanings and sigh
ings of the heart.
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C.&L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
graJ 7FElEI 'i5=HEEHHEfI -

CCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains,
= from Chester, S. c., to Lincolnton n. c., ia
king effect at 2,45 i'clock, P. NJ, May =, 1882:
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YORKVILLE
LIVERY AND FEED STABLES,
NEAR THE COURT HOUSE.

1 RE now open and will be kept in first-class
N style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds,
good horses and careful drivers.
BUGGIES AND PHETONS.
Just received another lot of those nice Cincin-
natl Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted STAN
dard work. 7 sell no inferior work Come and
examine my Leather Trimmed Hickory Buggies,
Frimpkin Side Bar Buggies, Eureka Jump-Seat
made Harness, manufactured by tlrst-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 Yorkvile 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 highest market price, in cash, will be paid
+. T.. SMITH.
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The CANTON LIGHT REAPER-one wheel
is said to be the lightest and most complete
Reaper now on the market. 1t has just been
manufactured and has desirable improvements
not found on any other light reaper. Also, the
BUCKEYE TABLE RAKE, such as sold last
season.
I also have on exhibition the WHEELER
AND MELICK OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
double vibrating. This machine is compact and
low. Can be hauled over any common road. 1t
is very strong and durable and has many desra-
BILE advantages not found in other Machines,
which would be readily appreciated by any one
having used Separator. Among some of the
many advantages, they have very few belts, the
cylinder boxes are Babbited and the boxes to
the fan are self oiling Has folding stocker but
will be sold either with or without stocker, and
at a very low figure.
Also on exhibition HORSE POWER TAN
NER ENGINE on wheels, with new patent
spark extinguisher, which entirely controls the
sparks.
KEEP IN STOCK
SASH Doors and Blinds, Of all sizes, Randall
Pulverizing Harrows and Thomas Smoothing
Harrows, Hay Cutters, Corn Shelters, Babbit
Metal, Packing for Engines and other repairs.
Call and take look. n. S. JEFFERYS.
April5 II tt
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KEEP IN STOCK
JOB PRINTING.

OWING to our superior facilities with the best
~ machine presses, an abundance of type and
first-class appointments throughout our office,
we are prepared to execute all manner Of JOB
PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that
will compare with New York Philadelphia
charges for the same quality of work and mate
rias. We have recently made a reduction in
prices for the following classes ofwork, to which
we invite the attention of business men,
BILL HEADS.
For 500 For 1854
Half-sheet Bill Heads, s,~...".S3.50 $500
Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, ....... 2.25 $50
Sixth-sheet Bill Heads ........... 200 300
Monthly statements ut same price of sixth-s sheet
dill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads,
giving any desired number ofeither size Of sheet
at proportionate prices.
LETTER HEADS.
For 500 For 1905
Commercial Note, S,25
Letter large siZe) 10000. ............, 300 DO
For the above work we use q superior quality
Of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in ev-
cry instance.
We also give special attention to the printing
Of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authori-
ties, which we furnish strictly according to the
requirements Of the Justices of the Supreme
Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost
care to ensure accuracy.
We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of
printing, from a visiting card to large volume,
and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any
style of work desired. Address,
L. NJ. GRIST. Yorkville, S. c,
November 80. 4S If
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NOW READY.
History of the Associate Reformed Synod
of the South.

IN the above Work, I endeavored to give con-
else and accurate history of the causes which
led to the secession Of 1873, under the Erskines,
together with full and detailed account Of the
organization of the old Associate Reformed Syn
od, the General Synod, and the parties entering
into theorganizations The history of the Asso--
cate Reformed Church IN the South is traced
from it's beginning through the Presbytery ofthe
mas and the Synod of the South, down to the
present time. In addition to this, brief histo--
ry is given of the Reformed Presbyterian and
United Presbyterian Churches.
The Work is printed on good clear type, on
GOOD heavy paper, is bound in cloth, and contains
four hundred and eighteen pages. twill besold
at 1925, eitherat my office, or delivered by mail.
Address, X. LATHAM,
Yorkyille S. G..
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SOUND ADVICE TO, THE ,NEGRoEs.-Re-
ferring to the recent call for a National Con-
vention of colored men, the New York SIN
SAYS: s'It strikes us that the boldest policy
and most promising line of action open at
this time to the colOred voters of the United
States is to cut the thongs which have bound
them so long to the wheels of the Republi-
can party. The Republican party has flat
tered the negro and bamboozled him; it
has wept over him and plundered him it
has claimed him, as its own, ,and ,sWindled
him without compunttion; it has made use
of him and flung him aside. Negroes in
several of the States are beginning to find
this out and to act for themselves. If the
Washington Convention is representative
body, sincere in its purpose and indepen-
dent in its action, it can do great deal for
the racen
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cUANo, MACHINERY, &C.
NOW ON EXHIBITION.

+ HAVE just received a car load Of NAV .tSSA
GUANO AND ACID. This is positively the
last will receive this season.
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followedaby half our people. 1T costs the
people five times more than it produces to
the treasury, obstructs the process of pro-
duction and wastes the fruits of labor 1t
promotes fraud, fosters smuggling, enriches
dishonest officials and bankrupts honest
merchants. We demand that all custom
house taxation shall be only for revenue"
1880.
In the Democratic. platform of 1880 the
old doctrine was tersely reproclaimed:
"Home Rule; honest money consisting
of gold, silver and paper convertible on
demand the strict maintenance of the pub
lie faith, State and national, and tariff for
revenue OnlYN
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JAMES. MASON, Superintendent.