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tumorous |Jepartment. The Courting of a Sharp Man of Business.?Pitts is a fast man, a sharp man, a man of business tact, and when Pitts goes into a store to trade, he always gets the lowest cash price; and he says: "Well, I'll look about, and if I don't find anything that Buits me better, I'll take this 1" Pitts, like all fast men, is partial to women, and young ones in particular. Now, quite lately, Pitts said to himself : "I'm gettin' rather 'long in years and I guess I'll get married." His business qualities wouldn't let him wait, so oflf be travels and call ing upon a lady rriena, opens toe conversation by remarking that he would like to know what she thought about his getting married. "Oh, Mr. Pitts, that is an affair in which I am not greatly interested, and I prefer to leave the matter with yourself." "But," says Pitts, "you are interested, and my dear girl, will you marry me?" The young girl blushed very red, hesitated and finally, as Pitts was very well-to-do in the world, and morally, financially and politically of good standing in society, she accepted him. Whereupon the matter-of-fact Pitts responded: "Well, well, I'll look about, and if I don't find any that suits me better than you, I'll oome back." A Yankee Captain Outwitted.? Captain Farrow, of Islesboro, tells a good story of himself which occurred a few years ago, while he was trading at Key West. It was a case where a Yankee was outwitted by a'Southerner. The captain was trading in a small vessel, and had been up the coast to Tampa bay, where he purchased 20 * * * ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ~ ? A a /infan dozen cmcaeuu, pa^iug a uv</?u. The chickens ran all the way in size from a few days old to full-grown ones. At Key-West a hotel landlord come along and asked the captain how he sold bis chickens. The captain replied : "If you pick them out I shall charge $6 per dozen; if you let me pick them out, you can have them at $3 per dozen." "All right," said the hotel man, "you pick them out." The captain selected several dozen of the smallest, when the man said: "Go ahead; I want more." The captain ? was now among his largest fowls, and wished the man would stop, but he still said, "go on." The captain saw the point at last. The man kept him selecting until he purchased the entire lot at a loss of $20 to the owner. After this the captain sold his chickens on a different plan. A Business Transaction.?Sam Oppenheimer, of San Antonio, was one of the passengers on the San Saba stage that was robbed a few weeks ago. "Shell out your money, or off goes the top of your head," remarked one of the robbers, holding a pistol under Sam's nose. l>?n/4ita^ f^Allara Vftflh fiVftfV JL UiCC UUUUIVU UV*?M*w ^ cent I got so hellup me schiminy grashus." "Han'm over!" Sam quickly did so, keepiDg back $6. "What arq you keeping back tbem $6 for?" mildly inquired the robber, pressing his pistol against Sam's head. "Mine Gott! don't you let a man take out 2 per cent, when he advances money without securities ?" asked Sam.?Texas Siftings. A Colored Man's Hint.?Colonel Witherspoon, of Austin, is a very close man. Not long ago he lost his pocketbook containing a large sum of money. It was found by a poor, old, but honest Negro, who asked : "Is dis heahde portmoniayer lost?" "Why, yes. I'm a thousand times obliged to you." "Thank you, boss. You is welcome. And if ever you lose your pocketbook, and I should happen to find it, I'll give it back to you ; and it shan't coet you a cent unless you want to reward me for my honesty." A Young Brother's Pride.? Featherly was making an evening call and had just complimented Miss Smith on the beauty of her teeth. "Yes," interposed Bobby, "an they are all natural teeth too, an' every one of 'em is sound." "There, there, Bobby," said his sister sternly, but her face flushed with pleasure, "little boys should be?" "Yes, sir," repeated Bobby, proudly, "they're all sound, an' pa says that foi a woman of her age, it is quite remarkable." Impressing Him.?"Well, you Dad quite a siege with that California real estate agent. I never saw a man gesticulate so violently. What ailed him ?'! "Oh, the fellow has just heard of the German professor's theory that the Garden of Eden was located in the United States, and now he claims that be has seen the impression of Adam's fall on a rock in the neighborhood ol the land he has to sell." 46?" "Betty," said the learned lady tc her dingy Abigail, "go for some spirits for the lamps, and tell Mr. Mixum that the last was so very weak that it onlj served to make the darkness visible.' "Yes'm," replied Betty; and awaj she ran with the message, which sht delivered sis follows: "Missus says the last sperrets you sent wa'n't good for nuthin' and it only served to make the darkies miserable, it wsts so weak it wsts." They All Answered Alike.?a Texas man made a bet that he coulc invent a question to which 50 peoph would all give the same answer. H: won the bet. The question was: "Have you heard that Smith ha: committed suicide ?" The answer in each case was: "What Smith ?" Wayside (gatherings. Why are chickens liberal ? Because they give a peck when they take a grain. tSF" The bens of this country earn as much as do the iron mines and the sheep together, and yet many eggs are still imported. 9&T The exact distance from the equator to either the north or south pole is 6,000 miles, when measured along the surface. W&" Of what advantage is it to the youth who gets a bicycle free, if he smokes enough cigarettes to kill him in order to get the wheel coupons. IQT "When er man declahs he doan' regret nuffin' he ever done," said Uncle Eben, "he's either got er mighty goo'd conscience er none at all." HaF It costs $50 to kiss a woman in Connecticut. That is to say, against her will. When the woman is willing, it oftentimes costs very much more than $50. |W Russian railways not only have the usual smoking cars attached to all t.mins. hut there is another smoker for ladies' only, which no man may enter to remain. f^"Can you give me change for $5?" inquired the usually impecunious friend. "Certainly," was the unguarded reply. "Then lend me three." J?" "Mary, I hope you took good care of my animals while I was away ?" "Indeed I did; only once I forgot to feed the cat." "I hope she didn't suffer." "Oh, no ; she ate the canary and the parrot." 19* Jefferson said of agriculture that it is the grand exchequer of the world, that honors all drafts, however large. To express the idea otherwise, all the world, stands with open mouth, waiting for the farmer to fill it with food. I9"A writer in Blackwood says: "When people want to speak of a native of Holland, they call him an Amsterdam Dutchman; but when they speak of one of the German race generally, they leave out the Amster." |9" Twenty years ago there was only one decent hotel in Jerusalem, whereas now there are at least six good hotels in the city, two being first-class, besides several boardinghouses and hospices for the accommodation of pilgrims. 19" Japan's population at the close of 1894 was 42,000,000, to which must be added the 8,000,000 in Formosa. That puts her 6th in the list of counties according to population, China, India, Russia, the United States, and Germany surpassing her. 1^ There is no building material so durable as well-made bricks. In the British Museum are bricks taken from the the buildings in Nineveh and Babylon which show no sign of decay or disintegration, although the ancients did not burn or bake them, but dried in the sun. ?-"I will ssue a proclamation," said the Spanish commander, "giving the rebels 15 days to surrender." "And if they won't surrender?" inquired his lieutenant. "Well," answered the general, "if they won't we'll be no worse off than wo are now, will we?"?Puck. One of the bills recently signed by Governor Morton, of New York, provides that 60 hours a week shall be the maximum of work for women and J ? AU-.A ?Uol1 ko WI?Avi^A/1 CQliUreiJ, buab cuana duwi uo yivnow. for women clerks, and that all places where women and children are employed shall be subject to sanitary in1 spection. I?* The amount of loss suffered by coal from exposure to the weather is considerable?far greater, indeed, than is generally known. The results of , recent analyses show in some cases a total loss in weight from this cause amounting to 33.08 per cent., while the deterioration in quality for purposes of fuel or gas making reaches a still higher figure. S&~ By means of a microscope, Prof. Wolfskoff has discovered many interesting details connected with the life of the ancieDt Egyptians, in a brick I taken from the ruins of the pyramid * of Dashour. The brick itself is made of mud from the Nile, chopped straw, and sand, thus confirming what the > Bible and Herodotus had handed down to us as the Egyptian method of brickmaking. 1 IST A minister noted for combining the somewhat incongruous professions 1 of preaching and money lender, was offering a prayer in which was the following petition : "Grant that we may have more interest in heaven !" "Don't do it!" exclaimed one of the congregation ; "don't do it! The old sinner 1 - A - n ? ? ? wniir onH gets live per eeut. a muuiu uu.., , that's enough, the Lord knows!" , J?" Intemperance cannot be treated , like theft, or lying, or covetousness. I "Look not upon the wine-cup," and . "Woe unto him that giveth his neig| bor drink", have been in the Bible f from the beginning, and yet public sentiment has been so low that they have been greatly overlooked. The ( church, surely, must lead in this mat} ter. Canon Farrar says: "If Bud. hism has succeeded in makiug Mo' bammedan lands temperate, surely i the church of God should blush that r she has not done so much. i tGF The Soar family of Ambaston, 5 Derbyshire, England, have a curious I heirloom in the shape of a loaf of bread ? which is now over six hundred years : old. The founders of the family, it appears, were great friends of King John. When that monarch died, he t. made several land grants to the Soars. 1 One of these tracts, it appears, had s always been conveyed with a loaf of i bread, as a witness of good faith. When King John made over the papers i to the original Soar, he sent the tradidional loaf along with the "writings," and the deed and the loaf are both kept to this day as sacred relics. $ot the ?wmr (ffiitcte. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. , i LESSON II, THIRD QUARTER, INTER- , NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 12. I Text of the Lewon, II Sam. v, 1-12?Mem- ' ory Verse , 10-12?Golden Text, II Sam. 1 , , 10?Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. 1. "Then came all the tribes of Israel to l David unto Hebron and spAke, saying, < ? i 1 *v- n-?v, i) 1 jseuuiu, we are my uuue auu vuy ucou, , Both Ishbosheth and Abner, the king and the captain of bis host, were now dead, and all Israel are united to make the man of God's choice their king. The oneness suggested by one's bone and flesh is first found in Gen. 11, 83, in reference to Adam and Eve, and for the last time in Eph. v, 80, in referenoe to Christ and the church. It is also found in Gen. xxix, 14; Judg. lx, 8; II Sam. xix, 18, 18; I Chron. xl, 1. 8. "The Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel." They knew this. Then why had they not thought of it before? How many truths we know, but by some blindness or hardness of heart fall to appropriate and enjoy. Our Lord bad to say even to those who ought to have known Him best, "Have I been so long time with you and yet bast thou not known Me; Philip?" (John xiv, 9.) See chapter vil, 7, and Ps. lxxvlil, 70-78, pn David's feeding Israel. See Isa. xl, 11; Mlc. v, 4; vil, 14, on Christ feeding or ruling His people, and contrast in Ezek. xxxlv the Good Shepherd who feeds His flock and the false shepherds who feed themselves and not the flocks. 8. "King David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel." Thus the purpose of the Lord concerning David , was in due time performed. There is great comfort for every child or God Id Isa. zlv, 24. "The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall It oome to pass, and as I have purposed so shall it stand." Whether it be the Lord's purpose concerning the Jew, the gentile, or the ohurch of God (I Cor. z, 82), the nations or an individual (Job zzziv, 29), the counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations, and every purpose of the Lord shall be performed (Ps. xizlll, 11; Jer. 11, 29). ' 4. "David was 80 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 40 years." It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord (Lam. ill, 26), and David had patiently waited many years. Consider the long years of waiting of Abraham, Joseph, the slave ar.d prisoner; Moses, the shepherd. See the Lord Jesus patiently waiting at Nazareth subject to Mary and Joseph till he was SO yean of age (Luke 11, 61; ill, 28), and if ever tempted to become faint and weary consider Him (Heb. zll, 8). 6. "In Hebron be reigned over Judah 6even years and slz months, and In Jerusalem he relgnqd thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah." The kingdom over which the Son' of David shall rule must include all Israel. They shall be gathered from all nations and be one na tion In the land upon tbe mountains 01 Israel, and tbe sanctuary of the Lord eball be In the midst of them forevermore (Ezek. xxxvll, 21-98). Then shall Jerusalem be tbe throne of tbe Lord, and all nations be gathered into It to tbe name of tbe Lord to Jerusalem (Jer. ill, 17). 6. ''David cannot oome in hither." Thus thought and spake tin Jebusltes, who formerly inhabited Jerusalem. Jebus was a former name of Jerusalem (I Chron. zi, 4), and the children of Beujnmin, instead of driving outtho Jebusltes, allowed them to dwell with them in Jerusalem (Judges i, 21). See also Joshua zv, 63. If tho Jebusltes may represent to us tho old things in us before Christ comes in, we see here the danger of in any way tolerating them, lest they get the mastery. 7. ''Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. The same is the city of David." This was the southwest hill of Jerusalem, the older and higher part of the city. Another hill in the oity was called Morlah, and on this hill tho temple was builded (II Chron. ill, 2). Here was the thrashing door of Araunab, and here, long before, had Abraham offered up Isaac. 8. 0. "So David dwelt in tho fort and called it the city of David." Da\;d offered the chief capfaiucy to whoever would first ' * * ,A - J ... #..1 | smite tne oeousuos, auu mo tuutxMuui man was his own sister's son, Joab, tho son of Zeruiah (I Chron. xi, 0; 2-16). Nothing can stand before a man in whom God is. One such shall chase 1,000, and two put 10,000 to flight (Dout. xxxil, 80). We think of Caleb, who asked for Hebron, where the giants were, and of David when he slew Goliath. Although Duvld dwelt in this visible fort, he knew of and dwelt in a much stronger one, invisible to men, for he was wont to sing, "The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer, My God, ray 6trongth, in whom I will trust" (Ps. xvili, 2). 10. "And David wont on and grew great, and the Lord God of Hosts was with him." Tho margin has "going and growing." In I Chron. xi, 9, it is wrtten, "So David waxed greater and greater," or, in the margin, "went in going and increasing." The H. V. has in both texts, "David waxed greater and greater." Tho reason is that "the Lord was with him." It seems to me increasingly clear that the promise, "I am with you," or "I will be with you," is about the greatest that God can give us. See Ex. lii, 12; iv, 12; Gen. xxviii, 16; Joshua i, 6; Juclg. vi, 16; Jor. i, 8, 19; Isa. xll, 10; Math, xxviii, 20, etc. 11, 12. "And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel and that Ho had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel's 6ake." The growth of David's kingdom and its establishment is typical of the kingdom of the son of David, of whom it is written, "Of tho increase of his government and peace there Bball be no end, upon the throne ol David and upon His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever" (Isa. 1 ix, 7). Hiram, king of Tyre, with his car- ' pen tors and masons building a house for l David, makes us think of the time when the wealth of all nations shall come unto Israel and serVe her (Isa. lx, 8, 6, 11, 12), when all kings shall fall down before her King and all nations servo Him (Ps. lxxii, 1 u>The same Lord who previously established Samuel as His prophet (I Sam. ill, i 20) now establishes David as His king. | The recipe for being established is found , in II Chron. xx, 20, "Believe in tho Lord your God; so shall ye be established." The ' opposite is seen in Isa. vli, 9. The word ! for us is, "Bo ye steadfast, unmovable, ' always abounding in tho work of the Lord" (I Cor. xv, 58). How can we? By , letting the government of ourselvos and all our affairs be upon His shoulder and by our believing that He is ever with us and thus walking before Him sincerely. 1 jrnrm and fireside. HISTORY OF THE POTATO. When the Spaniards conquered Peru, in the 16th century, they carried some potatoes to Europe and sent them tc the pope. The raw plant was culti vated i little in Spain, Italy, Burgundy and the Netherlands, and from a certain resemblance to the truffle, an esculent fungus growing in the earth, the Italians gave them the name of Taitufi,oi Taratufolia, whence the Germans derive their word Kartoffel. The French jailed them "Apples of the earth,'1 Pommes de terre; while in Austria and portions of Germany, the equivalent uxpresssion Erd apfel is used. John Hawkins first introduced them nto England in 1565. Walter Raleigh Drought them here ib 1584, and finally Admiral Drake in 1586. The latter, on*. oAmfl to ft friend to plant, with the remark that the fruit was excellent and nutriciouB, so that it would be verj useful in Europe. His friend actually planted the tubers, and they grew nicely. But when the seed balls were ripe, be took these instead of the tuben and fried them in butter, and sprink ling sogar and cinnamon over them placed them before some company as t great rarity. Of course these balls tasted disgustingly, and the assembly concluded that the fruit would not ripen in Europe. The gardener puller up the plants and burned tbem. The gentleman, who chanced to be pre sent, stepped upon one of the baked potatoes as it lay in the ashes, when it broke open and he noticed that it was white as snow and mealy, and had such an agreeable smell that be tasted it, and found il very palatable. The new vegetable was thus rescued, but for a century after, it was only cultivated in his garden, and in 1600 the queen of En gland made the remark in her house book that a pound of potatoes costtwc shillings, (about 50 cents.) From England the plant was grad ually introduced into Holland and France, but at first it only appeared as an expensive rarity on royal tables, oi a decoration in princely rooms. Louis XIV was accustomed tb wear a pota to blossom in bis button hole, and bis queen wore a wreath of them as s head ornament at court balls. As ir many other instances, scarcity and bunKer accomplished a general die tributioD. The grain crops had failec for several years, and in 1771 a nour isbing plant was sought to relievi this need. In 1778 an apothecary name Parmenlier, wrote an essay, t( which was awarded a prize by the Academy of Natural Science, and ir this he directed the attention of politi cal economists to the potato. He alsc cultivated several acres of them him self. The king was so delighted with the excellent yield that be exclaimed "You have found bread for the poor!' But the poor, and especially the peas ants, would not try them, but despisec and scorned the strange bulb. Par mentier now adopted a stratagem He made a public announcement, thai bis potatoes were now ripe, but that they were so valuable that he had ob tained from the king a special protec tion, and every one who stole a potatc would suffer a double penalty. Tbu worked perfectly. The peasants cam< at night and stole the potatoes, carried them home, and on trial found their so good tbat in a snort time every cor aer of the field was dug over and cleaned out, and tbe next spring bun ired9 of peasants planted stolen potatoes. Tbe potato was introduced into Germany still later, although planted in tbe botanical gardens as early as 1588 [n many parts they were introduced in the years of famine in tbe Thirty Years' war, and then in tbe beginning aftbe 18tb century they were cultivated and prepared in various ways as food for feeding hogs, for powder, and in making starch. Every time the grain harvest failed, the potato made rapid advances into favor. The manner in which the Prussian government aided its introduction is well told by the celebrated Nettlebeck in bis autobiography : "I was a youngster about 6 or 1 years old, and just putting on trous ers?say about 1743 or 1744?when there was a dreadful scarcity, so thai many persons died of hunger. In th( following year the city of Kolberg received a present by the favor of Fred crick the Great, a thing utterly unknown up to that time. A largt freight wagon full of potatoes came tc the market place, and an announce ment was made throughout the city and suburbs that every owner of a gar den should be at the city hall at a cer tain hour, and by the grace of the king a Konpfit wm til hA Annferrpd on them People began to conjecture what thai bad to do with the gift, and the lea< they knew the more they wondered The city fathers now exhibited the fruit to the assembled multitude, anc el long lecture was delivered on plant ing, cultivating and cooking them. Il would certainly have been much bettei to have given them out written 01 printed instructions, for in the nois< and tumult very few paid any attention to the lecture. On the contrary the good people took the highly praisec tubers with wonder, smelled and tastec and shook their beads. Some were thrown to the dogs, who snuffed aboui them, and of course rejected then with disdain. Judgment was pro nounced against them. "See," said they, "they have no 6mell, no taste and even the dogs will not eat them what help will they be to us?" The belief was general that they grew or trees. Very few were planted as thej should have been, some sticking single ones in the ground here and there, paying no further attention to them Others piled them in heaps and threw s little dirt over them. "The next year another load of po tatoes was sent, but experience had taught them something, and a persor was sent along who understood the cultivation, and who aided in the plant ing and took care that they were attended to." In many places the government was obliged to use compulsory measures, and dragoons watched the peasants to | see that they planted potatoes. In , other places the priests and clergy enI deavored to enlighten the people and I stimulate them, but everywhere the ! progress was slow. Before it bad become fairly established, the disease appeared, which first, . in 1764, infested Erzgebirge, then in 1780-1790 South Germany and Hanover. ?nd in 1830 West Germany. In the great famine of 1770 in Bohemia, where they had no potatoes, 180,000 persons starved, while in Silesia, where potatoes were already cultivated, all lived. In Switzerland, potatoes were frequently cultivated as early as 1730 ; in the famine of 1771, they saved thousands of lives, but they did not come into general use until the beginning of this century, and principally since the scarcity of 1817. ROYAL Baiting Fowder Ab*olattcff Pur* ROYAL Halting Fowdep Absolatcljr Pure ROYAL Halting Fodder Alhtoltffaly Pure FINE POCKET K TO I I to FY&nK 1 , Jon 18th 1888 P a ,i BY an especial contract with one of the America, we have been placed in a p " to THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, a } the requirements of all who want a F] i KNIFE. These Knives are manufectui , MEN OF THE VERY FINEST STE , afacturers to be first-class in every particu 1 transparent handle, underneath which w Enquirer to ," (the receiver's na | the same manner any society emblem or 25 cents extra we will have a miniature pt offering two Knives, one a 3 and the othei 5 tails atll.60, and will be given for TWO , each, which are not now on our book ) returned. 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KNIFE nHs& FOR ONLY two SI BSCRIBERS. largest Knife manufacturing concerns in osition to otfer as premiums for subscribers Pocket Knife, that will, we believe, meet [RST-CLA8S, HIGH GRADE POCKET ed by the MOST SKILLFUL WORKIEL, and are represented by the man- w lar. The Knives are gotten up with a fancy, ill be inscribed : "Compliments of Thh me.) On the reverse side will be placed in other design desired by the receiver, or for totographof the receiver inserted. We are _ a 4-bladed Knife. The S-bladed Knife, reSUBSCRIBERS, OLD or NEW, at fl.75 8. Each subscription to be paid for when sr |1.80, and will be given for THREE OD8 as above. These Knives are manufecton, Ohio. If yoa want a Pocket Knife, rocure -two or three subscribers for THE 'en! read: 1 ARS AND VIOLINS 'EN A.WAY CLUBMAEERS! ENQUIRER have we been in a position' ant premiums for a given amount of work, r one purpose to offer only such articles as bis end in view we have made a contract . _ are the largest musical instrument manure to offer some most magnifioent musical lay just here that our premium offers are your neighbors. given a Violin of the Germkn Conserva; is reddish-brown in color, and is fitted d retails in Chicago at 97.75. 3 a Violin of the Stainer model.It is red>k, and has ebony finger board and tail* ail. a one of the very popular Guarnerius mod* : is reddish-brown in color, oil varnished, * rd and tail piece. It is worth 925. a Marquette Guitar. It is made of maple, * he manufacturers to be the best guitar ever Higher priced instruments in proportion. n a Mandolin that is worth 922.50. It Is zed wood with red inlay between, orange id guard plate, pearl inlaid position dots, edge, nickeled tail piece, call on THE ENQUIRER. rOHARP. I SICAL INSTRUMENT. ? 0 LEARN! EASY TO GET! The Autoharp is one of the most novel inventions of the . age, representing perhaps MP more than any other the trinmpbal progressiveness of KpC|{r American Inventive genius. EflSnXi. In size and shape tne Auto9HnL harp resembles the zither, bat the scale is similar to the grand harp. Padded mutes or dampers which are called EjHW chord-bars or manuals, are placed over the strings. By * Press'D& one ?f these bare ana viral running the fingers across the W B* strings, a perfect chord is pro1L.BWWttF ducea?soft and sweet or loud and strong?as one may desire. It is so thoroughly musical, Bfand yet so thoroughly simple, f1*4? that It seems to almost contradiet the statement that there is no royal road to learning. The Autoharp is so con- f structed that, with the use of the chord bars, those without produce beautiftil harmonies and play any music, sacred, operatic and popular songs i of Figure Notation for the Autoharp. It y with the complicated system of notes. >st remarkable feature. Any child can play instrument for the musician, as is evinced sts as Richard Arnold, John Cheshire, Vicrballon, and others are showing in the in- ^ sitions as a solo as well as an ensemble ini sizes, ranging in price from 84 to 825, and and bars, from the No. 1 Autoharp, which jrfect chords, up to a No 6, which has , producing 16 perfect chords. If you are know more about it, write to ALFRED th street, New York, for their book: '"Jhe mily." With every instrument there is an ig key, music rack and two picks. X AN AUTOHARP t. For SEVEN YEARLY subscribers at irp, worth 84. For NINE subscribers, we "or THIRTEEN subscribers we will give a TEEN subscribers we will give a No. 3 Anil subscribers will be given for a No. 4 Auet an Autoharp. It will pay you for your HE ENQUIRER. THE ENQUIRER, Yorkville, S. C. WANTED. IK BUSHELS of COTTON SEED. O Apply to L. M. GRIST. Yorkville, S. C. July 1 53 2t