Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 16, 1871, Image 4
Humorous fcpartmrut.
BUILT ACCORDING TO CONTRACT.
People who have built houses for themselves,
and, in the never-varying experience
of all, overrun the contractor's estimate, may
find some consolation in the fact that there
was one man who had his house built exactly
as he ordered it, and didn't alter a line of his
original plan or overrun the original contract
price.
This was a peppery old sea-captain, who
sketched out his own plans?being something
of a draughtsman?of his modest two-story,
green-blinded, wooden mansion, and summoned
his carpenter, and demanded to know
what he would charge to build a house for
him exactly after that plan, to be done in six
months.
"But, Captain," said the knight of the foreplane,
"there are no?"
"Don't but me !" exploded the captain. "I
want the house just according to my plan."
"Certainly," said Shavings; "but you will
let nie nut in?"
"Not one single thing!" roared the Captain
; "I pay you to build the house exactly
as 1 have drawn the plan; I won't have anything
put in. Obey orders if you break owners."
"Very well, so be it!" said Shavings, rather
nettled, and the price was fixed for a dwelling,
exactly according to plan, to be finished
in six months' time. And the Captain sailed
away. On his return home he was waited on
by the builder and the new mansion visited.
Its exterior was quite correct, pretty green
blinds, neat door with trellis and all complete;
and so were the first floor^ entry and robms.
The Captain was profuse in commendations.
"And now," said ne, "we will go up to the
chambers."
"All right," said Shaviugs; "come outside
to the ladder."
"Outside! why, Chips, what do you mean
by that ? I want to go up stairs!"
"Can't?do that, sir?there are no stairs!"
"No stairs!" exclaimed the astonished mariner
; "no stairs!"
"No," replied the imperturable builder ;
"you refused to have a single thing put in not
down on the plan, and that contained no
stairs. "Obey orders, if you break owners!"
The Captain was fairly caught, for in his
drawing he had utterly forgotten this important
portion of his dwelling, and his peppery
temper had prevented the carpenter from pointing
it out to him. Since then, it is said, the
Captain always gets into a passion when any
one stares at him.
TilTl? IT AITT IV TR4DF.
A lathy looking fellow entered a down-east
restaurant and ordered a double stew of oysters.
The man who kept the restaurant was a
small, red-headed individual, evidently very
high tempered. He prepared the stew in quick
time, and the lathy fellow sat down to his repast,
and ate with enviable relish; after which
he selected a first-class cigar, regaled himself
with a mug of foaming ale, sitting with his
feet elevated upon the top of the stove. He
was very deliberate and self-possessed. After
the cigar had almost disappeared in smoke,
he called for his bill.
"Sixty-fi\e cents," said the proprietor.
"How is .his ?" asked the lath.
"Fifty ce.its for the double stew, and fifteen
cents for the cigar."
"You forgot the ale," remarked the lathy
fellow, looking quite serious.
"Ah! yes, that is ten cents more?seventyfive
cents."
"Well, I am ready to pay it."
The red-headed man made no reply, and the
fellow kept his seat.
"I tell you lam ready to pay the bill."
"Well, pay it then," aaid the proprietor.
"1 ain't got any money."
"Hain't got any money!" repeated the man
of refreshments.
"Not a darn'd cent."
mi j i j.j j L!
i lie rea-neuueu rami ujieueu ms uyes.
"Then how do you expect to pay the bill ?"
"WeH, I'll tell you?I'llstand about seventy-five
cents worth of your jaw?so go ahead."
The red-headed man was the maddest individual
ever seen. He seized the nut-cracker
and let it fly at the offender with a will; but
it only hit the chair back and broke its own
handle.
The lathy fellow had gone. He vacated
his seat at the nick of time, and the last seen
of him he was walking very leisurely down
the street, finishing his cigar.
A Court Incident.?One of the prominent
ornaments of the bar, celebrated for his genial
disposition, found himself, about the close of
the war, washed ashore, high and dry, pecuniarily,
in the city of Richmond, where he
was forced to hang out his shingle and commence
practice in the Hustings Court. One
of his first clients was a youth who had been
arrested at the instance of a respectable negro
man of family, for having "rocked" his
house and severely injured his daughter with
a stone thrown through the window.
At the examination old Pompey was put
upon the stand, and proved the charge in such
undeniable terms that it would have gone
hard with our friend's client, had it not been
for the following cross-examination:
lawyer?You say one stone came into the
room where you were sitting with your family
and struck your daughter?
Pomp?Yes, boss.
Lawyer?Where did it strike her?
romp?(silent lor a while)?l don t like to
tell, boss.
Lawyer?But you must tell. I demand
again, where did it strike her?
Pomp?Dat all foolishness, boss. I tell you
it hit her. I don't like to tell where 'fore dese
ladies in court.
Lawyer?But you must answer. Where
did it hit her?
Pomp?(slowly)?On the buzzum, boss.
Lawyer?Well, how severely did it injure
her?
Pomp?Oh ! quit dis foolishness. I ain't
gwine to tell.
Lawyer?Again I must insist upon my
question being answered. Did it injure her?
Pomp?(in despair)?No, sah ! it did not
injure her, but it broke three fingers of a gen-;
tleman what was paying 'tention to'her.
?- ease was dismissed immediately for
want of jurisdiction.
Fatalism Illustrated.?A Hard-Shell
Baptist minister, living somewhere on
the frontier of Missouri, was in the habit of
saying to his family and to his church:
"Friends, you need not take any unusual care
of your lives ; the moment of your death was
written before the foundation of the world,
aud you cannot alter it." His wife observed
when he left on Saturday, to meet one of his
frontier missionary engagements, that he
dressed the flint of his rile with unusual care,
put in dry powder, fresh tow, and took every
pains to makfe sure that the gun would go off
in case he came UDon an Indian. It struck
her one day as she saw hira in the saddle,
with his rifle on his shoulder, that his conduct
contradicted his teachings, and she said
to him: "My dear, why do you take this rifle
with you? If it was 'writ' before the foundation
of the world that you were to be killed
during this trip by an Indian, that rifle won't
prevent it; and if you are not to be killed,
of course the rifle is unnecessary ; so why take
it with you at all?" "Yes," he replied, "of'
course, my dear, you are all very right, and ;
that is a very proper view; but, see here, ray j
dear?now?really?but then, you see, my \
dear,?suppose I should meet an Indian while
I am gone, and his time had come, and I j
feadn't my rifle with me, what would he do ?
Yes, cny dear, we must al' contribute our part;
toward the fulfillment of the decrees of Prov-1
idence."
jRaJr "Madam," said a pompous husband,
whose wife had stolen up behind him and
given him a Jriss?"Madam, I consider such
an act indecorous!" "Excuse me, retorted the
wife, "J didn't know it was you!"
JUjtifttltotal JfciiMtutent.
THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH.
By this time the farmer has probably shaped
or begun to shape his plans for the year. Itis
to be hoped that he has meditated long gifl
profoundly about them, because, contrarjB
though it may be to public opinion, this is an
essential a condition of success in farmings*
in any other avocation, and because it is esp#?
cially true under the circumstances whrf8
mark the opening of the present year. Cotton,
which has always been the leading crop"
of the South, and which will probably always
hold an important place in its agriculture, at
present prices, holds out very little inducement
to the former. If he abandons cotton, what
shall he substitute in its place ? Grain ! grain !
is the ready answer which comes up from every
side, and grain we say, too, up to the
point of meeting fully the home demand, to
supply both bread and meat But with a
thinly settled country like the South, with
very few large cities, and nearly the whole of
the population engaged in farming, where will
he find a market for his surplus grain ? or at
least sell it at a profit? The New England
or English former can afford to raise grain
and cattle, because he finds a ready market
for all, and even more than he can produce
at home. But such is not the case in the
South and we are not prepared to advocate
the raising of grain for an export or money
crop. Let each one imagine for himself what
the price of grain would be, if all the fields
at the South hitherto planted in cotton, were
covered with corn antf small grain ! Along
the seaboard belt of South Carolina and Georgia,
all ofrFlorida and the Gulf ooast of Al<^
bama andr the States west of Mexico, sugar
cane might take the place of cotton to very
great advantage. Cane products not only
command a good price at present, but so far
as indications go, promise to do so for a long
time to come. Cuba is not likely to produce
a full crop for years to come; and surely if
the price of sugar will warrant the Northern
farmer's raising beets for sugar, it will amply
authorize the Southern farmer's raising sugar
cane'for that purpose, wherever that plant
thrives.
Whilst, however, there is no general crop
adapted to the South, which might supplant
the cotton crop, we have not the slightest hesitation
in saying that the grains and grasses
should take the plac*1 of cotton, up to the
point of furnishing all the food needed for man
and for beast?including milch cows, hogs,
sheep and goats, and for raising all the horses
and mules needed upon our forms.
In localities where there is a demand for
beef, mutton, &c., it might prove profitable
to raise grain and forage, to be converted into
meat. Stock might be purchased in the summer,
when cheap, fattened in the fall and ear>
i n.i _ j j : i.
ly winter, ana soiu ai uuvauceu priues tunmue
spring. The English farmers practice this
very extensively?buying even both cattle
and feed?estimating that they are handsomely
paid by the manure made, even if the meat
sold only pays for cost of feed and for labor
of feeding.
How much of the labor and money expended
on cotton, would be sufficient to accomplish
all that is mentioned above, it is difficult
to say?each one must judge for himself.
In like manner, every farmer must decide for
himself how the crops of the different grains,
&c., must be proportioned among themselves.
One, for instance, who owned a great deal of
bottom land, might plant largely of corn, and
not devote much space to small grain. On
the other hand, one who owns little bottom
land, should plant liberally of small grains
and risk but little in corn. Clover and evergreen
grasses being the cheapest food for stock
of all kinds, should be liberally introduced.
The sweet potato crop might also be increased
to great advantage. We have found
it very profitable for fattening hogs. They
will always find abundant gleanings after the
crop has been gathered. When the potato
field has a clay soil, however, care must be
taken to keep the hogs out when the ground
is wet.
Supposing the farmer to have decided what
crops he will plant, the next thing Is to select
land for each and to prepare it accordingly.
For grain, stiff lands are preferable?for cotton,
grey and light lands are better than the
clayey, unless the latter are well supplied with
vegetable matter. A deep and thorough pulverizing
of the soil is an indispensable preparation
to the development of any crop?sandy
land, with gravelly sub-soil, may form an exception
to this statement. Until planting
time, therefore, every effort should bedirected
toward accomplishing this end. Let it be remembered,
however, that plowing, done when
land is wet, ultimately hardens instead of
opening it. Especial care should be had on
this point, in lands with clay subsoil. We are
convinced a greal deal of harm is done in this
respect, without its ever being suspected. The
plan of "circling" the hills?tiiat is, going
round and round them, will enable one to
break up land much deeper, than the ordinary
method of laying off lands 12 or
15 feet wide, and running in no special
direction. This is especially irue wuere
the turning plow is used. By all means let
two-horse plows be used for breaking up lands,
they save so much labor and do so much better
work. If a turning plow is not preferred,
very good work may be done by making large
and strong scooter stocks, and putting extra
large and strong scooter plows on them, and
attaching two mules to them. We have done
very good work with such plows, breaking
land from 6 to 8 inche deep, (measured.')
Southern Cultivator.
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Grkat Business in Onions.?A Rhode
Island paper says that State rivals Connecticut
in the production of the onion crop, and
cites statistics. Samuel W. Church, of Rhode
Island, has raised, from four acres, 1,475 bushels
of Red Globe Wethersfield onions, and
1,300 bushels of carrots. Edwards Anthony
raised 600 bushels of Wethersfield ouions, and
400 bushels of carrots from one acre. Benjamin
Doty raised 610 bushels of Wethersfield
onions, and 400 bushels of carrots from an
acre. Allen Mathewson raised 1,900 bushels
of Wethersfield onions, and 1,300 bushels of
carrots, from four acres. Seth Thayer raised
j 2,600 bushels of Wethersfield onions, and
i 1,200 bushels of carrots, on four acres. Ed?
j ward Atherton raised 600 bushels of Wethers-'
j field onions, and 400 bushels of carrots, from
! one acre; the onions sold for $1 per bushel,
1 and the carrots for 30 cents per bushel?making
the income, from one acre, $720. In
Bristol, R. I., in 1849, 69,892 bushels of onions
were raised; in 1859, 84,046; in 1864,
71,734; in 1863, 100,500, which is probably
the largest crop ever raised in that town in
one year ; in 1869, 80,000 bushels were raised.
The usual jyearly average is somewhat
less than 400 bushels per acre.?Exchange.
Invest your Money.?In what? railroad
bonds ? stock ? bauk ? No. What then? Invest
it in permanent improvements upon your
farm. In better buildings and fences; in better
stock, better tools, more household conveinrvre
innil.1l.rM_ TllVest it ill tllOSe
IHOliVVOj nvvf v vv.
comforts necessary to make your rural homes
what they should be?the happiest spots on
earth. Invest it in books and in papers, in
education, in religion. Yes, invest largely in
the last article. It is the sheet anchor of our
hope and safety in another world.
Salt and Water for Colic.?Editors
Southern Cultivator:?It may not be generally
known that one teaspoonful of common salt
dissolved in a cup of cold water, will give almost
instant relief in most any case of colic in
man ; and a quart of fish brine is one of the
best remedies for bots or colic in horses. I
have never failed of success in giving weak
salt water, in any case of colic, to nursing infants.
A less quantity than a teaspoonful,
will often relieve adults.
Bugs.?A small lump of gum camphor put
into your bags of garden seeds will destroy
the bugs the seeds may contain.
j (f hilAven's department.
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THE ORGAN CAYE. |
The western portion of the Statfe of Virgin
| is in in^n^^.espects the most charming j
^ imtr^'|njj^^Ktth. The country is mounHKflflBSeaiM
Bfeghany range crosses this
In the sides of the cliffs (
BlBfc^ere are ,n some P^aces i
of ^ietn> however, iih
'W^'f retreats for the
ground Whole country.
Some of them are very SHBhid very noted. (
One of these caves is the name of (
the organ cave. It is in G^Horier county, j
about twelve miles from the' White Sulphur
Springs. The entrance to the dive is but a (
few feet from the road -whjd^ea^ from the j
Greenbrier Sulphur Union, the j
county seat of MonroenTOmHSi&fLpertu re (
is not, however, on aJle^j^^^H^oa-d, and |
and see no signs^^^^HHgBHBei of the
mouth of the caHpjf^^^^ne at least thir- j
ty feet below the^fijpTOie road. The cave y
seems to have been^^med by a small stream
forcing its way through a ridge into Second
creek, which is about two miles distant.
. l
In order to enter the organ cave, you nave
to make a circuit of a few rods, that you
may reach the bottom of the ravine. So soon *
as you enter the ravine you see before you a
huge opening in the ground sufficient to a<$mit
a large house. The arch is rock. On advancing
a short distance, the opening becomes
very small, just large enough to admit a moderate
sized man with ease in a crawling posture.
Above you is a rock, and all around
you is a cold clammy rock. Sometimes you
find it difficult to advance on account of the
smallness of the aperture. The light of day
never enters this gloomy place. In spite of
yourself you will think of the grave. You
| will imagine the awful condition in which you
would be if the rock above you would sink
only a few inches. There you would be
wedged in and forced to linger and die. Again
you imagine your awful condition were your
light to be extinguished. Soon the gloom is
partly dispelled. The opening grows larger
and larger, and you find yourself in a vast
field arched?not by the blue concave of heaven?but
by a limestone rock.
The water filters through this rock, and
strange limestone formations hang down from
the ceiling above which resemble the icicles
that hang down from the eves of houses in
the midst of a sleet storm. These when struck
give forth a peculiar sound, from which circ.nnstance
the cave is called the organ cave.
In many places the cave is very rough; in
others it is smooth. In some places you have
to wend your way along the side of rugged 1
cliffs with fearful precipices below you. Great '
caution is necessary at such points. A mis- ^
[step would be fatal. You would bedashed
to pieces against the rocks or drowned in some
pit filled with water.
The soil in some localities of the organ
cave is mixed with the nitrate of potash.
Many years ago the people in the neighborhood
threw the soil in hoppers resembling
ash-hoppers, and let the satlpetre drip out as
lye is run off ashes. From the saltpetre thus
obtained gunpowder was made.
The organ cave has never been fully explored.
No one as yet has discovered into
what the little stream which winds its way
through it, empties. It is highly probable
that it finds its way into Second creek, but
at what point no one knows.
Great precaution is necessary on going into
this cave. You must go well provided with
candles and matches; for as said before, the
light of the sun never enters it. You must
take some straw or something by which you
can mark your windings through the cave.
This precaution is very essential. You might
miss your way and be lost, forever. If your
lights would, by some misfortune, be extinguished,
you would be left in total darkness, ?
and if you should miss your way, you would ,
be in a desperate condition. In either event, j
the probability is you would have to remain j
in the cave and literally pine away and die. j
I WrtTUl?D)fi TlftV 1
I\ JILVXI1JUIW U X?V *
"Is there a vacant place in this bank which
I could fill ?" was the enquiry of a boy, as
with glowing cheek he stood before the manager.
"There is none," was the reply. "Were
you told that you could obtain a situation
here ? Who recommended you ?"
"No one recommended me, sir," calmly
answered the boy. "I only thought I would
see."
There was a. straightforwardness in the
manner, an honest determination in the countenance
of the lad, which pleased the man of
business, and induced him to continue the
conversation. He said, "You must have
friends who could aid you in obtaining a situation
; have you told them ?"
The quick flash of the deep blue eyes was
quenched in the overtaking wave of sadness,
as he said, though half musingly, "My mother
said it would be useless to try without
friends;" then recollecting himself, he apologized
for the interruption, and was about to
w'thdraw, when the gentleman detained him
by asking why he did not remain at school for
a year or two, and then enter the business
world.
"I have no time," was the reply. "I study
at home, and keep up with the other boys."
"Then you have had a place already said
the interrogator. "Why did you leave it?"
"I have not left it," answered the boy, quietly.
"But you wish to leave; what is the raatter
?"
For an instant the child hesitated; then TTej
replied, with half-reluctant frankness, "I must
do more for ray mother 1"
Brave words I talisman of success anywhere,
everywhere. They sank into the heart of the
listener, recalling the radiant nast.- Grasping
the hand of the astonished child, he 3aid, with
a quivering voice, "My boy, what is your
name ? You shall have the first vacancy for
or, ormrpntipfi that occurs in the bank. If in ,
the meantime you need a friend, come to me. J
But now give me your confidence. Why do '
you wish to do more for your mother ? Have i
you no father?" ;
Tears filled his eyes as he replied, "My j
father is dead, my brothers and sisters are
dead, and my mother and I are left to help
each other. But she is not strong, and I wish 1
to take care of her. It will please her, sir, 1
that you have been so kind, and I am much 1
obliged to you." So saying, the boy left, lit- j
tie dreaming that his own nobleness of char- ,
acter had been as a bright glance of sunshine ,
into that busy world he hoi so tremblingly
entered. A boy animated by the desire to 1
help his mother, will always find friends. '
Not Far Away.?Two little girls were 1
! walking homeward one moonlight evening, j ]
I overheard one of them say : "bister Annie, i j
it don't make any difference how fast we walk, I
the moon keeps up with us every step of the j'
way ; it don't move at all, and yet it is is al- j 1
| ways going along with us." So it is with God J1
j in heaven ; though he seems far away, he is <
! keeping step with us always in the march of j
' Me. . j ;
, Christopher Columbus was the son of a 1
wool-comber, but by his indomitable energy ! J
he discovered America on the 11th of Octo- i
her, 1492.
leading fnt the fairktli.
CONDUCTED BY ' J
REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
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PIETY.
True and heart-felt piety is not only a
wurce of comfort and consolation to its posjessor
and pleasing in the sight of God, but it,
s the most graceful and becoming ornament.None
are so richly dressed as those who are
jlothed in the righteousness of Christ Jesus.
None are so fascinating as those who wear the
jrown of grace, and are expectants for a crown
>f glory. .Piety is not only an ornament, but
t is a bulwark. There is no fortification so
strong and impregnable as the consciousness
>f having done our duty to God and man.
[rapiements of fear are forged in vain for the
ndividual who is within its walls. Amidst
he wreck of a world rushing to destruction,
le can staud undismayed. It was Davids,
liety that enabled him to say that he would
lot fear what man could ; and that he would
ie down and take quiet sleep; and that he
vould fear no evil though he walked in the
/alley and shadow of death. Piety makes men
>f us; impiety degrades us into demons.
* ?
[Original.]
THE TIMES.
The wise man very properly admonishes us
;o rejoice in the days of proeperty, and to consider
in the days of adversity. Withfttfcpr^
-ending to give a nice andiinuofcrdpHBrf
)f what the inspired writer npeaBt by ^adversity,"
we think we are safe saying that it
s applicable to us at the present time. These
ire, in some respects, troublesome times.
Strange things are occurring in many places.
We have no desire to mingle religious and
jecular things any farther than they are inseparably
connected. There is no need that
tve make a formal statement of the political
ispect of our own country. Everybody knows
jnough about it to be convinced that some
*reat event is on the eve of transpiring. This
is not all. The world is in commotion. These
ire days of wars and rumors of wars. Neither
is this all. It is a time whem isms and
jchisms of every kind and character prevail in
the chutch, and wickedness in its most ruinous
forms, is prevalent all over the land. In the
midst of such times as the present what is the
3uty of Uod'8 people r surely not to ioia
their arras in despair; neither is it their duty
to join the wickea in perpetrating their deeds
af darkness. It is deplorable to see so many
professed Christians, who, by their acts, virtually
nullify their profession. Some individuals
seem to labor to make the whole of
Christianity consist in a name. Instead of
ioing something to impede the progress of
vice they wink at it. There are many sinful
practices which only need to be frowned upon
t>y Christians to be banished from the land.
Honestly, we do got believe a grog-shop or
Irinking establishment could live, in any
jommunity, were it not patronized and sustained
by professed Christians. Sinners are
jowards; they flee, says the Bible, when no
nan pursues. It does seem that if there ever
vas a time when it was the duty of the church,
he whole church?all professed Christians?to
;onsider, now is the time. We do not have
iny special reference to the political troubles
ibroad in the world. The general immorali;y
of the church is appalling. Prudence bids
is make no specification of the sins ofithe
lay. Let each church member consider seriously
the solemn fact that the vows to $Jod
ire upon him. Such individual has publjgy
vowed that, let others do as they ma^Ke^BT
serve God by living a life of holinesss and
ischewing evil. Let each orie consider his
jwn sins, and in the strength of borrowed
jrace, repent and live a consistent life. Let
is all consider the fact that if there is evil in the
jity the righteous have done something wrong.
[Original.]
RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS.
Naturally, man passes through a variety of
stages before he reaches the end of his jourley.
The old man who is bending over the
;rave has passed through the successive pe
riods of infancy, childhood and middle-age,
ind is now in the period which forms the conlecting
link between time and eternity. There
ire some striking analogies between our natjral
and our religious developments. Men
ire not born with all the physical and mental
developments that they attain, if spared
;o hoary hairs. All men are born into the
kingdom of grace babes in Christ Jesus. They
lave all the Christian graces given to them
when they are begotten again by the Holy
Spirit; but these graces are not developed,
ind hence they are only babes.
The faith of the new convert is weak. However
extensive may be the information of the
iew convert, his spiritual knowledge is exceedingly
limited. He has to learn the alphabet
of heaven. His language is that of a
foreigner: The idiom of the Bible is strong,
md he has to be taught of God before he cau
understand it. His faith is weak because his
knowledge is limited^ He most first learn
;he character of Godlprore he can rely upon
nis promises. \%bapus true with regard to
;he faith of thanew convert, is also true of
lis repentanda True and evangelical repentince
has only commenced when the sinner
irst believes in Christ. As he grows in the
livine life, the light of heaven is poured into
lis soul and he is enabled to see himself in his
linfulness as he did not when first he fled to
;he Lamb of God. The word of God is a
nicroscope by which he is enabled to examine
his heart. By it he is_enabled^s^^a
?inful appetites, the ungodly
carnal desires which dwell in. his heart. He
not only is enabled to examine and scrutin
ize his own heart; but by the aid of the Bible
he can analyze the character of God. In
the Bible he sees himself deformed by sin
?nd iniquity, and at the same time he sees
God glorious in this holiness By this revelation
the poor penitent is made to loathe
himself in dust and ashes. He repents as he
never did before. His sins and faults-.of
youth rise up before him in their true magnitude
and in their real heinousness. *
God in his word exhorts us to grow in
^race, which is but another- mode of expression
for religious development Ample provisions
have been made that this development
may take place. Believing in Christ entitles
us to heaven ; but we must be prepared for
heaven before we can enter it. A child is born
heir to its share of its earthly parents estate,
be that great or small; but it is not put in full
possession of it so soon as born. Just so the
believer is begotten by the Holy^Spirit, an
heir and joint -heir with Christ; but be does
not enter into the joys and blessings of the
gospel kingdom so soon as the new birth takes
place. That he may, in due time, be put in
full possession of the purchased inheritance,
God in his providence and by his grace, has
made every provision. He has given him the
Bible which is a light to his feet and a lamp
to his path. By his providence, God purifies
the hearts of his people as men purify silver
in a furnace.
When God exhorts us to grow in grace the
idea, no doubt, is to use the means for developing
the divine life which God has given us
in our regeneration. This seems to be the
main object which God had in view in establishing
the church. The believer needs to be
fed and watched over that he may arrive at
spiritual manhood. The means are admirably
adapted to the end. They meet the approbation
of every thinking man.
ffc fortuiille (gtaquim.
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For sale by WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., Importers
and Dealers In Guanos, 1218 Bay St., Savannah,
241 Broad St., Augusta. Georgia, 151 East
Bav, Charleston, South Carolina, and by BRATTON,
MASON & WITHERS, Yorkville, S. C.
For further information address or apply as above
for pamphlet.
November 24 47 4m
"" OLD CAROLINA BITTERS,
A Deliglitfiil Tonic.
WE TAKE great pleasure in offering the OLD
CAROLINA BITTERS to the public. They
are compounded with great care, and contain
some of the best Tonics in the Pharmacopia. As
evidence of the superiority of our BITTERS over
all others, we have certificates from many of the
leading physicians in our State, who have pre- j
scribed them in their practice.
THE OLD CAROLINA BITTERS
Will be found invaluable for
WANT OF APPETITE,
GENERAL DEBILITY,
CHILLS AND FEVER,
DYSPEPSIA. |
We do not offer OUR BITTERS as a cure for
all diseases, but as an Aromatic Tonic, they have
no equal.
For sale by Druggists and Grocers everywhere.
Principal Depot -
liUUUKltH, WliKJSilTIAi* OL LU.,
Importers of choice Drugs and Chemicals,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
March 24 12 Iy
P. P. TOALE,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
(Largest and most complete")
Manufactory of Doors, Sashes, [
Blinds, Mouldings, Ac- in the [
Southern States. J
ft?-PRINTED PQIOE LIST DEFIES COMPETITION. -HO ;
$3)r SEND FOR ONE. ^
BSy" Sent Free on Application.
April 21 16 , ly
PIEDMONT & ARLINGTON
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
HOME OFFICE, RICHMOND, VA. j
OVER $2,000,000.
*
POLICIES issued in a little over two years of
active work, over 12,000; Income same time,
over $2,000,000?a success beyond all precedent.
Insures on Mutual, Non-Forfeiting and Return
Premium Plans. Dividends Paid on whole Life
Policies, FORTY PER CENT, which proves the
economy of its management and its careful s?k.
lection of Risks.
BRANCH OFFICE, COLUMBIA, S. C.
J. P. Tiiomas, Pres't. S. L. Lkaphart, Seo^jjr...
D. D. MOORE, Agent York CountyJH
July 21 29 9m "
HAIR JEWELRY.
THE undersigned will BRAID human hair to
order, in any required stitch, and mount the
same in gold of any required pattern for fingerrings,
ear-rings, breast-pins, bracelets, necklaces,
watch-chains. Ac., witn or without appendages.
The same will he done from THE SAME HAIR
that is furnished, and as neatly as any Northern
work.
Also, all ornamental articles, which are made of
Metals, Porcelain, Glass, Precious Stones, Ivory,
Pearls, Paper, <fcc., will ho repaired to order at
reasonable prices. E. A. CRENSHAW.
Yorkville, S. C.
December 15 50 tf
WILTlAM SIIEPHERD <sTcO^
NO. 24 IAYNE ST., CHARLESTON, 8. 0.,
* DEALER IN*
COOKING STOVES,
RANGES AND HEATING STOVES.
PICTURES of Stoves with prico and description
will bo furnished upon application,
j June 30 20 ly
! j. newton Lewis,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, i
For the Sale of Produce and the Purchase of Mer-1
chandise,
| NO. 140 W. PRATT STREET, I
BALTIMORE, MD.
7p3r Will make liberal advances on consignj
ments of cotton, and will defer the sale subject
to shipper's order.
October 20 -12 tf
ATLANTA DEPARTMENT
I SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. j;
? ' r
i
Gen. JOIfN B. GORDON, President.
jtKKMtojky
Jk (pERS, JTJLY 1,1869, 40 PER CENT.
'Coiffttoy doing business in the Southern States.
||1P' ILV- ^
HpS^^pMttompany INSURES LIVES upon all the IMPROVED PLANS,
m the MOST FAVOKAULF 1WMS.
nomically, and is very careful in the selection of risks.
! States frorfr which it is derived, and sends no money North
to enrich foreign capitalists.
omplied with the Deposit Laws in the various Southern States, is now
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS in all of them; has now nearly TWO
THOUSAND POLICY HOLDERS in the State of South Carolina, and numbers SEVEN THOUSAND
MEMBERS in the fourth year of its exislenco.
CASH & WARING, Qeneral Agents for South Carolina.
{ OFFICE IN COLUMBIA, 8. C.
JAMES MASON, Resident Agent, Yorkville, S. C.
REFERENCES IN YORK COUNTY.
a "?44? i rvo t n Wittumnumn Yorkvllle.
*fWUI1 * * \JUbUl ICO T Iitui A* M*rm <T *.uw>wrvv~,... ......
Dr. J. R. Bratton, Yorkville. Dr. W. E. Erwin,. ?.Yorkville.
Dr. A. I. Barron, Yorkville. Lewis M. Grist, Yorkville.
Col. W. B. Wilson, Yorkville. S. G. Hemphill Guthriesville.
"WANDO FERTILIZER,"
THE PRICE OE THIS
POPULAR FERTILIZER
m BEEN REDUCED FOB THE SEAM OF 1871,
TO MEET THE NECESSITIES OF THE
PLANTING COMMUNITY,
AND HAS BEEN FIXED AT
CASH-FIFTY DOLLARS PER TON OF 2,000 LBS. AT FACTORY.
TIME-FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER TON OF 2,000 LBS. AT FACTORY,
Payable 1st November, 1871, without Interest.
' WM. C. DUKES & CO., AGENTS,
CHARLESTON, SC. CA. ?~ 0
B. P. BOYD & CO., AGENTS,
YORKV1LLE, SO. CA.
LONDON A JONES, Agents, Rock Hill, S. C.
January 19 ?,m
mamm whann's
WHOSE ,1
SUPER PHOSPHATE?
STANDARD GUARANTEED J I
. SOU) I n | w nniw /
MANUFACTURED BY |9 KAW HO VE,
WALTON,WHANN&ff
WILMINGTON,DElJl
FOR SALE BY jffi?
fSOh&I superphosphate. :
THE GREAT FERTILIZER FOR COTTON AND ALL CROPS. |
The unparalleled success of this Great Fertilizer on ALL CROPS, proves it to be the BEST and
CHEAPEST MANURE now offered in the market. i
It has been used by many of the most eminent Planters in the South, and
IN EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE IT HAS GIVEN ENTIRE SATISFACTION.
On COTTON its effects have been particularly marked. It is no rare thing for WHANN'S PHOSPHATE
to increase the yield from ONE HUNDRED TO TWO HUNDRED PER CENT, or even 1
more!
Mr. Geo. C. Dixon, an eminent planter of Cameron, Ga., in a letter to the Banner dt Planter, says
that in an experiment with seven leading Superphosphates and Guanos, the WHANN'S proved itself
the best of all those tried, paying a net profit, at the low market rate, of |20 90 per acre of cotton. A
copy of Mr. Dixon's article furnished on application.
, FOR SALE BY ,
CLAGHOEN, HERRING & CO.,
CHARLESTON, S. C., AND AUGUSTA, GA.
January 19 2 3m
ETIWAN GUANOS,
SOLUBLE MANURES,
LTHURTO AOID, .J
MANUFACTURED AT
.A THE ETIWAN WORKS, '.]
CHARLESTON, S. C., ,
mmtammjn acid and superphosphate company. |
Tbe^m^own ETIWAN GUANO is manufactured from the Native Bone Phosphates of 1
South Carolina. These Phosphates in their natural state are insoluble, and require to be ground to i
and msd?Sotoble by Sulphuric Acid. This Company have now in operation the largest Sul- *
r,hnrffiSrfiflCkamhwAat the South, and are, therefore, able to manufacture at the lowest rates, the !
FertflM^Jt being clear that the greater the proportion of Soluble Phosphate which <
any tlMhle&a the quantity required per acre. In order to make the Fertilizer com- :
pletet^HMfe^gd^wpS^i sufficient quantities are added. With these views the Company man- j
Warrant^??#ai^Tfrcta*15 to 20^ljtt|feg?I>ISSOLVED BONE PHOSPHATE OF LIME. {
and from' 2TOPj^HHftfc of a sufficient addition of PERUVIAN GUANO and
POTASH, to"adspfaVI crops. f^MMfcper^^cash ; on time, $70 per ton, and interest at 7 per ^
Of high grade, being in itself an excellent Fertilizer, and
specially adapted for compost. As large quantities of Sulphuric Acid are used to dissolve the Phos- j
- - * * 1?" * 1 Thn crade furnished
I phate, this will beiouna acneap ana wuveumui way w trauajjort umbui ??
will be from 18 to20 per cent. Dissolved Bone Phosphate. Price $40 per ton cash. On time, $45, with
I Interest at 7 per cent, per annum. Still highe'rgrades will be furnished to order at an additional price .
j per centage. . j <
COMPOUND ACID phosphate,
Specially prepared for composting,withCotton Seed and other plantation manures. Price $35 per ton, ,
cash ; on time $40, with interest at7 pendent, per annum. <
BONE, J
At much lower rates, coflmiting simply of the Native Bone Phosphates ground to powder. Price ]
$20 per ton, cash. On time, $22 and interest at 7 per cent, per annum. f
- WM. C. BEE & CO., AGENTS,
No. 14 Adger'8 IVharf, i J
CHARLESTON, SO. CA.
LONDON& JONES, Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. BURROUGHS & SPRINGS, Agents, Charlotte, N.C. J
N. B.?The percentage of Dissolved Bono Phosphate of Lime, and Ammonia in all the Etiwans,!
is ascertained at the Works, by their Chemist, before delivery. Should any purchaser be dissatisfied. | ]
he may return average samples of any purchase, within thirty (30) days after delivery, and they will j j
be analyzed anew, and any deficiency in the per centage guaranteed will be made good to him by the ; i
Company. * j i
January 20 4 2m 1
THE "SINGER" NEW
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
WITH ATTA0HMENT8 FOB ALL KIND8 OP WORK, ^
Is fast winning favor in the Household, as shown
by the Sales of last year, amounting to eighty- .
six thousand, seven hundred and eightyone
Machines, which far exceed those
of any other company 1
:o:
This new FAMILY MACHINE is capable of a
range and variety of work such as was thought
impossible, a short time ago, to perform by Machinery.
We claim, and can show those whom it
may concern, that it is the cheapest, most beautiful,
delicately arranged, nicely adjusted, easily
operated, and smoothly running of all the family
Sewing Machines. It is remarkable, not only for
the range and variety of its sewing, but also for
the variety and different KINDS OF TEXTURE
which it will sew with equal facility and perfection,
using Silk Twist, Linen or dotton Thread,
fine or coarse, making the INTERLOCKEDELA8TIC
8TITCH, alike on both sides of the
fabric sewn. Thus beaver cloth, or leather, may
be sewn with great strength and uniformity of
stitch, and in a moment this willing and never
wearying machine may bo adjusted for fine work
on gauze or gossamer tissue, or the tucking of
tarletan, or ruffling, or almost any other work
which delicate fingers have been known to perform.
.
Purchasers can soon be convinced that our new ?
Family Machine embodies NEW and essential
principles?simplicity of construction?ease of
operation?uniformity of precise action at any
speed?capacity for range and variety of work,
fine or coarse, leaving all rivals behind it.
-?:o:
THE FOLDING CASES.
The New Family Machine may be had in a variety
of folding covers and cases. Some show in
polished surface only the grain and tint of the
wood, while others are finished in all the elabora
UUI1 U1 (UU
THE ATTACHMENTS
For Hemming, Felling, Rufflfcig, Braiding, Binding,
Cording, Gathering, Tacking, Embroidering,
ana so forth, are not only numerous, but jjpw jjbroughtto
great perfection. Most of them can be
attached or detached by a dimple move of the
hand. The quality of the work can only be folly
appreciated on observation and examination. \
MACHINE TWIST,
LINEN THREAD, SPOOL COTTON, OIL, AC.
We have and shall keep in stock at our Central
Offloe and Agencies (on spools of various sizes)
Twist of all sizes and colors, Linen Thread, 8pool
Cotton, Oil, and all other articles necessary in the
use of onr Machines.
We wish it understood that we manufacture the
Twist sold by us: that we shall aim to have it ex-,
eel in quality, and exceed in quantity, for a given
price, that of other manufacturers, and that the . .
Twist (made by us in our new and extensive
mills, supplied as tbev are with the most improved
machinery and skilled labor) can be relied on
for the desirable qualities of uniformity of size,
evenness, length of thread as marked on each
spool, strength, excellence of color, and beantyof
finish.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.,
No. 458 Broadway, New York.
M. JONES, Agent,
Yorkville, 8. C.
Novembers 44. tf
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
FOR 1871. . J
TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR,
>
rHS splendid weekly, greatly enlarged and j,
improved, is one of the most useful and interesting
journals ever published. Every number
is beautifully printed on fine paper, and elegantly
illustrated with original engravings, representing
New Inventions, Novelties in Mechanics;
Manufactures, unemuttry, rnotograpnv, Arcnltecture,
Agriculture, Engineering, Science and
Art.
Farmers, Mechanics, Inventors, Engineers,
Chemists, Manufacturers, and People of all Professions
or Trades will find the
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
of great valne and interest.
Its practical suggestions will save hundreds o*
dollars to every Household, Workshop, and Faotory
in the land, besides affording a continual
source of Valuable Instruction. The Editors are
assisted by many of the ableet American and European
Writers, and having access to all the lead;
ing Scientific and Mechanical Journals of the
world, the columns of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
are constantly enriched with the choicest
information.
An Official List of all the Patents Issued is
PnhliRhAfl WAAIHV
The Yearlv /umbers of the SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN make
TWO SPLENDID VOLUMES
of nearly One Thousand Pagesr equivalent in size
to Four Thousand Ordinary Book Pages. Specimen
Copies sent free. ^
Terms?$3 a Year; $1.50 Half Yew; Clubs of
Ten Copies for One Year, at $2A^eaahr$B6.00,
with a SPLENDID PREMIUM to the person
who forms the Club, consisting of a copy of the
celebrated Steel Plate Engraving, "Men of Progress."
In connection with the publication of the SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN, the undersigned con-*
duct the most extensive Agency in the world *
FOR PROCURING PATENTS.
The best way to obtain an answer to the question?Can
I obtain a Patent? is towrite to MUNN
A CO., 37 Park Row, N. Y., who have had over
Twenty-five Years Experience in the business.
No charge is made for opinion and advice. A
pen-and-ink sketch, or fall written description of
the Invention, should be sent. ^
For Instructions concerning American and European
Patent8, Caveats, Re-issues, Interferences,
Rejected Cases, Hints on Selling Patents, Rales
ana Proceedings of the Patent Office, The New
Patent Laws, Examinations,Extensions, Infringements,
etc., etc.,
SEND FOB INSTRUCTION BOOK,
which will be mailed free, on application. All
business strictly confidential.
Address, MUNN & CO.,
Publishers of the Scieutific American,
37 Park Row, New York.
December 15 50 tf
THE DAILY UNION,
MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA.
WILL be issued every morning (Sundays excepted)
and furnished to subscribers at
SIX DOLLARS per annum, or THREE DOLLARS
for six months. Subscriptions invariably
in advance.
THE UNION will contain the latest telegraphic
information, market and commercial reports,
and will be found a valuable medium for obtaining
the latest and most authentic information from
all parts of the world.
Farmers and merchants in the up-country will
find its market reports twelve hours later than
any paper published in Charleston.
City subscribers will be furnished by Carriers
at fifteen cents per week, payable to the Carriers,
Single copies five ckhts each.
Discount to News Dealers and Carriers.
RATES OP ADVERTISING.
Fifteen cents a line first insertion. Subsequent
insertions at reduced rates.
Special Notices twenty cents per line.
Notices of Marriages and Deaths seventy-five
cents.
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Advertisements in solid minion, to run one
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Address, DAILY UNION,
Columbia, S. C.
December 22 51 tf
THE WORKING CHRISTIAN!
ORGAN OF THE BAPTISTS OF 8. CAROLINA. THE
second volume of this excellent religious
and family newspaper will begin wifh the
first number in July. It is now published in *
Charleston, and has an able corps of editors. The
Proprietor is assisted by Rev. J. L. REYNOLDS,
D. D., and Rev. L. H. SHUCK. The "SundaySchool"
Department and that of "General Intelligence,"
are conducted by OLIVER F. GREGORY.
During the first year the paper has gained a circulation
of 1,500, and is still gaining ground. It
bids fair to be one of the most popular and useful
religious papers in the South. It is devoted to
!he interests of the people of South Carolina.
Sketches of living ana deceased ministers will be
ontinued from week to week, during the next
pear. Besides religious reading, it will contain
valuable reading on Education, Agriculture, and
n fact every subject that has a bearing on the
prosperity of our country. It is probably the
jest medium in the State for general advertising,
roingas it does into all the business centres of the
State.
The following are the terms of subscription, in
idvance:
,1 /-I ? O rj\
aiiigiuvuiJj, ? w
Pi ve Copies; * 11 25
Eleven Copies, 20 00
^b-The Enquirkr and Working Cftmfian will
>e furnished one year for $4.50.
Address WORKING CHRISTIAN,
Charleston, S. C.
ornamentalTand useful.
JR. SCIIORB <t SON beg to inform the citi,
zens of York county generally that they
ire better prepared than ever to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC
PICTURES of all kinds and at all
Drices. As our silent partner, "Old Sol," will
probably be more attentive to our interest for the
next few months than he has been lately, we may
lafely promise that none in want of good likenesses
shall go away disappointed.
We are agents for the celebrated "COMMON
SENSE 8EWING MACHINE," which has no
superior, and is sold at the low price of $15. We
warrant it to do all that is claimed for it. Come
and see for yourself. There is now no need of M
any family lieing without a sewing machine.
We have also made arrangements with Mason,
Hamlin <t Co. to supply those in want of a superior
PARLOR ORGAN with their celebrated Injtruments
at New York prices. Prices given on
application. Call at our rooms in the Adickes
building. April 7?tf