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gjumorous fepartment BUFFERS MEDICINE. Buffer was a lawyer, of Lincoln county, ! Maine. Once upon a time Buffer took the steamer at Portland en route for Boston. B. : won't say that the steamer was the "State of Maine," nor that the season was in the summer of 1860, because people might then look back and hunt up my steward, and demand of him if he had a medical diploma. But i Buffer told me the story himself; and as Buffer was there and as Buffer is truthful, the same may be relied upon. The steamer had cleared the capes and the islands, and was well out at sea, when Buffer, in company with three legal friends, approached the steward in hp retired apartment, for the purpose, if possible, of obtaining something stimulating and exhilarating in the shape of a beverage. The Prohibitory Law was stringent, and its officers were vigilant. But Buffer was hopeful. "Steward ! Steward !" he groaned, pressing his hands upon his diaphragm, and exhibiting signs of pain, "can you not let me have a drop of brandy ? I am suffering." "Ah?yah! Is dat you Mister Buffer?" Thp RtpwarH bar! sppn bitn Kofiirp "Yes?and I'm in a bad way, too, Steward. I think it must have been the lobster salad we eat at the Preble House for supper. My friends here are taken in the same way. A drop of brandy would relieve us." "But?bress yer souls! I can't sell brandy for a beverage." "We want it for a medicine." "Ah?well?if dat's de case, I'll see what I can do." And presently the Steward summoned the party to his room, and set before them a black bottle and four small glasses. The adventurers indulged. "And now, Steward*' demanded Buffer, when he smacked his lips and wiped his mustache what's to pay V* ;? "It'll bejestiour dollars and forty cents, gentlemen." "Four dollars and?Bah ! you joking." "No, Mister Buffet, I mean jes 'zactly what I say. I charge you ten cents apiece for de med'cine, and one dollar for de physician's fee." Buffer paid the bill, but concluded that his next medical practiouer should be consulted in Boston. Setting Hens.?In answer to a correspondent who wants to know "how to keep hens from setting," a Western editor thus rises and explains: There are several very good ways. One plan is to make them into pot-pies about seventeen days before they exhibit any such evidence of chicken-heartedness. Another good way is to watch the hen when she begins that peculiar clucking, indicative of a desire to matriculate, wash her in sweet milk, put mus tard poultices on her feet and hang her up by the neck in a dark clothes press for ninetythree or ninety-four hours. Should the demoralized biddy be cut down before the time for setting, she will probably set out for some other locality. Another good way would be to read the ku-klux act; wheu, if they will not disperse, wallop them gently over the head with a brick, shoe, chunk of stone or a horsehoof with the shoe on, and if the old hen won't behave herself, why?let her set! Attending Church Under Difficulties.?A negro went to a fashionable church at Middletown, Conn., on Sunday, recently, and sat down in a pew, when, just as he was getting interested in the sermon, a rough-looking, pious church member came in and took him by the collar and threw him into the vestibule. He thought he would stay there and hear the rest of the sermon, when the sexton kicked him off the steps. He went to the side of the church to listen to the sermon through the window; when one the members said "Amen" to something the minister said, and then spit tobacco jnice out of the window into the listener's eyes. He says a man can't enjoy much religion in Middletown. ? ? ? There is a man out in Wyoming who did not want for woman's wit when forced to do woman's work while his wife was on the jury. He appealed to her to come home, but she wasn't in any particular hurry, as "he would now find out how nice it was to stay at home and mind the children, while she was loafing around the Court House as he used to do." The man went home and hired a good looking cook, and sent his wife word to be sure and not come home until she wanted to, on his account, but as soon as the uews reached her she bolted immediately, and is now one of the loudest opposers of female suffrage. 4 4 KO xwu xn&u suiuiers uciug suuiuueu hi a borough in the West of England, got into a conversation respecting their quarters. 'How,' said the one, 'are you quartered ?' 'Pretty well.' 'What part of the house do you sleep in?' 'Up-stairs.' 'In the garret, perhaps?' 'The garret! no, Dennis O'Brien would never sleep in the garret.' 'Where then ?' 'Why, I know not what you call it; but if the house were turned topsy-turvy, I should be in the cellar.' IS""Who dare spit tobacco juice on the floor of this car?" savagely exclaimed a large and powerfully built passenger, as he arose from his seat and stalked, down the aisle frowning defiantly upon the other passengers. "I dare!" said a burly looking fellow, as he deliberately ejected a quantity of the noxious saliva upon the floor of the aisle. "All right, my friend," said the first speaker, slapping the other in a friendly manner upon the shoulder, "give us a chew of tobacco." I I&rAman driving a number of cattle to Boston, one of his cows went into a barn-yard, where there stood a young lad. The drover calls to the boy, 'Stop that cow, my lad, stop that cow.' 'I am no constable, sir.' 'Turn her out then.' 'She is right side out now, sir.' 'Well, speak to her then.' The boy took off his hat, and very handsomely addressed the cow, with 'Your servant, madam.' The drover rode into the yard, and drove the cow out himself. Sir William B., being at a parish meeting, made some proposals which were objected to by a farmer. Highly enraged, he said to the farmer, 'Sir, do you know that I have been at two universities, and at two colleges at each university ?' 'Well, sir," said the farmer, 'what of that ? I had a calf that sucked two cows, and the observation I made was, the more he sucked the greater calf he grew.' A white haired old negro preacher in New Orleaus thus addressed one of the meetings of the dissatisfied darkeys last week: "What are you grumbling about? Yer all better off dan ye ever 'spected to be?dan yer deserve to be. Did yer tink when Massa Liukura guv ye yer freejum he was gwine to buy tickets in the Louisiana State Lottery for you beside?' "I know what your beau's pretty white pony's name is," said a little boy to his grown up sister, the other morning: "It's Darnye." "Hush, Eddie," said the horrified sister, "that is a naughty word." "Well, I don't care if it is," said the juvenile, "that's his name, cos last night I was outside the fence and when he stopped at the gate he said: 'Whoa, Damye.'" Ha?* Up in Boston, where they have a prohibitory liquor law, and so many good people are total abstinents, they are very fond of 'teapunch.' The ingredients thereof are one bottle of champagne, one of whisky, one of rum, two of claret, a lemon and a tablespoonful of black tea, A young man who has tried it until he knows, tells us that if you go to call on a young lady, and she sews diligently all the evening, and only says "yes" and "no," you can go away about nine, or a quarter past, without anybody feeling bad about it. (StoUdwn'js Department. I GETTING READY TO GO. A dear little girl had seen her beloved j lather lying cold and still on his coffin pillow, I and had watched with wonder and fear the ] process of putting on the coffin-lid, and bear- j ing it away to burial. Afterwards the grief-stricken mother sought to dispel the gloom which gathered about the ; scene in her young heart. "God has sent for dear father, to come up \ and live with him, and one day he will also ; send for you and me, darling." "Do you know when He will send, mamma?" "No, my dear, only God knows the time, j He has it all fixed." ^ "Then, mamma, if God is surely going to send for us, and we don't know when, hadn't we better begin to pack up and get ready to g??" This little girl had surely the right view of ? ?'I ' nnf ?o . rvnM^n r>f MQ UlC liiablCi) anu it lojuot ao im^uitaut xui uo as for her. Not only should we be always ready, but we should have our possessions packed up and sent on before us. Did you ever stop to think that you were laying up treasures every day either on earth or in heaven ? Shall I tell you one way in which you can send on your treasures before you, and be sure at the last you will find them ? When you spend a quarter for sweets, how soon they are all gone. Only a faint remembrance of the gratification is left. The longing for more is probably stronger than the sense of pleasure. Even if you had spent the money for a toy, you would only prolong the enjoyment a little. And at the very best a book or useful, article, would only be of lifelong service to you. But if you gave the sum for any of God's good works because you loved Him, it would be a treasure laid up in heaven. It would be something sent on before you to the heavenly land. Oh! there are many people who come to their dying pillow regretting that they did not spend their money very differently. They feel they have nothing whatever awaiting them on the other shore.?Presbyterian. THE EYE OF AN EAGLE. The eyes of all birds have a peculiarity of structure, which enables them to see near and distant objects equally well, and this wonderful power is carried to the greatest perfection in the bird of prey. When we recollect that an eagle will ascend more than a mile in perpendicular height, and from that enormous elevation will perceive its unsuspecting prey, and pounce on it with unerring certainty; and when we see the same bird scrutinizing with almost microscopic nicety an object close at haud, we shall at once perceive that he possesses a power of accommodating his sight to distance in a manner to which our eye is unfitted, and of which it is totally incapable. If we take a printed page, we shall find that there is some particular distance, probably ten inches, at which we can read the words and see each letter with perfect distinctness; but if we move the page to a distance of forty inches, or bring it within a distance of five inches we shall find it impossible to read it at all. A scientific man would, therefore, call ten inches the focus or focal distance of our eyes. We cannot alter this focus except by the aid of spectacles. But an eagle has the power of altering the focus of his eye just as he pleases; he has only to look at an object at the distance of two feet or two miles in order to see it with perfect distinctness. Of course the eagle knows nothing of the wonderful contrivance which God has supplied for his accommodation ; he employs it instinctively, and because he cannot help it. The ball of his eye is surrounded by fifteen little plates, called sclerotic bones; they form a complete ring, and their edges slightly overlap each other. When he looks at a distant ?bject, this little cycle of bones expands, and the ball of the eye being relieved from the pressure, becomes flatter, and when he looks at a very near object, the little bones press together, and the ball of the eye is thus squeezed into a rounder or more convex form. The effect is very familiar to every body: a person with very round eyes is near-sighted, and only sees clearly an object that is close to him ; and a person with flat eyes, as in old age, can see nothing clearly except at a distance: the eagle, by the mere will, can make his eyes round or flat, and see with equal clearness at any distance. Father and Daughter.?My father never was an old man, never so old that he failed to sympathize with me in everything I cannot remember when I did not know' the way to his heart, and how sure I was of a welcome in it. A woman never idolized a lover more than I did the man who kissed me every morning and said, "Good bye, my child and at night, putting his arms around me, "What has my child been doing and thinking of today?" I never thought of deceiving him more than I could have thought of hiding a sin from the Lord. It was neither fear nor duty which prompted such full confession ; it was the complete and perfect sympathy between us. A thought unshared with him was a meagre and vapid thing. An ambition was unworthy without his blessing. An idea was weak and narrow without the aid of his stronger method of development He never failed for a day to show me, in some way, that he did not love me. He never left me to infer or imagine how dear I might be to him. It was a plain undoubted fact, so that with me it was my constant effort to make myself worthy of such a father. ? One Duop of Evil.?"I don't see why you won't let me play with Will Hunt," pouted Walter Kirk. "I know he does not always mind his mother, and smokes cigars, and once in a while swears just a little. But I have been brought up better than that; he won't hurt me, I should think you would trust me. I might do him some good." "Walter," said his mother, "take this glass of pure water, and put just one drop of ink into it." "O, mother! who would have thought one | drop would blacken a whole glass so ?" "Yes; it has changed the color of the j whole, has it not ? It is a shame to do that. 1 Just put a drop of clear water in it, aud restore its purity," said Mrs. Kirk. "Why, mother! you are laughing at me. One dron. nor a dozen, nor fifty won't do that." "No, my son ; and therefore I cannot allow ! one drop of Will Hunt's evil nature to mingle j with your careful training, many drops of which will make no impression on him."? J Young Reader. Don't Hurry.?Believe in traveling on j step by step; don't expect to be rich in a | jump. Slow and sure is better than fast and j flimsy. Perseverance by its daily gains enriches a man far more than fits and starts or fortunate speculation. Little fishes are sweet. A thread every day makes a skein in a year. Brick by brick houses are built. We should creep before we walk, walk before we run, and run before we ride. In getting rich, the more haste the less speed. Haste trips up its j own heels. Don't give up a small business till you see that a large one will pay better. Even crumbs are bread. Better a little furniture than an empty house. In these hard times, he who can sit on a stone and feed himself had better not move. From bad to worse j is poor improvement. A crust is hard fare, but none at all is harder. Don't jump out of the frying pan into the fire. Remember I many men have done well in small shops. A i little with profit, is better than a great con-' cern at a loss. A small fire that warms you J is better than a large fire that burns. A great deal of water can be got from a small pipe, if | the bucket is always there to catch it.?John Ploughman's Talk. S6P Consider the cause of the good standing | of some, and decline and fall and want of sue- j cess of others, and regulate your conduct ac- j cordingly. i * Reading fat the Sabbath. \ CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. Mr. Editor : Please publish the following I information, from the Manual of the Ameri- J can Bible Society, and oblige yours truly, E. A. BOLLES, Agent Am. Bible Society, S. C. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 15,1871. how to help the society's work. "The sole object of the institution is to en-1 courage a wider circulation of the Holy Scrip- j tures without note or comment." Its friends ! may aid its work? 1. By buying and circulating its books. Those books are attractive in binding and typography. They are variously adapted for all nlnccpa nf norsnns ?honks in ltircrp. t.vnfi for Mi. ViW^VVV v. rw.ww..w . O J I I the aged ; in raised letters for the blind ; parts of the Bible for the convenience of readers who prefer not to hold a heavy book ; reference Bibles for those who compare Scripture with Scripture; Bibles in various languages for foreigners; and of various sizes for pulpits, families, travelers, scholars and others. Being offered for sale at cost, these Bibles do not often make their way through the ordinary channels of trade, and are seldom advertised in newspapers. Still, they are widely distributed through the country, and may be found or ordered through the country depositories at numerous points. Whoever becomes a purchaser and distributer helps in this work. 2. By commending the Scriptures to others, and convincing men that they owe it to themselves, their families, their country and their God, to own, read and study this Book of Truth. 3. By entering heartily into arrangements providing for a thorough and economical resupply of districts with the Bible. This home wont of exploration and supply falls properly within the province of local societies, auxiliary to the American Bible Society. Their efficiency and success depend mainly upon the voluntary cooperations of churches and individual Christians. 4. By remitting donations to the American Bible Society for its benevolent work in our own and in foreign lauds, that it may sow the seed of truth in the great and accessible field which opens before it. ?. ? ? FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS LEAST. Many fill their life with regrets for being tn nnoVi a narrow snhere of useful ness. If they only were in the ministerial office, or had millions of money, they would do so and so; but what can an ordinary laborer, farmer, or Sunday-school teacher accomplish ? Friend, be content to serve God where he has placed you; for there precisely you can accomplish the most. It is better to make the best of what you have than to fret and pout for what you have not. The man with one talent is never accountable for five. But for his one he must give as strict an ancount as the other for his five. It may require more humility to husband one taleut than five, and so far as the improvement or misimprovement of either is concerned, they are both equally important in the sight of God. The king's million and the widow's mite are worth the same with the Eternal. And, under the direction of him who multiplied the widow's oil and the seven loaves, the widow's mite can be magnified into a million, and, when he withholds a blessing, the million becomes a mite. According to the arithmetic of heaven, the servant girl's dollar and the mechanic's five or ten are worth fully as much as the thousands of a millionaire. But then the mite must be given, laden with the benediction of faith. No gift is too small for the great and and all-possessing God to receive, wno, for our sake, became poor that he might make us rich. But the gift must be "as God has.prospered us." When Ananias and Sapphira give only one mite, God will curse them. The penitent and rich Zaccheus gave half his goods to feed the poor; and the poor woman who had naught but tears with which to bedew the Saviour's feet, gave an offering more precious than gifts of gold. What God requires is faithfulness to that which he has entrusted to us. A poor man is responsible for the little of his poverty, and sins if he withhold his mite. The Church needs the gifts of the poor?the gifts of the industrial and laboring classes. She needs the influence of those who think they have no influence. She needs the sympathies and prayers of those who can only stammer for their sin-burdened hearts a "God be merciful to rae a sinner." The most lertne summer showers are composed of unpretending little drops. Water-spouts are far less benehcial than the steady, soaking, noiseless rain.? German Reformed Messenger. THE PATH OF THE JUST. The following is a beautiful commentary on the passage from which this caption is quoted : "His glory is from within. It is a radiation. Put him where you will, he shines, and cannot but shine. God made him to shine. For instance: Imprison Joseph, and he will shine ont on all Egypt, cloudless as the sky where the rain never falls. Imprison Daniel, and the dazzled lions will retire to their lairs, and the king comes forth to worship at his rising, and all Babylon blesses the beauty of the brighter and better day. Imprison Peter, aud, with an angel for a harbinger star, he will swell his aurora from the fountains of Jordan to the walls of Beersheba, and break like the morning over mountain and sea. Imprison Paul, aud there will be a high noon over all the Roman empire. Imprison John, and the Isles of the ^Egean and all the coasts around will kindle with sunset visions too gorgeous to be described, but never to be forgotten, a boundless panorama of prophecy gliding from sky to sky, and enchanting the nations with openings of heaven, transits of saints and angels, and the ultimate glory of the city and kingdom of God. Not only so, for modern times have similar examples?examples in the Chuioh, and examples in the State. For instance: Bury Luther in the depths of the black forest, and the 'angel that dwelt in the bush,' will honor him there; the J trees around him will turn like shafts of ruby ' and his glowing orb loom up again, round j and clear as the light of all Europe. Thrust! Bunyan into the gloom of Bedford jail, and as he leans his head on his hand, the murky ' ? rv ?. ? *ii n *.1 ? horizon 01 .Britain win name wiui uery symbols?'delectable mountains' and celestial mansions, with holy pilgrims grouped on the golden hills, and bands of bliss, from the gates of pearl, hastening to welcome him home." Languages and Dialects into which the Holy Scriptures have been Translated.?The whole number of languages and dialects into which the Holy Scriptures have been translated is two hundred and fifty-two. Of these, two hundred and five are versions ; prepared since the origin of Bible Societies, j at which time the Scriptures had been trans-: lated into only forty-se'*en different languages. I Bagster, in his "Bible of every Land," gives; specimens of the Scriptures in various lan-! guages and dialects, to the number of about! three hundred, including those which have been printed in different native characters.? j Vide American Bible Society's Manual, paye ' 35?1871. Many men pass fifty or sixty years in the world, and when they are just going out i of it they bethink themselves and step back, | as it were, to do something which they had all j the while forgotten?to wit, the main business for which they came into the world?to repent, of their sins, and reform their lives, and make their peace with God, and in time prepare for eternity. If God's children, we shall avoid indul-! gences that stain the mind, and wound the j conscience and unfit us for prayer. i HUsccUauc0U5 ^vticUs. | SALT AT TURK,S ISLAND. The island bearing this familiar name has been conspicuous for its production of Bait, of which millions of bushels finds its way into the markets of the world, our own country receiving about half a million bushels annually. Salt is obtained from sea-water, by either extreme cold or heat; here it is made by solar evaporation. Lying under the intense rays of a tropical sun, the sea soon gives up its water and leaves its salt behind; and were if not for the influx of the mighty rivers of the tropics, and the general system of currents and tides, the ocean lying near the equator would soon become one vast sea of salt. For centuries, advantage has been ta-1 ken of this natural process, and, in the dry seasons, over a thousand natives are at work, in the different stages of the preparation of ^ i. n .1 1--. TU i._ !. I.. 8 salt ior tne raaraei. mesea-wuier is iei, imu \ the basins, or "pans," by a canal, cut through the beach, which separates the sea from the interior lagoons and affords a good foundation for the town proper. This beach is a few rods?perhaps ten or fifteeu?in width, and back of this, extending toward the bluffs about a quarter of a mile, was originally a marsh, which has been converted into salt-tanks. These tanks are shallow, with a varying depth of from eight to eighteen inches, the bottom made of stiff marlor clay, and they cover several hundred acres of this evaporating ground, divided into a great many compartments, varying from a quarter of an acre to two or three acres in size. These are separated from each otherjby low stone-walls, which serve also as walks. In the middle of these walls is an i^ip^ious clay, which prevents the passage ter from one tank to another, unless by the little gateways, or sluices, through which the supply is regulated. The water in these pans is found in all stages of evaporation. In some, you see the clear, limpid water of the ocean ; in others, it has a soiled appearance, and when far advanced in the process, it assumes a beautiful pink color. The first poud allows the subsidence of mud and other physical impurities, and is consequently, the deepest. As the fluid runs from tank to tank, it gradually becomes thicker, giving up its water and becoming more and more concentrated, until it reaches the last and shallowest pan, where crystals begin to appear on its | surface. These first crystals are the purest, | and are raked off with an iron hoe. Exposed , for a still longer time, more crystals form, but , these mostly collect on the bottom and sides, | and are scraped off when the "mother liquor" is drawn away. They are then hauled in ] carts to the beach, where piles, like great, , white snow-banks, may be seen from the ship's j deck. 1 This salt is more or less impure?the chief | impurity being chloride of magnesium?and, | to get rid of this, the heaps are covered with , straw and hay ; the chloride of magnesium, being deliquescent, absorbs moisture from the j atmosphere and drains off, leaving the pure j chloride of sodium?common salt?behind. ( To produce the same result, sometimes slaked i lime is placed iu the last tanks. The making | of salt by solar evaporation depends greatly . upon the absence of rain; and Turk's Island , has this advantage, as well as extreme heat , in summer. In addition the trade winds | constantly agitate the surface of the ponds, and thus facilitate vaporization.?From Turk's , Island, iii the September Overland Monthly. HOW MANUFACTURING PAYS. As an example of what can be done at home, we have only to point to the great cotton goods manufactory of our city. No institution of the kind in the country, perhaps, i has prospered more than this since the war. i With the exception of about two hundred shares, the capital stock of the company is j owned entirely in-Augusta, and its dividends, therefore, go into the pockets of our own citt zens. The factory employs five hundred j i hands, who earn, on an average, twenty-five j dollars per month, besides getting their house^! j -rent free. In the last six years, beginning July 1st, 1865, and ending July 1st, 1871, one million seven thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars and seventy-two cents have been paid out by this corporation for labor alone. The supposition is that nearly, i if not quite all, of this large sum has been spent in the city, thus putting more money in circulation and adding to the material prosperity of Augusta. It is computed that there i are two non-workers dependent upon each ! laborer, so that the factory really supports i about fifteen hundred persons, a not small portion of the population of the cit^. Fif- i teen thousand ana ioriy-eigni spmaies are now in the factory, but we understand it is i probable that if the canal be enlarged, giving i a greater amount of water-power, that fifteen thousand spindles will be added, making a total of over thirty thousand. These addi- ; tional fifteen thousand spindles will, in that event, be put a part in one of the present I buildings, and a part in a new building which will be erected for the purpose. When two-thirds cotton and one-third labor is required in the manufacture of goods, the 1 South has the advantage, and this is the case with all the commoner cotton fabrics. The cotton is immediately at hand, without having the expense of heavy freight charges added to the original cost. The ratio of the finer goods, however, is the other way, requiring twothirds labor and one-third cotton in their manufacture, and the South, for the present, at any rate, cannot afford to compete with the North in that line. The cotton goods manufactured by the Augusta factory are in demand in New York, and we believe sell better than those of the same grade manufacI tured by the Northern factories. They are strong and durable, and in their line cannot be surpassed. The following is a statement of the amounts paid out by the company during the first six years, beginning July 1st, 1865, and ending July 1st, 1871, for labor, taxes, incidental expenses, repairs and dividends: Labor, 81,070,372 72; taxes, 8257,415 04; expenses, 8153,931 92 ; repairs, 855,828 21; dividends, 8730,000. Of the taxes, about 850,000 was on [ cotton, when the nefarious law imposing the ! tax was in operation. The remainder com-1 | prised the ordinary Federal, State, countyll ! and citv taxes. 7 It will be seen that a larger amount than i the capital stock of the company, which is [ 8500,000, has been paid out in six years as j dividends to the stockholders. What similar I corporation can show a better record of net profits ??Augusta Constitutionalist. j, J A WONDERFUL COTTON TREE. | The Demopolis (Ala.) Exponent gives the i j following account of a remarkable cotton tree. The editor seems to eredit the story, and we I publish it for the edification of our readers? i l not vouching for the truth of it; for the story is incredible. In 1867 a planter of the county, living twelve miles from this city, conceived the idea that the cotton plant properly cared for could be made to bear for more than one year. He j believed that the vitality of the plant was j destroyed by frost only. The result of his experience, which we will give in his own j words, is of unspeakable importance to the j material interests of the cotton growing coun-1 try, placing us above and beyond the neces- ( sities aud annoyances of the present system of j1 labor. i His account of his success, which is far be- i yond his most sanguine expectations, is i largely vouched for, and is as follows: j "I lost a large amount of money in 1806, j the year succeeding the surrender, in my j farming operations, and despaired, almost, of ( the future of the cotton section, and many i sleepless nights I passed thinking over my j own affairs, and what the future had in store j for myself and neighbors, whose dependence ; i for existence rested solely upon agricultural I productions, of which the culture of cotton j was the chiefest, the main stay, in fact c4* the j ? cotton States, the foundation upon which was j t juilt all they enjoyed of prosperity in manufacturing, iu banking, in merchandizing, all ;hat went to make up the sum of their varied ndustries and interests, threatened, as these nterests seemed to be, about to suffer extinc;ion by a system of labor that made the cost >f production of the cotton crop greater than he value of the article produced. By inspi ation, for it could have been nothing else, it >ccurred to me that could the annual killing >f the plant by frost be prevented, the plant night become a tree?a fruitful, ever-bearing ree. "Success has exceeded my most sanguine exjectations, my wildest dreams. I will tell rou exactly how I proceeded and describe the esult. In the spring of 1867 I selected a ipot of ground, about forty feet square; jlanted in the centre a cotton seed, tended it :arefully; in September I built about it a pen ;ome eight feet square and covered it with jlass, kept a thermometer in it, and by the lid of a small stove, kept life and growth in he plant until May of 1868, at which time I emoved the pen, till it became a small tree. During the summer of 1868, my plant grew, in the fall of that year I picked 800 pounds of eed cotton from it, and built another pen on he same plan, but larger than the first; folowed the same process through the winter ind again removed my pen in the spring of 1869. That year I picked from what was hen a tree, cotton that made a bale of 476 >ounds. The tree had now grown so large hat I deemed it safe from frost, and in the vinter of 1869 and 1870 I left it unprotected, in the spring of 1870 it bloomed at the same ime with the peach tree and in the fall I nade from it 1,293 pounds of lint cotton. At his writing the tree is in full bloom and promses at least three bales of cotton, and is the yonder of all who see it. "It is some twenty or twenty-five feet high, neasures at the butt nineteen inches in diam5ter, shows no sign of decay, and will probibly live and bear fruit for years to come. If ;his statement does not settle the labor ques;ion, nothing will. I have endeavored to deicribe succinctly the result of my experiment; io have entered fully into all the minutir that would have occupied a volume, but if this article shall turn the attention of planters to the following up this marvellous progress, my purpose will have been answered." shrewiTdogs. A blacksmith in Winchester, Va., owns iwo dogs?one a terrier fouror five years old, the other half shepherd and half common cur, ibout twelve or fifteen years old, and consequently very feeble, of which this story is told: In the winter, between the hours for breakfast and dinner and supper, these two dogs may always be seen perched just far enough from Mr. Snapp's forge to escape the sparks, but still near enough to keep warm. I say between the hours of breakfast and dinner, because, as soon as the hour for dinner comes?which they know better than the apprentices in the shop?they are both off at a full run, each aiming to secure a space behind a warm kitchen stove, which is only large enough for one dog at a time. Now, the terrier, being the more active, almost always gains the coveted place, leaving the poor old dog r\nf in f nnm rA rl rlr\r* Koinrp tViiia loft L/UV IU l/UV VUlUi XI1U viu uug) l/viug VIIUU JV*V out in the cold oue bitter day, put himself in a thhiking attitude, and set his wits to work to devise some means by which he could get the terrier out of the coveted place. All at once an idea seemed to strike him. Taking advantage of the good watch-dog qualities ol the terrier, he made a feint toward the garden, barking furiously, as if some one was intruding at that point, when, true to his nature, out popped the terrier, not to make a feint, but to make a pell-mell rush for the extreme end of the garden, passing the old schemer just outside the kitchen door, who no sooner saw the terrier enter the garden, but got behind the warm kitchen stove, curling himself up and waited, with a cunning twinkle in his eye, for his young friend, who no sooner maoe his appearance and saw the situation, than he tried the same stratagem with the ihrqjjvd old dog, with as little success as if he had tried to fly. Finding that to fail signally, he in turn put his wits to work, and with whatsuccessyou will soon see. After disappearing in the garden for a few moments, he made his appearance right in front of the kitchen door with a large bone in his mouth, and set to work on it as if he enjoyed it hugely. Now, what dog could resist such a tempting sight 1 At least the old fellow behind the stove could not, it is plain, for, sneaking cautiously outoi his snug retreat, he made a sudden dash for the coveted bone, which he secured very easily?to the surprise of all, for a few minutes only, as the mystery was soon cleared up ; for no sooner had he possessed himself of what he 30on found to be nothing but an old dry bone they had both gnawed a hundred times, than the young rascal secured the good, warm retreat behind the stove, leaving the poor fellow out again in the cold, there to contemplate the old proverb, "It takes a thief to catch a thief." MEN ABE OBSERVING YOU. In one of the suburban towns, a Sabbath i i 11 f* .1 r 1 sciiooi teacner naa a very nne ciass 01 uoys, Most of them were from the wealthy families, One of them was the son a poor widow who had to sew, it might be said, almost day and night, to keep her young family together, Our teacher had again and again observed a lone light shining brightly at late hours from the window of that mother's room, and then would come trooping through his mind the words of that refrain of Tom Hood's song, '^Stitch, stich, stitch." The teacher had taught his boys to take off their caps to him and to each other, as he did to them, so thai he and they were quite a marked feature ol the village. One day, a Boston merchant was walking past the school room with our teacher, when the pupils were coming out. They tumbled out as usual, and rushed heedlessly by our teacher and his friend?all but one. That was the widow's son. He raised his cap so politely, it took the merchant's attention at once. "Why, what a fine, well-bred lad !" said he. "Yes," said the teacher, "and he is the only son of a poor widow, who is working herself to death to prepare him for a place in your jj^o-or that of some other good man." ^And she shall not work in vain," replied the merchant. Both turned at once, repaired to the widow's room, and the merchant engaged the lad in his store. Now he is a partner with him in a thriving business, and all from that one act of good breeding. We leave off as we began. Few of you children who walk our streets have the faintest conception of the number of persons who are observing you, and are really taking an interest in you. By and by, perhaps you may get some faint idea of it when you aspire to enter life as one of us. Then if you have been one of those who have been winning, day by day, golden opinions, doors will open, perhaps, quicker and wider nnn ?Ttnatnn. TrntiRprint. llliau JUU VA|/VVWV4i Arvw.v.r -J~ ? - ? Sunshine and Sleep.?Sleepless people? and they are many in America?should court the sun. The very worst soporific is laudanum, and the very best sunshine. Therefore, it is very plain that poor sleepers should pass as many hours as possible in sunshine, and as few as possible in the shade. Many women are martyrs, and yet they do not know it. They shut the sunshine out of their houses and their hearts, they wear veils, they carry parasols, they do all possible to keep off* the subtlest and yet most potent influence which is intended to give them strength and beauty and cheerfulness. Is it not time to change all this, and to get color and rosea in our pale cheeks, strength in our weak backs, and courage in our timid souls ? The women of America are pale and delicate; they may be blooming and strong, and the sunlight will be a potent influence in this transformation. V3P A friend, speaking of a blind woodjawyer, says: "While none ever saw him see, ;housands have seen him saw." | j^riculturnl jmttwent. For Uic Yorkville Enquirer. THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. The agriculturist belongs, by far, to the largest class of American citizens. He is the bone and sinew of the nation. It is the work of his own hands which attracts ships to our harbors, ; launches swarms of steam and sailing craft I upon the bosom of our rivers, and covers the j surface of our laud with a net-work of iron I highways. It is his arm which protects the ; banker's vault, the merchant's warehouse, the : philosopher's retreat; it is the prowess of his j arm that commands, for us, the respect of foreign nations ; and his is the blood which is always most ready to flow for the cause of ! American freedom ; and yet, his name is seli 1 1 1 .1 _ 11 _ .ffl tj:? uom nearu wiunn uie nans ox i/uugress. j-iio ! interest is considered secondary to that of any other class, and he invariably pays more than j anybody else for the necessaries of life. Why ! is this ? It is owing to the want or organization and co-operation with his brother agriculturists! But has he not his agricultural and horticultural societies ? Certainly! J But in rural districts, where the aid of these societies is most needed, it is generally difficult, aud sometimes impossible, to assemble a quorum. And when he can assemble one, he dej # rives but little more benefit than the reception of the information, that Mr. Jones realized an extraordinary yield of corn, or potatoes, or something else, during the past year; or that Mr. Brown grew some pears, during the same period, which were remarkable for their size and flavor. What the agricultitrlsjMfrants, is an organization, at once perfect and powerful. An organization which will make his influence be felt, not only within the limits of his particular village or district; but throughout the length and breadth of the land. With the view of perfecting such an organization, let us enquire into the merits of the Patrons of Husbandry. The Order of the Patrons of Husbandry is a secret association, devoted to the protection and encouragement of agricultural interests; the alleviation of the sufferings of the poor, and the moral and social elevation of all classes. The organization consists of Subordinate and State Granges, and a National Grange, corresponding to Lodges in Masonry. Subordinate Granges are composed of thirty or more members, of which at least ten must be ladies; they meet once a month, or oftener, if convenient. State Grauges are composed J of Masters and Past Masters of Subordinate Granges, and meet annually at points, within their respective States, designated at last meeting. The National Grange consists of two branches?the Council and the Senate?is composed of Masters and Past Masters of State Granges, and meets annually, generally in W&oaliinrrtnn ttinncrVl it mftV mfiP.f, at anV 1.1 ., ?, b? ? ?J J other point, within the United States, upon which the majority of its members may determine. Religious or political discussions are i not tolerated at the meetings of the Order. Seven Degrees are conferred upon Patrons, according to merit; four are received in Subordinate, and one is received in State Granges, and two are received in the National Grange. Instituted in 1867, by a few far-seeing and philanthropic men, the Order during the short intervening period, has spread East, West, North and South, with unparalleled [ rapidity. Its Granges are established in nearly every State in the Union; linking togethei , the farmers of Maine with those of Texas, and of South Carolina with those of Califori nia, in the strong bonds of Friendship and ' Common Interest. To protect the farmer ' from imposition, by keeping him posted as tc the price his produce can command in any market; as to the real value of an article he may desire to purchase; as to the intrinsic value , of any article offered for sale in his neighbor, hood; as to the most responsible parties tc whom he may entrust the sale of his proper, ty or produce, in any locality; and when ne| cessary to protect his person from violence and . his property from depredation, are among the i objects of the Order. There are doubtlesf ' many farmers, who, while reading this, will 1 recall to mind certain flaring advertisements, 1 of stock and fertilizers, for sale by parties at a distance; and certain investments induced by those advertisements, which turned out tc . be very unfortunate speculations. Let such i remember, that a Grange in their neighborhood will save them from such mistakes in future. The Order affords encouragement tc | the farmer by enabling him to procure capital if he nefeds; to dispose of his produce, at the highest market pr ?es, in the most expeditious i manner; to market his produce at reduced I freights, by bringing him in contact with, and enabling him to benefit by, the knowledge ol ' his more experienced brother; by furnishing | him with information relative to farm econo, my, stock-raising, adaptation of crops to soil, , and by enabling him to purchase the necessaries of life at a much cheaper rate than he 1 can do without its assistance. A Patron ; writes from Vinton, Iowa, as follows : "We have adopted a plan whereby we gel . almost all the members at work, viz: by appointing committees of three each for report [ lug, as soon as practicable, on the best mode of carrying on a farm. For instance, we have . a committee on wheat raising, best kind adapt, ed to soil and climate; another on corn, rye, ; &c.; also, one on horticulture, another on stock and how to make a farm pay. We also have the ladies at work on the different de. partments of housekeeping, raising flowers, , and plans for making home attractive. We , j also have a committee on buying goods at ; wholesale rates." j As soon as the Order was established in Illinois, the Granges of that State received cir| culars from manufacturers of agricultural imj pleraents and various kinds of machinery, of, j fering them ploughs, wagons, reapers, cultivaj tors, &c., at 25 to 40 per cent discount on the prices which the farmers had previously been | paying. Ploughs that had cost $22 to $28 ! were afterward purchased by members oj the \ Order at 615 to $19. It is estimated that I the farmers of Dallas county, in that State, ,' will save $15,000 during the present year, on j the purchase of farm tools alone. The trans' I portation of wheat from the State of Minne; sota was controlled last year, by a railroad monopoly; the Patrons took the matter in hand, and established a line of tow-boats on the Mississippi River, from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Winona, in the same State, thereby connecting with opposition roads ; and reducing the freight on wheat, from St. Paul to New York, from 46 to 35 cents per bushel, j It is asserted, upon the basis of last year's exj portations, that the farmers of that State will save this year $1,760,000 on the transporta' tion of this single commodity. The foregoing is a hurried view of the di| rect advantages to be derived from the ; establishment of the Order. It will, besides, i be productive of many indirect benefits, not to the agriculturalist only; but also to mankind at large. By taking care of the sick; by furnishing assistance and employment to the ! needy; by enlisting the interest and sympa| thiesof the rich in behalf of the poor; and by ! establishing in its Granges a middle ground where all classes may meet on the most friendly terms, it will tend materially to diminish suffering, lessen crime, and elevate aud refine the human family. It is one of the great ; objects of the Patrons to establish libraries I and reading rooms in every Grange; aud thus by placing knowledge within their reach, improve the mental culture of all classes. To-day, the Patrons of Husbandry are marching forward in solid columns to the consummation oftheir grand, their noble end. It i is not by the ballot-box, or the sword, however, that they propose to achieve it; but by the simple means of furnishing wholesome work for the mind and the body, and, by teaching us that life is not an arena simply, wherein our whole object is to race for gold, for glory, or reuown ; but the winter mansion of "Our Father which art in Heaven," in which it is our first duty to kindle fires of love for our cold and suffering brethren, in which the strong should support the weak.; in which we should cultivate that charity which, allowing for the imperfection of man's nature, enables us to bestow sympathy rather than condemnation upon the erring; and in which we should cultivate that consideration for the wants and blessings of others, which makes us ever ready to assist and reluctant to offend. Wm. E. Simmons, Jr., Charleston, S. C., Sept. 20, 1871. Ike fflrfeviUc #nquim. 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TOU are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate to' be holden at York Court House, for York County, on the first day of December, Anno Domini, 1871, to show cause, if anyyou can, why the proceeds of the sale of the real estate ol W. H. Ward, deceased, sold by the late Ordinary, for partition and division, should not be paid over to F. ?i. Jirown, Administrator 01 tne saia W. H. Ward, to be applied by him to the payment of the debts of the said W. II. Ward, dej ceased. Given under my hand and seal, this first day of I September, Anno Domini, 1871. SAM'L B. HALL, Judge of Proliate, York County. September? 3(5 12t METALIC BUKIAI. CASES." THE undersigned informs the public that he has made arrangements with the Manufactu| rers, to keep on hand a supply of FISK'S METALIC BURIAL CASES, of differentsizes, which will be sold at fair prices. He is also prepared, with proper materials, for furnishing WOOD-COFFINS of anyquality that may be desired. JAMES E. SMITH. 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For full directions, read carefully the circular around saeh bottle, printed In four languages?English, German, French and Spanish. ) Old prejudices are dying onL New facte are killing them. The Idea that invalids, weakened by disease, can be relieved by prostrating them with destructive drugs, la no looser entertained except br monomaniac*. Ever since the introduci tlon of Da. Waleirs Vihsoae Bittbbs, it baa been obvious that their regulating and invigorating properties are all-sufficient for the cure of chronic Indigestion, rheumatism, constipation. diarrhoea, nervous affections and malarious (overs, and they are dow the standard remedy for these complaints in every aeotlon of the Union. BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. J. Walker, Proprietor. R. H. McDonald It CO., Druggist* and Gen. Aula.. San Francisco. OaL.andMOommeroe at.N.Y. DISSOLUTION. THE Copartnership heretofore existing in the Grocery and Produce business at Rock Hill, I under the naine and style of WILLIFORD AMc' PADDEN, has been dissolved by mutual consent, j The business will be continued by A. WILLIFORD. for whom a liberal share of thepublic patronage is solicited. A. WILIjIFORD^ I J. v. mcr awcjxx* I Rock Hill, December 9,1870. A. WILLIFORD TJEGS to inform the people of York and Lan> Jj caster, that ho will continue the GROCERY ] AND PRODUCE BUSINESS as heretofore, at the stand formerly occupied by McLeod A Steele, ] opposite the depot at Rock Hill. He proposes to keep up a full stock of articles in this line, which ] will be sold for cash, at prices which will compete with the surrounding markets. He has now a [ good stock on band, and is constantly receiving fresh supplies from the Northern markets, consistj ing in part, of the following items: PLANTERS' SUPPLIES. Bagging, Ties, Rope, Corn, Oats, Bacon, Iron, Horse and Mule Shoes, Nails, Tobacco, Ac. FAMILY GROCERIES. ' Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Vinegar, Flour, Meal, t Lard, Salt, Cheese, Fish, Oysters, Sardines, Jellies, t Pickles, Brandy Peaches, Figs, Raisins, Ac. HOUSEKEEPING WARCSS. Buckets, Tubs, Trays, Churns, Sifters, Dippers, Measures, Tin-Ware of every description, Crockery, Brooms, Coffee Mills, Ac. MISCELLANEOUS. Axes, Shovels, Spades, Forks, Hoes, Whips, Hammers, Curry-Combs, Horse Brushes, Blacking Brushes, Blacking, Clothing, Cloth, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Ac. ' He is also prepared to BUY OR SHIP COTTON, as the owners may desire. By strict attention to business, courtesy to customers and fair dealing with all, high anu low, he hopes to secure a share of the public patronage. A. WILLIFORD. December 16 50 tj28 THE TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE, ENLARGED, IMPROVED, IB8UED WEEKLY. SHOULD BE IN EVERY FAMILY. 1,500 SUBSCRIBERS WANTED. $2 FES ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. f fllHE cause ofTemperance has advanced so rapJ. idly in South Carolina, that it has become necessary that there should be a live, active and zealous exponent of its principles. We have, therefore, determined to publish the Advocate weekly, and to enlarge and improve it in every respect. Whilst it will be devoted to total abstl, nence, it will, nevertheless, be made acceptable to t every fireside. The reading matter will be of the Eurest and most select character. Arrangements ave been made to get the most prominent tem perance men in the State to make contributions to its columns. ' It will also have correspondents in every portion of the State, who will keep our readers rally informed as to the progress of the cause. We have put the price of the Advocate so low that it may oe in the reach of all. Only a limited and select number of advertisements will be received. 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I Tems:?One year, $2; six months, $1; five copies for year, $8.75 ; ten copies. $15. Address "DAILY AND WEEKLY CHRONI' CLE," Washington, D. C. ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL. T R. SCHORB <fe SON beg to inform the citi i fl zens of York county generally mat mey are better prepared than ever to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES of all kinds and at all ' prices. 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 safely promise that none in want of good likenesses shall go away disappointed. We are agents for the celebrated "COMMON I SENSE SEWING MACHINE," which has no I 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 I anv family being without a sewing machine. i We have also made arrangements with Mason, 1 Hamlin <ft Co. to supply those in want of a supe, rior PARLOR ORGAN with their celebrated Tn| struments at New York prices. Prices given on application. Call at our rooms in the Adickes ' building. April 7?tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN LANCASTER COUNTY. Henry Baker, et al. Plaintitfs, vs. Wilmoth Phillips, et al. Defendants.?/;! the Court of Pro! bate. \ IT appearing to my satisfaction that John W. Baker and the children of Orphan Baker, deceased, viz: Jno. Baker, Henry Baker, and one other whose name is not known ; and the children of Frances Sweatt, deceased, viz : George Sweatt, Elisha Sweatt, and one other whose name is not known, Defendants in above stated case reside without this State. It is, therefore, ordered, that they do appear and object to the division or i sale of the land described in the Petition as be| longing to the children and grand children of Susannah Baker, deceased, on or before the second v2d) day of October, next, (A. D. 1871) or their consent to the same will be entered of Record. D. A. WILLIAMS, Probate Judge, L. C. I August 24 34 6t