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tumorous Uqjattmcui PAT AND THE PIG. A countryman having killed a pig, and not wishing to divide with his neighbors, as was the custom in that country, said to his man (wno, dv tne way, was a son ot the Jbiineraui Isle:) "Pat, if I give the neighbors who have given to me a piece of my pork I'll have none left for myself. Can yon tell me what I am to do ?" "Be dad, sir," said Pat, "It's myself that can do that same thing." "Good, says the countryman, rubbing his hands and looking at Pat. "Now tell me what I can do." "Faith, sir," said Pat, "sure and when the craythur is cleaned, just be afther hanging it against the door where ivery raither's son of thim will see it; and early in the morning, before any one is about, get up and take in your pig, and hide it away. Thin, when your neighbors come, just be afther telling them the pig was sthole." "Capital idea, Pat," exclaimed the countryman ; "I'll do it, by St. George!" So, when the pig was cleaned, it was hung up outside the door, so that the neighbors Za. tl. * l inigiit see it. xne countryman anxiously awaited the approaching night, aud at last retired to bed, but not to sleep. Pat, under cover of the darkness of the night, crept round the house and stole the pig. What was the astonishment of the countryman, when at early dawn he arose to hide away his pig, but found no pig there, can be better imagined than described. In the midst of his bewilderment, Pat came in with his usual "Top o'the moiiiing to ye, sir," and giving him a knowing wink, said : "Masther, how about the pig?" "Well, Pat, the pig was stolen in reality." "Faith, and that sounds as natural as if you lost your pig." "But, you blockhead, I tell you the pig was stolen." "Faith, and be gorry, masther, the devil a bit o' me thought that you could do so well. Just stick to that; it's as natural as life." "By St. George," roared the now irrate countryman, "I tell you that the pig was stolen." "Och ! be jabers," says Pat, "stick to it and yer neighbors will belave you, and a devil a bit of it they'll get. Faith, I didn't think you could do so well." ? ? Uncle Zeke's Practical Joke?Some years ago there lived in one of our large cities an eccentric character known as Uncle Zcke, who never lost a chance of perpetrating a practical joke. Any place or occasion suited him, provided he could make his point. One fine Sunday he repaired to a fashionable church, some time after the services had commenced, and as there was not a seat vacant, he took a prominent position in the centre aisle, where he stood bolt upright, with his stove-pipe hat clapped tightly on his head. Of course he attracted much attention, and very soon the sexton, a man for whom Uncle Zeke had an especial dislike, came creeping up to him and whispered that he must take off his hat. "That's agin my principles," said Uncle Zeke. "I can't help that," said the sexton impatiently, "you must take it off." "But 1 won't," replied Uncle Zeke. "Then I shall take it off for you," said the sexton, who was becoming very nervous on account of the attention this whispered colloquy had occasioned. "All right," said Uncle Zeke; "you kin take it off. That ain't against my principles." The sexton thereupon took hold of the rim of Uncle Zeke's hat and dexteriously lifted it off his head. But what was the respectable sexton's horror when about two quarts of hickory nuts rolled out of his hat and went clattering and banging over the church floor. And that was Uncle Zeke's joke on the sexton. sharp yankee went into a country store Down East, and thus accosted the proprietor ! "Squire, do you trade?" "Considerable," was the reply. "I mean, do you dicker ?" "Some; what yer got to dicker?" "A egg." "What ;-er want for a egg?" "Guess I d like a darnin' needle." The required needle was dickered for the egg, and the yankee was going away, when he turned and said : "Squire, do you treat ?" "Wall, I don't mind if I do," replied the store-keeper. They repaired to an adjacent tavern, and the usual bourbon was produced. "Hold on," said the yankee, "my chest's weak, and I never take whisky without a egg in it." The generous shop keeper handed him the dickered egg, but without asking him for his needle again. The yankee broke the shell on ~lonn 1-: 1 - uuv vi vxiv giaoO) fVilCil I1C CAUUIlll^U "Geewilikins! this egg's got two yolks! Guess yer ortergin me anotherdarnin'-needle, Squire!" fiST Daniel Webster once dined with an old Boston merchant, and when they came to the wine, a dusty old bottle was carefully descanted by Peter and passed to the host. Taking the bottle he poured out Mr. Webster's bottle and handed it to him. Then pouring out another for himself he held it to the light and said : "Now, you can't guess what that cost me?" "Surely not," said Mr. Webster. "I only know that it is excellent." "Wall T ion foil no,, W1 T -.1.1 If VAI) UVH, JL vuu tgu JKJU. IT 11CU X uuu the interest to the first price, I find that it cost me just one dollar and twenty-five cents." "Good gracious! you don't say so," said Mr. Webster, and then draining his glass he hastily presented it again with the remark: "Fill up again as quick as you can, for I want to stop that confounded interest." "When was Rome built?" asked a school committeeman of the first class in ancient history. "In the night," answered a bright little girl. "In the night!" exclaimed the astonished examiner. "How do you make that out ?" "Why, I thought everybody knew that 'Rome wasn't built in a day.' " A young lawyer was asked by a judge whether, in the transmigration of souls, he would prefer being turned into a horse or an DfiQ 9 "An ass," quickly replied the lawyer. "Why ?" asked the judge. "Because I have heard of an ass being a judge, but never a horse." SSf "May I leave a few tracts ?" asked a traveling quack doctor of a lady who responded to his knock. "Leave some tracks? Certainly you may," said she, looking at him mo3t benignly over her specs; "leave them with the heels toward the house, if you please." + S87* An Iowa man is still chuckling in his sleeve over the way in which he sold an unsophisticated brewer in his neighborhood, by swapping his wife for a barrel of beer, even if the beer was a little stale. ASy "You'd better look out for your horses' feet above here mister," said a ragged boy to a traveler. "Why ?" said the gentleman, nervously pulling up. "Cos there's a fork in the road there," was the candid reply. &S2* A country sculptor in England was ordered to engrave on a stone "a virtuous woman is a crown to her husband but being pinched for room, it was contracted to "a virtuous woman is 5s. to her husband." (flultUen's fjepartmcnt, "Girls, Help Father."?My hands are so stiff I can hardly hold a pen," said Farm! er Wilber, as he sat down to "figure out" some accounts that were getting behind hand. "Can I help you, father?" said Lucy, laying down her bright crotchet work. "I shall be glad to do so if you will explain what you want." "Well, I shouldn't wonder if you can, Lucy," he said reflectively. "Pietty good at figures, are you ?" It would be sad if I did not know something of them, after going twice through the arithmetic," said Lucy, laughing. "Well, I can show you in five minutes what I have to do, and it'll be a wonderful holp if you can do it for me. I never was a masterhand at accounts in my best days, and it does not grow any easier since I put on spectacles." Very patiently did the helpful daughter plod through the long lines of figures, leaving the gay worsted to lie idle all the evening, though she was in such-haste to finish her scarf. It was reward enough to see her tired father, who had been toiling all day for herself and the dear ones sitting so cozily in his easy chair, enjoying his weekly paper. The clock struck nine before, her task was over, but the hearty?"Thank you, daughter, a thousand times," took away all sense of weariness. "It's rather looking up, where a man can have such an amanuensis," sa d the father. "It's not every farmer that can afford it." "Not every farmer's daughter that is capable of making one," said the mother, with a little pardonable maternal pride. "Nor every one that would be willing, if able," said Mr. Wilber, which last was a sad truth. How many daughters might be of use to their fathers in this and many other ways, who never think of lightening a care or labor. If asked to perform some little service, it is done at best with reluctant step and unwilling air that robs it of all sunshine or claim to gratitude. Girls, help your father! Give him a cheerful home to rest in when evening comes, and do not worry his life away by fretting because he cannot afford you all the luxuries you covet. Children exert as great an influence /\n no ranlo oa noronlo /\n flioir nllll VIA tliVll UC UV UU V?V*? V?*?? dren. How Quarrels Begin.?>"1 wish that pony was mine," said a little boy at a window looking down the road. "What would you do with him ?" asked his brother. "Ride him; that's what I'd do." "All day long ?" "Yes, from morning till night." "You'd have to let me ride him sometimes." "Why should I ? You'd have no right to him if he was mine." "Father would make you let me have him part of the time." "No, he wouldn't:" "My children," said the mother, who now saw that they were beginning to get angry with each other, "let me tell you of a quarrel between two boys no bigger nor older than you are. They were going along a road, talking in a pleasant way, when one of them said: "I wish I had all the pasture land in the world." "And I wish I had all the cattle in the world," said the other. "What would you do then ?" asked his friend. "Why, I would turn them into your pasture land." "No you wouldn't," was the reply. "Yes, I would." "But I wouldn't let you. You shouldn't do it." "I should." "You shan't." "I will." And with that they seized and pounded each other like two silly, wicked boys, as they were." The children laughed, but their mother said: "You see in what trifles quarrels often begin. Were you any wiser in your half angry talk about an imaginary pony ? If I had not been here, who knows but you might have been as silly and wicked as they were ?"? Reaper. Sons of Successful Men.?Next to the inquiry, what becomes of the pins? an interesting question would be what becomes of the sons of successful men ? A few firms are in the hands of the sons of the founders; but these are exceptions. The old names and the old trade generally pass into the hands of others. "Do you see that man shoveling coal ? Well his children, and children like his, will jostle your pampered sons and rule this laud," said an old New Yorker the other day. The old names have ceased in the pulpit. The famed man of the bar seldom has a successor. The eminent jurists carry their honors with them to the grave. Merchant princes are obliterated. The reason is clear. The father laid the basis of business one way and the sons build another. Men who earned their fortunes by hard work, by attention, that were their own book-keepers, salesmen, cashiers, and often porters, are followed by sons who do as little as possible, who delegate to others all the work they can, and who know more of the road than of the ledger. Young men who Hing the example of their sires to the winds, find it easy to squander a valuable name, run through a fortune quicker than it was earned, and find themselves, while young, at the point from which their fathers started. If You Please.?Boys and girls, we will print for you the last words of the Duke of Wellington, "if you please." When the Duke of Wellington was sick, the last thing he took was a little tea. On his servant handing it to him iu a saucer, and asking if he would have it, the duke replied, "Yes, if you please." These were his last i words. How much kindness and courtesy | are expressed by them ! He who had comj manded great armies, and was long accusI tomed to the tone of authority, did not over! look the small courtesies of life. Ah! how many boys do. What a rude tone of command they often use to their little brothers and sisters, and sometimes to their mothers! They order so. This is ill-bred, and shows, to say "the least, a want of thought. In all your home talk remember "If you please." To all who wait upon or serve you, believe that "if you please" will make you better served than all the cross or ordering words in the I whole dictionary. Do not forget three little words?"Ifyou please." "Speak gently; it is better far To rule by love than fear."' 5ST A good man, John Falk, who lived across the ocean, used to give suppers and | lodgings to poor boys. At the table, they ! always asked this blessing, "Come, Lord Jei sus, be our guest, and bless what thou hast j provided." A little fellow, who had often ; heard this, asked one night, "Do tell me why the Lord Jesus never comes ?" "Dear child," said John Falk, "you may be sure he will come, for he hears our prayers." Just then a knock came at the door. A poor, ragged, half-frozen boy came in. The little fellow, who had been askiug for Jesus, looked disappointed for a moment, and then ran to Falk, saying, "Jesus could not come himself, and so he sent his poor boy in place, didn't he?" "Yes, dear child," said Falk, "inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ; ye have done it unto me." j SST A naughty little boy blubbering because his mother would not let him go down j to the river on the Sabbath, but upon being 1 admonished, said: "I didn't want to go a I swimmin' with 'em ma. l omy wanieu 10 go down and see the bad little boys drown for ! going a-swimmin' on Sunday." A small boy arose at a Sunday school | concert and began quite glibly: "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell?and fell?" Here his memory failed him. "And?and?fell by the roadside, and the thorns sprang up and choked : him." ftcMiiiij for the |itM. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] SEEK HEAVEN. The object for which we are searching is happiness. Our immortal souls and our dying bodies pant for rest. Various are the ways and diversified the means to which we resort that the hidden treasure may be found and possessed. Some seek it iu gold; others in I high sounding titles, and not a few, in the j gratification of carnal lusts and brutal desires. I "Wz-iMi-k fUnoft wKa eonl' linnninAQa finrl 11 in \J A U1VOW tl HU owrw !UV|/|/Iiiv^u ? ?? -v - ? these things. When freely possessed they only create a yawning vacuum in the soul, and oppress the body with a load of cares which hurry it to the grave. What will we do ? Are we doomed to hopeless disappointment ? Must we, like Tantalus, bo forever parched with thirst amidst pearly fountains, and starve whilst surrounded with tempting I viands ? No. God has made ample provisions for us. In the exercise of a wisdom which is the wonder of angels, and a love which caused the hierarchy of heaven to proclaim, "Glory to God in the highest," He provided for us a Saviour who purchased for us a heaven. There is no necessity that any one should undertake to prove that there is a heaven awaiting some, and a hell others. There are many truths that need no argument to prove them. No one doubts that there is a sun. Neither does any oue who has been raised in a Christian land and has enjoyed the advantages of a Christian education, doubt the existence of a heaven and a hell. Neither can any one thus educated be absolutely indiffer-. ent as regards his destiny after he passes the confines of time. In a certain sense it may be said that all seek heaven. Perhaps we would speak more correctly to say that all desire the bliss which awaits the righteous, and dread the misery to which the wicked are doomed. The prayer of Balaam, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his," is expressive of every heart." No man of ordinary intelligence, desires, when he dies; or even whilst he lives, to be abandoned by God. We do not say that the strongest desire in the mind of all men is to be saved in heaven. In some men it is 'he strongest desire; in others it is not. However strange and irreconcilable it may be with the crenoral actions of most men. still it is true that all who enjoy any knowledge of the Bible, desire that they may die the death of the righteous. Notwithstanding the fact stated above, it is also true that the great majority of men in Christian lands are not seeking heaven, and many who are seeking it are, as the poet Horace says, "seeking it foolishly or in folly." The fabled giants, we are told by ancient poet, attempted to mount to heaven by rolling leafy Olympus on Ossa; and the inhabitants of the earth soon after the flood held a convention and resolved to build a tower which would reach to heaven. Thrice, says the poet, did Jupiter haul down the piled up mountains with his thunder; and the town which the past diluvians built resulted in a babel, which continues until the present time. Vain and foolish were those fabled efforts of the ancients to reach a place of safety, aud many of the efforts which are still made to secure a place where we will be safe from the righteous displeasure of a holy God, are began in folly and carried on in madness, and will terminate in our everlasting overthrow. The only sensible way in which heaven can be sought is by seeking first an interest in the pardoning mercy of God. Our sins must be attoned for, or we never can see the kingdom of heaven. It is folly for us to suppose that we can be saved in our sins. Sin must in some way be separated from our souls, or our souls must be separated from heaven. Sin, in its condemning results, can be separated from our souls only by the blood of Jesus, and in its defiling and polluting effects it can be removed from our souls only by the Holy Spirit. To seek heaven is to go to Jesus that we may be bought by his blood, and to the Holy Spirit that we may be cleansed from our moral filth and pollution. Nothing that we can do will atone for our sins; nothing that ! we can do will change our hard and stony hearts. To seek heaven and go to Jesus are the same thing. To find Jesus is to find heaven. An interest in the righteousness of the j lamb of God results in peace of conscience j and spiritual joy. > How God Answers Prayer.?A poor Christian woman in Buckinghamshire?I believe near Berkhamshire?was bereaved, of her husband after a long illness, and left unprovided for, the only thing of value being a I large chest of tools. The husband had only I just been buried, when a neighbor bearing no j good character, called on the widow, and j presented a bill for work done altogether be' yond the widow's power to pay. The work, : which had been done in the husband's lifei time, was paid for by him, and the bill rej ceipted, of which the widow had a distinct j recollection. It availed not for her to assert ; the fact. The payment of the bill was pressi ed again, and longing eyes cast at the chest | of tools. In great distress, the widow retired | up stairs to pray, for all effort to find the rei ceipted bill was vain. While engaged in ! prayer, a butterfly flew in at the open wini dow down stairs. The widow's little child i chased it until it flew behind the chest of I tools. Just then the mother came in, and j the child begged her to remove the box, that he might get the butterfly. The neighbor ; offered at once to do so ; and while he was re ; moving it from the wali, a piece of paper fell j down behind, which the widow, taking up, ! found to be the lost bill, receipted as she had said. She was overcome with praise and gratitude to God, who had answered her prayer by means of the butterfly ; and even her enemy himself discovered the missing bill. ?Methodist. ? Religion of the Day.?The religion of *l-.n flnu 10 on finav minrfpil rAlinrinn witLrmt ! tll& VIUJ ? ?? *utuvtvv? If IWt?WMW J conflict or self-denial or sacrifice; without the j pangs of the new birth at its commencement, j and the desperate daily struggle which makes j one long for resurrection, deliverance and for 1 the Lord's return. It is a second-rate religj ion, in which there is no power, no self-devo1 tiou, no all-constraining love. It is a hollow j religion, marked by a fair exterior, by excitej ment and activity, or by respectable dullness; but betraying an aching, unsatisfied heart, a i conscience not at peace with God, and a soul j not at rest. It is a feeble religion, without ; bones and sinews, without the much-enduring j heroic elements of other days. It is an unj certain religion; not being the overflowing of 1 a soul assured of pardon, and rejoicing in the filial ralationship with God, it is not, cannot 1 be, rooted on certainty. The question of per: sonal acceptance with God'being still an unj settled thing, there i3 working for life, not ! from life. There is no liberty of service. I There is speaking for God, but with a falter| ing tongue; there is laboring for God but : with fettered hands; there is obedience to his j commands, but it is with a drag on his limbs; j there is going to church, but it is to quiet the ; | conscience and for duty's sake. Such religion j { cannot tell upon others, for it is little influen-1 ; tial upon one's self; so falls short of the mark, j ' for the arm that draweth the bow is paralyI zed.?Rev. II. Bonar. 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To enumerate the ELEGANT STOCK in Store would require more space than tho Enqciiikr can furnish this issue; though wo cannot refrain from calling special attention to our new stylo Mohair Dress Goods; best-make Black Alpacas; splendid Black Silk; Trimming Silks, all colors ; White Piques; Bishop and Victoria Lawns; Nainsooks ; Swiss Muslins and Cambrics; Tarlatans; Cambric Edgings and Insertings ; Lace Points and Sacks ; Parasols, Kid Gloves, Corsets, Hosiery, <fcc., &c. Our stock 01 GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS is complete, embracing many new and elegant styles of Cloths, Cassimeres and Vostings; Diagonal and Figured Coatings; Scotch Worsted and Cheviots; Silk, Valcntiaand Marsailles Yestings, ifec.; while our stock in every other department, including a superb lino of READY-MADE CLOTHING, is perfect and complete in point of variety and excellence, in which rospect, as well as the LOW PRICES at which they are offered, wo DEFY COMPETITION. JOHN H. ADAMS. April 25 17 tf ADICKES & BLACK. WITHOUT REGARD TO COST. Wo are selling some Goods WITHOUT RE? GARD TO COST, as our stock is entirely too large. Wo respectfully announoo to the public that our Stock of Goods is now more complc'e than it has been for years, consisting of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, MEN'S AND LADIES' HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES, NOTIONS, CROCKERY AND HARDWARE. Special attention is called to our STOCK OF CLOTHING, which is now MORE COMPLETE THAN EVER. ADICKES & BLACK. CASH FEATHER FRINGE AND Snow-Drop Trimmings, Lace Collars, White Muslin Collars, Black Muslin Collars, Black Crepe Collars, Dolly Varden Ruffles and cheap Cotton Laces of all widths. All of the above will be sold at attractive prices. _ ADICKES & BLACK. CALICO COATS. CJTRIPED CALICO COATS for 81.00. Tho b'ifi nlcniiflia^n K J JSiUIIU UtULUlU lino uuuu DUtiiu^ giooHiuiv ixja 31.50. ADICKES & BLACK. ESTABLISHED 1857. L. H. MILLER, MILLER'S SAFE AND IRON WORKS, BALTIMORE, MD. SALESROOM: 265 BALTIMORE STREET, (One Door above Hanover,) FACTORY: Square bounded by Henrietta, Claret, Fremont and Warner Streets. Every variety of tho Best Fire and Burglar Proo Safes, 'Bankers' Chests, Improved Combination Looks, Bank Vaults and Doors. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. 12,000 IN USE?TESTED IN 200 FIRES. Near References:?National Rank, Chester, Smith and Melton, Chester ; John Agnew <fc Son, Columbia, S. C. September 12 37 tf "boot and shoe makingTTIIE undersigned respectfully announces to his friends and the public in general, that he is prepared with A FINE STOCK OF MATERIAL, in hisline, suitable to the wants of every customer, who may give him a call. They may not only obtain an article of good quality AT A REASONABLE PRICE, but are also certain to seeuro what is equally as desirable, a good tit and fashionable style. These are advantages which should not bo overlooked. Special attention is called to the celebrated cloth top Congress (baiter and the Congress Shoe ? %Tt\ rnr^rxfrn i T> i'Ult ftrni^U A->U i5UJi??ir<n iy iunti | Also, on hand, a good stock of light and heavy BROOANS and OXFORD TIES, which are warranted to give entire satisfaction for the price paid. Special and prompt attention is given to repairing. F. CIIRISTMAN, Agent. March 28 13 tf j THlPARKER GUN. ''' ' SEND STAMP FOR CIRCULAR * PARKER BRCTS - WEST MERIDEN.CT. KING'S MOUNTAIN It. ROAD. DAILY TRAIN. HEREAFTER the trains over tho KING'S MOUNTAIN KAIL ROAD will run daily, ! (Sundays excepted) as follows, making close connection with trains on the Charlotte, Columbia and A ugusta Railroad: Leave Yorkvillo, promptly, at 7i o'clock, A.M. Arrive at Chester at 9J o'clock, A. M. Leave Chester at 4 o'clock, P. M. Arrive at Yorkvilleat 6 o'clock, P. M. All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by 4 o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the doparture of the train. GEORGE W. MELTON, President. May 2 18 tf ' T. M. POBSON & CO. SEPTEMBER, iOTH. ~ 17* VERY person owing us, on Note or Account, li will please bo so kind as to call and pav us? if not all, a port'o 1 of what they owe us?by the 10th of September. Wo wish to buy our Fall Stock alx)ut that time. Every person owing us will find a statement of their Account in the Post Oflleo, after the 1st of September. Wo must have money, as wo cannot buy goods with your Notes and Accounts in New York. We havo accommodated you?now wo will see who will accommodate us with wnat is justly ours. Wo will keep a record of the names of those who comply with our request. Persons who fail to come up, need never expect any more favors from T. M. DOBSON & CO. DOBSON IS MAD. HALLOO, Mister Jones, did you know DOBSON was in a bad humor ? No, Mister Smith, I did not. What is the matter with him ? Why, his pocket is empty and ho wants to buy his Fall Stock. Ho says he has stacks of Notes and Accounts and devil the bit of them can he exchange for the greenbacks. Whero are all of our honest men. POBSON can tell you if you will call for your Account and pay it, by the 10th of September. GROCERIES. 1000 POUNDS white A Sugar. J000 ' Extra C Sugar. 1000 " Rio CoJl'ee. 5000 _ " _JFlour. aoo (iallons Molasses. I And many other articles just arrived at the Grocery Store of T. M. DOBSON A CO. NEW GOODS. WE are receiving New Goods almost every week. Persons wishing to purchase new and desirable goods will always find DOBSON'S to bo the place. REMEMBER THE 10TH. WHAT is to do in Yorkvillo on that day? Why, DOBSON wants to see every man, woman and child, that owes him anything, at his oflice 011 that day. DON'T FORGET. DON'T forget, if you owe DOBSON, that he wants all the money ho can get on the tenth of September?that is, no wants his own with usury. THINK OF IT. TIIINK of what you owe DOBSON by day, dream that you will pay him to-morrow liy night, and then go do it. SNUFF. 1 CADOLTNA BELLE, in bales, and Lorillard's Scotch in bladders, fresh and genuine, always on hand and for sale at the market price, at T. M. DOBSON & CO'S. TtARftAINS! BARGAINS!! WE aro still givingoutsome good Bargains, to closeout for Fall Stock. Call soon and see tor yourself. T. M. DOBSON & CO. paper and envelopes. JUST received a lot of good Writing Paper and Envelopes, Initial Paper, Ink and Pens. T. M. DOBSON & CO. m'guffey's readers. MeGUFFEY'S first, second, third and fourth Readers for sale, at T. M. DOBSON <fe CO'S. machine thread. WE aro always well supplied with the best threads for use on all kinds of Sewing Machines. T. M. DOBSON & CO. "powder, shot and caps. WE aro always well supplied with the above, at market prices. T. M. DOBSON & CO. matches. SWIFT & COURTNEY'S Parlor Matches for sale, at T. M. DOBSON A CO'S. tin ware. CALL and see us, if you want Tin Ware. T. M. DOBSON <fe CO. bread preparation. HORSFORD'S Bread Preparation just received at DOBSON'S. I gate hinges. | WE have a lot of good Gate Hinges. T. M. DOBSON <fc CO. coffin handles. COFFIN Handles, Tacks and Escutcheons can be found at the live Store of T. M. DOBSON & CO. coffee and sugar. i TF you want good Collbo and Sugar DOBSON'S ici flm niaf.a In crtif | JL JO jjjv. o-carrollTolark & co. GO TO CARROLL, CLARK & CO'S." TP you want to got Goods CHEAP, Carroll, Clark A Co's. is tho place. Conic along wfth the cash. 7 now is the time. COTTONADES and Linen Goods for men's and boys' wear marked down, to close out. CARROLL, CLARK A CO. window curtains. COTTON Lace and Window Damask for sale at CARROLL, CLARK & CO'S. dress goods. TI^E will sell summer Dress Goods regardless j f of cost. Call and get bargains at CARROLL, CLARK A CO'S. molasses. NEW ORLEANS Molasses and Welsh Syrup, the best in market, can be found at CARROLL, CLARK & CO'S. scfthes. 1 RASS and Bramble Scythes as low as the I" lowest at Carroll, Clark & Co's. Cheap Cash Store. hand saws. SPEARS A JACK'S Hand Saws, Drawing Knives, Chisels and Augers, for sale cheap for cash. CARROLL, CLA RK A CO. groceriesT" AT Carroll, Clark A Co's. you can find everything usually found in a well-arranged Gronoav. which will be sold as low as the lowest. HAMS. CANVAS HAMS, just received at CARROLL, CLARK A CO'S. SNUFJ\ CAROLINA BELLE and Ralph's Snuff, for sale cheap for cash, at CARROLL, CLARK A CO'S. THREADS. CARROLL, CLARK A CO. keep a full line of Machine Threads?Brooks' 500 yards, all colors; Clark's best six-cord; Willianfantic Silk, and C'oates' Linen Cotton. WOODED WARE. TUBS, Keelers, Buckets, Trays, half-bushe Measures, Ac., for sale at CARROLL, CLARK A CO'S. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. INDUCEMENTS TO hnv Drugs, Medicines, etc., at tte YorK Drugstore. You get reliable Drugs, fresh Medicines?none others offered for sale. Medicines liable to deteriorate or lose their active properties by ago, ordered in small quantities. Strictest accuracy observed in dispensing and labeling Drugs. Scientific compounding of prescriptions, reasonable prices, polite attention, no humbuggory, no Specific, Preparation or Patent Medicine kept butwnat is of known andacknowledged value in the cure of diseases. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. INDIA CHOLAGOGUE. NOW, when there is so much chills and fever throughout the country, it behooves the people to procure a reliable and effectual cure. Osgood's India Cholagogue meets every requirement of a perfect remedy. I think that it will cure any case of chills and 'fever, no matter of how long standing. A supply always on hand at the York Drugstore. 'JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. COD IAVER OII^ KUYKENDAL'S Cod Liver Oil is prepared with great care and may be relied upon by physicians and others, to be of the best quality, fre'o from the strong, unpleasant odor which accompanies the Oil when of an inferior quality. Prepared and sold at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. TU I HUi f AKiuiins. I HAVE made arrangements to supply farmers with Grass Seed and Grain of any kind and in any quantity, at a very small advance on cost. Orders left at the York Drug Store will receive prompt attention. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. FOR ONE DOLLAR, YOU can buy at the York Drug Store, one dozen large cakes of highly perfumed and excellent Toilet Soap, put up in neat boxes. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. PUT OFF THE OLD MAN A ND put on thonew, by using Heinitsh's Blood /V and Liver Pills. The most effective Liver pill known. For sale at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. IN THE COMMON PLEAS-YORK COUNTY^ I ALL persons who have presented and estab- | lished Sealed Demands against the estate of! PHILIP ETTERS, deceased, are horeby notified that I am ready to pay a dividend upon the same. J. F. WALLACE, C. C. PLS. August 29 35 3111s* ' CONNER, HOBBS & DOESON, CARRIAGES^"BUGGIES,&C. ~ WE are well supplied with Carriages, Buggies, Sulkies, Phtetons and Canzales, which wo are offering at reasonable prices for the money? , not for sale on time. We have opened a sales-room in Chester, in the ^ "Smith tfc Melton building," whore wo hope j our friends in Chester and the surroundingcoiwi- t try, can get supplied at the lowest cash prices. Pall and examine our Stock there. Our work is as good as the best, and our prices as low as we eati afford. . CONNER, HOBBS & DOBSON. REMEMBER^ ! REPAIRING done at short notice, in York- < ville, at prices to suit the times. No repairing done by us in Chester. We will tako repair jobs there and ship them to our shop at this place. CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON. J CASH. | YOU must pay us the cash for Ropair Work or ' it will not bo done. Work cannot leave the Shop until paid for. CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON. j TRIMMING^ 1 CCARRIAGE AND BUGGY TRIMMINGS for ) sale, at our Shop. CONNER, nOBBS it DOBSON. IIOME EN TERPRISE. IF you want to encourage home enterprise go and buy a Buggv or Carriage from . CONNER, HOBBS it DOBSON. August 29 35 tf OFFjCIAL# STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) Executive Department. J IN pursuance of an act of the General Assembly approved March 1,1870, entitled "An act, providing for the general election and the manner of conducting the same, amerdedbyanactanp-oved March 12,1872, an election will be held in the several counties of this State on the THIRD WEDNESDAY, being the Kith day of October, for the following State, Legislative, County and Congressional otiicers, to servo for the next two and four years, as provided by the State Constitution and acts of Congress of the Un:ted States, to wit: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Staio Tree urer, Comptroller General, Superint* dent of Education, Adjutant and Inspector General, members of the General Assembly, Solicitors in the several judicial circuits, and for the various coimiy offices, together with one member of Congress to represent the State at Large, and Representatives in the respective Congressional Districts. At the said election the following amendments to the State Constitution will be submitted to the voters for ratification or rejection, to wit: 1st. Amendment relating to change of time of holding general elections. Strike out all of that portion of Section XI of Article 2, following the words "eighteen hundred and seventy" occurring in the fourth and fifth lines, and insert the following: "And forever thereafter, and the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, in every second year, in such manner and at such places'as the Legislature may provide." The manner of voting on this amendment shall be as follows: Tho e in favor of the amendment shall depo3it a ballot with tho following words written or printed thereon, "Constitutional Amendment? Yes." Those opposed to said amendment shall cast a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon, "Constitutional Amendment ?Ao." 2d. Amendment relating to the further increase of the public de' toftheS'nteas follows: "Article XVI, "To the end that tho publ'c debt of South Carolina may not hereafter be increased without the due consideration, and free consent of the people of the Stato, the General Assembly is hereby forbidden to create any further debt or obligation, either by the loan of the credit of the State, by guarantee, endorsement or otherwise, except for the ordinary and current business of the State, without first submitting the question as to the c cation of any such new debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan of the credit, to the people of this State, at a general election ; and unless two-thirds of the qualified voters of this State voting on the question shall be in favor of a further debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan of this credit, none shall be created or made." The manner of voting on this amendment shall be as as follows : Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon, "Constitutional Amendment, Article XVI?Yes." Those opposed to the amendment shall cast a ballot, with tho following words written or printed thereon?"Constitutional Amendment, Article X VI?No." All bar-rooms and drinking saloons shall be closed on tho day ofeleotion, and anv persons who sell any intoxicating drinks on the nay of election, shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and on COnviC^s ti c ,.u?11 l.? 1ooc, f UUU lliUICUI, SUiVU UU IIIIUU I * rt outu uut W1MM one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for a period not les3 than one month, nor more than six months. The Commissioners ai d Managers of Election, and each of the 11 a:o hereby required, with strict regard to the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State, touching their duty in such case, to cause such elections to be held in their respective counties on the day aforesaid, and to take all necessary steps for tho holding of such elections, ai d *br the ascertaining and determining the pe -sons who shall have b?en duly elected thereat, according to the rules, principles and provisions prescribed by the Act and Ameudnie it thereto, aforesaid. In pursuance whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused tho great seal of tho State to be afiixed, at Columbia, the lGtli day of September, A. D., 1872, and in the ninety-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America. lli. S. I ROBERT K. SCOTT, I.-???') Gove. nor. F. L. CARDOZO, ; Secretary of State. September 19 ' 38 4t CROOK'S WINE OF TAB. I v Ten Yearn of a public nffiZ test has proved Dr.Crook'a WineofTar to have more merit than any similar preparation ever offered to ill0 public. It Is rich in MMRt the medicinal qualltlesof Tar, and unequaled for diseases of the Throat A g Langs, performing the most remarkable cures. It effectually cures all Conghs f and Colds. Ithas cured so many coses of Asthma and Bronchitis, that It has been pronounced a specific lor these complaints. ForPalnsin the Breast, Side or Back, Gravel or Kidney disease,diseases oftheTrlnary Organs, Jaundice, or any IJver Complain* It has no equal. It Is also a superior Tonic, Restores the Appetite, Strengthens the System, Restores the Weak ana Debilitated, (0 Causes the Food to Digest, Removes Dyspepsia and Indigestion, Prevents Malarious Fevers, Gives tone to your System. KEEP Till: BLOOD^IKF And the health of the system will follow. There is u preimrnvr tion of Iron and Folic Root Awf* moro effectual thnn nil others, which will remove from your fLtj? system the Impure ond vitiated TS blood which causesd* ease, and at tho same time build up your health and strength It never falls to cure. If you have Scrofula,Scrolnlons Diseascm of the Eyes or Ears, or Serolnla in nny form, Tetter. White Swell! ng. Dhl Sores, Fleers, or Ncrol'nlons i Inflammations, you can rely 1 on being cured with this preparaflou known as Dr. Crook's V 1M] Compound Syrnp of Poke Root. Rheumatism, Pains jn Limbsor Bones, Constitu@02a Vf Ions broken down by Mercuyf VJfty rial or other poisons, are ull fl W cured by It. For Syphilis, or []Jy Syphilitic taint, there is nothJffisst hut equal to it. A trial will MS prove It. Beautify your Complexion. \ Do not use paint or powder, but get a more permanent beauty by purifying your blood. This preparation of Iron and Poke Root makes a rough and scaly sk 1 n soft am 1 smooth; changes that sallow complexion to one of freshness and health, and remove any Ernp- , tlte Diseases of the Skin, Pimples, Pus tales, Blotches A Eruptions, ityouwisti rosy cneeksand ft healthy complexion usoDr. 1 Crook'a Compound Syrup of Foko Koot. i I < October 3 40 Iv [ METAEIC BURIAL CASES AND CASKETS^ 1HAVE just received a full supply of FISK'S METALIC BURIAL CASES, of all sizes. , Also a few of those beautiful full glass BURIAL CASKETS, surpassing in beauty anything of the ( kind ever otiered here. J. E. SMITH, Agent. WOOD COFFINS, of any quality, made to ' order. J. E. SMITH. March 14 11 ly THE YOEKYILIE BRANCH op the jwsmmmmui lanking Office Opposite the Store of J. H. Adams. Deposits of $1 and Upwards Received. Interest allowed at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum on Certificatis of Deposit, and 0 per cent, compounded every six months on accounts. PRINCIPAL OFFICE - - COLUMBIA, S. C. VM. MARTIN President. rOHN B. PALMER \ ce President. A. G. BRENIZER, Cashier. r. IL SAWYER. Ass't Ca lier in general charge. rOHN C. B. SMITH, I cal Assistant Cashier. Directors.?Wade Ham )ton, William Martin, 4.. C. Haskell, F. W. Me? ster, E. H. Heinitsh, folia B. Palmer, Tlios. E. Gregg, Columbia. J. Eli Gregg, Marion. G. T. Scott, Y>". G. Mayes, Wcivberry. B. 11. Rutlccige, D. Ravenel, Jr., Charleston. BRANCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA : Location. Local Ass't Cashiers. Charleston, ... D. RAVENEL, Jr. jranoeburg J. H. FOWLES. Sumter, J. W. DARGAN. *partanburo, JOEL FOSTER. Newberry, T. S. DUNCAN. Laurens, JOHN KYLE. Abbeville, Hon. D. L. WARDLAW. W. D. McDOWELL. LInionvillk, E. R. WALLACE Yorkville, W. B. METTS. FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YORKVILLE. B. T. WHEELER, J. H. A D vMS, L. M. GRIST. f&i- SIGHT DRAFTS draw ion all the Branches of the Bank in this State, and also on all the prominent places in the United States and Europe. Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver bought and sold. /jar Mutilated Currency purchased at a small discount. W. B. METTS, Assistant Cashier at Yorkvilie. January 25 4 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OP YORK?COURT OP PROBATE. Reuben Cranford and Sarah Cranford, his wife, Plaintiffs, against William M. Smith, John J. Smith, Jane Plaxico, Elizabeth Mayfield, the children of Eli Smith, deceased, (names unknown) and the children of Catharine Head, deceased, (names unknown), Defendants.? Summons for Relief. To the Defendants above named: YOUare hereby summoned and required to answer the petition in this action, which is tiled in the office of the Judge of Probate for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said petition, on the subscriber, at his office, in Yorkvilie, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to answer this petition within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein. Dated Yorkvilie, S. C., September 17th, 1872. JAMES F. HART, Plaintiffs' Attorney. TO THE DEFENDANTS?William M. Smith, John J. Smith, Elizabeth Mayfield, the children of Eli Smith, deceased, (namesunknown) and the children of Catharine Head, deceased, (names unknown). Take notice that this action is commenced in the Probate Court in and for the county of York, for the partition of land; and that a summons in this action, of which thefoiegoing is a copy, was this day filed in the office of the said Court; and that you arc required to appear in tbfe cause by tho 30th day of October next, or the Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the petition. JAMES F. HART, Plaintiffs' Attorney, Yorkvilie, S. C. September 10 38 6t Rock Hill Lantern copy six weeks. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. rkoflfpr VVUUtf V? IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. To James McFadden and Amelia McFadden, his wife; Stanley McFadden, Mary Fayssoux, Susan Givens, Randolph McFadden, and his wife, Mary McFadden; Joseohlne Dickson, and her husband, Thomas Dickson; Alice Hampton, and her husband, Edwin Hampton ; legal heirs and representatives of Susan McFadden, who died intestate. TOU are hereby required to appear at theCourt of Probate, to be holden at Chester Court House, for Chester county, on the 4th day r t ' November, A. D., 1872, to shew cause, if any you can, why the real estate belonging to the late Susan MeFadden, deceased, and Polly B. Gaston, in unequal undivided portions, described in the petition of the said Polly B. Gaston, fled in my oflice on the 17th day of August, 1872, should not bo divided or sold, allotting to the said Folly B. Gaston 210-274th parts tl-ereo.", and the remaining 64-274th parts, in equal portions to the said James McFadden, Stanley McFadden, Mar;,' Fayssoux, Susan Givens, Randolph McFadden. Josephine Dickson and Alice Hampton. Given under my hand and seal, this 17th dav of August, A. D., 1872. JO JIN DICKER," Probate Judge Chester. County. August 22 34 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF OHESTEB.?COURT OF PROBATE. F."*Cranford, Plaintiff, against Ephraim Mitchell, Theodore Mitchell, Nancy Wade and her husband, Win. D. Wade; Emily Hill and her husband, Joseph Hill; Catharine Shedd and her husband, Urban Shedd; Winnefred Fee.nster, Esther Hill and Elias Mitchell, Defendants.? Copy Summons for Reliej, To the Defendants above named. TOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the petition in this action, which was filed in the office of the Probate Judge, for the said county, on the 26th day of August, 1872, and to servo a copy of your answer to the said petition on the subscribers, at their office, in Chaster, South Carolina, within twenty days after the servico hereof, exclusive of the da}' of such service; and if you fail to answer this petition within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the petition. Dated August 28th, 1872. PATTERSON A GASTON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. September 5 36 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF 0HE8TER?IN THE COURT OF PROBATE Ex-Parte Moses Stone as Executor of Thomson T. Timms.?Petition for Accounting and Relief. NOTICE TO HANNAH GRANT, formerly Hannah Wright, as Administratrix of the estate of r,~ J~ T17H!,?l,f i-I n/ioacoH IIIIYIIJ IT appearing to the Court that Hannah Grant, formerly Hannah Wright, Adm.-listratrix of the estate of Calvin Wright, deceased, is not a resident of this State, but of the State of Tennessee, Ordered, that said Hannah Grant, formerly Hannah Wright, as Administratrix as aforesaid, do appear before the Prolate Court for the said county of Chester, on the fourth day of November, next, and render an account of her Administration of the estate of the said deceased, and on hor failure so to do, a decree therein will be made against her; and that notice of the same be made by publication in tbo Chester Reporter and the Yorkville Enquirer for six weeks. JOHN DICKEY, Probate Judge, Chester County. September 19 38 Ci STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ COUNTY OF CHE8TEB-IN THE PEOBATE OOUBT. William C. Gladden, Petitioner, against Allen C. Gladden and others, Defendants.?Summons in Partition. Notice to Allen C. Gladden, Isabella Gladden and Daniel M. Gladden, her husband, absent Defendants. YOU and each of you are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate to be holden at inv ollice, at Chester Court House, for said county, on Monday, the eleventh day of November next, to show cause, if any you can, why the lands belonging to the estate of the late James Gladden, deceased, described in the petition of William C. Gladden, filed in my office on the 18th day of September, 1872, should not be divided or sold, and the proceeds of sale divided among the parties in interest, according to their respective rights therein, as prayed for in said petition. Given under my hand and the Seal of Office, this [l. s.] the 24th day of September, 1872. JOHN DICKEY, Probate Judge, Chester County. September 26 39 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHE8TEB--IN THE PEOBATE COUBT. Margaret N. Bigham, Petitioner, against Joseph L. Bigham and others, Defendants.?Summons in Partition. Notice to Nancy M. Henry, Elizabeth M. Beattie and Robert D. Bigham*, absent Defendants. YOU and each of you are hereby required to appear at the Probate Court to* be holden at my office, at Chester Court House, for Chester ?ounty, on Monday, the eleventh day of November next, to show cause, if any you can, why the real estate, belonging to the estate of the late John F. Bigham, deceased, described in the Petition of Margaret N. Bigham, filed in my office on the24th lay of September, A. D. 1872, should net be diviled or sold, and the proceeds of sale divided imongthe parties in interest according to their respective rights therein, as prayed for in said Pe tition. jriven under my hand and the Seal of Office, this l. s.] 24th day of September, 1872. JOHN DICKEY, Probate Judge, Chester County. Soptember 26 39 6t fflin ii bike nvur. MEMPHIS, TENN. Branch Office, - Baltimore, Maryland. ASSETS, $1,100,000. Son. JEFFERSON DAVIS, President. Sen. WADE HAMPTON, Pres. Baltimore Board. r. D. KENNEDY, State Agent 5V. B. SADLER, Yorkville, Special Agent, June 27 20 ly