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tumorous JJcpattmrnt. SCCKERIXG TOBACCO. A correspondent in southern Missouri gives the following delightful picture of society in that delectable region: Driving along the road we encouutered a slender, sallow female, with arms bare to the shouldere, and not much clothes on, if we except the copper-colored petticoat, who was working iu a small patch of tobacco. The work was that of pulling off the shoots which are known as "suckers," and crushing the monstrous green worms. I inquired ii we could get a drmk ot water. She spat out a mouthful of tobacco juice with a "chirt," and said : "Thar's the spring over yander, and thar's a gourd in it." Having slaked my thirst with a draught of highly medicated fluid, which tasted strongly of old horse shoes and hoop iron, I sought to strike up a conversation. In passing to the spring, I saw a man with a very red and scorched face and two fearful bunged eyes, sneak off in the corn. "Is that your husband back there ?" I inquired. "Him! Not much, I reckon. My old man's gone down in the bottom to see if he kin kill a mess of squirrels, or mebbe a young turkey. That's Arkansas Jim, the onarist, triflinist, good-for-nothinist whelp this side of the nation. He hangs round and helps my old man with the hosses, but he ain't worth his salt. Come out of thur, ye darned galoot, and show yerself. Yesterday he tuk a cow down to Bresh Crick, that we sold to Ferris, and he got holt of some whisky, and got drunk, as a matter of course. Then he got into a fight, and the other feller ruther got away with him, I guess. I wish he'd a killed the blarsted beast!" "What is that truck ?" I inquired, innocently, pointing to the tobacco. "Well, stranger," she replied, with a twinkle in her black eyes, "yon must be awful green not to know that. Whar you been livin' all yerlife? Why, that's terbacker. We raise a little for our own use. People may say what they please, but I tell you terbacker's a great comfort. I couldn't git along without it. I say, stranger, hev ye got any store terbacker about ye ? I've got plenty of twist, but I like navy better." Unfortunately I don't chew, but offered her a cigar. "A cigar! Well, I generally smoke a pipe, but I don't mind try in' your cigar, just for a change." She wiped the green gum of the suckers on her petticoat and took the offered cigar, while I struck a match. After a few puffs, she said: "Well, I rather like this. It's one of them what they call Havanas, ain't it? Mighty nice tasted, but it don't go to the spot like the pipe. I say, stranger, would ye like to see my old man ? Jest hitch yer hoss, and tell the nigger to come in out of the sun, and I'll blow the horn for him to come up." I mildly suggested that I was afraid the "old man might get jealous?that men with good looking wives were subject to the complaint." "Jealous! I'd like to see him try that on me. I'd give him something to be jealous for. He knows durned well that I'm all right, and that I won't have any airs put on over me. As for bein' good lookin, I've seen the time, stranger, when you might hev said so, and tnlfl nn lip nnthpr T?nf. Jifttrin' fhft ntrpp nnH "" ) > a raft of young ones, and livin' like this takes the starch outen a young gal mighty quick, I tell you. This is a mighty fine country for cows, but it's hard on wimmin. Mornin', stranger. Next time ye see a patch of terbacker ye won't hev to ask what it is." Satisfaction.?Not a bad story is told at the expense of one of our most distinguished and estimable citizens. It seems that a dinner party was in progress during the recent brilliant display of northern lights, and this gentleman stepping out to cool his burning brow, was startled by the display about the frosty pole. He stood perfectly amazed; then turning to the window he saw within the wife of his bosom sitting with the ladies, waiting for their liege lords to end their champagne and cigars. Pushing aside the curtains he beckoned Mrs. Agnes to come out. She complied, when he said to her solemnly : "Wagnes, d'er see anythingextron'ory now?" "Yes, Dolly?I see that you have been drinking too much wine." "No! not that, "NVagnes. I mean extrono'ry phenomenums in atmosphere." "Why, where, Dolly ?" "Upper yonder, Wagnes." "Why, dear me!?yes, I do indeed?the most beautiful aurora that I ever did see." "Yes, dear." "And a flashin' Wagnes?" "Yes, Dolly." "An' a sorter spreadin' and dancin'?eh, Wagnes ?" "All that, my dear ?' "Ho! ho!" laughed the husband much relieved, "Do you know, Wagnes?I mean Hagnes?when I came out and saw the celes tial phenomenums a-glowin upper yonder, damme effer I didn't think I was drunk." ? Nice Boots.?Stephenson, a country storekeeper, was one day trying to sell Joe a pair of pegged boots. The old man gave the article offered a fair examination, and decided not to purchase. "Nice boots," said Stephenson. "Very nice boots," said Joe, "but I can't afford 'em." "Why, they are as cheap as any that they make," said Stephenson, "only two dollars." "Yes, only I don't keep any hired man," returned Joe. "Hired man ? What do you want of a hired man ?" asked Stephenson. "Well, I should want a hired man if I bought them boots," said Joe, his eye twisting up with even a more comical leer than usual, "the last pair of boots I had of you pretty much ruined me." "How was that ?" asked Stephenson. "Why," said Joe, "all the time I wore them boots I had to take two men along with me, with hammers, one on each side, to nail on the soles every time I lifted my feet." The storekeeper made no more efforts to sell boots to Joe. A certain Dr. T ,of a town north of the Clyde was a strong and decided Presbyterian, and his lady-love was as strong and decided a Baptist. They were sitting together one eveniug, talking of their approaching nuptials, when the doctor remarked : "I am thinking my dear, of two events which I shall number among the happiest in my life." "And pray what may they be, doctor ?" remarked the lady. "One is the hour when I shall call you my wife, for the first time." "And the other ?" "It is when we shall present our first bairn for baptism." "What, sprinkled ?" "Yes, my dear, sprinkled." "Never shall a bairn of mine be sprinkled, Dr. T ." "Every bairn of mine, Miss MacD , shall be t_l _ J J> /<riM l_ _ I JlV spriiiKiea. "iney sna.ii ue, uey i xco, my love." "Well, sir, I can tell you, then, that your bairns won't be my bairns. So good night, sir." The lady left the room, and the doctor left the house. The sequel was, no marriage and no bairns. ? ^ + tSF The dambroad is known to be the ordinary Scottish name of what in England is termed a draught-board. A Scotch lady, newly come to London, and rather too familiar with her own country's mode of expression, inquired at a linen-draper's shop for a tablecloth of a "dambroad pattern," meaning a chequered pattern. The cockney shopman, amazed at such a question from a lady, answered: "Why, ma'am, we have patterns pretty broad, but?a?a?none so broad as that." "Can you change a two dollar bill ?" said an impecunious drinker to the bar tender. "Yes." "Well, when I get a two dollar bill I'll bring it in." J^jrtfultueal Department. Does the Farmer Think Enough??As he performs his daily task and pursues his routine through the successive seasons of seed time and harvest, is his mind, that organ which places him so distinctly above all the other orders of creation. Derforminc its dutv? Of course to be a successful farmer he must plan and arange his operations, figure out his financial engagements and in other ways employ his mind. But in this, is it doing all it may and can ? Is he improving his every talent ? Is he thoughtful, and watchful of cause and effect? He knows that seed germinate. Does he know how or why? He knows that his soil loses or gains in productiveness. Does he comprehend the reason ? Not in a general sense but the minutue? He knows that he suffers from the wet. Does he reason whether these extremes can be guarded against or overcome? His stock thrives or declines. Can he not ascertain the reason in either case? We find him too prone to accept matters as they are. He don't like to think. It 1*3 too laborious. He can't find time to experiment. He can't afford to risk anything to learn. Consequently, we find the business of farming, the least scientific, though the most ancient. Almost all is conjecture; too little is demonstrable fact. The mind has not in centuries past been performing its part. Only the animal faculties of man have found employment. While we hope that the nineteenth century shows progress in this respect we cannot question that the era of improvement is scarce dawning for agriculture. To labor with the hand is necessary and desirable, but let the hand be directed by the head and we shall discover more real progress. Good Walks Around Farm Buildings.?There are too many in all sections who are in the habit of neglecting matters and things about the dwellings and outbuildings which may be called small comforts. In many cases they are overlooked and are not considered of sufficient importance to deserve attention, at least any special attention. Among these there is nothing that adds more, not merely to comfort and convenience but to the health of the family, than good walks about the house and premises. We have known these in many instances to be utterly neglected. They are regarded as good enough when the weather is dry, and when the weather is wet they cannot be made better. And thus year after year the members of the family are left to wade through mud to the cow stables, hog peus, wood or coal shed, to the pump or spring house, to the place of drying the wash, and so on. Now the little labor it would cost to make hard, dry paths to all the points is not worth mentioning, adouc every piace mere are stones, old mortar, brick, etc., which could be laid down in an excavation of six inches and covered with coal ashes. This would last for a dozen years, and would always be dry in five minutes after a rain. Or, in lieu of this, I lay down board walks, which if taken up in the spring after the weather is settled and carefully piled up, will last eight or ten years. Try it. It will save in shoe leather and doctors' bills four times as much as the cost, leaving out of the question the great convenience and comfort enjoyed.?Exchange. Sharpen the Hoe.?"As dull as a hoe," is an old favorite comparison, and it seems cruel to rob it of its aforetime poetry. But a free use of the file or grindstone is as rough on the comparison as the keen hoe is on the weeds. We have seen hoes that were worn out, never having been sharpened, because a sharp hoe soon wears out; although the extra labor in a day needed to destroy the weeds or move the soil with a dull instrument would equal the cost of a new one. Certainly it is a poor economy to save the wear of the hoe. of necessity only half killing the weeds and making heavy toil of otherwise light work. A file, even an old one cleaned with some diluted acid, will answer every purpose, or a grindstone if one has no file. Never mind if stones or gravel do dull, a sharp hoe carefully used will accomplish more than the noisy grubbing of a dull one. We take pleasure in seeing the hoe daily narrow up and the corners gradually round off, for honorable age and constant service benefits the hoe, making the blade thinner and smaller. Sharpen the hoe then?first, to save the hard labor; second, to do neater work ; third, to keep it bright; finally, to have the pleasure of seeing it grow old in the service.?N. J. Farmer. A bushel of wheat contains 660,000 grains. If this quantity should be spread equally over an acre of ground, it would give nearlv ten sauare inches of space for each ?/ A ? plaut; each plant would be a little more than three inches of space from the next, and there would be fifteen plants to each square foot. If the seed were sown in drills nine inches apart there would be a plant to each inch in the drill. It is well known that in broadcast sowiug much of the seed is covered too deeply, and some not sufficiently, and thus possibly a half of the seed sown is wasted. In drill sowing a much greater proportion of the seed produces returns, because of its even covering and more regular germination. If each seed should produce but one perfect ear, the yield would be over thirty fold, but it is safe to say that every healthy wheat plant will produce at least three stalks, so that, should the whole seed sown mature, a crop of ninety bushels would be the result. There is no doubt but drill sowing will produce a better yield than broadcast sowing, as much more of the seed will successfully germinate and the expense of drill-sowing being less than hand-sowing and harrowing afterward, we would advise all those who can buy or hire a drill, to abandon broadcast sowing. ? ? 4 Drilling Wheat.?Would you advise drilling winter wheat or broadcasting it? Please give your reason for your preference. P. S. Colwell. If land is as well prepared for seeding as it should be, we prefer seeding with a drill: first because less seed is required to produce a given result, the depth of seeding being so surely and easily regulated ; second, because the young plant (especially on light soils) is protected from winter winds by the drill ridges, and from being uncovered by the heaving action of frost; third, because if the drills run north and south, as they should, the plants make a better and more uniform growth, and develop and mature more equally ; and fourth, because we know that better returns are insured at harvest for the money, labor and seed invested.?Rural New Yorker. Gapes in Chickens.-?"An ounce of preventive is better than a pound of cure," is an old adage, and with regard to this fatal disease ; if a spoonful of sulphur is mixed two or three times a week into two quarts of dough and fed to the poultry, there will be no need of medicine administered to kill the worms in the windpipe. It has another beneficial effect ; it prevents the chicks from becoming ' lousy, and nothing is more detrimental to the I fnuilo tVifln liVp. T formerlv was nuruviug vi iuii*w ..ww. ^ much troubled with both gapes and lice, but I find sulphur a sure cure-all for both evils, and for the past three years have had no trouble in raising them.?Cultivator and Country Gentleman. A correspondent of the Massachusetts i Ploughman recommemds the following remedy j for the white hairs that often appear on ! horses from the use of wear of saddle or harj ness, which is certainly a very simple one: I Take a piece of lard, large enough to give the 1 spot a thorough greasing; rub the same with the hand until it becomes right hot, repeating the operation at least three or four times, and the white hairs will soon come out and hairs of natural color take their place. I have J tried this on several horses, and I never knew ' it to fail. I think the best time to do it is in I the winter, before the new coat starts. gad, gm and ? Experience is the most eloquent of preachers, but she never has a large congregation. ? Bubbles look well while they last, but they cannot stand pressure. ? "Massa Christopher Columbus was a queer man," said a negro orator ; "a notion crossed him one day, and then he crossed an ocean." ? Some onein speaking against suicide says, as a clincher, that it is the height of impoliteness to go anywhere unless you are sent for. ? A man'8 wife is his best lawyer, his best counsel, his best judge, his best adviser, and -1-- i. J 1 aisu me cheapest ?uu uiusu icuuiiauiv. ? A Chicago doctor asserts that there are 15,000 habitual drunkards in that city, which is a pretty large story, even for Chicago. ? Truthfulness is a corner-stone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will always be a weak spot in the character. ? A lady was lately hugged to death in Minnesota?another illustration of the "power of the press." ? The minister who boasted that he could preach without notes didn't mean bank notes. Of course not. ?The ladies give as a reason for marrying for money that they so seldom find anything else in a man worth having. ? Indiana claims the proud preeminence of having more female preachers than any other State in the Union. ? Life, like war, is a series of mistakes; and he is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. i ? The most striking difference between a fool and a looking-glass is, that the fool speaks without reflecting, and the looking-glass reflects without speaking. ? We should give -as we would receive: cheerfully, quickly and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. ? An indiscreet man confided a secret to another, and begged him not to repeat it. "It's all right," was the reply, "I'll be as close as you were." ? If, in reply to reviling language, you cannot speak words that are wholly inoffensive, let them be less so than the words to which they are an answer. ?Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation, because men have discovered that it is more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves. ? A gentleman who had been arguing with an ignoramus until his patience was exhausted, said he didn't wish him dead, but he would be glad to see him know more. ? Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year. ? Editing a newspaper is very much like raking a fire?every one thinks he can perform the operation better than the man who has hold of the poker. ? A Welsh orator recently remarked in a fine peroration, "Innocence is like an umbrella?when once you have lost it, we can never hope to see it back again." ? Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine; but lost time is gone forever. ? That is an ingenious girl in Joliet, 111., who being troubled with beaux who stay late, 1 has instructed the servant to bring her in a lunch of raw onions and cold pork at 10 p. m. The beaux generally make their bows at once. ? Some ingenious observer has discovered that there is a remarkable resemblance betmoon a hnhxr nnri wheat, sirwfi it is first era died, then threshed, and finally becomes the flower of the family. ? No man can be in a proper frame of mind for the discovery and reception of truth, who is not utterly regardless of the question whether his being in a majority or a minority, will be the result of his investigations. ? A girl at Osage, Ind., whose ears are grown up, has no means of hearing, except through her mouth. When a young man is talking she keeps saying "Yes," for fear he might propose to her and she not hear it. ? All men have their frailties, and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks. We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner. ? It is because we are dissatisfied with ourselves that we are so anxious to have others think well of us, and were we conscious of meriting their good, we would care less for their ill opinions. ? This is the way the Cedar Rapids Republican puts it: "Don't borrow a newspaper; nearlv all the prevailing epidemics are spread in this way. If you don't want the smallpox take your paper direct from the publisher. ? An old lady gave this as her idea of a great man : "One who iskeerful of his clothes, don't drink sperets, ken read the Bible without spelling the words, and eat a cold dinner on washday without grumbling." ? If ever the human spirit be rendered capable of contemplating the mysteries of the Divinity, it is Thou who givest it the light by which it understands, and the attractions by which it is penetrated. ? They have a new way of getting up surprise parties. A person receives an annonymous letter, stating that a surprise party will be with him on a certain evening. He prepares for it. Nobody comes, and the surprise is complete. ? In Siberia, during the winter, milk is bought and sold in a frozen state, and carried for a long period in a simple bag. "When required for use, the requisite quantity is chopped off with a hatchet or sheath-knife, and thawed as needed. ? One good action, one temptation resisted and overcome, one sacrifice of desire, of interest, purely for conscience sake, will prove a cordial for low spirits beyond what either indulgence, or diversion, or company can do for them. ? Minutes are sometimes very precious. A total solar eclipse gives rare opportunity for certain astronomical observations, but it is estimated that there are not, in any one spot, more than ten minues of total eclipse in a century. ? We sometimes run about a whole day seeking what we have unwittingly left at home. So we often throw aside content, but presently having occasion for it again, we search for it everywhere but in the right place. ? Happiness is like manna?it is to be gathered in grains and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from heaven, at our very doors, or rather within side of them. ? The most precious of all possessions is power over yourselves; power to withstand ? ? . /? . i trial, to bear sunering, 10 iront aanger; power over pleasure and pain; power to follow our convictions, however resisted by menace and scorn; the power of self reliance in darkness and storms. ? Men eat too much, fret too much, exercise too little, and then drink whisky. Let them turn themselves into the fresh air, eat simple food, sleep enough, and they will be healthy. If you want to keep a dead man, put him in whisky; if you want to kill a living man, put whisky into him. ? During the late war a man out west in a small gathering of friends, was urging upon their minds the importance of enlisting. "Go, my brave friends, said he; fight for your country?die for it, if it be necessary; for it is sweet to die for your native country."? "But," said one, "if it is sweet to die for one's country, why don't you go?" This was a poser, and for a moment disconcerted him; but rallying, he declared that he, as an indiI vidual, "was not fond of sweet things." tikilArtx'* gcpadmcnt. [Original]. "WAIT." "Time and tide wait for no man." This is an old saying. How old we know not. It may have been first spoken by some ancient philosopher, or it may have been first uttered by some son of toil. It matters not when or by whom first uttered, it is a truth which no nolla in AllAoflnn Id O Clf rvtMT f a!/l wuc vaao ui ^ucouuui i.uviv <u %? ouvij wtv? of an ancient king that his subjects tried to persuade him that the winds and waves were obedient to his commands. He had a'splendid throne placed on the shore of the sea. The huge waves commenced, at their usual hour, to rise. The king ordered them to go back ; but still they rolled on, and the proud king was forced to leave in order to escape being drowned. The waves of the broad blue sea roll on indifferent alike to the joys of the rich and prosperous, and to the sorrows and sufferings of the afflicted. The same is' true of time. On it moves, moment by moment. The tiny minutes never wait on any one. There is no stand still in the progress of the hours. Yesterday is gone?forever gone, and to-morrow will soon be here. In nature there is no such thing as wait. Spring will not wait on summer. The sun will not play laggard and wait on the moon ; nor the moon retard its motions for the twink ling stars. Every thing in nature seems to be pushing forward. Why should little boys and girls say "wait ?" Nothing will wait on them. If they once get fairly behind it will be behind forever. A day lost is lost forever. The opportunities of to-day will be past when to-morrow's sun rises. Children can do many things in youth that they cannot do when they become men and women. The opportunities of youth are not enjoyed in old age. Never say, "wait on me." Never ask any one to stop until you catch up. Will the sun wait its rising until you wake ? No. It will rise at its appointed time, though you sleep until ten o'clock. Rather than say, "wait," catch the watchword of all nature and shout in thrilling tones "come on?push forward." Be up and doing, in tms way and in no otner can you leave your "foot prints on the sands of time." Every creek and rivulet and river is hastening to its home in the mighty deep, and the great ocean itself is in ceaseless motion. Shall field and forest, beast and bird, wind and wave, say come on, and little boys and girls alone fold their arms and nay, "wait ?" The word sounds like a rude discord in music. It grates on the ears, disturbing the melody of nature. THE YASE AND THE DART. A young boy entered a beautiful garden which extended as far as the eye could reach. Through the whole length of it stretched a narrow avenue, bordered with overhanging trees. Slowly the boy pursued his way along it, listening to the songs of the birds, and admiring the green foliage above him, through which, here and there, streamed the rays of the glorious sun. He quickly perceived that he was not alone; on either side, all down the long avenue, stood a line of maidens, beautiful to behold. They were all robed in white, with wreaths of fresh flowers on their heads, and greeted the boy with a bright smile of welcome. Each held in her right hand a vase of gold, in her left a sharp iron dart. As the boy approached the first maiden, she held out her vase to him, and invited him to the contents. On the golden vase appeared the word prayer, and the sweetest, fairest fruits were heaped up within; but the boy scarcely glanced at the proffered gift. "It is wearisome 1" he cried; so pushed it aside and passed on. The boy sauntered on, and soon another fair maiden stood before him; she also held forth a vase of bright gold full of pieces of glittering silver. On it was inscribed the word knowledge; but the boy scarcely glanced at the proffered gift. "It is troublesome !" he cried; he pushed it aside and passed on. A short space further on, another maiden stopped him with a bright and joyous countenance. Her gold vase contained the loveliest flowers, and on it appeared written, Acta of kindness to others. The boy looked at it wistfully for a moment, tempted by the sweet perfume of the beautiful blossoms. Opportunity smiled, but selfishness stayed the hand of the boy, half stretched out to empty the vase; he pushed it aside and passed on. The next maiden who greeted him was calm and fair, with a grave and earnest look. Her vase was full of refined gold, and this was the motto which it bore: Attendance at the house of Ood. A sound of church bells came on the breeze, and the sweet music of a distant hymn, but in vain they fell on the boy's listening ear. "It is dull!" he cried; pushed the rich vase aside and passed on. Soon he reached another maiden who looked like an angel from heaven. Her eyes shone like stars in the calm blue sky, and the tones of her voice thrilled deep into the heart. Her vase was overflowing with sparkling jewels, brighter than those which monarchs wear. On it shown in glittering letters, The Word of God. Opportunity cried, oh, pass me not by! Search the Scriptures that can make you wise unto salvation! She held forth her vase with imploring look; but the boy was intent on pursuing his way. "I care not for it!" he cried; he pushed it aside and passed on. "I shall meet with more maidens," said the boy. "I see an endless number before me; doubtless they carry vases as precious as those which I have rejected." But evea as he spoke the words, he came suddenly on a black iron gate, and he could pass on no further. Shuddering, he read on the gate the solemn word, Death ! Then would he gladly have turned round ; then would he earnestly have asked for one more opportunity for prayer?one more opportunity for doing what iB right; but the last had been passed?he bad slighted the treasure of the last! Nor can we despise opportunities and not suffer for doing so; if they offer the vase, they also carry the punishment meet for those who neglect its contents. As the boy stood trembling at the gate of death, a dart came hissing through the air, and inflicted on him a burning wound ; then came another; every opportunity despised, sent its messenger of vengeance, and the wretched boy, writhing with the arrows of conscience in his soul, sank down at the gate and perished! "Now is the accepted time; now is the day of salvation;" neglect not this opportunity? it may be your last! O, my friends 1 no day leaves you as it found you; every day brings its opportunities of prayer, praise, reading the Bible and obeying God's laws; every day you have chosen either the vase or tne aan. Dear reader, if this little allegory has raised the thought in your heart, "how have I improved my opportunities?" 0, push it not aside and pass on ! Let not the day close without prayer; seize the golden prize while it is offered to you, or hope not to escape the dart. I?" Never repeat a story unless you are certain it is correct, and not even then, unless something is to be gained, either of interest to yourself, or for the good of the person concerned. Tattling is a mean and wicked practice, and he who indulges in it grows more fond of it in proportion as he is successful. ( # "My son," said a fond papa, who was looking over the lesson his boy had recited that day, "how did you manage, when your teacher asked you to spell metempsychosis ?" "0, father!" said the boy, "I just stood spell bound." leading fat the jMrtaih. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. RE8TING IN GOD. Since thy Father's arm sustain thee, Peaceful be; When a chastening hand restrains thee, It is He. Know His love in full completeness, Fills the measure of thy weakness; If He wound thy spirit sore, Trust Him more. Without murmur, uncomplaining, In His hand, Lay whatever thou canst not TT^J 4. J uiiuuroutuu. Though the world thy folly spurneth, From thy faith in pity tnrneth, Peace thy inmost soul shall fill, Lying still. Like an infant, if thou thinkest Thou canst stand, Child-like proudly pushing back The offered nand, Courage soon is changed to fear, Strength doth feebleness appear; In his love if thou abide, He will guide. Fearest sometime that thy Father, Hath forgot? When the clouds around thee gather, Doubt Him not. Always hath the daylight broken, Always hath He comfort spoken; Better hath He been for years. Than thy fears. Therefore, whatsoe'er betideth, Night or day, Know His love for thee provideth Good alway. Crown of sorrow gladly take, Grateful wear it for Hi's sake; Qii'noflvr KonTTiq tvII 1 U*TUVHJ UOUdlU^, WV 1AUJ Lying still. To His own thy Saviour giveth Daily strength, * To each tronbled soul that liveth, Peace at length. Weakest lambs have largest share Of the tender Shepherd's care; Ask Him not the "When" or "How," Only bow. lOrlglna).] CHRIST CRUCIFIED. The Christian should never lose sight of Jesus Christ, and the sinner should immediately look unto him that he may be saved. The notion, both of the professed Christian and of the unbelieving sinner concerning Jesus Christ, - must be definite and clear. The eternal all of the immortal soul depends upon Christ. To the believer he is all in all, and without him every thing else will avail the sinner nothing. "What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?" Christ may be viewed in a multitude of aspects. We may look upon him as God, the maker and creator of all things. We may contemplate him as the God of Providence, opening his hand and supplying the wants of everything that lives. Contemplated in either of these aspects, the mind is filled with wonder; but when we contemplate Jesus Christ as both the God of creation and Providence, we are ready to exclaim with the Psalmist, and say, "What is man ?" In his exaltation Jesus Christ is far above every created being, either in heaven or on earth. TXn llM.nlln dnA ftuor oil fViinrra WP HO lO HbOlOllJ MUU VVV* ?*** vu.Mgv. . ? v may look upon Jesu9 Christ as man, born of a woman?a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. "We may contemplate him as a great teacher sent from God ; or, we may look upon him as a great reformer. The world at the birth of Jesus Christ was in a most deplorable condition. The morals of every nation on the earth were in a sad condition. Vital godliness had scarcely an existence amongst any of Adam's race. The energies of men's souls had been dwarfed by the wretched superstitions of the times. Jesus Christ came as the teacher and practicer of a moral philosopher, very different from that taught in the schools of that day. Hence we may look upon him as the great reformer. In the Bible Christ is presented to the sinner in all these various aspects. He is God and he is man. He is a teacher instructing, not as the scribes and pharisees, but as one having authority. He is the starting point of a new era in the history of our world. Having contemplated Christ in all these aspects, there is still one other aspect in which i 1_ xi j.1 ?n lie appears more joveiy umu iu mem an. That view of Christ is as he hung on the accursed tree. Christ truly appears great and lovely whether we view him in his divinity raising the dead, or in his humanity consoling the afflicted; but Christ crucified is infinitely great and glorious. It is Christ crucified that is precious to the believer, and it is Christ crucified that is the Saviour of poor lost and ruined sinners. All the greatness and goodness ; all the justice and judgment; all the mercy and love; all the glory and holiness of Jesus are divinely displayed by him as he hung upon the cross. There he died that the sinner might live. There he trod the winepress of God's wrath alone. There he made an atonement for sin. There he satisfied the penal demands of God's righteous and holy law. On the cross Jesus was smitten, bruised and died the just for the unjust. It is Christ crucified that forms the theme of the heavenly choir. Glory and honor unto Him that washed us in his own blood, is the anthem of praise which the members of the church triumphant sing, and will sing forever and ever. Christ crucified is the Saviour in whom Paul gloried. True Greatness.?Mere decision of character, taken in a worldly sense, is insufficient to produce true greatness of character. What is further needed is a clear, commanding view of duty as one and unalterable, to be the pole-star in the heavens. It is, therefore, hard to overrate the importance of cultivating this distinct and unclouded apprehension of right and wrong as a permanent mental habit. In order to attain this, we must be often thinking of moral questions, and settling principles before the hour of trial. In this, likewise, men widely differ. Happy is the youth that begins early to meditate on such subjects, and to clear his notions as to what he ought to do in given emergencies. He will find the bracing influence of such views in moments when all are shaking around him. Looking only at principles of eternal right, he will go serenely forward, even in the face of adverse popular opinion. While weaker minds are halting to collect the - " ? ? f*1 A_ [ votes of the masses, he will Dare nis Dosom to the shower of darts and march up to the rei quisitions of conscience, in spite of the instant tyrant, or, what is often more formidable, of the turbulent populace.?Alexander. I Growth in Grace.?Grow in grace; because this is the only way you can be certain that you have any grace at all. If we aim not at growth in grace, we have never been | converted to godliness. He that is satisfied I with his attainment, has attained nothing. ; He that sees so little of the promises of the inward, transforming, elevating influences of I graces, as to think that he has attained all he I can desire, has never understood the first elements of the Christian life which aspires after perfection ; we have desires awakened which nothing but complete holiness will satisfy. He who says he is content with his progress, has never set out to heaven.?Robert Hall. As the seaman, when he sets sail, goes to the helm and the compass, and sits still, I observes the sun, or the polar star, and how the ship works, and whether the landmarks form themselves aright according to his chart; so do you, when you have been at prayer, mark your ship, how it makes the port, and what rich goods are laden back again from heaven. Most people lose their prayers in the midst of fog and non-observation. TERM8 IN ADVANCE : One Copy, oneyear, $ 3 00 One Copy, Six months, 1 50 One Copy, Three months, 1 00 Single Copy, 10 Two Copies, one year, 5 00 Ten Copies, " " 25 00 ^^-To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy oftne paper will be furnished oneyear, free of charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents per square for each subsequent insertion-less than three months. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. 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It is rich In the medicinal qunllilcsof Tar, and uncounted for diseases of the Throat A I'Diipn, performing the -Ij most remarkable cures. It effectually cures all Caught tndCold*. It has cured so Si >fr3wl a mnny cases of Asthma ami Bronchi tin, that It has been pronounced a ~ speelfl o for these comB plaints. For Pains in the | Breast, hide or Hack, | travel or Kidney die* 1 case, diseases of the (7rin? ff ti ary Organs, Jaundice. or any Liver Complains it has no equal. It la also a superior Tonic. Kent ore* the Appetite, Strengthens the System, Restores the Wi nk and Debilitated, m Causes the Pood to Digest, Removes Dyspepsia and Indigestion, Prevents !*I*larlon? Pevers, oavvs iuuv ivjuua ?jo?^nm KEEP THE BLOOD FIRE And the health of the system snfc will follow. There is a preparatlon of Iron and Poke Root Atf* more effectual than all others, wj which will remove from your ?J& system the Impure and vitiated jTa blood which causes disease, and at the same time build up your fly health and strength It never falls to care. If yoa have Wk a. Scrofula, ScroinlotisDIseas* ofiLJm ea of the Eye* or Ears, or cTCfe 4s Scrofula In any form, Totter, While SwelllnR, Old i^ifh Sores, Ulcers, or Scrofulous Inflammations, you can rely on being cured wltn this prepare*&m>? ration known as Dr. Crook's V saSfe Compound Syrup of Poke Root. Bhenmatlsm, Pains MRJ In Limbs or Bones, Constltn* mfJa/tlons brokendown by Mercn* wfV^rial or other poisons are all I jy cured by It- For Syphilis, or RMr Syphilitic taint, there Is noth#5Ing equal to it. A trial will MY prove it. Beautify your Complexion. Co not use paint or powder, bat get a more permanent beauty by pnrlfylng your blood. This preparation of Iron and Poke Root makes a rough and scaly skin soft and smooth: changes that sallow complexion to one or freshness and health, and remove any Ernp> tivc Diseases or the Skin, Pimples, Pustules, Blotches A Eruptions. If you wish rasyeneeks and a healthy complexion use Dr. Crook's Compound Syrup of Poke Hoot. October 3 40 ly 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 the Best Fire and Burglar Proo Safes, Bankers' Chests, Improved Combination Locks, Banlc Vaults and Doors. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. 12,000 IN USE-TESTED IN 200 FIRES. Near References National Bank, Chester, Smith and Melton, Chester ; John Agnew & Son, Columbia. S. C. September 12 37 tf ROSE'S HOTEL, (FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.) COLI M11IA, S. O. THIS HOUSE is in the centre of the city, convenient to all the Public Offices and Business Houses, located on the south-west corner of the State House Square, has been recently re-opened and renovated, and will now compare favorably with any Hotel at the South. ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convey passengers to and from every train, free of charge. Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommodation of ladies. TIA A r> T\ ftn CA ?au Arttr TKAiM9iJ!iI1X CUAftL? Q4.u\l jjci unjr. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor. September 12 37 tf DOORS, SASlf A^D BLINDS, MOULDINGS, Brackets, Stair Fixtures, Builders' Furnishing Hardware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Marble and Slate Mantle Pieces. WINDOW GLASS A SPECIALTY. Circulars and Price Lists sent free on application, by P. P. TOALE, 20 Haync and 33 Pinckuey streets, Charleston, S. C. October 3 40 ly JHE PARKER GUN. i PARKER BBtfS WEST MERMEN,CT. METAXIC BURIAL CASES AND CASKETS. J HAVE just received a full supply of FISK'S METALIC BURIAL CASES, of all sizes, so a few of those beautiful full glass BURIAL CASKETS, surpassing in beautv anything of the kind ever offered hero. J. E. SMITH, Agent. nsO* WOOD COFFINS, of any quality, made to order. J. E. SMITH. March 14 11 ly WRAPPING PAPER. A LOT of TIDDY'S large-sized WRAPPING PAPER on hand and for sale, by W. L. GRIST, Agent. PALMETTO ORPHAN HOME. AN EARNEST APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OP SOUTH CAROLINA. Dear Friends and Countrymen?Having been entrusted with the benevolent work of providing a home for the Orphans, and other equally unfortunate children ot South Carolina, we thus make an earnest appeal for help in this great work. The Palmetto Orphan Home was organized last April, and is now progressing with encouraging prospects. The Board of Trustees have adopted a Constitution and By-Laws which define the nature, design and mode of operation of this Institution. Its direct management iB to be by a local board consisting of nine persons, in the city of Columbia, which Hoard is to be subject to the direction of a general Board consisting of two persons, from each county in the State, which is to be called to meet annually in Columbia, at such places as the local Board mav appoint. In the choice of persons to act on these Boards and of the officers ofthe Institution, no partiality 1 is to be allowed on account of the religious sect to A which persons belong; but all appointments are to be made on the broad principles of humanity and charity. The Constitution does not limit the ages at which V the children shall be received; but leaves that at ^ the discretion of the Board, who are to decide from the nature of each case as described m tne application. The Board are desirous of purchasing suitable and valuable property .now for saleatlow figures, for the location of the Home. We are, therefore, confident that our appeal to the generous people of South Carolina will at once b?ng many liberal donations and pledges to effect n!e permanent establishment of the Palmetto Orphan Home, which will be the best monument to the memory of our dead we could possibly rear in our State. The Board have appointed Tilman R. Gaines. General Agent to organize Aid-Committees and to raise funds for the Home. And the Board will take pleasure in acknowledging all amounts paid to him or sent directly to us at Columbia. Donations may be made in money, provisions, clothing and anything that can be made useful. All applications for entering children must be made to the Board, Address, Dr. J. W. PARKER, Chm'n, Columbia, S. C. By order of the Board of Trustees. J. B Ezell, Secretary. . THE YOBKVILLE BRA1JCH ^ of the cnsinniiii Banking 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 Certificates of Deposit, and 6 per cent, compounded every six months on acconnts. PRINCIPAL OFFICE - - COLUMBIA, S. C. WM. MARTIN, President. JOHN B. PALMER, Vice-President. A. G. BRENIZER, Cashier. J. H. SAWYER, Ass't Cashier in general charge. JOHN C. B. SMITH, Local Assistant Cashier. Directors.?Wade Hampton, William Martin, A. C. Haskell, F. W. McMaster, E. H. Heinitsh, John B. Palmer, Thos. E. Gregg, Columbia, J. Eli Gregg, Marion. G. T. Scott, W. G. Mayes, * tt t\ t? ruewoerry. u. jq. nuueuge, u. jnovcuu, ?>., Charleston. BRANCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA : Location. Local A as't Cashiers. Charleston, D. RAVENEL, Jr. Orangeburg, J. H. FOWLES. Sumter, .. J. W. DARGAN. Spartanburg, JOEL FOSTER. * Newberry, T. 8. DUNCAN. Laurens JOHN KYLE. Abbeville, Hon. D. L. WARDLAW. Camden, W. D. McDOWELL. Unionville, E. R. WALLACE Yorkville, W. B. METTS. FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YORKVILLE. B. T. WHEELER, J. H. ADAMS, L.M. ORI8T. SIGHT DRAFTS drawn on all the Branches of the Bank in this State, and also on all the prominent places in the United States and Europe. 7tST- Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver bouglit and sold. Mutilated Currency purchased at a small discount. W. B. METTS, Assistant Cashier at Yorkville. January 25 4 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF YOBX?OOOBT OF FBOBATE. Reuben Cranford and Sarah Cranford, his wife, Plaintiffs, against William M. Smith, jonnj. Smith, Jane Plaxico, Elizabeth Mayfleld, 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: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the petition in this action, which is filed in the office of the Judge of Probate for the said county, and to serve a copy of your an- ? swer to the said petition, on the subscril>er, at his office, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty % * days after the service hereof, exclusive of the dav 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 Yorkville, S. C., September 17th, 1872. JAMES F. HART, Plaintiffs' Attorney. TO THE DEFENDANTS?William M. Smith, John J. Smith, Elizabeth Mayfleld, the children of Eli Smith, deceased, (names unknown) 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 the foregoing is a copy, was this day filed in the office of the said Court; and that you are required to appear in the cause by the 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, Yorkville, 8. C. September 19 88 6t Rock Hill Lantern copy six weeks. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF YOBK.?COUBT OF FBOBATBr To Allen Bates. Alemia Reeves, wife of Lawson Reeves; Dicey Chambers, wife of Robert ; Chambers; the heirs of John Bates, deceased, (names unknown) and the heirs of Zacharia Bates, deceased, (names nnkpown) heirs-at- ^ law and distributees of Isis Bates, deceased. YOU are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate for York county, at York Court House, on the 22d day of November, A. D. 1872, to shew cause, if any you can, why the real estate of the late Isis Bates, deceased, described in the petition of Thaddeus K. Bates, filed in. my office, ! October 7th, 1872, should not be sola ror partition and division among the heirs-at-law and distributees of the said Isis Bates, deceased. Should you fail to appear at the time stated, your consent will be entered on record. Given under my hand and seal this 8th day of October, A. D., 1872. S. B. HALL, Judge of Probate. October 10 41 6t Rock Hill Lantern copy six weeks. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF 0HE8TEB?IN THE COURT OP 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 Calvin Wright, deceased: IT appearing to the Court that Hannah Grant, formerly Hannah Wright, Administratrix 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 Probate 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 """* her failure so to do, a decree therein will be made against her; and that notice of the same be made by publication in the Chester Reporter and the Yorkville Enmiirer for six weeks. JOHN DICKEY. Probate Judge, Chester County. September 19 38 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF CHESTER?IN THE PROBATE COURT. William C. Gladden, Petitioner, against Allen C. fJinridon and ethers. 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 bolden at my office, 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 uncler my hand and the Seal of Office, this _ _ [l. s.] the 24th aay of September, 1872. JOHN DICKEY, Probate Judge, Chester County. September 28 39 0t uBTM nWElK MEMPHIS, TJKN1V. Branch Office, - Baltimore, Maryland. ASSETS, $1,100,000. Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS, President. Gen. WADE HAMPTON, Pres. Baltimore Board. J. D. KENNEDY, State Agent. W. B. SADLER, Yorkville, Special Agent. June 27 28 ly GROCERIES. OUR Grocery is always supplied with the best m the market affords, and at prices as low as the lowest. T. M. DOBSON <fc CO. May 16 20 tf