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A RIDE DURING THE WAR.
We left Winchester in the stage coach for
Strasburg, at 10 o'clock at night, on the 24th
of December, 1361. The weather was bitter
cold,' and we congratulated ourselves that the
coach was not crowded. Mr. McG. and the
girls were on the back seat; a Methodist clergyman,
a soldier and myself on the middle,
and two soldiers and our maid Betsey on the
front seat. We went off by starlight, with
every prospect of a pleasant drive of eighteen
miles. As we were leaving the suburbs of the
town the driver drew up before a small house
from which issued two women with a baby,
two baskets, several bundles and a box. The
passengers began to shout, "Go on driver!
what do you mean ! There's no room for
another!" The driver made no answer, but
the women came to the stage door and began
to put in their bundles. The gentlemen protested
that they could not get in?there was
no room.
The woman with the baby said she would
get in?she "was a gwine to Strasburg to
spend Christmas with her relations, whar she
was borned and raised, and whar she had uot
been for ten years and nobody had a better
right to the stage coach than she had, and
site was a gwine too, an a ivuty urira snes a
gwine too?she's ray sister-in-law?and so is
baby." "So uncle Ben," she exclaimed to
the driver, "take my basket and box by you,
and me and Kitty and baby, and the bundles
and the little basket will go inside."
All this was said amidst violent protestations
from the men within, "you cau't get in !"
"Go on, driver, go on !"
But suiting the action to the word she opened
the door, calling, "Come Kitty, get on
the step," and thrust her head in, saying?"If
any of these gentlemen is gentlemen they will
get out and sit with uncle Ben, and let ladies
come inside!"
A pause ensued. At last a subdued tone
from the soldier on the middle seat was heard,
"Madam, if you will get off the step I will go
out."
"Very well, sir, and why didn't you do so
at first ?" "Aud now," said she, looking at a
man on the front seat, "there's another seat
by uncle Ben, 'sposen you get out and let
Kitty Grim have your seat, she's bound to
go!"
The poor man quietly rose, without a word,
and the very expression of his look was subdued
as he got out of the stage.
"Now Kitty, git in and bring the little basket
and them two bundles, they won't pester
the lady much."
The door was closed aud the scene being
over, the passengers shouted with laughter.
Our heroine remained passive until we reached
the picket post, a mile from town. The driver
reigned up and a soldier came forward
for passports. She was thunder-struck.
"Passes! passes for white folks! I never
heard of such a thing! I ain't got no pass,
neither has Kitty Grim !"
I suggested to her that her best policy was
to keep quiet. Just then a Tennessee soldier
had to confess that he had forgotten to get a
passport. "You can't go on," said the official,
and the soldier stepped out. Presently the
woman's turn came. "Madam, your passport
if you please."
"I ain't got none, neither has Kitty Grim,
(she's my sister-in-law,) we ain't a gwine to
git out, cause we's a gwine to Strasburg to
spend Christmas with my relations, and I
ain't been there for ten years, and I never
heard of white folks having passes!"
"But, Madam," began the official.
"Youneedn't but madam me; I ain't a
gwine to get out and I would like to see the
man that would put me out. This is a free
country, and I'se a gwine to Strasburg this
night, so you may as well take your lantern
out of my face!"
"But, madam, my orders," began the picket.
"Don't tell me nothing 'bout orders, aud
you needn't think because the Tennessee man
got out that's I'se gwine to get out, cause I
ain't! Ain't I got three sous in the array,
great sight bigger than you is, and they fit at
Manassas and they ain't no cowards, nuther
is their mother, and I ain't a gwine to git out
of this stage this night, but I'se gwine to
Strasburg, whar I was borned and raised !"
The poor man looked non-plussed, but with
another effort he began, "ray dear madam."
"I ain't none of your dear madams, I'se just
a free white woman and so is Kitty Grim,
and we ain't no niggers to get passes and I'se
gwine to Strasburg long this pike. Now I'se
done talking."
With this^he settled herself on the seat
and leaned back with a most determined air;
the discomfitted man shut the door amid
peals of laughter within and without In a
few moments we were quiet again and all settled
themselves for sleep when the silence was
broken by our heroine.
"Kitty is you sick ?"
"No," said Kitty.
"Well, it's a wonder; gentlemen can't one
of you take Kitty's seat and give her yourn ?
She gits monstrous sick when she's riding
with her back to the horses!"
There was a death-like silence, and ray curiosity
was aroused to know how she would
manage this point. After a few minutes she
began again.
"Kitty is you sick ?"
"No," says Kitty, "not yet."
"Well, I do wish one of you gentlemen
would give Kitty his seat."
Still no reply. All was becoming quiet
again when she raised her voice.
"Kitty Grim, is you sick ?"
"Yes," said Kitty, "just a little."
"I knowed it?Iknowed she was sick?and
when Kitty Grim gits sick she most ginerally
flings up!"
The effect was electric!
"My dear madam," exclaimed both gentleman
"take my seat by all means !"
The Methodist minister being nearest exchanged
with her, amidst the most uproarous
laughter, and all realized that they were fairly
outgeneraled for the third time.
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Too Much Credit.?Mr. Keene, a shrewd
and thrifty farmer of Pennsylvania, owned a
large flock of sheep, and, one autumn, when
it came housing time, he was greatly annoyed
upon missing a number of his finest muttons,
among them three or four wethers which he
raised and fattened for his own table. He
was sure it was not the work of dogs, and the
most he could do was to await further developments.
In the following spring, when his sheep
were turned out to pasture, he instituted a
careful watch, and ere long had detected Tom
* Stickney, a neighboring farmer, in the act of
pilfering a sheep; but he made no noise about
it at the time. Stickney was a man well to
do, and Keene did not want to expose him.
Autumn came again, and upon counting up
his flock Mr. Keene found eight sheep missing.
He made out a bill in due form to
Thomas Stickney for the eight sheep and presented
it. Stickney choked and stammered,
but did not back down. Like a prudent
man, he paid the bill and pocketed the receipt.
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Anotner spring-iirae caine, ana Aur. iveene s
sheep were again turned out. Another autumn
came, and the farmer again took an account
of his stock, and this lime fifteen sheep
were missing. As before he made out the
hill to Tom Stickney for the whole number
missing; but this time Tom objected.
"It's too much of a good thing," he. "Fifteen
sheep! Why, bless your soul, I haven't
had a fifth part of 'em."
Mr. Keeue was inexorable.
"There is the bill," said he, "and I have
made it out in good faith. I have made no
fuss when my sheep have been missing, because
I deemed your credit good and sufficient."
"Well," groanecyTora, with a big gulp, "I
suppose I must pay; "but," he added emphatically,
"we'll close that account from
this time. You have given me too much
credit altogether?some other rascal has been
stealing on the strength of it!"
I J^gricwltwral jgcprtmcut.
From the Kural Carolinian.
THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH.
There will be found no time for idleness
during this short, but busy month. "Push"
is the word now. If we loiter at this time,
the push will be sure to come a little later, and
it will be the work that will push us, and not
we who shall push the work. Keep the plows
running, and see to it that every furrow is
well made. The days of "scratching" the soil '
are over. Mr. Dickson said to us one day, "I j
can always tell, in advance, where the 'dry i
streak' will fall in the summer. It always
follows the bad farming." There is more in i
this than is generally thought. Lazy, slipshop,
surface-scraping, land-skinning farmers j
always have "bad seasons." It is sure to be i
too dry or too wet, too cold or too hot. "Just j
ray cussed luck,"Slack says. "My crop is all ;
burned up on this droughty upland. If I j
had plauted that low, moist land, yonder, I j
should have made a good crop." Next year J
Mr. Slack plants the low field, but his "cussed 1
lack" follows him still. It is too wet and his j
crop is drowned oat. So it will be to the end, (
unless he shall pursue a more rational mode j
of culture, and manifest less aversion to work, j
Mr. Slack does not read the Rural Carolinian j
or we might be tempted to say more for his j
special benefit. For those who do read it, i
this will be a sufficient hint. Do not forget
that the better the winter's work is done, the
lighter will be that of the spring and summer,
and the better will be the crops.
? We hope the readers of the Rural Caro- I
linian were wise enough to plant oats in the i
fall, and to plant early and largely, but if j
any failed to get in enough, we advise to try j
a spring crop by all means, for although the
chances are not so good for the fall sown oats,
a fair crop may be got and will help greatly.
The oat plant is not so particular in regard to
soil as many others, but it must not be too
wet. The land intended for spring oats should
have been plowed early in the winter and i
cross-plowed before sowiug. The early break- j
ing up, however, is not essential. The time j
of sowing must, of course, vary with the soil
and season, as well as with the latitude. In I
this latitude and southward, we would sow !
during the present month, if the land be not !
too wet, but March will not be too late, if you j
can not get them in sooner. Writers on agri-!
culture mention nine or ten varieties of the !
oat. One of the heaviest and best is the j
Black Poland, sometimes weighing fifty i
pounds to the bushel; but the safest kind for j
our climate seems to be the lied Oat, known |
by its brownish red husk and its exemption
from rust.
? Some advocate the deep cultivation of
corn and contend that the breaking of the
roots does no harm, but, on the contrary, is a
benefit, tending to fruitfulness, as in the case
of a non-bearing pear tree. It is only under i
certain conditions that root-pruning will ben-1
efit a tree, and it is doubtful if these condi-1
tions exist at all in the case of corn. We |
have no doubt, however, that a corn crop is i
sometimes benefitted by deep cultivation ; not j
because the roots are thus cut and mangled, j
but in spite of this destruction of the plant's j
feeders. Stiff soils, especially when badly
prepared, often become, during the growth of
the crop, very compact and hard, impervious j
alike to the tender roots of the plants and to 1
air and moisture. To cut the root of the i
corn, in such cases, in deeply breaking up the i
soil between the rows, if done when it is toler- j
ably moist, is a less evil than to leave it in its i
undurated condition. The same process on a
loose, sandy soil, and in a dry time, would utterly
ruin the crop. This is another hint in
regard to the benefit of brains in farming.
? It would be folly to lay down a precise
rule, either in regard to the time or the mode
of planting corn, for the guidance of all the j
readers of an agricultural magazine. Diver- I
sities of climate and soil, as well as other im- {
portant considerations, must necessarily modi-1
fy the practice of the planter: but when we j
say, prepare the ground thoroughly and in
good season, and plant as early as the weather
and the state of the soil will permit, we think
our advice can hardly be called in question.
It is true that late planted corn sometimes
gives a better crop than that which is put in
earlier, but this is the exception. As a rule
the early planted corn is best.
? On well drained uplauds, with a sandy
soil, we have been accustomed to, 'lay off" our
corn land with pretty deep furrows, so that,
when the corn is properly covered, the "hill"
will be an inch or two below the general level.
The first working brings the whole field to
something like an even surface, aud subsequent
cultivation does not change it much,
being very shallow. We have seen fields
thus planted and worked, looking green and
healthy, and making fine crops, when neighboring
fields, ridged up and more deeply cultivated,
have "fired" badly, and made almost
a total failure from the effects of drought.
Low aud imperfectly drained laud, where the
greater danger is from an excess of moisture,
cannot, of course, be treated in this way, and |
our readers will not understand us as advising !
the same mode of planting for all soils and
situations.
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GOOD POINTS OF A COW.
Observation and experience have taught
some rules to be observed in the choice of
good milkers which, though not infallible, are
by no means to be despised. A few doggerel
verses, which appeared some months since in
the Fanners' Magazine, states what are popularly
considered in England the points of a
good cow, though it is a rare thing to find
them all combined in one animal; and therefore
this brief cow poem is only a fancy sketch.
As now quoted, it is slightly altered .from the
original:
She's long in her face, she's line in her horn,
She'll quickly get fat without cake or corn ;
She's clean in her jaws, and full in her chin,
She's heavy in flank and wide in her loin.
She's broad in her ribs, and long in lior rump,
She's straight and flat-backed without e'era hump;
She's wide in her hips, and calm in her eyes,
She's tine in her shoulders and thin in her thighs.
She's light in her neck, and small in her tail,
She's wide in her breast and will fill the milk-pail; i
She's fine in her bone, and silky of skin,
She's airy without?a meat market within.
To state in prose the characteristics of a ;
good milker, as a guide in purchasing dairy
stock?
1. Youth. A cow is in her prime at from
four to six years, and the best paying time to i
j buy is just after the birth of her second or 1
| third calf.
2. Prominence and fullness of milk veins, i
j and velvety softness of skin. The milk veins j
, run down on either side of the auimal toward :
the udder, and are easily perceptible to the i
j eye, or can be readily found by pressure of,
the hand, if the animal is not over fat. The '
' skin should be soft and mellow, not hard, j
! rough and "staring.
i 3. Symmetry, fullness and softness of the :
1 udder. It should be broad, well spread out,
projecting behind the legs, and also reaching
forward under the belly. There should be a 1
softness and thinness to the touch, and an absence
of fleshiness and thickness.
! 4. Perfect number and condition of teats. '
i If one teat is wanting, about a fourth less milk I
! will be the result. A cows' udder is not, as ;
| some suppose, a barrel with four taps, but is
' divided into four different compartments, call1
ed "milk glands," each of which has its own
: tap or teat. It is not only important that the .
1 full number of teats be present and in working
! order, but it is desirable that they be well
| placed, not crowded together, but pretty far ;
[ and uniformly apart; rather long and taper-1
ing; all pointing out and downward ; equal in
J size and even in appearance.
5. Docility and quietness of disposition.
These are indicated by large, mild aud clear
; eyes, and an air of contentment generally. A
| cow that is quiet and contented feeds at ease,
jchewshercud with entire satisfaction, and
will secrete and yield more milk than any
restless and turbulent animal, having similar j
milking characteristics in other respects.
heading for the Jtattath.
CONDUCTED DY
U12V. ROBERT LATH AN.
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THE INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
The Bible is the most remarkable book in
existence. It is the oldest, as well as the most
interesting book in the world. It is varied in
its style and comprehensive in the subjects of
which it treats. It consists of history, law
and poetry. The historical details are the
most interesting, the laws the most important,
and the poetry the most sublime. No one at
all conversant with the Bible, will, for a moment,
call these statements in question. No
one has ever denied that the historical parts
of the Bible are intensely interesting; nor has
anyone ever called in question the justness
of the legal principles which are stated in the
Bible; neither has any one, capable of judging,
had any doubts respecting the poetic sublimity
of many parts of the Bible.
Such being the case, the origin of the Bible
cannot fail to be a question of interest to men
of letters. No man can read the Bible and
not feel the question, "Who is the author of
this book?" rise in his mind. To the Jews
and Christians this is an important inquiry.
The Bible was first found in possession of the
Jews, and has ever, from the very beginning,
been regarded by them as a revelation from
God. The same views respecting the Bible
have beeu adopted by Christians. Both Jews
and Christians hold that God is the author
of the Bible. It is claimed for the Bible that
it is not simply a book of facts and precepts ;
but of facts and precepts which caunot be
discovered without supernatural aid; Both
Jews and Christians claim that there are
many facts made known in the Bible which
reason cannot discover. Hence, it is not a
book of science or scientific facts; but it is
claimed that the facts, or at least many of the
facts and principles contained in the Bible
are of a higher order than simply scientific
facts and principles. In other words, it is
confidently asserted by both Jews and Christians,
that the Bible is an extraordinary revelation
of God to man. It will not be denied
that this is claiming a great deal for the Bible.
If there is not good ground for it, nothing
can be more arrogant. It might be asked,
is it possible for God to give to man such a
revelation as that which it is claimed the
Bible is. It is difficult to conceive how any
one who believes in the existence of God, and
that he is omnipotent, can for a moment
doubt the possibility of such a revelation.
The only ground of doubt would be that it
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of God making such a revelation of himself,
as it is asserted is contained in the Bible, involves
no contradiction whatever. If God is
omnipotent, he can do anything that is not
derogatory to his own glory, or hurtful to his
creatures. On the contrary, the revelation
contained in the Bible, reflects great glory
upon God, and is most beneficial to his creatures.
God appears more glorious as he is
revealed in the Bible, than he does as revealed
either in creation or providence. God
gloriously manifests himself in creation and
providence; but he appears infinitely glorious
as revealed in the Bible. As seen in his
works and providence, he is good ; but as seen
iu the Bible, he is incomprehensibly good.
Some persons admit that it is possible for
God to give man a revelation such as is contained
in the Bible; but that it is impossible
for man to know the fact. This simply
amounts to this: It is possible for God to give
man a revelation of Himself other than that
contained in creation aud providence; but it
is impossible for God to convince man that
He is the author of such a revelation. It
seems strange that any sane man would ever
come to so foolish a conclusion. Men who
are, it is acknowledged, infinitely less in power
than God, find no difficulty in convincing
each other that they are the communicators
of certain items of news. No one in the
whole world is so absolutely ignorant that he
believes that it is possible for him to tell his
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sible to convince his neighbor that he did tell
him something. The idea is too ridiculous
to deserve a serious refutation.
The possibility of a revelation being admitted,
it might be asked, is it probable that
God would make such a revelation of himself
as it is claimed is contained in the Bible?
That he would, appears from the fact that
amongst all nations who had any idea of the
existence of God, and any notion of his attributes,
it was extensively believed and confidently
asserted, that there existed some kind
of communion or commerce or intercourse between
God and man. The devotees of false
religions denied that the rites and ceremonies
which they practiced were devised by men ;
but boldly asserted that these rites and ceremonies
were given to them by their gods.
All the ancient law-givers claimed a heavenly
origin for their laws. If it is improbable
that God would make an extraordinary revelation
of himself, no one could be induced to
believe it. The human mind is so constituted
as to give credence to probabilities; but
never to improbabilities. There is but a
shade of difference between improbabilities
and impossibilities.
The next thing to be considered is the necessity
of an extraordinary revelation. Do
men need a revelation? The testimony of all
mankind?modern infidels excepted?is that
they do. Without an extraordinary revelation,
some of the most interesting, as well as
the most important facts cannot be discovered.
No man, it matters not how extensive
and varied his learning, and how penetrating
his discernment, can discover anything satisfactory
respecting the origin of the human
race. Civilized nations universally believe in
the existence of the human soul. Man, they
say, is a compound being?part material and
part immaterial?part body and part soul.
This is a matter of pure revelation. It can
neither be discovered by reasoning nor by observation.
All that we know certainly about
the existence of the humau soul or body is
what is revealed to us in the Bible. It is not
denied that both reason and revelation harmonize
with what is revealed; but the fact is
disclosed simply and alone by revelation.
When revelation stops, then reason and observation
are compelled to stop. No man
kuows certainly in what part of his body is
located his soul, if the word located be admissible
in this connection. It may be in the
head, or in the heart, or in the liver, or in the :
stomach, or it may be in some other mem- j
ber. It is foolish to assert, and it is as fool- i
ish to deny, anything about its location.
This is only one fact amongst many concerning
which a revelation is necessary. A revelation
is necessary to make known to man
something about sin, its origin, its hatefulness
in the sight of God, and the penalties which
await the sinner. We especially need a revelation
to make known to us the plan of re- j
demption. If for no other reason, this of itself
makes an extraordinary revelation ncces- j
sary. I
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A MOTTO FOR BOYS.
The boy who does a stroke and stops,
Will ne'er a great man be;
'Tis the aggregate of single drops
That makes tho sea the sea.
The mountain was not, at its birth,
A mountain, so to speak;
The little atoms of sand uinl earth
Have made its peak a peak.
Not all at once the morning-streams
The gold above the gray;
'Tis thousand little yellow gleams
That makes the day the day.
Not from the snow-drift May awakes
In purples, reds and greens; i
i Spring's whole bright retinue it takes
To make her queen of queens.
Upon the orchard rain must fall,
And soak from branch to root,
Aiid blossoms bloom and fado withal,
Before the fruit is fruit.
The farmer needs must sow and till,
And wait the wheaten bread,
Then cradle, thresh and go to mill,
Before the bread is bread.
Swift heels may get the early shout,
But spite of all the din,
Itis the patient holding out
unit maices tne winner win.
Make this your motto, then, at start,
'Twill help to smooth the way,
Ami steady up both hand and heart?
"Koine wasn't built in a day!"
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THE HUMAN HAND.
All the works of God are useful and beautiful.
Every animal is provided with physical
members which prepare it for the station
assigned it in the scale of creation by its raa|
kcr. Some animals have the sense of sight
! very highly developed ; others have the sense
of smell. The dog is endowed with the power
of tracking his master through the streets
of a crowded city. Rarely will he confound
the track of his master with the track of any
oue else. Many of the wild animals wander
about through dark thickets in the night without
apparently suffering any inconvenience
from the darkness. The physical member
which distinguishes man, is the hand. No
other animal has a hand. Many animals
have four legs, and the monkey tribe has
somethiug that resembles the human hand,
but is not a hand.
The most wonderful thing connected with
the material universe is the human hand.
It prepares man to take his position as lord
of the lower world. Notwithstanding all the
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he would be but poorly prepared to assert his
rights had he no hand. Without a hand no
cities could be built, no rail roads constructed,
no forest cut down, no fields plowed, no garments
spun or wove. The beaver could construct
his dam, the bird could build its nest;
but man without a hand could construct no
house. Without the hand, perhaps man
could not exist. He could neither endure
the cold winds of winter, nor the scorching
suns of summer.
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THE TONGUE.
The tongue is a little member, but it is
mighty, either to accomplish good or to originate
and scatter broadcast evil. Once a
company of wise old men were assembled together.
All except one was busily engaged
in conversation. This one was asked why he
alone remained silent. lie replied that he
had often repented that he had spoken ; but
never had he repented that he had kept silent.
A large amount of the evils which befall us
in this world might be avoided by simply
keeping our mouths shut. It is a great misfortune
for any one to be unable to talk ; but
is no less a misfortune for any one to contract
the habit of talking too much. There are in
this world only a few persons who are dumb ;
but there are a vast multitude of idle pratlers.
The tongue sustains the same, or similar
relation lo the human being that the crater
does to a volcano. From the crater of a volla
nfton tVirown crrRJlfc oufintities of
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matter. Sometimes this matter is of such a
kind as to make all the country around the
volcano rich and fertile ; at other times the
matter thrown out makes the whole surrounding
country poor and unproductive. Just so
with the tongue. Sometimes it gives vent to
words which fill the hearts of all who hear
them with joy ; at other times the words ut|
tered are of such a character as to spread
| strife and anger over a whole country.
There is no music so sweet as the prattling
of a little child. When, however, that prattling
tougue becomes a tell-tale tongue, it
makes the most discordant sound in the world.
It becomes a war trumpet which arouses a
peaceful community iuto deadly hostilities.
Nothing can be more melodious than the
voice of a little child knelt before its mother
repeating the words: "Now I lay me down to
sleep, &cbut nothing can be more like the
harsh and grating dialect of perdition, than
the little child cursing and swearing. Children,
learn to govern your tongues. The boy
who can manage his tongue is able to manage
the fiercest wild beast that prowls upon the
face of the globe. If there is a boy in this j
wide world who is able to put a bridle on his I
own tongue, and keep it under his control,
that boy is prepared to manage the affairs of
a nation.
IF I ONLY HAD WINGS.
"If I only had wings like you !" said Addie !
Lewis, speaking to her pet bird as she opened
the cage door.
"Chirp, chirp!" answered the bird flyiug
out and resting on Addie's finger.
"Sweet, sweet 1" said Addie.
"Chirp, chirp!" answered birdie, fluttering
bis wings.
"Ah, birdie, if I only had your wings !"
"Wings!" spoke Addie's mother. "What |
do you want with wings ?"
xj ? u "
' 1U Iiy Willi.
"Fly where ?"
"Oh, anywhere and everywhere."
Mrs. Lewis did not reply for several min-1
utes, during which Addie was playing with j
and talking to her bird.
"You have wings," she said at length, in a
quiet way.
"I, mamma?" There was a tone of surprise
in Addie's voice.
"We all have wings."
Addie looked at her shoulders and then at
her mother's.
"I don't see them," she said, with a little
amused laugh.
"No, you can't see them; but we have them i
for all that."
"If we can't see them or use them, I don't;
see what good they are."
"We are using them all the while," said :
Mrs. Lewis. "Did you never hear of the
wings of thought?"
"Oh! that's what you mean !"
"Yes, dear. Now dou't you remember i i
what I said to you yesterday, when we talked ;
about birds and beasts and all things that '
God has made ?" {
"You said they were all created for man."
"Yes ; and I said that there was a likeness ;)
in man to all visible things in nature. He is j
bold and fearless like the lion, cunning as a ' ,
fox, innocent as a lamb, cruel as the tiger or
vulture, timid as the hare; his thought is
winged as the eagle, and can fly swiftly here '
and there, now resting in a pleasant valley, .
and now sweeping over seas and mountains." <
"Our thoughts are our wings ?" } j
"Yes; the wings of an eagle are not half so ,
swift and strong as the wings of your thought.
The very king of birds would perish in re-'
gions where they can (akc ynu in safety."
?bc fartmUe i&nquim.
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TAR
I To liavc more
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everollerCd
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THE PREPARED,
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CAUTION t IS?
Buy no Powders or PREPARED SIMMONS'
LIVER REGULATOR unless in our engraved
wrapper, witii Trade mark, Stamp and Signature
unbroken. None other is genuine.
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MACON, GA., AND PHILADELPHIA.
SOLD 11V ALL DRUGGISTS.
February 6 50 6m
THE HOME SHUTTLE
SEWING MACHINE.
TIIE best Cheap Machine in the Market. If the
number sold is a criterion of merit, it is the
BEST MACHINE in use, as there have been more
HOME SHUTTLE MACHINES sold in theState
during the hist twelve months than all other Sowing
Machines combined.
You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE
for about half the money you will have to pay for
a first-class Machine, "so-called."
W. L. GRIST, Agent.
DOORS,
SASH AND BLINDS,
lYyfOULDINGS, Brackets, Stair FixAfJ.tures,
builders' Furnishing Hard- .
ware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire
Guards, Terra Gotta Ware, Marble and
Slate Mantle Pieces.
WINDOW GLASS A SPECIALTY, ?
Circulars and Price Lists sent frco
on application, bv
P. P. TOALE,
j 20 Ilayne and 33 Piuckney streets,
Charleston, S. C.
^ Orders rocoived bv mv Agents,
Messrs. JEFFERYS A METTS.attho
Citizen's Savings Bank,Yorkville,S.C.
October3 40 ly
liirillEElffiE
MEMPHIS, TKNN.
Brancli Office, - Baltimore, Maryland.
ASSETS, $1,100,000.
Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS, President.
3en. WADE HAMPTON, Pres. Baltimore Board.
J. D. KENNEDY, Stato Agent.
W. B. SADLER, Yorkvillc, Special Agent.
June 27 2<? iy
APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE.
NOTICE is horeby given that tlio undersigned,
Administrator of the estate of A. WHYTE,
leceased, will make a final settlement with the
Judgeof Probate of York county, on the 1st day
if March next, "when he will make application
bra final discharge as Administrator of the said
estate. WM. WHYTE, Administrator.
January 30 5 ~>V*
DRUGS, MEDICINES, &CM
ARE continually arriving at the York Drug
Store. * JOHN 1'. Kl'YKKNDAL.
TRIUMPHANT! 1
tiie U
t
CAROLINA FERTILIZER ?
i
WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS: I
CASH PRICE.
SS4S PER TON OF 2000 LBS. 1
(
TIME PRICE.
$53 PER TON OF 2000 LBS.
PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1, 1873,
FItEE OF INTEREST.
FREIGHT AND DRAYAGE
To ho prided,
^ 1
ITS SUCCESS IS .!
v
UNPARALLELED, ;
1
AND ITS STANDARD IS <
A. NO. 1.
CAI.L ON AGENTS FOR
ALMANACS AND CERTIFICATES. I
GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
CARROLL, CLARK & CO.,
AGENTS AT YORKVILLE, S. C.
WYLIE, RODDEY & AGUES,
i
AGENTS AT ROCK HILL, S. C.
December 19 51 4m ]
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til# T f-t ? T^n.^ALnlklv T? La LJ
w is UII iiriKimii. ursi-ciiuvs i/iniiii .'||>|||>|V. ? K (
O fresh mm sprlghtlv, ami will interest the entire ^
household, Including lovers and maidens, has- w
O hands ntid wives, parents an I children. Itsug- p
pests tlic Importance of securing a union of mm
D hearts and purposes in life, Itch,re there shall t
f be a union of hands. It believes Hint, while It A c
S Is woman's privilege to purify and comfort and | '
H adorn, It should ho man's pleasure to provldo *1 (
for, cherish, and protect. It would have chll- ft
Odren treated as fecllnit, thinking and growing w
creatures?perfectly created,but not full grown. T
II Yot in advocating these disdrines, the Maga- U
J? zlne does not employ doctrinal sermons?long
g and dreary disquisitions which do not Interest O
Eand theretorc do not proflt the reader. On tho n
contrary, It would rather preach as though It ^
U preached not?an Interesting story,for Instance, E J
being made to serve the purpose of a long dls- E ?
O course by giving the reader something real, In- OL
Lterestlng and profitable to think about. J
The worst as well as Iho best feature of the JZ f
n Magazine Is Its price. The Idea of getting a U
Jf really first-class Magazine at one dollar a year, Y
|y| scents absurd to most people. Yet It employs .% s
A some of the best contributors In the country? M r
Including Qsa IUmltos, Us leading editor, '
Cwho receives a salary of three thousand dol- Jf J
A lore, equivalent to about ten dollars per day. P ,
Kacn number contains nearly eight nundred p
Z dollars' worth of matter, which costs the sub- y *
6cribcr about eight cents. A f
I Hope and Joy?two beautifully tinted cravon
portraits worth Four Dollars?will be mailed <1 1
N free to every subscriber to the Magazine at $1 SO fl
E Specimens free. Agents wanted. Address S. ,
8. WOOD A CO., Newburgh, X. Y. Y ?
BltlilJlNltlllJi i
U United Tolce of the Preasu?Wood's \AI
magazine Is one of the monuments of busliuws 1
U enterprise which mark the age.? UtthaUM Hunt ft
P Journal, Philn., I'a As lis title promises. It mm
Is devoted to the instruction and entertainment V
E of the family circle.and,in order to place It with- n
&ln the means of readers In moderate clrcuinstnnces.lt
Is furnished at a remarkably low rate S
J In proportion to the interest of Its contents.?N.
Or. Tribune. . .It iscmentlally a home magazine, M
and Is Just the thing that ono would most desire ^ '
Y to place in the hands of his wife and little ones, w y
U or that a man of business would himself tako II F1
up for the cmplovment of a leisure hour.?Pod T?
ft Wilmington. X. 0 Were wc out of our g I
X chair editorial, as a "private citizen," cutoff
r from our exchange list and all that, ono of the C,
p first magazines to which wc should subscribe U
rj would be Wood's Household.?RnjUer, Hart
GC ford, Cl It Is an Intellectual and moral ft
| educator, highly prized by all who become oc- ,
;L quolnted with It.?Chrirtian Adeorutr If k
O popular writers are, therefore, good wriicrs ft
Yand If high prices prove the merit of litcrury
wares, then Mr. wood's msgazine Is a good M
H one.?The Indrjxrultnt, Xew York Its artl- V
Ocles breathe a spirit of economy, morality and A
Tirtue which is highly refreshing In this age of f\
p fashionable folly and extravagance.?Sentinel, V
EEdina, Mo It Is undoubtedly one of tho A
freshest, liveliest journals we have examined. ?5
. A ?Btrttrd, Springfield, Tenn The articles Z
J' ^ arc short, piquant, and of such unquestioned |
excellence, tlmt (his periodical ought to be both '
ft familiar mid welcome in very many house,
w holds. Wood's Is a marvel or cheapness and
' Y first-Class quality combined.?Afar York lima. C,
TTT ? J! _ IT L-l J HIT
woous uisiuid liapiiio
January 9 2 ly
GEO. S. HACKER,
DOOR, SASH AND BLIND FACTORY,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THIS is as large and complete a Factory as there ^
is in the South. All work manufactured at ^
the Factory in this city. The only house owned ?
and managed by a Carolinian in this line in 0
Charleston. Send for price list.
Address, GEO. S. HACKER, .
Post-Office box 170, Charleston, S. C. ?
Factory and Warerooms on King street, oppo- ^
site Cannon street, on lino of City Railway. *
December 5 49 ly
THE PARKER GUN. '
PARKER BRtfS j
WEST MERIDEN,GT.
METALIC BURIAL CASES AND CASKETS. ^
I HAVE just received a full supply of FISK'S ' ^
METALIC BURIAL CASES, of all sizes. I 4
Also a few of those beautiful full glass BURIAL \ j
CASKETS, surpassing in beauty anything of the i
kind ever offered here. J. E. SMITH, Agent. _
WOOD COFFINS, of any quality, made to j
order. * J. E. SMITH. ; ,
March 14 11 ly ! J
APPII C ATI 0 NF 0 R DI S CH ARGE j
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, ft
Administrator of tlie estate of JESSE N. , A
MOORE, deceased, will make a tinal settlement' tl
with the Judge of Probate of York County, on . o
the 24th day of February next, when ho will i
mako application for a final discharge as A dmin- '
istrator of said estate.
J. L. MOORE, Administrator, j January
23 4 ot* ^
AfTPllt^l ,na-v ,earn something greatly o
to thoir advantage and obtain u
specimens and full particulars free, hv addressing ti
WOOD'S LITERARY AND ART* AOENCY, A
Newburgli, N. Y. i
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF CHESTER-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
P. C. Macoy, as Clerk of tho Court of Common
Pleas for Chester eountv. Plaintiff, against
Ohadiah M. Cornwell, Defendant.?Summon*
for Relief.
ro the Defendant, Ohadiah M. Cornwell:
YOU aro hereby summoned and required to answer
the complaint in this action, which has
.his day been filed in the office of the Clerk of the
2ourtof Common Pleas for the said county, and to
lervc a copy of your answer to the said complaint
>n the subscribers, at their office, in the town of
Chester, South Carolina, within twenty days after
he service of this summons on you, exclusive of
, ho day of such service ; and if'you fail to answer
this complaint within the time aforesaid, the
Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief
lenmnded in the complaint.
Dated January 7th, 1873.
McLURE it McLURE,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
ro the Defendant, Ohadiah M. Cornwell:
You will take notice that a summons in this
lotion, of which the foregoing is a true copy, was
lied in the office of the Clerk of said County,
it Chester Court House, in the County and State
iforesald, .on the 7th day of January, A. D., 1873j
inu mat n you mil 10 answer as required in said
inmmoiis, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court
'or t)ie relief demanded in the complaint
McLURE A McLURE,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
January 9 2 6t
^TATE OFSCHJTH CAROLINA.
Yovli County.
?has. Bovd, against Juliet E. Drennan, James A.
Boyif, John Bo3'd, Robert S. Boyd, minor
children of David L. Boyd, deceased, (names
unknown) and Agnes E~. Gardner, legal representatives
of David Boyd, deceased; William
Boyd, John Boyd, Elizabeth Bovd, Rachel
Boyd and Agnes Hardin, children of
Wm. Boyd, deceased ; William J. L. Boyd,
Charles Boyd, Margaret Burris, and Joseph
Boyd, children of John Boyd, deceased; Randolph
Kelsey, Rhett Kelsey, Lonny Kelsey,
Sallie Kelsey, Minnie Kelsey, Lizzie Kelsey,
and Agnes Kelsey, grand children of John
Boyd, deceased, and all other unknown legal
heirs and representatives of Chavles Boyd,
senior, deceased. ,
rOU are hereby required to appear at the Court
of Probate, to bo holden at York Court
iiouse, for York county, on the 4th day of March,
V. D. 1873, to show cause, if any you can, why
lie real estate of CHARLES BOYD, Sr., deceased,
lituate in said county, bounding lauds of Wm.
i. Moore, James C. Poag, Lowis McElwee, and
>thers, and containing one hundred and ninety
teres, more or less, should not lie sold, allotting
o the said Charles Boyd, Petitioner, the oneburth
part thereof and to the legal representatives
>f David Boyd, Wm. Boyd, and John Boyd each,
per stirpes) the remaining three-fourths in equal
jortions,
liven under my hand and seal this 14th day of
January, A. D., 1873.
JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate.
January 16 3 Gt
ESTABLISHED 1857.
L. II. MILLER,
^ILLER'^ftFEJNMRO^ORKS,
SALESROOM: 285 BALTIMORE STREET,
(One Door above Hanover,)
FACTORY: Square bounded by Henrietta, Claret,
Fremont and Warner Streets.
3verj' variety of the Beat Fire and Burglar Prno
Safes, Bankers' Chests, Improved
Combination Locks, Bank
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 MOlton, Chester ; John Agnow A Son,
Columbia, S. C.
September 12 37 tf
PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'S
(CAPITAL 1100,000)
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO.
rHIS GUANO is now so well known in all th?
Southern States for its remarkable effects as
m agency for increasing the products of labor, aa
lot to require special recommendation from us.
:ts use for seven years past has established its
iharacter for reliable excellence. The large fixed
apital invested by the Company in this trade afords
the surest guarantee of the continued ex:ellence
of this Guano.
4ll. ??
me ouppiiOT put iiiuf tin? mat net tins ncusun nre,
is heretofore, prepared under the personal superntendence
of Dr. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL,
Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, S. C.,
lenco planters may rest assured that its quality
tnd composition is precisely the same as that
leretofore sold. J. N. ROBSON,
Selling Agent, Charleston, S. C.
JNO. S. REESE & CO.,
General Agents, Baltimore, Md.
Tkrms?$48 cash ; $53 time, without interest. /
To accommodate planters, they can order now .
md have until the 1st of Aprif to decide as to ^
vhether they will take at the time or cash prices
iVhen delivered from the Factory by the carldad
10 dravage will be charged.
W. fr. McCORKLE, Agent at Yorkville, S. C.
November28 48 Sin
ROSE'S HOTEL,
(FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.)
COLUMBIA, S. C.
rHIS HOUSE is in the centre of the city, convenient
to all the Public Offices and Business
-louses, located on the south-west corner of the
>uue nouse aquare, uaa ueeu recently re-upeueu
,nd renovated, and will now compare favorably
vith any Hotel at the South.
ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convey passengers to
,nd from every'train, free of charge.
Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommodaion
of ladies.
TRANSIENT BOARD $2.50 per day.
W. E. ROSE, Proprietor.
September 12 37 tf
THE MORNING STAR.
DAILY EDITION:
rHOUGH only five years old, has the largest
Daily Circulation of any newspaper in the
itate, and a circulation in Wilmington fifty per
ent. larger than that of any other paper.
WREKLY EDITION:
low combined with the CAROLINA FARMER,
uaking one of the best Family Newspapers in
he South. Circulation very large and rapidly inreasing.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
laily Star, 1 year, $7 00
" " 6 months, 3 50
" " 3 months, 2 00
VeeklyStar, 1 year, 2 00
" " 6 months, 1 00
" ' 3 months, 50
It may be safely asserted that no newspaper
ver established in North Carolina has made such
apid progress as THE MORNING STAR.
Send for Specimen copies.
Address, WM. H. BERNARD,
Wilmington, N. C.
January 10 3 tf
CING'S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD.
DAILY TRAIN.
[JKREAFTER the trains over the KING'S
IX MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD will run daily,
Sundays excepted) as follows, making close conection
with trains on the Charlotte, Columbia
nd Augusta Railroad:
leave Yorkville, promptly, at 74 o'clock, A. M.
.rrive at Chester at 04 o clock, A. M.
iCave Chester at 4 o'clock, P. M.
irriveat Yorkvilleat 6 o'clock, P. M.
All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by
o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the
eparture of the train.
C.VOBOV W VfVTTOM +
?? iUUUlVil, L ( goiucilbt
~A SENSIBLE MAN'S LOGIC.
[TE who provides not for his own family, is
[J. worse than a heathen. Necessaries and con enieneea
should first he provided. A good 8EWNG
MACHINE has become a necessary in every
unily. The "AMERICAN" IS THE BESt
iND CIIEAPE.ST; containing within itself all
lelatest improvements. Therefore I will goat
nee and buy one of
J. R. SCHORB A SON,
Agents for York County.
October." 1 44 If
vn (HOn PKR day! Agents wanted!
50 All classes of working people
f either sex, young or old, make more money at
rork for us iu their spare moments, or all the
me, than at anything else. Particulars free.
.ildressG. Stinson cf*Co., Portland, Maine.
October? 40 ly