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Humorous Department. Just Like Human Nature.?A certain deacon was very much interested in a revival that was taking place in the neighborhood. He had frequently importuned an old neighbor of his?who was not particularly noted for his profession of religion, but was nevertheless highly respected by all who knew him?to attend one of their evening meetings. Now the piety and honesty of the deacon was a matter of doubt among his fellow townsmen, and particularly so with the old man above mentioned, who, for convenience, we may call Uncle Josh. After repeated calls, Uncle Josh consented to accompany the deacon to one of the meetings, much to the surprise of all present. In the course of the evening the deacon arose with a penitential countenance to tell his ex perience. He was the prince of sinners, he said. If he got his deserts he would be banished forever from divine favor. After making himself out all that is vile in man, according to his interpretation of "he that humbleth himself shall be exalted," he sat down with the sublime sense of having done his duty, and asked Untie Josh if he wouldn't tell his experience. With some little reluctance he meeklyarose amid the breathless attention of the assembly. It was an unknown occurrence for Uncle Josh to speak in meeting. He said he had listened with great interest to the remarks of the deacon, and i.e could assure the brethren that, from his long acquaintance with him, he could fully endorse all the deacon had said concerning his meanness and vileuess, for he certainly was the mtanest man he ever knew. The wrath of the deccon was terrific. He rose out of his seat, shook his fist under Uncle Josh's nose, and losing control of himself, exclaimed: "You're a confounded liar, and I'll whip you as soon as you get out of church ?" A Worried Individual.?The police in an eastern city lately picked up a man who appeared to be suffering from great "worriment of mind," but on applying soothing remedies, he explained matters. When he left his happy home in the morning, his wife kissed him good-bye, as is her custom, and then asked him to "go to the dress-maker and tell her that she [the wife] had changed her mind, and would have the watered silk made up instead of the poplin, and be sure to tell her," said the dear wife, "that if she thinks it would look better with ten bias flounces without puffing, and box-plaited below the equator, which should be gathered in hemi-stitched gudgeons up and down the seams, with a gusset stitch between, she can make it up in that way, instead of fluting the bobinet insertion, ana piecing out with point aplique, as I sug A 1 ? gesteu yesieruttjr. B?" Jim H., out West, tells a good yarn about a "shell bark lawyer." His client was up on two small charges, "frivolous charges," as shell bark designated them (forging a note of hand and stealing a horse.) On running his eye over the jury he didn-t like their looks, so he prepared an affidavit for continuance, setting forth the absence of a principal witness. He read it in a whisper to the prisoner, who, shaking his head, said: "Squire, I can't swear to that dokyment." "Why?" "Kase hit haint true." Old shell inflated and exploded loud enough to be heard throughout the room. "What! forge a note an' steal a . horse, an' can't swear to a lie! Hang such infernal fools." And he immediately left the conscientious one to his fate. 83?" A Pennsylvania editor lost a paying subscriber by death the other day, and this is the editorial obituary that followed: "Death seems to lurk behind every rail fence and hay stack in this vicinity, and lies in wait for our prominent and choicest citizens. To-day we see it, to-morrow we don't. Ah! who can tell what a week may bring forth in such a blasted country as this? Death has again turned flipflap and come down flat-footed in our midst, and snatched from among us one of the best advertisers and subscribers we ever had. He possessed the love, confidence and esteem of all who knew him, and some who did not, and save a slight poker debt to Mr.?, did not owe a cent in the world." . A farmer who had employed a green Emeralder, ordered him to give the mule some corn in the ear. On his coming in, the farmer asked: ' Well, Pat, did you give the mule the corn ?" "To be sure, I did." "How did you give it ?" "Och, an' shure as your honor told me, in the ear." "But how much did you give the mule?" "Well, you see, the crathur wouldn't hould still, and kape switching his ears so I couldn't get but a fistful in." SaT* In an editorial on the horse disease, the Congregationalist suggested that it might be well to sit at the feet of a horse and learn humility. "Just so," says the California News Letter, "sit down at the hind feet of a mule, and if be don't humiliate you, pull his toil onrt tioL-lo flip inside nf his leers with a stablefork." 4 ? ? AST" A waiter in a village tavern looked in blank amazement when a party of New Yorkers asked for a wine-card, and protested he knew not what they meant. "Well," said one of the party, impatiently, "have you and dry Sillery ?" "I think not," replied the waiter, promptly, "but we have some cold cabbage." ?? ftaT A contemporary publishes the following "personal:" "A young lady who has been greatly annoyed by a lot of young simpletons, who stop under her windows at night to sing "If ever I cease to love," wishes us to say, if they will cease their foolishness, come in, and talk "business," they will confer a favor." JKa?" A Boston gentleman who could not waltz offered a young lady $100 if she would let him hug her as much as the man did who had just waltzed with her. It was a good offer, and showed that money was no object to him, but they put him out of the house so hard that his eyes were quite black. + ? B&F A raw countryman, gazing at a garden in the vicinity of Boston, in which were several marble statues, exclaimed, "Ju3t see what a waste! Here's no less than six scare-crows in this ten-foot patch, and any one of them would keep the crows from a five-acre lot!" CST A gentleman lately entered a shop in which were books and various miscellaneous articles for sale, and asked the shopman if he had Goldsmith's Greece. "No," said he, "but we have some splendid hair oil." SSF How like its father it is!" exclaimed the nurse on the occasion of the christening of the babe, whose father was over seventy and had married a young wife. "Very like," replied ' * l? - i il _ !i. 1 J }} a satirical Jady; "it nasn t a tootn in 113 neau. ^ A strong mind is sometimes more easily impressed than a weak one. For example, you cannot so easily convince a fool that you are a philosopher, as you can a philosopher that you are a fool. ? An independent old lady, who, speaking of Adam's naming all the animals, said she didn't think he deserved any credit for naming the pig?any one would know what to call him. Murder is a very serious thing, sir," said an Arkansas judge to a convicted prisoner. "It is next to stealing a horse or a mule, sir, and I shall send you to the State Prison for six years, sir." ? Doctor Ayers, of Cheever Colony, Kansas, "was seriously injured by a well caving in on him." Served him right. He should have attended to the sick, and let the well alone. i Reading fat the JMktluj CONDCOTKD BY ItEV. ROBERT LATHAN. I [Original.] j 1 FAITH. I ( There is great clanger that we confound i < the words faith and profession. It is possi- j ble for us to make a creditable profession of i religion, and live in the main a consistent 5 life, and yet be destitute of that faith with- t out which the Apostle says it is impossible to [ please God. We may live under the roof of t another and share the blessings of his liber- c ality, and still never have one of those peculiar emotions which the child experiences for c a parent. We may feel that we are strangers. \ ? * - 11 i._1 Faith ancl iove are mseparaoiy conueuwu. t Where there is no love there is no faith, g There may be profession and yet no love. A t sound creed is very necessary; but genuine 1 faith is of more importance. Too often do r we conclude that we are believers, because we v have made a creditable profession of religion, g This is placing things out of thejr natural I order. If we have been born from above, we t profess religion because we have faith. Faith c goes before profession, but there may be a f profession when there is no faith. Not un- t unfrequently we confouud faith with the ar- s tides of our creed. This also is a dangerous r mistake. The object of saving faith is Christ" a and him crucified. Around him the tendrils v of the heart twine. True and saving faith lifts the soul away from self and places it on s the rock of ages. It takes it from behind a t refuge of lies and places it beneath the cross, t there to be shielded by the blood of the Lamb c of God. The object of saving faith is not s creeds and confessions but Christ Jesus. t i [Original.] "THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS." c After the resurrection of our Saviour he appeared unto his disciples on several occa- j sions. At one time he dined with them, and t after the meal was over asked Simon Peter if he loved him? Simon Peter replied, "Yea, r Lord: thou knowest that I love thee." The t same question was repeated by our Saviour three times, and twice answered by Simon c Peter in the same words. The third time the * question was asked, Peter was grieved and { replied: "Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that I love thee." What thoughts 8 passed through the mind of Peter whilst our 4 Saviour was propounding these questions, we .r are not able certainly to tell, it is very " probable that his mind reverted to his past c conduct and made him feel greatly embar- * rassed. He was conscious of the fact that he 1 loved the Saviour; but where was the evi- v denceofit? He had but a short time before c publicly and most positively denied that he 3 knew the man. The truth is, Peter had no ^ satisfactory and convincing evidence of his love for the Saviour to present. ' He could not say I have followed you through evil re- e port and through good report. Neither could 8 he say, "when all other men forsook you, I fc stood by you." There was much evidence of D of his love for the Saviour, and there was a t much evidence of his want of love for him. No doubt he thought and felt that in his life * he had given more convincing evidence of his a want of love for the Saviour, than of any ? strong attachment which he had for him. Hence, how could he satisfy the Saviour that he loved him ? He had neither said nor done 3 anything which could be so construed as to be regarded as convincing evidence of the fact. He replied: "Lord thou knowest all 3 things; thou knowest that I love thee." Had 1 the Saviour not been oranicient, he could not J" not have known that Peter loved him. What was true in Peter's case is true in the case of all of the disciples of the Saviour. Professed Christians often, by their acts aud words, deny the Lord that redeemed them. Men conclude that they have no love for the c Saviour of sinners. This judgment is not * rash or hasty ; but is in strict accordance with the facts in the case. Nothing short of om- f nicience could discover their love for Jesus. 1 When we review all the facts in our history, s we may well, like Peter, be grieved. It is a r blessed truth that our Saviour knows, all f things. Were this not the case, the whole of us who have professed Christianity would long ? ago have been regarded and treated as base | deserters. All that saved Peter from hopeless expulsion was the fact that Jesus knew c all things, and knew that notwithstanding . his failures, still he loved his Lord and Master. v t Nothing Great but God.?When Mas- s sillon pronounced one of those discourses ^ which have placed him in the first class of t orators, he found himself surrounded by the f trappings and pageants of a royal funeral. The temple was not only hung with sable, but 8 shadowed with darkness, save the few twink- 8 ling lights on the altar. The beauty and the t chivalry of the land were spread out before him. The censers threw forth their fumes of incense, mounting in wreaths to the gilded ' dome. There sat Majesty, clothed in sack- - cloth and sunk in grief. All felt in common, and as one. It was a breathless suspense. Not a sound stole upon the awful stillness. The master of mighty eloquence arose. His I hands were folded on his breast. His eyes 8 were lifted to heaven. Utterance seemed de- v nied him. He stood abstracted and lost. At 8 length, his fixed look unbent; it hurried over t the scene, where every pomp was mingled and every trophy strewn. It found no resting place for itself amidst all that idle parade s and all that mocking vanity. Again it set- s tied; it had fastened upon the bier, glittering F with escutcheons and veiled with plumes. A 1 sense of the indescribable nothingness of man, 15 "at his best state," of the meannness of the ^ highest human grandeur; now made plain in the spctacle of that hearsed mortal overcame ^ him. His eyes once more closed ; his action c was suspended; and, in a scarcely audible ? whisper, he broke the long-drawn pause, k "There is nothing great but God."?Sermons 1 by Dr. Hamilton. 8 * M ?. The Christian Refuge from Calumny, e The wounds of the soul are not always such c as bleed outwardly, nor is the most poignant I v anguish caused by visible agents. When we j c speak of consolation, our minds naturally call f up the images of illness, bereavement, or peril J t of life or limb. But man is so constituted 11 that an assault on reputation, or even a pub- j t lie or general censure of conduct and charac-1 c ter, will often inflict as keen and lasting pain j c as the piercing of a sword. There are, more- * over, some who could with more equanimity go to the cannon's mouth than withstand the .; voice of disapprobation, when proceeding from 1 great numbers, or from persons of rank and , 1 importance. And when censure and rebuke i actually fall, there is always an emotion of; i , unhappiness, at least for a time, under which , the'supports of religion are as truly needed i , as under the more palpable inflictions. Nor : > is there any means of rising altogether above ! ! such suffering except that which is afforded i by Christianity; because the true believer is ! the only man who can rationally and univer- i , j sally appeal from the judgment of man to the i judgment of God.?James W. Alexander. i | Every parent is like a looking-glass for ( his children to dress themselves by. There- ( i fore parents should take care to keep the, 1 i glass bright and clear, and not dull and j I . spotted, as their good example is a rich in-11 heritance for the rising generation. i 1 ffihildten's Department. j [Original.] DREAMING. Perhaps it is common with all the human amily to dream. Even infants dream, as is ;vident from their actions whilst sleeping. Some individuals very rarely dream, and a ew persons have been known who did not emember to have ever dreamed in their lives, such cases are so rare that it is certainly safe o say that everybody dreams. What, it may )e asked, is dreaming? To answer this quesinn mnv nnl hp vprv nrnfitahle : but it will icrtainly be of some interest to everybody. Dreaming is usually nothing more than a .ontinuation of our waking thoughts. When ve go to sleep it is the body, not the mind, hat has ceased to act. We might say for the ake of illustration, that the connection beween the body and mind has partially ceased. The senses are dormant in sleep. We see lothing, we hear nothing, we taste nothing, ve smell nothing, and we feel nothing, when ound asleep. The five senses are not dead, >ut dormaot. All the members of the body hat are under the control of the will have eased, for the time, to be governed by that acuity of the inind ; but the heart beats, the >lood flows, and the breathing goes on the ame as when we are awake. Dreaming is lothing but thinking when the body is asleep, ind thinking about the same things with vhich we were engaged whilst awake. Dreams are usually very coufused. Perons, places, past time, present time and future ime, are so mixed up that dreams are desitute of order, and are mostly like the lisconnected words and thoughts of the inane. All this is readily accounted for by he fact that in sleep the mind is untrameled >y the senses, and uncontroled by the laws of issociation. If it be asked, "Do dreams ever come to >ass ?" it may be safely replied that they do. individuals often go to bed with some imporatit subject deeply impressed upon their ninds. The body is worn out with toil and abor, but the mind is not The body goes o sleep, but the mind continues to think, and >ften the conclusions which are arrived at, are hose to which the mind wa3 approaching vhen the body fell asleep. Mathematicians lave often been known to complete in their leep long and difficult calculations which hey had commenced when awake. Dreams lot only frequently come to pass, but tbey ndicate the bent of our minds. We never Iream about things that give us no concern vhilst awake. Dreams are kind of adveriseraents of our waking thoughts. By them ve are able to come to a tolerably correct :onclusion respecting both our natural dispoition aud the prevailing characteristics of iur mind. A good natured boy will rarely Iream about fights and quarrels, whilst a toy who delights in these things will often be ngaged in bloody frays whilst asleep. The arae is true respecting persons who talk in heir sleep. They talk about the things that cost engage their thoughts whilst awake, .nd use the same kind of language wliich hey are daily accustomed to use. Sometimes hese sleep-talkers reveal things that they are ,ble to keep secret when awake. Once a litle boy of violent temper had contracted the iad habit of using profane language. This ie concealed from his parents for years. It o happened that one day whilst at play with lis school fellows, he became very angry, n the evening when he came home from chool, he told the whole to his parents except hat he swore most profanely. In the night he boy awoke his parents by his loud and ilasphemous language. The parents had no dea that their boy was guilty of this wicked tabit. Long before the coming of our Saviour, Jed sometimes made known future events to ertain persons in dreams. At the present irae such a thing rarely if ever is the case. iVe have a more sure word of prophecy resecting the future than dreams. It may be hatsometimesyet, under very peculiar circumtances, individuals are advised by dreams especting the future. The thing is barely lossible, it is highly improbable. A good exciter of dreams is a hearty super of strong food. Hence, dreams not only nur tomnfirament and bent of mind : >ut also tell with considerable exactness the londition of the stomach. Those persons who ire in the habit of eating heavy suppers at a ate hour in the night are generally troubled vith frightful dreams and that dreadful thing hey call night mare. A good promoter of ound sleep and pleasant dreams, is good vholesorae food'in moderate quantities, and he apparatus of digestion stimulated by useul labor. The sleep of the laboring raa/i is weet whether he ?&t much or little; but the leep of the idle drunkard and glutton is disurbed by frightful hobgoblins. ? How to Do Good.?Is any little girl who eads wondering how a child can do good ? ! can tell you one way, which I learned from he story of one of the sweetest little girls I :ver knew. A minister told me that when he was reaching to a new congregation, he was truck by the attention of a lovely child rhose eye was fixed upon his lips, except now md then when she looked under her mother's >ounet with a smile, as if something pleased ier. The next Sabbath, he found her in the ame spot, ready to catch every word of his erraon ; and he was so delighted, with her ap>arent desire "to hear of Heaven and learn he way," that he waited at the close of service to tell her mother how it gratified him to lave such an interested listener. From the mother he learned that this girl lad no pleasure equal to that of going to hurch and treasuring up the sermon for an Id and infirm grandmother, to whom every Sabbath she carried so much instruction, that he poor woman would say that it was almost is good as going to church herself. Was not this a very pleasant and a very ,asy way of "doing good ?" Is there any :hild who cannot do as much good, if she vill ? Have not each of you, Sabbath-school ihildren, some infirm, friend, or some old * * ? JI J ?t\Mi?riln/va aT r> rr f rienu aepnvuu ui mc vi ^uiug he house of God, to whom you might carry he sermon you hear, if you would only take he pains to remember it? Will you not try, in the next Sabbath, and see how much you :an remember ? You will not only be in the ray of getting good, but of doing good. "Time."?Time is like a creditor who alows an ample space to make up accounts, >ut is inexorable at last. Time is like a verb that can only be of use n the present tense. Time, well employed, gives that health and etireraent and vigor to the soul and body vhich affords great rest. Time never sits heavily upon us but when t is badly employed. Time is a grateful friend ; use it well, and j lever will it fail to make a suitable requital. , Let no man be too proud to work. Let 10 one be ashamed of a hard or sunburnt ;ountenance. Let none be ashamed of pov;rty. Be ashamed of nothing that is honest, iut glory in the fact that you earn your own iread by the sweat of your brow?that you ire obeying the divine injunction. Labor is innorable, and he not ashamed of it. Agricultural fJcpartmentJ; From the Atlnutn Plantation. j t DOES FARMING PAY ? > j J Does farming pay ? That is now the moot- j * ed question. We say it will pay if properly ; r carried on. We cannot expect fanning to pay when we hear men talk and act in this j wise. Some say : "I won't sow wheat, for one J acre planted in cotton, will buy more flour | 8 than I need." Another says : "At the present ^ price of pork, I'll raise no hogs, but buy my J v meat." And another says: "Cotton brings j so high a price, I'll plant all cotton and buy } ^ my bread, meat, and all else I require." Such i is what makes farming don't pay, and it never a will or can, unuersucn asysieui, ior me reu- . t son, the true system of farming becomes : t changed from its normal condition, and assumes that of speculation, instead of the old 1 straight-forward system of making the farm c self-sustaining and self-supportiug. This is c no fancy sketch I have drawn ; but it is nil j true, as I have heard such assertions made by farmers of my acquaintance, and they have p been carried out but too faithfully for their j good and the good of their country. ? We shall now endeavor to show the error j! in such a system. The business of the farmer t is that of a producer, to raise all that is need- t ed on the farm in the way of provisions, P and a surplus to supply all, also, that are not h engaged in agricultural pursuits. In a word, t the farmer's occupation is that of a producer t of food, and not a consumer; and, as such, has been so much departed from by the South- 1, era farmers that at least half or more of the n provisions imported into the country are for a the use of the farmers and not for tho non- o producers; and what a reflection this is upon c a people who boast of the superior qualities 0 of their climate and soil, and its adaptability of growing successfully any and every variety of crops. We can say iu all truth, the fault e is not in our country, but in its farmers ; for v as they sow, so they reap. Now, as regards a that fallacious argument used, "Sow no I wheat," "raise no hogs," and "plant all cot- 1 ton " a more ruinous svstem could not be de- E vised ; in fact, it has already proved so wher- c ever it has been carried out; and the results ? show a system of farming that has nearly c beggared all engaged in it, and still it is per- c sisted in. It is done, as they say, to raise 9 money ; but, so far, it has not made money t sufficient to make it even self-sustaining, as it t is carried on by renewed loans, mortgages, r and turning over everything to the parties 1 furnishing the supplies. And how all such I can be called farming, surpasses my compre- k hension?it is but working for ruin. There 1 are certain laws governing all pursuits, and t when deviated from, loss is the result; the in- ? come may be large or small, but the profits ^ accruing out of incomes?what is saved?is 3 what is made. The farmer, therefore, who ' saves the most from his farm, makes the most, c and makes his farm not only self-supporting, v but a profitable investment. And as regards 0 raising our wheat, oats, clover, corn and cotton, as well as our cattle, sheep, hogs and colts, it should be considered how all-impor- 8 tant it is to that rotating system, so necessary a to keep up the fertility of our lands; they are * but the means in our reach to conduct our operations successfully and profitably, and as we P discard them, we, to that extent, lessen our ? means for doing good, and confine ourselves ^ to limited circumstances. . There is no pursuit followed by man that requires more undivided attention, watchful ^ care and constant study, than farming, com- ^ prising, as it does, such a variety of duties, all 9 requiring the attention of a practical mind ? and practical execution. We may theorize in all clearness, and make it appear as plain and as simple as possible, but unless it all be ^ reduced to practical results, there is no .absolute benefits arising from it. And to sura up all in a few words, the result must be in mak- ~ ing the farm self-sustaining, self-supporting, ( and affording to the owner an independent and comfortable maintenance. Such was the policy and rule with the old time farmers, who, c when they went to market, carried their farm 0 products with them, and bartered for what they ^ ro annnnnta werp t.Vlpn imlrnnwn I T it was pay as you go and live within your 1 means. They then lived as farmers should? plain, bountifully and independently. The f, fashions and extravagance of city life never entered the minds of their wives and daughters ; the country then had its simple, modest and becoming ways, the city had theirs, and ? there was no envying and clashing between tl the two. But, now, how changed have all c things become?the country trying to surpass * the city! Is it any wonder, then, that the ti farmers lack money, and must hdve money at f< the sacrifice of home comforts and independence? Hence, we see what has brought far- e ming down to its present dependent state, a Money must be had to meet the extravagance of the times, and the only chance for money ? is cotton, at the exclusion of everything else s on the farm ; and such suras up the whole argument "why wheat should not be sown," ? "hogs not be raised," and "all cotton planted." fi And, in couc'usion, let me say a few words a of advice to our young farmers, and that is, never attempt farming unless you set out with the resolution of raising all your provisions. Sow annually your wheat and oats, and some clover; plant a sufficiency of corn for. your own use and to sell. Raise your own cattle, sheep and hogs, and colts, as you may need for your own use; and plant, also, some cotton. Pay as you go, and attend to your farm yourself, and my word for it, you will find that farming does pay. Forty years ago, I commenced farming with the resolutions I have given you as advice, and I have found it to pay; and it will pay all who adhere to such rules. Let those fancy cotton-planters pursue their course, and you pursue the plan I have advised, and time will soon show which is the most correct. Jno. H. Dent. + + Shoeing Horses.?Most horse-shoers and their apprentices assume to be more familiar with the anatomy of feet of horses than any other person, because, as they frequently aver, it is their business to handle such feet more than any one else. Hence, blacksmiths usually feel that no one has any right to dictate how a horse should or should not be shod. If a person will study the anatomy of the foot of a young horse that has never been shod, he will readily perceive that more skill is required to fit a shoe correctly, than simply to nail a shoe to a block of wood. Every blacksmith should procure a foot of some Vinrao TOhirh tins rmf. worn a shoe for a loner period, so that he may the more readily perceive and understand how to fit the shoe to the insensible shell of the hoof. The wear and tear incident to traveling falls almost entirely on the sharp rim of the hard shell of the hoof when the foot is not shod. When a horse is to be shod, the shoes should be fitted to the feet, rather than the feet to the shoes. The weight of the animal should rest on the hard shell of the hoof, and not on the soft sole on the inside of the shell. Besides this, the frog, which answers tho same purpose as the j large rolls of India-rubber under railroad ' ^ cars, should never be pared away. The frog j ^ will wear away as fast as any portion of it | p will need to be removed ; hence, every owner i of a horse should charge the horse-shoer not! to remove any part of the frog. Hot shoes ' T should never be applied to the hoof, as they destroy its elasticity and tenacity. y 4 ? fiST Croaking is not confined to the South, tl nor is farming without its drawbacks even in p ? TT 1 _l Til* the great fertile \Y est. nere is wnat an 1111-1 0 noisian Jeremiah has to say in the Country j Gentleman, of the condition and prospects of, a. the agriculturists of the "Garden of the World" : "It would not hurt him, [a would j tl be immigrant] to stay two years and learn : how the Illinois farmer grows corn and oats at ^ 20 cents a bushel, cattle at 2i and hogs at 3 ti cents a pound, is taxed ten per cent, on the , h assessed value of his property, pays 5 cents a mile when he takes the train, hauls water two i miles when it is dry, gets sloughed in his own j ~ door-yard when it is wet, harvests with the , mercury at 110? in the shade, and feeds his I ? :attle with the therraometor at 34? below :ero." Now, though we suspect this picture s much too highly colored, it serves to show hat our little troubles, here in the South, are lot so bad as they might be, and that we need lot envy the farmers of less favored regions leeause they possess the one advantage of a norc fertile soil. Don't Burn to Cuke Lampas.?It has ong been a custom with blacksmiths to burn i horse's mouth with a red hot iron, to cure a lisease called "lampas." Jt is a cruel and lseless practice, as will be seen from the folowing opinion of an eminent veterinary aurjeon: The symptoms of*this imaginary disease re, the horse quids his hay, or refuses his ood. It is most common in young horses; he groom looks into the mouth of the animal, md perceiving the bars to be almost on a evel with the incisor teeth, he pronounces his harge to have lampas, and takes the poor reature to be burnt within the mouth accordingly "It is true the animal has recovered its ap* i ii . a. . . l i (elite oy ine time me eueuis ui me uuru nave >assed away, but so it would have done had 10 hot iron been cruelly employed. The fact s, the young animal is then cutting a molar ooth, and a day or two having elapsed, all he fever and pain occasioned by the process rould have been over. No man should allow lis horse to be burnt for lampas. It is a toruring, an idle and a wanton operation, and ends rather to do harm than good. "If an old horse be reported as having the ampas, examine bis mouth, and something nay be found wrong with his grinders, or, to , certainty, the cause is to be sought in anther part of the body than the roof of the nouth. It is sometimes indicative of a disordered stomach." 865"* Corn planting is one of the principal oprations of this mouth, and we hope it will no ?here be neglected. Corn is indispensable, md it should be made at home. It may not (e a remunerative crop on all our cotton ands. It certainly is not always made so, lor is cotton ; but there are good corn lands n almost every plantation?lands on which ;ood crops can always be made, with proper ultivation. In our hot climate, where Iroughts are severe and frequent, during the uminer, corn should be planted early, so as o avoid, in part, at least, the danger from hat source. Early planted corn, it is true, ay be seriously injured by drought, but less iable than that planted later. On level dry ands we prefer to plant in checks, but on dll-sides the drill system is preferable, as, if he rows are run around the hill on a level as hey should be, the ridges prevent washing. ' ? - ???1? mi f V* orl_ HJine eariy vuiiciy iuay uc piaut^vi, mbu ?v* antage, for a part of the crop. We have ucceeded well with Pennsylvania Gourd Seed, ?hich will mature a month earlier than our omraon kinds, and may escape droughts that ?ould prove fatal to later crops.?Rural Carlinian for March. aSTThere is a disposition on the part of orae of our farmers to underrate the advantges of their profession, and to express doubts f its profitableness, if they do not even go urther and say openly that "farming don't iay." Well, it don't pay some people who iretend to be farmers, and they don't deserve o be paid for their lazy, inefficient dawdling. >ade would not pay, nor law, nor medicine, f conducted in the same way. It is intellient skill and persevering industry which ays in all branches of business. Ask the uccessful mechanic how he makes his trade ay, and he will tell you that it is simply the esult of his knowledge of his business?the kill acquired by years of careful application f scientific principles to his art?and of juicious management. Farming pays in the ame way. Ibe feriu'illr (Jhuptim. TWRMS?TIV ADVANCE : * neCopy,oneyoar, 3 00 >ne Copy, Six months, 1 50 >ne Copy, Throe months, 1 00 ingle Copy, 10 'wo Copies, one year, 5 00 'en Copies, " " 25 00 jZ?~To persons who make up clubs of ten or lore names, an extra copy of the paper will be lrnished one year, free of charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will bo insorted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents ersquaro for the first, and Seventy-five Cents er square for each subsequent insertion-less than aree months. A square consists of the space ocupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. To advertisement considered less than a square. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Adverisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square ir each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts rill be made on liberal terms?the contract, howver, must inall cases be confined to the immedite business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated s advertisements. Announcements of Marriages nd Deaths,and notices ofa religiouscharaoter, i nertod gratis, and solicited. $gr Personal Communications, when admissa>le; Communications of limited or individual inarest, or recommendations of Candidates forofces of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for s advertisements. Dr, Crook's Wine of Tar. i 10 TEARS gjt PUBLIC TEST Has proved Dr* Crook's jfjS WINE TAR I To have more ..... 1 merit than any similar preparation ever offered the public. T? la vlnli In Iha nt/ullnlna 1 nnfll Mies Of Tar, and unequaled for diseases of the Throat and Lungs, performing the moat remarkable cures. Coughs, Colds, Chonic Coughs. It effectually cures them all. Asthma and Bronchtis. Has cured so many cases it lias been pronounced a specific for these complaints. For pains in Breast, Side or Back, Gravel or Kidney Disease, Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Jaundice or any Liver Complaint, It has no equal. It is also a superior Tonic, Restores the Appetite, Strengthens the System, Restores the Weak and Debilitated, Causes the Food to Digest, Removes Dyspepsia and Indigestion, Prevents Malarions Fevers. Gives tone to your System. Try Or.Urook's WineoI'Tar October 3 40 ly (TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. leuben Dulin, Assignee, Plaintiff, against Rhoda Ferguson, Green Ferguson and William P. Broach, Defendants.? Summons for Money Demand. o Rhoda Ferguson, Green Ferguson and William P. Broach, Defendants in this action. fOU are hereby summoned ana required nuswer the complaint in thiB action, which has lis day been filed in the office of the Clerk of the ourtof Common Pleas for the said county, and to arve a copy of your answer to the said complaint n the subscriber, at his office, in the town of 'orkville, South Carolina, within twenty days fter the service of this summons on you, excluive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to nswerthis complaint within the time aforesaid, le Plaintiff will take judgment against you for 10-sum of three thousand ono hundred and thirp-two dollars and six ty-two cents, with interest t the rate of seven percent, per annum, from the ventieth day of December one thousand eight undred and fifty-five and costs. Dated Yorkville, S. C? January 20th, 1873. JAMES F. HART, Plaintiff's Attorney. March 6 10 6t j CARPENTER'S TOOLS. rACK, Joint, Smoothing and Match Planes, at CARROLL, CLARK <ft CO'S. TRIUMPHANT! 1S| 1 i Bsffil^BBIBBjBBSSMBfil THE ? T?^T tut ? jriTTIT-l nriTT TfT-n-n U-AlUJi-iliNA r HjIV ? 1 IjIZjUiXV WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS: CASH PRICE. $48 PER TON OF 2000 LBS. TIME. PRICE. $53 PER TON OF 2000 LBS. PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1, 1873, IfTtJRE OE INTEREST. FREIGHT AND DRAY AGE To be milled, ITS SUCCESS IS UNPARALLELED, AND ITS STANDARD IS A NO. 1. CALL ON AGENTS FOR ALMANACS AND CERTIFICATES. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & 00., CHARLESTON, S. C. fiipnnr.r rr.inF & rn V-nililllVJLiJU] VJUAMJL WW W?3 AGENTS AT YORKVILLE, S. C. WYLIE, EODDEY & AGUES, AGENTS AT ROCK HILL, S. C. Decembor 19 51 4m Ms JlBl? Misi! la an original, first-class, Dollar Monthly. It la H O fresh and sprightlr, and will interest tbr entire g% household,Including lovers ntul maidens, huv w O bands and wives, parents and children. Itsug- p pests the Importance of securing a union of p D heart* and purposes In life, bctoru there shall E> " bo a union of hand*. It believes that, while It A S Is woman's privilege to purity and comfort and ^ Hadom, It should be man's pleasure to provide ?# for, cherish, and protect. It would have ehll- O Odrcn treated as feeling, thinking and growing 52 creatures?perfect! v created,but not fhllgrown. T II Yet In advocating these doctrines, the Maga- U Sw zlne does not employ doctrinal sermons?long JJ and dreary disquisitions which do not Interest O _ and therefore do not profit the reader. On the p C, contrary. It would rather preach a* though It J. |J preached not?an Interesting story,for instance, ? being mado to serve the purpose of a long dlsO course by giving tho reader something real, lu- Ol tcrestlngand profitable to thluk about. J & The worst as well as the best feature of the n Magazine la its price. The Idea of getting a U rf really first-class Magazine at one dollar a year, V M seems absurd to most people. Yet It employs A A some of the best contributors In tho country? M Including Gzil Hshilto.v, Its leading editor, Cwho receives a salary of three thousand dollars, equivalent to about ten dollars per day. p A Each number contains nearly eight hundred p ZS dollars'worth of matter, which costs the sub- ~ Im scriber about eight cents. 4 Hope and Joy?two beautifully tinted crayon B . portraits worth Four Dollars?will be mailed J N nrtse to every subscriber to the Magazine at $160 Q lm Specimens free. Agents wanted. Address S. 52 E 8. WOOD A CO., Mewburgh, M. 7. Y Hops aid Joi-Hdjb anl Jo? H United Voice of the Preaa.?Wood's Uf magazine la one of tho monuments of business "5 O enterprise which mark the age.?UdhaHMUme O p Jouma/,Phlla., Pa Aaita title promises. It I Is devoted to the Instruction and entertainment V F of the famll v circle.and.In order to place It with* n o, In the means of readers in moderate elrcnm- "J OC stances.lt la furnished at a remarkably low rate S J In proportion to the Interest of Its contents.? If. irv r.zWtMaa. ..It Is essentially a home magazine, n O and Is Inst the thing that one would most desire /% Y to place In the hands of his wife and little one* w or that a man of business would himself take II M up for the employment of a leisure hour.? Pa* ? A Wilmington. N. C Were we out of our Q Jf chair editorial, as a "private citizen," cut off gP from our exchange list and all that, one of the E first magazines to which we should subscribe |f would be Wood's Household.?RegiAer, Hart- " fit ford, Ct. ....It la an intellectual and moral 0 J educator, highly prized by all who become ac . quulnted with It.?Christian Advocate. ....If lm 0 popular writers are, therefore, good writers Q Y and If high prices prove the merit or literary T wares, then Mr. Wood's magazine Is a good M H one.?Tfit Indcjxndcnt, New York Its artl- X cles breathe a spirit of economy, morality and A w virtue which is highly refreshing In this age of P fashionable folly and extravagancc.-Sfn?n</, w L Edlna, Mo It U undoubtedly one of tho A E freshest, liveliest Journals we have examined. 5 ?Hemrd, Springfield, Tenn The articles I afe short, piquant, and of such unquestioned | tl excellence, that this periodical ought to be both O familiar and welcome In very many house- M holds. Wood's Is a marvel of cheapness and ? Y first-class quality combined.?TVeie York Timet. Km nil trail iwiii January 9 2 ly DOO^i, SASH AND BLINDS, . MOULDINGS, Brackets, Stair Fix- ; tures, builders' Furnishing Hard- j ware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire i Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Marble and | Slate Mantle Pieces. ! WINDOW GLASS A SPECIALTY. 1 Circulars and Price Lists sent free ! on application, by I P. P. TOALE, i 20 Hayne and 33 Pinckney streets, Charleston, S. C. j ; $SS~ Orders received by my Agents, I Messrs. JEFFERYS <fe METTS.atthe ! | Citizen's Savings Bank,Yorkville.S.C. | J - Ootober 3 40 ly THE HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. THE be9t 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 MACHINESsold in the State during the last twelve months than all other Sew| ing Machines combined. j You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE | for about half the money you will haveto pay for a first-class Machine, "so-caueci. W. L. GRIST, Agent. lirinmscE my, MEMPHIS, TKNN. Branch Office, - Baltimore, Maryland. ASSETS, $1,100,000. Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS, .....President. Gen. WADE HAMPTON, Pros. Baltimore Board. J. D. KENNEDY, .. State Agent W. B. SADLER, Yorkvillo, Special Agent June 27 2<? ly jgt us k\] IJ|M BlE^Gp For over FORTY YEARS this PURELY VEGETABLE LIVER MEDICINE has proved to be the GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC m for Liver Complaint *nd its painful offspring, DY8PEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice, Bilious attacks, SICK HEADACHE.Colic, Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heartburn, CHILLS AND FEVER, Ac., Ac. After years of careful experiments, to meet a great and urgent demand, we now produce from our original Genuine Powdere THE PREPARED, A Liquid form of SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR, containing all its wonderful and valuable properties, and offer it in " ONE DOLLAR BOTTLES. The Powders, (price as before,) fl.00 per package. Sent by mail, 1.04 per package. jBT- CAUTION ! -fcSt Buy no Powders or PREPARED 8IMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR unless in our engraved wrapper, with Trade mark, Stamp and Signature unbroken. None other is genuine. J. H. ZEILIN & CO., MACON, GA., AND PHILADELPHIA. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. February 6 60 " 6m ROSE'S HOTEL, (FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.) COLUMBIA, S. C. rnHIS HOUSE in In the centre of the city, con1 venient 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 tne accommodation of ladies. TRANSIENT BOARD $2.50 per day. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor. September 12 87 - tf GEO. S. HACKER, ^ ?" -L DOOR, SASH AND BLIND FACTORY, mi ni.PiSTOV. s. r. XHIS is as large and complete a Factory as there is in the South. All work manufactured at Factory in this city. The only house owned and managed by a Carolinian in this line In Charleston. Send for price list. . Address, GEO. S. HACKER, Post-Office box 170, Charleston, 8. C. Factory and Warerooms on King street, opposite Cannon street, on line of City Railway. December 5 49 .:i ly THE MORNING STAR." DAILY EDITION: THOUGH only five years old, has the largest Daily Circulation of any newspaper in the m State, and a circulation in Wilmington fifty per cent, larger than that of any other paper. WREKLY EDITION: Now combined with the CAROLINA FARMER, making one of the best Family Newspapers in the South. Circulation very large and rapidly Increasing. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Daily Star, 1 year |7 00 " " 6 months, S 60 " " 3 months, .. 2 00 Weekly Star, 1 year, 2 00 " " 0 months, ..100 " ' 3 months 50 It may be safely asserted that no newspaper ever established in North Carolina has made such rapid progress as THE MORNING STAR. hsr Sena for Specimen copies. Address, ' WM. H. BERNARD, Wilmington, N. C. January 18 3 1 tf CHARLOTTE, COL. AHL AUGUSTA R. R. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,) Columbia, S. C., September 22,1872. j ON and after this date, the following Sohednle will be run over this road: QOrNG SOUTH. Train No. 1. Train No. 2. Leave Charlotte 7.15 A. M. 8.20 P. M. Leave Columbia 2.29 P. M. 3.30 A. M. Arrive at Augusta .7.42 P. M. &20 A. M. going north. Leave Augusta 6.35 A. M, 5.50 P. M. Leave Columbia 11.53 A. M. 11.05 P. M. Arrive at Charlotte.... 6.15 P. M. 6.00 A. M. Standard time tea minutes slower than Washington ; six minutes ahead of Columbia. No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sundays excepted. Both trains make close connection to all points North, South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. JAMES ANDERSON,- General Sup't. E. B. Dorsby, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agent. January 30 5 . tf KING'S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD. DAILY TRAIN. HEREAFTER the trains over the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD will run daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making close connection with trains on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad: Leave Yorkville, promptly, at 71 o'clock, A. M. Arrive at Chester at 91 o'clock, A. M. Leave Chester at 4 o'clock, P. M. _ Arrive at Yorkvilleat 6 o'clock, P. M. All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by 4 o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the departure of the train. GEORGE W. MELTON, President. HETALIC BURIAL CASES AND CASKET?. I HAVE just received a full supply of FISK'S METALIC BURIAL CASES, of all sizes. Also a few of those beautiful full glass BURIAL CASKETS, surpassing in beauty anything of the kind ever offered here. J. E. SMITH, Agent. WOOD COFFINS, of any quality, made to order. J. E. SMITH. March 14 11 ly TtttPARKER CUM. SEND stamp for circular PARKER BRtfS WEST MERIDEN.CT. (&. K Tfb C^6)n PER day! A8ente war.*ed ! yj%) fpssAJ All classes of working people or either sex, young or old, make more money at . work for us in their spare moments, or all the Hmn than of antrfViiticr aIqa PftpHeill IfB frM. Address G. Stinson ?t Co., Portland, Mrlne. October 3 40 ly A rrpnta may learn something greatly to their advantage and obtain specimens and full particulars free, byaddressing WOOD'S LITERARY AND ART AGENCY, Nowburgh, N. Y.