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Humorous grpartmcut. RUSTICUS AT THE HOTEL. A dusty, sun-browned stranger stalked into one of our principal hotels early one evening, laid a big black valise, which had perhaps made quite a smart appearance in its youth, carefully beside him, and, with a hand unaccustomed to public writing, scrawled with great exertion the name of Lorenzo Smith upon the register. "Will you have some supper, Mr. Smith ?" asked the clerk. "Wall, 110, I guess not," returned the rustic gentleman. "The folks at home put up a good bit of grub, and thar's enough left in this yere carpet bag for a supper, I reckon." The clerk smiled, and the countryman and his corpulent carpet-bag were shown to their room. Country was somewhat dazed at its magnificence, but he was hungry, and, placing the satchel on the centre-table, he drew forth a large chunk of boiled ham, numerous pieces of cold chicken, several enormous doughnuts, and half-a-dozen hard-boiled eggs. He was about to absorb the meager repast into his starving system, when his eyes caught sight of the "rules for guests" tacked upon the door. He got up and read them aloud. He came to the last one. and read, "Meals in room charge extra." He read it again, this time slowly. "Wall, I be danged," he ejaculated, and, turning to the table, in^in iustant he had removed the ham, doughnuts, eggs, and all into the omnivorous carpet-sack, and in another instant he was down in the office, where he accosted the clerk with, "I see, stranger, yer sign up thar in my room says meals in rooms charged extra." "Yes," responded the clerk, who recognized the customer of a few miuutes ago, and could scarcely repress his risibles. "One dollar extra." "Wall, I'll be consarned,"?screamed the verdant, "I guess the expense of a hot meal won't be much more," and beckoning to a bell-boy, he called out, "Hy'ar, boy, show me the way to yer kitchen ;" and in a moment later he was in the hands of the waiters. HOW DANIEL DREW SPELLS "DOOR." The Chicago Post vouches for the following ctnfi' an TVininl Hi-ow nnn nf llip Npw Ynrk bankers: Remaining one evening late in his office, and having occasion to use the safe, he permitted the cashier to go home, remarking that he would close the safe aud fix the combination on the word "door." But when the cashier undertook to open the safe in the morning he found that the lock refused to yield to the magic "door." He tried aud tried again, but without success. Finally, happening to remember that "Daniel's" early education had been neglected, he attributed his ill luck to poor orthography. He therefore tried the lock upon "dore." Still no success; and then upon "doar," with no better fortune. Finally, becoming disgusted, he proceeded to the St. Nicholas, routed "Dan'l" out of his choicest morning nap, and as he stuck his nightcap out of the door this colloquy ensued: "Mr. Drew, I can't open the safe on 'door.' You must have coucluded to change the word." "Change the word! Nothin' o' the kind. I shut it on 'door.' " "Are you sure, sir?" "Sure, sir, you tarnal ape ; of course I'm sure! Go back to your work, and don't come foolin' roun' here this time o' the morning.' " "Well perhaps, Mr. Drew I dou't spell the word right. How do you spell it?" "Spell it! Any fool can spell door. D o-a-r-e, doare, of course sir. If you can't spell door, sir, you're 110 cashier for me. 1'ack up your duds and go out of the door." And shutting the "door" in the cashier's face, Daniel returned to his bed in a passion, and the clerk to his safe. Armed with the open sesame, "doare," however, the safe Hew open without further trouble, and when Daniel arrived, mollified by a good breakfast and his morning prayer, he advised his cashier he might keep his place provided he would improve his time and "go to spellin' skool in the evening." iir _ __ r* . __ o \r what did tall oay :?luauy years ago, there lived in Virginia a Baptist preacher, named B. Though uneducated, he was a sound thinker and an eloquent speaker, and no minister had a more devoted flock. It was the custom, during inclement seasons, to hold meetings at the residences of members, and once or twice during the winter at the house of the preacher. For many years it was observed that B neither preached nor conducted the meeting when held at his house, but secured the services of a neighboring minister. He was often pressed for an explanation without success; but, finally, in response to the importunities of some of his flock, gave the following: "When I was younger than now?in fact, not long after the commencement of my ministration?I held a meeting at my own house. It being customary for many of the congregation to remain for dinner, Mrs. B. sent our ne- j gro boy, Tim, to neighbor Paul's for some j butter. Tim returned, and located himself, [ standing on one foot at a time, in the outskirts of the congregation. Being well warmed up in my sermon, thinking neither of Tim i nor his errand, but only on the most successful j mode of pressing my strongest argument, I ! demanded with all the energy in my power, j 'and what did Paul say?' " Tim, at the top of his little voice, exclaimed, j as Tim only could have done, "He said you couldn't get any more butter till you paid for what you'd got!" This brought dowu the house, and cut short one of the finest efforts of ray early ministry. Since then, I have kept my preaching disconnected from my domestic affairs. Another Man Wanted.?Old Farmer Pettingill went into his house one day and caught John, the hired man, hugging Mrs. P. The farmer said nothing, and went out into the field. After dinner he wanted John for something, but John was not to be found. He went, at last, into John's room, where the latter was on his knees packing his trunk. "What's the matter, John ?" said P. "Oh ! nothing," replied John. "What are you packiug your trunk for?" "O, you know," answered John. "Xo, I don't know," rejoined P., "come I give me the reason of your sudden desire to go j away. "Well," meekly answered John, "you know ! what you caught me doing this forenoon !" "O, pshaw ! laughed Pettingill, "do not be so foolish. If you and me can't hug the old woman enough, I'll hire another rnau." ftaT An enterprising gentleman from Port- j land, Me., while traveling recently in the in-1 terior of Missouri, being uncertain as to whether he was on the right road, stopped at a farm-house to inquirre. The lady of the house, a stout buxom white woman, unable to inform him, referred him to her husband, who was at work in the field near by. On going ; to that place he found the husband as black 1 as the ace of spades. Stopping a moment at the house on his return, he said, to the wife, i "How is it that a good-looking woman like yourself should have married a colored man?" "Oh that's nothing," said she; my sister did a good deal worse than that," "How could that be ?" "Why she married a man from Maine!" Going Back on It.?A short time ago, a colored man entered the office of the clerk of a county court out in the' West, and advancing to the table where the deputy clerk was busily engaged, produced a marriage license, for which he had paid the legal fee a few days before. "Boss," said he, "dc lady declines die document, and I jes fotch it in to get my money back." It was a little consoling to the darkey to be told that some men even went farther and had fared worse ; but when assured that his money could not be returned, he turned indignantly, and muttered as he made his exit, "Eberybody's gone back on dis document." Jlgricultutal gqiartmcnt. THE USE OF PLASTER. The following statement of the use and value of plaster or gypsum was communicated to the ! Farmer's Club of New York city, by \V. T. Early: Plaster acts as a condenser of the ammonia of the atmosphere and of the soil. Plaster of Paris is composed of sulphuric acid and lime. ' A bushel of this substance, if it acted as a mauure, would clearly exert but a very small effect upon an acre of land by its chemical action upon plants, or by entering into com- j bination in the growth of crops. By observation, however, it is concluded that plaster I of Paris acts as a condenser of ammonia, which is found everywhere in the atmosphere and in all soils to a limited extent?that it holds this most subtle and powerful manure 1 in its grasp, fixes it and gives it to the growth ! of plants as they require it, instead of allow- j ing the ammonia to pass away and remain unfixed aud adapted to plant growth. "There are a few phenomena which seein j to me to fully establish the fact that this is the true explanation of the action of plaster: That only a certain amount will act. Thus a | bushel to the acre, sown upon a clover field, j acts as well as fifty bushels?showing that it j does not act as a manure, as a stimulant, or a j gastric juice, or in any other manner analogous to any of these agencies. "Sow a field with plaster in clover, or any other grass, leaving out a breadth, or in plastering a crop of tobacco?as I have frequent-1 ly seeu it done?leaving a few rows without j the application, and the result will be that, j while the part of the crop to which the plaster is applied will be flourishing and green, those ou which no plaster is put will be yellow and worthless, iudeed greatly inferior to what they would have been had no plaster been placed in the adjaceut parts of the field. "How can this be explained except upon the hypothesis that the plaster draws into the atmosphere passing over it a part of its fertilizing properties and retains it for the use of the plants in proximity to it, while those portions where there is no plaster do not thus derive this greater share from the atmosphere ? "Again, sow upon a dunghill, steaming and giving oft' ammonia, a quantity of plaster; enough?it will stop the escape of gas. Wait awhile, until the plaster sown becomes saturated with the gas, and it will again begin to escape. Put on plasti r again, and it will 1 ?ii 51UJ) , illHISU Ull II11111 ill 1 Lilt; 111111IIT7LJ l?l lo bant.11 up and fixed. "Take Peruvian guano, whose great fertilizing property is ammonia, mix plaster with it in proper quantity, and it will become inodorous. And so of any other animal or vegetable manure which gives off ammonia. "Great losses are sustained in stables, in cesspolls, in all animal and vegetable manures, by the escape of ammonia, which constitutes by far the richest part of all manures. Plaster of Paris maybe the most profitably employed in fixing this volatile and most valuable ingredieut, to the great profit of the farmer and the public." How to Keep Sweet Potatoes.?As soon as well matured dig them up. Handle them with care so as to avoid bruising them. As soon as the suu has dried the moist earth adhering to them, pack them in barrels or boxes which do not hold over two bushels each. First, place in the bottom of the box a layer of dry shavings about an inch thick. On these place a layer of potatoes, then another of shavings, and so on, until the box is full, covering them finally with two or three inches of shavings. Let the boxes stand a few days without any other cover, to give the moisture an opportuuity to escape ; and the covers that arc put on finally must not be closed. The potatoes need some ventilation throughout the winter. Place the boxes in a warm, dry room. For several years past we have kept them in a chamber adjoining the family sitting room. The door between was kept open, so that the fire of the sitting room would keep the other sufficiently warm. When the weather is very cold, we sometimes throw quilts over the boxes at night, removing them in the morning. One night last winter the mercury sank to twenty-eight degrees below zero, but our potatoes were not injured; the shavings and their non-conducting quality retaining the warmth received from the fire the precediug day. This plan answers well for family purposes, when the object is to keep only a few bushels for daily use. In handling, packing, ventilation and warmth, few of them will be lost. | We had them to use the present year until ! July, and the last cooked were as good as | those used the day they were dug. In this neighborhood, it is said that formerly sweet potatoes could be kept as others are, simply by placiug them in a heap in a cellar ? i ? . i - p A i 1)..*. r. oeyouu ine reacn or irust. dui. iruui sume i cause, not explained, this can not be done now. ? ? __ Seed Corn.?Those farmers who wish to secure the best seed for their next year's crop, should remember that it is now time to commence looking about it. A cotemporary suggests that there are two chief requisites in good corn, viz: Early maturity and prolilicness. There is too little attention paid to this matter by farmers generally. By neglect and indolence they will let the season for selecting seed pass by, aud next spring when they get ready to plaut, they will pay some more enterprising neighbor two or three times the commercial value to get some good seed corn. It is a law of nature that like produces like. If we want to improve the earliuess of our corn crop,.we must select our seed from those stalks that first mature, and that 'shoot' first. Go through your field and mark with a piece of red flannel, or other device, one hundred of those stalks that shoot first. Later, go through again, and mark all of that hundred which show a tendency to perfect two good j ears. When ripe, select all perfect, well- i formed, deep-graiued ears, from this marking ! and tie them up for seed. Plant these by j themselves next year, and from this planting j make another selectiou in a similar manner, i using more care to save seed from the two j eared stalk ; also keeping in mind the early ; maturity. The third year's planting will de- j velop a seed, if proper care has been used, i that will show two good ears to the stalk in i seven-tenths of the planting. It is in this I way that the yield of our great cereal can be i increased to either ninety or one hundred ; bushels to the acre; and the man that firsti perfects these valuable qualifications, can ' make a snug little fortune in raising corn for j seed alone. We hope some of our young and enterprising farmers will take hold of this j matter. Don't let tho season pass without making an effort in this direction. To Plough Down Glass.?To do this! effectually is one of the apparent impossibilities of modern farming. Every farmer knows : it from experience. Notwithstanding the ut-i most pains and care in ploughing, the grass,1 especially iflong, will bristle up in beards and ! tufts here, there, and everywhere, injuring j alike the appearance of the field and its capacity for growth ; for this grass, instead of being visibly present to draw nourishment for itself and impede the growth of something else much more profitable, should be buried i beneath the surface to manure the soil and J assist in the growth of its betters. Well, do j you wish to remedy this great difficulty ? If. | so, use the chain and ball to your plough. No I matter what kind of a plough you have, try ; them. A piece of ordinary trace chain will ' he very well. Fasten one end of it to your , ; coulter, and to the other end attach a round , ' iron ball of from two to three pounds weight? ; j having the chain long enough to permit the : ball to reach back to about the middle of your I | mould-board?and there let it drag along, on | the offside, of course. This is not a new j idea?in fact it is a very old one?but, like ! good wine, age only improves it. Just try it1 ; once, and we have no fear of your verdict. ( It may not do the work to absolute perfection, j j but it will perform it at least fifty per cent. I better than you can without it.?Canada Far- j ' mer. 1 I (jMdwn's JPfjiiulmcnt. WHAT MAKES A MAN. Not numerous years nor lengthened life, Not pretty children and a wife, Not pins and chains and pretty rings, Nor any such trumpery tilings; Not pipe, cigar or bottled wine, Nor liberty with kings to dine, Nor coat, nor boots, nor yet a hat, Nor dandy vest or trimmed cravat, Nor all the world's wealth laid in store, Nor Mister, Kev'rend, Sir or Squire, With titles that the memory tire; Nor ancestry traced back to Will, Who went to Normandy to kill; j Nor Latin, (ireek nor Hebrew lore, Nor thousand volumes rambled o'er, Nor Judge's robes nor Mayor's mace, Nor crowns that deck the royal race; These all united never can Avail to make a single man. A truthful soul, a loving mind. Full of atlcction for his kind, A helper of the human race, A soul of beauty and of grave; A spirit firm, erect and free, That never basely bends the knee, That will not bear a feather's weight Of slavery's chain, for small or great; That truly speaks of gold wit hin, That never makes a league with sin ; That snaps the fetters that despots make, And loves the truth for its own sake; That worships God and Him alone; That trembles at no tyrant's nod? A man that fears no one but God, Ami can smite at eurse ami ban. That is the soul that makes the Max. SLANG. Very old is the fable of the girls at the well: where, from the lips of one, a fairy causes pearls and roses to fall, and from the lips of the other, toads and snakes. I thought the story had been left in the nursery together with Jack the giant-killer, Mother Goose and other literary toys with which the childish fancy is amused. Jlut lately I have had cause uot only to remember the fable; but also to discover within it a solid truth : a kind of prophetic meaning with reference to the use of slang which is now becoming so common, especially among the young people. I was most forcibly reminded of the fable the other evening, while sitting with some friends. Their conversation would have greatly entertained me, were it not, that during the chatting, ever and anon the toads of slang words would leap from red lips and quite disturb my equilibrium. These girls had been nurtured in refined and cultivated homes, but from outside associations, had fallen into the fashion of talking slang. It is sad to see how universal this habit is growing among our girls and boys. At a future day they will constitute the country, and their speech the language of the land. What if it be a language of slang ? Would that the young could be impressed with the necessity of eruardintr their lips! that no cant phrase or slang expression escape them. Surely it does not add to the grace of womanhood or to the dignity of manhood to use inelegant language. Pure good English is more appropriate and is a much clearer medium for the passage of their thoughts. Moreover the frequent use of slang tends to weaken and corrupt the mind. The words may proceed from mere thoughtlessness and levity, thus causing only toads to fall at first, but snakes are sure to follow?the viper utterances of rude and common thoughts. "It is more lively, more expressive, etc." | Ah! Young America, that is just it. With your swift impatient movements toward progress, you find even the language too slow and tedious for use ; and, so pull it to pieces to form one to suit your purpose. This offensive manner of speech is constantly spreading; it is creeping into American literature, marring and lowering the standard of whatever it approximates. Our grand old English language! how it is encroached upou. Having been growing these many years, to its full and perfect stature, walking with the stately steppings of mighty words, clothed with the flowing robes of happy expressions and harmonious sentences, crowned with a tiara of wit that glistens and quivers, yet you are rudely jostled aside! by whom?a usurper with spry and indolent gait, with the manner of a jockey. One who, though coarse aud intrusive, is becoming as welcome in the parlor of the best society as he is in the kitchen and stable. "Speech is silver." Our fathers brought the silver trumpet from the mother country ; with it they blew the clarion tones of liberty ; with it they have diffused the various notes of literature and science. Now, through the ~ P i?fA K An?? tl?n nrvnl innnl finHo 3WC11 U1 5WUIIU iltdl i/iiu wui iiiuui b.uuiv of a penny trumpet. "Speech is silver." Let us have it; pure ringing, strong melodious words!?Goodwyn, in the Southwestern Presbyterian. A CHINESE DENTIST. The native dentists are the merest charlatans, and practice as magicians and cure alls. They insert Artificial teeth of the sea-horse, which are kept in place by copper-wire wrapping or fastening to the adjacent teeth, and charge about three cents per tooth for the operation. Teeth are extracted by a hocuspocus process which the dental impostor calls "coughing up." The method of extraction is this: The dentist applies a white powder, represented to be the salt extracted from the sweat of horses. Dr. Eastlack found this white powder to be nothing more nor less than arsenic, which causes the gum to slough, when the tooth is easily removed by the operator's fingers. But the Chinese method of curing the toothache was what puzzled him most, and longest defied detection. The operations, it should have been stated, are all performed in a temple or in the space in front, under a large umbrella, the idea being that religious ceremony'is in some way connected with them. Toothache is caused by a maggot which gets into the tooth somehow or other while the patient is asleep, or while he is laughing immoderately. It must be removed alive, or the patient will go mad. He is, therefore, placed on a seat and his head thrown back. The dentist inserts a long pair of forceps, and after fumbling around for a few seconds, produces between the nippers a little wriggling, black maggot?the cause of the whole trouble. Dr. Ea3tlaek witnessed this operation repeatedly, but it was only after obtaining surreptitious possession of the forceps that he discovered the trick. He found that one arm of the forceps only was of iron ; the other was of bamboo, painted to resemble the other. In the hollow of the bamboo were j found a number of little black maggots, prob- j ably obtained from decayed vegetables or j decomposing matter. When necessary to do ! service, the operator simply squeezed the j bamboo above, and the maggot was ejected from the small end of the instrument to the j mouth, and then adroitly taken between the nippers and held up triumphantly before the ! gaze of the astonished and grateful patient. I I Jr. Eastlack could never satisfy himself on j the point of the patient's relief. The opera- i tions he witnessed were dispatched with as-; tonishing rapidity, and the patients hurried : away, as that part of the performance was | essential to the success of the operation.? j Cincinnati Commercial. Johnny's Confession.?At night Johnny climbed up to his mother's lap, and laying ! his head on her shoulder, said in a low, sorry j tone: "I took that glass marble, mamma." | "Took it from whom ?" asked his mother. ; "I took it from the ground," said Johnny. : "Did it belong to the ground ?" asked his mother. "Did the ground go to the shop and : buy ?" johnny tried to laugh at such a funny thought, but he could not. "I saw it on the ground." "What little boy had it before?" "Asa May's it is, I guess," whispered Johnny. "When you put out your hand to take it,: did you forget, 'Thou God seest me ?' " asked ! his mother. "Did you not hear a voice saying, don't Johnny, don't Johnny ?" "I didn't hear it," said the little boy, sob l.: ?T ?i? MU1?? , X ^liVUUCU ijuiv/a . BSg" The plainest and best instructions are j of no avail, unless there be an understanding j heart to receive them. I jfU?iUui| for the Jbibhath. ?JO N DUOTKP IIY | REV. ltOKEUT LATH AN. I (Original.J | ABBA, FATHER. The object which God has in view in all his dealings with his people is to prepare them for heaven. In a multitude of passages in the Scriptures, we are taught that God ! sustains to his people the endearing relationship of a father. His government is not that of a tyrant or a master; but of a kind and indulgent parent. As the tender-hearted and lnvinir nnront. nities the dear little ones who' ? ' -"to i i are dependant upon him for food and raiment, so God pities those that fear him. Ofj ten parents are forced to correct the faults | of their offspring, and to withhold from them many things which they greatly desire. All this is done for the welfare of the child. The ! ' treatment may appear harsh and cruel, and | may wring the heart of the child and cause i it to shed many a tear and heave maiYy a sigh, j j Still the parent, hard as it may he so to afflict the object of his affection, knows that this severe discipline is good for it. So it is with God's parental dealings with his chil- j dren. Often he withholds from them some ! much-desired object, and often he afflicts them , I with sorrow and anguish of heart. The trou- j j hies that afflict the just are many in number, ! and frequently very intense. This may apj pear harsh and cruel, but it is not. It is j simply a kind parent preparing a poor, erring ; child for an eternal inheritance, j When danger surrounds the child, instinct' ively it flees to the parent as a protector and j comforter. In the day of pain and suffering I there is no voice so consoling to the child as : that of a parent. The hand that wounds is | the only one that can heal. A dark frown j frequently conceals but partially a loving j smile. So God deals with his blood-bought children. With one hand he chastises, and with the other supports and sustains. Behind his righteous frown is seen a life-giving J smile, and when afflictions press upon the I soul, the true believer is granted the inexnrlt.ilnrm /if 1 rtnk ? II CT 11 n 111 tllP fflPfi 1 |J J CJO1 UI& jii t v uwgv vi v" X' vw ?..w anvv j of the Maker of his body und framer of his spirit, and sayiug in a filial tone, "Abba, Father." What a privilege ! A poor worm of the desert, made by redeeming love, a child of the most high God?an heir and joint heir with the second person of the adorable Trinij ty?to an inheritance in the heavens. Why should the heirs of the kingdom go with their l heads down like the bull-rush ? A few more j losses and crosses, and sin will be wholly removed from their souls; pain ceases to afflict their mortal bodies; anguish can no more break their hearts, and they will go to that good land where pain and suffering and anguish and grief are unknown. lOrlginul.] HOME RELIGION. Every age has its peculiar type of religion, and we may add its besetting sin. The present age is remarkably deficient in what may appropriately be called home religion. Knowledge has greatly increased, and the love of many has so far waxed cold, as to induce them ' to attempt to worship God-by proxy. It is to be feared that not a few professed Christians think they have done their whole duty when they liberally support with material aid, the institutions of the church, and are punctual in attendance upon the ordinances I of religion. The discharge of these duties is all well enough, and are hopeful signs of the existence of divine grace in the heart; but something more is needed. The individual who has advanced no farther in the service of God, may well nsk, "What lack I yet ?" Pie has done only part of his duty, if he has done these things and neglected religion in his home. The human family are sociable creatures, and we have what is appropriately denominated public ordinances of religion, in which our devotions are directed by some one else. Some one not only prays for us, but prays in our stead. This social feature of man's nature by no raeaus destroys his individuality. Each individual is as much independent and responsible as if he were the only human being in existence. When away from the gaze of the public, we show distinctly what is in us. Every family is a congregation, every house a temple where God may be worshipped, and every head of a family is a heaven-ordaiued priest to offer up prayer and praise. Great and lasting as may be the impressions produced upon the mind by the public services of God, they are not to be compared to the impressions which a pious parent makes upon his household by his ministrations at the family altar. The pathos of the "Cotter's Saturday Night," is due to the impressions made on the mind of its author by his venerable father when conducting, in his simple way, family worship. Robert Burns never could forget the devout appearance which his father presented, and the solemn tone in which he uttered, morning and evening, the words, "Let us worship God." These words produced an impression upon his mind which is discernible in every poem and every letter that he wrote. It is a pity that so many professing Christians ignore the power of practical godliness at home, and leave all the teaching and counseling and praying to the preachers. Every ' 1 ? 1-5- (~lr\A Koa wan is priest 111 ins own iuuiiijr. vjiuu , appointed him a work to do that no one can ' do for him, and if he does not perform it, it; will never be done, and the records of eterni- j ty alone will reveal the results. Ahhaham.?In how many striking attitudes, each worthy of the artist's pencil, does Abraham present himself in the course of his eventful life?leading out the migration from Iiarau?crossing the Euphrates?pitching his tent at Sechera?kneeling before the altar at Bethel?standing silent before Pharaoh? i heading tli'e midnight assault?prostrate before God, moaning out his prayer for Ishmacl?waiting on his three mysterious guests, at the tent-door, under the oak of Mamre? putting at early morn the bottle of water on Hagar's shoulder?bowing to the Hittites in the gate?bending with knife iu hand over Isaac! Yet Abraham, as a separate figure, j has not been a favorite with any of the great; masters. Is it that the soft and easy How of outline, the perfect harmony of form and col- j oring required for his faithful portraiture has j restrained their pencil ? There is certainly in him a want of any marked or prominent feature. Yet, looking at him among all the J greatest characters of Old Testament history, ' does he not appear, walking among his shado- j wy peers, the very stateliest in form, the most | Iinishccl m proportion, tnc most uuuigutuib m aspect, the most graceful in movement, of them all ? We miss in him the intellect and dominant will gf Moses, the passionate devo-; tiou of David, the farsighted wisdom of Daniel?the three who came nearest to him in j spiritual stature; but there is a dignity, a be-; nignity, a courtesy, about him which none of them exhibit. About his piety there is some- j thing singularly attractive?so simple, so domestic?the age, the country, the tent-life, I throwing over it the light as of an Eastern | morning, the freshness as of a breeze from the wilderness.?Rev. W. Ilanna. ? ? 5625" That cannot be healthful piety when there is no activity in doing good. ?hc Uaihutllc (JNquim. 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HHATC' A VH wlfli Mm IIAIO) *VI Oj ijuuiu an vujivuv, ? ??? wiv usual assortment and variety kept IN A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE. Thankful for past patronage, and being determined to merit a continuance of the same, I respcctfullysolieit AN EXAMINATION OF GOODS AND PRICES. JOHN H. ADAMS. CONNER, HOBBS & DOBSON. THE YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY. THE undersigned respectfully inform the public that they are still manufacturing CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and all other styles of light vehicles at the shop fornierlyoceupied by B. T. WHEELER, near the depot. Strict attention is given to the quality of materials employed in the construction of our work, which is warranted to be as DURABLE as any in the market. OUR PRICES are jus low as it is possible to afford work of tho character which we turn out. ROCKAWAYS, BUGGIES and other pleasure CARRIAGES, always 011 hand, or finished at a few hours' notice. An inspection of ourstock'is respectfully solicited. REPAIRING promptly done at short notice. pS" We soli only for cash, .and all repairing and job work must be paid for on delivery. COXXER, HOBBS & DOBSOX. COTTOX. COTTOX. WE would respectfully inform those indebted to us that we will receive COTTON in payment of our dues, allowing for tho samo the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE. .289-We will also exchange NEW WORK for Cotton, 011 the most liberal terms. CONNER, HOBBS <fc DOBSON. GEO. S. HACKER, DOOR, SASH ANDBLIND FACTORY, ! CHARLESTOX, S. C. THIS is as largcand completoa Factory asthero 1 is in theSouth. All work manufactured at tho Factory in this city. The only house owned ' and managed by a Carolinian in this lino in I Charleston. Send for price list. Address, GEO. S. HACKER, Post-Offico box 170, Charleston, S. C. Factory and Warerooms on King street, oppo- I site Cannon street, on line of City Railway. I December 5 49 ' lv j which docs nut dry up .1 cough nnd ieftvo behind, but loosens It, elennaes tho lungs and allnys Irritation, thus removing tho cause of tho complaint. j CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUBED by a timely resort to this standard remedy, ns Is j proved by hundreds of testimonials It has received. Tho genuine is signed "I. Butte'''' on tho wrapper, BETH W. FOWI.E ?fc SON'S, Pbopbietobs, Hos- i ton, Mass. Sold by dealers generally. < October U 40 ly ( REMEMBEir TIIE DEAD ! ~ , YORKVILLE MARBLE YARD. J F. IIAl'PERFIELI) t U ESP EOT FULLY informs the public that he is fully prepared to supply, Jit short notice, MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, 1 And every other description of work in this line, i for which there is a demand in this section. He will ondoavor togivesalismetion 10 ms cusiomurs, i and will guarantee that in every case the quality and style of his work will ho in accordance with " the price charged for it. Thankful for the patron- ' ago hitherto bestowed on him, he solicits a con- ( tinuanee. k RAGS WANTED. i j r\ AAA POUNDS of clean cotton and linlLF.vMJl/ en Kapt wanted, for which 2 cents ! S per pound will bo paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. " SAVE YOUR MONEY. SAVE your money and come to IIERNDON'S j little Shanty, where you can mako purchases j t to better advantage than elsewhere, They sell 1 cheap. i I NOTICE. ! APPLICATION will be made at the next ses-1 " sion of the Legislature for an amendment to the Charter of the town of Yorkvillo. August 11 :t:t :tm ' j ROSE'S HOTEL, ( FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.) <5oIX^'l A,S. c. mills HOUSE is in the centre of the city, conJL venient to all the Public Olliees and Easiness Houses, located on the south-westeorner of the State House Square, lias lieen recently re-opened and renovated, and will now compare favorably with any Hotel at the South. ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convey passengers to and from every train, free of charge. Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommodation of ladies. TRANSIENT BOARD ?2.f>0 per day. W. E. ROSE. Proprietor. M'S fcujiiid Ipi8 Is mi originnt. flrst-cln-''. Dollar Monthly. It Is Olri'.-Ii ami sprightly, and v.di in cic-r ilii- entire household, including lovers mid iiu.iili u<, hu<- ?' O t>amisnml wives, parents awl rliildri n. long. P tests the lin|ii>rtm:ve of sccoriw; n union of yy ["J hearts nmt purposes in life. I .eh. re Here shall St Ik* u union o|* hniuN. It I*?*IU-y<**? that, while It ^2/ 5 !.? woman'* prlvlh-^e to juirliv and coiiiiori and | M adorn, It should is- man's pleasure in provide u for, cherish, mill protect. It would have ehil- f* Odren treated us feeling, thinking mid growing w creatures?perfectly created,but not full frown. Y M Vet in advocating these dis-trilic*. the .Maga- |j 2; ziile illicit not employ dncirimil sermons? long S and dreary disquisitions which du tint inte.est O E mid therefore uo not prnltt the reader. Oil (lie n contrary. It would rather preach as thou:tli It LI preached not?an interesting story,for instance, k heliii; made to serve the purpose of a long dis. g, Q course hy giving the reader something reul, lu- Ol L (cresting and profitable lo think ahotit. J The worst as well as the best feature of the SL rj Magazine Is its price. The idea of gcltinc a w ? really tlrst-class Magazine at one dollar a year, V M seems alisurd to most people. Vet It employs A Asome of the liest eontrilmtors In the country? H including G.iil Hamilton, its leading editor, A Cwho receives a salary of three ihousmid didhirs, equivalent to nliotit ten dollars per tiny. P A Kacn tiumher contains nearly eight hundred p Zdoliurs' worth of matter, which costs the sub- p scrlber about eight cents. I Hope mid Joy?two tienutifully llntcil crayon porlralts worth Four Dollars?will be mailed ?J N tree to every sabserlhiT lo the Magazine ut SI !0 Q E Specimens free. Agents wanted. Address S. w S. WOOD A CO., Xcwburgh, X. Y. Y EUf lM JiHii si Jo? U United Voice of the I'retn.?Wood's Ul J? magazine Is one of the tuomimentsof hushio-s ~jL O enterprise which mark the age.?Mrtluinli-t <Q PJmirvn', I'tlllrt., l'a As its title promises, It Is devoted to the Instrueliou ami ctitertaiumeiit U E of the family elrcle.aiid.ln order to place it with- q &ln the means of n ailers In moderate elrcuinstances,!! Is furnished at a reniarkitbly low rate ft J In proporllott to the Interest of lis corneals.?!f. , , OY.Trihme. ..It is esse til lally a home magazine, fl and Is just the thing that one would most desire ^ Y 1" place lit tile hands of ills wife and little ones, w ? or that a man of business would liiiuself take IJ (1 up for the employment of a leisure hour.?/'? < Y Q IV ilniin^ton, X. 0 Were we out of our q cnair ciiiiurmi, us u |irnaw kuuii, V?. .... r front our exchange list mid nil that, nee of the C. P llr>i magazines to which we should subscribe U P would lie Wood's Household.?Ibyi'lrr, Hnrf- / <X lord, I'l It Is an Intellectual mid inorid Q oditcnlor, highly prized hy all who become iu- , qiiniutcd with It.?Chrntinn Ailrtmile If !? (J popular writers are, therefore, good writers Ymid If high prices prove the merit of literary w wares, then Mr. Wood's magazine is n good JW1 ^ oiic.?r/it/nilr/fiitlfnt, Xew York Its art!- J Ocles breathe n spirit of economy, morality and A v irtue which Is highly refreshing in this age of g\ P fashionable fully and extravagance.?SriUhui, w* EKdlna, Mo It Is undoubtedly one of the A freshest, liveliest journals wc have examined. ? A ?Ufftni, .Springfield, Twin The articles J are short, pitpiaut, and of such unquestioned | excellence, Hull this periodical ought to be both J Q fauiillar and welcome ill very many houseYw holds. Woisl's is a marvel ol cheapness and ? llrst-class quality combined.?.Yr?- IV/.- Tiiim. C Wb$ rmJ CcmrU-r, THATfT.ESTON, S. < .' kt.-.iii.isiif.? IStiJ.) THE BEST A XI* It E TO If TEST XEWSPAPXJl JX THE SOUTH. A Journal for I ho Merchant, f ho Planter and the Family. It now has a largo and constantly increasing number of readers, with a popularity and business firmly established. Discussing, with independence and brevity, nil tho current topics of the day. Containing tho latest news in each issuo by cable, telegraph nml tho mails. Condensing the news, so as to give all desirable information in tho smallest possible space. Giving ail tho religious news of every denomination. Recording such movements in social life as will r prove entertaining in the family circle. Carefully excludimrull matters calculated tooilend the most ioflned tusle. Employing ft corns of trained nnd wide-awake correspondent* at nil points of interest. More rending matter is given in each issue than is to bo found in uny other daily journal in the Cotton States. The current local news of the Carolina*. Oeorgin. nnd Florida is made a specialty; the comm.-tcial department is full and accurate; and the general make-up of the paper is flesh, sparkling and piquant. Neat in typography, convenient in size, containing reading matter on every page, The News and Cornik.r enjoys the reputation of being the most sprightly and attractive journal in the-South. Subscription, Always In Advance. DAILY EDITION, one year, $8; six months, $1; three months, J'.1..10. TM-WEEKLY EDITION, published on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, one year, s?I; six mouths, $2.50. THE WEEKLY NEWS. Tho "Weekly News is a large, neatly printed, carefully-edited journal, each issue containing an average of Thirty Columns of Heading Matter, and is made up with groat cave and discrimination, and contains the cn-aui of the Daily Edition of The News and Cockier. Its extremely low price, its careful make-up, and the large and varied amount of reading matter which it contain*, commend it tc all who desire a tirst-ela,s family U' It AT KS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One rear, $2; six months. 11.2.1. Six copies, $ 10. Tea topics to cue address, .^12. The cash luu-t always accompany the order. Spcriu.. u cujiii-s scut free oil application. A.Mae a 1UOUDAX, DAWSON it CO., ("uai.luhtun, S. C. Subscriptions received by W. L. GRIST, General News Agent, Yorkvillo, S. C. July 24 30 ' tf ^ J BmJ^TIad^^^Snpplits^a^ng/, \ U 72 ^ BrajchdiflemhRriWdlmtmfflreGuj^ \ n ^ ^ SUteaMMbileiffltZej;ffMre7uWrtin \ ? !? / ElinnWhibRneWdlnntBaiyLwLgry \ 7 y t (^6inet2S^im?k$Wbodl&.c, \ V i ( . AUL WorhWormntei-, \ < L M t LOWEST PRICES.J r 3 \ SendprTrieeLUt. \ "* I. H. HALL& CO,5 J ITinufidortr* &J)tilers !a * 2>4, (7,8,fA Market Street. ?Z S3 223.225, Edit Bay/' g| CHARLESTON, S. fl. ^ mis Cm ontrrcil according to Am of Congress, in tliuycnr 1873, by I. II. IIai.1. & Co., in the office of tin.' Librarian of Congies*, at Washington. July:? 27 ly BOOT AND SHOE MAKING. Til K undersigned respectfully announces to his friends and the public in general, that he is prepared with A FINK STOCK OF MATERIAL, 11 hislino, suitable to the wants of every customjr, who may give him it call. They may not only )btain an article of good quality AT A REASONABLE PRICE, jut are also certain to secure what is equally as lesirable, a good tit and fashionable style. These ire advantages which should not be overlooked. Special attention is called to the celebrated cloth Op congress uaiLur ami iuu 1/Uii);a%i niiuu FOR SPRING ANI) SUMMER WEAR. \lso, on hand, a good stock of light and heavy 3R0GANS and OXFORD TIES, which are waranted to give entire satisfaction for the price paid, i XSr Special and prompt attention is given to retiring. F. OI'IRISTMAN, Agent. March 28 13 tf )UR PARTNERSHIP WITH 'OLD SOI/' rjTILL contiuues, and we are prepared, better | 5 than ever, to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC- 1 rURES of every style, at our gallery in the "Ad- j ekes' Building." A lot of nice ALBUMS always on hand. Also, Stereoscopes and Views. J. R. SCHORB it SON. ANNUAL RETURNS A DM IN 1ST R ATORS, Executors, Guardians /\ and Trustees, are hereby notified to make . Iieir ANNUAL RETURNS, without further deay. Unless returns are made promptly, I will id under the necessity of issuing rules for default. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. July 21 30 tf _____ A LOT of lirst-rato Collee on hand and for sale fV at the Grocery of T. M. DOBSON it CO. ! THE YORKVILLE BRANCH OK Til K CITlZEfS SAViIGS BANK OF SO. CAROLIIli*; Ranking Ollioe Opposite the.Store of J. H. Adams. ? Deposits of $1 ami Upwards Received. Interest allowed at the rate of 7 per cent, per { nniiiim 011 Certificates of Deposit, nnd 0 per cent, compounded every six months on accounts. PRINCIPAL OFFICE - - t'OLUMIUA, S. C. ! WM. MARTIN President. JOHN 1$. PALM Kit, Vice-President. I A. G. BRENIZEK, Cashier. ; .1. H. SAWYER, Ass't Cashier in general charge. JOHN C. B. SMITH, Local Assistant Cashier. i Directors.?Wado Hampton, William Martin ! A. O. Haskell, F. W. MeMastor, K. H. Heinitsh, John B. Palmer, Thos. E. Gregg, Columbia. J. Eli Gregg, Marion. G. T. Seott, W. G. Mayes, Newberry. B. II. Rutledge, D. Ravenel, Jr., Henry Buist, Charleston. Gon. Samuel McGowan, Abbeville. BRANCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA : Location. Local Ass't Cashiers. charleston, l>. kavkinkl, jr. Oranoeburg, J. H. FOWLES. Sumter, J. W. DARGAN. Si"a rta n buro, G EORG E CO FIE ED. Newberry, T. S. DUNCAN. Laurens Dr. JOHN W. SIMPSON. Greenville, J. J. BLACKWOOD. Abbeville, Hon. D. L. WARDLAW. Camden, W. D. McDOWELI.. Unionville, E. R. WALLACE Yorkville W. B. METTS. FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YORKVILLE. B. T. WIIEELER, J. II. ADAMS, L.M. GRIST. SIGHT DRAFTS drawn on all the Branches of the Bank in this State, and also on all the prominent places in the United States and Europe. Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver bought and sold. fii)- Mutilated Currency purchased at a small discount. W. B. METTS, Assistant Cashier at Yorkville. January 30 5 ly PIEDMONT AIR-LINE RAILWAY. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE. Richmond and Danville R. W., N. C. Division,- and North-Western N. C. Railway. CONDENSED TIME-TABLE, In effect on and after Sunday, Juno 15th, 1873. GOING NORTH" STATIONS. | MAIL."ACCOMMODATION?" Leave Clinrlnttc 2.50 P. M.j " Salisbury 5.02 " I If C.ltl " Danville 11.17 " | 6.1.7 A.M. ? Burkville 1 3.34 A. M. 11.-10 " Arrive at Richmond.... 6.35 " j 2.55 P.M. GOING SOUTH. STATIONS? ; MAIL. | ACCOMMODATION. I Leave Richmond 1.05 P. M. 9.45 A. M. " Bnrkeville 4.10 " ; 1.20 P.M. " Danville 8.45 " Arrive 6.10 ' " Greensboro 11.38 " I " Salisbury 2.03 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte 4.05 " j EAST AND WEST | GOING EAST. | GOING WEST. STATIONS. I MAIL. [ MAIL. 3 Leave Greensboro g 8.20 P. M. | Arrive 10.48 P. M. " Company Shops.. i =. 10.00 " ' 9.30 " " llillsboro !? 11.10 " = 7.47 ? " Rnleich 1 1.40 A.M. ? 5.26 " Arrive at Goldsboro = 4.30 " ; ~ Leave 2.30 P. M. NORTH-WESTERN N. C. RAILROAD. (sales! branch.) Leave Greensboro 3.40 P. M. Arrive at Kernersville, 5.10 P. M. Leave Kernersville, 9.00 A. M. * Arrive at Greensboro 10.30 A.M. Mail trains daily both ways over entire length of roads. Accommodation daily between Danville and Richmond, (Sundays excepted.) On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leaves Richmond at 8.25 A. M.; arrives at Bnrkeville 11.28 A. M.; leaves Burkeville 1.10 P. M.; arrives at Richmond 4.17 P. M. Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains between Charlotte and Richmond, (without change.) For further information, address S. E. ALLEN, General Ticket Asent, T. M. R. TALCOTT. Greensboro, N. C. Engr. and Gen. Supt. THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. CHARLOTTE, COL. ?fe AUGUSTA R. R. CO., J Columbia, S. C., October24,1873. J THE following Passenger Schedule will be run over this road on and after SUNDAY, 20th iustant: ooino north. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M. 4.15 P. M. " Granitoville,...f,7.33 A. M. 5.11 P. M. tl : n ~ n ?o a if it no t> xc duicsvuiu, ;/,io jm. i . m. 44 Columbia 11.58 A. M. 9.37 P. M. " Chester, +4.28 P. M. 2.28 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte...t7.08 P. M. *5.15 A. M. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 0.40 A. M.; also, via Raleigh and Old Bay Line, arriving at New York at 4.25 P. M. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 4.25 P. M. going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. Leave Charlotte, *7.00 A. M. 8.30 P. M. " Chaster 9.54 A. M. 10.58 P. M. " Columbia {2.48 P. M. 3.40 A. M. " Batesville 4.57 P. M. 5.43 A. M. 44 Graniteville,...f7.15 P. M. *7.48 A. M. Arrive at Augusta, 8.05 P. M. 8.45 A. M. 'Breakfast. {Dinner. {Supper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. E. R. Doksey, Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHERAW AND I)ARLINGTON E. R0AJD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,*) Ciikraw & Darlington Railroad Co., > Society Hill, S. C., October 10, 1873. j CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. Leave Cliemw 8.00, A. M. | Leave Florence,...3.00, P. M. Leave Cash's 8.20, A. M. Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P. M. Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. I Leave Darlington...3.40, P. M. Leave Dove's 9.13, A. M. I Leave Dove's 4.13, P.M. Leave Darlington..9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M. Leave Palmetto... 10.10,A. M. | Leave Cash's 5.10, P.M. Arrive at Florence. 10.30, A. M. | Arrive at Clieraw..5.30, P. M. The Freight Train will continue for the present to run as heretofore, except to adapt its running and stoppages to the changed schedule of the passenger train. B. D. TOWNSEND, President. KING'S MOUNTAIN R.~ROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. 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 7o'clock, A.M. Arrive at Chester at 9 o'clock, A. M. Leave Chester at 41 o'clock, P. M. Arrive at Yorkvilleat 61 o'clock, P. M. All Freights must bo delivered at the Depot by 4 o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the departure of the train. GEORGE W. MELTON, President. Coolting- and Heating Stoves at Retail. 3?ictnres of each, with, ftill descriptions, as well as prices and. lists ol" fiirniture lor Cook Stoves, will he promptly sent on application. WILLIAM SHEPHERD & CO., 01in,.lf?efnn. SS_ C!. September 4 36 6m A SENSIBLE MAN'S LOGIC. HE who provides not for his own family, is worse than a heathen. Necessaries and conveniences should first bo provided. AgoodSEWING MACHINE has become a necessary in every family. The "AMERICAN" IS TrfE BEST AND CHEAPEST; containing within itself all the latest improvements. Therefore I will goat once and buy one of J. R. SCHORB A SON, Agents for York Coupty. UNION-HERALD. 1AM agent for this sprightlv daily, published at the Capital of the State. It contains the latest telegrams, market reports and general news, and reaches Yorkvillo on the day of publication. Subscriptions received for twelve, three and six months. Terms: Oneyear, ?7; six months, ?3,60; three months, ?1.75. W. L. GRIST, News Agent. A may learn something greatly to their advantage and obtain specimens and full particulars free, bvaddressing WOOD'S LITERARY AND ART AGENCY, Newbnrgh, N. Y. LOOKING GLASSES. JUST received another lot of Looking Glasses at all prices. T. M. DOBSON & CO.