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Humorous gepartment. "A BOLT ALWAYS IN ORDER." Squills declares that his wife is always taking some kind of mean advantage of him. "The best woman in the world, sir," says j Squills, "but now and then she will act mean, j and she can't help it." "Last Saturday at breakfast she was as smiling as a bundle of chips." "Are your chops done to your liking, Squills, dear ?" "Deliriously, my love." "I broiled them myself, dear." "I knew it was going to be hot," said Squills, "and when I got into the hall to leave, Mrs. Squills was there with my hat in one hand and my over coat in the other." "Squills, dear," she began. "I thought it time to pitch in here," said Squills, "so I said, quietly, "How much, Mrs. Squills? Out with it, ray love." "Mr. Squills," said she, "don't be unmanly, sir, I beg; not to say ridiculous. Gussy wants a silk dress to go to church in; the poor child really isn't decent. 'You are very sorry,' well, so you ought to be. 'Let her say her prayers at home.' No, Mr. Squills, she shan t stay at home, and she shan t say her prayers, and Mr. Squills you are enough to aggravate a saint, aud your conduct is disgusting, and it's enough to drive a woman to bolt right off to Chicago and get a divorce." "I thought this was a good time to fire off ray pet joke," said Squills, "so I said, 'Mrs. Squills, a bolt is always in order.' Then I bolted myself, for Mrs. Squills comes of a fighting family." "When I went home that night Gussy, dear child, played all my pet Offenbach music, and I knew I was in'for the dress, only I wanted to hold out till morning just for the looks of the thing." "For five years after we were married," said Squills, "Mrs. Squills would persist in looking under the bed for a man. It's the same man every woman looks for. I suppose, for they all do it. Well, failing to find the man, Mrs. Squills finally gave him up in disgust, and took to something else, I suppose," said Squills, "they all take to something else after they can't find the man under the bed. Mrs. Snilills' \vpnlrnp?? la Knlfinir fho Hnnr '\fr Squills have you bolted the door?' is the last thing at night "This particular night," said he, "Mrs. S. was very dignified and distant" "No familiarities, Mr. S., if you please; you wounded my feelings in their tenderest point this morning, and I cannot forget, though you did, that I am your wife, and the mother of your children, Mr. Squills." "This was pitching it uncommonly strong, you know," said Squills, "and I was about to surrender, when Mrs. S. tnrned off the gas aud then coiled herself up in a pet on the outside bed-rail. Not even a 'good night, Squills.' I felt pretty bad about it, I can tell you, but I went to sleep. I don't know how long I had slept, but some time, when I experienced a kick in the back, as if a playful mule had been fanning me. Perhaps it was necessary, as I always slept soundly." "Mr. Squills," at last I heard her say, "Mr. Squills, have you bolted the door ? "Now, I leave it to any man," said Squill, appealiugly, "whether that is a correct thing for the mother of a family to do? Of course I got up and bolted the infernal door, and I said, "Mrs. Squills, why the devil didn't you think of bolting the door before I went to bed, and not wake a man up in the middle of a cold night to do it ? And what do you suppose her answer was ?" "Why, Mr. Squills, I thought a bolt was always in order." "What did I say? What could I say? And the worst of it all," said Squills, "I'll be hanged if she wasn't laughing at me; I could feel the bed shaking." Sunday School Scholars.?Upon the precise nature of the answers by the little childreu in the Sunday School, to questions put by their teachers, it is not altogether safe -v to count. At Nazareth, on Sunday last, an assistant superintendent was engaged in addressing the children. His subject was the Promised Land. "You see, childreu," he continued, after explaining the exodus of Moses and the sandy character of the desert, "you see,ray dear children, how Moses brought them into a land flowing with milk and honey. How nice that was; all of you like honey, particularly on your buckwheat cakes. Just think of it?not a land where the milk and honey come like they do here, but a land flowing with them. Just think, in the promised land, what a good time the little boys and girls must have had. Now let us see how well you remember what I have told you. "Who led out the Israelites ?" "Moses," was the prompt reply. "From where did he lead them ?" "From bondage," answered a number of them. "Where did he take them ?" "To the promised land." "That's right, my little dears?now what did that laud flow with ?" "With honey," said three or four. "What else?" Here was a stick?no reply. "Come, children, some of you surely remember. When you were babies, what did your mother give you ? What else did the promised land flow with ?" Again a blank pause. "I know thir," said a five year old, rising to his feet, and elevating his little hand. "I know what it wa3, thir, I know thir." "What was it, my dear ?" "Why, it was titty, thir." The questioner collapsed into a hymn. A Hard Case.?A lady in the south of England made a practice of collecting all the little Doys ot tne parisn once a year upon ner lawn, and stuffing them with beef ana plum pudding. One time toward the close of the entertainment, when she was walking round to see how all went on, and to ask how they were satisfied with her bounty, she found the greater part full and also content. But at last she came to a little fellow, upon whose plate there was a large lump of the third helping of pudding, and he was blubbering and crying as piteously as though he had not had a meal for four-and-twenty hours. "What is the matter with you, little man ?" asked the lady ; "has any one dared to ill-use you in my presence?" The urchin blubbered more desperately than before, and at length faltered out: "I can eat no more pudding!" and he cried more bitterly than before. The lady patted him on the head, saying, "Do not cry, my good little man; for if you are not able to eat your pudding, you can put it iD your pocket." A more violent burst followed this kindly advice, and at the end of it came out the words, "But my pockets are both full already." Useful Advice to Boys.?To throw stones?Fold each one carefully in a feather bed, and give good notice to all in the neighborhood that you are going to pitch. To carry gunpowder in the pocket?Soak it well in cola water, then wrap it in a yard of oiled silk. To tease a cat?Hold the cat close to your open eyes. To slide down the bannister?Let a surgeon sit upon the lowest stair. Also, carry a pailful of poultice in each of your hands, as you I may need it. To poke the fire properly?See that a few red hot coals are firmly secured to the handle end of the poker. To get rid of studying your lessons?Eat a hot mince pie every night, for one week, before going to bed. To keep the face clean?Hold your head under water until you grow up. To cure creaky boots?Wear them always 1 on going to the cake pantry. To be polite to sisters?Gfet their big broth- j er to introduce you to them. i L JVgticMltol Jlrpartmcut. YARIETY OF CROPS. It is a practice with many farmers to depend almost wholly for their annual income on a single crop. Some raise corn, some wheat, some potatoes; some hemp ; some one thing, some another, and almost nothing else. Now there are many serious objections to this kind of farming. The first is, it is bad for the land. It violates the principle of rotation of crops, on which the health and strength of the crops greatly depend. Farms will run out with this tillage, and the old men will pass away, by-and-by, and leave degenerate nnrl rninofl fnrmu fnr tVipir philrlrpru ATpn ought to feel a deep interest in the health of their farms. To keep them in a thriving condition should be one great aim in agriculture. Farms should be kept as fat as stock. The soil should be teeming with fruitful qualities, so that it will produce anything put into it. The second objection to the one-crop style of farming, is that it brings the work of the year principally into one or two seasons. It, does not spread it through the year. It does i not give each month, each day, its part, and j so make it easy and pleasant. Again it does ! not give opportunity for so much labor, and j hence, for so much profit. The be3t fanning is that which puts the most profitable labor into the year. It is that which gives to each day a good day's labor in actual work and profit. The one-crop system leaves loug vacations to labor. Make every blow count; make every hour tell on the profit side of the year-book. That's the true plan. Another and very serious objection to the one-crop system is that it is liable, in the vicissitudes of the seasons, to a total failure. It is a common thing for one crop to fail, but an unheard of thing for all crops to fail in this country. If you trust to one crop, you may fail entirely; if you trust to many, you are almost sure of some. The old saying about "Many irons in the fire" doesn't apply to farming. That is a mechanical proverb. The farmer has many times and seasons in the year to attend to his many crops. Mechanics and farming are quite different. In mechanics each man has his part, and always docs that; in farming the year affords a large round of different harvests. There is still another reason. It is best, for the country to have a variety of productions. It guards against famine, against failure, against money panics, against excessive prices, against the cannibalism of speculation. It is a regulator of everything. There may be exceptions to these remarks, but they apply to the great majority of farmers.?Exchange.. REMEDY FOR THE GARGET. Cows frequently have so slight a touch of the garget that their proprietors do not always observe the fact. A neighbor's cow, during the past season, was affected with the garget, so that her milk was full of small and ! hard lumps of milk. But they did not ob-1 serve it until the difficulty was pointed out to , them. L. B. Arnold, secretary of the American Dairymen's Association, says:?Garget may be cured if taken in season. To reduce the swelling and lumps in the udder, if any exist, rub the swollen parts twice a day, till they disappear, with a liniment made by mixing one-half ounce of spirits of turpentine and one-half ounce of liquor of ammonia with a half pint of linseed oil. This will remove them if anything will. The appearance of blood in thestrippings is an evidence of weakness in the lacteal glands. They are too much debilitated to hold the blood they take up long enough to elaborate it into milk, when the milk already formed is removed, and ceases to afford any resistance to the passage of the blood into the tubes of the udder. The blood which appears in the strippings has, doubtless, a bright and fresh appearance. The lacteal glauds should be strengthened by increasing the general vigor of the animal and by lessening the labor of the glands by abating the flow of milk. To increase the strength of the animal some kind D of grain that will not be heating should be given. A gruel made of scalded oatmeal would be as efficacious as anything. To diminish the flow of milk leave a little in the bag at each milking till the blood disappears, but do not leave so much as to create any fever in the bag. Stop milking just before you suspect the blood will begin to appear in the milk. When the milk ceases to be colored by blood the milk may all be drawn out as usual. Another remedy for the garget is a piece of poke root, sometimes called "koke root," as large as a man's fore-fiDger, cut into small pieces and mingled with a cow's feed twice a day. Stable Economy.?In selecting a site for the horse barn, a high and dry situation is essential in order to drain the stable,. purify the atmosphere around it, and preserve the health of the inmates. The stable should front the south to shelter the stock from the prevailing cold winds, and give them the benfit of the warmth of the sun. It requires to be thoroughly drained and well ventilated. Damp, filthy stables, full of decayed vegetable matter and fuul air, are the prominent causes of such fatal disorders as bring fevers, influenzas, farcy and glanders that destroy annually so many valuable horses. Fresh air is indisnensable to suddIv the Dlace of that # i ?11 v r which has been ouce breathed, and take away the fumes of ammonia always found in close stables, depriving the atmosphere of its lifesustaining element till it is not fit to breathe. Next to ventilation, light is essential to the health of horses. Blindness, as well as other diseases, have been attributed to dark, ill-ventilated stables. Sulphur for Gapes in Poultry.?Mr. H. W. Lamar writes to the Tribune that when he was a boy, and big brick ovens were in use in the South, every morning when the biscuit for breakfast were taken out and the oven yet hot, Sally made up a pone of corn meal (unsifted) bread, with a heaping tablespoonful of pulverized sulphur to the quart | of meal, mixed with water and nothing else, and this was fed to the chickens and turkeys morning and evening, and I never knew one' dozen chickens lost with gapes, as it is known that sulphur is death to parasitical worms. The young turkeys had a pill of ground black pepper given each morning when they appeared drooping, until again lively. These pills are easily made by adding enough Hour to cause adhesion. tvtL<i>KTrw: ?rfk Varc\rr.MM?A sprios of experiments, instituted to test the average loss in weight by drying, shows that corn loses one fifth and wheat one fourteenth by the process. From this the statement is made that farmers will make more by selling unshelled corn in the Fall at 75 cents than the following Hummer at 81 per bushel; and that wheat at 81.32 in December is equal to SI.50 for the same wheat in June following. This estimate is made on the basis of interest at 7 per cent., and takes no account of loss from the depredations of vermin. These facts arc worthy of I consideration.?Exchange. | Dressing Black Hogs.?In dressing black | hogs the water should not be so hot as in scalding white ones. If this simple rule be ; observed, there will be no difficulty in dress! ing black hogs. Instead of this color being | an objection, I regard it as an advantage?for | the skin of a black hog will always be found I to be smooth and glossy, free from cutaneous eruptions, and always clcau.?Farmer. t?* The mixing of iron scraps, filings or drilling chips from machine shops in the soil about the roots of pear trees, is becoming general with some of our best fruit growers. The health aud productiveness of the trees are greatly promoted thereby. Pieces of iron hoop, old scythes and other useless bits of iron have long been used by the most successful of our growers. W&* Mildewed linen may be restored by soaping the spots, and while wet covering them with fine chalk, scraped to powder, and well rubbed in. j |lcaili?0 fne the $afofa?ib. CONDUCTED BY REV. RORERT LATHAN. [Original.] PHYSICAL REDEMPTION. Usually we take too narrow and contracted ! a view of the work of Jesus Christ. We are ' too apt to think of it and speak of it as still i prospective?as a work which will take place, ; not in time but in eternity. Our notions of the redemption made by Jesus Christ are visionary, impracticable and contrary, alike to i the teachings of the Scriptures, and to what | we see constantly taking place around us. There cau be no doubt, both from the teachings of the Old Testament and the New Testament, that Christ's work consists iu taking away the sin of the world. The Scriptures warrant us in saying that Christ's work consists in restoring to its primeval beauty and goodness, all that was in any way marred by the sin of man. It is clear that when man tell, the world which he inhabits tell with him. Everything with which he in any way stood connected, underwent an instantaneous change as soon as Adam eat the forbidden fruit. Paradise lost all its beauty. Its trees lost their beauty, and their fruits no longer I were sufficient for food. The earth itself underwent a complete and thorough change. The elementary principles and constituent parts of the soil were changed. We might : say, to adopt the language of science, that the chemistry of the soil was changed so that what was made very good, became very bad. The earth lost its beauty and its productiveness at the same time. Instead of spontaneously bringing forth food for man, it now and ever since the fall, brings forth thorns and thistles. Sin affected every thing on the earth. The nature of every beast was changed. A spirit of cruelty and destruction entered into every living creature. The effect of this spirit is seen and felt in every land beneath the sun. Every living creature, and every plant has its enemy. A curse rests upon everything with which man stands either directly or indirectly connected. The lord of the lower world sinned, and his whole kingdom was smitten with mildew and blasting?with disease and death. Christ came into this world, God manifest in the flesh, to redeem the world?not simply to save sinners from everlasting destruction? but to redeem the world from the curse which now rests upon it. The angels which announced the advent of the Saviour, proclaimed in tones which every creature heard: "Peace on earth." Since the fall, there has been continual war in this world. This earth has been one battle-field. Christ came to "beat the sword into a plow-share, and the spear into a pruning hook." The redemption-price has been paid, but the work of saving the world is not finished. In fact, apparently, it is only begun. God, if we may so speak, is never in a hurry. He has faith in his own wisdom and power, and what he does is done in his own good time. From a multitude of passages in the Scriptures, we are forced to conclude, that some time, no one knows, this world will be ransomed from the physical curse which has rested upon it for more than five thousand years. The whole creation groans and travails in pain, waiting for that good day when the wolf shall dwell in peace with the lamb aud the calf, and the young lion shall feed in the same pasture, and the little child shall ' * ' rni . n i 1 _ _ 1 1_ . lend tnem. mat (jou nas promiseu huuii a time, no one who believes the word of God can doubt. The prophecy of Isaiah is full of predictions. The whole world is to become like Cannel for fertility, and Sharon for beauty. That this glorious period has commenced, no one conversant with history can doubt. It commenced on the evening of the day of the fatal act which brought death into our world. It was so small, and so circumscribed in its effects at first, that it was scarcely discernible for a period of four thousand years. Of all the families of earth, only the descendants of Abraham experienced its benign influence, and these only partially. When Christ died upon the cross, a new era commenced in the world's history. Since that memorable event, the work of removing the curse has progressed slowly but steadily and surely. The wilderness and the desert place has been converted into a fruitful field. The useful arts have made advancements which are astounding. Year by year, under the benign influence of the gospel of the Son of God, the earth is regaining the fertility which it possessed when first created. Under the blighting influence of infidelity and Paganism, fat lauds are turned into barrenness; but the gospel of the blessed Jesus, covers chalk hills and barreu glades with the choicest fruits of the earth. Wo minrlif. in for from the nature of God. that this world would ultimately be ransomed from the physical curse which now presses upon it. God delights in beauty and harmony and peace. Since the fall, all has been deformity, disorder and war. It is the peculiar work of the gospel to eradicate the thorn and thistle and plant the rose; to bring order out of confusion, and establish peace among the conflicting elements [ of nature. This is what it is actually doing. The work is God's. lie has made a beginning, and as in the fullness of time Jesus was born, so in the fullness of time, the work which Jesus came to perform will be finished. Today, every sweet has its bitter; but the day will come when the bitter will be removed aud the sweet made sweeter. We think wc are warranted in concluding | that this earth will not only be redeemed from the effects of sin, but it will be made by grace | more beautiful and lovely than it was when it came at first from the creative hand of its i AliniL'htv maker. Jesus Christ bestows upon . man, the lord of this world, more than Adam j by his sin took from it. Man, by nature, j sustains a relationship, and holds a connecI tion with everything else in this world which i we at present do not fully understand. His happiness depends upon the harmony of those things by which he is surrounded. This con' ncction is inseparable, and for aught we know, it will be eternal. Great beyond controversy | will be the change which will take place in | man's physical nature iu another state of exisI tenec; but we have no reason to conclude that j any of those powers with which he holds conI nection with other creatures will be destroyed. : These capabilities and powers, whatever they may be, will be purified, strengthened and | elevated. The bodies of the resurrected dead i will be spiritual bodies, like the bodies of their ! Redeemer. May we not conclude that a similar change in nature will take place in the case of everything in the empire of which I man was originally constituted lord? "Glorious things are spoken of the Zion city of our God." Not only will angels shout for j joy, and redeemed men sing anthems of praise j when this work of salvation is complete; but the hills will clap their hands for joy. As earth to the centre felt the shock when man i fell, so when his salvation is complete, she will feel the joy. | dtoiMrrii'js gejiadmrttt. [Original.] THE PRODIGAL. The following letter, in our humble opinion, is worthy of a careful perusal by a large number of young people, especially young men: "Dear Friend : We were, in our childhood and youth, warm friends ; but for a number of years no direct intercourse has been kept up between us. It is more than thirty years since I saw you, and since that time, have heard from you only through others. My object in writing to you at present is two-fold: First, I am anxious to hear from you, and through you of the mutual friends of our youth ; but my main object is to impart to you a brief synopsis of my history since I left the old homestead. You, I am sure, have a vivid recollection of the time, and no doubt, have heard a number of vague rumors res pecting the cause of my sudden and unexpected departure. I desire before I die, briefly to make a statement of the facts in the case, and their attendant results. As you remember, my father and mother had three sons. I was the oldest. From my earliest youth I was a restless spirit. You, nor no one except my own family, knew this. I was one thing at home, and another away from home. Strange and unnatural as it may seem, my father and myself never could agree. From the time that I was, as well as I am able now to remember, fifteen years old, I resolved in my mind, and declared to the other members of the family, that I would leave as soon as I was of age. This threat, for such it surely was, seemed to keep every member of the family in a state of depression and gloom. Often have I seen ray mother weep as if her heart would break. My little brother, who was much younger than myself, often would, when we were alone, beg me not to go away. But, strange as it may seem to you, and strange as it seems to me to-day, this anxiety on the part of my mother and little brother, actually intensified my resolution into a fixed purpose. Really ray father was kind; but he was desirous that I should grow up and be j i *: l?? u? CUiuti a. guuu uuu usuiui u11.12.eu , uuuue ue uncu pointed out to me what was right, but I invariably rejected his counsel, and opposed all his wishes respecting myself. So contrary and wayward was I, that it does seem to ine now, that had my father desired me to do wrong, I would have done right, simply to be contrary. This unpleasant state of things continued until I was in my twentieth year, when I formed habits which were very distressing to the whole family. I cannot say that I was ever rebuked, not even by my father; but all wept over me and on account of me. To intensify their grief, and lacerate their hearts, I determined oue morning, without giving any intimation to a single member of the family, that I would leave. Fortunately for the family, I met you a short distance from home and communicated the fact to you. But for this it might have been suspected that I had been, as Jacob thought concerning Joseph, torn in piecw by wild beasts. The first night after leaving home, I spent under the roof of Judge . He treated me with marked kindness. I did not expect to be treated in any other way than as a run-a-way. Although he had several servauts in the house, he himself showed me the room in which I was to sleep. After taking me to the room, he proposed that he would pray for me. This struck me as very strange, for he had prayed in the family before coming to the room. This made me think seriously of home, and of my wild and reckless undertaking. I do not think I slept one moment that night. Frequently, during the night, I was on the point of getting up aud returning. In the morning there was a great struggle in ray mind what I would do. Finally the prodigal spirit prevailed, and I again turned my back upon home and kindred. Unfortunately for me, for all time, at an early hour of the day, I fell in with a boon companion. I soon forgot home, and so far as I know, no member of the family ever certainly knew where I was. I will not weary you by attempting to give you even a brief statement of what took place in the interval between the morniug after I left the house of Judge and the present moment. Suffice it to say, that as you are aware, I am an old man with broken constitution, and although I hope I am a changed man, nobody has any respect for me. I recently heard that my father, mother and youngest brother have been dead for a number of years; and that mir ntKor hmtlipp mnved about ten vears aero to another State; but which one I could not ascertain. I am, and I feel it, alone in the world. I hear, to-night, the sobs of my heartbroken mother, and the entreaties of ray little brother. Sad as this may be, it is only a part of the bitter potion which is mingled in the cup of my sorrow. I have three sons, and as I treated ray father, so they treat me. My tears fall by them disregarded, and my entreaties are auswered by scoffing. They seem to have no affection for me nor for one auother. You know that so far as family position was concerned, ours was honorable, and I understand that ray brother, when he left the place of our birth, was a man of influence, loved and respected by all who knew him. Alas ! I am a poor vagabond, having no influence over my own children, and loved and respected by no one. I have not many more days to spend on earth, and when I die, unless some kind stranger is moved with pity, I will not get a decent burial. My post office is . Write to me onnn nnrl if vrm know nr o.in find out. tell I me the post office of my brother William. I would be glad to hear from him, although I am sure he feels that I shortened the days of ; our parents, and brought infamy and a re1 proach upon the name. I am yours as ouce. Singing to Cows.?Cows are sociable, and ! understand more than we suppose. The way ! I came in possession of this choice bit of knowl-1 i edge, Tim and I used to sing to our cows, i I They knew very quick when we changed from one tune to another. We have tried them repeatedly. When we sang sober, church hymns, they'd lop their ears down, look serious and chew their cud very slowly, remiudi ing me?no irreverence meditated?of nice 1 I old ladies in church, listening to the words of I tl.n rkrno/vlvnr vnf oil tVia limn miinpltJnor P.lnVfiS. ! I/IIV/ ^IVMVUVI) J VW ? *! VI*MV j i Then we'd change to some quick air, "Yankee : Doodle" or the like, and they would shake ' their heads, open their eyes, blink at us as i j much as to say, "Stop, don't you know we are the deacon's cows?" But when we would stop entirely, every cow would turn her head, > as if asking us to go on with our singing. If, it was pleasant, we generally sang together through the entire milking. I love the dear , animals that add so much to our comfort, j Boys, will you not be kind to the cows ? ? m Johnny, the minister's son, went to his | father one morning, directly after family wor-' . ship, saying, "Father, while you were praying I saw a man stealing grapes." "Weill," said the good man, "if you had bceu praying I too, you would not have seen him." Ihc (SNquiw.! 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It is the aim of the proprietor to make the ENQUIRER A LITERARY ANI) FAMILY NEWSPAPER, acceptable alike to all classes of readers and a welcome visitor to the Home Circle, 1 unwarped by party, creed or section; and the features which have so greatly contributed to its popularity?securing for it a circulation attained by no other secular weekly in the State?will re- i main unchanged. PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. We offer three Premiums for the three largest Clubs of Subscribers, forthe year 1874, amounting in tho aggregate to SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS in cash. The first premium will represent the valuo of THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS; the second, the value of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS; and the ' third, tho value of FIFTEEN DOLLARS. Instead of designating certain articles as premiums, wo have adopted the above plan, in order that persons who secure the premiums may select an y article that may be preferred of the value , to which each may be entitled, or receive the amount in cash, as "may be optional. 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Tho premiums will be awarded to the successful competitors at one o'clock, p. in., on the 1 FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH, 1874. c TERMS : 1 Single copy one .year,. ? 3 00 t in duos, eacn suoscriuer, per year, 4 uv How to Remit.?Money may lie forwarded at i our risk by draft, post-odlce order, or in regis- ] tered letters?otherwise we will assume no risk. , y&r Write names plainly, giving post-ofliee, county and State. * , pjy- Specimen copies of the ENQUIRER will be sent to any address on application. Address . all letters to L. M. GR1KT, Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York Count y. WHEREAS MRS. E. H. McCONNELL has applied to me for Lettors of Administration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of JOHN II. McCONNELL, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Judge of Probate's Court, for the said county, to be holden at York Court House, on the2(>TH DAY OF DECEMBER instant, to shew cause, if any they can, why the said Administration should not bo granted. Given under mv hand and seal, this 9th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and in the 98th year of the Sovereignty "and Independence of i.n TT,iItrwl VU'itny nf America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. December 11 5(1 21* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. WHEREAS J. A. CARROLL has applied to me for Letters of Administration, de bonis . nou, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, j rights and credits of JOHN H. CLARK, late of i the county aforesaid, deceased. i These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and j singular, the kindred and creditors of the said de- ( ceased, to he and appear before me at our next Judge of Probate's Court for the said county, to t be holdenat York Court Ilouseon the 20TH DAY OF DECEMBER, instant, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be grant- . ed. ' Given under my hand and Seal, this nth day of . December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and in the 98th j year of the Independence of the United States . of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, j Judge of Probate. December 1L 50 2t J. S. It. THOMSON, ~ I SOLICITOR IN BANKRUPTCY, YORKVILLE, S. C. >a-i ?nnci:il attention iriven to the liline: of Pe- ; * titions. July.}l 31 2t | MEDICAL NOTICE. ; T\It. L. ALEXANDER respectfully oilers his | I f professional services to the citizens of York- i 1 ville and surrounding country. Calls, either day j or night, promptly obeyed. ' j j September 11 3<> tf : ' RAGS WANTED. ? a AAA POUNDS of clean cotton and 1 in- 1 IfJ.UUlJ en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents j per pound will bo paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. | December 4 40 _ 2t j MACHINE NEEDLES. ? A LOT OF HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE \ J\_ NEEDLES just arrived and for sale by j t \V. L. GRIST, Agent. October 23 43 tf I J. H. ADAMS. _ PALL AND WINTER GOODS !! i [n announcing the receipt of my purchases for the ! FALL TRADE, it affords me pleasure to inform my customers ind the public generally that in point of elcjance, my stock is QUITE COMPLETE, j r am enabled to offer unprecedented attractions | both in quality of Goods and prices. The Ladies will find full and complete lines of DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS, including all the Novelties if the season. GICNT'S CLOTHING AND FURNISHING SOODS, of the best grades and MOST FASHIONABLE STYLES. HATS, CAPS, ROOTS AND SHOES, with the 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 respectfully solicit AN EXAMINATION OF GOODS AND PRICES. JOHN H. ADAMS. ^ Supjtfkt, j u| fl i BrajMs^mUJl^BAh^sy/uvUajTdi, \ n n ( S&t teani M&ileMintIij;Flocrind?riu. \ ft ? i fclinnWhite!Puie,Wdlmt&uyLajder} \ 5 ? I LdimtHdAerfRu WoodtA c. | V a I AUWorhWamntei. \ L * LOWEST PRICES, i r si J SendflrTrueLUfr 2 ' LH. HALL & CO,! j Mntnf&tiartri fcDnlerr, J a J d O f/l Ctmjjmb ^ rogj P/ri/iiizaiAU uwcu/? oga .-.j 225.225,X*3t2w HI [fij CM A RLESTON, S. 0. frf fhisCut entered according to Act of Congress, in tlieyenr 1873, by I. H. Ha 1.1. Sc Co., in the office of theLibrarinn of Congic?e,nt Washington. July 3 27 ly ROSE'S HOTEL, (FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.) COLUMBIA, S. C. rHIS HOUSE is in the centre of the city, convenient to all the Public Offices and Business blouses, located on the south-westcorner of the State House Square, has been recently re-opened ind renovated, and will now compare favorably vith any Hotel at the South. ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convey passengers to ind from every train, free of charge. Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommoda,ion of ladies. TRANSIENT BOARD $2.50 per day. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor. September 18 38 tf BOOT AND SHOEMAKING. rHE undersigned respectfully announces to his friends and the public in general, that he is ji trjjtticu WIIII A FINE STOCK OF MATERIAL, n his line, suitable to the wants of every customsr, who may give him a call. They may not only jbtain an article of good quality AT A REASONABLE PRICE, jut are also certain to secure what is equally as lesirable, a good lit and fashionable style. These ire advantages which should not be overlooked. Special attention is called to the celebrated cloth op Congress Gaiter and the Congress Shoe FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR. \lso, on hand, a good stock of light and heavy 3ROGANS and OXFORD TIES, which are war anted to give entire satisfaction for the price paid. ^SS-Speeial and prompt attention is given to remiring. F. CIIRISTMAN, Agent. March 28 13 tf jA Cbocp, BaoNcnrr\^% is, Asthma, and Kj every affection of and chest, aro speedily and perrn&nently cured^jiy which does not dry up a cough and leavo tbo causo behind, but loosens It, ciesnses ino tungs anu aiiaya irritation, thus removing the cause of the complaint CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED by a tlmelv resort to this standard remedy, as is proved by hundreds of testimonials it has received. The genuine Is signed Butte" on the wrapper, BETH W. FOWLE ds SONS, Pbopwitoes, Boston, Mass.. Sold by dealers generally. October 2 40 ly REMEMBER THE DEAD !~~ YORXVILLE MARBLE YARD. F. IIAPPERFIELD RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he is fully prepared to supply, at short notice, MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, And every other description of work in this line, for which"there is a demand in this section. He ivill endeavor to give satisfaction to his customers, ind will guarantee that in every case the quality ind style of his work will bo in* accordance with lie price charged for it. Thankful for the patronige hitherto bestowed on him, he solicits a eoni nuance. THE HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. rllE best Cheap Machine in the Market. If the number sold is a criterion of merit.it is the [JEST MACHINE in use, as there have been nore HOME SHUTTLE MACHINES sold in lio statfi duriner the last twelve months than all )thor Sewing Machines combined. You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE or about half the money you will have to pay for i lir.st-cla.ss Machine. ft?- Home Shuttle Needles kept constantly on uind. ^9- Any Home Shuttle Attachment furnished it short notice. % ?? Repairing promptly attended to. \V. L. GRIST, Agent. November (> -15 tf )UR PARTNERSHIP WITH^OLDSOL* riTILL continues, and we are prepared, lietter 5 than ever, to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES of every style, at our gallery in the "Adobes' Building." A lot of nice ALBUMS always on.hand. Also, Stereoscopes and Views. J. R. SCIIORB <fc SON. Decembers 4'J lv MISSOURI TRIPOLI. JUST received a lot of Missouri Tripoli, especially adapted to housekecps for polishing Mated-ware, Brass, Steel, Glass, or any materia vhere a brilliant lustre is required. Full direeions accompany each package. For sale by W. L. GRIST, Agent. August II :im THE YORKVILLE BRANCH of the CITIZEl'S SAVI5BS BMK If SO. CAR1LUA Ranking Oflioe Opposite the Store of J. II. Adams. ? Deposits of $1 and Upwards Received. Interest allowed at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum on Certificates of Deposit, and 0 per cent, compounded every six months on accounts. PRINCIPAL OFFICE - - COLUMBIA, S. C. WM. MARTIN President. JOHN B. PALMER, Vice-President. A. G. BRENIZER, Cashier. J. H. SAWYER, Ass't Cashier in general charge. JOHN C. B. SMITH, Local Assistant Cashier. Directors.?Wade Hampton, William Martin A. C. Haskell, F. W. McMaster, E. H. Heinitsh, John B. Palmer, Thos. E. Gregg, Columbia. J. Eli Gregg, Marion. G. T. Scott, W. G. Mayes, Ncivberry. B. H. Rutlcdge, D. Ravenel, Jr., Henry Buist, Charleston. Gen. Samuel McGowan, Abbeville. BRANCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA J Location. Local Ass't Cashiers. Charleston, D. RAVENEL, Jit. Orangeburg, J. H. FOWLES. Sumter, J. W. DARGAN. Spartanburg, GEORGE COFIELD. Newberry, T. 8. DUNCAN. Laurens Dr. JOHN W. SIMPSON. Greenville, J. J. BLACKWOOD. Abbeville, Hon. D. L. WARDLAW. Camden, W. D. McDOWELL. Unionville, E. R. WALLACE Yorkville, W. B. METTS. FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YOHKVILLE. B. T. WHEELER, J. H. ADAMS, L. M. GRIST. TpSr- SIGHT DRAFTS drawn on all the Branches or the Bank in this State, and also on all the prominent places in the United States and Europe. ipSSr- Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver bought and sold. UST Mutilated Currency purchased at a small discount. W. B. METTS, Assistant Cashier at Yorkville. January 30 5 ly ~ PIEDMONT AIR LINE BAIL WAY. Richmond and danville, Richmond and Danville R. W., N. C. Division, and North-Western N. C. Railway. condensed time-table, In efl'ect on and after Sunday, October 12th, 1873. going north! STATIONS. "MAIL. j EXPRESS. Leave Charlotte 10.00 P. M.j 8.15 A. M. " Air-Line Junct'n, 10.06 " j 8.30 ? " Salisbury 1.06 A.M.; 10.21 " " Greensboro 3.30 ? 12.45 P. M. " Danville, 1 6.20 " 3.12 " " Ilurkville 11.35 ? 7.36. " Arrive at Richmond....; 2.17 P. M.| 10.17 " G0ING g0UTH< STATIONS] j MAIL, j EXPRESS. Leave Richmond 1.28P.M. 6.00 A.M. " Burkevllle 4.45 " j 8.29 " " Danville I 3.18 ? | 12.45 P. M. " Grcenxboro "12.20 A.M.! 3.50 ? " Sallabury, \ 2.38 " 1 6.06 " " Air-Line Junci'n.i 4.39 " | 8.10 " Arrlvc at Charlotte ; 4.35 " [ 8.15 " EAST AND WEST | GOING EAST. | GOING WEST. STATIONS. j " MAIL. MAIL. Lcnvc Greenxboro jg 3.05 A.M. Arrive 12.20 A.M. " Company Shnpa.. j c. 4.45 " ?. 9.35 " " Hillnboro a. .... ? = 7.47 " " Raleigh | 8.35 " '? 5.26 " Arrive at Goldsboro != 11.15 " j x Leave 2.30 P. M. NORTH-WESTERN-N. C. RAILROAD. (SALEM BRANCH.) Leave Greensboro 4.30 P. M. Arrive at Kernewvllle, 5.26 P. M. Leave Kernersville 8.00 A. M. Arrive at Grcenaboro 10.00 A.M. Mail trains daily both ways. On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leaves Richmond at 9.42 A. M.; arrives at Burkeville 12.45 P. M.; leaves Burkeville 5.35 A. M.; arrives at Richmond 8.44 P. M. Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains between Charlotte and Richmond, (without change.) For further information, address S. E. ALLEN, General Ticket Agent, T. M. R. TALCOTT. Greensboro, N. C. Engr. and Gun. Supt. THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. CHARLOTTE, COL. & AUGUSTA R. R. CO.,) Columbia, S. C., October24,1873. j THE following Passenger Schedule will be rnn over this road on and after SUNDAY, 26th instant: going north. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M. 4.15 P. M. " Graniteville,...*7.33 A. M. 5.11 P. M. " Batesville 9.43 A. M. f7.22 P. M. " Columbia 11.58 A. M. 9.37 P. M. " Chester, +4.28 P. M. 2.28 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte...f7.08 P. M. *5.15 A. M. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 6.40 A. M.; also, via Raleigh ana Old Bay Line, arriying 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. " Chester, 9.54 A. M. 10.58 P. M. " Columbia J2.48 P. M. 3.40 A. M. " Batesville 4.57 P. M. 5.43 A. M. " ftranitovillo +7 15P \l" *7 49 A Arrive at Augusta! 8.05 P. M. 8.45 A. M. 'Breakfast. JDinner. fSupper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. >S:-SU Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. E. R. Dorsev, Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHERAW AND DARLINGTON B. ROAD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,} Cheraw & Darlington Railroad Co., > Society Hill, S. C., October 10, 1873. ) CHANGE OP SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. Leave Cheraw 8.00, A. M. Leave Florence... .3.00, P. M. Leave Cnsh'a 8 20, A. M. Leave Palmetto 3.20, P. M. Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...3.40,P. M. Leave Dove'a 9.15,A. M. Leave Dove'a 4.15, P.M. Leave Darlington..9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M. Leave Palmetto...10.10, A. M. Leave Catth'a 5.10, P.M. Arrive at Florence. 10.30, A. M. Arrive at Cheraw..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. UEREAFTER the trains over the KING'S tfrvrrxTrn a TV 13 A TT Df\ A Tk will run HailV II iUUUl> XA111 IVA1U UVAl/ TV III ?uu M<MV | (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 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. Coohing- and Heating Stoves at Retail. Pictures of each, with full descriptions, as well as prices and lists of furniture for Cook Stoves, will be promptly sent on application. WILLIAM SHEPHERD & CO., Charleston, S. C. September 4 36 6m "ATSENSIBLE MAN'S LOGIC. TTE who provides not for his own family, is worse tlian a heathen. INecessariesana conveniences should first be provided. A good SEWING MACHINE has become a necessary in every family. The "AMERICAN" IS THE BEST -* AND CHEAPEST; containing within itself all * Jt the latest improvements. Therefore I will go at 3 once and buy one of J. R. SCHORB A SON, Agents for York County. UNION-HERALD. I AM agent for this sprightly daily, published at the Capital of the State. It contains the latest telegrams, market reports and general news, and reaches Yorkville on the day of publication. 9 Subscriptions received for twelve, three and six 9 months. Terms: Oneyear, $7; six months, $3.50; S three months, $1.75. W. L. GRIST, News Agent. A rvorita may learn something greatly to their advantage and obtain specimens and full particulars free, by addressing WOOD'S LITERARY AND ART AGENCY, Newburgh, N. Y. LOOKING GLASSES. 9 JUST received another lot of Looking Glasses 9 at all prices. T. M. DOBSON & CO. /