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Humorous Department. | THE SUFFERINGS OF A PRISONER. A gentleman connected with the engineer department, Cincinnati Southern Railway, gave an amusing account of a most cruel case of imprisonment at Huntsville, Scott county, Teun., during the summer of 1872. The remarkable prisoner, and the circumstances attending his cruel confinement, were first brought to the notice of the eugineer by a lawyer named Overton, who was in that county investigating some land titles. Being in Huntsville, one day, Overton's attention was attracted by the conversation of some frequenters of an apple-brandy "mill." The party were much excited over the cruel and outrageous imprisonment of "one of our fellows," at the instance of some wretch of a United States marshal. Overton's sympathies were excited, and he inquired the cause aud circumstances of the imprisonment. f "Thar he is," said the spokesman of the party ; "over thar on the fence." Overton looked across the street, and beheld a seedy individual perched upon the fence, leisurely whittling a pine shingle. The In irnof o nn??Ao nK f Kn nrlcAnor lupavucuiv/ lanjoi a^ivavu^u i/uv |/ncvuvi| and inquired of him if he was in trouble. "Yaas. Put me in here. Charge of'llicit 'stillinV "And they keep you pretty close?" "Yaas. Time 'bout half out. Got transferred from Knoxville jail." "Who is your jailer?" "Jailer? Ha'ant any. Carry the keys myself." At this juncture the party from the drinking-shop had crossed the street, and came up to where Overton and the prisoner were talking. "Yaas," said the spokesman, "it's a shame. Them marshals had better not come about here no more. Come over and have a drink." And the whole party, prisoner included, adjourned to the "mill," and took a drink of brandy. In a few days "one of the boys" of the engineer corps, who had heard of this remarkable prisoner, visited the jail at Huntsville. The door stood wide open, and a man was in the only room, alone, hammering away at some sort of carpenter work. In answer to the question if he was the unfortunate person who was suffering the misfortunes of imprisonment for the crime of making a few gallons of eye-opener, he replied: "Y-a-a-s. Got me in here." Aud the suffering ccnvict put on such a look of distress that the man of transits and tangents said : "An outrageous shame. Come over and let's have a drink." And over went the two, the prisoner locking the door behind him. The next day or two, two of the engineer corps met this foully-used convict in the woods, with a gun ou one shoulder and a lot of game over the other. In answer to a ques tion, they got the stereotyped reply : "Y-a-a-s. Got me in here. 'Licit stillin'." A few days more, and one of the engineers met the oppressed individual three miles from Huntsville, on his way home to spend a few days with his family. "And your'e the prisoner ?" "Y-a-a-s; got me in here." The facts herein are vouched for by the gentleman who related them. The circumstances reveal an amount of cold-blooded cruelty upon the part of citizens and officials of Scott county rarely equalled in modern times. Cakes and Sausage Gravy.?A San Francisco paper says: They tell a story of a Marysville man?for the sake of his relatives we withhold his name?who is inordinately fond of buckwheat cakes and sausage gravy, and who, whenever he comes across either of these dishes at a table, never knows when he lias got enough. Some time ago, this gentleman was called to San Francisco on business, and he went to Sacramento on his way, when lie entered one of the hotels in the morning to get his breakfast. On the bill of fare he spied his favorite dish, and the obedient servant was soon traveling toward the kitchen for buckwheat cakes and sausage gravy. The man s appetite was keeu and thegravy seemed extra good. And four times did that waiter carry empty plates from the table to "return with more buckwheat cakes and gravy before the man finally cried enough. Notwithstanding his breakfast, the gentleman from Marys* ville managed to reach San Francisco and transact his business, and was again on his way home. He returned via Sacramento, and it seems unnecessary to state went to the same hotel for his meal. He sat down to the table, and the same waiter approached. He took one good look at him, to assure himself that it was his former customer, and then, without a word, walked back to the kitchen and bawled, "Buckwheat cakes and sausage gravy for six ; that old hog from Marysville is back here again." + Kept for Trading Purposes.?A span of horses in a small Wisconsin town, kept for trading and speculation exclusively, have a little history of their own. They sold in GreerfBayfor sixty-five cents. Then they rapidly rose in value until they brought five dollars. Excitement running high, and appearances indicating that they would soon be able to stand alone, they were put up at a raffle, and seventy-five tickets were sold at una rtnllar ?><ir>Vi A Fionopa man u'nn tViom and thought himself lucky, but, after feeding them ten dollars' worth of hay and oats, he became discouraged, and sold them for seventy-five cents. The man who got them traded then) to a barber for two months' shave, and the barber went out and hung himself. The result is that the horses are now without a protector. ? In* the Style.?One morning Biddy, seeing her mistress in a loose wrapper, was told that it was the style of "half undressed." The next morning her master brought up some tomatoes fresh from the vines, which he told her to serve up "in an undressed state." When breakfast was ready Biddy came with the tomatoes, having very few clothes on, in fact but a single garment decked her sturdy limbs. The master and mistress viewed her with amazement, butjshe made sure her position as she placed the dish on the table, by saying, "Arrah ! sure, I'm in an undressed state, as ye ordered me, and begorra I'll not strip another rag if I'get my discharge !" + Taking a Drink.?A California miner, fond of whisky, attempted to obtain a drink surreptitiously from a soda-water bottle which the foreman had in a box in the wagon. Watching when the overseer had turned away for a minute, he slipped up into the wagon, slyly inserted his hand, took out the soda- j water bottle and swallowed the contents; but j !.*-i ih am a m a rv* n n ^ic<AATTAt>n/1 kim nrt/1 jU&k II1C11 me luicuiau uioeuveicu iiiuj, auu i saw that he had drank a bottle of quicksilver ; instead of the coveted whisky. All the win- : dow-glass in the neighborhood was collected, | and that miner was kept busy for two days brelthing on the panes to convert them into 1 mirrors. i . ? Go West.?A Nebraska journal inviting- j ly says : "Who says farmers cannot get rich i iu this State ? Fifteen years ago a young 1 man came to the State, without a dollar in the i world. Last week he went out of the State, carrying with him the sum of one dollar and thirty-eight cents, the savings of fifteen years of frugal life. Come West, young man, Come I West!" Poor Land.?As Dr. Dwight once passed through a region of very poor land, he said to the farmer, "Sir, I see your land here is not very productive." "No, sir," said the honest farmer, "our land is just like self-right- j eousness." "How is that!" "Why, the more one has of it, the poorer he is." _ Bag* An exchange says, "If you wish to be released from rash promises of marriage, breathe vows of love continually after eating j onions." ! Agricultural grgartmcut. [Original.] CHANGE NEEDED. That man must be either very dull or a very careless observer, who does not see that things are in a tangled condition in South Carolina. The people of our State are extensively engaged in agriculture, or to speak more correctly, agriculture is the only avocation of the people. Notwithstanding this fact, the people are by no means skilled agriculturists. To say that no system of tilling the soil has been adopted by the people, would be saying too much; because, for, perhaps, a century, there has been in existence a system of farming which is rigidly, except in a few isolated cases, scattered over the State, prac ticed to-day by all clases ot people. \y e canuot better describe that system than by saying, that it is a system of destruction. A large farmer in South Carolina resembles an Euglish lord in one particular. Both have large farms. There is this great difference. Au English farm is cultivated in the best possible manner. The land itself is regarded as valuable property. Every means is resorted to in order to increase its fertility. In South Carolina, land is not regarded as permanent property. It is considered property for so long a period of years as it can be worn out and rendered unproductive/ In all the cotton growing States the idea of wearing out the soil seems to be prevalent. A farmer buys a plantation with the determination of wearing it out, and then buys another and treats it in the same way. It was possible once, when labor was property, to carry on this system of destruction ; but at present it is impossible. Every thing seems to indicate the necessity of a change in tfce system of farming in this State. Any man who will make an examination of the farms of the State generally, will discover that the houses, fences, aud in fact, improvements of all kinds, are in a dilapidated condition. This is not all. For several years fine f>rr>r?q have hean made. and fair nrices realized. and yet money is scarce, and times are hard. Every year seems to increase the pressure, and bring us nearer the point of breaking down. If the present system continues to be practiced for a few years, startling results will be made. Vast numbers of men will be forced to pass through an ordeal that tries men's souls. A large amount of property will change bauds, aud that, too, under circumstances by no means pleasant. The change necessary, is simply that each individual conform to the new condition of things. The negro is free, and is using his freedom in such a way that it is of but little advantage to the State, and less to himself. He has politics and office on the brain, and rags on his back, and emptinesss in his stomach. Both the negro and his former master have mistaken the meaning of the word freedom. The whole country is experiencing the conseqences of this mistake. The property holder must learn that he is dependent upon the laboring class, and the laboring class must learn that it is dependent upon the property holder. This radical change is absolutely necessary to the prosperity of the country. It is of far more importance than politics. So soon as this change is made, a change in politics will take place. + ? ? To Destroy Insects.?Hot alum-water is a recent suggestion as an insecticide. It will destroy red and black ants, cockroaches, spiders, chinch bugs, and all the crawling pests which infest our houses. Take two pounds of alum and dissolve it in three or four quarts of boiling water; let it stand ou the tire until the alum dissolves ; then apply it with a brush while nearly boiling hot, to every joint and crevice in your closets, bedsteads, pantry shelves, and the like. Brush the crevices in the floor of the skirting or mop board, if you suspect that they harbor vermin. If, in whitewashing a ceiling, plenty of alum is added to the lime, it will also serve to keep insects at a distance. Cockroaches will flee the paint which has been washed in cool alum water. Sugar barrels and boxes can be freed from ants by drawing a wide chalk mark just round the edge of the top of them. The mark must be unbroken or they will creep over it, but a continuous chalk line half an inch in width will set their depredations at naught. Powdered alum or borax will keep the chinch bug at a respectable distance, and travelers should always carry a package of it in their hand-bags, to scatter over and under their pillows, in places where they have reason to suspect the presence of such bed-fellows.? Scientific American. ^ 4 ? Dogging Stock.?Farmers, one and all, don't have a vicious barking dog around your steers. A case has been under the writer's notice all last year, of a man who prided himself on his ability to manage his swine and stock with two curs that were not worth the powder to shoot them. "What was the consequence ? The sows all had dead pigs; the cows, in some instances, aborted their calves, or became so unmanageable as to be obliged to have their legs tied at milking time. If ever a horse gets loose, it reraaius so until tired down ; the whole thing making every one on the farm grow cross and sour-tempered. Remember the cow and the horse are quiet, confiding animals. but cetshv and vicious if anv o '9 " O * ?r mangy mongrel is allowed to dog them home and dog them away, and here and there. Show an intelligent man another man's cows, and he will very soon show you the man's temper.? Western Rural. ? Stabilty of Climate.?It is common to make the assertion that our climate is growing colder, or otherwise changing, but according to the meteorological observations made by David Draper and others, at New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Charleston, Cincinnati, and other places, the climate of the United States has not undergone any essential modification, and the mean heat of summer and the mean cold of winter are the same now as they were a century or more ago. The mean heat of the three summer mouths at New York has long been about 72.09; of Philadelphia, 73.79; and of Charleston, 80.12. The removal of foists may increase the sweep of winds at the earth's surface and nowhere else; it certainly cannot affect the heat or cold of the cubic miles of atmosphere high above. Cotton Seed and Cotton Planting.? In cotton culture it is the worst of bad management to plant inferior seed because it would cost something to buy the best; but, as we have repeatedly urged, every planter should, by continual selection and high cultivation, make his own seed, and take pride in having the best. Begin with the Dickson seed, or any better sort, if there be any better ; and improve upon that until you have Rnmethinc as much better than the Dickson as the Dickson is better than the common. Experience must determine the exceptions and good judgment guide the planter at every step.?Rural Carolinian. Improved Bridle.?A bridle consisting of a single strap has recently been patented. A loop passes around the neck, the two parts meeting together at the top of the head, behind the ears, turning down between them and passing through a buckle; thence down the face one upon the other to another buckle, from which the parts separate and pass down each cheek to a loop or ring in the bit, and thence extend, in the manner of the reins, over the back of the neck where they join together. To adjust the bridle, or to apply or remove it, the upper buckle or loop is simply moved up or down on the strap.?Live Stock Journal. (SMflmt's Department. THE TIME TO BE PLEASANT. "Mother's cross!" said Maggie, complaining out in the kitchen, with a pout on her lips ' | Her aunt was busy ironing; but she lookec 1 up, and answered Maggie : "Then, it is the time for you to be pleas 1 ant and helpful. Mother was awake a greai . j deal in the night with the poor baby." Maggie made no reply. She put on hei | hat, and walked off into the garden. But ? ' new idea went with her. "The very time tc ! be helpful and pleasant is when other people ; I are cross. Sure enough," thought she; "thai I would be the time when it would do the mosi j good. I remember, when I was sick lasl ; year, I was so nervous that, if anybody spokf ! to me, I could hardly help being cross ; and ! mother never got angry or out of patience, { but was just as gentle with me. I ought tc I pay it back now; and I will." And she j sprang up from the grass where she had I thrown herself, and turned, a face full ol cheerful resolution, toward the room where her mother sat soothing and tending a fretful, teething baby. Maggie brought out the pretty ivory balls, and bogau to jingle them foi the little one. He stopped fretting, and a smile dimpled the corner of his lips. "Couldn't I take him out to ride in his carriage, mother ; it is such a nice morning V she asked. "I should be so glad if you would !" said her mother. The little hat and sack were brought, and baby was soon ready for his ride. "I'll keep him as long as he is good," said Maggie, "and you must lie on the sofa and get a nap while I am gone. You are looking dreadful tired." The kind words and the kiss that accompanied them were almost too much for the mother. The tears rose to her eyes, and her voice trembled as she answered : "Thank you, dearie; it will do me a world of good, if you can keep him out an hour; and the air will do him good. My head aches badly this morning." What a happy heart beat in Maggie's bosom as sue truuuieu me nine carriage up and down on the walk ! She had done real good. She had given back a little of the help and forbearance that had so often been bestowed upon her. She had made her mother happier, aud given her time to rest. She resolved always to remember and act upon her aunt's good word : "The very time to be helpful and pleasant is when everybody is tired and cross."?The Wellspring. A FABLE. THE TREE AND THE VINE. "Please help me up, just a little, where 1 can see," pleaded a harmless-looking little Vine, creepiug up to a Sapling in the forest "To be sure I will," said the generous young tree. "Come on." "Beware!" whispered a neighboring Oak, whose massive trunk had braved the storms of more than a ceutury, and many of whose branches were larger than the whole Sapling. "Beware! that Vine is poisonous and will dc you harm." "What! that little bit of a Vine?" replied the couceited as well as generous Sapling, "Nonsense! I am strong enough to help twenty such Vines as that, even if they were enemies, as you say, and not the pretty, in i. i.i }} uocem irieuus iuu_y art:. "Beware!" muttered the aged counsellor; "I have seen trees as conceited as yoursell bitterly repent of doing just what you now propose to do." "Fiddlesticks! You are behind the times, Mr. Oak. Why, I have withstood storms before which your hundred year old brothers have fallen, aud to which you yourself have yielded great branches. Come on, Miss Vine, and take my arm." The foolish Sapling extended one of his lower branches to the Vine, who tenderly clasped it. The old Oak sighed and remained silent, while the Sapling gleefully laughed, and, as he felt the soft touch of the Vine, said: "Ah, Miss Vine, you are a charming companion. You and I will show that lightningscarred, gnarled, old fogy of an Oak that we were bom in an age of progress." "Plow good aud clever you are!" murmured the Vine, nestling closer to liim. She was a very loving Vine. She hugged the young tree more and more closely, twined herself slowly about his body, spread out over his arms, and fettered them, climbed up ovei his head, and in a few years had completely shrouded him with leaves, shutting off the bright sunshine, and breathing out a poisonous breath, so that, after some faint struggles to obtain warmth and food, the tree died a lingering and remorseful death. An evil habit may at first appear harmless and pleasant, but let it once get a hold upon you, and it will twine itself closely about you, shutting out all that is good and pure, until you smother to death in its poisoned atmosphere.?Bright Side. THE LITTLE HOY WHO DARED. "Ho! you don't dare to cross the river on that broken plank," said one boy to another as they stood on the shore. "Yes, I do," foolishly answered the other i nT .1 .]? o.. i.A uoy ; 1 uurc lu uu iiuj iiuu^. uu uc itiu uu the board, and was but just rescued from drowning. Hearing this story of reckless courage reminded me of a boy whose daring was heroic. A woman, bent and worn, with pale, sunken cheeks, aud weary, faded eyes, is sitting in an attic-room of a tenement house in one of our large manufacturing towns. Her work has dropped a moment in her lap, and her hands are clasped tightly together. She is looking out from her narrow window on some children coming from school; and she has not noticed that her own boy has entered the room, so busy is she in thinking and trying in vain to solve that unanswerable question of nothing producing something. "I cannot have a warm shawl. Charlie must have a decent jacket to wear to school. He says all the boys call him 'Patchwork.' It is hard. No; I will give up going to the mission church, aud will stay in the house. Nevermind; Charlie must have his jacketPoor boy ! Who would have thought I could ever come to this?" And, overburdened with care, she hid her face in her hands and wept; and the unfinished work drifted slowly to the floor. A rough sleeve, a gentle hand 011 her shoulder, and a boy's trembling voice, "Mother, dear, please don't! I don't need the jacket, really." The woman started in surprise. "Why, Charlie, boy! I didn't hear you come in." ".no, motlier; 1 kuow you didn't; Due jl am glad I know now that my new jacket was to be instead of a shawl for you. I don't mind their calling me 'Patchwork' now, mother; I've got used to it. And you must buy your shawl this afternoon." Ah, poor, sad-faced woman ! there is a little sunlight iu the dark world for you. The Lord has given you a boy in whom you may well rejoice. And, through the boy's pleadings, the shawl was bought.? Well Spring. How he got a Greek Testament.?The Rev. John Brown, when a poor shepherd boy, conceived the idea of learning Latin and Greek, and having procured a few old books, actually accomplished the task, while tendiug his cattle on the hills. On one occasion he went to Edinburgh, plaided and barefoot, walked into a bookseller's store, and asked for a Greek Testament. "What are you going tc do with a Greek Testament?" said the bookseller. "Read it," was the prompt reply. "Read it!" exclaimed the bookseller, with a smile; "ye may have it for nothing if ye'll read it." Taking the book, he quietly read off a few verses, and gave the translation; on which he was permited to carry off the Greek Testament in triumph. | grading fat the CONDUCTED BY 11EV. ROBERT LATH AN. t GOD OUR SHIELD. In ancient times nu warrior's equipme was complete without a shield ; indeed, it w t j his principal means of defense. With it 1 i turned aside the swift arrows and fiery dar : of his enemies, warded off the sharp swor | thrust or protected himself from the showi I i of stones or other missiles. It was worn upc ' ! the left arm and proved a most effectual d ' j fonse while the wearer faced the foe, bi t ! formed not the least covering for a coward ! back. It was considered such a disgrace f< II ! one to lose his shield, or be wounded in tl I ! back, that the patrioticSpartan matrons endc ! their parting salutations to their sons, "Retui ' with your shields or upon them." J As shields were a necessity in ancient wa , fare, they varied in size, shape, or materia , according to the notions or resources of tl | people. In the earliest ages they were mar ' of the bark of trees, osier willows, and tl ' skins of animals ; but as nations advanced i | wealth and civilization, shields were made < brass, steel and other metals, and often i 1 great beauty of finish, though none the le rt mAnnc /lftfnnco Tlintr mttrKf olmAQf I . " ??C?W.O W. UWV..SV. . J looked upon as exponents of the degree < refinement to which a nation had attained. As weapons of olFense changed, those i defense changed, and shields gradually d , minished in size, but gained in beauty ar adornment, until, at last, they became mer ly armorial bearings, to display heraldic d ' ! signs. ' Shields are no longer used in modern wa 1 fare, and as we have no practical illustratic of the protection afforded by them, we loi ' much of the force of the Psalmist's exelam ! tion, "Thou, O Lord, art our shield." Many passages in the Bible that raal mention of the goodness orgreatuess of Gc ' are beautifully illustrated by the modes < ? agriculture, or warfare, or the peculiar cu ; toms of the times in which they were writte and we need fully to understand these in o * der to appreciate the beauty or force of sue ' passages. When Abraham was sojournir in a land whose inhabitants were continual] ! at war, God spoke unto him, "Fear not, I a 1 thy shield." And so, all down through tl ' ages, he was the shield of all that put the ! trust in him. 1 He led Israel from bondage, ofteu delivert ! them from their foes when every help of ma ! was vain; sustained David when hunted as partridge on the mountains, or hiddeu in tl dens from the relentless Saul; protected tl timorous Elijah from the persecutions of Jez bel. Indeed, the Holy Book is full of co ] formation that God has ever been a Sun an shield to His chosen people. Paul, amid all his hardships by sea an . land, his "fightings without and fears within ever found God his "shield and exceedir great reward," and after his varied experiem | exhorts us to put on the whole armour < , God, "above ail taking the snieid ot taitn This shield does not promise immuuil , from bodily hurt, but it protects that whit is of infinitely more value?the soul. ? I long as wit' ujr face to the foe we follow tl Captaiu of our salvation, he will lead us c , to victory, and nothing shall be able to hu , or destroy the soul that is protected by tl , "shield of faith in Him. No subtle, sii poisoned arrow of unholy desire, no swon thrust of worldly policy, 110 shower of thicl [ rushing temptations shall be able to ove corne its power, for "God is our strength an shield, and nothing shall prevail again Him."?American Messenger. JONATHAN EDWARDS' COVENANT. ' When Jonathan Edwards was but nin teen years of age, he wrote thus in his diary "I have this day solemnly renewed my co . enant and self-dedication which I made whe , I was received iuto the communion of tl nli 11 *v?h I V1J \M & VIII "I have been before God, and have give myself, all that I am and have, to God, i that I am not in any respect my own ; I or challenge no right in myself; I can challen< no right in this understanding, this wiJ these affections that are in ine: neither hai I any right to this body, or any of its iner bers; no right to this tongue, these hand nor feet; no right to those senses, these eye these ears, this smell, or taste. I have givt myself clear away, and have not rctaim anything as ray own. I have been to Gc this morning, and told him that I gave ra self wholly to him. I have given every poi er to him, so that for the future I will cha lenge no right in myself in any respect, have expressly promised him, and do no promise Almighty God, that by his grace will not. I have this morning told him th; I did take him for my whole portion ac felicity, looking on nothing else as any pa of my happiness, nor acting as if it were ; ar ' his law for the constant rule of my obedienc* and would fight with all my might again the world, the flesh and the devil, to the er of my life. That I did believe in Chris and receive him as a Prince and a Savioui and would adhere to the faith and obediem 1 of the Gospel, how hazardous and difficu soever the profession and practice of it ma be. That I did receive the blessed Spirit i ' my teacher, sauctifier, and ouly comforte; and cherish all his motions to enlighte: purify, confirm, comfort, and assist me. Th I have done. And I pray God, for the sal of Christ, to look upon it as a self-dedicatioi > and to receive me a3 entirely his own, an deal with me in all respects as such, wheth< he afflicts me or prospers me, or whatever Y ' pleases to do with me who am his. "Now henceforth I am not to act in an respect as my own. I shall act as ray owi if I ever make use of any of ray powers I anything that is not to the glory of God, an do not make the glorifying him my who and entire business; if I murmur in the lea: at afflictions ; if I grieve at the prosperity < others; if I am any way uncharitable ; if am angry because of injuries ; if I revenge if I do anything purely to please myself; c if I avoid anything for the sake of my ease if I omit anything because it is a great sel denial; if I trust to myself; if I take any < the praise of any good that I do, or ratlu which God does by me; or if I am any wa proud." Providences.?Voltaire boasted that 1 would exterminate Christianity, and woul "crush the wretch," as he impiously terme its Author. But after Voltaire had died, Protestant church was erected over his grav and the religion of Christ was preached ov( his ashes, while the sarue printing-press whic once sent forth his infidel tracts and booh was used in printing the Bible, and in pul lishing the glad tidings of that gospel whic he labored in vain to destroy. When th apostate Julian, in defiance of divine propl ecy, and that he might prove it false, undei took to re-build Jerusalem, his building mi terials were scattered by a storm, attended b an earthquake; and when he repeated th impious attempt, even Gibbon admits an records as an undoubted fact, that streams i fire burst forth from the earth upon his worl men, scorching some and destroying other so that the attempt had to be abandoned. An insult offered to a hot-headed moul while on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, raise him to preach the Crusades, which change the whole aspect of Europe, not to say of tl: world. The simple circumstance of cUttin a few letters on the bark of a tree, and the ' impressing them on paper, suggested the ai 1 j of printing. The discovery of a boy who wi < amusing himself with two spectacle-glasse led to the invention of the telescope, thr 1 magnifier of God's glory as seen in the plan< tary heavens. And to the mere falling of a apple are we indebted for the discovery < the law of gravitation, by which the raillioi of rolling worlds are guided, in part, in the ceaseless course through space. Bsa?* A man of honor respects his word as 1 does his bond. i. lite ?0*hvtUe inquire ? TEllMS?INADVANCE: j One Copy, oneyear, 3 i One C<#py, Six months, 1 ? I OneCopy, Three months, 1 ' ! 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BRADLEY'S AMMONIATED DISSOLV: BONES, in tight dry barrels and bags, d ROYAL GUANO COMPOUND, in bags of lbs., each. i j Theabove standard Fertilizers having been U! ? for the past seven years, in the South, with ni ? q ualed success, are again offered at prices that ci ig not fail to give satisfaction, while the standarc guaranteed to bo equal if not superior to any e' f sold. For prices and terms, apply to ." W. II. A .LP. IIERNDON, >v Yorkvillo, 8. C March 12 .11 2m t d w w in \jhaMIEk| l re VI tBriihdstfevpehlMLB&wt&jyfitoUnjrdw\ r II *, Slate and JfvblelmtkJiBloor.dndBnuay ft ' Cg \ 7ilwpWkikPine,WalmdEjityLu]aieQ \ * m t (JtiindMdAerfJikeWimdi&c,. \ V n" r- 0 AU Work VTwwtal. \ b 3. fc J LOWEST PRICES. J " IS' ^ Sendfir'PriceLUh J IS ^ LH. HALL*. CO,! )(| I }{tnaficturer*&J)nl6rA I ^ 2,4,6, BJO.mrAet Street* fa v- || CHARLESTON, S. C- [J T Thi< Cut entered according to Act of Ci.ngrcss, in the year I ? ' by I. H. II am. fc r*., in the office of the Librarian of w C'ngie-aj.at Washington. j July 3 27 ly at P ACIFICG U A N O COM PA IVY ld (CAPITAL $1,000,000,) 5 " SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO 2 mills GUANO is now so well known in all i I/ iL Southern States, for its remarkable effects j an agency for increasing the products of labor, id not to require special recommendation from I Its use for eight years past has established ! character for reliable excellence. The large fis ' capital invested by the company in this trade 30 fords the surest guarantee of the continued ( It cellcnce of this Guano. The supplies put ii market this sea' >n are, as heretofore, prepai J under the superintendence of Dr. St. Julian Rj IS enel, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, r; C. Hence planters may rest assured that its qu ' itv and composition is precisely the same as tl .' heretofore sold. J. N. ROBSON, is Selling Agent, Charleston, S. C ;e JOHN S. REESE A CO., _ General Agents, Baltimore, Md Tkrms??4S cash; $"'3 time, without interest d To accommodate planters, they can order n< ;r and have until the 1st of April to decide as .g whether they will take at time or cash pri When delivered from the factory by the car lo: no dravage will be charged, ly ACID PHOSPHATE GUANO, BONE, PLA , TER, Ac., always on hand, qualitv guarantei J' J. tf. ROBSON ;o I W u AfcCORKLE. Acrent at Yorkville, S. ( d January 1 1 3m It ROSE'S HOTEI )f (FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.) ^ea. ^ fl COLUMBIA, S. C. a mills HOUSE is in the centre of the city, cc e> J_ venient to all tho Public Offices and Busin* ;r Houses, located on the south-west corner oft u State House Square, has been recently ro-oper and renovated, and will now compare favoral :s with any Hotel at the South. 3- ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convoy passengers ami from every train, freo of charge. Also, a first-class Carriage for tho accoinmoc ie tion of ladies. i- I TRANSIENT BOARD ?2.r>0 per day. r. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor September 18 88 I Iron in the Blood ,i I the perttviaw u ! 8Villi 1' Vitalizes )f | tbo lllood, up tlie t" l^Kyj*liI*Bea System.Miiidsiiptho Itrukon-duwn, Cures HUSH Feuialo Complaints, fXjHty^rayjWMM^W 1 )rop.?v, Debility, 11 umors, Byspepsia, Aci Thousands liavo J ^^V0!VpPjr been chanced by tho ^WWgTty uso of this remedy (l ^UjJrjtir from weak, sickly, I sufterinp creatures, to 113 sfrone, healthy, and hanny men and womeu; and rr invalids cannot reasonably hesitate topive it a trial, ? j Caution.?Jlo sure you pet tho right article, beo H that "Peruvian Svrup" is blown in tho plass. ,,f Pamphlets free. Sehdforone. SET1I AV. FOAVLE<t SONS, Proprietors, Uo*ton, Mass. F(>r 6ah< by IS druggists generally. S, | October 2 10 ly lt OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH "OLD SO! e" I QTILIj continues, ami we are prepared, bet u ^ than ever, to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC PI jf I TURKS ol'every style, at our gallety in the "A | ickes' Building." . ' A lot of nice ALBUMS always on hand. All ir 1 Stereoscopes and Views. J. R. SCIIORIJ A SON NEW GOODS! ie "VfEWand cheap Goods arriving every day, [M B. F. RAAVLINSONhS v. T RI U M PHAXT! 50 i I ; 10 I^^Hlkry&^lsaROlaUftK^I I BfSBM) * oo ; f 'li IMImMIIT 1 00 l&SSnrwtrl&LL ^SR^JSJSH I lie ;^i?iga?fl^ I ] lMpilfwff'%^<^^^f^^BK?Ty?SS*^5pjipWa nts1 Mis1 HWBB^gJj^jSS^S^WtfB^^^aaHalwgw oc-1 1 i B^3?8B^r^MS^?^MMW8SWl^B ?r-1 rtN : lggftaBM?I >w-, ! 1 ? THE ji to<l ! ( fS! CAROLINA FERTILIZERI S Sli. WILL HE SOLD AS FOLLOWS* inof Cash Price, l for 1 ^ $50 PER TON OF 2000 LBS. f Time Price. .<555 PER TON OF 2000 LBS. ! J PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1, 1874, FREE OF INTEREST, | f Freight and Druynge to be added. ITS SUCCESS IS UNPARALLELED, : AND ITS STANDARD is' jSTO. 1. * i | ACID PHOSPHATE R WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS: gw Cash Price, ! $33 PER TON OF 2000 LBS. few Time Price, - $38 PER TON OF 2000 LBS. PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1, 1874, FREE OF INTEREST, ch. [E, Freight and Drayage to be added. ED POK SALE BY 200 CARROLL, CLARK & CO., sed no- YORKVILLE, S. C. miJS GEORGE W. WILLIAMS & CO., : i General Agents, at Charleston, S. C. i January 15 3 4m ( T-ssssmmmsmu ) rjlPIE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our . X works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal ' satisfaction wherevor introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav- j ior and tliicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand r some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal e in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while itis confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual ] pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished . a7a with each Stove. An important consideration ( with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at ? the mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause it S is a home production, but on account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More I than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now 1 in use, and among many others having them we the respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, ' as D. M.Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; ( ias Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, " Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. its Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. J :ed You can save the freight from the northern cities [ a*- and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, t 3X" by buying of us, and at the same time get a l lto STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those L "ed of northern make. The following are our prices, A lv* delivered at depot in Greensboro: S. No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 t al- " 7 ?? " ? " ?? ?? ? 26 00 a tot Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, s Greensboro, N. C. L. M. ORIST, the proprietor of theENQUl- rer, will receive and forward orders for the above 1 Stoves. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. DW mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmc? IN THE DISTRICT COURT id, Of the United States for the District of S. Carolina. q IN THE MATTER OF g" JONES CROCK ETT.-In Bankruptcy. \ ' At Yorkville, in said District., on the Vlth day of c \ March, 1874. a THIS is to give notice that a Petition has been j tiled in said Court by JONES CROCKETT, of j Lancaster County, in the said District, duly de- i clared a Bankrupt, under the Act of Congress, / entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United Statcsf' Appro- 4 ved 2nd March, 1887, for a discharge and Certificate j thereof, from all his debts and other claims prov^ able under the said Act; and the 6th day of I? April, 1874, at 12 o'clock, M., is assigned for the Z hearing of the same, before William I. Clawson, . J one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court, g- at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina, when ?? and whero the Creditors may attend, and shew jfe cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the 0 ? said Potition should not be granted. p H R. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. s' ? By T. W. Ci.awson, Deputy Messenger. f g March 12 11 3t a " IN THE DISTRICT COURT J Of the United States for the District ofS. C. n >11- IN THE MATTER OF ] oss W. J. T. GLENN.?In Bankruptcy. c 'h? At Yorkville, in the said District, on the I'lth day of March, 1874., ' y XfOTICK is hereby given that a Petition has . J3I been tiled in the said Court, by W. J. T. GLENN, of Union county, in the said District, ? v| duly declared a Bankrupt, under the Actof Con gress, entitled "An Act to ivuaunsii a uimuiui r System ol' Bankruptcy throughout the U. States," Approved 2nd March, 1867, for a discharge and I certificate thereof, from all his debts and other n _ j claims provable under the said Act; and the 6th tl { day of April, 1871, at 12 o'clock, M., is assign- o | cd for the hearing of the same, before W. I. Cla'wI son one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said fc J Court, at his oflice in Yorkvillo, South Carolina, a I when and where the creditors may attend, and shew cause if any they have, why the prayer of the h said Petition should not be granted. R. M. WALLACE, U.S. Marshal as Messenger, a By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. March 12 11 3t I ~ APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Surviving Executor of the estate of JAMES 1 j A. BARNETT, deceased, will make a linal set- J ; tlement with the Judge of Probate of York Coun- v j ty, on the 27th day of March, next, when he will I ! liiako application for dischargo as Surviving Ex- ft I ecutor of the said estate. A I WILLIAM A. BARNETT, Surviving Executor, tl j February 26 'J * 5t* o __ ANNUAL RETUWST ter 4 DMINISTRATORS, Executors, Guardians C-i J\. and Trusteos, are hereby notified to make .(]- their ANNUAL RETURNS, without further delay. Unless returns aro made promptly, I will so, be under thonecessity of issuing rules for default, p I JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. . j July 24 30 tf "leather^ at TTEMLOCK and Upper leather, for sale cheap, j , I .11 for Cash,at CARROLL, CLARK A OO'S. SPECIFIC MEDICINES. " PREPARED exprcsslj' for and adapted to tlie Southern Climate, "COMPOUND EXTRACT CORYDALIS" [a the most powerful and efficient alterative and dood-purifier known. Prepared expressly for Scrofula, Eruptions of tfir Skin and all diseases vhieh are produced by bad or unhealthy blood. "DR. GREENE'S FIT CURE" "hires all kinds of Eits, Spasms and Convulsions rvhieh arise from irritation of the nerve centres, fn Epilepsy, it often stops the fits from tho first lay's use even when they have existed for years. "MEDICATED HONEY," The grout remedy for Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, .'olds, Croup, Sore-Throat and all diseases of the lir passages and lungs. It does not sicken the rationt, is pleasant to take, prompt in its action md does not injure the appetite or impair digesion, :ts most Expectorants do. OUR "NEURALGIA SPECIFIC" fs a perfect specific for Neuralgia, Sciatica, Hheumatism. and all muscular or nervous pains, vherevcr situated. These medicines are prepared with great care rom perfectly reliable drugs, and for the especial lasses of diseases named on each bottle. No one >f them is claimed as a "cure all." They are dentically the same that we have used in our irivate practice for years, and in thus presenting hem to the public we know whereof we affirm. 1'hey are safe, reliable and efficient, acting quick' " L1 I'-.'tl.om mil vnii will want v aim morougiijjr. nj ?..v ? io others. Ask your Druggist for them. For sale by J. C. KUYKENDAL, Yorkville, 3 0. Prepared only by DHS. GREENE, LINDLEY <fe BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C. N. B.?Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers treated as leretofore by "Kline1* Great Cancer Antidotes," it Charlotte, Goldsboro and Asheyille, N. C. December 18 33 ly PIEDMONT AIB-LINE RAILWAY. Richmond and Danville^ Richmond and Danville R. W., N. C. Division, and North-Western N. C. Railway. CONDENSED TIME-TABLE, in effect 011 and after Sunday, October 12th, 1873. GOT^nortil _ STATIONS^ : MAIL, j EXPRESS. ~~ Leave Charlotte 10.00 P. M. 8.15 A. M. " Alr-LineJunct'n,110.06 " 8.30 " " SalUbury......... I 1.06 A.M. 10.21 " " Greensboro 3.30 " 12.45 P. M. " Danville, ! 6.20 " 3.12 " " Burkville 11.35 " 7.36 " Arrive at Richmond.... | 2.17 P. M.| 10.17 " GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. ~ MAIL, j EXPRESS. Leave Richmond 1.28 P. M. 6.00 A.M. * " Bnrkeville j 4.45 < | 8.29 ? " Danville 1 3.18 ? I 12.45 P. M. " Greensboro 12.20 A.M. 3.50 " ? Salisbury, j 2.38 " 1 6.06 " " Air-LineJunct'n.i 4.29 " 8.10 " Arrive at Charlotte ; 4.35 " j 8.15 " _EAST AND WEST | GOING EAST. | GOING WEST. S TAT IONS. | MA 1L. j MAIL? Leave Greeneboro...... . g 3.05 A.M. Arrive 12.20 A.M. " Company Shops.. | c. 4.45 ? [a. 9.35 " " Hlllsboro '? .... ? If 7.47 u " Raleigh 8.35 " I ? 5.26 " '2 0.1 ? I V T O -JO D M arrive anjoiiisDorci - u.w NORTH-WESTERN N. C. RAILROAD. (SALEM BRANCH.) Leave Greensboro 4.30 P. M. Arrive at Kernersvflle, 5.96 P. M. Leave Kerneraville, 8.00 A. M. Arrive nt Greensboro 10.00 A.M. Mail trains daily both ways. On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leave t Richmond at 9.42 A. M.; arrives at Burkeville 12.45 P. M.; leaves Burkeville 5.35 A. M.; arrives it 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 Gen. Supt. THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. CHARLOTTE, COL. <fe AUGUSTA R. R. CO.,) Columbia, S. C., October24,1873. j rHE following Passenger Schedule will be run over this road on and after SUNDAY, 26th nstant: going north. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M. 4.15 P. M. u Graniteville,...a7.33 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 J4.28 P. M. 2.28 A. M. - i-"- ^ nu T> II ?r, u J Vf \rrive at unarioiwj...7/.vo ?. . m. u,iu No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Riclinond, to all points North, arriving at New York it 6.40 A. M.; also, via Raleigh and Old Bay Line, irriving at New York at 4.25 P. M. No. 4 Train nakcs close connection, via Richmond, to all joints North, arriving at New York at 4.25 P. M. going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. jeave Charlotte, *7.00 A. M. 8.30 P. M. 44 Chester, 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. fSupper. South bound Trnins%connect at Augusta for all joints South and West. Through tickets sold ind baggage checked to all principal points. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. 3. R. Dorsky, Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. JHERAW AND DARLINGTON B. ROAD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,) Cheraw A Darlington Railroad Co., i Society Hill,S. C., October 10, 1873. J CHANGE OF1 SCHEDULE. rvN and after MONDAY. 13th of October, the l_J passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. .eaveChcraw 8.00, A. M. Leave Florence....3.00, P. M. .eave Cash's 6.20, A. M. Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P. M. .cave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...3.40,P. M. .cave Dove's 9.15, A. M. Leave Dove's 4.15, P.M. .eave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M. .eave Palmetto...10.10, A. M. Leave Cash's 5.10, P.M. irrlve at Florence. 10.30, A. M. Arrive at Cheraw..5.30, P. M. The Freight Train will continue for the present o run as heretofore, except to adapt its running ,nd stoppages to the changed schedule of the pasenger train. B. D. TOWNSEND, President. KING'S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ? m>rp fV.? traind mror tVio TTTNTJ'S I I\Il<rv. J." iiJXV VUW Vi W?MW V . v. ? ? |JL MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD will run daily, Sundays excepted) as follows, making close conlection with trains on the Cnarlotte, Columbia nd Augusta Railroad: . jeave Yorkville, promptly, at 7o'clock, A.M. irrive at Chester at 9 o'clock. A. M. jeave Chester at 4J o'clock, P. M. Lrrive at Yorkville at 01 o'clock, P. M. All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the epartureof the train. GEORGE W. MELTON, President. THE BEST PRESENT rHAT a husband can give to his wife is a receipt for a year's subscription ($3.00) to the CHRISTIAN OBSERVER, f Louisville, one of the largest and best of famiy religious newspapers, Presbyterian, but not ectariau, containing articles on practical religion rom some of the ablest ministers in the South, Mo oiUfnrials. stories for the voung. religious iews from all the other denominations, miscellaleous, scientific, farming and literary departments, general intelligence, wholesale markets. ?or specimen copies (sent free to any address), ontaining list of premiums, write to A. & F. B. CONVERSE, Publishers, . Louisville, Ky.. ^ January 1 1 tf the home shuttle sewing machine. rHE best Cheap Machine in the Market. If the number sold is a criterion of merit, it is the lEST MACHINE- in use, as there'have been lore HOME SHUTTLE MACHINES sold in iie State during the last twelve months than all thor Sewing Machines combined. You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE ir about half the money you will have to pay for first-class Machine. fcii- Home Shuttle Needles kept constantly on and. Any Home Shuttle Attachment furnished t short notice. zsr Repairing promptly attended to. W. L. GRIST, Agent. jNovamoero 40 11 A SENSIBLE MAN'S LOGIC. aE who provides not for his own family, is worse than a heathen. Necessaries and ooneniences should first be provided. A good SEWNG MACHINE has become a necessary in every imily. The "AMERICAN" IS THE BEST lND CHEAPEST; containing within itself all ie latest improvements. Therefore I will go at nee and buy one of J. R. SCHORB & SON, Agents for York County. RAGSWANTED. POUNDS of clean cotton and lin UUU en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents er pound will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. MAC HI N^NEE DLES. A LOT OF HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE V NEEDLES jnBtarrivedand for sale by W. L. GRIST, Agent.