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Humowus ?f{iartmart. HOW A BEER-SELLER WAS SOLD. There are a few men in Cincinnati who make a living by selling cheap signs of various kinds to hang outside corner groceries and saloons. Since it was recommended by the Board of Health that a sign inscribed "Small-pox" should be suspended in front of houses where that disease prevails, one of the most euterprising of the cheap sign dealers prepared a quantity of them, to be ready for any unexpected demand. The other morning he called with his assortment at a lager saloon over the canal. "Want any signs?" he inquired of the portly proprietor. "Yaw," said Hans, "I want a sign?'Sawdust Vanted.'" "Here it is," said the dealer, who was a bit of a wag, handing him one of his small-pox i iv I . 1 i. J signs, ana receiving nis pay, ne aeparteu. The unsuspecting Teuton, supposing it was all right, and not able to read English, huug it outside the door. People passing by saw the sign, turned pale, and hurried to the other side of the street. Regular customers came, caught sight of the ominous inscription, with a hand on the door-knob, and stole away, remarking that they guessed they were not very dry that morning, anyhow. An importunate creditor, whom nothing could daunt before, blanched at the sign, and going home he went straight to bed. In the meantime the saloon-keeper was wondering at the absence of his customers. The regular forenoon lunch was spread?soup, boiled tripe, bologna sausage, stewed liver and onions, sauerkraut and brown bread?but no one to partake of it. Being of a social disposition, this solitude was oppressive to him, aside from being unprofitable. At last one man did come in, and called for a glass of beer. His face was deeply pitted. He had had it. "I see by your sign out there," said the man, with a motion of his hand toward the front door, "that you have it here." "Xein," replied Hans, supposing that he alluded to "Sawdust Wanted," "I don't have got 'em now already. I yoost put out mine sign so I getch 'em veu dey comes dis vay, all de vile." "You want to catch it!" said the customer, in amazement. "Yah, that's what's the matter. I vants whole loads of'em. Goot ting to have mit der house. I panks 'em up mit der cellar, and springles der floor mit ma saloon all over 'em. It gleans out a house bully, mind I tell you." "You are right," said the stranger; "if small-pox won't clear out a house, I don't know what will." "Schmall-pox!" ejaculated the astonished Dutchman; "vat you means by schmall-pox, hey ?" Explanations of course ensued, and the wrath of the beer-jerker and lunch-setter was fearful to behold. Could he have fastened his embrace on the painter at that time, said painter would have died and made signs no more. JERRY MOODY'S TESTIMONY. The following, sent to us by a southern gentlemen, is a brief report, not heretofore in print, of a law case, which came up some years ago in the circuit court of Chesterfield, Virginia. The judge, a very gooa-naturea maD, was rather a favorite with the people. His name was Clopton. The suit was for slander, and had assumed the form of a crosssuit for the improper use of the unruly member. Counsel on each side was of the highest standing. All Virginians will assent to this when told that Samuel Taylor was for the plaintiff and Benjamin Watkins Leigh for the defendant. The court being opened and the case being called, the judge said : "Mr. Taylor, are you ready in this case ?" Mr. Taylor replied, "If Jerry Moody is here, I am ready." "Mr. Leigh, are you ready?" "May it plecse your honor, I am ready if Jerry Moody is here." "Sheriff, call Jeriy Moody." The sheriff went to the door, and lustily called thrice for Jerry Moody to come into court. So Jerry, a tall, thin, straight man, came forward. The jury were sworn. Then Jerry was sworn. In his solemn and forcible manner Mr. Taylor said to the witness : "Be so good as to tell the Court and jury all you know about this case." Witness said, "Well, I have often heard the defendant say that the plaintiff was a rogue, a thief, and a liar; and I have often heard the plaintiff say that the defendant was a rogue, a thief, and a liar ; and they were the only times I ever heard either of them tell the truth." The counsel looked at each other. The court was embarrassed. The parties were confounded. Jerry Moody was the only man quite self-possessed. Of course the case was thrown out of court. As the parties and witness were walking out of the court-house, the plaintiff said, "Cousin Jerry, you joked too hard." UP A THEE. One night, recently, youDg Mullen, of New Castle, who feared that the lady he loved was entertaining an admirer, determined to climb a tree in the yard, from which he could see into the sitting-room in the second story where the young woman was supposed to be. Just as he got himself fixed in a comfortable position commanding the window, some one upon the inside pulled the curtain down. Tnen Mulleu made up his mind to descend. It was very dark, but just as he began to slide down the trunk, Mullen heard a dog barking furiously beneath, and looking down, he saw a huge animal capering about, apparently very eager to nip Mr. Mullen's legs. Then Mullen suddenly climbed up the tree again, __ J ?i j i. ?j_:? ?i.? 1r iiuu euuenvuieu iu unve mc uug uu, oul mc more he spoke to the brute, the more it danced around and barked. Then Mullen came down as low as he dared, and tried to coax the animal, but this only made him hop about and howl more furiously than ever. So it became apparent that Mullen would have to spend the night ?u the tree. He fixed himself as comfortably as he could in a crotch of the limbs, and kicked his legs, and moved his arms, to keep himself from freezing to death. Several times, when he thought the dog was asleep, he attempted to descend, but each time the brute awoke, and began to caper about. By the time daylight arrived, Mullen was so benumbed with cold that he could hardly use his hands; but, as the sky grew brighter, he leaned over to examine his persecutor, aud, to his amazement, he found that it was his own dog, which, unknown to him, had followed him to the tree, and had barked and capered only to express his delight at the prospect of Mullen coming down and going home. The suddenness with which Mullen reached the ground is said to have been remarkable, and the language used by him bad. He has some nfthe rheumatism which he eot on that nicbt in his bones yet. Acknowledged the Corn.?A distinguished member of the Kentucky Legislature is reported in the Louisville Commercial as having candidly "acknowledged the corn." Reappearing, after an absence from his seat of three days, he said "he had been sick." "What has been the matter with you ?" he was asked. "Well, some folks call it nervous chills ; others pronounce it a kind of affection of the heart; but, to be candid about it, I call it a plain case of old-fashioned drunk." ? ? Excited Scholars.?The Peoria Review says that a lady teacher in one of the public schools was amazed the other day by seeing a perfect forest of juvenile bands fly up in the air, and shake and gesticulate with violenl agitation. What do you want ?" queried the puzzled instructor. Chorus?"Yer hair's fal ling off/' "None knew him but to to trust him nor named him but to dun," is the pathetic sentence with which a Delaware merchant closes an advertisment for a missing customer j J-gtifultural ?fj?artmcnt [Original.] DILAPIDATION. There is, perhaps, no word in the Englis language, which better describes the conditio of things generally in South Carolina, tha that which stands at the head of this artich Property of all kinds is evidently in a dilap ! dated state. In some individual cases, and i some isolated sections of the country, the d lapidation is not so evident; but the State, a a whole, presents a picturesque scene. Th fields are growing up with briers and pine; Of the cleared laud in the State, especial 1 in those sections devoted exclusively to th cultivation of cotton, there is scarcely orn half that is now in cultivation. Every yea the briers and thorns encroach upon the fiel and lessen the area of cultivated soil. It i true that the land is improving, out tne own ers of it are rapidly becoming poor. Thous ands of acres of rich bottoms are annual] thrown out, because they cannot be cultivates Plantations, on which were once employe* hundreds of hands, are now nearly all throw: out. The fences have rotted down, and tli area of enclosed land is now fearfully small These are statements that are easily substan tiated. All that is required to ascertain thei truthfulness is to go and see. The condition of things, thus briefly stated indicates that some most egregious blunder have been made by our people. Farmer made a mistake in that they did not sell o dispose of their lands when slavery was abol ished. The day of large plantations is past It may be that after the lapse of a century, i large plantation may be made profitable ii the South; but to-day, and ever since the clos* of the war, it has been a dead expense. Smal farmers are making money; large farmers ar< rapidly approaching bankruptcy. The pros pects grow worse as time rolls on. The bes thing that large land-holders could do, woulc be to sell their lands, even at a great sacrifice and thus reduce the amount of their profit less taxable property. If the uncultivate( lands were placed in the hands of meu wh< would feel an interest in improving them, thi darkness which now overhangs the Stat would be dispelled, and the State would bi redeemed from dilapidation. It is hard fo men who have been accustomed to cultivate several hundred acres, to come down to i small field ; but it is this or worse. It is im possible to carry out our former notions o farming. Every effort, so far, has proved i failure, and ever must prove a failure. GOOD PLOWS AND DEEP PLOWING. Editor Norfolk Journal;?Nothing connect ed with the cultivation of the soil is, and al ways has been, more imperfectly understoo< than plowing; and nothing has been mor strongly contested than deep plowing. Th practical agriculturist, as well as the theoret ical essayist, has expended his argument against deep plowing, not only when the prep aration of the soil and its manures were les understood than now, but at this period th< resistance is now as determined as ever. Witl your permission, it is suggested that a fev hints on this subject be introduced. At first, and for many centuries, the plov was the rudest implemeut of the farm. B; degrees it was improved from the crooket stick drawn by an ox; a piece of iron at tached to a piece of wood with a tongue an< handle was introduced, and thus step by stej the improvement advanced until the light well-balanced, graceful instrument of to-da; was invented, and in the course of the las years several hundred patents have been ob tained in this country on improvements ii this utensil. The most perfect plow must be of eas< draft, steady and light, turn a perfect furrow pulverize the soil, and afford all the advan tages possible for after tillage. But few plow combine all these requirements. Some plow are made to plow shallow, others deeply, som to plow a great deal, and others to run easy The combination of all is the plow. Let us now look at what is required. A1 plants take up their food in the form of a so lution. Every manure must be dissolved be fore it can be taken up absorbed by the root lets. Carbon, silex, sulphur, and every othe element must be dissolved before it can be o any service to the plaut. Let not this fact b< forgotten, and it will account, in a great meas ure, for the action of manures. Sulphate o lime or plaster, one of the most easily dis solved minerals, requires about four hundre< times its weight of water to dissolve it. The chief object of plowing should be t< pulverize the soil, so as to allow the rootlet to penetrate every part of it, and the wate to permeate it equally throughout. If ther are solid lumps in the soil the rootlets eauno penetrate them ; if cells or holes, the wate will collect in a body there and drown tin rootlets. No matter what kind of soil is cul tivated, it should be completely manipulated if I may so call it; and if this pulverizatioi is complete, the deeper it is done the better but if the plow merely "cuts and covers," o casts a dead, compact furrow, the less deptl the better. We expect and hope the bes plows only will be introduced. We writ only for such a machine, whether it be for oh horse or six ; for a single furrow, or for th sulky plow, with its half-dozen furrows. Th deeper the pulverization, the more room th roots will occupy. Many plants will sem their roots down as deep as you plow?corn beets, and clover, particularly, are of thi nlass! and as drought comes on. it is interest f -- - ? C7 ' ing to find how rapidly the roots descend; bu if the soil is not pulverized, but lies in lump and hole3, when an abundance of rain penc trates the ground, the roots are often des troyed by the water. But deep plowing sufc serves another purpose, and an important on in our level lands?it allows the over suppl; of water to descend into the subsoil and no drown the roots of plants. The deeper th soil is thus plowed, the more universally th I water will be disseminated, and the mor I complete will be the laboratory of nature fo j its chemical operations in reducing the mau i ures and constituents of the soil into the foot for plants. "We have often witnessed th most sterile soils, when excavated and put inb railroad embankments, covered on the slope with a luxuriant vegetation. Pulverizatioi and draiuagc was the cause. We have seei fields plowed badly, with a very worthies plow, ruined by deep plowing; but the sam ' kind of soil, well plowed and subsoiled wit! ! good plows, was brought into high product | iveuess by green manuring alone. Requirements of a Successful Faumei i A mail must know something about farruinj I before he can become successful. He ma j desire to become a farmer or gardeuer ; bu i before he becomes oue he has something t ! learn. "We are constantly meeting men, hot! old and young, who say they would like t become farmers. They like fresh milk, bul ter and eggs, the country air and fresh straw | berries. Oh! yes, they like all these goo | things, and many of them think they can b ' had for asking, no skill being required fo j their production. "I would like," says ai: ! other, "to be a doctor or a lawyer," Well, d they become rich without study ? No; nc ( does any one think of such a thing. Yet : , would be just as foolish to think of becomin i a scientific and successful farmer withoi study, as to become a successful lawyer c . doctor. A love for the country is not enoug [ of itself to prepare oue for being a farme; ' There is no business which requires a moi thorough observance or a clearer perceptio of the laws of nature than farming, excej , perhaps, that of being a physician; and th ; two professions are very much alike, for w t must study the laws which control life in botl The RuralLit. . OJftililwn'si I I [Original.] | RASHNESS. h One of the characteristics of young men is ( n j recklessness. They seem to think that no n ! one pays any sort of attention to what they 2. do or say. Hence, they often rush headlong i. into vice. They are mistaken in concluding ' u that in the eyes of the old they are mere j i- ciphers. The history of young men is thor,g oughly known and studied by every graye headed father and mother in the land. It is AhIIa ntiif itaii t* rr na u n fn Qtinn/iCO tliof llO ^ J, mine ill any juuug luuu i,v ou|/|fvav vuwv ?v , y can conduct himself reckless!)', and still he e regarded as a prudent boy, or be wholly uu?. observed. By his rash and foolish acts, he i r is injuring himself in the eyes of all right j J minded men and women. - t ? [Original.] i i- READING. >- Bacon, if our memory serves us correctly, y said that writing made an accurate man, I. speaking a ready man, and reading a full ^ d man. The idea seems to be this. No man n can be accurate who does not write. An in- ^ e dividual may be able to address a public as- ^ I. sembly with comparative ease, and with great i- fluency ; but at the same time be so inaccu- t r rate as to offend a cultivated audience. No man can reason correctly who neglects to ^ I, write. On the other hand, an individual may y s be able to write with great accuracy aud not s be able to speak. His style may be faultless, ^ r and his periods charming when written ; but - if he is not accustomed to public speaking, he - will not be able to communicate his thoughts * i very forcibly to others. v i Beading makes a full man ; that is, it fills j e the mind with ideas?with thoughts gleaned 1 from the wise of all ages. Without reading, 2 it is impossible for us to think. We are not ^ i- born with a mind full of ideas. All that we J t mentally possess by nature is the capability 1 of thinking. The facts and ideas must be , gathered from without. The mind is also - capable of taking these facts and arranging 1 them in order, and making deductions from :> them. There is no way by which facts can e be so easily obtained as by reading. The ^ e world is full of books. 13y these we are tae ken back to the early ages of the world, and 1 r brought in direct contact with the learned ' e men of all past generations, a The proper period of life to read extensive ly, is youth. As life advances, time becomes f more precious, and the cares of life increase. ^ a Every young person should be apprised of <] this important fact. The young man who a spends the first twenty years of his life in v hunting and fishing, and such pastime sports, t . without acquiring the habit of reading, will c i will discover, when it will be too late, that he j( e has squandered a fortune. s "I MUST 1)0 MORE FOR MY MOTHER." s "Is there any vacant place in this bank i- which I could fill ?" was the inquiry of a boy, s as with a glowing cheek he stood before the e manager. i "There is none," was the reply. "Were v you told you might obtain a situation here? Who recommended you?" v "No one recommended me, sir," calmly, f answered the boy. "I only thought I would 1 see." There was a straightforwardness in the man1 ner, an honest determination in the counte3 nance of the lad, which pleased the man of business, and induced him to continue the conf versatiou. He said, "You must have friends t who could aid you in obtaining a situation ; have you told them ?" i The quick flash of the deep blue eyes was quenched in the overtaking wave of sadness j as he said, though half musingly, "My moth t er said it would be useless to try without - friends;" then recollecting himself, he apolos gized for the interruption and was about to s withdraw, when the gentleman detained him e by asking why he did not remain at school . for a year or two, and then enter the business world. 1 "I have no time," was the reply. "I study i. at home, and keep up with the other boys." Then you have had a place already," said - his interrogator. "Why did you leave it?" r "I have not left it," answerd the boy, f quietly. e "But you wish to leave; what is the mati ter ?" f For an instant the child hesitated, then he ! replied, with half reluctant frankness : j "I must do more for my mother!" Brave words ! talisman of success anywhere, everywhere. Thev sank into the heart of the a ^ t* J " ~ ^ ?/ # s listener, recalling the radiant past. Grasp- s r ing the haud of the astonished child, he said, e with a quivering voice: , t "My good boy, what is your name? You r shall fill the first vacancy for an apprentice ' e that occurs in the bank. If, in the meantime, a - you need a friend, come to me. But now give , me your confidence. Why do you wish to do j a more for your mother? have you no father?" ^ ; Tears fill his eyes as he replied, "My father r is dead, my brothers and sisters are dead, J :i and my mother and I are left alone to help s t each other. But she is not strong, and I wish 1 c to take care of her. It will please her, sir, t e that you have been so kind, and I am much j e obliged to you." . e So saying, the boy left, little dreaming that * e his own nobleness of character had been as a J I bright glance of sunshine into that busy * i, world he had so tremblingly entered. t I THE DISOBEDIENT KITTEN. J t A FABLE. c s "Now," said an old puss to one of her chili dren, as she washed her face and paws, "I , i i"-"- f i- cnarge you, iviuy, uul iu go imu mc ucal i- yard, for a great dog lies there, that they call 1 e Jowler; aud he has horrid teeth, and a terriy ble growl, and he is always on the lookout for r t stray cats. Kemembcr, and keep at home. e We have a snug garden, a sweet haymow, c e kind friends, nice titbits, and work enough? j e rats and mice a plenty. .So do not stroll off r with bad company, visiting places where you i- have no business to be, and disgracing your 1 ] bringing up; for you know better, Kitty?you * e do." s d "But Kitty had a saucy look. She boxed a s her mother's ears (in play to be sure,) hoist- c n ed her tail, and away she frisked after a dead a leaf, that the wind kept moving. Kit did not 8 s look at all like minding ; and after her mother n e had gone to bed on the haymow, she kept up v !i her moonlight rambles ; going about, nobody ( ;- knows where, and .cutting up all sorts of capers, like a silly little kitten as she was. One night, when she and some of her thoughtless ( t. companions were scudding across the next r [l yard the dog started up and made after them r y in a violent rage; and poor Kitty in her fright, j t t1 got entangled in some brier-bushes, and so j o j fell into Jowler's power. He seized her by j h | the neck with his terrible mouth, shook the { o i breath out of her body, and tossed her over | t- the fence! i- "Oh, dear!" mewed the old catl but her d I kitten was stone-dead, aud for not heeding ! e the old cat's advice ! ? 'Flie Child's World. j r I i- Take Their Advice.?Young people re- i o . fuse the advice of parents. They say : "Fath- j ?r I er is over suspicious, and mother is getting ! it | old." But those parents have been on the sea j g of life. They know where the storms sleep, j it i and during their voyage have seen a thous-1 >r J and battered hulks marking the place where i h j beauty burned, and intellect foundered, and j r. j mortality sank. They are old sailors, having j '0 i answered many a signal of distress, and en- J n ' dured great stress of weather, and gone scud-1 >t | ding under bare poles; and the old folks! ie know what they are talking about. i re ! i. S8F Waste not a moment of your time; for ] a moment of time is a monument of mercy. 1 |lci?Unjj far the ^afrkth. CONDUCTED nY Iti: V. UOBEUT LATHAN. [Original.] MISTAKEN. One of the most serious, if not the most serious mistakes that the church eyer made, s upon the worldly great fawninf: fmd negecting the poor. In this particular the eximple of the Saviour has beeu totally ignored. He collected his followers, disciples md apostles, from the humble walks of life, fie went about doing good by healing the lick amongst the poor, and comforting the iftlicted amongst the poor. He made him-j ielf poor for our sakes, and with the poor he ived and associated. By his ministers, much ;ime is spent and many unwarranted raeasires is resorted to, that some great man may )e identified with the church. This is a ruin)us mistake. It is hard for a worldly great nan to be eminently useful to the cause of he Saviour. The doors of heaven are not dosed against the worldly great; but they hemselves close the doors of heaven and shut heiuselvcs out. Ye cannot serve God and nam mon. It is easier for a camel to go hrough the eye of a needle than for a rich nan to enter the kingdom of heaven. The riendship of the world is enmity with God. Ye may suppose that the worldly great may observe to the church the purpose of scafblding. It is a dangerous scaffolding. The irayers of a devoutly pious and godly beggar, are worth more to the church than all he money of all the impious professors in the vorld. The church can live without the atter. Without the former it would die. To the poor the gospel was designed to be ireachcd, aud the poor will hear the gospel rhen preached. To them it is good news, 't is hard for the rich to forsake all and folow Jesus. To them their present possessions .re worth more than the promises of God. These circumstances are unfavorable to living >y faith. "Ye see your calling, brethren, low that not many wise men after the flesh, tot many mighty, not many noble are called." The missionary of the cross makes a ruinous nistake when he passes by the poor and goes o the rich. He casts his pearls before swine. [Original.] WE WOULD SEE JESUS. In the church of Corinth there arose a laugerous division amongst the members. nt i ?.1? Lucre seems iu nave c&iaicu mice launuuo, ill of which were culpable, and Paul, by vhora the church had been organized, enrcated thetn that these divisions might be lone away with, and that they be perfectly oined together in the same mind and in the ame judgment. These dangerous divisions vere in perfect harmony with the unsanctiicd nature of man. They lost sight of the Saviour, and directed their attention to the >ersons by whom the gospel was preached. There was a party that claimed to be followirs of Paul; no doubt because by him the ihurch was founded, and because of his great earning and powerful logical acumen. Anither part claimed to be adhereuts of Apollos, >robably because he was a very eloquent peaker, and swayed the feelings of a portion >f his hearers. Still another part claimed to >e followers of Cephas. There was no difereuce in the gospel proclaimed by these hree preachers ; but the manner of presenter if wna nn rlnnhf. Hiffiirp.nt. The theme was Christ crucified. The same divisions exist in he church to-day that existed in the congregation of Corinth eighteen hundred years ago. Ten are not anxioii3, like the Hellenistic Jews if old, to see Jesus. Tho desires of their learts is not always to see Jesus in the ordilances of the church. Men go to the house if God to see some favorite minister. Some ire delighted with the logical reasoning of heir minister; others are enraptured with the lowing style, well conceived figures and grnce'ul delivery of their preacher. There is an anecdote told of an old lady vho once heard a very distinguished preacher. >he had never seen him before, and did not earn his name until after the exercises were iver. Her soul was greatly refreshed. On he following Sabbath she walked a long disance to hear the same preacher; but was adly disappointed; so much so that she ought an interview with the preacher. The uystery was explained by the minister telling ler that on the previous Sabbath she had gone o see Jesus ; on that day she had come to see md hear a man. It is of the utmost importance that Jesus be ii nil our acts of devotion. When the miniser enters the pulpit, it should be for the pur)ose of showing Jesus to the people. Self hould be nothing, and Jesus all. Human earning and natural powers of mind are not 0 be despised. The minister of the gospel, lowever, who enters the pulpit for the puriose of making a display of these, has sadly md ruinously mistaken his calling. His jusiness is to present the claims of Christ to he sinner?to show Jesus as a redeemer and saviour to the people. On the other hand, vhen the people go to the house of God, their ibject should be to see Jesus. Alas! how iften both preachers and people go to the louse of God, either to hear or to tell some icw thing. The story of the cross forms but 1 small part of the exercises. If there was uore of Jesus and less of human learning and iloquence in modern sermons, and more desire n the part of hearers to see Jesus in the pub ic exercises ot (iod's House, ine state 01 reigion would be far different in Christian ands. Sinners would be heard crying out, 'Men and brethren what must we do to be aved ?" and souls hungering and thirsting ifter righteousness, would be filled. If men inly desired to see Jesus, he would show himelf to them as the chiefest among ten thousmd, the one altogether lovely. The church vould spread and nations would be born unto Jod. Christian Progress.?When I speak of Christian progress, it is in descending, not in nouuting. As when we charge a vessel, the nore ballast we put in, the lower it sinks; so lie more love we have in the soul, the lower ve are abased in self. The side of the scales vhich is elevated, is empty ; so the soul is slated only when it is void of love. "Love s our weight," says St. Augustiue. Let us o charge ourselves with the weight of love as 0 bring down self to its just level. .Let its lepths be manifested by our readiness to bear he cross, the humiliations, the sufferings vhich are necessary to the puribcation of the iouI. Our humiliation is our exaltation. 'Whosoever is least among you shall be greatest," says our Lord. I love you, my lear child, in the love of the Divine Master, ,vho so abased himself by love! 0, what a veight of love, since it caused so astonishing 1 fall?from heaven to earth, from God to nan! There is a beautiful passage in the mitation of Christ?"Love to be unknown." Let us die to all but God.?Madame Ouyon. BST The deceitfulness of the heart produces gnorance of ourselves. It keeps men strar ;ers to their own characters, and speaks o<* peace when the moral principle is ready to burst with antagonism and despair. | fouth Carolina fCau-s. : LIQUOR LICENSE LAW. 1 I An Act to Regulate the Sale of Intoxicating Li- j 1 j quors, and to Alter and Amend the Law in re- j i lation thereto. I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of! ] Representatives of the State of South Caro- j lina, now met and sitting in General Assem- < bly, and by the authority of the same. j i Section 1. That the provisions of Chapter j i eighty (LXXX), of Title fourteen (14), Part i j j one (1), of the General Statutes, relating to i 1 the granting of retail and tavern licenses, be, 11 and the same are hereby, declared to be ap- j plicable solely and con lined to the granting of i such licenses inside of the incorporate limits ! < jof cities, towns and villages. < * Sec. 2. That the proper municipal authori-' 1 ties of all incorporated cities, towns and vil- j 1 | lages shall have power to grant licenses to 1 < j retail spirituous liquors iuside the incorporate 1 i limits of such cities, towns and villages, in j ? | quantities less than one quart, to keepers of j I drinking saloons and eating-houses apart from | | taverns, and to fix the price of the same, ; which shall not be less than seveaty-five dol| lars, the person to whom the same is granted 1 being first recommended by six respectable | taxpayers of his neighborhood, and entering | into a bond, in the sura of one thousand dolj lars, with three good sureties, for the keeping I of an orderly house, and for the due obser! vance of all laws relating to the retailing of spirituous liquors. Sec. 3. The proper municipal authorities of all incorporated cities, towns aud villages shall have power to grant licenses for the retailing of wine, cider, brewed or malt liquors, within the incorporate limits of said cities, towns and villages, upon the payment of a license fee of not less than twenty-five dollars, the person to whom the said license is granted being first recommended by six respectable tax-payers of his neighborhood, and entering into a bond, in the sum of five hundred dollars, with two good sureties, for the keeping of an orderly house, and for the ob servance of all laws regulating the sale of i such liquors, and that he will not sell any i spirituous liquors or any admixture thereof, j Sec. 4. Any person intending to apply for a i license to retail spirituous liquors, in quanti- 1 ties less than one quart, outside of incorpo- 1 rated cities, towns and villages, shall file his t petition with the Clerk of the Circuit Court J of the county where he resides, fifteen days ? before the first or second session of said i Court, in each year, setting forth the locality t and township where he proposes to retail ? such liquors, with a certificate of six respect- t able tax-payers of his neighborhood that he ? is a person of temperate habits and good i moral character, and shall pay to said clerk a fee of two dollars for his services in connection ? with the same; and it shall be the duty of the t said clerk to Dlace a notice on the court house c door of such application, giving the name of such person, the place of his residence, and the names of the persons recommending him ; and the petition and accompanying certificate shall be submitted to the Grand Jury of the county, at the first ensuing term of the Court, who shall, in their presentment, report whether or not the petitioner should receive a license, and the price at which the same shall be grauted (which price shall be uniform for all applicants), and the presiding Judge of the circuit, Uiilu?s good cause be shown to the contrary, shall order the clerk to certify the proceedings lo the County Commissioners, who thereupon shall grant a license to the person recommended to the Grand Jury, upon the payment of the license fee fixed by them, which shall not, in any case, be less than fifty dollars; and the person to whom the same is granted shall enter into a recognizance. with at least three eood sureties, iu the sum of one thousand dollars, for the keeping I of an orderly house, and for the due observ- i ance of all laws relating to the retailing of < spirituous liquors. < Sec. 5. The County Commissioners of the 1 several counties of this State shall have pow- 1 er to grant licenses for the retailing of wine, * cider, malt and brewed liquors, in places out- 1 side of incorporated cities, towns and villages, to any person of temperate habits and good J moral character, who may be recommended 1 by four respectable citizens of his neighbor- hood, upon the payment of a license fee of twenty-five dollars, said person to enter into a ' recognizance in the sum of five hundred dollars, with two good sureties, that he will keep an orderly house, and that he will not sell spirituous liquors, or any admixture thereof. Sec. 6. All persons engaged in retailing liquors under licenses granted in accordance with this act, or under tavern licenses granted under preexisting laws, shall expose their licences t< public view in their chief place of making sahs; and no such license shall authorize salf.s by any person neglecting this requirement. And any person selling or retailing intoxicating liquors without a license shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one f month or more than six months, or both ; and any person who shall be convicted of re- * tailing spirituous liquors or any admixture thereof, while engaged in retailing under * license to sell wine, cider, malt or brewed li- t quors, shall suffer a like punishment, and < shall, besides, forfeit his license. Any person ( who shall be convicted twice, within two j years, for retailing without license, shall not 1 be entitled to receive a license for two years 8 next succeeding the date of the last convic- a tion, and any license granted to such person t shall be utterly without effect, and shall f afford no protection. ? Sec. 7. Wilfully furnishing any intoxicating drink, by sale, gift, or otherwise, to any person of known intemperate habits, or to J any person when drunk or intoxicated, or to ? a minor, or to any insane person, for use as a f beverage, shall be held and deemed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the of- j fender shall be fined not less than ten dollars, c or more than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned not less than ten days, or more than thirty days; and it shall be lawful for any 1 member of the family, or blood relation, or . guardian of such intemperate person or minor, and for the committee of such insane person. or for anv trial justice of the township where any or either of such persons reside, or have their legal settlement, to give a notice ( in writing to aDy person or persons engaged * in retailing, selling or having intoxicating liquors, forbidding him or them, as the case ] may be, from furnishing such intemperate person, minor or insane person, with intoxij eating drinks or liquors; and if, within three months, of the time of such notice, any person to whom the same is given shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, any intoxicatiug liquors to such intemperate person, minor or insane i person, to be used as a beverage, he or t.hey shall be held civilly responsible for any injury to person or property which may occur in consequence of such furnishing; and any one aggrieved may recover damages agrinst i the person so furnishing, by an action instituted in any Court in this State having juris- ] diction of civil action; and in case any wife I shall give such notice, she shall be entitled to 1 receive of the person furnishing intoxicating ' liquor to her husband, in an action in her ! own name, such damages as any Court.or jury may award for the maintenance of iierselfand family during the period when her husband, by reason of such furnishing, is inJ capable of providing for the support of her or ! them ; and in any action brought in accord! ance with the provisions of this section, the I bond of the person furnishing intoxicating ; drinks or liquors shall be liable for the dam- 1 j ages recovered to the extent of the penalties i I thereof, in case the same cannot be satisfied out of the property of the defendant in such | action. f | Sec. 8. Any person who shall be found <3 drunk or grossly intoxicated in any street, highway, public house or public place, shall be fined upon view of, or upon proof made before any mayor or other municipal officer or Trial Justice, not exceeding five dollars, and, if the same is not paid, imprisonment not exceeding five days. Any person who shall jell intoxicating liquors to such persons, to be Jruuk on the premises where sold, whereby the said person shall become intoxicated, jhall, besides his liability under section seven (7) of this act, be liable to pay to the wife, parent, child or guardian of the person so found intoxicated, the sum of five dollars for avery such offense, to be recovered in an action of debt before any Trial Justice having jurisdiction of the person of the defendant: Provided, That no suit shall be instituted after ten days from tbe commission of the offense 'Mentioned in this section. Sec. 9. Whenever any riot or breach of the peace shall occur at or within any tavern, irinking saloon or other place where intoxicating liquors are sold, the proprietor or keeper of such place shall be deemed and taieu to be an aider and abettor in such riot or ither breach of the Deace. and shall he liable ,o be prosecuted and punished as such, unless ;uch person can show that such riot or other Dreacli of the peace was not caused by the persons engaged therein becoming intoxicated )u said premises. Sec. 10. It shall not be lawful for any pu rjon to sell, trade or barter any spiritous or nalt liquors, cider or wine ou Sunday, and my person so doing shall be liable to a fine )f not less than ten dollars, or more than two lundred dollars, or imprisonment for not less :han ten days, or more than two months. Sec. 11. The municipal authorities of incorporated cities, towns and villages, and the bounty Commissioners of counties, shall have power to grant licenses for the selling of indicating liquors by the quart upon the paynentof a license fee of not less than fifty dolars ;and any person to whom such license is granted who shall permit such intoxicating iquors to be drunk upon the premises where told shall forfeit his license, and the same ? ? ? i . i /? xl_ _ ihau not De renewed witnin a year irom uie iime of forfeiture. All the provisions of sec;ion ten (10) forbidding the sale of liquors at :ertain times therein mentioned, shall be applicable to the sale of liquors, as provided for n this section, and like penalties shall be inlicted upon any person who, under license jranted in accordance with this section, shall nake sales at the period therein prohibited : Provided, That no license shall be granted py the County Commissioners of any county ;o any person or persons recommended or applying for the same, until the person or per10ns so recommended or applying shall have irst paid the County Treasurers of the respecive counties the license fee herein authorized, md shall present the receipt of the Treasurer ,o the County Commissioners as evidence of laid payment, which license fee shall be placed n the county fund for county purposes. Sec. 12. It shall not be lawful for any lpothecary, druggist or other person, to sell, ,rade or barter any bitters of which spirituous >r malt liquors are an ingredient, or any other nedicated liquors, by the bottle, or by the Irink, to any person except upon the preicriptiou of a regular physician, unless such ipothecary, druggist or other person shall ob,ain a license to sell such liquors as provided n section eleven (11) of this Act, the price of mch license to be not less than fifty dollars: Provided, That upon obtaining such license, such apothecary, druggist or other person, .hall be entitled to sell liquors, as in case of aersons having license to sell by the quart. A.ny apothecary, druggist or other person vioating the provisions of this section, shall, jpon oonviction, be subject to the same penilties as are prescribed by law for persons lelling spirituous liquors under like circumitances without a license. Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Court, Mayor or niuuicipal authorities of a city, ;own or village, or Trial Justice, before whom iny fine may be recovered in accordance with ;he provisions of this Act, to award to the in'orraer or prosecutor a reasonable share there )f for his time and trouble, but not in any case exceeding one-third ; and the residue, as ivell as the proceeds of all forfeited bonds, shall be paid to the trustees of the public schools of the school district wherein the parLies convicted reside. Sec. 14. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with and repugnant to the provisons of this Act are, for the purposes of this A.ct, hereby repealed. Approved March 19, A. 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Is a remedy in Malarious Fevers, Bowel Comilaints, Restlessness, Jaundice, Nausea, IT HAS N O EQUAL. t is the Cheapest, Purest and Best Family Mediine in the World! Manufactured only by J. II. ZEILIN <fc CO. Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia, 'rice, $1. Sold by all Druggists. March 2G 13 ly* W. L. BRADLEY'S STANDARD FERTILIZERS. UD SEA-FOWL. GUANO. GUARANTEED 3QUAL TO ANY EVER SOLD! ^ J POLLAKD & <JU., UOTTON Jb'ACTORS, OENE11AL AGENTS, Augusta, Georgia. SEA-FOWL GUANO in bags of 200 lt>s each. C. C. Coo's SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, n bags of 200 tt>s., each. BRADLEY'S AMMONIATED DISSOLVED JONES, in tight dry barrels and bags. ROYAL GUANO COMPOUND, in bags of 200 >s., each. Tlio above standard Fertilizers having been used or the past seven years, in the South, with une[ualed success, are again offered at prices thatcanlot fail to give satisfaction, while the standard is ;uaranteeu to be equal if uot superior to any ever old. For prices and terms, applv to W. H. & J: P. HERNDON, Yorkville, S. C. March 12 11 2in TRIUMPHANT! TIIE I CAROLINA FERTILIZER WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWSCash Price, | .$50 PER TOX OF 2000 LBS. Time Price. ifiKK pfp TOY OF 2000 LBS. ?1UU _M_ JJJ.ll Jt Vii v/ ?- - V . . ? PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1, 1874, FREE OP INTEREST, Freight and Drayage to be added. ITS SUCCESS IS unparaeleeed, AND ITS STANDARD IS a. ]sro. 1. acid phosphate WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS : Cash Price, $33 per ton of 2000 lbs. Time Price, $38 PER TON OF 2000 LBS. PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1, 1874, FREE OF ZlfTEREST, Freight and Dravage to be added. FOR SALE BY CARROLL, CLARK & CO., YORKVILLE. S. C. GEORGE W. WILLIAMS & CO., General Agents, at Charleston, S. C. January 15 3 4m i ~~ THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that thev are tho CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished 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 is a home production, buton account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we ^ respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's prolit, which is no small item, bv buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. Tho following are our prices, delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 14 y 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 2g qq Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. $33* L. M. GRIST, the proprietor of the Enquirer, will receive and forwara orders for the above Stoves. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. s c ^ I TJmLMEmfaBv^Svpplits, VjmBhjfr \ J Ifl I BratkbJTewels "Rail Bdojkrjffii Qun&A W ^ |) Skk^Jfoblelwtlu;flw.mdJ)nda. \ fr C? ^ TjfanWiifePme.W&lmtBji&Zimley | 2 B l| UiinetlMjerjEMWbodkStCk \ V Cb 2 . AUWorhWanuntei* :| h| fe LOWEST PRICES. I r H ! ??endprTrkeLUt* " LH. HALL & CO. ^ Mcnnfuhrm. ,1 13' it-Mr Mt>,l&rht6tre&* g ?9 2*3> 22S^dstStv} k 3 H CHARLESTON, S. C. HI I Thl* Cut entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by 1. II. Hall &. Co., in the office of the Librarian of Congics*,at Washington. July 3 27 ly which doe* not dry up n cough aiid leave the cause behind, but loosens It, cleanses tho lungs and allays irritation, thus removing the cause of tho complaint CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUBED by a timely resort to this standard remedy, as Is proved liy hundreds of testimonials It has received. The genuine is signed "7. Butte" on tho wrapper, 8ET1I W. FOWLK <fc SONS, Pbopeietobs, Boston, Mass. Sold by dealers generally. October 2 40 ly RAGS WANTED. J f\ POUNDS of clean cotton and linHJ.UULr en Raps wanted, for which 2 cents per pound will be paid, at tho "KNQITIRER" OFFICE.