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Humorous Department. How They Finally Got Married.? One long summer afternoon there came to Mr. Davidson's the most curious specimen of an old bachelor the world every heard of. He was old, gray, wrinkled, odd. He hated old women, especially old maids, and wasn't afraid to say so. He and Aunt Patty had it hot whenever chance drew them together; yet still he came, and it was noticed that Aunt Patty took unusual pains with her dress when ever he was expected. One day the contest waged unusually strong, and Aunt Patty left in disgust and went out inf A f ? ?? -d ? * uiLu uic guiucni. "That bear!" she muttered to herself, as she stooped to gather a flower which attracted her attention. "What did you run for?" said a gruff voice behind her. "To get rid of you." "You didn't do it, did you ?" "No; you are worse than a burdock burr." "You won't get rid of me, either." "I won't eh ?" "Only in one way." "And that?" "Marry me." "What! us two fools get married. What would people say ?" "That's nothing to us. Come, say yes or no ; I'm in a hurry." "Well, no, then." "Very well; good-by, I shan't come again." "Stop a bit?what a pucker you're in." "Yes or no!" "I must consult?" "All right. I thought you were of age. Good-hy." "Jabez Andrews don't be a fool. Come back, I say. Why, I believe the critter has taken me for earnest. Jabez Andrews, I'll consider." "I don't want any considering; I'm going. Becky Hastings is waiting for me. I thought I would give you the first chance, Patty. All right good by." "Jabez! Jabez! That stuck up Beck Hastings shan't have him ! Jabez, yes ! Do you hear?Y-e-s!" a smarVpeddler. Mr. John L is a man iu the marble busiuess, smart at his calling, and has sold and put up more gravestones than any other man in Somerset county, Me. Some years ago, when he first went into business, there was considerable competition around him, and he was obliged to look sharp for every chance. He kept himself posted on the obituary column of all the local papers. The news of a death was sure to call him to the bereaved family about as soon his team could carry him there, and after consoling the mourners he would gradually come round to his business, and he seldom left without engaging to furnish the gravestones. Hearing that old Mr. B had "lost his wife," away up in the towu of Embden, he was soon on the spot. He found the old man in the field, trying to plow with his oxen without a driver?a feat easily accomplished with cattle that are trained, but B 's "critters" were wild, and bothered him considerably. Here was a chance for John; his boyhood had beeu spent on a farm, and he quickly took the goad and set the plow to moving right merrily, with old B holding the handles. Around the lot they went, John driving the oxen and trying to draw the old man into conversation, but he was crusty, and replied only in monosyllables. Finally, John remarked to the old fellow that he undersood that he (B?) had lost his wife ; and then commenced to pour out phials of sympathy for B that his years of practice in gravestone selling had given him; but still the old man would only grunt in reply. At last John came to the main question, as they stopped a moment for the cattle to breathe, at the corner : "Wouldn't you like to engage a nice set of tombstones for your wife?" "No!" fairly snorted the old man. "Let the miserable skunk that has run away with her pay for the gravestones ; I won't!" So John resumed his seat in the buggy, and returned to the solace of his home. What a Lawyer was Selling.?A member of the Saginaw county bar was recently in one of our thriving interior towns on professional business. In the office of the hotel he was accosted bv a verv agreeable gentle man, evidently of the genus "drummer," who wanted to know "where he was from." The legal gentleman, not exactly relishing the idea of the stranger's familiarity, answered, shortly, "From Detroit." The next question was, "For what house are you traveling ?" For my own." "You are ? May I ask your name?" "You may." Pause?enjoyable to the lawyer, embarrassing to the other. "Well," desperately, "what is your name?" "Jones." "What line are you in ?" "I don't understand you, sir." "What are you selling?" impatiently. "Brains," coolly. The drummer saw his opportunity, and looking at the other from head to foot, he said, slowly, "Well, you appear to carry a deuced small line of samples." Blackstone says he owes that drummer one. Shaving a Granger.?Persons who visit barber shops would give a premium for a barber who would not insist upon them having their "hair cut," or submitting to a "shampoo" when they only wished to be shaved. A man who called recently at a tousorial An of roof cnnnnn/loil <_C LC4 VIIC1J lut W 1/ vil KJIU I LII 111,114 CUttt CviV/VvvUVU in nonplussing a most persistent knight of the razor. The barber insisted upon giving the transient customer a "shampoo," and T. C. peremptorily demanded why such a request was made. Then a colloquy ensued something like this : Barber?"Your head's very dirty, sail!" T. C.?"Well, I know it is, and I waut it dirty." Barber?"Want it dirty ! Why, what foh r T. C.?"Well, I'm a granger, and I want to have soil on my head !" The barber ceased his importunings and quietly shaved his man.?I*ittsburg Chronical. Died a Protestant.?An amusing instance of a crushing reply is given in a recentpublished work called "Old Times in Ireland." An Irish post-boy was one day driving an English traveler in a car. During the journey the Englishman kept abusing and making fun of the Catholic religion, much to the annoyance of Mickey, who belonged to the Romish Church. He, however, was obliged to keep his feelings to himself, until at last an opportunity came for giving vent to them. They came to a dead donkey on the roadside, and the traveler, thinking he would be very clever, said, with a lisp, "Dwivaw, did that jackath retheive ecthtweem unction pweviouth to bweathing hith latht?" Mickey's reply was brilliant. "He did not, your honor. The baste died a Protestant. tey"' A certain "Uncle James" of our acquaintance, whose execution is not quite equal to his preference for the violin, was paid a delicate left-handed compliment the other night by his little ueice, on being awakened some time in the small hours of the night by the hideous performances of two felines under the window, naively remarked, "Mamma, I don't like to hear Uncle James play on a violin." A married lady, who was in the habit of spending most of her time in the society of her neighbors, happend to be taken ill, and sent her husband in great haste for a physician. The husband ran a short distance, and then returned, exclaiming, "My dear, where shall I find you when I come back ?" ttS?* "I say, Pompey," said one freed man to another, "dis chile has tried lots of gift fairs and tings for a prize, but never could draw anything at all." "Well, Jim, I'd'vise you to try a hand cart; de chances are a thousand to one dat you could draw dat." \ f | Jajricultural psrtmeiit. [Original.] STUBBLE FIELDS. Lands which have been sown in wheat, oats, rye, or any small grain, are called stubi ble lands. The agricultural prosperity of the country depends largely upon the proper ! management of such lands. The practice with farmers generally is to turn all the stock on the plantation into the wheat fields and j oat fields, and keep them there until the corn J fields are opened in the fall. This practice, however general, is one that is calculated to impoverish the country. It amounts to nearly the same thing as the raising of two crops on the same piece of land, the same year, without any manure. If the object in turning stock into stubble fields is to save the grain that is unavoidably left in the field, then as soon as this grain is gathered up, stock of all i kinds should be turned out, in order that the ' grass and weeds should grow. If this is done, in ordinary seasons, stubble fields will, in the fall, be covered with a luxuriant crop of grass . aud weeds. These weeds and grass should be turned under with a good two-horse turning plow. The time for performing this work, depends upon circumstances. If it is done too soon, the land is materially injured by haviug its naked surface exposed to the hot suns; if done too late, the decomposition of the weeds and grass will be incomplete. Other things being equal, the best time, in this , region of country, to turu under stubble fields, i is late in September or early in October. The main objection to putting the work off so long is that by this time the grass seed have matured, and will add to the labor of making i next year's crop. j The greatest defect in most of the lands i cultivated iu the South, is the want of vegetI able matter. The fields have been run in cotton until all the vegetable matter is work! ed out of them. No fertilizers, nor any man; ures in general use, will supply this defect. I The case can easily, speedily and profitably ! be met by sowing large crops of wheat, oats j and rye, and then treating the stubble fields j as indicated above. Corn-stalk lands may be 11 treated in the same way. If lands generally ' i were sowu iu small grain, and planted in i corn or cotton each alternate year, the process ! would prove less expeusive, ^nd more remun: erative than the application of guanos. * * [Original.J WHEAT. The season for sowing wheat is fast approaching. Every individual who claims to be a farmer should see to it that no flour will, in future, be bought for the use of his family. It is said that there is no money made by raising wheat. It has been clearly demonstrated that there is no money saved by buying flour. The farmers of York county have spent for flour and corn, during the present year, at least one half of the cotton crop of 1873. The other half went for bacon, coffee, sugar and molasses, and the farmers are dressing their wives and children on credit, and buying guano on "the lien." This is the way the money goes. Wheat cau be profitably raised iu all the upper counties of South Carolina. It is said it is an uncertain crop. This is the case with every crop that is planted. If no more attention was paid to the raisiug of a cotton crop than is generally devoted to raisiug the wheat crop, we would have to buy our cotton seed every year and there would not be enough of lint produced to make sewing thread. Wheat should be sown early. No man need expect to raise a good crop of wheat, if he does not sow uutil, as is often done, the week before Christmas. Late wheats should be sown in this region, during the month of September, and early varieties in October. Occasionally good yields may occur from late sowings, but it is like trying to make cotton without work? sometimes it will make something; generally, it will make nothing. Before wheat is sown the land should be well prepared. It should be plowed deep and close, aud then the wheat should be sown and covered, either with a harrow or with a short plow. If the land is nnm- it should ha well manured, to insure a good crop. Generally, stable manure is used, but it is by no rueaus the best. It makes straw but not grain. Fresh land, that is, land full of vegetable matter, is best for wheat. The notion is somewhat prevalent that wheat will not do well ou the same land two years in succession. This is all a notion. It will do just as well as cotton or corn, or anything else that is planted in our county. For our climate, all things considered, the best variety of wheat is the old May wheat. It requires good land, but if it is sown on good land, properly prepared, it will rarely fail to make a good crop. It is always free from cheat, because it is cut before the cheat is matured, hence there is no chance for the cheat to be propagated. In the seed wheat, care should be taken that it is free from rye and oats, and also, that it be all of the same variety. If there be different kinds, some | will be ripe whilst some is green, and conse1 quently a loss will be sustained. Relative Value ok Clover and Tim| otuy.?The relative value of clover, as comI pared with timothy or herd grass, whether j for hay, for winter feeding, or for green fo; rage for soiling in summer, is one of no inI considerable interest to practical agriculturJ alists. When green or first cut, one hundred | pounds of red clover contains but nineteen | pounds of solid matter, whereas an equal ' { weight of timothy has more than forty-three j j pounds. For soiling, therefore, the cost of j cutting and hauling the two kinds of forage ' ; to the stalls is the ratio of three and one-! I sixth to seven and one-sixth, with the further j drawback in the case of clover, that its too j : watery character is detrimental to the health j ] of the animals. For hay, however, the aualy- j ] ses of chemists give a greater relative worth 1 | to clover, ton for ton, as compared with tim- i i othy than it is commonly credited with. If i ' dried at 212? Farenheit, red clover will contain about twenty-two and one-half per cent, of fiesh-forraing, three and seven-tenths per cent, of fat-forming, and forty-four and one-' I half per cent, of heat-producing food elements; I while of these, timothy has, respectively, i about eleven and one-third, thirty-three and j one-half, aud fifty-three aud one-third per cent. Reducing Bone*.?Iu the discussion ou wheat culture at the late Agricultural C'ouj ventiou in Newport, N. H., Mr. Pattee, of, | Warner, gave a formula for reducing bones, as follows : Place them in a large kettle, mixed j with asnes and about one peck of liine to a [ barrel of bones. Cover with water and boil, j In twenty four hours all the boues, with the j exception, perhaps, of the hard shin bones, \ will become so much softened as to be easily pulverized by hand. They will not be iu particles of bone, but in a pasty condition, and j in excellent form to mix with muck, loam or ashes. By boiling the shin bones ten or twelve hours louger they will also become soft. This is an easy and cheap modeof reducing bones. If the farmer will set aside a cask for the rej ceptiou of bones in some convenient place, and throw all that are found on the farm into ! it, especially if one or two dead horses come into his possession, he will be likely to find a valuable collection at the end of the year, j which would prove a valuable adjunct to the manure heap. i ! (SMdwn'si fJjpjwtment. LITTLE THINGS. I "What a great fuss about nothing !" ex claimed Harry Vernon. "To hear sister talk anybody would think I had committed a terrible crime, just because I left the garden gate open, while I ran over to the store. J knew I should be back soon, and that nothing would get in in that time." "How could you know that, my son ?" gent I ly inquired Mrs. Vernon. "In fact, that mischievous cow of Mr. Rawlins did get in, and would, no doubt, have done much damage tc the flower beds and the choice young fruit ' trees, which your father values so highly, had ; not your sister discovered her entrance in i time to prevent harm. I wish, my son, yon ; would try, in future, to remember what J ; have told you before, that great consequence: j sometimes follow little acts, as well as words i and also that failure in performance of little ( duties sometimes is followed by terrible re I suits. I have lately read in the newspapers j some remarkable illustrations of this truth j You remember reading about the loss of the steamship Vile dn Havre a few months ago do you not?" Oh ! yes, mother. She was run into by the Loch Earne and sunk, and a great many ol her passengers, who were in the cabins, and did not know of the danger, went down in her. Some of the passengers got on the Loci Earnc; but she was afterward wrecked, and some of them since died in consequence of exposure and injuries." "Think of the valuable lives lost, of the dear little children made orphans, of the wives made widows, of souls, perhaps unprepared hurried into eternity, and of the great loss ol property, too, and all occasioned by the neglect of one man to perform what, perhaps, lit would have called a very "little" duty." "Why,how was it, mother?" Harry eagerly asked. "To explain," replied Mrs. Vernon, "I inusl tell you that the ship's hull was built in com partments, separated by moveable partitions so that, in case of accident to any part of the hull, these partitions could be closed and tlu water thus kept from the filling the ship. Ai the time of the accident, as soon as it was (lis covered that the vessel was filling from si hole in one of the compartments, an efforl I was made to close the partition between ii | and the next one, when it was found that, ow j ingto the rust ot some iron screws, tney couic ; not be moved ! The man, whose duty it was had not oiled the screws." "Oh! how dreadful that was, mother!" sail Harry. "All that misery just from the waul of a little oil to keep the screws smooth. J should think that man would feel that he had murdered all those people." "Possibly if he had heeu reproved, hefbrt the disaster, for his negligence, he might hav< thought a 'great fuss' was made about 'noth ing,'"said Mrs. Vernon. Harry blushed as he recognized this quota tion from his own remark. "And another remarkable instance I hav< read of within a few days," coutinued Mrs Vernon. "It seems that an act was passed by Congress to admit into the United States free of duty, 'fruit-plants, tropical and semitropical, for the purpose of propagation.'" "The person copying this act for publica tion in the books issued by the Government placed a comma after the word fruit, instead of a hyphen, so as to make it read 'fruit plants,' etc. The mistake was not noticed and it was thus incorrectly published as a law. The act took effect in August, 1872 and since that time fruits have been admitted without duty and, the Government has lost a million or more of dollars." "Why, mother! A pretty expensive com raa that was," said Harry. "It was, indeed," replied his mother, "and this fact also teaches the importance of wbal we call little things." "It seems to me," said Harry, "that we ought not to call anything little after this." "If we always thought of the probable, 01 even possible results of a word or act, we should not, my son ; nor should we thoughtlessly leave small duties unperformed." "Well, I mean to be more careful in the future. One thing is certain?I'll not leave the garden gate open again," said Harry. Harry's Chickens.?Sammy Brent "livec way down South," and was just as full of mis chief as a boy of thirteen could be. One evening he came home after a ramble througl the woods and by the river, and asked hi: brother Harry, who was eight years youngei than himself? "Harry, wouldn't you like to have some funny chickens?" "I'm just sure I would," answered Harry "Well, you take these three eggs and pul them in a box of sand and set it in the sun and after a while you'll have three of the funniest chickens you ever saw." Harry followed his brother's directions and morning, noon and night he might be seen watching for his brood to poke theii bills up out of the sand. At last, one hot day, just before noon, the sand begau to move, and the queerest kind of a chicken came out, It had a long, horny bill, a long, flat body, without feathers or wings, four feet, and a tail nearly as long as its body. As soon as Harry's excited eyes could see clearly, he exclaimed: "Oh ! oh ! it's a alligator ! it's a alligator come out of an egg." If Harry had been a little older he would * i .1 i it 11* t i nave Known mat tne auigaiors oury ineu eggs in the sand aud wait for the sun to hatch them, and as soon as the young alligators appear, the mother conducts them to the water. A Cat Wiiiitkd j;y Robins.?An exciting contest was witnessed in the court house yard (says the Genesee Republican) between a cat aud some robins. "A robin had a nest under the north stoop of the court house, aud ; on Friday her brood of young robins made their first attempt to lly. As one poor halfHedged bird was laboriously Hying near the ground, a tigerish-looking cat spied it and gave it chase. The bird fiew-^s best it could, but the cat's swift, stealthy steps gained upon it, and the fate of the bird seem sealed. But its terrific cries brought relief, and just as the cat pounced apou and seized it in her mouth, half a dozen old robins hit upon her back with a fury that was perfectly astonishing to her catship, and dropping her prey, she in continently turned tail and flew across the yard, the relentless robins pursuing her with the greatest fury, and filling the air with their vengeful cries. Not until the cat took refuge in an adjoining building did the birds give up the chase and return to the young bird. The latter was unhurt, and the noise of the contest having drawn to the spot twenty-five or thirty other robins, it completed its day's practice under ample protection, and amid the clattering of bird tongues seldom heard in Northern climes." - Advice to iiovs.?To throw stoues. Told each one carefully in a feather bed, and give good notice to all the neighborhood when you are going to pitch. To carry gunpowder in the pocket. Soak it well in cold water then wrap it up it a cover of oiled silk. To slide down the banisters. Let a surgeou sit upon the lower stair. Also carry a pailful of poultice in each of your hands, as you may need it. To cure creaky boots. Wear them always in going to the cake pantry. To be polite to sisters. Get their big brothers to introduce you to them.?Hearth and Home. Gems.?Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. Ignorance gives a sort of eternity to prejudice and perpetuity to error. To have ideas is to gather. To think is to weave them into garlands. | glcatUujj fflt the Sabbath. CONDtKJTKD BY . ; UKV. HOHEIIT LATH AN. > [Original.] NO II LESS NIG. r j One of the most distressing things which r [ which can he witnessed, is parents so living as not to secure for their children the blessing I of heaven. Perhaps the multitude of pareuts H think they have done their whole duty toI ' inn l*/l t lioi r /ill ! ] (] rfin iiiUaii flian liai/fi (rluhn , ....... WHO. ....... & * them a good secular education, and provided for theiu a sufficient amount of property so i : that they may start in the world comfortably, i ' This is a grand mistake. The blessing of l heaven is worth more than every thing else. I ; God is a covenant-keeping God. He visits ' ! the sins and iniquities of parents upon their [ children for generations. He poured out his , ! vengeance upon Ahaziah because of the sins , . of Altai). It is well enough in its place for s ; parents to educate their children, and to make II for them some property ; but unless the blessing of God is at the same time secured for p ' them, the most polished education and lordly I estate will avail nothing to ward off the i righteous indignation of a just God. Their i property will go like snow off a ditch; their t | learning will only make them more odious in ' ! the sight of God, as it will render them more i expert in Satan's service. . i The world is full of examples, which prove 1 the principle stated, to be in strict accord ' I f ance with God's providential dealings with I the human family. Parents often leave their ! ! children large fortunes which are consumed ' in an incredibly short time, and no one knows how or for what. No one seems to he better . that it has changed hands; and the legal . heirs are reduced to poverty, and go down to , i the grave covered with infamy and shame. 5 The reason of this, at least the principle rea! son, is that no blessing was secured for thein " by tiieir parents. On the contrary, the par* t ents sinned and the curse fell upon the chil dren. ' i I [Original.] I'lUYER. ' The simple definition of prayer, is asking ' God for those things which we need. UsuI ally, it is made to embrace more than this. > Confession of sin, and acknowledgement of [ past mercies, may, with propriety, be iutro1 duced into the exercise which we call prayer. For, although not prayer, in the strict sense 1 of the word, still from a law of our nature, it is almost impossible for us to pray devoutly without humbly confessing our sins and sin. cerely thanking God for the many blessings we have received from him. 5 Evidently it is the duty of all men to pray. [ The Scriptures enjoin this, and it is in perfect harmony with the dictates of reason. A . large amount of the blessings which are within the reach of men, are staspended upon the condition of asking God for them. In other r words, God promises, or proposes, to do many ' things for us upon the condition that we ask ' him to do them. Many individuals who seem ' to think that the world is governed by chance, inconsistently say that it is useless to pray, I because God's purposes are fixed and un1 changeable. It is true that God's purposes are like himself, the same yesterday, to day, and forever; but this is the very reason why I all men should pray. It is the purpose of God that there will be summer and winter, cold and heat, seed time and harvest, while ! the world lasts. It is the purpose of God to open his hand, and ont of his inexhaustible stores, supply the wants of everything that ' lives. This is the decree that has gone forth from him, and it will be executed to the yery ? letter. Still man must labor and toil. He ! must prepare and plant, cultivate the growing crop, gather the harvest and store it away I in barns. He must do all this, as if the whole depended upon his individual effort. ; It is the purpose of God to feed all his i nrpfiturpsr but. it is also the Durnose of God """" "" - r i 5 that man shall eat his bread in the sweat of his face. The man who would say that since , it is the purpose of God to feed him, therefore he will fold his arms in idleness, would . give infallible signs of insanity. Just so it is ; with prayer, it is a work upon which is sus> peuded many of the common blessings of life, ! and all the blessings of grace. No man will ever enter heaven who neglects or refuses to [ ask God to save him in heaven through the crucified Saviour. "Ask and ye shall re, ceive," and we may safely conclude that those i who do not ask shall not receive. Prayer indicates a heart right with God ; ' and the neglect of prayer shows that the heart , is cold and indifferent about the present mor ? il. 1 , : ill condition Uild lots eiernai uesLiuy ui me j immortal soul. That individual who con stantiy neglects to pray, is in the same condition, morally, that the man is naturally, who neglects from day to day to engage in any kind of labor by which to secure a livelihood. Both are lazy, and court dangers and difficuls ties. The latter invites poverty and disease of the body; the latter of the soul. The hand of the dilligent maketh rich, and the idler's poverty will come upon him like an armed man. Multitudes of the human family are , hungry and ragged because they will not work, and countless multitudes of our race will never enter into the kingdom of heaven j because they will not pray to God to save j them. The laboring man is generally honest, i and the idler is usually dishonest; the pray- j ! ing man is generally pious, and the prayerless j j man is usually without grace. illRISTIAN CONVERSATION. Says a Christian minister: "I remember j the conversation of two personal friends as j I among the most powerful instrumentalities ! | in leading me to the Christian life. "The one was a man of business, my Sab-' bath-school teacher. I recall, with ever-in-: creasing gratitude and delight, the time when i he sought occasion to say to me in private j that he had a strong desire for the conversion j 1 of my soul. I knew that he was sincere and i in earnest, and my heart responded, though I. said little. Those words of tender solicitude j i and persuasion followed me until I was ena-! bled to make the great resolve to seek the [ Lord with the whole heart. "The other friend was my school instruc; tor. He was a young man in course of pre-; j paration for the ministry. He did not say i much to me on the subject of personal religion, but I knew he had a strong desire for my conversion, and that his prayers went up ! 1 daily in ray behalf. He had a way of intro ducing religious conversation so that it did j not seera out of place. He so presented the Christian life that it seemed inviting and inJ teresting. The memory of these two men to me is blessed." What a power would Christianity be in the world if every believer improved every fit occasion to invite others personally to the Saviour. Men may reject our doctrines, with-1 stand our public appeals, and resist the Holy Ghost; but they are touched and drawn by the love aud faith which lead us to go to them in tearful tenderness, not to argue, not to upbraid, but to beseech them in Christ's name to be reconciled to God. Such an approach removes prejudice, disarms criticism, silences cavil, and when made in love and faith, reaches the heart and saves a soul from j ! death.?American Messenger. Miscellaneous Reading. WIDOWS IN INDIA. The life of a Hindoo widow in her own country, is for many reasons an unpleasant j one, and although the instances in which | they are burned on their husbands' funeral pyres are not as frequeut as formerly, widows i j are still considered of comparative unimportance, after the demise of the husband. Cases of re-marriuge among Hindoo widows are very rare, and when they occur are seldom productive of happiness, for even in the cities of Bengal, the couple are disowned by their i relatives, and in the rural districts they be- *1 come practicnlly outcasts. The advanced 3 theists of the country formally sanction such I marriages, but as the heads of native families * are generally orthodox, the approval of the other party does not avail much. a In the presidency of Madras, recently, a jnative gentleman was proclaimed an outlaw g by the beat of a tom-tom, for having given r I)is widowed daughter in marriage, and was ' prohibited from approaching the temples and j \ sacred tanks of the country. In cases of this I kind the village barber and washerman are fi forbidden to do any thing for the newly-mar- v ried ones; and in the event of death no one will help to carry the body to the river-side. J The theory of the Hindoo law is that on i the death of the husband his property goes to 1 his widow, in order that she may devote its [ proceeds to oblations and ceremonies for the ! i good of her husband's soul. Such ceremonies, ' however, can only be performed while the j i widow remains chaste. An important test j q case was decided by the full bench of the high 1 court of India, about the middle of April, i The question involved was whether a widow ! should lose her husband's estate by living I with a lover. After long consideration it was I decided by a majority that as no text could he I * 1 1 ' .? n . i , I.. i ! aauucea irom ine oaneru saercu hooks uuu i canon law to show that she shuiihl he disin- , herited, she is entitled to keep the estate. It | is considered a great triumph for the widows, I for although their friends would nut approve j of their re-marrying, an equally permanent j connection of this kind, it seems, would not i be thought discreditable. The conservative natives are very much j displeased with this decision, and if sufficient I ground can be found, wish an appeal taken to { the privy council in London. The advanced | party, on the other hand, are delighted. It is said that if the judgment had been different, r so that a widow would have been disinherited ^ for unehastity, there would have been no 1: limit to the accusations brought by interested jj persons against widows; that a system of i, domestic espionage would have sprung up, s and the court would have been filled with suits of an intolerable character. I, Where it would have been for the material o interest of so many persons that frailty should a increase, it would have been idle to hope for that social purity which the conservative g party say has been overthrown by this decis- v ion. Had the court rendered a different opin- " ion, the great danger of many cases being c trumped up by the crafty and avaracious is 11 annarent. - ? This is the first step; the next will be a | d change in the native public opinion, so that it will approve of a widow's remarriage. A CHINESE DENTIST. In priority of time the Chinese are ahead of us in some of the arts of civilization ; but in most of the finer and higher kinds of art, as surgery, etc., their proficiency is little removed from half savage bungling. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial describes Chinese dentistry, and gives us an l idea of what the Chinese tooth-carpenters J amount to as professionals: ei The native dentists are the merest charla- c tans, and practice as magicians and cure-alls.. S They insert artificial teeth of the sea-horse, ^ which are kept in place by copper-wire wrap- v pings, or fastenings to the adjacent natural A teeth, and charge about three cents per tooth for the operation. Teeth are extracted by a * hocus-pocus process which the impostor calls i "coughing up." The method of extraction is this : The dentist applies a white powder rep- A resented to be the salt extracted from the j sweat of the horse. Dr. Eastlake found this white powder to be nothing more nor less T than arsenic, which causes the gum to slough, when the tooth is easily removed by the operator's fingers. I But the Chinese method of curing the tooth- lA ache was what puzzled him most, and longest t defied detection. The operations, it should ^ have been stated, are all performed in a tern- A pie or in the space in front, under a large i n .i-- ;-i-- l:_: I Uinoreiia, uie iuea oenig uiai rengiuus ceremony is in some way connected with them, r Tooth-ache, they pretend, is caused by a maggot which gets into the tooth somehow or other while the patient is asleep, or while he is laughing immoderately. It must be removed alive, or the patient will go mad. He is therefore placed on a seat and his head thrown back. The dentist inserts a long pair of forceps, and, after furabliug around for a 4 few seconds, produces between the nippers a I little wriggling, black maggot?the cause of L the whole trouble. Dr. Kastlake witnessed u this operation repeatedly, but it was only after obtaining surreptitious possession of the ? forceps that he discovered the trick. He a found that one arm of the forceps only was of iron; the other was of bamboo, painted to ^ resemble the other. In the hollow of the s( bamboo were found a number of little black maggots, probably obtained from decayed ? vegetables or decomposing matter. When necessary to do service, the operator simply squeezed the bamboo above, and the maggot ti was ejected from the small end of the instru- " ment to the mouth, and then adroitly taken P( betweeu the nippers and held up triumphant- n ly before the gaze of the astonished and grate- ti ful patient, who imagiued himself relieved. fc The operations he witnessed were performed with astonishing rapidity, and the patients were hurried away, as that part of the performance was essential to the success of the ai operation. ti Signature of the Cross.?The mark which persons who are unable to write are required to make instead of their signatures, is in the form of a cross; and this practice having formerly been followed by kings and nohlps is rnnsf.nntlv referred to as an instance of the deplorable ignorance of ancient times. This signature is not, however, invariably a proof of such ignorance. Anciently, the use of the mark was not confined to illiterate persons; for among the Saxons the mark of the cross, as an attestation of tne good faith of the persons was required to be attached to the signatures of those who could not write. In those times, if a man could write, or even read, his knowledge was considered proof! presumptive that he was in holy orders. The i clericus, or clerk, was synonymous with pen-1 ? mau; and the laity, or people who were not i clerks, did not feel any urgent necessity for j ? the use of letters. The ancient use of the | n cross, therefore, was universal, alike by those i J who could, and those who could not, write, i m It was, indeed, the symbol of an oath, from th its sacred associations, as well as the mark i ot /?nno?dllv arlnnfnrl Wonrp f.hp nriain nf t.he .. gbliviuu J "V..., ?? ?-0 I(J expression, "God save the mark," as a form j a of ejaculation approaching the character of I i an oath. " Iowa Grasshoppers.?An Iowa doctor j writes of the remarkable grasshoppers that do ; so much damage in that State : "In ray opin- j ion they come from the lower portion of the British possessions. They are a very hardy insect. It takes quite a breeze to kill them.. Immerse one in water for three hours, and he will come to have a better masticative and digestive faculty than ever. They will devour 1. arsenic with the avidity of a modern belle. , n When their wings are developed they have a J better locomotive power than an old Western stage-coach company ever had, aud those here at this date have got a wing development now of about a quarter of an inch, while the ~ body is about three quarters of an inch in . length." I ? ato ~ ! fjr ?^ ^TEARLY all diseases originate from Indiges3( tion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is 1 ways anxiously sought after. If the Liver is tegulated in its action, health is almost invariady secured. Want of action in the Liver causes Ieadaehe, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the boulders,'Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stoineh, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpiation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the dues, and a hundred other symptoms, for which ilMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR is the best einedy that has ever been discovered. It acts nildly, efl'ectually, and being a simple vegetable ompound, can do no injury in any quantities hat it may betaken. It is harmless in every way. t has been used for 40 years, and hundreds of the ;ood and great from all parts of the country will ouch for its being the purest and best. Simmons' Liver Regulator, or Medicine, s harmless, s no drastic violent medicine, ssure to cure if taken regularly, s no intoxicating beverage, s a faultless family medicine, s the cheapest medicine in the world, s given with safety and the happiest results to the most delicate infant, )oes not interfere with business, )oes not disarrange the system, 'akes the place of Quinine and Bitters of every kind, Contains the simplest and best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 20 13 ly? THE BROWN COTTON GIJV. Illl I'i attention 01 planters ami outers is again called to the above old and reliable make of otton Gins. They are furnished this your great/ improved, and nothing which an experience of lirty years in their manufacture could suggest as been left undone to make them the most reliale and perfect Cotton Gin in inarkct. As the rcult of our etlbrts wo need only refer to their esiblished reputation and wide-spread popularity, 'or Perfection of Workmanship, Strength, Duraility, Light Running, and quantity and quality f lint produced, we challenge competition. We re prepared to warrant to any reasonable extent erfect satisfaction to every planter 01 operator, 'ho Gins are sold at the lowest possible prices for ood machines, and on reasonable terms. We inito examination of the samples in the hands of ur local agents who will give all desired inforaation and furnish applicants with circulars and opiesof commendatory letters from parties using lie Gins in all sections of the cotton planting oniitry. Circulars, Price Lists, and other inforriation, may bo obtained of our agents or by adressing THK BROWN COTTON GIN CO., Now London, Conn. ALLEN A BARBER, Agents, Rook Hill, S. C. May 14 20 27t NOTICE. OFFICE CHARLOTTE, COL. & AUG. R. R. Columbia, S. C., July 31,1874. O Y recent changes in the schedules of Charlotte, [3 Columbia and Augusta, and Atlanta and lichtnond Air Line Railroads, arranged for the special accommodation of the traveling public, lose connections are now made via Charlotte to partanburg, Greenville and all points along the ne of the A. A R. A. L. Railway and via A., T. ; O. and Carolina Central Railroads, for Cherryille, Lincoln ton, Statesville, Hickory Tavern, LSheville, Ac. Sec schedule below: going north. iCave Columbia, 4 00 A. M. irrive at Charlotte, 2 20 P. M. .eave Charlotte, via A. ifc R. A. L. R. Road 3 13 P. M. irriveat Spartanburg, 8 24 P. M. Lrrive at Greenville, 10 42 P. M. /-it r% i:Mn iCave calamine, viu cm uiuin vrim ui for Cherryville, etc., 3 00 P. M. leave Charlotte, via A., T. AO. R. R. for Statesville, Hickory Tavern, etcetera, 3 25 P. M. going south. jeave Greenville, 2 0(1 A. M. ieave Spartanburg, 4 03 A. M. irriveat Charlotte, 8 00 A. M. ieave Charlotte, 8 30 A. M. i.rrive at Cobinibia 2 42 P. M. Lrrive at Augusta, 8 05 P. M. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. A. POPE, Gen'l Pas. & Ticket Agent. August 6 32 tf HERAW AND DARLINGTON R. ROAD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,") Ciieraav & Darlington Railroad Co., ^ Society Hill.S. C., October 10, 1873. J CHANGE OF1 SCHEDULE. )N and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. eaveClicnov 8.00, A. M. | Leave Florence....3,00,P.M. cave Cnsli'd 8.20, A. M. j Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P.M. eave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. | Leave Darlington....'1.40, P. M. eave Dove'd 9.15, A. M. | l.eave Dovc'd 4.15, P.M. eave Darlington..9.50, \. M. I Leave Society iiill.-l.-lj, P. M. cave Palmetto... 10.10, A. M. I I.eave Ca^liV 5.10, P.M. rrivcat Florence.10 30, A. M. j Arrive at Clieraw..5.30, P. M* The Freight Train will continue for the present |run as heretofore, except to adapt its running :id stoppages to the changed schedule of the passnger trains. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, April 2-lth, 1873. rllK YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby designated as the nowsptiper for the publieaon of all Legal Notices and Official Auvertisetents for the county of York, under the Act ?.proved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to igulate the publication of all Legal and public otices, and the order heretofore issued designangthe "Carolina New Era" as the official paper ir the county of York is hereby rescinded. By order'of the Board. II. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board. I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, ul Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify lat the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on le in my office. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. ^*99^. COUGHS, SOKE XylCW'irK TIIEOATJHFLUEN^jniOOP which docs not dry up a cough and leavo tho 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 by Hundreds of testimonials it has received. The genuine is signed Butts" on the wrapper, 8ET1I W. FOWLK A SONS, Proprietors, BosToy, Mass. Sold by dealers generally. October 2 40 ly I THE HOME SHUTTLE JEWING MACHINE, j rHE best Cheap Machine in tho Market. If the number sold is a criterion of merit, it is the EST MACHINE in use, as there have* been 1 < ore HOME SHUTTLE MACHINES sold in ; < o State during the last twelve months than all i < her Sowing Machines combined. I < You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE i ' r about half the money you will have to pay for I < tirst-class Machine. 73}~ Home Shuttle Needles kept constantly on , ind. j \ E8- Any Homo Shuttle Attachment furnished short notice. W. L. GRIST, Agent. JmifniflNNHji I HE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. 1 rHERE are no Vacations. Send for Catalogue 1 | and College Documents. For Splendid Spec- j tens of Penmanship, enclose two P. O. Stamps, ddress W. H. SADLER, President, j Nos. D&8N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. i j January 1 1 tf | RIBBONS. : ] LLOT of Ribltons, at reduced prices, can lie I < seen a' M. STRAUSS it SON'S. 1 i SPECIFIC MEDICINES. PREPARED expressly for and adapted to the Southern Climate, "COMPOUND EXTRACT CORY DA LIS" Is the most powerful and efficient alterative and blood-purifier known. Prepared expressly for Scrofula, Eruption* of the Shin and all diseases which are produced by bad or unhealthy blood "DR. GREENE'S FIT CURE" Cures all kinds of Fit*, Spa*m* anil Convulsions which arise from irritation of the nerve centres. In Epilepsy, it often stops the fits from the first day's use even when they have existed for years. "MEDICATED HONEY," The great remedy for Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colli*, Croup, Sore-Throat and all diseases of the air passages and lungs. It does not sicken the patient, is pleasant to take, prompt in its action and does not injure the appetite or impair digestion, as most Expectorants do. OUR "NEURALGIA SPECIFIC" Is a perfect specific for Neuralgia, Sciatica, Rheumatism and all muscular or nervous pains, wherever situated. These medicines are prepared with great care from perfectly reliable drugs, and for the especial classes of diseases named on each bottle. No one of them is claimed as a "cure all." They are identically the same that we have used in our private practice for years, and in thus presenting them to the public we know whereof we affirm. They are safe, reliable and efficient, acting quickly and thoroughly. Try them, and you will want no others. Ask your Druggist for them. For sale by J. C. KUVKENDAL, Yorkville, S C. Prepared only by Dns. GREENE, LINDLEY & BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C. N. B.?Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers treated as heretofore by "Kline's Great Cancer Antidote*," at Charlotte, Goldsboro and Asheyille, N. C. December 18 33 ly rpHE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our J_ works in Greensboro, N. O., give universal sausiacuon wnerever inirouucea. mey are maue 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 they are the 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 tho mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do wo 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 profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following tire our prices, delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 44 7 (I ' 44 44 44 44 44 44 26 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT PIANOS HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIBgtftfHH PREMIUMS, and are among the best^^^^HBH made. Every instrument is fully warrant^^^H^^^H five years. Prices as low as the exclusive the very best materials and the most tho^^^^H^^H workmanship will permit. The principal and composers and the piano-purchasing pu^^^B^HH of the South especially, unite in the unanin^^^^^^H verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF The DURABILITY of our instruments is fullj^^^^H established by over , H SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. ^ sole w noiesaie Agents ior several 01 me principal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. Prices from $50 to $000. A liberal discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from $75 to $.'100, always on hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought and are using the Stieff Piano. * CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty. Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Factories, 84 and 86 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly THE^HORT LINE SCHEDULE. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. R. Co., Columbia, S. C., July 19, 1874. 11HE following Passenger Schedule will be operated on and after this date: going north. ' Tiain No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave Augusta, 6.30 a. in. 4.15 p.m. Grauiteville, *7.33 a. m. 5.11 p. m. Col'bia Junct'n,.. 11.38 a. in. J9.05 p. m. Arrive Columbia, 11.48 a. in. 9.17 p. m. Leave Columbia, 11.58 a. m. Winnsboro, 2.06 p. m. Chester, J4.06 p. m. Arrive Charlotte |6.45 p. m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Charlotte and Richmond, to all points North, arriving at N ew York at 6.05 a. m. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Wilmington and Richmond to all points North, arriving at New York at 5.15 p. m. going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. Leave Charlotte, 8.30 a. m. Chester, 11.02 a. m. Winnsboro 12.38 p. in. Arrive at Columbia, 2.42 p. m. Leave Columbia, 2.52 p. m. 3.40 a. m. Col'bia Junction, 3.17 p. m. 4.15 a. m. Granitoville, 7.15 p. m. *7.48 a. m. Arrive at Augusta} 8.05 p. m. 8.45 a. in. "Breakfast. J Dinner. fSupper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and Wist. Through tickets sold and baggage chocked 'o all principal points. 2**- Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. A. Poi'E.Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. limncti: SO if " ? June 4 23 tf fotMk (Swquiw. TERM8?IN ADVANCE s Dnecopy, ono year, $ 3 00 L)ne copy, si\iiionths, 150 3ne copv, three months 1 00 Single eopy, 10 I'wo copies, one year, f> 00 ren copies, 0110 year, 25 00 To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of tne paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. ADVERT18EMENT8 Will be inserted at fifteen cents per line (this fize type) for the first, and seven-and-a-half cents [>er line for each subsequent insertion?less than :hree months. 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