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tumorous ?fpattmcnt. A STORY OF TWO BOYS. There is a man living on fifth street who ;s a good man, endeavoring to train up his children in the way they should go, and as lis flock is numerous and two of them are boys, he has anything but a sinecure in this training business. Only a day or two ago, the elder of these olive branches, who has lived about fourteen wicked years, enticed his youngest brother, who has only had ten years' experience in boyish deviltry, to go out on the river in a boat, a species of pastime which their father had many a time forbidden. But the boys went this time, trusting to luck to conceal their depravity from the knowledge of their pa, and in due time returned, and walked around the house, the two most innocent-looking boys in Burlington. They separated for a few moments, and at the expiration of that time the elder was suddenly confronted bv the father, who reouested an in terview in the usual place, and the pair adjourned to a woodshed, where, after brief but high-spirited performances, in which the boy appeared most successfully as "heavy villain," and his father took his favorite role of "first old man," the curtain went down and the boy considerably mystified sought his brother. "John," he said, "who do you suppose told dad ? Have you been licked ?" John's face will uot look more peaceful and resigned when it is in his coffin than it did as he replied: "No, have you ?" "Have I ? Come down to the cow shed and look at my back." John declined, but said: "Well, Bill, I'll tell you how father found us out. I am tired of acting in this way, and I ain't going to run away and come home and lie about it any more. I'm going to do better after this, and so when I saw father I couldn't help it and went right to him and confessed." Bill was touched at this manly action on the part of his younger brother. It found a tender place in the bad boy's heart, and he was visibly affected by it. But he asked : "How did it happen the old man didn't lick you ?" "Well," said the penitent youug reformer, "you see I didn't confess ou myself, I only confessed on you ; that was the way of it." A strange, cold light glittered in Bill's eyes. "Only confessed on me," he said. "Well, that's all rierht. but come down behind the cow shed and look at ray back." And when they got there * * * Political Value of Slander.?I relate the following anecdote as it was related to roe. Whether the incidents, as stated, are historically correct or not, the story is a true one? true, in that it broadly, though grotesquely, sets forth an absolute political fact: A man in one of the new States, where society was in a sort of rushing condition, was elected to Congress. A friend in Washington who knew how entirely unqualified he was for such a position, asked him : 'How in the world did you manage to get elected?" "Oh ! easily enough. I stole a horse." "What! Stole a horse! And is horsestealing considered a qualification for Congress in your district?" "No?that ain't it. But as soon as it was known, the papers on t'other side took it up and howled over it. Of course, the papers on our side had to defend me. A tremendous noise was made. Our papers called it a mean, dastardly, cowardly attempt to tarnish the fair narue of their standard bearer?a gentleman whose fortunes were in the hands of his fellow-citizens, and who would look confidingly to them for redress and support. The noble people would never be deceived by this vile slander, fiendishly devised for the most unholy of party purposes!?and all such kind of stuff. The people got their backs up about the outrage and I got in." At the nest election in that State this man's opponent was elected. The same friend, meeting the now defeated candidate shortly after the election news had been received, asked him how it happened he had been defeated. "O, dod rot the fellow! he smelt a mice, and got the start of me. He killed a deputy sheriff. How She Turned Presbyterian.?Mrs. Magruder will probably leave Dr. Hopkins' church and go hereafter to the Presbyterian meeting house. Dr. Hopkins last week had a frightful boil on his leg, and he experienced very severe pain when he tried to walk. While ne was sitting in his study on Friday, Mrs. Magruder called and was ushered into the parlor. The servant went up the back stairs to tell the doctor, and, while she was on her way, the doctor started down the front stairs to get a drink of water. It hurt him so much to walk upon the steps that he concluded to slide down the banisters on his stomach ; and so, after looking carefully over the landing to satisfy himself that nobody was about, he mounted the banister and began to descend. The stairs run directly past the parlor door, and Mrs. Magruder was amazed to see the clergyman descending with great rapi dity, and in that singular fashion. It seems that the servant girl had placed a coal-scuttle by the newel post while she went for the doctor, and as he descended with awful velocity he alighted in the scuttle and fell to the floor. Without being aware of the presence of the visitor, he leaped up in a rage, and exclaiming, "Hang that woman " he gave the scuttle a kick which sent it whirling into the parlor, where it brought up in Mrs. Magruder's lap. Of course she thought the demonstration and the eiaoulation were intended fnr her and af ter rising to her feet and shaking her umbrella at her pastor, she shouted: "If you kick another coal-scuttle at me I'll punch the stuffin' out of you with this yer umbrella !" She emerged from the front door with the conviction that Presbyterianism wa3 the only religion for her.?Baptist Weekly. ? ? ? A doctor called on a cholera patient and prescribed. Next day found the patient well. "Well," said the doctor, "the medicine brought you out ?" "No, sir. I didn't take it." "Whatdid you take?" "1 ate saur-kraut and turnip sauce." So the doctor wrote in his memorandum : "Saur-kraut and turnip sauce good for cholNext week another call. Irishman this time. Prescribed saur-kraut and turnips. Next day called?found the Irishman dead. So he wrote opposite the old memorandum : "Saur-kraut and turnips good for a Dutchman, but death to an Irishman." 6*2?- At a prayer-meeting of colored people, the decency aud good order of the meeting being disturbed by a negro named Brown, whose prayers in public were only incoherent ravings, the pastor inquired, "What fool niggar is dat prayiu' down dar near de doors ?" A dozen people replied with one voice. "It am Bruddah Brown, sah." "Den," replied the pastor, "Bruddcr Brown, subside and let some one pray dat's better 'quainted wid de Lord." ?aF* A strong-minded woman made the following gentle reply to a politician who called at her house, to get her husband to go to the polls and vote: "No, sir, he can't go. He's wnshJnrr trwlav sinrl Ws croint* to iron to-mor " t} J J > ? 0 o row, and if he wasn't doing anything he couldn't go. I run this 'ere house, I do, and, if'aDy one votes, it'll be this same Mary Jaue." OS?' Jones, a few months after his first baby was born, was holding it on his knee. His wife said, "Now confess, dear, that you love the child !" "I can't do that," he replied, "but I am willing to admit I respect the little tiling for it's father's sake." ? ? fiST1 A man was boasting that he had been married for twenty years and never given his wife a cross word. Those who knew him say he didn't dare to. Department. | [Original.] TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. The wealth of all civilized nation* is concentrated in the bones and muscles of the domestic animals. The horse, the ox, und the ass, although nothing but dumb brutes, arc the levers which move the civilization of the world. That which made the condition of the North American Indian so deplorable, was the fact that he had no domestic animals but the dog. With this he could do nothing but drag a rude sleigh over the snows. The savages of Asia were in advance of the American Indian in no respect except that they had some domestic animals. No one can estimate the value of the horse, the ox, and the ass. Without them no -cities could be built, no roads constructed, no mines opened. In i one word, nothing could be done to develop the resources of the soil. The forest could never be cut down and the sea never crossed. Such being the case, these animals deserve kind treatment at the hauds of their owners. A vast amount of money is worse than wasted by abusing horses and mules. Managing animals means, when used by some people, beating them with sticks and clubs, and half feeding them. The manner in which horses and mules are treated on some southern farms, is a violation of all principles of the Christian religion, and a shame to civilization. Really, a man must be the subject of a strange mental delusion, who either abuses his stock himself, or suffers others to do it. He mav be full of enererv, but still is a bad calculator. He may make large crops, but wastes it in destroying his most valuable property. The practice of whipping horses is as foolish as it is cruel. In ninety-nine cases out of every hundred, it does more harm than good. In fact, it is doubtful whether whipping ever does any good. Instead of making the animal obedient and gentle, it makes it disobedient and dangerous. It lives in a state of constant dread, and consequently is always either in a low state of flesh or absolutely poor. One severe whipping will reduce a horse or mule more in flesh than a month's hard work. Not only so, but it shortens the days of the animal, and hence decreases its real value. Powerful as are the muscles of the horse and mule, they are still delicate creatures, and require careful treatment. Their value may be crreatlv reduced bv a few over drives or over loadings. Some people seem to be of the opinion that they never tire and never need rest. This is a senseless conclusion. A few overrides will ruin the best horse iu the world, and a few over pulls will ruin the best mule in the world. Both the horse and mule require to be gently worked and rode and regularly fed and watered. ALKALI FOIt OLDAPPLE TREES. In considering the growth of organisms, the actions of the alkalies is to be looked upou as scarcely less important than that of air and water. Lime is the great animal alkali, and potash the vegetable one; its old name of vegetable kali expressed that fact, and all the potash of commerce is well known to be derived from wood-ashes. The importance of potash as a manure has been frequently overlooked by farmers, who rarely know the large amount of this material found in grass, grain crops, leaves, barnyard manure, roots, and fruits. How potash acts iu plants, in conjunction with carbon and silex, to form woody fibre, starch, sugar, and oil, is yet unknown to chemical observers, but the fact of itsnrU.inn is hevond a doubt. Liebig long since pointed out that the chief I cause of barrenness is the waste of potash carried off by rich crops, especially tobacco, with no replacement by proper manure. How many millions of pounds of potash have been sent to Europe from the forests of America, and in the grain, tobacco, and hemp ? Luckily, one alkali may be replaced by another, and we have received a considerable quantity of soda from European seaweed and in the shape of salt. Latterly, nitrate of soda from natural deposits in South America is brought to us at a cheap price. The point to which we now call attention is that our farmers and fruit growers have ignored, or rather have beeu ignorant of the importance of wood ashes as a vegetable stimulant, and as the leading constituent of plants. Even coal ashes, now thrown away as useless, have been shown, both by experiment and analysis, to possess a fair share of alkaline value. According to our observation, if the practice of putting a mixture of wood and coal ashes around the stems of fruit trees and vines, particularly early in the spring, were followed as a general rule, our crops of apples, crranes. neaches. Ac., would be ereatlv bene D 1 > MT 9 ?# ' w fitted iu both quality and quantity, and the trees and vines would last longer. We will relate only one experiment. Some tweutv-five "ears ago we treated an old hollow pippin ai pie tree as follows: The hollow, to the height of eight feet, was filled and rammed with a compost of wood ashes, garden mould, and a little waste lime (carbonate.) The filling was securely fastened in by boards. The next year the crop of sound fruit was sixteen bushels from an old shell of a tree that had borne nothing of any account for some time. But the strangest part was what followed. For seventeen years after filling, the old pippin tree continued to flourish and bear well.?Scientific American. WATERING HORSES* AFTER MEALS. A full drink of water immediately after being fed, should never be allowed to horses. When water is drank by them, the bulk of it goes directly to the large intestines, and little of it is retained in the stomach. In passing through the stomach, however, the water carries considerable quantities of the contents to where it lodges in the intestines. If, then, the food of horses' stomachs is washed out before it is digested, no nourishment will be derived from the feed. In Edinburg, some old horses were fed with split peas, and then supplied with water immediately before bc'rg killed. It was found that the water nad carried the peas from fifty to sixty feet into the intestines, where no digestion took place at all. Mr. Cassie is quite correct in the views set forth regarding the injurious effects of large quantities of water swallowed immediately after eating. A small quantity of fluid swallowed along with, cr immediately after dry food, beneficially softens it and assists in its subdivision and digestion. An ordinate supply of water, or of watery fluid, on the other hand, proves injurious. It dilutes unduly the digestive secretions; it mechanically carries onward the imperfectly digested food, and thus interferes with the proper functions of the canal and excites indigestion and diarrhoea. These untoward effects are especially apt to occur where horses, freely fed and too liberally watered, are shortly put to tolerably quick work. There is no more infallible method of producing colic, diarrhoea, and inflammation of the bowels. The horse is not peculiar in this effect; dogs, and even their masters, similarly suffer from copious draughts of water immediately after eating much solid food.?N. Y Herald. How to Soften Putty ok Paint.?It frequently happens in every household that paint is to to be removed, or old putty taken from the window sash. The Harness and Carriage Journal gives the following receipt for accomplishing this without injury to the wood work: "Mix equal parts of good soap, potash, and slacked lime, add sufficient water i to form a paste; apply this with a brush, and i let it stand some three or four hours, and your putty or paint will be softened, so that it can be easily removed with a blunt chisel." fUaditrg for the Jfahhath. CONDUCTED BY | REV. ROKERT LATHAN. [Original.] THE CHANGE. | The effects of siu, doubtless, fall more heavj ily upon the human family than upon any | other part of this lower world. Alan was ! placed at the head of the affairs of this world, and every thing stood in some way or other connected with him. God made him prime minister of the lower world, and when man sinned, the relation which he originally sustained to the lower world as its lord, was broken up. Alan rebelled against his Alaker, and the inferior creatures rebelled against man. The earth itself underwent a change. - 1 1 1 rrn _ The sea encroached upon the dry iann. me earth ceased to bring forth spontaneously a I support for man; but on the contrary, it yields in luxurious abundance, thorns and thistles, and man is forced to cat his bread in the sweat of his face. The physical character and appearance of the earth, as well as iLs properties, underwent a change. Nothing on this earth is to-day as it was when God finished the work of creation. Then every thing was very good ; to-day the whole creation?every creature, great and small?groans and travails in pain. The nature of all the animal creatures underwent a change. All, when created, were subject to man, and all lived in perfect harmony with each other. | The wolf had no disposition to prey upon the lamb, and the lamb had no fear of the wolf. The lion was not king of beasts. His roar ' produced no more dread amongst the other animals than the bleating of the sheep. The most remarkable change which succeeded the entrance of sin into the world, aside from the blighting of man's soul, was the change which took place in the nature of the animals. Iu the creation, God made three I nn'na?oil f ltA Q Klfk Q n fl f llP I ftlllguuuia bliC lUiiiwiai, uaiv ?vgv/vuu.v, mum ...v animal. In the mineral kingdom is included the earth and all the inanimate substances lodged in its bosom. The mineral kingdom, in point of time and in the order of creation, preceded the vegetable kingdom. Out of the earth sprang, by the creative order of God, the vegetable kingdom. Then followed the creatiou of the various animals which constitute the animal kingdom. The creatures contained in both the mineral and animal kingdom, were created destitute of feeling. To man, and every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth in which is animal life, God gave the vegetable kingdom for food. Provision was thus made that there might be no suffering. The earth felt no pain in bringiug forth the grass, and the grass felt no pain when browsed upon by the animals. When the lion was created, his nature led him to feed upon grass like the ox ; and the cow and bear fed together. Wheu man sinned, death entered our world. Every thing animate and inanimate, organic and inorganic, underwent a complete change. The teeth of the lion, the wolf, aud what are now called flesh-eating animals, were changed. I Tlinoa fontli wjprp fl P?icrll erf fill IV tO Cl'OD LIAISE ^V/bU T' "4V" ?? J __ J. the grass, became adapted to tearing in pieces the bodies of animals. The reign of death commenced the moment that Adam eat the forbidden fruit. The jaws of the lion, the wolf, and the bear, and the beaks of the hawk, the vulture and the eagle, were converted into implements of death. It was an evil and bitter thing that man sinned. It not only dug the pit of endless woe, but filled this world with misery and death. Sin literally^ ruined every thing in any way connected with this world, over which man was made lord. Jesus Christ came into the world to banish death from the world, and restore everything to its original state. This world, which has been the scene of so much suffering and misery, of so much carnage and blood, will, in God's own good time, be restored to its original condition. Death, in every shape and form, will ultimately be banished from our earth. The loveliness of Eden will again be granted to the earth now scarred and deformed by sin. Sometime in the future, the desert will blossom like the rose, and the sea will give back to the dry land what it has plundered. The serpent's fangs will be extracted; the wolf will cease to prowl and the lion to roar. The lamb will cease to fear, for there will be nothing to hurt from the rising to the setting sun. Man's dominion over this sin cursed earth will be restored. "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. Aud the cow and the bear uKull their votinc ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain : for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." Isaiah 11. Sin has produced a great and heart-rending change iu this world; but Jesus Christ will j ultimately restore all thing3. The thought | that such a blessed change awaits this world, j makes oue feel like shouting one long and j loud Halleluyah, praise the Lord. When | this world becomes a new earth in which j shall dwell righteousness, it will be a grand j and glorious place. Sin, the great cause of I misery, will be banished forever. j Tub Soui/s Truk Sun.?Were the sun to 1 be blotted out of the heavens, every leaf and ! flower would wither; life would cease. Withj out su nshine, earth would be a desert. [ Jehovah is the sun of the soul. Without His teams all is not merely darkness, but I death. His love is the sunshine that glad| dens ind revives us. Where that love is shed down, all is peace; where that love is l withhold, all is sadness, and terror, and gloom, j Life in not life when this love is hidden. In ; His favor is life. The favor of others may i cheer us for an hour, and make us forget our weariness; but it leaves the soul as heavy and 1 dark as before. It does not comfort, it does 1 not quicken, it does not heal or fresh. Only of God's love can it be said that in it is life. Yes, it contains life for us, the true life of ; the soul; and he who findeth this favor is ! blessed. Nor is this favor hard to find. It | does not need to be bought. It is freely given. i i\r? 1-- K,.f tolro if T.it-o tli/> snnsliinp Mi U 1IU.VC uut bU turvb 1U A^iuv ?MV , 1 it is around us, and we have but to give it entrance. God sends us the good news of it in the gospel of his grace; and he who simply receiv3S that gospel, is at once put in possession of the Divine favor, the whole free love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Hence the apostle says, "We have known and ! believed the love that God hath to us." 1 John 4: 16. fiSy- A real Christian, being deeply sensible of the worthlessness of any actions which do j not spring from the genuine fountain, will aim ; at such }" habitual conformity to the Divine image t'.atto perform all acts of justice, char; ity, kindness, temperance, and every kindred ; virtue, may become the habitual, abiding state of his heart, that like natural streams ; they may flow spontaneously from the living i source.?Hannah More. ! aUluldrrn'js Department. COURIERS OF THE CZAR. The Russian general, Priuce MentchicofT,; ! who defended Sebastopol, had occasion, duI ring the siege of that city, to send au ira ->ort! ant message to the Czar at St. Petersburg ; I ! and ordered a faithful officer to be his mes- j senger, giving him directions not to halt or j delay until he stood before the Czar, and above, all not to lose sight of the precious ' message which he bore. Away went theofficer I 1 in a sleigh belonging to the Czar's couriers, i I At the end of each twenty miles, he found fresh ! i horses awaiting him; these were quickly harI nessed to his sleigh, in clace of the wearv i -- CD"' k - | animals, and tlie servants and stable-men 1 would cry out: "Your Excellency, the horses are ready." "Away then !" the otHcer would say to the ! driver ; and oS' he would go again at the j most rapid pace of which the horses were capable. Riding in this way for several days | and nights, suffering with cold and pursued . by wolves in the forests, the officer, wejjry j with watching his despatches day and night, | at length reached the palace of the Czar, and J I was immediately ushered into his prcs- j I ence. He had no sooner handed the Emperor the letter of the general than the messenger sank into a chair and fell fast asleep in the royal presence?an offense which, in some ages, would have been punishable with instant death. When he had finished reading the despatch, the Czar wished to ask the officer a question, but found he could not awaken him. The attendants called to him, ! touched him and shook him, but all in vain; and at last one declared the poor fellow was dead. The Czar was much grieved thereat, and went to the officer and examined his pulse, and put his ear down to his side, and declared he could hear his heart thumping. He was only asleep. But he soon found that the exhausted officer could not be roused by the usual means. At length the Czar, stooping down, cried in his ears : "Your Excellency, the horses are ready." At the sound of these words, which he had heard every twenty miles of his journey, and the only ones which he had listened to for days, the faithful officer sprang to his feet and cried : "Away then !" Instead of driver and horses, he found the Czar before him, laughing heartily at bis confusion and dismay. You may be sure his offense was forgottou ; instead of being punished for sleeping when his work was done, the officer was rewarded for his faithfulness.? From St. Nicholas. MONKEYS AT SUPPER. There is a pretty grove of mangos just out of Lucknow, called the Aish Grove, or the monkey grove. In this place are hundreds of monkeys. One evening I went out to see them. At first I rode under the big trees, looking everywhere and not seeing one, I was beginniug to feel disappointed. But presently I saw two or three in the road, three or four on top of a house, and all at once they were every-where hanging from the branch of the trees above my head, running across the road, up the tree trunks, so I concluded there were a few left. As I was watching these few, a man came out of a small shop with a big bag full of grain and going up and down the road in front of our buggies, began calling out, "Ao, ao, ao !" which means come, come, come! In a few minutes everything seemed alive with ugly, long monkeys. They sat down on their hind feet and put the grain iuto their mouths as fast as they could; very greedy they were. Some of the raother-mpnkeys took up their babies iu their arms, rocking them backward and forward just as you have seeu your mothers do with your little brothers and sisters. Just as they were in the midst of their big dinner, eating as fast as they could, there appeared upon a housetop a very large black monkey. He sat a moment and gazed upon the feast, then sprang from the roof, seating himself in the centre of the assembly. There was a general breaking up, and, squealing fearfully, they all ran away to the edge of the road. The old fat monky sat upon his hind feet and looked around, then wisely looking at me, seemed to say, "I am monarch of all I survey ; My rights there is none to dispute Not one of tliern dared to come near him ! I asked the reason, and they said he was the king monkey and all the other monkeys were afraid of him. After he had eaten enough he scampered back upon the housetop, and sat watching, the others as they finished what he had left. A PERSIAN TALE. There was once a Prince, who, being displeased with one of his nobles, determined to puuish him. The Prince commanded that he should be shut up in a high tower. Into this tower there was only one entrance, which was walled up immediately after the nobleman had been placed there. Thus all hope of escape seemed to be cut off*, and the unhappy man was left to perish. Inside the tower there was a long winding staircase, by which the prisoner reached the top. While looking down from there, he observed his wife who had come, indulciner a faint hone that she might be able, by some means or other, to aid her husband in escaping from his place of confinement. On inquiring if she could be of any service to him he replied : "Oh ! yes; go and procure a black beetle, a little grease, a skein of silk, a skein of twine and a long rope." The poor wife hastened to obtain what her dear husband asked for, wondering no doubt at the strangeness of his request. She soon returned furnished with the things. Her husband then directed her to put the grease on the beetle's head, to fasten the silk to its hind leg, the twine to the silk, the rope to the twine, and then place the beetle on the wall of the tower. On being set at liberty on the wall, the beetle, smelling the grease on his bead, and not being able to discover where it was, crept up the tower in search of it till it arrived at the top. The nobleman caught it, and taking the silk from its hind leg, carefully drew it up. When he came to the end of the silk he found the twine, and next he came to the rope. Fastening this to a crook, he let himself down, and made his escape. Morning Hours.?Tom Jones was a little fellow, and not so quick to learn as some boys; but no one in the class could beat him in his lessons. He rarely missed in geography, never in spelling, and his arithmetic was always correctly done; as for his reading, no . boy improved like him. The scholars were fairly angry sometimes, he outdid them so con stantly. "Why, Tom, when do you learn \ your lesson? You don't study in school like the other boys." "I rise early in the morning, and study an hour before breakfast," answered Tom. Ah! that is it. "The morning, hour has gold in its mouth." There is a little garden near us, which is the prettiest aud most fruitful spot iu the i neighborhood. The earliest radishes, peas,! ( and strawberries and potatoes grow there, j It supplies the family with vegetables, besides some for the market. If anybody wantsj flowers, that garden furnishes the sweetest roses piuks, aud "all sorts" without number, j The soil, we used to think, was poor and rocky,; besides being exposed to the north wind ; and the owner is at his business all day, yet he | never hires any one to dig or to weed for him. j I "Iiow do you make so much out of your little garden ?" he was once asked. "I give my Mornings to it," he answered ; | "and I don't know which is.the most benefitted by my work, my garden or I." i One of the illusions is that the present j I hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write I it on your heart that every day is the best; day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly until he knows that every day is doomsday.?Emerson. 1 NEARLY all diseases originate from Indigos- I tion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is : always anxiously sought after. If the Liver is Regulated in its action, health is almost invariably secured. Want of action in the Liver causes Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Slum- { ach, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpitation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the | blues, and a hundred other symptoms, for which 1 SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR is the best j remedy that has ever been discovered. It acts mildly, effectually, and being a simple vegetable compound, can do no injury in any quantities Mint it may betaken. Itis harmless in every way. It has been used for 40 years, and hundreds of the good and great from all parts of the country will vouch for its being the purest and best. Simmons' Liver Regulator, or Medicine, Is harmless, Is no drastic violent medicine, Issure to cure if taken regularly, Is no intoxicating beverage, Is a faultless family medicine, Is the cheapest medicine in the world, Is given with safety and the happiest results to the mostdelieate infant, Does not interfere with business, Does not disarrange the system, Takes the place of Quinine and Bitters of every kind, Contains the simplestaml best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 2(! 13 ly* CONNER, HOBBS & DOBSON^ THE YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY. WE would respectfully announce to the public that with increased facilities for the execution of neat and durable work, we commence the now year with a determination NOT TO BE EXCELLED, either in the quality of our manufactures or low prices for a similar article. In our show, room may, at all times, be found a tine assortment of vehicles of various styles and prices, to an examination of which we respectfully invite those desiring: to purchase. CARRIAGES of any particular description , if not on hand, made to order at short notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. CONNER, HOBBS ife DOBSON. COTTON, COTTON. PERSONS owing us can make payment in cotton at tho very highest prices the staple commands. We are anxious to close our outstanding matters at the earliest date possible, and to this end will make the mostliberal arrangements with those indebted to us. CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON. REPAIRING. REPAIRING and Job Work, of all kinds, pertaining to our regular business, will be promptly executed in the best manner and for reasonable prices. CONNER, IIOBBS it DOBSON. YORKVILLE FEMALE INSTITUTE" ~ FALL SESSION. THIS FALL SESSION of the a hove Institute will commence on MONDAY, AUGUST 3D, 1874. The undersigned IBgfir are gratified to state that tiie present accomplished Corps of Instructors," whose services have given such general satisfaction, will be retained, together with such additional aid in the several departments as exigencies may require. Yorkvillo is located in the most northerly portion of South Carolina, at an altitude of 800 feet above the sea. Its climate is unsurpassed for healthfulness and salubrity, and the moral tone of its society has always been marked. It is connected by rail with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad at Chester, and also by telegraph with all prominent points South: and at an early day, will also have railroad connection by a line now under construction, with the Air-Line, the Central North Carolina, at Lincolnton, and the Western North Carolina, at Hickory Tavern, thus affording unsurpassed facilities for access from all points. As an educational centre, Yorkvillo has long enjoyed a pre-eminence in this State, being the location of the King's Mountain Military School, and of several Academies of merit. TERMS, Per session of 20 weeks, payable, one-half in advance; the remainder at the expiration of ten weeks: Primary Department, $12 00 Preparatory Department 16 00 Intermediate Department, 20 00 Collegiate Department, 25 00 Languages, extra, 10 00 Instrumental Music, 20 00 Use of Piano, 3 00 Vocal Music, 10 00 Board in College building, per session, 75 00 Boarding in the G'oIIego will he under the supervision, and in the family of the Rev, JAMES DOUGLAS. Board with private families can be had at reasonable rates. Pupils will only be charged from time of entrance; although it is desirable to have all commence, where practicable, at the opening of the session. No deductions will bo maae for absence, except in cases of protracted sickness. The College is a large brick building located in a retired part of the town, and capable of accommodating fifty boarders, besides space for recitation rooms, <&c. It is of easy access to those desiring to board in families. It is highly desirable that all young ladies who design entering for this session, should be in attendance by the 10TII OF AUGUST, so as to have the benefit of proper arrangement into classes. W. IT. McCORKLE.) JAMES F. IIART, > Executive Com'tee. H. F. ADICKES, ' j July 23 30 tf ^ COUOIIS. S 0 K E TIIKOAT.INFLUENZA, WIIOO1'IN-0 COUGH, MA . HGh .Va Ckoi'p, BP.onchit tlii) |iar tar's Balsam or Avliich (loos not dry up n cough and leave tlio cause bohliiil, but loosens It, cleanses the lungs and allays Irritation, thus removing tbo cause of tlio complaint CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED bv a tlniolv resort to this standard remedy, as is proved by hundreds of testimonials It has received. I'lie gtnitine is signed ' /. Jiuttn" on the wrapper, SETH \V. KOWLK <fe SON;1, Proprietors, Boston, Mass. Sold by dealers generally. October 2 40 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ Columbia, April 24th, 1873. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby desijrnatetl as the newspaper for the publication of all Legal Notices and Ollioial Advertisements for the county of York, under the Act approved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to regulate the publication of all Legal and public Notices, and the order heretofore issued designating the "Carolina New Era" as the otlicial paper for the county of York is hereby rescinded, By order of the Board. H. E. IIAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of tbo Board. I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on lilo in my office. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. THE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. i THERE are no Vacations. Send for Catalogue and College Documents. For Splendid Specimens of Penmanship, enclose two P. O. Stamps. Address W. H? SADLER, President, Nos. 6&8N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. January 1 1 tf wHttiilm IflWkVii lli wuIWllWiT ;7lM mlXilki r"""-1 tf AT MY POST AGAIN. ? HAVE resumed tho PRACTICE OF LAW, J_ and have taken an office in the "Old Jail," opposite tho office occupied by Wilson & Wilson, where I can be found, unless absent on professional business, from 10 o'clock, A. M., on Mondays, until 2 o'clock, P. M., on Saturdays. T. J. BELL. January 22 4 tf J.H.ADAMS. ^ NEW SPRING GOODS. S ^ _ ! v I WOULD respectfully inform my friends and t( the public, that I am now receiving, direct from >SJ first hands in the northern markets, a full and ti complete stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, j; Consisting of full lines of the most fashionable j Sl styles, and of the best quality. ] a FOR THE LADIES. j ? Our stock of ladies' Dress Goods is unusually j fine and attractive, and includes all the latest jj styles in Prints, Ginghams, Lawns, Percales, Jao- c< onets, Organdies, Silks, White Goods, Trimmings, Ac.; Hats and Bonnets, Parasols, Hosiery, Hand- i si kerchiefs, Gloves, Shoes and Gaiters, Fancy Ar- ~ tides, Ac. FOR GENTS' WEAR. Hats and Gaps, Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, Coatings, Suitings, Cassinieres, Serges, Caohcmire, Tamise, Mohair, Byzantine, Florentine, Milanese, J Japanaisc and other Cloths ; Hosiery, Gloves, Clothing, Shirts, Ac., Ac. ? Besides the above Goods, selected with great J care by S COLONEL M'CORKLE, 2 I have, also, in store the usual standard articles, C which go to make a complete assortment of eve- ? rything usually found in a first-class establish- ? ment, all of which I guarantee to sell at as low ^ figures as the same quality of Goods can be pro cured in any southern retail market. ? The public are respectfully invited to call and examine inv Goods and learn nrices. JOHN H. ADAMS. GIN. ! TH13 attention of planters and others is again J called to the above old and reliable make of ; Cotton Gins. They are furnished this year great- 1 ly improved, and nothing which an experience of j thirty years in their manufacture could suggest ] has been left undone to make them the most relia- 1 ble and perfect Cotton Gin in market. As the re- * suit of our efforts wo need only refer to their es- \ tablished reputation and wide-spread popularity. For Perfection of Workmanship, Strength, Dura- * bility, Light Running, and quantity and quality J of lint produced, we challenge competition. We k are prepared to warrant to any reasonable extent c perfect satisfaction to every planter or operator. * The Gins are sold at the lowest possible prices for ^ good machines, and on reasonable terms. We invite examination of the samples in the hands of our local agents who will give all desired information anu furnish applicants with circulars and copiesof commendatory letters from parties using ?l fjiri Oina in ull Mentions of the cotton Dlanting country. Circulars, Price Lists, and other information, may be obtained of our agents or by addressing THE BROWN COTTON GIN CO., New London, Conn. ALLEN ?fe BARBED, Agents, Roc c Hill, S. C, May 14 20 27t pImM, i Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, ( CHARLESTON, S. C. j STATIONERS l First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, ' YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. ( FINE FASHIONABLE STATIONERY, , Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and <?all invitations 1 ON THE BEST STOCK ANO PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. \ / September 10 37 tf NOTICE. j n.r . nr nirmr f. ATT/1 13 T? r UD -PIUJi Utl AriljWi i Hi, VUU. tv -? v.. ..v. m... . Columbia, S. C., July 31, 1874. BY recon t changes in the schedules of Charlotte. I Columbia and Augusta, and Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroads, arranged for the especial accommodation of the traveling public, J close connections are now* made via Charlotte to I Spartanburg, Greenville and all points along the line of the A. A R. A< L. Railway and via A., T. A O. and Carolina Central Railroads, for Cherry- / ville, Lincolnton, Statesville, Hickory Tavern, Ashcville, Ac. See schedule below: GOING NORTH. P Leave Columbia, 4 00 A. M. a Arrive at Charlotte, 2 20 P. M. Leave Charlotte, via A. A R. A. L. R. Road, 3 13 P. M. Arrive at Spartanburg, 8 24 P. M. Arrive at Greenville, 10 42 P. M. r Leave Charlotte, via Carolina Central for Cherryville, Ac., 3 00 P. M. I.eaveCharlotte, via A., T. AO. R. R. for Statesville, Hickory Tavern, etcetera, 3 25 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave Greenville 2 00 A. M. Leave Spartanburg, 4 03 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte 8 00 A. M. v i-u- c *n\ A Hf 4 jueave laianoiie, u ?? _ Arrive at Columbia 2 42 P. M. I Arrive at Augusta, t> 05 P. M. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. f1 A. POPE, Gen'l Pas. & Ticket Agent. , August G 32 tf l BLATCHLEY'S t A Improved CUCUMBER WOOD A PUMP, Tasteless, Durable, Efficient M*| ant* Cheap. The best Pump for the t( t Cf least money. Attention is especially a UB invited to Blatchley's Patent Im|j| proved Bracket and New Drop ff]SmI Check Valve, which can be withdrawn without removing the Pump, / or disturbing the joints. Also, the * F' J Copper Chamber, which never cracks ^QRrHM^bor seniles, and will out last any other. C HoUf *or e hy Dealers and the Trade { generally. Inquire l'or Blatchley's ffifeflMI *>,1,nP> aiu* not for sale in your town, send direct to 0 'Wff CHAS. C. BLATCHLEY, 0 Manufacturer, 506 Commerce Street, 0 Philadelphia, Pa. S jgjfjggg8? JEFFEltYS & METTS, Agents, T ?3ESSai Yorkville, S. C. May 28 22 Gm ^ TO TEXAS AND ARKANSAS. fl mm?! ( ntnnlnHnti of the TEXAS AND PACIF J. IC RAILROAD enables the Kcnesaw Route, ma Western and Atlanta Rail Road, to oiler the si only all rail routo from (leorgia and the Caroliuas pi to all points in Texas. tl On and after September 1st, through coaches tl leave Atlanta daily for Memphis, Little Rock and Texarkana, Texas, without change, connecting ti there with through cars for Houston and all points fc in Texas. Think of one change of cars between Atlanta, \\ Georgia, and Houston, Texas. h ^50- Rates reduced by the opening of this route n from $o to ?15! ti Full information can be obtained upon application to Albert B. Wrenn, Southeastern Agent a Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, ai Atlanta, C. E. Sargent, Southeastern Agent L. and ir (4. S. R. R., Atlauta, or to B. W. WRENN, b" General Passenger and Ticket Agent, ir Atlanta, Ga. oi September 24 39 tf fc MUSIC HATH CHARMS, &C. IM7TTH pleasure I inform all who desire to give Ff their children a chance for a musical eduation, but whose means are very limited, that I ave made arrangements with the celebrated Mason it Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons rith their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest ictory prices, for cash, or on monthly orquar- - y jrly payments, upon whatis (railed the lease priniplo. Thus any one by paying only a moderate um for the use of the instrument, can, at any nie.give it up or become purchaser; the amount I ready paid being applied to the purchase. Or a erson having paid the rent for four years, bermies tho owner of the Organ without further ayment. Call and enquire for particulars and se the now styles, at my Photo gallery, in the idickes' building, where I may be found during II business hours, either to show you a sample or ^ > wait upon you if you want anything in the | 'hotographic line as heretofore. I J. R. SCHORB. I P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresents- J ons and "gab" of ismart agents of the "Ring" ompanies, I still insist that I have the best and lieapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, nd I am ready to prove my words to all who "i' nd. in tln> matter.. J. R. S. tut iiic vi uvi< <11 vmw ...... rH! J*^ G STO V! m anufactured at our L * works in Greensboro, N. 0., give universal atisfaction wherever introduced. They are made f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavar and thicker plate than any other Stove in the aarket, and consequently will the longer withtand heat and hard usage. They are of hand ome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal ti every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold n the United States, while it is confidently claimed { hat they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual tieces ol wnro and cooking utensils are furnished vith each Stove. An important consideration vith purchasers is the fact that our patterns and lizes are never changed. Should a piece get acci- , lentally broken at any time, we can replace it at \ he mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause it s a home production, buton accountof its intrin- 1 tic merits as an article of household economy, do :8 ve ask the Datronaee of home purchasers. More j| ,han ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now | n use, and among many others having them we J espectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, 2 D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; if VIrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, % jrutbriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. 5 3oyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. if011 can save the freight from the northern cities ? ind the dealer's profit, which is no small item, jy buying of us, and at the same time get a iTOV-E THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those >f northern make. The following are our prices, lelivered at depot in Greensboro: STo. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 it 7 ?( it u ? a 11 ft 26 00 jjk Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, |3 Greensboro, N. C. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. rOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. f J GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT I PIANOS 9 HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST } PREMIUMS, and are among the best now nade. Every instrument is fully warranted for ive years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of he very best materials and the most thorough vorkmanship will permit. The principal pianists ^nd composers ana the piano-purchasing public, if the South especially, unite in the unanimous rerdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. Che DURABILITY of our instruments is fully istablished by over J SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, ? n the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. ^ Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the prin:ipal manufacturers of Cabinet and ParlorOrgans. 'rices from $.50 to $600. A liberal discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at irices ranging from $7.5 to $.100, always on hand. seiui ior mustnueu catalogue, containing me lames of over 2000 Southerners who have bought iucI are using the Stieft' 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 fHE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. yitarlotte, columbia and augusta R. R. co., Columbia, S. C., July 19,1874. IlHE following Passenger Schedule will be operated on and after this date: w ^ going north. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. jeave Augusta, 6.30 a.m. 4.15 p.m. Graniteville, *7.33 a. m. 5.11 p. m. , ^ Col'bia Junct'n,.. 11.38 a. m. f9.05 p. m. .4 1 Arrive Columbia, 11.48 a. m. 9.17 p. m. jeave Columbia, 11.58 a. m. Winnsboro, 2.06 p.m. Chester, J4.06 p.m. Arrive Charlotte, f6.45 p.m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Char otte ana iticnmona, 10 an points isoriu, arriving j ,tNew York at 6.05 a. m. j No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Wil- % nington and Richmond to-all points North, ar- 7i iving at New York at 5.15 p. m. a going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. f ^eave Charlotte, 8.30 a.m. a Chester, 11.02 a. m. J Winnsboro, 12.38 p. in. i| Arrive at Columbia, 2.42 p.m. jeave Columbia, 2.52 p.m. 3.40 a.m. Col'bia Junction, 3.17 p. m. 4.15 a. m. Granitevilie, 7.15 p. m. *7.48 a. m. trriveat Augusta, 8.05 p. in. 8.45 a. m. * Breakfast. J Dinner. f Supper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta forall ioints South and West. Through tickets sold nd baggage checked to all principal points. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. A. Pope,Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. August 6 32 tf IHERAW AND DARLINGTON R ROAD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,") Cheraw <fe Darlington Railroad Co., V Society Hill, S. C., October 10, 1873. J CHANGE OF1 SCHEDULE. 3N and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. enveCliernw 8.00, A. M. | Leave Florence....3.00, P. M. eavcCujOi'h 8.20, A. M. | Leave Palmetto,.,..3.20, P. M. eave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...3.40,P. M. cave Dove'a 9.15, A. M. j Leave Dove'a 4.15, P.M. eave Darlington..9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hil|.4.45, P. M. eave Palmetto...10.10,A. M. Leaye Cn?<|i's? 5.10, p.M. rrivcat Florence. 10.30, A. M. j Arrive at Cherayv,.5.30, P. MThe Freight Train will continue for the present )|run as heretofore, except to adapt its running ud stoppages to the ohanged schedule of the pasr anger trains. RIBBONS. | LOT of Ribbons, at reduced prices, can lie \_ seen a* M. STRAUSS <fc SON'S. fotfevilk abquitct. 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