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j&mmms Urpartmrut. HOW MIKE RODE THE BULL. One of the most laughable stories of a bovine kind that has ever tickled the ribs of "the only animal that laughs," is the one in which Mike Finck describes his ride in the "natural state," on Deacon Smith's Taurus. We defy a cynic, in fashionable trowsers, to read it and not burst a button or two off the places to which suspenders are hitched. It is simply "enormous." Mike took a notion to go in swimming, and he had just got his clothes off, when he saw Deacon Smith's bull making at him. The bull was a vicious animal, and had come very near killing two or three persons, consequently Mike felt rather "jubus." He didn't want to call for help for he was naked, and the nearnaf nlona fi-nm ? 7 VWW ^/IMVV 11 VLU IV UVUV/V assistance could arrive, was the meetinghouse, which was at the time filled with worshippers, ( among whom was the "gal Mike was paying < devotion to." So he dodged the bull as the animal came at him, and raauagcd to catch him by the tail. 1 He was dragged around till he was nearly dead, and when he thought he could hold no < longer, he made up his mind that he had better < "holler." And now we will let him tell his ( own story. "So looking at the matter in all of its bear- , ings, I cum to the conclusion that I'd bet- 1 ter let some one know whar I was. So I giu 1 a yell louder than a locomotive whistle, and < it wan't long before I seed the Deacon's two j dogs a coming down like as if they war seeing j which could get ther fust. "I knowed who they war arter?they'd jin ' the bull agin' me. 'So,' sez I, 'old brindle, as rid in' is as cheap as walkiu' on this route, if ' you have no objections, I'll just take a deck ' passage on that ar' back o' yourn.' So I i warn't very loug getting astride of him. i "Then, if you'd been thar, you'd have > sworn thar war nothing huniau in that ar' mix, the silefiew so orfully, as the critter and I rolled round the field?one dog on one side, and one on the other, trying to clinch my feet. "I prayed and cussed, until I couldn't tell which I did at last?and neither warn't of no use, they were so orfully mixed up. j j "Well, 1 recoil J. rid about half au hour this way, when old brindle thought it war " time to stop to take in a supply of wind and 1 cool off a little. So when we got round to a 1 tree that stood thar, he natually halted, so sez hoy, you'll loose one passenger sartin. So . I jist elutn up a branch, kalkalating to roost , till I starved, afore I'd be rid round that ar' 1 way any longer. "I war making tracks for the top of the tree, when I heard suthin' a makiu' an orful 1 buzzin' overhead. I kinder looked, and if I thar wasn't?well, thar's no use in swearin'? | but it war the biggest hornet's nest ever bilt. > You'll 'gin in' now I recou, Mike, 'cause thar's no help for you. "But an idea struck me then that I stood 1 a heap better chance a ridin' the bull than 1 wliar I was. Sez I, old feller, if you'll hold ( on, I'll ride to the next station, anyhow, let that be whar it will. "So I jist dropped about him agin, and looked aloft to see what I had gained by j changin' quarters, and, gentlemen, I am a ' liar, if thar warn't nigh half a bushel of the 1 stingin' varmints ready to pitch into me when c the word 'go' was gin. t "Well, I recon they got it, for 'all hands' started for our company. Some of'era hit the j dogs?about a quart struck me, and the rest i u i cmuguu uii unmuc. "This time the dogs led off fust, dead bent ' for the old Deacou's, and as soon as old i brindle and I could get under way, wc fol- t lowed, and as I was only a deck passenger, I ( had nothin' to do withsteem' the craft; if I had, wc shouldn't have run that channel anyhow. "But, as I said before, the dogs took the c lead?brindle and I next, and the hornets ? drectly arter. The dogs yellin'?brindle hoi- < lerin', and hornets buzzin' and stingin'. : "Well, we had got about two hundred yards t from the house, and the Deacon heard us and , come out. I seed him hold up his hand and turn white. I reckon he was prayin' then, for he didn't expect to be called for so soon, I anditwarn't long neither afore the whole i congregation?men, women and children? ( cum out, and then all hands went to yellin'. , "None of them had the fust notion that . brindle and I belonged to this world. I jist turned my head and passed the whole cougre- 1 gation. I seed the run would be up soon, for < brindle couldn't turn an inch from a fence { that stood dead ahead. "Well, we reached that fence, and I went j ashore, over the critter's head, landing on ( the other side, and lay thar stunned. "It warn't long afore some of them as was not scared, cum runnin' to see whar I war; for all hands kalkerlated that the bull and I belonged together. But when brindle j walked off by himself, they seed how it war, ( and one of 'em said? " '31ilte J?'mck has got the scummage once in his life !'" 1 "Gentlemen, from that day I dropped the courting bizuess, and never spoke to a gal ! since, and when my hunt is up upon this yearth, thar won't be any Fincks, and it is all ownin' to Deacon Smith's brindle bull." Mistook tiie Article.?A young lady ! stepped into one of the street cars the other day, and dropped her handkerchief upon a 1 vacant seat, as much as to say, "taken," while 1 she advanced to the other end of the car to deposit her fare. Meantime a nicely dressed young man jumped in and sat down on the 1 handkerchief without observing it. The young lady, after paying her fare, turned back, discovered to her chagrin her ' seat was occupied, and sat down opposite, the ladies making room for her. But -he did not < desire to lose her handkerchief, so she look- | od int.pnt.lv toward the nlaee where she had ' left it, hesitating whether to ask for it or not. Discovering the direction of her looks, all eyes on the opposite side of the car were soon bent upon the young man. Finding himself the ob- j i >ect of so much attention, he himself looked ' and discovered to his horror something white i on which he sat, the end peeping out. He ' mistook its character. To cover it with his i hand, and to tuck it nicely away was the | work of a few moments. ' None in the car but the young lady knew 11 that the "something white" was a handkerchief, and hesitating still more to ask him, she |; lost it. Ax Adroit Answer.?A well known clergyman made a visit to a well known banker and asked to see him in a private room.; "I have come to you," he said, "with a mes-1 sage from dear Jesus. I am in financial trouble, and I have been looking round for some- j body to help me out. I went to dear Jesus ; mid asked him to scud me to some one wno | would help me. lie named you. "Are you . sure," said the banker, "that He mentioned my name ?" "Oh! I cannot be mistaken ! about it." "I recollect," said the banker, | "that when the Lord sent Peter to Cornelius, , He told Cornelius that Peter was coming. I think if the Lord had sent you to me to get money, He would have intimated to me that he had done so. As He has not said anything to me on the matter, I must wait till I hear from Him." j frit' A citizen of a country town, noted for his dishonesty, was lately taken very ill, and becoming alarmed sent for a clergyman, who ' ainc to see him, and laid down the divine law to him with great faithfulness and em- ' phasis. The sick man was much affected, and said, "Well parson, I think you're right, and I've made up my mind that if I get well I shall in the future live principally honest." IHy A professional man not far from State street, Boston, returning to his office one day,! after a substantial lunch, said complacently j to his assistant, "Mr. Peetkin, the world looks different to a man when he has three inches of rum in him." "Yes," replied the junior, ( without a moment's hesitation, "and he looks I diflerent to the world." I Department. [Original.] WHY IS IT I It is well nigh universally admitted that the South is poor when compared with the North. By the South is meant the cottongrowing States ; and by the North is meant all the States more especially engaged in raising stock and grain, and in manufacturing. It is humbling to one's pride to confess that the spot that gave him birth is not in every respect the best place on which the sun shines. The Esquimaux thiuks there is uo place like his frozen region ; aud the man born in Ecuador, beneath a vertical sun, thinks his is the best country in the world. Evidently the temperate zones, and especially the north temperate zone, possesses advantages which caunot be claimed for extreme latitudes. The location of South Carolina, North Carolina aud northern Georgia is as favorable for the accumulation of wealth as any section on the globe. The soil is fertile and well waterid ; the climate is healthy and adapted to a variety of staple products. Now such being the facts in the case, it may be asked, "why bavenot the people of the territory embraced in the States mentioned increased in wealth in die same ratio as some other sections of the country?" For this state of things?that is, for the general poverty of the South or cotton-growing States?there are many reasons. For a period of seventy-five or eighty years the results of the labor of the cotton-growing states were invested in a kind of property which never was profitable. It had a nominal value only. The accumulations of near i century were swept away in one moment. The stroke of a pen canceled it forever. We mean the institution of slavery. Every Southern man knows that the mass of the property nf the South consisted mainly in slaves. No nther kind of property was regarded as of much importance. The abolition of the institution of slavery, whilst it did not make the slaves rich, made the masters poor. This, in part, accounts for the fact that there are so many men in the South really poor. Another reason why the southern people ire so poor is, that for the last seventy-five years very little improvement has been made, compared with what has been made at the North and in the North-west. The soil in those sections has grown richer yearly, whilst the fields of the South have been so neglected that many of them are irredeemably ruined. The improvements on land in the South, until very recently, were regarded as nothing. A plantation in the woods would sell for more Fan one that had been settled for a number )f years. Auother reason why the southern people ire poorer than those in the northern and lorth-western sections of the United States is, jecause the southern people do not work as lard, nor to as good advantage as the people jf those sections do. Time drags heavily on he hands of more than half of the iuhabitints of our sunny South. Statistics show .hat more than one-half of those who are ible to labor, are really nothing but gentlenen loafers, without any visible means of! uaking a living. They secure a living from he laboring class as a tick gets a living off a ;ow. It may safely be set down in round lumbers that one-half of the southern people tmfliinrr TliOV Wl'tll JL VPI1 (rf?il tlfiP. ? "j - ? ?e> ' md the other half do not work like the people jf some other sections. A northern man is ilways busy, aud always in a hurry, lie Irives from day light to dark and the tools ,vith which he works are of the best kind. There is another reason for the comparative poverty of the southern people. The exceedug fertility of our soil has a tendency to make )ur people prodigal?prodigal not only of ;ime, but also of the productions of the soil. We depend far more upon the spontaneous productions of the soil thau the inhabitants )f almost any other civilized section of the ;lobe. The last, but by no means the least, reason for souLhern poverty is found in the fact that the .South is exclusively an agricultural country ; that is, the people of the South are devoted exclusively to agricultural pursuits. Ihis simple fact, of itself, will keep the South poor for all time. A people engaged in agriculture, and in nothing else, never can keep pace with a people who are engaged both in agriculture and manufacturing. Such a people will always be rowing against both wind tvuu I>1UV? EXPERIMENT IX FEEDING COWS. Prof. W. 0. Atwater writes concerning some of the experiments in Germany: Four cows were selected and fed for a certain period with a ration of a given composition, and then for another corresponding period, with a ration of a different composition. The food and milk were carefully analyzed, and the effect of the food upon the ir.ilk noted. Several series of experiments of this kind were carried on, and so great was the pains taken to secure accuracy, and so large was the amount of analytical work done in the laboratory, that the hard labor of three or four chemists, during several months, was required for each series. Similar experiments have been made at Moeckcrn and elsewhere to determine the effects of different araouuts of food on the amount and quality of the milk produced. Some farmers claimed that it was most economical to feed the richest fodder, and as much as the animals would eat, while others believed that, for instance, when green clover was fed, the cow would eat more than she could utilize economically, simply "because it tasted good." The general results of these experiments show that the composition of the dry substance of the milk?that is to say the relative amount of butter (fat) and caseinc that it contains? is not essentially affected by changes in the composition of the fodder. By feeding a ration, the total amount of the milk, and likewise the richness, or the percentage of dry matter that it contains, may be increased up to a certaiu point. But as soon as the ration reaches a certain maximum, further increase of the food is without effect 011 the quality, ninl PYoreises onlv a slight effect on the quan t,,v* ~--w- ^ j a A tity of the milk produced. The practical inference from these experiments is that, with milch cows, neither the richest fodder uor the largest quantities of food are always the most profitable. On the other hand, too meagre fodder is still worse. Here, as elsewhere, a fair mean will be found best. As regards the effect of different foods upon the composition of the milk, the dairyman may not hope by variation in the fodder to change a "butter cow" to a "cheese cow." For quality of milk lie may select proper breeds, for quautity good milkers, and feed well but not over-richly. Tin: Tomato.?Dr. Bennett, a professor of some celebrity, considers the tomato as an invaluable article of diet, and ascribes to it very important medical properties: The tomato is one of the most powerful aperients of the materia medicu, and that of all those affections of the liver and organs where calomel is indispensable, it is probably the most effective and least harmful remedial agent known to the profession. That a chemical extract pill can be obtained from it, which will altogether supersede the use of calomel in the cure of disease. aMflmt'S" Department. [Original.) BE POSTED. It often happens that young men, and even old men, appear to disadvantage in company from the fact that the subjects that are introduced for conversation, are those to which they have not directed their attention. A young man's or a young woman's position in society is often dependant upon the merest trifles. A mote often turns the scale in their favor or against them. If a youth is so fortunate as to secure the decision of society in his favor, he has nothing afterward to do hut . k.?? ;r ri,u ;n<f iuuiiij mat tavui , uulii b>^ vivm^iwh I him, it will be a lung time before merit will prevail against prejudice, and it will cost him much toiling and sweating. Now it is positively wrong for any one, old or young, to ! appear to be what he is not; but it is wrong i also not to appear what he really is. The j consciousness of being talented, and learned,' and virtuous, is a source of great happiness ; 1 but talent and learning and virtue concealed, i are like gold in the veins of the rock, it is gold?the most precious of the metals ; but; of no use until brought out, and by art adapt-1 ed to the many uses for which it is employed. I So it is with rare natural endowments and i laudable acquirements. The simple fact that j an individual is naturally possessed of good j sense, and that his natural endowments have | been cultivated, amounts to very little, either to the world or the individual possessor. How, then, must a young man do to let it he known that he has a good mind, and that his mind has been properly trained ? Must he tell every company to which he is introduced that he has a mind capable of solving mysteries, and that as an evidence of his cultivation, must he make it known that he has been to this school ami that school; that he has studied this book and that book ? No ; such a course would he certain to have the very opposite effect of that desired. The general conclusion would be that he was either a bornfool or a learned fool. What, then, must he do? This can be better answered by an example than in any other way. One of the most illustrious statesmen America has ever produced, commenced his career as a lawyer in an obscure country village. He made it a point, before going into company, to prepare himself thoroughly upon some particular subject. For days previous he would think about it and read about it until his mind became full of it. Having entered the company, it mattered not whether it consisted of old men or young men?of ladies or gentlemen?whether it was a marriage or a funeral, he managed adroitly to introduce the subject upon which he had been thinking. The result was that from the momeut the subject was introduced, he did the talking, aud the rest of the company did the listening. Every one concluded that he was a young man of no ordinary talents and attainments. A brilliant career was predicted to be awaiting him in the future. He was soon chosen a legislator, and not long after senator, in his native State, then United States senator, and in this position of honor he lived and died. Mow tliopf> is pv?rv mason to conclude that the individual referred to owed much of his i success in life in the various positions which he j held from the stroke of policy thus briefly j related. No doubt there were many young j lawyers of his day equally as talented and as learned as he was; but they never so managed as to concentrate their talents and learning. No one found out the fact that they were talented and learned. If a young man wants to make a good impression on others, he must, in a prudent way, force others to listen to him ; compel them to follow him. lie must teach them ; not be taught by them. Another example illustrative of the general subject is at hand. Many years ago?thirtyfive or forty, perhaps?a young man was in i college. In his class there was a young man who made but slow progress in mathematics. Mis habit was to go for help to the young man first referred to. The result was that in order to be able to render the assistance de sired, he devoted more attention to his math- j ematical studies. Soon aid was desired by I all his class and by many individuals in other j classes. It was generally rumored that this individual was the best mathematician in the j college. A few years after he graduated, he j was elected professor of mathematics, and i still retains the position, and is likely to retain it until lie dies or resigns. Posting himself so that he might be able to render assistance to his college mates, paved the way to a professor's chair. In all probability there | were many boys in college who possessed more j natural endowments than he, but they neg-1 lected to post themselves, and the result will ! be that they will die and no one will know | anything about their mental powers. Tin-: Beauku op Bcuijexs.?There were | three men walking up a steep hill, each very ! tired, with a heavy burden on his back. ! Then there stepped up to them a strong, kind i man, who said to them, "Let me take your j burdens ; I will carry them for you." But i fl.n ..ion coi.l "f Ivivn nn hn rclun " for i l/IIVJ ill Ob 1114111 CHIVtj A. Il%? ? V VWtMVK) iV> ?. V, | had carried his burden so long that it seemed ; like his clothes, or like part of his body, so 1 that he did not feel it, and did not know how 1 much better he could walk without it. So I the first man would not have his burden : touched. The second man was very selfish and un-! kind to himself, and he thought all other people must be selfish and unkind, so he said, ; "You want to play me somedrick ; I do not ' believe you want to carry my burden; I will } not let you touch it." The third man was very tired indeed, and ; was saying to himself, "Oh! who can help j i me? for I feel that I cannot carry this terrible weight any further;" and when he felt the stranger touch him on the shoulder, and offer to take his burden, lie said at once, "It is i very kind of you ; I am very thankful; please I take it, for I sec you can bear it and I can! " The strong man is Jesus. The burden is 'sin. It we do not feel our sin, Jesus will not bear it for us. If we do not trust in Ilim, He will not bear it. ! But if we are tired of our sins and trust in J J Jesus, He will take the terrible weight of our sins away.?Little titar. * ^ * I A .Stkaxck Clock.?A strange clock is ! said to have once belonged to a Hindoo prince. In front of the clock's disk was a gong swung upon pole3, and near it was a pile of , artificial human limbs. The pile was made up of the full number of parts necessary to constitute twelve perfect bodies, but all lay licniiff] tofrether in annarent confusion. When , | O ' ' I I the hands of the clock indicated the hour of one, out from the pile crawled the number of parts needed to form the frame of one man, part coming to part with quick click ; and when completed, the figure sprang up, seized a mallet, and walking up to the gong, struck one blow. This done, he returned to the pile, and fell to pieces again. When two o'clock came, two men arose, and did likewise; and at the hours of noon and midnight the entire heap sprang up, and marching to the gong, struck, one after the other his blow, making twelve in all; then returning, fell to pieces as j before. j Ifriulinn fov the Sabbath. _ . . _. I'oNnucTKD nv Ui:v. KOliEUT LATHAN. i [Original.] PATIENCE. [ "Cense, Phillip, to try to govern the world," was frequently said by Luther to Melancthon. Restlessness, under the dispensations of providence, is a very common sin with even those who profess to be followers of Jesus. Few men joyfully submit to what are called the adverse dispensation of God's providence concerning them. They make haste to accomplish ends. They attempt to force results. Let us never forget that God's time is the best time, and God's way is the best way. Our duty is patiently to submit all results to God. He has been pleased to make clear to us the path of duty ; but he has not seen fit to inform lis when this or that calamity will be removed, or how its removal will be accomplished. Set thy trust in the Lord and patiently wait for him. Do not fret, is the Scripture direction. Conscientiously <1 is- j charging our duty, and patiently waiting upon ! God to work out the mysterious problems of his will, never fails to produce real joy in the soul. [< Irigiiial.] UNBELIEF. In the conduct of men there is something contradictory. A remnant of unbelief lurks in the heart, even of the best men, and manifests itself in their actions. When the angel came to Zacliarias to annouuee the birth of John, the forerunner of the Saviour, he did not believe it; but seemed to regard such a thing as an impossibility. This is the more remarkable from the fact that he had been praying for such an event. This is fairly inferred from the language of the angel to him?"Fear not, Zacliarias : for thy prayer is heard." John 1:13. Still we are positively told that he did not believe the announcement made by the angel of the fulfillment of his prayer. Two inferences may be drawn from the history of the visit of the angel Gabriel to Zacliarias. First, men often pray for blessings which they never expect to receive. In some sense, it may be said that they desire what they pray for; but they either think that God will not, or cannot grant their requests. The Psalmist says he would early direct his prayer to God, and looking up, ex- ' pect an answer. It is a part of prayer to ex- j pcct an answer to it. To plead with God for \ a particular blessing, to specify our absolute and pressing need of the blessing, and at the same time to specify reasons why God cannot or will not grant it, is not only inconsistent, but highly insulting to God. The second inference which may be deduced from the history referred to, is that unIc. r\Ftnn ui^ifn/l \i-ifli coi-ni'p nn Inmlf.if'S. lO VUVy II TICUVU *1 I k II V* V vw. .. ....?. Zacharias was struck dumb, and probably he was struck with deafness too. This probability is inferred from the fact that he communicated with his family, and his family communicated with him by signs, which would not have been necessary bad he been able to hear. God accomplished his purpose of mercy in spite of the unbelief of Zacharias ; but not without punishing it. No doubt many, if not all the calamities, which befall us all in this world, have their origin in doubts and fears that God will not or cannot do for us what, in some sense, we desire him to do for us, and what we formally pray for. Not to pray is a positive sin, because it is refusing to obey a positive command ; but to pray to God for blessings, and at the same time have no confidence in God's mercy or in God's almighty power, is not only foolish and contradictory, but wicked and dishonoring to God. From the whole transaction, we may infer that it is our duty to believe that God will, in his own time, and in his own way, fulfill his own promises. It is our duty quietly and patiently, but still confidently, to expect #!./? Piilfillmnnt /\f -ill nrr>mief>Q rmirlfi hv God IIIU J U I III 111 VII V V>? .... j?u.?.w?U ~ J to his people. What is mysterious to us is not mysterious to God; what is impossible with men is easily accomplished by him who is girt about with omnipotence. I Original. J SACRIFICE. One of the most foolish, unseriptural and dangerous interpretations of "The Lord's Supper," is that it is a sacrifice, and the communion table an altar. Under Old Testament dispensation, there were a number of sacrifices and an altar; but under New Testament dispensation, there is neither sacrifice nor altar. Jesus Christ, who was by nature the Son of God, that is God, became by a miraculous exercise of his almighty power, the son of man ; that is he became man, and for man, and in man's stead he offered up himself a sacrifice which satisfied divine justice and made it possible for God to save sinners. To Christ, or rather to Christ on the cross, or to Christ crucified, all the sacrifices of the Old Testament pointed. The main object of all the bloody sacrifices of the Mosaic economy was to point out to the people the promised Messiah. The object of these sacrifices was totally different from the object and design of the Lord's Supper. The former typically showed that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin ; the latter, the Lord's Supper, is a grateful acknowledgement that the sacrifice for sin has been made. In the Lord's Supper there are no bloody sacrifices, no sprinkling of blood with a hys- j sop branch, no scattering of ashes; but the! offering to God through Christ Jesus, prayer, j praises and thanksgiving. The very name j eucharid, by which it is designated, means I thanksgiving. Nothing can be more simple than the Lord's Supper as instituted by Christ himself. All that ceremony which attended an ancient sacrifice was absent. It was hi-1 stiluted after an ordinary meal on the last1 (piiet evening that the Saviour spent on earth 1 before bis crucifixion. No doubt it failed to produce any decided impressions upon the * " "Tl 1 1.1. _ C?.? disciples lit nrst. wnen, nowever, me o;iviour had died, and risen from the grave, aud j ascended to his Father, then they remembered Jesus in this love-feast with spiritual joy and with grateful hearts. No sacrifice is now, in I New Testament times, required to make an atonement for sin. Even in Old Testament times, the sacrifices did not make an atonement for sin ; they only pointed to the Lamb j of God which takes away the sin of the world. Now, since the Saviour has come?the prom- j ised Messiah of the Old Testament?it would be a sin to oiler up sacrifices according to the prescribed formulas laid down in the ceremonial law. The Lord's Supper is, according to the plain and unmistakable teachings of the Sciiptures, a commemorative, not a sacrificial ordinance. Those who celebrate the Lord's .Supper make no sacrifice for sin ; they make no atonement for their trausgressions ; are required to make none. They, with heurts overMMti, l.\fm ri.momlipr Iliin who died il\JVYlll? ?? *1/41 for sinners?remember Ilim who made an atonement which God accepted as meeting in every respect the requirements of his holy law. i jhL__ S7 ** "^TEAIILY all diseases originate from ImligosJ^| lion ami Torpidity of tlio Liver, ami relief is always anxiously sought after. If the Liver is i>?i '-- Knoliti lu itimiat inv'tfiiu IULIMI Ill ll.l ilUHWII, iltaitli ?o? muiw.-v .......... lily secured. Want of action in the l/iver onuses Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, L'aiu in the Shoulders, Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stoiuaeh, had taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpitation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the blues, and a hundred other symptoms, for which SIMMON'S' LIVKR KKHULATOK is the best remedy that bits ever been discovered. It acts mildly, ell'cctuallv, and being asimple vegetable compound, can do no injury in any quantities that it may betaken. It is harmless in every way. It has been used for 10 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, Is sure 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 mostclelicate infant, Does not interfere with business, Does not disarrange the system, Takes the place of Quinine and Hitters of every kind, Contains the simplest and best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 2fi 13 ly* CONNER, HOBBS & D0BS0N. 17* ATT. rpT? A T1IT! ? We bog to inform the public that our arrangements for the Fall Trade arc complete, and we now have in stock <>r near completion a full line of pleasure BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES, made in the best style of workmanship, both as to durability and finish. We employ only good workmen in the different branches of our establishment, and all work is warranted to be as represented. In our show-room may, at all times, be found a line assortment of Carriages and Buggies OP VARIOUS STYLES AND PRICES, which we respectfully invite the public to call and examine. Vehicles of any desired style, if not on hand, made to order at short notice, and satis faction guaranteed. CONN ICR, HOBBS <Si 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 DOBSON. THE GREAT SOUTHERN DRY GOODS HOUSE, FURCIIGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., 275 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. The Cheapest Dr.y Goods, Oil Olotli, NIa,ttin<*-!s, Notions, Carpets, TIIISS1DE OF NEW YORK. lirt.) Stnncctl Notice. September 10 :)7 liin F. S. FRISCHEIS, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YOKKVILI.E.B. C., "?~| ESPECTEULLY offers his services to thecitH i/.cms of Yorkvilleaml vicinity. All manner of HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, Marbling and Calcimining executed in the best style of the art. By the process of CALCIMINING, plastered walls which have become soiled and discolored, can he made to look as fresh and clean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of color, which will not rub ojf. 1 laving located here permanently, it shall be my aim, by close attention to business and a desire to please "the most exacting, to merit the patronage of the public. Estimates furnished, and all work promptly executed at the lowest cash prices commensurate with durable and artistic painting. All communications promptly answered. Address V. S. EKISCHEI.S, Yorkvillo, S. C. July :$<> 31 ly YORK MARBLE YAKD. Monuments, Tablets, Tombstones, Mantels, | &c., on Ilitnd or Made to Order at Short Notice. T WOULD respectfully inform the public that I am prepared to furnish anything in the marble line, from a plain slab to a costly monument, executed iit the best style of the art, with the very best materials, and at prices as low as the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders from a distance promptly tilled, and the same attention given to work ordered by mail as if the parties were present in person. From this date work will be delivered at any point on the King's Mountain railroad, or at any place between Rock Hill mid Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad, FREE 0F CHARGE for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, 1113' determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. IIAPPERFIELD. January 1 1 ly S. 13. MEACIIAM, COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANT, CHARLOTTE, X. C. Liberal advances made on Cotton consigned tome for New York and Charleston. Rkkkukncks by Pkumission.?M. P. Pegram, Cashier 1st National Rank, Charlotte ; A. (I. Rronizcr, Cashier Commercial National Rank, Chari/.n,.. Mnifir (tcorire W. Mellon. Win. II. Hardin, Chester, S. C.; Colonel W. II, MeCorkle, II. T. Wheeler, Vorkville, S. C. N. H.?Special attention {riven to the purchase anil sale of future contracts, September 24 :>! .1m THE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. milKRK are no Vacations. Send for Catalogue \_ ami College Documents. For Splendid Speeimensof Penmanship, enclose two P. O.Stamps. Address \V. II. SADLIOR, President, Nos. (lit 8 N. Charles St., ISaltiniorc, Md. I January 1 1 tf u. W. CM.VI.lv. It. M. I.ITTI.KJOUN. j G. W. CHALK & CO., COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS Corner Trade and College Sts., C'll AltLO T T T: . .N. C. A LSO dealers in SKHD WIIKAT, RYF, OATS, J clIIU WUIVI * tv#?...vv. /til" Consignments of Cotton solieited/'&V October 1 l<> 3m iCTil !mA?J VW9cfrii9 J lino I tr RAGS WANTED. a r? 'POlJNU.S ?f cleanootton anil IinlLr?vHJ\J on Kags wanted, for which 2 cents per pruiul will ho paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE, , August <? -'5- tf I I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF YORK?IN THE COURT OF PROBATE, j B. K. Miller, Plaintiff, against Peyton 11. Cur-I renee, .iiid others, heirs-nt-law of James D. P. j ('iiricnce, deceased, Defendants.?SitmuiovH j fnr Hrlicf, To the Defendants, Peyton R. Currenee, Kmily Currenee, Laban Currenee, Rebecca Currenee, Catharine Currenee, Mollic Norton, Julia Norton, Willie Norton and Thomas J. Norton, j irOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the eoiiiplaint in Ibis notion, which was j this day tiled iti the ollice of the Judge of Probate for York county, and to servo a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber, at his | ollice, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the j day of such service; and if you fail to answer I this complaint within the lime aforesaid, the I Pi.iiiiHii' in thi>t fiction will fiotilv to the Court lor ] tho relief demanded in tii<! complaint. Dated York <\ II., September UOtli, 1 .ST-I. I. I). W1TIIKRSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the Defendants, Peyton H. Ctirronco, Kmily Curronco, La ban Currencc, Rebecca Currencc, Catharine Currencc, Mollie Norton, Julia Norton, Willie Norton, and Thomas J. Norton. Take notice thai the complaint in this action, together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was tiled in the otliec of the Judge of Probate for the county of York, in the State aforesaid, on tho ghtli day of September, 1.S74. I. I). WITH KKSl'OON, Plaintilf's Attorney*. October 1 10 'it Til K attention of planters and others is again called to the abovo old and reliable make of Cotton Gins. They are furnished this year greatly improved, and nothing which an experience of thirty years in their manufacture could suggest has been left undone to make them the most reliable and perfect Cotton Gin in market. As the result of our efforts we need only refer to their established reputation and wide-spread popularity. For Perfection of Workmanship, Strength, Durability, Light Running, and quantity and quality of lint produced, we challenge competition. We are prepared to warrant to any reasonable extont untiufiiiiilmi tn nvorv nlanter or onerator. The (V ins nro 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 and furnish applicants with circulars and copies of commendatory letters from parties using the (tins in all sections of the cotton planting country. Circulars, Price Lists, and other information, maj* be obtained of our agents or by addressing THE BROWN COTTON GIN CO., New London, Conn. ALLEN it BARBER, Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. May 14 20 27t Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. STATIONERS First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. PINE FASHIONABLE STATIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and ?all invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE, i J September 10 37 tf "music hath charms. &c. WITH pleasurol inform all who desire to give their children a chance for a musical education, but whose means are very limited, that I have made arrangements with the celebrated "Mason it Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest factory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarterly payments, upon whatis called the lease principle. Thus any one by paying only a moderate sum for the use of the instrument, can, at any time,give it up or become purenasor; me amount already paid being applied to the purchase. Or a person having paid the rent for four years, becomes the owner of the Organ without further payment. Call and enquire for particulars and seo the new styjes, at my Photo gallery, in the Adickes' building, where I may be found during all business hours, either to show you a sample or to wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic line as heretofore. J. H. SCHORR. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentations and "gab" of ftmarl agents of the "Ring" companies, 1 still insist that I have the best and cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to otter, and I am readv to prove my words to all who seek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. BLATCHLEY'S A Improved CUCUMBER WOOD ?=%| PUMP, Tasteless, Durable, Ellleieiit F -fil ami Cheap. The best Pump for the I' S'I least money. Attention is especially invited to Biatcldey's Patent Imy| proved Bracket and New Drop 49I^hI Cheek Valve, which can be with"r jeS] drawn without removing the Pump, feaj or disturbing the joints. Also, the \ j| Copper Chamber, which never cracks /v?'._W^?r scales, and will out last any other. For sale by Dealers and the Trade generally. Inquire for Biatcldey's P,,,nP? am' " not '<>r sale in y?ur ^l:''iwt|)wn, send direct to CIIAS. C. BLATCHLEY, I .-.n,! r'niiimnriiiiSlrpnt. Philadelphia, Pa. ^WP|ijEFI'ERYS & METTS, Agents, i Yorkvillc, S. C. May 28 22 fini TO TEXAS AND ARKANSAS." fill I 10 completion of the TEXAS AND PACIFJL IC RAILROAD enables the Kenesaw Route, via Western and Atlanta Rail Road, to otl'or the only all rail route from Georgia and the C'arolinas to all points in Texas. On and after September 1st, through coaches leave Atlanta daily for Memphis, Little Rock and Texarkana, Texas, without change, connecting there with through ears for Houston and all points in Texas. Think of one change of ears between Atlanta, Georgia, and Houston, Texas. fitr- Rates reduced by the opening of this route from 8"> to 81")! Full information can be obtained upon application to Albert B. Wrenn, Southeastern Agent Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, Atlanta, (J. E. Sargent, Southeastern Agent L. and G. S. K. R., Atlanta, or to Ik W. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga.September24 lift tf J STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA J Coi.ij.mima, April 24th, 1873. j THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby] designated as the newspaper for the publication of all Legal Notices and Ollieial Advertisements for the count v of York, under the Act ap- l .... ...I : 1I...1 4i A ,, A,.i proved ronniarv j-iui, vhuhvii /?.. regulate the puiilication of all Legal and public Notices, and the order heretofore issued designatiugthe "Carolina New Era" as the oflicinl paper for the county of York is hereby rescinded. Bv order of the Board. 11. K. IIAYNK, Secretary of.State, and Secretary of the Board. I, HENRY 10. IIAYNK, Secretary of State, ami Secretary of the Boai;d, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on tile in my ollice. H. 10. 11A YN10, Secretary of State. AT MY POST AGAIN. Ill A V10 resumed the PRACTICE OF LAW, and have taken an ollice in the "Old Jail," opposite the ollice occupied by Wilson A Wilson, where I can be found, unless absent on professional business, from 10 o'clock, A. M., on Mondays, until 2 o'clock, 1*. M., on Saturdays. T. .1. 'BELL. January 22 -1 tf SEED OATS FOR SALE. | BUSHELS red rust-proof Oats and 75 OU bushels Norway Oats, for sale bv T. W. CLAWSON. October 8 11 tf 1 m ? rpi IK COO KING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand *y, some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal I 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 got acci- , % dontally hroken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, hut on account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them wo respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. II. Curronce, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylic, Chester; I). A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. Yon can save tiie freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, bv buying of us, and at the same time get a ? STOVE THAT LS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices, delivered at depot in Greensboro: V| No. 8, with in pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 -.jB u j n t< tt ti ti tt 21} oo Address, SERGEANT <k MeCAULEY, V Greensboro, N. C. I T. C. DUN LAP, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. I iSr I GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT j PI A. 1ST OS HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST ] PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made. Every instrument is fully warranted for I live years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of J- 1 the very best materials and the mosjt thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists and composers and the piano-purchasing public, of the South especially, unite in the unanimous f jC verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. The DURABILITY of our instruments is fully established by over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. Sole Wliolesalo Agent.-, for several of the prin- 1 cipal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. Prices from $">0 to $000. A liberal discount to ? J flni'i?irmnn on/1 Sphnol^ j|fl A largo assortment of second-band Pianos, at ?9 prices ranging from $7o to $300, always on hand. '9 Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the 9 names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought <11 and are using theStielf Piano. #91 CHAS. M. STIEFF, Wareroonis, No.!) North Liberty Street, aM BALTIMORE, MD. Factories, 81 and 8<J Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21- ly --Fzk THESHORT LINE SCHEDULE. Chablottk, Columbia and Auousta R. R. Co., Columbia, S. C., July 19,1874. 11HK following Passenger Schedule will be operated on and after this date: going north. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. Leavo Augusta, 0.30 a.m. 4.15 p.m. Gnmiteville, *7.33 a. m. 5.11 p. m. Col'bia Junct'n,.. 11.38 a. m. f9.05 p. m. Arrive Columbia, 11.48 a.m. 9.17 p. m. Leave Columbia, 11.58 a. m. Winnsboro, 2.00 p.m. 9^ Chester, J4.(M> p. in. Arrive Charlotte, fO.45 p.m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Charlotto and Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at ti.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. in. i going south. Traiii No. 1. Train No. 3. Leave Charlotte, 8.30 a. m. I Chester, 11.02 a. m. Winnsboro, 12.38 p. m. Arriveat 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. in. Graniteville, 7.15 p. in. *7.48 a. m. ? Arriveat Augusta, 8.05 p. m. 8.45 a. m. * Breakfast. J Dinner, f Supper. a South bound Trains connect at Augusta forall points South and West. Through tickots sold *" R and baggage checked to all principal points. id jrfr- Sleepingcars on all Night Trains. 1 JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. ^ A. Poi'K.Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. * NOTICE. \] OFFICE CHARLOTTE, COL. & AUG. R. R. Columbia, s. C., July si, 1874. -i-li BY recent changes in the schedules of Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta, and Atlanta ana Richmond Air Line Railroads, arranged for the especial accommodation of the traveling public, close connections are now made via Charlotte to Spartanburg, Greenville and all points along the line of the A. <fc R. A. L. Railway and via A., T. & O. and Carolina Central Railroads, for Cherryville, Lincoln ton, Statesville, Hickorj' Tavern, Ashcville, Ac. See schedule below: GOING NORTH. Leave Columbia, 4 00 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte, 2 20 P. M. Leave Charlotto, via A. <fc R. A. L. R. Road 3 13 P. M. Arrive at Spartanburg, 8 24 P. M. Arrive at Greenville, 10 42 P. M. . Leave Charlotte, via Carolina Central _ * for Cherry ville, Ac., 3 00 F. M. Leave Charlotte, via A., T. A 0. R. R. for Statesville, Hickory Tavern, etcetera, 3 25 P. M. goixci south. 4| Leave Greenville, 2 06 A. M. ^ Leave Spartanburg, 4 03 A. M. ? S Arrive at Charlotte, 8 06 A. M. j Leave Charlotte, 8 30 A. M. Arrive at Columbia, 2 42 P. M. Arrive at Augusta, . 8 05 P. M. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. A. POPE, Gen'l Pas. it Ticket Agent. f August 6 32 tf 1 CHER AW AND DARLINGTON R. ROAD. | ^ PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,) Chkraw A Darlington Railroad Co., > Society IIill,S. C., October 10, 1873. J CHANGE OP SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. I Leave Clieraw 8.00, A.M. Leave Florence.... 3.00, P. M. M Leave Cash's 8.20, A. M. Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P. M. Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Lenve Darlington...3.40, P. M. Leave Dove's 9.15, A. M. Leave Dove'it 4.15, P.M. Leave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hill,4.45, P. M. Leave Palmetto... 10.10,A. M. LetiVfiJit.i'li'* 5.10, P.M. Arrive at Florence. 10.30, A. M. | Arrive at CHcrqw,.5.30. p. MTho Freight Train will continue for the present" to run as heretofore, except to adapt its running 9 and stoppages to the changed schedule of the pas i sender trains. YORK COUNTY BON DSL PERSONS who have subscribed for the BONDS OF YORK COUNTY, issued in aid of the I Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad ComI party, or persons who may desire to purchase, are j informed that the bonds may he obtained by api plying to Joseph Herndon, Jefl'erys <k Metts, W. | II" McCorkle, H. F. Adickes or L. M. Grist. July 30 31 tf STOVES. milK Greensboro Cooking Stove can be bought 1 from T. C. DUNLAP, Agent. lite ^JothviUe ^uquitee. I TEUMH?IN ADVANCE ? Ono copy, one year, $ 3 00 ! One copy, six months, 1 50 Ono copy, three mouths, 1 00 Single copy, 10 ^ Two copies, ono year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 , : To persons who make no clubs of ten or ! more names, an extra copy of the paper will bo I furnished one year, free of charge.