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^timorous Department. ! GETTING SQUARE ON THE JUDGE. An amusing incident occurred in a courtroom, about a year ago, in Keatingville, Mon-1 tana Territory. His Honor was a man well stricken in years, yet he could ride a race, shoot a rifle, and shufHe and deal as well as the next man in the mines, and he who presumed to trifle with the dignity of the court generally suffered for his temerity. Now, his Honor was seated, and the case about to be commenced, when, in a voice of thunder, the sheriff, proclaimed silence. There was a pause, the judge looked over and saw the prisouer who had not yet uncovered his head The court could not possibly brook such ; disrespect to its dignity, and his Honor called out, in an authoritative tone: "Mr. Sheriff, remove the gentleman's hat." That functionary, who had until now stood in a corner, leaning upon a rifle, stepped up, and politely knocked off the offender's hat with that murderous instrument, whereupon the prisoner seized the hat, and clapping it upon his head, loudly exclaimed: "Judge, I am bald ?" "Mr. Sheriff," said the indignant court, "we instruct you to remove that hat." The order was instantly executed, and no sooner done than the prisoner replaced the hat on his head the second time, again insisting that he was bald. The offended judge now waxed warm and, rising up in his seat, said : "I fine you five dollars for contempt of court?to be committed until the fine is paid." The prisoner was thunderstruck. He deliberately walked up to the judge, and laying down a half dollar stamp before his Honor, in solemn manner thus gave his views : "Your sentence, Judge is most ungentlemanly, but the law is imperative, and I will have to stand it; so here is four bits, and the four dollars and a half that you owed me when we stopped playing poker this moruing just makes us square." The Name "Smith."?"Gentleman," said a candidate for congress, "my name is Smith, and I am proud to say that I am not ashamed of it. It may be that no person in this crowd owns that very uncommon name. If, however, there be one such, let him hold up his head, pull up his dickey, turn out his toes, take courage, and thank his stars that there are a few more left of the same sort. Gentlemen T am nrnml nf heinnr an nriorinal Smith, and not a Smithe nor Smythe, but a regular, S-m-i-t-h. Putting a y in the middle or an e at the end won't do, gentlemen. Who ever heard of a great man by the name of Smythe or Smithe ? Echo answers who ? and everybody says nobody. But for Smith,plain S-m-i-t-h, why the pillars of fame are covered with the honored name. Who are the most racy, witty and popular authors of this century ? Horace and Albert Smith. Who the most original, pithy and humorous preacher? Rev. Sydney Smith. To go further back who was the bravest and boldest soldier in Sumter's army in the revolution ? A Smith. Who palavered with Powhattan, galivanted with Pocahontas, and became the ancestor of the first families of Virginia? A Smith again. And who, I ask, and I ask the question most seriously and soberly, who, I say, is that man, and what is his name, who has fought the most battles, made the most speeches, preached the most sermons, held the most offices, sung the most poems, courted the most women, kissed the most girls, and married the most widows ? History says, I say, and you say, and everybody says, John Smith." All There Was of Sam.?A contraband came into the Federal lines in North Carolina, and was marched up to the officer of the day to give an account of himself, whereupon the following colloquy ensued : "What is your name?" "My name's Sam." "Sam what ?" "No, sah, not Sara Watt. I'se jist Sara." "What's your other name?" "I hasn't got no oder name. I'se Sam? dat's all." "What's your master's name ?" "I'se got no master now; massa runned away?yah! oah ! I'se free nigger now." "Well, what's your father and mother's name?" "I'se got none, sah?neber had none. I'se jist Sara?ain't nobody else." "Haven'tyou any brothers or sisters?" "No. sah. neber had none. No brudder. no sister, no fader, no mudder, no massa?no nothin' but Sam. When you see Sam you see all there is of us /" ? Astronomical.?She?Why have the newspapers been making so much fuss about the transit of Venus ? Who cares anything about it?" He?It's a matter of great interest to science; but you women neither know nor want to know anything of science. Your sex would not make a voyage to the South Sea except to find how Venus might be dressed. She?If I remember my mythology aright, Venus didn't wear anything in particular; and now I understand why the men have gone so far to look at her. Almost any man would go several thousand miles to see a woman who had neglected to put on her clothes. He was silent, haviug manifestly received uew light on the subject. From Surprise Valley, Georgia, comes the story of au old fellow who got very jealous because his wife went to a ball with a good looking fellow and staid out until broad daylight. The old fellow went to a justice of the peace and told him his story, winding up with : ' I waut you to help me, for that ar thing has 'been going on about long enough." "Well," says the justice, "you can write down to Yreka and see if some of the lawyers can't get you a divorce." "Divorce !" roared the augry man, "who the deuce wants a divorce ?" The justice began to get wrathy. "If you don't want a divorce, what the deuce brought you here? "Why, I want an injunction to ctnn fiirtLpp nrnr?ppdin(r<a." atiVtf -? r o? 3*3?" Justice Bartholomew Lynch, of New Orleans, is one of the judicial notabilities of that city. After listening to a two-hour argument by Lawyer Hagan, the other day, he raised himself slowly in his chair and inquired very mildly: "Are ye through, Mister Hagan?" "Yes, sir." "Are ye sure you're through?" "Yes, sir; quite sure." "Well, sir," replied Lynch, "your argument has had no more effect upon the Court than a spoonful of water on the back of a duck. There's been judgment entered up against ye for an hour or more." She Could Drive.?A resident of a neighboring town visited a sales stables a few days since, in search of a horse. After describing the paragon of a horse he was in search of, he stated that it must be one that his wife could drive. The stable-keeper asked how much of a horse his wife could drive. "Well," said the man, "I cau drive any horse that stands, and my wife can drive me." "Oh! well," said Jehu, "ifyour wife can drive a jackass, any of my horses will do." He bought the first one that was shown him. ? ? Gone Crazy on Politics.?A Mobile Ethiopian thus answered the query as to why the people there were constantly growing poorer: "A fore the war the white gentlemen 'tended to the politics, and the niggers worked. Consequence was, crops was good and white folks had money plenty. Now a days the white gentlemeu and the niggers am both gone crazy on politics; don't neither of 'em do no work, and consequence is, aint neither of 'em got 'nough to buy corn bread." StiF* Mississippi is singularly blessed in some respects. A traveler there says some of the land in that State is so poor that a disturbance could not he raised on it. jUjwcttlfml ffpartraeut. [Original] LIVE AT HOME. Correct principles of political economy demaud a diversity of labor and industries, in order that a people be prosperous. Practically, the Southern people have never only recently learned this fact. A change of food is not only palatable, but absolutely necessary I to health and strength to the bodies of animals and to the bodies and minds of men. Simple bread and meat may be palatable for a short time; but after a time this ceases to exist, and the most nutritive food fails to 1 support the body as it should do. It will kill a horse in a short time, to feed him upon corn and nothing else. He |will lose his appetite for corn, and eat up the logs or planks of his 1 stable in preference to it. What is true in physiology, is true in political economy. No non l\nnnm d nroof onrl nAWOrflll vau u^wiug givuu uuvc <* v? j who engage in nothing but agricultural pursuits. Much less can a people become great who engage in produciug nothing but corn and cotton. In the South, and especially in the upper sections of the State of South Carolina, nature has been lavish with her gifts. In this section of the country, almost every thing that grows in the edges of a tropical clime flourishes; and it is an inviting field for the manufacturer. Now, what we mean by liviug at home, is j uot that every body must live on corn, bread and bacon for breakfast, and bacon and corn bread for dinner, and back to corn bread and bacon for supper. This is a kind of liviug that is by no means palatable, and it is exceedingly extravagant. Our country is ad- , mirably adapted to the growth of the finest fruits. Every farmer in York county can, with but little labor aud with less expeuse, produce fruits of the most luscious varieties to , supply his family for nine or ten mouths in the year. In fact, every family might have fruit?green fruit, not dried fruit?the whole year. Apples 'can easily be kept in our county until strawberries come. Were this , done, we would be not only a healthier and . wealthier people, but a better people morally. , What connection there is between what a ( man eats and the development of his moral ( nature, we do not propose, at this time, to ( show; but sure it is, there is a counection. > Bad whisky seems to put the devil in a man. < No man will deny this. A man drunk on > whisky is a very different man from what he ^ is when drunk on good wine. Bread and ^ meat are good things in their place. No man , can ever be a truly great and good man, who fills his stomach with nothing but coarse bread ( and fried meat. Such a man will be coarse ( in body and coarse in mind and manners. Aunually, there are shipped to our country, thousands of dollars worth of what are called luxuries. They are not, however, luxuries. Peaches and apples ought not to be regarded j in this clime as luxuries. We might raise all these things, or most of them, and save the money that is spent in purchasing them. In . the South, we might live more comfortable e thau we do, and yet buy less. It really looks " like folly in us to send North for peach scions and watermelon seed. Nobody would think a man sane who would send to South Caroli- " uafor orange scions to plant in Florida. Within the last five years not less than . thirty thousand dollars worth of peach and apple scions have been brought into the State / of South Carolina. York county alone, for several years has bought, annually, more than two thousand dollars worth of fruit trees. Why, in the name of common sense, does not some raau in York county start a nursery and assist our people in living at home ? There would be money made by the owner of such a nursery, and the money spent by his neighbors, in purchasing trees, would be kept in | the county. We have 110 means of accurate- j ]y estimating the amount of money spent j every spring, in purchasing seed Irish po- j tatoes. Not less, however, than two thousand dollars. This is wonderful. Why does not some man plant a big potato patch ? Let j our farmers think of these things. ( Vitality of Seeds.?About the year 1 1850, a gentleman in Scotland succeeded to 1 an estate which had been in his family over 300 years. On this estate there was a large marsh or bog covering over 100 acres, on ( which his predecessors had unavailingly ex- , pended large suras, in the hope of draining it, ' and thus reclaiming the land for agricultural purposes. The bog was in the form of a basin, surrounded by hilly or rising ground of the height of about thirty feet. From one part of this rising ground there was a rapid descent, after passing the hill, and he was advised to cut a drain through the bill at this particular point, and thus, perhaps, get below the bottom of the marsh. This was doue at considerable expense, the drain being some 1 40 feet deep, and rather resembling the bed of 1 a river than a drain for agricultural purposes. The experiment was a perfect success, as the drain set into sandy soil below the level of the bottom of the bog, and completely drained it. But the peculiar feature of the case is the fact that on the surface of the soil excavated from this drain, and which must of : course have formed the bottom of the thirty feet of rising ground by which the bog was surrounded, a quantity of black oak plants sprang up the following season. Now black oak logs had, in that part of the world, been occasionally found in the large bogs; but there was no tradition of any having existed on the property alluded to; neither was there ! any appearance in the formation of the bog j ! and its surroundings to indicate any different' 1 form of the land than what had been familiar- j ly known at least three centuries. The acorns ! from which the black oaks vegetated, must, | therefore,have laid for centuries forty feet be- >1 low the surface of the soil, and yet they imme- ! 1 diately vegetated on beiug exposed to the sun and air.?Rural New Yorker. ! ( Wasting Fertilizers.?A great many collect all the weeds, grass, border-clippings, j rakings, and sweepings of lawns and walks, J; land dump the accumulations into the street,; j where they aid in promoting the more luxu- ' riant growth of large weeds and worthless 1' grass. All such collections are the cream of! the soil. This is particularly true in respect to grass and leaves. But leaves and grass !' contain a generous proportion of potash, silicia, I and other valuable fertilizing substances, J which, if allowed to decay on cultivable '1 ?rnnnr1 would imnrove its nroduction in pro- i; , b*""""I 1 J . ! portiou to the quantity applied. Leaves will 11 ! yield a larger per centage of potash than grass. ! If leaves and grass and all other accumula; tions of one's yard and walks were spread around fruit-trees of any sort, or around ber: ry bushes, the decayed vegetable material will I not only promote a healthy growth of wood, ! but will improve the size and fairness of the I fruit. All fruit-trees, berry-bushes, and grape vines need a large supply of potash. If the j soil near them is covered every season with ! leaves and grass, the mulching will operate on j the productiveness of trees and vines similar to an application of potash. The practice of | removing all such accumulations is prompted , by the erroneous impression that grass and ' weeds, if left on the ground, will take root im! mediately and grow. If cast into a heap not | one will take root, unlcsss the weather be wet > and lowery, and the soil unusually moist, j When lawns are mowed the clippings should I be allowed to decay where they grew, for the purpose of maintaining the fertility of the j I soil. ; grading fur the jftriftatli. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATH AN. [Original.] | UNIVERSALIS!#. There are some errors that are easily be- j lieved; to believe others, it takes an effort. I Some errors are so contradictory to common ! sense that no man can give an intelligent as- | sent to them. Of this latter kind is the doc-! trine of universal salvation. No man can ] believe that the desperately wicked stand as j good a chance to obtain a blessed immortali- , ty as the eraiuently pious do. Men may say : that they believe such stuff, and it may be ' possible that they may work themselves up to give a kiud of assent to such a theory; but the , moment they begin to think ahout it seriously, every instinct of their nature pronounces it false. If any one would be so bold as to 3ay that all men are gentle, kind and affec- j tionate; that all men are just and honest; . OKO r\?i rr* on/I tin nno WAIlIH ! UIIM-K HlViJ Ul U ^U1 V MUM IIUIJ ) IIV w??v ^ believe him. Not simply because the Bible says all men are sinners ; but because every man that observes anything, sees that whilst some men are pious, or try to be pious, the ;jreat multitude of men are wicked and try to j be wicked. Their wickedness is measured by j their ability. Were they able they would be | more wicked than they are. God uever asks us to believe an absurdity. He never asks as to believe what contradicts our senses. He never asks us to believe that a good man is a bad man, or that a bad man is a good man. Universalism contradicts our senses in another respect. We see that men in this world 3uffer in proportion to their sinfulness, and are exempt from punishment in proportion to their holiness. Where there is no sin, there is and cau be no suffering. All men are sinners; therefore, all men are sufferers. If men could sin with impunity, then they might conclude that all men would be saved in heaven; ( but so loDg as sin and suffering are insepera- j bly connected, and men will not accept of a , Saviour, but die in their sius, it is impossible | to believe that all men will be saved. "Whosoever believeth shall be saved, and whoso- | ever believeth not shall be damned," is the only doctrine that harmonizes with reason *ud observation. It is safest for time, and , it will prove safest for eternity, to accept a , Saviour and do what he commands us to do. , fo do otherwise is dangerous?fearfully dan- , ;erous. Naturally, no doubt, men wish that | ihere was no such a place as hell; but it is a j wish which has no sure foundation, either in , reason or revelation. The Bible teaches "that , ;ho wicked shall be turned into hell with all ;he nations that forget God," and reason gives i hearty assent to the doctrine. [Original.] < FAMILY WORSHIP. , No doubt every age, like every individual, , las its besetting sin. Or rather, to speak j nore correctly, every age, like every individ- , jal, is more addicted to some particular sin < ;han any other. Nations have their besetting j lins. The besetting sin of Americans is said ] ;o be profanity ; of the English, drunkenness ; , >f the French, lewdness; and of the Germans, | icepticisra. Particular sius mark epochs in j ,he history of the church. The besetting sin | )f the church in our day, and in our country, , s the neglect of family religion. By the word :hurch, we designate those including all professed Christians; and by family religion we < nean what is frequently and very appropri- | itely called family worship or family pray- , jrs. To say that every member of the church ] ,vho, if he be the head of a family, does not | aray with aud for them, is not a Christian, is | a conclusion to which charity bids us not to :ome. To brand such individuals as hypojrites and self-deceived persons, would, we numbly hope, be false. This much may safely be said. Every head of a family who neglects to pray formally with aud for his family, is not discharging his whole duty, and is depriving himself and his family of a great privilege. The head of a family who neglects to enjoy the precious privilege which God, in his providence and grace, puts within j the reach of all men, is planting thorns and ] thistles in his pillow which may pierce his , soul on a dying couch. Not only so, but , when such a man goes the way of all the , sarth, weeping friends cannot have that full ( aud comforting hope that they might have j had, had he been a man of prayer in his family. "As for me and my house," said Joshua, , we will serve the Lord." This is the resolve , which is put into practice by every man , whose piety is emiuently great. The man ] ? 1 ** " ? ? Mnlmmn m ?i \r Kq no o/-\ m o WllU liaa 11U iUIUIIJ ICllglUU, IJKfcJ UUIV dUUIW piety ; but it is not of that marked kind whieh , makes an individual live by faith and not by sight. Every parent, and especially every , Christian parent, is deeply interested in the , welfare of the different members of his house- , hold. He is more interested in their eternal | thau in their temporal welfare. God has so , ordered that blessings, both for the body and the soul, both for time and eternity, are be- 1 stowed in answer to ferveut prayer. "Ask , and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, i knock and it shall be opened unto you." How , can the parent who does not pray enjoin it , upon his children to pray? He cannot do it. It would be commanding obedience to a pre- | cept which was disregarded and broken in ( practice. Some parents who do not discharge the , duty of praying with and for their families, are to be pitied. Naturally easily confused j and possessing but little conlidence m them-1, selves, and at the same time dreading the ! , criticisms of others, they neglect to do what1, they feel to be their duty, and what they in ', gome sense desire to do. No doubt there are many husbands and fathers who do not pray because they are afraid they would be laughed i 1 at by their wives aud children, Such are to ' be pitied. They permit their timidity and ., modesty to carry them to a fearful extent. ! | They dread more the smiles of dear friends ' < than the frowns of an angry God. Surely i this is a strange state of things. Is it not |' wonderful that a man would be afraid to pray |1 before his wife and children lest he be laijgh- i j ed at? Is it not marvelously strange that: ( auy wife would be so wickedly giddy as to ( smile, even at any blunder her husband might j i make, when praying for her and her dear j children? Is not that a deplorable state of,, things when children will laugh at the prayers i' of a lather? Can it he said that such a fam- I ily is eminently pious? No doubt such faru-!, ilics are fearfully too numerous amongst professed Christians; but truth demands it to be said, that the fears entertained by husbauds and fathers, of being laughed at by their wives and children are, in most cases, wholly imaginary. The fault of not having family religion in every professedly Christian fami-1 ly, lies, in most cases, upon the husband, and not upon the wife and children. There is nothing that wives generally respect more than the piety of their husbands. There may be exceptions to this statement, but they are few. A prayer meeting is always better attended : by females than by male3, and we have every reason to believe that there are more praying mothers than praying fathers. (jMitoen's fejiattmcnt. [Original.] GENTLEMAN. It is strange the ideas that some people, eS' pecially young people, have of what the word gentleman means. It would seem that they think that iu order to be a gentleman, an individual must be possessed of so much property that he can live without work, feed on the fat of the land, drink the finest wines and brandies, dress in the richest and most costly clothing, ride out in the finest carriages drawn by the best horses. They think that the man who works cannot possibly be a gentleman. His sun-burnt face and brawny hands deprive him of any claim to such an honorable title. However common this notion may be, it is foolish and absurd. That class of men who do not work, but live in style are, one and all, father and sons, a nuisance to any and every country and a pest to good society. They hang on to the body politic like a leech, They spend their time, not in ease, but in disgrace. To sit up with a crammed stomach one half of the day and a brain inflamed with brandy the other half, deprives any individual of any and all claim to civilization. [Original.1 LADY. The highest idea some people seem to have of a lady, is a woman that wears fine silks and flounces, puts up her hair in the mosl fantastic mode, paints her face so thoroughly that the paint can be seen as far as the whites of her eyes, uses affected words, and utters tUem in an affected tone. "O wad sonio power the giftie gio us To see ourselves as others see us, It wad t'rae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion; What airs in dress an' gait wad lca'o us And ev'n devotion." Burns. Modern fashions are, in many instances, a burlesque of creation. God never made anything as absolutely ugly as some modes ol dress in civilized nations are. To follow them is ridiculously absurd. Dress will not makt a man, neither will it make a woman. It is Lhe mind that makes the man, and it is the mind that makes the woman. The mosl beautiful creature that God made is woman, As she came from the plastic hands of hei Maker, she was beautiful beyond the powei af words to describe. Still she is the standard of beauty ; but not when her face is daubed all over with vile paint, aud her head towseled up like a brush heap. Women rule the world, it matters uot who is king or president; and when following the foolish fashions makes a-lady, we always have a bad government. [Origlnnl.] TOO LATE. Some years ago a vessel was driven by severe winds from the main ocean near to the :oast of Ireland. The fresh water in the ship ivas all exhausted, and the captain was anxious to replenish his stock. An Irishman was taken on board to act as pilot. Before setting out for the shore, the captain asked him it he knew where the rocks were, ihe [rishman replied that he did. In a few moments afterward the ship struck agaiust a huge rock. The captain, in an angry tone, railed out upon the Irishman, saying, "I thought you told me that you knew where the rocks were." "And so I do," replied the [rishman, "and there's one now." This will do to illustrate the condition in which a vast multitude of young people fiud themselves. They find out that they are wrong, and have been wrong for a long time, hut when the discovery is made, it is often too late to be remedied. Young people sometimes think they are too wise and too experienced to be counseled. They think they understand every thing as well as old grey headed men and women ; but sometimes, when it is too late, they find out they have struck a rock, and shipwreck is eminent. Whenever a youth gets so smart as to spurn to be advised by old persons, or so credulous as to take the advice of young men instead of old men, that youth is not far off a rock. Once there was a young man of great promise. He was the sou of a great kiug. When his father died he became heir to one of the most magnificent kingdoms the world evei saw. The father of this young king had been a very exacting man. He had built a splendid temple, and beautified it in the most costly manner. He had built, besides, a grand palace, and in various ways ornamented the capital of his empire. To do all this required a great deal of labor and a vast amount ol money. To raise the money his subjects were heavily taxed, and many men were taken from their homes and families to labor on the public works, and private palace of the king. So soon as the old king died, and his ion took his seat on the throne, a company oi eld men went to the son and asked him to deal more gently with them. They thought that since the public works were all completed, there was no need for so high a tax, noi was there any need for so many laborers. The young king sent for some young men and asked them what he should do. The young and hasty counselors advised him not to pay any attention to the request of the old men; to tell them that he would tax them more heavily than his father, and that he would require more men than his father had required. The old men went away sad. In a very short time a great rebellion took place, and the young king lost his kingdom. He found out he had acted very foolishly when it was too late. Young men are good foi many things, but generally speaking, they make but bad advisors. "Old men for counsel ; young men for action," is an old and wise proverb. ? A Gentleman.?"Vou see I am a gentleman ?" said Will Thompson. "I will not take in insult." And the little fellow strutted up ind down in a rage. He had been throwing stones at Peter Jones, and he thought that his anger proved him a gentleman. "If you want to be a gentleman, I should think you would be a gentle boy first," said his teacher. 'Gentlemen do not throw stones at their neighbors. Peter Jones did not throw stones at you, and I think he is much more likely to prove a gentleman." "But he's got patches on his knees," said Will. "Bad pantaloons don't keep a boy from being a gentleman," 3uid the teacher, "but a bad temper does, Now, William, if you want to be a gentleman you must be a gentle boy." A little further on the teacher met little Peter Jones. Some stones had struck him and he was hurt by them. "Well, Peter, what's the matter between you and Will this morning ?" asked the teacher, "I was throwing u ball at one of the boys in play, sir, and it missed him and hit Will Thompson's dog." "Why did you not throw hack ?" "Because, sir, my mother says that to be a gentleman I must be a gentle boy, and I thought it was best to keep out of his way till he cooled off a little." The teacher walked on, after praising Peter's conduct, but kept the boys in his mind; and he lived to see Will Thompson a rowdy and Peter Jones s gentleman, loved and respected by all. Remember, a gentle boy makes a gentleman. "How many people," says Jeremy Taylor, "are busy in this world gathering togethei a handful of thorns to sit upon." yea NEARLY all diseases originate from Indigestion 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 Stomach, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpi tation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the blues, and a hundred other symptoms, for which ' cir%fUA\TOt T T1TPD DfflTTT ATAD ;u lutut. JJ1 Y Fjl\ 1\?ATU JUillVXh MO KIIV "V?v remedy that luut ever been discovered. It acts , mildly, effectually, and being a simple vegetable compound, can do no injury in any quantities , that 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 i 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 most delicate infant, , Does not interfere with business, Does not disarrange the system, Takes the place of Quinine and Bitters of every kind, Contains the simplest and best remedies. I For sale by all Druggists. I March 26 13 ly* CONNER, HOBBS & D0BS0N. > FALL TRADE! ' We beg to inform the public that our arrange! merits for the Fall Trade are complete, and we i now have in stock or near completion a full line . of pleasure bUUUUS AiJJL> tAKKlAbJUS, made in the best style of workmanship, both as to durability and finish. We employ only good workmen in the different branches of our estab' lishment, and all work is warranted to boas rep! resented. In our show-room may, at all times, bofoundatine assortment of Carriages and Bugi gies OF VARIOUS STYLES AND PRICES, which wo 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. ' CONNER, HOBBS & DOBSON. REPAIRING. REPAIRING and Job Work, of all kinds, per, mining to our regular business, will be , promptly executed in the best manner and for ' reasonable prices. CONNER, HOBBS it DOBSON. THE GREAT SOUTHERN mil liuuusnuunci, FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., 275 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. The Cheapest Dry Goods, Oil Cloth, Nlatting-s, I Notions, Carpets, Rugs, Etc., TUTS SI I)E OR1 NEW YORK. For prices, see Special Notice. September 10 37 (>tn F. S.FRISC H EIS, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, vnTlKVTELE.S. C.. RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens of Yorkvilleand vicinity. All manner 1 of IIOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, Marbling and G'alcimining executed in the best style of the art. By the process of CALCIMINING, plastered walls which have become soiled i and discolored, can bo made to look as fresh and clean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of 1 color, which will not rub ojf. Having located here permanently, it shall be my aim, by close attention to business and a desire to 1 ploase the most exacting, to merit the patronage , of the public. Estimates furnished, and all work promptly executed at the lowest cash prices com' mensuratewith durable and artistic painting. All communications promptly answered. Address F. S. FRISCHEIS, Yorkville, S. C. J illy 30 31 ly ? ~ YORK MARBLE YARD. Monuments, Tablets, Tombstones, Mantels, <fcc., on Hand or Made to Order at Short Notice. I WOULD respectfully inform the public thatl am prepared to furnish anything in the marble , lino, from a plain slab to a costly monument, executed in 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 , filled, 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 and Winnsboro, on 1 tho Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad, . FREE OF CHARGE for transportation. Thank 1 ful for the patronage heretofore bestowea upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. ? January 1 1 ly S.B.MEACHAM, COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANT, CHARLOTTE, JT. C. Liberal advances mado on Cotton consigned to me 1 for Now York and Charleston. References by Permission.?M. P. Pegram, . Cashier 1st National Bank, Charlotte ; A. G. Breni/.er, Cashier Commercial National Bank, Charlotte; Major George W. Melton, Win. H. Hardin, Chostor, S. C.; Colonel W. 11. McCorkle, B. T. Wheeler, Yorkvillc, S. C. N. B.?Special attention given to the purchaso | and sale of future contracts. September 24 oil 3m THE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. THERE are no Vacations. Send for Catalogue and College Documents. For Splondid Spec1 imensof Penmanship, enclose two P. O. Stamps. I Address W. H. SADLER, President, l Nos. (?A 8 N. Charles St., Raltimore, Md. i January 1 1 tf | U. W. CIIAI.lv. it. m. I.ITTI.EJOIIN, G. W. CHALK & CO., ; COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS Corner Trade and College Sts., CHARLOTTE, IV. C. ALSO dealcrsin SEED WHEAT, RYE, OATS, and other Produce. || jBSf Consignments of Cotton solicited.-tiT 1 j Octol)cr 1 40 3m I r 4a^3uFviCuIPiv^1 I J R A 1 jIIIIAViHAiC1#/^ IJ '! jJMIIIM i/S^3 Juno 4 23 tf j RAGS WANTED. ! 4 AAA POUNDS of clean cotton and lin- ; . ' 1U?UUU on Rags wanted, for which 2 cents I ! per prund will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. I August (J 32 tf I IX THE DISTRICT COURT Of the United Statesfor the District ofS. Carolina. In the Matter of ) Ti, ? IRA HARDIN, Bankrupt, j In ItlUlkrl,P^yAt Yorkvilte, in the .said District, on the nth day of November, 1H74. NOTICE is hereby given thata petition has been filed in the said Court, by IRA HARDIN, of York county, in the said District, duly declared a Bankrupt, under the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States," Approved 2nd March, 1807, for a discharge and certificate thereof, from ill his debts and other claims provable under the said Act; and the 7th day of December, 1874, at 12 o'clock, M., is assigned for a hearing of the same, before \V. I. Clawson, Esq., one or tne Kegistors in uanKrupicy 01 sam Court, at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina, wlien ami where the creditors niuy attend and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said Petition should not lw granted. R. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. November 5 45 ' 3t COTTO^^N. THE attention of planters and others is again called to the above 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 conld suggest has been left undone to make them the most reliable and perfect Cotton Gin in market. As the result of our elTorts 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 extent perfect satisfaction to every planter or operator. The Gins are sold at the lowest possible prices for good machines, and on reasonable terms. Wo invito examination of the samples in the hands of our local agents who will give all desired information and furnish applicants with circulars and copiesof commendatory letters from parties using the Gins in all sections of the cotton planting 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 A BARBER, Agents, Rock Hill. S. C. May 14 20 27t Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. STATIONERS accwadv 1 1I\0 I "ULAJJ V T vjrviv OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIOHABLTSTATIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and <?all invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYILE. September 10 37 tf* TVffTSfr HATH THARiVIS. &C. WITH pleasure I 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 ?fc 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 purchaser; the 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 see the new styles, 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. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentations and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" companies, I still insist that I have the best and cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, and I am ready to prove my words to all who seek for tho truth in the matter. J. R. S. ~ BLATCHLEY'S A Improved CUCUMBER WOOD 'it PUMP Tasteless Durable. Efficient iand Cheap. The best Pump for the least money. Attention is especially invited to Blatchley's Patent Improved Bracket and New Drop Check Valve, which can be withdrawn without removing the Pump, or disturbing the joints. Also, the Copper Chamber, which never cracks or scales, and will out last any other. For sale l)3f Dealers and the Trade generally. Inquire for Blatchley's Pump, and if not for sale in your town, send direct to CHAS. C. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer, 506 Commerce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JEFFEKYS & METTS, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. May 28 22 Cm TO TEXAS AND ARKANSAS. THE completion of the TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILROAD enables the Kenesaw Route, via Western and Atlanta Rail Road, to offer the only all rail route from Georgia and the Carolinas 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 cars for Houston and all points in Texas. Think of one change of cars between Atlanta, Georgia, and Plouston, Texas. Rates reduced by the opening or tins rouie from ?5 to ?15 ! Full information can be obtained upon application to Albert B. Wrenn, Southeastern Agent Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, Atlanta, C. E. Sargent, Southeastern Agent L. and G. S. R. R., Atlanta, or to B. W. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga. September 24 89 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ Columuia, April 24th, 1873. THE YORKVILLH ENQUIRER is hereby designated as the newspaper for the publication of all Legal Notices and Ollicial 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 designatingthe "Carolina New Era" as the official paper for the county of York is hereby rescinded. By order'of the Board. II. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Socretary of the Board. I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify 'i?* ol-irrimil on UlilL bllU lUIU^UHI^ 10 o i? uv wj'j v? w?v w. .Q file in my oilice. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fasliionablo anil stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of tho ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enouirkk building, where it will atlbrd him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. He may be found at the Shop on Sunday mornings from 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly AT MY POST AGAIN. THAVE resumed tho PRACTICE OF LAW, and have taken an ofiioo in the "Old Jail," opposite the oilice occupied by Wilson <fc Wilson, whore I can bo 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 THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our & works in Greensboro, N. C? eive universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made $9 of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav- 9 ier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the 9 market, and consequently will the longer with- $9 stand heat and hard usage. They are of hand "*& D some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal <8j 9 in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold I in the United States, whileitis confidently claimed fl that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual 99 pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished 9 with each Stove. An important consideration 9 with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and tj9 sizes are never changed. Should a piece get acci- 9 dentally broken at any time, we car replace it at - * \-9 the mere cost of casting. Not simpiy oecause it 9 is a home production, buton account of its intrin- 9 sic merits as an article of household economy, do 9 we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More 9 than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now j??9 in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, V D. M. Campbell, M. II. Currence, York county ; 9 Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylic, Chester; D. A. Gordon, 9 Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. 9 Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. " 9 You can save the freight from the northern cities . W 9 and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, j9 by buying of us, and at the same time get a ??^^^9 STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than thoso 9| of northern make. The following are our prices, ^9 delivered at depot in Greensboro; ' 9 No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, >30 00 1 u y ii ii ii II II II ii 26 00 ? | Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, j*9 Greensboro, N. C. j5.l9 T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. fS 9 JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. 9 "tsusht i GRAND^ SQUAREjTNDUPSIHT 1 PIANOS H HAVE received upwards of- FIFTY FIRST * I PREMIUMS, and are among the best now ... made. Every instrument is fully warranted for live years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of ? the very best materials and the most thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists M and composers ana the piano-purchasing public, of the South especially, unite in the unanimous .J verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. The DURABILITY of our instruments is fully ^ established by over H SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, J in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. '** jfl Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the prin- fl clpal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. V Prices from $50 to $600. A liberal discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. J A largo assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from $75 to $300, always on hand. H Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought and are using the Stieff Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF, 1 Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, I BALTIMORE, MD. I Factories, 84 and 86 Camden St., and 45 and 47 M Perry St. H May 21 21 ly M THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. Charlotte, Colombia and Augusta R. R. Co., r t Columbia, S. C., July 19, 1874. j THE following Passenger Schedule will be operatcd on and after this date: ' . . going north. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. I Leave Augusta, 6.30 a.m. 4.15 p.m. -'Onid Graniteviue, wt.aa a. m. o.n p. m. 1 Col'bia Junct'n,.. 11.38 a. ra. f9.05 p. m. Arrive Columbia, 11.48 a. m. 9.17 p. m. Leave Columbia, 11.58 a. m. a Winnsboro 2.0(1 p. m. -^C Chester, J4.06 p. m. Arrive Charlotte, f6.45 p.m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Charlotte and Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 6.05 a. m. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Wil- _ mington and Richmond to all points North, arriving at New York at 5.15 p. m. > going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. Leave Charlotte, 8.30 a. m. Chester, 11.02 a. m. Winnsboro, 12.38 p.m. Arrive at Columbia, 2.42 p. m. Leave Columbia, 2.52 p.m. 3.40 a.m. Col'bia Junction, 3.17 p. m. 4.15 a. m. Graniteville, 7.15 p. m. *7.48 a. m. Arrive at Augusta, 8.05 p. m. 8.45 a. m. * Breakfast. J Dinner, f Supper. i South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. I JST* Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. 4^ A. PoPK.Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. NOTICE. \ I V W w V? . OFFICE CHARLOTTE, COL. A AUG. R. R. '*% Columbia, S. C., July 31,1874. BY recent changes in the schedules of Charlotte, ~B Columbia and Augusta, and Atlanta and I Richmond Air Line Railroads, arranged for the fl especial accommodation of the traveling pnblic, I close connections are now made via Charlotte to I Spartanburg, Greenville and all points along the I line of the A. A R. A. L. Railway and via A., T. fl A 0. and Carolina Central Railroads, for Cherry- -m fl ville, Lincolnton, Statesville, Hickory Tavern, fl Asheville, Ac. See schedule below: fl going north. i Leave Columbia, 4 00 A. M. fl Arrive at Charlotte, 2 20 P. M. fl Leave Charlotte, via A. A R. A. L. R. fl Road, S 13 P. M. fl Arrive at Spartanburg, 8 24 P. M. fl Arrive at Greenville, 10 42 P. M. fl Leave Charlotte, via Carolina Central fl for Cherryville, Ac., 3 00 P. M. fl Leave Charlotte, via A., T. A O. R. R. fl for Statesville, Hickory Tavern, i etcetera, 3 25 P. M. ^^B going south. Leave Greenville, 2 00 A. M. Leave Spartanburg, 4 03 A. M. * fl Arrive at Charlotte, 8 00 A. M. fl Leave Charlotte, 8 30 A. M. fl Arrive at Columbia, 2 42 P. M. fl Arrive at Augusta, 8 05 P. M. fl Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. fl A. POPE, Gen'l Pas. A Ticket Agent. fl August 6 32 tf fl CHERAW AND DARLINGTON R. ROAD. fl PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,) "^fl Chkb.wv & Darlington Railroad Co., v i Society Hill, S. C., October 10, 1873. J fl CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. I ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the fl passenger train will run as follows: fl Down Train. Up Train. ^fl Leave Cheraw 8.00, A.M. Leave Florence... .3.00, P. flf. . fl Leave Cash's 8.20, A. M. Leave Palmetto,,...3.20, P. M. / | Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...3.40,P. M. fl Leave Dove's 9.15,A. M. Leave Dove's 4.15, P.M. M Leave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M. ^^fl Leave Palmetto...10.10,A. M. Leave Cash's 5.10, P.M. Arrive at Florence. 10.30, A. M. Arrive at Cheraw..5.30, P. MTito Freight Train will continue for the present to run as heretofore, except to adapt its running fl and stoppages to the changed schedule of the pas- fl sengcr trains. fl YORK COUNTY BONDS. I PERSONS who have subscribed for the BONDS fl OF YORK COUNTY, issued in aid of the fl Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Com- I pany, or persons who may desire to purchase, are informed that the bonds may be obtained by applying to Joseph Herndon, Jeiferys & Metts, w. Hi MeCorkle, H. F. Adickes or L. M. Grist. July 30 31 tf ______ THE Greensboro Cooking Stove can be bought from T. C. DUNLAP, Agent. fothtiille <?nquiw. TERMS?IN ADVANCE : rtnn /iAmf A?n Vflflr 4 0 AA VIIV J v? ? U WV / One copy, nix months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 100 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 1 jpir- To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. -