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lumoMttS department. At the Barber's.?"Next!" shouted a barber, who had just finished a customer. 1 Two persons at once sprang from the seats where they had been patiently awaiting, and approached the knight of the lather, and both looking ferociously and inquiringly at each other. One of them was an elderly personage, evidently from the country; the other a young sprig of city breed, whose down had just begun to indicate the slow and uncertain approach of beard. "Which of you is next?" asked the barber. "I am," said the young man. "No, you are not. We both entered at the same time ; and, as I am the oldest, I claim the first chance. Besides, I am in a great hurry." "Ah, old party, I see you are from the country, and of course do not know the rules of city society governing such cases as this," said the youth. "What is the rule?" "Simply this : Beauty goes before age?so I will take the chair. See?" "O, well, that's riedit. Mr. Barher. shave him first. He has got the best of me by that city rule of his; and come to think of it, he is right according to the rule where I come from.""Indeed! What is the rule where you come from, old party ?" asked the young fellow, as he fixed himself eomfortably in the barber's chair. "Wall, young man, the rule up my way is, that we always keep the hogs ahead of us. So you can go ahead, barber ; it's all right," said he, taking up a paper and sitting down to read. ? ? Truthful James.?He didn't look like a liar. He had, in fact, a George Washington sort of face, and his enunciation was loudly honest and decidedly nasal. He sat roasting his alternate sides in front of a red-hot saloon stove, amid a party of bummers who were trying to outlie each other. "Talkin' about lightnin'," said he, "I reckon none o' you lazzaroni was ever struck, was you? No? Well, I was. You see I was out shootiu' prairie chickens in Eelinoy, last August, and there come up the awfulest thunder storm I ever see in the whole course of my life. It rained cats and dogs, and the thunder rolled and the forked lightnin' darted all over the sky like fiery tongues. I got behind a haystack that sort o' leaned over to the south, and the first thing I knowed the litrhtnin'stnifW that- nnrl cat. it a fira Than I moved to a walnut tree that stood near, and a double j'inted bolt ripped that into splinters. I moved to another tree, and the lightniu' struck it. Then I begun to think it meant me, aud so I jest walked out, humped myself up, and took three or four of the hardest claps I ever heerd. It shuk me up right peart; but beyond rippin' the coat offen ray back and splittin' one of ray boots from top to toe, it didn't do me any particular damage. But you don't find old Jim around huntin' a row of that kind agin." The discomfited bummers looked into each other's faces a moment, and then, one by one, silently rose and sneaked out, leaving truthful James master of the field. A Many-Sided Max.?In obtaining a jury for the Tilton-Beecher trial at Brooklyn, N. Y., much merriment in court was caused by the conduct of Edward F. Daley, a man who was examined as a juror. One of the counsel asked him if he had expressed an opinion. "I have made it a point to agree with every opiuion expressed to me," was the reply. "But you did not express your own opinion ?" "Oh ! no, no," was the vivacious reply.? "If anybody said that Bescher was guilty, I said I thought so too ; and if anybody said Tilton lied, I agreed to that. They didn't agree in their statements, and of course I couldn't believe tath. In fact I can't be lieve either." At this everybody laughed. Mr Tilton laughed as loud and long as any one, and Judge Neilson straightened back and joined in. The witty juror's face wore a puzzled expression, as though he couldn't imagine why they laughed. Under further questioning he said that he had an impression, but not an opinion. He rather thought it would require evidence to change his impression. He was told to stand aside. How he Came to be a Drunkard.? "How came you to be a drunkard ?" asked a friend of Tom Marshall, in a conversation with him. "Well, I will tell you all about that," said Tom. "I graduated in law in Lexington, with the celebrated divine, Rev. R. I. Breckinridge, and our friends thought we were the intellectual wonders of the age, and they advised us by way of taking a high position at once, to attack Henry Clay, then in the prime of his fame and power, upon the first opportunity which presented itself. The opportunity soon came. We were both eraployed in a case in opposition to him. Bob made a speech and I made a speech, and our friends congratulated us on our tremendous speeches, and we were basking in the sunshine of our coming prosperity, when the old lion arose, and with one sweep of his paw he drove Bob tothe Bible and me to the bottle, where we have been ever since." i o? ... \\r ?? AOi'KA^ULK x^? yy ?v/uc ui^ut, during the month of December, when the moon was full and shining bright, two men, who had lingered long where the wine was red and flowing, started at a late hour for their homes. On the way a difference arose between them, as to whether it was the sun or moon that was lighting them on their way ; they were becoming somewhat animated in the expression of their opinions, when a third party was discovered approaching them, to whom they agreed to leave their disagreement for final decision. After looking a moment at the great planet, he said, "Geutleraen, I am a stranger in the city, and am not able to decide, this being my first visit to Washington." Trouble Ahead.?A boy about twelve years old entered a Michigan Avenue barbershop recently, and asked the barber to cut his hair down close. The barber inquired if he wasn't afraid of catching cold, when the boy replied, "I've got to run the chances, for there's trouble ahead. To-mcrrow is the day sot for me and a Sixth Ward boy to meet over behind Goodhue's barn and see who's the boss boy of Detroit, and he's powerful at pulling hair. Cut'er right down to the skulp!" Detroit Free Press. Ax Object of Contempt.?There was a very irascible old gentleman who formerly 1 held the position of Associate Judge in one I of our interior county seats. Going down I main street one day, one of the young lawyers spoke to him, without coming up to his t Imnnr'a idea nf defference. "Youne1 man, I fine you five dollars for contempt of court." "Why, Judge," said the offender, "you are not in session." "This court," responded the judge, thoroughly irritated, "is always in session, and consequently always an object of contempt." Of Course.?"Are you going after that sugar ?" called a Marquette, Michigan, moth- { er to her boy, who was in the street. "Am I i going after that sugar ?" drawled the youth,! in a saucy and impudent tone; but just then j he happened to see his father coming up be-1 hind him, and he said, very respectfully and lovingly, "Why, of course, I am, ma?I did not know you needed it right away." ? ? ? A Horse-shoe.?Abimelech Jarvis has a huge moustache, which comes down long aud ! heavy on each side of his mouth, and he is not a little proud of it. He was shocked at a camp-meeting not long since, by observing i a near-sighted old lady give her daughter a nudge with her elbow and enquire, "Marindy,1 who is that 'ere feller with the horse-shoe on bis face?" ' Reading tar the fabktlt. CONDUCTED BY KEV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] ONLY FRIEND. The only friend the poor sinner has, is the Lord Jesus Christ. In the love of man there is something cold, formal and selfish. To love those who love us is human ; but Jesus loves those who hate him; hence, his love for sinners is a divine love. The love of Jesus is intense. No words can describe it. He espoused the sinner's cause when none others dare do it, and his love for the sinner is an everlasting love. This love he manifests by what he has done, is still doing, and by what he promises to do for the sinner throughout an endless eternity. Thesiuner'sonly friend, Jesus, obeyed the law for him ; died the accursed death of the cross in his room and stead ; and as his only friend, he sits on the right hand of the majesty on high, and, as an advocate, pleads the sinner's cause before his holy Father. The sinner's true and generous friend, Jesus, promises him a place at his right hand when the work of sanctification is complete. He promises all who accept him as a Saviour, that he will give them grace here and glory hereafter. How foolish it is for men to reject a loving Saviour! [Original.] STAND STITX. Wheu the children of Israel were about to cross the Red Sea, they were overtaken by the pursuing Egyptians. As might have been expected, the recently freed Israelites were thrown into great confusion. They did not know what to do. Before them was an arm of the Red Sea ; behind them was an infuriated enemy. To go forward, was, to all human appearances, to rush into a watery grave; to go back was to be devoured by the sword. In the midst of their doubts and fears, God commanded Moses to order the people to stand still and see the salvation of God, adding that the Egyptians whom they saw that day they would never see again. (.Exodus 14:15.) The circumstances by which the Israelites were surrounded at the time referred to were perilous, but not by any means peculiar. Every individual, by the providence of God, is often placed in a situation in which he is unable to decide what is best to be done. To go forward seems to be dangerous, and to go back appears to be a hopeless experiment. Under such circumstances, our duty is discharged by standing still, until God reveals, by the workings of his providence, what must be done. It requires no small amount of grace to wait patiently on the developments of Divine Providence. Human nature is fretful and impatient when surrounded on all /Inn/vnM T to t*Oft ^ IT Ol f V* V 31UG9 uy lUiUilUCUb UftUgci. lb 10 It/OUJ t/iwiv* to make a desperate charge into the jaws of yawning destruction ; or panting with fear, retreats into the embrace of remediless ruin. Every event that transpires around us, is, in some way, connected with some future development in which we,as individuals, are deeply interested. From various causes it is difficult for such short sighted creatures as we are to interpret, correctly, transpiring events. It is our duty to attempt to solve them ; but when a correct solution baffles our efforts, our duty is to stand still and see the salvation of God. [Original ] CONVICTIONS. In the order of nature, and in fact, convictions, precede conversions. By conviction, we are to understand the act of convincing us that we are wrong; conversion is the act of turning from that which is wrong. In whatever way conviction is produced, or by what instrumentality it is effected, it is simply the consciousness of guilt, or liability to punishmpnt. nn account of wroncr doiner. There are C7 w many things connected with that state of mind which we designate by the phrase, "cousciofls of wrong doing" that are interesting. It may be inquired, who produces these convictions ? Without any fear of successful contradiction, it may be asserted that convictions are produced either directly, or indirectly, by God. "Behold I stand at the door and knock," is the expressive language of the Scriptures. In some way or other, God produces the conviction in every man's mind, that he is a violator of God's law. In other words, God convinces every man that he does wrong. The conscience of every man rises up in majesty and declares,in language that cannot be misinterpreted, that that individual is a wrong doer. The passing events of life are made efficacious in producing these convictions. The calamities which befell Ahab, produced in his mind deep convictions that he had forsaken the God of his fathers. When Saul forced himself, as he said, and officiated as a priest, he said, on the appearance of Samuel, "I have sinned." When Judas had delivered his Lord and master into the hands of his persecutors, he soon became convinced that he had done wrong; and from the strong conviction resting upon his mind, he said, "I have betrayed innocent blood." It is not necessary to appeal to historic facts to prove that all men have convictions. Every man knows that such is the case. God, in some way or other, and at some time or other, perhaps frequently, has made every human being feel as the culprit feels when led out to be executed. The word of God is eminently calculated to produce convictions. Every man who has ever, even casually, read the Bible, or attended the preaching of the gospel, has been the subject of deep convictions. God, in some way or other, always finds out the sinner. Before his Maker, the sinner is made at some period of his career to fear and tremble. He is made to feel that he is a sinner and to confess the fact. rr*1? * wtirvVtf Kq inrtniror] in rnf. J. lit; Lit;A l LUlUg lliatmiguv iuvjuii v? ... ,v. erenco to convictions is,are they always followed by conversions ? That they are sometimes followed by conversions, no one, who will admit that some persons have been savingly converted, will deny. The fact that some persons are never converted, is proof positive that convictions are not always followed by i conversions. The truth is simply this. Con- | victions are sometimes followed by genuine , conversions, and at other times they are not. i There is no doubt much that is mysterious in | this fact, but still in many instances, it can ! be explained why convictions of sin do not | result in conversions from sin. Individuals, ! in a multitude of cases, place themselves in : circumstances that are calculated to stifle the : convictions of sin. The voice of conscience is j hushed; the strivings of God's spirit are resisted; and the teachings of Providence are1 disregarded. The convicting spirit of God goes everywhere; but the converting spirit1 does not. We may fly to the ends of the earth ; but still the conviction of sin will follow us. Not so with the spirit of saving con- j version; God will not follow us to the ends of the earth to convert us. Did you ever hear any one complain that the prayers were "too short" in a prayermeeting ? J^wultwal ?cpartment. MUSCLE AND BRAIN. The superiority of mind over body, of brain over muscle, is one of the most common and convenient themes of popular declamation. Every school-boy who has left the plow for the office, employs his earliest efforts at composition in justification of his choice. The average sentiment would very nearly coincide with the "Commercial College" prospectus which says: "Muscle and bone are the hewers of wood and drawers of water to brains." Xow we have no objection to brains. They are a very good thing to have. The world is j not in danger of being overstocked with the genuine article. It will not need any combination of brain-owners to keep down the supply, or to keep up the price. There will always be a good demand for the finer and better grades. But a great deal of the talk about the superiority of brain over muscle is calculated to mislead. There has been growing i i . I ! i :.. l up u raoruid senumeui wnicn is uumg mis- i chief, and which threatens disaster. There is I a common feeling that there is some antagonism between brain and muscle, and that he who has the first is a fool to live by the second. If a man does not get his living by his wits, he is supposed not to have any. Those who live by physical labor are supposed to lack mental power. The harder a man works with his hands the softer we suppose his head to be. A young man who had imbibed these high-toned seutiraents was visiting on a farm. He was invited to take a fork and help to load hay. He declined the invitation with the remark, that "it needed a man strong in the arms and weak in the head to load hay." When last heard from this young man was employing his "strong head" in the delicate ! service of "runner" for a cheap hotel. A professor of a college, who held his place by sufferance, remarked in a public speech, that "education had lifted him from the plow-tail to his present position." A farmer sitting by, remarked, that "that was not much of a compliment to education, for it did not lift him very far." With a great many, to have brains is to be too sharp to work. The result is just what we might expect. The fields of muscular toil are being left to the most degraded, while those of mental labor are overstocked. No girl of any pretensions thinks of doing "house work," or even "plain sewing." She must "teach school" or give "music lessons." No young man of any nluck thinks of bein<r a farm laborer, and I # r? hardly a mechanic. He must go to the city and measure tape?or sit on a high stool with a quill behind his ear and write. This cannot be because the work is lighter. If we should once compare the pale, wearied look of our teachers and clerks with the ruddy healthfulness of servant-girls and laborers, we should be convinced that the contrary is the truth. But it is thought to be so much more dignified to work with the mind than the hands, that no one who can do the one will think of doing the other. We are told that all our cities are crowded, while farm hands can scarcely be obtained. The professions are all full and running over. To increase the demand, physicians divide themselves into some half a dozen different schools?little pills and big pills, cold water and hot water, herbs and physic. Lawyers are dissolving into "claim agents" and "land agents," and a score of other "agencies," whereby they may create a case and pocket a fee. To employ the constantly increasing surplus of "brain," manufacturers and publishers are sending agents and canvassers all over the country peddling books and maps and pictures, hair-dyes and lightning-rods. Every school committee is overrun witn applications, while a competent girl to do housework, or a reliable nurse for the sick-room, is sought for as for "hid treasures." I was on a city school board for several years, and for every vacancy there was an average of six applicants. A poor woman called on me one day, desiring to find a place to do housework. I only named the fact to a few friends, and yet there were three urgent applications for her services before the next night. A clerk left one of our mercantile establishments on the three o'clock traiu. Before sundown eighteen applicants had appeared for the vacancy. A workman fell from the scaffolding of a new buildiug about the same time and disabled himself. The contractors had to search the whole town to find a man to fill his place. Every town in the country is full of young men?candidates for clerkships? lying around idle, waiting for "something to turn up." That is, they are waiting for somebody to die or resign, that they may be put "into a clerk's office and be able to eat a piece of bread." On the other hand, almost every kind of manual labor is at a premium. Every one must have noticed the increased demand for muscular labor. The housekeep er is at the mercy of her "help." The contractor is at the mercy of his men. The laborer can defy his employer, for there are more asking for his services than he can serve. He can demand his own price, for the bidding is lively over him and he himself is the auctioneer. The world's physical work must be done. Not a pound of bread or a yard of cloth can be produced without it. Hence the sceptre of the world is passing into the hands of muscle. The man who has mental labor to sell must go begging for work, while he who i has physical labor to offer will have competitors for his services. Counting the time and the cost of preparation, no men are now paid as well as common laborers. No class of men are as independent. They are in demaud. Muscle is in the ascendancy. We heartily believe iu thorough culture and complete development. But we do not believe that the end of all culture is "bread and butter." We do not believe that every accomplishment is valueless which does not help to earn a man a living. We believe that a man of mind may honorably and properly work with his hands, and that it is no disgrace for a man of brains to earn his living by the sweat of his brow. Because a girl has an education it is not necessary that she should teach school; and because a boys knows algebra it is not necessary that he should mount a three legged stool and scrawl characters on a ledger. We deprecate all the cheap rhetoric of newspapers and school lectures and public gatherings which represent education as raising men from the workshop and cornfield to "places of honor and respectability." Any place is honorable where honorable men work. Cultivated womanhood can dignify the kitchen as well as ornament the parlor. Educated manhood can shine on the farm and in the workshop as well as in the counting-room. Education is designed to develop the man, not to make quill drivers and pettifoggers. If it bring out the man it has done its work, even though it leaves him in the field, the shop, or the mine. Cincinnatua lost nothing in the world's esteem because the Roman messengers found him guiding the plow, and called him from thence to guide the affairs of State. Greatness is as appropriate on a farm as anywhere else, and its usefulness is not impaired nor its lustre dimmed by muscular toil.? Correspondence of the Christian Union. Lime Around Apple Trees.?We have known some farmers make it a regular practice for a number of years to throw caustic lime around their apple trees in spring and summer. We once noticed that a tree stand-1 ing in the immediate vicinity of our dwelling ! had all at once put forth with renewed energy, and we were at a loss for some time to define the cause. On examination, we found that a quantity of lime that had accidentally beeu spilled and rendered worthless by becoming mixed with the refuse on the stable floor, had been thrown at the foot and around the ; tree, and to this, as the principal cause, we immediately attributed the renewed vigor and fruitfulness of the tree. Taking the hint from [the accident, we purchased twelve casks of; lime, and applied half a bushel to each of the ( trees in our orchard, and found that it pro-, duced immediate beneficial effects. Not the health of the trees only, but the quality of the ' fruit, was rrreatlv iinnroved. This application I , ...V D J & - - J will he especially beneficial to soils where i there is a redundancy of vegetable matter. We would advise our farmers, in some places, especially in new forest lands recently clear' ed, and on low lauds, to make trial of this experiment, and see whether it is not deserving of the high recommendation it secures. S7 NEARLY ;ill 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, palpitation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the blues, and a hundred other symptoms, for which SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR is the best remedy that has ever been discovered. It acts mildly, effectually, and being a simple 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 vears, and hundreds of tlie good and great from all parts of the country will vouch for its being the purest and best. Simmons' Lirer Regulator, or Medicine, Is harmless, Is no drastic violent medicine, i Is sure to cure if taken regularly, Is no intoxicating beverage, * j Ts a faultless family medicine, Is the cheapest medicine in the world, Is given with safety and tho happiest results to the mostdelieate infant, Does not interfere with business, Does not disarrange the system, ToDoo fix/* win/in r\f nnitiSna ??*/! r\ ovorv kind, Contains the simplest and best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 20 13 ly* THE YORKYTLLEENQUIRER. VOLUME21-1W75. ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL STORIES. PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. WITH the new year, the ENQUIRER will enter upon its TWENTY-FIRST VOLUME; and in making our regular annual announcement, we can promise greater attractions, owing to increased facilities in every department, than we have heretofore been enabled to present. As a non-partisan independent family newspaper, the future editorial conduct of the ENQUIRERean be as well judged by the past, as by any promise which we might now feel disposed to make. An experience of thirty-four years in the newspaper business, seventeen of which have been unremittingly devoted to the management of the ENQUIRER, fully convinces the proprietor that the plan he adopted on assuming control of the paper, is theeorrect mode of journalism in the present day. The true mission of a newspa- j per is to place before the public facts as they exist, < unbiased by partisan feeling or sinister motives, | and the propriety of this course is fully attested, not only by the success of the ENQUIRER, which can truthfully claim the largest circulation of any country paper in the South, but also by many other of the most popular and widely-circu- j lated papers of the day. The course thus indicated we shall continue to pursue, aiming to publish a LITERARY ANI) FAMILY NEWSPAPER, which shall be a welcome visitor to the Home Circle, and acceptable alike to all classes . of readers. Hence, the news department of the ENQUIRER, whether of matters at home or abroad?political or otherwise?will be guarded with the utmost care, and only facts as they may seem to exist, will be presented, free from per- . son b1, sectional or party bias. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. We have contracted for, and already received several ORIGINAL STORIES by some of the i most popular serial writers of the nay, and in the , tirst number of the new volume will be commenced an unusually pleasing story from the pen of South Carolina's gifted daughter, Mrs. DEAS, now of California, whose contributions to the press have always been well received, and whom i we have secured as a regular contributor to the | Literary Department of the ENQUIRER. This story, entitled "THE SEVEN SISTERS OF YORK," will be followed bv others, of which we may mention as the titles?"UNCLE BRAINERD'S WILL;" "SLEEPY HOLLOWand a highly sensational story entitled "ZANITA, THE CIRCUS GIRL," Abounding in romantic adventure and exciting incident, and portraying in vivid stylethe temptations and triumphs of a beautiful actress. THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. ' KCV. i\ir. ijainan wui cuiiiiuuu iu? i^uuu whtributions to the "Sabbath Reading" and "Chil- ' dren's Department," which, under his management for the past five years, have been an important feature of the ENQUIRER; and with the usual melange of Miscellaneous Reading adapted . to all tastes; the Agricultural Department, containing practical and useful information for the farmer and house-wife; a column of Humorous Reading every week; "Scraps and Facts," embracing light current topics; a eompend of News Abroad and at Home; Correspondence; Commercial and Market Reports; Editorial Articles on appropriate subjects, intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of our people, we hope to make the ENQUIRER replete as "a map of busy life." CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. In addition to the other features of the ENQUIRER for the year 1875, we have engaged Bkainkhd McLurb, Esq., to contribute a letter of correspondence from Chester regularly each week. These letters will be devoted entirely to Chester affairs?to the interests of the town and county?and written in the racy and graphic style peculiar to Mr. McLure, they cannot fail to be of interest to our readers in Chester as well as elsewhere. To render this department moro com- , piete, citizens oi uiiesier win comer <i mvoi u.y advising Mr. McLure of any items of news that may transpire in their midst. Mr. McLure is also an authorized agent for the ENQUIRER, empowered to roceive subscriptions and advertisements for the papor. PREMIUMS FOR CLUES. We offer three Premiums for the three largest clubs of subscribers for the year 1875, as follows: The first will be a CASH PREMIUM of THIRTY DOLLARS; the second, a gentleman's or lady's SADDLE ofthe value of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS; and the third, a cash Premium of TWENTY DOLLARS. The Saddle above offered shall he the finest and best article that can he made by the well-known manufacturer, G. IT. O'Leary, of Yorkville, and as it will be made in the most superior stylo of workmanship and of the best materials, it will be fully worth the amount it represents as a premium. The person getting up the largest Club, at 82.50 (breach subscriber, will be entitled to a choice of either of the two first premiums; the person getting up the second largest, to the remaining first or second premium, and the person getting up the third largest, to the third premium. Competitors may begin to procure subscribers at once?the time of subscription to commence whenever the name is handed in, or on the first of January, 1875, as may he preferred. The money for each subscriber is expected to be paid whenever the namo is entered on our hooks, and no name will he ] entered in competition until it is paid for. To persons who make up Clubs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain a premium, we t will sendthc ENQUIRER oneyear free ofchargc; and to those who send a Club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get a premium, we will forward a copy of the ENQUIRER one year free of charge, andacopy of either of the following publications; Southern Cultivator, Rural Carolinian, Scientific American, Godey's Lady's Rook, \ J Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, Harper's j ' Bazar, Scrihner's Monthly, Leslie's Illustrated j Newspaper, Leslie's Magazine. ! j- ' . i l The premiums win do awartiw iu Ail competitors at ono o'clock, p. m., on tlio !! FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH, 1S75. NO POSTAGE ON THE ENQUIRER. j i Under tlie new postage law, after the 1st of January next, the postage on all newspapers ] mailed to persons out of the county in which the | papers are printed, will have to he pre-paid, i THIS WK SHALL DO WITHOUT TAXING j i TIIESUBSORIBERS FOR THE SAME ; so that ' the only cost of the ENQUIRER to a mail sub- j scriber, whether in the county or out of it, will bo < at the following M TERMS s ! J Single copy one year, ?? 3 00 In clubs, each subscriber, per year, 2 50 i How to Rk.mit.?Money may bo forwarded at , our risk by draft, post-ollico order, or in registered letter?otherwise wo will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-offlco, ' county and State. ^ Specimen copies of the ENQUIRER will be sent to any address on application. Address all letters to \ L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkvillo, S. C, i ? - < NOTICE. ! 1MIE Creditors of THOMAS CROSS, deceased, aro requested to present their claims to the ( undersigned without delay. L. M. GRIST. 1 HEATING STOVE. I \ SMALL HEATING STOVE for sale. Ap-. ply at (his Ollice. W. I,. BRADLEY'S STANDARD FERTILIZERS, j= BD SEA-FOWL. GUANO/, | J GUARANTEED EQUAL TO ANY EVER SOLD! j ? |jj POLLARD & CO. COITOX FACTORS, C1KNKKAT, AOKNTS, Augusta, Georgia. SEA-FOWL GUANO, in bags, of 200 pounds j each. C. C. COE'S SIT P E RPIIOSPII AT EOF LIME, n in bags, of 1200 pounds ouch. f, BRADLEY'S AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES, in tight drv barrels and bags. ROYAL GUANO' COMPOUND, in bags, of200 a pounds each. The above standard Fertilizers having been used / for the past seven years, in the South, with une- ' [|ualed success, are again offered at prices that cannot fail to give satisfaction, while the standard is & guaranteed to be equal if not superior to any ever f sold. For prices and terms, apply to W. II. i'; 1 P. HERNDON, n Yorkvillc, S. C. February 4 5 3in IMPORTANT NEWS TO PLANTERS! ? " GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES! In view of the low prices obtained for Cotton p ;hc present season, and in order to place onr u Guanos within the reach of every planter, we save greatly reduced our prices. They will bo sold as follows: ^ T 3HC E d CAROLINA FERTILIZER, g CASH PRICE, pi PERTON OF 2000 POUNDS, $46. Payable May 1st, 1875. g TIME PRICE, J PERTON OF 2000 POUNDS, $53. F Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest. o DTjARK RROTIIERS, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. t] J. M. IVY & CO., Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. THE RRAI)IFV>S PATFNT PHOSPHATE. ^ 1 n mm i v i n ? BBw . .. Cash Trice, PER TON OF 2000 LBS., ?46. Payable May 1st, 1875. Time Price, PER TON OF 2000 LBS., ?53. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest. T. M. DOBSON ^ CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. rHE PALMETTO ACID PHOSPHATE. Cash Price, PER TON OF 2000 LBS., $30. Payable May 1st, 1875. Time Price, PER TON OF 2000 LBS., $35. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest. FREIGHT AND DRAYAGE TO BE ADDED. Call on Agents tor Almanacs and Information. FOR SALE BY CLARK BROTHERS, Yorkville, S. C. J. M. IVY A CO., Rook Hill, S. C. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., Proprietors, Charleston, S. C. January 14 2 4in rile aliovc is a rt'iliircil ropy of the TITLE PACE of the RU- "| UAL CAROLINIAN. J rHE publishers have determined to change the l' commencement of the Volumes of the C'J RURAL CAROLINIAN * ai From October to January. s?i THE RURAL CAROLINIAN is" the leading Agricultural Journal of the South. Publishers uul Editors are all Southern men, and it is devo- ? ed exclusively to the interests of Southern Agri ulture. While it is not the paid organ of the It Patrons of Husbandry, or of any society or set of lion, it has been the most powerful advocate for , lie establishment of Oranges in the South, and its n 11 uenco has contributed greatly to the present irosperity of the Order. D. H. JACQUES, Esq., of Charleston, S. C., I Iftlitur-iu-Chief. I" CHARLES II. DODGE, Esq., of the Depart- e> nent of Agriculture, Washington, D. C'., Ento- E nologioal Editor. ^ - ol JRt^Kuliir Contributors. di ?ol. D. WYATT AIKEN, Washington, D. C. HENRY W. RAVEN EL, Esq., Aiken, S. C. Rkv. C. W. HOWARD, Kingston, Georgia. Jon. N. II. DAVIS, Greenville, S. C. RURAL CAROLINIAN--*^ PER ANNUM. Address WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, | Publishers, Charleston, S. 0. The Rural Carolinian and the "Yorkville Enjuirer" will be furnished at $4 per annum. January 28 4 tf "sale and feed stable! " THE undersigned respeetfullv announces that his STABLES are still open for the aecoin- j nodation of the public. Drovers and all others j _ lesiring to have their stock BOARDED will iiiul . iinpleaccommodation and abundant provenderat r my STABLES on Church street. j . I am also in the market for the sale and ex- j J changing of Horses and Mules, and have now on liand a large lot of HORSES AND MULES, j . broken and unbroken, which I will sell or ex-j hange on the most reasonable terms. j _ T. M. WHITAKER. s January 7 1 Jni* I ^ JOHN H. ADAMS. ! i FALL AND WINTER GOODS! THE undersigned would respectfully announce r> his friends and the public generally that his lock of FALL AND WINTER HOODS is now j onipleto having been purchased in the northern j narkets, from tirst dealers, by that experienced | i nd judicious buyer, COL. McCORKLK. In mv stock may 1)0 found a full and complete me of DRESS GOODS, i winding black and colored Silks, Velvet, Vel- | ( eteen. Serges, Sateens, Poplins, Valours, and a [ reat variety of Cotton Prints, of all qualities and | tall prices. WHITE GOODS, j n full variety, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, HandI erchiefs, Table Damask, Hats, Flowers and 'Gathers, and a general stock of Fancy Articles. < Besides the above, in my stock may tie found complete assortment of GOODS FOR GENTS' WEAR, lats. Caps, Boots, Shoes, Jeans, Tweeds, Oassiueres, Cloths, tfcc., Shirts, Under-Clothing, and a till assortment of (tent's Furnishing Goods. My stock will be kept full during tho season, nd will embrace every article usually kept in 1 FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT, oan examination of which the public arerespectully invited, feeling confident, as I do, that the ndueements I can otTor are second to none in the narkct. JOHN H. ADAMS. 'The sweetest, most powerful and durable now in use." BLOOMFIELD & OTIS, STEW SCALE PIANOS, 20(1 EAST TJTII ST., NEW YORK. EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a lew manner of string ivy and a new method of inerting .found board, the most important results ave been obtained. "The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness ml delicacy of touch that cannot besurpassed. I ave tested them as I would a Grand, for points f delicacy and strength, and they have stood the jst in every way. In many respects they are sucrior to any manufactured in America. Ckaiu.es Fradf.l." (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianjt to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of ax Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm of Bloom field it Otis have lately made i sveral important improvements in their pianos, lacing them in the front rank of American man- ' facturers." i (Toledo, 0., Blade.) "Bloomfield A Otis, of New York, carry away ; ie first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they id at the Fair of the American Institute. Con- < idering the fact that they met in competition all 10 established favorites,such as the Knabe, Dun- i am, Lightc. Bradbury, and many others, which rere skilfully handled, this is certainly a high ] ompliment, an the tests were thorough and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) i "The Music Committee of the Board of Eduea- 1 Otl, nronKiyn, [Ogeiucr wuu me iwcai uwiiiiiiii?es, after examining and thoroughly testing all the rindnal instruments manufactured, have purhaserl Bloomfield A Otis' celebrated Patent Treble 'ianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven years. ] Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED verywhere. psr- Send for Circular and mention the name of > ie paper in which you saw this advertisement. January 28 4 tf DOS.3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. STATIONERS p^Br^Hs First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, J YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, 1 WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIONABLESTATIONERY, ; Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and <?all invitations ON THE BEST STOCK ANO PRINTED IN THE 1 LATEST STYLE. September 10 37 tf THE GREAT SOUTHERN < DRY GOODS HOUSE, ; FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., ] 75 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. ( The Cheapest 3ry Goods, 8 Oil Clotli, { i IVIatting-s, * IVotions, a t Carpets, l Bugs, Etc., cTTk-i^ TVWW VflRTC. ? For prices, see Special Notice. September 10 *6m s TFthe probate court, i YORK COUNTY. .A.Roberts and others, against Harriet Parks ' and others. j 3URSUANT to an order made in the foregoing 1 cause, all persons holding demands against p lie estate of THOMAS C. PARKS, deceased, will r >me forward and establish the same before me, I , my otllee, in Yorkville, S. C., on or before the t ith day of February next, or be debarred from f ly distribution of the assets realized from the de of lands of deceased. J. A. McLEAN, Probate Judge, York County. January 7 1 6t I VTH\k RIIPTrY. fl i the District Court of the United States for the t District of South Carolina. t -parte J. H. Clawson, Assignee, In Re. Sam- . uel Anderson, Bankrupt.?Petition to call in Lien Creditor^ CTOTICE is hereby given to all Creditors holdN ing liens against any portion ol the real or f ersonal estate of the above named Bankrupt, to r_ itablish the same before William I. Clawson, t sq., Register in Bankruptcy, at his office in t orkville, within twenty days from the date here- j ) f, or they will be deprived of any interest in the s istribution of the Bankrupt's estate. f By order of Court. J. If. CLAWSON, Assignee. i January 28 4 3t 1 w JA "A trw\liiMPiwiftlyfiiiii 1 i a iwi us ifsi siiyj t June 4 23 tf > ' AUCTIONEERING. j ( I1HE undersigned takes this method to notify ; ( the public that he will give prompt attention ( > AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining < unities. Communications may be addressed to j r im at Yorkville, S. C. S. G. BROWN. r March 5 10 tf I'ER D;iv at home. Terms froc. Aildrcsn J Stinson & <"o.,Porilnmi, Me. 3 )y* I 1 THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our IB works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal V satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made ^ of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav- ^ ier and thicker plate than a ny other Stove in the w market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand J some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that, our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at J| the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, but 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 we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Sf Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. Jf You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buving of us, and at the same time get a ' ^ I STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices, delivered at depot in Greensboro: t No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 a j a n a a n n n 2g oo Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. j T. M. ROBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. s JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. fl IflSH I GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT I PIANOS HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST fl PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made. Every instrument is fully warranted for t five years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of /w the very best materials and the most thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists and composers ana the piano-purchasing public, of the South especially, unite in the unanimous verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. _ The DURABILITY of our instruments is fully established by over 1 SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, I in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. j| Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the principal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. Prices from $50 to $600. A liberal discount to 11 Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from $75 to $300, always on hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought md are using the Stieff Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, !HD. Factories, 84 and 80 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK COUNTY. WHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, Clerk of the Circuit Court, has applied to me for Let;ers of Administration, on all and singular the ( *oods and chattels, rights and credits of Mrs. / CAROLINE LOWRY, late of the county afore- J laid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all ind singular, the kindred and ine rata aeceasea, to tre ana appear before me, at our lext Judge of Probate's Court, for the said coun;y, to be holden at York Court House, on the 26TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, next, to shew cause, it my they can, why the said Administration should ^ lot be granted. 4 3iven under my hand and seal, this 14th d??y or J Januarv intb^y^01, our Xjord,on8 thousand Jj ' ' ' 4? 45?? 1M ontk ^ oivjnt nnnarea anu seveuiy-nvo, nnu iu mo vow ? year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. January 14 2 6t "soluble pacific guano. 948 Cash; 953 Time, without Interest. PACIFIC Guano Company's Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime for Composting with Cot;on Seed?$.'{0 Cash; $35 Time, without Interest. To accommodate Planters, they can order now md have until 1st April to decide whether they will take at time or cash price. When delivered from factory by carloaa, no drayage will be / charged. This Guano is now so well known in *11 the Southern States for its remarkable effects is an agency for increasing the products of labor, is not to require special recommendation from us. Its use lor nine years past has established its character for reliable excellence. The supplies put into market this season are, as heretofore, orepared under the superintendence of Dr. St. Julian Ravenel, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, ^ 3. C., hence Planters may rest assured that its ~ quality and composition is precisely the same as :hat heretofore sold. J. N. ROBSON, Agent for South Carolina, Charleston, S. C. JOHN S. REESE A CO., General Agents Baltimore. November 26 48 3m "musicThath charms. &c~ IITITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give f f their children a chance for a musical edn ation, but whose means are very limited, that I , lave made arrangements witn tne ceieoraiea i 'Mason <fc Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons J .vith their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest 'aetorv prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarerlv payments, upon what is called the lease prin ipfe. Thus any one by paying only a moderate mm for the use of the instrument, can, at any ime.give it up or become purchaser; the amount tlready paid being applied to the purchase. Or a lerson having paid the rent for four years, be:omes the owner of the Organ without further g javment. Call and enquire for particulars and I ;ee the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the J Vdickes'building, where I may be found during I ill business hours, either to show you a sample or m o wait upon you if you want anything in the M Photographic line as heretofore. . JH J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentaions and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" ompanies, I still insist that I have the best and ^ heapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, ^ ,nd I am ready to prove my words to all who eek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, April 24th, 1873. rllK YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby designated as the newspaper for the publica" 11 t 1 4 n vftrhsa lOIl OI ?ill nuuLca aim vtuvmf nents for the county of York, under the Act ap)roved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to egulate the publication of all Legal and public Notices, and the order heretofore issued designaingthe "Carolina New Era" as the official paper or the county of York is hereby rescinded. Bv orderof the Board. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board. I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, ind Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify hat the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on He in my office. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. BARBER SHOP. rHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant ^ md luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that 1 TIIOS. BALLARl), Professor of the ArtTonso- ^ ial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door o the Emjuirkr building, where it will afford lim great pleasure to wait upon all who may deiire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, md any other work of that kind promptly done. He may be found at the Shop on Sunaay inornngsfrom 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. ^ June 11 2o ly RAGS WANTED. A f\ POUNDS of clean cotton and lin- * lU.UUl I en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents jer p< und will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. Janaury 7 1 tf TERMW?IN ADVANCE : Dne copy, one year, $ 3 00 ,)ne copy, six months, 1 50 )ne copy, three months, 2 50 Single copy, 10 rwo copies, one year, 5 00 fen copies, one year, 25 00 n&r To persons who make up clubs of ten or nore names, an extra copy of the paper will Ite umished one year, free of charg