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Sluraototts Department. How St. Paul Looked.?Some years ago the pastor of a New England village church adopted a plan to interest the members of his flock in the 9tudy of the Bible. It was this: At the Wednesday evening meeting he would give out some topic to be discussed on the ensuing week, thu9 giving a week for them to study it up. One week the subject was St. Paul. After the preliminary devotional exercises, the pastor called upon his deacons to "speak to the question." One immediately arose and began to describe the personal appearance of the apostle to the Gentiles. He said St. Paul was a tall, rather a spare man, with black hair and eyes, dark complexion, bilious temperament, etc. His picture of Paul was a faithful portrait of himself. He sat down, and, another pillar of the church arose and said, "I think the brother preceeding me has read the Scriptures to little purpose, if his description of St. Paul is a sample of his Biblical knowledge. St. Paul was, as I understand it, a rather short, thick-set man, with sandy hair, gray eyes, florid complex ion, ana nervous, sanguine temperament,' giving, like his predecessor, an accurate picture of himself. He sat down, and then another brother rose to his feet. He had a keen sense of the ludicrous, and was withal an inveterate stammerer. He spoke about as follows : "My bro-bro-brethren, I nev-never fo-found in ray Bi-bible much ab-a-about the p-per-personal appearance of St. P-P-Paul. But one thing is certainly established, and tha-that is, St. P-P-Paul had an ira-p-p-pediment in his speech." The effect can be imagined. A "tidal wave" of audible smiles swept over the congregation, the good clergyman taking his full quota. He immediately arose and dismissed the assembly. Piatt Evans, a stuttering joker, lived in Cincinnati as long ago as the time when it was considered capital fun to send a countryman from store to store inquiring for things he would be certain not to find at the place to which he was sent. One day a fellow came, ] as he had been directed, to Piatt's store, to buy a Jews-harp. Pl^tt was a merchant tailor, j He was busy with a customer as the man appeared, but, observing that several of the "boys" had dropped in at the door, just to see what Piatt would do, "took" at once, and responded to the inquiry for the musical instrument, "W-w-wait a minute." Having served his customer, he picked up a pair of glovestretchers and approached the rural melodist with, "L-let me m-measure your m-mouth." and introducing the stretchers, manipulated them so as to transform the aperture into a horizontal vawn awful to see. and canacious J ' ? I enough to hold a dozen Jews-harps. Removing the apparatus, he examined it carefully and deliberately, as one might scrutinize a thermometer or pocket-compass, and then dismissed the unsuccessful searcher for Jewsharps, as he said, in a tone of well-feigned disappointment, "W-w-we hain't g-g-got any your s-s-size!" The Little Girl.?The jovial captain of one of the steamships now in port, tells a good story relative to May and December marriages, so common in Brazil. A Brazilian gentleman, apparently over fifty years of age, was a passenger on his vessel. He was accompanied by two girls, one about fifteen, and another younger. The gentleman was sea sick in the cabin, and the girls were on deck, whereupon the captain endeavored to amuse them, took them on his knees and told them stories, while he enjoyed their prattle and pretty smiles. In the midst of this pleasant occupation the gentleman came on deck. With a fierce expression of face, he gazed upon the scene for a moment, theu inquired in a harsh, husky voice? "You, sir, are you married ?" "Yes. I have a daughter older than your little girl here," said the captain. "She reminds me very much of mine." Here he patted her pretty little cheek. "That little girl, sir," exclaimed the indignant Brazilian, with great emphasis, "that girl is my wife, sir!" The captain collapsed. ? ? ! Didn't Want The Whole Family.? A Utah teamster says: " I never tried to get married but once, and that was to a Mormon gal up here to Logan. She was about the slickest little critter you ever see. Fust time I came across her was where her folks and I camped out right about here. I followed on her trail pretty close for six months, and thought I was going to trap her, sure. She wanted me to be a Mormon. I was not patickler about that, for I did not like to jine any church. I never did belong to any church nor engine company in the State. However, I told her finally, as she crowded me, that I'd swallow Brigham, tabernacle and all, for the love of her. So we got things about fixed, and if she hadn't gone too far I might have beeu a Bishop by this time. But she wanted me to marry that old Susan Jane too?the darned dried up old Susan Jane! "Emy," says I, "I can't and won't." So I set my foot down, and there's where we split. You see the old man was kind of sickly, and just as sure as I'd agree to take Susan Jane, when the old man died, I'd have had to marry the old woman too. I haven't hunted after a wife since." A Doc; Trade.?Dick Lazybones was the owner of a large dog, which cost as much to keep as it would two pigs; and the dog was worse than useless, and greatly anuoyed Dick's wife. "Plague take the dog!" said she; "Mr. Lazybones, I wish you would sell him, or do something or other with him. I wonder ycu keep such a useless animal." "Well, well, ? ?? i t\ r n ? i my dear, sain uick, say uu mure auuui u. I will get rid of him one of these days." This was intended as a mere get off on the part of Dick, but as his wife kept daily dinging in his ears about the dog, he was compelled to take some order on the subject. "Well, wife," said he, one day, "I've sold Jowler." "Have you, indeed ?"saysshe, "I'm dreadful glad of it. How much did you sell him for?" "Fifty, dollars." "Fifty dollars! What! fifty dollars for one dog ? How glad I am ! But where's the money, my love ?" "Money," said Dick, shifting a long-nine lazily from his mouth, "I didn't get any money ; I took two puppies at twenty-five dollars apiece." A Seasonable Story.?Lewis and Sam D , a couple of residents of Long Island, who loved rum and hated snakes, some years ago, went down to the salt marsh to mow. They hung their scythes and were about commencing work, when Lewis proposed to Sara that they should take a drink of the quart furnished for the occasion. Sam agreed, of course. It was a hot day, and they concluded to rest awhile under the shade of a tree, and then take another drink to get ready on. The bottle passed two or three times, when Sam said to Lewis: "Let's drink the darned stuff up, and we won't be hankering after it." It was a bargain, and betwixt the two the balance was disposed of. A pause ensued. Lewis rose to his feet, threw his scythe over his shoulder, declaring "I'll be darned if I'll mow without ray rum.' "Darned if I will either," says Sam, anc with that they trudged home without cutting a swarth. "Doing" a Railway Official.?The fol lowing amusing incident occurred on th< North London Railway: A short time sine a passenger remarked, in the hearing of om of the company's servants, how easy it was t "do" the company, and said he often travele( from Broad Street to Dalston Junction with out a ticket. "Any one can do it?I did i yesterday." When he alighted, he was fo! lowed by the official, who asked him how i was done. For a consideration, he agreed t tell him. This being given, "Now," said th inquirer, "how did you go from Broad Stret to Dalston Junction yesterday without a tick et?" "0," was the reply, "I walked." _ W Sfi^S Jtgricultal department. [Original.] MONEY. Only a few persons have a correct idea of the import of the word money. It is derived I from the Latin word Moneta, which was one | of the names of Juno. Cicero says that the | name was given Juno, because she advised ( monuit) the Romans to sacrifice a sow to Cybele, that an earthquake might be averted. Snidas, however, says that Juno was called Moneta by the Romans, because she declared to them, when in the midst of great pecuniary distress during the war with Pyrrhus, that so long as they would conduct the war upou principles of justice, the means of carrying it on should be supplied them. In accordance with her declaration, the means were supplied for conducting the war, and the Romans were victorious. As an act of gratitude, Juno was ' ever afterward called Moneta, the adviser; and j the Romans resolved that their coin should be stamped in her temple, which, likewise, was called Moneta. There is another derivation of the word money, which makes it come from an Anglo-Saxon word, which means to stamp. So much for the etymology of the word. What is money ? It is simply a medium of exchange. In a material point of view, it is either pieces of metals stamped by public authority, or promissory notes. The metals commonly used are gold, silver and copper ; but amongst the ancient Spartans, iron was j used. The value of gold, in its crude state, is much greater than that of any other metal, not because of its intrinsic value; but because it is very scarce, as compared with some of the other metals. The intrinsic value of iron is very great, whilst its relative value is very little. Gold, silver and copper have a real value, but not, by any means, so great as that of iron. Paper bills have, we may say, no real value. They possess no intrinsic worth, only as a medium of exchange. Notwithstanding all the art and science that is displayed in their execution, the crude material of which they are made, possesses more intrinsic value than they do. What then, since coin possesses but little intrinsic value, and promissory notes, or bank bills, none at all, is the use of money ? As said before, its use is simply as a medium of exchange. It matters nothing, so far as the comfort of au individual is concerned, whether he has any money or not, provided he wants none of the absolute necessities of life. But there is scarcely any spot on this earth, that affords to man all the absolute necessities of life; and certainly none that affords all the necessities that are attendant upon the highest stage of civilization. In some countries, coffee and sugar can he produced, but no wheat. In other countries, cotton and rice can be produced; but in those countries there is no iron and no salt. To make a direct change of these commodities between different and distant couutries, would be attended with great inconvenience and endless confusion. Not only so, but in many cases it would be impossible amongst near neighbors to transact any amount of business. We will suppose one individual to be a stock raiser, and another to be a grain raiser. It would be almost impossible for them to make exchanges. Without money they could have no standard value for any thing. To say that a horse or a cow or any other auiraal is worth so many bushels of corn or oats, would be extremely vague. The kind of stock and the quality of grain could not be taken into consideration. In a savage state, or in a very low state of civilization, a nation may live without money; but money is absolutely necessary to civilization. Since the use of money is simply a medium of exchauge, it is simple to store it away in coffers as men do corn in a crib. The individual who is guilty of this act of partial insanity, is called a miser. The name is peculiarly appropriate. In every sense of the word, he is wretched. Money, like corn, may be plenty, or scarce, cheap or dear, and in this respect, it is governed by the same law which, under ordinary circumstances, governs the price of corn. Money being simply a medium of exchange it will be plenty, and consequently cheap in that country whose exports exceed its imports. In individual cases those persons will have plenty of money who sell more than they buy ; and money will be scarce with those who buy a great deal, and sell very little. There may be an abnormal state of things with individuals and even with nations. The money value of the exports of a country may exceed the value of the imports, and the difference be spent in war or in ornaments or in some useless way. In such a case money will be scarce and dear. The reason that money is so scarce with most of our people is that the money value of their sales is less than that of their purchases. To state the fact clearly, two hundred dollars' worth of cotton will not purchase three hundred dollars worth of bread and meat. Reverse the thing, and money would be plenty. Say we sell one hundred and fifty dollars' worth of cotton, and buy only fifty dollars' worth of commodities, which our climate will not allow us to produce, and money will be plenty, and land and cotton will be dearer than they are to-day. The price of cotton will advance, for the demand will continue, and the price of land will advauce, for there will be money to invest in real estate. ? ? Grasshoppers.?In reply to an inquiry by a correspondent of the New York Sun, as to whether the grasshoppers, so destructive to crops in the West, are the same as those which infested Egypt, and also whether the seventeeu-year is a native of this country or imported, its able agricultural editor, Mr. Fuller, | says: "The grasshoppers of the Western States are of an entirely distinct species from those inhabiting Egypt or other portions of the Old World, but belontr to the same family as the locust of ancient as well as modern times. I Grasshopper is a mere local English name for , the hundred or more distinct species which inhabit our country. The one to which you refer as doing so much damage in the Western States is known to entomologists as Caloptenus spretus. The seventeen-year locust is not a , locust; that is, it does not belong to the grasshopper or Locustidce, but to the Cicadas, a , large species of flies, which have no mandibles for biting or masticating food like the true locust; consequently they do not consume ! vegetable food, and the only injury they do ? to plants is to puncture the stems and twigs I in depositing their eggs. They are also native T i Americans, at least so far as is known to J j science or history." Oatmeal Jelly.?Take about six to eight e ounces of finest oatmeal, put on, say two to e three quarts of cold water, let it stand over e I night. In the morning strain, throwing aside 0 1 the meal. Boil the water until it comes to a 1 ~ ^nnofontlv it will take but a i JUilJT| atllliug iU v/wuuvwM?y J - | few minutes; eaten with milk and sugar, or t! in any way to suit the taste. This is an ele1 j gant preparation of oatmeal, and very palata^ it j ble, and particularly useful to delicate peopk o : who need the nourishment of oatmeal, bul e j cannot eat the grain, because of irritation tc it the mucuos membrane caused by the meal It will require some experience to get it jusi right. | aMdfcn'js Department, i LITTLE BESSIE; AND THE WAY SUE FELL ASLEEP. 1 Hug me closer, closer, mother; Put your arms around 1110 tight; I I am cold and tired, mother, And I feol so strange to-night; Something hurts me here, dear mother, Like a stone upon my breast, Oh ! I wonder, wonder, mother, Why it is I cannot rest? All the day while you were working, As I lay upon my bed, I was trying to be patient, And to think of what you said : How the kind and blessed Jesus Loves his lambs to watch and keep, And I wished he'd come and take 1110 In his arms, that I might sleep. Just before the lamp was lighted, Just before the children came, While the room was very quiet, I heard some one call my name. All at once the window opened: In a field were lambs and sheep; Some from out a brook were drinking? Some were lying fast asleep. But I could not see the Saviour, Though I strained my eyes to see ; .Aim A \vi>iiimniu 11 in: n?i\v mi-, If he'd speak to such as mo. In a moment 1 was looking On a world so bright and fair, Which was full of little children, And they seemed so happy there! They were singing, oh ! how sweetly; Sweeter songs I never heard ; They were singing sweeter, mother, Than can sing our yellow bird. And while I my breath was holding, Onk so bright upon me smiled ; And I knew it must be Jesus When he said, "Come here, my child." "Come up here, my little Bessie: Come up here aiid live with me, Where the children never sutler, But are happier than you see." Then I thought of all you'd told me Of that bright and happy land ; I was going when you called me? When you came and kissed 1113' hand! And at first I felt so sorry You had called me; I would go, Oh! to sleep, and never sutlerMother, uon't be dying so ! Hug me closer, closer, mother; Put your arms around me tight; Oh ! how much I love you, mother, But I feel so strange to-night! And the mother pressed her closer To her overburdened breast; On the heart so near to breaking Ijay the heart so near its rest. I11 tlie solemn hour of midnight, In the darkness calm and deep, Lying on her mother's bosom, Little Bessie fell asleep! Mcmp/tis Presbt/irriun. [Original.] TEETH. No doubt it would be au easy matter to find multitudes of persons who know far more about the science of astronomy than they do about the teeth in their own jaws. It is more than probable that a large number of individuals could be found whose teeth are all gone by reason of old age, who do not know how many teeth are usually in the jaws of a human being. The fact is, the human family generally know very little about their own teeth. Not because the subject is hard to be understood; neither is it because there is nothing interesting about the teeth ; but simply because men seem to be inclined to study every other subject before they study themselves. Some old Latin author says that children begin to get their teeth when they are seven months old, and begin to shed them when they are seven years old. This statement approximates the truth. The same, or some other Latin author, says that children are sometimes born with teeth. This also is true. Children are sometimes born with teeth, but not often. The first set of teeth, which are called milk teeth, are twenty in number, ten in each jaw, and are removed or shed out. The process of shedding commences when the ullilU is oiA ui ec?oii jrooio vslvl, vuuiriuuce until it is fourteen or fifteen. Then it has twenty-eight teeth. At the age of maturity, it gets what are called its wisdom teeth, which are four in number, one on each side of each jaw. Then the mouth is full, and contains thirty-two teeth ; sixteen in each jaw. The composition of a tooth is a thing worthy of note. Each tooth is composed of two substances. The inside of the tooth is called ivory, and the outside is called enamel. The inside is much softer than the outside. This is a wise arrangement. The inside wears off aud leaves a sharp edge. The teeth of animals indicate their nature and habits. The teeth of a cow and those of a dog are very different from each other. The teeth of the cow are designed to crop and mash vegetables, whilst those of the dog are designed to tear and cut flesh. The jaws of the dog, in chewing his food, move up and down ; or like the two parts of shears in cutting a piece of cloth. This is the case with all animals that eat flesh. The cow, when chewing her food, moves her jaws from side to side. She does not cut her food, but simply mashes it; and this is the case with all animals that live on vegetables. Teeth resemble bones; but they differ from bones in many particulars. If a bone is broken it will, usually, in the course of a few months, "knit" and be as strong as it was before it was broken. This is not the case with the teeth. If a tooth is broken, it will never knit or grow together again. If the enamel is broken off, it remains in this condition ; that is, the enamel is never replaced. The teeth of man are desigued both for eating vegetables and flesh. The four front teeth in each jaw are constructed for cutting ; the next two on each side in each jaw are constructed as if for tearing. These are called the eye-teeth. The next two are called small grinders, and the next grinders. The last one on each side is called a wisdom tooth. These generally make their appearance about the time that the individual is grown to manhood or womanhood. The wisdom of the Creator is very evident in the construction of the teeth of the different kinds of animals. Had the lion or the dog no better teeth than the cow, he could never eat the food which his appetite craves ; and had the cow the same kind of teeth that the dog or lion has, she could never crop the grass or chew it after it was cropped. Socrates, long ago, declared that these things showed that a wise Creator brought animals into existence. "It's Very Hard."?"It's very hard to have nothing to eat but porridge, when others have every sort of dainty," muttered Dick, as he sat his wooden bowl before hira. "It's very hard to have to get up so early on these bitter cold mornings, and work all day, when others can enjoy themselves without an hour of labor. It's very hard to have to trudge along through the snow, while others roll i about in their coaches." i "It's a great blessing," said his grandmother, as she sat at her knitting, "to have food when so many are hungry ; it's a great bless, ing to have a roof over one's head when so ? many are homeless; it's a great blessing to have sight and hearing, and strength for i daily labor, when so many are blind, deaf, or , suffering." i "Why, grandmother, you seem to think that nothing is hard," said Dick, still in a grumbling tone. "No, Dick ; there is one thing that I do 5 think very hard." i "What's that ?" cried Dick, who thought ) that at last his grand-mother had found some . cause for complaint. t "Why, boy, I think that heart is very hard that is not thankful for so many blessings." fUfldiiifl for the JMlrath. i?onductki> by IlEV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] LITTLENESS. There is no word in the English language, or in any other language, which so well describes a large number of the human family, as that which stands at the head of this article. The selfish man is universally detested; but littleness in any man renders him so contemptible, that no simple sentence will express the feeling which his acts produce in the minds of generous men. It is one of the prerogatives of the religion of Jesus Christ to make men noble and generous, and cure them of littleness. The patriarchs of the Old Testament, and the apostles and disciples of our Lord, are examples, not only of piety, but of noble and generous acts toward their fellow-men. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the Old Testament saints, were, in the modern sense of the word, gentlemen. In the soul of David there was nothing that was little. We do not remember a little act that any of the early disciples of our Saviour did. Like other men, they sinned ; but never, so far as is remembered, were they guilty of the sin of littleness. Men get their littleness of soul from Satan, and in practicing littleness, they ape him. Satan is as mean as he is wicked. It was a little act in Satan to assume the form of a serpent and enter the garden of paradise in order to deceive Adam and Eve; and ever since he has been characterized by littleness more than by anything else. Never does he do a generous act; never does he perform a noble deed. Sneaking meanness is his forte. God is generous and good, and so are his people. One of the characteristics of Satan is, he is a liar. In a lie, there is as much that is groveling and mean as there is of wickedness. A lie is the mark of littleness. fOriginal ] SEEK THE LORD. Perhaps there is no need that one word be said or written for the purpose of explaining what is meant by the sentence, "Seek the Lord." It is so plain that a teu year old child will not be likely to make a mistake with respect to its import. It is the exhortation which comes to us from all the works of God, and it is a command often repeated in his word. Clearly, it is an exhortation which is is not heeded by the multitude; and a command which the larger portion, even of those in Christendom, disregard, or wilfully do not understand. Only a few of the human family pretend to seek the Lord, and of those few the great majority seek him in some wrong way or other. The simple fact is, but few find him. The reason so few find the Lord is, he is not sought for as he should be. A large number of those who professedly are seeking the Lord, seem to have no definite idea of what they are to seek the Lord for, or how they are required to seek him. They have no distinct notion of what they are doing, or how it should be done. We must seek the Lord that we may find in him a redeemer. We must seek the Lord as the slave seeks for some one who will rescue him from the thraldom of bondage and make him free. Too many seem to overlook the fact that they are slaves. Satan exercises over all Adam's race the authority of a master. The Lord must be sought, that the dominion of this most exacting master may 'loatravod. Wa apa prone to forget the fact that we are slaves, and think and act as if we were free. We are not free. We must be redeemed?bought with a price. For this we must seek the Lord. He and he alone can redeem us. We must seek the Lord that, having been redeemed, we may be kept from falling into sin. Perhaps we do not exaggerate when we say that there is a tendency in every man to return to the service of sin and Satan. The Bible figure is this. The sow that has been washed, returns to wallowing in the mire, and the dog returns to his own vomit. ] This language is easily understood. There is a tendency in all to sin, and Satan continues to tempt. We must seek the Lord that we may not be overcome by the flesh, or yield to the temptations of Satan. We must seek him that we may be supported under all our trials and succored in every hour of danger. The manner in which we should seek the T./wr\ ;c nn Inao imnnrtant than the nurnoses for which he is to besought. The right thing may be done in a wrong way. In such cases the results will not he favorable. If the Lord is not sought in the right way, he will not be found. This is one reason why so many never find the Lord. Possibly they know why they should seek him; but they undertake-the search in a wrong way, and never, neither in this world nor in eternity, find hira, only as a sin-punishing God. First, amongst the requisites in seeking the Lord in order to find him, is earnestness. We must seek for him as a man would seek for his most valuable possession, were it lost. Our whole soul must be concentrated on the subject. Our minds must be intent upon the work. We must seek hira as if our all, for time and eternity .depended upon fiuding him. Every other work, every other thought, must hold as of secondary importance to this. We must not seek the Lord as men are wont to seek for the lost property of their neighbors ; but we must seek as if we were searching for our own lost souls. Again, we must seek him constantly. The search must never be given up until we find him. We must give no sleep to our eyes until we find him. This one object must be constantly before our eyes. The search must commence with every one of us now, and continue, without intermission, during all our subsequent life. Again, we must seek the Lord with great humility. We must not only get down on our knees, but our hearts must be humble. We must feel that we are poor and needy, blind and naked ; that we are sinners; that from the soles of our feet to the crown of our heads, we are nothing but moral corruption. We must feel that we deserve nothing at the hands of God but everlasting destruction from his presence. We must seek the Lord as poor condemned criminals, seeking for their lives. Finally, we should seek the Lord expecting to find him. "Thousands have found him, and why may not I f" must be the sentiment of the seeker's heart. We must feel that the Lord will sometime or other be found by all those who seek him for the proper ends in the right way. A time of affliction should be a time oi ' supplication. We have as much reason tc I seek unto <joa tor a Diessing upou our uau^ ; rod as upon our daily bread. The school oi affliction is the school of instruction. Distresses are Divine touch-stones, to try whethei we be true or counterfeit saints. | Humility is au atributeof such antipa thy to the original constitution of our nature that no principle can possibly produce it it its full extent, and bring it to its complete ma turity, but that of the gospel of Jesus Christ ^ fionvrannT^ l;WH>iKin ;? j >7 ? NEARLY Jill diseases originate from Indigestion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is j always anxiously sought after. If the Liver is Regulated in its action, health is almost invariaI bly secured. Want of action in the Liver causes j Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stomj aeh, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpij tation 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. Ttis harmless in every way. It has been used for 40 years, and hundreds of the good and great from all parts of the country will vouch for its being the purest and best. Simmons' Liver Regulator, or Medicine, Is harmless, Is no drastic violent medicine, 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 mostdelieate infant, Does not interfere with business, Does not disarrange the system, Takes the place of Quinine and Hitters of every kind, Contains the simplest ami best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 2<> 13 ly* IMPORTANT NEWS TO PLANTERS ! GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES! i ^farjajnjL' In view of the low prices obtained for Cotton the present season, and in order to place our r?.. .. n nluntnr wo have greatly reduced our prices. They will ho sold as follows: THE CAROLINA FERTILIZER, CASH PRICE, PER TON OF 2000 POUNDS, $46. Payable May 1st, 1875. TIME PRICE, PERTON OF 2000 POUNDS, $53. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest. CLARK BROTHERS, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. J. M. IVY & CO., Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. CURETON, ARDREY A CO., Agents, Fort Mill, S. C. THE BRADLEY'S PATENT PHOSPHATE. Casli Price, PER TAX AT1 ftittOO liDO., O AOPayable May 1st, 1875. Time Price, PER TON OF 2000 LBS., $53. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest. T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. THE 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 for Almanacs and Information. FOR SALE BY CLARK BROTHERS, Yorkville, S. C. J. M. IV X iX. uu., noc-K nui, o, v. GEO. W. WILEIAMS & CO., Proprietors, Cliarleston, S. C. January 14 2 4m "The sweetest, most powerful and durable now in use." BLOOMFIELD & OTIS, -m TTT o ri A T P T3 T A ATHQ IN Hj W OOAJJU r inn vu, 200 EAST 10TH ST., NEW YORK. EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, giving a greatly improved treble', also, by a new manner of stringing and a new method of inserting sound board, the most important results have been obtained. "The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness and delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I have tested*them as I would a Grand, for points of delicacy and strength, and they have stood the test in every way. In many respects they are superior to any manufactured in America. CHARLES FRAPEL." (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm of Bloomlield it Otis have lately made several important improvements in their pianos, placing them in the front rank of American manufacturers." (Toledo, 0., Blade.) "Bloomlield it Otis, of New York, carry away the first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they did at the Fair of the American Institute. Considering the fact that they met in competition all the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dunham, Lighto, Bradbury, and many others, which were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high compliment, as thelests were thorough and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Education, Brooklyn, together with the local committees, after examining and thoroughly testing all the principal instruments manufactured, have purchased Bloomlield & Otis'celebrated PatentTreble Pianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven vears. Responsible and energetic AGENTS W'ANTED everywhere. ZSSr Send for Circular and mention the name of the paper in which you saw this advertisement. January 28 4 tf SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO. 9-18 Cash; 95!) Time, without Interest. PACIFIC Guano Company's Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime for Composting with Cotton Seed??30 Cash; ?:io Time, without Interest. To accommodate Planters, they can order now and have until 1st April to decide whether they will take at time or cash price. When delivered from factory by carload, no drayage will be charged. This Guano is now so wen Known in all the Southern States for its remarkable effects as an agency for increasing the products of labor, as not to require special recommendation from us. Its use for nine years past has established its character for reliable excellence. The supplies j put into markctthis season are, as heretofore, pre?, pared under the superintendence of Dr. St. Julian r j Ravenel, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, i j S. C., hence Planters may rest assured that its : I quality and composition is precisely the same as ,.' that heretofore sold. J. N. ROHSON, ' ! Agent for South Carolina, 1 Charleston, S. C. JOHN S. R15ESH A CO., Genoral Agents Kalti; more. ! November 2(5 4K 3in !" AUCTIONEERING. THE undersigned takes this method to notify the public that ho will give prompt attention L to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining counties. Communications may be addressed to " i him at Yorkville, S. C. S. G. BROWN. . I March 5 10 tf JOHN II. ADAMS. j FALL AND WINTER GOODS! THR undersigned would respectfully announce to his friends and the public generally that his stoek of FALL AND WINTER (SHOPS is now complete having been purchased in the northern markets, from first dealers, bv that experienced and judicious buyer, COL. M'-COKKLli. In my stock may be found a full and complete line of DRESS GOODS, Including black and colored Silks, Velvet, Velveteen, Serges, Sateens, Poplins, Valours, and a J great variety of Cotton Prints,of all qualities and j at all prices. WHITE GOODS, In full variety, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Table Damask, Hats, Flowers and Feathers, and a general stock of Fancy Articles. Besides the above, in my stock may be found a complete assortment of GOODS FOR GENTS' WEAR, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoos, Jeans, Tweeds, Cassiineres, Cloths, Ac., Shirts, Under-Clothing, and a full assortment of Gent's Furnishing Goods. My stock will he kept full during the season, and will embrace every article usually keptin A FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT, to an examination of which the public are respectfully invited, feeling confident, as I do, that the inducements I can offer are second to none in the market. JOHN H. ADAMS. MUSIC HATII CHARMS. &C. WITH pleasure T inform all who desire to give their children a chance for a musical education, hut whose means are very limited, that I have made arrangements with the celebrated "Mason A Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply porsons with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest factory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarterly payments, upon what is called the lease principle. Thus any one by paying only a moderate sum for the use of tho 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 m?.(? ?i,o SR6 tllU I1UW <U lll_v l ||UU> ^nnci j, ill n.vi 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 lino as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentations and "gab" of umart 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 the truth in the matter. J. R. S. RYLCA"RO"linian. THE publishers have determined to change the commencement of the Volumes of the RURAL CAROLINIAN From October to January. THE RURAL CAROLINIAN is the leading Agricultural Journal of the South. Publishers and Editors are all Southern men, and it is devoted exclusively to the interests of Southern Agriculture. While it is not the paid organ of the Patrons of Husbandry, or of any society or set of men, it has been the most powerful advocate for the establishment of Granges in the South, and its influence has contribi ?ed greatly to the present Drosnerity of the Order. D. H. JACQUES, Esq., of Charleston, S. C., Editor-in-Chief. CHARLES H. DODGE, Esq., of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., Entomological Editor. Regular Contributor*** Col. D. WYATT AIKEN, Washington, D. C. HENRY W. RAVENEL, Esq., Aiken, S. C. Rkv. C. W. HOWARD, Kingston, Georgia. Col. N. H. DAYIS, Greenville, S. C. RURAL CAROL IN I AN--$2 PER ANNUM. Addross WALKER, EVANS <fe COGSWELL, Publishers, Charleston, S. C. The Rural Carolinian and the "Yorkville Enquirer" will be furnished at 84 per annum. January 28 4 tf Nos.3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. STITIOIllS First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASKIONABLE~STATIONERYi Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and <?all invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. September 10 37 tf THE GREAT SOUTHERN DRY GOODS HOUSE, FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., 275 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. The Cheapest Dry Grooclts, Oil Olotli, Mattings, Notions, Carpets, Tfcng-s, Etc., THIS SIT>1D OF1 NEW YORK. For prices, see Special Notice. September 10 37 fim ~ ' IiijfI 'ttfAjpiijlN' 1 Juno 4 23 tf DAWask TABLE and Curtain Damask, Table Cloths, Napkins, Ac., at - ADICKES'. THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the markot, and consequently will the longer with- -t i stand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in everv other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, whileitisconlidentlycJaimed 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 ^ jl sizos are never changed. Should a piece get acci- ir\ dentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, but on account of its intrin- ^ sic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. Store 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. II. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesvillo; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. A Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, r. by buying of us, and at the same time get a ~ STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices, delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 ? <( 7 M ? ?? " ?? MM 28 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. fl JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. gr^^quarI^I^p^ht j PIANOS HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made. Every instrument is fully warranted for five years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of the very best materials and the most thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists and composers ancf the piano-purchasing public, of the South especially, unite in the unanimous verdict of the superiority of the STIEFFPIANO. The DURABILITY of our instruments is fully established by over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the prin??""1 monnfnnfiifflru nfPoWnflf onH PorlnrHrnQna Prices from $50 to $<>00. A liberal discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from $75 to $.100, always on hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought and are using the Stieff Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Factories, 84 and 8<3 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly W. L. BRADLEY'S STANDARD FERTILIZERS. BD SEA-FOWL, GUANO. GUARANTEED FATTAT TA iw purp eATBt? . ^ POLLARD & CO.fcOTTON FACTORS, GENERAL AGENTS, Augusta, Georgia,. SEA-FOWL GUANO, in bags, of 200 pounds _ each. 1 C. C. COE'S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, in bags, of 200 pounds each. BRADLEY'S AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES, in tight dry barrels and bags. ROYAL GUANO COMPOUND, in bags, of200 pounds each. The abovestandard Fertilizers having been used for tho past seven years, in the South, with unequaled 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 sold. For prices and terms, apply to ? - * r\ TTn-n\rriA\T VV. ?1. ffl J, r. nuiivixjLn_>r?, Yorkville, S. C. February 4 5 3m THE CHRISTIAN OBSERVER, LOUISVILLE, KY., ONE of the best, as it is the oldest, of the family religious papers published in this country. TWO COMPLETE PAPERS, one purely religious, the other a literary and miscellaneous sheet, are furnished every week for $3.00 a year. ITS EDITORIALS are marked by decided! and clear evangelical views. ITS ARTICLES ON PERSONAL RELIGION are furnished by many of the ablest ministers in , this country. ITS DEPARTMENT FOR THE HOME CIRCLE, including narratives, incidents, poetry, <fec., is not surpassed by that of any paper published. ^ ITS RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE is fresh and full, giving promptly the news of the Presbyterian church, and a full outline of the intelligence from other denominations, and of missionary news. THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT contHtns communications on literary topics from many writers; Reviews of the new publications ; Literary, Educational, Scientific and Political Intelligence, from our own and other lands; Historical Sketches; Reminiscences, Incidents, Anecdotes; Suggestions for the Farmer, and for those engaged in other industrial pursuits; Scientific articles written in a popular style, and a great variety of miscellaneous articles. Every week the paper contains forty-eight columns of reading matter, affording in a year as large an amount and as rich a variety of reading as would be contained in fifty* or sixty volumes of a Sunday School or Church Library, that average a hundred and fifty pages each. SUBSCRIBE WITHOUT DELAY. Subscription Price, $3.00 A Year. TtSr Liberal commissions or premiums given to those who get up lists of new subscribers. Specimen copies of the paper furnished on application. Address CONVERSE & CO., Louisville, Ky. February 4 5 tf SALE AND FEEDSTABLE. THE undersigned respectfully announces that his STABLES are still open for the accommodation of the public. Drovers and all others desiring to have their stock BOARDED will find ample accommodation and abundant provender at my STABLES on Church street. I am also in the market for the sale and exchanging of Horses and Mules, and have now on hand a large lot of HORSES AND MULES, broken and unbroken, which I will sell or exI change on the most reasonable terms. T. M. W1IITAKER. January 7 1 3m* K. I'EIl Day a! home. Term* free. Aildrffv ; G. Stinho.n 8t Co.,Portland, M?. 3 ly? 1 TKHMW?IN ADVANCE t One copy, one year, 8 3 00 One copy, six months, ] 50 1 One copy, three months, 2 50 1 Single copy, * 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 H Ten copies, one year, 25 00 I pgr To persons who make up clubs of ten or j more names, an extra copy of the paper will be ' furnished one year, freo of charg