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glwrntwusi fJepartmetit. | | : THE MAN WHO FELT SAD. He entered a hardware store on Woodward avenue about 10 o'clock Saturday morning, and taking a seat by the stove, he j i beckoned to the proprietor and said : < "Sit down here?I waut to speak with j { you." j He was a man who looked sad from the crown of his hat to the toes of his boots. 1 There were deep care lines on his face, his ^ eyes were red and auxious looking, and his < tattered overcoat was drawn in at the waist | by a wide leather belt. c "Can we do anything for you to-day?" c; asked the merchaut. as he sat down. The sad man slowly wiped his nose, slowly [1 turned around, and slowly replied: * "Sir, it makes me feel sad when I reflect ' F that we have all got to die !" s "Yes?um," replied the merchant. J1 "Christopher Columbus is dead !" continued c the sad man, "aud who feels bad about it? ! who sheds a tear over his loss ? He is gone, i and we shall uever see him more! You and | ? I must sooner or later follow him, and the j ^ world will go on just the saiue." |' "Then you dou't want anything to-day ?" a queried the merchant after a painful pause. , p "And King James is dead !" exclaimed the ! t sad man, wiping his nose again. "Is any-1 body weeping over his loss ? Dou't folks laf j ^ and laf, and don't the world go on just the i a same? Sir, it may not be a week before you a and I will be called upon to rest from the : t labors of this life. Doesn't it make you feel v sad when you think of it?" c "Of course, we've all got to die," replied the merchant, as he tossed a stray nail over ^ among the eight-pennies. u "Audrew Jackson is dead," coutiuued the a sad man, a tear falling on his hand. "Yes, b Andrew has been gathered, and a good man ji has gone from amoug us. Were you acquaiu- s ted with him?" s "I believe not," was the auswer. "Well, he was a fine man, and many a ^ night 1 have laid awake and cried to think 1 that he would be among us no more forever, o Yet, do you hear any wailing aud sobbing? a Does anybody seem to care a cent whether v Andrew Jackson is dead or living? You or u I may be the next to go, and the world will move on just the same as if we had never . lived." 11 "The world cau't, of course, stop for the t death of one man, no matter how great," said ( the merchant. h "That's what makes me sad?that's why I p weep these tears!" answered the man, wringing his long, peaked nose with a vigorous 1 grief. "William Penn is dead. Once in a great while I hear some one express sorrow, ^ but as'a general thing the world has forgotten f William with the rest. Don't it make you I feel like crying when you thiuk he is gone t from among us ?" I "I never have time to think of these q things," answered the merchant, fondling the , coal-stove shaker. "And Shakspeare's gone too!" exclaimed-c the man, his chin quivering with agitation, g "We may sigh, and sigh and sigh, and wish, and wish and wish, but poor Shaky will never be seeu moving with us again ! They have laid him away to sleep, his long sleep, and a f bright lamp has been extinguished for ever." " "Well, did you want anything in the line t of hardware ?" asked the merchant, as he d rose up. t "Cau you speak of hardware to me at such s a time as this!" exclaimed the sad man. "Knowing my sad feelings, seeing these tears, . and listening to my brokeu voice, can you 1 have the heart to try and force hardware c upon me?" t The merchant went over to his desk, and a the sad man wrung his nose agaiu aud went p out- a CANVASSER'S TALKWITH A FIDDLER. v A Bible canvasser called into a house on e Front Street, the other day, to see if he couldn't t sell a book. A small lame girl opened the door in answer to his knock, aud, just as he entered, a man sitting on the edge of a forlorulooking bed, raised a fiddle to his shoulder, F and commenced scraping out a tune. e "Haveyou a Bible in the house?" asked t the canvasser as he crossed the room. I "Nary Bible," answered the man ; "aud? r "Old Dan Tucker ? Dreamt a dream !" "Or a hymn-book?" continued the cauvasser. "No, nary ; and? "If you love me, Mollie darling, Let your answer be a kiss." "I am agent for the sale of this Bible," said the cauvasser, taking the volume out of his satchel. "Couldn't buy one cover, and? "0, darkies how my heart grows weary, Sighing for the old folks at home." "I can sell you the book for a small amount down, and the balance in weekly payments. A great many?" "Bibles are all right, but I've got a sore foot, and? " 'Twas a calm, still night, And the moon's pale light?" "If you do not care to read the book yourself, you should not refuse your child permission," remarked the cauvasser. "And the old woman's up-stairs sick with fever, and? j "They took her off to Georgia, To toil her lifo away." "But it seems hard to think that you are j permitting yourself and family to live in igno-1 ranee of religious?" "Bibuls is all right, and I'd encourage 'em j if times wasn't so blasted? | "Ha! ha! ha ! you and me, Little brown jug don't I love thee?" "I have a smaller edition like this. You ; can have that by paying fifty cents down, aud ; twenty-five cents a week until paid up." "No use stranger," replied the man ; "there i hain't nothing to do, money is tight, aud? "I've wandered this wide world ] All over." j "I wish you would cease that Uddiing ana , singing for a moment, and let me talk to you," said the agent. "Bibuls is all right, you is all right, and? ' "O, this world is sad and dreary, ] Everywhere I roam !" V ? "Won't you stop for just one moment?" j. "I'd like to oblige, but now's my regular time for fiddling aud singing, and? "Up in a balloon, boys, Up in a balloon." "Then I can't sell you a Bible ?" "Don't look as if you could, for? "I've wandered through the village, Tom, I've sat beneath the tree." And the canvasser left the house in des-' pair. - - Was Obliging.?The other evening a kind-looking old inau was escorted to a room on the third floor of a hotel to pass the night,. and it wasu't five minutes before the bell indicated that he wauted to see a waiter. A colored boy ran up, stuck his' head into the room, and asked what was wanted. The old man said he didn't want anything, but the waiter was hardly down stairs before the bell raug again. "Did you want suffin ?" he inquired, as he readied the room again. "Nothing," replied the old man, as he opened the door. In about two minutes the bell rang again, and this time the waiter exclaimed : "If you don't want nuffin, what ar' ye pullin' de bell fur ?" "I want to oblige the waiter," replied the old man. "De waitah ! Oblige de waitah?" "Yes ; it says here, 'Please ring the bell for the waiter,' and if he wants it rung I'm willing to oblige him, though I'm tired and sleepy, and shan't pull it rnore'n four times more, unless I know that some of his family j are sick." A little girl of eight or ten summers being asked what dust was, replied that it was jnud with the juice squeezed out. i ^ JUjwuItuftil Ucparimeut. ("Original ] CONSUMERS vs. PRODUCERS. The Southern section of the United States 9, to all intents and purposes, an agricultural jountry. The only individual who produces mything in the South, is the farmer. This esults from the fact that the South produces lothing but raw-material. In the South we lave no manufactories, and in many sections >f the South we never can be extensively en;aged in manufacturing. Nature has marked ?ut the South as an agricultural country. Juch being the case, why, it may he asked, is lot the South, in an agricultural point of riew, more prosperous ? When we say more irosperous, we do not wish to be understood ? intimating that the South is in an absolutey languishing condition. Such is not the ase. There is as little suffering, and as little :mbarrassraent in the South, as in the North >r West. But why any embarrassment in the south ? One reason is, in the South there are, n proportion to the number of the population, i vast multitude of consumers aud but few iroducers. The population of the South? hat is ot the cotton growing states?is uiided into whites and blacks. The blacks re, from the simple fact that up to ten years go they were slaves aud had no control of heir time or labor, poor. No sensible raau, ?ho has auy knowledge of the state of the ase, will dare censure the negro for being toor ; but the system of labor adopted by the egro, or thrust upon him, will keep him poor n indefinite number of years. In fact, laioring as the negro does, he would starve out ti any other country except the South, or the unny plaius of his native Africa. Not that ome of them do not work hard and with a easonable amount of skill, but too few of hem labor. Leaving out the children and Id persons who, on account of age, are not ,ble to labor, and of the able-bodied men and roraen, not more than one-fourth of the whole tumber are, in any sense, producers. Some re wasting their time in seeking some little iisiguificant government office, which serves hem as the worm on a hook does the fish. )thers are jobbing about, doing a day's work lere and another there, working a little and (laying a great deal. Some of the colored eople,it is frankly admited, have made some dvances, pecuniarily, siuce they were freed ; tut the great multitude of them are just as >oor now as they ever were, or ever can be. ionesty requires us to say that one cause of Ko onutimipd nnvertv of the nepro is this. "w I J -- o n many cases he is cheated and swindled out if the proceeds of his labor, by dishonest and lesigning white men His corn and cotton rops are bartered for whisky and shoddy ;oods and brass jewelry. The negro, however, forms only one part f the population of the South. If the white topulation was faithful in the discharge of its luties, things in the South would not be as hey are. Twenty years ago it was regarded lisreputable for a Southern white man to lawr. The man who made a living in the hade, by hook or by crook, was regarded qually as reputable as the man who toiled n the sun and made an honest living. That Id notion is not completely banished from he minds of Southern white men yet. There ire multitudes of men who feel that they are >oor, and are ready to acknowledge the fact, iud who are regarded as poor by every one vho knows anything about them; still they will lot work. They will not engage in any avocaiou in the exercise of which they can proluce something. Take out the professional haracters?the doctors, the lawyers, the reachers, the school teachers, the store keeprs and their clerks?from the white men of he South, and there will be but few left. )id one not know the facts in the case, it night be concluded that the South is a very ickly country, there are so many doctors ; hat the citizens are a very lawless people, here are so inany lawyers ; that the iuhabiants are a very religious people, there are so nany preachers; that they are a well edueaed people, there are so many school teachers; i great mercantile and manufacturing people, here are so many stores and store keepers vith so many clerks ; but never would it be :oucIuded that the South was an agricultural :ountry. We will admit that the best talent >f the country is engaged in practicing medi:ine, pleading law, preaching, teaching school, tnd selling corn, bacon and calico, aud that july second rate men, intellectually, are folowing the plow. This does not better the ;oudition of things. It is only acknowledgng that the wise are committing the welfare )f the country to the fools. Bad as the thing s, it is not so bad as this supposition would nake it. There are multitudes in bomb-proof positions who, if they had received their iu;ellectual dues would have been placed in the auks. Many a good farmer has been lost to he country by placing him in the pulpit; and ;here are any amount of men behind counters Iragging out a precarious pecuuiary life that night have amassed a fortune had they gone ;o the plow. The simple point we wish to present is this. The South has too many consumers, and too few producers in proportion :o the number of consumers. There nev2r was a time more favorable to the farmer, than the present. In fact, notwithstanding ill that has been said and written to the con Lrary, notwithstanding the enormous taxes and bad governments in the .South generally, since the close of the war has been a golden period to those who worked. The resources of the South never were known before. The recuperative powers of the South are marvelous. Ou an average, one laboring man supports about fifteen idlers. There once was a law in South Carolina which required every man to plant and properly cultivate at least two acres of corn, or peas, or both for each member of his family, aud caused loiters to be taken up and placed under the coutrol of some industrious planter who would compel them to labor. Were such a law as this enacted at present, it would most certainly bring about a revolution, lleally, it is hard to see how multitudes of persons make an honest living and yet they seem to be well clad and full fed. If they produce anything it is after tin sun goes down. Kitciikn' Etiquette.?Humauity, sayi T> _ ...?.? kn nnnptosif t tl !J T1 |,v IjUCOI), IS SUUIIUI v?uu uj I.UUHI-OJ ......... ..J real benefits. If one would make thorough and efficient servants out of raw materials, ii must be doue by patience and long suffering You say they areprovokingly stupid; we wil suppose they are; but, if we have to deal with stupidity, let us use the means best adaptec to it. Will intimidation succeed ? Did yoi ever find that scolding made an order mor< intelligible, or caused anything but broken dishes and ill cooked dinners? Then, tn gentleness a little while ; if that will not ac eomplish anything, send away your servan and try another. You cannot afford to los< your temper; and a person on whom persisten kindness is thrown away, can render you nc intelligent or permanent service. We put i to the common sense of our readers, whethe; self-preservation, comfort and duty do not re quire of us a little more attention to kitchei etiquette ??ticvibnefs Monthly. | fvcadinij for the j^bbatb. ; OONDUCTKD BY ItEV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] CRUELTY. The hearts of some persons seem to delight : in cruelty. They are never more in their j element than when inflicting some injury upon 1 something. Every thing that has feeli ig is made to writhe on their approach. The i lives of birds and beasts are taken away with | a recklessness which is pleasing to devils, and horrifying to every other creature. Some persons seem never to reflect that birds and beasts have as much right to live and share the bounties of a kind providence as they have. But for the Almighty power of God, this world would soon be reduced to a misera ble waste without a single inhabitant, except a few devil-deluded men, without a grain of kiudnessor mercy in their hearts. [Original.] IMPATIENCE. God makes all things to work together for the good of his people. It is often difficult, whilst results are onlj' in process of accomplishment, to see that such is the case. In fact, it frequently happens that the most toresighted are led to conclude that all things are against them. It is a sin to be impatient; it is a duty to be patient. God is never in a hurry to accomplish his purposes; but he never fails. No power in the world can thwart him in his plans. What he undertakes he will certainly accomplish ; but he will choose his own means and his own time for the accomplishment ofhis councils. To be impatient is to manifest a want of confidence in the wisdom, goodness and power of God. We accomplish our duty in full when we do what God commands us, and patiently leave all results in the hands of God. By being impatient, we may retard the blessings of God's providence and grace. Impatience kept the I children of Israel out of the promised land for forty years. [Original.] GRUMBLING. In society there is a class of individuals who are never satisfied. Nothing goes right. Something is always wrong. It is either too cold or too hot; too wet or too dry. These individuals are called grumblers, and the trade they follow is grumbling. It may be said that to be always whining and complaining is a matter of but little moment. This conclusion is not strictly correct. It is a sin to be always complaining. We have no control over the weather ; hence, we have no right to object to tbe manner iu which God governs the elements. We ought not to say it is too wet or too dry, for we know nothing about the whole matter. God has governed the world for six thousand years, and notwithstanding the-fact that he has beeu often charged with doing useless things, he has, up to the present time, made uot a single blunder. It seems strange that men who are not capa- j ble of managing a two-horse farm successfully, will, without hesitation, charge the Ruler of the world with doing a thousand things wrong. Perhaps those who never find things as they think they ought to be, will deny that they accuse God of doing wrong. This does not alter the case in the least. If a farmer were to go into a blacksmith's -? 1 J-~i? ?u... tu snop UllU ueciaiu mat L'VCI y tmug m mc catablishment was out of place, uo one but the blacksmith would feel that he was chargeable with the disorder. Now when any one says that we have too much rain or too much dry weather, or too much cold weather, or too much hot weather, or too much of this kind of weather, or too little of that kind, who is blamed? It must be He who manages and controls the weather. God alone manages the clouds, and consequently the weather grumbler charges God with acting foolishly. It is a great wouder that God has not long before this, become incensed and hurled, in his fury, a multitude of the human, family to perdition for no other cause than their continual grumbling. Men say things about the Governor of the Universe, and the manner in which he controls his kingdom, that would be regarded and treated as high treason, if said against any of the petty monarchs of this world. If any father were treated by his children as God is treated by the human family generally, he would drive them from his house penniless and disgraced. God's i lone suffering in enduring grumblers is mar velous. Max Going, the Earth Abiding.? Everything appears to abide but man. The world is the grave of our race. Men who have prevailed to open the gloriofis book of nature, and to look thereon, who have deciphered the mystic characters, traced by an eternal hand on its earliest stone pages, tell us that between the successive acts of creation whole eternities have intervened. And yet iu this inspired volume we read, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Thy hands; they shall perish, but Thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment, aud as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed." There are no signs of decay. The stars that ' met the wonderings of the world's first fathers I look down in their calm and quiet beauty on ! the men who are but strangers and sojourners | here. Nature puts otf her vestments when they have become faded aud worn in the heat and dust of the world ; but in spring time she puis on garments as beautiful as ever, that have been woven in her own loom during the ; deadncss of winter. The world is a glorious , temple. We are told the worshippers are greater than the temple ; and yet we see generations treading its aisles, and presently they are lost to view, but the temple abides. It seems as if the world continued, and only man ! passed away. Hku'INg Others.?It seems a strange thing, but it is nevertheless true, that sharing another's burden, will lighten our own. Il '! you begin doing little things for your neigh1 | bor, it will very soon be easy for you to pur: form great deeds in his behalf. No man is ; sufficient unto himself?trust iu Providence is nothing but higher belief in humanity. Vou may feel very much depressed someday, [ discouraged and well-uigh despairing, when j some kind friend happens in?God sent?and 5 you soothed, cheered and encouraged ; the i vail is lifted, and you are happy once more. Many are able to give substantial help to j those who are in need ; money, to tide over ' some financial trouble ; food, to keep a family i from starving; gifts tliat nourish the heart t with assurances of love ; something that may . be a trifle in itself, but helps make up the 1 sum of human happiness. Put perhaps you i cannot do this ; you have a large family and I limited income, or are otherwise prevented i from making the hand the almond of the i heart. Well, then, draw ou the spiritual i treasury. Give kind words to those who need r them; comfort those who are bowed down; - speak lovingly to little children, and encourt agingly to those who faint for this support, j Stand ready to help everybody. ) Christ proposes to destroy, in the ret generated soul, all the works of the wicked r one?to remove every disposition of feeling - contrary to his own mind. Put in doing this i he must have the co-operation of the believer's , choice, affection, faith and service. (UMdrctt'si DejrartttWfli MOTHER'S MISTAKE. There were four of us?Sarah, Peter, Eben and myself. Our father had purchased a farm iu Northern New York, where himself and two rousing boys of nine and eleven might find employment, and the latter be removed from the temptations of village life. Our mother, for many years an invalid, was the light of home; and as the country was rough, and the few neighbors as rough and uncultivated as the land they tilled, it required no little ingenuity to furnish society and arause| ment for the uneasy troop that gathered around the maternal chair. Now it was a story of her home in dear old Catskill?of Dr. Porter, her pastor there?of hunts after chestnuts and blackberries up the mountain side?of the copperhead snake that bit her elder brother?and of the young boy who was drowned while skating on the Hudson. Again she taught us games, invented puzzles and I riddles, and when her health would permit, ' she hunted with us for berries and wild flowers. Then, we had a dog, a cat, a few geese, hens and turkeys, the cows, and such other pets and companions as four lively children I could coax from the fields and woods about us. One day, about the last of July, our elder brother astonished all hands by the capture of a beautiful red squirrel, with the brightest of eyes and the bushiest of tails, and although the geiule boy received more than one sabre cut from the cunning little rodent, he held him tight until the prisoner was safely deposited in his own chamber with strict injunctions that no person should .enter that room without permission, that the window should never be raised above a mathematical inch, and that all cats should be forever ex| eluded until a suitable abode could be provii ded for the little captive. How cautiously we crept through the door with a handful of nuts or corn for our active piece of property! But, as the promised cage was not immediately forthcoming, some one grew careless, by inattention or otherwise, and one day the squirrel was missing, much to the disgust of his lawful proprietor, and the disappointment of one, at least, of his numerous admirers. The whole affair would doubtless have been forgotten, had not a chain of circumstances exhumed the little fellow from oblivion. But l win not anticipate. For our mother's capricious appetite, the old-fashioned "loaf sugar" was always on the table, while a plainer quality rendered our tea or coffee sufficiently palatable, thouglv a geuerous lump of the former occasionally found its way to our fingers. Then the "china sugar bowl" was carried to the "China closet" at the eud of the chamber hall, where it remained in state until wanted again. But alas! for human calculation! One day it was found empty ; and again, and again, the mysterious theft was committed, and our dear mother receiving no light as to the real offender, faithfully set before us the sins of falsehood and theft, adding: "You know, children, how trifling to me is the loss of a little sugar ; but it never went without hands, and oue of you must be the guilty party; one of you knows which, and I will for the present leave the subject." But though the subject was left, the sugar was not; and the empty dish, from time to time, attested to a new burglary upon the "china closet." Tears and remonstrances from our mother were of no avail, and the criminal was not detected, while the sad verdict of "thief" was felt, if not rendered, after a final investigation. "I will not again permit you to deny the crime," our mother said. "Be sure your sins will find von nut,." I do not now recollect where the "china sugar bowl" was afterward removed, but.the matter was for the time passed over, and things assumed their usual routine in doors and out. August, September and October went by, aud chill November winds were pierciug our lighter clothing. Wrappers, socks, mittens aud ilaunels were all folded away in the "big cherry chest" in a passage way to the back chambers. Dear mother was overhauling the store?the dinner was smoking upon the table?and we only awaited her coming, when a little shriek from overhead brought all parties to their feet. "Mother has found a mouse, I guess," remarked father; and five valiant persons started to the rescue. "A mouse or something jumped out of the chest," quavered mother, "aud I shall expect to find things terribly guawed up; they are so mischievous." Search now commenced in good earnest. Things were slowly unpacked when a shout from the rear drew attention in that direction. "It's?it's?why it's the squirrel," chimed in a chorus of voices. And sure enough, there sat that veritable squirrel chattering aud watching, with marked interest, the motions of the assembled group, as we invaded the secrets of his late residence. "Blankets all right." "Wrappers ditto." "But what is this?" "Corn! Beechnuts! Sugar! ! All my missing sugar!" "There mother," shouted four voices in one breath. "You said lThut suyar never went without hands.' What say you now ?" But we were all too busy hunting the squirrel to hear or remember the answer. Certain it was, our mother was more pleased to find that the real offender was no relation of hers, than we were to get sight of the little rascal, who had been the innocent cause of so much domestic inquietude. Although his descendi ants still hang around the old homestead, we ! have never since been able to identify the hero | of the "china sugar bowl." Years have gone by. Sister Sarah went early to her rest; the origiual proprietor of j the squirrel has long adorned the medical ' profession, and the doctor's head is considerj ably sprinkled with gray; Eben has a nice j family of his own ; father bends under the i weight of four-score years; and dear mother* has exchanged hei sunny-brown hair for a less i corruptible crown; while I?well?I am pleasantly settled with a sober-visaged gentleman, I who quietly smiles as I rehearse to three tall I children the story of "Mother's Mistake."?N | Y Observer. ! Learn to talk like a gentleman, my boy ! Papa is sorry to hear you talk 'street talk !' Do quit it." i ..mm. i i.i i ?_11. > 9" " >V licit IS Sliuet UUtt, j/u|m "What diil you just uow say to sister?" : "I told her to be quiet." "But you said, 'Hush up,' aud said it very I loud ami rudely. Aud what did you, teu minutes ago, say to Martha?" "I told her to go out of my way." "But you did uotsay it half so nicely as that. ! You said, 'Get out of this.' And, I think, you j called her some name. What was it?" I Harry looked ashamed, aud the tears came; but he answered, "I called her a dirty snick." i "Just so. That is what I mean by street j talk. All these naughty words, and especially the rough toue and manner, you hear on the street. They belong to those boys who have : never been taught any better, and to those j men who, though knowing better, yet do not care anything about the better way. But my little boy must never use street talk." ! A Hkko.?"If I were a general," said Isivinor down his history. "I should * " > J -"O ? - * be happy." "Are you not happy now?" asked Aunt Margaret. ; "Oh, yes ; hut I long to be a hero. It is something to be a hero. Do you not think so ? "Yes," said Aunt Margaret, "I admire a hero. iShall I tell you how you may become one now, a boy hero, which I think is 1'ar more noble than being a general ?" "Yes," said Freddie, eagerly, "do tell me." "By being master of yourself. Do not give ' way to angry, wicked feelings. The Bible says, 'lie that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.' Think of this, and when tempted to do wrong, fight for the right, and you will be a hero greater thau a i general."?Children's Friend. JOHN H. ADAMS. FAIL AND WINTER GOODS! THE undersigned would respectfully announce to his friends and the public generally that his stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS is now complete having been purchased in the northern markets, from lirst dealers, by that experienced and judicious buyer, COL. McCORKLE. In my stock may be found a full and complete line of DRESS GOODS, . Including black and colored Silks, Velvet, Velveteen, Serges, Sateens, Poplins, Valourtf, and a great variety of Cotton Prints, of all qualities and 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 I a complete assortment of GOODS FOR GENTS' WEAR, Hals, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Jeans, Tweeds, Cassimeres, Cloths, Ac., Shirts, Under-Clothing, and a full assortment of Gent's Furnishing Goods. My stock will ho kept full during the season, and will embrace evory article usually kept in A FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT, to an examination of which the public are respectfully invited, feeling confident, as I do, that the I inducements I can offer are second to none in the market. JOHN H. ADAMS. Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. STATIONERS , md?, tyP, R Q First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN KCRNISII WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIONABLTSTAIIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and (Ball (Invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. ???? <i September 10 'XI tf CHESTER FURNITURE STORE, OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. A full assortment of MIT AID PAIITIB CHAMBER SITS, COTTAGE FURNITURE, BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES, EXTENSION AND OTHER TABLES. A great variety of CHAIRS, PICTURE FRAMES, LOOKING GLASSES, ETC., constantly on hand. As I buy direct from WESTERN MANUFACTURERS FOR CASH, I am enabled to sell as low, and a little lower, than any other house in this country. Persons wanting to buy FURNITURE will find it to their interest to examine my stock. Orders sent by mail or by Mr. F. M. UALBRAITII, will receive prompt attention. floods bought from me will be sent (freight paid) to the nearest Railroad Station of the purehSer. R. BRANDT, Proprietor, Chester, S. C. February 4 5 ly TIIE JAS. EEFFEIj ' Double Turbine Water Wheel, I J3L Manufactured by W POOLE & HUNT, Baltimore, Hd. ffjj 7,000 SO IV J X USE/ Ml n Simple, Strung, Durable, Stjp I always reliable and satis1 ?- 1'iti ?Jl xlnntifn^tfipara fltjft nf Portalle & Stationary k^^-yg!KSfe/Engines, Steam Boilers, ^w|tan|^^rt^bSaw & Grist Mills, Kin. ^Wr'forSCotton Mill's,Flour T7 Taint. White Lead and u Mill Machinery, Hydraulic and other resses.&c. Shifting, Pulleys and Hangers a specialty Jlnchine made Gearing; accurate and of'very beat tlulsli. Scud for Circular*. March 25 12 Sin HERRING'S PATENT CHAMPION SAFES, Established more than a third of a Century, REDUCEDINPRICE. Also two hundred Second-Hand Safes for sale at very low prices. HERRING & CO., ' 251 AM) 252 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 5(5 AM) ?0 SADBURY ST., BOSTON. February 18 7 3m? R. BRANDTj DKAI/KK IN JEWELRY, WATCHES,CLOCKS, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, Miusical Instruments, GUNS, PISTOLS, &C., &C., upyoHiie me v/?un CHESTER, S. C. Repairing watchesandengraving a specialty. All work warranted, orders given to Mr. F. M. GAL1IRAITH lor inc, will have prouipt attention. February 4 5 ly T.N.BENNETT,7 MAKER AND REPAIRER of GrTJIVS AND PISTOLS, AT CHESTER, S, C. | HAVE boon for so long a time MAKING i ? AND REPAIRING GUNS that I can give ja guarantee that my work will give entire sat' isfuetion. ' February 11 U ly rnfiHEf UJJft Jll I i NWmmithvIV Juno 4 2:1 tf AUCTIONEERING. rilllE undersigned takes this method to notify J the public that ho will give prompt attention to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining counties. Communications may bu addressed to i him at Yorkville, S. C. S. G. BROWN. March "> 10 tf HEATING STOVE. A SMALL HEATING STOVE for sale. Apply at this Office. | February lb 7 tf IMPORTANT NEWS TO PLANTERS! GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES ! In -view of the low prices obtained for Cotton the present season, and in order to place our Guanos within the reach of every planter, we have greatly reduced our prices. They will be sold as follows: T? CAROLINA FERTILIZER, CASH PRICE, PERTON OF 2000 POUNDS, $46, Payable May 1st, 1875. TIME PRICE, PERTON OF 2000 POUNDS, $53. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest. CLARK BROTHERS, Agent*, Yorkville, S. C. J. M. IVY A CO., Agent*), Rock Hill, S. C. CURETON, ARDREY A CO., Agents, Fort Mill, S. C. THE BRADLEY'S PATENT PHOSPHATE. Cash Price, PER TON OF 2000 LBS., $40. Payable May 1st, 1875. Time Price, PER TON OF 2000 LBS., $53. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest. T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkvillc, S. C. THE PALMETTO ACID PHOSPHATE. Cash Price, J 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 lor Almanacs and Information. FOR SALE BY CLARK BROTHERS, Yorkville, S. C. J. M. IVY <fc CO., Rock Hill, S. C. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., Proprietors, Charleston, S. C. January 14 2 4m THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atom works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. Thev are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, whiloit'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 reulace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton 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. AI. Campbell, AI. H. Currenee, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wvlie, Chester; I). A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. AI. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, bv buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS AIORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices delivered at depot in Greensboro: Xo. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, ?30 00 44 y 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 44 44 44 QQ Address, SERGEANT A AIcCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. AI. DOBSOX A CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LOXDOX, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. E. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysvillo, Chester county, S. C. ~ W. L. BRADLEY'S STANDARD FERTILIZERS. HI) SEA-FOWL GUANO. OUARANTKED EQUAL TO A^EYER SOLD! tollaL) (iKNKltAI, AUKNT.S, Augusta, Georgia. SKA-FOWL GUANO, in bags, of 200 pounds i each. j C. C. COE'S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, in baps, of 200 pounds each. BRADLEY'S AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES, in tight dry barrels and bags. ROYAL GUANO COMPOUND, in bags. of200 pounds each. The nbovestandard Fertilizers having been used for the past seven years, in the South, with unequaled success, are again olferedat 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 W. H. & J. P. HERNDON, Yorkville, S. C. February 4 5 3m APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administrator of the estate of H. H. SM JTH, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate for York County, on the Sth ' day of May, next, when he will make application for discharge as Administrator of the said estate. | J. E. CURTIS, Administrator, de bonis non. I April 8 14 at ! (Urn. ... I'RIt l)!iy at lioitif. Term* tree. Adilresn I 9[pf3 ' a. Stinmis St Co.. t'orllaml, Me. J l>* 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 overy 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, Ac., 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. 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February 4 5 tf "The sweetest, most powerful and durable now in use." B100MFIE1D & OTIS, NEW SCALE PIANOS, 209 EAST 19TH 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 nound 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 Fradel." (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm ofBloomfield A Otis have lately made several important improvements in their pianos, placing them in the front rank of American manufacturers." (Toledo, O., Blade.) "Bloomfield A Otis, of Now York, carry away the first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they did at the Fair of the American Institute. ConI uOioritiiT tli<> fact that thev met in competition all the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dunham, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high compliment, as the tests 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 Bloomfielddfc Otis' celebrated Patent Treble Pianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven years. Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED everywhere. Send for Circular and mention the name of the paper in which you saw this advertisement. January 28 4 tf M GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT 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 and 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 SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, ill tile South, unillft oroi 000 our I^iuuoo. if Sole Wholesale Agents fpr several of the principal manufacturers of Cabinet and ParlorOrgans. Prices from 850 to 8600. A liberal discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from 875 to 8600, always on hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the - " nnnn tirhn Lovfl hnilffht. n.imcs OI over ;WI oinunu no. o .. ..w .... . 0. and are using the Stieft' Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Factories, 84 and 80 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly C. WEST & SONS ALADDIN SECURITY OI... WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST. THE BEST HOUSEHOLD OIL IN THE WORLD. Indorsed by the Fire Insurance Companies. Read the followingCertifieate selected from many others: HOWARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE. Baltimork, Dec. 23, 1874.? Mcssi*. C. Went tC- Son*?Gentlemen: Having used the various Oils, sold in this city for illuminating purposes, I take pleasure in recommending your "Aladdin Security" as thesa/e.?< and best ever used in our household. Yours truly, (Signed) Andrew Reese, President. IT WILL NOT EXPLODE I ASK YOUR STOREKEEPER FOR IT. Wholesale depot, C. WEST & SONS, Nos. 113 and 115 W. Lombard St. February 4 52 6m* MUSIC HATH CHARMS. &C. WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give their children a chance for a musical education, but whose means are very limited, that I have made arrangements with the celebrated "Mason A Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons 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 the instrument, can, at any time,give it up or become purchaser; the amount already paid being applied to the purchase. Or a person having paid the rent for four years, becomes the owner of the Organ without further payment. Call and enquire -for particulars and see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the Adickes' building, where I may be found during all business hours, either to show you a sample or to wait upon you if vou want anything in the Photographic line as Heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentations and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" companies, I still insist that I have the best and cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, and I am ready to prove my words to all who seek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT. H.SsX^VULISIIIGI) l?ai. PUBLISHED Weekly in Greensboro, N. 0., by DUFFY <fc ALBRIGHT, at $2.10 per year in advance?postage included. It is Democratic-Conservative in politics and labors zealously for the material prosperity of the South generally, and North Carolina particularly. #?* North Carolinians abroad should not be without it. Specimen copies free. The Patriot and Yokkville Enquirer will be furnished one year for $4. Address, DUFFY & ALBRIGHT, Publishers,^ Greensboro, iN. u. February 4 5 tf BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of an EASY SHAYE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquihkk building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. He may be found at the Shop on Sunday mornings from 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. ! June 11 25 ly AGRICULTURAL LIENS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the | ENQUIRER OFFICE. inquirer. TERMS?IN ADVANCE : j One copy, one year, $ 3 00 i One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 2 50 I Single copy, 10 i Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 l ,?- r To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be I furnished one year, free of charge,