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Counting Chickens.?The reason why
people count their chickens before they are
hatched is because it is easier. Mr. Beuson
found a dead hen back of his barn one morning.
He suspected it was one of his fowls,
but he was not certain, and the only way to ,
ascertain, he thought, was to count his flock,
which numbered sixteen. He gathered them ;
together with a few flakes of cold pancake,
and commenced counting : "One, two, three, '
four, five, six, seven? One, two, three, 1
four, five, six? One, two, three, four, five, <
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven?pshaw! ,
One, two, three, four?four?four?goodness ,
gracious! One, two, three, four five, six,
seven?seven?seven?thunder and lightning!
Oue, two, three?one, two, three, four, five,
six?six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven?elev? '
blast ye, stand still! One, two?two?two, <
three, four?four?four?four? O, you will, i
will you ?" he suddenly screamed, choking '
with passion, and jumping up and down in an j
ecstacy of rage. Then he dove after a clothespole,
and bore down on the frightened and
flpoinir Kono lito a utkUniioJ 4*? ' I
mwvw6 ..vuw nav u niiuiniim, scattering ujc
yard with feathers, and filling the air with i
the shrieks of the crazed bipeds, and never :
ceased the attack until every hen was out of , j
sight. He don't know yet whether that heu j
is his. j
Rowing Against the Tide.?About thirty
miles above Wilmington, North Carolina,
lived three fellows, named respectively Barham,
Stone and Grey, on the banks of North
East river. They came down to Wilmington
in a small row boat, and made it fast to the
wharf. They had a time of it in the city, but
for fear they would be dry before getting
home, they procured a jug of whisky, and
after dark, of a black night, too, they embarked
in their boat, expecting to reach home in
the morning. They rowed away with all the
energy that three half-tipsy fellows could
muster, keeping up their spirits in the darkness
by pouring the spirits down. At break
of day they thought they must be near home,
and seeing through the dim gray of the morning
a house on the river side, Stone said :
"Well, Barham, we have got to your place
at last."
"If this is my house," said Barham, "somebody
has been putting up a lot of outhouses
since I went away yesterday; but I'll go
ashore and look about, and see where we are,
if you'll hold her to."
Barham disembarks, takes observation, and
soon comes tumbling along back, and says :
"Well. I'll be whinned if we ain't at Wil
r ? ? _ ri ? ? i
miogton yet; and what's more, the boat has
been hitched to the wharf all night."
1
Too Much Prosperm^.?A good for noth- 1
ing wretch was brought up before the raagis- ]
trate on a charge of drunkenness. The evi- (
dence showed that he had been tipsy for a j
week, and he was asked what he had to say
for himself. "Well, Yer Honor," he replied, s
"me and my old woman never did live easy *
together." "That's no excuse for your get- j
ting drunk," said the Court. "You're right, i
Yer Honor, and so it ain't,'"' was the answer, j
"We used to fight like cats and dogs together."
"Drinking made it worse," remarked the magistrate.
"That's true," rejoined the man ; "she c
discouraged the life out of me, and kept me f
poor, until last week when?" "Well, what s
did she do last week ?" "She died, Yer Hon- j
or." "And you have been drunk ever since ? j
"Yes, Yer Honor; I never could bear pros- ^
perity." ,
The Foolish Virgins.?It comes to us 1
that a Sunday-school teacher having taken i
much trouble to explain to her class the para- ?
ble of the wise and foolish virgins, thought on ,
the following Sabbath she would see if they j
remembered her instruction. Telling them
to stand up (they were all under ten years
of age), she said, "Now, girls, what did I tell s
you about last Sunday ?" (
A perfectly blank look on the faces of (
all?no one had remembered?till a pair of r
bright black eyes, sparkling with delight, and .
a little hand raised to attract the teacher's attention,
caused the teacher to ask, "Well, ]
Louisa, what was it ahout?"
The answer was, "Why, about thera wo- 1
men that forgot their kerosene." j
She had seized the obvious idea, though (
Scripturally the answer was a little off color. ^
? ? ?
He Would Try It.?An old gent living 5
in the country called at the office of the gas
company in Chicago the other day, having a I
r two quart pail in his hand, and asked : I
"Is this where they sell gas ?" j
"Yes, sir, we can furnish you with gas,"
replied the clerk.
"Well," said the old man as he pulled the
cover off his pail, "I've heerd a good deal '
ahout gas, and ray wife's heerd a good deal i
about gas, and I'll take two quarts along and j
try it. How much is it a quart?" ,
When he was informed that pas was a va
CD j
por, and the method of burning was explained,
he sighed and said : I
"Hannah will be awfully disappointed."
The Falling Tear.?An old woman sat
on a bench in the Grand Trunk depot yesterday,
wiping her eyes with her handkerchief,
when a portly man, full of sympathy, said to
another :
" 'Tis sad to see the falling tear. It al- j
ways makes my heart ache to see an aged
person in trouble." (
Walking up to her, he kindly asked :
"My good woman, why these tears?why
do you weep?"
She took down the hankerchief, looked up
in surprise, and bluntly answered :
"Ive got the wust cold in my head I've]had
for forty-six years."?Detroit Free Frees.
S&" A venerable African, over in Alabama,
has sententiously expressed the principle
cause of the decay of Southern prosperity in
these words: "Afore the war the white gentlemen
'tended to the politics and the niggers
worked. Consequence was crops was good
and white folks had mouey plenty. Now-adays
the white gentlemen and the niggers am
both gone crazy on politics, don't neither of
'em do no work, and the consequence is ain't
neither of 'em got 'nough to buy corn bread."
An Unlucky Man.?On Saturday night
two men got into a wordy controversy which
waxed quite hot, aud finally oue of them
challenged the other to a square fight. The
challenged party filibustered around, and endeavored
to avoid committing himself on this
issue, but finally pressed by the other, he positively
declined to fight. "Not that I'm
any coward," he said, "or that I'm afraid of
you, but I, was allers an unlucky man in
a fight."
"Five cents fare for that child, madam,"
said a street car conductor, as he opened the
door and put his head into the car. "Very
well," she replied, feeling in her pocket; "this
is an orphan child and I'm its guardian.
I must have a receipt for all moneys paid out,
and as soon as you write me one, I'll drop a
nickel in the box." He shut the door and
leaned over the brake like a man in deep
thought.
Grandma's Portrait.?"Did you ever see
that picture, grandma?" asked a young lady,
as they took a view of the family portrait gallery.
"See it! Why, it's a portrait of ray
self when I was seventeen." "I thought you |
had forgotten it, or you wouldn't always be- j
lecturing us girls about modesty in dress." :
Grandma looked over her spectacles,- and de-!
clared the girls now a days were very impertinent
to their elders.
ft6T A zealous but ignorant negro preacher
in expounding to his flock as to the astounding
nature of miracles got a trifle confused in
the matter. He said, "My beloved friends,
the greatest of miracles was 'bout the loaves
and fishes?dare was 5,000 loaves and 2,000
fishes, and de twelve 'postles had to eat dera
all, and de miracle is dey didn't burst." i
JwjtifuJtol ?cpattracut. |
[Original.] ,
FENCES.
The man that undertakes to break an individual
from a long-formed habit, or to change j
the manners and customs of a people, en- j
gages in a difficult task. Success will only
partially crown his efforts, and he will most
probably be hissed as a setter-forth of strange
doctrines by those whom he will fail to reclaim
from bad habits, and by those whose long- j (
established customs he will not be able to
;hange. A large number of every commu- j
nity are, with respect to their customs, as itj
was with the laws of the ancient Medes and ;!
Persians. They never change. They build i
their houses, cook their food, sit down and get j,
jp, eat and sleep, as did their fathers. The i,
world moves forward, but they stand still, i
rhe theory that "circumstances alter cases" i
is, by this class of individuals, regarded as '
totally false in theory, and they feel at perfect
liberty to treat it with absolute contempt j
in practice.
The custom in this country?we mean in (
the State of South Carolina?for the past 1
hundred years, has been to fence the crop and 1
let the stock run at large. Now the individ- j
jal who intimates that he doubts the propri3ty
of continuing this practice, may expect to ,
ncur the censure of some persons?how many, I
lepends upon circumstances. The question,
lowever, like the "Impending Crisis" about 1
ivhich we all heard so much some years ago, j
nust come. Circumstances which no single
nan cau control, will force the question upon s
he country. We predict that when the pres- }
mt fences which enclose the planted fields of |
south Carolina rot down, they will never be rejuilt.
We have, we think, good and solid 1
easons for making this prediction. In some j
ections there is not timber to fence the fields. |
Absolute necessity will force those residing ,
n these sections to fence in their stock and i
urn their crops out. Partially, this is the s
:ase now. In some sparsely timbered sections 1
>f the State there are not enough of rails on
he farms to enclose one-tenth of the land cul- ^
ivated. All the division feuces have been (
emoved, and so also have been the fences i
vhich separate the farms of differeut individ- i
ials. There is now only a turn-row, where, <
ifteeu years ago, there was a fence.
Again, the Legislatures of adjoining States i
lave partially passed what is known as a fence |
aw. Some portions of Mecklenburg county, i
tforth Carolina, have no fences around their
;rops. The farmers of those sections are de- 1
ighted with the working of the system. They '
lay it is cheaper and more advantageous in j
svery respect. The system will gradually ]
jass from one section to another until the i
ences will all be removed from around the <
ilanted field.
It is clear that such are the circumstances 1
)f this country at present, that farmers must
sither entirely give up the practice of raising
itock, or put their stock in enclosures. As (
itock-raisiug is carried on at present, a large i
ser cent, of the stock bred dies of neglect. <
Df that raised, a large per cent, is stolen ; and 1
;he remainder, in a multitude of ways and '
!rom a multitude of sources, is ruinously
ibused. In this section, so well adapted to
itock-raising, farming cannot be conducted
jrofitably without raising stock sufficient for
tome consumption.
The objectors to a change in the present (
system will be mainly those who have a cow <
>r a pig which they contemplate raising out J
>f either the cribs or fields of their neighbors, s
rkrttr mill nloim i k a f tKnii* nr\ ijtt anrl iKuir nwv
Llixzj urn i/iaiiii vuokv vugu vun c*iiu ouvit j/'g
lave an inalienable right to root and browse (
vherever their instincts may direct thera. (
rhese individuals will claim that their stock j
lave rights guaranteed to them by nature, <
iud perpetuated to them by law, to go into <
jvery field that is not enclosed with a fence
sight feet high, and so close that a ground- '
squirrel cannot crawl through the chinks. '
rhese individuals will claim this privilege for !
their stock on the ground that the world owes J
them a living, and it does not matter how or ]
from whom they get it. <
This theory must soon explode. The man
who buys a forest is entitled to all its ad van- 1
tages. The grass and canes which spring up
upon it are as much his as the trees. They
are as much his, and he ha3 as much right to
say how they shall be used, as the corn that .
grows in hi9 cultivated fields. Change the
present fence system, and the number of stock i
will be reduced, but the quality greatly increased.
Stock will then be regarded as '
property, aud not as it now is?-a nuisance.
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TILLAGE AND HEAVY MANURING.
Two very important helps to earliness in ,
gardening are not sufficiently understood? ,
heavy raauuring and high tillage. Heavy
manuring is usually given with a view to big
crops, aud no gardener would for a moment ,
think of dispensing with it. But it serves a ,
further purpose?that of inducing a quick ,
growth. When plant food is ready at hand
in abundance, of course the growing crop
consumes more of it; and this very food de- ,
velops more feeding organs, which in turu
help to build up the plants, and to send the ,
roots deeper. Altogether a thrifty, quick |
and tender growth is induced at a time when, ,
in poorer soil, and unfavorable weather, the ,
plant would but barely live and hold its own. ,
The most marked effect of heavy manuring j
for earliness, is especially noticeable on cabbage,
lettuce, beets, asparagus and rhubarb. (
Upon these crops it pays to apply at least
100 tons of manure per acre. ,
Frequent and almost constaut tillage pays,
not only for the increase of the crop, but also i
for quickening it. This effect I have noticed
as very marked upon what we might call the
u'liotKflr frnno tnmntnpa mplrma pilrMim
.IWfc v.vr ? , ,
bers, squashes, beans and corn. So much is |
gained by frequent tillage, that I think if two j
crops of melons be raised, one on sod in the 1
hot-bed and set out in the garden and given j
the usual tillage, and the other planted at the
time of settiug out the first, but given three !
times the usual tillage?say that it be worked
twice a week?the later crop will be as early, j
if not indeed earlier, than the former. Cab- i
bage, too, seems especially susceptible to this !
forwarding by tillage, and if to this be added j
the heavy manuring before recommended, the ;
capabilities of the orop will certainly astonish j
the inexperienced. I have noticed such re- i
raarkable results from constant, thorough
tillage, not only in promotion of earliuess
but increase of yield, that I have thought
that upou this class of crops manure might'
be dispensed with and yields, both large and
early be secured, if the tillage be only sufficient.?J.
B. Root, in Fruit Recorder.
A Scrap Book.?Every farmer should 1
keep a book in which to paste agricultural j
scraps. Every one, in reading a paper, will
see things which he will wish to remember.
He will, perhaps, see suggestions, the value j
of which he will desire to test, or hints which j
he will want to be governed by in future operations.
And yet, after reading the paper, i
he will throw it down, and will probably j
never see it again. In such a case all the
valuable articles will be lost. To prevent j
such a loss, every reader should clip from the
papers such articles as he desires to preserve,
and paste them in a scrap book. Such a
book, at the end of a year or two, would be ,
very interesting and valuable, and would well ;
repay the little labor and time required to j
make it. I
flMfacn'si Dppartwent.
THE MAGNET.
Do any of ray little friends know what a
magnet is ?
There are two kinds; one is the natural i
magnet, and is found only in a few parts of j
the earth ; it is called natural, because God j
made it just as it is. The other kind is called j
artificial, because men make it. They were ;
a long time finding out how to make it, but
by a great deal of hard study and practice in
experimenting, they at length succeeded in
making a pretty good imitation of what God
had already made.
The magnet looks like a piece of iron or
steel, and possesses some very peculiar properties.
For instance, a little needle made out
of it, and placed on a pivot, so as to be easily
turned, will point north and south. Is not
this wonderful ? It is one of the wonders of
God, and no man can account for it, that is,
tell the reason why. Truly does the psalmist
iow "ITow iiiiqpo rntin KIp in Wis wisdom illld
His ways past finding out!" But, you will
3ay, what if the magnetic needle does point
north and south?what good does that do anybody?
I will tell you. When a ship is
out in the ocean on a dark night, and the
captain cannot tell which way to steer her
course, he looks at his little friend, the magnetic
needle, swung on its little pivot, and it
never fails to tell him. So, too, a traveler,
who has lost his way in the great desert or in
the woods, may look at his little friend, aud
be told silently, yet surely, which way to go.
Since it has been known to mankind, many
thousand ships have been brought safely into
port by its use. Ten thousands of precious
lives have been saved by it.
When I was a littlo boy, a gentleman
stopped one night in the towu where E lived,
xnd showed the people a magnet, the first one,
nerhaps, that most of them had ever seen.
When he placed it one side of a table, and
then placed a little, commou needle on the
jther side, the needle began to quiver and
nove a little, as if blown by a gentle breeze;
placed a little nearer the magnet, it would
nove perceptibly toward it, that is, the magiet
would attract or draw the needle; placed
still nearer, the needle would jump and cling
to the magnet, so that, in trying to remove it,
fou would think they were glutd together,
fhe blade of a common pen-knife, when
r\lo oorl nrroiMcf f Vi a moimnf urAtilrl u1c/\ atmlr
jyiavtu u^aiucv wuv lunguviij nwuiu uiou uviva
;o it, and, if allowed to remain a little while,
irhen pulled off, would partake of the magnet's
aatureor power of attracting a needle or othir
similar metalic substance, so that you could,
3y holding the blade near a needle, make it
quiver, and the needle, placed against the
alade, would stick to it, and so you could, in
die same way, pick up a tack or a shingle
lail with the knife-blade.
This all seemed very wonderful to me, but I
lever thought, until long years afterward,
low very much the magnet resembles the
jreat God who made it, and how much you
md I, little reader, resemble the common,
little needle. Did you ever think of it? Take
pour New Testament, and turn to the fourth
chapter of James and eighth verse. It says:
'Draw nigh unto God, and He will draw
ligh unto you." Now, compare this little
irerse with what I have told you about the
magnet and the needle, and ask your father
jr mother to explain to you the meaning of
;he verse. They will tell you that the best
and happiest people on earth are those who
iraw nigh to God, and to whom God draws
aigh. Yes, and all the saints in Heaven and
:he angels of God draw nigh to Him, and are
jnspeakably happy forevermore.
May this be your portion and mine.?J. B.
GUSTAYUS III. AM) THE POOR GIRL.
One evening little Annie clambered upon
her father's knee, which she was very fond of
loitig when the work of the day was over.
At once she asked for a story. "What kind
>f a story, darling?" asked her father. "A
Bible story, or anythiug else you please ; your
itories are all good." Well, theu, listen:
"There was once a good king of Sweden,
jailed Gustavus the Third, whose death ocjured
in 1792, after a reign of twenty-one
pears. One morning he was riding through
i village near Stockholm, his capital city.
Seeing a young girl at a fountain getting
water, he asked her for the favor of a drink.
Without knowing who was addressing her,
jhe stepped forward and lifted the pitcher to
his lips. The ready kindness of the girl, her
irtless manner, and her appearance of being
poor, drew the king's heart toward her. He
told her if she would come to live in the city,
he would nlace her in a more agreeable and
comfortable position in life.
"'Ah ! good, sir,'answered the girl, lam
not anxious to forsake the position in which
Providence has placed me; and even if I were,
E could not leave my home to accept your
offer.'
" 'And why not ?' rejoined the king, with
some surprise.
" 'Because,' replied the girl, with some signs
of real modesty, 'my mother is poor and sickly,
aud I am the only one she has to take care
of her and comfort her; aud nothing that
could be offered would lead me to leave her.'
"'Your mother ?' returned the monarch,
'and where is she ?'
"'In this little cabin,' was the reply; the
girl at the same time pointing to an humble
dwelling close at hand.
"Gustavus descended from his horse, and
went with the girl into the cabin to see her
mother. There he found, lying on a bed of
straw, the aged, suffering mother, who was
sinking under infirmities. His kind heart
was moved, and he said to the woman, 'I feel
nr>M>> nnMMtr mothop f r\ fi twl ItAII Q/\ rloutlf Ilia
VCi J dWliji ty U&JVA juu ou ucobiiuby
and afflicted.'
" 'Yes, dear sir, I am poor and sick,' she
replied in a feeble tone, 'and should be distressed,
indeed, but for the affectionate attention
of my dear daughter, who labors and
strives to support and comfort me, and omits
no effort for my relief. May God remember
it to her for her good,' she added, as her hand
wiped away the tears which now rolled down
over her cheeks.
"The good king was very much affected,
and never, perhaps, was he more thankful,
than at that momeut, that he was able to help
a suffering fellow-creature. Then handing
the daughter a purse of gold, and directing
the poor family to a better house, he said to
the girl, 'still my dear young friend, go on
taking the same care of your mother, and you
shall not fail to have my help. Trust my
word, I am your king. Good bye.'
"On reaching his home, Gustavus made
provision to have a sum of money regularly
nnwl t<? the woman, fnr her sunnort. as lone
I'"*v* - ' rr '? " o
as she might live ; and when her death occurred,
he remembered the daughter with a very
rich endowment. IIow strikingly did God in
this case reward, even in this life, the honor
and love shown by this dear girl to her mother."?Lutheran
Sunday School Herald.
Why They Went to Wah.?A certain
King sent to another King, saying: "Send
me a blue pig with a black tail, or else?"
The other replied :
"I have not got one, and if I had?"
On this weighty cause they went to war, j
After they had exhausted their armies and |
resources, and laid waste their kingdoms, they i
began to wish to make peace; but before this j
could be done, it was necessary that the in-:
suiting language that led to the trouble should
be explained.
"What could you mean," asked the second
King of the first, "by saying 'Send me a blue
pig with a black tail,' or else??"
"Why," said the other, "I meant a blue pig
with a black tail, or else some other color.
But what could you mean by saying, 'I have
not got one,' and if I had??"
"Why, of course, if I had I should have
sent it."
The explanation was satisfactory, and
peace was accordingly concluded.
The story of the two Kings ought to serve
as a lesson to us all. Most of the quarrels
between individuals are quite as foolish as
the war of the blue pig with a black tail. I
fUading fat the ^ahbath.
CONDUCTED BY
ItEV. ROBERT LATHAN.
[Original.]
THE CHALDEAN HISTORY OF THE FLOOD.
Besoru9, a Chaldean priest, who lived three
centuries before Chri9t, wrote a history of the
flood, some fragments of which have been
preserved by the Greek historians. Inasmuch
as he wrote after the Jewish captivity,
and differed very slightly from the Scripture
record, there was great reason to doubt,
whether he may not have obtained his information
from the captured Jews, rather than
from alleged inscriptions on Chaldean monuments.
But all doubt ou this question is now :
happily removed.
In 1842, M. JBotta was appointed French
Consul at Mosul. Somo of his workmen,
digging a well at Khoraahad, struck upon the
walls of the palace built by Sargon, king of
Assyria, seven hundred and twenty years before
Christ. The winged bulls and other
spleudid sculptures and antiquities, thence
taken by M. Botta to Paris, sufficed to arouse
the sprit of other explorers, amongst whom ,
Mr. Layard, assisted by Sir Stratford Can- 1
ning, met the first remarkable success. He
soon discovered the palaces of Sennacherib
and Esarhaddon, also some minor monuments,
all of which he subsequently described and
illustrated. After him Sir Henry Rawlinson,
author of the historical evidences of the Bible,
discovered many monuments, which he sent
to the British Museum, and persevered until
he discovered the key to reading the inscriptions
upon them. Thus the whole volume of
ancient Assyrian and Babylouish history was
opened to subsequent explorers. This volume,
George Smith has read and translated with
great assiduity and remarkable results, which
? i i . i??j fiLi.e
ne nas laieiy jmi-msucu. vmci aiuungob um
discoveries aie the tablets of the "Izdubar
Legends." There were twelve of them, but
only the 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, i
have yet been found. The 11th contains the '
Chaldean history of the deluge. Izdubar was
Nirarod, and his chief city, Erecb. (See Genesis
10: 10.) He was a mighty hunter, and
his friend and hunting companion, Heabani,
an astrologer and soothsayer, was killed by
a wild beast. Izdubar, was inconsolable for
Heabani's death; and the 9th tablet is inscribed
with a funeral ode on the occasion. It
bewails Heabani as "covered with the mantle
of darkness"?"not lifting his bow"?"not
grasping his mace"?"not sharing the noble
banquet." The bitterest wail of all is this?
"Thv wife whom thou lovest, thou dost not
kiss; thy wife whom thou hatest, thou dost not
strikeIzdubar in his grief and dejection,
grows incurably sick, and iB warned in a
dream to seek the aid of Hasisadra?the
Noah of the Bible. According to this Chaldean
history, he had not survived the flood ; {
but at its close had been translated to heaven?or
rather to the spirit state?in a far off <
city, where he built the ark. That city is 1
named Surippak?"the ark city"?and lay on j
the Persian gulf near the mouth of the Eu- i
phrates river. Monuments found in Babylon '
show that it bore that name up to the 16th
century before Christ, at which time it was
captured by Haramenabi, king of Babylon.
There Izdubar hasteus to seek the aid of the '
spirit of Hasisadra. After a long and difficult
journey, in which he encounters giants <
and demons, he reaches the spirit of Hasisa- '
dra, which tells the history of the deluge, and
there directs Urhamsi to cure Izdubar by
bathing him seven times in the sea. Thus the 1
leprosy is cast off, and Izdubar goes home in
youthful beauty. 5
To condense this history of the flood, set j
forth in the many columns of the tablet, we
might say in brief that it differs very little 1
from the Bible history in the main facts, but
is very much longer in its multitude of details. 1
r4 i. ii- ^ 1
lb represents uie peopic aoucauujrcu IU1 men
wickedness by Hea?god of the sea. He (
warns Hasisadra to build the ark. Its dimensions
are given in cubits, but the key to 1
the figures has not been discovered. Hasisa- ?
dra, though then living and ruling in a city (
which he had founded on the Persian gulf, is
nevertheless commanded to build the ship on l
dry land. He hesitated, saying, "The young 1
and the old will deride me." The reply of j
Hea is mutilated, but it causes the ship to be \
built?"on the earth fixed." The frame, the
planks, the roof, he mentions, and then says, '
"three measures of bitumen I poured over the
outside?three measures I poured over the j
inside." Then come boxes and baskets con- ?
taiuing articles for the sacriBce. "Wine in '
goat-skin3 I collected like the waters of a (
river." Food, as the dust of the earth." Hea i
"gathered the beasts of the field." Women
servants, female slaves and boatmen also were 1
taken in. The ark was entered and the door ,
shut. Then follows the description of the 1
terrible storm. Thus: "The raging of a storm (
in the morning arose from the horizon of i
heaven extending wide." "Vu! in the midst ,
of it thundered." "Nebo went in front? '
throne bearers went over mountains and J
plains." "The spirits carried destruction ;
in their glory they swept the earth. Of Vul
the flood reached to heaven." "The bright 1
earth to a waste was turned." "Brother saw
not his brother." "In heaven the gods sought 1
refuge. They ascended to the heaven of i
Auu." "All to corruption turned, and there
I, in presence of the gods prophesied evil?
to evil were devoted all ray people?like the
young fishes, they filled the sea." "The gods ]
were weeping, in seats, seated in lamentation, J
covered were their lips for the coiniug evil." ,
"I nerceived the sea making a tossing, and the 1
whole of mankiud turned to corruption?like J
reeds the corpses floated." "The ark drifted 1
until it rested on mount Nizir. There the j
dove, the swallow and the raven, are success- \
ively sent forth from the ark?and the raven <
feeding upon the corpses in the water did not !
return." As soon as Hasisadra came out of \
the ark, he built an altar and offered sacrifice, i
and the gods?"like flies over the sacrifice 1
gathered." They promise not to make another
deluge. They also purified the country
and Hasisadra aud his wife, to be like gods,
were carried away.
The Christian in Sorrow.?We reraera- !
ber to have been told that when persons re- !
ceive electric shocks, if the balls are not ,
grasped tightly, they blister the hands?while
if they are, the hands take no damage. Is
not something of this kind true as to the
spirit with which Christians meet earthly i
sorrow ? If they are fixed in faith and firm
in patience, is not the wound of the heart the
less ? And is not the wound the greater, if
they are unbelieving, timid,shrinking? Oh!
for wisdom, when the "shock" of sorrow comes,
to "grasp the balls tightly," and escape enduring
pain !?Baptist Herald.
Resolution which springs from Christian
principle, and is fortified by it, is fearless :
as well as unremitting. It is conclusive of
good purposes and the pledge of their being \
executed effectively in noble sentiments and j
worthy deeds. The soul of the resolute is less
calm than firm.
S8P There is a way that seemeth right unto >
a man, but the end thereof are the ways of I
death.
THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER.
NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS!
UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS!
BY a very liberal contractjust entered into with
the Weed Manufacturing Company, we are
enabled to offer greater inducements to clubmakers
than ever heretofore.
READ OUR PROPOSITIONS!
Weed Sewinjj Machine, No. 1.?Price, $60.
For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50each, we will
?ive a WeedSkwino MACHiNHoflhoabovestyle,
the cash price of which is sixty dollars.
Weed Sewing Machine* No. 2.?Price, $65.
For a club of 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, wo will
?ive a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style,
the cash price of which is sixty-five dollars.
Weed Sewing Machine, No. 3.?Price, $70.
For ft clubof 50 subscribers, at 92.50 each, we will
give a Wked Sewing Machine of the above style,
the cash price of which is seventy dollars,
.ja?-The reputation of the Weed Sewing Machine
is equal to that of any other first-class machine
in the market, and of its merits we can
ipeak advisedly?having had one in constant use
In our own family since 1860, during all of which
fimn if hna nfludr failed to work in the most Sat
isfactory manner.
OUR LIBERAL OFFERS.
In addition to the attractions of the Enquirer,
we invite attention to our terms of subscription,
ind the liberal offers wo make to those who may
be disposed to form clubs.
TERMS?FREE OF POSTAGE.
finglo copy, one year, 86 00
Two years to the same address, 5 00
in clubs, eacii subscriber, one year, 2 50
PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.
To those willing to form clubs for the Enquirer
we make the following liberal offers:
1. For 40 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will give
i No. 1 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $60.
2. For 45 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will give
i No. 2 Weed Sewing Machine, worth 865.
3. For 50 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will give
i No. 3 Weed Sewing Machine, worth 870.
The engravings given above in this column rep esentthestyleofthedifferentmaehines.
No. lis
alack walnut, oiled, plain table. No. 2 is black
walnut, oiled, half case. No. 3 is black walnut,
ailed, half case, with two side drawers, and with
ar without drop-leaf, as may be preferred.
These offers are not confined to a single club,
lor is there any competition invited as to who
shall procure the largest club. Each and every
dub of 40, 45 or 50 names will be entitled to the
lesignated premium.
The machines will be shipped from the nearest
aranch office of the Weed Machine Company to
fie persons entitled to receive them, transporta,ion
charges, which will rarely exceed 85, if sent
ay freight line, to be paid by the person receiving
fie machine.
The offG. made in this prospectus will be bindng
upon the proprietor of the Enquirer until
fie 15th day of October, 1875; and persons who
may commence making clubs, can forward names
is rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid in
idvance, having until the above-mentioned date
In which to complete their lists.
It is not required that subscribers shall all receive
their papers at the same post-office; butsubicriptions
must be for a term not less than one
year. One subscriber for two years will be
equivalent, in making up lists, to two names
for one year each.
Subscriptions may commence with any number,
and the paper will be sent for a full year
from the time the subscription begins.
Each club-maker will be credited with names
is they shall bo received; and should any fail to
secure either premium by the 15th of October, 1875,
but should prooure ten or more subscribers, an
3xtra copy of the paper will bo given for the ten
names thus procured, and for all subscriptions in
jxcess of ten, a cash commission of twenty-five
jents will be given on each name.
The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to
ill Subscribers.
Remittances may be made at our risk, by draft,
[jost-offico order, or in registered letter; if made
itherwise, we will assume no risk.
Write names plainly, giving post-office, county
ind State.
Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sent
;o any address on application.
ANOTHER SPLENDID OFFER.
PREMIUMS TU SlflULCi guratniiifiiu.
For the advantage of those who are inaccessible
by a club-maker, but may yet wish to avail
:hemselves of our liberal offers to subscribers,
tve have made arrangements with the publishers
of Smith's Biree Dictionary by which we
ire enabled to oiler that valuable work as a premium
to subscribers, at a cost to the subscriber
for the book and the Enquirer, of little nibre
than the publisher's price of the book. Smith's
Bible Dictionary is a standard work, and indispensably
necessary to every student of the Bible,
:>r to every person who desires to read the sacred
volume intelligibly. The Dictionary is the work
of Dr. William Smith, of the University of Lonilon,
and the most eminent lexicographer in the
world, who, in its preparation associated with
himselfover seventy distinguished divines and
authors, of both Europe and this country, in the
great task of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary
of tho Bible, and supplying a want long felt
by tho religious public. The result of these labors
appeared in three large and very costly volumes,
a wonderful monument of learning. An
abridgement of this great work, for popular use,
madoby Dr. Smith himself, is tho one we have
arranged to furnish our subscribers. The book
contains every name in tho Bible respecting which
anything can bo said. It ombraces the results of
historic research, antiquarian investigation, the
study of languages and dialects, and tho discoveries
of the modern travelers and explorers in the
Holy Land?Robinson, Rawlinson, Ferguson,
Layard, Offert and Stanley.
The book is printed from new stereotype plates,
on good paper, and is appropriately 'illustrated
with over 125 Engravings of beautiful Scenes,
Ancient Cities, and Memorable Places of the
Holy Land, descriptive Figuros and valuable
Maps. It contains nearly 800 closely-printed,
double-column, octavo pages, including 24 elegant
full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It
is printed in typo of a heavy, distinct, and very
legible face.
The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictionary
is $3.50. We will furnish a cony of the work,
substantially bound in cloth, ana a copy of the
Enquirer one year for 34.50. Or for a club of
five subscribers at $2.50 each, we will furnish a
copy of the Dictionary to the getter up of tho club.
The book will be mailed, free of postage, to the
porson entitled to receive it, direct from the office
of publication.
Subscribers whose terms of subscription havo
not expired, by forwarding the money, will receive
a copy of tho Bible Dictionary, and have I
their subscription to the Enquirer extended one
year. The cash must accompany all orders.
L. M. GRIST, Proprietor,
Yorkville, S. C.
*
I "The sweetest, most powerful and durable j II
| now in use."
I BLOOMFIELD & OTIS,
NEW SCALE PIANOS, j
209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK.
EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, fl|
giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a |
new manner of stringing and a new method of in- |
sorting sound board,the most important results jj
have been obtained. g
"The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness i I
and delicacy of touch that cannot I>esurpassed. I I I
have tested them as I would a Grand, for points | S
of delicacy and strength, and they have stood tho r
test in every way. In many respects they are su- |
perior to any manufactured in America.
CirARJ.ES FRAOEr,."
(Tho eminent and favorite Composer and Pianist
to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of
Sax Weimar of Eisonach.)
(Rochester Musical Times.)
"The firm of Bloomfield it Otis have lately made
several important improvements in their pianos,
placing them in the front rank of American manufacturers."
(Toledo, O., Blade.)
"Bloomfield it Otis, of New York, carry away
tho first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they
(lid at the Fair of the American Institute, con- q
sidering tlio fact that they met in competition all ^
the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dunham,
Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which
were skilfully bundled, this is certainly a high
compliment, as thetestawerethorough 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 pur- "E
chased Bloom field it Otis'celebrated Patent Treble
Pianos for the use of the schools."
These Pianos are warranted for seven years.
Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED
everywhere.
/5S&" Send for Circular and mention the name of T
the paper in which you saw this advertisement.
January 28 4 tf
C. WEST & SONS c
ALADDIN SECURITY OIL. J
WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST. M
THE BEST HOUSEHOLD OIL IN THE WORLD.
Indorsed by the Fire Insurance Companies. g
Read tho followingCertiticate selected from many
others:
HOWARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY t
OF BALTIMORE. Bai,timork, Dec. 23, 1874.?
Messi s. C. West A Sons?Gentlemen : Having
used tho various Oils, sold in this city for illuminating
purposes, I take pleasure in recommending
your "Aladdin Security" as the sa/est and
hest ever used in our household. Yours truly, T
(Signed) Andrew Reese, President. r
IT WILL NOT EXPLODE !
ASK YOUR STOREKEEPER FOR IT. T
Wholesale depot,
C. WEST & SONS,
Nos. 113 and 115 W. Lombard St. m
February 4 52 6m* 1
H A 1? CHAP.
MJjrm, ml*. M-0 am. k7i?\/ &
THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fash- _
ionable 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 Enquirkr 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. y
June 11 26 ly x
Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C. ?
STITIQIIIS jj
Ci
First-Class Work ?
OUR SPECIALTY, ?
YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK,
WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT
LOWEST LIVING PRICES.
FINE FASHIONABLFsTflTIONERY,
Piries Paper and Envelopes. 'J
Wedding and <?all Invitations
ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE ie
LATEST STYLE. ?
V sc
September 10 37 tf jr
W. L. BRADLEY'S it
standard fertilizers, g
B3J w
SEA-FOWL. GUANO. *
QUARANTKED j'
equal to any ever sold! ^
POLLARD A C0.,C01T0N FACTORS, j ^
GENERAL AGENTS,
Augusta, Georgia. |
SEA-FOWL GUANO, in bags, of 200 pounds
each.
C. C. COE'S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, ?
in bags, of 200 pounds each. LBRADLEY'S
AMMONIATED DISSOLVED -1
BONES, in tight dry barrels and bags. Ln
ROYAL GUANO COMPOUND, in bags, of200 [T
pounds each. J"
The abovestaiulard Fertilizers having been used ^
for the past seven years, in the South, with une- ' J
qualcd success, areagain offered at prices that can- '
not fail to give satisfaction, while the standard is
guaranteed to bo equal if not superior to any ever
sold. * es
For prices and terms, apply to
W. H. A J. P. HERNDON, in
Yorkville, S. C.
February 4 5 3m cj,
I THE JAS. EEFFEL I C1
i Doable Turbine Water Wheel, 1
1 & Mann factored by
IT PUULiS & HUM', rn
A Baltimore, Bid. ...
IH 7,000 SOW IS VSEt <
Mm n Simple, Strong, Durable, !
II always reliable and Bails- ]
1 Manufacturers also. of
Portable & Stationary
^^^jJRSfirEngines. Steam Boilers, P,
| & Grist Mills, Min. :
faint 1 White Lead ami
Oil miu Machinery, ^Jaraulic and other "Tk
; Presses,&c. Shifting, Pulleys and Hangers ; P
a specialty Machine made Gearing; sccu- 4
rate and of Very best finish. Send for Circulars- <J
March 25 12 6m
AUCTIONEERING. ?
T1HE undersigned takes this method to notify _
the public that he will give prompt attention
to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining
counties. Communications may be addressed to 11
him at Yorkville, S. C. S. G. BROWN. H
March 5 10 tf
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June 4 26 tf
i ,n ''EH Day athoine. Terms free. Address ni
' *Jp JZiMJ G. Stixso.n St Co.,Portl:iiul, Me. 6 ly* ' fll
IMPORTANT NEWS TO PLANTERS!
GREAT
DEDUCTION IN PRICES !
In view of the low prices obtained for Cotton
ie_Bresentjicagoii, and in order to place our
iianos within the reach of every planter, we
ave greatly reduced our prices.
They will be sold as follows:
THE
CAROLINA FERTILIZER,
CASH PRICE,
TETON OF 2000 POUNDS, $46.
Payable May 1st, 1875.
TIME PRICE,
'ERTON OF 2000 POUNDS, $53.
Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest.
LARK BROTHERS, Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
, M. IVY A; CO., Agents, Rock Hill, S.C.
CURETON, ARDREY <fe CO., Agents, Fort
till, S. C.
THE
IRADLEY'S PATENT PHOSPHATE.
Cash Price,
?ER TON OF 2000 LBS., $46.
Payable Mav 1st. 1875.
~~ "J ^ '
Time Price,
?ER TON OF 2000 LBS., $53.
Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest.
. M. DOBSuN & CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
HE PALMETTO ACID PHOSPHATE.
Cash Price,
EE TON OF 2000 LBS., $30.
Payable May 1st, 1875.
Time Price,
>ER TON OF 2000 LBS., $35.
Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest.
HEIGHT AND DHAYAGE TO BE ADDED.
Call on Agents lor Almanacs and Information.
FOR SALE BY
CLARK BROTHERS, Yorkville, S. C.
J. M. IVY & CO., Rock Hill, S. C.
GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO.,
Proprietors, Charleston, S. O.
January 14 2 4m
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flHE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour
L works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal
tisfaction wherever introduced. They are made
the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavr
and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho
arket, and consequently will the longer withand
heat and bard usage. They are of band
>me pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal
i every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold
i the United States, while it is confidently claimed
lat they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual
ieces or ware and cooking utensils are tarnished
ith each Stove. An important consideration
ith purchasers is the fact that our patterns and
?es are never changed. Should a piece get acciantally
broken at any time, we can replace it at
te mere cost of casting. Not simply because it
a home production, buton accountof its intrinc
merits as an article of household economy, do
e ask the patronage of home purchasers. More
lan ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now
i use, and among many others having them we
ispecttally refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie,
. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county ;
,'rs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon,
uthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P.
oyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville.
ou can save the freight from the northern cities
id the dealer's profit, which is no small item,
7 buying of us, and at the same time get a
rOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those
northern make. Tho following are our prices
ilivered at depot in Greensboro:
o. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00
44 -J 44 44 44 44 44 44 14 26 00
Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY,
Greensboro, N. C.
*r nnncAv At po a cents. Yorkville. S. C.
, 1*1. - wttl ? _
)HN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C.
A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chesr
county, S. C.
fcaiiaiVr
GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT
PIANOS
I AVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST
PREMIUMS, and are among the best now
ado. Every instrument is fully warranted for
re years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of
e very best materials and the most thorough
nrkmanship will permit. The principal pianists
id composers ana the piano-purchasing public,
the South especially, unite in the unanimous
irdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO,
le DURABILITY of our instruments is fully
tablished by over
SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES,
the South, using over 300 of our Pianos.
Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the prinpal
manufacturers of Cabinet and ParlorOrgans.
rices from $50 to $600. A liberal discount to
ergymen and Sabbath Schools.
A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at
ices ranging from 876 to $300, always on hand.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the
tmes of over 2000 Southerners who have bought
id are using theStieff Piano.
CHAS. M. STIEFF,
Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Factories, 84 and 86 Camden St., and 45 and 47
jrry St.
May 21 21 ly
APPLICATION FOE DISCHARGE.
tottpe is hprnhv civon that the undersigned.
Administrator of the estate of H. H. SMITH,
iceased, will make a final settlement with the
idge of Probate for York County, on the 8th
iy of May, next, when he will make application
r discharge as Administrator of the said estate.
J. E. CURTIS, Administrator, de bonis non.
pril 8 14 5t
AGRICULTURAL LIENS,"
MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to
f I Real Estate. For sale at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
Ike ?0tfewiU* (SNqitiw.
TEIIM8?IN ADVANCE i
ne copy, one year, $ 3 00
no copy, six months, ] 50
ne copy, three months, 2 50
nglc copy, 10
wo copies, one year, 5 00
sn copies, one year, 25 00
ZE#* To persons who make up clubs often or
ore names, an extra copy of the paper will lie
irnishod one year, free of charge,