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f$ttM0V0tt0 fepartracnt. ( ORIGIN OF GREAT MEN. Some of our newspapers are fond of placing before the publio the origin of rich men. We think the poor ones should have a chance, ; ? so we relate the following brief facts for the ! j encouragement of others : , John Smith was the son of his mother. | This party's grand mother is deceased. She was a brick. 1 John Brown was the son of old Brown. I( The body of the latter lies mouldering in the 1 grave, and his soul is still marching on. i Henry Jones was a son of a gun. j John Jones was a son of temperance. s In earlv life, ftabriol -Tnnaa hoc a^noii" ? . y , ???- WMW ?? wu uv> tuunj a ^ shoemaker. He is a shoemaker yet. Previous to the age of 84, Caleb Jones 1 had never given any evidence of extraordiua- ^ ry ability. He has never given any since. 1 Patrick Murphy is said to have been of < Irish extraction. 11 James Patterson was a son of a common ( weaver, who was so miraculously poor that his_friends were encouraged to believe that """-^-~in case the Scriptures were strictly carried ' out he would "inherit the earth." He never ' got his property. I John Davis' father was a soap-boiler, and , not a very good soapboiler. John never j arrived at maturity?died in child-birth, 1 he and his mother. Johu Johnson was an eminent blacksmith. He died. It was published in the papers, 1 with a head over it. It was, therefore, < thought that he died to gain notoriety. ] He has got an aunt living somewhere. _ - Up to the age of 30, Hosea Wilkinson never had any home except "Home Sweet Home," and even when he had that, he had to sing 1 it himself. At one time it was believed that 1 he would have been famous if he had be- i come celebrated. * * m r* ? H .1 HE GEOGRAPHY jLESSON.?"(JlASS ID Ge ograpby, stand up. How many divisions of ft the earth are there ?" W "Seven." "What are they ?" "Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Long Division and Short Division." "Right. How many races are there ?" "Eleven hundred." "Nonsense. Let's hear you name them." "White race, black race, Indian race, boss race, race after gals, mule race, wheelbarrow ] ^ race, race after debt, mill race?" * "Hold on! Guess you are right, but we can't stay here all day. Now, then, what are the principal elements ?" "Air," water and the national debt." "Is the national debt one of the elements ?" "Yes, one of the elements of discord." "What is our globe divided into ?" "Land, water and benzine." "How much is dry land ?" T, t^Saloon keepers can tell better than I 1 can." "What is a mountain ?" "You ain't." I "Ain't what?" "Amountin'?to much." "You rascal, you, you will catch it for this." "I caught it lant term of Bill Jenkins, and ' hain't got over it yet." 1 Boy gets an intermission to scratch. "T7* A -r ^ul,ish jk \jnis juesson.?nere is a case , of English taught in one lesson. At some ' of the New York restaurants a very heavy "French style" is put on ; the waiters are mostly Frenchmen, and the bill of fare is often printed in French. A correspondent writes that venturing out early one morning in New York, he dropped into the first restaurant he came to, which happened to be one of the kind spoken of above. Carelessly giving an order, the waiter, bringing his shoulders up under his ears, responded, "Je n' parle pas Anglais, M'sieur;" and the hungry man had to point ^PltMits wants on the bill of fare, with which, after considerable delay, he was served. Just / here entered another customer, a tall powerL ful fellow, evidently fresh from the western fc\ prairies, who, settling himself into a chair, n ordered "beef steak, fried potatoes hot bread L 'n cup o' coffee." To him the grinning Frenchman repeated the same formula. "Je ?' parle pas Anglais, M'sieur." The western P^^nfmqjooked at him for a moment, and then, risingfrom his seat like the opening of a big jack knife with a stiff spring, slowly ejaculated, as he clenched a wicked looking fist; "Beefsteak?fried potatoes?hot bread?cup of coffee?d?d quick." The effect on the waiter was magical. There never was a man served more promptly with just what be ordered for breakfast than the hungry westerner. He 1 i_;- tv ivv ctiuciuij iiucvt iiic wttjf u1 pUlllUg nia XjUgllSll j 80 that there was do mistaking it. He Couldn't Resist the Odds.?A sod 1 of the Faderland went into Barney Galligan'6 < saloon the other day and called for a drink. I Barney shook his bead, saying: "No, you are j drunk now." j "I bade you not." "Well, I'll bet you fifty dollars to one that you are drunk," said Barney, while quite a 1 number gathered around to see the fun. i "Good enough, I bade you," said he, pulling l out fractional currency enough to make up a | dollar. "Now, who will you leave it raid ?" i, "I'll leave it to yourself. Are you not j, drunk ?" j ^ "Yes, by jingoes, I am," said he, mourn- ^ . fully, "take der dollar." - A friend of his happened to be in the crowd, < and upbraided him for deciding against him- I self. 1 "But it was der drudh." j, V\T 1 oil i f tit o a tnkof tt/mi tunrtf i II V1J| 11/ TV OO | TV IImv UiU J \J U TT Oii ? . j to be fool enough to bet for, then ?" "I couldn't help it, der odds was so gread," J he replied, turning away more in sorrow than in anger.?Bethlehem (B. /.) Times. Something Under It.?A good old Dem- , ocrat of Chicago, wheu his beautiful and accomplished daughters asked him for fifty j cents each to enter for a spelling tournament j in which they were sure they would win the j first prize?a copy of Webster?replied, em- j1 phatically, "No, girls, no. It's a rascally i Whig trick, there's something under all this. ! ( I see that Webster once to Washington when !, he was in Cougress, and I never believed that; ( they did haug him for murdering Dr. Parkman, but that his last words, 'I still live,'; would yet come true. And they have, and ; he's just trying to work off some of his old- j spelling-book truck on the market. No, my dears; your father has traveled, and is up to these games, bet your sweet lives." Hash.?A Fulton young man who was visiting abroad came home Saturday, and in the morning at breakfast remarked, as he reached his plate over, "Father, a little of the j mixture in the brown dish, if you please, and j a small piece of the prepared meat." The old gentleman, who is a plain, matter-of-fact; man, replied, as he loaded up the outstretched plate, "We like to have you come a-visitiu' us, John, but just remember that while you're eatin' here, if you want hash, say so ; and if; you want saseage, call for sassage, and not go | to spreadin' on any .DrooKiyn misery at my table." A Little Thin.?"Hair getting* a little j thiu, sir," said the barber. "Young man," j said John Henry, looking down upon him j, from the height of a solemn experience; * "young man, when you are married you will , never allude, in that thoughtless manner, to domestic afflictions. No; don't apologize. My feelings are blunted. Bat is there not some mysterious unguent?some soft, seduc- j tive compound?that makes the hair more slippery to the grasp ?" What countryman are you ?" inquired an English nobleman of a vagrant. "Au j Irishman, please your honor." His lorship asked, "Were you ever at sea?" "Come, j your honor," answered Paddy, "d'ye think I j' crossed from Dublin in a wheelbarrow ?" j i ?gncultol ?jfpartmeirf. [Original.) CORN. It is said by those who have been close observers, that about the same quantity of rain falls out each year. This, no doubt, approximates the truth, and the wise will make a proper use of the fact. Up to the present moment the spring has been very wet. Large juantities of rain have fallen out. Now, if ;he same quantity of rain falls out each year, we may expect a long aud severe dry spell tome time during the year 1875. If this ihould commence in the course of six or eight weeks from the present moment, the corn crop will be materially injured. We frankly confess that we know nothing about the weather; jut there are some things that every farmer )ught to know. Every sensible planter in die country knows that it takes but a short irougbt at the earing time of corn to shorten the crop very much. Every farmer also knows that high, poor uplands will not make much corn unless the season is wet, but that a large amount of the low-lauds of our 30untry do best in a dry season. With these facts and prognostications before us, would it _. c ._ . ?11 i.L_ jul ue wise iu evcrj' inrmer tu pmut an tnc bottom land in corn that he possibly can ? It would be wise to commence as soon as the cotton is planted, and prepare an extra corn patch, for if the season turn out to be dry, as we rather suspect, the grass will not grow fast. It is comparatively easy to work a crop in a dry season, and usually it is much easier to gather it. A few acres of wet bottom will, in a dry season, make a vast amount of good corn. There can be nothing wrong in this precaution. It is neither attempting to take advantage of Providence, nor preteuding to be weather-wise. It is simply, as reasonable beings, making a wise andp rudent use of the faculties which a wise Creator has bestowed upon us. [Original.] AGRICULTURE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. From its earliest settlement, South Carolina has been, emphatically, an agricultural State. The latitude, the soil, the climate?all mark out the State as adapted to agricultural pursuits. Such being the case, agriculture has not received that close attention which we might expect. The reason of this, no doubt, is the fact that it takes very little effort for the farmer to make a competency. On poor iin/) iirin(*A^o/ifina oaiIq flio mkoKifonto a rA ouu uupwuutuvg ouuO| tug luuauitautc ?ig obliged to resort to art to supply the defects of nature. This is illustrated by a reference to England. Much of the soil of England? both Old England and New England?is, by nature, poor. It has been made rich by art. There is another thing that has retarded the growth of South Carolina, in an agricultural point of view. It is this. There is not today, and never has been, any perraaneut aud extensive concert of action amongst farmers. Every one has been for himself, and no one aimed at anything like permanency. At any period in the history of the State, planters were ready, at a moment's notice, to sell out ill they had and go to someplace else, either in the State, or in some other State. It is diffisuit to account for this unsettled condition of things which has existed in the State from its infancy, and still exists. Few persons seem to t>e wedded to the soil, and yet all are bold to leclare that South Carolina is the garden spot of America. Those who leave the State aecome fully convinced, in their minds, respecting its excellency, so soon as they leave t. This migratory feeling has a powerful effect on the development of the agricultural nterests of the State. The improvements are >nly temporary concerns, in most instances, rhe houses are nearly all wooden buildings, vhich will, in most instances, not last more ,han one generation. No value is attached ,o them. Except in cities and towns, the soil will command as high a price in the market vithout the buildiugs, as it will with them. It is a rare thing to find the childien living n the house which their father built, and still rarer to find them living in the house jrected by their grand-father. In fact, parents never expect their children to occupy the homestead. It is contemplated that the houses which are put up will rot down about is soon as the builder wears out. In most :ases, they are miserable concerns, afFordiug hut littlecomfort to the possessor. The dwellings are mere icebergs in winter, and furnaces >n summer. The want of concert among farmers has had very much to do in impeding the progress of agriculture in South Carolina, and in 'act in all the South. Merchants have their * * . i 1 p. i mi ;rade unions, ana tneir ooaras or iraue. iney neet and consult who they will credit, and ivho they will not credit, for how much they will sell this article, and for how much that. The same is true respecting mechanics and iperatives in manufacturing communities; but the farmers of South Carolina have no boud of uniou. Many of them do not even take an agricultural paper. Each man steers bis own course. Farmers need a board of trade far more than merchants do. Fanners lose far more by crediting raerchauts than merchants do by crediting farmers. If one class of society has a right to protect itself, every other class has the same right. Merchants and mechanics are not blamed for acting in concert. No objection is raised against the boards of trade and trade unions of merchants. This is well enough ; but farmers are censurable because they each go singly, seperately and alone. Another thing which retards the progress of agriculture in South Carolina,is the way the landed estates are divided up. Some men have farms as large as those owned by the great landlords of England. In an agricultural country land that is in actual cultivation is so much capital proBtably invested. All lauds owned but not cultivated are a dead expense. The man who purchases a farm of two hundred acres, paying for it two thousand dollars, but ouly ? - fn. f* . I 4 V 1 J 11 _ cultivatingnity or tne two nunureu acres,reaiiy pays the two thousand dollars for the fifty acres. A shrewd merchant would regard the other one hundred and fifty as he does old and unfashionable stock. He would almost give it away to get rid of it. Were our farmers to engage more extensively in stock raising, then large farms would be necessary and profitable ; but for planting purposes, that only is profitable which is cultivated. Shall We "Bar Off" our Cotton?? When cotton is well up it must be worked. We must "run around" it, as the terra is. Some do this with a turning plow, runuiug the bar close to the cotton, while others use a scooter or sweep. Is the deep, close siding, as done by the turning plow, necessary or desirable? This depends upon the nature and condition of the soil. Where the land is heavy and the beds have compacted by beating rains, we think the barring off a useful and very important process; but on light, loose soils, and where the beds were freshly made at the time of planting, close, deep siding with any implement, is worse than useless.?Rural Carolinian. To Clean a Looking Glass.?Wash the glass with luke warm soapsuds and a sponge ; when dry rub it with a buckskin or chamois md a little prepared chalk finely powdered. (StoiMtw's Department. : THE BAD CLOCK. j I have a clock on ray parlor mantelpiece, ' and a pretty clock it is, with a gilt frame, i and a glass cover over it. Almost every one j ; who sees it, says, "What a pretty clock!" ! ! But it has one great defect?it will not go; L i and therefore, as a clock, it is perfectly use- j | less: it never tells what time it is. j? j Now, ray bad clock is like a great many j j persons in the world. Just as my clock does J not answer the purpose for which it was made, j | so many persons do not answer the purpose ^ for which they were made. What did God make us for? "Why," you wili say, "He ( made us that we might love him and serve 1 him." Well, then, if we do not love God and 1 serve him, we do not answer the purpose for i which he made us ; we may be, like the clock, ( very pretty to look at, but if we do not answer ^ tne purpose ior wnicn uon maae us, we are | just like the clock?bad. Those of our read- ( ers who live in the country, and have seen an { apple-tree in full blcom, know what a beau- J tiful sight it is. But suppose it only bore t blossoms, and did not produce fruit, you , would say it was a bad apple-tree. And so ^ it would be. Everything is bad, and every ( person is bad, and every boy and girl is bad, ) iftheydonot answer the purpose for which God made thera. 1 It may be that some of our readers will say, I "How can I do God's will ?" I will tell you. ( It is God's will that you obey your parents, j It is his will that you keep out of bad company. It is his will that you always try to do what is right. It is his will that you pray and read your Bible. And it is God's will 1 that you believe in Jesus Christ, trust in him for the pardon of your sins, and pray for his Holy Spirit. Mow be sure that you try to be not like the clock, which, however good in outward looks, is a bad one, because it does not answer the purpose for which it was made. Let every one, therefore, ask himself the question, "Do I answer the purpose for which God made me?"? Child's Companion. BESSIE'S IDOL. If Bessie Rice had set herself the task of making herself miserable, she would have not succeeded any better thau she did. You would say she had everything a little girl needed to make her happy ; yet she thought quite the reverse. The reason of her continual unhappiness was because she was always thinking of self, and thinking of every event that took place in reference to herself. If some one said "what a lovely summer shower; how much good it will do the withering fields and gardens!" you would very likely hear Miss Bessie complain, "0 ! I did not want it to rain at all. I watered my verbenas early this morning, and now this rain ha3 come. I cannot wear my new muslin at all when I go out, for I shall be sure to soil the hems." "What a kind woman Mrs. Dayton is, to clothe those two little Moore sisters up so ?v?* rinU 1 n nrl nk n T wrick T in Q o liCtttlJ iui otliuui auu vuuiv/iit m niou jl 11 ao rich, too, so I could do such acts of charity," said cousin Rose. "I wish," said Bessie, "that Mrs. Dayton had left the Moores alone. She has bought thera warm school wraps exactly like mine ; and I would never wear mine again, if mother would let me throw it away. Worse still, she sent to mother for the pattern of ray new sacque, to cut theirs by. I really think she did it for no other reason in the world thau just to plague me. I have been just as miserable as I could be over it ever since. It is dreadful to be obliged to wear clothes like such beggar children as those. People may think that we are friends, and that we went out shopping together, and bought our things ( alike on purpose." Do you think such a spirit would be veiy happy in heaven ? Do you think that one who indulges it is growing Christ-like, and so fit for that happy home??Preabyterian. . Disagreeable Habits.?Nearly all the J disagreeable habits which people take up, come at first from mere accident or want of thought. They might be easily dropped, but ( they are persisted in until they become second nature. Stop and thiuk before you allow yourself to form them. There are disagree- ( able habits of body, like scowling, winking, i twisting the mouth, biting the nails, continually picking at something, twirling a key or ] fumbling at a chain, drumming with the j fingers, screwing ana twisung a cnair, or whatever you can lay your hand ou. Don't j do any of these things. Learn to sit quietly, | like a?gentleman, I was goiug to say, but I am afraid even girls-fall into such tricks sometimes. There are much worse habits than ! these, to be sure ; but we are ouly speaking of j very little thiugs that are only anuoyiug when they are persisted in. There are habits 1 of speech also, such as beginning every speech . with "you see," or, "you know," "now-a," "I 1 don't care," "tell ye what," "tell ye now." 1 Indistinct utterance, sharp nasal tones, a slow drawl, avoid them all. Stop and think what ^ you wish to say, and then let every word drop j from your lipsjust as smooth aud perfect as a new silver coin. Have a care about your ways of sitting and standing and walking. Before you know it, you will find your habits have hardened into a coat of mail that you , cannot get rid of without a terrible effort.? Little Corporal. Keeping tiie Tongue.?Keep it from un- ' kindness. Words are sometimes wounds. . Not very deep wouuds always, and yet they ; irritate. Speech is uukind sometimes when ' there is uo unkinduess in the heart; so much 1 the worse that needless wounds are inflicted ; 1 so ranch the worse unintentionally pain is caused. ' Keep it from falsehood. It is so easy to j give a false coloring, so as to make a statement that it may convey a meaning different from the truth, while yet there is an appearance of truth, that we need to be on our guard. ' There are very many who would shrink from- 1 telling a lie, who yet suffer themselves in such ' inaccurate or exaggerated or one-sided state- { meBts that they really come under the condemnation of those whose "lyiug lips are an abomination to the Lord." 1 Keep it from slander. The good reputation ' of others should be dear to us. Sin should ' not be suffered to go unrebuked ; but it should 1 be in accordance with the Scripture method: 1 "Go and tell him his fault betwixt thee and him alone." And it should be borne in mind ' that what is too often considered as merely ; harmless gossip runs daugerously near, if it : does not pass, the confines of slander. A reputation is too sacred to be made a plaything of, 1 even if the intent be not malicious.?AmeriI i r ] can luewenyer. ' Jewels from the Lips.?As I was pass: ing the park one day last week, I heard a ' j company of schoolboys on the other side 11 ;shouting across: "Ragged Dick, halloo!) Ragged Dick, how's your father ?" Two j | boys were just before me, aud I knew the ' ! shouts were meant for one of them. They 1 were good little Willie Fernald, and Richard j 1 ' Lane, ragged enough, to be sure, poor boy. j1 His father is a drunkard. As I went by them,!1 ! I noticed that tears were falling from Rich- '! ard's eves, but jewels were droppiug from , Willie's lips. These were the jewels: "Never mind, Dick ; /love you. Don't care about them, nor mind 1 what they say. We'll have a real good time 1 up at my house. We can play in the yard ; 1 j and then I've a new book that ray father gave 1 , me, full of pictures, and we can look it over !1 together and I noticed that Dick wiped the (' tears away and was comforted. ' As the Master always had a kind word for 1 all, so we, having his Spirit, scatter the clouds 1 by our kind words of sunshine and love.? 1 Kind Words. I' ^ j I 4?? Generosity during life is a very differ- I ent thing from generosity in the hour of death. ? One proceeds from genuine liberality and be- ] I nevolence ; the other from pride or fear. j f parting (at the JWntfc. CONDUCTED BY HEV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] THE PROGRESS OF CRIME. No growth is so rapid as the growth of sin. The neat, gentle, and inoffensive boy of to-day, nay be a profane swearer, a vile debaucher ind an abandoned drunkard in a few years, i Bad habits grow with the rapidity of the mushroom, and with the strength of the oak. [t is startling how short a time it takes a decent man to arrive at the point of hopeless uin. When a man starts down hill it takes jut a short time to reach the bottom. The j noderate dram-drinker of to-day may be the joufirmed drunkard of next year. The man who neglects to attend to the ordinary duties )f religion, is sure to engage in the service of sin. In a short time he will become an adept. He who is so dull that he can scarcely learn the simplest rule in arithmetic, will learn, without an effort, the mode of solving the most difficult problems in the service of Satan. He will learn readily and accurately. The child that can scarcely learn the Lord's prayer in ten years, can learn to pronounce the most complicated profane sentences at once. It takes an effort to learn something good ; but wicked things are learned without any effort, and they are never forgotten. The little sinner of to-day is liable to be the monster of iniquity to-morrow. [Original.] GOSPEL SPIRIT. The gospel of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, disseminates amongst the human family a civilization totally different from the codes of legislators. It is emphatically a gospel of peace. The gospel spirit is a spirit of peace. This is a simple result, since it is founded on the broad base of love to God and love to man. Strifes, broils, contentions and wars, are at variance with the gospel. Were there no sin in the world, there would be no strifes amongst individuals, and no wars amongst the nations of the earth. The tendency of the gospel is to beat the sword into a plowshare, and the spear into a pruning hook. The man that embraces the truth In the love of it, receives a new nature. His soul is filled with pure and holy affections, and his sin-troubled passions are quieted. He desires to live at peace with all men, and all men to be at peace with him. His love, like the love of his divine Master, knows no bounds. He loves all who loves Jesus, and ardentlv desires that all will come to a kuowl edge of the truth and embrace the Saviour. The gospel spirit is a forgiving spirit. The true follower of the Saviour is like his Master, in that he is ready to say in his heart respecting those who transgress, "God forgive them." With the Saviour, there is forgiveness, and his spirit in this respect is imbibed by all his followers. None are so ready as the devoutly pious, to pardon and forget the wayward transgressor. The feeling that all his own goodness has been given him, keeps him humble and forgiving; and the knowledge of the fact that his abstaining from sin is not due to any thing in himself, but is wholly due to the restraining grace of God, makes him pity the poor sinner. The spirit of the gospel is a gentle, kind, pitying and forgiving spirit. DO YOU PRAY 1 Abraham did. And God gave him an heir in whom all nations should he hiessea ; ana promised to his descendants the land of Canaan ; and would have spared even Sodom at his request, had there been but ten righteous men in it; and made him the honored founder of a mighty nation and an ancestor :>f the great Messiah. Jacob did. And as a prince he had power with God and prevailed ; and was blessed by Him at Peniel; and again at Padan Aram ; ind was spared through the famine; and richly blessed in his person, his family and nis descendants through all the Jewish nation. Moses did. And God made him the deliverer of his people, to lead them out of their oondage in Egypt, and conduct them through the opening sea and to the very border of the promised land, and to give them His law and His ordinances; and when his end was come, juried him with His own hand in the valley, ifter he had died upon the mount. Joshua did. And he was permitted to go nto the promised land and possess it, and )verthrow the enemies of his people, and establish them as a natiou in their promised possession. David did. And though the cares of a lingdom pressed upon him, he still found time for communion with God, and has left is in the Psalms the richest treasury of devotion that the world ever seen. Hezekiah did. And his life was prolonged for fifteen years ; and the Assyrians were destroyed, a hundred and 6fty thousand of them in a single night; and the Babylonish captivity was delayed till he had gone to his rest. Daniel did. And though the nobles of Babylon conspired for his ruin, God kept him n Hftfativ. and closed the mouths of the lions. Jiat he should not be injured, and gav?"him the highest honors of the kingdom. Paul did. And it was the first pulsation )f his new life in Christ Jesus. "Behold, he prayeth," was the mark, divinely given, of tiis conversation and discipleship?from his being the bitter persecutor of the saints to being a saint himself. And his life of prayer led him to a life of labor for his countrymen, for the Gentiles, for the Church of Christ, till at last his prayers were merged in the mdless praises of heaven. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ did. A.nd we should never forget it. Though himself perfect and divine, with no sins to be parloned, no evil passions to be subdued, no temptations that He could not resist, no weakness that He could not overcome, no enemies that He could not conquer, still, as a man, He prayed. In the desert, in the garden, on the deep, by the wayside, by Himself, with His disciples, and on the cross, He prayed. And His prayers were heard and answered, in blessings on His followers, and the Church, and a dying but ransomed world. With such examples, and with such blessed results in view, do you pray? With all the commands, and encouragements and promises to prayer, do you pray? Do you ask, when God has said you shall receive ? Do you 3eek, when He has promised you shall find ? Do you knock, when He has declared it shall be opened unto you ? When He has said He is more willing to grant His Holy Spirit to ; them that ask it than earthly parents are to give good gifts to their children, do you come aud ask, that you may receive that Spirit, and so live forever? With all these encouragements and promises in view, do you pray ?. American Messenger. A Called People.?The people of God ire a called people. They are not driven to their churches, nor are they brought there by my trick or mercenary plans. The church is a body made up of those who are called to membership in it, and who respond as under the influence of the divine Spirit. This should make us feel more thoroughly the voluntari-; oess of religion, and also the consecration which it demands. It should also teach us : that the honest, frank, earnest presentation j if the gospel is that which the genius of Christianity requires, aud which God will bless to an effective end. The tricky, flashy: iensp^ u ores* _ " ?-JL THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. I NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! 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Foraclubof50subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style, the cash price of which is seventy dollars. ^StfThe 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 speak advisedly?naving nad one in constant use in our own family since 1866, during all of which time it has never failed to work in the most satisfactory manner. OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. In addition to the attractions of the Enquirer, we invite attention to our terms of subscription, and the liberal offers we make to those who may be disposed to form clubs. TERMS?FREE OF POSTAGE. Single copy, one year, $3 00 Two years to the same address, 6 00 In clubs, each 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 $2.50 each, we will give a No. 1 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $60. T 2. For 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a No. 2 Weed Sewing Machine, woith $65. 3. For 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a No. 3 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $70. The engravings given above in this column representthestyleofjhedifferentmachines. No. lis black walnut, oiled, plain table. No. 2 is black walnut, oiled, half case. No. 3 is black walnut, oiled, half case, with two side drawers, and with ^ or without drop-leaf, as may be preferred. k These offers are not confined to a single club, ci nor is there any competition invited as to who F shall procure the largest club. Each and every " club of 40, 45 or 50 names will be entitled to the [r designated premium. p The machines will be shipped from the nearest Rrarifh offir>n of the Weed Machine Company to the persons entitled to receive them, transports- j tion charges, which will rarely exceed $5, if sent by freight line, to be paid by the person receiving nr the machine. ? The offe. made in this prospectus will be binding upon the proprietor of the Enquirer until the 15th day of October, 1875; and persons who C may commence making clubs, can forward names as rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid in ^ advance, having until the above-mentioned date in which to complete their lists. J It is not required that subscribers shall all re- A ceive their papers at the same post-offlce; but subscriptions must be for a term not less than one year. One subscriber for two years will be Q equivalent, in making up lists, to two names for one year eacii. ? 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 as they shall be received; and should any fail to secure either premium by the 15th of?)ctober, 1875, but should procure ten or more subscribers, an extra copy of the paper will be given for the ten names mus procured, hiiu mr nn aumun|jiiiMio ... excess of ten, a cash commission of twenty-five cents will be given on each name. Tnn Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to ai.t. Subscribers. Remittances may be made at onr risk, by draft, post-office order, or In registered letter; if made otherwise, we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, county and State. Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sent to any address on application. ANOTHER SPLENDID OFFER. premiums to single subscribers. For the advantage of those who are inaccessible by a club-maker, but may yet wish to avail j themselves of our liberal offers to subscribers, we have made arrangements with the publishers of Smith's Bible I)icri. nary by which we are enabled to offer that valuable work as a premium to subscribers, at a cost to the subscriber for the book and the Enquirer, of little more 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, or to every person who desires to road the sacred volume intelligibly. The Dictionary is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of London, and the most eminent lexicographer in the world, who, in its preparation associated with himselfovcr seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and this country, in the great tusk of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt by the religious public. The result of these labors appeared in three large and very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning. An I abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. Smith himself, is the one we have arranged to furnisli our subscribers. The book containscvery name inthe Bible respecting which ? anvthincr can"be said. It embraces the results of historic research, antiquarian investigation, the study of languages and dialects, and the discove- "E ries 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, X on good paper, and is appropriately illustrated with over 125 Engravings of beautiful Scenes, A Ancient Cities, and Momotable Places of the j Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Maps. Tt contains nearly 800 closely-printed, double-column, octavo pages, including 24 elegant full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It < is printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and very ' legible face. The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictionary is $3.50. We will furnish a copy of the work, substantially bound in cloth, ana a copy of the . ? Enquirer one year for $4.50. Or for a club of five subscribers at $2.50 each, we will furnish a copy of the Dictionary to the getter up of the club. The book will be mailed, free of postage, to the persop entitled to receive it, direct from the office : of publication. Subscribers whose terms of subscription have not expired, by forwarding the money, will re- j CHESTER FURNITURE STORE, OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. A full assortment of linn in fin hub sin COTTAGE FURNITURE, ED8TEADS, 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 iw, and a little lower, than any other house in lis eonntry. Persons wanting to buy FURNITURE ill find it to their interest to examine my stock, /-.-j? ??u? ?,?:i hv \fr v. M GAL vruurs acut uj uiun w? vj .. - . RAITH, will receive prompt attention. Goods bought from me will be sent (freight aid) to the nearest Railroad Station of the purliger. R. BRANDT, Proprietor, Chester, S. C. February 4 5 ly The sweetest, most powerful and durable now in use." BLOOMFIELD & OTIS, ?EW SCALE PIANOS, 209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a ew manner of stringing and a new method of insrting /sound board, the most important results ave been obtained. "The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness nd delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I ave tested them as I would a Grand, for points f delicacy and strength, and they have stood the 3st in every way. In many respects they are stierior to any manufactured in America. CHARLES FRAOKI.." (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianjt to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of ax Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm of Bloomfield A Otis have lately made everal important improvements in their pianos, lacing them in the front rank of American maoifacturers." (Toledo, 0., Blade.) "Bloomfield A Otis, of New York, carry away be first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they id at the Fair of the American Institute. Conidering the fact that they met in competition all ? ?? 1- ? ii? ir ?1.? n,, lie cstaoiisuea iavorues, sucu tuo miuuc, l>uuain, Lightc, Bradbury, and many others, which fere skilfully handled, this is certainly a high ompliment, as the tests were thoroug h and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Educaon, Brooklyn, together with the local commit38s, after examining and thoroughly testing all the rincipal instruments manufactured, have purhased Bloomfield A Otis' celebrated Patent Treble 'ianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven years. Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED verywliere. Send for Circular and mention the name of be paper in which you saw this advertisement. January 28 4 tf lie above la a rndurerl copy of the titi.e page of the RUral Carolinian. rHE publishers have determined to change the commencement of the Volumes of the RURAL CAROLINIAN From October to January. THE RURAL CAROLINIAN is the leading .gricultural Journal of the South. Publishers nd Editors are all Southern men, and it is devoid exclusively to the interests of Southern Agri ulture. While it is not tne paid organ 01 me 'atrons of Husbandry, or of any society or set of len, it has been the most powerful advocate for ie establishment of Granges in the South, and its lfluence has contributed greatly to the present rosperity of the Order. D. H. JACQUES, Esq., of Charleston, S. C., Iditor-in-Chief. CHARLES H. DODGE, Esq., of the Denartlent of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., Entolological Editor. ? Regular Contributors. ol. D. WYATT AIKEN, Washington. D. C. [ENRY W. RAVENEL, Esq., Aiken, S. C. :ev. C. W. HOWARD, Kingston, Georgia. ol. N. H. DAYIS, Greenville, S. C. RURAL CAROLINIAN--92 PER ANNUM. ddress WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, Publishers, Charleston, S. C. The Rural Carolinian and the "Yorkville Enuirer" will be furnished at ?-1 per annum. January 28 4 tf ESTABLISHED, 1832. Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. SmTIQIIES i sT#^s ; First-Class Work i OUR SPECIALTY, ! YET, BY USING CHEAPEH GRADES OF STOCK, j WE CAS FURNISH WORK AT , LOWEST LIVING PRICES. \ FINE FASHIONABiJsTATIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. XIToAAin/r nnA nil Jniritntinn* I IV5JfW?*l*W?g WW IJ1II >IM?V>? ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. / September 10 37 tf HERJ^mG'S 'ATENT CHAMPION SAFES, Established more than a third of a Century, DEDUCED I TV PRICE. lsotwo hundred Second-Hand Safes for sale at very low prices. HERRING & CO.. i51 AND 252 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 56 AND 60 SADBURY ST., BOSTON. February 18 7 3m* B< I ( ( < Jr. ? 1 ^ 23 ^ THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour 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 8tove 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, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the nsual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers-is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton accountofits intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of borne purchasers. Sfore than ONE THOUSAND 6f these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Gutbriesville; John A. Brown,Rock Hill; B. P. 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, by buying of us, and at the same time get a _ STOVJS 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 foet pipe, $30 00 41 J 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, frrPAnfllonrn M P T. M. DOESON & CO., Agents, Yorkville,'S.C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. aTwillipobd, ROCK HILL, S. C. MORE YOTJJfG HORSES! I NOW have on hand, at my Stable in Rock Hill, S. C., SIXTY HEAD of young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? xi ? ? *?? ?n/1 tiamooa an). among IIJUIII sumu ginj\i nouuic oxa%4 <iai uvoa ?M. mals, which I will sell ON TIME, payable first of October, 1875, the payments to be satisfactorily secured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on reasonable terms. ? A. WILEIFORP. NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are requested to pay up at once and save cost. A failure to comply may injure their credit with me during the present year. A. WILLIFORD. CORN WANTED^ ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A.. WILLIFORD. FODDERWANTED. 1WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, for which I will pay $1.50 per hundred pounds. A. WILLIFORD. w GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPHI6HI pi^nsros 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 aud the most thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists and composers ana the piano-purchasing public, of the South especially, unite in the unanimous verdict of the superiority of the 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 principal manufacturers of Cabinet and ParlorOrgans. Prices from $50 to $600. A liberal discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from $75 to $300, always on hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought and are using the Stieff Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Factories, 84 and 86 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly * C. WEST & SONS ALADDIN SECURITY OIL. WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST. THE BEST HOUSEHOLD OIL IN THE WORLD. indorsed Dy me r ire niBumum wiupQiuw, Read the followingCertificate selected from many others: HOWARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE. Baltimore, Deo. 23, 1874.? Measis. C. West & Sons? Gentlemen: Having used the various Oils, sold in this city for illuminating purposes, I take pleasure in recommending your "Aladdin Security" as the safest and bestever used in our household. Yours truly, (Signed) Andrew Reese, President. IT WILL NOT EXPLODE 1 ASK YOUR STOREKEEPER FOR IT. Wholesale depot, C. WEST <fe SONS, Nos. 113 and 115 W. Lombard St. February 4 52 6in* ijTthe district court Of the United Statesfor the District of S. Carolina. In the Matter of \ T? L. D. McMACKIN, Bankrupt. ] In Bankruptcy. At Yorkville, in the said District, on the 22d day of April, 1875. ? NOTICE is hereby given that a petition has been filed In the said Court, by L. D. McMACKIN, - A-? i? ? i^nlv /In 31 ureenvuie county, in ui? atuu uiauiu, v?m? ??glared a Bankrupt, under the Act of Congress, . antitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States," Approved 2ml March, 1S67, for a discharge and ertiticate thereof, from nil his debts and other claims provable under the said Act; and the 13th lay of May, 1875, at 12 o'clock, M., is assignad for a hearing of the same, before W.I. Clawson, Esq., one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Uourt, at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina, when and where the creditors may attend and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of :he said Petition should not be granted. R. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. . April 22 16 8t I THE JAS. LEFFEIi I Doable Tarbine Water Wheel) Manufactured by W POOLE ft HUHT? A Baltimore, H<L |f| 7,000 NOW IN USE/ fll Simple, Strong, Durable, sfp II always reliable and aatle- I factory. 1 Manufacturers, also, of Sift Portable & Stationary ! ^nginea, 8 team Boilers, & Grist Mills, Mia! Machinery, Gearing for Cotton Kills, Flour. OU MiU Ka^nery^ttSlio^a^tfer Presses,&c. Shafting,Pulleys and Hangcrt a specialty. Machine made Gearing; accu| rato and ofVery best finish. Bend for Circulars. March 25 12 6m AGRICULTURAL LIENS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. lit* tfxfMtm. TERMS?IN ADVANCE > Dne copjr, one year. $ 3 00 Dne copy, six months, 1 50 3ne copy, three months, 2 50 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 ren copies, one year, 25 00 ?J To persons who make up clubs often or 1 more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge,