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Muraorous grpartrarnt. AN IRREVERENT CLUCKER. They have had more trouble at our Methodist meeting-house. Last Sunday Rev. Mr. Moody was just beginning his sermon, and had uttered the words, "Brethen, I wish to direct your attention this morning to the fourth verse of the twentieth chapter of Saint " when a hen emerged from the recess beneath the pulpit. As she had just laid an egg, she interrupted Mr. Moody to announce the fact to the congregation; and he stopped short as she walked out into the aisle screeching: Kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk-te-ho! Kuk-kuk-kuk-kukte-ho! Mr. Moody contemplated her a moment, and concluded to go on ; but the sound of his voice seemed to provoke her to rivalry, so she put on a pressure of five or six pounds to the square inch, and made such a racket that the preacher stopped again and said : "Will Deacon Grimes please remove that disgraceful chicken from the meeting house?" The deacon rose and proceeded with the task. He first tried to drive her toward the door, but she dodged him, and, still clucking vigorously, got under the seat in the front pew. Then the deacon seized his umbrella and scooped her out into the aisle again, after which he tried to "shoo" her towards the door; but she darted into the pew, hopped over the partition, came down into the opposite pew, and in the side asile, making a noise like a steam planing mill. The deacon didn't like to climb after her, so he went around, and just as he got into the aisle, the hen Hew into the middle aisle again. Then the boys in the gallery lauged, and the deacon began to grow red in the face. At last Mr. Binns came out of his pew to help, and as both he and the deacon made a dash at the chicken in opposite directions she flew up with a wild cluck to the gallery, and perched on the edge, while she gave excited expression to her views by emitting about nve hundred clucks a minute. I he deacon flung a hymn-book at her to scare her down again, but he missed her and hit Billy Jones, a Sunday school scholar, in the eye. Then auother boy in the gallery made a dash at her, and reached so far over that he tumbled and fell on Mrs. Miskey's spring bonnet, whereupon she said out loud that he was predestined to the gallows. The crash scared the hen, and she flew over and roosted on the stove-pipe that ran just under the ceiling, fairly howling with fright. In order to bring her down, the deacon and Mr. Binns both beat on the lower part of the pipe with their umbrellas, and at the fifth or sixth knock, the pipe separated and about forty feet ofit came down with a crash, emptying a barrel or two of soot on the congregation. There were women in that congregation who went home looking as if they had been working in a coal mine, and wishing they could stab Deacon Grimes without being hung for murder. The hen came down with the stove pipe, and as she flew by Mr. BinnB he made a dash at her with his umbrella and knocked her clear through a fifteen dollar pane of glass, whereupon she landed in the street, and hopped off clucking very insanely. Then Mr. Moody adjourned the congregation. They are going to expel the owner of that hen from the church, when they discover his identity. THE JOKE OF A STAGE DRIVER. Hank Monk, the stage driver who gave Horace Greeley his memorable mountain ride, in common with all his tribe, hates the sight of those ponderous specimens of architecture in the trunk line known as the "Saratoga bandbox." He likes a "Saratoga" about as well as a cat likes hot soup. He now drives on the stage line between Carson City and Lake Tahoe. He was driving on the same line last summer. A Virginia lady, who was stopping at the Glenbrook House, had a "Saratoga" at Carson, which she wished brought up to the lake. It was about as long and wide as a first-class spring mattress, and seven or eight feet high. The lady had managed to get it as far as Carson by rail, but the trouble was to get it up into the mountains. Hank had promised two or three times to bring it up "next trip," but always arrived without it. At last Hank drove up one evening, and as usual the lady came out upon the veranda to ask if he had brought her trunk. Like the great and good man, George Hank cannot tell a lie, and so he said : "No, ma'am, I haven't brought it, but I think some of it will be up by the next stage." "Some of it?" cried the lady. "Yes, may be half of it or such a matter." "Half of it!" groaned the horrified owner of the Saratoga." "Yes, half to-morrow, and the rest next day or the day alter. "Why, how in the name of common sense can they bring half of it?" "Well, when I left they were sawing it in two and?" "Sawing it in two? Sawing my trunk in two?" "That was what I said," coolly answered Hank. "Two men, with a big cross-cut saw, working down through it?about iu the middle, I think." "Sawing my trunk in two ? and all my best clothes iu it! Sawing it iu the middle !" And, in a towering passion, she rushed indoors, threatening the hotel, the stage line, the railroad company, the town of Carson and the State of Nevada with suits for damages. It was in vain that she was assured that Monk was a great joker ; she could not be made to believe but that her trunk had been sawed in two until it arrived intact, and she had examined its contents most thoroughly. Hank's "Saratoga" joke is still remembered and told at the Glenbrook House, but the ladies see no fun in the yarn. Mr. Dallas, once Vice-President of the United States, while practicing law, was counsel in a case in Philadelphia, and Mr. Scheerer, a noted politician, was called in as witness. The following questions were put by Mr. Dallas : "Mr. Scheerer, were you in Harrisburg last June?" "Last June, did you say, Mr. Dallas ?" "Yes, last June; don't repeat my question, but answer it." After some minutes of study, the answer came: "No, Mr. Dallas, I was not in Harrisburg last June." "Were you in Harrisburg last July ?" Here he reflected agaiu and slowly said, "No, Mr. Dallas, I was not in Harrisburg in July." "Were you in August, Mr. Scheerer?" The witness again meditated, and said, "No, Mr. Dallas, I was not there in August." "Were you therein September?" Here Mr. Scheerer reflected longer than before, and replied, "No, Mr. Dallas, I was not in Harrisburg in September." Mr. Dallas became tired of this barren result, and, raising his voice, said, "Mr. Scheerer will you tell the court when ?\fr Dallas " j\ju ncic iu lxutiiouuig * said Mr. Scheerer, "I never was in Harrisburg in my life." An Inquisitive Servant.?Talleyrand had a confidential servant excessively devoted to his interest but withal superlatively inquisitive. Having one day intrusted him with a letter, the prince watched his faithful valet from the window of his apartment, and with some suprise observed him coolly reading the letter en route. On the next day a similar commission was confided to the servant, and to the second letter was added a postcript, couched iu the following terms . "You may send a verbal answer by bearer ; he is perfectly acquainted with the whole affair, having taken the precaution to read this previous to its delivery." fey"* "Ish dare some ledder here for me ?" inquired a German at the general delivery window of the post office yesterday, says the Detroit Free Press. "No, none here," was the reply. "Vhell, dot is queer," he continued, getting his head into the window; "my neighbor gets, soraedimes dree letters in one day, und I get none. I bays more daxes as he does, und I haf never got one ledder yet. ~-^^^How comes dose dings?" Jftpartmtnt. fOriginal ] REFORM. From the mountains to the sea-board, and from ocean to ocean, the people of America are clamoring for reform. Politicians are busily devising schemes, which, they say, if adopted, will save the country from anarchy and hopeless confusion. These schemes are very contradictory. Every shade of republicanism, from the most unrestrained democracy to something savoring of monarchy, is advocated in the United States. The advocates of these widely differing theories all are confident that the adoption of their particular political creed would make the country fabulously prosperous. Some of these political I creeds must be right, or at least a correct political creed might be constructed out of the ! material embraced in all of them. All that j is necessary to accomplish the noble work is some master mind to sift the various creeds, rejecting the trash and deraagogisrn and select the truth and weave it into a fabric which will sustain the weight of American government. However great reform may be called for in the politics, it is even more necessary in the agricultural theory and practice of the South. For more than two hundred years the southern section of the United States has been exclusively engaged in agriculture. That some advances have been made no one will deny; but that those advances have been as great as they should have been no one will affirm. The majority of the southern farmers are practicing the same theories that were adopted by the first settlers of the country. Son has treaded in the footsteps of father for five or six generations. The circumstances by which we are surrounded demand reform. This reformation roust, as a matter of course, be gradual; but it must be thorough. It roust be both geueral and particular. It roust embrace all things and descend to the miuutue of every thing. It must commence with what are regarded as little and insignificant things, and by degrees extend its transforming power to great and important things. The first thing that is demauded is a reformation in the domestic economy. It requires too much money to feed and clothe a man in the southern country. We are compelled to pay an enormous amount for the food we eat and the clothing we wear. The southern farmer supports directly several classes of men. He pays the pork-raiser and corn-grower a fair per cent, for their labor and care. Another per cent, must be added for handling ; another for wholesale selling, aud several for retail dealing. This the southern people must stop. Interest is an eating moth. In our case we pay interest on every thing. Even a heavy discount is made on the market value of our cotton when we offer it for sale. Nine-tenths of the cotton-growers are forced, from pressing necessities, to sell their cotton as soon as it can be put in a marketable shape. To remedy this, which may he regarded tne great feature of the reformation demanded by the times, our farmers must inaugurate a totally different system, or ruin will ultimately overtake them. . They must spend less and make more. Making is one thing, and clear gain is another. Little expenditures amount to great bills in the course of a short time. There is no land which is so well adapted to meet all the absolute and reasonable wants of man and beast as the South ; still we depend upon the whole world for every thing we need. STRANGLES OR HORSE DISTEMPER. Editor Southern Cultivator :?This disease is principally incident to young horses, usually appearing between the fourth and 6fth year, and oftener in the spring than at any other time. It occasionally attacks old animals; few horses escape its attacks, but the disease having passed over the animal is free from it for the remainder of his life. Symptoms.?It is generally preceded by cough, with a discharge from the nostrils of a yellowish color, mixed with pus, generally without smell?the lining membrane of the nose intensely red, a swelling under the throat, which iucreases, accompanied by a fever, a disinclination to eat, and considerable thirst, but after a gulp or two the horse ceases to drink?in attempting to swallow a convulsive cough comes on, which threatens to suffocate the animal. The mouth is hot and the tongue coated with white fur?the tumor under the jaw and about the centre of the channel, soon fills the whole space, and is evidently one uniform body, and may thus be distinguished from glanders, or the enlarged glands of catarrh. In a few days it becomes more prominent and soft, and evidently contains a fluid. This rapidly increases, the tumor bursts, and a great quantity of pus is discharged. As soon as the tumor has brokeu, the cough subsides, and the horse speedily mends, although some degree of weakuess may continue for a considerable time. Treatment.?As soon as the tumor under the jaw is decidedly apparent, the part should be actively blistered ; it should be washed off" as soon as it rises, and if repeated in a day or two, will abate the internal inflammation and soreness of the throat, aud promote the suppurative powers. When the glands remain hard and do not suppurate it may lead to glanders, in which case the use of Iodine ointment as an outward application and hydriodate of potash, iu daily doses of ten to forty grains, combined with tonics, will be fouud useful as internal applications. As soon as the swelling is soft on its summit and evidently contains matter, it should be freely and deeply lanced, after which apply a linseed poultice. If the incision is deep and large enough, no second collection of matter will be formed, and that which is already there may be suffered to run out slowly?all pressure with the fingers being avoided. The ap| petite will return with the opening of the abscess. Brau mashes or fresh cut grass should be liberally supplied, which will not only afford sufficient nourishment to recruit the j strength of the animal, but keep the bowels ; gently open. If the weakness is not great no i further medicine will be wanted, except a | dose of mild physic, in order to prevent the ! swelling or eruption which sometimes succeed 1.1 ? 1 r .P _ II i me strangles. 111 case 01 ueuimy, a siimu quantity of tonic medicine, as camomile, geni tian, or ginger may be administered. York county, S. C. J. W. B. Mid-Day Rust.?The French Canadian I farmers arrange their summer labors wisely, i The summer days are long in lower Canada, ' and farmers rise by four, and after a light ; breakfast, get to work by five. They work | till ten, take dinner, and perhaps, a sleep, till | three in the afternoon, when they go out and | work till seven or eight. Their hours of labor ; are thus nine or ten, in the coolest part of the j day, and they are equally fresh for both mori ning and evening labor. They have six or 1 seven hours for sleep at night, besides a mid! day nap ; and they can do some chores in ! the house, barn or stables during the interval, j Would it not be well to copy this plan iu the Southern States, where the summer days are long, aud often intensely hot ? There could be no difficulty in getting into the field by six, i and working until eleven, then resting and ! dining till two, and working till seven. This | would avoid the great heat of the day and l give ten hours for work, which we thiuk too i long, except in a push. Nine hours in the | field would turn out as much effectual labor of man and beast, and leave more time for J chores. What do farmers say on this itnporI tant subject ? Such a change, to be valuable ' this year should be made at once. ?Wltton's fJfpMttucttt. HOW THE ROBINS CAME. AN INDIAN LEGEND, i This is a real Indian story?one that the j little boys and girls of the Chippewa tribe | hare often heard told as they sat by the wigi warn fires on cold wiuter nights, away up on | the shores of Lake Superior. For Indiau ! children like pretty much the same things ! that white ones do, and are every bit as fond j of listening to stories. j This story is about a little boy named Ojibwaice, which means in their language, "Litj tie Chippewa." j He was very different from the other boys ! in the village where he lived. They were all | strong, healthy fellows, who could run like | squirrels, and swim like fish, and wouldn't I "take a dare" to jump off the highest rock in the neighborhood ; and when they did jump, they always managed, somehow, to come down on their feet like cats, and would bounce up j us lightly as if they were india-rubber instead of Indian boys. But Ojibwaice was very small and weak, and couldn't do any of these things. If these j had beeu white boys, he would have beaten i all the others at his books, for he had plenty of sense, and was very anxious to please his I ? . ? ? i .1 1 ? . l i rattier?ne naa no niotner?wnora ne joven very much. But the Indians didn't have any books, and instead of such lessons as white children learn they taught their sons to be good hunters and trappers and fishers, and I to stand cold and hunger and fatigue, so that they might be able to provide food and clothing for themselves and their families wheu they should grow up. It was considered a great thing for a boy to do any of the things the men were accustomed to do, and the more like men they acted the prouder their parents were of them. The boys used to go out hunting and bring home such small game as they could kill with their little bows and arrows; and the boy who brought back the greatest number of birds, hares, or squirrels, aud who stood the cold aud weariness best, was praised by the whole village, and everybody said he would grow up to be a good hunter aud a brave, strong man. But poor little Ojibwaice never got any praise from anybody. His strength would give away as soon as he tried to walk beyond the village, and his weak arms could not even lift what the other boys could carry about without any trouble at all. The children laughed at him, and the grown people said he would never be of any use in the world, aud it would have been better if he had never been boru. He wouldn't have minded all that very much if he had not known how unhappy it uiade his father; but the thought of his sorrow about him, and the idea of having such a son, almost broke his heart. Sometimes he would make a desperate effort to keep up with other boys when they went out on their expeditions into the woods, because he thought it would please his father. But long before the others had begun to feel tired he would turn faint and sick, and would sink dowD on the ground unable to move. At last the time came when he was to go through something that all the Chippewa boys had to bear when they were about thirteen years old. They were taken to a lonely place in the woods, far away from home, and a little bark hut was made for them to live in while they were there. They had to stay all alone in this place, without anything at all to eat, as long as they could possibly stand it; and the Indians thought this would cause them to have a guardian spirit, who would watch over them and shield them all through their lives. The longer they could stay there without eating, the stronger and the better able to protect them their spirits would be. XTrnu niiKtvaina'a fathor fliMtirrKt that if hie son could manage to bear the hunger a very long time he would have a spirit that would cure his weakness and make hitu a great man. So wheu he took him to the little hut he had built for hitn far away in the woods, he told him he would have to try to keep his fast for twelve days, which was more than any other Indian boy had ever done. The poor boy was ready to undertake anythiug that he thought would please his father, and promised that he would try his best to do what he wished. He watched his father till he was out of sight, and then he began to feel how terrible it was to be all alone in that strange lonesome place. The tall trees rose up around him on every side, and their leaves seemed to be talking about him. He thought they murmured to each other, "He's a very little, weak child. He won't live long here. His father will find him dead when he comes back." The wind came sighing sadly through the branches, aud he thought it said, "Ah, no! he'll never see his father again." The tears came and blinded him so that he had to grope his way into the hut. There he laid dowu and covered up his face, and prayed to the Great Good Spirit he had been taught was God. Night and day he prayed that the Great Spirit would pity him, and let him see his dear father once again before he died. His face grew thinner and thinner, and his hands wasted away until they were not much more than skin aud bone. His sight grew very dim, and the bright light of day began to be nothing more than a dull, gray gloom. On the seventh day his father came, aud he knew that the Great Spirit had answered his prayers. He could just see his father's form 1 1T L._ L " L..1. ...1 1. _ x _ ,1 a A. Kneeling oy nis aiue, uui, wneii ne irieu iu pin his arms around hira, he found he could not make them move. His father praised him, and said that as he had done so well he must try to keep it up for at least four days more, and then he would have a powerful spirit, who would make hira a very great man. But he was quite sure he could not live that long, and that if his father left him then, it would be the last time they would see each other alive. So, in a voice that could hardly be heard, he asked to be allowed to stop then, and try again some other time when he should be stronger, and | might be able to fast the whole twelve days. | But his father said it would be better to go I on and get through with it at once ; and then he hurried away to avoid being persuaded, j Then the gray light he had been able to : see suddenly faded out altogether, and night , and day were all the same to the little, lonely : child, lyiug still and silent in the middle of ' the great, wide forest. ! On the twelfth day the father came back with some food in a little kettle. As he grew ; near he heard some one talking softly inside I the hut. The voice had a strange sound, but it was like his sou's voice, too. lie approached, quickly, full of joy at the thought that ! the boy was still alive, and when he came to 1 the hut he looked iu through a hole in the j rock. But what he saw filled him with great fear, and he stood looking in without thinking ; of entering. The boy had shrunk away until there hardly seemed to be anything left of him. His arms had turned into little wings, and he was moving them over his breast, where bright, j red feathers grew out as he touched it. The rest of his body was covered with feathers of a dark color. He was talking to himself in : a small, clear voice, something like the notes of a bird singing softly and low. This is what he said : "My dear father wanted me to ; be a strong aud brave man. I'm very sorry I could not do what he wanted. But I could ! uever have been what he wished, and if I had lived, I would have only made him ashamed of me, aud sorry for me. I will live as a bird in the bright sunlight, and always stay near | the homes of men, and sing my songs to make | them cheerful aud happy." j Then the father's voice broke in with a ! wild cry that echoed far away through the forests: "Oh, my child ! stay with me, stay ; with me!" he cried. | But the boy had already become a bird, i and flew out through the door and away into the woods. Aud there he has lived ever since under the form of Opechee?for that is ; the name the Indians give to Robin Red I Breast.? Fireside Friend. fUadrog fflt the CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. _ j GOD'S WAYS OF~ANSWERING PRAYER. "For my ways are not your ways," is often j true in regard to God's method of answering | our petitions. I A Christian mother sat by the dying bed of j her child, a lovely little girl, remarkably ! beautiful, bright, and winning. As the moth* | er watched the gray shadow of death stealing i over the sweet face, and the eyes that had i sparkled with glee grow glassy and staring, she exclaimed in agony, "I never thought it would come to this. Whenever I knelt in T --l- J /"> 1 . l._ ?? ? u ? ~.. prayer 1 usaeu vjou to maae us n imppjr family by-and-by in heaven, as we had been a happy family on earth. But I did not mean in this way. I wanted my dear child to live a long life before God took her. Is 1 this the way he answers my prayer ?" Perhaps, could she have seen, as God saw, | the dangers to which that little one would j | have been exposed had she lived to grow up, | could she have foreseen the snares for the ! young feet or the sorrows for the young heart, she would have felt that God's way of answering her prayer was the best way. Not far distant from that sorrowing mother lives another, who, years ago, sat by what j seemed the dying bed of her little girl. The loving heart of the parent could not give up the child, and she prayed in agony for her life to be spared. Her prayer was answered, and she lived to grow up to a charming womanhood, the idol of her house, her every wish gratified, yet as lovely in soul as in person. She was married to one who seemed to appreciate the rare treasure he bad won, aud to be worthy of her; but in a few, a very few years, she was obliged to return to her father's house to escape from the cruel treatment of her husband, with whom her life was no longer safe. To human eyes it would seem that it had been better for her to have died in her innocent childhood, than to have lived to know such experiences of sorrowi Ought we not to add, to all cur petitions, "Nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt ?" A few weeks ouly had passed after the mother first mentioned saw her little girl go down into the dark valley, before she sat j again by a death-bed?that of her son, a boy of twelve years. He was a child of great promise. Many fond hopes centred in him. * J ii 1 ;? i ms active uiinu, iuviug ncart, uuu icuujr mi, made him a favorite in his home and among all his boy-companions. His parents had reason to look forward to a noble manhood for him, and to hope that he would live to cheer their declining years. But he, too, was taken; and again the same agonized exclamation was heard from the heart-broken mother, "Is this the way God answers my prayer?" But who knows the future ? What mortal eye can pierce the dark veil and see what might have been in store for him had he lived ? Other noble lives have been wrecked. God knows best. In the next home to this now doubly-bereaved one, sits a mother who mourns over her son and cannot be comforted. The shadow of the angel of death has not cast its gloom , there, but a darker sorrow broods over that i household. A few years ago a young man went forth from this home in all the pride ' and strength of his first manhood. The par- 1 ent3 expected much of him. They anticipa- 1 ted a useful and honorable life. Some few , months since he returned, completely shatter- j ed in intellect. The light of reason has faded from his eye ; he wanders listlessly from room to room, or sits and erazcs at vacancy. His brain is almost hopelessly diseased from a ' sun-stroke, and the light of his life has so 1 soon gone out in utter darkness. 1 savixVgrace. i "Do Armenians believe in saving grace ?" j I don't like to answer questions for other people. Saving grace is a favorite Presbyterian expression, and with them it has a great and y precious meaning, but this does not prove that Armenians do not hold to the same truth, t expressed in a different manner. They can reply for themselves; but see that they have 1 the same great, inclusive and exteuded roeaniug to the word "saving" that we have. Some ? compel us to surmise that with them it means "saving" for a few years?"saving" until they j fall, not "saving" from hell. To us, "saved" , involves holiness, perseverance and heaven, < and anything short of this, we consider dam- ( nation. This I will answer, that sinners, such as we are, need grace that will enlighten, renew, ? sanctify, conserve, forgive, confirm, and seal g us unto the day of redemption?omnipotent ( grace, which can aud will control and direct 1 the free will of man, ever acting freely ; and 1 that, without this efficient grace, all will be t lost. This also I may say, I never met with a Methodist brother who objected to the words of that dear old Presbyterian, "Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, and this, we think, is saving grace. I would rather answer in the affirmative. Of one thing I am certain, every pious soul among them wishes all this as much as we do, and whether he believes it or not, possesses "saving grace," lives, and will live and will die under its influence, and in heaven will shout, "Saved by grace !" I wish they, and we also, believed more in grace ; we would love more, and through the warmth of an ever increasing love and ever enlarging faith, would be more and more faithful and happy. You cannot make too much of grace, and you may Jive upon it, and live by it, and live on it. It is a wonderful idea and a wonderful power, this saving "Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ." It is a favorite expression with us; we study it, write volumes, libraries about it, we preach about it, we pray over it; we sing, "Grace," shout it, and sometimes better than that; it is our life. We are convinced, you know, 1 that if it be not "Saving Grace" that eancti- i fies, conserves our faith and really saves, we Presbyterians (at least) would all be lost. I have one inspired Book oi "Saving Grace," which has delighted me for nearly a half ' century, and grows more interesting, and I see grace everywhere in it. Sometimes I ] wonder if these dear brethren, of whom you t speak, have uot failed in finding the key to 1 its richest meaning, and do not miss the great j word "saving." I comfort myself, however, \ with the assurance that "saving grace" will ' | save them. It is ju9t as necessary and as ] j good for them as it is for us, although we are ] happier Christians. Grace Christians would < be a good name for us all?don't you think I j so ?? Christian Observer. j < i Love One Another.?They were only !1 ! two little neglected-looking children, with no ! * shoes or stockings on their feet, their dresses ] i all rags, their hats all torn, their faces soiled, i J and their hair snarled and tangled. I don't j , believe they had anybody to take care of U them. Possibly they had a mother who was ! 1 obliged to co out and work all day, and leave : J j them to care for each other. Perhaps they j * , had a mother who drank rum, and so forgot 1 | these dear little girls. But whatever was J j true about their mother, it was very certain j ] I that they loved each other; and the big sinter,j J ' ten years old, took very tender care of her i ; little sister, four years old. Let me tell you , A j how I know this. |J One day, while riding in the steam cais, I j j chanced to look out of the window, and I saw 11 ! these two little girls at play, chatting and ' ? | laughing together; when all at once four- j { j years-old saw the steam engine coming. She j [jumped up and caught hold of her sister, who,, a i in a laughing and happy way, pressed the jf' little one close to her, and then putting her j i hands tight over the baby's eyes, shut out the : c ! sight of the frightful engine as it came rush- | 1 ing and glaring toward her. When it had 1J passed, I looked back and saw baby's face turned lovingly up to her sister's and chat- r j tering gayly again ; and I imagined she was t : trying to tell her how glad she was that she \ I did not let that drealful engine look at her as I it whistled past. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! r UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS! - I BY a very liberal contract just entered into with * the Weed Manufacturing Company, we are enabled to offer greater inducements to clubmakers than ever heretofore. ar READ OUR PROPOSITIONS! | Weed Sewing Machine, No. 1.?Price, $60. For a club of 40 subscribers, at ?2.50 each, we will ;ive a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style, w ;he cash price of which is sixty dollars. * Weed Sewing Machine, No. 0.?Price, For a club of 45 subscribers, at ?2.50 each, we will t|, ;ive a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style, (|j :he cash price of which is sixty-live dollars. sj( Weed Sowing Machine, No. 3.?Price, $70. ForaelubofSOsubscribers, at 8*2.50 each, we will give a Wked Sewing Machine of the above style, the cash price of which is seventy dollars. Si-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 speak advisedly?having had 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. Tri addition to the attractions of the Enquirer, we invite attention to our terms of subscription, tnd the liberal offers we make to those who may be disposed to form clubs. TERMS?FREE OF POSTAGE. lingle copy, one year, $3 00 Two years to i;he same address, 5 00 [n clubs, each subscriber, one year, 2 50 PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. th To those willing to form clubs for the Enquirer ve make the following liberal offers: n 1. For 40 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will give J i No. 1 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $00. 2. For 45 subscribers, at $2.50 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 $70. ^ The engravings given above in this column rep- an esent the style of the different machines. No. lis te< jlack walnut, oiled, plain table. No. 2 is black valnut, oiled, half case. No. 3 is black walnut, *** >iled, half case, with two side drawers, and with [jj >r without drop-leaf, as ma}' be preferred. ;n These offers are not confined to a single club, pr lor is there any competition invited as to who ihall procure the largest club. Each and every * " JA iF "?<11 An4U1n/1 fVio MUD OI ID, tD or oyj immra n m uc unuucu w kuu ... lesignated premium. 1 The machines will be shipped from the nearest JJJ jranch office of the Weed Machine Company to he persons entitled to receive them, transportaion charges, which will rarely exceed $5, if sent p. iy froight line, to be paid by the person receiving he machine. R; The offe. made in this prospectus will be bind- Cc ng upon the proprietor of the Enquirer until j lie 15th day of October, 1875; and persons who nay commence makingclubs, can forward names is rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid in i idvance, having until the above-mentioned date qi n which to complete their lists. It is not required that subscribers shall all re- ? :oivo their papers at the same post-office; but subscriptions must be for a term not less than one / ear. One subscriber for two years will be equivalent, in making up lists, to two names /or one year each. Subscriptions may commence with any number, and the paper will bo sent for a full year Tom the time the subscription begins. Each club-maker will be credited with names is they shall be received; and should any fail to secure either premium by the 15th of October, 1875, nit should procure ten or more subscribers, an ixtra copy of the paper will be given for the ton lames thus procured, and for all subscriptions in ;xcess of ton, a cash commission of twenty-five :cnts will bo given on each name. The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to m.l Subscribers. ? ... i 1- l.? rlr-lfl KOIlllttances may uu mnuniiMMu lion, isj v....... lost-office order, or in registered letter; if made itherwise, we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, county uid State. Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sent ,o any address on application. 4NOTHER SPLENDID OFFER. premiums to single subscribers. For the advantage of those who are inaccessible ay a club-maker, but may yet wish to avail hemselves of our liberal offers to subscribers, .ve have made arrangements with the publish rs of Smith's Biiu.k Dictionary by which we ire enabled to offer that valuable work as a prenium to subscribers, at a cost to the subscriber or the book and the Enquirer, of little more ban the publisher's price of the book. Smith's Bible Dictionary is a standard work, and indislensablj" necessary to every student of the Bible, ir to every person who desires to read the sacred irolnme intelligibly. The Dictionary is the work )f Dr. William Smith, of the University of Lonlon, and the most eminent lexicographer in the vorld, who, in its preparation associated with litnselfover seventy distinguished divines and inthors. of both Europe and this country, in the jreat task of preparing a comprehensive mcuon- i iry of the Bible, ami supplying a want long folt , >y the religious public. The result of these la- | _ >ors appeared in three largo and very costly vol- I j lmcs, a wonderful monument of learning. An j " ibridgement of this great work, for popular use, i nadoby Dr. Smith himself, is the one we have ' ^ irranged to furnish our subscribers. The book j :on tains every name inthe Bible raspecting which ! mything can bo said. It embraces the results of j listorie research, antiquarian investigation, the ; W itudy of languages and dialects, and the discove- j O ias of the modern travelers and explorers in the i loly Land?Robinson, Rawlinson, Ferguson, ; laivard, Offert and Stanley. ! The book is printed from now stereotype plates, >n good paper, and is appropriately illustrated vith over 125 Engravings of beautiful Scones, \ncient Cities, and Memorable Places of the Ioly Land, descriptive Figures and valuable daps. It contains nearly 800 closely-printed, j louble-column, octavo pages, including 24 ele- i pint full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It ! s printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and very egible face. The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictiontry is $3.50. We will furnish a cony of the work, < mbstantially bound in cloth, and a copy of the ? Inquirer one year for $4.50. Or for a club of ive subscribers at 82.50 each, we will furnish a a topy of the Dictionary to the getter up of the club. \ The book will be mailed, free of postage, to the j pe jorson entitled to receive it, direct from the office j >f publication. | j Subscribers whose terms of subscription have ? lot expired, by forwarding the money, will re- j teive a copy of the Bible Dictionary, and have ! -m heir subscription to the Enquirer extended one 11 rear. The cash must accompany all orders. L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, -js Yorkvillo, S. C. A. WIJLLJFORD, ROCK HILL, S. C. MORE YOUNG HORSES. NOW have on hand, at my Stable in Rock . Hill, S. C., Z SIXTY HEAD I J young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? I k nong them some good saddle and harness ani- | ? als, which I will sell ON TIME, payable first of | * :tober, 1875, the payments to be satisfactorily se- j 2 ired ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on | 5 asonable terms. , f A. WILDIFORP. j ? NOTICE. C LLL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are 2 quested to pay up at once and save cost. A fail- * e to comply may injure their credit with me C iring the present year. A. WILLIFORD. ' CORN WANTED. )NE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. FODDER WANTED. WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, f1 for which I will pay $1.50 per hundred pounds. A. WILLIFORD. si ?????? o The sweetest, most powerful and durable n now in use." si BL00MFIELD & 0TI8, * TEW SCALE PIANOS, j| 209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. P jlMRRACING new and most valuable Patents, w j giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a a] iw manner of stringing and a new method of in- d rting sound board, the most important results u ive been obtained. js si "The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness w id delicacy of touch that cannot bo surpassed. I tl ive tested them as I would a Grand, for points jr delicacy and strength, and they have stood tho r< st in every way. In many respects they arc tut- p rior to any manufactured in America. \ Charles Fradkl." g (Tho eminent and favorite Composer and Pian- fi J to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of \ lx Weimar of Eisenach.) a {Rochester Musical Times.) jjj "The firm of Bloomfield <fc Otis have lately made 0 veral important improvements in their pianos, ^ acing them in the front rank of American man- ^ acturors." (Toledo, O., Blade.) "Bloomfield ifc Otis, of New York, carry away e first premiums at the Ohio Stato Fair as they T d at the Fair of the American Institute. Con- J tiering the fact that they met in competition all e established favorites,such as the Knabe, Dun- t< im, Lightc, Bradbury, and many others, which ore skilfully handled, this is certainly a high mplimcnt, asthclotfswero thorough and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) ? "The Music Committee of the Board of Educa- fjl >n, Brooklyn, together with the local commit- i us, after examining and thoroughly testing all the J incipal instruments manufactured, have pur- ' lased Bloomfield & Otis' celebrated Patent Treble ianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven vears. Responsible andonorgetic AGENTS W*ANTED rery where. , Send for Circular and mention the name of | -? ' 4*-!" ?1 I e paper in wuiuu you saw iuis autufiwouiom. 3 January 28 4 tf t] ' ix u jac^vw. ??? e( a! e above it) a reduced copy of the TITI.E PAGR of Hie IIU- IV I! A I. CAROLINIAN'. ^ 1HE publishers have determined to change the P< L commenceioent of the Volumes of the F RURAL CAROLINIAN * ai From October to January. pi THE RURAL CAROLINIAN is the leading ;ricultural Journal of the Month. Publishers d Editors are all Southern meu, and it is devo1 exclusively to the interests of Southern Agrilture. While it is not the paid organ of the _ itrons of Husbandry, or of any society or set of en, it has been the most powerful advocate for _ e establishment of Granges in the South, and its 1 fiuence has contributed greatly to the present * osperity of the Order. 1 iij D. H. JACOUES. Esq., of Charleston, S. C., w litor-in-Chiof. ~ fn CHARLES H. DODGE, Esq., of the Depart- te ent of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., Lnto- ci ological Editor. sr # tii Regulai' Contributors. )L. D. WYATT AIKEN, Washington, D. C. ?* ENRY W. RAVENEL, Esq., Aiken, S. C. nv. C. W. HOWARD, Kingston, Georgia. P* >l. N. H. DAVIS, Greenville, S. C. tURAL CAROLINIAN--*2 PER ANNUM, al Idress WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, pj Publishers, Charleston, S. C. The Rural Carolinian and the "Yorkville Enlirer" will be furnished at ?4 per annum. ti( January 28 4 tf co ?i^riiMiinniMi ii d: Has. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. oi ST1TI01EIS I PJ^rT^??8 First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY USING CHEAIT.H C HADES OF STOCK. WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIONABLFSTATIONEBY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and ?all invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. September 10 37 tf S. R. THOMSON. C. K. SPKXCER. THOMSON & SPENCER, lolicitorsin Bankruptcy j ~~ YORKVILLE, S. C. n PECIAL attention given to filing of petitions, J 1 to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, an d the (ollection and forwarding of Dividends to T1 editors. ! rii February 4 5 tf I to Bsii an I In Tune 4 "23 tf | RAGS WANTED. Z Oaaa POUNDS of clean cotton and liu- 1 (f ,1/LH " en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents r prund will bo paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE, j n, \pril 15 15 tf AGRI CULT U R ALLIENS, % / "ORTGAC1ES of Real Estate, and Titles to . T Real Estate. For sale at the ! t>. ENQUIRER OFFICE, j ^ l'ER Day at hoinp. Terms free. Address ; yp ?i\j Stinsos Sc Co., I'nrtlniid, Me. 'J ly* i fit rHE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal itisfaction wlierever introduced. They are made f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav;r and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho larket, and consequently will the longer withAnd heat and hard usage. They are of hand ime pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal 1 every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold 1 the United States, while it is confidently claimed tat they are the uheajtest. ah tne usual ieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished ith each Stove. An important consideration ith purchasers is the fact that our patterns and izes are never changed. Should a piece get accientally broken at any time, we can replace it at le mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause it i a home production, buton accountof its intrin,c merits as an article of household economy, do e ask tbo patronage of home purchasers. More lan ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now 1 uso, and among many others having them we jspectfully refer to the following: R. E.Guthrie, >. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county ; Irs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, uthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. loyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. ro'u can save the freight from the northern cities nd the dealer's profit, which is no small item, y buying of us, and at the same time get a j TOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those f northern make. The following are our prices elivered at depot in Greensboro: To. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 < y it t< u n n A 28 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. '. M. DOBSON & CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. OHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chesjr county, S. C. YORK marble YARD. mlyannouncesthaheisstillconduct ville^and ^is preMARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a costly monufKnof rv*ofooinlu anrl of. Qa )u tin, W 1 til tUC VOl J OVOl UlUK/t JU1U| UI4U uv tw >w prices as the same class of work can be furished anywhere in the United States. Orders om a distance promptly filled, and the same atmtion given to work ordered by mail as if the arties were present in person. "From this date rork will be delivered at any point on the Ches;r and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between "orkville and Chester, or at any place between lock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Coimbla and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for ansportation. Thankful for the patronage bere)fore bestowed upon my establishment, my deirmination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 14 2 ly F. S. FRISCHEIS, | IOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YORKVILLE, S. C., 3 ESPECTFULLY otters his services to thecitizensof Yorkvillcand vicinity. All manner % r HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, larblingand Calei mining executed in the best ;yleof the art. By the process of CALCIMINS'G, plastered walls which have become soiled ..<1 ho niiwlo to look ns fresh and can as new, and of any desired tint or shade of dor, which will not 111b off. Old Furniture will be re-varnished or re-paintland varnished in imitation of the various kinds p woods and made to look as well as new. Where icre is enough of this class of work to justify me i so doing, I will visit the houses for that purjse, thus avoiding the necessity of moving the urniture. Roofs painted in the most durable lanner, either with granite or slate roofing paint, id the work warranted. Estimates furnished, id all work promptly executed at the lowest cash rices commensurate with durable and artistic tinting. All communications promptly anvered. Address F. S. FRI8CHEIS, Yorkville, S. C. April 1 31 ly MUSIC HATH CHARMS. &C. 1TITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give 'j their children a chance for a musical edution, but whose means are very limited, that 1 ive made arrangements with the celebrated Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons ith their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest ctory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarrly payments, upon what is called the lease prinple. Thus any one by paying only a moderate im for the use of the instrument, can, at any me,give it up or become purchaser; the amount ready paid being applied to the purchase. Or a srson having paid the rent for four years, hemes the owner of the Organ without further lyment. Call and enquire for particulars and e the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the dickes* building, where I may be founa during l hnsinpss hours, either to show vou a sample or wait upon you'if you want anything fn the tiotographic line as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentajns and "gab" of ?mart agents of the "Ring" mpanies, I still insist that I have the best and leapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, id I am ready to prove my words to all who ek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. C. WEST & SONS ALADDIN SECURITY OIL. ? . ARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST. HE BEST HOUSEHOLD OIL IN THE WORLD. Indorsed by the Fire Insurance Companies. and the followingCertificate selected from many others: HOWARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F BALTIMORE. Baltimore, Dec. 23,1874.? ess/s. C. Wc.st & Sotui?Gentlemen: Having led the various Oils, sold in this city for illumiiting purposes, I take pleasure in recommendg your "Aladdin Security" as the safest and .it ever used in our household. Yours truly, (Signed) Andrew Reese, President. 11 >Y IJUJLl XIV J. ?IA1UV1/U ASK YOUR STOREKEEPER FOR IT. . Wholesale depot, C. WEST A SONS, Nos. 113 and 115 W. Lombard St. February 4 52 6m* ~ THE JAS. LEFFEL Double Turbine Water Wheel, ML M/uni factored by I ff POOLE & HUNT, dOL Baltimore, HO. I nf 7fiOO SOW IK V8E! Ml n Simple, Strong, Durable, ! jjj[ I always relfablotmd b?Ua1 .>?Se5iSj5i^k. Manufacturer*, also. of ; I f#*". Portable & Stationary ^BKS&S&JEngines. Steam Boilers, Saw & Prist Mills, Min. White Lead and | Oil Mill Machinery, Hydraulio and otter I Tresses.&c. Shafting1, Pulleys and Hangers i a specaltv Machine made Gearing; accu- j j rate and of "very bust finish. Send for Circular*, j March 25 12 6m barber shopi [1HOSE in want of an EASY SHAYE, a fash\_ ionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant id luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that BOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsoil, is still in business, in his old Shop next door the Enquirer building, where it will afford m great pleasure to wait upon all who may dere his services. Razors honed and sharpened, id any other work of that kind promptly done. He may be found at the Shop on Sunday uiorngs from 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly lisle thread gloves. rUIE nicest Lisle Thread Glove in town, for L only 25 cents. H. F. ADICKES. iltc f ottiillc TERMS?IN ADVANCE s ie copy, one year. $ 3 00 le copy, six months, 1 50 ie copy, three months, 2 50 ngle copy, 10 vo copies, one year, 5 00 ?n copies, one year, 25 00 iarTo persons who make up clubs often or ore names, an extra copy of the paper will be rnished one year, free of charge.