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ISuraorous Department. "GITTIN* HER TOOTH DRAW ED." About 10 o'clock yesterday morning a farmer and his wife hitched their team on Woodward avenue, and in another five minutes had mounted the stairs and appeared in a dentist's office. "Brace up now, Mary?brace up?" cautioned the husband, as they started to climb j the stairs. "I know jisthow ye feel?kinder | weak in the knees, like?but the feller up stairs'll have that old snag out o' there like a horse running dowu hill!" They were met by the smiling dentist, and the husband continued : "She's got an old snag which we want drawed or dug out or driven in, or sumthin or other!" "Take a chair, madam." renlied the dentist. I "and I guess I can help you." "I vura ! if I hain't a mind to go back out!" ! she said, dropping on the sofa. "Brace, Mary?brace!" commanded the l husband. "Why even little children so high ! (measuring) come up here every day and > have their teeth drawed for fun !"* "I don't b'lieve it!" she bluntly replied | "Do ye s'pose I'd lie to you, Mary?do you s'pose I'd tell a deliberate lie right here ?" asked the husband. She seemed to think he would, but didn't say so, and the dentist talked softly and sweetly, and finally induced her to remove her shawl and sit down in the chair. While he was looking over his instruments the husband remarked: "You want to brace, Mary, Hold yer mouth open as wide as you possibler can, and don't try to look outen the winder." "I wish ye'd shut up !" she snapped, sitting up straight. "Don't you s'pose I know enuff to get a tooth drawed ?" "But can't yer own husband speak to ye, Mary?the husband who has lived with you nigh on to thirty-six years ?" The dentist waved him away and cajoled the woman into leaning back and opening her mouth. He found the cause of her misery to be an old snag of a tooth, which would j have to be dug around, but as soon as the | lance touched the gum she screamed out and struggled up. "Mary?dear Mary, why do you holler!" exclaimed the husband, rushing to her side. "She's all right?the worst is over," replied the dentist. "Oh, she'll stand it like an elephant?she's got real grit; have'nt you, Mary ?" cju? r_ii i u j l ? .t j one icu uaus, upeueu ner mouin again, ana again the lance made her scream out. "Brace, Mary?shut year eyes and hold on to the cheer!" exclaimed the husband. "I wish you'd squat over there, and stay there !" she snarled, after spitting out a mouthful of blood. "But I can't sit thar and hear you moan and holler and take on so." "Who's a hollerin' ?" "You did. "No I didn't" "Mary, don't tell me a lie?a bold, straight lie, right afore this dentister. The dentist induced him to be seated again, but it was five minutes before the woman would open her mouth. She declared that the ache had entirely vanished, and that her tooth never felt so well in her life. "Don't try to crawfish, Mary?don't try that!" exclaimed her husband. "Willyou shet up?" she shouted. "No I won't,durn me'f I do. Here you've kept me awake fourteen nights, howlin' with that old tooth! You've jawed and howled aud tore around like an old camel, and now you've got to have that tooth drawed or you'll go home afoot!" She wanted to get out of the chair and go for him, but the dentist persuaded him into going to the drug store after ten drops of laudanum, and while he was absent the tooth was extracted. "Mary" was balancing it on her hand as he came in and after a brief glance he exclaimed : "Bully for you, Mary ! I knowed ye bad grit. All ye wanted was me to encourage ye." "You didn't encourage nothing," she loftily _?i:?,i icpiicu. "I didn't, eh ? Why, durn it, if it wasn't for me you'd be howling around home this very minute, callin' for hot ashes and cam fire, and oil, and vitriol, and cotton ! Don't lie, Mary, jest 'cause you've had one old tooth drawed !" "I pity your second wife," she growled as she put on her hat. "I know just how them pour children of mine will be used !" "Allersa twitin' me about a second wife !" he exclaimed. "Here I've got to pay fifty cents to have that old snag drawed, and ye hnin't the least bit greatful. I'd drive hum aad leave ye in town, only I know ye'd be in jail in less'n an' hour." "Wait till we get back home," she said, as she started down stairs. "Threats! Threats!" whispered the farmer as he turned to the dentist; "remember, if I'm found dead to-night that ye heard her utter threats!" And he followed her down stairs.?Detroit Free Press. A Diplomatic Boy.?When a Labrosse street boy is playing "hopscotch" on the walk, and his mother comes to the door and asks him to split some wood, he replies that he will be nlong in just one minute. At the end of ten minutes she opens the door and says: "Wilyum, I want that wood!" "I'm coming right away," he replies, and goes on hopping here and there on one leg. Auother ten minutes flies away, and she opens the door, and says: "Wilyum, if you don't get that wood you know what your father will do." "Just ten seconds," he calls back, and he enters upon a a new game. The next time she calls she says: "Young man, it's almost noon, and I can't cook dinner without that wood." "I know it; I'm coming now," he replies, and he stands on one foot and holds a discussion with the Johnson boy as to whether 1 the game of hopscotch is as good a game as base ball. He has just started to hop when a boy whispers: "Ah, Bill, there's your old dad." "Great snakes!" whispers Bill ; and he goes over the fence like a flash, grabs an axe, and during the next two minutes he strikes two hundred blows per minute. He gets into the house ahead of his father, and, as he drops the wood,says: "Mother, the boys were just a sayin' that I i had the haudsomest and best and goodestJ \ mother on Labrosse street, and I want to kiss 1 ? vnn " Dpfmif Vtpp Preaa Not to be Raised Out.?In a certain j city on the Mississippi, a good-souled land- J lord, named Zal B., kept a hotel, and among \ his numerous patrons was his brother Sara (a t jolly, genial, shiftless kind of a fellow) who for five years "bummed" on him, and like Bun-ill's ! boarder, had never missed a meal or paid a cent. There being a limit to all thiugs, Mr. Z. B.'s patience was not an exception; he, therefore, hit upon the following plan to get rid of his profitless customer. The clerk was to notify Sam when he came to dinner that the i board was to be raised from three dollars and ! L- a half to five dollars. When dinner was anr nounced, Sam, along with others, was making his way to the dinner hall; the clerk called , iSara, and the following conversation ensued : j Cleric?"Do you know, Sam, we are going to raise our board ?" Sam?"The deuse you are! When ?" Clerk?"The new rates are going into effect | to-morrow." K Sam?"How much will you charge ?" Clerk?"Five dollars a day." Sam?"Why, how much have you been L. charging?" ' Clerk?"Three dollars and a half a day." Sam?"What do the other boarders say ?" L? ' Clerk?"They say they will stand it." Sam?(energetically)?"Well, if they stand ? it, I guess I can also." At last accounts Sam was still with them. I JlgwuJtaJ Department. [Original.] STOCK FARMS. So long as the majority of Southern planters make cotton the principal crop, provisions of all kinds will be dear. The transportation of these commodities will make them dear, and their absolute necessity will make them saleable. The price of cotton must, in the future, be regulated by the supply and demand. Food crops are annual. Corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, rice, bacon, and, generally, all bread-stuffs, cannot be preserved from year to year, and cotton can. Such being the case, provisions of all kinds will not, in a great number of years, vary much in their market value. In the South the price of home-made provisions will be regulated by the prices of those which are brought into the South from what are called the grain-growing States. Any extensive failure in the grain crop in the grain-growing States, will effect the price of provisions, independent of the price of cotton. Such being the order of things, there is an opening in many sections of the South for energetic men to amass a fortune. There is scarcely any good cotton farm in the South but by proper management can be converted, with but little expense, into a stock and grain farm. In almost every community in the South, fair corn land, good grass land, and land that will produce a reasonable crop of wheat and oats, can be found. Wherever grass will grow, cows can be raised and butter made. In that community where corn and oats will grow, hogs, horses and mules can be raised. The multitude of our Southern people either do not know this, or almost entirely ignore the fact. It has been demonstrated frequently that more money can be realized from any of the hay grasses than from cotton ; that is, more money can be realized by sowing grass than by cultivating cotton. A good cow will pay all expenses and make her owner fifty dollars a year. One haud could make grass and grain, sufficient to support ten such cows. This would bring the owner of the cows five hundred dollars Wis land would imnrovo. and ho would enjoy many pleasures of which the cottonplanter and provision-buyer knows nothing. SOUTHERN vs. NORTHERN FARMING. But the Northern farmer makes more money than we do, say those who know nothing about it; but it is all a mistake. They make less, and handle less money than we do, and if they lived the lives we do, they would be far more poverty stricken. The Northern farm that will sell for one hundred dollars per acre, will produce, perhaps, an average of thirty bushels of wheat, or its marketable equivalent in grass, worth probably thirty dollars. Outof this must come ten dollars as interest on investment, half as much more for taxes and labor, and when the subsistence of the family is deducted, there is precious little left. True, employes are less numerous constantly, but day labor is doubtless valuable, and all Northern farms require double the amount of plow stock we do at the South, and everywhere the annual expense of a horse is almost equal to that of an average hand. The net income from a first-class Northern farm is not five per cent., and I consider a similar Southern farm as a failure that does not double that income. I have repeatedly seen farms in South Carolina of from one to five hundred acres, sell for from five to twenty-five dollars, and no sooner had they changed hands than they were leased to negro farmers for twenty-five per cent, on the investment. And just here is where we of the South have a great advantage over Northern farmers, if we could only so accommodate ourselves to the times as to utilize our advantage. Lands are cheap and labor is abundant, and we must learn to control. Concessions must be made, and if properly made, will invariably redouud to our profit. If, as owners of the soil, possessors of what little capital there is in the South, and with a superior intelligence, we do not control the labor of the land, the fault lies at our own doors. We have no system, no concert of action. To the contrary, we are constantly pulling against each other. We are the employers, but every farmer has his own notion of thiDgs, and cares nothing for his neighbor's plans. If I hire hands for wages, one of them may at any time conclude to leave. If so, he only goes across my line fence and my neighbor hires him. if I give my employes a portion of thecrop, everybody says they will steal more than their share. You may as well kill a dog as to give him a bad name. So, as a practical farmer, I have never adopted this policy, nor did I hire for wages longer than I found I had to become a day laborer myself to enable me. to control the labor to suit me. Hence, since 1869 I havesimply tenanted my lauds aud have yet to see a reason for not doing so. I allot the land, the laborer furnishes everything else, and pays all expenses except the taxes. If he is unable to carry on the farm alone, I assist him for the year, with the hope he will be able the next year. If he makes nothing, and I think he is to blame, I discharge him, and have no difficulty in securing others. My rents are reasonable, and have never failed to be forthcoming, except in two instances, where two men contracted store accounts without my knowledge, and being threatened by the merchant with a law suit, they stole my cotton to pay the accounts. I blamed the merchants more than I did the negroes. I have never had a hand, but in ?i? ...? :?. c..:i ii,.n meat: iwu lusiauoes, to inn lu uin&u iuuic man the rent and the expenses of his portion of the farm. To ray mind no people ever had a fairer opportunity of becoming lordly land owners, or of establishing a system of agricultural tenantry, unsurpassed in the history of the world, than have the Southern farmers at this present time. Whether as a race we will ever see it, and practice it, is another thing.?D, Wyatt Aikex, in Rural Carolinian for June. B&r An important consideration at this season of the year is to prevent, so far as possible, the evaporation of moisture from the soil. One means of doing this is to frequently stir the surface. Another is shade for the ground. The last is best obtained by mulching?that is, by covering the soil between the rows and closely arouud the plants with hay, straw, half-rotted leaves, pino-straw, or auy convenient vegetable trash. This mulch should be several inches in thickness, and will not only prevent the rapid evaporation of moisture and the reflected heat from the ground, but also the close packing and baking of the soil, from the beating rains and the hot sunshine which generally follow them. This mulching should be done while the soil is still moist. With heavy mulching the Irish potato crop may be saved, and can be dug as wanted, far into the summer, and the earliest planted tomatoes often kept in bearing nearly the whole season. It may be applied with profit to nearly all the crops, but especially to those most liable to be injured by heat and drought. ... 4ST" Tomatoes should be tied up to stakes or trellises and well mulched. Seed may be sowu for a late crop. Onions will be fit to pull from the middle to the last of the month. Take them up in a dry day and spread on a floor in a dry, airy place. Save Irish potatoes by spreading them in a cool, dark place, as seed for a fall crop. Carefully work your strawberry beds to kill all weeds, and then mulch the grouud. If you desire new plants, leave a space between the rows, very lightly mulched, in which the runners may take root. Rural Carolinian. Straw matting should be washed with a cloth dampened in salt water. Indian ineal sprinkled over it and thoroughly swept out, will also cleanse it finely. ! tfUMtaes'* gfpattwMt. THE SNOW STORM. It was a dark December night, wild and stormy. Ever Biuce midday tbe snow had j | fallen with unwearying perseverance, and | ' now lay deep on the ground. I had been j i detained at my office later than usual, and ; . had to cross a dreary moor for some two i i miles, to reach my home. I confess I felt! ; chilled at the prospect of such a walk in such | ; a storm; but wrapping my plaid around me, ; ' and staff hi hand, I set forward, thinkiug of; i the bright home I should soon reach, and the j dear ones who were awaiting my return with a loving welcome. Soon I left the busy town, i with its many lights, behind me, and stepped ' out into the dismal moor. The snow lay j much deeper here on the untrodden footpath, J j and seemed to fall more heavily than before, ' so thick and blinding, that I found myself! ' perpetually straying from the proper road-1, ' way, and with difficulty retraced my steps ; |1 j the cold felt keener also, and a sharp east j < wiud had risen. At times I grew almost ; < ! breathless with the struggle, and had to pause i, , for gathering strength ere I faced the storm j once more. At length I rejoiced to see the | guidiug-post, which was placed where three :' roads met, and against which I was thankful I 1 to lean for a few seconds, until I had recovered breath. I was just on the point of start- ' ing off afresh, when a faint souud of human i voice caught my ear. Startled, I listened, ; but all was still. I shaded my eyes with my > hand, and stared anxiously iuto the surrounding darkness; but naught could I discern beyond a wilderness of snow, and I was just ' concluding my imagination had deceived me, ' when again the same murmur came floating ( through the air. ? Feeling that with the guide-post so near I , could scarcely lose my way, I hasteued forward in the direction of the sound, and soon distinctly heard a child's voice repeating the 1 Lord's Prayer. It had a strange effect in I such a storm, at such a place, aud my heart . beat high when the gentle "Amen" was said. 1 I called out, "Whose voice is that?" but there was no reply. I called again, more , loudly thau before, and then the timid answer came, "Johnnie's," and a few steps brought me to a boy some eight years old, standing 1 shivering in the snow. < "My poor little man," I said, "Are you j alone?" 1 "No," he replied ; "Nelly is here, but she grew so cold and tired I could not get her on, and now she is fast asleep. I felt sleepy too, but thought I would say my prayers first;" ! and so I stooped dowu to the bundle of snow he had indicated as being "Nelly," he whispering softly, "has Jesus sent you ?" "Surely He has," I answered; "had you ( not said your prayers, Johnnie, you might both have perished. But how came you here, my boy?" "We went to town this moruing to see grandma; it was snowing then," he said inuocently, "when we left home." i "And where is your home?" I asked ; "and "who is your father?" "Farmer Rutland," he replied ; "we live at High Farm." High Farm happened to be on the road to my own house, so I told Johnnie we would all 1 go home together. He rejoiced when he ] heard my name, and remarked to himself, "How well it was I said my prayers!" I I found Nelly, indeed, half asleep, wrapped in a heavy cape, of which the devoted little fellow had divested himself in his endeavor to keep her warm. Nor could I induce him to put it on until he saw me raise Nelly tenderly in my arms, and wrapping her in ray great plaid, gathered her close to my bosom, prepared to carry her. "Now, Johnnie," I said, "you keep hold of the skirt of my coat, and we shall soon be at High Farm." The cold seemed to have become more intense, the falling snow more dense than ever. Manfully the little fellow kept up by my side, though the snow by this time reached above his knees. I tried to cheer him as we trudged along, but I felt the drag upon my coat become greater, and it was evident his strength and heart were failing him. Then a suppressed sob broke from him, and he clung more closely to me as I bent down, trying to soothe and comfort him. "You are a brave little man," I said. "We will soon reach the farm now. Think of the bright fire there, the nice warm milk and bread, and mother's loving kiss, all waiting for you." "I cannot walk further," he sobed. "Oh ! take Nelly home, but let me lie down here. I will say my prayers again, and perhaps Jesus will send some one else to help me." "No, no," I answered, cheerily ; "I cannot now leave you behind, Johnnie; you must just make a horse of me and mount my back. Thorn vnn nro now Hold mp. fast, round the neck, and whip hard to make me go better." Again I started forward, endeavoring to keep him awake with questions and little sallies; but I felt the additional burden in such a storm was becoming beyond my already exhausted strength, when suddenly a wavering speck of light shone out in the darkness, theu vanished, then appeared once more, becoming nearer and brighter. I hallooed loudly, and my shout was answered, and Johnnie called out, in a faint and glad voice, "Oh! that's | father!" And happily so it was. The poor farmer, ; becoming alarmed at the lengthened absence of his children, had started with his two men and a lautern in search of them, and great j tears of thankfulness fell from his eyes when | he beheld his loved ones. Johnnie was at I once taken into his loving arms, and a quarter : of an hour's walk brought us to the farm, j where the anxious mother received us. Nelly was soon roused by the warm and light of the : great fire, little or none the worse for the night's adventure; but poor Johnuie was sadly | frost-bitten, and it was long before he recov| ered. Deep was the gratitude of the honest cou-1 j pie for the aid I had afforded their children, j who. doubtless. overDowered with sleep, would i: j have been hidden iu the snow ere their father j (' ; had reached them, and must inevitably have ' perished but for the prayer which Johnnie's j trusting, simple heart had prompted, and had j been the means, with God's blessing, of my I. j saving them. Tin-; Ma<;ic of Silence.?You have often ,( heard "it takes two to make a quarrel." Do ' j you believe it? I'll tell you how oue of my 1 j little friends managed. Dolly never came to ' see Marjorie that there was not a quarrel. |' 1 Marjorie tried to speak gently ; but no mat- |} ! ter how hard she tried, Dolly finally made ' her so angry, that she would soon speak sharp ' j words, too. : | "O, what shall I do ?" cried poor little Mar- ' jjorie. j I I "Suppose you try this plan," said her mam- ;.' j ma. "The next time Dolly comes in, seat j1 yourself in frontofthc fire and take the tongs1 ! iu your hand. Whenever a sharp word comes ( from Dolly, gently snap the tongs, without ( ! speaking a word." j Soon afterward in marched Dolly to see her f \ little friend. j { It was not a quarter of an hour before Dol-!' ly's temper was ruflled, and her voice was j( i raised, and as usual she began to find fault!1 and scold, Marjorie fled to the hearth and iJ seized the tongs, snapping them gently. j1 More angry words from Dolly. < 1 rt il - i S rjnap went me mugs. More still. Snap. j 1 "Why don't you speak ?" screamed Dolly 1 in a fury. Snap went the tongs. I "Speak!" said she. Snap was the only ' answer. 1 "I'll never, never come again, never!" cried t Dolly. 1 Away she weut. Did she keep her promise ? 1 . No, indeed. She came the next day, but see- { j ing Marjorie run for the tongs, she solemnly , said, if she would only let them alone, they would quarrel no more for ever and ever. 1j Waste not a moment of your time, for i i a moment of time is a monument of mercy, i i Heading for the JfaMtotk.' CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] DUTY. "What must I do to be saved ?" springs i up, we may say, instinctively in the minds of 1 all men. No man can be indifferent concerning his eternal destiny. The eternal destiny of the soul is a matter of so momentous im-' portance, that its very magnitude forces us to think about it on certain occasions with se-: riousness. That we are in a ruined condition ' Joes not admit of a doubt. We are conscious i jf the fact. We feel that something must be Jone by us or for us, or our case is a hopeless Dne for all time and eternity. The first thing that suggests itself to our mind is to set about, in some way, to repair the injuries we nave i lone. This we soou find to be a hopeless undertaking. Every effort we make in that direction only makes matters worse. Instead if repairing injuries, we produce others. We loon find that our hopes, instead of brightening, become dark and gloomy. In the midst of such a condition of things, g what is the poor ruined sinner's duty ? In , 1 this as in every other instance, all duty con- j sists in obedience to the revealed will of God. Ihe Bible, in a plain and intelligible way,: reveals to us our whole duty. It makes knowu to us both what we must believe and what we must do. The sum of the whole is contained in these few and simple words: "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou slialt be saved." Now believing in the Lord Jesus Christ is simply a renouncing of all reliance on ourselves, and trusting with implicit confidence in Jesus Christ as a Saviour. It is not a simple act of the understanding, but it is in the language of the Scriptures, "giving our hearts to the Lord." It is reli ance on the sunermgs ot Lhrist as a ht atonement, the righteousness of Christ or his obedience to the law as the ground of our justifi- F cation ; depending upon him for power and 1 inclination to live obedient to the law of God. To accept Christ in this sense is, we apprehend, the duty of all. On the contrary, those who refuse to accept Christ, fail to discharge any part of their duty. The great misfortune with all of us is that we undertake to do what we are not required, by the conditions of the covenant of grace to do, in order that we may be saved. We are anxious, and attempt to do some great thing to make an atonement for sin, and to render an obedience to the law, that we may be justified. God has, in the death of his Son, received complete satisfaction to the penal demands of the law, and the obedience of Christ is a perfect obedience. Both the death and obedience of Christ are offered to us, and the Holy Spirit offers- himself to make us new creatures. Our whole duty consists in sim- j ply accepting the offer which God makes us. If we reject the offers of mercy and attempt c to work our way to heaven, we will work our * way to the regions of hopeless despair. i NEARER TO 001). [ As I look out of my window this beautiful spring morning and view the glitteriug landscape, and listen to the sweet songs of birds, my heart is drawn to the Giver of these pre- 1 :ious good gifts. The melancholy moaning " if the wind around my window seems to awaken new aspirations in my heart. The s wooing of the dove teaches me to give thanks \ to him who has so kindly watched over me I luring the slumbering moments of the night. We need but look in the open book of nature ;o learn the lesson of trust in God. Our v leavenly Father has enriched our earthly lorae with all of these excellencies of beauty, a hat all should speak to us of him. Oh ! that ,ve could thiuk of God as often as he gives us a lomething to remind us of his care over us ; hen would he be in our thoughts and acions; and our conversation would be the r heme of salvation. Could we but realize b hat all the sufferings, trials, head-aches, heart- v tches, pains, and fevers of this woe-stricken o vorld come from the fact that men will not 0 ihoose God's ways, but forsake the fountains )f living water and hew for themselves broken r listerns, that can hold no water. When will a he world learn that deep, lasting, and abi- d ling happiness is to be found ouly in Jesus? [n vain do men strive for happiness who have t lot washed their robes, and made them white tl n the blood of the Lamb. This sensitive t1 iody in which the soul lives, which we so un- b inceasingly care for, must soon be food for 11 irawling worms. But where shall this deathess soul find its habitation when this earthly louse is dissolved ? This is the great quesdon that has ever crowded into the mind of ft nan, "If he die, shall he live again?" The a In /lattlr fnr luimun rfiaann tn I JI UUlClli IO IUU uai a iv/i iiuiuwu <ut*o\/u uv jj solve. The book of divine revelation alone -eaches us that when this earthly house of the c soul is dissolved, we may have a building of ? Grod, a house not made with hands, eternal in y he heavens. That we may be admitted into * ;hat heavenly land, it should be our chief joncern to prepare for the great destiny of li he future. Oh ! the cheerful, trusting child fl if Jesus, who has learned to trust an infinite a Helper. He has two homes?one on earth, s uid one in heaven. While the season of work ind duty lasts he is willing to labor; but ? vhen old age has crept upou him he leans e ;remblingly upon his staff, aud hails with de- c ight the time when Jesus shall loose the fet- A ;ered chaius that have so long bound him to ;he earth. P Cheer up, desponding, fainting Christian 0 ive near the cross of Christ. A few more a Drayers, a few more tears, and our bodies .hall rest in the green valley, while our spirts shall bask in the sunlight of God's eternal lay.?Religious Telescope. FRIENDSHIP IN HEAVEN, ^ Archbishop Whately says: "Why should tl private friendship interiere witn universal v oenevolenoe in heaven, more than it does on ? iarth ? I am convinced on the contrary that u die extension and perfection of friendship will constitute a greater part of the future j nappiness of the blessed, and that those who p have been the dearest friends on earth, when 0 idmitted to that happy state, will continue to ^ i)e so, with full knowledge and recollection of t] their former friendship." And so, in second v Joriuthiaus, 1: 14, Paul anticipates the meet- J ng with his children in the Lord ; "As also R pe have acknowledged us in part, that we are a pour rejoioing, even as ye are also ours," or i will be ours, "in the day of our Lord Jesus." J u A.nd again in first Thessalonians, 2: 19, he j a 1 , L ... , 11 exclaims: "jcor wnai is our nope ur juy ui i u erown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the | iresence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his com-1 a ng?"?that is, Paul anticipates with great J.1 oy, seeing those beloved converts face to face r n the presence of Christ and spending an 1 eternity with them before the throne ; aud so L igain in first Thessalouiaus, 4:13, 24, in those 0 sweet, comforting words to the afflicted: "I j u vould not have you to be ignorant, brethren,i j) concerning them which aro asleep, that ye j sorrow not, even as others which have no cl lope. For if we believe that Jesus died and ? ose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." Now what s the comfort in these words? Why, that ? he parting is only for a little season, and j, hat there is to be a mutual recognition by li md by; for when the Lord shall oome, then i c' ,hose loved ones will come to him, and the p jlad, eternal reunion will begin. j o ttaT It is au excellent rule to be observed in 11 ill disputes, that men should give soft words jjj md hard arguments; that they should not so y nuch strive to vex as to convince au oppojent. rHE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER." NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS! . BY a very liberal contractjust entered into with J the Weed Manufacturing Company, we are snabled to offer greater inducements to clubnakers than ever heretofore. 8 READ OUR PROPOSITIONS! ^ Weed Sewing Machine, No. 1.?Price, ,$60. For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will rive a WkkdSkwino M ACUiNEoftheabove9tyle, -i he cash price of which is sixty dollars. J VVeedScwIng Miacli In c, No. 2.?Prle < , .$60. For a club of 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will t rive a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style, ( ho cash price of which is sixty-tivo dollars. s Weed Sewing Machine, No. 3.?Price, $70. Foraclubof50subscriber8, at $2.50 each, we will ^ivea Wked Sewino Machine of the above style, he cash price of which is seventy dollars. ^59-The reputation of the Weed Sewing Ma:hine is equal to that of any other first-class ma:hine in the market, and of its merits we can ipeak advisedly?having had one in constant use n our own family since 1806, during all of which ime it lias never failed to work in the most satsfactory manner. OUR LIBE RAL OFFERS. In addition to the attractions of the Enquirer, ve invite .attention to our terms of subscription, ind the liberal offers wo make to those who may >e disposed to form clubs. TERMS-FREE OF POSTAGE. Single copy, one year, $3 00 ["wo years to the same address, 5 00 n clubs, each subscriber, one year, 2 50 PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. 1 To those willing to form clubs for the Enquirer re make the following liberal offers: y 1. For 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give No. 1 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $60. 2. For 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give No. 2 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $65. 3. For 50 subscribers, at $2,50 each, we will give No. 3 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $70. ^ me engravings given auuve m uunwiuiini jcp- a esentthestyleof the differentmachines. No. lis t< ilack walnut, oiled, plain table. No. 2 is black o mlnut, oiled, half case. No. 3 is black walnut, 1 iled, half case, with two side drawers, and with Jj r without drop-leaf, as may bo preferred. j, These offers are not confined to a single club, p ior is there any competition invited as to who hall procure the largest club. Each and every tub of 40, 45 or 50 names will be entitled to the I esignated premium. The machines will be shipped from the nearest 11 iranch office of the Weed Machine Company to 11 he persons entitled to receive then, transportaion charges, which will rarely exceed $5, if sent iy freight line, to be paid by the person receiving ? he machine. j The offe. made in this prospectus will be bind- c ng upon the proprietor of the Enquirer until he 15th day of October, 1875; and persons who aay commence making clubs, can forward names A s rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid in dvance, having until the above-mentioned date a which to complete their lists. It is not required that subscribers shall all re- eivo their papers at thesame post-office; bntsubcriptions must be for a term not less than one ear. One subscriber for two years will be :quivalent, in making up lists, to two names or one year each. Subscriptions may commence with any numer, and the paper will be sent for a full year rom the time the subscription begins. Each club-maker will be credited with names s they shall bo received ; and should any fttll to ecure either premium by the loth of October, 1875, ait should procure ten or more sunscriners, mi xtra copy of the paper will be given for the ten lames thus procured, and for all subscriptions in xcess of ten, a cash commission of twenty-five ents will be given on each name. The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to .ll Subscribers. Remittances may bo made atonr risk, by draft, lost-ofilco order, or in registered lotter; if made therwise, we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-ofTloe, county nd State. Specimen copios of tho Enquirer will be sent a any address on application. INOTHER SPLENDID OFFER. premiums to single subscribers. For the advantage of those who are inaccessible iy a club-maker, but may yet wish to avail hemsolves of our liberal offers to subscribers, ire have made arrangements with the publishrs of Smith's Bible Dictionary by which we re enabled to offer that valuable work as a {>roiiiuiu to subsoribors, at a cost to the subscriber >r the book and the En($tirer, of little more lian the publisher's price of the book. Smith's lible Dictionary is a standard work, and indisensablv necessary to every studeut of the Bible, r to every person who desires to read the sacred olume intelligibly. The Dictionary is the work f Dr. William Smith, of tho University of Lonon, and the most eminent lexicographer in the /oriel, who, in its preparation associated with imsoifovor seventy distinguished divines hihi uthors, of both HSnrope and tills country, in tho reat task of preparing oomprohensiveDlctionry of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt y the religious public. The result of these la- _ ors appeared in throe largo and very costly vol-! j .mes, a wonderful monument of learning. An i bridgement of this great work, for popular use, ! ladeby Dr. Smith himself, is tho one we have j < rrangod to furnish our subscriliers. The book j K outainsevery name inthe Bible respecting which | nything can be said. It ombraccs the resnlts of i istoric research, antiquarian investigation, the j % tudy of languages and dialects, and tho discove- | ies of the modern travelers and explorers in the : foly Band?Robinson, Rawlinson, Ferguson, j ^ ,ayard, Offert and Stanley. The book is printed from new stereotype plates, n good paper, and is appropriately illustrated nth over 125 Engravings of beautiftil Scenes, incient Cities, and Memorable Places of the loly Land, desorlptive Figures and valuable laps. It contains nearly 800 olosely-prii.ted, ouble-column, octavo pages, Including 24 eleant full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It t printed In typo of a heavy, distinct, and very jgiblo face. Tho publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictionry is $3.50. We will furnish a copy of the work, ubstantially bound in cloth, ana a copy of the I ~ Inuuibkr one year for $4.50. Or for a club of) vc subscribers at $2.50 each, we will furnish a . opy of the Dictionary to the getter up of the club, j j Tho book will bo mailed, free of postage, to the p erson entitled to receive it, direct from the office f publication. Subscribers whose terms of subscription have ot expired, by forwarding the money, will re- j oive a copy of tho Bible Dictionary, and have - Iteir subscription to the Enijuirkr extended one f ear. Tho cash must accompany all orders. L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, *; Yorkville, S. C. ^ A. WItiLIFORD, ROCK HILL, S. C. MORE YOUNG HORSES. [NOW have on hand, at my Stable in Rock Hill, S. C., SIXTY HEAD >f young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? unong them some good saddle and harness aninals, which I will sell ON TIME, payable first of )etober, 1875, the payments to be satisfactorily se- i iured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on easonable terms. _4. WILL I FORD. | NOTICE. I, A LL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules | fV purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are j equested to pay up at once and save cost. A fail- i ire to comply may injure their credit with me j luring the present year. A. WILLIFORD. CORN WANTED. ftNE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, II for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. ~ FODDER WANTED. [WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, I for which I will pay $1.50 per hundred pounds. A. WILLIFORD. i The sweetest, most powerful and dnrable now in use." BL00MFIELD & OTIS, NTEW SCALE PIANOS, 209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. KMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a lew manner of stringing and a new method of inerting sound bourd, the most important results lave been obtained. "The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness ,nd delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I lave tested them as I would a Grand, for points ?f delicacy and strength, and they have stood the est in every way. In many respects they are sulerior to any manufactured in .4 merica. Charles Fradel." (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianst to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustavo of lax Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Mimical Timea.) "The lirm of Bloom field it Otis have lately made leveral important improvements in their pianos, uacing mem 111 me irum. rttun. ui auicuwu manifacturers." (Toledo, 0., Blade.) "BloomlioUl ?fc Otis, of New York, carry away he first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they lid at the Fair of the American Institute. Conlidering the fact that they met in competition all he established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dunmm, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which vcre skilfully handled, this is certainly a high ompliment, as the/c-fM were thorough and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Educaion, Brooklyn, together with the local commitees, after examining and thoroughly testing all the irincipal instruments manufactured, have purhaseu BloomfieldA Otis' celebrated Patent Treble 'ianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven years. Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED iverywhere. Send for Circular and mention the name of he paper in which you saw this advertisement. January 28 * 4 tf *"*^^ " "^^ ^^? "^^ ^"" I 'lie aliovc irf a reilueeil ropy of llie TITLE I'ALE iif the RU- ( UAL CAROLINIAN. rHE publishers have determined to change the | commencement of the Volumes of the RURAL CAROLINIAN > i From October to January. ] THE RURAL CAROLINIAN is the leading ] Lgricultural Journal of the South. Publishers nd Editors arc all Southern men, and it is devoad exclusively to the interests of Southern Agriulture. While it is not the paid organ of the . 'atrons of Husbandry, or of any society or set of no, 1 if htia I mm, the innvt nnwerfnl advocate foi lie establishment of Granges in the South, and its nfluence 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 Departlent of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., Lntonological Editor. Regular Contributors. !ol. D. WYATT AIKEN, Washington, D. C. IENRY W. RAVENEL, Esq., Aiken, S. C. tuv. C. W. HOWARD, Kingston, Georgia. !ol. N. H. DAVIS, Greenville, S. C. RURAL CAROLINIAN?12 PER ANNUM. id dross WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, Publishers, Charleston, S. 0. The Rural Carolinian and the "Yorkville Enuirer" will be furnished at $4 per annum. January 28 4 tf Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. < STATIONERS j First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, OY VSISO CHEAPER OUADKS OF STOCK, WE CAN PCISNISII WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIONABLTSTAIIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. JRedding and Sail invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. September 10 37 tf , S. R. THOMSON. C. K. SPENCER. THOMSON & SPENCER, Solicitors in Bankruptcy j" YORKVILLE, S. C. j f IPECIATj attention given to tiling of petitions, 5 to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, | nil the collection and forwarding of Dividends to ! J 1 cuuui o? February 4 5 tf , j Bs a ii f Juno 4 23 tf RAGS WANTED. ] | /-v Ann POUNDS of clean cotton and lin- ( LUtUU'' Rags wanted, for which 2 cents er pr und will be paid, at tlio "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. ! , April 15 15 tf : ? AGRICULTURAL LIENS, ? kMORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to n tl Real Estate. For sale at the i n ENQUIRER OFFICE, j I'EK D:iv at home. Term* free. Address, H Jm\j '? stisson St Co.,I'urilnnd, Me. 3 ly* f mHE COOKING ST0VE8 manufactured atour I. works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in tlio 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 account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. Mol*e than ONE THOUSAND c. 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, Guthriesville; 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 STOYE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 it y it ii it it ii it it 26 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, (rrAATKllvM'O V P T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkvi'lle,' 8. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, 8. C. vine, uuu ib preff ~~ ~j?nm pared to furnish 4>ttf! VT^l^x 1 f/i ill anything in the a??J MllllM I }\ marble line vi hmm 1 I lv from a plain slab gMB "- ? *- ' ssl to a costly monuthe art, with tho very best materials, and "*at as low prices as the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders from a distance promptly filled, and the same attention given to work ordered by mail as if the parties were present in person. From this date work will be delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 14 2 ly F. S. FRISCHEIS, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YORKVILLE, S. C., RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens of Yorkvilleaud vicinity. All manner >f HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, Marbling and C'alciinining executed in the best style of the art. By the process of CALCIMINING, plastered walls which have become soiled md discolored, can be made to look as fresh and dean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of jo lor, which will not rub off. Old Furniture will bo re-varnished or re-paint2d and varnished in imitation of the various kinds if woods and made to look as well as new. Where there is enough of this class of work to justify me in so doing, I will visit the houses for that purpose, thus avoiding the necessity of moving the Furniture. Roofs painted in the most durable manner, either with granite or slate roofing paint, ind the work warranted. Estimates furnished, md all work promptly executed at the lowest cash prices commensurate with durable and artistic painting. All communications promptly answered. Address F. S. FRISCHEIS, Yorkville, 8. C. April 1 31 ly MUSIC HATH CHARMS. &cT~ WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give their children a chance for a musical edujation, but whose means are very limited, that 1 lave made arrangements with the celebrated 'Mason <fe Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest actory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quar;erly payments, upon whatis called the lease prin;iple. Thus any one by paying only a moderate mm for the use of the instrument, can, at any ;ime,give it up or become purchaser; the amount ilready paid being applied to the purchase. Or a person having paid the rent for four years, be;omes the owner of the Organ without further a ri.ii -j i? ,1 payuieiiu tan uiui uiiquut? lur partiuuiaioauu <ee the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the \dickes' building, where I may be found during ill business hours, either to show you a sample or *> wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic line as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresent*-, ions and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" ompanies, I still insist that I have the best and dieapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, ind I am ready to prove my words to all who >eek for the truth in tho matter. J. R. S. C. WEST & SONS ALADDIN SECURITY OIL. WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST. DHE BEST HOUSEHOLD OIL IN THE WORLD. Indorsed by the Fire Insurance Companies. Seacl tho followingCertificate selected from many others: TTAtir 1 -nn rrntt* t vottd a xt/nt? r?auda vv nwtYAivu nxvij wmi m< a )F BALTIMORE. Baltimore, Dec. 23, 1874.Ifessis. C. West <& Sons?Gentlemen: Having tsed the various Oils, sold in tins city for illumilating purposes, I take pleasure in recommendng your "Aladdin Security" as the safest and >est ever used in our household. Yours truly, (Signed) Andrew Reese, President. IT WILL NOT EXPLODE t ASK YOUR STOREKEEPER FOR IT. Wholesale depot, C. WEST & SONS, Nos. 113 and 115 W. Lombard St. February 4 52 6m* THE .IAS. LEFFEL Double Turbine Water Wheel, JnL Manufactured by I ff POOLE & HUNT, j jdU Baltimore, Hd. TO* 7,000 XO W IX VSEt I|1 . Simple, Strong, Durable, ; SgP 1 always reliable and BatieManufacturers, also. of Portable & Stationary j vg'^a^ffipjSfc'Engines, 8team Boilers, j Grist Milbs, Min. ?F^intt White Lead ami yu mm macninery, jayarauuo ana oiner i Presses.&c. Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers a specially Machine made Gearing; <ccnrate and of very best finish. Send for Circulars* j March 25 12 6m BARBER SHOP. rHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant ,nd luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that ?HOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsoial, is still iu business, in his old Shop next door o the Enquirer building, where it Mil afford lini great pleasure to wait upon all who may deire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, iul any other work of that kind promptly done. He may be found at the Shop on Sunday mornngsfrom 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly LISLE THREAD GLOVES. rHE nicest Lisle Thread Glove in town, for only 25 cents. H. F. ADICKES. SltC tfttytttttY. TERMS?IN ADVANCE t )ne copy, one year, $ 3 00 )ne copy, six months, 1 50 )ne copy, three months, 2 50 (ingle copy, ; 10 rwo copies, one year, 5 00 .'en copies, one year, 25 00 ^?<0- To persons who make up clubs of ten or nore names, an extra copy of the paper will urnished one year, free of charge.