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Humorous Jfrpartuwut. A Fiery Steed.?"Yes,' said the driver j of the car to the roan who stood on the steps, "she's a mighty nice mare for car work?least- j ways to look at. Kick! Well, you bet. j Since I've had her, she's removed the insides from two horses hitched in with her, she's caved in her stall times enough to make one j carpenter rich, and livened up more'n one j passenger ; 'member one case in particular: Nice old gent with youngster, goin' out for j a Sunday picnic; he'd a basket of lunch cov- j ered up with a tablecloth. Jest as he was i getting off", the mare worked 'round when 11 wasn't lookiu', and she fetched the basket one clatter with both feet?I don't rightly know ; but she got in all four?any ways there was ; luuch for every body within ten rods, whether j he wanted it or not; the paper boys mostly did. i Think the old man saved the handle of the ham and the cork of the bottle. Such a nice- : looking beast as she is, too. Why, that mare j has been bought out of the stables not less'n ! three times 'cause she was such a gentle-look- j in' lady's horse. Well, it's good for the doc- j tors and wagon-makers, auyhow. Always j staves up thefamily, and gets back into the I j team less'n a week. Never was broke, she I j wasn't; and never will be till she falls off a , house." 1 flaF* Rev. Dr. W., of P., when he can find i leisure, is fond of hunting and fishing. He is \ a keen shot and a ready wit. Coming home one day from a shooting excursion, with several ducks in his hand, he met a Quaker friend, whose salutation was: s "Good-morning, friend W. Where did thee 5 get those ducks ?" 1 "I shot them," was the answer. , "Well, does thee think it is right to give ' pain to such harmless birds, and even to take away their life?" 1 "Why not?" said the doctor. "You know i they, as well as we must all die at some time ; I and if they can be of U8e to us as food, I do | not see any harm in shooting them, auy more : than in killing the ckickens you and 1 every day eat" "Yes," said the Quaker, "I know every creature must die token its titne comes, but it seems cruel to take its life before that time." Well, said the doctor, "friend Jti., when, , with a well-loaded gun, I get ray eye on a duck, I generally find its time has come. So, even on your own view, there can't be any ( harm in killing it." 1 "Ah, friend W.," said the Quaker, with a i laugh, "I see it is as hard to get away from j thy wit as from thy shot." ] The Best War Joke.?We find embalmed ' in the pages of "A Pastor's Recollections" (Rev. Mr. Dashell) the following unsurpassa- ' bly good anecdote of the war: "I once heard a visionary criticise the slow i movement of the Confederacy in its conduct | of the war. He broached a plan of his own , by which, without the possibility of failure, an ^ army could be marched right through the North and scrape up all the money in Phila- s delphia, New York and Boston, and come hack by sea, bringing the spoil in safety to | Wilmington. He mentioned with an air of , consummate triumph that he had disclosed | the plan to Gen. Lee, and that the General was forced to confess (and I have no doubt ' that he did it with imperturbable gravity) ! that such an idea would never have occurred ' to him." ] Those who knew General Lee understand , this in a delicious sense. But as much as we , adiuire it ia the light of the covert sarcasm it contains, we confess to great admiration of that unlimited vanity which not only broke the force of such a sarcasm, but construed it as conveying a compliment to an unequalled ingenuity. At the Way Station.?On the ferry boat Geisse, crossing the river yesterday, were an old couple from Louisiana, coming to visit friends in this city. The old gentleman was walking around, despite his wife's predictions that something would happen to him, and he suddenly found himself in the river. She heard him yell, and caught sight of him, and leaning over the rail, she shouted, "There, Samuel, didn't I tell you so? Now, then, work you legs, flap your arms, hold your breath, and repeat the Lord's prayer; for it's mighty onsartin, Samuel, whether you'll land in Vicksburg or eternity." Thanks to a ready rope and a strong arm, he landed at this way station.? Vichsburg Herald. The Ideal and the Real.?"Ah, if I were only half as good a man as she is a wo man !" said a loving nusDand to nimseir, tenderly regarding his wife through the crack of the half-opeu door of the room, where she was 1 sitting with clasped hands and closed eyes, as if in holy communion with her Maker, i "What a picture for an artist, just as she looks now?praying, no doubt, for her pastor." Then he stole softly into the apartment, ho- 1 ping not to arouse her, but she sprang toward him, eagerly exclaiming, "O, Charlie! I've been thiuking ever so much if I hadn't better send that bonnet back to be retriramed." Not Sensible of It.:?An Irishman, in passing along the road one day, came across a snake whose head had been run over by the wheel of a wagon, and severed from the body. According to the custom of snakes in similar 1 circumstances, its tail refused to be quiet. ' Thereupon Teddy procured a stone and commenced pounding the reptile. Just then a i gentleman passing by observed the transaction, and said, "ray man, what are you beating the snake for ? He is already dead!" "Did, is it, yer honor ? Faix I know he is did enough, but thin, you see, he isn't sensible of it!" | at*?* A bright young lady in Rochester re- ! marked that the stupidest and slowest gatherings in her church were the sociables, and j< the jolliest were the prayer-meetings. It was at one of the latter that a solemn brother dis- j coursed of the uncertainty of life. "Yester- 11 day," he said, "ray brethren, I stood at ray window lookiug out upon a new building, < when I saw a man laying brick. A few hours later I looked out, aud he was laying j a corpse?" Among the irrevreent portion of the audience there was a slight titter. But ] how could they help it? - - ; j JfeaT "No, I don't want none of your light- i1 ning-rods," said a Keuutcky fanner, last < week, to a man wno naa stoppea at nis nouse i to put up patent lightning conductors. "I ain't afraid of lightning, it's the thunder I: helieve's going to knock us all endwise, some ! i day." "You don't seem to comprehend," | said the peddler ; these ere silver-tipped rods are lightning-rods, and the gold tipped ones , are thunder rods?just what you want," and he persuaded the old man iu ordering up the gold-tipped rods. tfar* The colored "frieud and brother" frequently rises to the great occasion. Recently, one of these applied to an amiable gentleman for a certificate of character by which he might be able to get a situation. The testimonial ' j was so unexpectedly complimentary, and set forth Sambo's qualifications in such glowing terms, that, turning to the gentleman, he said, "Look heah, Mr. Wilson, can't you gib me something to do yourself on dat recommen- i dation /" BnHF A man was recently accused in Paris ef having stolen a pair of trousers from a dealer in the Temple. There were several witnesses, but the evidence was rather meagre, and so j the accused was acquitted. He was told that> he niightgo "without astain on his character," ' but there he stood motionless. At length, he 1 leaned over the side of the dock, and whisper- 1 ed, "The fact is, sir, I do not like to move till the witnesses have left the court." "Why is 1 that?" "Because sir, I atn now wearing the, trousers I stole." -* |1 fiaT What pupil gets most punishment ? The , I pupil of the eye, for it is continually under i the lash, ' I ?cjrart?jent. j [Orlginnl.] | HOME. There is something dear in the place where j jne is born. Home, we have all heard, "is i the dearest spot on earth." . By a kind of in- j itinct, the old man, when nearing the confines ! )f another world, goes back, in imagination, j ;o the spot where his boyhood days were spent, j rhe trees, the hills, the branches and all the scenery which surrounded the home of his ; youthful days, spring up in his mind, and he j jontemplates the scene with peculiar emotions. ' Even the irrational animals, when death begins to creep upon them, often wander back ;o the locality where they first saw the light, ind there lie down and die. This is instinct-j ve. It is interwoven in our being, as the j nuscles cover the bones. From this peculiarity of our nature some i orofitable inferences may be drawn. They ire practical inferences?deductions which iave a direct bearing upon the well-being of i ;he individual and UDon society*. We may infer, since "home" is a dear place, it should ! je an attractive place. The home of all is, : io doubt, dear, but the home of a vast mul- j ;itude of the human family is anything else ; Dut attractive. It is deformity deformed? jgliness in its most repulsive shape. One of the characteristics of the human j soul is the capability to discern the beautiful md delight in it. This native capability may . be cultivated and developed until it becomes ! strong and delicate, or it may be crushed. ! [f the scenes around the spot where the child | first sees the light of day, and amid which it spends its infancy and youth, are mutilated by the ruthless hand of ignorance, the love of beauty in the soul of the child is retarded in its growth, and if it expands at all, it is a ! sickly development. This is not all; the beautiful and the moral in our nature are inseparably connected. Cripple the one and you maim the other. Crush out the love of the beautiful in the mind of man, and you make him, morally, a demon. Now, in view of these facts, we con-! elude that the home of every man should be made attractive. The utilitarian may say it is useless. Anything that will keep out the J l _ 1 Ti. ii. ! rain la guou euougn lor a nouse. n inaiiera oot how unsightly may be its timbers or how uuseemly its proportions. Poles covered with clapboards, says the lazy sloven, is good enough to live in. In such an unsightly den, moral monsters may be born and reared, but I good and great men and women, rarely. The jgliness of the scene exercises a deforming influence upon the tender and easily moulded soul of the child. As the majority of our people are farmers, the influence of that class upon society is necessarily the greatest. Our country must be what the farmers make it. If the children cf that honorable and numerous class of citizens are brought up amidst scenes of ugliness ind inconvenience, the resources of the soil never can be developed, aud the moral character of our people never can attain that high position which it otherwise might. The home cf every farmer should be a beautiful place. The house in which his children are born and sheltered, should be attractive and comfortable. Its beauty and comfort will delight and sooth the soul. A rr.iin o formor'a linnsp ulinnlfj lip a nPI'mfl w 1 j nent construction. There is something depressive in the thought that the dearest spot on earth will soon be without a trace to mark its location. "It is no use," says the selfish man, "to build houses and plant trees for posterity." Yes, it is of great use. It is being good and doing good for ourselves, and it will make others of succeeding generations good. That man who lives wholly for the present and for himself, is living an immoral and useless life. His candle will go out in darkness, and his sons and daughters will add nothing to the general good. One, and no doubt the great reason, why so many persons have emigrated from South Carolina is, that so little effort has been made to render the homes of the young beautiful, convenient and permanent. The soul longs for something which is attainable, and yet, under the circumstances, can not be attained. Hence, longing and uneasy citizens get up and go to some other place, where, as they suppose, the beauty, convenience and permanency, which their immortal souls so much desire, may be found and enjoyed. Under such circumstances, the State is constantly drained of many of her most promising young men. Whenever the farmers of South Carolina will make their homes what, with little trouble and less expense they can be made, the moral character of our people will be elevated and the tide of emigration will be turned. The value of property will increase, and young men and women will be anxious to sustain tho j good name of their parents by living upright lives. Sulphur for Fowls.?There is no remedy and assistant so easily or cheaply obtained, so harmless to fowls, or so satisfactory in its results as sulphur. It being in the system of j animals to a small degree, there is a greater affinity for it than there otherwise would be. j It can be administered to the fowls by having | it iu a small box so that they can help them- ! selves, or by mixing it with their food once a 1 week, or as often as there are any indications j of vermin. Penetrating, as it does, to every j part of the system, the parasites are quickly j and surely destroyed ; also, gapes are said to j ? t i T"> i I be prevented in cincKeus. rowis neea u | more than most animals?their feathers con-1 tainiug between four and five per cent, of 3ulphtir, and their eggs also having a small j quantity, which is noticed by the discoloring : of a silver spoon when it comes in contact j with a boiled egg. Applied externally to the ; fowls when on the nest, or to the nest itself, or j mixed with the soil in the dusting box, it is equally efficacious in destroying vermin, j Whenever it is used as a furaigator in build- i ings, it is necessary to remove the fowls, close the room or house, mix a little saltpetre with the sulphur, in an iron vessel, and apply a match to the mixture. This is to be done in [ tbe morning, and all the doors aud windows i opened in the afternoon for a thorough veutil- j ation. Lard mixed with sulphur in fair proportions, and applied as often as necessary to j fonthpra on the necks aud backs of old i and young turkeys, is a very good safeguard ! against the ravages of foxes.? The Poultry World. Prevention of Mildew.?It is said, on Beemingly good authority, that a mixture of1 molasses and water liberally sprinkled on a plant will destroy the mildew, the theory being that a thin film of sugar is left on the j leaves and branches by the evaporation of the water. This deprives the mildew of air and kills it. It would iu time kill the plant, but the next rain or thorough watering wash-1 es it off and leaves the breathing places open Dnce more. The application should be made as promptly as possible, and in any case it is likely that some black spots will remain on the leaves, where the mildew has wrought its i work on the exterior cuticle. The propor- j tions may be about six parts water to four of molasses, but absolute accuracy is not essou- j tial. A weak solution of common glue is also recommended, the action and effect being the same as with the molasses. (SUMlfaett'is fjjfpartttwnt. THE ARITHMETIC LESSON. Two times 'leven are twenty-two; Kitty, don't I wish 'twas you, 'Stead of me, had this to ao? Two times 'leven are twenty-two. Three times'leven are thirty-three; Robin in the apple tree, I hear you, do you hear me? Three times 'leven are thirty-three. Four times 'leven are forty-four; How the sunbeams speck the lloor! Four times 'leven are?what a bore! Four times 'leven are forty-four. Five times 'leven are fifty-five; Swallows ! swallows ! skim and dive, Making all the airalive; Five times 'leven are lifty-five. Six times'leven are sixty-six; Tip, for shame, sir! Pretty chicks! Don't you mind his saucy tricks; | Six times 'leven are sixey-six! Seven times'leven are seventjr-seven ! There now, Kitty, you can't even Say the first?" once 'leven is 'leven ;" Seven times 'leven are seventy-seven. Eight times 'leven are eighty-eight; Some one's pullingat tlie gate; Hark ! it's Bessie sure as fate! Eight times 'leven are eighty-eight. Nine times 'leven are ninety-nine; Come in, Bessie, ain't it fine? That's the last one in the line! Nine times 'leven are ninety-nine. HOW TVBE WISE. A great many years ago there was a little boy who had a pious father and grandmother. In the days in which he lived there were no printed books. As all the books were written, it took a long time to write one, and cost much money; so that there were very few to be seen. You may suppose that it was not so easy for a child to be wise then as it is now. But we shall find that this little boy not only learned to read, but got the best kind of wisdom. Let us go back in our thoughts for many years, and look at this child in his own home. It was not such a house as we live in, uor were many of the trees the same as those that grow in our land. We do not see the father. He might have been there, but we do not know. We see the aged grandmother. She gives a kind look, as the mother unfolds before her little boy a long roll of parchment, or dried skin of a goat. The mother shows the letters upon it. j She then reads the story of Cain and Abel, of I Joseph, of David, and of Ruth. She tells him of the baby Moses iu the ark, of the peoj pie going through the Red Sea as on dry laud, aud of Elijah fed by ravens. As she tells of these, perhaps he stops her, and says, "O, mother, teach me the letters again, that I may read these pretty and true stories for myself." Though this little boy had no books like those now in use for children, he had his | mother's roll of parchment, and this he read till he, we think, must have known it all by [ heart. The name of this child has come down to j us. He grew up to be a minister, was the friend of the apostle Paul, and went to many places to tell the heathen that God so loved the world as to give Jesus Christ to be a Saviour, that through faith in him all our sins might be forgiven, and that we might be happy for ever. He became wise iu God's holy word. He loved Christ, gave his heart to him, and lived to serve him all his days. You know the name of this little boy, "Oh, yes, you say, it was Timothy." But you may not know that this name meaus "honor of God." His parents perhaps, gave him this name because thev wished that he should not ouly grow up to be a wise, but a good and useful man?one who would honor God in his life. We will now tell you of another boy, who lived only a few years ago; he also wished to become wise. But he had no kind and pious parent to teach him. No book or even roll of parchment could he call his own. Some good people who lived in a large city, saw many boys in the streets, who were ragged, rude, and wicked. What could be done for them? It was said that if they could be got to school, it might do them good ; and so a school was opened. It was in a street where only very poor people lived. Among those who went to learn was this little sweep. The first day he went to the school, he looked about him at the boys, and then sat down on a form. A kind teacher came to him, and said, " Do you know your letters, my boy ?" "Oh, yes," was the quick reply. "Can you spell ?" "Oh, yes," was again the answer. "Can you read ?" Ob, yes." "And what book did you learn from." "Why, I never had a book in my life." "Where did you go to school?" "I have not been to any school." "Who was your schoolmaster?" "I never had a schoolmaster." Now, here was a strange thing?a boy could read and spell, and yet never had a book or a schoolmaster, and had not been to a school. How was this? Why, another sweep boy, a little older than himself, had learned the letters over the stiop doors which they passed as they went along the streets early in the morning. This teacher, was a sweep like himself, and his book the signs and letters on the houses. The poor boy was taken into the school, where he was taught to read in the Bible, and by his good conduct he obtained the respect of his teacher. How many little children who read these true stories have many books?perhaps a long row of them ; books at home and books at school; some for study and others to please ; large and small; with pictures and without. Surely there never was a time when the young had so many good books as they have now. Get all the wisdom out of them that can begotten. And,above all, get the best wisdom from the Bible?that is the book. It is the great fountain of wisdom ; all other books are only as little rills. Ask God to give you his Holy Spirit to teach you, and that, like Timothy, it may be said of you, "From a child thou hast known the Holy .Qn?*itOiiroa wliiph ?rp ahlp to make thp.fi wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."?Exchange. The Boys Lauuii at Me.?Joseph Garwood is six years old. He wears shoes; the other boys wear boots. Joseph came in to his mother yesterday in a very sad state of mind. The tears were rolling down his little cheeks. Ilis hauds had wiped thera away for a while, but for every tear his hand dried,! there was left a streak of dirt. "What is the matter with my boy?" asked mamma. "I want a pair of boots," sobbed Joe. "A pair of boots! why, my lad, you have good shoos, and such shoes are better far than boots." "The boys laugh at mo and call me a baby 'cause I dou't have boots," said Joe. "Well, I think you are a baby," answered Mrs. Garwood. "A boy that is afraid of being laughed at is something of a baby ; and a boy that cries because he is laughed at is a baby sure enough; and a boy whose little hands are thrust up into his eyes, leaving such black streaks on his face, is a very great and a very dirty baby; and"?but before Mrs. Garwood could say another word i the "baby" had rushed to the basin, and washing his face and hands, started out of the house, yelling with all his might; "No, I'm not a baby ! I'm a boy ! shoes or no shoes, boots or barefoot, I won't be a baby! I'm a boy." "Circus Music."?Little Eddie E , of Albion, N. Y., had lately attended a circus for the first time, and on the Sunday following, was taken by his grandmother to church. Eddie gazed around in some wonderment for a few momeuts. When the organist began to play, he turned to his grandmother and said, in a whisper: "Grandma, will there be a circus, so I can see the lion ?" "Why, no, Eddie, this is church." "Well, replied the little man, "it's circus 1 music, anyway."?Harper'i Magazine. i fading fat the j^akkflt. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. THE TREES OF THE LORD. In the magnificent Hymn of Creation, as the 104th Psalm has justly been called, a lyric sketching in a few bold touches the 1 heavens and the earth, the writer among the ! specific illustrations of divine wisdom and I power cites the trees of the forest. Of these he selects a single species as pre-eminent: ' The of tlir Lord are satisfied (with moisture), I The cedars of Lebanon which lie hath planted." ' : The reasons of the selection are not far to seek, j No other member of the Sylva of Palistine is j so large and stately and durable and various-! ly useful. Besides beiug an ornament to any ! ' landscape, the cedar could be fashioned into ! the mast of a ship, or the beams of a house, j j or the ceiliug of a temple, or a coffer for mer-1 chandise. It was the wood chiefly employed : in the construction of the first temple and the 1 second, in both cases obtained from the Ty- j rians, by whom it was floated down to Joppa,; ! and thence carried over land to Jerusalem. 1 And when Herod made those repairs and en largeraents which were almost equivalent to ' a third temple, the stone he used was white marble, but the wood was cedar from the forests of Ccele-Syria. And to-day the raod' LT . T I em visitui tu tiic jlj.oi.cui at uciucaiciu, as nc ; walks down the nave of the church of the j Virgin, long since converted by Mohamrue- j dans into the Mosque of El Aksa, sees over- j head a carved ceiling of red wood, which had the same origin. [The only other instance I remember seeing was in one of the hotels at Beirut, where the principal reception room was thus adorned.] The cedar does not grow so high as some j other trees, but still is tall euough to give full | effect to its stately truuk, far-reaching branch| es and dense foliage. The durability of the I wood is something marvellous. The ancients j seem to have considered it imperishable. The j cedar roof of the Ephesian temple of Diana is j said to have lasted 400 years and the beams I of another temple at Utica nearly thrice that j period. Some modern naturalists have estij mated the age of existing trees in Lebanon at I 2,000 years! One need not wonder at the i figure of the Psalmist (xcii. 12) who speaks of the righteous man as "growing like a cedar in Lebanon, still bearing fruit in old age, aud full of sap and green." Happy the believer whose life and character justifies the comparison ! Iu quite auother strain does David (Psalm xxix. 5) refer to these giants of the forest. Describing a thunder storm as illustrating the power of God, he speaks of the voice of the Lord as "shivering cedars, shivering even the cedars of Lebanon." The mighty trees which alike in the winter's snow and the suumer's heat spread out their evergreen branches, and whose existence is measured not by years but by centuries, yield to to their Maker, and fall with a sounding crash fwiforp tiia hnltQ Formerly cedars existed in great abundance, and covered the sides of the twin ranges of Lebanon, but these vast forests have long since disappeared. Even as early as the fourth century it was difficult to procure enough timber for a building of moderate size, and now the tree is confined to a few places. Recent inquiries have brought to light a dozen or more groves, some of them of great size, and containing numerous trees. But there is one particular grove on the western slope of Lebanon, at the head of the valley of the river Kedisha, the B'sherreh, which was long supposed to be the only remaining representative of the lordly woods which once clothed the whole of "the goodly mountain." This is technically known as "The Cedars," and is always visited by travelers. Indeed, a chapel has beeu erected in the heart of the group, where every year worship is rendered after the Roman rite, while Greeks, Maronites, and Armenians come hither yearly to celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration. The same superstitious reverence is found among the Mohammedans of the country. The Arabs consider the trees to be holy, and that to mutilate them would be to commit a sort of sacrilege sure not to go unpunished. When I was on the ground my dragoman gravely assured me that it was impossible to count the number of the trees, that an Englishman had once tried to accomnlioK if Kir nnfhnnr a conaraia luKol An oanK pi 1011 ib yjj pubbing ?* avpu? uvv tuiyv* vu vuvu trunk, and that even the great Ibrahim Pa9ha (the greatest man Syria has seeu for a century) made the same effort, but both signally failed ! But although this is a very absurd superstition, the place is certainly extremely interesting. Approaching it from the East, one has to surmount a very high and difficult pass, which in the spring of 1874 was greatly encumbered with snow. The pack mules had to be unloaded, and their burdens carried by men. And the travelers, although they did uot fare so badly as one poor little donkey who sank so deep in the snow that only the tips of his ear3 were visible, yet had to ride through deep banks with a crust on top and an uncertain footing below, and sometimes on a shelving hill-side, so that progress was neither safe nor pleasant. But once on the summit, oue has a grand outlook on the wide and deep and varied gorge below, extending 6,000 feet to the sea. Far down on one side is a speck cf green which contrasts strongly with the arid sides of the mountain around. When reached, it is found to be a grove of some 400 trees spread over three or four gentle knolls. Some of them are young, others are very old?how old can ouly be conjectured, since the stems have ceased to grow in regular coueentric rings. But their enormous girth (one sixty-three feet around) and venerable appearance, make any assigned antiquity look creditable. It was very pleasant to saunter under their wide stretched boughs, and watch the play of light aud shade on the gracs, and meditate op the varied associations of the spot. This was, however, often sadly interrupted by seeing the rude and ignorant vandalism of former visitors, who hacked off the bark of these glorious trees in order to make a place to inscribe their own worthless names. It would be a righteous retribution to brand Lebanon on the naked flesh of these miscreants, whose puerile vanity has induced them to imperil the existence of venerable trees, whose probable origin runs back to the year of our Lord.? Christian Intelliyencer. Fit For?What Place??It is related of the distinguished Kev. Dr. Bellamy that he had seasons of deep despondency, when he was confident he was going to hell. His brethren often labored with him in vain. One day, after all reasoning had failed, one i of the ministers said to him : "Well, brother, you know more about your- j self than we do. To us you appear very well; but after all, you may be a whited sepulchre, i beautiful outside, but inwardly full of cor- j ruption. If so, you will go to hell. I should | like, however, to know what you will do when j : you get there." "Do!" cried the Doctor, with great anima- j tion and emphasis, "what will I do? I will vindicate the law of God, and set up prayer meetings." "All right," said the other; "but in that case, the devil will not keep you there. He will soon turn you out as unfitted for his piece and company." The Doctor came out of his gloom and was happy. 6Z&" God's promises were never meant to ferry our laziness. Like a boat, they are to 1 be rowed by oars, but many men entering forget the oar, and drift down more helpless j in the boat than if they had stayed on laud. There is not an experience in life by whose side God has not fixed a promise. There is j not a trouble so deep and swift-running, that j we may not cross safely if we have courage to j steer and strength to pull. Kir Religion will never assume its most sacred aspect to young people unless the very teaching of it is a mode of worship. THE YORKVILLEJENQUIRER. NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS ! 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. READ OUR PROPOSITIONS! Weed Sewing Machine, No. 1.?Price, .?65. jp or aciUDOi lusuuscriuerM, ui^z.ou chuh, we *?m give a Weed Sewing Machine of thoabovestyle, the cash price of which is sixty-five dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 2.?Price, $70. For a club of 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a Weed Sewing Machine of the abovestyle, the cash price of which is seventy dollars. Weeil Sewing Machine, No. 3?Price, $75. For a elubof 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style, the cash price of which is seventy-five dollars. Z&fUhQ 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 1800, during all of which time it has never failed to work in the most satisfactory manner. OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. In addition to the attractions of the Enquirer, we invite attention to our terms of subscription, and the liberal offers we make to those who may bo disposed to iorm ciuos. TERMS?FKEE OF POSTAGE. Single copy, one year, $3 00 Two years to the same address, 5 00 In clubs, each subscriber, one year 2 50 PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. To those willing to form clubs for the Enquirer we make the following liberal offers: 1. For 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a No. 1 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $05. 2. For 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a No. 2 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $70. 3. For 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a No. 3 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $75. The engravings given above in this column represent the styleof the different machines. No. lis black walnut, oiled, plain table. No. 2 is black walnut, oiled, half case. No. 3 is black walnut, oiled, half case, with two side drawers, and with or without drop-leaf, as may be preferred. These offers are not confined to a single club, nor is there any competition invited as to who shall procure the largest club. Each and every club of 40, 45 or 50 names will be entitled to the designated premium. The machines will be shipped from the nearest branch office of the Weed Machine Company to the persons entitled to receive them, transportation charges, which will rarely exceed $5, if sent by freight line, to be paid by the person receiving the machine. The otter made in this prospectus will be binding upon the proprietor of the Enquirer until the 15th day of October, 1875; and persons who may commence making clubs, can forward names as rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid in advance, having until the above-mentioned date in which to complete their lists. It is not required that subscribers shall all receive their papers at the same post-offioe \ but subscriptions must be for a term not less than one year. One subscriber for two years wilt, be equivalent, in making up lists, to two names for one year each. Subscriptions may commence with any number, and the paper will be sent for a full year from the time the subscription begins. Each club-maker will be credited with names as they shall bo received; and should any fail to secure either premium by the 15th of October, 1875, but should procure ten or more subscribers, an extra copy of the paper will be given for the ten names thus procured, and for all subscriptions in excess often, a cash commission of twenty-five cents will bo given on each name. The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to au Subscribers. Remittances may be made at our risk, by draft, post-office order, or in registered letter; if made otherwise, we will assume no risk. Write namos plainly, giving post-office, county and State. Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sent to any address on application. ANOTHER SPLENDID OFFER. premiums to single subscribers. For the advantage of those who are inaooessible by a club-maker, but may yet wish to avail themselves of our liberal offers to subscribers, we have made arrangements with the publishers of Smith's Bible Dictionary by which we are enablod to offer that valuable work as a premium to subscribers, at a cost to the subscriber for the book and the Enquirer, of little more than the publisher's price of the book. Smith's Bible Dictionary is a standard work, and indispensably necessary to every student of the Bible, or to every person who desires to read the sacred volume lhtolligibly. The Dictionary is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of London. and the most eminent lexicographer in the world, who, in its preparation associated with himselfover seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and this country, in the groat task of preparing a comprehensive "Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt by tbe religious public. The result of those la- ' bors appeared in three largo and very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning. An j abridgement of this great work, for popular use, j made by I)r. Smith himself, is the one we have j arranged to furnish our subscribers. The book con tains every name in the Bible respecting which I anything can be said. It ombraces the results of j historic research, antiquarian investigation, the | study of languages and dialects, and the discoveries of the modern travelers and explorers in the ! Holy Land?Robinson, Rawlinson, Ferguson, j Layard, Ott'ort and Stanley. Tbe book is printed from new stereotype plates, i on good paper, and is appropriately illustrated with over 125 Engravings of beautiful Scenes, j Ancient Citios, and Memorable Places of the ; Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable i Maps. It contains noarly 800 closely-printed, doublo-columu, octavo pages, including 24 elo- ( gant full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It j is printed in type of a heavy, distinct, anil very legible face. The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Diction- ' 6o Kit Wa iirill fiifniuli u nnnv nf fhfl Wftrk. I ury , , substantially bound in cloth, and a copy of tho j Enquihkk one year for $4.50. Or for a club of | live subscribers at $2.50 each, we will furnish a1 copy of the Dictionary to the getter up of the club. I The book will be mailed, free of postage, to tho j person entitled to receive it, direct from the office ; of publication. Subscribers whose terms of subscription have j not expired, by forwarding the money, will re-; ceive a copy of the Bible Dictionary, and have | their subscription to the ENQUiKKRextended one 1 year. The cash must accompany all orders. L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. A. WILLIFORD, ROCK HILL, S. C. MORETYOUN GHORSESr I NOW have on hand, at my Stable in Rock ! Hill, S. CM SIXTY HEAD j of young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? j j among them some good saddle and harness ani- j mals, which I will sell ON TIME, payable lirstof j * October, 1875, the payments to be satisfactorily se- i j cured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on | | reasonable terms. I ( _ A. WILLIFORD. ? NOTICE. < ALL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules ( purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are requested to pay up at once and save cost. A fail- ' ure to comply may injure their credit with me ( during the present year. A. WILLIFORD. ' CORN WANTED. ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. FODDEK WAMElf. 1WISII to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, : f for which I will pay ?1.50 per hundred pounds. A. WILLIFORD. s "The sweetest, most powerful and durable ] now in use." f BL00MFIELD & OTIS, ! NEW SCALE PIANOS, j 209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. I EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a < new manner of stringing and a new method of in- j serting sound board, the most important results j have been obtained. j j "The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness and delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I i have tested"them as I would a Grand, for points j of delicacy and strength, and they have stood the i test in every way. In many respects they are superior to any manufactured in America. Charles Fradel." i (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustavo of Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm of Bloomfield JltOtis have lately made J several important improvements in their pianos, ( niacinir thnni iii the front rank of American man D * ufacturcrs." (Toledo, 0., Blade.) " Bloom field A Otis, of New York, carry away the first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they ' did at the Fair of the American Institute. Con- . sidering the fact that thoy met in competition all the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dun- i ham, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high compliment, as the texts were thorough and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Educa- , tion, Brooklyn, together with the local commit- 1 tees, after examining and thoroughly tenting all the j principal instruments manufactured, have pur- 1 chasea Bloomficld A Otis' celebrated Patent Treble Pianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven vears. Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED everywhere. Send for Circular and mention the name of the paper in which you saw this advertisement. January 28 4 tf ( ? i 11 uoc mJK?,. The iilKjvc is it reduced copy of the TITLE I'AGB of the RU- ! UAL CAROLINIAN. ! THE 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 j Agricultural Journal of the South. Publishers and Editors are all Southern men, and it is devoted exclusively to the interests of Southern Agriculture. While it is not the paid organ of the . Patrons of Husbandry, or of any society or set of men, it has been the most powerful advocate for the establishment of Granges in the South, and its influence has contributed greatly to the present prosperity of the Order. D. H. JACQUES, Esq., of Charleston, S. C., Editor-in-Chief. CHARLES H. DODGE, Esq., of the Depart- j ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., Ento- , mological Editor. , i Regular Contributors. Ool. D. WYATT AIKEN, Washington. D. C. ^ HENRY W. RAVENEL, Esq., Aiken, S. C. ' Rev. C. W. HOWARD, Kingston, Georgia. Col. N. H. DAVIS, Greenville, S. C. RURAL CAROLINIAN--32 PER ANNUM, i Address WALKER, EVANS A COGSWELL, ' Publishers, Charleston, S. C. The Rural Carolinian and the "Yorkville Enquirer'' will be furnished at ?-1 per annum. I January 118 4 tf < Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, ^ CHARLESTON, S. C. c STATIOKEBS First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY l'SIN(J CHEAPER (SHADES OF STOCK. WE CAS Ft'RSISlI WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIOHABLTSIATIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and (Ball invitations f or the best stock and printed in the LATEST STYLE. ? ? / September 10 37 tf t J. S. K. THOMSON*. C. K. SI'KN'CER. a THOMSON & SPENCER, ? Solicitors in Bankruptcy i YORKVILLE, S. C. riPKHIAL iittention eiven to filine of netitions. _ ^ to the prosecution of claims inBankruptcyj | and the collection and forwarding of Dividends to ! . Creditors. j ( February 4 5 tf f I a s I a June 4 23 tf { RAGS WANTED. ~ a POUNDS of clean cotton and lin- j HJaUHJlJ en ^,,PwantCl'i for which 2 cents " per prund will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. April 15 15 tf C AUCTIONEERING. c THE undersigned takes this method to notify fc the public that he will givo prompt attention 'J to AUCTIONEERING iti York and the adjoining , 'J counties. Communications may be addressed to him at Yorkville, S. C. S. G. UllOWN. r March 5 10 tf 1 f rHE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour works in Greensboro*N. C., give universal latisl'action wherever introduced. They are made >f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heaver and thicker plate than any other Stove in the narket, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand iome pattern and neatfiniidi, and warranted equal n every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold n theUnited States, while it is confidently claimed ' ?* ? "> PHRAPFST. All tnn nuiml ami me* oiv ? pieces or ware and cooking utensils are furnished ivith each Stove. An important consideration ivith purchasers is the fact that our patterns and dzes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at die mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton accountof its intrlnuc merits as an article of household economy, do ive ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others havinjr 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 Hcrndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's proiit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE 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, fSO 00 << ~ <? << <i << << M ?? 26 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON <fe CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. YARD* ^ Msiness in Yorkville^and is preSfes! to ft costly monument, executed in the art, with the very best materials, and 'j as low prices sis the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders Prom a distance promptly tilled, 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 auy 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 __________ _ HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YORKVILLE, 8. C? RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens of Yorkville and vicinity. All manner of HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, Marbling and Calcimining executed in the best *tylcof the art. Ey the process of CALCIMINING, plastered walls which have become soiled iind discolored, can bo made to look as fresh and clean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of color, which will not rub off'. Old Furniture will be re-varnished or re-paint3d and varnished in imitation of the various kinds it woods and made to look us 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 pur pose, tnus avoiding tne necessuy 01 moving me Furniture. Roofs painted in the most durable manner, either with granite or slate roofing paint, uid the work warranted. Estimates furnished, and all work promptly executed at the lowest cash prices commensurate with durable and artistic painting. All communications promptly answered. Address F. S. FRISCHEIS, Yorkville, S. C. April 1 31 ly MUSIC HATH CHARMS. &C.~ WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give their children a chance for a musical education, but whose means are very limited, that 1 iiave made arrangements with the celebrated "Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest factory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarterly payments, upon whatis called the lease principle. Thus any one by paying only a moderate sum for the use of the instrument, can, at any time,give it up or become purchaser; the amount already paid being applied to the purchase. Or a person having paid the rent for four years, becomes the owner of the Organ without further payment. Call and enquire for particulars and see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the Adickes' building, where I may be found duringtil business hours, either to show you a sample or to wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic line as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. T? C3 nil 4-Wsi ^io.Anraoanta. r? O^nUlWUIISUtllUIll^ an WIC UUOI cpivavnvw :ions and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" companies, I still insist that I have the best and cheapest Sewing Machino (the American) to offer, ind I am ready to prove my words to all who seek for the truth in the matter. J. R. 8. R E >10 YAL. -- _ I HAVE removed iny A TIN SHOP to the residence of Mr. WILLIAM AIKEN, six miles South |!,HpglS of Yorkville, and two miles East of PbiladelP*"a Church, where I **) will be prepared, at all times, to MANUFAC" TURE AND REPAIR PIN WARE, at short notice. STOVE PIPE mado to order cheap, for the ash. Address J. M. ADAMS, Gutbriesville, S. C. JuneS 22 tf THE J AS. EEFFEL I Doable Turbine Water Wheel, : f Manufactured by POOLS & HUNT, ; Baltimore, Md. 7,000 HOW IK USEt ? Simple, Strong, Durable, II Altvnvrf rAlifthht mwl KAIIK. Manufacturers',also, of Engines, Steam Boilers, ^m?p52SHl8aw & Grist Mills, Mia. for^Cotton Mi&s, Flour Oil Mill Machinery^^y^ra^ic6amfottier I Presses.&c. Shnfting, Pulleys and Hangers a specialty Machine mado Gearing; accurate and of Very bent finish. Send for Circulars. J March 25 12 Cm BARBER SHOP. rHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant md luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that PHOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsoial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door o the Enquirer building, where it will afford lim great pleasure to wait upon all who may deire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, md any other work of that kind promptly done. He may be found at the Shop on Sunaay mornngsfrom 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. Juno 11 25 ly FINE BEEF. f\UR BEEF MARKET is now open, in rear of Lr the old Masonic Hall, and we are prepared to urnish FINE FRESH BEEF every daj\ We rill keep the best Quality of Beef that this mar:et can supply, and will sell it at the lowest prices t which it can be afforded. Customers will be erved at any hour of the day. We are in the market for the purchase of good 1EEF CATTLE, and those having any for sale -? ' A * ?- 11 .itJ mviifu lUKive u? a uau. McCONNELL & SNIDER. April 20 15 tf tffrpm PKRDayolliomt. Term* free. AddreM ^MVF G. Stinhon ic Co., Portland, Me. J ly* lb* fotKHHe TKRM8?IN ADVANCE ? )ne copy, one year, $ 3 00 )ne copy, six months, 1 50 )ne copy, three months, 2 50 Single copy, 10 rwo copies, one year, 5 00 ["en copies, one year, 25 00 ^rir To persons who make up clubs often or nore names, an extra copy of the paper will be urnisheri one year, free of charge.