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tumorous Jfrpiwtmettt. CLAWING OFF. Yesterday, as a policeman was strolling past a house on Fourth Street, East, a woman, a year or two over forty, having her sleeves rolled up and her hands covered with flour, ran out to the gate and called to him. "'It's a little delicate," she said, as she leaned over the gate and tried to blush, "but I'm a person that knows my rights, and besides, ! I'm all alone in the world, and no one to ad- j vise me." "Speak your mind freely, madam," replied the officer, as he tapped on the pickets with his baton. "You know all about the law, don't you ?" j she inquired. "Everything, madam. I can tell you how ; to go to work in an admiralty case, and | bring you from that down through divorce, bankruptcy, arson, burglary, false pretences, j hitching a horse to a shade tree and getting i intoxicated." "It's a little delicate," she softly said, as i she rubbed the flour off her hands, "but as I said before, I'm all alone." "Trust me, madam?repose confidence in me," he replied, swelling out his chest. "Well, s'posen you were a widow ?" "Yes, madam." "And s'posen one of the boarders gave you a breast-pin!" "I see, madam." "And s'posen he smiled at you, and sent you poetry, and asked you to ride out on Sunday, and the neighbors whispered around that; you were engaged ?" "Proceed madam?I congratulate you." "No, you musn't, for s'posen after all this he suddenly began to claw off, and didn't smile on you any more, and didn't praise your cooking, and, took another woman to the min-; strel show?" "Ah! the traitor! Perhaps he has trasferred his affections to another." "That's what I think. I know it's a little delicate, but I'm all alone in the world, you see, and I want to know if there isn't a law to bear on him. It isn't right to go and encourage a lone woman like me, and then claw ott." "He ought to be roasted alive, he had !" "I don't know as I'd want him arrested, but I'd like to have you call on him and make threats. Tell him he's liable to State Prison for clawing off this way. I tell you it's a pretty serious thing to encourage a woman of my age and then skulk around behind the hen-coop all of a sudden. Isn't there a law ?" "Yes, madam." "Well, you can call on him. Take him along?look fierce?have your handcuffs in sight. Just tell him that you know all about it, and that I'm good-hearted, pleasant, rich, and that he'd better be careful how he Eranees around or he'll think a tornado struck im." The officer promised, and she rubbed a cloud of flour off her hands and ran up the path with a light heart." * ? RINGING FOR THE WATER BOY. A good story is told of a verdant one who was a passenger in a railroad express train, and became thirsty. "Where's that ere boy with the water can?" he queried of bis next neighbor. "He has gone forward to the baggage car, I suppose," was the reply. "Wall, d'ye spose I kin git him back here agin ?" "Certainly," said the other; "you have only to ring for him and he nodded towards the bell-line that ran above their heads. . No sooner said than done. Before any one could prevent it, Rusticus had seized the line and given it a tremendous tug. The consequences were at once obvious ; three shrill whistles were heard, half-a-dozen brakemen ran to their posts, and the train came to a stand-still with a suddenness that startled half the passengers with astonishment, and caused every man next a window to hoist it and look out to see what was the matter. In a few minutes, the conductor, red and excited, came foaming into the car to know who pulled that bell-rope. "Here, mister, this way; I'm the man," shouted the offender, drawing all eyes upon him "You !" said the conductor; and what did you do it for?" ; "Cos I wanted some water ?" "Wanted some water?" "Sartain ; I wanted the water boy, and my pardner here in the seat said I'd better ring for him as we do at the hotel, and so I yanked the rope. Will he be along soon? An', by-the-by, what in thunder be you stoppin' for?" The shout of laughter that preeted this honest confession was too much for the conductor, and he had to wait till he had got his train under way again before he explained the mysteries of the bell rope to his verdant customer.? Com. Bulletin. TWO NAUGHTY BOYS. One day last week a little boy, who had been standing for some time in front of a drug store in Baltimore, enviously eyeing a large reel well provided with "si ra ray-dim my" twine, as the boys call it, which was fastened to the top of the counter, summoned up courage enough to walk in and ask for a few yards, with which to fly his kite. The doctor bears the reputation of being a good-natured man, full of humor and very fond of the little ones; but the youngster approached him at^^rne when he was out of his usual raood,iBji&he consequently gave "no" for an answer. The urchin had made up his mind to have some of "that cord" any how, and he got it. On Thursday morning the boy entered the store, accompanied by another boy and a dog. Boy No. 2 having placed a bottle upon the couuter, demurely asked for five cents' worth of "sirup squills and pollygolic," and while the doctor was filling the order,boy No. 1 was tying the end of the cord to the dog's tail. When the man of medicine returned to the counter the reel was flying like fury. The doctor quietly reached for a pallet knife and, having hung himself over the counter, made a desperate whack at the! cranium of the youngster, who he supposed | was sitting on the floor helping himself. But lo! the boy and the dog "Bouncer" | were not there. The doctor having tried | in vain to stop his reel, was obliged to give ! it up, on account of the heat it communicated j to the palm of his hand. When he reached j the door he beheld the boys upon the side-: walk about two blocks off, and Bouncer in j the middle of the street going at the rate of j forty knots an hour, the string pointing di- j recly toward his tail. The reel continued to | spiu for some time afterward, until it stop-' ped of its own accord. How She Taught Him.?A lady hired an old negro woman, named Charlotte, who had : the most exalted opinion of her own individ-! uality. Whenever a subject was under dis-j cussion in the family Charlotte would be sure ' to state her own superior method of proceeding in such matters. On one occasion the ; lady was talking of sending the children to j school, when Charlotte put in her oar as usual : "Lor! missus," she said, "what mek you pay money fur to send de chile to school ? I' got one smart boy name Jonus, but I larns . him myself." "But, Aunt Charlotte," replied the lady,: "how can you teach your child, when you don't know one letter from another ?" "How I teach him ? I jis mek him tek de j hook an' set down on de Ho, and den I say, 'Jonus, you tek ye eye from dat book, much less leggo him an' I skins you alive ?'" toff' He had a jockey style of cap on, a leather band around his waist his trowser legs, tucked inside his boots, and was aged fifteen. "Milk and spelling-matches for babies," he exclaimed, curling his upper lip ; "but as for me, gimrne base ball J" Jtgrirultaral Department. [Original.] BOOK FARMING. A very large number of those persons who claim to be farmers, have a most uncompromising hatred for what they are pleased to call "Book Farming." The notion, somehow or other, has got into their heads that all that is contained in newspapers and books respect- i ing the cultivation of the soil, is just so much impracticable nonsense. Now, there is no shadow of a doubt, but that much which is | contained in agricultural books is not worth anything. Some of the productions contained in such works are false in theory, whilst some are not capable of being reduced to practice by the multitude of farmers. But all that can be said respecting the defects of agricultural journals, may be said, with equal just- : ness, against all kind9 and classes ot books. The truth is, those who are most opposed to j what they call book farming, are the poorest j farmers in the country, and know the least j about farming, in a practical point of view. Every farmer is not capable of making \ scientific experiments. To do this success- \ fully, requires time, talent, education and j money. All art is founded on science. The man who works, without knowing why he works in this or that way, is groping in the dark. All the science of agriculture is contained in the agricultural journals. Men give their observation and experience for a great number of years, in a short article, that may be read in a few hours?often, in a few min- j utes. It is nonsense to suppose thateducation and j farming are incompatible. Still a multitude < of men think that as sure as a man ot iioerai education attempts to farm, so sure is he to ! fail. He, think the multitude, will spend his I time in reading agricultural books, and, soou- j er or later, fail. This is a gratuitous assumption. The most of men who fail to accomplish anything, werth naming, as farmers, are those who can neither read nor write. Some of this class of men make good farmers, but their success is by no means due to their ignorance. They are men of good observation. They learn from others in every way that they can. The process is a long and tedious one, and no more successful than if they had learned to farm from books. What cost the book farmer only a few cents and a few moment's pleasant reading, costs this class of farmers many years of toil and vexation. Why Potatoes Run Out.?All vegetables can be improved by careful selection of seed: Beets, parsnips, carrots, turnips, peas, and beans particularly so. Potatoes are equally susceptible to this sort of improvement ; yet, while more or less attention is paid to selecting seeds, the potato is neglected. For planting, if selected at all, those which are good for little else are chosen?not good enough to sell or to eat, but they will do to plant. This is the rule rather than the exception. The potato is certainly very accommodating in its willingness to draw, however mutilated. What other vegetable would bear being divided into detached parts, and regardless of circumstances, expected to yield an hundred fold ? It is supposed (if there is any supposition about it) that each eye or germ is a seed. But the potato is really a compound of at least two qualities ; these are what may be termed the stem and the seed ends, aud when separated, the seed end will produce numbers ; the other, size. It is true that each germ will produce a potato, but it is imperfect seed, and will "run out." If we take a germ or eye from the seed end of the potato and plant, and fellow the same treatment the next year, it reverts to the wild potato. The habit of promiscuous cutting and planting saves it from entire reversion, but its vitality is weakened and it degenerates. If care is taken in selecting the best specimens of medium size, and they are planted whole, or if cut, cut lengthwise, to secure all the properties of perfect seed, they will not run out, but show as much capacity for improvement as any vegetable grown. TnE Propagation of Celery.?Celery is a native of Norway and Sweeden, where it grows near the edges ot swamps. This plant is rarely cultivated as it should be, hence the stunted specimens which appear in our markets. A deep trench should first be dug, at the bottom of which a layer of sticks of wood, say six inches thick, should be placed, a drain pipe being placed endwise upon one or both ends of the layer. The sticks should then be covered with about a foot of rich mold, iu which the plants should be set in a row, and about five inches apart. The plants should be kept well watered, the water being supplied through the drain pipes, so that, passing through the layer of sticks, which serves as a conduit, the water is supplied to the roots of the plant. In earthing up, care should be exercised to close the stems of the plant well together with the hand, so that no mold can get between them. The earthing process should be performed sufficiently frequent to keep the mold nearly level with the leaves of the outside stems. If these directions are carefully observed, the plant may be grown at least four feet in length, and this without impairing the flavor, which deterioration is commonly noticed in every overgrown vegetable and fruit.?Scientific American. Color and Quality.?When a breeder claims that any animal is worth more simply because it is red or roan, a solid mouse-color or any other color, of course that is understood to rest solely on fashion or fancy. There IB no merit 111 euiur any luituci man us n wusideration of taste. A roan short-horn may be just as profitable in every respect as a red and white. A white or fawn colored Jersey cow is as rich a milker, (it is claimed by some that cows of this color give richer milk and make butter of a higher color,) as one of a solid dark grey color. No breeder should consider himself safe in yielding to any ephemeral fancy in his efforts to maintain or advance the standard of high breeding. If he does he will be sure to fail sooner or later. The standard of quality cannot be made to rest on ! color, no matter who the breeder is that un-! dertakes to establish the rule, nor how great the number of those who may give counte- j nance to it. Real merit alone?meaning j quality and descent?can be made the ground- j work of good and safe breeding. Therefore, j when any breeder begins to rest his claim for j superiority of breeding or purity of blood, on ! color, it is quite safe to assume that he is not a ! sincere and honest breeder, or that he lacks information about the important art in which he is engaged. Variegated Gourds.?A French jour-! nal describes some experiments made by M. Gaillard in the cultivation of gourds. These 1 r%nl>nrl K*r nrranr r^iffpr. ICSUJUJ 11U V C UCCU liawiu yjj ?.Uw. | ent fruits upon one another. It is found that, perfect union takes place and the growth con- ! tinues without interruption. One instance is mentioned of a green Spanish gourd upon the side of which another variety was grafted.1 Another was a yellow gourd, into the side of which was inserted the stalk of a pear-shaped green gourd. A large slice of this was cut off and replaced by a white one, and in all cases j perfect adhesion took place. This playing tricks with gourds is no new thing, though we do not remember having seen it so extensively practiced as seems to have been the j case as described here. Of course it is merely a pastime to produce those curiosities of growth, but some of the results are very pret- j : ty and interesting. JS&" Nearly all plants are propagated by < slips of vigorous growth set in sand, which is kept saturated with water. 1 | GMdtcu's department. MAMMA KNOWS EVERYTHING. ! "Mamma knows everything," said Alice. "She knows when I am going to tell a story, and I shall never tell her another." "How can mamma know everything?" asked sturdy Dick. "She can't tell what I \ am doing now." 1 "Mamma does know everything that we |' do," said Dot; "for she asks God, and he tells !' her." ]' Unseen I took a view of Master Richard's ;' employment: he was deliberately notching * the garden seat with a knife taken from the | { kitchen. Soon after I came down stairs into J the children's room where they were all as- 1 sembled. I had some fruit to divide between 1 them. All were served but Richard, who ^ seemed iustinctively to feel that something ] unpleasaut was about to happen to him. 1 "Come here, my. child," said I, as I placed 1 the empty plate on the table. "Do you think 1 you deserve auy fruit?" I asked, as he came ; j to me very pale, and every muscle of his face ! ' ready to relax with the tears which were fill- ' ing his eyes. "I don't think you have obeyed 1 papa, who told you never to cut the garden * seat. Do you not remember that he took 1 away the knife nurse gave you because you ' used it mischievously? Yet you have taken J one out of the kitchen and you have injured 1 the arm of the seat. Now I cannot reward you for this conduct, and I am very sorry to 1 have to punish you." "But, mamma, how did you know it?" he 1 sobbingly asked, his spirit getting the better 1 of his vaxation and disgrace. s "That my boy, I shall not tell you. Neith- ' er of your brothers or sisters, as you well 1 know, could have told me, but yet I know it; ( and be sure that God also sees, hears and ' kuows of every act, whether good or bad. ( Now tell me, do you think that He looks 1 down on such an act of disobedience with 1 pleasure? And do you suppose that you are 1 walking in His steps, so as to receive His ( blessing when you are dishonoring your pa- ( rents?" "Butit was only cutting the chair, mamma." ( "Only committing an act of disobedience, 1 Richard." 1 "I will never do so any more, mamma. Do 1 forgive me," he sobbed. c "I do forgive you, my boy ; but you have [ sinued against God, broken one of His com- 1 raandracnts." 1 Here the little culprit suddenly looked up 1 inquiringly as I went on : "Are you not en- ' joined in the fifth commandment to honor { your father and mother ?" 1 "Yes, mamma." 5 "Well, this means that you best honor them ' wheu you obey their lawful commands, and ( when you disobey them you break oue of the ' commandments : and, ray child, a very little ( sin unrepented of frequently leads to those I crimes for which men are punished, even in [ this world, by being put into prison, and ' sometimes even they are put to death. I for- ' give you, ray boy and here I kissed him.? | Mrs. Warren, in Herald of Health, 1 "N'O, FATHER." t Sad indeed is the fortune of the child whose ( own father sets him an example of interaper- 1 ance. The boy who can resist such an iuflu- ( ence to evil is one of a thousand and deserves | a place in the front rank of heroes. A writer i in the Religious Telescope relates this inci- t cident: 1 I was out on tiresome business that day, ( and noon overtook me far from home. I en- \ entered a nice-looking restaurant, thinking to r rest and lunch. A father and son entered f soon after. They were evidently from the country, and the boy could not have beeu t more than ten or twelve years old. i "What'ell you have, John ?" asked the i father. c "I'll take some of those, sir," poiutiug to t some beautiful cakes temptingly displayed. c "Well, and what else?" as he bought and n paid for them. r "Nothing else. These will do, sir." t "But what will you have to drink ? Some c hard eider ?" i "No, sir," said the little fellow. "I'll take v a drink of water," and he proceeded to help t himself. c "Oh!" said the father to the mail behind the counter, "give us two glasses of hard i cider, he'll drink it, I know, for he always c did like cider mighty well." "No, father, I don't want it," said the little c boy, evidently annoyed, as he turned round t after drinking his glass of water. 1 "I'd like to know why, now," said the man in an irritated tone and rough manner, that ( made me think he had drank something 1 stronger than cider himself that day. ( The poor boy colored to his hair, and answered confusedly. "I promised mother I wouldn't drink any more cider." c "Nonsense, boy !" said the father, sneering- i ly; "your mother isn't here; she'll never f know it; drink away." ( I never saw a more expressive look than 1 that boy cast upon his father, as he turned ? quickly and hurried out of the door. It said f as plainly as words could have done, "No, < even you cannot tempt me to break my prom- i ico fn mv mother finrt it's n. shame for vou to \ try." I went out and looked after him as he went bravely down the street, and began placing packages in the wagon preparatory to their departure. I passed him, for I wanted to speak to him, and to look into his eyes; but I saw tears in them, so I went on without a word. I shall know that boy if I ever meet him again. I have placed him among my heroes. May God take especial care of him and make him a noble and upright man. THE SOILED PEACOCK FEATHERS. A company of visitors stood on the steps of a verandah, watching, with much enjoyment, a magnificeut peacock, which was marching with stately step, up and down the gravelled walk, his beautiful tail spread out like an enormous fan, and glitteriug in the sunshine like a thousand gems. Many were the exclamations of admiration, and the little children could hardly keep from shouts of delight. It ** 1 ? nts IT fliQ Knonhfnl nroofnro 211IUU5I/ dCiriilCU no it mo uv/UUbUU! v? wmvuiv q knew of the joy that he gave, as he continued < his walk for some time. f But there was a thin-faced, sour-browed ' man sitting in a rustic chair on a verandah, ( who saw nothing to admire in the bird. t "O have seen a hundred times finer pea- } cocks than that," lie said, with a sneer. "You ] see he has several feathers quite worn and j j draggled. For my part, I don't see how he ; t can hold his head so high, with those homely j feet to walk on." "There! he heard you," said a little girl, ; f reproachfully, as the bird leisurely dropped j t his tail and walked off among the budding , ? clover. ; c The company smiled, but they were used t to this man's moods, lie was much like j ^ many people we meet, who can see nothing i ] good or beautiful in the world. They see ; s more interest in the spots 011 the sun than in 1 the flood of glorious light he sends down. No i character is so perfect they cannot find flaws ' ] in it. They forget the directions about "first j t casting the beam out of their own eye," so i busy are they spying motes in their brother's ; c eye. 1 It is one of the worst habits, children, you t cau form ; and if you find yourself falling in- c to it, try hard to break it up. Look up, in reference to the Bible, all the texts you can find on ' evil speaking, and then commit them to mem- ( " ?? " 1 ^ 1 i :t_i_ L.I_ t ory. I ou win nna it tne oust pussiuitj neip in trying to cure yourself of this bad habit.? * Presbyterian. ? Two little boys playing marbles in a back 1 alley heard an old woman dying in an attic i and lamenting her dreadful life. One of those 1 boys procured a ladder, and, climbing up, put his mouth to a broken glass, and said, softly, in a silvery voice : "Jesus loves you,' ] and if you love him you will be saved." That j l old woman died happy, because she thought f it was au angel. ' 1 finding to* the Jtohhatb. 11 CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. ! . CONSISTENCY. , It has been said that "consistency is a jew- 1 i\and observation would lead us to believe ei it to be one of those costly gems almost unat- a Lainable, so few are its possessors. In calling to mind many acquaintances, we look almost! in vain for that evenness of Christian life, j that blameless example, which betokens pos- j jessorehip of the pure jewel which sheds such j i resplendent light over the whole character, i Here we see a Christian woman pandering to 1 ;he appetite of a self-indulgent husband, j whose weakness she knows and fears?through j 'alse pride, or some unaccountable motive, ; lerself ofi'ering him in society the too-temptng glass, which, if at home, she would plead j with him to put aside. There we see a devo- J ;ed, loving husband absenting himself from ; ihe family prayers conducted by his wife; )oth of them communicants at the Lord's ta- J .)le, yet the husband and father, though in i most things manly and self-reliant, objecting j ;o lead in family worship, and remaining in mother part of the house during its continuince, thus throwing discouragement upon the jffort of his young wife to maintain this most gi mportant means of grace in a house hold. tb How are we to account for these things in persons professing to be the children of God ? Again, we see a young lady?not a school girl in years?one who has vowed to "rejounce the world, the flesh and the devil," spending the greater part of the night in danjing, whirled hither and thither, now in the *rms of one gentleman and now another, and joufessiug that she is "passionately foud of ;he round dance." She is unhappy unless iither engaged in or having in prospect some worldly amusements. Where is that "peace which passeth all understanding," promised to ;hose who love God and are expected to set ixamples of piety and godly living to the unjonverted ? And we have been pained to see young men mcouraged in gambling by those who from ,heir infancy have had instilled into their ninds, as a part of their duty toward their leighbor, to be "true and just in all their gi lealings," and to "hurt no one by word or tl] leed." Only too glad should we be were it sut a dream, that evening a few weeks since, ,vhen in our presence four professing Christians sat at the tabic with a young man, whom three of them knew to have been dissolute uid now trying to reform, engaged with him n a fashionable game of cards. At first a imall piece of money was staked by the "child )f God and inheritor of the kingdom of heavm," which being won by the young man of the vorld, another, of course, was called for; but, >wing to the objections of one of the party to playing for money, they then confined the interest of the game to articles of jewelry and adies' ornaments. This seemed quite excising, and for a while the party was merry jnough ; but, owing to some unacknowledged nfluence, perhaps the remonstrances which #e ventured to oner, tne piaying aid not continue very long. Yet even in that short time )ne of their number may have taken his first esson iu what will eventually work his ruin ; g >r, if not that, what a scandal upon "religion, jure and undefiled," for the young man "hav- cj ng no hope aud without God in the world" C1 ,o be able to inform his companions that he sj lad engaged in card-playing with a group in jonfessedly of the followers of Jesus. Truly, ti ve have to deal with a long-suffering and all- is nerciful Saviour. But will not God visit us or these things? On the Sabbath day, which we are com- w nanded to "keep holy," I have seen a lady ar n the morning partaking of the blessed sac- b< anient of the Lord's Supper?the memorial ?f our Saviour's dying love?and often lis- Si euing during the day to two most solemn T' liscourses from a pastor whom she reveres so 11 t eaintlj tcurrtreiTahd instead of spending the eraainder of the Lord's day in proper mediation, appropriate reading or instructive onversation tending to elevate her com pan- a ons, devoting the evening hours to trifling vith young men, in singing secular songs, a hruramingexercises on the piano and talking >ver the plays of different theaters. a Can we thus make a mockery of God's holy nstitutions, and expect to please him who is re if purer eyes than to behold iniquity? Oh ! for a new outpouring of the Spirit, as in the day of Penticost, that we who are of ?! hp rftliirinn of the cross mav lead consistent ives! ? " n( Oh! for the sanctifying power of the Holy jrhost, that we may daily increase in the cl mowledge and love of God through Jesus de Christ our Lord 1?J. Palmer. ? bi SAYING GRACE. th Grace is not the product of a must, an >ught, a stimulus ofjustice or duty, compellngthe Divine Being; it is in its very nature, ree, that is, according to "the good pleasure jn if His own will," inwrought aud self-wrought, th fie is represented as "giving His well beloved m son," not as paying him to recompense man as or an injury done to him, or as forced, under ad ibligation, even at this expense, to make the in wicked happy forever. If He withholds saltation from the guilty, it is justice; if He 00 :onfers it, not forced, but free, it is grace. If motr Ua o?l a /I fKof T-T ft \a jtuu uluai, uu^iib, nt IU a J uc giau iiixau jlxu ig ust, but we cannot call it grace, nor love. f< jrace has a deep meaning and is as high as leaven. Who can exhaust the theme, or joy :oo much in it ? "He gave"?He ever gives. Grace is the foundation of our holy relig- 119 on, the comprehensive thought of all theolojy, its living power, and is the efficient cause e? )f man's salvation. There is a volume in the ni void, and heaven is in it. The believer ^ ;hinksaud speaks of it as saving grace. Without it, in the heart and mind of the Di- ai /ine Being, there is no election, and in order ;o our salvation, He must first love and choose Gt is, for without election there can be no salva,ion. The offer of the gospel is, "Whosoever," ar 'whosoever will," etc., so that none are hin- to lered, except by a perverse and sinful will of heir own, which must be their crime. But in A ,hose who will be saved efficient grace is the :ause, renewing, overcoming, in some way, so ihanging and affecting man's will, that it J? 'disposes and enables him to embrace Christ J is He is freely offered to us in the gospel." or fhis, to many, seems self-evident and a mat- ltr er of experience; while others, who know not he meaning and powerasind mystery of grace, tli lave taught that it could not do all this. B 3ut grace saves; it has its origin in God and lerfects its work in heaven.? Christian Obser- v< er. ?j| * - . I \l' A Shining Life.?I would not give much \ j,j or your religion, if it cannot be seen. Lamps ai lo not talk, but they do shine. A lighthouse f?r lounds no drum, it beats no gong, and yet far >ver the water its friendly spark is seen by be ,he mariner. So let your actions shine out Ul rour religion. Let the main sermon of your ife be illustrated by all your conduct, and it ar ihall not fail to be illustrious. | co Secret Sins.?If you put a hot coal in j!,'/ rour pocket it will burn its way out. Ay, ri. ind so will a bad deed that is hidden make ^ tself known. A fault concealed is a fault ' loubled ; and so you will find it all through or ife. Never hide your faults, but confess ^ hem, and seek through God's help to over:ome them. M Offered Mercy.?When Alexander en-1 f?3 ;amped before a city, he used to set up a light, \"e ,o give notice to those within that if they came 'orth to him while that light lasted, they ihould have quarter; if otherwise, no mercy pi1 vas to be expected. God sets up light after fb ight, and waits year after year, and even j co nvites men to come unto him that they may lave life. j 0f 86T" Bishop Watson says that "war has IU >rinciples and practices peculiar to itself, ^ vhich but ill quadrate with the rules of mor- y< il rectitude, and are quite abhorent from the jeniguity of Christianity." lHE yorkville enquirer, NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS! 3Y a very liberal contractjust entered into with the Weed Manufacturing Company, we art nabled to offer greater inducements to clublakers than ever heretofore. READ OUR PROPOSITIONS! Weed Sewing Machine, No. 1.?Price, ,$65. For aclubof 40 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will ve a Weed Sewing MACHiNEoftheabovestyle, ie cash price of which is sixty-five dollars. Weed 8ewln( Machine, No 2.?rricr^$70. For a club of 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will ve a Weed Skwino Machine of the above style, ie cash price of which is seventy dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 3.?Price, $75. For aelubof 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will ivea Weed Sewing Machine of the above style te cash price of which is seventy-five dollars, gar* The reputation of the Weed Sewing Maline is equal to that of any other first-class marine in the market, and of its merits we can leak advisedly?having had one in constant use i our own family since 1866, during all of whicli me it has never failed to work in the most satfactory manner. UUK JLiltSCKAlj UrtLns, In addition to the attractions of the Enquirer, 0 invite attention to our terms of subscription, id the liberal offers we make to those who may 1 disposed to form clubs. TERMS?FREE OF POSTAGE. ngle copy, one year, $3 OC wo years to the same address, 5 00 i clubs, each subscriber, one year, 2 60 PREjniuiria run cluds. To those willing to form clubs for the Enquirer e make the following liberal offors: 1. For 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give No. 1 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $65. 2. For 45 subscribers, at ?2.50 each, we will give No. 2 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $70. 3. For 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give No. 3 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $75. The engravings given above in this column repsent the style of the different machines. No. lis ack walnut, oiled, plain table. No. 2 is black alnut, oiled, half case. No. 3 is black walnut, led, half case, with two side drawers, and with withoutdrop-leaf, as may be preferred. These offers are not confined to a single club, >r is there any competition invited as to who lall procure the largest club. Each and every ub of 40, 45 or 50 names will be entitled to the isignated premium. The machines will be shipped from the nearest anch office of the Weed Machine Company to e persons entitled to receive them, transportam charges, which will rarely exceed $5, if sent T freight line, to be paid by the person receiving e machine. The offer made in this prospectus will be bindg upon the proprietor of the Enquirer until e 15th flay of October, 1875; and persons who ay commence making clubs, can forward names rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid in Ivance, having until the above-mentioned date which to complete their lists. It is not required that subscribers shall all reive their papers at the same post-office; but subriptions must be for a term not less than one jar. One subscribeh for two years will be iuivalent, in making up lists, to two names )r one year each. Subscriptions may commence with any num>r, and the paper will be sent for a full year om the time the subscription begins. Each club-maker will be credited with names they shall bo received ; and should any fail to cure either premium by the 15th of October, 1875, it should procure ten or more subscribers, an ctra copy of the paper will be given for the ton imes thus procured, and for all subscriptions in ;cess of ten, a cash commission of twenty-five ints will be given on each name. The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to ll Subscribers. Remittances may bo made at our risk, by draft, >st-olfice order, or in registered letter; if made herwise, we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, county id State. Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sent any address on application. wnTUPD CPTEVDin nPFER. premiums to single subscribers. For the advantage of those who are inaccessible j a club-maker, but may yet wish to avail emselves of our liberal oners to subscribers, e have made arrangements with the publishs of Smith's Bible Dictionary by which we e enabled to offer that valuable work as a preium to subscribers, at a cost to the subscriber r the book and the Enquirer, of little more an the publisher's price of the book. Smith's ible Dictionary is a standard work, and indismsably necessary to every student of the Bible, to every person who desires to read the sacred ilume intelligibly. The Dictionary is the work Dr. William Smith, of the University of Lon>n, and the most eminent lexicographer in the orld, who, in its preparation associated with msclfover seventy distinguished divines and ithors, of both Europe and this country, in the eat task of preparing a comprehensive Dictiony of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt r the religious public. The result of these lairs appeared in three largo and very costly volnes, a wonderful monument of learning. An iridgement of this great work, for popular use, ado by Dr. Smith himself, is the one we have ranged to furnish our subscribers. The book ntainsevery name intlie Bible respecting which lything can be said. It embraces the results of - !--- j?fiiri stone researon, aiiuqutui?n invc.iL.i^auuu, i,.?o udy of languages and dialects, and the discoveds of the modern travelers and explorers in the oly Land?Robinson, Rawlinson, Ferguson, ivard, Offert and Stanley. The book is printed from new stereotype plates, i good paper, and is appropriately illustrated ith over 125 Engravings of beautiful Scenes, ncient Cities, and Memorable Places of the oly Land, descriptive Figures and valuable aps. It contains nearly 800 closely-printed, mblfl-column, octavo pages, including 24 clemt full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and very gible face. The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictiony is $3.50. We will furnish a copy of the work, ibstantialiy bound in cloth, and a copy of the nquirer one year for $4.50. Or for a club of /e subscribers at $2.50 each, we will furnish a ipy of the Dictionary to the getter up of the club. The book will bo mailed, free of postage, to the srson ontitled to receive it, direct from the office ' publication. Subscribers whoso terms of subscription have itoxpired, by forwarding the money, will reive a copy of the Bible Dictionary, and have eir subscription to the Enquirer extended one Mir. The cash must ac.com pany all orders. L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. , A. WIIiLIFORD, ROCK HILL, S. C. MORE YOUNG HORSES." I NOW have on hand, at my Stable in Rock Hill, S. C.f ? SIXTY HEAD of young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? | among them some good saddle and harness ani- | mals, which I will sell ON TIME, payable first of | October, 1875, the payments to be satisfactorily se- j cured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on I reasonable terms. i A. WILLIFORD. i NOTICE. < ALL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules , j purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are j , requested to pay up at once and save cost. A fail- | ' lire to comply may injure their credit with me I during the present year. A. WILLIFORD. ' CORN WANTED. ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. T^nnnr o w* VTfn r iv ?? Aii m juu< I WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, p for which I will pay $1.50 per hundred pounds. I A. WILLIFORD. ? ?????????^? ( "The sweetest, most powerful and durable ] now in use." f BL00MFIELD & OTIS, j NEW SCALE PIANOS, j 200 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. EMBRACING new and mostvaluable Patents, ' giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a new manner of stringing and a new method of in- ' serting sound board, the most important results . have been obtained. j "The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness ! and delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I , have tested them as I would a Grand, for points j of delicacy and strength, and they have stood the . test in every way. In many respects they are su- ' perior to any manufactured in America. Charles Fradel." j (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of ; Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) , (Rochester Musical Times.) 1 "The firm of Bloomfield & Otis have lately made ! several important improvements in their pianos, { I Hm.v. in Mm fVnnf rank r\f A trierican man- 1 ufacturers." (Toledo, O., Blade.) "Bloomfield ifc 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 they met in competition all the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dun- \ ham, Lighto, Bradbury, and many others, which were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high compliment, asthefcaf# were thorough and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Educa- I tion, Brooklyn, together with the local commit- j teas, after examining and thoroughly tenting all the j principal instruments manufactured, have pur- ' chased BloomticldifeOtis' celebrated PatontTreble Pianos for the uso of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven years. Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED everywhere. Send for Circular and mention tho name of | the paper in which you saw this advertisement. ! January 28 4 tf : ira?M?1| The above In a reduced copv or the TITLE PACE of the RU- * HAL CAROLINIAN. [ THE publishers lmve determined to citange the 1 commencement of the Volumes of the RURAL CAROLINIAN ! i From October to January. j THE RURAL CAROLINIAN is the leading I Agricultural Journal of the South. Publishers 8 and Editors are all Southern men, and it is devo1 ted exclusively to the interests of Southern Agriculture. While it is not the paid organ of the Patrons of Husbandly, 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. * j D. H. JACQUES, Esq., of Charleston, S. C., ' i Editor-in-Chief. , CHARLES H. DODGE, Esq., of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., Ento' mological Editor. f t Regular Contributors. * ' Col. D. WYATT AIKEN, Washington, D. C. 1 ' HENRY W. RAVENEL, Esq., Aiken, S. C. . < Rev. C. W. HOWARD, Kingston, Georgia. 1 I Col. N. H. DAVIS, Greenville, S. C. s RURAL CAROLINIAN--12 PER ANNUM, t Address WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, j Publishers, Charleston, S. C. The Rural Carolinian and the "Yorkville En1 quirer" will be furnished at $4 per annum. ^ January 28 4 tf c Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, * 1 CHARLESTON, S. C. c STAT10HERS First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, I YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK. WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIOHABLTSTATIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes, i Weddino and Sail Invitations i^J-, 0 ^a ^ ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. \ ? 7 September 10 37 tf ^ J. S. R. THOMSON. C. K. SPENCER. ' THOMSON & SPENCER, ? Solicitors in Bankruptcy j YORKVILLE, S. C. SPECIAL attention given to filing of petitions, to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, J and the collection and forwarding of Dividends to I Creditors. I February 4 5 tf J! ? , a s I a June 4 23 tf ^ RAGS WANTED. ' j POUNDS of clean cotton and lin- a lLr.LJLrLF en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents j " per pound will bo paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. April 15 15 tf j C AUCTIONEERING. ! c 11HE undersigned takes this method to notify ! g the public that he will give prompt attention j 1 I to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining 1 counties. Communications may be addressed to I him at Yorkville, 8. C. 8. Ci. IIKOWN. r I March 5 10 tf I f THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal ^ satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made >f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heaver and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho market, and consequently will the longer with- ^ stand heat and hard usage. They are of hand jl some pattern and neatfimjsb, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed Jiat they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces oi 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 acci- < lentally broken at any time, we can replace it at Lhe mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton accountof its intrin?ic 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 having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E.Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Curronce, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, "7 Gfuthriesville; John A. Brown,Rock Hill; B. P. ^ Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities md tho dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a 3TOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those >f northern make. The following are our prices ielivered at depot in Greensboro : No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 (? 7 ?< 44 44 44 44 44 r 44 2(3 Q0 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro. N. C. T. M. DOBSON <ft CO., Agents, Yorkvi'lle, S. C. rOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Ches;er county, 8. C. YORK MARBLE YARD. mhe is still cond uctville, and is prepared to furnish MARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a costly monuho art, with the very best materials, and^at as * ow prices as the same class of work can be furlished anywhere in the United States. Orders rom a distance promptly tilled, and the same atention given to work ordered by mail as if the jarties were present in person. From this date vork will be delivered at any point on the Cheser and Lenoir Narrow Gange Railroad, between iforkville and Chester, or at any place between lock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Coumbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for ransportation. Thankful for the patronage hereofore bestowed upon my establishment, my deermination is to merit a continuance of tne same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 14 2 ly j FSFRI gCH EIS [TATTCT? AYHH fiTM PATYTPB UVtlkJJU iVil XJ OAU11 X AJU1 JLJU?J YORKVILLE, S. C., RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens of Yorkvillcand vicinity. All manner >f HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, Vfarblingand Calcitnining executed in the best ityleof the art. By the process of CALCIMIN[NG, 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 :olor, which will not rub off. Old Furniture will be re-varnished or re-paint- ^ id and varnished in imitation of the various Kinds ft ntAtuo nuu tttrtnr w iwr\ or? nvtroo ? here is enough of this class of work to justify mo n so doing, I will visit the houses for that purx>se, thus avoiding the necessity of moving the Furniture. Roofs painted in the moat durable nanner, either with granite or slate roofing paint, ind the work warranted. Estimates furnished, ind all work promptly executed at the lowest cash drices commensurate with durable and artistic jainting. All communications promptly aniwered. Address F. 8. FRISCHEI8, Yorkville, 8. C. April 1 31 ly Tiusichath charms. &c. WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give their children a chance for a musical emulation, but whose means are very limited, that 1 jave made arrangements with the celebrated 'Mason <ft Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons .vith their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest actory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarterly 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 ilreaay paid being applied to the purchase. Or a jensun uaviug puiu mc roxiv iv* iuui yv?.D) ^ ;omes the owner of the Organ without further payment. Call and enquire for particulars and iee the new styles, at my Photo gallery, In the idickes' building, where I may be founa during til business hours, either to show you a sample or o wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic line as Heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. ^ P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentaions and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" lompanies, I still insist that I have the best and :heape8t Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, ind I am ready to prove my words to all who eek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. REMOVAL. 1 HAVE removed my ^ TIN SHOP to the resi ?#Q dence of Mr. WILLIAM __ ' IIBSRv AIKEN,sixmilesSouth , Folfllp of Yorkville, and two ' ' ]j miles East of Philadel=*^???31phia Church, where I will be prepared, at all - :times, to MANUFACTURE AND REPAIR 'IN WARE, at short notice. STOVE PIPE made to order cheap, for the ash. Address J. M. ADAMS, Guthriesville, S. C. June 3 22 tf THE J AS. LEFFEL ; Doable Tarbine Water Wheel, t Manufactured by POOLE & HUST, Baltimore, Md. Dl 7,000 JfOWlir USEf : M?M n Simple, Strong, Durable, TUT I always reliable and satis.. J? factory. [ rTTTS?are^Mlk. Manufacturers, also, of W Portable & Stationary V'va^i i ffinBf* " : 1 r" Steam Boiler*. & Grist Mill*, Min. ^QcKj BQf tng Machinery,Gearing tor Cotton Mills, Flour. fiil Mill MachineryHy^lio^aWlfer Presses,&c. Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers a specialty. Machine mado Gearing; ficcuato and of Very best finish. Bend for CIrculara. March 25 12 6m BARBER SHOS rHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant ^ md luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that L'HOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsoial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door o the Enquirer building, where it will afford dm great pleasure to wait upon all who may de ire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, ^ ,nd any other work of that kind promptly done. " u" Q^An a? flnn/iflv niftPll iie may uo iuuiiu nb tuo wuu^ ??? ngsfrom 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly _______ r\UR BEEF MARKET is now open, in rear of U the old Masonic Hall, and we are prepared to urnish FINE FRESH BEEF every day. We rill keep the best quality of Beef that this mar:et can supply, ana 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 re invited to give us a call. McCONNELL & SNIDER. April 29 15 tf it* K. . PER Day at home. Termiflree. Addrrm 0. Stinbon k. Co., Portland, Me. 3 ly* She ?0tfeviUe inquirer. TERMS?IN ADVANCE t )ne copy, one year. $ 8 00 >ne copy, six months, * 1 50 )ne copy, three months, 2 50 lingle copy, 10 .Vo copies, one year, 5 00 ?en copies, one year 25 00 ^SET-To persons who make up clubs often or nore names, an extra copy of the paper will be urnished one year, free of charge.