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tumorous ?epattmcnt. "ABOUT ICE-CREAM," He slipped into an ice-cream saloon very softly, and when the girl asked him what he wanted he replied : "Com beef, fried potatoes, pickles and mince pie." "Thisis not a restaurant; this is an icecream parlor," she said. "Then why did you ask me what I wanted for ?" Why didn't you bring on your icecream ?" She went after it, and as she returned he continued : "You see, my dear girl, you must infer? v.,ii miisf r.iosnn Tt isn't, liknlv thnt T ronnld come into an ice-cream parlor to buy a grindstone, is it? You did not think I came in here to ask if you had any baled hay did you ?" She looked at hira in great surprise and he went on : "If I owned a hardware store, and you came in, I would infer that you came for something in my line. I wouldn't step up and ask you if you wanted to buy a mule, would I ?" She went away highly indignant. An old lady was devouring a dish of cream at the next table, and the stranger, after watching for a moment, called out: "My dear woman, have you found any hairs or buttons in your dish ?" "Mercy! no!" she exclaimed, as she wheeled around and dropped her spoon. "Well, I'm glad of it," he continued. "If you find any just let me know." She looked at him for half a minute, picked up the spoon, laid it down again, and then rose up and left the room. She must have said something to the proprietor, for he came running in aud exclaimed : "Did you tell that woman there were hairs and huttous in my ice-cream ?" "No, sir." "You didn't?" "No, sir, I did not; I merely requested her, in case she found any such ingredients, to inform me !" "Well, sir that was a mean trick." "My dear sir," said the stranger, smiling softly, "did you expect me to ask the woman if she had found a crow-bar or a sledge-hammer in her cream ! It is impossible, sir, for such articles to be hidden away in snch small dishes." The proprietor went away growling, and as the stranger quietly sipped away at his cream two young ladies came in, sat down near him and ordered cream and cakes. He waited until they had eaten a little and then he remarked : "Beg pardon, ladies, but do you observe anything peculiar in the taste of this cream ?" They tasted, smacked their lips, and were not certain. "Does it taste to you as if a plug of tobacco had fallen into the freezer?" he asked. "Ah ! kah !" they exlairaed, dropping their spoons and trying to spit out what they had oaten. Both rushed out, and it wasn't long before the proprietor rushed in. "See here ; what in blazes are you talking about ?" he demanded. "What do you mean by plug tobacco in the freezer?" "My kind friend, I asked the ladies if this cream tasted of plug tobacco. I didn't taste any such taste, aud I don't believe you used a bit of tobacco in it." "Well, we don't want you to talk that way around here!" continued the proprietor. "My ice-cream is pure, and the man who savs it isn't tells a bold lie !" He went away again, and a woman with a long neck and a sad face sat down and said to the girl that she would take a small dish of lemon-ice. It was brought, and she had taken about two mouthfuls when the stranger inquired : "Excuse me, madam, but do you know how this cream was made?have you an idea that they grated turnip and chalk with the cream ?" .She didu't reply. She slowly rose up, wheeled around and made for the door. The stranger followed after, and by great good luck his coat tails cleared the door an instant too soon to be struck by a five-pound box of figs hurled with great force by the indignant proprietor. As he reached the curb-stone he halted, looked at the door of the parlor and soliloquized : "There are times when people should infer, and there are times when they shouldn't. I suppose if I had asked that woman if she thought they hashed up a saw-mill in the cream she'd have felt a circular-saw going down her throat." A GOOD JOKFTON A DOCTOR. A few days since a Western city clerk happening to meet a physician of the place, the latter mentioned that he had a small claim against the corporation for attendance upon a city patient. He was told to make out his bill, send it in, and it would be paid at the next meeting of the board of Aldermen. The clerk happened to complain during the interview of being a little under the weather; the physician took note of his symptoms, and said that upon reaching his office be would write him a prescription that would set hira to rights, and which he would send by the boy who would bring the bill. The afternoon of the same day a boy called at the clerk's office at the city hall, and left two papers, mentioning who sent them. "All right," said the clerk, glancing at the papers that were thrown upon his desk. Now the chirography of most physicians is not plain; but that of this particular M. D. was a cross between the usual medicine style and the character used by Chinese astronomers and laundrymen. When the clerk came to examine the two papers he was much puzzled to make out which was the prescription and which the bill. Some zig-zag characters that appeared upon one of the papers led him to think it the prescription. He took it to the drugstore and handed it to the clerk, who turned it in several directions, and then said, "This is from Dr. , is it not?" Being answered in the affirmative he at once became cheerful, and soon handed the clerk a big powder to be taken at night, and a bottle of some dark JlcjilIU 10 oe laKen iu uits muriimg. xur two (liij j-Huju:lerk looked rather pale about the gills, but felt on the whole the medicine had done considerable good. At the next meeting of the board the doctor's bill was presented, but about all that could be made out of it was that it called for $7. It was referred as usual to the proper committee, to be examined and reported upon at the next regular meeting, when a favorable report was made and S7 was allowed. The next morning the doctor came to the clerk in high dudgeon, and said : "How is it that you cut down ray bill ? I see by the papers that the board only allowed me S7." Theclerk3 said the bill was allowed just the same as made out, and to prove that it was right, handed it to the irate physician. The doctor looked at it for some moments, and then exclaimed: "May I be hanged if you and the board of aldermen haven't been at work for two weeks on my prescription, and have at last allowed me $7 on it." "Yes," cried the now aroused and excited clerk, "and may I be hanged if I didn't take your infernal bill to the drug store, and they allowed it there and gave me a dose that near physicked me to death." The best joke was that the druggist's clerk, when questioned about making up the prescription, said : "When I get such a looking paper from Dr. , I always put up a big powder of calomel and rhubarb, to be followed by the black draught, and this is the first time there has been any fuss about it." Logic.?"Tom, where's that counterfeit ten Jollar bill you had a whileago?" "Well, I never was quiet clar in my mind bout dat ar bill. Some days I thought it was a bad bill, and oder days I thought it was a good bill; and one o'dem days when I thought it was a good bill, I jest passed it away. % jlgrifultural Ucpartmrnt. j i [Original.] rj SOUTH CAROLINA FARMING. j The system of farming which has been fa] practiced in this country ever since its first pr settlement, has been calculated to decrease ha the intrinsic value of the soil. This has been j wl the case in all the more fertile States of the ; Union. Only in those States, the soil of ^ which is naturally poor, has any great effort ,j been made to improve the productiveness of so, the fields. In the South, which by Nature is adapted to the production of rank and vigor- qu ous vegetation, the benevolent gifts of Nature e!l! i are abused. Of the cleared land, perhaps we , would be safe in saying that twenty-five per ^ cent, is, by the present system of cultivation, I ou rendered, for a number of years, worthless, j th< Several reasons might be assigned for this th< : state of things. Land is abundaut and cheap, nn I whilst the population is sparse. This circumstance leads the people generally to be very JJjP prodigal of the forest, and to treat their fields tjJ( with but little mercy. The object has been to get as much as possible out of the soil in as vei short a time as possible, and when it ceased Qi to be productive, then turn it out and stigma- j 'itl , tize it with the name of "old field. Another *h< i reason for the great wear aud tear of our laud, , ; is the fact that the same kind of crop is plant- i ; ed for a number of years successively upon : | the same field. The only crops cultivated to ; , any great extent iu South Carolina, are corn ' (jjf i and cotton. These are not rotated ; but when j . ! it is discovered that a certain field is better adapted to corn than it is to cotton, it is, in j j common parlance, run in corn until it is com- j ! pletely exhausted. The same mode is pur- | I sued with a field well adapted to cotton. If: j: j ; more be taken from the soil thau is returned ! rc<, to it, as a matter of course, it must become j i poorer. No crops are more exhausting in 1 j ^ | their nature on soil thau corn and cotton. This is especially true of cotton. ^ Another reason why our land wears out so > soon, is, that it is never, in the proper sense | , of the word, rested, or given an opportunity | tjJ( to recuperate itself. Our farmers generally, 1 when they want to rest a field, sow it down iu j. wheat or oats in the fall, and then the follow- ! i ing summer, as soou as the small grain crop j rjn ; is taken off, turn all the stock ou the plantation j j|j ' upon it, and keep them there until every sprig ; j of grass is eaten up, and the surface of the j j soil is exposed to the burniug rays of the sun. ' This is not resting the land. In fact, it is a | * ! terribly exhaustive process. The proper way j jj j to rest land is to put it in such a condition I j that it will be washed as little as possible by the rains, keen all stock off it. and let it grow j j up in weeds aud grass, aud so soon as slight } frosts begin to fall, take a good turning plow, * ; aud turn all the vegetation on the surface j under. This will rot during the winter, and 1 ! the land will be found to be materially and j ! substantially profited. Wfl THE COLOR OF HORSES. A writer in the London Field thus discourses of color in horses, speculating as to its trustworthiness as an indication of quality : "The most prevailing color in England is certainly bay; why this arises I am unable to say. We must, therefore, believe that the to ! best horses-are bays, without proof. Some 'et j time after the Peninsular war, it was customI ary to have the troops of a cavalry regiment ca[ | in colors ; but the bay troops so far exceeded j all the other troops, and such difficuly existed u,f j in supplying the other troops, that the ' distinctive colors of troops were abolished W1 ! throughout the army, and ouly two regiments, ; the Queen's Bays and the Scots Grays, were 6n allowed to retain a distinctive color. It was | attempted to retain the Seventh Dragoon bu j Guards as the 'Black Horse,' but that utterly ! failed. Since then, in the days of the Cri- '10 .... l? l_j ?..,i dn mean war, we imve nnu uie gmj ?uu kncct- | ; nut troops of horse artillery. I do not allude to the black troopers of the household regiments.as they are so well known to the world a(^ at large, and are bred chiefly in Lincolnshire, especially for the purpose. The French are a^ very fond of bays, but then they must not | ?1,s have a siugle white hair. The Cleveland bays are well known. They supplied the Sn j whole of the carriage horses of the nobility 9U i and leading gentry of the past generation. They were slow and tall, but carried them- l)e; selves well. The dams were the cart-horses of Cleveland, a portion of North Yorkshire, an and were crossed with the thoroughbred. If t0 the produce was heavy, after the dam, it reverted to her state in the plow; if it took s(;f after the sire, it was promoted to the hunting ^is | field, where they were wonderful 'loopers.' ! The intermediate stage made the carriage- a? ! horse. The breed is now totally extinct. The ; late emperor of the French had a great fancy : for these Cleveland bays, and annually drain- )'? ; ed the district of the few left. The chestnut is the favorite color of the Arabs. It is much an liked by the Irish, and of course, we all rej member the best horse on record, (Eclipse,) )'? ; was a chestnut; but it must be remembered 1 that chestnut are more subject to infirmities ^ ! Ap +r>rv* arirl n/\nct itn rvn Acnnpinllv in rA. ; gard to their eyes, than bays. The grays are 1,0 i generally underbred. * ( "C'es terribles gris," as Napoleon called them, however, did good service at Waterloo. "e i Grays do fairly in harness, and I consider a : chestnut and a gray the prettiest match of ^a< any. To blacks there are the same objections y? as to chestuuts?infirmity of temper and con- * ' stitution. They are more liable to contract- kn ; ed feet and navicular than other colors, aud 13 I the most vicious horse I ever saw was a black, and that was in the army. Blacks are very >'? j good for agricultural purposes, and on all the ^0.' large farms now-a-days in Yorkshiie and W1 Lincolnshire black horses are alone used. ta' j My favorite color is dapple-brown.. In Dres; den I saw some beautiful dapple-browns, shortlegged, with good action, admirably adapted at | for small phretons. They had also some esj ; splendid chestnut cart-horses; with no hair fo( | about their legs. To this may be added the i go iat'1 Liiat l uau UUIOCO, anv? nwic^c \ji aiij uui a - -< color with an admixture of white in their by coats, are highly valued by some horsemeu soi for supposed qualities of endurance." j ha Kindness to Mii.cii Cows.?One of the j m< greatest errors iu overcoming cows that are | on . unquiet while being milked, is to whip, beat i be and kick and brawl at them. This is gener- j no ally done; and the cow becomes afraid aud ' wl and angry, and, instead of becoming better, , nrn grows worse. They dislike to be milked; for rai they know that loud words and blows always ufi attend the operation. They dread to see the j at milker as the little urchin dreads to see the 1 an birchen rod in the hand of an angry peda- ex gogue, when he expects to have it applied to ; bu , his back. A cow kindly and properly treat-1 tin ed, is pleased to see the milker, gladly awaits ' wl his or her approach, aud submits with pleas- j lit ure to the operation of being milked. ne Every one having experience with cows knows this to be true. But the cow is oppos-j ed to a change of milkers; she soon becomes m< attached to one person who performs the op-1 loi eration, and does not willingly and freely of I give down her milk to another person. There- i fore, have one milker to certain cows, and ' a i bear in mind if you change milkers it is at inj the expense of a loss of milk and of injury to inj ' the cow. ! All animals appreciate kind treatment and bo resent abuse. See that those who milk them : th control themselves, govern their passions, ac speak low and kindly under almost any prov- an j ocation; and soou the cows will learn that | they are not going to be abused, and will submit to the operation.? Ohio Farmer. soi ? pr To Kilt. Cabbage Worms.?Dissolve one re teaspoonful of saltpetre in a common pail fo< full of warm?not hot?water, and sprinkle est the cabbages therewith on the appearance of th of worms. Two or three applications will co suffice for the season. The water, besides, th acts like a charm in promoting the growth of th i the plant. I he ?Mdren's Department. HE STORY OF A LITTLE PRINCESS. There are some little girls who have often ncied that it would be nice to be a queen or : iucess. When they are obliged to learn ; rd lessons, or to wait upon themselves, or len they have to wash the breakfast cups, ! d sew up long seams, they think how de- j ;htful it would be to live in a palace, to have !1 ds and ladies in attendance, who would an- |1 ipate every wish. I remember very well;1 ne of my own idle day dreams ou this theme, j Well, my dears, in point of fact the little j1 eens and princesses have any thing but an 11 3y life. The children of the royal families ;1 Europe are under tutors and governors long I \ fore aud long after our little folks here are 1 sy in school. They have to learn thorghly a great many things which is not 1 :>ught necessary for you, and they live, in ' e matter of eating and drinking, much 1 ire simply than you do. As for sugar can- 1 ;s and sweetmeats, I presume almost any of ] ? young readers have a great many more 1 them than the palace people ever have at 1 2 same age. Queen Victoria's daughters have all been ry carefully educated indeed ; and as for . leen V ictona herself, why, when she was a tie girl, there seems to have been no end to j 5 tilings that were expected of her ladyship, was not until she was twelve years old that 2 understood she might become Queen. Be- . j only the niece of the reigning monarch, . illiam IV., who had no children, but who ght possibly have them, her wise mother 1 not want Victoria's head elated with jams of a crown she might never wear, jwcver, she one day discovered it by what might call an arranged accident, for a analogical table was slipped into her histo, and there little Miss found it: She took j up, so her old governess told the story, and iding it, said? I see I am nearer the throne than I thought. J jever saw that before." "It was not thought necessary that you j mid, Princess," replied the governess. "Now," said the child, after some moments thought, "many a child would boast, but jy don't know the difficulties. There is jch spleudor, but there is more responsibili!? ! The princess lifted up the forefinger of her ;ht hand as she spoke, and then put her liti hand into her teacher's, she said? "I will be good. I understand now why u urged me so much to learn even Latin. y cousins Augusta and Mary never did, but u told me Latin is the foundation of Engh grammar, and of all the elegant expressis, and I learned it, as you wished it, but I derstand all better now. I will be good." You see the little princess felt that a great sponsibilily, and a great estate involved eparation on her part. She studied hard, cause she had a place in the world to fill, iw, though you and I have not been called sit on the throne, we have our every day ( irk to do ; and if we do it well, we shall be honorable and honored in God's sight as if : wrote princess or queen before our names. [ Christian Union. IE OWL THAT THOUGHT HE COULD SING. ! "What can bring the people into the groves i hear those nightingales sing?" said an ow- s to his mother. The old owl didn't know, and she didn't I re?she was busy watching a bat. 1 "I am sure I have as fine a voice as any i jhtingale, and far stronger." s "Stronger,certainly, my son," said the owl, I th a blink, for the bat had escaped. "I shall go into the grove to-night, and re them a song," said the owlet. The owl opened her round eyes very wide, ( t said nothing. , Accordingly when night came, and the | ur for the sweet trilliner of the sineine birds ' 3\v near, he flew heavily along, and placed } nself in a conspicuous part of the grove, ? it he might be seen and heard to a proper ? vantage. ? Now the nightingales did not by any means } mire the prospect either of his company or < ? co-operation in their concert; so those , io were bent on singing sought another ; ove, while those who were content to be | iet for the night kept snugly at roost. , "Where can the nightingales be ?" said the | ople who came to hear them. Upon this the owlet set up a hoot so loud , d so long that it nearly frightened them in- , fits. < "That creature has terrified them, and ] ired them all away," said one. "I will soon ( ipatch him. Where's my gun ?" ] But the disconcerted owlet took the hint, ( .1 l...f , u ueiuiu tuc &uu uamu uu nau jjui tu 5 mother. "Your feathers are ruffled, my son. Have u been singing?" The owlet reluctantly related his disgrace d narrow escape. "It is just what I expected, and I am glad u are safe back." "Then why did you suffer me to go?" said e owlet indignantly. "Because I was sure it was a point on which thing but experience could convince you. lon't understand music, and cannot tell you ly people should take the trouble to go and ar nightingales sing, and at the same time oot owls for nothing, but I know it to be a ;t. There is much difference between our ices, which I can discern myself every time loot. Ours may be superior for anything I j ow; but as the prejudice of the public mind ] strong on the other side, I shoudn't think disputing the point; and, probably, now | u have experienced the effect of your per- j mance on their ears, you will be satisfied, ( th me, to leave them alone in their raiske."?Mrs. Prosser's Fables. { Bic; Pay and Soft Hands.?So many, the present time, are looking for easy jobs, eecially among the young, and those at the )t of the ladder in possession of this world's ods, that the following timely remarks from r. P. T. Barnum will be read with interest many, and, it is to be desired, with profit to ne. He says : "One of the great causes of rd times is the number of soft hands wait; for light work and heavy pay. Young ;n are not willing to do what their prospers fathers did before them. They wish to gin where their fathers leave off, and it will t be strange if they leave off pretty near ! icre their fathers began. The successful ;n of middle age, the men who haveajront 11k among our merchants, mechanics, mauicturers, and financiers, were, many of them, | the foot of the ladder a generation ago, 1 d they have reached the top by their own ertions?many of them bearing very heavy rdens all the way. The men who succeed i em, will be men beginning as they did?men 10 are not afraid to work hard, and with but tie compensation at first beyond the busiss training they thus acquire." ... Thou Shalt Not Steal.?This means : ere than that we must not take what be-1 iga to others; \vc should always take care j the property of others. j i A boy once ran half a mile trying to stop j i stranger, whose trunk was in danger of be-' I I lost from the carriage. That was accord- j * to the eighth commandment. Farmer Bolt turned the cattle out of neigh- j! r Heck's field, fixed the fence a little, and 11 en left word at the house. And this was !1 cording to the commandment, Go thou ' d do likewise. j i Children Need Praise.?Children are :: metimes half-starved for a little hearty : aise. Conscientious teachers andy parents fuse it on principle. They are conscientious >ls for their pains. Boys will act up to the Limate put upon them, or at least try to, if cy are worth their salt. A hearty word of ; mmendation is meat and drink to them for e next endeavor. Sincere commendation is J c wine of life. He who withholds it when ! can give it, is a churl. i j ?eafliug for the jktrtrath. | _ i CONDUCTED BY KEV. ROBERT LATHAN. THINK SOBERLY. If a man thinks himself to be something | when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself; j and in deceiving himself he may often most disastrously deceive others. For many have j confidence in a man in proportion to his assurance, his self-confidence, or his position,! without regard to his real character. If a I man seems sincere they confide in him, for-1 getting that no men are more sincere than ; those who have deceived themselves, and who now of necessity and with the utmost siucer- 1 ity, deceive others. It is a sad thing for an honest well-meaning man to spend years of his life in earnest, zealous effort in a given direction, and then j iwake to the horrible thought that throughout1 the whole time he has been doing a deceiver's j work, turning men from the right way, divid- J iug, alienating,and destroying;?and all upon ' i basis of error, which is not of God, for "no ; lie is of him." To a conscientious mind it must be most distressing to reflect?"The course .[ have taken is wrong; the doctrines I have preached are oroved false; the leaders I have followed lave gone astray and fallen iuto the ditch ; the measures I have supported have proved lisastrous; the men whom I have denounced lave been in the right; the doctrines I have ought against still stand, but my followers ind associates, whose faith I have underlined, and whose minds I have embittered igainst everything else, have been misled by ne are like sheep without a shepherd, and I im powerless to remedy the ruin I have vrought." Such might be the reflections of men who lave pressed forward to positions of leadership for which they were unfit, who have asoired to teach, when they hardly knew enough Lo learn, and who have been looked up to as oracles, when in fact they were only blind leaders of the blind. Unfortuuately many of these thoughts will never enter into the minds of those who have self-deceived. Ignorant, conceited, and selfsufficient, they know little of humility, of confessiou, of forsaking every wrong way. What they do is invested with a halo of selfconfidence. Their very errors are better than ordinary truths. Their mistakes are foreordained of God. Their follies are marks of divine wisdom. Their wroDgs are better than common people's rights. And so, whatever position they may have taken, they never recede, never rectify, never confess, but push headlong on, until they plunge into the depths of ruin at the end. The lesson from all this is, "Think soberly." He who honestly reviews his errors, his faults, his follies, and his sins, cannot think highly of himself, but will rather be clothed with humility. He who has any knowledge of the wisdom and holiness of God, will abhor himself, and repent in dust and ashes. Such a ?.:n t ilian wui iiuu tuiuc iaj liic juuiu a lauic auu choose for himself the chiefest seat; he will not boast of his wisdom, his holiness, his faith cr his works. He will sit down in the lowest place, conscious of his own infirmity and unworthiness, and nothing but the persuading ind commanding voice of Him that bade him shall call him to a higher place. Let us learn this lesson of humility, for he that exalteth himself shall be abased, while tie that humbleth himself shall be exalted, tnd all be subject one to another, for God resisteth the proud, and givoth grace to the tiuruble.? The Christion. PRAYER AND WORK. It has not unfrequently, of late, been the case that the secular press has appeared to suppose that there is something of a conflict between the thought of prayer and work, rhis has been very apparent in the way the recent proclamation of the Governor of Missouri, recommending a fast, was treated by the secular press of the State. The inevitable result of the laws of nature have been held out is a safeguard and the energy of certain persons preseuted as an illustration, why prayer ivas uncalled for. Every intelligent Christiau s ready to recognize the laws of nature, and the efficacy of the energetic use of means, yet ivill not permit these to supersede the necessity of prayer. The duty of prayer does not in any way ivarrant indolence. The Bible teaches us to pray and then to work?showing us that while 3od is the sovereign disposer of events, yet lie accomplishes these only through the agency or action of his creatures, and must be acUtwwnln/l.vArl in nrotror qq fKn hoatntuor nf h^n. <11 v? WW viiv uvsinv n vt wi wvm ffits. Prayer, then, instead of fostering indolence, or leading Christains to expect a roirade, only energises them for efficient action. There is no antagonism between prayer and tvork. Facts show that praying men are working men. While our Saviour was such i man of prayer as to speud the whole night in prayer, yet as a working man he went ibout continually doing good. We never heard any one charge the apostles or prophets is being lazy men, yet their souls were conjtant in supplications before God. Martin Luther, a fit representative of all the Reform3rs, ever ready for and efficient in work or conflict, daily devoted a number of hours to prayer. Look at the prayers, and then the work accomplished by such men as Bunyan, Wesley, Payson, and Spurgeou, and know that those who have been noted as men of prayer have also been noted for the work they have done. Prayer fits us for work. It is not irapossi ble for us to pray without a Christian intelligence. We must have a knowledge both of the character of God and his mode of action. We must have a knowledge both of ourselves and the truth that God has revealed. A true principle must be exercised?confidence both in the ability and willingness of God to grant that for which we ask. The natural consequence of this if to give courage, determination, and hope. Fear is dispelled because conSdence is reposed in God; determination is Sxed because God gives results accordiug to action, and hope is firm because God does not disappoint the expectations of faith. Earnest prayer nerves the soul aud fits it for effective action. Not only does prayer fit us for work, but it also causes us to work. As superabundance if electricity necessitates action, so a soul stirred by prayer cannot remain idle. When Joshua had with Israel earnestly prayed after the defeat of Ai, he, instead of being careless ir remiss, .was more energetic aud exercised greater skill than before. The prayers of Gideon, and the assurance of success that he received, did not cause him to relax his energy nor despise strategy. The prayers of Cromwell aud his array made them keep their powder dry, and fight with the courage of heroes and the desperation of those who had staked i everything on their action. The earnest mid- j night prayers of Stonewall jacKson toia nis i servant that a fearful battle was to be fought | on the ensuing day. Such is the character of: true prayer?it sets us at work. In uniting prayer and work we honor God as the controller of the laws of nature, as the dispenser of blessings, and us the gracious j bestower of requests.? United Presbyterian, j B&* The Devil is a chained enemy, and you have only to keep off his ground ; and then, j though he may bark at you, he cannot bite, j "Resist the Devil." When he comes knock-: ing at the door of your heart, suffer him not I to gain admittanoe, by opening the door be- j fore you have ascertained who or what you are about to admit. He is sure to deny his ! name and feign himself what he is not. fiSf* Be careful to live like a saint, and you will never talk like a sinner. Keep Christ in your heart, and a bridle on your tongue, j Look at every wcrd before you trust it out of your mouth. I?" The least sin is a greater evil than the greatest temptation or trial. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. 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 Maclilnc, No. 1,?Price, .?65. For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a Wf.edSewino Machine of the aliovestyle, the cash price of which ir sivty-five dollars. VVeed Sew.ing MaciiIric, No. 2?Priice70. 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 sevontv dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 3.?Price, 875. For aolubofoOsubscribers, at$2.50 each, we will give a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style, the cash price of which is seventy-live dollars. ^S^The reputation of the Weed Sewing Machine is equal to that of any other first-class machine in the market, and of its merits we can speak advisedly?having had one in constant use in our own family since 18GG, 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, a:ad the liberal offers we make to those who may be disposed to form clubs. TERMS?FREE OF POSTAGE. Single copy, one year, $3 00 Two years to the same address, 5 00 In clubs, each subscriber, one year, 2 50 PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. To those willingto form clubs forthe 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 $65. 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 Sowing 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 offer 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 receivo their papers at the samo post-office; but subscriptions must be for a term not less than one year. One subscriber for two years will be equivalent, in marino 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 no m.qtt oi,oii v>n and should anv fail to Becuro either premium by the 15th of October, 1875, but should procure ton or more subscribers, an extra copy of the paper will be given for the ten names thus procured, and for all subscriptions in excess of ten, a cash commission of twenty-five cents will be given on each name. The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to a 1.1. subscribers. Remittances may be made at our risk, by draft, post-oflice order, or in registered letter; if made otherwise, we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-oflice, county and State. Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sent to any address on application. ANOTHER SPLENDID OFFER. premiums to single subscribers. For the advantage of those who are inaccessible by a club-maker, but may yet wish to avail themselves of our liberal offers to subscribers, we have made arrangements with the publishers of Smith's Bible Dictionary by which we are enabled to offer that valuable work as a premium to subscribers, at a cost to the subscriber for the book and the Enquirer, of little more than the publisher's price of the book. Smith's Bible Dictionary is a standard work, and indispensably necessary to every student of the Bible, or to every person who desires to read the sacred volume intelligibly. The Dictionary is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of London, and the most eminent lexicographer in the world, who, in its preparation associated with himselfover seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and this country, in the great task of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Biblo, and supplying a want long felt by the religious public. The result of these labors appeared in three largo and very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning. An abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. Smith himself, is the one^we have arranged to furnish our subscribers. The book contains every name in the Bible respecting which anything can be said. It embraces the results of historic research, antiquarian investigation, the study of languages and dialects, and the discoveries of the modern travelers and explorers in the Holy Land?Robinson, Hawlinson, Ferguson, Layard, Oflert and Stanley. The book is printed from new stereotype plates, on good paper, and is appropriately illustrated with over 125 Engravings of beautiful Scenes, Ancient Cities, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Maps. Tt contains nearly 800 closely-printed, double-column, octavo pages, including 24 elegant full-page. Steel and Wood Engravings. It is printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictionary is $3 50. We will furnish a copy of the work, substantially bound in cloth, and a copy of the Enquirer one year for $4.50. Or for a club of rive subscribers at $2.50 each, we will furnish a copy of the Dictionary to the getter up of the club. The book will be mailed, free of postage, to the person entitled to receive it, direct from the office of publication. Subscribers whose terms of subscription have not expired, by forwarding the money, will receive a copy of the Bible Dictionary, and have their subscription to the Enquirer extended one year. The cash must accompany all orders. L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. A. WILiLIFORD, ROCK HILL, S. C. MORE YOUNG HORSES. 1NOW have on hand, at my Stable in Rook Hill, S. C., SIXTY HEAD ; of young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? i among them some good saddle and harness ani| mals, which I will sell ON TIME, payable first of I October, 1875, the payments to be satisfactorily seI cured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on ! reasonable terms. A. WILLIFORP. NOTICE. A LL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules I f\ tiniv'hA.?pd in 1874 and due in that vear. are [ requested to pay up at once and save cost. A failj ure to comply may injure their credit with me during the present year. A. WILLIFOKD. CORN W^^TED# O' NE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. FODDER WANTED. I WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, for which I will pay $1.50 per hundred pounds. A. WILLIFORD. "The sweetest, most powerful and durable now in use." BL00MFIELD & OTIS, NEW SCALE PIANOS, 209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. I EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, !i giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a new manner of stringing and a new method of inserting sound board, the most important results have been obtained. "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 of delicacy and strength, and they have stood the test in every way. In many respects they are superior to any manufactured in America. Charles Fradel." (The eminent and favorito Composer and Pianist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) {Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm of Bloomfiold ?fc Otis have lately made several important improvements in their pianos, placing them in the front rank of Amorican manufacturers." (Toledo, O., Blade.) "Bloomtield & Otis, of New York, carry away ! the first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they did at the Fair of the American Institute. ConI uwldr-imr tlm far.t i liaf. thnv nipt. iii nonmptition all the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dunham, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high compliment, as the teat* were t/toroH#/* and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Education, Brooklyn, together with the local committees, after examining and thoroughly tenting all the principal instruments manufactured, have purchased Bloomtield it 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 Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. STATIONERS First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIONABLTSTATIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and <?all invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. September 10 37 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. WHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, Clerk of the Circuit Court, bus applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of WILLIAM WYLIE. late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite anil ailmonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Judge of Probate's Court, for the said county, to be holuen at York Court House, on the 12th DAY OF AUGUST next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 1st day of July, in the "year of our Lord, one thousand eigfit hundred and seventy-five, and in the 99th year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. July 1 20 fit THE J AS. EEFFEE | Double Turbine Water Wheel, A Manufactured by POOLE & HUNT, Baltimore, Md. 7,000 AO IK IX USE! Simple, Strong, Durable, always reliable and satisManufacturers, also, of Portable & Stationary Engines, Steam Boilers, Saw & Grist Mills, Min. forg?^tto^MiTls?Fioun Oil Mill Machinery, ^yirau'lic6an d^other Presses,&c. Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers a specialty Machine made Gearing; iccuj ttto and of very best finish. Send for Circulars. March 25 12 fim THESTEE AND LENOIR RAIL ROAD." THE trains over the CHESTER AND LENOIR NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD will run daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making close connection with the trains on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad: Leave Yorkvillc at 8,30 a. m Arrive at Chester at 10.30 a. in. Leave Chester at.. 5.10 p. m. Arrive at Yorkvillo at 7.00 p. m. A. H. DAVEGA, President. .June iu ao n NOTICE. I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. February 25 8 tf WM, L. GRIST IS Agent for the Charleston News and Courier, Columbia Union-Herald, New York Tribune, and Harper's and Leslie's publications. Subscriptions received for any publication. I am also Agent for tho improved Home Shuttle Sowng Machine. February 18 7 tf I f ^ \Fjd Ufif J ^ jA i | J June 4 23 tf RAGS WANTED. j i a /-kr\/~v POUNDS of clean cotton and lin| 1U?UU1/ en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents per pound will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. April 15 15 tf AUCTIONEERING. T1IIE undersigned takes this method to notify the public that he will give prompt attention to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining counties. Communications may ho addressed to him at Yorkville, S. C. S. ?. IIKOWN. March 5 10 tf I THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our ^ works in Greensboro, N. 0., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand -i some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton accountof its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of lioine purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and amoug many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county ; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesvillo; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a | 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, $30 00 44 7 << <4 44 44 44 44 44 Oa nn Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. YORK MARBLE YARD. m MARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a costly monn- A ment, executed in r the art, with the very best materials, and at as ^ low prices as the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders from a distance promptly filled, and the same attention given to work ordered by mail as if the parties were present in person. From this date work will be delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gange Railroad, between Yorkvme ana unester, or ai any pjace Deiween 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. P. HAPPERFIELD. January 14 2 ly f. sTfrischeis, -> HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YOUKVILLE, S. C., RESPECTFULLY offers his services to thecitizensof Yorkvilleand vicinity. All manner of HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, Marbling and Calcimining executed in the best style of the art. By the process of CALCIMINING, plastered walls which have become soiled and discolored, can bo made to look as fresh and clean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of color, which will not nib off. Old Furniture will be re-varnished or re-painted and varnished in imitation of the various kinds' * of woods and made to look as well as new. Where there is enough of this class of work to justify me in so doing, I will visit the houses for tjhat pur- . pose, thus avoiding the necessity of moving the - ? Furniture. Roofs painted in the most durable manner, either with granite or slate roofing paint, and the work warranted. Estimates furnished, and all work promptly executed at the lowest cash f prices commensurate with durable and artistic painting. All communications promptly answered. Address F. S. FRISCHEIS, Yorkville, S. C. April 1 31 ly nr 4 vir Rnnt ivt a yitf a rnrnR V ' STATIONERY, AND~~ BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, , oeve ry variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. ~ E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. March 25 12 tf STATE OF ^OUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK-COURT OF COMMON PLEA8. T. M. Gwinn, Plaintiff, against L. H. Gwinn, Defendant.? Summons. To the Defendant, L. H. Gwinn. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is this day herewith filed in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscriber, at his office, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for judgment against you for one hundred and twenty-two dollars and'twenty-three cents, with interest from the 25th day of January 1870, and costs. Dated July 5th, A. D. 1875. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiff's Attorney. July 15 28 fit SKY LIGHT, a AND NO MORE CLIMBING DP-STAIRS ! "I TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHO 1. TOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with fine sky and side-Iijjhts,near my residence? first house east of the jail, and only a few hundred yards from the Court House corner. An experience of 28 years and every convenience for <4 business, will onable me now to do better work than ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Views always on hand. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON <fe HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, for cash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. July 8 27 tf REMOVAL. ft.'-V' -- I HAVE removed my i 1i"lJawTfi 'ifc TIN SHOP to the residence of Mr. WILLIAM /j&WSK'* AIKEN, six miles South of Yorkville, and two -tSPvu: miles East of Philadelphia Church, where I will be prepared, at all times, to MANUFACTURE AND REPAIR TIN WARE, at short notice. STOVE PIPE made to order cheap, for the cash. Address J. M. ADAMS, Guthriesville, 3. C. June 3 22 tf T u u TMi"?\fsifW C. K. SPENCKR, THOMSON & SPENCER, [ Solicitors in Bankruptcy YORKVILLE, S. C. SPECIAL attention given to filing of petitions, to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, , and the collection and forwarding of Dividends to Creditors. February 4 5 tf ill*i W PER Day at home. Ternwfree. Addrexs G. Stinxon k Co., Portland, Me. 3 ly* She ?0tfeviUe TEHM8?IN ADVANCE i Ono copy, one year $ 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 1 (jO Singlo copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of"charge.