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fleeted ftoctrg. TWO PICTURES. BEFORE MARRIAGE. My Maggie, my beautiful darling, Creep into my arms, my sweet, Let me fold you again to my bosom So close I can hear your heart beat. What! these little fingers been sewing ? One's been picked by the needle, I see; These hand shall be kept free from labor When once they are given to me. All mine little pet. I will shield you From trouble and labor and care, I will rol?e you like some fairy princess, And jewels shall gleam in your hair; Those slippers you gave me are perfect, That dressing gown fits to a T; My darling, I wonder that heaven Should give such a treasure to me. Eight?nine?ten?eleven ! my precious, Time Hies so when I am with you. It seems but a moment I've been here, And now, must I say it? Adieu. AFTER MARRIAGE. Oh. Meg, you are heavy?I'm tired ; Go sit in the rocker, I pray ; Your weight seems a hundred and ninety When you plump down in that sort of way. Yon had"l?etter be mending my coat sleeve? I've spoken about it before? And I want to finish this novel, And look over those bills from the store. This dressing gown sets like the d?1; These slippers run down at the heel ; Strange, nothing can never look decent; I wish you could know how they teel. What's this bill from Morgan's? Why, surely, It's not for another new dress ? T .? l. I l Till l.~ l Vann 1/hik ntjrr ; xiik.it uaimiuui oic **? %, Or your store bills will have to grow less. Kight o'clock ! Meg, sew on this button As soon as you finish that sleeve; Heig-ho! I'm so deueedly sleepy ; I'll pileofl'to bed, I believe. Humorous gejrartmcnt. THE IRISHMAN'S TREAT. Some years ago, when preachers were scarce and Sons of Temperauce were still scarcer ir the far West, it happened that Sunday was a day set apart especially by common consent not as a day of fasting and prayer, but as a daj of dissipation and fightiug, in a certain village among the "diggins" of Iowa. To put a stop to this, the city fathers passed an ordi nance shutting up all the groggeries withic the corporation limits. To enforce this ordi nance more effectually, they made it the posi tive duty of the city Marshal to go around on Sunday mornings, and to shut up such groggeries as might not have the fear of the Lord and the city fathers before them Among others who kept one of those pro scribed but popular places, was a humorous Irishman, whose name, of course, was Pat. One fine, bright Sunday morning, the city marshal, a good, clever fellow, who we shall call Phil, armed with a big stick as his insig nia of office, was parading by as pompous!} as ever any Marshal of France flourished hit baton of office. Now it so happened that Pal was out enjoying the morning as Phil was pas sing by his shop. Pat more than suspectec that the city marshal was of "easy virture' as to this particular duty of his office, anc what added to his suspicion, was the fact thai he was seldom known to refuse a glass o: pure "Cincinnati eye-water." So he deter mined to put him to the test, and see of what kind of stuff he was made. Stopping him abruptly, he says: "Come in, Phil, and I'll trate you." Phil stopped, looked all around to see il any body was about, and finally popped in to take a little, by way of easing his conscience for being compelled to break the Sabbath in the discbarge of his official duties. As soou as he was in and the door fastened securely, Pat walked inside the bar, took down the bottle of "double distilled and recti fied," and, setting a glass on the counter filled it about two-thirds full, and drank il offhimself, and then, coolly replacing the bot tie and glass, he was about coming out, wbec Phil, who had been wondering when his ture would come, rather inquiringly remarked : "I thought you said you would treat me if 1 came in ?" "Faith an' I did," replied Pat; "I trated you with contirapt." A Fire-Eating General.?An amusing anecdote is told of a well-known French gen pr?l who nlaved a consnicuous nartin a caval Vi? """ I J "_r r ry charge. The gallant warrior had been se verely wounded ou that occasion, having re ceived a sabre-cut on the head and a bul let iu his left thigh. Such an allowance might have satisfied a man of quiet tastes but was far from sufficient for the fire-eating general. In relating the charge, which he did at every dinner-party, he was iuthehabil of throwing in half-a-dozen bayonet thrusts and a couple of stray splinters from a shell and he invariably appealed for corroboratioc of his narrative to an aid-de-camp who had ridden by his side. Ou one occasion, having ira bibed more than his usual allowance of '41 Cbateu Yquera, he drew a more than usual ly startling picture of his riddled and peforat ed condition. A cannon-ball had killed hie horse, a dozen sabres had descended at once ot his head, a couple of lances had passed through each of his arms, and all the bullets and bayonets of Germany seemed to have giver each other a rendezvous in his body. "Yoi remember it well don't you ?" he added, turn ing to his aid-de-camp. The well-trained subaltern had suffered long in silence. The bayonets, lance, <fcc., he had got used to bj long practice, but the cauuon-ball was the laststraw that broke the camel's back. "No General, I don't remember it; how could you expect me to ? You know as well as 1 I do, that the very cannon-ball that killed your horse struck the breast plate of a cuiras sier behind us, and then bounded back and took my head off." Quality Extraordinary.?"Doctor,' said a Yankee farmer, entering the store ol the village apothercary, "that ere ratsbane o your'u is fustrate." "Ah, certain?I knew it," returned th< vender of drugs, greatly pleased; "don't keej: nothing but the pure things here." "Sartin," replied the husbandman, with e twinkling nod; "and, doctor, I guess IT have another pound of it." "Another pound?" "Yaas; I gin that pound 'at I bought lasi week to a pesky old rat that has worried m< awfully, and I tell ye it made him about th< oetesf. eritter vnn ever see. I kind o' reckoi how't aoother might kill him." About on a par with this is the complaiu' of a man who bought a keg of powder foi blasting purposes. "Say, squire," said the individual in ques tion, entering the store where he had bough the powder, "d'ye know that ere powder "o yourn is risky stuff to handle ?" "Risky?" repeated the storekeeper, no quite comprehending. "Yaas?kind o' dangerous." "Ah?you refer to its intense explosive qualities." "Explosive qualities! I don't know noth in' about that; but it's the all-firedest stuf to burn. Why, that ere keg caught fire acci dentally, and I'm blamed if thepowder didn' burn half up afore we could put it out!" Finding a Church.?Said a demure-look ing stranger, with a prayer-book under hi arm, to an old resident of San Antonio, Texas "Where can I find the Methodist place o worship?" "After you pass the seventh bar room on this side of the street, strike acros and take up Soledad Street, and you wil find it one hundred yards beyond the las beer saloon on the same street, nearly opposite a ten-pin alley," was the reply. BNk? An elderly fat gentleman, in discussing a warm breakfast, at a Scotch inn, called t< the waiting boy: "Donald, briug me mori bread ; I eat a good deal of bread to mj steak." Donald answered, with much sira plicity: "Ay, please your honor, and you ea a good steak to your beard." fety Texas has a newspaper called the "Mov ing Ball." The Courier-Journal says "the ed itor probably circulates it with a shot gun.' Jtgiifultoral Department. j [Original.] THE MOON. For time immemorial, it has been thought; that the moon, in some way or other, governs and controls the clouds. Every time the moon changes, she is observed with great anxiety, and the conclusion is arrived at, from the manner in which she hangs, whether we are ! to have a wet or dry moon. We will not un-1 dertake to say that the moon has no influ- j1 I ence upon the state of the weather ; but the ! facts in the case warrant us in concluding j that her influence is very small, or very easily ; I counteracted. During the present season, in I | the same latitude, and almost in the same | neighborhood, some sections have beeu blessed i with abundant rains, whilst others have been 1 ! parched with drought. Every observer is fully awaie that in the same latitude, adjoining neighborhoods enjoy the very reverse seasons. One is drowned out with rain, whilst j the other is parched up. This takes place ' every year. These and similar facts, throw grave doubt on the theory that the moon controls the weather. Close observation, probably, would cast doubts on the theory respecting the planting of certain kinds of crops in the light of the moon, and other kinds in the dark of the moon. ? ? -- ? , [Original.] HAY. Among the many difficulties with which : cotton planters have to contend, is the scarcity of long forage. The blades of corn are, by ! most farmers, depended upon almost entirely. 1 Good corn blades, popularly called fodder, i well cured, without getting wet, make excel' lent food for all kinds of stock. The great 1 , difficulty is its general scarceness, and the 1 t amount of labor it takes to save it. A good hand cannot, or, under the present system, i will not, properly save much more than one ' hundred pounds of fodder in a day. In very favorable seasons for curing fodder, more mUkf ko ofiwn/] knf fnr fpn ( mail 1UI9 auiuuilb ungllK uv, wivu , .... , years together one hundred pounds per day , to the hand would be a fair average. With an abundance of fodder to save, it is clear 1 that one hand would Dot be able to pull and cure enough of fodder to feed a horse and I cow during the winter and the horse during the summer. So soon as the cotton commen ces opening, all hands must go to picking ; and ; the result is, fodder is always scarce. In the t cotton States but little corn is plauted, and ' the consequence is, when all the fodder is , saved, it is not sufficient to meet the demands I of the country. I Experience teaches that stock can do betf ter without corn than they can without long forage of some kind. Aside from the nutri ment which is contained in the long forage, it ' is required by the animal as a stimulant of distention. Any kind of small grain will kill p a horse or mule, if the animal is fed on noth| ingelse. The animal will lose its appetite, grow weak and finally die. Stock may be fed on too much corn ; but it is impossible for them to get too much long forage. Whatever they will eat is enough and no more. From various Quarters of the country there ' " A *, is shipped to the cotton-growing States thoul sands of dollars worth of hay every year. For this there is no need. The cotton grow1 ing States produce wild grasses in the greatest ' abundance. The swamps and edges of the [ branches and creeks produce, spontaneously, vast quantities of grass. In some sections 1 these native grasses grow four or five feet high, and in vast quantities. It is true, that the hay made from these native grasses is not ' so good as that made from timothy and other , varieties of cultivated grasses; but still, all of . them make good palatable food for stock. To grow these native grasses costs nothing, and to save them and store them away in 5 barns for winter food for stock, costs a trifle ; when compared with the price of hay. If the | hay made from these native grasses is not t good, it is as good as two-thirds of the hay 1 , that is annually shipped into the country and , sold at exorbitant prices. All that our 1 farmers have to do, in order to avoid the inI 1 nnnnonionno nnd dmpnsfl nf huvinfr hav. is to VUU f VUIVMVV r~ J o W ' go into their own fields and cut and cure the grass that is there growing in the greatest abundance. THE AGE OF A HORSE. Perhaps the following directions, which we find going the rounds of the press, go rather more into detail than is necessary for general use, but they are in the main correct. Even the most experienced experts, if they are honest, profess only to fix a horse's age approximately. The following rules must, therefore, be taken with due allowance for variation in > individuals: | The colt is born with twelve grinders. I When four front teet have made their appearthe eolt is twelve davs old : and when [ | the next four come forth, it is four weeks old. j When the corn teeth appear, the colt is eight month old, and when the latter have attained ' the height of the front teeth, it is one year old. f The two year's colt has the kernel?the dark substance in the middle of the tooth's crown?ground out of all the front teeth. 3 In the third year the middle front teeth are , ) being shifted, and when three years old these are substituted for the horse teeth. The next j i four teeth are shifted in the fourth year, and I j the corner teeth in the fifth. At six years the kernel is worn out of the j middle front teeth, and the bridle teeth have t1 now attained their full growth. i { At seven years a hook has been formed on i the corner teeth of the upper jaw ; the kernel i of the teeth next to the middle fronts is worn out, aud the bridle teeth begin to wear off. t, At eight years of age the kernel is worn f j out of all the lower front teeth, and begins to j decrease in the middle upper fronts. -1 In the ninth year the kernel has wholly dis- ! t appeared from the upper middle front teeth ; j f the hook on the corner teeth has increased in j ' ~ 1 aon fKoiP v\Ainfa I Sl&U US LUC UtlUlC LCOIII ivct viibii puiubo. In the tenth year the kernel has worn out of the teeth next to the middle fronts of the ' { upper jaw; and in the eleventh year the ker3 ; nel has entirely vanished from the corner teeth of the same jaw. *; At twelve years old, the crowns of all the ^ front teeth in the lower jaw have become tri- j * angular, and the bridle teeth are much worn i 1 down. As the horse advances in age, the gums shrink away from the teeth, which consequently receive a long, narrow, appearance, and their kernels have metamorphosed into a 8 darkish point, and numerous gray hairs ap? pear in the forehead. : ? " | Repelling Ants.?Some years ago, says ; I a correspondent of the London Times, at my i ^ house in the country, a colony of ants establish- i a ed themselves under the kitchen flooring, j " Not knowing the exact locality of the nest, I endeavored to destroy the insects with treacle, , sugar, arsenic, Ac., but, although I slew uuraJ bers thus, the plague increased. At last, be3 thinking myself that ants dislike the smell of ^ tar, I procured some carbolic acid and diluted . it with abouta dozen times its weight of water, j. I squirted a pint of the mixture through the air-bricks under the flooring, and my enemies 1 i vanished that day, never to return. It has u always been successful. For crickets, Ac., also, a little of this sent into their holes acts j ', as an immediate notice to quit. i Heading for the Sabbath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. BOGUS CONFESSION. A real, genuine, bona fide confession is about the rarest utterance one ever hears. We know some excellent people who never in their lives; never, at all events, since their maturity, have gone frankly to the public, their church, or their most intimate friend, and said, "I was wrong ; I am sorry; forgive me." As a matter of curiosity, we wish the reader would stop right here, and see if he can recall one solitary instance in which he has done this. There is plenty of bogus confession ; but of real, honest confession, very little. There is the confession commendatory. "I tell you," Bays Mr. A., "I have got an awful temper. It flames up mighty quick?don't last long, but it's hot while it burns. There is considerable lion in me, and it's got to come out." He thinks he has made a confession. Not at all. He has been patting himself on the back, and pluming himself on his sin. The peacock " * ?J hi- 4?11 tltio rv?o nf KlQ 13 UOL firuuuer Ul Ilia tan man tmo iixiu </i Ana pet passion. There is the confession general. The man catches up the geueral confession of public prayer, and repeats it over and over in prayer-meeting, iu family prayers, at his own bedside: "I have done the things I ought not to have done, and I have left undone the things I ought to have done, and there is no health in nie." Now the confession of a congregation must be in geueral terms; but the confession of au individual to his own conscience and his God ought to be particular. If Harry were to come to me on Monday night with "I have done the things I ought not to have done, and there is no health in me,good-night, father," and again on Tuesday night with "I have done the things, etc., good-night father," by Wednesday night I should stop him and say, "Hold here a minute ; tell me what arc some of the things you have done you ought not to have done; some of the things you have left undone you ought to have done." I should ask him in the language of the lawyers, to give me a bill of particulars. Confession in mere general terms of geueral sinfulness is no confession at all. There is thecoufessiou theological. This is the declaration of au article of belief. It is in effect an orthodox syllogism, thus: "All men are sinners; 1 am a man ; therefore I am a sinner." Sometimes it is put iu a less orthodox way, thus : "Oh ! yes, I suppose I am a sinner. All men are sinners. And I do not pretend to be any better than ray neighbors." There are three occasions when a man has nothing to do with his neighbors: when he is born ; when he dies ; and when he stands before God's judgment seat. And there is a fourth occasiou wheu he had better forget his neighbors, namely, when he stands before his own conscience to be judged. Correct views concerning the general sinfulness of the race are important; but they are unimportant compared with correct views concerning our individual selves. We have known men as proud as Lucifer, who were unimpeachably orthodox concerning Adam's fall and general depravity; and we have known men who held views a great deal more charitable than philosophical, respecting human nature in general, who keenly felt their own sins and shortcomings and their own need of a personal Saviour. It is very easy to brag of our sins, or to roll off, by rote, formal confessions of sins, or to incorporate in our creed a general recognition of the sinfulness of mankind. But these are all bogus confessions. So go to Clod and say, "Iu that business transaction I was mean ; in that one I lied ; in that word to my wife I was cruel and barbarous. I might better have struck her a blow with ray hand than with my tongue ; in that punishment of my child I was tyrannical and unjust; I have been selfish, proud, false, mean,"?that may be a selfish matter, but it is just the hardest thing any man is evercalled on to do. No penance imposed bv pope or priest, no pilgrimage by Mohammedan devotee but would be easier to average humanity. And it is only this sort of confession that means anything.? Christian Weekly. CROOKED FIXtiEllS. An old gray-haired man shook hands with a young friend, who observed that his fingers were beut, and his hand could not be fully opened. On asking how they came to be thus crooked, he learned that for fortv years this L-J J-:i_ J_:? u ? n,,* UiUU IIUU UtlllJ unveil a uutttn, auu iiiao mo fingers had taken a set in that position in which he was obliged to keep them habitually in holding the reins as he drove the horses. The old roan's crooked fingers teach a lesson as to the power of habit to produce a fixed condition of body or of mind. This power of habit is a mighty agency either to help or to hinder the soul, according as the habit is good or evil in it3 character. The habit of reading the Bible and praying morning and evening has kept back a person, still destitute of grace in the heart, from many a sinful indulgence, which, if yielded to, would have drowned his soul in perdition. The habit of neglecting the Bible and prayer, on the other hand, has left many a soul open to the assault of Satan, and caused him to go as a willing captive at his call. Many a one who has felt an impulse to lay hold of the hope set before him, has found a serious hindrance in the "crooked fingers" of some sinful practice to which he has become addicted. That which at first is difficult and is done with the greatest aversion, is ultimately easy, and is done without aversion. Nay, the doer, by frequent repetition, has come to do that once difficult act almost unconsciously, and feels lost without the indulgence which at first aroused all the antagonism of his nature. The profane swearer, the slave of strong drink, illustrate this truth in their own experience. Parents and teachers cannot too early urge upon the young the importance of keeping the fingers straight; for when once they have become crooked, it is no easy matter to straighten them. While evil habits are being formed, the person on whom they are fastening themselves supposes that he is entirely his own master and their master. This is true at first, but at the last they take the reins out of his hands, aud he is left with his helpless "crooked fingers." God rightly holds any man responsible for the formation of evil habits; for he who forms them does it of his own accord. No man has any business to bind himself, hand and foot, aud give himself over to the servitude of Satan. On the other hand, he who has high and noble aspirations may rejoice that he shall find habit giving him a helping hand in the performance of every difficult duty, and iu the mastery of every evil desire. The servant of God finds his path growing smoother and brighter every day as habit makes the way easier before him. We can see a good reason why God has appointed set times and places and services for his worship. It is thus that he secures for us the help which we need to resist temptation and to perform duty. Habits also gather iu groups. Bad habits cluster together, and good habits do the same. So constantly do we find this to be the case, that whenever we discover certain habits iu any one, we involuntarily look for others which are usually found in connection with such. No good business man cares to employ as a clerk, a young man who has the habit of billiard playing. Why? Because he takes it for granted that he will have other habits which will render him very untrustworthy.? Foreign Writer. A Christian minister said: "I was never of any use until I found out that God did not make me for a great man. As soon as I found out that I wasn't intended for a great man, I found souls coming into the kingdom." It is not great men we want in the Church of God to day?it is earnest, warm-hearted men. (JMdtttt's JfijpjHtmettt. j COURTESIES TO PARENTS. Parents lean upon their children, and especially their sons, much earlier than either of j | them imagine. Their love is a constant in-1 ! spiration, a perennial fountain of delight, I | from which our lips may quaff and be com- j ! forted thereby. It may be that the mother I has been left a widow, dependiug on her only | son for support. He gives her a comfortable i home, sees that she is well clad, and allows no ; ! debts to accumulate, and that is all. It is ' considerable more even than many sons do ; i i but there is a lack. He seldom thinks it i worth while to give her a caress ; he has fori gotten'all those affectionate ways that kept I the wrinkles from her face, and made her look ; so much younger than her years ; he is ready to put his hand in his pocket to gratify her slightest request; but to give of the abun-J dance of his heart is another thing entirely. ! He loves his mother? Of course he does!' | Are there not proofs enough of his filial re-j > gard? Is he not continually making sacrifi- ; i ces for ber benefit ? Ah ! but it is the moth- ! j er-heart that craves an occasional kiss, the ! j support of youthful arm, the little attentions j j and kindly courtesies of life, that smooth down j | so many of its asperities, and made the jour-1 j ney less wearisome. Material aid is good as ~ """ * k.*font enotoinmfT Mil It gUUO , UUt It litis UUb bUUb guubuilliug power which the loving, sympathetic heart be- j stows upon its object. Even the father, occupied and absorbed as ! he may be, is not wholly indifferent to these 1 filial expressions of devoted love. He may i pretend to care very little for them ; but having faith in their sincerity, it would give hira j serious pain were they entirely withheld, j Fathers need their sons quite as much as the ! sons need their fathers; but in how many deplorable instances do they fail to find in them a staff for their declining years! Being early to cultivate a habit of thoughtfulness and consideration for others, especially for those who you are commanded to honor, can you begrudge a few extra steps for the mother who never stopped to number those you demanded during your helpless infancy? Have you the heart to slight her requests or treat her remarks with indifference, when you cannot begin to measure the patient devotion with which she bore with your peculiarities? Anticipate her wants, invite her confidence, be prompt to offer assistance, express your affection as you did when a child, that the mother may never grieve in secret for the son she has lost.?Rural New Yorker. A HINT TO RICH MEN'S DAUGHTERS. There are few, comparatively, of the "sweet girl-graduates" of this year of grace, whoought not to be earning a fixed income, as their brothers are doing. There is not one of them j to whom it is not a plain duty to know how. The daughters of rich men certainly have a right to all the elegance and leisure which they can afford to pay for. But, in America, the tenure of wealth is so uncertain that the heiress of to-day may be the stipendiary of to morrow, if she cannot produce, but must remain a consumer ouly, then she is guilty of a breach of that unwritten compact with society under whose conditions we all come to birth, and whose violation is dishonorable. Besides it is the daughters of rich men who must encourage the belief that the capacity to earn is as natural and dignified a function of women as of men. It was not till Camilla of Fifth Avenue, rich enough to spoil a velvet robe daily, looped up her shining draperies above the contamination of the pavements, that Biddy of the Bowery, too poor to spare the price of a shilling print a month, dared lift her draggled hems to an economical and cleanly height. When the Camillas put on cashmere aud serge cut with severe simplicity, then the daughters of the bank teller, the insurance agent, the struggling lawyer, the small shop-keeper,thegenteel poverty-pinched widow, cheerfully substituted that wise fashion for the sleazy silks and abundant cheap trimmings they had cherished. Thus rich girls must make work fashionable if it is to be honored. Were it understood that the daughters of Dives had become accomplished milliners, or dressmakers, or telegraphers, or type setters, or teachers, or bookkeepers, or florists, and were proud of their competency, the daughters of Lazarus would rush to perfect themselves in like attainments, and would exercise them to their profit aud pleasure. As it is, it is not indolence, it is not incapacity, it is not carelessness of the ceaseless toil of the overworked father and mother, which keeps our girls of genteel families from openly and gladly earning their own bread. It is the feeling that a working-woman loses caste. Out of this false estimate of things grows not only that hollow life of shabby getitility which distorts the character of all who lead it, but that habit of mind which regards marriage as a prudential arrangement, a bargain which guarantees board and clothes on the one side for an indefinite quid pro quo on the other. A Bad Hauit.?A gentleman cast a mild look of reproof on a young man who had taken the name of God in vain. "I am sorry, sir," said the young man, "that I have wounded your feelings by auy word I have spoken." "I confess," was the reply, "that I can never hear that holy and blessed name profaned without deep pain. As ray Benefactor and Friend, to whom I owe every blessing, I am jealous of the houor of God." "I spoke, sir, without though. I meant no harm." "I believe it, ray young friend; hut your Creator requires you to be thoughtful of his honor and of duty to him. As thoughtlessness cannot justify, neither can it be an excuse for any sin." "I see that I have done wrong, sir; will you pardon me?" "I am glad to hear this frank confession," and the gentleman held out his hand in a friendly way ; "but the offence is against God. He alone can pardon. I have found him a merciful God, slow to anger, and ready to forgive; and if you seek him through faith in Christ Jesus, forsaking every sin, you shall find mercy too." "Accept my thanks, sir; both for the matter and manner of your reproof. I will never J swear again, nor take the name of the Lord J in vaiu." "A good resolution, if made in humble dependence on the grace of the holy spirit of | God for help and strength?farewell." Masks and Faces.?A nobleman once j gave a grand feast to some of his friends. While his visitors were sitting at the table, ' there came into the room a little lady and gentleman, most splendidly dressed, wearing | a mask, but no taller than children five or six years old. The gentleman wore a scarlet j ; coat, trimmed with gold lace; his large curly ! 1 wig was powdered so as to look as white as! snow, and in his hand he held a cocked hat. j I The lady had on a dress of brocaded satin,' i trimmed with silver spangles, i She wore a beautiful little hat and feather, j ! and held a fan in her haud. They began ; dancing very gracefully, and sprang about in j , such a charming way that everybody was de-1 lighted with these pretty, well behaved chil- j i dren. An officer who was dining there, suddenly j A ' - ? ' - P ? A l_ ? i.t Uln nil/) t h *?a rrr if i iook a rosy uppie irom uie uuuic emu maun ? . between the pretty dancers. Then there did | J begin a sculHe and to-do. They fell upon | each other, tore each other's clothes, scratch- [ 'ingand scrambling, till off fell head-dress, and instead of two pretty children, two, ugly ! monkeys stood before the company. Every-1 body was surprised, yet laughed aloud, but the old officer said, "Monkeys and foolish people manage to look well for a time in fine clothes, but they soon show what they are." j BSf Whisky corrupts everything belonging to society, the government, the Church, benevolent institutions and the family circle, I down to the human body, which it fills with i poison in every part. 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 Machine, No. 1 ?Price, A&j. For a dub of 40 subscribers, at $'2.50 each, we will give a Weed Sewing M achine of the al>ovosty le, the cash price of which is sixty-live dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, Na. j.-Fric(l$70, For a club of 4"> subscribers, at $2.,50. each, we will gi ve a VV kkd S k\v t no M ach i nk of the al)o ve style, the cash price of which is seventy dollars. Weed Sewlne Machine, No. 3.?Price, .$75. j For aclubof,r>0 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a W kkd Sewing Machine of the above style, the cash price of which isseventy-tive dollars. ^ay-The reputation of the Weed Sewing Machine is equal tQ that of any other first-class machine in the market, and of its merits we can speak advuMgily?having hud one in constant use anion 1800 durinar all of which time it has never failed to work in tho most satisfactory manner. OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. In addition to the attractions of the Enquirer, we invite attention to our terms of subscription, and tho liberal offers wo make to those who may bo disposed to form clubs. TERMS-FREE OF POSTAGE. Single copy, one year, $3 00 Two years to the satne address, 5 00 In clubs, each subscriber, one year, 2 50 PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. To those willing to form clubs for the Enquirer we make the following liberal offers: 1. For 40 subscribers, at $'2.50 each, we will give a No. 1 Weed Sowing Macnine, worm co;>. 2. For 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a No. 2 Woetl Sowing Machine, worth 870. 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, oilod, plain tablo. 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-^eaf, as may be preferred. These offers are^iot 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 commencemakingclubs, can forward names as rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid in advance, having until the above-mentioned date in which to complete their lists. It is not required that subscribers shall all receive their papers at thesame post-office; but subscriptions must be for a term not less than one year. One subscriber for two years will be equivalent, in making up lists, to two names for one year each. Subscriptions may commence with any number, and the paper will be sent for a full year from the time the subscription begins. Each club-maker will be credited with names u-s they shall he received; and should any fail to secure either premium by the 15th of October, 1875, but should procure ten or more subscribers, an extra copy of the paper will be given for the ten names thus procured, and for all subscriptions in excess of ten, a cash commission of twenty-five cents will be given on each name. The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to at.Tj Subscribers. Remittances may be made at our risk, by draft, post-olfice order, or in registered letter; if made otherwise, we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, county and State. Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sent to any address on application. ANOTHER SPLENDID OFFER. premiums to si no i. e subscribers. For the advantage of those who are inaccessible by a clnb-makcr, but may yet wish to avail themselves of our liberal ofFors to subscribers, we have made arrangements with the publishers of Smith's Hirle Dictionary by which we are enabled to oiler that valuahlo 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 Rible Dictionary is a standard work, and indispensabty 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 himselfovcr seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and this country, in the great task of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt by the religious public. The result of these labors appeared in three large and very costly volumes. a wonderful monument of learning. An abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. Smith himself, is tho one wo have arranged to furnish our subscribers. The book contains every name in the Riblc respecting which anything can bo said. Itombraees tho results of historic research, antiquarian investigation, tho study of languages and dialects, and the discoveries of tho modern travelers and oxplorers in the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawlinson, Ferguson, Layard, Oflbrt and Stanley. The book is printed from now stereotype plates, on good paper, and is appropriately Illustrated with over 125 Engravings of t)eautiful 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. Tho publisher's prico of Smith's Bible Dictionary is 53.50. Wo will furnish a copy of the work, substantially bound in cloth, and a copy of the Enquirer one j'ear for $4.50. Or for a club of five subscribers at 82.50 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 torins 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. Tho cash must accompany all orders. L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. I A. WIJLLIFOBD, ROCK HILL, S. C. MORE YOUNG HORSES. I NOW have on hand, at my Stable in Rock 1 Hill, S. C., SIXTY HEAD I of young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? ! among them some good saddle and harness animals, which I will sell ON TIME, payable first of October, 1875, the payments to be satisfactorily secured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on 1 reasonable terms. A. WILLIFORD. NOTICE. { A EE persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules ; j\ purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are ! requested to pay up at once and save cost. A fa.il| ure to comply may injure their credit with me during the present year. A. WILLIFORD. CORN WANTED. ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. 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." BL00MFIELB & OTIS, NEW SCALE PIANOS, 201) EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, 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 sonorons, 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 Fradkl." (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm of Bloomfield A Otis have lately made several important improvements in their pianos, nlncimr tlmm in the t'miit runt' nf American man utacturers." [Toledo, 0., Blade.) "Bloomtield ?t Otis, of New York, carry away the lirst premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they (lid at the Fair of the American Institute. Considering the fact that they met in competition all the established favorites, snch as the Knabe, Dunham, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high compliment, as thcteaf* were thorough 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 Bloom iield(fe Otis' celebrated Patent Treble Pianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven years. Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED everywhere. jJSf Sond for Circular and mention the name of the paper in which you saw this advertisement. January 28 4 tf ESTABLISHED, 1832. Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. SWTlOIEHS First-Class Work OUR 8PECIALTY, YET, BY TOISO CHEAPER (iKAl)EH OF STOCK, WE CAN FCHNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIOfSTsmiONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and <?all (Invitations I ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE j LATEST STYLE. J September 10 37 tf STATE OF SO UTH C A ROLI York County. WHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, Clerk of the Circuit Court, has 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 and admonish 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 holden 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 I eiurht hundred and seventy-five, and in the ?J9th year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. July 1 26 6t THE J AS. EEFFEL ; Double Turbine Water Wheel, i Manufactured by POOLS & HUNT. Baltimore, Md. 7,000 HOW IX USE! Simple, StroDg, Durable, always reliable and aailsjlauufacturcrp.alno. of Portable & Stationary Engines, 8team Boilers, Saw & Grist Mills, Mining Machinery,Gearing for Cotton Mills, Flour. Oil Mill MacMnerj^^Syiraulic8an^other Presses,&c. Shifting, Pulleys and Hanger.-; a specialty Machine made Gearing; seen ato and orvery beat nmeii. seua ror circular* I _ _ I March 25 12 6m CHESTER 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 Yorkvilleat S.30 a. m Arrive at Chester at 10.30 a. m. Leave Chester at 5.10 p. in. Arrive at Yorkville at 7.00 p. m. A. H. DAVEGA, President. June 10 23 tf 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 Tribuno, j and Harper's and Leslie's publications. Sub scriptions received ior an.v uuuuuuiuu. * ..... also Agent for the improved Home Shuttle Sewng Machine. February 18 7 tf nmmmm BWywMHfWWWMpW June 4 23 tf RAGS WANTED. | A f\ /Arv/~k POUNDS of clean cotton and linj lU.LHJl/ en Raps wanted, for which 2 cents ' per prund will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE, j April 15 15 tf AUCTIONEERING. ! flNHE undersigned takes this method to notify J, thepublic that he will give prompt attention to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining counties. Communications may lie addressed to him at Yorkville, S. 0. S, (J. BROWN. March 5 10 tf ?M THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour 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 marltM. and conseouentlv will the lonorer with stand heat and hard usage. They axe of .band 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 ftirnisbed with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton account of it? intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of homo purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having tbem we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York oounty; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a 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 << 7 <? ? ?? ?i ? ?? n 28 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON <fc CO., Agents, Yorkville, 8. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. ~ YORK MARBLE YARD. 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 tilled, and the same attention given to work ordered by mail as if the Darties were present in person. From this date work will be*delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gange Railroad, between Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 14 2 ly F. S. F RISC HE IS, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YORKVILLE, 0. C., RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens of Yorkville and vicinity. All manner of HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, Marbling and C'alciminitig executed in the best style of the art. By the process of CALCIMINING, plastered walls which have become soiled and discolored, can be made to look as fresh and clean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of color, which will not rub off. Old Furniture will be re-varnished or re-painted and varnished in imitation of the various kinds of woods and made to look jis well as new. Where there is enough of this class of work to justify me in so doing, I will visit the houses for that purpose, thus avoiding the necessity of moving the Furniture. Roofs painted in the most durable manner, either with granite or slate rooting paint, and the work warranted. Estimates furnished, and all work promptly executed at the lowest cash prices commensurate with durable and artistic painting. All communications promptly answered. Address F. S. FRISCHEI8, Yorkville, 8. C. April 1 31 ly BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY cm s mT/v?rn<nTr * trr> BXA.liu.nrija.x, axi xr BOOK BINDERY. riNHANKING the public for liberal past patronJ. age, 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. Old Books rebound and repaired. PBINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. " E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. March 25 12 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YOBK-OOUBT OF COMMON PLEA8. T. M. Gwinn, Plaintiff, against L. H. Gwinu, 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 tiled 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 tne 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 nundred 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 Ot SKY LIGHT, AND NO MORE CLIMBING TJP-STAIRS ! 1TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just taken possession of ray NEW GALLERY, built with fine sky aud side-lights,near my residencefirst house east of the iail, and only a few hundred yards from the Court House corner. An experience of 28 years and every convenience for business, will enable me now to do better work than ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Views always on band. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON <fc HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, for cash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. July 8 27 tf REMOVAL. _ . I HAVE removed my TIN SHOP to the re*f.r^Sp~2SMMFb dence of Mr. WILLIAM /JpWbL A IK EN, six miles South of Yorkville, and two "j^gT ; miles East of Philadelphia Church, where I sS*?aJ 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, S. C. June 3 22 tf J. S. R. THOMSON. 0. K. SPENCER. THOMSON & SPENCER, Solicitors in Bankruptcy YORKVILLE, S. C. DPPT 4 T. ottnntinn on'von to filint? Of Petitions. to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, and the collection and forwarding of Dividends to Creditors. February 4 5 tf m* PER Roy atlioine. Term* free. Addrerx ,0 tyjm" G. Stissok it Co., Portland, Me. 3 ly* sjjjarfeville tfiftittt. TKHM8?IN ADVANCE < One copy, one year. 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 1 00 Single 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.