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tumorous department. AN INVETERATE JOKER. If there is any person on earth who dearly loves a joke, it is V. Rose, Express Agent, | \ Louisville, Ky. Not long since Mr. Rose felt it his duty to i send a present to an agent of the Company, < not far from Louisville?a present that would ! cause the recipient to remember the generous i giver and cause the heart of one or the other 1 to overflow with gratitude. Riding along one of the principal streets j one day, Mr. Rose heard an auctioneer just | in the act of selling a diminutive "jack-ass." j Of all the solemn looking "cusses" on the j face of the earth, that jack-ass could take the j premium. He had a large head, that looked like a ] child's coffin, a short tail, small body, and 1 such "ears," and such a voice! That voice 1 once heard, was not apt to be forgotten. < Mr. Rose offered a bid in fun, and was dis- j raayed to find the jack-ass knocked down to ' him. Sadly he took charge of him and sent him to the stable?but on hearing the voice < of his pet, he at once resolved to send him i south. Posting one of the messengers, he soon had j notices inserted in the papers published in the j i city where he proposed to send the jack-ass, j 1 and the next morning the papers had ac- ! < counts of a valuable animal, the only one of i the kind existing, that had been obtained by < V. Rose, Esq., and was presented to the 1 agent at . Of course, the agent was in a [ < fever of excitement, and visions of Bengal 1 Tigers, White Elephants, &c., crossed his fe- I vered brain. I Next morning a group of friends and ac- < quaintances were at the train to see the wonderful animal. As the jack-ass was led out I of the car, a broad grin settled on the face of i the spectators, while the agent was speech- 1 less with "ass" tonisment. The jack-ass was 1 sent to the stable?and many were the in- i quiries made and visits paid to the wonder- < lul animal?that day. 1 The agent first thought he could easily sell ] him and then have a good joke on Mr. Rose, 1 but a few days developed the fact that no one i wished to buy him at any price. He then i tried to give him away, but no one would * take him. Here was a dilemma. What was I to be done ? In a day or two, the jackass began to serenade "and he lifted up his i voice," and the neighbors heard and were I ] distressed?such a noise had not been heard < for years. In the stillness of the night, that jack-ass would holler. The stable yard was filled every night with broken chairs, bed rails, slats and pieces of kindling wood. Mysterious loads of duck shot and pistol cartridges were fired at the shed, where the jack-ass was ] tied. The night hostler lost his hearing, and s when that jack-ass commenced to sing, could J not be hired to go out in the stable-yard, for ? fear of being shot at or crippled by a missile, ] hurled in the direction of that horrible noise, t An amateur singer who had a fine tenor i voice, occupied a room over the Express Office ] and near the stable. He was in the habit i of singing gems from the operas at midnight, < just before retiring. One night he was trying ^ _ r-._ i r .1 TVT?.?U? Tko * H lew uurs irULU Hie upeitt ui JianUO. ?iib jack-ass heard him, and, full of envy, thought he would try a few favorite bars. The tenor stopped and hurried to a back window to see ( where that fearful noise came from. He ( soon located it. The jack-ass was in fine trim, j and the rattling of the windows soon showed j that he was doing his level best. Sadly the 1 tenor singer shut down the window and ( made a solemn vow that if a revolver could ^ kill that jack, that one should be obtained . before another sunset, and that jack-ass should die. The agent was in despair. Adjoining the office was one of the largest and most fash- | ionable churches in the city, the parsonage of which was next to the stable. A little boy who resided there, came to the stable next day and said he to the day hostler:?"Mister, I say, make that animal holler. My pa can't bear to hear him," and the little "fiend" 1 actually danced with joy when the jack-ass 5 struck up one of his melodies. Next day was Sunday. The Church was J crowded, choir all in their places, and the or- ' ganist had just played a beautiful prelude on the organ, when the choir commenced a beau- ! tiful anthem. The jack-ass took it into his 1 head that as it was Sunday, he ought to help. 1 He did heln with a venereance. Not much of A_ t, the anthem was heard, but a good deal of the jack-ass was. The audience was shocked, ; the choir indignant, the organist enraged.? ' The minister finished his sermon and was ! thankful that the jack-ass had quieted down, 1 so he commenced the closing prayer?when J "Oh horror," the jack-ass started louder than before. The prayer could scarce be ! heard. Handkerchiefs went up hastily to devout faces and smiles were hidden by devout 1 hands. The minister grew red in the face, ! and fairly shouted to be heard and bravely ' kept on to the end. He would willingly 1 have offered up that jack-ass as a peace offering and applied the sacrificial knife himself with pleasure. 1 Next morning a quiet looking darkey came 1 to the stable and bought the jack, and quiet 1 once more prevails^. Exhausting the Plan of Salvation.? 1 In connection with the late President Johnson's political career, the following anecdote is related : Andrew Johnsou and Meredith ! P. Gentry, in 18-35, were the opposing candi- ' dates for Governor of Tennessee. The leading ' organ of the Democratic party of the State, 1 at that time, was edited by E. G. Eastman, ! who possessed the happy faculty of stirring up the bile of political opponents. "We make \ this statement in order that what follows j may be fully understood. The contest be- | tween the parties was a fierce one, but John- i son triumphed. Gentry retired to his farm in Bedford county. Two enthusiastic friends, Col. Martin and the Rev. William G. Brownlow, soon paid him a visit. The latter is i not wholly unknown to fame. They tarried , several days, and when they were about to j, depart, Gentry, taking down a Bible and a hymn-book, said: "I never permit a distin- i guished divine to visit my house and leave without saying prayers for the family and 5 the neighborhood. Brownlow, you must pray." ' The invitation was accepted, ana atteracnapter in the Bible was read and a hymn sung, 1 then all got down on their knee3. Among ' the petitions that Brownlow offered up was this one : "May the Lord send a beam of grace ! I upon the heart of Andrew Johnson and his 1 man Eastman." Gentry at once sprang to his I feet and exclaimed in a loud voice, "Stop, i Brownlow, stop! If that petition is answered j1 the plan of salvation will be exhausted and 1 the balance of us will be damned !" ? ? .? That Cigar.?The following incident is 1 described by a California paper: A gentle- i man about to pass into one of our hotels with : two ladies, the other evening, found he had a freshly lighted cigar to dispose of. There was a pleasant-looking young lad near the door, , and he asked him to hold the weed until he returned. When the gentleman came out he was so pleased with the boy's honesty that he gave him five cents, saying, "Don't you smoke ?" "Yes," said the boy. "How is it you didn't make off with this cigar, then ? Many boys would have done it," said thegrat-; ified gentleman. "I don't know about that," j said the youth ; "it must be a pretty hard- j pushed boy who'd run away with such a cigar as that." The ladies tittered, but the gentleman didn't. Playing Railroad.?A boy of five years was "playing railroad" with his sister of two and a half. Drawing her upon a footstool,! he imagined himself both the engine and the conductor. After imitating the puffing noise of the steam, he stopped and called out Boston ! and in a moment after Worcester! and ' then Springfield ! His knowledge of towns was now exhausted, and at the next place he - cried Heaven! His little sister said, eagerly,: ^Top,! des I'll det out here." I J^gwttJtoral department. SOCIAL LEANNESS. The American farmer, in all his planning, and all his building, has never made provision for life. He has only considered the means of getting a living. Everything outside of this?everything relating to society and culture?has been steadily ignored. He gives his children the advantages of schools, not recognizing the fact that these very advantages call into life a new set of social wants. A bright, well-educated family, in a lonely farm-house, is very different material from a family brought up in ignorance. An T American farmer's children, who have had a few terms at a neighboring academy, resem- a blein no degree the children of the European ^ peasant. They come home with new ideas n and new wants, and if there is no provision made for these new wants, and they find no e opportunities for their satisfaction, they will a Ko roodv nn rpnfhincr t.heir maioritv. to llv tl W 4W..V.J, B - - J the farm and seek the city. d If the American farmer wishes to keep his g children near him, he must learn the difference between living and getting a living ; and ti we mistake him and his grade of culture altogether, if he does not stop over this statement ji md wonder what we mean by it. To get a ti living, to make money, to become "forehand- h ed"?this is the whole of life to agricultural multitudes, discouraging in their numbers to w contemplate. To them there is no difference ^ cetweeu living and getting a living. Their g whole life consists in getting a living; and li when their families come back to them from h :heir schooling, and find that, really this is w the only pursuit that has any recognition unler the paternal roof, they must go away. The boys push to the centres of the cities, and n the girls follow them if they can. A youug man or a young woman, raised to the point T where they apprehend the difference between h living and getting a living, can never be sat- w sfied with the latter alone. Either the farm- ii cr's children must be kept ignorant, or pro- w vision must be made for their social wants. Brains and hearts need food and clothing, as well as bodies ; and those who have learned to n recognize brains and hearts as the best and a most important part of their personal possessions, will go where they cau find the miuis- a ;ry they need. What is the remedy ? How shall farmers C manage to keep their children near them ? b Flow can we discourage the influx of unneces- v sary?nay, burdensome?population into the n cities? We answer: By making agricultur- IS d society attractive. Fill the farm-house 11 with periodicals and books. Establish central S eading rooms, or neighborhood clubs. En- 15 courage the social meetings of the young. Cl Flave concerts, lectures, amateur dramatic associations. Establish a bright, active, social vv ife, that shall give some significance to labor. ^ A.bove all, build, as far as possible, in villages. ^ Ft is better to go a mile to one's daily labor, a ihan to place one's self a mile away from a s< neighbor. The isolation of American farm a ife is the great curse of that life, and it falls apon the women with a hardship that the men cannot appreciate, and drives the educated 11 poung away.?Scribner's Monthly. u ti MOLASSES FOR FATTENING STOCK. We heard it years ago, but a paragraph in >ne of the agricultural papers just now brings ;o mind the claim that molasses is an excel- t| .ent material for fattening farm stock. Very likely too much is claimed for its merits, but ive have no doubt that, under certain circum- ^ stances, it pays well to feed it in small quantitles. When a creature which has no organic disease, but from neglect, short keeping, or . i very poor quality of food, has lost its appe- (j Lite and become very thin in flesh, a small quantity fed to it daily, may prove a great benefit. Molasses is also a useful article of ,| diet when it is desirable to fatten the animals is soon as possible. That any one should seriously propose to a feed molasses to horses, cows, sheep, or hogs, it first thought, may seem ridiculous. But ? such a course is founded upon philosophical p principles, has been thoroughly tested by act- w jal experiment, and proved to be correct. Some chemists have believed that "starchy" food is converted into sugar by the stomach, 3| before it is used to nourish the body. And it w s a well known fact that pure sugar will very rapidly fatten animals to which it is fed. |, But for feeding it to farm stock, molasses is j ;o De preierrea to sugar, uecause n is unenper ind in better shape to be fed without waste. ^ ftot only will benefit be derived directly from j, die fattening properties of the molasses, but j, t will also improve the appetite, and cause ;he animals to which it is fed, to eat more food than they otherwise would. It is easily tl digested, assimilates rapidly, and consequently shows its effects very soon. One writer on 3| this subject has said that if molasses is fed to i poor horse, he will show a marked change n of condition in a few days. It is said that too 3j much sweet of any kiud, if fed to animals, will prevent their breeding readily. Cows, 8j which it is desired should raise calves, should not have more than a pint of molasses per ], Jay, but to those which are being fattened, three pints may be given with good results. r Probably the best way to feed it is to cut hay, or clean straw, throw on a little boiling water 0 in order to make it soft by partial steaming, p then wet and thoroughly mix it with water in v which the molasses has been diluted. Care should be taken to use no more water than the (1 hay or straw will readily absorb. For hogs, v the molasses may be mixed directly with their food, and it is said to produce wonderful re- t suits. For this purpose, there is no need of ob- ii taining a nice and expensive article. A lowgrade, if clean and sweet, as some of the low grades are, will answer every purpose, and be s; much more profitable than a high-priced u brand.?N. E. Homestead. * s Hints to Cotton Planters.?An exchange publishes the following suggestions to t cotton planters, which will soon be timely, 11 and, if observed, will prove valuable to those j( preparing their crop for market. 0 1. Heavy bales are more economical to the h shipper than light ones, on account of freight, a Jrayage, &c. 0 2. Put up no bales weighing less than 300 pounds net, as by trade regulations bales un- v Jer that weight are unmerchantable. s 3. In uncompressed cotton, allow the bag- a ging on the edges to meet, but not to lap, as s in the latter case allowance has to be made for the extra baggiug. a 4. Pack each bale uniform in grade, as a otherwise the bale will only sell for the price of the lowest grade. 5. Six ropes or iron bands are allowed by s trade regulations to each bale. Weight al- j lowance has to be made for any greater nura- c ber. c 6. Mark each bale on at least two places. c This will prevent marks getting mixed. 7. Waste not, want not. t 8. Keep each bale out of rain or sunshine. ^ This tfill prevent mildew and waste in weight. | ? Tooi.s for Farmers?Every farmer ! should have a small room, tight and warm, ; t which he can lock, and where he can keep v his small tools. Then he wants a good, solid f bench, with an iron vise on one side and a wooden one on the other. For iron working ' i he wants a solid piece of iron for an anvil, a | r seven-pound steel-face hammer, a riveting j v hammer, one large and one small cold chisel, j c two or three punches from one-fourth to three-1 eighths inch, a rimraer and countersink, to be j used with bit-stock, a screw-plate that will cut j I a screw from one-fourth to three-eighths inch ;' fi then with round iron of the various sizes and ; t ready-made nuts he can make any bolt he I g wishes. For carpenter work he wants a square, t a shaving horse, a drawing-knife, a set of h planes, augurs from one-half to two inches, a I fine hand-saw, with coarse cross-cut and rip 1 saw, large cross-cut saw for logs, and a grind-1 n stone. I d flMdreu's Department. DICKY BIRD'S SONG. "With all my might I make request, Dear hoy, harm not my little nest; Oh! do not try to peep therein, Where lie my little children ! They'll scream with terror and surprise, If thou showestthem thy large round eyes." The hoy much longed the birds to see, Yet quietly far off stood he : In peace the poor bird reached her nest, And wanned her young with downy breast; Then warbled forth her song of joy To the kind-hearted little boy. From the German. HE SPIDER AND THE GRASSHOPPER. "Take care there, Mr. Grasshopper; I'm fraid you don't see where you are going. rou'll get caught in that spider's web, the ext you know." But he kept on jumping as carelessly as ver a grasshopper could, and never minded word I said. Up he'd go, without any bought as to how or where he would come own. There was a spider's web in the tall rass just before him. "Take care," said I, "or you will get into rouble. Don't you see that spider's web?" He wiuked at me saucily, and said : "You jst attend to your books." (For I was get rig a lesson in geometry). "I guess I know o\v to keep out of a spider's web." The words were hardly out of his mouth hen up he went again, as heedlessly as ever. I shivering in the web and a bending in the rass told the story. One of his hind feet ad caught, and with an awkward curve, he ad come around to hang with his head downard and his back to the web. "There," said I, "didn't I tell you ?" But the grasshopper's pertness was not dilinished. "There's only one foot caught," said he. 'here are five free yet. Just see here;" and e turned half way over, and gave a push ith his free hind foot. But, instead of pushig his other foot free, the one he pushed with as caught, and he was worse off than ever. "There!" said I again. But he interrupted me, and said, in the lidst of another convulsive struggle: "Wait minute; I have four feet free yet." But the only effect of his efforts was to gel II his feet entangled in the deceptive snare. And now was the spider's opportunity. >ut he came from his hiding-place, aud ran aekward and forward over the body of his ictim, spinning each time a thread that made lore fruitless the desperate struggles of the rasshopper. It was but the work of a molent, and every limb of the headstrong, silly rasshopper was Jaound fast, aud a web had een spread so thick over his head that I ould not see it at all. This is a true story, children ; I saw it 'ith my own eyes. I am older now than I as then. That was a great many years ago. ince then I have seen children as reckless nd foolish as that grasshopper, and have jen parents and teachers waste more advice, ud waste it to less purpose than I did then. Hospitality.?One day Tommy rushed ito the kitchen crying out: "Mother, mothr, there is an old woman down the road, sit mgon a log; shall 1 set Tompey on lierr" "Set Porapey on her!" said his sister, "what ir?" "Oh ! because," answered Tommy, looking little ashamed ; "because?perhaps she is a hief." "Go out, Esther, and see if the poor woman rants anything. Perhaps she's tired with a ard day's travel among the mountains," lid the mother. Esther ran down the green, and peeping hrough the gate saw the woman resting uner the shade of the old oak tree. ".-hould you like anything?" asked Esther. "Thank you," said the old woman ; "I hould be very thankful for a drink of water." Esther scampered back to the house, and Don procured some cold water from the well, nd hastened with it to the poor woman. "I thank you," she said, after driuking. It tastes very good. Do you know what the iord Jesus once said about a cup of cold ater ?" Esther was silent. "I will tell you. He said : 'Whosoever hall give to one of his people a cup of cold rater only, in the name of a disciple, he shall i no wise lose his reward.' May the Lord, imself bless you, little girl, as I am sure I o." And a happy feeling stole into the child's osom at the old woman's words, for the blessig of the poor was upon her.? Children's ''riend. Good Advice.?Think for yourself and link much more than you talk. Be proud of your calling; if a shoe-maker, 1 - * ? *? !?/* n UnJ am ol>/\n f knn o n *?tr llivu lu muitc a ucuci ouv^ man c*uj wmuj . Look well to the ways of your footsteps; ever let oue be iuside a bar-room or gaming iloon. With a clear eye and an upright heart reist every wrong. "If thou hast a truth to utter, speak and save the rest to God." Touch not, taste not, that which will curupt. Go not to your grave one-third whisky, ne-third tobacco, and the other third a composition of corruption so filthy that the grave forms will shun the place where you sleep. Be something?be somebody. Set your iark high in the world, and then move toward it. Don't wait for somebody to lift you up to he place you aspire?lift yourself. "Act; act in the living present, heart withb and God o'erhead." Learning to re Patient.?"Mother," aid Mary, "I can't make Henry put his figres as I tell him." "Be patient, my dear, and do not speak so harply." "But he won't let me tell him how to put he figures ; and he does not know how to do t himself," said Mary, very pettishly. "Well, my dear, if Henry won't learn a esson in figures, suppose you try to teach him ne in patience. This is hard to teach, and larder to learn, than any lesson in figures; nd perhaps when you have learned this, the ther will be easier to both of you." Mary hung her head : for she felt that it fas a shame to any little girl to be fretted by uch a little thing, or indeed, by anything ; ,nd she began to think that perhaps she deerved to be blamed as well as Henry. A fretful, impatient child makes himself ,ud all about him very unhappy. Will you .11 try to learn a lesson of patience? Tiie Way to Welcome Him.?"Papa will ; nnn ho hare " saiH mamma to her little three i 'ear old boy ; "what can George do to wel-; :ome him ?" And the mother glanced at the j ihild's playthiugs, which lay scattered in wild ' ionfusiou on the carpet. "Make the room neat," replied the little one, j inderstauding the look, and immediately be- j ;inning to gather his toys into a basket. "What more can we do to welcome papa?" i isked mamma when nothing was wanting to he neatness of the room. "Be happy to him when he comes," cried he dear little fellow, jumping up and down vith eagerness as he watched at the window or his father's coming. Now, as all the dictionaries will testify, it s very hard to give good definitions, but did lot little Georgy give the very substance of a welcome ??"Be happy to him when he omes." Evil Hahits Grow.?It is related that an 1 ndian once brought up a young lion, and inding him weak and harmless, never atempted to control him. Every day the lion ;aiued in strength and became more difficult o manage. At last, when excited by rage, ie fell upon the Indian and tore him to pieces., t is thus with evil habits and bad passions, j ^hey are like this lion, they will cause us nucli vexation in after life, and may perhaps estroy us. Youth, remember, and beware! i leading fa* the Jtairtott&.L CONDUCTKD BY REV. ROBE11T LATHAN. [Original.] WORK. God did not make us to spend our existence ! in idleness and indifference. The man who ? sits down and folds his arms in careless indif-.| ference, is guilty of a heinous sin in the sight j Jj of God, and will ultimately call down upon * his devoted head the judgments of Heaven. nfV God did not send his son into the world to re- ^ deem the world in the sense that men have rio; nothing left for them do. God, in his provi- j0^1 dence, and in his word, says to every man, tas "Go into my vineyard and work." In the ^ providence of God, we are so situated that. there is a vineyard of the Lord hard by our dwellings. In other words, God so situates T or locates us that our work is near by us, and,, jn like a ripe harvest field,invites us to enter and tu/lrlr TIid finlitu o rn a 1 tco va rpnrlv fnr fhp . sickle. Unfortunately, we often lose sight of! this fact. Many of us study how we may es-, pre cape the burden and heat of the day. We 1 have a great aversion to being saved by grace, J but, strange as it may seem, we have a still 1 greater aversion to working in the vineyard i wh of the Lord as co-workers with Him. There : cr-v is no doubting the fact that we are saved by [ grace, but still we must work. It really seems as if many professors of re-' ligion have no correct idea of what the scrip- I jqtures mean by serving the Lord. They forget; that the act of serving, and the state of ser- j vitude, are inseparably connected. They : seem to think that by making a creditable j nov profession of religion they have done all that ^ God requires of them. This is a delusion of the devil. Faith without works cannot exist. an( Whoever says he has faith and yet has no Inn works, is either self-deceived or led astray by | (los] the enemy of all good. Christ, the Saviour, j per commands us to work. "My father," says he, I "worked, and I must work." We must not' only be like Jesus in the temper of our minds, but we must be like him in the manner of ? our lives. His life was spent in constant sev labor. He was always doing good. So must {jjj* we do good. We must not only work, but we must work " with all our might. Whatever our hands find to do, we must do it with all the energies of our minds, and powers of our bodies. It j,;U is sad to see how slowly some professed fol- w0 con lowers of Jesus work for Him. Like the hired'servant, they drag tardily along. They .. long to get rid of the toil and wearisomeness tioi of serving the Lord. Their hearts are not in the work. They are in something else. They cha work as if they were convinced that all that ^ they do or spend in the service of Jesus was * eve so much lost. ^ The church of Christ is made up of indi- the viduals. The character of the individuals is .? the character of the church. An idle church is a dying church. On the other hand, a working church is a growing church. All that some churches need to grow and become strong, is to go to work! A XOBLE EXAMPLE. In a city not a hundred giiles away, there lived a few years ago, perhaps lives still, a family of three persons, whom I slightly knew, whose history had been a wonder to all who had heard of it. The father, when a young man, gave up his heart to Jesus, and began his manhood life with the inquiry, "Lcrd, what wilt thou have me to do?" He connected himself at once with a then young and important but struggling church. The congregation found it necessary to build a house of worship. When it was finished, with great efTorl they paid upon it a large sura of money, but were compelled for a time to leave a debt of 820,000. Months passed on, and it was found that this incumbrance painfully retarded the progress of the church. The time came when, to all appearance, it seemed that the valuable property might have to be sacrificed. Meanwhile the young member's success in business had been very rapid, and just at the critical moment for the church, he found that he had accumulated precisely the needed amount of money. He looked, he thought, he prayed, he gave his ?20,000, every farthing of it to the church, and entered on his business life anew. That man, when I last heard of him, was one of the wealthiest men, even in worldly things in the wealthy city in which he lived, and yet was simple as a child in his love for Christ. Temporal blessing Si and spiritual grace had flowed in on him as a gij river. He had a terrible affliction for many c years in the belcved partner of his life. She T; had not known a day of exemption from severest pain. But I wish I could have taken To you all to see, as I saw, how grace had nestled V iu that bright, unselfish home, and more yet, tjJ-f how her mother's suffering had trained into <>f < the Saviour's spirit the only child, a loving ser daughter, who had giveu her growing life all ^ up to cheerful care. The $20,000 laid upon oxe the altar of a young man's love for Jesus, tail and many thousand dollars given since, were i1^1 cheap to pay for what that home had known ty-i of Jesus'love and Jesus' grace. Its inmates est never seemed to think of what they had given, 1 but others had it in their minds, and read the j lesson every day. It had developed much of ? warm, unselfish spirit in the church they blessed, and made a large, free hearted, freely giving church of that which struggled for its very life so many years ago. Oh 1 can we fail to feel how sure that word of Jesus is : "Seek ye ray kingdom first, and I will add unto you every needed worldly good." Toes the Redeemer expect much of His church ? What is it all, I ask, to what He has himself already given, to what He binds himself, even yet, to give to every one who heeds His claim? Nameye the sura ye think would be too great as a glad return for His redeeming love, His all-sufficient grace, Ilis guaranteed support, His offered and glorious heaven !? Rev. David Cole, D. D. in the Christian y Intelligencer. Hope in Adversity.?How low soever the Church be plunged under the waters of . adversity, it shall assuredly rise agaiu. Fear not; for as sure as Christ arose the third day, M notwithstanding the seal and watch set upon ^ Him, so sure shall the Church arise out of all *! her troubles, and lift up her victorious head | over all lier enemies. There is no fear of ruining that people that thrive by their losses, ti: and multiply by being diminished. Be not H too quick to bury the Church before she is cas dead ! Stay till Christ hath tried His skill j before you give her up for lost. The bush ? may be all in a flame, but shall never be con- ^ sumed ; and that because of the good will of Him that dwelleth in it. Remember the famous instances of God's care and tenderness over His people in former | rr straits. Christ hath not suffered them tc be j ^ devoured yet; for above these 1,700 years the j c|'0! Christian Church hath lived in affliction, and : Col yet it is not consumed ; many a wave of per-1 secution has gone over it, and yet it is not jjC1 drowned; many designs have been formed to An ruin it, and hitherto none hath prospered. j This is not the first time that Haraans and Ahithophels have plotted its ruin?tha: a Herod hath stretched out his hand to vex it; still it has been preserved from, supported under, or delivered out of all its troubles. And is it not as dear to God as ever ? Is He not as able to save it now as formerly ? Though we know not whence deliverance should arise, yet "the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations." 8@"Be careful to live like a saint and you ! m will never talk like a sinner. Keep Christ in 1 1 your heart, and a bridle on your tongue, jto 1 Look at every word before you trust it oui; of | hjn your mouth. I A: W. P. HOBBS. THE NEW BUSINESS. [A VINO become, by purchase, sole proprietor of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, jspectfully announco that I shall conduct the uness as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand ill stork of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL 1SCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or ign will ho made at short notice and in super manner. By havingemployed only the most apetent workinen, in their respective branches, el assured that I can please the most exacting te, both .as to style and durability. Persons in nt of any kind of PLEASURE CARRIAGE 1 do well to examine my stock. W P. HOBBS. GREAT BARGAINS." WOULD inform the public that I now haveon hand alot of BUGGIES, finished in linestyle, which RARE BARGAINS can be obtained, ill sell a tip-top Buggy for considerably less n such class of work has ever been sold in this rket since the war. Call and examine my ck and be convinced of the truth of what Isav, I if you want a Buggy take advantage of the sent'opportunity to secure one CHEAP. W. P. HOBBS. REPAIRING. i EPAINTING, Ac., done, as heretofore, inthe 1 best style and at the lowest prices for cash, ich, in all cases will be expected on the delivof work. W. P. HOBBS. he sweetest, most powerful nnil durable now in use.'' BLOOMFIELD & OTIS, EW SCALE PIANOS, 209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. MBRACING now and most valuable Patents, | giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a v manner of stringing and a new method of inting sound hoard, the most important results e been obtained. The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness I delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I *e tested them as I would a < J rand, for points lclioaey and strength, and they have stood the : in every way. In many respects they are suior to anymanufactured in America. Chaki.ks Fkadkl." The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianto His Royal Highness, the Due Gustavo of [ Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Musical Times.) The firm of Bloomficld it Otis have lately made oral important improvements in their pianos, cing them in the front rank of American maneturers." (Toledo, O., llladc.) Bloomlicld it Otis, of New York, carry away first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they at the Fair of the American Institute. Cohering the fact that they met in competition all established favorites,such as the Knabe, Dunn, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which re skilfully handled, this is certainly a high nplimcnt, as the testa were thorough and critical. (Brooklyn, iY. Y. Eagle.) The Music Committee of the Board of Edueal, Brooklyn, together with the local commits, after examining and thoroughly testing allthi ncipal instruments manufactured, have pursed Bloomlicld A Otis' celebrated Patent Treble inos for the use of the schools." 'hese Pianos are warranted for seven vears. tcsponsible and energetic AGENTS W'ANTEI) srywhere. EST Send for Circular and mention the name of paper in which you saw this advertisement, anuary 28 4 tf Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. STITIOIIIS First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY r.SINO CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN Fl'RNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIONABLE-iTATIBNEHY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and Sail (Invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. eptemberlO 37 tf ATE OFSOUTH CAROLINA. OUNTY OF YORK-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. M. Gwinn, Plaintiff, against L. H. Gwinn, Defendant.? Summons. the Defendant, L. II. Gwinn. OU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is i day herewith tiled in the office of the Clerk Join moil Pleas for the said County, and to ve a copy of your answer on the subseri, at his oflice, in Yorkville, South Carolina, inn twenty days after the service hereof, lusive of the day of such service ; and if you to answer the complaint within the time resaid, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for ginent against you for one hundred and twentwo dollars and twenty-three cents, with interfrotn the 2.1th day of January 1870, and costs. Wiuci .JUIV ?TUI, ?v, u, into. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiff's Attorney. uly 15 28 61; THE J AS. LEFFEIi 1 Double Turbine Water Wheel, | i Manufactured by j POOLE & HUNT, Baltimore, Md. 7,ooo yaw ix vsei simple, Strong, Durable, [ always reliable and Bails- I Manufacturer?,also, of Portable & Stationary Engines, Steam Boilers, Saw & Grist Hills, Min. ing Machinery,Gearing for Cotton Mills, Flour, Paint. White Lead and nil Mill Machinery, Hyaraulio and other Presses,&c. Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers a specialty Machine made Gearing; accurate and of very bust finish. Send for Circular* ; i larch 25 12 6m ItKMOA^AL. ^ I HAVE removed my -a A 'FIN SHOP to the resideuceoi'Mr. WILLIAM WmRQ ''! . AIKEN,six milesSouth ?f Yorkville, and two I miles East of Philadeljrliia Cliurch, where I sftSSesSW'H ')e prepared, at all times, to MANUEACTURK AND REPAIR N WARE, at sliort notice. TOVE PIPE made to order cheap, for the h. Address J- M. ADAMS,^ ijiunriesvmu, o. u. line 3 22 tf HESTER AND LENOIR RAIL ROAD. : tf' vvj IIIE trains over the CHESTER AND LENOIR NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD will run ly, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making se connection with the trains on the Charlotte, unibia and Augusta Railroad: ive Yorkvilleat 8.30 a. m rive at Chester at 10.30 a. m. ive Chester at 3.10 p. m. rive at Yorkville at 7.00 p. ni. A. II. DAVEGA, President, une 10 23 tf line 4 23 tf AUCTIONEERING. IHE undersigned takes this method to notify the public that lie will give prompt attention AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining nties. Communications may be addressed to l at Yorkville, S. C. S. (i. BROWN, larch 5 10 tf THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. ? NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! ? UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS! BY a very liberal contractjust entered into with j 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, .tfi."). Foraclubof 40 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will | give a Weed Skwino M ach i n e of the above sty le, the cash price of which is sixty-five dollars. Weed Sewing Mnchlnc, No. 2.?Price, ?70. For a club of 45 subscribers, at ?2.50 each, we will give a Wkkd Skwino Machink of the above style, the cash price of which is seventy dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 3.?Price, ?73. Foraclubof50subscribers, at ?2.50 each, we will give a Wkkd Skwino Machink ofthe above style, the cash price of which is seventy-five dollars. 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 uso in our own family since 180(1, 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 F.nquirer, we invite attention to our terms of subscription, and 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 willing to form clubs for the Enquirer we make the following liberal ofTors: 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 Sowing Machine, worth $70. 3. For 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a No. 3 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $75. The engravings given above in this column reprosent the style of 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 lath day of October, 1875; and persons who may commence making clubs, can forward names as rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid in advance, having until the above-mentioned date in which to complete their lists. It is not required that subscribers shall all receive their papers at the same post-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 as they shall be received; and should any fail to secure either premium by the loth of October, 1875, but should procure ten or more subscribers, an extra copy 01 me paper win uckiwu i?n mo mn names thus procured, and for all subscriptions in excess of ton, a cash commission of twenty-five cents will be given on each name. Thk Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to all Subscribers. Remittances may be made at our risk, by draft, post-office order, or in registered letter; if made otherwise, we will assume no risk. Write 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 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 Bible, and supplying a want long felt by the religious public. The result of these laliors 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 the one we have arranged to furnish our subscribers. The book contains every name in tho Bible respecting which anything can be said. It embraces tho results of * * ' ?? * 1! 1! ikA historic research, antiquarian investigation, wo i study of languages and dialects, and tlio discove- j ries oftlio modern travelers and explorers in the ' Holy Land?Robinson, Rawlinson, Ferguson, i Layard, OfTert 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. It 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 cony of the work, \ substantially bound in cloth, anci a copy of the Enquirer one year for 84.50. 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 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. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF YORK?00UR3J OF COMMON FLEA8Givens Gallaher, Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatrick, deceased Plaintiff, against Catharine Blair and William White, Administors of estate of Matthew White, deceased, Defendants.?Summons to Renew Execution. To Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and Willfam White, Administrators of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Matthew White, deceased. WHEREAS, judgment was obtained in the Circuit Court for the County of York, and State of South Carolina, on the 19th day of March, A. D. 1809, in the above entitled cause, against tiie estate of Mathew White, deceased, and execution was duly issued thereon, but the active energy thereof has now expired, and it is desired to have the same renewed. Now, therefore, Yoi^ are summoned to appear at the next Term of the Circuit Court, to be field for said County, at the place of holding the same, and then and there show cause, if any you can, why said execution should not be renewed ac- |H cording to law. Dated July 20th, A. D. 1875. WILSON & WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. The Defendant, William White, Administrator 4 of Matthew White, deceased, willpiease take notice that the summons, of which the above is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerfc of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, on the 2nd of August, 1875. WILSON & WITHERSPOON, Plaintiffs Attorneys. August 12 32 6t* CT A TE O F SOITTH C. A ROT I\ A . COUNTY OF YORK?CO (JET OF COMMON PLEAS.Givens Gallaher, Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatrick, deceased, Plaintiff,'against Catharine Blair and William White, Administrators of Matthew White, deceased, Defendants.?Summons to Rebcxc Execution. To Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and William White, Administrators of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Matthew White,deceased. WHEREAS, judgment was obtained in the Circuit Court, for the County of York, and State of South Carolina, on the 19th day of March, A. D., 1809, in the above entitled cause, against the estate of Matthew White, deceased, and execution was duly issned thereon, but the active energy thereof has now expired, and it is desired to have the same renewed. Now, therefore, You are summoned to appear at the next Term of the Circuit Court, to be held for said county, at tho place of holding the same, ?^ and then and there shew cause, if any you can, why said execution should not be renewed ac- ? cording to law. Dated Julv 26th, A. D. 1875. WILSON A WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. The Defendant, William White, Administrator of Matthew White, deceased, will please take notice that the summons, of which the abeve is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, S. C., on the 2nd of August, 1875. WILSON A WITHERSPOON, Plaintiffs Attorneys. August 12 32 6t* FSFRISCHEIS HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YORKVILLE, S. C., RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens of 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 be made to look as fresh and clean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of *" color, which will not i-ub 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 thdt purpose, 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 promptlyexecutedatthe lowest cash prices commensurate with durable and artistic painting. All communications promptly answered. Address F. S. FRI8CHEIS, Vn.l-villn a n April 1 31 T Ty~* fW1HE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour J. 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 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 confidentlyclaimed 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, but on accountofits intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Bovd, 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, bv 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 k y u a n n a a a 28 00 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. P. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. BLANK BOOK MA NUFACTORY 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 stytodesired. Old Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEAD8 A 8PE0IALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. * E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. Man :li 25 12 tf SKY LIGHT, AND NO MORE CLIMBING DP-STAIRS ! 1TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with fine sky and side-lights,near my residencefirst 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 business, will enable ine now to do better work than ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Views always on hand. T .1,11 otun npoiwrwt tn call vrni n MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, for cash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. July 8 27 tf ~ RAGS WANTED. j |-v POUNDS of clean cotton and linXU*UU1I Rags wanted, for which 2 cents per pcund will be paid, at the ENQUIRER" OFFICE. April 15 15 tf dt? BL . PKR Day at home. Terms free. Addreax G. Stinson & Co.,Portlnnd, Me. 3 ly* Site f orkt'ille drnquiw. TERMS?IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year, $ 8 00 One copy, six months, $*50 ' One copy, three months, tiflO Single copy, Sfo Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 ^30-To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge.