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? + Sluraotous grpartmrnt. THE BRINDLED DOG. Yesterday morning a soap-haired young man of eighteen was drawing a big brindled dog around the City Hall market, anxious to find a purchaser. A corpulent old chap, smoking a long pipe and dodging the rain, finally halted the young man, and asked : "My frient, how little you vhants for dose: dog ? "Two dollars will take him," was the reply, "and a better dog never stood on four legs and howled." "Veil, goom along rait me," continued the old chap, raising his umbrella. He paddled a full mile through the pouring rain, the young man and the brindled dog at bis heels, and reaching home at last, the dog was led in, the old man refilled his pipe, and sat down, and said: G\TAm mt* ink o r?r\/\f /Jnrr " 1'WTTj 1UJ 1I1CUU) lOU UV/<iV U guuu VIVg* "He's the best kind of a dog," was the reply. "Does he keep tieves away from my house ?" "You bet he wiH. Why, he'd chaw up a man quicker'n a flash." "Does he keep der bat poys out of my garten?" "Well, you ought to see him go for a boy once. He's had his teeth into every boy in Macomb county." "Does he like my schildren ?" "Like 'em ? Why, that's his great hold. Nothing so pleases him as a house full of children." The old man hesitated for a minute, and then asked: "Can doze dog play on a fiddle ?" "Play on a fiddle ? Why?why?yes, sir, he can. He plays seven different tunes on a fiddle." It was a big lie, but the soap-haired young man was bound to make a sale, if he had to bury truth out of sight. "Can doze dog play on a horn in der prass pand ?" asked the old man, after a pause. "On a horn ? Why, he has led the Mt. Clemens band for the last year. Yes, sir-e-e, he can play on a horn with any body." The old man was a little staggered, and La ntn a tsw] ai?Ua A mkllft O O k I n IIC vvaibCil ljuibc a nunc uciuic aoniu^ "Can doze dog write ledders for me to my prudder in Sbermany ?"" "Write? Write letters ?" "Yaw." "I wish I had pen and paper here. He writes the most beautiful hand you ever saw, and he writes like lightning. I could hire him out for fifty dollars a month to keep books, but I dont't want to work him too hard. Besides there's a mortgage on my farm, and I must have money to raise it." "Der brice is two dollars?" "Only two dollars. He's worth a hundred if he's worth a cent, but I'm forced to sell. If you keep him till March I'll buy him back and give you two hundred dollars for him." The old man smoked away for a while, and then asked: "Can doz dog baint a house ?" "Paint a house! I'd like you to see three big houses he painted last week. He's as good as three men, and he never wastes a drop of paint. I'm in a hurry to catch the train, aod I'd like the money." "Two dollars ?" "Yes, two dollars. You'll never have another such chance." The old man made a motion towards his wallet, but let his hand drop, and inquired: "Can doze dog sbump over der City Hall ?" This was a crusher. The young man knew he couldn't beat it, and he replied: "No, I don't think he can. but I'll warrant 1 * 3 V> mm to jump ioriy ieei auu chwu a ny i "You gan dake doze dog away, my frent," said the old man. "You wont't take him ?" "No, zur; I vhants no dog what can't shump over der City Hall." "But you made a fair bargain, and said you'd take him." "I can't help dot. Yens I bay two dollars for a dog he shall be able to shump like a pird." And the young man dragged his brindled dog out of the house and back to the market, where he offered him for fifty cents without getting a buyer.?Free Press. A YEAR AG(T"AND NOW. They lingered at the gate until he could finish that last remark, and she toyed with her fan, while her eyes were looking down from beneath a jaunty hat that only partially shaded her face from the light of the silvery moon. He stood gracefully on the outside, with one hand resting on the gate-post, and the other tracing unintelligible hieroglyphics on the panels. They were looking very sentimental, and neither spoke for some minutes, until she broke silence in a sweet, musical voice: "And you will always think as you do now, George ?" "Ever, dearest; your image is impressed upon my heart so indelibly that nothing can ever efface it. Tell me, Julia, loveliest of your sex, that I have a right to wear it there." "O, you men are so deceitful," she answered, coquettishly. "True, Julia, men are deceitful," he said, drawing a little nearer to her and insinuating himself inside the gate, "but who, darling, could deceive you ?" "And if I were to die, George, wouldn't you fiud some one else you could love as well?" "Never, never. No woman could ever fill your place in my heart." "O, quit now! that ain't right," she murmured, as she made a feintto remove his arm from around her waist. "Let me hold you to my heart," he whispered, passionately, "until you have consented to be mine," and he drew her nearer to him, and held her tightly until he obtained the coveted boon. It seemed but yesterday since our weary foot-steps interrupted that touching little scene, but when we passed near the same locality early yesterday moniug, ere the moon and stars had paled, we heard a gentle voice exclaim : "No, sir; you've stayed out this long, and you may just as well make a night of it. I'll teach you to stay at the lodge until three o'clock in the morning, and then come fooliug around my door to worry me and wake the baby. Now take that and sleep on it." A Boaster.?A gentleman, lately boasting of the neatness and regularity of his wife, said "If I get up in the night, pitch dark, I can find my clothes, down to ray very gloves, all in their proper places. I was up this morning before daylight," he continued, putting his hand into his pocket for his handkerchief, "and?" Here he pulled out, not his handkerchief, but his wife's night-cap. Now and Then.?She used to meet him at the gate with a kiss, and a smile like morning light. But now she comes to the door in a dingy calico wrapper, and shoes down at the heel, shades her eyes with her hand, looks earnestlv to make sure it is he, and as he walks up to the house, tired and careworn, inquires, with a voice that seems to need oiling, "Did you bring that butter?" All There.?A minister, who had been accused of preaching a sermon that was not his own, went to a parishioner who had made the charge, and asked him to retract it. "Well," said the parishioner, "I thought, when I heard that sermon, that it was taken from a book I had at home; but I went home and looked in the book, and?it was all there." t&~ An old, old batchelor, upon reading that "Two lovers will sit up half the night with only one chair in the room," said it couldn't be done unless one of them stands or sits upon the floor. And such painful Ignorance pretty plainly indicates that he has never been there. i J^jrwuttutal gepartmeut. [Original.] THE FARMERS* FRIENDS. It is so ordered in nature that no one thing shall so increase as to prove an annihilator of any other thing. In the region of the river Nile, where the crocodile exists, and once was venerated as an obiect of religious worship, its increase was retarded by a little animal called the ichneumon. The eggs and young of the crocodile are sought for and devoured by this ichneumon. Were this not the case, the crocodile would so increase as to utterly destroy that fertile country. Something, no doubt, prevents the excessive increase of the ichneumon. In this and every country, we see the same grand provision of nature in full operation. In England, a gardner pays four shillings for a toad. These creatures are placed in his garden for the purpose of destroying the worms, bugs and flies that prey upon his vegetables. In this country, we have no need to buy toads to eat up these destroyers of the labors of our hands. Our air is filled with little birds, and our ground is full of moles. The former gobble up all on the surface, and the latter devour those that burrow in the ground. Romp one raises his hands in horror when the mole is mentioned as a friend. Why, says another, this night-prowler nibbled the ends of vast quantities of my potatoes last year; eat up my beans, and ruiued many of my finest vegetable beds, and caused the most costly plants to wilt and die. We have no disposition to call anybody's word in question ; but facts are facts. If any one would dare assert that his neighbor's horses had broken into his pasture and eat up all his hogs and cows, it would be hard to believe his story. There is not an intelligent jury in the world that would give a verdict for damages in such a case. If the loser had claimed damages for loss of corn, or oats, or grass, or anything that horses eat, the case would have been different. It would have been reasonable ; for horses eat corn and oats, but they will die before they will eat meat. Horses are not meat eaters. Now, the mole eats nothing but meat. It will die before it will eat a potato. It will eat its own kind?its own offspring?any kind of meat; but no vegetable will it let go down its throat. Thousands of moles have been dissected and in the stomachs of not one of these was a particle of vegetable fibre found. The mole devours in woof nnonflfioo Kiit Vila otnm. Ctil tU TTUl IliO 1U Tttov V|Uuuvibiva I wuv kiw uvv ach never craves vegetables, of any kind. Poor little fellow! It works hard in destroying the worms that destroy the farmer's fruit trees and the garden vegetables, and then is hunted and destroyed as a vile rogue. The mole is a most voracious creature. It cannot live six hours without a bait of worms or bugs. Nature has so ordered that it is a real pleasure for this little creature to do good. We admit that the mole, in doing good, is the innocent occasion of some evil. It opens a bole in the ground which the thieving rat follows,and devours the vegetables which the mole had rescued from the earth-worm. It may be the innocent occasion of some other evils ; but give the little fellow justice. Do not charge him with crimes which it cannot commit. But the farmer has many friends. The little birds all are his friends. They spend their lives in doing him favors. Still they are hunted and killed, as if they were only depredators upon the results of the farmer's toil. How cruel, how wicked, how ungrateful, for the farmer to put a gun into the hands of his giddy-headed son and permit him to go out into the fields to kill the little creatures that i i? it.. r protect nis crops irora tne ravages uj worms and insects. The American people, of all others, seem to delight in destroying. The habit of killing was contracted at an early period in our history, and it has been perpetuated from father to son down to the present moment. ARAB HORSE MAXIMS. Whoso raiseth and traineth a horse for the Lord, is counted in the number of those who give almg day and night, in private as well as in public. He will find his reward. All hissins will be forgiven him, and never will any fear come over him and dishonor his heart. Let your colt be domesticated and live with you from his tenderest age, and when a horse he will be simple, docile, faithful and inured to hardship and fatigue. If you have a horse to serve you on the day of trial, if you desire him to be a horse of truth, make him sober, accustomed to hard work and inaccessible to fear. Do not beat your horses nor speak to them ! in a loud tone of voice; do not be angry with ! them, but kindly reprove their faults ; they | will do better, for they understand the language of mau and its meaning. If you have a long day's journey before you, spare your horse at the start ; let him frequently walk to recover his wind. Continue this until he has sweated and dried three times, and you may ask him whatever you please, he will not leave you in difficulty. Useyour horse as you do your leathern bottle; if you open it gently and gradually you can easily control the water within, i but if you open it suddenly the water escapes j at once, and nothiug remains to quench your j thirst. Observe your horse when he is drinking at a brook. If in bringing down his head he j remains square, without bending his limbs, he j possesses sterling qualties, and all parts of, his body are built symmetrically. Four things he must have broad?front, : chest, loins, and limbs; four things long? neck, breast, forearm, and croup; four things short?pasterns, back, ears, and tail. - - Brink for Preserving Butter.?The i Dutchess Farmer says: To three gallons of brine, strong enough to bear an egg, add a quarter of a pound of nice white sugar and j one tablespoonful of saltpetre. Boil the brine, 1 and when it is cold strain carefully. Make i your butter into rolls, and wrap each roll ; separately in a clean white muslin cloth, tying up with a string. Pack a large jar full, j weight the butter down, and pour over the j brine until all is submerged. This will keep I really good butter perfectly fresh for a whole j year. Be careful to not put any ice upon J butter that you wish to keep for any length of time. In summer, when the heat will not admit of butter being made iuto rolls, pack ; closely in small jars, and using the brine, al- j low it to cover the butter to the depth of at i . e :?i? ti.:? 16HSL IOUr 11JUI1?3? 11IIO CAV/IUUCO au, nuu answers very nearly as well as the first raeth- i od suggested. Save the Soapsuds.?However deplora-i rable washing day may be to the household j (aud the careful house mistress or tidy maid . has it in her power to greatly modify its dis- | J comforts), to the garden it is a very bountiful : i day. Our hungry and thirsty grapevines and j | flowers are glad of every drop of wash water, j i and will repay every bit of fatigue it may j | cost us to give them this fertilizer. If theBun 1 is shining hot when we go out to dispense our I ' favor, it is best for us to dig a slight trench j not far from the root of the plant, and pour i the water into it, and cover again with the j ; top soil. This makes the water go farther, , aud at the same time does not tempt the roots 1 to the surface of the ground. No better liquid J | can be prepared thau the soapsuds from the j "woolen tubs," as they are sure to nourish the ; I roses. I finding fat the fabbatq. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATH AN. [Original.1 PRAYER. There are some subjects that never wear ; out. Their importance gives them a fresh' ness every time they are mentioned. Prayer is one of this class of subjects. Every sermon that is preached contains, either directly ! or indirectly, an exhortation on this subject; and yet, when properly performed, the exhortation is not dull. Much has been written about prayer, and more said ; and still it does seem that few pray at all, and that many who do pray seem to have a very indistinct notion of what prayer is. Ministers of the gospel, as well as private raemoers or tne cnurcn, are gumy 01 very great improprieties in their prayers. Some preachers choose the hour of prayer as the time to lampoon their hearers. This is simple, if not wicked. It is cowardly for a man to shut his eyes and abuse those who hold different views from him, or whose practices are different. Again : the prayers of some preachers are nothing but theological lectures. Some cardinal Bible doctrine is stated, discussed and explained very clearly, and very powerfully, it may be. All this is foolish. How silly it is for any man to undertake to explain to God anything that is in the Bible. One would suppose that God is not well posted with regard to many things contained in the Bible. Such would be the conclusion, were we left to judge from many of the public r\t*o TTorc n r A nffppAfl lin r. Again: Some individuals seem, in their prayers, to be giving God some insight into the political movements of the day. They pray politics. It is scarcely possible to imagine a more supremely ridiculous thing, to say nothing of its wickedness. Prayer is simply asking God for what we need. The last place on earth that any one should choose to make a display of human learning is when on his knees before a throne of grace. Simplicity is a jewel; but it never appears so beautiful as in prayer. The form of prayer given us by our Saviour is so simple that a child can understand it. [Original.] SABBATH-SCHOOLS. One of the characteristics of the present age is to run into extremes. The Sabbath-school, amongst many other good things, is abused. Some one, in horror, asks how can a Sabbathschool beabused? We answer, in a multi tude of ways. You may abuse it by attach- i iug an importance to it which is not warranted by the word of God. Now, this is just the condition of things at present all over this country. Home instruction around the fire- 1 side and the preaching of the gospel are made of minor importance to the Sabbath-school. Now, the word of God clearly forbids us from coming to any such a conclusion. God organized the human race into families, and Jesus Christ instituted the church and its ordinances; but it would be utterly impossible i to show from the Bible that our Saviour organized a Sabbath-school or gave us any instruction respecting such an organization. We wish it to be distinctly understood that | we do not say, or even intimate, that as a wise and prudential measure, men have no right-to organize Sabbath-schools. All we wish to say is, that no man has a Bible warrant to put the Sabbath-school in the place of family , instruction, or the preaching of the gospel; i much less to nlane it in Doiut of imDortance 1 above these divinely appointed modes of instruction. Preaching is, in the proper sense ( of the word, teaching ; and whenever pulpit exercises cease to teach, they cease to be 1 preaching. Again : the Sabbath-school may be abused by the kind of literature that is introduced into it. Every one who is at all conversant with the books that are put into the hands of ' children by most of our Sabbath-schools of the present day, knows that the very best , thing that can be said of them is that they < area kind of moral novels of the poorest sort. 1 They are gotten up to interest, not to instruct. ' Some of them are barely fit to be read on the t Sabbath. Parts of others may be read on that day, and a large number of them are not , fit to be read on any day. They are foolish little books. < The Sabbath-school is a good institution when properly conducted, and we wish it < God's speed ; but like many other things, it is i liable to be abused. It seems all out of place * to have Sabbath-school pic-nicsand Sabbathschool festivals. We have no sort of objection to young people having pic-nics or any other innocent amusements; but when we undertake to serve God, or talk about God or his word, let us be, if not solemn, at least serious. Such sentiments, we are aware, are at variance with the fast notions of this fast age; but we are convinced that they are in harmony with the principles of God's word and a high-toned piety. There is no need of resorting to practices of doubtful propriety in order to make the facts which pertain to our soul's salvation interesting. They are intensely interesting in themselves. The Bible is the most interesting book in the world. It may be read over ten thousand times, and the interest will increase with every readiug. No man ever grew weary of the historical parts of the Bible. No novel can equal the story of the cross in melting pathos. The tendency of many of the Sabbath-school ceremonies of the preseut day is to make the impression on the minds of youth that the Bible is a stupid book, and the religion of Jesus Christ a dull thing. Such impressions are very dangerous. They are founded upon false principles, and their final results must be adverse to godliness. fis&y* One of the most interesting things in the Holy Land is the fact that one meets everywhere in daily life things that illustrate the words of the Lord. The streets of Jerusalem are very narrow, and no one is allowed to go out at night without a light. Throw open your lattice in the evening and look out and you will see what seems to be little stars twinkling on the pavements. You will hear the clatter of sandals, as the traveler rattles along. As the party approaches, you will see that he has a little lamp fastened to his foot to make his step a safe one. Iu an instant the verse <-> trr>np memnrv written 111 t.ho snmp UV/1IIVO KU J VUl iuv?<v> J | w?...w ? city 3,000 years ago, "Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." r fif#* Mohammed once said, "When a man F dies, men inquire what he has left behind s him ; angels inquire what he has sent before . him." "The doctrine of sinless perfection is not to be rejected as though it were a thing simply J impossible in itself, for nothing is too hard for t the Lord, but because it is contrary to that c method which He has chosen to proceed by. j! He has appointed that sanctificatiou should H be effected, and sin mortified, not at once com- ^ pletely, but by little and little ; and doubtless } He has wise reasons for it." n A NEW FAMILY STORY PAPER! THE FAMILY VISITOR. 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The charges for freight on the Silver ; Vare Premiums will he front New York; on , Vehster's Dictionaries from Philadelphia; on ! he Cooking Stoves from Oreenshoro, N.C.; and , n the Sewing Machines from Baltimore, Md. ' PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT. Notice to Club*Makers. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all be at the same po9t office. Names may be taken at any number of places if they are all returned by the same Club Agent. One name for either publication, for two years, will be equivalent to two names for one year each. The time for completing a club is not limited ; but names, with the cash, should be forwarded as rapidly as obtained. No Premium will be delivered until the requisite number of names has been returned and the full amount due for them paid. W? will he resnnnsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter, or money order drawu on the Yorkville post-office. We prefer that no money l>e sent us by express unless the amount exceeds 825, and in every ease the express charges must be prepaid. The receipt of the paper will he sufficient evidence that we have received the subscription price; but should parties fail to receive the paper subscribed for in a reasonable time, they should notify us, giving full particulars, with the amount of money enclosed, names, post-office, Ac., that we may ascertain where the fault lies. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending thein. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post-office and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. Under the present postal laws, we are required to pre-pay postage on all papers sent to our subscribers, which we shall continue to do while the law remains in force, without additional charge to the subscriber. Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must give full directions as to whom and how they shall bo delivered. The club-maker may commence sending in names at any time and subsequently determine upon the Premium, or Premiums he will select; but no Premium will be delivered unless the requisite number of names be sent, which must be pa;d for in advance. A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, who will l>e credited with every name sent, so that the number returned by any person can be ascertained at a moment's notice. After names shall have l>een entered on our club-books to the credit of any club-maker, they will not be transferred to the list of another. Oar Premium List.. We have not the space to describe separately, and in the terms they deserve, all the elegant articles we offer as Premiums for clubs. Besides those specially described below, we olfor a treble silver-plated Butter Knife, worth f I; child'streble silver-plated Gilt Cup, worth $3; hard rubber solid oval-handle Knives and Forks worth $5 per set; treble silver-plated TeaSpoons, worth $6 per dozen; treble silver-plated Syrup Cup, worth 80 each; treble silver-plated Butter Disl), worth $8 each ; solid cast steel oval-handle Table Knives, worth $8 per dozen; treble silver-plated Castor and five Bottles, worth $9; treble silver-plated Table Spoons, worth $12 per dozen ; treble silverplated Table Forks, worth $12 per dozen; treble silver-plated Cake Basket, worth $12; extra superfine full oval-handle Table-Knives, with silver-plated blades, worth $17 per dozen. These articles are ofthci best quality manufactured, and are rated in our schedule at manufacturers' regular retail prices. For number of subscribers to either of our publications to secure any one of the Premiums, see Premium List for the Enquirer, on the left of this column, and Premium list for the Family Visitor on the right. Let all remember that our premium offer is not restricted to simply one article and one of each the specified clubs; but to the contrary, the opportunity to secure any number of Premiums is open* to all. Nor need the club-maker confine himself to one publication; but he may procure subscribers for both, receiving the respective Premiums offered for clubs to each paper. No Competition. Club-makers, and thorn1 who may wish to form clubs, should bear In mind that the offers we here present do not Invite competition for Premiums, as in case of working to secure the larokst ci.ub. Each club maker sending the requisite number of subscribers will obtain the Premium offered for the specified number. There Is no limit as to the time when the club must be completed. Send the names as fast as obtained, accompanied with the cash, and the Premium will be delivered when the requisite number of names have been returned. The cash must, in all cases, accompany the name of every subscriber forwarded. Our Cash Presents. Do not forget that in addition to tile liberal Premiums we offer for clubs, we will also make a CN.su Prknckt or Firry Dovi.ars to the club maker who shall send the largest list of subscribers to the EsquiRKR by the first Monday of November, 1876; and to the club maker who shall send us the largest list of subnrrlhrrs to ilie Fauilv Visitor hv the same date, we will make a Cash I'rkikst or Twenty-Five Dollars. These cash presents arc not to lie mistaken as premiums for the largest clubs, Imt they will he given as a bonds for such clubs in addition to the Premiums offered. Correct lists will be kept of all names sent to us, and the awards will be fairly made at 12 o'clock, M.,on the first Monday of November, 1876. All names to lie entered on the list must be paid in advance, at the regular club rates for either publication. Our Cooking Stove Premium. The Cooking Stoves which we offer as a Premium for S5 subscribers to the Enquirer, or for 66 subscribers to the Family Visitor, are manufactured hy Sergeant k McCauley, at Greens boro, N. O. Those Sloven are made of the best Scotch pig metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any other stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of a handsome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in points of appearance, durability and superior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured i.n the Union. The stove we have selected to give as a Premium is ihe largest size made by the manufacturers, and with each one wiil lie furnished, without charge, three joints and one elbow of pipe, and all the necessary cooking utensils, viz.: one ham boiler, one hiilgc pot and cover, one tea kettle, one round frying pan, one long frying pan, one round griddle, one pair waffle irons, two sheet iron bread pans, one scraper and one litler. Over rivs thousand of these stoves are in use in Virginia and North and South Carolina, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will he shipped to those entitled to receive them as Premiums, direct from tile manufactory in Greensboro, N. C. Sewing Machine Premium. The Sewing Machine we offer as a Premium for TOsukscribers to the Enquirer, or for 84 subscribers to the Family Visitor, is the well-known Weed Machine and Is manufactured by the Weed Sewing Machine Company, Hartford, Conn. It is adapted to all the wants of family sewing; it can be readily comprehended hy any one; it runs easily; is always ready; will do any and all kinds of sewing with less changing and tewer extra attachments; is self-adjusting; is n two-thread Machine, making an Elastic Lock-Stitch; stands solid and firm, with long and rooinv folding table, and has the convenience of two drawers. Several of these Machine*, during the past jiastyear, have been delivered to person* who have returned the requisite number of name*. To secure tills valuable Premium, (or any other that we [ may offer,) it is not required that all the names be sent in at I one time. Send the names, accompanied with the cnsli, as fast as you procure them, and when the complement of subscribers [ Is made, which need not be restricted to the same post-office, the Premium will be promplly delivered as may be directed. I Smith's Bible Dictionary. This 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 himself over seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and this country, in the great task of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Itilde, and supplying a want long felt by the religious public. The result ol 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 the one we have arranged to furnish our subscribers. The book contains every name in the Bible respecting which anything can he said. It embraces the results of historic research, antiquarian investigation,' the study of languages and dialects, and the discoveries of the modern travelers and explorers In tile Holy Land?Robinson, Kuwlin*on; Ferguson, Layard, Offer!and Stanley. The book is printed trom new stereotype plates, on good paper, and Is appropriately illustrated with o'ver 1x25 Engravings of beautiful Scenes, Ancient Cities, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Maps. It contnins nearly 600 closely-printed, doublecoliiinii, 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 the Dictionary is $3.30. We will furnish a copy of the work substantially bound in cloth, for n club of eight subscribers to the EsqeiRER, at $3.50 each, or fora club of ten subscribers to the Family Visitor, at $1.30 each; the book to be mailed, free of postage, to the person entitled to receive it. direct from the office of publication. Webster's Dictionaries. WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED.?Tlie most valuable secular book In the English language is Webster's Unabridged Dictlonnry. It Is an extensive Art Gallery, containing over three thousand engravings, representing animals, insects, reptiles, plants, implements, machinery, heraldic devices, etc., etc. The latest edition, which we give as a premium, has also four pages of chromatic Illustrations, representing, in their proper colors, the flags and coats of arms of the different nations. The Dictionary is a vast library affording information of every description. Itesides giving the orthography, pronunciation and derivation of words, it also teaches the pronunciation of Scriptural, Historical, Geographical, Greek, Latin and French names, and gives n variety of statistical information. It is regarded hy a majority of English speaking people as the standard authority, and as has been well observed, it is the most remarkable compendium of human knowledge III our language. WEBSTER'S PICTORIAL NATIONAL DICTIONARY. Tills edition of Webster's Dictionary lins been prepared expressly for the benelit of those who are cultivating English cotnIMisition on a broad scale, and are desirous to gain mi exact knowledge of our language and a ready command of its various forms of expression. Ry the liberal offer we make, any student, or other young man desiring f.n possess mi invaluable book, can secure either of the above volumes. Three-Quart Communion Set. ' " ' ?Qoi iinnriuirhtn In UIMirrilrS llimi|l|ll|IU l\ nil U ....lull,...,..... ... ? u,.r.T the requirements of the sacred rite of administering the Lord's Slipper, rati, by our Premium arrangement, secure a fine, treble silver-plated three-quart Communion Set of nix pieces, with little trouble, anil, comparatively, at no cost. The number of null scriliers reipiireil to either of our publications, in order to secure thin valuable ami elegant Service can be procured in almoin any congregation; and the niembern who may be tltun called il|Hin to contribute their share of tiie expense, will receive in return more than the value of Dieir contribution in a year's subscription to the paper. --- 4<tl> Our Premium Tea Set. We feel sure this elegant Premium, consisting of six pieces of Silver Ware, viz.: a Coffee Pol, two Tea Pots, a Creamer, Sugar and Slop Howl, will give grcnt satisfaction to those who may obtain it. Tlie pieces are all of beautiful, uniform pattern, new style, with raised or embossed figure work. They are not the common silver-washed articles, hut the best treble plate, the Inundation being white metal, so as not to show, even when the heavy silver coating may chance to he worn off In any spot by long, bard usage. These articles, as well as all our Silver Ware Premiums, are made hy the Lucius Mart Manufacturing Company, No. 22 Fulton street, New York City. Price ,$j0. Our Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums. With the very liberal otl'er which we are ennhlcd to make, n beautifully furnished table is now within the reach of almost ever)' house-keeper; and here Is an opportunity, of which, if the Indies avail themselves, they may secure, with hut little trouble, n valuable set of Silver. Those articles are mnib- for us by the Lucius Mart Manufacturing Company, 22 Fulton street, New York, and are warranted to be of the best treble Silver Plate. The reputation of the Meriden Cutlery Company, 49Chambers street. New York, from whom we buy our Table Cutlery Premiums, is also highly established for the excellency and superior finish of the goods they manufacture. - Value of our PremiumsWe would impress upon every one the fact that all of our Premiums are first-class goods, and the prices attached to thein ill our lists are the regular retail prices at which the articles sell hy all dealers and the manufacturers themselves. It Is only by IIIC IIIOSl StUVniUilgdIU!' ll-rillK CIV,111 US UJ HI-: uaiiumi.liudr uim we tire enabled in mnke the liberal offer* we do, and we guarantee every article to be exactly a* represented. A Club and an Extra Copy. For a club of tkn subscribers to either of our publications, pnld in advance Ht the regular club rates, we will give, Instead of a Premium, an extra copy of the paper for which the club may have been formed, to any who may prefer that arrangement; but in consequence of the liberal Premiums we are now offering, we cannot afford to give an extra copy to the club-makcr who receives any Premiums enumerated on nnr list. mHE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour E < n 1 \T n _ 2 ~1 X worKs in ureensuoro, 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 bard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply Decause it is a home production, buton account of its 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. 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 tho same time get a STOYE 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, S3U w (I y 14 44 44 44 44 44 44 26 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, rrFAATldVlGfA N P T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agents, Yorkvi'lle.'s.'c. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. P. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Ches| ter county, S. 0. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester.S. C. JICHMOND ADVERTISEMENTS^ TALBOTT & SONS, SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, VA? MANTJFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST, BARK AND PLASTER MILLS, SHAFTINGS, HANGEBS AND PULLETS, IMPROVED TURBINE WATER WHEELS. October 14 41 ly W3C. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND ETTENGER & EDMOND, Richmond, Va., MANUFACTT'RERH OF1 ! PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS OF ALL K1INDS, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, MILL GEABING, 8HAFTING, PULLET8, AO. AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP. Send for Catalogue. October 14 41 ly !P. P. TO ALE, Manufacturer of DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, FLOORING, &C. Dealer in BUILDERS' HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, &C. Sole Agent for The National Mixed Paint Co. The Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. WEND FOR r?llICK/s?. OFFICE AND WAREROOMS, Nos. 20 and 22 Hayne and 33 and 35 Piuckney Sts. FACTORY AND YARDS, Ashlev River. West End Rroad Street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. September 30 39 ly SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE^C0. PKINCIPAL OFFICES: MEMPHIS, TENN., AND ATLANTA, GA. NET ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1875, OVER 1^2,000,000 OO. ANNUAL INCOME, OVER ?1,000,000 00. BRANCH OFFICE, YORKVILLE, S. C.: W. B. WILSON, President. JOHN S. BRATTON, Vice-President. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Sec. and Agent. I. D. WITHERSPOON, Attorney. Dr. L. ALEXANDER Med. Examiner. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : J. F. Wallace. L. M. Grist, Andrew Jackson, J. A. McLean, S. G. Hemphill, W. B. Metts, J. F. Hart, A. Coward, C. E. Spencer. Policies transferred from Northern Companies, without loss or additional annual outlay. Apply to Dr. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Agent, or to | niooon Aj TRF.TTTT.PN. Hmi. A cents. Columbia, S. C. August 5 31 2y BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronago, I now invito 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, oovo 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. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. * E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. March 25 12 tf THE JAS. LEFFEL I Doable Turbine Water Wheel, j A Mann factored by i POOLS & HUNT, Baltimore, Hd. ] 7,000 MOW IX VSEl ! Simple, Strong, Dnrable, : always reliable and eatiafactory. Manufacturers, also, of Portable & Stationary Engines, Steam Boilers, Saw^fc Grist Miljj^lfin. | Oil Mill MacbineryfVy^raulic0 an dither tate and of very best finish. Send for CTrcolars. ' October 7 40 dm ! C. E. SPENCER, ATTORNEY AT LAW YOKKVILLE, S. C., IMTILL practice in the Probate and Circuit f T Courts of the State, and in the District Court of the United States. January 7 1 ly atfrg. HER Day nt home. TVrnntfree. Address ffptW G. Stisson fc Co., Portland, Mc. 3 ly* JOHN W. LINLEY & CO., ^ 190 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. i in ii?-;-piiii! K GROCERIES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE. WE deliver Goods free of all expense, such as m boxing, drayage and freight. To places where we cannot prepay freights, we give a COMPLIMENTARY PACKAGE OF GOODS, sufficient to cover the expense of transportation, equal to about 71 per cent, of the entire bill. Where we have instructions to make up the complimentary package in CROCKERY AND GLASSWARft, we give the value of 10 per cent, on the entire bill. TERMS CASH, by Registered Letter or Post Office Money Order. Parties able to give Charleston acceptance, can be accommodated with 30,00 or 90 days' time, with interest at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum. LIST OF NET PBICE8. NO EXPENSE. H0FBEIGHT. Finest quality Young Hyson, Hyson, Oolong, English Breakfast and Gunpowder Teas, $1.10 per pound; good quality Teas, all kinds, 90 cents per pound ; good sweet drawing Teas, 60 cents per pound. To any one desirous of trying our Teas, we will send by mail, postage prepaid, on receipt of money named, Heat. 2nd quality. 3rd quality. i pound Tea, any kind, 30c. 25c. 18c. 1 " " " " 1.20 1.00 70c. Crushed and Powdered Sugars, 131c.; Granulated A Sugar, 121c.; light yellow Sugar, 10 cents per pound; Linley's peerless Family Flour 51 cents per pound, or $10 per barrel; good Family Flour 5 cents per pound or $0.00 per barrel; choice Canvassed Hams, 171c.; choice Tumbler Jellies, 131c.; 2 pounds Canned Tomatoes, 131c.; 3 pounds Tomatoes, 17c.; 1 pound Canned Salmon, 20c.; 2 gmud Canned Pine Apple, Pears, Peaches and amsons, 23 cents per can, or $1.35 for 6 cans ; mixed Vinegar Pickles : pints 17c., quarts 27c., ^ gallons 60 cents, each ; Condensed Milk?Eureka and Eagle Brand?25 cents, each; Gantz'Seafoam. 1 pounds 25 cents, pounds 50 cents, each; Lemon Sugar, 40c.; Dooley's celebrated Yeast Powder, 15, 20 and 40 cents per can ; Cooking Soda, 10 cents per pound; 1 box Sardines 20 cents, 1 box 35 cents; Shauines, 25 cents per box; Cox's Sparkling Gelatine, 20 cents per package; Olives, 50 cents per _ bottle ; Capers, 40c.; Worcestershire. Walnut and Mushroom Sauces (genuine imported) 40cents per bottle; genuine French Mustard, 27 cents per bottle ; imitation French Mustard, 20c.; French Prunes, 17 cents per pound ; Dates, 13 cents per pound; Raisins, 20c.; Citron, 40c.; Currants, 11c.; Cheese, 20c. ; Maccaroni, 20c.; Adamantine Candles, 20 and 23c. ; Baker's Chocolate, 45 cents per pound; Cocoa, 50c.; Broma, 60 cents per pound ; Rio Coffees, 23 and 26c., Laguayra Coffee, 30c., Java Coffee, 35 cents per pound; Roasted Coffees, Scents per pound, additional?each grade; Duryea's Superior Starch, 11 cents per pound ; Duryea's Satin Gloss Starch (6 pound boxes) 75 cents each; Cornstarch, 131 cents per package: Duryea's box Blueing, 33 cents per dozen ; Soda Biscuits, 81 cents per pound ; extra Pilot Bread, 10c.; Lemon, Cream, Wine, Ginger and other kinds, 15 cents per pound; Black Pepper, 30 cents per pound ; Spice 30c., Ginger 30c., Nutmeg $1.60 and Mace $1.80 per pound ; Rice, wholefilc., middling 71 cents per pound; Durham Smoking Tobacco, 65 cents per pound ; Rose and Vanilla Flat 8tick Candy?a very superior article?25 cents per Emnd; ordinary Stick Candy, 20 centsper pound; ock Candy, 22 cents per pound; Colgate's Toilet Soaps, 25 cents per dozen cakes and upward; Handkerchief Extracts, 50 cents per bottle; Cashmere Bouquet Powder, 25 cents per box ; Cleveland's Pomade Vasaline, a delightful preparation for the hair, 20 cents per bottle; Old Corn Whis- , ky, $2 per gallon ; Gibson's Rye Whiskies, $1.80. $2.00, $3.00 and $4.00 per gallon ; Good Port and '< Sherry Wines. $2.50 per gallon : English and f Scotch Ale ana Porter, $2.75 per dozen ; Bremen Lager Beer, $2.75 per dozen; Demijohns for Liquors, extra, 1 gallon 40c.. 1 gallon 50c., 2 gallons 60c., 3gallons 75c., 5 gallons $1 each. A very extensive assortment of CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE always hand. Plates, dinnersize$1.60, Breakfast $1.30, Desert $1.00, Tea size 85cents per dozen; _y Handled Cups and Saucers, 75 cents and Jl.uo per set; Basins and Goblets, $1.60; Covered Dishes, 75c., 90c.and $1.00each; Tumblers, 65c., 75c., $1, $1.25, and $1.50 per dozen ; Table Goblets. $1.20, $1.50and $2.00 per dozen; Wine Glasses, $1 per dozen ; Lamp Chimneys, Sun, O and A, 4 for 25 cents ; Bs3 for 25 cents; Argand Chimneys 3 for 25 cents. Numberless articles unmentioned. Information cheerfully given. Remember, we prepay freights whenever the roads will allow us to do so. When we cannot, we then allow complimentary package. JOHN W. LINLEY & CO., Key Box 184, Charleston, S. C. August 12 32 ly HIDDEN & DATES, SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE, SAVANNAH, GA. BRANCH HOUSES i , Charleston, So, Ca. Jacksonville, Florida. Macon, Ga. Augusta, Ga. THE ONLY COMPLETE I MUSIC HOUSE SOUTH. \ LAEGEST STOCK, L0WE8T PRI0E8, EASIE8T TEEMS. PIANOS. A splendid assortment from six well-known makers. All Styles and Prices. Fine Instruments for $250, $275 and $300. The best that are made for $350, $300, to $600. All sold on extremely Easy Terms, or rented until paid for. Old _ Pianos taken in exchange, etc., etc. Wholesale Southern Depot for the celebrated A Ch^^Sch reliable and satisfactory ** Styles, New Cases, New fects. Sold on the easiest t Style 208. Etaijerc $-?5. possible terms. MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. Only complete Stock in the South for supply of Wholesale and Retail Trade. Terms same as at the North. The best publications from all publishers always on hand. Orders filled same day : ?~ J 4 r.icLrtO r\( \fllBtC Or MUSiC BOOK us rwoivcu. nuj (iiwv ? mailed post-paid on receipt of Retail price. Any music not in stock will be procured at once and forwarded without extra charge. Send your orders, and they will be tilled if the Music can be had in the United States. MUSICAL MERCHANDISE. Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Fifes, Picolos, Flageolets, Accordeons, Concertinas, Flutinas, Banjos, Tamborines, Bones, Strings, Trimmings, Drums, Double Basses, 'Cellos, etc., etc., and every kind of Musical Instrument, our own importation, direct from European manufacturers. We are retailing at Wholesale prices. 25 percent, saved by sending orders direct to us. Goods sent C. O. D. by Express with privilege of examination before * paying. Anything not satisfactory to purchasers may be returned. Send for Price Lists. WHOLESALE SOUTHERN AGENTS FOR THK "SILVER TONE BAND INSTRUMENTS," "CONN'S RUBBER MOUTH PIECES," "PAGANINI ITALIAN STRINGS," "WHITE'S PATENT CHIN REST," "WOOD'S NOVELTY PRESSES." PUBLISHERS OF THE I SOUTHERN MUSICAL JOURNAL, $1.25 PER YEAR, POST-PAID. Send Ten Cents for a specimen copy, containing $1.00 worth of choice music. Agent* wanted everywhere. Money can be made by active canvassers. Send l'or Premium List. PLEASE REMEMBER That we are prepared to furnish anything and everything that can be called for in the Musical line as cheap as any other house in this country. Money, Time and risk of loss will be savnd by 4 sending orders direct to l.udden & bates. November 11 45 4t barber" shop. THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that TH08. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquirkr building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. < He may be found at the Shop on Sunaay mornings from 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly She Ifltfei'illf (?nfluu*r. TERMS IN ADYANCE ? 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 .?fir To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. J A