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Ilumoraus Jjepartmcnt.
One of the citizens of Danbury, Conn.,
who had just returned from the West, was
telling in a grocery store of a narrow escape
he had from a terrible death. He was crossing
a long railroad bridge on foot, when he
was surprised to see a locomotive coming
around a curve, and tearing toward him at a
terrible speed. The bridge was too narrow
to allow of escape at either side, and he did
not dare to jump into the yawning abyss be,
low. In a flash he took in the situation and
formed his plan of action. He started on a
swift run toward the oncoming locomotive,
and when within a few feet of it he concentrated
all his nerve and muscle into one effort,
.and leaped straight up in the air. The fearful
monster shot under him, and he came
down on the bridge, saved from death, but
seriously shaken by the descent. There
was a moment of deep silence upon the close
of the narration. Then one of the company
sighed, aud shut up his knife and unexpectedly
said: "What is the use of presence of mind
when a man can lie like that?"
Out of Her Element.?"I'm going to
stop attending our church," peevishly exclaimed
a vinegar-faced spinster, not a thousand
miles from this place, the other day.
"Why, what has happened ?" anxiously inquired
a friend.
"There ain't nothing, happened and that's
just what's the matter," continued the spinster,
through her nose. "Here I've been a regular
? attendant for mor'n two years, and there
haint beeu no gossip, no scandal, nor nothing
to talk about in all that time, and I can't see
the use of going any longer."
And she squared herself down in a chair
with the look of a mauyr.
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Coat or Meat.?A Knoxville (Tenn) negro
shows in his way genius as a financier.
The Chronicle of that city tells the incident:
We-lately met an old negro trudging along
with a heavy side of bacon that he had bought
swinging over his shoulder. Noticing that he
was miserably clad we felt sorry for him, for
a cold wind was blowing, and asked:
"Why do you spend your money for meat?
You'd better buy a coat."
The old man stopped, looked us full in the
face, and said, in solemn tones:
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gives it; when I speak todis (laying his hand
upon his stomach), it calls for de cash!"
SSf Going home in the car the other day,
Cochrane felt that he was not capable of doing
justice to the nice weather, and so turned
to a melancholy man at his side, and asked :
"Ever see such weather as this at this time
of year ?"
The stranger moved about in a nervous
? manner, rose up rang the bell, and whispered :
"Get off here with me !"
The surprised Cochrane stepped off the car,
and when it had passed along, the stranger
said:
"Yes, it is remarkable weather. I didn't
answer in the car. I got taken up for slander
once, and you don't catch me rendering
an opinion before witnesses again.
A farmer in Iowa has invented a method
whereby he keeps his neighbors' cows from
stealing his hay. He describes it thus: "A
certain quadruped had a sweet tooth for our
hay-stack and did much damage, throwing
down a seven-rail fence and roosting in our
hay. We be ught a box of cayenne pepper took
a nice lock of hay, placed it outside, 'baptized'
it with pepper, and watched. The animal
came along and pitched into the hay, when
suddenly she took the hint, and, with nose at
forty-five degrees, and tail at ninety degrees,
her soul went 'marching on,' at the rate
of 2.40. That cow has not come back."
On q nnnnsinn hefnre the DOet.
Saxe, had emigrated from Vermont, a gentleman
was quoting the opinion of the governor
of that State on some political question as if
it were conclusive.
"Pshaw, who cares for the governor," said
the tall poet. "A governor is no great af
fair?I once came within one of being governor
myself."
"What!" ejaculated the other, who knew
that Saxe was defeated by an immense majority,
"what do you mean by one ?"
"The candidate of the other party," was the
answer.
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Too Large.?It was a hard-fisted son of
toil who entered a dry-goods store, yesterday
and inquired:
"What's the figure on calico now?"
"About seven cents," replied a clerk.
"Too high?too high?shp'll never stand
that," mused the farmer.
"We've a very large stock to select from."
put in the clerk.
"Yes, I suppose so, but I won't invest. My
wife wanted me to get her a calico dress with
a small figger on it, but that figger is altogethtoo
large!"
A Letter.?A country woman said to her
son, on his leaving for a situation in Edinburgh,
"Noo laddie, as soon as you get there,
be sure and send me a letter."
No sooner had he arrived than he says to
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"Hae ye got an auld letter that is o' nae
mair use to ye?"
"What are you going to do with it ?" asks
his master.
"I'm gaun to send it tae my mither, who
tell't me to send her ane as sune as I got to
Embro'."
Honesty.?A country boy, whose honesty
is more commended than his ingenuity, once
carried some butter to a merchant in a country
village to exchange for goods. The butter
having a very beautiful appearance, and the
merchant being desirious of procuring such
for his own use, invited the boy to bring him
all the butter his mother had to spare. "I
think," said the boy "she can't spare any more,
for she said she would not have spared this,
only a rat fell into the cream, and she did not
like to use it herself."
Extravagance.?When a woman asked
her husband for two dollars to buy a calico
dress, he whipped a paper out of his coat-tail
pocket and pointed to an editorial which
clearly showed that female extravagance was
the ruination of some of our best men, and
even the country itself was being demoralized
from the same cause. Then he gave her
ten cents to buy hairpins, lit a ten-cent cigar,
left the house, and lost three dollars playing
billiards before he returned home.
Free Discussion.?An up-town man, who
believes in self-improvement, suggested to his
wife, recently, that they should argue some
questions frankly and freely every evening,
and try to learn more of each other. The
question for the first nf^ht happened to be
whether a woman could be expected to get
along without a spring hat, and he took the
affirmative; but when he was last seen he had
climbed up into the hayloft, and was pulling
the ladder up after him.?Norwich Bulletin.
Pirate Stories.?A Chicago boy, who
has been sitting up nights reading pirate stories,
called his father to supper, the other day,
by bawling out: "What, ho there, base craven
! Come hither to thy vesperian hash."
And when that father ana that son came together,
it sounded as if the butt had slipped
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Scriptural.?A . grocer, who prays for his
fellow-men on Sunday, and then on them the
rest of the week, being asked why he sold the
same sugar at ten cents to poor people and fifteen
to the rich, replied, "Well don't the Bible
command, 'Charge them that are rich in this
world?"'
? ?
afatT A Jersey man married five wives, and
they were all red-headed. He explains it by j
relating that the first one clawed the spirit
out of him so completely that he didn't care :
* after that if he married a porcupine. I
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AGRICULTURE- HONORABLE.
Cicero, the great orator and moral philosopher
of the Romans, in his work usually
called "Offices" makes use of these remarkable
words: "Of all modes of enriching one's
self, none is better, none more profitable, none
more pleasant, none more becoming a free
man, than manuring and tilling the earth."
It is a long time since the great Roman
deliberately penned this sentence for the benefit
of his son, Marcus, then a student at
Athens; but time has only proved its wisdom.
In the previous portion of the section,
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great calmness, pointed out certain occupations
as degrading and profitless and unworthy
of a high-toned Roman. The main
points in the sentence are the pleasantness,
profitableness and dignified character of Agriculture.
What Cicero said to Marcus, is
still true, and true in ?very land.
Agriculture is a pleasant occupation. The
cares that hang around almost every other avocation
of life are, comparatively speaking,
absent from the life of the fhrmer. Instead
of being a menial, dependent upon others, he
is the peer of the great. All are dependent
upon him for bread. All his surroundings
are pleasant The sunshine and the shade are
agreeable. The music of the birds charms
him, and the growing crop fills his soul with
delightful feelings. To him work is a pleas,,1,A
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air fills his veins with pure blood, and continual
labor makes him healthy and strong.
If his conscience is at rest he can lie dowD
and sleep soundly and sweetly after a hard
day's work, and get up in the morning refreshed
in body, and with a joyful heart.
His face may be sunburned and his hands
brawny, but his heart is joyful. It is difficult
to conceive anything material in its nature
better calculated to fill the soul with pleasant
emotions than to see a crop, which has been
planted and worked by our own hands, maturing
fo* the harvest. We see a visible return
for our labor, and the soul is callous, indeed,
that does not experience, under such circumstances,
grateful emotions.
Not only is agriculture pleasant, but it is
also profitable. Compared with any other
avocation, it is the most profitable. In various
other ways men amass fortunes in a
short time; but those fortunes that are made,
as if by magic, are wasted as quickly. About
nine-tenths of the merchants fail, and what is
accumulated by the other tenth rarely passes
through two generations. There is no other occupation
in which so many have succeeded in
making an honest and comfortable living, and
in which so few have failed. There is great
show connected with many of the other avocations.
The young farmer sees the great
display of the merchant and concludes that
manuring and tilling the ground is a slow way
to amass a fortune. This is true only in appearance.
There are veryt few men who grow
permanently rich in any other way but by
manuring aud tilling the ground.
But manuring and tilling the ground is
honorable. It is, in the language of the great
Roman, worthy of a free man. No sensible
man ought, with the facts before him, to question
this statement. No man can, with more
propriety be called a producer than the farmer.
However rigidly true it may be that manuring
and tilling the ground is a pleasant,
profitable and dignified occupation, multitudes
of our Southern people do not think so.
The farm is deserted for some other place,
where the odium of a sunburnt face and
brawny hands may be avoided.
DWARF FRUIT TREES FOR GARDENS.
Standard fruit trees with their lowermost
branches springing from the stems several feet
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from the ground may De preieraoie iu au orchard,
but we still prefer the dwarfs, or at
least low-headed trees for the garden. In
fact, the older we grow the less inclined are
we to climb or risk our neck on ladders iu
gathering fruit. It is quite likely that in
times past when dwarf pears were all the rage,
that the mania for these trees led to some extravagant
notions in regard to their productiveness
and value, still we are not inclined to
give them up; nor to think that all kinds of
dwarf trees are a "humbug and delusion," as
some horticultural writers have assumed to
believe.
Our best specimens of peara of various sorts
are annually gathered from pear trees worked
on quince stocks, or what are termed dwarfs.
But if we were about to plant a pear orchard
of considerable extent we should probably select
standard trees for the purpose, as they require
less care and attention, and are perhaps
less liable to disease. We think, however, that
the failures experienced by many who went
into the dwarf pear and apple tree culture, a
few years since, with extravagant ideas in regard
to profits, have led our pomologists generally
to discourage the propagation and cultivation
of dwarf trees of all kinds. There is,
without doubt, some choice in the kinds of
stocks to be employed in propagating dwarf
trees and only the best should be used ; but
let us not give up the low-headed dwarf trees,
at least for garden culture. We want trees
with branches starting near the ground so
that old folks and children can gather fruit
without having to climb forty-foot ladders.
If it is necessary to protect such trees from
late frosts in spring, it is much easier to do so
than with lofty specimens. The same is true
in regard to destroying noxious insects, pruning
and various other operations, which are
sometimes necessary to insure a good crop of
fruit.
It is a well-known fact that dwarf trees generally
come into bearing much sooner than
standard, and this saving of time is quite an
important matter when a family has to wait
for fruit until the trees grow from bud or scion
to a bearing size. Trees trained low will usually
come into bearing earlier than those
trimmed up, even on the same kind of stock,
and the only real advantage of using a
dwarf kind of plant for a stock, is to save the
trouble of checking by artificial operations,
such as pruning and pitching back the young
shoots in summer. Those who desire these
low-headed trees have only to purchase one or
two year old plants at the nurseries, and force
the branches to push out low down on the
main stem, and from that time forward avoid
trimming up; but instead, annualy shorten
all leading or terminal shoots. In many localities
it is difficult to obtain large pears and
apples from standard or tall trees, as they are
likely to be blown offby the winds before maturing,
but with low-headed or dwarf trees this
loss is avoided.
Hungarian Grass for Cows.?The following
is the testimony of Dr. Loring conraminc
Hungarian erass: I believe I can
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make more niilk with this grass cut and mixed
with corn-meal and shorts than I can with
the best timothy hay cut and mixed in the
same manner. And when you remember
that you can raise on ordinary land, by sowing
the seed of Hungarian grass late in June,
from two and one-half to three and one-half
tons of good fodder to the acre, and that this
crop can be sown after we have ascertained
whether we are to have a good crop of hay
or not, you will see the value of this grass. I
have such a high opinion of it that on my
own farm, this year and last, I raised from
seventy-five to one hundred tons of it for the
purpose of feeding to my milch cows during
the winter.
?hiMren'$ Department.
FOR GOOD OR ETIL. 4
One ?ne afternoon^ Clara and her father
were 3eated on the balcony of a hotel, overlooking
the sea. They had come to spend a
few weeks, and they enjoyed watching the
great ocean, the waves of which broke at their
feet. Vessels of all shapes and sizes were sail
ing before them?some going north, some
south?some lighted up by the sun, others
under the shadows of tne clouds, but all in
movement.
"Father," said Clara, "I never could understand
how the wind should drive the vessels
in more than one direction at the same
time. Look, there are two with their s&ils
filled, and yet one is coming near to us, while
the other is going away from us."
"Everything depends upon the way in which
the sails are set," said her father, and he ex|
plained the various ways of setting the sails.
Clara became very much interested in the directions
in which the different vessels in view
were sailing, and her father, pleased by her
attention, continued:
"It is just the same with men and their
lives in the world. Some are going toward
heaven driven by the same wind that sends
others toward ruin. To become rich makes
one man generous, and another mean. Sorrow
hardens some, aud softens others. I have
been thinking of poor Fred. Merrill, who ap- j
peared to learn so much that is bad in the
same school in which our Edmund was only
taught good."
"I understand now," said Clara; "I remember
going to church with one of ray friends,
I and I was much interested in the sermon. I
came out of church full of what I heard, and
resolved to practice it. I was astonished when
my .companion said, 'What a stupid sermon ! j
I thought it would never end !'"
"Yes, ray dear," said her father; "thegospel
itself saves some, and condemns others. 1
It is a solemn thought that every good we refuse
is no good to us. Every warning that we
attend to is a benefit; but if it is neglected
we only grow hardened in evil. Every gift
of God is good if we use it without abusing it.
We ought to try to get some good out of every
experience we have, and then we shall grow
and be strong."?Child at Home.
INFLUENCE OF COMPANIONSHIP.
It is a common saying that men are known
by the company they keep. The sober do
not naturally associate with the drunken, the
refined with the coarse, the decent with the
dissolute. To associate with depraved persons
argues a low taste and vicious tendencies, I
and to frequent their society leads to inevitable
degradation and loss of character. Even
if it does no immediate harm, it leaves its
seeds in the mind and follows us, sure to
spring up in future resurrection.
Intercourse with even commonplace, selfish
persons, may prove most injurious, by induc1
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illg a dry, uuu, reserveu ?iju ocmou wuuition
of mind, more or less inimical to true
mauliness and breadth of character. The
mind soou learns to run in small grooves, the
heart grows narrow and contracted, and the
moral nature becomes weak, irresolute, and
accommodating, which is fatal to all generous
ambition or real excellence.
On the other hand, association with persons
wiser, better and more experienced than
ourselves, is always more or less inspiring and
invigorating. They enhance our own knowledge
of life. We correct our estimates by
theirs, and become partners in their wisdom.
We enlarge our field of observation through
their eyes, profit by their experience, and
learn not only from what they have enjoyed,
but?which is still more instructive?from
what they have suffered. If they are stronger
than ourselves, we become participators
in their strength. Hence companionship with
the wise and cncrgotic novor fails to have a.
most valuable influence on the formation of
character, increasing our resources, strengthening
our resolves, elevating our aims, and
enabling us to exercise greater dexterity and
ability in our own affairs, as well as more effective
helpfulness of others.?Saturday Evening
Post.
Be Honest.?A few days after a large fire,
a gentleman who had kept a hat-store which
had been burned, was accosted in the street by
a boy, who said, "Mr. H , I have a whole
armful of hats that belonged to you. I carried
them home the day of the fire, so that no
one should steal them. If you will tell me
where to bring them, I will go right home and
get them."
The rrentleman appointed a place, and the
boy ran away toward his home. Soon he appeared
with his hats, and sure enough, he had
all that his two arms could hold. When he
had laid them down, the gentleman began to
first try one and then another on his head.
When he found one that fitted him, he said,
"There, my little man, that is yours."
He was a poor boy, and a nice new hat that
! was "just the fit" was a greater treat to him
than to many boys. When the little fellow
fully realized that the hat was his owu, he began
to caper about, and cried, "See! see! I
have got a new hat, and I didn't steal it eith-'
er. I know another boy that has got an armful
of hats, and I don't think he means to
bring the n back at all."
The boy that wears that hat can hold his
head up straight and look every one in the
face, because he is an honest boy. But that
other boy?there must be a hard spot somewhere
in his*heart, that must feel very heavy
when he thinks of those hats. Man may not
know, but God sees; and when he looks down
on that heart, he sees tftiei written mere.
Which boy will you be like??Evangelist.
The Fox in the Well.?A wolf one day
heard a strange noise in a well. He went to
see what was the cause of it. He soon found
out the cause, for there, deep down, was his
old friend, the fox.
"Oh, my good friend," said the fox, "how
glad I am to see you 1 I know you will do
your best to help rae out. You can soon get
a rope, or find out some way by which to save
me."
"Poor fox ! poor fox!" said the wolf. "It
grieves me much to see you there. Pray,
how did you get in? You were not so wise
as you might have been, I think. Have you
been down there a long time ? I hope things
are not quite so bad with you, as you seem to
fear they are. From my heart I wish you
well, and hope to see you all right ere long."
"Nay, friend wolf, do not stand there and
tease rae with soft words, when I am in so
much need of help. Talk is cheap. Can
you find means to get rae out of the well? If
so, will you ? If you can and will, there is
nrv tin.o tn Lo lnaf. Tf vnn ran and will not.
leave me. I may have done wrong, but you
have no right to tell me so, till you prove that
you are my friend, by deeds as well as by
words. If you wish me well, use me well.
Were you in my place and I in yours, you
would not thank me for kind words if my
acts were not kind too."
Let us show our good will by helpful deeds,
rather than cheap words alone.
Happiness and Health.?The following
maxims are from Dr. Hall's new book, "How
to Live Long:"
1. One of the happiest and most independent
oftkll human occupations is that of an
intelligent farmer, whose land is paid for, and
who keeps out of.debt.
2. The fascination of salaried positions is
but too often the fascination of a serpent,
wki^Vi hpcnnlp.fl but to destroy.
3. Be your own master, and master of your
i calling, and you will soon become the master
| of others.
j 4. Next to religion there is no element so
i essential to success in life, as vigorous robust
health.
5. A sound mind in a sound body is a fitting
foundation for all that is high and noble
in human achievement.
6. The safest and best remedied in the world
are warmth, rest and abstinence; the brutes
employ these.
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JEREMIAH 11:19.
From time immemorial, it has been a universal
belief amongst men that murder cannot
be concealed. Some of the ancients
thought that no murderer could cross the
ocean ; and there are individuals who still ena
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of the Acts of the ApostleS, at the 4th verse,
we have an example of the notions of some
of the heathen, on this subject.
Men, everywhere and under all circumstances,
have some idea of the retributive justice
of God. Murder is as easily concealed as
any other sin. It is impossible to conceal any
sin. "Be sure your sins will find you out," is
the solemn warning which is given us in the
word of God, and our observation and experience
teach us that it is not an idle announcement.
There is nothing that men try so hard
to conceal as their sins; and yet, there is
nothing at which they are so unsuccessful.
God set a mark upon Cain, so that every one
knew him to be a cruel sinner. A guilty
conscience makes us all cowards in the day of
calamity. When God frowns, we tremble.
We may run away from our native land and
take up our abode among strange faces and a
people of a strange dialect; but we cannot
run away from the goadings of a guilty conscience.
The sinner may go where he will,
but so long as he is unpardoned through the
atoning blood of Jesus, he must be a fugitive
and a vagabond.
There is a view of sin which is not often
carefully considered. It is that stated by the
prophet when he says, "Thine own wickedness
shall correct thee, and thy backslidings
shall reprove thee." Sin reboflnds upon the
head of him who commits it. None suffer
more on account of sin than the sinner himself.
In fact, none suffer so much. It is an
evil and bitter thing to violate God's law.
Men generally expect to be rewarded for their
good deeds, but they do not calculate on being
punished for their sins. Not only do the
human family expect to be rewarded for agy
good they may do, but they expect to*be dealt
with in proportion to the kind and character
of their deeds. They have a right to expect
to be thus dealt with. God, in his word,
promises that the merciful shall obtain mercy
and in his providence we find him fulfilling
this promise every day.
In the punishment of sin God proceeds according
to the same rule. Sin is made to correct
or punish the sinner. Haman, in his
folly, erected a gallows fifty cubits high upon
which to hang a captive Jew and faithful
servant of God. When, however, he went
' to Ahasuerus to ask permission to have Mordecai
-hanged upon the gallows, he, unawares,
gave counsel that Mordecai be led through
the streets of the city as a man worthy of
great honor, and instead of Mordecai being
hanged upon the gallows, Haman himself
was hanged. Charles the IXth, who shed so
much Protestant blood that the canals of Paris
were red with blood, died of a dreadful
disease which caused the blood to run in
streams from every pore of his body.
Stephen Gardiner burned many of God's
people to ashes, yet, in the end, God smote
him with a fearful burning, so that his tongue
was turned black as charcoal and hung out
of his mouth. The principle on which God
governs the world is. "With what measure yc
mete, it shall be measured to you again."?
Matthew vii:2. "Whoso diggeth a .pit shall
fall therein."?Prov. xxii:27.
Dishonesty Begins at Home;?The crying
sin of the day is dishonesty. One hears
much of it in public life; but, as we have
said before, there is too much of it altogether
in private life. And its cause is to be found
in the want of self-control in the indulgence
of tastes and appetites. Reckless, extravagant
living is at the bottom of it all. If this
living had any true foundation in any hearty
desires for desirable things, there would be
more hope of amendment. But when one
comes to see what things ill-gotten gains are
spent upon, the outlook is a sad one. Dress,
display, amusement, costly things bought just
because they are costly; wealth won evilly,
merely that it may be wasted foolishly ; these
are the signs of a time which it is not pleasant
to contemplate. If a man loves any one thing,
I say rare books, or pictures, or objects of art of
any kind, or music, or science, so well that
for the sake of the one thing in which he
would be rich, he is willing to be poor in everything
else, no matter though his choice be
an unwise one according to the best standards
of choice, he will yet have a motive which
will help to keep him upright. But for those
who love none of these things, but simply desire
them because it is the habit of the time;
because, like pampered children, they must
needs cry for whatever they see just out of
their reach ; for them is needed the wholesome
self-discipline which shall teach them to I5t
alone whatever is not theirs. And the beginning
of this self-discipline is in the home.
Parents must teach their boys and girls the
great lesson of doing without whatever cannot
be fitly theirs. There need be no niggardly
restraint, but in some way the first lesson
for childhood should be that of earning its
pleasures. To get whatever it craves as soofi
as it asks for it, is the worst training a child
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An Enforced Pause.?God sometimes
sends an "enforced pause." It comes in the
shape of a trouble, a fever, an unforeseen
journey, perhaps?what we call an accident?
and we are taken out of our ordinary lives
and obliged to stop. From the confines of
the sick room the world recedes. The cares
that loomed so large to our sight yesterday,
seem to have gone away indefinitely. The
things that we thought nobody else could do,
must be done by somebody, and it seems to us
strange that we felt ourselves so important.
Our vacation has come?not the one we wanted
or planned for, or intended, but the best
for us, because God has put it into our lives?
and He makes no mistakes. There are fathers
who would?strange as it may seem, and
wrong as it is?never get acquainted with
much but their children's faces, if they were
on Iront of tinmp fnr a faw davs
by illness. There are mothers, who, in their
anxiety for their children's dress and deportment
and culture, lose sight of the souls that
they possess, till some sharp wind of sorrow
blows the mists from their eyes, and they feel
that "the life is more than meat, and the body
than raiment." In hours of convalescence,
the Book is read that has been awaiting an
interval of leisure; the song is listened to,
that the little daughter has learned at school;
the buds on the rose-bush in the window are
counted and exulted over; something kind
and sweet is planned to be done for the neighbor
over the way. Not in vain has the Lord
sent his pause into the whirl and hurry and
tumult in which the hours and days were
passiug.
Saturday Night.?"Amongst my many
mercies for which I can never sufficiently
thank God," said a speaker at a large meeting
in London, "is that of having a pious
mother, who taught me when a child, always
to prepare on Saturday night for the privileges
and duties of the Lord's day. The
good wash was only a part of the night's programme.
We had to put out on the chairs
in our bed-rooms, the clean linen, Sunday
clothes, and shofes in apple-pie order. Half
a century has passed over since then," continued
the speaker, "but to this day, the earlv
habits taught me by mv good mother are still;
continued every Saturday night."
?be fforbriU* inquirer.
TERMS?IN ADVANCE :
One copy, one year. 9 3 00
One copy, six months, 1 60
One copy, three months, 1 00
Single copy, 10
Two copies, one year, 6 00
Ten copies, one year, 25 00
To persons who make up clubs of ten or
more names, an extra copy of the paper will be
furnished one year, free of charge.
THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atoui
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 the
market, and consequently will the longer withstand
heat and hard 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 because it
is a home production, buton accountof its intrinsic
merits as an article of household economy, do
we aSK wiu pHbroimxu ui uume puruuiums. iuuic
than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now
in use, rtnd among many others having them we
respectfully refer to the following: R. E.Guthrie,
[ D. M. Campbell, M. H. Curronce, York county;
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon,
Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P.
Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville.
You can save the freight from the northern cities
and the dealer's profit, which is no small item,
by buying of us, and at the same time get a
STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those
of northern make. The following are our prices
delivered at depot in Greensboro :
No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00
u j ii ii ii $i ii ii ?i 26 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. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester
county, S. C.
J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, S. C.
THE BANNER OF LIBERTY.
CAMPAIGN OF 1870.
THIS old, reliable, able, trenchant DEMOCRATIC
FAMILY PAPER, devoted to the
promulgation of the old sterling JefTersonian principles,
will issue TWO CLUB SERIES during
the campaign of 1876, of Twenty-Four and Nineteen
weeks each, respectively.
FIRST SERIES.
(From June 3d to Nov. 11th, 1876?24 weeks.)
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Five Copies, 44 2 20
Ten Copies, 44 4 30
Fifteen Copies, " 6 25
Twenty Copies, 44 8 00
Fifty Copies. " 19 00
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(From July 8th to Nov. 11th, 1876?19 weeks.)
Two Copies, to One Address, 8 70
Five Copies, 44 1 70
Ten Copies, " 3 30
Fifteen Copies, 44 4 80
Twenty Copies, ' 6 20
Fifty Copies, 44 15 00
Postage wl\L in all <r*oses, bo prepaid atomoffice.
'Single copies will not be sent under the
above terms, as the expense of full address and
single wrapper cannot be afforded. The name of
eacn subscriber will be written on his paper for
post-office distribution when an addition of FIVE
CENTS is made to each subscription in a club.
Otherwise, papers will bo sent in a bundle addressed
to club agent, and can be conveniently
distributed at Democratic headquarters, or at the
residence of any Democrat convenientlv located.
We invite Democrats in every part of the Union,
who desire the success of the party in the coming
campaign, to unite with us in spreading sound
Democratic reading, as the most effective and
honest way of securing such result.
p&r- All Remittances at senders' risk, unless by
Postal Order or in Registered Letter.
Address . BANNER OF LIBERTY,
EllenVille, Ulster oounty, N. Y.
May 25 21 tf
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WAREROOMS: 608 Washington Qt., Boston ;
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A leading Musical Journal of selected music
and valuable reading mattpr. By mail for $1 per
year, or ten cents a number. Each number contains
from $2 to $3 worth of the finest selected
music. GEO. WOODS <fc CO., Publishers,
Cambridgeport, Mass.
January 20 3 tf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF Y0EK--00UBT OF COMMON FLEAS.
Alexius J. Myers, merchant, trading as "C. H. i
Myers and Brother," Plaintiff, against James ,
B. Allison and J. Rufus Bratton, merchants, ,
heretofore trading as "Allison and Bratton,"
Defendants.? Summons. ,
To the Defendants, James B. Allison and J. Rufus i
Bratton.
YOU are hereby summoned and required to an- ,
swer the complaint in this action, which was
this day filed in the office of the Clerk of Conlmon
Pleas, for said county, and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the subscribers
at their office in xorxviiie, a. u., wumn iwumy i1
days after the service hereof, exclusive of the i
day of such service; and if you fail to answer the
complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff
in this action will apply to the Court for judgment
against you for three hundred and fifty-three (
dollars and twenty-three cents, with interest
thereon from October 18th, 1873 ; and the further
sum of three hundred and fifty-four dollars and (
ninety-four cents, with interest thereon from No- i
vember 18th, 1873, together with all costs and expenses
of this action. ,
Dated May 2nd, A. D., 1876.
HART A HART,
Plaintiff's Attorneys. (
[Seal.]
J. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pis.
May 4 18 0t (
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY
STATIONERY, AND
BOOK BINDERY.
THANKING the public for liberal past patron- J
age, I now invite attention to my complete
stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY,
consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio
Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books,
of avery variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac,
Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives,
Writing Desks, Ac. Also,
BOOK BINDING DONE,
in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals,
Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired.
Ola Books rebound and repaired.
PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTT
Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash
prices. E. R. STOKES,
155 Main Street Columbia, S. C.
DiDtirD fiunp
JJAnilJUM. kjaawa.
THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable
and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant
and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that
THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial.
is still in business, in his old Shop next door
to the Enquirer building, where it will afford
him great pleasure to wait upon all who mav desire
his services. Razors boned and sharpened,
and any other work of that kind promptly done,
THOMAS BALLARD.
(hi O a dny at homo. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free.
$14 TRUE & CO., Auguota, Maine. 19 ly
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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER.
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VOLUME 3i2.~1870.
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THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is now in
its twenty-second volume, and is a large twentyeight
column newspaper, handsomely printed on
clear, legible type, and devoted to the Political,
Social, A griculthral and Commercial Interests
of the South. We are enabled to promise
increased attractions in all the different departments
of the paper, conspicuous among them
being the
SERIAL STORIES,
written expressly for its columns.
As a non-partisan, independent family newspaper,
the future editorial conduct of the Enquirer
can be as well judged by the pastas by any promise
which we might now feel disposed to make.
An experience of thirty-five years in the newspaper
business?of which time at least one-half has
been unremittingly devoted to the management
of the Enquirer?fully convinces the proprietor
that the plan he adopted on assuming control of
the paper, is the correct mode of journalism in the
present day. The true mission of the newspaper
is to place before the public facts as they may.exist,
unbiased by partisan feelings or sinister motives;
and the propriety of this course is fully attested,
not only by the success of the Enquirer, which
can truthfiilly claim the largest circulation of any
country newspaper in the 8outh, but also by many
other of the most popular and widely circulated
papers of the day. The course thus indicated we
shall continue to pursue, aiming to publish a
LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
which shall be a welcome visitor to the Home Circle,
and acceptable alike to all classes of readers.
Hence, the news department of the Enquirer,
whether of matters at homo or abroad?political or
otherwise?will bo conducted with the utmost care,
and only facts as they seem to exist, will be presented,
free from sectional or party bias.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
The original Serial Stories are an attractive
feature of the paper, being from the pens of the
most sprightly and entertaining story writers of
the day, and abound with dramatic plot and stirring
incident.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
The Historical Sketches op the Earlv
History op South Carolina will constitute an
important feature of the volume. These Sketches
are written by Rev. Robert Lathan, and commencing
with the earliest settlement of the 8tate
in colonial times, gradually trace its rise and progress.
To the writing and compilation of these
Sketches the author has devoted much thought
and extensive research. Besides the colonial history,
they will contain the stirring scenes and important
events, the anecdotes and incidents?leg
endary and authentic-*-whioh have never before
been fully published, connected with the Revolutionary
history of the State. Mnch of the material
of these Sketches being traditional?many of
the events portrayed having never been in print?
and written in Mr. Lathan'b easy, familiarstyle,
they will be read with peculiar satisfaction, not
only in our own State, but by every one having a
iust appreciation of the history of a noble ancestry
in their struggle for liberty and independence,
CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE.
To meet the demands of our increasing circulation
in Chester county, we have engaged the services
of Brainerd McLure, Esq., who will contribute
a letter of correspondence frori Chester
regularly each week. These letters are devoted
entirely to Chester affairs?to the interests of the
town and county?and written in the racy and
graphic style peculiar to Mr. McLure, they cannot
fail to be of interest to our readers in Chester,
as well as elsewhere in the State.
THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
In addition to the above features, Rev. Mr. Lathan
will continue his regular contributions to
the "Sabbath Reading," and the "Children's Department,"
which, under his management for the
past six years, have been an important attraction;
and with the usual melange of Miscellaneous
Reading mluptod to tail the Agricultural
Department, containing practical and usetal information
for the farmer and house-wife; a column
of Humorous Reading every week ; "Scraps and
""- o licht current tonics! acomDend
L- CXAyltO, --0 | , r of
the News Abroad and at Home; Correspondence
; Commercial |ind Market Reports; Editorial
Articles upon appropriate subjects, Intended
to promote the prosperity and welfare of onr
people, we hope to make the Enquirer replete
as an en tertainingand instructive Family Journal.
Terms of Subscrption?Free of Postage.?
Single copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, each subscriber,
per year, $2.50. Money may be forwarded
at our risk by draft, post-offloe order or registered
letter?otherwise we will assume no risk.
Write names plainly, giving post-office, county
and State. Address all letters to
L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, S. C.
PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.
By a favorable arrangement with the different
manufacturers, we are enabled to make the following
liberal and unprecedented offers of Premiums
for Clubs. These Premiums have been adopted
by us with special reference to securing only
articles of value,Tind which will prove serviceable
to those procuring them. The regular retail
price is given with each and they are Just as good
as so much cash to those who receive them. All
the articles are put down in our schedule at manufacturers'
regular retail prices, and cannot be
bought with cash any lower than the prices here
given. Premiums Nos. 1,2 and 3 will be delivered
through the mails, to persons entitled to receive
them, free of cost. The other Premiums will be |
delivered at the expense for freight charges, of
those receiving them. In cases where Premiums
can be delivered at our publication office, arrangements
may be perfected for reducing the freight
charges on small articles to a nominal amount.
The charges for freight on theSilver Ware Premiums
will be from New York ; on Webster's Dictionaries
from Philadelphia; on the Cooking
Stoves from Greensboro, N. C. i and on the Sewing
Machines from Baltimore, Md.
No. 1.?:For a club of 4 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER
KNIFE, worth $1.00.
No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each,
we will give one copy of the family edition (cloth
binding) of SMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE DICTIONARY,
the publisher's price of which is
$3.50 per copy. Or for $4.50 we will give a copy
of the Bible Dictionary and send the Enquirer
one year.
No. 3.?For a elub of 10 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give a treble silver-plated CHILD'S
GILT CUP, worth $3.00.
No. 4.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one set?six of each?Hard
Rubber, solid oval-handle TABLE KNIVES
AND FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which
is $5.00.
No. 5.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one copy of the latest edition
of WEBSTER'S NATIONAL PICTORIAL
DICTIONARY containing 1,040 pages and 600
illustrations. Publisher's price $5.00.
No. 0.?For a club of 17 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated
TEA-SPOONS, worth $6.00.
No. 7.?For a club of 17 subscribers, at $2 50
each, we will give a treble silver-plated SYRUP
UUP, worm so.w.
No. 8.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at |2.50
each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER
DISH, worth $8.00.
No. 9.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one dozen solid cast steel ovalhandle
TABLE KNIVES, valued at $8.00.
No. 10.?For a club of 23 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give a treble silver-plated CASTOR
AND FIVE BOTTLES, worth $9.00.
No. 11.?For a club of 28 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated
TABLE SPOONS, worth $12.00.
No. 12.?For a club of 28 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated
TABLE FORKS, worth $12.00.
No. 13.?For a club of 28 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one treble silver-plated CAKE
BASKET, worth $12.00.
No. 14.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one copy of the latest edition
of WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED PICTORIAL
DICTIONARY, containing 1,840 pages, with 3,000
illustrations, hesides four pages of colored illustrations
showing the Arms of the States and Territories,
the Arms of various Nations, the Flags
of various Nations, United States Naval Flags,
etc., the publisher's price of which is $12.00.
No. 15.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one dozen extra superfine, full
oval ivorv-handle TABLE KNIVES, with sil
ver-plated blades, valued at 117.00.
No. 16.?For a club of 65 subscribers, at $2.00
each, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING
STOVE, including a full set of fixtures and cooking
implements. Manufacturers' prioe $90.00
No. 17.?For a club of 60 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give one three-quart, treble silverplated
COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting of
SIX pieces, worth $40.
No. 18.?for a club of 65 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give a treble silver-plated TEA 8ET,
consisting of SIX pieces, viz.: 1 Coffee Pot, 2 Tea
Pots, 1 Creamer, 1 Sugar Bowl and 1 Slop Bowl,
the maker's price of which is $50.
No. 19.?For a club of 70 subscribers, at $2.50
each, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE,
Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Drawers
and Drop Leaf, manufacturer's prioe, $75.
PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
Notice to Club-Makers. %
It is not necessary that the names of a club
should all beat the same post office. Names may
be taken at any number of places if they are all
returned by the same Club Agent. One name
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
rapidlv as obtained. No Premium will be delivered
until the requisite number of names has
been returned and the ftill amount due for. them
paid. 1 .
We will be responsible for the safe transmission
of money only when sent by draft, registered let- y
ter, or money order drawn on the Yorkrille
n/-va on Wa nrofot* that. hA mnnatr ha onnf tin
i/V/HV UlUWt WW W * !?? liV AIWIJVT W OOUV UO
by express unless the amouut exceeds $25, and in
every case the express charges must be prepaid.
The receipt of the paper will be 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 them.
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 bill directions as to whom ad how they
shall be delivered. *
The club-malcer may commence sending in
names at any time and subsequently determine
upon the Premium, or Premiums he wjHl select;
but no Premium will be delivered unleiwjttie requisite
number of names be sent, whiob-mustbe
paid for in advance. u
A separate list will be kept ft>r each dub-niaker,
who will be credited with every name sent, , so
that the number returned by' any.petton can be
ascertained at a moment's notice.
After names shall have been entered on our
club-books to the credit of any club-m^ker, they
will not be transferred to the list of another.' j.
Our 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 offer a treble
silver-plated Butter Knife, worth 91 y eWld'etreble
silver-plated Gilt Cup, worth 93; bard rubber solid
oval-handle Knives and Forks worth $6 .per
set; treble silver-plated Tea Spoons, worth 96 per
dozen; treble silver-plated Syrup Cup, worth 96
each; treble silver-plated Batter Dish, worth $8
each ; solid cast steel oval-handle Table Knives,
worth |8per dozen; treble silver-plated Oastor
and five Bottles, worth 99; treble silver-plated
Table Spoons, worth 912 per dozen; treble silverplated
Table Forks, worth 912 per doaeoj treble
silver-plated Cake Basket, worth 912; extra superfine
ftill oval-handle Table-Knivea, with silver-plated
blades, worth 917 per dozen. These,
articles are of the best quality manufactured, and
are rated in our schedule at manufectarera' regular
retail prices. For number of safrscribafts to
secure any one of the Premiums, ajjp Premium
List at bottom of Prospectus. Let wl remember
that our premium offer is not'lreetrlcted to
simplyone article and one of each the specified
clubs; bat to the contrary, the opportunity to aecure
any number of Premiums if open to. *U.
A Cash Present*
In addition to the liberal Premiums we offer for
clubs, we will also make a CASH PRESENT OF
FIFTY DOLLARS to the dob-maker who shall
send ns the largest list of safeeribers to the
Yorkville Enquirer by the first Monday btNovember,
1876. This Present is not to be mistaken
as a premium for the largest club; but It wilt be
given as a bonus in addition to the Prenlibma
offered. Correct lists will be kept of ?U names
sent to us, and the award will be fiurtv made at
12 o'clock, M., of the first Monday of November,
1876. All names to be entered on the liatmua&he.
paid in advance, at the regular ciud rates or yearly
subscription. -* (
No Competition.
Club-makers, and those who may wish to form clubs, should
bear In mind that thn offers we here present do not intra competition
for Premium*, aa In case of working to secure the
largest ct.ub. Each dubmaker sending the requisite number
or subscribers will obtain the Premium effered for the apodiod
number. There Is no limit as to the time when tha dob must
be completed. Send the names as hut as obtained, accompanied
with the cash, and the Premium will be delivered when the
requisite number ofrnnmes have been returned. The cash
must, in all coses, accompany the name of every subscriber forwarded.
Our Cooking Stove Premium.
The elegant Conking Stoves which we offer U Premiums,
are manufactured by Messrs. Sergeant k McCauley, at Ore ens- v
txrrv, N. O- TIW .i. immiiiitC ?h. Inm ^ ?
al, with heavier and thicker plate than any other stove In the s
market, and consequently will the longer withstand beat Md
hard usage. They are or a handsome pattern and neat finish,
and warranted equal In points of appearance, durability, and superior
cooking qualities^ to any Stove manufactured in the
Union. The stove we have selected to gtve as a Prshttlnn is the
lnrgcet sire made by the manufacturers, and with each, ooe will -*
be furnished, without charge, three joints and one eibMJof pipe,
and all the necessary cooking utensils, vis.: one ham boder, one
bulge pot and cover, one tea kettle, one round (Vying pan, one
long (Vying pan, one round middle, one palrwaffle Irons, two sheet
Iron bread pans, one scraper and one lifter. Over mrs moo- d
sasd of these stoves are In ura jp Virginia and North and tooth
Carolina, and they give universal satisfaction. The stores wlU
he shipped to those entitled to receive them as Premiums, direct
from the manufactory In Greensboro, N. C.
Sewing Machine Premium.
The superior Sewing Machine we offer as a Premium, Is
the well-known Weed Machine and Is manufactured by the
Weed Sewing Machine Company, Hartfard, Conn. It it adapted
to all the wants of family sewing; It can be readily comprehended
by anyone; It runs easily; Is always ready; wtfldoauy
and all kinds of sewing with lest changing and fewer extra attachments;
is self-adjusting; Is a two-thread Machine, making
an Elastic Lock-Stitch; stands solid and firm, with long and
roomy folding table, and has the convenience oflwn drawers.
Several of these Machines, during the past past year, hare hoea
delivered to persons who have returned the requisite number of n
names. Ho secure this valuable Premium, (or any other that We
may offer,) It Is not required that all the names be sent In at
one time. Send the names, accompanied with the cash, as fast
as vou Drocurc them, and when the complement of eub-cribers
I* made, which need not be restricted totbe now post-onee, tne
Premium will be promptly delivered u may bo directed. > .
.
Smith's Bible Dlctionarr* ' '
This Dictionary Is the work of Dr. Wllllaro 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 irad
this country, In the great task of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary
of the Bible, and supplying a wont long felt byAte religious
public. The result of these labors appeared in three large
and very costly volume*, a wonderful monument of learning.
An abridgement of this great work, for popular use, mads by Dr.
8mtth himself, Is the one we hove arranged to (Ornish our subscribers.
The book contains every name in the Bible respecting
which anything can be said. It embrace* rite results of historic
research, antiquarian investigation, the atudy of languages and
dialects, and the discoveries of the modern traveler* and Explorers
in the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawllnsoo. Ferguson, Layard,
Oflert and Stanley. The hook la printed mm new stereotype
plates, on good paper, and is appropriately flluMntad With
over 125 Engravings of beautlfal Scenes, Ancient Cities, and
Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive figures and
valuable Maps. It contains nearly 800 closety-printed doublecolumn,
octavo pages, including 94 elegant ftill-pege, Bteei and
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