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^tumorous Urpartmritt. MR. JOHNSON'S DONATION^ There were a score or more of women gathered together at Mr. Johnson's house. Mr. Johnson is a good-hearted man, and a respectable citizen, though he is rather skeptical about some things. The women had just organized "The Foreign Benevolent Society" when Mr. Johnson entered the room. He was at once appealed to to denote a few dollars as a foundation to work on, and Mrs. Graham added: "It would be so pleasant, in after years, for you to remember that you gave this society its first dollar and its first kind word." He slowly opened his wallet, drew out a ten dollar bill, and as tbe ladies smacaea their lips, and clapped their hands, he asked : "Is this society organized to aid the poor of foreign countries?" "Yes?yes?yes!" they chorused. "And it wants money ?" "Yes?yes!""Well, now," said Johnson, "there are twenty married women here. If there are fifteen of you who can make oath that you have combed your children's hair this morning, washed the dishes, blacked the cook-stove, and made the beds, I'll donate this ten dollars." "I have," answered two of the crowd, and the rest said: "Why, now, Mr. Johnson !" "If fifteen of you can make oath that your husbands are not wearing socks with holes in the heels, this money is yours," continued the wretch. i< t...... ?? aw Avnlni m n J AOitlk Ano U U2> j ucai uiuu ; eAeiaiuiou) vuvu vuv looking at the other. f "If ten of you have boys without holes in the knees of their pants, this 'X' goes to the society ?" said Johnsou. "Such a man !" they whispered. "If there are five pair of stockings in this ' room that don't need darning, I'll hand over the money!" he went on. "Mr. Johnson," said Mrs. Graham, with great dignity, "the rules of this society declare that no money shall be contributed except by members, and as you are not a member, I beg that you will withdraw, and let us proceed with the routine business." Something Wrong.?A man, a satchel, an umbrella, and a great deal of puffing, entered the Central Depot, yesterday afternoon, and asked if the Saginaw train had departed. "Just out of aipht." was the reDlv of an of ficial. "Didn't they know I was coming in ?" inquired the stranger. "I guess not; didn't hear any one say anything about it." "That's strange," mused the traveller. "I live out here nine miles, and yesterday I sent in word by one of the squarest men in our town, that I'd come in here this morning and go out on the Saginaw train. I'm here to the minute; but where's the train?" "Gone, as I told you before," replied the official. "Something wrong here?something wrong," said the man, shaking his head. "If your trains can't connect with a man after he's walked nine miles, it goes to show bad management. I think I'll 6ee a lawyer about it." Why He Loved Him Best.?A zealous Congregationalist once told the following, which she greatly enjoyed: During a visit among Baptist friends in Pittsburg, she accepted the invitation of the superintendent to be present at the Sunday-school, and take a class of little ones just sent up from the infant department. The lesson introduced John, the disciple of our Lord. As older heads ' ^ / 1-1 1 !it il-x T _ 1 nave oiten coniounaea mm wicn iuai uuuu who "came preaching in the wilderness," the teacher felt anxious to bring out his personalty clearly. So she asked, "By what names do you know this John ?" "John the Evangelist," "John the Revelator," "John the Beloved," answered the eager voices. "Why was he called the Beloved ?" continued she. "Because Jesus loved him best." "Why did he love him best ?" persisted our friend. Imagine her discomfiture when a sweet voice lisped, "Tos he was a Baptist!" "Which?"?Yesterday morning a boy entered a Detroit drug store, bottle in hand, and said he wanted ten cents' worth of "arnakymony." The druggist had him to repeat the word two or three times, and then said : "Now do you mean arnica or ammonia?" "I dunno," was the reply. "What is it for ?" asked the druggist. "I'll be licked if I tell," replied the boy, starting slowly out. He went as far as the door, got a bright idea, and turned and said, "If your wife hit you on the head with a chair-leg, which of them medicines would you git to take the swelling down ?" * "Arnica." "Then fill her in ten cents' worth," said the boy, and he gazed lovingly at the big sticks of licorice while the preparation was being bottled. A Failing Memory.?A young man who married a woman with seven sisters and went to live in the family, came out the other day and sadly asked a neighbor whether it was better to cut your strawberry beds bias with inside plaitings, or pompadour with nothing but plain insertion. And the neighbor was so touched and overcome by this evidence of failing memory, that he instantly borrowed a silver-handled knife, four quarts of beans, $7.50 in money, a clothes-horse, two buckets and a wheelbarrow, and would have borrowed more, only there didn't seem to be any thing else movable about the premises. Forerunners.?"Do you believe in forerunners ?" asked a nervous lady of old Deacon L. "Yes, ma'am," replied the deacon; "I've seen them." "Bless me!" exclaimed the lady ; "do tell 1" "Yes," continued the deacon, fixing his eyes with a solemn stare on a dark corner of the room ; "7 see one now /" ? |? 1?J?. "iUercy, mercy uu lue: smie&cu tuo j?ujr , "where?" "There ! there!" said the deacon, pointing to where his eyes were directed. "That cat, ma'am, may be called a forerunner, for she runs on all-fours." Affecting.?The latest story of a brave though child-like form, faithful at the post of duty, comes from Ohio. He was the son of a village editor, and, having discovered a broken rail just outside of the town, sat for five hours on a fence near <by waiting for the train, so that he might be the first to carry the particulars of the accident to his father. Such devotion to the paternal interest is very affecting. ? ? The Biggest.?A gentleman, conversing with a Brooklyn lady about the absurdity of female apparel and the frivolity of fashionable life, exclaimed, "Is there on earth a bigger fool than the mere woman of fashion ?" Her questioner considered himself shut up and put down, like a disagreeable book, when the lady answered, "Yes, the man who admires her." His Peeks.?"Pa, what does it mean to be -'J ? - e >? V> "Tf rrmono ineu uy a Juiy U1 uud o < jlv muuuu, my son, that a man is to be tried by a jury comprised of men who are his equals?on an equality with him, so they will'have no prejudice against him." "Then, pa, I suppose you'd have to be tried by a jury of bald-headed men!" That Patch.?"Maria," observed Mr. Halcomb, as he was putting on his clothes, "there ain't no patch on them breeches yet." "I can't fix it now, no way ; I'm too busy." "Well, give me the patch, then, and I'll carry it around with me; I don't want people to think I can't afford the cloth." A Bad Time.?An old miser, saying he never felt so mean as he did just after his last fit of illness, was asked, "Why so?" "Because," said he, "thinking I was going to die, I paid several bills, when if I'd waited 1 ^ might have kept the money nobody knowt long." Jtgricttltaral jfepartmctti. j [Original.] FAT STOCK. Id our country, no stock, except work animals, costs the owner scarcely anything in summer. To winter a large number of hogs and cows is very expensive. Experience proves that this expense is greatly increased ; by not having stock in proper condition to i stand the winter. Poor stock will consume ; more food than fat stock. A poor cow will eat hgartily all winter, and then, if she is not ; tenderly dealt with, die in the spring. Expe1 rience teaches another important lesson. It i is this: It is more difficult to fatten any animal in cold weather than it is in warm weather. In cold weather jt takes a large amount t of food to keep up the animal heat. From these facts we draw this conclusion : {It is to the interest of every farmer to put all i his stock in good condition before cold weath| er sets in. The work season is over, and green j food of all kinds is abundant, thus making ! the present the most favorable time in the I whole year to fatten stock. [ Original, j FALL FLOWING. It is only lately that the farmers of our southern country devoted any time to fall plowing, and even at present only a few practice it to any considerable extent. The result is, only a few farmers know anything of its real advantage. The production of a cotton crop is such a drudgery, that time is afforded for nothing else. The advantages of fall plowing are many. We mention only three. When the land is covered with weeds and grass, by turning these under, so much vegetable matter is added .to the soil. Many fields now in cultivation are unproductive, for no other reason except that by continued cultivation in corn or cotton, and severe pasturage, all the vegetable matter has been completely worked out of them. Such fields will neither stand wet nor dry weather. Another reason for fall plowing, is that it prevents the ground from being washed by the winter rains. The deeper and leveler land is plowed, the less liable it is to wash. Not only so, but deep fall plowing puts the ground in a proper condition to utilize the rains. Rain water contains ammonia. This ammonia is the principal ingredient in all commercial fertilizers. The cheapest mode of obtaining ammonia is to put the ground in a proper condition to receive it from the clouds. Another advantage derived from turning over land in the fall, is that it exposes it to the effects of the frost of winter. Every farmer knows the favorable effect of the winter upon the productiveness of soil. [Original.] LONG FORAGE. It is a notorious fact that not more than " x? i _ .a??: i one iarraer in every ieii, lays up a oumuieui amount of long forage to supply his stock during the winter and spring months. It is just as notorious a fact that the fault is wholly in the farmers themselves, and not in the soil or climate of the country. It is useless to state that none of the domestic animals can subsist in a healthy condition without an abundance of roughness, as hay, fodder and corn shucks, are commonly called. Hay is shipped every season to Southern markets from more northern States, and sold at fabulous prices. A few years since hay was shipped from Kentucky to Yorkville, and sold readily at two dollars per hundred pounds. It was good hay, but no man can afford to feed stock abundantly on hay that costs two dollars per hundred pounds. Every farmer should begin in time to pre pare for winter. The best farmers in our j country prepare their lands and plant their crops as if making preparation for a dry year. They plow deep and give the crops plenty of room. These farmers generally succeed in making good crops. On the same principle, it would be well for every farmer in our country to lay up all kinds of provender for his stock, as if he were certain the winter would be a hard one. There is scarcely any danger of the country becoming overstocked with long forage. On the contrary, the danger is that the barns will be empty before the March winds have ceased to blow. If all the j i grass that every farmer has on his place was j j carefully cut and cured, and then stowed j i away in houses, there would be an abundance j j of provender to keep all the stock of the j : country in fine condition until the grass in the j j pastures would begin to grow next spring. A j j little expense now will avoid a heavy outlay ! ! next spring. The banks of every branch^n j ! our country is covered with fine grass, which j : will, if cut and cured before it becomes old J and hard, make fine hay. There is, we admit, ' some expense, and perhaps more difficulty j than expense, in getting this grass harvested ; ' but there is far less, both of expense and ! trouble in saving hay now, than there will be in buying it next Spring. | When to Salt Stock.?Going to church,; i winding the ciock and salting the cattle and . j sheep, used to be triple duties for every Sum- ' : raer Sunday in many a well regulated far- j ; mer's family. We trust the last named exer-! J cise has in most places been stricken from the programme. Experiments which have recently been made show that when cows have . been salted but once a week, their flow of milk ! 1*loMttfi'taf1 AH f rlatro luknn f knw ' IIOS UCC'U llie laiJJCOl. U11 nil/ vtaj o nuvu i/nvjj i have been salted, and that even when salted I I once in two days, they gave more milk on the | | day when they had salt, than on the one they j j did not. The lesson to be drawn is obvious ; enough. Salt your cows everyday. So of j other stock?keep salt by it so that whenever j I it has an appetite for salt it cau gratify it. j i No animal will eat more salt than it wants or needs if it has access to the trough every day ; ' | but if obliged to go salt hungry for eight or j ten days and then given a chance, it is pretty i certain to eat more than is good for it. None j of us would relish being obliged to eat a j week's supply of salt every Sunday morning ! or any other morning, and a cow's taste in 1 I this matter is very much like our own. Ev- i ) ery pasture, and certainly every barn yard, 1 should contain a sheltered salt trough to which stock of all kinds can have daily access. It is the easiest way, the most ecouom| ical way, the most paying way and the best, ; way all round. T> r./.., /"'? *.r? 4 /.T,. WauMO T-Tollo. 1 AbAltiUI (Wft VADomtn TT .. awiv. 1 bore, lime, salt, and similar substances have beeo used with varied success for the destruci tion of cabbage worms. It is now stated that i bran aod buckwheat flour answer the purpose ' better than any other remedies that have 1 been tried. The bran is simply dusted over I the infested cabbage as soon as the worms | make their appearance. If the worms are j very thick, about a handful of bran is requir1 ed to each cabbage head, and sometimes it is : 1 necessary to go over the plants a second time. ' A hundred weight of bran is sufficient for an ! acre. It must be applied when the worms { , are young. When they are full grown or very strong, it does not appear to affect them. The I buckwheat is sifted upon them by means of a i' sieve in the evening or in the morning?when ,! the dew is on the plants. If one application ! ; does not destroy the worms, a second one , j should be made. It is probable that wheat ! I flour, fine Indian meal, or any other pulverui lent farinaceous substance, would have the I same effect.?American Garden. fUMing for the CONDUCTED BY REV, ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] CHRIST, THE SAYIOCB. j God made two covenants with the human family. One is called the covenants of works, and the other is called the covenant of grace. The covenant of works was made with Adam, the first man. The covenant of grace was made with Jesus Christ. The ultimate end or design of both covenants were the same. Both were designed to manifest the glory of God and secure the good of man. In the covenant of works, Adam was a representative person. His act was regarded, reckoned, or imputed to his posterity. There cau be no doubt that all the human family were in Adam in the first sin, for all men are, by nature, sinners. and are resting under the curse of God. That all men are guilty?that is, liable to punishment?is clearly demonstrated by the fact that all men are punished. In the covenant of grace, Christ Jesus is the representative person. We may say Christ took Adam's place. The question may be asked, without being chargeable with blasphemy, was Jesus Christ a fit person to occupy this high position. The object in view, it will be remembered, in both covenants, is the glory of God and the greatest good of the human race. Adam siuned against God in violating the covenant of works, and thus ruined himself and all his posterity, and at the same time offered an insult to God. To save man from his lost and ruined condition, will both glorify God and secure the greatest good of man. Is Christ Jesus endowed with all the requisites necessary to save sinners ? This is an important, practical question. In order to be a saviour, four things are necessary. First: Man must be saved by man. That is, a Saviour of lost men must possess the nature of man. The law of substitution requires this. Neither a higher or lower order of creature than man can meet the demands of the case. An angel could not do what the law of God required Adam to do; neither could any of the brute creation. We know but little about angels, but we know this?they are purely spiritual beings. The brute creation can render only an instinctive obedience to law. Christ took upon himself man's nature. The Scriptures declare this plainly. He was, it is admitted, the son of God, and thought it not robbery to be equal to God; but he was, verily, man. There was no mixing or blending of the divine and human natures. He was truly God, but he was at the same time man; possessed of a true body and a reasonable soul. Being man, Christ had the first requisite to entering upon the work of saving sinners. He could obey the law of God under which Adam was placed, and he could suffer any penalties Adam might incur. The next thing with which the person, who undertakes to save sinners must be endowed, is perfect holiness of nature. God made man holy. All the attributes of Adam's nature wprp in nerfert harmony with the will of hia creator. He was created liable to fall, but be was not created unholy. No being, with'n unholy nature, could take the position which Adam occupied when God placed him in the garden of Eden. A sinner cannot save a sinner. A dead man cannot restore life to another dead man. Christ Jesus was holy, harmless and undefiled. He was the seed of the womfto ; feufc- he-waa begotten by the power of the Holy Ghost. Jesus was superior to Adam in this particular. With Adam it was possible to sin, but Jesus Christ could not sin. He was liable to be tempted, but absolutely incapable of being allured. No bribes, no promises, no offers made by the arch tempter, could reach his soul. The third thing required of him who would save sinners is, that he render an actual obedience to the law of God. Obedience was demanded of Adam by the conditions of the covenant of works. The covenant of Grace cannot demand less of him who undertakes to save sinners. Obedience to the law of roan 1 to in riorVitpniianPSS ftnH richtfiOHS "uu ,w,",u - -fcj--- 1 d ness is the ground of justification. Disobedience results in the want of righteousness, and this is the ground of condemnation. Christ actually obeyed the law of God perfectly, and not for himself but for sinners; His obedience brings in an everlasting righteousness, by which the vilest sinner may be pronounced not guilty. The fourth thing requisite to save sinners, is to make an atonement for sin. God demanded of Adam perfect obedience to His law, and threatened death in case of disobedience. Adam disobeyed and incurred the penalty. Whatever may be the character and extent of this penalty, it must be fully met by that person' who engages to save sinners. Christ Jesus did this. He was made sin for us. God laid upon him the iniquity of us all. His soul was exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death. He was wounded for our transgressions. He trod the wine press of God's wrath. No human mind can form any adequate idea of what Christ Jesus did suffer. His pains and agonies convulsed the universe. When the whole was complete, he cried with a loud voice, "It is finished." It might be easily shown that no being in the universe could save sinners but the Godman, JesusChrist. All the sinner has to do in order to be saved, is to accept of what Jesus has done and suffered, and live a life of faith upon the son of God. The reasou men are not saved, is because they will not be saved. God has no delight in the everlasting destruction 01 sinners. Did God delight in the ruin of man, he would make po offers of pardon and forgiveness to them through Jesus Chriet. The simple fact that Jesus Christ prepared himself for the great work of saving sinners, by assuming our nature and obeying the law for us, and dying in our stead, proves that while God hates sin, he loves sinners. The lost and ruined sinner might be asked why he will go down to endless woe. Jesus Christ is in every way prepared to save sinners, and he has done all that the law of God requires in order that the vilest sinner on earth be restored to the favor and friendship of God, his ma j ker. The blood of every rejector of Jesus j rests upon his own head. In a world of endless duration, he will lay the whole blame of his destruction upon himself. Polishing?It is rough work that polishes. Look at the pebbles on the shore! Far in-1 land, where some arm of the sea thrusts itself) deep into the bosom of the land, and expand- I ing into a salt loch, lies girdled by the moun-1 tains, sheltered by the storms that agitate the ' deep, the pebbles on the beaoh are rough, Dot beautiful; angular, not rounded. It is where long white lines of breakers roar, and the rat- j tling shipgle is rolled about the strand, that its pebbles are rounded and polished. As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones,. their lustre. The more the diamond is cut,! the brighter it sparkles ; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people. ^ IpSttUanwttS fading. A SHARP GAME: BUT THOUGH IT DIDN'T WORK, FOLEY TOOK HIS f REVENGE. Fifty years ago there resided in the immediate neighborhood of Pinckneyville, Mississippi, two men, remarkable for their love of money and eccentricity of character?Dr. John Carmichael and Patrick Foley. Carmichael was a Yankee, Foley an Irishman. Carmichael had been left the executor of a large estate, against which Foley held a note for five hundred dollars, which was past due and bearing interest. Accidentally the two met in the road, and immediately upon the banks of the Hommochitto, which was verged with clustering bushes. Carmichael had three ? i * * 11 - _/ a. i.i. nunarea aouars 01 me aatseis ot iue esiate iu his pocket; and, true to the instincts of his race and faithful to his trust, he desired to stop interest on at least that amount. After saluting Foley, he proposed to pay, then and there, the three hundred dollars. "But I have not the notes with me," answered Foley. "That is immaterial," replied Carmichael; "you can credit the notes with the amount." "Very well, doctor, I'll do it," answered Foly, as he received the three hundred dollars. Carmichael rode off, but ever careful, called to Foley, and reminded him of the day of the month, and added : "Be certaiu to date the day of your receipt of the three hundred dollars, with the endorsement of the credit." Now, there was a gentleman fishing in the river just by, concealed by the bushes, who overheard the conversation, but did not discover himself to the parties. , A few months after this, Carmichael met Foley again, and tendering him the two hundred dollars, with the interest due, remarked : "This pays the note." "Pays what?" in great surprise asked Foley. "Why, the balance due on Hook's note of five hundred dollars. You know I Daid vou three hundred." "Well, doctor, thia is cool; in faith, you have never paid me a cent. Look, there's the note?it speaks for itself. It calls for five hundred dollars, and the divil a credit there is upon it." "But, Foley, I paid the three hundred dollars to you on the road and you promised? not then having the note?to make the credit." "I did, by jabers! Well, I am a man of a good memory, but upon my soul I can't remember this. Surely, doctor, you don't want to cbate me, and Hook's estate also, that you may pocket three hundred dollars, and you a rich man beside ?" "You are an old scoundrel," said Carmicbael, "and you may sue the note as soon as you please." This Foley did at once, demanding the five hundred dollars. Very soon the transaction became known in the county, when the gentleman who had witnessed the payment informed Carmichael of the fact. , "Wait," said the doctor?"tell no one of this until court. I want to expose the old scoundrel." Upon the trial of the case this pntleman was introduced, and proved the facts/ His testimony greatly excited Foley, who was sitting behind bis counsel. Immediately he pulled him by the sleeve, and, in bis excitement, exclaimed, in accents audible to the entire court: (I M I?n DMA ? fll A AO *\fotn liaa omAnn fA a lio i*ii r ttuai, buc uaputiu uao onuiu vu o tig f it was more nor a mile from that place where Carmichael paid me that money." The court-room was in a roar at once, and a verdict was rendered for the three hundred dollars with costs against Foley. Foley's revenge. Soon after, Foley came into the village, where he was twitted by some of his friends, when be remarked: "I had a dream but last night?a Wonderful dream. I had been sick, and in my trouble repented all my sins ; and I died, and in a minute I was at the gate of paradise?having had only a glance as I came up out of purgatory. I found the gateshut, but there was a rapper on the door, and I made it ring?I did. There was a small window just by one side the door, and St. Peter elided the shutter back, and, putting out his hand, says he: " Who's there?" " 'Patrick Foley, father,' said I. 'Patrick Foley, from Pinckneyville, Mississippi.' Then be pulled back his head, and began to turn over the leaves of a great big book upon his table, till be went cl/an through it, and putting out his hand again, he said : " 'There is no such place as Pinckneyville I? iUn l\/>/\lfo hootran ' * 14 4St. Peter/ says I, 4you do not surprise rae ; for sure Pinckneyville has always been the Nazareth of Mississippi. But as there came one good man out of Nazareth to save the world, I suppose one good man is sent from Pinckneyville to save Mississippi, for sure it is an ungodly State.' 44 4Then you can come in/ said Peter, 4but you must pay a fee of one hundred dollars/ and I gave him a hundred-dollar Brandon Bank bill. He looked at it, and smoothed it upon his book, and then said, There is a heavy discount upon Brandon money here, and you must pay two hundred/ 44I paid it, though I thought it was rather a heavy discount; but seeing it was himself who could keep me out, I made no objection, and considering the bargain, I thought it was cheap at two hundred. He opened the door, and I went in. Ah 1 how bright and beautiful it was. I just stopped to enjoy it, when I knorrl *Ka ronnpp at the door making a divil IJVUIU VUV ? p ? of a noise, and I turned to see who was so impatient. St. Peter slipped his shutters, and there was Dr. Carmichael; and when he told his story, St. Peter told him I was just before, and such a face as he made at the news. But he handed, as I did, a hundred-dollar Brandon bill to pay his fees, when he was told it would take two just like it to let him in, and then his face grew blacker. '"St. Peter,' says he, 'just let me see that bill again,' when he folded it carefully up and put it into his pocket. 'St. Peter,' said he, with a grin, 'I will go to hell before I will stand any such shave as that.' And St. Peter shut the door in his face, when he went to a cheaper and less comfortable place ; but he never minded that, for he was never used to comforts in this world." A four year old son of one Riley, living on the old Milford and Oswego turnpike, in Blooming Grove township, Pike county, Pa., came into the house, carrying a rattlesnake. He had one hand clasped tightly about its neck, and the other above its rattles. The mother of the child was terrified, and screamed to the boy to throw the snake on the floor, which he did. It coiled up in a second, and *V?/* /lin J#q roffloa DlltJU Llie IUULU TTlkU mo UIU u> w Mrs. Riley seized the broom aDd soon dispatched the serpent. Her little boy cried over the death of his venomous plaything, and said there were more where he got that, and he would go after another one. Mrs. Riley summoned her husband from an adjoining field. He asked the child to show him where he got the snake. He led the way into the scrub oaks, about a quarter of a mile from the road, to a small ledge of rock, in which there were many fissures. There, basking in the sun, the farmer saw dozens of rattlesnakes. He took bis child in his arms and hurried away from the spot. IVocuring the assistance of a hired man, the two, " ? " mi armed with tlails, returned to tne aen. xney attacked the serpents, threshing right and left. For five minutes the contest waged, the noise made by the rattles of the snakes being almost deafening. Riley and his man killed twenty-one of the reptiles, and miny escaped into the fissures of the rock. Riley's little boy had wandered alone to this dangerous place, and had captured the snake and taken it home. It was two feet and a half long, and had seven rattles. YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. VOLUME 22.?187(3. 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 gricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. We are enabled to promise increased attractions in all the different departments of the paper, conspicuous among tb9m being the SERIAL STORIESs 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 past as by any promise which we might now feel disposed to make. An experience or tmrcy-nve years in tne 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 truthfully claim the largest circulation of any country newspaper in the South, but also by many other of the most popular^d widely circulated ; papers of the day. The co^ree thus indicated we j shall continue to pursue, aiming to publish a 1 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 home or abroad?political or otherw ise?will be conducted with the utmost care, | and only facts as they seein to exist, will be prei sented, 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 stiri ring incident. HISTORICAL SKETCHES. The Historical Sketches of the Early i History of 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 State 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, thev will contain the stirring scenes and im| portant events, the anecdotes and incidents?leg endarv and authentic?whicn nave never Deiore been fully published, connected with the Revolutionary history of the State. Much of the material of these Sketches being traditional?many of the events portrayed having never been in print? and written in Mr. Lathan's easy, familiarstyle, they will be read with peculiar satisfaction, not only in our own State, but by every one having a just appreciation of the history of a noble ancestry in their struggle for liberty and independence. CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. To meet the demands of our increasing circr.ation in Chester county, we have engaged the services of Brainerd McLure, Esq., who will tontribute a letter of corrrespondence from 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 fall 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 adapted to all tastes; the Agricultural Department, containing practical and useful information for the farmer and house-wife; a column I of Humorous Reading every* week; "Scraps and I Fooki/'ombiCMrilu^ll^Li uurrout , m oouipo^J of the News Abroad and at Home; Correspondence ; Commercial and Market Reports; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects, intended to promote the prosperity and welfare of our people, we hope to make the Enquirer replete as an entertaining and 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-office 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 Premii nma for filnbs. These Premiums have been adopt ed by us with special reference to securing only articles of value, and 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 Swill be delivered through the mails, to persons entitled to receive them, fVee 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 the Silver Ware Premiums will be from New York ; on Webster's Dictionaries from Philadelphia; on the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and on the Sewing Machines from Baltimore, Md. No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give atreble silver-plated BUTTER ^NIFE, worth $1.00. No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each, wo w ill 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 club 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 manufacttfrer'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 j of WEBSTER'S NATIONAL PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1,040 pages and 600 I illustrations. Publisher's price $5.00. I No. 6.?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 CUP, worth $6.00. 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 26 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth $12.00. No. 12.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at <2.50 each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, worth $12.00. No. 13.?For a club of 26 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, besides 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, i 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 ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with silver-plated blades, valued at $17.00. No. 16.?For a club of 55 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING STOVE, inc1'.'ling a full set of fixtures and choking implements. Manufacturers' price $30.00 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 treblesilver^jlated TEA SET, 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 price, $75. QiK m n Q OA P?r day at home. Samples worth .?1 fVee. Stinson k Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly PIANOS AN Grreat Closii MUST BE SOLD BEFOR1 Firtv Nptv Pianos. Twentv-five Second Hai Second Hand Organs, must be closed out before They are to be sold at a LARGE SACRIFICE, and desired. No family need now be without a Piano rent, and either one or two years rental will be app crowded with elegant Instruments. Come early ar gain now than ever before. Try it. Catalogues mai LUDDEN & BATES' SOU SAVANNAH, August 3 a 3 HjMM % BPH1 a v? THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour works in Greensboro, N. C., 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 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 the same time get a prove THAI 10 ?wive uuivaojjiv UIHI, uiuw. 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 y a (i it a c< << 44 20 00 Address, SERGEANT <ft 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. RICHMOND ADVERTISEMENTS. TALBOTT & SONS, SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, VA? MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST, BARK AND PIASTER HILLS, SHAFTINGS, HANGERS AND PULLETS, IMPROVED TURBINE WATER WHEELS. October 14 41 ly WM. ETTBNOEB. H. P. EDMOND ETTENGER & EDMOND, Richmond, Va.t TIT A TWTTT* A rTTTP WTJS nu1 PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS OF ALL KINDS, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. GRIST MILLS. MILL GEABING, 8HAPTING, PGLLEY8, AO. AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP. Send, for Catalogue. j October 14 41 ly ~ GEORGE WOODS & C07s PARLOR ORGANS ssog" mtrrimnm 1 ~ " t>?3 nv * e8 _ c,i'2.2 iHlraP^SRliyHi^S^I c ? 2" i I 2 -5 J@nlil|l: f *>?. i 8-si?aRBBH?MHM5~ M >.? g v^Tnig^jffw^tr r5Sg*-*^S^?'*'> ? to a These remarkable Instruments possess capacities for musical effects and expression never before attained. Adapted for Amateur and Professional, and an ornament in any parlor. Beautiful New Styles now ready. . | GEO. WOODS & CO., Cambridgeport, Mass. WAREROOMS: 608 Washington St., Boston ; 170 State St., Chicago ; 28 Ludgate Hill, London. THE VOX HUMANA. A leading Musical Journal of selected mnsic and valuable reading matter. 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 A CO., Publishers, Cambridgeport, Mass. January 20 3 tf THE CHESTER JEWELRY STORE. THE Store of the undersigned is supplied with a large and elegant assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS. JEWELRY, SILVER AND PLATED-WARE, and all articles usually found in a Jewelry establishment. Mo'reover, I keep on hand MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, among which is the celebrated ORGAN, made by George Woods A Co., Cambridge, Mass. R. BRANDT, Proprietor. March 9 5 ly JAMES F. HART. O. W. 8. HART. HART & HART, ATTORNEYS AT ZJAW, YORKVILLE, S. C., WILL practice in the State and United States Courts. Special attention given to Accountings and causes in the Probate Courts. Will undertake for collections and legal business in all parts of the United States, through reliable business agencies. January 1 1 ly AGRICULTURAL LIENS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ( jT f) a day at hoine. Agent* wanted. Outfit nnd terms free. tpJL/3 TRUE k CO., Auguxtu, Maine. 19 ly - . . <r. . ?. 1, iT.y _ ^ . . . T> ORGANS. ig Out Sale. ^ I\ "V - 1 "** '<jb* 3 OCTOBER 1ST, NEXT. ad Pianos, Fifty New Organs. Twenty-five we remove to our new Store on Whitaker Street, L on long time, with small monthly payments, if or Organ. Those who cannot purchase now can lied on purchase of same. Our Piano Rooms are id make a selection. Yon can make a better barled. Mention where you saw thiaadvertisement. THERN MUSIC HOUSE* GEORGIA*. i 6t HEALTH. HAPPINESS. CONVENIENCE AND COMFORT I ^ Not anything conduces more to good health than good, pure water. Such is furnished by the DOUBLE-ACTING * STONE FORCE PUMP! T. S. JEFFEBY8, Agent, YORKVILLE, SO, CA. A Tthe start it brings the water pure, fresh and J\ cool, as it is in your well. No slime or filth collects on or in it. No snails or worms from wooden piping. Is free from rnat or other impurities, and discharges the water much fester than anv other Pump. It works with ease?a small child can operate it It is of stone, glased on inside and outside like glass, and cannot wear out -u or decay. Thoroughly ventilates your well, airs the water, and makes it living, moving water. Improves the water mqjkthan if there was no Pump in the well. WinHraose' attached, it be- f comes a Fire Engine, ever ready at your door, * reducing the risk from fire and the premium on insurance. Is easy to keep in repair, and works urWh TWfLTITTPT1S thn POWER MnnlrMl hv any other Pump of the same capacity, and can be used in very deep or very Shallow wens. It gives entire satisfaction, as will be attested by the following persons now using them witn success, to-wit: Dr. W. M. WALKER, T. M. DOBSON, Col. J. A. McLEAN, J. W. DOBSON, Capt. L. M. GRIST, B. T. WHEELER, Dr. A. I. BARRON, P. B. DARWIN, Maj. W. B. METTS, GEORGE L. RIDDLE. H. F. ADICKES, Sr., ROBT. R. McOORKLE, H. F. ADICKES, Jr., J. B. WHITE8IDE8, CLARK BROTHERS, T. K. MICKLE. J. U. ZURCHER, June 15 24 1f VOLUME 14?1875-'70. HARRY HAZEL'S YANKEE BLADE. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. POSTAGE PREPAID. Subscribe for the Unrivaled Story Paper! Acknowledged to be the Best Story and Sketch Paper extant. EACH number of the Blade will be stored with a choice collection of interesting, amusing, exciting, instructive and sensational flrstolaou ? Ljr Sea and by Land, Marvelous Legends and Ro inances, Comic Sketches Wit an J ?*w?n i?uwn and General Information for Millions of Readers. Also. Brilliant Novel lottos, from the pens of popular authors, besides the celebrated ?<*** Drum-Head Sermons, by J. C. P. Squash, which have been recited in schools, lyceumeTand r literary societies throughout the United States, will annear week 1 v. Reduction of Price.?$2.50 a Year. $1.25 tor six months, in advance. Clubs, two or more, $2.25 each. Ten or more, $2'each. psr Single copies may be had of Newsdealers, for 5 cents a copy, throughout the United States and Canada. Bafck numbers supplied. ifSB* Three sample copies will be sent, postpaid, on the receipt of 10 cents. Address JONES A CO., Publishers. Office, No. 4 Liberty Square, cor. WaterSt., Boston, Mass. FIXE LIQUORS. ~T I HAVE for sale at my Store near the railroad depot, THE BEST QUALITY OF SPIRITS ever offered for sale in the city ofYorkville. Call and get some FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. All my liquors are pure, and consist of Apple Brandv, Madeira Wine, Ginger Brandy, Malaga Wine, Peach Brandy, Port Wine,: Cherry Brandy, Sherry Wine, Old French Brandy, Scuppernong Wine, Old Cognac Brandy, Red Rye Whisky, Old Holland Gin. White Rye Whisky, Old London Dock Gin, Bourbon Whisky, Eagle Gin, Georgia Corn Whisky, Claret Wine, N. CT Corn Whisky, Robertson county (Tenn.) Corn Whisky. My Whiskies are'all pure, and are worth from $2.00 TO $6.00 PER GALLON. Champagne by the bottle. A large stock of Cigars of fine and medium brands. Call and see for yourselves. J. A, CARROLL* - BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY I STATIONERY, AND % S BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND PAJTCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Plat Papers, Midiuih, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and'Note. Blank Books, of every 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, Period- i [cats, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PEINTED SILL ASS LETTSQ HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended tol at lowest cash prices. E. B. STOKE8, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. YORK MARBLE YARD. THE undersigned respectfully announces that be is still conducting the above business In Yorkville, and is prepared to famish anything in t.hn MARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a costly monument, executed In the beet style ot the art, with the very best materials, and at as low prices as the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders from a distance promptly filled, and the sameattention given to work ordered by mail as if the parties were present in person. From this date work will be delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of chaise for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPBRFIELD. SKY LIGHT, AND NO MORE CLIMBING DP-STAIRS ! LTAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just en possession of my NEW GALLERY, bnilt with fine sky and side-lights,near my residencefirst house east of the jail, and only a few hnn dred yards from tlie court Jtiouse corner, au experience of 28 years and every convenience for business, will enable me now to do better work than ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes an dm Views alwayH on hand. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, forcash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. TERMS?IN ADVANCE t One oopy, one year. $ 8 00 One copy, six month*, 1 50 One copy, three months, 1 00 Single copy, 10 , ^ Two oopiee, one year, .a....... 5 00 I Ten copies, one year, 25 00 # Tl To persons who make up olube of ten or B J more names, an extra oopy of the paper will be / y I famished one year, free of charge. ijf M a? Ii