Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 08, 1877, Image 4

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Humorous gcpartmcnt. A Scene in a Railroad Car.?The following laughable incident is told by a wellknown Government office-holder who has noth- < ing else to do but ride on the care, and as he 1 rides free, has numerous tales to tell of hiaob- 1 servations and experience: "There were two seats in the car turned so i as to face each other. One was occupied by ' a lady and the other a Chinaman. Evident- i ly the lady did Hot relish the presence of the ] Chinaman. She explained to him that she i wanted to take the cushions and their frames and place them, length wise across from seat to I seat John 9aid 'all rightee,' and got out in < the aisle while she proceeded to lie down on 1 the bed thus improvised, with her head rest- < ing on her valise. She supposed that the < Chinaman would take the hint that the lady p wanted to rest in the space usually occupied J by four persons. But John at once proceeded < to crawl in and stretch himself by her side, ' with his head on a little bundle of his own. i The Chinese are an imitative race, and like 1 to do as others do, you know. The lady, as I soon as she discovered that she had a bed fel- 1 low, got up a little wildly and started for the i nexj car, to the infinite amusement of the 1 passengers, who had Seen watching the little : scene with some interest. John took no notice of the fun he had created, but went to sleep with the whole bed to himself." How Coats Vary in Value.?The other j day when a New Yorker took a coat around to a dealer in second-hand clothing, the man , looked it over in a contemptuous manner, el- { evated his nose, flung the garment aside and said: . "Do you know how much I wouldn't gif for dot goat ? I gif twelve shilling, only." , "It's worth five dollars," replied the owner. "Five tollar! Shust wait till I gall my wife and dell dot we haf a lunatic in der store. Why, mine goot frent, you must haf been sun- ' stroke by der heat last summer." , He finally got the coat for two dollars. Passiog the same store in the evening, and seeing bis coat hanging at the door, the man halted and asked: , "How.much for this old coat?" "Old goat 1" exclaimed the dealer, "why, dot goat was made only last week, worn to one party, and can't be had any more for only seven tollars!" "I'll give you two." "Two! Here, wife, hurry up! Put up , der plinds, lock der doors, and let us say our , prayers, for we must go into bankruptcy to- , morrow! Shust tink of dot man offering me two tollars for dot goat who you bought of a great alderman yesterday for-five tollars!" Nothing Like "Science."?One day last summer an old farmer and his wife were in a Detroit photograph gallery to have some pictures taken of the wife. Before proceeding to business the farmer took the artist aside and confidently observed: "The old lady was bound to come, and I couldn't prevent,*bnt ' now I wan't you to do me a favor. She's got ears like a cow, and the biggest mouth I ever , saw on a woman. Her picture would be a laughing-stock for the children, and I know she'd be sorry when too late. Tell her that j she'll take the best in cold weather, and then I'll fix the rest."x The artist performed his errand, and the woman went &way both disappointed and { pleased. The other day, when old zero was { just howIiDg himself hoarse, the sflrae pair returned to the gallery, and. the farmer seated ( his wife as far from the stove as possible and ( ordered her to be "taken" at once. As the ? artist hurried to obey, the farmer cornered him and whispered: "Magnificent and unbounded success ! j Mouth and ears reduced one-half in size by ( the cold ! Heat expands?cold contracts? go ahead afore Bhe thaws out 1 Hooray for science and me 1" A Large Mouth.?She led him to a sofa, 1 and in a deep bass voice called him her soul's idol, and inquired what his monthly income was. Seeing bis gaze fixed on her boa-con- f strictor-like mouth, she remarked? . "Darling, I see you notice my large and 1 beautiful potato trap ; let me explain to you ( the reason of its unusual size. When I was < quite a child J was playing on pappy's cellar door; it gave way; I was precipitated down into the basement' aod caught by the mouth on a projecting meat hook, which ripped up my face and extended my mouth several inches." With his eyes full of sympathetic tears, he 9 rose from the sofa, and replied, as he. made towards the door? "My angel, you are perhaps mistaken. Probably, in the excitement of that awful moment, you left your mouth down in the basement and accidentally brought up the cellar. We shall meet again in a better world. Adieu." _____ The Fun of the Farce.?It is related that the manager of a theatre consented to hear, in his sanctum, a young-man who had an unfortunate hesitation in his speech, read a short farce, the.sole cohdition being, that it should not occupy more time than it took to finish the cigar the manager had just lit. Away they both started, the one reading, the other smoking, but, as the mild 'Havana reached its termination, the worse the young author spluttered ; they finished together. Of course the question was immediately put, "What do you think of it?" "Well," replied Mr. Manager, "it's not half a bad idea; father, mother, lover, daughter, all stuttering, will have a novel effect." The author, fu 1_; j J tL nous, exciaimeu, j.uey uuu i autmuier, u is only my misfortune." "Oh, then, the play ( ain't funny at all I Sorry I can't accept it," i returned the manager. ? ?? y Not So Ignorant.?He sat alone in her ; father's parlor, waiting for the fair one's ap- ! pearance, the other evening, when little brother came cautiously into the room, and gliding up to the young man's side, held out a handful of something, and earnestly inquired? "I say, mister, what's them ?" "Those," replied the young man, solemnly, taking up one in his fingers, "those are beans." "There!" shouted the boy, turning to his sister, who was just coming in, "I knew you lied. You said he didn't know beans, and he does, too 1" The young man's stay was not what you might call a prolonged one that evening. boy in a Sunday School proposed a question to be answered the following Sunday: "mnnn laHoro rlnca t.ViA Rlhlft rnn 11U TT UJUUJ iVUfViKt MVW VWM tain ?" "The answer was three million five hundred and thirty thousand, three hundred and thirty-three. The superintendent then said to James, "Is that right ?" "No, sir," was the prompt reply. "Will you please to tell us how many there are, then ?" "Twenty-six, sir." S@T The paternal au ^hor of an heiress was approached by a youth who requested a few moments' conversation in private, and began : "I was requested to see you, sir, by your lovely daughter. Our attachment " "Young man," interrupted the parent, briskly, "I don't know what that girl of mine is about. You're the fourth gentleman who has approached me this morning on the subject I have given my consent to the others And I give it to you. God bless you." A renowned clergyman lately preached rather a long sermon from the text, "Thou ?rt weighed in the balance aud found waiting." After the congregation had listened about an hour, some began to get weary and went outj others soon followed, greatly to the annoyance of the minister. Another person started, whereupon the parson stopped in his sermon and said, "That's right, gentlemen ; as fast as you are weighed pass out." Ifif ,|arm and Ifirmilc. SOW OATS. I There is no crop whose cultivation will return greater profits to the cotton planter than the oat crop, and yet of all the products of the Southern farm none has poorer attention. Indeed, on many large plantations not an acre is devoted to this valuable cereal. Even when an attempt is made to sow oats, they ire, as a general rule, sown upon the poorest land on the farm, and seeded in the most rough,and imperfect manner. It is quite common to hear planters say < that "oats do not pay," that "the crop is uncertain," and the like. The truth is that the failure to raise large crops of oats is due to i causes which produce failures in any other crop, if effected in the same way and to the same extent In the first place, planters who fail with oats are always too busy to sow the > crop at the proper time?they wait for a convenient season. In the second place, they are aiwujrs iu iuu uiuuu ui a uuuj tu the land properly for seeding. And lastly, they select the poorest land for this cropland that will produce neither corn nor cotton?and never think of assisting this poor land either with home-made or commercial fertilizers. Under Ruch circumstances it would indeed be surprising if the crop did not invariably fail. Under our present inferior and expensive labor system, we should seek to stimulate and extend the cultivation of those crops which will give the largest returns for the smallest < amount of labor expended upon their production. These are small grain, including wheati rye, oats, barley, peas, clover and grasses. * On some soils?particularly on the flat, sandy pine lands which lie along the coast tier of counties in the Southern States, extending as far up as the beginning of the granite formation, wheat cannot be successfully cultivated. Neither are such lands adapted to the growth of clover or barley, but wheat can be as cheaply and successfully grown as in Virginia or Maryland. The oat will grow and thrive on almost any soil, from the low, flat lands of the coast to the rocky hillsides and fertile valleys of the mountain regions. The best time for seeding oats in the cotton belt is in the fall, but the oat is a hardy 1 -? 'i " 1-4 plane mat inrives wen sown tie iaie us iuc last of February. It should be borne in mind that a good crop of oats can only be secured in the same way that a good crop of other farm products are made, by thorough preparation of the soil, careful seeding and judicious fertilizing. The land should lie cleaned of trash, briers, bushes and the like, and then ploughed with a good turning plow or a long diamond-pointed scooter. By the latter, if the . land is free from grass or stubble, and by the former if rough and covered with vegetable matter. A.fter the land is well prepared by thorough plowing, the seed should be sown at the rate if from three to five pecks to the acre. On rery strong moist or wet lands a little more, rhen harrow nicely and cross-harrow the ! tod, and if the land is open, porous and sandy, nuch benefit will be derived from running a leavy two-horse roller after the harrow. If 1 ,he land is not sufficiently strong to produce : it the rate of twelve bushels of corn or seven ! >r eight hundred pounds of cotton to the j icre, some fertilizers should be applied after J Una kfifln nlnaTO/1 HPVl IrftT KHQKOIQ nf ' (lie lauu uao UCCU piu uvu, JLIIU vj wmwmv?w w? jotton seed, or one hundred aud fifty pounds >f good superphosphate, thrown broadcast on ;he sod, and harrowed in with the seed will ' lecure a good crop. We urge our planting friends to turn their 1 ittention at once to the preparatiou for a ! large crop of oats. The crop matures at a :ime when the use of much corn can be 1 saved, and in our present condition of a short 1 supply of the grain, will prove a great saving find convenience on the plantation.?Banner '' >/ the South. \ Selling the Old Farm.?There is a constant buying and selling of farms going on 1 Tomyear to year in our country. This restessness on the part of the farmer, and this 1 lesire to change a present location for anothsr one, hundreds of miles off, is so frequently j witnessed* in our day that we cease to wonder it it. In the time of our forefathers, when a J nan was settled on a farm, he commonly coninued on it through life, and then left it for lis son. In times gone by, the same farm was irst occupied by the grandfather, and so on ly the son and grandson. Then the good old lomestead was reverenced and the occupaucy , )f it was esteemed a great privilege. There was a satisfaction felt by the successor that lis predecessor was his relative, cultivated the tame fields, wandered by the same brooks, , traversed the same hills, and ate of the fruit if the same orchard. Then there was a home ? ? h - ?n/l Katmq eUilUg, UUU1C twsuuai/iuuo, auu uuujg c*uv?v/ii~ Bents. Now the farmer looks-more to his pecuniary gains, and when offered a large price for his land, hesitates not to sell. He , juits his beautiful home, his well-cultivated acres, emigrates to the far West, and commences a life of hardship that he never ireamed of. It can safely be said that where one man succeeds in this undertaking many fail. If he could only sell his new farm how gladly would he hie back to the old home, now occupied by strangers, and the enclosure, which contains the graves of his kindred, going to ruin. With the advent of spring, many will dispose of their farms and remove to a far-off country, to undergo the privations and troubles incident upon establishing a home in a new country. Our advice is to remain where you are. If you are comfortably off, be contented to remain so. Do not exchange a certainty for an uncertainty, unless powerful reasons are brought to bear upon you lu a ucw sctucmcut iu a uioiuuu *vgion. Stick to the old farm, for it has never failed you in the time of rieed.?New England Homestead. Principles of Good Farming.?First? The farmer who would succeed well, and derive pleasure as well as profit from his calling, must manifest an active and abiding interest in his vocation. It takes heart-work to make hand-work pleasant. Second?The farmer must study how bess to increase and maintain the fertility of hit soils. There is no inertia in agriculture? there must be motion either forward or retrograde. Third?The farmer must strive to increase the quality as well as the quantity of his crops. It is the quality that determines the price. Fourth?The farmer must seek with a watchful eye to improve his market facilities. It is the transportation that eats up the profits. Fifth?The art of raising better stock is not as well known as it should be. Keep no j more animals than you have the facilities to | feed and care for well. Skth?The farmer must seek to improve j bia social, intellectual and financial condition. 1P&T Van Amburgh could handle his lions and tigers with great impunity. No animal will fail to respond to kindness and uniform good treatment. And especially will the noble horse respect and confide in and faith- j fully serve a muster who deals gently and kindly with him. We have ourselves taken ; a spirited Morgan mare which had been rudely handled and become almost entirely un-! manageable through harsh treatment, and, by appealing to her intelligence and respecting her needs, in three weeks' time made her entirely safe and reliable for wife and chil-; dren and all who would treat her kindly and handle her gently, and we have after five i years, seen the same mare resume her old vicious habits as soon as under the control of one who resorted to arbitrary or brutal treat-1 ment Always appeal to the better instincts of the horse, the mule, the ox, the cow, as .we)l as th? dog and other domestic animals,1 and they will never become vicious or un- j manageable.?Semi- Tropioal. I HJtefeHatttflttS ?radrog. TAKE OUR ADVICE. If husbands were always lovers, says an exchange, life would be pleasanter than it is. But they are not. They never were and they never will be. a Our advice to young women is like that of Punch, when asked to say something to a couple about to wed?"Don't." "Don't what I Well, first and foremost, of all thiDgs, don't marry a drunkard. Depend upon it, if youcannot keep him sober during those days of the average woman's strongest influenee over wayward men, the season of courtship, the chances will be against success. Some women have succeeded in this labor of love, but there are 10,000 failures to qne success. It is a field of missionary labor that very few of the sex are fitted to enter. If Johp gets drunk once a mouth while he is billing and cooiug, depend upon it he will require semi-monthly seasons of Bacchanalian recreation when he becomes a Benedict. A man who gets drunk is necessarily a bad or foolish man when he is under the influence of liquor, and is very apt to soon become a bad man whether'drunk or sober. The romantic idea that a woman who can reform a drunkard is deserving of a crown of glory is all the veriest bosh. They would1 be shocked by the suggestion that a man-who marries a fallen woman and restores her to a. life of virtue would be deserving the praise of all mankind. The latter would be a much easier task than the former, and more likely to succeed. The debasement in one case is generally incurable, and scorns the influence of kirfflness or affection; while in the other the opportunity to escape from a life of degradation would in most cases insure hearty cooperation with the missionary in Buch a field. But the drunkard, as is generally the case, may be addicted to a number of other vices, each one of which ought to be considered as repulsive as that of drinking. Still we find pure, virtuous, refined and delicate women risking their lives and happiness in the delusive hope of rescuing and restoring them. Instances of the terrible failure in this missionary field are to be found jn every street and lane of a great city, accompaniment of scores of the dissolute widows and orphans of those who have staggered into drunkards' graves. Still the experiment is tried by new votaries, who foolishly think they can succeed where others fail. It is a terrible delusion. Love and devotion are powerless on a drunkard. Nothing but an iron will and firmness that few women possess can check the career a man mlin Kao nncs foLron hnlH ftf StronP 1/1 a UIWU "l,v Mww WMVV w,"v'1 ?o drink. He must become subject to her will, and be restrained from his evil course by a power stronger than love or kindness. There are enough men who become drunkards after marriage for all reasonable purposes of experiment, without takilig them fully trained in a career of vice and debauchery. Therefore we say : "Girls, don't do it." What Men Need Wives For?It is not to sweep the house, make the bed, darn the socks and cook the meals, chiefly, that a man wants a wife. If this is all he needs, hired help cau do it cheaper than a wife. If this is all, wheu a young man calls to see a lady, send him into the pantry to taste the bread and cake she has made, send him to inspect Lhe needlework and bed-making, or put a broom in her hand and staBd to witness its nse. Such things are important, and the wise poung men will quickly look after them ; but what thatrue man wants with a wife is her :ompanionship, sympathy and love. The way jf life has many dreary places in it, and mau needs a companion to go with him. A man is sometimes overtaken by misfortune; he meets with failure and defeat; trials and temptatiyus beset him, and he needs one to stand by ?.nrl avmntithizfi. He has some hard battles to fight with poverty, enemies, and with sin ; and he needs a woman that, when he puts his arm around her, he feels he has something to fight for, she will help him to fight; that she will put her lips to his ear and whisper words of counsel, and her hand to his heart and impart inspiration. All through life, through storms and through sunshine, conflict and victory; through adverse and through favoring winds, man needs a woman's love. The heart yearns for it. A sister's and a mother's love will hardly supply the need. A Brave Boy.?When the young Alexis of Russia, now visiting this country, was first assigned to duty as midshipman, his, vessel was wrecked off the coast of Denmark. The admiral commanding resolved to save the young man, and ordered him to take charge of the first boat which put off from the doomjd ship. The grand duke disdained safety thus bought and declined. "My duty js here," he said to the admiral, "and I must be the last to leave the ship." "Do you not understand, sir," exclaimed the admiral, "that you are under my command ? Aud do you dare to refuse obedieuce to ray orders ?" "I know my duty," answered the midshipman, "and I will obey any orders you may see fit to gi#e me, except an order to leave the ship, where my duty now commands me to remain." The admiral gave up his point, and Alexis was, as he had said he would be, the last man to leave the ship, and after landing was promptly ordered under arrest for disobedience of orders. The grand duke submit ted without a diurmur. The admiral sent dispatches to the emperor detailing the affair, and thd emperor wrote: "I approve your having placed the midshipman, Alexis, under arrest for disobedience, and I bless my boy lor having disobeyed." A Horse Trade.?When Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in Illinois, he and the judge once got to bantering one another about trading horses, and it was agreed that the next morning at nine o'clock they should make a trade, the horses to be unseen up to that hour, and no backing out under a forfeiture of twenty-five dollars. At the hour appointed the judge came up, leading the sorriest looking specimen of a horse ever seen in those parts. Iu a few miuutes Mr. Lincoln was seen approaching with a wooden saw-horse upon his shoulder. Great were the shouts and the laughter of the crowd, and both were greatly increased when Mr. Lincoln, on surveying the judge's animal set down his sawhorse, and exclaimed, "Well, judge, this is the first time I ever got the worst of it in a horse trade!" BSaT" Miss Linney, of Sacramento, was inclined to marry Mr. Roberts, but she said that she could not become the wife of a poor man. She would wait a reasonable time for him tn make a fortune, and whenever he was in a condition to support her in elegance he might claim her. He went to San Francisco, embarked in mining speculations, and made money rapidly. A few months ago he told her that he possessed a hundred thousand dollars. She said that the sum was satisfactory, and mentioned a date that would suit her for the wedding. Then he coolly told her that he had changed his mind, and had no idea of marrying her. She has sued him for breach of promise. ?. The Dairy.?A farmer in the eastern part of the State of New York, buried four or five jars of butter, last summer, as an experiment. He removed one jar the other day and found the butter as nice and sweet as the day it was buried. His plan was to get a good sound jar, fill it with butter, tie a cloth over the top, put in a layer of salt an inch thick, and tie a strong cloth over the mouth of the jar, and bury it four feet under ground, mouth down. ? ? Says the Waco, '(Texas) Examiner; Government lands cost 81 per acre, and good whisky 82 per bottle. How many men die landless who during their lives have swallowed whole townships?trees and all. SST A Paris writer says ladies will have bonnets of seventy-two shapes to choose from next fall. I Heading fat the fafcbatb. 1 * ' v . CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN, A CHRIST-BE A RE R.. ."* *r. Among the many legends of the early Christian Churoh, there is scarcely one more beautiful and useful than that of Christopber^the giant saint. His form in the pictures, is that of a man of huge proportions, with a long pole in his bapdsrand walking through a flood, bearing a'child on his shoulder. , The story of the ages is, that weary of the world and sin, he went into the wilderness aad dwelt in a cave near a rapid stream, and spent his life in ferrying travelers across it, taking them on bis back, and steadying his step with the pole in his hand. By such a life of self-denying labor, he hoped to win the pardon of sin and that peace of mind which he had never found in the world he forsook for the solitude of the desert. Many and weary was the burden he had borne, and hard the struggle he had with the waves. But the billows were more peaceful around him than within him, for he was a soul thai, like the sea, was forever tossed and "casting up mire f t '% . H mi .fiji ana airi. ine peuauceoi laauug, ur ux luu, s brought do relief to his burdened spirit. The ? river washed no stains of guilt from his heart. ? Whoever came to the bank of the raging s stream, found him willing to bear them over, ? and the heavier the burdeu, the more swollen j; the torrent, and the greater the danger, the ft more willing was he to brave the perils of the f vray, and land the traveler safe on" the other ^ side. And when they came to the*shore be- a yond where he had his shelter, he saw them d approaching or heard.'their call and went af- | ter them, so ready was he always to do t|e 8 work he had set himself to do. - * It was his own work, and it was a good [ work, but it did not help him in working out r his salvation. '' ' " ' " ' 1 One night he was asleep in his lonely cave, j; It was a dark and stormy night, and the river j raged within its banks, and not a star lighted 1 the gloom of the desert. Above the roar of " the waters, and the howling of the winds, he $ heard a cry of distress. c It came from the other side. And it was ^ a child's voice. He had never heard the voice before, nor one like unto it. He listened, and this was what he heard: "Come, and ^ take me across the river." j He was, for the first time jn this desert-life, unwilling to leave his bed, on the ground, and * go out into the darkness and storm and rush- . ing stream. But into his hardening heart there came the child's small voice, soft as a flute, but piercing to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and this is what entered his ear: > "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, and you shall find rest to your soul." Strange were the words to this giant saint, who spurned every yoke and would not learn of auy, least of all of one who spake as a child. / But a new power pulled at his heart-striugs, and he rose up with a strong purpose to obey i the call. It was only a child, he was sure of I that, and the work would be nothing to the 1 loads he had often carried across. * He would ' be doing no greit good to* bear a kittle child, and it would not be much of a loss if it remained on the other side, or perished in the stream. But he would go, and take it up, and hear i?, in prompt obedience of the voice that he heard continually : "Come, fur pay locks are wet with the rain, and the night winds are cold ; come, come." Out iuto the wild storm he went, and down into the deeD and dangerous river: and on the other side, when he had gained the bank, he found standing there a child of wondrous beauty, stretching out his hands and still call- 1 ing to him j. "Come, come, take me on your shoulder? p ray yoke is easy and my burden light." F Around the brow of this speaking babe was a halo, as if his head were crowned with shining stars. The giant stood for a moment 611- q ed with awe, and then kneeling at the child's feet, and being yet too high for him to sit upon his shoulders, he prostrated himself before him, beseeching him to throw his little ^ arms about his neck, and cling fast while he c would bear him safely through the waves. o The storm had risen--^et more 6ercely, and the night was darker, and the dangers of the way more frightful. At times the strong man staggered. His staff lost its hold in the stony bed of the river. And rfow and then the struggling saint, just ready to be swept away, ^ would hear a soft voice whispering in his ear : b "Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not fl dismayed : I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the d right hand of my righteousness." . t! And in the storm without and the 6ercer ^ storm within his soul, these words, "My right eousness," fell upon his spirit like a calm when the tempest is overpast. Whose righteous ness r ine same naa qeen goiqg aooui iu e?- 3 tablish bis own, he would have given his life t blood to cleanse his soul ; but he had found ^ no rest; and now, just as he was plunging into a deeper flood, and the current wds too e strong for his stalwart arm and staff, he heard ? the same sweet child-voice from the lips that touched his ear saying: F "When -thou passest through the waters, I 11 will be with thee, and through the rivers, v they shall not overflow thee. For I am the f Lord thy God, the Holy Ooe of Israel, thy Saviour." And then he knew it was the Lord! The a fcoly child Jesus! He had taken him into ^ his arms, set him on his shoulders, bowed his ] neck to his service, and with willing heart t: and tender love had yielded to his yoke. This child was now his Saviour. Cheerfully and ^ iff triumph he trod his way over, for now he had found the Lord. "The Lord ray Righteousness." Not ray own good works, but the ] Lord. I took him and he proyed my salvation. * Into the saint's cave^the child went, and Viimanir and 'hio salvation Irnnwn ^ tllCIC UJA\lb 111UJOU1A HUU UIU UM* T MVtVM --- .. to the giant, who, in saving another, had 8 found a Saviour. And the child gave biro a new name, Christopher, which means ChristBearer. Like the parables of the sweet gos- y pels, some of these old legends have precious o truths in them. * It is ours to put on Christ. We may bear about in our body even the dying of the Lord Jesus; and so also his life will be roauifest in \ us. When we bear the burdens of others for ? his sake, we are somewhat like him who took j the load of our sins on himself. To do good even to one of the least of his little children, f is to do it unto him. And by and by, when we come to walk through the last cold waves, j Christ himself will be our bearer, his staff ' will stay our steps till we tread the shining shore beyond.?Irenams, in N. Y. Observer. Home Words.?Reader, you and I are dying sinners. We cannot live always. Be- ] fore long we shall be lyiqg in our graves. I These are serious matters. They may well j: make you feel grave. But cheer up. Have you heard the good news ? The good news is this: God has provided ( a glorious Saviour for us. His dear Son Je- 5 sus Christ died upon the cross for sinners. By . his death he made atonement for transgression and purchased a full forgiveness for the 1 ungodly. In a word, Christ has done all, ^ noiH til 1 anffftrprJ ur all that was needful to I - reconcile us to God. He has provided a gar-j ment of righteousness to clothe us. He haB j | opened a fountain of living water to cleanse a us. He has removed every barrier between ; : us and God the Father, taken every obstacle 1 ? out of the way, and made a road by which j ^ the vilest may return. All things are now M ready on God's part. A complete salvation j " has been provided. j / But what is it that God asks for on the * part of man ? How are the privileges of this i great salvation to be made the sinner's own? c What is the means by which you and I are ? to obtain an interest in Jesus Christ? ! g The answer to all these questions is short 1 and simple: "Believe on the Lord Jesus ^ Christ and thou shalt be saved." This is the ; r good news. If [ , THE TROPIC STOVE, ^ j GREENSBORO* N. C. rHE COOKING STOVE8 manufactured atour works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal atisfaction wherever introduced. They are made f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav- f sr and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho narket, and consequently will the longer with- j tand heat and hard usage. They are of hand a ome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal ^ every other respect to any Cooking 8tove sold 8 n the United States, while it i9 confidently claimed i hat they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual g tieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished f vith each Stove. An important consideration ^ vith purchasers is the fact that pur patterns and izes are never changed! 8houId a piece get accilentally broken at any time, we can replace it;at he mere cost of casting. Not simply Decausait . s a home production, but on account of its intrin- " ic merits as an article of household economy, do ve ask the patronage of home purchasers. More han ONE THOUSAND of these Stovee are now n use, and among many others having them ire espectfully refer to^he following: R, E.Guthrie, ). M. Campbell, M,H. Currence, York county; dra. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Juthriesville; J<?hn A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. ioyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville., ifou can save the freight from the northern cities ind the dealer's profit, which is up small item, >7 buying of us, and at the same time get a 5TOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those >f northern make. The following are our prices lelivered at depot in Greensboro: *o. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, S30 00 <i y n a a a n a n 26 00 Address, SERGEANT <ft McCAULEY, ** DfAAtluVlAfG AT P r. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkvi'lle.'s.'c. rOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. C. < A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Ches- t er county, S. C. '. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, S. C. ^ 1 I*7"E are pleased to pffer to the planters of our a IT county the well known and popular Fertil- g Kers manufactured by the Navassa Guano Comiany on lil>eral terms and at the following low trices, to wit: For cash, payable April 1st, 1877? Nnvassa Guano, per ton, $50 00 Navassa Cotton Mixture, per ton,... 42 00 Navassa Acid Phosphate, per ton,... 30 00 1 )n Time, payable November, 1877, in money. 1 Navassa Guano, per ton, $55 00 1 Navassa Cotton Mixture, per ton,... 48 00 F Navassa Acid Phosphate, per ton,... 35 00 t Vlth the option of delivering cotton at Yorkville, t r the planter's nearest Railroad Station, to be re- n eived by us at 15 cents per pound, on the basis e f Charleston Middlings, in payment for Fertilzers, by adding to the above time prices, the fol- ? owing sums, to wit: 1 Navassa Guano, per ton, ; $12 50 0 Navassa Cotton Mixture, per ton,... 12 00 e Navassa Acid Phosphate, per ton,... 10 00 t The Cotton Mixture, manufactured 'byrthe Na- d assa Guano Company, is a new article, and is r lighly recommended by the Company as rella- t ile, and being less expensive, will soon becomes ivorite among the planters. It is also put up in F ood sacks of 12 to the ton. a We are now receiving these Fertilizers and will Oliver them at any point on the Rail Roads in g his or adjoining counties, at the low freight of $4 er ton. Givejis ji_call before making engage lents. J&b'Jb'JiiKYS & MiiiiB, Agents. YORK MARBLE YARD. \ rHE undersigned is still conducting the Mar- a ble Business in Yorkville, and would repectfully inform the public that he can supply hose in want of MONUMENTS or HEADITONES with anything in his line, and at the Dwest cash prices. Monurnents designed and finished in the most laborate style, and in point of workmanship and naterial warranted equal to the work of any es- r ablishment in the country. I Head and Footstones, in various styles, from ilain to highly-carved work, furnished at short 1 lOtice, and satisfaction guaranteed. e Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection of a irhich, those in want of marble work are respect- t ully invited. _ Estimates and any other desired Information 1 heerfnlly given at any time. ^ ' Work delivered at any point on the Chester t nd Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between i Chester and Dallas, or at any place between \ took Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Co- ? umbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for * ransportation. r " Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed t ipon my establishment, my determination is to <1 aerit a continuance of the same, t P. HAPPERFIELD. January 4 1 ly EJLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY c* STATIONERY. AND 1 BOOK BINDERY. [ rHANKING the public for liberal past patron- c age, I now invite attention to my complete took of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, onsisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Foio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, f every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, I ('ancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, Penknives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, , BOOK BINDING DONE, I n all its various branches. Sheet Music, Period- ^ raus, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. I >ld Books rebound and repaired. c 'RINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY c Orders promptlv attended to, at lowest cash irices. * E. R. STOKES, e 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. 1HR0NICLE AND SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY & WEEKLY, AT AUGUSTA, OA., By WALSH & WEIGHT, Proprietors. > a FULL Telegraphic Dispatches from all Points, n Latest and most aoourate Market Reports. h interesting and Reliable Correspondence from all " >arts of Georgia, South Carolina and Washington [ 3ity. Georgia and Carolina News a Specialty. i: , b DAILY; TRI-WEEKLY: WEEKLY: ? )ne year,...810 One year, $5 00 One year,....$2 i< lix months, 5 Six Months, 2 50 Six Months, 1 ii December? 49 tf TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKS. J RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For ale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. WRAPPING PAPER. u pkLD Newspapers, of large size, suitable for v If wrapping, for sale at 50 cents per hundred, ^ t the ENQUIRER OFFICE. " ts k X. t n & OA P?r <l"?y st hme. Sample, wortl) $1 free. & [)0 1 u ej5>w" 8tim?on & Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly n 8 Hn O a day at home. Agent* wanted, Outflt and term* free. d DJ.d5 TRUE it CO., Augmta, Maine. J9 ly # fethvillt (Shujttiw. TKRM8-.IN ADVANCE i J )ne oopy, one year. .$ 3 00 1?' )ne copy, six months, 1 50 J] )ne'copv, three months, 1 00 (l linglecopy, 10 a ["wo copies, one year, 4> 00 A ['en copies, one year, 25 00 | 8 ^^-To persons who make up clubs of ten. or , * nore names, an extra copy of the paper will be i n urnlahed one year, free of oharge. 1 d CHE CHESTER FURNITURE STORE. rHE readers of the "Yorkville Enquirer" and the public generally, are halted to inspect ay large and elegant STOCK OF FURNITURE. n consequence of my buying directly from the danufacturers, lam safe in saying that I can sell rurniture . IS CHEAP AS ANT ESTABLISHMENT South of Baltimore. My stock of Furniture is of uch a character as will please all classes and inlividuals. It is both PLAIN AND ELEGANT, o suit the wishes and wants of the buyer. It is omplete. Whatever is wanted IN THE FURNITURE LINE : am confident of my ability to supply. Furniure is delivered at different points along therail oad, FREE FROM FREIGHT CBAR6E8* , i i }' ' 'I v> f R. BRANDT, Cheater, & C,. June 29 6 . , ly ~~ 8250 REWARD. T1HE National Board of Fire Underwriters hereI by offers a reward of TWO HUNDRED AND ?IFTY DOLLARS, for the detection, oonviction ind punishment of the party or parties, charged vith the crime of Arson, in firing the premises lituate near Yorkville.8. C., being the DWELLING OF J. T. LOWRY, on April 42d, 1876. laid reward will bepaid only on due proof being tarnished the Executive Committee of the conviction and aotual punishment of said criminals. By order of Executive Committee. GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. New York, May 8, 1870. 20 tf YORKVILLEENQ ORIGINAL S^J] VALUABLE PRE? CDMfETlTl flPEI H1TIL1 IN issuingtar prospectus for the year 1877, we vould announce that we shall *pare no pains and elax no efforts to render the ENQUIRER as atractiveand Interesting a journal as Itha* jbeen in he post. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. We have already in hand a number of original 1EBIAL STORIES, which will form an attractve feature of the new volume. These stories are >y writers of acknowledged merit, and we can afely promise that in this department, the ENQUIRER will prove an entertaining companion o the lover of Action. CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. To meet the demands of our numerous readegs n Chester county, we have continued our engagsnent of Brainerd McLure, Esq., who will contribute a letter of correspondence from Chester egularly each week. These letters are devoted intirely to Chester affairs?to the interests of the own and county?and written in the racy and [raphic style peculiar to Mr. McLube, they cantot fail to be of interest to our readers in Chester, ? well as elsewhere in the State. AUTHENTIC .NEWS. , ,,, Particular attention is given to collating and ondensing the news of the day, and this depart ent of the ENQUIRER, whether treating pi natters at home or abroad?political or othervise?will be oondacted with the utmost care, ,nd only facts as they seem to exist, will be preented, free from sectional or party bias. The Other Departments. In addition to the above features, Rev. Mr. Laha? will continue his>regnlar contributions to he "Sabbath Reading," and the "Children's Detainment," which, nnder his management for the tast seven years, have been an important attracion. Mr. Latban will also continue his oontritutions of Historical Sketches, which, with the isual melange of Miscellaneous Reading adaptd to all tastes; the Agricultural Department, ontaining practical and usefhl information for be farmer and house-wife; a cctonn of Humorus Reading every week; "Seflips and Facts^" mbracing light current topics'; a compend of he News Abroad and at Home; Corresponence; Commercial and Market Reports; Editoial Articles upon appropriate subjects, intended o promote the prosperity and welfare of our eople, we hope to make the Enquires replete san entertaining and Instructive Family Journal. Terms of Subscription?Free of Postage.? lingle copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, each subcrlber, per year, $2.50. 'Money may be forwardd at our risk by draft, post-office order or regisered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. Vrite names platnly, giving post-office, county nd State. Address all letters to ? L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, 8, C, PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. By a favorable arrangement with the different nanufacturers, we are enabled to make the folowing liberal and unprecedented offers of Premiims for Clubs. These Premiums have been adoptd by us with special referenoe to securing only .rticles of value, and which will prove servioep>le to those procuring them. The regular retail trice is given with each, and they are just as good & so much cash to those who receive them. All he articles are put down in our schedule at manifacturers' regular retail prices, and cannot be tought with cash any lower than the prices here riven. Premiums Nos. 1,2 and 3 will be delivered hrough the mails, to persons entitled to receive hem, free of cost. The other Premiums will be lelivered at the expense for freight charges, of hose receiving them. In cases where Premiums an be delivered at our publication office, arrangenents may be perfected for reducing th? freight harges on small articles to a nominal amount. The charges for freight on the Silver Ware and Jutlery Premiums will be from New York ; on he Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and m the Sewing Machines from Baltimore, Md. READ THE LIST. 0 1 JLi. No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at $2.50 ach, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER INIFE, worth fl.00. No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each, ve will give one copy of the family edition (cloth . ./ouTirnio A nprnnvn RTRT/R nT<V unamg; ui omnu o ? PlONARY, the publisher's price of which is 3.50 per copy. Or for |4.50 we will give a copy if the Bible Dictionary and send the Enquibhr me year to any single subscriber not in a club. No. 3.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at 12.50 ach, we will give a copy of the ENQUIRER one DESCRIPTION OF Oar Cooking Stove Premium. The elcaant Cooking Stove* which we offer u Premium*, re manufactured by Messrs. Serjeant & McCauley, at Greensoroj N. C.- These Stove* are made of the beat Scotch pig metI, with heavier and thicker plate than any other alove In the inrket, and consequently will the longer wlthatam) heat and ard usage. They are or a handsome pattern and nent flniah, nd warranted equal In point* of appearance, durability andauerior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured In the Tnlon. The stove we have selected to give u a Premium 1* the trgcst siae made by the manufacturers, and with each one will e furnished, without charge, three joints and one elbow of pipe, nd all tho necessary cooking utensils, viz.: one ham boiler, one ulge pot and cover, one tea kettle, one round frying pan, one mg faying pan, one round griddle, one pair waffle Irons, two sheet on bread pans, one scraper nnd one lifter. Over nva thocikd of these stoves are In use In Virginia and North and South .'arollna, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will e shipped to those entitled to receive them as Premiums, direct cm the manufactory In Greensboro, N. C. ? Sewing Machine Premium. The superior dewing Machine we offer as a Premium, Is le well-known Weed Machine and Is manufactured by the Vttd dewing Machine Company, Hartford, Conn. It Is adaptd to all the wfhts of family sewing| K can be readily compreended by anyone; It runs easily) Is always ready; will dogny nd all kinds of sewing with less changing and fewer extra atichments; Is self-adjusting; Is a two-thread Machine, making n Elastic Lock-Stitch; stands solid and firm, with long and >onty (hiding table, and has the convenience of two drawers, evoral of these Machines, during the past year, have bean elivered to peraons who have returned the requisite number of amea. Smith's Bible Dictionary. This Dlotianary Is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the diversity of London, and the .most eminent lexicographer In ie world, who, In lta preparation associated with himself over evenly distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and lta country, In the grenttask of preparing a comprehensive Dlcouary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt by the rellgms public. The result or these labors appeared In three large nd very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning, in abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. mlth himself, is the one we have arranged to furnish our stibcrlbers. The book contains every name In the Bible respecting rhlch anything can be said. It embraces the results of hlstnrie etearcb, antiquarian Investigation, the study oflanguages and iaiecta, and the discoveries of the modern travelers aad expio HAMPTON AND REFORM! FURNITURE AND LOW PUCES AT THE . , . NEW FURNITURE STORE, i i : t T Opposite the Cotton Hotel, CHESTER, S. O. LONG experience, and having to buy for the bouse of MARKS A REID, of Rock Hill, in connection with my- own, enables me to buy to superior advantage; and owing to the low prioe of cotton, I am SELLING AT ALMOST COST. Come and see for yourselves. Goods DELIVERED FREE to all point* be tween Gaston la and wmnsDoro. 8. K. MARKS. December 7 49 tf JAMES A. GLENN, D.D. S.? SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTJgT. HAVING completed a thorough oourse in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery .offers hla professional services to tbe public. My address Is Zend, York oounty, 8. C., to wbloh all letters requesting my professional services may be adaressetT Prompt attention given to all calls; and Dental work will bo done at tbe residence of those requiring it, updn giving notification. All work warranted to give satisfaction. Terms moderate. J. A. GLENN. D. D. 8. I can also, sell yon a SEWING MACHINE. h AO, ' August 10 ,32. .t l, . MAKING AND REPAIRING 0FGUN8, nnHE undersigned is thoroughly acquainted 1 with tbe business of MAKING AND REPAIRING GUNS. My work will give SATISFACTION to my friends residing in York and Chester counties, who will extend tbeirpatronage tome. THOMAS BENNETT/ . . , Chester, 8. C. July 6 8 ly. i T1 - i li ITJIRER FOR 1877. ? ; j . " ; " i :0 ^ RIAL STORIES. ! 1H. < HUMS FOB CLUBS. [IB Miff IF Win 111). ' . , ? -'* i 1 ( year, or a set of. six treble silver-plated TRA 8POONS, 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-Handle TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which is $5100.1 No. 5.?For a dub of 16 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give either a treble silver-plated SYRUP CUP, worth ffl.OO; or a set of six treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth 16.00. No. 0.?For a club of 18 subscribers, at $?50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER ' * DISH, worth 18.00. ] 4 , No. 7.?For a club of 20 subscriber^ at j$2.50 each, we will give one set of six solid cast steel vd oval-handle TABLE KNIVES, and one set of six ^ treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, the man a lecturer's price of which articles is $10.00.* No. 8.?For a club of 80 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a fall setofextra superfine, tail oval ivory-hjindie TABLE KNIFES, wttksilverplated blades, and a fall set of treble silver-plated TABLE FO RKS, the manufacturer's prioe of which articles is 115.00. No. 9.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at |2.60 each, we will give one No; 8 TROPIC COOKIKG STOVE, with pipe and a fun set of fixtures, the manufacturer's price of which is $80.00. No. 10.?For a club Of 50 subscribers, at' $2.60 each, Wo will give ftnO three-quart, treble silverplated COMMUNION SERVICE, oonstating' of SIX pieces, worth $40. t- ; No. 19.?For a club of 56 aubacribera, at $2JS0 each, we will give a WEED SEWING^ MACHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case,, with two Drawers and Di^>p Leaf, the aianufSftoturer'a price of which is $75. " x-Sr Specimens of the Sewing Machines,' and nearly all the other articles Included'In ibe above premium list, can be seen and examinad afc'onr publication office; and in all cases we guarantee that the Premiums tarnished to those entitled to reoetve them, will be equal to the specimens shown, i ' /?! .. ' if A NOTICE TO CLOB-MAKERS. It is not necessary that the names of aciub should all be at the same post office. Names may * be taken at any number of places if they pre 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 clubs under the above offer is limited to the FIRST MONDAJ, OP . MARCH, 1877. by which time thenantes with the cash, should be returned to the office, though names may be returned at any time between this and the above date. No premium will be delivered until the -eqnisite number of names has been |n|j^pifl(i| ftpii tho fall imnnpt dflft fr>r iham pflH We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter, or money order drawn on the YorkviUe post-office. We prefer that no money be sent .us by express unless the amount exceeds $25, and in every case the express charges must be prepaid. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving conn* ty, post-offi ce and State. All snbecrlptiouBwill be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid fbr. All subscribers to the Enquires will receive the paper free of postage. Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must give fall directions as & whom and bow tbey ball be delivered. ? Tho dub-maker may; oorainenee vending in names at any time and subsequently determine upon the Premium, or Premiums he will select; but ne Premium will be delivered unlewthe re quisite number of names be sent, which must be paid for in advance. . .. . f). . | A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, 1 who -will be credited with every name sent, so ] that tbe number returned by any person can be I ascertained at a moment's notice. After names shall have been entered' on our club-books to the credit of any clnb-maker, they will not be transferred to the list of another. TOT TIME OF CLOSING. Club-makers, and those who may wish to form clubs, should bear in mind that the offers we here present donot invite competition for Premiums, as in the case of working to secure the largest club. Each club-maker sending the requisite number of subscribers will obtain the Premium offered for the specified number. The tfme^however, for completing a club is limited until the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1877,-by which date tbe names, with the subscription price, Should be forwarded. Names may be sCnt In atanytime prior to the above date. Send'tbe names as fast as obtained, acoompanled with the cash, and the Premium will be delivered when, the requisite number of names has been returned. ' - . * . -i f ' i T>T? imurTTnurs THTn Jk JkVUJLUJ. V JW A VI ' | | rers In the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawllnson, Ferguson, Lay- 1 aid, Offertand Stanley. The book la printed from mw itereo- 1 I type plate*, on good paper, and la appropriately WMtrmted With 1 over 195 Engraving* of beautiful Scene*, Ancient Cilia*, and Memorable Place* of the Holy Land, descriptive Figure* and vatmMe Map*. It contain* nearly 860 closely-printed; dotrtlecolunn, octavo page*. Including 24 elegant fell-page, Steel and Wood Engraving*, h I* printed I a type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary is 93.50. Three-Quart Commaaioa Set. Charche* uniupplled with a Communion Set appropriate to ; the requirement* of the *acred rite of administering the Lord's Supper, can, by our Premium arrangement, secure a line, treble I silver-plated three quart Communion Set of six pieces, with little trouble, and, comparatively, at no cost. The number of subscriber* required in order to secure this valuable and elegant 8er- , vice can be procured iu almost aay congregation; and the members who may he thus called upon to contribute their share o4 the expense, will receive in return moceihan the value of their contribution la a year's subscrtptlouto the paper. Oar 8ilver Ware and Cutlery Pretniaaiu. With the verv iberal offer which we are enabled to make, a beautifully fumisbrd table Is now within the reach of almost every house-keeper; and here Is an opporturinr, of which, If the ladles avail themselves, they may secure, who but Uttie trouble, a valuable set of Silver or Cutlery- Those articles are made for at* Ku tha T.liolna Hurt MuMit(Wo*nslu? PAmnsnn CM -? * *4* M.v MUVIH- t'lHMiuavkUiiUf v vw|hhi; ) M rHIWn UCCI) * New York, and are warranted to be of the beat material. Value of our Premiums. We would lmpreaa upon every one the (hot that an of our Premium* are fint-clas* good*, and the price* attached to them In our Hit* are the regular retail price* at which the article* tell by all dealer* and the manufacturer* themselves. It I* only by I the roost advantageous terms given us by the manufacturers that we are enabled to make the liberal offer* we do, and we guarantee every article to be exactly a* represented. A Club aud au Extra Copy. For a club of Tax subscribers paid in advance at the ngulmv club rates, we will give, Instead of a Premium, an extra copy of the paper tn any who may prefer that arrangement; but in coosequence of the liberal Premium* we are now offering, we cannot, afford tn give an extra oopy ta the club-maker who norivaa. any Premium* enumerated on our list.