Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Numerous department. WOULD BE A CLERK. A retail dry goods dealer on Sixth avenue had a couple of visitors the other day, where he expected he had a couple^of customers. A woman, appearing to be about fifty years old, entered the store in company with her daughter?a thin-faced old maid of about thirty? and when a clerk slid forward the mother said: "Not any goods for us to-day. Where's the owner ?" "Do you wish to see the proprietor ?" asked the clerk. "He's the man." They were shown into the office. The merchant supposed they owned a village store, and desired to stock up, and he welcomed them with a winning smile. "My daughter Minerva?Minerva Bolton," said the old lady, by way of introduction. Minerva and the merchant shook hands, chairs were placed, and as the two sat down the old lady said: v "She's one of the best girls in the State of New York." "No doubt?no doubt, madam." "After she has been in the store one month - - - * ? n J.11 you wouldn't part witn ner ior leu uouara a day," said the mother. "Ah?yes?yes." "She's smart on figures, honest as an oldfashioned winter, and she wouldn't be giggling around with the clerks." "I?I hardly understand you," said the gentleman. * "I want a place for Minerva. She's sighing and dying to be a clerk.", "Ah ! But I have no vacancy just now." #"I don't want any vacancy. I, want Minerva to be a clerk. She's just as smart as a wolf; and if she comes here, I shall of course do all my trading with you. I don't know but I'd take some bed-tick home with me today, for they say that ticking is on the rise." "Yes?but?but?" "I know how you feel," she interrupted, "but you can depend on her. Our postmaster, Squire Johnson, and heaps of others will recommend her. She's got a character, that girl has. You might leave a million dollars with her and feel perfectly safe. Minerva, if you sold four yards of factory at ten cents a yard, how much would the whole thing come to?" "Forty cents, of course," drawled Minerva. "See there?see there 1" exclaimed the mother. "Have you a clerk in the store who can reckon figures as quick as that?" "But I have all the clerks I want," he managed to get in. "You might discharge that cross-eyed young man out there, and give this poor girl a chance for her life," pleaded her mother. "If she doesn't get a place she will certainly go into a decline and die." "Yes?but?but?" "Minerva, if you sold four bunches of hairpins at six cents a bunch, how much money would you get ?" "Twenty-four cents?any fool knows that," replied the daughter. "Can you beat that in this store ?" proudly inquired the mother. "If you take her you can depend on her. She's always at home nights, is not a hearty eater, can put up with children, and I know your wife would like her. She can sort o' do housework in the morning and after dark, and so you'll be killing two birds with one stohe." "I-can't take her?no?no. Got all the help I want," said the merchant. "Three dollars a week aud board takes my daughter," persisted the mother. "Can't?can't do it." "Say two dollars." . "No?no." "That settles it," remarked the mother, assheroseup. "I see your object. You want me to come down to a dollar a week, but I'll see you hung first. Come on Minerva I did think of looking at some bed-ticking, but we'll | 20 ud the street. I'll git you a clerkship where you can look right down on this store as a horse looks down a grasshopper." That Fire.?"Is that fire going, ray son ?" called a father from his bedroom on a cold and snowy morning. "Yes, it's going," called back the boy from the sitting-room. Then the father, bounding from his warm bed and grabbing his trowsers and stockings, came skipping into the sitting-room, only to find the atmosphere frigid enough to freeze the cuticle right off his bare limbs, and not a spark of warmth in the stove which the boy stood puttering over. "I thought you s-said the f-fire was g-going ?" bawled the parent, between shivers. "So it w-was," replied the irreverent lad? "g-going out!" Then a circus performance started up in that room, in which the smallest of the groundaud-lofty tumblers would undoubtedly have been killed had he not thoughtfully dodged out doors into the snow. , * She Was Engaged.?A young woman recently answered an advertisement for a dining-room girl, and the lady of the house seemed much pleased with her. But before engaging her, there were some questions to ask. "Suppose," said the lady, "now only suppose, uni ? _ j ii _x ; aersiana, mat you were uarryiug a piew-e ui steak from the kitchen, and by accident should let it slip from the plate to the floor, what would you do in such a case?" The girl looked the lady square in the eye for a moment before asking, "Is it a private family, or are there boarders ?" "Boarders," answered the lady. "Pick it up and put it back on the plate," firmly replied the girl. She was engaged. BST A tutor of one of the Oxford colleges, who limped in his walk, was some years after accosted by a well known politician, who asked him if he was not the chaplain of the college at such a time, naming the year. The doctor replied that he was. The interrogator observed, "I knew you by your limp." "Well," said the doctor, "It seems my limping made a deeper impression than my preaching." "Ah, doctor,'' was the reply, with ready wit, "it is the highest compliment we can pay a minister, to say that he is known by his walk rather than by his conversation." Raised Him.?A policeman saw a boy i leading a big dog around, and believing the dog to have been stolen, he asked, "Boy, where did you get that dog?" "To home," was the prompt reply. "How long have you had him ?" "O, ever so long." "You didn't pick him up anywhere?" "No,sir, we raised him from a little child !" was the grave answer. , ,s Married.?At a station on the Railroad, j the other day, a man and woman came into j the car. Every seat had one or two occupants. He put her into one seat, which was ; in part occupied, and he took another just j opposite. The person wnom ne sat wuu uifered to sit elsewhere, so that he and the lady might have that seat together. "0, it does not matter," he replied ; "we are married." Professional Instinct.?A Brooklyn lawyer was noticed at a recent concert enthu-1 siastically applauding one of the singers. "Fond of music; isn't he?" said one acquaintance to another. "No," was the reply ; it's mere professional instinct. He is moviug for a new trial." i jJPaT* How dreadfully that cigar smells I" exclaimed I)obbs to a companion ; "why, it's an awful smelling thing !" "No, no ; it's not the cigar that smells," was the reply. "What is it, then ?" inquired Dobbs. "Why, it's your nose that smells, of course ; that's what noses j are made for." A negro, at the point of death, was $old by his minister that he must forgive a certain darkey, against whom he seemed to entertain very bitter feelings. "Yes, sah,' he replied, "if I dies, I forgive dat nigger; but if I gits well dat nigger must take care." ?lte Jam and Jircsidc. HOW TO MANAGE A BALKY COLT. This is one of the meanest habits that a colt can get into, but happily there are but a very few colts that cannot be made true by judicious management. There is a great difference in colts about this habit. One will balk only when starting away from home ; another will stop and start all right again in five minutes, while others will refuse to go until all patienceis exhausted, and the driver is ready to sell out cheap. But the wore? case3 are invariably those of little intellect, and mulish disposition ; these are the ones a kind man should be patient and reason with, in a far greater measure than is necessary with a colt or horse of higher intellect; and if a man is incapable of keeping his temper, and stopping to reason, he will*meet with hut little success in mauaging horses of any kind. Very often no blame can be attached to a horse for balking. I have often seen a driver whip and abuse a span of horses for not starting a load, that would be almost impossible for a team of four to start. Such a man should never be trusted with anything that can be injured by abuse, of more value than a pick or shovel. We often see a young, knal/lo a q1aU7 fYl AT71TY Cf HVCIJ UUII/J UlbbUCU u^oiuo C* otvu iuvi?Ug horse, that must be whipped to be made to move his own body. This team is hitched to a heavy load that would require a strong, steady pull of both to start. The driver gathers the lines, the whip is plied to the slow horse, the colt jumps, and is jerked back*; this is repeated, and the result is the colt is balked. It certainly requires but a few lessons of this kind to make a colt a confirmed balker. The right way to teach a colt to draw is, to commence with a light load and add weight so gradually that the colt will not realize the load he is moving. In this way he will soon learn the posture to place himself in, and push against the collar in order to start a load. If you have a colt, reader, that will not draw, set aside a day to educate him in. First look him over and see if there are any sores on his breast or back that would pain him to draw; next, look at your collar and see if that is soft and fits well; now get a stone boat and hitch the colt to it; now cluck to him; if he does not start go to his head and lead him along a few steps ; if this does not start him, put a lump of salt in his mouth, 1 or fasten one ear down under the head stall; if this does not have the desired effect, step behind and give the colt two cuts with the whip and no more ; if this does not start him he must be an old offender and treated accordingly. "Do not experiment with the colt by inflicting barbarities, such as building fires under him, or putting chains on his neck and dragging him along by force, for there is a safer, and, in all respects, a better way. Now there is nothing you can do with a colt or horse that will take so much meanness out, in so short a time, as to throw them down. Rarey found this to be a fact, as have thousands since his day. I do not approve of casting a horse for every trifling vice, but for a balky horse or colt that cannot be coaxed, in any way, to draw a reasonable amount, I think it is the best thing that can be done. Without stopping to say why it is so, I will explain the most approved way of doing it. First get a strong circingle and have a ring fastened to it so that when it is on the horse the ring will be six inches to the rigHt of his spine; you next want a stout strap about eighteen inches long, with a buckle attached. Now take up the colt's nigh fore foot, and give the strap two turns around the pastern, put one end through the circingle, and draw the foot up and buckle; now put on an open bridle with a cord fifteen feet long attached to the off bit ring; now run the cord through the ring on the circingle, take your position on the nigh side of the colt, and pull steadily, and the colt will have to swing his head around ; this throws him out of balance, and i-?:n i:-J * I?;J ne Will lit? uuwu ttiLLiust as casjr 11 uo ijova laiu down of his own accord. Now keep the cord tight, and*keep hira down twenty minutes, and then let him get up by slackening t)ie cord ; now let the colt's foot down and once more put your harness on aud hitch to the stone boat, give the word to go and most likely the colt will start with a readiness that will surprise you. But if he still refuses to go, which is something unusual, he must be thrown again, and kept down longer. Do not insist on his drawing auy more weight than an empty stone boat at first. When he will start readily anywhere with this, it is time to add a little weight. Be careful not to overdo the thing now, and your colt will soon draw to your satisfaction.?B. L. H., in Mass. Ploughman. Tanning Skins.?In answer to a correspondent, the Massachusetts Ploughman gives the following directions for tanning sheep skins so the wool will stay on : "Take salt and alum in equal parts, pulvereJft Q Kftllf fnHf AlinPuQ tVlP flpCjh 1LCU) OUU Oil U (tvvuu IVWI vuuvvy vu v..v ?*w.. side of the skin when it is fresh from the body, or if it has become dry moisten it, and then apply the mixture, and fold the skin up carefully and keep it in a damp place about four days, then open it and lay it on a table and scrape it with a dull knife to get all the adhering flesh off, then rub it with a blunt wooden instrument till it is dry and soft. Then wash it thoroughly in warm soapsuds, let it dry moderately, and just before it is fully dry, rub it soft with the hands. After thorough rubbing it is soft and pliable as a kid glove, and will continue so. Some nail the skin smoothly and tightly against a door or board with the flesh side t out. Then with a blunt broad-bladed knife scrape away all the loose pieces of flesh and fat, then rub in as much chalk as possible, not being sparing of "elbow grease" or labor. When the chalk begins to powder and fall off, take the skin down and fill It with finely powdered alum, then wrap it closely together and keep it in a dry place for two or three days, then unroll it, shake out the alum and the thing is done. If it is desired to dress the skin soft, like buckskin, take it fresh from the animal and stretch it tightly on a board aud scrape off all the flesh that will come off easily. Warm two quarts of milk and mix in a teacupful of saltaDd half an ounce of oil of vitriol. In this mixture soak the skin about forty rainntps. Rtirrinf it and keeoincr it warm. Then " W> O ------ 4 C take it out and stretch and rub it over the smooth edge of a board, workiug it till drj. Value of Land in the Cotton States. C. W. Howard, of Kingston, Georgia, has an instructive paper in the report of the agricultural department, on "The condition of agriculture ifi the cotton States," in which he says: "The value of land in the settled portion of the older cotton states is less than in any other country in Christendom. This was the case before the war. In 1860 the average value of land in Georgia was 84.85. The highest value of the richest county was $10.60 per acre. The lowest value was 68 1 cents per acre. If we contrast these values j with those of the northern, middle or new j northwestern states, the difference is striking." i Low as the* price of southern lands was ! before the war, in 1860, it is much less at j this time. Having, to-day, the cheapest lands in Christendom, as Mr. Howard truly asserts, we ought to produce fat cattle, horses, mules, sheep, wool, butter, cheese, and all fruits adapted to our climate, a little cheaper than can be done in any other part of the world. Is it impossible to recast our ideas and reform our system of laud killing? +. ? ? To Destroy Vermin.?Croton bugs and red ants can be driven off by sprinkling the floor with pulverized borax, and leaving a place for them to get out; to kill them, mix j borax with sugar, so they will eat it. For j ants or other vermin, wash the shelves with a strong solution of borax; then sprinkle the same with borax mixed with sugar. When i whitewashing your rooms, add a tablespoonful of pulverized borax to each pailful of lime. * I Heading for the j^ahhath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN, [Original.] TRYING OUR FAITH. Many individuals, who take only a superficial view of the plan of salvation, conclude that those who believe in Christ are promised, in the scriptures, freedom from all trouble. Job's friends concluded, that because Job was a great sufferer, he was a great sinner. These friends of Job, like multitudes in every age of the world, were unable to look beyond the present moment. They overlooked, or ignored, the fact that in some instances, the sufferings which some of the human family are called upon to endure, are pentitive in their nature; while in other instances these sufferings are only disciplinary. They never seem to have reflected that God punishes the wicked for their sins, but disciplines his people. In both instances, it is suffering; but in the case of the wicked, it is the frowns of an angry judge?in the case of the believer, it is the chastening of a loving father. The wages of sin is death. No two things are more intimately and inseparably connected than sin and death. Whoever sins must suffer There is. however, even this world, a vast difference between the chastisement which a father inflicts upon his erring child, and that which is inflicted by the laws of civilization upon the highway robber. The main object which parents have in view, in inflicting punishment upon their children, when they sin, is to prevent them from sinning again and to induce them to cease to do evil and learn to do well. In the same way and with the same object in view, God deals with his children. The parent takes no pleasure in the suffering of his children. Did he love their souls less, he would not cause their bodies to smart. Every wise father looks beyond the present moment, and so disciplines his children that they may grow up honored and respected, and be a blessing to all with whom they may come in contact. In the same way, God deals with believers during* the whole of their pilgrimage. In the plenitude of his love, he bought Heaven for his people, and in the exercise of his wisdom, he is constantly preparing all who accept of Christ for heaven. Activity.?The mission of a Christian man or woman is to work. Christ Himself went about doing gQod, and his followers should follow him here as elsewhere. Our powers of body and mind are not given for ornament, but use. A good tree produces good fruit, and the barren fig-tree was cursed. How much better are we than tftdl, and how much more mighty the obligation to near fruit? Activity is necessary to healthy life. When we cease to work we cease to grow?to live even, in the higher sense. How often do many of us feel, if we do not say, that ease and leisure are greatly to be desired. How often do we envy the happy condition, as we esteem it, of those who have all they wish and nothing to do I But how wrong and foolish this! No Christian should wish to be in this condition; much less repine or complain that be is not. But on the contrary, he should be gl id that God has given him something to do in his vineyard. Christ came to do His Father's will, and should we not faithfully labor in our little lot, and do what we can to His honor and glory ? Surely. And how wrong it is for Christian men and women to shun or refuse to do what lies in their way! How wrong to say some one else can do it, or ought to do it! We must not think so. There is a place and a work for every one, and we can neither evade nor refuse to do our part without guilt. There were other fruitful fig-Jrees, but Christ sought fruit of this particular one, and the r?. !iT.. 1 ? ?C hrtun /I i ^ nnf ooHufw V* ! CI ITUI tlUlUCSS Ul tuo utuuio UIU uv/u ouhioij uio requirements, or save it from condemnation. Don't Fret.?Many excellent people, who would be shocked at the bare thought of directly impugning the goodness of God in His dealings with them, allow themselves to fall into a habit of fretting and fault-finding in regard to nearly everything counected with their ordinary life. They fret at their friends, at the ways of their children, at every little business trouble, at the weather, at the crops, at the various circumstances, great and small, with which the providence of God has encompassed them. It does not seem to occur to them that there is .anything sinful in this fault-finding spirit; but is there not in reality a kind of practical scepticism in it? The Bible enjoius the most devout thankfulness in all the circumstances of life. But the man who is constantly dissatisfied with his surroundings is hardly in the frame of mind to he thankful for anything. He may yield an intellectual assent to the truth that, "all things work together for good to those who love God," but his conduct belies his profession. It may be very far from his intention to cast reproach upon the Providence that shapes his life, but as God is the author of his circumstances, to refuse Him thanks and to fret and fume because they are not different from what they are, is really to charge uukindness upon God, as though ile were withholding somewhat that He might have bestowed.?Examiner and Chronicle. % , , Refusing Christ.?A refusal of Christ is a much easier, and yet a much more terrible thing than most men suppose. A neglect to hear Him is a refusal of Him. Christ calls us every day and every moment; and when He calls, we either accept or reject Him. There is no possible way of escape. There is no neutral ground. Our lives are a continual acceptation or rejection of Him. When Christ calls us to be His disciples, we reach a wonderful crisis in our lives. Eternal life or eternal death is suspended on our decision. This question is continually before us, and an answer must be had. It is imperative. A neglect or a failure to decide in the affirmative, necessitates a decision in the negative. When our fellow-men present questions of importance, we give them a respectful hearing. Shall we be less respectful to God? What astonishing and daring presumption ! Men would not brook many refusals. Christ has borne with us times without number, but He will not always be refused thus. There "** 'vf frt??koo??nnno tuKipK PTTPfl la n, piuv ui .u.ura.?u^ uvjvu- .... God cannot go ; and when we consider how often we have already refused Him, we do not know how soon that point may be reached. "See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh." Enemies.?Have you enemies ? Go right on, and mind them not. If they block up your path, walk around them and do your duty regardless of their spite. A man who has no enemies is seldom good for anything ; he is made of that kind of material which is so easily worked, that every one has a hand in it. A sterling character?one who thinks for himself, and speaks what he thinks?is always sure to have enemies. They are as necessary to him as fresh air; they keep him alive and active. A celebrated character, who was surrounded with enemies, used to remark?"They are sparks which, if you do not blow, will go out of themselves." Let this be your feeling while endeavoring to live down the scandal of those who are bitter against you. If you stop to dispute, you do as they desire, aud open the way for more abuse. Let the poor fellows talk; there will be a reaction if you perform but your duty, and hundreds who were ouce alienated from you will flock to you and acknowledge their error. ?;?? ? Be ever ready to forgive. "Remember he who refuses forgiveness breaks the bridge over which he must pass, for all need forgiveness." * < |A Wagisidf ? Washington's memory is kept green?on a three-cent postage stamp. ? Men usually follow their wishes till suffering compels them to follow their judgment. ? The Central Park still costs New York city a million dollars a year. ? Adam was proudly conscious that he never made a mistake in his boyhood. ? Some say salaeratus will not harm the stomach. It is a lye. ? Marriage is described by a French cynic as a tiresome book with a very fine preface. ? The New England colleges have one hundred Chinese students. ? What is wanted in this eountry just now is company to insure the insurance companies. ? The man who takes the most interest in his business?the money-lender. ? Paris dressmakers send out dolls to their patrons in fac-simile costumes of what they have for sale. ? A Missouri judge has decided that a wo man is not an "old maid" till she is thirtyfive. ? Marriage is a game of chance in which men risk their liberty and women their happiness. I ? The amount of telegraph wire in operation in England is estimated to be 100,000 miles. ? The annual report of the Bank of Italy shows that the Pope has 832,000,000 in that institution. ? The incapacity of men to understand each other is one of the principal causes of their ill-temper towards each other. ? Cider is getting a very bad name. Dr. Reynolds, a temperance lecturer, calls it "the devil's kindliag-wnod." ? We seldom find people ungrateful as long as we are in a condition to rqpder them services. ? The position seems to be, that every body thinks that every body else should sell or work for less money. ? "Man," said Adam Smith, "is an animal that makes bargains. No other animal does this?no dog exchanges bones with another." ? "Ah 1 Jemray," said a sympathizing friend to a man who was just too late for the train, "you did not run fast enough." "Yes, I did," said Jemmy.; "but I didn't start soon enough." ? A. young lady sent a poem to a paper, entitled, "I cannot make him smile." The editor thinks she could if she had sent him the poem. ? A crusty old bachelor says that Adam's wife was called Eve, because when she appeared, man's day of happiness was drawing to a close. ? "Lunatic fringe" is the name given in New York to the fashion of cropping the hair and letting the ends haug down over the forehead. ? Over 24,000 Masons werd made in North America last year, and tfie whole number of affiliated Masons on the Continent at this time exceeds 600,000. ? A gentleman preferred wearing holes in his socks to having them darned, "Because," he said, "a bol^may be the accident of a day, but a darn is premeditated poverty." ? Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking for in his neighbor what he sees in himself. ? What this country needs, is a religion which will make a man feel that it is as cold for his wife to get up and build a fire as it is for himself. ? An exchange says: "We have known some extreme cases of headache cured in half au hour by taking a teaspoonful of finelypowdered charcoal iu half a tumbler of water. It is an innocent yet powerful alkali." ? In France the average salary of workmen is sixty-eight cents per day ; in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, thirty-eight cents ; in England, eighty-three cents, living being thirty per cent, dearer than in France. ? "I don't see bow you can have been working all day like a horse!" exclaimed the wife of a lawyer, her husband having declared that he had been thus working. "Well, my dear," he replied, "I've been drawing a conveyance all day, anyhow." ? "Handsome is that handsome does," quoted a Chicago man to his wife the other day. "Yes," rejoined she, in a winning tone, as she held out her hand : "for instance, a husband who is always ready to hand some money to his wife." ? A poor old woman, who had worked and toiled for nearly three-score years, said if she didn't think she'd have rest in the next world she'd tie a mill-stone round her neck and jump into the river, and go to the bottom and stay there as long as she lived. ? "Ma, drfes pa kiss the cat!" "Why, no, my son. What in the'name of goodness put that in your head ?" "Cos when pa came down stairs this morning he kissed Sarah in the hallway and said, 'That's better than kissing that old cat up stairs, ain't it Sarah?" ? Jewish silver shekels have lately been found near Jerusalem, belonging to the time of Simon Maccabeus, B. C. one hundred and forty-four. On one side they have the cup of manna, and on the other the budding rod of Aaron. ? A witty writer has observed, with much truth, that every man is, in a sense, three different men. In the first place, he is the mau he thinks himself to be; in the second place, he is the man other persons think him to be; and finally he is the man that he really is. ? Ten thousand men are engaged upon the -r. -n i 1 .1__ ^ raris JEjXmoiMOU uuuuiug, auu me iuuuuh' tions are wholly completed. The authorities reckon upon a daily average of from thirty to forty thousand visitors to make the Exhibition a financial success. ? A Boston minister, speaking some time since at one of Moody and Sankey's meetings in Chicago, is reported to have said: "Onethird of all the infidelity in the United States is in New England, one-third of all that is in Massachusetts, and one-third of all that is in Boston." ? Advertising is a good thing, but when a grocer recently carried to a funeral an umbrella on which was painted, conspicuously, the business of bis house, and held it over the preacher's head while he read his prayers, the bystanders thought he was running the thing into the ground. ? Some men never lose heart, but always look on the bright side. We met one down street the other night. His umbrella was blown into tatters, and he was fairly soaked through. To our "Pretty wet night," he answered cheerily, "Well, yes, kinder; but then it's a blamed good thing for the reservoir." I That's the kind of a spirit we like to see in a j man. ? It is a fact worth thinking about that Afi rica is three times as densely populated as America. The estimated number of inhabitants of Africa, on about eleven and a half square miles of territory, is more than twice that in America on about fifteen and a half square miles. In America the average is five and a half people to the square mile ; in Africa seventeen and a half. ? It is no easy thing to hreak up in middle age bad habits that have been formed in youth. ! When a horse contracts the habit of balking, | he generally retains it through his life. He ' will often perform well enough until the wheels get into a deep hole, and then he stops ; and holds back. Just so it is with the boys ! who contract bad habits. They will somej times leave off their bad tricks, and do well ; enough until they get into a tight place, and j then they return to the old habit. Of those ; boys who contract the bad habit of drunken! ness, not one in a hundred die9 a sober man. The only way to break up a bad habit is never ! to contract it. The only way to prevent I drunkenness is never to drink. A NARROW ESCAPE. Id the winter of 1842, a gentleman and his daughter, a young lady, while traveling through Canada, arrived about night fall at an old-fashioned tavern. The gentleman concluded to stop there instead of going on to the village of S , which was ten miles distant, and which they had thought to reach. The daughter?Carrie?expressed h$r willingness, as the tavern presented a comfortable appearance, and they alighted, when it was plainly to be seen that the gentleman was quite lame, so much so that he was obliged to use a cane. The landlord came out, and calling a boy to take the horse and sleigh to the barn, he ushered Mr. Spencer and his daughter into a pleasant sitting room, where a bright fire was burning on the hearth, which proved very acceptable to our travelers, who had been in the sleigh since morning. "Your room will be ready by supper time, sir," said the landlord, as he left the room and went into the bar-room. Supper was shortly announced, and after refreshing themselves, Mr. Spencer and Car rie returned to the cozy sitting room, where they talked and chatted until 8:30. They were then shown to their room, which was on the second story, in a wing somewhat distant from the main portion. The room was very long, with a high ceiling. On one side was a window, and on the other a door. Just above the door was a bust of King George III. The room was plainly furnished, containing two beds, a wash-stand and a few chairs. Carrie took in the wide room at a glance, and it must be confessed, had there not been a cheerful fire burning, she would have felt nervous about sleeping there. As it was, the warm glow lit up the room into comparative cheerfulness. While she and her father sat by the fire, her eyes wandered to the bust above the door, when she noticed that the eye-balls had evidently been knocked out, leaving two empty spaces. ' "Well,Carrie," said Mr. Spencer, presently, "I think you had better lock the door. I am going to count my money." After Carrie bad done so, he drew out a money-belt, heavy with bills, and proceeded tn ( mint, t.hnm Whilp. dninor so. Carrie's eves *w WV"*M v *"w'? ~"~~D f ? J ? involuntarily wandered again to' the bust, when, to her horror and astonishment, in place of the empty spaces, she saw two glittering eyes, greedily watching every movement of her father. The young girl could scarcely repress a scream ; but controlling herself, looked toward the fire, while her father went on counting a large/oil of bilk "I must have been mistaken," thought the fair young girl. '-What should make me have such a strange fancy, though ?" she continued, glancing again at the bust. Tht eyes were still there?two burning, savage eyes that brightened as Mr. Spencer went on counting. "Good heavens!" thought Carrie, "what shall we do! We are evidently in a den of thieves, and will be murdered for my poor father's money." How to communicate their danger to her father without those terrible eyes noticing it, Carrie could not think. Suddenly a bright idea came to her. "Father," she said aloud, "let me take a | card and pencil. I wish to make a memorandum of some items I want to purchase in the village. Her father handed them to her, after stowing away his belt. Carrie wrote tremblingly, in a fine hand : Father, do not be frightened ; we are in a . trap. Go in the opposite corner of the room, whora your face-will be iu the dark, HLKt lUQk' at the bust over the door. In it you will see two glittering eyes that have watched you count your money. "Read it," she said aloud, handing the card to her father. "I want to see if you think I am too extravagant." Her father betrayed no emotion while he read, but said: "You are pretty extravagant, Carrie. I suppose yoli think your father is made of money;" and he arose and went to the washstand, which was in a dark corner. Once there he glanced toward the bust, and that glance confirmed his daughter's extraordinary statement. When he came back to his seat, Carrie saw that the eyes were gone. Then, leaning toward her father, she said in a low tone: "You see it is as I said. I have thought of a plan, however, by which we can both escape. You would be perfectly helpless iu an affray of any kind on account of your game leg, and I must try to save us both." Then followed a whispered consultation, during which Carrie kept her eyes fixed on the bust; but the glittering orbs had not come back. As Bhe concluded, Carrie went to the window, she threw it up, and looked out. Beckoning to her father, who came, she said, or rather whispered : "You see this shed, father ? Well, they will probably come up on it and get in through the window. I do not think they will make the attack before 12, so I will get out of this window, jump from this shed, go to the barn and take our horse, and go to S for help." Flinging a wrap over her slight figure, she embraced her father tenderly, and bidding him not worry over her, she jumped lightly out ou the shed and disappeared. Mr. Spencer watched her for awhile, then closing a window, took out a watch, saw that it was nine o'clock, and proceeded to work. He first covered up the fire, blew out the light, and rolled up a blanket, with which be made a dummy. This he placed in the bed which his daughter was to occupy. Then he sat down and waited?oh, how, anxiously ! Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes went by, and no sound came from the vicinity of the barn. Taking off his boots he crept noiselessly to the window and peeped out. but could see nothing. Then creeping to the washetand he laid his money-belt in the drawer and closed it. He then threw himself on the bed and once more waited. After an hour had apparently gone by, Mr. Spencer threw off his coat and vest, tumbled up the bed, hobbled to the door, unlocked it, and stepped out into the hall. This was all in accordance with Carrie's plan. "Landlord 1 landlord !" he shouted. He then went back into the room and noiselessly threw up the window, all the time shouting for the landlord. That worthy came flying up the stairs, and late as it was, he was still dressed. "Oh, landlord !" gasped Mr. Spencer, rushing toward him. "I have been robbed ; my money all gone!" "Gone!" echoed the landlord in dismay. "Who could have stolen it!" groaned Mr. Spencer. "I had five thousand dollars in a belt, and it is gone?stolen !" The landlord lit the candle and looked around, chagrin depicted on every feature. "Why don't you wake your daughter, sir," he questioned. Mr. Spencer hurried to the bed. "Carrie, Carrie!" he called, but no answer came; and the landlord, drawing near with the light, saw the man, and cried? "Why, man, the girl isn't there 1" "What 1" gasped Mr. Spencer. "Oh, I see ! it all 1 The wicked girl has robbed me while I slept, and run off to meet her lover, from whom I was taking her." ; He ran to the window, followed by the landlord. I "Yes," yes, here are fbotprlnta in the anow on the shed J" ofied the landlord, while Mr. Speqoer groaned aloud, "flow long do you ! thiuk she has been gone, sir?" asked the landlord. "For an hour or more, the deceitful jade 1" replied Mr. Spenoer. "Then there's no use to look for her, sir," said the landlord. "Oh, but I must 1" cried Mr. Spencer, as he began to descend the stairway, followed by the landlord, who had believed every word Mr. Spencer said. ? They proceeded to the barn, followed by j the landlord's confederates. They found the horse gone, and her mode of flight was easily explained. "You may as well give her up, sir," said the landlord, consolingly. "I suppose I may," groaned Mr. Spencer, 1 and they returned to the house. As they left the barn he heard the landlord whisper to one of his confederates? i "The job's up, Jem?we'd better let the old * man alone." 1 Once more entering the room, Mr. Spencer threw himself upon the bed, and awaited the return of his brave daughter. "God bless her and bring her back in safe- , ty," he murmured. ] Meanwhile all grew still and the hours j rolled by. The fire had been raked up and , crackled on merrily. The eyes were not look- < ing from the bust; they had evidently disap- f peared for the night. , , At last, after what seemed an age to the i anxious watcher, he heard a loud knock on ] the front entrance, and five minutes .afterward heard the landlord stumble to the door, j Then followed a confused jumble of curses i and struggles, then a rush of many feet up j the long hall and stairway. The nexf minute the door was thrown open and bis daughter rushed in, followed by the officers, who dragged in the landlord and his confederates. "Oh, father 1" she cried, "yeu are safe, safe!" and throwing her arms around bis j neck, the brave girl burst into happy tears. i Th^sheriff and his posse of men held the > landlord and bis confederates in a vice-like ' grasp, while Carrie related the adventures of < her perilous ride. < "After I left the barn I led Tommy to a j fence, all unsaddled, sprang on him, wound < my arms tightly around his neck, and whis- J pered "Go, Tommy!" and away he went like ] the wind. Up and down over the frozen road j we went. My arms felt like ice. I thought < I should certainly freeze, and after what 4 seemed to be an age of cold and pain and ( misery, we dashed into the main street of < 8 . As we came up in front of the tav- ! ern the stage drove up, and the inmates , sprang out and rushed to my assistance. I i must have been almost insensible, for I had ] to bacarried in by the landlord. I was given warm drinks until I fully recovered, and'was able to relate my story. I told tbem my aus- i picions and my fears, and this gentleman"? ( here Carrie paused, and turning to a finelooking man near ber, said, "Mr. James, by ] bis ready belief in what I told, and bis energy and spirit in arousing the sheriff and his j men, has been the main cause in bringing $ assistance." t Mr. Spencer grasped the young man's ] hand, and thanked him. "Your plan succeeded admirably, Carrie," he said ; and advancing to the wash-stand, be took out'the money belt, saying, "my money is all right,?as you see." { The landlord quivered with rage as .he saw how completely he bad been defeated. As the men began to search the room, the landlord protested bis innocence, declaring that they had no right to bold him or his men prisoners, or to search the house. Breaking open the door above which was the bust, the men rushed in. The room was empty, save for a long ladder, which reached a shelf above the door. A hole above the shelf disclosed the bust to be broken in half, so that?a man could easily climb up tbe ladder, get on tbe shelf, tbnust bis head in tbe bust, which was large enough for an ordinary man's head, and see all that was going on in the adjoining room. # This certainly looked suspicious, but abso-lota-proof waa yat wanting.?On roturoing to the room occupied by Mr. Spencer, they again searched every nook and corner. Suddenly, Carrie and Mr. James, who had been standing by the fireplace, gave a loud cry, for on close examination they had found spots of blood on the bricks, which formed the nearth. They began to pull up the bricks, which proved loose, when Carrie, feeling faint, gave way to the sheriff and his men, who soon had them all pulled up, when a cavity was disclosed, containing the murdered body of a gentleman whom Mr. James and the sheriff remembered to have stopped at S-1?three days before. f The evidence was conclusive. g Tbe landlord and bis confederates were well c guarded through the night, and the next day i they were lodged in jail, where in due time * they were sentenced and suffered the extreme 8 penalty of the law. HAMPTON ANDREFORMI FURNITURE AND LOW PRiCES AT THE NEWFURNITURE STORE, Opposite the Cotton Hotel, CHESTER, S. C. LONG experience, and having to buy for the house of MARKS <ft REID, of Rock Hill, in connection with my own, enables me to buy to superior advantage; and owing to the low price of cotton, I am SELLING AT ALMOST COST. Come and see for yourselves. Goods DELIVERED FREE to all points between Gastonia and Winnsboro. S. K. MARKS. December 7 49 tf BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY. AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patron- . age, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, ' consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Mldium, Fo- a lio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, t of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, g Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, Pen- J Knives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, e r in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Period- t icais, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Old Books rebound and repaired. p PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALT* r Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. E. R. STOKES, J 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL 0 IB PUBLISHED DAILY, TBI-WEEKLY & WEEKLY, J A.T AUGUSTA, GA., J By WALSH & WEIGHT, Proprietors. J FULL Telegraphic Dispatches from all Points. B T.atest and most accurate Market Reports, h Interesting and Reliable Correspondence from all garts of Georgia, South Carolina and Washington ity. Georgia and Carolina News a Specialty. DAILY: I TRI-WEEKLY: I WEEKLY: f One ve?r Sin I One vear 85 00 I One vear 82 x Six months, 5 | Six Months, 2 50 | Six Months, 1 ^ NOTICE. I I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears g and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for f honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for y sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. November 30 48 tf JTRTSCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. ? A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every 1 convenience, and a determination to do my r best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in t want of correct and flattering likenesses. Cloudy h weather js as good or hetter than sunshine for ail s snbjects, exoept small children. a NOTICE IS hereby given that application will be made to the/Legislature of this State at its approaohing g session, to amend the Charter of the Town of J Yorkville. 1 November 16 46 tf TRI AL JUSTICE'S B L ANKS7~ C RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Sum- c mons in civil action, and Executions. For JRale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. 6 to & OA per day at home. Sample worth 81 free. "] qltJ 1 Htinion fc Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly (hi O n 'lay at home. Agenu wanted. Outfit and tenwfree. * tpXa TRUE k CO., Auguit&, Malue. 19 ly * WEED! WEED! WEED! v r* i PRE-EMINENTLY AT THE HEAD! AND SO RECOGNIZED. Read the complimentary award of the Centennial Commissioners. # A U. STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION,) . International Exhibition, } Philadelphia, 1876. j The United States Centennial Commission announce the following report as the basis of an iwardto the WEED8EWINGMACHINE COMPANY, Hartford, Conn., for SHUTTLE SEWIN6 MACHINES. REPORT. The new Weed Sewing Machine, emploving a itrnight needle and needle-bar, connected bv a ink with a crank on the end of a horizontal shaft in the overhanging arm.. The needle-bar opera;ing shaft is connected by a link with, and naa a ocking motion imparted to it by means of, a srank on the lower rotating shaft. The shuttle (Detained in a carrier, is reciprocated in the direction of the feed bv a crank and link ooimected vith the rotating shaft, and the four-motion6d Seed is moved positively. FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS, YIZ. t An excellent Shuttle Machine, possessing orignality and simplicity of constructive detail, for Ine quality of workmanship and materials, and "or great adaptability, to both cloth and leather jwcmng. A. T. GOSHORN, Director-General. J. R. HAWLEY, President. Attest: Myer Asch, Asst. Secretary. ANALYSIS. An excellent Shuttle Machine?meaning a machine possessed of great.merit*. the under thread if which is carried in a Shuttle, universally admitted to be the only practicable apfi flnrahlw methoff. ^rosBeesihg-otfglnaHty andeimpttoity of instructive detail?that is, embodying the requisite number of the most improved mechanical devices found in any Sewing Machine, free from j implication, consequently readily understood j wd easily managed. For fine quality of work- J manship and materials. All parts being made in " ~ iuplicate by improved machinery, thus being interchangeable, making it easy to replace any parts which may become worn or broken. All bearing parts being provided with means of adjustment. Substituting drop-forged wrought iron ind steel in place of cast and malleable iron. A.nd for great adaptability to both cloth anifle^th3r stitching?being free from sharp angled cams qr grinding gears, having substituted simple , ;rank movements, devoid of friction or noise, 3 rawing both upper and under thread at precisely the same time, finishing each stitch independently, a necessity on' fine leather work. Light running, well-balanced parts, admitting of the highest rate of speed attainable in machine sewing, whioh is indispensable in oloth stitching. , It will be observed that in no other award are :bese important points?so necessary to perfect ditching machine?combined, viz.: "Simplicity of Constructive detail," "Fine Quality of Workmanship and Materials." *'Great Adaptability to both Cloth and Leather Stitching." We claim to produce the best Leather and Cloth 3ewing Machines now. offered to the public, and ihall be pleased to sabetantiate this at any or oar Branch Offices in the principal cities, or agencies hrougbout the United States. v WEED SEWING MACHINE CO., Hartford,aConn, BRANCH OFFICE: * >1 and 58 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md., Masonic Temple. H. S. DAWLEY, Manager. February 22 8 3m THE TROPIC STOVE, mmmm " , GREENSBORO, N. C. rHE COOKING STOVK8 manufactured atonr works in Greensboro, N. CM give universal atisfactlon wherever introduced. They are made >f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL,*with heaver and thicker plate than any other Stove In tho narket, and consequently will the longer withitand heat and hard usagB. They are of hand ome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal n every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold n the United States, while it is confidently claimed hat they are the CHEAPEST. All {he usual >ieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished vith each Stove. An important consideration vith purchasers is the fact that our patterns and lizes are never changed. Should a piece get accilentally broken at any time, we can replace it at he mere oost of casting. Not simply because it' s a home production, but on account of its Intrlnlie merits as an article of household economy, do ve ask the patronage of home purchasers. More han ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now n use, and among many others having them we espectfully refef to the following: R. E. Guthrie, 3. M. Campbell, M. H. Currenoe, York county; drs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Juthriesville; John A.Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. iovd, Joseph Herndon, L. M.. Grist, Yorkville. Zou can save the freight from the northern cities ind the dealer's profit, which is no email item, >y buying of us, and at the same time get a iTOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those >f northern make. The following are our prices lelivered at depot in Greensboro: *o. 8, with 10 pieees ware and 8 feet pipe, $80 00 u Y it u u u it ii A 28 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, tireensporo.?. C. P. M. DOBSON <fe CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. rOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McConnellsville, fork county, 8. C. r. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, S. C. YORK MARBLE YARD. rHE undersigned is still conducting the Marble Business in Yorkville, and wonld repectfully inform the public that he can supply hose in want of MONUMENTS or HEADSTONE3 with anything in his line, and at the owest cash prices. Monuments designed and finished in the most laborate style, and in point of workmanship and naterial warranted equal to the work of any esablishment in the country. Head and Footstones, in various styles, from lain to highly-carved work, famished at short lotice, and satisfaction guaranteed. , Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection of rhich, those in want of marble work are respectally invited. ;''yr M Estimates and any other desired information heerfully given at any time. Work delivered at any point on the Chester nd Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Jhester and Dallas, or at any place between lock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Coumbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for ransportaticfe. , Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed ipon my establishment, my determination is to aerit a continuance of the same. F, HAPPERFIELD. January 4 1 ly $250 REWARD. 7" J rHE National Board of Fire Underwriters here- . 1 by offers a reward of TWO HUNDRED AND ' i'lFTY DOLLARS, for the detection, conviction nd punishment of the party or parties, charged nth the crime of Arson, in firing the premises itnate near Yorkville, S. C., being the DWELL NG OF J. T. L.OVVKY, on April 22d,? 1876. laid reward will bep^d only on dne proof being urnishedthe Executive Committee of the oon iction and actual punishment of said criminals. Bv order of Exeoutive Committee. 3 GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. j *New York, May 8, 1876. 20 tf barber shop. rHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fesh- J ionable and stylish out of hair, or a pleasant nd luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that "HOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsoial is still in business, in his old 8bop next door o the Enquirer building, where it will afford iim great pleasure to wait upon all who may deire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, nd any other work of that kind pronaptlv done. THOMAS BALLARD. 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