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JjuiMWMttSi Department. A Quick Juror.?Judge Gibson tells an j arousing story of the way that a juror "wentI for" conviction. He says he was trying a | murder case a few years ago down in one of the wire-grass counties, and experienced great difficulty in getting a jury. Eleven jurors had been sworn in, aud in the next panel was brought in a small, lean, lank, cadaverous-! looking fellow, who had on only one shoe, his ! pants being nearly above his knees, his shirt; open both front and back, and the aforesaid 1 pants held up by a single brace. The s^licitor proceeded to ask the usual questions in such cases as follows: "Have you, from having seen the crime committed, or having heard any of the testimony delivered under oath, formed or expressed any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar ?" The single-brace fellow, in a clear and distinct voice, answered, "Not any." Have you any prejudice or bias resting on your mind for or against the prisoner at the bar ?" "I hain't." "Is your mind perfectly impartial between the State and the accused?" "Hit air." "Are you conscientiously opposed to capital punishment?" "I isn't." The judge did not like the juror much, but it being late aud jurors scarce, he was "put upon" the prisoner in the usual manner, the solicitor saying, "Juror, look upon the prisoner; prisoner, Istnlr nnnn tKo iiirnr " TKfl llimr was DUlte 4VU Ok W|/VU HUW J Vt4 v* w? ..w, -J near the prisoner, and when this command was given he bent over him, scanning him from head to foot intently for some minutes ; he then turned to the judge and said, in a firm, solemn voioe, "Yes, judge, I think hp's guilty." 4 ... % About Pets.?Pets ov all kinds are a nqosance. Pet ideas are quite risky, and pet opinyuns, like seckond-hand clothing, are worth just what yu kan git for them. A pet horse learns to be frisky, and a pet servant bekums cunning at the expense ov his honesty. Pet friends are the hardest to keep, and when yu lose them, ohange from hunny to gaol* and pets ov all kinds are very fastidious. A pet orow never knows what hiz next mischief will be, and ov all pets none are more nasty and kross than a pet parrott. Pet hobbys are easy to mount, but hard to stiok to ; the ditches all along life's turnpike are filled with the riders. Live pets ov all kinds are sure to be lazy, and very soon afterward git to be sassy. Pet a mule with a klub, and he is pashunt, but pet him with oats, and he will kick out one end ov kreashun. Stranger, if yu must hav a pet or perish, git a young hedgehog (a male one is preferable) and keep him housed in a barrell, and view him thru the bung-hole whenever you feel lonesome, and if this don't make yu happy, it certainly ain't pets that ails yu.?Billings. Seeing One was Enough?An inebriated Jerseyman in New York, led by flaming posters advertising the play of the Forty Thieves at Niblo's, went to the box office and called for a ticket?at the same time throwing down a $5 greenback. On receiving in return $3 and a ticket (he had expected to pay about 50 cents) the astonished countryman, looked mnnoi and then at the ticket, and *"V ?WMWJ ? 9 exclaimed: "H?h?how much d'yer ask to (hie) to see the Forty Thieves1" The ticket seller informed him that the price was $2. He paid the money with considerable grumbling, took the ticket and started for the door. "Hello!" shouted the ticket seller; "you are going the wrong way. Turn back and enter at the first door to your left." "No, (hie) I thank you," said the countrymau, "I don't (hie) care to see the other 39." Dennis and the Dog.?A certain witness, in an action for assault and battery, mixed things up considerably in giving his account of the affair. After relating how Dennis came to him and struck him, he proceeded: "So, yer honor, I just hauled off and wiped his jaw. Just then his dog came along, and I hit him again." "Hit the dog?" "No, yer honor, hit Dennis. And then I up with a stun and throwed it at him, and it rolled him over aud over." "Threw a stone at Dennis ?" "At the dog, yer honor; and he got up and hit me again." "The dog ?" "No ; Dennis. And wid that he stuck his tail betwixt his legs and run off." "Dennis?" No; the dog. And when he came back at me he ? ?- J? ?j J.J ? ?_ i?... ? got me uowu auu puuuueu iuc, jci uvuui, "The dog came back at you?" "No; Dennis, yer honor, and he isn't hurt any at all." "Who isn't hurt?" "The dog, yer honor." A German's Logic.?A German farmer living near Des Moines, Iowa, had his barn iusured for five hundred dollars, which was three hundred more than it was worth. Not long ago it was burned, and he demanded the full amount of the policy. The company offered to settle with him for two hundred dollars, and on receiving a refusal built a new barn for him. A week ago a life insurance agent called upon him, and urged him to have his wife's life insured. The farmer used the logic of analogy. "I had my barn insured for five hundred tollars, and when it burned down they pay me no five hundred tollars, but build me new barn. Now I get my frou insured for one tousand tollars, and she die. Den you give me no tousand tollars, but make me take another old Dutch woman. Dat's what you make me do. I don't want myTrou insured." 16?" A Parisian lady leaves her husband, and takes refuge in the residence of a handsomer man. The correspondent is not surprised when next day the aggrieved husband waits upon him, pallid and frigid. He meets him with a haughty bow. "I am aware that my wife has sought the shelter of your roof," says the husband producing a case of pistols. The gay Lothario bows, and answers with equal disdain : "Sir, it is a fact, and I hold myself in readiness to give you the satisfaction you demand." "I have pistols here, continued the husband, "and let me tell you that if ever you allow my wife to return to me, I will blow the roof of your head off. You hear me ?" Poor Weak Woman.?Miss Susan Nipper, who lived in a small tenement, a lone wo UiaU| TTOO UUIIWIVU uuv vhuw* by an early call from a bachelor neighbor. "What do you come here after?" said Miss Nipper. "I came to borrow matches," he meekly replied. "Matches! That's a likely story. Why don't you make a match ? I know what you came for," said the exasperated old virgin, as she backed the bachelor into a corner. "You came here to hug and kiss me nearly to death! But you shan't without you are the strongest, and the Lord knows that you are!" In a Hurry.?"What's broke loose, Charley ? Where are you going in such a hurry ?" "I'm going to the store." "Trade must be active with you." "It's not the trade that has called me out." "It's not a woman, is it?" "Nn nf nnurse not But I'll exDlain the thing to you, to keep down your infernal suspicions. There are three partners in our store, and we have only two chairs. The last man that comes in the morning has to stand up all day. It is very important for me to get to the store early this morning. Good-day." "Poor boy I" said a lady, as she took out her purse to give the little beggar some change. "Yes, I am a poor boy," said the young rascal, squeezing a tear out of his eye, "and have four sick mothers to support." The lady put back her purse, shook her head, and walked sadly away. "Before we were married," said he to a friend, "she used to say, "by-by" bo sweetly j when I went down the steps." "And now j what does she say ?" asked the friend. "Oh ! i just the same," exclaimed the man?" buy, \ buy." "Ah! I see," said the other; "she only exercises a little different 'spell' over you." (fatm and (fireside. FANCY FARMERS. The Chicago Times has a few truthful par* agraphs describing fancy farmers, which read as follows: No class of men have been ridiculed so raueh, and none have done so much good, as those who are denominated fancy farmers. They have been, in all times and countries, the benefactors of the men who have treated them with derision. They have been to farmers what inventors have been to manufacturers. They have experimented for the good of the world, while others have simply worked for their own good. They tested theories, while others have raised crops for market. They have given a dignity and glory to the occupation of farming it never had before. Fancy farmers have changed the wild boar into the Suffolk and Berkshire; the wild hull of Britain into the short horn ; the mountain sheep, with its lean body and hair fleece, into the Southdown and the Merino. They brought up the milk cows from pints to gallons. They have lengthened the sirloin of the bullock, deepened the udder of the cow, enlarged the ham of the hog, given strength to the shoulder of the ox, rendered finer the wool of the sheep, flddnd flfietness to the sneed of the horse, and made beautiful every animal that is kept iu the service of man. They have improved and hastened the development of all domestic animals, till they hardly resemble the creatures from which they sprang. Fancy farmers introduced irrigation and under-draining, grinding and cooking food for stock. They brought guano from Peru, and nitrate of soda from Chili. They introduced and domesticated all the plants we have of foreign origin. They brought out the theory of rotation of crops as a natural means of keeping up and increasing the fertility of the soil. They first ground up gypsum and bones, and treated the latter with acid to make manures of a peculiar value. They first analyzed soils, as a means of determining what was wanted to increase their fertility. They introduced the most improved methods of raising and distributing water. Fancy farmers, or fancy horticulturists, have given us all our varieties of fruits, vegetables and flowers. A fancy farmer in Vermont, a few years ago, originated the Early Rose potato, which added millions of dollars to the wealth of our country and proved to be a most important accession in every part of the world where it was introduced. Another of these fancy men originated the Wilson strawberry, and another, the Concord grape. It was a fancy farmer who brought the Osage orange from Texas to the Northern States. Among the men in this country who were classed as fancy farmers at an early day, were Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and Livingston. The first introduced mules; the second, the cultivation of improved rice ; the third, the use of land plaster, aud the fourth, the raising of lucerne. More than any men of their time did they add to the wealth of the country. After them came another race of fancy farmers, who introduced Arabian horBea, Spanish sheep, and the improved breeds j cf cattle and swine. These fancy farmers added immensely' to the wealth of the prac tical farmers of the country. + The Value of the Sunflower.?A few stalks of this grand, rank growing plant, in < the garden or near the house, are highly beneficial in many respects ; they are great pro- 1 raoters of good health by freely absorbing i malarious gases in the air and purifying it. The seed is splendid food for poultry in the ' winter and spring. And, best of all, the seed < of sunflowers is the most healthy food that ' can be giveu to horses in winter and spriug ; ; half a pint a day keeps them in health and ' spirited, with sleek coats, and more animated, i than any other food. It prevents "heaves" i and other diseases. All places, with the least < tendency to malarial difficulties, should have numbers of sunflowers growing about the res- I idences. Then they are great favorites with < little birds?yellow birds, blue birds, wrens, and many others?which will leave fruit and berries to perch upon and pick sunflower seed. 1 It may not be generally known that the seed ' of the sunflower is the most iufallible remedy yet discovered for the speedy cure of founder i in horses. The direction which we elean from a brief article upon the subject iu the Essex > Banner, says: "Immediately on discovering that your horse is foundered, mix about a 1 pint of the whole seed in his food, and it will perfect a cure." In that most excellent book, " The Earth as Modified, by Human Action,'\Marsh), ia found 1 the following mention of sunflowers as a protection against miasmatic exhalations: "Maury believed that a few rows of sunflowers, 1 planted between the Washington Observatory and the marshy banks of the Potomac, had saved the inmates of that establishment from 1 the intermittent fevers to which they had been formerly liable. Maury's experiments haVe been repeated in Italy. Large plantations of Bunflowers have been made upon the alluvial deposits of the Oglio, above its entrance into i the lake of Isco, near Pisogn, and it is said with favorable results to the health of the neighborhood. In fact, the generally beneficial effects of a forest wall, or other vegetable screen, as a protection against the noxious ex- i halations from marshes, or other sources of disease, situated to the windward of them, are very commonly admitted. Gravel for Fowls.?Granivorous fowls need the assistance of hard substances, such 88 stones, gravel, etc., to digest the food upon which they live. This they are able to obtain for themselves, in most localities, at all m minfon ah roll on nonfinorl 5n OCOCU1JO UAWUp t 1U ITIUbOt | Ui ff uvu vuuuuvva ?u limited quarters. At such times they must be supplied with a liberal quantity of clean, sharp gravel, or coarse sand. Oid earthenware broken up to suitable size, is preferred by some to gravel, but in our opinion it is not so good because not so hard; at all events, something must be furnished to answer the demands of nature, if we expect the fowls to be in a normal and healthy condition. This is especially true of young turkeys, for when they are confined where they can not obtain the requisite aids to digestion, oonstipation ensues, and the results are fatal if remedies are not applied, or they are not changed to proper quarters. Young fowls of all kinds should have fine gravel or coarse sand constantly within their reach, of a s'ze adapted to the capacity of their throats.?J'oultry World. Hints on Tool Grinding.? Beginners are sometimes told, when grinding edge tools, to make the stone revolve toward the cutting edge, and occasionally from it. Wheu the first grinding is being done, it matters little whether this is attended to ; but when the finishing touches are given near and at the very edge, the task can always be accomplished i with much greater accuracy if the periphery I or circumference of the grindstone revolves toward the cutting edge, for the steel which is worn away will then be more easily removed : and when a stone runs in the oppo site direction, the grinder cannot always tell when the tool is fully ground up to the edge. This is particularly the case when the steel is 1 of asoft temper. The stone, when running from the edge, cannot sweep away every par- ; tide of the metal, but when it revolves toward ; the edge it carries off all the feathery edge.? Scientific American. Fattening Fowls.?Fowls may be fat- j tened in four or five days by the following process: Set some rice over the fire with ; skimmed milk?as much only as will serve for one day. Let it boil until the rice is swelled out; add a teaspoonful of sugar. Feed the fowls four or five times a day in clean pans, and give them as much each time as will fill them. Great care should be taken that they have nothing sour given them, as that prevents their fattening. Give them only clean | water or milk from rice to drink. By this method the flesh will have a clear whiteness. Heading fa* the ^atrtath. . > / i, ~ CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN.' NOT WEARY. "They shall run and not be weary." There is a very great difference between being weary of our work and weary in our work. There are some preachers who are weary of their work, because by some hap-hazard they have i been introduced into the wrong calling. They would make very good merchants or physicians, or lawyers, but they are weary of 1 preaching. Just so it is in any line of labor; you know many in your calling that would be more effective if they were in some other | position. They made a mistake in the opening of their life, and it has paralyzed tbem ever afterwards. The Lord says, "They shall run and not be weary." Ah ! they canuot be weary, their work is congenial to them. They may be fatigued in its exercise, but they nev- i er forget its relations. i They shall not be weary, for they shall i have rat by the taay, rest by the way. Dear < brother, it is impossible to separate the rest ! from the run. He that is in haste to do the i Master's will, like the beloved John, lays his head upon the Master's breast, and thus jour- | neys on. The earnest Christian is like thole i birds which are said to sleep whilst on the j wing. The work is his rest. To be prevent- i ed from doiug somewhat each day fpr his i Hf..#.*.... '1 U#. fkn nM.taDt /lanrltf.finn that J IT A UQ LC I jftUUlU UO bile ^icairgoc uv|?i i v wv< vu vutav | he could suffer. ; / ' i They shall have relief from fatigue. This i is the defect and danger in running. The i heavenly footman cries in , "And new supplies each hour I meet " 1 While pressing on to God." I We are never deserted. The more conse- < crated and the more'eonsumforg'tti "Clnffltian ^ zeal, the more compensation i$ there. Afld i then comes that which is sweetest of all?rest I at the end. I would like very much* to know j what you think of Heaven; what is your < nition of Heaven ? It certainly canuotf 6e I rest, for you know very little what work is. < Until one's head is tired with constant think- i ing, and the muscles are worn with continued i tension, you never know rest. That mau or woman araoug you who spends all the day > long in idleness and self indulgence does not i know the sweetness of the word "rest." It j comes as the word "comfort" comes, when < there has been something distracting and dis- I turbing, and when we need quietness and re- < tirement, and to be alone with the Master. < Oh, the sweetness of the rest that remains for ! the people of God! Just as those who sail ] about the Spice Islands tell us that in ap- I proaching them they can ameil the breezes < that come over the sea, so is the soul some- i fimea rnafifl homesick for Heaven as we eet f thus the odor of the land of rest. Then the weary shall be at rest; the wicked shall cease from troubling. Dear friends, that is the thing towards which we strive. Now, rest in the way, in the work; now relief from fatigue in the compensations of the life, and then the unending, unbroken peace, when we see Jesus just as He is, and hear Him say, "Well done!"?Dr. S. H. Tyng, Jr. PERSEVERANCE. Oh, that men understood that as soon as they begin to be Christians they enter the service of Jesus Christ! That man who, professing to be converted, and to have surrendered himself to Christ, yet did not begin the new life work, was mistaken, aud his energy will surely fail. Multitudes are there who start well, and never fulfill the prophecy of their first love, because they do not recognize the glorious truth : "Ye are not your own ; pe are bought with a price ; therefore glorify Grod in your body aud in your spirits, which ire His." He that enters upon this service is diligent in perseverance that he may accomplish and gain his crowns. Have you ever noticed in the gospel of Mark, which depicts the Lord Jesus as the servant, how constantly the expression occurs, "straightway He did" this and that; "immediately" he went and spoke 1 His service was so continued in its consecration as to permit of no reserved thoughts. What sad contrasts to the Master are found among the disciples! There are some who walk in the way of this commandment so lightly that they scarcely leave a footprint in the sands of time; they do not press enough in the path to trace a reminder of their existence. Greenwood is full of the bodies of Christians that did nothing whilst they lived; and when God summons them for an account of their works, they shall be crownless?saved, if saved at all, "so as by fire." There is necessarily great difference in the speed of Christians. There is difference " . r\ - _ I _!,L _ 01 lemperameni. uub mttu la uuru witu a j nervous, energetic constitution; another is by [ nature phlegmatic and calculating. That ( other disciple did out-run Peter, when they ran to the sepulchre. Some are like Asahel, ] fleet as the roe; others like Mephibosbeth, 1 lame in both feet, and yet they may both be- J long to the church; they may be in the | straight way of everlasting life for all that. I I am not discussing the measure of consecra- I tion ; I want to emphasize the one thought, that all there is in a man is to be for Christ. Milton describes the angels as dwelling in the j sun, always in the centre of light and fire. < And so he is that runneth according to the < will of the Lord ; his diligence and persever- i ance are equal. It is said of Charles Simeon I that he kept in his study a picture of Henry * Martin, the missionary, and whenever he j walked the floor, go into whatever part of 1 the room he would, the eyes of the picture i were always following him, and seemed to i say, "Be earnest! be earnest! do not trifle 1" i And as he caught the gaze, the goodly man < always bowed to the portrait,and said: "Yes, 1 I will be earnest; I will be earnest;^ will < not trifle; for souls are to be saved, and Jesus i is to be glorified." Such a man lives after ? his time and speaks when his lips are motion- i less.?Dr. S. H. Tung, Jr. . i i , Behold, He Prayeth.?The sight of a < penitent on his knees is a spectacle which j moves heaven, and the compassionate Redeemer who, when He beheld Saul in that sit- i uation, exclaimed, "Behold, he prayeth," will | not be slow to strengthen you by His might t and console you by His Spirit. TVhea a i "new and living way is opened into the holi- i est of all," by the blood of Jesus, not to avail j ourselves of it; but to prefer remaining at a I guilty distance, will be a source of unsupport- j able anguish when we shall "see others enter- 1 ing into the kingdom, and ourselves shut out. s It is impossible too often to inculcate the mo- i mentous truth that the character is not formed i by passive impressions, but by voluntary ac- j tions; and that we shall be judged hereafter, < not by what we have felt, but by what we ] have done.?R. Hall. \ Hearers and not Doers.?He who hears < the word ana aoes not ao it, is a monster id religion. He is all head and ears, having neither hands to work with nor feet to walk with. There is a disease to which children are subject, called the rickets, wherein their heads swell as large as two heads, and their legs are crooked, which hinder their going. We have many rickety Christians ; they hear much and their heads swell with notions and undigested opinions, but. their legs are crooked, their walking is perverse. Every such person is a mocker of God; a deceiver of himself, a discourager of ministers, a barren soil, a bad servant, a beholder of his natural face in a glass, a builder of his house upon 1 the sand.?Phillip Henry. I ? j Christianity did not come from Heaven ! to be the amusement of an idle hour, to be j the food of mere imagination, to be as a > very lovely Bong of one that has a pleasant voice and playeth well upon an instrument. j No, it is intended to be the guide, the guardian, the companion of all hours ; it is intended to he the food of outr immortal spirits ; it: is intended to be the serious occupation of ouj j whole existence.?Bishop Jebb. I IpgttllMenitf ftcading. THE CHARGE OF BALACLAVA. . . * 1 BY A. PARTICIPANT. The Russian horse and foot had retired in* to a narrow gorge at the head of a long green valley. There thirty pieces of cannon were in position, and in rear of them were formed six solid columns of cavalry and six of infantry, while other dense masses occupied the slopes beyond. Notwithstanding this formidable array, in an almost unassailable position, a message was received by Lord Lucan from Captain Lewis Edward Nolan, of the 15th Hussars, undoubtedly one of the bravest of the brave, to the effect that the Light Brigade was to carry those thirty pieces of cannon. Another account says that he simply pointed to the guns with his sword, and said, "We should take them," and that the motion was taken for an order. Ere many minutes were passed poor Nolan paid the full penalty of this misconception or error in judgment-1if error it was. Perilous, rash and desperate tka affamnt T ./*? /! T.m*an paI n# lv7 IMUUgll klio abvvau|/b, xjv/i u juui w>? ?viuwvMM?>jf ordered the Eari of Cardigan to advance with his brigade, and cheerfully we obeyed the startling order. ? ? We numbered only six hundred and seven horsemen, officers included. Each officer took up the words in succession?"The brigade will advance. First squadron, march, trot, gallop!" And then, for the first time, as I led my squadron on, did I become aware how thirsty-we unconsciously became when untTef firb. My lipe were quite baked, the morning air was moist and cool. We had before us a mile and a half to gallop, over level mm! op*** ground, encumbered here amLthdra by the dead aud wounded men and horses of the previous encounter; but these we swept aver in our advance towards where the blafek |pd grim artillery stood; with round and gapr ing muzzles, before the solid array of Russian horse and foot?those dark columns in lon? Ejray-copotes, all cross-bet tied, with-filed baymet* glittering in the sun ; those darker and less ifi&iJct bloods of hotaferneir whbsd 'forest jf lances, sword-blades, and brighter appointments glittered and flashed from among thiir umbered masses. On and ou we rode, and faces flushed red, ind hearts beat wildly?while the Earj,;brsve is every English gentlemau should be, with ill his faults of temper?led up on with brandished sword. Every hand was firm on the bridle, every grasp was Arm on* t the sword, inao rvmaoorl 1A tbo QQ/IA lo.l a |\a OU. 3 VCIJ UllCO new pi wxtvu w vuv v? ;ry rowel was tinged with blood, so, holster io bolster and boot to boot, the squadrons were pressing on. "Charge!" escaped me* almost before the time, and then the maddened horsis rushed on at full racing speed, with long, invigorating strides. Our lances were all unslung, and in the rest, the banneroles fluttering before the horses' heads and outstreched seeks, from which the manes were floating backward like smoke. We were soon within the line of fire. Like the thunder of heaven the park of artillery shook the air, as cannon, mortars and rifles spened like a fiery bell on front and flanks at juce. An iron shower of round shot apd grape, shells and rockets, with a tempest of conical rifle-bullets, whizzed past our ears, or tore through horses and men, and down thev went on right and left at every stride. Struck m the breast by a shell, the gallant Nolan fell back on his saddle with a wild and harrowing cry, as his horse swept around and bore his body to the rear with his feet still in ;he stirrups, vindicating, even in death, his eputation as one of England's noblest horsenen. Man after man, horse after horse, are jow going down, thick aud fast, and shrieks ind prayers and curses rise together to Heav;n ; but the rest close in from the flank, and ilanoor uiiMar anrl mnro rpanlnfo than llUJtsly vivuou1 | uiiuvi) ? !<w imviv tvwwiMvv kmmm jver, we ride the race of death. On, and on yet, steeds snorting, lances rising ind falling, peunous fluttering, and sabres lashing in the sunshine. "Steady, lads, iteady!" cried Lionel Beverly, as another ihower of grape tore through the squadrons, md many more went down, though some of he horses remained riderless in the ranks and jalloped mechanically on. For a moment, irnid the confusion, I saw the colonel for the ast time, as he led us?that noble heart, that lolished gentleman and gallant lancer. He vaa deadly pale, for he was mortally woundid iu the left side. His life-blood was ebbing; jut hia sword was still uplifted, and alight vas flashing in his eyes, which already could lee "the glories and the terrors of the uninown world." "Close up, gentlemen and jomradesl Keep your horses well in hand; jut spur on?charge, and charge home! Hurrah !" A ball hummed past?a twentybur pound shot, apparently?and where was Lionel Beverly? Doubled up. a dead and jhastly heap, under a dying and maugled jhargerl The next who fell was ray friend i?-Mord. If-be was somewhat of a-dimdy-m England, there was no want of pluck in him lere. Leading his troop, he fell close by me, ind I leaped ray horse over him as he rolled past, churning a mouthful of grass and earth, lis features awfully convulsed, and his limbs trembling in their death agony. Poor Fred Wilford T On, and on yetl Many a familiar face is gone oow ; the gaps are fearful, and meu who weret on the flanks now And themselves in the jenthe. On we still gallop towards that mouth of fire?on, and fearlessly. The best alood of three kingdoms is in our ranks, all veil and nobly mounted, the flower of onr gallant cavalry?on yet like a whirlwind, the learty British '^Hurrah 1 hurrah I hurrah J" ringing in our ears; the heart's blood eeems mounting to the brain ; and now we are upon ;hem I?now the red flashing muzzles of the cannon are passed ; the gunners are throwing themselves under the wheels and limbers, where we out them down, and spear or pin them to the turf. Others are. rushing for shelter to their squares of infantry, under whose rifles they lie flat and securely; while sheets of lead are tearing through us! 0, the superlative bitterness of that moment, when, with all our horses blown, I look back md see that we are without supports! The gons are taken?the gunners almhfi mnihilated ; our horses are breathless. We lave no aid, and no resource but to ride back, jnder such a concentrated fire as troops were lever hefore exposed to. "It's all up?threes ibout?retire!" A single trumpet feebly gives the call.itnd away we go. Shot in the leart, perhaps, my Arab steed sank down rontlv beneath me: but I received a severe 3vm"V ~9 blow from something, I know not what?the iplinter of a shell, probably, which crushed ny lancer-cap, and almost stunned me. I iiust have remounted myself mechanically, for when we hacked our way back, and reach;d the rear, I was riding a bay horse of the Llth Hussars, the saddle and holsters of which were slimy with blood. The horse fell with me soon after, as it had been disemboweled by a grape-shot. Of all those glorious regiments who formed he Light Brigade there came back but oue lundred and ninety-eight men ; many of hese were wounded and many dismounted ; ind when the rolls were called over at nightall it was found that one hundred and fifty* * * i j _ _ J leven were dean, one nuuaren anu umetccu mounded, and that three hundred and thirty ine horses were killed, leaving more than )ne hundred and thirty dragoous unaccounted for. I had not the heart to number the orty men who represented the two squadrons vhich followed Lionel Beverley. There, on ;he greensward of that valley of death, lay >ur gallant colonel, cut in .two by a round ihot; Travers, torn to pieces by a grape-shot; Scriven, slain by three lance wounds; Howird, "the only son of a mother, and she a vidow;" Frank Jocelyn, our old sergeantnaior; and an incredible number of others, tilled. The flower of our lancers were there, md among them ray faithful follower, Pitjlado, with a rifle-bullet in his leg. Hot, breathless, stiff, sore, and covered with >ruises, I new discovered that in the melee? .hough I was unconscious of having strupk a flow?there wero, at least, twenty notches jb the blade of my sword, that I bad received 1 three very severe lance-prods, two sword-cats, < and that my uniform was torn to rags. When 1 we halted to girth op I threw myself on the < rich grass of the valley, and, taking off my < battered lancer-cap, felt the cool breeze most . grateful as it came from the distant sea. i Then I buried my face among the verdure, i less for coolness than from excess of weak- < ness, and to hide the sorrow that consumed j me for the losses we had sustained. From a j distance came the cheers of the Heavy Brig- I ade, avenging us, and completing the work I we had begun. Then the fierce excitement? i the devil had possessed me?passed away, and 1 I-thought only of the dying and the dead. i FOURTEEN LITTLE THINGS. * 1 INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF 8AVING OB PBO- ' DUCING THEM. 4 Life is mainly made up of trifles. A pinbole will, in time, sink a large ship. A small saving per day or week will speedily amount j to a large sum. An extra production of a ! small thing, as an extra egg per day or week, 1 a crrwl hill nf corn in each row. a bushel of wheat or corn, or potatoes, an extra acre, will ' in the course of years, make one comfortably ' rich, or what may still be better, will buy 1 many convenient and useful things as one J goes along ; and such extra production is easily secured by trifling thought, care or labor. To illustrate what the weekly saving or the extra production will amount to in a single 1 year, we select the following common items: One egga week at 37 cents per dosen $1.60. } Two eggs per week at 18} cents per dozen, < $1.60. j One and one half quarts of corn a week at ( 66 cents a bushel, $1.61. Three quarts of corn a week at 33 cents per bushel, $1.61. Two quarts of potatoes a week at 50 certs 1 a bushel, $1.62. Four quarts of potatoes a week at 25 cents . per bushel, $1.62. One head of cabbage a week at 3 cents per head, $1.56. ( One and one-half quarts of milk a week at , 2 cents a auart. $1.56. ; _ -- -J ? - f One and one-half ounces of butter a week at 32 cents per pound) $1.56. One half pail of coal a week at $4.92 pfer ton, $1.62. One foot of wood a week at $2 per oord, $1.66. One fourth pound of sugar a week at 12 cents per pound, $1.56. One half ounce of tea a week at 93 cents per pound, $1.56. One and one-half ounces of coffee a week at 31 cents per pound, $1.56. One P. 0. stamp a week at 3 cents a week, $1.56. ' " ' r Dom Pedbo's Wealthy Couhtry.?All travelers "who have visited Brazil speak in the roost glowing terms of the country. Prof. Agassiz regarded it as the most productive and interesting country on the globe, and the n one in which it is the easiest to obtain a live- ] lihood. Some who have sailed up the Amazon declare that a vessel pap be loaded with Brazil nuts at an expense of only a Tew pence )>er bushel. These constitute a valuable ar- 1 tide of commerce, while the oil extracted : from them is very desirable. All the tropi- t cal fruits are produced iu Brazil almost with- c out cultivation. The soil in many parts of the country will produce twenty successive ( crops of cotton, tobacco or sugar cane without application of manure. No country in the world approaches the land of Doia Pedro in the variety of its forest productions. Prof. Agassiz states that he saw 117 different kinds of valuable woods that were cut from a piece of land not half a mile square. They represented almost every color aud many of them * were capable of receiving a high polish. One ' tree furnishes wax that is used for candles ; another a pitch that is used for food; and still a another yields a juice which is used in the f place of intoxicating liquor. There is a single variety of palm from which the natives \ obtain food, drink, clothing, bedding, cord- li age, fishing-tackle, medicine and the material they manufacture into dwellings, weapons, harpooDs and musical instruments. Doubt- I less the day is not far distant when the val- 11 uable woods of Brazil will be used for various useful and ornamental purposes. | ? -? What the Birds Accomplish.?The swallow, swift, and nightbawk are the guar- 1 dians of the atmosphere. They check the increase of insects that otherwise would overload it. Wood peckers, creepies and chickadees f are the guardians of the trunks of trees. Warblers and flycatchers protect the foliage, a Blackbirds, orows, thrushes and larks protect the surface of the soil. 8nipe and woodcock c protect the soil under the surface. Each 1 tribe has its respective duties to perform in < the economy of nature ; and it is an undoubt- j ed fact that, if the birds were all swept off the fa<je?bf tihe earth, man conld not live upon * * . MAn^lnii/vn miMit/1 mtllin. . n /I I a inoontd I !b I vc^ctaiiuu nuuiu itiiuu nuu uiu , iucwmj j would become so numerous that no living < thing could withstand their attacks. The j wholesale destruction occasioned by grasshoppers, which have lately devastated the West, j is undoubtedly caused by the thinning out of the birds, such as grouse, prairie hens, etc., ] wbich feed upon them. The great and inestimable service done to the farmer, gardener, and florist by the birds is only becoming 1 known by sad experience. Spare the birds J and save your fruit; the little corn and fruit taken by them is more than compensated by ( the quantities, of poxious insects they destroy. 1 The long-p?rsecnted crow has been "found, by actual experiment, to do far more good by the vast quantities of grubs and insects he devours, than the little harm he does in the few grdihs of corn he pulls dp. He ode of' th& farmer's best friends. A Cure for Stammering.?A Canada i journal contains a letter from a correspondent J who professes to hare been a stammerer from H childhood, almost to manhood, and who wishes ? to give other sufferers the benefit of the treat- s ment by which he was cared. He says: Go I into a room where you will be quiet and alone, t geVsome book tijat will interest but not ex- E cite you, and sit down and, read two hoars, ? aloud to yourself, keeping /our teeth together. Do the same thing every two or three 1 days, or once a week, if very tiresome, always . taking care to read slowly, and distinctly, moving the lips but not the teeth. Theu, wbeu conversing with others, tiry to speak as slowly and distinctly as possible and make up your mind that you will not stammer. I tried this remedy, and read for two hours ' aloud, with ray teeth together. The first re- v suit was to make my tongue and jaws ache? that is while I was reading?and the next to J make me feel as if something had loosened ] I my talking apparatus, for I could apeak with 5 less difficulty immediately. The change was so great that every one who knew me re- . marked it. I repeated the remedy every five or six days for a month and then at longer i intervals until cured. . J f Brains.?Unless tnen and women both 8 have brains, the nation will down. As a much brain is needed to govern a household as to command a ship; as much to guide It . family aright as to guide a congress aright; J ! as much to do the least and the greatest of woman's work, as to do the least and greatest of man's work. Moreover, in both sexes, the brain is the conlervator of strength and pro- ^ i longer of life. It is not only the organ of! \ j intellect, volition, and spiritual power, bat ! v i the force evolved from any other organ, ena- * bles men and women to bear the burdens and perform the duties of life; and with its aid, -i ! better than with any surgery, can they over- j J come the "ills that flesh is heir to." ' * . ? . " Cow Music.?The cow has at least four tones or lows. First, there is her alarmed or i distressed low, when deprived of her calf, or j " separated from her mates?her low of affec-! a tiou. Then there is her call of hunger, a pe? tition for food; sometimes ftilf of impatience, ^ or her answer to the farmer's call, full of ?4-,| gernesa. Tben there is that peculiar fretUiafl, i 9 bawl she otters on smelling blood, which causes every member of the herd to lift its bead aod hasten to the spot?the native cry of the dan. When she is gored or in great danger she bawls also, bat that is different A.nd lastly, there is the long, sonorous volley ihe lets off on the hills or in the yard, or ilong the highway, and which seems to be sxpreesive of a kind of unrest or vague longing?the longing of the imprisoned Io for her lost identity. Sbe sends her voice forth so (bat every god on Mount Olympus can hear ber plaint Sbe makes this sound in the morning, especially in the spring, as Bhe goes forth to graxe.-?Ga/azy. Business Training.?It takes a sound body to make a sound mind. Work is not rulgar. So long as the brains need the juices ?f the body, so long will hard work be the fundamental element in the development of the mind. Business is eminently fit for a man of genius, and to earn a livelihood is the beet way to sharpen one's wits. Besides, business affeirs offer better opportunities at present than the so-called professions. Therefore >ur youth should be thoroughly and practi a ? 1 _ _ it i aI sally trained tor Dusiness, in erner mat iuey nay succeed and beoome a credit to whatever calling tbev may adopt. At the same time they should be educated not to despise labor; for, after all, it is only by bard work that we achieve any success worthy of the same. Remedy fob Asthma.?The following recipe has been used by some of our .subscribers with wonderful results, and we publish it with the hope that it may prove . equally afficacious to others: Take one quart of water, heat it until it simmers; then add six ounces of sugar. When the sugar is melted, add two ounces of iodide of potassa. When dissolved, cork up for future use. For ft dose, i teas poo a fu] before each meal is sq^cieot for an adult?Herald and Pr*sbyi*r, What She Would Do.?A celebrated linger, Madame LeRochoia, was giving, p pounger companion in art some instructions in the tragic character oi Medea, which she was iboat to sustain. "Inspire yourself with the rituation," said she; "fancy yourself in the poor woman's place. If you were deserted by l lover whom yob adored, what would you do ?" The reply was as unexpected as it was ingenuous: "I would look' out for another." 19" In Newfoundland there is not a snake, toad, frog or reptile of any acrt; not a squirrel, porcupine, moose or mink. The Arctic hare is found in Newfoundland, but not in Cape Breton nor in Nova Scotia, and yet the island is full of hogs and swampa. HAMPTON AND REFORM I FURNITURE AHD IOW PRICES AT THE NEW FURNITURE STORE, Opposite the Cotton Hotel, CHESTER, ?. C. LONG experience, and having to buy for the honse of MARKS <fc REIT), of Rock Hill, n connection with my own, enables me to bay o superior advantage; and owing to the low price >f ootton, I am SELLING AT ALMOST COST. Tome and see for yourselves. Goods DELIVERED FREE to all points beween Gastonia and Winnsboro. S. K. MARK8. December 7 - - 49 tf JOHN R. LONDON, Healer in Fertilizers, ROCK HILL, 8. C., c^FFERS to the Farmers of York and tbesur* U rounding counties, a variety of wr norr_r<T a ssa mr i vna jt i nui"vun s3o nd HIGH-GRADE PHOSPHATES for eomlosting with Cotton Seed, at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Viil arrange to take Cotton at 16 cent*. Will deIver the Fertilizers at any Depot desired. With twelve years experience IN THE FERTILIZING TRADE, can assure the Fanners that every article I sell i unequalled in grade, and that I can make it TO THEIR INTEREST o give me a call. Thankful for past favors, I iope for liberal patronage in the fhture. February 1 5 3m 3LANKBOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY. AND BOOK BINDERY. r HAN KING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete tock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, sonsistlng, in part, of Flat Papers, Mldium, Foio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, tf every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, Penknives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, n all its varions branches. Sheet Music, Periodcais, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. )la Books rebound and repaired. MINTED BILL AID LETTEB HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash >riees. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. mmmiasmnn _ T1TM rr*vrr* Ej'JL'A'HjH U-JCJXV Oh JbUDLLKJlMU, RICHMOND, VA. |^J[ANUFACTURERSof Portable and StationLvA ??Y Engines, Boilers of all kinds, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, Jrist Mills, Mill Oearing, Shafting, Pulleys, Ac., American Turbine WATER WHEELS, and Cameron's Special Steam Pump. Send, for Catalogue. WM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND. November 2 44 ly CHEER YOUR HOMES WITH MUSIC. [HAVE made such arrangements with that enterpriuing and reliable Southern Wholesale iouse, Ludclen and Bates, of Savannah, that I can apply, on short notice, the Mason A Hamlin Or?ns, Pianos of the most celebrated manufactories, iheet Music, or any other kind of Musical Merhandize, at the lowest factory prices, and at prices dapted to these hard times. A settled determinaion to sell nothing I cannot recommend, and a >radical acquaintance of many years with such ;oods, enables me to offer great indaoendents to rarchasers. .... Call at my Photo-Gallery for further particuars. J. R. SCHORB. December 21 51 .1 tf RAILROAD NOTICE. T1HE passenger train of the Chester and Lenoir I Narrow Gauge Railroad, when necessary, ml stop for passengers at the following places : Falls' Store, Glenn's Store, Sidney Hill's, Closer, J. J. Wilson's, Limestone Road, Yorkville, 'hiladelphla, Gnthriesville, McConnellsville, MetriLine, Sandy River-Road, Lowryaville-, hnith's and Poor House. EDWARD THOMAS, Superintendent. February 8 8 1 tf NOTICE* . [RESPECTFULLY inform the publio that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears nd otner flne-e^ged instalments. Prices?for loningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for harpeuing scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and atisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. a# November 30 ? n I. R, SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 18T HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR 8kyllght, a gallery with every \ convenience, and a determination to do my .est, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in rant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy reather is as good or better than sunshine for all ubjects, except ?mall children. AGRICULTURAL. LIENS, k/f ORTOAOES of Real Estate, and Titles to f I Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. March 0 6 ly j WRAPPING PAPER. | f\LD Newspaper?, of laira size, suStable for \J wrappings' for Sale at Cento pes hundred, t the ENQUIRER OFFICE. | December 7 49 tf ikOA per day u home. Sampiei worth SI free. snn?>irfc Co., Portland, Maine. ? ly- j WEED! WEED! WEED! PRE-EMINENTLY AT THE HEAD! AND SO RECOGNIZED. Read the complimentary award of the Centennial Commissioners. U. STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION,) International Exhibition, > Philadelphia, 1876. J The United States Centennial Commission announce the following report as the basis of an award to the WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, Hartford, Conn., for SHUTTLE SEWINfi MACHINES. REPORT. The new Weed Sewing Machine, employing a straight needle and needle-bar, connected by a link with a crank on the end of a horizontal shaft in the overhanging arm. The needle-bar operating shaft is connected by a link with, and ha* a rocking motion imparted to it by means of, a crank on the lower rotating shaft. The shuttle sustained in a carrier, is reciprocated in the direction of the feed by a crank and link connected with the rotating shaft, and the four-motioned feed is moved positively. FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS, VIZ. : An excellent Shuttle Machine, possessing originality and simplicity of constructive detail, for f fine quality of workmanship and materials, and [ for great Adaptability to both cloth and leather stitcning. A. T. GOSHORN, Director-General. J. R. HAWLEY, President. Attest: Myeb Asch Asst. Secretary. ANALYSIS. An excellent Shuttle Machine?meaning a machine possessed of great merit, the under thread of which is carried in a Shuttle, universally admitted to be the only practicable and durable method; Possessing originality and simplicity of constructive detail?that is, embodying the requisite number of the most improved mechanical devices fonnd in any Sewing Machine, free fVom complication, consequently readily understood and easily managed. For fine quality of workmanship and materials. All parts being made in duplicate by improved machinery, thus being 1 interchangeable, making it easy to replaoe any parts which may become worn or broken. All wearing parts being provided with means of adjustment. Substituting drop-forged wrongbtiron and steef in place of cast and malleable Iron. And for great adaptability to both cloth and leather stitching?being free from sharp angled cams or grinding gears, having substituted simple crank movements, devoid of friction or noise, drawing both npper and under thread at precisely the same time, finishing each stitch independently, a necessity on fine leather work. Lightrunning, well-balanoed parts, admitting of the highest rate of speed attainable hi machine sewing, which is indispensable in cloth stitching. It wilt be observed that in no other award are these Important points?so necessary to perfect stitching 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 Sewing Machine* now offered to tne pa one, ana 1 nhall be pleased to substantiate this at any of oar Branch Offices in the principal cities, or agencies throughout the United States. WEED SEWING MACHINE CO., Hartford, Conn. BRANCH OFFICE r 51 and 53 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md., Masonic Temple. . H. S. DAWLEY, Manager. February 22 8 3m , THE TROPIC STOVE, ~a GREENSBORO, N.C. ^ THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. (?., (rive universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG M ETAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern add neat finish, and warranted equal in evorjr other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces or ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers ia the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting* Not simply because it is a bqme production, but on account of ita intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we afok the patronage of home purchasers. More ii AWW Avcr/MTa A vn A# ikaoA Qlewaa nnor Ill fell UI1 Hi l uwoauv Ul ixiqov uvu va mv mww in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R.B.Gnthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elisabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; Jabn A.Brown,Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. Yon can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT 18 MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $80 00 tt Y u u it ?i it it ft 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, 8. C. ? JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. C. A. P. LINDSAY, Agent, McConnellsville, York county, 8. C. . J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, 8. C. YORK MARBLE YARD. THE undersigned is still conducting the Marble Business in Yorkville, and would re* spectfully inform the pnblie. that he can supply those in want of .MONUMENTS or HEADSTONES with anything in his line, and at the lowest cash prices. - . . i ... Monuments designed and finished in the most elaborate style, and in point of workmanship and material warranted equal to the work of any establishment In the country. Head and Footatones, in various styles, from plain to highly-carved work, furnished at short notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. Specimens nsnally on hand, to an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. a Estimates Mid any other desired information cheerfully given at any time. ' Work delivered at any point on the cm ester and Lenoir Narrow Gange Railroad, between 5,1 Chester and Dallas, or at any place between. Rock Hill and Wlnnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of aharge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed -i-V.11-1 a pun lllj OTUIUIICIUUIOIIV. UIJ UVWltUIUOMUU ID vu merit? continuance of the same. P. HAPPERFIELD. January 4 1 ly , $250 REWARD. fllHE National Board of Fire Underwriters hereJ by offers a reward of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, for the detection, conviction and punishment of the party or parties, charged with the crime of Arson, in firing the premises situate near Yorkviile, S. C., being the DWELLING OF J. T. LOWRY, on April 22d, 1876. Said reward will be paid only on due proof being furnished the Executive Committee of the conviction and actual punishment of said criminals. By order of Executive Committee. ?' GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. Hew York, May 8, 1876. 20 tf ~ 1 BARBER SHOP. jl TIOSE in want of an EASY 8HAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious ' Shampoo; are reminded that TH08. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial. is still in business, in his old Shop next door to tne Enquirkb building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD. December 21 51 tf f fltMle inquirer. j TERMS?IN ADVANCE ? One copy, one year. - ?...$ 3 00 M One copy, six months, ' 1 50 One copy, three months, : 100 4 Single copy,* 10 \ Two oopies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year 25 00 j?T*To persons who make up clube often or mere hettes* ast extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. I j