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gtumottms ?epartmeut. CROSS EXAMINING WITNESSES. A quick and ready wit is an almost indispensable endowment in a good crossexaminiug counsel, but the quickest and readiest sometimes finds his match. "Oh, you say this gentleman was fifty-five," said Canning to a pert young woman in the witness-box, "and I suppose you now consider yourself a pretty good judge of ages, eh ? Ah, just so. Well, how old should you take me to be?" "Judging by your appearance, sir," replied the witness, "I should take you to be about sixty. By your question I should suppose you were about sixteen." Whether counsel had any more questions for this lady is not recorded. "Now," began another learned gentleman, rising slowly from among his professional brethren, and looking very profound, "now, are you prepared to swear that this mare was three years old?" "Swear?" returned the stable-man in the box, "yes, I'll swear she was." "And pray, sir, upon what authority are you prepared to swear it?" "What au? ? ? - ..XT thority7" echoed the witness. " i es, sir, upon what authority? You are to give rae an auswer, and not repeat ray question." "I don't see as a man can be expected to answer a question before he has had time to turn it over." "Nothing can be simpler than the question put to you. Upon what authority, I repeat, do you swear to this animal's age ?" "Oh, very good authority." "Then why this evasion? Why not state it at once?" "Well if you must have it" "Must have it!" interrupted the man of law, "I will have it." "Well, then, if you must and will have it," said the ostler, with deliberate gravity, "I had it from the mare's own mouth." A particularly witty reply was once made by a well-known English architect, who had been giving an important opinion, and whose professional status Mr. Serjeant Garrow, the opposing counsel, was anxious to depreciate. " X ou are a ouuaer, 1 oeueve, oegsu iue serjeant. "No, sir, I am not a builder; I ara an architect." "Ah, well, builder or architect, architect or builder, they are pretty much the same, I suppose." "I beg your pardon, sir, I can't admit that; I consider them to be totally different." "Oh, indeed ; perhaps you will state wherein this great difference consists." "An architect, sir, conceives the design, prepares the plans, draws out the specifications?in short, supplies the mind. The builder is merely the machine; the architect the power that puts the machine together and sets it going." "Oh, very well, Mr. Architect, that will do; a very ingenious distinction without a difference. Do you happen to know who was the architect of the Tower of Babel ?" "There was no architect, sir," replied the witness, "hence the confusion there." +, ? Using his Influence.?A good citizen, j who has' the cause of temperance at heart, j was yesterday traveling up and down Michigan avenue to watch for topers and coax them to sign the pledge and mend their ways. They were willing to listen, but obstinate about signing, and the good man went out to secure more influence. He met a butcher whom he had long known, and explaining the case to him, the butcher replied : "They won't sign, eh ? Well, now you see if they don't! They know me, and they'll put their names down like a streak of lightning !" Enterine the store he unfolded the pledge, and to the first one he said : "Tom, I want your fist to this." "I druther not," replied Tom. "Put your name down here or I'll give you the worst thumping you ever got, and don't forget it!" yelled the butcher. Tom sigued, and the man of meat crooked his finger to Jim, who didn't hesitate a minute. The third one didn't know the butcher, and he said he wouldn't sign the pledge for no man. "I guess you will?I guess you will!" said the butcher, as he rolled up his sleeves. "I am coming now !" He took the toper by the throat, flung him over a box of boots and into a corner, and in thirty-nine seconds from the first dash the toper called out: "Let up on me and gimme the pen !" He signed, and then placing the three in a row iu front of him the butcher said : "I'm temperance all over, and my whole heart is in the work. If I catch either one of you guzzling any more drink I'll tie you in a knot around a lamp post and pump you out with a fire steamer! G'langnow, and see if you can't convert some one else!"?Detroit Press. Sam's Bargain.?General R , as he is called, had a son named Sam who was considered, by those who knew him best, rather stupid ; but that he had distinguished himself once and proved that he was good at a trade, there is no denying. Sam owned a dog that was a constant source of annoyance to the old gent, who KafoA in rronaral anr] Rom'n in narfini. lar. The general never tried to conceal his dislike, but, on the contrary, showed it in various ways: such as throwing hot water on his defenseless back, trying, on several occasions, to drown him, and in many ways showing him that he was not his friend. The dog revenged this by giving midnight serenades under his window, chasing his hens, killing his young ducks, and by stealing more rations thau two dogs could possibly eat. He had offered every inducement to Sara to sell his dog, give him away, kill him, or get rid of him in some way; but Sam loved his "dog" and the dog loved him, and Sam vowed they should not be parted ; consequently the ? ' -- j ; i Old gentleman was surprised, on coming nurne ; to dinner one day, to hear Sam exclaim: "Father, I've sold my dog!" "Sold your dog?" said the general. "Well, j I am glad you were sensible enough to sell him. A dog is a nuisance any way. I will make you a present by and by, Sam." "Yes, sir, I got sixteen dollars for him." "What!" exclaimed the general. "I got sixteen dollars for him," said Sam. "You don't mean to say you got sixteen dollars for your dog, do you ?" "Well, yes," replied Sara, "I got four pups worth four dollars apiece!" ? ? ffiSrSorae years ago, a Highlander, being in | Glasgow for the first time, one fine morning i was rather amazed at the streams of people I flocking from all quarters toward the end of! the Green, where they hanged the criminals. He asked a passenger what the folks expect- j ed to see down there. "A man is to be hang- i ed this morning, sir," was the answer. "Oh, | poor man ! and what are they going to hang him for?" "Sheep-stealing, sir." "Tut, tut! j poorstupid man ! Why did he not buy them and never pay them ?" A clergyman was preparing his discourse for Sunday, stopping occasionally to review what he had written, and to erase that ! which he was disposed to disapprove, when he was accosted by his little son, who nura- j bered but five summers: "Father, does God j tell you what to preach ?" "Certaiuly, my | child." "Then what makes you scratch it out." fife??* A man with four wives was brought be- j fore a Dutch Justice for commitment on charge of bigamy. "Four vives!" exclaimed the astonished Hans, "four vives? Dat was a most hinocious crime ! Discharch him at I vonst. Off he lif mit four vives he got bun-} ishment enough. I lif mit von, and I got doo j much bunishment already." # ? ? A Stupid Husband.?"You stupid thing," said Mrs. Henpeck to her husband, "can't, you remember on what day Mrs. Gen. Bumber i called ?" "I?I?think it was the day you hit me with the camp-stool." "O, then it was Tuesday." "No my dear, Tuesday was the day you poked me in the eye with your parasol." ?hc Jam and .fireside. THE CULTURE OF CABBAGE. Many persons complain that they cannot have any luck with cabbage; it will not head for them. The cabbage is just as easily grown a9 any other plants if its natural wauts are met in the surrounding conditions. These wants, although not many, nor difficult to meet, are imperative and must be met if success is to be secured. A little study of its nature will give some insight into the character of these wants. The cabbage is a biennial plant, and all its efforts during the first year's growth are directed towards laying up in its stalk and thick stems and leaves, as large au amount of plant food as possible, to be drawn upon for the production of seed during the second year. As the formation of good heads requires a rapid growth, the first necessary condition is a very rich soil. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to have soil too rich for cabbage, provided it is thoroughly rotted. And it is next to impossible to secure satisfactory results without a rich soil. This plant is a native of the sea-coast of Europe, and grows in a moist soil and atmosphere. From this it would seem that the nearer these conditions can oe met tne oeuer. Where it can be secured, a moist, but not wet, soil should be selected. But one of the mo9t essential conditions of success in cab bage raising is frequent and thorough cultivation. With this success may be had, eveu when other things are not very propitious. It is bard to overdo in this matter. Cabbage should be thoroughly cultivated with plow or hoe at least twice each week. This frequent stirring of the soil keeps it constantly in a porous and moist condition, so that the demands of this succulent growing plant are fully met. No one should attempt to raise this plant for profit who is not willing to give this thorough culture.?L. J. T., in Ohio Farmer. Farm Drainage.?All farm lands are greatly improved, and made more productive, by being properly drained. From experience and observation I am satisfied that underdraining, if properly done, where it is practicable, is much the best, yet lands which are quite rolling and hilly would, in most cases, be greatly benefited by making deep dead furrows every two or three rods apart when plowing. But when the land is only moderately rolling or nearly level, make good-sized open ditches, not more than eighty rods apart, deep enough to go most below the top soil, in order that the land may be drained below the roots of the growing crops, then as the surplus water runs off, the air will enter the soil, and rising up through the surface, areate and warm the land, which helps to furnish good and wholesome food for the crops, thereby increasing the vield. But underdraining, if properly done, is still better. Drains should not be far apart, and should be so laid as to run from the head to the outlet with some descent, and be from two to four feet below the surface (of course an out let must be provided.) This would drain the soil more evenly and thoroughly, reaching all parts of the land or field to be draiued. By this method of draining while the surplus water is running off, the air is running up the drains, and rising through the grounds areating and warming the soil, makiug it fit for cultivation full ten days earlier in Spring, and continuing its warmth as much later in the Fall, thereby lengtheuing the growing and ripening season, and in most cases, preventing injury from early and late frosts, which, in some seasous, would add more to the value of the crop than the whole cost of the drainage. But persons who caunot conveniently underdrain their land should at least dig a few open ditches, of good size and proper depth of main, and then when plowing make deep, dead furrows, leading into the ditches, which - || p 1 i P???/ Will ue 1UUUU Illguijr uciiciiuiai. uvr. itui New Yorker. ? ? Salt for Cabbages.?Cabbage-growers should read the following, which we find in tHe Practical Fruit Recorder It may be of service and should be tried as soon as the cabbage crop will admit of it: "A New Jersey gardener considers salt necessary to the development of cabbages, especially in places , far from the coast. He finds them more crisp, ; of better flavor and to keep better when sal! I is used than without. He uses it as follows: | A few days after setting out the plants, and i when they are damp, either after a rain, or ( when the dew is on, I take a small dish of j fine salt, and walking among the rows, sprinkle a little pinch of salt on the centre of each plant. When the leaves begin to grow I repeat the salting, and when the ceutre of < the leaves begin to form the head I apply salt I again, scattering it over the leaves. After < this I look them over occasionally and if I < find plants that do not head well or appear | diseased, I sprinkle the salt over freely. This will save all such plants. A quart of salt is ' sufficient for five hundred plauts in a season, although more can be used with safety." New Cure for Wounds.?As soon as a wound is inflicted get a little stick?a knife i or flle-handle will do?and commence to tap i gently on the wound. Do not stop for the hurt but continue until it bleeds freely and becomes perfectly numb. When this point is reached you are safe?all that is then ne- I cessary is to protect it from the dirt. Do not stop short of the bleeding and numbness and do not en any account close the opening with ' plaster. Nothing more than a little simple i cerate on a clean cloth is necessary. We have used and seen this used on all kinds of t simple punctures for thirty years and never knew a single instance of a wound becoming inflamed or sore after treatment as above. Among other cases: A coal-raketooth going < entirely through the foot, a rusty darning needle through the foot, a bad bite by a sucking pig, several instances of file-shanks i through the hands and numberless cases of rusty nails, awls, etc., but we never knew a failure of this treatment.?Scientific American. The Horse Fancier.?"A neighbor of mine," says a correspondent of the Rural Home, "recently informed me that he had lost a most valuable horse by a casualty by no means uncommon. A knowledge of a simple remedy would have prevented this loss. The horse trod upon a nail which entered his i foot. Lameness followed, the nail was extricated, but lockjaw supervened, resultiug in death. An unfailiug remedy in such cases is muriatic acid. If, when a nail is withdrawn from a horse's hoof, the hoof should be held up and some muriatic acid poured into the wound, neither lameness nor lockjaw need Se feared. "Why the iron should have the effect which it frequently has, and the rationale of the remedy, I am unable to explain; but of the certainty of the counteraction of the disease by this perfectly safe application, I am well convinced." A Horse's P'oot.?uoou norse judges understand the importance of the foot. It should be of medium size, either extreme being suggestive of disease. It should be longer at the ground surface than broad, the heel neither very high or very low. The outer surface ; of the hoof should be smooth, the slant about j fifty degrees, and the frog large, elastic and healthy-looking. The latter must never be ! tampered with. Nature knows how impor- j tant this cushion is, and she will make it just as the animal needs. Recipe for Chicken Cholera.?I have found that the soot of wood-fires is a perfect cure for cholera among fowls. Give it to them in the morning breakfastings, by making a dough of com meal, quite gray with ; the soot. Eight or ten feeds is generally enough to stop disease. I shut up those actually sick, and give them nothing else. It also stimulates the fowl into better health, being a good tonic. I spent a small fortune on carbolic and other things. i pleading fat the JMftatJu ' CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. GOOD OLD TIMES. In a recent lecture in Nashville, by Dr. J. B. McFerrin, on the "Good Old Times," he said: "As the country grew older the people began to build meeting-houses. These were j generally made of hewn logs and seated with plain benches. A heavy piece of plank or puncheon had holes bored with a large auger and four pegs or legs inserted, aud these were placed in front of the pulpit and occupied by the men and women, who always sat apart. No backs, no cushions, no kneeling stools, no carpets; the naked floor and hard seats; and here the congregation would often remain patiently while two long sermons were delivered. The congregations were usually large and very attentive, considering the unfavorable physical circumstances. The people always put on their best clothes for Sunday service, hence they were called 'the Sunday-go-to-naeeting clothes.' Many persons walked a long distance to hear the gospel; women would travel for miles and carry their children to enjoy a gospel feast. Many of the poorer classes of young ladies went on foot and carried their shoes and 9tockings in their hands, rolled up in cotton handkerchiefs, till they came near to the meeting-house, then they would turn aside, equip their feet and ankles, and appesr in the congregation as nice as a new pin. A good raauy people who now 'take on' descended r from this web-foot aristocracy. t The boys wore copperas pants made of tow 8 or cotton, and frequently covered their feet v with moccasins made of buckskin or hog e leather. I have seen many a starched young 8 gentleman, with broadcloth, high-heeled boots, r long watch chain, moving with an air of ele- } gance, indicating that he belonged to one of r the first families, and was the descendant of a t long line of aristocrats, whose father, to my f knowledge, wore copperas breeches on Sun- I day, and covered his unbrushed head with a 8 wool hat. No discredit to him, if he only l did not seem to wish to conceal the hole of 8 the pit from whence he was digged, aud the t rock from which he was hewn. c What I dislike is shoddy or codfish aris- t tocracy. I have no respect for a man who J will deny his poor kin because they are poor. c Virtue and genius are often clothed in rags; t true nobility of soul should be honored and t respected wherever found." c ***** c "1. We should honor the memory of our ^ ancestors abd cherish their virtues. They t were Door. but. in the main, honest. Locks r and bars were not necessary to keep out pet- t ty thieves and house-breakers. Corn cribs , and meat houses stood open ; stores and stock j were free from depredations. And when a t man did steal he was whipped, branded, and l his ears cropped, and was sent out to steal no r raore. They were brave. To be sure they did not j shoot and butcher one another like savages, r but when they fought they took it fist and c skull, and wheu one party was overcome and 8 cried 'Enough!' his antagonist raised him \ up; they washed, drank together, shook | hands and were friends. A man in those s days who would have carried a concealed c pistol or dirk, would have been branded as a a coward. ^ Public men in those days were always ex- c pected to be men of integrity. Two ques- t tions men asked concerning an office-seeker : e First. Is he honest? Second. Is he compe- c tent? Our fathers dwelt in ordinary houses and t lived on wholesome, strong food, and wore ] homespun; they did not know much about s the 'hi-ta-iu-tin,' out tney paia meir aeous t and dispensed large hospitality. c 2. Our mothers spun, wove and made bed- e quilts; but they had strength enough to e nurse their own babies, and thought a house a full of strong boys and rosy-cheeked girls a was a fortune. v Of verbs, adverbs and pronouns they knew e but little; they did not comprehend etymol- ] ogy, syntax and prosody, but they knew how 0 to make a chicken-pie and call their hus- ? bands, with sweet tones, to come to dinner, [ and presided at the head of the table without g the cloud of discontent hanging upon their j brows. They did not exactly understand how r to arrange long skirts and manage tilters, but < they knew how to manufacture butter and t cheese and make the homes of their husbands g inviting and prosperous." c FAITH. J Nothing short of Almighty power can t save a sinner. Every sinner convicted by f the Holy Ghost feels this. That power is ^ displayed in Christ, in His death as our sub- j stitute, in his His resurrection, in His per- I a petual forthputting of saving energy. Faith ! e links us with that Almighty power, therefore "by grace are we saved through faith, and v that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God." t How can we illustrate this? Look at that y ship in the river, she is bound for a distant ^ port, has her cargo aboard, and is manned by a an efficient crew, under the command of cap- a tain and mates. A few yards ahead of her r is a tug, but there is as yet no connection be- ^ tween the two. Now, if we ask the captain _ to believe certain things about the tug, as to > ^ her construction, her engines and paddles, the | t work she has already done, Ac., will that af- _ feet the position of his ship? Certainly not. ^ There must be a hawser attached to the ves- ? sel aud to the tug, then, and only then, is the t power of the tug communicated to the ship, j, and she is drawn to the ocean on her outward , voyage. Or, again, there are some trucks of coal on the line of railway. We wish them convey- j ed to youder factory, a few miles off. Just j. in advance of them is a locomotive. Now, if j the owner of the coals believes and under-' v stands all about the locomotive from the 1; days of James Watts up to the latest im- ? i? ofourw onrrltioa will fhnfr mnufl I t |;i wvciiicuu in owv?iu viigitivu| ? * .MV * ? *_ the coal ? Of course not. There must be a a coupling chain between the engine and the truck; only then will the power of the one v be imparted to the other. v In like manner a sinner may believe much 'J about Jesus and His work of redemption; v but only when there is simple trust in Him, the Almighty One, is he made a partaker of Y Baving power. So we are saved by the power 1 of God. It is now as it was eighteen hundred years ago. "Unto the Jews" Christ is t "a stumbling-block, and foolishness; but un- t to them which are called, both Jews and a Greeks, He is tiie power of God." c What a question ! What a thought for r every one of ub ! Does not death come to 1 most, if not all, as unexpectedly as this ? ; a And does not the inquiry impress the lesson ! from our Saviour's lips, "Be ye also ready ; I for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son v of man coraeth." i - When a man has been faithful in the honest performance of his duty, he is thought 8 better of if success attend him in this world.; ^ Jt5Ut II It SO nappeiJS, 111 LUC pi IIV lUCIlLC Ul | r God, tliat these material results do not follow ! that performance, still he carries in his own j 8 mind the consciousness that he has tried to do what is right in the sight of God, rendering to c, everybody his due, contributing all he can to the general happiness and improvement, dif- j 8 fusing as much enjoyment and contentment j as he can in the little circle of whioh he is ! the centre. With this consciousness he goes ! c through life "happy as a king, though he may ; 8 not be king," ends it in felicity, and goes j 8 where there is an end of ail those controver- j v sies, because there is but one God and one ' Father before whom all his children are! v equal. * ? * * |1 Leaves are light and useless and idle' 1 and wavering and changeable; they even 1 dance; yet God has made them part of the oak. In so doing he has given us a lesson i s not to deny the stout-heartedness within be-, c cause we see the lightsome without. I c |p9ttUatte(Mj5 fUading. WIDDER SPRIGGINS' DAUGHTER. 'Twas on a beauteous summer morn, When things were up and comin', And all among the pumpkin-vines, The bumble bees were hummin' ; I took an early half mile walk, As everybody orter, When in thecowpath I was met By Widder Spriggins' Daughter. Hereyes were black as David's ink, Her cheeks wero red as fury, And one smack of her luscious lips Would bribe a judge or jury. I bowed?she curoheyed just "the way Her nice old mar had taught her; She smiled?and oh ! my heart was gone To Widder Spriggins' Daughter. Says I, "My dear, how dove do!" Says she, "I reckon finely;" Says I, "Of all the gals I know, You look the most divinely," I snatched a kiss?she slapped my face, In fact just as she orter: "Behave yourself, how dare you sir!" Cried Widder Spriggins' Daughter. Just then an old rampageous sheep Who had been feeding near, sir, Squared off, and like a ton of bricks He took me with his head sir; I landed in a pond, chuck full Of frogs and filthy water, And then she stood and larfed, and larfed, That Widder Spriggins' Daughter. I rather guess I crawled out quick, Picked up my hat and mizzled, While love's bright torch so lately lit, Out in that frog-pond fizzled. Well, she was married yesterday; A lawyer chap has got her; So, I'll forget, if not forgive The Widder Spriggins' Daughter. WHEN AND HOW TO USE SPECTACLES. But in general it happens that people do lot know precisely the time when spectacles lecoine necessary. Many persons imagine here is a certain period of the human life vhen eye-glasses are required, which has girsn rise to that pernicious plan of many selftyled opticians to prepare spectacles for evey age, which they, of course, dispose of to the gnorant and inexperienced. As soon as a nan of 6fty years of age, for example, has hrough any circumstances forced his sight or a few days, he begins to imagine he must iave spectacles. These he obtains, asking for md trying to obtain the best for his particuar age ; and after a short time he probably irrives at the conclusion that he can see beter without them. The fact is that some men >f seventy, or even eighty years of age, enjoy heir eyesight as well as at any period of their ives, while their children and perhaps graudihildren cannot do without eye-glasses. The ime when this beneficent and blessed invenion of the great Roger Bacon?of the so:alled "dark ages"?is needed, depends not >nly on the special conformation of the organ, >ut on the care that has been taken of it? he proper use, or the abuse?the neglect of lice attentions in washing, etc., or the misforune of compulsory work too many hours, over rery minute or shining articles, and with inurious lights. The simplest rules of asceraining the need of eye-glasses are, first, to lote if you are obliged to remove small print >r small objects further than usual from your syes in order to see them distinctly ; secondly, f you find yourself involuntarily moving learer to the light than usual with you in orler to read a letter or book ; thirdly, if very mall objects appear confused after you have ooked at them for any length of time; fourtby, if the eyes, after a little close attention to inything, become so fatigued that you are ibliged to turn aside to give them relaxation ; md, lastly, if the sight on first awakening is rery weak, and does not recover its customary legree of force until some time after. As for he choice of eye-glasses, here are a few gen ;ral rules to begin with : in tne nrst place, ;ood glasses ought never to magnify the obects very much, but merely to show them to is clear, simple and exactly such as they are. Sven in the exceptional cases, where rather trong magnifiers are needed, the proof when hey are too strong will be when you are ibliged to bring the object much closer to the ye than a sound sight requires?in brief, evry person ought, generally speaking, to he tble to read conveniently with his spectacles it the same distance he was accustomed to vhen his visual powers were perfect. All ye-glasses should be formed of pure glass, rhere should be no specks, rays, globules, or ither imperfections. Mr. White Cooper says, There is a common prejudice in favor ofpebiles, and they certainly possess two advanta;eous qualities?extreme hardness, renderiug t difficult to scratch or break them ; and clearmaa nnirop honrv minrt <^nll frnm raniafnrp " JV'OOy IIVT VI WVWIlJiKg \? u i l a v??? ? wiuvti w. Jurely these are important advantages, and hey are considered to be cooler than other glasses. The only thing against them is, they iost so very ranch more than all other glasses. 3ut good and true glasses should be in all heir parts of an equal thickness, in propor-1 ion to their convexity, as well as of an equal ! orm. Another test of true eye-glasses is by lolding them obliquely over print, all of the etters of which will preserve their true char,cter if the glasses are correct. It must nevr be forgotten that the frame in which eyemasses are set must be exactly suited to the nearer, because the breadth or narrowness of he upper part of the nose?in fact the space ietween the two eyes?differs so much with iifferent people that the centres of the glasses nd the centres of the eyes are sure not to gree unless properly adjusted. For this eason, if there were no other reasons, it is test to have spectacles made expressly for ou by a qualified optician. With the veulers of cheap spectacles "to suit all sights" his is never considered, because the wholesale nanufacturer makes them to a common stanlard to suit all noses, and not the nose of any particular fellow." Frames that maintain heir positiou by pinching the nose should not le used.?Frazer's Magazine. WHAT MONTH WERE YOU BORN IN 1 We extract the following from an old pa>er. It is, to say the least, a very amusing >roduction : January?He who is born in this month ?ill be laborious and a lover of good wine; .e will be complaisant, and withal, a very ine siQger. The lady born this month will >e a pretty, prudent housewife; rather mel,ncholy, but yet, good tempered. February?The man born in this month vill love money much, but the ladies more ; he vill be stingy at home, but prodigal abroad. The lady will be a humane and affectionate vife and tender mother. March?The man born in this month will ?e rather handsome ; he will die poor. The ady will be a jealous, passionate chatterbox. April?The man who has the misfortune o be born in this month will be subject to nany maladies ; he will travel to advantage md love ladies to disadvantage, for he will narry a rich, handsome heiress, who will nake?what, no doubt, all understand. The ady of this month will be tall and stout, with igreeable wit and great talk. May?The man born in this month will be landsorae and amiable; he will make his vife happy. The lady will be equally blessed n every respect. June?The man born now will be of small tature, passionately fond of women aud chilIren, but will not be loved in return. The ady will be a giddy personage, fond of cofee ; she will marry at the age of twenty-one, md be a fool at forty-five. July?The man will be fair; he will suffer j leath for the wicked woman he loves. The emale of this mouth will be passably hand- < ome, with a sharp nose, but of a rather sulky ; era per. August?The man will be ambitious and ' lourageous; he will have several maladies ind two wives. The lady will be amiable ind twice married, but her second husband vill cause her to regret the first. September?He who is born in this month j vill be strong, wise and prudent, but too easy vith his wife, who will give him considerable ineasiness. The lady, round faced, fairmired, witty, discreet, amiable, and loyed by ler friends. October?The man of this month will have l fine face and be a gay deceiver. The lady >f this month will be large, liberal, and full >f novelty. i November?The man will have a handsome face and florid complexion. He will be wicked in his youth, always inconsistent. He will promise one thing and do another, and always remain poor. The lady will be pretty, and a little too fond of talking. She will have two husbands who will die of grief, she will best know why. December?The man born in this month will be a good sort of person, though passionate. He will devote himself to the army, and be betrayed by his wife. The lady will be amiable and handsome, with a good voice, and a well-proportioned body; she will be twice married, remain poor, and continue honest. ? A Thrilling Scene.?The following incident occurred during a general review of the Austrian cavalry a few months ago. Not far from 30,000 cavalry were in line. A little child?a girl?of not more than four years, standing in front of the row of spectators, from some cause or other, rushed out into the open field just as a squad of hussars came sweeping around from the maiu body. They made the detour for the purpose of saluting the Empress, whose carriage was drawn up in that part of the parade-ground. Down came the flying squadron charging at a mad gallop?down directly on the child. The mother was naralvzed. as were others, for there could be 110 rescue from the line of spectators. The Empress uttered a cry of horror, for the child's destruction seemed inevitable?and such a terrible destruction?the trampling to death by a thousand iron hoofs. Directly under the feet of the horses was the little one?another instant must seal its doom? when a stalwart hussar, who was in the front line, without slackening his speed or losing his hold, threw himself over by the side of his horse's neck, seized and lifted the child, and placed it in safety on his saddle bow ; and this he did without changing his pace or breaking the correct alignment of the squadron. Ten thousand voices hailed with rapturous applause the gallant deed, aud other thousands 1 J -.1 4.1 1 T* appmuueu wumj mey micw. x nu wumcu there were who could only Bob forth their gratitude in brokeu accents?the mother and the Empress. And a proud and happy moment it must have been for the hussar when his Emperor, taking from his own breast the richly enameled Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa hung it upon the breast of his brave and gallant trooper. The Brains op Criminals.?Professor Benedict, of Vienna, has lately made some interesting researches into the subject of the characteristics of the brains of criminals. He has so far examined the brains of sixteeu criminals, all of which, on comparison with the healthy brain, he finds to be abnormal. Not only has he found that these brains deviate from the normal type and approach toward that of lower animals, but he has been able to classify them, and with them the skulls in which they were contained, in three categories. These consist in : First, absence of symmetry between the two halves of the brain; second, an excessive obliquity of the anterior part of the brain or skull?in fact, a continuation upward of what we term a sloping forehead ; third, a distinct lessening of the posterior part of the skull in its long diameter, and with it a dimunition in size of the posterior cerebral lohes, so that, as in the lower animals, they are not large enough to hide the cerebellum. In all these peculiarities the criminal's brain and skull are distinctly of a lower type than those of normal men, and the interesting question arises, how far are the evil acts of the criminal to be attributed to this retrograde development? Dr. Watts can pnrdon the vicious propensities of "bears and lions" on the ground that "God has made them so." If he had foreseen these new inquiries, he might have felt less hopeful when he bade his little readers not to "let their angry passions rise." The results of Dr. Benedict's researches, if confirmed by further examinations, will do much to shake many beliefs now firmly fixed. Bleeding at the Nose.?There are two little arteries which supply the whole face with blood, one on each side ; these branch off"from the main arteries on each side of the windpipe, and running upward toward the eyes, pass over the out side of the jaw-bone, about two-thirds of the way back from the chin to the angle of the jaw, under the ear. Each of these arteries, of course, supplies just onehalf of the face, the nose being the dividing line; the left nostril is supplied with blood by the left artery, and the right nostril by the right artery. Now supposing your nose bleeds by the right nostril, with the end of the forefinger feel along the outer edge of the right jaw until you feel the beating of the artery directly uuder your finger, the same as the pulse in your wrist; then press the finger hard upon it, thus getting the little fellow in a tight place between your finger and the jawbone ; the result will be that not a drop of blood goes into that side of your face while the pressure continues; hence the nose instantly stops bleeding for want of blood to flow; continue the pressure for five or ten minutes and the ruptured vessels in the nose will by that time probably contract so that when you let the blood into them they will not leak. Bleeding from a cut or wound any where about the face may be stopped in the same way. Good Eyesight.?There are many causes which tend to impair the healthy vigor aud raidant beauty of the eye. Among these causes are the following: Insufficient sleep, severe study, writing and reading by gaslight, reading in bed, painting the eye-lids, ill-health. VVe see the fires of alcohol in the eyes as well as on the uose of the drunkard. All kinds of excesses are sure to be reflected in that delicate and sensitive organ, the eye. No person can violate the physical laws and escape the penalty. Nature is arbitrary in her legislation, and makes no exceptions in the measure of her punishments. If the king gets drunk, he will have redness of eyes, notwithstanding the royal blood in his veins. If the beggar keeps good hours, and obeys the physical laws, she will have clear and hand- , some eyes, brighter than the diamonds flashing in the queen's coronet. It is a physiolog- 1 ical fact that plain food, abundant rest, and cheerful temper, are the principal aids in the staff of health, and that good health insures good eyesight. ? A Country of Madmen.?The town of Gheel, in the province of Antwerp, has been for six centuries an abode of madmen. There are 11,000 inhabitants in the place, and they have charge of 1,300 lunatics from abroad, who are among the families, and are treated with great consideration. The children from youth are familiarized with the business, and j1 all the people know how to manage those ; committed to their charge. One of the great- i est social punishments that can be inflicted on 1 a family is to aeciare tnat u is uuui iu i?- ; ceive such boarders. The lunatics are dis- 1 posed of among the inhabitants according to their wealth or stations, the better families receiving the wealthier patients. The cures i average, it is said, from 60 to 75 to the hun-! dred. Gheel is divided into four districts, j each with its overseer and physician. Large j sums of money are spent in the place by the ! i patients, and families generally are desirous i i of having one or more lunatics on their hands, j Friends.?Never give up old friends for j ( new ones. Make new ones if you like, and j when you can learn that you can trust them, j love them if you will, but remember the old ! ones still. Do not forget that they have been | merry with you in time of pleasure, and when ; sorrow came to you they sorrowed also. No \ matter if they have gone down in the social i scale, and you up; no matter if poverty and j misfortune have come to them, while prosper- 1 ity and plenty have fallen to you?are they j any the less true for that ? Are not their i hearts as warm and. tender if they do beat he- j neath homespun instead of velvet? Yes, | kind friends, they are as true, and tender and j loving, and don't forget old friends. j j A Legal Luminary in Montana.?In Montana, as in all new countries, one occasionally sees queer specimens of humaoity occupying judicial positions, especially in the lower courts. Some of these gentry rival the far-famed Charles O'Mailey or Justice Banyon, with whose brilliant decisions many of you: readers are acquainted. I heard one justice of the peace Bay, with a modesty not like either of the above-named gentlemen, that it was unfortunate that such poor timber was usually selected to make justices from, but he should do the best he could. Another justice, who had a case before him, wherein a physician had sued a Jew clothing merchant for the payment of professional services rendered, interrupted the counsel in the midst of a rather lengthy speech, and addressed the jury as follows : "Gentlemen of the jury : Ye are all aware that I occipy the risponsible position of justice of the peace. Ye are also aware that I am a United States official, bein' the postmaster of this camp. The mail has now arrived, and it is nicissary that I should commince me arduous labor of distributing it This case is one between a doctor and a Jew, and it makes little difference bow ye decide it"?Helena Letter to Chicago Tribune. Catching Hawks.?As the season is approaching when hawks are most destroctive to young poultry, a method of catching and killing these marauders will be in order. It is a well known fact that a hawk will always light on some conspicuous place close to the poultry yard, from which to swoop down on bis victims. Taking advantage of this, erect a pole with a flat surface at the top just large enough to hold a strong steel trap. Fasteu this trap by a chain to a steeple in the pole, and await results. No bait will be needed, for tbe bawk will be quite certain to light on the trap and be caught. A gentleman who has tried this method has succeeded in killing all the hawks in tbe neighborhood, and now can raise poultry without loss except by acciden t.? California Agrieulturiit. A blacksmith was once summoned to a country court as a witness in a dispute between two men. The Judge, after hearing the testimony, asked him why he did not advise them to settle, as the costs had already amounted to three times the disputed sum. He replied : "I told the fools to settle; for I said the clerk would take their coats, the lawvers their shirts, and if they got into your honor's court you'd skin 'em." 46T As a rose after a shower, bent down by teardrops, waits for a passing breeze or a kindly hand to shake its branches, that, lightened, it may stand once more upon its stem?so one who is bowed down with affliction longs for a friend to lift him out of hissorrow, and bid him once more rejoice. Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected like April airs upon violet roots. HAMPTON AND REFORM! FURNITURE AND LOW PRICES AT THE NEW FURNITURE STORE, Opposite the Cotton Hotel, CHESTER, S. C. LONG experience, and having to buy for the house of MARKS A REIT), of Rock Hill, in connection with my own, enables me to buy to superior advantage; and owing to the low price of cottoH, 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 JOHN R. LONDON, Healer in Fertilizers, ROCK HILL, S. C.f OFFERS to the Farmers of York and the surrounding counties, a variety of FIRST-CLASS GUANOS, and HIGH-GRADE PHOSPHATES for composting with Cotton Seed, at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Will arrange to take Cotton at 15 cents. Will deliver the Fertilizers at any Depot desired. With twelve years experience IN THE FERTILIZING TRADE, I can assure the Farmers that every article I sell is unequalled in grade, and that I can make it TO THEIR INTEREST to give me a call. Thankful for past favors, I hope for liberal patronage in the future. February 1 5 3m BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY. AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PHTWTr.n RTT.T. A TO LETTER HEAD8 A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. E. R. STOKES, 165 Main Street Columbia, S. C. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, VA. MANUFACTURERS of Portable and Stationary Engines, Boilers of ail kinds, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, 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. I HAVE made such arrangements with that enterprising and reliable Southern Wholesale House, Ludden and Bates, of Savannah, that I can supply, on short notice, the Mason A Hamlin Organs, Pianosof the most celebrated manufactories, Sheet Music, or any other kind of Musical Merchandize, at the lowest factory prices, and at prices adapted to these hard times. A settled determination to sell nothing I cannot recommend, and a practical acquaintance of many years with such goods, enables me to offer great inducements to nnrohouorfl P"' WM??WV. Call at my Photo-Gallery for further particulars. J. R. 8CHORB. December 21 51 tf RAILROAD NOTICE. THE passenger train of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, when necessary, | will stop for passengers at the following places : Falls' Store, Glenn's Store,Sidney Hilrs, Clover, J. J. Wilson's, Limestone Road, Yorkville, Philadelphia, Gutkriosville, McConnellsville, District Lino, Sandy River Road, Lowrysville, , Smith's ami Poor House. EDWARD THOMAS, Superintendent. | February 86 tf NOTICE. I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. November 30 48 tf iR.SCHORB'y PHOTC-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OE THE JAIL A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every convenience, and a determination to do my beat, euables me to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and flattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except amall children. AGRICULTURAL LIENS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ! March 9 5 ly 6 K. t n P*1- llay at hmne- Sample* worth i}l free. 1 u Stinson k. Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly j (hi n * day ?t home. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. ! |J>1^ TRUE It CO., Augusta, Malue. 19 ly I THE TROPIC STOVE, nnc^ovaDnDn "V r Urnu?iiii9iJ\/uvf? xi THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour works in Greensboro, N. 0., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and bard usage. They are of band some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces or ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each 8tove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economvvdo we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More ^ than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; Jshn A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our priees delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 14 7 41 44 44 44 44 44 44 28 00 Address, SERGEANT <Sr McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY. Agent. McConnellsville, York county, S. C. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, S. C. 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 SEWING 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 has 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 bv a crank and link connected with the rotating shaft, and the four-motioned feed is moved positively. FOE THE FOLLOWING REASONS, VIZ. : An excellent Shuttle Machine, possessing originality and simplicity of constructive detail, for fine quality of workmanship and materials, and for great adaptability to both cloth and leather stitching. A. T. GOSHORN, Director-General. J. R. HAWLEY, President. Attaat* Mvvn Asptt 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 mostimproved mechanical < devices found in any Sewing Machine, free from 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 interchangeable, making it easy to replace any parts which may become worn or broken. All wearing parts being provided with means of adjustment. Substituting drop-forged wronghtiron and steel 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 upper and under thread at preciselv the same time, finishing each stitch independently, a necessity on fine leather work. LightrunnSng, well-balanced parts, admitting of the highest rate of speed attainable in machine sewing, which is indispensable in cloth stitching. Tt will he observed that in no other award are these important points?so necessary to perfect Rtitching machine?combined, viz.: "Simplicity of Constrnctive 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 Machines now offered to the public, and shall be pleased to substantiate this at any of our Branch Offices in the principal cities, or agencies throughout the United States. WEED SEWING MACHINE CO., Hartford, Conn. BRANCH OFFICE: 51 and 53 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md., Masonic Temple. H. S. DAWLEY, Manager. February 22 8 3m YORK MARBLE YARD. THE undersigned is still conducting the Marble Business in Yorkville, and would respectfully inform the public that he can supply those in want of MONUMENTS or HEADSTONES with anything in his line, and at the lowest cash prices. 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 Footstones, in various styles, from plain to highly-carved work, furnished at short notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. Estimates and any other desired Information cheerfully given at any time. Work 'delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Co lnmbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 4 1 ly $250 REWARD. THE National Board of Fire Underwriters here- ^ f bv 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 Yorkville, S. C., being the DWELLING OF J. T. LOWRY, on April 22d, 1876. Said reward will bepaid only on due proof being furnished the Executive Committee of the conviction and actual punishment of said criminals. By orderof Executive Committee. GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. New York, May 8, 1876. 20 tf BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquirer building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, | and any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD. December 21 51 tf Cb f ?toiiu (Nntei | TERMS?IN ADVANCE j i One copy, one year. - $ 3 00 One copy, six months, ... 1 50 One copv, three months, .. 1 00 \ cii 1 - ? om^ie copy, JU Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year 26 00 To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. i