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tumorous ? fpattwcnt. GETTING HER FATHER'S CONSENT. A merchant tailor haying accnmulated a competency by his trade, determined to throw aside his shears and bodkin and spend the remainder of his life upon a farm. He purchased several hundred acres of land, and there was a "Gshing ground" on the estate. Mr. C., the ex-raerchant, was delighted with his new occupation, and he devoted his best efforts, with untiring zeal, to farming. Being hard nf hpArinor. h? often made ludicrous blunders, which excited the mirthfuloess of his friends and customers. His graceful and beautiful daughter was at a boarding-school at the time her father kept the farm. She had a lover, and promised to marry him, providing he could obtain the consent'of her parent to the matrimonial alliance. The young man traveled South as far as the iron horse would take him in that direction. On the morning after his arrival, while | strolling about the village, he met a plain old gentleman dressed in homespun, and inquired of him if there was any conveyance to hire. "Principally pike and mullet," said he. "You misunderstand me. I merely?" "From a shilling to eighteen pence a pound." "Do you intend to insult me?" "I will let you have a large quantity for a shilling." "I have a good mind to give you a caning for your impertinence." "Well, if you do not choose to give it I kuow who will." "I should like to know if there are any more such fools as you in this place." "We shall make another haul in the morning before daylight" : A* o rtflnllnman morlo klfl QTY. i HI LI HO luovau K at gguuviunu uiwuv m?w ? pearance, and the stranger stated his grievance to him. He said: "I have been asking this old man a few civil questions, and he has given me most impertinent answers." "O, he is deaf!" exclaimed the third party. "He is deaf as a post! But he is a fine old gentleman ; he deals in fish, and so do I. He may think I am endeavoring to undersell him. Favor me by writing your question on a scrap of paper." The young man commenced writing, when the old farmer fisherman interrupted him with the remark: "I will not take a note of hand. Cash on the nail, or no trade." "He is preparing a note," said the last comer. "Call me a brute, do you?" exclaimed Mr. C. "Then take that;" and suiting the action to the word, he dealt him a blow straight from the shoulder which prostrated him. By this time the note was finished, when the old gentleman found out his mistake. The stranger discovered that he had been picking a quarrel with his prospective fatherin-law ! Mr. C. made an apology, and invited both narties to dine. The front door of his house commanded a view of a meadow in which a cow was feeding, and while Mr. C. was looking in that direction the young lover commenced: "I am acquainted with your daughter." "She is a fine beast," remarked the old gentleman, looking at the cow. "Your daughter!" screamed the young man. "I have the honor to be well acquainted with her." "She is a noble animal," was the response. "Confound the old cow!" said the young man, in a whisper. "I wish she was out of sight." "I was speaking about your amiable and accomplished daughter." "She is very kind indeed?never breaks down the fences, never kicks over the pail, never stays away like the other brutes that I have." "You don't understand me, sir. 1 was speaking of your daughter at boardingschool." "No, I never put a board on her face: she doesn't do any mischief at all." "Your daughter!" shouted the young man. "Did you say I ought to?" "No, sir. I was speaking of your daughter, the young lady away from home." "0, yes, I have plenty of room, but I think she is too old to keep mucn longer. io ten you the truth I have made up my mind to shut her up in the stable and feed her on chop stuff a few weeks." "Great heavens!" remarked the young man to himself; "what shall I do? This deafness will be the death of me! I will try once more, and if this effort fails, I will resort to paper and pencil again." "I should like to say a word to you respecting your daughter." "I will let the butcher have her by and by if he will give me my price," said the old man, with emphasis. As a last resort the young man used his pencil and paper, showed his letters of introduction, handsomely endorsed by men whose opinion was good authority on the delicate queston on the tapis. After a little crossquestioning and a little hesitation, the old gentleman gave his consent; and when the parties were married, he declared that it was the best haul he had made in his life. "NO VACANCIES." The Washington correspondent of the Hartford Times sends to that paper the following story of department life in Washington : Postmaster-General Key having officially and repeatedly made the announcement that there are "no vacancies" in his department, an old post-office clerk is reminded of the following story told by the late John C. Rives of the Globe. He says that Rives used to tell the story on Major Hobbie, who for many years was first assistant postmastergeneral, and who, like our present high officials, was ever ready with the fatal answer, "no vacancy," to all applicants. Rives said the major had promised to appoint a friend of his to the first vacancy ; and he had called on him repeatedly to fulfill that promise ; but the invariable answer, "no vacancy," was the excuse, until he had about concluded to relinquish the matter as a bad job. At length, one day, his friend called on him out of breath from running, and told him that Mr. Paine, a post-office clerk, had just been drowned in the canal, at the same time begging that he would go with him to secure his place from Major Hobbie. Thinking he had a sure thing this time, Mr. Rives said, they both hastened to the major's office, and confidently renewed their application. "!No vacancy," said the major. "Yes, there is," said the applicant; "Paine is dead?drowned in the canal?and I have just seen his body on the bank, awaiting the coroner's inquest." Whereupon Major Hobbie sent immediately for his miscellaneous clerk, Mr. Marr (who has acted in the same capacity for every postmaster-general si nee V and. to the astonishment of all present, /w ? , Marr confirmed the stereotyped reply,"no vacancy." But, yes, there is," the applicant insisted ; "Paine is drowned ; I just saw his dead body fished out of the canal," said Mr. Rives. "How is this? is poor Paine really gone?" "Certainly," said Marr ; "drowned in the canal; and his place was filled an hour ago by the appointment of the man who saw him fall in !" Mr. Rives said after this he never tried again. A Member of the Legislature.?During a recent session of the United States circuit court at Portsmouth, the counsel for defendant was examining a witness with the object of establishing the fact that the defendant had been a member of the State legislature, when his honor observed that it was a gratuitous statement and not material. Counsel?"But I think, your honor, it is evidence of respectability for a man to have beeu a member of the legislature of this State." His Honor?"Hum?I have my doubts about that!" Counsel?"I will not press the point, your honor." ?he anil Jfirmde. CLOVER AND GRASSES. An Essay read before the Summer Meeting of the State Grange, at Anderson, S. C., on the 16th of August, prepared by a committee of Newberry Pomona Grange. The subject of growing grasses at the South is of such vital importance, your committee feel that it is impossible to discuss the subject | as fully as it merits. The experience of your committee is that red clover on clay upland and stiff bottom lands can be grown with greater profit than any other crop. In order that the hay crop of the United States may be known, we copy from the Hay, Straw and Grain Reporter: The aggregate reported value of all farm products in the United States for 1870, was $2,447,538,658; but as this includes additions to stock, it is probably too high. Now, the hay crop for that year?that is, the grass dried and cured for use, sold?is reported at over 27,000,000 tons. This, at half the selling price in large cities, would amount to $405,000 000. and is far greater than the aggregate home value of the cotton crop or any other I crop. But the cured hay is but a portion of the grass crop. The other portion is used ou the ground, and it requires considerable calculation to get at the value so used, even in the roughest way. In the first place, live stock, including I horned cattle, horses, sheep, swine, <fec., to the value of $1,525,0()0,000, were fed from it ! that year. Averaging the lives of these at five years, we have one-fifth of the sum as representing the grass fed to them in 1870, viz : $305,000,000. Next, we find the value of the animals slaughtered for food in that year to be $300,000,000, and, as this is an annual product, the whole of it will, for the present, be credited to the grass crop. Next, we find that the butter crop of 1870, was 514,000,000 pounds, which, at the low average of 25 cents, amounts to $128,000,000, and this goes to the credit of grass. Next, we have 335,000,000 gallons of milk, which, averaged at the low estimate of 10 cents per gallon, adds $25,000,000 more; and, finally, 53,000,000 pounds of cheese at 10 cents, adding over $5,000,000 to the total credits to the grass of 1870, which aggregate $887,000,000. Now, let us add to the value of the hay crop as given above, viz.: $450,000,000, and we have a grand total for hay and the products of grass consumed on the ground, amounting to $l,2y2,UUU,UUU ! This is, ot course, suojeci 10 deductions, as the meat, butter, milk, cheese and wool producing animals consumed other food besides grass and hay. To make ample allowance for this we deduct the entire value of the corn and oat crop of 1870, estimated at $270,000,000, and this leaves a remainder of $1,082,000,000, to be credited to the hay and grass crop of that year, when the reported aggregate of all farm products was 82,447,528,658. If our estimates make even the roughest approach to accuracy, the value of that crop was two-fifths of the aggregate value of all farm products, and hence we may infer that two-fifths of the capital then invested in agricultural pursuits, was devoted to the grass crop, and this, in the United States, in round numbers is $4,575,000,000. Considering the grasses an important crop, we five our exnerience as well as observation 0_ ______ a in growing red clover, demonstrating beypnd all controversy that on land containing a large per centage of clay as well as stiff bottom lands, not subject to overflow, or, in other words, number one wheat land, is more remunerative than the same lands planted in any other crop ; and to prove this, our farmers are increasing the area annually sown down in clover; in fact, an enterprising farmer of our county remarked a few days ago that he was disgusted with a clover patch, but instead of an acre or two he wished to engage seventy-five pounds of seed for bis fall sowing. Our farmers are beginning to realize the importance of the grasses, and when it be comes general, there will be a marked improvement in our stock, and the surplus will find a ready market in our cities, now furnished by the East. A subject worthy of earnest consideration, in connection with the cultivation of clover, is the probability that the growth of this plant removes from the atmosphere many of those impurities which are classed under the name of malaria or miasma, and which are acknowledged to be the cause of fever. It is well remembered that some learned observers in Holland noticed a diminution aud often disappearance of miasmatic diseases?such as bilious, remittent and intermittent fevers?in localities where the common sunflower grew in abundance. This, no doubt, is owing to nnnt' ni? m Kama n I* iko fl rr? tue auu vast uuiuucio vi tut uwwers feediDg upon those effluvia which, when inhaled, are so pernicious to the human family. The experiment has been tried in this country, but the seed of the sunflower is of such limited use, that the crop has never been sufficiently large to be followed by satisfac tory results. Now, it is a well-known fact, that the family of luguminous plants, of which clover, beans and peas are members, derive nearly all their nourishment from the atmosphere. Johnson, in his agricultural chemistry, says : "DeSaussure found that two beans, when caused to vegetate in the open air on pounded flints, doubled the weight of the carbon they originally contained. Uuder similar circumstances Boussingault found the seeds of trefoil (clover) increased in weight two and a half times." The source of the carbon in these cases cannot be doubted. It was the air. These seed, then in germinating, I not only derived their nourishment from the I atmosphere, but that nourishment was carbou. Carbon exists in the atmosphere in the form of carbonic acid gas. When it is pure, no animal can live in it but a moment. The atmosphere that contains one-ninth of its bulk in carbonic acid gas is unfit for respiration. It follows, then, that the air is unwhole! some in proportion with the quantity of the ; gas contained iu it, aud those plauts which i feed the most greedily upon carbon are the I most conducive to health. Clover, being of ; the family of the leguminoaca and remarkable with all the other members of the family for drawing its nourishment from the surroundj ing air, and that nourishment being carbonic i acid gas, the destroyer of our ability to resist i the influence of fever-poison, it behooves the peeple to give their serious attention to its i cultivation, as a crop alike beneBcial to their | health and general prosperity. We recom; mend that inquiries be put on foot to ascer1 tain whether or not those sections of country | where clover is largely cultivated are re- | markable for freedom from malarious dis- ! ! eases. Our experience is that clover should be sown the first season in October, on land thoroughly prepared, and if not already well manured, add, according to fertility, one huni dred to two hundred pounds fertilizer to the acre, or sufficient to a standard that will yield i fifteen to twenty bushels of wheat or corn to the acre. Ploughing deep and close, sow seed at the rate of ten pounds to the acre, passing a light brush over the ground, or, if a roller is on haDd,roll, which covers the seed sufficientj ly deep for germination. Avoid covering too deep. In the spring?say in March?add one 1 hundred pounds of ground plaster to the acre i while the plant is damp. If seasonable, a fair crop may be cut iu June. When mowed, add one hundred pounds of plaster to the acre, and so on after each cutting and in the spring following. Failing to get a stand, mow in the fall. Prepare the same land and sow in February, using one-quarter bushel oats or rye to the acre ; plough under the grain aud brush or roll under the seed as above. Clover may be sown with small grain and a full crop of the latter made, thus making small grain pay the expenses ot the crop ; out when clover is the main object and to be cut J the first year, no grain should be sown with it. ' When not over one-fourth of the bloom turns brown, the crop should be mowed, and if the mower is used, all mowed during the day : should be put in cocks. Two hours' exposure I the day following will ordinarily be sufficient ly long to cure the hay. In case of the appearance of rain put in good cocks and let it remain so. Hay partially cured by the son and housed and changed every two days in the barn, until beyond danger of mould, is decidedly preferable to curing altogether in the sun. If cut with grass scythes, the same process in curiug is necessary, only requring a longer time, owing to the heavy swaths aud the consequent frequent turning. Land that will yield fifteen bushels to the acre will furnish two tons of good clover hay the first cutting, and as the fertility of the soil is increased, the yield will be increased, even to five tons. In addition to clover for hay, herds, orchard j and Timothy grasses are regarded as suitable i to our climate and soil; the former does best i nn mniaf r?r o?on mot Inrwta viplHintr an im- I "" " W.ww , J 0 .... mense crop. Orchard grass is better adapted to high uplands, orchards and groves ; Timothy on strong, well drained low lands. Lucerne, on lands adapted to clover, as well as on sandy, produces a most wonderful yield, and is used either for hay or as, perhaps, the very best perennials for soiling. The preparation of the soil should be thorough and manured very heavily, sowiDg, either in drills or broadcast, ten pounds of seed to the acre and covered lightly. An inexhaustible supply of hay can be made by cleaning up waste bottom land? too wet for cultivation, mowing in May and September until the annuals are destroyed, giving place to perennial grasses. Any grass or weeds that stock will eat when green will make forage if cut in the bloom and properly cured, even the rag weed, so thoroughly experimented with, and so admirably utilized by the Hon. J. Washington Watts, of Laurens county. winter pastures. Yellow clover, now cultivated to a limited extent in this State, sown in September, is ready for pasturage as early as the middle of January, the first year; afterwards in December : ripens and dies about the last of May ; the land planted in corn or other crop, and in the fall it springs up again. Lands thus used are rapidly improved until they reach a high state of fertility. How to tell a Horse's Age.?The colt is born with twelve grinders ; when four front teeth have made their anDearance, the colt is twelve days old, and when the next four comes forth, it is four weeks old. When the corner teeth appear, the colt is eight months old ; when the latter have attained to the height of the front teeth, it is one year old. The two year old colt has the keruel (the substance in the middle of the tooth's crown) ground out in all the front teeth. In the third year the middle front teeth are being shifted, and when three years old these are substituted by the horse teeth. The next four teeth are shifted in the fourth year, aud the corner teeth in the fifth. At six years the kernel is worn out of the lower middle front teeth, and the bridle teeth have now attained to their full growth. At seven years a hook has been formed in the corner teeth of the upper jaw, the kernel of the next to the middle woru out, and the bridle teeth begin to wear on. At eight years, the kernel is worn out of the lower front teeth, and begins to decrease in the middle upper front. Iu the ninth year the kernel has wholly disappeared from the upper middle froBt teeth ; the hook on the corner has increased in size, and the bridle teeth lose their points. In the tenth year, the ker" -? ...? J del is worn out ot tne teetn next to tne middle front of the upper jaw, and in the eleventh year the kernel has entirely vanished from the corner teeth of the same jaw. At twelve years old, the crown of all the fron? teeth in the lower jaw has become triangular, and the bridle teeth are much worn down. As the horse advances in age the gums shrink away from the teeth, which, consequently, assume a long, narrow appearance, and the kernels become darkish poiuts. Gray increases in the forehead and over the eyes, and the chin assumes the form of an angle. Keeping Sweet Potatoes.?I believe I promised to give you ray plan of keeping potatoes, which is the cheapest, I think, and certainly the safest I've ever seen tried. I build a pen of logs, any desired length, aud five feet wide, (this lessens the risk of bulking,) four to six feet high, hew it down evenly on the inside, so that the walls may be ceiled or daubed with a good roof; and have a small door in the end. When this is done, raise the bottom with stones, five or six inches high ; cover these with dry sand to keep them from cutting the potatoes, which may now be put in, beginning in the middle. Three or four inches of dry sand must be placed between them and the wall. I sometimes have a plank for this purpose, raising it up as the potatoes are put in, keeping the space between the plank and wall well Glled in with the sand, which will run down through the potatoes, as the plank is raised. Let them remain so until freezing weather, when you can readily cover entirely with dry .sand, deep enough to keep them from being chilled. Some attention may be necessary for a while, as the sand will continue to disperse itself, among them, and leave the top naked. There should be be no leaks in the mof. There is but little waste in the sand.! when once procured. Like the house it is always ready, and at the spot. The philosophy of the plan is the uniform temperature it ensures, while it absorbs and carries off the ercessive moisture that may be in the potato. I have tried this plan satisfactorily for 20 years. It was suggested to my mind by seeing hogs rooting up potatoes in the spring.? Southern Cultivator. A Side Light.?Never face the light when at work, but contrive to have a side light, which will not shine directly in the eyes. In the schools in Germany this matter has already been attended to, and the rule adopted is to have all the seats and tables so arranged that the pupil never faces the windows, but only has the side lights from the left; and, as a light simultaneously thrown from two sides gives an inference of shadows, it has been strictly forbidden to build school-rooms with windows on both sides, such illumination having also Droved injurious to the eves of the pupils. We may add to this advice not to place the lamp in front of you when at work in the evening, but a little on one side ; use a shade?a green one is best, as it softens the light?which illuminates only the work upon which it falls. Sure Cure for a Felon.?Wind a small string around the finger (or other member) above the felon, so that the latter will be beI tween the string and the extremity of the | finger. This will prevent the blood from rej turning through the veins which are near the j surface. As soon as the veios are distended ! (say after a minute or more) remove the ! string, and suddenly permit free circulation. ! After a few moments repeat the whole pro' cess, and continue to do so until there is en! tire relief?say from twenty to sixty minutes, i The remedy?for a time?is as bad as the 'disease; but it will effect a cure. To Cleanse Nursery Bottles.?After | 1 1 * 11 1 ' " "'I "IrtaA if /Mif rtrifk i : trie Dome nus ueeu useu iiuoc u uu> mi>u warm water containing a teaspoonful of pulverized borax, aud let it stand, shaking occasionally. If a rubber tube is used, let it remain in borax water until needed. Borax [ will sweeten it quickly. In removing the j tube or bottle from the borax water it is not j necessary to rinse it in clear water. The I ' little borax that remains on it will prove ; a benefit, especially if the child's mouth is isore. Shelter.?It is absolutely necessary that j 11 * 1 ..1,1 K/n innll oliohnrof] fpnm ail auimius SUUuni uc ngu ouvikuivu .. wu. damp and cold. The reason why pigs or oth- j er animals do not fatten so readily in cold weather as in the warmer months is, that the 1 food is largely U9ed in keeping up the vital | heat, which is now given off in excess, and , lost. If this loss is prevented, animals will fatten in winter as readily as at any other i time. firstling fat the JMfcatb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN, [Original.] THE PASSOYER. The most important of all the Jewish festivals, was the Passover. It was instituted by God and by him given to the children of Israel on the eve of their departure out of the land of Egypt. The history of this festival will be found minutely related in the twelfth chapter of Exodus. The design for which God gave it to bis ancient people, was to afford them an easy and appropriate mode of commemorating the wonderful deliverance which was wrought iu their behalf, in that they were suddenly freed from a long and sore bondage. It was observed iu the month Abib, which corresponds to our April. The materials which composed the feast, were a male lamb, without blemish, of the first year?either a sheep or a goat; unleavened hread and bitter herbs. The manner in which the feast was to be prepared, and also the manner in which it was to be eaten, is minutely described. On the tenth day of the month, the lamb was to be selected. It was to kept be up until the fourteenth day of the month, and on the evening of the latter day it was to be killed. The passover was to be eaten, by those celebrating it, standing, with their shoes on their feet, their staves in their hands, and their loins girded. The festival continued for seven days. The firet and the last were, however, the great days. On these days there wa3 to be a holy convocation. Exodus xii: 16. The passover was typical in its nature and design. The lamb without blemish typi6ed Christ, who is called "the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." In a number of other particulars, the passover was typical of the person and work of Christ. The last passover feast that was observed with divine approbation, was the one which took place immediately before the apprehension and subsequent cruci6xion of Jesus Christ. It is evident from the account given by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, that the mode of observing this feast had been, in many minor points, changed sinne its first institution. We say minor points, for the reason that they seem to have been matters of indifference, since the Saviour did not censure these innovations, if we may bo call them. At some period, the Jews had introduced the use of wine at the celebration of the passover. They had also introduced a kind of sauce, made of raisins, dates and several other things. This was the "sop" which Jesus dipped for Judas. John xiii: 26. A close and accurate study of the mode observed by the Jews, at the time of our Saviour, in celebrating the passover, will enable us more fully to understand the account which we have of the last supper. It was at this last passover feast, that Jesus Christ instituted the Lord's supper. The passover was, to the Jew, a memorial of deliverance from Egyptian bondage, and a type of the Messiah who would, by offering himself up, free his people from spiritual thraldom. The Lord's supper is a new testament ordinance, in which Christ's death is remembered. At the time of our Saviour, the guests, instead of standing whilst eating the Passover, ' J TK5a 1 a ftnlrlonf (Vnm recimeu upon UUUUUCO. XIIIO is BXUCU> iiuui John xiii: 23, where it is said, "John was leaning on Jesus' bosom." The couches were placed around the table, and the guests reclined or leaned over each on his left arm. When one or more families united together in observing the Passover, one of the number was chosen as master. The guests being arranged on couches around the table, a cap of wine was mingled with water, and the master gave thanks and the wine was drank. This done, they washed their bands. To this custom, possibly, the psalmist refers in the sixth verse of the twenty-sixth Psalm : "I will wash mine hands in innocency. So will I .nnmrtaao tlil'na olfftr O Tj(?rd." A ftftr WRsh V/Uiupooo KUIUU w ) ?? ing their hands, the paschal lamb?roasted whole?the bitter herbs, two cakes of unleavened bread, the sauce made of dates and raisins, and whatever of the peace offering of the previous day remained, were placed on the table. The master now took some of the bitter herbs, and having given thanks to God for creating the fruits of the ground, he and all the guests eat of the bitter herbs. Everything was now removed from the table, and the master instructed the enquiring children with respect to the nature of the feast. See Exodus xii: 26, 27. Deuteronomy tweuty-sixth, from the fifth to twelfth verse, was quoted and commented upon. It was at tHis point of the ceremony that our Saviour pronounced those sublime words of comfort and instruction contained in the four teenth, fifteenth and siztenth chapters of the gospel according to John. Whilst the ezplanation was going on, the supper was replaced upon the table. Another cup of wine was now drank, aud the little hallel, consisting of the huudred and thirteenth and the hundred and fourteenth Psalms, were repeated. A prayer was then offered up. The guests again washed their hands, and after offering up an ejaculatory prayer, the master proceeded to bless and break the unleavened bread and distribute it among the company. Half a cake was reserved and covered up with a napkin. The guests eat the half cake, which was called the last morsel, with bitter herbs, dipping the bread in sauce or "sop" as it is translated in our English New Testament. This was the time that John asked Jesus who would betray him, and he answered, "He it is to whom I shall give a sop when I have * T x ? i-- J;?;_i i dipped It. It was wnusc tne iweive uiacipjes were eating this aphicomen, or last morsel, that our Saviour said "this is my body which is given for you. This do in remembrance of 9t me. The flesh which remained over of the peace offering, was next eaten, and then the paschal lamb. Thanks were again returned to God, and theguests washed their hands. A third cup of wine was now drank by the guests. This was called the cup of blessing. To this Paul refers in 1 Corinthians, 10 :16. It was when Christ handed this third cup of wine to UIrt *iita1 ?*a /Iio/iirvlAa f U a fr V? a QdM "T^rinlf VP 1113 HYCITC UIOUipiCO, tliao IIV uuiv* ^. u? j v all of it; for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for raany'for the remission of sins." A fourth cup of wine was filled. This was called the cup of the hallel. The ceremony closed by singing or reciting the great hallel, which consisted of Psalms, 115, 116, 117 and 118. Hence it is said that when Jesus Christ &nd his twelve disciples had sung a hymn, they departed to the Mount of Olives. It is probable that Judas Iscariot eat the bread which symbolized the body of Christ broken for sin, but before the wine, (which was emblematical of the Saviour's blood) was distributed, he left to complete the scheme which he had previously devised with the chief priests. The passover ceremony was long, and the one in which our Saviour officiated as master was unusually so. During the service, besides the instruction contained in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of John, our Saviour offered up his intercessory prayer which is contained in the seventeenth chapter of John. The paschal lamb was killed usually about the ninth hour?the hour that Jesus died. The guests assembled about sun set. We may well suppose that it was late at night before the Saviour and bis few disciples went to the Mount of Olives. It is worthy of note that the passover was instituted before the deliverance of which it was designed to be a memorial was effected. So it was with the Lord's supper. It was instituted before Christ died. ?bc ftniriUc inquirer. TERMS?IN ADVANCE i One copy, one year. $ 3 00 One copy, six months,.... 1 60 One copy, three months, 1 00 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 pt- To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be tarnished one year, free of ehnrsre. YORKVILLE AGENCY^ OF H6BICULTUBAL AID QT1E& M&CHHIST. I AM prepared to furnish, at short notice, and on libera] terms, all kinds of AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, consisting of Engines for Ginning Cotton, Engines and Saw Mills, Horse-Powers, Sweepstake Thrashers, Eureka Smutters, BOLTING CLOTHS, &0. I have on hand and in Warehouse, Winsbip Gins. Hall's Self-feeding Gins, Needle Gins, Gin Feeders, Gin Condensers, CENTENNIAL COTTON PRESSES, Sherrer Cotton Presses. Prairie Corn Shelters, the best at only $f> 50. SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, Avery and Cook Plows. Also, the celebrated and much admired STONE PUMP. \ Over forty of these Pumps are now in use in this county, giving entire satisfaction. Also, THE FOUNTAIN PUMP, A good safeguard again?t fires. Every Dwelling and Gin House should be furnished with one of them. Price only $10.00. All articles sold by me, are at the MANUFACTURERS' LOWEST PRICES, with freight added. T C TPPPPPVfi t r??Tlt M. U8 ?U& A umiu^ A^ouw 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, 8)ateH, 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 Bool^s, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTT Orders promptlv attended to, at lowest cash prices. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. August 16 33 tf "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, Pianos of the most celebrated manufactories, sheet. Music, or anv other kind of Musical Mer chandize, 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 purchasers. Call at my Photo-Gallery for further particulars J. R. 8CH0RB. ETTENGER & EDMOND. RICHMOND, VA. MANUFACTURERS of Portable and Stationary Engines, Boilersof all 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 BARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERY. m THIRTEEN A different machines with which jMAj Builders, Cabinet Makers, WagI T on Makers, and Jobbers in Miscellaneous Work can compel* -xsjwif quality and price, p with Steam Power Manufacturing; also, Amateurs' Supplies, Saw Blades, Fancy Woods and Designs. Say where you read this and send for Catalogue and Prices. W. F. & JOHN BARNES, Rockford, Winnebago County, 111. June 7 23 10m 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 Enquirkk building, where it will afford j 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. April 5 14 ly* ______ 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 WRAPPING PAPER. OLD Newspapers, of large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at 50 cents per hundred, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. "TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKST" RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. SERGE ANT ?! vjt MANUFACTURERS 0 "TROPIC" COO T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agen JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Mo< J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Che I August 2 TAKE THE BEST! lsyy-ys. TEE CH&OIICLE A9B COISTITOTIOIAUST. CONSOLIDATED MARCH 17TH, 1S77. is the Oldest sad Best Newspapers published in the South. It is the only Newspaper published in the i City of Augusta?the leading Railway and Manufacturing centre of the South?and the only Newspaper published in Eastern Georgia. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist has a very large and daily increasing circulation in the States of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, and reaches every class of readers?merchants, farmers, professional men and working men, and is a most valuable advertising medium. The DAILY Chronicle and Constitutionalist publishes all the current news of the day, receives all the reports of the Associated Press, and apeJ.I AtAM liyAaktne^An A flonia PaI 11 m_ Ulill UIBUabUlJOQ ii UIU VT CUUIIIhuvU) auau^o, vviuuabia, ana all other points of interest, supplemented by correspondence. It gives foil commercial reports of domestic and foreign marketa, of ail local and Southern matters, and editorial comment upon public affairs. Terms: $10 for 12 months, $5 for 6, $2.60 for 3, and $1 for 1 month, postage paid by us. The TRI-WEEKLY Chronicle and Constitutionalist contains two days' news of the Dally. Terms: $5 for 12 months, $2.50 ford, postage paid by us. The WEEKLY Chronicle and Constitutionalist is a mammoth sheet, and the largest and handsomest Weekly published in the South. It contains all the news of the week?telegraphio, local, editorial, miscellaneous?and carefully prepared reviews of the market This edition is gotten up for circulation among planters and others living in the country. Terms : $2 for 12 months, $1 for 0, postage paid by us. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the paper for the merchant, the planter, the lawyer, the mechanic, the politician. It is a paper for the office, the counting-room and the family circle. Specimen oopies Bent free. Address, WALSH A WRIGHT, Managers, Augusta, Ga. August 30 35 tf PRICES REDUCED. "THE FAMILY FAVORITE" IMPROVED NEW MODEL MACHINE. Light-Running, Noiseless, No Gears, No Cams, No Springs, New and Elegant Styles of Wood Work. From this date, by the expiration of Patents under which we have been paying royalties, we are enabled to sell our machines at DREARY REDUCED PRICES, and as low as those of any first-class machine. Send for Clrcnlars and Price Lists, nrnrm ePTFTXrn TtfAAUTNl? TAMP A NY If JhHiU OU!! lilU iillLViiiiiij wiuj mi*) BALTIMORE. MD. THE COLUMBIA REGISTER, PUBLISHED DAILY. TRI-WEEXLY AND WEEKLY, at COLUMBIA, S. C., by I0YT, EMLYN &M'DANIEL. JAMES A. HOTT, Editor. THE DAILY REGISTER contains the latest news of the day, all commercial, political and other matter sent by telegraph, full focal reports, editorials upon all current topics, and GRANGE AND AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS. The Daily has a circulation extending to all parts of the State, is circulated in nearly every State in the Uuion, and is constantly Increasing ; therefore as an advertising medium it cannot be surpassed. THE TRI-WEEKLY KKUISTISK 18 issueu every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains all the news of two days in one issue. THE WEEKLY REGISTER is an EIGHT PAGE paper, containing forty-eight columns, embracing the cream of the news of each week. This paper is within the reach of every family, and we are pleased to state the fact that its large circulation is rapidly increasing. THE REGISTER is now the Organ of the State Orange, and all matters of interest to the Patrons of Husbandry will be treated in their appropriate department, The Agricultural and Grange articles will appear in each of our publicationsDaily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY REGISTER. One year, 17.00 Six months, '.. 3.50 Three months, 1.75 TRI-WEEKLY REGISTER. One year - 5.00 Six months, 2.50 Three months 1.25 WEI^CLY REGISTER. One year, 2 00 Six months, 1 00 Three months, 50 May 31 ? 22 tf 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 MOW UMENTS or meauSTONBS 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 tne Charlotte, Columbia 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. March 9 5 ly CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inferm the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whntevor, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightuess and lustre of tne goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and made to look as well as new. i Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. tr Mn'n ATJLEY. )RO? N. C., F THE CELEBRATED knsra stoyesi PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware, And-Irons, and Castings of all kinds. Also, on PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS STRAW CUTTERS, Corn Shellers, Saw Mills, Ac. tfl, Yorkville, S. C. Rock Hill, York county, S. C. 3onnellaviIle, York county, S. C. ater, S. C. 31 , tf OUR PREMIUM OFFERS. 1 CLUB BOOKS TET OPEN! . ! ?/ WITH the view of accommodating a number of club-makera, whose clubs for the current volume of the ENQUIRER are not as large as they desire, as well also as to extend to all who may aeaire it the opportunity of obtaining the paper at club rates, we have decided to keep open our club books until the FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT. Until that date, subscribers will be received through club-makers, who obtained lists under our previous offer?the clubmakers being duly accredited with all names tbev may return under the present proposition, which names will be added to their former lists. New ","1? ?1,1 ?'<"? wvw>It?<v1 from those who mSV desire to obtain any of the elegant Premiums we ^ offer for such service. In this connection we would again invite attention to our LIS OF PREMIUMS, The articles comprising which bare been adopted by us with special reference to securing only articles of value, and which will prove serviceable to those procuring them. The regular retail price is given with each, and they are Just as good as so much cash to those who receive them. All the articles are put down In our schedule at manufacturers' regular retail prices, and cannot be bought with cash any lower than the prices here given. Premiums Nos. 1,2and 3 will bedelivered through (he mails, to persons entitled to receive them, free of cost The other Premiums will be delivered at the expense lbr freight charges, of those receiving them. In cases where Premiums can be delivered at our publication office, arrangements may be perfected for reducing the freight charges on small articles to a nominal amount The charges for freight on the Silver Ware and Cutleiy Premiums will be from New York ; on the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and on the Sewing Machines from Baltimore. Md. I MR LIBERAL OFFERS. ^ No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at 12.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER KNIFE, worth $1.00. No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each, M ' we will give one copy of the ftunily edition (cloth ! binding) of SMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE DICTIONARY, the publisher's price of which is ^ $3.50 per copy. Or for $4.50 we will give a copy of the Bible Dictionary and send the Evqcireb one year to any single subscriber not in a club. No. 8.?-For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a copy of tho ENQUIRER one vear, or a set of bIx treble silver-plated TEA SPOONS, worth $3.00. No. 4.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one set?six of each?Hard Rubber-Handle TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which is $5.00.' Wn K?for a clnh of 16 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give either a treble silver-plated 8YRUP CUP, worth $6.00; or a set of six treble ! silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth $&00. No. 6.?For a club of 18 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER DISH, worth *8.00. . > . No. 7.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at 12.50 each, we will give one set of six solid cast tteel ovfil-handle TABLE KNIVES, and one net at six treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which articles is $10.00. No. 8.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a ful I set of extra superfine, full \ oval ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with silverplated blades, and a full set of treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which articles is $15.00. No. 9.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING STOVE, with pipe and a full set of fixtures, the manufacturer's price of which is $30.00. No. 10.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.60 each, we will give one three-quart, troble silver- ? , plated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting of V SIX pieces, worth $40. / No. 19.?For a olnb of 55 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Drawers and Drop Leaf, the manufacturer's price of . which is $75. . l . Specimens of the Sewing Machines, and nearly all the other articles included In the above premium list, can be seen and examined at onr ftublication office; and in all cases we guarantee hat the Premiums furnished to those entitled to receive them, will be equal to the specimens shown I TERMS AND CONDITIONS. It is not necessary that the names of a dab shoatd all be at the same poet office. Names may be taken at any number of places if they are all returned by the same Club A (rent One name for two years, will be equivalent to two names for one year each. The time for completing clnha under tho above offer la limited to the FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER. 1877, bv which time the names with the cash, shonld he returned to the office, though names may be returned at anytime lietween this and the above date. No premium will be delivered until the requisite number of names has been returned, and the fall amount due for them paid. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post-office and State. All suhscriptionswill be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. All subscribers to the Enqcirkr will receive the paper free of postage. Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must give fall directions as to whom and bow they shall be delivered. A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, who will be credited with every name sent, so that the nnmber returned by any person can be ascertained at a moment's notice THE TIME OF CLOSING. 1 Club-makers, and those who may wish to form clubs, should bear in mind that the offers we here present do not Invite competition for Premiums, as in the case of working to secure the larorst club. Each club-maker sending the requisite number of subscribers will obtain the Premium offered for the specified number. The time, bowever, for completing a clnh is limited, under the present offer, until the FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER, 1877. Names may be sent in at any time prior to the above date. Send the names as fast as obtained, accompanied with the cash, and the Premium will be delivered when the requisite number of names has been returned. DESCRIPTIVE LIST. Our Cooking Stove Premium. The elegant Cooking Store* which we offer as Premium*, are manufactured by Messrs. Serjeant k MeCauley, at Greenaboro, N. C. These Stoves are made of the best Scotch pig metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any other stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are or a handsome pattern and neat finish, and warranted cqnal In point* of appearance, durability and superior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured In the Union. The stove we have selected to give as a Premium is the largest size made by the manuiheturers, and with each one will be furnished, without charge, three joints and one elbow of pipe, and all the necessary cooking utensils, viz.: one ham boiler, one bulge pot and cover, one tea kettle, one rottnd frying pan, one -<* long frying pan, one round griddle, one pair waffle irons, two sheet Iron bread pans, one scraper and one lifter. Over nv? thoo- vj sand of these stove* are In use In Virginia and North and Sooth Carolina, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will he shipped to those entitled to receive them as Premiums, direct from the manufactory In Greensboro N. C. Sewiag Machine Premium. The superior Sewing Machine we offer as a Premium, la the well-known Weed Machine and Is manufketured by the Weed Sewing Machine Company, Hartfbrd, Conn. It is adapted to all the wants of family sewing; it can be readily comprehended by anyone; It runs easily; la always ready; will do any and all kinds of sewing with less changing and fewer extra attachment*; Is self-adjusting; Is a two-thread Machine, making an Klastle Lock-Stitch; stands solid and firm, with long and roomy folding table, and haa the convenience of two drawers. Severn! of these Machines, during the past year, have been delivered to persons who have returned the requisite number of , name*. 8mith's Bible Dictionary* Thli Dictionary I* the work of Dr. William Smith, of the Unlvenilty of London, and the most eminent lezlcoerapher In the world, who, In Ita preparation aasociated with hlmaelf over seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and this country, In the greattask of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt by the relig- lous public. The result of these labors appeared In three large nnd very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning. An abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. Smith himself, Is the one we have arranged to Airnlsh our subscribers. The book contains every name In the Bible respecting which anything can be said. It embraces the results of historic research, antiquarian Investigation, the study of languages and dialects, and the discoveries of the modem travelers and explo rers in the Holy Land?Robinson, Bawllnson, Ferguson, Lay nrd, Olfert and Stanley. The hook Is printed from new stereotype plates, on good paper, nnd Is appropriately Illustrated with over 125 Engravings of beaufiital Scenes, Ancient Pities, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Maps, ft contains nearly 800 closely-printed, doublecolumn, octavo pages, Including 24 elegant full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It is printed In type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary Is $3.50. Three-Quart Communion Set. ? Churches uasupplled with a Communion Set appropriate to the requirements of the sacred rite of administering the Lord's Supper, can, by our Premium arrangement, secure a fine, treble silver-plated three quart Communion Set of six pieces, with little trouble, and, comparatively, at no cost. The number of subscribers required In order to secure this valuable and elegant Ser vice can be procured in almost any congregation; and the mem* bern who may be thus called upon to contribute their share ot the expense, will receive in return more titan the vahie of their contribution in a year's subscription to the paper. I Our Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums. With the very liberal offer which we are enabled to make, a beautifully furnUlx d table la now within the reach of altnoat every house-keeper; nnd here is an opportunity, of which, If the ladies avail themselves, they may secure, with but little trouble, a valuable set of Silver or Cutlery. Those article* are made for us by the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Company, 99 Pulton street New York, and are warranted to be of the best material. Value of our Premiums. We would Impress upon every one the fact that all of our Premiums are first-class (roods, and the prices attached to them In our lists are the reyular retail prices at which the article* sell by all dealers and the manufacturers themselves. It 1* only by the most advantageous term* Riven us by the manufacturer* that we are enabled to make the liberal offers we do, and we guarantee every article to be exactly as represented. A Club and an Extra Copy. For a club of -raw subscriber* paid In advance at the regular club rates, we will *tve. Instead of a Premium, an extra coov of the paper to any who may prefer that arrangement; hot In consequence of the liberal Premium* we are now offering, we cannot afford to give an extra copy to the club-maker who receive* any Premium* enumerated on our lUt. ^ Terras 6f Subscription- Free of Postage. Single copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, eaoh subscriber, per year, $2.50. Money may be forwarded at onr risk by draft, post-office order or registered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, county i and State. Address all letters to \ L, M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, 8. 0. a