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Ilmtwtous fepartmeat. The Story of a Nose.?Monsieur Arago, the French statesman and nephew of the astronomer, is, in spite of his sixty-five years, a very handsome man. He has a large nose, of which he is somewhat proud. A short time ago he was traveling by train to Versailles, wheu a child who was in tho same carriage, and who had watched Arago for some time with dilated eyes, began to cry. In vain did the child's mother, Arago, and another Senator endeavor to calm the perturbed juvenile. The poor mother was in despair, and as the shrieks grew more and more piercing, Arago felt bound to interfere aud see what he could do. He said to the child, "What ails you, my dear ? Are you afraid of me ? I don't look very naughty, do I ?" Thus addressed, the child sobbed out, "Take off your nose." Arago looked at the mother, who grew very confused and said, "Ah! Monsieur, excuse me ; excuse my son." "But, Madame," said Arago, "what does he mean ?" The mother then explained that she had, during the carnival, taken her child to see a number of per ? .?/.! j 1__ i 1 sons in raasss ana wun raise noses, auu ue uou got so excited that he could think of nothing else. "By an unfortunate occurrence," she added, "we got into the same carriage as you, who, for no doubt some good reason, are prolonging the carnival. But you see what a deplorable result has followed. Let me then beg of you to have pity on a poor mother, and take off your nose." "But, Madame," said Arago, stupefied. "A little more and my child will have convulsions," shrieked the mother; "take off your false nose." "But, Madame," said Arago, in despair, "that is impossible ; this is not a false nose, but my own." "Impossible! Impossible!" cried the agonized lady. "Touch it," said Arago. The lady gave a pull at the Senator's nose, but it did not come off in her hand as she had expected. "A thousand pardons," she said, "but pray, Oh ! pray, hide it with your hat." So Arago continued his journey, with his nose in his hat, and the child's screams gradually subsided. Arago himself tells the story with much glee. ? ? + m m fA11 o 1WQ J. KKKliiLt, rttlMUJ. xiioj wit c* good story od one of the boys who lives at Mineral Mill, and who happened to arrive in town during the progress of the late inauguration ball. His social instincts prompted him to attend, but his attire was not quite up to the mark, and he applied to a friend for the necessary articles of apparel. The friend consented with some reluctance, and, arrayed in borrowed plumes, our hero engaged in the festivities. The owner of the garments watched him as he treaded the mazy dance, and uffcer it was over, and he had esconced himself in a seat by the side of a fair charmer, approached him and broke loose with the following remark: "See here, D?, them pants is new, and I wish you wouldn't set down and make knees in them." D? came very near fainting from mortification, and abruptly left the hall, followed by a sympathizing friend who had overheard the remark, and felt sorry for his embarrassment. D? stripped off those pants, and after much solicitation accepted the loan of another pair from his new-found friend, and, after some hesitation returned to the ball room and soon forgot his troubles in the smiles of the company of the fair dancers. A polka was called on. He was on the floor with the belle of the evening, skipping and hopping as gracefully as that exhilarating dance would permit, until out of breath, he promenaded, with his fair partner on his arm, in close proximity to the owner of the breeches, who had been looking on in evident delight at the abandon of the wearer, and as he came by him he gave vent to his pleasure by slapping D? on the shoulder and exclaiming: "Go it, old feller; burst the breeches if you want to ; I don't care a cent as long as you enjoy yourself." D? dropped his partDer and rushed for the depot just in time to catch the train.?Eureka (Nev.) Sentinel. ? A Tramp's Maxims.?In the hip pocket of an old vagrant pulled in by the police the other night, was a memorandum book full of his own writing with pencil, and some of his philosophy is good enough to be preserved : "Drinking bad whisky because it is offered free is like getting in the way of bullets purchased by an enemy." "Honesty is the best policy, but some persons are satisfied with second best. It is hard to be honest on an empty stomach." "A dry plank under a rain-proof shed, is better than a feather bed in jail, and one isn't annoyed by the jailor bringing in a square breakfast." "Pay as you go. If you haven't anything to pay with, don't go. If you are forced to oitopu inrlohtedriPQq end let vniir gu, igvuiu VI VI Jl *uv?vvvvv?Mvw.w ? ? ? - -- J heirs settle the bills." "We should have charity for all. WheD the winter winds blow cold and drear, we should pity the poor fellows in India who are having red-hot weather." "Politeness costs nothing, but it is not expected that you will wake a man up at midnight to ask permission to go through his hen house. It is more courteous to let him enjoy his needed repose." "When you pick up an apple core, don't find fault because it is not the apple itself, but be satisfied with the grade of descent. Do not be ashamed of your occupation. We cannot all be lords, nor can we all be vagrants. As I cannot be a lord I should not lament at being a vagrant. Be truthful and outspoken? that is, tell 'em you are a Chicago fire sufferer. Be hopeful, cheerful, and good natured. Growling won't cure a sore heel."?Detroit Free Press. Flesh Colored.?She was a very dark skinned lady, and for all the world knows to fLo onntroru tho hlnnfl nf a thnnsanri Afri can princes might have coursed its way through her veins. She walked gracefully into a city dry goods house and asked for flesh-colored stockinge. The young man bowed, smiled and went to work looking over his stock in trade. Finally, he brought forth the box, took the top off and displayed a lot of stockings as black ag the hinges of midnight, which he warranted to be all wool. The colored lady looked at him, and with the fires of liberty beaming out of both eyes, she exclaimed, "Look here, young man, what do you mean?" The clerk responded, "business, madam." "Do you call dem flesh-colored stockings?" asked the female customer. "Well, they may be a shade or two off color, but ah ! but ah ! I should judge from your complexion that they are about the thing," naid the clerk. "Look here, young man, I wants you to understand dat when I buys flesh-colored stockings, I buys 'era like a white lady, and I wants you to understand fudder, sir, dat you am not the judge in this case. Put dem things back and give me some stockings according to the white folks' grade." It was not long before she left the store satisfied. +. How the Sunday Liquor Laws are Evaded in New York.?In the Atlantic Garden a barkeeper was kept busy opening weiss beer bottles at one end of the long bar, and at the other end another waa filling tall weiss beer glasses from a place underneath the bar. A thirsty customer approached and was heard to ask distinctly for lager beer. A foaming weiss beer glass was set before him. "I said I wanted lager beer," he complained. "Ve don'd sell lager beer on Sunday," said the bar keeper. The customer accepted the alternative, threw down a quarter of a dollar and received twenty cents in change. The price of weiss beer is ten cents a glasss. After draining a glass, he Bet it down with a sigh of satisfaction, and said, "Why, that was lager beer !" "Vas it!" replied the barkeeper, without the movement of a muscle of bis face; "dof; va8 a misdake." "How does the world wag with you ?" asked A. 'So-so,' replied B. "How does it wag with you?" "Well," said A, "I wait for the waggin'." ?be Jwm and FALL OATS. Some will doubtless be discouraged by the 1 past winter's experience with this crop, but they ought not to be. Two circumstances combined against the last crop, which combi- c nation is not likely to occur often, to wit: c very dry weather which prevented the seed \ from coming up till quite late, and excessive j cold early in the winter soon after plants were t up. When it is remembered how small is the t outlay for putting in this crop, (especially in f cetton,) and that failure if it occurs, is kuown j in time to allow the same land to be sown in j the spring or planted in any other crop, one t is fully warranted in taking the risk. On I good land, from the 1st of September to the 1 middle of October, is the time to sow oats. ] The poorer the land the earlier they should t be sown. It is better to sow early, because c rains to bring thera up cannot be counted on ? just when wanted. We are partial to sowing t in cotton fields, broad-casting the seed and c covering, with harrow run once in each mid \ die. If the ground is soft, or if a rain has j just fallen, the work will be done quite satis I factorily. If the cotton rows are narrow, a t shovel furrow might be run in each middle a and the oats drilled in it. We tried this plan e with some sown in mid-winter, but they were \ cut short by the dry weather of May. It is a better adapted, however, to fall sowings, be- 1 cause tbey tiller so much and fill up better a the spaces between the drills. Crops of early ? planted corn may be harvested in time to be a followed by oats; or pea fallows may be sown ? in them. Even sedge fields if well broken, j and especially if helped with a dressing of t cotton seed, will make good oats. Run a I 'drag' or 'smoother' over the corn and sedge i fields?it will cut down the lumps and 'firm' i the ground like a roller. Another precau- i tion?seed heavily, not less than 1$ bushels c per acre of the large seeded varieties, like the \ rust-proof. Unless an abundance of seed is 1 sown, the stand is very apt to be imperfect? t the hot dry weather of early autumn and the a freezes of winter will always kill out some of j the plants. Sow also on rich land?the oats c will stand the cold much better.?Southern t Cultivator. i t GERMAN MILLET. "G. B. D." a correspondent of the Wiuns- i boro Register, who was formerly a resident of E Kentucky, and is familiar with the cultiva- * tion of German Millet, writes to that paper j as follows: i Messrs. Editors : The following questions g have been asked in your paper concerning i German Millet: "Whatsoil is required ; how t is it prepared; how the planting is done; 1 what should be the average yield in hay and c seed for an acre; and whether this crop ex- f hausts land more than other crops." 8 Having had some little experience in its t production, I will give the result of my oh- t servation as to its growth and culture. In i the first place, the soil should be either new i fresh loam, or it must be highly manured. It ( is needless to expect a good crop of millet on i poor iand. A good piece of land having 8 been secured, it should be broken up with a g two-horse plough and thoroughly pulverized. | The jeed should then be sown on top of the I grounl, at the rate of about one bushel to t the acre, and covered lightly with brush or a t harrow. t Millet may be planted from the last of t April to the first of August with success, but > I would prefer the earliest date for the surest i crop. An acre of land thoroughly prepared i before planting will yield from three thous- ( and to five thousand pounds of good hay and j from forty to seventy-five bushels of seed, but 1 that is more than the average yield for inex- t perienced farmers, who do things in a great * hurry. 8 I do not think that millet is more than ( usually exhaustive of the soil. A crop that 5 grows with such luxurianee must necessarily 11 exhaust the soil to some extent, but I think ( not more than corn or oats. This, however, is I a question I have not thoroughly tested, and 1 I must therefore leave it to those whose experieuce may warrant a more accurate opinion . t _ _ T ^ cnan i can give. Sulphur as a Cure for Diphtheria.? ^ A correspondent of a Victoria, Australia, pa- J per, gives the following as a cure for diphtheria: ( "Should you or any of your family be at- a tacked with diphtheria, do not be alarmed, as a it is easily and speedily cured without a doc- t tor. When it was raging in England a few I years ago, I accompanied Dr. Fields on his t rounds to witness the so-called 'wonderful s cure' he performed, while the patients of others \ were drooping on all sides. The remedy [ to be so rapid must be simple. AH he took \ with him was powder of sulphur and a quill, j and with these he cured every patient without t exception. He put a teaspoonful of flour of ( brimstone into a wiue glass of water and stir- i red it with his finger instead of a spoon, as t the sulphur does not readily amalgamate with r water. When the sulphur was well mixed he i gave it as a gargle, and in ten minutes the r patient was out of danger. Brimstone kills c every species of fungus in man, beast and i plant in a few minutes. Instead of spitting t a U/% MAAAmmAn^ail 4-V?/ * attrollnin. a UUI* LUC ^ai^iC UC icuuuiiucuuGU iuu onauun- i ing of it. In extreme cases in which he had t been called just in the nick of time, when the i fungus was too nearly closing to allow the ( gargling, he blew the sulphur through a quill ( into the patient's throat, and after the fungus ] had shrunk to allow of it, then the gargliug. s He never lost a case with diphtheria. If a t patient cannot gargle, take a live coal of fire, put it on a shovel and sprinkle a spoonful or two of flour of brimstone upon it at a time ; { let the sufferer inhale it, holding the head over ' it, and the fungus will die. If plentiful- t ly used the whole room may be filled almost g to suffocation. The patient can walk about ? in it inhaling the fumes with doors and win- r dows shut." f A gentleman who has had some opportuni- ( ties of knowing, says that when the sulphur ? is blown in the throat through a quill, it is t apt to strangle. This is the only objection i urged against the remedy. , F.fff.ot op Climate on Plants.?Obser- i vations made during the Arctic Expedition , have brought to light one or two curious facts j in connection with the powers of growth pos- t sessed by different plants under varying con- , ditions of climate. American research has ( proved that the seeds of certain plants, if t gathered in one climate and sown in another, | ] will germinate earlier or later, and with more j? or less vigor, according as the new climate is j ( warmer or colder than the old. And even a ! j perceptible change of climate is not required ! j to show these results; a difference of a few ] degrees only in latitude is sufficient to do so. ] For example, wheat from Scotland, sown in | the south of England, will germinate and j ( ripen much more quickly than wheat of ex- [ j j actly similar quality gathered in the South j I and planted in the same latitude in which it j ; wa? jjiuwu. This fact is of the utmost importance to j j ' agriculturists. To secure early-growing 3 wheat, it is only necessary to take care that i the seed is gathered in a colder climate than 1 i that in which it was sown. The process is I perfectly practicable, as it might be so ar- 1 ranged that the wheat sown in the North s should not be consumed, but preserved for j seed for the next season in the South. The j same thing is noticeable among other plants, I j and florists and horticulturists might take r advantage of this circumstance to produce t both earlier and stronger plauts than they do 1 now, without the appliances for forcing, i Another curious fact is that seed?especially wheat?will stand an immense amount of | j cold without injury. Some wheat left in the j Polar regions by Captain Hall of the Polar- t j is, in 1871, and found by Capt. Nares, in t 1876, germinated and produced healthy j 1 j plants when sown under glass on board ship.. s I Country Gentleman. 1 1 ^UsceUaneatisf Reading. < THE COTTON GIN. history of the Inventlou--CuItnre of Cotton-The Old Method of Cleaning. The cotton gin was invented in 1793. The sulture of cotton was begun in the Southern :olonies in 1770. It was an experiment for vhich the older nations of the world were not ' jrepared, and was suited only to a bold and 1 tdventurous people. In 1784, the year after I he close of the Revolutionary war, a vessel i rom this country, that had carried to Liver- , )ool eight bales of cotton, was seized iu that jort upon the suspicious charge of illicit rade, grounded on the presumption that so s arge a quantity of cotton could not possibly ' rnve been the production of the United States. 1 Sleveu years later than this, in 1795, when I he commercial treaty which bears the name j if Mr. Jay was negotiated between the United j States and Great Britain, one article of the reaty, as it originally stood, prohibited the 1 ixportation from this country, in American { vessels, of such articles as Ureat .Britain had jreviously imported from the West Indies. Jr. Jay was surprised to learn subsequently hat cottoD was included in this prohibition, md still more surprised to be made acquaintid with the fact, of which he was till then vholly unaware, that cotton was becoming an irticle of export from the United States. The culture was continued, amid difficulties iud embarrassments which constantly threatid its abandonment, till in 1791 the whole imount of cotton exported from the United States was but 189,316 pounds. The next rear, that preceding the invention of the coton gin, the amouut exported was diminished >0,000 pounds. There was, in fact, from the ncipiency of the culture to the period of this nvention, no indication of any tendency to an ncrease of the production. The chief diffilulty in the prosecution of the enterprise had >een found to be the extremely slow and lajorious process of cleaning the green-seed coton, or separating it from the seed ; aud so erious had this embarrassment come to be regarded, that the cultivators were generally indined to yield to it as an insuperable objecion to what had been the grand design of the mdertaking, namely, the raising of cotton for he European market. The green cotton seed is that which iscoranonly known as the upland or bowed Georgia cotton, by which name it is distinguished rom that produced in the islands and low dis- ( ricts near the shore, called sea island, or ' )lack seed cotton. The latter is the finest cind, and derives its name from the circum- ' itance of its having been the first cultivated ! n this country in the low sandy islands on ' he coast of South Carolina. It will not I lourish at a distance from the sea, and its j juality gradually deteriorates as it is removed rom "the salutary action of the ocean's pray." It has a longer fiber than other cot* ' ,ons, and is of a peculiarly even and silky exture, which qualities give it its superior narket value. The expression "bowed," which 1 b applied to the upland cotton, is descriptive < )f the means that were employed for clean- , ng it, or loosening the filament from the ] eed, previous to the invention of the cotton ^ jin. The process was similar to tha' >m>loyed by hatters for beating up wool to the )roper consistency for felting. Strings, at- 1 ached to a bow, were brought in contact with f i heap of uncleaned cotton and struck so as j i\ na non rinlon^ nihrafinna onH thiia tft nnpn u vauov ..vs.wu. ? -r 1 he locks of cotton and permit the easy sepa- , ation of the seed from the fiber. The clean- . ng was likewise done wholly by hand, the work of the bow-strings being scarcely more ' efficient than that accomplished by the finjers of the slaves. In either case the process < vas discouragingly tedious and slow. Whitley's cotton-gin overcame all this difficulty ( md furnished the means of separating the leed and cleaning the cotton with such econ>my of labor and time as at once to give a 1 ipriug to the agricultural industry of the 1 south, and an impetus to what in a few years, i iomparatively, became one of the most im- i sortant branches of the commerce and man- i lfactures of the world. A very picturesque story is told by a White Sulphur Springs correspondent of the Courier-Journal, regarding the widow of Gov. I Pickens, ofSouth Carolina. "She was very nuch grieved," says this correspondent, calm- < y, "at a newspaper article concerning herself, ( vhich spoke of her accepting Gov. Pickens , jd condition that he obtained a Foreign Mision. She said that it seemed so mercenary 1 ind calculating in a girl of eighteen. The ruth was that she was an only child, and the 1 Mission to Russia was the mother's objection { o the marriage. Gov. Pickens was rejected, , ind had taken his passage for Europe. He vrote a farewell letter to his lady love, but >efore concluding, said it was not too late for ler to change her mind, for if she would telegraph him after receiving the letter, and ac- , :ept his proposals, he would meet her in New j Orleans and let the steamer sail without him. ( She did accept, and a few weeks afterward j hev sailed together as man and wife. The ( J O - | narriage proved happy, nothing but the war | nterrupting the course of true love. Gover- , lor and Mrs. Pickens returned to South Car- , >lina about the time that Stats seceded. Dur- ( ng their residence in Europe, they had made j nany purchases of pictures, statuary, furni- ( ure, rare laces and jewels. These arrived at , he port of New York in a sailing vessel, a ( nonth after their arrival. Everything waB :onfiscated. Among the articles were busts , >f the Governor and his wife by Powers. A tfew York gentleman purchased these at the ] iale, and after the war was over sent them to ( he owners in South Carolina." , Doctor and Musician.?A correspond- , ;nt of the Concord (N. H.) Monitor, says: , fhat a physician in that city, who was at- , ending a sick musician during convalescence, luggested to the latter that it would be agreeible to hear a little music during his visits. The musician fell in with the suggestion and Yequently regaled the doctor with the conjord of sweet sounds. Time sped rapidly iway, and the day arrived for the presenta,ioa of that little bill for medical attendance, vhich amounted to about $100. The bill vas preseuted, but the worthy physician was lurprised and disgusted by the presentation )f the following counter charges, which he vas ultimately compelled to allow:?For jlaying "Oft in the Stilly Night," six varia.ions, ten dollars ; solo, "Sweet Home," three variations, five dollars; "German Waltz," me variation, two dollars; "Yankee Doolie," six variations, ten dollars ; "Sweet Some," three variations, five dollars; solo, 'Last Rose of Summer," six variations, ten lollars; solo, "Arkansas Traveler," six variations, ten dollars; six solo burlesque variations on "Pop Goes the Weasel," ten dolars; "Sweet Allen," fifty cents; "Money Husk." fifty cents; "New Century Horn ripe," fifty cents; "Fisher's Hornpipe," fifty i :euts; "German Waltz," with one variation, our dollars. Total, sixty-eight dollars. I . < "Good Morning."?Don't forget to say i 'Good morning." Say it to your parents, < four brothers and sisters, your schoolmates, 1 four teachers, your servants?and say it cheer- ] 'ully, and with a smile. There is a kind of i nspiratiou in every "Good morning" hearti- J i y and smilingly spoken that helps to make , I iope fresher and work lighter. It really i leems to make the morning good, and to be a i irophecy of a good day to come after it. 3 \nd, if this be true of the "Good morning," I ? .'..u f^no nf nil kind, heartv greetings, i L'hey cheer the discouraged, rest the tired ! < >ne, and somehow makes the wheels of life I I un smoothly. fay A musician is commended, not that he ! I ilayed so long, but that he played so well. ; i And thus it is not the days of our life, but I he goodness of our life; not the length of ( jur prayers, but the fervency of our prayers; i ' lot the measure of our profession, but the i lincerity of our profession, that is acceptable I jpto God, I Heading for the Sabbath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] MRS. BOSTON'S DREAM. Among the many prominent ministers of ;be gospel which Scotland has at different periods produced, Thomas Boston stands among ;he first. The Christian would not charge us ivith extravagance, when we say that he was i great and good man?a man of no ordinary intellectual powers and rare scholarihip; a voluminous writer and an accurate ;heologian. Notwithstanding his rare abilities and wonderful attainment, his opinion of nimself was exceedingly humble. If what s said of him be true?and we suppose it is? be came as near praying without ceasing* as my mortal possibly could. In fact, the reader of bis life is led to wonder how he found time to do anything, he prayed so muob. This was, no doubt, the secret of his greatness. Thomas Boston was born, March 17, 1676. His parents were neither rich nor poor; but in moderate circumstances. They belonged :o that class in society from which all the great and good men in all ages of the world lave sprung. After a sore struggle with poverty, he graduated at Edinburg in 1694. On die 15th of June, 1697, at Churnside, he was icensed to preach the gospel. Ou the 21st if September, 1699, after a series of discourigements which would have made many a fDodern licentiate abandon his calling, he was jrdained pastor of Simprin. On the 17th of July, 1700, he married (Catherine Brown, a woman of decided piety ind much good sense. On the 24th of May, L701, they were blessed with a daughter. It pleased the wise disposer of all things that this child, which they named Katherine, should be deformed. It had a "double harelip" and was never able to nurse. Both the Father and mother were made humble by this lispensatiou of divine providence. Ooly parents can realise the peculiar feelings which these parents felt During the harvest season, it became necessary that Mr. Boston should go to Barhill. rhe business, in part, pertaining to some property coming to his wife, it was determined that she should accompany him. Their child was left at home. At Danskin, Mrs. Boston became sick and swooned away. She soon recovered, and they continued their journey. A.t Inzevair, in the parish of Terryburn, Fifeshire, they stopped at the house of a sister of Mrs. Boston. In the morning, Mr. Boston rose, leaving bis wife in bed. She went to sleep again and jreamed that she saw her child perfect. The natural defect had been removed. It was no longer a hare-lipped child, but free from defect and most exquisitely beautiful. Having transacted their business as soon as they conveniently could, the bumble couple jet out for their home. Having arrived within nine miles of home, tbey were met by some nne who announced to them that their child was dead and buried. On inquiry, they learned that on the very day, and at the very bour, as near as they could judge, at which Mrs. Boston had dreamed that she saw her child made perfect and beautiful, it had died. To say the least of this, it was a strange coincidence. With regard to the fact we dare not call it id question ; out now to interpret it we know not. We are liable on the one hand to give way to superstitious feelings and read our destiny in distracted dreams. On the other hand, we are liable to doubt that "the angel of the Lord encampeth round about those that fear him." Psalms xxxiv:7. Who will dare say that God did not reveal to Mrs. Boston that her hare-lipped child was taken to that place where there are no defects? While we are disposed to think that God ioes, on particular occasions, make known by dreams or visions, in the night, bis will and ways to his people, still the Bible is the only jure lamp to our feet and light to our path, [t will not do to depend upon learning God's will and our duty from dreams. Still, God, in his wisdom, may, even in this gospel day, make known, by dreams, some things to his people which will be, in some sense, confirmatory of the teachings of his Word. The Work of Christ.?The effects of the work of Christ are, even to the unbeliever, indisputable and historical. It expelled crusty; it curbed passion; it branded suicide; it punished and repressed an execrable infanticide; it drove the Bbatneless impurities of heathendom into a congenial darkness. There was hardly a class whose wrong it did not remedy. It rescued the gladiator; it freed the slave ; it protected the captive; it nursed the sick ; it sheltered the orphan ; it elevated the woman; it shrouded, as with a halo of iacred innocence, the tender years of the ihild. In every region of life its ameliorating influence was felt. It changed pity from a. vice into a virtue. It elevated poverty from a curse into a beatitude. It ennobled labor from a vulgarity into a dignity and a duty. It sanctified marriage from little more than burdensome convention into less than a blessed sacrameut It revealed, for the first tiime, the angelic beauty of a purity of which men had despaired, and of a meekness at which they had utterly scoffed. It created the very conception of charity, and broadened the limits of its obligations from the narrow iircle of a neighbor to the widest horizons of :he race. And while it thus evolved the idea :>f humanity as a common brotherhood, even where its tidings were not believed?all over the world, wherever the tidings were believed it cleansed the life and elevated the soul of ;ach individual man. And in all lands where ;t has moulded the character of its true be- I lie vers, it has created hearts so pure, and lives so peaceful, and homes so sweet, that it j night seem as though those angels who had 1 heralded its advent had also whispered to evsry depressed aud despairing sufferer among :he sons of men?"Though ye have lain iimong the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of i dove, that is covered with silver, and her leathers like gold."?Farrar's Life of Christ. ? The life of Jesus Christ was a radical life. It went to the deep root of things. It claimed men's noblest, freest action. We nust bring the heroic into the unberoic life of < nen, demanding of men true bravery and , lelfsacrifice, freedom from conventionality. 1 We must bring man's life up to Him ; not < iring Him down to man's life. That is ihe J Christian pastor's law and duty, in echo to 1 ;he pastorship of his Master. A large part )f the mistakes of the pastor comes of our laving too high an estimate of his possibility. J tf this be true, then what we need to make 11 js better pastors is more of that Gospel which j J 'eveals man?imperfect, though, with his lopes, Jesus was the true pastor in the way n which he showed men what they were, and what they might become. He never deceived, j ind never discouraged. His talk with them J1 irought out, at once, shame and hope. And j. ,vhen Jesus comes to us now, the same power 1 combined of shame and hope comes into our ives.?Phillip Brooks. Neglecting preparation for eternity is j 1 ike the traveler across the desert, or through i, \ hostile wilderness, who provides nothing for j lis journey; like the ambassador to a far! :ountry who forgets his message ; like the in-1 pited guest who puts not on the wedding garments ; like the fool who counseled his soul to take its ease, while God's voice called him . to judgment. OUR PREMIUM OFFERS. CLUB BOOKS YET OPEN ! < WITH the view of accommodating a number of club-makers, whose clubs for the current volume of the ENQUIRER are not as larve as they desire, as well also as to extend to all who may desire it the opportunity of obtaining the paper at club rates, we have decided to keep open e our club books until the FIRST MONDAY OF e NOVEMBER NEXT. Until that date, subscri- E bers will be received through club-makers, who S obtained lists under our previous offer?the club makers being duly accredited with all names they ? may return under the present proposition, whion r names will be added to their former lists. New E clubs will also be received from those who may ? desire to obtain any of the elegant Premiums we ? offer for such service. In this connection we . would again invite attention to our LIST OF PREMIUMS, The articles comprising which have 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. 1,2 and 3 will be delivered . through the mails, to persons entitled to receive J them, free of cost. The other Premiums will be Helivefed at the expense for 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. Th5 charges for freight on the Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums will be from New York ; on the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and on the Sewing Machines from Baltimore. Md. : OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at $2,50 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, we will give one copy of the family 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 Euquireh one year to any single subscriber not in a club. No. 3.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a copy of the ENQUIRER one vear, or a set of six 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. No. 5.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give either a treble silver-plated SYRUP CUP, worth $0.00; or a set of six treble silver-plated TABLE 8POONS, worth 96.00. No. 6.?For a olub 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 $2.50 each, we will give one set of six solid cast steel oval-handle TABLE KNIVES, and one set of 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 fbll set of extra superfine, full 1 oval ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with silver- * plated blades, and a Aill set of treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which articles Is $15.00. No. 9.?For a olub 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 $2.50 each, we will crive one three-quart, treble silver- 1 * ' i onntrr/iw *4 PIRWH1 IWI^ ODrvVlVO| uuiioiouug ui SIX pieces, worth $40. No. 19.?For a clnb of 55 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Draw- " era and Drop Leaf, the manufacturer's price of which is $75. Specimens of the Sewing Machines, and nearly all the other articles included in the above premium list, can be seen and examined at our I fmblication office; and in all crises we guarantee J hat the Premiums furnished to those entitled to receive them, will be equal to the specimens shown TERMS AND CONDITIONS. It is not necessary tliat the names of a club ( should all beat the same post office. Names mav j be taken at any number of places if they are all returned by the same Club Agent. One name for two years, will be equivalent to two names for one year each. The time for completing clnbs nnder the above ( offer is limited to the FIRST MONDAY OF i NOVEMBER. 1877, i -v which time the names with the cash, should eturned to the office, though names may be returned at any time between this and the above date. No premium will be deliver- j ed until the requisite number of names has been ( returned, and the full amount due for them paid. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at j the expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving coun- 4 ty, post-office and State. All subscriptionswlll be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. a ii (a Uia gnnmiutn will receive Ail nui/cn?ivcio w\? VMV _ the paper free of postage. < Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must < give fall directions as to whom and how 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 number returned by any person can be f ascertained at a moment's notice t THE TIME OF CLOSINO. i Club-makers, and those who may wish to form , clnbs, should bear in mind that the offers we here present do not invite competition for Premiums, as in the case of working to secure tho labokst ctjItb. Each club-maker sending the requisite J number of subscribers will obtain the Premium offered for the specified number. The time, however, far completing a club is limited, under the present offer, until the FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER. 1877. Names may be sent in at f any time prior to the above date. Send the names as fast as obtained, accompanied with the 8 cash, and the Premium will be delivered when the requisite number of names has been returned. DESCRIPTIVE LIST. J Our Cooking Stove Premium. j The elegant Cooking Stove* which we offer a* Premium*, are manufactured by Messrs. Sergeant k McCauley. at Greensboro, N. O. These Stove* are made of the best Scotch pig metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any other ?tove In the i market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and j hard usage. They are or a handsome pattern and neat finish, / and warranted equal In point* of appearance, durability and superior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured In the I ITnlon. The*tove we have selected to give a* a Premium Is the largest size mad* by the manufacturers, and with each one will a ? ? *-t i ?.k.MA thras ininta Ami nnp plhnw nf nlrw?. I no inrnisneu, wnuuui ?? <>) j , and nil the necessary cooking utensils, viz,: one ham boiler, one bulge pot and cover, one tea kettle, one round frying pan, one long frying pan, one round griddle, one pnlr waffle Irons, two sheet Iron bread pans, one scraper and one lifter. Over rivz moo- Z sand of these stoves are In use In Virginia and North and Mouth 1 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. Sewing Machine Preininm. The superior Mewing Machine we offer as a Premium, Is ^ the well-known Weed Machine and Is manufactured by the Wepd Mewing Machine Company, Hnrtford, Conn. It Is adapted to all the wants of family sewing; It can be readily compre- ( handed hv any one; It runs easily; is always ready; will do any , and all kinds of spwlng with less changing and fewer extra at- 1 tachments; Is self-adjusting; is a two-thread Machine, making nn Elastic I.oek-Mtltch; stands solid and firm, with long and roomy folding table, nnd has the convenience of two drawers. Meveral of these Machines, during the past year, have been delivered to persons who have returned the requisite number of names. Smith's Bible Dictionary. This Dictionary Is the work of Dr. Wllllnin Mmllh, of the University of London, and the most eminent lexicographer In the world, who, In Its preparation associated with himself over seventy distinguished divines nnd nuthnrs, of both Europe nnd this country, In the grenttask of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a wnnt long felt by the religious public. The result of these labors appeared In three large and very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of teaming. An abridgement of this great work, for popularuse, made by Dr. Smith himself, Is the one we have nrranged to fhmlah our sub- I scrlhera. The book contains every name In the Bible respecting which nnythlngcan be said. It embrnces the results of bistorle research, antlquarlnn Investigation, the study of languages and dialects, and the discoveries of the modem travelers and explo rers In the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawllnson, Ferguson, Layard. Offert and Stanley. The hook Is printed from new stereotype plates, on good pnper, nnd Is appropriately Illustrated with . nver 125 Engravings of benurlful Mcenes, Ancient Cities, and , " Ll- nl?? ,r ,! ? Onlu t.nnil deoerlnfive Flaures and ' rnemonjuir ritn.cn <> , . valuable Maps. It contains nearly 800 closely-printed, double- t column, octavo paces, including 24 elecant fiill-pace. Steel and Wood Engravings. It Is printed In type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary la $3.50. Thiee-Quart Communion Set. Churches unsupplied with a Communion Set appropriate to the requirements of the sacred rite of administering the Lord'* f Supper, can, by our Premium arrangement, secure a line, treble sllver-plnted three-quart Communion Set of six pieces, with little trouble, and, comparatively, at no cost. The number of sub ? ncrlbcrs required in order to secure this valuable and elegnnt Ser " vice can be procured In almost any congregation; and the mem- r hers who may he thus called upon to contribute their share ot t the expense, will receive In return more than the value of their v contribution In a year's subscription to the paper. Oar 8il?er Ware and Cutlery Premiums. a With the very liberal offer which we are enabled to make, a beautifully furnished table Is now within the reach of almost every house-keeper; and here I* an opportunity, of which, If the Indies nvall themselves, they may secure, with hut llule trouble, ivnluable set of Silver or Cutlerv. Those articles are made for as by the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Company, 22 Pulton street Mew York, nnd arc warranted to be of the best material. Valae of oar Premiums. We would Impress upon every one the fact that all of our Premiums are first-class goods, and the prices attached to them In our lists are the regular retail prices at which the articles sell by nil dealers and the mnnufafturers themselves. It is only by the most advantageous terms given us by the manufacturers 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 ten subscribers paid in advance at the regular f club rates, we will give, instead of n Premium, nn extra copy of the pnper to any who may prefer that arrangement; but In con sequence of the liberal Premiums we are now offering, we cannot ? ? ? ?? ?><> ninh.maker who receives I F nrrora 10 give w cum ?? ? any Premiums enumerated on our lint. Terms of Subscription--Free of Postage. Single copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, each subscriber, per year, $2.50. Monev may be forwarded at our risk by draft, post-offrce order or regis- " tered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, county 1 and State. Address all letters to ' It, M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, S. 0. a SERGEANT * GREENSBC MANUFACTURERS 01 "TROPIC" COO d _ m n \ fl b |j I 9| wli 3 4ttjF//L W-J V ;'-' ;W IS T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agen JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, A. P. LINDSAY, Agent, McC T T n A DDAT T Ar>ka, u i u. vuw August 2 PRICES REDUCED. "THE FAMILY FAVOHITE" IMPROVED NEW MODEL MACHINE. Light-Running, Noiseless. No Gears, No (Jama, No springs, New and Elegant Styles of Wood Work. From this date, by the exptration of Patents mder which we have been paying royalties, we ire enabled to sell our machines at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, i .1 ' and as low as those of any first-class machine. Send for Circulars and Prlco Lists. RTEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, BALTIMORE, Ml). May 31 22 tf YORKVILLE AGENCY OF ?IM AID OTHEB M&CHIIEBY. I AM prepared to furnish, at short notice, and on liberal terms, all kinds of AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, 3on?lHting OI mngmen lor uriiiuuig v/uwu, .qiifines and 8aw Mills, Horse-Powers, Sweepstake Thrashers, Eureka Smutters, BOLTING CLOTHS, &G. I have on band and in Warehouse, Winship jrins, Hall's Self-feeding Qins, Needle Gins, Gin Feeders, Gin Condensers, CENTENNIAL COTTON PRESSES, 3herrer Cotton Presses. Prairie Corn Shelters, ;he best at only ffl 50. 8ASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, A.very and Cook Plows. Also, the celebrated and mnch admired STONE PUMP. Dver forty of these Pumps are now in use in this sounty, giving entire satisfaction. Also, THE FOUNTAIN PUMP, A good safeguard against fires. Every Dwelling inn Gin House should be furnished with one of hem. Price only flO.OO. All articles sold by me, are at the MANUFACTURERS' LOWEST PRICES, vith freight added. T? S. JEFFERYS, Agent. BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY. AND BOOK BINDERY. rHANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete took of . .! STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY. lonsisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Foio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, )f avery variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, Penknives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, ...?? BOOK BINDING DONE, n all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodcars. Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. )la Books rebound and repaired. 'RINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash )rices. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. August 16 33 tf ETTENGER & EDMOND. RICHMOND, VA. ANUFACTURERSof Portable andStationYJL ary Engines, Boilersof all kinds, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, Jrist 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. A THIRTEEN different machines with which JmaJ Builders, Cabinet Makers, WagT' JivS/ on Makers, and Jobbers in Miscellaneou8 Work can oompeM QUALITY AND PRICE, with Steam Power Manufactuing; also, Amateurs' Supplies, Saw Blades, 'ancy Woods and Designs. Say where you read his and send for Catalogue and Prices. W. F. & JOHN BARNES, Rockford, Winnebago County, 111. T m cto Mm June i M BARBER SHOP. rHOSE in want of an EASY SHAYE, a fashionable and styliah cut of hair, or a pleasant nd luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that PHOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsoial. is still in business, in his old Shop next door o tne Enquirer building, where it will afford lim great pleasure to wait upon all who may deire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, ,nd any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD. November 80 48 - ' tf April 5 14 ly* CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. rHE undersigned would respect u I ly inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garnents of any fabric whatever, rendering them terfectiy clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to he original brightness and lustre of tne goods. )o not throw away your old clothes, but have hem cleaned and made to look as well as new. York promptly done, and at the most reasonaile prices. THOMAS BALLARD. WRAPPING PAPER. f\LD Newspapers, of large size, suitable for Lr wrapping, for sale at 50 cents per hundred, t the ENQUIRER OFFICE. 1 c MoCAULEY, >RO, N. C., F THE CELEBRATED KING STOVES! PRICE GREATLY REDUCE0 on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware, And-Irons, and Castings of all kinds. Also, on 'PLANTER'S PRIDE'PLOWS and Plow Castings, STRAW CUTTERS, 1 Corn Shelters, HORSE POWERS, Saw Mills, Ac. " "<!> to, Yorkville, S. C. Rook Hill, York county, S. C. Jonnellsville, York county, S. G. iter, 8. C. 31 TAKE THE BEST! 1877-78. m muni ill msTimiiiuisT. CONSOLIDATED MARCH 17TH, 1877. is the Oldeet and Best Newspapers published In the South. It is the only Newspaper published in the City of Augusta?the leading Railway and Manufacturing centre of the South?and the only Newspaper published in Eastern Georgia; The Chronicle aud Constitutionalist has a very large and daily increasing circulation in the 8tates 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 Chroniole and Constitutionalist publishes all the current news of the day, receives ?4B all the reports of the Associated Press, and special dispatches from Washington, Atlanta, Columbia, ana all other points of interest, sspplemeated by correspondence. It gives frill commercial I reports of domestic and foreign markets, of all local and Southern matters, and editorial oomment upon pnblic affairs. Terms: $10 for 12 months, $5 for 6, $2.60 for 8, and $1 for 1 month, postage paid by as. The TRI-WEEKLY Chronicle and Constitutionalist contains two days' news of the Dally. Terms: $6 for 12 months, $2.50 for 6, 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?telegraphic, 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 6, 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 copies sent free. Address, WALSH & WRIGHT, Managers, Augusta, Ga. August 80 35 tf THE COLUMBIA REGISTER, PUBLISHED DAILY, TBI-WEEXLY AHD WEEKLY, ^ i COLUMBIA, S. C., by HO IT, EMLYN & M'DAHIEL. JAMES A. HOVT, Editor. ? i): i . i,' v fTSHE DAILY REGISTER contains the latest 3 -11 *-^1-1 I_ news 01 me uay, mi idiuukiivibi, uumnw and other matter sent by telegraph, foil local report#, editorials upon all current topics, and GRANGE AND AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS. The Daily has a circulation extending to all garts of the State, is circulated In nearly every tate in the Union, and is constantly increasing ; therefore as an advertising medium it cannot besurpassed. M THE TRI-WEEKLY REGISTER ia issued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains all the news of two days in one issue. THE WEEKLY REGI8TER 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 impropriate department,' The Agricultural and Grange articles will appear in each ol our publications? Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. " daily register. One year, |7.00 Six months, .... 8JW Three months .. 1.76 tri-weekly register. One year 5.00 Six months 4. 2.G0 Three months, 1.25 weekly register. One year 2 00 Six months , 1 00 Three months, ?i;.. 50 PROSPECTUS. HISTORY OF SOOTH CAROLINA, bt *.:i. --J REV. R. LATHABT. SO rood as a sufficient number of subscribers are secured to warrant the enterprise, I propose publishing a HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The work will embrace a COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE STATE from the firstdisoovery of ? the soil; the settlement of the territory at different periods; the history of the State under the> Proprietary Government; under the Royal Government, and through the Revolutionary period, or to the close of the Revolutionary war. The movements of the several Whig military chiefs are accurately traced, and the several battles fought during the Revolution are minutely described. The whole will make a book of more than 700 pages of the size of Stephens' History of the United States. It will be printed on good paper, with clear type, and bound in suosianuai cioin. j o subscribers the book will be delivered for FOUR DOLLARS per copy. - ( Persons desiring to canvass for the work are requested to communicate with the anthorat Yorkville, S. C., for terms, Ac. R. LATHAN. Persons desiring to subscribe for the book, can leave their names at the Enquirer Office. August 80 86 tf YORK MARBLE YARD. THE undersigned is still conducting the Marble Business in Yorkville, and wonld 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 in vi ted. 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, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. TViontfnl fnr thfl iwimnim heretofore heatowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. March 9 5 ly CHEEB YOTJB H0ME8 WITH MUSIC. T HAVE made such arrangements with that en1. terprising and reliable Southern Wholesale House, Ludaen and Bates, of Savannah, that I can supplv, on short notice, the Mason & Hamlin Or* trans, Pianos of the most celebrated manufactories, Sheet Music, or any other kind of Mnsical Merchandise, 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. 8CHORB, TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKS. RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. Wkt IB ur fertile tihtattim. ? ? - -1 TKRM8?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, 6 00 Ten copies, one year 26 00 To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will bo furnished one year, free of charge, '