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Humorous department. Advantages of Education.?When schools were established in the South for the education of the negro, they were eagerly patronized by the colored folks of all ages. Coy maidens of thirty and bashful lads equally old, gayly trudged to school with diminutive primers in their hands, while the small fry swarmed in the school houses, and were enthusiastic on the education question. Of, Pete, the subject of our anecdote, it might be truly written that "ne'er did pencil trace a whiter eye or blacker face." His former master, Dr. H , had taken great pains with him, instructing him daily in reading and writing. In the fall Pete was i,o go to school, and anxiously looked forward to it. This was in 1869, when the sun was to be in total eclipse in August. There were all sorts of rumors among the colored people about calamities which would happen at the time of this phenomenon. A few days before it occurred, the following conversation took place between Pete and a friend: "Pete, did you know dar was gwine to be a 'clipse of de sun next week ?" "i es," said Pete, "I heard de folks talkin' 'bout it." "Pete, I hear dat awful things is gwine to happen when it comes. Dey say dat the nnrlH in cfwin# tn nnmfi fn an And." Curling his lips in scorn, and fixing his big white eyes on him, Pete answered, with contempt, "Go 'way, niggah. Don't you know dat school opens in September ? How, den, can de world come to an end in August ?"? Harper's Magazine. He Came Back.?Governor Duval, of Florida, was the son of a poor Virginian, a stem, strong, taciturn man. The boy was a huge youth of fifteeen. At the cabin fire, at bed-time, according to the custom of putting on a back log, the old man said, between the whiffs of his silent pipe: "Tab, go out and bring in that gum backlog, and put it on the fire." Tab went out and surveyed the log. He knew it was of no use explaining that it was too heavy, nor prudent for him to return without having it on his shoulder. His little sister, passing, was not surprised that be requested her to bring out the gun and powder horn, as a possum or coon might have passed, or the brother might have seen bear signs. She brought the gnn and Tab started. He found the way through the woods into Kentucky, in 171*1. After an absence of eighteen years, he was elected to Congress. A man of immense size and strength, he started for Washington, go*ng by the way of his old home, to see the folks who had long since given him up for dead. Entering the little cabin door near bed time, he saw the identical gum log. He shouldered it, pulled the latch-string, and with his load, stood before the old man, pipe in mouth, as quiet as usual. "Here is the gum back log, father." "Well, you've been a long time getting it Put it on the fire and go to bed," was the rep!y 46?" He was young, and it was his first moustache. And yet, such was the amount or lenaer cure nuu luutituui] tuat uc u?u expended upon it, that he had learned to regard it as of Cyclopean proportions. He went into a crockery store, and said to the proprietor: "A moustache cup, please." "Certainly, sir," responded the proprietor, with alacrity ; "what style does he prefer?" "It's for myself," returned the youDg man, frowning slightly. "Eh ?" exclaimed the proprietor, in great surprise, staring at the customer. "I want it for myself," repeated the young man, sharply. The proprietor turned away in a dazed mauner, and in his excessive bewilderment handed down a gilt-edged cup bearing the inscription, "To my child." The young man looked at it in a tone of speechless astonishment, and shot out of the door.?Rockland Courier. The old fashion in Virginia for negroes, was to wear long tails of crape tied round their hats, and to bang down their backs. A planter one day met a strange negro on the road, decked out with a superabundant amount of crape that reached almost to his heels. "Who do you belong to?" asked the planter. "Mrs. , of Albemarle," replied Cesar. "Where are you going?" "To Massa 's furnace; I've been hired out to work dar." "You have lost some of your friends, I see. "Yes, Massa." "Was it a near or distant relative?" "Wall, pretty distant"?'bout twenty five miles." B&F The celebrated violinist, Joachim, during a winter residence in North Germany, was in the habit of watching the skaters on a fine piece of water beneath his windows, until one day it occurred te him to try the exercise himself. As he had never yet donned a pair of skates, he put himself into the hands of a roan who provided skates and instructions in the art, on the brink of the water, and was soon equipped and started on the ice, the master leading his pupil. Finding no difficulty in keeping his balance under these circumstances, Joachim feeling sure he could go alone, desired his leader to leave him, and the next minute was sprawling on the ice, on his back. "Aha !" said the teacher, triumphantly, as he raised his prostrate pupil, "you see it is not quite so easy as playiug the fiddle!" A New Orleans Judge, riding in the cars recently, from a single glance at the countenance of a lady by his side, imagined he knew her, and ventured to remark that the day was pleasant. She only remarked, "Yes." "Why do you wear a veil ?" "Lest I attract gentlemen." "It is the province of gentlemen to admire," replied tbe gallant man of law. "Not when they are married." "But I am not." "Indeed !" "Oh, no; I'm - ' 1?1 ? ? >> TUa In/ltr nniotlw romrvuctl ViPr b uacuciur* jlivd i?uj vjuiv??j * v?mv * v%? * %> . veil, disclosing to the astonished magistrate the face of his mother-in-law. He has been a raving maniac evsr since. His Loss.?Old Mr. Meredin had been married forty-three yean, when bis wife died, last week. He didn't appear to miss her very much until bedtime, when he sat down and | stuck out his foot for somebody to come and j pull off his boot. And then, when his sonin-law coldly handed him the bootjack, the full weight of the irreparable loss he had sustained broke upon the old man, and he gave i way to a flood of tears. As for the bootjack, I it had been so long since he had seen one, he ! didn't know how to use it. A gentleman who visited a public! school in Oswego, N. Y., taught by a young '-J- dow of Kor ronnpst maftfl nn jaujr, HID DHiD. U?J, cv WW. . , address to the scholars, and astounded them and overwhelmed the teacher at the end of his remarks, by saying that he was very glad to see them doing so well, and hoped thatj they would all prize and love their teacher as j he loved her. The result is not known. J?* Some men are born great. A treasury clerk was murmuring softly in his sleep the other night, "Kate! Kate!" His wife, whose name is Susannah, soon woke him by a crossexamination which would astonish the safe burglars. "Oh ! never mind, Susan," he mild-1 ly exclaimed," 'twasn't a woman ; it was only j the syndicate I was talking about." If you are troubled with warts, steal a piece of your neighbor's dish rag, rub the , wart gently, and repeat in a solemn voice the following incantation : "Ana mana meno mike, para lona bona strike, hare ware walla wack, halico balico we no wack." The wart will go away?when you do. ? ? ISyA traveling dentist invaded Burlington and hung out the startling eign?"2th-pullin\" I leading fair the $aMatb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATH A 1ST. (.Original ] THE CURSE OF MEROZ. No doubt Meroz was a town, or possibly a region of country some place in the neighborhood of Kishon. If it was the name of a town, its exact locality is not known. So far as we are aware, it is mentioned in the Scriptures only once. The probability is that it was swept away with the bessom of destruction. In that grandest triumphal ode on record, we find these words: "Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord; curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof." Judges, 5:23. There is something in these words which are calculated to arrest the attention of the most cursory reader. The reader is anxious to know why the angel of the Lord issued the command to curse Meroz. Why is the command given to curse its inhabitants bitterly ? What, he is ready to inquire, have these people done ? For their backsliding!, the Lord had sold the children of Israel into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan. The captain of Jabin's army was Sissera. For twenty years, Jabin had, we are told, "mightily oppressed the children of Israel." Jabin seems to have been a mighty man. He had nine hundred chariots of iron. To deliver his chosen people from the oppression of this mighty tyrant, God raised up Deborah, a prophetess, and wife of Lapidoth. The oppression of Jabin was most keenly felt, no doubt, in the region of which this prophetess and judge of Israel dwelt. Goaded by tyrauny and influenced by God, this pious woman incited her people to rebel. She advised Barak to lead ten thousand men against Sissera. The spirit of of Barak was, no doubt, broken, and he positively refused to lead the hosts of rudely armed Israelites, against the forces of Jabin, unless Deborah would, in person, accompany the expedition. This she did, and a great' battle was fought in which Jabin's forces | were literally cut to pieces. Sissera was slain by a woman. When the battle was over and a glorious victory won, Deborah, who was a poetess rather than a predictor of future events, sang, in conjunction with Barak, that grand epic which we find recorded in the fifth chapter of the book of Judges. What has this to do with the cursing of Meroz ? What did the inhabitants of Meroz do on that memorable day, when the Lord delivered Israel out of the hand of Jabin ? Were the inhabitants of Meroz Canaanites, who more than any others oppressed the people of God ? No. It appears that the inhabitants of Meroz were Israelites. Wherever the town of Meroz was situated, it was inhabited by those whom Deborah had risen up to free from a "mighty oppression." They were not Gentiles. Had this been the case, they would have shared the common discomfiture. It may be asked, then, had they turned traitors and joined the forces of Sissera? No; for in that case they would have shared Sissera's fate. Not one word is said about the inhabitants ot Meroz turning traitors. It is not intimated that they sympathized with Jabin in the least. On the contrary, they were, in all probability, glad that Jael killed Sissera, and that Jabin's power was destroyed. The inhabitants of Meroz incurred the displeasure of God aud had a bitter curse pronounced upon them; not because of what they did, but because of what they did not. In other words, the angel of the Lord commanded the inhabitants of Meroz to be bitterly cursed because they did nothing. "They came not to the help of the Lord ; to the help of the Lord against the mighty." Some sad calamity?a bitter curse no doubt?befell the inhabitants of Meroz. It would be only conjecture to say how God punished the inhabitants of Meroz. It is highly probable that he razed, in some way, the town to its very foundation, and brought some signal destruction upon the inhabitants. In this there is something very suggestive. God has no use for drones. He has a bitter curse for those who stand and gaze as idle spectators at the strife which is constantly tmincr on het.ween vice and virtue: between b b ? religion and irreligion ; between Christ and the devil. We are prone to judge favorably of ourselves, and think, if we do not say it, that we have done no harm ; or we have not done much harm ; or we have done less harm than some one else I This, if such be really the case, is very encouraging. That man who can look back over his past life and truthfully say he has done no harm, or very little harm in the world, has, at least, cause of rejoicing. We should remember, however, that the stones, which lie scattered over the surface of the earth, or buried in its bosom, never do any harm. They have never, since they were created, done anything. Hence, to be able to say we have uever done any harm, may only entitle us to equal praise with that which is due to a stone. What good have we done? Have we come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty ? It is far more important that we enquire what good have we done, than that we should attempt to comfort ourselves with the vain and unmanly belief, that we have lived moral drones. We may rejoice in the glorious thiugs which are daily accompiisnea tnrougn ine gospel. We may rejoice that the strongholds of Satan are yielding to the irresistible influence of Divine grace; we may rejoice that the spread of the gospel promises liberty to the oppressed ; but what are we doing ? Are we doing something or nothing ? We may rejoice that we live in a Christian land, a land of Bibles and Sabbaths, and still b* like the inhabitants of Meroz, not comiug up to the help of the Lord. God expects us to be more than simple well-wishers of his cause. We must put to our hands and help. God does not need our help, in order that his gracious designs may be accomplished. Still we must go into the vineyard of the Lord and work. The bitter curse of Meroz awaits all those who, like Meroz, do nothing. To Break off Bad Habits.?Understand the reasons, and all the reasons, why the habit' is injurious. Study the subject until there is j no lingering doubt in your mind. Avoid the places, persons, and thoughts that lead to | temptation. Frequent places, associate with | persons, and indulge in thoughts that lead away from temptation. Jveep nusy ; idiepess is the strength of bad habits. Do not give up the struggle when you have broken your resolution once, twice, thrice?a thousand times. I That only shows how much need there is for you to strive. When you have broken your resolutions just think the matter over and endeavor to understand why you failed, so that you may be on your guard against a recurrence of the same circumstances. Do not think it an easy thing you have undertaken. I It is a folly to expect to break off a habit in a day which has been gathering for years. The Best Way.?In all the dealings of life, open, candid, straightforward ways are the best. When a man begins to deceive or try to procure by manoeuvre and trick what ought to be gained by honest bargain and intercourse, he is turning aside from the truth, and seeking to perpetuate a wrong upon his neighbor. $hr g&tmand JMflt. From the Newberry Herald. THE CHTJFA. its merits and value as a 8tock food. Messrs. Editors: Ab I have grown the chufa, the past season, I propose to give ray experience and views upon the subject for the benefit of my fellow farmers who have had no experience with them. As there has been so much said and written about them of late, I will not elaborate, but be brief and to the point. I regard the chufa as the key to success of the South, as the greatest drawback ou the Southern farmer is the immense quantity of bacou he has to buy to carry on his farmiiig operatious, and the only way to remedy this is to raise his own bacon, which can be easily and cheaply done by planting the chufa. I claim that every farmer can raise his ovrn bacon and lard as easily and cheaply as the housewife raises her poultry, if he will but plant an acre or two in chufas. They are very prolific and require very little cultivation. They will yield from two to four hundred bushels per acre, (according to the land.) A'l that is necessary to be done is to keep the grass and weeds from them until they get a start, and they will soon smother the grass out, as they grow and branch bo rapidly. Think of it?two to four hundred bushels per acre! What else can we raise to yield so enormously with so little I cultivation? Why not raise all the hogs we want and give CufFee his share of stealage besides? Chemical analysis shows thAt they contain more fattening properties than anything else yet discovered?superior to corn, sweet potatoes, wheat, oats, barley, &c. There is scarcely a number of the Southern Cultivator, (published at Athens, Ga.,) but what urges upon the farmer the necessity of planting chufas and raising his own meat. I planted a small patch?an ordinary dwelling house would have covered the land?and gathered from it twelve bushels, and am confident that I did not gather more than half. The patch was surrounded by sweet potatoes, peanuts and cow peas, and when I put my hogs in they rambled over the different patches the first day, .but finally, on the second day, they centered on the chufa patch, and did nut leave as long as they could find one. To use a common expression, they rooted the patch "up-side down" and left potatoes, peanuts and cow-peas in profusion untouched as long as they could find a chufa. Chickens and poultry of all kinds are exceedingly fond of them, and it fattens them very fast, and causes them to lay eggs in abundance. The chufa imparts a delightful flavor to the flesh, and causes the fowls to clei-J n Ui<?Uam rvMi/ia ?r* mo rlrot Tfr imnokta a luciuu a Miguel piiVQ iu uiaiacw xt nujiano ? flavor similar to the canvas back ducks that feed on celery on the Chesapeake Bay, so noted and so much sought after for their delicate flavor. Siuce our disastrous war, there has been quite a change in our system of farming in the South. Formerly cotton, corn, and a little wheat and oats, were all we thought of planting ; but since the war we have been experimenting with the various other productsseeking for the cheapest and most profitable food for stock. All of the grasses of the North and West, as well as of Europe have been tried, none of them which have given entire satisfaction (taking everything into consideration) except the chufa, and strange to say, but few farmers in this portion of the State know anything about it. It fills the bill of the Southern farmer exactly. 1st. Because of its productiveness. 2d. The small amount of labor required for its cultivation, and its value as a food for hogs and forage for horses and cattle. More food and forage can be gathered from one acre of chufas than anything yet introduced into the South?especially if we can take into consideration the amount of labor required for its production. It is said by all writers who have experimented with them, that land that will make ten bushels of corn to the acre will make one hundred bushels of chufas; but let us say fifty bushels, (which is certainly a low estimate) and see how it stands compared to corn. The standard weight of chufas, after having been washed and dried, is 46 lbs. to the bushel. 10 bushels corn, 56 lbs. to the bushel, would be 560 lbs.; 50 bushels chufas, 46lbs, to the bushel, would be 2,300 lbs. giving 1,740 lbs. to the acre in favor of chufus, and actual experiments have established the fact that, pound for pound, in flesh producing qualities, the chufa is superior to corn. This may seem an exaggerated and overdrawn calculation, but it is uot, as every man who I ... A% _ / -!.. a. *_1 Ml i!_i. nas given mem a lair iriai win suosianuaie. I have in my possession at least a dozen articles from men of thorough experience with them, giving much farger yields than this. Chemical analysis has proven that they are superior to corn, sweet potatoes, wheat, barley, or anything else that we feed to hogs, and as we can raise so much more with so much less cultivation, every farmer who wishes to succeed should get a stock of hogs and plant chufas. The tops can only be utilized as a forage for horses and cattle. It makes excellent hay, cut, say the latter part of July or August, hefore the leaves begin to turn, and the cuttiug will be a decided benefit to the tubers, causing them to grow larger, ripen earlier and better, and attain more substance and solidity. One of the most valuable characteristics of the chufa is that it does not rot, but will live in the ground the whole winter perfectly sound, (same as the artichoke,) and comes up again next spring?if let alone?but very easily exterminated if desired. Another is, it is very hardy and will grow on almost any soil, under any circumstances and conditions. I said in the commencement that I would be brief, and here is quite a lengthy article, and yet I have not said half that could be said in favor of the chufa. I could not have said less and done anything like justice to the merits and value of the chufa as a stock food. I would insist upon every farmer getting a few and trying them for himself, and my word for it, he will think he has found a "gold mine." I have a few bushels to sell, and any one wishing to experiment with them can get them at 35c. per quart, postage paid, or 88.00 per bushel, by addressing me at Chappell's Depot, Newberry county, S. C. J. 0. DICKERT, m. d. Can't Sleep.?It is probable that many who cannot sleep during the fore part of the night, are themselves the cause of it. They reverse the order of nature by sitting up late, till they think they can sleep if they go to bed, and then sleeping late in the morning, thus turning night into day and day into night. If such persons cannot break off this habit of untimely wakefulness and untimely sleepiness by early retiring, let them try the effect off extra early rising. Let them rise at least two hours earlier than usual, and if this does not do, then add an additional hour or more, and perseverance a month or more in this way, and to shake off their morning drowsiness, engage in some active employment. Meantime, let them retire at early bed-time. Persevered in long enough, this course, I think, would have the desired effect in the j case supposed.?T. S. G., in Jndiana Farm>tr, j I fifes?" Calves' or sheep's lights and livers,! which can always be obtained in the market- j house for a few cents apiece, are valuable to I feed to fowls, for two reasons. They are de- j void of bones, and they closely resemble in- ; j sect diet. We advise the cooking of any sort i of meat food, always. These "harselets" (or i those of swine) should be boiled, seasoned | with salt and pepper, and fed, say twice a 1 week, to fowls, where they can be had ban.}}- ' ly, For laying hens, when .confined in winter, this change of food from constant grain* j feeding is excellent, For young stock, where i the chickens are confined to small runs or! close cages, this meat, ohopped up and mixed three times a week with their soft food, will i help the younglings, wonderfully. , PROPER TIME TO FELL TIMBER. A correspondent of an exchange says: "In a recent number of your paper, I note the remark. 'Authorities are disagreed in regard to the season of the year at; which timber should be cut with a view of its durability.' j | Such questions are to be decided only by I j carefully acquired experience, and thus it i j may not be improper to state the results of | my own observations during a protracted Hfei time and a constant application to practical j pursuits. "The most appropriate month for felling j timber appears to be July. Cut the tree j 1 1 1 - A. ?A __ .1 - J f_._A ? ?A I uown, lei 11 lay on me ground just as it ip, | not touching leaves or branches, and the juice will soon he evaporated by the July sun, Even a bean stick cut in July will last three times longer than one cut in the spring. Late in the fall or in the winter time, you may chop the tree into pieces and use it as you please, provided, however, that pieces of timber to be put in or laid on the ground are thoroughly seasoned by having been exposed to the effect of the air and sun for a whole year. August is nearly as good as July, and thence there is an observable decrease of advantage in the following months, till the end of the year, from which time the decrease is remarkably rapid, reaching its lowest point in May, when the sap wood is most gorged with juice. "It is a known fact that floated wood is of great durability. Smaller pieces may be made very durable by boiling them in water, whereby the vegetable albumen, the principle cause of the rot, is removed. Larger pieces may be kept for a while, say several months, in running water. After the most considerable portion of the albumen contained in the sap has been (in May and June) expended in the formation of the foliage, young shoots and blossoms, the. tree is fittest for being felled. From January the storing up of albumen by the action of the rootlets begins anew. From July to the end of the growing time, the juice is chiefly prepared by the leaves out of I the carbonic acid of the atmosphere and is far less subject to decomposition. "Dry timber does not rot in the ground before having again attracted moisture ; if this can be effectually prevented, or if the timber be constantly kept surrounded by water, there will be no decaying." Save the Old Paper.?Never throw away old paper. If you have no wish to sell it, use it in the house. Some housekeepers prefer it to cloth for cleaning many articles of furniture. > For iustance, a volume written by a lady who prided herself on her experience and tact says: "After the stove has been blackened, it can be kept looking very well for a long time by rubbing it with a paper every morning. Rubbing with paper is a much nicer way of keeping the outside of the tea kettle, coffee pot and tea pot bright and clean than the old way of washing them in suds. Rubbing with paper is also the best way of polishing knives, tinware and spoons ; they shine like new silver. For polishing mirrors, windows, lamp chimneys, etc., paper is better than dry cloth. Preserves and pickles keep much better if brown paper, instead of cloth, is tied over the jar. Canned fruit is not so apt to mould if a piece of writing paper, cut to fit the can, is laid directly on the fruit. Paper is much better to put under a carpet .1 Ti aL! 1 I man straw, it is warmer, miuner auu maaea less noise when one walks over it. Horseshoeing in Various Countries.? In the United States, England and France, the horseshoer simply takes the horse's foot on his knee to shoe it. This depends to some extent on the nature of the breed of horses, which in some countries are, on the average, more shy, and most of them could not well be treated in this way. Thus in the Netherlands, and in part of Germany, the horse is placed in a narrow stall, where short chains are attached to the uprights; then one of these chains is placed around the horse's ankle and the foot lifted and tied up to a convenient height for the smith to do bis work. In Turkey and Servia the horse's head is held by one man, another holds the leg on his arm, while the third operates 011 the foot. In Russia the horse is placed in a square cage made of rough wooden planks, and is strapped around the belly with wide leather straps attached to cross bars of the frame work ; his head is also safely tied, the foot is fixed to a stake in the ground and held by an assistant, while the smith nails on the shoe. Freckles.?It is quite common for young people to feel mortified in the possession of freckles, and to try lemon juice, borax and other things to get rid of the trouble. Those who go much in the fresh air and sun and are inclined to freckle, might about as well make up their miuds to keep their freckles. The best remedy yet discovered is to be so pleasant, unselfish, good-natured, and jolly, that everybody will be glad to see your freckles come into the room. Little mortified maidens, try that. Cleaning Mixture.?To clean coat collars and to take out grease from floors or carpets, and to clean paint or white walls (calsimined) take half a bar of washing soap, and a lump of saltpetre and sal soda each as large as a walnut; add two quarts boiling soft water, stir well and let it stand till cool, then add three ounces of ammonia, bottle and cork tight. Will keep good a year. It is best to bottle when lukewarm, and add the ammonia at any time. Icing that will Stick but not Break. One cupful white sugar; enough water to dissolve it; set on the stove and let it boil until it will 'bair;' beat the white of one egg to a stiff broth ; pour the heated sugar on the egg and stir briskly until cool enough to stay on the cake. The icing should not be applied until the cake is nearly or quite cold. This will frost the tops of two common-sized cakes. 8?" In a German paper we note a hint given by Dr. Schaal, with reference to the taking of cow's milk by persons who have a weak stomach. He says he always succeeded in avoiding any evil effects by eating a little salt on bread, either before or after taking the milk. When he omits to do this, a single glass of milk will produce diarrhoea, whereas, with salt, he can take a whole litre, or somewhat over a quart. Croup.?Croup can be cured in one minute, aud the remedy is simply alum and sugar. The way to accomplish the deed is to take a knife or grater and shave off in small particles about a teaspoonful of alum ; then mix it with twice its quantity of sugar, to make it palatable, and administer it as quick as possible. Almost instautaneous relief will follow. What Varnish will Do.?Much of the carved wood and wooden utensils from Japan, often supposed to be walnut, is simply common wood stained with the juice of unripe persimmons. Some of the moat elegant wood carvings at the Centennial Exhibition were of this nature, and yet it deceived some of our most experienced cabinet-makers. I?"* In the cultivation of potatoes, to obtain the largest number of tubers, the flowers should be plucked off to prevent the formation of seed, while everything should be done | to protect the leaves from injury. SST Ink stains can be removed from cotton or linen by washing in salt anc} water. This should be done before the fabric is washed with soap. ?0rMIe inquirer. TKl^MS?IN ADVANCE : One copy, onp year . $ 3 00 One copy, six monihsl'.'?V..'.V,.......1 60 One copv, three months,.... 75 single copy,-:,: 10 Two ooples, onp ypap, o 00 l'6n oopjes, one year,.,,,.,.,,....., 25 00 To persons who malte up clubs of ten or more names, an e*tra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge, THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. PROSPECTUS FOR 1878. 0D8 MUM PBEMIDM OFFERS 1EIEWED. XN announcing our PROSPECTUS for 1878, we deem it necessary only to mention the fact that the leading features which have characterized the ENQUIRER for the past TWENTY-THREE YEARS will be retained, and no efforts will be spared by the Publisher to render it in the future as-attractive and interesting a family and news Journal as it has been in the past. THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT Will, as heretofore, consist of ORIGINAL SERIAL STORIES, written expressly for our columns, of which a number are already in hand, from the pens of meritorious writers, and will, we feel assured, prove entertaining to the lovers of fiction. Tn addition to the Serial Stories, the other Literary features of the ENQUIRER will consist of the usual miscellaneous selections of thd cream of tho press; an Agricultural Department, conducted with special reference to the wants of the Southern farmer and house-wife ; a column of Humorous Rending each week; a Sabbath Reading and Children's Department, each conducted by Rev. Robert Lathan, under whose management, for the last eight years, these departments nave neen an important, attractive and instructive feature; Historical and Biographical Sketches; Poetry ; Fashion Articles, <ftc., Ac. NEWS OF THE HAY. Particular attention Is given to collating and condensing the news of the day, and this department of the ENQUIRER, whether treating of matters at home or abroad?political or otherwise?will be conducted with the utmost care, and only facts as they seem to exist, will be presented, "free from sectional or party bias. CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. To meet the demands of our numerous readers in Chester county, we havecontinued our engagement of Brainkrd McLure, Esq., who will contribute a letter of correspondence from Chester regularly each week. These letters are devoted entirely to Chester affairs?to the interests of the town and county?and written in the racy andgraphic style peculiar to Mr. McLure. they cannot fail tone of interest to our readers in Chester, as well as elsewhere in the State. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. Besides the above, a record of the leading events at the State and National capitals; Congressional and Legislative proceedings: "Scrapsand Faots," being a hotch-potch of light current topics; a compend of the News Abroad and at Home; General Correspondence; Commercial and Market Reports; Local and County Nevts; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects, intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of onr people, will, we trust, continue to render the ENQUIRER a welcome and entertaining Family Journal. Terms of Subscriptlon-?Free of Postage. Single copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, each subscriber, per year, $2.50. Money may be forwarded at our risk by draft, post-office order or regis tered letter?otnerwise we win assume no fihk. Write names plainly, giving poiit-offico, county and State. Address all letters to L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, 8. C. PREMIUMS FOR CLURS. By a favorable arrangement with the different manufacturers, we are enabled to make the following liberal and unprecedented offers of Premiums for Clubs. These Premiums have been adopted by us with special reference to securing only articles of value, 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 them, free of cost. The other Premiums will be delivered at the expense for freight charges, of those receiving them. In cases where Premiums can be delivered at our publication office, arrangements may he perfected for reducing the freight charges on small articles to a nominal amount. The 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. READ THE LIST 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, we will give one copy of the family edition (cloth ' * flCivrrmTTifi A nr?TT\n T71 T\ T> TT5 I* T7I dinning) 01 Oi?n i n o adiviuvjrju didurn uivTIONARY, 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 Enquirer one year to any single subscriber not in a clnb. No. 3.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a copy of the ENQUTRER one year, 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*clnb of 16 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give either a treble silver-plated SYRUP CUP. worth $6.00; or a set of six treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth $6.00. 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 $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 full set of extra superfine, full oval ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with silvernlnted hladesl and a full set of treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which articles is 115.00. 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 180.00. No. 10.?For a club of 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will crive one three-quart, treble silverplated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting of SIX pieces, worth $40. No. 11.?Foraclnb of 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with one Drawer, the manufacturer's price of which is $45. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all beat the same post office. Names may be taken at any number of places. One name for two years, will be equivalent to two names for one year each. The time for completing clubs under the above offer is limited to the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1878, by which time the names with the cash, should be returned to the office, though names may be returned at any time between this and the above date. No premium will be delivered 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 the expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post-office and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. All subscribers to the Enquirer will receive the paper free of postage. Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must give full 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 ascertained at a moment's notioo THE TIME OF CLOSING. 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 largest club. Each club-maker sending the requisite number of subscribers will obtain the Premium offered for the specified number. The time, however, for completing a club is limited, under the present offer, until the FIRST MONDAY OP MARCH, 1878. 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. Onr Cooking Stove Preminm. The decant Cooking Sloven which we offer as Premiums, are manufactured hy Messrs. Sergeant & McCauley, at Greensboro, N. C. These Stoves are made of the best Scotch pig metal, witli heavier and thicker plate than any other stove In the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hnrd usnge. They are of a handsome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in points of appearance, durability and superior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured tn the Union. The stove we have selected to give as a Premium Is the largest size made by the manufacturers, 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 potand cover, one tea kettle, one round frying pan, one long frying pan, one round griddle, one pnlr waffle irons, two sheet Iron bread pans, qqe semper and one llfier. Over rtva thousand oftnesc stoves are In use lii Virginia and North and Mouth Carolina, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will be shipped to those entitled to receive them as Premiums, direct from the manufactory in Greensboro N. C. Sewing Machine Preminm. The superior Sewing Mnchlne we nlfer as q Premium, is j the well-known vyeed maeqine una iu iqmiqiuuiui.-u uy n.c , Weed Sewing Machine Company! Hartford, Conn. It U adapted to all the wants of family sewing; it can be readily comprehended by anyone; It runs easily; is always ready; will do any and all kinds of sewine with less changing and fewer extra attachments; Is self-adjusting; Is a two-thread Machine, making ( an Clastic Dock-Stitch ; stands solid and Arm, has a neat case and convenient drawer. Several 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 Or- William Smith, of the Urilyejsiiy qf London, Hud lliu most eminent lexicographer Iq the world, who, In Its preparation associated with himself oyer seventy distinguished divines and authors, of bqth Btjropo and this country, (n the groat taslt of preparing 8 oompmhonslve Dlotlonnry qf the Hihlo, m?d supplying a want long felt by the religions pqhllc, The result of these labors appeared In three large and very oostly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning. An abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Or. Smith himself, Is the one we have arranged to furnish our subscribers. The booh contains every name in the Bible respecting which anything can be eald. It embrace* the result* of historic research, antiquarian investigation, the study of languages and dialects, and the discoveries of the modem traveler* and explo renin the Holy Land?Bohlnson, Hawlinaon. Ferguson, Lay ard, Offertand Stanley. The book is printed from new stereotype plates, on good paper, and is appropriately Illustrated with over 125 Engravings of beautiftil Scenes, Ancient Cities, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Map*. It 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 Three-Quart Communion Set. Churches unsupplied 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 bets who may be thus called upou to contribute their share ot the expense, will receive in return more than the value of their contribution in a year's subscription to the paper. Onr Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums. Wirh the very liberal offer which we are enabled to make, a beautifully fumlibrd table Is now wlihlu the reach of almost every house keeper; and here I* an opportunity, of which, If the. Indies avail themselves, they may secure, with bnt little trouble, a valuable set of Silver or Cutlery. Those articles are made for us by Chaa. E. Huntington, the successor of the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Company, 22 Fulton street, New York, and are warranted to be of the best material. ' Value of oar Premiums. We would impress upon every one the (bet that all or our Premiums are first-class goods, and the prices attached to them In our Hats are the regular retail price* at which the articles sell by all dealers and the manufaeturers themselves. It 1* 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 au Extra Copy. For a club of t?* subscribers paid In advance at the regular clnb rates, we will give, Instead of a Premium, an extra copy of the paper to any who may prefer that arrangement; but In consequence of the liberal Premiums we are now offering, we cannot afford to give an extra copy to the club-maker who receives any Premiums enumerated on our list. rrWILLIPORDT [ ROCK HILL, 8. C. MORE FINE STOCK! HORSES AND MULES! ROCK HILL SALE STABLES. :v ' ;' "- . uit) i ' J; , - ? ' >; . I WOULD respectfully inform the public that I now have for sale, at my stables In Rock Hill, EIGHTY HEAD of fine Kentucky HORSES AND MULES, Which I offer for sale ON TIME until the FIRST OF OCTOBER next, at 7 per cent, interest, for Note and good security. RARGATOS TN HORSE FLESH. Either on the above terms or for Cash. An inspection of my stock, by all in want of good animals, is respectfully solicited 5 and if you are in a trading mood and do not wish to bny, bring up your costanogaaand exchange them for good ser- I viceable Horses or Mules with which to cultivate ! your crops, or serve in harness oi* under the sad-1 die. A. WILUFORD. j NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to me for stock bought in 1877, may expect to be sued the first Conrt,if they do not pay up forthwith, or renew their papers. I would much prefer a clear settlement with all indebted to me, and hope this notice will induce an immediate response. 1 A. WILLIFORD. January 3 1 1 tf G. H. O'LEARY. FURNITURE. TN connection with my Saddlery establishment l8ball also conduct the FURNITURE BUSINESS, and keep on hand a full stock of articles in that line, consisting of Bureaux, Bedsteads, Tables, Chairs, Lounges, Cottage and Chamber Suites, Ac., of different styles and qualities, and in the various kinds of wood. G. H. O'LEARY. (SADDLES. A FULL supply of my own manufacture ot Saddles, consisting of Gentlemen's, Ladies', Boy's and'Wagon Saddles, all of which will be sold very cheap, for the cash. G. H. O'LEARY. SUNDRIES. BRIDLES, Halters, Girths, Saddle Bags, Saddle Blankets, Hames, Trace Chains, Backhands, Stirrups, Bridle Bits, Buckles, etc., etc., for sale at G. H. O'LEARY'8. COOKING STOVES. SEVERAL different brands of Cooking Stoves of the best grades, which I will warrant and sell at low figures. Also, cheaper grades of Stoves for sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S. TABLES, (XL, DINING, Teapoy and Office Tables, Tin Toilet Sets, Towel Racks, Hat Racks, Suspension Spring Beds, etc., etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'S. HARNESS. A COMPLETE stock of Harness on band, and any kind made to order, at very low figures, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. " WHIPS AND UMBRELLAS. A LARGE stock of Buggy, Wagon and Riding Whips and Bnggy Umbrellas, for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. BEDSTEADS. A NICE lot of Walnut Bedsteads just received. Also, Maple and Poplar and Cottage Bedsteads for sale oy G. H. O'LEARY. down" WITH HIGH PRICES! CHICAGO SCALE COMPANY, 68 AHD 70 WEST M0NB0E 8T., OHIOAQO, ILL., Have reduced the prices of all kinds of SOCLES! 4-Ton Haj, Stock or Cotton Scale, $60. FORMER PRICE, 9160. All other sizes at a great reduction. Every Scale fully warranted. All orders promply \ filled. Circulars, Price List, and Testimonials | sent upon application. BUY THE CHEAPEST AND BEST. October 4 40 12m tfmo FOR CAmiOGlfjsS April 5 14 ly* notice. I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and otner 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 2 44 ly I. R. SCHORR'S PHOTO-GALLERY. 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every /V convenience, ana a determination to do my beat, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except small children. November 1 3G tf CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. January 17 3 It SERGEANTA GREENSBO MANUFACTURERS OF "TROPIC" COO] T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agent JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, 1 A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McC J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Chee August 2 ? i YORE MARBLE YARD. 1 THE undersigned l? fl^uBk^XIpF\ still conducting the Marble Business An Yorkthat'he can s^p^Mthose MENTS OR HEAJ)STONES with anything ~*-=p^-3?r^ jn 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, tarnished at short notice, and satislhction guaranteed, Specimens usually on hand, to an inspectfgirtl^^^^^ which, those in want of marble work are respectfrilly invited. Estimates and any oth desired information cheerfully given at any tinu. Work delivered at any point on the'Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any plaoe between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my esiaoimoment, my aetermiiiauuu ia uu merit a continuance of the aame. F. HAPPSKFIELD. January 3 1 : - ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. OOOTTY OP YOEK?OOUBT OP OOMKOS PLEAS. GeorgeSleele, Plaintiff, against RandolphHagins, Defendant.?Judgment in Debt. To Randolph Hagins, Sarah Ann Hagins, Mary Hagins, Hannah Williams, and Margaret Mingus, heirs of Randolph Hagins, defendant above named. YOU are hereby summoned and required to show cause within twenty days after the service hereof upon you, why the judgment en? titled as above, and entered on the twenty-sixth day of Angust, of the year 1867, in the office of the Clerk of the county of York, in favor of the above-named plaintiff against the abovenamed defendant, Randolph Hagins, should not be enforced by W. E. Erwin ana George J. Steele, administrators of the estate of George Steele, deceased, against the estate of said Randolph Hagins in your bands respectively: and, if ^ you fail to show cause as aforesaid by answer served on the undersigned, at bis office in Yorkville, S. C.. said judgment will be enforced and execution issued thereon accordingly. Dated December 24, 1877. W. P. GOOD, Plaintiff's Attorney. J. F. Wallace, C. C. Plb. . December 20 51 6t . STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK. . ^^HEREAS.J^F, WALLACE, a C.C. Pleas, J J' DSN appneu IAJ uio IUI uciMiia VI auiuiuintration, deooni* non, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ENOCH D08TBR, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred ana creditors 6f the said deceased, to be and appear before me at; onr next Judge or Probate's Court, for the said County, to be holdon at York Court House, on the 22ND DAY OF FEBRUARY next, to sheW cause, if any, why the said Administration sfaonld not be granted.. Given under mv hand and seal, this 17th day of January, in the year of onr Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and in the 102nd year of tbelndependenoeofthe United States of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. January 17 -8 *!i:j" 'MP STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK. WHEREAS JOSEPH F. WALLACE, C. * C. Pleas, has applied to me for Letters or "?^ Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of the estate of JOSEPH R. HOWE, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Judgeor Probate's Court for the said connty, to be bolden at York Court House,on the 22ND DAY OF FEBRUARY, next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 17th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and in the 102nd year of the Independence of the United States of America. J06EPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. January 17 8 j 6t BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND book: bindery. mHANKING the public for liberal past patron I. age, 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, 8latea, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various brandies. Sheet Mnaic, Periodicals, Law Booka, Ac., bound in any style deaired. Ola Booka rebound and repaired. P HINTED BILL AND LETT EN HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended to, at loweet cash prices. i E. R. STOKES, 1S5 Main Street Columbia, 8. C. BARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERYT m THIRTEEN fcys different machines with which MA J Builders, Cabinet Makers, Wagf T J&Et on Makera? an<1 Jobbers in Miscellaneous Work can compel* ^jjSSjll QUALITY AND PRICE, 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. A JOHN BARNES, Roekford, Winnebago County, til. Jnne 7 23 10m ROSE'S HOTEL, YORKTILLE, 8. C. THIS HOUSE has been tborongbly renovated from cellar to m 4?B|9_ garret, and newly furnished, in1 rTTtlPi eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT 8PRING BEDS. In view of the times, our motto is a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?fl.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially for Commercial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. August 30 34 'tf ?^ BARBER SHOP* ' THOSE in want of an EASY 8HAVE, a fashionable And stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that tbos ballard. Professor of the ArtTonso rial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquires building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done, THOMAS BALLARD. CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perf. i-tlv clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do imt throw away your old clothes, but have them clt-aned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. September 6 . 88 tf NOTICE.' Subscribers to the yorhville enquirer, not regularly served by mail, on the postal routes between Yorkvllle and Black's Station, and Yorkvllle and Rock Hill, are hereby in formed that i will deliver their papers along the routes named free of charge, provided they enter their names on my club. J. N. ROBERTS. November 8 45 tf TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKS. RECOGNIZANCES, Warrantsof Arrest,Summons in civil action, and Executions. For? sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. January 10 2 tf c McOAULEY, RO? N? On ' THE CELEBRATED KING STOVES! PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware And-Irons, and M Castings of aL .finds. Also, on PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS and Plow Castings, STRAW CUTTERS, RMS! HORSE POWERS, Saw Mills, Ac. ' 8, Yorkville, S. C. iock Hill, York county, 8. C. onnellsville, York county, S. C. ter, S. C. n, ]. 31 tf