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gluraatcius department. IT WASN'T THE TOOTHACHE. In the Indies' waiting-room at the Central depot, the other day, were a newly-married couple from Grass Lake. They had been visiting in the city for two or tlnree days, and were then ready to go home. They sat side by side, of course?his arm around her waist, aud she leaning on bis shoulder. A long-waisted stranger from the East, having sore eyes and a big heart, walked in, saw them thus seated, and in about a minute asked of the husband : "Has that woman there got the toothache ?" The husband looked up with surprise, but made no answer. After two or three minutes, the long waisted man again remarked : "If that woman has got the toothache, I've j got a bottle of peppermint in my sachel here." The bride rolled her big white eyes around, and the husband looked somewhat embarrassed." The man from down East unlocked his sachel, fumbled among some shirts and collars, and brought up four ounces of peppermint essence. He uncorked it, touched the contents of the bottle against his big red tongue, and, handing it forward toward the liii<ahnrid fpfllincrlv Raid ; -?> .v.?BV ?? "Just have her sop some on a rag, and rub her gooms with it. We've used it in our family for?" The bride's eyes threw out sparks as she lifted her head from its loving position, and, striking at the bottle, she snarled out: "Tuthache, you fule! If yon don't know the difference 'tween true love and the tuthache, you'd better pick grass with the geese!" "Goodness 1" gasped the man ; and he hurried out, with his sachel in one hand and the bottle in the other. t&~ A tramp passing through a village, met a young man who is something of a wag, in the outskirts of the town, and interviewed him, with the following result: "What accommodations has this town for travelers ?" asked the tramp. "Five good hotels," was the reply. "Yes; but what accommodation for poor travelers, who cannot pay for a lodging ?" "Very poor. The cells in the jail are not as comfortable as in ordinary horse-stalls." "I should think a fellow would be liable to take cold," pensively mused the tramp. "Take cold ?" replied the young man. "Why, two tramps froze to death there, one day last week." "I should think it would be to the interest of the town to furnish more comfortable accommodation. It must be very expensive to bury the bodies this cold weather?" "Oh! no," said the young man. "On the contrary, it is very profitable ; they send the bodies to the dissecting room, and get twentyfive dollars apiece for them." The tramp borrowed a chew, inquired the distance to Shurburn, and rapidly moved northward. Pretty Well, Thank You.?"Why, how d'y' do, Mrs. Careful? Are your folks pretty well ?" asked one friend of another whom she met in Hempstead a few days ago "Oh, yes, pretty well, thank you?that is, about as well as usual. Father hasn't been quite well since he banked up the cellar last fall and nvprwnrked himself: thinks he hurt his side. And mother has got the rheumatism so bad that she hasn't been able to get down stairs in a week. Matilda Ann has a slight touch of the diphtheria, so the doctor says. Jimmy can't speak above a whisper, for a sore throat. Susie is just getting another rising in her ear, and the baby has had two more spells of croup. My husband can hardly do any work on account of his sore eyes, and I thought I'd die last night with neuralgia in my head; but we're all about as common. Row's your folks?" S@?~ The story is told, and is said to be entirely true, that at a recent dedication of a Baptist church, the ceremony of immersion was performed for the first time in that church by a well known Baptist minister. When he had entered the water, and while waiting for the candidate, the minister suggested that somebody should sing an appropriate hymn. One of the deacons, who stood near by, heard the suggestion and, without thinking, struck up the familiar hymn, "Pull for the Shore." The hymn proved to be so suggestive, it is stated, that neither the minister nor congre gation could refrain from an audible smile for some time, and the ceremony had to be postponed until the preacher could recover his gravity. What it Reminded Him Op.?An Austin man, according to the Reveille, bought a broom, and when asked if he would have it sent to his house, said : "No; but don't you know whenever my wife sends me to the store to buy a broom, it always reminds me of the time when I was a boy going to school ?" "How is that?" asked the clerk. "Well, you see, when I was going to school, and I used to cut up any didoes, the teacher would give me his jack-knife and send me out to cut birch switches to whale me with. See the point?" The clerk said he thought he eaw it. JSTln a wild part of Scotland, a dealer in fish hbpH tn drivfi his cart a considerable dis tanee ialaod. On one occasion, when passing a wild moor, where, although there did reside a schoolmaster, the knowledge of the inhabitants of affairs ill general was not exteusive, he dropped a lobster. Some children picked it up, and, wondering what the strauge creature could be, took it to the schoolmaster. The dominie put on his spectacles, and, turning it over and over, examined itoarefully. "Weel," at leugth said the oracle, "I ken maist o' the wonderfu' animals o' creation, except jist twa, and those twa I never saw. They are an elephant and a turtle-dove; and so this must be one o' the twa." #27- A man from Boston would not confess astonishment at anything he saw in Nevada. As he was passing a hotel in Virginia City the cap blew from one of the chimneys. It was a circular piece of sheet-iroD, painted black, slightly convex, and the four supports were like legs. The wind carried it down street, and it went straddling along like a living thing. The man asked what it was. "A bed bug from the hotel," was the reply. "By George! I never saw anything like that?" he began, and then added?"outside of Boston." B6F "Sir," asked an attorney, the other day, | of a witness who was giving evidence in a case j of assault and battery, "have you been in this ] court before?" "Yes, sir," answered the witness, "I have ^ been here often." "Ah ! been here often, have you ?" said the attorney, in a triumphant tone. "Now tell the Court what for." "Well," replied the witness, slowly, "I have beeu here at least a dozen times to see you, to try and collect that tailor's bill you owe." Intellectual Employment.?A man lately entered a tavern in France, looking dreadfully wearied, and with a face as long as a crescent moon. He seated himself languidly at the table where a previous customer was taking his glass of absinthe. "Sir," said the latter, sympathetically, "you appear much fatigued." "Yes," replied the other, "headwork, sir, headwork." Dramatic writer, possibly ?" "No, sir; I am a hair-dresser, and to day shaved twenty stubby beards and cut tho hair of thirty heads. A bashful young man applied to his village paper for information on the important subject, "How to win a woman's love." The reply was, "Kiss the babies, caress the tomcat, and pay strict attention to the old lady." ?he <farm audi JfiwsitU. VARIETY OF DIET IN FEEDING STOCK. Feeders have often observed that horses most carefully provided for, and supposed to be daintily fed, will occasionally eat straw, e.ven their bedding, in preference to the timothy hay in their racks. It is not difficult to account for this. The straw possesses quali- j ties that hay does not, and is a change from the monotonous ration of timothy and oats, so 1 universally fed to the best horses. This ration is excellent?nothing is better, if you can only have one kind of grain and hay?but the horse, like his master, does not like to be ! confined to two articles of food. When the ! horse feeds upon the straw, he suggests an im! portant lesson his owner should learn, that every kind of feed raised upon the farm has its value, and should be turned to account. Some years since we tried an experiment in wintering several colts, feediug half of them upon straw and clover hay, mixed in equal bulks of each, aud timothy hay alone to the others. The result of four months' feediug showed, in the condition of the colts, that the mixture of straw and clover was quite eaual to the timothy. But we have found " A that a mixture of clover straw, and timothy produced a still better result. This is true ol cattle or sheep. Give the greatest variety you possess. If you have three or four kinds of hay, and several kinds of straw, feed one kind of hay mixed with one kind of straw for | a few days and then change to another mixture, going through the whole variety. You will find your efforts appreciated by the stock, and that you grow nothing on the farm that will not be eaten, with a pleasant recognition of your judgmeut, if given systematically as a change. Let more than one kind be given each day. That plan of feeding the straw out in cold weather alone, and saving the hay till spring, is putting off your variety till the cattle get discouraged, often go into a decline, and are not prepared to appreciate the hay whenitcomes. The rule should be to combine the most palatable with the least so, having reference also to the nutritive constituents of each, so far as practicable.?Exchange. COTTON SEED OIL. The New York Bulletin states that "cotton seed oil has, for some time past, figured conspicuously among our prominent articles of commerce, on account of the valuable uses it is made to serve. The cake i9 exported largely, and the refiued oil is growing in importance as a substitute for palm oil for saponaceous purpose in this country and abroad ; and, in addition to this, it is shipped in considerable quantities to Mediterranean ports, and, after a little doctoring, reshipped here as the olive oil of commerce, to no little extent. Numerous unsuccessful attempts have been made to give the oil the necessary qualities a3 a drying oil for painters' use, but never theless, experiments have coutinued, and now, a party residing atCapeville, near Memphis, Tennessee, aunounces that the desideratum has beeu reached. He states that he has discovered a comparatively non-expensive preparation by which the cotton seed oil can be made equal to linseed oil for this purpose, and cites an instance where a house was painted, some eight months * ' - -1 ! -- - 1 ago, witn cotton seea 011, as a suusiiuue ?ur linseed oil, on which the paint is as bright now as on the day it was applied. The process discovered makes the cotton seed oil a dry oil for house painting that is said to have no superior. It now rem- .3 to have a trial of it in the different climates, and, in the event of its success, cotton planters will find a material addition to the value of their seed, while to consumers there will no doubt be a considerable saving, as a very heavy duty has to be paid on Calcutta linseed, from which the best grades of linseed oil are crushed. The greatest saving, however, will be in the South ern States, as largt sums are spent annually in our Northern markets for linseed oil for ute in that quarter. Then there is a possibility for further outlet. Large quantities of lin seed are exported from this country, and if cotton seed oil can be made of desirable quality, the cheapness of price will do the rest. Boiling Potatoes.?I am anxious to add ray experience to that of others about boiling potatoes. The subject is one that cannot be discussed too much, because there is nothing upon our table better than a well-cooked potato, and nothing less palatable than if badly cooked ; and yet how seldom do we find a dish oi properly cooked potatoes, even in families who are good livers. When they come to the table smoking hot, with their "jackets" on, all bursting with the floury inside, it is a sight to make a dyspeptic good-natured, and never will fail to turn a sullen face into .l! 11 tm 1^4. I1 wreammg smues, 4-ul-u icu iuc oaj a icn words about cooking this vegetable, and tell the way in which I have been most successful. To boil potatoes, let them lie in cold water six hours at least, before boiling, (twelve hours for very old potatoes is not too long.) Then put them in a little water, a little salted, and the water should be kept at a moderate boil till they are done, which should be tested with a fork ; then pour off the water and let them stand in the pot till dry. Great care should be taken not to let them boil a moment after they are doue, as it will reuder them watery, An excellent plan to make old potatoes mealy is to turn them into a cloth and rapidly shake them about, or take them one at a time in a cloth and slightly press them. The larger potatoes should be put into the pot before the smaller ones, that they may be equally done. It requires from forty to fifty minutes to boil old potatoes. New ones will take about half that time.? Cor. Germantown Telegraph. t@f~ Is there any natural or necessary antag- ! onism betweeu culture of the mind and culture of the soil ? Oue would think so, to observe the stubbornness with which some farmers resist all efforts to improve the social life and manners of their households and ;; neighbors. There is amoug the farmers an : immense amount of common sense, of native mother-wit, eharpened by observation aod broadened by reflection, and of the clearheadedness and sound heartedness that come from healthful living and close connection with nature, But a great many of them are very much afraid of what are called the refinements of society and the amenities of so-1 cial life. But we are glad to see that the j gtupid, hard, treadmill, ox-like life on the farm?which for the past generation has been I shriveling up the souls of men and sending J their wives to the insane asylum, or a kiud of j refuge in the grave?is giving way to ep- j lightened progress in many sections. Farmers j are beginning to seize upon all helps that promise to improve their aooial condition. I Farmers' clubs, debating societies, neignoorhood meetiugs for sociality and comparisons of experiences, brief winter vacations in the ! ! cities, and even a revival of the old-fashioned apple-bees, are adding to the social life of farming communities.? Golden Rule. ? ? _ Home Conversation.?Children hunger | perpetually for new ideas. They will learn ' | with pleasure from the lips of parents what ! they deem it drudgery to study in books | and even if they have the misfortune to be de- ! prived of educational advantages, they will j grow up intelligent if they enjoy in childhood | the privilege of listening daily to the converi sation of intelligent people. We sometimes ' see parents who are the life of every company i which they enter, dull, silent and uninterest! iug at home among their children. If they have not mental activity and mental stories sufficient for both, let them first use what j they have for their own households. A silent ! home is a dull place for young people, a place ! from which they will escape if they can. How i much useful information on the other hand, i is often given in pleasant family conversation, ( and what unconscious but excellent mental j training in lively social argument. Cultivate j to the utmost the graces of home conversation, fUMteg for the j^atrhath. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.J ' THE SABBATH. If we succeeded, in a previous article, in establishing from the Scriptures the divine origin of the Sabbath, it seems necessary that something be said concerning the manner in which the Sabbath is to be observed. This seems to be required by the peculiar circumstances of the times. It must be manifest to every one that the standard of Sabbath observance was either once too high, or it is at present too low. It is readily admitted that we are apt to laud and extol the ancients and disparage those of the present. We are apt, also, to mistake form for fact; appearance for reality. Making all due allowance for this weak point in human nature, it still is true, unless we are greatly mistaken, that the Lord's day is not, at present, observed as it should be; nor even as it was observed by our fathers. If we are allowed to judge of men's motives by their acts, and of their notions of the sacredneBs of the Sabbath by the manner in which multitudes keep the day, we are torced to conclude that they regard it as a kind of holiday, and that they have no higher motive in observing the day, than that they may rest their bodies and relax their minds. Itshould be remembered that theday is to be devoted to the Lord. To set one day in seven apart as a day of simple rest or relaxation from the toils of life, is not to observe the day to the Lord. No one will be so silly as to advocate such a notion. Hence, while cessation from worldly labor is absolutely necessary, under all ordinary circumstances, to the proper observance of the Sabbath, it is by no means the primary idea of observing the Lord's day. The physical advantages, both to man and beast, of a day of rest, are no doubt very great; but these advantages form no part of the proper observance of the Sabbath. If so, then the jaded mule observes the Sabbath and keeps it holy unto the Lord, as well as his master. Such an idea is most ab surd. The Sabbath was not made for the ir i i?e raiiuuai uiuica, uui iui tuau. When God created raan, he gave him two laws. These were the Sabbath law and the law of marriage. Our Saviour repeated these laws in the following words: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Matthew, xxii: 37?39. Iu both laws, God asserts his sovereignty. The Sabbath was instituted that man might have a visible meaus by which to acknowledge God as the maker, preserver, and redeemer of all flesh ; and the marriage relationship was instituted that man might have a visible means of testifying that he respected the rights of his fellow-man. These two institutions cotae down to us from before the fall. They are older than sin. They are all that we possess as relics of the garden of Paradise. The observance of the Sabbath is, or is certainly designed to be, an acknowledgment of God as our maker, as our preserver, and as our redeemer. By the Christian, the day is to be observed in commemoration of a Saviour, "delivered for our transgressions and raised again for our justification." The res urrection day is the Christian Sabbath. Such being the desigu of the Sablmth, we are at no great difficulty in determining how the day is to observed. It is, in no sense, a holiday. It is not designed to be devoted to our profit, pleasure or recreation. It is not our day, but the Lord's day; and is to be so observed that the declarative honor and glo ry of God, our Saviour, may be manifested, and our spiritual natures developed. The idea of rest does not apply to it, only so far ua rofprpn^a ifl KiqH fn mi r Knainpoe Instead of the day being spent in absolute rest, it is to be devoted to the worship of God in the various ways prescribed in his word. The day is to be spent in enlightening our minds and in cultivating our hearts. Some persons spend the Sabbath in paying social visits, and in partaking of sumptuous dinners; others spend it in strolling about over their farms and in devising plans for the week ; others consume the day in silly conversation ; some of the more sluggish waste the day in sleeping; and those of the more profligate spend it in fishing or in depredating upon their neighbors' orchards. Correct notions of propriety, to say nothing of the instructions of the Scriptures, are sufficient to admonish us that in none of the various ways indicated, can the Sabbath be observed as a day kept holy to the Lord our God. No worldly amusements are allowable on the Sabbath, and no worldly labors except those of necessity and mercy. We cannot serve God and ourselves at the same time, any more than we can serve God and mammon. Because an act, deed or word is right and proper, innocent and allowable, on a secular day, it does not follow that it is so on the Lord's day. God gives us six days in which to do our own work ; but he commands us to devote the Sabbath to his service, and his service ouly. The rigid rules which God gave the Jews of old, to direct them in the manner in which they should observe the Sabbath, are still binding. They have never been revoked. They never will be revoked so long as there is a believer to serve God, and a sinner to be saved on earth. When this period arrives, an endless Sabbath will begin to the righteous. Heaven is said to be the Sabbath which remains to the people of God. IJebrews iv ; 9, This enables the poet, when describing the blessedness of heaven, to say, "There Sabbaths have no end." In hell there never was any Sabbath, there is none there now, and there never will be mi , r% 1 1 . I s 11. . any. 4/nere js no resp?uo ^ODam?10 me 1 wicked. They are like the troubled sea when j it cannot rest?whose waters cast up mire and I dirt, Isaiah, IviijgQ. AH Sabbath and Sabbafh-. keepers in heaven j no Sabbath and j all Sabbath-breakers in hell, Evkry Day.?Every day should be com- i nienced with God. The busiest and best man j in Jerusalem was wont to say, "In the morning will I direct my prayer to Thee and will j look up." "I will sing aloud of Thy mercy ' in the morniDg." Daniel, tqo, saluted hjs God with prayer and praise at early dawn, j We begin the day unwisely, and at great risk ! to ourselves, if we leave our chamber without; a secret conference with our Almighty Friend. ! Every Christian, when he puts oh hps clothes, I should also put on his spiritual armor. I}e- I fore the day's march begins, he should gather | up a portion of heavenly manna to feed the inner rnaq, As thfe oriental traveler sets out j for the sultry journey over the burning sands, by leading up his camel under the palm tree's j shade, and fills his water flagons from the j crystal fountain which sparkles at its roofs, j so doth Christ's pilgrim draw his morning supplies from the exhaustless spring. triT It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, | his wickedness and boldness, that takes from ; him his soundness of mind ; these are the fu-j ries, the flames and fijrebrands of the wicked. I IpgttUMeoujS fUaditifl. HOW TO KEEP A PIANO. Otto Brunning, writing to the Journal de Musique, of Paris, says: The piano is constructed almost exclusively of various kinds of woods and metals; cloth, skin and felt being used also in the mechanical portion. For this reason atmospheric changes have a great effect on the quality and durability of the instrument, and it is necessary to protect it from all external influences which might effect the materials of which it is composed. It must be shaded from the sun, kept out of a draught, and, above all guarded against sudden changes of temperature. This latter IV ? _ /?*!__ 18 a mosi irequeuc cause or me piano geuing out of tuue, and the instrument should be kept in a temperature not lower than 54 deg., and not higher than 86 deg., Fahrenheit. When too cold the wood, cloth and skiu swell, and the mechanism works badly ; when too warm the! 3 materials shrink and produce clicking, squeaking aud other disagreeable sounds. Moisture is the greatest enemy of the piano, and cannot be too carefully guarded against. In a very short time damp will destroy every good point aboutthe instrument. The tone becomes dull and flat, the wires rusty and easily broken, the joints of the mechanism stiff, and the hammers do not strike with precision, and if these symptoms are not attended to at once the piano is irretrievably spoiled. Therefore, do not put your piano in a damp ground-floor room, or between two windows, or between the door and the window where there is a through draught. Never leave the piano open when not in use, and above all when the room is being cleaned. Do not put it near the stove, chimney, or hot air pipes. Always wipe the keys after playing. Never pile books, music, or other heavy thing on the top. Be careful when using the soft pedal not to thump the notes. Do not allow five-note or other exercises of a small compass on a piano you have any regard for. A leather cover should be kept on the instrument when not in use, and removed every day for the purpose of dusting. A cushion of wadding or a strip of flannel laid on the keys will help to keep them white and preserve the polish. Never leave the piano open after a musical evening or dance. If you are obliged to have it in a damp room, do not place it against the wall, and raise it from the floor by raeaas of insulators, and always cover it after playiug. Employ the best tuner you can get, and if a new instrument, let it be tuned every two months duriug the first year, and at least three times a year afterward. a i i X 1 _ ?! If Always nave it tuneu aner a soiree u tne room has been very hct. DRIVING RATS AWAY WITHOUT POISON. We know of three methods. First, the old French plan. This is followed, chiefly In Paris, by men who make it a special business, they take a deep tub, with water on the bottom and a little elevation in the middle like an island, on which is only a place for just one rat to sit on. This trap is covered, jind has a large balance-valve opening downward. Ou the middle of the valve a piece of fried pork or cheese is placed, and when the rat walks on it to get the cheese the valve goes down, drops the rat into the water, and moves back into position. A road is made from the rat-hole to the top of the tub by means of pieces of board rubbed with cheese, so as to make the walk more attractive for the rats. En the course of the night some ten, twenty, or even more rats may go down, and if the island was uot there they would be found most all alive in the morning, quietly swimming around ; but the provision of the little island saves the trouble of killing them, because (heir egotistic instinct of preservation causes them to fight for the exclusive possession of the island, on which in the morning the strougest rat is fonud in solitary possession, al I others being killed and drowned all around him. Second, the Nev; York plan, invented by one of the Friends. The floor near the rat hole is covered with a thin layer of a most caustic potassa. When the rats walk ou this it makes their feet sore; these they lick with their tongues, which makes their mouths sore, and the result is that they shun the locality, not alone, but appear to tell all the rats in the neighborhood about it, and eventually the house is entirely abandoned by them, notwithstanding the houses arouud are full of rats. Third, the Dutch method. This is said to be used successfully in Holland. We have, however, never tried it. A number of rats left to themselves in a very large trap or cage, with no food whatever, their craving hunger will cause them to fight, and the weakest will be beaten by the strongest. After a short time the fight is renewed, and the next weakest is the victim, and so it goes on until one rat is left. When this one has ? ??r?n /?r U to Ortf lnnon oaicu lUC ICliiaiUO ui wio uyucia 1V l? DOW ivuog. The animal has now acquired such a taste for rat. flesh that he is the terror of all ratdom, going about seeking what rat he may devour. In an incredibly short time the premises are abandoned by all other rats, which will not come back before the canibal rat has left or died.?Exchange. WHEN TO EAT. Dr. Austin Flint, a distinguished physician and physiologist, does not believe in the old rule, "Rise from the table before the hunger is fully satisfied." On the contrary, he holds it to be an erroneous maxim. It has beeu said we must Meat to live, and not live to eat." But alimentation is more than a necessity ; we must eat for something more than life, mere existence. We must eat to secure the full advantages of health, both of body and mind. The child often consumes more food than the adult man ; the indolent more than the active worker. The average quantity required at any age cannot be a standard for any individual. There are two sources of practical knowledge in regard to food ; one is the instinct implanted in the individual, the second is the individual experience, Of the two, the first is the more trustworthy, Extreme hunger denotes an abnormal condition, while appetite denotes a normal mani- j feslation of the needs of the system. The j complete requirements of health are that the i desire for food be heeded without delay, and i that this desire be fully satisfied. The maxim that oue should rise from the table with a good appetite is full of error. Another prevalent error is that food should : not be taken except at certain fixed times. The conditions of perfect health are : First, | a sufficient appetite; second, the gratification of normal appetite before the waut of food reaches the abnormal degree expressed by hunger; third, the satisfaction of appetite by a proper amount- of fqod. Dr. Flint indorses the remarks of a oountry physician, ninety years old, who said, "I have always eaten when I wanted, ajid the best I could get." A great many dyspeptics had been made by ! attending lectures on health. It was a pop-1 ular error to suppose that the chief end of man is to watch the progress of digestion. From four to six hours only should elapse between each meal. Some writer has said, "The stomach is like a schoolboy ; if not kept well occupied, it is apt to be in mjschief." ? ?^ t ? Hydrophohia.?At a recent meeting of j the Liberal Club, of New York, a paper on hydrophobia was read by George Will Johnsop. The following is an extract: "A genpjne case pf hydrophobia, eypp in the dog, is of rare occurrence. But when (he disease does manifest itself, its symptoms are marked and easily defined, and to one who has givep the subject the slightest attention, i tliepe sfiog|d be pq mistake poncepnipg a proper diagnosis. The trouble Is that to pergqns of superficial observation an epileptic : fitr?vepy common aruopg doge?may be mis-1 taken for hydrophobia. The dog, when suf-: fering from an attack of epilepsy?a spre i guaranty that he is not mad?runs about wildly, staggers, falls down, retains his feet,' toddles about mechanically, froths at the mouth (which is another positive indioation ! that he is not mad, for a mad dog never froths at the mouth), and, as if entirely deprived of sight, runs against anything in his way. With the mad dog the case is entirely different. Hedreuls at the mouth, is possessed of preternatural strength, and never staggers or falls except to die. He does not bite mankind, but rather avoids society. He takes long journeys of thirty or forty miles, to vent his restless desire for motion. When journeying he does not walk or run, but proceeds in a slouching manner?a kind of trot. His dyes do not glare or stare, but they are dull and retracted. His appearance is very characteristic, and if once Been can never afterward be mistaken. Story Reading.?It is the custom for certain superior people to sneer at the fiction in our popular magazines. "I never read stories," say these worthy gentlemen?it is always the male sex who are guilty of this ignorance?and imagine that in saying this they have both demolished the stories and established their own supremacy. Nobody claims that story-writing is one of the higher literary functions, or that story-reading is the best exercise for the human intellect; but story-writing, nevertheless, has no mean place in the world of letters, and story reading may prove a very salutary employment for the most lordly of intellects. There are, of course, silly stories, but we have also heard of silly speeches in tJongress, dull sermons in church, weak addresses to a jury, bad law from the beuch, false science and wrong history in the books. Story-writing has no exclusive rights in the way of silliness and inferiority ; and it may be claimed for it, in justice, that it ought to be judged by its best fruit, as other intellectual efforts are; and at its best it is by no means so insignificant as many lofty critics would make us believe. A distaste for story-readiug more often indicates a defect in character than elevation of taste. We will forgive the roan of science, or the philosopher profoundly absorhed in his investigations, if he disregards these light outcomes of the imagination, bnt, with the ordinary mortal, the disdain he so proudly exhibits only shows that he is cold and unimpressible. Many meu of high attainments and arduous duties find pleasure and relief in storyreading ; and this art, when it exhibits felicity of conception, skill in construction, genuine touches of' Nature in the characterdrawing, vivid and picturesque style, has, if not the highest place among the pleasuregiving arts, at least one ouly just below it.? Appleton's Journal. A New Saw Invention.?Mr. Christopher J. Wilson, of Macou, Ga., has invented and obtained letters patent on an improved saw, which the Telegraph and Messenger thinks will produce a revolution iu the world of mechauical process. He has an iuvention which, if properly managed, will be very valuable, and take rank with the first inventions of the age. The new principle on which his patent issued consists in so arranging the teeth of the saw that it acts not ouly as a saw, but also as a plane, and the wood on leaving it is in a dressed condition, as if it had passed through a plauing machine, or been dressed with a plane in the hands of an experienced carpenter. The saw is arranged with sets of teeth, three in a set, with what is known as a clearing tooth in front and two cutting teeth iD the rear, one beveled on the one side and the other on the opposite side, and iu the movement or rotatiou, as the case may be, the wood, and with it the roughness, is cleared away and the surface left as smooth as if plaued and ready for building purposes and the painter's brush. Specimens of the woik in various kinds of wood present the same uniform surface. The hard yellow pioe, the soft white pine, poplar, in fact, all kinds, are dressed with equal facility. < Timber dressed with this saw will be more durable, will present a more regular and accurate surface, economize the raw material, besides many other advantages too numerous to mention. Labor will also be tremendnously lessened and the cost of buildings thereby reduced. The best mechanics and experts who have examined tbe invention pronounce it just the thing which has long been needed, and predict that it will revolutionize the present method of dressing timber. Never Knock Under.?No never! Al- ' ways rally your forces for another and more desperate assault upon adversity. If calumny assails you, and the world, as it is apt to do in such cases, takes part with your tradu- 1 cers, don't turn moody and misanthropic, or worse still, seek to drown your unhappiness in dissipation. Bide your time. Disprove the ( slander if you can ; if not, live it down. If poverty comes upon you like a thief at night, what then ? Let it rouse you as the presence of the real thief would do, to energetic action. No matter how deeply you may have got into hot water?always provided you did not help the father of lies to heat it, your case, if you are of the right kind of stuff, is not desperate, nor i3 it in accord with the divine order and sweep of things that life should have no difficulties which an honest, determined man, with heaven's help, cannot surmount. Taste for Cattle.?How much public taste for cattle varies in tbe course of ten . years. Twenty-five years ago there were no other cattle worth having except the 8hort Horns; afterward the Devon aspired an equal scale; then followed the Alderny, then the Aryrshire, the Jersey, and now the Holstein is looming up. We suppose that each race is to be preferred under certain circumstances. We doubt if the Alderneys, Ayrshires and Jerseys will be displaced for any I other in the long run, though the other may prove the most profitable in certain localities. For oxen there is nothing to be compared to the Devon; and for the shambles nothing like the ?Short Horns. Renewed Interests in Life.?A Vicksburg wife informed her husband the other morning that she was working herself into the j grave for the want of a hired girl, and, as I he went out, she leaned back and fell to weep- f ing. The children were making a noise in the hall as he passed out, and he called out: "You waut to stop this racket? Your mother won't live a week, and when you get a step-mother here Dext spring, she won't put ! up with any such fooling!" When he went home to dinner, his wife I met him with a smile, and said : "Isn't ours a cosy home, Richard, with only j our own little family to look after?" , > j A Singular Snake.?At the American Museum in New York, $ singular natural cu- , riosily js on exhibition in the shape of a rat- i tlesnake oallod the "North Carolina Mountain Queen," which has a pair of antlers. This is said to be the only horned snake that has ever been exhibited in this country, and was snared by a mountaineer in McDowell ri* maIima ?bUjs on 1/1 4 ho f aha UUUIJiy, 11U1 111 V7U1 Uilua, nuu oaiu tuai ouu made her appearance yearly, and then returned to a den of over 500 others. All the other snakes seemed to treat the antlered one with the greatest respect, surrounding her like a body guard and watching over her welfare, Jj^yqqTE^.?Laughter often shows the I bright side of a man. It brings out his hap- ^ pier nature, and shows of what sort of stuff ( he is really made. Somehow we feel as if we never thoroughly knew a man until we had heard him laugh. We do not feel uftt home" with him untilthen. We do not mean a mere snigger, but a good, hearty, round laugh. 1 The solemn, sober visage, like a Sunday's , dress, tells nothing of the real man. He may i be very silly, or very profound ; very cross, or very j"ol!y, ?et us fceftr hin? IftMgh, and we ! . can dneiphop him at once and tell haw his heart beats. For Burns?Charcoal has been discover* ed tq be ft cqre fqp bqrqs. fty laying ft piece of cold charcoal upon the burn the pain im? mediately subsides. By leaving the charcoal on one hour the wound is healed, as has been demonstrated on several occasions, i | SERGEANT & GREENSBO MANUFACTURERS 01 "TEOPIC" coo: T. M. D0BS0N & CO., Agent JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, ] A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McC J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Chea August 2 G.H. O'LEARY. FURNITURE. IN connection with my Saddlery establishment I shall 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 qnalities, and in the various kinds of wood. G. H. O'LEARY. SADDLES. A FULL supply of my own manufacture ot J\_ Saddles, consisting o"f 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, Backbauds, Stirrups, Bridle Bits, Buckles, etc., etc., for sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S. COOKING STOVES. SEVERAL different brands of Cooking Stoves of the best grades, which I will warrant and Bell at low figures. Also, cheaper grades of 8toves for sale at G. H. OAjEARY'S. TABLES, &C. TklNING, Teapoy and Office Tables, Tin Toilet I F Sets, Towel Racks, Hat Racks, Suspension Spring Beds, etc., etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'S. HARNESS. A COMPLETE stock of Harness on hand, and any kind made to order, at verv low figures, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. " WHIPS AND UMBRELLAS. A LARGE stock of Buggy, Wagon and Riding Whips and Buggy Umbrellas, for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. BEDSTEADS. A NICE lotof Walnut Bedsteads just received. Also, Maple and Poplar and Cottage Bedsteads for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. A.WILLI FORI), n antr ttvtt o n J&UUA. Alliii, O. \j. MORE FINE STOCK! HORSES AND MULES! BOCK HILL SALE STABLES. I WOULD respectfully inform the public that I now have for sale, at my stables in Rock Hill, FORTY HEAD of fine Kentucky HORSES AND MULES, Which I offer for saleON TIME until the FIRST OF OCTOBER next, at 7 per cent. Interest, for Note and good security. BARGAINS IN 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; and if you are in a trading mood and do not wish to buy, bring up your costanogas ana excnangeinem iorgooa serviceable Horses or Mnlen with which to cultivate your crops, or serve in harness or under the saddle. A. WILLIFORD. FODDER WANTED. THE undersigned will pay the highest Cash prices for 10,000 POUNDS OF GOOD FODDER, delivered at his Livery and Sale Stables at Rock Hill. A. WILLIFORD. March 7 10 tf NEW ATTRACTIONS AND GREAT BARGAINS. WE OFFER A COMPLETE STOCK OF Family Groceries AND MILLINERY GOODS, CHEAP, FOR, THE CASH. Mr. A Mrs. S. B. MASSEY, Chester, S. C. March 28 13 3m DOWN WITH HIGH PRICES! CHICAGO SCALE COMPANY, 08 AND 70 WEST MONBOE ST., CHICAGO, ILL., Have reduced the prices of all kinds of S O A. L E S ! 4-Ton Hay, Steck or Cottou Scale, $G0. FORMER PRICE, 9160. All other sizes at a great reduction. Every 3cale fully warranted. All orders promply ailed. Circulars, Price List, and Testimonials lent upon application. BUY THE CHEAPEST AND BEST. October 4 40 12m JAMES A. GLENN. D. D. 8., SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, J~\FFE! 3 his professional services JjESHfe |l to the citizens of this section. When desired, he will visit the resi- ' ( lences of patrons. Teeth extracted without pain , ov the use of nitrous oxide gas. Letters addressed to Crowder's Creek, N. C., will meet with prompt attention. Terms moderate. November I 44 tf ?. K. MARKS,!' Wholesale and Retail Dealer in j GENERAL FURNITURE, j CHESTER, S. C. January 24 4 1. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-eALLER*, ' 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE J AIL. , A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every , convenience, ana a determination to do my , best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in i want of correct and nattering likenesses, Cloudy j weather is as stood or better than sunshine for ail , mbjects, except small ofiildren, February 28 8 3t notice^ I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I ' am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears ind other fine-edged instruments. Prices?foy tioningand sharpening razors. 23 oouts, and (by sharpening scissors or shears, 18 cents each, and i satisfaction guaranteed oy no charge, i TOM RALLARD, Barber. i November 2 44 ly | IRON SAFE, " ' A SECOND-HAND JRQN SAFE for sale Price 920. Apply at the r ' ENQUIRER OFFICE. Aprji d i4_ tf CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Title* to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. NoyernberS 45 tf (C McCAULEY, ?RO. C.? ? THE CELEBRATED KING STOVES! PiilCE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware And-Irons, and Castings of al. zinds. Also, on PLANTER'SPRIDE' PLOWS STRAW CUTTERS. HORSE POWER8, Saw Mills, Ac. a, Yorkville, S. C. Rock Hill, York county, S. C. 'onnellsville, York couoty, S. C. iter, S. C. 31 ?/* tf Tir>n * m a <m m * a. i J? uri l JOLUi UAMfAlWn I HAMPTON AND HOME RULE ! THE NEWS AND COURIER. A Lire and Fearless Democratic Newspaper. Largest Circulation in the City. Largest Circulation in the State. Largest Circulation in the Cotton 'States. . _ , '? :in ALL THE NEWS ABOUT 80UTH CAROLINA. ALL THE NEWS ABOUT THE SOUTH. ? ALL THE NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE. PURE AND UN DEFILED DEMOCRACY-.. UNION! JUSTICE!! EQUAL RIGHTS! I I t , Recognizing the Paramount Interest felt in the APPRO ACING POLITICAL CANVASS ,i By every Democrat who hopes to see the/great work of the Redemption of the State- , made complete and permanent so A that the people may respond '?' > ?j fully enjoy the Fruit of J tK,ji m their sacrifices, * rpkn Vanro an/1 pAii?.tai. ?*fll Ttl?t Lit ?A~ W X uu ^ono aiiu wiikdi njji i/UCVIi Mil JW J&UOT* gies and Resources to Presenting-, from Day to Day, and from Week to Week, > , Full and Interesting Accounts of the Progress of the Campaign. , J If. .< I. TO PLACE THE PAPER WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERYBODY, During this exciting contest, we have determined to offer to Mail Subscribers the following REDUCED RATES FOR THE CAMPAIGN: THE NEWS AND COURIER, Daily Edition, 6 months, . $4 0 THE NEWS AND COURIER, Tri-Weekly Edition, 6 months, 2 00 THE WEEKLY NEWS, 6 months, 75 Subscriptions will be received at these rates, FOR MAIL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, until May 15. In all cases the cash must accompany the order. Friends of the Cause of Honest Home Rule iu all the counties are invited to aid us in swelling our Campaign Subscription Lists, which ougbtto include every intelligent voter in the State. RIORDAN A DAWSON, Proprietors, Charleston, Si C. April 4 14 i! . > tf ' . li / ! yst"Subscriptions, at the above rates, received and promptly forwarded, by WILLIE FERGUSON, Agent. YORK MARBLE YARlT" THE undersigned is still conducting tbe^Marfully inform ^the public STONES with anything " in iiin into, aiiu nt iuo lowest ca.>u prices. Monnments designed and finished in the most elaborate style, and in point of workmanship and material warranted equal to the work of any establishment Jn the country. Head and Footstones, in various styles, from plain to highly-carved work, furnished at short n notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. Specimens usually on hAnd, to an inspection of which, those in waDtof marble work are respectfully iuvited. Estimates and any other desired information cheerftilly 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. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 3,. 1 ly BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY. AND ' BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete ?ock?f ii: STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, Qlalas. Tilr Ao U1 OVOIJ VAUCI/jr | JUUYWUp^O, UJOIOO, 1U?) U.C, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, <fcc. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, &c., bound in any style deeired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PBINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. E. R. STOKES, 165 Main Street Columbia 8. C. ROSE'S HOTEL, YOKKV1LLE, S. C. .y-j-vv THIS HOUSE has been tboroughly renovated from cellar to garret, and newly furnished, !nW1 iTTjlpi eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our motto is a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 60c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially for Commercial travelers. HENRY ty, SMITH. August 30 '34 tf METALIC CASES ANlTWOOD COFFINS. I HAVE on hand a good assor tiaent of METALIC CASES AND WOO1.-' COFFINS? all styles, qualities and prices?'rom a FINE CASKET, with Sliver-Plated Mountings, worth 5200.00, to a PLAIN COFFIN, at $7.00. I am prepared, at all times, to furnish these Coffins at my Despository, or send them anywhere in the conntry. JAMES E. SMITH, Agent. January 17 3 tf CLEANSING AND EEPAIRINGK THE undersigned would respectfully infrrm the publlo that he is prepared to oleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering tnem perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of the goods. ^ Do not throw away your old olothee, but have them cleaned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. September G 36 < tf BARBER SHOP* THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish eut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial, is still in business, In his old Shop next door to tl\e Enquirer building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may dealre his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD. January 10 2 tf Ihe itotMU (frnfluiw. TERMS?IN ADVANCE s One copy, one year, $ 3 00 One copy, six months 1 50 One copy, three months, 75 Single copy, 10 Two oopies, one year, 5 00 Ten oopies, one year, 26 00 To persons who make up clubs of tan or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be fhrnishad one year, IVae of chanre. 7&&~ Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per Bquare, for the first insertion, and fifty cents per a square, for each subsequent Insertion. A square w oonsists of the spaoe ocoupied by eight lines of this size type. Contracts can be made for three, six or twelve mouths, and a reduction obtained thq regular transient rates,