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ftumorous fjcpartment. j "MARRIED ONCE, BUT ONLY A LITTLE." j ... I Some men are fastidious in selecting wives. Others are not at all nice in matters matrimonial. But a breach of promise case in Arkansas, in general, is too rare and serious to leave a loophole for a laugh to come in. Mr. Johnson Topp moved from Tennessee across the Mississippi into Arkansas. He was a man of means and a bachelor. He was not j wholly averse to matrimony, but he had a fear of widows. Grass-widows especially were a terror to him. He had moved from East Tennessee to Middle Tennessee and from that section to West Tennessee, and finally over iuto Arkansas to escape from real or fancied matrimonial danger arising from enterprising, { perhaps charming, Tennessee widows. That being Mr. Johnson Topp's history, it | surprised his friends that he should appear as defendant iu the case of Dublin vs. Topp; suit for breach of promise. But the Circuit j 4 J A/vi?nf?t /lianl aqo/I V^UU I I UUUtvCl IU1 VltltCiillCU wuutT uiswvgw the fact of the suit, and the affidavit of Mrs. Melinda Dublin set forth the particulars. The plaintiff was put on the stand to tell j how wickedly she had been led into false hopes by the middle-aged bachelor. "I live at home with my old dad," she said, "and this feller kept comin' round thar ma-, kiu' believe he wanted to trade mules. After he traded a time or two till that was I played out, he come wantin' cotton seed. I j knowed he only wanted an excuse to get to j see me, and I told Pop when he come again j to bring him and see whether he'd talk tur- i key or not if he had a fair chance. And that j was just what he wanted. You never see a; man set up to a woman pearter than he did j r.s soca as ever Pop introduced us, telliu' him, ! "This is my darter, Malindy." He was pow-! erful shy at the offset; but let him get fairly ' started ou mules or shoates, and he was dead sure to end with sparkin'. And it appeared like he couldn't wait more'n a minit for a woman to say yes. I didn't fool with the man as lots do, but I said yes ; and about the next thing that happened he was tryin' to crawfish. That's about the whole story." But her lawyer did not think it was the whole story, and he was right?there was more to be told. "Will you state to the jury how it happened that the defendant, Topp, went back on his word after he had asked you to marry him ?" "Well, as I said before, he was the most > uneasy man until he got his answer, which was yes. The fourth day of July, I allowed, i would be soon enough for the wedding day, but he couldn't wait until then?it was irannssihle. I told him to call Pod in and talk I . it over. I went over to the kitchen to get up j a squar' raeal, and show the man I could do ; the tallest cookiug in Arkansaw, when I let | myself out for it in dead earnest." "And what happened when your father and the defendant, Topp, talked it over?" "Before I left 'em I told Pop the man was on the marry, and I reckined it was all right. Pop allowed they'd best have something to take. I set on the whisky and sugar, and told them thar was cookin' to do; if they preferred mint in theirs they knowed just where to git it. When I came back I saw things was wrong. The ffrst thing the man said, and he lookin' soheriu' a funeral: 'Curnel Dublin, I allowed your gal, Malindy, was a single gal until this minit. Is she single, or is she ever been married afore ?' And Pop he told the truth, looking him plumb iu the eye. 'She's been married onct?only a little?only a little.' And I said, 'That's so; he's talking the Gospel facts?only a little.' The man lit out then mighty suddent; and me and Pop thinks if thar's any law in Arkansaw he orter pay." The defendant urged that he didn't want a wife who had been married ever so little. He thought he had been deceived. The jury saw it differently. A little married didn't count in Arkansas; he must pay, and he did pay. The Shape of a Dog's Nose.?"I say the dog's nose was blunt and stubby!" exclaimed the beefy man, shaking his head. "I reckon I have eyes, and I don't need to put on specs to tell a dog's nose from an ice-pick when I see it ?" "May be not, when you're sober," said the lathy man ; "but if you say that the dog's 11030 wasn't enarp ana ponuea, you was iuo drunk to tell a lamp post from a toothpick, and consekently your judgment was too foggy to know much, and if you bet on it you'll back down or lose. I saw the dog before sunrise, when I hadn't touched a drop, an' I say 'pinted,' an' stand by it up for all I'm worth, and you dasen't meet me." The crowd by this time had increased to a jam, and was growing faster than a bill of costs. The beefy man reiterated bis opinion with a loud voice, aud said he would wager all of his own property and everything he could borrow, on the correctness of his proposition. The crowd grew larger and blocked up the street. Those ou the outer edge stood on tiptoe, with open mouths and eager eyes, looking at the backs of others, and wondering what they were doing there, and what it was all about. The lathy man glanced around at the crowd, winked at the beefy man, and said : "I'll guess that'll do, Sam; save the rest for next time;" and steppiug upon a box which had not been noticed, he held up a bottle aud put his lungs at work. "Here you are, gentlemen. The Great North American Wart, Corn and Bunion Extractor! Sure as death, and cheaper than you all feel ; only twenty-five cents a bottle, and cheap at half the money." Every man in the crowd said "Sold!" and suddenly lost all further interest in the shape of the dog's nose. * Do.vr Say Turkey to Her.?A writer in the Kaleigh (N. C.) Observer relates the following amusing story: Mrs. Ailsy Walker, is one of the frugal and managing housekeepers of North Carolina that like to have people talk about what she does, and always has more and does more than any of her neighbors, i Among other things of her industry, she had a most excellent jar of brandy cherries, too good to use in common, which were set aside for special occasions. She had a flock of: turkeys too that were the envy of her neigh- j bors, and the source of no little comment, i One day having extra company the cherries were brought out, when lo! they were spoilt, j and not fit for use, and were thrown out in j the back yard, when, unperceived, the turkeys 1 came along and found the cherries just to j their liking, and gobbled them up in true I turkey style, and an hour after were fouud so 1 dead druuk that they were taken for dead sure enough. After the lamentations of the General (as I they call her) were over, she declared that she could uot lose both turkeys and cherries i too in one day and not save a feather. In she goes to work and picks the turkeys clean as a roast and threw them over the fence and retired to mourn her loss, but what was her surprk > and consternation of her visitors to see all tne turkeys come walking up about night shorn and naked as if conscious of their guilt as our first parents in partakiug of for-1 bidden fruit. From that day to this the peace of your raiud will be considerably dis-j turbed by saying turkey to Mrs. Walker. flfcay A Jady remarked to a popular divine j that his sermous were a little too long. "Don't you think so?" said she; "just a little?" "Ah ! dear madam," replied the divine, "I am afraid you don't like 'the sincere milk of the Word.' " "Yes, I do," said she; "but you know the fashion, nowadays, is condensed milk." ffaT A little boy hearing some one remark 1 that nothing was quicker than thought, said, "I know something that is quicker than ; thought." "What is it, Johnny ?" asked his : pa. "Whistling," said Johnny. "When I; was in school yesterday, I whistled before I thought, and got licked for it, too.' ; ?he Jarrn and fireside. LUCERNE CULTURE. In reply to your inquiry in your June No., ! in reference to my lucerne lot, I would state that the land is rich. I have for the last four years been workiug the land with a view of bringing it to a high state of cultivation, by I deep ploughing, harrowing, and broadcasting { stable and such other manure as I could get. In the fall of 1877, I decided to try lucerne on it. I then had a fine crop of cow peas on it. I cut the vines and put them away for feed, and then scattered what manure I had i collected since spring broad-cast, and broke it ; up with a small bull-tongue. I then turned , itover with a two-horse Watt plough,drawn by- ; two large strong mules, as deep as they could : conveniently pull it. In the same furrow I followed with a oue-horse plough with a , bull tongue on it. You can form some idea how deep it was, when the beam of the onehorse plough was almost all the time below ; the surface of the ground. I then harrowed it i with a two-horse rotary harrow, both ways, 1 which left the land like a nicely prepared gardeu bed. I then sowed the seed, 25 lbs., and cross-sowed them, aud harrowed them in with a two-horse rotary harrow, Sept. 25, 1877. In a few days I had a beautiful stand, j and it grew olf rapidly, and did not seem to be injured by the winter. Very early in i thespringit began to grow, and was not at ' all troubled by the weeds or grass. I began : ? rtft.i i i i A ! cutting it .fceDruary zotn, ana nave oeen cui- : ting it daily since, and been feediugtwo hors- \ e9, two cows and eight hogs principally on it. | They eat it in preference to com, cut oats or j fodder. I think it should be sown broadcast. It has j been drilled by a friend of mine here, and he has abandoned the drill and tilled the space, and acknowledges the broadcast to be the best. The ground should be well prepared and well manured, if it is expected to do well. I have made five cuttings since February 28,1878, and the sixth growth is just as vigorous as any of the others, but we have had good seasons. I think I have cut at least seven, and probably eight feet in height in the five cuttings on an average over the lot. For producing rich milk and butter, fat cows aud horses and hogs, I don't know any green food that will equal lucerne. I sowed broad cast during a good rain in May, 100 lbs. guano on the lucerne, where it had been recently cut, and it seemed to d > a great deal of good.?D. R. Flenniken, Winnsboro, S. C., in Southern Cultivator. Acreage Required for a Cow.?How much land is required for the support of a cow ? This question depends so much for an answer on the circumstances of the soil as not to admit a very definite answer. In a dairy competition in Jefferson couuty, N. Y., 1857, the first prize dairy ofsixteen cows, was kept on thirty acres of land : the second premium dairy of eighteen cows, ou sixty acres; the third dairy of thirteen cows, ou thirty acres; the fourth of twenty-nine cows, on fifty-five acres ; the fifth of twenty eight cows, on ninety acres. Mr. Schull, of Little Falls, N. Y., estimates that the land in pasturage and hay requisite for the support of a cow is three acres; and this is the estimate of Mr. Carrington for moderately good dairy farms T r, Rol rrinrvt tori a r? roa nf lunrl IU JJUgiauil. XU x/bigiuui bVU wvivw V* imuu support two cows, one heifer, and one yearling or calf; but wheu the calves are sold off young, and cows in full milk are only kept, the proportion is two cows to seven and one half acres. Colraan estimates three acres of pas ture as requisite for a cow in Berkshire couuty, Mass., while in some towns two acres of pasturage are sufficient. Mr. Farrington, in the Report of the American Dairyman's Association, thinks that on the average four acres are required per cow, for summer and winter keep ; while Mr. X. A. Willard thinks that in Herkimer county, N. Y., one and one-half to two acres of pasture per cow will answer, and in some exceptional cases one acre.?Scientific Farmer. Watering Plants in Summer.?Plants growing in the open ground and fully exposed to the sun, are frequently ruined by the very means taken to save them?by watering in hot dry weather. Generally merely the surface of the ground is wet, and the moisture soon evaporates, leaving the soil dry and hard?almost impervious to air as well as the dews. But this is not the only nor the greatest evil which results from the ordinary slight wateriug which plants get. The temporary, superficial moisture causes the roots to seek the surface, where in the intervals between the waterings, the heat and drought destroy them, and the plants become stunted or die out right. The remedy lies in a more thorough irrigation and in a different mode of applying the water. In case of young , trees and large herbaceous plants, the best way is to carefully scrape away the soil around them to the depth of an inch or two, I forming a hollow basin into which sufficient | water should be poured to moisten well the ground as deeply and as widely as the roots extend. Wheu the water has soaked in, the 1 dry earth should be returned, which will prevent a speedy evaporation. Among small plants, which cannot be treated in this way, make holes with an iron rod or a sharpened stake several inches in depth and 611 them with water which will thus reach the deepest roots.?Rural Messenger. Rust in Wheat.?I have just tested a German recipe for rust in wheat and found it a sure remedy. My wheat this year had rust badly, but I prepared and sowed one peck on two lauds across a lot; and the hands, when they came to it remarked to me, "this wheat is clear of rust," without any knowledge of the test. On either side, the wheat! was badly affected with scab rust. The Ger- j man agriculturalist had used this remedy for j 30 years, and his neighbors had rust in fields ; adjoining his, whilst there was not a head of j rust on bis. His habit was also to take the j sheaves and beat off the ripest kernels with a stick, and use the seed thus obtained for seed, j I will now give the recipe: Some hours?at j the longest, six or eight?before sowing, pre- ! pare a steep of three measures of quick lime and ten measures of cattle urine, pour two ! quarts of this upou a peck of wheat and stir i with a spade until every kernel is covered ! with it. By using this, rust of every kind 1 will be avoided.?J. D. Cooper, Greenville, S. C., in Southern Cultivator. Doc. Culture.?Farm and, Fireside says j with a decree of confidence : "It may be re- , garded as a settled maxim that a good crop i of both dogs aud sheep cannot be raised in the 6ame neighborhood at the same time." I The failure seems to be on the sheep side of. the experiment; the dog crop never fails. . For iustance; recent investigation shows that there are in Georgia over 100,000 dogs? of "high and low degrees." These dogs destroy annually, we are told, 30,000 sheep. Of the sheep that are lost each year, it is asserted that six per cent, die of disease ; fifteen per cent, of dogs. The authorities say that there are in the Guited States 32,000,000 sheep and 8,000,000 dogs. That is one dog to every four sheep. But some how our legis- j lative masters stand up for the dog. Some people say they are afraid of the displeasure of their servants?the voters. The question is mixed badly. Meantime, dog-culture thrives?on sheep. Fried Apples.?This is the season now 1 for this wholesome and palatable dish. Don't fry them after the pork, they will taste too porky. Just drop a li'.tle lump of butter in the spider, heat it hot, and then pour in the dish of sliced apples. Add a half teacup of boiling water, and put ou the cover, and let them cook until soft without stirring. Give the spider an occasional shake, then take off the cover and let them fry until they begin to brown. A bottle of flaxseed oil, chalk and vinegar mixed to the consistency of cream, should be kept in every house for burns, scalds, etc. flMflt'eu's geparimettt. |> BOTH SIDES OF THE SHIELD. There is an old dispute about which every ! school boy has read, between two knights, ! who met on a summer day in the still green- i wood. Suspended from a tree, huug be- j tween them a strong shield. Why it hung ' ( there, or to whom it belonged, neither knew, j 1 and each stopped to question the other. 1 "Whose is this white shield." "White? It is black." i I "Do you take me for blind man or a fool, < that you tell me what my own eyes can see is ,, fulse ?" I j And so the talk went on until the dispute j grew violent. Their hot blood was up, anil I they were about to prove their honesty at the ; 1 point of their lances. Just then came riding j f by a strange knight of lofty port, and serene, j i calm judging eyes. i j Looking at the angry men he said : J ( "You should be brothers in arms. Why : do I see these passionate gestures, and hear !! these fierce words ?" Each knight hastened to explain the imposition which the other had been trying to I practice upon him. The stranger smiled. To I one side of the shield, then to the other he j rode, and then he said sententiously : i "Do not charge just yet. Change places. And lo! the knight who had seen the white side of the shield saw now the black j side also ; and the knight who had been ready to do battle for the black was confronted with the white. Ashamed of their hot haste they spoke each other fair, and in true knightly fashion, and rode away through the greenwood in company. Simple as this story is, it carries with it a deep lesson. Half the contentions of life would be at an end, could the combatants but see at once both sides of the shield. The trouble is that we have not faith enough in our neighbors. We do not believe in their honesty as we do in our own. They tell us that something is black, which from our own point is white ; and instead of going around to their side to investigate, we commence calling hard names and getting our lances ready. Only now aud then we come across a peculiar nature, slow aud deliberate, wise, capahle of seeiug both sides ; if not seeiug both at once, at least capable of waiting till both have been seen, before pronouncing any judgment. Peeps at the Planets.?Neptune, the most remote of the planets iu the solar system, is about 2,700,000,000 miles from the sun. It is supposed that Mercury has mountains higher than our Himalayas, and volcanoes in a state of activity. Out of all the myriad lights in the heav- g ens, the earth is only visible to the Moon, ! t Mars, Mercury aud Venus. j The earth is 749 times smaller than Saturn, and its raeau distance from us is over I 91,000,000 miles. . !f Uranus can never see us at all, as it is !1 1,753,000,000 miles from the sun. | 1 The temperature in Mercury is supposed a to be seven times hotter than our torrid zone ; [ therefore if it is inhabited it must be by ^ people very differently constituted from our- . selves. ^ It is believed that Venus has an atraos- 1 phere much like ours, aud mountain peaks five or six times higher than the Teneriffe, s their sides bright with flowers, aud birds of t, brilliant plumage. f The moon never leaves our globe ; there fore it is called our satellite. Though to us it appears larger than the stars, it is really 8 smaller than any of them, but much nearer J to us. e Astronomers have calculated that the a mountains aud extinct volcanoes in the moon c are higher than any on our earth. If there were any one on the moon to see it, the earth would appear to them a maguifieeat ball. The planets and sun would move behind it in brilliant succession. I Our globe appears to Mars as the morning r and evening star. { The Thoughtless School Girls.?"How ^ all the girls laughed at Miss Alford to-day, , c mother, in school! You should have seen ! t her old dress pieced out under the flounces, I thinking it would uever show. One of the 8 ruffles caught on the corner of a seat, aud rip- fj ped offhalfa yard of it. It was so old, and faded, and forlorn, that the girls laughed out loud." fc "O Arty!" said mother, with a look of r pain on her kind face, "I am sure you did not d laugh." s "I did, mother," said Arty, hanging her head ; "they all did." y "What if it had been your dress?" asked ^ the mother; "what if father were dead, and you were obliged to get your living by teach- ' iug, and take care of a feeble brother besides ; g what if almost every dollar you could make p weut to pay rent, and buy food and fuel, and e mediciues and little comforts for the sick oue? What if you had spent hours in making over an old dress, so it might look respectable in the school-room, hoping others 9 would never see its defects; then how would F you have liked exactly such a scene as that r in your class room to-day ?" c "O mother, I am so sorry," said Arty, ^ quick tears coming to her sympathyzing eyes. "So would all the girls be, I am sure," said mother, "if they would ouly think of it. They are not unfeeling, only thoughtless. I ^ would do my best to atone for the fault by r extra politeness and kindness to-morrow ;your j fc example will have some effect on the other a g'rls-" c ... - ? Martins and the Owl.?An exchange j v has a story of a pair of Pensylvania martins j c who, having failed in their attempts to oust t an owl that had taken possession of a box in j t which they were building a nest, hit upon a j j scheme of revenge that would have done credit to much older heads. They disappeared, but \ while the owl was yet congratulating himself i r upon his victory, they suddeuly returned with , 1 an army of other martins, and the first thing 1 ? the owl knew, aud not a little to his astonish- \ ment, they had completely daubed up the en- p trance to the box with mud. Being a night i bird, of course he rather liked the darkness | at first, but when he found there was to be no 'c end to it, you can imagine his feelings. On r being taken out a few days after, he was found ' to have died, perhaps of disgust. pj - " ( Care of Clothes.?The care of clothing 1 is a very important matter. It makes a great !8 difference in the looks and wear of a hat or coat whether it is thrown down on the t lounge or chair when taken off, or carefully I hung up. With two boys the expense of"'] their clothing is often nearly one-half in dif- , s ference?mainly, as we think, because oue of them will always hang up his clothes careful- j , ly, while the other's may be found anywhere,! when they can be found at all. Properly ? brushing and cleaning clothes, and mending 8 them as soon as required, rather than waiting t until the thread ravels out or tear has grown too large to be neatly repaired, add greatly , to their durability.? Golden Jiule. A Word to Boys.?What do you think, j c young friends, of the hundreds of thousands { who are trying to cheat themselves and others -i . ii. . .L.i A ~ t 11)10 1116 Ueiiei Ullll UIUOIIUIIU urillKa arc gwuu > for them ? Are they not to be p:tied and ( i blamed ? Do you want to be one of these i wretched men ? If we are to have drunkards in the future, some of them are to come from . the boys to whom I am writing, and I ask you again if you want to be one of them. No! ! Of course you do not. j J Between parents and their children i' there is so great a society of nature and of manners, of blessing and cursing, that an evil parent cannot perish in a single death, j Holy parents never eat their meal of blessing J | alone, but they make the room shine like the fire of a holy sacrifice; and a father's or mother's piety makes all the house festival I and full of joy, from generation to genera-; i tion.?Bishop Taylor. ' i leading for the Sabbath. I conducted bt REV. ROUEUT LATHAN. f OrlKln.il.] j HEBREWS, xli : 24. "Ye are come to Jesus the mediator of the new | covenant (testament) and to the blood of sprink- j ling that speaketh better things than that of Abel."? Heb. xii:24. The Apostle Paul is generally regarded as the author of the epistle to the Hebrews. The jbject designed to be accomplished by the j jpistle is plainly stated in the 1st verse of the ! 3th chapter. The "sura"?the burden, of the whole epistle?is to state explain and enforce ;he priesthood of Jesus Christ. The apostle ! set out in the first chapter by stating that for i number of reasons, which he gives, Christ j is superior to angels. In the subsequent por- j ,ion of the epistle, Christ is shown to be superior to Moses, to Aaron and all the Aaronc priests. Such being the case, we might jxpect the blessings of the "latter day" dis- : ipnaaf inn to he trreater than those of the for- I ner. The former was a legal and typical dispensation, in which God, at sundry times i md in divers ways, spake unto the fathers, 1 not directly, but by the prophets. In the ! 'last days," or in the new covenant times, he ipeaks by his son Jesus Christ. The tenth and eleventh chapters of the '. ;pistle are devoted mainly to illustrating the i lower and efficacy of faith. Numerous stri- j ling examples are cited. The apostle con- ' dudes that since we have all these witnesses lurrounding us like clouds we should lay iside every weight and the sin that so easily lesets us, and run with patience the race that 1 s set before us. We are exhorted to endure : ,vith pat:ence all the trials through which we ; ire called, in the providence of God to pass, md to be strong in faith. The present dispensation is commended, 1 tince it is in so many particulars superior to lie former. The advantages of the present j dispensation are placed before us in figurative ; auguage. Mount Sion is contrasted with j Mount Sinai. Mount Sion is the New Testa- j nent Church ; Mount Sinai is the legal dis- i1 lensatiou. In the latter we have thunder I ind lightning, storms and tempests, blackness md darkness. The people are removed and ; 10 one?not even a beast?is permitted to j I ouch the mount. Fear and trembling took 1 lold upon all. Even Moses, that eminent iervant of God, said: "I exceedingly fear ind quake." Ye of the New Testament dislensation, says the apostle, are not come to : 1 my such terrible exhibitions of divine wrath j is these ; but ye are come to Mount Sion, to he Catholic Church in which Jesus reigns King of Peace. Ye are come to an innumer- j ible company of angels, to the general assem- j )ly and Church of the first born, which are vritten (enrolled) in Heaven, to God the ; ( udge of all, and to the spirits of just men nade perfect. j Tliis is a very different scene from that preented at Mount Siuai during the giving of he law. This betokens joy and peace, that illed the soul with fear; this promises life, ' hat threatened death ; this promises life to ill that will believe, that demanded blood, rhe grand and glorions privilege of the pres- j int dispensation, however, is that believers ] ire come to Jesus the mediator of the uew < lovenant and to the sprinkling of his blood . vhich speaketh better things than that of < Vhel. ? The history of Abel we need not repeat, 't is known to all Bible readers. Unfortunate ' nun, he fell by the hand of his own brother. I Je was the first of our race to die. The 1 rround drank up his blood and that blood i * iried to heaven for vengeance. Justice denanded the blood of the murderer Cain. The t ilood of Abel did more than this. In it we ( ee the fatal consequences of Adam's sin. It ; lemonstrates that fearful announcement that t he wages of sin is death. It proved that 1 >oth Cuin and Abel were sinners. Had Cain lot been a sinuer, he would not have murlered his brother; and had Abel not been a inner, he could uot have been slain by Cain, j The Apostle contrasts not the blood of Vbel with that of Jesus, but the cry of the ilood of Abel with the cry of the blood of lesus. The blood of Abel cries for ven- f eance ; the blood of Jesus cries to God for lardon and forgiveness. The blood of Abel j mbodies all that is contained in the legal dis- < lensation. It proclaims, in language that t annot be misunderstood, that "the soul that 1 inneth it shall die." Very different is the { iroclamation made by the blood of Jesus the 1 nediator of the New Testament. It announ- j es peace and pardon to all who will accept ' hat blood as a proper atonement for sin. That cry for vengeance which the blood of j Vbel could not hush, was sileneed by the [ ilood of the Lamb of God. The Old Testanent dispensation had its priests and sacrifices, nit these were only typical. The priest was f i type of Christ, and the sacrifice which he itfered was only a type of the body of Christ }( vhich he offered up for sin. In the plenitude < if his love anf mercy, the triune God consti- j uted, with an oath, the second person of the I rinity, both priest and sacrifice. This was . fesus the mediator of the new covenant. As < l priest he offered up himself a sacrifice in the j < com and stead of sinners. This speaks bet- i j er things than that of Abel. The blood of | \bel symbolizes the legal dispensation in j ! vhich God, as a God of justice, demanded | .< ilood. It indicated guilt and pollution, but j 1 eveals no way of escape from the vengeance j! if the violated law. The blood of Jesus inlicates that man is a guilty sinner and that [ le is covered with moral pollution as with a j . ;arment; but it discovers away by which i jrod can be just and yet redeem the guilty j md purify the defiled. Thus it is that the blood of Jesus speaketh letter things than that of' Abel. In fact, the 1 ilood of Abel speaks nothing but justice. J Phe blood of Jesus proclaims that in the !r cheine of redeeming love "mercy and truth , ire met together; righteousness and peace ; iave kissed each other." This surely is a ! ; ;loriou8 state of tilings. No wonder the ipostle Paul is so earnest in exhorting men o accept Jesus. It is not strange that he j iharges us to see to it that we refuse not j! fesus. j ] to?" The fate awaiting those who put off the ' t luties of religion to later years is generally 1 | lerdition or affliction. If saved at all, they 1 ire saved as if by fire, after having been vrenched from the world, they bear about rvith them a 3tricken, desolate, unhealed and ' inhealable heart. j f 9 to?" In the intercourse of social life it is by i ittlc acts of watchful kindness recurring J laily and hourly?and opportunities of doing j} tindness, if sought for, are forever, starting ! i jp?it is by words, by tones, by gestures, by ooks, that affection is won and preserved. to?" He that considers how little he dwells lpoti the conditions of others will learn how 1 ittle the attention of others i9 attracted by ' ;ii in self. < l to?" Few people know themselves, because j :hey find the study of themselves an employ- [ nent but little calculated to gratify their van-; ity or pride. i Ihf fotlmUe (Jjrttquim. TERMS?IN ADVANCE j One copy, one year, $ 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 75 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 jjarTo persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be j furnished one year, free of charge. pST Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square, for the lirst insertion, and fifty cents per i square, for each subsequent insertion. A square I consists of the space occupied by eight lines of | this size type. Contracts can be made for three, ! six or twelve months, and a reduction obtained from the regular transient rates. A. WILIilFORD, ROCK HILL. S. C. MORE FINE STOCK! HORSES AND MULES! ? ROCK HILL SALE STABLES. T 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 percent, 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 costanogasand exchange them for good serviceable Horses or Mules with which to cultivate vour crops, or serve in harness or under the sadllle. A. WILLIFORD. FODDER WANTED. THE undersigned v;ill 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 DAILY EXCURSION ! THE leaders of low prices are still in existence, and are offering THE GREATEST BARGAINS that have ever been known. Wo are closing out the entire stock of Summer Goods NOW OIV HAND, At and below Cost. We call the attention of every one to our large stock of Clothing, Cassi meres md Pants Goods of all kinds, WHICH WE ARE CLOSING OUT. Wo call the attention of the ladies to our stock of Dress Goods, bleached and unbleached goods, Parasols, Kid Gloves at25 cents, AND A GREAT MANY OTHER GOODS, All of which must be sold. We hope all of our "riends will call and be convinced. A. FRIEDHAM A BRO., Rock Hill, S. C. July 4 27 tf T. S. JEFFERYS, AGENT FOR Standard Fertilizers, Machinery of almost every variety adapted to this country, such is Steam Engines, French Burs, Bolting Cloths, Portable Wheat and Corn Mills, Turbine Water Wheels, Sinutters, Shafting, and Mill Machinery if any kind desired. The Celebrated Winship Gins, Hall'sSelf-Feedng Gins, Needle Gins, Gin-Feeders and Gin Condensers, Gin Saws and Brush Ribs, Ac., Ac. COTTON PRESSES.?The Centennial, Boss ind Smith Hand and Power Presses. PRAIRIE CORN SHELLKRS, only $G 50; STRAW CUTTERS, $10.0?. I keep on hand a good supply of SASH, BLINDS and DOORS, and will furnish Builders, ly the quantity, at exceedingly low prices, 'in a short time, I will have the latest and best mproved Machine for SHARPENING GIN SAWS, which will make the saw as perfect as vhon the Gin was received from the Factory; riving each tooth the desired briar hook shape, rhe work is done without removing the saw shaft "rom the Gin. An expert in GIN REPAIRING will be sent to the Gin Houses, to operate the Vlacliine at reasonable charges. Persons desiring ;o have their Gins sharpened in the best style, ,vill do well to leave their orders with me, early. A small lot of NAVASSA GUANO on hand. May 9 19 tf "SOUTH CAROLINA-YORK COUNTY. COURT OF PROBATE. r. Edward Massey and James F. Hart, Plaintiffs, nnw.ao A \X7hito A/lmir nn/1 t h? heir, and Hugh E. White, Margaret E. White, and Anna A. White, minor children and heirs of Leonidas S. White, deceased, Defendants. Order. rH E Defendants in the above cause having filed their answer, in which they demand that a Homestead be laid off to them, and Dower beal- 1 otted to the Defendant Dorcas A. White, widow >f Leonidas S. White, deceased, it is Ordered: That any and all persons interested in the esate of Leonidas S. White, deceased, as well as lie creditors of said deceased, do shew cause, if my they have, at a Court of Probate lor York iounty, on the tenth (10th) day of September next, vhy a writ should not issue to Commissioners :ommanding and requiring them to sot off a Homestead to the said Defendants, as well as Dower to the Defendant Dorcas A. White, widow. It is further ordered : That this order be published in the "Yorkville Enquirer" for the next five (5)succeeding weeks, iiven underlay hand and the Seal of the Court, r,. s.] at York Court House, August 5th, 1878. J. A. McLEAN, Probate Judge. August 8 32 5t ""house" painting. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he has resumed the business >f HOUSE PAINTING in all its departments? i trade to which he has served a regular apprenticeship, under a first-class painter,and in which le has had several years' experience. Work done n the most durable manner, and at the lowest arices at which it can be afforded. MARBLING, DRAINING in imitation of different woods, and ill kinds of FINE INTERIOR PAINTING :lcno in as good style as can bo done by any paint3r in this section of the country, lean be seen ir addressed at Yorkville, and will cheerfully inako estimates on work in any part of York, or lie adjoining counties. References.?As to my skill as a workman, I respectfully refer to the * following gentlomen : L. M. Grist, W. A. Moore, Hon. I. D. Witheripoon, A. W. Ingold, J. F. Wallace, Lawson Jenkins, Col. W. IT. MeCorkle, Dr. H. G. Jackson, Dr. J. F. Lindsay, James L. Clark, James E. Smith, Hon. A. S. Wallace, Yorkvillo; J. S. R. Thomson, Spartanburg; R. M. Wilson, Gaston; I. A. Brice, Fairfield; J. Harvey Smith, Chester. NELSON DA VIES. July 11 28 ly ROSE'S T-TOTEE YORKVILLE, S. C. 1/Al'^O. THIS HOUSE has been thoroughly renovated from cellar to ?91 garret, ami newly furnished, ingktftjBMSr eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT SPRING BEDS. In view of tho times, our mot,o is a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?81.50 PER DAY, ORoOc. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially forConimer:ial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. August 30 34 tf t. s. jefferys, banker. [RECEIVE call Deposits, payable on demand without notice; buy exchange and issue drafts ivailable anywhere in the United States or Canala; negotiate loans, and purchase United States Uonds, when desired. By Power of Attorney, Mr. T. C. DUNLAP is Jootin un/1 Qiiilnrcn in in V lame. Also, to receive Deposits and enter same n Depositor's Bank Books. May 9 19 tf BARBER SHOP. rilOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant ind luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that j TIIOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonso- j rial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door j ,o the Enquirkr building, where it will afford ' liin great pleasure to wait upon all who may de- j lire his services. Razors honed and sharpened,! ind any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD. NOTICE. [RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears j ?nd otnor fine-edged instruments. Prices?for loningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for' ihnrponing scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and j satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. _______ A SECOND-HAND IRON SAFE for sale. Price $20. Apply at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. G. H. Q'LEAKY. REMOVAL. T WOULD respectfully inform the public that I have temporarily removed my HARNESS, SADDLERY AND FURNITURE^ STORE to the "Bratton building," on the corner, opposite the Court House, where I will be pleased to serve my customers, and all others wanting Goods in my liue, at the lowest prices. GEORGE H. O'LEARY. saddles. A FULL supply of my own manufacture of /V 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, Backbands, 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 sell at low figures. Also, cheaper grades of Stoves for sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S. TABLES ,& C. 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 hand, and anv 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 bv G. H. O'LEARY. BEDSTEADS. A NICE lot of Walnut Bedsteads just received. Also, Maple and Poplar and Cottage Bedsteads for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. IN THE VALdLEY, CHESTER, S. C. ? -v THE subscriber is bettor prepared, than ever kindif'of^JOB WORK, - v'ImJJk such as Turning, Scroll mmkmiamr Sawing, Repairing, Ac. Also, FURNITURE MADE TO ORDER, v fr?m common to the finest. Fine Black Walnut Chamber Suits, FRENCH WALNUT SUITS, TRIMMED, a specialty. Jtisi received, anotner 101 01 jmk<tal?hj huRTAL CASES, among them some line CASKETS. Also, WOOD COFFINS AND CASKETS. All of which will bo sold as cheap as can be afforded. I HAVE A HANDSOME NEW HEARSE, which can bo had at funerals free of charge, in town ; and in the country at a moderate charge, according to distance. You can find moat MORRISON'S OLD STAND on Depot street, one door west of Aiken's Cotton Gin Shop. J. M. PARISH. May 9 19 6m BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY. AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midiuin, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pons and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY j Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash | prices. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia S. C. | DOWN I WITH HIGH PRICES! CHICAGO SCALE COMPANY,' 68 AND 70 WEST MONROE 8T., CHICAGO, ILL., | Have reduced the prices of all kinds of SOCLES! 4-Ton Hay, Stock or Cotton Scale, $60. FORMER PRICE, 9160. All other sizes at a great reduction, ff*Br- Every Scale fully warranted. All orders promply filled. Circulars, Price List, and Testimonials sent upon application. BUT TH-E CHEAPEST AND BEST. October 4 40 12m S. K. MARKS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GENERAL FURNITURE, CHESTER, S. C. January 24 4 8Jm METALIC CASES AND WOOD COFFINS. I HAVE on hand a good assortment of METALIC CASES AND WOOD COFFINSu.11 styles, qualities and prices?from a FINE CASKET, with Silver-Plated Mountings, worth 5200.00, to a PLAIN COFFIN, at $7.00. I am prepared, at ull times, to furnish these Coffins at my Despository, or send them anywhere in the country. JAMES E. SMITH, Agent. January 17 3 tf J. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every convenience, and a determination to do my best, 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. The Best Family I The "NEW AMERICAN" is easily learne< more work with less labor than any other m application. AGENTS V J. S. DOVEY Manager, 04 Agent lor Yorkville and vicinity, July 18 : 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, Chea August 2 THE PAPER TO TAKE. LONG ESTABLISHED. ENTERPRISING! RELIABLE! THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL (Established 1785.) THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, (Established 1799.) TWO PAPEE8 CONSOLIDATED MABOH 18TH, 1877. The chronicle a constitutionalist, (Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly)?the only morning paper published in the City of Augusta, and the only paper receiving the Telegraphic Dispatches of the New York Associated Press. The only morning paper published in Eastern Georgia or Western South Carolina. Offers greater advantages to advertisers than any paper in the South. The Chronicle a Constitutionalist is Democratic in politics, but perfectly independent In its comments upon men and measures. Its opinions upon all important matters are fearlessly expressed, and resolutely maintained. During the coming Winter special correspondents in Washington, Atlanta and Columbia, will keep our readers fully informed of the proceedings of Con gress, and of the Legislatures of Georgia and South Carolina. Its Commercial Reports are carefully compiled, and are full and accurate. Now is the time to subscribe. Daily, $10 per annum ; Tri-Weekly, $5; Weekly, (a mammoth sheet) $2, cash in advance. Each edition sent free of postage. Address, WALSH A WRIGHT, Managers, Augusta, Ga. July 18 29 tf ANEW AND INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER. ABOUT the first of July, the Advertiser will begin the publication of a series of Biographical Sketches, giving, in synopsis, the lives of many prominent and distinguished sons, dead and living, of South Carolina. In connection with those, there will appear in our columns each week, a portrait of the individual whose life is sketched, done in the highest style of modern photographic art. From the great and good men of the past, such selections have been made as John C. Calhoun, George McDnffle, Judge A. P. Butler, Chancellor F. H. Wardlaw, Governors Pickens, father and son ; Gov. P. M. Butler, Colonel of the Palmetto Regiment; 8enator Louis T. Wigfall, Judge O'Neal, Gen. Waddy Thompson, Gen. James Jones, Edmund Bacon, Esq., alias "Ned Brace," of the "Georgia Scenes," Major Jack Jeter, Hon. Preston Brooks, Gov. S. D. Miller, and others, whose names we have not space to mention just now. , Later we will take up such men as Hon. J. P. Carrol], Gov. M. L. Bonhaui, Gen. Abner Perrin, Gen. M. W. Gary, Gen. R. G. M. Dunovanfc, Generals Kershaw, Kennedy, Logan, Connor, Wallace, McGowan, Hagood and Bee; Col. Thos. G. Bacon, Col. Thos. G. Lamar, Col. Joseph Abney, Col. W. C. Moragne, Sneaker John C. Sheppard, Col. Arthur Simkins, Gen. Jamea Chesnut, Hon. W. D. Simpson and others, whose names shall occur to us in the future. Subscription Price, $2.50, per annum, in advance. Address: ADVERTISER, Edgefield, 8. C. June 27 26 tf vnoirXT"it r r SALE AND FEED STABLES. t^rrv TH E undersigned respectfully TVgTX /Ta inform the puhlicthat they have /ca formed a partnership for the purpose of conduct",R SALE AND FEED STABLES in the town of Yorkville, and will have constantly on hand HORSES AND MULESof all grades, which will be sold CHEAP for cash, or on favorable terms on time?note and approved security, pavable the first of October, 1878. FEEDING AND GROOMING. We would also call attention to the fact that we are well prepared to BOARD horses or mules by the day, week, month or single meal. Animals placed in our care will be well fed and well treated, at the LOWEST PRICES. Persons coming in from the country and leaving their horses at our Stables can have the satisfaction of knowing that while they will he properly cared for, they will also be more secure tnan when hitched up in some back lot, liable to break loose and stray off, or be stolen. Give us atrial, and we guarantee satisfaction. Stables near old Masonic Hall. We wish to buy Corn and Fodder, for which the highest cash prices will be paid at our stables. WHITAKER <ft WILLIFORD. January 10 2 ly YORK MARBLE YARDr . THE undersigned is ] 080 8"PP'.vPIthose STONES with anything 1jn j,j8 |jne^ an(j afc tj)e lowest cat>n prices. Monuments designed and finished in the most elat>orate style, and in point of workmanship and material warranted equal to the work of any establishment in the country. Head and Footstones, in various styles, from plain to highly-carved work, furnished at short notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. Specimens usnaliy on hand, to an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respect fully invited. Estimates and any other desired information cheerfully given at any time. Work delivered at any point on the Chaster 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. P. HAPPERFIELD. January 3 1 ly CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respect'ully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfarled, restoring them to the original brightnass and lustre of tne goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and" made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. NOTICE. I AM still Agent for the "American" because it is the best and cheapest Sewing Machine made. J. R. SCHORB Buy only the . NEW W AMERICAN Only Sewing Machine PfcjSw WHICII HAS A |bh| |clt-|hrea(lmg|liutlii WMM It nas Self Setting Needle. IT ever Breaks the Thread. Never Skips Stitches. |Is the Lightest Banning. The Simplest, the Most Dm able, and in Every Respect taurine Manhinfi! fVIIIII^ ii?MVim?w 1 does not get out of order, and will do achine Illustrated Circular furnished on PANTED. ;. Charles Street, Baltimore, Md> .T. IV. ROBERTS. 29 ly cMcCAULEY, RO. N. C., THE CELEBRATED KING STOVES! PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware And-Irons, and Castings of al. xinds. Also, on ! K St 'PLANTER'SPRIDE' PLOWS ; j? ;f$| and Plow Castings, iLJk STRAW CUTTERS, Corn Shelters, ^jPR | HORSE POWERS, Saw Mills, Ac. 8, Yorbville, S. C. Xock Hill, York county, S. C. onuellsville, York county, S. C. ter, S. C. 31 tf