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Iiumoraus fepartwent. HOW AN ELECTION WAS WON. Some years ago Ross, our own G. W., lived in our adjoining county of Ripley. He was then a Republican in a Democratic county. What his politics are now we don't know and don't care, and we think he don't know or care either. We only know he is a manly, big hearted, genial gentleman, and that's all we care about these times. But to the story. Russ was a Republican candidate for sheriff in the Democratic county of Ripley, and, as a matter of course, wanted all the votes he could get. Then as now he was passionately fond of gunning and always owned a fine gun and dogs. In his county was an old German we will call Jake, tie also was a nunter ana a power among "the boys." He kept a little country doggery, and his "influence" was worth about thirty votes. In due time Russ met Jake and a talk about hunting, guns and dogs rather warmed the Dutchman towards Russ, although Jake was a Democrat. After awhile Russ saw one of Jake's lank, pot-bellied pointers and commenced to give away taffy. "Jake," said Russ, "that's a mighty fine dog. Where did you get him ?" Jake replied to the effect that he raised that kind of dogs. "Well, I'll tell you," said Russ,"I am very fond of hunting, and if I am elected sheriff this fall I shall indulge myself in shooting to my heart's content. If I am not elected I will not be able to shoot muoh. I will give you $50 for that dog, Jake, if I want him after the election. Here's a $5 note to bind the bargain." Jake, tickled to death at the fine sale of his dog, which was worth about fifty cents, took the bill, and as a consequence his end of the county gave Russ a handsome majority, and he was elected, barely pulling through. Time passed, and Russ was duly installed in the office of sheriff of Ripley couuty. Soon Jake put in his appearance, dragging the unwilling cur at his heels. "Mr. Russ," said Jake, "you vos now elected sheriff von dis gounty, und here is dose dog. Gif me my vortv-five dollars." "Jake," said Russ, "I find that my time will not allow me to hunt as much as I thought it would ; you may just keep the dog and the $5 too." Tolro afriirl lo/l a 1 r>nr? timo tV?on Infllt A lfHHT KJ ?av OWUU1VU W ?vug ViLUVy VMVM WW* ? - ??g breath and said : "Mr. Russ, I pelieve id, by got, you buy me and not my dog! Aint id ?"?Madison Slar. ?. Johnny's Story.?One time a boy he caut a frog, and tuke and it in his father's bed, and jest fore bed time the boy sed to his father: "It's been mity wet wether lately, and the frogs has been all drowned out of the pond, and mebby some of them big green fellers has cum into the house and gone to bed like fokea." Then the boy's father he luked up from his newspaper and sed: "Charley," cos that was the boy's name, "I gess you better go to bed yure ownself, cos yure in fleck is wandering mighty wild agin, and you might do yureself an injury by swollerin the cole skuttle, or butin your brains out against the sofy piller." So Charley he went to bed, but after a ~ wile he was woke up and see his father standin there with a candle, and his father he sed : "Charley, I didn't pay much attention to wot you was sayin a bowt frogs, but after I had gone to bed, and I seen things was beginnin to turn out just like you had said, wy T Vinllorpfl rifo nnf: rns T was flfi delited to think I had sech a smart boy. Dident you hear me, Charley, dident you hear your ole father's xclamations of satisfy, and feel the house shake when he arose for to cum and fondle you ?" Then Charley he said wot did his father hav in the hand wich was be hine bis back, on the old man he sed: "0, thats the fondler." But my sister's yung man, wich tole me the story, he sed that the fondler bore a fancifle rezembalence to a black snake wip. That Prescription.?A domestic in an up town New York family, one morning before breakfast, took the following prescription to a druggist in the neighborhood : "Please give the bearer a double dose of castor oil with taste disguised." Handing it to the clerk, she sat down to await the preparation, but was agreeably surprised to be soon asked if she would like a glass of soda. Having drank it, she resumed her seat and waited for about Bfteen minutes. She then ventured to remark that she was "afraid the folks would be ready for breakfast" if she did not go soon. "Well," said the clerk, "what are you waiting for ?" "Why, for that prescription," she said. "Why, I gave it to you in that glass of sodawater some time ago." "0, law!" was the reply, "it was not for me; 'twas for a man down at the house." 93?* While going into a factory lately, Mr. Edison the inventor, saw a large iron caldron. He stopped, looked at it meditatively, and then said : "That reminds me of what the Jersey mosquitoes can do I" "Oh, yes!" said Professer Barker, "tell us those mosquito stories of yours, Edison." "I know two of them," returned Edison. "A Jerseyman was so troubled with mosquitoes one night that he went down into the yard and crawled under a huge iron caldron. Well, pretty soon he heard a noise as if boring was going on. He found they were boring through the caldron with their bills. When they had accomplished this the man got a big stone and clinched their bills." ?? ?:j 4i.? 9? m uu, dam one ui wic pai ly, nuat tucu i "Why," answered Edison, "the mosquitoes flew away with the caldron." Crockett's Apology.?David Crockett once visited a menagarie at Washington, and, pausing a morneut before a particularly hideous monkey, exclaimed, "What a resemblance to the Hon. Mr. X.!" The words were scarcely spoken, when he turned, and, to his astonishment, saw standing at his side the very man whom he had complimented. "I beg your pardon," said the gallant Colonel ; "I would not have made the remark had I known you were near me, and I am ready to make the most humble apology for my unpardonable rudeness ; but?" looking first at the insulted member of Congress, whose face was any thing but lovely, and then at the animal compared to him?"hang it if I can tell whether I ought to apologize to you or to the monkey !" The Difference.?Several men were arguing about the difference between a lunatic and a fool in the police station in Schenectady, N. Y., when Dr. S. entered. "Doctor, what is a lunatic ?" asked one of the disputants. "A man who knows a great deal, but is not able to tell it." "What is a fool ?" asked another. "A man who knows nothing, and tells it immediately," replied the doctor. ? * Land and Water.?A school-board inspector asked a small pupil of what the surface of the earth consists, and was promptly answered, "Land and water." He varied the question slightly, that the fact might be impressed on the boy's mind, and asked, "What, then, do land and water make ?" To which came the immediate response, "Mud." Settled.?There, it's settled, and ain't you glad'? Two men disputing about the pronunciation of the word "either"?one saying it was ee-ther, the other i-ther?agreed to refer the matter to the first person they met, who happened to be an Irishman, and who confounded both by declaring, "It's nayther, for it'saythur." Hot Rolls.?A lady taking tea at a small i company, being very fond of hot rolls, was ; asked to have another. "Really, I cannot," ; she modestly replied. "I don't know how many I have eaten already." "I do," unexpectedly cried a juvenile upstart, whose moth- j er had allowed him a seat at table. "You've ' eaten eight. I've been countin!'" I Ibe Jarm and fireside. GUMPTION. Not a high sounding word, perhaps, but a very expressive one, is Gumptioo. A man had better be born with a good stock of gumption in his cranium, than with any amount of money in his (prospective) trousers' pocket. Many a man has let a fortune slip through his fingers for the want of it, and many a woman who might have clothed herself in purple and fine linen has been content to wear six-peuny calico for the same lack. Gumption in the small, every day affairs of life is more than any other quality?the one thing needful. Webster makes this word to mean : capacity, shrewdness, address. It is all this ana more. What word have we that can quite express its full meaning? If we see a man drawing out manure on a stone-boat, or wheeling it on a barrow, or damming a muddy brook to wash his sheep ir> inatonr? nf rlrivinor thpm half R milfi to the river, or lifting heavy barrels into a wagon instead of rolling them in, or cleaning his field of stoues by carrying thera off in his hat, or mowing the thistles in his pasture after they have gone to seed, or letting his mowing machine stand out in the weather, while his home made contrivance for marking out even ground stands under cover, or cutting off a cow's tail to cure her of hollow horn, we are apt to say he is lacking in common sense, but it is only gumption he lacks. A woman lacks it when she plants small flower seeds in the same way as her husband does mellous and corn; when she tears h?r dresses into rags for her new carpet, because they are "just the color she wantswhen she spends all her spare time piecing bed quilts and lets her children run the streets, dirty and untaught; when she cans fruit in cracked jars and expects it to keep; when she lets her husband go abroad in patched overalls and collarless shirts, and then wonders he don't get into the legislature ; when she tricks her daughter up to "catch a beau" before she is fairly in her teens ; when she "talks" to her neighbors about her husband, and then cau't urKiw ho ie clicrhtinorlv Rnnkpn nf: UUUV1 OVttUU ?l MV ?v *t3** w ? J ? 7 when she allows her sons to call their father the "old man," and then is ready to cry her eyes out because they call her the "old woman when she keeps her children's stomachs stuffed with rich cake, pies and pudding, and then sends them to bed at night with their faces done up in lemon juice, to make their complexions clear; when she discards a lover because he has a wart on his nose and marries a dandy with a nose the color of a beet Some people go through life without being able to do anything they undertake, except in the clumsiest manner, and yet they have seen the work done as it should be, a hundred times. These have more gumption, however, than another class who never attempt a thing that demands the least taste or skill, because they are sure beforehand that they "never could do it" "Dear me!" sighs one lady, "If I didn't have to hire so much sewing done for the men folks, I might afford something for myself now and then." "What is it now ?" "Overalls." "Why not make them yourself? You have time and a machine." "Oh, I never could. I tried it once, and when John came to put them on he couldn't wear them, because I'd sewed the fronts together for one leg and the backs for the other." Another lady wants to go on an excursion I "dreadfully," but cannot afford it. "Fix the hat you are going to take to the milliner's yourself. It wants nothing but what you can do." "I wouldn't dare undertake it for the world. I should ruin it." "Then make over your dress and save the dressmaker's bill." "Oh, you could do it, I dare say; but I can't. If I ripped it to pieces, I should never be able to get it together again." One of the worst things about women of | this sort is, that they are forever blaming some one else for what they are to blame themselves. Do they want to get along and up in the world?and often they are ambi| tious in this respect?they are not slow to see that somebody doesn't manage right, but never think of taking the blame to themselves. They haven't gumption enough for even that. Rural New Yorker. ? Doing up Men's Linen.?A husband complained that his shirt bosom and collars were badly done up, and the case was referred to a knowing shirt-maker, and his answer was well worthy the attention of house-keepers: "Yes" said the man, "the fault is. with your laundress. While doing up your collars, she stretches them the wrong way. Damp linen is very pliable, and a good pull will alter a fourteeu-inch into a fifteeninch collar in the twinkling of an eye. She ought to stretch them crosswise, and not lengthwise. Then in straightening out your shirt bosom she makes another mistake of the same sort. They also ought to be pulled crosswise instead of lengthwise, particularly in the neighborhood of the neck. A length wise pull will draw the front of the neckband somewhat under your chin, where it was never meant to go, and of course it spoils the set of your collar. With the front of your neckband an inch too high, and your collar an inch too long, you have a most undesirable combination." The necessary changes were made in the methods of the laundry, and all was right with shirts and collars. Agricultural Notes.?Pick up the odds and ends that are going to waste around you. Hides, horns, hoofs, bones, wax, moss, and many other trifles have a cash value. A farmer must be something besides a laborer. He must be a man of resources and rise by his own energy to any emergency. Do not attempt to keep too many fowls together. One hundred in a single yard will not produce half the eggs they will if divided into four parts. It will cost no more to feed, but it will be a little more trouble to attend to them. It is well known by all hunters that a rabbit is never found in the same bed iu which one has been killed the same season, especial% * * ? nil 11 1 Mi . A! I ly it one particle or oiooa nas oeen spin,; uierefore, if you will kill a hare and rub the blood, even a very small portion, on the body of a fruit tree, it will not be molested by them that winter. I have one hundred trees I have treated thus for fourteen years, and never ; had them barked, unless I happened to miss one. One hare is sufficient to rub fifty trees. Colman'8 Rural World. Alleged Cure for Hog Cholera.?The j Lewiston, Ga., Gazette says: "Burnt corn is : a certain speedy cure for hog cholera. The I best way is to make a pile of corn on the j cobs, effectually scorch it, and then give afj fected hogs free access to it. This remedy was discovered by accident by E. E. Locke, Esq., at the time his distillery was burnt in this county, together with a large lot of stored corn, which was so much injured as to be unfit for use, and was hauled out and 1 greedily eaten by the hogs, several 01 which I were dying daily. After the second day not j a single hog was lost, and the disease entirely ! disappeared. The remedy has been tried in a number of cases since, and has never failed." i Clover.?Clover is called "the sheet anchor of American husbandry." It will do more to bring impoverished lands to a high state of cultivation, and at less expense, than any other agency. And just in proportion as the farmer cultivates this plant will he be relieved from the necessity of purchasing commercial fertilizers to enrich his laud. While there is 110 system of cultivation which will enable the farmer to keep up the fertility of j his land without resorting to such agencies, 1 yet the use of clover will go very far toward accomplishing it. Clover will cancel notes, pay mortgages, and bring abundance where there is want. ft*afling fat the jNMtotb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATH AN. I Original ] GROW IN GRACE. Some persons seem to think that all that is required, in order to become a good Christian J and finally to be saved in heaven, is to join [ some branch of the Christian church. This they do, and after remaining in the church for years, they exhibit no signs of development. They were just as wise, in a religious aspect, ten, twenty or thirty years ago, as they are to-day. Such a state of things is j deplorable, but it is in perfect accordance I * /? 1 .1 X 1 witii tne laws or ooin nature aim gruue. God has ordained that the individual members of the human family shall he born babes and grow up to maturity. This is the order in both nature and grace. No edict or decree can change this order. It will remain unchanged until the present order of things is wound up. That maturity may be obtained, God has wisely provided means. These means must be used, or death will ensue. The growth of the body requires a good supply of nutritive food. This supply of food God has, in some way or other, placed within the reach of all. Something very similar is true of the divine life. That every believer may increase in grace, God has provided an abundant supply of spiritual food. The reason that so many do not grow in grace, is because they starve themselves. They neglect to use the means which God has provided for the development of the divine life. They suffer themselves to grow up in gross ignorance. Neither head nor heart is cultivated, and all that they seem to possess of the Christian is the empty name. If we would grow in grace, we must use, with great diligence, the means which God has chosen for this purpose and placed within the reach of every believer. Whoever may perish, it will not be because God has made no provision for his preservation. For every child born into the world, God has provided the means for its support. If it perish, it will not he because God has made no provisions for its growth. When we are commanded to grow in grace, we are exhorted to use those means which God has ordained for the spiritual development of all believers. The means are, as we might expect, perfectly adapted to accomplishing the end proposed. Those who use these means are workers together with God, and are working out their salvation, not independent of God, but in willing subjection to God. On the other hand, those who refuse or neglect to use the means for Christian growth, are striving against God. They are making sure their own destruction. INTO THE DEPTHS. Almost all of God's people will have, at times, their periods of despondency and gloom. Their consciousness of sin and the re membrance of tiod's holiness will so disquiet their souls, as to cause them much pain and grief. And though they may seek relief from God, and endeavor to cast their burden upon Him, yet the desired relief will not, in all cases, come immediately. Communion with their own hearts, and the "diligent search" they may there make to discover the cause of their continued darkness and despondency will only plunge them into deeper distress. Their "sore will run in the night, and cease not," and they will "refuse to be comforted." It was so with the Psalmist. (Read the 77th Psalm.) And it has sometimes happened in the experience of some of God's most eminent saints, that this darkness and despondency have continued for weeks, and even for months. Under this overpowering sense of their sins, and this distressing consciousness of guilt, they will sometimes be brought almost to the verge of despair and led to believe that they are "cast off." They will almost feel that "His mercy is clear gone forever," and that they are now out of the reach of that mercy. But God will not forsake them, nor suffer their faith entirely to fail. Before the darkest hour is reached, He will roll away the cloud, dispel their fears, and restore joyful hope and comfort again. In such seasons of despondency and gloom, it is well to remember former mercies, and to recall God's previous displays of grace which have been already experienced. The recollection of His dealings with His people in times past, will be a strong support in "the day of trouble," and go far towards restoring joy and comfort to their own souls. So the Psalmist discovered. God's ways are often mysterious and inscru table. But this is nothing new with Hirn. He has acted so in all His dealings with all His people. He has brought them into the deep waters, down into pathless seas, 'mid roaring billows, in storm and in cloud. But the "flock" is safe. The Shepherd is with them, and He will bring them triumphantly through. So the man of God declares in his experience.? Christian Observer. Trust.?An army officer in the civil war rndp a hnrse which knew as well as a human being when the battle was impending. The approach of the conflict always gave the beast the keenest terror; he trembled in every nerve, and apparently was unable to stir. But when the battle was once begun, and he was urged forward in the thickest of the fight, all trembling and hesitancy left him; his nostrils were proudly raised in air, and every motion was swift and fearless. So it is with some men in Christian life. They tremble at the thought of entering the Church; they feel themselves utterly unworthy to sit at the table of the Lord ; their first words in prayer-meeting are feeble and faltering. But the believer who is most timid at the outset often becomes the most fearless and the most useful of all. That very honesty of purpose and delicacy of action which harasses the wouldbe Christian with fear of his unworthiness, is transmuted into the power which, with the same feeling of personal humility, can yet do all things by the strength of God.?Sabbath School Times. Encouragement to Prayer.?Lord, I find David making a syllogism in mood and figure. Two propositions he perfected : "If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. But verily God hath heard me, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer." Now I expected that David should have concluded thus: "Therefore I regard not wickedness in my heart." But far otherwise he concludes : "Blessed be God who hath not j turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from ! me." Thus David hath deceived, but not wrong- J ed me. I looked that he should have clapped | the crown on his own, and he puts it on God's head. I will learn this excellent logic ; for I like David's better than Aristotle's syllo-1 gisms, that, whatsoever the premises be, I , make God's glory the conclusion.?Fuller's | | Good Thoughts in Bad Times. j The Infidel's Fear.?An infidel said, I "There is one thing that mars all the pleas-1 : ures of my life!" "Indeed!" replied his1 friend, "what is that?" He answered: "J! am afraid the Bible is true. If I could know for certain that death is an eternal sleep .[ should be happy! My joy would be com-1 plete! But here is the thorn that stings me; this is the sword that pierces my soul?if the Bible is true, I am lost forever. BZriF Either we must lay self aside, or God will lay us aside.? Gurnall. |$i0f*nat?0U!S Reading. PADDY'S GUN. Irish wit is proverbial, and many a good story is told by natives of the Emerald Isle. Their natural love of fun and whisky is well presented in the following story, which was narrated to the writer by the original hero. It is not worth while giving his name, but he is to be found daily in the corridors of the General Post-Otlice and United States building attending to his duties, he being employed by the Government. We will call him "Paddy," but this is not his name. lie may be a descendant of the immortal St. Patrick or he may not; but this has nothing to do with the story. Since his long residence in this country he has faithfully performed his duties, notwithstanding his love of whisky. One thing may be mentioned, and that is that "Paddy" is not a Fenian. He is altogether a different kind of a man. He believes that there is no power on earth which equals that of Great Britain, and he resects the Government and its Queen. For fourteen years "Paddy" served under her Majesty's flag; seven years he spent in the regular army and seven years in revenue i>olice. It was during liis connection with the hitter service that the incidents of this story referred to occurred. It was Paddy's duty with his corps to keep a good lookout for the illicit whisky distilleries which formerly abounded in the county Roscommon, and well he fulfilled his oath of subservience and allegiance. But Paddy had himself a great love for the whisky, and it cut hint to the quick when he made a seizure, and could not get a taste. His Captain, a young, handsome, and quiet officer, was honest, and could not allow his men to "take a drop." Therefore, small bottles or canteens were useless to the men when on duty. In those days the men carried a muzzle-loading gun, the nipple of which was covered with a large cap. One day when a good seizure was made Paddy said to himself, "I'm going to get a good drink to last me on my way home." A bright idea struck him. His gun was unloaded, and being carried on the shoulder or in the hand, "why not fill it, and drink or suck from the nipple," said Paddy to himself. No sooner said than done, and on the march to the station it was noticed that Paddy had an unusual affection for his musket. He kissed the "cock" and freely embraced the nipple. His companions wondered at Paddy's sudden J*. !_ _ 11..1 11^.1.1., 1.A.a K,'n anecnou ior ins gun. ut J.~auuy nrjiu mo secret. A few weeks later, and subsequent to another "seizure," the Captain himself noticed Paddy's affection, and said : "Paddy, you seem to love your gun very much. What has it done for you?" "Well, your Honor," said Paddy, "I do love her. It is just like a woman whom you love. Shure and ain't she swate." "How's that?" resjionded the Captain. Paddy had l>een drawing rather freely from his "barrel," and after another fond embrace he replied : "Just try her, Captain. Put your mouth to the nipple and draw." The Captain did so, and was surprised at receiving a full mouthful of good whisky. Fortunately he needed it at the time, and he ! appreciated the value of Paddy's contrivance. After that it was noticed that the Captain had also taken a fancy to Paddy's gun. Soon afterward the trick was detected by his companions, so it had to be stopped, as men in the command never had any load in their guns excepting "whisky."?N. Y. Star. FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. The old man Bendigo keeps a pretty sharp eye 011 his daughter Mary; and many a would be lover has taken a walk after a few minutes conversation with the hard hearted parent. The old chap is stuck this time, however, and cards are out for a wedding. After a lucKy young man had been sparking Mary for six months, the old gentleman stepped in as usual, | requested a private confab, and led off with : "You seem like a nice young man, and peri haps you are in love with my Mary ?" i "Yes, I am," was the honest reply. "Haven't said anything to her yet, have youV" "Well, no; but I think she reciprocates my affection." "Does eh ? Well, let me tell you something. ITer mother died a lunatic, and there is no doubt that Mary has. inherited her insanity." "I am willingtf^fcike the chances," replied the lover. "Yes, but you see Mary has a terrible temper. She has twice drawn a knife 011 me with intent to commit murder." "Pin used to that?got a sister just like her," was the answer. "And you should know, that I have sworn a solemn oath not to give Mary a cent of any property," continued the father. "Well, I'd rather start poor and bulid up. There's more romance in it." The old man had*one more shot in his carbine, and he said: "Perhaps I ought to tell you that Mary's mother ran away from home with a butcher, and that all her relations died in the poor house. These things might be thrown up in after years, and I now warn you." "Mr. Bendigo," replied the lover, "I've heard all this before, and also that you were 011 trial for forgery, had to jump Chicago for bigamy, and served a year in the State Prison for cattle-stealing. I'm going to marry into yonr family to give yon a decent reputation V There?no thanks?good-bye !" Mr. Rendigo looked after the young man with his mouth wide open, and when he could get his jaws together he said. "Some infernal hyena has went and given me away on my dodge !" A Comedy of Errors.?A Solon of the Senate occupied the same house with a clerk of the same name. As both are modest, elderly gentlemen we will call one Senator Bang and the other Simon Bang. One has a modest little attic, and the other a handsome suite of apartments on the ground door. Both gentlemen had ordered suits of clothes?the Senator from Timms & Co., the leading fashionable tailor of the national capital; the clerk from a little box of an establishment that looked as if one could run a stick through, shoulder up and march off. As luck would have it, the parcels containing the two suits arrived nearly at the same time, and the stupid girl, not well up in wri :..t 1. C< 1111^, JlllftLUUft. O. iui kjcnaiui jiaii^^ aim Senator Jiang for S. Bang, and so served the clothes. The Senator is a simple-wayed old gentleman, and donned the common-suit unsuspectingly, while the clerk, thinking the stuff he had selected made up far better than he anticipated, did the same. The result was the dignified solon was refused admission to the floor of the House because of his common appearance, while the clerk bloomed into a gentleman. So marked was his appearance that a widow he had been courting for several years accepted him at once and named the happy day. J3ut for the interference of Timms, the fashionable tailor, who getting wind of his best customer's extraordinary clothes, resolved himself into a detective, the error never would have been rectified. As it was, the poor clerk was arrested, with his bride, on their way to church, and the poor lady, so lately wed, had to furnish the money to buy off her newly made husband. As it was, woman-like she got comfort from punishing the most innocent man of the affair. She wrote the unsuspecting Senator a sarcastic note begging him to accept her husband's clothes, which lie was then wearing, as a present.? Wash i nylon Capital. Tiik Value ok Autographs.?Mr. Mason, the numismatist of Philadelphia, of whom mention was made in this column a few days since, is also authority on the value of auto-1 graphs. The letters which command the highest prices are those which are termed "autograph letters signed," being such as are written entirely by the signer. Of the autograph letters of the Presidents, those of T !.,nn1n 1?!l/l WjlSllMlfftOn'S >r ciauiii^LUii mm jiinwin .v...., ..? ? - ? bringing from $5 to $-25, and Lincoln's from $4 to S20. The most ever paid for a letter of Washington was Silo, for one written six days before his death and supposed to be his i last. Letters of Zachary Taylor are worth ! from $5 to $10; of John Adams, from $3 to ! $10 ; of James Madison, $3 to $5 ; of Andrew ; Jackson and W. II. Harrison, $2 to ?4; of Jas. K. Polk, SI.50 to $.3 ; of Thomas Jefferson, $1 to S3; of J. Q. Adams, $2 to $.3.50 ; of John I Tyler, $1 to $2.50; of Franklin Pierce and j James Buchanan, $0.25 to $1; of U. S. Grant j and It. B. Hayes, 25 cents to 50 cents, and of Millard Filinore, 25 to 35 cents. (If the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Tlios. Lynch, Jr.'s autograph is the most valuable, being worth from $50 to $100; then George i Gwinnett's, $25 to $50; Stephen Hopkins', $20 , to $25; Lyman Ilall's and John Hancock's, I $10 to $25, and so on, all of them bringing j good prices, with the exception of Itobert Mor-; ris', which is quoted at from 15 cents to 20 cents. Kosciusko's signature is worth from $5 to $10; Edward Braddock's from $4.50 to $10; Com wall is' from $.3 to $0, and Burgoyne's from $.3 to $tf. Besides these, there are scores of other names in Mr. Mason's list, quoted at all sorts of figures.?Louisville Courier-Journal. Carfet-Baggers Going West.?It is not generally known that the thriving and hitherto happy young Commonwealth of Colorado has become the Mecca of the Southern carpetbaggers, who are swarming thither from the desolate pastures of the South, where for the past ten years they have l>een feathering their nest at the expense of a war-worn people. About a year and a half since, Judge R. B. Carpenter, a South Carolina judge under Chamberlain's administration, and a notorious faro dealer, went to Denver City, where he oi>ened a faro bank and a law office, and was soon followed by ex-Congressman L. Cass Carpenter and about a dozen of the lesser lights of South Carolina Radicalism. Quite a number of carpet-baggers have also gone to Denver City from Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi, and the good people of Colorado will soon find themselves at the mercy of a most graceless set of knaves. Dakota is to be burdened with ex-Senator Spencer, who has been laying pij>e for a warm reception by inflating the Dakota items on the river and harbor bill about *200 per cent. He was supposed to represent Alabama to a small extent, but he beut all his legislative energies in the direction of building up his proposed new base of operations.? Wtuhinyton Letter. The Irish Language in Ireland.?Early in the present century the Irish language was si>oken more or less in every county throughout Ireland. It is estimated that onefourth of the gross population, or about 1,000,000 ]>eople, s]K)ke English exclusively, while probably an equal or somewhat greater number knew Irish only. In the intervening period down to the present time, a great change has taken place, as is conclusively shown in the census of 1871. In all Ireland, now only about 10*2,400, or one in thirty-six of the gross population, still know no other tongue than Irish. When Charleton first issued his "Traits and Stories of tiie Irish reasancry" nis narrative contained a large number of Irisii words, which in subsequent editions he found it necessary to move, its they were no longer understood, and Dr. Hume tells us that even in their modified form, there are hundreds, probably thousands, in Dublin who can not enjoy Charleton's stories. The existing dialect, which is more or less prevalent over the thirtytwo counties, with, of course, local variations here and there, is the result mainly of the successive English and Scottish Immigrations.?Saturday Review. Artificial Teetii.?Artificial teeth were manufactured in China centuries before they were produced in Europe. The material used is bone or ivory, and the tooth, having been sawed and filed into proper sluqte, is fastened to the adjoining teeth by copper wire or catgut string. If two or more teeth are required, they are made in one piece, and, a hole being drilled through the entire length, a double wire is passed through it and looped over the natural tooth at one end and tied to teeth at the other. 45 Years Before the Public. THE CENUINE DR. C. McLANE'S celebrated T TTTTHTD T3TT T C! J_JJL Y JJXl JT XJJJJU) FOR THE CURE OF Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE. Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. PAIN in the right side, under the edge of the ribs, increases on pressure; sometimes the pain is in the left side; the patient is rarely able to lie on the left side; sometimes the pain is felt under the shoulder blade, and it frequently extends to the top of the shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in the arm. The stomach is affected with loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels in general are costive, sometimes alternative with lax; the head is troubled with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy sensation in the back part. There is generally a considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of having left undone something which ought to have been done. A slight, dry cough is sometimes an attendant. The patient complains of weariness and debility; he is easily startled, his feet are cold or burning, and he complains of a prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits are low; and although he is satisfied that exercise would be beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up forti tude enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred where few of them existed, yet examination of the body, after death, has shown the liver to have been extensively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in cases of Ague and Fever, when taken with Quinine, are productive of the most happy results. No better cathartic can be used, preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. We would advise all whe are afflicted with this disease to give them a fair trial. For all bilious derangements, and as a simple purgative, they are unequaled. 'UEWAUJE Ut inilAiivno. The genuine are never sugar coated. Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, with the impression Dr. McLane's Liver Pills. The genuine McLane's Liver Pills bear the signatures of C. McLane and Fleming Bros, on the wrappers. Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name McLanef spelled differently but same pronunciation. February 13 7 ly PROSPECTUS. HAVING met with the encouragement necessary to the enterprise, the undersigned will, at an early day, commence, at CHESTER, S. C., the publication of THE STATE BULLETIN. The STATE BULLETIN will be a weekly newspaper devoted to THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE. The title of the paper lias been selected with special reference to what its editors propose to make its prominent feature?a prompt, reliable bulletin lor all the important and interesting o""niu trpimnirincr within the limits of the State of South Carolina. Our columns will comprise editorials on topics of fresh interest, a complete Local Department, articles on Agriculture, Selected Stories, Racy Correspondence, a melange ot General and Foreigu News, and a variety of instructive matter?in short, everything calculated to render the paper SPRIGHTLY, NEWSY and ENTERTAINING. LETTERS FROM TEXAS AND WASHINGTON. Besides correspondence from other points, our readers will he favored with an occasional letter from our former fellow-citizen, Col. E. C. McLure, of Dallas, Texas, and a graphic letter from the National Capital. With the attractive features enumerated, the editors and proprietors of THE STATE BULLETIN hope, by perseverance and energy, to make the paper a welcome visitor to every nome it reaches. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: ONE COPY, ONE YEAR, $2.00 IN ADVANCE. For a club of eight subscribers, at 81.75 each, an extra copv of the paper will be given. B. McLURE, ) T. W. CLAWSON, Jr.,} Editors. Chester, S. C., February 27, 1870. 9 tf M U m Km lua Banner Package I* tb? * beet celling Stationery Package la the world, Itcnnlain. 24 Sbeeteol Paper, 24 Eaeelope*. Pencil, PenbolJer, Uold.a Pen and a piece of rajueo). Jrjrjfry. Complete lampl* package, witn pair ef elecaat Jtngrared XlauV Silrer Bracelet* (New Style In Hew York), tent by malL poetpald, for Si centa. 5 package*, with Aaaorted Jewelry, ii. YOU BUY. Extraordinary Inducement* toAgenU. J. BRIDE A CO., 297 Broadway, New York. November 21 47 6m BRICKS FOR SALE. 100,000 BRICKS for sale. Applv to " HAPPERFIELD & GRlST. ihe fotMle TERMS?IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year. $ 3 00 One copy, six months 1 60 One copy, three months, 75 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 26 00 i^To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. &3T Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square, for the first insertion, and fifty cents per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven 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. WIL.L.IPORD, FEED AND SALE STABLES. BOCK HILL. 8. C. MORE FINE STOCK! I WOULD respectfully inform i;he public that I have just received FORTY young, fat KENTUCKY MULES, Which are now offered for sale on the most accommodating terms, at my stables in Rock Hill. These mules are all in fine condition, and I am prepared to offer Bargains to all who want FINE FARMING STOCK. I will sell them cheap for cash, or on time, with note and good security. I also have a number of fine SADDLE AND HARNESS HORSES, Which I offer cheap. When you come to Rock Hill, don't fail to call round at WILLIFOKD'S SALK STAHLKS. XI you wish to buy stock I will give Bargains in almost any grade of stock desired; and if you don't want to buy, but have an animal that you wish to swap, come and see me, as I am prepared to exchange on fair terms. A. WILLIFORD. NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY I AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT! PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. ALL families have old Books, Periodicals, Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire to transmit to their posterity. Then HAVE THEM REBOUND! Which will preserve them and make them look almost as well as new. Old Books. Ac., should not only be rebound, butthecurrent literature of the present day should be put in a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done in the shortest possible time, with the best materia], in the most handsome and durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, Stationer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. par- Send in orders at once. February 13 7 tf THE VERY LATEST AND VERY BEST. THE "FAMILY FAVORITE IMPROVED" WEED Sewing- Machine. |- IOHT-RUNNING, Noiseless, no Gears, no I A Cams, no Springs, new ana eiegani. siyies m Woodwork. Simple, Easy to Learn, Requires no Repairs, Instruction Book so plain no other teaching required, largest Shuttle used. If you see it you will buy it. Prices as Low as any First*Class Machine. LATIMER & HEMPHILL, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. February 6 6 tf CLEANSXNGAffD 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 unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of the 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. 1 August 22 34 * tf CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. K ft mibwmK"rj : B u V wMwMm Tho Root family I lie UQOl I UIIIIIJ 1 The "NEW AMERICAN" is easily learrv more work with less labor than any other r application. AGENTS 1 J. S. 1)0 YE Y Manager, G Agent for Yorkville and vicinity, July 18 SERGEANTS GREENSBO ILf AXTTTPAfTTTTRPtRS Ol "TROPIC" COO. T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agent LONDON & IHRIE, Agents, A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McC J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Ches August 2 I MILLS AND MILL MACHINERY. THE undersigned take this method of informing the public, that under the tirm name of WELLS BROTHERS, they are engaged in the MILLWRIGHT BUSINESS, and are prepared to enter into contracts for the building or repairing of MILLS and MILL MACHINERY of every description, from the largest and most complete Flouring Mill, to an ordinary Cotton Screw. Each member of the Arm is a skilful! workman and has had the beneiitof a numberof years' experience. We are, therefore, prepared to guarantee that all work entrusted to us, will beexecuted in a workmanlike manner. By permission, we refer to the following persons, for whom we have worked: W. J. Rainey, Blairsville, S. C.; J. B. A R. M. Whiteside*, Hickory Grove, S. C. ; Majoi^T. P. Whitesides, R. N. McElwee and Elia* Ramsay, Yorkvllie, S. 0.; W. D. Lessley, Clover, 8. C. We are also agents for the sale of "Excelsior Bolting Cloths," and improved Mill Machiner" of every description. Our post office address Antioch, York county, 8. C. W. 8. WELLS, M. R. WELLS, J. W. WELLS. September 26 39 ]y? THE YORK MARBLE YARD7 I AM still conducting the MARBLE BUSINESS in Yorkville, and ain prepared to furnish MONUMENTS, TOMB STONES, or ANYTHING IN MY LINE, as low as the lowest. As an evidence of this, I can furnish Tomb Stones for CHILDREN from $3.00 upward ; for ADULTS, from $8.00 upward. par- Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, ana in point of workmanship and material, equal to the work of any establishment in the country. Specimens always on hand, to an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respectfully Invited. Estimates and other information furnished on application. 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, nr.y determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 2 1 ly ~HOITSE PAI^TUVR. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he has resumed the business of HOUSE PAINTING in all its departments? a trade to which he has served a regular apprenticeship, under a first-class painter,and in which he has had several years' experience. Woi k done in the most durable manner, and at the lowest prices at which it can beaflbraed. MARBLING. GRAINING in imitation of different woods, and all kinds of FINE INTERIOR PAINTING done in as good style as can be done by any painter in this section of the country. I can be seen or addressed at Yorkville, ana will cheerfully make estimates on work in any part of York, or the adjoining counties. References.?As to my skill as a workman, I respectfully refer to the following gentlemen: L. M. Grist, W. A. Moore, Hon. I. D. Witherspoon, A. W. Ingold, J. F. Wallace, Lawson Jenkins, Col. W. H. McCorkle, Dr. H. G. Jackson, Dr. J. F. Lindsay, James L. Clark, James E. Smith, Hon. A. 8. Wallace, Yorkville ; J. 8. R. Thomson, Spartanburg; R. M. Wilson, Gaston; J. A. Brice, Fairfield; J. Harvey 8m<th, Chester. NELSON DAVIE8. July 11 28 ly BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, of every variety; Envelopes, 81ates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. AIbo, 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 BUL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptlv attended to, at lowest cash prices. * E. R. STOKES, 165 Main 8treet Columbia 8. C. August 15 33 tf ROSE'S HOTEL, YORKVILLE, 8. C. THIS H0USE has heen thor* ouglily renovated from cellar to liSKS- garret, and newlv furnished, inWlgfnHB: eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our motto is a full House at a moderate price. / -jl TERMS-11.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially forCommercial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. August 30 34 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 natteringlikenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except small children. June 27 26 tf BOOK BINDING^ FOR the convenience of those having old books which they may wish rebound, we have made arrangements with Mr. E. R. STOKES, bookbinder of Columbia, by which we can receive orders for such work and have it promptly attended to, without subjecting to lurther trouble those entrusting their orders to us. Magazines, Sheet Music, Ac., bound in any style desired. Prices for any style of binding furnished on application at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. February 27 9 tf NOTICE. 1 RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. March 0 10 tf ? v/irrTnin ? U 1 lUCii I AM still Agent for the "American" because it is the best and cheapest Sewing Machine made. J. R. 8CHORB. January 2 1 tf " .. . V; ff. Buy only the ^ NEW W AMERICAN , laSSS! It 18 TUB Mgw Only Sewing Machino WU1CH Via A 111111 ^ ?as 3elf Settin? Needle. HfjffiH Never Breaks the Threai ||g||l Never Skips Stitches. HfRpP* Is the Lightest dunning. The Simplest, the Most Durable, and in Every Respect Sewing Machine! ed, does not get out of order, and will do nachine Illustrated Circular furnished on WANTED. 4 . Charles Street, Baltimore, M<L HUNTER & GATES. iy cMcCAULEY, IRO, C., F THE CELEBRATED KESTG STOVES! PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware And-Irons, and I Castings of al. zinds. Also, on HI 'PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS W&: I and Plow Castings, W M 1 STRAW CUTTERS, aM ?1 Corn Shellers, WW I HORSE POWERS, , Saw Mills, <fcc, a, Yorkville, 8. C. Rock Hill, York county, S. C. bnuellsville, York county, S. C. ter, S. C. 31 tf