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IfaoKmsi Department. |] A LOST HUSBAND. Oue of the officials of Justice Alley was lately waited on by a man who said his name was Smith, and who volunteered the further information that he was about to get married. The only stumbling block was the fact that he would not agree to leave off drinking. He had come to consult His Honor on that point, and see what was advisable. "Well, I'd promise, I guess," replied the Justice. "It is a bad habit, anyhow, and the sooner you break it olf the bgtter." "Well, I guess I will," answered the man, and he went out. In an hour he returned , and said: "What do you think? After I promised that, she wanted me to promise to leave off chawin' tobacker!" "Well, I'd do that, too," said His Honor. "It is another bad habit, and you'll feel all the better for breaking it." Smith went away, and when he returned he looked twice as solemn as a frozen white-fish. "And now she wants me to promise to stop swearin'!" he gasped, as he fell into a chair. "Is she a nice woraau ?" asked His Honor. "She is." "And you truly love her ?" "I do." "Well, then I'd stop swearing. Itisasenseless habit, anyhow, and you Jose nothing by . promising." The man concluded to promise, and departed quite happy ; but when he once more returned, after an interview with the bride elect, he was mad. "There won't be no marriage," he announced, as he sat down and pounded the table. "Why? What now?" "What now? Why, when I promised to stop drinking, quit chawing and leave off" swearing, she said I must promise to clean up, shave and go to church with her!" j "And you won't do it?" , "Judge!" replied Smith, after a struggle with his mental agitation, "do you suppose I ] am going to change myself over to a gentle ( man just for the sake of marrying a forty- j year old widow with a mole on her chin? Never! You can go home! There won't be any splicing to do, and from this time out I'll , drink and chaw and swear around four times ( worser than ever! It's too much?it's the las-: straw on the camel's back!"?Detroit Free Press. , Six Ahead.?Sometime ago, in the southern part of Arkansas, an incident occurred which will be spoken of upon the occasion of every election in that part of the country. Upon the day of the noted event, people in all the townshiDs exhibited their interest bv eoinir early to the polls. Two very prominent men, in a certain county, were candidates for sheriff, and their supporters were.so equally divided that a great concern was felt. Bets were made, fist fights were inaugurated; in fact, everything was engaged in to make the election interesting. About ten o'clock the excitement became so great in one township that a man was selected to ride over to the next township to see who was ahead. The swiftest horse was selected. The man sprang into the saddle and dashed away. The rider was intently watched until out of sight. Then more bets were made as to which of the candidates was ahead. More fist engagements were inaugurated. Finally, the man was seen coming back. He had lost his hat and his long hair streamed out horizontally. "Six ahead! Six ahead!" he shouted, when withiu hearing of the crowd. "Who is six ahead?" demanded several voices. "I'll be dinged if I know," said the man, checking his horse, "but you may bet your life that one of them is six ahead." Duty Done and Conscience Relieved. The other day, over at the Alameda baths, a timid and retiring-looking man waited until the superintendent was disengaged and then said to him: "I do hate to give any one trouble, but have you a long stick or pole of any kiud that you , could lend me ?" "No, sir; I told you so ten minutes ago," snapped the over-driven official. "oo you did," replied the man; "but I thought I'd just ask once more. I guess now I have done my duty in the matter. Don't you think so ?" "What matter? What on earth are you talking about ?" "Why, you see ray mother in law dived off down there at the deep end about an hour ago, and as she hasn't come up yet, I thought I'd like to tell my wife that I had sorter jabbed round on the bottom for her anyway ; but if I can't, why I suppose I can't, that's , all." And pensively writing her address on a tag, the conscientious man walked thoughtfully away.?San Francisco Post. j K3F A former president of a New England ] college, after getting a seat in a horse-car, noticed one of the Freshmen of his college t curled up in front of him and exhibiting obvious sign of vinous exhilaration. A close 1 inspection revealed the fact that the stato of ( inebriety was not hastily put on (like a hat), 1 but had been worn closely (like an undershirt) f for several days. For a few moments the J president surveyed the undergraduate with an ' expression of mingled commiseration and disgust, and finally he exclaimed, "Been on a drunk!" The half-conscious student rallied his straying senses, and with a gleam of good 1 fellow-ship in his eye, somewhat unexpectedly a ejaculated, "So?hie?have I!" c Dr. George C. Loriraer, of Chicago, 1 while pastor in a Southern State, was called ' to perform a marriage ceremony in a poor ? white settlement. After the knot was tied, 1 the mother of the bride placed before the v guests refreshments in the form of rye whisky. F Dr. Loriraer, by virtueof his office as a Christian minister, remonstrated with her for thus e starting in life the new couple. The mother, a a large woman, about a foot taller than the * doctor, placing her arms akimbo and looking c him straight in the eye, said : "Look ayere, ^ Mister Preacher, ver kim yere to marry this v yere couple ; you've married this yere couple, ^ now git!" j; IKaf Old Dick Hargood married a second J wife the day after the funeral of the first, a whereat the neighbers serenaded him with tin c pans, horse-fiddles and yells to signify their p indignation. Dick stood it as long as he 1 could, and then went forth and spoke thus : t "Boys, if you care nothing for the joys of a p bridegroom, I think you ought to respect the s feelings of a widower, the late partner of whose bosom is yet hardly cold in the grave." The boys were stunned, and silently departed, a BSF" A Western man, having lost his wife, p was accosted by a sympathizing friend, who fc remarked upon his woe-begone appearance, s "Well, I guess you would look thin, too," was s tho mp'rtTifihoIv rejoinder, "if vou had to eet! n up before daylight, make th?fires, draw water,'t split wood, and feed the cattle, all before , n breakfast. I just tell you what it is, if I j b don't get somebody to fill poor, dear, sainted y Maria's place, I will be resting by her side j ti before many weeks are passed." b It being agreed among a party of twelve ' that a disputed question should be settled by j the opinion of the majority, the six ladies ex-; pressed themselves opposed to the six gentle- . men, and claimed the victory. A gentleman objected to this, as the number of votes was ? equal, saying, "They are half and half." J. "True," said a witty one, "but we are the better halves." * Longphiz is inclined to low spirits at t times. Ju one of these spells, the other day, i t he grumbled, "This is a dreary world ; that's s one reason I hate doctors; they helped to bring v me into it." Here he stopped, but brighten- j t ing up a little a moment later, he added ;, I "However, they help us out of it in the end ; t So they are not so had, after all." , r IfisttUiWcousi Reading. I WISHING. Of all amusements of the mind, From logic down to fishing, There is not one that you can find So very cheap as wishing:? A very choice diversion, too, If we but rightly view it, And not, as we are apt to do, Pervert it and abuse it. I wish?a common wish, indeed? My purse was somewhat fatter, That I might cheer the child of need, And not my pride to flatter; That I might make oppression reel, As gold can only make it. And break the tyrant's rod of steel, A a trnld ran onlv hrflftk it. I wish that sympathy, and love, And every human passion, That has its origin above, Would come and keep in fashion; That scorn, and jealousy, and hate, And every base emotion, Were buried fifty fathoms deep Beneath the waves of ocean. I wish that friends were always true, And motives always pure; I wish the good were not so few, I wish the bad were fewer; I wish that persons ne'er forgot To keep their pious teachings ; I wish that practicing was not w So different from preaching. I wish that modest worth might be Appraised with truth and candor; I wish that innocence were free From treachery and slander; I wish that maids their vows would mind, That women ne'er were rovers ; I wish that wives were always kind, And husbands always lovers. I wish, in fine, that joy and mirth, And every good ideal, May come erewhile throughout the earth To be the glorious real, Till God shall every creature bless With bissnnremest blessing, And hope be lost in happiness, ADd wishing be possessing. Chinese Traits.?Rev. O. C. Wheeler, of San Francisco, has delivered a fiery lecture jgainst the Chinese. He has discovered some peculiar traits in the Chinese mode of robbing hen-roosts. "One morning, about two o'clock?it was very dark?a policeman passing along I street in the Chinese settlement, heard, as he thought, a rooster crow on the roof of a house. The noise attracted his attention and he cautiously reconuoitered. He soon discover d a Chinaman standing up against a chimney on the top of a house, and watched him. It was not long before the Chiuamau, peering into the dark in various directions and findiug, as he supposed, the coast all clear, stepped- lightly away from the chimney, slapped his arms against his sides and crowed so very like a cock that the head of a flock in a neighboring roost answered with a real crow. Then another, farther off, hearing him, responded, and others, more distant still, took up the refrain, until every gallant chauticleer, for miles around, had given oral testimony to the elegance of his manners. The thieves knew the neighborhood, even the premises where chickens were kept, but did not know the particular spot where the owner had secreted them. The programme was this: "A dozen or two of them, more or less, went, each with a dark lantern, stationed in different portions of the town, in neighborhoods where chickens were known to be kept The cocks that 'fell in' to the chorus, whose key-note was given by the Chinaman on the house-top, unwittingly disclosed to the watching thieves the exact places where they and their families had been secreted for the night, and thus enabled the thieves to easily secure and carry them to Chinatown to give cheer to empty stomachs." A Pleasant Remedy for Toothache.? "Our cook," says T. C. Osborn, M. D, of Greensboro, Alabama, "presented herself to me with a swollen cheek, asking for something to relieve the toothache, from which she had been suffering all night, and for which she reC x- l_ xL- x .1. _?.x A? *i tusea lu imve uie iuum uauwicu, n> mtiu was nothing of the usual kind on hand, I was on the point of telling her to call later at my office, or go to the dentist, when it occurred to my mind that there was in the house a vial of compound tincture of benzoin, which I had been using upon a young mother as a protection against sore nipples. After cleansing the decayed tooth I saturated a pledget of cotton liut with the tincture and packed it well into the cavity, hoping that this would suffice for the time, and bidding her come back in two or three hours, if she was not relieved. I was turning away when she remarked that it might not be necessary, perhaps, as the paiu was en tirely gone. Supposing her faith had a large share in the relief, I would not allow myself to think that the medicine had anything to do tvith the cure, any more than so much hot water would have done. But when I arrived it ray office, there were two other patients iwaiting me with the same affliction, and I determined, by way of experiment, to use the same remedv. To my agreeable surprise both latients declared themselves immediately reieved and begged a vial of the tincture for uture use. During the winter, a number of similar cases applied and were instantly reieved by the name treatmeut, all expressing nuch satisfaction with the remedy. In De;eraber, I told the druggist of the discovery, ind recommended him to sell it to any person 'PPlying for 'tooth drops.' This he reports le has done, a id that every one seems deighted with the medicine."?Baltimore Pracitioner. Gen. Gary and the Radicals.?A proranent Republican, and one whose opinions md influence in the party is worthy of speial consideration, stated yesterday in our iflBce that the choice of the Republicans of his State, if they were to choose among the democracy a candidate for Governor, would >e decidedly in favor of Gen. Gary, and that n case he is the Democratic nominee he rould be universally supported by the colored >eople. Gar , he says, will faithfully keep lis promises, the people have faith in his hon sty, and he has never been identified with j my of the outrages perpetrated in this State ! or the advancement of his party. The coined people do not believe Gary the rash man le is pictured as being by his own party, and vhichwasonl) done to do him injury, and) lis opponents have a great respect for his ; ipenness of word and expression. He said urther, that even if not nominated by the democratic Convention, if he were to run as m Independent candidate, that upon his recird and from the confidence that the colored >eople have that he has the courage and fearessuess to do v. hatever he says, that he would iring out the colored vote, and that many j irorainent Republicans in the State are of the ame opinion.?Beaufort News {Radical.) Ii>le Bo s.-?Idleness is the mother of vice, ,nd a boy who is allowed to grow up in idleless is pretty sure to be a vicious man. The ' larents of such boys have a fearful responsi- j lility resting upon them, when they let their ons run about at late hours of the night, in-1 tead of keeping them at home reading good j lewspapers arid books, and training them in- j o moral habits so as to become respectable ! aen, instead of idlers, rum drinkers, gam- j lers and loafers, which is sure to be the case ! nth the night runners and day idlers, then | be responsibilities are increased. Give the oys plenty to do, and you will preserve their aorals. Better a tired boy than a vitiated | lind. How They Hucjoed a Pair of Wasps. 1 L Cheyenne man will bet on anything. Two f'em put up five dollars apiece on a wager ! hat one could hold a wasp in his hand longer han the other could, and the fellow who ubbed chloroform on his hand expected to nil, but the other fellow happened to know hat male wasps don't sting, and got one of hat sex, and they grabbed their wasps aud at and smiled at each other while the crowd , wondered, until the chloroform had evapora-1 ed, and then ihe fellow who used it, suddenly et go of his wasp and let the audience into , he secret of how to SWC^r the shingles off the oof.?Boston Post. I fading fat the JWatb. CONDUCTED BY HEV. ROBERT LATHAN. CHRISTIAN LOVE. Iu one of the Sunday school publications, Christian love, or charity, is represented hy the figure one, and the other Christian graces as ciphers, adding to the value of the figure one, but nothing without it. This is simply an arithmetical statement of the assertion of the Apostle, "Though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mystery and knowledge, aud though I have all faith, and have not charity, I am naught." How different is the estimate of the Apostle from what prevails now. Every Christian grace is preferred to Christian love. Every Christian qualification brings its possessor more praise aud glory than Christian love. The Apostle Paul, in commending love, or charity, the most L- bl? tKo /tAmmnn i nrl/v mon f nf nigmy, uiueieu jiuiij n.? the Church dow. But Paul does not differ from Peter in this. As Paul places lore above faith and hope, so Peter makes it the very crown of the Christian character, beyond Christian manliness and patience and godliness, the last aud hardest to be obtained. And observation confirms the statement of the Apostle. Christian love is the last grace acquired by the believer, the fruit that ripens last on the tree of grace. If what has been said is true, adults need to study the next Sabbath Bchool lesson more than children. Christiau love is less prized and least possessed. There are few churches but would be benefitted by a series of sermons on the thirteenth chapter of first Corinthiaos. And the number of preachers capable of unfolding its meaning in all its fullness and completeness, is smaller than those who can expound Paul's argument on justification by faith alone, or his presentation of the doctrine of God's election to life. And an exposition of the doctrine of Christian love, however able, would be generally less appreciated thau an exposition of other doctrines of our religion. Indeed, so low is love in the apprehension of many, that* the doctrine of Christian love doe9 not seem to most to be a fundamental doctrine of our faith. The thirteenth chap ter of First Corinthiau9 is to them a beautiful poem rather than a logical exposition of Christian duty, incumbent upon all. Yet such i9 its character. The Apostle, in this chapter, first states the absolute necessity of this grace. Without it all gifts and graces, eloquence, prophecy, knowledge, faith, the benevolence of the philanthropist, the constancy of the martyr, are nothing. Christian love is essential. He who lacks it lacks everything. He who has everything else and has it not, has nothing. The Apostle supports this sweeping assertion with thirteen reasons drawn from the fruits or effects of Christiau love, without whiyh true religion cannot exist. Christian love is the mother of Christian patience and forbearance aud gentleness. It excludes envy and jealousy. It forbids pride and ostentation. It prohibits Belf conceit and commands modesty aud humility. It requires the performance of all that is seemly. It encourages unselfishness. It banishes resentment and anger. It does uot devise, imagine or impute evil to others. It rejoices in righteousness. It endures patiently the wrongs of life and time. It does not suspiciously and malignantly surmise evil, but supposes good intentions in others. It hopes even against hope for others, and it hears up constantly under troubles, trials and temptations. Who that has these fruits of love will not be reckoned a believer! Aud who that has them not will enter heaven, where they prevail in the greatest abundance? As the tree falls so it will lie. Character is not changed by the dissolution of the body. The evil are still evil, the righteous rignteous, and the holy holy. The unloving will he still unloving, but heaven is the abode of love. ?jducation in Christian love i9 the best education for heaven. And so the Apostle shows in the latter part of the chapter that love is greatest because it lasts the longest. Human eloquence will be lost amid the superhuman gifts of angels, and human acquirements in knowledge will vanish as the light of a candle in the glare of the sun ; as the boasted achievements of the child are put away as nothing worth by the man. Love is greater j than prophecies, tongues, knowledge, faith*, hope. \Ve think that the Christian battle is to he fought with eloquence and tact aud won with perseverance and industry. The church that has most of these, the best preacher, the most liberal and earnest members, will be the most likely to succeed. But "we do not war after the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal." It is not by great energy aud industry alone that we are to gain the victory?not by denunciation aud anger that we are to win and triumph over evil. Our sword is the Bible. Our defensive armor consists of truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, faith, salvation, gentleness, meekness, patience, love. Ignoble weapons are these esteemed by many, incompetent to achieve great results; but they are mighty in our spiritual warfare to the pulling down the strongholds of Satan. NAME OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN. Oberlin, the well-known philanthropist of Steinthal, while yet a candidate for the ministry, was traveling, on one occasion, from Strasburg. It was in the winter time. The ground was deeply covered with snow, and the roads were almost impassable. He bad reached the middle of his journey and was among the mountains, but by that time he was so exhausted that he could not stand up any longer. He was rapidly freezing to death. Sleep overcame him ; all power to resist it left him. He commended himself to God, and yielded to what he felt to be the sleep of death. He knew not how long he slept, butsuddenly became conscious of some one rousing and waking him up. Before him stood a wagon driver, in his blue blouse, and the wagon not far away. He gave him a little wine and food, and the spirit of life returned. He then helped him on the wagon and brought him to the next village. The rescued man was profuse in his thanks, and offered money, which his benefactor refused. "It is only a duty to help one another," said the wagouer, "and it is the next thing to an iusult to offer a reward for such a service." "Then," replied Oberlin, "at least tell me your name, that I may have you in thankful remembrance before God." "T see." said the wacroner. "that vou are a ' t ? " minister of the gospel; please tell me the name of the good Samaritan ?" "That," said Oherlin, "I cannot do, for it was not put on record." "Then," said the wagoner, "until you can ! tell me his name, permit rae to withhold mine." j Soon he had driven out of sight and Ober- ! lin never saw him again. Is it not a principal charm about the story 1 of the good Samaritan that there is no name given, no clue to any person, nothing by j which to locate the generous hand that did ! the deed, except the generous spirit which i prompted it? If you feel prompted to an unnoticed act of j kindness, do not hold back because it will be I unnoticed ! Ask yourself?What is the name j of the good Samaritan??8. W. Presbyterian.! - ? Prayer a Telephone.?Prayer is a telephone by which God speaks to man. His ! heaven is far away, but his voice sounds in ' our soul. Prayer is a phonograph : God speaks into our soul, and then our soul speaks out again what the Lord has spoken. Conversation must always be two-sided. God speaketh to us in this book?we must reply to him in prayer and praise. If you do not pray, my brother, why, then, you have shut i the gates of heaven against yourself, and there is neither coming in or going out be- j tween you and your Lord; prayer keeps up a heavenly commerce acceptable to God and enriching to your own souls.?Spurgeon. I lite Jfatttt and (fireside. ROTATION OF CROPS. The continuous cultivation of the same plant on the same soil, iB a violation of the primordial law of Nature, which,., sooner or later, she never fails to reseut, as may be seen in the exhausted, hedge grown, barren fields in the older States. We are indebted to Professor Stelle, of Alabama, for calling attention to a French writer who, half a century siuce, demonstrated this natural law of rotation in terms as clear as they are interesting. In 1825 Dureau de la Maila called the attention of scientific people to the phenomenon of natural rotation in uncultivated plants. From long observation of what takes place in woods and pasture lands, be established the fact that an alteration of growth, as he called it, occurs as a natural phenomenon, ' - - - * - ? I 1-4. tne grasses getting ine upper uuuu ul uue time aud the legumes at another ; so that in the course of thirty years he was a witness of five or six such alterations. In woodlands, as is well known, a similar phenomenon is observable. The writer just referred to relates how, after the felling of timber in forests of a particular district of France, broom, fox glove, heatb, birch trees and aspens spring up, replacing the oaks, beech and the ash felled by the woodmau. After thirty years the birch and poplars were felled in their turn. Still, very few of the original possessors of the soil, the oaks, &c., made their appearance. The ground was still occupied with young birch and poplar. It is not till after the repetition of the coppicing? after an interval of. ninety years?that the oaks and beech reconquer their original position. They retain it for a time, and then the struggle begins again. Antiquarian researches have proved also that in the natural state of things, and without any violent change in external couditions, the nature of forests become altered. The Hercynian forests, of which Ctesar speaks, and which then consisted of deciduous-leaved trees, are now made up principally of conifers. A forest which in the middle ages was of Leech, is now stocked with oak, and vice versa. Again, we have evidence afforded by submerged forest and peat bogs, according to which certain plants, now extinct in particular localities, oDce flourished there. We are not alluding to plants that may have acquired a different climate from what they now experience, but to such cases as the silver fir, the Scotch fir (Pinus muglius), <fcc., which are found in a partially fossilized condition in spots where there is appareuly nothing to prevent them from growing now; where, in fact, they do grow well when planted. Foresters in all parts of the world are well aware of these facts, and botanists watch with interest the appearance of a different vegetatiou whenever some accideut has interfered with previously exciting conditions. When wood8 are cut down, when soil from a depth is laid on the surface, when extensive fires occur, when lakes are drained ; in fact, when any sudden afteraction takes place in external circumstances, then we may expect to find a corresponding change in the vegetation. Oue set of plants profit by the change ; another suffers. It may be asked, "Where do the new arrivals come from ?" Sometimes, no doubt, the seeds, wafted from a distance, germinate. This is, perhaps, more especially the case with the spores of fungi, whose extreme minuteness favor their dispersion in this way. But it often happens the facts of the case will not admit of such an interpretation, and then we can only fall back on the supposition that the seeds or bulbs existed in the soil, but under circumstances not favorable to their development. This is the case we know of so far as relates to the pine country of the lower South. When we have felled the pine forest, the land at ouce grows up in oaks, and the people wouder-Unw the oaks got there so soon. A careful examination of the undisturbed pine forest will explain. All over it you will find low oak runners held down by the pines. Remove the pines and up comes the oaks ahead of all new pine growths, simply for the reason that the land was entirely ready for such a rotation. The rotation would eventually have come of itself. Our farm operations are merely an insignificant imitation of nature's work in the woods. If nature demands a rotation in the growth of her forests, then she also demands as much* for our crops, and when ? * J a 1 J we decline to accede 10 inese uenmuus, we are endeavoring to drive our work directly against nature, which means working greatly to our disadvantage all the time. It is like pulling a boat up stream against the current of a rapid river, when it would serve our purpose equally as well to go down.? Cincinnati Times. Diversity of Crops.?A diversity of crops is what is most needed, yet Southeru farmers show an almost invincible repugnance to making cotton a secondary crop, and protest that it is the only crop they can readily convert into money. So long as cotton is made the paramount crop, at the sacrifice of bread and meat, the South must pay tribute to the Northwest, and use the proceeds of the cotton crop in purchasing those necessaries, by which process it can add little or nothing toils permanent wealth, or accumulated capital. It is with nations as it is with individuals, not what they produce, but what they save, which euriches - 'OL- i J: i?.j mem. ine OOUlll una uiairganicu nuu uunu iu the face of this axiomatic principle of political economy, and made cotton only to enrich distant communities. How much of the proceeds of the cotton crop remains in the hand of the producer after he pays off the debts fb cur red in producing it? It is precisely this surplus that adds to his permanent wealth, and constitutes the stock of the accumulated capital of the South. After paying for the corn, flour, meat, mules, horses, wagons, and farming implements consumed and employed in the production of the crop of 1879, nine farmers out of ten, taken indiscriminately, will find themselves drained of their money, and unable to "turn a wheel" towards making another crop without getting advances from the factors. When to Sell.?The producer will profit more in the end by realizing, upon the earliest opportunity, a fair remuneration for his products and making immediate use of the money they bring, rather than holdiug op for a speculative rise, running the risk of a heavy fall and losing the use of the money in the meantime. An exchange relates the case of a farmer who made it a rule to turn his crops into cash as soon as they were ready for the market, whatever the price might be. Sometime he lost, but more frequently gained, and an experience of thirty years convinced him that he had made no mistake in adhering to the rule. This case can doubtless be offset with innumerable instances where farmers, by waiting one, two or three months later, have realized extraordinary profits. But no roan's experience is uniform in that direction ; and it is true of speculation in the products of the farm as it is true of speculation in Wall street; the proportion of those who fail is ninety to every ten who succeed. Farm Accounts?Perhaps farming does not pay. If so, let us see just how much it lacks. It is a good plan to keep a diary or farm j journal. It takes but a few minutes time ! each day to write down the more important events as they transpire. It will keep the fin-1 gers limber so that it will not seem so difficult! a matter to write an occasional letter to a friend, or to pen a few thoughts upou the topics to be be discussed at the next meeting of the farmer's club. A journal is like good I wine ; it improves by age, and the longer it j is kept the better it becomes, now many disputes have been settled beyond question by reference to an accurately kept daily record. And while you are about it, get a hook for each of your children and teach them the .habit of keeping a journal, and especially ! an account of their personal expenses. We have said that we should not fear to trust any young man who had acquired the habit of keeping an account of his personal expenses, aud we believe it a safe rule, with very few exceptions. THE YOKK^LLE ENQUIRER FOR 1880. PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. 1 Seventy-Seven Prizes to be awarded to Subscribers. REDUCTION IN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. TEBHS OF SISSCRIfTi09-FREE OFF OSTABE. Having perfected arrangements for reducing me expense 01 puniicauon uurmgine year ioou, we have determined to give our subscribers a share of the benefits, and "nnounce the following reduced rates, to yearly subscribers?subscriptions, in all eases, to be paid in advance: Single copy, one year $2 50 Three copies, one* year, 6 00 Teu copies, one year 20 00 And an extra cony to the person securing a club of ten names ana paying the subscriptions on the same in advance. PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. In order that our subscribers may have the opportunity of receiving Prizes, we have determined to distribute the following articles by lot, at 10 o'clock A. M., on the FIRST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER, 1880: THREE Weed Sowing Machines?fancy half case, with drop leaf and two drawers, the retail price of each of which is $50. TWO No. 8 Tropic Cooking Stoves, with fixtures complete, the retail price of each of which is $25. SEVENTY-TWO Four-bladed buckhorn handle Pocket-Knives, manufactured by William Thomas Staniforth, of Sheffield, England, the retail price of each of which is $1.50. The Sewing Machines and Stoves are fully described elsewhere in this prospectus. The Knives will be manufactured by the celebrated cutler. William Thomas Staniforth, Sheffield. England, and imported to our order expressly for this purpose by Messrs. Hart <fe Co., hardware importers, of Charleston. The cutlery made by Stanifnrth is of the best quality, ana wherever used gives universal satisfaction. This knife, made to our order, is of convenient pocket-size, contains two large and two small blades, is made of the best materials, finished in a superior manner, and is warranted to be equal to any pocket knife that usually retails in tlio stores at 31.50. In the distribution of the above Prizes, the following plan will be observed: The names of all persons who pay for one year's subscription, whether in a club at 32, or as a single subscriber at 82.50, between this date and the first Saturday of October, 1880, will be printed on slips and placed in envelopes of uniform size and deposited in a cylinder prepared for the pnrppso. Slips of paper of uniform size, to the number of seventyseven?one for each prize?enclosed in siraifar envelopes, will also be placed in another cylinder, with the words "Sewing Machine" printed on threeof them; "Cooking Stove" on two; and "Pocket Knife" on seventy-two of them. On the day designated, after thoroughly mixing the envelopes ill each cylinder by revolving the same, an envelop will be taken from each cylinder, and the name of the person drawn from the cylinder containing the names, will be entitled to the Prize drawn immediately succeeding from the Prize cylinder. The cylinders will be revolved and the envelopes containing the numbers and names thoroughly mixed preceding each drawing. The drawing will be conducted by three responsible and reliable citizons, and the opportunity afforded for any suhscriher to be present who may desire to do so. The result of the drawing will be published in the Enquirer of the succeeding week, acconipaniod by a statement as to the fairness of the drawings and awards. Persons subscribing for the Enquirer and having the paper sent to other addresses than their own, shall he entitled to the advantages offered by the prize drawing, provided they give notice previous to the drawing that such is their desire. Subscribers who securethe Sewing Machines or Cooking Stoves, will have them shipped to their order at their expense for freight; the Sewing Machines from New York, and the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C. The PocketKnives will be delivered at our publication office, or sent by mail at our expense, at the risk of those entitled to receive them; or they will be sent in registered package on receipt of 10 cents to pay the registration fee. All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. January 2 tf THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD. THE Family Favorite Improved Weed. These Machines have been remodeled and Improved until they are almost perfect in all respects. The parts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forgings. Every Machine sold by us will be fully warranted. Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either for Cash or on Time until the first of November next. W. G. REID <* CO., Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, S. C. February 19 8 tf r* I W " # a . 'is S^'3V.??k3K | stai Running r?aal ||-| Iew/IHERIUH jf|f ^,5 ? 5mSg[ji[dfliine p5c? J? The BesnrytheWoHd, c^(P E^iSSlgmE| Vented ^SBSS* ? LmJ BALTIMOREjM 0.7 Iwmb THE AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE IS as good, as any on the market. The ladies like it and recommend it. For sale by KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON. STATE OF SOl/TH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK?COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. Rufus G. Whitesides, Plaintiff, against Joseph M. Whitesides, Thomas D. Whitesides and Margaret J. McGill,heirs-at-law of Edward G. Whitesides, deceased, Defendants.? Summons for Relief.?Complaint not served. To the Defendant, Thomas D. Whitesides. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said county and State, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscribers at their office, in Yorkville, S. Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaintwithin the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated York C. H., March 9, 1880. WITHERSPOON & SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorneys. March 11 11 6t GARRY IRON RO?F^^^^ and Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, CliEVEli A, TJX), OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. 1 February 26 . 9 ly ROSE'S HOTEL, YOKKVILLE, S. C. a THIS HOUSE has been ibor- ; Jfe oughly renovated from cellar to . jHj, J1}garret, and newly furnished, in- , eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT : SPRING REDS. In view of the times, our motto is n full House at a moderate price. ; TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially for Commercial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. , rPHE "liriLLIAXlSTON PESfALE fOLLEQE, I J. At W J? JU CI*ou*A, llaaaar otJ* iu ttnitttLlMtpaiaauM/wlab u aaaan lar Uleir da>(hun, tl MaocahU nut/pjr&aruafkuu/xmmtlrtal call*. i ?liuo at lh.irAhj.ical, hulWladJ/jo'nufal.p^h/u la coadnclaj M j ?hal ia called hL "OxY-SttthfyVfaM.tfJC/Hixt-Axxokl. Cocaad or Studt ; tailbj a lu ?? una j ara nada itiuVlo.ej^^^V^lnjKiJJlSipreT. ihrir pd.lkjea lU CoyrwfJLla.lA illf&flrJupit* j\aa)A la JHrtr-CIa*. Female Catlcfta , lit oar exMdliJXtak&ryfat, *rVur?.(^JU?.r.hip in iu Tanoua daparUDeata . rr/wjjii a6T Yiliuyrua nue to aar. aftAt,\Kik aataril War Vntuu Parvual fa.Tcaaa, *ca . tally tipl?a?>Vwr nav Catslofat. hand tot oat, and uajala* U. haa??iaa<ilunii?aiiaaiuilii1iiwama? a. Xf August 21 34 lyeaw SERGEANT ?S GREEXSBO MANUFACTURERS 01 "TROPIC" coo: 2 T. M. DOBSON, Agent, York' LONDON & IHRIE, Agents, A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McC J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Chei ADVANCE IN PRICES OP PIANOS. * I DIDN'T WE TELL YOU SO ? AND IT IS NOT HIGH WATER YET. THIRD AND LAST CALL. i Piano manufacturers have raised prices on us three times in as many months, but we have, nevertheless, held to our old selling rates through it all. We intended to fight it out on that line, but the last ditch is close by?it's a deep one?and we have surrendered. Five large manufacturers have to-day notified us of a fourth advance and another likely to follow April 1. They claim the following advance in cost of production: Labor, 15 to 25 per cent. Rosewood 15 per cent. Iron, 150 M i Varnish, 25 " Pinelumb'r,25 " Glue, 15 " Hard "20 " [ Hardware, 100 " To sell longer at old rates involves direct loss. We, therefore, must announce upon our MATHUSHEK, SOUTHERN GEM and FAVORTTR PTANOS an advance of 810 to 835 per style. CHICKERING Pianos will be advanced, April 1st, $25 on each style. THIS IS NOT THE WORST OF IT. Materials and labor are still going np. Immense strikes among piano makers are in progress. Manufacturers are months behind orders. America's factories can't supply half the pianos wanted. Large advances are yet to come. BE WISE IN TIME. Buy now and save twenty-five per cent. Those who wait for a decline will get tired. It will be years before old prices rule again. Those who need pianos within the next two years should buy as soon as possible. ORGANS Have not advanced, but we can't tell what day they, too, will rise. The yeast is working, and they can't be kept down. Send your order now. Present prices are not guaranteed for even ten days alter this date, March 10, 1880. LUDDEN St. BATES, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, WHOLESALE PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS. February 19 38 9m BEST IM THE WORLD l " 1. Bl-Carb Soda Is of a lightly dirty white color. It may appear white, examined by itself, bnt a COMPARISON WITH CHURCH Sc CO.'S "ARM AND HAIRHIER" BRAND will show the difference. See that jronr Baking Soda la white and I'TiRK, as should be ALL SIMILAR SVBSTANCES nMd for food A pimple but severe test of the comparative value ot different brands of Boda is to dissolve a dessert spoonful of each kind with about s pint 01 (h?t preferred) In clear glasses, stirring until all is thoroughly dissolved. The deleterious insoluble matter in the inferior Boda will be shown after settling some twenty minutes or sooner, by the milky appearance or the solution and the quantity of floating flocky matter tocording to quality. Be snre and ask for Chnrch & Co.'e Sods and see that their name ia on the package and you will get the purest and whitest made. The use ot this with sour milk, iu preference to Ra H^ jruwuer, saves twenty times lis cost. See one pound package for valuable Information and read carefully. SHOW THIS TO YOUR GROCER. January 15 3 4m THE BICKFORD AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER. ?ial If 2 3 2 q 3? fr*K g 13 a.5?"?-2? i| \ ?r& ?s??||- ij \ gq-? -SS^S-? if !!! I BBB 3; -O ? ?"B<! C j ^1 * p Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it; ihapes all sizes complete. Knits over 50different garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins, wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent, profit in manufacturing knit goods. Farmers can ;reble the value of their wool, by converting it nto knit goods. Agents wanted in every State, County, City and rown, to whom very low prices will be made. For full particulars and lowest prices for the i Dest Family Machine, send to j BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., i Brattleboro, Vt. i February 28 9 ly c McCAULEY, (RO. N. C., ? THE CELEBRATED KING STOVES! PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware And-Irons and Castings of all kinds. Also, on 'PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS H STRAW CUTTERS, HORSE POWERS, Saw Mills, 4c. inlle, S. C. Rock Hill, York county, S. C. Jonnell8?ille, York county, o. C. iter, S. C. G. H. 0>LEAR?~ SADDLERY DEPARTMENT. SHAVE a number of Saddles of my own manufacture, which were made before the recent vance in leather, and which I will sell at the old price. Now is the time to buy. G. H. 0'LEAHY. HARNESS, BRIDLES, &C. BUGGY and Carriage Harness, Riding and Hind Bridles, Halters, Collars, Whips, Plow Backhands, Hamee, Trace Chains, Saddle Blankets, etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'S. FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. I AM constantly receiving new goods in the Furniture Department, in all its branches. Call and see me; I never fail to please and seldom fail to sell. G. H. O'LEARY. CLOCKS. SETH THOMAS' one and eight-day Clocks for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. JUST ARRIVED. SOME handsome new CHAMBER SUITS, latest styles, at lowest living prices. Call and see them. Also, some Ratan Chairs, exceedingly pretty and quite new in this market. Constantly on hand, wardrobes, Bureaux. Washstands, Cane and Ratan Rockers, Chairs or various styles, and a new supply of Pictures. / G. H. O'LEARY. COOKING STOVES. THE IroD King and Elmo Cooking 8toves on band and for sale. Any piece of these Stoves replsiced when worn out, or any of the pieces of the fifty different styles of the Charles Noble 4 Company Manufacture of Stoves, can be had by calling at G. H. O'LEARY'S. BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES. BEDSTEADS, handsome and plain, to suit all classes. Mattresses cheap, at GEORGE H. O'LEARY'S. ^ &X NARRC W GAUGE^AnTROADr <?*? yrf la SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE,) York ville, S. C.t June 3, 1879. j ^ THE following Schedule will take effect on this road from and after this day: GOING NORTH. *? Leave Chester at 2.00 P. M. Leave Lowrysville at 2.3ft P. M. Leave McConnellsvilleat 3.00 P. M. Leave Guthriesville at 3.15 P. M. Arrive at York villa at 3.50 P. M. Leave Yorkvllleat 4.00 P. M. Leave Clover at 4.45 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at 4.56 P. M. Leave Crowders Creek at 5.05 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.20 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 5.40 P. M. Leave Gastonia at .6.00 P. M. Arrive at Dallas at 6.20 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave Dallas at 6.00 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 6.20 A. M. Leave Gastonia at 6,40 A. M. < Lecve Pleasant Ridge at 7.00 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 7.15 A. M. Leave Bowling Green at 7.25 A. M. Leave Clover at... .7.40 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 8.20 A. M. Leave Yorkville'at 8.30 A. M. Leave Guthriesville at 1 9.05 A* M. Leave McConnellsville at .9.25 A. M. Lea ve Lowrysville at 9.45 A. M. Arrive at Chester at 10.20 A. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. J .ine 5 23 tf ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LIKE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. X Atlanta, Ga., December 29tb, 1879. -a CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after January 1st, 1880, trains will run on this road ay follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 11.37, A. M. I^eave 11.38, A. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, A. M., Leave 2.17., A. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 1.08, A. M., Leave 1.09, A. M. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia. 2.45, P. M., 'Leave 2.58, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 7.16. A. M., Leave 7.30, A. M. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. ? (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia. 5.66, A. M., .Leave 5.55, A. M. (we8tward.) Arrive at Gastonia. 6.00, P. M., Leave 5.00, P. M. Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points. Through Tickets an sale at Greenville and Spartanburg to all points East and West. G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager. W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. A Ticket Agent. January 1 1 tf "NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY! AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT! ; PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AN? MUSIC. ALL families have old Books. Periodicals, Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire to trausmit to their posterity. Then ^ HAVE THEM REBOUND! Which will preserve them and make them look almost as well as now. Old Books, <ftc., :;hould not only be rebound. but thecurrent literature of the present day should bo r?ut in a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done in the sbortjst possible time, with the best material, in the most handsome and durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. tt. STOKES. ^ Stationer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA., H. C. Send in orders at once. GEORGE T. SCHORR. PHOTOGRAPHER, CHESTKll, S. CAROLINA. PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and pains taken to please every customer. Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, as low as can be done in any city, North or South. Have on hand a fine selection'of CHURCH AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered very cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be firstCl&dS* f Cull and see for yourselves, at the PHOTO- ^ GALLERY, opposite the "Cotton Hotel." Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions, Advertisements and orders for Job Work for the Yorkville Enquirer. , . GEORGE T. SCHORB. .. ; 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 ubiects, except small children. February 13 7 tf NOTICE. J I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears ?nd other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, Jo cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, IC cents each, and iatisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber,