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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
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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
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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
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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.!
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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. ,
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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:
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T. M. DOBSON, Agent, York'
LONDON & IHRIE, Agents,
A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McC
J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Chei
ADVANCE IN PRICES
OP
PIANOS.
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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.
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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
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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,