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Iliimatous fqrattmejrt. | LINES TO THE FIRST FLY. Dance on my nose with your tickling feet, Blue bottle fly ! Sing in my ears with your buzz to greet Me, as I lie. You will seek me out in my dark retreat, With an eager zeal that no scream can beat, And I try to slap you clear into the sweet, Sweet by-and-bye. I haven't seen you since last year, late, Little house fly; And I see you now with the bitterest hate You can defy. Oh, how I hate you, nobody knows, Author ol halt ot my summer woes, Oh, how I prayed that you might be froze, Villainous fly. All through the winter you did not freeze, Not much, Mary ADn ! Now all the summer you'll do as you please, That is your plan. When, in the warm afternoons, we would sleep, Near us your wakefulest vigils you'll keep ; Precious is sleeping, but waking is cheap, Sleep man, if you can. Oh, how I wish that my two broad hands, Spread left and right, Stretched from the poles to Equator's bands. Giants of might. Some summer day in my wrath I would rise, Sweeping all space with my hands of size, And smash all the uncounted millions of flies Clear out of sight. Vain are my wishes, oh, little house fly, You're hard to smash ; Strong men may swear and women may cry, Teething their gnash; But into the house your friends you'll lug, You'll bathe your feet in the syrup jug, And your cares you'll drown in the baby's mug, Cheeky and brash. Still, precious lessons, dear little house fly, You teach to me : Hated or loved, you toll me that I Happy may be. Why should I care, when I tickle a nose, Whether its owner's conduct shows TJhat he likes it or hates it, just so it goes Pleasant to me! This line should read, "Gnashing their teeth," but a little poetic license was necessary to bring in the rhyme. ?[Burlington Hawkeye. ike and The mule. Old Isaac Saunders has just been arraigned before the court on a charge of embezzling a mule from the Church. Ike had been assigned to circuit work by the conference, but had failed to adhere to his letter of acceptance. In fact, he refused to preach after making way with the mule, and three churches that alteruately were to receive food from him, combined and had him arrested. After the examination of several witnesses, a colored lawyer, for the defense, arose and said : "De parson has de law all on his side, becase he 'ploys a lawyer and de church don't. Dat am a powerful factor in his resemblance. An' now 1 ax the Jedge ob dis court ter let de prisoner go. I don't make long speeches, but comes down to de pint. Dis man ain't guilty no more nor I was las' year when da dited me for stcalin' a hog. Dis am convinciu\ and de Court can't step arouu' it." The Justice, also a colored man, pondered a long time, and at length said : "De attorney hab stated one faek. De 'fense hah got all de law, fur de uder side haint 'ployed no lawyer. An' I'll state right heah dat some powerful arguments will be needed to 'vict (lis preacher, unless he can't show why he 'bezzled de mule." One of the church members arose and told how Ike had disappointed the church people i * i i o. . i . _ \ 1 ny not coming, anu now, alter coming, ne naa startled them by failing to account for the church property. Ike being called on for a statement, arose and said : "I tuck charge ob dat circuit in good faith, but when they fotch me out a mule ter ride, my faith commeuce ter suffer wid de rheumatiz. Dar is two classes of niggers; de mule haters and de mule lubers. I'se always been a mule hater. Well, las' Sunday mornin' I tuck mv him-book, and my testamiut and mounted de mule,'paratory fer de holy work. Ob all things in this world, I think dat de mule is the unfitteuest for de gospel work. You cun run agroun' hog thrasher and think 'bout David and Abraham, but yer can't run a mule in the same connection. I rid along a piece an' ct mmeiice ter frame ray openin' pra'r. 'Lord, I sez, 'we thank thee for thy goodness.' De mule stopped in de middle ob de road an' looked roun' at me, 'quiringly. I kicked him an' contiuued, 'Lord, de craps ob de past year hab reminded us ob thy?' De mule begin to lift up his back. 'Steady,' sez I. 'An' Lord, we is? Whoa,' sez I, but it was too late, for de mule had flung me. Den I cussed and damned dat mule till his liar must hab been all kivered with sulphur. I got on him agin. He went on putty well for a while. Jes' as I hed 'bout got my pra'r half finished, we cum to de creek. Ho tucked his head down like he wanted ter drink, and jes' as I waB draw-in' a long breaf, he flung me inter de creek. I los'all ray 'ligion right dar, and when I walked up ter de church, I wan't no more fitten ter preach dan de debil would a been. Course I sole de mule and got de money 'fore I got to de church, but yer need not ax me what I done wid hit, case I lost it on de road, an' I ruckon yer'll find it an' my 'ligion somewhar di.wn in the bottoms." Ike was honorably discharged.?Little Rock Gazette. "Amazing Grace."?The following is vonetierl fnr hv nnp nf the moat reliable Phil ' "J ~ adelphia divines: A young clergyman having agreed to supply the pluce of an older brother absent from home, escorted to church the daughter of the pastor, and after seeing her safely in her father's pew, ascended to the pulpit, unconscious that his natural a^tentiou to the young lady was sufficient to excite lively imagination and inquiries in the audience. Upon reading the hymn to be sung, the young clergyman was surprised to perceive evident efforts in the congregation to suppress laughter. The daughter of his friend possessed the meliduous name of Grace, and, all unsuspicious of the fact, he had chosen the hymn beginning with the words "Amazing grace," and proceeding with : 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved, How precious did that grace appear, ; The hour I first believed! Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come ; "Pis "grace" that brought me safe thus far, ( And "grace" will lead me home! He's a Deacon, Too.?In a flourishing young city of Michigan, lives a worthy man who has had the misfortune to be a widower three times, and is now living with his fourth ' wife, who has two boys by a former marriage. ! These have been taught to call the step father "pa." While entertaiuing company at tea a few evenings since, an aggravated case of divorce became the topic of conversation. A lady expressed herself against divorces, 1 quoting several passages of Scripture, and | concluding with this: "And St. Paul says he ! that putteth away his wife commits a grevious j sin." At this, the eldest boy, having duly :: filled his stomach, suddenly took in the whole subject by saying: "Why, pa has put away ' three or four of 'em, and he's a deacon, too !" I A schoolmaster, as a punishment to one ! < of his pupils for using profane language, or- i dered him to take a pair of tongs and watch J a hole in the hearth until he had caught a | < mouse. The boy took the tongs and demure- i ly waited for the visitor. Directly after, he < 6aw a mouse peeping out of the hole. Cau-1 tiously placing a leg of the tongs on either i side of the hole, he grasped the mouse, and j triumphantly swinging it aloft, exclaimed : i "By G?d, I've got him !" j, 11 Tradesman (to customer who has come i to complain of the quality of his lucifer match- i < es): "Not light? Why, I only have to draw i them smaitly across my cord breeches, aud they blaze instantly." Customer: "Yes, but'1 what's that to me; I can't come a matter o' four miles for your old breeches every time : < we wants a light." flay "Is your house a warm one, landlord ?" asked a gent-leu-d in search of a house. "It ought to be," v as the reply, "the painter gave j it two coats recently." 'j |p8f*n?tt"WMSi Hiding. | Leap Years.?A subscriber has asked us why 1900 will not be a leap year, and we make the following explanation, which, we hope, is sufficiently clear: The earth, as a matter of fact, completes her full orbit around the sun in three hundred and sixty-five days, five hours, eleven minutes and ten and thirtyeight hundredths seeonds. That is the time she consumes in getting back exactly to where she was the year before, and that time constitutes the year. When Julius Ctesar stopped fighting and came to look after his affairs in Rome, he found the year very far wrong, the seasons out of fix and thiugs gen" A _ 1 _1 ?1 _ 1 L erany awry. Ana wnne ne waa muun uuuu- | pied with other concerns, he did not belong I to the old set v?ho thought that "time was made for slaves," but, on the contrary, great as he was in battle, in the forum, as an orator and all that, he busied himself in getting the seasons right and undertook to keep them straight thereafter for all time. To do this, instead of going along at the old rate of three hundred and sixty-five days to the year, he added a quarter of a day to each year, making oue full day in every four years, which extra day has been assigned to February, and we call it February 29th. But then it is plain that Caesar slipped up, because he gave to every four years forty-four minutes and forty-one and fifty-two hundredths seconds too much, and if that thing was allowed to go along uncorrected, the earth in a hundred years would be nearly twenty hours ahead of time. There is an accuracy of twenty hours in every century, if we allow three hundred and sixty-five and one-fourih days to the year. To correct this, one leap year day, of February 29th, is omitted in every ceutury, and the particular year fixed upon to be robbed of its extra day is the century year. So, generally, years divisible by one hundred, are not leap years. We say, generally, because, leaving out a full year, when the correction to be made is only twenty hours, itself works an error to correct which and bring the earth up to time again, an allowance is made of one day every four hundred years. So that the rule for leap years may be stated this way : Every fourth is a leap year, except century years; and every fourth century year is a leap year. Thus 1600 was a leap year; not so 1700, 1800 and 1900. Two thousand will be, as we shall all find out, if we live to see it. Freaks of Accident.?Strange mischances, with fatal results, are happening daily all over the country. A Boston butcher ran against a knife that lay on a block, severed an artery, and bled to death. In New York a man, hastening by a meat stand, had his eye caught and torn out by a tenterhook fastened to an awning post. A Denver woman caught her foot in a frog, and could not extricate it before a train ran over her. A horse kicked a Michigan boy into a deep well, where he was drowned. A Vermont farmer sneezed while holding a straw in his mouth, drew it iuto his lungs, and choked to death. In Nashville a shoe flew off the foot of a kicking mule, and fractured the skull of a baby. While standing on his head on the top of a high fence post, a boy fell into a tub of boiling water, and was fatally scalded. An Oregon girl swallowed her. engagement ring, and lived only a week afterwards. A stone, thrown hv a n!av-fellow. broke a glass from which a St. Louis boj was drinking, driving some of the pieces down his throat, and he died in a few days in great agony. Looking up to watch the flight of an arrow, a Nush ville woman did not see it descending directly over her head, and the sharp metal point penetrated her brain through one of her eyes, killing her instantly. In Ohio, a five-yearold boy went to teed the pigs; the pen was furnished with a sliding door, moving up aud down, which, as he poked his head in, suddenly fell ou his neck, strangling him. A bachelor in Philadelphia met with a curious death; he held a button in his mouth while threading a needle, and accidentally swallowed it, and it so lodged in his throat as to result fatally. In Cincinnati, recently, a young mau was leaning upon his gun, watch iug a game of base-ball, when a foul ball so struck the hammer as to discharge the gun, shooting him in the forehead aud killing him on the spot. A few days siuce a boy in Providence was playing with an umbrella handle, and stumbling ovei it it pierced his eye, causing death in a few hours. Olive Loga:'s Advice to Girls.?A woman's safeguard is to keep a man's hand off her. If you need his assistance in walking, take his arm instead of him taking yours. Just tell him iu plain English to "hands off." He may not like it at first, but will respect you tenfold more. Men will be aud do just what women allow them to do. Men will not do trust. Give a man your arm and you will find him very confiential, and he will take a great many privileges that he would not take if he were not permitted to do so. He will give your arms many loving squeezes and sly twists that he should have no opportunity of doing, and that opportunity is just what he is after. A few more words of advice and I close. Keep your girls off the street except on business. Teach them thut it is unnecessary to go to the post office every time they go. Girls can walk alone as well as boys. Don't allow your girls, if they must have a beau, to go with boys older than themselves. If possible, instill into their very nature that they are safer in their own hands than they are in the hands of any man. George Washington first to the White House came; and next on the list is John Adams' name. Tom Jefferson then filled the honored place; the name of James Madison next we trace. The fifth in succession was James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams the next below. Then Andrew Jackson was placed in the chair, and next we find Martin Van Buren there. Then William H. Harrison's name we meet, whose death gave John Tyler the coveted seat. Then James K. Polk was the nation's choice; next for Zachary Taylor she gave her voice, whose premature death brought ii: Millard Fillmore; and next Franklin Fierce the distinction wore. The fifteenth was James Buchanan, they say, who for Abraham Lincoln prepared the svay ; whose martyrdom gave Andrew Johnson a chance, and the eighteenth name was Ulysses S. Grant's. By means of various aud sundry ways, the nineteenth now is R. B. Hayes.? Cincinnati Enquirer. Tit foi. Tat.?Mr. C was pastor of' a Baptist church in a certain town in one of; the Western States. He had been on very j bad terms with his flock for some time. They abused him whenever they could find occa- ' sion, and he reciprocated with equal readi- j ness. Before his contact with the parish ex- I pired, he received the appointment of chap- j lain at the State prison. Elated at this; lucky opportunity of getting rid of him, the congregation came in full numbers to hear his farewell sermon, perhaps less to compli- j raeut than to annoy him with their presence. Great was their astonishment, and still greater their anger, wl en the reverend gentleman chose for his text the following words : "I go to prepare a place for you that rchere I am, there ye may be also." 9@r LaFayette once illustrated the com- i promise in this way: "Two men get into an altercation about arithmetic. 'Twice two are four,' says one, stoutly. 'No/ replies the other, 'twice two : re six.' Both are unyielding, and the disp. te waxes warm. A third person approaches, and lays a hand gently on each. 'Gentlemen/ he says, 'reason is not infallible. The wisest am best men have. erred. We are all prone to rush to extremes, i You, my friend, affirm that twice two are four. You, who are equally my friend, affirm that twice two are six. Compromise, my friends, compromise. Meet each other half way. Agree to say hereafter, tjyice two are five." 1 Site Jarm and Jirmflc. A Juvenile Corn Experiment.?When I was a boy on my father's farm, I once undertook a little experiment on my own account, and carried it through secretly, for the purpose of enjoying the surprise it might create. With this view, sis soon as father got through planting his corn, I selected and marked off, unknown to him, a small space near the centre of the field. To each stalk of the corn planted in this space I gave special attention, for the purpose of finding out how much each grain planted could be made to produce by giving it extra manure and extra hoeing. When the corn was gathered, the difference between my pet stalks and the rest of the field attracted my father's attention, aud I remember how puzzled he was in trying to account for it. When, at length, I disclosed the secret, lie inquired how much extra work and manure I had applied. Tell me this exactly, said he, and I can tell the value of the experiment. I told him I had simply doubled what he had given to the rest of the field. After examining the result and comparing it with the rest of the field, he found that his yield was at the rate of forty-four bushels to the acre, and mine at the rate of sixty-five bushels. Now, *'1 b/\ i4' oulfu?w1 muniivo Qro 3<11U m% II rAUrt tuiiuid cum v.AUKt iui?i>uiv> Mtv good for single stalks, it must be good for the whole crop. So the next year he adopted my plan for the whole crop, and found that the gain was even larger by several bushels than in my experiment; and he also found that the cost of each bushel was reduced about six cents. This little experiment of my early life has been since confirmed by large experience as well as by observation, and lam led to believe that there is, not only in corn, but in most of our crops, a greater power of development under exjieriment than we are at present aware of. Health Rules.?Have always a pint or a quart of water in the sleeping room. In the morning, after washing the hands and face, then wet with the hands every part of the body. Cold water will not be disagreeable. Wipe immediately; follow by brisk rubbing over the body. The whole operation need not take over five minutes. The result of this wash is, the blood is brought to the surface of the skin and made to circulate evenly throughout the liody. You have opened the pores of the skin, allowing impurities of the body to pass off, and have given yourself, in the operation, a good vigorous morning exercise. Pursue this habit regularly and you will seldom take cold. Five minutes spent in the open air, after dressing, inflating the lungs, by inhaling as full a breath as possible, and pounding the breast during the inflation, will enlarge the chest, stren^hen the lung power, and very effectually ward off consumption. If inclined to be dysi>eptic, avoid mince pie, sausage, and other highly seasoned food. Beware of eating too freely of soups; better to eat food dry enough to employ the natural saliva of the mouth in moistening it. If inclined to over-eat, partake freely of rice, cracked wheat, and other articles that are easily digested. Eat freely of ripe fruit, and avoid excessive use of meats. Eat at regular hours, and lightly near the hour of going to bed. Eat slowly. Thoroughly masticate the food. Do not wash it down with continual drink while eating. Tell your funniest stories while at the table, and for an hour afterwards. Do not engage in severe mental labor directly after hearty eating. Exercise, not too violent, but sufficient to produce a gentle perspiration, should be had each day in the open air. Dangerous Liquids.? Ammonia, especially the stronger kinds, is dangerous, a few drops being enough to injure a person. When used for cleansing purposes, it should be handled with great care, that the gas, which is given off freely in a warm room, be not breathed in large quantities, and do injury to the delicate, lining of the nose and mouth. Benzine is a liquid, in the handling of which much caution should be exercised. It is very volatile, and its vapor, as well as the liquid itself, inflammable. When employed for removing grease, or other stains, from clothing, gloves, etc., it should never be used at night, nor at any other time near a fire. Ether is another dangerous liquid, and in other than the physician's hands', it had best not be employed in the household. Alcohol must also be used with great care, especially at night. Keeping Horse Manure.?Horse manure that is free from litter, needs the most careful management to prevent dry rot, or what is known as fire-fanging. This is occasioned by the evaporation of moisture by the heat of the fermentation. The drying up of the water if ?!! fhn dmmnnia tlint has hppn form ed, and has been dissolved by it. The consequence is that burned, or tire-fanged manure, is nearly worthless. To prevevent this injury it is necessary to pile the manure in flat heaps, out of doors, where it can receive the rain or be watered when necessary and to trample or pack it down very tightly; it should then be turned over occasionally and repacked again as solidly as possible. When managed in this way, the manure is kept in the best condition and retains all its valuable qualities. Nerve Fooj>.?In what does nerve food consist? In what do we find it? Is it meat? No. White bread? No. Potatoes? No. If it is not found in these staples, in what is it to be found? I answer, in the exterior of the white kernel, in the skin of the potato, and in milk; partially also in eggs and fish. I answer, the chief food staples, in the present dietetic system, are almost entirely deficient in brain and nerve building material. In view of these facts, is it a result to l>e wondered at that the starving nervous tissue in the over-worked masses attempts to satisfy an intolerable sense of craving, of physical hunger, by the use of stimulating poisons, each case meeting the demand, and no more.?Herald of Health. German Pancakes.?Sift three tablespoonfuls of flour, add a salt spoon of salt and a teaspoonful of pulverized sugar, mix dry; break four eggs and beat up white and yolks, and pour flour, salt, and sugar into them, stir thoroughly, then last add a quart of milk; take a clean thin fryingpan, and use the best butter, about a tablespoonful will suffice; where the butter is hissing hot, but not brown, pour in the batter; roll up before serving, and powder with pulverized sugar; serve as hot as possible and eat with lemon juice. If you want to strqie them, heat a skewer, and having added sugar outside, apply the hot iron in streaks.?Kleid Hewer. ... _ ? ? A fruit-grower has discovered, if rabbits have access to limbs lying upon the ground, they will never attack the erect stems of the trees, probably because they can the more readily bark those in a horizontal position. After having made this discovery, says the ! gentleman, we continued to prune in different ! parts of the orchard throughout the winter, , leaving the limbs lying upon the ground for their accommodation. Since adopting this plan , we have never had another tree barked by a ! rabbit, although the limbs on the ground would be literally denuded of bark and all ( the small twigs eaten otf. ^ Ink freshly spilled upon the carpet should < nt once be taken up with a soft paper or a damp sponge, or even a damp cloth, says the American Agriculturist, care being taken not \ to spread the spot. After all is taken up that can be, wet the sponge?after first washing it clean?in warm water, and thoroughly scrub the spot on the carpet. When no more can be f washed out, wet the spot with a weak solution of oxalic acid, and, after a few minutes, wash off with cold water, and finally sponge with . weak ammonia water to neutralize any of the j acid that may remain in the carpet. Ring on Cow's IIokns.?The first ring ap- 1 pears when the bovine is two years of age, and t sometimes before. The ring gradually increas- i es during the third year, and is fully formed i at three years; the second ring appears during < the fourth year, is complete at the end of the < fifth year; after that one additional ring is j j formed each year. A cow with three rings is j i six years old; with four, seven years old. Af-: i ter nine or ten years the rings are no indlca- j; tion of age. j ] Wet Boots,?A friend writes from Europe:; < When the boots are taken off, fill them quite j full of dry oats. The grain has a great fond-j ness for damp, and will rapidly absorb the last < vestige of it from the wet leather, As it takes f up the moisture it swells and fillstheboot with I a tightly fitting last, keeping its form good and i drying the leather without hardening it. In 1 the morning, shake out the oats and hang them i in a bag near the fire to dry, ready for the next j wet night, i ] Bleeding at the Nose.?The best reme- ' dy for bleeding at the nose is in the vigorous * motion of the jaw, as if in the act of mastica- 1 tion. In case of a child, a wad of paper should be placed in its mouth, and the child should i be instructed to chew it hard. It is the mo- i tion of the jaw that stops the flow of blood. i' gUatUug for the $ahhath. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERX LATHAN. [ Original.] PAINFUL. It is painful for a mother to stand over the tiny form of her tender infant, and see it sink into the anns of death. It is painful for a father to see the manly form of a son wasting away with disease. It is painful for parents to convey the lifeless bodies of their children to the grave-yard, and deposit them in the earth, there to become the food of worms. All these tilings are painful. They cause the bosom to heave, and the eyes to melt into a flood of tears. But there are some things so painful that thev crush the heart and drv uu the foun tain of tears. Death, however mild may be its form, is a great evil; but there are evils so great that death may l)e regarded as a pleasure in comparison with them. Death is nothing when placed side by side with disgrace. Death produces a sore which time will cure?a pain which will soon be forgotten; but time cannot cure disgrace. T Original.] CHARITY. Charity and love mean the same thing. Love is the fulfilling of the law. We are commanded to love God supremely, and our neighbor as ourselves. Every human being is our neighbor; consequently, we are commanded to love all men. God requires this, and our happiness depends upon our obeying the command. ? It is not demanded that we love all men's acts, nor all the acts of any man; but, still, we must love all men although we may hate their acts, because they are hateful. It is this and the glory of God that prompts the missionary of the Cross to go to distant lands and spend his life among savages. Love prompted God to give liis son to die for sin in the room and stead of sinners. What a happy world this would be if we all would only treat others as we desire others to treat us. How much it would add to our comfort if we would only view the faults and failures of others, as we desire them to view ours. We take a vampire into our bosom when we magnify the faults of our neighbors and ignore our own. We bum up our own blood, when we feed the flames of hatred and malice. No man ever was made happy by hating his neighbors. [Original.] EXAMPLE. One of the many things over which the truly pious lament, is that they do not let their light so shine that others may see the way to Jesus. With eminent propriety, bad men point to many, who claim to be Christians, and say: "They have no religion." Truly, it seems that such is the case. It is a cause of grief to all good people, that so many professed follow ers of Jesus are bad moral examples. They take, apparently, no interest in the spread of the gospel; they do nothing more to advance the cause of Christian morals than men of the world. This is not all. The example of the best men is often on the side of vice and immorality. They fret on account of what, for the lack of a better word, is called adverse providence. They profess to live by faith, and yet, by their example, are dissuading others from trusting in God. Example has a positive influence, while words are only negative in their power. The man who lives a life becoming the gospel, whose conduct is uniformly in conformity with the precepts of the Scriptures, who worships God regularly, both in public and in private, although he may make only a modest profession of religion, has more influence over those with whom he may come in contact, than the noisy professor who boasts mucVof his devotion but acts the part of men of the world. The former is a power in the community for good, while the latter throws all his influence on the side nf sin. Men of the world are led. bv the example of the one, to respect the Bible, the church, the institutions of religion and everything by which God makes himself known; hut the words of the other serve to produce in men a contempt for religion. There is 110 questioning the fact that the impious example of professors of religion have been the cause of some keeping away from Jesus?standing aloof from the Saviour. Of course, no one is justifiable in refusing to do right because another, having promised to do right, neglects to keep his promise. Still, many plead the immoral example of professed Christians as a palliation of their neglect of the gospel. Perhaps, when the affairs of this world are all settled, it will be found that the pious example of the humble servants of Jesus have done more to present our Saviour as the chiefest among ten thousand, than the most finished sermons of the most learned divines. What Is Wanted??People want in you a Christianity that is Christian across the counters, over tlie dinner-tables, behind the neighbor's back as in his face. They want in you a Christianity that they can find in the temperance of the meal, in moderation of dress, in respect for authority, in amiability at home, in veracity and simplicity in mixed society. Rowland Hill used to say he would give very little for the religion of a man whose very dog and cat were not the better for it. They want fewer gossipping, slandering, gluttonous, peevish, conceited, bigoted Christians. To make them effectual, all our public religious measures, institutions, benevolent agencies, missions, need to be managed on a high-toned, scrupulous and unquestionable sense of honor, without evasion or partisanship, or overmuch of the serpent's cunning. The hand that gives away the Bible must be unspotted from the world. The money that sends the missionary to the heathen must be honestly earned. What Can I Do for the Church??1. I can give my whole heart to God by faith in Jesus Christ, and thus secure a special blessing for myself and for the Church of which I am a meml>er. 2. I can set my brethren a good example, und so help them to grow in grace, and that will be a blessing to the Church. 3. I can, through faith, be courageous and cheerful, and thereby strengthen and encourage the Church in its herculean work. 4. I can pray for the prosperity of the Church; and God hears the prayers of faith. 5. I can, by a godly life, illustrate to the world the saving power of the gospel, and thereby lead souls to Christ. 0. I can induce others to attend divine .services with me, 7. I can give part of my earnings for the mpport of the Church. figrWe heard a comforting and delightful sermon, recently from the text: "And a little child shall lead them." The minister used this illustration: We take our little child in our inns out of the gas-light to carry it to its bed. to.,. nlmncf liiipniiypinimlv 11IC iiuiwc id uai iv, cum uiiituuv the tiny arms tighten, the head nestles closer to its trust, because we have come away from the light. So God, for the sake of having us ;ling more closely, sometimes carries us in the ; lark. Perhaps it is loss of property, or the j ;oing out of dear ones forever from the home, ; Di" the weary struggles for bread, or the cold- j ness of those who have been valued friends. I Perchance we may have been misjudged, or \ harshly criticised, or unappreciated. God is i carrying .us in the dark. Do we cling closer . and trust more fully??Conyreyationalist. Humility.?Humility is perpetual quietness >f heart, It is to have 110 trouble. It is never to lie fretted, or vexed, or disappointed. It is to expect nothing; to feel nothing done against :ne. It is to l>e at rest when nolwidy praises ue, and when I am blamed and despised. It Is to have a blessed home in myself, where I can ?o in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at j>eace as in a deep lea of calmness. Let us bear in mind that, 'Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; I Hid lie that Inuubleth himself shall be ex*' ilted," . t 1 tg" Wisdom consists not in seeing what is dl-', ectly before, us, but in discerning those things : 1 yhich may come to pass, j THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1880. PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Seventy-Seven Prizes to be awarded to Subscribers. REDUCTION IN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. TERMS OF 1SCSIPT1-F1EE OF POSTAGE. Having perfected arrangements for reducing the expense of publication during the year 1H80, we have determined to givo our subscribers a share of the benefits, and announce the following reduced rates, to yearly subscribers?subscriptinrio in all pttttnu tn ha nairi in utlt/untio Single copy, one year $2 50 Three copies, one year, 6 00 Ten copies, one year 20 00 And an extra copy to the person securing a club of ten names and 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 Sewing Machines?fancy half case, with drop leaf and two drawers, the retail price of each of which is 850. TWO No. 8 Tropic. Cooking Stoves, with fixtures complete, the retail price of each of which is $25. SEVENTY-TWO Fonr-bladed buckhorn handle Pocket-Knives, manufactured by William Thomas Staniforth, of Sheffield, England, the retail price of each of which is 81.50. 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 A Co., hardware importers, of Charleston. The cutlery made by Shun forth is of the best qualit}', and wherever used gives universal satisfaction. This knife, made to our order, ia of convenient pocket size, contains two 1 ornn anH fwn (imall lilarlAu ia tnnrln /if ilin liPkit materials, finished in a superior manner, and is warranted to bo equal to any pocket knife that usually retails in the stores at $1.50. 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 $2, or as a Ringlo subscriber at $2.50, between this date and the first Saturday of October, l.SfiO, will be printed on slips and placed in envelopes of uniform size and deposited in a cylinder prepared for the purpose. Slips of paper of uniform size, to the number of seventyseven?one for each prize?enclosed- in similar envelopes, will also bo 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 in 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 citizens, and tlv* opportunity afforded for any subscriber to be present who may desire to do so. The result of the drawing will be published in the Enquirer of the succeeding week, accompanied 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 be entitled to the advantages offered by the prize drawing, provided they give notice previous to the drawing that such is their desire. Subscribers who secure the Sewing Machines or Cooking Stoves, will have them shipped to their order at their expense for freight; the SewingMachines from New York, and tho Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N, C. The PocketKnives will be delivered at our pnblica'ion oftlce, or sent nv man at our expense, at ine ri?n oj 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 \Veed. These Machines "have been remodeled and Improve I until they are almost perfect in all respects. The parts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forgings. Every Machine sold by us will he fuHy warranted. Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either for Cash or on Time until the first of November next.. W. G. REID <fe CO., Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, 8. 0. February 19 8 tf SlilsV."? HUiy\IQC[ tensions Ill jfmknim H 9 Jge/fc |g?| Vented i..I BALTIMORE^ D.y L?iJ THE AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE IS as good as any on the market. The ladies liko it and recommend it. For sale by KENNEDY BROS. <fc BARRON. STATE OF SOIJTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK?COURT OF COMMON PLEA8. Rufus G. Whitesides, Plaintiff, against Joseph M. Whitesides, Thomas D. Whitesides and Margaret J. McGilI,heirsat-lawof Edward G. Whitesides, deceased, Defendants.?Summons for Relief .?Complaint not served. To the Defendant, Thomas I). Whitesides. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer tho complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of rinmmrm Pious <hr t.hfi snid countv 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 complaint within 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 A SPENCER, Plaintiff's Attorneys. March 11 11 Ht "GARIIYTRO N~ROOF and Cement. 79 and 81 Colunibus Street, CLE VULAJNTD, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. February 20 9 ly ROSE'S HOTELS YOKKVILLE, S. C. THIS HOUSE has been thoroughly renovated from cellar to ' garret, and newly furnished, in eggg eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT ?, SPRING REDS. In view of the times, our mot- ' to is a full House ht a moderate price. ? TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL, i Sample Rooms reserved especially forCommer- i cial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. '! M MN4 P( S.1N0 CORPORE.VTte locttion of m ez?f. jfl It'Ut Institution uf Learning near a celebrated Fountain ? of ilealtli aflurilH aii unuaual opportunity to }oung pernios in ; Bcm'l| uf health and education together. Beside* having daily J to the WiUtfffnstoo Cbatxboat* JpWfrf, the pupil* ^ of the Wn.Li\MsTON Female Cyttrv,* devote a few minute* ev* h try morning and afternoon to liyht Cali&htnic fjrrri*?. and. the hoarding pupila enjoy alto toe lyatemauc uao of Dr. John ov'a Health-Lirr. Study Room ii large, thoroughly Veo* tilt ted, and lighted from the left and rear. .Every pooaitle at* <, ten lion ia given to tluuw tvho mav be aick.?{gfT..*- ? r^ilTh CSTTho above, with several other Vaumm.k 1'ctulmb Pkatumcx, anj C felly explained in onr new Catalogue. 8ewl lur oik*, awl examine it. f U MOTTtn MreWwal, Hf ehn tv ?? Ik 5?v mm Ml vt*k. ' \ August 28 35 eawly r NOTICE^ ~ ~ | I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears T and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 oents, and for I sharpening scissors or shoars, 1ft cents each, and I satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. SERGEANT A GREENSBO MANUFACTURERS 01 " TROPIC " coo: T. M. D0B80N, Agent, York> T/Ywnrk\r & thrir. a non i q x-'vyxi w XtiXMA.f| UgVUWj A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McC J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Chea ADVANCE IN PRICES OF PIANOS. DIDN'T WE TELLYOD SO ? AND U IS NOT HIGH WATER YET. THIRD AND LAST CALL. Piano manufacturers have raised prices on ns 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 " ; Varnish, 25 " Plnelumb'r,25 " Glue, 15 " Hard " 20 " Hardware. 100 " To sell longer at old rates involves direct loss. We, thereforo, must announce upon our MATHUSHEK, SOUTHERN GEM and FAVORITE PIANOS an advance of $10 to $35 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 up. 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. r Buy now and save twenty-five pee 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 (lays alter this date, March 10, 1880. LUDDEN ABATES, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, WHOLESALE PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS. February 19 38 9m BEST IN THE WORLD l " .. Bl-Carb Soda la of a lightly dlrtv white color. It mar nnnanr nrhitj. Avamln.#, hv l>. elf, bat a COMPARISON WITH CHURCH A CO.'S "ARM AND HAMMER" BRAND Will show the difference. See that Tour Baking: Soda li whltoand PURE, as should be AI/L SLRILAK SUBSTANCES used for food. A simple but severe test of the comparative value ot different brands of Soda is to dissolve & dessert spoonful of each kind with aboat a pint or water (hot preferred) in clear glosses, stirring ( until all is thoroughly dissolved. The deleterious insoluble matter in the inferior 8oda will be shown after settling some twenty minutes or sooner, by the milky appearance or the solution and the quantity of floating flocky matter ao- < cording to quality. j Be sure and ask for Church k Co.'s Soda and see that their name is on the package and you will get the purest and whitest made. The uso ot this with sour milk, in preference to Baking Powder, saves twenty times its cost. See one ponnd package for valuable inform** tion and read carefully. SHOW THIS TO YOUR GROCER. January 15 3 4m THE BICKFORD AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER. j pmi gq 5|s^li J f I b 3 ? S H ? a * S (r ? ? rV ' Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it; hapes all sizes complete. Knits over 50 different garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins, iVristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible ^ rariety of plain or fancy stitch. 75"per cent. ' >roflt in manufacturing knit (:oods. Farmerscan * reble the value of their wool, by converting it ^ nto knit goods, Agents wanted in every State, County, City and [ own, to whom very low prices will be made. For full particulars and lowest prices for the iest Famii/v Machinb, send to a 1ICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., \ Brattleboro, Vt. February ?6 9 ly c McOAULEY, RO? 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 STRAW CUTTERS, Saw Mills, Ac. fille, S. C. Rock Hill, York county, S. C. bnnellsville, York county, o. C. iter, S. C. ~G. H. O'LEARyT" 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. O'LEARY. HARNESS, BRIDLES. &C. BUGGY and Carriage Harness, Riding and Plind Bridles, Halters, Collars, Wbipp., Plow Backhands, Hames, Trace CbainB, Saddle Blankets, etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'S. FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. 1AM 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. OOME handsome new CHAMBER SUITS, lavest styles, at lowest living prices. Call and see them. Also, some Ratan Chsirs, exceedingly pretty and qnite new in this market. Constantly on hand, Wardrobes, Bureaux, Washntands, Cane and Ratan Rockers, Chairs of various styles, and a new supply of Pictures. G. H. O'LEARY. COOKING STOVES. THE Iron King and Elmo Cooking Stoves on hsind and for sale. Any piece of these Stoves replaced when worn out, or any of the pieces of the fifty different styles of the Charles Noble <fc Company Manufacture of Stoves, can be had by calling at G. H. O'LEARY'S. BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSEI3L BEDSTEADS, handsome and plain, to suit all classes. Mattresses cheap, at GEORGE H. O'LEARY'S. ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Atlanta, Ga., December 29th, 1.879. CIIANGK OF SCHEDULE. ON and af*er January 1st, 1880, trains wilil run ' oiq this road as 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. Leave 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. (ea8tward.j Arrive at Gastonia, 2.45, P. M., Leave 2.68, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 7.16, A. M., Leave 7.30, A. M. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 6.65, A. M., Leavo 5.55, A. M* (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 5.00, P. M., Leave 5.00, P. M. Connecting at Atlanta for all points Weal and Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points. Through Tickets on ; ale at Greenvilleand Spartanburg to?ll points East and West. G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager. W.J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent. January 1 1 tf c. & l. narrow?auge railecadT CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,] Yorkvilde, S. C? April 6, 1880. J THE following Schedule of the Mail ana passenger Trains will take effect on the 7th of April, 1880. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester at 8.00 P. M. Leave Lowrysvilleat 3.35 P. M. Leave McConnellsvilleat 4.00 P. M. Leave Guthriesville at 4.10 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 4.40 P. M. Leave Yorkvllleat 4.50 P. M. Leave Clover at 5.35 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at 5.45 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 5.55 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 6.10 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 6.30 P. M. Leave Gastonia at 6.40 P. M. Arrive at Dallas at .....7.00 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave Dallas at 7.00 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 7.20 A. M. Leave Gastonia at 7 40 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 8.00 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 8.15 A. M. Leave Bowling Green at 8.25 A. M. Leave Clover at 8.40 A. M. Arrive at .Yorkville at ..9.20 A. M. Leave Yorkville at 9.30 A. M. Leave Guthriesville at 10.05 A. M. Leave McConnellsville at 10.20 A. M. Leave Lowrysville at 10.40 A. M. Arrive at Chester at 11.10 A. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. April 8 15 tf NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY f AVAIL YOTJESELF OF IT! PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. ALL families have old Books, Periodicals, Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire to transmit to their posterity. Then HAVE THEM REBOUND J Which will preserve them and make them look slmost as well as new. Old Eooks, <fccM should not only be rebound, but tbecurrent literature of the present day should be put i i a durable form for preservation as well. This i an be done in the shortest possible time, with th.: best material, in the most handsome and durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, J Stationer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufac- V turer, No. 155 Main Street, A COLUMBIA, S. C. J Send in orders at once. fl ytiUKixfi i> scnunDt I PHOTOGRAPHER, j CHESTER, 8. CAROLINA. fl PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and fl pains taken to please every customer. fl Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, as fl ow as can be done in any city, North or South. I Have on hand a fine selection of CHURCH fl AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered fl ?ery cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be first- fl siass. I Call and see for yourselves, at the PHOTO- fl 3ALLERY, opposite the "Cotton Hotel." 1 Also, authorized agent to receive 8nbscriptions, I Advertisements and orders for Job Work for the fl foRKviLLE Enquirer. fl GEORGE T. SCHOR8. fl ut7schorb's photo-gallery, j 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. fl A SUPERIOR 8kyllght, a gallery with every fl fY convenience, ana a determination to do my fl )est, enables me to promise satisfaction to alii in " vant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudv veather is as good or better than sunshine for ail ubjects, except small children. February 13 7 tf OLD NEWSPAPERS, f\F large size, suitable for wrapping, for aalo If at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. January 8 2 tt