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Put Nobody on Guard.?In the spring
of 1865, when Sberidan'e cavalry moved up
the Shenandoah Valley to have a last wrestle
with Early's troopers, a halt was made by a
portion of the Union force near Waynesboro.
Guards were thrown out to protect property,
and among others the house of a lone and
aged widow received such protection. Two
dismounted cavalrymen were stationed at the
front door, and it was half an hour or so before
any stir in or around the house gave token
that it was inhabited. Then the widow
limped to the door on a crutch and called one
of the guards to her and asked :
"What are you doing here?"
"We are guards to protect you and your
property," was the reply.
"Well, you needn't fool any time away
here. Early he come and he took our hay.
Then Sheridan come and he took our corn.
Then Mosby he stole our hams and 'taters.
Then Sheridan took our flour and cider. Then
Early run off all our horses. All I had left
this morning was an old sick mule and meal
enough for one hoe cake. The mule be died
two hours ago and I've ju9t eaten the last of
the cake, and if you can find anything worth
guarding around here you can have it and
tote it off."
"But some of the soldiers may disturb you."
"I guess not," she said, a3 she pointed to
the spot where a cannon-ball had torn through
the house. "The day that hole was shot
through there I was rocking and singing the
"Pilgrim's hope," aud I didn't miss a rock or
drop a note. I don't hardly think one brigade
of horse-sojers can disturb me- very
much. You'll obleege me by joggin' along."
Double-Headed Justice.?Several days
ago a white man was arraigned before a colored
justice down in the country on charges
of killing a man and stealing a mule.
"Wall," said the Justice, "de facks in yer
case shall be weighed wid carefulness, an' ef
I hangs yer taint no fault ob mine."
"Judge, you have no jurisdiction only to
examine me."
"Dat sorter work 'longs ter de raigular
justice; but yer see I'se been put on as a special.
A special bezde right ter make a raouf
at de S'preme Court ef he cbuses ter."
"Do the best for me you can, Judge."
"Dat's what I'se gwine ter do. I'se got
two kinds ob law iu dis court. De Arkansaw
an' de Texas law. I generally gins a man
de right to choose fur his sef. Now what
law does yer want; de Texas or de Arkan
saw ?"
"I believe I'll take the Arkansas."
"Well, in dat case I'll dismiss yer fur
stealin' de mule"
"Thank you, Judge."
"An' hang yer fur killin' de man"
"I believe, Judge, that I'll take the Texif
as.
"Wall, in dat case I'll dismiss yer fur killin'
de man"
"You have a good heart, Judge."
"An' hang yer fur stealin' de mule. I'll
jis take de 'casion heah ter remark dat de
only difference 'tween de two laws iz in de
whv yer state de case."?Little Rock Ga- \
zette.
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A Scotch Anecdote.?Dr. Howard Crosby
told the following anecdote at the Presbyterian
assembly, which suggested itself by
the extreme cordiality and politeness with
which the commissioners had been invited to
the freedom of the State and city. Many
years ago there was a certain King of Scot
land, who having whipped and annexed all
the surrounding kingdoms, sent out his
Prime Minister, Sandy, to ascertain whether
there were any other Kingdoms to be conquered.
After an absence of two or three
weeks Sandy returned and reported : "There
is but one Kingdom left to be conquered, may
it please your Majesty." Said the King:
"An* what mey that same be, Sandy?" May
it please your brae' Majesty, 'twere the
Kingdom of Hi win!" Tlieu spoke his
Highness: "Go thee, Sandy, and tell said
Kiug of Hivvin that he'd better begin an*
stan fight!" Sandy returned after many days
and again reported : "Please your Highness,
the King of Hivvin says ye may hev his
Kingdom for the axin' uv it!" At this the
King was astonished, dumbfounded, finally
sayiug : "Weel, weel, Sandy ef he is sae polite
as this, go tell him nae Scotch shall ivver put
foot in his Kingdom !" (Prolonged laughter
and applause.)?Madison ( Wis.) State Jour
nal.
A man who was journeying to Texas
with his wife, thought he would enjoy the
luxury of shaving and shampooing. While
this was going on he concluded to surprise
his wife, and at his request hair, eyebrows
and whiskers were changed from fiery red to
raven blackness. He hastened to the slate
room, but was met at the door by his spouse,
outraged by the intrusion of a stranger, as
she supposed, and admittance refused. He
called himself her husband. She said he was
an impostor. He attempted to explain; it
was useless. A crowd gathered round and
the laugh became general. At last, in his
perplexity, the hoaxer exclaimed :
"Mary, look at my feet!"
One glance at the pedal appendages assured
her.
"Yes, John," she said, "I know them feet.
They can come in ; but keep that head out
of sight."
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A family on their travels in Germany,
afterwards spent a few weeks in an ancient
and historical city. Charlie, the son, described
the city as "a rum old place." Miss
B, the eldest daughtsr, who is quite precise
in her ways, said it wa9 "a quaint old city."
Miss Julia said it was "a funny old place."
Miss Laura, who was last at school, described
it as "very interesting, indeed." Mr. B., the
father, remarked that "the hotel was very
comfortable, and quite reasonable;" and Mrs.
B. stated that she had a cold there, and did
not see much of it, but she "thought the women's
dres9 odious."
Eccentric and Amusing.?In a New
England village there lived two brothers by
the name of Curamings. One of them was of
low stature ; the other very tall. The clergyman
living near by, in his morning devotions,
was accustomed to pray, among other
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things, ior me iorgiveness or "our snorc-coraings."
The expression was so often repeated
that his little five year old was led to inquire:
"Father, why do you pray every time for
short Cummings and never for long Cummings?"
A three vear-old girl was taught to con- |
elude her evening prayer, during the tempora- i
ry absence of her father, with "And please
watch over ray papa." It sounded very !
sweet; but the mother's amazement may be j
imagined when the child added: "And you
had better keep an eye on mamma, too."
A young wife remonstrated with her
husband, a dissipated spendthrift, for his
conduct. "Love," he said, "I am like the
prodigal son ; I shall reform by and by." "I
will be like the prodigal son, too, she replied, j
"for I will arise and go to my father."
"Don't you wish you was a big man?"
said one little urchin to another. "K'rect, I
do. I'm just dying to be big enuff to git
shaved an' have one of 'em barbers powder
me all over and squirt cologne juice at j
me."
JSaT A pretty actress settled her advertising !
bill with a Little Rock newspaper last week j
by kissing the editor. Arkansas editors don't i
get very rich, but they have a heap of
fun.
Adam raised up a very bad boy, and j
couldn't comfort himself by saying that he
was ruined by his neighbor's children. i
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SLATE-PENCILS.
If a boy or girl is curious to know how that
companion of their study-hours, the slatepencil,
is made, the curiosity will be satisfied
by reading the following:
In making a slate-pencil, broken slate is
put into a mortar run by steam, and pounded
into small particles.
Then it goes into a mill and runs into a
"bolting machine," such as is used in flouring
mills, where it is "bolted," the fine, almost
impalpable flour that results, being taken
to a mixing tub, where a small quantity of
steatite flour, similarly manufactured, is added,
together with other materials, the whole
being made into a stiff dough.
This dough is kneaded thoroughly by passing
it several times between iron rollers.
Thence it is conveyed to a table where it is
v i n
made into "charges," or short cylinders, iour
or five inches thick, and containing eight to
twelve pounds each.
Four of these are placed in a strong iron
chamber, or "retort," with a changeable
nozzle so as to regulate the size of the pencil,
and subjected to tremendous hydraulic pressure,
under which the composition is pushed
through the lOzxle in the shape of a loDg
cord, and parses over a sloping table slit at
right angles with the cords to give a passage
to a knife which cuts them into lengths.
They are then laid on boards to dry, and
after a few hours are removed to sheets of
corrugated zinc, serving to prevent the pencils
from warping during the process of baking,
to which they are next subjected in a
kiln, into which super heated steam is introduced
in pipes, the temperature being regulated
according to the requirements of the
article exposed to its influence.
From the kiln the articles go to the finishing
and packing rooms, where the ends are
thrust for a second under rapidly-revolving
emery wheels, and withdrawn ueatly and
smoothly pointed.
They are then packed in paste-board boxes,
each containing one huudred pencils; and
these boxes are in turn packed for shipment
in wooden boxes, containing one hundred
each, or ten thousand in a shipping box.
Nearly all the work is done by boys, and
the cost therefore is light.
War and Whisky.?We have often
expressed our conviction that if we could
have stopped the grog or whisky-drinking
politicians, North and South, for six months,
the war that deluged our land witn diooci
would never have occurred. We reasoned
from analogy. Rum is producing fights every
day in the year, and when a man is hall
drunk be has neither sense or prudence, but
is ready for a fight, no matter if the odds
are against him.
Curiously we have just met with a fact which
confirms our opiniou formed years ago. The
Newark Advertiser relates the following :
"In his addresss before the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Rev. Mr. Cronway
related an incident which attracted great
attention, at I made a marked impression.
In 1865 he uok several thousand prisoners
from Montgomery to Mobile, Alabama, among
whom was Admiral Raphael Semmes, who
commanded the clebrated privateer, Alabama.
This distinguished officer related a little of
the secret history touching the origin of the
rebellion.
"After the election of Lincoln, twelve of
the leading men of the South, representing
Six States, assemble in the St. Charles Hotel,
New Orleans, and spent a whole evening in
discussing the question as to what the South
ought to do under the circumstances. For an
hour and a half, eleven of these statesmen
weceaverse to war; one only being in favor
of it; then, however, whisky was seut for, and
all partook of it quite freely, becoming, before
| the expiration of the third hour, quite inebriated.
While these distinguished Southerners
remained sober, they were averse to war;
but when they became intoxicated they were
unanimously in favor of war ; and it was the
opinion of the admiral that if liquor had been
let alone that night, the terrible war, which
cost the North and the South so many thous
ands of millions of dollars, and so many
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precious lives, ana evil innuences which we
have with us, would never have occurred."
Dram-shop demagogues and pot house politicians
North and South were ever ready for
war; aud drunken generals aud tipsy sur
geons took vfry poor care of precious lives
confided to their charge. The whisky bottle
is responsible for an amount of mischief and
misery which only the Omniscient One can es
timate.? The Safeguard.
Blacksmith's Hammer Signals.?When
the blacksmith gives the anvil quick light
blows it is a signal to the helper to use the
| sledge, or to strike quicker.
The force of the blows given by the blacksmith's
hammer indicates the force of the
blow it is required to give the sledge.
The blacksmith's helper is supposed to
strike the work in the middle of the width ol
fbp anvil, and when this reauires to be varied
the blacksmith indicates where the sledge
blows are to fall by touching the required spot
with his hand hammer.
If the sledge is required to have a lateral
motion while descending, the blacksmith indicates
the same to the helper by delivering
hand hammer blows in which the hand hammer
moves in the direction required for the
sledge to move.
If the blacksmith delivers a heavy blow
upon the work and an immediate light blow
upon the anvil, it denotes that heavy sledge
blows are required.
If there are two or more helpers the blacksmith
strikes a blow between each helper's
sledge-hammer blow, the object being to merely
denote where the sledge blows are to fall
When the blacksmith desires the sledge
blows to cgase, he lets the hand hammerhead
fall upon the anvil and continue its rebound
upon the same until it ceases.
Thus the movement of the hand hammer
constitutes signals to the helper, and what appear
desultory blows to the common observer,
constitute the method of communication between
the blacksmith and his helper.
Ages of Prominent Men.?It is said that
Blaine touched 50 on the last of January.
Grant was 58 last April. Shermau was 56
1st of May. Washburne was 63 in September.
Conkling v?as 50 in October. Garfield
is in his 49th year. Edmunds was 52 this
month. Bayard was 51 in October. Thurman
reached his 66th birthday in November.
Hendricks was 60 in September. Tilden was
66 last February, and in the same month Gen.
Hancock was 55. Seymour will be 70 in
May. Washington was in his 67th year when
he was first elected. Jefferson 57, and just
entering his 66th year he left office. John
Adams was 61 when he was elected, Jefferson
57, Madison in his 58th year, Monroe in his
59th, and John Q.uiucy Adams in his 58th.
Jackson was 61 when chosen the first time,
and, therefore, 65 when re-elected, while he
had reached his 70th year when he quitted I
office. Van Buren was 56 and Harrison 67
when they were elected, while Tyler, when he
took office, had just passed his 51st birthday.
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Taylor was not quite 58 when elected, and j
Fillmore was in his 61st year when he sue- j
ceeded him. Pierce had not yet completed
his 48th year when he was elected, and junior |
of all who had taken the presidential chair, J
except Gen. Grant. Mr. Buchanan was j
elected in his 66th year, Lincoln in his 52nd j
and 56th, while Johnson succeeded in his 57th. ;
I?" Chemical analysis discloses the fact that j
among the many articles used for food there
are only two, wheat and milk, which contain I
all the elements of the human body and in !
the proper proportion. Other articles, such '
as butter, sugar, syrup, and fat of all kinds, t
are wholly carbonaceous, or heat producing, J
so that if a human being were to attempt to i
live on these articles alone, his brain and <
muscles would starve. By actual experiment j
it has been found that a man could not sur- j
vive two months on such a diet. I
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REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
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REPENTANCE.
The word repentance and its cognates, are
used very frequently in the Scriptures. This
being the case, we infer that the doctrine of
repentance is one of great importance. We
are led to this conclusion from the fact that
the more importance is attached to any subject
by God, the more frequently is that subject
treated of in the Bible. The being and attributes
of God; the fall of man and the depravity
of the human heart; the person, nature, work
and sufficiency of Jesus Christ, are constantly
kept before the reader of the Bible. Regeneration
by the spirit and justification by faith,
are found on nearly every page of the Scriptures.
We conclude, and rightly, too, that regeneration
and faith are important doctrines.
This we would infer from the fact that they
are so frequently mid so minutely described;
but we are not left to bare inferences. In the
Scriptures we are told, positively, that "we
must be born again," and that "without faith
it is impossible to please God."
Important as are regeneration and faith, repentance
is equally important. This we infer
from the fact that repentance is brought prominently
to view in the Scriptures, as frequently
as regeneration. But here again we are not
left to bare inferences. Jesus says, "except
ye"?meaning, evidently, all men?"repent,
ye shall perish." It is then just as necessary
that we repent, a3 it is that we be born again,
or that we believe in Jesus Christ. We mean
that in order that we may escai>e the ruins of
the fall, and finally reach heaven, it is absolutely
necessary that we repent. This is, beyond
all doubt, the plain, positive and oft-repeated
teachings of the Scriptures.
Repentance is, then, one of the important
doctrines of the Bible which must be correctly,
if not fully, understood. If our eternal life
depends on repenting, we should have a correct
notion of what repentance is. A mistake here
will prove ruinous to us, not for time only, but
for all eternity.
A thrilling importance gathers around this
subject, when we remember that there afe two
kinds of repentance spoken of in the Bible.
The one is genuine, the other spurious. The
one God approves of; the other does not receive
his approbation. Not only is it the teaching
of the Bible that there are two kinds of reI>entance;
but the observation of every man in
Christian lands teaches the same thing. The
repentance of Judas was very different from
that of Peter; but not more so than that which
comes under the observation of all who live in
Christian lands. Since, then, we mifct repent
or perish?and there are two kinds of repent
ance wnouy uinerem; 111 uieir origin, aims anti
final results?it becomes us to inquire, in the
first place-, whether or not we have repented at
all; and in the second place, if we have repented,
whether or not our repentance is of the
right sort.
Repentance is a turning from sin. It is always
attended with sorrow. Thus far, genuine
repentance and spurious repentance apparently
agree; but the agreement is only in apl>earance.
Two men are traveling in the same
conveyance, on the same road. Apparently,
they are doing the same thing; but if we look
beyond external appearances, we shall find that
they are, although in the same conveyance and
on the same road, pursuing a very different
course and prompted by very opposite motives.
The one, it may be, is on an errand of mercy.
His heart has been touched by some tale of
suffering, and he is hastening to relieve the
distressed. The other is a notorious black-leg,
and is in search of a victim.
Two men were once addicted to the same
sin?say drunkenness; but both are now sober
and temperate men. So far they have done
the same thing, and hence both may be said to
have repentedj but if we ask each the question:
"Why did you leave off your drunken
habits?" The one will reply, if he answers
correctly, "I saw that strong drink was hastening
me to the grave and my family to disgrace."
The other will answer, "I was led by
the word and spirit of God to discern that
drunkenness is a great evil and sin against
God." Both are sorry?both are grieved at
heart?but the origin of their grief is very
different. The one is sorry because he has
sinned against God; the other is sorry because
he has sinned against himself. The one strives
to break off all his sins; the other has no scruples
to sin in every and all particulars, provided
he is not to be injured thereby in person,
property or social position. The murderer, the
thief and the house-burner, all repent when
caught; but until caught, whatevermay be the
qualms of conscience, they make no confessions
and express no sorrow. Their sorrow is
produced by the sight of the lash of the law.
Remove this and their sorrow is dissipated.
A moment's reflection is sufficient to convince
any one that ceasing to sin in one particular,
is not Scripture repentance. If so, then
all men who have lived on the earth have repented,
because all who now live, and all who
may hereafter live 011 the earth, will most certainly
break off some of their sins. Old men
do not practice the sins of their youth. They
will not, they cannot practice them. Still, all
men do not naturally repent, when they grow
old. On the contrary, we find that men, as
they grow old, become adepts in sin.
In genuine repentance there is godly sorrow
for sin; for all sin?sin, in all its forms. This
being the case, there is a universal reformation.
The true repentant breaks off his sins by righteousness,
and his iniquities by turning unto
the Lord. Repentance is the index which
marks a change of heart. Our Saviour says,
"by their deeds ye shall know them." In
the order of nature, regeneration is first.
This is the work of God's Iloly Spirit. The
soul?spiritually dead?dead in trespasses and
sin?is quickened into life. The regenerated
soul immediately begins to entwine itself
around Jesus, and rests upon him alone for
salvation. This is faith, this is believing, this
is accepting Christ, this is coming unto him.
Next follows, in the order of nature, repentance.
In point of time, however, regeneration,
faith and repentance, are contemporaneous.
80 soon as the spiritually dead soul is
made alive, it begins to trust in Jesus, and so
soon as it begins to trust in Jesus it begins to
cease to do evil and commences the practice of
holiness. In other words, it begins to cease
to serve Satan and to engage in the service of
the Lord. The soul dead in trespjisses and sin
cannot believe, and only believers can repent.
All who are regenerated believe, and all believers
repent. This is the Bible order. Not that
there is an interval between regeneration and
faith and between faith and remittance.
We must be careful not to push our technical
distinction too far; but there is one difference
which exists between regeneration and
both faith and repentance, which is of great
practical importance. In regeneration, we are
passive, just like the clay in the hand of the
potter. We do nothing because we can do
nothing. God comes to us; we cannot go to
him. In both faith and repentance it is different.
Our passiveness ceases the moment we
are quickened into life, and we then begin to
be co-laborers with God in working out our
salvation. Regeneration is perfect at once.
It -is the principle of life?rather it is life itself,
and is as perfect in the bal>e as in the full
grown man. Not so with either faith or repentance.
Faith is not equal in all persons,
nor in the same person at all times. Repentance
is the work of a whole life. It never
ceases while life?life this side of the grave?
exists. The life of every believer is a life of
sinning and repenting. In heaven, faith becomes
fruition, and repentance becomes pure
and joyful obedience. The essential ingredients
of genuine repentance are a Scriptural
knowledge of our sinfulness, and of the mercy
of God which is in Jesus Christ. The ability
to repent is clearly the gift of God, hence repentance
is called a grace?a gift. No man,
without the assistance of God's holy spirit,
can any more break off his sins and engage in
the active service of the Lord, than he can j
make darkness light, or evil good. Repent- j
ance is not only a grace, but it is a saving i
grace. By tins it is meant that no man can be
saved without repentance.
It is farther manifest that it is the duty of !
all men to repent note. If it is not incumbent I
upon us to repent now, it never will be our
duty. Again, it is the duty of all men to re- j
pent continually. All men sin?sin continu-!
ally. They do what they ought not to do, and
they leave undone what they ought to do.
This always has l>een the case. It is the case
now and always will be the case, with all
men living on the earth. Believers cease to
sin when the boundaries of the other world are
reached, and unbelievers continue to sin forever.
It is, then, the duty of all to repent
ijow and continually while this life lasts.
Jam and Jimidt.
CLOTHING MOTHS.
This is the season when the moth miller begins
to look for a place to lay her eggs. The
chrysalis rolled up in its "wooly" house, made
by the moth worm last Summer, now comes
forth with wings, and is called the moth miller.
This miller immediately seeks a mate,
and after flying about a few days will crawl
under the edges of the carpet on the floor or
through some crack in the door of the wardrol>e,
where the swallow-tail coat hangs, or
into the closet where the furs are put away,
or into the corner among the woolen rags.
She is not particular, provided the place is
dark and secluded and not likely to be disturbed.
She now begins to lay her eggs, attaching
them here and there to the fibre of
wool, where the worm as he comes forth from
the egg can find good feeding ground. This
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makes his road along the cloth, feeding and
growing on the oil and dirt which he finds,
and afterwards using the fibre to roll up another
house, inside of which he changes into a
chrysalis to hibernate until another season.
The destruction caused by these little pests
can only be counted by millions yearly, and
are the pest of every housekeeper. Unless
you hermetically seal a cask or box, you can
scarcely keep the miller out, as she will crawl
through a good-sized pin-hole. Therefore, we
must use something offensive, and the writer
has found nothing so effective and so cheap as
petroleum paper, or even the common tar roofing
paper will answer.
How to use it: Buy your paper in rolls, cut
it into sections long enough to cover inside,
the bottom and sides, and lay over on the top
of the box. All the inside of the lx?x must be
covered, and on the inside of this again place
wrapping paper, so as to prevent contact of the
nice clothing with the petroleum paper. Use a
larcrebox?no matter about it beincr verv tight.
as the paper will cover all the holes?and, pack
all your woolens and furs, filling it full.
Bring the paper up which has been hanging
over the side of the box and let it cover the
whole, so that the miller cannot enter the box
without crawling over the petroleum paper,
which she will never do. Nail on the cover of
the box and your clothing is safe for three
years, if you want to leave it that long. I
have used it in this way for the last ten years,
and have packed more than a thousand cases
of woolen goods, and can assure the reader
that this is a specific against the ravages of
the moth. It is much cheaper and does not
evaporate like camphor, and the carbolic acid
in it seems to act like an antiseptic on the
animal fibre of the wool to preserve it and
make it healthful. I have sometimes thought
that it was the partial decay of the wool that
attracted the moth, as they first seize upon
the solid parts of the clothing.
value of oatmeal.
Oatmeal is a food ot great strength and nutrition,
having claims to be better known and
more widely used than it is at present. Of
much service as brain food, it contains phosphorus
enough to keep a man doing an ordinary
amount of brain work in good health and
vigor. All medical authorities unite in the
opinion that, eaten with milk, it is perfect food,
and, having all requisites for the development
of the system, it is a pre-eminently useful food
for growing children and the young generally.
Oatmeal requires much cooking to effectually
burst the starch cells, but when it is well cooked
it will thicken liquid much more than equal
its weight in wheaten flour. The oats of this
country are superior to those grown on the
Continent and the southern part of England,
but certainly inferior to the Scotch, where
considerable pains are taken to cultivate them,
and it is needless to point out that the Scotch
are an example of a strong and thoroughly robust
nation, which result is justly set down as
being derived from the plentiful use of oatmeal.
Guthrie has asserted that in his country, men
have the largest heads of any nation in the
world?not even the English having such large
heads?which he attributes to the universal
use of oatmeal, as universal it is, being found
alike on the tables of the rich and the tables of
the poor?in the morning porridge, and in the
evening the traditional cake. The two principal
ways of cooking oatmeal are porridge and
cake (bannock) which I will describe. First,
then, we will commence with a recii>e for porridge
: To three pints of boiling water add a
level teaspoonful of salt and a pint of coarse
meal, stirring while it is being slowly poured
in; continue stirring until the meal is diffused
through the water?about eight or ten minutes.
Cover it closely then, and place it where it
will simmer for an hour ; avoid stirring during
the whole of that time. Serve hot, with
as little messing as possible, accompanied with
milk, maple syrup or sugar and cream. To
make oatmeal cake, place in a bowl a quart
of meal, add to it as much cold water as will
form it into a soft light dough, cover it with
a cloth fifteen minutes to allow it to swell,
then dust the pasteboard with meal, turn out
the dough and give it a vigorous kneading.
Cover it with cloth a few minutes and proceed
at once to roll it to an eighth of an inch thickness;
cut it in five pieces and partly cook
them on a griddle, then finish them by toasting
in front of the fire.?Dublin Farmer.
wny New Bread is Unhealthy.? Every
dyspeetic knows that new bread is not easy of
digestion. The reason why has not been
clearly stated heretofore by any scientific authority;
but recently, the celebrated French
chemist, Boussingault, has concluded a series
of experiments which show beyond question
that one of the great reasons for the indigestibility
of new bread is not its newness, but
its temperature. This he proved by placing
biead, which had been baked six days previous
and dried during the whole interval, in
the oven again, when it reacquired all its
original properties, The process of baking
produces various mucilaginous substances,
which if eaten when warm, form a pasty mass,
which in the stomach is formed into small
compact masses which are impenetrable by the
gastric juice. These portions of food remain
in the stomach undigested, and the results
may be pain in the chest and stomach, disturbance
of the circulation, cerebral congestion
and pain in the head, irritation and even
inflammation of the membranes of the brain,
attacks of appoplexv, and even cramp and
deliirum.
Charcoal on Land.?The absorptive power
of charcoal is well know in the arts. Its
capacity in this direction is remarkable. Accurate
experiment has proved that in twentyfour
hours it would absorb ninety times its
own volume of anion iacal gas, eighty-five times
its volume of muriatic acid gas, and sixty-five
times its volume of sulphurous acid gas. It is
this remarkable quality that makes it so
valuable in destroying odor, color, taste in
many substances, and preserving meats, vegetables
ami fruit, from ranid decav. Its use
as a filter in cisterns is well known, and its
value here depends 011 the same quality. It
separates and appropriates to itself the decaying
matter and other impurities in water, rendering
it pure and sweet. If placed on the
surface of the soil, it will gather from the
air moisture and gasses and impart them to
the growing plants. On the same principle
its value in the barnyard, stable and hog peus,
as an absorptive agent* is incalculable. When
used for tins purpose to form the basis of
manure, it should be in the powdered state.
Ohio Former.
A Saving Wife.?No matter how industrious
or economical a young man is, his endeavors
to save are wasted if he has a careless
wife. lie might as well be doomed to spend
his strength and life in an attempt to catch
water in a seive. The effort would be scarcely
less certainly in vain. Habits of economy,
the way to turn everything in the household
affairs to the best account?are among the
things which every mother should teach her
daughters.
Test the Seed.?Much loss and disappointment
will be avoided by testing a few
seeds of each kind before planting, to he sure
they will germinate. Corn put in some moist
dirt will soon show its quality. Onion and
other small seeds, if soaked in warm water for
a few hours, and then kept in damp flannel in
a warm place, will sprout in from twenty-four
to forty-eight hours if good.
?hr fatMlr inquirer.
TKRM8 OI? HUBSCIIIPTION:
Single copy for one year, $2 50
For six months, 1 25
For three months, 75
Two copies one year, 4 00
Ton copies one year, 20 00
And an extra copv for a club of- ten.
ADVERTISING RATES.
ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion,
and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each
subsequent insertion. A square consists of the
space occupied by seven lines of this size type.
Contracts will be made at reduced rates
for advertising space to bo used for three, six, I
or twelve months.
THE YORKYILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1880.
PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Seventy-Seven Prizes to beaicarded to Subscribers.
REDUCTION IN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
TERMS 0! 1W1HMI OF f OHM
Having perfected arrangements for reducing
the expense of publication during the year 1880,
we have determined to give our subscribers a
share of the benefits, and announce the following
reduced rates, to yearly subscribers?subscriptions,
in all cases, to be paid in advance:
Single copy, one year %2 .50
Two copies, one year, 4 00
Ten copies, one year, 20 00
And an extra copy 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 8ewlng 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 Fonr-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
elsewhorein this prospectus. The Knives
will bo manufactured by the celebrated cutler,
William Thomas Staniforth, Sheffield, England,
and imported to our order expressly for this purpose
by Messrs. Hart <ft Co., hardware importers,
of Charleston. The cutlery made by Staniforth is
of the best quality, and 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 the stores at J 1.50.
In the distribution of the above Prizes, the
following plan will be observed r'The names of
all persons who pay for one year's subscription,
wh' '..er in a club at $2, or as a single subscriber
at $2.50, between this date and the tirst Saturday
of October, 1880, will be printed on slipwj and
fdaced in envelopes of uniform size and deposited
na 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 be placed in another cylinder,
with the words "Sewing Machine" printed
on three of them; "Cooking Stove" on two; and
"Pocket Knife" on seventy-two of them. On
the day designated, after thoroughly mixing the
envelopas 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'in; mediately succeeding from
the Prize cylinder. The cylinders will ne 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 the opportunity
afforded for any subscriber to be present
who may desire to do so. The result of the drawing
will" bo 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 Machinesor
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 PocketITniimo
will ho rlol ixrora/l af n? f I llhllfbl' Inn
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.
A if letters should be addressed to
L. M. GRIST,
Yorkville, 8. C.
January 2 tf
" AGAIN THE SCENE""
CHANGES!
WE CANNOT SING THE OLD
SONGS
In the old place any longer. It's too small. Not
hall large enough for our family, household goods
and trade; therefore, we shall break camp July 1,
next, and establish new musical headquarters in
the handsome
NEW DOUBLE STORE
COR. CONGRESS AND WHITAKER STS.
Where we shall have the largest and finest Musical
Warerooms in the entire South. Before we
go, we must, to save he^vy expense of labor and
removal, close out t ur entire stock of Pianos and
Organs now on hand and to arrive prior to July
1. To do this we shall inaugurate forthwith a
i^?ir~?
din aiiiit tn an
Commencing May 15 and ending July 1, during
which time we shall sell at Manufacturer's Wholesale
Rates.
10 Favorite Pianos.
27 Chickering Pianos.
21 Lighte & Co. Pianos.
50 Mathushek Pianos.
5 Hallet & Davis Pianos.
62 Southern Gem Pianos.
28 Guild, Church & Co. Pianos.
44 Sterling Co. Organs.
100 Peloubet & Co. Organs.
120 Mason & Hamlin Organs.
All new and just from Factory. Also 100 Second
Hand Pianos and Organs. Most all of them
used only from one to six months and precisely
as good as new.
DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE
To secure a fine instrument "awful" cheap.
Write for Clearing Out Sale Circulars and Price
Lists and be quick about it. The sale ends July
1, positively. Address
LUDDEN ABATES,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA,
WHOLESALE PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS.
May 27 38 9m
"ROBERT J. HERND0N~
I.nte Student of Boston Conservatory of Music,
TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS,
AND THE CORNET. Music arranged to order
for any number of Instruments. Terov,
moderate.
Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND INSTRUMENTS.
April 22 17 ly
IVO DOUBT
*7 'ZB
THE NEW FARQU
IS the BEST AND CHEAPEST MACHINE o
it has been used. For descriptive Catalogue an
BENNET
May 13
G. H. O'LEARY.
JCST ARRIVED.
SOME handsome new CHAMBER SUITS,
latest styles, at lowest living prices. Call ana
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 of various styles,
and a new sunulv of Pictures.
G. H. O'LEARY.
COOKING STOVES.
THE Iron King and Elmo Cooking Stoves on
hand and lor 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.
SADOLEKS^DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE a number of Saddles of my own manufacture,
which were made before the recent
advance 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
Blind Bridles, Halters, Collars, Whips, Plow
Backhands, Hames, Trace Chains, Saddle Blankets,
etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'S.
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT.
I AM constantly receiving new j^oods 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. 7 ~
SETH THOMAS' one and eight-day Clocks for
sale by G. H. O'LEARY.
BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES.
BEDSTEADS, handsome and plain, to suit all
classes. Mattresses cheap, at
GEORGE H. O'LEARY'S.
REMOVAL.
THE YORK MARBLE YARD.
1 WOULD respectfully announce that I have
REMOVED MY MARBLE WORKS to the
new building South of Wheeler's Coach Factory,
on ray own premises, and near the Railroad depot,
where I shail hereafter be better than ever heretofore
prepared to furnish MONUMENTS, TOMB
STONES, or ANYTHING IN MY LINE, as
low as the lowest. As an evidence of this, I can
furnish Tomb Stones for CHILDREN from $3.00
upward ; for ADULTS, from $8.00 upward.
Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and
finished in the most elaborate style, ana in point
of workmanship and material, equal to the work
of any establishment in the country.
Specimens always on hand, to an inspection of
which, those in want of marble work are respectfully
invited.
Estimates and other information furnished on
application.
Work delivered at any point on the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between
Chester and Dallas, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for
transportation.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
upon my establishment, my determination is to
merit a continuance of toe same.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
March 11 11 tf?
THE BICKFORD
AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER.
Lbiiii iij
Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it;
shapes all sizes complete. Knits over50different
garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins,
Wristlets, Gloves, eto. It knits every possible
variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent
profit in manufacturing knit goods. Farmerscar
treble the value of their wool, by converting it
into knit goods.
Agents wanted in every State, County, City and
Town, to whom very low prices will l>e made.
For full particulars and lowest prices for the
best Family Machine, send to
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO.,
Brattleboro, Vt.
February 26 9 ly
WAGONS.
JUST received, a Car load of those Snperior
Tennessee Wagons. I have sold nearly one
hundred of them and never have heard one word
of complaint, trom any purchaser, about them,
which I consider one of toe
BEST RECOMMENDATIONS
that could be had. Persons wanting good Wagr
ons would do well to buy at once, as there is no
difference between Cash and Credit price. My
object.
IS TO ACCOMMODATE FARMERS,
Without making them pay high prices These
Wagons are all marked at a very small advance
on cost, and the marked price will buy them,
either on
CASH OR NOTE.
Also, Carriages, Phaetons, Buggies, and every
variety of vehicle needed, can be found at the
Carriage Factory of B. T. WHEELER.
May 13 . 20 tf
Spite Running M?
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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.
GARRYIROV ROOFING CO.,
Manufacturers
Iron Roofing
and Crimped
^1^^>r??^ Doors
and Cement.
79 and 81 Columbus Street,
CLEXTEIjAKn), OHIO.
Send for circulars and price lists.
February 20 9 ly
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j. At f? wimamftor, jd^yop6a 1u, caeoljya,
lliiur rwptctfelly c3+t lu mrvka?u|h^parv?u1l^wuh to mmu?
for (mr dMgbtm, At rXtoaibla nt*tqilvu>nmmhkl^/y m metrical colli*
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wkal k called u? ."OmV-Cocmk
or JJnroTj &ni/b^ k Sji?i*|[?r>wri0SAm/k/iEU11JMS, iu tow um
AT* ud< ?Ull^>wrt^fcKW/r^Jfc\ JlifiK|riJ^oproT?. tbrlr privilege*,
lu ! )wtGu? frmak ColWfto
rr/w/iji^ nor ralk to aky.
(ym ^oJtjmb MTtril W*r ViUitu Piauia Kiirrm, m
felly #*plA&V**" C*ulofu?. B#od (or oo#, tad cxajuIm it.
fm MMrti am t+fOmmmi, **f mm to vlM trt m mm n. JUimiwI;
.August 21 34 lyeaw
OLD NEWSPAPERS,
OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale
at one cent each, at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
A BO UT IT.
HAR THRASHER
n the Market. They will have no other wherever
d Price List, apply to
r & MOFFATT, General Agents, Chester, S. C.
20 3tn
TAX RETURNS FOR 1880.
AUDITOR'S OFFICE,)
Yorkvillb, 8. C., May 6th, 1880. J
NOTICE is hereby given that on and after
TUESDAY, THE FIRS'1 DAY OF JUNH,
1880, the books of the County Auditor of York
county, will be open for tbe purpose of receiving
returns of all PER80NAL PROPERTY owned
by the fieveral tax-payers in > <dd county, on the
1st day of June, 1880, and liabl e to taxation. The a
Auditor will meet the tax-payers at the following ^
times and places:
At Rock Hill, Catawba township, from Tuesday,
1st, to Saturday, 5th of June, inclusive.
At Massey's Store, Ebenezer township, Monday,
June 7.
At Ebenezer, Ebenezer township, Tuesday,
June 8.
At Fort Mill, Fort Mill township, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, 9th, lOtlii and 11th of June,
At Clay Hill, Bethel township, Saturday, June
12.
At Bethel, Bethel township, Monday June 14.
At Bethany, King's Mountain township,Tuesday,
June 15.
At Clover, King's Mountain township, WcdnoaHnv
.Tnna )A
At Whitaker, Cherokee township, Thursday,
Jane 17.
At Black's Station, Cherokee township, Friday
and Saturday, 18th and 19th of June. "
At Hickory Grove, Broad River township,
Monday and Tuesday, 21st and 22nd of Jane.
At J. W. Carroll's Store, Bullock's Creek township,
Wednesday, 23d of June,
At Blaireville, (Rainey'sStore) Bullock's Creek
township, Thursday, June 21. ^
At McConnellsvflie, Betheriida township, Friday,
June 25.
At Brattonsville, Bethesda township, Saturday,
June 26.
At Yorkville, York township, from Monday, s
28th of June, till Wednesday, 21st of July.
All males between the ages of 21 and 60 years
are liable to poll tax, and must make returns acoordingly.
All returns must be filed in this office, on or before
WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY-FIRST
DAY OF JULY, next, otherwise, fifty percent,
penalty will'attach. This will be absolute.
The tax-payers will please notice that dn- " *
ring the time that the Auditor is at bis appointments
throughout the county, the books will not
be open at Yorkville, as heretofore. Tax-payers
will save themselves trouble by makingtheir returns
at the appointment nearest their place of
residence. C. S. WILSON,
Auditor for York county.
May 6 19 8t
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OP YORK-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Jane E. Wright, Plaintiff, against Wm. Warllck,
and others, Defendants.?Summons for Relief*
Complaint not Served.
To tiie Defendants, Wm. Wariick and others. , *
TOU are hereby summoned and required to answer
the complaint ih this action, which Plaintiff
filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, for the said County, and to servo
a copy of your answer to the said complaint, on
the subscriber, at his office, or office of the Clerk
of the Court of Com moil Pleas, in York villej 8. G'.,
within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive
of the day of such service ; and if you
fail to answer the complaint within the tunc
aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated Mav 18th, A. D., 1880.
J. C.'CHAMBERS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
Jos. F. War,lack, C. C. C. Pls.
To James Wariick and Sarah Jane Hickman, absent
Defendants: Take notice that the com- plaint
and summons in the above entitled action,
was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of '
Common Pleas for York County, South Carolina,
on the 17th day of Mav, A. D., 1880.
J. C. CHAMBER8, Plaintiff's Attorney.
May 20 21 6t
C. & L. NARROW GAUGE BAILBOAlT
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE."
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, 1
Yorkville, S. C? May 26, 1880. j
fflHE following Schedule of Jh& Mail and Pas
X eenger Trains will take effect at 'i o'clock, p.
m.,on the 27th of May, 1880.
GOING NORTH.. _
Leave Chester at 2.00 P. M, X
Leave Lowrysvilleat 2.85 P. M.
Leave McConnellsville at 3.00 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville at 3.10 P. M.
Arrive at Yorkville at ? 3.40 P. M.
Leave Yorkville at 3.50 P. M.
Leave Clover at 4.35 P. M.
Leave Bowling Green at 4.45 P. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at 4.55 P. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge at.. 5.10 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonia at 5.30 P. M.
Leave Gastonia at. 5.40 P. M.
Arrive at Dallas at 8.00 P. M.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Dallas at 8.00 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia at 8.20 A. M.
Leave Gastonia at 6 40 A. M.
Leave 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. v.
Leave Guthriesville at 9.05 A. M.
Leave McConnellsville at 9.20 A. M?
Leave Lowrysvilleat..^ 9.40 A. M.
Arrive at Chester at 10.10 A. M.
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
May 27 22 tf
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE
RAILWAY.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Atlanta, Ga., May 20,1880.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
ON and after May '23rd, 1880, trains will run ^ '
on this road as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
(eastwabd.)
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.
(eastward.),
Arrive at Gastonia, 4.33, P. M., Leave 5.02, P. M
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 7.43, A. M., Leave 8.03, A. M.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55, A. M., Leave 5.55, A. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 5.00, P. M.( Leave 5.00, P. M.
Connecting at Atlanta tor all points west ana
Southwest.
Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points.
Through Tickets on sale at Greenville and Spartanburg
to all points East and West.
G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager.
W. j. Houston, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent.
June 10 25 tf
GEORGE T. SCHORB,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
CHESTER, 8, CAROLINA.
1JICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and
pains taken to plea3e 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 first- 'f
class.
Call and see for yourselves, at the PHOTOGALLERY,
opposite the "Cotton Hotel."
Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions,
Advertisements and orders for Job Work for the
Yorkville Enquirer.
GEORGE T. SCHORB.
February 13 7 tf