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Itumorous fUpartracnt Narrow Escapes.?Sometimes, when I look back over my life, says Burdette, I am amazed to see how the pages of its record are dotted with hair breadth escapes. I escaped the dangers and hardships of the revolutionary war by waiting until the war had been over about sixty years before I got born. When the Brooklyn theatre burned I was in Burlington. When the yellow fever broke out in New Orleans I was in Minnesota and immediately skipped out for Canada. When I was a boy at school one day all the boys in school were dogged all around for robbing an apple orchard, and the flogging didn't do a bit of good, for every beggar of them had the cholera morbus all that night, just the same. And I ? I was attending another __i i a. x.. at j* a. a. nrL. n scnooi twenty-mree nines uisiam. tt ueu mi of my brothers and sisters were down with the scarlet fever, I was down South in the army, and when I read the letters from home I laughed to think of my great good fortune, and that I would only have to be shot at once or twice a week, instead of having to take medicine three times a day. When a man comes to the office with a little bill, nine times out of teu I am out. And if, by some astonishing blunder, I am in, ".hen, indeed, I am more unfortunate, but the man is in no better luck than before. Anecdote of Tom Corwin.?When quite a young man he was elected a member of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, and early in the session he brought in a bill for the destruction of the public whippingpost. He made an earnest sjieech in favor of the measure, to which an elderly gentleman replied as follows: "Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is not as old as I am, and has not seen as much of the practical operation of the system of punishment which he desires to abolish. When I lived in Connecticut, if a fellow stole a horse, or cut up some antic, we used to tie him up and give him a real good thrashing; and he always cleared right out, aud we never saw anything more of him. It's the best way of getting rid of the rogues that ever was tried, and without expense to the State." Mr. Corwin, who never failed to carry his point by a joke, if the argument was against hira, only made the brief reply : "Mr. Speaker, I have been puzzled to account for the vast emigration from Connecticut to the West, but the gentleman last up has explained it to my satisfaction." It is almost needless to say that Mr. Corwin's bill passed by an overwhelming majority. 8S?" A Yarmouth, Me., preacher, while illustrating the need and efficacy of prayer, drew an illustration from his own experience. He was out on a lake in a boat, when, by mischance, he lost both oare. The wind was rising, night was coming on, and he was in imminent danger of being swamped and finding a watery grave. What could he do? Evidently, nothing of himself; so he knelt clown and prayed long and fervently for do liveranfe. He placed himself in the hands of the Lord, and so was saved. So he passed from one thing to another, and at last the sermon was finished. He raised his hands to pronounce the benediction. The audience stood with bowed heads, waiting for the gracious words, when old Captain Sweetser, of North Yarmouth, a rugged old sea dog, cried out, "Say, Mr. Preacher, I want you to tell me how you got ashore." The audience was still no more, but broke into a roar, and it was fully five minutes before the minister could explain that a man saw him from the shore and put out in another boat and took him off. But the effect for the good of one sermon was spoiled. For the Credit of the Family.?A young gentleman was passing a little girl on Seveylh street recently, who was sitting on the door steps humming over a tune. He was interested by the sweet and intelligent appearance of the child, and accosting her, the following dialogue took place: "Sissy, what's your pa's name?" This was very politely answered by the little girl. "How many brothers have you?" "Four or five." "How many sisters ?" "Four or five." The young man's curiosity being satisfied, he passed on. The mother of the little fouryear old (who had neither brother nor sister) overheard the conversation, and calling her in asked her why she had storied to the man, and received the following cute reply: "Well, mamma, I didn't want the gentleman to think we were so poor as to have no children." S&~ "Do you think you can make arrests and guard prisoners ?" asked the Galveston Chief of Police. The applicant smiled a smile that made everybody in the office feel positively uncomfortable. It was the kind of a smile that John McCullough, as Othello, smiles when, towards the last, he begins to see through "honest Iago." "Suppose you had six prisoners, and one of them was to run off?would you leave the five and follow up the fugitive?" asked the Chief of Police. "Why, no," responded the hard-faced applicant. "I'd shoot the five who didn't try to es cape, so I would know where to look for them when I got back with the body of the other one." "That's all right in New York, but it is too rough for Texas," replied the Chief of Police. Saving His Brother's Life.?Yesterday about one o'clock, a boy of about twelve went up Market street at such a rate of speed that everybody who saw him was satisfied he was running for a doctor. A man wiih a kindly expression of countenance, caught the boy by the arm, and asked him: "Sonny, is there anybody right sick at your house?" "No, but there will be if you don't turn me loose." "Who is it, buddy?" "Will you let me go if I tell you?" "I will, ray boy." "Well,then, it's my brother Bob. He will be a remains before night if I don't get home right off. You see, we have cucumbers, green corn, clabber, water-melon and cabbage for dinner, and if I ain't there, to get my share, he will founder himself and die. Please let me go so I can save my brother's life."? Galveston News. A Puzzled Justice.?A man named Josh was brought before a country squire for stealing a hog and three witnesses being examined, swore they saw him steal it. A wag having volunteered his rnnnsel for .Tnsh. knowinc the scope of the squire's brain, arose and addressed him as follows: "May it please your honor, I can establish this man's honesty beyond a shadow of a doubt, for I have twelve witnesses who are ready to swear that they die! not see him steal it." The squire rested his head for a few moments as if in deep thought, and with great dignity arose, and, brushing back his hair, said : "Jf there are twelve who did not see him steal it, and only three who did, I discharge the prisoner." consumptive looking man, lame and feeble and carrying a pint bottle full of something, halted a pedestrian and said : "I found this bottie on the comer back there and I wish you'd tell me what's iu it." The other took it, removed the cork and Bnuffed in a full breath. The next in <taut he staggered against a wall, clawing the air and choking and gasping, and it was a full minute before he blurted out: "Why, you infernal idiot, that's hartshorn." "Well, I'm perfectly willing to take your word for it without extra insults," observed the invalid in an injured voice, and he took his bottle and walked off like a man who hs.d been abused without the least excuse. IpSffUM*on? Reading, i Tight Shoes.?The wearing of shoes which compress and distort the feet is a singularly 1 injurious custom. Suppose I said that ninetenths of the feet were rendered misshapen by the boots and shoes worn, the statement would seem extreme, but it would be within the truth. The pointed boot or shoe is the most signal instance of a mischievous instrument designed for the torture of feet. In ihis shoe the great toe is forced out of its natural line toward the other toes, giving a reverse curve from what is natural to the terminal part of the inner side of the foot, while all the other toes are compressed together toward the great toe, the whole producing a wedge-like form of foot which is altogether apart from the natural. Such a foot has lost its expanse of tread; such a foot has lost its elastic resistance ; such a foot has lost the strength of its arch to a very considerable degree; such a foot by the irregular and unusual pressure on certain points of its surface has become hard at those points, and is easily affected with corns and bunions. Lastly, sucn a root becomes badly nourished, and the pressure exerted upon it interferes with its circulation and nutrition. It ceases to be an instrument upon which the body can sustain itself with grace and with easiness of movement, even in early life ; while in mature life and in old age it becomes a foot which is absolutely unsafe, and which causes much of that irregular hobbling tread which often renders so peculiar the gait of persons who have passed their meridian. It sometimes happens for a time that these mistakes in regard to the boot and shoe are increased by the plan of raising the heel, and letting it rest on a raised impediment of a pointed shape. Anything more barbarous can scarcely be conceived. By this means the body, which should naturally be balanced 011 a most beautiful arch, is placed 011 an inclined plane, and is only prevented from falling forward by the action of the muscles which counterbalance the mechanical error. But all this is at the expense of lost muscular efforts along the whole line of the muscular track, from the heels actually to the back of the head?a loss of force which is absolutely useless, and, as I have known in several cases, exhausting and painful. In addition to these evils arising from the pointed heeled boot, there are yet two more. In the first place, the elastic spring of the arch being broken by the heel, the vibration produced, by its contact with the earth at every step causes a concussion which extends along the whole of the spinal column, and is sometimes very acutely felt. In the second place, the expanse of the foot being limited in the seizure of the earth by the foot is incomplete both in standing and in walking, so that it becomes a new art to learn how * X 11, 7T?r?_ lO SlHIlll erect ur Willis. nitu ii?iper's Weekly. Bells.?The history of bells is full of romantic interest. In civilized times they have been intimately associated, not only with all kinds of religious and social rites, but with almost every in portant historical event. Their influence in architecture is not less remarkable, for to them indirectly we probably owe all the most famous towers in the world. Bells early summoned soldiers to aims, as well as citizens to bath or senate, or Christians to church. They sounded the alarm in fire or tumult, and the rights of the burghers in their bells were jealously guarded. Many a bloody chapter in history has been rung in and out by bells. On the third day of Easter, 1282, at the ringing of the Sicilian vespers, 8,000 French were massacred in cold blood by John of Procida, who had thus planned to free Sicily from Charles of Anjou. On the 24th of August, St. Bartholomew's day, 1571, bells ushered in the massacre of the Huguenots in France to the num' ber, it is said, of 100,000. Bell founding attained perfection in Holland in the sixteeth and seventeenth centuries, and the names Hemorry, Dumery, and the Van den Ghens stand as the princes of the art. Bell riging by ropes is still a popular art in England. The first regular peal of bells sent to England was in 145G by Pope Calixitus III. to King's college, Cambridge, and was for 300 years the largest peal in that country. At the beginning of the sixteenth century sets of eight bells were hung in a few churches. The great bell at Moscow, Czar Kolokol, which, according to the inscription, was cast in 1733, was in the earth 103 years, and was raised by the Emperor Nicholas in 1830. It seems never to nave ueen nung orrung, iiavnig been cracked in the furnace. It stands on a raised platform in the middle of a square and is used for a chapel. It weighs 440,000pounds; height, 19 feet 3 inches ; circumference, 00 feet 9 inches; thickness, 2 feet; weight of broken piece, 11 tons. The second Moscow bell, the largest in the world in actual use, weighs 128 tons. The great bell at Pekin weighs 53 tons; Nanking, 22 tons; Ormutz, 17 tons; Vienna, 17 tons; Notre Dame 17 tons; Erfurt, one of the finest bell metal, 13 tons. The Kaiserglocke of Cologne cathedral, lately recast, (1875) weighs twenty-five tons. The Sand Blast.?Among the wonderful and useful inventions of the times is the sandblast. Suppose you desire to letter a piece of marble for a gravestone; you cover the stone with a sheet of wax no thicker than a wafer, then cut in the wax the name. Now pass it under the blast, and the wax will not be inoil V?nf ouiul will nnf liiftarc tlptm j in cu an ail) uut bug cunu n n* vuv twwiv v?w|/ into the stone. Or, if you desire raised letters a flower c. other emblem, cut the letters, flowers, etc., in wax and stick them upon a stone ; then pass the stone under the blast, and the sand will cut away. Remove the wax, and you have the raised letters. Take a piece of French plate-glass, say two feet by six, and cover it with fine lace; pass it under the blast, and not a thread of the lace will be injured, but the sand will cut deep into the glass whenever it is not covered by the lace. Now remove the lace and you have every delicate figure upon the glass. In this way beautiful figures of all kinds are cut in the glass, and at a small expense. The workmen can hold their hands under the blast without any harm, even when it is rapidly cutting away the hard stone, but they must look out for their finger nails, for they will be whittled away quite speedily. If they "put on steel thimbles to protect the nails it will do but little good, for the sand will soon whittle them away; but if they wrap a piece of soft cotton around them they are safe. You will *ee at once the philosophy of it. The sand whittles away and destroys any hard substance, even, glass, but does not effect substances that are soft and yielding, like wax, cotton or fine lace, or even the human hand. fgr The greatest merit of a great many people Is that they do as other people do. Such persons cannot tolerate any departure from established modes of action. They move round and round in a circle, and because they keep moving as it is somewhere observed, they fancy they are making progress; and they are never reminded of their error even when they discover, after much motion, that they are but a short distance from their starting point. Now, i.i despite of this class, it may be laid down as a rule that where there is a great amount of character there will be a great amnnnt nf misnnrlprstnnrl iirt.inn whifili is commonly called eccentricity, and usually most unjustly translated to mean?folly. It is no doubt well to do common things in a common way, but this is distinct from a servile adoption of the prh.ciple of imitation in everything ; and no man of intellect, much less a man of progressive energies, will submit to walk only in the footpaths made by the many. It is one of the conditions upon which its efficiency or the success or failure of its efforts depends that the mind shall act with freedom i and be permitted to cast off when r cessary the restraint of rules founded merely 011 cus-1 torn and having 110 basis in right. - ? The Dangers of Chlokoform.?The question whether you can put a person to sleep | without awakening them was legally investigated during the trial of Mrs. Smith for being I an accomplice in the murder of her husband, ! the policeman of Jersey City, she claiming to j ! have been chloroformed, and hence unconscious ' i of the factthat lie was being killed while lying j in the same bed with her. Dr. T. V. Quimby ! was unable 011 the trial, to testify from expe-1 ' rience, as to whether or not it was possible to I ! cliloroforin any one without awakening them ' ' with the fumes. He made three experiments. I | Mr. A. consenting, the doctor entered his room j i and applied the chloroform without arousing ! 1 the sleeper. A boy of thirteen had refused to I take chloroform for the performance of some ' trivial operation. His mother gave him a light supper and put him to bed. The chloroform was administered after he had fallen asleep, , and the operation performed without waking : the boy. Another boy had 11 surgical opera- j tion performed upon him with entire success, 1 It is evidently a dangerous weapon in the |: I hands of malefactors. . 1 t ^ t ! A clergyman was recently prosecuted in , | : England for stealing an umbrella, which he had taken from a shop in a shower. He was, ! released, the judge doubtless charging the jury 1 j "Let him who is without sin among you, sling j I the first umbrella.'' I, Jam and preside. Barnyard vs. Chemical Fertilizers. The liquid excretions of animals are the most valuable products as fertilizers, and should be saved with the greatest care. They contain the mineral salts which have been thrown off in the system and are rich in nitrogen and ammonia. A cord of muck or loam saturated with urine is worth more than the same amount of ordinary manure as a fertilizer on a sandy soil. The value of barnyard manure as compared with other fertilizers depends very much on what is required of a fertilizer. On a soil rich in most of the elements of plant food, a deficiency of one or two elements might be more economically treated with a special fertilizer. Much can be said in favor of both barnyard and mineral fertilizers. Circumstances must control the value of both. Without regard to the cost of either, ham " * " O"- -------yard manure is, beyond all question, as a rule the best fertilizer that we can use ; but when we take into consideration the cost of both, and the expense of applying barnyard manure, it may not always be of the greatest value. There is no doubt but that special fertilizers for special crops are better than barnyard manure in many cases unless there is a lack of orgauio matter in the soil. And again, for quick results, chemical manures are often far preferable to stable manures. Both have their advantages and both can be used with profit, and should be acceptable to the farmer in order that he may more perfectly control the growth and development of his crops as he may wish, and that he may have more perfectly at his command the stores of plant food which he possesses in his soil. But if he can have only one class of manures, then barnyard must stand prominent in its advantages over any other, as it contains all the elements of plant food in some degree, and posseses all the chemical physical properties of orgauic manure. The Turnip Crop.?There is no crop that the farmer puts in the ground that pays him better than the turnip. We are aware that with some persons it is looked upon as of little account; but it has never received the consideration to which it is really entitled ; and those who turn up their noses at it are not genuine farmers. It is a crop, moreover, that is put in at a lime when the hurrying work of the season is over ; when it occupies ground that has been already used for something else. The cultivation, also, say of from one to two acres of turnips, involves comparatively lit tie labor. The crop, too, is harvested in November, when there is almost no other labor on the farm to interfere with it. As to the variety of seed to sow, we believe there is no turnip equal to the Purpletop. A top dressing of bone-manure is almost , indispensable to an abundant crop. For an early crop take the Early Flat Dutch and sow broadcast, and now is the time. The Purple Top is best for the regular farm crop. This should be sowed in drills thirty inches apart, and when the turnips are the size of a hickory nut, thin out to eight or ten inches apart in the row. They seldom fail in affording a satisfactory crop. The crop can be put in the first half of August. Where land is a little short, sow among the corn at the last working. They will not interfere in the least with that crop, generally, and very little when it is harvested. Be sure always to procure seed from an established seed house of reputation, and use that grown here instead of in Europe, if you wish the bestand safest article.?Germantown Telegraph. Corn Fodder.?This is a most excellent forage crop, and can be put in at any time up to the 1st of August. For milk cows, cattle and sheep, it is excellent, and every farmer should provide a liberal supply. It is a paying crop in the abundance of its yield and the superior quality of the feed it produces. All kinds of stock are fond of it when properly cured. It can be raised at a small expense of labor, and requires but little care to save. In view of the attention being given to ensilage, it would be well for farmers to raise a crop of fodder corn, and test for themselves this new system. The best plau for its production is to sow in drills about two aDd a half feet apart, and run the cultivator through two or three times during its growth. If not used for ensilage, it can be easily cured for winter use. If makes an excellent forti6cation for stock that may be caught short of forage in a hard winter. No fanner should be without a liberal supply of it, Chickens Fit to Eat.?Don't imagine that it makes no difference how your chickens have been brought up. Don't suppose that they will be good anyhow. Chickens have been carefully dressed, deliciously stuffed, and yet they were not 6t to eat. There was a flavor about them that no soda rinsing could cleanser and no seasoning conceal. These were chickens that had picked up their living around pig sties and other unclean places A chicken may be spoiled in dressing it to cook. If killed with a full crop, and allowed to lie for h#urs before it is "drawn," or relieved of its internal organs, it gets an unpleasant flavor. Fowls should be caught and shut up without food for twelve hours or more before they are beheaded. Then the crop and intestines will be empty, and the task of picking aud dressing it will be greatly lessened. Old fowls are not neces sarily tough?only cook them long enough. They are more tender twenty-four hours after they are killed than if eaten immediately. To Restore Worn Land.?By actual experience I find that plowiug in green crops and a well regulated rotation of crops is the surest and cheapest way to improve wornout land, always taking care when sowing any kind of crops, whether small grain, peas or clover, to plow the land deep. It ie not ex-pected that a farmer will take his whole farm through this process at one time, but he may use the best of it for corn or cotton, while he improves a part of it, and change it about, so that in a few years he may improve it all. All land cultivated in coru should be sowed in neas at the last nlowimr of corn. No I 1 u laud should be cultivated in cotton more than once without changing to another crop. ? A Good Tree Wash.?The sulphate of iron, called in commerce green vitriol or copperas may be bought in the market for five cents per pound or less. It may be applied as a wash for fruit trees. It appears to be destructive to insects that infest the trees and poisonous to the animalcules that prey upon the roots and their fibrous ramifications, and it is a good fertilizer of every tissue of the tree, trunk, root, leaf and branch, making it strong, vigorous and healthy, and able to resist all those causes whatever their name or nature, either iusect, animalcules, electricity or sun scald, that create or cause the pear blight. Bone Meal for Grape Vines.?The editor of the Londou Horticulturist asserts that 11 .1 c ._-i: 1 c .1,. among an me ieruiizers propuseu iui we grape, none embody more of the necessary ingredients than bone meal. It should be applied as early in the season as possible. About a ton to the acre makes a dressing that will prove valuable for two or three years. In the West, as a rule, the necessity for the phosphates are not yet felt to any considerable d agree. Where it is so, bone-meal is to be reconnneuded. The quantity, however, is j excessive. One thousand pounds ought to I make itself felt for years.? Cottage Hearth. Remedy for Cabbage and Collard ; Worms.?Parrott Hardy gives the following j remedy for keeping worms out of cabbage j and collards j lake the berry from the china tree and boil it, and then sprinkle the cabbage with the tea. For collards, the balls , themselves may be put on as they do not i head up so early as the cabbage. He has 1 tried it for several years and warrants the remedy to be a success.?Kinston Journal. i gUafliug for the Sabbath. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. fOrUlna).] INFIDELITY. The etymological meaning of the word infidel is "one who is unfaithful." He who neglects to discharge any duty which lie owes, either to himself, to his fellow men, or to his God, may, with propriety of speech, be called an infidel. The word, however, is restricted in its application and is used by theologians generally, to denote one who calls in question the inspiration of the Scriptures. In ten thousand ways, Satan, the great enemy of all good, has been laboring to incite men to doubt the truthfulness of God. Every attack Satan makes, is, either directly or indirectly, aimed at the word of God. To Eve, in the Garden of Paradise, he said, "Ye shall not surely die." This is only a cunningly de vised mode of speech, which is equivocal in import to the harsher and repulsive expression "God is not truthful." This last expression, Satan, no doubt, thought would have shocked the ears of Adam and Eve, hence he modestly said, "Ye shall not surely die.1' To believe this declaration of Satan was to disbelieve the declaration of God. If every sin is traced to its origin, it will be found to have its beginning in doubting the truthfulness of God. It has been so often and so convincingly proven that the Bible is the word of God, that it is only occasionally that any individual will dare deny the fact. Such being the case, Satau makes his attack more adroitly. Men are rarely urged to question the inspiration of the Bible as a whole. This would shock the ears of common decency, and frustrate all his diabolical purposes. Instead of suggesting to men that the whole Bible is uninspired, he suggests to them that a part of it is the word of God, and a part is not. Some are led to believe that what JesuS"Christ himself said is inspired, but what Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Paul and Peter said, is not inspired. This is a most insidious attack. It strikes at the very foundation of the whole. If what Paul said is not as truthful and authoritative as what Jesus Christ said, the whole foundations of inspiration are swept away. The same is true concerning all the writers of the Bible. If they were not moved by the Holy Ghost to write what they did write, then we have no Bible, and it would be impossible to prove that Jesus Christ is the Saviour, or, in fact, to prove that there ever will be a Saviour. If the whole Bible is not inspired, then none of it may be. If one part is the word of God, and another part is not, who is able to distinguish between what is God's word and what is not his word ? The doctrine of a part inspired and a part uninspired Bible seems to be the favorite weapon which Satan is using at the present time to harass the people of God and impede the progress of the gospel. It is not strange that wicked men league with the devil and put forth all their might in attacks upon the Bible. Whatever detracts from the truthfulness of the Bible encourages sin. It will be found on examination, that all those who question the inspiration of the Bible are great sinners, and their opposition to the j Bible is wholly on account of its purity, or because it forbids sin, giT Patience is the endurance of any evil, out of the love of God, as the will of God. The offices of patience are as varied as the ills of life. We have need of it with ourselves and with others ; with those above and below us, and with equals; with those who love us, and those who love us not; for the greatest things and the least; against sudden trouble, and under daily burdens; disappointments as to the weather or the breaking of the heart; in weariness of body, in wearing of soul; in ourown failure, and others' failure to us. In all these things, irom childhood's little troubles to the martyr's sufferings, patience is the grace of God, whereby we endure evil for the love of Him, and keep still and motionless not to offend him. 1 .? Man's Way and God's Way.?Man's way is, "Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all." God's way is, "I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins." Man in his self-sufficiency, would wait until he can give or do something to earn salvation for himself ; but when taught of God he comes empty-handed, and joyfully receives at once eternal life as "the gift qf God through Jesus Christ." It is then that he inquires, "What shall I render to the Lord V"?working not for life, but from life, as the old divines would say. UIIRJ8T 8 JjEG-aciks.? vvnen unrisi was about leaving this world he made his will. His soul he committed to his Father; his body he bequeathed to Joseph, to be decently interred; his clothes fell to the soldiers; his mother he left to the care of John. But what should he leave to his poor disciples that had left all for him ? Silver and gold he had none, but he left that which was infinitely better, his peace. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you." And eternal life also : "I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish." "When truth rules right royally over the conscience and the life, it crowns us, and we wear it as a diadem of praise. But how prone we are to wear it as our personal adornment ; as something which we have wrought out and perfected, and so make it our crown of pride, to draw with it the admiration and applause of the crowd, Hence all our priestly ambitions and all the selfiBh motives by which the nf wnrsliin httvfi lweri mn/lp Jicrlnw wif.h strange fire.?E. H. Sears. 83* A skeptic, who was trying to confuse a Christain colored man, by the contradictory passages in the Bible, asked how it could be that we were in the Spirit and the Spirit in us, received the following reply: "Oh ! dar's no puzzle 'bout dat. It's like dat'poker. I puts it; in de fire till it gets redhot. Now, de poker's in de fire, an' de fire's in de poker." A profound theologian could not have made a better reply. $3* At a deaf and dumb asylum a visitor was particularly struck with the comeliness and intelligence of one of the young inmates. He asked him many questions, which were promptly and correctly answered. At length he ventured upon a most delicate inquiry : "Why did God make you deaf and dumb, and me to hear and speak ?" The boy took the chalk and wrote, "Even so, Father, for so it seemeth good in thy sight." Our children need to be thoroughly instructed in right principles. Youth is the best time to form their characters, and the Bible is the best text-book for this purpose. An hour each day or a few hours during the week spent in conversation with them on Bible topics, will go far in developing their minds for the active duties of life. Prepare their minds for the trials of life as well as for its pleasures. 8iTl>rivute prayer is the channel through which the Lord is graciously pleased to convey spiritual blessings to the soul. lie knows all our wants, and without our asking him, coujd supply them in the best maimer and at the best possible time, But lie will lie inquired ot uy the house of Israel, to do for them according to the exceeding great and precious promises he hath given. You meet in this world with false mirth as often as with false gravity ; the grinning hypocrite is not a more uncommon character than the groaning one. As much light discourse comes from a heavy heart as from a hollow one, and from a full mind as from an empty head. TKRM8 OF StJBSCItipTION: | Single copy for one year, *2 QO for six months,. I For three njopths, ? 75 i Two copies one year,........, 4 00 Ten copies one year, 20 00 i And an extra copy for a club of ten. ADYEBTI8INO RATES. ONE DOLBAB per square, for the first Insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the spaoe occupied by seven lines of this size type, $2Br Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising Bpace to be used for three, six, or twelve months. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1880.! PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Seventy-Seven Prizes to be awarded to Subscribers. REDUCTION IN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. TERMS OF inifil-lE OF POM. 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 advauce. -DDPMTrnv/rc! nnn onDonuT'DPDO 1 ItUlLLX U 11LU JL U UUDOUlUULllUOi 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.t on the FIRST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER, 1880: THREE Weed 8ewing Machines?fancy half case, with drop loaf and two drawers, the retail price of each of which is $50. TWO No. 8 Tropic Cooking Stoves, with fixtures complete, Ihe retail price of each of which is $25. SEVENTY-TWO Four-bladed buckhorn handle Pocket-Knives, manufactured by William Thomas Staniforth, of Shoffiold, England, the retail price of each of which is $1.50. The Sewiug 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 <fc Co., hardware importers, of Charleston. The cutlery made by Staniforth is of the best quality, anil wherever used gives universal satisfaction. This knife, made to our order, is of convonieht pocket-size, contains two large and two small blades, is made of the best materials, finished in a superior manner, and is warranted to lie 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 single subscriber at $2.50, between this date and the first Saturday of October, 1880, will be printed on slips and ftlaced 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?on closed 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 envelopes in each cylinder by revolving the same, an envelop will be takeu from each cylinder, and the name of the person drawn from the cylinder containing the names, will he 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 the 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, providod they give notice previous to the drawing that such is their desire. Subscribers who secure tho Sewing Machines or Cooking Stoves, will have them shipped to their order at their expense for freight; the Sewing Machines from New York, and the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C. The PocketKnives will be delivered at our publlraion office, or sent by mail at our expense, at the risk of those entitled to receive them; or they will be sent in registered package on receipt of 10 cents to pay the registration fee. All loiters should ho addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. January 2 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ gouhty of yoek-oouet of oommoh fleas. Sallie A. Elders, alias Coyle, and Sophia Harris, alias Scutes, Plaintiffs, against Simpson Stewart, A. Jack. Stewart, Wm. Beatty Stewart, Sarah Childers, Rachel Love. Lissie Hogue and David Stewart, Jr.; Katie Parker, Jane Scates and Elizabeth Henderson; Martha Stewart and James Stewart; Jane Wilson, Letitia Stewart, Aleck Stewart, Wylie Stewart and Nettie A.Stewart; and Polly Wells, Nancy Evans, Jincey Manning, George Stewart, John Stewart and David Stewart, Sr.,"or their heirs, if the said parties be deceased, Defendants. Summons for Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants, above named and described. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is this day tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Plea.% for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint, on the subscribers, at their office, in Yorkville, S. C., 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 plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded iu the complaint. Dated July 12th, A. D., 1880. HART & HART, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. July 15 29 6t SOUTH CAROLINA?COUNTY OF YOEZ. IN COMMON PLEAS. Thomas J. Bell, Plaintiff, against John McGill, and others, Defendants.?Complaint for Relief. THE Creditors of the King's Mountain Iron Company are hereby notified, in obedience to the Order of the Court, in above entitled cause, that the}' are to present their claims against the said the King's Mountain Iron Company, before r,.0 nn nr hofnrfi thft FIRST DAY OPSIllPTEM BER, next. 2. For the establishment of all executions, xvhich were liens upon the lands, at the time of the execution sale, of date prior to the liens of those execution creditors represented by plaintiff as Agent. 2. For the ascertainment of the present bona fide owners and holders of the executions which were lodged in the Sheriff's office for York county, 31st March, I860. July 13th, A. I)., 1880. JOS. F. WALLACE, C.C. C. Pis. July 15 29 0t SOUTH CAROLINA-COUNTY OF YORK. IN- COMMON PLEAS. Agnes A. Moore, Plaintiff, against S. G. Hemphill, Administrator, and others, Defendants. THE Creditors of Dr. R. L. LOVE, deceased, are hereby notified in obedience to the Order in the above entitled cause, to present and establish their claims against the sain estate before me, or . before the 26TH DAY OF AUGUST, next, A. D., 1880. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis. July 15 29 6t ROBE'S HOTEL, YORKVILLE, S. C. THIS H0USE hftS be0" thoroughly renovated from cellar to garret, and newly furnished, injfeHiSHg eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our motto is a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms leserved especially for Commercial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. ROBERT J. HERNDON, Lnte Student of Boston Conservatory of Munic, TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS, AND THE CORNET. Music arranged to order for any number of Instruments. Terms moderate. Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND INSTRUMENTS. April 22 17 ly htvi vsrvn ATsrn pfpatrtng THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to oleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly olean, and if unfladed, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of tne goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasona- < ble prices. THOMAS BALLARD. application foe charter. 1 NOTICE is hereby given that on Monday, the 16th day of August next, application will be made to J. F. Wallace, Esq., Clerk o| the Court of Common Pleas of York county, for a Charter for the Presbyterian Church at Yorkville, under the name of the First Presbyterian Church of i Yorkville. July 15 29 5t notice;. I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that J am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents eaob, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barher. June 17 25 tf OliD NEWSPAPERS, , OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ______ IAMstill Agent for the "American"becauseitls ' the best and cheapest Sewing Machine made. ' J. R, 8CHORB. i rvo DOUBT THE NEW FARQU IS tbe BEST AND CHEAPEST MACHINE 01 it has been used. For descriptive Catalogue an BENNET May 13 NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY! - ?< #> ?? AVAIL YOUBSELF OF IT! PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. ALL families have old Books, Periodicals, Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire to transmit to their posterity. Then HAVE THEM REBOUND! Which will preserve them and make them look almost as well as new. Old Books, Ac., should not only be rebound, bntthecurrent literature of the present day should be put in a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done in the shortest possible time, with the best material, in the most handsome and durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, Stationer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer, No, 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA, ti. C. Send in orders at once. REMOVAL. THE YORK MARBLE YARD. I WOULD respectfully announce that I have REMOVED MY MARBLE WORKS to the new building South of Wheeler's Coach Factory, on my own premises, and near the Railroad depot, where I shall 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 CHILI REN from $3.00 upward ; for ADULTS, from $3.00 upward. Monuments and Tomb Stones desfgned and finished in the most elaborate style, and 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 npon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. ' P. HAPPERFIELD. THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD. w THE Family Favorite Improved Weed. These Machines have been remodeled and Improved until they are almost perfect in all respects. The parts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forgings. Every Machine sold by us will be fully warranted. Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either for Cash or ou Time until the first of November next. W. G. REID A CO., Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, S. C. February 19 8 tf THE BICKFORD AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER. ^ * ? b?'3 8^3 i-yS slsSkSi A f | dss x> 5 ^ ?7V Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it shapes all sizes complete. Knits over SOdift'erent garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins, fllottoo Tt Irnifo ovorv 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 be 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 slliittle Running Mis |?.| iSiaM H t I i&S&ifi Agrafe Jgfem Sgmbl L_J BALTIMORE, M 0.7 LmhI TO THE PUBLIC. IF yon are in need of a FIRST-CLASS MACHINE, we know we can make It to your advantage to BUY THE AMERICAN. It has no superior, if an equal. KENNEDY BROS. <fc BARRON. GARRYIROiV ROOFING CO., h |f Manufacturers of all kinds of Roofing and Crimped Sidings, Fire^|Hjn _ m Proof Doors and Shutters. ?I' ' "IWWIHMRqy 1 Iron Ore Paint aud Cement. 79 and SI Cblumbus Street, < OL3E3VEIjA3SrD, OHIO. 8end for circulars and price lists. February 20 0 ly WlfKW (USA El m? C0IMRlH?Tha location of u a?et ill lent Inalitution of Learning near a celebrated Fountain (if Health alfordi an unoaual opportunity to young penona in earch of healtli and education together. Braidm having daily *oc?te to the WittlMRltoa ChlfjtxaU JpftOf, the pupil* . of the WiM.nnnT.ij. Finn* (Wrne devote a few minutea ev 1 ery morning and afternoon to light CaU^itnie ?rrrciw?. and the hoarding pupili enloy also the lyntematic una of Dr. Jonn. | aon'a Haatm-Xjix Oho 8tndy Kootn ti large, thoroughly ventilated, asd lighted from the left and (ear. F.very poeaible attmlion it giveu to thoee who may be aide.?|5iS??3S?i2!2S I aW?, wlil? MYtnl oibtr Yau.aw.ii Fkccuab Fsatcsu, am ?>11r ?xpaAin?>l in o?r Mff CaUlojfut. B?*J for oM and nawioa U. . fc im i?i >wi. h?< m ?*w mmwmiw*, August 28 35 eawly j. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. \ A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every i oonvenienoe, and a determination to do my < best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in < want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for ail mbjects, except small children. , ABOUT IT. HAR TIJRASHER i the Market. They will have no other wherever d Price List, apply to r & MOFFATT, General Agents, Chester, S. C. 20 3m JOB PRINTING" OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men: *? BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads $3.00 $5.00 Fonrth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet bill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LET*TER HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) a. 3.00 5.00 ' For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. We also give special attention to the printingof Briefs, Arguments-and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices or the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to tarnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville, S. 0. C. & I. HABB0W GAUGE BAILBOAXT CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, 1 Yorkville, 8. C? July 22, 1880. J - , THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger Trains took effect at 6 o'clock, a. m., on the 20th of July, 1880. GOING SOUTH. . * Leave Dallas at 8.00 A. M. Arrive at Gastouia at - 6.20 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 Yorkvilleat -8.20 A. M. Leave Yorkville at 8.30 A. M. Leave Guthriesviile at ..9.05 A. M. Leave McConnellsville at 9.20 A. M. " Leave Lowrysville at ......9.40 A. M. Arrive at Chester at 10.10 A. M. QOINO NORTH, Leave Chester at 2.45 P. M. . Leave Lowrysville at 3.20 P. M. Leave McCoiiiiellsvilleat 3.40 P. M. Leave Guthriesviile at 3.50 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 4.20 M. Leave Yorkvilleat 4.25 P. M. Leave Clover at 5.05 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at 5.15 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 5.25 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.35 P. M. Arrive at GaRtonia at 5.55 P. M. Leave Gaston ia at 6.10 P. M. * * ?v-"? --* (1 5ft D U Arrive hi lthiihm hi *. ul JAMES MASON, Superintendent, July 22 30 tf ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIB-LINE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. " Atlanta, Ga., May 20,1880, CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and alter May 23rd, 1880, trains will run on this road a? follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.18, 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., Leavp 8.03, A. M. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at GastoDia, 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 for ail points West and Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points. j TbrOUgD tick6uod BiJIB nnjlociiyuiDoiiu upai- , tanburg to all points East and West. ] G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager. J W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. <fe Ticket Agent. June 10 25 tf WAGONS. A FULL assortment of TENNESSEE WAGONS now on hand, consisting of four different sizes, of each, IRON AXLES AND THIMBLE SKEINS, All warranted, in every particular, for twelve months. These Wagons have proved, by actual service, to lie THE LIGHTEST RUNNING And most substantial that has ever been sold in this State. These Wagons are my own, I have bought and paid for tnem, and am offering them at less than the RETAIL PRICE AT THE FACTORY. Thimble Skeins and I$on Axles of the same capacity, at the sj me price. The history of these Wagons is remarkable. It is now a little less than two years since I sold the first one. Since then I HAVE SOLD NEARLY ONE HUNDRED, And warranted every one, and not one word of complaint has ever been borne to me from any one about them. But every one who has said anything about them praises them for their firmness and Tight running. B. T. WHEELER. GEORGE T. SCHORB, PHOTOGRAPHER, CHESTER, ?. CAROLINA. IJICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and pains taken to please every customer. Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, as low as can be done in any city, North or South. : Have on hand a fine selection of CHURCH ? AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered very cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be flrstclass. 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. Febraarv 13 7 tf CERRO GORDO MILLS. THE undersigned, proprietor of the above mills, would respectfully inform the public that they have been recently thoroughly overhauled and remodeled, and are now in condition to compete with anv mills In this section for FIRST-CLASS WORK. Among the Improvements made we have substituted a turbine wheel, which enables the mills to run at any time. No fear of stopping now on account of low water. We also have In use the "EXCELSIOR BOLT- 1 ING CLOTH," the best that is made, and the mills being in charge of S. W. ALEXANDER, a miller of fine reputation, we have no hesitancy in guaranteeing satisfaction to all who may favor nur mills with their custom. CORN OR WHEAT GROUND AT ANY TIME. Mills located Qn Allison Creek, about six miles north-east of Yorkville. J. J. & J. C. MILLER. , July 8 28 8m / C.