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fmraertms J|epartowat. Unable to Make a Trade.?The family had only lately moved in the neighborhood. A day or two after their arrival, the head of the family went to a grocer in the neighbor- . hood and asked the price of a can of condensed milk. "Fifteen cents," said the proprietor. "Fifteen cents !" exclaimed the customer, I "Why, man alive, I don't want to buy a dozen j cans, but only one. What do you ask for j half a can, wholesale figures?" "Never sell half a can." "I reckon you never sell anything if you mark your goods up that way. Suppose I take one whole can, will you come down to a dime t" "Fifieeu cents is the usual price." "That may be with the unreliable transient customers, but I am an old citizen of Galveston, and the stoi that catches my permanent trade will have to be enlarged within six mouths. Say a dime, and throw in a pound or so of soda crackers, and it's a whack." "Do you buy a good deal in the course of the year?" asked the pioprietor, with a sneer. "Do I buy a good deal ? I should say I did. Why it won't be more ;han two months before I'll have to get another box of matches. The box I am using from now is more than half gone, and I only got it last February, too. Say a dime for the condensed milk, and one of tbem stale watermelons thrown in as a sorter of an inducement, and you can put these two nickels in your burglar-proof safe." "Fifteen ceuts is the lowest price." "I wish you could see my blacking brush. It can't hold out over Christmas, and then I am bound to negotiate for a new one. Throw one box of blacking in with the condensed milk and it's a transaction." "I won't do it." "All right! You won't do it. I'll just keep my eye on you. I'll bet your stock is insured for twice what it's worth, and you are going to have a 6re pretty soon. When a merchant don't care to build up a trade he is fixing to fail or swindle somebody somehow. Good morning, sir."?Galveston News. Worse Off Man than the Prodigal.? In an alley off Hastings street, just back of the tumbledown rookery, a member of the sanitary police squad found a man lying under a wagon and inquired if he was ill. The man pointed to the old house, cautioned the officer to speak low, and replied : "I'm the husband of the woman you see hanging out clothes over there." "And why are you hiding here?" "I've been off on a spree for a whole week." "Ah ! I see. It is the return of the prodigal." "Wuss than that, sir. The prodigal had no wife and he didn't steal the rent money to fret drunk on. Oh. I'll catch it, sir, if you don't intercede for rae." "But what can I do?" "You slip around to the frontdoor of the house and say that you have news for her. Watch her face and :*ee how she takes it. Then tell her it is abou. me. Watch and see if she gets white around the mouth. Tell her that you have news that I was drowned at the ferry dock. Watch her tears at this point. Tell her that I called her dear name as I went down for the last time. Watch and see if that melts her. If I can get her all broken down and overcome, I'll bust in on her and get her forgiveness before she gets over wiping her eyes and pulling her nose. Oo, now, and I'll owe you a debt of gratitude all my life. I think Mary will melt under your soft words." The officer slipped around and told the wife that her husband was hiding iu the alley, and then took a position where be could witness what followed. He had hardly secured it when the man came down the alley on a gab lop, followed at a short distance by the wife, armed with a hoe-handle. There were no words spoken, but the man simply threw up eiouds of dust with his heels as he put on the steam, and as he passed the officer he somewhat curtly observed : "Ah I hut you ain't worth shucks at the melting business!"?Deroit Free Press. A f'nnt. Darkey.?An imnortant case was being tried before the Criminal Court in the District of Columbia. An old colored man was on the witness stand. The district attorney had before him a long list of convicted criminals. After looking at it he thus interrogated the witness? "What is your name ?" "John Williams, sab." "Are you the John Williams who was sent to the Albany Penitentiary for larceny?" "No, sah?not this John." "Are you the John Williams who was sent to the district jail for assault?" "No, sah?not this John." "Are you the John Williams who was convicted of arson and stmt to the Baltimore Penitentiary ?" "No sah." Tired of asking fruitless questions, the district attorney suddenly put a leading one. "Have you ever been in any penitentiary ?" "Yes sah." All eyes were now turned upon the witness. The district attorney smiled complacently, and resumed ? "How many times have you been in the penitentiary ?" "Twice, sah." "Where?" "In Baltimore, sah." "How long was you there the first time?" "About two hours, salt." "How long the second time?" asked the attorney, rather crestfallen. "An hour, sah. I went there to whitewash - ?ii - i? ? ...i? k;? a veil iui a mnjci nuu iiau iuuu^u 1110 client." The attorney sat down amid the laughter of the spectators. Found at Last.?S>me years ago, as a Mississippi river steamboat came to a river landing, a tall, ungainly, eawkiah looking fellow, leaning against a wood pile, attracted the attention of the passengers, one of whom, a talkative and conspicuous person, remarked to his friends that he was going to have some fun out of that fellow. So he jumped ashore . when the boat landed, and with a great show of fierceness approached the fellow. Draw- ' iug a savage looking bowie knife, he said : "So, old fellow, I've found you at last. You're the man that stole a dog of mine, and I've sworn to get square with you; I've been looking for you for a year." The gawky lazily opened his eyes in wondering amazement at first, as though he didn't understand it. Then catching sight of j the laughing passengers looking on from the deck he took in the situation. By the time "Smarty" had finished telling him how long ; he had been looking for him, he had taken j out of his pocket a fist like a sledge hammer j on the eud of the arm of a windmill. He j swung it once and knocked the man who had | been looking for him plump into the river. | Then resuming his place against the wood j pile, he raised his eyes to the deck, and with j a very lazy drawl inquired : "Is there anybody else on this boat looking for me?" IST A citizen driving on the road the other day met a lad about 12 years old on the high- j way. The boy had a shotgun as long as himself, but no game, and the citizen inquired: j "Outfor a hunt?" "I was out for a hunt," ! was the reply. "And you haven't killed anything?" "Well, no." "And you don't expect to?" "Not unless I kin git within striking distance. You see, two of us cotne ' out together, After we got out here I w.mted to hunt for lions and the other fellow -wanted I to shoot ostriches, and so we divided up. He .,ytook the powder and shotaud I took the gun. -I'm over here looking for turnips, and he's : over in that field watching a holler log for j bears. It's such hot weather I guess we won't, have much luck, anyhow." ?he iml Jfirosilf. I FREFARIKG COTTON FOR MARKET. A correspondent of the Planter 8 Journal has the following to say in reference to the mode of handling cotton, practiced in many localities: "Improvement in ginning and handling cotton from the field to market, deserves immediate attention, for the present careless and filthy manner in which it is handled is shame ful. It is the duty of every man to use every effort for the speedy correction of the erroneous methods practiced by ignorant tenants for increasing the weight of the lint, or false economy in purchasing the most inferior wrapping material. "When picking, they force open a great many immature bolls. These damp lumps, with the clean cotton, and also much that has fallen on the ground, are crammed into a sack, the bottom of which is literally saturated with muddy water ; it is then taken to the baskets, sitting on the damp ground, bottom filled with holes, and here it is put through another packing process, by beiug tramped with muddy feet. These baskets are also the receptacles of dinner buckets, roast ?- ? ?? ? ?i .J: log ears, toDacco leaves auu pipes, nuu uiycio thingt too numerous to mention; they also make capital bed3 (and they never fail to take advantage of them) for mangy, dirtypawed curs. Many of the tenants have no cotton houses, or too lazy to build them, pile the cotton in the fields to be rained or snowed upon, blown about by the wind, and tramped into the ground by fence breaking cattle. When it is put into a cotton house, it fares about as badly, if not worse, than it does when left in the fields. These houses are rarely, if ever, nin proof, and in them is kept, with the cotton, every domestic article conceivable. "When the cotton is brought from the fields in the condition above stated, it is again tramped and packed unmercifully^ remains in thre condition sometimes for months, and when it is taken out to be ginned, is a perfect rat's nest. It is put into a wagon, undergoes another heavy tramping, is put in the seed cotton rootn .and doomed, for the fifth time, to be packed and tramped. Scaffolds for drying seed cotton, which were used by every planter and considered necessary iu ante bcllum days, are now things of the past. After the cotton is ginned it is again packed in the lint room, and while tramping the lint in the press-box, the laborers never fail to supply a quantity of tobacco juice. They also keep the sides of the box, from top to bottom, wet by sprinkling it with a handful of dripping cotton. Ask one of them why he does this, and invariably the answer is, 'to make it heavy.' Now, when a bale of cotton has been treated in this manner, and the returns auuouncethat it is 'water packed' or greatly reduced by 'scale pickings,' ought we to be surprised V HOW TO JUDGE A HORSE. The following simple rules will be found useful to all parties about to buy a horse: 1. Never take the seller's word ; if dishonest, he will be certain to cheat you ; if disposed ^ *???? Ikntm f l\n dnno nf on_ IU UC 1(111, lie illAj' nave uecu tue uuj/e v*. m?other, and will deceive you through representations that cannot be relied upon. 2. Never trust to a horse's mouth as a sure index to his age. 3. Never buy a liorse while in motion ; but watch him while he stands at rest, and you will discover his weak points. If sound, he will stand firmly and squarely on his limbs, without moving any of them, the feet planted fiat upon the ground, with legs plumb and naturally poised. If one foot is thrown forward with the toe pointing to the ground and the heel raised, or if the foot is lifted from the ground and the weight taken from it, disease of the vanicular bone may be suspected, or at least tenderness, which is a precursor of disease. If the foot w thrown out, the toe raised and the heel brought down, the horse has suffered from lammitis, founder, or the back sinews have been sprained, and he is of little future value. When the feet are all drawn together, beneath the horse, if there has been no disease there is a misplacement of the limbs, at least, and a weak disposition of the muscles. If the horse stands with his feet spread apart or straddles with the hind legs, there is weakness of the loins and the kidneys are disordered. When the knees are bent and the legs totter and tremble, the breast has been ruined by heavy pulling and will never be right again, whatever rest and treatment lie may nave. Contracted or ill-formed hoofs speak for themselves. 4 Xever buy a horse with a bluish or milky cast in his eyes. They indicate a constitutional tendency to opthalmia, moon blindness, etc. 5. Xever have anything to do with a horse who keeps his ears thrown backward. This is an invariable indication of bad temi>er. 0. If the horse's hind legs are scarred, the fact denotes that he is a kicker. 0. If the knees are blemished, the horse is apt to stumble. 8. When the skin is rough and harsh, and does not move easily and smoothly to the touch, the horse is a heavy eater and his digestion is bad. 9. Avoid a horse whose respiratory organs are at all impaired. If the ear is placed at the side of the heart, and a wheezing sound is heard, it is an indication of trouble. Let him go.?Turf, Field and Farm. Watkr for Animals.?Most people seem to think that almost any sort of water will do for an animal to drink, and the filthy, stagnant fiuid which some farmers depend on, even for .their milk cows, is disgusting, alike to the animal amTthose who use their milk. A horse or a cow has just as much sense about drinking water as a man or woman, and we have seen a herd of cows travel a mile to get their drink from a clean, cool spring, passing by standing pools, which, ordinarily seem to be pretty fair drink. A horse will often go without water, when very thirsty, rather than drink from a dirty pail, or from a pond or stream tainted with any pollution. And in hot days, when hien demand pure and cooling drinks, the poor be: sts who can only silently express their preferences, should have the best which can reasonably be procured for them. Better pump an hour for refreshing well water than force them to drink from the warm and reeking i>ools of the swamps. Put yourselves in their places, forthetime, and see which you would prefer. "Women's Headaches.?The Xew York Heral#. which devotes most of its space to news, lias published a brief editorial on women's headaches, which is certainly more suggestive that many of the articles in that paper. Ope principal reason why women suffer more trail men with headache, is the fact that their l^e is largely in doors, and they are not able to tfrue so mucn pnysicai exercise, mere is very little complaint of headache at summer resorts, where the windows ..re always open, and games and excursions constantly tempt people into the open air. Girls who ride, row, sail and shoot, seldom have headaches, and the same is true of those who work in the fields, as women in many countries do. Headaches might be almost banished from civilized society by a wise and careful system of physical training, and a rational system of diet. "VVc ought to be as shamed of having a headache, asof being unable to read or write, or speak our language correctly.?Herald of Health. sulpnur for Animals.?If taken inter- j nally with their food, sulphur will almost invariably keep all animals free from lice. We have made a practice, for years past, of giving a heaping teaspoonl'ul, once a week, in the : food of each of our cows, and the same quantity to about every ten hens in the Hock, and they have never been troubled with lice on them. It may be given in the same proport ion, as to size, when required in the food of poultry, pigs and sheep. Sulphur mild cathartic when desired for this purpose, and in small doses seems to have a general beneficial effect on the animal system, something like salt, though, of course, not of that nature.?"Rural New Yorker. Cure for Felon.?Take a pint of common soft soap, and stir in unslaked lime till of the consistency of glazier'ssputty. Make a leather thimble; fill it with this composition, and insert the finger therein. A cure is certain. To Sweeten Sour Milk.?When milk sours, scalding will render it sweet again.> The whey separates from the curd, and the former is better than shortening in bread. Washing Glass.?Glass should be washed in cold water, which gives it a brighter look than when cleansed with warm water. IpSttUattejMis Reading. MAKING MONEY. "All paper money," said a treasury officer in conversation with a reporter a few days ago, "both legal tenders and national securities, is now engraved, printed and finished in the bureau of engraving and printing at Washington. Some years ago the note was finished in New York by the Columbia Bank Note Company, but that has been done away with for some time. Under an act of Congress a building has just been completed for the sole use of the bureau. Before moving into this they occupied a part of the Treasury Department." "What about the process of making a greenback." "The process of making a greenback and other government securities, is this : The paper is first taken to the wetting division. There it ie counted and dampened. It is then delivered to the plate printers, each sheet being charged to them. They again count it in the presence of their assistant, who is a lady, and give a receipt therefor, the assi-tant certifying that she witnessed the count The receipts are taken to the wetting division, where they are compared to the books before the work is begun and must agree. The paper is then given the first impression, which is on the back. This is done on a hand press. Attached to all these presses are registers, which keep count of each sheet of paper as it names through, so it is imDossible for the X?; o- - -- r--; printer to secure any without being detected. The note then passes into the examining division, where it is counted while wet and then placed in a drying box. When perfectly dry it is taken out aud again counted, and the work examined by experts, all of whom are ladies. The sheets found defective in any way are cancelled, and the perfect ones placed in a hydraulic press, where an immense pres sure is given them. When taken out they are again dampeued." "What is the next step in their manufacture?" "Well, they are taken to the printing division, where they receive the second impression which is the black purt of the face, after which they are taken to the examing division, the dry box, the hydraulic press, aud back again to the wetting division, the same as at first. They are taken from here the third time to the State printing division where the third impression is received, which is the large red seal on the face. After this they are taken to the examiuing room, dried, pressed, counted and examined, the same as on both previous occasions. From here they are sent to the numbering division, where tfaty receive the numbers that are seen on the tipper right corner and left centre. Both legal tender and national bank notes are printed on sheets, and there are always four notes on each. After being numbered, the legal tender notes are taken to another room, where the margin is trimmed from the paper and the notes separated. This is all done by machinery. After being separated they are again counted and placed in packages of 1,000 notes each. This is rflso done by ladies, who are experts. One l?dy, a Mrs. Silver, will count 1,000 notes in five minutes. This is the final count. They are then ready for delivery to the parties authorized to receive them. The national bank notes are not sep arated, but are sent to the banks that issued them in sheets of four each, so that they may he the more readily signed. The rules gov erning the bureau of engraving and printing are very strict. In fact, during working hours, the employes are treated mure like prisoners than they are like ladies and gentlemen. From 1,000 to 1,500 persons are employed there, the ladies outnumbering the gentlemen considerably." Panama Hats.?The Jipijapa, or Panama huts, says the Journal of Botany, are prin .cipally manufactured in Veraquas and West ern Panama. Not all, however, known in commerce by that name are plaited in the Isthmus; by far a greater portion being made in Manta, Monte Christi, and other parts -of Ecuador. The hats are worn almost in the whole American coutinent and West Indies, and would probably be equally used in Europe did not their high price (varying from 82 to 8150) prevent their importation. They ate distinguished from all others by consisting only of a single piece, aud by their lightness and flexibility. They may be rolled up and put into the pocket without injury. In the rainy season they are apt to get black ; but by washing with soap and water, besmearing them with lime juice, or any other acid, and exposing them to the sun, their whiteness is easily restored. So little is known about these hats, that it may not be out of place to give an account of their manufacture. The "straw" (paja,) previous to plaiting, has to undergo several processes. The leaves are gathered before they unfold ; all the ribs and coarser veins removed, and the rest, without being separated from the base of the leaf is reduced to shreds. After having been exposed to the sun for a day, and tied into a knot, the straw is immersed in boiling water until it becomes white. It is then hung up in a shady place, and subsequently bleached for two or three days. The straw is now ready for use, aud in this state, 6ent to different places, especially to Peru, where the Indians manufacture from it those beautiful cigar cases, which some times bring as high as 830 each. The plaiting of the hats is very troublesome. It commences at the crown and finishes at the brim. The hats are made on a block, which is placed upon the knees, and requires to be constantly pressed with the breast. According to their quality, more or less time is occupied in their completion?the coarser ones may be finished in two or three days, while the finest may take as many months. The best times for plaiting are the morning hours and the rainy season, when the air, is moist. In the middle of the day and in dry clear weather, the straw is apt to break, and this, when the hat is finish ed, is betrayed by knots, and much diminishes the value. A Music Lesson.?A Highland piper, having a scholar to teach, disdained to crack his brains with the names of semibreves, min iins, crotchets, and quavers. "Here, Donald," said he "tak' yer pipes, lad, and gie us a blast. So, verra weel blawn, indeed ; but what's a sound, Donald, without sense ? You may blaw forever without making a tune o't, if I i dinna tell you how the paper maun help you. I You see that big fellow, wi' a round, open face (pointing to a semibreve, between two j lines of a bar) he moves slowly from that line to this, while ye beat ane wi' your fist j and gie a long blast; if, now. ye put a leg to him ye tank' twa o' him, and he'll move twice as fast; an'if ye black his face, he'll run four times faster than the fellow wi' the white face; but if, after blacking his face, ye'll bend his kuee, or tie his leg. he'll hop eight times faster than the white faced chap j I showed you first. Now, when'er you blaw your pipes, Donald, remember this?that the j J tighter these fellows' legs are tied, the fasten I they'll run, and the quicker they're sure to j dance." t Normal Length of Life.?The late Pro- j I fessor Faraday held that the natural age of j man is one hundred years. The duration of life he believed to be measured by the time of i growth. In the camel, this takes eight, in the horse live, in the lion four, in the dog two, in the rabbit one year. The natural termination is five removes from these several points, j Man, being twenty years in growing, lives five J times twenty years?that is one hundred ; the ! camel is eight years in growing, and lives for-! ty years; and so with other animals. The ! man who does not die pf^swknffSs lives every-1 where from eighty td"bfie hundred years. The professor divided life into equal halves?! growth and decline?and these into infancy, 1 youth, virility and age. Infancy extends to the twentieth year, youth to the fiftieth, because it is in this period the tissues become firm ; virility from fifty to seventy-five, during which the organism remains complete, and at seventy-five old age commences, to last as the diminution of reserved forces is hastened or retarded. '' gUarting far the j^flhtoith. OONDTJOTEJ) BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. FOLLOWING CHRIST. These two words express the sum total of Christian duty. All inquiries regarding what we shall do, are answered, "Follow Christ." Other forms of expression are employed to denominate the chief end of man, and to make clear the requirements of divine law, but these, if rightfully understood, embrace all. The figure in the language supposes a journey which has a beginning, progress and a termination. These accidents of the figure are not difficult of interpretation; Bunyan makes his Christian to be starting from the city of Destruction, entering upon and passing over a clearly defined way, and arriving at last in the Celestial City which lies beyond the river of Death. It is a journey which must l>egin where moral death reigns: Its course is in the world and through the world; those who think to mount to a plane of perfect sanctification and on this, over and above the sensual world, pursue their way toward the city, are not walking in the footsteps of the builder of this highway and over which he, himself, once passed, staining its every stage with the blood of agony. This highway has direction and boundary ; to lose sight of either of these is to subject the traveler to the suspicion that he is lost. There is to be no deviation, no halt mg, no retrogressing. Of these things Christ speaks when lie says: "If any will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross add follow me." There are three terms here, t^o of which? self-renunciation and cross-taking?relate to preparation, and the third to duty. As though Jesus had said, "If you desire to be my disciples, you must cast off all that pertains to self, to the world, to Satau; then assume all the burdens, the ills, the/trials to which you see me subject. Having done this, then follow me. Following Christ means activity, it means life, means vigorous purpose. In his mortal existence, and in his church, since he moves onward in aggressive warfare against his enemies in the world. The progress of this war cannot be stayed until its object is accomplished ; which will be when the Lord has reclaimed his own. Every one that is following Christ has sworn fealty to him as liege lord; lie has surrendered his right to order his own conduct. lie is as one of the vassals of a Norman lord during the feudal system of English government, bound by a most solemn juramentum fidclutis to serve his master in peace and follow him in war. And then, we are to follow Christ, not lead him. Enoch is said to have "walked with God;" but this is the only case on record. The faithful of all times from the "Father of theSatflrful" to those nowliving, have fulfilled human duty and compassed human ability in following after God. We have had said to us, scores of times, the famous reply df the traveling minister, to a request to visit one of the theatres of Berlin: "I never go where I cannot take Christ with me." Strictly speaking, the line of duty is not correctly drawn; he should have said, "I follow Christ, and Christ does not attend these places." Christ, in the world, is the head of the Church ; and if we consider the Church as an advancing army, his place is the first in the vanguard. He not only acts as guide and leader in the way, but as commander, issues orders through his subaltern officers, for the movements of the troop. If skirmishing is deemed necessary, at ifny time, the officers, acting under the orders of their chief, are empowered to detail detachments, and deploy them to the best advantage. But a volunteer detachment service, is mutiny against the officers and army regulations, as well as high treason against the commanderin-chief. But we are not only to follow; we are to follow Glirisf AVe find manv wmild-l>e leaders. which we are solicited to follow. Conscience is one; feeling, judgment, convictions, educated intelligence, Paul, Apollosor Cephas, etc., are all in the field with fiaming banners. These may do very well as division insignia ; but they should be of a color with the banner at headquarters, and have the name of the Chief written above, whatever may l)e inscribed underneath.?Christian Instructor. FLARING UP. Some people are given to flaring up. They hear of something whjcli a friend hits said, at which they are greatly offended, and immediately "flare up" and begin to say all manner of unkind and uncourteous things, and nourish and cherish a very unhappy and unchristian spirit, until, upon explanation, it turns out that they have lH*en misinformed, and that their- friend has said no such thing as they suppose, and consequently their flaring up, with all the trouble which it may have made, has been for nothing. A man feels himself slighted or neglected, lie flares up and makes himself ridiculous, only to learn at last that the whole grievance over which he has made himself so uncomfortable, was a simple oversight, or existed only in his own jealous imagination. An employer flares up at the disobedience or neglect of an employe, and after having exhibited his petulance, impatience, and unreasonableness, learns at last that his reproofs have been misapplied, Hiid that 110 blame whatever attaches to the jiersons on whom he has visited his wrath, and that if lie intends to be an upright and Christian man, he owes a most humble ai>ology to those he has grieved and wronged. The employe flares up at some fancied oversight, or neglect, or apparent injustice on the part of the employer; lie growls in secret and grumbles in public, looks sour and cross, neglects his duties, Is impatient and perverse, and frequently utters loud complaints, spreading discontent and making trouble; and at length when lie comes to state his grievances to his employer, as he should have done at first, often finds himself misinformed, and learns that circumstances are entirely different from his understanding of tliern, and that the man whom lie lias so grievously abused in thought and in word, is quite as anxious to do justice as he is to have it done; that some of his grievances were imaginary, and that others would have been gladly, redressed had the employer been informed of them. Christians flare up at eacli other; ministers find fault with people, and people find fault with preachers ; bitter thoughts are cherished and bitter words are said, when a few moments plain-hearted talk and honest dealing would eiid the whole and save all trouble. Our advice is, Do not flare up. Keep cool, quiet and patient. If thy brother trespass against thee go and tell him his fault; right all wrongs as far as practicable ; but whatever you do, do not flare up.?The Christian. - - ? Losses by Religion.?Near London there dwelt an old couple. In early life they had been poor; but the husband became a Christian, and God blessed their industry, and they were living in a comfortable retirement, when one day a stranger called on them to ask their subscription to a charity. The old hidy had less religion than her husband, and still hankered after Sabbath earnings and easy shillings which Thomas had given from regard to the law or Cod. ko when the visitor asked tor their contributions she interposed and said: "Why, sir, we have lost a deal by religion since we first begun; my husband knows that very well. Have we not, Thomas ?" After a solemn pause, Thomas answered, "Yes, Mary, we have. Before I got religion, Mary, I had an old slouched hat, and a tattered coat, and mended shoes and stockings; but I have lost them long ago. And Mary, you know that, poor as I was, I had a habit of getting drunk and quarreling with you ; and that you know I have lost. And then, I had a hardened conscience and wicked heart, and ten thousand guilty fears; but all are lost? completely lost, and like a mill-stone cast into the sea. And, Mary, you have been a loser, too. Before we got religion, Mary, you had a washing-tray, in which you washed for hire; , but you have lost it long ago. And you had many an aching heart concerning me at times; but these you happily have lost. And I could even wish that you had lost as much as I have I lost; for what we lose for religion will be an everlasting gain." ... ? ?? - < Suddenly Delivered.?A man who was a confirmed, and hoi>eless drunkard, being j, about to go out to the Fishing Banks with a j fisherman, proposed, before they started, "to take a drink." "No," said the fisherman ; "Idon't drink." ; "Don't you drink anything V" 1 ( "No ; I don't drink anything V" "Why not V" i i "Because I am Christian." "What!" said the man, "does Christ keep < you from drinking V" i1 The fisherman, at first, confused by the novelty of the question, hesitated a moment, then answered, "Yes! Christ keeps me from drink-1 ing!" The poor inebriate was struck by the reply, lie thought, "There is help that I didn't think of." He went home and into his room, and j knelt downwind said, "0 Lord Jesus Christ, j keep me from drinking." His appetite for j liquor suddenly left him. He was delivered. I fatfeviHe TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, f2 50 For six months, ....... 125 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year, 20 00 And an extra copy 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. ifSf Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout onr 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 : MILL HEADS. Por 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.00 $5.00 Fourth-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 pricos. LETTER, HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) '... 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and gutuantee 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 of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish 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, 1 L. M. GRIST. Yorkvilie, S. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK COUNTY. WHEREAS J. L. DAVIES has applied to me for Lcttersof Administration, with the will annexed, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of AMOS RHEA, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Judge of Probate's Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House on the 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, next, to shew cause, if ahy, why the said Administration should not be granted. Givon under my hand and Seal, this 30th day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred "and eighty, and in the 105th yearot the Independence of the United States of America. J. A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 30 40 2t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ COUNTY OF YORK. W HEREAS J. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pleas, has applied to me for Letters of Administration, with the Will annexed, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of JOSHUA HOLMES, late of the county aforesaid,deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish ail and singular, tiie kindred and creditors of theBaid deceased, to be and appear at our next Judge of Probate's Court, for York County, to be nolden at York Court House, on the 6TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 30th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and in the 105th year of thelndependenceof the Unite! States of America. J. A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 30 40 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Yorlt County. VTUrDViQ OTTO 1 V linn U HUT hv, onnllnit w to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of M. D. BOOKOUT, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before ine at our next Judge of Probate's Court for the said county, to l>e holdcn at York Court House on, the lftTH DAY OF OCTOBER next, toshew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 30th day of September, in the vear of our Lord one thousand eight hundretf and eighty, and in the 103th year of the Independence of the United States of America. J. A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 30 40 2t* 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 DOIl Cf lOL! TXTO 6 V A r,, aiit tltd i m nrrtl/fl. rilVll'VLJnon TT VJiVIV* n.UUUI^ VIIW <UI|/IVTV meats 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 BOLTING CLOTH," the best that is made, and the mills boing in charge of S. W. ALEXANDER, a miller of line reputation, we have no hesitancy in guaranteeing satisfaction to all who may favor ourmills with tbeircustom. CORN OR WHEAT GROUND AT ANY TIME. Mills located on Allison Creek, about six miles north-east of Yorkville. J. J. A J. C. MILLER. July 8 28 3m new store! new stock! HAVING erected a new and commodious Store on the site of our Old stand, our facilities for conducting the Foreign and Domestic Fruit trade are now unsurpassed in the Southern Country. The attention of our friends, and dealers generally is called to this fact, and also to our fresh supplies arriving to-day. 100 barrels of Northern Apples. 50 boxes Messina Lemons. 25 barrels and half barrels of Pears. 15 packages Delaware and Concord Grapes. 200 oarrels Early Rose Potatoes. 25 barrels Onions. 100 barrels Northern Cabbages. Peaches and Grapes fresh every morning by Express. C. BART & CO., 55, 57 and 59 Market street, Charleston S. C. September 23 39 4m ~land for sale. ~ T OFFER at private sale a valuable plantation in Chester county, about five miles south of Richburg, known as the POTTS PLACE, containing 300 acres. This place is in a fine state of cultivation and has on it a good dwelling, cotton gin and screw, with all other necessary outbuildings. Its contiguity to the Cheraw and Chester Railroad renders it a desirable location. Any further information regarding tho above described property will be furnished on application to me at Winnsboro, S. C., and any one wishing to examine it, with the view of purchasing, will be shown over the same. A. WILLIFORD. September 23 39 tf "garrvIron roofing co., k Manufacturers of all kinds of Iron Roofing and Crimped Sidings, Fire^ Proof Doors and Shutters. 1 Iron Ore Paint and Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, ODE V JHiAND, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. February 2f> 9 ly J. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every nnil a ^otoi-minatinn tn Ho mv ? UUli VUIiiOIIUO, (UIU n ?v best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except small children. August 5 32 tf CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, 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 reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. August 12 29 tt I RON SA FE FOR SALE. TIIE undersigned offers for sale one No. 2 IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Baliman <fc Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a combination lock, and for all practical purposes is squal to a new one. It is offered for sale for no reason except that it is too small for my purposes. L. M'. GRIST. ROBERT J. HERND0N7 I.ate Student of Boston Conservatory of Music, TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS, ANDTHE CORNET. Music arranged to order for any number of Instruments. Terms moderate. Agent for all kinds of flrst-class BAND INSTRUMENTS. April 22 17 ly CLARK BROTHERS Ot R GROCERY. will make our House headquarters for BAGGING AND TIES. This season, as formerly. We have a full supply of Bagging, and New and Pieced Ties on hand, and guarantee ours to he as low, or lower than any other House in town. We keep up a full line of HEAVY HARDWARE. Comprising Refined Iron, in all shapes and forms: best English Cast Steel, for Drills, Ac.; both cut and finished Nails, of all sizes; Axes, Spades, Shovels, Steel Forks, Trace Chains, Stay Cnains. Breast Chains, Tongue Chains, Hames, Steel Plows, Farmers' Friend Plows. These are the best and cheapest Turn Plows now in use, as they can be utilized for almost every purpose on the farm. We ask that you come to us for theaearticles, as we can save you money. We also have a full line of GROCERIES. Sugars, Coffees, Bacon, Lard, Rice, Molasses, Hams, Soaps, and, In short, everything usnally found in a FIRST-CLASS GROCERY. Come to us, we will satisfy your wants, and do it cheap. We still have the Agency for 8TUBEBAKRR ft OLD HICKORY WAGONS And will make orders for them on small commissions, for those who need a wagon. These Wagons have no superior in point of excellence and durability. We will furnish them at Manufacturers' prices, and would say that it would be to vour interest to consult us as to prices before you buy. We will give FULL PRICES FOR COTTON To those who owe ns, when placed in settlement of account. We want to make a clean showing on our Books this Fall, and ask your prompt attention. CLARK BROTHERS. GUANO NOTES. YOUR Note for Guano has been returned to me for collection, and T am ready to serve you at your convenience. R. F. CLARK, Agent. THE CORNER DRUG STORE. PURE DRUGS AND M EDICINES AT THE CORNER DRUG STORE. [INVITE special attention to my large assortment of Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Goods, and everything that pertains to a well appointed tirst-class Drug Store. My celebrated HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS Arestlll in demand and has given entire satisfaction. Sales increasing every day. My cc-lebrated POULTRY POWDER Cannot be beat in this part of the np-country. Try Dr. May's ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGER. It is equal to the best Extract of Ginger in the land. Sample bottles twenty-tive cents, large bottles only 50 cents. Try Dr. May's Improved COMPOUND CATHARTIC PILLS. Tbey have attained great celebrity. They never Fall to give satisfaction. Price 25 oents, or five boxes for $1.00. THE CORNER DRUG STORE Still keeps all Patent Medicines of any worth. Stills keeps all Pills of any worth, and all Medicines that the Old Doctor can recommend to be good. Lightning Liniment is still ahead of any Liniment sold in Yorkville, and going ahead of any that was ever sold. Sold only at the Corner Drug Honse. Dr. JOHN MAY, Agent. THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD. ' Iff Jlf jlm B \ wanTi WAA^ TKaoo f|inCi rumilY ravuillClllipilKCU IT cru, incos M. Machines nave been remodeled and Improved until they are almost perfect in all respects. The parts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forging*. Every Machine sold by us will be fully warranted. Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either for Cash or 011 Time until the first of November ne*t. W. O. REID A CO., Furniture Dealers. Rock Hill, S. C. LATIMER A HEMPHILL, Agents at Yorkvllle, S. C* NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY! AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT I PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. A T T m ill OB tiann aM PaaItq Po??1aH{m!u AUU lOllllllOO uavo UIU A^A/nut A vtivuivwiu) 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, butthecurrent literature of the present day should he 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 ana durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, Stationer, Book Binderand Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main 8treet, COLUMBIA, S. C. Send in orders at once. THE BICKFORDr" AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER. b* 5?^ <J -s ? c, 8 V n a 33k VI U? ? "P Knit" all sizes of work, narrows and widens it shapes ail sizes complete. Knits over 50different garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggin9, Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent profitin manufacturing knit goods. Farmerscar treble the value of their wool, by converting it into knit goods. Agents wanted in every State, County, City and m A ? L lrviif rvHinnu will Kn m aHfl lOWII, HI WiiUIII vol J iwn pi l\.UO IfMI WV aMUU.-i For full particulars and lowest prices for the best Family Machink, send to BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFGiCO., Brattlebor%'Yt February 26 9 COTTON FOR GUANO. THE Notes given for Fertilizers sold by me have been sent to me FOR COLLECTION. I have made arrangements with Capt. J. R. GARDNER to WEIGH AND GRADE THE COTTON. He will enter the weight and grade on a slip of p&per which must be brought to me FOR SETTLEMENT. I would urge my customers to deliver as RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE, As the price is good and cotton green. I will pay THE MARKET PRICE For any excess. T. S. JEFFERYS, Ageut. September 23 39 tf DR. J. B. PATRICK, JRm CHARLESTON, S. C\, SURGEON DENTIST, flRSSfc WILL make his regular visit to (ffmBBlk YORKVILLE IN JANUARY, ^-H-O_lF with all the most improved instruments and appliances known to the profession ot Dentistry. Teeth extracted by the aid of nitrous oxide. ARTIFICIAL TEETH supplied. All Dental operations performed and satisfaction guaranteed at as reasonable rates as can be done by any flrstolass Dentist. August 12 33 ly a. H. O'LEABY. cOOKIJfG it&rasT THE Iron King and Elmo Cooking 8toves on hand and for sa]e. Any piece of these Sums replaced When worm out, or any of the pieces o' the fifty different Ktyleh of the Charles Noble A. Company Manufacture of Stoves, can be had by calling at G. H. O'LEARY'S. FURNITURE STORE. 1AM constantly receiving new additions to my now large stock of Furniture in all kinds of goods, which I am olfering very cheap, for cash. O. H. O'LEARY. SADDLE BAGS, &C. SADDLE Begs, Collars, Wagon, Buggy and Riding Whips, Hamea, Trace Chains, Back Bands, Ac., for sale, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. gAnni.ng a urn UAfivcvea SADDLES and Harness, of all kinds and prices, of my own manufacture! Stock immense and prices guaranteed. 0. H. O'LEARY. BEDSTEADS AND MATTRES3ES. COMMON, Medium and Fine Bedsteads and Mattresses, and all goods kept in a Furniture Store, at , G. H, O'LEARY'S. TABLES, SAFES, &C. EXTENSION Dining Tables, Cupboards and Common Kitchen Safes, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. PICTURE FRAMES. ALA KG E lot of Picture Frames and Framed Chromos, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. CHAIRS. TWENTY Dozen of different kinds of Chairs, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. August 19 80 tf ' ? C.& I. HARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, ] Yobkvillb, S. C., July 22, IB80. J rpHE following Schedule of the Mall and PaaJ. seriger Trains took effect at 6 o'clock, a. m., on the 20th of July, 1880. going south. Leave 'Dallas at ....fl.OO A. M. Arrive at Gastonia 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 Olover at .7.40 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 8.20 A. M. Leave Yorkville at.....' 8.30 A. M. Leave Gutbriesville sit...... ..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. going north. Leave Chester at 2.45 P. M. Leave Lowrysvilleat 3.20 P. M. Leave McConnellsville at 3.40 P. M. Leave Gatbriesville at 3.50 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 4.20 P. M. Leave Yorkvlllkat .. 4.25 P. M. "*> Leave Olover at 5.05 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at 5.15 P. M. Leave Orowderis Cr>;?k at 5.25 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 5.55 P. M. Leave Gastonia at -0.10 P. M. Arrive at Dallas at 0.30 P. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. July 22 30 . tf ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE ArE-LINE RAILWAY. PA??EN6ER DEPARTMENT. Atlanta, Ga., May 20,1880. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON qnd after May 23rd, 1880, traius will run on this road as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) " Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, P. M. Leave ?.17, P. M. (wlistwabd.) Arrive at Gastonia, 11.87, A. M. Leave 11.38, A. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) * Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, A. M., Leave 3.17, A. M. (wtwtward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 1..08, A. M., Leave 1.09, A. V. 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 for all points West and Southwest. i Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points. Through Tickets on sale at Greenville and Spartanburg to all points East ard West. ft. J. FOJiEACHK, Uen'l M!an?frer. W. J, Houston, Gen'l Pass. <fc Ticket Agent. June 10 25 tf ~ REMOVAL. 7 THIS YORK MARBLE YARD. I WOULD respectfully announce that I have REMOVED MY MARBLE WORKS to the new boilding South of Wheeler's Coach Factory, on ray own premises, and near the Railroad depot, where 1 shall hereafter be better than ever heretofore prepared to furnish MONUMENTS, TOMB STONES, or ANYTHING IN MY LINE, aa low as the lowest. As an evidence of this, I can furnish Tomb Stones for CHILE REN 'rom |8.00 upward ; for ADULTS, from $8.00 upward, a Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, and In point or worumansnip ana material, equal to me worn of any icetabllflbinent in tbe country. Specimens always on band, to an inspection of which, those in want or marble work are respectfully invited. Estimates and othor information furnished on application. Work delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gangt Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and A igusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. P. HAPPERFIELD. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNT r OF TONX?COUNT OF COMMON FLEAS. Henry H. Watson, Plaintiff, against William M. McCarter, J, A. Ware and J. K. Wells, Defendants. Summons for Relic/.?(Tomplciint not Served. To William M. McCarter, J. A. Ware and J. K. Wells, Defendant* in this action. "V7"OU are hereby summoned and required to anY swer the complaint o this action, which is this day filed in the office c the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of yonr answer to tbe said complaint, on the subscriber, at his r ffice. In Yorkvilile, 8. C., within twenty days alter tie service hereof, exclusive of the dHy of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within tbe time aforesaid, tbe plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for tbe relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Yorkville, August31st, A. D., 1380, W. B. WILLIAM8, Plaintiff's Attorney. To tbe Defendants, William M. McCarter, J. A. Ware and J. K. Wells.?Take notice that the complaint and summons In the above entitled action was filed in tbe office of the Clerk of the Conrt of Common Pleas tor York county, South Carolina, on the 31atday of August, A D 1880. W. B. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff's Attorney. September 2 36 6t GEORGE T. SCHORE-. PHOTOGRAPHER, CHESTER, IS. CAROLINA. PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and pains taken to plesiae every easterner. 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 firstclass. Call arid see for yourselves, at the PHOTOGALLERY, opposite tbe "Cotton Hotel." Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions, Advertisements and orders for Job Work ror the Yorkville Enquirer. GEORGE T. SCHORB. February 13 7 tf ROSE'S HOTEL, YORKVILLE, 8. C. * s*Lr^*\ THI8 HOUSE has been thoroughly renovated from collar to gar ** and newly furnished, inf?sSIW 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 reserved especially for Commercial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. June 17 25 tf NOTICE. 1 RESPECTFULLY inform tbe public that I am prepared to Rtar ten razors, scissors, shears and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber,