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Humorous gcparfmrnt. BENCH AND BAR IN TEXAS. .Tudson T. Mills, of South Carolina, was a Judge in the District Court in Northern Texas, fond of a joke, but very decided in his discharge of duty! Thomas Fannin Smith was ^ a practising lawyer at the bar, and having shamefully misstated the law in his address to the jury, turned to the Court and asked the Judge to charge the jury accordingly. The Judge was indignant and replied : k4I)oes the Counsel take the Court to l>e a fool Smith was not abashed by the reproof, but instantly res}>onded : "I trust your Honor will not insist on an answer to that question, as I might, in answering it, truly be considered guilty of contempt of Court." ' Fine the Counsel ten dollars, Mr. Clerk ?" said the Judge. Smith immediately paid the money, and remarked that it was ten dollars more than the Court could show. "Fine Counsel fifty dollars ?" said the Judge. The fine was entered by the Clerk, and Smith not being ready to respond in that sum, sat rlown Thn liovf mnminfr at? ilui ounnlitnr nf the Court, Smith rose, and with much deference addressed the Judge: "May it please your Honor, the Clerk took that little joke of yours, yesterday, about the fifty dollars, as serious, as I perceive from the reading of the minutes. "Will your Honor be pleased to inform him of his error and have it erased ?" The coolness of the request, and the implied apology, pleased the Judge, and he remitted the fine. Judge "Williamson, or Three-legged "Willie, as he was familiarly called, was one of the early Judges of Texas. In his Court, a lawyer by the name of Charleton stated a point of law, and the Court refused to admit the Counsel's statement as sufficient proof. "Your law, sir," said the Judge; "give us the book and page, sir." "This is my law, sir," said Charleton, pulling out a pistol; "and this, sir, is my book," drawing a bowie-knife ; "and this is the page," pointing the pistol toward the Court. "Your law is not good sir," said the unruffled Judge ; "the proper authority is 'Colt on Revolvers,'" and he brought a six-shooter instantly to bear on the hejul of the Counsel, who dodged the point of the argument and turned to the jury. On another occasion the Judge concluded the trial of a man for murder by sentencing him to lie hung that day. A petition was immediately signed by the bar, jury and people, praying that longer time might be granted the poor prisoner. The Judge replied to the ]>etition that "the man had been found guilty; the jail was very unsafe, and, besides, it was so very uncomfortable ne did not think any man ought to be required to stay in it anylonger than was necessary." The man was hung. THE INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS. In the days of negro slavery, Cuff was a gentleman's servant in Virginia, and a daikey of most undoubted honesty and truth ; but he would sometimes tell tough stories. lie met 'Kurnel Johnsing's nigg,' as lie called him, 011 one occasion, and after cussing a.nd discussing various matters appertaining to their masters, fell into the following conversation : Sam?Well, Cuff, how you was ? Cuff?Oh, isn't no wuss. Sam?How is all de folks down at de house ? Cuff.'?Oh, dey is able to be round, 'cept de ole man's darter. She had de doctor the other day. He came in, looked at her, kept lookit,' .it l.?lf . C.ili ol.O ?..1C .,?, A V./1H n in <il ik/1 , vm\.i dik v??;> unuin, <n:u j;ivc uci u box of engine vegetable pills. When de tractor go she up and threw de pills out de winder. She wouldn't take no pills, no sah ! Wal de ole turkey cock kum, an'?greedy kus?he gobbled down de pills, box aif all, witl de whole directions in four difTrent languages. Xext day we had company, an' had to kill dat turkey cock, yer see. Brought him on de table biled wid ister sass. Massa flourish his knife, and try to cut him up; could not git de knife into him. 'Cuff,'says he, 'how long did yer bile dis turkey ?" "Bile him an hour, sah." "Take him away and bile him another hour." So I took him away an' biled him another hour. Sam?Did de company wait ? . Cuff?Oh, yas de company waited. Wal, I brought de turkey in, and massa flourish his big knife ag'in an' try to cut him; but he couldn't do it, no sah ! "Take him away an'bile him another hour." "So I take him down in de kitchen ag'in." Sam?Did de company wait ? Cuff?Of course dey waited. I brought in de turkey ag'in an' massa try to cut. But it was no ijo ; massa git mad. "Take him away an' bile him a v:eek." So 1 took him away an' bile him a week. Sam?Did de company wait t Cuff?Oh, yas, de company waited?bound to see de fun out, yer know. Wal, in a week I brought in dat turkey. Massa thought he got him dis time, sure; but he couldn't cut a ..bote in hinu <1' ole cock wouldn't be cut. Massa send for'ue doctor fo hub d? t<:rkey examined. De doctor came, look at de turkeylook all over him. Says he, "It's 110 use ; you can't bile dis turkey, for he has taken a box of dese engine-vegetable pills, an' dare isn't any bile in him!" A California Trial.?A fellow named Donks was lately tried at Yuba c ity, for entering a miner's tent and seizing a bag of gold dust valued at eighty-four dollars. The testimony showed that he had once been employed there, and knew exactly where the owner kept his dust; that on the night of Octolier llith he cut a slit in the tent, readied in, took the bag and run off. .Jim Buller, the principal witness, testified that he saw the hole cut, saw the man reach in, and heard him run away. "I put for him at once," continued the witness, "but when I cotched him I didn't find Bill's bag; but it was found afterwards wnere ne nsui tnrowed it." Counsel for the prisoner.?"IIow far (lid he get in when he took the dust ?" Buller.?"Well, he wasstoopin' over?about half way in, 1 should say." Counsel.?"May it please your honor, the indictment isn't sustained, and I shall demand an acquittal by the court. The prisoner is on trial for entering a dwelling in the night time with intent to steal. The testimony is clear, that he made an opening, through which lie protruded himself about half way, and stretching out his arms committed the theft. Hut the indictment charges that he actually entered the tent or dwelling. No v your honor, can a man enter the house when only one half of his body is in, and the other half out V" Judge.?"I shall leave the whole matter to the jury. They must judge of the law and the fact as proved." The jury brought in a verdict of "guilty," as to one half of his body from the waist up; 'yiot guilty," as to the other half. The judge sentenced the guilty half to two years imprisonment, leaving it to the prisoner's option to have the not guilty half cut olf, or take it along with him. A judgment, we think, worthy of Solomon. Too Smart For Tiiem.?There is a nice little game much in vogue among the young folks in this vicinity known as the "Hutchinson family." The game consists in lieguiling some unsuspecting person into a room into ^vltich the whole "family" is stationed?the members of which imitate in word and action everything done by the victim, and the amount of amusement that can Ite extracted from a jin >uu> jiuimn mini oi iKisiiiui procnviues can easily be imagined. At a social gathering held in this village a short time ago, a young newspaper man was introduced into the room, and the "Hutchinson family" began its imitations to the intense delight of everybody present?except the victim. It didn't take the young man a great while to appreciate the situation, and then he calmly walked to the centre of the room and stood on his head. The "Hutchinson family" at that moment was composed of two young ladies and a gentleman, and it is needless to remark that the young ladies immediately lost all interest in subsequent proceedings.?Independent Republican. A Safe Animal.?A Galveston youngman, who is not very bright, but likes to affect the sporting character, recently bought a horse, and he thinks he's the handsomest horse in the United States. The young man was showing the animal to a man who really knows something about horses, i>ointing out all the animal's good i>oints. AVhen he got through praising the beast, the other sjtoke up and said : "All you say about the animal is so, but you have omitted two of his very best points." "What are they V" "Well, in the first place, nolxidy will ever steal that animal from you ; and, secondly, if anybody should steal him, you would have no trouble in overtaking him on foot." / ?hc am audi (fireside. j CARE OF HORSES' HOOFS. Luck of moisture is not necessarily a cause of brittleness of the hoof, since the horses of the desert have the strongest hoofs in the world, in spite of the excessive dryness. A continued drought is especially dangerous when it acts on a foot accustomed to abundance of water. Under the action of water, the horn cells absorb, increase in size, and push each other apart. By this action, too, some of the gelatinous matter that builds up the horn is dissolved out, and when the hoof is again allowed to dry, it lias lost materially in its power of cohesion. The more frequently the process of soaking and drying is repeated, the more hurtful it proves to the hoof, which becomes increasingly brittle and liable to split up and break off. If, further, this tendency to brittleness has been inbred through generations of horses kept in climates where the feet are alternately soaked by drenching rains and withered by drying suns, the danger is propor tionately increased, and the feet of such a race of horses are especially liable to splitting and injury. It is not habitual dryness that injures; it is the alternations of rain and drought. While upon this subject it may be well to note that the evil effects of moisture may be largely warded off by smearing the moistened foot with impervious oily agents tiefore exposing it to the drying process. In this way the moisture that has been absorbed by the horn fs retained, the sudden drying and shrinking are obviated, and the horn remains elastic and comparatively tough. As it is often needful to soali the foot in warm or cold water, or in poultices in cases of disease, it is all important that the above-named precaution should be constantly borne in mind, and that the softened foot should be smeared throughout with some hoof ointment before it is allowed to dry and harden. For this purpose nothing is simpler nor better than a mixture, in equal parts, of wood tar and whale oil or lard. This may be smeared on the foot every other day. In addition to the changes of weather, the frequent standing in rotting dung-heaps or the jk)o1s of decomposing liquid manure, may Ik* named as causes of brittle hoofs. In the dung heap there is not only moisture and steam soaking and softening of the hoof, but there is abundance of ammonia gas, which is especially calculated to soften, dissolve and destroy the horn. Kotten manure and putrid liquors, therefore, are much more injurious than pure water, muddy pools, or wet clay. I Again, the emanations of this kind are far from conducive to general health, so that they prove hurtful in two ways?first, by directly destroying the substance of the hoof, and second, by reducing the animal vigor, the power of digestion and assimilation, and the power of secreting good horn. Standing in such decomposing organic matter is still more injurious, however, when the animal is confined to a stall or box, for here the injurious effect of inactivity is added to the al>ove-named conditions. Cleaning Coat Collars, Etc.?1st. The best material for cleaning coat collars and grease spots of all kinds is pure benzine. The article is sold at the principal drug-stores in cities. That used by painters is not pure enough, and has a very unpleasant odor, which the pure article has not, and the little which it has soon disappears. If this cannot be obtained, strong alcohol (ninety-five per centum) will clean collars very well. A mixture of equal parts of strong alcohol and water of ammonia is also used. A small quantity only softens and spreads the grease.-spot. They should be applied in sufficient quantity, and repeated, to not only dissolve the foreign matter, but to wash it out. 2nd. Two ounces of rock ammonia, two ounces of alcohol, one ounce each of spirits of camphor and transparent soap. Put all together in a large bottle, cover with one quart of soft water, and when well mixed and dissolved, it is ready for use. Spread the coat on a clean table, take an old nail-brush, or small scrubbing brush, dip it in the mixture and scrub the dirt parts thoroughly. Apply plenty of this, then take clean warm water and go over it again. Hang it out until partly dry, and press with a heavy iron on the wrong side. How to treat a House.?A horse cannot be screamed at and cursed without becoming less valuable in every particular. To reach the highest degree of value the animal should l>e jHjrfectlv gentle and always reliable, but if it exneets everv moment that it is in the liar ness to be ''jawed" at and struck, it will be in a constant state of nervousness, and in its excitement as liable, through fear, to do something which is not expected, as to go along doing what you started it to do. It is possible to train a horse to be governed by the word of mouth almost as completely as it is to train a child, and in such training the horse reaches its highest value. When a horse is soothed by the gentle words of his driver?and we have seen him calmed down from great excitement by no otl er means?it may be fairly concluded that he .3 a valuable animal for all practical purposes and it may be certainly concluded that the man who has such power over him is a humane man and a sensible one. But all this simply means that the man must secure the animal's confidence. Only in exceptional instances is a horse stubborn or vicious. If he understands his surroundings and what is required of him, he gives 110 trouble. A Hint to Sufferers from Neuralgia. Several evenings since I was attacked with a severe dental neuralgia. After resorting to friction, cold and hot applications, etc., without obtaining any relief, I lay upon my lied, trusting that sleep might come and give me respite. Still the excruciating pain continued, and while I was suffering the ''tortures of the doubly damned," undecided whether to arouse some tired druggist for a bottle of chloroform or chop my head off, (with a decided preference, however for the chloroform.) I suddenly bethought me of what I had read of an aniesthetic which we always carry with us. Thereupon I began to inflate my lungs to their utmost capacity, and then forcibly blew out all the air that I could. Immediately the pain began to lessen, and after a few repetitions of [ the process, it had entirely ceased, being displaced by a delightful tickling sensation in the gums, and furthermore I know not, for in less time than it takes to tell it, I was sound asleep, awakening next morning delightfully refreshed and without a symptom of my ailment left. Ilence, you see, I was not simply temporarily relieved, but entirely well again. I wish other sufferers would try this and report results. If a person swallows any poison whatever. or has fallen into convulsions from having overloaded the stomach, an instantaneous * i remeuy, eiucjenc uuu .ippm-uuir m <i im^v number of cases, is a heaping tea-spoonl'ul of common salt, and as much ground mustard, stirred rapidly in a teacupful of water, warm or cold, and swallowed instantly. It is scarcely down before it begins to come up, bringing with it the remaiir'ng contents of the stomach; and lest there be any remnant of the poison, however small, let the white of an egg or a teasi>oonful of strong coll'ee be swallowed as soon as the stomach is quiet, because these very common articles nullify a large^number of virulent poisons. Lookixg-Glasses spoiled nv Sunshine. It does not seem to be very generally understood that the amalgam of tin-foil with mercury spread on glass plates to make lookingglasses, is very readily crystalized by actinic solar rays. A mirror hung where the sun can shine on it is usually spoiled ; it takes a granulated appearance familiar to house-keepers, though they may not be acquainted with the cause of the change. In such a state the article is nearly worthless, the continuity of the surface is destroyed and it will not relied outlines with any approach of precision. Onions and Malaria.?A young man in this place was recently taken down with malarial fever, so pronounced by the family physician, his pulse marking one hundred. In the evening the family determined to test the onion cure. Several onions were accordingly bruised and applied to the soles of his feet and to his wrists; the consequence was thorough sweating during the night and an absence of the fever in the morning, the cure being complete. We can vouch for the correctness of this statement.? Waynesboro [Pa.) Itceortl. Nervous Children.?The following suggestion is worthy the consideration ofpa rents: Nervousness with a child is almost always a matter of the stomach. A crust of bread will put an end to the most obstinate perverseness. Children, for this reason, should never be allowed to go to bed, after a tit of crying, with an empty stomach. A bit of bread and jelly, or a cup of custard will bring smiles and happiness when all the moral law fails, and for the soundest of reasons. (gfThe farmer understands human nature vrtr said : If you want your boy to stay at s -^uTt l>ear too hard on the grindstone -urmjAhe crank. IpSfeUaamts Reading.! SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. A German scientist recommends paraffine as an efficient means of protecting wood against damp, acids and alkalies. The wood is first well dried, and then covered with a solution of one part of melted paraffine in six parts of ether or bisulphide of carbon. The solvents evaporate quickly, leaving the paraffine in the wood. Great care should he taken in the use of the preparation, as all the substances mentioned are especially inflammable. The next United States Congress will act on a bill reported in the last Congress, in support of an International Commission to agree upon standard tests for color-blindness and standard requirements for visual power in nairidic on/1 mueoliont hinvSitfiC Prof. Palmieri considers it proven tliat great earthquakes are always preceded by a season of preliminary earth tremblings. lie believes that by means of telegraliically connected stations for observing these tremblings, it would Ik? possible to foretell earthquakes, just as storms arc now foretold, and to issue warning to all threatened districts three days in advance. During a recent boring for water in the Wimera district, Victoria, a tree was passed through for a distance of six feet at a depth of Job feet. Several fruit stones were brought to the surface. At some period in the world's history a grove of trees is supposed to have occupied this subterranean spot, and the great depth of earth now covering the remains of the vegetation indicates a vast lapse of time since it flourished. A French savant has made a careful comparative analysis of the statistical tables of suicides for France and Sweeden. He finds that they establish two laws, viz.: that widowers commit suicide more frequently than married men: and that the existence and presence of children in the house diminish the inclination to suicide, both in men and in women. Prof. Dufour, of Paris, has devised a thermometry apparatus which is so sensitive that it will denote?by a deflection of the index needle of two inches?the change of temperature caused bv the entrance of a person into the room where it is placed. It is interesting to note to what extent the doctrines of evolution are taught in our higher institutions of learning. In a paper upon the ''Critics of Evolution" in the May and June numbers of the American Naturalist, Prof. Lippincott says that at Harvard every professor whose departments are connected with biology?such as Gray Whitney, A. Agassiz, Ilagen, Goodale, Shaler, Fallow, and Faxon?is an evolutionist, and man's physical structure they regard as 110 exception to the law. They are said to be theists and all conservative men. At Johns Hopkins University, which aims to be the most advanced in the country, evolution is held and taught. In the University of Pennsylvania all the biological professors are evolutionists?Leidy, Allen, Hothrock and Parker. At Yale, Michigan, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Bowdoin and Princeton Universities, the biological professors are in the same category. Wherever there is a working naturalist, he is sure to be, almost without exception, an evolutionist. A new process of obtaining stereotype plates for printing has been discovered by M. Einile Jeanin, a sculptor of Paris, who proposes to employ for that purpose the material known as celluloid. The process of preparation takes only half an hour, when the matter is once in type, and the plates thus produced are remarkably adapted for working 011 cylinder presses running at a high speed, being very light, flexible and durable. In this last respect they are said to even surpass metal plates. At a recent Berlin bird show several canaries were exhibited which attracted much attention 011 account of the peculiar colors of their plumage. Some were green, others red and light brown, and others of a soft gray tint, while all differed more or less from the light yellow of the common bird. These variations of color were produced by the daily use of cayenne pepper in the food of the birds. The pepper is given in small quantities at first, and the birds appear to like it. The immedi ate effects are, However, anyimng out pieasmg to the beholder, for the feathers soon begin to fall, giving the bird the appearance of molting ; hut in a short time new feathers api>ear, having the curious tints observed. HOW A SCOLI) IVAS SILENCED. The following anecdote of Daniel O'Connell, the famous Irish lawyer, is from the interesting published volume on "The Irish Bar." One of his most memorable encounters in the wordy war was with a notorious virago who kept a small huckster shop on the Quay of Dublin, opposite the Four Courts. She was named Biddy Moriarty, and acquired such reputation for the use of foul words that no respectable persons would venture to accost her save on most peaceable terms. O'Connell's power as a master of rhetoric, when but a junior at the bar, induced some members of the bar to back him agaiiySt Biddy, and entering into the joke he accepted the offer, and promised to have a tongue-tilt with this redoubtable scold. O'Connell was very confident of success ; he laid an ingenious plan for overcoming her, and, with all the anxiety of an ardent experimentalist, waited to put it in practice. lie resolved to open the attack. At this time O'Connell's own party and the lawyers about the place formed an audience quite sufficient to rouse Mrs. Moriarty, on public provocation, to a due exhibition of her powers. O'Connell commenced the attack: "What's the price of this walking-stick, Mrs. What's your name ?" "Moriarty, sir, is my name, and a good one it is; and what have you to say agin it V? and one and sixpence is the price of this stick?troth, 'tis chape as dirt, so it is." "One and six pence for a walking stick ! Whew ! Why you are no better than an impostor to ask eighteen pence for what cost you two pence." "Two pence your grandmother*!" rented Biddy. "Do you mane to say it is cheimng the people I am V Impostor indeed !" "Ah, impostor; and it's that I call you to your teeth," rejoined O'Connell. "Come, cut your stick, you cantankerous jackanapes." ll ? ?in f/viii. lwn?il \?r\ 11 I i\.Or|? ;i L'l\ 11 in iiiiii iiriiu, juu uiu diagonal!" cried O'Conneli, calmly. "Stop your jaw, yon pug-nosed badger, or by this and that," cried Mrs. Moriarty, "I'll make you go quicker than you came." "Don't be in a passion, my old radius; anger only wrinkles your beauty." "By the holy, if you say another word of impudence, I'll tan your dirty hide, you bastelyscrub ; and sorry I'd be to soil my lists upon your carcass." "Whew, boys, what a passion old Biddy is in ! I protest, as I'm a gentleman." "Ointleman ! gintleman! the likes of you a gintloman! Wisha, that bangs Banagher. Why, you potato-faced pippin-squeezer, where diil a Madagascar monkey, like you, pick up enough of common Christian decency to hide your Kerry brogue V" "Easy now, easy now," cried O'Connell, with imperturbable good humor; "don't choke yourself with line language, you old whiskydrinking parallelogram." "What's that you call me, you murderin' villain ?" roared Mrs. Moriarty, stung with fury. "I call you," answered O'Connell, "a parallelogram, and a Dublin judge and jury Swill say it's no libel to call you so." Oh, tare and 'ounds! oh, you radian ! that an honest woman, like me, should be called farrybellygrum to her face. Now, I'm none (if vim, f!irrv]n*llv<rriims. Villi rascullv callows bird; you cowardly, sneaking, plate-licking blaggard." "Oh ! not you, indeed !" retorted O'Connell. "Why, I suppose'you deily that you keep a liy]K)thenuse in your house.'* "It's a lie for you. you robber; I never had such a thing in my house, you swindling 1 thief." "Ah ! you can't deny the charge, you miserable subniultiple of a duplicate ratio." "You saucy tinker's apprentice, if you don't cease your jaw. I'll?" Hut here she gasped j for breath, while O'Connell proceeded : "While T have a tongue I'll abuse you, you j most inimitable periphery. Look at her, ! boys ; there she stands a convicted perpendicu- ! lar in petticoats! There, she trembles with h guilt down to the extremities of her corollaries. All! you're found out, you rectilineal 1 antecedent and equiangular old hag ; you por- j ter-swilling similitude of the bisection of a j vortex." O'Connell won the bet. lie well knew the use of sound in vituperation, and having to j 1 deal with an ignorant scold, he determined to j i overcome her in volubility by using all the sexquipedalia verba which occur in Kuclid. j i With these, and a few significant epithets, j and a sending, impudent demeanor, he had for 1 once impressed silence on lliddy Moriarty. 1 . - . " ' 1 tgg- When the Constitution was adopted there were seventy-five postoHices in the Union. Now there are over forty thousand. < Inoculation with Snake Poison.?A wonderful prophylactic for snakes bites (if true) is given by Madain Calderon de la Barea in her "Life in Mexico," page 431. Speaking of Tamtsico, she says: "We have just been hearing a curious circumstance connected with poisonous reptiles, which I have learned for the first time. Here, all along the coast, the people are in the habit of inoculating themselves with the poison of the rattlesnake, which renders them safe from the bite of all venomous animals. The person to l>e inoculated is pricked with the tooth of the serpent on the tongue, in both arms, and on various parts of his body, and the venom introduced into the wounds. An eruption comes out which lasts a few clays. Ever after these persons can handle the most venomous snakes with impunity; can make them come by calling them; have great pleasure in fondling them ; and the bite of these persons is poisonous! You will not believe this, but we have the testimony of seven or eight resectable merchants. "A gentleman who had breakfasted here this morning says that he lias been vainly endeavoring to make up his mind to submit to the operation, a.*} he is very much exposed where he lives, and has to travel a great deal on the coast; and when he goes on these expeditions he is always accompanied by his inoculated negro who has the power of curing him, should be be bitten, by sucking the poison from the wound, lie also saw this negro cure the bite given by an inoculated Indian to a white boy with whom he was lighting, and vvlm w:isi tlw> Ktmnfrpr of the two. The stories " "l' """ v"" O*'* of the Eastern jugglers, ami their power over these reptiles, may, perhaps, he accounted for in this way. 1 cannot say that I should like to have so much snaky nature transferred into my composition, nor to live amongst people whose bite is venomous." Tiik Mother's Hand.?We have seen many a snowy hand, fair and plump and sweet to look upon ; and lingers whose purity rivaled the gems they wore"; irPI the hands that live in recollections fairer than all, are the lean, thin, toil wrinkled hands of mother. They were once full and fair and whitens any lady's, and <*11 of us, her children, know how and why they had become thin and worn. They were made so by toiling for us. The dear old weariless hands, without ornament save the one plain circle of gold worn through all the years from marriage-day to the grave's-dny?what had they not done for us all ? They had lifted us, and fed us, and smoothed us, and labored for us unceasingly, and to day they stand in recollection the symbols and type of serving love?those aged, shaking hands of our mother. It was love that made them active; it was love that made them tireless. And what a joy it was, when she was aged, to sit and hold them, and smooth them, and caress them! And now that they are folded in everlasting rest, they live in vision, and will live until we clasp them once again upon the everlasting shore. Had Company.?When you drive a nail into a board and pull it out again it will leave an impression, will it not V And when you leap into the water you will get wet, will you not ? It is exactly the same with bad company. You may not do just what you have seen done, and you will perhaps not say what you have heard said, but something will show it self in your character in after life like the impression of the nail in the board. Suppose you were walking along a street, and somebody said to yon, "This is a dangerous street?I would keep off of it ; do you see the holes and ditches here ?" would you not go to another street that it was safe to walk 011 ? Bad company is dangerous. A very good rule for hoys who are about to start, out on the rough sea of life is to "Keep out of bad company." Boys should ask their parents, or some responsible person, to choose what is good company for them. Be careful what you read, be careful with whom you go, and "keep out of bad company." It is more infecting than yellow fever, and it always leaves impressions 011 your character. IIow to Stop a Donkey from Braying. It is related of a missionary of China, that in the neighborhood where he was staying, John Chinaman had a donkey that very much annoyed him at night by his incessant braying. Our missionary pointed out his griefs to John one morning, who told him that if that was his trouble, he could soon put a stop to that. No more was heard from Mr. Donkey, and this led the missionary to enquire as to how Mr. Chinaman hud saalgjLupthe mouth of his uncomfortable neighbor. Jolm took him to the spot, and there he beheld Mr. Donkey with a huge stone tied to his tail. He could not conceive how a stone at the tail should prevent the expression which is claimed as an inherent right of donkeys. 'I will tell you,' said John. 'You will always observe, if indeed you are an observing man, that whenever you hear one of these animals bray, he always lifts his tail, in fact, it is imiiossible for him to make a noise without doing it, and for your special comfort andconvenince, I tied a stone to this fellow's latter appendage, and you have not heard a sound since." A Novel Suit.?A New Orleans invalid bought six bottles of a patent medicine, warranted to cure the disease from which she was suffering. A notice was printed on the wrap *1. * .......1,1 i.? ;+ off/,.. |?ri? l-11ilt tilr muiin uvMim nr iriiinuru u, unci following the directions implicitly, si complete csire was not wrought. The stuff did her no good. She demanded from the druggist, who was also the manufacturer, the $11 which she had paid him. He refused it. She has begun si suit, and her lawyer assures her tluit as she obeyed the directions in every particular, she lisid a clear csise. Memphis silso has some litigsition growing ont of the sale of si nostrum. In this instance a man bought of a barber si bottle of liquid to make the hair grow thicker on his head. lie claims that it not only failed to do so. but caused what hair he had to fall out. He wsints $1,000 to cover the damage. Save the Brain.?Do not overtax the brain. No nism should do more work of muscles or of brain in a dsiy than he can perfectly recover from the fatigue in si night's rest. Up to that point, exercise is good; beyond sire waste of life, exhaustion and decay. When hunger csills for food, and fsitigue demands rest, we are in the natursil order, and keep the balance of life. When we take stimulants to spur our jailed nerves or excite an appetite, we sire wasting life. There is wrong and mischief in all waste of life. A msin should live so as to keep himself sit his Isest, and with a true economy. To esit more food than is needful is worse policy than tossing money into the sea. It is a waste of lsibor smd si waste of life. TiikSpaktaxmjug and Asiieville Railroad to re Sold.?Judge Bond has ordered the Spartanburg and Asheville Rsiilroad to be sold on the first Monthly in April next. The csise on which this decision wsis inside was tried lust week in the United States Circuit Court sit Charlotte, North Carolina. The principal question involved was whether the mortgsige bonds were to be postponed to the claims of contractorsandto mechanics'liens, which were filed subsequent to the execution of the mortr gsige deed. Judge Bond held that the mortgsige bonds were entitled to priority, and ordered the rsiilroad to be sold by the trustees of the mortgage deed. The case will be carried to the Supreme Court of the United Stsites on appeal. The New Year.?The year 18S1 will be si matheniiitical curiosity. From right to left and left to right it reads the ssune. Eighteen (iivided by *2 gives 1) sis a quotient; 8b divided by II gives !>; if divided by !) the quotient contsiins a b; if multiplied by lithe product contsiins two lis; 1 and K sire 1); 8 and 1 sire U. If n i ts.u m .wi.m/i i lilt? 1?^ uc JUUUCU IIIIUI'I tiir- t.n uuu cnan vt mo i sum is ill). If the figures be added thus: 1, S, S, 1, it will give IS. Reading from left to right it is IS, and IS is two-ninths of SI. Rv adding, dividing and multiplying 1!) its are produced, being one it for each year required to complete the century. ( tgfOf our points of punctuation the period is the most ancient. The colon was introduced about 1485, the comma about 15*21, and j ' the semicolon about 1570. In Sir Philip Sid-j ney's ' Arcadia," published in 1587, they all appear as well as the note of interrogation, as-! terisk and parenthesis. The ancients do not appear to have had any system of punctua- j tion, and doubtless employed arbitrary signs j to distinguish the parts of a discourse. I ' A young minister and his wife visited j; the congregation where his father was pre-j j viouslv the pastor, lie preached on the Sabbath, and after service one of the venerable ; ciders, speaking with the young minister's j wife, said : "Your husband preached from the j same text that his father had the last time he > was in that pulpit." "Indeed!" replied the I lady, "I hope it was not the same sermon, I too." "Oh, no," said the good elder, "his lather was a dreadful smart man." j ?? SIT No man ever yet looked on the dark side ? r?l* life without finding it. THE YORKVILLE ENOUIRER. \ PROSPECTUS FOR 1881. IN issuing our prospectus for 1881, we deem it only necessary to announce that the leading features which have characterized the editorial conduct of the Yohkville Enquirer for the past quarter of a century will bo retained, and what it has been in the past will be an assurance of what it shall be in the future. The leading departments of the paper will be retained as heretofore, and they will be conducted with the same labor and care that have marked our efforts in the past. While the Literary and Miscellaneous features of the Enquirer will be kept up to the standard which has given the paper a distinctive nuciui iiuriiuuii WIN HIHIJ wc ^iv^ll iu i the News department, which will embrace a re- ! cord of the leading events at the State and National Caj)itala; Congressional and Legislative Proceedings; ".Scraps and Facts," being a hotchpotch of light current topics; a compend of the News Abroad and at Home; General Correspondence; Market Reports; Local County and State News; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of our Str.te and people, whieh will, we] trust, continue to render the Enquirer a wel-| come and entertaining Family Journal, Terms of Snbscription*-Free of Pn.slage. Single copy, onoyear ?2 50 Two copies, one year, 4 00 One copy two years 4 (X) PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. To clnb-inakers, for the approaching volume, we nrter FOUR PREMIUMS for the four largest clubs, as follows: For the largest club, one Wekd Sewing Machine, fancy half ease, with drop leaf and two side drawers, valued at $4">. For the second largest club, one Weed Sewing Machine, half-ease and one drawer, valued at $10. For the third largest club, one No. 8 TnoPic ' Cooking Stove, and fixtures complete, valued at $i8.75. , . i For the fourth largest club, one No. 7 Tropic Cooking Stove and fixtures complete, valued at $20. Tne superior Sewing Machine we oiler us A Premium is the well known and justly celebm ted Weed Machine, manufactured by the Weal Sewing Machine Company, at Hartford, ConnA'ticut. It is adapted to all the wants of family sewing; can be readily comprehended by yny one; runs.easilv; is always ready ; will do my and all kinds of sewing with less changing xnd fewe- extra attachments; is self-adjusting ; is a two-thread Machine, making an elastic lockstitch ; and stands solid and linn. The Stoves are made by the Sergeant Maiufaeturing Company, ot Greensboro N. C. Tiny are made of the liest Scutch pig metal, with luavier and thicker plate than any other Stove h the market, and cnnsoipiently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of a handsome pattern and neat finish, and war run ted equal in points of appearance, dnrabilitvand superior cooking qualities, to any stove nannfactured in the Union. Thousands of (licit are in use in Virginia, North and South Camilla, and they give universal satisfaction. The altnve Premiums will he delivered to the successful competitors at the Enquirer office, free of charges for freight. CONDITIONS. The four Premiums mentioned alxve will be awarded on the following conditions: 'Hie person getting up the largest cl.ib of yearly subscribers to the Enquirer. at$2 Of nor annum. for each subscrilier, will In* entitled t?? the tirst choice ?>f onf< of the above Premium* : the person getting up the second 1 argot cluli, at the name price, to the second choice; the permit getting up the third largest club, to the third oioice; and the person getting up toe fourth Urged club, to the fourth choice. Tit time for completing el u ha under the above offer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M.,on the FIRST MONDAY OK MARCH. 1881. Competitors may begin to secure subscribers at ence?the Mine of subscription to commence whenever the name ;s handed in. The money for tacit subscriber is expected to be paid at the time the name is entered on our books, and no n-tme will he counted in competition for apretnium until the subscription price has been paid. To persons who make up Clubs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain a premium, we will send the Enquirer one year fret* of charge; and to those who send h Club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get a premium, we will forward" a copy of the Enquirer one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the United States, the publication to ho selected l>v the person entitled to receive it. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all be at the same post office. Names may betaken at any number of places. One name for two years will be equivalent to two names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expenso of those sendinc-them? ?^ Wo will lie responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter, or money order drawn on the Yorkville post-office. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post office and State. All subscriptions will he discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, who will be credited with every name sent, so that the number returned by aYiy person can be ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clulis, will not be permitted, after the names have been entered upon our books, to transfer the names to another club-maker's list. The time in which additions may be made to clubs, under this proposition, will expire on the FIRST MON DAY OF MARCH, 1881. There fore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time, it will not be furnished for less than $2.50 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. November 18 47 tf NRW STORE! BTEW STOCK! HAVING erected a new and coin mod ions Store on thosite of our Old stand, our facilities for conducting the Foreign and Domestic Fruit trade are now unsurpassed in the >outbern 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 Pc irs. 15 packages Delaware and Concord Grapes. 200 barrels Early Rose Potatoes. 25 barrels Onions. 100 barrels Northern Cabbages. Peaches and Grapes fresh every morning by Express. C. BART <fe CO., 55, 57 and 50 Market street. Charleston S. C. September 23 39 4m HERMANN BULWINKLE, FACTOR AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, Charleston, S. O., DEALER I.V GERMAN KAINIT. OR POTASH SALT, PERUVIAN GUANO, No. 1 and No. 2 Pure Fish Guano, Nova Scotia Land Plaster, Ground Smith Carolina Phosphate, and other FERTILIZERS. Also, CORN, OATS. IIAY, Orders tilled with .dispatch, and liberal advances made on consignments of Cotton and other Produce. November 4 45 3m GARRY IRON ROOFING CO., and Cement. 79 find .SI Columbus Street, OXjE!Xrx:ij^.NZ?, OHIO. ' Send for circulars and price lists. February 2(5 9 ly TOWN TAX. AT a meeting of the Town Council, held on the 2fith ultimo, the following Ordinance was passed : Bk it Ordained by the Town Council of York ville, that the following tax be levied upon all the real and personal property within the corporate limits of the town, viz: Two mills, to bo applied to the bonded indebtedness of the town, as per order of Court. This tax of two mills to be collected with a penalty of fifteen percent., if not paid on or before January 1.5th, 1381. W. H. McCOKK LE, Intendant. J. R. Sciiorb, Clerk and Treasurer. Decern her 2 49 6t NOTICE. 1 RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I j am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears in ! other flne-e Jged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and fori sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and ; satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TO.\f BALLARD. RarW. September 9 37 3t robertTherndon, I.ate Student of Iloston Conservatory of Mueie, TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS, , AND THE CORNET. Music arranged to order ! for any number of Instruments. Terms j i noderate. 1 Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND IN- < 5TRUMENTS. i April 22 17 lv ' I i, ? - - 1, G. E O'LrEARY. SADDlfRT AND FURNITURE. . I jj I ?+ ? ? - i' % I r.% FOR SALE: Chamber Silts, Bureau^ SidebMrds, Sols, Stoves, Bedsteads, Chairs, Saddle*, Harness, Bridles, I > Collars, i Whips, Ac., Ac., at G. H. O'LEARY'S. ' NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY! ? * - ? 1 .?. AY AIL YOURSELF OF IT! PRESERVE YOUK BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. ? AM, families have old Books. Periodicals, Newspaper*, 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, but the current literatu re of the present day should lie 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 Rinderand Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street ^ COLUMBIA, S. C. . pit- Send in orders at once. ~~ 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. JARDNER to WEir.H AND GRADE THE COTTON. He will enter the weight and grade on a slip of paper 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 THE MARKET PRICE For any excess. , T. 8. JEFFERYS, Agent. < .4 is ... . .. ?"September 23 39 / tf THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD. THE Family Favorite Improved Weed. These Machines have been remodeled and Improved until they are almost perfect in all respects. The parts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forcings. Every Machine sold by,us will be fully warranted. Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either for Cash or on Time until the first of November next. W. G. REID CO., Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, S. C. LATIMER & HEMPHILL, Agents at Yorkvllle, S. C* October 28 44 tf FARRAR TURBINE WATER-WHEEL. | In practical use it In everywhere demonstratingitseupeVW rjoritv over all others. Its enormous capacity in a small MnngmM diameter, simple, strong conslruction and perfect gate, a given combination of merits / Enm Vl not ,olini' 'n any other wheel. / flu nl ^ur ''droductorv prices are t H so low there in no compariI Jlra^LSa 8>n between them and the r r*)li enormously idgh prices of SERGEANT MAN'F. CO., HERN DON BROS., Agents. Yorkville, S. c. November 19 47 tf THE WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE Respectfully offers its services to those parents whodedre to secure for their daughters the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of their physical, irit8lefetuah, and moral powers. It is conducted on what is called the "ONESTUDY" PLAN, with a Semi-Anr.ua] Course of Study; and by a system of Tuitional Premiums, its low rates are mide still lower for ALL who average 85 per cent. No Public Exerdses. No "Receptions," Graduation, which is alvays private, may occur eight times a year. For full information, write for an Illustrated Catalogue. Addreis Rev. S. LANDER, President, Williamston, S. C. November 4 45 ly J. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EA8T OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every convenience, aria a determination to do my be.st, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in want of correctani nattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except snail children. , August 5 32 tf CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. TFIE undersigned would respect ully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse gar- | < merits of any fabric whatever, rendering them j perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of the 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 moRt reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. August 12 2fl tf M NOTICE. ~ | j SUBSCRIBERS to the Yorkvii.le Enquirer, not regularly served by inHil, on the postal routes between Yorkville and Bullock's Creek;: Yorkville t<> Zeno; and from Yorkville to Clark's j Fork, by the way of Bethany, are hereby in- * formed that I wilfdeliver their papers along the 1 routes FREE OF CH ARGE, provided thev enter 1 thpir names on my club. J. N. ROBERTS, i" December 23 52 tf IRON SAFE FOR SALE. THE undersigned offers for sale one No. 2 IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bah- t man A Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a coin- * bination lock, and for all practical purposes is r sqnal to a new one. It is offered for sale for no reason except that it is too small for my purposes, f L. M. OR 1ST. If 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 OP 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 leeently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : HILL IIEAD8. For 300 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.00 $5.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 8.50 b'ixill sheet H II Heads, 2.00 3.U0 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet hill heads. We will fill an order for hill heads, giving sny de?ired numlter of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER 1IEAD8. r w jw ^ror iww Commercial Note, |2.15 $3.26 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (largesize) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in everv instance. . We also give specinl attention to the printingof Briefs, Arguments and P ints 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. L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C. ATLANTA AND^E AftLOTTE AIR-LINE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Atlanta, Ga., November 6,1880, ^ CHANGE OF 8CHEDULK. ON and after No\ember 7, 1880, trains will run on this road as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.45, P. M. Leave 2,46, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.11, P. M. Leave 2.12, P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, A. M., Leave 2.17, A. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 1.10, A. M., Ijeave 1.11, A. N. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 4 34, P. M., Leave 4.50, P. M (we8tward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 8.28 A. M., Leave 8.40, A. M. THROUGH FEEIGHT TRAIN. (ea8tward.) ,> Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55. A. M., Leave 5.55, A. M. (westward.) A priva <if Oaat^nla SAO P \f T aatra ^ AO P AT Connecting at Atlanta for all points Went and South weak Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points. Through Tickets on Pile at Gainesville, Seneca City, Greenville and Spartanburg to all points East and West. G. J. FOREkCRE, Gen'l Manager. W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pwes. A Ticket Agent. November II 46 t>f C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILB04J). CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,] Yorkville, 8. C.t December 8, 1880. | THE following 8obed?le of the Mail and Passenger Trains took effect at 2.46 o'clock, p. in., on the 8th of December, 1880. GOING SOUTH. Leave Dallas at 6.00 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia at.....? 6.20 A. M. [.eave Gastonia at 6 40 A . M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 7.00 A, M. Leave Crowder'sCreek it 7.15 A, M. Leave Howling Green at 7.25 A. M, I .eave Clover at 7.40 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville Rt... 8.20 A. M. Leave Yorkville at 8.30 A., M. Leave Guthrieaville at 9.05 A, M. Leave McConn%llsvif!e at 9.20 A. M. Leave Lowrvsvilleat... 9.40 A. M. Arrive at Chester at...y.. ......^.....^.10^0 A. M. GOIMO NORTH. Leave Chester at 2.45 P. M. Leave I/)wrysvilleat.. 3 20 P., M. Leave McConnellavilleat 3.40 P. M. Leave Guthriesville at 3.50 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 4 20 P. M. Leave Yorkville at 4.25 P. M. Leave Clover at v 5.05 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at 5.15 P. M. L^ave Crowder's Creek at 5.25 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 5.55 P. M. Leave Gastonia at 6.10 P. M.-? Arrive at Dallas at fi 30 P. M. JAME8 MASON, Superintendent. December 16 - 51 tf THE BICKFORD AUTOMATIC FAMILY EMITTER. cjs /\ Z'Z " & e ~ S % 2 00 t. Z ??> - J ? ? - 1 lits = Q \ - tiS Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it shapes all sizes complete. Knits over GOdiffeirent garments, Socks, Stocking*, Mittens, Leggins, Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible variety of plainer fancy stitch. 75 per cent, profit in manufacturing knit woods. Farmers ear treble the value of their wool, by converting ii, into knit goods. Agents wanted in every State, Connty, City and Town, to whom very low prices will be made. For full particulars and lowest prices for the l>est Family Machine, send to BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., Brattleboro, Vt. February 26 9 lv GEORGE T. 1SCHORB, PHOTOGRAPHER. CHESTER, S. CAROLINA. PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and pains taken to please every customer. Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, as low as can be done in any city, North or South. Have on hand a fine selection of CHURCH AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered very cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be firstclass. Call and see for yourselves, at the PHOTOGALLERY, opposite the,"Cotton Hotel." Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions, Advertisement*and orders for Job Work for the Yorkville Enquirer. GEORGE T. SCHORB. Febr?M?rv 16 7 tf SUBSCRIBE FOR THE WEEKLY PALMETTO YEOMAN, COLUxMBIA, S. C. IT is an 8 page paper, designed for the people, filled with iiteresting matter?Family Reading, News, Markets, Ac. Subscription : One year, $1.50; Seven months, $1.00; Three months, 50 cents?payable in advance. Forsix names and nine dollars, an extra copy for one year. Sped-* mens furnished. The DAILY VEOMAN, an afternoon paper, ix $4 a pear. C. M. M-JUNKIN, Editor and Publisher. September 30 40 tf ROSE'S HOTEL~ YOKKVtLLE, S. C. THIS HOUSE has been thoroughly renovated from cellar to MirtflfSS- garret, and newly furnished, indulling GRAFTON'S PATENT SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our n,otto is a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially for Com merjial travelers. HENRY W. 8MITH. June 17 25 tf OLD NEWSPAPERS, OF larisce size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. Ihe fatkriUe (frtwuiw. TKRM8 OF 8UBHCRIPTION t Hnglecopy for one year, S2 50 For six months, 1 25 For three months 75 rwo copies one year, 4 00 ren copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a cluo of ten. ADVERTISING RATES, ONE HOLLAR per square, for the first insarion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each mb-equent Insertion. A square consists of the pace occupied by seven lines of this siae type. $ar- Contracts will be made at reduced rates br advertising space to be used for three, six, >r twelve months.