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MATRIMONY.
The man must lead a happy life
Who is directed by his wire;
Who's free from matrimonial chains
Is sure to suffer for his pains.
Adam could find no solid peape
Until he saw a woman's face;
When Eve was given for a mate
Adam was in a happy state.
In all the female heart appears
Truth, darling of a heart sincere;
Hypocrisy, deceit, and pride,
Ne'er known in woman to reside.
What tongue is able to unfold
The worth in woman we behold ;
The falsehood that in woman dwell
Is almost imperceptible.
Cursed be the foolish man, I say.
Who will not yield to woman's sway;
Who changes from his singleness
Issureof perfect blessedness.
To ascertain a woman's character, read the
1st aud 3d and 2d and 4th lines together.
FAULTS POMPEY COULDN'T REMEMBER.
A clergyman, wishing to be rid of his
horse, and try tor a better one, directed the j
old negro man to sell his beast for what he
would bring, or to exchange him for another,
adding, at the same time, an anxious caution
not to deceive the purchaser, and even enumerating
the faults of the animal, lest one
should be overlooked.
"Remember, Pompey, he has four faults."
"Oh ! yes, massa, I remember."
Pompey, jogging along the road, and counting
over the list to himself, as the old lady
over her luggage, "big box, little box, band
box, bundle," was overtaken by a man on
horseback, who entered into conversation,
and among other topics, made some enquiries
about the horse.
Pompey told his story, aud that his master
had charged him to tell the horse's faults
to the purchaser without reservation.
"Well, what are they?" said the stranger,
who had a mind to swap.
"Dere is four, massa," said Pompey, "and
I don't remember 'em all very well just
now, but?"
"Well, tell me those you do remember."
"Well, sar, one is that the horse is white,
and de white hairs get on massa's coat, and
dat don't look well for a clergyman."
"And the next?"
"I don't anyhow remember de oder9," said
Pompey, peering >nto the clouds with one
eye, reflectively.
The stranger concluded to strike a bargain,
and exchange his own horse, which had not
quite so gentle an air as the parson's, for this
nearly perfect animal. It was not long before
the clerical steed stumbled and threw
his rider into a ditch. Picking himself up as
well as he could, he examined his new purchase
a little more closely, and discovered
that the horse was entirely blind. Finding
Pompey again without much difficulty, his
wrath brust forth in a torrent of reproaches:
"You black rascal, what does that mean ?
This horse is broken kneed and as blind as a
mole!"
"O, yes," massa, said Pompey, blandy,
"dern's de oder two faults dat I couldn't re
member."
COMPLETELY DONE FOR.
A poorly dressed wagoner drove into the
town of C , N. C.. with a load of cotton.
As it happened, some of the Jewish merchants
taking him to be a green horn, irarae
diately sallied forth to purchase, when the
following dialogue ensued:
Jew. Dou you sell datt cotton ?
Wagoner. Yes, pap said if I wanted to,
I might sell it, (speaking in a low, drawling
tone.)
J. Veil, vat you take for it?
W. Well, pap said I might sell it for anything
I pleased, but told me to sell it to you,
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me.
J. (now thoroughly convinced of his greenness.).
I vill puy it from you and pay more
as any pody else,if you will take goods for it.
W. Well, pap said I might get the wagon
load of things if you had anything to suit me.
J. Veil, everything you vill want to puy.
So they concluded the trade, the Jew giving
him over the market price for it, expecting
to reap a golden harvest in the sale of his
goods to the green countryman.
J. Now you valk in, and gets anything
you shall vant.
W--Well, pap said I must get the chink
--itnd see ef its all right, and then buy the
'r things, you know.
J. Veil, I gives you de chink, den you
can puy anything you want, (then he handed
out the money.)
\V. Well, pap said I might have auythiug
I wanted, and I might get it from you, then.
J. Oh yes, I have everything you want.
Now vat is it ?
W. Have you got any flea hobblers?
J. No; we aint got any of dem, but anything
else ?
W. Well, I wanted three musketer muzzles,
then.
J. Veil, I never seen dem tings.
W. Well, got any yokes for ganders?
I. No; none of them neder.
W. That's all I want's, pap told me to git
'em.
And he walked out, leaving the mind of
the Jew in despair, and his pocket rather
empty.
Denominational Oxen in Texas.?Texas,
says the True Witness, is a great State. It
has not only a large, growing, mixed population?every
variety, of climate and soil,
game and stock?but its very oxen become
denominational, if not sectarian, in name
character and spirit. In proof of this, we
give the following incident, although rather
hard on the Methodists:
A stranger traveling along the road met a
stranger driving a wagon, which was pulled
by four oxen. As he approached, he heard
the driver say :
"Get up, Presbyterian! Gee, Campbellite
! Haw Baptist! What are you doing
Methodist!"
The traveler, struck with the singularity
of such Dames being given to oxen, remarked:
"Stranger, you have strange names for your
oxen, and I wish to know why they had such
names given them."
The driver replied : "I call that lead ox in |
front Presbyterian, because he is true blue j
and never fails?he believes in pulling through
every difficult place, persevering to the end,
and then he knows more than all the rest.
The one by his side I call Carapbellite; he
does very well when you let him go his own
way, until he sees water, and then all the ;
world can't keep him out of it, and there he
9tands as if his journey was ended. This off
ox, behind, is a real Baptist, for he is all the
time after water, and will not eat with the
others, but is contiuually looking first on one
side and then the other, and at everything
that comes near him. The other, which I
call Methodist, makes a great noise and a i
great to do, and you would think that he 1
was pulling all crertion but he don't pull a J
pound."
The traveler, having his curiosity gratified
with the explanation, rode on, wondering
what he should next hear in Texas. This is
110 dream, but real fact, as we have heard it; j
nor are we influenced by th3 dyspeptic feeling j'
in telling our readers the ecclesiastical relation
of Texas oxen.
ftaV" As a good looking friend of ours, whose (
moustache is jet black, and curls maguifi- j |
cently over his lip, was passing the residence j i
of a couple of damselst the following conver-. j
nation is said to have been overheard :
Louisa?I do wonder how it goes to kiss
unetii: those creatures with a horrid mous- j'
tuche ? ! 1
Adelaide?Why, Louisa, of course I don't | i
know. 11
Louisa?Well, I!m going to get the hat j 1
brush and try it. And she did. ! I
Sfct |arm aud|irf5ttlf.
Uses of Paper.?A complete list of articles
made of pap r would be a very curious
one, and almost every day it becomes more so.
Among other things exhibited last year at the
Berlin Exhibition, were paper buckets, urns,
"bronzes," asphalt roofing, water-cans,.carpets,
shirts, whole suits of clothes, jewelry, materials
for the garden walks, window-curtains,
lanterns, and pocket-handkerchiefs. The
most striking of the many objects exhibited
in this material was, perhaps, a fire-stove with
a cheerful fire burning in it. We have, from
time to time, noted the announcements of
newly-invented railway carriages and carriage
wheels, chimney-pots, flour-barrels, cottagewalls,
roofing tiles, and bricks and dies for
stamping, all made of paper. A material
capable of so many uses, so very diversified
in character, is obviously destined to play a
very important part in our manufacturing future.
Articles of this kind, which have just
now perhaps the greatest interest, aud which
are among the greatest novelties in this way,
u ro no nor "hlo n Irotc " A Hontirm hna frf.
U1 V VlUli ll.VbvJl ? A WVVU VIVU it?*W ? w
quently been called to the value of ordinary
sheets of paper as a substitute for bed-clothes,
or, at least, as an addition to bed-clothes.
An Old Farmer's Wisdom.?One who
has tilled the soil for forty years, aud meantime
accumulated a competence and given his
children a good education, says his experience
has taught him these things: 1. One
acre of land, well prepared and well cultivated,
produces more than two which received
only the same amount of labor had on one.
2. One cow, horse, mule, sheep or hog well
fed, is more profitable than two kept on the
amount necessary to keep one well. 2. One
acre of clover or grass is worth more than
two of cotton where no grass or clover is
raised. 4. No farmer who buys oats, corn,
wheat, fodder and hay, as a rule, for ten
years, can keep the sheriff away from the
door in the end. 5. The fanner who never
reads the papers, sneers at book fanning and
improvements, always has a leaky roof, poor
stock, broken down fences, and complains of
bad "seasons." 6. The farmer who is above
his business aud intrusts it to another to manage,
soon has no business to attend to. 7.
The farmer whose habitual beverage is cold
water, is healthier, wealthier, and wiser than
he who does not refuse to drink.
Mullen as a Cure for Consumption.
A correspondent writes as follows to an exchange
: "I have discovered a remedy for
consumption. It has cured a number of cases
after they had commenced bleeding at the
lungs and the hectic flush was already on the
cheek. After trying this remedy to my own
satisfaction, I have thought philanthropy required
that I should let it be known to the
world. It is common mullen steeped strongly,
sweetened with coffee-sugar and drank freely.
It is much more beneficial if allowed to become
cool before using. A bottle of the tea
should be carried in the pocket and used
whenever there is a desire for drink. Young
or old plants are good, dried in the shade and
kept in clean bags. The medicine must be
coutiuued from three to six months, according
to the nature of the disease. It is very
good for the blood vessels, also. It strengthens
and builds up the system instead of taking
away the strength ; it makes good blood and
takes inflammation away from the lungs.
Food to Make Flesh.?Sugar, syrup,
fresh cheese, wheaten grits, hominy, juicy
meats, are the foods to make flesh. Almost
any woman will get plump on brown bread
and wheaten grits, or oatmeal eaten twice a
day with plenty of meat and vegetables at
breakfast and a supper of brown biscuit,
with sweet meats, cheese and cream, or coffee
drank with plenty of sugar and cream.
It is not necessary to eat largely if the appe
tite does not call for it, but the food must
be tempting, atra H hunger lb kuuu, uut i?1ju
would be plump and spirited should not be
afraid to indulge it. Unrelishing, distasteful
food, will not nourish and stimulate like
what is piquant and savory and changed in
variety day by day.
Washing Made Easy.?No woman will
regret having given this recipe a trial. It
will prevent many a weary step, many an
aching arm or foot; yes many a heartache
too. Take one pound of sal-soda, one-half
pound of unslaked lime; put them into one
gallon of water, boil twenty minutes, let stand
till cool, and then pour off and put in a stone
jug. Soak your dirty clothes over night, or
until well wet through, wring out and rub on
plenty of soap, and to one boiler of clothes
covered with water add one teacup of the
fluid. Boil half an hour fast, then wash
through one suds, riuse in two waters, and
your clothes will look nice.
Flat Irons.?In damp weather flat irons,
unless kept on the stove, are apt to gather
moisture, get rough, and sometimes rusty;
and it is not well to keep them hot all the
time, for a good many reasons?they are liable
to get knocked off and broken, and after
awhile do not retain the heat as well, and
they are in the way. If you occasionally
rub the smooth surface with a bit of beeswax
and then rub on a piece of cloth, they will always
keep bright and smooth. If they do
ever happen to get wet and rust, lay a little
fine salt upon a smooth board and rub them
over it quickly while hot.
Superior Toft Gingerbread.?Four
eggs well beaten, one cup of butter and lard
mixed, one cup of brown sugar, one cup of
New Orleans molasses, two tablespoonfuls of
ginger, two tablespoonfuls of cinuamou, one
tablespoonfui of allspice, one tablespoonful of
cloves, two teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in
a little cold water, four cups of sifted flour,
two-thirds of a cup of boiling hot water ; add
the hot water the last thiug. Bake immedi
ately in a hot oven. Be sure and paper the
bottom, of your pan. Raisins and currants
added are an improvement.
IS?" For one in good health the complexion
may be toned down and beautified by washing
in bran water, to which has been added
a few drops of ammonia. To take away the
"greasy look" oil a healthy young face, wash
in hot water, as hot as can be borne. For
pimples and red, blotchy face, eschew tea,
coffee, meat and pastry. The same for scrofulous
habit. To prevent sunburn don't wash 1
the face immediately before going out. Let i
the thorough ablution be at night, the cooling |
wash in the morning.
Paste For Cleaning Brass.?Rotten-1
stone 4 ounces, oxalic acid 1 ounce, sweet oil !
one and a half ounces, turpentine to make a
paste. Apply with a woolen rag aud rub with
leather. A solution of oxalic acid rubbed i
over tarnished brass will make the metal I
very bright, but it must be washed off at once
aud the article polished with whiting in ,
powder and soft leather.
Machinery.?Raw-hide is said to make
good journal-boxes for machinery. A prac
tical machinist says: "I have run a piece of
machinery in rawhide boxes for fourteen
years without oil. It is good yet, and runs
at fourteen thousand five hundred revolutions
per minute. I put it in while soft and let it
remain until dry."
Fibe.?To avoid suffocation in a houae pj\
fire, steep a handkerchief or towel in water
and tie it around the head, covering mouth
and nostrils. Iu that condition a person will
be in a position to breathe freely and walk in
the densest smoke to be mot trilij in a burning
building.
For Girls.?Stick all your hairpins down- i
ward. Then ycu will not be annoyed by their
falling out by the way; neither will your
friends be worried with mental calculations
is to how long it will be before a hair-pin
falls, when it hangs out of your head more
than half its length..
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BARNUM'S ELEPHANTS.
The Winter quarters of the great London
circus and Barnum's big show in Bridgeport,
Ct., afford an excellent opportunity for the observation
of elephant natyre. When Barnum's
elephants arrive, there will be 20 of
these monsters in the building. The baby
elephant is as full of life and frisky as a kitten,
but is considerably larger aod ludicrously
clumsy in its playfulness. The baby is allowed
the full freedom of the room, and follows
a stranger about the room in the most inquisitive
manner as if it was afraid something
would be done that it wouldn't see. If it is
scared by any noise, it runs pell mell for its
mother. The mother keeps a vigilant watch
over her offspring, and if the infant goes out
of her sight she calls it back. The babe is
not weaned yet, but sometimes chews up a
mouthful of hay and spits it out. Maddra, the
father, manifests no particular paternal affection,
and pays no attention to the youngster.
Elephants are very much afraid of
small things. A bird over their heads will
scare theiu, and they manifest a feminine
fear of mice. This last respect is not the
only oue iu which they resemble the smaller
but (usually) more intelligent human race.
When anything ails them, whisky is the
usual remedy. Their priucipal sickness is
colic, and whisky is the medicine.
Four or five gallons is the usual dose.
They seem to enjoy it. A few such customers,
if they were iu delicate health, would make
a saloon keeper's fortune. Elephants are very
sensitive to the cold, and if they once get
chilled through, they are never quite the
same as before. Whisky is the remedy for
cold also. One elephant, Chief, is particularly
timid about his surroundings, and for
several days would not lie down in his new
quarters. He is the biggest of the lot, and,
if he had a mind, could put the whole city
in terror. Fortunately for all concerned, he
hasn't the mind They are impressed with
the idea that man is all powerful aud that
they are puny, insignificant creatures. They
are held in their places by a chain around
one foot and fastened to a post. If they took
it into their heads (the idea not the chaiu) j
they could snap theis bonds with ease and
escape; but, as before remarked, they are
made to believe they can't get away, so they
behave th'emselves. One of the elephants is
afraid of wind. A tent was blown down on
her once, and since then she seems to teli
beforehand that a storm is coming, aud unless
released will break her chain. She does
no damage, but walks around among the
others until the wind stops blowing, and can
then be secured.
As a general thing they are all good natured
together, but occasionally Chief and
another male in the herd get into a little
difficulty, and, unless quieted by their keeper,
who sits in the room for that purpose, will
fight by pushing each other with their heads.
They form strong attachments sometimes for
other animals. Uue ot two coacti dogs in me
room was pointed out as the companion and
friend of Queen. He always lies beside her
in preference to the other animals, and has
been with the show for many years. Hebe
was, at one time, very much attached to a
camel called Dick, and would go and stand
over him when he was lying down. If separated,
she would whistle for him, and, after
being separated from him for some time, she
would whistle when his name was mentioned
to her. They consume about 1,600 pounds
of hay during the 24 hours, beside grain and
vegetables. The elephants sleep ahout six
hours at night, sometimes getting up for a
little lunch. They also snore awfully.
The Immortal Elixir.?"A certain Emperor
of China was a great lover of the
sciences, and encouraged learned men ; but
not being able to distinguish true merit from
the tricks of the charlatans, he was often im
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' poSCU Upon. <Jne day ail impostor oDiameu
admittance to the palace, and watching an
opportunity, he presented a phial to the Emperor,
saying: 'May it please your majesty,
this phial contains an elixir that will render
you immortal ; drink it, and fear not death.'
As the Emperor was about to take the phial,
oue of his ministers snatched it from his
hands and immediately drank off part of its
contents. The monarch was enraged at this
presumption, for you must know that an absolute
ruler considers his slightest whim the
law. He spoke in the severest tones to his
minister, and ordered him to be put to death.
The minister took this order with all calmness
and said to his monarch :
." 'Why should I fear your decree ? If this
elixir gives immortality, it is vain to try to
kill me. If it does not give immortality, I
have unmasked an impostor. We can readily
decide whether his concoctions are worthy
of your notice. Let bim be compelled to
drink the rest of this phial, and then swallow
a certain poison. If he is a true man, he has
nothing to fear. If he is not, he deserves to
die for having attempted to deceive your majesty.'
The Emperor saw the value of thw
advice. He called the charlatan and told
him to drink the remainder of his own elixir.
This he did not hesitate to do. But when
the Emperor ordered him to drink the poison,
J the wretch fell upon his knees and begged
for mercy. The Emperor then restored his
minister to favor, aud condemned the unfortunate
vender of elixirs to perpetual imprisonment."
Patent Fi.our.?Patent flour is now coming
into general use, and many of our readers
may be interested in reading the following j
explanation of what it is, and how it is made,!
taken from the Prairie Farmer:
Uutil recently the best flour was made
from winter wheat, or rather the flour made
from winter wheat, sold for most money because
it was white. But it consisted of the
most part of the starch of the grain, while
the most of the gluten (the most nutritious
part of the grain) went iuto the middlings.
Iu grinding spring wheat so much bran
remained in the flour that it was too dark to
suit the taste of the consumers. But the
middlings, which sold at a low price, has become
the most desirable part of the grain.
Middling purifiers?by which the bran is
separated from the middlings?have made a
revolution in the business of milling.
By the new process the wheat is ground as
before, except that the efforts of the miller
are directed to obtaining the most middlings
possible, and these are placed on large hori-'
zontal sieves which are constantly agitated,
while at the same time, by ingenious devices,
a draft of air is rushed up through the sieves
which carries off the bran.
The purified middlings are then reground,
and the product is 'patent' flour, containing 1
the glutenous, or most nutritious portion of
the grain.
None of That for Him.?A young lady,
who is studying French, lately wrote to her i
parents that she was invited to a dejeuner the !
day before, and was going to a fete champetre
the next day. The Professor of the college
was surprised to receive a dispatch from ,
the "old man" a day or two after, saying: "If:
you don't keep my daughter away from these !
blasted menageries and side-shows, I will j
come down and see what ails her."
ftS" A Holstein peasaut, uninstructed in j
microscopical research, and uot possessing the j
requisite instruments of precision, has devised j
for himself a new test for the presence of;
trichnke in pork. When he killed a pig he ;
was careful to send a portion it?a ham or a
sausage?to his pastor, and then waited the i
consequences for fourteen days. If his pas- j
tor remained healthy, fch,eu lie felt perfectly
easy in his mind.
? ?
A Ghinam in in California, .whpqe life
was iusur.ed for a large aqaqunt, was seriously j
hurt by falling from ? wagon. There was ;
some doubt of his ever getting be&ej\ and a,t j
length one of his friends wrote to the insurance
company: "Charlee half dead. Likee
half money."
fUadittg for th* j^aMrailt.
CONDUCTED BT
HEV. ROBERT LATHAN.
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THE GOSPEL-IT'S EFFECTS.
The word gospel is said to be derived from
the Anglo-Saxon, "good-spell." This is a
compound word made up of "God," which
signifies good, and "spell," which means history,
story or tidings. The word gospel then,
in accordance with this derivation, signifies
either good history, or good story, or good
tidings, as may he indicated by its connection.
So far as we kuow, it is restricted in its use to
the message of peace and pardon which God
proclaims to sinners?of the human family,
through the merits of the obedience and sufferings
of Jesus Christ.
We cannot conceive of any announcement
that can, with more propriety, be denominated
good tidings, than pardon to the condemned or
freedom to the slave. Nothing is so dear to
us as life. All that a man hath will a man
give for his life. "Millions of money," said
a great sovereign, "for an inch of time."
The gospel is good news, because it proclaims
pardon to the captive aud life to those doomed
to die.
There is one aspect of the gospel which is
often overlooked. We are too apt to regard
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the ettects or the gospel as an prospective.
Rarely do we, when contemplating the many
blessings which we now enjoy, trace them to
their true and proper source. Science is regarded
not only as having developed the resources
of nature, but as having procured for
us all the blessings of civil and religious liberty.
We would not detract anything from the
triumphs of science. Neither would we retard,
in the least, its onward progress; hut
what, we may ask, has unassisted science done
for the human family ? We might safely say
nothing, and triumphantly challenge a refutation
of the assertion; but without any fear
of being called to account, we may say unassisted
science has done very little to ameliorate
the physical condition of man, and still
less to alleviate him in morals.
Men are prone to ascribe to the instrument,
what?really belongs to .the first cause. The
triumphs t>f enlighteued nations are lauded
and extolled, without inquiring what it is
that entitles some nations to be called enlightened,
while others are stigmatized as
barbarous.
The primary effect of the gospel is to
change the man. No science can do this.
Human philosophy is powerless to change
the savage into a saint. The gospel of Jesus
Christ alone can do this. Our ancestors, but
a few centuries ago, were savages. By the
eospel we are to-day what we are.
Neither soil nor climate can make a people
great, or rich, or happy. Much of the soil
of Old England is poor, and its climate is in
some respects far from being geuerous. Yet
Old England in wealth, in the arts and
sciences, in everything men regard as great
and good, stands among the first, if not the first
nation on earth. The effect of the gospel on
England and Scotland is that it has turned
chalk hills and cragg-y mountaius iuto fat
lands. To the gospel of Jesus Christ may
be traced all the useful arts. No nation destitute
of the gospel has ever mude any advancement
in. agriculture, in commerce or in
civil government.
One way, and a very good way, too, of
discovering the good or evil which auy particular
person or thing produces, is to remove
it. Now suppose we drive the gospel from
the world and what would be the probable
results? We may safely say that those institutions
which distinguish the civilized man
from the savage, would begin at once to decay,
and one generation would be sufficient
to plunge the human family into moral and
intellectual night. Without the gospel, the
world would not exist one month. Take
uway iu) iuchiuuu?t i? r--j
Upon earni uuier ^itb less mercy, than the
wolf prays upon thelamb.
Wheel-Barrow Style of Religion.?
Richard Baxter, of whom we spoke a week
or so ago, said a good thing when he said of
some one who lived iu his day, that they had
a "wheel barrow religion." They "went when
they were shoved." It would he hard to 6nd
a better name for the religion of many who
live now. Many people are very like wheelbarrows,
and no Paddy plodding up and
down a steep incline has harder and more
weary work than those whose duty it is to
push them. As often as not they are quite
empty. They take what is put into them,
whether it be good or worthless. Whatever
knowledge or feeling of duty they have is
proof of some one else's work. They are
easily upset and emptied, and they have no
power or will to get up again. They move
as long as a firm hand grasps them and keeps
them going. As soon as they are left to
themselves they stop, and are helpless and
useless until they are lifted. When they
[ move, it is up and down, backwards and forwards,
never getting further, or showing any
life of their own.
We do not blame a wheel-barrow for being
what it was made to be, or for not showing
the nature of a man. But it is quite too
bad that reasonable, responsible creatures
should show no more will or character than
a wheel-barrow. A human being ought not
only to hear truth, but so to lay hold of it
and make it his own that it may be a new
power to him. He ought to seek God's light
and learn motives for right doing, so as to be
able to watch for his way, and take it, and
go on in it. He ought to know the worth of
God's grace and how to gain it, so as to need
no urging to use the means rightly, that he
may grow in it and be strong.
No wonder many a parson loses heart, and
feels that his work is not guiding living souls,
but trundling wheel-barrows. He wants to
learn those who have never learned, or to
rouse those who have never wakened out of
the sleep of sin ; but he is forced to spend
his time on those who know all he has to say,
and whom he has taught aud roused over
and over again. He finds them tumbled into
the mire of some sin, emptied of all they had
gained, and helpless to get up. Or he finds
them standing idle, waiting like dead things,
ready to oe pusnea Dy a servant or uoa, or
an agent of Satan.? Western Church.
A Good Experience.?God knows rae
better than I know myself. He knows rny
gifts and powers, my failings and my weaknesses,
what I can do and not do. So I desire
to be led ; to follow him, and I am quite
sure that be has enabled me to do a great
deal more in ways which seem to be almost a
waste in life, in advancing his kingdom, than
I could have done in any other way. I am
sure of that. Intellectually I am weak ; in
scholarship, nothing ; in a thousand things a
baby. He knows this, and so he has led me,
and greatly blessed me, who am nobody, to be
some use to my church and fellowmen. How
kind, how good, how compassionate art thou,
0, God ! 0, my Father, keep me humble!
Help me to have respect to my fellowmen, to
recognize these several gifts as from thee.
Deliver me from the diabolical sins of raal- :
ice, envy, or jealousy, and give me hearty joy i
in ray brother's good, in his work, in his !
gifts and talents, and may I truly be glad in j
his superiority to myself, if God be glorified, j
Root out all weak vanity, all devilish pride,!
all that is abhorrent to the mind of Christ. !
God hear my prayer. Grant me the wondrous
joy of humility which is seeing thee as : j
all in all.?Dr. Norman McLeod's Diary. I ]
? ' !
B6?*Love to our neighbor assumes divers '
forms. In a family, it is tenderness and care ;1
in a neighborhood courtesy; in friendship,
sympathy; in business, integrity ; in distress,;
fljercy; to our country, patriotism; to the
world, bepevolence; to the Church, brotherly !
kindness.
f I
fiST (Give the tpajo a heart as the Son of
God describes in the beatitudes, and the whole 1
universe of sorrow cannot rob him of his f
blessedness. 1
THE YOEKVILLE ENOUIRER. I
I
PROSPECTUS FOR 1881.
IN issuing onr prospectus for 188], we deem it
only necessary to announce that the leading
features which have characterized the editorial
conduct of the Yorkville Enquirer for the
past quarter of a century will be retained, and
what it has been in the past will be an assurance
of what it Bhall 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 elforts in the
past. While the Literary and Miscellaneous features
of the Enquirer will be kept up to the
standard which lias given the paper a distinctive
character, careful attention will also be given to
the News department, which will embrace a record
of the leading events at the State and National
Capitals; Congressional and Legislative
Proceedings; "Scraps and Facts," being a hotchpotch
of light current topics; a compend of the
News Abroad and at Homo; General Correspondence;
Market Reports; Local County and State
News; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects
intended to promote the wellare and prosperity
of our State and people, which will, we
trust, continue to render the Enquirer a wel
come and entertaining Family Journal.
Terms of Snbscrlptfon--Free of Postage.
Single copy, one year, $2 50
Two copies, one* year, 4 00
One copy two years, 4 00
PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS.
To club-makers, for the approaching volume,
we offer FOUR PREMIUMS for the four largest
clubs, as follows:
For the largest club, one Wkkd Sewing Machine,
fancy half-case, with drop leaf and two
side drawers, valued, at $45.
For the second largest club, one Weed Sewing
Machine, half-case and one drawer, valued at
$40.
For the third largest club, one No. 8 Tropic
Cooking Stove, and fixtures complete, valued
at $28.75.
For the fourth largest club, one No. 7 Tropic
Cooking Stove and fixtures complete, valued
at $20.
The superior Sewing Machine we otter as a
Premium is the well-known and justly celebrated
Weed Machine, manufactured by the Weed
Sewing Machine Company, at Hartford, Connecticut.
It is adapted to all the wants of family
sewing; can be readily comprehended by any
one; runseasilj*; is always ready ; will do any
and all kinds of sewing with less changing and
fewer extra attachments; is self-adjusting; is a
two-thread Machine, making an elastic lockstitch
; and stands solid and firm.
The Stoves are made by the Sergeant Manufacturing
Company, of Greensboro N. C. They are
made of the best Scotch pig metal, with heavier
and thicker plate than any other Stove in the
market, and consequently will the longer withstand
heat and hard usage. They are of a handsome
Dattern and neat finiah atwt ivurwnloil
equal in points of appearance, durability and superior
cooking qualities, to any stove 'manufactured
in the Union. Thousands of them are in
use in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and
they give universal satisfaction.
The above Premiums will be delivered to the
successful competitors at the Enquirbr office,
free of charges for freight.
CONDITIONS.
The four Premiums mentioned above will be
awarded on the following conditions:
The person getting up the largest club of yearly
subscribers to the Enquirer, at $2 00 per annum,
for each subscriber, will be entitled to the first
choice of one of the above Premiums; the person
getting up the second largest club, at the same
price, to the second choice; the person getting up
the third largest club, to the third choice; and the
person getting up the fourth largest club, to the
fourth choice.
The time forcompleting clubs under the above
offer is limited to HVclock P. M., on the FIRST
MONDAY OF MARCH, 18S1. Competitors may
begin to secure subscribers at once?the time of
subscription to commence whenever the name
is handed in. The money for each subscriber is
expected to be paid at the time the name is entered
on our books, and no name will be counted in
competition for a premium until the subscription
price has been paid.
To persons who make up Clubs of ten or more
names, but who ma? fail to obtain a premium.
we win send the Enquirer one year froe of
charge; and to those who send a 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 he selected by 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
be taken at any number of places. One name
for two years will be equivalent to two nameafor
one year each.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at
1.1.? ? |.... . . We
will be 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 be discontinued at the
expiration ot the time paid for.
A separate list will he kept for each club-maker,
who will be credited with every name sent, so
that the number returned by any person can be
ascertained at a moment's notice.
Persons who commence making clubs, will
not be permitted, after the names have been entered
upon our books, to transfer the names to
another club-maker's list.
jaf" The time in which additions may be made
to clubs, under this proposition, will expire on
the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH,1881. Therefore,
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 $&50 unless uew
clubs are formed.
All letters should be addressed to
L. M. GRIST,
Yorkville. S. C.
November 18 47 tf
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 package.- 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 <fc CO.,
55, 57 and 59 Market street,
Charleston 8. C.
September 23 39 4m
HERMANN BULWINKLE,
FACTOR
AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Charleston, S. C.,
dealer in 1
GERMAN KAINIT, OR POTASH SALT,
PERUVIAN GUANO, No. 1 and No. 2.
Pure Fish Guano, Nova Scotia Land Plaster,
Ground South Carolina Phosphate, and other
FERTILIZERS. Also, [
CORN, OATS, IIAY, ?fcc.
Orders filled with dispatch, and liberal advan- .
ces made on consignments of Cotton and other 1
Produce. j
November 4 45 .. 3m 1
GARRY IRON j
and Cement.
79 and 81 ColumbuH Street,
CLE VJEJLA3MD, OHIO. J
.Send for circulars and price lists.
February 26 9 ly
TOWN TAX. t
AT a meeting of the Town Council, held on the v
26th ultimo, the following Ordinance was '
passed : 8
Be 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 be ap- f
plied to the bonded indebtedness of the town, as
per order of Cot -t. This tax of two mills to be r!
collected with a penalty of fifteen percent., if not p
paid on or before January 15th, 1881. t
W. H. AJcCORKLE, Intendant. I
J. R. Sciiorb, Clerk and Treasurer. t
December 2 49 6t \
V.
NOTICE.
I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I
am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears !
md otncr fine-edged instruments. Prices?for j (
boning and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for j k.
sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and r
satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. "V
TOM BALLARD, Barber. I
September 9 37 3t ft
ROBERT J. HERNDON, ti
I.ate Student of Ronton Conservatory of Munlc, _
TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS,
A NDTHE CORNET. Music arranged to order
/V f<?* any number of Instruments. Terms n
noderate. b
Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND IN- ei
STRUM ENTS, ri
April 22 17 17
G. H. O'LEARY.
SADDLERY AND FURNITURE
Iltll
FOR SALE:
Chamber Suits,
Bureaux,
Sideboards,
Sofas,
Stoves,
Bedsteads,
Chairs,
Saddles,
Harness, .
* Bridles,
Collars,
Whips, Ac., Ac., at
G. H. O'LEARY'S.
NOW IS THElPPORTUNin!
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AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT!
PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS,
PERIODICALS,
NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC.
? ??
ALL families have old Books, Periodicals,
Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire
to transmit to their posterity. Then
HAVE THEM REBOUND!
Which will preserve them and make them look
almost as well as new.
Old Books, Ac., should not only be rebound,
butthecurrent literature of the present day should
be put in a durable form for preservation as well.
This can bo 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 Binderand Blank Book Manufacturer,
No. 155 Main Street
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Send in orders at once.
COTTON FOR GUANO.
i
THE Notes given for Fertilizers sold by me
have been sent to met
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
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
pay
THE MARKET PRICE
For any excess.
T. S. JEFFERVS, A gent.
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 Forgings.
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 A CO.,
Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, S. C.
LATIMER A HEMPHILL, Agents at Yorkvllle,
S. COctober
28 44 tf
^ARRAR TURBINE WATER-WHEEL.
iln practical use it is everywhere
demonstrating its superiority
over all others. Its
enormous capacity in a small
diameter, simple, strong construction
ana perfect gate,
give a combination of merits
not found in any other wheel.
Our introductory prices are
so low there is no comparison
between them and the
enormously high prices of
Manufactured by
SERGEANT MAN'F. CO.,
HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
November 19 47 tf
rHEWILLIAMSTOR FEMALE COLLEGE
U ESPECTFULLY offers its services to those
IX parents who desire to secure for their danghers
the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of
heir physical, intellectual, and moral powers,
it is conducted on what is called the "ONESTUDY"
PLAN, with a Semi-Antual Course of
Study; and by a system of Tuitional Premiums,
ts low rates are made still lower for ALL who
iverage 85 per cent.
No Public Exeroises. No "Receptions." Gradtation,
which is always private, may occur eight
imes a year.
For full information, write for an Illustrated
Catalogue. Address
Rev. S. LANDER, President,
Williamston, S. C.
November 4 45 ly
I, R. SGHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY,
mm TTnTTon mem AD TTTD TATT
101 llUUOXi Xinoi ux j.xxxj Iiaxn,
1 SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every
\ convenience, and a determination to do my
>est, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in
vant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy
veather is as good or better than sunshine for all
ubjocts. except small children.
August 5 32 tf
~ CLEANSING AND REPAIRING.
rHE undersigned would respect'ully inform
the public that he is prepared to cleanse garrients
of any fabric whatever, rendering them
lerfoctly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to
he original brightness and lustre of the goods.
)o not throw away your old clothes, but have
hem cleaned and made to look as well as new.
Vork promptly done, and at the most reasonaile
prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
August 12 29 tt
NOTICE. ~
SUBSCRIBERS to the Yorkville Enquirer,
5 not regularly served by mail, on the postal
on tes between Yorkville and Bullock's Creek;
forkville to Zeno; and from Yorkville to Clark's
'ork, by the way of Bethany, are hereby in- 1
jrmed that I will'deliver their papers along the
outes FREE OF CHARGE, provided thev enter ;
boir names on my club. J. N. ROBERTS. ,
December 23 52 tf
IRON SAFE FOR SALE.
rHE undersigned offers for sale one No. 2
IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bah- I
lan A Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a com- i
ination lock, and for all practical purposes is i
[jual to a new one. It is offered for sale for no
sason except that it is too small for my purposes. 1
L. M. GRIST. <
JOB FEINTING.
OWING to our superior facilities with the best
macoine presses, an abundance of type and
firat-claa* appointments throughout our offioe,
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 redaction in
prices for the following classes of work, to which
we invite the attention of business men:
BILL. HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Half-sheet Bill Heads $3.00 $5.00
Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50
Sixtb-nheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00
Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet
I bill hernia. We will All an order for bill heads,
giving . ny desired number of either size of
I sheet at j "oportionate prices.
LETTER HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25
j Packet Note, 2.25 3.50
Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00
For tha above work we use a superior quality
| of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in ev
ery msunce.
We aleo give special attention to the printingof
Briefs, Arguments and PointR and Authorities,
which wefurnish strictly according to the requirements
o; 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 oi
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 CHARLOTTE AIMHTE
railway .
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Atlanta, Ga., November 6,1880.
change of schedule.
ON and after November 7, 1880, trains will run
on :his road as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive it 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., Leave 1.11, A. V.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 4.34, P. M., Leave 4.60, P. M
(w138tward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 8,28, A. M., Leave 8.40, A. M.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55, A. M., Leave 5.55, A. M.
(westward.)
Arrive nt Gastonia, 5.40, P. M., Leave 5.40, P. M.
Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and
Southwest.
Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points.
Through Tickets on sale at Gainesville, Seneca
City, Greenville and Spartanburg to all points
East ar I West.
G. j. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager.
W. j. Houston, Gen'l Pass. <ft Ticket Ag t.
November 11 46 tf
C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
change op schedule.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, 1
Yorkville, 8. C., December 8,1880. ;
rilHE following Schedule of the Mail and Pas
X senger Trains took effect at 2.45 o'clock, p.
m., on the 8th of December, 1880.
GOIUO SOCTH.
Leave Dallas at 6. OA A.M.
Arrive at Gastonia at 6.20 A. M.
Leave Gastonia at. 6 40 A. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge at J.7.00 A. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at 7.15 A. M.
Leave Bowling Green at ...7.25 A. M.
Leave Clover at 7.40 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkville at 8.20 A. M.
Leave Yorkville at..... 8.30 A. M.
Leave Guthriesville ?.t. 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.
GOIN& tTOBTH.
Leave Chester at 2.45 P. M.
Leave Lowrysville at - 3.20 P. M.
Leave McConnellsvilleat 3.40 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville nt 3.50 P. M.
Arrive at Yorkville at 4.20 P. M.
Leave Yorkville at 4.25 P. M.
Leave Clover at 5.05 P. M.
Leave .Bowling Green at..... 5.15 P. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at ft.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 6.30 P. M. .
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
December 16 51 tf
THE BICKFORD
trrmnviTT/i wiuttv TrmrawrM
i;aiuii4 4. ahiijlaa?
k? ? C.| ^ "? ' ""' ~ S*
Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it
shapes all sizes complete. Knits over 50different
garments, Socks, St>ckings, Mittens, Leggins,
Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knlta eveiy possible
variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent,
profit'in manufacturing knit ^oods. Farmers cac
treble the value of their wool, by converting it
into knit goods.
Agents wanted in every 8tate, County, Citv and
Town, to whom very low prices will tie made.
For fall particulars and lowest prices for the
best Fa mily Machimk, send to .
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO.,
Brattleboro, Vt.
February 26 9 ly
GEORGE 1* SCHORB,
PHOTOGRAPHED.
CHESTER, 8. CAROLINA.
PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and
pains taken to please every customer.
I Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, as
low as -?n be done in any city, North or South.
Have on hand a line selection of CHURCH
AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered
very cbeap. Instruments guaranteed to be firstclass.
Call and see for j'ourselves, at the PHOTOGALLERY,
opposite the "Cotton Hotel."
Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions,
Advertisements and orders for Job Work for the
Yorkville ENQDIBEB.
GEORGE T. 8CHORB.
February 13 ~ - 7- - ~ ~ tf
"subscribe
for 1he weekly palmetto yeoman,
COLUMBIA, S..C.
IT is an 8 page paper, designed for the people,
filled with interesting matter?Family Reading,
News, Markets <fcc. Subscription: One
year, $1.50; Seven months, $1.00; Three months,
50 centf-.?payable in advance. For six names and
nine dollars, an extra copy for one year. Specimens
furnished. The DAILY YEOMAN, an afternoon
paper, is $4 a pear.
C. M. MoJUNKIN, Editor and Publisher.
September 30 40 tf
ROSE'S HOTELS
YORKYILLE, S. C.
1/*^ THIS HOUSE has been tboroughly
renovated from cellar to
l^niS- garret, and newly furnished, ineluding
GRAFTON'S PATENT
SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our moti.
_ . A?11 IJamka n4 n vviiIaa
lO lo a l'4ll auuso at a uiuuwovo
TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL.
Sample Rooms reserved especially for Commercial
travelers. HENRY tV. SMITH.
June 17 25 tf
OLD NE WSPAPERS,
OF h.rge size, suitable for wrapping, for sale
at one cent each, at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
!be (?nquim.
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 RATE^.
ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion,
ard FIFTY CENTS per square, for each
subsequent insertion. A square consists of the
space occupied by seven lines of this size type.
Contracts will be made at reduced rates
for advertising space to be used for three, six,
ir twelve months.
I