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glnmofflusi ?epartmrnt. A Yankee's Question.?It is doubtful whether a Yankee could be placed in such a position as to bring about the possibility of his exhausting his stock of questiond. Jonathan, mounted, overtook a gentleman who was traveliug on foot, notwithstanding the disadvantage of having lost a leg. His curiosity wis awakened, as he rode alongside of him, to kuow how he chanced to meet with such a misfortune. "Been in the army, I guess ?" said the anx-1 ious inquirer. "Never was in the army iu my life," the traveler remarked. "Fit a duel, p'raps ?" "Never fought a duel, sir." "Horse throwed you off, I guess, or some-1 thing of that sort ?" "No, sir, nothing of the kind." Jonathan tried various dodges, but all to no effect; and at last, almost out of patience with himself as well as with the gentleman, whose patience was very commendable, he determined on a direct iuquiry as to the nature of the accident by which the gentleman had come to lose his leg. "I will tell you," replied the traveler, "on condition that you will promise not to ask me another question." "Agreed ! agreed !" exclaimed the eager* listener; "agreed!" "Well, sir," remarked the gentleman, "it was bit off!" "Bit off?" cried Jonathan. "Wa'll, I declare, I should just like to know what on airth bit it off?" Sulphurous.?A verdant Irish girl, just arrived, was sent to an intelligence office by the Commissioner of Emigration, to find a place at service. She was sent to a restaurant, where "stout help," -was wanted, and while in conversation with the proprietor, he took occasion to light his cigar by igniting a match 011 the sole of his boot. On seeing this, she ran away half frightened to death, and when she reached the office was almost out of breath. "Why, what is the matter with you ?" asked the proprietor, seeing her rush in with confusion. "Och, sure sir, you've sent me to the old Nick himself in human form." "What do vou mean?" Has he dared to insult a 'help' from my office?" inquired tbe man. "Yes, sir," returned the girl?"he's the ould Mick." "What did he do to you??tell me and I'll fix him for it," said he, quite exasperated. "Why, sir, whilst I was talking to him about the wages, he turned up the bottom of his fut, and wid a splinter in his fingers, sir, he jist gave a sthroke, and the fire flew out of his fut, and burned the stick, and he lighted his cigar with it, right afore me own face ! He's the old Nick, sir."?N. 0. Picayune. A Turkish Joker.?The best known story of the traditional Joe Miller, of Turkey, is that of his thrice fooling an assembly of true believers out of a sermon by three successive jocular replies. The first time he ascended the pulpit he said : "Oh, true believers, do you know what I am going to say ?" They replied : "No;" whereupon he asked : "Of what use is it for me to preach to such ignoramuses?' and he came down from the pulpit. The next time, when he asked the same question, they answered : "Yes, we know;" whereupon he said : "Then it is useless for me to tell you," and came down. The third time, having taken counsel together, the congregation prepared an answer, which they thought would corner their jokerpreacher, and said : "Some of us know and some of us do not;" whereupou he promptly replied : "Let those who know tell those who do not," and he once more came down. Just So.?Stranger?"Ha-have you any m-m-m-miserable old r r-r-r-rotgut whisky?" (Landlord draws a bottle from under the * - I/* 1 counter, and stranger pours out nan a glassful.) He takes it, screws up his face, sets down his glass, and looks at the landlord. At length, after catching his breath, ho con- j tinueB: "You k-k-keep a gg-g-good house, d d don't you ?" Landlord?"Well, yes, I think so. Why do you ask ?" Stranger?"Oh ! ff-f-forn-n n nothing particular. I see you always g-g g-give a f-ffellow ex exactly what he c-c calls for?that's a-aaall!" 0ST Of the late Lord Chief Justice Cockburn it is said that-on one occasion while still without the bar he had to examine a witness named Phinn, and asked, "Well, sir, how do they spell your name, with an F or a Ph ?" "Some spell it one way and some another, I believe," replied the man. "Yes; but I presume there is a right way and a wroug way, eh?" "Oh, certainly," assented the witness. "Very good," rejoined Cockburue, now certain of his quarry. "How do you spell it yourself?" "Oh, I?I?I don't spell it! I always make my mark !" A Too Communicative Child.?"Sonny "do vou love me any?" ' "Oh, don't I." "What for?" "Becauseyou always bring me candy when you come to see Sissy Mary. Give me some j more." "And what does Sissy Mary love me for?" j "Oh, cause you take her to concerts, and ; give her so many nice things. She says so j long as you are 1001 enougn to nring ner shawls and bonnets, she won't sack you no how Now gi' me some more candy." 56T Two young clergymen were disputing so loudly on a knotty point of theology, that they awoke a big dog that had been sleeping on the hearth before the fire, whereupon he began to bark furiously. An old preacher, who had been quietly sipping his tea while the disputants were talking, gave the dog a kick, exclaiming: "Hold your tongue, you silly brute! You know no more about it than they do!" Charles Fox and his friend Mr. Hare, I both much incommoded by duns, were to-; gether in a house, when, Beeing some shabby j men about the door, they were afraid they | were bailiffs in search of one of them. Not j knowing which was in danger, Fox opened the window, and, calling them, said : "Pray, gentlemen, are you Fox-hunting are Harehunting?" "What's wrong between you and Mr. Smythe, that you don't speak?" "Haw! Fact is, we were both wivals for the hand of the same young lady?a celebwated beauty, you know !?and?well, I don't want to bwag, hut I got the best of it. Poor Smythc !" "My dear fellow, a thousand congratulations!" , "Thanks, awf'ly! We both proposed last week, you know, and she accepted?a?him !" V3F A Galveston Sunday-school teacher asked a pupil how many sacraments there were. "There ain't any more left." "Why, what do you mean ?" "Well, I hear that our sick neighbor received the last sacrament yesterday ; so there can't be any more left | over."?Galveston News. : j IST* A chap, being asked to explain the paradox of how it was possible for a lazy j man to attain so much education, answered, "I didn't?attain?it; I?just?beard?it? here?and?there, and was too lazy to forget it." , I ihe Jam audi Jirrsidc.! "LUCK" I If AGRICULTURE. Id all agricultural communities we find a ; certain class of men who are unsuccessful in all they undertake. Their lands are a9 good as their neighbors', they have the same markets, the same facilities for obtaining supplies, the 8amesun shines upon them, and the same rain refreshes, but they have no luck. Of course the apology, as it may be called, for non success ciunot be accepted. There is a reason for their continuous failure. Luck is a word applicable only to games of chance, where reason has no place, or where the want of it predominates. If we investigate the.subject, we invaria-i bly 6nd that these luckless tillers of the soil 1 are men of little stability of character. They | are men wno uo not iniu&, wnu uu uut siuu;. i They are weather cocks, who change with ev- j ery changing wind. They cannot "stick" to ; a plan long enough for its development. They ; plant a crop, and fail to cultivate it. They j do not consider whether a certaiu crop is j suited to a given portion of land or not. j They apply fertilizers, (if they use them at j all) without regard to their adaptability to I the soil to be enriched or the crop to be , grown. In gambling parlance, "they go it j blind." As a necessary consequence, such men are "unlucky"?a word synonymous with unsuccessful, iu their opinion. But there is no luck about it. Anybody could have foretold what would result from such action. The consequences follow the cause with unerring certainty. The earth brings forth liberally when properly dealt with, but she refuses accustomed yield to the idle, shiftless, and ignorant. It is in accordance with the eternal fitness of things that thrift should follow industry and intelligence ; that poverty should be the result of idleness and ignorance. In this progressive age the man who is not fully alive to everything that pertains to his vocation, no matter what it may be, soon finds himself far behind his fellows in every way. If he neglects to improve his stock by judicious crossing, he awakes, some day, to realize that his scrub herd and flock are next to worthless, while his neighbor's are eagerly sought for at remunerative prices. If he uses the antiquated tools of the last century, he finds that he caunot grow cotton, cane, corn, or anything else, at a profit, while his neighbor, who uses all the improvements of the age, gets rich at the same business. We have too many "unlucky" tillers of the soil. We have too few progressive. There should be a general movement looking to a reformation in this direction. Books aud papers should be multiplied and studied, and the character of the soil and the requirements of the several crops also. The most ignorant man can do much by using his reason and experience if he will only concentrate them upon the subject to be treated. Much, very much, may be done without the aid of modern helps?as books and papers; but the farmer who persistently ignores these has a ? /%<% /J f/\ f ua) uaiu tuau tu uaiv.ii Chip Dirt for Fruit Trees.?The best fertilizer to use in setting fruit trees of att' kinds is partially or thoroughly decomposed chip dirt. We made use 'of the material for the first time some twenty years ago in planting an apple orchard, and it was a wonder to those not in the secret what caused the trees to make such fine growth, the first season, and afterward, too, for that matter. This experiment was so satisfactory that when we set our new orchard, we made a liberal use of this material, with the same satisfactory result. These trials have proved to our satisfaction that chip dirt is the very best rnateri1 al to mix in the soil as you plant the tree : that can possibly be used, for the reason that it holds moisture, and is full of the elements of plant food ; therefore, it promotes a most luxuriant, natural, and healthy growth. Repeated trials have satisfied me that a tree is not only more sure to live, but will make double the growth the first year (especially if a dry season) if some two bushels of chip dirt are properly used in its setting than it would without it. A single trial will con vince the most skeptical that tne nest possible use that can be made of this valuable material is to apply it to the soil in planting trees in order to push forward the tree during the first precarious stages of its growth. How to Air a Room.?It is the general practice to open only the lower part of the windows of a room in ventilating it, whereas if the upper part were also opened, the object would be more speedily effected. The air in an apartment is usually heated to a higher temperature than the outer air, and it is thus rei dered lighter, and as the outer air rushes in, the warmer and lighter air is forced upward, and finding no outlet, remains in the room. If a candle be held in the doorway near the door, it will be found that the flame will be blown inward ; but, if it be raised nearly to the top of the door way, it will go out ward ; the warm air flowing out at the top, while the cold air flows in at the bottom. A current of warm air front the room is generally rushing up the flue of the chimney if the flue be open, even though there should be no fire in the stove; therefore open fire places are the best ventilators we can have for a chamber with an opening arranged in | the chimney from the ceiling. A Chance for Women.?Many wDnten 1 of moderate means have found it more diffi- j cult, in these last hard years, to get a living ' than the men even. If this should fall under j the eye of any such, we say to them?try I poultry keeping. The first outlay need not ' be large, and the occupation is just suited to i *??/\ man a-ry ilo nz>oq iq mrvro nportarl tlinn ! nuilicil. u&lin&nwo AO UIWI V iivvtivu V?IMM I strength, and the first quality is essentially ; woman's. Id many parts of the country women are 1 very successful as gardeners or florists, and | taking the risks of precarious weather, wet j and dry seasons, etc., the poultry business j stands in advance of either of those occupapations. Eggs will always sell, and a fine I fat chick is always wanted. If it is possible, j keep some distinct breed, as the keeping I costs no more and the margins of profit are larger, when choice fowls take the place of riffraff stock.?American Poultry Yard. To Keep Wagon-Tires on the Wheel. A practical mechanic suggests a method of so putting tires on wagons that they will not get loose and require resetting. He says he ironed a wagon some years ago for his own use, and before putting on the tires he filled 1 the felloes with linseed oil, aud the tires have worn out and were never loose. This method is as fellows : Ho used a long cast-iron heat-1 er made for the purpose ; the oil is brought to a boiling heat, the wheel is placed on a stick, so as to hang in the oil, each felloe an hour. The timber should be dry, as green timber will not take oil. Care should be taken that the oil is not made hotter than a boiling heat, or the timber will be burned, j Timber filled with oil is not susceptible of injury by water, and is rendered much more durable by this process.?Factory and Farm. + ? Teaching Housekeeping.?It has been said that the surest method of sowing broadcast good housekeepers thorugh the land, is to let the girls of each household assume in turn the responsibilities of housekeeping. Let them have in succession, a month at a time, charge of the cooking, chamber work, mending, and, under proper supervision, the buying for the family. There will be no mistake about their knowledge then. They will have learned everything from experience, and experience is i a competent teacher. Let us suffer for a mistake, and we do not repeat it. The judgment and discrimination will be well developed by such training, and the girls will live to thank "Mother" for the wisdom which dictated the course. I IpswUaucous fteadiug. A SHORT HISTORY OF WHEAT. The varieties of wheat are almoBt numberless, and their characters vary widely under the iufluence of cultivation and climate. There are said to be 180 distinct varieties in the museum of Cornell University. On the slopes of the mountains of Mexico and Kalapa the luxuriance of vegetation is such that , wheat does not form ears. Iu Japan, it is said, the wheat has been so developed by the Japanese farmers, that no matter how much manure is used, the straw will not grow larger , though the length of the ears increases. The height is rarely more than two feet, and often not more than twenty inches. Through selection, winter wheat has been changed to slimmer wheat in three years, and summerwheat converted iu the same time to winter wheat. In general, wheat is the most esteemed of the cereal productions, hut in Abysinia, according to Parkyns, the Hour of the "tetf" or "dugassa," scarcely palatable to Europeans, is preferred by the natives to any other praiu. Isis \va9 supposed to have introduced wheat into Egypt, Demeter into Greece, and the Emperor Chin Wong into China, about 3,000 B. C. In Europe it was cultivated before the period of history, as samples have been recov-' ered from the lacustrine dwellings of Switzerland. In England it was probably not cultivated by the ancient Britons, but the Anglo Saxous, when Bede wrote, early iu the eighth century, sowed their wheat in thespriug, and in the days of Queeu Elizabeth its cultivation was but partial. , Indeed, wheat was an article of comparative luxury till nearly the seventeenth century. In India wheat seems not to be native, but introducers of its Sanscrit name signifies "food of the barbarian yet three varieties are mentioned in the Bhavaprakassa, oneof which is large grained issaid to have come from the West, and another, a small grained or beardless wheat, is said to have been indigenous to Middle India. The first wheat raised in the "New World" was sown by Spaniards on the island of Isabella, in January, 1493, and on March 30 the ears were gathered. The foundation of the wheat harvest of Mexico is said to have been three or four grains carefully cultivated in 1530, and preserved by a slave of Cortez. The crop of Quito was raised by a Franciscan monk, in front of the convent. Garcilasso de la Verga affirms that iD Peru, up to 1547, wheaten bread had not been sold at Cusco. Wheat was first sown by Gosnold, on Cutty hunk, one of the Elizabeth Islands on Buz zard bay, off Massachusetts, in 1602, when he first explored the coast. In 1604, on the island of St. Croix, near Calais, Maine, the Sieur de Monts, had some wheat sown, which flourished finely. In 1611, the first wheat appears to have been sown in Virginia. In 1626, samples of wheat grown in the Dutch colony at New Netherlands, were shown in Holland. It is probable that wheat was sown in the Plymouth Colony prior to 1626, though we find no rec>rd of it, and in 1629 wheat was ordered from England to be used as seed. In 1718 wheat was introduced into the valley "tff the Mississippi, by the "Western Company." In 1799 it was among the cultivated crops of the Simos Indians of the Gela river, New Mexico.?Miller a Magazine. Speak a Cheerful Word.?Did you ever go out in the morning with a heart so deprtssed and saddened that a pall seemed spread all over the world ! But on meeting some friend who spoke cheerfully for a miuute or two, if only upon indifferent matters, you have found yourself wonderfully lighted. Every child dropping into your house on an errand has brought in a ray of sunshine which did not depart when ne weni nis way | again. It is a blessed thing to speak a cheerful word when you can. "The heart knoweth its own bitterness" the world over, and good words to such hearts "are like apples of gold in pictures of silver." Even the strangers we meet casually by the way, in the travelers' waiting-room are unconsciously influenced by the tone we use. It is the one with pleasant words on his lips to whom strangers in strange lands apply for advice and direction in their perplexities. Take it as.a compliment if some wayfarer comes to you to direct him which street or what train to take; your manner has struck him a3 belonging to one he can trust. It is hard sometimes to speak a pleasant word when the shadows rest on our hearts; but nothing will tend more to lighten our spirits than doing good to one another. When you have no opportunity to speak a cheering word, you ? -A. 1 _ i?n i u:..~ can UIlCIl SCIIlI a luil ucniu in suusiiiuc iiiiu the heart of some sorrowing, absent friend, by sitting down and writing a good, warm-hearted letter. Effect of Sunshine.?From an acorn weighing a few grains a tree will grow for a hundred years or more, not only throwing off many pounds of leaves every year, but itself weighing several tons. If an orange twig is put into a large box of earth, and that earth is weighed when the twig becomes a tree, bearing luscious fruit, there will be very uearly the same amount of earth. From careful experiment made by different scientific men, it is an ascertained fact that a very large part of the growth of a tree is derived from thesun, from the air and from the water, and a very little from the earth ; and notably all vegetation becomes sickly unless it is freely exposed to sunshine. Wood and coal are but coudensed sunshine, which contains three important elements, equally essential to both vegetable and animal life?mag-1 uesia, lime and iron. It is the blood which gives it its sparkling red color and its strength. It is the lime in the bones which gives them the durability necessary to bodily vigor, while the magnesia is important to any of the tissues. Thus it is, that the more persons are out of doors, the more healthy, the more j vigorous they are, ami the longer will they | live. Everv human being ought to have an hour or two of sunshine at noon in winter and j in the early forenoon in summer.?American , Cultivator. * * i The Silver Certificates.?Some distrust prevails in our county as to the United , States Treasury certificates commonly called Silver bills. This feeling has been created by the action of some National Banks refusing to take them on deposit except by discount, i We learn that the Chester National Bank is among this number. There is not the least occasion for any un-j, easiness to be felt on account of this money. 1 The Postmaster, Mr. I'j. C. Payseur, has received in reply to a letter inquiring in the , premises, from the Superintendent of the Money Order system at Washington acorn- , munication which should set at rest any suspicion as to the value of the certificates in ( question.. This officer says that they may be ( received and paid at their face value, in the . issue and payment of money orders, and may < also be remitted for deposit as surplus money , order funds. The act authorizing the issue of these Certificates (approved March 9, : 1878) makes them "receivable for customs, taxes and public dues." , "The standard silver dollars represented : by the certificates are, by virtue of the same act of Congress, a legal tender, at their nom- 1 inal value, for all debts and dues, public and private, except when otherwise expressly stip- , ulated in the contract." There can be no stipulation against the ( payment of these coins among the conditions i under which a money order may be issued. ; Hence it will be observed these dollars are 1 "good as gold."?Lancaster Review. i ? ggy A young lady recently remarked that. she could not understand what her brother i George Henry saw in the girls that he liked 1 them so well; and that for her part she < would not give the company of one young { man for that of twenty girls. i I gUading fat the ahhath. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original ] SAFE FOUNDATION. Life is short and uncertain. No one will call this declaration in question. The aver- { age length of human life is but a few years, \ and there is nothing of which man is possessed of which he is so easily deprived as his life. A noxious vapor may produce a wasting dis- ( ease, which, in a short time, may result in < death. The most insignificant causes may, and often do, produce the most fatal results. A bow, drawn at a venture by the hand of an unseen stripling, may strike down a giant to the earth. A alight cold may terminate in consumption. What is so precarious as human life? No one can tell, with any degree of . certainty, what a day or an hour may bring forth. The smiling hahe may sicken and die in an hour. The young man rejoicing in the exuberance of his manhood, or the young woman, upon whose cheek health ha9 printed the rose of beauty aud sweetness, may, by some dread, unforeseen accident, be dashed from time into eternity without a moment's warning. The sense of. moral responsibility is easily developed, and the belief in the immortality of the soul springs up spontaneously in the human mind. Inseparably connected with the sense of moral responsibility and the belief in the immortality of the soul, is the belief that some persons will he made happy and others miserable in that world which lies beyond the grave.' All men desire happiness, and toil that they may ohtaiu it. On the contrary, all men dread misery. However much thev may love and practice those things which produce misery, they do not love the misery. All men desire to spend eternity in bliss, and it is not conceivable that any sane man has uo dread of being punished in another world for sius committed in this. Perhaps it would not be saying too much to affirm that all men, universally, cherish a hope that it will be well with them hereafter. The demon Desnair is Dermitted to fasten his 1 ? I fangs into the vitals of only a few. Common sense, as well as the Scriptures, force us to conclude that all men cannot be saved. This being the case, the hope of some is a delusion. If the plan of redemption, revealed in the Scriptures, and, we may add, approved of by the truly pious in all ages, is the true and only plan by which sinners can be saved, the hopes of the multitude are not well founded. In other words, if the Bible he true, then the multitudes are building their hopps of Heaven upon the baseless fabric of their own morbid imaginations. Every one knows that every superstructure must have a foundation. Something cannot be built upon nothing. Every one also knows that a safe foundation is necessary in order to have a safe superstructure. An unpretending superstructure, built upon a firm basis, is more safe and durable than a gorgeous palace reared upon quick sand. Ask this man as he nears the borders of unother world, if he thinks he will be saved. Promptly he replies, "Yes. I think I will go to Heaven." Aak him what are the grounds of his hope. He replies, "I have been a member of the church for so many years, I made a profession of religion when I was young, and I have given the officers of the church no trouble." Ask that man whose wrinkled face shows the ravages of old age and his near approach to another wrtrld. "What are his hones for a better state of things beyond the grave." "0, I think I will be saved," he replies. Ask him why he thinks he will be saved, and he replies with apparent satisfaction, "I never did much harm and have done a great deal of good." Ask that other man what he thinks about dying and leaving this world. He replies, "I hope to be saved." Ask him why he thinks so, and he will reply, "I have been a strictly honest man. I uever cheated any man. I never defrauded any roan out of one cent, and I have given away as much as any man in my circumstances." This suggests to our mind the story of the prince who visited a prison with the avowed intention of pardoning everyone of the inmates who would frankly acknowledge that he had violated the law. Only one confessed that he was justly suffering for his evil deeds. The rest all declared that they had done nothing worthy of death or bonds, and on this ground plead for an exercise of clemency. To the surprise of all, the prince turned to him who confessed his guilt and said, '"You have liberty to depart. You are the only guilty man in the prison. Your association with these innocent men would have a tendency to corrupt their moruls." No doubt it would be possible to find an innocent man locked up in a dungeon, but such a thing does not often occur. Defective as human laws and human courts are, the innocent rarely suffer. The guilty much more frequently escape than the innocent are punished. Generally, he who oleads his innocence loudest and loncest. is i - a most guilty. When an accused person testifies for himself, his evidence should have very little weight in his behalf, unless it is corroborated by other witnesses. Usually there is something of very doubtful propriety in a man who is undergoing trial for his life testifying in his own behalf. Scarcely any one expects him to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In fact, few men could, under the circmstances, tell the plain and unvarnished truth. When the sinner places the ground of his hopes of salvation on what be has done, or has not done, how can he be truthful ? He will, by a law of his fallen nature^ make for himself as good a case as possible. He will magnify all that he thinks is good, and ignore as much as possible all that he thinks is evil. It is an awful thing for any man to think he can work his way to heaven by doing a great deal of good, and abstaining from doiug evil. It is a more awful thing for a man to say that he has done a great deal of good and very little that was wrong. Very few men, much less God, will believe him. Most persons will promptly conclude he has a bad case. That man is to be pitied who is so morally insane, as to believe that he will be granted Dermissiou to enter heaven on a cir tificate granted by any court of the church militant. Much more is he to be pitied who thinks that because he has never cheated any of his fellow men, he has not defrauded God. , It should be ever kept in memory that heaven cannot be bought. Nothing that any man i can do is a safe foundation ou which to build hopes of heaven. What can any man do that is pleasing in the sight of God ? The only safe foundation upon which to build hopes of eternal salvation, is the doing and dying of Jesus Christ. This is the rock that the floods cannot wash away. Our honesty, our being a consistent member of the Church, our being of a benevolent disposition, are nothing but sand compared with the doing and dying of Jesus Christ. The man who accepts of Jesus Christ, will constantly strive \ to be honest, to do good, to abstain from evil; but these only give him fitness for heaven ; not a title to it. Never willAe claim these < deeds as possessing any merit. Never will he 1 regard them as the rock of his salvation. J Jfcy* I would not give you much for your religion, if it cannot be seen. Lamps do not Lalk, but they do shine. A light housesounds j no drum, it beats no gong, and, and yet, far 1 over the water its friendly spark is seen by j the mariner. So let your actions shine out j your religion. Let the main sermon of your life be illustrated by all your conduct, and it I ' shall not fail to be illustrious. It is a sign a man is generally in the right, who has the ingeneousness to own iiniseif sometimes in the wrong ; that he is one of those whose fund of reputation is so ' jreat, that he is not afraid of impoverishing i s oy taking or losing a little from it. THE YORKVILLE ENOUIREE. PROSPECTUS FOR 1881. 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It is adapted to all the wants of family sewing; can be readily cortiprehended by any one; runseasilj'; is always ready ; will do any and all kinds of sewing with less changing ami 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 arc of a handsome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in points of appearance, durability and superior cooking qualities, to apy stove manufactured in the Union. Thousands of them are in use in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and thev give universal satisfaction. The above Premiums will he delivered to the successful competitors at the Enquirer otlice, 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 I>e 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 fourtli largest club, to the fourth choice. The time forcompleting clubs under the above offer Is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1881. Competitors may begin to seen re subscribers at once?the time of subscription to commence whenever the name is handed in. The money for eacli subscriber is expected to be paid at the time the name is entered on our books, and no lume will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription nrlpfl has hppn nnid. To persons who make up^Cltibs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain a premium, we will send the Enquirer one year free of charge ; and to those who send a Club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get a premium, wo 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 be 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 .names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. 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 .it the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, who will be credited with eyery 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. $3)~ The time in which additions may be made to clubs, under this proposition, will expire on the FIRST MONDAY 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 olnbe are formed. | % f . f All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkvillfr. S. C. November 18 47 tf NEW STORE! NEW STOCK! HAVING erected a new and coin mod ious Store on the site of our Old staud, our facilities for conducting the Foreign and Domestic Fruit trade are now unsurpassed in the {Southern Country. The attention of our friends, and dealers generally is called to this fact, and also to our fresh supplies arriving to day. 100 barrels of Northern Apples. 50 boxes Messina Lemons. 25 barrels and half barrels of Pears. 15 packages Delaware and Concord Grapes. 200 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 S. C. September 23 39 4rp HERMANN BULWINKLE, FACTO II AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, Charleston, S. O., DEALER IN I GERMAN XAINIT, 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, Ac. , Orders tilled with dispatch, and liberal advan- . ces made on consignments of Cotton and other t Produce. t November 4 45 3m 1 ~GARRY7RON~ROO^F1^^j IIXlJ, -;-T anil Shutters. * Iron Ore Paint ind Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, "j OIjEVBIiAXD, OHIO. J Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 ly DR. J. B. PATRICK, JR., t CHARLESTON, S. C., v SURGEON DENTIST, s WILL make his regular visit to (JtliiHIk YORKVILLE IN JANUARY, " ^-uj_I_Lr with all the most improved instruments and appliances known to the profession ot f Dentistry. Teeth extracted by the aid of nitrous oxide, n ARTIFICIAL TEETH supplied. All Dental p operations performed and satisfaction guaranteed ti it as reasonable rates as can be done by any first- I ilass Dentist. tl August 12 33 ly "V NOTICE. I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I ! " am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears ; ml otlier fine-edged instruments. Prices?for ? inning and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and fori k tharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and r tatiafaction guaranteed or no charge. "N TOM BA LLARD, Barber. P September 9 37 3t fi ROBERT J. HERNDON, ti Late Student of Boston Conservatory of Music, _ TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS, f ANDTHE CORNK'5. Music arranged to order for any number of Instruments. Terms n noderate. b Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND IN- ei STRUM ENTS. r. April 22 17 ly G. H. O'LEARY. SADDLERY AND FDRNITORE FOR SALE: Chamber Suits, Bureaux, Sideboards, I Sofas, Stoves, Bedsteads, Chairs, Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Collars, Whips, Ac., Ac., at G. H. O'LEARY'S. A : . .0 ' k . " -* ' V. NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITlf I - ? *- ? AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT! PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. ? <* *> ALL families have old Books, Periodicals, Newspapers, >Iusic, Ac., which tbey 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 literature of the present day should be put in a durable form for preservation"as well. This can be done in the shortest possible time, with the best material, in the most handsome and durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, Stationer, Book Binderand Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street COLUMBIA. S. C. 7p3~ Send in orders at once. ~~ COTTON FOR GUANO. THE Notes given for Fertilizers sold by me have been aent.to me - FOR COLLECTION. I have made arrangements with C?pt. 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. JEFFERYS, Agent. September 23 39 tf THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD. Htl 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*nd 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 <* CO., Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, S. C. LATIMER A HEMPHILL, Agents at Yorkvllle, S. C* ^October 28 44 tf FAKAAK XUAJHNiS WAX.KA-WHJSA5L. 4 In practical use it is everywhere demonstratingits 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., HERN DON BROS,, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. November 19 47 tf Fhe williamston female coliege Respectfully offers its services to those parents who desire to secure for their daugher* the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of heir physical, intellectual, and moral powers, 't is conducted on what is called the "ONESTUDY" PLAN, with a Serni-Annual Course of study; and by a system of Tultional Premiums, ta low rates are made still lower for ALL who iverage 8ft per cent. No Public Exercises. No "Receptions." Gradlation, which is always private, inay occur eight imes a year. For full information, write for an Illustrated Catalogue. Address Rev." S. LANDER, President, Williamston, S. C. November 4 4ft . . ly L R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1st house east of the jtail. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every \ convenience, ana a determination to do my iest, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in rant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy reather is as good or better than sunshine lor all ubjects. except small children. August 5 32 ' ?' tf CLEANSING AND REPAIRING rHE. undersigned would respect ully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garnents of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to he original brightness and lustre of the goods. )o not throw away your old clothes, but haye hetn cleaned and made lo look as well as new. ! Vork promptly done, and at the most reasonale prices. THOMAS BALLARD. August 12 29 tt "notice^ SUBSCRIBERS to the Yorkville Enquirer, 3 not regularly served by mail, on the postal outes between "Yorkville and Bullock's Creek ; 'orkville to Zeno ; and from Yorkville to Clark's 'ork, by the way of Bethany, are hereby inarmed that I will deliver their papers along the outes FREE OF CHARGE, provided they enter :ieir names on my club. J. N. ROBERTS. December 23 62 tf IRON SAFE FOR SALE. rHE undersigned offers for sale ope No. 2 IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bahlan Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a com- i inatlon lock, and for all practical purposes is rjual to a new one. It is offered for sale for no sason except that it is too small for my purposes, j L. M. GRI8T. 1 < JOB PRINTING. Ow::NG to our superior fedlities with the best machine presses, An abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we arc prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF JOB PRINTING iu superior style, and at prices that w; 11 compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : BILL HEADS. For 300 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, *3.00 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet bill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. * Y^rrrn y^TI IT T? a U MIA A X For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 8.60 Letter (largesize) .'3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. we also give special attention to the printingof Brlefo, Arguments and P< ints and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Juatices or the Supreme Court, and in proof rending exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds ol 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 AIR-LIKE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Atlattta, Ga., November 6,1880. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after November 7, 1880, trains will run on this road as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrivo at Gastonia, 2.45, P. M. Leave 2.46, P. M (westward.) Arrivo 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. 3/, LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 4.34, P. M., Leave 4.50, P. N (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 8.28, A. M., Leave 8.40, A. M? THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. \bjkttlwaku.j Arrive at Gastonin, ?.55, A. M., Leave 5.55, A. M.. (we8tward.) Arrivo atGastonia, 6.40, 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. Seneco City, Greenville and Spartanburg to all pointn East and West. G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager. W. .T. Houston, Gen'l Pass. &. Ticket Agent. November 11 46 tf C.& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. JRrmvrjj g gvr w CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,] Yorkville, 8. C., December 8,1880. j THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger Trains took effect at 2.45 o'clock, p. m., or, the 8th of Deiember, 1880. going south. Leave Dallas at 6.00 A. M? Arrive at Gastonia at 6.20 A. M? Leave Gaatonia at 6 40 A. M? Leave Pleasant Ridge at ..7.00 A. 11. 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 at 9.05 A. M , Leave McConnellsvllle at 9.20 A. M.. Leave Lowrysvllle at./. 9.40 A. M.. Arrive at Chester at 10.10 A. M, going north. ? Leave Chester at 2.45 P. M. Leave Lowrysvilleat 3.20 P.'M. Leave McConnellsvilleat 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 5.05 P. M \ Leave Bowling Green at 5.15 P. M Leave Crowder's Creek at 5.25 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at ?.35 P. M. Arrive at Gaatonia at... 5.55 P. M. Leave Gaston ia at 6.10 P. M. Arrive at Dallas at 6.SO P. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. December 16 51 tf THE IJICKFGRD ^ ^ AUTOMATIC FAMILY X3TITTEB. | I o ft ? 3* s %?3fc|f ^ ^' MO 3 ^ 3 b li 5 2 M s I s? ? ^ |=| Knit* all sizes of work, narrows and widens it shapes all sizes complete. Knits over 50 different garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins, Wristlets, Oloves, etc. It knits every possible variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent, profit in manufacturing knit Koods. Farmerscac treble the value of their wool, by converting it into knit goods. Agents wanted in every 8tate, County, City and Town, to whom very low prices will be made. roriuu particulars atiu lowest prices lur ujb best Family Machine, send to BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., Brattlleboro, Vt. February 28 9 lv GEORGE T. SCHOMB, PHOTOGRAPHER, CHESTER, 8. 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 line 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, Advertisements and orders for Job Work for the Yorkville Enquirer. GEORGE T. SCHORB. , February 13 7 tf SUBSCRIBE FOR 1HE WEEKLY -PALMETTO YEOMAN, COLUMBIA, 8. C. IT is an 8 page paper, designed for the people, filled with interesting matter?Family Riding, News, Markets, Ac. Subscription: One year, $1.50; Seven months, $1.00; Three months, 50 cents?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 3'ublisher. September 80 40 tf ROSE'S HOTEL. YOKKVILLE, 8. C. THIS H0U8E has thor* ! !Ifi^M oughly renovated from cellar to garret, and newly furnished, ineluding GRAFTON'S PATENT 8PRINO BEDS. In view of the times, our motto w a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially forCommercial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. June 17 25 tf OLD NEWSPAPERS, OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ibc forfcviUe tfuquiw. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION? Single copy for one year, $2 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year, 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. ? ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines oi this size type. Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months.