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READING THE RECIJPE. Old Mrs. Jones borrowed Mrs. Brown's recipe for making watermelon pickle the i other day, and, being hard of hearing, as she couldn't see to read very well, she got her | grandson Jakie to read it for her. Jakie j took the paper, like a dutiful child, and,j holding it upside down, commenced : "Take a green watermelon?" "Why, Jakie, ain't you mistaken! I thought the melon must be ripe." "Oh, what's the matter wid yew ! Gew ever see a watermelon that wusn't green ?" "Cat the watermelon into four halves?" "But there ain't only two halves to anything. I don't believe you are reading that, Jakie." "Well, I don't have to, anyhow that's what the reseet says. Then soak it in a pint cup?" "Oh, dear me! How in the world can you put a watermelon in a pint cup ?" "Well T ain't. here t.n tell fhf> whereases i and howfore3. I'm just readin' the facts and you can put in the filosofee to suit your taste. After soakiu' the melon put it in a skillet and fry it fur five days." "I wonder if Mrs. Brown sent rae such a recipe as that ?" said the old lady ; but Jakie kept on : "Then put the watermelon in a quart bowl and pour over it a gallon of vinegar, taking ) c^tfi-not to spill the vinegar?" />^"rd just like to know bow you can pour r a gallon into a quart bowl without spilling any of itbut Jakie continued : "Then sift a peck of red pepper through a milk strainer over the melon, and to one cup of butter add the white and yolks and shells of three eggs, and throw in the old hen that laid them, and four sticks of cinnamon drops aud two tablespoonfuis of quinine aud run it through a coffee mill and let it stand until it ferments, and then put it in a tin can and tie the can to a dog's tail?this will stir it up to the right consistency?and then you can turn it off in crocks and have it ready for use. Serve it cold and spread it on mince pie and it makes capital dessert." Jakie slid out of the door and left the old lady looking like a wrinkle on a monument. A Robust Imagination.?Judge Carey showed the greatest interest in these weird tales and edged up to the group. "These are curious yarns, gentlemen, but I believe them all. I had a dog once, back in Nebraska, that I kept to herd lumber." "Beg pardon Judge; did you say the dog herded lumber ?" "Yes, sir; Cottonwood boards. We always kept a dog there to bring the lumber in at night." Everybody now paid the closest attention as they knew that the boss was at work. "It was this way. Cottonwood boards warp like thunder in the sun. A board would 'begin to hump its back up about 9 o'clock in the morning and in half an hour it would turn over. By 11 it would warp the other way with heat and make another I flop. Each time it turned.it moved a couple of feet, always following the sun toward the West. The first summer I lived in Brown-ville over 10,000 feet of lumber skipped out to the hills the day before I had advertised a house raisin'. I went to the county seat to attend a lawsuit and when I got back there wasn't a stick of lumber left. It had strayed away into the uplands. An ordinary board would climb a two-mile hill during a hot week, and when it struck the timber it would keep worming in and out among the trees like a garter snake. Every farmer in the State had to keep shepherd dogs to follow his lumber around the country, keep it together, and show where it was in the morning. We didn't need any flumes there for lumber. We sawed it East of the place we wanted to use it, and let it warp itself to its destination, with men and dogs to head it off at the right time; we never lost a stick. Well, here comes the jury," continued the Judge. "The witnesses lied so I guess they will disagree."? Carson City Appeal. ? + - Unshipping a Thomas Cat's Rudder.? Jack Larboard, a disabled sailor, undertook to cultivate and decorate hie grand-mother's flower garden in front of the old Mansion House at Welfleet, England. The daisies, and the dandelions and daffy downdillies were springing up beautifully, to the great delight of the crippled floriculturist. But, an immense cat of the masculine gender committed depredations in the premises almost nightly, scratching up the roots, tearing off the stalks, &c. At length, embracing his opportunity, Jack, with a sudden lunge of his spade, nearly deprived the intruder of its entire caudle elongation, or in other words sliced off his tail. "Where's my cat ?" sharply inquired its lady owner over the way, a little while after the surgical operation had been performed. "Ah, ha 1" said Jack, ?<i??ii ui~ ? T .?! lie 11 uut uuuuic iuc auy iuuic. ? vau^ui him this morning, unshipped his rudder, set him off before the wind, and blow me if he'll ever be able to steer his way back again." IS?* A girl who lived with a lady in Edinburg surprised her mistress by giving her warning. The lady inquired the cause, and found it was a sweetheart. "And who is the lad ?" inquired the mistress. "Oh, he's a nice lad ; a lad that sits in the kirk just fornenst me." "Are you sure he intends to marry you ?" "I dare say he does, mem." "Have you had much of each other's company yet ?" "Not yet." "When did you last converse with him ?" "Deed, we hae nae conversed any yet." "Then how should you suppose that he is going to marry you ?" "Oh!" replied the simple girl, "he's abeen lang lookin' at me, and I think he'll soon be spakin'." flaT It was in the smoking room of an Atlantic steamer that a worthy Teuton was talking about weather forecast. "Look here," said he, "I dell you vat it is. You petter don't take no schtock in deni weather bredictions. Dose beoble don't know nodding. Dey can't dell no better as I can. "But my dear sir," said a person present, "they foretold the storm which we have just encountered." "Veil, dat ish zo," said the Teuton, contemplatively, "but I dell you vat it is. Dat shtorm vould have come yust de same if it had not been predicted." 56?- Uncle Bill Tidd was a drover from Vermont. Being exposed to all kinds of weather, his complexion suffered somewhat; but at j the best he was none of the whitest. Stop- j ping at a public house, a man of notoriously bad character thought, as Uncle Bill came in. i lie could make him the butt of a joke, and as the black face of the weather-beaten man ap- ' peared at the door be exclaimed, "Mercy on us, how dark it grows!" Uncle Bill, survey-' ing him from head to foot, coolly replied ; "Yes, sir; your character and my complex- j ion are enough to darken any room." ftrtT "See here," 9aid a fault-finding husband to his wife, "we must have things arranged in this house so that we shall know just where everything is kept." "With all my heart," she sweetly answered, "and let us begin with your late hours, my love; I should dearly like to know where they are kept." He lets things run on as usual. J?"* A foppish nobleman, who saw Descartes enjoying himself at the table, having ex-; pressed his astonishment that a philosopher should exhibit such fondness for good cheer, got this answer for his pains: "And pray, ray j lord, did you think that good things were made only for fools." < ihe and Jwside. | < How to Cook Hominy.?Every cook i will promise you she can do this, but it is ; quite Bfcfe to soy that not one in fifty will, i Indeed, people live to a good old age in this, our famous corn-growing region, without | having ever tasted well-cooked hominy. It! is usually started well enough, but stirred so j vigorously that the graius, instead of stand- 1; ing out snowy and well done, yet round and ' separate, are mingled in one glue mass. Hav- j ing once seen and tasted the former, you will ( never be reconciled to the latter. Try to prepare it in this way: A quart of ground | hominy is a sufficient quantity to prepare ! well in any ordinary cooking utensil. It is j i better to soak for a while before cooking. Put over the fire, and cover well with water; do not not allow it to boil rapidly, and, if the fire is a sufficient one for baking, it is better to keep a lid beneath it. It can not be hurried, and here is where many fail in its preparation. After the grains swell and begin to soften, on no account stir it. The water put in at first should be sufficient to finish it; but if there has been too little, add ?*kot it mow ko iiish enmiah. UJUIU vai OiUIIJ } buuv U wv j?w- ?~? and Dot too much, thus making your almost perfect dish sloppy. Do not salt it until just before taking from the stove. Early salting will make it dark. If it could be cooked in a double vessel, the outer one containing boiling water, so much the better for both hominy and cook. Such vessels save the care of constant watching. Care and experience must always go together toward the making of a.perfectly cooked dish, and nothing gives better satisfaction. Don't Waste Vital Energy.?The most vigorous persons do not have too much vitality. People generally inherit a lack ; or at least hod that much vital energy has been permanently lost in their childhood or youth through the ignorance or carelessness of their parents. Often it is impaired hy wrong indulgences in early manhood. The endeavor with all persons should be to husband what is left, be it much or little. Therefore? 1. Don't do anything in a hurry. 2. Don't work too many hours a day, whether it be farm-work, shop-work, studywork, or house-work. 3. Don't abridge sleep. Get the full eight hours of it, and that, too, in a well ventilated and sun purified room. 4. Don't eat what is indigestible, nor too much of anything, and let good cheer rule the hour. 5. Don't fret at yourself or anybody else; nor indulge in the blues, nor burst into fits of passion. 6* Don't be too much elated with good luck nnr dishearteued Dy Dad. Positively ? be self controlled, calm and brave. Let your braiu have all the rest it needs. Treat your stomach right. Keep a good conscience, and have a cheerful trust in God for all things and both worlds.?Selected. . Sudden Checking of Perspiration.? A Boston merchant, in "lending a haud" on board of one his ships on a windy day, found himself at the end of an hour and a half pretty well exhausted and perspiring freely. He sat down to rest, and engaging in conversation, time passed faster than he was aware of. In attempting to rise, he found he was unable to do so without assistance. He was taken home and put to bed, where he remained two years; and for a long time afterwards could only hobble aboil* with the aid of a crutch. Less exposures than this have, in constitutions not so vigorous, resulted in inflammation of the lungs?"pneumonia"?ending in death in less than a week, or causing tedious rheumatisms, to be a source of torture for a life time. Multitudes of lives would be saved every year, and an incalcu lable amouut of human suffering would be prevented, if parents would begin to explain to their children, of the age of three or four years, the danger which attends cooling off too quickly after exercise, and the importance of not standing still after exercise, or work, or play, or of remaining exposed to the wind, or of sitting at an open window or door, or of pulling off any garment, even the hat or bonnet, while in heat.?Journal of Health. Uses of Stale Bread.?1. Make dressing for meat: crumb it fine, turn hot broth over it, season, add butter and a well-beaten egg, or more, according to quality. 2. Make bread pudding: soak two hours in sweet milk, then beat eggs, sugar and spices, and bake. I sometimes add fruit. 3. Make biscuit; soak over night in sour milk, mash flue with the hand, mix in your biscuit for breakfast, adding salt, lard and | soda. They are better than without the stale bread. 4. Make pail cakes or gems: soak over night in sour milk, add well-beaten eggs, corn meal or Graham flour to make a batter, and soda and salt, and bake on a griddle, or in gem pans. 5. Crumb fine, and put them in the next omelet you make. 6. Toast your bread : set a pan of milk on the stove, but do not remove the cream from it; add butter and salt, dip the bread in this, and send to the table for supper or breakfast. 7. Crumb fine, and put in your tomatoes when you are stewing them. 8. Pound fine, season, and roll oysters or fresh fish in them and fry in nice lard. A Cure for Blind Staggers.?A correspondent furnishes the following remedy for blind staggers: "Take half an ounce of laudanum, one pint of butter milk, mix well and drench the horse. If not perceivable relief in half hour, repeat?fifst bleed freely. Inject with warm corn gruel with some oil. "I will mention a case that took place in the settlement seme month or two since. One of my neighbors told me he had a horse taken with the blind staggers. He did not know the ingredients?sent to one of his neighbors for the recipe. Before the remedy could be applied, the horse was down and so near dead he was not able to raise his head. He had bis head raised up and gave him the drench and left him to die. The bleeding and glister was dispensed with, and to his great astonishment in two or three hours, the horse was up and walking about, and is now living and well. If you think it is worth a place in your valuable paper, you are at liberty to use it." To Cure the Appetite for Tobacco.? The New York Independent gives the following as the experience of a clergyman who smoked and chewed tobacco for many years, and used these means to break himself of J the habit: I had a deep well of very cool i water, ana wnenever tne evil appetite ciairaea indulgence, I resorted immediately to freshdrawn water. Of this I drank what I desired, throwing out and taking successive | raouthfuls, until the craving ceased. By a j faithful adherence to this practice for a month, I was cured. And from that time to this ! have been as free from any appetite for tobacco as a nursing infant. I loathe the use of 1 the weed in every form, far more than I ever did before I contracted habits of indulgence. Gapes ijJChickens.?Gapes may be cured | i by giving a piece of camphor gum, the size j i of a small pea, every day uutil the chick j i seems well. Sometimes two or three liberal | doses of pepper will effect a cure. If the j chicks are very bad, fumigate with sulphur, ( and give two or three drops of solution of car- , bolic acid and water. Sixty drops of water ' , to one drop of acid form a solution. Do not ' hold the chicks directly over the fumes of j burning sulphur, and do not fumigate too long, or the remedy may prove worse than ! the disease. Let the chicks inhale the fumes , for two or three minutes, and in most cases that will be sufficient to effect a cure. The fodder from an acre of corn which t yields fifty bushels, i- equal in value to a ton i of hay. I f parting fot the Sabbath. CONDUCTED ?Y REV. RO BERT LATH AN. [Original ] OCR HOPES. The doud, hope, is thus defined by Webster : "A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable." This definition is as far as any from defects. Amid all our troubles aod disappointments, we are sustained and buoyed up by the hope that something better is in the future, and we have, at least, a feeble belief that good will be enjoyed by us. We all groan beneath the oppressive burden of misery which sin has imposed upon us; but hope to be some tirao released from this grinding pressure. The miserable beggar, as he strolls from city to city, and from house to house, soliciting, by his tattered rags and woe-begone countenance, i cold morsel which will keep soul, and body together, has a shadowy belief that there is an obtainable better Btate of things for him in the future. The past is all sad ; but the future is not all gloom, else would despair fix its fangs in every heart, aud a wail, never to he hushed, be uttered by every human tongue. By a feeling which is akin to iustinct, all men hope to be saved in Heaveu. Reason and revelation declare, and personal experience demonstrates, that the past aud present of our earthly existence has been and is full of trouble. Hope pictures a bright future, aud still we bear and toil and struggle. Tomorrow's sun, we hope, will shine more brightly, its cold bleak winds be lulled to rest, and we will be permitted to repose and rejuvenate our weary limbs at fountains of ease iu groves of peace. Alas! each returning sun only wakes us up from a bed of disappointment to begin a new day of care and toil. Thus we trudge our weary way through life. How dark, how gloomy, the final end of him whose hopes are not in the Lamb of God ! There is nothing sure but Heaven, and Heaven is sure to none but those who believe in Jesus Christ. The hopes of all others shall perish. [Original.1 ONE MARK OF A GENTLEMAN. A heathen poet says the gods are known by their walk. Generally, a well-bred man can be distinguished from the common rabble by his gait. We heard a man, who has had many years' experience as the keeper of a drinking saloon, say that he could distinguish a man of refined manners from one that was not, even when both were drunk. It is hard to tell how it is, but it is nevertheless true, that a gentleman drunk, is still a gentleman. He is polite, courteous and as decent as a drunk man can be, even though he be in a grogshop unable to walk. Whether a gentleman will always conduct himself properly in a grog-shop or not, we leave to others to decide; but one thing is absolutely true, a gentleman or a lady always conduct themselves properly in church. Whenever you see a man or woman treating wiih marked contempt the worship of God, or God's house, or God's people, you may set it down that there is something rotten about that man or woman. They lack something that every man or woman ought to have. They cannot succeed in any department of life. Their latter end will be a dreadful failure. A gentleman is always above-doing a disrespectful thing in church. No matter how poorly conducted may be the services of God's house, or how absurd and even unscriptural some of these services may be, he ? <*..1 r\..? i. j is icspcuuui. vsue uini&, auu in uui tauu, the mark of a gentleman, is that he behaves well in church. fOrlginnl.] GOD SLOW, BUT SURE. Men are apt to conclude that because God does not punish sin promptly, that he will not punish it at all. We forget, therefore we conclude, that God forgets. Because God does not strike U9 down with the sword of justice the moment after we sin, we very foolishly console ourselves that he will, in the tumult of business, never think of our transgressions again. Not only so, but the long-sufferiDg of God has the direct tendency to make us recklessly presumptuous. "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily therefore, the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." This is the declaration of the Bible, and it is vindicated by the observation and xperience of us all. We should, however, remember that though a sinner do evil a hundred times with apparent impunity, the day of reckoning will come. Then God will settle with him. Then he will be paid, interest and principal. God never forgets. He is slow, but absolutely sure. No man will ever be able to boast that he cheated God. [Original.1 DON'T CARE. The most direct road to infamy and shame, is "Don't Care." The young man who "don't care" what people say or think about him, is in a fair way to reach the point in human degradation where mau is lower than a brute. Whoever has do respect for the opinion of others, has no respect for himself, j So long as a young man has a decent regard for the sentiments of those who are older than himself, he is not hopelessly lost to society, no matter how great his errors of youth. But the young man who "don't care" who sees ! him drunk, nor before whom he swears, has j lost all moral restraint and will soon reach i the point when neither God nor man will j care anything for him. 8?f The profession that fosters pride is one that can only bring a snare in the end. And j not a few of our religious professors do this, , since they substitute a desire for human recog nition or applause for the prompting that | comes from our Saviour. In eternity it will amount to more to . have given a cup of cold water with right motives, to an humble servant of God, than to have been flattered by a whole generation. I have read in Plato and Cicero, sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden." He who bears failure with patience is is much of a philosopher as he who succeeds; j for to put up with the world needs as much , ivisdom as to control it. S?~ There is nothing more deceitful than he idea of gaining the esteem and good opin-1 on of the world, by familiarizing ourselves j tnd mixing ofteu with it. IpswHaneottsi fUadittg.: A RACE ACROSS THE PLAINS. j Id 1859 St. Joseph was the western termi- r uus of railroad communication. Beyond, t the stage coach, the saddle horse and ox train ( were the only means of commerce and communication with the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope. In the winter of 1860 t there was a wall street lobby at Washington ] trying to get $5,000,000 for carrying the t mails overland for one year between New ? York and San Francisco. The proposition 1 was extremely "cheeky," and William H. { Russell, backed by Secretary of War Floyd, | resolved to give the lobby a cold shower-bath. ( He therefore offered to bet $200,000 that he < could put on a mail line from Sacramento to f St. Joseph that should make the distance? | 1,950 miles?in ten days. The bet was taken ] aud the 8th of April fixed upon as the day j of starting. Mr. Russell told his partner and , general manager of business upon the plains, Mr. A. B. Miller, what he had done, and \ asked if he could perform the feat. Mr. , Miller replied : "Yes, sir; I will do it, and do ( it by pony express." To accomplish this Mr. j Miller uurchased three hundred of the fleetest , horses he could find in the West, and em- j ployed 126 men. Eighty of these men were ( to be post riders. These he selected with | reference to their light weight and known i daring courage. It was very essential that i the horses should be loaded as lightly as possible. It was necessary that some parts . of the route should be run at the rate of twenty miles an hour. The horses were stationed from ten to twenty miles apart and each rider would be required to ride sixty miles. For the change of animals and the shifting | of the mails two minutes were allowed. Where there were no stage stations at proper distances, tents sufficient to hold one man and two horses were provided. Indians would sometimes give chase, but their cayuse ponies made but sorry ^how in their stern chase after Miller's thoroughbreds, many of which could make a mile in a minute aud fifty seconds. Arrangements being completed, a single gun on the steamer at Sacramento proclaimed the meridian of April 8, 1860?the hour for starting?when Border Ruffian, Mr. Miller's private saddle horse, with Billy Baker in the saddle, bounded away toward the foot hills of the Sierra Nevadas, and made his ride of twenty miles in forty-nine minutes. The snows were deep in the mountains, and one rider was lost for several hours in a snow storm ; and after the Salt Lake Valley was reached additional speed became necessary to reach St. Joseph on time. From here all went well until the Platte was to be crossed at Julesburg.\ The river was up and running rapidly, but the rider plunged his horse into the flood, only, however, to mire in the quicksand and drowu. The courier succeeded in reaching the shore, with his mail bag in hand, and traveled ten miles on foot to reach the next relay. Johnuy Fry a popular rider of i ? . 1._ ?i__ LT. i i his uay was to mane uieumsu. ne uuu oiAty miles to ride, with six horses to do it. When the last courier arrived at the 60 mile post, out from St. Joseph, he was oue hour behind time, a heavy rain had set in and the roads were slippery. Two hundred thousand dollars might turn on a single minute. Fry had just three hours aud thirty minutes in which to win. This was to finish the longest race, for the largest stakes, ever run in America. When the time for his arrival was nearly up, at least five thousand people stood upon the river bank, with eyes turned toward the wood from which the horse and its rider should emerge into the open country in the rear of Elmwood?one mile from the finish. Tick, tick, went thousands of watches! The time was nearly up! But seven minutes remain ed ! Hark ! a shout goes up from the assembled multitude, "He comes! he comes!'' The noble little mare, J3ylpl>, the daughter of little Arthur, darts like an arrow from the bow and makes the run of the last mile in one minute and fifty seconds?landing upon the ferryboat with five minutes and.a fraction to spare.?SL Joseph {Mo.) Nexcs. A FIENDISH JOKE. "I think," said a well-known orchestral leader, "the best joke ever played in this town was on an ambitious amateur pianist when Gottschalk was here. The amateur's father was the owner of a-large hall, and he offered the use of it to Gottschalk for bis benefit. There was to be a piece for eight pianos, and the amateur was to play one of the instruments. I was leader. I thought Gotts chalk would have a fit when 1 told him that the amateur couldn't play three straight notes of the piece. " 'He is sure to throw us all out,' said I, 'and ruin the performance.'" "Gottschalk swore like a major, but 'twas no good. The bills were out, and he couldn't go back on his programme, even ^f the gift of the hall for the night was no consideration to him. At last I hit on an idea that fixed the whole business. The amateur came down to rehearsal, and we praised him up until he thought he was to be the star of the night. As soon as he left we took the hammers out of his piano and made it dumb as an oyster. I guessed he would never know the difference, several pianos going at once." The tuneful convention laughed. "And just as I thought," said the leader, hammering on the table with his glass, "that amateur or his frieuds never discovered the trick." "No ?" "No, sir; he just sailed in and pounded on that piano as if it was the worst enemy he ever had. He was bound to show off among so many good pianists, and hammered on his keyboard until the perspiration nearly blinded him. Now and then I looked at him approvingly to give him fresh courage, and every time that I did he gave the piano a lick that nearly made .matchwood of it. His friends all around threw bouquets at him till he looked like a wedding arch, and when 'twas all over his fond parent fell ou his neck in the greenroom and slipped a check for ?250 into his hand. The old man didn't know whether he was standing on his head or his heels, he was so tickled." "Didn't he do fine," said he to me, "among so many first-class professionals too ?" "I never heard an amateur do so well in public," said I, and what's more I meaut it, eh ? Don't you think I was right?"?San Francisco Chronicle. TOO 1YELL HEELED. Old Shokey, a peripatetic preacher, well known to California, is such an ardent be- j liever in the scripture, says the Carson (Mo.) I Appeal, that he is ready to bet on any proposition laid down in the Bible. A few weeks ago he visited the lake and stopped on Sunday at Gleubrook. Being uearly penniless, he determined to give an exhortation, and, orottinor thft inn nf ft hall, called the sinners I 6 -? together. His test was the marine episode, in which Jonah was taken in by the whale. "Now, my hearers, to the class of people j who never look beyond the surface of things j this looks like a hard story to believe, but I jJ kuow it is so, every word of it." | . He saw an incredulous look on the face of j a few of the hard cases in the front row, and, 11 after pausing a moment, continued : "I'll bet any man in the crowd ?100 coin 1 { up that I can prove every word of it. Does j f anybody respond ?" i He thrust his hand down into his trousers pocket and leaned forward. He went on . with his sermon, showing conclusively that the whale did all that was claimed for it, and 11 then passed around the hat. j "He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the t Lord," he said as it went down the row. j s "Lay up your treasures in heaven, where 8 neither moth nor rust corrupts, nor thieves j break in and steal," he remarked again, as | he saw the hat coming back. > It was handed to him empty, and he dis- j missed the audience with a hasty benediction, j After the service he met one of his hearers, I ind complained bitterly of the lack of coin md enthusiasm in the town. . "We've got the enthusiasm Here, parson," laid the man addressed, "but when yon duffed us with a 8100 bet, some thought you uust be a road agent, and the rest concluded hat a man so well heeled didu't need any jollection in Glenbrook." The Gates of Jerusalem.?Speaking of he gates of Jerusalem, a correspondent of the Baltimore American says: Tradition men,ions several that are not now to be found, inch as the Old Gate, Ephraim's Gate, the Valley Gate, the Prison Gate, the Fish Gate, ind others. At present there are but four ;hat can be opened, although four others are distinctly seen walled up. The gates now }pen are those of Jaffa, of Damascus, of St. Stephen, and of David?oue in each of the four walls. The Jaffa gate is northwest of Mount Zion,and is the usual entrance for pilgrims from Christian lands. It is composed sf tall towers or buttresses, evidently of great strength, aud easily defended against ancient modes of warfare. The gates proper consist ' af two large folding doors, in one of which is a wicket called "The Needle's Eye," which is just large enough to admit a cainel without any load upon its back, whence comes, I suppose, the scriptural adage about the difficulty of a camel going through the eye of a needle. I asked what significance the natives attached to this, and was gravely told that inasmuch as a camel cannot possibly pass through it while carrying any portion of a load, similarly a rich man cannot pass through the wicket of the heavenly Jerusalem until he has entirely unloaded himself of his riches and other earthly burdens. The three other gates are of similar construction, with strong turrets. But they an; all wonderfully striking to the eye. in their quaint and useless pouderousness, albeit conveying a profound impression of the ancient strength of the city, and the difficulty of its capture by Moslem or Crusader. Nowadays one or two of our big guns would effect a breach iu a few minutes. The Pistol and its Victims.?The NewYork correspondent of the Utiea Herald writes: The word pistol is derived from Pistoga, a town in Italy, where the weapon was invented about three centuries ago. As u dueling weapon it superseded the sword,about the time of the Americun Revolution. 7 No sword duels are on record on this continent, but this was for a Jong time the approved method in Europe. The pistol fired by Ma jor Pitcairn, at Lexington, which was the first shot in the Revolution, is now in the State library at Albany. Among other his toric pistol-shots is that by which Col. R. M. Johnson slew Tecumseh, at the battle of the Thames. The most fearful and horrible of pistol tragedies was the death of Lincoln. The next in point of distinction was Alexander Hamilton. The derivation of the names of noted weapons has some interesting points. Cannon is from canna, which, in the Latin, means a tube; musket is from the Spanish moscheto?evidently referring to the sound of the ball and its wound. Rifle is derived from rapio (Latin) or "rip meaning a ripped or grooved surface. Artillery is derived from art, since it is the highest art of destruction, and yet the whisky-bottle has proved much more destructive to our race. An Old General's Sa-vaoe Humor.? Old General Wrangle, of Prussia, not long since deceased, was a crabbed and queer character, but he had some humor. The Bear, a Berlin periodical, tells how one of his officers called on him one day, wearing spurs that did not conform to the army regulations, noticing which, Wrangle imposed a penalty of twenty-four hours' confinement upon him. The officer, seeing that Wrangle wore the same kind of spurs himself called his attention to the fact. "That is so," replied the old soldier. "You are right, and you may therefore remain under twenty-four hours' additional arrest for me." ItST The girl who can work a boquet of erabroidery on the toe of a slipper and play "Somebody's Coming When the Dew-Drops Fall" on the piano, may boast of her accomplishments during the courting season, but after marriage the one who can put a trian gular patch on her husband's pantaloons and realize that somebody's coming when the dinner bell rings, is the better wife. This is an exceedingly practical age, and to know htfw to do all these little domestic odds and ends is just so much capital a girl brings with her when she marries a poor man. <iT7<.?, ua ., ? .\\t\ ??? ? XiAKfl 1110 OA J/1'. IT liCU TIC oujr ui IV shiftless fellow that he does not "earn his salt," we unconsciously allude to an ancient custom among the Romans. Among them a man was said to be in the possession of a salary who had his salarium, his allowance of salt-money, or of salt, wherewith to savor the food by which he lived. Thus "salary" comes from "salt," and in this view of the word how many are there who do not "earn their salt!" AST A sensible writer, who knows how it is, says: "How often it is the "wet spell" and the "dry spell" get the credit of bringing about short crops ; wheu the "lazy spell" and the "extravagant spell" had as much to do with the short crop as the weather had. Apply the remedy this year. Begin to economise?but don't begin by stopping your paper and feeding your preacher on "husks." m ?flrMlc inquirer. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 92 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year, 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve mouths. ESTATE, JANE BARBER, DECEASED. To all and singular the Creditors of said estate : YOU, and each of you, are hereby notified that von are required to establish your demands against the said "estate, at York C. H., on the 2(>tn day of May next, at 10 A. M., before the undersigned, a Special Referee appointed by the Court of Common Pleas for York count}', in the consolidated actions of "Erwin A Steele, Adm'rs., vs. John Barber et al." and "J. Newman McEl-' wee vs. Jos. F. Wallace, Adm'r," or be debarred from payment out of the assets of said estate to be marshalled in said actions in the said Court. April 12, 1881. JNO. J. HEMPHILL, Special Referee. April 14 15 lit ROBERT HERNDONT Late Student of Boston Conservatory of Music, TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS, ANDTHE CORNET. Music arranged to order for any number of Instruments. Terms ' noderate. Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND IN- ' STRUM ENTS. April 22 17 ly IRON SAFE FOR SALEi , rHE undersigned offers for sale one No. 2 i IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bahnan & Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a oomjination lock, and for all practical purposes is jqual to a new one. It is offered for sale for no eason except that it is too small for my purposes. L. M. GRIST. October 28 44 tf NOTICE. . [RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I J am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears ! ind other line-edged instruments. Prices?for ] toning and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for | harpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and j atisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. February 3 5 tf OLD NEWSPAPERS, r\F large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale If at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ' April 14 15 tf | THE "FAMILY FAVORITE." J 1 THE VERY BEST AND THE VERY LATEST IMPROVED Sewing' Machine. Light Running, Noiseless, No Gears, No Cams, No Springs, New and Elegant styles of Woodwork. Looae Fly-Wlieel, Automatic Spooler, Casters in Stand, Largest Shuttle Used, Simple, Easy to Learn, Requires no Repairs at all. INSTRUCTION BOOK So plain that no other teacher is required. If you see it. you will buy it. Prices as low as any firstclass Machine. For sale by LATIMER A HEMPHILL, Yorkville, S. C. WEED SEWING MACHINE* COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. March 31 13 tf ""Wool cotton,ESTABLISHED 1812. cass* V CflA MAR K /^7 (Wound on Whitk Spools ) GEORGE A. CLARK, SOLE AGENT, 100 BROADWAY, NEW TORI. Since the introduction of this Spool Cotton into the American market, its success has been unprecedented. No other brand of thread has ever met with the same amount . of public favor in the same space of time. The "0. N. T." manufacturers were the first to recognize the importance of the Sewing Machine and to make a six-cord cotton, which has ever since been the recognized standard for machines. "All the improvements in machinery that the inventive genius of the nineteenth century has produced have been adapted by the manufacturers of " 0. N. T." At all the great International Fairs of the world, "0. N. T." has been awarded the highest honors. The " 0. N. T." factories at Newark, N. J. and Paisley, Scotland, employ 5,200 operatives?make sufficient thread daily to go around the world four times. Consume 140 tons of coal daily. The manufacturers of "0. N. T." are the largest manufacturers of Spool Cotton in the world. A fall assortment of this Spool Cotton can had at wholesale and retail at HUNTER, OATES & CO.% Agents, Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, <Sc. Yorkvllle, South Carolina. February 24 8 6m THE PUBLIC ROADS. fTXHE citizens of York county are informed that |_ for the purpose of looking more closely after the condition of the public roads, the County Commissioners, at their last meeting, decided to take upon themselves a reasonable share of this duty, and to that end each Commissioner has assigned to him a portion of the county from which reports of the condition of the public roads may be made. Complaints of the condition of the Eublic roads of the different townships should be ereafter made as follows: Bethel, Ebenezer and Fort Mill townships to J. M. Jackson. Bethesda, Bullock's Creek and Catawba townships, to A. F. Lindsay. Broad River, King's Mountain and Cherokee townships, to J. B. Allison. By order of the Board. J. B. ALLISON, Clerk. March 10 10 tf KING'S MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL. THE King's Mountain Centennial Association instructed me to publish, in permanent form, the proceedings of the recent CELEBRATION OF THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN, together with those of 1855. The book will contain about two hundred pages. It is proposed to bring the workout in three different bindings at the following prices: Paper Binding, ?1 00 Half Binding, 1 50 Full Binding 2 00 It is manifest that the proposed work can only be published by subscription. It is for the public to say whether or not the work shall be published. Any one desiring the work will send mehisorher name and the money, and in the event the book is not published the money will be refunded. R. LATH AN. March 10 10 tf "garry iron roofi^^^^ and Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 ly \ turbine water wheel. ' WE have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TUR- < BINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's Invention. We are working a 134-inch Wheel of the same kind, and there is no better Water Wheel made for the same money. Those who " contemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no better than to get one of these Wheels. We have p Circulars giving all the details in regard to the working of it, and with the sale you have the , privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not . do as represented, the money will be refunded, j Come and see the sample 18-inoh R. H. Turbine i Wheel, Manufactured by theSERGEANT MAN- . UFACTURING COM PANY, Greensboro, N. C. i HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. | February 10 47 tf a gentsw ante d7 WE want a limited number of active, ener- : * getic canvassers to engage in a pleasant and profitable business. Good men will find this a 1 rare chance TO MAKE MONEY. Such will please answer this advertisements by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what1 1 business they have been engaged in. None but * diose who mean business need apply. Address j ^ FIN LEY, HARVEY it CO., Is Atlanca, GA. ! January fl 1 ly "chattel mortgages MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to : j Real Estate. For sale at the e ENQUIRER OFFICE. I ? September 9 37 tf I JOB PRINTING. DWING tc our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and irst-claas appointments throughout our office, ve are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF TOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices hat will com pare with New York or Philadelphia rtiarges for the same quality of work and mate ials. We have recently made a reduction in ft rrices for the following classes of work, to which V ve invite the attention of business mei^ \ HI ILL IIJEA-I3S. \ For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads >3.00 >5.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 8.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 8.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet jill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, jiving an^ desired number of either size of dieet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. Fof.500 For 1000 Commercial Note, >2.15 >8.25 Packet Note, ?..v 2.25 8.50 Letter (largesize) * 3.00 5.00 For the above work wo use a superior quality jf paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. We also give special attention to the printingof Briefs, Arguments ami funis ana Aiunoriues, which we furnish strictly accordingto the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof rending exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. Wo are prepared to furnish all other kindB of ^ printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of worlc desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C. ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Atlanta, Ga., January 30,1881. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after January 30, 1881, trains will run on this road as follows: FAST MAIL. (eastward.) Arrive at Gaatonia, 4.10 A. M. Leave 4.11 A. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.05 A. M. Leave 2.09 A. M. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.15, P. M. Leave 2.18, P. M. (westward.) Arriye at Gastonia, 2.16, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. ' . (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.07, A. Leave 2.09, A. M. (westward.) -> Arrive at Gastonia, 1.11, A. M. Leave 1.12, A. V. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. ' (ea8tward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 6.35, P. M. Leave 6.55, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 0.30, A. M. Leave 6.55, A. M. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 8.52, A. M. Leave 8.52, A. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 4.24, P. M. Leave 4.24, P. M. Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and Southwest. Connecting at Chnrlotte for all Eastern points. mi ...-u iiu?;ugij ju'qcw uu pqic nt uaiiic^viuc, ui;ucco City, Greenville, Spartanburg and Gastonia, to all v points East and Went. G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager. W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. <fc Ticket Agent. February 17 7 tf C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,) Yorkville, S. C., January 31st, 1881. J THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger Trains took effect at 6 o'clock, a. m., on the 31st of January, 1881. going south. Leave Dallas at 6.00 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 0 20 A. M. Leave Gastonia at 6 40 A. M. a Leave Pleasant Ridge at 7.00 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 7.10 A. M. Leave Bowling Green-at 7.20 A. M. Leave Clover at .7.35 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville at -..8.15 A. M. Leave Yorkville atv. 8.25 A. M. . Leave Guthriesvillo at 0.00 A. M, Leave McConnellsvilleat 9.15 A. M. Leave Lowrysville at 9.35 A. M. Arrive at Chester at 10.10 A. M. going north. Leave Chester at 2.00 P. M. Leave Lowrysville at 2.30 P. M. Leave McConnellsville at 2.55 P. M. Leave Guthriesville at 3.05 P. M. -> Arrive at Yorkville at 3.35 P. M. Leave Yorkville at 3.45 P. M. Leave Clover at 4.25 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at 4.35 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 4.45 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 4.55 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 5.20 P. M. Leave Gastonia at 5.40 P. M. Arrive at Dallas at 6.00 P. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. February 3 5 tf THE YORK MARBLE YARD. mur unrlAroirvn.^ wnnlH rofi n/i/it f 1111 v an. r | 1UU UllUOIOIgllVU nuMiu t JL 110unee to the public that hie MARBLE YARD, near the Railroad depot, is in full operation, and that he is now well prepared to furnish anything in his line of business at the L0WP1ST CASH PRICES. Tombstones for children fur- A nished for from $3.00 upward ; for adults from $8.00iipward. Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, and in point of workmanship and material, equal to the work of any establishment in the country. ^ Specimens always on hand, to an inspection of which those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. * Estimates and other information furnished on application. Work delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 6 1 ly mIlITmachinery. WELLS BROTHERS respectfully inform the public that they are prepared to contract for the construction of all kinds of MACHINERY AND FIXTURES for the operation of Saw Mills and Coin and Wheat Mills. Their long experience in this line of business warrants them in giving assurance of satisfactory work, which will be guaranteed in all cases, and at reasonable prices. Would be pleased to hear from all parties contemplating the erection of mill or similar machinery. We are the owners of the exclusive right of a mode of dressing MILL STONES, by means of which we will guarantee a Mill of not less than twelve-horsepower, which grinds twelve bushels of grain per hour, to increase the production to twenty-four bushels per hour. Address us at * Yorkville, S. C., or Whitaker's, S. C. W. S. WELLS, J. W. WELLS. M. R. WELLS, I. G. WELLS. March 24 12 3m* THE WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE RESPECTFULLY offers its services to those parents who desire to secure for their daughters the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of their physical, intellectual, and moral powers. It is conducted on what is called the "ONE-* STUDY" PLAN, with a Semi-Annual Course of Study; and by a system of Tuitional Premiums, its low rates are made still lower for ALL who average 85 per cent. No Public Exercises. No "Receptions." Graduation, which is always private, may occur eight times a year. For full information, write for an Illustrated Catalogue. Address Rev. S. LANDER, President, Williamston. 8. C. November 4 45 ly CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to he original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have hem cleaned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. August 12 "29 tt |7r7sCH(JRB'S photo-gallery, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gsulery with every fV convenience, and a determination to do my jest, 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 lubjects, except small children. January 27 4 tf TANNER ENGINES. [HAVE just received a sample AGRICULTURAL ENGINE, six-horse Power, with Pat>nt Spark Extinguisher. Call and inspect the 'Daisy " T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent. February 17 7 tf