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_____________ SUaiorousi department, i y^ A HAPPY MARRIED COUPLE. f "I)o you know, my dear," she suddenly ! said as she stood up from her piece-work?"do t you know that next week will be tlie twenti- j c eth anniversary of our wedding ?" v l4ls that so ? By George! how the time ! f Hies! Why, I had no idea of it." ? "Yes, we have been married almost twenty long years," she continued, with something of r a sigh. "You have been a good husband to a me, darling." v "And you have been a blessed little wife 1 to me, Susan. Come here till I kiss you. a There!" ' d "I was thinking to-day?I was thinking I of?of " s "Of that sickly-faced baboon who used to i go home with you from prayer meeting be- t fore I kuew you V" he interrupted. f "Who do mean ?" "Why, that Brace fellow, of course." r "Why, George, he wasn't such a bad fel- I low." <] "Wasn't, eh ?'* Well, I'd like to know of a a worse one. He didn't know enough to chew t putty, and there you were as good as engaged i to him." a "Yes, George, but you know you were keep- a ing company at the same time with that Ilel- r en Perkins." d "That Helen Perkins! Wasn't Miss Per- i kins one of the loveliest and prettiest young > ladies in Liverpool ?" * d "No she wasnft! She had teeth like a \ horse !" a "She did, eh ?" How about that stoop- s shouldered, white-headed Brace ?" c "And such big feet as she had! Why, i George, she was the laughing-stock of the c town." f "Not much she wasn't! She was a young s lady who would have made a model wife." s "Then why didn't you marry her and all t her moles and warts and muBhroom eyes V" c "Dont talk that way to me ! Her eyes were s as nice as yours." i "They wasn't!" 1 "They were! I believe you are sorry be- t cause you didn't marry Brace." '< "And I know you are sorry because you s didn't marry that beautiful and accomplished I Miss Perkins 1" t "I am, eh ? I thought you said I had been { a good husband to you ? s "And didn't you All trie your blessed little i wife ?" i Then he plumped down and began to read 1 the mortgage sales and advertisements in the i paper, and she picked up her sewing and gave the cat a gentle kick. These old things will come up now and then, and somehow neither * side ever gets entirely over them.--Detroit Press. ... . ? ? ? * Beaten* by Chicago.?A Toledo commer- < cial traveler who has been opening up a new i route in Indiana, recently encountered one 1 dealer who didn't think he had better change his custom. He had been dealing with a Chi- 1 cago house for several years, and he had no i fault to find. ' "I can make you brooms fori- per dozen," i urged tne Toieaoan. "Yes, but Chicago beats that." ' "How's ? cents a pound for starch ?" < "Oh, Chicago beats that." < "I'll sell you good tea by the chest for? i cents." s "That's purty fair, but Chicago beats that." : "Our house will give you four months' 5 credit." < "Chicago is ahead of that." ] The traveler couldn't mention a thing that j Chicago didn't beat, and at last, despairing of 1 receiving aii order, he remarked : < "I did think of stopping over Sunday, but it 1 seems ?" I % "Oh, it's no us?trying that on," interrupt- t ed the dealer. "The agent of a Chicago house I has been running our choir over a year, and a < Cincinnati house has already agreed to send us j a Sunday-school library. May be you can do 1 something in the next town, but we're chuck < full here and wouldn't touch a Toledo house 1 unless it promised us a twenty-acre lot for a 1 new graveyard !" t A Chinaman's Thick.?A Memphis John i Chinaman must have heard the story of the i editor, who, going down stairs, met a man t with a club going up. "Is the editor4 in his j >6tHce ?" asked the man. "He is," said the /journalist: "Fifth story front," and then pro/ ceeded leisurely out of harm's way, while the * / indignant reader vented his fury and exer- ? " cised his muscle on an innocent and dignified \ citizen who had dropped into the sanctum to 1 glance over the exchanges. The Memphis ' John had his laundry in the basement of a j house, the first floor of which was occupied by ' a lawyer. In the absence of the lawyer John * had a great sign erected, which gave the im- 1 pression that lie was doing an extensive busi- { ness and required the whole hours. When the * lau-vor fame to his oifice he found the hall and stairway crowded with people carrying baskets 1 of soiled linen. As soon as the situation was * fully understood by iiim he started to destroy J the Celestial. John heard the approach of the ? enemy, and as at that very moment a gentle- \ man from Ireland called in a state of high ex- ' citement to be informed as to the whereabouts ? of a missing shirt, the heathen directed him to * the lawyer as the manager of the place. The ( two individuals came together with a clash, * and John disappeared around the corner. The Right Boy in the Wrong Place.? i American Punch relates the following anec- y dote, which, it says, will make even a Sunday- t school scholar smile during prayer time: At the opening exercises of the Five Points Missions School, in New York, many years ago, a ( class of street gamins had been tutored to an- < swer a sort of catechism. The first question ' ^ was, "W1k> made you ?" and the answer was, 5 /' ''God.'" The second, "Out of what are you j made ?"?and the answer, "Out of the dust of ' the earth." But the teacher failed to notice j the absence of the little fellow at the head of ' the class, and so the first question naturally 1 came to the boy whose proper place was next 1 to the head, and upon announcing the ques- 1 tion : "Who made you ?" the answer came, 1 "I was made out of the dust of the earth?the ( other feller, what God made, has got the 2 measles and couldn't come!" } tST Conjugal affection depends largely u)>oii ? mutual confidence. "I make it a rule," said a ' wiseacre to a friend, "to tell my wife every t thing that happens. In this way we avoid any * misunderstandings." Not to lie outdone in i generosity the good friend replied, "Well, sir, 1 you are not so open and frank as I am, for I < tell my wife a great many things that never ' happen." < 6^* An old lady from the country had a dandy from the city to dine with her on a certain t occasion. For the dessert there was an enor- 1 mous apple-pie. "La, ma'am," said the gen- ' tleman, "how do you manage to handle such a 1 pie?" "Easy enough," was the quiet reply ; 1 "we make the crust up in a wheelbarrow, f wheel it under an apple-tree, and then shake t the fruit down into it." 1 "What is your age ?" asked a friend of 1 Mme. De C. the other evening. "Thirty- 1 one," promptly replied the fair Sapphira. s "Oh, where do you expect to go when you 1 die ?" gasps another lady. "I am thirty-four, c and you told me last winter, with your own i lips, that you were just my age, my love." I f know 1 ma, dearest, out nwas uniy iu cuhouig ? you." "Massa says you must sartin pay de bill ( to-day," said a negro to a New Orleans shopkeeper. "Why he isn't afraid I'm going to run away, is he ?" was the reply. "Not 1 e'zactly dat, but look a-here," said the darkey, c slyly and mysteriously, "he's gwine to run 1 away hisself, and darfore wants to make a big 1 raise." 1 ? i Couldn't be Run by Water.?This sto- v ry is told of a minister who said, when one i of his flock wept over the financial defleit in r connection with a Christian enterprise : "My i dear friend, never mind the tears, this thing c can't be run by water!" This is a valuable e suggestion to those who give sympathy much f more easily than they give money. I ?. d <gT At a recent party a young lady was an- c noyed by the impertinence of a young man, ji and becoming tired of it turned toward him rather angrily and requested him to cease his impudence. The young fellow replied, "Please r do not eat me." She replied, "Have no fear, o sir, pork does not agree with me." ii s A member of a fashionable congregation ii called at a music store and inquired, "Have h you the notes of a piece called the ;Song of e Solomon ?' adding, "Our pastor referred to ii it yesterday as an exquisite gem, and my wife I would like to learn to plav it." 1< lite Jam and Jiwside. IIOW *0 MAKE DRAINS. Owners of nndrained lands who propos o do the wise thing by draining them th oming season, may find some useful hint rith respect to the manner of doing it in th ollowing extract from an article in the Drain ye and Farta Journal: The distance between drains must be detei [lined by the nature of the soil, their depti ,nd the amount of fall. A loose, porous soi rill permit water to reach the drains for , ong distance, while a tough, compact clay i almost impervious to water, and requires th Irains to be made much nearer. In a black oose soil, drains at a depth of four feet ar ufficient at a distance of ten rods apart, bu f the land is hard or stiff clay, to drain i horoughly the distance apart should be fror our to six rods. But few persons in this part of the countr, ealize the great advantage that deep drain lave over shallow ones. In my extensive at [uaintance in this and adjoining countie ,mong drainers, I know of but few that draii o a depth averaging over one and a hal o three feet. Farmers pay rent on their lam ,11 the way down (and on wet lands it oftei .mounts to a rent), yet they never get any ag icultural benefit from it any deeper than the; [rain, but they do get benefit that deep, evei f if ie uirrlif foof ill filflt nil nrpllilivl fil* villtJ ard should not be drained less than tha lepth. The time is probably not far distan vhen such shallow drains will be taken up md put down again at a proper depth. Pei ons often say that it costs too much to draii leep, when the fact is the cost is less. Fo nstance, it would cost but very little more t lig two drains to the depth of two and a hal eet, and the two deep drains will drain full is much land as the three shallow, and wi iave the expense of the third line of tile. Bu lie depth of drains is not always a matter o :hoice, as very often the outlet is not sufficient md I have frequently noticed that person tre extremely contrary about giving thei leighbors above them an outlet, and some iimes spend more time and money in lawin ibout it than would do the whole work, Ik iides creating bad feeling. In making an in >rovement of this kind, that is to last for a ;ime to come, it is much better to secure jood outlet in the firat place, if it does cos lomethiug, more especially if the land is flu md you have but little fall; but in all cases i s best to have a good outlet, so that tli water will fall from six to twelve inches whe t leaves the tile. Overfeeding.?Overfeeding an anima jays a correspondent of the New York T Fee A-1 is worse in its eifects than a spare diei A. great many more young animals are checl ?d in their growth, and otherwise injured, b overfeeding than by a deficiency of food. I illustration of this statement, he tells the fo lowing story of his own experience A rather opinionated and wilful hired mai who required the closest wathing in feedin che stock, in defiance of strict orders, gav ?ome young Berkshire pigs some cotton see meal in their feed, in the expectation that: would help them grow. Their feed had bee skimmed milk, with a quart of wheat mic llings to the pailful. Considerable more coi ton seed meal was added to the feed durin my absence fi un home for a day and a nigln md on my return the next day two of th young pigs were taken with convulsions an severe spasms. They died the next day, whe ;wo more were taken, and soon after tw more. The whole six died in the same wa] First they slowly turned around and arounc ;hen stood with the head in acoruerandpres! 1 -J- XI- 11 A t'atti ,J(l againsi ine wan ur ynru lenee , mc j.n? were chopped together, und they foamed a ;he moutli. After a few hours they lay upo ;heir sides and struggled violently with th egs until they died. A dose of lard oil alla^ ;d the symptoms for a time, and had it bee liven at the first, would probably have save ihem. On opening them the lungs were foun songested and very red in patches, and th )rain, also, was much congested, the bloo vessels being dark blue. The stomach and ir ;estines were filled with cotton seed meal, th nilk having been digested. So short a case c ndigestion, or stomach staggers, as it is po[ llarly called, is rare ; but the pigs were bu ;wo months old, and liad probably been misfe previously. ?..... ?# Dukua.?We desire to call the attention c lie farmers of the country to this importan ipecies of forage. This plant was grown las rear by Mr. N. G. B. Chafee who pronounce t superior to anything lie knows of in th ,vay of forage for any kind of stock. He say hat he planted one-half an acre in Durra, an ed eight head of mules 011 it from the lotli 0 fune to the 12th of November. Durra grow Tom eiglit to ten feet high and yields an abui: lance of grayish green foliage which is greatl elished by stock. The culture is very simple IV hen it is grown for the grain, it should t ilanted in hills and given plenty of room; th space given to common corn is not too 111 ucl Por fodder, sow in drills from two to tlire eet apart, dropping the seeds three or fou nches apart in the drill ; when six or eigli nches high, thin out eight or nine incite ipart, and when it has attained the height c bur or five feet, it may be cut for forage whic ;an lie repeated every third or fourth week ?i ;il frost. The importance to farmers of procurin some other kind of forage beside common foe ler to feed to their stock is self-apparent, an ,ve hope to see Durra grown in every sect ion c he country.?Lancaster (S. G.) Review. Chicken Salad.?The white meat of ihicken; the weight in celery; the yolk c )ne raw egg and one hard boiled ; a tea-spoor 'ul of salt; the same of pepper; half a tei spoonful of mustard ; a tablespoonful of sala >il; one of white wine vinegar ; one teaspooi :ul extract of celery. Take the white men >f a chicken, boiled, cut it small or mince i hie; take the same quantity, or more c .vhite tender celery cut small, and mix tli diicken and celery together an hour or tw jefore it is wanted, then add the dressin nade thus: Break the yolk of a hard boile ?gg very fine with a silver fork, add to it tli folk of a raw egg, and the pepper and sail vith half a teaspoonful of made mustarc ?vork all smoothly together, adding gradual! 1 tablespoonful of salad oil, and the same c vhite wine vinegar. Mix the chicken wit ;ke dressing, pile it up in the dish, and sprea some of the dressing over the outside. Gas lish with the delicate leaves of the celery, tli vhite'of the egg cut into rings, green pickle :ut in slices, pickled beet root in slices an stars, and placed alternately with the ring )f egg and the leaves. Cows in Milk.?In many countries, say lie Agricultural Gazette, a part of all the tie! ,vork is done by cows, and if these cannot b veil cared for, or if they arc over worked, th low of milk is immediately more or less di * * "? ^ ~ *1 ^ i.1.^ ...1 i. lunisnen. un me oilier siue, wie iuiviimag )f a moderate exercise for the cows ought 110 ;o be underrated. Cows want exercise an iesli air as well as other animals, and ho\ iften do they get little or nothing of either [l ow can we expect a cow to be healthy if she i cept altogether in the stables where she con itantly inhales bad air V and how can she bea lealthy and fully developed calves under sue! :ircuiostances ? Moderate work for cows can lot be condemned in principle, provided the ire not overtired, and the slight decrease 0 nilk, which is unavoidable, is more than cov red by the work accomplished. Cows in mill night not to work longer than three hours ; lay. Moles.?Who is there among dwellers in th lountry who has not seen dead moles hangin] >11 sticks in the fields or has not heard of far ners paying mou -y for their capture V A coi espondent, however, suggests that farmer nay have been making a serious aad crue nistuke. "I have had," he says, "a field 0 vheat full of moles all the year without doinj t the least liissible injury ; but on the contra y, I verily believe that up to harvest they di< uy crop good. Agaiu it is said moles eat seei orn, but this is a great mistake, for I 1m v xamined the stomachs of scores, but neve 1 .. ..2 1,. in A??O of tlimn UllIIU it SHJJilt" yillJll U1 V.U1II 111 Ullk U1 1UV1U. elieve 00,000 bushels of seed com are annual!; lestroyed by wireworms." The mole, o ourse, is a great enemy to this subterraneai est.?London Graphic. The Scientific American gives the followiiij ecipe for getting r'd of stumps: "In autuim r early winter bou a hole one or two inche 11 diameter, according to the girth of tin tump, and about eighteen inches deep. Pu uto it one or two ounces of saltpetre, till tin ole with water, and plug it close. In tin nsuiug spring take out the plug and ignit t. The stump will moulder away, witiiou lazing, to the very extremity of the roots raving nothing but ashes.*" . grading fat the ] OONDTJOTKD BT e REV. ROBERT LATHAN. 3 | Original.] t e WHY DIE? ] Tlie course which multitudes are pursuing is destined to terminate badly. An old age of 1 I, poverty and misery awaits that individual who 1 il sj>end.s his youth in prodigality and vice. The ] a laws of nature cannot be violated with impu- i s nity. He who swallows poison must suffer; 1 e he who leaps from an eminence must be crushed * g by the fall. Sin must end in shame and re- * t morse. Its wages is death. Ruin follows sin ) t as the shadow follows the substance. What ] n the final and accumulated results of sin will i lio tin umrtal pail fp)! Vnnn Irimur ivlitif thov 1 y are except those who have passed the bounds of hope and entered the regions of deep dess Pair. 11 Tlie description whicli we have of the final f results of sin, are enough to strike terror into ll every soul not hopelessly insensible. The place in which the final and full results of sin y are e\]>erienced, is described as the region 11 where God has forgotten to be gracious. Noths ing is heard in that God-abandoned region but t the despairing groans of the miserable oecut pants. Piercing shrieks and hollow groans are answered by gnashing of teeth and bitter ? wails. The occupation of the inmates is said r to be blaspheming God day and night. 0 This region is not far distant.. It lies just f beyond the confines of this short life. A few ^ brief years at farthest will bring a vast multit tude of the human family to that point where if hope will expire and despair begin. "Why will you die ?" is the question which God, in his s word and by his providence, asks all. Why 1 will you go down to that place occupied by none but the lost ? What answer can we give >. to this plain inquiry ? Will we say that God J l- has made no provision for us in his mercy, or j 11 shall we say that we have applied to God for ' a mercy and he rejected us ? | When we appear before God as an angry ; ^ judge, we will be speechless. If lost, we will e blame only ourselves. , n The only reason that can be assigned for the < final ruin of any in gosi>el lands is, they will j not accept of salvation offered to them freely, y fully, and in good faith, in the gospel. "Ye t. will not come unto me," says the Saviour, "that ye may have life." Men go down to the ( land of deep despair because they refuse to be < U v.. J OiVYCU UJ tICOUO VIILIOU* To take away the life tliat is in our body is i, usually regarded as an evidence of insanity, g What must we think of him who murders his own soul V To waste our property and ruin Ij. our health is usually regarded as highly crimin nal. "What must we think of him who del prives his sold of all access to God, and shuts t- it up in an eternity of woe ? To squander S our earthly goods in reckless speculation is ^ generally regarded as an evidence of madness. What shall we think of him who barters his u soul for trash V o * j. Redeemed Sinners.?Who gave Himself I, for us that He might redeem us from all iniquii ty and purify unto himself a peculiar people ? s What, then, was His object ? To redeem us, ( it to buy us back from bondage, to save us by the 11 payment of a ransom price, not only from the e punishment of sin, but from its power, from r- its ]k)llution, from its foul and hideous emn brace, no less than from its sword and from its d chains. It was to set us free from sin itself d that Christ redeemed us; not from some sin, e but from all sin ; not that we should still reel main, or afterwards fall back under the dol minion of the very tyrant from whose ]>ower e He redeemed us, not that we should merely if exchange one hard master for another, or for I )- many; no, He "gave Himself for us," He it laid down His life for us, He died upon the d cross for us, "that He might redeem us from all iniquity." Nor was this deliverance from as well as punishment intended merely for our < 'J advantage, but for His. lie had an end to ac- ; J complish for Himself, lie died to purify us, * not merely that we might be pure and there- j s fore happy, but also to purify a people for Hiine self; a possession of His own, a church, a j* body of which lie should be the head, a king- ( d dom of which lie should be the sovereign. * Over none but a purified and holy kingdom ; s could He condescend"to reign. Of none but a ; l' purified and holy body could He be the bead. y Justification would have done but half the j ' work for which Christ died ; Ilis end would not have been accomplished if lie bad not r?- ( e deemed us from iniquity as well as condenina' tion, if He had not purified a people for Ilime srlf, for His own use and His own honor; a | people in their measure like Himself, His own t 1?;?i-- tt:_ ^ tt:? v exclusively, ms own lurevei, xiis iucuieu?uic 'S right, His indefensible possession, llis "pecud liar people."?Dr. J. A. Alexander. < l~ On Listening to Evil Reports.?The longer I live the more I feel the importance of i adhering to the rules I have laid down for my. self in relation to such matters : 1. To hear as 1. little as i?ossible to the prejudice of others. 2. To believe nothing of the kind till I ain absolutely forced to it. 3. Never to drink in the a spirit of one who circulates an ill report. 4. Always to moderate, as far as I can, the un j. kindness which is expressed toward others. 5. 1 ^ Always believe that, if the other side be heard, d a very different account would be given of the j. matter. ^ iSfif For a Christian now to expect to be made , f as holy, by the grace of God, as the saints of the New Testament, so far from being pree sumption is scarcely a worthy measure of faith. ? It may be fairly said that, if we are no better , ? than those who went before us, we are not so good; for the light of their example sheds ( 'e ui>on us an influence to which nothing corres- , l' ponding was shed upon them, and thereby 1 ' gives us a clear advantage, by which, with a , s. similar measure of grace, we ought to present i , a character more complete.?Tongue of Fire. \ (1 * 1 Misery, it is said, loves company. This ( " is demonstrated by tlie fact that those who are constantly doing wrong are constantly endeavj oring to discover the wrong doings of others. ^ Their sins make them miserable, and they \ ' would fain make others miserable, too. j . ( s Supposing all the great points of Athe- ; d ism were formed into a kind of creed, I would e fain ask whether it would not require an infin- j e itely greater measure of faith than any set of | i- articles which they so violently oppose. j e . i t There is no action of man in this life < d which is not the beginning of so long a cliain 1 y of consequences as that no human providence 1 't is liigli enough to give us a prospect to the end. ? s j i- &T Conquer thyself. Till thou hast done ] r that, thou art a slave; for it is almost as well j li to be in subjection to another's appetite as ? i- thy own. * "f Many a young man began life by opposing j .. religion; but he found out, generally when it j k was too late, that he had ruined himself and , a done tlie cause of religion no harm. j There are not a few men who think they J e could manage the affairs of this world much , ET fint 1 ovmt' ilnnn mpn 7 a UriLLI llKlll V? Wl 1IUU vt VI A uvuv Mvt, " never have any corn to sell. } s qg- "The righteous man regardeth the life of \ !i his beast." If this is true, there is not much t * righteousness in some men's souls. I j The man who attends strictly to his own 1 3 business gives the world very little trouble, j * and the world troubles him but little. I r , ' 1 As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of f ,, its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame j J- that is truly precious. t &T The greatest pleasure I know is to do a s good action by stealth, and to have it found 1 I out by accident. < i 1 s flgr The nearer the soul is to God, the less its t e perturbation ; as the ]>oiut nearest the centre 1 t of a circle is subject to the least motion. c e ?* i e (3? The tender mercies of the wicked are t e cruel. Cock-fighting is a good example. i t i i, The man that cannot be ruined by whis- ? kv has not been born. > IpSttltanwttS |Uadiug. CIRCUS APPARATUS AND ACCIDENTS. The most important business, after the tents ire up, is the formation of the ''ring" and the jetting up the gymnastic machinery for the performances of the acrobats.* The "ring" is generally a little more than :orty feet in diameter, and it looks like a rude mough affair, but its preparation calls for poth care and skill. The ground for it is evelled with nicety. The barrier, a circular nound of earth of about one hundred and twenty five feet inside circumference, is raised ;o a height of somewhat over twenty inches in its inner face. It must be thick, Arm, and itrong, to bear the hard blows of a horse's ?eet or the sudden leaning on of an elephant, [t must, therefore, be banked, and pounded tvith sledge hammers, until no strain to which t can lie subjected will break it down, and it must retain 110 looseness or iinevwiutjaa, wj ;rip a horse or endanger the life of the rider, it is the work of a few hours only, but there s a man busy on almost every square yard of t while it is rising. As to the machinery for the acrobats, simple is is the appearance of the uprights and cruwiars, they must be set np with especial care, jo as to leave no i?ssibility of their breaking lown. The i>erformer using them must be ible to trust his appliances absolutely, or he could never have the courage to delight a ;rowd at the risk of his neck. His feats of skill and daring, moreover, have relation to ;he exact distances at which he has practiced ;hem, and there must be 110 variation from ;hese precise measurements in the daily adjustment of his machinery, lie, or she, as ;lie case may be, is sure to meet with what are jailed "accidents." When a "great show" recently came tothfrcity of Brooklyn, a family roup of three persons sat down together in ;he breakfast-tent. They were acrobats of insurpasaed agility and skill. A sad-faced woman, a young man of middle size, a girl justrentering her teens. There had been four 3f them prior to a recent performance, but the ;<star," an older girl, the most daring of them ill, had "missed her motion" in a feat of uncommon peril, and had fallen upon the receiving net. "She was hut slightly injured," all were told who cared or thought to ask, but the little group at the table knew that she was dying. They ]>erformed their parts, that day as skillfully as ever, though with so much more weight than usual to carry, but when the evening exhibition was over there were, in-' deed, but three of them. The fourth had gone forever. Such an. "accident" may come to the best trained and most experienced j>erformer, and yet it is mistake to suppose that acrobats are necessarily a short lived race. The constant exercise, the enforced temperance, the outof-doors life, amount in fact, to a careful observance of well known laws of health. If a professional athlete escapes the more serious disasters which are continually possible to him, it is his own fault if he does not remain for many years a man of comfortable body. Ilis worst perils do not come to him in the "ring," but during the long months when he is necessarily unemployed, and when he has no immediate and pressing need tor carerui training. For in this interval, he is in danger of relaxing his habits of careful living, and a very little over indulgence will put out of order that wonderful machine?his body?on the perfect condition of which depends his power to do the feats required of him. ? . ? HURRICANES. In the season of hot weather in the central part of the Mississippi Valley, there often ! come successions of days when the atmosphere is not stirred by the winds, but remains as still as the air in a cave. Despite the steady gain in the heat, the sky stays cloudless, or at most is flecked by those light clouds tnat lie five miles or more above the surface of the earth. All nature seems cowed beneath the fervent heats, yet there is nothing of distinct portent in earth or air. At last, towards evening there may be seen a sudden curdling of the western sky ; in a few minutes the clouds gather, coming from nowhere, growing at once in the lurid air. Li less than half an hour the forces of the storm are organized, and its dreadful advance begins. If we were just beneath the gathering clouds we should find that the air over a space of a mile or so in diameter was spinning around in a whirlpool, and while the revolving mass slowly advanced the central part moved rapidly upwards. Beginning slowly, all the movements of the storm, the whirling action, the vertical streaming of the air, its onward movement, all gain speed of motion with astonishing rapidity. In a minute or two some cubic miles of air are in a state of intense gyratory movement upwards as violently as the gasses over a volcano. To replace this strong whirling uprush, there is an indraught from every side towards the centre of the whirlwind; and asthis centre moves quickly forward, tlie rush is strongest from behind towards the advancing hurricane. The rate at which the storm goes forward is very variable, tlimigh it is generally as much as forty to one hundred miles an hour; hut this is not the measijre of its destructive power. The rending effect of the storm is much greater than would be given by a simple blast of air moving at this speed. Much of this peculiar caiwicity for destruction may perhaps be flue to the gyratory motion of the wind in the storm centre, which 011 one side of the whirlwind adds the s[>eed arising from its circular movement to the translatory velocity of the ...i.:..1.4 ifoulf S*Amo nf tlio rppnrrls t.pll lis >VII1I1?1UU 'JVUliU W*. VMV 4VVV*?*W WW.. , that houses with closed windows have been known to burst apart, as if from an explosion of gunpowder*, while others, that had their doors and windows wide open, remained essentially unharmed. It has been conjectured that this action may be due to a sudden rarefaction of the air on the outside of the building ; but this cause cannot be sufficient to produce such effects, and if such explosions occur the cause must be looked for elsewhere. After the storm is once developed, it seems very quickly to acquire its maximum of destructive power and its speed of translation. At the outset and during the period of most efficient action, the strip of country affected is generally very narrow, not often exceeding a mile in width ; as the storm advances the path seems gradually to grow wider, and the gyratory movement as well as the translatory motion of the meteor less considerable, until at last it fades into an ordinary thunder storm, m* dies into a calm. Australian Snakes.?A correspondent of Land and Water relates some interesting particulars concerning Australian snakes and their peculiarities. Among the largest is the uarpet snake, or boa, which grows to be ten or i dozen, even eighteen feet long, and as thick is a man's leg, is destructive to i>oultry, sluggish by day, nocturnal in its habits, and of larmless bite. Most of the black snaks are uglily venomous, and one, with a scarlet belly, is handsome and active. The color of snakes lepends upon the season when they change their skins. During the hot season the reptile is far brighter in tint, and far more active md i>oisonoiis, than when the temperature is low. The color also varies much with the labitant. Thus the death-adder is nearly red n a red soil country, black and gray in black soil, and brown on saud, and is exceedingly iluggish, trusting to the adaptation of his color to the ground he crawls on for safety. Nothing is more remarkable about snakes than their extraordinary faculty of making themselves invisible. A large carpet snake can uirdly be seen as he lies along a branch or toiled motionless in the fork of a tree whose wrk exactly matches his skin in color. The jreen tree snakes are invisible among ionage. 'Take your eye for a moment from a snake irnong bushes or grass, and you will hardly )ver see him again." Two yellow snakes lived 11 the correspondent's house, among the raft;rs or in the linings of the walls, where their nesenee was known by the casts of their skins which they left, for two years, without >eing seen or heard. Evidence of existence of rreat numbers of unseen snakes, is afforded jy the multitude of tracks, which may be seen n the dust of a road following a water-course, snakes seldom advance to attack a man, but generally try to get away from him, and go oward him only when he is between them ind their place of refuge. The Australian make, even the most venomous, can not fairly )e called dangerous. The correspondent nev;r knew iiersonally of a bite fatal to human ife, though he has often seen the reptiles coil hemselves round the legs of horses and bul1 ocks. "with strong presumption in every case )f a bite," but never knew of any injurious esult. Many cats and dogs, however, learn o kill snakes, "but almost always end by nissing their tip once, and fall victims to >ver confidence in themselves;" the blacks ?at all sorts, whether venomous or not, provided they kill the former kind themselves. A Cheap Cologne Water.?The only ; | perfume which never seems to offend any, and which leaves no unpleasant tang behind it is that of cologne water, which stimulates while it soothes the senses, and suggests a pleasant wholesomeness, instead of any sickish sweetness, as the best of extracts and essences and bouquets are apt to do. We do not mean of course, the cheap and common cologne water of the dniggists, which is usually very much worse than none at all ; and wont to leave, af-j ter dying, the smell of burned sugar where it j has been used often, as it is made of the poorest | spirit, and necessarily without subsequent distillation ; without regard to the fact that it requires the strongest proof or rectified spirit to dissolve the combiued oils properly where the process of distillation is not used. Indeed, with no trouble at all, any one can make in her own store room a better article of cologne than that which is usually bought, by tliornncrhlv diasnlvincr a fluid draohm of the oil of bergamot, orange and rosemary each, with half a drachm of neroli and a pint of rectilied spirit. As good as can be made out of cologne itself, however, is also quite as comfortably prepared at home as at the chemist's?at so much less than the chemist's prices that one feels warranted in using it freely?simply by mixing with one quart of rectified spirit, two fluid drachms each of the oils of bergamot and lemon, one of the oils of orange nri half as much of that of rosemary, together with three-quarters of a drachm of neroli and four drops each of the essences of ambergris and musk. If this is subsequently distilled it makes what may be called a perfect cologne, but it becomes exceedingly fine by being kept tightly stoppered for two or three months to ripen and mellow before use.?Harper's Bazaar. Ike ? 0*Me (Swpiwt. TIC TIMS OF SUBSCRIPTION s Single copy for one year, 12 50 For six months, 1 25 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 nsed for three, six, or twelve months. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ COUNTY OF YOIK-COUBT OF COMMON FLEA El. Joseph A. McLean, as Trustee for the heirs-atlaw of John H. Adams, deceased, Plaintiff, against Martha B. Lowr}'. John T, Lowry and Agnes B. Harris, Defendants.?Summons /or Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above named. YOU are hereby summoned and reqnired to answer the complaint in thisaction, which is this day herewith filed in the office of the Clerk of Com mon Pleas, fortliesaid county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on tne subscribers, at their office, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Yorkville, 8. C., February 1, A. D., 1882. Summonsand complaint endorsed: Filed February 1, 1882. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. Pis. WITHERSPOON <fc SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorneys. [L. S.] Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pleas. February 96 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ county of yoek-coubt of common pleas. J. Edward Massey, Plaintiff, against Jane B. C. Bradford, Defendant.?Summons for Money Demand?Complaint not Served. To JANE B. C. BRADFORD, Defendant in this Action: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaintin this action, which is this day herewith filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscriber, at his office, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service of this summons on yon, exclusive of the day of sncb service ; and if you fail to answer this complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will s.pply to the Court for judgment against yoii for the sum of forty- five and 10-100 dollars and costs. [L. 8.] J03. F. WALLACE, C. C. Pis. Dated Yorkville, S. C., February 17th, A. D., 1882. Summons and complaint endorsed: Filed February 17th, 1882. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. Pis. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiff's Attorney, February 23 8 fit GERMAN KAINIT, (Direct importation.) PERUVIAN GUANO, Direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Government. FISH GUANO, 6 to 8 per cent. Ammonia. NOVA SCOTIA LAND PLASTER. South Carolina GROUND PHOSPHATE, Fine Ground and High Grade. For sale by HERMANN BULWINKLE, Kerr's Wharf, Charleston, S. C. December 15 50 3m "CHERAW AND CHESTER RAILROAD." PRESIDENT AND SUP'T'S OFFICE, 1 ' Chester, S. C., Nov. 28, 1881. J ON and after November 28, 1881, the following o/thAdtiln will he run on this road daily. Sun days excepted: Leave Lancaster Depot 8.00 A. M. Leave Miller'8 Station 8.10 A. M. Leave Waxhaw Station .7 8.20 A. M. Leave River Depot 0.00 A. M. Leave Fort Lawn 9.15 A. M. Leave Cedar Shoal Factory 9.25 A. M. Leave Howze'a 8tation 0.45 A. M. Leave Richburp 10.00 A. M. Leave McDaniel's Crossing *. 10.10 A. M. Leave Knox's Station 10.20 A. M. Arrive at Chester 11.00 A. M. Leave Chester 3 50 P. M. Arrive at Lancaster Depot 6.50 P. M. Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where sold. WM. H. HARDIN, President. January 19 3 tf GARRY IRON ROOFING CO. and Cement. 79 and 81 Cohimbun Street, CIiEVEIiANTD, 03HCI0. 8end for circulars and price lists. February 20 9 ly _____ SHOULD be without DEMOREST'S MAGAZINE. It is the cheapest and best Ladies.' Book published in the United States. It is recognized as one of the best fashion guides, and is brim full of interesting reading matter, onalmost every subject that is of interest to the ladies. Now is the time to subscribe. Price only $2.00 a year. When you want any Magazine or Paper published in the United States or Canada, I will order it foryou at publisher's price. SAM M. GRIST. JTW. RAHMAN, PRACTICAL BARBER AND HAIR DRE88ER. SHOP in SPRINGS MOORE building, on first floor, in the rear of Withers Adickes' store. Easy shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dress ing and polite attention to an customers. v,i?n and give him a trial. $33* Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO. September 15 25 tf HOUSE AND LOT FOB SALE. THE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in Yorkville, known as the "Meek Place." It | is situated near the Methodist Church, and contains TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is a two-story Dwelling House, containing SIX J LARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lum- j ber house, corn-crib and stable. Terms will be made easy. j L. M. GRIST. March 10 10 tf | WANTED. Five shares of Chester and leNOIR RAILROAD STOCK. Apply at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. July 28 30 tf j OLD NEWSPAPERS, ] OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale i at one cent each, at the 1 ENQUIRER OFFTCE. September 9 37 tf THE TOZBR MRU! Ill,Tl THE MOST E A N THE MOST DUR N o w 11 SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO T. 8. JEFFF.RYS, Agent, Yorkitlle, S. C. March 16 1 AHEAD ACAir ? tvJ.LjL V iiJdi.iT : A J REPORTS from all Sections of North ami Soul claim that the WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'S I Is the BEST, MOST RELIABLE AND CHEA WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.* Which we put out for the first time last Season, has on the Market. . It is not necessary for us-to say anything about th tained from our agents or ourselves, cover the whole We will have a moderate supply of each, which a ton next Fall. If there is no Agent at your Railroa WTLC January 26 THE OLD RELIABLE I - 4 ONE OF ] THE BEST NEWSPAPERS 5 t IJST THE SOUTH. c .???. ; ? ' NO SENSATIONALISM, NO IMMORALITY. \ ?i ?# !> ?? AUaUSTA CB30SICLE AID CflfiSTiTUTlALIST 12. SUBSCRIBE FOR IT 1 j THE Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the oldest newspaper in the South, and perhaps the oldest in the United States, having been established in 1985. While thoroughly Democratic in principle, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant. The CHRONICLE contains the latest news from all part* of the world, and is recognized as a firstclass paper. As an advertising medium, it covers the country in Georgia and South Carolina tributary to c Augusta. . e We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We publish no articles of an immoral character. I TKRM8: J Daily, one year, $10 00 j Tri-Weokly, one year,... 5 00 g Weekly,one year,..". 2 00 Address WALSH A WRIGHT, f Augusta, Ga. a January 26 4 tf 9 ATTENTION! BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. 4HI*y B. M. SPRATT & CO. ( KEEP on hand a large lot of ? norms, sastt ant) blinds. 1 LUMBER, LIME AND LATHS, Dressed, Tongued and Grooved FLOORING AND CEILING. MOLDINGS, PINE AND CYPRESS SHINGLES, &C. LUMBER YARD at C. A L. N. G. Depot. DOOR, SASH AND BLIND WAREHOUSE, next door to Court House. JJ&F Prompt and careful attention given toshipping. Complete Bills for Dwellings or Store Rooms furnished at short notice. For prices Ac., address B. M. SPRATT A CO., Chester, S. C. February 2 5 3m YORKVILLE OMNIBUS. THE undersigned would remind- the public that big LIVERY STABLES, on his lot, near the Court House, are in operation, and that he is amply prepared with HORSES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIESand WAGONS, to attend to all calls that . may be made upon liira by the traveling public. I Special attention given to conveying TRAVEL- , ING SALESMEN to any point desired, in comfortable vehicles, and with careful drivers. Horses and vehicles to hire at reasonable prices. HIS NEW OMNIBUS Makes regular trips to and from the trains, and I will convey passengers to any part of the town. A FEED STABLES. a In connection with the Livery business, I am ^ also prepared to furnish feed and stabling for ^ horses, by the meal, day, week or month. My *? long experience in the Livery Business warrants me in ensuring satisfaction to all who may favor me with their patronage. A few second-hand Buggies for sale at a bargain. F. E. SMITH. February 2 14 ly J. R. SCHORB'S PH0T0-GALLER7, 5 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every A convenience, ana a determination to do my A best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in . want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all A subjects, except small children. A CMAND REPAIRING? THE undersigned would raspeceiuuy luiwrw the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rondering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to ? the original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have T them cleaned and made to look as well as new. } Work promptly done, and at the most reasons- Ir ble prices. THOMAS BALLARD. oi February 23 8 tf VN - pr APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. t* NOTICE is hereby given that the undersign- C! ed, Administrator of the estate of DEMP- w SEY COOK, deceased, will make a final settle- pi ment with the Judge oi Probate for York county, a< an the 17th day of March next, when he will C< make application for a final discharge from all V\ liability as Administrator of the said estate. U J. R. COOK, Administrator. Febrnajy f> ft 5t* fRAL STEAM ENGINE. ' ' ' ij , ' M '' * ' . CONOMICAL D ABLE ENGINE rusE. THE MANUFACTURERS, TOZER & DIAL, Colombia, 8. C. L 6m HAS USUAL! r. Lb Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, sustain our MANIPULATED GUANO PEST FERTILIZER in use, and that the S SUPEBPHOSPHATE, proved unexcelled by any ACID PH08PHATE ese Fertilizers, as the reports, which miy be obaubject, and will amply repay perusal. *n be obtained from our Agents, payable in CotJ n A A ~ U A to u .vepub, ^uur luciuimiit iaj ujuoi iu OX, GIBBS &, CO., Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. C. 4 2m JOB PRINTING. " fk WING to our superior facilities with the best l_J machine presses, an abundance of type and irst-class appointments throughout our office, ve are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OPfOB PRINTING in superior style, aud at prices hat will compare with New York or Philadelphia barges for the same quality of work and mntelals. We have recently made a reduction in >riees for the following classes of work, to which ve invite the attention of business men : HILL HEADS, i i t , : ' For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads. $3.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 8.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet till heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, living any desired number of either size of heot at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 300 For 1000 Commercial Note $2.15 $3.26 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) .. 3.00 5.0C For the above work we use a superior quality if paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in oviry instance. We also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, vhich we furnish strictly according to therequirenents of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and n proof rending exercise the utmost care to enure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds oi irinting, from a visiting card to a large volume, .nd will be pleased to furnish estimates for any tyle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkvllle. S. C. C.& L. NABB0W GAUGE BAILBOAD. ^PHFTITTT.F of Mail and PuMAnffflr Trains. 5 from Chester, S. CM to Lincolnton, N. C., nking effect at 3.15 o'clock, P. M., December 19, 881: OC INO NORTH. jeave Chester 3.15 P. M. jeave Lowrysville 3.46 P. M. jeave McConnellsrille 4.05 P. M, jeave Gutbriesvilli) 4.15 P. M. , Lrrivaat Yorkville 4.40 P. M. jeave Yorkville 4.50 P. M. jeave Clover 5.30 P. M. jeave Bowling Green 5.40 P. M. jeave Crowder's C;eek 6.50 P. M. jeave Pleasant Ridge 6.00 P. M. jeave Gastonia 0.30 P. M. jeave Dallas 6.50 P. M. jeave Hardin's 7.15 P. M. Lrrive at Lincolnton 7.45 P. M. <GO [NO SOUTH. jeave Lincolnton, 7.00 A. M. jeave Hardin's 7.25 A. M. jeave Dallas 7.50 A. M. Lrrive at Gastonia* 8.10 A. M. jeave Gastonia. ?.?. 8 30 A. M. jeave Pleasant Ridge ..8.50 A. M. jeave Crowder's Creek .. 9.00 A. M. jeave Bowling Green.. 9.10 A. M. jeave Clover 9.26 A. M. trrive at Yorkville 10.00 A. M. jeave Yorkville 10.10 A. M. jeave Guthriesville 10.35 A. M. jeave McConnellsville 10.50 A. M. jeave Lowrysville 11.10 A. M. irrive at Chester 11.40 A. M. Breakfast. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. December 22 51 tf tICHMOND AND DANVILLE EAILE0AD. AWS* If jEMaLia! w XrSZ. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. rvN and after February 26th, 1882, Passenger Lf Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte Lir-Line division of this road will be as follows: EASTWARD, Mail and Express, Mail. No. 51. No. 58. ,eave Atlanta, 2.15 P. M.. 5.00 A. M. Lrrive at Gainesville 4.54 P. M. 7.65 A. M. Lrrive at Lula, 5.26 P. M. 8.30 A. M. Lrrive at Rabun Gap J' unc 6.22 P. M. 9.13 A. M. irrive a? Toccoa, 7.06 P. M. 10.06 A. M. Lrrive at Seneca, .8.24 P. M. 11.20 A. M. .H-ive at Greenville, 10.08 P. M. 1.25 P. M. .rrive at Spartanburg,...11.40 P. M. 2.58 P. M. .rrive at Gastonia, 2.06 A. M. 5.10 P. M. .rrive at Charlotte, 3.15 A. M. 6.00 P. M. WESTWARD. Mail and Express. Mail. No. 50. No. 52. reave Charlotte, 12.40 A. M. 11.05 A. M. .rrive at Gastonia, 1.35 A. M. 12.02 F. M. rrive at Spartanburg 4.04 A. M. 2.X5 P. M. rrive at Greenville, 5.32 A. M. 4.09 P. M. rrive at Seneca, 7.15 A. M. 5.54 P. M. rrive at Toccoa 8.28 A. M. 7.05 P. M. i rrive at Rabun Gap Junc.9.32 A. M. 8 00 P. M. rrive at Lula, 10.18 A. M. 8.43 P. M. rrive at Gainesville, 10.51 A. M. 9.15 P. M. rrive at Atlanta, 1.40 P. M. 12.05 A. M. T. M. R. TALCOTT, General Manager. I. Y. 8AGE,8uperintendent. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. March 9 8 tf TURBINE WATER WHEELr ~\Te have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TURBINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's ivention. We are working a 134-inoh Wheel the same kind, and there is no better Water fheel made for the same money. Those who m template using a Turbine Wheel can do no stter than to gel one of these Wheels. We have irculars giving all the details in regard to the orking of it, and with the sale you have the "ivilege of trying the Wheel, aud if it does not > as represented, the money will be refunded, ime and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine rbeel, Manufactured by the8ERGEANT MANFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. ' HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkvllle, S. C. February 10 47 tf