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llttttWMitsi ?epartweat. The World on an "Average."?"What I was gwine to remark," said Brother Gardner, as the back end of Paradise Hall grew quiet, "was to say to you dat de pusson who expects to enjoy dis life must make up his mind to strike de world on de gineral average. He who neglects to do so will meet daily sorrows and disappointments. Doan' expect dat de man who happens to agree wid you on de weather is saritin to agree wid you on politics. It doan' foller dat de man who agrees wid you on politicks will feel bound to accept your kind of religion. De fack dat you lend a nay bur your shovel doan' bind him to lend you his wheelbarrer. He who looks for honesty whar he finds gray hairs will be as sadly disappointed as he who argues dat an old coat am de sign of a thief or a beggar. Put faith in human natur', an yet be ebber ready to doubt. I expect to meet so many mean men in de course of a year. I expect de summer will be hot and de winter cold. I expect to have chilblains in December an' shakes of de ager in April. I expect dat a certain per cent, of dis world's population will lie to me and steal my cabbages, frow stones at my dog, an' hit me wid a brickbat as I go home from the lodge. On de odder hand, ?i r i- -i-Ji? T nuf wnen i come iu swiive ur nvei^o, x nm puv my hand on deman who will lend me money, go ' on my bond, speak well of me, and set up all night to protect me. No man is perfeck. He may strike you at fust sight as werry good or werry bad, but doan decide until you average him. He may crawl under the canvas to see a circus, and yit pay his pew rent in advance. He may lie to* you as to how he voted, an yit tell the truth about a spavined hoss. lie may cuss you on the street and yit be a tender father at home. He may encourage a dogfight, and yit walk a mile to restore a lost child to its parents. Accept no man for his fine talk; reject no man for his old clothes ; stand him out in de sunlight and average him. You will be sartin to find suthin bad about him, but you will be sartin to find sunthin good." How was it, Anyhow ??One summer, in the years agone, while a camp-meeting was in progress in Eaton county, Michigan, there arrived on the ground a bully named Miller, who had made a vow to lick Elder Johnson and break up the whole business. The Elder heard the pews with calm composure, and as soon as at liberty he hunted up a worldly friend of his own, and asked : "Friend Smith, didn't you use to fight in your younger days ?" "Ab 1 Elder, I have had many a turn with the boys." "And what is the effect of a sudden blow between the eyes ?" "It astonishes and humbles." "Is there any danger of killing a man by such a blow ?" "Never knew a case of it." The Elder went his way with a serene smile on his face. Miller had his coat off and was hunting for him, and they met face to face as they turned a wagon. Miller started to crack his heels and crow, but he never finished. The Elder took him one square blow between the lookers without stopping the pace, and it took twelve rowdies, three dippers of water and two quarts of whisky to revive the patient ana get mm on me grounas. uue day, a year afterward, he met the Elder, and seriously asked: "Elder, some of the boys say I was kicked by a horse, and others stick to it that I was struck by lightning; but I've always had a suspicion that you hit me with a provision stand. How was it, anyhow ?" A Child's Notion About Thunder.?It is seldom that any but distant rumbles of thunder are heard here in this part of Nevada. The sharp, rattliug peals that reut the air yesterday were, therefore, something new and astonishing to most of the youngsters of the city. While some rushed to their homes with eyes distended and hair flying, others darted forth into the open air and begun gazing about to see what had "busted." One bright little fellow who was standing on a porch watching the descending hail as it rattled upon the ground, when the first heavy crash came, pushed indoors, crying : "Oh ma, ma! Who's a-shooting ?" "God, my dear," quietly said the mother. "What did He do it for ?" "Well, I presume to show us that He is abroad in the storm?that He is everywhere." "Well?well," with eyes fairly popping from his head, "I'll bet?I'll bet " "What, my dear ?" "I'll bet He busted His gun that time !"? Viryina City Enterprise. Just a Common Liar.?"Old B." says that some years ago in a Carolina town a crazy man was brought before an examining board to settle the question as to whether or not he should be sent to the asylum in Columbia. After the doctor got through with his examination one of the committee, an old farmer, said : "My friend, did you ever borrow any bags or jugs ?" "Yes, lots of them." "Did you ever borrow your neighbor's newspaper ?" "Yes, many a time." "Well, now, what became of the jugs, bags and newspapers V" "Why I carried them all back." The old farmer gave a blow almost as loud as "Nancy Hart's" whistle, and said : "Gentlemen, he's no lunatic ! Just simply a common liar, and all the asylums in the world won't cure a man of lying."?Hartwell Ga., Sun. Stir the Others Up.?"Excellent sermon this morning," said Deacon Good Will to his neighbor, as they lingered in the vestibule to shake hands with the brethren. "Well, purty good ; purty good. Ain't quite up to old Parson Slocura. He used to give it to 'em straight. He preached agin wickedness in the land." "To be sure, but this man preaches right to us, personally." "That's jest the trouble. I go to church to hear other folks pitched into. I don't want to be rankled up myself." Just then the minister came along, and with a dubious shake of the head he cut short his remarks. .? ? ? -+ fg" "Our little Bobby," of four years had been lectured by his aunt on the evil of disobedience to - parents, and the example was showed him of a boy who disobeyed his mother and went to the river and got drowned. "Whaf fliH Hiov fin u'ifli liim V" usl-pr) HfiK by after a moment's reflection. "Carried him home," replied the aunt, with due solemnity. After turning the matter over in his mindprofitably, it was hoped?he looked up and closed the conversation by asking, "Why didn't they chuck him in again ?" Early in life Lord Chief Justice Holt was very dissipated, and belonged to a club of wild fellows, most of whom took an infamous course of life. One day when his lordship was engaged at the Old B. place, a man was convicted to highway robbery whom the judge remembered to have been one of his oldcorapan; v... ir^if Hio JUIJ3. iU'JYCU UY V.I1I lUOllv^ Alum Ylllliniiifj vtiv, prisoner did not know him, asked what had become of his old associates. The culprit, making a low bow and fetching a deep sigh, replied : "Ah, my lord, they are all hanged but your lordship and me." A man was recently accused in Paris of having stolen a pair of trousers from a dealer in the Temple. There were several witnesses, but the evidence was rather meagre, and so the accused was acquitted. He was told that he might go "without a stain on his character." but there he stood motionless. At length, he leaned over the side of the dock, and whispered, "The fact is, sir, I do not like to move till the witnesses have left the court." "Why is that ?" "Because sir, I am now wearing the trousers I stole." "Yes," he said to his confidential friend, "I am engaged to her, and I suppose 1 ought to be very happy; but somehow I am worried about a possible former attachment of hers. There's that infernal blackguard, Jones, who?" "Why, you stupid fellow she hates him like poison." "Yes, yes, I know?that's what troubles me. She hates him too bitterly not to have loved I him once." Well Turned.?A traveler reports a clever repartee in the old Cathedral at Santa Fe. Several aged Mexican women were kneeling on the bare floor, moaning in prayer. "Well " said a looker on, "Don't that beat the devil r" "I guessthat is what they are trying to do," was the quiet reply of a companion. ?zm and fireside. THE STOCK LAW-SOILING CATTLE. One of the best evidences we have of the progressive spirit of the farming and planting people of the Southern States, is shown in the onward march of the stock-law. County after county has adopted it and others will follow this summer. The question then as to the most economical method of ke.eping stock under the changed condition of tilings involved in the adoption of the stock law, is just now an important one. Of course this will depend very much upon the circumstances surrounding each individual. Some may have ample natural or prepared pasturage for their stock. Those who have the pasturage and can afford to use their lands in that way, live nothing to do except to fence in a sufficient area to support the amount of stock thev propose to keep, and provide food for winter. In either case, whether the stock are soiled or pastured, ensilage is the cheapest means of supplying winter forage. If the soiling plan is adopted it is important to provide a succession of crops to be cut and fed through the entire season. For winter and early spring nothing equals barley and rye. Tli's may be followed by lucerne, which is ready for cutting in April and again every month 01 two, according to the character of the season as to a supply of moisture. This is a forage plant which is not properly appreciated in the South. It affords early, continuous, late and abundant cuttings of stock food unsurpassed in nutritive properties. It should be sown in drills, fifteen inches apart in September on well manured and thoroughly prepared land. In favorable seasons it may be cut as often as six times between April and November. Next to lucerne, the oat crop may be used in a green state, to l>e followed by clover and grasses, corn forage, the millets, comfrey, etc. No one who has not tried soiling has any idea how small an aera of fertile soil is required to furnish an animal an abundant supply of green food throughout the year, if it is kept constantly occupied, following each crop promptly with another. Those living in counties in which the the stock law has been adopted, should try this system. Cattle really do better, if kept in a comfortably shaded lot or any airy shed and soilfed, than if allowed to run out on such pastures as are generally accessible 011 the commons. Besides this, the owner, has choice of the parentage of the calves?a matter of no small consideration?when it is remembered that a half Jersey heifer calf is worth from ten to twenty times as much as a scrub. We know farmers are naturally averse to adopting new systems, but as their surrounding circumstances change, they must adapt their practice to them.?Southern World. The Increased Acreage in Grain.? The increased acreage devoted to wheat and oats, estimated from reports made by the reliable corps of correspondents of the Department, who are farmers themselves, must be gratifying to all the people of the State. It indicates future progress and prosi>erity ; it means that our people have determined to be producers as well as consumers ; it means that they intend to live at home and not depend on other sections to supply them with the necessaries of life ; it means that we are to be a free people, and release ourselves from the thraldom of debt; it means that we will show at least our high appreciation of the great blessings nature has conferred uj>ori us ; it means, the speedy development of our unlimited resources?and it means future prosperity une qualed by the past. If the unfavorable seasons of last year taught our people the futility of the exclusive culture of cotton, what was thought to be almost disastrous to the agricultural interests of the State will not be an unmixed evil. Blesssngs sometimes come in disguise, and if the increased attention to home products has been Caused by the losses of last year, it may be so in this case. There is no reason why we should not produce all the breadstuffs we consume, and there are many reasons why we should. In addition to the increased amount of wheat and oats raised at home this year, the straw will be of considerable value if properly housed. But the great advantage to be derived from a larger production is, that the money that has heretofore gone abroad will remain in the State, to enrich our own people. Whenever we shall produce all the necessaries of life, as we can do, we may be assured that our financial redemption is at hand?and we note with sincere pride and satisfaction that Hip npnnlo hiivp mndp ? sulfndid heyinninfr ill that direction.?Monthly Report S. C. Department of Agriculture. Less Cotton* but More Food.?The Cincinnati Enquirer of recent date, in an article showing the condition of the crops has this to report: "The falling off in the acreage of this season's cotton crop may fairly be regarded as a surprise. As reported by Bradstrcet'a Journal on Saturday, the decrease compared with 1881, is 0 per cent. Yet we are told that this falling off of some 070,000 acres is not due to the heavy overflows from the Mississippi and its tributaries last spring, as other reports from that region had previously intimated. "In the report published on Saturday, it was shown that the decrease in cotton acreage was heaviest in Georgia, being 232,853 acres. In Alabama the falling off was large also, 181,897 acres; and in Mississippi, the loss in cotton acreage was given at 102,387 acres. These States, then, are credited with the heaviest losses. Florida and Virginia are said to have the same acreage this as last year, and in Missouri the loss is of little moment. In the other cotton States the decreases vary from 53,000 to 70,000 acres. There can be but one explanation to this conspicuous contraction of the cotton area, and that may be briefly expressed as the necessity for "hog and hominy." The acreage to wheat, corn and oats, has very largely increased in the South this year, and the indications are that the fanners are more than ever determined to raise diversified crops. This is the most welcome intelligence from that region received since the development of an "industrial South." If steadily pursued, it must root out the oernicious svstem of mortgaging crops, generally all one crop. This will emancipate the Southern farmer financially." The wisdom of this new departure will be more apparent next winter, in both making and saving money for the South. The outlook for a large yield of corn in the west is not promising. ? ? ? Firming the Soil.?Mr. Peter Henderson, one of the best authorities on matters of practical agriculture and horticulture, has the following to say c eerning the importance of "firming" the soil about trees and plants, and of the method generally adopted by the inexperienced : "The firming of the soil is even of more importance in the case of plants than of seeds, as their rootlets are more sensitive to the influence of a dry, hot atmosphere.- The practical nurseryman generally understands this, but the inexperienced amateur seldom does, and when he receives.his package of trees or plants from the nurseryman handles them as if they were glass ; every broken twig or root calls forth a complaint, and he proceeds to plant them, gingerly straightening out each root and sifting the soil around them, but he would no more stamp down that soil than he would stamp on his mother's grave. So the plant, in nine cases out of ten, is left loose and waggling ; the air penetrates through the soil to its roots, the winds shake it, it shrivels up and falls to the ground, and then come the anathemas on the head of the unfortunate nurseryman, who is charged with selling him dead trees or plants." As all kinds of stock thrive better by having a variety of feed, our reader should not forget that any time within a month yet will answer for sowing millet, which on rich, clean ground in good tilth will produce anywhere from two to five tons per acre, that will serve the purpose of both hay and grain for entile linrsps and sheen, vonny or old. that they greatly relish. One of the largest sorts, sometimes called "Golden," and sometimes "German" millet (not Hungarian) is probably best to yield either fodder or seed; but unless an abundance of seed is used the stalks will grow so coarse that nothing will eat them. If from three to four i>eeks per acre is evenly sown, the growth will be so fine that all will eat them. \Ve have never known of a case where loo muck seed was used, but the mistake of using too little is very common.? Mirror. (gr- The artificial foods used for young horses should be rich in flesh formers, like clover, hay, beans, i?eas, oats and linseed cake. A few cut turnips daily aid digestion and tend to maintain the general health, c Miscellaneous Reading The General Laav of the Highavay.Mr. II. A. Haigh, LL. D., of Detroit, Mich gives a resume of the laAvs on the above su ject, in the American Agriculturist forJun from Avhich Ave extract the folloAving: It is a general doctrine of law in this coui try that the land in the highway belongs 1 the oAvners of land lying along each sid With a few exceptions the American far extends to the middle of the road, and tl public has only the right to pass and repa there in an orderly manner, and the right I keep the way in repair. Every other use < the highway which does not interfere Avil this public right, belongs to the farmer ownir the adjacent land. He owns the soil, gras trees, stones, and gravel, and everything eli upon the surface or under it, and may ui omr nr.iif f ln?f /1/AOO 1A/Af offuof f I ilium <111 HI (IUJ n (l J tllllU UVtO HUD (tllVV/U VI public right of passage ; and the law will pr tect his ownership in them just as much i though they were inside his fence. No otln person has any more right to pasture h stock there than in inclosed lands; nor c;i he hitch his horse to a tree there withoi being liable for the tresspass, esi>ecially if tl horse should gnaw the tree or do other dar age ; he can, in fact, only pass orderly alon As to road fences, the laws do not, with tl possible exception of those of New York abo^ noted, impose any obligation ; and the farmi may, if lie chooses, remove such fences, wit out impairing his right of action against tl owners of any domestic animals that ent and do damage by that means. If a person lets his cattle go in the highwa he is liable* for the trespass they commit 1 simply being there unlawfully ; for the gra they consume, for the injury they occasion the sod or by barking the trees, and for ai other damages they may do. If, while ther they hook, or kick, or bite any person lai fully using the way, he would be liable f the injury. A man once turned his horse in a public place where children were playin one of whom began switching the horse, whi< turned and kicked and killed the child. I was convicted of manslaughter. Notwitstaiuling the fact that the farmer owi the land of the road, he cannot use it himse for any purpose which at all interferes wi the public rights there. He cannot put li wood piles, wagons, or pig pens; and if 1 does, and the traveler runs into them in tl night and is injured, he would not only liable for the private damages sustained (Linsley vs. Bushnell, lo Conn. 225) but 1 may be indicted for obstructing a public wa A Veky Odd Incident.?The South boui freight train on the North Carolina Ivailro: ran over a little negro child about four yea old between the Yadkin river bridge and Sf isbury on Saturday. The engineer saw th it would be impossible to stop the train befo it reached the spot where the child wassittin and swinging himself out of the window, stai ed to crawl along the engine to its front, wii the intention of picking up the child befo the cow catcher struck it. lie would prob bly have succeeded in this perilous unde taking, but a lunge of the engine caused hi to lose his balance, and he was percipitati down an embankment, lie Dad Hardly i gained his feet before a piercing scream w heard and he knew that the child had bei run down. The engine stopped within i length after striking the child, and then tl horrible task of pulling the mangled body o from under the wheels began. The body hi been cut in two as cleanly as if done wi a knife?the head part falling to one sid and the legs to the other. A shudder rs through the engineer when he picked up t head and body of the child, and the sens tions he experienced when it broke into cry, were indescribable. lie hastily laid upon the ground, when it uttered the mo agonizing screams for full two minutes befo it gave a gasp and died. It was a strange e perience to hear a dismembered body cryin | and was well calculated to make the witness shudder. The body of the child was turn over to its mother, who lived in a cabin ne by.?Charlotte Observer. Old-Time Ciiukcii-Sleeping.? It is mo than two hundred years ago that Rev. Dr. Sai uel Whittingwas minister in Lynn, Mass. x that time one Obadiah Turner kept a journ and wrote therein as follows: "Allen Brydg hath been chose to wake up ye sleepers in me< ing, and being much proud of his place mu need have a fox tail fixed to ye end of a loi staff wherewith he may brush the faces them who will have naps in time of sermo] likewise a sharp thorn, wherewith he in prick such as be most sound. On ye last Lo his day, as he trotted about ye meeting hous he did spy Mr. Tomlins sleeping with ve much comfort, his head kept steady by beii in ye corner and his hand grasping ye ra And soe spying, Allen did quicklie thrust 1 staff behind Dame Holland and gave him grievous prick upon ye hand; whereupon M Tomlins did spring up much above ye Hoc and with great force strike his hand against wall, and also, to ye surprise of all, prophanl exclaim in a loud voice, 'Cuss ye woodchuck he dreaming, as it seemed, that a woodchu< had bit his hand. On coming to know wlie lie was, and ye great scandal he had committe he seemed much abashed, but did not spek' and I think he did not againe go to sleep meeting. Ye women may sometimes sleep ai none know it by reason of their enormous bo nets. Mr. Whitting doth pleasantlie say tli from ye pulpit he doth seem to be preaching stacks of straw, with men jotting here ai there among them." Important Insurance Decision.?B tween the years 1850 and 1858, George Dav insured his life several times in the New Yoi Life Insurance Company. The amount of tl l>olicies was $9,000, which sum, it was prov ded, should go to Mrs. Mary Davis, Georj Davis' wife, or, in the event of her death, 1 her children. Mrs. Davis died in 18UH. S years later George Davis gave up the policii to the insurance company in consideration < a certain sum of money. lie gave a recei] for this money, as the guardian of hischildrei all but one of whom had reached majority b fore the surrender took place. After his deal in 1879, his children learned of the former e istence of the policies upon his life, and of tl manner if which they were disposed of. Th< then demanded the payment of the insurance offering in advance to pay the premiums tin accrued after the i>olicies were surrendere< As the insurance company refused to pay, suit was begun on the ground that the surra der of the policies was void. Judge Van Vor decided, in the Supreme Court, special tern recently, that the interest in the policies ha' ing been in his children, George Davis had i right to surrender them without their consen and that the transaction between him and tl insurance company was, therefore, void.?JVc York' Times. A Very Wise Bird.?A black vultur known as the gallinazo, is a very familiar o1 ject on the Isthmus of Panama. One sees everywhere, perched on heaps of refuse or en ployed in its great service of cleaning tl streets, by removing the carrion. The gall nazo is of a uniform black, but its head ar neck are entirely devoid of feathers. The ii habitants of Panama have a reason to gn for this baldness. At oned,ime, they, say tl gallinazo had feathers on its head. After tl deluge Noah, on opening the door of the arl thought it well to give a word of advice to tl released animals : "My children," said he, "when you see man coming toward you and stooping dowi get away from him. He is getting a stone 1 throw at you." "Very good," exclaimed the gallinazo ; "hi what if he have one already in his pocket ?" Noah was somewhat taken back at the repl; fl?o /ra11sitq7a diAll] <11 III Ut'UMU'U UIclL III 1 limits UIC unvui be born bald, in token of its remarkable si gacity. # Our Bodies after Death.?"Within a vei near approach to truth, the human family ii habiting the earth has been estimated at 1,000 000,000; the annuaMoss by death is 18,000,00* Now, the weight of'the animal matter of th immense body cast into the grave is no les than 635,000 tons, and its decomposition pr< duces 0,000,000,000,000 cubic feet of matte The vegetable productions of the earth cle; away from the earth the gases thus generate! decomposing and assimilating them for the own increase. This circle of changes has nee going on ever since man became an occupit of the earth. lie feeds on the lower animal and on the seeds of plants, which in due tim become a part of himself. The lower animal feed upon the herbs and grasses which, inthei turn, become the animal; then, by its deatl again pass into the atmosphere, and are read once more to be assimilated by plants, tli earth or bone substance alone remaining whei it is deposited. [. leading fat the ^ahhath. ? CONDUCTED BT j-) REV. ROBERT LATH AN. ^i [Ordinal.} THE ATONEMENT. t0 Jesus Christ came into the world to save e. sinners. All the names given him imply this, m lie is called our redeemer, and as redeemer he ie executes the office of a prophet, and of a priest, 33 and of a king. As a prophet, he instructs his people by his word and spirit; as a king, he ;1j rules over his people, subduing all his own enig emies and all the enemies of his people. It s, was as a priest that Jesus Christ made an se atonement for the sins of his people. The se principal functions of the priesthood of Christ 0_ are the satisfaction he rendered to the law and justice of God's law, and his continual interer cession in behalf of his people. The atoneis ment was made here upon earth ; the interces- j L" sion is made in heaven. The atonement was j j complete in all its parts, and finished in every tJ_ respect, when, eighteen hundred years ago, he g. died upon the cross. The work of intercesle sinn is still going 011, and will continue until lTP nil fho vmlonmn/l oua ooirnd villi Rml Ill'lPPrl ~ tWl tug 4 UUCUlilCll (UU i}(VYCU iiviii U*?? w?v% r*..vv* ?r on God's "right hand, where there are pleasures forever more." By atonement is meant Pr that satisfaction which Jesus Christ Hindered to the law of God in the stead of his people, y, thus restoring peace between God and man. It is manifest that no mere creature could ^ reinstate man in God's favor. The individual iy who would undertake the work of making an t>j atonement must, of necessity, receive the ap,v pointment from God ; lie must be jiossessed of or our nature ; he must be without sin, and yet under the law. The Scriptures teach us that God sent his {e son into the world, that he was made of a woman, that he was separate from sin, and that is he was under the law. Jesus Christ, then, acslf cording to the testimony of the Sciiptures, kh possessed all the necessary prerequisites in orJj? der to undertake the work of redemption. Ij^ The question may be asked, What did Christ be do in order to save sinners ? To this it may ? be replied, He obeyed the law. One, and a very important relation, which y* Christ sustained to his people was that of a 1(1 surety. A surety is one who stands for or in id the stead of another. As a surety Christ was rs made under the law as demanding obedience and threatening death. The law was broken *e by Adam, but this did not release Adam from ? the obligation to obey the law. All Adam's t- i>osterity became involved in the results of his th transgression. As a surety, Christ obeyed the re preceptive part of the law, and" satisfied its il" nenal demands. He was obedient unto death. Christ was more than a surety, he was a subed stitute. The law of God demanded blood, e- Man, by his sin, exposed himself to God's as wrath and curse. For sin, and in the room of Bn the sinner, Jesus Christ died, the just for the ? unjust. ut There are some persons who hold that sin id cau be pardoned and the sinner saved without th an atonement. If this be true^ we may safely le, conclude that no atonement was made. God never does unnecessary things. ^ The necessity of an atonement is involved 'a in the purpose of God to save sinners. It is it true that no absolute necessity compelled God 'St to provide a satisfaction for sin. We may say re that in the exercise of all the attributes of his x" holy nature, he might have left Adam in his ,|g sins, as angels who kept not their first estate ed were left. This he did not do, but purposed ar to save sinners of Adam's race through a redeemer. That this purpose to save sinners re might be carried out, it was necessary that an atonement be made. This was demanded by \t the holiness of God. Such is the holiness of al God that he cannot look upon sin without dises approbation. To pardon sin or not to punish sin, which is the same thing, without satisfaction, would be doing a great violence to the of holy nature of God. Both the guilt and ]>oli; lution of sin must lie removed, or God never ay can save the sinner; The necessity for an n* atonement arises from the simple fact that it is the purpose of God to save sinners, and j,r this purpose must be carried out in strict acil. cordance with the holiness of God. lis The justice of God demands that an atoner a ment be made, in order that the purpose to ^ save may be consummated. .1 ustice is that at^ tribute of God's nature which prompts him to [ie do right. It is right to punish the wicked and !' bestow all promised blessings upon the rightJk eous. Mercy pleads that the sinner be spared, re but iustice demands that he die. All that ; sovereignty can do is to provide a substitute j?' for the sinner. God was under no necessity M1 to provide this substitute, except the necessity n- arising from the purpose to save sinners. In at accordance with this purpose to save, the substitute is furnished, and the claims of justice are met, and the cry of mercy is heard. But the goodness of God demands that an atonee raent be made in order to the salvation of sinis ners. rk The object of goodness, as exercised by God, le is to make his creatures happy. Happiness and sin are incompatible. There can lie no l0 misery where there is no sin, and where there ix is sin there must be misery. To treat all alike, es irrespective of their acts, would not be an evidence of goodness. The remains of goodness P* in man revolts at the idea of placing the obee' dient and the disobedient oil a level. Were ;i! such a course adopted by men generally, it x- would effectually remove all incentives to the ie practice of virtue, and encourage vice and imJy morality. The goodness of God, as well as the justice of God, prompts him to do right, j and right consists in bestowing all promised 5l rewards upon the obedient, and in inflicting 11- all the threatened punishments upon the disost bedient. 11, v- Design of the Ministry.?Let it bewrit10 ten in letters of light, that the conversion of t, the soul of apostate man to God is the chief le design of the ministry. The preacher of the ic gospel is not merely a teacher of a sacred science ; lie is instruinentally the converter of men's souls to God. And it seems to be evee, rywhere taken for granted, in the Scriptures, b- that the right means for conversion would be it followed with the intended result. Hut for the n- accomplishment of this end?real conversion ie to God?we need a holy unction from above, a i- yearning over souls, and a wrestling with God id in earnest prayer. 11- Let him, then, who is not blessed in the confe version of souls?who does not hear the quesie tion, "What shall I do to be saved V" add resale ed, and often addressed to liirn, by anxious ink, quirers? say, and sorrowfully say, 4lI am loie sing the end of my ministry. I am wearing out my life without fruit that will follow me a into eternity, and be my crown of rejoicing in ), the day of Christ Jesus."?J. A. Juhics. o Turn Your Face to the Light.?It had ! it been one of those days on which everything i goes contrary, and I had come home tired and y, discouraged. As I sank into a chair, I groaned, Id "Everything looks dark, dark !" "Why don't A rmn4in tl- yuu Lmil jruui late iu tiicu^iit, auiuic, ucai ; ' said my little niece, who was standing unperceived beside me. y "Turn your face to the light!" The words i 1- set me to thinking. That was just what I ' - had not been doing. I had persistently kept 6 my face in the opposite direction, refusing to is see the faintest glimmer of brightness. Art- . ss less little comforter 1 She did not know what > healing she had brought. Years have gone by r. since then, but the simple words have never ir been forgotten. ir Give It A Wide Bektii.?Said a river! n pilot: "I always give the point of that bar a j ir wide berth. I've struck on it twice." Like , Is wisdom would often save God's people from i ie sin. The places and people, and thoughts j Is which have caused them to transgress are to be ; ir avoided. We are not only to pray, "Lead us j i, not into temptation," but to watch that we j y "enter not into temptation." The prayer will j ,e do little good if he who prays goes straightway e into the danger from which he asked deliverance. I ?he f ojferillc inquirer. TERMS OF1 SUBSCRIPTION: 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. jjSOr Contracts will bo made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six. Ay fxxrOITTQ mAnfhu J. J. SMITH & CO. CLOSING OUT7 WE are determined to close out our entire stock of Dry Goods, and in order to do so we have reduced our prices on ALL LINKS OF GOODS. Dress Goods worth 1574 cents, reduced to 25 cents ; the styles usually sold at 334 cents, reduced to 20 cents, and those usually sold at 25 cents, reduced to 103 cents. Our Goods are fresh and of desirable j styles, and at the prices we now offer them, THERE IS A BARGAIN IN THEM, j Don't fail to examine for yourselves before you | buy. Our stock of CASSIMERES AND COTTONADES Is full and complete. We also offer groat Bargains in these lines. READY-MADE CLOTHING. Great reductions in the prices, and Bargains of- i fered in Gents' Ready-Made Clothing Some beautiful fancy Cassimere Suits, reduced from I ?16.00 to $12.50, IF YOU WANT BARGAINS I ' In Ladies', Misses' and Children's SHOES, Gents' i SHOES and HATS, eomeatonce before our stock ' is exhausted. Those who come with the money | shall have the benefit of our low prices. J. .T. SMITH .V. GO. ?m?j??wm m?mwi wimawr i ! C.& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. -dr" J _>-C. V jZ Bl#^ SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, S. C., to I. incolnton, N. C., taking effect at 2.45 o'clock, P. M., May 2, 1882: | GOING NORTH. Leave Chester 2.45 P. M. Leave Lowrysville 3.15 P. M. Leave McConnellsville 3.35 P. M Leave Gnthriesville 3.45 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville 4.10 P. M. Leave Yorkville 4.20 P. M. Leave Clover : 5.00 P. M. Leave Bowling Green 5.10 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek 5.20 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge 5.30 P. M. Leave Gastonia 0.00 P. M. Leave Dallas 0.20 P. M. Leave Hardin's ....0.45 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton !...7.15 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave Lincolnton, 7.00 A. M. Leave Hardin's 7.25 A. M. ! Leave Dal las, 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Gaston ia* 8.10 A. M. Leave Gastonia 8 30 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge 8.50 A. M. j Leave Crowder's Creek 9.00 A. M. j Leave Bowling Green 9.10 A. M. i Leave Clover 9.25 A. M. | Arrive at Yorkville 10.00 A. M. 1 Leave Yorkville 10.10 A. M. i Leave Guthriesville 10.35 A. M. Leave McConnellsville 10.50 A. M. ! Leave Lowrysville 11.10 A. M. ! Arrive at Chester 11.40 A. M. j Breakfast. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. May 4 18 tf I CHERAW AND CHESTER~RAILROAD. ! PRESIDENT AND SUP'T'S OFFICE,) Chkstkr, S. O., Nov. 28, 1881. j . ON and after November 28, 1881, the following ' schedule will be run on this road daily, Sundays excepted: Leave Lancaster Depot 8.00 A. M. j Leave Miller's Station 8.10 A. M. Leave Waxhaw Station 8.20 A. M. | Leave River Depot 9.00 A. M. r 1.^-f t o is a M i ucayc A'v/iu uan ... .... . Leave Cedar Shoal Factory 9.25 A. M. | Leave IIowzo's Station 9.45 A. M. ! Leave Richhurg 10.00 A. M. I Leave McDaniel'.s Crossing 10.10 A. M. i 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 0.50 P. M. Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where sold. WM. 11. HARDIN, President. Jan u?r j' 19 3 tf YORKVILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE, ARE now open and will be kept in first class style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, good horses and careful drivers. IF YOU WANT A nice Horse and Buggy, or A nice pair of Horses and Buggy, or The Yorkviile Omnibus, or If you want your horses fed for 25 cents per meal, go to SMITH'S Livery and Feed Stables. CINCINNATI BUGGIES. Just received, 6 nice Cincinnati Buggies, for sale at $65 each for top, and $55 each for open. Also a good second-hand Carriage, and one double-seat Spring Wagon for sale cheap. Call and examine them. , WANTED. 80A dozen bundles good sheaf Oats and 800 bushels Red and White Oats, for which I will pay the market price, if delivered at my stables soon. F.E.SMITH. CHATTEL MORTGAGES" MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OEFTOE. OLD NEWSPAPERS, OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFTCE 1 THE TOZER MRICUIiT! T?H THE MOST E A X THE MOST DUE 1STOW II SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO T. S. JEFFEKYS, Agent, Yorkvillc, S. C. March 10 1 THE ( HARTFORD I J tf cl Sewing- Maehine. J i w JUST PERFECTED. ii The Largest under Arm. ' s The Lightest and Quietest. ! p TIIE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. | J The Least Vibration of any. j _ A Galaxy of New Patents. Pall-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife edge Treadle-bearing. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands 1 and Woodwork. I ? Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. J1 1 I The well-known and popular 1 il "FAMILY FAVORITE." 2 j Is also manufactured by us. I For finely illustrated descriptions apply to 1 W. C. LATIMER Yorkville, S. C. 1 W. G. RE ID & CO., Rock Hill, S. C. J WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, I t HARTFORD, CONN. r r April 0 14 tf \ THE OLD RELIABLE! I ONE OF THE BEST NEWSPAPERS IN THE SOUTH. ? - - <> !? no sensationalism, no immorality. r - AUGUSTA Mil il CBSSTITITIONALIST 1882. i SUBSCRIBE FOR IT ! ^ fJXHE Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the I 1_ oldest newspaper in the South, and perhaps i the oldest in the United States, having been es- f tablished in 1985. While thoroughly Democratic ' in principle, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant. -s The CHRONICLE contains the latest news from J all parts of the world, and is recognized as a first- ( class paper. r As an advertising medium, it covers the ooun- ( try in Georgia and South Carolina tributary to \ Augusta. ' We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We publish no articles of an immoral character. 'I'JtuKJis: Daily, one year, 810 00 Tri-Weekly, onoyear, 500 Weekly,one year, 2 00 Address WALSH A WRIGHT, Augusta, Ga. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD" C life r*n,/'ITr 1 ^ i&J: trv 'uv ? PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. e ON and after April 30th, 1882, Passenger I Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte t Air-Line division of this road will be as follows: e EASTWARD, ? Mail and Express. Mail. ^ No. 51. No. 53. Leave Atlanta, 2.15 P. M. 4.00 A. M. v Arrive at Gainesville, 4.54 P. M. 0.10 A. M. v Arrive at Lula, 5.22 P. M. 6.50 A. M. p Arriveat Rabun Gap June 5.47 P. M. 7.41 A. M. n Arrive at Toocoa, 0.40 P. M. 8.17 A. M. Arriveat Seneca, 8.00 P. M. 9.20 A. M. o Arrive at Greenville 10.06 P. M. 11.03 A. M. Arrive at Spartan burg,...11.40 P. M. 12.24 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 2.00 A. M. 2.50 P. M. Arrive* at Charlotte, 3.15 A. M. 4.00 P. M. WESTWARD. Mail and Express. Mail. No. 50. No. 52. Leave Charlotte 1.00 A. M. 12.40 P. M. (| Arrive at Gastonia, 2.02 A. M. 1.47 P. M. Arrive at Spartan burg 4.31 A. M. 4.06 P. M. V Arrive at Greenville 5.59 A. M. 5.29 P. M. p Arrive at Seneca, 7.43 A. M. 7.03 P. M. J Arrive at Toccoa, 9.18 A. M. 8.30 P. M. C Arrive at Rab'n Gap June 10.00 A. M. 9 10 P. M. V Arrive at Lula, 10.37 A. M. 9.46 P. M. b Arrive at Gainesville, 11.(6 A. M. 10.15 P. M. si Arrive at Atlanta, 1.30 P. M. 12.40 A. M. v T. M. R. TALCOTT, General Manager. a I. Y. SAGE, Superintendent. a A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. May 25 21 tf c7 E. SPENCER, ATTORNEY A.T LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. ' OFFICE IN BEAR OF COURT HOUSE. j WILL practice in all the Courts of the State o and United States. V figr Special attention given to the Settlement of d Estates. b March 9 10 ly C lime. ;; FRESH ROACHED LIME forsale at my Kiln, d 1J miles East of Black's Station, S. C., known C as the "Greene Kiln." Orders for Lime in Bar- V rels will have prompt attention. Price 25 cents t per bushel at kiln, Black's Station. S. C. J. W. RIIYNE. April 6 14 ly URAL STEAM BRfllNB. j ICONOMICAL j !S :able engine Hi sT TJSE. THE MANUFACTURERS, > TOZER & DIAL, Jf Columbia, S. C. , 1 (Jm 1 .JOB PRINTING. )WING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type ami rst-class appointments throughout our ollice, e are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OE OB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices mt will compare with New York or Philadelphia itarges for the same quality of work and mateals. We have recently inade a reduction in rices for the following classes of work, to which e invite the attention of business men : 151 TjTu heads. For 500 ForllXM) Half-sheet Bill Heads $3.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet B.ll Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price ofsixth-sheel ill heads. We will (ill an order for bill heads, iving any desired number of either size of tieot at proportionate prices. L, ETT IU I t 11EADS. For mo For tOOO Commercial Note, $2.15 ?3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (largesize) 3.00 5.0C For the above work wo use a superior quality f paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction inev- < rv instance. \Ve also give special attention to the printing of iriefs, Arguments and Pi.ints and Authorities, diioh we furnish strictly according to the requirements ot tlie Justices of tho Supreme Court, and a proof reading exercise the utmost care to enure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds ot rioting, from a visiting card to a large volume, nd will be pleased to turnish estimates for any tyle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C. April 27 17 tf TAXRETURNS FOR 1882. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 1 Yorkville, S. C., May4th, 1882. | ^TOTICE is hereby given that on and after 31 THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAYOF JUNE, 882, the books of the County Auditor of York ounty, will lie open for the purpose of receiving eturnsofall PERSONAL PROPERTY owned iy the several tax-payers in said county, on tiie ^ st day of June, 1882, and liable to taxation. The Olditor will meet tho tax-payers at the following itnes and places; At Yorkville, on Monday, Tuesday, Wedneslav, Thursday and Friday, the 20th, 27th, 28th, Oth and 30th of June. At John MeGill's Store, on Saturday, 1st of ruly. At Yorkville, from Monday, 3rd of July, to rVednesday, 20th of July, inclusive. All transfers of real estate made since last renrn.and all now buildings erected, must be retorted. All males between tho ages of 21 and 00 years ro liable to poll tax, and must make returns accordingly. All returns must be filed in this office, on or bebro WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY )F JULY, next, otherwise, fifty per cent, penaly will attach. This will be absolute. jj&r The tax-payers will please notice that dulngthetimo that the Auditor is ai his appoint-. nents throughout the county, the boot s will not jo open at Yorkville, as heretofore. Tax-payers vill save themselves trouble by making their reurns at the appointment nearest their place of esidonee. W. B. WILLIAMS, County Auditor. May 4 18 tf sTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ COUNTY OF YOEK?COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Arnold Friedheim and Julius Friedheim, Partners in Trade, under the firm name of A. Friedheim A; Brother, Plaintiffs, against John W. Simril, Defendant.?Summons for Money Demand?Complaint not Served. To JOHN VV. SIMKIL, Defendant in this action : YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the coin plaint in this action, which has his day been herewith tiied in theofliee of the 31erk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said :ounty, and to serve a copy of your answer on be subscribers, at their office, in 'Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service of bis summons on you, exclusive of the day of uieh service; and if you fail to answer Lhecom)!aint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff vili apply to the Court for judgment sgainstyou or the sum of live hundrecland ninety-eight doiars and 24 cents, together with interest on the turn of sixty dollars thereof from the30th day of lanuarv one thousand eight hundred and eigfity>ne, and on thesuin of one hundred and seventyu'ne dollars and ninety-nine cents, from the 29th lay of March, 1881, and on the sum of one hun1 red and eighty-two dollars and fifty-.fdur cents, roin the 6th day of January, 1882, and costs. , Dated May 24rd, A. D., 1882. Original .Summons and Complaint in this acion are tiled in my Otlice, of date May 23rd, 1882. L. S.] JOS. P. WALLACE, C. C. Pis. WTL^ON A WILSON, ^ Plaintiff's Attornovs. " June 15 24 6t REGISTRATlOff OF VOTERS. )FFICE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION, Yoiikvillk, S. C., April, 13, 1882. IN obedience to the requirements of the Act of the last Legislature of South Carolina, I will ttend at the following precincts at the timestated lelow, for the purpose of registering the qualified lectors of such precinct: From Saturday, the 27th of May, the books will ie kept open at my office, in Yorkville, S. C., unilthe first Monday in July, inclusive, to correct rrors in registration,and to registersuch Electors s failed to register at their respective precincts, nd who shall then and there present themselves or that purpose. 1 In townships where there is no precinct, voters rill have the privilege of selecting the most conenient precinct adjoining. Where there are two irecincts in the same township, voters can also nake their selection. At the different precincts, the books will be pened at 9o'clock A. M., and closed at 4 P. M. No fee for registration is required by the Act. W. H. McCORKLE, Supervisor of Registration for York Co., S. C. April 13 15 tf DENTAL SURGERY. ^ Dr. J. B. PATRICK, of Charleston. VlTTTTI w TXTT'xrrnTCjrn 1?' rf U ix 113 x ( Vill l>e iii ROCK HILL for the practice of his ? rofesslon from the hST TO THE 18TH OK ULY, and will visit Yorkville on the 24TH >F JULY, where he will remain for THREE VEKKS. During his stay in these places ho will e pleased to wait upon all who may require the erviees of a DENTIST. Being amply prepared , ith the best instruments and all the improved pplianees, he feels warranted in assuring perfect atisfaction. Ladies waited on at their residence. Rooms in Yorkville, at the Rawlinson House. May 27 38 ly TURBINE WATER WHEEL." i\jE have one 18-inch RIGHT IIAXD TUItTT BINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's nvention. We are working a 13J-ineh Wheel f the same kind, and there is no better Water V'heel made for the same money. Those who ontemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no etter than to get one of these Wheels. We have irculars giving all the details in regard to the rorking of it, and with the sale you have the rivilege of trying the Wheel, and "if it does not o as represented, the money will be refunded, otne and see the sample 18-mch R. H. Turbine i'heel, Manufactured bv the SERGEANT MAN[RAPTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. HERNDON BROS., Agents. Yorkville, S. C. February 10 47 tf G A R R V IRO X R OO F IX G CO. id Cement. *" 79 and 81 Columbus Street, CIjEVEIjAIVD, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. ^ February 26 9 ly HOUSE AND LOTFOR SALE. rHE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in Yorkville, known as the "'Meek Place." It situated near the Methodist Church, and conins TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is two-storv Dwelling Houso, containing SIX ARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a luni>r house, corn-erihand stable. Terms will be made easy. L. M. GRIST. CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. rHE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garents of any fabric whatever, rendering them 'rfectlv clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to e original brightness and lustre of the goods. 0 not throw away your old clothes, but have em cleaned and*made to look as well as new. 'ork promptly done, and at the most reasonae prices. THOMAS BALLARD. September 16 26 tf J. W. BAIiMAX, PRACTICAL BAEBER AND HAIR DRESSER. 1 HOI' in SPRINGS MOORE building, on first ) floor, in the rear of Withers Adickes' store, isy shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dressg and polite attention to all customers. Call id give him a trial. J&r Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO. in in ,r APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. JOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administratoroftbeestate of D. K. N EELY, ceased, will make a final settlement with the idge of Probate for York county, on the'/7th iy of June, next, when he will make application r discharge as Administrator of said estate. THOS. W. CAMPBELL, Administrator. May 21 51s A