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Ittmorous ?eparimriit. |< HOFFENSTEIN'S PANTS. Iloffenstein was busily engaged scolding 1 Herman for not polisl i?ig a lot of brass jewel- < ry tl?ere was in the show-case, when a stoop- s shouldered countryman entered the store and J i inquired : ! * "Have you got any good jeans pauts here ?" < "Certainly, my front," replied Iloffenstein, i 've makes a specialty uf goods in dot line, und ; I ve defy competition. If ve sell anyding und 1 you don't like it, you gets your money hack or I 1 someding else in exchange, you know. Yas ? you a farmer ?" 1 "Yes, sir ; I live on Red River." < "Veil, den, you need a bair uv bants like 1 dese," said Hoffenstein, pulling out a sky-blue i pair from a pile of clothing on the counter, i "Dey vas de genervine doe skin, und vill last i de whole year ond, you know." The countryman took the pants to the light, < examined the texture of the cloth, and then shaking his head knowingly, said: i "There's too much cotton in them ; they | < will shrink." 1 "Of course, my frent, dey will shrink ; but ' vait und I dells you someding. It a man vat i owns a pank or keeps a store comes here, I 1 don't sell him dem kind of pants. Vy ? Because dey vas made exbressly for de farming bisiness. Dey was de dermometer bants, und a blessing to every farmer vat veins a bair uf dem. Do you know, my frent, dose pants vill dell you exactly vat de vedder vill be V Ven i it was going to be vet and cold dose pants vill i begin to shrink up, und ven it vas going to be dry and warm dey comes right down you know. Dree years ago I sells a bair uv dem to a man vat vas name Vilkins, und efer since den he makes good crops ven de oder people don't make noding, because he alvays knows by his dermometer pants vat de vedder vill be. Af. der avile de people in de neighborhood finds oud de secret uv Vilkins' success, und at de beginnin uv de planting season, you know, dey comes for dirty miles around, und if dey see 1 Vilkins' pants crawling up his legs dey holds off und vaits for a change, but if. his pants vas down dey goes right back home and puts in de crop. Dink uf it, my frent. Wid de dermometer pants you can dell exactly yen to put in cappage seed, und plant corn dwice as letter as mit any almanac, besides ven de vedder gets-so cold und vet dot de pants goes up uuder your arms, you can sew buttons on de front und vear dem as a vest." When Hoffenstein finished his yam concerning the pants, the countryman smiled and turning abruptly on his heel, left the store. ,1?V'S n/ifoil War. "JLMa you see tie vtty uul m<m ov^u, man ?" said Hoffenstein, angrily. "Yes, sir," replied his clerk. "Yell it shnst shows dot de more you try to help some people along, de more you don't get any tanks for it."?Joe C. Aby. BROTHER GARDNER*0N GENEALOGY. "When I shake hands wid a stranger," said Brother Gardner, as silence fell upon the members, "I doan' keer two cents whedder his great-great gran'fader was a Cabinet officer or a cobbler; whedder his own gnm'fader sold silk or kaliker; whedder his fader was a cooper or a statesman. De man I have to deal with am de man befo' me, an' not de dust an' bones an' coffins of his predecessors. He may size up well, or lie may ruu to remnants; lie may be squar, or he may be a bilk ; he may be honest, or he may have de right bower up his sleeve, dat am for me to find out. "I doan' propose to jine hands wid a stranger bekase his gran'fader cum ober wid de Pilgrims. Neither shall I lend five dollars to one o' my color on de ground dat his uncle weighed a ton an' shook hands with three different Presidents. What a man am lie am, an' whedder his fader was a poet or a blacksmith won't make him better or wuss. Size up your man on his own personal shape. It doan'matter to you what sort of a lied his fader had, or how big his uncle's feet war, he am de man you are doin' bizness wid. De pusson who trabels in dis kentry on nothing but the record made by some relative half a century since, will land in jail as soon as in good society. When I have any plug terbacker to si>are, de man whos' fader didn't do anything but mind liis own biziness an' purvide fur his family will get it quite as quick as de man whos' fader diskivered a comet or predicted an airtbquake. - - 1 * j "I want eacn air eDery memuer in ui? emu to stan' on Iris own shape. If lie am fast colore, dat's all we want to know. If he cr.icks or fades in de washin' he must keep down an' out. De fact dat Samuel Shin's fader was 'leeted to de South Carolina Legislator' doan' prove dat Samuel hisself knows beans from hoss-barns. Likewise, de fact dat Giveadam Jones had an uncle hung fur stealin'co'n doan' go to prove dat it wouldn't be safe to leave onr brudder in a grocery sto, fur half an hour while de clerk went out arter change. When a man boasts dat one ob de fam'ly signed de Declarashun of Independence, doan' you take his note widout a good indorser. People who lay back on nothing but de glory of de dead, an' de statesmanship of some one who sat in Congress a kun'red y'ars ago am just as apt to work off a bogus dollar 011 a sore-eyed railroad conductor as de man whose geological tree has a baker hangin' to ebery limb."?Detroit Free Press. A Happy Thought.?An intimate friend of the late Rev. Dr. J. B. Wakeley tells an amusing anecdote of him, as follows: The doctor was a most inimitable delineator, and fond of a good story. He related to me, with great glee, how he extricated himself once from an awkward dilemma. Preaching in a Hudson River town on a warm summer afternoon to a congregation of farmers mainly, from the text, "If any man draw back, my soul hath 110 pleasure in him," he inadvertently observed, "My brethren, sheep never . fight." Those who were awake looked up at him, and showed, by their interest, that the , minister had never seen two old rams trying i to butt each other's brains out. The doctor . discovered his mistake as soon as they did, i, but not seeing his way out of it, he related j , the statement with great emphasis. Those j of his audience who were awake nudged their . sleeping brethren, who on opening their eyes, J looked about to see what had hapi>ened. This , greatly embarrassed the doctor, and he was i now sadly puzzled. lie ventured with still < greater emphasis to repeat the statement, . "My brethren, sheep never tight," when luck- ' ily he saw his way cut, and doubling his fist, i j struck it into tne palm of the other hand, j adding, with genuine unction, "except they ^ first draw back." , ? No Time to Tell a Lie.?Jesse C. had the reputation of being the "biggest liar" in Georgia, and was never known to come out j behind. One hot day Bill H. sat on the shady < side of his barn. After dinner he saw Jess j j riding in great haste toward town. Bill j , hailed him and went to the gate. Jess asked | j what he wanted. "Stopand tell us a big lie," , said Bill. "No time for lying now," said I , Jess. "Your uncle Soil died suddenly an j< bom- ago, and I am going for the coroner and i | a coffin." And on he went. Bill ran to the j j house and told his wife. She gathered up the ! { children. He hitched the horse to the wagon, j { loaded in his family and posted off four miles j ( through heat and dust to uncle Soil's. On ! 5 arriving he found the family and two neigh-! [ bors in the large kitchen, uncle Soli buried? i j to the eyes?in half a big watermelon. The i nmo mnlnal onH avtiloiialinnu fnllnu'. 1 nui^/i nno luuvum ?uu vApti?n?v<viiu *vuvt?~ ed. ''Well," said Bill, "I asked Jess for a big ', lie, and not only got it, but was fool enough t to believe it. I wouldn't believe him again if \ I knew he was dying."?Marietta Journal. \ } - - t fjF They don't speak now. They were en- i gaged to be married, and called each other by j ( their first names?Tom and Fanny?and he t was telling her how he had always liked the \ name of Fanny, and how it sounded like mu-; t sic iu his ears.* "i" like the name so well," he A added, as a sort of clincher to the argument,! f "that when sister Clara asked me to name ' her terrier, I at once named it Fanny, after : you, dearest," "I don't think that was very i nice," said the fair girl, edging away from s him. "How would you like to have a dog i named after you ?" "Why, that's nothing," j t said Tom, airily; "half the cats in the conn- t try are named after me." 1 ...... . * * ... .? 1 q 0" While Bishop Ames was presiding over jj a conference in the west a member began a j tirade against universities, education, etc., c thanking God that he had never been corrup- ( ted by contact with a college. After proceeding thus for a few minutes the bishop interrupted him with the question : "Do I un- r derstand that the brother thanks God for his ignorance?" "Well, yes," was the answer ; r "you can put it in that way if you want to." I "Well, all I have to say," said the bishop, in \ his sweet, musical tones, "is, that the brother ; has a great deal to thank God for." ' a ike Jaw and JMde. j Tiiibst During Farm Work.?Men in lealth perspire freely when vigorously at work c )ii warm days. Very heavy sweating may a jomtimes arise from weakness, a dry skin i i nay indicate disorder. Evaporation from the j1 surface caiTies off heat and keeps the body j 1 ?ool. A larger supply of drinking water is 11 required for the hot days of summer in the j1 ield, but much less than is commonly sup- js )osed. Half a pint of water, sipped slowly, * svill assuage thirst much more effectually than i i quart gulped down. A different tempera-11 ure in two adjacent portions of the body pro-j J luces congestion. A pint of cold fluid of any 1* iind, thrown into the stomach, may result in j t more or less congestion ; serious illness, not ; 1 [infrequent deaths, arise from this cause. If'1 ice water is taken at any time, it should al- j 1 ways be swallowed so slowly that the stomach j< ian warm each gill before taking another. i? As to the kinds of drink, the positive teach- j* ings of medical science, and experience, indi- j1 sate that pure water is by far the best fluid 11 for assuaging thirst, and supply the wants of j J the system. Beers, ales, sweetened drinks, or ;f any fluid that contains material that must be 1 digested, are a tax upon the stomach, and 1 tend to disorder the system. If taken at all, | it should be onlj with other food. Pure water ' is absorbed at once into the blood, and is car- f ried directly to those parts of the body where \ it is needed. If the water is bad it may usu- ' allv be corrected by the addition of a little 11 ginger, or ginger extract; too much of this I \ produces constipation, hut on this account it ' may l>e useil more freely in looseness of the ' bowels. All alcoholic drinks are unhealthful ' for one in active exercise. They stimulate 1 increased effort?effort beyond one's natural < strength, and unnatural exhaustion inevitably 1 follows. Just so far as any one raises him- ' self above a normal condition by alcoholic ( stimulants, just so far below this condition ' will he surely sink a few hours after, and the ' elevating and depressing operation wears upon and disoxganizes the machinery of the body.? American Agriculturist. I Corn-smut has received considerable pub- 1 lie attention of late. When the kernels of a 1 green ear in the field enlarge and turn hlack, : puffing out beyond the husk and becoming, i finally, a filthy mass of dust and corruption, i that'is corn-smut. In my boyhood we didn't mind it much. There would be an ear or two 1 touched with it at husking time. Some years ? more than others. None of the elders said it I was poison, though they knew about spurred 1 rye and said that was deadly. The smut rare- I ly covered the butt of the ear entirely, and ( whatever part of.the cob seemed worth saving l was broken off and tossed among the "pig" < corn. The smutty husks, etc., were generally < left in the field, often where cattle were soon I to come gleaning, but I never heard of injury I done to any animal. In dry weather the black I substance was dusty like the dust of a puff ; ball and passed unnoticed like that. Spurred ; rye, like corn-smut, is caused by the lodgment I of parasitic fungus seed in the sappy germ of the grain. The fungoid rye projects, or spurs, I long and black, from the head of ripening seed, I and might pass the unscientific eye for mousedung. It yields some 30 per cent, of the oil of ergot while corn-smut contains 4.2 per cent. In high stages of civilization spurred rye is worth more in market than perfect grain. A t walk through the corn fields in August and i September would rid the crop of srautentirely. Good Drainage.?There is hardly any , plant that likes stagnant water. Somethings, | like the cranberry for instance, like water, but ? it must not be stagnant, there must be a fall , X 11 e Ua ....jfllrln o .ri-titii IU JtlHJW iui uicdiia^r* in/u vjuiv/fwj <? ^u?iu field tells the tale of good or poor drainage. ] The yellow patches tell where the water lies longer than it should. It pays always to provide proper outlets for water. Potatoes will , thrive in a moist season, but the water must drain off quickly. A heavy rain will do little damage to a wheat field if provision is made | for the prompt removal of the surplus water, while a moderate rainfall upon undrained land | which is already too wet will cause the de- ( struction of many of the plants, and largely reduce the possible yield of the crop. While thorough drainage is much better than any makeshift that can be invented, it is much . better to adopt the very imperfect plan recommended above than it is to make no provision < for the protection of the crop from injury by i an excess of moisture in the soil. It is better to set fruit trees on mounds, where theground , is low, rather than run the risk of underdrain- i ing The Turnip Crop.?No crop better returns for labor bestowed than turnips. The seed ; may be sown any time, from the first of July | throughout August in any locality south ol | Connecticut. It may be sowed broadcast, in drills or rows, or as a "cattle crop," among < corn ; or turnips may be used to seed grass with, sowing both the turnip and the seed | al>out August 1st. For turnips alone the > preparation of the ground is simple. It needs i good plowing and harrowing if in fair heart : ] but a dressing o?" 400 lbs. of bone dust or 250 , lbs. superphosplr.te to the acre will almost in- ( sure a good croiWe rarely have such dry , weather that tur.'ips will not start in July, and as soon as the) make leaf heavy dews seem to be enough to keep them growing, but last j year was an exception hi this part of thecoun- , try. In many fields turnip seed on dry ground t -12.1 L of looC-f /li/1 ??nf ttVlL'IJ ilia liul/ m*l lllllltllC, Wl 111 u (VOL A4t\4 www any show above the ground. * in sowing turnips broadcast the greatest care must be taken to have them thin enough, j A pound of seed to the acre is all that should . be sowed, and this should be divided, the 'y whole piece being sowed twice at right angles. ( A Vermont farmer found the following 1 plan efficient in curing a cow of kicking : "A year or two since I got in trade a hand- : some two-year-old heifer, one of the most J; vicious kickers I ever saw. One of my men who milks tried various devices without ef- 's feet and finally took a common garden hoe, ? passed the hoe end in front of the off hind 1 leg (the right leg behind,) and behind and v ibove the gambrel joint of the left hind leg Df the heifer. Then sitting down on the right c iide to milk, he put the handle of the hoe well up under his left arm, and began milking. c The heifer could not stir either hind leg, and s ifter one week she could lie milked safely without fettering, and proved to be a valuable and gentle animal. Of course she was ? tied in the stable like other cows, but on being j=! turned out to grass, could be milked any- ! where without trouble. ^ pea vines as a rkstoukk of wokxout ' Lands.?The May (1882) Report of the De- a partment of Agriculture for the State of 0 Georgia, contains an interesting article on die value of pea vines as a fertilizer. It is urged that the planting of peas and the turn- * :ng under of the vines affords the surest c neans by which worn out lands can be re- c stored. It is urged that everv farmer in the c -* -< i t >IHI? SUOlllU ciuupt <i? (I [mil; ui 1110 luiamni ui ;rops the largest possible area in peas, follow- ? ng small grain for improvement, and the 11 statement is made that it matters not wheth- 1' ?r the vines are turned under in a green state j; >r are left to decay upon the surface of the } soil. By the use of pea vines it is said the 1 )ld lands can lie reclaimed cheajjer than the '' 'orest can be cleared. J A New Way to Buy Peaches.?Never 11 jure peaches to dry. Let them get mellow ^ snough to be be in good eating condition, put * ;hem in boling water for a moment or two, c md the skin will come off like a charm. Let 0 ,hem be in the water long enough, but no onger. The gain is at least six-fold?saving >f time in removing the skin, great saving of ;he peach (the part of the peach saved is the 11 >est part,) less time to stone the peaches, less 11 ,ime to dry them, and better when dried. A j * vhole bushel can be done in a boiler at once, | md then the water turned off. j Weeds.?The rapidity with which weeds i c nultiply is marvelous. A single plant of pur-! ilane will, when fully grown, mature nearly a I nillion seeds ; the roadside mullen, 000,000 ;j ii he ox-eye daisy, 13,500 ; the Canada thistle, ! tl tbout 10,000 ; the Mayweed, 30,000, and the ! tl turdock, 20,000. In view of these facts, we j v ihould let no noxious weed escape. This tl ihould he the war cry, especially during the * nonths of July and August. "Plow them up, k lig them up, or cut them up, or cut them n lown." Not one should mature its seeds. ti ti Useful Hints.?Lime, sprinkled in fire- F daces during the summer months, ishealthful. b Spanish brown, mixed with water and ap-' ai died, will make a hearth look very pretty, tl t costs but a few cents a pound, and a pound U vill last a long time. p* Oil paintings hung over the mantel-piece ai re liable to wrinkle with heat. F gfiiscdlniteiros Reading. Relics of an English Bucaneer.?A :urious romance of the sea, in which English lailors, and, indeed, Englishmen generally, are nterested, has just come to hand from Buenos Vyres. To all readers of sea stories of the Elizabethan period the name of Thomas Cavsndish is familiar. Captain Cavendish was a mvigator and bucaneer, and one of the courges of the Spaniards, until on an illated day he was captured and huug at Buenos Vyres, by one of their men of war, just after le had made an unsuccessful descent upon liuenos Ayves. It is of this viking that some races are supi>osed to have been discovered in l.~ 1 1.,... ..4 41.,. ..,,.,,41. ,.4' 41.,, 1^1.,4.1 A ,, /lie lliki uui tit cue LiiuiiLii vjl tuc 1 tam, xxn Italian merchant captain, whose vessel was noored in the harbor at the time the last mail eft, finding great difficulty in raising his an:hor, obtained help from a neighltoring vessel, ind when the anchor was, hoisted discovered hat it had brought up a large sheet of copper, jvidently torn from a case of the same mate ial. On l?eing cleansed the metal was found ,o bear among other marks, the letters "I. H. V and a cross and various initials. A div^r ,vas sent down and brought up two ingots of mre gold, which he reported he had taken ioni a chest that was imbedded in the ground, [ly this time the authorities of the republic jot wind of the discovery and they placed a juard at the spot to prevent further unauthorzed exploration, intending, it is said, to em>loy divers at the public expense in completing :he search. Meanwhile a scientific association 11 the town has examined the mass of metal which was torn from its fastenings by the Italian captain's anchor, and is of opinion, from the date it bears, and the letters uTs. J.," which appear upon it, that the treasure which they suppose to have been discovered formed part of the plunder of Thomas Cavenlish, and was thrown overboard or lost with lis ship in the fight which cost the bueaueer lis life. Oil Country Towns.?There is something lathetic in the touch of destiny which rules die existence of all oil country towns and .vhieh causes the last work of an oil man's ife to go down into oblivion after the lapse of i few years. There is a grim sarcasm in the >ush and energy and lire or an on region cuy, n the height of its brief glory. Pithole, in Venango county,. Pa., is the most striking ilustration of this irony of fate. Twenty years igo the site of Pithole wascovered with wheat ielils, and to-day waving corn and wheat and wild flowers cover the same spot. But between that day and this there arose and fell me of the most remarkable cities the world las ever seen. Twenty thousand people gathered there in a single year, and when the great >il wells failed to pour out a torrent of wealth the gaudy theaters closed, the mammoth hotels became tenantless and the churches lost their worshipers. Banks, newspapers, stores uid ollices ceased to exist almost as suddenly is they were called into being, and the life and light of the famous city went out forever. To-day there is one voter in Pithole and the town may be said to be solid for Beaver, for the lone voter is postmaster. Justice of the Peace, storekeeper and chief man of the place. It may also be said that there is but one other man in the neighborhood, and he does not vote. There are dozens of villages in the old ail country that exist ouly in the memories of men who saw their birth and death. The new wells in Warren county are strangely like the wells of Pithole, and the rush to the new town ;>f Garfield bears an almost fateful resemblance to the craze which was the guiding spirit of the wonderful city of Venango. The ultimate resultsmiay not be the same, but, if not, then the rule and the law of all petroleum cities will be broken for the first time. Mrs. Garfield.?G. A. Townsend (Gatli) contributes the following hit of gossip about Mrs. Garfield and her wealth : Mrs.. Garfield is just as modest and quiet a little woman as ever, though she is a rich woman, now?that is to say, she is so much richer than she ever, was before that she is considered rich by herself, her friends and her neighbors. 1 would like to take you around ^ ?AI? rtoma f A Silia 1Q ) hi net; uci it j<l?u tunic iu v^iv, i ... >? great pot in our town, though she does not seem to know it. Cleveland worships the memory of Garfield. She has 8300,000 in Government bonds, the result of the subscription. Then her husband's life was insured for 850,000, which she promptly received. She ilso received the salary of the President for the unoccupied first year amounting to about 520,000. That makes 8400,000, does it not? Very well. Then add to it $30,000?the total value of Garfield's estate. That was the total imount that he was able to accumulate in a life of fifty years. I suppose that the income from this total of more than 8400,000 will he 510,000 a year. She is also put ou the pennon list at $5,000 a year. So she is comfortible and can raise her children well; but the oss of Garfield was a blow that will leave its scar as long as she lives. Just think of that ittle woman, almost dying at the White House, when he took her to the seaside, and etunied to meet his death wound, and then allying, watching over him for months, surviving him and being well to-day. The Gkeat Salt Lake.?Salt Lake, Utah, s seventy-live miles long from the northvest to the southeast, and about thirty miles jroad. For the most part the lake is shallow, tnd its surface is 4,200 feet above sea level. Hie outlines of the lake are somewhat irreguar, particularly on the eastern side. The lake s in a vast valley or basin of the mountains, md is fed chiefly by the waters of Utah Lake, ' - * ? n ; T vineii are conveyed u> it uy uie nva .juiutiu omiug from the southeast, and the Hear River, vliich empties its waters into it from tlie jorth. There are some nine islands in the ake, the principal one being Antelope, or Jhurch Island, in the southeast. The springloods greatly increase the size of the lake, ipreading it overextensively, from which, howsver, it recedes as the summer wears on. As s well known, the lake has no outlet. The vater of the lake is transparent, and is so alty as to form one of the purest and most oncentrated brines of which we have knowledge; it contains twenty-two per cent, of ihloride of sodium, slightly mixed with other alts. The lake contains no fish, but immense lumbers of gulls, wild ducks, geese, and swans requent its islands. The first known mention >f the lake was by Raron llantou in 16S9, who gathered some vague notions of its existence rom the Indians west of the Mississippi, ieneral Fremont explored and described it in 043, and was the first white man to navigate t. Salt Lake City, the Mormon Zion, had, ccording to the census of 1880, a population f 20,758, against 12,754 in 1870. Tiie Bicycle.?As a mere machine for ranspurtation, the bicycle isentitled to a high onsiderai ion. In England, and more espeially in the large cities like London, the biycle has taken an acknowledged place with he cab, the omnibus, the tramway and the team car. In London thousands of them are a use by men who employ them for the same urpose they would a saddle-horse. They go o their business on them in the morning, re??f Tiirelif wifli HiQ cnmp rPfTtll'ir. 11111 WJ1 Uinil <11/ Illj^lU^ Villi IIIU UUtUV/ ty tliiit other men traverse the same routes by aeans of the regular transportation. This is he case often with men who live as many as rom six to ten miles from their places of busiK'ss. They escape the fetid air of the omnius, they have no fare to pay, and, as a rule, hey make the journey in less time than they j ould were they to travel by the usual vehicles j f transportation. In this direction the mat-1 er of economy is of no small account. The person who uses the bicycle to go to and j rom his place of business \ondon, or in j ny of the larger cities of the country, saves j ot less than ten cents a day?a not very large j urn, it is true, but one which pays him from i i) to 50 per cent, per annum on his purchase of , machine, and gives him the advantage of a j lost inspiriting and delightful method of lo- j omotion. - ? Results of tiie Peace Policy.?While i the other colonies it was usual for the set* j lers on the frontiers to carry their guns to iie fields and places of worship, in Pennsylauia and New Jersey this was not done by lie Friends, and they were not molested. !ven the doors of their houses they kept unicked, lest the Indians might think they listrusted theui. Five years after the "great; reaty," when a rumor spread that mere wis ) be a rising of the Indians, some of the iiends at once rode to one of the native viliges about twenty miles distant. The Indies assured them that there was no truth in le report and that they harbored no enmif against the English. Peace reigned in that rovince during a period of sixty-five years, t the end of which time the power of the riends in the government was lost. pending far the Sabbath. 1 OONDUOTRD BT IlEV. ROBERT LATHAN. |ll [Original.] ^ "XOT YOUR OWN." Te Paul, in his first epistle to the Corinthians, Al pressed the fact upon them that they were not their own, but that they belonged to God, ' having been bought with a price. What was su I true of the Christians at Corinth eighteen hun- SP ; dred years ago, is true of Christians to-day in i every part of the world, in every Christian or i God has "a peculiar propriety." They, in ? common with all creatures, belong to God because he made them, and by his special providence preserves them ; but in addition to this, God owns Christians because lie ransomed them from the condemnation which is in the law. So far as we are informed, no other creature received such favor. So far as we know, the j redeemed are all human beings. Some of the j I 1_ j ,...4. x.? ?..,o I angeis isiiiliru, uitt mi" nicui ii" imioviH >>.?o paid. Tliey were left in their sins and con- 9J demned to outer darkness. The fact that God bestowed so much love upon fallen man and : passed fallen angels by, is most astounding, j We may ask why did lie do this V The only | intelligent answer which can be given is that j "it so pleased God." That God did send his son into the world to save sinners is as easily j proveu as that he made the world and governs it, but still the wonder remains. That there is a vast multitude who give good and satisfactory evidence that they have passed from death unto life by the quickening power of the Iloly Ghost and transforming influence of the gospel, is seen by all in Christian lands, except those who will not see. It is manifest that, so far as either the Scriptures or the providence of God disclose to us the mind of God, he has done more for man than any of his other creatures. No other creature can 1 call God redeemer. This precious privilege is granted to man alone. As is to be expected, the conferring of this great privilege imposes a corresponding duty. Reasonably, Christians are expected to love God more intensely, and serve him more devoutly than are any of his other creatures. Their bodies are said to be temples of the Holy Spirit. In their bodies the Holy Spirit dwells in that peculiar way that these bodies, frail though they be, are temples of the Holy Spirit. Even superstition forbids the profanation of a temple. Amid the ruins of an old church we feel a strange and indescribable sensation stealing over us. Shall those whose bodies are the dwelling-place of the Most High defile Is those liodies ? Can they do it with impunity ? Christians are not their own. They belong to God. They are his property. They are the W servants of God. This is, when properly re- "\V cei ved, an inestimable privilege. Since Christ ItVllD (UC VJV/U O KJ, i/J |/|?l VJinoV) no itoiu yy an interest in them which is commensurate with the price paid for them. This was the blood of his own well beloved son. Even men estimate their possessions by what they paid for them. That which costs us nothing is _ usually estimated at a low value. Christians are not simply the servants of x God, but they are his slaves. They are not God's hirelings, but they belong to him, because he bought them, paying, as their redemption price, the blood of Christ. To be a servant of the world or of the flesh, is to be an ignoble slave; but to be a slave, owned and possessed by God, is to be a free man in Christ Jesus. Such persons enjoy the special favor of God. lie watches over them with far greater care than the most worldly minded man m ever watched over his earthly goods. He that keeps Christians never sleeps. The lions may lack their food, but all necessary good shall S'1 be bestowed upon those who serve the Lord, To his blood-bought people God has most sol- ox emnly promised that he will be a sun and shield, and that they shall not lack any good. He promises tliat his grace shall ever be suffi- eh cient for them. In It may be a disgrace to be under the necessi- ? ty to say that we are the property of any one S' of our fellow men, but uo greater honor can be enjoyed by any of our race than to l>e the f propertyof God by redemption. an H,I ( Lazy Ciihistian's.?There is a good deal of religious laziness in this world. Once in a sj, while we hear of a Christian worker who is de overwrought, one who dies too soon or is laid no aside through excessive devotion. But the oc- to eurrence is so rare that a small volume would r^: probably contain the record of all such lives in a generation. There are more churches dying 5i for want of working pastors than there are pastors dying through excessive work for their < churches. There are Sabbath-schools that are : languishing because of the want of energy in * those who conduct them. There are classes that make no progress because lazy teachers sit before them and yawn through a lessou R] which they have not prepared, and have not earnestness enough to teach if they were prepared. There are Christian men that let their church run down because they are too lazy to keep it up. Yet these same men make their T own secular business succeed. It is only as 1. Christians that they are lazy. It is a shame Jf1 to do the world's work well and then Christ's |,.{c work shabbily. What is wanted is a revival of Christian energy and zeal. God never blesses tin laziness. It is a farce for you to ask him to cei bless your work, your preaching, your teach- it , if Ufa t?r nig, yum oui'niiaciiucjiuj, u juu |?uw uv uiv into your work. Consecration is a mockery unless it be made real by the utmost we can do. The curse of the church to-day is laziness. ? IIow to Softex Asperities.?Two neighbors, a cooj>er and a farmer, were spending the evening together. Both were professor's of religion, but of different communions. Their conversation was first upon topics relating to i practical religion, but after a time it diverged A to the points of difference between the two w, denominations to which they belonged. It RUl first became a discussion and then a dispute. The cooper was the first to perceive its unprofitable and injurious tendency, and re- 1 marked, "We are springing apart from each other; let us put on another hoop?let us 1 pray." They kneeled down and prayed to- ? gether, after which they spent the remainder of the evening lovingly together, conversing 'T on the things of the kingdom in which they both felt an equal interest. The suggestion of }Rj the cooper was an excellent one, and it were a | well if it were acted on more frequently by L/i those who, like him, are members of the house- i bei hold of Christ. j 1 If you want the sparkle of life, you may j fiud it among the gay and happy, among those j I'"""' i"*' oii i tviuli nnr uti ! I HUU AUUH IIUU Uil ..v.k ?... | ^ earthly sorrow. But if you want the temper, tiic the tone, the sweetness, the richness of life, { pet you must go down where patience has had her j the perfect work. You must sit with those whose ! hearts have been long waiting before the closed I doors which shut out their best beloved from j l)]ec their sight : with those who have learned pa- j ? tience under the exactions of poverty, with j those who have lived in daily contact with liv- J. ing trials, and have learned at least through j long discipline to take them cheerfully and i lovingly into their lives, and to carry them ' ?, along with them towards heaven.-?M. It. Vin- j V cent, D. 1). | fa j Ksl CiT At one of the May meetings in Boston a ! A distinguished D. 1)., said in vindication of his J " course as a Christian preacher and reformer, | "I am not afraid of the devil !" Another said j in reply, "That is not the great point, but C1 this : "Is the devil afraid of you, Doctor ^ We may be pretty sure we are right, if we have jng good evidence that the father of lies is afraid ar.c of our influence. ! a Satan is willing for you to agree to repent and turn to God next week. He does not op- T< pose future repentance. He is even ready to * t congratulate you on the resolution. Just so re|>. "" *"??i a.-. f +n-/1:iv ho i? nor iiui? no jun u\; nv/o icj'vnv w w *.# ..... {,v,. because he knows the chances are all in his favor. Look out! j A ^"Ilave the courage to be ignorant of a ; -a , great nunil>er of things, in order to avoid the Jj/] calamity of being ignorant of everything. i to* ?0thvttle (frnquim. ] TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: j iglecopy for one year, f2 50 ir six months, 1 25 i ir three months, 75 | vo copies one year, 4 00 n copies one year, 20 00 { id an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. DNri DOLLAR per square, for the tirst inser- j in, and FIFTY C1CNTS per square, for each i bsequent insertion. A square consists of the ; ace occupied by seven lines of this sizo type. ; 5?* Contracts will be made at reduced rates! r advertising space to be used for throe, six. j twelve months. THE HARTFORD I i Sewing* Maeliine. (UST PERFECTED, The Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. 'IIK MOST LAVISHLY DECOllATED. Tlie Least Vibration of any. A Galaxy of New Patents. nan-nearing isaiance \> neei. Knife edge Treadle-bearing. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands id Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitcli. J I The well-known and popular ' "FAMILY FAVORITE." . ] also manufactured by us. I For finely illustrated descriptions apply to j \ C. LATIMER Yorkville, S. C. r. G. RE ID & CO., Rock Hill, S. C. j rEKD SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. , I April 0 14 tf ' ? YORKVILLE IVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE, j t RE now open and will be kept in first class ' ^ style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, iod horses and careful drivers. IE YOU WANT A nice Horse and Buggy, or A nice pair of Horses and Buggy, or The Yorkville Omnibus,or iryou want your norses ion ior z.> cents pneal, go to SMITH'S Livery and Feed Stables. C i NCIN N ATI HUGO IES. Just received, G nice Cincinnati Ruggies, for le at $G.i each for top, and $5i> eaeli tor ooen. Iso a good second hand Carriage, and one done-seat Spring Wagon for sale cheap. Call and :atnine them. WANTED. ' 300 dozen bundles good sheaf Oats and 300 bush* Ked and Wiiite Oats, for which I will pay the arket price, if delivered at my stables soon. F. 15. SMITH. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I York Countv. V HERE AS S. I). HA It RON has applied to me for Letters of Administration on all d singular, the goods and chattels, rights and edits of J011N BAJtKON, late of the county t jresaid, deceased. These are, therefore, toeitoand admonishall and t igular, the kindred and creditors of the said t ceased, to be and appear before me at our i xt Judsoof Probate's Court lor the said county, 'I bo hoidcn at York Court House on the lo'i'H a \Y OF JULY, next, to show cause, ii' any, c ly the said Administration should not be anted. t ven under my hand and Sea!, this 29th day of J June, in the year of our Lord one thousand n^lithundred and eighty-two, and in the 100th p year of the Independence of the United States if America. J. A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. J June 29 2(> 2t * EASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY" OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, York County, S YoRKVIf.r.K, S. C., May 28th, 1882. AM instructed to REASSESS REAL PROP- ? ERTY at the khmio time that the assessment of 2RSONAL PROPERTY is made this year. >al Property must, therefore, be RELISTED )RTAXATION, otherwise bcliablo to penalty. Persons having charge of real estate excmp- .j ills, .such as churches, public school houses, meteries, <fcc., are required to report the same; 1 being my duty to keep a list of all exempted opertv in the countv. 1 W. B. WTLLIAMS, C Auditor York County. ? lune 1 22 ^ 7t GARKV I HON ^ cl Cement. d 79 and 81 Columbus Street, | j) OLiE V.tiIjA3VD, OHIO. Send for circulars ami prico lists. February 2(1 9 ly *! house"and lot for sale. JHE undersigned offers for sale, tho Lot in Yorkville, known as the "Meek Place." It _ situated near the Methodist Church, and conns TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is ,wo-storv Dwelling House, containing MIX lRGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lum* house, corn-crib and stable. 1 Terms will be made easj\ 1 L. M. GRIST. It CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. ~~ ? IHE undersigned would respect u 1 ly inform J1. tbe public that lie is prepared to cleanse gar- 's nts of any fabric, whatever, rendering them c fectlv clean, and if unfaded, restoring thetn'to 11 i original brightness and lustre of the goods, not throw away your old clothes, but have in cleaned and'madc to look as well as new. >rk promptly done, and at the most reasons- t! prices. * THOMAS BALLARD. P1 C. E. SPKNCER, ~~ ? ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1,1 YORKVILLE, S. V. j fn OFFICE IN REAR OF COURT HOUSE. O IT ILL practice in all the Courts of the State j ^ f and United States. i i t. j_i r>f I ri opet:i?i unt:ii i iun iiivni m? uir oi-tuvuivuv %?. atcs. >? larch fl 10 ly .j. w. luuman, PRACTICAL BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. rc HOP in SPRINGS MOORE building, on first floor, in the rear of Withers Adickes' store. ? (v shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dressand polite attention to all customers. Call ; I give him a trial. | | Jtf- Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO, j q Lime. m RUSH ROAOHED LIME forsaleatmy Kiln, j pr 1J miles East of Black's Station, S. C., known Jl he "Greene Kiln." Orders for Lime in Bar- 01 i will have prompt attention. Price 25 cents bushel al kiln, Black's Station, S. C. be J. W. RHYNE. se pril f> 14 ly wl ch attel mortgages | "a rORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. 1 m TflZEIt ACWlTLT HIE MOST 1 a > THE MOST DU1 jStoav i: SEND FOR PRICE LIST Ti T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent, Yorkville, S. C March 16 J. J. SMITH & CO. CLOSING OUT." Il/'E are determined to close out our entire ff stock of Dry Goods, and in order to do so ve have reduced our prices on ALL LINES OF GOODS. Dross Goods worth 87J cents, reduced to 25 cents; ho stvles usually sold at 3M cents. reduced to 20 puts, and those usually sold at 25 cents, reduced o Ilia cents. Our Goods are fresh and of desi-able ityles, and at the prices we now olfor them, THERE IS A BARGAIN IN THEM. )on't fail to examine for yourselves before you >uy. Our stock of CASSIMERES AND C9TT0NADES fs full and complete. We also offer great Bargains in these lines. READY-MADE CLOTHING. Great reductions in the prices, and Bargainsof'ered in Gents' Ready Made Clothing Some leaittifnl fanev Cassirnere Suits, reduced from Slb.OOto ?12.50,' IF YOU WANT BARGAINS n Ladies', Misses' and Children's.SHOES,Gents' JHOES and HATS, come at once before our stock s exhausted. Those who come with the money .hall have the benetitof our l<nv prices. J. J. SMITH A CO. THE OLD RELIABLE! ONE OF TSE BEST NEWSPAPERS I3V THE SOUTH. * . * ? s'O SENSATIONALISM, NO IMMORALITY. AUGUSTA SUBSCRIBE FOR IT! rHE Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the oldest newspaper in the South, and perhaps he oldest In the United States, having been esablisbed in HWo. While thoroughly Democratic n principle, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant, riie CHRONICLE contains the latest news from 11 parts of the world, and is recognized as a firstlass paper. As an advertising medium, it covers the nounry in Georgia and South Carolina tributary to Lugusta. We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We iiiblish no articles of an immoral character. TKRMH: )aily, one year, 310 Of >i-Weekly, one year, 5 00 Veekly,one year, 2 00 Address WALSH & WRIGHT, Augusta, Gtf. STATE OF SOUTH C^R7)L11\ A. COUNTY OF YORK-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Lrnold Friedheim and Julius Friedheim, Partners in Trade, under the tirui name of A. Friedheim A Brother, Plaintiffs, against j John W. Simril, Defendant.?Summons for Money Demand?Complaint not Served. 'o JOHN W.SIMRIL, Defendant in this action: R^OU are hereby summoned and required to an|[ swer theeomplaint in this action, which has his day been herewith tiled in the office of the Jlcrk of clio Court of Common Pleas for the said ounty, and to serve a copy of your answer on he subscribers, at their office, in Yorkville,South Carolina, within twenty days after the service of his summons on you, exclusive of the day of uch service: and if you fail to answer lliecontilaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff rill apply to the Court for judgment sgainstyou :>r the sum of live hundredand ninety-eight dolirs and 24 cents, together with interest on the uin of sixty dollars thereof from the30th day ol anuarv one thousand eight hundred and eightyne, and on the.sum ot one hundred and seventyine dollars and ninety-nine cents, from the 2!>th ay of March, 1S81, and on the sum of one hmired and eighty-two dollars and titty-four cents, rom the 0th day of January, 1S82, and costs. Dated Mai' 23rd, A. D., 1.882. Original Summons and Complaint in this aeon are tiled in my Office, of datoMav 23rd, 1882 L. S.l JOS. F. WALL XOR. O. C. Pis. WILSON & WILSON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Juno 15 24 ot TAX RETURNS FOR 1882. AUDITOR'S OFFICE,) Yokkvillk, S. C., Ma}' 4th, 1KS2. j wTOTICE is hereby given that on and after > TilURSDAY, Tf 1E KIRST DAY OF JUNE, 182, the books of ihe County Auditor of York unity, will bo open for the purpose of receiving - turns of all PERSONAL PROPERTY owned v tho several tax payers in said county, on the it day of June, 1882, and liable to taxation. The uditor will meet the tax payers at the following tnes and places: At Yorkville, from Monday, 3rd of July, to Wednesday, 20th of. July, inclusive. All transfers of real estate made since last reirn, ami ail new buildings erected, must be re.'irted. All males between the ages of 21 and 00 years e liable to poll tax, and must make returns acirdingly. All returns must be tiled in this office, on orbero WE ONES DA Y, Til E TWENTIETH DAY F JULY, next, otherwise, titty per cent, penal' will attach. This will be absolute. The tax-pavers will please notice that du ng the time that the Auditor is at his appointon ts throughout the county, the books will not ? open at Yorkville, as heretofore. Tax payers ill save themselves trouble by making their rerns at the appointment nearest their place of sidence. W. B. WILLIAMS, County Auditor. May 4 IS tf DEtfTAITSURGERY. ~ ,)r* J* I{* 1,ATK,CK? ll TYTTw \ V III.* .'"lU !.<* /il .1 # ^ J.1C7 A) ill bo in ROCK HILL for the practice of his I ofesslon from the 1ST TO TIIH 1 STH OK ' JLY, and will visit Yorkvilie on the 24TJ1 ( [?' JULY, where he will remain for THREE EKKS. During his stay in these places he will ' i pleased to wait upon all who may require the rvic.es of a DENTIST. Doing amply prepared ith the best instruments and all the* improved ' pliunces, he feels warranted in assuring perfect tisfaction. . Ladies waited on at their residence. ' Rooms in Yorkvilie, at the Kawlinson House. May 27 .TS ly URAL STEAM IMI. ECONOMICAL > i) UBLE ENGINE N USE. D THE MANUFACTURERS, TOZER & DIAL, Columbia, 8. C. II dm JOB PRINTING. OWTNG to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and i first-class appointments throughout our office, j we are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OP JOJi PRINTING in superior style, and at prices ; that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and mate : rmis. vv u jmve rea'uuy maun a reuuuuwu m I prices for the following classes of work, to which j we invite the attention of business men : * rtTT.L HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill fiends, $3.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet bill heads. We will till an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of oither size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For :VW For 1000 Commercial Note $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (largesize) 3.00 5.0C For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. Wo also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements os the Justices of the Supreme Court, and / in proof reading exorcise the utmost care to en- * sure accuracy. # We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and wiil lie pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C. April 27 17 tf C.& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, S. C., to Lineolnton, N. C., . taking etfect at 2.45 o'clock, P. M., May 2, 1882: GOING NOKTH. Leave Chester 2.45 P. M. Leave Lowrysville 3.15 P. M. Leave McConnellsville 3.35 P. M, ^ Leave Guthriosville 3.45 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville 4.10 P. M. Leave Yorkville 4.20 P. M. 1 ,<eave 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 Gastoma o.wu r. s>i. Leave Dallas 0.20 P. M. Leave Hardin's 0.45 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton ~7.15 P. M. QOINO SOUTH. Leave Lincolnton, . 7.00 A. M. Leave Hardin's 7.25 A. M. Leave Dallas 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia* 8.10 A. M. l.cavo Gastonia 8 30 A. M. f Leavo Pleasant Ridge 8.50 A. M. Leavo Crowder's Greek 9.00 A. M. Leave Bowling Green 9.10 A. M. Leave Clover 9.25 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville 10.00 A. M. Leavo Yorkville 10.10 A. M. Leave Guthriesville 10.35 A. M. Leave MoC'onnellsville 10.50 A. M. Leave Lowrysville 11.10 A. M. Arrive at Chester. 11.40 A. >1. Break fast. JAMES MASON, Stiperintendont. May 4 18 tf RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD. ' yfrn _ \nr Passenger department. ON and after April 30th, 1882, Passenger > i Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte ^ Air-Line division of this road will be as follows: EASTWARD, Mail and Express. Mail. No. 51. No. 53. Leave Atlanta, 2.15 P. M. 4.00 A. M. Arrive at Gainesville, 4.54 P. M. 6 19 A. M. Arrive at Lula, 5,22 P. M. 6.50 A. M. Arrive at Rabnn Gap June 5.47 P. M. 7.41 A. M. Arrive at Toccoa, 6.40 P. M. 8.17 A. M. Arrive at Seneca, 8.00 P. M. 9.26 A. M. 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 Gastoma, z.wo a. m. z.uu r. ei. 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 utSpartanburg 4.31 A. M. 4.00 P. M. Arrive at Greenville 5.59 A. M. 5.29 P. M. Arrive at Seneca,.. 7.43 A. M. 7.03 P. M. Arrive at Toecoa, 9.18 A. M. 8.30 P. M. Arriveat Rab'n Gup June 10.00 A. M. 9 10 P. M. Arrive at Lnla, 10.37 A. M. 9.46 P. M. Arriveat Gainesville ll.'O A. M. 10.15 P. M. Arrive at Atlanta, 1.30 P. M. 12.40 A. M. T. M. K. TA I,C0TT, General Manager. I. Y. SAGE, Superintendent. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. Mav 25 21 tf "cH^KAViTAND CHESTER RAILROAD. PR ESI PENT AND SUP'T'S OFFICE,) C'HKMTKR, S. C., Nov. 28, 1881. > 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. Leave Miller's Station 8.10 A. M. Leave Wax haw Station 8.20 A. Al. Leave River Depot 9.00 A. M. Leave Fort Lawn 9.J5 A. M. Leave Cedar Shoal Factory 9.25 A. M. Leave Howze's Station 9.45 A. M. Leave Richburg .. 10.00 A. M. Leave MeDaniel's Crossing 10.10 A. M. leave Knox's Station 10.20 A. M. Arriveat Chester 11.00 A. M. Leave Chester 3 50 P. M. Arriveat Lancaster Depot 6 50 P. M. Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where *r sold. WM.' IL HARDIN, President. January 19 3 tf mirttinvLi ur 1TCU UrUPFT I LI liOl il Tj ?? .1 1. lj IV n li i:ju u. \\rE have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TU'.lT ? RINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's Invention. We are working a KU-ineh Wbeol tI the same kind, and there Is no better Water Wheel made for the same money. Those who wntemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no better titan to get one of these Wheels. We have Circulars giving all the details in regard to the working of it, and with the sale you have the privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not lo as represented, the money will be refunded. Home and see the sample 18 inch R. H. Turbine Wheel, Manufactured by the.SERGEANT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. HERN DON PROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. 0. February 10 47 tf OLD NEWS PA P E R~S, ^ OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENOHIRER OFFICE. September lf> 2f> tf