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&umorotts ?ep art went. |i
The Consoler.?From Salem we went
leisurely dotfn to Louisville. There were!
some very }>leas?nt people on the train. (
>? ear us sat three women, of ages ranging (
from something definite to something very in- ,
definite, and the one that was not the young- ]
est of the three exerted herself for thirty- ,
eight miles to entertain her two companions. ,
She talked of funerals she had attended, and j
doubted if one of her companions, who was
hastening to the bedside of a daughter, would ,
lind that daughter alive. " j,
"No," she said, shaking her melancholy ,
head in a croaking manner; "it aint at all
likely as you'll ever see her alive. I mind
Mrs. Blenkinson was took in exactly that
way, and she died in three days from the minute
she was first took. And you wouldn't
knowed her she was that changed with sufferin.'
All drawed up and emaciated."
"Doctor Bolus told me yesterday," the comforter
went on, "that Mrs. Bendry wa'nt going
to live through the week. It's awful to
see a mother die and leave all her children,
he's see; your daughter's oldest is only seven,
fie ? And her children is all girls, too.
t so bad when they're boys, for boys
lanage to get along and do for tliem,
but with the girls it's different, i
know what 011 earth is going to become
rah Lempart's three little girls. She
Easter Sunday. I never saw a woman
hard in my life. She was nearly all day a
I was with her every minute of the
time," added the pleasant woman with a
* triumphant glance of superior satisfaction, at
her companion.
Then she went on and told how John Bankley's
wife died and left two young girls and a
"nnrsin' baby," and bow old Airs. AiarKnon
died last Saturday night with not a livin'
soul but me and Ann Kinsler nigh her," and
how Mrs. Plunkett's family was scattered to
the ends of the earth afore the grass was
green on her grave, and how easy Mrs. Johagin
died and her husband was married again
already, and so every mile of the way some
of that woman's neighbors died and left a family
of children, and if she hadn't got out when
she did, I don't suppose there would have
been a "livin' bein'" left' in her native town,
save only herself, to tell the tale.?Free Press.
Selling His Clocks.?A traveling clockmaker
made a circuit, having a hundred clocks
when he started. They were all very bad,
which he well knew, but "by soft sawdor and
human natur'," as Sam Slick says, he contrived
to sell ninety-nine of them, and reserved
the last for his intended ruse. He went to
the house where he had sold the first clock and
said : "Well, now, how does your clock go V
Very well, 1 guess." Tlie answer was as he
. anticipated. "No, very bad." "Indeed I
j Well, I've found it out at last. You see, I had
/ one clock which was, I know, a bad one ; and
/ I sjjidto my boy : "You put that clock aside,
/ ^^Writwon't do to sell such an article. Well,
the boy didn't mind, and left the clock with
the others, and found afterward that it had
l>een sold somewhere. Mighty mad I was, I
can tell you, for I'm not a little particular
about my credit. So I have asked here and
tliere, everywhere almost, how my clocks went,
and they all said they "actually regulated the
sun." But I was determined to find out who
had the bad clock, and I am most particularly
glad that I have done it at last. Now, you
see, I have but one clock left, a very superior
article, worth a matter of ten shillings more
than the other, and I must give it to you in
exchange, and I'll only charge you five shillings
difference, as you have been annoyed
with the bad article." The man who had the
bad article thought it better to pay five shillings
more to have a good one. So the exchange
was made, and then the man proceeding
with the clock, returned to the next house.
"Well, now, how does your clock go V Verywell,
I guess." The same answer, the same
story repeated, and another five shillings received
in exchange. And thus did he go
round exchanging clock for clock until he had
received an extra five shillings for every one
he had sold.
Efficacy of His Prayek.?Parson Sandy,
a colored divine of deep lore, and old Simon,
a theological student, roomed together. The
other morning when Simon arose, he discovered
that his watch had been stolen. When
Sandy, who had left his bed early, came into
the room, Simon spoke to him about the missing
watch, and asked his advice as to the best
course to pursue for its recovery.
"He bes' plan, Brudder Simon, is ter pray
ter de Lord. Ef yer prays wid ferventness, de
Lord will see dat de watch is returned."
"Does yer believe dat, Brudder Sandy ?"
"Yes, Brother Simon. Ax de Lord, an' he
will answer yer pra'r."
"Will yer pray fur me, Brudder Sandy V"
"Yas, Brudder Simon, I'se always willin'
ter pray."
The two men kneeling, prayed. When they
arose Simon said :
"I feels dat de Lord is gwine ter answer my
prayer."
"f'co rrlo/l for horli if " rounAlliiorl Silnrlv
"in fuck, I know dat he is," and drawing a
horse pistol and leveling it at Sandy's head,
Simon continued, "Gimme dat watch or I'll
shoot de top of yer head off." Sandy produced
? the watch, when Simon continued : "I)e power
of prayer an' boss pistils is astonishing to
the human un'erstandin'. "-ArAvnisas Traveler.
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An Appalling Thought.?During the
second year of the war a grocer' in an Ohio
town scaled his prices by reports from the
front. One day a defeat would cut the price
of butter four cents, the next day would raise
the price of eggs a penny a dozen, and a victory
or defeat was certain to hit even the jar of
nutmegs on the top shelf. One day a farmer
who had some butter to sell entered the shop
and asked the going price.
"I'm paving sixteen to-day," was the answer.
"But only two days ago you paid twenty."
"Yes, but you see Pope has been defeated
since that, and there is a back action."
The farmer sold out and wanted most of it
in sugar, and the grocer remarked jus he made
ready to weigh it:
"Sugar has advanced a cent a pound since
Monday."
"Mercy on me, but why is that?"
"Because the rebels got licked in Tennessee."
The old man sat down on a nail-keg and
thought it all over, and presently looked up
and said.
"My friend, if a Federal defeat cheapens
what you buy, and a rebel victory enhances
the value of what you sell, what a blank of a
fix you'd be in if there should happen to be a
drawn battlel"
Unexpected Criticism.?One of the most
eloquent and popular clergymen of Austin,
Texas, being about to ascend the steps leading
lo his church a few Sundays ago, was asked
by a partially blind old woman, who did
not recognize him to help her up the steps.
With his usual urbanity he complied with
her tequest. .lust as she reached the top steps
she asked him who was going to preach.
"Parson Smith," he replied, that being his
own name.
"O Lord!" exclaimed the old lady. "Help
me down again. I'd rather listen to a man j
sawing wood. Please help me down again. J|
don't care to go in."
At first the clergyman was inclined to refuse,
but on reflection, he gently assisted her down
again, remarking as they reached the bottom:
"You are quite right, madam, about going
into the church. I wouldn't go in either if 1
was not paid for it."?Harper's Magazine for
June.
fejT A story is narrated of the present Bishop
of Limerick, which, coming from Lord Emly,
must be true. The Bishop, who has from \
time back been in extremely delicate health,
was told some days ago by his physician that |
a trip to Nice was positively necessary to set !
him up in health, but he positively declined !
to entertain the idea ol going and shook his ! (
head so determinately that the man of pills I.
and potions thought it only right to express ,
himself in plain terms. "My Lord," he said i 1
very solmnly. "1 tell you candidly that your |,
case is a most serious one, and if you do not!.
go to Nice you must very soon goto Heaven." 1.
"Oh! well, in that case," said the Bishop, very |,
dismally, "I will go to Nice." j(
Preparing for the future state : "Ah my | j
friend," said a clergyman to a parishioner who i ]
was the husband of a termagant and who had j
made application for a divorce, "we should be
yielding and forgiving. There are no divorc- 1
.ps in heaven." "That is the reason," said 1
^g^kthe sufferer, "why 1 am so anxious to get a ;?
MjtfJfiivorce here." ' s
?hc Jam and Jircside. N
WORKING BUTTER.
Working butter after it is taken from the |
churn is one of the most important of dairy j "
Derations. The process is required, first, to ;
press out all the buttermilk remaining in the ; i
butter, or if this has been washed out with wa- i
ter, to get rid of the water remaining ; and, i t
second, to thoroughly incorporate the salt with (
the butter. But in this necessary process it 1
is indispensable that the texture of the butter i
should not be injured and its fibrous granular I u
or waxy character changed into a sticky, j (
greasy paste. This, however, is easily done 11
by bad working, or over-working, while on I <
the other hand, bad working may leave it ! 1
streaked, patchy and spotted Urn use tlje salt! i
has not l>een evenly distributed. In working i 1
butter the mechanical oixmitinn should con-! i
sist of pressure only. Any sliding, plastering ; t
movement of the ladle or working implement j 1
upon the butter is to be strictly .avoided, i
Pressure forces the granular or small masses <.
of butter into very close contact, flattens them, j i
lengthens them, dove-tails them into and be- l
tween each other and so produces the well- h
known fibrous texture of first-class butter. I c
Xo other mechanical operation will produce ]
this effect and no other will so well force out f
the superabundant moisture. I say supera- ?
bundant, because butter will not be of good ]
texture and quality if it is worked quite dry l
and is made quite devoid of moisture. When |
good butter is cut a few minutes, dewdrops of <
clear liquid should ap|>eur on the fresh surface, |
and this greatly improves the butter. . i
It is very difficult for a dairyman working <
butter by hand to avoid injuring the texture of ;
it in the effort to get tlie salt evenly incori>o- i
rated and all the excess or moisture worked I
out. The machine workers as generally fail '
as the hand workers, because they are not so i
made that an inexperienced person cannot go
wrong. There is, however, one exception to <
this, in a machine in which a child even can- ;
not make a mistake and must go in the way he 1
should cro. This is the new Blanchard work- i
er, which I have been recently experimenting
with. This machine only presses the butter
out into a flat, thin sheet, by an ingenious device
without rollers or ladles or anything that
can rub or slide on it. The salt being then
sprinkled on the butter, the sheet is folded or
doubled up and pressed ; at every folding and
pressing the salt is more and more evenly dis- <
tributed and the granular masses of the butter,
as they come from the churn, are pressed into
fibers lying lengthwise so that the -peculiar 1
texture so desired in good butter is produced
necessarily and cannot be avoided. If the
cream was right when it went into the churn,
and the churning has been well done, then no
one, however inexperienced in working butter,
can possibly avoid working it right with this
worker, while nine out of ten would spoil the
whole with the usual bowl and ladle. When
the butter has been brought to an even texture
and shade of color, without patches and streaks
in any part of it, the working should cease, although
there may yet be some considerable
moisture in it.
If the butter lias been well washed in clear,
cold water free from milk, this moisture will
be clear brine and should be retained in the
butter to preserve a good llavor. When good
butter lias been well worked the last tiling to
do is to pack it properly.. The lump being cut
into moderate-sized pieces, is to be pressed
down into the pail closely around the sides so
that 110 air spaces are left, for if these spaces
remain in the butter, the surfaces will lose
both color and flavor. A layer of one or two
inches is enough to pack in at once and the
whole pail will be quite solid. Lastly, a neat,
good pail is indispensable, and the neatest, best
and most convenienti know of or have used
is the small, spruce-wood Welch pail holding
20 pounds.?H. Stew, (, in Rural New Yorker.
Hints fok Milkers.?Milk only twice a
day unless the cow sheds her milk. Let the
milking lie at regular times, and at intervals
of about twelve hours. Milk thoroughly, as
any milk left in the udder is likely to thicken,
anil do injury to the cow as well as lessening
the quantity. Again, remember that the
milk grows richer until the last, ltead the
following from the i>en of Dr. Anderson, oi
Bath, England: "We filled serveral largi
teacups of the same size, commencing with
milk at the beginning of the milking, and
others at regular intervals, till the last, which
woo Hllorl tho uf.riitiiinrre nr
These were severally weighed, so as to ascertain
that the quantity of it was the same,
and after repeating this experiment, a number
of trials with different cows, the results
were stated as follows: The quantity of cream
from the first-drawn cup was in every case
much inferior and smaller than that from the
last cup drawn, and those between giving i
less or more as they were nearer to the beginning
or end. In the case of some cows the 1
variation of cream from the first cup to the I
last was in the proportion of sixteen to one,
and in no case was it less than eight to one. <
The difference in quality was much greater <
than in quantity. In the first cup the cream
was thin, and in the last cup the cream was i
thicker and richer, in color, more so than of i
any. The difference in the quality of the '
milk that remained after the cream was sepa- s
rated was still greater than either in respect 1
to the quantity and quality of the cream. The i
milk of the first cup was thin and bluish, as i
if a large proportion were water, while that of <
the last cup was a thick consistency and of a t
yellow color, more like that of cream than 1
milk, both in appearance and taste." ;
It has been said that a little mess fed to a
cow while milking often has a good effect,
and she meanwhile yields her milk more freely. '
As nearly as possible, observe twelve hours 1
between milking?a rule of more importance (
than at fist might seem to a careless milker. :
The beating of a cow with a milking stool, or 1
kickinsr with vour feet should never be al- s
lowed. ;
Cokn Foddeh.?When the ears lisive been t
gathered, the stalks of sweet corn make the i
very l>est fodder. 11. is not only very sweet and
nutritions, but as the ears are gathered before i
maturity, the stalks, if cut at once as they *
should be, are in the very best condition for i
use as fodder. There is some ditttculty in f
curing the stalks; but in several years' expe- >
rience with them in a rather large way we f
have had no trouble in keeping the fodder in j
excellent condition. The great point and need t
is to thoroughly dry the stalks out of doors. ]
They should be first well wilted and partly (
dried upon the ground, laid down as they are t
cut, in small bundles, which when bound af- >
terward, will make easily handled sheaves. (
After twenty-four hours of more exposure the t
bundles may be bound with a straw band or
osier stalk, and the sheaves so made set up in
stooks, loosely placed so as to admit the air t
freely among them. The stook or small stack r
should be well bound at the top to exclude r
rain and left out of doors until completely 1
dried and cured. The fodder may then be i
safely housed in the barn or under the roof of (
an open shed near the barn, where it can be- t
reached conveniently for use. Fodder so cured i
is equal to the best hay, and will be eaten with i
avidity and without waste or loss. si
Of more than seventeen acres grown last ! t
season and fed to cows in our dairy the past i :i
winter, there was scarcely a particle to be j 1
found in the manure ; every fragment except-! a
ing some few pieces of some of the coarser! n
buts having been consumed. This, of course, ! t
is due in a great measure to the fact that the ! (
fodder was finely cut and wetted, and the j 1
meal given mixed with it. The economy ol" | \
such a practice and of such a crop so used is j e
too obvious to need comment.?Maim Farmer.
Value of Draining.? The early summer , ?
and the fall months afford many opportuni- j i
ties of draining land. There is no question of ; t
its great utility. Sometimes ditching is of it-! a
self sufficient, at other times tiles or loose j 1
stones are best laid. The depth of drain, un- i s
less in clayey ground may be three feet. The j i
deeper the drain until the depth of three is at-; i:
tained, the better the effect, and the broader j 11
will be the strip of land drained, or affected by j t
the drain, and there is no trouble about the | t
water percolating through the soil to that! s
depth. There is sometimes condemnation of . s
wet lands which is not reasonable. A great j 1
majority of crops prefer moist soils. But the ' p
water is not wanted on top of the land ; it a
must be got through it easily to the bottom of p
the roots, and this uiulerdraining does. When a
water gets through the ground quickly it carries
air with it, which is just what the roots i
of plants like. Roots which never get the air s
in this way are very inactive, and the plant 0
languishes and dies. Underdrained moist s
land, is the best of all land for crops as a rule, j'
i a
The simplest and most effectual way of 1
keeping out moths is red cedar chips. Keep t
;hem in drawers, wardrobes, closets trunks, e
itc. They will also keep away the trouble- c.
mme ant. fi
Reading for the $afrhath. |
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBEUT LATHAN.
The psalms liave much of their power !
n that they are the utterances of real life in j
ts changes. The men lielieved, knew, felt; i
herefore they wrote. We see the hand of
iod and the lieart of man. Such men have
lever ceased to be. Names change, life keeps
ts course. The thoughtful man, whose years
ire piany, can sing the psalter and set his I
>wn name for the pronouns. It has been i
jailed the "sacred book of the world." How I
tld it.is, and yet ever young. The churches |
lave worshipped in its inspiring strains, rising
n its exultation, lwwing in its confession and
anient. The people have sung its medodies?
nerchants, sailors, ploughmen : sages, solliers,
priests: mothers with their children,
tings with their people. Cromwell led his
nen to victory at Dunbar with the sixtyughth
Psalm; Luther strengthened his heart
,vitli the vigor of the Psalms. Wallace had
lis psalter hung before him at his execution,
md (lied with his eyes fixed upon it. Poly:arp,
Ilildebrand, IIuss, Columbus, Xavier,
Meiancthon, Jewell, gave their last breath to
lie words of a psalm. On plsalm alone _h;>s
mgraved itself on the hearts of men. The
>enitence of the contrite souls has loved to
nvath out misrrcre. Thomas Arnold had the
ifty-first psalm read to him when he lay
lying, and .John Rodgers recited it as he went
to the stake. .Jeremy Taylor transformed it
into a prayer. Lady Jane Grey repeated its
jry for merey as she ascended to the scaffold",
md Sir Thomas Moore,' as he laid his head
upon the block. Augustine had written on
the wall opposite the bed where he lay sick,
"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,"
md Bernard died with the verse on his lips.
We draw with these instances from other
lays. They might he found nearer to our time
iind in our time. The Hebrew parchment
lives in tire reverent sentence which looks
down from the Royal Exchange in London,
down on the busy streets and the hurryiug
throng of men claiming ownership and holding
in brief possession in this world: "The
earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof."?Dr.
McKenzic.
A Hint to Pastoks.?Edward Irving succeeded
in getting the sympathy and respect of
an infidel shoemaker by the knowledge of
leather, which lie as a tanner's son. had acquired.
lie discoursed so' skillfully 011 the
shoemaker's fabric, that lie charmed him into
laying down his hammer and lapstone, and entering
into conversation with him. JNIext he
was won to church and to the ministry, excusing
himself to his infidel friends by the exclamation
: "He's a sensible man. He-kens
aboot leather !"
At one of Mr. Moody's meetings, a minister
related the following incident :
"I was holding a mission in a colliery district,
and in the course of the morning, when
I was inviting people to the evening meeting,
1 knocked at a door and found a woman at a
washing-tub. I said to her : "I called to tell
you 1 am holding mission services at such and
such a chapel; will you and your family join
us "Chanel." she said; "I am up to my
eyes in washing. I have three black men
coming in, and there's that wringing-machine,
I gave fifty shillings for it, and it's broken tlx?
first round." She was in a towering passion,
and I thought I would not say any more to
her, so I looked at the machine and found it
was not broken, but had only slipped out of
its gear ; I set it right, and then said : "Now
you have lieen hindered, so I'll just take a turn
at the wringing." So I went to work?turn,
turn, turn. At last she looked up and said,
"Where did you say the chapel was ?" I told
her. She said, "I'll tell my husband to-night,
and we'll come." That woman was saved,
and her husband and all the family, and she
became the best worker in the village, and
there was a blessed awakening in that place.
She went from house to house saying, "Come
and hear the minister ; it's he as mended the
machine."'
How to no it at Home.?"Doctor," said a
gentleman to his pastor, "howcan I best train
my boy in the way lie should go V"
"By going that way yourself," blandly responded
the pastor.
No sounder advice could have been given.
Sound instruction is excellent. Education in
morals and correct theories in living are not
by any means to be neglected. But those families
where the quiet influence of a pure and
noble example is fuund are most likely to be
the ones where childhood is most successfully
trained. In nothing is the influence of little
things more important than in the domestic
circle. Parents naturally and properly live a
free and unrestrained life in the presence of
their own families. If they are cross, faultfinding,
unreliable, unfair in their conduct towards
others, it is idle to expect that the children,
who are hourly witnesses to this conluet,
will be of sunny disposition or unselfish
tnd honest towards others in their life. But
it nome nte is uueu wun nine aeeus 01 kiihiness,
with gentle, loving hopelessness, the
'small sweet courtesies" of hourly intercourse
mil the regard for "the golden rule," they
will descend from father to son, and from
mother to daughter. Home will borrow the
radiance that is the best foretaste of the blessedness
of the heavenly world, and children
;hat are reared in such -an atmosphere are
ikely to fulfill the expectations of those that
ire interested in their welfare.
Cll 11ISTIANITYNOT A FAILURE.?Clll'istiailty
a failure! Then man is a failure. Then the
ace is a failure. Then the Government of
rod is a failure. The man whose face is
;eamed and ridged all over with the fruits of
/ice says virtue is a failure. The bloated bejotted,
driveling inebriate says temperance is
i failure. The highwayman and the murderer
iay the law is a failure. The reckless viola:ors
of the laws of health say the science of
nedicine is a failure.
Pope Pius IX, said the civilization of the
liueteenth century is a failure. The owl
>ays light is a failure. Is it any wonder that
men may be heard to say that Christianity is a
failure? It's an old cry; every single century
>ince Christ it has been sounded out. Put
somehow this thing we eall Christianity (Iocs
iot foil And the charge of Christianity's
'ailure never seemed quite so absurd as in the
ligh noon of the nineteenth century. He
inly can make the charge who shuts his eyes
o some tremendous facts, and who is smitten
vitli the notion that his own little world of
loubt and cavil is the whole wide world of
bought and feeling of to-day.
Seizing (Ippoiitunities.?A lady once wriiinr
to a voimcr man in the navv. who was al
Host a stranger,, thought, "Shall I elose this
is anybody would, or shall I say awordformy .
Master ?" and, lifting up her heart for a monent,
she. wrote, telling him that his constant ;
Iiange of scene and place was an apt illustraion
of the words, "Ilere we have no continungcity,"
and asked if he could say "I seek i
me to come?" Tremblingly she folded it,
ind sent it off. Hack came the answer: "I i
.hank you so much for those kind words. 1 ;
im an orphan, and no one has spoken to me 11
ike that since my mother died, long years '
igo." The arrow, shot at venture, hit home, ;
mil the young man shortly after rejoiced in
lie fulness of the gospel of peace. How often
lo we, as Christians, elose a letter to those we
mow have 110 hope "as anybody would," when i1
ve might say a word for Jesus ! Shall we not 1
imbrace each opportunity in the future ?
Vitui'Kkatio.v.?Vituperation does no : 1
;ood. It often defeats a good cause, because 1
t produces disgust or anger or mental impa- 1
w.nr.i. in tin. lioorcr oitlier flf wllidl is filtiil to ' 1
iiy effort at calm thought and rational dec is-: i
r>n. lint vituperation is nowhere more often- !
ive or injurious.than when uttered in tlie col- j
nuns of a religious paper. In this respect it <
< obvious that there has been a great im- j ]
movement in recent years; and now it is a rare , 1
liing when we meet with this offensive prac- 1
ice. There has been a marked change in the j s
ocular newspaper, also, in this respect. Hut .
till there is room for further improvement. (
.'he most influential and best edited secular |
apers do not deal in vituperation or invective, '
nd do not indulge in the vulgar habit of asersing
the motives or misrepresenting the.
ets of an opponent. f
? l
Gibson, the great Chief Justice of Penn- 1
ylvauia, once said to certain sceptical friends 1
f his: "Give Christianity acommon law trial; ubmit
the evidence pro and con to an impartial 1
nry under the direction of a competent court, j
nd the verdict will assuredly be'in its favor."
'his'deliverance coming from the most ill us- 1
l ions Judge of his time, not at all given to ?
xpressions of sentimental piety, and quite in-.
a liable of speak ingon any subject for mere ef- f
pet, staggered the unbelief of those present.1 ti
^UsrrUancous Reading.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
NOTES OF TRAVEL.
Prescott, Ontario, Canada, July 25.?After
leaving Washington, we passed rapidly
over the Pennsylvania Railroad to Ilarrisburg,
the beautiful Capital of the Keystone State ;
then onward, day and night, without stopping
for even a moment, as is the custom in our
Southern States, to partake of something to
satisfy the cravings of hunger, until the hour
of about half-past, one at night, when we rolled
into the beautiful little city of Niagara. The
route leading from Washington that we traveled
to Niagara, viu Ilarrisburg, Williamsport,
Elmira, Canandagua, Rochester, etc., is the
most direct, and certainly no less attractive
than any other that can be taken by the traveler.
The soil from Washington to near Harrisburg
was originally quite thin, except along
the, margin of the Gun Powder ltiver and
other streams, abounding along the road.
Along these clear and beautiful streams that
rapidly glide, apparently almost on the top of
the ground, the soil appears to be quite fertile,
and produces grass and small grain to perfection,
and in great-abundance.
I was struck with one imjjortant fact or
characteristic pertaining to all these streams,
and that is that I saw neither log, chunk of
wood, or other floating debris, nor limb, nor
brush of any kind whatever, in the waters of
any of these meandering but flowery streams.
They are not only kejit free from all impediments
calculated to impede tlieir progress, but
cultivated, in the most admirable manner, to
the very verge of the water. So it is no uncommon
thing to see, especially in the upper
part of Maryland, and through much of Pennsylvania,
that the farmers build neat brick
cottages near the streams, and locate their
great barns and stock yards high up on the
hills above, but not opposite them.
One of the special delights of the owners of
these farms and households appears to be to
stand in the doors of their residences and see
the trains as they go flying past, as rapidly as
steam can carry them. Yet it appears to give
them all greater pleasure to turn their eyes
and gaze, for miles, upon the broad fields of
green waving grass, and luxuriant crops of
wheat, barley, oats and rye. It is a beautiful
sight for them to see, for a" mile and more
away, the bright streams that tlow hard by
their doors, come flashing down through a living
carpet of green, with a low, gurgling hum,
at the same time glimmering like a silver ribbon
down to their very doors.
It would require no small volume to contain
all I thought in coneection with farms, neat
little cottages, large barns, broad meadows,
luxuriant, waving fields of small grain, the
Kv fl>n unH VkOilll.
lciiium aj*c iici^iuunru wj uuu i/iiguv i?uu ww??
tiful streams, which I have so feebly and imperfectly
described. The contrast I drew, as
compared with our Southern farms, when our
opportunities, in our favored sunny land, are
so much greater than those of the North, was
painful. And how ardently do I wish that I
could but have the privilege to exhibit to our
people some of these neat little farms and
their beautiful surroundings. They would
then be convinced, I am sure, that their farms
were originally better than were these farms
in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and that the
latter have been made what they are by perseverance,
stimulated, it may be, by their proximity
to well-constructed railroads and large
cities.
But all railroads here are managed with such
consummate skill that the influence and advantage
of these great cities is being felt and
seen for hundreds of miles away from them,
by the farmers of theiv<j$untry. Railroads in
our day, so far excel all other modes of transportation
and travel, that not one tithe of the
freight that used to find its way to market by
rivers, lakes, canals or turnpikes and other
roads, now goes 111 tins way to our great commercial
emporiums of trade that did some
twenty years ago.
A striking illustration of this fact is that
the costly Seneca Canal, in the State of New
York, like those of the great James River and
the Kanawha Canal, which cost quite twenty
millions of dollars, have been entirely abandoned
and railroads constructed along their
tow-paths. '
We have many miles of railroads in operation
in our own State, leading to all the great
centres and markets, both in the State and
abroad, and our soil, on an average, is as fertile
as that of any other State in the Union.
Then, why should not our planters turn over
a new leaf and go to work to improve and till
the soil to a greater profit ? The day is not
far distant, I hope, when this will be done by
all who engage in the tilling of the soil.
Guilford.
Will It Be a IIoly War ??The appalling
news from Egypt of the deliberate burning of
the second commercial city of the Levant, of
the massacre of its whole Christian population
and of the preparations of Arabi and his fol- j
lowers for further desperate enterprises, confirms
the possibility to which the Herald often
has alluded?that the "Egyptian question may
be the prelude of a 'holy war,'the like of which
has not happened since the Crusades."
Of all the Christian countries to be affected
by such a war, England, whose guns perhaps
have opened it at Alexandria, lias the most
f f\ U IMWol inr* rl "frniTI if. ffi
ui il/JUill uuiincijucnvro w u^/ivuvuu *w w
lier power and her people. The Empress of
India counts more disciples of Islam among
her subjects than any other monarch on the
globe. Forty million Mohammedans may not
remain tranquil under her Christian sway if
the heirs of the authority of the Prophet summon
them to make common cause against the
infidel.
For this reason a policy is forced upon England
to spare no endeavor to narrow the disturbance
and restrict it to political limits,
eliminating from it the elements of religious
fanaticism, or, if that cannot be done, to crush
those elements by an overwhelming force before
the whole Mohammedan world catches
fire from the Egyptian spark.
The reports of the reception of the tidings
of the lire and massacre of Alexandria at
Constantinople are too scanty to warrant an
assertion of the effect upon the Conference of
the Ministers of the great European powers
which is there in session. Put it is clear
enough by inference that it must be English
policy to strain every exertion to procure the
co-operation of Turkey in her further proceedings
against the Egyptians; and it is also
clear enough that in such a field of diplomacy
there are powers which are interested to counteract
her efforts.?Xcw York Herald.
OuioinoftiikTekm Lynch Law.?Lynch
law is the infliction of punishment on persons
charged with heinous offenses by people not
legally authorized to arrest persons and inflict
penalties. It is said to have derived its
name from John Lynch, a farmer of North
Carolina, who, about the first of the last century,
exercised Summary punishments?lashes,
torture, ana even ueuin, as ne saw nt?upon i
fugitive slaves and criminals, either white or I
black, who at one time infested the Dismal I
swamp and sallied forth from time to time to
prey upon the neighboring plantations. The
jolonial authorities of those days failing to
pursue and recapture these desperadoes, John
Lynch and his neighbors took the law into
Jieir own hands. There is a term of the same
iignilicance in England, Lidford Law.
?be furhviUr inquirer.
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Two copies one year, 4 00
fen copies one year 20 00
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ADVERTISING RATES.
ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first inserion,
and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each
uhsequent insertion. A square consists of the
pace occupied by seven lines of this size type.
ftgf Contracts will be made at reduced rates
or advertising space to be used for three, six,
>r twelve months.
J. J. SMITH & CO.
"closing outT
WE are determined to close out our entire
stock of Dry Goods, and in order to do so I
we have reduced our prioeH on
ALL LINES OF GOODS.
Dress Goods worth 37i 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 1(1$ cents. Our Goods are fresh and of desirable j
styles, and at the prices we now offer them,
THERE IS A BARGAIN IN THEM.
Don't fail to examine for yourselves before you
buy. Our stock of
CASSIMERES AND COTTONADES
Is full and complete. We also oiler great Bargains
in these lines.
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
Great reductions in the prices, and Bargainsoffered
in Gents' Ready Made Clothing Some
beautiful fancy Cassimore Suits, reduced from
| $10.00 to $12.50.
TP VAIT IV A \TT IIAUn iTVC
II' I Ut/ If Ail i ii/iinmiiin
In Ladies', Missps'and Children'sSHOES,Gents'
SHOKS and HATS, comeat once before our stock
is exhausted. Those who oonie with the money
shall have the benefitof our low prices.
J. J. SMITH & 00.
THE FAMOUS
i
ACME HARROW,
MADE of the best tempered steel and wrought
iron, Is acknowledged by all contestants at
fairs, and by agricultural journals, to be the most
complete SEED COVER Kit AND PULVERIZER
on the market. Where farmers cannot afford
the Drill and Harrow, preference is given to
the Harrow, which does the work of both in
seeding, besides giving valuable rcurns on cloddy
bottom land and. broom sedge or stubble the
entire year. One man and two horses can effectually
put in TWELVE ACRES per day, in all
lantfs that were cultivated the previous season in
corn or cotton. By means of the lever you can
cut your landsfrom one tothreeand a half inches
deeD. thoreby covering your grain at a uniform
depth, as you may desire. It also prepares .yonr
land for reapers and rakers. Satisfaction guaranteed,
or no pay. Purchasers will be allowed
one day to try it.. Longer use will be considered
a sale. Secure the Harrow early.
FOR SALE ALSO.
Farmer's Favorite drain Drill.
Champion Grain Drill.
The best Feed Cutter in the world for ?7, and a
regular line of Implements, from a garden plow
to a steam engine. Gallon
ERNEST LOWRY.
Office in Rratton Corner Store, Yorkville.
July 20 29 tf
IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. ~
THE LIGHT RUNNING DOMESTIC.
THE best material ; will do any and all kinds
of work; complete in every respect; the
largest arm ; the lightest running; most beautiful
Wood work. Fully warranted for five years.
Call at my PHOTO-G ALLEKY, one door east
of the jail and examine Machines and work. It
will be to your advantage to call on me before
purchasing a SEWING MACHINE.
I am prepared to d?> any work in the PHOTOGRAPH
LINE to satisfaction, and at reasonable
prices. J. R. SCHORB.
YORKVILLE
LIVERY AND FEED STABLES,
NEAR THE COURT HOUSE,
ARE now open and will be kept in first class
style with eomfnrtablo 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 Yorkville Omnibus, or
If you want your horses fed for 23 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.
300 dozen bundles good sheaf Oats and 300 bushels
Red and White Oats, for which I will pay the
market price, if delivered at iiiv stables soon.
F. E. SMITH.
BRIDGE NOTICE.
OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, I
Yorkvii.lk, S. C., July 17, 1882. J
UNTIL TUESDAY, the 22nd day of AUGUST,
1882, at 10 o'clock, A. M., SEALED PROPOSALS
will be received for the letting out of a
CONTRACT FOR A BRIDGE across Bullock's
Creek, at GILLESPIE'S FORD, on new cut
road leading from Hoodtown to Mrs. M. K.
Smarr's plantation.
Plans and Specifications may be seen by calling
on JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk of the Board, at
Yorkville, and also at the Ford, on the day and
hour above mentioned.
A bond with two sufficient sureties for faithful
work, in double the sum proposed, must accompany
each bill.
The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
By order of the Board,
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
July 20 2!) fit
DENTAL ~SU RG ERY.
n Br. 4, B. PATRICK,
of Charleston,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Will be in ROCK IIILL for the practice of his
profession from the 1ST TO THE 1STH OF
JULY, and will visit Yorkville on the 2-JTH
OF JULY, where he will remain for THREE
WEEKS. During his stay in these places he will
bo pleased to wait upon all who may require the
services of a DENTIST. Being amply prepared j
with the best instruments and all the improved j
appliances, he feels warranted in assuring perfect |
satisfaction.
T.iidioM wuitcil mi sf their residence.
Rooms in Yorkville, at the Rawlinson House. !
May 27 38 ly
"GARRY IRON
and Cemenfc
79 and 81 Columbus Street,
GTjJJ V DliAIXrP, OHIO.
Send for circulars and price lists.
February 26 9 ly
~ HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
THE undersigned oilers for sale, the Lot in
Yorkville, known as the "Meek Place." It
is situated Dear the Methodist Church, and contains
TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is
a two-storv Dwelling House, containing SIX
LARGE Rooms AND A BASEMENT, a lumber
house, corn-crib and stable.
Terms will be made easy.
L. M. GRIST.
CHATTEL MORTGAGES
MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to
Real Estate. For sale at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
THE j
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JUST PERFECTED.
The Largest under Arm.
The Lightest and Quietest.
TTIE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED.
The Least Vibration of any.
A Galaxy of New Patents.
Bali-Bearing Balance Wheel.
Knife edge Treadle-bearing.
Newest mul most Elegant Designs in Stands
and Woodwork.
Positive take up. Perfect Stitch.
i
The well-known and popular
"FAMILY FAVORITE."
Is also manufactured by us.
For finely illustrated descriptions apply to
W. C. LATIMER, Yorkville, S. C-'
W. G. RE ID & CO., Rock Hill, S. C.!
WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, |
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*w a iimrnnn now
April ?S 14 tf
CIRCULAR.
OFFICE OK GENERAL MANAGER, 1 i
Richmond, Va., June 21st, 1882. } }
rT*0 further promote the interests of its patrons j
J. and tho development of the material resotir- !
ces and industries of the regions of country served '
by its system of railroads, the Richmond A I>an- j
vi! 1 e Railroad Company will again incur the;
labor and expense of making an illustrative Ex- j
hi bit this Fall.
The New England Manufacturers and Mechan- i
ie's Institute will hold its Second Exposition in!
Boston, Mass., on the flth of September. It has)
cordially invited tho Richmond A Danville Railroad
Co. to display its Exhibits in its magnificent |
Building. Tho invitation has been Heeepted. |
Such an opportunity for a practical and wide |
reaching advertisement of the subjects which .
compose tho material wealth of our section of the |
South and of the manifold advantages and in- I
ilucetnents it otters for the investment of North- '<
em, and especially New England capital, anil for 1
New England immigration, has never before been '
presented to our people. It should not lie neg- j
lected.
All persons throughout the great Piedmont,
Mountainand other regions em braced in the Richmood
A Danville system of railroads in any way
interested in material development and enterprises?owners
of Mineral Lands and Mines, Timber
Lands, Manufacturing Establishmentsand Water
Powers are invited to avail themselves of the benefit
of this Exhibit.
Cant. C. C. McPhnil, Chief of Bureau of Mines
and Manufactures, has charge ot all matters ol
detail, connected with the Exhibit to be made in
Boston. Muss., on the fith of September. All per
sons desiring information and to make contributions
of Materials and Specimens are requested
to correspond w'.th him.
T. M. R. TALCOTT, General Manager.
July 13 28 tf
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"cleansing and EEPAIEING. I
THE undersigned would respect'ullv inform '
the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments
of any fabric whatever, rendering them
perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring tliem to j
the original brightness and lustre of the goods, j
Do not throw away your old clothes, but have
them cleaned and made to look as well as new. ! (
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ble prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
J. W. BAIIMAiV,
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SHOP in SPRINGS MUUKK Dunning, on nrsi
lioor, in the rear of Withers Adiekes' store.
Easy shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dress- ,
ing and polite attention to all customers. Call '
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March lfi 1
JOB PRINTING.
OWING to our superior facilities with the best
machine presses, an abundance of type and
first-class appointments throughout our ofllee,
we are prepared to execute ALIj MANNER OF
IOB PRINTING ill superior style, and at prices
that will compare with New York or Philadelphia
charges for the same quality of work and materials.
We have recently made a reduction in
prices for the following classes of work, to which
we invite the attention of business men :
ISI TtJj HEADS.
For .V)0 For lOOO
Half-sheet Rill Heads, $3.50 $0.00
Fourth-sheet Rill 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,
(jiving any desired number of either size of
dieet at proportionate prices.
LETTER HEADS.
For .500 For 1000
Commercial Note $2.15 $3.25
Packet Note, 2.25 3.50
Letter (large size) 3.00 5.0C
for me aoove wora wo use a superior ijuainy
of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in ev- *erv
instance.
We also give special attention to the printing of
Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities,
which we furnish strictly according to the requirements
ot the Justices of the Supreme Court, and
in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure
accuracy.
We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of
printing, from a visiting card to a large volume,
and will he pleased to furnish estimates for any
stylo of work desired. Address,
L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C.
April 27 17 tf
~C."& L. NARROW-GAUGE RAILED AD."
M Mae H: msFSS. wc.
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 Guthriesville 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 Dallas,. 7.50 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia* ,..8.10 A. M.
Leave Gastonia 8 30 A. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge 8.50 A. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek 9.00 A. M.
Leave Bowling Green 9.10 A. M,
Leave Clover 9.25 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkville .* 10.00 A. M.
Leave Yorkville 10.10 A. M.
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.
* Rrnnkfa.n.
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
May 4 18 tf
RICHMOND AND DAB TOLLS RAILROAD
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
ON and after April 30th, 1882, Passenger
Train Servicexm 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. 0.10 A. M.
Arrive at Lula, 5.22 P. M. 0.50 A. M.
Arrive at Rabun Gap June 5.47 P. M. 7.41 A. M.
Arrive at Toceoa, fi.40 P. M. 8.17 A. M.
Arrive at Seneca, 8.00 P. M. 9.20 A. M.
Arrive at Greenville, 10.06 P. M. 11.03 A. M. V
Arrive at Spartanburg,...11.40 P. M. 12.24 P. M. *
Arrive at Ga*tonia 2.06 A. M. 2.50 P. M.
Arrive at Charlotte, 3.15 A. M. 4.00 P. M.
WESTWARD.
Mail and Express. Mail.
Vn 50 Nn 59
Leave Charlotte, 1.00 A. M. 12.40 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.02 A. M. 1.47 P. M.
Arrive at Spartanburg 4.31 A. M. 4.06 P. M.
\rriveat Greenville, 5.59 A. M. 5.29 P. M.
Arrive at Seneca, 7.43 A. M. 7.03 P. M.
Arrive at Toccoa, 9.18 A. M. 8.30 P. M.
Arrive at Rab'n Gap June 10.00 A. M. 9 10 P. M.
Arrive at Lula, 10.37 A. M. 9.46 P. M.
Arrive at Gainesville, 11.' 6 A. M. 10.15 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta, 1.30 P. M. 12.40 A. M.
T. M. R. TALCOTT, General Manager.
I. Y. SAGE, Superintendent.
A. POPE, General Passenger Agent.
May 25 21 tf
"CHERAW AND CHESTER RAILROAD.
PRESIDENT AND SUP'TS OFFICE,)
Chester, S. C., Nov. 28, 1881. }
ON and after November 28, 1881, the following
schedule will be run on this road daily, Sundays
excepted:
Leave latncaster Depot ; 8.00 A. M.
Leave Miller's Station 8.10 A. M.
Leave Waxhaw Station 8.20 A. M.
Leave River Depot 9.00 A. M.
Leave Fort I,awn 9.15 A. M.
Leave Cedar Shoal Factory 9.25 A. M.
Leave Howze's Station 9.45 A. M.
Leave Ricliburg 10.00 A. M.
T.navo MoDnnifil'si flrnssina... 10.10 A. M.
Leave Knox'sStation 10.20 A. M.
Arrive at Chester 11.00 A. M.
Leave Chester 3 50 P. M.
Arrive at Lancaster Depot 6 50 P. M.
Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where
sold. WM. H. HARDIN, President.
January 19 3 tf
"turbine water wheel.
WE have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TURBINE
WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar'a
Invention. We are working a 134-inch Wheel
of the same kind, and there is no better Water
Wheel made for the same money. Those who
contemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no
better than to get one of these Wheels. We have
Circulars giving all the details in regard to the
working of it, and with the sale you have the
privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not
do as represented, the money will be refunded.
Come and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine
Wheel, Manufactured dv theSERGEANT MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C.
HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
February 10 47 tf
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OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale
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ENQUIRER OFFIOF.
September 15 25 tf
liRALSTEAM Mm,
1CONOMICAL
ABLE ENGINE
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THE MANUFACTURERS,
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