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IfamofDttSi gepattmettt. DON'T GET EXCITED. Judge E. was very fond of relating most marvelous stories of his exploits, which were always accompanied by gestures equally extraordinary. A few years ago the Judge was "summering" with a couple of professional friends, who, knowing his proclivities to the use ot the long-bow, determined to have a little sport at his expense. In the course of their rambles they stopped at a hotel near some famous fishing grounds, and planned to start fishing at four o'clock, the next morning. Judge E., not caring to go was not to be waked when the others started. Morning came and the two sportsmen started, leaving their unconscious victim slumbering peacefully. As they passed by the office of the hotel they said to the clerk, tapping their foreheads significantly, "Keep your eye on that friend of ours?he is harmless enough, but old?and don't let him ex cite himself." Of course the rumor that the new guest was a "little off' spread through the hotel, and at breakfast the judge was the centre of all observation; but supposing that it was due to the feet of his being the renowned Judge E., he was rather flattered than otherwise. After breakfast he strolled into the office, where were assembled half a dozen of the guests, engaged in conversation about the mysterious lodger. Not noticing the looks of distrust cast upon him, hebgan by saying, "Fine morning, gentlemen." No one seemed to be inclined to dispute this statement, and silence reigned for a few moments. "Suddenly the judge was reminded of certain wonderful exploits, and, rising, he began an account of them, couched in the most flowery language, and to enforce his remarks laid his hand on the shoulder of his nearest auditor, who not fancying the presence of the supposed lunatic, retired through the nearest open door with more haste than courtesy. Somewhat disconcerted, the narrator, for a few moments smoked in silence: but unwilling that so good a story should remain untold, he advanced and resumed the tale, emphasizing it by vigorous blows on the clerk's desk. The clerk at once deserted his post, exclaiming, "Now calm yourself, sir; just try and be calm." "Be what?" cried the iudee. thoroughly mystified. "There, now, be calm; don't excite yourself, or we shall have to take measures to restrain you." "Restrain me! Take measures!" fairly howled the victim of the joke in a perfect rage. "I'd like to see you." The clerk was now thoroughly persuaded that for his own personal safety strong measures were necessary, and was about to put his threat into execution when Judge E's two companions returned, and hurried explanations followed. Judge E. could only hush the matter up by a generous "treat." Even then the story leaked out, and now the judge can be stopped in his most marvelous tale by his auditors saying, "Now don't get excited." Harper's "Dm?cer." "MOTTOES ANTTADYICE." "I has been axed several times o' late," remarked Brother Gardner as he opened the meeting in his usual bland manner, "ii we war' to have any new mottoes or proverbs or maxims fur de summer sezun. D Committee on Sayins has handed in the follerin bill of fare fur de hot weather: "He who sleeps by day will hunger by night." 11T?d.i.-iiwvr nrv* /1/v r*r* nrli ?nh Dlnilft' iuuusu^ am vie Wil vvnivii x hangs lier hat." "Argyment makes three enemies to one friend." "Men who go to law mus' expect to eal deir 'taters widout salt." "De biggest balloon kin be packed in ti bar'l when de gas am out." "De rattle or de empty .wagon kin be heard furder dan de rumble of de loadee] one." "I war' counting up our maxims an proverbs las' night, an' I found the number to be 480. I reckon we will try to squeeze 'long on dat number fur de nex' few months, although, if any member hits anything silver-plated he kin hand it in at any time, Am Rear Admiral Bumbo in de hall dis eavnin' ?" "Yes, sah," answered the brother as he stepped forth. "Brudder Bumbo," continuenl the President, "las' nite while I was buvin' some green onions at de market I oberhearel you engaged in a dispute wiel Kernul Lucifer Smith. You stuck to it dat Noah had reel ha'r an' sandy complexion and was a humpbacked man/ But fur de arrival of an ossifer dar would have bin a fout. Now, sah, did you eber see Noah ?" "No, sah, I think not." "In what book did you read dat he was a hump backed man?" T /lim f/Aeernt oo K '' A. JL UU11 lVl^Vb) .?U11 "Wliar' did you post up on Ills complexun?" "I can't remember." . "Now, Brudder Bumbo, I want to say a few words to you. De nex' time I ha'ar ol your disputin' a Biblical pint you will drap outer dis club like a cannon ball gwine fru a paper bag! What Noah looked like? wnar' he sailed?how long he was afloat, an' how he enjoyed de voyage am nuffin' to you in de slightest. Your bizness am to pay yer rent, feed yer fam'ly and keep fo' dogs around to drive off burglars, an' de less you mix up in outside matters de mo' fat you will have on yer ribs. Sot down, sah!" The humbled Rear Admiral proceeded to his bench, and dropped himself down with a jar that broke both of Senator Blossom's suspenders short off where the sheepskin joined the webbing.?Detroit Free Presn. They Weren't Sandwiches.?Among the score of us who rushed into a railroad eating house in Mississippi at the call ol "twenty minutes for dinner" was a chap who had his mind up to say something unpleasant when he came to pay for his meal, lie was growling when ne went in, and he jawed all the while he was eating, and when he slouched up to the desk to pay his 75 cents he broke out with : "Them sandwiches are enough to kill a dog." "What sandwiches ?" "Why, them on the table." "But we have no sandwiches on the table, sir," protested the landlord. "You haven't? Well, I would like to know what you call them roasted brick-bats on that blue platter ?" "You didn't try to eat one of those ?" nv?0 T /-n,i ??> JL COj JL U1U i "Then my friend, you had better go for a doctor at once. Those are table ornaments, made of terra cotta, and were placed there to help fill up space ! Land o' rats ! but you must have lived in a cane brake all your life!" The traveler rushed into the car and began to suck at a brandy flask, and he didn't get over looking pale for three hours. And they were sandwiches after all?real good ham sandwiches made that day. The landlord had adopted that particular style instead of using a club.?Detroit Free Press. "It's an Illiphant Ranch Ye'll Be Thinking Ye Have Struck."?Mr. O'Hagan has a sheep-ranch on the Medinia. A stranger drove up to his place the other day. The stranger had broken some part of his wagon and wanted to borrow a monkeywrench. When the stranger shouted "Hello!" Mrs. O'Hagan (Mr. O'Hagan being from home) came out to the fence. "Wie gehts. Dot vas a fine morning today. It vas a monkey-wrench I vanted to find, und dose beobles at de house pelow dole me already dot you geeps von monkeywrench. "Howly Moses! Kape a monkey ranch! Ye dirty spalpeen. Ye miserable, low-lifed blaggard to be accussin' a dacent woman of kapin' an establishment of that character. A monkey ranch is it yer lookin' for ? I'm thinkin' from yer look that that is about ? - * ' ~ * 1-1 A>1 i. 1 tne Kinti 01 rarcn you wouiu iaie at uumc in. Get out of lere, an' ef ye don't scatter dirt ahind ye purty quick it's an illiphant ranch ye'll think ye have struck an' that the illiphants are starapadin' over yer ugly carcass."?Texas Si/tings. "I am going to stuff that dog when he dies," said Smith, speaking of his sorry looking pointer. "It would do him more good if you would stuff him a little now," remarked Jones. the Jam aoi dirwidi Exhaustion of the Soil.?The See tish Chamber of Agriculture has issued f the Government a final report on the su ject of compensation for farmers' improv ments, with special reference to unexnaus ive manures. In this document there a embodied the views of upward of 600 of tl leading practical farmers throughout See land. The report gives the proportions exhaustion during the years which cov the active existence of the principal applic tions, and indicates the margin to be alio) ed for arable and pasture land. Lime said to last for two rotations on light arab soil and on hill pasturage consumed by she< and cattle for thirty years, save in wet c mates. On arable land it is generally cor puted to exhaust at the rate of one-ten per annum, but is by some deemed mc beneficial after the first year or two. Hors cow and town manures last from three yea on sandy soil to nine years on clay lan two-fifths being exhausted the first yea Of guano, bones and phosphates the grea est endurance is given to half-inch bone which are said to extend over seven yea i at the rate of one-tenth per annum. Boi Lmeal covers six years, with most effect ti I first year, while quicker action is assign* to dissolved bones. Ammoniacal and phc phate guano, nitrates, sulphates and sped , manures are yet more speedily exhauste | the former often spending its effects in a si i gle year, though special manures and cak sometimes show tneir effects over three ar ! four years. Washed and Unwashed Butter.?T) difference between washed and unwash* butter is analogous to the difference b tween clarified and unclarified sugar. Tl ; former consists of pure saccharine matte \ while the latter, though less sweet, has flavor in addition to that of pure suga When unwashed there is always a litt buttermilk adhering to the butter th 1 gives it a peculiar flavor in addition to that the pure butter, which many people lil when it is new. Washing removes all th foreign matter and leaves only the taste the butter pure and simple. Those wl prefer the taste of the butter to that of tl 1 former ingredients mixed with it, like was ed butter best. Tne flavor of butter co sists of fatty matters which do not combii with water at all, and therefore cannot I washed awav bv it. The effect of washii upon the keeping qualities of butter d pends upon the purity of the water use If the water contains no foreign matter th 1 will affect the butter it keeps the better f having the buttermilk wasted out instet of worked out. Evidently the grain of tl ' butter will be more perfectly preserved the grain of the buttermilk be removed I careful washing. The grain is such an ir ' portant factor in the make up of fine butt that it is necessary we should be very pa ' ticular not to injure it any way if we wou excel in the art of butter-making.?Amt ( ican Dairyman. When to Use Manure.?Mr. W. i ! White, an experienced farmer, says that > his own experience and observation, he li 1 found that the sooner manure is incorp rated in the soil, the greater and better tl effect on the soil, and the better the cr< immediately following such an applicatio ' Hence he has come to th^ conclusion th 1 much of the value of barn manure may 1 f lost by being exposed to the sun, air ai rains, and that spreading manure on the si face of the land to be plowed, to remain loi ' unless in a rainy time or when the ground covered with snow, is bad practice; as tl r sun and air will positively araw off its vi tues, according to the length of time e r posed. He also concludes that manure a fine, compacted, well decomposed sta J may be spread upon grass lands in ear Spring, immediately after cutting/the fii i crop or in late Fall, and very little of i virtue will evaporate or be lost, if the gra l grows freely to shade it when the seas< becomes warm, and that the best possib ! way of applying manure to cultivated lane I is to plow it in, or otherwise incorporate into the first one or two inches of surfa soil, and the the finer the manure is mad > the more thoroughly mixed in the so ' the better the results. 1 Fallacy of Department Reports. , Experience has shown in past years that a s vance reports of the condition of the cro are not to be depended upon as indicatii . with a great degree of certainty the size ai condition of the crops at harvest-time. . year ago the condition of the wheat er ? was reported anything but favorable. i some places a total failure was looked f( The harvest brought one of the largest cro [ on record. A few days since it was stat . that this year there would be a shortage . 100,000,001) bushels, or about 25 per cent. f compared with the wheat crop of last yen Now the Millers' National Association pi forth its official estimate,showing a decrea i of 03,000,000 in twenty-one States, represer ing nearly all the wheat-producing are This estimate gives a total of 373,500,0 . bushels, and is considered, "so far as it possible to estimate the possibilities of gnu ing crops, approximately correct." It mi i, be that these figures will prove within ; 000,000 bushels of correct, but with reason bly favorable weather and other condition 1 1 1 ? ? f ..nnt. mntr Ko TVIOT [ tne uecreastj irum iiwc ^cai ma^ mui millions of bushels less than any figures y given.? Woonsocket (P. I.) Patriot. , Clover Fertilizer.?Two or even thn crops of small grain can be raised in succe sion to advantage on any piece of land pr vided clover is sown with every crop small grain. Then a crop of clover is tur ed under for every crop of small grain e cept the first, and upon this hypothesis whe a farmer wants to enrich his land or any 01 or more pieces, let him seed the land wi1 small grain for two or three years in succe sion, always sowing clover in the sprir and ploughing in the fall, and then if 1 chooses to put the land in corn he can do i for one, or even two seasons, and then pi it back in small grain and clover. After i field has had clover sown in it for six < eight seasons it will seed itself, and after e' ery crop of small grain a crop of clover wi spring up from the seed in the ground e: posed to the action of elements by ploug! i ing for the crop of small grain. Anoth' fact well known is that a crop of whe grown on fallow ground is. greater and tl grain larger than that grown on corn groun< Soaking Seeds.?I am often ask( whether it does any good to soak seeds b fore sowing them? In general I believe , does more Harm than good, and if done : all a good deal of judgment should be used prevent mischief. Thus, peas, beans ar corn are often soaked to hasten germinatio with the belief that they will come a day i , two earlier, but in case the weather is co and wet for some time after sowing the se< it will be more likely to suffer injury fro the weather than if sown dry. Care is r quired in steeping seeds that fermentatic does not occur, which will frequently ki the seed. To steep seeds in chemical sol tions with the belief that this will answ in place of fertilizing the land, I believe sheer humbug and imposition upon comiru sense. The only chemical stuffs that ha^ proved useful, so for as I know, are the bli vitriol to destroy germs of smut, stryehnii to destroy crows and blackbirds, andsmea i ing of tar on corn seed for protection fro these birds. Cake of Wagon* Wheels.?The severe strain on the cart or carriage comes on tl wheels. The felloes especially are exjpost to alternate mud and drought, according the prevailing weather. The paint soc wears off, and the wood absorbs the wab nr>in-l nnrlHIo thrmicrh whinh tl IlUHl CVC1J lliUV* |/UVl\A<V VAMVt?^*4 ff A44V44 V. vehicle is driven. In a dry time the woe shrinks, and the tire gets loose. The ren edy is a hew setting of the tire, and a bi from the blacksmith. It is much cheapi to clean up the carriage occasionally, ar giving the wheel a dressing in linseed o as hot as it can be put on. The wood wi absorb a good deal of the oil, and will swe the rim so as to make the tire tight, will prevent the rotting of the wood, an make long-lived wheels. When the whee have soaked up all the oil they will tak put on a good coat of paint. A Factory Town.?Old man Watkins < Piedmont, S. C., says Norman's Neutrali ing Cordial beats anything he ever heard o He came near making a speech on the woi derful cure two 25 cents bottles made on h baby. He says the mere sight of that bab would convince the most doubtful as to tl efficacy of Norman's Cordial.?Advt. !. feading for thr f*tb. it- i + CONDUCTED BT or REV. ROBERT LATH AN. e- [OriglnalJ. it- SKEPTICISM. re xn every quarter of the globe there seeiris lt_ to be, at the present time, a determined ef0f fort on the part of not a few, to thrust the er Bible and the Christian religion out of the a- world. This undertaking is surely both Y" wicked and foolish. Whether the religion of the Bible is from heaven or not, it has ip been honestly professed and conscientiously practiced since the world began. History n- does not inform us of a period in the world's th existence, when the Bible was not to any one 6t a rule of faith and practice. There is nothie> ing on earth older than the Bible, and the re religion of the Bible. The fundamental ftj principles of that much despised book anter date all the records of time. Not all the Lt- Bible as it now is, but parts of it. No mat ~si U?r HOW IllX Hie Jiuiiuui liuim.y may uc uiitcu rs back or to whom, some part of the Bible had an existence at that time. ie It is admitted that for a long time the Bible was confined exclusively to the Jews. >s_ It is further admitted that until the time of al Moses no part of the Bible was written, but d> was preserved and transmitted by tradition. n_ Admitting all this, the whole of the. Bible es has been in existence for near nineteen hundred years, and a large part of it for more than three thousand vears. - The Bible is ie certainly the oldest book in the world. If it has no other claim, its great antiquity ' merits for it some respect. The man wh o ' would treat the works of Xenophon, of Ho , mer, of Cicero, of Horace, of Virgil or of ' Juvenal, as many treat the Bible, would r forfeit every claim to the respect of his felj' low men. The works of all these men have a+ done a great deal of good, and in certain di'f rections they will continue to do good, perce haps as long as the world lasts. To attempt js to banish the works of Horace from trie 0f world would be wicked and it would be ex10 ceedingly foolish. In no point of view will e the Bible suffer by comparing it with Horu ace, or the works of any man, either of " modern or ancient times. There is better ~ poetry in the Bible than can be found in any je other book in the world. In a literary asie. pect, the Bible stands first among the first. Would it not be wicked and foolish to con,1 sign the old book to utter destruction? But the human family cannot live arid or prosper withouta well digested code of laws. . Tf TUhlp i? hunishpfT from the world. ie where is such a code to be found ? The code of laws contained in the Bible is beyond all )V comparison. Nothing like it can be found t*_ anywhere. Run the pen over all the legal ~ principles which are contained in the law _ books of civilized nations which are deij rived from the Bible, and the remainder r_ would not be worth anything. They would be worse than nothing. All the perfection that is about the laws of England and AmerI. ica is due to the fact that the framers of in those laws had a perfect model?the Bible, as If the Bible is to be banished from the o- school house, it is but fair to demand that it tie be banished also from the court house, ip Whenever that day comes the world may n. bid liberty and justice farewell, and hail at anarchy and injustice. In fact, without the be Bible the human mind is unable to attach a id proper meaning to the words liberty and ir- justice. ig Before the Bible is banished from the is world something as good or better should be he provided to take its place. It has always ir- been heldj and is generally held at present, x- that man is a religious being. To steal from in man his instinctive inclination to worship te something, which, no matter what it is, he ly regards as a Supreme Being, p to take from st him everything which make3 him superior its to the ox or ass. If man is a religious being lSS atiH wnrehins in some wav. some heinc. >n where are we to find a God superior to the de God who is revealed in the Bible, and where Is, are we to find a system of religion better it than that, which is contained in that book ce which it is proposed to banish from the [e, world? Some god is better than no god, il, and some religion is better than no religion. The man who worships stones and billets of wood is a better man than he is who has no , God at all, but condemns all forms of relij" gion. When we are asked to give up the God of the Bible and the religion of the Bible, is it expected that we'will become brutes, or that we will adopt some one or all ^ of the pagan divinities, or that each and evj| ery individual will make his own god and " formulate his own mode of worship ? The prospects surely are not very encouraging. Pj Wnenever the enemies of the Bible get * i up something better than the Bible in every respect, then it will be wise to thrust the old Bible out of the world. Until that is acf; complished it will be safe to retain the Bible as a rule of faith and practice. Those who o- ?PPose the Bible and are anxious to have its i(*" principles trampled in the dust, have never ,'V. seriously considered what would be the consequence to man universally, in the event * their schemes were accomplished. Suppose that the inhabitants of America would, y with one consent, vote the God of the Bible ? out of the world and consign all the Bibles to the flames. Suppose the fifty millions of !'v people in the United States would suddenly ji conclude to abandon all Bible forms of religion and rise up in open rebellion against the God of the Bible. Would that be a betee ter state of things than is at present ? Who ,s_ can believe it? The people of the United 0_ States cannot instantly become pagans. 0f They cannot convert their churches into paq_ gan temples. The thing is too absurd. They x_ would laugh at the idea. If the God that, is ?n worshiped in these churches and around the je many firesides in this land of ours is banth ished, what will be done with the church ? ,s_ Shall they be turned into private dwellings or into houses or business r L<et tnose wno ^ labor to banish from the world the Bible and 50 the Christian religion, contemplate the train of circumstances which must inevitably a precede and follow such an event, and then 3r say whether or not they are willing to prov. ceed in their opposition. ill x- Two Great Evils.?The following from h- Joseph Cook's late lecture applies chiefly to er city life: at "The two worst evils of our time inside ie the domain of Christendom are probably d. luxurious living among church members and loose thinking among religious teaehid ers. And when the two go together and we e- have a religious club, instead of a church, a it club in which, of course, it would be uncourat teous to suppose that there are any sinners, to a club that has forgotten that all men are id brethren and that the business of the Church n, is to stand between the livingand the dead: or when we have a number of such churches Id connected by close social ties, and, perhaps, id giving direction to great central currents in m the religious life of a city, the time then has e- come to awaken all the powers of the pulpit 1 1 i.?i,n )I1 llllll press uihi uiu piauuxia a^uiiist uiu ill choking of God's most holy truth by purseu strings and by ribbons and by dashes of t he er lavendar waters of liberal ism. I am speakis ing very frankly; but the truth is that the m case needs stern surgery. Our population is ye a fifth in large cities, and under the volunle tary system in the United States it is likely le to be our prevailing trouble that, when Jur das carries the bag and betrays his Lord, he in will not always have the grace to go and hang hjmself, and you will not have the grace to hang him." st le Turn Your Face to the Light.?It id had been ofthose days on which everything to goes contrary, and I had come home tiled >n and discouraged. As I sank into a chair, I er groaned, "Everything looks dark, dark !" ip " Whv don't vou turn vour face to the lierht. >d auntie dear ?" said my little niece, who was i- standing unperceived beside me. 11 "Turn your face to the light!" The words 3r set me thinking. That was just what I had id not been doing. I had persistently kept rny il face in the opposite direction, refusing to see 11 the faintest glimmer of brightness. Artless ill little comforter! she did not know what It healing she had brought. Years have gone id by since then, but the simple words have Is never been forgotten.?Friend's Review. e, S&* Love is the best weapon with which to conquer an enemy. How many who were proof against everything else, have subz mitted when this was tried! We find inf. stances of this everywhere. A fighting, i- unsubmissive spirit in one, begets the same is in another; while a spirit of good-will y awakens like feelings in the hearts of othle ers. Love is the most effective, the most powerful force that can be used. piSfcUMcouis leading. The Meaning oe Wokds.?"Padlock" | is from the Danish word paddle, a toad, ' and so called from its resemblance to that animal. uG'an" is the past tense of the verb ken, to know. He "can" write signifies "he has learned how to write." The word "repent" is borrowed (through the French) from the Latin "pcenitent," with the prefix "re," as we say to repent again. The root is connected with "pain." The word "man1' signifies thinker. In Sanscrit "man" is to think. Our English verb mean, and nouns inin-d and man-ia (from the Greek,) are from the same root. The words "belief," -"believe," are connected with lief (I had as lief go,) which is the same root as love (Anglo-Saxon Indian). Skeat understands be-lieve as meaning to esteem as valuable. Skeat thinks the word "faith" is borrowed (through the form fey) from the French foi, itself derived from Latin fides; and that th was added to the English fey to , make itresemble the wordstruth? health, etc. The worn c/uc, as usea Dy artists, ana indictating a certain indefinable superiority, is derived from the German word Schick geschick, meaning "skill," dexterity, "talent" or "knack." "Galoshens" is said by Edwards in his "Words, Facts and Phrases" to be a form of "galloshoes," "galloshes," the early terms for the wooden shoes worn by Gallic peasants. Spencer speaks of "my tallage grownfast to my heel." Hence our English word for an out shoe. The English word "assassin," it is well known, is merely a corruption of the word "hashsnasheen," a name that applies to a i notorious military and religious sect that flourished at the time of the Crusades, because they were supposed to be addicted to the use of "hasheesh," or Indian hemp. The supreme head of the Assassins was called the "Sheykh el-Gebel"?a designation which was corrupted into the "Old Man of the Mountain." when he required the services of any of his people he first intoxicated them with hasheesh, and when the fumes of the weed had transported them into a fool's paradise, they were ready for any deed of blood. The Assassins flourished in Syria until the end of the thirteenth century, when they were extirpated by the Hemlock Sultan Bibars. Aid of Machinery to Labor.?Labor is a natural burden upon humanity; yet it is the key which unlocks the storehouse of wealth, convenience and luxury. By the use of invented and applied machinery muscular' work is greatly relieved, and results are cheaply and extensively obtained. In all this, however, intelligent skill is not supplanted; but rather there is a wider field created for the same, and more and more does it come in demand as the facilities for production multiply. Man, of course, may exist as our fore-lathers did, living in a rude and limited way on the necessaries of life,' and even these secured only at the expense of oppressive toil 3 but as improvements are made, and varied and enlarged benefits' flow therefrom, he raises in the scale of being, and the sphere of life extended. mi? 1 .Lilt! easy suppiy ui want in any u.u cv?iauu only begets efforts in others; and as matters thus progress, instead of the demand for useful industry being diminished there is more and more inducement to laborers to employ themselves with the exercise of every facility. It is a mistaken view, therefore, to imagine that there is the least tendency in the use of machinery to supersede the necessity for workmen, and take from them all opportunity to labor. Their skillful hancfs, discerning eyes, and intelligent brains are surely destined to find an ever widening field. Of course, the worker must not remain stationary, content to live and die an antiquated fossil, while all the world is changing and progressing. What he once did painfully and slowly with the hands alone he must now more abundantly accomplish through the agency of labor saving devices ana tools. Society'has need of more production, and will only be satisfied with ever more and more. In its prosperity and progress the laborer shares: and to day he has more of the comfort and luxuries of life than were enjoyed by kings a hundred years ago. The prejudice against improvement, and the jealousy against capital and associations in their efforts to manage and direct production into more efficient and beneficial channels should disappear. As changes occur, old ruts should be promptly abandoned. By adapting himself to circumstances as they are thrust upon him there is not a man who cannot succeed and find a market for his labor beyond his ability to supply?Dubuque Trade Journal. The Colored Baptists?The seventh annual meeting of the "Baptist Educational, Missionary and Sunday School Convention of Month rarolina." renresentiner the color ed Baptists of the State, met in St. Paul's Church in Anderson, on Wednesday, May 30. The introductory sermon was preached by Rev. B. Lawson, of Sumter. The Convention was then organized by the election of the following officers: President, Rev. I. P. Brockington of Darlington; vice-president, Rev. J. J. Durham, M. D., of Society Hill; secretary and financial agent, Rev. E. M. Brawley, of Columbia; treasurer, Rev. E. Green of Branchville. There were seventy delegates present representing fourteen associations and seven Sunday school conventions. After the organization, an address of welcome was delivered by Rev. S. Oliver, pastor of St. Paul's Church, which was responded to by Rev. I. P. Brockington, president of the Convention. The report of the board of managers showed a satisfactory progress during the past year. There are now 350 ordained ministers, 550 churches and 100,000 members. During the year seventeen young men, candidates for the ministry, have received aid from the convention to pursue their studies. After some routine work the convention adjourned until nine o'clock Thursday morning. A doctrinal sermon was preached Weaesday night by Rev. A. P.Dunbar, of Columbia.?Anderson Journal. Considerate Father.?Johnathan Ed wards, the celebrated theologian and the first president of Princeton College, was not only possessed of great learning in matters of a theological nature, but also knew something of human character. One of his daughters, it is said, had some spirit of her own, and also a proposal of marriage. The youth was referred to her father. "No," said that stern individual, "you can't have my daughter." "But I love her and she loves me," pleaded the young man. "Can't have her," said the father. "I am well to-do, and can support her," exclaimed the applicant. "Can't have her," persisted the old man. "May I ask," meekly inquired the suitor, if you have heard anything against my character?" "No," said the obstinate parent, "I have not heard anything against you; 1 think you are a promising young man and that is why you can't have her. She's got a very bad temper, and you wouldn't be happy with her." i The lover, amazed, said: "Why, Mr. Ed- ! wards, I thought Emily was a Christian, isn't she?" "Certainly she is," answered the consci- . entious parent; "but, young man when you ! grow older, you'll be able to understand i that there are some folks that the grace of 1 ^ 1 ? '11 < vrou can live wir-n umt jua utu t. ?hc ifotfevilk (SNquim.! terms of subscription: Single copy for one year, 8 2 50 For six months, 1 25 For three months, 75 Two eopies one year, 4 00 Ten eopies one year 20 oo And an extra copy for a club of ten. i advertising rates. J ONE DOLLAR per square for the tirst inser- j1 tion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each : subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven,lines of this size type, j1 jj&r Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. All contract advertisements will becontined to the regular business for which the space is engaged. jl&ar Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to f this otlice for publication and desire a copy of the d same, should make a duolicate. 1) Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices o charged for at the rate of ten cents aline. Usu- t ally there are about seven words in a line. , THE HARTFORD Mr / vIf * .Mi * i Sewing* Machine. TTTCT IJPllPPrTF-l) I f KJ JL A MJJ M.WM.- -M-JI ^ JL ^ The Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. THE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. The Least Vibration of Any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Bali-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife-edge Treadle-Bearing. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands and Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular "FAMILY FAVORITE." Is also manufactured by us. For finely illustrated descriptions, apply to W. C. LATIMJ5Rt . Yorkville, S. C. W. G. REII) A CO.',...'...! Rock Tliil, S. C. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. February 8 , (J tf ~ TAX NOTICE. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,) York County, > Yorkville, S. C., Maj' 1st, 1883. ) NOTICE is hereby given that my Rooks for the purpose of receiving the TAX RETURNS of the Tax-payers of York county, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1883, will open on JUNE 1ST, 1883, and close on the 20th of July next. I will attend the following named places, on the respective dates, to receive said returns, to wit: Moore's, Thursday, June 14th, 1883. Whitaker, Friday, June 15th, 1883. John McGill's, Saturday, June 16th, 1883. Bethel, Glenn's Store, Monday, June 18th, 1883. Neelv & Simril's Store, Tuesday, June 19th, 1883. Fort Mill, Wednesday and Thursday, June 20th and 21st, 1883. Coates' Tavern, Fridav, June 22nd, 1883. Ebenezer, Saturday, June 23rd, 1883. Yorkville, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th, 1883. Massey's Store, Saturday, June 30th, 1883. Rock 'Hill, Moudnj, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday," Julv 2nd, 3rd, 4tli, 5th and 6th, 1883. Yorkville from the 7th until the 20th of July, 1883. Persons failing to make returns in the time prescribed by law, will incur a penalty of fifty percent., which attaches after the 20th of July, 1883. The law requires all returns to be sworn to. All purchases or sale of land must be reported, also, any buildingerected since last return. Persons between twenty-one and fifty years are liable to POLL TAX. " I earnestly request tax-pavers to meet me in their respective townships. W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor, York Countv. May 3 18 tf IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. THE LIGHT EUHNIHG 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 live vears. Also, the PENNSYLVANIA, the best SINGER Machine made. Prices and terms reasonable. Call at my PHOTO-GALLERY, atie 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 do any work in the PHOTOGRAPH LINE to satisfaction, andat reasonable prices. J. R. SCHORB. jjjffiffi-TRADE- 1931 NORMAN'S I MeOTRAL'2lN c I I CORDIAL. i -MARK- K g A SURE and effectual Remedy for the cnro of H A all irregularities and disorders of tho Stom ach and Bowels, whether in children or adults. BJ ffi It Is acceptable to the Stomach without being offensive to the taste. Hg H Promptly relieving Dysentery. Diarrhoea, Choi Ihb era Morbus, Cholera Infantum, gjgfftaM Flux, Griping Pains, Flatulency, "yVylM Nausea, Acidity of tho Stomach, MnljK iflgiftW Heartburn, 8ick and Nervous ^EH| HBEsM Headache and Dyspepsia. May bo used in all derangements of the 8tomach and Bowels from relaxation of the lnteetlncs ora change of food or water. K, i NOHMAN-'S gj' 1 NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL 1 M Is as pleasant and harmless as Black- E r\ ?* .??..:M A^iiifn ma uerry ??iue> uucb jiui wuum vpium ^ 9 and will not constipate. Specially recom- H 9 mended for Seasickness and Teething 9 Children. t? 8 Price 25c. and $1.00 per bottle. ps I Sold b>j all r^-wj'jhts ancl Dealers in Medicine, E B EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL CO. B MaBfeAl Sole Proprietors, ?s||i Walhalla, S. C. U. S. A. BSEaE January 4 '1 ly STATE OF SOI'TII CAROLINA, County of York. WHEREAS PAMELIA L. JACKSON litis applied to nic for Letters of Administration, with tne Will annexed, 011 all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of I). F. JACKSON, late of the county aforesaid, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all ind singular the kindred and creditors of the laid deceased, to lie and appear before me, at our next Probate Court for the said county, to be tiolden at York Court House 011 tho23RD DAY JF JUNE, A. D., 1883, to shew cause, if any, ivhy the said Administration should not be granted. iiven under my hand and seal, this 2nd day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the 107th year of the Independence of the United States of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, Probate Judge of York County. June 7 23 2t" MACHINERY REPAIRING. BESIDES my other facilities for repairing machinery of all kinds, I have just added to my hop a new Srew Cutting Lathe with a combinaion of 500 leads of threads and of a capacity of ive feet between centres. Repairingof all kinds if machinery at short notice. Mill spindles and ?in Filing. Brass Castings of all kinds made to irder. J. Q. HOKE. June 7 12 3m* TOXSOKIAL. fW, BA.UMAN, Barber, is still at his stand . opposite the old Masonic Hall, prepared to o all work in his line. Feeling thankful for ast patronage, he hopes to merit a continuance f the same by giving prompt and aecommodaing attentioirto customers. October 19 42 tf F. HAPPERFIEL.D. FAMILY GROCERIES. MY stock of Family Groceries is complete, and consists of a full supply of new crop New Orleans Molasses, Cream Cheese, Hams, Rice, Pearl Hominy, Bacon, Lard, Coffees, Green and Roasted; Sugars?all grades, "Luxury" and other brands of Flour. Fancy Groceries. A full supply of Fancy Groceries, eonsistingof plain and fancy Candies, Canned Goods of all kinds, Crackers, Spices, Extracts, Ac. I GARBLE WORK. I am still conducting the Marble business and have lately received a good supply of Choice Marbles, which I api prepared to furnish in Monuments, Tomb-Stones or any other kinds of work in that line, at the most reasonable prices. F. HAPPERFIELD. YORK VIL L E LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COTJRT HORSE, A RE now open and will be kept in first-class J\. style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, good liorses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AND PHJETONS. Just received another lot of those nice Cincinnati Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted stan aara worK. i sen no mierior wont, uome una examine my Leather Trimmed Hickory Buggies, FrimpkinSide-Bar Buggies, Eureka Jump-Seat Phaetons, &c. All furnished with the best handmade Harness, manufactured by flrst-class workmen, and as cheap as can be bought anywhere. A Second-Hand Carriage, in good order, for sale cheap. Also, a good-Spring Wagon for sale cheap. Call at the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables and see them, FEEDING. * You can have your horses fed as cheap as the cheapest, at the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. WANTED. Corn, Oats, Fodder and Hay always wanted, and the highest market price, in cash,will be paid. I _ F. E. SMITH. May 10 19 2t NOW READY. History of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South. IN the above Work, I endeavored to give a concise and accurate history of the causes which led to the secession of 1733,'under the Erskines, together with a full and detailed account of the organization of the old Associate Reformed Synod, the General Synod, and the parties entering into the organizations. The history of the Associate Reformed Church in the South is traced from its beginning through the Presbytery of the Carolinas and Georgia, the Synod of the 'Carolinas and the Synod of the &outh, down to the present time. In addition to this, a brief histo ry is given 01 uie netormea fresuyterian ana l)nited Presbyterian Churches. Tho Work is printed on good clear type, on good heavy paper, is bound in cloth, and contains four hundred and eighteen pages. It will be sold at 82.25, either at my office, or delivered by mail. Address, * R. LATHAN, Yorkville, S. C. May 17 20 It FOWDRY AND Machine Shop. mHE undersigned would respectfully inform J_ the public that he now has in operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and brass castings, and general machine work. REPAIRIYO, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend anv call for renairinir stationarv en gines, doing the-work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion ofthework. EDWARD THOMAS. May 10 19 tf CHATTEL MORTGAGES, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICF ASHLEY PHC Chariest OFFER THEIR ASH ELE And other materials of best To Peas and growing Ci For Terms, Hand Rooks, EXCELLENT ARTICLES ON PEAS, AJ Address ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO., June 6 GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, JShBB8 FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS &l\, THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C., will take or May 10 SERGEANT MANUFAC GREENSBORO, J MANUFACTURERS 01 Farrar Turbine Vv; C OOK AND HEATING t SAW MILLS, CANE MILLS, PLOWS, STRAW CUTTER! AND CASTINGS OF EVERY D J Sergeant H< gp THE"! q Strong, Simple, Di For 15 to 20 years they have Run Wei Send for Price List. SERGEANT M SOLI) BY OI K AlITHORIZEl We manufaeturo the SOUTHERN TROPIC 0 STOVE, the latter of which, for its capacity, is tl without a rival! Price lists and circulars sent c HEATING Wo make the ORGAN PARLOR STOVE in one in six sizes?from #4.50 to$14.00. PLANTERS' PI The best material and workmanship used in theii Send for Circulars and Price Lists. ERED. II. LONDON, Agent, HERNDON BROTHERS, Agents, November 2:5 JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the host machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, . we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior stvle, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the s^ne quality of work and materials. We have recently 'made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which > wo invite the attention of business men : BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statementsat same price of sixth-sheet oill heads. We will till an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet 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 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. \Ve also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authori- * ties, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise tne utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared tofurnish all other kinds of < printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf ~cT& l7 NARROW GAUGE "RAILROAD7 SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, S. C., to Lincolnton, N. C., taking effect at 2,45 i'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 liutnriesvuie, j.'io r. 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 C'rowder's Creek, 5.20 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge, 5.30 P. M. Leave Ga&tonia, 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 fLincolnton, 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. n i /-i n n/\ i >/ jueave trowuer s v/reea, ^v. i . Leave Bowling Green, 9.10 A. M. Leave Clover, .. 9.25 A. M. i 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. Breakfast. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. May 17 20 It CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA, GA. The Oldest Newspaper in the Sonth. The chronicle and constitutionalist is the oldest newspaper in the South, having been established in 1785. The CHRONICLE is progressive and liberal in all things, and is essentially a fair representative of Southern opinion and a persistent exponent of Southern industries. While free from sensationalism and immorality, it is in no way behind the best of its cotemporaries as a purveyor of the news. The Morning CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is an eight page paper of 48 columns. PriceSlO per year; six months85. Tqe Evening CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is the same size as the morning paper. The price is $6 per year; six months $3. This makes it the largest and cheapest eight page paper in the South. The Sunday CHRONICLE is a very interesting paper. It is an eight page fifty-six column paper. Price $2 per year. The Weekly CHJRONICLE AND CONSTITU TIONALIST is one of the largest papers in the South. It is ten pages and contains seventy columns of matter. Price ?2 per year; $1 for six months. Specimen copies sent free. Address CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST, Augusta, Gil. Juno 0 23 v tf STATE OF MOUTH CAROLINA, County 01 York. WHEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis., has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chatties, rights and credits of MARTHA M. RUTLAND, late of the county aforesaid, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kinndred and creditor" of the said deceased, to be andappearat onrnext j?.dge of Probate's Court for York county, to be hol(U\^ en at York Court House on TUESDAY, the , 19TH DAY OF JUNE A. D., 1883, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 14th day of Mav, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the 107th year of the Independence of the United States of America. .T RT^ATTY WTT.T.T A MS Judge of Probate. May 17 20 6t OLD NEWSPAPERS, OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. >SPHATECO., oil, $. MEXT ABE OF FLOATS quality. Specially adapted ops of Cotton ami Corn. Agricultural Primers, and m ELEMENT, FLOATS, KAINIT, &C., the CHARLESTON, S. C. 51 6m OFIiVO COMPANY, Pff IRON ORE PAINT Wfc. A. rid Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland., O. Send for Circular and Price 1 List No. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ders for the above roofing. 9 lv TURING CO., A ater Wheel, HORSEPOWERS, 3, ANDIRONS, ?r?e Power. ^ ^Tiiii nfc m ii i 'ill itJfl ?r ARK Z urable and Cheap. ?j I, Wore Well, and Gave Satisfaction. [F'G CO., Greensboro, N. C. 0 AGENTS NAMED BELOW. 00K STOVE, and also the PALMETTO COOK 10 best in the market. The Southern Tropic is in application. STOVES. size, and the "Forest Rose" HEATING STOVE RIDE PLOWS. rconstruction, and they give general satisfaction Rock Hill, S. ('. Yorkville, S. ('. 47 ly