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Humwwus JJcparttttfttt. :. howT womTnidentified. A few days ago a man called at a bouse on Fort street, east, and asked for a bite to eat. He was refused, and shortly after he left a cloak was missing from the hall-tree. Tlje police were notified, and the other day, when, they arrested a man on suspicion, they sent for the woman to come down to the City H&H and identify him. When she was asked if she was certain that she could identify the man who had called, she somewhat indignantly replied: "Identify him! Why, i could pick him out among ten thousand !? She was then confronted with the prisoner. She gave him a good looking over and called out: "Oh! you can't fool me! You've had your hair dyed from black to red since you asked for cold pancakes, but I'd know you if i saw you in Texas!" ?* ? - ' 1 -1 1 Un me capunn nere uuserveu tuut iic ucvcj heard of black hair being dyed red, and after a brief examination he asserted that the prisoner's hair had not been dyed at all.' "Well, I may possibly be mistaken about his hair," said the woman, "but I'll swear to that overcoat. I took a <*ood look at it as he went off the steps, and I know it's the coat and the man. Tparticularly noticed that the third button from the top was missing." The captain informed her that it was an overcoat ne had borrowed within the hour and asked the prisoner to slip it on. The woman wouldn't give in for some time, but finally said: "Well, J.might have been mistaken, but I looked square into his eyes, and I know this is the man." + OATAV rli/1 car hie aroc U'prp fT 1ACIU W/AV/A U1U ? VU OWJ nw ?T v*w . "Blue eir, light blue." "But this man's eyes are black?coal black !" n ' 1/1 So they were. The woman was dumb with astonishment for a time, but finally rallied and said: "Didn't this man wear a slouch hat when arrested?" "No ma'am?he wore a cap." "And don't you think he is the man?" "I don't think anything about it, as I never saw him until an hour ago." "Is it postively necessary' that I identify him as tne man?" "No, ma'am." "Then I guess I won't. The fact is, I was a little flurried that morning, and I don't think I got a fair sight of the fellow. Besides that, I think the cloak was stolen the day before I missed it, by an old woman who was setting notions."?Free Press. A "Reb's" Curiosity.?'This instance of overpowering curiosity comes to us fVom Virginia: Tne Valley of Virginia during the late war was tne theatre of many scenes of bravery that would add lustre to the annals of any land. Here Ashby the brave, Mosby the daring, and Jackson the soldier made for themselves names that can never be forgotteh. Here, too, the "Boys in . Blue" many times showed their devotion to the country they loved so well, and the Union of their fathers. In the midst of this lovely valley, on a branch of the Shenandoah River, one evening in midsummer, occurred the following: A halfdozen "rebs" were lounging on the south bank of the river, when there approached the opposite bank a company of "bluecoats," ten to one of their own number. Of course it would have been madness to stand" battle, so the order was given to retire. But one of the "rebs;" a reckless dare-devil, brought his musket to his shoulder, fired, and "brought down his man." V*n Korro ou*im 1 IIC11 J Ullipmg Hi IV lliCll vu , lib 'A giiii .j i* iiu ming across to the opposite bank, which by this time was lined with "the enemy," and was only prevented from doing so by the positive'command of his officer. On being asked why he attempted to cross in the face of certain death, he replied, "I wanted to see where I hit him."?Editor's Drawer, Harper's Magazine. A Wake Man Bi*ys a Piano.?Russ, a Raleigh drummer, next to Carroll in elephantine proportions, and equaled only by Hoke in relating a good story, tells the following about a man of his own county who bought a piano and sent it home from Raleigh. He was absent from home as a delegate to the National convention in Baltimore. On his return he stopped in Raleigh and bought a piano for his daughter, who was then about to graduate. The instrument was packed^ind sent out in a wagou. The two boys were at home and when thev saw the huge box in the wagon their hearts ftiiled them. They knew at once the "old man was dead." They had urged him with tears streaming down their cheeks not to attend the convention, believing that he would never return alive. Now their most dreaded fears were realized. With heavy hearts they assisted in unloading the wagon. A grave was then dug and th'1 'old man" tenderly laid away to his long and peaceful rest. Several hours later, while the boys were looking for the old man's will, he turned up at the front gate. They swore at first that it was a ghost, but their doubts were easily removed when the "old man" hollered out "boys where's thatd d peeaner?" Topnoody.?Mr. Topnoody walked into the kitchen the other night, when he came home, and at once angrily said to his wife: "My dear, did you tell Mr. Brown that the greater part of our family attended one of those detestable donation parties?" "I Certainly did," she replied. "What did you do that for? You know you were the only one there from this house, and I think: you might have some regard for the truth, if you haven't any for me." "Don't tell me I lie, Topnoody." "But, my dear, I?" "Shut up! I said the greater part of this family was there, and I mean just what I said. I was there, and if I ain't the greater part of this family, then this house is for sale, and I am ready to lie down beneath the waving daisies." "Oh!" stammered Mr, Tofmoody, and he "'unt Ko/iL- in+/? uiHincr-rnnm nnrl hpcmn reading 'Baxter's Saints' ft est.'" .. A Loss to Anderson.?The Committee on Subordinate Lodges reported that the VNorth Pole Zephyrs," of Anderson, S. C., a branch of the Lime-Kiln Club, had forfeited its charter. The President was in jail for raooashining, the Secretory had skipped the country with a bogus wife, and several of the members had token to the woods to avoid answering the legal inquiry : "What became of Col. Blossom's twenty-four chickens." The branch had grossly violated all its privileges, and was a disgrsfce to the parent stem. On motion of Mossback Sly, the report of the committee was adopted and the charter of the Zephyrs repealed. People in that section of the South will please take notice and govern themselves accordingly.?Detroit Free Preen. Why She Was Not Nonsuited.?A Dakota schoolmistress sued three young men for breach of promise. Counsel for one of defendants moved for a nonsuit on the ground that she was too promiscuous. The Court seemed disposed to grant the motion, whereupon the plaintiff asked : "Judge, did you ever go duck shooting?" His Honor's eye lighted up with thepride of a sportsman as he answered: "Well, I should say so ; and many's the time that I have brought down a dozen at a thftf ? "i knew it," eagerly added the fair plaintiff, "that's just the case with me, Judge. A flock of these fellows besieged rae and I winged three of them." The motion for a nonsuit was denied. A Toast.?"Have yez got any burnt bread here?" asked an Irishman hurriedly entering a restaurant. "What do you want with burnt bread ?" j rejoined the proprietor. "Well, yez see, I was invited to attind a banquet in honor of the land league an' . when I got there jist now, a man towld me | I was down for a toast, and if yez have the bread let me have it fer I'm in a divil j av a hurry." "You don't understand. They only want, you to make a speech." "And is that all? Well, whv didn't they say so ? It's a hard mather to kape up with these American customs. Well let me have tin cints, fer I'll be dhry agin the br'akin' av the ceremonies.?Arkansas Traveler. Iftc grow aaf Feeding Cows for Butter.?Mr. Bennett, proprietor of one of the best dairy farms in the country gives the following as his method of feeding cows in milk: "I will give you my own method of feeding, and in so;deing-those- dftiryugu^wbo aim at quantity' WIlLmlizew6 ar6 ^hddting at differentJstflfc, for with me$ntftttity is secondary', quality being the great desideratum. Our finest butter is obtained in early summer, when the pastures are sending forth their earlv, sweet, succulent grasses, and we depend entirely upon them; but when they begin to fail, about midsummer, I begin to feed wilted clover and a small quantity of grain, increasing as the season advances, unless the pastures are unusually food. I cut all my grass early, beginning y the 6th of June and thus trying to secure an abundance of rowen hay. When in winter quarters, I be^in feeding at abont 5:30 iiL.the morning *\?i& bay, a little whisp at ? tlme'j f)tft' tlofs6 fnWh' but the cows will eat it up clean. Then after milking, the grain?from three to six quarts, according to the cow?consisting of two parts corn meal and corn cob ground together. After this more hay, which lasts till 9 a. m. I begin at 3 p. m. again with a little hay, followed with the mangles cut fine, a bushel being divided among three cows; then more hay, again, which lasts till about 6:30 p. m. I maintain that if more shorts are fed than are necessary to counteract the heating quality and condensed richness of the corn meal, it.deteriorates the quality of the butter. - Thiring last March Tsaw thife Illustrated, being called upon in Boston to examine some butter from one of the finest dairies in the State, and which was troubling the dealer who sold it. He said it was negatively good; nothing could be said against, yet little could be said in its favor. It seemed to lack that fine nutty flavor so necessary to fresh butter that commands over 40 cents per pound. I said at once, on testing it, "too much shorts and not enough corn meal." He answered, "Just what I thought, but did not dare to say so until it was confirmed." In less than ten days the butter fipm tliat dairy.-.was Improved., ; Cabbage Cultivation.?Almost every one knows that cabbages will not grow fast or head out well unless they are hoed very often. Many have also learned that this crop does the best if hoed very early in the morning while the dew is on the ground. Hoeing later in the day, while the dew has evaporated, will not have the same effect. The reasons appear to be these: The dew being covered with soil it retains and helps keep the earth moist. It contains a large amount of oxygen, which it took from the air. These act; to decompose thp spil and to ' hasten ' . $ptfwth of the-' ^droits. It also absorbs a large quantity* of ammonia, which is directly taken up by the plants. Now the same causes ought to produce the same effects on other plants, and it has been found by observing farmers that they do. Market gardeners prefer to have potatoes hoed either when the soil is wet with dew or after a slight rain. Observations made by one of the best farmers in Wisconsin, extending through many years, convinced him that there was great advantage in ploughing land while it was wet with dew. Especially was this the case when clover or grass was ^ploughed under. It was found that the grass and sod rotfethnluefc sohher, and that the succeeding crops were larger and of better quality. Value of Cotton Stalks.?Thomas J. Spear, an old citizen of New Orleans, recently had a communication in the Picayune of that city setting forth the commercial value of the cotton stalk for textile fibre which may be obtained from it. Mr. S. says: "Twenty years ago I reminded the cotton planters of Louisiana that the cotton stalk contained valuble fibre, that it was a fine material for manufacturing purposes, but no attention as .it would appear, was paid to my discovery and information. I will now remind them again that one acre of ground will produce on an average, as is well known, two bales of cotton, weighing five hundred pounds each, which when sent to market brings ten cents a pound, giving for the two bales $100? whereas the stalk of the plant on the same acre will yield from one' to onfe and a half tons of fibre, if properly prepared would be found to be equally as fine as Manillia, and worth at any time, at the lowest calculation from $120 to'$150 per ton." How to Catch a Horse.?If a horse is shy and hard to catch, take finely grated castor oils of rhodium and cummin. Keep them in separate bottles, well corked. Put some of the oil of cummin on vour hand and approach the horse on the \nndy side. He will then move towtird you. "As soon vnn can reach him. rub some of the cum miii on his nose, give him a little of the castor, or anything he likes, and get a few drops of the oil of rhodium on his tongue. After this you can make him do nearly every thing you want. Treat him kindly, feed well, handle gently, and victory is certain.? Turf, Field and Farm. Cold Water Drinking.?Cold baths of the skin are good, but it is doubtful if flooding the stomach on going to bed and on rising, is not, on the whole the mast profitable form of cold bathing. Costiveness, piles and indigestion are uniformly relieved by this morning and evening cold douche. The quantity must be determined by each one for himself. Two or three swallows will do to begin with, and the quantity will soon grow to a tumbler full; and we have known persons to use much more with marked benefit. If wisely managed every dyspeptic will be greatly improved by this cold stomach bath. Wet Boots.?When bootsare wet through, do not dry them by the tire. As soon as they are token off, fill them quite full with dry oats. This grain will rapidly absorb every vestige of damp from wet leather. As it takes up the moisture it swells and fills the boot like a tightly fitting last, keeping its form good and drying the leather without hardening it. In the morning shake out the oats and hang them in a bag near the fire to dry, ready for use on another occasion. ttajr The Rural Hume says that no one grass by itself makes the best pasture, but a combination of varieties. A greater weight of nutritious pasture can'be grown on a limited area of land, by sowing several species from any single variety.. It would seem as if different species feeding on the same soil take up various ingredients in different proportions ; hence it is considered expedient to sow several of i he species adapted to the particular soil. Destruction of Ants.?A correspondent in the Tropical Agriculturalist says: "Take a white,china plate and spread a thin covering of common lard over it. Place it on the floor or shelf infected by the troublesome insects, and you will be pleased with the result. Stirring them up every morning is all that is required to set the trap again. ' : ; - ? y<t Disappointed Stomachs.?Regularity in the hours of meals cannot be too strongly insisted on. The stomach should not be disappointed when it expects to be replenished. If disappointed, even a diminished amount of food will be taken without appetite, which causes the secretions to injure the stomach or else impair its muscular action. To Relieve a Cough.?An excellent authority in medicine recommends a little common sugar as a remedy for a dry hacking cough, and gives scientific reasons for it. If troubled at night or on first waking in. the morning have a little cup on a stan&close by the bed, and take half a teaspoonful; this will be of benefit when cough syrups fail. What Willbe To-mobkow??My friend you will never ask this question when eating a hearty supper at night. But I will answer it for you. A genuine case of cramp colic and other stomachic disorders which can only be alleviated with Norman's Neutralizing Cordial. Sold everywhere.?Advt. Cold Slaw.?Take two thirds of a cup of vinegar, one egg, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one tablespoonful of salt, half teaspoon of mixed mustard, and butter size of an egg; stir until it boils. When cold, pour over the shaved cabbage. ^isfeWanefltts Reading. W8OTING T8R HER DAUGHTER. THE PLUCK AND ENDURANCE OF AN ALABAMA WOMAN. A letter, under date of Rockford, Coosa county, Alabama, June 13th, to the Monlr gomery Advertiser, gives the particulars ol a heinous crime in that .State, and the pluck and endurance of a woman after her husband had been dastardly murdered by hei side. The circumstances have been briefly outlined by telegraph: The assassin of Mr. Corden was captured this morning about 4 o'clock, near Razemore's Crossroads, about fifteen miles north of this place and about eleven miles from the scene of the tragedy. He was at the house of his brother and had retired. H? made a full confession, and carried the parties who had him in charge to where lie had hid the clock, the gun, powder can and blowing horn. He was carried in the presence of the wounded wife of Mr. Corden, and fully identified by her and daughter and two sons. He also made a full confession, going into the minutest details. He was afterwards brought to this place and lodged in 'jail. It required great exertion ???? nf ijniim ..f nnr r*i fir/mm nrp. Wll tltc I^CVl I V/J OUliiV V?* W J,. v, vent him from being lynched, which doubtless he would have been, had it not been that the crowd did not have time to collect and the express promise of some of our citizens that they would pledge their word that Judge Cobb would call a special term of our Circuit Court for the purpose of giving him a trial. He was subsequently lynched. The courage and fortitude displayed by Mrs. Corden on Monday night could not have been surpassed. Her nearest neighbor was about a quarter of a mile distant. After the fatal shot had been fired into the head of her husband she sent her son to blow.the horn for help, while she gave her attention to her dying husband. After her little boy had been shot down she closed the door, put out the light, seized the gun and made effort after effort to fire it, but without iilthmifrh sbo lififl often fired it before and says that she is confident that had it fired she would have killed the assassin. When she failed to discharge the gun, and the assassin was battering on the cloor for admission, she put her other son out the back> window with instructions to fly for assistance, and when the fiend was demanding of her to send her daughter out or lie would kill the entire family and burn the house, she assisted that daughter out the back way and bid 'her fly for safety. And .while she -was;still refusing the flend admission and' holdihg the door with all her strength, he again, and for the third time, fired nis gun through the window, terribly wounding her, and again sought admission and succeeding in forcing the door partially open, seized her by the arm, dragged her to the piazza, where a terrible struggle ensued, which resulted in her throwing him out ol the house and enabling her to again close the door. The assassin then demanded ol her a bed quilt, saying if she would give him one he would' leave. She gave him one through a window and he left. Your correspondent this evening visited the prisoner in the jail, in company with the sheriff, when he made the following statement: "My name is Jordan Corben. I am 22 years old and was raised in this county. I have been working this year by the day, have 110 regular employment. I was at Spring Hill Church on last Sunday evening; went from there to my stepmother's; oniy remained there about a half hour; stayed in the woods Sundry night; stayed in the woods, because I had been doing some meanness. The meanness that I had been doing was the breaking into the dwelling house of Mr. Henry Carnard and stealing a clock, shotgun, powder flask and a blowing horn; went hunting Monday; wanted to keep out of the way of folks; went into Mr. Corden's field Monday evening and tried to hire to him to cut oats; said he did not want me as his were not ready to cut. Mr. and Mrs. Corden, their daughter about grown, and thqir two sons were in the field; went from there to Mr. Corden's house; there was no one present except three small children. I asked them how many cows they milked and who milked them ? They told me their sister milked. I then went round behind the cowpen and hid; the cowpen is about seventy-five yards from the house; the sun was about a quarter of an hour high.' I remained there until the young lady came and milked, but a little girl came with her and I did not say anything to her or let her see me. I remained there until the family went to supper. I then went up to the yard fence and waited until they got through; saw them go into the house; saw part of the family go to bed. When I knew they had all gone to bed I pulled off my shoes and slipped up to the window. Had my loaded gun with me all this time; the window is about a foot square, tried to open it but could not; it seemed to be buttoned. Tbere was a crack in the window about as wide as my two fingers; I could see Mr. and Mrs. Cordon lying in the bed; their heads were towards the window; X poked my gun through the crack and pointed it at the head of Mr. Corden and fired it. I then ran off about seventy-five yards and loaded it. There was a big light in the hall, I heard the young lady say: ''Somebody has killed pa." I heard Mrs. Corden say to the little boys, "Run into the kitchen and get the horn and blow it." I saw them go and get the horn and one ol them got on the verandah and commenced to blow it. I had loaded my gun, and shot him; think I was about 7o yards from him ; when I shot he hallowed and ran into the house. The lights were then putoutand the door closed. I went up to the house and ordered them to open the door. I wanted to get into the house to do meanness. I wanted to get to the young lady. * * * I told Mrs. Corden if she did not.send her daughter out I would kill the whole family and burn the house ; told her that I had kerosine oil, but did not have any. Mrs. Corden had moved a bed against the door, I then went back to the window ; it was dark in the house ; I couldn't see anything. I poked my gun through the crack in the window and tired in the direction where Mrs. Corden was'talking. I then went back to the door and forced it partly open. She was trying to hold it to. I caught her by the arm and pulled her out in the entry ; we had a scuffle. I tried to throw her down, but she threw me out in the entry, and got back in the house and fastened the door. 1 then told her if she would give me a bed quilt I would go away ; she then threw me one out of the window, and I left. I went down in the field and got in an old outhouse, and went to sleep and slept until day. I have never been to Mr. Corden's house but once before ; had never seen any of his family except that one time. Mr. Corden or any of his family have never done me any injury." During the whole time that the prisoner was making this statement, he was apparently cool and unconcerned and exhibited a remarkable memory, and appeared to possess an intellect above the average of his race. India's Black Holes of Jails.?'The amount of sickness and mortality in some ol the jails of India is stated with good reason, in official reports to be very deplorable. This is particularly applicable to to the Punjab. In the year 1879 more than one-third of the average strength of the unfnofnnufa iiirtuitoc nf tho I?fl\V!ll Pillflj .Tfiil H/i IWimiV lilUilVlrW V* .. ... ? ...v.. are said to have died, being at the rate of nearly 3601 per cent, per 1,000. At Umballah the death rate was nearly as high, though in this jail there was not a case of cholera. In the jail at Belgium, in the Bombay Presidency, nearly half the average strength was swept off in 1878. In 187!) the rate had diminished, though it still reached the fearful proportion of 200 per 1,000.?London News. Hepatite-re of L. W. Floyd.?L. Wash. Floyd, who was shot by L. W. Kay, last week, and who has been confined to his room, at the Exchange Hotel, by his wound ever since, left the city on Tuesday night or yesterday morning, taking the Air-Line train. His destination is unknown, and the friends who aided his departure refuse to reveal it. He is probably gone permanent1 v. It is not at all unlikely that another ef fort would have been made to kill him if lie had remained here, although the News has no authority for saying so, except a general knowledge of the state of public feeling and the disposition of the persons most deeply injured by the alleged crime of the refugee. Greenville News, 2lsf. m fUatmg fat the JWrhath. j 3 CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. I |il [Original]. REPENTANCE. ? 1 There ure, perhaps, no two things about Ai " which people in Christian countries hear ! more than they do about sin and repentance. < It would be, perhaps, safe to say that there tic I are no two things about which people have more confused ideas than they nave about SP sin and repentance. The latter always pre- \ ! supposes the existenceof the former. Where ^ there is no sin there can be no repentance. wj In order that we may have clear and correct th ideas of repentance, we must first obtain a j | clear and correct knowledge of sin. This to ' knowledge of sin must not simply be theo- th ! retical, it must also be experimental. saj In its proper sense, sin is violation of law. t.g ; Every violation of the moral law is sin, and all 1 all sin is violation of the moral law. lie- ] pentance includes three things?a Scriptural na ; knowledge of sin, a holy sorrow on account oil of sin, and an actual turning away from sin. il" The knowledge of sin is derived from two ^ sources. Our moral instincts teach us that r j 1 we are sinners. The knowledge derived 0f from this source is very defective in many co respects. This arises from the destructive \vi effect which sin has had upon our moral 11a- th( tures. The understanding is darkened, the H0: ' sensibilities are'deadened and the will is ^ ' perverted. We at present are only the tf)( ' wreck of what we once were?only the de- 1 caving ruins of a once grand building. The <lr other source from which Ave obtain a knowledge of sin is the Bible. The information V1' derived from this source concerning sin is 171 ( ' minute, specific and full. Man is every- ou where in the Bible described as a sinner, Wc and sin is described as that thing Avhicli 3 1 God hates. foi ' Repentance is properly a turning from sin in | unto God. It may be regarded as a gift of ? ' God and also as an exercise of the human ( soul. God, in the operations of his marvel ous grace, bestows the power to turn away from sin unto him, and the individual upon ! whom this power is bestowed exercises it. ' God, by his Holy Spirit, changes the sinner's heart; and the sinner whose heart is ; changed turns to God. ? Thisturningof the sinner from his sins to j10 ; God always consists of two things?a sense ho of the moral filth and hatefulness of his sins <la and a knowledge and acceptance of the mer- ca 1 cy which is offered to penitent sinners by r0: God, through Jesus Christ, in the gospel. ^ The differences between repentance and ba reformation are many and great. Inrepen- ()f tance the sinner turns from sin unto the ser- Pc vice of God; in reformation the sinner only gi] ; ceases to practice sin in its enormities. In repentance the sinner hates sin, but in refor- '1 ; mation he still continues to love sin ardeut- b?e ly, although he may not practice it so noto- se riously as formerly. In repentance, the sin- ki ner forsakes sin because it is hateful to God tw as well as ruinous to himself; in reformation W the sinner desists from sinning, only because * he sees sin will soon be his ruin. In repen- ^ tance, the heart as well as the feet turns away fu from sin, while in reformation it is only the wj feet that turn away. Repentance is all of reformation and a great deal more. There * ; certainly is sucn a tnmg as reiormauon wunout repentance; but genuine heart renen- g , tance is always accompanied with a thor' ough reformation of the life. Reformation ni so much resembles repentance, that we are : constantly liable to mistake it for repent- R< ' ance. The force of circumstances often com- ?1] Sel men to reform. They cease to sin, but ley do not learn to do well. Although sorrow for sin is one of the elements of repentance we are not to conclude ? that all sorrow for sin is a certain evidence of true repentance. No man was ever more , intensely sorry for his sin than was Judas Iscariot, yet he went out and hanged himself. Usually, men are deeply mortified when they learn that their crimes are made public. It is not their sin that causes their sorrow. About this they care nothing. ' The thing which grieves them so is the fact that their sins have been made public, and they have thereby been degraded in the eyes ' of their fellow men. It is men, not God, ' that they fear. AM I A CHRISTIAN ? This vital question is anxiously asked by : many, and various are the grounds on which it. is suggested. On account of their aftlic tions some have painful doubts and fears in regard to this cardinal matter. The inqui- . ry arises in their ininds, how can a gracious God love those whom he so greatly distress; es ? It seems to them that they would not [ afflict their children as God afflicts them, 1 and hence they are led to fear that they are not the children of God. In all such disheartening apprehensions, 1 however, there is a strange forgetfulness of 1 what the Scriptures teach upon this very point. To all such victims of gloomy, if not agonising, doubts and fears, the word of th(f Lord is uttered saying, "Ye have forgotten _! the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children: 'My son, despise not thou T the chasfcming of the Lord, nor faint when L thou art rebuked of him ; for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.'" Troubles are not always witnesses against us, to vitiate our hope of heaven. Often are they rather manifestations of divine kindness and love. What is said to Job may be accepted by us, as though we were addressed in the words of Elipha/., "Behold, happy is the man ? whom God correcteth ; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty." go Though being in adversity may not be a sure sign of being in a gracious state, yet it ' may be regarded as an evidence that those thus called to suffer are not spiritually abait- "a | cloned, or consigned to utter hopelessness. ^ Such suffering may be no more a mark of p'u condemnation than the pruniug-knife is an ; indication that the tree must fall. The refiner does not heat his furnace for the metal which he knows to be worthless. It is not common for a person to watch over and correct, year after year, a stranger's child. | Such attentions are ordinarily confined to < the person's own child, or to an adopted an child. They tell of parental love which can cause grief in order to bless or save. _ We may hear an Apostle saying "If ye ; endure chastening, God dealeth with you as | with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not ?'' Some one has said, "Lawns, which we would keep in the best condition, are very frequently mown ; the ' grass has scarcely any respite from the ti scythe. Out in the meadows there is no tin such repeated cutting; they are mown hut wi mipp or hvicn a vear. Even thus the nearer ' we are to God, and the more regard lie has "" for us, the more frequent may he our adver- h' sities. To be very near to God involves no ti ' small degree of chastisement."?Watchman, an By Tiikik Right Names.?The Bible is 3 one book that holds on to the old-fashioned !, , way of calling things by their right names. ' It never minces matters to keep from hurt- jh> itig somebody's feelings. If a man appro- j priates to himself money that belongs to pr | another, the Bible speaks out in plain lan- pe ' guage and says he is a robber. In this age ^ of the world there has been so much rob- A' bery by men in high position that public ?01 ' sentiment has grown accustomed to it. The bit public conscience, instead of feeling shocked, or.and thundering its anathemas against it, seeks to palliate it by inventing a softer nomenclature. When the cashier of a bank finds himself short in his accounts, instead U* im-no+i '/i rilr I, 5 tvi O^ll ilWnrtl 1 lltr tn ' the Bible way, this age speaks of him as an x unfortunate speculator. When a public of- JL ficer uses the money of the State to deal in "futures," this age calls it embezzlement; ser the Bible would call it robbery. It is a [JH great pity the old prophets did not under- (iil stand the usus loquendi of this nineteenth tlw century.?Texas Christian Advocate. 1 -? ? soi Dying Grace.?Many people worry be- "is cause they do not have dying grace. They T(l read of saints who have met death without r fear, even with emotions of ecstacy and tri- to umph. At once they begin to torture them- ? selves with the question, "Could I meet B;i death in this way?" and the answer they get hn; from their trembling hearts is that they * could not. Death still has terrors for them. They are not willing yet to die. Then the wc next question is, "If I were a true Christian j would 1 thus fear to die? "Would I not re- Po joice at the thought of leaving this world est: and going to my Saviour?" The answer is God does not promise dying grace when one's duty is to live. He gives the living grace for living?grace for temptation, for battle, ^ for duty. And when the hour of death |J comes he gives dying grace.?S. S. 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Usu- ? y there are about seven words in a line. $ IIow to Order the Enqolrer.?Write the j ; me of the subscriber very plainly, give post- j ice, county and State, iii full, and send tin / lount of the subscription by draft or postice money order, or enclose*the money in a o mistered letter. * C Postage.?The Enquiiiku is delivered free ? postage to all subscribers residing in York ? unty, who receive the paper at post-offices thin tlieconnty; and to all other subscribers , n nnot.u,o iu iwi,l 1 nr + hn nti 111 iahni- Our Sllb risers, no matter where tfey receive the paper, t'11 8 not liable for postage, it being prepaid at 8 post-office here, without additional charge to b subscriber. 1 IVatcli the Figures.?The date on the "ad- jn ess-label" shows the time to which the subription is paid. If subscribers do not wish eir papers discontinued, the date must he kept , advance. < Dash.?It must be distinctly understood that ' r terms for subscriptions, advertising and job>rk, are cash in advance. i Mr. J. L. Simmons is our authorized agent r receiving subscriptions and advertisements the town of Chester A REVOLUTION In Horse Powers. n i 0 to Dr. J. II. Witherspoon's gin house and I" look for yourselves. You will find one of i E. Maearthy's celebrated Horse Powers crectand tested" under a guarantee that with two ules ho -will Tender the Hame power of a sixrse engine. The material for making this rse power can be hewn out on any farm in two ys' time, and is so simple and durable that you n't help but be struck with it. It is always ndy without adjustment, to run a fifty-saw gin th two mules, and gin from five to six bales ilv with ease. Any farmer making twenty les of cotton cannot afford to be without one these labor-saving and economizing Horse >wers. Attach the power to an outhouse and n your bale before you can haul it. -The toll 11 pay for the outfit, gin, Ac., in two years, le two mules that harul the wood and "water r the little rusty engines, will on an average, at the engine. In order to better satisfy vourlf, enclose stamp to either of the following well town farmers, and ask for their experience for oyears: <>. w. Brunson, Orangeburg; Robert itiierspoon, Sumter; Jim Hester, Abbeville, U. l represent live respniiniuie riuwus wi is county who own the right, and am ready to iike contracts for erecting the Powers, under 11 guarantee. For further particulars confer ith the undersigned. J. F. LOWRY. :\(;i\KS WD FARM MACHINERY. F you must have an engine, buy Tozer it Dial's, the simplest and best. ROYCE REAPER for 8100?light easy ruling and guaranteed to be durable. The ACME HARROW, Clod Crushers and irrows and other Agricultural Implements of : kinds on hand. Jones & Robertson agents r the Acme Harrow at Rock Hill. F J. E. LOWRY, Yorkville, S. C. Tune 7 23 tf . m m NORMAN'S ^eOTRALJZj^g J CORDIAL. I -MARK- I A SURE and effectual Remedy for the enre of I i all Irregularities and disorders of the Stom och and Bowels, whether In children or adults. W It Is acceptable to the Stomach without being offenstvo to the taste./ Promptly relieving Dvrsntery. Diarrhoea, Choi- ail era Morbus, Cholera Infantum, UMmoH Flux, Griping Pains, Flatulency, BlMfcal Nausea, Acidity of tho Stomach, HRfflj SKaflSH Heartburn, 81ck and Nervous Headache and Dyspepsia. May be used In all derangements of the Stomach and Bowels from relaxation of the Intestines a change of food or water. a| 8H NORMAIT'S < U UCIITDAI ITINC CORDIAL i y Is as pleasant and harmless as Black- I 9 berry Wine. Does not contain Opium B 9 and will not constipate. Specially recom 9 mended for Seasickness and Teething 9 Children. B je Price 25c. and $1.00 per bottle. H M Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine, B W , EXCELSIOR OFTTMTOAL CO. I Sole Proprietors, |HBB| \v Walhalla, S. C. U.S.A. January 4 1 ly ^ YORKVILLE IVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE. RE now open and will be kept in first-class style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, od horses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AN U rtiiKiUflS. lust received another lot of those nice Cincinti Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted stan- HT rd work. I sell no inferior work. Come and JL amine mv full stock of veliicles. before you hif rohase. ; , FEEDING. to cat foil can have your horses fed as cheap as the oapest, at the Yorkville Livery and Feed StaWANTED. ?St( I'orn, Oats, Fodder and Hay always wanted, an d the highest market price, iii cash,will be paid, chi F. E. SMITH. wi May 10 1!> tf k'ii TAX NOTICE. I OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,) of, York County, [ Yorkvjllk, S. C., May 1st, 188:5. J TOTICE is hereby given that my Hooks for J ? the mirnose of receiving the TAX RE JRNS of the Tax-payers of York county, for b fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1883, 11 open on JUNE 1ST, 1883, and close on the :li of July next. 1 will attend the following med places, on the respective dates, to receive : id returns, to wit: Yorkville, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, mrsdav and Fridav, June 25th, 20th, 27th, 28th j d 20th,' 1883. Massey's Store, Saturday, June 80th, 1883. Itock Hill, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, lursday and Friday, July 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and j i, 188.3. Vorkvillc from the 7th until the 20th of July, <3. Persons failing to make returns in the time I escribed by law, will incur a penalty of lifty | r cent., which attaches after the 20th of July, j (3. The law requires all returns to he sworn to. i 1 purchases or sale of land must be reported, j :o, any building erected since last return. Per- j is between twenty-one and fifty years are lia- j ;to POLL TAX. ' T earnestly request tax-pay- ! i to meet me in their respective townships. J W. 11. WILLIAMS, I Auditor, York Count v. ; pp Way 3 18 tf | "MACHINERY. jK AM building a limited number of those CEL- Ma Ell RATED PORTABLE COTTON PRESS- t . Parties who desire to obtain one will please i of id in their orders as early as possible, as it re- i wil ires sometime to get them up. I will also re- | pui ve orders for the same kind of presses for , I i Houses, which are furnished at less cost j GF n the Portable Presses. j pri ^ho LIGHT REAPERS sold by me this sea- i ?i have proved entirely satisfactory?can furh more if applied for soon. )on't forget that I have the BESTSEPARA- ,r R in the market. ' am pacpared to furnish TANNER, also 1 W ZER ENGINES, at short notice. tlways on hand Machinery supplies, such as bbit Metal, Sheet and Core Packing, Coup- 1 gs, Bolts, Ac., Ac. ls the Ginning season approaches, I will have uple HALL GINS and BROWN GINS?with j without Feeders and Condensers?also, the I 11 known WINSIIIP GINS. dat i good supply ofSASH, DOORS and BLINDS, tho rsons expecting to build would do well to get < cati imutes from me. | licii T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent, une 14 .24 It j J OLD NEWSPAPERS^ ,F largo size, suitable for wrapping, for sale "A/ ' at one cent each, at the jjj enquirer office. 1 m SERGEANT ? Parrar Turl gig! SAW MILLS, OAI PLOWS, STRA 2. 2 .? *" a: A- "* is 5 5 5 ? I ? I! pi t% 11?.| tt ? w ^ ? r> .2.. o '3 ? s = Z i_ j ~ ~ a: 2 t >?. ? x - j! - : 7 - - ?Tr <2 -ir.~-'=S'i ? ~ i s ^ 2 II 111 SI ?_f .1 s ? * ? <^22 - " - S i _ I. o C ? ? i <rAu55 Is M t-z-z I* ^ ? . = ~ i - C a 5 - C1.S , 1 Ulilllo^ Ill|i1||li||lll *J| !s1 151 si$ 11 gjj'i "TRC We also manufacture the PALMETTO COOK b market. , HEATING We make the ORGAN PARLOR STOVE in on< six sizes?from 84.50 to 814.00. PLANTERS' PI I'he best material and workmanship used in thei lend for Circulars and Price Lists. KRED. H. LONDON, Agent KERNDON BROTHERS, Agents, ..... November 2:1 GARRY IRON RO( Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IRON ROOFING J|H (l.MPEI) AND t'ORRl.'GATED SI 1)1 NO. ^w Iron Tile or .Shingle, 'IREPROOF DOORS. SKITTERS 4C? kOTHBBBHM THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 01 ;/5Ef L. M. Orist, Yorkville, S. C., will take ord May 10 THE HARTFORD j Sewing- 3Iaehine. t 'i i : | TOST PERFECTED. rhe Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. THE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. Phe Least Vibration of Any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Ball-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife-edge Treadle-Bearing. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands d Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular 'FATVTTT.V FAVORITE." also manufactured by us. For finely'illustrated descriptions, apply to . C. LATIMER, Yorkville, S. C. . G. REID A CO Rock Hill, S. 0. EED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. February 8 G tf fouMry AND Machine Shop. 1HE undersigned would respectfully inform the public tnat he now has in operation, on I i lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY sTD MACHINE SHOP, in which he is propared 1 do all manner of work in light iron and brass dings, and general machine work. < BEPAIBOG, all kinds, promptly done on short notice. 1 ;am Engines, and agricultural machinery of i v kind overhauled and repaired. Resides,'any ss of work that may be wanted in his shop, he ' 11 attend any call for repairing stationary en- i les, doing the work on the premises, thus obiting the necessity of moving the engine. Mces reasonable. Terms, cash on completion ] the work. EDWARD THOMAS. 1 day 10 19 tf ] TSTANDS AT TIE HEAD. | THE LIGHT RUNNING DOMESTIC. J JHE best material; will do any and all kinds i of work; complete iu every respect; the 1 pest arm; the lightest running; most beautiWoodwork. Fully warranted for Ave years, fio, the PENNSYLVANIA, the best SINGER i ichine made. Prices and terms reasonable. ? 'all at my PHOTO-GALLERY, one door east the jail and examine Machines and work. It 11 1)0 to your advantage to can on me oeiore rchasing a SEWING MACHINE, am prepared to do any work in the PH0T01APH LINE to satisfaction, and at reasonable | ces. J. R. SCIIORB. SCHOOL NOTICE. I Co lu m hi a, S. CM June 8, 188:5. 1: the School Commissioner of York County: * HI: The next regular examination of teachers before C'ountv Boards will take place on , IDA Y AND SATURDAY, July (i and 7. ' Very respectfully, A, CO WAR I), State Superintendent of Education. F , $ n accordance with the above, all teachers, the $ e of whose Certificates have expired, and all ? se wishing to take a higher grade of Certilie, will appear at my office on the days speci1. R. LATllAN, Chairman Board of Examiners. uno 14 24 :!t CHATTEL MORTGAGES^ [ORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to < Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFPICF MANUFACTURING CO., IENSBORO, N. C. ANUFACTURFRS OF 3ine Water Wheel, JD HEATIKCi SiTOVES. IE MILLS, HOKSE POWEES, W CUTTERS, ANDIRONS, i.S OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. >I?IC" COOK STOVE. STOVE, which, for its capacity, is the hest in STOVES. ; size, and the "Forest Rose" HEATING STOVE RIDE PLOWS. r construction, and they give general satisfaction Rock Hill, S. C. Yorkville, S. C. 47 ly )FING COMPANY, .W IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. Ir>~T0158 merwin street Cleveland, O. W/w fid* Send for Circular ami Prico |T 1 List No. 75. ? IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. lers for the above roofing. ?) ly JOB PRINTING. /"AWING to our superior facilities with the best t_r 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 style, and at prices that will compare with New Vork 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 : HILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads $3.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.23 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at 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 everv instance. We also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of 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, rrom 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 ~c7& L. NARROW GATJQE^EAILEOADr BBSam 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 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 6.00' P. M. Leave Dallas, 6.20 P. M. Leave Hardin's, 6.45 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 7.15 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave ILincolnton, 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 Lowrvsville, 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 South. THE CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is the oldest newspaper in the South, having been established in 1785. ^ The CHRONICLE is progressiveaiul liberal in tui Luin^a, twin ia fnnciiuaii v a xau lupiuacuiuu* u 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 vear; six months So. Tqe Evening CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is the same size as the morning paper. The price is Sfi per year; six months $8. 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 32 per vear. The Weekly CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST* is one of the largest papers in the South. It is ten pages and contains seventy columns of matter. Price $2 per year; 31 for six nonths. Specimen copies sent free. Address CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST, Augusta, Ga. June 6 28 tf 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 ed to the secession of 1733, under the Erskines, rwrethtn* with ji full and detailed iicermnt nf the irganization of the old Associate Reformed Syn)d, the General Synod, and the parties entering nto the organizations. The history of the Associate Reformed Church in the South is traced Tom its beginning through the Prasbytery of the Jarolinas and Georgia, the Synod of'the Carolilas and the Svnou of the South, down to the iresent time. In addition to this, a brief histo v is given of the Reformed Presbyterian and Jnited Presbyterian Churches. The Work is printed on good clear type, on ;ood heavy paper, is bound in cloth, and contains our hundred and eighteen pages. It will be sold it $2.25, either at my office, or delivered bv mail. Address, R. LATHAN, Yorkville, S. C. DENTAL. SIRGEKY. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he has T ly litted up a room in his residence in forkville, specially FOR THE PRACTICE OF JEXTISTRY, ana that he has associated with urn in me practice or his profession, l)r. A. Y. ARTWRIGHT, a young gentleman of superior ttaininents. One of us^vill be found in our oficeatall times. Calls will be promptly attended o at the residence of patrons in either town or ountry. In keeping with the general reduction of iriees, we propose to furnish complete UPPER iND LOWER SETS, of the best material, for20.00; SINGLE SETS, either upper or lower, 10.00; and for partial sets, more than two teeth, 1.00 PER TOOTH. W. M. WALKER, I), fc. S. June 14 27 tf T.R.MGILL, Wholesale Grocer, JOLLECE STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Orders solicited and promptly tilled. January 11 2 fim