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tumorous department. |' A Stingy Man.?"I don't mind a man being economical," said Colonel Bonely, "but I do despise to see stinginess. You all know John Nut wing?feller that used to , sell soda water and grumbled when a cus- , tomer insisted in taking it with syrup. Well he was the stingiest man I ever saw. Why, sir, he was so stingy that he used to let his meat spoil. Said he couldn't afford to eat it while it was so valuable. One day a cart came alon^ with a barrel of water.: Just as it was passing John's gate, the thing broke down. Well, John went out, caught half the water and poured it in his well. Said that he couldn't afford to see anything wasted. O, yes, he was close. I was with i him when he died. He was perfectly willing, though he dreaded the expense of having a grave dug. "Colonel," said he addressing me in that anxious way that had become one of his characteristics, "can't you git some of the boys and induce 'em to dig the grave as a matter of accommodation? I did intend to be buried under fho rkAfir t.rpp hnt, the land is sn valuable I can't afford it." "You don't seem to he very sick," said I. "Perhaps you may recover." "O, no, I'm gone," he replied*. "I took poison just before sending for you. I decided that I could not afford to live. It's too expensive. After a fellow dies, you know, and gets settled down, the expense ceases. That confounded druggist cheated me. I had to pay five cents for the poison. He should have give me two doses for that sum." He was so stingy that he died without a struggle. Taking it all into consideration, John was theclosestman I ever saw." Breaking it Gently.?Mose Schaumburg for several weeks past has been very much depressed. Mrs. Schaumburg is of a nervous temperament, and cannot stand the slightest excitement. She is devoted to her father and they correspond regularly, but she has received no letter from him for three weeks. The reason why she has received no letter is simply because he died suddenly about three weeks ago. Mose was afraid to let her know anything about it, and the burden of apprehension growing heavier every day, he confided the secret to Sam Levy, his cousin, and requested him to break the news gently to Rebecca. Sam % promised to do so, saying that he had a great deal of tact. He called next day, and as soon as he was seated Mrs. Schaumburg told him that he was very anxious about her father, Solomon Meyer, he not having written in three weeks; that she was afraid something had happened to him. "No, I dinks not," said Sam; "I vould not have any apprehension on dat account. Mine fodder has pen ded sixteen years, and I have not had a letter from him in all dose times."?Texas Sifting8. Not To Be Outdone.?At Potaluma, a small milk-can station on the Napa road, a fervent appeal was made last Sunday, by the pastor of the proposed church there for funds to build the said edifice. Not a cowpuncher moved. The entire congregation of teat-squeezers seemed wrapped in slumber. As the minister gazed mournfully around a hen suddenly flew out of the old plug hat, used as a contribution box, making a terrific cackling. The pastor approached the hat and beheld a new-laid egg. Holding up the hen fruit, he exclaimed sarcastically: "She has contributed her all. NVill you allow yourselves to be outdone by a hen ?" The effect was electrical! In less than twenty minutes there was over forty-five cents in the pool.?San Francisco Post. Not His Name.?Out in Xenia, Ohio, there is a bright lawyer. There is a score of them in fact, but this bright particular legal star is Henry Warrington. 1 call him Henry Warrington because that is not his name. His real name appears on the play- < bills of "Youth." Well, the Second Adventists came to Xenia one time and the preacher did a lot of street preaching. One day Lawyer Warrington stopped to listen to him just at the time when he was wanted ; in court, and a bailiff came to the window , to call him. The preacher was just shrieking: "And who will be damned? Who will be damned?" "Henry Warrington! Henry Warrington!" roared out the stento- ; rian tones of the bailiff over the way. And ? Henry only said he would be, if he was. ] Only he didn't say it just that way.?Bar- \ dette. < Sorry He Spoke.?At Fort Bayard, lor i a long time, there lay an old spiked cannon, I which had been rendered useless for some i reason or another. The Apache chief of s that district fell in love with that cannon. \ He used to come every day and beg the com- j mandant to give it to him. At length Gen eral Sherman was announced as coming, ] and the officer told thp Apache that he must ask him for it. He did. The general looked at it, saw it?was of no use, and presented it to him. 1 "i am afraid," said the general, with j mild jocosity, "you want thecannon so that ] you can turn it on my soldiers and kill i them." i "Umph!no. Cannon kill cowboys. Kill i soldier?club." ] The general was sorry he spoke? San i srancwo uiromcie. < What He Wanted.?A tramp called on a citizen in a Pearl street office, on Wednes- < day. "Well, what is it?" inquired the tender- i hearted broker, looking him over. "I'm in hard lines, sir," responded the | applicant. "What's the matter ?" "I'm out of money and out of work, sir." "That's bad." i "So I've found it, sir." i "Can't you get any work ?" "I don't know, sir. I haven't tried to i get work. I've been too busy trying to get < money." i The broker shut up like a knife with a new back-spring, and the tramp went out : to pursue his search in another locality.? Merchant- Traveler. JST "My dear," remarked a gentleman, gloomily, to his wife, "I consider myself themost unfortunate man that ever existed. I have spent my whole life so far in running 1 after nothing." "On the contrary," replied his wife, briskly, "I consider your life a splendid success, for you have certainly succeeded in getting nothing, and have no need to run after it any longer." The gentleman was silenced, but not convinced. A Follower.?An American strolled into a fashionable church just before the services began. The sexton followed him up, and tapping him on the shoulder, and pointing to a small cur that had followed him into the sacred edifice, said : "Dogs are not admitted." "That's not my dog," replied the visitor. I "But he follows you." "Well, so do you." ! The sexton growled, and removed the dog !1 with unnecessary violence. 1 A Matter of Taste.?"Which is your i favorite hymn, Miss Overcash?" asked the j; new preacher of a young lady at the church sociable. "Oh! I?I don't like to say." i "Why not, pray ? We all have our favorites ' and I like to know the choice of the young j ladies of my congregation." "Well, if I must tell, I rather like Sam Flanders, and I don't care who knows it." "Oh, ah! yes, I see," said the preacher in some surprise. "You prefer the psalms. Well, some people do."?Texan Siftings. A Black Eye.?1"Johnnie, have you been j fighting ?" gravely inquired Mrs. Muggins. "No, ma'am," promptly answered the , heir of the Mugginses. "John Muggins, how dare you tell me an < untruth!" exclaimed his mother. "Where ; < did you get that black eye, sir?" "I traded another boy two front teeth and I a broken nose for it," replied Johnnie, as he . crossed the woodpile.?St. Louis Post. 88T Young wife: "I am determined to \ learn at what hour my husband comes at j night; yet, do what I will, I cannot keep j i awake, and he is always careful not to make > < a particle of noise. Is there any drug 11 which' produces wakefulness ?" Old wife: j "No need to buy drugs. Sprinkle the floor j with tacks." ' * 0 She /arm and fireside. THE CORN CROP. The Spring has come, and with it the necessary consideration of the planting and I cultivation of this, the most important grain crop of the United States. Its consump- j tion is increasing annually throughout the world, and when not produced in any other country it is mainly imported from ours. Our production has reached the enormous quantity of two thousand millions of bushels, worth at the average price of forty cents, $800,000,000. Its money value is the greatest of all farm crops, except, possibly, hay. These crops constitute the basis of I food for live stock and all domestic ani-1 mals, and, to a large extent, for mankind. If farmers do not care to worry their minds about the effect of agricultural productions on the general wealth of the country, they will admit the fact they have a pleasurable feeling, when in the month of April, they can look into their-corn cribs and see that their supply is sufficient for the year, and that there will be no stint of bread for their families, or of grain for their animals. This feeline: is incentive enough for them to regard this crop of great importance to them. It is useless and unwise to bother their minds about a prospective market price, for, up to the point of a necessary farm supply, tt will be no difference whether corn will be worth ten cents or one hundred cents a bushel. The surplus, after an ample farm supply, is a net gain to all farmers, but a deficiency is a serious and inconvenient loss to them. It ought to be assumed that all American farmers do understand how Indian corn should be cultivated, for it was found here when the first colonists were settled, two hundred and eighty years ago, and has been an abiding and increasing staple ever since. But the most casual observer of the present day will see that its cultivation by many farmers is sadly indifferent and unyielding. Fall and winter plowing, as a rule, is much neglected on clay lands, so that the pulverizing effects of frost are lost and a good tilth impossible; whilst light and loamy lands may be best plowed in the spring, just before planting, yet the work on these is generally hurried and badly performed. The most damaging mistake in either case which farmers make is, that they measure their crop by the extent of surface laid out for cultivation. They fail to see that ten acres well prepared, manured aud cultivated, will make largely more than fifty acres badly prepared and cultivated without manure. The case, fairly stilted will stand thus: Ten acres, forty bushels each, 400 bushels; fifty acres, five bushels each, 2-30 bushels. This presents a gain of nearly one hundred per centum in the crop, whilst the ten acres, thus cultivated, have doubled their value, and the fifty acres have depreciated. And the further thought and fact comes in, that the labor expended on the excess of forty acres was equal to all the demands for the extra cul ~ ^ nf f ton itviuiuii nuu iiuixiuiiij^ ui uiv b\u? The substance of what we have said of corn applies to all other crops, and it is well for farmers to consider earnestly (making experiments to ascertain facts) how they may be benefited by thorough cultivation and manuring?limiting surfaces in these respects?and also by rotation and drainage, which are fundamental factors in successful agriculture.?Southern Planter. ?4. ^ - ????? S&" Farms ought to be the healthiest places in the world. Individuals cannot control cities and prevent epidemics arising from filth and other unhealthy conditions, but farmers can control their farms in this respect. Fevers are quite common on farms. This should not be so. No farm, of healthy location, should ever have a case of fever on it. Some farmers allow weeds to grow around their houses till they attain immense proportions, then cut them down and allow them to lie and decay in piles, perhaps in the shade. Some door-yards are so shaded that they never dry out. Some farmers allow great piles of potato tops to lie near their door-yards and decay. On a farm there are always more or less decaying vegetables around the yards, and especially at the most sickly season when peach and apple skins are thrown around and allowed to accumulate with the sweepings of the house and other filth of the yard, which in process of decay emit carburetted hydrogen and other deleterious gases, which in seasons of frequent rains, followed by hot suns, render the farm yard unhealthy. Every farmer can procure road dust and keep it dry, and after every rain sprinkle his door yard. Dry earth is the best disinfectant in the world, and every fanner should keep a barrel of dry road dust on hand, using it freely around his house in summer, and around his barn, chicken coop and pig pens the year round. It is so cheap that it is not appreciated as a disinfectant, but if farmers would use more road dust they would have less sick children and less doctor bills. -- # How to Cultivate Peanuts.?Any dry soil will answer. Let the ground be well pulverized, leaving an even surface. Get fresh nuts; break them out of the shell, and plant them about the time of planting beans, two inches deep, in hills three feet apart, and the rows five feet apart. Plant two kernels in a hill, but if both co'me up, transplant one of them without in any way disturbing the other. As soon as the plants are up, hoe and keep them clean. \\ hen they run and begin to show blossoms, cover the vines, blossoms and all, with about an incn of earth taken from between the rows. With good cultivation the vines grow fast, and must be covered, always leaving the top of the runner just peeping out of the ground. As soon as the leaves are touched with frost dig the nuts, leaving them clinging to the vines. Now the nuts must be well dried. This can be done by hanging | up the vines, or stripping them off and spreading them on the floor or any way so they will not mould. In yield I have an average of over a quart to each plant. There are two varieties of plants, one called red and the other white. I would by all means prefer cultivating the white, because they stand first in the market.?Exchange. Cure for Founder.?A recent writer gives this remedy for lameness occasioned by inflammatory fever in the foot of the horse, with assurance that it is a perfect cure. "Clean out the bottom of the foot thoroughly?hold up the leg so as to bring the bottom of the foot upward, holding it firmly in a horizontal position and pour in, say a tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine, if the cavity of the foot will hold that much, if not, pour in what it will hold without clanger of running it over; touch the turpentine with a red hot iron ; this will set it on tire; hold the hoof firmly in position until it all burns out. Great care must be taken that none runs over on the hair ot the hoof, lest the skin be burned. If all the feet are affected, burn turpentine in each of \ them. Relief will speedily follow, and the j animal be ready for service in a short time. It is affirmed* that animals treated in this I manner have been promptly relieved. In! one case, although suffering more than j twenty-four hours when applied, in less than | an hour afterward theanimal was fit for use j and traveled some distance, all lameness disappearing. ? - ????? Worth Knowing.?'That small doses of: ?* 11 ---211 I. aivxamhIh) r<*r\ r\f f Kn ln?o?o or ."still Will cucuiv iicimsiiiiiigc ui uiv iuii^ i/i i stomach. To relieve hiccoughs at once, take a lump of sugar saturated with vinegar. Toothache may be relieved by the application of cotton saturated with ammonia. The skin of a boiled egg is said to be the most efficacious remedy that can be applied to a boil. Peel it carefully, wet and apply to the part affected. It will draw off the matter and relieve the soreness in a few hours. ? The best man to work on a farm is not he who will occasionally take a spurt and do an extraordinary day's labor. Most of those who boast their ability in this line are worth very little for the season. A I steady man, always faithful and and care- j ful of the interest of his employer, is sure ! to be in demand. If, in addition, he is! skillful in the use of tools and handy at re-. pairing them if out of order he will be invaluable. Such help is hard to find. SkiT Xogroundshould be allowed to remain j unoccupied, even for half a season; if no oth- j er crop is desired, put it in rye to be plowed I under as green manure. For this purpose potato patches and corn fields need not be plowed, simply harrow the seed in; if it is only covered it will grow.? Prairie Farmer. ' IpsceUiiiJteous ? cMinrj. | The Mind During Starvation.?The i recent case of cannibalism at sea opens up | some curious questions as to the effects of fasting on the moral nature of man. To ; the superficial observer, death by starva-! tion simply means a waiting of the body, a j horrible agony, an increasing weakness, a j lethargic slate of the brain, and a sleep from which there is no awakening; but is this all that it means?? While this is going on let us consider whether or not the intellectual faculty and the power of distinguishing right from wrong, is not also undergoing a process of wasting and death, even before that of the material part. Reasoning by analogy, we find that, in many cases of bodily disease, the state of j the mind is the first indicator of the mischief going on in the system. Take even such a simple thing as indigestion, which, as every one knows, is only a manifestation of a deranged stomach, and what do we find? That the lowness of spirits induced by this affection may vary from slight dejection and ill-humor to the most extreme melancholy, sometimes inducing even a disposition to suicide. The sufferer misconceives every act of friendship, and exag gerates slight ailments into heavy grievances. So in starvation, the power of reason seems paralyzed and the intellectual faculty dazed really before the functions of the body suffer, or the wasting of its tissue becomes extreme.?Popular Science Monthly. Pous8iN, the Painter.?He thought so little of making money that he generally worked for the same persons, refusing to take more than he conceived his pictures were worth or than his employer could afford to pay. On one occasion, when there was a considerable rise in the value of money, he of his own accord made a great reduction in his price. His acquisitiveness found its satisfaction in the pursuit of every kind of knowledge that would advance his art. Asked one day how he had arrived at such perfection, he ingeniously replied: "Because I have neglected nothing," in proof of which he gave occular demonstration for he was carrying in his hand a pocket handkerchief full of stones, mosses and flowers, vrtuch he had been collecting on the banks of Tiber. This progress towards perfection he pesevered to the last. "A swan's dying note," he said, "should be her sweetest." And even when his hand began to grow feeble he wrote: "I could, I believe, guide it better than ever, but I have too much reason to say with Themistocles, sighing over the end of his life, 'Man declines and departs when he is ready to do well.' I do not therefore lose courage, for as long as the head remains in health, the servant, though weak, will observe the better and more excellent parts of art which belong to the domain of the master." Mexico's National Drink.?The stranger in Mexico always complains of thirst, according to a Philadelphia Press corresKondent. The rapid evaporation makes is throat and tongue very dry. As the water is poor and unhealthful, pulque shops, a substitute for beer saloons, are frequent. There are said to be 34,000 licensed pulque shops in the City of Mexico, besides numerous bar-rooms where other beverages are sold. Pulque (pronounced poolkee) is the national drink and is the fermented milk of the cactus. Eighty thousand gallons are said to be sold in Mexico every day, and double that amount on Sundays and saints' days. It is a sort of combination of starch and alcohol, looks like well-watered skim milk and tastes like yeast. It costs but a penny.a glass, or two cents a quart, so that it is within the reach of the humblest citizen and he drinks vast quantities of it. Five cents' worth will make a peon (as all the natives are called) as happy as a lord, and ten cents' worth will send him reeling into the arms of a policeman, who secures him an engagement to work for the government for ten days without compensation. But it leaves no headache in the morning and is said to be very healthful. In the moist climates one might drink large quantities without injury, but all the usual inintoxicants are harmful in this latitude. An* Angry Judge.?The late Chief Justice Bigelow, of Massachusetts, was naturally hot tempered, but on one occasion was brought to his bearings in a way as effective as it was amusing. He was riding in a car which did not stop at Quincy, where he resided, and, as it was passing by, he pull&l the rope and the train was brought to a sudden stop. The conductor rushed into the car and demanded,"Who rang that hell?" "I did said the Chief Justice.' "Why?" "Because I wanted to get offat which the railroad official indulged in some remarks which were not complimentary and hardly respectful. The judge afterward complained to the president of the road, who promised to look into the matter. But he found that, although the conductor might have used hot language, the Chief Justice was not without fault and said nothing about it. When they next met by chance, the latter demanded of the president whether he had reprimanded the conductor. "I spoke to him," was the reply. "Well, what did he say?" "He said that he was coming up some day to adjourn your court." The irate magistrate saw the point and did not pursue the investigation. Early Man in America.?According to Professor Brinton, of the Academy of Natural Science, many important traces of early man are to be discovered in the Mississippi valley. Near St. Paul begins the modified glacial drift of an intermediate glacial pe- , riod. Fifteen feet below the surface in it are found stone implements and remains of workshops. In Patagonia remains of fires, tools and implements of bone were found. These things indicate a somewhat advanced stage of civilization and were left by men who lived here before the horse wasextinct. From these things it is inferred that a race, with race types and characteristics, existed here as early, if not earlier, than elsewhere on the globe. The characteristics of the American race is color ranging from copper to white; stiff hair and little of it; foreheads retreating, compressed at the sides, and low; eyes straight; noses dissimilar; mouths large; chin round, small and regular; expression hard and unpleasant. The sexes are much alike in appearance when they do not wear garments fashioned for the purpose of distinguishing themselves. The higher the development of man, the more marked isthedistinction between the sexes. A Rose Tree One Thousand Years Old.?A standard rose, said to have been planted by Charlemagne, is one of the great curiosities of the ancient city of Ilildesheim in Hanover. This rosebush is gnarled and rugged, as becomes its extreme age; and, in some places, the principal stem is about as thick as a man's body. Jt grows at the i eastern side of the apse of the cathedral, and this year the venerable and venerated i object has put forth several new and thrifty shoots. Fears have been entertained for a long time past that, after its life of a thous- ? and years, the plant was losing its vitality, i lint nmir it. i< nnrmrpntlv tiikinp- a new I i """ """ " "rr? ? - v o ? j lease of life, and there is much rejoicing in Hildesheim at the fact. The person who' ( takes charge of the ancient rose-bush is instructed never to give away a cutting; and !, its flowers, which are pronounced the very ! sweetest of their kind, are also jealoasly i guarded from vandal hands. j | ^ Thought and Lahok.?Kuskin says it j; is a no less fatal error to despise labor, when J' regulated by intellect, than to value it for ! its own sake. We are always in these days I ( trying to separate the two; we want one j J man to be always thinking and another to be always working, and we call one a gen- | tleman and the other an operative; whereas , the workman ought often to be thinking and ; the thinker often to be working, and both', should be gentlemen in the highest sense, j As it is, we make both ungentle, the one en- j vying, the other despising his brother, and ( the mass of society is made up of morbid , ( thinkers and miserable workers. Now, it is , only by labor that thought can be made j I happy; and the professions should be liber-j ' al, and there should be less pride felt in pe-1 , culiarity of employment and more in excel-! lence of achievement. AST A New Orleans doctor calls attention j( to a very simple fact which merits atten- j < tion from medicine takers. If the medicine is mixed with very cold water, and a few ] swallows of the water be taken as a pre- ' paratory, the nerves of the organ of taste < become sufficiently benumbed to make the ! medicine nearly tasteless. 1 fteading (at the fahkth. CONDUCTED BY HE V. ROBERT LAXHAN. [Original.] THE CHURCH. That there is at present in the world an organization which, by all English speaking people, is called the Church, no one will,for a moment, hesitate to admit. That this organization, if such it may be called, is, in its leading features, different from every other organization, will be generally, if not universally admitted. It differs from every other organization in the character of its members, in the object, Which it is designed to accomplish, in its constitution and in the character of the frame of its constitution. The members of the church are very different from those who are not members of the church. That difference does notconsist in pnysicai appearance, or in raereaiiimm modes of existence. Members of the church require food and raiment, rest and exercise, just as other individuals do. Members of the church are, like other individuals, subject to disease and death. They have joys and sorrows, cares and anxieties, disappointed hopes and blighted expectations, like other men. In fact, in all that pertains to the mere animal, members of tne church are, in the main, just like those who are not members of the church. Notwithstanding all this, members of the church constitute a peculiar class of society in every country on which thesun shines. They do some things which those who are not members of the church do not do, and they refrain from doing some things which those who are not members of the church practice daily. It amounts to nothing to say that some members of the church are just like the men of the. world. They love the same things and they hate the same things, they think the same things and they say the same things. This will not be denied, but reverse the order and we are enabled to see the difference. No one will dare say that there is as much piety among those who are not members of the church as there is among those who are. Whoever says this makes the declaration in the face of facts. Church members are the praying class of every community. Many of them pray very little and all of them too little, but still all the prayers, or nearly all, that are offered up night and morning to God, through Jesus Christ, are offered up by church members. There is a vast amount of sin committed every day, in every community on earth, but little piety as there may be in the church, only a very small portion of the sin that is committed in every neighborhood, can be rightly charged to the members of the church. One difference between the members of the church and those who are not, is that the former try to serve God, and the latter do not. This is a very noticeable difference. Mere men of the world have to be restrained by the strong arm of the law. To prevent them from tramping each other's rights in the dirt, prisons have to be erected and jailors appointed. To such an excess does the lawlessness of mere men of the world proceed that one part is often forced, in selfprotection, to deprive the other part, not only of their liberty, but also of their lives. It is admitted that members of the church sometimes commit deeds worthy of death, but such cases are very rare. Little piety as there is among the members of the church, it is only occasionally that one gives the community any trouble, and when such a case does occur it produces as great a sensation in the neighborhood, as if it had been visited by a plague. The design for which the church was organized and for which it is laboring incessantly and untiringly to accomplish is totally different from that of every other organization at present in the world, or that ever was in the world, at any period in its past history.. Without casting any reflection on any merely human organization, it may be said, with strict regard for truth, tfpit it aims at nothing higher than individual advantage. No merely human organization ever looks beyond the individual self of the organizers. The calculation is in strict accordance with the rule of profit and loss to T\rn?r<An c onfarino* i n fr\ jf Th?c io fho I HIC j;ci .-5UIIO mwu iv. x ni^ iu v.iv principle which underlies agricultural societies, banking corporations, mechanical associations, and trade unions. Even those organizations which aim at intellectual developmental^ mental culture, so far as they are merely human, contemplate nothing beyond the present man. The object which the church aims to accomplish includes all that these human organizations design to effect and something beyond and far greater. The first and main end which the church is designed in its organization is the showing forth of the glory of God. It is designed to do something, which neither creation nor providence, either separately or combined, do. The mission of the church is far greater than that of the sun, or the moon, or the stars. In these is seen the wisdom of God, but in the church is seen the manifold wisdom of God. The church is designed to bring to God a tribute of praise which creation and providence are not designed to bring him. The church proclaims God a God of mercy. A secondary object which the church is designed to accomplish is, under the guidance and direction of its divine head, the reconciling of the world?the human family?to God. This may be regarded as the means chosen to accomplish the first and main design. Now, there is no other organization which aims at glorifying God, either as its primary or secondary object. No other organization which aims at glorifyingGod by reconcilingsinnersto God. The church is different from every other organization in the character of its constitution. All the lawsand by-lawsof the church are contained in the book which is called the Bible. In fact all the laws of the church may be said to be contained in the ten commandments. These, with eminent propriety, may be said to be the constitution of the church. This constitution is so minute that it specifies every duty and every sin. It is so brief that the whole may be printed in large type on a single page of letter paper. These have been the constitution of the church, without a single addition or a single repeal, for more than three thousand years. This is a marvelous antiquity. No other constitution can lay claim to anything like it. In this constitution there is a perfection which no other constitution possesses. There is not a single government on earth which has a constitution that does not possess defects which no amount of legislative skill can remedy. Nothing is better known than the fact that human constitutions and human laws are defective, and these defects rui n 11 ( ho remedied. The constitution of! the church has no defects. It contains eve- j ry thing that is necessary and nothing more, j The law of the Lord is perfect. It is adapt- j ed to man at all times and in all countries. There is this remarkable feature about the constitution of the church that itnevercon- ! flicts with conscience. Obedience to human i laws or human constitution involves, very i often, sinning against conscience. Such a I contradiction does not exist between the j constitution of the church and conscience. In addition to this, the constitution or law ; of the church acts both on the intellect and the heart. It makes the simple wise and converts sinners unto God. The constitution of England or America, or of any other nation, does not convert men unto God. They possess no such power?they make no i such claim. All they attempt to do is to re- ! strain the bad and protect the good. i The reason that the constitution of the church differs from the constitutions of all other organizations is to be found in the character of Him who gave the church its ! constitution. National laws and national constitutions reflect the character of those who framed them and the character of the people for whose benefit they were framed. The constitution of the church was framed j by God and it reflects his character. He is from all mutation free, so is the constitution j of the Church. In point of time it is the oldest constitution in the world, but its adaptation is as manifest as it was three thousand vears ago. This perfection is' traceable to the legislative wisdom of its I luthor. He is perfect, and his law, which is the constitution of the church, is perfect. ! The church is not a human organization, j [todorganized it. Hence, itis with propri- 1 ?ty called the church of the living God. 1 All of its members belong to God, not sim-. ply because he made and preserves them, j but because he bought them with the blood i 3f his own son. "Ye are not your own, ye ire bought with a price," is the claim which lie asserts for himself in and over us all. | ?he (inquire):. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION s Single copy for one year, 9 2 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give postoffice, county and State, in full, and senci the amount of the subscription by draft or postoffice money order, or enclose'the money in a registered letter. 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A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. .JSt- Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. All contract advertisements will be confined to the regular business for which the space is engaged. jtST Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this office for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duolicate. ^"Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices charged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usually there are about seven words in a line. F. HAPPERFIELD. STAPLE GOODS. MY stock of Staple Goods and Family Groceries ts now full and complete. My friends and the public generally are respectfully invited tocall and examine the quality of my goods and learn prices. BOOTS AYI) SHOES. Of the above goods I keep a full stock, and it will pay you to examine them. DRY GOODS. I keep a full line of Staple Dry floods, which I offer at the lowest prices. CIGARS, & . Several choice brands of Cigars, some extra fine; different grades of Chewing Tobacco, Snuff and Smoking Tobacco. CANNED GOODS. In full variety,and, in fact, a complete stock of Staple ffoods, to which inspection is invited. % MARBLE YARD. I still continue to give particular attention to the MARBLE BUSINESS. I have in my employ first-class workmen, and with a fuil stock of the best qualities of Marble, am prepared to furnish anything in that line, from a plain tombstone to the"most elaborate monument, and at prices as low as can be obtained elsewhere. F. HAPPERFIELD. A CHILD! Tai.dotton, Ga., Sept. 12,1884.?My little Hon, now seven years old, broke out when a babe three weeks with what the doctors called eczema, beginning on the head and gradunlly spreading over the whole body. He was treated for live years or more by various physicians without relief, and the little boy's health was completely broken down. About n yenr ago I was induc...i tn .in him stixilfiKnoeifie. and two bottles cur ed him sound and well, and there has heeti no sign of a return of the disease. P. O. Holmes. Poisoned by a Xurse. Some eight years ago I was Inoculated with poison hy a nurse who infected my babe with blood taint. The little child lingered along until it was about two years old, when its little life was yielded up to the fearful poison. For six long years I have suffered untold misery. I was covered with sores nnd ulcers from head to loot and in my great extremity I prayed to die. No languagecnn express my feeling of woe during those long six years. ] had the best medical treatment. Several physicians successively treated me. hut all to no purpose. The Mercury and Pot. ash seemed to add fuel to the awful flame which was de vnuring me. About three months ago I wns advised to try Swift's Sp*-- nnd I felt hope ciflc. We did so again revive in my breast; but alas! alas! we had spent so much for medical treatment that we were too poor to buy. Oh! the agony of that moment! Health and hnppines within your reacli but too poor to grasp It. I applied, however, to those who were able and willing to help me, nnd I have taken Swift's Specific, and am now sound nnd well once more. Swift's Specific Is the aest blood purifier in the world, nnd is the greatest blessing of tlie age. Mrs. T. W. Lei, Greenville, Ala. A Druggist 25 Ycni's. Auburn, Ala., Sept. 8,1884.?I am an old Pharmacist, and have bad to do largely with blood diseases for over twenty-five years. I have dealt in all kinds of blood purifiers,and do not hesitate to say that Swift's Specific is the best and has given more general satisfaction than any other I have ever handled. Last year a young student came to my store emaciated and covered with sores. I recommended S. S. S. He took only three bottles, nnd the sores disappeared, his throat healed up and his skin cleared ofT. His flesh was smooth and fresh ns that of a child, and he has gained ten pounds. I scarcely knew him when he returned after nil absence of several weeks. He claimed to be renewed in flesh and spirit. A number of other cases less malignant have come under my observation and all with the best results. Swift's Specific is an excellent tonic, and as an antidote for mnlaria, has no superior. Many Indies are using it as a tonic for general debility, and find it the most satisfactory one ever used. I have been dealing in Swift's Specific for five years or tnore, and am satis tied that I do not place too high an estimate upon its merits. G. W. Dixon. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed frpe. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta Ga. For Sale by John u. kcykkndai. nnu l.imvhi ?. . Starr, Yorkvllie, 3. C. December 11 50 ly MOTHERS^ FRIEND? To More Terror! # umph of .scientific skill, AO MorC Paill ! and no more inestimable I benefit was ever bestowV ,f , ed on the mothers of the i\o More Danger ! world. i 7L50- It not only sliortTo lens the time of labor and lessens the intensity of Mother or Child ii)ain- but? bettor than .UUlliri 01 l llllll. all, it greatly diminishes the danger to life of both mother and child, and leaves the mother in a 'condition highly favor, 'able to speedy recovery, PI'0 Dread ol land far less liable to flooding, convulsions, Motherhood ?nd other alarming symptoms incident to Transformed to lingering and painful I labor. Its truly wonderful efficacy in this reJH.OJl JCi spect entitles the Mothku's FniKXD to be rankand jedns one ofthelife-savjingappliances given to -j- -^7-- i the world by the diseovjl . Ieries of modern science. From the nature of the case it will of course be understood that we cannot publish certificates concerning this Qnfnlv ?itw1 F.?on Remedy without wound >iillrl> all 11 uiLSP ing the delicacy of the j writers. Yet we have hundreds 01 suen lesn- | TO imonials on file, and no | I mother who has once j used it will ever again I Suffering Woman. without it in her time n jof trouble. A prominent physician lately remarked to the 11 proprietor, that ii' it were admissible to make j public the letters we receive, the "Mothers' Friend would out-sell anything on the market, j I most earnestly entreat every female expecting ! . to be confined, to use Mothers' Relief. Coupled j with this entreaty I will add that during a long j established practice (forty-four years), I have ! never known it to fail to produce a safe and quick delivery. II. J. lloLMKS, M. 1)., Atlanta, (ia. For sale by Dr. J. C. Ivuykendal, Dowry A Starr | and May A May. j , SAM'L L. MILLER," MERCHANDISE BROKER, Yorkville, S. C. OFFICE IX THE ADICKES BUILDING. Correspondence solicited. January 1 1 tf GARRY IRON ROC Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IRON ROOFING JMM CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 4C., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 01 May 10 WE LEAD, Others Follow. KaSVi \ THE LIGHT RUNNING " DOMESTIC" HAS THE HANDSOMEST WOODWORK. IT is the grandest triumph of Sewing Machine Mechanical skill. It has the best set of Attachments. It is the most reliable. It executes a greater variety of work than any other machine in the market. It has a high arm, the attachments are all easily worked, and it will do any kind of work, from the lightest to the heaviest, and in as ; good manner as any other machine. Call and examine the Machine and learn particulars. We will sell on as liberal terms ana at as low prices as any first-class Machine can be bought; and in addition, will compliment every purchaser with a number of photographs of himself or any other person the purchaser may designate. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would also inform the public that I am yet making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles 01* pictures. Pictures by the photographic pro- j cess enlarged, and all worK done in me Desi siyie of the art at reasonable prices, Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCHORB. October 9 41 tf J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO. XEW FlIR^ITERE STORE. COFFINS, CASKETS AND CASES. WE have on hand a complete stock of Coffins, consisting of Wood Burial Caskets and Cases, all sizes, which we are ottering on very reasonable terms. Cottage Furniture. A full assortment of Bedroom Suits, Marble Top and Plain Bureaus, Centre Tables and Washstands. BEDSTEADS, CRADLES AND CHAIRS. Walnut and Maple Bedsteads, common Bedsteads, fancy and plain Tables, Spring Beds and Mattresses, and a variety of Chairs. Picture-Frame Moulding, Of several styles and prices. Picture Frames made to order. Furniture Repaired. Terms reasonable. Our motto is "live and LET LIVE." J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO September 11 . 37 If FOTODRY AND Machine Shop, ,cnr kxroj'oo O U.oio^ 0.0:0 QjQ r ? t THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on his lot 011 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. RE? AIRING, Of all kind's, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, ana agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any class of work that may be wanted in his shop, he will attend any call for repairing stationary engines, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash 011 completion of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. THE undersigned has taken the agency for the sale of the THOMPSON PIANO, one of the best instruments in the market, and also for the sale of the ORGANS manufactured by the Great Western Organ Company. The Pianos I represent are in different styles, both square and upright, full 7i octaves, and besides having all the modern improvements of the best makers, with highly ornamented case and superior finish throughout, have also three strings in the treble, and are thus nearly equal in tone and power to the Concert Grand. I represent ten styles of Organs, and win suit any purchaser as to quality and price. If you contemplate the purchase "of an instrumenteither Piano or Organ?do not buy until you confer with me. I can suit you with either instrument and will make prices satisfactory. Every instrument fully warranted by the manufac Hirers, mere in iiu lun^ui uuvv *v* a fancy price for a piano bearing the name of some old, aristocratic maker?which name is usually the only thing to recommend it?when you can buy one equally as good in every respect for half the money. Correspondence invited, and all information cheerfully furnished. Miss ZORAIDA INGOLD, Yorkville, S. C. November 20 47 tf AMMOXIATED FERTILIZERS. RECOGNIZING the importance, in a late season, of farmers using Highly Ammoiiiated Fertilizers, We have arranged to supply the wants of our patrons in this line, and can oiler them, UNTIL THE FIRST OF MAY, A high-grade Fertilizer annnoniated with the best quality of Dried Blood, The highest and best ammoniate known to the trade. Shipments made promptly. THE DOMESTIC FERTILIZING CO. Columbia, S. C.. April 2 :> 4m JAMKS F. HART. GEO. W. S. HART. HART A HART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. G1 EG. W. S. HART, Notary Public, and ConiI" missioner of Deeds for Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina and Texas. April 24 27 tf JOHN M. M'XEEL. J. KILLOUUH HENRY. .yic.> hhii tv iiei.i m, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OFFICE WILKES' BUILDING, MAIN' STKEET, CHESTER. S. C., Pructico in all Courts of the State and United States. Promptness and Fidelity in all Business. October 30 44 ly J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C., WILL practice in the Circuit Court of York county. jJSBr Prompt attention given to collections. "January 15 3 Iv* 3FING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 T0 ir'8 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. Send for Circular and Price (jf i List No. 75. 1 IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly CENTENNIAL YEAR. The Augusta Chronicle. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE was established in 1785, but is still young, vigorous and progressive, and fully up to all the requirements f\f O nnu'uimnnr T>pnmr?rnfip in noli ties,honest and fearless in the advocacy of all good measures?the organ of no ring or clique, it has no friends to reward, or enemies to punish. The purpose of the CHRONICLE is to advance the general good and support such measures as will inure to the moral, social, educational and material advancement of the State and country. The columns of the CHRONICLE are freelrom the taint of sensationalism and the depravity engendered by immoral publications. Our telegraphic news service is full and complete. The CHRONICLE contains an average of nine thousand words per day from the New York Associated Press. This service is supplemented by specials from our able and talented correspondents at Atlanta and Columbia, who are indefatigable in their labors to give our raiders the latest news and the most interesting letters. Our accomplished and brilliant associate, Mr. JAMES R. RANDALL, of the editorial staff, sends our readers his graphic and interesting Piters from Washington during the session of Congress. The CHRONICLE publishes the full telegraphic service of the New York Associated Press. TERMS: Morning Edition, (1 months $ 5 00 Morning Edition, 1 year 10 00 Evening Edition, 6 months 3 00 Kvening ttcimon, I year 6 <mj Weekly Edition, 6 months 75 Weekly Edition, 1 year 1 25 Sunday Chronicle, lyear 2 00 The EVENING CHRONICLE is the largest and cheapest Daily Paper in the South, as it publishes all the telegraphic news, and all the news of the morning paper, and is sent to subscribers at 86 per year. The WEEKLY is now a ten page paper, but in April it will be twelve pages?84 columns. It is tilled with important news. The SUNDAY CHRONICLE is a large eight page paper, and contains fifty-six columns of matter. ; Specimens copies free. Address CHRONICLE & CONSTITUTIONALIST, Patrick Walsh, President, Augusta, Ga. March 5 10 tf C7& I. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAlT SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Newton, N. C., to Chester, S. C'., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon,Sunday, March 1,1885. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office at Chester. GOIXG SOUTH. Leave Newton <5.00 A. M. Arrive at Maiden, 6.35 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 7.20 A. M. Leave Lincolnton, 7.30 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 8.08 A. M. Leave Dallas 8.08 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 8.25 A. M. Leave Gastonia, 8.45 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 9.02 A. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek, 9.12 A. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 9.22 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 9.35 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 10.15 A. M. Leave Yorkville, 10.30 A. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 10.44 A. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 10.55 A. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 11.05 A. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 11.25 A. M. Arrive at Chester 11.55 A. M. nniva vnPTw Leave Chester, 4.30 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 5.03 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 5.25 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.45 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, (1.00 P. 31. Leave Yorkville, 6.10 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.50 P. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 7.00 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 7.10 P. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 7.20 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.35 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 8.00 P. M. Arrive at Dallas 8.18 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 8.43 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.10 P. M. Leave Lineolnton, 9.20 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 9.55 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 10.25 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. March 5 10 tf : JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best 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 York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statementsat same price of sixth-sheet Dill heads. We will fill 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 oi paper, anu guarantee enure sausiacuon in every 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, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any stvle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, DON'T DELAY. BUT go and see the largest and handsomest stock of Jewelry, Watches, Silverware and Fancy Goods, ever exhibited in Chester. Bargains" in GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. If you want to buy an engagement Ring, a Wedding, Birthday or" Christmas present, call on E. C. STAHN, you will find an endless variety of presents, from 25 cents to ?1.50. Just received for the lovers of art, Steel Engravings, Oil Paintings and Photographs. Hanging Lamps, Student and new patent Fan Lamps, giving a light equal to gaslight. Remember all goods are sold under guarantee to be as represented. No wish for the purchaser to be deceived. We call gold, gold; and brass, brass. My prices are as low as the lowest for reliable goods. Long years' experience and ample capital enable mo to buy at lowest prices, and I will not be undersold by any one. Cash purchasers of Watches, Sewing Machines and Organs can secure special Bargains, as I want to reduce my large stock. An improved high arm Machine, drop-leaf and drawers and all attachments, warranted 5 years, for 825.00. WATCH .REPAIRING receives my personal attention. Satisfaction guaranteed at moderate prices. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Respectfully, * E. C. STAHN, Chester, S. C. November 27 41 ly MARSHALL HOTJSE, Chester, 8. C. 1 y-Af-v-Y THE undersigned takes pleasure WbmdH. *n inf?rn,in8 people of ChesH'OgBSL ter county and the traveling pubifegaSSBIg lie that he has taken charge of the MARSHALL HOUSE, and is now prepared to receive both PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS. The building has just been repainted and put in first rate condition throughout. The table will be supplied with the best that the local and neighboring markets afford, and no pains will be spared to insure the comfort of guests. A SAMPLE ROOM is provided, conveniently arranged for the use of Commercial Travelers. TERMS REASONABLE. A share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. JAMES K. MARSHALL, Proprietor. November 30 48 tf hoi Se and lot for sale. I THE undersigned offers for sale, Jhfi'iTkr .S the lot in Yorkville, known as the flr^SSL "MEEK PLACE." It is situated Wf&kSmBE near the Methodist Church, and contaius TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is a two-story Dwelling House, containing SIX LARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lumber-house, corn-crib and stables. Terms will be made easy. L. M. GRIST.