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pitttorims ffjrartmcnt. 3&~ In the slavery days an old lady living in Alabama had a number of slaves. She was a Presbyterian of the ultra old school type and had brought her people up in the same vigorous belief. As she grew older she became so feeble that she took a likely girl, named Malvina, as her body servant, and in a short time the girl was indispensable. Malvina aud Cuff, one of the boys of the place, were anxious to marry, but the old lady would not hear of it; so Cuff went to see her. "Miss Helen," he said, "I reckon you knows I'se pow'ful gone on Malvinie, an' Malvinie haint onwillin'?" "I know it, Cuff," the old lady answered, "but I can't spare Mai." "But, Miss Helen, I'se bound to have Malvinie, and Malvinie's bound to have me." "You may think so, but I say positively youshall not have her, and that ends it." "Oh! Miss Helen," he said, pleadingly, "don't talk dat way. I'se no intention bein' dis'pectful, but we'se jes' boun' to hah each uader, an' Miss Helen, you ain't gwine to go agin' fo'o'dination, is yer?" Miss Helen couldn't argue against the testimony, and Cuff got the gal:?Merchant Traveller. Free Liquor.?"I'm out getting opinions on the liquor question," said a sharp reporter to a saloon keeper. "Are you in favor of free liquor?" "Well, I should smile," was the ready reply. "I think this country is the home of liberty, and I believe every man should have a right to drink what he pleases, when he pleases and where he pleases, absolutely free, and all legislation to the contrary is sumptuary, and therefore unconstitutional." "Do you want to be recorded?" "You bet your sweet life." "All right; now I'll take a glass of champagne?the best you've got in the house." It was set out for him and he poured it down and poured another in on top of it, and started off. "Hold on," cried the barkeeper, "you owe me for that w:ne." "No I don't either. Didn't you say you believed in free liquor, and that anything to the contrary is sumptuary, and there fore unconstitutional? If there is anytmng I do love to see it is a man who lives up to his principles." And he walked out wiping his mouth on his coat sleeve and leaving the saloon man to ponder on theory and practice, law and fact.?Hotel Gazette. A Limp Young Man.?At one of the stations of the San Franciscoand North Pacific Railroad, a few Sundays since, an elderly gentleman got off the cars to take brief observations during the stoppage of the train. The assistant at the station rushed out and made a regular baggage-smasher'sattack on a trunk, which he slammed about with a reckless disregard for consequences. The old man interposed: "Young man, won't you break that trunk ?" The "young man" turned a withering look upon the old gentleman, and impudentlyjnquired: "What's the matter with you ; do you own this trunk?" "Nosir!" came back in a tone that evinced much indignation, "but I'll have you to understand, sir, that I own this railroad." As. Colonel Donahue moved back to the train the limp young man reclined against the station for support. To the Hornet.?"If I had been Solomon," said a curb-stone philosopher, "I don't think I would have sent the lazy man to the ant." "Where would you have sent him ?" inquired a man with a $rooping nose, who needed shaving badly. "I would have sent him to the hornet." "And what good would that have done ?" "A great deal, ray friend. One hornet would have taught him more about enterprise in five minutes than he could have learned from a whole colony of ants in three weeks by the closest kind of observation. If you want to limber a man's joints in a nurry, senu mm iu im; nmuei cvcij muc, and you won't miss it. The hornet means business from the very start, and don't you forget it."? Chicago Ledger. Could'tStand Prosperity.?''Areyour parents living?" an Arkansaw school teacher asked of* a boy. "Mur is, but pap aiu't." "That's bad." "What's bad? That mur's livin' or that pap's dead ?" t "IPs bad that your father is dead?" " Yas; the man that had a mortgage on the crap said so." "What was the matter with your father?" "He couldn't stand prosperity." "Why, how did prosperity kill him?" "Wal, old Bill Simmons giv' pap'a whole jugo' whiskey, an'it was mor'n he could stan'. He done his best, but she downed him."?Arkansaic Traveller. Where They Don't Speak.?They were engaged to be married and called each other by their first names, Tom and Fanny, and he was telling her how he had always liked the name of Fanny, and how it soundedlike music in his ear. "I like the name so well," he added, as a sort of clincher to the argument, "that when sister Clara asked me to name her pet terrier, I at once called it Fanny, after you, dearest." "I don't think that was very nice," said the fair girl edging away from him ; how would you like to have a dog named after you?" "Why, that's nothing!" said Tom, airily; half the cats in the country are named after me." They don't speak now. ? Partial Loss.?All the children had eaten their supper, a good plain meal of bread and milk. All except Johnny, who was shut up in the closet. He had been a very bad boy. So after the rest were in bed his mother tucked him in. She was too full to say a word, and so was her naughty little son. When she went and the other boys said: "Johnny lost his supper tonight," he could restrain himself no longer and exclaimed : "Yes, but the slide in the nantrv was onen and I ate a whole cran berry pie." And the other boys can not understand the prosperity of the wicked. Youth, Age and Knowledge.?"Yes, sir," said Jones to Smith, "as men grow: in age and experience they advance in knowledge." "I don't think so, replied Smith. < "Don't think so? That's rather singular. The opinion I hold on the subject is the universal opinion." "It may be, but I have my own opinion, nevertheless, and it is that the younger we are the more we know. When I was a youth I knew twice as much as my father. Now I am aged and I don't know half as much as my son."?Boston Gazette. J&*"I see by the paper, Mr. Dusenbury that a man fell dead the other day because "his heart was on the right side. Isn't that remarkable?" "No, I don't think it is. Your heart is on the right side, my dear." "Oh, it is, eh? And you expect me to believe that? If it's true, you don't seem to worry much about it." "My dear, because your heart is on the right side is the reason why I don't worry about it. If I thought it was on the wrong side I should send for a physician at once." J t&~ A good old deacon in Central Illinois,! who lost all his big drove of swine by hog | cholera, took the matter so lightly that his wife felt called upon to reproach him. "Deacon," said she, "I should think you would be ashamed of yourself. It looks to me as though it was a judgment sent on you by the Lord." "My dear," said the good old man, "if the Lord wants to take out his judgment in three-cent pork, into which 1 .i.sMilsl Koim tn Kn rvniirincr crnnrl thirK'.Wllt WVSUIVI lia VV VV KJ\> ^VUIIU^ ^vv/x? vj vv... . corn if they lived, let us not grumble." AST Client (to lawyer)?"I am afraid the physician's testimony will convict me." Lawyer (reassuringly)?"Don't be alarmed about that. I'll read up a little about foison in the stomach, and in ten minutes '11 have that doctor in a cold sweat, and make the Judge and jury think lie is a hired perj u rer.''?A ew 1 rork Suit. "That was pretty mean, the way Miss Blank served Jack Space. After presenting ? her with diamonds and a gold watch, and taking her to the opera night after night, and all that sort of thing, she up and?" "Rejected him ?" "No?she married him."?Krohattf/c. She ithtttner's $utuM. s> ? "BEVARE OF THE VIDDERS." [ ATew Yo rk Sk n. ] Oxooose me if I shed some tears, Und wipe my nose away; I'nd if a lump vos in my Croat, It comes up dere to shtay. My sadness I shall now unfoldt, Und if dot tale of woe Pon'd do some Dutchmans any Den I don'd pelief I know. "You see I fall myself in love, Und eflfery night I goes Across to Brooklyn by dot bridge, All dressed in Sunday clothes. A vidder womans vos der bri/.e, Her husband he vos dead ; Und all alone in dis colt vorldt Dot vidder vos, she saidt. Her heart for love vos on der pine, Und dot I like to see ; Und all der time I hoped dot heart Vos on der pine for me. I I keeps a butcher shop, you know, Und in a shtocking stout. I put away inv gold untl liills, Und no one gets him omit. If in <ler night some hank cashier (Joes skipping off mit cash, I shleep so sound as nefer vas, Vhile rich folks go to smash. I court dot vidder sixteen months. Dot Vidder she courts me, Und vhen I says: "Vill you he mine?" She says: " You bet I'll he !" Ve vos engaged?oh ! blessed fact! I squeeze dot dimpled hand; Her head upon my shoulder lays, Shustlikea hang of sand. "Before der wedding day vos set," She whispers in my ear, "I like to say I half to use Some cash, my Jacob, dear. "I owns dis house und two big farms, Und ponds und railroad shtock ; Und up in Yonkers I hossess A grand, big peesness block. "Der times vos dull, my butcher hoy, Der market vos no good, Und if I sell"?I squeezed her hant To show I understood. Next day?oxcoose my briny tearsDot shtocking took a shrink ; I counted out ?1,200 in Der cleanest kind o' chink. I n inier, oy iwo nays ur muic, Dot vidder shlojies avav : Unci leaves a note behind for me In which dot vidder say : "DKAR Shakk : "Der rose vos redt, Der violet blue? You see I've left, Unci you're left, too!" ^lisccllaucous Reading. OLD TIMES RECALLED. The last surviving member of Millard Fillmore's cabinet is Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, of Staunton, Va. He is 78 years of age, and has a lively recollection of the men of those days. A reporter for the New York Mail and Express met him the other day at the Fifth Avenue hotel, when he was in attendance at the meeting of the trustees of the Peabody fund, of whom he is one. He is very tall and thin, is stooped by age, and has a small, clean-shaven face and bright eyes. ' Recollect these times?" hesaid. "They can never fade from my memory while I livo T urns spcretarv of the interior from 1850 fo 1853. I went into the cabinet soon after Mr. Fillmore became president. My colleagues were Daniel Webster, secretary of state?he died in September, 1852, and was succeeded by Edward Everett; Thomas Corwin, secretary of the treasury; Charles M. Conrad, secretary of war; Gov. William A. Graham, navy; 'John J. Crittenden, attorney-general, and Nathan K. Hale, of Buffalo, postmaster-general. Mr. Graham was nominated for the vice-presidency with Scott and resigned. John P. Kennedy, of Maryland, then went on the ticket in his place. Of all these men, I alone am left. Mr. Conrad was the last to die, some fivq years ago." "How do our statesmen of to-day compare with those of your time?" "There are no men now to rank with Clay, Webster and Calhoun. Clay was the greatest practical statesman, Webster the grandest debater and orator, and Calhoun the most profound political philosopher. Mr. Clay had a personal eloquence that enabled him to control nearly every one who came under his influence. Mr. Fillmore was a very able man and had a mind perfectly balanced. I don't think that public opinion has done justice to his great ability. He was a statesman of vast resources, and always had sufficient power to meet exigencies of whatever nature. I knew him well in Congress in 1812, and often heard it remarked that he was born for the leadership of the House. "As vice president he seemed to have every quality to control and dignify the position. He was a model president. He brought with him to the cabinet meetings a more thorough knowledge of the topics and questions to be discussed than was possessed by any member. With it all he was the most considerate and affable man it has ever been my good fortune to know. If there was a purer man or more unselfish patriot 1 have yet to learn his name. Daniel Webster was not only one of the grandest orators and debaters, but socially he was most captivating. His wit was superb, his words of wisdom and his flow of spirits perrennial. At his own house he was a most delightful host, and none could exceed his hospitality. Mis very presence gave life to every convivial party. He often dined with me and 1 with him. So 1 knew him thoroughly in his private as well as his public life. I stood by his side when he laid the corner-stone of the capitol extension at Washington in 18o2 or 1S.">:{, I forget which year. He made a grand speech on that occasion." "Have things changed much since then?" "Well, we never heard so much fraud and corrupt motives attributed to men in high position as now. The acerbity that prevails now in the political parties did not exist then in such a great degree. As to how the government affairs are conducted now in Washington I can not judge. I have not been there to remain any length of time for thirty years. Hut I could write many volumes about the men and events of the old whig days." Colored Men in the Confederate | Army.?Thomas J. Murry, in the Washington JtejmbHcan, says: I said that I I would give individual instances of the he| roism of colored men attached to the Confederate army. For instance, there was a colored man (John Downs, 1 believe his I name was) a cook in one of the com! panies of the Seventeenth Virginia regi! ment. Just before the brigade was ordered j into the fight, and they were almost starved, l he came to the front while the men were nugging the ground preparatory to a fori ward movement with too big pots of soup swinging from his shoulders by a bar. He had scarcely reached the line when j a round shot struck one of the cans and smashed it into pieces. With a comical look he took off his hat and said to the cap-! tain of the company in whose service he was: I suppose you'll have to go on hall'ra-1 tions again. These Yankees dont want us to eat nothing. That's the best soup thnt pvpr wns snilt." Xow. although this i man was under a heavy lire at the timebullets whistling all around him?he stopped and told the boys what a nice mess of soup he had made for them, and how he j had managed to get the onions, vegetables, etc., which went into its component parts. He seemed utterly oblivious to the danger he was in, except to look toward the Federal batteries and shake his list at them for knocking over his soup pot. You may be sure that John was a lion in the regiment afterward. Another instance. We used to have a colored man, who rejoiced in the name of "Zip." He was generally liked throughout the regiment lor his courteous bearing and his ready wit. He was a servant of one of the olticers, but at this date I forget which. At the battle of Antictam, when the light was at its worst for the Confederate side, i "Zip" crept up to the battle line above the stone bridge where Burnside's corps charged over, and he found one of the Seventeenth regiment propped against a tree and fast bleeding to death from a wound in the femoral artery. He did his best to stop the flow of blood : and when (Jen. A. I\ Hill's men came to the rescue, it was found that he was still holding the bandage to the wound of the dead man, and ho had himself been wounded in two places. You may be sure that the fellow never wanted for anything either in the hospital or when herejoined us that is was possible for us to give him. Another case. There was a young colored man who followed his master from South Carolina. At the battle of Cold Harbor, after the Wilderness light, where his master was ensign of his regiment, when the tight was the heaviest and thickest, the ensign fell and the colored man, who had been lying on his face in the rear of the fighting line, as soon as he saw the fiag fall, rushed forward and snatched it from the hands of the color guard whoso duty it was next to bear it aloft, and lie was permitted to hold it up as he stood behind the eartli work with one foot on either side of his dead master. Tjik Pleasures of Color.?Some seers there are by birth on whom no grace or peculiarity of nature is lost, but the vast multitude of men are as blind to all the beautiful color effects in the world as though they had been horn with filmed eyes. Thousands of children do not know one color from another?not from defect of eye, but from the general unobservitigness of their natures and because their attention is never called to it. Many grown people are quite as dull. They may have a faint sense of there being different colors in a landscape ; they may know the coarser hues by name, but not one man or woman in a thousand gets the pleasure out of color which they might derive if they were taught to appreciate it and their senses were educated in that direction. It is an infinite pity that such should be the fact. Of all pure and lasting delights of an unsatisfactory world there is none to compare with the satisfaction one may derive from a love of nature and an educated sense of her charms. This is an inheritance that nothing but bliudness can deprive us of while life lasts. Almost all of the pleasures of youth fall upon us as we grow older; but this enjoyment is but deepened and intensified by time. Every added year it strengthens, every morning it is renewed, and every varying hour of the day brings with it new satisfactions.?Jlattie 'ft/ay Gr'mcohl. The Thistle.?The Scottish thistle?said to be one of the most ancient badges on record?claims our attention. The following Immrwl nminnnta fir?r ifa iwlnnHnil n-a thfi PtTl *" V.v.w^v.w blem of Scotland. On one occasion in ancient times an army of Danes landed unobserved on the Scottish shore. Finding that the Scots were encamped at a little distance, they resolved, contrary to their general rule, to endeavor to surprise them by night. Stealthily advancing on the enemy's camp, they had nearly-elFected their purpose, and victory seemed nearly within their grasp, when one of the barefooted invaders trod upon a thistle. lie was unable to suppress a cry of pain. The alarm was given, the Scottish warriors flew to their arms, and fell upon their assailants, whom they defeated with great slaughter. In gratitude to the plant which had thus guarded the sleeping camp, it was henceforth assumed as the ensign of Scotland. The device, with the appropriate motto, Nemo me impune lacessit, distinguishes the Order of the Thistle, instituted in the sixteenth century. Dunbar's poems are said to contain the earliest mention of this flower as the Scottish emblem. His poem, "The Thrissel and the llois," was written in 1563, on the occasion of the marriage of James IV, to Margaret Tudor. Unfortunately it is impossible to determine which is the true Scotch thistle?Chambers' Journal. -O Dog Dignity.?Sir Walter Scott declared that he could believe anythingof dogs. He was very fond of them, studied their idiosyneracies, wrote much in their praise, and told many stories of their strange habits. Once, he said, he desired an old pointer of great experience, a prodigious favorite, and steady in the field as a rock, to accompany his friend Daniel Terry, then on a visit to Abbotsford, and who concluded to go on a sporting excursion. The dog wagged his tail in token of pleased obedience, shook out his ears and led the way with a confident air, and began ranging about with most scientific precision. Suddenly he pointed and up sprung a numerous covey. .n i i. __ ,.i _U lerry, ueiiiuu smuj^nitn, mcu uum uauuo at once, aiming: in the centre of the covey, and missed. The dog turned round in utter astonishment, wondering who could be behind him, and looked Terry full in the face, but, after a pause, shook himself again and went to work as before. A second steady point and a second fusillade followed, but with no effect. The dog then wheeled about and trotted home at leisure, leaving the would-be-sportsman to find for himself the rest of the day. Sir Walter was fond of repeating the anecdote, and always declared that it was true, while Terry never said more in contradiction than that "it was a very good story." Animals' Long Sleep.?There is on record the case of a snail that went to sleep on the 24th of March, 1847, and slumbered until March 7, 1850. It was picked up in the Egyptian desert and having retired to the topmost recesses of his shell, it-was stuck to a piece of card-board as if dead. It was labeled and sent to the British Museum. For four years it showed no signs of life, when some one thought they saw it move, and a warm bath was ordered. This aroused hissnailship and he cautiously put his head out of his shell and walked on top of the basin. In Africa there is found a mud fish that has the faculty of remaining a long time in a state of torpidity. It is found on the shores of the Gambia River which, during the hot months of summer, is dry, but as if anticipating the drought, the Lapidosiren, as it is called, crawls down into the soft mud and there remains. The mud around it bakes into a solid cake. By the natives it is esteemed a genuine epicurean delicacy, though it would hardly suit | civilized palates. The animal leaves a small hole from the cell to the outer air, ! which the naturalists say is proof that in ' its state of torpidity the fish still breathes. + The Ticking ok the Clock.?Slight though the ticking of a clock may be, says a writer, its sudden cessation has a wonderI l'ul influence upon the inmates of a room in ; which the chronometer is located. A dim realization of something wrong steals over the senses?a feeling as if something of value had been lost, or a friend had gone away perhaps never to return, or as if some of the children were sick, until suddenly one looks up and exclaims, "Why, the clock's stopped!" And immediately the ill-defined forebodings dissipate, the little shadow of gloom melts away, and the ! winding-up process completed and as the cheery ticking commences, the family cirj cle regains its wonted bouyancy of spirits, j and the members wonder what it was that | made them feel so gloomy a few moments ; before. The Game Laws. An Act to amend Section 1 ,?>!? ! of the tieneral Statutes, relating to (nunc Hinls. Skctiox 1. That Section 1 ,G!M of the General Statutes, relating to game birds, bo, and the same is hereby, amended so j that the said section shall read as follows:' "Skctiox 1,091. It shall not be lawful for any person in this State, between the j 1st day of April and the 1st da/of November, in any year hereafter, to catch, j kill or injure, or to pursue with such intent, or to sell or to expose for sale, any j wild turkey, partridge, dove, woodcock or I pheasant; and any person found guilty thereof shall be lined not less than ten dollars, or be imprisoned not less than ten days, which tine, if imposed, shall go onehalf thereof to the informer and the other half thereof to the school fund of the county wherein the offense was committed." B^y*"How wasourcrooked friend buried?" 1 asked Dr. Raven. "We buried him," replied the doctor "with a prayer in one hand and a fan in the other. In case the prayer is of no avail, the fan may allay his discomi fort." Btejy Learning is not education. Half of all the fools in the world are "educated." Learning gives the means of acquiring that which, correctly used, enlightens the mind. ??" ? 9 ? ?r?rThe true proof of the inherent noble ness of our common nature is in the sympa. thy it betrays with what is noble wherever crowds are collected.? Iluhrer Li/ffnn. fUadittg fat the JMMh. j? n CONDUCTED T!Y n ItEV. ROBEIIT LATHAM. j a [Original.] j ] ADOPTION. | a The benefits which believers enjoy in this '< } ! life are justification, adoption and sanctifi- '' I cation. These three benefits are inseparably sl connected. Justification denotes the state 0 of being justified, or being freed from con- j A ! demnation; adoption denotes ttie act 01 ? [ bringing the justified into the family of t' I God, and sanctifieation denotes the work of e God'sspirit in fitting the justified and adopt- ! " ed for heaven. Justification and adoption!.^ j are called acts of God's free grace, because " ] they are something done toward or for the j r< person, while sanctifieation is called the j I' work of the Iloly Spirit, because it is some-! 0 thing done within the individual. In jus- j & tification God pardons all our sins and ac- I' cepts us as righteous in his sight. The justi-; fled are given a legal right to heaven ; the adopted are taken into the family of God c and given a right to all the privileges of his tl children. In sanctifieation those who have fi been justified and adopted are by the ope- fi rations of God's spirit, in the use of the means of divine appointment, made meet and fit in time for the joy and bliss of a t never-ending eternity. e The word "adoption" is found in our Eng- n lish translations of the Scriptures only five e times. These are all in the New Testament and all in the epistles of the Apostle Paul. The Greek word, huiothesifi which is trans- <2 lated by the English word adoption, liter- { ally means, "placing as a son." It is found j three times in Romans, 8: 15, 23and9: 4; once in Gal. 4:5, and once in Ephesians, 1: ">. The very identical same idea which is conveyed by the word adoption is expressed elsewhere in the Scriptures by the words "sons of God." In the Old Testament we have several U.xaiiJpius uiiiht reui ui a|j|jaii;iii auu|>uvjn. One?a real one?is the case of Moses, i1 When that eminent lawgiver was born his 1 mother, Jochebed hid him forthree months, (' and finding that he could no longer be concealed, she constructed some kind of a vessel out of rushes and having placed the child C in it, laid the ark 011 the banks of the Nile, f The ark containing the child, was found by 0 the daughter of Pharoah, Thumultis, and the child by thedirection of the princess unknowingly placed in the hands of its own mother to be nursed. After the child was grown Jochebed, in conformity with the contract, took her son to Pharaoh's daughter, and she formally adopted him as her ^ son, giving to him at the time of adoption the name Moses, which literally means "saved out of the water." In law, Moses by this act of adoption, became the inheriting f, son of Pharaoh's daughter. Thermutis had 0 no child of her own and Moses was made by t adoption heir to one of the most powerful v thrones of antiquity. Another instance of adoption, but only of apparent adoption, J, is found in the case of Mordecai. This in- s dividual was carried away from Jerusalem j into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar. Mor- 11 decai took Iladassah after her father and a mother died and became to her a father. J5 In other words he adopted her to be his {J own legal child and heir. This Iladassah, or |j Esther, as she is often called, became a f great woman and is the ceutre ligure in the j most interesting piece of history on record, i Among the Jews, it does not appear fi that adoption was very common. There is j1 something like it, but not exactly it, in the j case of Jacob regarding Ephraim and Ma- r nasseh, his children, as were Ruben and 1 Simeon. Ephraim and Manasseh were Ja- 1 cob's grand children, hut by regarding " them as his own children he gave their !' father, Joseph, a double inheritance among ' his bretiiren. There was a custom among the Jews which had some faint resemblance to adoption, hut strictly speaking it was not adoption. It is embodied in the following law: "If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have 110 child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a ^ stranger; her husband's brother shall go 1 in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's broth- er unto her." Rent. 2^: 0. This regulation | seems to have been in existence at a very { early period, as is evident from the history H of Tamar, the wife of Er, the eldest son of j, Judah. Sometimes when a father hadnoson the children of his daughter or daughters c uj/irn fo/iL'nnn/ net ho ohiMron of their irrand- I father and not as the children of their fath- 1 er. This is illustrated by the ease of Machir and Hezron. Machir was the grandson of jJoseph, and Hezron was the grandson of Judah. Iiezron married the daughter of Machirand all his descendants were reckoned as the children of Machir and not as the sons of Hezron. We would have found 1, them enrolled as belonging to the tribe of 'j Judah, since their father belonged to that " tribe, but such was not the case. JThere is in the New Testament no law ? regulating adoption. Such being the case we may conclude that it was not common o among the Jews. In fact the civil regulations of the Jews were of such a character 11 as to forbid the practice of adoption as it ex- ? isted among other nations. Among the Greeks, Egyptians, Romans j, and many other nations, adoption was com- < mon. The Romans, and some other nations p regarded it as of so much public importance as to make it a subject of legislation. The 11 manner in which the thing was done was ^ prescribed by law, and all the ceremonies j, connected with it plainly stated. One of v the ceremonies performed by the Moham- c medans for the purpose of ratifying the act P of adoption, is for the adopted person to pass J-, through the shirt of the person who adopts him. Hence the Mohammedan phrase, "to s draw any one through one's shirt," means n to adopt*him as his child. n The privilege which Paul calls /kuiothemt, 11 placing as sons, is well explained to be "an ( act of the free grace of God, in and for his only son Jesus Christ, whereby all those s that are justified are received into the num- o her of his children, have his name put upon p them, the spirit of his son given them, are under his fatherly careand dispensation, ad mitted to all the liberties and privileges of the sons of (rod, made heirs of all the promises, and fellow-heirs with Christ in glory." k Itwould be difficult to give a clearer view s. of the doctrine of adoption than that pre- b sented in the above quotation. It is stated to be an act of God's free grace and this is n' what we are taught in the following Scripture, "Rehold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we t< should be called the sons of God." I John tl .1:1. We are further told that it is in and '' for his only son Jesus Christ. This is Scrip- !? I tural. as the following shows: "When the ; j[ | fullness of the time was come, (Joel sent forth M ! Iris Son, made of a woman, made under the j law, to redeem them that were under the ; law, that we might receive the adoption of J sons." Gal. 4:43. Again we are told that I all who are justified are adopted into the j number of God's children. This also is' | Scriptural?intensely so, as the following; J I proves: "As many as received him, to them ai gave he power to become the sons of God." | ? ; John 1:12. Not only so, but the adopted ; have a new name put upon them and the j spirit of Jesus Christ given them. "Ye!|? shall be to me sons and daughters (II Cor. Ui (I: is) and because ye are sons, God hath sent i forth the spirit of his son into your hearts,! crying, Abba, Father." Gal. 4:0. The j I'sal mist says: "Like asa father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Jj him." Psalms 103: 13; and Solomon says:! "In the fear of the Lord is a strong confidence ; and hisehildren shall have a place of j refuge," (Proverbs 14:20), and our Saviour J" .s-ays: "Your heavenly father knoweth that I 1 ye have need of all these things." Matthew J <i,r (i: 32. These Scriptures plainly prove that! the adopted are under the fatherly care and j .is, ,.p < i nnlv so. hi it; thn I Ill^jJUIlSilllwu *(? * .wu. .,..v adopted arc heirs of God. Theyarcchildren ii of God, and if children then heirs of God (* and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. It is regarded by men universally as a; great honor and a very distinguished priv- ilege to be the son of a king and heir apparent to a crown. Every eye in insular Europe is turned to the Prince of Wales. \ The fact that he is son of the present sovereign of Great Britain and heir apparent to the mightiest kingdom in the world, is known by all the public men of every civilized nation on earth. Multitudes in every j nation regard him as specially favored. It is a great privelege to be the legal heir to the position of chief magistrate of a nation great as is England in all human greatness. What, however, is the greatest of all earthly kingdoms, when compared with the ingdom which God has in reservation for 11 his people. All earthly kingdoms are emporal ? They are subject to changes and ! o matter how strong, may be brought to othing. England has undergone many changes, nd the day may come when the House of frunswick will be remembered only in song nd the British kingdom be no more. As matter of fact all human governments will, j a the future, be dissolved, their crowns nd crown jewels perish, but the kingdom f Jesus Christ is an everlasting kingdom. ls many as received Jesus Christ, that is i 11 who believe in Jesus, Christ have all heir sins?past, present and future?pardond and are taken into the family of God and aade hei rs and j oi n t hei rs w i t h Jesus Ch rist. ?o matter whether the believer be regarded y men as rich or poor, as base born or of oyai descent, no is u son or uou?not simly by creation, but a son of God by an act f God's free grace. "Fear not, little flock," tys the Saviour, "it is your Father's good leasure to give you a kingdom." Be#" If you cannot pray over a thing, and ! annot ask God to bless you in it, don't do hat thing. A secret that you would keep j rom God, is a secret that you should keep rom your own heart. -- > * My life's concern shall not be about; he place which .Jesus is preparing in heav- j n for me, but that, with the whole force of ny being, I may now prepare a place on arth for him. f As for flatterers, they may be named latan's upholsterers; they no sooner see men roubled at their sins than they are for layng pillows under their elbows. Every man living shall assuredly meet I'ithan hour of temptation, a certain critial hour which shall more especially try chat mettle his heart is made of. 52?" Cecil says that the joy of the Spirit is delicate, sacred deposit, and must be kept u a pure casket; an unholy breath will lim its luster and fade its freshness. # ? ? flrif" Hunger of soul, the desire for more of lod, for holier life, for deeper communion, or fuller transforming of character, is the nly hopeful state. YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. ? ? ? Prospectus for IHStJ. L BUGGY AM) TWO CASH PREMIUMS ! IN issuing our prospectus for 1S8(>, wo deem'it only necessary to announce that the leading eatures which have characterized the editorial onduct of tlio Youkvillk Knquirkr for more lian n rjnarter of u century will lie retained, and k'hat it has been in the past will he an assurance f what it shall he in the future. The leading epartments of the paper will he retained as leretofore, and they will he conducted with the ame lahorand care that have marked our ell'orts n the past. The Sahhath Department, which, inder the control of Rev. I)r. Lathan, has been n interesting feature of the Enqi'irkr for sevnteen years, will he continued. While the Literary and Miscellaneous features of the Enjtirkr will he kept up to the standard which ins given the paper a distinctive character, careul attention will also he given to the News delartment, which will enihracea record of the 1 eating eventH at theStuteand National Capitals; Con;rcssional and Legislative proceeding; "Scraps ,nd Facts," being a hotch-potch of light current opics; a conipend of the News Abroad and at iomc; (ieneral Correspondence; Market Belorts ; Local, County and State News; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects intended to remote the welfare and prosperity of our State ,nd people, which will, we trust, continue to ender the Knquirkr a welcome and entortainng Family Journal. TERMS OF SIRSCRIFTIO.V-FiiF.E OF I'OSTAOE. Single copy, one year, ?2.50 Two copies, one year, 4.00 One copy, two years, 4.00 Premiums to Club-Makers. To club-makers for the approaching volume, vc otter THREE PREMIUMS for the three urgent clubs, as follows : For the largest club, ONE BREWSTER IDE-BAR PIANO-BOX BODY TOP BUTifJY, vi11i leather -quarters, leather cushions, full euther trimmings, silver rail around seat, dou>lo perch and well ironed. The Buggy is of tandard grade, of the latest stvle and is valued .t $75.00. For the second largest club, a Cash Premium if TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. For the third largest club, a Cash Premium of TFTEEN DOLLARS. The Buggy premium will he delivered to the uccessful competitor, at the Exquirkrofliee, reeof charge for freight. CONDITIONS. The three Premiums mentioned above will he warded on the following conditions : The person getting up the largest club of year y subscribers to the Enqi'iukk, at tfci.ot) per allium, for each subscriber, will be entitled to the Irst choice of one of the above Premiums ; the iersoti getting up the second largest club, at the amc price, to the second choice; the person geting up the third largest club, to the third choice. The time for completing clubs under the above tier is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on thcSECOND ION DA Y OF MARCH, 18Sti. Competitors may cgin to secure subscribers at once?the time of ubscription to commence whenever the name is anded in. The money for each subscriber is exeetcd to lie paid at the time the name is entered ipon our books, and no name will be counted in ompetition for a premium until thesubscription rice has been paid. To persons who make up clubs of ten or more ames, but who may fail to obtain a premium, we rill send the ExqciRKUone year free of charge; nd to those who send a Club of twenty or more ames, but who may fail to get a premium, we rill forward the Enqi'ikkk one year free of barge, and a copy, oneyear, of any weekly ncwsaper or monthly magazine published in the J lifted States, the publication to be selected by lie person entitled to receive it. It is not necessary that the names of a club hould all be at the same post-otlice. Names nay be taken at any number of places. One aiiie for two years will be equivalent to two lames for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded tons at lie expense of tbose sending tlieni. We will be responsible for the safe transmision of money only when sent by draft, registerd letter or money order drawn on the Yorkvillo I ost-ollice. In sending names, write plainly, giving counv, post-ollice and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the ex- | i ration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each club-ilia- i er, who will be credited with every name sent, j r> that the number sent by any one person can j e ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs, will not e permitted, after the names have been entered n our books, to transfer the names to another lub-maker's list. ,p&- The time in which additions may be made > clubs under this proposition, will expire on le SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH. 1.88(1. 'hercfore, persons who desire the benefit of club ites, must subscribe and pay for the paper be>rc that date, as after the expiration of that time will not be furnished for less than 8-.~>" unless > ew clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to r. m r;HIST. Yorkvilie. S. C. I TO THE CAROLINA STORE TRADE. | f RHSPFITI'TFIjY inform Stove Buyers all | L over the State that I carry in stock, lor Fall . ml Winter trade, 50 Cooking and Heating Stoves & Ranges.' By actual count, requiring Store and Ware- j rmse room, 2"> by 200 feet to contain the stock, j id can till orders promptly. COOKING STOVES FROM $8.00 UP, j Warranted to give satisfaction. est Box Heating Stoves from $2.50 Up. The goods are bought from parties who sell j rgo jobbing trade only, and challenge a com-I irison of quality and prices of Stoves with any j larkct North, South, Fast or West. Write for circulars giving prices and a full j ascription of Goods, and SAVE MONEY. I am very anxious to get a sample Stove sold ! i cvcrv neighborhood in the State. TERMS i ASII <>N DHL IVFRY. J. 1). RATTFRRFF, . Chester, S. C. October I~> .'!1 12m MnlLFEB <&*Jf V'nLl/sm' 7^^L.0cscRipJi^rP^^ iAiSilTOfi 138 Wl!l be mailed FRF.E to all applicants, am! to customers oS last year without ordering It. It contains about 130 pa;'), COO illustrations, prices, accurate description* and valuable directions for plantlnc all varieties of VKOKT.'i 1!I,I) and FLOW Kit HEEDS, HI.'l.ltH, cte. luvtduablv to all, especially to Market Gardeners. Send tor it. D. M. FERRY & CO., Dotrolt, Mlchlaan Docoinlior 10 *>0 ."in I GARRY IRON ROC Manufacturers of all kinds of ,,, IRON ROOFING CKI.UI'EI) AXI) ('(IRRIGATED SIIUXO, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIREPROOF DOORS, SKITTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF May 10 J. ED. JEFFERYS. NEW FIltNITURE STORE. 1 DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. ?a] nnilH copartnership heretofore existing he1L tween tiie undersigned is this day dissolved w by mutual consent. * u All persons indebted to the late linn are here- j1 by requested to make payment on or before the j ?v 1st of FKP.IU'ARY, l?Hti, as the business must ?l be settled up by that time. Wo hope that you j will respond promptly, and save costs. J. HI). .1 HKFHUYS, 1 JOHN K. ASI1H. i 11 January 1st, lssti. 2 a ? ' NEW FIRM. I The undersigned thanks his friends for tiie liberal patronage lies to wed upon the old linn in s the past, and respectfully asks a share of the a same in the future, at the old stand, in the Howry Building. J. HI). JHKKHKYS. JOB PRINTING. /AWINGto our superior facilities with the best I " " machine presses, an abundance of type and j lirst-class appointments throughout our office, / we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB I J PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that I e will compare with New York or Philadelphia |N charges for the same quality of work and mate- I rials. Wo have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which I we invite the attention of business men: \ III I.E. HEADS. ' for 500 For 1000 *, Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $<>.00 I } Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 j Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 j [ Monthly statementsatsamepriceofsixth-sheet i J oill heads. We will fill an order for hill heads, j giving any desired number of either size of sheet J at proportionate prices. J LETTER HEADS. I For 500 For lOUli 1 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25 { Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 \ Letter (large size).: 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality * of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. I We also give special attention to the printing * of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authori- * ties, which we furnish strictly according to the 1 requirements of the Justices of the Supreme ^ Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost > care to ensure accuracy. 1 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 * style of work desired. Address, ' J L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, _ I The Howe M&china Compasy's t 1 LIGHT RUNNING H'CH AHSII. < " New .KL'o-vp-e " lH i - c i WHICH IS THE BEST ! SEWING MACHINE ; EVER MADE. 1CALL special attention to the following features : * The NEW 1IOWK is a new machine through- 1 out, differing in every point from the machines L heretofore manufactured by the company. The needle is self-setting. It has the most room under the arm ; the perfect Howe stitch; no holes i to thread, except the needle; the easiest shuttle * to thread ; the most perfect take up ; the loose lmlance-wheel; the largest bobbin ; absolutely 110 vibration; the most perfect tension. It is the lightest running; noiseless, and the most pleasing in appearance. i Prices within the reach of all. Call and get a ' descriptive circular, and see the machine, which J is always on exhibition at my Photographic r Gallery. 1 PHOTOGRAPHY. r I would inform the public that I am yet making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles, t Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of f pictures. Pictures by the photographic process y enlarged, and all work done in the best style of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on "West a Liberty street, near the jail. J. It. SCHORR. FOUrnKY . AND -J Machine Shop, j 'Vf JOUO 000j.C.8U.Q.P.00.0.0.8.8.) S2B^ig*'g [, mHK undersigned would respectfully inform X the public that he now has in operation, on his lot on Kind's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY , AN I) MACHINK SHOP, in which he is prepared i to do all manner of work in light iron and brass ^ castings, and general machine work. REPAIRING, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of any.kind overhauled and repaired. Resides,any class of work that may be wanted in hisshop, he will attend any call for repairing stationary en- _ gincs, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. / Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion * of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. WEST LIBERTY STREET. s Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. Ji rp JUST received a lot of Cincinnati Buggies, Car- ,j, riages, Jumpseat Pluetons, all standard * grade work. Also a few Columbus Buggies will be kept in stock and sold at the most reasonable prices. n SECOND-HAND VEHICLES. The following second-hand Vehicles for sale, oi in which bargains will be given : r< Buggies, 2 Spring Wagons, o! 1 Four-Seat Plueton, c( 1 Two-Horse Wagon, w All in good runningorder, and will be sold cheap tl for cash, or on time. sc Buggy Cushions, Shafts and Poles will be kept ai in stock. tl Something New. Iu r now have in connection with my Livery di Stable a No. 1 Queen City HEARSE and a glass- s? front COACH, which will be furnished for fu- tli neral occasions, at short notice and for moderate in charges. FEED STABLES. 01 w Have your horses fed at the YORK VILLE LIVERY AND KEERSTARLES, where they will receive the best attention at reasonable prices. E. E. SMITH. 111 April 2:5 17 tf J. B. BEAL, a( Manufacturer of tv Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Balusters, J], ST AI R-K.l I LI NCi, J to Newel Posts, Itraekets. Are., th GA8TONIA, iv. c. pf3" Corres|>ondenee and Orders solicited. cl August 27 :K 0m*t - al )FING COMPANY, IRON ORE PA I XT And. Cement. ijfpf 152 TO 158 M ERWIX ST I? KF.T '^x\ Clfivclnnd, O. wBrf spr Send for Circular and Prii-c |r? I List Xo. 75. IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ? ly TAX RKTI RXS FOR 1885-86. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,) York Count v. > Yorkvu.r.k, S. C., Xoveml)cr30th, 1885. J [X compliance with law, the TAX ROOKS OF L YORK COUXTY, for fiscal year 1885-0, will poo on tlie FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1880, 11(1 CLOSE O.N Till-; 20TH OK EKHKIAKV, after which time a penalty of lil'ty percent, ill be added to the property of such tax-payers ho fail to make returns in the time prescribed hove. This applies as well to REAL ESTATE sto PERSONAL PROPERTY. There will be RE-ASSESSMENT of real property by the )\vnship boards. For the convenience of taxayers I will attend at the following places and lie times stated, for the purpose of receiving liereturnsof tax-payers: At Ebenezer, on Thursday, January21,1886. At Massey's Store, on Friday, January 22,18X6. At Yorkville, on Saturday, January 23rd, 1886. At Rock Hill, on Monday, Tuesday, Wedneslay, Thursday and Friday, January 25th, 26th, 7th, 28th and 20th, 1880. At Coates' Tavern, on Saturday, January 30th, 880. At Fort Mill, on Monday, Tuesday and Wedicsday, February 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1880. And at Yorkville, from February 4th to Febuary 20th, 1880, inclusive. T request tax-jiavers to meet me in their repective townships, and thus avoid the usual rush it the ofliee in Yorkville. W. B. WILLIAMS,' Auditor York County. Decembers 40 If C.& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD " rtCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains 5 from Newton, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking iffect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, November 111, 188."). GOING SOUTH. >eave Newton 7.00 A. M Arrive at Maiden,*, 7.30 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton*. 8.15 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's* * 8.53 A. M. Vrrive at Dallas 0.22 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 0.42 A. M. .eavoGastonia 10.05 A. M. Vrriveat Pleasant Ridge,? J0.22 A. M. Vrrive at Crowder's Creek,? 10.112 A. M. Arrive at Bowling Green,? 10.45 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.05 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 11.52 A. M. iOaye Yorkville, 12.10 P. M. Vrrive at Philadelphia,? 12.24 P. M. Vrrivo at Guthriesville,? 12.:17 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville,* 12.53 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville,? ; 1.18 P. M. Arrive at Chester 1 2.00 P. M. GOING NORTH. jeave Chester, 4.30 P. M. Vrrivo at Lowrysville, 5.04 P. M. Vrrive at McConnellsville, 5.27 P. M. Vrriveat Guthriesville, 5.37 P. M. Vrrive at Philadelphia, 5.50 P. M. Vrrive at Yorkville, 0 05 P. M. jeave Yorkville 0.20 P. M. Vrriveat Clover, 7.00 P. M. Vrriveat Bowling Green, 7.10 P. M. Vrrive at Crowder's Creek 7.31 P. M. Vrrive at Pleasant Ridge, 7.40 P. M. Vrrive at Gastonia, /. 8.00 P. M. '..eave Gastonia, 8.20 P. M. Vrriveat Dallas 8.37 P. M. Vrriveat Hardin's, 0.08 P. M. Vrriveat Lincolnton, 0.40 P. M. Vrrive at Maiden, 10.28 P. M. Vrrive at Newton, 11.10 P. M. * Flag Station. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. November 10 47 tf AN ORDINANCE n relation to physicians giving prescriptions for wines, spirituous liquors, and bitters of which spirituous liquors form an ingredient, within the corporate limits ofYorkville, S. C. |?7IIEREAS the Town Council of Yorkville, TT S. C., deem it necessary and proper for ireserving order and good government in the aid town, to forbid the promiscuous giving of > rescript ions for wines, spirituous liquors, and litters of which spirituous liquors form an ingredient, therefore, He it Ordained by the Intendant and Wardens if Yorkville, S. C., in Council assembled, and iy the authority of the same: 1. That it shall be unlawful for any physician o give a prescription for wines, spirituous iquors, or bitters, of which spirituous liquors 'orm an ingredient, within the incorporate limits if Yorkville. S. C.. excent when actually in bona We attendance upon a patient. 2. That any physician, violating the provisions >f this Ordinance, shall be imprisoned in the tuard-house not less than five days, or be made o work on the streets not less than live days, or o pay a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor nore than fifty dollars. 3. That this Ordinance shall go into effect on he first day of August next. )one in Council, this 23rd day of July, 1N85, l. s.] under the corporate seal of said town. JOHN II. ASHE, Intendant. F. A. Gilbert, Clerk. MARSHALL HOUSE, Chester, S. . ? THE undersigned takes pleasure in informing the people of Chcs81 ri'ffiBL ter county and the traveling pub" iitn " lie that he has taken charge of the JARSHALL HOUSE, and is now prepared to eceive both PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT JOARDERS. The building has just been repainted and pnt n first rate condition throughout. The table will be supplied with the best that he local and neighboring markets aliord, and no lains will bo spared to insure the comfort of ;uosts. A SAMPLE ROOM is provided, conveniently rranged for the use of Commercial Travelers. TER.1IS REASONABLE. A share of the public patronage is respectfully olicited. JAMES K. MARSHALL, Proprietor. NOTICE IS hereby given to all whom it may concern ; to all and singular the creditors of WESLEY I. GRAHAM,deceased, and toT. G. Culp, Ad- . ninistrator of his estate: That S. Elmina Graiam, widow, and John II., Minnie B., Elder and Vm. A. Graham, children, of Wesley G. Graiam, deceased, late of the county of York, State f South Carolina, have applied to have a Hometead in the real estate, and the homestead exmption out of the personal estate, of said Wessy G. Graham, deceased, set apart and assigned i>'them as the family of said deceased. York C. II.. S.C., Dec. 31, 1885. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis. and G.S. January? 1 4t NOTICE. 4 LL NOTES, ACCOUNTS AND UNFIN\ ISHED BUSINESS of the estate of R. L. IOPE, deceased, not settled by the FIRST rONDAY IN FEBRUARY, will be turned ver to an Attornev for settlement. J. \V.v P. HOPE, Administrator. January 14 - 3t ROOFIXtt AND (a TTERIXG. i IAj orders for Roofing and ("{uttering, in V ti)\vn or cinnitrv, promptlv nttendeiHo by (iEO. T. SCI!OR 15. 5hf ^orhviUf (Jjuquim. TEKM8 OF SUUSClt 1 IaTIC?I: ingle copy for one year, ? 2 50 or six months, 1 25 or three months, 75 wo copies one year, 4 00 en copies one year 20 00 ml an extra copy for a club of ten. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the anie of the subscriber very plainly, give postflice, county and State, iii full, and send the mount of the subscription by draft or posttlice money order, or enclose the money in a >gistered letter. Postage.?The Enquiricr is delivered free f postage to all subscribers residing in York ninty, who receive the paper at post-otlices itliin the county; and to all other subscribers ic postage is paid by the publisher. Our sub ribers, no matter where they receive the paper, -e not liable for postage, it being prepaid at ic post-olliee here, without additional charge to le subscriber. Watch the Figures.?'1 lie date on the "adress-label" shows the time to which the sub ription is paid. If subscribers do not wish icir papers discontinued, the date must be kept advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that ir terms for subscriptions, advertising and jobork are cash in advance. advertising rates. ONE DOLLAR per square for the first inseron, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for oach ibacquent insertion. A square consists of tlie >aco occupied by seven lines of this size type. pfr- Contracts will be made at reduced rates for Ivertising space to be used for three, six, or reive months. All contract advertisements ill be confined to the regular business for which ie space is engaged. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned the writers. Persons who send manuscript to is olliee for publication and desire a copy ofthe me, should make a duolicate. Z?)-Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices uirged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usulv there are about seven words in a line.