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$BiE -TWO PARSINGS. , The following iristruetive history is from the; .'-Philadelphia - -National Baptist' It should serve as an'%?warping -to- those' i who.place the.intoxicatin^eup to the lips: - of .others or to .their o wn : . " -.- -' v. ? :One; wmtey'.fcvemrig, 'many .years-agp, a ,; fair .young girl stood .beifore-ti?; glass- in - her oTv-ri-jjleasant- M,or:'rpoin, living -the 5 last tpnches>to her toilet. That night was. the;nrst party ot the.season, an<iL; perhaps,. jEmma might he excnsed;if'she^lingered.?; little longer than usual, smoothing once agalrr ft?c dark browit -hair, and^adj.usting the;?oft foldsrof'her. neautiiiil .dress. V^C?m?^lj^ Tier, mother, at ..'"'- length,:5d;ait;aYrftTdthat you; -forget that 1 Mr. XB-?is waiting for-yoa,'*'. ??"? Ko, JInima hai:aiot . forgotten the rosy flush-that stole1 across her-cheet'.te^ ?s'she jstood arniling 'at her.reflection-.in.tho glas'Sj had" boeh, "Tins is the color w-lnch- he likes; I; - ? am si?-e he wiU';be^plea'se?" f' ? - ^-.^dbkl^she-'riiximedl 'dbwh. stain, and "v^ef.playfully excusing her delay, while the 'flush deepened .^J^.rB's'.eviaent'adnii . ;;^U?^'tnjiied.;t?: ;^e^ m?ther,.\-say?ngi ^1 s believeJ;am:re?dy;at last" -, ? \ "Take good care of^oursetf, darling," % said the mother, ?s sh^;wrapped a warm ."*'. shawl around the slender form, "and don't . "sta-y-.very late." ? -" . -': ? ? \. *i Their destination, was itoon reached,~and' ag the 'young man moved ' through" the. IbrSliantlylightedroom,' "many a"gl?nce_of y: 'admiration was\ cast at his companion, and -more than 'one of his- friends- whispered, x ."James-is- a' lucky ~feUow; I'd- give a good deal 'td he. able to monopolize Miss Emma -~as iie does." '.?""."'? riie .evening specljoy?usly on,- andvat '-"'ieogthj 'toward . its . close," refreshments. .-- rwere4' fca^ed -?ro?ncL"' Mr., B was . standing.a little apart from E^ma, ..wh6 'V?s thg^ centre of ? laughing group of 'r ^?itngjgirls, when the" lady of the; house, witht-ja-.smile o5ered him ? a-glass of wine. "jSTo, thank you; t-do not -drink it," was h5s""KpTy. ? "Pshaw 1 ? what nonsense^", she .returned." ^STp^ne.has refused it> tliis^veiilhg, and I don'fr intend to allow you to' be the first Come, just one glass ; it can't . hurt any :; one":- ? '?? . -' -? ' V*C "I can'nbt'd? it," ho";anSwered/graveIyj <cfor I have determined never to taste a drop." .". - 1 - r -' '-'Come'?here,,Emma^': called- the lady; "I want you .to coax this obstinate young man to take a Etile; wine., I inow.he.will; not refuseyou."-' -: ?.-.'' Emma took the glass iu"her-little white - Band, and,-with a "snrile Vilich few cohld" iave resisted, ." said, ^C?me,,. James,> you iviil take just this one glass." . . l2\?, Emm a, he answered, wi th a- pain? ful effort."t -fT-'have .made up."my mind,. ..-and?you must not ask jne to change Jt" ""Then -..you shall not -accompany' mc B?nre to'iaghts.'Mr. B ; -,'; said;, Emma,'; with an angry flash of her dark eye; &noyf ^^S^^wewhkaiB^^ y -.- . ** - ? most bid you good-bye, then, Emma, ? if it-^mestO'thil^'-he^iBaid; sorrowfully; " "I would gladly do" anything^ else for you, . but that I cannot do." So saying, he bowed and turned-away. "Ifever mind, Emma,Til see you home,"" -said a young man* standing near, whose '. flughed face betokened he had taken more than one glass..-' "Let "him go, the ill-mah< nered fellow; who cares ?" . ?.V So saying, Ke offered his arm,, which" Emma accepted, and they moved off to^ gether. . - . . V-. : ? -"c^jf^ore than ten years had. passed away^ . J^;:B-~*- - was married and established in ? -a prosperous business, arid by degrees.the ". incidents of h^' parting withTEmma were, \ almost'forgotten. ., . \ ? v ' :p . One day a man, wit& wBom3e was; slightly: acquainted, -came into Iiis store and aaked for employment. "I am? afraid I can't grvo it to you, Norris^wis.tHe answer. "L make it a ;"rule never to have ;any one-in my employ ~r. meni ?wiro is. intemperate." ? . "^Bx^i mean tostorj.aiUhat,Mr. B? said the man earnestly. "I . have made : up" iny .mand^-to rqait; drinking entirely. It's rather hard not togive a man a chance '.-^-ncheh he wants to reform.'* - ^Well," said Mr. B-partially re itenting',,"I will try yoa. Come into the back^Jartof^the store and.I .will give you ' some work.'' . . A bundle Was soon made up,with which vNorris. departed. 5ev:eral days elapsed, ?< -and the work - not- 3)eing' re.tu rned, Mr. rB?L~ sent to. his residence: to ask the -reason. Alas! it was the same old tale, of sor? row. The husband and father- had j; gone on a drinking frolic, leaving ? sick"' wife - and three starving children. Mr. B??'s generous heaiit prompted him to go to their relief at once. He en? tered the numerable dwelling and found, vthe sick woman lying in a room- bare-, of frfunutur-e, while the children, sitting by ; ^th? bedside, were crying for bread. ^^Ifc'few'kind words and a promise of .vfomething to eat, soon dried their tears;. and-hastening to the grocery he returned with'an .ample supply, which he broke among the fannshing children. - While he stood smiling at their delight, ,': the mother burst into tears and exclaimed, - *'0, Mr. B??, can't you forgive me ?" "Don't yon remember . Emma Ft?? : wirie % seems" as'.if*it" were branded on' my heart ?in letter^of fire."^-. y . '. ? - :3b .w?3-%>m?Vino^eii68 ijie?^e; ? B? 'Co?li""rea?ize tiat tho miserable; creature; befbre hrm.lvas indeed the bnght/fascina ?ting-^M- f&n* whom he had parted so many years ."before. % "Poor Emma, how you must have suf? fered" he said, compassionately. ' . - ; "But do you forgive- me ?" she asked anxiously.... " . "-"Certainty; say no more about it. You must not stay in this wretched place-. - Is your mother living ?'' "Ycs,/snyin the-?onntry.!' . . -r r ;v "WouIoVyou not like to go back to her with! the children ?'' ? - "Yes, sir," she answered .sadly," "but I have no means;" . "Do not trouble yourself," said Mr. B??;"as soon as you are sufficiently re? covered twill take care of that part of the undertaking. Let me know if there is. any thing ;else I can do- for" you. No thanks," he'added hastily, aa the poor wo? man commenced^ grateful acknowledg? ment, "good bye." This was the. second parting. Young ladies, you who are accustomed to press your gentlemen friends to.partake 'of wine, pause, now and ask yourselves the ?question, -whether you are prepared for; the miserable fate., of a drunkard's wife. ~ NoTE.-^The above sketch is no imagin? ary picture, but one drawn fr?m real life. Any-.one wishing to verify the facts oi the case can obtain the name and residence of the gentleman referred to by calling at the.-officeofthe National Baptist, No. 540 Arch street. _-.-" _ 4?'-? ' Loving WoBDS^-Many parents who Jtrnlylove theii* children, who labor, dili? gently to acquire the means to educate them and to give them a comfortable home who practice rigid .self-denial' that they -may accumulate fortunes with which to enr dowthem, are yet so chary of tender ep thets and loving words as toinduce'the be? lief that their exertions-to-acqnire wealth, or-to increase the comforts of home are the result of avarice or pride,-and not the promptmgs^of paternalr"alection. Alas! 'for the happiness'o'f that family where the husband and father regards tokens of en dearmert as unmannerly or unnecessary. An individuaL relates that one day\ talk? ing-with a lpvely child,, six or seven years of age, he tried to impress on her mind a lesson of .gratitude by reminding'her Jhat it was He who gave her such akind loving father!, whom everybody respected for Ms virtues and piety, f I was thunderstruck," he says, "with her remarks. Raising her soft blue eyes to my face, she said,' "He" doesn't love me; ray father doesn't love ?me."- >I said, in suprise, "Why do you think your father doesn't love you ?" She replied, "JSecatise he never speaks fondly tb;me." Tliis father doubtless loved his childx but oh lia return from business, har rassed by cares, or absorbed in plans for increasing wealth that would be expended most liberally on his family, he had often thoughtlessly, perhaps roughly, checked the fond, attentions of his child, wounding her tender sensibilities, and inducing the belief that she had no place in his heart. Fathers, mothers, speakJrindly, lovingly to your children. It is a mistake that af? fectionate -words and caresses spoil a child. It is harsh rebukes and unjust accusations that alienate the affections of the child and destroy his confidence in your wisdom and lQv.e; and lead to a course of deception which ends in rnin. -???_ Power of a Good Man's Life.? The beauty of a holy life, says Chalmers, constitutes the most eloquent and effective persuasion to religion * which pne_ human . being can address to another. We have many ways of 'doing good td, our fellow creatoes, but none so efficacious, as lead? ing a virtuous, upright, and' well-ordered life. There is an energy of moral suasion in a good man's life, passing the highest efforts of the. Orator's genius. The seen but silent beauty of holiness speaks more eloquently of God and duty than the tongues of men and angels. Let parentB remembeir this, The best inheritance to leave a child is a virtuous example, a leg? acy of hallowed remembrances and.associ-t ations. The beauty of*holiness beaming through the life of a loved relative or friend, is more, effectual to strengthen such as do stand ra" virtue's Ways, and raise up. those that are bowed down, than precept, command, entreaty or warning. Christi? anity itself, I believe, owes by far the greater part of its moral power, not to the precepts or parables of Christ, but to his own character. The- beauty of that .holiness whieh is enshrined in the four .brief biographies of the man of Nazareth, has done more, and will do more to regen erate the world, and bring in an everlast? ing righteousness, than all the other agen oies put together: -It has done more to i spread his religion in the Wprld, than all that ever has been written on the eviden? ces- of Christianity. - :-O A Good Reply.?When Philip Henry was about to ;be married, the friends of the lady objected that although ho was a gentleman, and a scholar, and an excellent preacher, he was quite a stranger, and they did not even know where he came from. "True," replied the lady, "but I know where he is going, and I would like to go with him."^ j?.. ? From the Southern.- Ctttliodtor., LTPLAND BICE." Yon can grow upland rfce'on any good, rich Iandr jbut it is.less labor, perhaps, rto ; select a piece of new Jand, before crab \6r. crowrfoot grasses have-filled the earth with "seect . . ? ' \ Mr. David Dickson, (Oxford?) Ga., had the best seed before the war. Select good land, rich enough to grow 40 to 50 bushels of corn, and plow and har? row thorughly, so as to pulverizethe earth. Mark off rows 2? feet apart, and for easy cultivation make aridge as for cotton, with a light one horse plow; open a furrow about 1 inch deep?not more, and drill your rice seed. Sow about the time of first plan? ting of cotton?as early as all danger from frost is past. When the; rice is up, say about 2 or 3 inches high, bar off lightly, with smallest turn plow, and scrape off lightly all the ridge. This must be done with sharp hoes,l:ept keen, and all the surface removed, so as to get rid of all grass and weeds. This saves all hand pick? ing of grass. In a day or two the rice will be seen all along the row, and will grow off before grass seeds vegetate. I mean shave off all the~rice as well as top of earth. (?) When rice is 3 or 4 inches high, run the plow around it and dirt nicely; use either a bull tongue, small shovel or small turn plow. Keep clean with cultivators,' or hoes. I chop out at 2d hoeing, so as to leave the rice in bunches, about 9 inches, apart leav? ing a small bunch in each hill, so to say. The culture is very simple?the great im? provement is in saving hand picking ; for the first crop of grass, unless gotten rid of as I direct, or by hand-picking, will run away with the crops.' When a boy my father put me to picking out grass, with the darkies, and though. it has been 50 years ago, I remember the skin, from arms and neck pealed off as "slick as an onion"? the sun was too hotfor the skin, and I was blistered. From that time to this, I have detested picking ont grass, have made fiifty-nine bushels of good, rough rice from not over half an acre. I had several patches, but most were injured by being too low and" wet, and did not. ripen well. The highest patch made the crop. ?I have forgotten Mr". Dickson V P. O., but Mr. White can give it. M.W. PHILIP^ ?-?A-;-' Cultivating; Orchabos.?Apple or? chards left to themselves bear only on alternate yoars, with such uniformityvthat "bearing years" have come to be regarded ,as the order of nature, rather than human device. The trees, in average soil, do not have aliment enough to give full crops every year. Cultivation and manuring wilt change all this, and give us remuner? ative crops every season. Possibly ma? nuring might do this even if the orchard were left in grass. But the danger is, if the orchard is left unpiowed, it will.not get the. manure. - The common objection offered to plow? ing is the damage done to the roots of the trees. We have no doubt that an orchard might be plowed so deep and so near the trunk of the trees as to damage it past hope of recovery. But discretion is to be" used, and the plow is to be-kept so near the surface under the trees ?s not to, break off the iarge roots. It has also been ascertained that grain crops are not good for orchards. We have known orchards to be made barren for several years in consequence of a crop of rye. Grain crops, unless buckwheat be an exception, take from the soil what the trees need, and shades the land too much. Root crops are the most desirable, because they require a good deal of ma? nure, and thorough tillage to make them profitable stirring of the soil, and the fer? tilizers, are the wants of the apple tree, and the root crop enables the farmer to give these to his orchard, and at the same time he is remunerated for his labor. Potatoes, carrots, beets and turnips are all good crops for the orchard, if you put on manure enough to make them pay. A surplus must be left in' the soil to make the apple crop. But will an apple orchard thus fed bear every year ? We have no doubt of it. Horticulturists who make a speciality of apples, and manure every year, succeed every year in getting crops every season, with very rare exceptions. The apple is so fine a fruit, and so easily kept, it is so much both food and luxury, thait no pains should be spared to keep our orchards in the best condition. [American Agriculturalist. -o When to Make Rails.?It is very im? portant that farmers should know when to split rails so that they will keep longest. Column's "Rural World" expresses the opinion that the timber should be cut and split in September, as the sap has then performed its office. When the rails are split the bark Bhould be pealed off so that they may season and dry. This is a moo? ted question, and a comparison of experi? ence is desirable. In their present situa? tion Virginia farmers have to consult rather their convenience than scientific rules; but as our affairs improvo it will be necessary to observe the proper times and seasons for all manner of farm work. When we consider the vast amount of fencing to be done in Virginia and neigh? boring States, this subject of. rails looms up as one of the first importance. We inYtie infonaation on the subject. ' ? Let's have a little talk about orchard's and gardens; as' life-preseitfers. Many a farmer.tbhikshc-"can't';fuss about a gar? den" with vegetables and small? fruits in ample vaiiety,. hardly about an orchard, especially beyond apple trees. So he goes on to weightier matters of grain, or stock, or dairy, and eats potatoes, wheat bread, pork and salt beef, all summer long; no fine variety of vegetables, no grateful berries, no luscious peaches or juicy cherries. By October fevers come or bowel complaints some kind, or some congestive troubles, most likely. He is laid up, work stops a month, the doctor comes, he "drags round" all winter, the doctor's bill drags too. The poor wife, meanwhile, gets dyspeptic, constipated, has fever, too perhaps, and she "just crawls round." What's the matter ? They don't know poor souls. Would they build a hot fire in July and shut the doors ? Of course not in their rooms; but they have done just that in their poor stomachs. How so ? They have been eating, all sum? mer, the heat-producing food fit for a cold season, but not for a warm one. A Green ander can eat-cadles and whale fat, be | cause they create heat. In January we j are up toward Greenland?in climate. I A Hindoo lives on rice, juicy fruits and tropic vegetables, cooling and opening to the system. In July we move toward Hindostan, in a heat almost tropical. Diet must change too. Have apples, pears, cherries, &c, from the orchard, ever day, of early and late kinds. Let there be plenty of good vege? tables, raspberries, strawberries, &c. It takes a little time and trouble, but. it's the cheapest way to pay the- doctor's bills. And, bless your dear souls, these things taste good! You study what feed is good for pigs and cattle. All right ; but wife, and chil? dren are of higher consequence ; and it's a shame i? with all our great gifts of intel? lect and intuition, we do not obey the Di? vine laws in our own physical being so well that the doctor shall visit the house less tharf the horserdoctor goes to the barn. Don't fail of vegetables, berries, and fruits. Try it, and you'll say we haven't told half -the truth.?Rural New-Yorker. -0 How to Hold the Fertility of the Soil.?Gypsum attracts. It is not only a manure in itself,but it 'attracts the manure from the atmosphere that comes in con? tact with it, (which is abundant on windy days) but it catches and holds the fertility of the ground that in some soils escapes. Lime will also do this; so will clay. Clay, dried and powdered, is an excellent thing to put on a barn-yard, or to cover a compost heap with, or work through the heap; hence, we use gypsum and lime in our stables and privies. Gypsum is best\ it has the most attraction, besides other properties. A little should^ be kept by every fanner for use, even at a high cost, as the benefit is sometimes more impor? tant than the high price. But wo waste our manure. We not only permit its strength to escape, but we are glad to get it out of the way. The same recklessness extends to the land. It is well our soil has a good proportion ' of clay to hold its strength. We must! Conserve. The time is not far distant' when we shall be compelled to do it. Already there are symptoms of lack in our soil; we do not raise as heavy crops as we used to; here and there a field? here and there a farm, is less productive. It is not so much that we need plaster hero in the West to hold the strength of the soil as to use it to abstract from the atmosphere and to save the ammouia of oui barn-yards and stables. For this, let .us always keep a little on hand. Let. us save and improve our manure, and thus save our farms.?Colman's Rural World. -o Improved Farming Implements.?The New York "Evening Post," remarking on the great improvement recently made in farming implements and machinery, gives some observations made in the West by way of illustration. A corn field contain? ing one hundred and sixty acres was plowed, planted, and cultivated without subjecting the farmer to the trouble of going on foot at all. The ground was prepared by the use of a rotary spader, on which the operator was'planted by a two-horse machine, the driver seated on a box. When hoeing timo came, a cultiva? tor performed the operation without in? volving the necessity of pedestrian exer? cise. When the com is ripe it is cut' and laid in rows by a two-horsa machine?thus completing the cycle of machine corn raising. On the farm of which this corn field formed a part, there was a field of timothy comprising seven hundred acres. It is the improved farm machinery which has rendered such extensive farming oper? ations possible and profitable at the same time. -o . Peach Blow Potatoes.?White peach blow potatoes are one of tho best varie? ties for market or yield. They are hardy, produce well, and are not liable to rot. They take the lead in the New York mar? ket in the Spring, as they are good keep? ers. They require to be planted early,, and they will then be the very last to ripen. The vinos grow rank, and they will not bear crowding. The tubers run a great deal in tho hill, which makes the digging slower, more laborious andcostly than almost any other variety. [Rural Neiv Yorker. I Subsoil Plowing?Restoring. Grass. Lands, etc**-TIic subject of deep plowing is beginning to be'appreciated, "and it will be found in their returns-of ^crojps, .a.large increase by its advocates^over those who still adhere to. the'way their grandfathers ^skinned" the surface. Tberoofs of many plants rah down into. the soil a great depth. Take, for .instance, clover. The fine roots of this plant may not unfre quently be found Iii profusion two, 'three and, in rare cases, four feet below the.snr face; hence the advantage of this plant to the soil An old English writer, while on this subject, wisely remarks: "In forming a kitchen garden, I had oc? casion to trench a wheat field, and found the soil matted with fibres to the depth of about four feet six inches; but stronger roots extended even below this depth, and were traced down five feet six inches." This applies also with great force to those roots that grow down in what are called taproots; an instances has been re? vealed of carrots running down eighteen, twenty, twenty-four - and thirty inches; thus it must be apparent to any reflecting mind that deep plowing is highly necessa to give the roots full play, and.the secret seems to be this?to turn up the subsoil. The deeper the ground is plowed, the prospects are increased for a crop that will pay; that is, if you manure liberally in addition. Manure is the key note in farming.?J. L. Mersey. To Destroy the Boll Wobm.?We procured eighteen common-sized dinner plates, into each of which we put half a gill of vinegar and molasses, previously prepared in the propotion of four parts of the former to one of the latter. These were set on small stakes or polls driven into the ground in the cotton field, one to about each three acres, and reaching a little above the cotton plant, with a six inch square board tacked on top to receive the plate. These arrangements were made in the evening soon after the flies had made their appearance. The next morn-, ing we found eighteen to twenty-five moths to each plate. The experiment was con? tinued for five or six days, distributing the plates over the entire fieldj.each day's success increasing until the number was reduced to two or three moths to each plate, when it was abandoned as being no longer worthy of the trouble. The crop that year was but .very little injured by the boll worm. The flies were caught in their eagerness to feed upon- the mixture by ahghting into it and being unable to escape. They were probably attracted by the odor ot the preparation, the vinegar probably being an important agent in the matter. As the flies fed only at night, the j plates should be visitedlate every evening, j the insects taken out, and the vessels re. plenished as -circumstances may .require. [ I have tried the experiments with results equally satisfactory, and shall continue it until a better one is adopted.?The Farmer. -?o?= Southdowns.?A correspondent in the "Prairie Fanner" says: ? - ' The Southdown sheep will shear, on the average, about eight pounds of wool that will not lose over one-third by cleansing for the cards, worth more per pound in the fleece than any of the fine wools, for this reason; the wool is fine enough for -all manufacturing purposes except the . very finest descriptions of goods. A two-year Southdown wether or buck will shear twelve pounds of wool that will weigh eight pounds when cleansed for the cards; his carcass will weigh from 175 to 200 pounds, gross, worth more per pound, than any other breed in this country, or, per? haps, anywhere else. This breed of sheep is ready for the butcher at any time from two months and a half old to five years, giving as much weight for their feed and age as any other breed,; always netting more in proportion to gross weight. The Southdown buck has always been profita? bly introduced into a flock, improving, as he always does, and ever will, in my judg? ment, every breed upon wliich he is crossed. ? Philosophy of Curing Hay.?As to the proper time for cutting hay and the philospophy of curing, the following from the "Ohio Farmer" is sensible and to the point. "Don't dry your hay too much. Hay can be dried till it is as worthless as straw. As a good coffee-maker would say, 'Don't burn your coffee, but brown it;' so we say, don't dry your hay, but cure it. Our good mothers who relied on herb tea instead of apothecaries medicine, gathered their herbs when in blossom and cured them in the shade. This.is the phil? osophy of making good hay. Cut in the blossom and cure in the shade. The sug? ar of the plant, when it is. in bloom, is in the stalk, ready to form the seeds. If tho plant is cut earlier, the Sugar is not there; if later, the sugar has become con? verted to woody matter. Hay should be well wilted in the sun, but cured in the cock. Better be a little too green than too dry. If, on putting it in the barn, there is danger ?f heating in the mow, put on some salt. It is said by some that lime is equally as good as salt." -?-. Pickled Eggs.?Boil a dozen eggs a quarter of an hour, take them but in a dish of cold water, so the shells, will come -ofl' easily. Remove the shells, lay the eggs in a jar and cover with spiced cider vine? gar. The vinegar should be hot when poured on the eggs. To color them crim? son, slioe a blood beet into the vinegar, or use vinegar in whioh boats have been pick? led, after straining it carefully, j ??'A traveler over the. desert "of the.; [Humboldt passed a solitary wagon. intho " road. . There was no team near it. See- * ing'^a; wretch ed-looking lad^ nursing a starving baby, ho. asked hinr what the. ?'? matter imghPbe.\- " :' -'. ?Wal, now;'' responds the youth, "guess I'm kinder streak t.-' Ole.dadV drunk; - olo mam's got the Ay--Sterics ; brother Jim -"' he's playin' poker wfth two gamblers ; sis-" ter Sal's down' 'thar^a:courtin- of "an :en- / tire stranger; the '.team's, clean: guv out ; / the wagon's, broke down; it's twenty miles to the next wafer?-an- I don't/carp^ a red cent ef I nivci- see Californy I"- ? ? A lady who, though /in-the/- autumn of life, had'.notlost"all dreams of its spring, , said to Jen-old:. "I ^cannot imagine what ^ makes my hair turn .gray.: I sometimes.; fancy it must be. the essence;' of .?rosemary'' with which my maid-is in tne.-habit/of brushingjt. ??: What do you. think?"'?'.J'X,' should be afraid, madam," implied the dis-.-? tinguished dramatist, dryly, "that is the-; essence of thyme."- : >? ?-, .' ? "Hold on!" said Patrick, as he 6tobd looking after the departed-train,.motioningV it.to'stop. "Hold on,- ye murthering old . stame ingin, yees got a passenger on board ?. that's left behind ? A Mississippi negro worked on shares. % On being asked the-amount-ot';'Ms;profits;\ he replied: "Nutfin; ;I. worked, for./<le"l< seventh, and the boss only made tlie fifjjflffl darefbre, Tgot nuffin." \.*40&?:, ? Mrs. Partington asksr,/veryindignant--, ly, if bills before Congress/are not C'oun?.. terfeit, why there should be-so much^diffi:^ - Culty in passing-th'em ? ? A man has applied for a divorce f rpm' - his wife at Chicago, on the ground' of ex treme cruelty. She/has ".\yailPp.ed?.^_h^7. regularly for nineteen years, until^.hawv'*; ing the spirit of a man, he " won't Stand; it any longer. .. ?'/ / ? ' _ > /";.'_-. :' ? A bachelor and a yo.ung lady bpjight// some tickets in - a. lottery.at the jr'ecenfc v Sanitary Fair- at Mh^ukio'agre^irfg^to-. divide thc-_ proceeds . equitably.*'... Thej*:' drew a double bedstead," a .baby, crib- and:-; lunch basket, nnd-Xho question is/how toe divide them, or whether they shall/, hot ;? use them "jintly." \ - ' " - A Cleveland .merchant lately reeeived-a package labelled "1 box Tom. Cats.'' . 'It-/ ;took him some-time to decipher tlie~"fact :' that the inscription meant a'b?x of.'tbmatp -; catsup.-, v ? ' ? *. . ^ >; "^-j-r . ? There , are in British AmericaV^oSOv Baptist churches, with-about 40,000 hiem-^ bers. One-half of these churches' arc in .': Canada. ' -\ ~ ' " . /- . -. ' - Dr. Cumining-saySj in- a recent"^)?ok,' that the Jews are; to be converted as-*a; nation, and the Papacy-is >$fcu T)e i extin.- ?? guished, between the aut/umnal" equinox-of% 1807 and the same, period. 1SG8.."- - '' ? Why is a new/paper like- a wife?/. Because every man-should have one of his 6wn.. '"" '? - r'. ? He who knows not when tobe silent,"; knows-not.Jv.hen- to.speak. - .. / "--..-.'>g ~ I ?-?' ?. "the YGRKflLLE laterally. and-.Faniily Newspaper : . _?:- -. Enlarged and Improved for 1867. SEW TYPE-AND ITEW ATTEA^TI#S^ EOTTR ORIGINAL STORIES, THREE.rALUAB.ljE PREfc^lS !! ! - THE ENQUIRER will appearon/Ihur'sday^tho^; 3rd day.of Jonury, ISbT, 'increased in size, end * printed on entirely ncw njateml^ .-wirh tbe" latest,; improvements in the urf, presenting ? moreattract : live appearance, and comanungnt least-five addi-, tional columns of reading -.matter-?the largest " newspaper in tho State yutsidc of Charleston. " S The Editorial depiivttue.ut_.will be condiictcdby. j Mr. James E. Wiisc-n, assisted','by"Major James F.. ' Hart/ Mr. Jatoes Wood Davidson will-continue ?, his versatile ''Contribntcrinls''from Columbia?- ? . Four original "Novelett.s, written-cs-prcssljrf-ftc";.-. the Enquirer,, will be published, during t&e year The following arc the titles:- ?, >c - ??; : /? '?TJie Spectre of the Fireside"?by J. ^VUhef-;.-, spoon Erwin. ? - ' " The Shadow on the: Wull "j^b'y John 32sten - f-Cookc. ' *.-' ? -' / rN;-v::' "-The Wealth of Homo"?by Mrs. M.. A. Ewartl -. ."Eliuor Westcrvelt, the Tory's Niece"?by-Cor-" oline F. Preston. -. . TERMS?IN ADVANCE. SPEICK" CCRREKCr . One copy one year, S 2 50 . .$ 3 50 - Two copies one year, 4 00 " 6-00 Five copies'-one year, 8 75.'- . ... 12 50.: Ten copies one.year, ._ . 17 50 25 00 * One copy six months;- ; .1.25". . * 2 .00.-: To tho person -.sending us the largest club of subscribers, at ?1 75 in specie, or ?2 .50 in-cur- - rency, we will award ?-Patent^Cpfton Planter, which will cost in Charlpston fifty dollars. - ' To the person sending us the next largest club, i on the same'tcrms. wc" will award a Patent Gom Planter, which will cost-in Charleston thirty dol-, lars! . ," ? . '.? To the person sending us the third largest list,' " on the same terms, we will aAvaYd one of Amc^' Double Com Shellers, cosflftn Charleston, twenty . dollars! The premiums will be awarded to the succ"essfui\ competitors on the first Monday in MarclrncXr-^at G o'clock. The names bbould besent in,-however, as they arc obtained; additions being made tQ.thV-v list up to the day-of the award.. No names will bo counted unless paid for. \' - To persous who nmy make up cliib3 of Jen1 or more names, but who may fail to obtain a prize, F. / GRIST, Yorkville." ?0s LATTRENS RAILROAD, KcSv Sclicdule. % ^ Omen LiVyns^s RAXin?AD, 1 , Laurens C. II., S. C, May.23, 4,867/ f - ON and after Monday nexf, 27th ins^., the Trains - ? will run as follows, until further uoticc The Road, having been completed through to Ncwbcrry?.-' freiglit and passage will bc considerably reduced ; - Leave Laurens at 5 o'clock a. mi, "on Mondays',.' Wednesdays anil Fridays, and arrive at Newberry. - at half past 10 o'clock. -. Leave Newberry at 25 minutes past 1 o'clock on, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, "thus con- - nccting with both the up and down' trains on tho G. & C. Railroad on the day^ above mentioned.- ?' , JOSEPH CREWS, Supcriritendent.V June 5,1807 51 ~ ' shiver &. beckham" WnOLESALB AND BETAU DEALERS IN , DE1T aOQI3S,/ Plain Street, 2d door froto Main; ? \ f : COLU3IBIA, SO- :CA. R. C. SUIVER. W.'SI. BECKHAM, DAVID JONES. i "3Gi ' ? . " 2m