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jRnmorous grpajrtmtflk -? - . i r.rT 'itifnmwwrrr ? AN ANIMATED CORPS:,1. Several days ago ati unsteady man was noticed walking along the Btreetn in Texarkana. A man simply unsteady would not have been noticed particularly, for Texarkana, like Little Rock, is the scene of a great many unsteady men. But the man looked sick, and when he reached a street corner he sank down and lay motionless. A crowd of people gathered around, and when a physician arrived and examined the man, he remarked : "Gentlemen, the poor fellow is dead." The man was placed upon a bench, and the coroner, who had been notiBed, summoned a jury and held an inquest. "Well, gentlemen," said the coroner, after the consultation, "what is your opinion as to the cause ot death ( Just then the corpse arose, thrust his hands into his pockets and exclaimed : "I don't know what your opinion is, but I'd like all fired well to know who's got my pocketbook." The man started off, but was stopped by the coroner, who informed him that he would have to pay expenses : "The deuce you say. You talk like an undertaker that has conducted a funeral!" "I have held an inquest over your body, sir, and as you have behaved ridiculously the county won't allow me anything, and of course you will have to pay me." "I didn't send for you. I didn't tell you to hold an inquest. I was getting along first rate." "Neither does any dead man send for me." "But I wasn't dead." "It wasn't ray fault" "Nor mine either." "You are a hypocrite, sir; yoa are deceitful. You should not be recognized in this ? community. And I want you to understand this : When you do die don't send for me, for I would not hold an inouest over vou to save your life." Must Work Out His Own Salvation.? "My wife hez jes' presented rae wid de flues' boy in dis country," said Black Bill, entering a Little Kock magistrate'c office, taking off his hat and slinging perspiration from his brow with a crooked forefinger. "Yas, gentlemen," he went on, "de fines' chile I eber seed. An' I'se jes' got a $20 gold piece right heah ter gib ter de man what can guess what I hez named him. Ter keep yer from spreadin' ober de whole universe ob names I'll state dat bit's a Bible name. "Abraham ?" guessed some one. "No, sah." "Paul?" "No, sah." "Job?" "Guess again." "Nicoderous?" "No, sir ; feeep'er coming." "Abimelich ?" "Try me again." The guessing ceased after a time, and finally Bill remarked : "I'se named dat boy Jucias Escarut" "What!" said the magistrate, "Judas betrayed our Saviour." "Can't help dat Dat's de boy's name. Judas hez been slighted. Nobody hez eber hed the imraoral courage to name a chile fur dat mau. But dat ain't de main reason why I names him Judas. I'se got de Bible ter 'stain me in givin' de chile dat name." "How does the Bible sustain you in desiring to perpetuate that name," asked the magistrate. "Hit's de fak ; Chris', ir? romorl'In' aP liir)oo Cairl /Iflf if WAIllH hflh 1,1 iviuuiqiu vi wuv??o, .v ?v? ?? bin better fur dat roan ef he hadn't been born !" "Well ?" "An' considerin' how many moufs is opened at the doo' when I goes home wid a side ob meat, it would hab been better fur dat boy ob mine ef he had neber seed de daylight. I kuows what I'se a talkin' about. I take de Scriptur fum de refurence. In de futur, ef I 6nds dat de boy hez made a improvement on hisself, den I'll change his name ter Jim."?Little Rock Gazette. For the Credit of the Family.?A young gentleman was passing a little girl on Seventh street recently who was sitting on the door-steps humming ^ver a tune. He was interested by the sweet aud intelligent appearance of the child, and accosting her, the following dialogue took place : "Sissy, what's your pa's name ?"' This was politely answered by the little girl. "How many brothers have you ?" "Four or five." "How many sisters ?" "Four or five." The youug man's curiosity being satisfied he passed on. The mother of the little fouryear old (who had neither brother or sister) overheard the conversation, and calling her in asked her why she had storied to the man, and received the following cute reply : "Well, mamma, I didn't want the gentleman to think we were so poor as to have no i children." A Real Relisher of a Joke.?A man lately received twenty lashes well laid on at < the whipping post in an Engliiih town. The culprit, instead of bellowing when the constable applied the lash, laughed immoderately which made the angry officer lay on with harder force. On giving him his twen- . tieth blow the angry officer could stand it no ; longer. "Well, look here, mister," said the offend- J ed officer, "I've done my duty, and I can lick ye no more; but I'd just like to know ^ what it is that's so funny?" "Funny !" roared the other, "why, it's excellent. Youve got the wrong Smith! I aiu't the man that was to be whipped ! It's j the other one! Now you'll have to go it all over again! Really, it's too good! You must lick the other man !?Ha ! ha!" JSf A witness in a case at Nashville was j asked Whether he had much experience in and knpw the enst nf feedincr cattle, and to ! give his estimate of the cost of feeding a cow, ' to which he replied : "My father before me ' kept a dairy. I have had a great deal of ' experience, in buying and selling and keeping cattle, as man and boy, ;n the dairy busi- ' ness, for forty years. I thin : my long expe- ' rience has qualified me to know as well as j any man can the cost of keeping and feeding ! cattle." "Well, broke in the attorney, impa- ! tiently, tell me the cost of keeping a cow." 1 "Well, sir, my experience, after forty years in the business, i9 that it costs?well it depends ; entirely on how much you feed the cow." Ax Equivocal Answer.?A certain lit- 1 erary gentleman, wishing to be undisturbed 1 one day, instructed the servant to admit no > one, and if anyone inquired for him to give 1 him an "equivocal answer." Night came, 1 and the gentleman proceeded to interrogate j his servant as to his callers." "Did anyone call ?" "Yis, sur, wan gintleman." "What did be say ?" "He axed me was your honor in." "Well, what did you tell him?" "Sure, I gev him a quivikle ansur jist." "How was that?" 1 "I axed him was his grandmother a monkev r 11 B&r A miller, who lately quitted his mill to keep a public house, sent a painter to paint him a sign, on which he would have a mill. "I must have the miller looking out of the window." "It shall be done," said the painter. "But as I was never seen to be idle, you must make him pop his head in if any one looks at him." This was promised, and in due time the sign was finished and brought home. "It is well done"' said mine host; "but where is the miller?" *Oh," replied the painter, "he popped in his head when I you looked." j ffa?" The other evening an old gentleman j advanced the proposition that never, in the I course of his long life had he seen a woman : that was not charming. "Oh ! really now," i snid a lady whose nose was of the purest j Ukraine breed, "don't you think I'm ugly ?" j "Not at all, madarae," replied the gallant j old gentleman. "You are an angel, fresh I fallen from Heaven; only you fell on your j nose!" I IpswJIattMus fading. MY BIRTHDAY. My birthday! "How many years ago ? Twenty or thirty ?" Don't ask me! "Forty or fifty ?" How can I tell? I do not remember my birth, you see! It is hearsay evidence?nothing more! Once on a time, the legends say, A girl was born and that girl was I. How can I vouch for the truth, I pray ? I know I am here; but when I came Let some one wiser than I am tell! Do you think this flower you plucked for me Knew when its bud begap to swell ? How old am I ? You ought to know Without any telling of mine, my dear! For when I came to this happy earth Were you not waiting for me here? A dark eyed boy on the northern bills, Chasing the hours with flying feet, Did you not know > our wife was born, By a subtle presence, faint yet sweet? LMd never a ureain iruin uie auuuuHim cumc, With sunshine laden, and rare perfume, To lift your hair with a soft caress. And waken your heart to richer bloom ? Not one ? O mystery strange as life! To think that we who are now so dear Were once in our dreams so far apart, Nor cared if the other were far or near. But?how old am I ? You must tell, Just as old as I seem to you! Nor shall I a diy older be While life remainetb and love is true. A VERY STRANGE STORY. In 1863 General Pemberton commanded at this point. Colonel Hemingway owned a faithful slave?Peyton by name?a noted "negro fiddler, known for miles around, and highly respected by both black and white. When his youDg master, W. Lynn Hemingway, at present, State Treasurer of Mississippi, joined the old "Carroll Rifles," he took Peyton along as a trusted servant. He went with him iuto Virginia and returned home in 1863. In February or March of that year a faithful spy was needed to visit the Federal gunboats then corning down the river on Fort Pemberton. Peyton at once undertook the mission, and representing himself as a fugitive slave to the commanders of the boats was well received. Being bright far beyond ordinary, he managed to secrete their official papers, maps, <fcc., aud escaped with these documents to Fort Pemberton. After the fall of Vicksburg, in July following, Peyton went with his young master again to Virginia, where he remained until the surrender of General Lee. The former being compelled to remain a number of days thereafter, in order to comply with the formalities of the surrender, seut Peyton ahead of him to his home, near Carrolltou, Miss. On his way, however, he was betrayed to the enemy by some Confederate as the spy who had deceived them above Fort Pemberton, was captured and carried in irons to New York, thence to Cuba, and sold as a slave, together with many others. The vessel on which he was taken was a Federal gunboat. In Cuba he worked as a slave in factories for nearly fifteen years, being entirely cut off from all communication with home and friends. He made seven attempts to escape from bondage, all but the last, of course, being unsuccessful. Finally he found an American vessel, commanded by a Southern er, to whom he related the history of his capture, enslavement and forced exile, and begged to be returned to his home and family. The Captain secreted him in the hold of his vessel, carried him to?Costa Rica, thence to New York. Peyton then worked his way to Virginia, where a number of ladies raised the means to return him to his home after an absence of seventeen years. He reached Winona, Miss., on the 15th of April, 1880. Peyton says that numbers of mulatto women are being constantly sold in Cuba as slaves. Northern men marry them, take them to Cuba "on a bridal tour" and there sell them as cooks and fancy house servants. He saw one sold last Fall by the man who married her, for $500; and further, that as he came through Cincinnati on his way home he saw the man, aod recognized him, who sold her in Cuba. The facts above given are from one of the most reliable and responsible gen tlemen in Mississippi, written to a distinguished member of Congress from that State. ? i i /? n a. Closing ins letter ne says or reyion : "He was delighted to again meet his wife, who had married in his long absence, though her second husband was drowned several months ago. Hence, he found her a widow, j With both husband and wife it was like a return to life from death. Peyton is an ex- < ceedingly intelligent negro, and says he can ; hardly realize the changes that have taken : place. He left his children babes, and finds < them married and with children of their own." i If any one doubts the truth of this story he 1 or she can write to Captain B. F. Jones, Winona, Miss., or to C. Y. F. Merrwether, 1 Oakland, Yalabusha county, same Utate.? Washington (Miss.) Gatette. ' "HOW MUCH IS THE ANTE ?? Black Run, as any map may fail to show, 1 is situated in a Colorado mining district, and 1 the Baptist Church is presided over by an 1 able aud athletic preacher. On the fourth 1 Sunday in February last a collection was < taken up for the Franz Josef Land Mission, and the plate was passed around by one of 1 the deacons. There was present a miner 1 from Red Gulch, who was anxious, as he ! phrased it, to "put up" for the Franz Josef heathen, but who had no coin smaller than a twenty dollar gold piece. When the plate ' reached him, he inquired in a low tone, "How much is the ante?" The deacon told him ' that he could contribute whatever he chose. ' Then," replied the ingenious miner, "I'll I ship in a dollar," and thereupon he put in < his twenty dollar gold piece, and undertook < to withdraw nineteen dollars. This the dea- ' con objected to, on the ground that no change 1 was given at that establishment. A struggle 5 ensued, in the course of which the plate was < upset, aud the entire congregation rushed to 1 pick up the scattered mouey. Had it not * been for the presence of mind of the presid 1 inp minister, the entire amount already col- 1 O ' lected would have been absorbed by reckless J persons eager to "jump the deacon's claim"? i as the local papers subsequently expressed it. t The minister, fortunately, happened to be an < old Californian who thoroughly understood 1 the true way of dealing with a Colorado as- 1 sembly. Drawing a heavy revolver and i leaning it on the edge of the pulpit, he de- i raanded "Order," in a stentorian voice. "The I brethren," he remarked, "will please take < notice that I've got the drop on them, and any t brother who declines to go to his seat, or 1 who touches any of that money, will have a ; funeral at his house to-morrow at 2 o'clock i P. M. Our mining friend from T^ed Gulch i will please let go the deacon's's necktie, or he J' is a dead man." This address, together with j ] the minister's known reputation as a pistol i i shot, instantly restored order, and the deacon i * picking up the scattered money, including the j < twenty dollar gold piece, resumed the collec-. < tion, and the service proceeded without fur- j I ther interruption.?New York Times. j y Look for Her.?The true girl has to ; t be sought for. She does not parade herself to ! 1 show goods. She is not fashionable. Gener-' ( ally she is not rich, but oh! what a heart ? jhe has when you find her, so large and pure 1 and womanly. When you see it you wonder \ if those things outside were women. If you j ;an gain her love your two thousand are \ millions. She'll not ask for a carriage or a s first class house. She'll wear simple dresses i and turn them if necessary, with no vulgar s magnificial to frown upon her economy, t she'll keep everything neat and nice in your i iky parlor, and will give you such a welcome when you "jome home that you'll think your c aarlor higher than ever. She'll entertain 1 ;rue friends on a dollar, and astonish you a with the new thought of how little happiness c lepends on money. She'll make you love 1 lorue (if you don't you area brute) and teach , c pou bow to pity while you scorn a poor fash- a onable girl. ! J Heading fa* tft* ^abktb. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN, MAKE IT RIGHT. There are few persons who are not conscious of having wronged their fellow men. They may dispute it, question it, or deny it, but they know that it is true, nevertheless. The question then arises, what should be done ? There are many who know the wrong, but will not admit it; there others still who both know and admit the wroug doing, but who take no steps toward repairing the mischief they have wrought, or undoing the wrong they have done. Strictly speaking, the wrong act done, can never be undone, the wroug word said can never be unsaid ; but no man who lias been guilty of wrong should rest satisfied until he has done his utmost to make suitable reparation. If he has wronged his neighbor, pecuniarily, let him make restitution, not in scrimped and scanty measure, but liberally and heartily and ungrudgingly. Let him restore four fold. If he has said wrong things, let him promptly and openly recall. Let his apologies be as distinct and hearty as his accusations have been. Let him in a manly and Christian way, so far as in him lies, remove all occasions of grief and grievance. T.of him coa fn if. that. the falga imnressious -- ? ?I- ? that he has given be corrected, that the slan ders that he has uttered be recalled. Thus, aod thus only, can he win back the love he has forfeited, and hope to receive the blessing of the Lord whom he has dffended. Thousands of Christians and many churches are suffering through neglecting to take such stumbling blocks out of the way. Men will do wrong, will injure or misrepresent a brother, and then while he is grieved and stricken at heart, will endeavor to go right along as servants of God without correcting their misstatements or confessing their wrong. Such circumstances frequently are sufficient to account for the deaduess and paralysis that often overhang the church. Peo- i pie are grieved and driven away from the communion of the saints and the fellowship of those they love, in consequence of the wrong-doings of leaders and managers who do not confess their faults and rectify the wrongs I they have done. Often such persons seem to think it easier to send for a minister and "have a revival," 1 than to confess their own faults and right the wrongs of which they are guilty. J5ut a revival of religion which comes in on top of old grudges, misrepresentations, dishonesties, and wrongs will never be effectual. The high tide may float their craft for a little while, but wheD the flood recedes, every rock, and snag, and shoal that studs the channel will reappear, and the sailing will be no better than before. A religion that is not founded upon righteousness is of very little use in this world, aud the men who think that special services, protracted meetings, labor of evangelists, earnest prayers, and gospel hymns, will make amends for wrong, and robbery, and slander, and abuse will probably And out their mistake before the day of judgmeut comes, but if they do not, they will certainly find it out then.?Boston Christian. THE SHEPHERD'S CROOK. In the recently published "Life of Dr. Duff," the famous missionary, is the following incident:? In 1849 Dr. Duff was traveling near Simla, under the shadow of the great Himalaya mountains. One day his way led to a narrow bridle path cut out on the face of a steep ridge. Along this narrow path, that ran so near a great precipice, he saw a shepherd leading on Lis flock, the shepherd going first, and the flock following him. But now and then the shepherd stopped and looked back. If he saw a sheep creeping up too far on the oue hand, or going too near the edge of the dangerous precipice on the other, he would at once turn back and tro to it. centlv DulMne it back. He had a long rod, as tall as himself, around the lower half of which was twisted a band of iron. There was a crook at one end of the rod, and it was with this the shepherd took hold of one of the hiud legs of the wandering sheep to pull it back. The thick band of iron at the other end of the rod was really a staff, and was ready for use whenever he saw a hyena, or wolf, or some other troublesome animal, come near the sheep ; for, especially at night, these creatures prowled about the flock. With the iron part of the rod he could give a good blow when any attack was threatened. In Psalm 23: 4, we have mention made of "thy rod and thy staff." There is meaning in both, and distinct meaning. God's rod draws us back kindly and lovingly if we go aside from his path ; God's staff protects us against the onset, open or secret, whether it be men or devils that are the enemies watching an opportunity for attack. In this we find unspeakable comfort. The young, inexperienced believer may reckon on haviug the rrook of that blessed rod put forth to draw liira back from danger and wandering ; and also may expect that the staff of it shall not fail to come down upon those that "seek his soul to destroy it." Jesus Only.?The first Moravian missionaries in Greenland labored for several years without any apparent success. They seem to have thought that they should first iustruct the natives in the existence of God, the creation of the world, the nature of their souls, etc. All this they did without exciting any legree of attention. But on one occasion, while one of these good men was translating :he gospels, he was visited by a number of ravages who were desirous of knowing the contents of the book. He began by giving them some general information, adding an recount of the sufferings cf Christ. He read them the story of Gethsemene, and spoke much of the agony which made him sweat jreat drops of blood. One of the men came orward to the table and said, "How was hat? Tell me that once more, for I want to be saved too." Never had such language ceen heard from a Greenlander before. A mil statement of the gospel was given ; this i iv i1_ nan was converted ana oecame eminently \ jseful. A change took place in the charac;er of the preaching, and multitudes were converted. The good fruit is to be seen to he present day. A Full Cup.?When the saint Payson vas dying, he exclaimed, "I long to hand a 'ull cup of happiness to every human being." j This was the language of a heart thoroughly j surged of all selfish affections, and filled | ivith the spirit of that love which led our 1 idorable Jesus to give his life for human re- j lemption. If every Christian would go out i laily among men, filled with such longings j 'or human happiness, what marvelous changes ; vould soon be wrought in human society! j The selfish element would be eliminated from I ;he dealings of the Christian business man. I, Not justice merely, but benevolence would ! j inter into his every act of trade. The same | ipirit would rule his home and church life, ii fie would become an incarnation of good ' vill toward all, and would so preach the gos- 1 >el by his deeds that man would see his good : vorks and glorify his Heavenly Father. The 1 ipirit of Paysou is worthy of every man's i mitation. Happy is he who can truthfully ay, "I long to hand a full cup of happiness i 0 every human being."?Zion's Herald. .! The only true or lasting attractiveness >f religion must be its own transforming leavenly power; where this is manifested in i ' 1 meeting of a people, souls will flock as j loves to their windows, and there will no ^ onger be complaints leading to the adoption i ?f superficial human attractions in the vain ? ittempt to supply the felt lack of God's ( iresence by designs of our own. I < |arm and fireside. The Value of Sunlight.?Whether your home be large or small, give it light. There is no house so likely to be unhealthy as a dark and gloomy house. In a dark and gloomy house, you can never see the dirt that pollutes it. Dirt accumulates on dirt, and the mind soon learns to apologize for this condition because gloom conceals it. Flowers will not healthily bloom in a dark house; and flowers are, as a rule, good indices. We put the flowers in our windows that they may see the light. Are not our children worth many flowers ? Then, again, light is necessary in order that the animal spirits may be kept refreshed and invigorated. No one is truly happy who, in waking hours, is in a gloomy house or room. The gloom of the prison has ever been considered a part of the punishment of the prison. It is so if the mind is saddened ; the whole physical powers suffer, the heart beats languidly, the blood flows slowly, the breathing is iml>erfect, the oxidation of the blood is reduced, and the conditions are laid for the development of many wearisome and unnecessary constitutional failures and sufferings. Once again, light?sunlight I mean?is of itself useful to health in a direct manner. Sunlight favors nutrition ; sunlight sustains, chemically or physically, the healthy state of the blood. Children and other persons living in darkened places become bleached or pale ; and they have ? ?^ * * * 'U U1AA?V\ fllAOA lirl^ A iiuut; ui nit: 1 nuuy ucjuuij' uiuvjui m uiu^c >?uu live in light.?Good Words. Usk of Salt.?In many cases of disordered stomach, a teaspoonful of salt is a certain cure. In the violent internal aching, termed colic, add a teaspoonful of salt to a pint of cold water, drink it and go to bed; it is one of the speediest and best remedies known. The same Will revive a person who seems almost dead from receiving a falk-etc. In an apoplectic fit, no time should be lost in pouring down salt water, if sufficient sensibility remains to allow of swallowing ; if not, the head must be sponged with cold water until the senses return, when salt will completely restore the patient from his lethargy. In a fit, the feet should be placed in warm water with mustard added, and the legs briskly rubbed, all bandages removed from the neck, and a cool apartment procured if possible. In many cases of bleedine at the luntrs when other remedies fail, two teaspoonfuls of salt completely stays the blood. In the case of a bite from a mad dog wash the place with strong brine for an hour, then bind on some salt with a rag. In toothache, warm salt and water held to the part, and renewed two or three times, will relieve in most cases. If the teeth be covered with tartar, wash twice a day with salt and water. In swelled neck, wash the place with brine, and drink twice a day until cured. Salt will expel worms, if used in food in a moderate degree, and aid digestion, but salt meat is injurious if used much. Salt for Animals. ' Many farmers are very stingy in the matter of supplying animals with salt. They seem to think that the money invested in salt for animals is virtually thrown away, and they study how to avoid this loss as far as possible. Occasionally a farmer will find that some sheep will live six months without eating salt, and he loses no time in making his discovery known to the world. A large proportion of farmers furnish salt to their animals but once a week. On these occasions they eat so much of it that they feel uncomfortable during the following day. Stock of all kinds should have salt constantly within their reach, whether they are in the yard or pasture. It is very easy to keep a supply of salt in an open box, in a shed, where cattle can have free access to it. It requires but little ingenuity to erect a 3alt box in a pasture so that its contents will not be wasted. All that is required is a hanging roof, that can be removed by the heads of the cattle and sheep. When cattle have a supply of salt always within their reach they will never eat so much as to render them uncomfortable. Salt is not a luxury but a necessity; and it should be supplied without stint. Animals know better than their owners do how often they require salt. Any stock owner would object to being allowed to taste salt but once a week. Farm Accounts.?When a farmer, at the end of the year, settles his store account, pays his smith bill, with that of his teacher, doctor aud preacher?which tax is generally in the rear?and if anything is left from the amount realized by the sale of his produce, that amount is called the profit; but if it falls short then he has made nothing. That is not a correct estimation of results, for the bills have no connection with the cost of planting, except the smith bills. A merchant doing business on a capital of #10,000, wanting to obtain the result of his year's operations, takes an inventory of the unsold stock ; the amount of available accounts, with money on hand after paying his store rent, his clerk hire, interest on borrowed money and other expenses incidental to his business, but does not include the expenses of supporting his family, which might, if extravagant, absorb all the profits, though it might be from 30 to 40 per cent, on the capital. There are a large number of fanners whose real estate, with all the working stock and farming implements, cannot be valued at more rl rtl 1 o *?n trof VvTf f nrrtfif O man UllCC tllUUMilU uunaics, jco uj i/iiuiL jiivnto realized have raised, clothed and educated from five to ten children, and to do this they must make a profit of from 30 to 50 per cent, on the capital. Charcoal and Lime.?It seems unnecessary to repeatedly urge upon breeders the free use of charcoal, especially in the spring and early summer months, if they would have healthy fowls; but many things well known are sometimes neglected or forgotten in the poultry yard, trouble and loss coming on afterward. If charcoal cannot be obtained easily or without the cost of transportation from a distance, the ashes from a wood stove and the charred remnants of fuel will furnish enough for ordinary use. These pounded up into small pieces and thrown to the fowls more plentifully when confined than when allowed to roam at large, will be eagerly made use of. The same may be said of the use of lime to promote clttfinliness and prevent disease. It should be used freely in the form of whitewash, and in other ways where the hens can have access to it easily, it being necessary in assisting the production of eggs. Then do not fail to supply them with these simple comforts, which too often are luxuries or entirely unknown. "Eternal vigilance" is the price we must pay, for there is no short road to success in this industry. Consider Your Horse's Comfort.?A horse appreciates a comfortable fitting harness as much as he does a properly fitting shoe. The latter, when set too tight, or with a nail driven into, or too nfear the sensitive tissues, produces positive lameness. Under this condition of things he should l>e promptly taken to the shop for relief. But he may suffer nearly or quite as much from the chafing of a naaiy niteu conar, or a narrow belly-band, drawn too tight; or from a check-rein shortened up so as to form of itself one of the severest of punishments. Either of these conditions will produce restiveness in the dullest brute, and in the case of an animal of nervous temperament, and having a thin, sensitive skin, he is liable to become frantic, the obtuse owner or driver seldom appreciating the origin of the difficulty. Lumps in Stakcii or Gravy.?How true it is that, if we observe and remember, we can learn something of every one we meet. A few days ago, I learned from the poorest housekeeper I know, something new to me, that salt added to the Hour before the water, on stirring paste for starch or gravy, would prevent the flour from forming into lumps. Of course, I used to salt both gravy and starch, but I never observed the good results of adding the salt first. A farmer writing to an exchange says : "I had a horse some years ago that had a very large wart on his side, where the harness rubbed and kept it sore. In the summer the flies made it worse. To prevent this I put on a good daub of tar, and in a few weeks the wart disappeared. I have frequently tried it since on cattle and horses and seldom had occasion to use a second application. The remedy is simple and effectual." ?orMk #nquiw. TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, f2 50 j For six months, 1 25 , 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. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each lubsequent insertion. A square consists of the <paco occupied by seven lines of this size type, i Contracts will be made at reduced rates 'or advertising space to be used for three, six, i )r twelve mouths. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1880.1 PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Seventy-Seven Prizes tobemcarded to Subscribers. REDUCTION IN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. TESHSOFlim-lEOFrOSTM Having perfected arrangements for reducing the expense of publication during the year 1880, we have determined to give our subscribers a share of the benefits, and announce the following reduced rates, to yearly subscribers?subscriptions, in all cases, to be paid in advance: Single copy, one year $2 50 Two copies, one year, 4 00 Ten copies, one year 20 00 And an extra copy to the person securing a club of ten names anil paying the subscriptions on the same in advance. PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. In order that our subscribers may have the opportunity of receiving Prizes, we have determined to distribute the following articles by lot, at 10 o'clock A. M., on the FIRST ATURDAY OF OCTOBER, 1880: THREE Weed Sewing Machines?fancy half case, wiin arop ieai ana iwo arawers, ine reiau price of each of which is $50. TWO No. 8 Tropic Cooking Stoves, with fixtures complete, the retail price of each of which is $25. SEVENTY-TWO Four-bladed buckhorn handle Pocket-Knives, manufactured by William Thomas Staniforth, of Sheffield, England, the retail price of each of which is $1.50. The Sewing Machines and Stoves are fully described elsewhere in this prospectus. The Knives will be manufactured by the celebrated cntlor, William Thomas Staniforth. Sheffield, England, and imported to our order expressly for this purpose by Messrs. Hart <fe Co., hardware importers, of Charleston. The cutlery made by Staniforth is of the best quality, and wherever used gives universal satisfaction. This knife, made to-our order, is of convenient pocket size, contains two large and two small blades, is made of the host materials, finished in a superior manner, and is warranted to lie equal to any pocket knife that usually retails in the stores at $1.50. In the distribution of the above Prizes, the following plan will be observed: The names of all persons who pay for one year's subscription, whether in a club at $2, or as a single subscriber at $2.50, between this date and the first Saturday of October, 1880, will be printed on slips and f>laced in envelopes of uniform size and deposited na cylinder prepared for the purpose. Slips of paper of uniform size, to the number of seventyseven?one for each prize?enclosed in similar envelopes, will also be placed in another cylinder, with the wbrds "Sewing Maofiine" printed on three of them ; "Cooking Stove" on two; and "Pocket Knife" on seventy-two of them. On the day designated, after thoroughly mixing the envelopes in each cvliader by revolving the same, an envelop will be taken from each cylinder, and the name of the person drawn from the cylinder containing the names, will be entitled to the Prize drawn immediately succeeding from the Prize cylinder. The cylinders will be revolved and the envelopes containing the numbers and names thoroughly mixed preceding each drawing. Tho drawing will be conducted bv three re sponsible and reliable citizens, and tlfe opportunity afforded for any subscriber to be present who may desire to do so. The result of the drawing will be published in the Enquirer of the succeeding week, accompanied by a statement as to the fairness of the drawings and awards. Persons subscribing for the Enquirer and having the paper sent to other addresses than their own, sliall be entitled to the advantages offered by the prize drawing, provided they give notice previous to the drawing that such is their desire. Subscribers who secure the Sewing Machines or Cooking Stoves, will have them shipped to their order at their expense for freight; the Sewing Machines from New York, and the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C. The PocketKnives will be delivered at our publics'ion office, or sent by mail at our expense, at the risk of those entitled to receive them; or they will be sent in registered package on receipt of 10 cents to pay the registration fee. AH letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. January 2 tf AGAIN THE SCENE CHANGES! I A ANrr* r* mil II AT TN Wti UAJNJNUT Slflli I'JlJj Uiii) SONGS In the old place any longer. It's too small. Not halflarge enough for our family, household goods and trade; therefore, we shall break camp July 1, next, and establish new musical headquarters in the handsome NEW DOUBLE STORE COR. CONGRESS AND WHITAKER STS. Where we shall have the largest and finest Musical Warerooms in the entire South. Before we go, we must, to save heavy expense of labor and removal, close out our entire Btock of Pianos and Organs now on hand and to arrive prior to July 1. To do this we shall inaugurate forthwith a Hill mil IT IIIL - ? ? Commencing May 15 and ending July 1, during which time we shall sell at Manufacturer's Wholesale Rates. 10 Favorite Pianos. 27 Chickering Pianos. 21 Lighte & Co. Pianos. 50 Mathushek Pianos. 5 Hallet & Davis Pianos. 62,Southern Gem.Pianos. 28 Guild, Church & Co. Pianos. A A n^/vona t4* OtCUlIlg \J\J. VI 100 Peloubet & Co. Organs. 120 Mason & Hamlin Organs. All new and Just from Factory. Also 100 Second Hand Pianos and Organs. Most all of them used only from one to six months and precisely as good as new. DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE : To secure a fine Instrument "awful" cheap. Write for Clearing Out Sale Circulars and Price 1 Lists and be quick about it. The sale ends July : 1, positively. Address j HIDDEN ABATES, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, WHOLESALE PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS, j i May 27 38 9m i ROBERT J. HERNDON, Late Student of Boston Conservatory of Music, TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS, A NDTHE CORNET. Music arranged to order /V for any number of Instruments. Terms moderate. i Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND IN- i STRUM ENTS. i April 22 17 ly i ISO 130TJBT JZ^-A THE NEW FARQU IS the BEST AND CHEAPEST MACHINE o it has been used. For descriptive Catalogue at BENNET May 13 NOW IS THE jjPPORTUNITV ! AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT! Ilit? PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. ALL families have old Books, Periodicals, Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire to transmit to their posterity. Then HAVE THEM REBOUND! Which will preserve them and make them look almost as well as new. Old Books. <ftc., should m>t only be rebound, butthecurrept literature of the present day should beputin a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done in the shortest possible time, with the best material, in the most handsome ana durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, Stationer, Book Binderand Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA, 8. C. * pgr Send in orders at once. REMOVAL. THE YORK MARBLE YARD. I WOULD respectfully announce that I have REMOVED MY MARBLE WORKS to the new building South of Wheeler's Coach Factory, on my own premises, and near the Railroad depot, where I shall hereafter be better than ever heretofore prepared to furnish MONUMENTS, TOMB STONES, or ANYTHING IN MY LINE, as low as the lowest. As an evidence of this, I can furnish Tomb Stones for CHILDREN from $3.00 upward; for ADULTS, from $8.00 Upward. Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, ana in point of workmanship and material, equal to the work of any establishment in the country. Specimens always on hand, to an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. Estimates and other information furnished on application. Work delivered at any point on the' Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of tne samo. F. HAPPERFIELD. THiU KlUKJfci UKU AUTOMATIC FAMILY K5ITTEE. hi Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it; shapes all sizes complete. Knits over 50different garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins, Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible variety of plain or fancy sjtitch. 75 per cent profit in manufacturing knit voods. Farmerscar treble the value of their wool, by converting ii into knit goods. Agents wanted in every State, County, City and Town, to whom very low prices will be made. For full particulars and lowest prices for the best Family Machine, send to BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., Brattleboro, Vt. February 26 9 ly gffie Running MI ^ SenderCltcmW Ill iwimm f i % && ft Sewrngtcito ' Hjl IHeBffitUieWoHd. 0,5 J* wiwsasu Imm-J BALTIMOREjMD.7 L. TO THE PUBLIC. IF you Rre in need of a FIRST-CLASS MACHINE. we know we can make it to your advantage to BUY THE AMERICAN. It has no superior, if an equal. KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON. "GARRY IRON ROOFING CO., ff *B Manufactuftrs SHBKmRm of all kinds of Iron Boofinp: and Crimped Sidings, FireProof Doors an<* Shutters. 1 Iron Ore Paint and Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, OIiE VJfclXjAJfP, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 ly THE WILLIAM8T0N PEJfALE ftOLLEOE, At VY wrmikttoir, ? jBam L/ Caxouva* JUror mymMy atft In mnlrm^lU^ ftrn^lbi^wWk ta mamtrn tor (Mr (Uo^kton, U riwubl. nln/K^OMfttC^/jmrnmUiitl i.ltl' ootfa. of LuitxtyjWiylL^ peUL/lt U coaiocud am viol to ralUdllo "OnY- aJT/kan-Kna^uCaaa*^ ooftrrot; ooj/hf a bj^mfra^rrion/A^uUlCMS, Ui low batxs wo B*io (Wr pnrU.|io> rr hrlil. m6x YifciJ/Tua ?u< to xirr. t^Tar mrtril *mrr V.iomji finiui ruTCU, n fcllf titityyi/iirtn Cuilojn* find lot OM, udewiMJt. >11. 1 |?lllll?MI, iMMUomwwu. < August 21 34 lyeaw ROSE'S HOTEL, YOKKVILLE, S. C. ly*T^ THIS HOUSE has been thoror.ghly renovated from cellar to garret, and newly furnished, inK^3afi? eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our motto w a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 5^. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially for Commercial travelers. HENRY tV. SMITH. CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to clean ie garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. NOTICE^ I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears ind other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for boning and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and latisfaction guaranteed or no charge. i TOM BALLARD. Barber. ; J. R. SC HORB'S PHOTO-GALLERr, 1ST HOUSE EAST 0E THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every i /JL convenience, and a determination to do my aest, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in . want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all mbjects, except small children. ABOIT IT. 0 / if ^ BHFmwp HAB THRASHER n the Market. They will have no other wherever id Price List, apply to T & MOFFATT, General Agents, Chester, S. C. 20 . 3m G. H. O'LEAEY. JUST ARRIVED. SOME handsome new CHAMBER SUITS, latest styles, at lowest living prices. Call ana see them. Also, some Ratan Chairs, exceedingly pretty and quite new in this market. Constantly . on hand, Wardrobes, Bureaux, Washstands, Cane and Ratan Rockers, Chairs or various styles, and a new supply of Pictures. / G. H. O'LEARY. ^ COOKING STOVES. THE Iron King and Elmo Cooking 8toves on hand and for sale. Any piece of these Stoves replaced when worn out, or any of the pieces of the fifty different styles of the'Charles woble <fc Company Manufacture of Stoves, can be bad by caning at G. H. O'LEARY'S. SADDLERY DEPARTMENT. SHAVE a number of Saddles of iny own manufacture, which were made before the recent vance in leather, and which I will sell at the old price. Now is the time to buy. G. H. O'LEARY. HARNESS, BRIDLEsT&C^ BUGGY and Cairiage Harness, Riding and - Blind Bridles, Halters, Collars, Whips, Plow Backhands, Hames, /Trace Chains, Saddle Blankets, etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'8. FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. I AM constantly receiving new goods in the Furniture Department, in all its branches. Call and see me; I never fail to please and seldom foil to sell. G. H. O'LEARY. CLOCKS. SETH THOMA8' one and eight-day Clocks for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. "BEDSTEADS AND KATTBESSES! BEDSTEADS, handsome and plain, to suit all classes. Mattresses cheap, at GEORGE H. O'LEARY'S. JOB~ PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and tirst-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,- $3.00 $6.00 i Fourth-sheet Billl Heads, 2.2o 3.50 ,4 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet bill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. ^ LETTER HEADS. j For 500 For 100(1 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (largesize).... 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire'satisfaction in everyinstance. we also give special attention to the printingof Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which wo furnish strictly according to the requirements ot 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 style of work desired. Address, r L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, 8. C. i C.& I. NARROW GATTOE EAILROADT CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,) Yobkvillk, S. C., May 26, 1880. j THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger Trains will take effect at 2 o'clock, p. m., on the 27th of May, 1880. going north. Leave Chester at 2.00 P. M. ? Leave I/wrysvillciat 2.35 P. M. Leave McConnellsvilieat 2.00 P. M. Leave Guthriesville at 3.10 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 3.40 P. M. Leave Yorkville at 3.50 P. M*. Leave Clover at 4.35 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at 4.45 P. M. Leave Crowder'.s Creek at 4.55 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.10 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 5.30 P. M. Leave Gastonia at 5.40 P. M. s/i " Arrive at Dallas at 6.00 P. M. going sootii. Leave Dallas at ... 6.00 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia at... 6.20 A. M. Leave Gastonia at 6 40 A. M. Leave. Pleasant Ridge at -7.00 A. M. Leave Crowder'sCreek at 7.15 A. M. Leave Bowling G:*een at 7.25 A. M. Leave Clover at -7.40 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 8.20 A. M. r .f ft 5W A M UWVD iUllkTHiO ? ?. v Leave Guthriesville at 9,05 A. M. Leave McConnellsville at 9.20 A. M. Leave Lowrysvillo at 9.40 A. M. Arrive at Cheater at 10.10 A. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. May 27 22 tf ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Atlanta, Gam May 20,1880. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after May 23rd, 1880, trains will run on this road a* follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrivn at Gaston is. 2.16. P. M. Leave 2.17. P. M. (westward.) __ Arrive .^t Gastonia, 11.37, A. M. Leave 11.38, A. M, NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, A. M., Leave 2,17, A. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 1.08, A. M., Leave 1.09, A. M. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 4.33, P. M., Leave 6.02, P. M (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 7.43, A. M., Leave 8.03, A. M. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55, A. M., Leave 6.55, A. M. 'westward.) J. Arrive at Gastonia, 5.00, P. M., Leave 5.00, P. M. Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points. Through Tickets on sale at Greenville and Spartanburg to all points East and West. G. J. FORE ACRE, Gen'l Manager. W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent. Jtane 10 25 tf GJ&ORGE T. SCHORB, PHOTOGRAPHER, CHESTER, 8. CAROLINA. PICTURES taken in all hinds of weather, and Dains taken to please every customer. Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, as low as can be done in any city, North or South. Have on hand a fine selection of CHURCH AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered very cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be flrstciass. Call and see for yourselves, at the PHOTOGALLERY, opposite the "Cotton Hotel." Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions, Advertisements and orders for Job Work for the Yobkville Enquirer. GEORGE T. SCHORB. February 13 7 tf