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Humorous frpartmrut. He"Squoze" Her Hand.?An Ohio merchant tells the following story about himself. Where he lives is a secret "When I was a boy about seventeen years old I made a trip to Cleveland in an oldfashioned stage coach, with its spanking four horses. At Mount Vernon, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a pretty girl came on board. She sat on the back seat, next to the elderlylooking man. I wa9 on the middle seat immediately in front of her. I soon struck up lp. pleasant chat with her. She was a charming talker and almost as brilliant as she was pretty. It looked as if she were mutually pleased. When dark came I concluded there would be no harm in srivine her hand a squeeze by way of a feeler. I reached behind and got hold of the hand. I was a little startled at the hardness, but it returned a vice-like pressure. I squeezed again and it squoze back. A sense of disappointment would steal over me when in my mind I would contrast the seeming toughness of her hand with the tenderness and sweetness of her voice. The contrast did not seem to arterialize my blood quite up to the point of exhileration. At last she reached her destination and left the coach. After we had started again that old rooster who sat beside her addressed me thusly : 'Young man, do you feel all right? You had a nice time tugging at my old paw for the last five miles; hope you enjoyed it.' The two young ladies on the front seat giggled all the way to the next station, and the gentlemen passengers didn't forget to smile when I looked up. I have been more successful since in tbat line." ? 0ST" "I'm going right in this river," said he, staggering toward the string piece, as the policeman clutched him by the collar. "Letnme go, I tellyer. You lemme go. I'm just goiu' right in this river and I'm goin' fer to drown my sorrers. I've busted around |syercountry till I'm finished. Yerhear me! .Lemme go, wiJl yer? Ub! just lemrae get inter the swelln' tide. Let go yer hold; leraruealone. I'm goin' to bust a hole in mortality." But the policeman lugged him off. "Say, oF man, yereaved m'life," said the would be suicide, as he knocked his hat over his eyes. "Your'r a square f'ler. Now lemme go to bed. Y'ear me ? lemme gohome. Got two ten dollar bills ? Got 'em ?" The policeman said he had a ten and twofives, just to humor the man. "Good'nuff. That'll do. Gimme the ten," and he pulled out a twenty dollar bill. "Gimme the ten, y'ear ? Goin' to raakeyer present ten dollars. Take this and gimme ten. Yer saved m'life." Once more to humor him the policeman gave him the ten and took the twenty. He didn't want the money, but the exhibition of gratitude showed a dawning interest in a life that should be encouraged. Then bidding him good night the policeman walked off. If the drunken man who was rescued from death by a tall policeman will send his address to headquarters, be will receive back " i 11 . 11 his counterteit twenty dollar note ana near something to his advantage. How He Felt.?Some weeks since, while a party of Detroit surveyors were running a railroad line in Indiana the survey carried them across a cemetery. In the course of the survey a small stake was driven into a. grave, and before it was removed and carried ahead, a lathy, long legged Hoosier overhauled the men, pulled off his coat and danced around as he yelled out "Show me the man that dared drive that stake in that grave." "We are going to remove it," quietly replied one of the party. "I don't care if you are?show me the roan." "Well, I am the man, and what are you going to do about it?" said the big man of the lot, as he stepped out. "Didn't you know that was my wife's grave?" asked the Hoosier with a considerable fall of his voice. "No sir." "Well, it is, sir?my first wife's grave." "Aud what of that?" "What of that! Why?why sir, if I hadn't married a second one about a month ago, aud kinder forgot my grief, I'd take a stick and pin you to the fence with it! It's lucky for you fellers?mighty lucky for you?that I don't feel half as bad I did." Expecting Bad News.?A boy apparently very much agitated, rushed into a house and said to the lady : ' I dou't want ter alarm yer, but I've got big news. The man sent me up from the livery stable to tell yer." "Good heavens ! What is it?" "Why, you know yer little Aleck, what the man cau't keep outen the livery stable 'round the corner ?" "Yes, well ?" "I told Aleck just now not to go inter the stable among the horses and he would not mind me." "Oh dear! what has happened ?" "He said he wanted to see what a mule 'ud do when you tickled its heels with a straw." "Oh heavens!" gapped the lady, and she clung to the mantel piece for a support. "Well, sir, yer boy Aleck got a straw and snuck up behin' a sorrel mule, tickeled him on the heels, an' "? The lady started for the door. "An' the blame critter never lifted a hoof," called the boy; "never so much as switched his tail. It's a mighty good thing for Aleck that he didn't, too, an' I thought I'd come up and tell yer." Not Much of a Loss.?A young Jady went to a drug store Monday, located not 100 miles from the market house, and had a prescription made up. "How much ?" inquired the lady. "Fifty cents," said the clerk. "But I have only forty-five cents with me," replied the customer; "can't you let me have it for that ?" "No ma'am," said the clerk, "but you can pay me the five cents when you come in again." "But suppose I were to die," said the lady iocularly. "Well, it wouldn't he a very great loss." And immediately the smiling clerk gathered from the indignant flash on the lady's face that he had been misunderstood, and, before he could .assure her that it was the little balance and not her that would be no great loss, she had bounced out at a go-asyou-please gait, and was beyond the sound of his voice. At Mass.?Tantara, the celebrated land- j scape painter, was a man of ready wit, but j he once met bis match. An amateur bad j ordered a landscape for his gallery, in which there was to be a church with some people i entering or leaving it. Our painter did not! know how to draw figures well, so he put' none in the landscape. The amateur was astonished at the truthfulness and coloring of the picture, but he missed the figures. I "You have forgotten to put in any figures," i said he, laughingly. "Sir," replied the pain- j ter, "the people are inside at mass." "0,; well," replied the amateur, "I will wait and ; take the picture when they come out." ? ? I Coming !?The nervous mother of a bright j little boy was alarmed lest he should take the whooping-cough, which prevailed in the neighborhood. She talked so much about it and worried over it, that she had infected the child with her fear to such an extent that he would scarcely leave her side. One night after the little fellow had been put to j bed and to sleep, a donkey was driven past the house, and, when just opposite, set up his t he-haw. With a shriek the little fellow was out of bed, screaming at the top of his voice, "The whooping-cougu is coming mamma! the whooping-cough is coming !" ) ?he anil (fiwsifo. ... LUCK I if FARMING. There are few words oftener upon the lips of a certain class of farmers than "luck." Smith is a "lucky dog" because his corn never rots, his wheat iffcver winter-kills, his sheep never get into his rye, and his cows never invade his meadows and orchards. His crops are better than liis neighbors', his butter brings more in the market, and even his wife and children have a more contented look than other people. Everything he touches thrives. What a lucky man Smith is. Now, the fact is, luck has nothing to do with Smith's success in life. If you watch the man you will find that every result he reaches is anticipated and planned for, and comes from his own wit and words. It is the legitimate reward of his labors, and it would have been bad luck had it turned out otherwise. His corn always comes up because he always selects the seed himself, and hangs it up by the husks in the garret, where it is thoroughly dried. He does not plant until the sun has warmed the soil enough to give the germ an immediate start. His vrbeat-fields he drains with tile, and the water that used to freeze and thaw on the surface, and throw the roots of the wheat out and kill them now passes down into the drains and runs off. His fields are green and beautiful in the spring, when his noicrhhnrs' are rnssetbrown and desolate. His fences are in good repair, and his animals are not made breachy by continual temptation of dilapidated walls. His wife and children are comfortably clothed and fed, and are not kept in a continual fret and worry by a husband and father who has no system or energy in his business. "A time and place for everything," is his motto, caref ully carried out. The shoemaker is always called in when his services are needed, and none of his household get wet feet, catch cold, have lung fever, and run up the doctor's bill of twenty dollars, for want of a cent's worth of leather at the right time in the right place. Smith does not believe in luck. He knows that health in the family and thrift upon the farm depend upon a thousand little things that many of his neighbors are too lazy or careless to look after. So, while they are at the tavern, or loafing in the village, or running a muck in politics, he is looking after these things and laying his plans for next y<jar. He has good corn in even the poorest year ^because the soil has the extra manure it needs to bring out good long, plump, well capped ears. He meant to have eighty bushels to the acre, and he has it, good measure and running over. Talk about luck; it's all nonsense. Bad luck is simply a man with his hands in his breeches pockets and his pipe in his mouth, looking on and seeing how it will come. Good luck is a man of pluck to meet difficulties, his sleeves rolled up and working to make it come out right.?Boston Cultivator. Poultry Hints.?Ducks are not much trouble. Their young may be fed much the same as chickens. They are very fond of animal food and milk. Through the summer they need little care, but are fattened up in autumn, the same as geese or turkeys. There is no better duck than the "White Peskin. As for geevse, the Bremen variety is white, and the Toulouse and Chinese kinds are gray. These three are the best. Feed young geese on bread, meal, or boiieu gram, letting them have plenty of green grass and water. Young chickens should be fed four or five times a day, until they are two or three months old. There should be a clean vessel provided in which to place their food. Some prefer to use a dry board for this purpose, placing it in a sunny spot. It is to be remembered that sunlight and warmth are necessary to the health of young chickens. The form, of coop used must be such as to allow the free admission of air and sunlight. Dampness is fatal, and so chickens should be kept from running in the grass until the dc v has dried off. One of the greatest annoyances in keeping fowls is the vermin which are so apt to infest the coops, nests and houses. Unless the pests are destroyed there is little comfort in the poultry business. The following plan is recommended : Drive out the fowls, and burn the old litter and straw from the nests. Then take an old pan or kettle, set it in the poultry house, and burn a pound of brimstone therein. Close the house tight, and let the fumes penetrate every cievice, for at least an hour. The walls may then be swept and the whole building cleansed, and newly whitewashed, both inside and out, including the steps, walls, nest boxes and perches. Nests are then to be made of newly cut hay, and for many months the health and vigor of the fowls will be surprising. Bone-Dust as a Fertilizer.?The more this substance is used for fertilizing purposes, the greater its value is appreciated. It is wellknown that in England it is valued higher fKun onv n+liov cmVinr\nc* Thorp t.hp ffl.rmp.rs do not only use up all the bones of their own country, but the importation of bones from other countries has assumed gigantic proportion. All the old battlefields have been ransacked, and unless reports do them no injustice, many an old fellow whose bones were supposed to rest in peace in some grassy, daisy dowefed church yard, would have to hunt some modem turnip-field to find all that remains of them. Foreign countries have not only to pay tribute to England of their wealth during life ; but even their bones have to follow, in order to enrich British l>ockets. Australia sends an enormous quantity of bones to England. It has become such a heavy trade that the article itself was found too light for profit. Science has been called in to enable the ship-owner to take the same weight in less bulk. The bones are first ground, then the dust mixed with some substance which will give it just enough adhesiveness to make the particles stick together. Then the material is put under heavy pressure in moulds abcut six inches square, so that it can be packed in the hold without any loss of space. One ton of this bone-cake measure only twenty-six cubic feet. Of course these bones are all of wild or domestic animals, but still ''silence is golden."? Germantown Tele(jraph. Salt on Wheat Land.?An experiment with salt on wheat, the Indiana Farmer says, was made this year by James A. McMurray of Boone county. On one tract he applied "refuse r-?lt," which be purchased for fiifty cents per barrel, putting it on at the rate of a thousand pounds to the acre on one tract; on another 500 pounds ; on another 250 pounds; and the remainder of the field, which contained better soil than any other portion salted, was left untouched. All the grain was sown on the same day, and the plowing and harrowing was the same in each case. The result was that the heads from the tracts not treated with salt were shorter and greener than the others. The heads from the land receiving 500 and 1,000 pounds of salt were from a half to threequarters of an inch longer than those taken from the unsalted land and had three grains to the line, while the other generally had two the former grains also being heavier. The advantage of salt in soil is thus made apparent to the extent that each one may figure out for himself. Cow Peas.?Drilling peas is the best way to plant them ; this mode permits their cultivation, and this keeps down the grass and weeds. A good plan is to bed up the land as for cotton, say in rows about two and a half j to three feet apart, and then plant it in the [ water furrow. One plowing will insure a good j crop. If they are to be used as a winter feed, cut, just as the pod is formed. Peas are j nutritious and good for horses, mules and I cows. The regenerating effects of the soil j by turning under Che peas are well known, j Chemical analysis lias proven that in all the ; essential elements of plant food, the pea is j very nearly as rich as clover. Peas are great ! resters of worn out soils. They will fiourish ! where the soil is too noor to grow clover; they i gather as much ammonia ~from the air as I clover, fatten stock as well, are grown in less 1 time, with less Labor and expense, and on ' poorer soil. In the green state they make ; a good dish for the table, and dry i>eas make a good soup. Compost.?To make compost, prepare a piece of ground so that the liquid constituents will not escape. Into this throw trash, weeds, ; litter, strong earth, all the wash of the house, . if possible, the drainings of the barn yard; also any dead animals about the farm. To this add what ashes is made, and gypsum and salt at the rate of fifty to 100 pounds to each ; ton of either substance employed. Keep the whole moist, not wet, until it is half decayed. When the whole is sulliciently decayed so it may be broken up, turn and mix thoroughly, and so proceed until the whole becomes a uniform mould. This is excellent to force vegetation in its earliest stages. When miU sours scalding will render it sweet again. The whey separates from the curd, and the former is letter than shortening in bread. I miscellaneous ?eadmg. Concerning Lizards.?A discussion on the hereditary transmission of peculiarities took place at a recent meeting of the society of biology, of Paris, when Mr. Rouget is said to have mentioned as a remarkable fact, that a single tail, which he had caused to be amputated from a salamander, was replaced by two tails, which subsequently grew out. This is by no means an uncommon occurrence in the West Indies, where I occasionally noticed lizards with two tails. The original one is replaced by another, always, I believe, of inferior length, with a second shorter one growing from its base. The common lizards of the West Indies are extremely fond of music. In a listening attitude, they will approach the open window of a room in which music is played, coming nearer and nearer, with heads elevated, intently listening. In a somewhat rare book, entitled "Barbadoes and other Poems," by M. J. Chapman (London, 1835,) this habit is thus referred to: Gay sounds are heard within the lighted halls; The listening leaves the melody enthralls, The charmed zephyr pauses as he flies, And mingles with his strains the softest sighs; The awakened lizard leaves his bushy bed, Climbs to the lattice and erects his head. A lizard, so engaged, had its tail accidentally cut off by the sudden closing of the window on the sill of which it was stationed. This curtailed lizard, however, continued to visit the spot, charmed with the music. Af ter a short time it was noticed that the lost appendage was gradually replaced by two. This occurred at the house of a friend in Barbadoes.? Thomas Bland, in Science News. Where Lightning Strikes.?Professor Colladon, of Geneva, has made some interesting observations on the course of lightning when it strikes trees and houses. He holds that the great discharges which injure trees or houses seldom or never happen while the lightning has an unobstructed course?which it has along the thin upper branches of trees, where birds and their nests are often left quite uninjured by its descent. .But it is where the electric current reaches the thick stem that the tree becomes a worse and worse conductor, and it is here, therefore, that the tree is what is called struck?t. ?., here that the electricity, failing to find an unobstructed channel to the earth, accumraulates in mas ses, and gives out shocks that rend the tree. And the same is true of houses whose lightning conductors stop short of the ground. Professor Colladon has also shown that the close neighborhood of a pool of water is a great attraction to the electric current, and that the electricity often passes down a house or tree till it is near enough to dart straight across to the water ; and he thinks that tt'Koro nnuoihlo liirbtnintr onndliotors should ....v.*, "O end in a spring or pool of water. Professor Colladon believes that lightning descends rather in a shower?through a multitude of vines, for instance, in the same vineyard? than in a single main stream. It divides itself among all the upper branches of a tree, and is received from hundreds of atmospheric poiuts at once, instead of, as has been usually supposed, from oue. Electricity is a rain, a number of tributaries from a wide surface, not a single torrent. * The Chinese Wall.?Mr. Unthank, an American engiueer, has been engaged lataly making a survey for a Chinese railway, during which time he took measurements in many places of the great wall of China. He gives the height at eighteen feet, and the width on top fifteen. Every few hundred yards there is a tower twenty-four feet square and from twenty to forty-five feet high. The foundation of this immense wall is solid granite. The wall goes 1,300 mileB over the mountains, chasms and valleys. It was built to keep out the Tartars. Mr. Unthank brought back with him a brick from this wall, which is supposed to have been made 200 years before Christ. In some places the wall is built smooth up against the cannons and precipices, where there is a sheer descent of one thousand feet. Hmall streams are i j a.. i arcneu over, uui iu lug itugei oticnius tuc wall is built to the water's edge, and a tower is built on each side. To calculate the time of building, or cost of this wall, is beyond human skill. On the top of the wall are breastworks or defenses, facing in and out, so that the defending force can pass from one tower to the oiher without being exposed to any enemy from either side. So far as the magnitude of the wall is concerned, it surpasses everything in ancient or modern times, ot which there is any trace. It is said that the Pyramids of Egypt are nothing compared to it. Dueling.?The practice of dueling flourishes only where there is a lack of moral courage. A recent writer, speaking of duels in France, said : The French are exceedingly afraid of being afraid ; the,whole reason of nearly every duel in France is somebody's slavish dread of the imputation that he dare not fight." If public opiuion condemned dueling, and respected a man who declined to accept a challenge, there would . be no duels. Very few people care to risk their lives on ?1-* : 11?1 .1- ,.e ttin riot, wuiu is uuueu tuc uciu ui uuuui. mu ?.* ??. is taken because a barbarous public opinion insists that it shall be taken. Fear and not courage, is the cause of nine-tenths of all the duels fought. It is asserted that there is a finer sense of honor where dueling is practiced. This is a mistake. In England duels are unknown. The English are as brave, generous and honorable as any people in the world. Once they were duelists. They have, however, reached a higher plane of civilization. Dueling is an obstacle in the path of progress, and the sooner it is suppressed or abolished by force of public opiuiou the better it will be for the South.?New Orleans Times. Where Coffee Grows.?The four great cofTee countries of the world are Brazil, Java, Sumatra, and Ceylon. Hitherto 250,000 tons have been considered as a good yearly figure for Brazil, but last year* the export alone amounted to 273,000 tons. But the consumption of coffee in the country itself now amounts to 60,000 tons, raising the total yearly product of Brazil to 333,000 tons. Fortunately for the planters in other parts of the world, coffee has grown into a necessity to the United States, aud the price has risen. Although the soil of Brazil, especially for coffee culture, is very extensive, yet the difficulty of obtaining labor daily becomes greater, and this renders it doubtful whether the above figures can be exceeded. The crop in Java and Sumatra was estimated at 94,000 tons for export; the consumption of the inhabitants although the population is double ' that of Brazil, is not half of that of the latter j country. The production of Ceylon, though , greater than that of 1878, shows a falling off | when compared with former years ; there were ( in all 41,200 tons exported from the island,! the native consumption being very small. The Human Figure.?The proportions of j *1.^ fiftnro O va CIV flmOB tVlO flf* i II1U llliiliuu IJgUlO Ulb CIA KIIUVC www AWW?W. W | the feet. Whether the form is slender or I plump, the rule holds good ; any deviation j from it is a departure from the highest beau- i ty in proportion. I The Greeks make all their statues according to this rule. The face from the highest j point of the forehead, where the hair begins, ! to the chin, is one tenth of the whole stature, j The hand, from the wrist to the middle finger,1 is the same. From the top of the chest to the highest point of the forehead, is a sev- j enth. If the face, from the roots of the chin,1 be divided into three equal parts, the first di- J ( vision determines the place where the eye-;' brows meet, and the second the nostrils. The height, from the feet to the top of the head,; [ is the distance from the extremity of the fin-! gers when the arms are extended. If you are under obligations to many, i, it is nrudent to postpone the recompensing of i one until it be in your power to remunerate ;! all; otherwise you will make more enemies by- , what you give than by what you withhold. < fUMing far the $afcbath. CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] PREACHING. This is an age of preachers and preaching. There is scarcely a hamlet or community but is favored with professional religions teachers. Notwithstanding this fact, many of the lay people and no insignificant number of the preachers themselves, seem to have no Scriptural notion of what is meant by preaching. Some men (we most sincerely hope the number is not large) seem to have gone into the ministry that they might enjoy the honors and ease of a safe position. They went to the pulpit because even iu boyhood they had a strong mental aversion to physical lalx>r. Possibly, others have chosen to become professional preachers because they thought it would be more easy for them to make a living by preaching than by plowing. Some of these preachers become great pulpit orators, attain eminent positions among their fellow-men, and no doubt do some?it may be much?good. The people?at least, some of them?also labor nnrler a mistake alsmt. nreaohers. Some ner sons think preachers, as a class, are perfect, while others think "all preachers are simply professional men, as are lawyers and physicians. Whether either preachers or people, or both, are mistaken with regard to the nature, end and design of preaching and the character of the ministerial office or not, it must be clear to every one that correct Scriptural notions on these points are of the utmost importance. A simple, correct and rigidly Scriptural definition of preaching is teaching. It is not teaching Latin or Greek, or arithmetic or grammar, but it is teaching the truths of the Bible. A preacher is, then, one who teaches the religion of the Bible. Any one can understand this. This question then arises: Has every one the right to teach the religion of the Bible ? We reply, yes. It is not only the privilege of every one to teach the religion of the Bible, but it is the bounden duty of every one. Still, it will be admitted that there is a sense in which it is not the duty of all men to teach the religion of the Bible. It is the duty of some individuals to go to heathen lands for the purpose of teaching the benighted inhabitants the way of salvation, but this is not the duty of all, else Christian lands would be deserted. .No one will deny that there is in the world an organization which is, by common consent, called the Church. This organization is human or it is divine. It has ever been claimed that it is divine. If this claim is not well founded, the enemies pf the Church would, long since, have discovered it. They would long ago, have learned the precise date of its organization, and the names of all those who originally framed its constitution. This they have not done, and we may safely say never will; hence we conclude that God, and not man, organized the Church, and that, with eminent propriety, it is called in the Scriptures the Church of the living God. It is but reasonable to suppose that God having organized the Church that he would provide for it officers by which it is to be governed and made to subserve the purpose of its organization. This he did. Under Old Testament dispensation it had its prophets and priests, and under New Testament dispensation it has its apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. These are among the ascension gifts of the Saviour and are designed for the special purpose of perfecting the saints in holiness and fitting them for glory. Eph. iv: 10?14. The apostolic and prophetic otnces were under jn ew Testament dispensation, extraordinary, or designed for a particular time and to meet a particular emergency. If this is not the case, then the Church, by its sins, has forfeited both these offices, or so incensed the Saviour that he has withdrawn them ; for there is in the Church, at present, no such officers as the first apostles and prophets were. The evangelist, the pastor and the teacher still remain, and their official duties are the same that they were when at first bestowed. In order that any man may safely enter the gospel ministry he must receive a call from God. Whoever un.1a.x..1.an i- aAi/)A q /?adtva1 uex cu uiDuuaigu uio uuiuc n gvo^i minister without having first received a call from an ascended Saviour is, and can be, only an intruder. He may have piety, he may be born again, he may have brilliant talents and extensive literary and scientific attainments, and still be only an intruder. Jesus Christmas reserved to himself the exclusive right 1 o give to his Church pastors. Neither parents, nor church courts, nor theological schools, can make preachers. This is the peculiar work of the king and head of the Church. The harvest may be great, multitudes may be destitute of the means of grace and the laborers may be few, still Jesus Christ himself alone, by his spirit, can furnish the laborers. All that his Church can do to meet such an emergency is to pray the Lord of the harvest that he would send laborers into the harvest field. A preacher, in the Scriptural sense of the word, is a man, not a woman, whom Jesus Christ has selected by his spirit and qualified by his providence for the special purpose of convicting and converting sinners and building up believers in faith and holiness. He is strictly commanded to preach what is revealed in the Bible?nothing more and nothing less. The Bible is his text book. What it teaches he is required to teach. What it condemns, he must condemn, and what it enjoins as duty he must enjoin, and what it forbids he must forbid. He is Christ's embassador to a sin-ruined world. All his i>owers are delegated powers and he must strictly and implicitly follow his instructions. The sum and substance of preaching is Christ and him crucified. Every sentence in the Bible points to Jesus Christ, and the burden of every gospel sermon is Jesus Christ. Fine literary sentences rhetorically pronounced may captivate the restless multitude, but the sermon that has th*se beauties alone will never" be instrumental in awakening sinners or comforting believers. There is a i>ower in plain gospel preaching which rhetorical ilourish can never pttain. It is quick and powerful, converting the soul that lies in sin. It is a sharp two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit. In one word, preaching is that means by which Jesus Christ is pleased to save them that believe. It is of divine appointment, and will receive the divine blessing and support. It will accomplish the thing whereunto God has designed it. By what the men of the world call foolishness sinners will be turned from sin and Satan unto God and holiness. By it the strongholds of the wicked one will be demolished and the borders of the Church of the living God Extended. GiT Coleridge finely said, "The Bible without the Spirit is a sundial Dy moonugiu." me saying is just as true of preachers whose sermons are only moral essays. They may cast faint shadows 011 the ilial-plate, U?t they cannot tell the time of day. They do not meet the deepest wants of souls.?Christian Intelligencer. igT The Iloly Spirit brings Christ home to us. Where the Holy Spirit does not preach, there isno church.?Luther. 8b furMht inquirer. TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION! I Single copy for one year, f2 50 | For six months, 1 25 | For three months 75 | Two copies one year, 4 00 j Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square, for the lirst insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each jubsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. 7pSr Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, :>r twelve months. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1880.1 PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Seventy-Seven Prizes to be awarded to Subscribers. REDUCTION IN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. 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 ana 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 determiner! to distribute the following articles hv lot, at 10 o'clock A. M., on the FIRST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER, 1880: THREE Weed Sewing Machines?fancy half case, with drop leaf and two drawers, the retail price of each of which is $50. TWO No. 8 Tcppic Cooking Stoves, witli fixtures complete, the retail price of each of which is $25. SEVENTY-TWO Four-bladed buckliorn 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 cutler, William Thomas Staniforth, Sheffield, England, and imported to our order expressly for this purpose by Messrs. Hart <fe Co., hardware imj -tors, of Charlbston. The cutlery made by Stann. rtli 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 l>est materials, finished in a superior manner, and is warranted to be 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 {ilaced in envelopes of uniform size and deposited n a 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 words "Sewing Machine" 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 cylinder by revolving the same, an envelop will be taken from each cylinder, and the name of the person drawn from the cylinder containing the nnmos, will be entitled to the Prize drawn immediately succeeding from the Prize cylinder. The cylinders will be re volved and the envelopes containing the numbers and names thoroughly mixed preceding each drawing. The drawing will be conducted by throe responsible and reliable citizens, and the opportunity afforded for any subscriber to be present who mav 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, shall 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 publication office, or sent by mall 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. All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, x one vine, a. u. January 2 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIiVA, COUNTY OP YOBK-OOUBT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sallie A. Elders, alias Coyle, and Sophia Harris, alias Scutes, Plaintiffs, against Simpson Stewart, A. Jack. Stewart, Win. Beatty Stewart, Sarah Childers, Rachel Love, Lissie Hogue and David Stewart, Jr.; Katie Parker, Jane Scates and Elizabeth Henderson; Martha Stewart and James Stewart; Jane Wilson, Letitia Stewart, Aleck Stewart, Wylie Stewart and Nettie A.Stewart; and Polly Wells, Nancy Evans, Jincey Manning, George Stewart, John Stewart and David Stewart, Sr., or their heirs, if thesaid parties be deceased, Defendants. Summons for Relief.?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants, above named and described. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer thecomplaint in this action, which is this day filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of j'our answerto the said complaint, on the subscribers, at their office, in Yorkville, S. C., witbfh twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated July 12th. A. D., 1880. HART <fe HART, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. July 15 29 Ct SOUTHCAROLINA?COUNTY OF YORK IN COMMON PLEAS. Thomas J. Bell. Plaintiff, against John McGill, and others, Defendants.?Oomplaint for Relief. THE Creditors of the King's Mountain Iron Company are hereby notified, in obedience to the Order of the Court, in above entitled cause, that they are to present their claims against the said the King's Mountain Iron Company, before me. on or before the FIRST DAY OFSPiPTEMBER, next. 2. For the establishment of all executions, which were liens upon the lands, at the time of the execution sale, of date prior to the liens of those execution creditors represented by plaintiff as Agent. 2. For the ascertainment of the present bona fide owners and holders of the executions which were lodged in the Sheriff's office for York county, 31st March, 1809. July 13th, A. D., 1880. . P. WALLACE, C.C. C. Pis. July 15 29 6t SOUTH CAROLINA?COUNTY QF YORK. IN COMMON PLEAS. J. J. Miller, Plaintiff, against Hugh Warren, Defendant.? Cc.-.nplaint for Relief. THE Creditors of Mrs. NANCY B. WARREN, deceased, are hereby notified, in obedience to the Order of the Court, in above entitled cause, to present and establish their demands against said estate, before me, on or before the4TH DAY OF AUGUST next, otherwise their claims will be barred. July 13, 1880. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis. Juiy 15 29 3t SOUTH CAROLINA?COUNTY OF YOBX. IN COMMON PLEAS. Agnes A. Moore, Plaintiff, against S. G. Hemphill, Administrator, and others-, Defendants. THE Creditors of Dr. *R. L. LOVE, deceased, are hereby notified in obedience to the Order in the above entitled cause, to present and establish their claims against the saiu estate before me, on or before the 26TH DAY OF AUGUST, next, A. D., 1880. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis. July 15 29 6t ROSE'S HOTEL, YORKVILLE, S. C. TIIIS HOUSE has been thoroughly renovated from cellar to garret, and newly furnished, ineluding 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 50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially for Commercial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleafise garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring tnem to - ?!?1 I?iofva /\f fjiA ortnHfl Mie unguiai un^umoaa nuu iuoviu v. 0w?.~~. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have thun cleaned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. * THOMAS BALLARD. APPLICATION FOR CHARTER. NOTICE is hereby given that on Monday, the 16th day of August next, application will be made to J. F. Wallace, Esq., Clerk ol the Court of Common Pleas of York county, for a Charter for the Presbyterian Church at Yorkville, under the name of the First Presbyterian Church of Yorkville. July 15 29 5t notice] X RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. June 17 25 tf notice. IAMstill Agent for the ,,American"becauseiti8 the best and cheapest Sewing Machine made. J. R. SCHORB. July 1 27 tf ISO DOUBT THE NEW FARQt IS the BEST AND CHEAPEST MACHINE ( It lias been used. For descriptive Catalogue ai BENNE1 May 13 NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY! ?- ?lil? ? AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT! 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, Ac., should not only be rebound, butthecurrent literature of the present day should be put in a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done in the shortest possibletime. with the best material, in the most handsome and durable style, and at prices which csnnot be duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES. Stationer, Book, Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA, 8. C. Send in orders at once. nr? a y XVl^iTXV/ V THE YORK MARBLE YARD. 1 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 CHILI.'tEN from $3.00 upward ; for ADULTS, from $8.00 upward. Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, anain 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 the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD. THE Family Favorite Improved Weed. These Machines have been remodeled and Improved until they are almost perfect in all respects. The parts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forgings. Every Machine sold by us will be futly warranted. Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either for Cash or on Time until the first of November next. W. G. REID A CO., Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, 8. C. February 19 8 . tf THE BICKFORD AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER. ^t||^ |i| Knits all sizes of work, narrows aud widens it shapes all sizes complete. Knits over 50 different garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins, Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent, profit in manufacturing knit goods. Farmers car treble the value of their wool, by converting it into knit goods. Agents wanted in every State, County, City and Town, 10 wnom very iuw prices wm uc maun. For full particulars and lowest prices for the best Family Machink, send to BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., Brattleboro, Yt. February 26 9 ly futile HUI\l\lQq Tensions ^g irvW ? | ?-s mkmm ? $ ^ ? SewrngXafliinfi &?% ||j; TheB^theWariJ. ?,?!* Wanted Voided ?"T'u"Dr .. -* TO THE PUBLIC. mn am in npcd of a FIRST-CLASS MA 1_ CHINE, we know we can make it to your advantage to BUY THE AMERICAN. It has no superior, if an equal. KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON. GARRYIRON ROOFING CO., q Wf Manufacturers all kinds of ^?Bg||HHHE|^^|H^jk Iron Roofing ^and Crimped Sidings, FiremmV . ''Proof Doors and Shutters, r^n i iron Ore Paint and Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, OXjEVET I AND, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 ly THE -nnLtiAHSTOx PETALS POLLEGE, At T? "Wtufxtmor, T-yfipm* Jy, Ciaouai, Kiaur nopocthDr c??i in Mr?lcoola|V6 powirtiA^wtdi to MM for iMr Auction, ot iImmMi rttn/Sy-AonjwWaldyoBHrirol e?lti? TtUoo of lUotk^W, LuUoctaJj/^moM^foMly^It H cooloctod M vkotioaUodl ? ,,<7?ktil(*#>,TlW?.-wiytoii-A??UAi,Coei;d 0* Bitot; tai fcffcByaAotfrwbiOyAfcr^lttMlUJCS, luiow una In Bod* Mill "'}^wJWfli|"Wl?fniI? tWr priiBofu. 3u CounyfAladH AhTlnoClon BgJlCollojo* luowCWlrV lo^yypJ, MotBiyMirofciy a Uo aoriooo tkyoruoKOto* rrnrii t, nor vtbJyTMjc mlx to unr. CBT* lit yu oornil Wtf .Tiuuu Imiu Fump, m fcllT -J IM' piowaov Coulogw Sod br ooo, and agialaojl j - r? August 21 34 lyeaw J. R. SGHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE J All. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every f\_ convenience, and a determination to do my Best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and flattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except Bmall children. ABOUT IT. 4 rTT A TT? inTTTl .4 CITT-nTI x xixvAoxxjtuxv >n the Market. They will have no other wherever nd Price List, apply to ?T A MOFFATT, General Agents, Cheater, S. C. 20 3m G. H. O'LEABY. JUST ARRIVED. CiOME handsome new CHAMBER SUITS. >5 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 Stoves on hand and for sale. Auy piece of these 8toves replaced when worn out, or any of the pieces of the fifty different styles of the Charles Noble <fc Company. Manufacture of Stoves, can be had by calling at G. H. O'LEARY'S. SADDLERY DEPARTMENT. I HAVE a number of Saddles of my own manufacture, which were made before the recent advance in leather, and which I will sell at the old price. Now is the time to buy. Cr. 13. U LiJl/Art I. HARNESS. BRIDLES. &C. BUGGY and Carriage Harness, Hiding 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 gooda in the Furniture Department, in all its branches. Call and see me; I never fail to please and seldom fail to sell. G. H. O'LEARY. CLOCKS. SETH THOMAS' one and eight-day Clocks for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES. 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 first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, 13.00 $5.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 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 READS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, ,....$2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 1 . 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. We also give special attention to the printingof Briefs, Arguments and P.-ilits and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices or the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to.enftiirA flppnfflpv. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds ot printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. C. & L. NARROW GAUGE BAILEOAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,) Yorkville, S. C., July 22, 1880. j THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger Trains took effect at 0 o'clock, a. m., on the 20th of July, 1S80. going 80uth. Leave Dallas at 0.00 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 Green at 7.25 A. M. Leave Clover at .7.40 A. M. - ? Arrive at Yorkville at 8.20 A. M. Leave Yorkville at 8.30 A. M. Leave Guthriesville at 9.05 A. M. Leave McConnellsville at 9.20 A. M. f mva T-nwrvsville At. ... 9.40 A.- M. Arrive at Chester at 10.10 A. M. going north. Leave Chester at 2.45 P. M. Leave Lowrysvilleat 3.20 P. M. Leave McConnellsvilleat 3.40 P. M. Leave Guthriesville at 3.50 P. M.* Arrive at Yorkville at 4.20 P. M. Leave Yorkville at 4.25 P. M. Leave Clover at 5.05 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at 5.15 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 5.25 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 5.55 P. M. Leave Gastonia at 6.10 P. M. Arrive at Dallas at 6.30 P. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. July 22 30 tf ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Atlanta, Ga., May 20,1880. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after May 23rd, 1880, trains will run on this road as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 11.37, A. M. Leave 11.38, A. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, g. 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 5.02, P. M (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 7.43, A. M., Leave 8.03, A. M. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. (ea8tward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55, A. M., Leave 5.55, A. M. (westward.) 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. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager. W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. <fc Ticket Agent. June 10 25 tf GEORGE T. SCHORB, PHOTOGRAPHER, CHESTER, 8. CAROLINA. PICTU RES taken in all kinds of weather, and pains 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 iirstclasa. 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 Yorkville Enquirer. GEORGE T. SCHORB. February 13 7