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Uttnwwttis Department.. |
TALE OF A MERMAID.
An incident was related the other day by i
an old sea captain, who swore to its authenticity
in the most vehement manner. He
was speaking of the famine which occurred
Stmie years ago in the Azores, and other
neighboring islands, and in Maderia also, and
of the straits to which the inhabitants were
reduced for want of food.
"You see," said he, "I was laying off Funchal
with a cargo of hardware?vine shears,
cultivators and such like. I sailed the brig
Skylark from New York. Well, our provisions
gin out, and I calculated to lay in a sup
ply at Funcbal, but there wan't none there."
"What!" said we, "none?"
"No, none. The cattle had all died, consequently
there warn't no beef; sheep had all
died, and there waru't no mutton; hogs all
got the measles so there warn't no pork ;
chickens all eaten up by foxes, so there warn't
no fricassees."
"That's rather a dismal picture" was our
reply ; "how did the people procure food ?"
"Food; well, they kind o' lived on yarb9
and roots; stole mules?the only thing that
didn't die?and eat them."
"How about fish?couldn't they take fish as
usual?"
"Nary fish ; the fish all went out o' them
ar latitudes. There warn't even sharks left,
let alone anything worth catching."
"Why, that was strange."
"Yes; the only thing left in the harbor
was mermaids, and they were nigh unto starvation,
too."
"The what ?" we asked in surprise.
"The mermaids ? Can't you hear ?" yelled
the captain, angry at even a hint of skepticism.
"What! do you believe there are such
creatures as mermaids ?"
"Do I believe it? No, I don't believe it;
I know it! I reckon, stranger, I've seen
a dozen of 'era at a time, a tumblin' in the
surf like a lot of monkeys among the rig
gin?"
"Indeed ! and what do they feed upon?"
"Well, I reckon, principally fish. I've
seen 'em catch herrin', stranger, and eat 'em
up raw, as fast as a Dutch baby ken eat
pickles."
"How did they get along at the time you
speak of?" we inquired, endeavoring to assume
an appearance of credulity. "You said
the fish had entirely disappeared."
"I did, and the poor mermaids suffered
badly. Why one night, as I was comin'
down from the town to the quarry where the
brig's boat was tied up, I seed a fire burning
on the beach. I reckoned first it was lot of
drunken sailors makiu' punch. Well, I
bore up towards it, and what d'ye think it
was ?"
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course we gave it up.
"Well, I'll tell you, and then you can see
the state of starvation folks was in. Stranger,"
and here the captain pulled a solemn
face, "it was a mermaid settin' over a fire,
cookiri her own tail for supper !"
THE DOCTOR AND HIS PATIENT.
Of all professions, trades or occupations
that engage the minds of men, that of a physician
is the most diversified. In locating, he
has to find out the constitution of those he is
called upon to visit, for it is frequently the
case that success may be owing more to a
deep and thorough knowledge of the constitution
of the patient than mere common
place applications. As an illustration of this,
we will relate an anecdote of one of our
physicians, who, if he finds physics will not
cure, tries other means as the case may require.
,
Dr. D had long been the attending
physician of a lady considerably past her
teens, and affected with certain disorders incident
to a want of occupation and a care of
a family. She sends for the doctor in sea
son and out of season, he rushes out at a twoforty
pace, and finds his patient phisically
perfectly well, but sad and lonely, and of
course afflicted with the blues. All he can
do is to administer a "tincture" with a fewdrops
of peppermint, and the patient is well
for a day.
On one occasion?a cold, blusterous night?
the Doctor had just turned in wrapping himself
snugly in his blanket, with the hope of a
quiet sleep, when a loud rap aroused him.
"Who is sick ?" inquired the Doctor.
"Miss Sally Strickland, sir; she is most
dead exnect. she'll die hefnre vnn tret there."
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"I'll be along," says the Doctor, exclaiming
to himself, "that Miss Sally!" I'll try to
cure her this time.
The Doctor plods along through the mud
and mire, cold and rain, studying his application
; Suds her as usual, in a rather depressed
state of raiud.
"Doctor," she said, feebly, "I expect to
die every moment; I am very low. Can you
do anything for me ?"
The Doctor feels her pulse ; nothing the
matter?merely wanted company. The doctor
becomes communicative.
"Miss Sally, I was having a terrible dream
when your servant awoke me."
"What was it?" she eagerly inquired.
"I dreamed I was dead," continued the
Doctor "and I descended into the lower regions,
where I met 'Old Scratch,' who invited
me to view his dominions. When Satan
got through showing me round, he proclaimed
to the four quarters of his kingdom that
all should go to bed ; 'for' said he, 'Sally
Strickland will be here directly, and there'll
be no sleep in my regions for a month.'"
"The Doctor's speedy departure was increased
to flight by the sight of a broomstick
flourishing actively in his rear, but the remedy
was effectual.
The Postmistress and the Mails.?
There is a new town in the Northwest called
Barton (contraction for Beartown.) At this
point a post office has been established ; the
route extends some distance beyond, and
there are several offices further on.. Soon after
the establishment of the office at Barton,
the postmasters beyond began to be troubled
by a strange irregularity in the mails. This
week, one thing would be missing; the next
some other package would be non est; and
quite often letters for B. would have to be
sent back ; this state of affairs became unendurable;
and agent Hall was sent on to investigate
the matter. He went straight to
Barton, where he found the post office in the
back room of a little grocery. It was about
time for the mail to arrive, and he took a
seat in the grocery, where a plump and goodnatured
woman, well in years, and possessed
of a 'rich brogue,' attended behind the counter,
dealiug out small quantities of beer,
cheese, cakes, peanuts, etc., to a company
of loungers, who seemed to wait for some
event.
Hall bought a quautity of peanuts, and
treated the crowd to beer, by which course
he succeeded in removing all suspicions which
his decent garb had created against him.
Soon the stage drove up and the mail-bag
was thrown out; the lady picked it up, and
retreated to the back room, followed by the
crowd?including Hall, who blocked up the
door.
After opening the bag, and turning its
contents on the floor, the postmistress produced
a box, and deliberately proceeded to
measure out a peck of miscellaneous matter
from the pile on the floor. Having done this,
she commenced returning the rest, when
Hall found his tongue.
"Why, what are you doing there?" he
contrived to stammer out.
"Indade," said the postmistress, looking
up, "its changing the mail that I am."
"But how do you know that you get the
right matter? Why don't you look it over;
and select your own ?"
"Faith an' it's a fool's job you'd be after
havin' me do," replied her ladyship. "I
can't read, never a blessed bit of ritin', and
when my son Jim (he's had school larnin')
isn't here I jest measure out our sheer." i
ffladiug.'
THE EGYPTIAN OBELISK.
The obelisk was placed on its pedestal in
the Central Park, New York, on Saturday, in
the presence of five thousand spectators. Its
history is as follows :
Thotmes III. erected the obelisk.at the entrance
of the Temple of the Sup, in Heliopolis,
more thau three thousand five hundred
years ago. Two centuries later Rameses II.
employed the reporters of his times to carve
his greatness on the stone, and twenty-three
years before Christ, Augustus Csesar moved it
to Alexandria and set it up at the Casariura,
a palace that has gone to ruin, and in our
times is merely one of the walls of a marble
yard. In that yard, near the station of the
railroad to Cairo, Mr. \V. H. Hurlburt found
it when the Suez Canal was opened. He persuaded
the Khedive of Egypt to present it to
the city of New York, through the govern
ment of the United States, aud a coutract was
nearly perfected with John Dixon, who had
transported the mate of this obelisk to London,
to bring it to New York for 875,000, but
the negotiations fell through, and Lieutenant
Commander Gorringe, then commanding the
Ivahnivr liavirwr tolion /mrufiil iiKuPrvillinni) I
iu the Mediterranean, expressed his willingness
to do the work. Thereupon the Secretary
of the Navy assigned him to the State De
partraeut. Secretary Evarts permitted him
to take the contract, and detailed him to go
to Egypt. The cost of transferring the stone
from hemisphere to hemisphere, has been
much in excess of 875,000. The Commander
shipped the trunnions, on which the obelisk
swung, on Saturday, from TrentoD, N. J., to
Egypt, ana took the stoue down. He sailed
with it, for New York, on the 12th of June
last, aud arrived on the 20th of July, the
length of passage being due to a broken shaft.
His steamer, the Dessoug, was drawn up on
the Marine Railway, on Staten Island, and
the obelisk was run out of her forecastle aud
placed on pontoons, which were towed up New
York Harbor on the afternoon of the ICtli of
September last. The stone was carried across
the Hudson River Railroad track at Ninetysixth
street, without stopping a train. It was
fet a perpendicular over its pedestal on the
ninety eighth day after its landing on Manhattan
Island.
The following figures were given to the
press for the first time Saturday: Height of
the obelisk from base to tip, 69 feet 2 inches;
base of the obelisk, square through its axis, 7
feet 8i inches ; at the top, '5 feet 3 inches
square ; weight, 219f tons ; main body of the
obelisk, 61 feet 7 inches in length ; pyramid
on, 7 feet 7 inches in length. No two sides of
the obelisk are equal in width. If you cut it
through in sections you will find it a trapezium.
The height of the pedestal is 6 feet 11 inches;
at the base it is 9 feet 3 inches square, and at
the top 9 feet 1 inch square. The weight of
the pedestal is 49 tons.
The height of the foundation is 4 feet 10
inches; height of the bottom step, 1 foot5}
inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches. Height of
the middle step, 1 foot 7 inches; width, 1 foot
21 iuches. Height of top step, 1 foot 9?
inches. The base is 17 feet 8 inches square at
the bottom and 12 feet 3h iuches at the top.
Its weight is 87* tons.
Total height of the tip of the obelisk from
the monticie on which the base stands, 80 feet
11 inches. Height from the eastern drive to
the foundation, 12 feet 1 inch. Elevation of
the site of the obelisk above mean high
water, 101 feet 6 inches; to the top of the
ohelisk, 194 feet 6 inches. Weight of the obelisk
and :ts pedestal and foundation, 712,000
pounds.
Journeying on Friday.?Conductor William
Coulter, of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
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uhs ueeii r muiiig uu uaius uetwccu ueiocy
City and 'hiladelphia, for about forty-five
years, and ne seems to have twenty years of
work in him yet. One of the thousand of
travelers that he knows remarked to him the
other day that his train was lighter than
usual. "Oh, well," said Conductor Coulter,
"it's Friday you know."
"What difference does that make ?" asked
the passenger.
"Why, there is always a falling off of travel
on Friday. It may seem strange, but the
old superstition that Friday is an unlucky
day to make a journey on, still keeps many
at home ou Friday. Any railroad man will
tell you that."
Captain Dennis who runs another traiu to
Philadelphia, Conductor James Fields, who
takes a night train to Washington, and Conductor
Thomas Gallagher who runs to New
Brunswick, are the oldest conductors on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. They all confirm
the?weteran Conductor Coulter's averment
about the falling off in travel on Friday, and
share his opiuion that it is caused by the
popular sup .rstition that Friday is an unlucky
day to start on a journey. Supecin
tendent McCrea, of the New York Division
of the Pennsylvania road, was disposed to
disbelieve the theory of the old conductors
He thought if there was any falling off of
travel on Fridays, it was explainable by the
fact that Friday falls late in the week, and
many peopL return to their homes on Saturday.
Superintendent McCrea, however, cour
teously procured from the general office a series
of tabulated figures showing the number
of passengers carried on each day of the week
for two months. The figures show that there
is probably ;ome slight ground for the theory
of the old conductors. Of the passengers
carried on the six week days, 15 per cent,
are carried on Friday, while there is an average
of 17 per cent, carried on each of the
other five week days. In other words, there
is a falling off on Fridays of nearly one-eighth
as compured with the average of other week
days. The days of heaviest travel (giving
the figures approximately) Monday, with 19
per cent., and Saturday with 18 per cent.,
there being many persons going to and returning
from business on those days. The
percentages shown on other week days are :
On Tuesday, 16.25 per cent.; Wednesday,
15.75 per cent.; Thursday, 16 per cent., and
Friday 15 percent.
Washington Clerks.?It is not fair to
disturb a person who has a good thing under
the Government, but it seems to me that the
department clerks here have the nicest positions
imaginable. The hours of labor are
short?from 9 in the morning to 4 in the af- |
ternoon, with an hour or tialf-hour nooning.
And yet they complain ! The salaries range j
all the way from 81,000 to 81,800 for clerks. I
Each one is allowed thirty days holiday in j
the year, which may be taken all at once or \
in pieces to suit their convenience. Should i
the clerk jeside in a State where an October j
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eiecuou is neiu, ten uays leave 01 ausence is
granted to go horae to vote. In addition, fifteen
days more are allowed for a November
or Presidential election. Five days more are
given at Christmas and New Year, making
in all sixty days vacation in the past year,
without counting Washington's Birthday,
Fourth of July and other holidays. Is it
any wonder that when a fellow loses a clerkship
in one department, he holds on for days
and weeks in the wild endeavor to be restored j
to place, or else be snugged away iu someoth- 1
er berth ?
tetT She had sued for a breach of promise,!
and the verdict of the jury was against her.
"Want to poll the jury?'* said the judge,
formally. "Yes, I do. Jes' gimme the poll [
for two minutes and she had thrown off her
sun honnet and expectorated on the palms of
her hands before the legal phrase could be
explained by her counsel.
It Depends.?"My dear," asked a grocer
of his wife, "do you think it is true that
'man wants but little here below?'" The
wife replied, "That sometimes depends wheth- j
er he has to pay cash down for it or not. If
you trust some men, they'll take all they can
get." I
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Ihe audi Jiresidc. |
Making Drunken Descendants.? |
Drunkards are made in two ways?by habit
or by inheritance ; the latter is th^ more hope- i
less form, because the appetite is more remorseless?more
unappeasable?it is, in fact,
a part of the nature of the unfortunate.
Three-fourths of the idiotic children in Massachusetts
asylums were born of parents one
or both of whom drank liquor. But if the
father and mother were strictly temperate,
yet, if during the few months previous to the
birth of the child the mother uses spirituous
liquors for any cause, just in proportion as
she does so, the child will inherit the appetite
for strong drink. But if the mother is strictly
temperate during the whole time previous
to the child's birth, and yet if while she nurses*
it she drinks ale or beer, or porter or spirits,
"to make milk," or for any other cause, or
gives ihe infant food or drink mixed with
liquor, the child will be impregnated with the
love of it. Thus it is that the surroundings
of the mother during gestation and nursing,
impress upon the child its physical and moral
character; hence the improvement of the
race must come from maternal influence, and
hence the hope of mankind for the amelioration
of the condition of society in the future,
its improvement in the physical constitution,
in mental vigor and moral power.are founded
in the proper education of daughters in ma
terual and domestic duties, and a higher appreciation
of their vast responsibilities in the
directions above suggested. On the other
hand, man comes in for his share in the great
work, as a father and husband, by giving his
cordial cooperation to the same great end by
all the means possible to him in labor, self-denial,
and generous sympathies.?Dr. Hall.
Preservation of Eggs.?The Bure and
simple method of keeping eggs sound by
smearing the shells with linseed oil, has long
been practiced. The oil forms a sort of a
film over the shell, thereby preventing the
two immediate causes of decomposition?
evaporation from and penetration of air into
the egg. A recent experiment in point de
serves notice. A dozen new laid eggs were
rubbed over with linseed oil applied with the
tip of the finger; another dozen were coated
in like manner with poppy oil; two more
eggs were left in their natural state. The
whole twenty six were then laid close together,
iu three rows, on dry sand upon a "shelf,
where they were left undisturbed. At the
end of three months they were weighed, and
again at the end of six months, when they
were opened. The two eggs left in their natural
state, at the end of three months had
lost 11 per cent, of their weight, and at the
end of six months 13 per cent., and were
found to be half empty and the contents rot
ten. The eggs coated with poppy oil, in three
months, lost 2 per cent., and iu six months 4*
per cent, of their weight. The eggs were still
full, and devoid of unpleasant smell. The
eggs rubbed over with linseed oil, in three
months, lost 2 per cent., and in six months 3
per cent., only of their weight, and wheu
opened were found to be full, with the smell
of fresh eggs.
fl&F1" Keep accounts and know precisely what
is done, and is doing, and how the business
of the farm is paying, in what particular it
is paying, and where it is losing. Farming
? T. .1 _ _ A L?. Ll_ I
does pay. it is me most proniame ousiuess
iu the world. The lobse and careless manner
in which it is generally carried on would utterly
wreck any less profitable business.
There was once a man who made certain at
tachments for looms known as "pickers," and
prepared the raw hide from which they were
made himself. But he thought it was more
cleanly and better business to buy the hides
and merely cut thera up aud make the pickers.
So he bought the hides from a neighbor,
and the first year he was overwhelmed with
debt aud sold out, and his neighbor became
rich by curing hides. The uufortunate man
made money so fast before, that he never
troubled himself how it was made, and only
learned too late that one part of his business
was profitable and the other was not; but then
he had given over to his neighbor the profits
and kept the losses for himself. It is much
I the same with farming, for no one can tell
I where he is losing or making money, without
accounts. Just now is a seasonable time to
consider this matter and to begin a new and
more reasonable and safe system.?Rural
New Yorker.
The Cross-Cut Saw.?Ten years experience
in the use of cross-cut saws has proved
to me that I have been working under many
disadvantages until recently. My wish is for
all to know the great advantage of a plan
T i\n roun Tulro a norn cutv f Kof haa
never been set, place it betweeu two boards
cut to fit the saw, clamp it tight on a bench
or vice; take an iron wedge, file one corner
to suit theset of the tooth when finished, then
take a small hammer, hold the wedge with
the left hand, strike the tooth lightly with the
hammer until at the right place; then turn
the wedge on the opposite side, and on the
next tooth; and set in the same way; now
then you reach the third and most important
tooth in the saw?leave it perfectly straight;
pass on to the fourth tooth, set it as you did
the first; turn the wedge, set the fifth the
other way; leave the sixth tooth straight;
and so on until you finish. Now take your
file, dress your two teeth as you dothe.common
saw; the third file perfectly straight
and square?leaving it about one-twentieth
part of one inch shorter than the others.
Continue in that way until you finish, and
you will find it will cut twice as fast as the
old way practiced by most farmers.?Southern
Cultivator.
Borax.?Lady readers who have not tested
the magic properties of borax, have been
losing a great help and comfort. If once
used, you will never be without a bottle on
your toilet table. It removes, stains and dirt
from the hands better than soap, and at the
same time softens and smooths the skin. It is
splendid for washing the hair, and will, without.
ininrv. cleanse brushes and combs in a
few moments. For washing purposes it saves
Both soap and labor. It will extract the dirt
from articles of delicate texture without rubbing,
it being ouly necessary to put the articles
to soak with a solution of borax over
night, and need only to be rinsed in the.
morning. Two tablespoonfuIs of pulverized
borax dissolved in a quart of water, to which
water enough is added to cover a pair of I
blankets, will cleanse them beautifully. It i
also saves great labor in washing paint. It I
is said to drive away ants and roaches, if!
sprinkled on the shelves of safes and pantries. |
Turpentine.?A correspondent of the
Scientific American says : "Let any one who !
has an attack of lockjaw take a small quan- {;
tity of turpentine, warm it and pour it on !
the wound, no matter where the wound is, !
and relief will follow in less than a minute.
Nothing better can be applied to a cut or !
bruise than cold turpentine; it will give certain
relief almost instantly. Turpentine is '
aiso a sovereign remedy for croup. Saturate
a piece of flannel with it and place the flaunel
on the throat aud chest, and in every case
three or four drops on a lump of sugar may i
be taken inwardly. Every family should I
have a bottle on hand. 11
To Cleanse Glass Globes.?If the
globes on a gas fixture are much stained on 1
the outside by smoke, soak them in tolerably '
hot water in which a little washing soda has 1
been dissolved. Then put a teaspoonful of '
powdered ammonia in a pan of lukewarm i
water, and with a hand brush scrub the globes ]
until the smoke stains disappear. Rinse in 1
clean cold water. They will be as white as ]
if new. ;1
8@?* Put one or two red peppers, or a few I
pieces of charcoal into a pot where hara, <
cabbage, etc., is boiling, and the house will <
not be filled with the offensive odor. s ' i
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ItEV. ROBERT LATH AN.
A SHORT SERMON.
"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great
and precious promisesf that by theso yo might
be made partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust."
The previous verse states that "Jesus our
Lord hath given unto us all things that
pertain unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him that hath called us to glory
and virtue." That is to ?ay, everything which
pertains to holy living is bestowed upon
God's children through the Scriptural revelations
of the Saviour. As Paul expresses it,
"He is made unto us Wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification and redemption." The substance
of life uud its spiritual blessings is
Jesus Christ.
Now the text says that in Jesus are given
unto us "Exceeding great and precious promises."
They are important portions of our
"knowledge of him." They are all those
things whit h the Scriptures declare.Jesus is
to us, or may be the means of bringing to us.
They cover the whole range of human life in
its various situations, duties and necessities.
By these promises we are made "partakers
of the divine nature." That is to say, by acceptance
of these, and reliance upon them,
by faith become like God in our dispositions
and habits. The initial promise which
points in this direction of divine likeness is
that whoever beljpves in the Saviour shall
pass from death unto life. The substance
of the promises which lie along the pathway
of holiness is, that whoever takes* Jesus alone
as holiness will become like him. The method
of reaching this attainment is simply the
exercise of implicit and undoubting faith that
any and every promised virtue and grace will
become ours through that same trust in him
as he offers himself in his word. We become
like CJhrist, not by efforts and resolutions,
but by faith iu him that he will fulfill
all his work respecting the making us holy.
Faith is the only means by which th^ promises
are realized to us, and therefore the only
means by which we become sanctified. Remember
this, dear reader. There is no holiness
by works. Works "are deeds of the
law," and are under the curse.
There is another feature in the text?a subordinate
one to the great idea of becoming divine
in disposition through reliance on the
simple word of God. It is "escaping the corruption
that is in the world through lust. Our
holiness is enveloped in the measure of that
escape. The escape comes not by signing the
pledge, or joining a society, or stiffening one's
backbone by deep set resolutions. Such things
are stimulants at times, but usually they give
way and we fall back into the old sins, or
else we become involved in new meshes of
the snares of Satan. No man escapes in any
fair or proper sense the corruptions of the
world, except as he takes the promises which
present Jesus Chirst as the very substance
of sanctification. A man gets rid of the
trammels of debased appetite or world inclinations
hv helievinp that his Divine Lord is
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a sufficient deliverance from even these things,
and by the gift of himself to his Saviour, to
be made holy in the sense in which G ^ is
holy.
In conclusion, dear friends, observe?
1. The great principles set before you in
the promises of God, which are "Yea and
Amen in Christ" You may be made "partakers
of the Divine nature."
2. The action of simple, restful faith, will
most justly bring you into participation in
the divine disposition. Nothing else will.
You may screw your resolves up to the highest
point, and you will only either fall again
into the same sin, or you will transfer your
sinful energies to an other class of sins.
3. We pray you yield ^ourselves into the
hands of God in all things. We beseech
you, therefore, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies living sacrifices, holv and
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service. Be very sure you do not half
accept the premises, and seek to work the
other half of yourself into holiness. You
will totally fail. Simply yield yourselves
entirely iuto his hands. We add not.
God's Love Inexhaustible.?Suppose a
meadow in which a million daisies opened
their blossoms all at one time to the sun. Oo
one of them, while it is yet a hud, a little
stone has fallen. At once crushed and overshadowed,
it still struggles bravely against all
odds to expand its petals like the rest. For
many days this effort is continued without
success. The tiny stone (a mighty rock to the
small flower) squats on its breast, and will
not admit a single sunbeam. At length the
flower stalk, having gathered strength by its
coustant exertion, acquires force enough to
overbalance the weight, and tosses the intruder
off. Up springs the daisy with a bound,
and in an instant another floweret is added to
the vast multitude which in that meadow
drink their fill of sunlight. The sun in the
heavens is not incommoded by the additional
demand. The new-comer receives into its
open cup ns many'sunbeams as it would have
received although no other flower had grown
in all the meadow?in all the earth. Thus
the sun, Suite though it be, helps us to understand
the infinitude of its Maker. When an
immortal being, long crushed and turned
away by a load of sin, at length, through the
power of a new spiritual life, throws off the
burden, and opens with a hound to receive a
Heavenly Father's long offered but rejected
love, the giver is not impoverished by the demand
upon His kindness. Although a thousand
millions should arise and go to the Father,
each would receive as much of that Father's
love a9 if he alone, of all fallen creatures
had come back reconciled to God.?Rev. Win.
Arnot.
Sitting About Stores.?More than twenty
years ago one of our friends took a long
trip, in which he tarried for a uight at the
pleasant town of S . The next day he
called on the minister of the place. Having
sat a short time, the pastor proposed a walk
to the busiuess part of the town. The two
friends came to a store with a porch to it.
They were soon seated on some boxes or
benches. One by one the company increased.
Our traveler soon perceived that this was the
usual resort of a number of men. The boxes
and benches of pine were a good deal cut up
with knives. The stain or juice of tobacco
? 1 x n..
was UUpieUSUUL, lljueeu, uioguamig. um i
traveler soon left, and with painful apprehensions
of that company. He heard that
the pastor ofien spent a part of his mornings
there. His studies were neglected. The
sick and afflicted among his people were not
visited. That pastor has long since made a
shipwreck of character and of usefulness.
The traveler lately sent this message to a
young minister who was falling into like habits:
''O! stay at home. Mind your book.
Pray and work against habits of idleness.
Do not sit on boxes about the village. Take
heed lest you fall also."
The One Safe Way.?The pilot of a United
States revenue cutter was asked if he knew
all the rocks along the coast where he sailed.
He replied: "No; it is only necessary to,
know where there are no rocks." These words ;
suggest a deep moral and spiritual truth. |
Sermons, lectures and books abound on the
temptations which lie along the life course of
the young t# eternity. Over the most dangerous
ones are lifted the solemn notes of repeated
warning. This is well. And yet how j
much more frequently does the word of God
present and enforce, with all the urgency of
motive love can suggest, the very truth con- ,j
tained in the pilot's answer?the "King's
highway of holiness." Looking unto Jesus \
with simple faith, the soul is secure; whatev- j
Jr the perils that lurk on every hand, there I
ire no rocks ahead.
"the yorkville enouirer.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1881.
"
IN issuing our prospectus for 1881, we deem it
only necessary to announce that the leading
features which have characterized the editorial
conduct of the Yorkville Enquirer for the
past quarter of a century will be retained, and
what it has been in the past will be an assurance
of what it shall be in the future. The leading
departments of the paper will lie retained as heretofore,
and they will be conducted with the same
labor and care that have marked our efforts in the C
past. While the Literary and Miscellaneous features
of the Enquirer will be kept up to the
standard which has given the paper a distinctive
character, careful attention will also be given to
the News department, which will embrace a record
of the leading events it the State and National
Capitals; Congressional' and Legislative
Proceedings; "Scraps and Facts," lieing a hotchE>teh
of light current topics ; a compend of the
ews Abroad and at Home; General Correspondence;
Market Reports; Local County and State
News; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects
intended to promote tlie welfare and prosperity
of our State and people, which will, we
trust, continue to render the Enquirer a welcome
and entertaining Family Journal.
Terms of Subscriptions-Free of Postage.
Single copy, one year, $2 50
Two copies, one year, 4 00
uno copy two years 4 ou
PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS.
To club-makers, for the approaching volume,
we offer FOUK PREMIUMS for Lite four largest
clubs, as follows:
For the largest club, one Wked Sewing Ma
chine, fancy half-case, with drop leaf and two
side drawers, valued at $45.
For the second largest club, one Weed Sewing
Machine, half-case and one drawer, valued at
$10.
For the third largest club, one No. 8 Tropic
Cooking Stove, and fixtures complete, valued
at $.'8.75.
For the fourth largest club, one No. 7 Tropic
Cooking Stove and fixtures complete, valued
at $20.
The superior Sewing Machine we offer as a
Premium is the well-known and justly celebrated
Weed Machine, manufactured by the Weed
Sewing Machine Company, at Hartford, Connecticut.
It is adapted to all the wants of family
sewing; can be readily comprehended by any
one; runs easily; is always ready ; will do any
I and all kinds of sewing with less changing and
fewer extra attachments; is self-adjusting; is a
two-thread Machine, making an elastic lockstitch
; and stands solid and firm.
The Stoves are made by the Seigeant Manufacturing
Company, of Greensl>oro N. C. They are
made of the best Scotch pig metal, with heavier
and thicker plate than any other Stove in the
market, and consequently will the longer withstand
heat and hard usage. They are of a handsome
pattern and neat finish, and warranted
equal in points of appearance, durability and superior
conking (jualities, to any stove 'manufactured
in the Union. Thousands of them are in
use in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and
they give universal satisfaction.
The above Premiums will he delivered to the
successful competitors at the Enquirer office,
free of charges for freight.
CONDITIONS.
The four Premiums mentioned above will be
awarded on the following conditions:
The person getting up the largest club of yearly
subscribers to the Enquirer, at 82 00 per annum,
for each subscriber," will be entitled to the first
choice of one of the above Premiums; the person
getting up the second largot club, at the same
price, to the second choice; the person getting up
the third largest club, to the third choice; and the
person getting up the fourth largest club, to the
fourth choice.
The time for completing clubs under the above
offer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M.', on the FIRST
MONDAY OF MARCH. 1881. Competitors may
begin to secure subscribers at .once?the time of
subscription to commence whenever the name
is handed in. The money for each subscriber is
expected to be paid at the time the name is enter- ?
ed on our books, and no name will be counted in
competition for a premium until the subscription
price has been paid.
To persons who'make up Clubs of ten or more
names, but who may fail to obtain a premium,
we will send the Enquirer one year free of
charge; and to those who send a Club of twenty
or more names, but who may fail to get a premium,
we vyill forward a copy of the Enquirer
one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of
any "weekly newspaper or monthly nygazine
published in the United States, the publication
to be selected by the person entitlod to receive it.
It is not necessary that the names of a club
should all be at the same post office. Names may
be taken at any number of places. One name
for two years will be equivalent to two names for
one yfiai each.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at
the expense of those sending them.
We will be responsible for the safe transmission
of money only when sent by draft, registered
letter, or money order drawn on the Yorkville
post-office.
In sending names, write plainly, giving county,
post office and State.
All subscriptions will he discontinued at the
expiration of the time paid for.
A separate list will be kept for each club-maker,
who will be credited with every name sent, so
thatthe*number returned by any person can be
ascertained at a moment's notice.
Persons who commence making clul?s, will
not be permitted, after the names have been entered
upon our books, to transfer the names to
another club-maker's list.
$Sr The time in which additions may be made
to clubs, under this proposition, will expire on
the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1881. There
fore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates,
must subscribe and pay for the paper before that
date, as after the expiration of that time, it will
not be furnished for less than $2.50 unless new
clubs are formed.
All letters should be addressed to
L. M. GRIST,
Yorkville, S. C.
November 18 47 tf
NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY !
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AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT!
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ALL families have old Books, Periodicals, .
Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire
to transmit to their posterity. Then u
HAVE THEM REBOUND! p
Which will preserve them and make them look r
almost as well as new.
Old Books, Ac., should not only be rebound, "
butthecurrent literature of the present day should n
be put in a durable form for preservation*as well.
This can be done in the shortest possible time,
with the best material, in the most handsome and v
durable style, and at prices which cannot be duplicated
anywhere, by
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turer, No. 155 Main Street t
COLUMBIA, S. C. |
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FACTOR
AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, I
Charleston, S. C-,
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PERUVIAN GUANO, No. 1 and No. 2. V
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Ground South Carolina Phosphate, and other tr
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CORN, OATS. HAY, &e. T
Orders tilled with dispatch, and liberal advances
made on consignments of Cotton and other b<
Produce. B
November 4 45 3m
GA RRY IRON ^
and Cement.
79 and 81 Columbus Street,
CliEVEHjAND, OHIO. I
Send for circulars and price lists. ^
February 26 9 ly i <9
ROBERT J. HERNDON,
Late Student of Boston Conservatory of Mui?lc,
TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS,
ANDTHE CORNET. Music arranged to order
for any number of Instruments.- Terms Ji
moderate.
Aeent' for all kinds of first-class BAND INSTRUMENTS.
i
April 22 17 lv
OLD NEWSPAPERS, ~~ ^
OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale wi
at one cent each, at the su
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
G. H. O'LEARY
SADDLERY AND FURNITURE.
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FOR. SALE:
hamber Suits,
Bureaux,
Sideboards,
t
Sofas,
Stoves, .
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Saddles,
Harness,
m
Bridles,
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GET THE BEST.
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January 27 *4 4t
FOHN"TSlarkTJB., & CO'S
iffTTTI JIJImSI
BEST
S I X - C O R D
FOR
MACHINE OR HAND USE.
THOMAS RUSSELL & CO.,
SOLE AGENTS,
FOB SALE BY
LATIMER A HEMPHILL,
YorkvilIe,S. C.
January 13 2 3m
THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD.
rHE Family Favorite Improved Weed. These
Machines have been remodeled and Improved
ntil they are almost perfect in all respects. The
arts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forgings.
Every Machine sold by us will be fully waranted.
Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either
>r Cash or on Time until the first of November
ext. W. G. REID A CO.,
Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, S. C.
LATIMER A HEMPHILL, Agents at Yorkllle,
S. COctober
28 44 tf
THE BICKFORD ~
AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER.
5 .5 ? a .? ^ o
Fa h1 crS1J&L
I 5' 3 ?
Knit" all sb.es of work, narrows and widens it
japes all sizes complete. Knits over 50 different
irments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins,
7ristk-ts, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible
ariety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent,
rofitin manufacturing knit coods. Farmerscar
eble the value of tlieir wool, by converting it
ito knit goods.
Agents wanted in every State, County, City and
own, to whom very low prices will be made.
For full particulars and lowest prices for the
sat Family Machine, send to
ICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO.,
Brattleboro, Vt.
February 26 9 ly
BARBAE TURBINE WATER-WHEElT
iln practical use it is everywhere
demonstratingits superiority
over all others. Its
enormous capacity in a small
diameter, simple, strong construction
and perfect gate,
give a combination of merits
not found in any other wheel.
Our introductor}' prices are
so low there is no comparison
between them and the
enormously high prices of
Manufactured by
SERGEANT MAN'F. CO.,
Greensboro, N. C.
HERNDON BROS., Agents. Yorkville, S. C. '
November 19 47 tf
fl. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY,
1ST HOUSE EA8T OF THE MIL.
1 SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every
convenience, and a determination to do my
at, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in
ant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy
gather is as good or better than sunshine for all
bjects, except small children.
August 5 32 tf
JOB PRINTING.
OWING to our superior facilities with the best
machine presses, an abundance of type and
first-class appointments throughout our office,
we are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF
JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices
that will compare with New York or Philadelphia
charges for the same quality of work and materials.
We have recently made a reduction in
prices for the following classes of work, to which
we invite the attention of business men : ?
IIILL HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Half-sheet Rill Heads $3.00 $5.00 *
Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.23 3.30
Sixth-sheet B.ll Heads, 2.00 3.00
Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet
bill heads. We will till an order for bill heads,
giving any desired number of either size of
j sheet at proportionate prices.
LETTER HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
! Commercial Note,- $2.1/5 $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 every
instance.
' We also give special attention to the printingof
1 Briefs, Arguments and P? ints and Authorities,
which we furnish strictly according to the requirements
of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and
in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure
accuracy.
We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of ^
printing, from a visiting card to a large volume,
and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any
i style of work desired. Address,
L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C.
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE
% RAILWAY.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Atlanta, Ga., January 15,1881. >
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
ON and after January 16, 1881, trains will run
on this road as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
* (eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.15, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.02, A. M. Leave 2.03, A. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 1.36, A. M. Leave 1.37, A. V.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 6.35, P. M. Leave 6.45, P. V.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 6.17, A. M. Leave 6.45, A. M.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at GAstouia, 8.51, A. M. Leave 8.51, A. M.
(westward.)
a ?t a n?a a co d if t aatta j ?q t> vf
Arrive at utistoiiia, -1.00, A iu. uootv i,uut *. M.
Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and
Southwest.
Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points.
Through Tickets on sale at Gainesville, Seneca
City, Greenville and Spartanburg, to all points
East and West.
G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager.
W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. A Ticket Agent,
January 20 3 tf
'C.& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHlfDULE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,)
Yorkville, S. C., January 31st, 1881, J
THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger
Trains took effect at 6 o'clock, a. m.,
on the 31st of January, 1881.
going south.
Leave Dallas at 8.00 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia at 0 20 A. M.
Leave Gastonia at 6 40 A. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge at 7.00 A. M. #
Leave Crowder's Creek at 7.10 A. M.
Leave Bowling Green at 7.20 A. M. *
Leave Clover at : 7 35 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkville at ..8.15 A. M.
Leave Yorkville at 8.25 A. M.
Leave Guthriesville at 9 00 A. M,
Leave Me'Cuunellsvilleat 15 A. M.
Leave Lowrysville at 9.: 5 A. M.
Arrive at Chester at * 10.10 A. M.
going north. '
Leave Chester at 2.00 P. M.
Leave Lowrysvilleat 2.30 P. M.
Leave McC'onnellsvilleat 2.56 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville at 3.05 P. M.
Arrive at Yorkville at 3.35 P. M.
Leave York ville at 3.45 P. M.
Leave Clover at 4.25 P. M, Leave
Bowling Green at 4.36 P. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at 4.45 P. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge at 4.55 P. M.
Arrive at Gaston ia at 5.20 P. M.
Leave Gastonia at 5.40 P. M. ,
Arrive at Dallas at 6.00 P. M.
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
Febrnary 3 5 tf
GEORGE T. SCHORB,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
CHESTER, 8. CAROLINA.
PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and
pains taken to' please every customer.
Ola 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 firstclass.
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.
Februarv 13 7 tf
THE WILLIAM8T0N FEMALE COLLEGE
RESPECTFULLY offers its services to those
parents who desire to secure for their daughters
the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of
their physical, intellectual, and moral powers.
It is conducted on what is called the "ONESTUDY"
PLAN, with a Semi-Annual Course of
Study; and by a system of Tuitional Premiums,.
its low rates are made still lower for ALL who
average 85 per cent.
No Public Exercises. No "Receptions." Graduation,
which is always private, may occur eight
limes a year.
For full information, write for an Illustrated
Catalogue. Address
Rev. S. LANDER, President,
Williamston, S. C.
November 4 45 lv
ROSE'S HOTEL,
YOKKVILLE, S. C.
THIS HOUSE has been thoroughly
renovated from cellar to
irtfluA. garret, and newly furnished, iriBlnnSMBS"
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 50c. PER MEAL.
Sample Rooms reserved especiallvforCommercial
travelers. HENRY W. SMITH.
June 17 25 tf
CLEANSING AND BEPAIFING.
THE undersigned would respecfully inform
the public that he is prepared to cleanse 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.
August 12 29 tt
NOTICE.
SUBSCRIBERS to the Yorkville Enquirer,
not regularly served by mail, on the postal
routes between Yorkville and Bullock's Creek ;
Yorkville to Zeno ; and from Yorkville to Clark's
Fork, by the way of Bethany, are hereby informed
that I will deliver their papers along the
routes FREE OF CH ARGE, provided thev enter
ineir names on my cjuD. J. N. kubkkits.
December 23 52 tf
IRON SAFE FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offers for sale one ^To. 2
IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bahman
A Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a combination
lock, and for all practical purposes is
equal to a new one. It is offered for sale for no
reason except that it is too small for my purposes.
L. M. GRIST.
September 9 37 3t
Ifee forMk GNquim.
TERMINI OF SUBSCRIPTION t
Single copy .for one .year, t2 50
For six months, 125
For three months, 75
Two copies one year, 4 00 a
Ten copies on e 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
subsequent insertion. A square consists of the
space occupied by seven lines of this size type.
Contracts will be made at reduced rates
for advertising space to be used for three, six,
or twelve months.