^uraorous gfepavtrntnt.
THE WAY TO COLLECT A BILL,
Old Squire Tobiu was a slow walker, but j
slower pay. Blessed with abundant means, i
he was, of course, considered ultimately good J
for any little debt, but he contracted a habit i
of holding on to his money, until forced by '
extra importunity to fork over.
"There goes the old Squire," said Brown, j
the merchant. "I've had a bill of five dollars ;
and fifty cents against him for eight months, j
and if I've asked him for it once, I have
done so twenty times; but he has either not !
got it with him, or he will call to-morrow, or, 1
if not in a good humor, he will swear like a :
trooper, at ray impudence in dunning him at
unseasonable times."
Now there was one Joe Harkins, a waggish
sort of a fellow, who heard the complaint of
merchant Brown, and resolved upon some
lull.
"Come, now, Brown," said Joe, "what will j
you bet I can't get the money from the old
Squire, before he gets home?"
"A new hat," said Brown.
"Enough said,"said Joe.
While Brown was hunting the bill, Joe disguised
himself in a striped blanket and a
slouched hat. Thus equipped, with the bill
in his hand, he took after the Squire.
"Hallo, is your name Tobin?"
"Yes," answered the Squire, with a snarl,
"what is that to you ?"
"I have a little bill, sir?collecting for merchant
Brown, sir."
"Merchant Brown can go to thucder, sir,"
said the Squire, "I've no money for him ; you
must call again."
Joe bowed politely, slipped down the alley
just in time to meet the old Squireatthe next
corner.
"0, sir," said Joe, stopping suddenly, "Is
your name Tobin ?"
"Tobin, sir, is my name."
"Here is a little bill, sir, from merchant
Brown."
"Zounds ! sir," replied the Squire. "Didn't
I meet you just round the corner?"
"Meet me ?" replied Joe, "guess it was B?,
auother of Brown's collectors."
"Then I suppose merchant Brown has two
red striped collectors dogging my steps; I
won't pay it, sir, to-day?begoue !" The old
Squire, as he said this, brought his stick hard
upon the pavement and toddled on.
Joe, nothing daunted, took advantage of another
alley, and by rapid movemeut, in a few
minutes placed himself once more in front of
the Squire. The old man's bile was making
him mutter and growl as he walked along,
now and then giving point to his anger by
very emphatic knocks of his caue upon the
sidewalk. When within twenty feet of each
other, the old Squire espied his striped friend
once more in front. Squire Tobin stopped?
and raising his cane, exclaimed :
"You infernal, insolent puppy, what do you
mean ?"
Joe, affecting great astonishment, checked
up, within a safe distance, and replied :
"\fflon ctr ' Vnn oiirnriao mo B1P T flftn't
know you, sir."
"Ain't you merchant Brown's collector that
dunned me five minutes ago?"
"Me, sir!" replied Joe. "I am one of merchant
Brown's collectors, to be sure ; but I
don't kuow you, sir."
"My name is Tobin, sir," rejoined the irritated
Squire, and you look like the fellow
that stopped me twice before."
"Impossible, sir !" rejoined Joe. "It must
have been some other of merchant Brown's
collectors. You, see, sir, there are forty of
us, all wrapped in red striped blankets?and,
by-the-bye, Mr. Tobin, I think I have a small
bill against you."
"Forty red striped collectors, and each one
after me!" ejaculated the Squire. "Darn me,
I must put a stop to this; they will all overtake
me before I reach home." Saying which
he pulled out his wallet and quietly settled
merchant Brown's bill of $>5.50.
Joe thanked the Squire, and moved off;
but as the Squire had another square to travel
before reaching home, Joe could not resist
the inclination to head him just once more.
He accordingly made another circuit, and
came in collision with the angry old man ere
he was noticed.
"Zounds! zounds !! stranger," vociferated
the Squire: "What?" Here he caught
sight of the red striped blanket, as Joe, disengaging
himself from the old man, took to
his heels. Squire Tobin's cudgel was fiercely
hurled after Joe, accompanied with a hearty
curse upon merchant Brown and his forty collectors
in red striped blankets.
It is unnecessary to say that Joe Harkins
was seen next day topped off with a bran
splinter new hat.
"JACKS IN OFFICE."
A number of politicians, all of whom were
seeking office under government, were scattered
on the tavern-porch, talking, when an
old toper, named D?, came up to them.
Said D?, is a person who is very loquacious
when "corned," but exactly the opposite when
sober. At the present time being "tight," he
said if the company had no objections he
would tell them a story. They told him to
"fire away ;" whereupon he spoke as follows :
"A certain king?don't recollect his name?
had a philosopher, upon whose judgment he
always depended. Now k so happened that
one day the king took it into his head to go
a hunting, and after summoning his nobles,
and making all the necessary preparations,
he summoned his philosopher and asked him
if it was going to rain. The philosopher told
him it would not, and he and his nobles departed.
While journeying along, they met
a countryman mounted upon a jackass. He
advised them to return, 'for,' said he, 'it will
certainly rain.' They smiled contemptuously
upon him, and passed on. Before they had
gone many miles, however, they had reason
to regret not having taken the rustic's advice,
as a heavy shower coming up they were
drenched to the skin. When they had re^
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mrneu 10 me puiace, me King repriraauueu
the philosopher severely for telling him that
it would be clear when it was not. 'I met a
countryman,' said he, 'and he knows a great
deal more than you, for he told me it would
rain, whereas you told me it would not.'
' The king then gave the philosopher his
walking paper, and sent icr the countryman,
who made his appearance. 'Tell me,' said
the king, 'how you knew :.t would rain ?' *1
didn't know,' said the rustic. 'My jackass I
told me.' 'And how, pray, did he tell you ?' j
the king asked, in astonishment. 'By prick- j
ing up his ears, your mtjesty.' The king ;
now sent the countryman away. Procuring ;
the jackass he placed him in the office the i
philosopher had filled. 'And here,' observed j
D?, looking very wise, 'is where the king !
made a mistake.' 'How so?' inquired his i
auditors. 'Why, ever since that time,' said j
D?, with a grin on his phiz, 'every jackass j
wants an office.' "
Twisting.?The Chicago Press tells the
following by way of illustrating the follies of
grown up people: Two girls of twelve or
fourteen years, passed alor.g Lake street sur- >
rounded by hoops, and trailing lorg dresses |
over the dirty pavement. They were novices ,
in the management of such rigging, but de-1
termined to acquire the art or die in the at- !
tempt. "Do I twist too much?" asked one of,
the anxious couple, as she wriggled along.
"Oh no," said the other, dropping a little behind
to observe her, "but if you could rise a
little on your toes as you squirm, it would
throw your dress better."
8&~ "Ma, aunt Jane has been eating the honey,"
said an observing son. "How do you
know, my dear ?" asked the astonished mother.
"Cause I heard father say he wanted to
sip the honey from her lips," responded the I
youth.
jfHistfllanfoiis |>ca4iug.
PERSEVERANCE.
"Great men are not always wise," is an
adage that needs no iilustratiou at our bands.
Great men may do very foolish things and
be anything but great outside of their sphere
of eminence. Every politician knows that j
the greatest General in the world may write
letters of which a school boy should be
ashamed. And because a man be eminent
as a statesman, is no reason to rely upon him j
as a superior financier, or a philanthropist, j
Yet all great men, whether of the field or j.
the forum, whether the dispenser of peace ;
from the pulpit, or mercy to the inmates of \
the prison, of whatever grade or sphere, i
have had all one characteristic?Persever- ;
ance. Alexander is among the first names !
on the first page of history. Yet, had he I
lived in our day, his appellation would have j
been "Alexander the fool," for certainly no j
fool of his time was ever more foolish than j
he. His whole course of life was au almost
continuous display of unwise rashness. But |
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ne pussesseu tv win, auu a persevernuee iiuti
made him a conqueror in ail that he undertook.
From his victory over Bucepahlus to
the last act of his dissipated life, this great
feature is all we see to remember.
I Juliu9 Ciesar was another of the world's
heroes ; true he was a man of ability and
learning, an honor to himself, an ornament
to his age and his country. But his victories
and his greatness were but the results of
th9 perseverance with which his sagacious
determinations were urged to fulfillment.
So with Napoleon, and so with Washington.
A man of resolution and perseverance, no
matter in what age or what capacity, will
always be great. In our own times we admire
but few characters with a greater fervency
than that of Jackson. Not so much,
indeed, on account of his peculiar views, for
I some of them were unpopular, as for the will
and honest perseverance with which, notwithstanding
this circumstance, they were
enforced. During his administration, every
one, from Nicholas Biddle down to Louis
Phillippe, knew who was President. His determination
was his character, which made
him "the mau for the times." And so with
every great mau.
Ou the contrary, the monarchs aud kings
: of history, who have lacked this great priuj
ciple?are the hard names we cau remember,
however easy of orthography or euphonious
' in sound. Such men are mere cyphers,
j They make no impression on the world, either
for good or ill, but like the supernumeraries
of the stage, are here only to fill up the
scenes, and then pass away to be forgotten
forever.
Now as the principles of science are serviceable
only as they are applicable to the
arts and the wants of every day life, so our
study of ourselves and the history of our
race should be used to a good account in
catering to our present necessities. Every
man has his sphere, and can be great in his
way, even in his humility. Some one has
said that even if he were nothing but a bootblack,
he would strive to be the best bootblack
in London. And so in every department
there is a point of excellence greater
than has yet been attained?one step nearer
to perfection than has yet been occupied.
But this point can never be reached without
a perseverance so strong and so determined
that it cannot and will not be turned aside.
We cannot indeed be all great Generals nor
great Presidents, but we can be great car
penters or blacksmiths, or tailors, or mer
chant9, or great men.
We are all aiming at greatness in something.
We are fighting the great battle of
life. We are running a great race either
for fame, for favor or for gold. And shall
we give it up when just begun, when but
half over, or just as we are about to realize
the victory ? We say no, "never give up the
ship" while there is a rag of sail, "never say
die," but struggle on and on, until perseverance
crowns your efforts with success.
Whatever may be your pursuit do not turn
to this side nor to that, but stick to your
calling until you ha^e reached an eminence
worthy of your aim and honorable in itself.
Customs Derived from the Instincts
of Immortality.?The Indian buries the
hunting implements of his friend with him,
that he may not want for the means of pursuing
the chase in the unknown land to which
he has taken bis final flight. The ancient
Egyptians embalmed their dead, under the
notion that the soul would return after a circle
of ages, and that it would be an infinite
misfortune to find its organic existence dissolved.
Their burying ground was situated
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oeyona a oeautnui sneet 01 water, uuueu
Acherusia, or last state of man, over which
the dead were ferried, from which the Grecian
myth of Charon and his boat was, no .
doubt, derived. Beyond this lake, grounds
were laid out to receive the dead. They
were planted with trees and intersected bycanals,
to render them, as their name imported,
a literal Elysium. Indeed, a provisiou
for the dead occupied more of their attention
than that for the living, and while no
vestige of their abodes in life remain, the
mausoleums, catacombs and pyramids still
survive, in grandeur, the wrecks of fortyj
nine centuries. The exquisite touches ol
| Grecian art couverted the Parian and Penj
telican marble into the form of men and
i gods, in obedience to the instincts within,
j by which the mortal is associated with the
i immortal, and the earthly destiny of niau
I with the beings and scenes of a higher world.
| How much of the genius, industry, and
j wealth of the world is controlled by this
i mysterious instinct ? Mau can no more be
; divested of it, than a fish of its instinct to
; swim, or the bird to fly. Atheism may be|
fog, but cannot extinguish the tendencies of
j the human soul towards immortality.
| The Blonde at iie Fair.?At a charity
fair, lately got up b; the benevolent fashionables
of Paris, the i rincess P? had a couuj
ter, covered with elegant trifles. One of her
rmv nennnintAneps Count <le R? annroached
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, the stall, and, after .looking at all the articles,
: was walking quietly away. The lovely shop:
woman, upon this, called out to know wheth|
er he was going to be so uncourteous as to
pass without buying something of her.
"I would," he said, with a significant look,
"If you would sell me what I want."
"Well?what is it ?"
| "That lock of golden hair which falls so
beautifully to your shoulder!"
"You shall have it," replied the Princess,
very promptly, and seizing a pair of scissors,
she clipped it close to her temples. It was!
then duly wrapped in a piece of paper and !
then handed across the counter.
"Five hundred francs," said the Princess. |
The Count as promptly drew a check from i
his wallet and filled it up for the amount, se- j
cretly thinking it was rather dear, but pock- j
etiug it with a very chivalric grace.
The next day the Count was telling the sto-1
ry, with some triumph, to his sister-in-law,
who happened to be an intimate friend of the I
Princess, and was surprised to fiud it received \
with a burst of hearty laughter.
"The Princess made a good bargain out of;
you," said his sister, for, as I chance to know, j
the five hundred francs which she charged j i
you for that single curl, is three or four times
as much as she paid the hair-dresser for the
whole wig !"
flaT" There is no portion of our time that
is our time, and the rest God's ; there is no ,
portion of money that is our money, and the ! j
rest God's money. It is all his ; he made it!
all, gives it all, and he has simply trusted it
to us for his service. A servant has two
purses?his master's and his own?but we i
have only one.?Mo nod.
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CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
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FAITH.
In every gospel sermon there is something
said about faith. No matter what may be
the text, or what the occasion, no sermon is
complete without h iving faith interwoven into
it. Every Sabbath, all over Christendom,
something is said to illustate what is meant
by faith, and yet it is to be feared that many
persons have very coufused ideas as to the
nature and office of faith. Ask the average
Christian what he understands by faith, and
you will, in too many instances, receive a
very unsatisfactory answer. He will possiniy
reply, "I understand it, but I cannot express
it." It is true, some men understand some
things which they cannot explain in the language
of the learned ; but in their own lan
guage they find very little difficulty in explaining,
and that clearly, all that they thoroughly
understand.
Whoever says he understands a thing, but
cannot explain it, is simply mistaken. The
reason he cannot explain it, is because he does
not understand it. This is true in respect to
those who say they understand faith, but cannot,explain
it. They are only bathed in
Christ Jesus.
Faith is well defined to be "a saving grace
whereby we receive and rest upon Jesus
Christ alone for salvation as he is offered in
the gospel." This definition is certainly
clear, and it is as certainly rigidly Scriptural.
The first thing mentioned is, that it is
"saving grace." To say that it is a grace
does not distinguish it from many other
things. Everything we have and enjoy may,
with the utmost propriety, be called a grace.
Whatever God gives us is a grace. The air
we breathe, the water we drink, the food we
eat, and each and all the circumstauces by
which we are surrounded in life?nay, even
life itself?is a grace. God bestows them
upon upon us. But they are not saving
graces. We may enjoy these and still not be
saved. Faith, however, is a saving grace. We
must have faith in order to be saved, and
if we have faith, we certainly will be saved.
This, however, is true of many other graces,
Repentance is a saving grace. Jesus Christ
was raised a prince and saviour to give repentance.
We must repent or we cannot be
saved, and whoever repeut9 will certainly be
saved.
Faith is that particular grace which enables
its possessor to receive Jesus Christ as
his saviour, to accept him as his redeemer,
to take him as his mediator. More than this,
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it is mac grace wnicii euauies hjo uuc ^uoowaiug
it to reat upon Jesua Christ alone for salvation.
The object of faith is Jesus Christ
and nothing else.
Faith is belief in testimony. That faith
which is absolutely necessary in order to sal
vation, is belief in the testimony of God concerning
his son Jesus Christ. Hence, it includes
the whole Bible, all its promises and
all its threatenings.
Faith may be viewed as an endowment ol
the soul, and also as the exercise of that en- i
dowment; or, in other words, we may view it J
as power to believe and as the actual exercise
of that power.
The ability to accept and rest upon Jesus
Christ for salvation is certainly wrought in !
all who possess it by the Holy Spirit. The I
exercise of this power or ability is just as
certainly an act of the individual possessing
the power.
The Holy Spirit convinces the sinner of bis
sin and misery, of his lost and ruined condition,
of his own utter inability, and of the
utter inability of all other creatures to rescue
him from his lost condition, and enables
bim to give his hearty assent to the truths of
the gospel, and also to rest upon Christ and
his righteousness as presented and offered in
the gospel for the pardon of all his sins, and
for the accepting of him as righteous in the
sight of God.
Faith, in the order of nature, is preceded
by knowledge. We must have faith in order
to be saved; but in order to have faith, we
must have knowledge. "Fath cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
There are some people who can not be saved.
Not because Jesus Christ is not able and willing
to save them, but because they are so
grossly ignorant. Not ignorant of what is
transpiring in the world, but ignorant of the
Bible. They never read the Bible and never
attend church. They refuse to use the means
by which the holy spirit operates upon the
hearts of men. God has seen fit to establish
a channel through which he communicates
the grace of faith. Ordinarily it may be said
he never communicates it in any other way,
or through any other channel.
Faith may be called a growing grace. It
increases from a small beginning until it is
finally merged into fruition. It is not always
equally strong. It grows and strengthens as
the means for its growth are used, and becomes
weak and languishing as these are neglected.
Its correct measure is the belief in
the testimony of God. As belief in this is
strong, fuith is strong ; and as this is weak, |
faith is weak.
BSa?" The greater your wants, the greater j
God's goodness in supplying them. The j
greater your enemies, the greater display of j
God's power in subduing them. The greater i
your unworthiuess, the greater his grace in |
saving you. The greater your trials, the i
greater the comforts of his Spirit, and the J
greater the joy in which they shall end.
Bsay Be not disheartened, as if comfort would
not come at all, because it comes not all
at once ; but patiently attend to God's leisure ; i
they are not styled the swift, but "the sure
mercies of David." Be assured when grace
patiently leads the front, glory at least will
be in the rear.
It ought to be the great care of every
one ofusto follow the Lord fully. We must
follow him universally, without dividing;
uprightly, without dissembling; cheerfully,
without disputing; constantly, without declining
; and this is following him fully.
Difficulty is the nurse of greatness?a
harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her'foster!
children into strength and athletic proportions.
The mind, grappling with great aims
aud wrestling with mighty impediments,
grows by a certain necessity of their stature.
SqT" The Christian must expect opposition
from the world ; because he is going just the
contrary road from the multitude, and has to
pass through thein.
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SAVING IN THE FAMILY.
For some time we have had lying in our
hearth stone drawer the following paragraph :
"A saving woman at the head of a family
is the very best savings bank established. The
idea of saving is a pleasant one ; and if the ,
women imbibed it at once, they would cultivate
it and adhere to it; and thus, when (
they are not aware of it, they would be lay- j
ing the foundation of a competent security in
a stormy time, and shelter in a rainy day. The ,
best way to comprehend it is to keep an ac- ,
count of all current expenses. Whether five
hundred dollars or five thousand dollars are
expended annually, there is a chance to save ]
something if the effort is made. Let the
limiapwifV. fnUfi the irW act UDon it. and I
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she will save something where before she i
thought it impossible. This is a duty, yet I
not a sordid avarice, but a mere obligation ]
that rest upon women as well as men."
Of course we do not doubt the statements
contained in it. A saving woman is surely i
handy to have in the house?we can even
bring our fancy to make a savings-bank of i
her, though the figure seems a bit strained.
Certainly she pays a good interest upon any (
deposits of love and confidence reposed in
her by husband and children. She can be of i
material service, too, and can greatly help in
laying up tangible things for the possible
rainv days. But we demur against the habit?grown
common and growing more so?of
preaching prudence and thriftiness to women
alone. As we see it, a saving man "at the
head of a family" is as correct and desirable
as can be a saving woman. Granted that
the woman may daily waste in cookery, in
household appointment, etc.; the man has
opportunities in the field, at the barn, on the
road, and in his daily life everywhere, as ample,
and the man quite as generally improves
them. He may and does waste time, waste
seed, waste feed, waste machinery, waste
horseflesh and waste harvest, more prodigally
than his wife expends of their substance indoors.
And in four cases out of five he
wastes as much in a month's foolish use of
tobacco or beer, as his poor wife has the
chance to waste on real necessaries in a year.
Perhaps the male members of our Rural
Home parish will grumble at us for saying it,
but we have "a call" to assert that the man
should save more and ask the woman to
save less. There isn't a farmer's wife in five
of our acquaintance who doesn't save every
[ season, by her unselfish effort, more than her
husband appears willing to allow her for the
work of a life-time. She works early and
late, she wears the,old clothing, she mends,
she pinches, she drudges; and the last thing
the farmer thinks of is to save her. We
have been righteously indignant at this
wrong in farmers' homes so often, that we
cannot now forbear some word of accusation ;
and we make it brief. We could reiterate
and emphasize it, but at present we desist.?
Rural Home.
PUNCTUALITY.
One of the many forms of selfishness is a
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want of punctuality, tne root or au evu. 11
your father is a man who counts much upon
the pleasure of having all his family with
him at his meals, you may, by your dilatoriness,
quite spoil them for hira, any proof of a
child's indifference being a poor appetizer.
Nor is it merely with the enjoyment of his
meal that you may interfere, but with its digestion
; since the most material functions of
our material bodies are greatly assisted, or
greatly hindered, by moral agencies.
The unpunctual man is apt to think that
the greatest evil he occasions by his special
infirmity, is temporary inconvenience 01 disappointment.
But this is not so. If one of
his delays should disturb only the arrangements
for one day of a single person, be may
congratulate himself. Order is heaven's first
law Ami the second, regular routine, is like
unto it. If the earth and the moon were to
loiter in their course, and accomplish their
revolutions at uncertain times and uncertain
periods, everything here would be out of
joint. And so is everything out of joint that
is in the sphere of duty and occupation of the
procrastiuator.
If the duties that belong to one hour be
deferred to another, they seem subjected to
a process that merges one in another, until all
are reduced to a single vanishing point, and
leave no record behind them. What bitter
disappointment, and what serious annoyance
and loss, may come from a letter a little too
late for the mail?a bill paid after the promised
time?an appointment not kept?a commission
deferred ! Note for yourselves, and
think on these things.
Punctuality is essential to another virtue?
reliableness. Do all that you promise to do,
and all that you are rightfully required and
expected to do, as certainly, so far as it depends
upon yourself, as the sun rises aud sets,
so that the hearts of all with whom you are
in any way connected may "safely trust" in
you. Then you will become "pillars of support"
in the family and in society, instead of
broken reeds.
The comfort and satisfaction of dealing
with the truly reliable is immense, as, of
course, also is the misery of all intercourse
with the unreliable. Go when you say you
will go; come when you say you will come ; do
this and and that when you say you will do
it, even if it be a little thing, without being
deterred by any but insuperable obstacles.
Disrespect at Home.?One of the dangers
of home life is the habit of disrespect?
that which is bred by familiarity. People
who are all beauty and sunshine for a crowd
of strangers for whom they have not the slightest
affection, are all ugliness and gloom for their
own, by whose love they live. The pleasant
Utile nrett.inpsH of dress and Dersonal adorn
raent which mark the desire to please, are
put on only for the admiration of those whose
admiration goes for nothing, while house
companions are treated only to the ragged
gown and thread bare coat, the touzled hair
and stubby beard, which is making the ease |
and comfort of the sans facou of home, mark
also the indifference and disrespect which do
so much to damage the sweetness aud delicacy
of a daily life. And what is true of the dress
is truer still of the manners and tempers of 1
home, in both of which we find too often that (
want of respect which runs side by side with
affection and familiarity. It is a regretable !
habit under any of its conditions, but uever j
more so than when it invades the home and 1
endangers still more that which is already 1
too much endangered by other things. Parents
do not pay enough attention to this in
the young. They alltfw habits of disrespect
to be formed?rude, rough, insolent, impa- l
tient?and over the stereotype excuse, "they ,
mean nothing by it," which if we look at it l ]
aright, is worse than no excuse at all, for if i
they do mean nothing by it, and disrespect is
not what it seems to be, the result of strong
auger, uncontrollable temper, but merely a
habit, then it ought to be conquered without
loss of time, being merely a manner that
hurts all parties alike.?Ex. I
A Father's Advice to a Bride.?Said i
a young husband, whose business speculations IJ
were unsuccessful: "My wife's silver tea set, j,
the bridal gift of a rich uncle, doomed me to
financial ruin. It involved a hundred unexpected
expenses, which, in trying to meet,
have made me the bankrupt I am." His is
the experience of many others, who, less J
wise, do not know what is the goblin of the i ]
house working its destruction. I >
A sagacious father of great wealth exceed- 2
ingly mortified his daughter by ordering it to
be printed on her wedding cards : "No pres- ents,
except those adapted to an income of .
?200." Said he: "You must not expect to
begin life in the style I am able by many years
to indulge, and I know of nothing which will
tempt you to try more than the well-intentioned
but pernicious gifts of rich friends."
Such advice is timely. If other parents
wfiuld follow the same plan, many young men
would be spared years of incessant toil and
anxiety. They would not find themselves on
the downward road because their wives had
worn all their salary or expended it on the
appointments of the house. The fate of the
poor man who found a linch pin and felt
obliged to make a carriage to fit it, is the
fate of the husband who finds his bride in
possession of gold and silver valuahles, and
no large income to support the owner's gold
and silver in style.
No one should ever place a light or
lantern on a barn floor, or ou a shop floor
where there are shavings. It is a very easy
thing to upset a light so placed, and the remit
is likely to be the conflagration of the
building. It is much more prudent to place
hooks here and there about the premises, and
have it understood that they are solely to
bang the lantern upon, and that other thiDgs
must be kept off them. An unprotected
light should not be allowed in a barn under
any circumstances. If the kerosene lamp
had been hung up and not placed where a
cow could kick it over, the burning of Chicago,
and the consequent loss of millions of
dollars, would not bave happened.?Scientific
American.
fatkville (frapm.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Single copy for one year, 82 50
For six months, 125
For three months, 75
Two copies one year, 4 00
Ten copies one year, 20 00
And an extra copy for a club of ten.
ADVERTISING RATES.
ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion,
and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each
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 bo used for throe, six,
or twelve months.
??????
W. P. HOBBS, AGENT."
NEW GOODS
RECEIVING and for sale at the lowest Cash
Prices,
AT THE SMITH CORNER.
In the stock may be enumerated :
Coffee, different qualities and prices ; Smoking
and Chewing Tobacco; Cigars, Ralph's Scotch
Snuff; Soda and Slarch; Lion and Patapsco Baking
Powders;
CANNED GOODS
And Extracts; Shoe Brushes and Blacking;
Candies, Candles; Green and Black Teas ; the
best Broom in town; good Apple Vinegar; Soda
and Lemon Crackers; Columbia River Salmon
Concentrated Lye; Black Pepper in tin boxes.
Try my
ARiOSA ROASTED COFFEE.
Old Seed Tick Coffee at 6 pounds for $1. Call and
examine my goods aud prices.
W. P. HOBBS, Agent.
THE NEWS AND COURIER.
HAVING taken theagency of the CHARLESTON
DAILY NEWS AND COURIER for
Yorkville and vicinity, I would respectfully inform
the citizens that I will promptly deliver
that paper
EVERY AFTERNOON
At TWENTY CENTS per week. This places
subscribers in Yorkville on the same footing of
subscribers in the city of Charleston.
THE NEWS AND COURIER is received in
Yorkville on the afternoon of
THE DAY OF PUBLICATION.
I will also receive subscriptions for the TRIWEEKLY
NEWS, the WEEKLY NEWS, and
the SUNDAY NEWS. Subscriptions for these
papers to be paid in advance, and weekly subscriptions
to the daily to be paid at the end of each
week.
PERIODICALS, &C.
Subscriptions will be received at publishers'
Srices for the following papers and magazines:
[arper's Magizine, Harper's Weekly, Harper's
Young People, Harper's Bazaar ; Scribner's
Monthly, St. Nicholas; Lippencott's Magazine,
Appleton's Journal, Waverly Magazine, Demorest's
Magazine, Peterson's Magazine, Gody's
Lady's Book, Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly,
Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine, Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper; Saturday Night and the
New York Ledger, and in fact any paper published
in the United States or Canada.
SAM M. GRIST.
September 1 35 tf
DENTAL SURGERY.
Dr. J. B. PATRICK,
of Charleston,
SURGEON DENTI.ST,
flWffggak. WILL visit Yorkville, professionally,
in January next, when he will
I TP be pleased to wait upon all who may
require the services of a DENTIST. Being ampi7
prepared with the best instruments and all
the improved appliances, he feels warranted in
assuring perfect satisfaction.
Ladies waited on at their residence.
Rooms at the Rawlinson House.
September '22 33 lyADGER
COLLEGE,
Wallialla, H, C.
V5W THE Session of 1881-82 will begin
rat" 0,1 THURSDAY, September 15th.
iWgBsjS Students may elect between the Clas11^?
sical, Scientific and Commercial Courses.
Board and Tuition very reasonable,
the whole expenses (except for clothing and
traveling) need not exceed $150 per annum. The
students are drilled in military tactics. Located
' *' - 1 c MAiintoina flip nli.
at me oust) ui me uiuo auu^o luuuumtuo, ?uv w?
mate is unsurpassed. For Catalogue, apply to
JOHN R. RILEY, Chairman of Faculty.
W. W. Lkoare, Secretary of Faculty.
August 25 34 2m
"Pre. WILSON,
DEALER IN
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, PHAT0NS,
SPRING- WAGONS, &0-,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
OPEN BUGGIES $55, STEEL BOWTOP$65.
August 11 32 tj
ENTE^~UPOiTTHETHIRD"TERM.
THE undersigned would respectfully inform
the planters of this section that he has again
entered into business relations with Messrs. J.
M. IVY CO., of Rock Hill, for the purchase
of Cotton in the Yorkville market for another
year. He will be pleased to SAMPLE COTTON,
and as heretofore, will always be found at the
TOP OF THE MARKET. His place of business
is the ware-house of J. A. Carroll, near the
depot. J. R. GARDNER.
September 8 36 tf
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in
Yorkville, known as the "'Meek Place." It i
is situated near the Methodist Church, and contains
TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is
\ two-storv Dwelling House, containing SIX
LARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a luinKoi.
VinnuQ li and stalilfi.
Terms will be made easy.
L. M. GRIST.
September 15 36 tf
IRON SAFE FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offers for sale one No. 2 i
IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bah- I
nan A Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a com- j
jination lock, and for all practical purposes is I
;qual to a new one. It is offered for sale for no i
eason except that it is too small for my^urposes. |
J. W. B AI M A N,
PRACTICAL BAEBEE AND HAIR DEE88EBrjHOP
ill SPRINGS MOORE building, on iirst'
^ floor, in the rear of Withers Adickes' store.
Easy shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dress
ng and polite attention to all customers. Call
ind give him a trial.
pS- Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO.
September 15 25 tf
CHATTEL MORTGAGES
\ ftORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to
[YJ. Real Estate. For sale at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
THE
"FAMILY FAVORITE."
THE VERY BEST AND THE VERY LATEST
IMPROVED
Sewing- IVTaeliine.
Light Running, Noiseless,
No Gears, No Cams, No Springs,
New and Elegant styles of Woodwork.
Loose Fly-TYIieel, Automatic Spooler,
Casters in Stand, Largest Shuttle Used,
Simple, Easy to Learn, Requires
no Repairs at all.
INSTRUCTION BOOK
So plain that no other teacher is required. If you
see it, you will buy it. Prices as low as any firstclass
Machine. For sale by
LATIMER ?fe HEMPHILL,
Yorkville, S. C.
REED & GILL, Agents, Rock Hill.S. C.
WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN.
March 31 13 tf
LIYERY AND FEED STABLE.
THE undersigned would respectfully Inform
the public that be has opened a
LIVERY STABLE
On bis lot, near the Court House, and is amply
prepared with HORSES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES
and WAGONS, to attend to any calls that
may be made upon him by the traveling public.
Special atteution given to conveying TRAVELING
SALESMEN to any point desired, in comfortable
vehicles, and with careful drivers.
Horses and vehicles to hire at reasonable prices.
FEED STABLES.
In connection with the Livery business, I am
also prepared to furnish feod and stabling for
horses, by the meal, day, week or month. My
long experience in the Livery Business warrants
me in ensuring satisfaction to all who may favor
me with their patronage.
A few second-hand Buggies for sale at a bargain.
F. E. SMITH.
April 7 14 ly
LOOK OUT!
ALL persons indebted to tho undersigned for
stock, and knowing that their notes fall due
on the 1st of October, will prepare to meet them,
as full payment will be required.
Persons wishing to make settlement can call at
our stables in Yorkville, where Maj. J. H. Barry
will receive the money due, and return their papers.
A. WILLIFORD & CO.
September8 30 tf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF YORK.
WHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pleas,
has applied to me for Letters of Administration
on all and singular, the goods and
chattels, rights and credits of FRANCIS NICHOLS,
lato of the county aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said
deceased, to be and appear at our next Judge of
Probate's court, ior iora county, to ue uuiuen
at York Court House, on the 14TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, next, to shew cause, if any, why
the said Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this 6th day of
October, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one, and in the
106th year of the Independence of the United
States of America. J. A. McLEAN,
Judge of Probate.
October 6 40 6t
THE WILLIAMSTONFEM ALETCOLLEGE
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
times a vear.
The FALL SESSION OPENS AUGUST 1,
1881.
Rev. S. LANDER, President,
Williamston, S. C.
July 21 45 lv
GARRT IRON ROOFING CO.
aud Cement.
79 and 81 Columbus Street,
CIjEVELAND, OHIO.
Send for circulars and price lists.
February 26 9 ly
AGENTS WANTEDT"
I1TE want a limited number of active, ener
( V V getic canvassers to engage in a pleasant ana
profitable business. Good men will find this a
rare chance TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisement
by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what
business they have been engaged in. None but
those who mean business need applv. Address
FIXLEY, HARVEY & CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
January G 1 ly 1
TAKE A GREENVILLE PAPER. j!
Subscribe for the enterprise and i <
MOUNTAINEER, issued in Greenville, South j
Carolina, the most enterprising and thriving City j
of the State. Size, 26 by 10 inches. 20 columns <
of reading matter weekly. Special attention given j j
to matters transpiring in the up-country, where ;
so many are now looking. Established 57 years.
The present Editor connected with the office since [
1854. ?2 per annum ; ?1 for six months. 300 new j
subscribers have been enrolled since last Janua- j
ry. Try it awhile. Address j
JOHN C. BAILEY, Editor, I ?
Greenville, S. C. I
CLEANSING AND REPAIRING."
THE undersigned would respectfully inform J j
the public that he is prepared to cleanse gar- , <
merits of any fabric whatever, rendering them j 1
perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to ' s
the original brightness and lustre of the goods.
Do not throw away your oid clothes, but have] .
them cleaned and made to look as well as new. j
Work promptly done, and at the most reasona- ble
prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
wanted. i \
Five shares of Chester and le- i s
NOIR RAILROAD STOCK. Apply at, the f
ENQUIRER OFFICE. I
July 28 30 tf 1
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD.
W
Jmrmwrkii W ^ ikii^nrw' Snr
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
ON and after June.r>th, 1881, Passenger Train
Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte AirLine
division of this road will be as follows:
If. S. Mail. N. Y. Express. U. S. Fast Mail
EASTWARD. No. 43, No. 47, No. 49,
A. B. j C.
Leave Atlanta.... 4.00 A.M. 3 15 P. M.j 6.30 P.M.
Arr. Suwnnec...D 5.16 A.M. 4.37 P. M.J 7.45 P.M.
" I.ula E 6.54 A.M. 5.59 P. M.' 9.06 P. M.
" Toecoa Pj 8.14 A. M. 7.15 P. M. 10.16 P. M.
" Seneca <J 9.20 A. M. 8.40 P. M. 11.25 P. M.
' Greenville..H: 10.56 A. M. 10.20 P. M. 1.00 A. M.
" Spi?naiib'({..K 12.14 P. M. 11.40 P. M. 2.11 A. M.
" Gustouiti....L 2.36 P. M. 2.13 A.M. 4.31 A. M.
Charlotte...M| 3.35 P. M. 3.15 A. M.. 5.35 A. M.
WFSTtVAfin 111. S. Mail. N.Y. Express.[U. S. Fast Mall.
WESTWARD. | No v2 4g | No ^
L,'ve Charlotte.. M ! 12.30 P. M. 12.43 A. M.I 12.33 A. M.
" Ga?tonia..L 1.27 P.M. 1.43 A. M.I 1.17 A. M"
Spartanh'g.KI 3.50 P. M. 4.06 A.M. 3.12 A.M.
" Greenville.H 1 5.07 P. M. 5.18 A.M. 4.24 A.M.
" Seneca....G 6.51 P. M. 7.02 A. M. 5.47 A. M.
" Toceoa....F 8.01 P. M. 8.15 * M. 6.53 A.M.
" Lulu E 9.16 P. M. 9.3t n. M. 8.09 A. M.
" Suwanee..I);i0.38P. M. 10.54 A.M. 9.22 A.M.
Arr. Atlanta 112.05 A. M. 12.20 P. M. 10.35 A. M.
CONNECTIONS.
A with arriving trains of Georgia Central and
A. & W. P. Railroads.
B with arriving trains of Georgia Central, A. <ft
W. P. and W. <ft A. Railroads.
C with arriving trains.of Georgia Railroad.
D with Lawrenceville Branch to aud from
Lawrenceville, Ga.
E with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and
from Athens, Ga.
F with Elberton Air-line to and from Elberton,
Georgia.
G with Columbia and Greenville, to and from
Columbia and Charleston, 8. C.
II with Columbia and Greenville, to and from
Columbia and Charleston, S. C.
K with Spartanburg and Asheville, and Spartanburg,
Union and Columbia, to and from Henderson
and Asheville, and Alston and Columbia.
L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge, to
and from Lincolnton and Chester.
M with C. C. & A.?C. C.?R. A D. and A. T. <ft
0. for all points West, North and East.
Jpssr Pullman Sleeping Car Service on Trains
Nos. 47 and 48, Daily without change, between
Atlanta and New York.
A. POPE, General Passenger Agent.
May 19 20 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
nripoa for the followim? classes of work, to which
we invite the attention*of business men:
BILL HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Half-sheet Bill Heads $3.00 $5.00
Fonrth-sbeet Bill Heads 2.25 3.50
Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00
Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet
bill hcAds. We will fill an order for bill heads,
giving any desired number of either size of
sheet at proportionate prices.
LETTER HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Commercial Note $2.15 $3.25
Packet Note, 2.25 3.50
Letter (large size) 3.00 5.0C
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 printing of
Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities,
which we furnish strictlv according to the requirements
of the Justices o? the Supreme Court, and
in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure
accuracy.
We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of
printing, from a visiting card to a large volume,
and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any
style of work desired. Address.
L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C.
September 9 37 tf
C.& 1. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains,
taking eli'ect at 6.00 o'clock, A. M., September
12,1881: - ..
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Lincolnton, 6.00 A. M.
Leave Hardin's 6.25 A. M.
Leave Dallas, 6.50 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia9 7 10 A M.
Leave Gastonia 7 30 A. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge 7.50 A. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek 8.00 A. M.
Leave Bowling Green 8.10 A. M.
Leave Clover 8.25 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkville 9.00 A. M.
Leave Yorkville 9.10 A. M.
Leave Guthriesville 9.35 A. M.
Leave McCounellsville 9.50 A. M.
Leave Lowrysville 10.10 A. M.
Arrive at Chester 10.40 A. M.
Breakfast.
GOING NORTH.
Leave Chester 2.30 P. M.
Leave Lowrysville 3.00 P. M.
Leave McConnellsville 3.20 P. M
Leave Guthriesville 3.30 P. M.
Arrive at Yorkville 3.55 P. M.
Leave Yorkville - 4.05 P. M.
Leave Clover 4.45 P. M.
Leave Bowling Green 4.55 P. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek 5.05 P. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge 5.15 P. M.
Leave Gastonia o.io r. jw.
Leave Dallas 6.05 P. M.
Leave Hardin's 6.30 P. M.
Arrive at Liucolnton 7.00 P. M.
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
SeDtemberl5 37 tf
the yorkmarble yard.
fllHE undersigned would respectfully anI.
nounce to the public that his MARBLE
YARD, near the Railroad depot, is in full operation,
and that be is now well prepared to furnish
anything in his line of business at the LOWEST
CASH PRICES. Tombstones for children furnished
for from $3.00 upward; for adults from
$8.00 upward.
Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and
finished in the most elaborate style, and in point
of workmanship and material, equal to the work
of any establishment in the country.
Specimens always on hand, to an inspection of
which those in want of marble work are respectfully
invited.
Estimates and other information furnished on
application.
Work delivered at any point on the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between
Chester and Dallas, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for
transportation.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
upon my establishment, my determination is to
merit a continuance of the same.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
January 6 1 ly
"annual meeting.
The ANNUAL MEETING of the Board of
County Commissioners of York countv, will
be behl at Yorkvillo, on TUESDAY, THIS 8TH
DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1831. All persons holding
bills, accounts, or demands of any kind,
against the county, which have not been before
RnorH will deDosit the same
UlCSCilliCV. W V11V mvw*v>, ,
with the Clerk, on or before the EIGHTH DAY
OF NOVEMBER, 1881, so that they may be examined
and ordered to be paid on the 8th of November.
Trial Justices will exhibit with their accounts,
all original papers, in each case in which costs
have accrued.
By order of the Board.
J. M. JACKSON, Chairman.
October 13 41 4t
turbine water wheel.
WE have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TURBINE
WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's
Invention. We are working a 13i* inch Wheel
r>t the same kind, and there is no better Water
Wheel made for the same money. Those who
Bontemolate using a Turbine Wheel can do no
better than to gel one of these Wheels. We have
Circulars giving all the details in regard to the
working of it, and with the sale you have the
privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not
3o as represented, the money will be refunded.
Come and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine
Wheel, Manufactured bv theSERGEANT MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C.
HERN DON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
February 10 47 tf
J, R, SCHORB'S PHOTOrBALLERY,
1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE J All.
A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every
/11 convenience, and a determination to do my
jest, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in
want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy
weather is as good or better than sunshine for all
mbjects, except small children.
August 4 31 tf
noticeT"
[RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I
am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears
md other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for
loningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for
iharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and
latisfaction guaranteed or no charge.
TOM BALLARD, Barber.
March 10 10 tf
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