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OPPOSED TO INsURANcE.--A certain
Dutchman, owner of a house, had effected
an insurance on it of eight hundred dollars,
although it had been built for much less.
The house burned down, ard the Dutchman
claimed the full amount for which it had
been insured; but the officers of the COM
pany refused to pay any more than its &C.
tual value-aboat six hundred dollars. He
expressed his dissatisfaction in powerful
broken English, filling up his remarks with
some choice Teutonic oaths.
s'If you wish it, said the cashier of the
insurance company, "we will build you q
house larger and better than the one burned
down, and we are positive thst it can be
done for even less than six hundred dol
lars" To this proposition the Dutchman
objected, and was at last compelled to take
the six hundred dollars. Some weeks after
he received the money, he was called upon
by the same agent, who wanted him to take
a policy of life insurance on himself or on
his WIFE" eff you insure your wife's Life
for$2, ,OOO," the agent said, "and she should
die, you would have the sum to solace your
heart
"To ter tuyvel, NIT you," exclaimed the
Dutchman. s'You 'surance fellers is all
tiefs! If I insure my wife, and my wife,
he dies, and 1 goes to de office to get my
two tousand tollars, do I gifts all de money?
No, not quite, you will say to me: she
want worth two tousand tollars, she vas
worth about six hundred tollars. If you
don't like to take six hundred tollars, we
will git you bigger and better wife.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-08

ABOUT PLows AND PLow1EG.-The New
York Committee appointed to superintend
the trial of plows, has reported, and we
condense the following: Taking New York
as basis of calculation, the committee find
that there are SO,OO0,000 acres in the Uni
ted States now under the plow. Assuming
that every plow turns over fifty acres an
nually, it will require 100000 plows to
accomplish the work; and if a plow lasts,
on an average, eight years, it will take
187, 500 new plows every year to supply
the demands of our country, without count
ing the large number exported. The mum
Der of pillow manufactures in the United
States is 429, and the value Of plows an
nually made about 100000. It is esti
mated that the plowing of land requires the
labor of one million of teams, of either oxen
or horses, for eighty days in the year, and
that, counting in the labor Of the men re-
quired to manage the teams, the cost of
both annually is fully $2o,o0O,0o0. 1t is
also assumed that if the plow having the
least draft were brought into use, to the
exclusion of all others, it would reduce the
cost of plowing forty-two per cent, or $S,-
100000 annually in the United States
alone GIN. Times.
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book used by King Charles I when on the
scafold, was sold in London in 1926 for
100 guineas. The two pens employed in
signing the treaty Of Amiens were sold in
1925 for G500. A wig that belonged to
Sterne was sold at public auction in Lon
don for 200 guineas. The hat worn by Na-
poleon at the battle of Eylau, was sold in
Paris in 1885 for 1920 francs. The pens
used in Paris for signing the treaty ofpeace
after the Russian war, we're presented to
the Empress Eugenie, by whom they have
no doubt carefully been preserved. D..
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How ibid TT hitched my chair close
up to hern, shet my eyes, and shuddering-
ly said: "Sally, [ have been hankering ar
ter you for long time-that's so! I love
you from the foot of your soul to the head
of your crown, and I don't keer who nose
it, With that she fetched screech, and
arter while she sez: "Uriah' - ''Sally"
sez 1. eyes" sez she, hidin' her face.
"Glory, galory!" sez I. 81 can jump a
ten rail fence. Hooray-hooray! With
that I sorter sloshed myself down by he1
side and clinched. Talk about your night.
blooming serious. O,my! 0, broomstraws
with sorgum lasses on EN-!
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LET Us HELP ONE ANoTHER.-This it,
tie sentence should be written on every
heart and stamped on every memory. 1t
should be the golden rule practiced not only
in every household, but throughout the
world. By helping one another, we not on
ly remove thorns from the pathway, and
anxiety from the mind, but We feel a sense
of pleasure in our own hearts, knowing we
are doing duty to fellow creature. A
helping hand or an encouraging word is no
loss to us, yet it is benefit to others. Who
has not felt the power of this little sentence?
Who has not needed the encouragement and
aid of kind friend? How soothing, when
perplexed with some task that is mysterious
and burthensome, to feel gentle hand on
the shoulder and to hear kind voice whis-
pering: "Do not feel discouraged-I see
your trouble-let me help you What
strength is inspired-what hope created
what sweet gratitude is felt, and the great
difficulty is dissolved as dew beneath the
sunshine. Yes, let US help one another by
endeavoring to strengthen and encourage
the weak and lifting the burden of care from
the weary and oppressed, that life may glide
smoothly on and the fount of bitterness
Weld sweet waters and he whose willing
hand is ever ready to aid US, will reward
our humble endeavors, and every good deed
will be as "bread cast upon the waters, to
return after many days." if not to us, to
those we love.
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How To SWEEP THE FLooR.-In the
days of Puritan grandmothers no girl was
considered fit to receive proposals of mar
riage until she could make good hemlock
broom but in these later times, many a
young lady not only offers herself in the
matrimonial market, but absolutel y gets
married, and undertakes to manage her
house without knowing how to use broom
that some one else has made. We have
seen broom used so unskilfully, that one
would think the person engaged in using it
was endeavori1g to transfer the dust from
the floor to the furniture. 1t requires some
science, or at least skill, to use broom
we'll. To do this skilfully, the handle
should incline forward and not backward.
If the top of the broom inclines forward
beyond the part next the floor, it will pre-
vent much Of the dust from rising into the
air, and will carry it along by gently slid
ing motion towards the place where it is to
be disposed Of. If, on the other hand, the
handle of the broom inclines backward, the
dust is sent into the air by kind Of jerk,
to the detriment of everything in the apart
ment. More than this, it wears off the
threads Of the carpet quicker, Injuries the
paint more, if the room is uncarpeted, and
destroys the broom sooner, than if the
sweeping is done in rational way. A
brush of bristles is always better to sweep
a carpet, as it is less liable to "kick up a
DUST or to injure the texture of the car
pet.-N. Y. Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-08

CARE OF THE EyEs.-Looking into the
fire is most injurious to the eyes. The
stimulus of light and heat united soon des-
troys the eyes. Looking at molten iron
soon destroys the sight. Reading in the
twilight is injurious to the eyes, as then
they are obliged to make great exertions.
Reading or sewing with side light Injuries
the eyes, as both should be exposed to
equal degrees Of lig ht. The reason is, the
sympathy between the eyes is so great that
if the upil of one is -dilated by being kept
partially in the shade, the one that is the
most exposed cannot contract itself suffi-
GENTLY for protection and will ultimately be
injured. Those who wish to preserve their
light should preserve their general health
by correct habits, and give their eyes just
work enough, with due degree Of light.
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BURKE'S WEEKLY
.FoR BOYS HD5eIRIs,

EOR 1885, will be the best volume yet issued.
IL will contain capital story Of "Boy Life
Among the Indians" by Rev. F. R. Goplding,
author Of young Marooners - Mountain Hall,
author of 1.-THE Miner-B Boy Of Mansfield ;" "Iil-
liam Lisle or Life at the Old Farm House," by
Mrs. g. E. Peck; 'Trades and Professions of An
imals," bya Lady of South Carolina; "Biogra-
phies of Ancient Persons, for Young People" by
the German of F. Hoffman, translated by a lady
of Virginia; and many other attractive stories
and poems, elegantly illustrated. Terms, ~
year. Liberal discount to clubs. Specimen CO.
pies and premium list sent free on application 10
the publishers. J.W. BURKE q CO.,
Macon, Georgia ,
January
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To WHOM IT MAY CoNcERN.-The Lock
port Daily Union gets of: the following first
rate paragraph:
eff you wish to keep a town from thriv-
ing, don't put up any more houses than
you can conveniently occupy yourself: If
you should accidentally have an empty
dwelling, and any one wants to rent it, just
ask him about three times the actual value
of it. Demand Shylock price for every
spot of ground that God has given you a
stewardship over. Turn cold shoulder to
every mechanic or business man seeking a
house among you. Look at every new
conner with scowl. Run down the work
of every new workman. Go abroad for
wares, rather than trade with those who
do business in your midst. Fail to adver-
tise, or in any manner support your papers,
so that people abroad may not know whe-
ther business hourishes or not. Wrap
yourself up in coat of impervious selfish
ness. There is no more effectual way to
retard the growth of a town than actions
like those enumerated"
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A CoLoRED IDEA OF BUSINESS.

We find the following scene in the Sa-
vannah Aduertiser's report Of a recent trial
of negro for stealing cotton:
During the progress of the trial very
black young man was placed on the witness
stand by the prosecution, to testify as to
conversations had with the prisoner. When
asked what he was talking with him about,
the witness said, "about how each other
were prospering in business"
"What was your business at that time =
81 was in de hog business
"He was in the cotton business vas be =
eyes sir
"Well, where are you living at now?"
''Im boardin' at de jail" I"
"What were you put in there for p
"Stealin' hogs
"How many did you steal p
GAIL de man had"
Chow many was that?"
"Only one"
"That was the hog business you were in
was it?'
''Dat was de business"
"Did you ever steal any cotton?
"Oh yes"
"Did you tell of it afterwards ?"
"No need to do dat, dey caught me at
it,
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE q. s.

LIN JdE U1S1h4C1 OOUh4 VE 4na W "
For the District of 8. Carolina.
JOHN 5H sRf r. nsttse MooRE,' Ri In BANKRUPTCY.
At Yorkpille, IN the said District, on the lst day
of April, 1869.
NOTICES hereby giventhat Petition has been
~ filed in said Court, by JOHN r. MOORE, OF
Abbevile County, in said District, duly declared
Bankrupt under the Act Of Congress, entitled
can Act to Establish Uniform System OF Bank
ruptcy throughout the United States,'" Approved
End March, 1867, for a discharge and Certificate
thereof, from all his debts and other claims prov
able under the said Act; and the 2Gth day of April
1869, at IL O'clock M, is assigned for the hear
ing of the same, before w. I. Clawson, one of the
Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court at his office
in Yorkville, South Carolina, when and where the
Creditors may attend and shew cause if any they
have, why the prayer of the said Petition should
not be granted.
J. P. NJ. EPPING, U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
ByT. w. CLAwsoN, Deputy Messenger.
April 13 st
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE q, s.
For the District OF q. Carolina.[

J. N SaTf t5s Msits5 MoosE, S1 In BAsKnuproz.
At Korkrz1e, in the said District, on the lst dag
ofAprtz 1869.
TyHIS is to give notice that Petition has been
filed in the said Court, by J. MOTT MOORE
Of Union County, in said District duly declared
a Bankrupt under the Act of Congress-, entitled
"An Act to Establish Uniform System OF Bank:
End March, 1857, for discharge and certificate
thereof from all his debts and other claims prov
able under the said Act and the 26th day Of April
1862 at II o'clock, NJ, is assigned for the hear
ing of the same before VIM. I. CLAWSON, one
of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court
at his office in Yorkville, s. Carolina, when and
where the creditors may attend and shew cause
if any they have, why the prayer of the said Peti.
ton should not be granted.
J. P. NJ EPPING, q. s. Marshal as Messenger.
By 7. w. C1AwsoN, Deputy Messenger: go,
HDriI Is st
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n% Wood ashes contain all the inorganic
ingredients which growing trees extract
from the soil, and in consequence are justly
regarded as the best fertilizer for apples,
pears, peaches, plums, etc.
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AariGnltural department.
HOW TO TRANSPLANT TREES.

Nature indicates that most trees, shrubs,
and plants will flourish most satisfactorily,
endure longer, and be everyway better
when they send strong tap root deep into
the ground. And this fact is more partic-
ularIy true when the subsoil is porous, that
9 long tap root will readily strike down.
ward, as far as the stem grows upwards.
Were it not habit of the tree or plant to
send down such taproot, it would be advi-
sable to cut it off. But many nurserymen
will persist in cutting this root off at all
hazards; because they say ten roots will
push out at the end of the stump where the
taproot was severed, which will be more
serviceable to the growing plant or tree,
than only one taproot.
Those ten roots, it is true, will be more
advantageous in sustaining the life of tree,
for two or three years, long enough for sell
lers to get trees off their hands, and get
their money for them, even by ,warranting
every tree to live one year. Most men
think if they can make tree live one year,
the difficulty is all over; they may now
count on a satisfactory and successful
growth. But there never was principle
more erroneous. Every tree needs the ad-
vantage of long taproot, to 60 down deep
into the dry earth, and bring up moisture
in dry weather, when the surface roots can
not furnish one drop Of water to the grow
ing plant. Therefore, when tree, or bush,
or vine is transplanted, make deep and
large hole with a long crowbar, four feet
deep, put the tsproot into it, and fill the
vancancy with sand. fthereis no taproot,
bend down a lateral root into the hole, and
encourage taproot to strike deep into the
soil. We are seeing the superlative folly,
all over our country, in the failure of trees
and vines, of all kinds, of cutting off the
taproot.
Shrewd nurserymen have hoodwinked
and bamboosled farmers long enough, by
making them believe that the taproot should
be cut of. Nature is a more reliable guide
than the instructions of a nurseryman, who
can sell more trees and make more money
by recommending practice that is diamet'
rically opposed to Natures law.
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PRICES REALIzED BY RELICs.-A tooth
of Sir Isaac Newton's was sold in 1916 for
the sum of G730. 1t was purchased by a
nobleman, who had itset in ring which he
constantly wore on his finger. The prayer
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SMOKE! PUFF!

ErRAGRANT Havana and Domestic Segars OF
Il the following brands and prices: Y. Zepida
Conches, $40 per box. Y. Zepida Londres So per
box. J.. P. Millar, Ssper box. Regalia La Cairo
lima, 81 per box. Londres Cabinet, $8. Star of
the West, S. per box. Conchas La Vienna, 81 so.
La Magnolia, IS so. La Ritica, 81 so. Apply to
JOHN MAY, Agent.
December "a So If
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
York District.

VXTHEREAS the Plaintiffs did, on the 5th day
w November 1867, file their declarations a
gainst the Defendants who, as it is said areabsent
FROM and without the limits of this State and has
neither wife nor attorney known within the same
upon whom copy of said declarations mightsbe
served. 1t is, therefore, ordered that the said De-
PENDANTS do appear and plead to the said declara-
tions within year and day from the publica-
ton, which will be the 10th day of April, 1859
otherwise final and absolute. Judgment will be-
given and awarded against them. = =
J. F. WALLACE, q. o. G. PIs.
April9 Is lyo
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A TOUGH CAsE.-A little darkey was
recently found sitting on the step of fash
ionabIe house not far from Saratoga, cry
ing pitifully. "What's de matter with
you p asked colored woman.
ssDe matters 'nuf-double trouble all
over the house. Fadder am drunk-mud.
der am gone home wild cloze-sis broke the
looking glass wild de broom-stick-de baby
got her eyes full of kyan pepper, and little
Ned Anthony put de mustard on his hair
for goose grease. Iput salt in my tea for
white sugar, and it makes me sea-sick.-
De dog licked Ned's face, and got his
mouth full of mustard, and lies under de
bed howlin'. De kitten got her head in
de milk pot; and I cut her head off to sabe
de pitcher, and den l hab to brake de pitch
er to get de head out, and de way I'll gel
licked when mudder comes home for setting
de bed afre, will be sin"
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rouRsEss1oNs or F1EoruREsANNuALLY

|FouRsEss1oNs OF LECTURES ANNUALLY
lYlHE first Session, commencing October 1st,
Il and continuing until December 2th, enbra-
ces Anatomy, Physiology, Materia Medica, Prac-
tica, Obstetrics, Practical and Demorstrative An
atoHy, Military and Plastic Surgery, Pathology,
Diseases Of Women and Cbildren, 0iseaaas of the
Eye and Ear, Clinical Medicine and Surgery,
Medical Technology, Medical Jurisprudence,
Writing, Drawing, Book keeping and Chemistry.
The second Session commences on the firstTues-
day In January, and continues until the first Of
March, embracing the same branches ss the first
Tie third Session commences the first !wednes-
day In March, and continues until the first Of
The fourth Session commences the first of Sep
tember, and continues until the first Of October
there being vacation during the months Of July
and August.
The Third and fourth Sessions, constituting the
Spring and Fail Sessions, embrace the following
Studies Surgical; Microscopic, Pathological,
Descriptive and Demonstrative Anatomy Plas-
tic, Military, and Operative Surgery; Analytic
and Organic Chemistry PHARMACY; Materia
Medica, Including Practical Botany; Obstetrics,
and Diseasesof Women and Children; Compare
tive and Human Physiology; Auseultation and
Percussion; Practical Instrlctionsin the Use of
the Microscope, Laryngoscope, Stethoseope, OPP
thalmoscope, 4nroscupe and. .Rhynoscope; also,
Practical Instructions in the use Of the Speculum
Catheter, Bonges ETC., Principles and Practice Of
Medicine and Pathology; Clinical Medicine and
Surgery General and Special Technology Book
Keeping; Wntngi Drawing; and Clinical In
structions in the Use Of Atomizers, Nsbulizers,
|HYpodermic Injections. Inhalaton. ato eto.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE q. s.
For the District of s.. Carolina.

r OF Liz LIE I1Aoc " -
JOHN 5a Ne r. As'tsa sEAGs. & In BAsHRuPro1s.
At Yorkrille, in the said District, on the 1st day
of April, 1869.
THIS sto give notice that Petition has been fl
led in said Court, by JOHN R. SEALS, of
.Abbeville County, in said District, duly declared
Bankrupt, under the Act Of Congress, entitled
Am Act to Establish q Uniform System Of Bank
ruptcy throughout the United Sates,', Approved
thereof from all his debts and other claims prova-
BILE under the said Act; and the 2eth day Of April
1850, at IL o'clock, M is assigned for the hear.
the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court, at his
office in Yorkville, South Carolina, when and
where the Creditors may attend, and shew cause,
if any they have, why the prayer of the said
Petition should not be granted.
J. P. NJ. EPPING, U. s. Marshalas Messenger.
By T. w. CLAwsoN, Deputy Messenger:
April 13 81
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SCHOL,ARSHJpS

Those wishing Scholarships should order them
at once, as thereare only few remaining. Mon
ey can be sent by Express, in Post Office Orders,
or Checks, directed to w. PAINE, M. D., Dean
Of the Faculty of the Philadelphia University Of
Medicine and Surgery, Ninth and Locust Streets,
Philadelphia, Pa
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FACULTY OF MEDICINE.

There are sixteen Professors connected with the
Medical Department, all men of ability and ex-
perience; thus rendering the PHILADELPHIA Uaiver-
sy not only the cheapest, but one Of the best and
most thorough Medical Institutions for obtaining
"a complete knowledge Of the entire practice Of
Medicine and Surgery.
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TEXT BOOKS AND WORKS OF REFER.

Practice Of Medicine: :-Paine's Practice of Med
icine; Pereira's Therapeutics Walshe on the
Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, Including Phys
Medicine. . ~ ..5'-.
Anatomy :-Morton's Elementary Treatise on
Human Anatomy; Wilson's Anatomy, with Kol
iker's Microscopical Anatomy; or Sharpey:a and
Mdteria MedicG :-Paine's Synopsis, Therapeu-
tics, and Dispensatory; Abridgement Of Pereira's
Materia Medica.
Chemistry :-Fowne's Chemistry; Johnston's
Chemistry Turner's Chemistry; Regnaults
Chemistry Dehman's Physiological Chemistry
Taylors Toxicology.
Surgery :-syms Principles and Practice of Sur
|gery; Pagets Surgical Pathology :. Macleod's
Surgical Diagnosis
Institutes Of Medicine :-Kirkes' Manual; vir-
chow's Cellular Pathology; Paine's Institutes OF
Medicine.
Obstetrics :-Longshore's Obstetrics West on
Diseases of Women West on Diseases of Chill
|dren,