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PACKING FOR MovING.-The first princi-
pie in packing is to have the articles so firmly
fixed that no amount of jostling or jaring can
move them and the manner in which the
packing material is crowded in, so that it will
keep the whole box firm is ofmuch more con-
sequence than the quality and quantity of it.
Glass and china ware should be wrapped up
in soft paper or newspapers the bottom of
each box thickly covered with hay. Then
put in the dishes, the heaviest at the bottom,
and so placed as to not to touch each other,
but not over half an inch apart. Wrap each
plate and saucer in paper, and put in piles.
Stuff in the hay with small stick between
the dishes; make it as firm as rock. A bed
quilt, orsome blankets can be tightly crowded
in upon the top, after laying hay all over the
dishes. Packed in this way the most fragile
articles can be carried thousands of miles
without injury, and over the toughest wagon
roads, In packing looking-glasses and mar
BILE slabs, each piece should be placed in a
separate box, and fixed in its place by wedges
and side pieces, driven closely and nailed in
tightly; laths should be placed across mirrors; !;
and no soft material need be used for packing,
although if desired, pillows and holsters can
be stuffed in. Marble slabs should be put in
boxes just fitted to them, and sheets Of wet
clean paper placed between each slab, and
each piece be held firmly in place by wedges
and side pieces. Valuable furniture must be
sewed up in mattings, and entirely protected.
Large hogsheads are better than square boxes
for packing fragile articles, as they can be
more easily handled, and if packed in as l
have described, there can be no fear of their
being injured.
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Mlistellaueuus &eading.

A HOUSE BUILT IN DAY.-The news
papers of Lancaster, Pa, publish an account
of the building of brick dwelling house in
that city in ten and half hours the materials
having been prepared and collected on the
site previous to the commencement. The
house is 20 feet by 80 on the ground floor, two
stories in height, and contains eight rooms
There were in all upwards of 100 workmen
employed. The cellar foundation was al
ready laid, and at precisely 6 o'clock Friday
morning the men were at work. The Eram-
iner thus describes, the labor:
Mr. T. j. Reading, photographer, was pres
ent with his apparatus, and took views every
fifteen minutes of the building and the work.
men while in motion, which, of course, pro-
duced some ridiculous pctures-men, white
and colored, in almost every position, are to
be seen represented At 8 o'clock A. NJ. the
structure was advanced to the height of one
story, with two hoors-ground and second
laid, partitions in, and lathed and partly plas-
tered, doors hung, stairways up, and view
taken with the Doctor in the midst Of his
workmen. The scene is busy and comic
one-the bricklayers erecting scaffolding for
the second story. At 10 o'clock, view taken
of the western front on Prince street, second
story brickwork two-thirds up, with carpen-
ters ready to lay the floor, and plasterers COM
menced lathing; western front painted and
brick penciled of first story, and masons run
short of brick, and then some delay in conse'
quence, but it was remedied in short time.
At II o'clock the bricklayers are up to
square of ceiling for third floor, with corners
raised to the height required to receive the
rafters. for roofing. Timers waiting. The
process of white-coating is now about compile
ted in the first story. At 11.18 first rafter
for the roof laid. At12.21 the last brick was
placed upon the chimney, and the bricklayers
are done. Roof sheathed and timers begin
to lay roofing. At 1880, scaaolding all re-
moved from building. At 2.30, sash in the
windows of first story, and painters finished
up; wash.boards down aud rubbish cleared
away. At this writing the timers are leaving
the building; roofing and spouting compile.
ted Pasterers still at work in the second
story. The building has been insured, and in
the course of a few hours will be ready for a
tenant.
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&eadiug fur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
I0riginal.
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THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST.

THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST.
Everything connected with the history of
Jesus Christ is mysterious. "Great," says
the Apostle Paul, "is the mystery of godli-
ness God was manifest in the fesh." One
of the most important, if not the most impor-
tant, characteristics of our Saviour, is that he
was divine. The proofs of his divinity are
almost infinite The Bible is full of it. The
Saviour of sinners, from Genesis to Revela-
tion, is characterized as God. All the prophe-
cies contained in the Old Testament relative to
the promised Messiah, predict that he would
be divine When Jesus Christ came into the
world, the announcement was made from
heaven by the Father: "This is my beloved
son." 1t is true that sometimes mere crea-
lures are in the Scriptures called sons of God ;
but never in the sense that Christ is called
the SON of God. Creatures are said to be the
sons of God, because he created them; but
Christ is called the son of God because he is
of the same nature of God, and possessed of
the same attributes, and entitled to the same
homage and alteration with the Father. Men
and angels are commanded to worship him.
This shows clearly that Christ is divine for,
constantly, God, in his word, forbids the
worship of any created being.
Christ claimed, whilst he remained visible
upon this earth, to be God, and this was one
of the reasons that the Jews were so bitter in
their opposition to him. Not only did he
claim to be God, but he proved by his works
that he is the living and true God. He ask
ed his hearers to believe him on account of
his works. These works were of kind and
character that no mere creature could per
form. By him water was instantly turned
into wine barren fig tree was, by his simple
command, caused to wither and die. He
showed that he had complete control over the
laws of the universe. By him the winds Of
heaven were calmed, and the waves of the
sea lulled to rest Diseases which no medical
skill could alleviate, were, by him, cured in a
moment The lame were made to walk, the
blind to see, the deaf to hear, the dumb to
speak, and the dead were raised, and life in
fused into sinking corpses. The miracles
performed by Christ prove most conclusively
that the Saviour of sinners is God the omnip.
otent Jehovah.
The divinity of Christ may be proven from
still another source "Never man spake as
he did," is the testimony of those who heard
him. No man ever gave utterance to- such
precepts as are contained in the New Testa-
ment. Like the miracles, they show that
their author is divine person. No amount
of human learning and experience will ena-
BILE any man to enunciate such moral pre-
cepts as were uttered by Christ The divini-
ty of Christ is the centre around which re-
wolves all the doctrines of christianity. 1t is
that which gives strength and beauty to the
system. The Saviour of sinners is the creator
and upholder of all things This is the rock
upon which the believer builds a superstruc-
ture which neither winds nor waves can over
turn
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

married foaks who sumhow or sumhow else
haint aksidentally been blessed with of.
springs. By no means. They showed a will
lingness to hav EN-, and that's enuf for me.
I've always apologized for people who done the
best they could, whether they sukseeded or
not. l aint no Bonyparte to chop a mans
he'd off for losin battle, whether he was to
blame or not. I'm friend to married foaks,
children or no children. Lawful wedlock is
sosiety's handspring back bone-its life
inshoorance. Iveno patience with these stingy
old stays who wont marry without they git a
pile of penshun money, who want to be hired
to do it, who hang around town, waitn for
sum rich gal to turn up, while there's lots OF
poor ones, purity and clever, jest waitin to take
shoogar in thern.
Now I don't want to be misunderstood
about this votin bisness. I aint in favor of
women mixin up with skalawags and trash at
the polls BY no means. l want the moral
strength and influence of their votes bekause
they are better and purer and honester than
the men, but I would have EN- to stay at home
and let their husbands or their fathers or their
next friend vote for them,a the case may be-.
If a man fooled his wife out of her vote it
wouldent be exactly the clean thing, but it
would be a family matter, and nobody's bis
ness. It wouldent be the only thing that sum
men fool EN- about. There's strong minded
women and weak minded men, and in such
cases I would let the longest pole knock down
the persimmon. The time used to was when
married woman dident hav no voice in
nuthin-except maxim baby clothes. She
couldent own any property-she had no sivil
existence. If anybody giveher anything the
law required man to keep it for her. If
she couldent liv with drunken husban and
quit him, the law Civ him all the children.
But as the world grows older she keeps steppin
up higher Sum of EN- are studyin medisin
and make the best sort of doctors for women,
and for children half hour old and under.
They do clerkin and book-keepin and tele-
graphin and printin, and can keep postoffis
better than man and never steal sent. If
they do peep into other women's letters its
only out of kuriosity, and they always seal
EN- up again. Take it altogether it looks to
me like the time has nifty nigh cum when the
men have got to admit that a woman is just
as good as man, if not better, in most every
thing that requires more sense than muscel.,
1 wont say she ort to vote if she don't want to,
but do say that no politishun could buy her
vote with q drink. BILL ARP.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

TAKE MY SEAr.-The other day, we were
riding in railway car At one of the sta
tions an old man entered and was looking
around for a seat when boy ten or twelve
years of age rose up and said, "Take my seat
SIR" The offer was accepted, and the in6rm
old man sat down. "Why did you give me
your seat?" he inquired Of the boy. "Be-
cause you are old, sir, and am boy" was
the reply. The passengers were much pleased
and gratifed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

A Coop LEGACY-An old farmer once
said: "When I die, I am going to leave be-
hind me- as heritage for my children. the
home where was born, made as beautiful as
my means and uneducated taste would allow,
pleasant memories of the home ireslde, and OF
the sunny summer days, and true regard tor
the dignity and worthiness ofthe calling which
their father followed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

A FEARFUL R1DE.-At the South Carolina
Railroad depot yesterday morning,a demented
boy, named O'Brien, jumped on the focomo-
tive, Gourdin, which the engineer and firemen
had left for moment, and opening the throt-
tie valve, started the engine up the road at a
fearful speed. At each crossing, OBrien
blew the whistle, and people in amazement
and wonder gazed upon the flying locomotive.
In the upper yard shifting engine was TAX
ing in supply of water, and the engineer
seeing the Gourdin approaching at break neck
speed, and supecting there was something
wrong, threw open the valve Of his engine,
taking the precaution at the same time to
open the cold water supply pump, and then
jumped from her. The shifter Immediately
started in the same direction, followed closely
by the Gourdin, both engines going at light
ming speed. A hand car on the same track,
loaded with railroad iron, was demolished by
the Gourdin, and the collision had the effect
of bending the cattle guard of the locomotive
under one of its wheels. causing it to act as
brake AS soon as possible another locomo.
tive was procured, and some of the officers OF
the road started in pursuit of the runaway en-
gines They were overtaken near the four
mile curve, both engines having cooled Oft,
and being at standstill. Upon approaching
the Gourdin, O'Brien was seen engaged in oil.
ing the machinery with a view, probably, OF
making another start; but. upon observing
the approach of the pursuers, made for the
woods with the evident intention of escaping.
He was pursued, overtaken and brought back
to the city. The engineer and fireman of the
Gourdin have been suspended pending inves-
tigation.- Charleston Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

ss% A stranger, seated at the table of his
pious host commenced eating, when his host,
checking him, said: eve say something
before taking food" To which the stranger
replied, "TaIk on, you can't turn my stomach
now"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

say One of the late boys, while reading a
chapter of Genesis, paused to ask his mother
whether the boys in the olden time used to
do their sums on the ground. 1t was discov'
cred that he had been reading the passage,
"And the sons of men multiplied upon the
face of the earth"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

Cross QUEsr1oN1NG.-Iti is said that Ton
Corwin, as he is famillarly called, was once
trying case in which he was opposed to the
late VIM. Writ, when the latter tried some
what novel mode of discrediting the evidence
of Mr.. Corwins chief witness, on whose accu
racy and discrimination everything turned
by showing that he was person of astonish
ing credulity. .
Writ Have you read ..Roinson Crusoe?''
Witness-"Yes."
Wirt.-Do you believe it all?"
Witness.-"Well, yes, squire, don't know
but what I do"
The same answer was returned as to "Gul'
liver's Travels" and several other works Of
fiction, Corwin all the while fdgeting and
getting hot. Presently, Mr.. Writ, considering
the man entirely fattened out, resigned him
with bland smile.
Mr. Corwin said he had only one question
to ask, and put it,
Mr. Corwin.-"Have you read 'Wirt's
Life of Patrick Henry p"
Witness.-"Yes."
Corwin.- -"Do you believe it all ?"
Witness.-"Why, no, squire, can't quite
60 that"
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WHAT I KNow.-I know that He was
manifested to take away my sins.
know am redeemed with the precious
blood of Christ.
know that my Redeemer liveth.
know that have passed from death unto
life.
know that all things work together for
good, to them that love God.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

A LITTLE STORY ON GRANT.-In our
Scrap.book we find the following little story
on Grant. 1t was clipped from the Roanoke
(Va) Times:
"a good story is told by one of the Meth
odtst ministers now in this place attending
Conference. We do not recollect of ever
seeing it in print, and we think it too good to
be lost. 1t is as follows:
During the war "Confed" was captured
by the Yankees, and happened to be taken
to General Grants headquarters. After
being questioned by the General the old
"Confed" asked him where he was going.
"I am going" says Grant Ito Richmond,
to Petersburg to Heaven, and, it may be, l
will 60 to hell"
After veiwing the General for several mo-
ments, the old "Confed" said:
"Gen. Grant, you can't 60 to Richmond,
for Gen. Lee is there ; you can't 60 to Peters,
burg, for Gen. Beauregard is there; you can't
90 to heaven, for Stonewall Jackson is there
but as to going to hell, you may get there, for
| know of no Confederates in that region"
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pa A fussy old man having cut his finger,
sent for physician, who after examining
the wound, requested his servant to run. as
quick as possible for certain plaster. 49,
my!' cried the patient, "is the danger so
great?" EYES," was the reply, "1f the fellow
don't run fast, I'm afraid the cut will be we'll
before he gets back"
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Qhildren's department.
[Original.1
KEEP TRYING.

The celebrated Dugal Stewart said that if
there was any such thing as genius, it con-
sisted in being able to set the mind upon a
subject and keep it there until it was fully
mastered. The success of most men is due
more to constant and untiring effort than to
superior mental endowments On the other
hand, the failure of most men may be traced
to want of persevering effort. DR.. Rush,
one of the most celebrated physicians of his
day, graduated in medicine with great diff
Guilty after several reflections. One of the
most eminent lawyers that ever was in the
State of South Carolina sat, it is said, in his
office for ten years before he got single case.
During all this period he pored over his
law books as industrously as if he had been
preparing for a pending case. DIR. Adam
Clark, one of the most learned men of his day,
was thought, when boy, to be dull. 1t is
said that Goodyear, the celebrated 1ndia-rub.
ber man, spent all 'he possessed in making
experiments. He even sold his wife's dresses
to raise money. He kept trying amid all his
discouragements, and at last, almost by acci-
dent, succeeded and made IN immense for
tune The correct principle is, first take
deliberate counsel, and then act promptly,
theoretically and perseveringly.
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MErEMPsYcHos1s.-T gifted Sargent S.
Prentiss once gave sumptuous dinner to
some friends at hotel in Vicksburg. Early
in the evening stranger entered the room
by mistake. Prentiss courteously invited him
to join the party. Before long the strange
guest began boasting of how much he had
drank during the day-a cocktail here, a
smasher there, a julep in this place, sling
in that, and so on, apparently without end.
At length Prentiss interrupted him.
"Sir," said he, "do you believe in the doc
trine of metempsychoss? ?"
II don't know" was the reply, "and 1 don't
see that it has anything to do with what we
were talking about"
"It has," replied Prentiss, "much-much
every way. have firm faith in that doctrine
I believe that in the next life every man will
be transformed into the thing for which he
has best qualified himself in this. In that life
sir, you will become corner groggery."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

sg A Vienna correspondent writes: "There
is a city ordinance which requires the front
doors Of all dwelling houses to be locked by
the porters at ten o'clock at night. Those re-
turning home after that hour, and rousing the
porter, are required to pay him ten groschen,
about five cents, and if after twelve o'clock
twenty groschen. As there are few dwellings
in which there are not from ten to twenty
families, this ordinance has almost universal
application, consequently at quarter to ten
o'clock there is a general getting home, and
the cafes and restaurants are soon vacated.
It,seems singular that there should be such a
law in city with a population of nearly one
million. The streets are usually very quiet
after ten o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

A CLowN's SERMoN.-A sermon preached
in Virginia by the clown Of circus, is thus
reported. 1t was in the evening, when the
performance was about to close, the clown
stepped forward, and in solemn tone ad-
dressed the vast assemblage present in the
following style:
"My friends, we have taken in about six
hundred dollars here to-day-more money,
1 venture to say, than any minister Of the
Gospel in this county will receive for whole
years service. A large portion of this mon
ey was given by church members; a large
portion Of this audience is made up of men,
bers of the church. And yet, when your
preachers ask you for money to support the
Gospel, you say you are too poor to give any
thing. Yet you come here and pay dollars
to hear me talk nonsense. l am fool be-
cause am paid for it; I make my living
by it. You profess to be wise, yet you sup
port me in my folly. But perhaps you say
you did not come to see the circus, but the
animals. All, this all an excuse. If you
came simply to see the animals, why did you
not look at them and leave?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21

ng- A speaker at a Juvenile picnic is said to
have delivered an address, of which the fol-
lowing is sample: "You ought to be very
kind to your sisters. l once knew bad boy
who strnck his sister blow over the eye
Although she didn't fade and die in the sum.
mer time, when the June roses were blooming
with sweet words of kindness on her pallid
lips she rose up and hit him over the head
with the rolling-pin, so that he couldn't 60 tc
school for over month, on account Of moi
being able to put on his hat"
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a ro,,ts may learn something greatly
~ o1ACS to their advantage and obtain
s;ecimcns and full particulars free, by addressing
WOODS LITERARY AND ART AGENCY,
Ncwburgh, N. Y.
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PLAIN TALK1NG.-A village parson hav-
ing, in his comprehension of his auditors,
found it necessary to make some apology,
he did it as follows: RESPECTED friends {:
My oral documents having recently been the
bject of your vituperation, l hope it will
not be an instance of vain eloquence Of super
erogation, if I laconically promulgate that
avoiding all syllogistical, aristocratical and
peripatetical propositions, all hyperbolical
exaggerations and extenuations, whether phys
ically, philosophically, philologically, politi'
cally or poemically considered, either in my
diurnal peregrinations or nocturnal lucubra,
tions, the shall be definitely and categorical
ly assimilated with, and rendered congenial to,
the occiputs, caputas and cerebrums Of you,
my most superlatively respectable auditory
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BILL ARP ON FEMALE sUFFRAGE-TRIAL OF
SOOSAN ANTNY, &C.