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PARTIAL OBEDIENCE.

It is certain that, in numberless cases,
those that mourn over the little that religion
is doing for and through them, might find
upon closer sef.inspection that their inten-
ton to follow Christ and obey the Heavenly
Father is only partial. At best they are but
playing at earnestness. Over again, perhaps,
they are acting the foolish strategy of Ananias
and Sapphira who would have the credit Of
giving all while Withholding part. Nor is
it necessary to suppose that all of whom this
is true are deliberately or quite consciously
insincere. The besetting sin which confronts
and defeats their better purposes may be SC
subtle, or hidden, that its strength, if not its
existence, is unknown. The key of the field
of Waterloo, we are told, was little chateau
that nestled by the roadside. Behind the
orchard walls the Coldstream Guards we're
posted On the outside the walls were con-
ccacd by bushes and fruit trees, and the
French fancied how easy a task it would be
to sweep through them. So they made their
plans, and on through the thickets they
rushed, only to come face to face with those
unsuspected walls which now blazed with the
fire of deadly musketry. Besetting sins are
often masked barriers over which attempts
at better Christian living, and greater faith
fulness in doing, are never able to pass. The
first need is that these be searched out, and
in Christ's promised help, made captive and
disarmed. 1t is as sure as Gods promises
and the records of Christian experience cal
make it, that when one has learned to near
all he says when he prays, and to make and
remember his pledges Of love and service
with unreserved sincerity, his fruit will b'
unto holiness and the end eternal life.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE U. s.
For the District of South Carolina.
IN THE MATTER OF
T., T.. PACKARD,-In Bankruptcy

IN THE MATTER OF
L. L. PACKARD.-In Bankruptcy.
At Yorkville IN the said District, on the End day Of
October, 1873.
NOTICE ishereby given thata Petition has been
~ filed in said Court by i. l.. PACKARD,
OF York county, in the said District, duly
declared Bankrupt, under the Act OF Congress,
entitled Gan Actto Establish Uniform Systemo OF
bankruptcy throughout the United States" Ap-
proved I'd March, 1867, for discharge andcertiti-
cate thereof, from all his debts and other claims
provable under the said Act; and the 23d day OF
hearing of the same, before w. I. Clawson, one OF
the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court, at his
Office, in Yorkvile, South Carolina, when and
where the Creditors may attend, and shew cause,
if any they have, why the prayer Of the said Pc
tition should not be granted.
r. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshalas Messenger.
BY r. w. CLAwsoN, Deputy Messenger.
October 40 81
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p@ At the time the cholera was so bad in
Prague, DR.. R., was called out Of warehouse
suddenly to see patient. At the time he
entered the sick.soom the family physician
did the same. The two doctors found their
patient in a strong perspiration, and put both
their hands under the bedclothes, in order to
feel his pulse, but, by accident, got hold of
each others. "He has the cholerap cried
Br. R. "No such thing said the other; he's
only drunkw
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SLEEP AS A MED1c1NE-The cry for rest
has always been louder than the cry for food.
Not that it is more important, but it is often
harder to obtain. The best rest comes from
sound sleep. Of two men or women, other
wise equal, the one who sleeps the best will be
the most moral, healthy and efficient. Sleep
will do much to cure irritability of temper,
peevishness, uneasiness. It will restore to
vigor an overworked brain. 1t will build up
and make strong weary body. 1t will cure
headache. 1t will cure heart-ache.. 1t
will cure broken spirit. 1t will cure sorrow.
Indeed we might make a long list of nervous
and other maladies that sleep will cure. The
cure Of sleeplessness requires clean, good
bed, sufficient exercise to produce WEAKNESS,
pleasant occupation, good air, and not too
warm room, a clear stomach, clear con-
science, aud avoidance of stimulants and mar.
cotics. For those who are overworked, hag-
gard, nervous, who pass sleepless nights, we
commend the adoption of such habits as shall
secure sleep; otherwise, life will be short, and
what there is of it sadly imperfect.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Ofthe United States for the District offs. C..
IN THE MATTER OF
b. H. BATES.-In Bankruptcy.

D. II. bIA I Eo.-III LHlNIuE'lCy'
At YorkuHlc IN the said District, on the 2nd ddy o.
October, 1873
NOTICE is hereby given that Petition has
y been filed in said Court by b. II. BATES,
Of Spartanburg county, in the said District, duly
declared a Bankrupt, under the Act of Con-
gress entitled "An Act to Establish Uniform
System of Bankruptcy throughoutthe U. States, v
Approved End March, 1867, for a discharge and
certificate thereof, from ali his debts and other
claims provable under the said Act; and the 23rd
day of October 1873, at II o'clock, NJ. is assign
ed for the hearing Of the same, before w. I. Claw
son 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.
r. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
ByT. w. CLAwsoN, Deputy Messenger.
Octobcr2 40 st
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In THE DISTRICT COURT

OF the United States for the District ofS Carolina.
IN THE MATTER OF
D. w. MOORE-In Bankruptcy.
1T Yorhuale, in sail District, on tic 2',d day Of
October, 1878.
TIlHIS is to give notice that Petition has been
filed in the said Court by D. w. MOORE, OF
Spartanburg County, in the said District, duly de-
clared Bankrupt, under the Act of Congress,
entitled "lln Act to Establish a Uniform System OF
Bankruptcy throughout the United States" Appro-
thereof, from all his debts and other claims prov
able under the said Act; and the23rd dayof Octo-
ber, 1873, at II o'clock, NJ, is assigned for the
hearing of the same, before William l. Clawson,
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.
r. NJ. WALLACE, U. s. Marshal as Messenger.
ByT w. CLAwsoN, Deputy Messenger
OctOber2 40 st
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&eadiuq tur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATH AN.
JESJTS IN THE VALLEY,

There is one experience we must all pass
through-death. The Bible describes it as
a valley, "The valley of the shadow of death. .
And how apt that phrase is to picture forth
the seeming darkness and Loneliness OF the
dying hour. 1t is natural description. Men
assent to it everywhere. In reading Homer
it is to be noticed how he speaks Of death as
going down into darkness One after an
other his warriors tumble down into dismal
gloom.
We all need companion for that walk
through the valley, and who shall it be NO
human being can 60 with us. We watch our
dear ones rs they disappear down the accu-
muating shadows of the dying hour. We
must let them 60 alone, the husband the wife,
the mother her babe-too young a traveller
for such a sad journey. One by one we dis
appear down the valley and are lost to view.
1t is here though that faith lifts up its cheer.
full voice, and how its echoes ring sweet ard
musical at the valleys mouth: "The Lord is
my shepherd, shall not want. Yea,
though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, 1 will fear no evil, for thou
art with me: thy rod and thy staff they COM
fort me-" Jesus becomes our companion. We
lean upon him. He leaves his footprints
close by the side of ours.
A young man was dying in strange city.
His parents had come from their eastern
home to watch over his last moments. He
looked up and uttered these words, "Father,
mother, Jesus! Father can't go with me
mother can't 90 with me; Jesus can 60 wi:h
me-" Beautiful testimony to the faithful
companship of Christ in the dark valley.
1t is marvellous sometimes what victory
over death Christ can give He who "hath
abolished DEATH" abolishes it at times so COM
pletely that there seems to be no valley. The
exit from this life is just way of gold slant
ing up into unutterable glory.
A sister in Christ lay dying. Visions Of
heaven came to her. She was asked if she
really thought she saw heaven. Her answer
was, "I know saw heaven" and then came
this remarkable testimony: "but one thing l
didn't see, the valley of the shadow of death.
saw the suburbs" She saw the suburbs of
the celestial city, the outlying fields of gAn,
the crystal waters of life, and the bright, fade
less Iii ght. She saw no valley, no dark ave-
nue. of approach to the city. Jesus had taken
all the darkness away.
Of the same nature was the testimony Of a
dying minister He sent this message to
those whom he had tried to comfort in the
midst of their fears concerning death: "Tell
them it is just as said it would be. There
is no valley" emphatically repeating, "oh, no
valley. 1t is all clear and bright, kings
highway"
The light of an everlasting life seems to
dawn upon the heads of such, and touched
with his glory they 60 already crowned into
the New Jerusalem.
Who would not have Jesus for compan-
ion in the dying hour so flooding the way out
of life with his own glory that we can cry,
"There is no valley?"
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NOT VERY GOOD, AND NOT VERY BAD.

NOI fERf GUUU, AMI NOI fChl DALI
"From what you have said, John, it seems
you think yourself fair kind of man.
"Well, Mr.. F., will tell you my opin.
ion about that exactly. I don't think ever
did much that was bad nor can l say that
I ever did great deal of good. | think you
may call me middling man."
"That is your opinion, John? But don T
you think that everything that exists must
have had cause from which it sprung?
certainly 1 do, Mr.. F., for old John
is not so void of sense as not to know that. u
swell, John, what do you suppose causes
man to be good ?"
"God, of course, sir."
"And what do you suppose causes a man
to be bad?'
"The devil, most certainly; for God never
made anything bad"
"But John, what is the cause Of a middling
man? ?"
"W.e-ll I suppose"
"John, perceive you have got fast there
You say God is the cause of good man, and
Satan is the cause of bad man, but you say
you are neither. You are middling? Doubt
less, John, you must have had cause that
made you what you are"
"But as there is no middle being between
God and Satan, and only the two revealed
causes of good and evil in man, then am at
an exceedingly great loss to know what has
been the great moral cause that made you
middling?"
"Why, sir, I have heard great many folks
like me saying that they are middling that is,
neither good nor bad; but, really, when I
think of the matter in the way you put it, |
begin to be somewhat doubtful whether am
right. Yet, 1 assure you, sir, / do not think
I should be called bad old man."
"John, did you ever see a middling gold
dollar? Or did you ever see a middling bank
note"
"No, never, Mr.. r; they are always
either good or bad. But have known some
bad ones to pass for good ones"
Well, John, if you never saw middling
money, you never saw middling men that is,
as before God. God is being of perfect
holiness, infinite purity, and he judges accord.
ing to perfect standard. To be accepted of
him we must be perfectly fitted for his appro-
val. He cannot adopt middling men, and
call them good. You must be either right
eous or unrighteous-either saint or sinner.
A 'nrddling' man has no existence in Gods
sight. So, friend John, I want you, when
you 60 home to think seriously on this matter.
you cannot serve two masters At this mo-
ment you are either serving God Or Satan.
You cannot be middling man. You have
no middling cause, no middling life, no mid
ding death, and no middling destiny"
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~ dren treated as feeling, thinking and growing -
~ creaturcs-pcrfecty created but not full grown
III Yet In advocating these doctrines, the Muga.
- zine does not employ doctrinal serlnons-long e,
s. and drenry dlsqulsltions which do not interest u
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2 contrary, II would rather preach rs though It q
n preached not-an Interesting story, for instance
being made to serve the purpose OF long dis. r.,
O course by giving the reader something real, In.
teresng and profitable to think about. J
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really first-class Magazine at one dollar year, Y
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some of the best contributors In the country III
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r. who receives salary Of three thousand dol *
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"a Each number contains nearly eight hundred 2
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ROSES HOTEL,
FORMERLY HUNTS HOTEL.)

TINHIS HOUSE is in the centre of the city, con-
venient to all the Public Offices and Business
Houses, located on the south-westcorner of the
State House Square, has been recently re-opened
and renovated, and will now compare favorably
with any Hotel at the South.
ROSES OMNIBUS will convey passengers to
and from every train, free of charge.
Also, a first-cass Carriage for the accommoda-
ton of ladies'.
TRANSIENT BOARD $3.50 per day.
w. f. ROSE, Proprietor.
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asg" Write it on the heart that every day is
the best day in the year. No man has learned
anything rightly till he knows that every day
is doomslay.
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EATING TOO FAsr.-Eating too fast gener-
ally involves eating too much-more than is
needed for the support and nutrition Of the
body-and the reason for that is the organs of
TASTE which are our guide in this matter, are not
allowed sufficient voice, they are not allowed
time to take cognizance of the presence of
food ere it is pushed past them into the recess
es of the stomach. They do not therefore,
have opportunity to represent the real need
of the system, and hence allow the crowding
of the stomach I hold that thirty minutes
should be spent at each meal, and spent, too
in chewing the food good portion Of the
time, and not in continued putting in and
swallowing, but in pleasant chat and laugh,
instead of the continuance of the intense
nervous pressure of the Office of library. If
you lay out to spend thirty minutes in this
way at your meals, you may rest assured you
will not eat too much, and that what you do
eat will be in the best condition for appropri.
alton to the needs of the system.
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sB- The following facts and figures are given
for the benefit of Bible students: The Bible
contains 3,5S6,4S9 letters, 1882 words,
31,173 verses, 1889 chapters and sc books
The word "and" occurs 46,277 times; the
word "Lord" occurs 1855 times the word
reverend" but once, which is in the 9th verse
of the 111th Psalm. The 21st verse of the
7th chapter of Ezra contains all the alphabet
except the letter "g." The finest chapter to
read is the 26th chapter of the Acts of the
Apostles. The 18th chapter of End Kings
and the 9th chapter of Isaiah are alike.
The longest verse is the 9th verse of the 9Th
chapter of Esther; the shortest verse is the
35th verse of the 18th chapter Of St. John.
The 9th, 18th, 21st and 31st verses of the
10th Psalm are alike There are no words
or names of more than six syllables.
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How SHE TAKES THE TRAIN.-She comes
down to the depot in an express wagon three
hours before train time. She insists on sitting
on her trunk, out on the platform, to keep ii
from being stolen. She picks up her reticule
fan, paraso, lunch basket, small pot with a
house plant in it, shawl, paper of candy, bou
Quet (she always carries one) small tumbler
and extra veil, and chases hystercally after
every switch engine that goes by, under the
impression that it is her train. Her voice
trembles as she presents herself at the restau'
rant and tries to buy ticket, and she knocks
with the handle of her parasol at the old dis
used tool-house in vain hopes that the baggage
man will come out and check her trunk. She
. asks everybody in the depot and on the plat
form when her train will start, and where it
will stand, and, looking straight at the great
clock, asks: "What time is it now" She
sees, with terror, the baggage man shy her
trunk into car where two men are smoking
instead of locking it up by itself in a large,
strong, brown car, with "Bad order shops, y
chalked on the side, which she has, long ago
determined to be the baggage car, as the only
safe one in sight. Although the first at the
depot, she is the last to get her ticket, and
once on the cars, she sits, to the end of her
journey, in an agony of apprehension that
she has got on the wrong train and will be
landed at some strange station, put into a
large and close carriage, drugged and MUIR
dered, and to every last male passenger who
walks down the aisle she stands up and
presents her ticket, which she invariably car
ries in her hand. She finally recognizes her
waiting friends on the platform, leaves the car
in burst of gratitude, and the train is ten
miles away before she remembers that her ret
icule, fan, parasol, lunch basket, verbena,
shawl, candy, tumbler, veil and bouquet, are
on the car seat where she left them, or in the
depot at Peoria, for the life of her she can't
tell which.-Peoria Reuiev.
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neg. The BarnesvilIe Ohio Enterprise says
can old gentleman and lady from Pennsyl-
vania are visiting our fair whose life-history
is somewhat singular. 1t appears that wid:
ow lady took an orphan boy to raise, and
when he arrived at the age of eighteen she
married him, she then being in her fftieth
year. Ten years ago, they took an orphan
girl to raise. This summer the old lady died
being ninety-six years of age, and in nine
weeks after the old man married the girl they
had raised, he being sixty-eight years old and
she eighteen.
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PRINCIPAL OFFICE COLUMBIA. $. c.

FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YORKvILLE.
B. T. WHEELER, J. H. ADAMS, L. NJ. GRIsT.
GB- SIGHT DRAFTS drawn on all the Branches
Of the Bank in this State and also on all the prom
inent places in the United States and Europe.
Gfs- Stocks, Bonds Gold and Silver bought and
sold.
-Ess- Mutilated Currency purchased at small
discount w. B. METTS,
Assistant Cashier at YOrkville.
January 30 ly
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Hone and ---HODG and JOY

II United Voice OF the Press.-Wood's w
u magazine Is one Of the monuments Of business
% enterprise which mark the age.-llahodia Home q
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is devoted to the instruction and entertainment -
of the family circle, and, In order place twlh- %
RI in the means Of readers In moderate clrcum. =
q stances II Is furnished at remarkably low rate
4 In proporon to the interest Of It's contenS-N u
- YTriGune 1t Is essentially home magazine, u
~ and Is lust the thing that one would most deAre n
" 10 place In the hands OF his wife and little ones,
=, or that man of business would himself take u
A up for the employment Of q leisure hourIPat Q
~ Wilmington, n. C. Were We out OF our y
x chair editorial, as "privatc Citizen" cut on r
r from our exchange list and all that, one OF the
z first magazines to which we should subscribe ~
& would be Woods Household. --Regiaer, Hart:
Il ford, CT. 1T Is an intellectual and moral q
4 educator highly priced by all who become NC. 4
quaInted with it-Chritidn Adroonte. III =
q popular writers are, therefore, good writer, u
y and If high prices prove the merit OF literary
J. wares, then Mr. Woods magazine Is q good M
II one-The Independent New York. Ills arti: N
* cles breathe spirit Of economy, morality and ~
" Virtue which Is highly refreshing IN this nge Of -
p fashionable folly and extrayagance-S7aff1,
= Edna, Mo. 90. 1t Is undoubtedly one OF the "A
3 freshest, llvelIcst journals VIC have examined. q
q Record, Springfield, Tenn. ...The articles 4
- are short, piquant, and OF such unquestionrd
j excellence that this periodical ought to be both
n familiar and welcome In very many house; ~
y holds. Woods Is q marvel of cheapncss and r
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GA1ErY.-There are two kinds of gaiety !;
the one arises from want of heart, being touch
ed by no pity, sympathizing with no pain,
even of its own causing it shines and glitters
like a frost-bound river in the cleaning sun.
The other springs from excess Of the heart
that is, heart overfowing with kindliness
towards all men and all things, and suffering
under no superadded grief; it is light from
the happiness which it sees. This may be com
pared to the placid river, sparkling and smi-
ling under the sun Of Summer, and running
on to give fertility and increase to all within,
and even to many beyond its reach
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ANIMAL RETURNS

AN N u AL NJ ~ 4sNS
4 ADMINISTRATORS, Executors, Guardians
n and Trustees, are hereby notified to make
their ANNUAL RETURNS, without further de-
Law. Unless returns are made promptly, will
be under thenccessity of issuing rules for default.
JOSEPH A. MCLEAN, Judge of Probate.
july "a ~ II