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CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
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THE LOSS OF THE SOUL.

VE 1hH 0VOAs
Few of US give that attention to the loss OF
the soul which the subject demands. There
are not few persons who would contemplate,
with indescribable feelings, the prospects OF
being reduced to beggary and driven out into
the world pennyless and friendless, who give
but little attention to the destiny Of their i'm
mortal souls. Even the probability Of being
dragged before judge and tried for his life,
would fill the mind Of almost any man, if not
with terror, certainly with seriousness. But
all must appear before the Judge Of the world,
to give an answer for the deeds done in the
body; and but few seem to think much about
it. Thousands will one day stand disgraced
before, not only God, but also before the
creation, who to-day, are as full of JOY and
gladness as if nothing but succession of
gala.days awaited them. How sad to think
that the laugh Of joy is to be exchanged for a
wall of woe; that the smile of contentment is
to be displaced by the writings of soul in
agony.
What would it profit man, were it posi-
BILE, to gain the whole world and then lose his
own soul? A voice from the pit Of woe ans
wers, "Nothing." Whoever sells his soul,
whatever may be the price received, is cheated,
and that forever.
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NUMBER ONE.

"I always take care of Number One," said
one of group Of boys at the end of bridge,
some wanting 60 one way and some another.
"That's you, out and out, ," cried one of his
companions. You don't think or care about
any one but yourself; you ought to be called
Number One"
"If did not take care of Number One,
who would, l should like to know ?" cried he.
True, Number One was right: "He ought
to take care of himself-good care
"But does not that smack little Of sell
6shness?" the boys asked. Number One
thinks of nobody but himself"
Nobody but himself! That certainly is
selfish, and therefore, wrong. Yet, Number
One is committed to his own care. What
sort of care? is the all-important question.
The care of his soul. Number One has a
soul to be saved from sin and from hell.
Number One has soul to be won to Christ,
to holiness and to heaven. Here is great
work to do.
Take care of his habits. Make Number
One industrious, selt:denying and frugal.
Give him plenty Of good healthy work to do
teach him Just how to do it, and keep him
from lounging and all idle company.
Take care of the lips of Number One. Let
truth dwell on them. Put bride on his
mouth, that no angry back biting words shall
come from it. Let no profane or impure
word escape. Let the law of kindness rule
his tongue, and all his conversation be such
as becomes child of God.
Take care of the affections and feelings of
Number One. Teach him to love God with
all his heart, and his neighhor as himself; to
care for others and to share with others ; to
be lowly in mind, forgiving, gentle, sympa-
thizing, willing to bear and forbear, easily en-
treated, doing good to all as he has opportu-
nifty.
This is the care to take of Number One
and rich blessing will it prove to his home,
his neighborhood and himself Boys, you all
have Number One to take care Of; and a
responsible charge it is.
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THAT's ENOUGH FOR ME.-"What do you
do without mother to tell all your trouble
to-" asked child who had mother, of one
who had none.
"Mother told me to whom to 60 before she
died." answered the little orphan. Il 60 to
the Lord Jesus; he was my mothers friend,
and he is niue"
"Jesus Christ is in the sky. He is away
off, and he has great many things to attend
to in heaven. It's not likely he can stop to
mind you
II don't know anything about that" re-
piled the orphan. Call I know is, He says
He will, and that's enough for me-
What beautiful answer that was And
what was enough for this child is enough for
us all.
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A WILLING W1rNEss.-A patent medicine
vender who was diating to large crowd
upon the wonderful efficacy of his iron bitters,
pronounced them all.potent in building up an
"iron constitution"
THAT is so, that is so" said by-stander.
"What he tells you is fact, gentlemen, every
word of it,"
Hear that, will you ?" cried the delighted
quack; 'here is a man who has used the Bit
tiers, and can recommend them.'
mo, not exactly that" replied the old
fellow. 81 have never used the stuff myself
but, you see, my friend Jenkins did, and they
jest saved his life. You see, Jenkins had
taken the bitters jest one week before he
was showed in prison for something. He was
stripped of everything in the shape Of iron
about him, and yet he made bar and
worked his way out. He had taken this
mans iron bitters, dye mind. And what
does jenkins do but open vein in his arm,
and took iron enough out of his blood to
make a crowbar, and pried the gates open
with it, and let himself out"
The vender set his dog at him.
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POPULARITY.

The struggle Of the present generation is to
be lauded and extolled by the multitude.
Nothing so pleases multitudes of what may be
called would-be great men, as to be told to
their faces that they are learned, talented,
eloquent pious, and devout. Ministers Of the
gospel are no exception to the general rule.
The pulpit is converted into literary plat
FORM Weeks are spent in toll that grand
sermon may be prepared, too often for no
other purpose than that the congregation may
say, "That was a splendid sermon" From
beginning to end, it is crammed with learning,
but not with Bible truths. Evidently, popu-
lar applause is the first thing in the minds of
many of those whose Office it is to preach
Christ and him crucifed. No doubt. many
Il man has toilcd and studied that he might
be honored with the title of doctor of divinity,
or learned doctor Of laws. The passion for
titles is absolutely alarming; and the practice
of newspapers especially religious newspa-
pers, in lauding and extolling preachers for
their ordinary labors, is not only foolish, but
horribly sinful. Our Saviour said to his early
disciples, "Woe unto you, when all men speak
we'll of you" Luke 6: 26.
1t may be put down as fact, that that
minister, concerning whom it may be said, he
is universally popular, is not faithful to his
divine Master. Never since the world be.
gan, was any man so unpopular as Jesus
Christ. Never in the whole New Testament
do we hear one Apostle of our Lord, lauding
and extolling another. TO say DR.. Paul or
DIR. Peter, would be most ridiculous The
title ought to sound ridiculous when attached
to some men, but it does not
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Anlnoruns department.
AFRAID OF FIRE.

About thirty.fve years ago there boarded
in large clearinghouse on Hanover street
pretty gay set of young men, mostly clerks,
who were always up for good-natured mischief.
During the session Of the Legislature, two or
three representatives were usually added to
the list of boarders. One of them, named
Holcomb, pronounced, by himself and others,
Hocum, WAS man of many peculiarities
One Of these was his morbid dread of fire.
For fear of premature decease by devour-
ing flames, he had brought with him in his
trunk coil ofrope, which every night he took
out and made fast at one end around his bed
post, proposing, in case Of fire, to pass the
rope out of the window and descend to terra
tirma. Some of the night-larking boys having
ascertained this fact, and also the fact that
"Hocum was very nervous man, they one
cold night made friends with the hostlers in
stable adjoining the house, and borrowed
large horse-tub, holding nearly two barrels of
water, which they placed in position under
the window of Hocum's room which was in
the third story and overlooked the backward.
This they filled with water, and, waiting until
near midnight they proceeded quietly, until
opposite Hocum's room, when one of them,
"ho was Cupe at the warren Theatre,
flashed off a small quantity of stage fire, and
the boys shouted, "House a.6re house a-fre
look out, Hocum save your lfep'
Hocum, in an agony of terror, sprang out
of bed, and throwing his rope out of the win
dow, without stopping for the ceremony of
dressing, seized the rope and descended, hand
over hand, with the eXpertness of sailor,
landing in the big tub with loud splash.
The boys, who had hurried down stairs,
were just in season to witness Hocum's descent
into the tub, and made the old yard ring
with their laughter. Hocum left that board
ing-house the next day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-04-08

For YOU'VE WoMEN.-Nearly all the ex-
hortations for the young which we meet with,
are directed to the young men but we have
something for the young women. Find out
what is your hardest end, and take hold Of
it. Ifyou hate to darn stockings, don't put
it off till you're wearing your last whole pair.
If you would rather fly, as you say, than mend
gloves, mend every rip the instant you see it.
If boys are your aversion, set yourself to en-
tertaining brother Frank and his friends. If
you have no fancy for housework, and it is
right that you should help with it, see if you
cannot discover an interest in the chemical
afnities that exist between flour and yeast"
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Children's department.
THE WORST MASTER IN THE WORLD

The WOkSI MASTER in The WORLD.
The Arabs have fable, from which we
may learn a lesson.
Once upon time miller, shortly after he
had lain down for an afternoons nap, was
startled by a camels nose being thrust in at
the door of his house.
ut is very cold outside" said the camel !;
81 only wish to get my nose in.'
The miller was an easy kind of man, and
so the nose was let in.
"The wind is very sharp" sighed the CAM
ell "pray allow me to get my neck inside"
This request was also allowed, and the neck
was thrust in.
"How fast the rain begins to fall shall
get wet through will you allow me to place
my shoulders under cover?" This, too, was
also granted and so the camel asked for a
little, and little more, until he had pushed
his whole body inside the house.
The miller soon began to be put to much
trouble by the rude companion he had got in
his room, which was not large enough for
both ; and, as the rain was over, civilly asked
him to depart.
"If you do not like it, you may leave"
saucily replied the beast; "as for myself |
know when | am we'll of, aud shall stay where
| am"
This is a very good story: we hope the
Arabs are all the wiser and better fur it but
let us, also, try to turn it to a good account
There is camel knocking at the heart of
us all, young and old, seeking to be let in:
its name is sin. 1t comes silently and craft
ly, and knocks: "Let me in" only very
small part at first. So in comes the nose, and
it is not long before, little by little, it gains
entire possession. Like as it was with Achan
of old, II saw"-"I coveted"-"I took"-"I
hid" step by step, until he was "led captive
by the devil" Once in possession, the master
soon becomes the tyrant.
1t is, however, our comfort to know that
there is Preserver and a Deliverer-our
Lord Jesus Christ. He "came to destroy the
works Of the devil; )" and he would have US,
when we are tempted, to look to Him, and he
will enable US to resist the first approaches of
evil. Let US take for him the best Master,
and find how happy are those who obey him.
A life spent in his service is the happest life
we can live on earth. He gives the best of
wages here, and the best of rewards hereafter.
Childs Companion.
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TOO MICH TO BELIEVE.

One day Farmer Robinson's old hen came
scratching about in my meadow, and just then
the pretty school ma'am tripped by with two
of her children. She was talking to them
about the fish called the sturgeon.
Eyes, my dears," she was saying, 81 read it
this very morning in a newspaper. Nine
hundred and twenty.one thousand six hun
dred eggs have been found in single stur-
geon!"
"My! what lot !" exclaimed one of the
children "and if every egg gets to be stur.
geon, and every one of the new surgeons lays
just as many, just think what heaps Of grand.
children a sturgeon must have"
The teacher laughed. They walked on,
and suddenly 1 heard sort of gulp. 1t was
the old hen. never in my life saw any
living creature in such a state. She was
so mad she could hardly keep inside her
feathers
"Nine hundred thousand eggs!" she ex-
claimed (you would have thought she was
only trying to cluck her head off, but | under
stood every word), "nine hundred thousand
eg-guggug-gegs! Don't believe word Of it !
Never was such thing since the world be-
gan-sturgeon, indeed! Never even heard
of such bird. What'll school teachers say
next, 1 wonder? Nine hundred thousand
eg-gug-gug-gegs, indeed"
The last l saw of that hen, she was strut
ting off Indignantly toward the barn-yard to
tell the other hens all about it.-T. Nicholas,
for April.
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'nIS ITS s;IT;i IDTEPARTMENT FOR THE HOME CIR
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10 IT'S I'C RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE is fresh
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and five dollars per ton is allowed for expenses,
we have two hundred and fifty dollars net
profit per acre. And this result from land
absolutely thrown away because it is infested
with this grass.
If we suppose that there may have been
something accidental in this extraordinary
crop of ten tons, and diminish it one half, to
FIVE tons, this would still give more than one
hundred dollars net profit, deducting fertilizer,
say eight to ten dollars.-C. w. HOWARD, IN
the RuraL Caroiinian
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TByHE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our
works in Greensboro, n. G., give universal
satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made
of the BEST SCOTCH PIC METAL, with heav-
ier and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho
market, and consequently will the longer with
stand heat and hard usage. They are Of hand
some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal
in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold
in the United States, while it's confidently claimed
that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual
pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished
with each Stove. An important consideration
sizes are never changed. Should piece get acci-
tlentally broken at amy time we can replace 1t at
the mere cost of casting. Not simply because 1t
is home production but on account OF its intrin-
sic merits az an article of household economy, do
we ask the patronage Of home purchasers. More
than ONE THOUSAND Of these Stoves are now
in use, and among many others having them we
respectfuly refer to the following: r. E. Guthrie,
D. NJ. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county ;
Mrs Elizabeth j. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon,
Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill B. P.
Boyd Joseph Herndon, l.. NJ. Grist, Yorkville.
You can save the freight from the northern cities
and the dealers profit which is no small item,
by buving of us, and at the same time get
S'rOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those
of northern make. The following are our prices
delivered at depot in Greensboro:
No 8, with 10 pieces ware and feet pipe $50 90 90
Address, SERGEANT e. McCAULEY,
Greensboro. N. C..
r. NJ. DOBSON & CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. c.
JOHN r. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C.
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ss- Nothing is more desirable in daughter
than intelligence joined to a gentle spirit
The mind is fashioned and furnished, in the
main, at school; but the character is derived
chiefly from home. How inestimable is the
confidence of that mother, in producing kind
feelings in the bosoms of her children, who
never permits herself to speak to them with
a loud voice, and in harsh, unkind tones !
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THAT VACANT SEAr.-One morning last
week, nice young man got into car on the
Dayton Shore Line Railroad, and saw to his
delight the only vacant seat in the coach was
by the side of a young lady acquaintance.
He reached for that seat with joyous strides
and her eyes answered his deli GIFTED looks
But just as he got there, an elderly party
from the other end of the car waltzed up the
aisle and dropped into the coveted seat
The young man approached more slowly, and
accosted the young lady. GLOW is your bro
ther?" he asked; "is he able to get out?"
20, yes" she said "Will he be very bad
ly marked?" he continued, and the old
gentleman grew suddenly interested. 90,
no" said the fair deceiver with the excep-
tion of few small pits on his forehead, you
would never know he had ever had it."
"Were you not afraid Of taking it?' the
young man went on, while the old gentleman
broke out in cold perspiration. "Not at all" !"
she replied II have been vaccinated, you
know" The seat was vacated instantly two
young hearts beat as halfa.dozen, and the pratt
tie of mice talk, ,'strewed that part of the car,
while gray-haired old man scowled upon
them from the hard accommodation of the
wood-boX.
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MJISIC HATH CHARMS, &C.


WITH pleasure inform all who desire to give
w their children a chance for a musical edu-
cation but whose means are very limited, that
have made arrangements with the celebrated
'Mason & Hanlin Organ Co., ," to supply persons
with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest
factory prices, for cash, or on monthly Or or GUAR
ciple. Thus any one by paying only moderate
sum for the use of the instrument, can, at any
time, give it up or become purchaser; the amount
already paid being applied to the purchase. Or a
person having paid the rent for four years, be-
comes the owner of the Organ without further
payment. Call and enquire for particulars and
see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the
Adickes' building, where may be found during
all business hours, either to show you sample or
to wait upon you if you want anything in the
Photographic line as heretofore.
J. R. SCHORB.
P. S.-Notwithstanding all the misrepresenta-
tions and "gab' of smart agents Of the Ring,
companies, I still insist that have the best and
cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer,
and I am ready to prove my words to all who
seek for the truth in the matter. j. X. s.
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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT.

nUBLISHED Weekly in Greensboro, N. c.,
by DUFFY & ALBRIGHT, at 81. 10 per year
in advance-postage included.
1t is Democratic Conservative in politics and
abors zealously for the material prosperity of the
South generally, and North Carolina particularly.
mss- North Carolinians abroad should not be
without it. Specimen copies free.
The PATRIOT and YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER will.
be furnished one year for 81
Address,
DUFFY & ALBRIGHT, Publishers,
Greensboro, N. C.
February4 5 II
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NATURAL PH1LosopHY.-"Bub,d did you
ever stop to think" said grocer, yesterday,
as he measured out half a peck of potatoes,
"that these potatoes contain sugar. water and
starch ?" mo, 1 didn't" replied the boy,
"but heard mother say that you put peas
and beans in your coffee, and about pint of
water in every quart of milk you sold." The
subject of natural philosophy was dropped
right there.
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sg Advertising pays. A Dubuque, Iowa
man who advertises largely was thereby dis:
covered by wife whom he deserted several
wears ago.
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G.. WEST & SONS
ALADDIN SECURITY OIL.
WARRANTED $50 DEGREES FIRE TEST.
THE BEST THOUSEHOLDO OIL IN THE WORLD.
Endorsed by the Fire Insurance Companies.

Indorsed by the Fire Insurance Companies.
Read the following Certificate selected from many
others:
HOWARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE, Dec. %, 1874
Mess,s c.. West d. Sons-Gentlemen: Having
used the various Oils, sold in this city for illum-
mating purposes. take pleasure in recommend,
ing your "Aladdin Security" as the safest and
best ever used in our household. Yours truly,
(Signed) ANDREW REESE, PRESIDENT.
1T WILL NOT EXPLODE!
ASK YOUR STOREKEEPER FOR 1T.
Wholesale depot,
C. WEST & SONS,
Nos. 113 and lis w. Lombard st.
Fehruarv4 SO 6lnH
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RARRER SHOP.

YNHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, fash
i ionable and stylish cut of hair, or pleasant
and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that
THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the Art Tonso-
rial is still in business in his old Shop next door
to the ENQUIRER building, where it Will anora
him great pleasure to wait upon all who may de-
sire his services. Razors honed and sharpened,
and any other work of that kind promptly done.
He may be found at the Shop on Sunday morn
ings from to 10 o'clock.
June II 25 ~
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heg- How touching is this, from city friend,
who tells US of a poor woman who went to her
minister, asking him to come and perform the
funeral service of her fourth husband, he
having officiated for the three who had pre-
viously disappeared from the public view.
"Why, Bridget, how is this ?" asked the
reverend gentleman.
"Ah, it's mighty bad," she REPLIED "There
was never poor woman worn down with such
lot Of dying men as I've BEEN"
1t was rather rough.