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R1NGs.-Solornon was said to own a ring
which possessed magical powers. Pharaoh
gave ring to Joseph, the patriarch, as sign
Of his delegated authority. When the Ro-
man ambassador required the king of Bithyn-
ia to give Hannibal up, the latter, on the point
of the kings doing SO, swallowed poison,
which he always carried about in his ring
In the time of Alexander the Great, it was
customary in Athens to wear magnificent
rings, with engraved stones. 1t is recorded
that Demosthenes was fond of finger rings.
The Romans collected cases of rings, many of
which are mentioned as being at Rome; among
these, was that which Pompey the Great took
from Mithridates, and dedicated to Jupiter in
the capital. Upon Pompey's ring were en-
graved three trophies, as emblems of his three
triumphs over the three parts Of the world
Europe, Asia and Africa.-Leisure Hour.
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THE COLUMBIA REGISTER,
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at 7
COLUMBIA, s. c.,
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JAMES A. HOYT, Editor.

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therefore as an ADVERTISING MEDIUM 1t cannot
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This paper Is within the reach Of every family,
and are pleased to state the fact that Its large
circulation is rapidly increasing.
THE REGISTER is no,0 the Organ Of the State
Grange and all matters of interest to the Patrons
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vTyHOSE in want Of an EASY SHAVE, q fash.
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THOMAS BALLARD.
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s@"I can't find bread for my family" said
a lazy fellow in company. "Nor l." replied
an industrious mechanic. "Pm obliged to
work for it."
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March q
CHEER YOUR HOMES WITH MUSIC.

CHEEh 1UUh dUWGo VIII @oo3o'
II HAVE made such arrangements with that en-
terprising and reliable Southern Wholesale
House, Ludden and Bates, Of Savannah, that can
supply, on short notice, the Mason q Hamlin Or
eans, Pianos Of the most celebrated manufactures,
Sheet Music, or any other kind of Musical Mer-
chandze at the lowest factory prices and at prices
adapted to these hard times. A settled determina-
ton to sell nothing 7 cannot recommend, and q
practical acquaintance of many years with such
goods, enables me to offer great inducements to
purchasers.
Call at my Photo Gallery for further particu-
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The LANDLORDS WAGER.-Not 80 very
long ago there arrived at San Antonio a gen.
tleman from large town on the railroad be-
tween there and Galveston. He put up at a
hotel and displayed tremendous appetite
At the end of the week he expected to be pre-.
seuted with his bill, but no bill was presented
although he had no luggage at all. Time
went on and still no bill. The landlord treat.
ed him with lofty courtesy, as did the walters
One night, however, he did not return to the
hotel, and the next morning the landlord hired
a detective who hunted and found him. The
stranger thought the landlord was going to
have him put in Jail for swindling him, and
he felt alarmed about it. But no. The land
lord was as pleasant as ever. He asked the
stranger what he had done that he should de-
sert his hotel in that way; inquired whether
the walters had offended him, and begged him
to return to his hotel once more, promising to
furnish him with oysters or anything else be
might wish.
The stranger was astounded. He told the
landlord that be couldn't pay his board. The
landlord replied that he did not want any
board, and finally extorted from the stranger
the promise to return to the hotel. -..
After few days the stranger took the land
lord aside, thanked him with tears in his eyes
and asked him why he was so anxious for him
to eat at that hotel free of charge.
"I'll tell you," was the reply; II don'1
care fig, for you personally, but since you
have been here l have had forty more guests
to dinner than ever had before. They come
here for no other purpose than to look at you
eat-you eat so hearty. But the trouble is, ]
had a two thousand dollar bet that you would
choke to death at the dinner.table within q
specified time. To-day is the last day, and
have lost. Git p And he kicked him nine
teen feet and ten inches into the street.
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man changed it, and the traveller passed on.
Presently along came another traveller, and,
stopping to watch progress, suggested some
other Improvement, which the man made.
Not long after, third came, and also ten
dered his advice, which was accepted. The
man having finished the canoe after the wish
es of the travellers, suspended it from a tree,
and commenced to make another after his
own ideas; so when the fourth traveller came
along, and asked him why be did this and
that, the man looked up quietly, and said,
See here, stranger, this is my canoe; there's
every body's canoe up in that tree
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How TO INCREASE THE Flow OF MILK.
A lady correspondent, says the S0uther" Ag-
riculturist, writing from Arkansas, gives the
following excellent recipe to increase the flow
of milk in cow, and we can heartily
ndorse it, for we have seen it tried She
says: "Tepid water slightly salted given twice
day will increase the flow of milk one.third !;
if the COW will not drink at first trial, scatter
handful of bran or meal over the top Of it.
They soon become very fond of it and will
drink all you give them. l tried this plan
three years ago with perfect success. I had
only one cow, and she was of the common
scrub stock of the country, and after she be-
gan to drink the water, prepared as above,
she furnished me twice day two ordinary
water buckets full of milk, and by feeding a
little corn boiled with cotton seed the milk
yielded butter enough to supply my table
bountifally and leave me few pounds to sell
every week. gave her three gallons of wa
ter twice day"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-10-25

A HINT TO DYspEpT1cs.-Change your
diet and manner ofliving drink neither tea
nor coffee; never drink at meal-times; after
every meal, or during the meal, dissolve half
a teaspoonful or more of cayenne pepper in
half glsssful Of milk and drink it. Eat
plain food never taste pastry of any kind.
If you are troubled with sleepless nights, dc
not try to promote sleep by taking stimulants
or opiates they do more harm than good.
Take sponge bath before retiring, and if
YOU are unable to do it yourself, get some one
to rub you we'll with a coarse towel. If you
wake in the night and canuot 90 to sleep
again, get up at once, and do not lie until you
"get nervous thinking about it." Take foot
bath rub your limbs we'll, to get a circula'
tion drink a glass of cold water. Do not
expect to cure yourself in one weeks time
Have patience, and try one month.
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SELECTING SEED CoRH.-First, select your
corn from stalks which bear but one ear, or
from the topmost ears of those bearing more;
second, let the ears rpen as thoroughly as pos
sible in the field third, after gathering, see
that the ears are put at once in warm, dry
place, and kept there until the moisture has
completely evaporated ; fourth, select from
these ears those which have the largest and
most perfect kernels, rejecting the tips, and
use only those kernels which are fair and
plump and large These kernels possess more
strength and have larger quantity of albu.
men stored away with which to nourish the
terminating plantlet Follow these direc-
tions and you will be able to largely increase
the average yield of your fields.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-10-25

WHY BLIND THE HORSE I'VE never
could see what vice or deformity lay in a
horses eye that should make it necessary to
cover it up and shut out its owner from at
least two-thirds of his rightful vision. The
theory that horse is less apt to be frightened
when shut out from everything behind him, we
sus pect to be fallacy, else saddle horses and
war horses would be duly blinded. Every
horse is as familiar with his own carriage as
with his own tail, and, so far as his "personal'
fortitude is concerned, is no more disturbed
at being pursued by one than another. AS
for other scare.crows that come behind, they
are mostly familiar to the animal, and the
more fully the horse can perceive them the
more quietly does he submit to their approach.
Then it is pity to cover up one OF the most
brilliant features of this most brilliant crea-
ture. The horse has borne such hand in
the civilization ofthis rough and-tumble world
that it seems not so much a cruelty as dis
courtesy, as we'll as disgrace, to hide his
form with embarrassing toggery. No wonder
we estimate the force in the world as horse
power no wonder the Romans and Germans,
each in their own language, designated their
aristocracy as riders no wonder their descen-
dants made chivalry synonym for their
highest virtues Let the horse be given his
due, and nblinded.-Engksh Journal
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y are secured to warrant the enterprise, pro-
pose publishinga
HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
The work will embrace COMPLETE HISTO.
RY OF THE STATE from the first discovery OF
the soil the settlement Of the territory at differ
ent periods; the history Of the State under the
Proprietary Government; under the Royal Gov
ernment, and through the Revolutionary period,
or to the close of the Revolutionary war.
The movements of the several Whig military
chiefs are accurately traced, and the several bat
ties fought during the Revolution are minutely
described. -.
The whole will make book of more than 700
pages of the size Of Stephens History OF the Uni
ted States It will be printed on good paper, with
clear type, and bound in substantial cloth, TO
subscribers the book will be delivered for FOUR
DOLLARS per copy.
Persons desiring to canvass for the work are re-
uuested to communicate with the author at York
Vile g. C.. for terms, &C. r. LATHAM.
re- Persons desiring to subscribe for the book,
can leave their names at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
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NOTICE..

r RESPECTFULLY inform the public that l
am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears
and other fine-edged instruments. Prices-for
honlng and sharpening razors, Is cents, and for
sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, ana
satisfaction guaranteed or no charge:
TOM BALLARD, Barber.
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IMPROVING FARMs.-How few farmers i'm
prove their farms to the extent that they
might do, if fthey had the requisite energy and
perseverance! Let US suppose case. Mr..
A buys farm that is "run down" the land
poor, the farm out of repair, the house going
to ruin, the barn leaky, no orchard, no garden
worthy of the name, fields grown up to briers,
no undertaking ever thought Of, swamps in
various places, land rocky or too rough for a
moving machine-all the typical character
of man who is not fit to own rod of land.
Ten years pass, and We again examine this
farm and what do we behold? The rocky
and rough fields are smooth as lawn the
grass is luxuriant marshes and swales have
disappeared by ditching and understanding !;
fine fences over the entire farm greet the eye ;
a young orchard is just coming into bearing !;
the dwelling is painted and blinded; shade and
fruit trees adorn the yard the barn and out
houses look comfortable, and are in good re-
pair a substantial picket fence surrounds the
house and garden, and everything denotes
thrift and comfort. How was this great i'm
provement effected? Simply by persistent
labor at odd times, when the crops did not
need special attention, and the improved crops
from year to year, obtained by thorough
system of farming, paid the entire expenses
Had Mr.. B or Mr.. G bought this farm, it is
probable that it would to-day be the same
old, forlorn and "run down" place. 1t is en-.
ergy and brains that effect such results; and
many farmers could do the same if they would
wake up and bestir themselves.
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The DUTcHMAN's CHEEsE.-A German
resident relates the following thrilling adven.
ture: 81 goes to Utica last week, and meets
frint, und we walks, and we talks, so we
comes NIT grosery shtore, und my frint say
he buy some limburger, und so buy come
too, more as pound. Veil I comes NIT the
depot, and shumps on the car, und [ cant
find no seat all the while, und sits myself
nit another feller. Dose car was very warm,
und dot oder man he begins to sniff up mid
his nose, and finally he raises der window
about an inch. Dot cheese, it shmell big,
und don't say nodings. Den dot oder Teller
sniff his nose up to himself some more, und
he looks at me sorter queerlike, you know,
und ho gives that window another hitch up.
Den he got up und looked all around dot
seat, und in dot aisle, und pefore and pc
hind, und I say nodin. Den he look at me
und say: MY frint, you don't shmell nod
ingsr Und say no. und I almost die NIT
myself so he hitch dot window wide open und
shtick out his head and schware NIT himself
like efrydings. Ven We got to Rome dot
oder feller he follow me clear to the car door,
und shtands on der platform and watch me
so long as am in sight. Do you know /
makes up my mind dot fsller he don't get no
limburger where he lifts, yen he is at home
NIT himself"
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Mnmnrnas department.
INTERRUPTED TABLE TALK.

The other evening the Rev. Mr.. Philactel
sat down at the tea table with very thought
ful air, and attended to the wants of bis
brood in very distracted manner. Present
ly he looked at his wife and said:
"The Apostle Paul.
"Got an awful lump on the head 'safter-
noon" broke in the pastors eldest son, "play'
ing base ball. Bat flew out of the strikers
hands when was umpire, and cracked me
right over the ear, an dropped me. Hurt
Gollyp and the lad shook his head in dis.
NAL but expressive pantomime as he tenderly
rubbed lump that looked like billiard
ball with hair on it.
The pastor gravely paused for the inter
ruption and resumed:
"Tbe Apostle Paul.
"Saw Mrs. O'Gheminie down at Green
baum's this afternoon" said the eldest daugh'
ter, addressing her mother. "She had the
same old everlasting black silk, made over
with a vest of tilleul green silk, coat tail
basque pattern, overskirt made with diagonal
fold in front, edged with deep fringe; yellow
straw hat, with black velvet facing inside the
brim, and pale blue flowers. She's going to
Chicago"
The good minister waited patiently, and then
in tones Just shade louder than before, said
"The Apostle Paul.
"Went in swimmin' last night with Henry
and Ben, pop, and stepped on clam shell,
exclaimed his youngest son "cut my feet SO
can't wear my shoe; and please, can't
stay home tomorrow p
The pastor informed his son that he might
stay away from the river, and then resumed
his topic. He said
"The Apostle Paul says
"My teacher" shouted the second son; che
says the world is as round as an orange, and
it turns round all the time faster than cir
Gus man can ride. guess he haint got much
sense"
The mother lifted warning finger toward
the boy and said "sh" and the father re-
sumed:
"The Apostle Paul says
"Don't bite off twice as much as you can
chew" broke out the eldest son, reproving the
assault of his little brother on a piece o1
cake. The pastors face showed just a trihe
of annoyance as he said, in very firm, de-
cided tone:
"The Apostle Paul says"-
"There's fly in the butter| shrieked the
youngest hopeful of the family, and a gener
al laugh followed. When silence was restored
the eldest daughter, with an air of curiosity
said:
"Well, but pa, really would like to know
what the Apostle Paul said"
"Please pass the mustard" said the pastor
absently.
Then the committee rose and the Senate
went into executive session, and soon after
adjourned.
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serving it, and what shall be said by the min
lister when giving the emblems to communi-
cants. On these points we have no command
from the Master On these points we should
observe that mode or method which is best
adapted to ediacation. Communicants may
kueel or they may stand upright; or they
may recline on couches, as did those to whom
our Saviour administered the ordinance first !;
or they may seat themselves at table, as We
now do when about to partake of an ordinary
meal. With respect to the position we must
take when celebrating the Lords Supper, we
have no instructions in the Scriptures The
same is true with regard to the hour during
which it is to be observed. 1t was night
when our Saviour took the bread and broke
it and gave it to his disciples, but we are not
commanded to observe it at night. We may
observe it at any hour during the twenty.four.
Usually, the Lords Supper is observed on
the Sabbath but it is manifest that our Sa'
viour did not institute it on the Sabbath.
Reckoning time as we now do, and calling
the days of the week by the names common
among US, Christ instituted the first supper on
Thursday night. So far as we know, there is
no command given US in the Scriptures respect
ing either the particular day of the week, or
the particular hour of the day. There is,
however, propriety in generally celebrating
the Lords Supper on the Sabbath. In many
Christian denominations, the custom is for
communicates to sing praise to God whilst
going to the Lords table and retiring from it.
This is beautiful and appropriate way to
engage in this delightful privilege, but it is
not a commanded duty.
We are liable to throw around the Lord 8
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PROSPECTUS.
HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
REV, II. LATHAM.

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