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ELVIE KELLERS mi IT was hot, very bot; the. dank grass "lay trodden and bri upon the ground for want of cut the trees were as motionless as st! carved out or s.one; not a bl uet a quiver of air .to waken leaves from their slumbers.;, birds-were silent hi though dead Nothing seemed glad or ha save th, wide-mottthed poppies du fheir scarlet lips to meet the kiss . the fiery suu, and the monoto biss'ng of the locusts: ail else still-7-s?iil as the grave, wilki] well aa without. The broad, low-roofed ?tone mut gave no sign from its many g.i wiudows. Nothing was audible but the w some tick-tick of the old fashii ' clock in its niche in the lower ha The housu in it? mournful lo um so?mt?d ddserted, bereft o {hst had been dear ?nd known i eld, for it had once known tba pf of a pair of little childish feet echoed to tho merry ring of a ch sweet laugh. But nov; years had passed, chilli had'grown rnto a woman, stood waiting for her faifeer'uxl: In one of the upper rooms, J? Keller lay, white and motionless w ing for the doath-angel to bring his release* There stood* about bis bcd, daughter, his only-child, Elvi? . man young ta', years, with a : . sweet, foreign face, lit up now, h ever, with a glow of something I looked strangely like joy ;. and, th the* dying man's- own dear wife. Twenty years ago, that very < Joyce Keller had. brought her ho lovely, beloved, but unloving. Sweet six! cn, in very .truth, Alice Keller then. Never was golden hair more gob blue eyes bluer; or bright sm brighter than his child wile's ; ant loved her with all the might ? strength of his homely nature, for' beauty, her-grace, her sweetness, \ for thc reason ?that few men co look up** m lier rose-' . f loveliness; not desire ir. She W?S poor, h* was rieh : parents were- ambitious, she was lt all : so .she married kim ut their t . ding-a man old enough to have b< her father, ?nd for whom she ent . taiued no feeling but one of supre in dj deren cc. As years wore on, it- ehanged int quiet SOIT- of endurance, but evt now and then il seemed as thou the simple sight of her h tisha would drive Alice Keller to despe: tion. In her daughter ske lound not c< solation.but relief, tor into the chili ever-willing ears she poured the sto of her sufferings and ker wrongs. His fearful jealously, his pain! watching of Jier every look a movement, jarred and hocked b free, untrammelled spirit. She longed to be away, rid of 1 presence, but pf his sight. But Joyce Keller had won his wi! and he meant to keep .her. all to hil jvelf too... Their establishment in town w. . only thrown open ar rare an J state intervals, and of intimate friends tl peor girl had none; her husband indomitable? jen longly kepi every or away. He knew '4 did not possess Alice love, and he w:is detenniued that si should be spared the opportunity 1 bestowing it upon another. It was only when his daughter wa growing a large girl, that bis wit succeeded in persuading him tba Elvie" must have society." Then li relented a little. . She was allowed to mingle witl those of he? own age to a'certain ile gree, and, ol* course, the interconrs was mutual. So, when, at tho age of seventeen her debut was decided upon, in th shape of a grand fete at Oaklands for Elvie's birthday came in August as if by the nature of the month. ti indicate the girl's sweet, warm, vivie character, lier .father made no obj ?c tion-in tact, rather entered into th? . " spirit of thc thing, and pr nouncec " ?SIvie in her white tulle and searle! roses a very queen in her dark re splendent beauty. She inherited her father's dark tints, all save the deep vjolet eyes ; those were'Alice's over again. " Who would believe,," exclaimed Joyce Keller, as he gazed at them, " that they were motlier and daugh ter; if anything, Alice,with her wa ving golden hair and rose-like colour, is the younger-locikitig of the two. My Elvie is stately, but she is very sweet," murmured-the ol<l4 man to himself, as !;<. watched them ming . ling with the gay. j.'yous throng ?; their guests. And-his daughter was very -?-'t'-'y. though not over tai?, and very .-weet, though few could tell that ail tin' sweetness. lay in the down-drooj?i?g corners bf her little mouth, arni ihe sometime tenderness of her eyes. They were tender nov.-, UH ?lie raised'her bead to meet the ardent glance bent upon her. A few low-spoken words, as they paced languidly up and down the long garden paths, illumined with many-hued lamps, brought a bright quick, blush to her cheek, as she gave that look, so sweet in jts half-timid lovingness, up into his face-?a face that seemed worthy of it too-a foreign fase, whose actual yJttfj numbered, perhaps, but twenty-six or seven. But Louis de. Brusle had the man ner and air of a mau* who had passed through many things, both inward and outward. The air of ono who had se?n'-all, hut not the one tiling needful, he had, sought, but had not found, tue lon for of his heart. . They wandered on for a few ments, in silence unbroken, save their own light footfalls on the g turf. El vie was the first to speak. I want to introduce you to mother. Von do not even "know by sight yet, i believe, Air. de Br do yob ? ' " No : but wait a while : it is better here away trota all that ; and noise of people. Stay a 1 longer, won't you ?" .The voice was very pleading, Elvie wu's; hostess, and she ind ! absent iront' her guests quite euougil ; so they* hurried ba'ck? after a little search found Mrs. Ki standing in the centre of a erowi people, to whom she was pointing the chief beauties of the conse tory : but shu could not have iou finar flower than .herself, a lil] fragile 1"V? '.' -?ss in her floating a draperies. " Mr. de B--u.-le, my mother, '. Keller."' Black eye.? met b'ack S.n*a 'gb of half-wondering surprise/* Tliey neither of them spoke, Elvie and'her companion pas&d I \is some on'3 else stepped up to g j the. mistress of the mansion. ; " ls not my mother heautifi questioned Elvie, glancing up into escorts face. His expression was perfectly wr as he replied- .*. . " Beautiful ! She is I know what-like nothing earthly ; a BJ pesci.nded from above! Beanti; i -she is divine!" Slie did not answer, and, very s j airer, her presence being required j in another quarter, she left De Brt to his owl. lcflectioois. j To these somewhat silent comp j ions he did not long 'devote hims rand biking an opportunity when ? j Keller was "disengaged, he made j way up to her, and they were si i engrossed in conversation. ? Elvie Keller was very happy t night, so happy that she might lu known it v.-ot!ld not last ; she belie iie loved bei'-- he had almost said -!i-l :uid Elvie loved him, Louis . Brucie, wit ii' all the rich, lus?.-r | sweetness ol her dugitst'nature. She-hud not known him long ; I the soft-voiced^ passionate fcreigi hail won, hrr love-her delicate, pi tiist love, sind Elvie's-first would her only on?. # So, as sdte Brushed out her lc waving hair carly that MI mme-mo i og. Elvie Keller was very happ ?as she gazed into the mirror, ? fairly revelled in her loveliness. " For hi? sake, ah, for his saki she murmured, <: J am so glad tha j ara beautiful-for he loves beam and all things sweet and fair '." So she lay down on her li ule wh j bed, to dream and to wake in ahapr I for-ever srate. D;iys, weeks, months slowly pass away, and surely, ?tcp ly step, t young Frenchman had made himsi one with the Keilers. The husband looked upon him his daughter's suitor, and as stn welcomed him on ail occasions. ?lviediyed along, hupp} as a ire winged billi, only now and then' frail shadow.would sweep over lu joy, and cause her to -wonder wi: Louis did nor-ask her outright tu 1 his wife, 'r r this tie had never done J?eyer h.:d he gouo further tim those few .vordson tue night of h( uirth-fete. lt was true,.lie came co ?stantly,h rode, walked, danced with her, bi never a shade ?loser did he ventui th.m months before. lt was as though he were conten to i?'.vc simply * ou her love, air cared no! for the wearing. ile brought her choice fru'ts aw (lowers, but iie also brought them t her mother. They scarce, ev ; were alone to gether, for Mrs. Keller dh] not ap prove of Elvie's going out with anj gentleman unaccompanied by eithe; her father Or herself; and :is Joyci Kelle i found no pleasure in the way; of the world, his fair wife generali) made a third with her daughter an( Mr. de'Bi usle. Still Elvie thought* nothing of ii ai, only tiiat faint little wonde.- as tc why Louis did not ask her ; but alu never doubt efl his love, not for au instant, any more than she would nave doubted her own. " I suppose 'he hus some good rea son,'' she would whisper to herself, " aud to wait for the simple speaking is not ai very hard when I know he loves tue so well !" Nut many nights after, Elvie was sauntering along the shadowy paths of tim old-iashioued garden, her graceful head bowed down, her dark iaslicd eyes drooped upon thc tiro-und. .! Very lovely woman, sweet and hap py, .:- the little Hush and lim fain! hu!-* smile betokened. On s!?e walked, regardless of the frist-Killin*; dew, and of the fact that she i::?d pas?ed the garden boundary, and was in tim orchard, with its blos som-laden trees and the tiny babbling brook twining its way through the long meadow-grass. On and on till the sound of familiar voices smote up on her ear-Louis'de Brusle's'^oice, and her mother's in answer. " Alice, Alice, ray dar ing, will it never be any different? I am weary of waiting. If it is much longer, I shall carry you oil". I cannot stand it. I ara nearly mad I" Elvie stood still now. She did nbt faint? nor fall. ..She j ustr stood still, with the newly plucked roses pressed tightly against her heart, and listened to their talk ing * Oh, Louis, vou cannot 'be more ?' I weary than I am; but you must not speak so. I never would consen leaving him, never-never!" "But," he cried, pressing her gi en head to his breast, ".it is so 1 and very tedious, this waiting death." Alice Keller started ac her lov words, and put her little Vh'ite ha ov-T bis mouth. "Hush, husk!* Louis, it is dreadful!' EJvie did not stop longer. . She turned slowly round, and we ed her way back to the house, smile gone,' the flush faded, ail happh.^ss* of her yonrtg life ntti quenched and put out for ever.. Proud, pale, and purposeful, ba: the suspicion of her -sweetness gentlene?a left. Louis de Brusle never knew 1 she fouud-him out, bu.t that she was very evident to him. The woman was just as courte just as gentle, but the light of 1 was swept douri aw'ay, or oise cove by s curtain io dark and heavy t none had power to raise it up, Thus a weary, weary year'drag itserf out and ^sumuv-r four*! Jo Ke?W-on his efcit?h bed. That year had wrought changea him. Towards the end he began tp how things .stood, that his wife ] neither given her love to him, locked it up in the storehouse of ? heart. It was. given, received, return and by-whom ? By his' daugliti whilom snifcor; by the man wh sweet-whispered words had won daughter's love. " The facts dawning upon him si denly, as th?y did, were too much the old man to bear ; they complet unnerved him ; so, willing his all broken-hearted Elvi?, Joyce Kel lay him down to die. . Without one word of reproach compjaint of any sort, he pass away that "still, . hot, midsutnn midday. Only his daughter stayed, at O? lands. Alice, very- lovely in 1 widow's mourning, went to her mot er's. The old house.a she said, had t many painful memories : she mi go; her health needed it-so s wt nt. But. all the persuasion and entres in the.world could not induce El\ to accompany her. "No, mamma;" she said; tnansw to Airs. Keller's prayer that si would come away from that dread! dismal place; "no, mamma, 1 a better here. I like? Oaklands, ami never desire-to leave it again so loi as I live." So ali endeavours unavailing, Ali went, and her daughter stayed. After Joyce Keller's death, it w discovered, that most of his proper was so heavily mortgaged as to 1 irrecoverable. Only Oaklands remained intac but her mother provided for, Elv was as well content with the farm she would have been as heiress to o immense fortune. Her tests were luxurious, but quie iy so, therefore she had quire sufi clent to gratify them. Her mode ol' life'for two years I come, at leas:, could be but one ol'tl strictest retirement: hence she mai up her mind to stay on at the ol place that had known her from IK childhood, had witnessed her ha] I pine.-s and. its going, her love and il loss. I A trilla paler, a great deal ijiiiotci I with a look ot d?termination in Ire ? violet eye? they had never known "in I fore. Eh'ic lived on, her-quiet, mono tenons life .unbroken save by he mother's letters and an occasion? visitor. Thus thc first twelve mon*hs of he mourning passed, when one day sin received the usual weekly epistle fron her mother, but not. with its usua contents of current news, advice wishes that she would leave that dui stupid place. Oh, no; this was only a note, and ran as follows : " MY DARLING ELVIE,-No doubi what I am about to write willrsui-prkst you' greatly in one respect-its sud denness; but I judge, Jong ere this yon must have-described how much Louis ile Brusle' and J are. to eacli other. Wc are to be married on the eleventh uf next month, very pri vately, of course, and I want you to be at my wedding. Judge me gent ly, my daughter, and come to me in my joy. as you have ever shared my unhappiness. Do not refuse the one request of your loving mother, " ALICE KELLER." The tiny, perfumed sheet fell from .Elvie's hand, <ind long she sat think ing and struggling with herself. At last she picked it up. and hard ly pausing for another thought, wrote an affirmative*answer to her '' loving mother's one'request." The wedding waa over. The bride and groom had sidled immediately for Europe. Elvin Keiler stood alone in the world-alone with her misery and her pride, with nothing in her life but this one prayer tor revenge : that he injght suiter even as she suffered was the daily food she Jived upon-that hiss ul and spirit might.be riven and stricken as hers had been was her only wish. " If I saw him there at my feet," she murmured. " praying me for my love, I would hold it back. I would refuse, although it would be heaven to give." ' This feeling had not taken posses sion of her until she saw him on his marriage-day, so glowing and happy in the thought?of his possession, while s-he whom he had sought and taught to love him stood motionless, forsaken, and forgotten at his side. * He, the victim of a wild delusion, a passing fascination, the vict'rn at the alter of his fancy. Two years swiftly fled by. . Elvie had ?ow and then recei long, descriptive foreign letters, gradually these grew rarer and ra until finally there .was none for u whole months. Then there came a black-bordei balcksealed, mournful-looking i sive in her step-father's handwrit: Elvie tore it open, to learn vi she already half-dreaded-her mi er's death: Sudden and unlooked-for, the d; relentless angel had borne her ai before time had touched or du the brightness of her beauty, or husband's love. This lotter was merely a deta account of the sad event, offei consolation, but never a word of i pair or reg?et. To the letter thete was add e postscript-" Elvie, I am con home to you; expect me hy the r, stearn ar." The girl's eyes fairly glittered i glad surprise, " At last, he doaa* suffer, but n< tithe,'not a shadow of suffering I ( raine. And he is coming tome. Louis, Louis, if I did not love so, I.copi dj be mo^e^ne??us J" . Elvie calculated, judging from time the ri?xtf steamer * would an at New York, that v*her 'etepfat could "not possibly be down at*0 lands before Thursday of the folh ing week ; so all those days betwi she,- was preparing- 1?ie house for reception, putting the old room used to occupy in the old days in der, seeing that, all was . swept s garnished for his coming. 3f: . *? ?je "Elfie, I have come home, back your" J I' "You are Welcome to Oakian sir, at you ever have been." . Courteous and calm was the cou ly welcome. He hoked surprised at her, though he had expected some gra outburst. But few words passed betwe them on the subject of his wif death : she did not urge it ; he prol bly from his deep feeling seemed wish to avoid it. Three weeks Louis de Brusle stay at the farm and with his ste daughter, then he went. That calm courteousness was u pleasant to him perhaps. lu any case he went to the cit there to spend his mourning-tit more consolingly i han he possib could have done at Da h lands wi his dead wife's chilli. ? August-sweet, glowing Augu; once more Five years ago since Elvie Kellej birthday-fete ; five years since th sweet, low, winning voice.whisper? those fair, false words ; five'yea since she knew how much they" we worth. Saddened, black-robed-still she .walking in her garden to-day,, tl same path she trod those years ag when she walked to meet her fate. The violet, eyes are shining, wii i their Olden fire unquenched, undhi I med, unsatisfied ; and to-day st j holds roses in her hands, as .she he! I them then. . . "Elvie!" '. Loins !" The name escaped her lifts um wareo, the sight of him was so ut looked-for. " Won't you bid me welcome t your home?" and lie clasped his fir 1 gera warmly over her.?. " lt is som j time since we have .-een each other. " Oh, I ara very glad to see you, she replied, half bitterly, half tri umpantiy ; it is some time sine you wore here." " Lid you nut receive my note say ing that I wouid be with you to-day ?! " No, I only go to the office once ? week; my correspondence is small How are you ?" And she glanced up^nto the? thin handsome, face. " I am* well, and you are just' thi same; not a particle changed since you were always pale." " Ye*,- always." As they talked, they wandered slowly down the narrow path, on and on, ;ts she had wandered alone and so happy that night long ago. But they .went farther than she did then, into the old orchard, down by the.babbling brook and the fruit laden trees.'and at his suggestion sat down to rest. " Elvie !" . He took the roses out of her hands, and took the hands in his hands. She left them, and, looking touch ingly-ah ! so touchingly-in his eyes, answered- * " Well, Louis ?" " Elvie, I nra come down to Oak lands to ask you a. question, and one thal holds in its suis?w?r my whole life and happiness." Such a h?ppy look-?li! too su perWy.lnippy-swept, over her face as she leaned towards him,;;nd waited. " Elvie, my past has becifoue fatal mistake from almost the 'beginning until nov. I loved you, petite, when we first met, and 1 have loved you, and also love you'.still. Oh! you cann-)!, conceive ol the yuh ironness ? have borne. Thai past was rt dream -a passion-a fancy ; but* my love is yours for ever !" The tender voice grow lower as he asked " Won't you love mc ?" Those violet eyes looked up at him with an expression of unspeakable passion. ' . " I also love you." .' You do ! Oh, my darling, how happy you have made me !" ' His arms wei o about her ; but she sprang from Iiis touch*.. " I love you, Louis ds Brusle, -with a love you have not the remotest idea of, but- ?. ,i He took her hands once more, and kissed them and called her " his own, his darlirrg." " Yours ! Oh, never I Do you re member this place, Louis ? Ah, you do, and so do I remember it. You won me, my whole love, my first. I would scorn to deny it. But you cast me off, and now when you come back to me, do you suppose I will give r./self to you ? I love you, God knows, too well, but I ' have looked for this day,-and prayed for it, and it is mine. You suffer as I have suffered. Ah! is it not sweet? Neither was it altogether sweet for me. Nay, do not implore me." And she rose and stood before him. ,; I love you, you love me ; but we will part." " Elvie.Elvie, darling, lisien to-r-" " We will part : farewell !" One long, passionate kiss on his forehead, and she left him alone, and went back to her old life with its duties. So oh until the ?rave. Some women are happy without the seeking ; some have the cup held close* to their Hps, and dashed away by some other hand ;. but this woman, in her pride, laid it quietly away oui; of her reach for ever. 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A ' H> fn l. ltl?hj , May 8 172 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. 2m * 20 INSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE Brooklyn Life Insurance Co. . / n^N^York. r Cash Capital and Assets, O ver $0.000,000. and Cents, for ten consecutive years. According to the statement of th?. rates ot' the ?ifie\ent Life Insurance Companies of first-class standing in the United States-, made by "The tJni versal," in its advertisement-entitled " Facts are, Stubborn Tilings," aud published in the Edgcfield Advei'liser, it appears ?that' the Mutual Hales of ike Brooklyn are Cheaper than those of any hamed Company, For instance, according to that statement : At tho age of 20 $150 . . Wfll Iusuro In Hie Brooklyn. 44, ? Equitably..... Balance in favor of tho Brooklyn, Jn the Brooklyn....;....'. 44 " Piedmont A, Arlington. Balance In favor of tho Brooklyn, In the Brooklyn., " " NewYork'Life. Balance in favor of fha Brooklyn, In the B?<?oklyii. " " Ca'olina Life. Bala ncc in favor of the Brooklyn. $,875 73 7,541 47| ?1,334 20 .?8,875 ?( S.455 40 ?420 $8,875 73 7,541 47 $1,334 26 ?3,875 78 8.60S?1 In the Brooklyn. . 44 44 ^"Ktna. ?Balance in favor of the Brooklyn. In the Brooklyn. 44 44 Cotton States. Balance in favor bf'the Brooklyn. In the Brooklyn. 44 44 St. Louis Mutual. Balance- in favor of the Brooklyn. In the Brooklyn. 44 " Southern Life. Balance in favor of tho Brooklvn. In the Brooklyn. 44 " Knickerhocker Balance in favor of the Brooklyn. ?372 32 ?8,875 73 8.42G 90 $448 7?j ?8,875 73 8,455 40 " ?-120.27 ?8,875 73 8,841 36 ?34 37 ?S,875 73 8,015 73 ?200 00 ?8,875 73 8,005 50 \t tho age of 30 ?200* . Will Insure ?9,250 GO] 8,810 57 ?440 12 ?^25Q-6?| 8,810 57 ?440 12 ?9,250 69 8,810 00 ?440 69 ?9,250 -eal 8,841 73 HOS 90 ?9,250 69 8,798 94 ?451 75 ?9,250-69 8,810-07. ?440 12 ?9,250 69 8,841 73 ?408 96 ?9,250 69 S,877J>5 ?Vt the age of 40 . 8240 . Will ??ure 8210 23 .?373 14 ?9,250 69 8,039 30 ?.>!! 39? ?S,3S9.27 7,987 22 ?402 05 ?8,389 27 7,987 22 8402 05 ?8,389 27 . ? 7,987 22 ?402 05 . ?8,'389 27 7,916 40 ?.172 87, ? ?8,389 27" gt 8,108 10 ?2S1 17 ?8,389 27 7,987 22 ?402 05 ?8,3S9 27 7,916 40 ?472 87 ?8?389'27 7,936 50 ?452 77 ?8,369'27 7.S59 10 ?530 17 STOCK RATES. I ?I At -tho Afje ot 30, . . At tim aqe ai 40, S200 will Insure ' '?2?? will-insure In the Brooklyn. ?11,7;JP 00 In tho Universal. 11,396 01 - U 10,651 -M 10,261? 90 Bal. in favor of tho Brooklyn at stock rutes . ?353 9!? ?3S5 00 The greatly advantageous fealiire, ol thc Brooklyn in endorsing the Sur render -Values upon its Policiesp wi Dollars and Cents, for ten consecutive years, has met with unqualified praise from the most celebrated American Actuaries', as afro from the Press,* East, North and South. The Hon. Eli/.ur Wright, who is admitted to be the greatest Insurance Mathematician and Actuary in America, congratulating The Brooklyn upon this new and distinctive feature, says, among other things, " I am particularly pleased by your departure in thc right direction from the ordinary method of computing thc Surrender -Yal ies." "One of the great est drawbacks to the popularity of Life Insurance, has been the disap pointment and dissatisfaction of retiring Policy holders, at the smallness of the surrender value paid" ?cc*. "All this would have beer! prevented by a distinct )staienicnt on thc Bolicy, in*-advance, of thc su?n to ba, paid." This, stfitemeati )\i ^vilj ty seen, The Brooklyn m?kes .in ftoihfrs and cents, so that there c?r> be no mistake. . Head What Southern Papers Say of Tliis Feature : Thc Sentinel; (Mfttyl 'ft?Hh. Carolina,) Jan. 27, 1869.-''.This great feature of cash surrender values is an improvement that signalizes the era in Life insurance." . Siyi, (Columbus, Qeorgia.)-"There is no better Company in the land ; a comparison with other corporations of a similar character, will convince all of the superior safety in taking risks with Thc Brooklyn Life."' Dispatch, (St, Louis, Mo.,) Jan. 7, 18G9.-" A Policy in Thc Brooklyn Life is thus worth so much in ready money. This is the only Life. Cbni pony .'in the country that has-carried this excellent feature (of endorsing the cash surrender values in dollars and cents,) into its business." "Pol icy holders being doubly assured, the system cannot fail to become very popular." It will be seen that we assert nothing in the above advertisement, but make' a sim?le statement of the superior advantages of The Brooklyn, as it appears from disinterested parties. The Hon. M. L. Bonham has been associated with us in the General Agency of The Brooklyn for' this State. . . ? BONHAM, BAOO.Y & BUTLER, General Agents and Managers. Office over the Citizens'- Savings .Bank, Columbia, S. C., And at Edsefield S. C. March 20tf Strange, let Trie ! . --,-: ? o-? Tw?nty / . Cents on the Dollar SAVED RY PURCHASING DRY GOODS' FROM ,: . . OF AUGUSTA, GA., WHERE the BEST VARIETY and QUALITY OF GOODS in the City are. to bc found. And where everything, from a Spool of Minead to the-" finest Silk Dress, may be purchased Cheaper Than in any Other House in th? City. EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS Sent down EVERY WEEK by Old Mau CHRISTOPER.?om New York. This Week, fer instance,- Jr**F\- ' 1500 yards Striped and Chene BARAGE are offend at 5 cts. per yard. 2500 vards Striped JAP. POPLIN, at 121 eta per yard. .// . .?(.i-f eioirf'ifl :' ..o i r/i.i'>yi-..>.!. 3000 yards Plain JAP. POPLIN, at ?5 cts. ber yard. 1200 Houp. Comii- QUIETS at $1 each. a6?" Write for -Samples and' Quotations of Prices, to n ri ? ? levi v_--.r\; I i _ Augusta CHRISTOPHER GRAY & (JO. .April 17 . 3m 17 m QUINN, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IS BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC, . * fl '1 . ' ? 7 *;>? ' * ' . f ?'. V i *. . " #. * S?, AO PERIODICALS, 183 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Manufacturers' Agent and Wholesale Dealer in'all tinda of Blank' Books, for Mercantile use' including Ledgers, Journals, Day Bocka;Beards, Pass Books, Memorandum Books, Time Books, .Drawing and Scrap woks, Auto graph Books, Copy, Cyphering and Exercise Books, for Qchooi ?se, &?.? &c. Th? Writing: Papers, including.Cap, Letter an?l ?ote,pAmeri(?an, English and French, Buled and Plain, StampecL-?nd Unstamped*?* The stock of Envelopes embraces Letter, Note and Omclal sizes, of all colors and qualities, besides a foil line of General Stationed, including .all the innumerable minor items for nae in the Counting Boom. ' Also, miiny articles tn'at wo-ald be appropriately designated as Fancy Sta tionery, ' ' In the Book Department, will be founcUhe Standarc and Collages, Dictionaries, Bibles and Prayer Bool large assortment of Juvenile and Toy Books, and a General Literature. . . i In the Miscellaneous Stock, in whrch> we deal, we can offer to buyers as favorable, terms as "any establishment in the trade, f A new Price "List will soon be issued, which will enable purchasers to make selections and* order by mail, if desired. Such orders will receive prompt arid careful attention, since the most thorough system marks the mode of doing business in this establishment. Augusta, April 3; 1872-15m3 Boqks for f&hoola neic Books, and a se J ec te ? stock in H. W. ADDISOrY, ? LAWYEE. L*w RANGE, EDOKPIELD, C. H. Brick Office, formerly office of Mo ly? . . 2 Special Notiecs. ragne & Addison. Jan. 1, Law Notice, THE undersigned have formed a Co* partnership for the PRACTICE OF LAW In Edgefiold Comity, and the Counties of the Fifth Circuit, tmder tho name and Style of MAGRATH dc ABNEY. They will also Practice in the-Courts of Trial Justrees for these Counties. THOMAS P. MAGRATH, JOHN R. ABNEY. . Edgefield, Dec. 16, tf 51 JOHN E. BACON, JEFF. D. TALBERT. BACON & TALBERT, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,' Will practice iii Edgeiield and adjoining Counties. Edgefield C. .H., Apr 2 ? 6mW M. L. BONHAM. JR: G. HON HAM. BO?VHAH & BOrVHAi?l, Attorneys at Law, Office, at Edgefield C. H., S. C. Jan 24 ' tf 5 W. H. SHAFFER, . - Dentist, HAVING located at Edgefield offers .T*is Professional services to trio cit izen's and surrounding country. Office at the late residence of S. S..Tompkins, Esq. Feb 28 tf 18 Refreshing Soda Water! Tho Ladies Praiso It ! ' Tho*Gentlemen Like It ! Everybody Drinks It ! My Superb Soda Fount is now in full blast, and stands ready at all boura o? the day to furnish customers' with de lightful Arctic SODA WATER, flavored wjth the best and purest SYRUPS. Prompt attention givep to every one. ' A. A. CLTSBY. RHEUMATIC, Bed ?riddei., Infirm* Crippled, ner vous, Neurajgic.orprosirate.d with disease mav*nffer. RADWAY? REA WILL AFFORD 1KB' vj th disease mo TANT BASE. fiADWAY* MltfT BELIEF CURES *HE WORST PA?KS tn fsqfna. On^jo Twenty Minnies. ? . NCtf^E HOUR After reading this Advertisement need any one SUFFER WITH PAIN. . BADWAY'S BEADY RELIER. Ls A EyEKY PAIN. It was th? Unt twit the ?Jnly 3PA13X Kerrjody that instantly ffopa the fcdsU'jtrtr^iitlhg'pkins, al lays InCiimuutiom, -and cores (?ngcaaona, whether .f the Lungs, Stomach, Bowels, or other glands or organs, by one application. ? ?? IK Pit Oil ON-E TOTWE?OTY MUTUTES, . ?tf matter how violent or excruciating the pain Ure d,' Her yauier, IEF INFLAMMATION OF THE BADNBY6. ' , .INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. INFLAMMATION OF THE' ?OWHLS.. iv, CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS. ?ORE THROAT, DIFFICULT BREATHING. . PALPITATION OF THE HEART! HYSTERICS, CROUP, DIl'THEBlA. * CATARRH, INFLUENZA HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE. 1 i NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM COLD CHILLS, AGUE CHILLS. The application of the Ready Heilef to Ute parc or parts where the pain or difficulty exists wll ?fiord ease und comfort. Twenty drop? In half a .tumbler, of irater will in a low moments' caro CRAMPS. SPASMS, SOUR STOMACH, DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY, WIND IN THE BOWELS,and ali INTERNAL PAINS. Travelers should always carry a bottle vi hod Aways'* Heatly ReOief with them, A few drops in waler will prevent sickness or puics from chang?, of water, lt ia belter than Frrnc'i 'Urandy or Bitten as a stimulant. Fever ?md -A.sru.e. FEVER AND AGUE cured for fief cents. There is not a remedial agent in the world that will core Fever and Ague, and all other Malarious, Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow, and other Fevers (aided by Radway'a Pills,) so quick as RAD WA YU BE- ' LIEF. Filly cents per bottle. HEALTH rBEA?TY ! ! STRONG AND PURE RICH BLOOD-INCREASE OF FLESH AND WEIGHT-CLEAR SKIN AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SECURED TO ALL. DR. RADWAY-'S Mav 22 22 Vinegar! Vinegar ! IT/?S an impossibility to mako GOOD PICKLES without the use of GOOD VIN EGAR. All persons in want of such an article can find it at tho Drug Store of A A. CLISBY. . Ho has just received Two Barrels White WINE and PuVe CIDER VINE GAR. Also, a fresh .assortment of Pickling SPICES of all kinds. J line 12 . tf 25 (he Chicago Farm Pumps ' ' ' ?.-ANO Patent Pftrcclain-Lined Iron Cylinder Pumps For Cisterns ami Wells of any Depth. WsS?k .?? f:- ? ..... . SBBS*^ ? ly. . . * Are Cheap, Durable ani Efficient OVER 37000 SOLD. EVERY PUMP WARRANTED. Any Person Can Sot Them. Sold everywhere by dealers in Stand ard Farm* Machinery, Hardware and Plantation Supplies. Descriptivo Catalogues sent on appli cation. For terms, address the manu facturers. J. F. TEMPLE & SONS. CHICAGO, III. May 15 3m 21 HAS MADE THE MOST ASTONISHING CURES: SO WICK, SO RAPID ABE TUE CHANGES' . THE BODY UNDEEGUES, UNDER THE IN FLUENCE OF THIS TRULY WONDERFUL ' .MEDICINE THAT EVERYDAY AN INCREASE IN FLESH AND WEIGHT IS SEEN AND FELT. THE GEEAT BLOOD P??KIHEE! Etery tfrop of Ute S A HS PA li ILL I AN RESOL VENT tommunicates through the Blood, Siceat,i Urine, and other fiuids and juice? oj t/ie system Ute ciyor oj life, for it repa ir? die uattes of the body idtk ??no und Hound ?wtertaL ijcnftda, Sj/pkiUt, Cmniiujitioji, (Jlaudular Vineaxe*, Ulcers in. the Throat, Jfuudi, Tinnum, ' Kode? in the Ghmdt and other parU of the ?yttem, Sote ??/ee, Stnunorow diediar?ee-from Ute Earn, and the word forme of Skin diaeustM, ErmpUogit?Ftter bore?, Scald Head, Mau Won?, Salt JitKHiii, Eryaiptiae, Acne, Black Souls, WortksittUieJ'TeeJi, Tumor*, Cancern in the Wu-vib, and all xccukening and painful dUcJttirgee, Xigid Sicudi, Lose of Sptmpand ali waste? of the lije principle, are within Ute curatite raltge of Me monder ?J Modem Chemistry, and a JAo days? use icill proce to any person veing it for either of these oriiii of disease its potent poxcer to cure thAtt. tf thu patient, duily becoming reduced by lite wastes und decomposition that is continually progressing , succeeds in arresting thesp wastes, and repairs the same with new material made from healthy blood and this thu S ABSPAR1LLIAN will and does secure -a cure is certain : fartruitn once thfs remedy com mences its work of purification, and succeeds in di minishing the lou of wastes, its repairs wiU bc rapid, and every day the patient will feel himself growing bettor and stronger, the food" digesting better, appe tite improving, and flesh and weight increasing. Not only docs tho SABSAFAKILIIXX RESOLVENT ex cel all known remedial agents in thc cure of Chronic, Scrofulous, Coostitntioual, and'bkln diseases; bot il is the only positivo cure for Kidney A Bladder Complaints), Urinary, and Womb diseases, Gravel, Diabetes, Dropsy, Stoppage of Water, Incontinence of Urine, Bright's Disease, Albuminuria, and in all cases where there are brick-dust deposits, or the waler ls thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like Ibo waite of an ?gg. <>r threads like waite silk, or there ls a morbid," dark, bilious appearance, and white bone-dust de? posits, and when there ls a pricking^ buming sensa tion when passing water, and pain in the Small of the Back aud along thc Loins. BR. RA?WAI S Perfect Purgative Pills, perfectly tasteless,'elegantly coat? d with sweet gum, ?targe, regulate, purify, cleanse, and strengthen, iailway's Pills, for tho ctrre of all disorders et the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nerroo diseases, Headache, Constipation,. Costiveness, Indi- ? gestion. Dyspepsia, Biliousness, BHIous Fever, In flammation of the Bowels, and all D?rangements of thc Internal Viscera. Warrantes! to effect a podtire cure. Purely Vegetable, containing no mercury rainerais, or delelerioa* drugs tar Observe the following symptoms Organs : PM resulting from Disorders of tho Digestive Organs : Constipation, inward Piles, Pallucas of tho Blood In the Hana, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart burn, Disgust of Food, Fullness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking or Flauering at the Pit of thc Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Harried and Difflinit Breathing. .' * A few .io-cs of a AD WA Y'S PILLS will freo the system from HI the abovo named disorders. Pnce, 25 cents ncr Box. SOLD Bf DRUGGISTS. READ FALSE AND TRUE." Send one 1elie stampto RADWAY & CO.. No. 3?, WAUREN STREET, Cor. Church Stroet, New York. Infor mation worth thousands will tn vent you. JalyS H OUTZ'8 CELEBRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE, Two hollar's per A\nnutn, 64 PASES READING MATTER. '30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS, WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL; D. WYATT AIKEN", CIIABLES?OX, H. C, B*. M. TALBERT, Agent at Edgefield Court House, S. C. March (J ' . 1T*U 'My Soda fount IS opened for tho Season. To all who will patronize my Foiint I promise good and pure SODA WATER, as cold as ice. My SYRUPS shall be of {the choicest kinds. A liberal patronage so licited. W. A. SANDERS. May 8, tf . 20 fiinRepaimg? E are how re?dv to Overhaul and Repair > all-kinds ;of*Ootton Gins at short notice, and at reasonable rates'.' " 1 ; 1W. 'GASTON <fc SON. Ridge Spring, S. C., Jaie 12 4125 Horse ai jj Poite This preparation, lon? and favorably known, will thoroughly re-lnvigorau: broken down and low-spirited hec by strengthening and cleansing th? stomach and intestines. It ls a sore preven ti vc of all disease! incident to thu animal, such as LUNG '. FEVER. GLANDERS, YELLOW . WATER, HEAVES. COUGHS, DIS TEMPER, FEVERS, FO UN DER, LOSS OF APPETITE AND VITAL ENERGY, Ac. Its nae improves the .wind, increases the appetite rives a smooth and glossy ?Vin-and ' transforms the miserable skeleton into a fine-looking and spLrlteajtor To keepers of Cows this prepara tion is in valuable. It' is a sure pre ventive against Rinderpest, Hollow Horn, etc It has been proven, by actual experiment to increase thc quantity of nllk and cream twenty percent, and make the butter firm and.SWceU In fattening cattle, il gives them C.: appetite, loosens their hide, aad makes? them thrive much fitster. m In all diseases of Swin?, such as Coughs, Ulcers in the Lungs, Liver, fcc, this article acts ts a specific. By putting from one- j half a paper to a paper in a barrel of J swill the above diseases will be eradi . dated or entirely prevented. If given. in time, a certain preventive and pure for the Hog Cholera. DAVID E. FOUTZ, Proprietor, BALTIMORE. Md, For sale by Druggists and Storekeepers Uiroaghou thc United States, Canadas and South America, " t r For salo at ?dge?old hy A. A. CLIS BY. . Fob 27. ' lyifl lWs Medicines, /"vN hand a largeenppLy of Tutf s $A1 y SAPARILLA ^.QUEEN'S Sf LIGHT. ?price $1 per bottle. Jl" ' ' G. L.'PENN, Druggiaf May 1 tf ^7