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IP 1 SHOlTU> I>I.E TONIGHT. If 1 should die to-night, Mr friand* would look upon my quiet Before they laid it in its quiet resting place, AHM deem that death lind left it almost lair; And laying snow-white dowers against roy hair, Wonld smooth it down with careful ten derness And fohl my hands with lingering ca res? Poor banda, so empty and so cold to night If I should dio to-night, My friends could call to mind with lov ing thought .Some hind deed the Icy hand had wrought ; ??jin? gentle nord the frozen lips had said, Errand? on which the willing feet had sped, . -? TDe memory of roy selfishness and pride; ? ?? m. ?tly-j^jty words would all be put aside. And so 1 should beloved and mourned to-night. If I should die to-night, Even hearts estranged would turn once more to me, Recalling other days with sorrow ami regret ; The eyes that chill me with averted * glance Would look upon me as of yore, per ? chance, ' And soften, in the old familiar way For who could war with dumb, uncon scious clay? Su 1 might rest forgiven of all to-night. Oh friends, I pray to night. Keep not your kisses for my dead, eoM brow The way is dark and lonely, let me feel them now, Tnink gently of me ? I am travel worn, Jly fs'wring feet are pierced with many a thorn, forgive, ou hearts estranged ; forgive ] plead ! "When dreamless rest is mine I shall nol need Th?? tenderness for which I long to night. THEI-ATHER^RETFRX. BY EMMA GARRISON JONES. What a pleasant little home it was Tie family sitting-room hau levei before looked so bright and attractive ?a on thatantumn afternoon. A cheer ful fire blazed on the h^arth-ston* ;e crimson curtain? were closely drawn; filling the room with a warr roseate light, and in the midst of this in he? low. sewing chair, sat th< young wife, a dainty bit of embroid ery on her lap, at which she workec away with deft fingers, humming al the while a gentle lullaby to the Jit tie sleeper in the wickercradle at he ?ide. On the rog, at her ieet, lay J little girl, her first-born, worn-ou with play, her curly head pillowec m a great, shaggy Newfoundland id both fast asleep. Richard Standish, the husband anc father,- stood noiselessly on thc three hold, contemplating this pretty horre picture with a full heart. After ? .- Jew moments he made a step into tht him. His wife looked up quickly her ??,?8 brigtening with pleasure. "9B; ghandi is it you?" sh ?dd; "how gM j am j wag 8( afraid youd be deuu^d kte Cw? JD, I want-" But something in his face ? ber all ut once, and she sat looking at him with tender, entreatinj >, spokp *t last, bis voie id unsteady. 'Albatross?, sails to-morro? Violet," he Faid, ice fell between them, brokei her passionate inquiiy. )ick,is there no heJ?> ? Mus yca.go .Violet!" no more, knowing'that his Vas inexorable, 'ipnee ba ssin?e their marriage, he had . i, leaving her for a whole dreary . -^-?ndlaew he was goiug again. The embroidery fell from her fingers, anc ehe eat gazing into ' the red coals while the babies slept at her feet thinking of the desolate hours instor for her and them. Her husban< watched her with a swelling heart After awhile he approached her, an< ?iroking her bright, rippling hail .?d tenderly. "Poor Violet, poor, little wife, yo mustn't take it so hard." . She made no answer, but throwin her arms round his neck, sobbed for few moments on his bosom; and the she waa ready for her.work, and ther was plenty to do. Clothing to ovei look, socks to darn, besides all th packing. The whole night long sh was at it, and in the chill, drea dawn, pale and weary, but with wide sleepless eyes, she followed him dow to the wharf. The "Albatross, awuug at anchor, all ready for he departure. He had kissed the babies as the lay asleep in their little cot-bed, an SO T he turned to his wife. "Good-by, Violet." his bronze features working with the emotion h struggled to keep down, "I may a Well say it at once, as it's got b 'l.me; take care of yourself and th babies, and don't worry about me a y earl 1 soon slip by, and then I'; be back again, God willing. Kis me, and run home like a good littl wife; you're shivering with the col now." i She kissed him, clinging to his bc .om for a moment, and then she har ried away. But on the top of th hill she paused to look back. Sh could not discern his face or figure i men tbatthronge gazed through th r, wistful eye; departure came and shouts, an 'Albatross" start ;, her white sail in the un r -r v - im-k^d oro .> HUH d*-*o Dut V*??*.?i A-?> ? wf-Vt lilli?! W.I despite her childish'fac? and ripp hair; und >?'U hough heart and hi j were alike aimless and nerveiea?. went, resolutely TO work, and ail Ciine ?rile worked herself.into a ge hopeful hnmor.f| For these sin homely tusks, that? make up our drndgery, are often ihe saving of souls : this ceaseless labor, from w we il i nob at times, is the one RC eign ramedy, the , universal pan for human ?us and woes. The gloiy of autumn faded, winter came. The snows fell v ! and deep round the sailor's little ft ge, and through the dreary, w nights t;re patient mother worked watch;J. her babies. Little Ai the eldest born, could remembei father, and over and over again would ask.' s "Mother, when will fathor c home from over the big sea ?" '; And the mother would answer, ! blue eyes brightening at the thot "When summer-time comes, ling, and the golden pippins get then father will come home." And the winter went by at and spring came, bringing the bl of primroses, and the odor of vic ! and tho golden pippin-tree was m its of fragrant blossoms. Little 1 nie watched them, and led ber I i brother beneath their rustling si ow, telling him of the coming when father would come home, t rn- st a year had gone by, and it this lon.-, long time only one li had come. Midshipman Stan found but few opportunities to s letters ; but this one sufficed, was well, and the "Albatross" wt soon be homeward bound-he wc ! be at home in autumn. And autumn came; the trees ( on the livery of roy.il purple, . : hills their russet gold. Violet S ; d:&h v.vnt about her work, from ' to day, with an indescribable bes i in b>r face. She seemed -to h , grown young again ; all the cares ? trouble? of life dropped off lik - muutie, leavinzoiher clothed in 1 radiant garment- cf hope and lov 1 the fair, . frelHwitigome girl t - Die*; Standish m?^w?oed' and"! r amid the clover-blbjom of her cont i home five yeats ber*bre.s- T^he li t children' watidered about in*the ; J low sunlight, dyeing their f?trg with herrief, and peeping into tiny homes of the robins; and 1 sunny morning both came rushiuj . ail aglow with excitement. "Mother, mother !" cried Am i her little pianafore filled with gol? ? fruit, "'*ee here ! the golden pipp are ri?>e-will father come home day?" 3 Violets heart gave a great leup ) glad tiers. She looked ont at the b i sky, the floating, fleecy clouds, a mist crowned hills, with somethi 1 like a prophecy at her heart. ? ' J think.he will, darling!" she 5 pli?<l -, "we will m ke reddy e him, an.y.rw.,y. gather ft? -y can."'-" - ' . *--r-~'*- *-o f And thc children toddied off aga the little, sturdy boy lookingViTlil i his father, that his mender ran aft hin a-mi covered his bVown face wi t kisses.' Then p^huriiied hack ai felt to work. She cloned the ct ' ia?* ?JJL a *?kck of cSat coutcTn w??re he found, put, frAli linen ? the bed.-, and fresh floEer? in tl [ windows-ai:d then she ^nt to coo r ing. Every delicacy, tea which , } had ever expressed a fancy, was pi 1 p.ired : and as the sun was goii , down, dressed in her prettiest grow ;, 8ho sai- down to wait, e "Will father come to-night, mot 1 er?" asked Annie,stealing up in tl ;. twilight. i "l? not to-night, he will come t r, morrow, love !" To-morrow came, the golden pipii u hung lipeningon the tree; the gra waved in yellow sheaves around tl g cottage dcor. The year had rounde a -why did not the wanderer come n Tiic- children wandered about res e lessly, followed by faithful old Lee .. and after noon, growing impatier e and anxious, Violet went down t e j the i ost-ofiice. Perchance thei x j might be a letter, or fome tidinc i, from the "Albatross." n A crowd of men surrounded th " j door, evidently in eager discus3iot r j but they made way for her deferer I tially. There was no letter, and n y I tidings from the "Albatross." Th d j postmaster hesitated and looked a . her with pitying eyes-so did th d j by-standeis. Something in their face e struck her. s "Whatis it?" she questioned, look e ing trow one to another, e Thsn, an awful fear thrilling througl ; her, phe snatched a paper they ha< [1 b?en reading. There it was in flam is ing characters! e .'Losses afc sea ! The 'Albatross, d due at this port on the nineteenth in stant, took fire on the Indian Ocean >. and every soul on board was lost!" She tottered homeward througi e tiie glory of the autumn evening e elute! ;ig the paper in her. hand. Th< n children met her at the gate, d "Waat, is it, mother?" cjhestionei e Annie, looking up affrighted at hei j, while face. "Won't father com? ?; home?" j "No, no!" she wailed, in answer. "He will never come home any more s -never any more !" i- The autumn passed again, and win ter followed, with dreary nights of e storm and darkness. But Violet r Standish lived and worked, for the g mother-love in her bosom was stroug. ll Spring came, with its beauty and r promise, the pomp and pageantry of e another summer, and autumn agiin. i The golden pippins ripened, and An r nie and her little brother gathered e them in with a nameless awe in their !young taces. Winter again, and Christmas-eve. The snow piled in great drifts round the little cottage; he air k*en and biting; the stars a countless thousand*. The mo .nd her little ones gathered in t aggots, and threw a heavy log i he fire; i?,nd Leo .stretched his? ) eugth before the bia?. \ Then 1 ?at down to tu ?ir woi?, tor work Docoming a necessity in these ls lays; and even little Annie's Ongera did their part. The still little boy, growing mor? and rr like his dead father, cracked r and shot straw?*at Leo, and fin grew weary, and betook himsel his trundle-bed. "What'll Kriss-Kringle bring mother?" he asked, popping up curly head. His mother glanced across at chubby stockings suspended aga the wall, and her eyes filled \ tears. Her store of Christmas-j was very scant, yet. she answ pleasantly. "Something nice, perhaps, dar] if you'll go to sleep like a good b Annie worked until her blue i grew heavy; and she followed brother to the little bed,'but no sleep-she lay awake listening to voice ol' the wind. It was a ten night, cold and windy, and the tant boom of the eeo was incess Her mother trimmed the lamp, continued her sewing. "Don't work any more, moth said the child. "Come to ben, pl -I'm so lonesome." "But I must finish this garment night, love. We shall need n coal on Monday; and there's no m ey till this is paid for. Go to sli there's a darling ; you're * not h some-witfrmpther so near." But the child stilt rem?rned aw? her blue eyes full of solemn inqu "Mother," she began again, aft* pause, "how nice it is to have a fi er. Lizzie Green is so happy, I thi her father takes her everywhere, ? gets her such nice things. I wish father had lived. Do you think mc er, he knows about us up in heav? Can he sfce how lonesome we are ? The poor, pale-faced woman t out her hand as if the child's pra tortured her. "My darling, yes ; he knows ab us, and sees us, I think," she repli speaking with an effort. "But gc sleep now, please; mother is too ii to tal' " ' " "Yes, mother ; only let me tull ] what I've been thinking. What the Lord should let Kriss-Krin bring father home to-night-would it be nice, mother ?" "Yes, love ; but that cannot Father cannot come to us : but shall go to him by aad-by." ? Annie fell into silence, and night waned away. The stars hui ed, and the winds moaned, and ' great sea thundered ; Violet wori on steadily. She was a brave, stro woman, and kept her sorrow bene? ht*feet; but it rose up strong a fi'Jrce to-night. Old memories of 1 hlwpy.girlhood came trooping ba< j fojd words, Joying smiles, tender i SK7es.X .fier triecV^soul was'full ^ftpfiowing. How should she ev MSP" the burden of life through a other year? It was so* hard, si should faint in the en**5vor,' hut f u**chiidren& Hake. Glancing cv .?P>t}ie little yoocb, and the pair curly heads, she resumed; her need "with fresh vigor. The hours wo on ; Christmas morn would soon dawning-Christmas with its peai on earth, and i te promise of gb ness to all men. What would it.bril to her ? The winds rose, driving the lig snow against the windows. Leo p up his ears and listened, then 1 arose and trotted off to the do( Presently he began to whine pl ai tively. "What is it, Leo?" asked his mi tress. The dog came to her side, look ic up in her face with an intelltgeni that seemed almost human ; then 1 went back to tht floor, pawing ac whining. Violet put down her wot and went to the window. As tl wind lulled, she caught the sound i a step, a firm, quick step, crunch'.E the frczen snow. The dog leaped i the window, barking and whinini and showing every manifestation < joy. The step carne nearer and nea; er. A. wild terror filled the lonei woman's heart. What danger tbreal ened her children ? She glance 1 tc ward the little bed, and there sa Annie, i . her white nightrobe, he hands clasped, her sweet, spiritua lace fairly radiant with joy. "Oh! mother, mother!" she cri?e ' don't you know, don't you feel it it is father coming home ?" A wild thrill shot through the poo wife'8 heart, terror, hope, doubt, al commingled ; her limbs trembled and she grew faint ; but as the ste] came, nearer and nearer, obeying ai impulse stronger than her will, or her fear, she opened the door. A brawny, broad-shouldered man, in ? sailor's garb. One instant she gazed on him, and then she clasped him in her arms with a wild cry. "Oh! it is-it is my husbaud ! Oh, Dick! you are not deadl Qod has sent you back to me again ?" "Yes, Violet," his hot tears ?aining on her cheecks, "from the ver} jaws of death He bas sent me back to you." She held him close for a tuoieent, and then the mother-love began to stir in her ueart. She turned end pointed to the little bed. The stur dy, little boy was sound asleep ; but Annie was awaiting him with wide, bright eyes. "I knew it, fathor, and I told moth er so," she whispered, as she clasped his neck. "I knew that God would let Kriss-Kringle bring you home to night" And Christmas morning dawned, bringing a .?newal of the promise ot' peace on earth to all the world, and to the sailor's home a joy unspeaka ble and ?ali of glory. Brevities and Levities, - . I A good example is the best sermon. The beginning and end of a chick en's life-hatchet. True poiitenr-ss Is to say. The kindest thing in tho kindest way. Doesn't a man contract, a debt when he pays partjof Jt? Rheumatism iajalways a ]o\nt affair, and yet tKsre is only'one person to it. Why is the busy bee like human contentment.?*, Because it's a humbug. The latest slang phrase is: " 0> you're too new, the duststicks to you.' From Adam they took a rib-hone to make fair woman. Fair woman has been made up with ribbon ever since. A great many children get on the wrong track because the switch ia misplaced. . fvj Only a ring is necessary to.tiigage a wife, but nothing short of cash will secure a good hired girl. An Irish bulk " It's a very great pleasure to be alone, especially when your sweetheart- is wid ye." A wag suggests that a suitable opening for many choirs should be, "Lord, have mercy on us, miserable singers." "Jane, it is eleven o'clock; tell that young man to please shut the front door from the outside.'' In Switzerland donkeys have bells on their necks. In this country it is not unusual to see them with belles on their arm. Wit is the boomerang, that strikes and graciously returns ?o the hand Sarcasm is the envenomed shaft that sticks in the victims gizzarxL American toast: "The ladies: the only endurable aristocracy, who rule without laws, judge without jury, de cide without appeal, andar? never in the wrong." The editor of an American paper recently insisted that poets "n*u?t he brief. He received a composition en titled, " The Ballad of the Merchant.'-' ".Trust-Bust." . "Luke, is Jim Akers honest?" "Dunno, boss. Jim mout be; an'den agin he raoutn't. .But el I was a cbick'n an' know'd'Jira was about, I tell ye wot, I'd.roost high." "What ails dis beoples of Ameri ca." says an old traveller from Ger many, "isjiot din* walks mit der legs too rnjjaTin der shtreet g:trs out, und don't got some muscles .jjome more?" A very neat definition of the word 'suspicion" was that given by a jeal ous husband : " A suspiciou is a feel mg that impels you to try to find out something which you don't wish to know." r. . ' A few evenings ago, a mother was.j hearing her little three-year old lisp irjg boy say his prayers, and when he reached pd bless mamaapd papa," added : ??Huzzi sor'Hantock ! Amen." ' t -JP ?fe ~ a. lii^?^a;Hi^^^p^try ? gi v?ir trey.; - to put^ih the cc-lleclion box at churchy When- t?e dropped^_iu. th? coin she 1 ei-iaimeu-r ''That's the' way tho |?oney goe?, pop goes the weasel !'' ? 'Tte difference,' said the cook, 'ht* tween a child of royal birth and a young lamb is that the first is teuded in splendor, and the other is splen did'n tender.' Au epitaph at Princetown, Mass., reads : "Hero lies John Dodd Who doged all he could And dodged a de-id ol' evij, And after dodging all lie could HM could not dodge tho devil." Robinson went up to his room the other afternoon, and noticed that there was only one match remaining in the box. "Now, if that shouldn't burn to-night when I come in," soliloquized he " what a fix I should be in." So he tried to see if it was a good one. It was. An oldrfashioned minister was preaching in a tight, unventilated church, in which 'by some- means a window was left partly open. A good deacon dining the .sermon closed it The minister stopped, and, turning to j the deacon, said in solemn tones, " If j I were preaching in a jug, 1 believe I you would put th? cork in." " Papa, didn't you whip me once for biting little Tommy ?" " Ye3, my child; you hurt him much." "Well, then, papa, you ought to whip sisters music master, too; he bit sister, yes ? terday afternoon, right on the month; and I know it hurt her, because she put her arms around his neck and tried to choke him." "What !" said a young lady to a sister companion, " you are not going to marry that tall, lean, slender, con sumptive-stricken fellow, are you?" "Yes, she is," volunteered the young lady's little brother, looking up from his broken cart wheel ; "she's going to marry him and use him for a car pet-stretcher." The boy and the cart wheel passed out through the same door. JiiST AS WE EXPECTED.-The no fence law aa operated in thin coj? is proving its merits. Afc first with some, the measure waa prejudicially received; but we are glad to know that the prejudice ia rapidly dying out and the system is gaining tho ap probation of all. We are informed that Saluda Township, which ?8 not now under the law, has sent to the Legislature a petition signed by 185 oersons asking its extension to the North Carolina line. Another peti tion of similar import, has abo been sent by citizens of Highlaud Town ship, to the same body. We never enterta ned any doubts as to the value of the change to the middle and low er Townships of the County, and are pleased to know that in the moun tains its merits are applicable- Gran ville. E.-trrprise. >? T?e Nigger,* i ii The following, clipped some time go from the:;Lem?rs Sentinel, a lead- ^.jj. i g Republican: orgau, and saved for u .se, ahow.? thSt Presideni. Hayes and j .is party wo?ld do well to begin at p( ,ome, whsnihey whine about negro, y Krsecution : " - :a " The nigger The everlasting nigger ia at the a rout agaijrjM?? J Demandingofiiee. e The nigger's highest, idea of civil? j iberty is To havetan office. i; The nigger's eternal clatter is to get ? Protecti'on-tfronthe Government, ' 0 Bounties from the Government, and fi Office fro mi; the 'Government. j. It is.aboutu time he was given "to t understand '". t That he was created 'iv the repubr r That he is expected to protect him- q 3elf, " ' a Tb earn hia own! bread -and buttter , and t That wis his duty t To vote for the candidates of the ? republican party, even < At the risk- -ot'his life. s Aft?r a cerii??ry's faithful probation g ia .the school o? ordinary- citizenship, t His fitnes^L^ civil offices might be considered. - i In the meantime the republicans "t will listen to the clai ms of no one but a x States m ?^^-* . $ .For Office,1? And, statesmanship,.beit ever borne ^ ia mind, is the product of * Scholarship, und 1! Experience, Of which thejiigger has neither. Let the nigger attend to his voting, j i but otherwise, give us n. rest. ' The Sable ?Srfier's Waruiug. \ "?pmraham, cerne to your mudder, ! i boy. Whar|o?i bin! 'j "Playin'wiS. de white folks' chil-j lun." . " L :; v^ypjri^li^^hy^,-chiie, you'll j \ broke your ohc'mudder'fi heart, an' j bring her gray hairs in sorrow to de grave wid reel??umnesp an' c?.rrys on wid evil, assosyashuns. Habn:t I i*ais- j i ed you in de.way you should oughter U go?" . : p "Yethum." ( "Habn't Tr?ezened wid you and. .< prayed wid, ami deplored de gooefj Lorri' to wrap you up in His'buzzura?'' ? ? "Yethum." . \ "Well, den, do you s'pose I'sej! gwine to bab your morals ruptured ? i by de white trash ? No, sah ! Get in | ; in dis instep; au' il" I ebar cotch you j i 'muuicatin'w?d'de white trash any; mo', fo; de Lord, nigger, I'll break[i your black helu?hffith a brick !" Anv ladies wishing to know of the meriiVof the.Excelsior Kidney Pad. its action, etc., are'referred to ?Mrs. Wm. K. McKecknie, PhQtr|-raph Parlors, Toledo Ohio.-See Adv. j' - Now is tffe time to pay for your A?VBBTISKR. 558' BROA I ALL GOON WARRA IMMENSE E rs Read Carefully i Mci place where you are Warrant all you buy. IMMENSE STOCK Good Suits, $5.00-cheap at $6.60. Stylish Suits, $7.00-cheap at $10.00 Ca'simere Snits at $10.00, that defy < Nobbiest A ll-Wool Cassi m ores from ? Black'ClotT&f?s, from $10.00 to fi m G Slaughtered in Order to Kef Finest Imparted Black Cashmeres, al Colored Guarnieres, all styles, 25c.-e Alpnccas arid Mohair?. 20c. to finest ( All Wool Buntings 25c, sold all over Most superb Flannel Suiting, "impor Exposition Damass?es, La Belle Sinti colors, 12sSc. A few more pieces of our Persian Cos .8'P.E C 19 Pieces Snow Drop Suiting, 5c. Good Jeans ut 10,12-} and l$c, to W Heaviest an^l Best C'lssimc-reR, in all c All Wool Flannels, 20c. Lioseys, 12 ! ZEPHYE In all Styles, -Hoods apd Snciiue.s for-E prices. Ladies" Sha*wls?all quilltiea an Merino. Extensive lin? of Blankets, Cc CLOAKS! CLOAK Finest assortment ever brongkt to the to think you can buy a first dasi Cloak I ever imported at $15. Extensive and Elegant line Lidies' an ing Goods. I Ask no Profit on B&mje* ing, I, 5c; i, 6c; 4-4,s Sheeting, rc.\ He ton, 25c Bunch Yarn, 90c Sec Islam rprrrr, Wnr*antnflr^?r>>TD.d?gO, 7ijc Cali( Coats' Cotton, Black and White,asaorl B?R&AJftif H Good WhiteiShirts, 40c 3-ply Linen joom Back, 65c. "Boss," finest, 4-ply L Undershirts, 25, 40 ,and 50c, to ?nest BOOTS rmi My stock of Boots and ShoeB is nplett it finest hand-sewed and domestic nanuf ty wear and prices. HATS Arsr: Kindreds of Dozens in all the leaiing a?r Special inducements to Wholesale Ber in mind yon save 20 per cent, on mi. n?r 558 Iroad St., 5th Door be AUGUST^ ?T??. JAUtES A. POWEI, and will t pleased to give his friendsl-Mie AugustiGa., Oct. 27, 1880. ow Democrats 'Will Control the Senate. The --Washington correspondent of | ic Biltirnore Sun says: "There is ol in political.circle? here anything k? so mach interest exhibited in the ossiblc attitude ol' Gen. Mahone in ie "Senate as there was for some time er the ; November election. This fte >r the reason that it seems now to be enerally believed that in no proba ie contingency can Gen. Mahone ven if acting uniformly with the Republicans, do more than make a te. .The Republicans have beencount ig entirely on-making a tie, and ob iining a majority by the casting vote f the Vice-President. But, as sev rai Democratic Senators said to-day, he Republicans should not iorget hat they set an example all through he last session in the House of Rep esentatives, which the Deraucrats Wild be very foolish not to follow. Ihfi House Republicans^over andover gain broke a quorum by refusing to r?te. The Senate' Democrats can do he 3ame thiner. If the Republicans, hrough Lhe aid of Mr. Mahone, ob ;ain 3S votes, the Democrats can on ?very political question refuse to vote ind thus there will be no quorum, md the vice-President can not have ho opportunity to give the casting 'ote. Democratic Senators say that fit come3 to a tie they will certainly ake this coutse unless an arrange ant just and satisfactory to both itdes is effected. Jay D. Dunning, Clerk, Wabish Shop , Toledo, Ohio, says:-I am now wearing in "Only Lung Pad," and it has afforded no almost instant relief from asthma. ?ec Adv. EnoEKiELD. S. C., Nov. 30, LSSO. DR. W. D. JENNINGS--Dear Sir: Hav ng been troubled for more than a year vith a torpid liver and indigestion, and ifter trying various medicines without any ?chef, I write to (eli yon that 1 have tried j ,'onr Liver Medicine fora short while, and t has worked an entire cure. You can .efer to rae as a living monument of the. worth of your medicine. k52] W. T. GARY. Land and Real Estate T; Agency. E offer for sale the following Val uable Tracts of Land : Ono Tract near Corryton, 270 acres, vith fine dwelling house. Grist Mill md Giu OD never-failing stream. Ten mt houses in good order. Dwelling house ;ost moro than we ask for the placs. One Tract near Curry ton, .260'acres, "rood dwelling house and tenant houses, jood water power, not improved. One Tract between Stevens' and Horn's ;reck, on Moore road, 15 miles from Au gusta, 2K4 acres. One beautiful Tract, S miles from Au gusta, 1 mile from Curryton, 425 acres. The above aro all strictly cotton lands, ind will be sold on reasonable terms. Soe them by visiting Rev. J. P. Mealing md for ter?is apply to the undersigned it. Ridge Spring, 8. C. Also, ono Tract near Ridge Spring, 50 ;icres, mostly cleared and fresh. Build ings new. Good Blacksmith and Wagon Shops. New Tenant house One Tract near Ridge Spring, 2fi0ficres. Saw Mill, Grist Mill and Gin, comforta ble Dwelling House. ' Grist Mill and Gin dione will pay 10 percent, on the amount we ask for the place. 2 Houses and Lots at Ridge Spring and ft Store Lots, will be sold cheap. N. W. BROOKER, E. W. HORNE. Oct. 3. 1880 3m44 > STREET. JA RG AI NS. it well i And remember ike ed io Save 20 per cent, oin OF CLOTHING ! iompetition. '12.00 to $15 00. ;st satin lined Broad doth. Sr0033iB5 jp the Trade Down Town. 1 wool, 50i\ heap at 50c. ?ilk warp at 50c.-a bargain at 90c. the city at 40 and 50c. ted," 05c , a drive, ogs, Tourist and Adriatics, in all tumos at the very low price of 25c IA L. 70 Pieces India Suiting, 74c. oollen at 20 and 25c. lolors, 75?.-cheap at $1.00. 5c, to Woollen tit 15 and 20c. GOODS abies. Misses and Ladies at lowest d stylet!, in Zephyr, Cashmere and mforts, &c. city. Wonderful bargains I Just for $2.25, up to finest Castor Beaver id Gents' Underwear and Furnish lic <?OOd?.-Graniteville Shirt avy Drilling, 7|c. Knitting Cot 1, from 4c, up. Northern Horne tt, all styles, 5c. Bed Tick, 10c. ed to fuit purchasers, 55c. per doz. f SHIRTS. ft Bosom, 50c. Extra Fruit of tfre ?nen Bosom, $1. Merino. SHOES! J with all the best standard grades actured, which I warrant in quali D CAPS. styles of soft and stiff crown. Customers in all departments, all you buy. Remember the place low ll;?lroa<0 Crossing, ^ QA, il/, ol" Ectgefielri, is with me ! benefit of our Low Prices. 2m47 BJ fo lt Pl PJ en ti? w ev bj pa m In For Solling, 50c. Storage, S5c. M. O'DOWD, COTTON FACTOR, -AND- v COMMISSION MERCHANT, Pire-Proot Warehouse, Dor. Campbell and Reynolds Ste., Op posite Sibley & "Wheless, AUGUSTA, GA. Q?7~ Personal attention given to Weighing and Selling. August 25, 1880. ?m38 $100 Reward! TH K above reward will be paid for proof to convict any person or per sons of buying or selling seo<l cotton at night, in the Townships or Pickens, Wise, Meriwether, Washington, Colliers, Collins, Moss, Talbert and Dean. J. H. CARTER.. J NO. R. BLACKWELL, J. C. S WE ARTNGEN, W. E. PRESCOTT, C. M. BURKHALTER, R. H. MCKIE, ROB'T. HUGHEfr B. R. TILLMAN, Ex. Committee Cotton Plant?is' Pro tective Union. . Sept. S, 1880. .* 4m40 MEE COMER HOTEL. EDGEFIELD C. M., S. C., BY 33- IP- COVAR. BoARD only $1.50 per day. Single meals, 40 cents. Good Stable accommo dation for Horses. [jan 28 iy8 Notice. IWILL sell my House (Saluda Hotel) or exchange for a ,' House anti. Lot suitable, on C. C. ct A. Railroad* from Trenton to Batesburc:, or other property. H. W. ADDISON. Nov. lf>, 1880. . tfoO T HE MOST DESIRABLE Purchase Yet Offered. ti/^i) ACRES of Lanrl, half a mile JOi from Dom's Mills. A good Dwelling House, Store, Gin House, Barn and Stables; three out houses; 100 acres in cultivation. Improvements of greater value than the price asked. Terms very easy. A tirst rate bargain. R. G. M. DUNOVANT. Real Estate Agent. March 3, 18S0. tfl3_ RAIL ROAD LANDS! I OFFER for salo SOO Acres of Land 100 under cultivation, with two Log Cab ins thereon. Tho Augusta and Knoxville Railroad runs throiich this land, and a Depot is located within 200 yards of it. Applv to R. &. M. DUNOVANT. Real Estate Agent. July 21, 1S80. tr 33 ?rangeburg Land for Sale. IQlOiO ACRES of fine Farming Ovv Lands in Orangeburg Co., on South Edisto River, six miles fr'ni Midway Station on the S. C. ? Railroad, 400 under cultivation, the larger portion of which is on tho river.. The upland ?ortion is fine for cotton, and the river ottoms snit corn admirablj*. On the place is a fine Dwelling House, 54 ft. by 40, 6 rooms, 2 chimneys, 4 fire placen, 14 foot passage way, piazza in front and pil lars under the house, which is six feet off the ground. A number of out-build ings, Gin House, Gin Head, fine well of water, Ac, Ac. Will bo sold cheap. Apply to R. G. M. DUNOVANT, Real Estate Agent. Feb. 3, 18eC. tf? 'TIE Undersigned lias open ed an Ageney at Eugeiield C. H., for the purchase and sale of Real Estate. Parties having lands for sale can have them advertised r1 and partios desiring to pur chase Land or Houses and Lots and Houses would do .wellto apply to the under signed. No charge without sale is effected. E. G. M. IMOVANT, Beal Estate Agent. Bec. 16, 1879-tf2 JL A Bargain ! A Bargain ! AVALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, containing One Hundred and Eigh ty-seven and a half Acres, more or less, lying just beyond the incorporate limits of Edgetield Village, about two acres of it extending within said limits. Upon the land is a good Dwelling House of two stories and 8 rooms, with fire-places to each room, besides a store-room attached and a servants' house ir thc yard. Also a good Gin House, a two story Barn, ami stable room for any use. The place has three tenant houses, conveniently ar ranged, upon it; and it is well watered, having several fine springs, and suffi ciently timbored. Terms reasonable. Apply to or address, R. G. M. DUNOVANT, Real Estate Agent. Maxell 3, tr 13 Take Penn's Bit ters for the Liver or any Disease of the Stomach. If you are not Real ly Relieved, your Money Refunded. Juno 2, 1880.-tf2C. GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE. RADE MARU The ?reatTRADE MARK English Re medy. An un railing euro for Seminal Weakness, Spormator rhea, Impo tency, and all :F0RE TAKIKfi.diseases thatAFTER TAKiNQ. How as a sequence of self-abuse ; as oss of Memory, Universal Lassitude, ?in in tho Back, Dimness of Vision, romature Old Age, and many other dis ses thut lead to Insanity or Consump m, and a premature gravo. Full particulars in our pamphlet, Dicta wc desire to send free by mail to ery one. The Specific Medicine is sold r all druggists at $1 per package, or six .o.kagos for $5, or wi il be sent free by ail on receipt of tho money bv address g, THE GRAY MEDICINE CO., No. 10 Mechanics' Block, ti Tune 10,-3m27] ?Detroit, Mien,. I S. B. WX^HT, "WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ES, L5 QUO RS AND CIGARS, 834 ?teoad St., Augusta, Ga. A.GrSr> WH^BZEYS J? SPECIALTY. Oct. G, 1880.--Gm-H " ntfAXUFACTURER anrt DBALK ?I F'XJ?ilVITURE, -AND ? XJlSrDICRT^KlIlNJ-G-, IN-ALL ITS BRANCHES. 547, 549 au?! 551 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. S** o anday and Night calls over the Store. Will attend to all the details of Fa fnerals. furnishing pearses, Carriages, <fec . [Sept 1,1SS0-6m59 ~?AY, T?NN1HILL"& CO., 75B8 & 735 SSaoad St., Angus??, Ga.," Manut^oturevs and Dealers in all Kinds of SKMKAW AT<, J Manufacturers Ag'ts ?T[/ _jr '?IHMP!^""*^ for the sale of the **l?i? ?idtifgjrlh.L / V Cortland Wasron Co's . WAGONS, X \ ti^^BBMBii)/ /\ PLATFORM SP?ING, CARTS," &C. Av \ H^TL?^^A /X \^AQ?^- v^00"1" Abo Agonts for f-H ] ^^^C^ )C0,?I^H?H,ABIO5 the sale of Wilson,! /7\V I Yy^\\^~:theJ\gb^l&nd Obilds&Co's Philal V / / \ X/ \ // \ \ /^ge/t.ft?.Ugg:r delphia'.WAOossd* \/ \/' \SJ \^/ ' '" ntbilitv and li^ht draft of this celebrated manufacture, we refer to Messrs A. F. [ Broadwater. Julius Day and Capt F. L. Smith, of Edgeneld county, Owen. Alder man. Esq., Aiken county. Also tho well known and reliable Webster Wagon, the Old Hh-kory Kentucky Wagon, and our own matee of One and Two-Horse Wagons,, which we offer at prices lower than work of same grade and quality can be pur 1 chased elsewhere. We have added to our Stock a full iine of Cheaper Grade Bugr I gins, made io our own order, with specia regard to the quality of the Wheel?, Ax ? les and Springs, which we will sell lower than any house this side of Cincinnati, I ?--No Cheap Auction Work Sold.-rS^ 5 Also Wholesale D??lers in Saddlery and Harness, Bridles/Collars, Whips, Bug \ gy Umbrellas, Trunks, Coach Material of every description, Springs, Axles, Hubs, I Spoke*', Rims, Bolts, Hands, Oil Cloth, Varnishes. Also, Leather and Gum Belting t and Packing, Rivets and Lacing. Punches. Italian Hemp and Soap Stone Packing. I Also, Oak-and Hemlock Sole Leather, French and American Cali Skins, Linings .. . s Threads, <fcc. A full stock of Lasts, French and box-toe; ?*just received1, f r??~ Send on vour Orders, or call and see us. Our prices will at all times .be i BOTTOM PRICES. Oct. 5,1880.-Iv 10 ' j ALFRED BAKER, President. JOS. S. REAN, Jr.,"Treasurer. I THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS INSTITUTION, 817 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. ASSETS OVER $100,000 IN PREMIUM BONDS, AND A SECURITY FUND IN PREMIUM -STOCKS? We receive and pay Interest on all Deposits from Five to Five Hundreor'Sott-~\, lars, and Loan Money on approved Securities. Special attention given- to Admin istrations, Guardianships, and all Estates of Trust. EDWARD O'DONNELL, ) Fin"nce Tfl? C DUM TD WILLIAM R. YOUNG, >h?l??!S2L ?? DfiAll, Jil?, ERNEST R. SCHNEIDER, J ^0Dimitr?e' TREASURER, December 4, iSSO.-ly-lO "IfflRS. N. BRUM CLAKK, S1? Broad St., Augusta, Ga. To the Ladies of: Edi^efield Ooimty: You are respectfully invited: to inspect the Largest and Most Beaojf&a . , Stock nf MILLINERY ever exhibited in Augusta. All the new SHAPES everything CnoiCE and CHEAP. Remember Oct. G, 1880-om) CLARK'S Millinery Store. "WTL. HOLMES, DEALER IX GROCERIES, PLANTATION SUPPLIES -AND- , GENERAL MERCHANDISE. HAMBURG, S. C., flew Goods arming daily. Thc Highest Price paid For -CottqfeiaiHl all kinds of Country Proche. - terv R-xxst PiroofW. 2?0 Bushels True and Tried East Proof Wheat, for sale at $2.50 per bu. ., OSr^lr. JOHN E. COLGAD is with me", and will be happy to rve hi? friends and acquaintances when they visit Hamburg. SOT A safe, commodious and convenient Wagon" Yard, and Board andi idging furnished when desired. ? fl araburg, S. C., Sept. 7, 18S0. ly j -OF BALTIMORE, Md. I^HIS Association, gotten up on the principle of the " Knights of Honor," is worthy of the confidence and patronage of our people. It was organi?ed. by the best business men of Baltimore, with whom many of our citizens are acquainted. For information apply to B. M. TALBERT, Local Agent. July 27, 1S80. 6m34 ?Ire You Going to Paint ? THEJT USE JYEW YORK Ready for use in White and over One Hundred Different Colors, m??fe off strictly pure White Lend, Zinc, and Linseed Oil chemically combined. War ranted much Handsomer and Cheaper and to last TWICE AS LONG as. any other Paint. It has taken the FIRST PREMIUM at twenty of the State Fairs of the Union, and ison MANY THOUSANDS of the finest* houcci- in the country. ST. PETERSBURG, PA., Jan. 10th, 1S77 T. NEW YORK ENAMEL PAINi CO. Gentlemen: We have sold large quantities of your Enamel Paint in iK:: section of the country, and all parties having used the same speak highly of its durability and finish ; and they find the colors and mixtures just as you represent. There can be no better paint for exposure to beat and cold, and any one using it once will sorely do so again. You have privilege to tue our names for reference. Respectfully, CHA LFANT & GRAAF. Address: NEW YORK ENAMEL PAINT ?0., 178 PRINCE STREET, N. T. if?" SAMPLE CARD SENT FREE. [Feb. 16, till WORTHY OF ?toi, To those Who Contemplate In vesting in Real Estate, or Going into Business. L OFFER a vory desirable HOUSE SC LOT it Johnston Depot, on the CC & A Rail road. Tiie Dwelling House, which is jntirely new from roof to cellar, contains 5 commodious roomsj two piazzas run ling across, pantry, stove room, Ac. The out-buildings consist of a servants' iou.se, barn and stables. There is also a good well of water on he pla.ee, which has a house over it. The most desirable purchase yet of fered, and one of tho most pleasant pla ies in tho thriving village of Johnston. Apply in person or by lotter to ?, R. G. M. DU NOV ANT, Real Estate Agent. - Nov. 24, 1SS0. tfol MR MX BULWIXKLE, factor A Gen'I. ?om'sn. Merchant, CHAKLF.STOX, S. C., Dealer in ?ERM AN Tv A TN IT, or POTASH SALT, Peruvian Guano, No 1 and*Nn. 2, Pure Fish Guano, Nova Scotia Land Master, Ground So. Ca. Phosphate, and ther Fertilizers. Also. CORN. OATS, HAY, &c Orders lilied with dispatch, and liberal :1 vanees made on consignments of Cot m and other Produce. Nov. 2, 1830. 3oi48 FLAGG'S INPROVED PATENT LIVER PAD1 NKVXR GKTJ HABD. CAJJ BK MADE A.S? SYUKXCTU DESUSO. LA?* TWICX AS LONG. ? ?jases Cured wlthcnt fcosefeg ti: Sy?oa. cuan Chills and Fever, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Scnralqb, Nervousness, EbcQBatism, Costiveness, Fende ??e:knes?. Siek & Ner:cu ?eailadit Jhese Puts Cyn at) town bv A dorrit m N/i .Noxious l'il!s.()its,?r lV.?onoiwTrc?d22iSte? of the buraach. c.rcnnc tho i>i?>at W?(w^. ?.bo ?he Liver and St?. TgS^S^i Kidneys to healthy act on- .ind itrmvfSMfc?. The WilliamstoQ Female College. IT is conducted on what is called tb? "ONE-STUDY" PLAN, with aSemi Annual course of study, and, by a sys tem of Tuitioual Premiums, ita low rate? are made still lower for all who average 85 per cent. No Publio Exercises. No " Receptions." Graduation, which ls al ways private, may occur eight times ? year For full information, write for an Illustrated Catalogue. Address, Rev. S. LANDER, PresL, Nov. 2, '80.-ly] Williamaton? S, C? 4